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20100063973 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING SIMILAR SUB-GRAPHS IN A NETWORK - A method and an apparatus for identifying sub-graphs similar to a sample sub-graph from a network, in particular for identifying similar community structures from a network, are disclosed. Specifically, when a sample sub-graph is a community structure, it usually contains a plurality of nodes densely associated with each other. The method proposes first screening the network via key nodes of community structures so as to find sub-graph candidates that are potentially similar to the sample sub-graph, then strictly comparing the sub-graph candidates with the sample sub-graph to find similar sub-graphs of the sample sub-graph. | 03-11-2010 |
20100063974 | IDENTIFYING OPTIMAL MULTI-SCALE PATTERNS IN TIME-SERIES STREAMS - A computer-implemented method, system, and a computer readable article of manufacture identify local patterns in at least one time series data stream. A data stream is received that comprises at least one set of time series data. The at least one set of time series data is formed into a set of multiple ordered levels of time series data. Multiple ordered levels of hierarchical approximation functions are generated directly from the multiple ordered levels of time series data. A set of approximating functions are created for each level. A current window with a current window length is selected from a set of varying window lengths. The set of approximating functions created at one level in the multiple ordered levels is passed to a subsequent level as a set of time series data. The multiple ordered levels of hierarchical approximation functions are stored into memory after being generated. | 03-11-2010 |
20100070516 | Instance Management of Code in a Database - The compiled code of a computer program is stored in multiple pieces within a database. Each piece is optionally stored within a separate data record. Execution of the computer program includes using database queries to retrieve pieces of the compiled code for execution. The database and associated database management logic are used to provide numerous advantages in execution and management of the computer program. For example, in some embodiments, database queries are used to help facilitate program flow logic. In another example, database queries are based on a command line or universal resource locator. These queries may be used to select functionality of a computer program in response to the command line or universal resource locator. | 03-18-2010 |
20100070517 | System and Method for Semantic Search in an Enterprise Application - Embodiments of the present invention provide techniques for searching enterprise data using semantic information associated with enterprise applications. One or more searchable data definitions that describe searchable data associated with one or more enterprise applications may identify semantic relationships among searchable data in the application. An ontology for the application that describes semantic relationships among data associated with the application may be generated from the searchable data definitions. The ontology may be used to execute search queries and provide search results that include or result from semantic relationships among the searched data. | 03-18-2010 |
20100070518 | METHOD FOR PROTECTING PRIVATE INFORMATION AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR EXECUTING THE SAME - Provided are a method for protecting private information and a computer-readable recording medium storing program for the same. The method may include defining a pattern corresponding to the private information, automatically searching whether the private information is included in the file and the mail stored in a personal computer, according to predetermined intervals on the basis of the pattern, and performing an information protecting operation when the file or the mail including the private information is searched. | 03-18-2010 |
20100070519 | LOCAL SEARCH METHOD AND SYSTEM - A local search method to be implemented by a portable electronic device is provided for searching a database that contains a plurality of data sets, each of which includes location information and content information. The local search method includes the steps of: (a) upon obtaining a search condition word string inputted by a user, determining whether the search condition word string contains a predefined symbol; and (b) when it is determined in step (a) that the search condition word string contains the predefined symbol, setting a string segment before the predefined symbol as a content condition, and a string segment after the predefined symbol as a location condition, and conducting a type-one search on the database, in which the database is searched for at least one data set whose content information corresponds to the content condition and whose location information corresponds to the location condition. | 03-18-2010 |
20100070520 | INFORMATION RETRIEVAL METHOD AND APPARATUS - An information retrieval method includes inputting a symbol string, specifying an arbitrary position in the input symbol string, changing a symbol in the specified position in the symbol string and changing the symbol string into a symbol string which is positioned before or after in a specified arrangement order. | 03-18-2010 |
20100076989 | Method and system for displaying email thread information - A method and apparatus for discerning and displaying an email-thread chart of senders and recipients (“senders/recipients”) included in an email thread, are disclosed. The email-thread chart may include the senders/recipients arranged in chronological order matching the order in which individual related emails, included in the email thread, were sent and received (the sending/receiving of related emails is hereinafter referred to as “transactions”). The email-thread chart may further include the date-and-time-stamp of the transactions and the labeling of the transactions by transaction type (e.g. “Cced”, “forwarded”, “replied”, etc.) The senders/recipients may be discerned from the body of the email. The body of the email may contain quoted text containing the email thread. The email-thread chart may be displayed automatically in response to a user's attempt to send the email to a remote user, or in automatic response to any other user action. The email-thread chart may include a graphical user interface (“GUI”) and may allow the user to select one of the senders/recipients displayed, and to perform numerous functions related to the selected senders/recipients (e.g. delete all references to the selected sender/recipient from the email thread, etc.) | 03-25-2010 |
20100076990 | INFORMATION ANALYSIS SYSTEM, INFORMATION ANALYSIS METHOD, AND INFORMATION ANALYSIS PROGRAM - A system includes a time-series data pattern checking means that receives time-series data from an input device and extracts a time-series pattern corresponding to the received time-series, and an effective period determination means that extracts an effective period corresponding to the time-series pattern from a time-series pattern/effective period correspondence table stored in a time-series pattern/effective period correspondence table storage means. The effective period determination means determines effective period time-series data which is a portion of the time-series data received from the input device in the effective period, according to the determined effective period and causes an output device to outputs the determined effective period and the determined effective period time-series data. | 03-25-2010 |
20100082649 | AUTOMATIC SEARCH SUGGESTIONS FROM SERVER-SIDE USER HISTORY - Suggested search queries are provided to a user as search assistance while a user is entering a search query but before the user submits a completed search query for a search to be performed. The suggested search queries are selected and ordered based on the user's personal search history stored server-side as well as other information available to the search engine. When a query portion is received while a user is entering a search query, previously submitted search queries are selected from the user's search history as suggested search queries. The suggested search queries are selected and/or ranked based on the user's search history and/or other information available to the search engine. | 04-01-2010 |
20100082650 | Method, System, and Apparatus for Ranking Media Sharing Channels - Ranking media sharing channels involves determining content contributors to a channel. Activity metrics for other channels associated with the content contributors are determined. An initial ranking for the channel is provided based on the activity metrics for the other channels. The initial ranking is independent of activity metrics associated with the channel. | 04-01-2010 |
20100082651 | LANGUAGE EXTENSIONS FOR CREATING, ACCESSING, QUERYING AND UPDATING RDF DATA - A method for processing a graph structure includes providing a graph as a set of triples, each triple having a subject node, a predicate, and an object node, the predicate defining a relationship between a respective subject node and an object node. One of more triples in the set of triples are processed according to one or more attributes of each triple in the set of triples to permit accessing, querying, creating, and updating resource description framework (RDF) data structures in at least one of a script language and an object oriented language by providing a set of language extensions. | 04-01-2010 |
20100082652 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING USER INTERACTION - A system and method are described for managing user interaction(s) and information of user(s). The system may select activities which are associated with a user system and may inform content providers of user systems which have received content from the system. User actions are detected and responses associated with the activities associated with the user system are executed. A user interface which is specific to a user system may be defined. A user may access various forms of information which may include using a human assistant to access information. The system and method include creating an index of redacted information associated with a user and selectively providing access to the information for performing a transaction or service on behalf of the user. | 04-01-2010 |
20100088327 | Method, Apparatus, and Computer Program Product for Identifying Media Item Similarities - An apparatus for identifying media item similarities may include a processor. The processor may be configured to receive a modified playlist. The modified playlist may include representations of original playlist media items and a representation of a target media item. The modification to the playlist may involve the introduction of the representation of the target media item to the playlist. The processor may also be configured to modify a recommendation engine based on feedback generated in response to the target media item having been played as part of the modified playlist. Associated methods and computer program products may also be provided. | 04-08-2010 |
20100088328 | NAMESPACE MAPPING TO CENTRAL STORAGE - A file management system includes a host computer having one or more virtual machines, a switching layer computer configured to manage a namespace map for the virtual machines in the host computer, and a central storage unit. The host computer is connected indirectly to the central storage unit through an in-band IO path that includes the switching layer computer and directly to the central storage unit through an out-of-band IO path. When a virtual machines issues a file operation, a file operation including a data operation is routed to the central storage unit along an out-of-band IO path and a file operation including a metadata operation is routed to the central storage unit along an in-band IO path that includes the switching layer computer. | 04-08-2010 |
20100088329 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING CONTENT TITLES - A communication device is configured to access, based on summary location data, content summary data, which includes at least titles of a plurality of pieces of content, location data representing locations of the plurality of pieces of content and description data representing a part of each of the plurality of pieces of content. A first memory stores a plurality of pieces of storing summary data, and a second memory stores a predetermined number of pieces of storing summary data selected from among the plurality of pieces of storing summary data stored in the first memory. A first display unit displays the predetermined number of pieces of storing summary data in a list and in a scrolled manner. A transmission unit transmits the content location data included in the storing summary data corresponding to the selected title to a data display device that is communicably connected with the communication device. | 04-08-2010 |
20100088330 | MOBILE INFORMATION TERMINAL, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - A mobile information terminal includes a battery, an external power supplier configured to be supplied with external power, a data processer configured to perform a predetermined processing regarding first data to convert the first data into second data, a recording section configured to record at least one piece of data, a saving controller configured to, while being supplied with external power through the external power supplier, cause the data processor to perform the predetermined processing regarding first data recorded in the recording section, and save the resultant second data into the recording section, and an outputting controller configured to, while being supplied with power from the battery, be directed to perform the predetermined processing regarding first data recorded in the recording section, and if the directed first data corresponds to the second data saved in the recording section, read out the corresponding second data saved in the recording section. | 04-08-2010 |
20100094886 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING LEARNING MATERIALS PRESENTED OFFLINE - Managing offline presentation of learning material may include associating identification strings with various portions of the learning material. When a learner is presented with the learning materials, identification strings associated with the learning materials may also be presented to the learner. The progress of the learner with respect to the learning materials may be identified based on the identification strings. | 04-15-2010 |
20100094887 | Method and System for Determining Junk Information - The present invention is a method and a system for determining junk information related to the fields of information filtering, and can solve the problem of improperly predefined junk information. The method includes: pre-defining junk information keywords in data samples; computing keyword scores for each of the keywords; simulating filtering of the data samples using the keyword scores to obtain a filtering index value; determining whether the filtering index value satisfies an evaluation index; if not satisfied, revising the keywords or the keyword scores and repeating the simulating to obtain a new filtering index value; and if satisfied, terminating the revising. The disclosed method can help a user more reasonably define junk information keywords and keyword scores, and determine whether information is junk information based on the keywords and corresponding scores, thereby improving efficiency of information filtering. The invention can be widely adopted in a variety of applications and systems such as feedback systems, guestbook systems, forums and junk mail processing. | 04-15-2010 |
20100094888 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACQUIRING DATA FROM MACHINE-READABLE DOCUMENTS - In a method for acquiring data from a machine-readable document for assignment to fields of a database, individual data are extracted substantially automatically from the document and entered into the corresponding database fields. If data cannot be extracted from the document with a desired degree of reliability for one or more particular database fields, then the steps are executed of displaying the document onto the display screen, displaying on the display screen the at least one or more database fields for which the data cannot be extracted with the desired degree of reliability, and executing a proposal routine with which string sections in the vicinity of a pointer movable by a user on the display screen are selected, marked, and proposed for extraction. | 04-15-2010 |
20100094889 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR NON-BINARY SEQUENCE COMPARISON - A system and method for performing non-binary comparison of biological sequences includes a new measure ω | 04-15-2010 |
20100106734 | BLOB MANIPULATION IN AN INTEGRATED STRUCTURED STORAGE SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present invention relate to systems, methods and computer storage media for facilitating the structured storage of binary large objects (Blobs) to be accessed by an application program being executed by a computing device. Generally, the manipulation of Blobs in a structured storage system includes receiving a request for a Blob, which may be located by way of a Blob pointer. The Blob pointer allows for the data, such as properties, of the Blob to be identified and located. Expired properties are garbage collected as a manipulation of the Blob data within a structured storage system. In an embodiment, the Blob is identified by a key that is utilized within a primary structured index to located the requested Blob. In another embodiment, the requested Blob is located utilizing a secondary hash index. In an additional embodiment, the Blob is locate utilizing a file table. | 04-29-2010 |
20100106735 | IMAGE APPARATUS AND IMAGE CONTENTS SEARCHING METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are an image apparatus connected to an external device in which image contents are stored, and including a display unit on which the image contents are displayed, and an image contents searching method of the image apparatus, the image apparatus including: a pattern information storage unit which stores image pattern information corresponding to a keyword; and a controller which compares the image pattern information stored in the pattern information storage with the image contents in response to a searching request using the keyword, obtains an image pattern of the image contents corresponding to the image pattern information according to the keyword, and displays the certain image pattern on the display unit. A regular image pattern of the image contents is analyzed and compared to obtain and display a certain image pattern. | 04-29-2010 |
20100106736 | Method and device for monitoring and analyzing signals - A method and system for monitoring and analyzing at least one signal are disclosed. An abstract of at least one reference signal is generated and stored in a reference database. An abstract of a query signal to be analyzed is then generated so that the abstract of the query signal can be compared to the abstracts stored in the reference database for a match. The method and system may optionally be used to record information about the query signals, the number of matches recorded, and other useful information about the query signals. Moreover, the method by which abstracts are generated can be programmable based upon selectable criteria. The system can also be programmed with error control software so as to avoid the re-occurrence of a query signal that matches more than one signal stored in the reference database. | 04-29-2010 |
20100114921 | Dynamic Fragmentation of Digital Media - Media fragmentation may be provided. First, a request for a manifest may be received from a client. Then, in response to the received request for the manifest, the manifest may be sent to the client. Next, a request may be received from the client for a file fragment. The request may indicate a start time and an end time corresponding to the file fragment. The request may be in a format defined by the manifest. Then a lookup table may be queried for a first byte location in a media file corresponding to the start time and a second byte location in the media file corresponding to the end time. Next, a portion of the media file between the first byte location and the second byte location may be extracted from the media file. The portion may comprise the file fragment. The file fragment may be sent to the client. | 05-06-2010 |
20100114922 | Method and System for Monitoring an Aircraft Taxiing Phase - The invention relates to the field of monitoring and aid to taxiing of an aircraft at an airport. | 05-06-2010 |
20100114923 | Dynamic Font Metric Profiling - A method and system for rendering web content is provided. According to one embodiment, when a user of a hand-held device makes a request to a server for web content, the server determines whether the request includes a metric data key. If the key is included, the server uses the key to retrieve a set of corresponding visual metric data from a database. The sever renders the requested content according to the retrieved visual metric data. If the key is not included in the request, then the server transmits to the device a request for visual metric data. The device responsively transmits back to the server the requested metric data, and the server renders the requested web content according to the received metric data. Additionally, the server may generate a unique key corresponding to the received metric data, transmit the key to the device for inclusion in future web content requests, and store the key and metric data in a database for later access. | 05-06-2010 |
20100121863 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM FOR COSTING USER-DEFINED FUNCTIONS AND METHODS IN A DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A system, method, and computer-readable medium for the calculation of execution time estimates of user defined functions/user defined methods are provided. The execution of a UDF or UDM is timed several times at the time of the UDF/UDM creation, and an average execution time of the UDF/UDM is obtained. The resulting average execution time is then stored in a data dictionary where the optimizer may consult this value to factor it into the cost of execution of a query. | 05-13-2010 |
20100121864 | DATA MODEL OPTIMIZATION - A name of one or more entity classes of the data model may be refined to conform to a naming convention. A semantic meaning of each of the names and one or more attributes of each entity class may be determined. It may be determined that the name of a first entity class is semantically similar to the name of a second entity class based on a semantic distance between the semantic meaning of the names, where a substantial similarity may be determined between the first entity class and the second entity class by comparing the semantic meaning of the one or more attributes of the first entity class to the semantic meaning of the one or more attributes of the second entity class. The data model may be normalized based on the substantial similarity. | 05-13-2010 |
20100121865 | LEVERAGING LOW-LATENCY MEMORY ACCESS - Computational units of any task may run in different silos. In an embodiment, a search query may be evaluated efficiently on a non-uniform memory architecture (NUMA) machine, by assigning separate chunks of the index to separate memories. In a NUMA machine, each socket has an attached memory. The latency time is low or high, depending on whether a processor accesses data in its attached memory or a different memory. Copies of an index manager program, which compares a query to an index, run separately on different processors in a NUMA machine. Each instance of the index manager compares the query to the index chunk in the memory attached to the processor on which that instance is running. Thus, each instance of the index manager may compare a query to a particular portion of the index using low-latency accesses, thereby increasing the efficiency of the search. | 05-13-2010 |
20100121866 | INTERACTIVE DISPLAY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS - An interactive display management device for managing content to be displayed on each of a plurality of interactive display devices is configured to receive respective content items from each of one or more content clients. Interactive display devices transmit interaction data indicating interactions between one or more body parts of users or objects held by users and virtual objects displayed on respective interactive display devices to the display management device, and the display management device is configured to determine, based at least on the interaction data received from one or more interactive display devices, playlists for respective interactive display devices, wherein the playlists indicate one or more content item to be displayed on the respective display device. | 05-13-2010 |
20100121867 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING EDITORIAL CONTENT ON THE WEB WITH REFERENCES AND INDICATORS - Publishers of editorial content distribute to Web pages at first references to or indicators for editorial content as links, rather than the content itself, when and if the interest targeted by the editorial content matches the interest targeted by the Web pages, the respective editorial content being rendered subsequently on request by the link, together with relevant ads. | 05-13-2010 |
20100125590 | EFFICIENT CACHING FOR DYNAMIC WEBSERVICE QUERIES USING CACHABLE FRAGMENTS - A method and apparatus for intelligent caching is provided. A thin layer of business logic on a web server receives URL requests sent to the web server from clients and resolves the URLs into URLs corresponding to component parts of the requested document according to the rules of a rule set. Thus only the component resources of a composite document are cached in the web server's caching layer. The rule set defines a format for the requests sent to the web server, the manner in which properly formatted requests should be resolved, and the manner in which the component resources should be assembled into the composite document. | 05-20-2010 |
20100125591 | MERGING FILES ON STORAGE AND RETRIEVE - A client designates and transfers a file to a server in distinct chunks. The number of data chunks equals the number of communication sessions that are required to complete the transfer of the designated file to the server, that number being dependent on the number of times the communication session between the client and the server is interrupted. If the designated file includes several concatenated client files, each chunk of the designated file may include one or more such client files. Each chunk of the designated file may include some part of a client file and one or more whole client files. The byte-wise size or length of a chunk depends on the duration of the related communication session: the longer a communication session, the larger the related chunk. By transferring the designated file to the server as distinctly recognizable chunks, the need to retransmit large files to the server is avoided. | 05-20-2010 |
20100125592 | SEARCH AND CHAT INTEGRATION SYSTEM - Embodiments of the invention provide systems, methods, and computer program products for providing improved customer service by presenting a customer with an invitation to chat with a customer service associate that is skilled in a subject matter of interest to the customer and is currently available to chat with the customer. For example, in one embodiment, a system is provided having a communication interface configured to receive a search query from a consumer, such as an Internet search query entered into a search field of a web page. The system further comprises a processor operatively coupled to the communication interface and configured to compare information about the search query to one or more rules stored in a memory to determine whether a customer service associate skilled in an area related to the subject matter of the search query is currently available to chat with the consumer over, for example, the Internet. | 05-20-2010 |
20100125593 | Method and system matching regular expressions in electronic message traffic - A system and method to perform regular expression pattern matching is provided. A data stream is fed into a plurality of character match units, or CMU's, that are organized in series. A same character of the datastream is written into each of the CMU's for matching. A failure or success of the match attempt with a stored character of a selected CMU is reported to a pattern sequencing logic. A succeeding character of the datastream is then written into each of the CMU's for another character match attempt. The plurality of CMU's and the pattern sequencing logic may be comprised with a single pattern match unit, or PMU. The PMU may be controlled by a configuration data that is loaded into the PMU. The configuration data may consist of: (a.) pattern characters and length information; (b.) repetition and anchoring control; (c.) local character class definitions; and (d.) pattern sequencing information. | 05-20-2010 |
20100125594 | Method and Apparatus for Improving Performance of Approximate String Queries Using Variable Length High-Quality Grams - A computer process, called VGRAM, improves the performance of these string search algorithms in computers by using a carefully chosen dictionary of variable-length grams based on their frequencies in the string collection. A dynamic programming algorithm for computing a tight lower bound on the number of common grams shared by two similar strings in order to improve query performance is disclosed. A method for automatically computing a dictionary of high-quality grams for a workload of queries. Improvement on query performance is achieved by these techniques by a cost-based quantitative approach to deciding good grams for approximate string queries. An approach for answering approximate queries efficiently based on discarding gram lists, and another is based on combining correlated lists. An indexing structure is reduced to a given amount of space, while retaining efficient query processing by using algorithms in a computer based on discarding gram lists and combining correlated lists. | 05-20-2010 |
20100125595 | Configuration Management Server, Name Recognition Method and Name Recognition Program - An absolute path name and a command line of a process associated with a process operating on a business server are found from process information acquired from the business server. A standard process decision unit judges an OS standard process. An interpreter decision unit judges an interpreter name from the command line. A shared directory decision unit judges an executive file name located directly under a shared directory. A subdirectory decision unit judges a parent-child relation of an executive file directory from the absolute path name of the executable file. As a result, an application name recognition unit recognizes a name of an application. | 05-20-2010 |
20100125596 | Fuzzy Search Using Progressive Relaxation Of Search Terms - Disclosed herein is a computer implemented method and system that progressively relaxes search terms provided by a user. Data of predefined types is stored in a database. The data is obtained by uniquely modifying data previously stored in the database, based on the predefined types. Search terms of predefined types are accepted from the user. The search terms are compared with the stored data to find exact matches, if length of the search terms exceeds a predefined value. On not finding exact matches, the accepted search terms are modified uniquely based on the predefined types to structure first alternative queries. The first alternative queries are compared with the stored data to find exact matches. On not finding exact matches, the first alternative queries are modified based on the predefined types to structure second alternative queries. The second alternative queries are compared with the stored data to find approximate matches. | 05-20-2010 |
20100131524 | ASSOCIATING DESCRIPTIVE CONTENT WITH ASSET METADATA OBJECTS - Methods are provided, including a method of associating descriptive content with a set of assets. The method includes determining an asset metadata object, determining descriptive content related to the asset metadata object, and associating the descriptive content with the asset metadata object. | 05-27-2010 |
20100131525 | Integrated Systems and Methods of Web-Based Equestrian Data Management and Performance Metric Correlation - The systems and methods of the present disclosure provide an authorized user with the ability to input and store past and current racing information and compare that information to a particular characteristic or set of characteristics to prepare reports, objective rating/performance systems, training regimens, value assessments and otherwise compare and analyze the data in real time for a variety of other reasons. The authorized user can access, create performance reports, and/or update data on the proposed system via the web using any device configured to access the Internet including, for example, any stand alone computer, networked device or suitable mobile device. | 05-27-2010 |
20100131526 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECONCILIATION OF MULTIPLE SETS OF DATA - A computer-implemented method for reconciling records from a plurality of data sets includes receiving a first data set from a left data source, retrieving data from the first data set, and placing the retrieved data from the first data set into a first abstract record from the left data source. The method also includes receiving a second data set from a right data source, retrieving data from the second data set, and placing the retrieved data from the second data set into a second abstract record from the right data source. The computer-implemented method also includes comparing the first abstract record and the second abstract record. | 05-27-2010 |
20100131527 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO SELECT MEDIA CONTENT - Systems and methods to select media content are provided. A particular method includes dynamically selecting media content items for presentation by a media player based on media selection settings. The method also includes generating an output including a current media content item of the dynamically selected media content items. The method also includes accessing a selected media content item from a memory when the selected media content item becomes the current media content item. When the selected media content item is available at a first local memory, the selected media content item is accessed from the first local memory. When the selected media content item is not available at the local memory, a request is sent to a remote network device to send the selected media content item from a remote memory. | 05-27-2010 |
20100131528 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING ATTRIBUTES OF DIGITAL MEDIA DATA - Methods and an apparatus are provided for identifying an attribute of digital media data within a digital media file. The digital media data having an associated metadata tag comprising at least one field. The apparatus comprises a storage device configured to store the digital media file and a processor coupled to the storage device. The processor is configured to detect a field within the metadata tag that is associated with an attribute category, and identify the attribute of the digital media data based on the content of the detected field. | 05-27-2010 |
20100131529 | OPEN ENTITY EXTRACTION SYSTEM - Methods, computer program products, and systems related to providing gadgets that generate content based on entities extracted according to patterns defined by extractors are provided. A plurality of distinct extractors that define patterns for identifying entities in text are received from a plurality of users. The extractors are stored in a repository. The pattern defined by each of the extractors is processed into a pattern matching engine. The extractors are made available for subscription from a first user subscribing to a first extractor. A modification indication is received from a composition program regarding a first document of a first user, and in response to receiving the modification indication, the pattern matching engine corresponding to the first extractor is applied to the first document and identifies a first entity. The first entity is provided to a first software gadget that presents information relating to the first entity to the user. | 05-27-2010 |
20100131530 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR THIRD-PARTY ACCESS TO A NETWORK-BASED SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING LOCATION-BASED UPCOMING EVENT INFORMATION - A system and methods for third-party access to a network-based system for providing location-based upcoming event information are described. The location-based upcoming event information may be accessed from the network-based system by a server-side web application implemented by a third party. The server-side web application may be configured to communicate with the network-based system that provides online marketplace and ticket fulfillment services and to generate a query based upon the location of a user and other event criteria. The server-side web application may communicate the query to the network-based system and, in response, receive location-based upcoming event information which may be displayed to a user as a list and/or information on a map. The location-based upcoming event information may comprise an aggregate of ticket inventory available from multiple online marketplaces providing the user with multiple purchasing options. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 05-27-2010 |
20100131531 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BUILDING MULTIPLE ONLINE LEGAL RESEARCH APPLICATIONS - The present inventors devised, among other things, an application development system and method. One exemplary method entails providing a set of legal research application feature or functions and receiving a first configuration file from a user, selectively enabling or disabling one or more of the features to define a first legal research application on a first server for a first country. The method further entails receiving a second configuration file from a user, which similarly selectively enables or disables one or more of the features to define a second legal research application on a second server for a second country. The configuration files also customize the user interfaces accord to brand specific criteria for each of the countries. | 05-27-2010 |
20100131532 | Methods and apparatus for image recognition and dictation - The present invention relates to methods of and apparatus for producing and digitizing a number of images to create a digital library of images, providing an image from outside the digital library, digitizing it and comparing it to the digital images in the digital library, and providing a text descriptive of the image from outside the digital library. | 05-27-2010 |
20100131533 | System for automatic organization and communication of visual data based on domain knowledge - A computer-based system enables the creation of a time series based sequence of observations of a selected object. Each observation consists of a predefined, fixed set of standardized object views from which metadata about the visual data can be automatically determined and associated with the views. A set of standardized views and associated metadata, captured in an observation at a point in time, enables comparison of changes to a specific object over time on a view-by-view basis, or changes to a specific object over time in comparison to second reference object of the same type as the first object on a view-by-view basis. Metadata about the object in the domain are organized and made available in the domain specific processing system to support visual search, retrieval, analysis, and decision making by users within the domain. | 05-27-2010 |
20100131534 | INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM - An information providing system comprises: an associated document determining unit that determines at least one piece of associated document data that includes an expression equal or similar to a cited section based on a cited section in document data; a limiting expression extraction unit that extracts an expression that corresponds to a condition for, correction for, addition to, or annotation to an expression equal or similar to the cited section from associated document data determined by the associated document determining unit; an information creation unit that creates an expression extracted by the limiting expression extraction unit or information regarding this expression as information to be displayed; and a display unit that displays information created by the information creation unit. | 05-27-2010 |
20100131535 | GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION IDENTIFY SYSTEM WITH OPEN-TYPE IDENTIFIER AND METHOD FOR GENERATING THE IDENTIFIER - Disclosed is a geographic location identify system with open-type identifier, and further a related method for generating the identifier. One object of the geographic location identify system is to depict information of a spot on a geographic space with open-type identifier that is user-customized with privileged-setting. The system preferably includes a data processing means for processing geographic data by a computer system, and a network connecting means for connecting to plural terminal computers. After a user inputs an open-type geographic location identifier, a means for encoding/decoding is to encode or decode the identifier. A database unit is further included to store the identifier data after encoding. A comparing means is used to compare the identifier data with the input identifier, and a visual presentation generating means is to generate an electronic map, and through the database unit providing the spot related information, based on the user's request. | 05-27-2010 |
20100131536 | Method and Device for Transporting an Object to a Destination Address Specified Incompletely - A method and a device transport a postal object to an incompletely specified destination address. The object has at least one information item relating to a destination address to which the object is to be transported. A set of address components is predetermined. An address database is used which in each case contains a computer-available record per destination address for a set of possible destination addresses. Each record contains in each case one entry for each predetermined address component. At least one destination address information item on the object is detected. A screen form is used which contains in each case one input field for each address component. The detected destination address information is compared with the records of the address database. When exactly one record is consistent with all detected destination address information items, a transportation of the object to the destination address of the record is triggered. | 05-27-2010 |
20100138432 | Systems and Methods to Enable Identification of Different Data Sets - Systems and methods are provided, such as those that enable identification of data flows and corresponding results in a pattern-recognition processor. In one embodiment, a system may include the pattern-recognition processor and a flow identification register, wherein a unique flow identifier for each data flow is stored in the register. The system may include a results buffer that stores the results data and the flow identifier for each data flow, so that the results data may be related to a specific data flow. | 06-03-2010 |
20100138433 | Method and Apparatus for Generating an Information List Associated with a User - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus, comprising a processor configured to receive a request associated with a group, generate an information list based at least in part on the group, and transmit the information list. | 06-03-2010 |
20100138434 | Search device, search method, and computer-readable medium that stores search program - Search devices, methods, and programs accept an input of a first character string for searching for a search object and store second character strings. The devices, methods, and programs search among the stored second character strings for a second character string who's beginning matches the input first character string. The devices, methods, and programs display the found second character string, excluding from the display any of the found second character string for which a number of subsequent input operations that equals the difference between the number of characters in the found second character string and the number of characters in the input first character string is less than or equal to a number of operations to select the found second character string. When one of the displayed second character strings is selected, the devices, methods, and programs a display a search object that corresponds to the selected second character string. | 06-03-2010 |
20100138435 | METHOD OF LINKING INFORMATION TO AN ELECTRONICALLY ENABLED MANUFACTURED PART ARCHIVE - A method of linking information to an electronically enabled manufactured part archive includes identifying an area of the electronically enabled manufactured part archive, defining the area with a geometric token, and electronically identifying information. The information may relate to at least a portion of a manufactured part which is associated with the identified area of the manufactured part archive. The method may also include electronically associating the information with the identified area and/or the geometric token, wherein the information is configured for retrieval. | 06-03-2010 |
20100145961 | System and method for adaptive categorization for use with dynamic taxonomies - A system, method and computer program product provides a solution to a class of categorization problems using a semi-supervised clustering approach, the method employing performing a Soft Seeded k-means algorithm, which makes effective use of the side information provided by seeds with a wide range of confidence levels, even when they do not provide complete coverage of the pre-defined categories. The semi-supervised clustering is achieved through the introductions of a seed re-assignment penalty measure and model selection measure. | 06-10-2010 |
20100145962 | PROVIDING PROCESSING INSTRUCTIONS FOR UPDATING SCHEMA - A system, method and computer program product are disclosed that enable providing processing instructions for updating schema. In one embodiment, the method includes obtaining an updated schema that includes an updated version of a previous schema; identifying a difference between the updated schema and the previous schema; processing the difference to create processing instructions; and providing the processing instructions for implementation into a logical processor, wherein the logical processor processes data defined using the updated schema. | 06-10-2010 |
20100145963 | Methods, Systems, And Computer Program Products For Resolving A Network Identifier Based On A Geospatial Domain Space Harmonized With A Non-Geospatial Domain Space - Methods and systems are described for resolving a network identifier based on harmonized domain spaces. In one aspect, a query is received including a first harmonizing attribute and a first network identifier. The first network identifier includes a first domain portion identifying a domain in a first domain space and a geospatial domain region. The first harmonizing attribute identifies a network interface of a node in the domain in the first domain space. A second network identifier in a second domain space is retrieved that is associated with a geospatial node region at least partially included in the geospatial domain region. Evaluating a matching condition is provided for based on the harmonizing attributes. A query response is sent the second identifier identifying the network interface of the node identified by the first network identifier and the first harmonizing attribute. | 06-10-2010 |
20100145964 | SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING IDENTIFIERS FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH A CATALOG OF PRODUCTS - A system for providing identifiers for use in connection with a catalog of products functions by providing an identifier as a query term to a search engine associated with an Internet server. The results obtained from the Internet server as a result of providing the identifier as the search engine query term are parsed to discern a number of search hits included within the results. If the number of search hits included within the results is within a predefined threshold, the identifier is selected to be used in a catalog to indentify one or more products listed within the catalog of products. | 06-10-2010 |
20100145965 | PRESENTATION OF WEBSITES TO A COMPUTER USER - A method, computer readable storage medium, computer program product and a service. A profile of a computer user is obtained that contains meta tags descriptive of the participants of a first social networking website. A second social networking website having meta tags is selected. A profile from the second social networking website is selected. The meta tags of the first and second social networking websites are compared to determine if there is a match of at least one meta tag. Then, a search is made for related websites having at least one meta tag that matches the at least one meta tag. A list of the related websites is then presented to the computer user. | 06-10-2010 |
20100145966 | ABSTRACTING REQUEST FROM A DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT TO OBJECT MODEL - Techniques and a graphical user interface for abstracting a request from a development environment to an object model of an object store are disclosed herein. A request for data is made by the development environment, and the request is abstracted to make in compatible with the object model (e.g., by negating properties related to bitness, versioning, etc.). The request is transmitted to a broker process that retrieves a method and/or data commands corresponding to the request. The broker process may also decode one or more method parameters of the request. If one or more method parameters are not compatible with the object model, an adapter may be loaded into the object model to make the object model compatible with the request. The broker process may also transmit the method, data commands, and/or request to the object model wherein the request is fulfilled by the object model. | 06-10-2010 |
20100145967 | MICRO-BROWSER VIEWERS AND SEARCHING - Architecture that enables a user to connect, search, and review information under a mobile context by interacting through a micro-browser. The current “Find” experience can now be made part of the document search functionality thereby allowing the user to enter one or more keywords to quickly search and obtain the information desired. The “Find” feature can be part of the micro-browser viewer and solves the current inability of the user to view and read documents on the small display of the mobile device. Additionally, users can choose to search from the current page or from the beginning of the document. Results are listed with the keyword(s) emphasized (e.g., highlighted) in a portion of the content in which the keyword(s) was found. The page number can also be presented. Each result can be presented is an active link that automatically navigates the user directly to the associated keyword of the page. | 06-10-2010 |
20100145968 | Methods and Apparatus for Manipulation of Primary Audio Optical Data Content and Associated Secondary Data Content - Methods and apparatus may permit the manipulation of primary audio-optical data content ( | 06-10-2010 |
20100145969 | REDUCED POWER LOAD/STORE QUEUE SEARCHING MECHANISM - A comparison circuit can reduce the amount of power consumed when searching a load queue or a store queue of a microprocessor. Some embodiments of the comparison circuit use a comparison unit that performs an initial comparison of addresses using a subset of the address bits. If the initial comparison results in a match, a second comparison unit can be enabled to compare another subset of the address bits. | 06-10-2010 |
20100153409 | Computer-Implemented Systems And Methods For Providing Paginated Search Results From A Database - Computer-implemented systems and methods provide paginated search results from a multi-table database that stores hierarchically arranged data nodes. A query request is received that identifies one or more constraints and one or more monitoring attributes. Records of the multi-table database are filtered to create a view containing only records which meet the constraints. Monitoring attributes associated with a first n records of the view are accessed to generate an output view, where n is the number of records that may be displayed on a single page, and the output view is displayed on a user-viewable medium. | 06-17-2010 |
20100153410 | DISTRIBUTING AND SHARING CONTENT IN A NETWORK - A method may include receiving, from a first user device associated with a user profile, a first request for a media file and streaming the media file over a network to the first user device in a first format appropriate for the first device. The method may also include stopping the streaming of the media file and associating a stop time with the stopping, wherein the stop time indicates a position in the media file and receiving, from a second user device different from the first user device, a second request for the media file, the second user device being associated with the user profile. The method may also include streaming, starting at the stop time, the media file over the network to the second user device in a second format appropriate for the second device and different than the first format. | 06-17-2010 |
20100153411 | Socially Collaborative Filtering for Providing Recommended Content to a Website for Presentation to an Identified User - In one embodiment, a method comprises receiving, by a website server device providing a website service, a request from an identified user of a user device, the request requesting network content provided within the website service; determining by the website server device an absence of new network content within the website service relative to a last prior access by the identified user to the website service; and obtaining, by the website server device for presentation to the identified user within the website service, an ordered list of network items most likely to be preferred by the identified user. | 06-17-2010 |
20100153412 | User Interface and Methods for Building Structural Queries - Disclosed herein is a user interface and methods for building a formulated query to search a database of structural data which is organized by classes, attributes of classes, literals of attributes, and structural relations between classes. The user interface can display results of the formulated query and includes a structural query section to define constraints for the formulated query. The structural query section includes one or more query elements to be populated and a means for adding one or more additional query elements, wherein each query element can have a class portion which is populated by designating one of a special class identifier and a concrete class identifier, and can have one or more attribute and literal portions. The class portion can be populated by designating the class identifier from an offered list, and the user interface can further include an offer section which displays the offered list. The offered class identifiers, relation identifiers, attribute identifiers and literal values can come from the particular searched structural data. The offered class identifiers, relation identifiers and attribute identifiers can come from the definition of the structural content of the searched data. A relationship between query elements is expressible using a defined structural relation, such as a “contains” relation. Relationships between two or more query elements or two or more query element attribute-literal pair portions are also expressible using logical relations, such as a logical “AND” relation, a logical “OR” relation, and a logical “XOR” relation. A query results section displays results of the formulated query after the formulated query is executed. | 06-17-2010 |
20100153413 | COLLABORATIVE SEARCHING - Disclosed are techniques that allow users to collaborate in a search. Each user can contribute to an original search and to refining the results of the search. Preferences of all of the users are considered in the search even while those preferences can be kept private. In some embodiments of the present invention, at least two users each submit a search query. The multiple search queries are logically combined to produce one set of search results. The results can be reviewed by the users and refined if necessary. In some embodiments, a search query can be specified by a single user, but the search engine takes into consideration the stored preferences of multiple users (in addition to the search query itself, of course). | 06-17-2010 |
20100153414 | GENERATING SEARCH AND SELECT TABLES - A graphical user interface including, in a single table, a search pane on a top portion, a results section on a bottom portion, and a selected items section in a middle portion between the top portion and the bottom portion is provided. Thereafter, first user-generated input is received via the search pane in the top portion of the table in the graphical user interface that specifies a first alphanumeric search query. In response, one or more data repositories are polled to obtain results responsive to the first alphanumeric search query. Once the results are obtained, one or more results responsive to the first alphanumeric search query are displayed in the results section. Each result responsive to the first alphanumeric search query is displayed in a respective row in the results section of the table. Each result responsive to the first alphanumeric search query further includes a first graphical user interface element in the corresponding row. Second user-generated input is received that selects one or more of the first graphical user interface elements in the results section. In response to such second user-generated input results corresponding to the selected one or more first graphical user interface elements are moved from the results section to the selected items section of the table such that results that do not correspond to the selected one or more first graphical user interface elements remain displayed in the results section. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described. | 06-17-2010 |
20100153415 | Method and Apparatus to Implement a Hierarchical Cache System with pNFS - A method implements a hierarchical cache system with a parallel Network File System (pNFS) configuration for a storage system. Upon receiving a request by the hierarchical cache system to access data stored in the storage system, the method divides the data into a plurality of data segments and distributes the plurality of data segments to a plurality of cache servers of the cache system. The method responds to the request a metadata layout for the plurality of data segments distributed among the plurality of cache servers. Based on the metadata layout, the plurality of data segments can be concurrently retrieved from the plurality of cache servers. | 06-17-2010 |
20100153416 | Techniques for Managing Persistent Document Collections - Various technologies and techniques are disclosed for creating and managing persistent document collections. A data store is used for storing one or more persistent document collections. A content management application is used for managing documents for users, for creating one or more persistent document collections of a sub-set of the documents upon user request, and for storing the one or more persistent document collections in the data store. Users can create one or more persistent document collections from a sub-set of the documents. Users can also modify the one or more persistent document collections. A requested portion of one or more persistent document collections can be output upon request from an external application so that the external application can download one or more of the documents that are represented by the persistent document collection for further modification by the user. | 06-17-2010 |
20100153417 | Method of and System for Managing Drill-Through Targets - A target drill-through metadata manager has a target drill-through metadata handler and a target specification processor. The target drill-through metadata handler defines and manages target drill-through metadata in a metadata model for model constructs that are selected as drill-through target constructs. The target specification processor processes a target report definition using the target drill-through metadata to locate a data item that refers to a drill-through target construct or part of a drill-through target construct, and automatically adds one or more target filters associated with the drill-through target construct to a target report. | 06-17-2010 |
20100153418 | Methods, Systems and Computer Program Products for Obtaining Geographical Coordinates from a Textually Identified Location - A rule-based system for improving accuracy of geocoding results is provided including a communications device configured to transmit a query including a textually identified location and a geocoding accuracy module configured to receive the query from the communications device and successively remove constraints from the textually identified location until a match is located. Related methods and computer program products are also provided. | 06-17-2010 |
20100153419 | DIGITAL RAILROAD SYSTEM - Systems are provided for efficiently managing the effects of a change to a transportation system's state. One example system comprises a plurality of distributed data input and data output terminals, the distributed data input terminal configured to automatically generate data related to a first aspect of transportation system operation, at least one of a distributed database and a synchronized database configured to store data, a plurality of distributed computational engines configured to receive data from at least one database, and based on the data received, automatically manage operations of a second, different aspect of the transportation system operations, and a communications network linking the data input terminals, the data output terminals, the databases, and the computational engines, wherein the change to the transportation system's state is initiated by the data generated at the distributed input terminals. | 06-17-2010 |
20100153420 | DUAL-STAGE REGULAR EXPRESSION PATTERN MATCHING METHOD AND SYSTEM - A dual-stage regular expression pattern matching method and system is proposed, which is designed for integration to a data processing system, such as a computer platform, a firewall, a network intrusion detention system (NIDS), or a DNA sequence analysis system, for checking whether an input code sequence (such as a network data packet) is matched to specific patterns predefined by regular expressions. The proposed system and method includes a first-stage comparison procedure for comparison of the prefix string of each input code sequence and a second-stage comparison procedure for comparison of the postfix string of the same input code sequence. This feature can be used for processing code sequences having a special pattern without producing an enormous amount of state data that would cause the problem of insufficient memory during operation. | 06-17-2010 |
20100153421 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING PACKED PE FILE - The present invention discloses a device and method for detecting a packed PE (portable executable) file. In the device and method for detecting a packed PE file, information for detecting packing are extracted by analyzing the header of a target file, and a record containing characteristic values shown only in a packed PE file is created by using the extracted information. The packing of the target file is detected by calculating the similarity with a PE file which is not packed based on the created record and comparing it with a derived threshold value. Therefore, a packed PE file can be detected even if it is packed by a packing method which is not well-known. | 06-17-2010 |
20100153422 | ENHANCED DOCUMENT BROWSING WITH AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED LINKS TO RELEVANT INFORMATION - Additional documents are automatically located that are relevant to an original document, such as a document being read by a user, and also potentially relevant to personal information of the user. The additional documents may be located based on descriptive information that includes personal information of the user and content information of the document being read. The additional documents, or links to the additional documents, may be incorporated into the document being read. In some implementations, the additional documents may be presented in-line with the document being read, such as through an in-link link or text snippet. The user can thus be efficiently presented with additional information that is relevant to the original document being read. | 06-17-2010 |
20100161630 | Sensor Net System, Sensor Net System Data Managing Method, and Sensor Net System Data Managing Program - In order to easily provide data successively generated from a real world sensor network in a time series to a user, a unit for generally and flexibly performing mapping between a source for generating physical electronic information (for example, a tiny sensor node) and sensing data to be provided to the user is provided. Therefore, a manager of the sensor network is composed of a device management table for mapping among a wireless sensor node, a wireless base station, and a data managing server, a real world model table capable of including device information and giving plural attributes, a registration/search processing unit for registering/searching that information, and a data manager for data mapping between the tables. | 06-24-2010 |
20100161631 | TECHNIQUES TO SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT TAGS AND DOCUMENTS ACROSS A COMPUTER NETWORK - Technologies are described herein for providing an improved interface for interacting with a document within a private computer network. A computer program provides a person profile interface through a document viewer, the person profile interface enabling a user of a private computer network to select a different user of the private computer network, and present person profile tags and documents associated with the different user of the private computer network. The computer program further provides a tag profile interface through the document viewer, the tag profile interface enabling the user to select a tag, and present content tagged or commented on by other users of the private computer network and associated with the selected tag. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 06-24-2010 |
20100161632 | SHARED VALUE RESOLUTION WITH MULTIPLE RUNTIME CONTAINERS - Policies and services facilitate sharing values between composition containers in an extensible application environment. A value resolver service receives a request from a value resolver which has a value resolution policy. The service identifies other value resolvers which have compatible policies, queries them consistent with the policies involved, obtains values, and supplies them to the requesting value resolver. The value resolution policy specifies an order for searching composition containers, and a visibility for sharing values between composition containers during value resolution; policies may depend on composition container scope. If value resolvers cannot provide values, the value resolver service invokes fault handlers. | 06-24-2010 |
20100161633 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING A SUGGESTED READ LIST OF DIGITAL DATA TO A HOST DEVICE - The embodiments described herein generally relate to a local mass storage device that provides a suggested read list of digital data to a host device. In one embodiment, a method is provided in which a local mass storage device receives a request from a host device for a suggested read list of digital data stored in the local mass storage device. The local mass storage device creates the suggested read list and provides the suggested read list to the host device. In this embodiment, the local mass storage device is managed by the host device using a logical block addressing protocol. | 06-24-2010 |
20100161634 | BEST-VALUE DETERMINATION RULES FOR AN ENTITY RESOLUTION SYSTEM - Primary value determination rules may be used by entity resolution system to select a “best” or “primary” value of an attribute from a plurality of attribute values. For example, the “best” name, address, phone number, etc. to use in presenting a summary of information about that entity may be determined. Further, the primary value determination rules may each be configured to assign a confidence score to the “best” values selected for of a given entity. Doing so allows a selection of a “best” value for a given attribute made by one rule to be overridden by a selection of another “best” value made by another rule for that same attribute. | 06-24-2010 |
20100161635 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A MOBILE VIDEO BLOG SERVICE - A method and apparatus for providing a mobile video blog (vlog) service in a communication network are disclosed. For example, the method captures video content sourced from a mobile device used by a mobile user through a mobile vlog posting service portal, and provides a vlog viewing function accessible to a viewer through a vlog viewing service portal, wherein the vlog viewing function affords viewing of the video content and is provided in accordance with a user profile of the viewer, wherein the user profile comprises a viewing preference of the viewer. | 06-24-2010 |
20100161636 | Messaging Personalization - Participants in a communication are rendered by determining whether each entry in a list of participants in the communication satisfies criteria specified by a user participating in the communication. The criteria are used to identify a first subset of participants that are to be rendered in a first style that differentiates the first subset from remaining participants in the list. The first subset of participants is formatted in the first style. | 06-24-2010 |
20100161637 | METHOD OF PRODUCING PROBABILITIES OF BEING A TEMPLATE SHAPE - A method of identifying a printed page from a scan of the printed page is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of generating a page key of the printed page on the basis of the scan ( | 06-24-2010 |
20100169333 | DOCUMENT PROCESSOR - A technique to appropriately process structured data is provided. If a conditional expression related to data stored in a database system is included in a document processing apparatus, a query builder generates a query statement corresponding to the database system from the conditional expression. A database plug-in sends the generated query statement to the database system and then acquires a query result from the database system. A view builder generates a view for displaying the acquired query result. The document processing apparatus displays a display screen for a document including the generated view. | 07-01-2010 |
20100169334 | PEER-TO-PEER WEB SEARCH USING TAGGED RESOURCES - Systems and methods for conducting peer-to-peer (PTP) Internet searches utilizing tagged web resources, that is, web resources that the local user and/or a user at an associated remote computing device has tagged as evidence of a desire to have that resource as part of a PTP search community of resources, are provided. A user's search query is received and local and/or remote client computers associated with the user are searched directly for stored web resource links corresponding to the user's search query. Links to web resources that are identified by the search as corresponding to (i.e., satisfying) the user's search query are presented to the user. The user may then review the presented web resource links and determine if he or she would like to tag the web resource and add it to his or her local list of resources as part of the foundation for future PTP community searches. | 07-01-2010 |
20100169335 | Detecting and Reordering Fixed-Length Records to Facilitate Compression - Disclosed herein are one or more embodiments that facilitate compression of a source file having a fixed-length record therein. One or more of the disclosed embodiments detect the fixed-length records and determine a reordering plan for the source file, including determining a plurality of column groupings within the detected fixed-length records. | 07-01-2010 |
20100169336 | Customer Search Utility - A customer search terminal system may be configured to accept customer product searches and identify corresponding products and product information. A method for determining the efficacy of the customer search terminal may include receiving customer usage information including data related to customer usage of a customer search terminal and may also include receiving product sales information including data related to products sold at a point-of-sale terminal. The method may further include generating customer purchase behavior information by correlating the received customer search terminal usage information with the received product sales information when a product is sold at the point-of-sale terminal within a prescribed time period relative to a search for the product on the customer search terminal. | 07-01-2010 |
20100169337 | IDENTITY ANALYSIS AND CORRELATION - An identity analysis and correlation service system can include a summary manager service for generating identity correlation summaries pertaining to a persona, wherein the generated identity correlation summaries are based on discovered content corresponding to the persona and analyzed content corresponding to the discovered content. The system can include a content search manager service for generating the discovered content based on search criteria and a semantic analysis service for generating the analyzed content. The system can also include a data store for storing the generated identity correlation summaries and a notification service for providing a notification based on the generated identity correlation summaries. | 07-01-2010 |
20100169338 | Pangenetic Web Search 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 used for pangenetic based web search in which a user can request and receive personalized web search results that are based on the user's pangenetic makeup. Data masking can be used to maintain privacy of sensitive portions of the pangenetic data. | 07-01-2010 |
20100169339 | SYSTEM, METHOD, OR APPARATUS FOR UPDATING STORED SEARCH RESULT VALUES - Embodiments of methods, apparatuses, devices and systems associated with updating stored internet search query result values are disclosed. | 07-01-2010 |
20100169340 | Pangenetic Web Item Recommendation System - Computer based systems, methods, software and databases are presented in which correlations between web item preferences and pangenetic (genetic and epigenetic) attributes of individuals are used for pangenetic based web item recommendation in which a user can request and receive personalized online recommendations of web items that are based on the user's pangenetic makeup. Data masking can be used to maintain privacy of sensitive portions of the pangenetic data. | 07-01-2010 |
20100169341 | PREDICTIVE ALGORITHM FOR SEARCH BOX AUTO-COMPLETE - In various exemplary embodiments, a system and associated method to predict search results in an electronic environment is disclosed. The system architecture comprises a communications module to receive a query from a remote end-user where the query includes one or more characters contained within a first single communications packet. A query engine is coupled to the communications module. The query engine uses the one or more characters from the query to predictively match keywords contained within a data structure (e.g., a database) and forms a response from the one or more characters. The response is transmitted back to the end-user within a second single TCP communications packet. | 07-01-2010 |
20100169342 | Pangenetic Web Satisfaction Prediction System - Computer based systems, methods, software and databases are presented in which correlations between web item preferences and pangenetic (genetic and epigenetic) attributes of individuals are used for pangenetic based web item satisfaction prediction in which a user can request and receive online predictions of their satisfaction with web items that are based on the user's pangenetic makeup. Data masking can be used to maintain privacy of sensitive portions of the pangenetic data. | 07-01-2010 |
20100169343 | Pangenetic Web User Behavior Prediction System - Computer based systems, methods, software and databases are presented in which correlations between web item preferences, behaviors and pangenetic (genetic and epigenetic) attributes of individuals are used for pangenetic based user behavior prediction in which predictions of a user's online behavior can be generated based on the user's pangenetic makeup. Data masking can be used to maintain privacy of sensitive portions of the pangenetic data. | 07-01-2010 |
20100169344 | DYNAMIC FORMATION OF GROUPS IN A NOTIFICATION SYSTEM - A method for determining membership in a group of notification recipients and issuing a notification to the group of notification recipients, is disclosed. The method includes associating a set of potential recipients of notifications with at least one descriptor and dynamically forming a group of recipients to receive at least one notification based on the descriptors currently associated with the set of potential recipients of notifications. The method also includes issuing the at least one notification to the group of recipients. A system for determining membership in a group of notification recipients and issuing a notification to the group of notification recipients, is also provided. | 07-01-2010 |
20100169345 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DETERMINING DATA SIGNATURES IN A DYNAMIC DISTRIBUTED DEVICE NETWORK - An apparatus for determining data signatures in a dynamic distributed device network may include a processor. The processor may be configured to receive a first query and generate a local partial closure of the data identified by the first query. The processor may be further configured to synthesize a data signature of the local partial closure. In this regard, the data signature may be an irreducible polynomial expression and the data signature may be orthogonal to remote data signatures generated from remote partial closures. Further, the processor may be configured to store the data signature in an information store within a dynamic distributed device network. Associated methods and computer program products may also be provided. | 07-01-2010 |
20100169346 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR POLYNOMIAL-BASED DATA TRANSFORMATION AND UTILIZATION - An apparatus for polynomial based data transformation may include a processor. The processor may be configured to identify data that is relevant to a set of one or more queries and generate an information source vector that indicates information sources associated with the data. The processor may also be configured to generate a cyclotomic polynomial based on the information source vector and factor the cyclotomic polynomial to generate a plurality of orthogonal data signatures. Associated methods and computer program products may also be provided. | 07-01-2010 |
20100169347 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMMUNICATING SEGMENTS OF MEDIA CONTENT - Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods, and apparatus for tagging a segment of media content. In various embodiments, a beginning location and an ending location indicating the segment are recorded and are used to retrieve the segment from the media content. Various embodiments provide systems and methods for communicating the segment with a user. In various embodiments, the user requests the segment and the position of the segment in the media content and the storage location of the media content are used to extract the segment from the media content. In addition, various embodiments provide systems and methods for providing a license to the user to observe the segment. In various embodiments, a request for the license includes a player identifier and a user identifier that are used to verified the player is associated with the user and the user has rights to observe the segment. | 07-01-2010 |
20100169348 | Systems and Methods for Handling Multiple Records - Devices and methods are disclosed which relate to identifying ‘duplicate’ records in a database by finding similarities between records and applying a set of heuristic rules to determine a likelihood of being a duplicate record. The weighted results of the application of the heuristic rules identify possible duplicate records in the database. Embodiments of the present invention search records comprising fields of personal information. Matches are found between records and weighted according to the degree of similarity and uniqueness. By taking account of the different modes by which duplication errors typically originate in the database to which the method is applied, these heuristic rules identify a higher percentage of actual duplicate records in the database. The heuristic rules also produce a lower rate of ‘false positives’ than the methods for identifying duplicate records in databases now known in the art. | 07-01-2010 |
20100169349 | MODIFYING A CODED BITSTREAM - Implementations may relate to various aspects of modifying, or using, a coded bitstream, or to recovering watermarking information from data. In one implementation, a coded bitstream is modified to allow for the application of a watermark to the coded bitstream without changing the coding of any other syntax elements in the bitstream. This is performed by identifying conditions necessary to change a coded syntax element without disrupting the interpretation of subsequent coded elements. The coded syntax element is replaced with another coded value if the modified value generates the same decoding variables as the original value would have generated. Particular implementations focus on syntax elements coded using entropy coding, including, for example, Context-based Adaptive Binary Arithmetic Coding (CABAC). Regardless of the type of coding or watermarking, various implementations may provide for recovering watermarking information. Particular implementations recover watermarking information using detection data and feature information. | 07-01-2010 |
20100169350 | HIGH-PERFORMANCE, SCALABLE, ADAPTIVE AND MULTI-DIMENSIONAL EVENT REPOSITORY - A High-Performance, Scalable, Adaptive and Multi-dimensional Event Repository is described and utilized in a method for publishing an event in a database. The present method includes transparently intercepting a request to a database to publish an event. A messaging system operable with the database intercepts the request. The present method further includes examining an event repository for a template of the event. The event repository is operable with the database and the messaging system. The present method additionally includes retrieving the event template from the event repository. The present method also includes marshalling the event template to create the event. The present method also includes publishing the event in an event queue. | 07-01-2010 |
20100174728 | METHOD FOR CHARACTERISTIC CHARACTER STRING MATCHING BASED ON DISCRETENESS, CROSS AND NON-IDENTICAL - The present invention discloses a method for characteristic string matching based on discreteness, cross and non-completeness, comprising the steps of: A. a user setting discrete number, cross number and non-complete number in the user interface, or an information processing device automatically setting the discrete number, cross number and non-complete number, and inputting the retrieval keywords; B. the information processing device performing the characteristic string matching based on the three characters, with the discrete number, cross number and non-complete number set in step A as matching constraints, for a designated text according to the keywords input by user, and output the matching result of one of the eight retrieval modes, including precise retrieval, discrete retrieval, cross retrieval and cross and discrete retrieval, non-complete retrieval, discrete and non-complete retrieval, cross and non-complete retrieval, discrete and non-complete retrieval. With simple, flexible and convenient operations, the method consistent with the invention realizes a novel operation of information retrieval and provides eight information retrieval modes capable of qualitative retrieval, error tolerant retrieval, and automatic parameter setting retrieval. | 07-08-2010 |
20100174729 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF RECOLLECTION USING THE SEARCH OF RECORDS OF THE PAST - A system of recollection using the search of records of the past, includes a database (DB) device storing records of individual's past events and things, a search computing device for making a search request in response to a user's request, a server computing device for searching the DB device in response to the search request to extract result data, and a presentation computing device for integrating and presenting the result data extracted from the server computing device by using multisensory elements. | 07-08-2010 |
20100174730 | Digital Resources Searching and Mining Through Collaborative Judgment and Dynamic Index Evolution - A method is disclosed for a search engine or part of a search engine which utilizes collective intelligence, evaluation, and judgment, including web intelligence, to create and adapt the content of a generalized index hierarchy for digital resources to be searched. Digital resources to be searched can be stored and managed as a localized or distributed repository of images, video, audio, graphical or other multimedia data objects, as well as structured composite items, services, programs, modules, files, documents, systems, applications, networked peers, and agents, which may be difficult or costly to be indexed. In particular embodiments the claimed invention focuses on the indexing of semantic contents and/or pragmatic characteristics of such digital resources. By tracking and analyzing the searching behavior of users, proxies, and/or meta-search-engines, a search index can be created, tuned, improved and optimized. The claimed method in certain embodiments also incorporates an adaptive and evolution mechanism which allows relevant digital resources that may otherwise be overlooked to be found. The claimed invention can be applied to databases, web searching, personal/local search, community search, and broad-based or vertical search engines for internet, intranet, extranet or other uses. | 07-08-2010 |
20100174731 | Distributed Storage System With Web Services Client Interface - A distributed, web-services based storage system. A system may include a web services interface configured to receive, according to a web services protocol, a given client request for access to a given data object, the request including a key value corresponding to the object. The system may also include storage nodes configured to store replicas of the objects, where each replica is accessible via a respective unique locator value, and a keymap instance configured to store a respective keymap entry for each object. For the given object, the respective keymap entry includes the key value and each locator value corresponding to replicas of the object. A coordinator may receive the given client request from the web services interface, responsively access the keymap instance to identify locator values corresponding to the key value and, for a particular locator value, retrieve a corresponding replica from a corresponding storage node. | 07-08-2010 |
20100179958 | Apparatus, methods, and products for surfing the internet - Various systems, methods and products are provided for surfing the Internet. A method may include positioning a cursor over information to be search (e.g., a word or phrase on a web page, or on a screen, or in an electronic document), and initiating a web search by clicking on or otherwise acting upon the information. A method may also in include selecting information on a web page, clicking on the information as it resides on the web page, and in response to the clicking, conducting a web search on the information. The methods may also include displaying the results of the web search, such as on a computer screen for viewing and, if desired, further searching. A method of executing a web search may include (i) receiving a request to conduct a web search on information, wherein the request was generated by clicking on the information, and (ii) executing a web search on the information. An information handling system may include (a) a processor and (b) software that when executed will allow the system to (i) receive a request to conduct a web search on information, wherein the request was generated by selecting (e.g., highlighting) the information on a web page and clicking on the information, and (ii) execute a web search on the information. Related computer readable media and other methods and systems are also provided. | 07-15-2010 |
20100179959 | Systems and methods of searching for and determining modified blocks in a file system - The invention relates to a method of determining if a block was modified in a file system by comparing the versions of the base snapshot, the delta snapshot, and the space map block entry (b, e). In another aspect, the invention relates to a method of searching for blocks modified in a tree structured file system. The invention relates to methods and systems of snapshot management of a file system in a data storage system. To represent the snapshots, the invention maintains pointers to the root block pointer of each snapshot. When the active file system is modified, this invention avoids overwriting any blocks used by previous snapshots by allocating new blocks for the modified blocks. When the invention needs to put an established block in a new location, it must update a parent block to point to the new location. The update to the parent block may then require allocating a new block for the new parent block and so forth. Parts of the file system not modified since a snapshot remain in place. The amount of space required to represent snapshots scales with the fraction of the file system that users modify. To maintain snapshot integrity, this invention keeps track of the first and last snapshots that use each block in space map blocks spread throughout the file system data space. When users delete snapshots, this invention may use a background process to find blocks no longer used by any snapshot and makes them available for future use. | 07-15-2010 |
20100179960 | MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND LOG PROCESSING METHOD - A management apparatus executes service processing to job information and content information acquired by a data processing service to generate log information with a plurality of shared folders individually set with access authority for retaining the log information to be acquired from an information processing apparatus secured. Then, the management apparatus allocates and outputs the log information to one of the plurality of shared folders based on attribute information on the generated job log and a folder correspondence table. | 07-15-2010 |
20100185637 | METHODS FOR MATCHING METADATA FROM DISPARATE DATA SOURCES - Methods for matching a candidates with a target utilizing extract, transform and load (ETL) metadata utilizing a computer, the candidates originating from a number of secondary data sources are presented including: causing the computer to receive the target from a target data source; causing the computer to fetch the candidates from the number of secondary data sources; causing the computer to process match rules, the match rules configured for determining whether the candidates match with the target, where the ETL metadata provides data for the processing; if the number of match rules determines a potential candidate match, causing the computer to score the potential candidate match utilizing a weighting method, the weighting method corresponding with a degree of importance of the match, where the potential candidate match corresponds with one of candidates; and causing the computer to display the potential candidate match. | 07-22-2010 |
20100185638 | Image Search Enhanced Vehicle Telemaintenance - A device and methods are provided for identifying mechanical components in a machine, such as a vehicle. One or more images of the mechanical components are captured, perhaps using a telemaintenance device (TMD). The images are transmitted as part of a query to a telemaintenance database (TDB). The TDB processes the query, including the images, to determine information about the images. Part of the processing may include an image search of the images in the query. The information about the images is then transmitted in a query response. The TMD or other device receives the response and displays part or all of the response. The query may be part of a repair session involving one or more procedures to perform repairs on the machine. | 07-22-2010 |
20100185639 | Autonomic Self Configuring Building-Block Database Index - Methods, systems, and computer programs for executing a query having a first and second query value; in a database having at least two composite indexes, where the first index covers a first and second column and the second index covers the second column and a third column. Methods can include executing a query over the first and third columns, by using the first query values to probe the first index to obtain all related second column values, and using the obtained column values to probe the second index for all third column values which satisfy the second query value. A temporary composite index over the first and third columns for the query values can be created. A temporary composite index can be created for a query which was unexpected. | 07-22-2010 |
20100185640 | VIRTUAL WORLD IDENTITY MANAGEMENT - Embodiments of the invention improve the ability for users of an immersive virtual environment to manage and change their avatars or avatar profiles, including their behavior, during their virtual experience. In one embodiment, a user associates each avatar or avatar profile they control or own with a task from a predetermined set of tasks or purposes. A virtual world identity manager (VWIM) may collect and evaluate data about the virtual experience of the user, including virtual environment, virtual behavior, and virtual interaction with other users. Using this information, the VWIM may assist the user with identity management, including notifying the user of an identity or behavioral mismatch, and dynamically prompting the user to change identity or behavior, and recommending appropriate identities or behaviors for the user. | 07-22-2010 |
20100185641 | METHOD FOR COMPILING, TREND-TRACKING, TRANSMITTING AND REPORTING OPINION DATA - A process as provided for streamlined opinion data submission to decision makers. The process provides electronic transmission to local, state and Federal elected representatives based on physical location, provides/gathers issue-based opinions from the public, and consolidates the opinions in a relational database for dissemination to the public and/or elected officials and/or other decision makers. | 07-22-2010 |
20100185642 | INTEREST-BASED LOCATION TARGETING ENGINE - A method for targeted advertisement is provided, for which one or more tags relating to an advertisement is/are determined, one or more of the most representative entities for the tag(s) is/are determined, and the advertisement is targeted to the one or more most representative entities. In addition, for each of a plurality of tags, one or more of the most representative entities is/are determined based on term frequency-inverse document frequency, such that an entity is relatively more representative of a tag if the tag is more uniquely and/or frequently associated with the entity. For each tag, the associated entities may be divided into multiple categories, such that one or more most representative entities within each category is/are determined for each tag. | 07-22-2010 |
20100191752 | Method for producing a size-optimized delta-file - A delta file which encodes the difference between a first data file and a second data file is produced by determining a set of elemental data strings which are present in the two data files in a partial match in a graph being modeled. In the graph, each network node, representing data processing based on the first data file for producing a data byte of the second data file, is connected by network edges to all network nodes which are associated with a directly preceding data byte of the second data file. The network nodes and network edges are respectively assigned a cost value and a cost-optimized path in the graph is ascertained which, for all the day bytes of the second data file, contains only one network node per data byte. The cost-optimized path is taken as a basis for generating a delta file, containing a sequence of data processing operations and their data fields, which corresponds to the successive series of network nodes in the cost-optimized path. | 07-29-2010 |
20100191753 | Extracting Patterns from Sequential Data - Described is a technology in which sequential data, such as application program command sequences, are processed into patterns, such as for use in analyzing program usage. In one aspect, sequential data may be first transformed via state machines that remove repeated data, group similar data into sub-sequences, and/or remove noisy data. The transformed data is then segmented into units. A pattern extraction mechanism extracts patterns from the units into a pattern set, by calculating a stability score (e.g., a mutual information score) between succeeding units, selecting the pair of units having the most stability (e.g., the highest score), and adding corresponding information for that pair into the pattern set. Pattern extraction is iteratively repeated until a stopping criterion is met, e.g., the pattern set reaches a defined size, or when the stability score is smaller than a pre-set threshold. | 07-29-2010 |
20100191754 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NOTIFICATIONS RELATING TO FLIGHT TRACKING OR PLANNING - A computer-implemented system and method processes flight position information and provides a notification to a remote user in response to a triggering event. Typically, flight position data is received over a digital network. The service accepts requests for notification based upon the position of a specified flight and subsequently provides that notification based upon the flight position data. Upon receiving a user query, a server retrieves a result set from the flight position data and determines if the triggering criteria has been met. In one form, the requested notification may be presented to the user in the form of an e-mail, telephone call, text message or the like. Also disclosed is a system for flight tracking or planning which includes photographs supplied by remote users of the aircraft for which the tracking or planning is associated, for use by other remote users that see the association of the supplied photos with the tracked or planned flight. Still further disclosed is a social system for use with flight tracking or planning which allows affiliated users to share information to the exclusion of other non-affiliated users. | 07-29-2010 |
20100191755 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING CONTENTS BY USING CONTENT TAG - Provided is a method of managing contents, the method including selecting at least one of the stored contents, generating a content tag including content information associated with the selected content, storing the generated content tag, transmitting the generated content tag to an external device, and deleting the selected content. | 07-29-2010 |
20100191756 | CONTENT DELIVERY APPARATUS, CONTENT DELIVERY METHOD, AND CONTENT DELIVERY PROGRAM - In a content delivery method in a P2P network | 07-29-2010 |
20100191757 | RECORDING MEDIUM STORING ALLOCATION CONTROL PROGRAM, ALLOCATION CONTROL APPARATUS, AND ALLOCATION CONTROL METHOD - An allocation control apparatus allocates duplicate logical volume divided areas to virtual storage areas that do not have data storage area in the physical storage area. The apparatus associates identification information of the allocated virtual storage areas, of the duplicate logical volume divided areas, and of duplication source logical volume divided areas to be set in the management information. The apparatus detects, upon a data writing request, based on the management information, the unallocated real storage area in the logical volume divided area. The apparatus reallocates the real storage area to the duplicate logical volume divided area to update the management information. The apparatus identifies, based on the management information, the real storage area allocated to the duplication source logical volume divided area corresponding to the duplicate logical volume divided area. The apparatus copies data stored in the real storage area to the real storage area. | 07-29-2010 |
20100198847 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ASSESSING PROJECT MANAGEMENT OFFICES - Systems and methods consistent with the present invention assess and evaluate project management offices (“PMOs”). Information relating to the current project management capabilities of a PMO is obtained. The information is compared with industry best practices information and consolidated knowledge and experience. Based on the comparison, the maturities of the PMO's current capabilities are evaluated. The maturities of the PMO's current capabilities are given scores which provide a standardized measure of the maturity of each capability. In addition to the scores, recommendations are provided indicating specific ways in which the PMO may improve the maturities of its capabilities. | 08-05-2010 |
20100198848 | INTELLIGENT LABEL FOR COSMETIC PRODUCT - The invention relates to a method for determining a cosmetic product suitable for a user. In order to facilitate for the user the determination and selection of a cosmetic product suitable for him/her, the method has a step of storing first data in a memory element, the first data representing a cosmetic profile of the user, a storing of second data in an intelligent label, the second data representing a cosmetic profile of the cosmetic product, and the intelligent label being assigned to the cosmetic product, a step of transmitting the second data from the intelligent label to the memory element, a step of a comparison of the first data and the second data, and a step of determining the cosmetic product as a cosmetic product suitable for the user if the first data and the second data at least partially coincide with one another. | 08-05-2010 |
20100198849 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FAULT-TOLERANT MEMORY MANAGEMENT - A device and method for providing a fault-tolerant file system. The fault-tolerant file system attempts to minimize the number of writes used when updating file system data structures. In one embodiment, file system data, including file system metadata, is stored in a fault-tolerant tree including a working state and a transacted state. In one embodiment, a change list is used to track blocks that have been updated, instead of cascading updates to leaf nodes up the tree, and a delta block is used to further minimize block updates when adding or removing nodes from the tree. In one embodiment, a Q-Block is used to prevent cycles when adding and removing free blocks from an allocation tree. Metadata values are stored in the tree in a way that allows certain metadata values to be inferred when not present in the tree, thus conserving space and lowering query time. | 08-05-2010 |
20100198850 | Method and Device for High Performance Regular Expression Pattern Matching - Disclosed herein is an improved architecture for regular expression pattern matching. Improvements to pattern matching deterministic finite automatons (DFAs) that are described by the inventors include a pipelining strategy that pushes state-dependent feedback to a final pipeline stage to thereby enhance parallelism and throughput, augmented state transitions that track whether a transition is indicative of a pattern match occurring thereby reducing the number of necessary states for the DFA, augmented state transition that track whether a transition is indicative of a restart to the matching process, compression of the DFA's transition table, alphabet encoding for input symbols to equivalence class identifiers, the use of an indirection table to allow for optimized transition table memory, and enhanced scalability to facilitate the ability of the improved DFA to process multiple input symbols per cycle. | 08-05-2010 |
20100198851 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RETRIEVING DATA REPRESENTING A POSTAL ADDRESS FROM A PLURALITY OF POSTAL ADDRESSES - A method for retrieving a desired postal address from a plurality of postal addresses. The invention can feature receiving input data having input terms for finding the desired postal address from a first database of postal addresses where each postal address is formed of a plurality of postal address elements, searching a dictionary for entries in the dictionary corresponding to the input terms, determining that each entry in the dictionary that corresponds to the input terms corresponds to postal address elements of one or more postal addresses in the first database, and outputting data representing the desired postal address. The desired postal address is found in the first database if an address in that database has postal address elements that correspond with each of the entries of the dictionary that corresponds to one or more of the input terms. | 08-05-2010 |
20100198852 | SEARCH DEVICE AND SEARCH METHOD - A search device used to search for a search keyword from an object to be searched based on an automaton generated in accordance with the search keyword, includes: a first memory region; a second memory region; an information generation part that generates third information from first information and second information; a determination part; and a selection part, wherein: a first state corresponding to the first information is read from the first memory region; fourth information and a second state corresponding to the third information are read from the second memory region; the determination part determines whether or not fifth information including the first information and the second information matches with the fourth information; and the selection part selects the first state when not match in the determination and when matches in the determination, selects the second state. | 08-05-2010 |
20100198853 | Storage device and recording medium - There are provided a storage device and a computer-readable medium capable of efficiently storing keywords contained in description information and efficiently retrieving the keyword. A list producing portion ( | 08-05-2010 |
20100205190 | SURFACE-BASED COLLABORATIVE SEARCH - The claimed subject matter relates to architectures that can provide rich features associated with information-based collaborative searches by leveraging a multi-touch surface computing-based display. In particular, a first architecture can include a multi-touch surface configured to support interactivity with multiple collocated users simultaneously. Based upon such interaction, the first architecture can transmit to a search engine a multiuser surface identifier and a set of search terms input by collocated users that share a collaborative task. In response, the architecture can receive a set of search results from a second architecture, and present those results to the multi-touch surface in a variety of ways. The second architecture can relate to a search engine that can process the search terms to generate corresponding search results and also process information associated with the multiuser surface identifier. | 08-12-2010 |
20100205191 | USER ACCESS TIME BASED CONTENT FILTERING - A system and method for user access time based content filtering for Internet materials. A user access time distribution pattern of one or more known offensive Internet files may be compiled and stored as a model. The user access time distribution pattern of a target Internet file may be calculated and compared with the model. If the user access time distribution pattern of the target Internet file is sufficiently similar to the model, the target Internet file may be identified as offensive, and may be so labeled. | 08-12-2010 |
20100205192 | EMPLOYING ASSOCIATE MEMORY LEARNING AGENT FOR ENHANCED LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT - A non-conformance analysis system may have an associative memory subsystem populated with information involving a plurality of entities defining different attributes of a component, with each entity being categorized under a user defined entity type, the entities and entity types forming an associative memory. A user input device may be used for enabling a user to input a query concerning the component, and to obtain information useful for managing a lifecycle of said component. An associative memory entity analytics engine in communication with the associative memory subsystem, and responsive to said user input device, searches the associative memory using the information provided in the query to retrieve entities helpful to the user in assessing the lifecycle of the component. | 08-12-2010 |
20100205193 | SIMPLIFYING DETERMINATION OF THE GROUPS TO WHICH USERS BELONG WHEN USING DYNAMIC GROUPS - A search tool provided according to an aspect of the present invention maintains a cache data indicating which users are members of which dynamic groups. When a membership request is received requesting a set of dynamic groups to which a user belongs, the search tool examines the cache data to determine the set of dynamic groups to which the user belongs and sends the determined groups as a response to the membership request. According to another aspect of the present invention, the search tool may store an include list and an exclude list, respectively indicating the users to be included and excluded from each dynamic group. The lists are inspected in forming the set of dynamic groups to which the user belongs. | 08-12-2010 |
20100205194 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF IDENTIFYING RELEVANCE OF ELECTRONIC CONTENT TO LOCATION OR PLACE - A system and method for processing electronic information that includes generating a plurality of identifier codes each of which corresponds to a location and/or a place, receiving a plurality of electronic information, wherein each electronic information has a relevancy to one or more locations and/or places, associating each of the received plurality of electronic information with any of the identifier codes that correspond to the one or more locations and/or places having the relevancy to the electronic information, receiving a query relevant to at least one of the locations and/or places, identifying any of the identifier codes that correspond to the at least one of the locations and/or places relevant to the query, and responding to the query by providing the electronic information that are associated with the identified identifier codes. | 08-12-2010 |
20100205195 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ASSOCIATING A VIRTUAL WHITE LINE (VWL) IMAGE WITH CORRESPONDING TICKET INFORMATION FOR AN EXCAVATION PROJECT - Methods and apparatus for facilitating detection of a presence or an absence of at least one underground facility within a dig area. Source data representing one or more input images of a geographic area including the dig area is electronically received at a first user location, which may be remote from the dig area. The source data is processed so as to display at least a portion of the input image(s) on a display device. One or more indicators are added to the displayed input image(s), via a user input device associated with the display device, to provide at least one indication of the dig area and thereby generate a marked-up digital image. The marked-up digital image may be electronically bundled with information from a corresponding ticket. A descriptor file may be used to identify one or more marked-up images corresponding to a ticket. | 08-12-2010 |
20100205196 | Virtual File System for the Web - Uniform access to files across multiple Web services, each of which hosts files and optionally folders but which have different paradigms, different user accounts, and different APIs is provided. In one embodiment the uniform representation is responsive to a uniform API; and an adapter functionality arranged to adapt commands of the uniform API to the respective particular API of the respective third party Web based services which do not support the uniform API. | 08-12-2010 |
20100205197 | TWO-VALUED LOGIC DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH SUPPORT FOR MISSING INFORMATION - A two-valued logic relational database system handles missing information in a consistent way, such that query performance optimization and other techniques that break down in a three-valued logic relational database systems, can be applied. This database system introduces a NOT FOUND value to designate empty or missing information. The NOT FOUND value is introduced in all possible domains from which a constant, variable or tuple attribute may draw its value, including cases where that value is a collection of values such as a set or multiset. | 08-12-2010 |
20100211584 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A PROGRAM GUIDE HAVING SEARCH PARAMETER AWARE THUMBNAILS - A method, apparatus, article of manufacture, and a memory structure for presenting a program guide for a video-on-demand system describing a plurality of media programs, each media program having a plurality of video frames. In one embodiment, the method comprises the steps of accepting a search request from a user, the search request comprising a search parameter having a search value; searching the media program database for the search value, the media program database having first metadata associated with a first individual video frame of the media program; and providing the program guide comprising a thumbnail depicting the first individual video frame of the media program associated with the first metadata to the user if the first metadata includes the search value. | 08-19-2010 |
20100217770 | Method for automatically sensing a set of items - A method for automatically sensing a set of elements in a computer system, wherein each element in the set has an associated character body from a plurality of character bodies, and each character body comprises character strings which characterize a respective element, the performance of the method involving a search for at least one prescribed character string within the character bodies and use of the at least one character string to ascertain at least one property for at least one element, and association of this at least one ascertained property with at least one category, and this involving a user of the method being provided with a taxonomy which is inherent of the set of elements. | 08-26-2010 |
20100223272 | Methods and Systems for Aggregating Content in an Instant Messaging System - A method for content aggregation in an instant messaging system includes locating content of a specified type in an instant messaging log; organizing the located content by a parameter; and displaying the organized content. A system for content aggregation in an instant messaging system includes an aggregation module configured to locating content of a specified type in an instant messaging log; and a display module configured to organizing the located content by a parameter and to display the organized content. | 09-02-2010 |
20100223273 | DISCRIMINATING SEARCH RESULTS BY PHRASE ANALYSIS - A statistical analysis parses documents for phrases in the documents. Each document is analyzed with a phrase analysis engine to determine a key phrase that frequently occur throughout each document. One or more documents are grouped together based a corresponding statistically improbable phrase. | 09-02-2010 |
20100223274 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING A CHANGE LOG FOR FILES IN A MANAGED NETWORK - Embodiments relate to systems and methods for generating a change log for files in managed network. A set of managed machines, such as personal computers or servers, can be managed by a network management platform communicating with the machines via a secure channel. The network management platform can employ a package management tool to manage files stored or hosted in the managed network. The network management platform can further employ a change monitor or other logic to locate additional files located in the managed network but that may not be under the control of or registered to the package management tool. A systems administrator or other user can invoke both the package management tool and the change monitor logic to initiate a discovery process and locate all available files associated with the network, and generate a unified change log recording all available files and/or their changes. | 09-02-2010 |
20100228752 | MULTI-CONDITION FILTERING OF AN INTERACTIVE SUMMARY TABLE - Technologies are described herein for allowing a user of an interactive summary table to specify multi-condition data filters to modify the data displayed in the summary table. A user interface is displayed to the user that allows the user to specify a multi-condition data filter. The specification of the multi-condition data filter includes a set of filter conditions connected by logical operators. One or more filter expressions are parsed from the specification of the multi-condition data filter based on the filter conditions and the logical operators, and the filter expressions are applied to the summary data from which the summary table is displayed. | 09-09-2010 |
20100228753 | INTELLIGENT HYPERLINKING OF DATES IN TEXT - A method, handheld electronic device and computer program product for allowing a user to view calendar data related to text the user is reading are provided. The method comprises: receiving an instruction to display a specified text; identifying at least one string in the specified text indicating date information; displaying the specified text with the date string presented as a hyperlink; and receiving user input activating the hyperlink and displaying calendar information related to the date indicated by the date string in response to the user input. | 09-09-2010 |
20100228754 | SEARCH ENGINE AND SEARCH METHOD - A search engine has a plurality of comparators. Discriminants are set in the comparators for each search, and the comparators are selectively connected. | 09-09-2010 |
20100228755 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - A communication terminal includes a first storage section configured to store address information for performing connection to a communication terminal of a communication partner and an address book containing information about the communication partner, a second storage section configured to store first data files, a search section configured to search through the second storage section for first data files corresponding to information about the communication partner linked to the communication terminal of the communication partner selected on the basis of the address book, a compiling section configured to compile the retrieved first data files into a predetermined unit to generate a second data file, and a communication section configured to perform communication between the present communication terminal and the communication terminal of the communication partner and transmit the second data file to the communication terminal of the communication partner. | 09-09-2010 |
20100228756 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATING AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE - A computer system implemented method of creating and using artificial intelligence wherein the system includes a first table including at least one textual portion and at least one context phrase contained in the textual portion and the computer system is capable of communication via a network with the user using at least one electronic device, the method comprising: receiving at least one textual input from the user, extracting at least one portion of the textual input from the user and at least one context phrase therefrom, comparing each portion extracted from the textual input from the user to other portions extracted from the textual input from the user according to a first matching algorithm that utilizes the context phrases of each respective portion, and storing in the first table, the portions and respective context phrases that were extracted from the textual input from the user that satisfy the matching algorithm. | 09-09-2010 |
20100228757 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND MEMORY MEDIUM - An information processing system using apparatus data recorded in a database in accordance with a data definition updated as needed, comprises a storage unit configured to store a data definition history that makes a data definition version and a period during which a data definition for the data definition version was used to correspond to each other, a data definition library in which the data definition version and the data definition for the data definition version are registered in correspondence with each other, and a detection unit configured to detect, from the data definition history, a data definition version of a data definition used in a period designated via a user interface, to detect a data definition for the detected data definition version from the data definition library, and to provide the detected data definition version and data definition to the user interface. | 09-09-2010 |
20100228758 | DIGITAL LIVING NETWORK ALLIANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CONTENT THEREIN - A Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) system and method of providing content therein are provided. A legacy media player displays a content list for content stored in the legacy media player or in an add-in server, and when a content item is selected from the list, the legacy media player determines whether the content item is reproducible by a registered digital media renderer. If the selected content item is reproducible by the registered digital media renderer, the legacy media player transmits a reproducing request for the selected content item, and the corresponding digital media renderer receives and reproduces the selected content. | 09-09-2010 |
20100228759 | Method and System for Monitoring Domain Name Registrations - Improved approaches to domain name monitoring are disclosed. The monitoring of domain names, e.g., registrations therefor, is beneficial to holders of similar domain names, trademark owners, and competitors. Such monitoring can be automatically performed. | 09-09-2010 |
20100235372 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PROCESSING DATA - Data processing apparatus comprising: a chunk store containing specimen data chunks | 09-16-2010 |
20100235373 | AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION OF COMPATIBLE APPLICATIONS AND ACCESSORIES - Embodiments of the present invention provide various communication techniques for communication between a mobile computing device and an accessory. An accessory protocol that is generic to the mobile computing device can be used for some communication. An application executing at the mobile computing device can communicate with the accessory using an application communication protocol. In some embodiments, the application communication protocol can be different from the accessory communication protocol. In other embodiments the application protocol may only be recognized by the application and the accessory. In some embodiments, messages conforming to an application protocol can be communicated between the application and the accessory by packaging the messages inside a message conforming to the accessory communication protocol. | 09-16-2010 |
20100235374 | Method and Systems for Efficient Delivery of Previously Stored Content - Systems and methods for reducing file sizes for files delivered over a network are disclosed. A method comprises receiving a first file comprising sequences of data; creating a hash table having entries corresponding to overlapping sequences of data; receiving a second file comprising sequences of data; comparing each of the sequences of data in the second file to the sequences of data in the hash table to determine sequences of data present in both the first and second files; and creating a third file comprising sequences of data from the second file and representations of locations and lengths of said sequences of data present in both the first and second files. | 09-16-2010 |
20100241642 | MULTIPLE FORM POPULATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method for populating a form includes storing differing forms in a database, each form having at least one information location for entering an item of user information, selecting a first form to provide a first selected form, and entering an item of user information into the information location to provide an entered item of information. Storing the entered item of information in the database to provide a stored item of information, selecting a second form, determining whether the information location of the second selected form corresponds to the information location of first selected form and retrieving the stored item of information to provide a retrieved item of information in accordance with the determining are also included. The retrieved item of information is entered into the information location of the second form to provide a populated form. | 09-23-2010 |
20100241643 | MAGNETIC DISK DEVICE AND METADATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, a magnetic disk device includes: a recording medium configured to record a plurality of metadata items for each of search data items, the metadata items being related to information of the search data items; a management module configured to manage, for each of the metadata items, logical addresses specifying the metadata items recorded in the recording medium; and a reader configured to read the metadata items from the recording medium by using the logical addresses managed by the management module. | 09-23-2010 |
20100250568 | Method for Installing a Web Package Within a Manufacturing Executing System - A method enables the administration of resources (content) in web packages. By automatically adding a prefix to the resource name causing a name conflict, even resources having the same name can be handled when installing a new web package by the virtual file system mapping the resources to which a prefix has been added to the physical content required for the web application. | 09-30-2010 |
20100250569 | APPARATUS FOR MULTIMEDIA INTEGRATED RETRIEVAL AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING A MULTIMEDIA INTEGRATED RETRIEVAL PROGRAM - A multimedia integrated retrieval apparatus includes a feature value extracting unit calculating a feature value of single media data; a media information storage unit storing the feature value and storing composite media data in association with the single media data; a retrieval processing unit identifying other pieces of single media data corresponding to the single media data; a retrieval controlling unit, generating structural body data that includes a first node indicative of the single media data, a second node indicative of the another piece of single media data, a first link connecting the first node to the second node, a third node indicative of another composite media data, and a second link connecting the third node to the second node, if the another piece of composite media data including the another piece of single media data is present; and a display unit displaying the structural body data. | 09-30-2010 |
20100250570 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING PRESENCE INFORMATION IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An apparatus and method for managing presence information in a mobile communication system includes inputting media data to be transmitted to another terminal, confirming presence information that corresponds to the inputted media data in a presence database representing a correspondence relationship between media data and presence information, and requesting a presence information update of the terminal by transmitting the confirmed presence information to a presence server. | 09-30-2010 |
20100250571 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AN ORTHOPEDIC DYNAMIC DATA REPOSITORY AND REGISTRY FOR RANGE - At least one embodiment is directed to a system ( | 09-30-2010 |
20100262614 | Odor inspection system - Readings of odorous air concentration or strength are taken at various locations in the vicinity of a site being monitored for odorous air and are entered into an electronic database and electronically combined with a map of the vicinity of the site to produce a visual pattern of the odorous air with respect to the site. Readings may further include meteorological data, odor descriptors, time and date. and the like and some of the readings may be transformed into symbolic form for visual display on the map. Preferably the map is an Internet accessible on-line map. | 10-14-2010 |
20100268721 | Information Terminal Apparatus - An information terminal device having a higher degree of convenience than conventional ones is provided. The information terminal device according to the present invention is provided with a display | 10-21-2010 |
20100281043 | Fuzzy Database Matching - A method of improving the speed with which a sample such as a biometric sample can be fuzzily matched against records in a database, comprises extracting characteristics from the sample, and using those extracted characteristics as indexes ( | 11-04-2010 |
20100287168 | METHODS FOR COMPRESSING AND DECOMPRESSING MIFARE APPLICATIONS - MIFARE applications (MIA) are organized in at least one sector comprising sector data being arranged in data blocks and a sector trailer. A compressing method for MIFARE application comprises: searching for consecutive occurrences of same data values in the sector data and replacing the detected consecutive data having the same data value by a sequence comprising said data value and a number indicating the number of consecutive sector data having that data value; and/or searching for all different sector trailer values and replacing all sector trailers by references to respective ones of the different sector trailer values. | 11-11-2010 |
20100287169 | METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM FOR REALIZING FINGERPRINT TECHNOLOGY - A method, a device, and a system for realizing a fingerprint technology are disclosed. The method comprises: based on a predetermined rule, determining whether a fingerprint corresponding to a data element needs to be generated. If it is determined that the corresponding fingerprint needs to be generated, fingerprint calculation is performed for the data element, and the obtained fingerprint is sent to a data receiver. If it is determined that the corresponding fingerprint does not need to be generated, the data element is sent to the data receiver. Therefore, fingerprint calculation for data elements with short lengths and unnecessary data transmission during a data synchronization (DS) process can be avoided, and the efficiency of the DS is improved. | 11-11-2010 |
20100306209 | PATTERN MATCHER AND ITS MATCHING METHOD - A pattern matching method is disclosed. The method includes following steps. A character is searched in a skip table of a pattern such that a flag value and a skip value are returned. The sliding window is shifted according to the skip value when the flag value indicates the character is not a pattern end. The character plus at least one byte preceding the character is hashed when the flag value indicates the character is the pattern end such that a character hashing value is returned. A pattern end portion is hashed, wherein the size of the pattern end portion is equal to the size of the character plus the size of the byte such that a pattern hashing value is returned. The character hashing value is compared with the pattern hashing value. An exact matching process is performed when the character hashing value is equal to the pattern hashing value. | 12-02-2010 |
20100318529 | METHOD OF ACCESSING A WORK OF ART, A PRODUCT, OR OTHER TANGIBLE OR INTANGIBLE OBJECTS WITHOUT KNOWING THE TITLE OR NAME THEREOF USING FRACTIONAL SAMPLING OF THE WORK OF ART OR OBJECT - A method of identifying a work such as a text, a video, information about what was perceived, or a product without the person interested in the object knowing the title of the object. A fractional sampling device is used by the person to acquire a sample of the work and store the sample in the device. The device is subsequently connected to a search apparatus via a physical wire connection, wireless interface, or the Internet. The sampling stored in the device is then provided to the search apparatus. The search apparatus accesses one or more databases in which is stored substantially the entire contents of the work including identifying indicia about the work. Subsequently the search apparatus matches the sample with information about the work stored in the database and provides information identifying the work, related information, or the work itself to the person. This invention also allows a person to perceive a work at the person preferred location and time. | 12-16-2010 |
20100318530 | Method of Compound Document Comparison - A method and system for comparing compound documents. An original compound document and a modified compound document are analyzed to determine and mark the location of embedded objects. A comparison is performed between an original primary document and the modified primary document, ignoring the embedded objects, the output of which is a comparison output document. The embedded objects are compared by copying the contents of the embedded objects to compatible documents, comparing the embedded object from the original compound document and the embedded object from the modified compound document, the output of which is inserted into the comparison output document using the location markers of the embedded objects. | 12-16-2010 |
20100325118 | TEXT INFORMATION ANALYSIS SYSTEM - A first problem is that a cause investigation has been difficult to achieve in related art, though it is important to analyze the cause of a sudden increase/sudden decrease (burst). For example, a person needs to interpret the contents by carefully reading the original text of an article during that period, which requires an operating time. The cause of a burst has not been found in many cases. This is because an event unknown to a user may be the cause. A text information analysis system includes a time expression determination section | 12-23-2010 |
20100325119 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO COLLECT AND AUGMENT DECEDENT DATA - Systems, methods, and software to collect, validate, and disseminate or otherwise use of data of decedents. Some embodiments include receiving and obtaining decedent data from various sources to augment decedent data and making the augmented decedent data available to others. | 12-23-2010 |
20100332485 | ORDERING OF DATA ITEMS - Different types of data are provided in a device, and data features are automatically extracted from the data for comparison and presentation on a display of the device where a multidimensional spatial relationship between the data on the display depends on a strength of similarities between the data features. | 12-30-2010 |
20100332486 | STORAGE DEVICE AND DATA STORAGE METHOD - A storage device adapted for receiving input data which includes a plurality of data units and each data unit includes a plurality of bits, includes a statistics unit computing a difference between “0” and “1” in each bit of the data units of the input data and providing a statistic result, a calculation unit producing transferable data according to the statistic result, and a transferring unit transferring the input data into programming data according to the transferrable data and storing the programming data and the transferrable data in the storage device. | 12-30-2010 |
20100332487 | PATTERN VERIFICATION APPARATUS, PATTERN VERIFICATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - When a false matching rate depends on data for evaluation, there is a possibility that the accuracy of pattern authentication could deteriorate in an actual operation. A pattern verification apparatus includes a correction value calculation unit that generates a plurality of unit area pairs by associating each of a plurality of unit areas generated by dividing a second pattern with each of a plurality of unit areas generated by dividing a first pattern according to a degree of similarity of a pattern, and calculates a correction value, which is suitable for matching or approximating unique feature values of the respective unit areas of the mutually associated unit areas, on the unit area pair basis; a difference value calculation unit that calculates a difference value indicating a difference between the correction values based on a comparison of the correction values between the unit area pairs that are positioned spatially adjacent to each other; and a verification evaluation value calculation unit that calculates a verification evaluation value according to a verification result between a condition indicating that patterns belong to mutually different categories and a plurality of difference values calculated by the difference value calculation unit. | 12-30-2010 |
20110004605 | DOCUMENT EDITING DEVICE AND DOCUMENT EDITING METHOD - A document editing device can edit a document using a markup language, and includes: an operation means; a display means that displays an editing screen for editing the document; a control means that searches a character string of a document displayed on the document editing screen, the character string being a character string to which a character decoration type identical to a search-target character decoration type specified by an operation of the operation means is set. | 01-06-2011 |
20110010375 | GAP ANALYSIS SYSTEM & METHODS - A system and methods for comparing differences and similarities of at least two models including generating corresponding metamodel maps, visual representation of the models, and conducting a series of phases of comparison of the models using a mapping index, wherein the mapping index includes the metamodel maps and the visual representation of the models to produce a comparison output. | 01-13-2011 |
20110010376 | LOCATION SEARCH DEVICE, LOCATION SEARCH METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING LOCATION SEARCH PROGRAM - A location search device including: an input portion that inputs a search term; a storage portion that stores keywords and attributes in association with one another; an attribute acquisition portion that acquires an attribute of an input keyword that is a part of or all of a character string that constitutes an input search term that is the search term input by the input portion, from the storage portion; a search function setting portion that selects a first search function for searching for location information on a location corresponding to the input search term, from among a plurality of search functions, based on the attribute of the input keyword; a search portion that searches for the location information on the location corresponding to the input search term, using the first search function; and a display control portion that performs control such that the location information is displayed. | 01-13-2011 |
20110010377 | INTEGRATING LINE-OF-BUSINESS APPLICATION DATA WITH DOCUMENTS - Merging data from LOB applications into document templates within productivity applications without the need for custom programming is provided. A document template within a productivity application is provided, and an XML schema is attached to the document template. The XML schema allows the LOB application data to be modeled generically using a business object paradigm. Meta-data is accessed from the LOB application. Using the attached XML schema, a user may mark-up the document template with schema nodes corresponding to the meta-data from the LOB application. Data from the LOB application may then be accessed and merged into the schema nodes, creating a data-merged document. Data may be further interactively merged from the LOB application into the data-merged document. | 01-13-2011 |
20110016137 | System For Determining Virtual Proximity Of Persons In A Defined Space - A system for comparing preferences of persons has a first mechanism gathering preferences of persons, a second mechanism for rendering each preference as a numerical value, a third mechanism for plotting each numerical value representing a preference for a person in a separate dimension of multi-dimensional space, providing for each person a point in the multi-dimensional space, and a fourth mechanism for determining distance in multidimensional space between any two points representing different persons, and for storing the distances calculated in a data repository. | 01-20-2011 |
20110016138 | Grouping and Differentiating Files Based on Content - Methods and apparatus teach a digital spectrum of a file. The digital spectrum is used to map a file's position. This position relative to another file's position reveals distances between the files. Representatively, files have a plurality of symbols representing an underlying data stream of original bits of data. The number of occurrences of each symbol in each file is compared to like symbols in other files. This can occur via algorithms, mapping, or both. In certain instances, comparison reveals a difference in counts between the symbols of the files. This difference is then squared, added together, and a square root taken. Comparing “distance values” reveals file adjacency, grouping, or the like. Also, normalizing, weighting, filtering functions and/or other statistical computations are applied in certain instances. | 01-20-2011 |
20110016139 | PRINT APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING PRINTER - A print apparatus includes a non-volatile memory retaining stored content even when power is not supplied to the print apparatus, the non-volatile memory having areas for a plurality of data, key codes specifying each of the plurality of data, and the amounts each indicating the length of each of the plurality of data; and a storage unit receiving a first command and information that follows the first command from a host device, and storing data included in the information, a key code specifying the data, and the amount indicating the length of the data in the non-volatile memory. | 01-20-2011 |
20110016140 | SEARCH APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR SEARCH APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - Provided are a dividing unit for dividing a search job into a first division job for performing search processing on an internal memory table and a second division job for performing search processing on an external memory table, a searching unit for executing the search processing of the first division job and the search processing of the second division job, that were obtained by the dividing performed by the dividing unit, in concurrent, and a terminating unit for, in accordance with a designated search mode, if searching in one of the first division job and the second division job terminates, terminating searching in the other of the division jobs. | 01-20-2011 |
20110016141 | Web Traffic Analysis Tool - A log file may include a line corresponding to a request received at a web server. A rules file may include rules that are applied in a specified order. The rules may include a first rule associated with a first request identifier and a second rule associated with a second request identifier. A determination is made as to whether the line matches the first rule. If the line matches the first rule, then identification data is updated to associate the first request identifier with the line. If the line does not match the first rule, then a determination is made as to whether the line matches the second rule. If the line matches the second rule, then the identification data is updated to associate the second request identifier with the line. If the line does not match the second rule, additional rules in the rules may be similarly applied | 01-20-2011 |
20110016142 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING PATTERN MATCHING STATE MACHINE AND IDENTIFYING PATTERN - The present invention discloses a method and an apparatus for creating a pattern matching state machine and identifying a pattern, and relates to pattern matching technologies. The method includes: obtaining a sub-keyword field after division; generating a state transition (goto) function according to the sub-keyword field; generating a failure function of each state node according to the goto function; generating a next-hop goto function δ of each state node according to the goto function and the failure function; in the process of converting the failure chain, the entry with a failure transition to the initial state is not generated. Therefore, the storage content does not increase massively, the storage structure of the AC algorithm is optimized, and the processing speed of the AC algorithm is improved. | 01-20-2011 |
20110022614 | TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES APPARATUS AND METHOD - A telecommunications service or application has associated with it a set of exceptions which, in effect, define a set of matchable inputs from a user and corresponding (answer) functions to be performed in the event of the particular input. Each exception has defined for it a text string or strings that a text string derived from an input text message must match for the exception to be matched, and has associated with it a corresponding answer function for the exception. An input user text message ( | 01-27-2011 |
20110022615 | DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING METHOD FOR PERSONALIZED INFORMATION RETRIEVAL AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEM THEREOF - A digital data processing method for information retrieval and an information retrieval system thereof are provided. In an embodiment, the information retrieval system trains a personalized model according to a user's feedback perceptions of at least one information piece. With respect to information pieces and different users, the information retrieval system performs estimation, based on two different stages with a generalized model and the trained personalized model. | 01-27-2011 |
20110022616 | METHOD OF TREATING CYSTIC FIBROSIS USING OCEAN WATER - The present invention provides a method of treating respiratory disorders, such as cystic fibroses, through misting ocean water in a closed room where a patient resides. | 01-27-2011 |
20110022617 | FINITE AUTOMATON GENERATION SYSTEM FOR STRING MATCHING FOR MULTI-BYTE PROCESSING - An NFA circuit adapted to regular expressions and used for multibyte processing enables independent check of in what position the inputted character string matches. | 01-27-2011 |
20110029547 | METHOD FOR EXECUTING MENU IN MOBILE TERMINAL AND MOBILE TERMINAL USING THE SAME - The present disclosure is related to a method for executing a menu in a mobile terminal, the method including displaying a data in a display unit of the mobile terminal; selecting at least a portion of the data which is displayed on the display unit through a user input unit; searching whether a data included in a first category data exists in the selected portion of the data; and setting up a first category execution item which is related to the first category data, if the first category data is searched in the selected portion of the data, and a mobile terminal using the same. | 02-03-2011 |
20110029548 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DATA PROCESSING - Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for data processing. In one exemplary embodiment, a method is provided that includes extracting data from a Semantic Web and processing the data with an enterprise resource planning system. | 02-03-2011 |
20110029549 | SIGNATURE SEARCH ARCHITECTURE FOR PROGRAMMABLE INTELLIGENT SEARCH MEMORY - Memory architecture provides capabilities for high performance content search. The architecture creates an innovative memory that can be programmed with content search rules which are used by the memory to evaluate presented content for matching with the programmed rules. Content search rules include of regular expressions which are compiled to finite state automata (FSA) and further include of patterns of strings a first set of which are compiled to a compressed signature database and a second set of which are compiled into FSAs. The finite state automata are then programmed in Programmable Intelligent Search Memory (PRISM) programmable FSA rule blocks and the compressed signature database is programmed in the PRISM signature search engines for evaluating content with the content search rules. A compiler compiles the content search rules for evaluation by PRISM memory. When the content being searched matches any of the rules programmed in the Programmable Intelligent Search Memory (PRISM), action(s) associated with the matched rule(s) are taken. | 02-03-2011 |
20110029550 | INTERVAL SYMBOL ARCHITECTURE FOR PROGRAMMABLE INTELLIGENT SEARCH MEMORY - Memory architecture provides capabilities for high performance content search using regular expressions and patterns of strings. The architecture creates an innovative memory that can be programmed with content search rules which are used by the memory to evaluate presented content for matching with the programmed rules. When the content being searched matches any of the rules programmed in the Programmable Intelligent Search Memory (PRISM) action(s) associated with the matched rule(s) are taken. Content search rules comprise of regular expressions which are converted to finite state automata and then programmed in PRISM for evaluating content with the search rules. The PRISM memory provides features for complex regular expression symbols like interval symbol, range detection, complement control, bit masking and the like and enables complex symbols and compact regular expression representation. | 02-03-2011 |
20110035392 | AUTOMATED ACTIVE KEYWORD CONTENT SEARCHING - A keyword for use in automated searches of items of content subsequently received is configured at a content processing device. An item of content is received at the content processing device. A search within the item of content for the keyword is automatically performed. An alert is generated upon identification of the keyword within the item of content. | 02-10-2011 |
20110035393 | FILE SELECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A file selection system includes a gravity sensor and a processing unit. The gravity sensor is mounted on an electronic device to measure gravity of the electronic device and output electronic signals correspondingly. The processing unit receives the electronic signals to obtain an angle of inclination of the electronic device relative to a datum plane correspondingly, receives the angle of inclination of the electronic device relative to the datum plane, and selects a file correspondingly from a plurality of files with different shooting angles. The electronic device displays the selected image. | 02-10-2011 |
20110035394 | SYSTEM FOR PERFOMING INSTRURTIONS THAT ARE DEPENDENT UPON RECEIVED MEDIA- BASED MESSAGES AND ASSOCIATED METHODS AND COMPONENTS - A system for performing instructions determined by received media-based messages, the system including an interface for receiving a media-based message from a system user; a database associating a plurality of specifications of media-based messages with respective stored instructions; a recognition engine for identifying a correspondence between a received media-based message and a stored specification of a media-based message. The system may include an instruction engine for performing an instruction associated with a stored specification of an media-based message for which a correspondence has been identified; an interface for receiving an activation request; and a database manager configured to process the activation request to generate publication data for creating a publication that may be recorded by a user to define a new media-based message and configured to adapt the database to include a specification of the new media-based message. The system may include a database manager configured to arbitrate which of plural stored instructions is performed in response to an identified correspondence between the received media-based message and one or more specifications of media-based messages. | 02-10-2011 |
20110035395 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, REFERENCE VALUE DETERMINATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention including a history information obtaining unit and a reference value determining unit. The history information obtaining unit obtains history information about predetermined operation. The history information includes identification information and time information at which a predetermined operation is performed by/on a classification subject. The identification information and the time information are associated with each other. The reference value determining unit calculates operation number information based on the obtained history information. The operation number information includes the number of operations performed by/on the single classification subject. The operation number information further includes the number of classification subjects having the same number of operations. The number of operations and the number of classification subjects are associated with each other. The reference value determining unit determines a reference value based on the operation number information. | 02-10-2011 |
20110055235 | METHOD FOR SUPPLYING A MULTIMEDIA CONTENT PROXY, PROXY, AND CORRESPONDING COMPUTER SOFTWARE PRODUCT - The invention relates to a method for supplying a multimedia content proxy. According to the invention, the method comprises: the step of receiving at least one instance of at least one model of a profiled multimedia scene adapted to a predetermined profile of users having at least one common parameter and from a loom server; the step of storing in said content proxy said at least one instance of said at least one model of profiled multimedia scene. | 03-03-2011 |
20110055236 | PARALLEL LINKING SYSTEM AND PARALLEL LINKING METHOD - A method for use in a computer including a storage to store a trace record including a pair of a key character string and a value in a message and a message that has not yet been subjected to linking. The method includes identifying, from a received message or trace information received from a different linking apparatus, pairs of a key character string and the value thereof, pairs of a key character string and a value included in messages that have not yet been subjected to linking and that are to be subjected to linking and registering the identified pairs in the storage. | 03-03-2011 |
20110060750 | MAX-VALUE-FIRST SEARCH FOR TARGET VALUE PROBLEMS - The present application relates to systems and methods for determining at least one target path from a start vertex to a goal vertex within a directed acyclic graph. The systems and methods use a target value search (MFTVS) of a directed acyclic graph. The MFTVS includes beginning with a start vertex as a current prefix and progressing through selected prefixes. The MFTVS further includes determining a selected prefix from successor prefixes of the current prefix according to a selection rule. The selection rule is one of selecting the successor prefix having a highest path value and selecting the successor prefix having a lowest path value. The MFTVS further includes setting the current prefix to the selected prefix until a frontier of a blind spot is encountered. The frontier of the blind spot is defined by an evaluation function. | 03-10-2011 |
20110060751 | MEDIA TRANSCRIPTION, SYNCHRONIZATION AND SEARCH - The invention relates to the field of computer search on a network and is particularly directed to searching for and displaying audio and/or audio-video (“A-V”) results. A system and method provide seamless delivery of audio and A-V results that are auto-populated into a media player on a computer system. | 03-10-2011 |
20110066626 | Merging XML documents automatically using attributes based comparison - An aspect of the present invention provides a technique to automatically merge information contained in two or more XML documents in to a single merged XML document. The merging technique is based on a comparison logic that involves comparing XML elements of one of the XML document with elements of the other XML document and this element comparison is based on at least one XML attribute associated with the elements of the XML documents and termed as a merge attribute in the embodiments of the invention. An aspect of the present invention involves parsing the XML documents and providing a list of attributes asscociated with the elements of the XML documents and allowing a user to select one or more attributes as merge attributes. In yet another embodiment the XML:ID-type is selected as the default merge attribute. | 03-17-2011 |
20110066627 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PROVIDING A USER INTERFACE - A method of providing a user interface (UI) and a display apparatus having the same. In a method for providing a UI, a display apparatus receives an manipulation for two or more axis directions, and searches for one of a plurality of images by applying two or more different classification standards according to the directions of the received input manipulation. Therefore, the user may easily search for a desired image using one or more classification standards. | 03-17-2011 |
20110066628 | DICTIONARY FOR DATA DEDUPLICATION - Mechanisms are provided for efficiently improving a dictionary used for data deduplication. Dictionaries are used to hold hash key and location pairs for deduplicated data. Strong hash keys prevent collisions but weak hash keys are more computation and storage efficient. Mechanisms are provided to use both a weak hash key and a strong hash key. Weak hash keys and corresponding location pairs are stored in an improved dictionary while strong hash keys are maintained with the deduplicated data itself. The need for having uniqueness from a strong hash function is balanced with the deduplication dictionary space savings from a weak hash function. | 03-17-2011 |
20110072027 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CUSTOMIZED FILE COMPARISON - A method and related data processing system and computer readable medium. A method includes receiving, in a data processing system, a first file and a second file, and receiving comparison rules. This method includes comparing the first file and the second file, by the data processing system, according to the comparison rules, and producing an output report corresponding to the comparison. | 03-24-2011 |
20110072028 | METHOD FOR READING A NONVOLATILE MEMORY BY MEANS OF METADATA AND OF A LOOK-UP TABLE - An example method for writing and reading data in electrically erasable and programmable nonvolatile memory (EEPROM) cells may include writing, in erased blocks of a first memory zone, data each having a logical address defined in relation to a virtual memory; writing, in a second memory zone, metadata structures associated with the data present in the first memory zone, configuring, in a volatile memory zone, for each logical address of a data stored in the first memory zone, addresses of metadata structures comprising the logical address, reading the look-up table and then reading metadata structures that the look-up table designates, to find, from the logical address of a data, an address in the first memory zone of a block containing a valid data having the logical address. | 03-24-2011 |
20110072029 | Method, System and Computer Readable Medium for Addressing Handling from an Operating System - A method, system and computer readable medium for information handling within an operating system, including providing a record retrieval program; providing an input device within a window or screen of the operating system and configured to enter an execute command which initiates a record retrieval from local and remote information sources using the record retrieval program; using the record retrieval program to enter first information into search fields provided in the record retrieval program; entering the execute command using the input device after the step of entering the first information; searching, using the record retrieval program, the local and remote information sources for second information associated with the first information; and displaying the second information in the record retrieval program, when one of the local and remote information sources includes second information associated with the first information. | 03-24-2011 |
20110093483 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DATA EXCHANGE IN A DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM - An apparatus for exchanging data in a distributed system with constrained resources without symmetric metadata knowledge between senders and receivers. The sender includes an encoding module, which when encoding messages for a receiver, is operative to perform the following: generate metadata descriptions for unique combinations of subset of fields of data structures, where each metadata description defines for the receiver how to decode data in the corresponding subset of fields of that data structure included in messages and does not include the data currently in those corresponding subset of field; generate a unique metadata description identification for each different metadata description; include metadata descriptions in the messages as well as the corresponding metadata description identifications to the receiver that has not previously received those metadata descriptions, whereby the messages are encoded without per field overhead. The receiver includes a decoding module, which when decoding messages received from the sender, is operative to: store metadata descriptions in a metadata description data structure as they are received from the sender, where each metadata description is associated with a metadata description identification, whereby the metadata description data structure is progressively populated with metadata for data structures as messages are received from the sender that include metadata descriptions; and decode those messages received from the sender that do not include metadata descriptions based on the stored metadata descriptions that correspond with the metadata description identifications included in these messages, whereby these messages are decoded without those messages including metadata descriptions. | 04-21-2011 |
20110093484 | CONFIGURING STATE MACHINES USED TO ORDER AND SELECT MATCHING OPERATIONS FOR DETERMINING WHETHER AN INPUT STRING MATCHES ANY OF AT LEAST ONE REGULAR EXPRESSION USING LOOKAHEAD FINITE AUTOMATA BASED REGULAR EXPRESSION DETECTION - State machines used to order and select matching operations for determining whether an input string matches any of at least one regular expression are configured by ( | 04-21-2011 |
20110099186 | SYSTEM FOR FINDING WEBSITE INVITATION CUEING KEYWORDS AND FOR ATTRIBUTE-BASED GENERATION OF INVITATION-CUEING INSTRUCTIONS - A system for identifying keywords which may include a non-acquiescence information collector operative to collect information indicating, for each individual website from among a multiplicity of websites, at least one keyword which brought at least one user into contact with said individual website but did not result in a defined criterion for acquiescence of a user to at least one suggestion presented by said website; and a negative keyword definer operative to define at least one specific keyword which brought at least one user into contact with a specific website but did not result in a transaction between said user and said website, as a negative keyword for said specific website. Positive keyword extraction based on aggregation of visitor acquiescence information may be provided. Paradigm structuring may include template generation of invitations and/or attribute based generation of invitation cueing sets. | 04-28-2011 |
20110106826 | TRACKING DIGITAL ASSETS ON A DISTRIBUTED NETWORK - A method for tracking digital assets stored on digital asset storage media including detecting availability of a reference asset storage medium containing digital assets at a first time; determining a reference medium identifier and digital asset identifiers; storing renditions of the digital assets in a cached storage area; and storing an association between the reference asset storage medium the reference medium identifier, the digital asset identifiers and the renditions of the digital assets in a database in a persistent storage area. The method further includes, at a second later time, detecting the availability of a candidate asset storage medium, determining a candidate medium identifier that uniquely identifies the candidate asset storage medium, and comparing the candidate medium identifier to the reference medium identifier to determine whether the candidate asset storage medium is the same as the reference asset storage medium. | 05-05-2011 |
20110106827 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LICENSING MUSIC - The present disclosure includes a system, method, and computer program product for music licensing. The method may include storing a plurality of cues in a memory, each of the plurality of cues having a plurality of tags associated therewith. The plurality of tags may include both musical and non-musical tags. The method may further include receiving an input at a computing device, the input corresponding to at least one of the plurality of tags. The method may also include searching the memory of the computing device to locate at least one of the plurality of cues having at least one tag that corresponds to the input. Numerous other embodiments are also within the scope of the present disclosure. | 05-05-2011 |
20110113051 | Recommending media items - This is directed to recommending media items of a user's media library. In particular, this is directed to transferring a portion of the user's media library to an electronic device so that the user may discover the portion of the media library. The library can recommend particular media items to the user using any suitable approach, including for example based on one or more preference profiles. The user can accept or reject recommended media items as they are played back to further adjust the user's preference profile, and to revise the selection of recommended media items stored on the device. | 05-12-2011 |
20110119284 | GENERATION OF A REPRESENTATIVE DATA STRING - Provided are, among other things, systems, methods and techniques for generating a representative data string. In one representative implementation: (a) starting data positions are identified within input strings of data values; (b) a subsequence of output data values is determined based on the data values at data positions determined with reference to the starting data positions within the input strings; (c) an identification is made as to which of the input strings have segments that match the subsequence of output data values, based on a matching criterion; (d) steps (a)-(c) are repeated for a number of iterations; and (e) the subsequences of output data values are combined across the iterations to provide an output data string, with the determination in step (b) for a current iteration being based on the identification in step (c) for a previous iteration. | 05-19-2011 |
20110125770 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FACILITATING IDENTITY RESOLUTION - A method, apparatus, and computer program product are therefore provided for an identity resolution application to handle identity resolution issues that arise when data regarding a persona is available from multiple sources. A method may be provided that includes receiving an indication that a first profile represents a persona of interest, searching for potential profile matches that are at least partially related to the persona of interest, and assessing a confidence level that the potential profile match belongs to the persona of interest. The method may further include providing for presentation of a potential profile match and receiving a confirmation that a potential profile match belongs to the persona of interest where the potential profile match then becomes a confirmed profile match. The first profile may comprise a plurality of data elements related to the persona of interest. | 05-26-2011 |
20110125771 | DATA DE-DUPLICATION IN A DISPERSED STORAGE NETWORK UTILIZING DATA CHARACTERIZATION - A method begins with a processing module receiving, from a requesting device, a data storage request that includes data for storage. The method continues with the processing module determining whether substantially identical data is currently stored in a dispersed storage network (DSN) memory. The method continues with the processing module encoding at least a portion of the data using an error coding dispersal storage function to produce a set of encoded data slices, sending the set of encoded data slices to the DSN memory for storage therein, and generating a unique retrieval matrix for the requesting device, wherein the unique retrieval matrix identifies a sub-set of encoded data slices of the set of encoded data slices for subsequent retrieval of the at least a portion of the data, when the substantially identical data is not stored in the DSN memory. | 05-26-2011 |
20110131223 | DETECTING SPAM DOCUMENTS IN A PHRASE BASED INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEM - An information retrieval system uses phrases to index, retrieve, organize and describe documents. Phrases are identified that predict the presence of other phrases in documents. Documents are the indexed according to their included phrases. A spam document is identified based on the number of related phrases included in a document. | 06-02-2011 |
20110131224 | Methods for Creating a Recommended Device List from Metrics - An embodiment of the invention provides a method for creating a recommended device list from metrics. Device metrics of a plurality of mobile devices are accumulated, wherein the device metrics include device attributes of the mobile devices. The device attributes include user tags and/or user quality ratings of the mobile devices. A database of the mobile devices is created, wherein the database includes the device attributes. A request for a mobile device is received from a user, wherein the request includes user attributes. The user attributes include job responsibilities, job level, business unit, geographic location, and/or user affiliations. A processor matches the device attributes to the user attributes in order to generate a recommended device list. The recommended device list is sent to the user and/or an interface. | 06-02-2011 |
20110131225 | AUTOMATED STRAIGHT-THROUGH PROCESSING IN AN ELECTRONIC DISCOVERY SYSTEM - Embodiments of the invention relate to systems, methods, and computer program products for automated straight-through processing in an electronic discovery system. Further, the embodiments described herein provide for electronic discovery processes, such as, but not limited to, data collection, barcoding, source-to-processing, quality control, third-party network data transfer and data analysis platform loading to be automatically initiated and performed in pipeline fashion. Once a process is completed on a dataset, the next process in the flow is automatically initiated unless exceptions are determined to exist. In addition, embodiments provide for prioritizing cases and conducting each process in the straight-through data processing based on the case prioritization. | 06-02-2011 |
20110137925 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFICATION AND REPORTING OF AD DELIVERY HIERARCHY - Systems and methods for determining delivery hierarchical information for an Ad unit. In an example method performed at a server, location information is received from a user computer system via a network. The location information is associated with an Ad unit presented on a webpage accessed by the user computer system. The server determines if any previously stored signature information matches with at least a portion of the received location information, then extracts domain information for any portions of the received location information that matches with any previously stored signature information. Then, at least partial delivery hierarchical information is generated based on the extracted domain information. The process repeats for other location information associated with the Ad unit that is received at the server. The generated delivery hierarchical information is aggregated. Then a report is generated based on the aggregated delivery hierarchical information. | 06-09-2011 |
20110145266 | Feed for Expecting Entities for Address Books - A feeding module for an address book includes a processor and a memory. The processor receives at least one search parameter. The processor accesses information sources to find existing entities and expecting entities that match the at least one search parameter. The memory stores the found existing entities and the found expecting entities. The feeding module forwards the found existing entities and the found expecting entities to an address book to be displayed. | 06-16-2011 |
20110145267 | FILE PRESENCE DETECTION AND MONITORING - There is described a module for detecting an electronic file, the module embodied on a computer readable medium and configured for: receiving a portion of a file and extracting content from the portion; applying an initial hashing function numerous times to the content, the initial hashing function being applied to each one of a plurality of blocks of elements within the content and resulting in a representation for each one of the blocks; selecting one of the representations from multiple representations as an initial imprint for the file portion; comparing the initial imprint to contents of a first memory containing a plurality of detection imprints for known electronic files to be detected, the detection imprints having been created using at least the initial hashing function; and determining a match when the initial imprint corresponds to a detection imprint in the first memory. | 06-16-2011 |
20110153627 | System and Method of Generating Reusable Distance Measures for Data Processing - In one embodiment the present invention includes a computer-implemented method of analyzing data. The method includes storing, by a computer system, a column definition that includes metadata that defines a column. The method further includes generating, by the computer system, a distance measure for the column. The method further includes storing, by the computer system, the distance measure for the column as part of the metadata for the column in the column definition. In this manner, improvements may result in the areas of reuse, delegation, usability, and precalculation. | 06-23-2011 |
20110153628 | PROCESS AND WORKFLOW FOR ENTERPRISE DATA MATCHING - A method and system for managing a media advertising enterprise including process and workflow capabilities for enterprise data matching. An EDM (Enterprise Data Management) module can be configured to include a set of rules at an enterprise level to manage disparate and disconnected records associated with an entity. A number of unmatched and enterprise entities that matches with respect to an active entity can be returned based on a fuzzy logic. A matching process can then be performed to accurately match the active entity and the unmatched entities with respect to a parent enterprise entity. The unmatched entity can be put on hold if additional information is required for performing a right match after assigning the parent enterprise entity. A note can also be added in order to place the unmatched entity on hold. Such an optimization mechanism can interactively manage and report records at the enterprise level in a simple and efficient manner. | 06-23-2011 |
20110153629 | COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR ALLOCATING DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS SHARING A TRIP - A computer implemented method for allocating drivers and passengers sharing a trip, the method being executed by a trip sharing service, the method comprising:
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20110153630 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EFFICIENT XPATH PROCESSING - The present invention is directed towards systems and methods for efficient Xpath matching of a document comprising Extensible Markup Language (XML) or JavaScript Object Notation (JSON). A Xpath engine identifies an Xpath expression for processing values in the document, which is represented by a stack of nodes. The device may traverse the stack from top to bottom to match each step of the Xpath expression to a type and name of one or more nodes in the stack. The device may store a flag in each node that matches a step of the Xpath expression. Responsive to encountering a leaf node, the device may trace bottom to top from the leaf node to one or more flagged nodes in the stack and compare each flagged node against a corresponding step of the path expression. Responsive to the tracing of the flagged nodes, the device determines if the path expression is matched. | 06-23-2011 |
20110153631 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING BROKEN LINKS WITHIN A FILE - A method for detecting broken links using a computer coupled to a database is described. A plurality of links including valid links and broken links are embedded within data files stored in the database. The method includes receiving, at the computer, a selection of at least one directory that includes a plurality of data files to be analyzed. The method also includes analyzing all links embedded within the data files stored in the at least one selected directory to detect broken links. The method also includes determining that no other links are embedded within the data files stored in the at least one selected directory and generating a broken link report that includes broken link data for each broken link detected. | 06-23-2011 |
20110153632 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ALLOCATING A CURRENT MEASUREMENT VALUE FOR A GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION TO A MAP OBJECT - An apparatus for allocating a current measurement value for a geographical position to a map object of a geographical map, wherein the current measurement value originates from a series of adjacent measurement values for adjacent geographical positions, having a processor for determining a first probability measure indicating whether the current measurement value can be allocated to a first map object to which at least one adjacent measurement value of the series has already been allocated previously, and for determining a second probability measure indicating whether the current measurement value can be allocated to a second map object having an intersection with the first map object, if the first probability measure indicates that an allocation of the current measurement value to the first map object is unlikely. | 06-23-2011 |
20110153633 | SEARCHING FOR HANDWRITTEN ANNOTATIONS APPEARING A GIVEN DISTANCE FROM DOCUMENT CONTENT - A method of searching a database containing documents with handwritten annotations stored in association with document content is disclosed. The method receives as inputs a handwritten annotation as a handwritten search input and a content element as a content search input. A search is then performed of the database for handwritten annotations in a document matching the handwritten search input and less than a given physical distance from document content equal to the content search input in the document. | 06-23-2011 |
20110161334 | TRANSLATING AND GEOCODING ADDRESSES - A device may include a memory and a processor. The memory may be configured to store a regular address database and store a translated address database. The processor may be configured to perform a lookup, in the regular address database, of a regular address that corresponds to a working address. In addition, the processor may be further configured to determine whether the working address is qualified to be converted into an address comprising aliases that correspond to terms in the working address when the regular address is not found in the translated address database, and convert the working address to generate a first translated address when the working address is qualified to be converted. | 06-30-2011 |
20110161335 | LOCATING THE LATEST VERSION OF REPLICATED DATA FILES - A list of servers known to a client is compared with lists of servers stored on the servers. An instance of content (e.g., a data file) can be accessed from a server on the list if at least a simple majority of the servers have the same version of the list. | 06-30-2011 |
20110161336 | SEARCH SUPPORTING DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR SEARCH SUPPORTING - A search supporting device includes an accepting unit for accepting an input word and a URL, a log obtaining unit for obtaining from a search log storing unit in which a log including a search word having been used for every URL of viewed data for a search of the data is stored, the log including a URL having a particular portion in common with the accepted URL and a search word having a particular portion in common with the accepted input word, and an outputting unit for outputting the search word included in the obtained log. | 06-30-2011 |
20110161337 | SERVER APPARATUS, METHOD OF INSPECTING LOGS FOR THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An inspection server receives a search condition for print logs accumulated in a print log database from an inspection client PC, and an associated log setting for associating print jobs searched based on the search condition with logs managed by a log management server. The inspection server obtains a search result for a search request from an archive server, and further obtains a number of hits for the search request for associated logs based on an associated log setting from a log collection server. Based on the search result and the number of hits, the inspection server controls a display mode of print logs contained in the search result. | 06-30-2011 |
20110161338 | DYNAMIC TASKING-MASKING SERVER APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY CONFIGURING ADAPTIVE AGENTS IN WIRELESS DEVICES - A method for operating a dynamic tasking-masking server comprising a circuit to receive a package of metrics recorded at an adaptive server, coupled to a circuit to search an event register for package elements, coupled to a circuit to generate a replacement profile for transmission to the agent, wherein a circuit is comprises a processor adapted by a program product and storage for data and for instructions to adapt the processor accordingly. An apparatus which either masks or unmasks operations defined in a profile on an adaptive agent or provides a replacement profile to the adaptive agent based on configuration-state recorded and transmitted by a package defined in the last profile and comparison with persistent queries stored in an event register data structure. | 06-30-2011 |
20110167075 | USING GESTALT INFORMATION TO IDENTIFY LOCATIONS IN PRINTED INFORMATION - A facility for identifying a location in a printed document is described. The facility obtains an image of the printed document, and extracts gestalt information from text occurring in the image of the printed document. The facility compares the extracted gestalt information to an index of documents and, based upon this comparison, identifies a document that includes the gestalt information. | 07-07-2011 |
20110167076 | FACILITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM USING GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM - A facility management system has a facility GIS database configured with electronic map data and facility management GIS data containing data for identifying a location and a form of a facility located along a railway or a road, a facility register database configured to manage a name of a rail or a road, a kilometer post and attribute information in association with one another, and a kilometer post information management section configured to manage coordinate data of the facility on the general map and the kilometer post in association with each other. When searching for attribute information from the facility register database, the kilometer post information management section is referred to obtain kilometer post information by using the coordinate data of the facility and the attribute information of the facility is searched from the facility register database by using the kilometer post information. | 07-07-2011 |
20110173215 | RETRIEVAL SYSTEM, RETRIEVAL SPACE MAP SERVER APPARATUS AND PROGRAM - To provide a retrieval space map in which the ratio of unnecessary files included in the retrieval result can be decreased. One or more retrieval object spaces (retrieval objects) in which a file suitable for a retrieval purpose exists at high possibility are predefined according to the retrieval purpose under a condition containing a number of retrieval objects, and the space in which a necessary file exists at high possibility can be searched by designating the retrieval object to be suited for the retrieval purpose at the time of retrieval. | 07-14-2011 |
20110179051 | Dynamic Expansion of Data Calculation Scopes - Nested and grouped report data are aligned. A data-bound object such as a data region or an outer group serves as a data container having a domain scope. Instances of an inner group with misaligned data values are identified. The inner group instances are synchronized based on the data container domain scope, in response to a synchronization instruction in a report definition. During synchronization, data values are injected, and a synchronization group may be dynamically created. Aggregate functions are calculated over a synchronized group without regard to injected data values. A report layout is generated with synchronization visually indicated. | 07-21-2011 |
20110179052 | PATTERN IDENTIFICATION APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A pattern identification apparatus identifies a pattern that exists in input data using registration data including data of a reference pattern or a feature amount thereof and identification parameters defining processing details for comparing the input data with the registration data, the apparatus holding the registration data and the identification parameters in association with a label. The apparatus acquires registration data, identification parameters, and a label generated by an external apparatus, and registers the acquired registration data and identification parameters in association with the acquired label. If the registration data and identification parameters associated with the same label as acquired label are already registered, in the additional registration, either the stated acquired identification parameters or the identification parameters that is already registered in association with the same label are selected, and the stated acquired registration data and the selected identification parameters are additionally registered in association with the acquired label. | 07-21-2011 |
20110179053 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE CENTRALIZED MANAGEMENT OF A DOCUMENT ORDERING AND DELIVERY PROGRAM - A system and method for managing the ordering, maintenance and delivery of documents (e.g., technical publications, journals, etc.) in a copyright-compliant manner. A company having a plurality of users having a significant need to access a plurality of documents, order a large number of documents, may utilize the system and method to centrally manage the company's document ordering needs. The system and method provides for the end-to-end management of the access to the plurality of the documents and the entire document delivery supply chain from the publisher to the user anywhere, anytime on any of the user's devices. Use of the system and method enables a company to efficiently control the automated distribution of content in compliance with copyright restrictions set forth by document publishers. | 07-21-2011 |
20110179054 | INITIALISING OF A SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY SELECTING CONTENT BASED ON A USER'S PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE - A method of enabling the selection of an item of content data based on an expected physiological response of a user, each item of content data being associated with at least one recording of a perceptible content element, includes storing a first set ( | 07-21-2011 |
20110184965 | Identifying Devices in a Topology of Devices for Audio/Video Streaming - Resources may be managed in a topology for audio/video streaming. The topology includes audio/video sources and sinks and intervening branch devices. Messages between these sources, sinks, and branch devices may be used for resource management. | 07-28-2011 |
20110184966 | System and Method for Summarizing Data - Described are computer-based methods and apparatuses, including computer program products, for removing redundant data from a storage system. In one example, a data delineation process delineates data targeted for de-duplication into regions using a plurality of markers. The de-duplication system determines which of these regions should be subject to further de-duplication processing by comparing metadata representing the regions to metadata representing regions of a reference data set. The de-duplication system identifies an area of data that incorporates the regions that should be subject to further de-duplication processing and de-duplicates this area with reference to a corresponding area within the reference data set. | 07-28-2011 |
20110184967 | System and method for navigating data - Described are computer-based methods and apparatuses, including computer program products, for removing redundant data from a storage system. In one example, a data delineation process delineates data targeted for de-duplication into regions using a plurality of markers. The de-duplication system determines which of these regions should be subject to further de-duplication processing by comparing metadata representing the regions to metadata representing regions of a reference data set. The de-duplication system identifies an area of data that incorporates the regions that should be subject to further de-duplication processing and de-duplicates this area with reference to a corresponding area within the reference data set. | 07-28-2011 |
20110184968 | SIMILARITY CALCULATION APPARATUS - A similarity calculation apparatus includes: a relationship-information storage unit that stores relationships between configuration items belonging to an information system and stored in multiple databases; a first counting unit that compares, across the databases, attribute values of one configuration item in each of the databases, thereby counting a matching-attribute-value count; a second counting unit that identifies a configuration item having a relationship with the one configuration item in each of the database from the relationship-information storage unit and compares, across the databases, attribute values of the identified configuration items to count a matching-attribute-value count; and a similarity calculation unit that calculates similarity between the configuration items, of which matching-attribute-value counts each have been counted by the first counting unit or the second counting unit, based on the matching-attribute-value count counted by the first counting unit and the matching-attribute-value count counted by the second counting unit. | 07-28-2011 |
20110191360 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including: an acquisition unit successively specifying fields to be processed out of a plurality of fields included in program information in electronic program guide information and acquiring a character string included in each specified field; an analysis unit analyzing the acquired character string and outputting an analysis result for dividing the character string into a plurality of units; a sequence generating unit generating, for each field, a sequence corresponding to character string lengths of the units based on the outputted analysis result; a variance value calculating unit calculating, for each field, a variance value showing a degree of variance of magnitudes of values of items in the sequence; and a specifying unit specifying, for each program, a cast member field, in which cast member names are listed, out of the plurality of fields based on the calculated variance values. | 08-04-2011 |
20110196884 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF PROVIDING AN UPDATE TO CONTACT INFORMATION - A method of providing an update to contact information of a user of a portable electronic device includes, determining that the contact information has changed, retrieving contact data of contact data records stored at the portable electronic device, and generating and sending updates from the portable electronic device based on the contact data of the contact data records. | 08-11-2011 |
20110196885 | Discoverable Applicability of Dynamically Deployable Software Modules - A method, device, and system are provided for policy management within a policy-managed environment. A policy management agent retrieves a policy enforcement point (PEP) description from a PEP registry. The policy management agent utilizes the PEP description of the PEP to search a policy library to locate and determine matching (candidate) policies, and the matching policies match the policy description of the PEP. The managed environment, which incorporates policy evaluation, uses the equivalent policy matching criteria as the policy management agent. | 08-11-2011 |
20110202547 | METHOD AND DEVICE ENABLING THE FUNCTIONAL EXPLOITATION, IN AN AIRCRAFT, OF A LARGE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION COMING FROM DIFFERENT SOURCES - The invention has as an object the functional use, in an aircraft, of a great number of information items originating from different sources. The invention thus makes it possible to obtain information items originating from at least one information items group, the said information items obtained to be processed by at least one function called up in a system of the aircraft. After at least one information item has been identified and selected in the said at least one information items group according to at least one predetermined link combining a reference to the said at least one function called up with a reference to the said at least one information item, the said at least one information item is transmitted to the said at least one function called up. | 08-18-2011 |
20110202548 | PROGRAM DISTRIBUTION SERVER, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, PROGRAM DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, AND CONTRACT DOCUMENT INTEGRATION METHOD - The EULA dependency relationship determination section determines from the EULA dependency relationship information included in the received data whether or not there is any EULA to be included in another EULA of a plurality of EULAs. The first deletion processing section deletes the EULA that has been determined to be included in another EULA by the EULA dependency relationship determination section. The integration section integrates the remaining EULAs after the processing performed by the first deletion processing section is complete. The second deletion processing section extracts any overlapping portions from the EULA that has been integrated by the integration section and deletes an unwanted part so as not to overlap. The EULA authorization section authorizes the EULA that has been subjected to the processing performed by the second deletion processing section. | 08-18-2011 |
20110208764 | AUTOMATIC STUDY LINKING FOR HYBRID IMAGING - A method and an apparatus are disclosed for automatically linking at least two medical studies which are associated to different acquisition modalities (CT/PET) and which are subject of post-processing in the context of hybrid imaging. In a preparation phase of at least one embodiment, there is defined a classification scheme according to pre-definable rules, conditions and attributes. In an execution phase for a selected source study of a first modality there is looked for at least one target study of a second modality of the same type according to the rules. Then, the source study is automatically linked to the at least one target study. | 08-25-2011 |
20110208765 | USER INFORMATION MANAGEMENT DEVICE FOR CONTENT PROVISION, PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE NON TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM STORING A PROGRAM - A user information management device configured to manage user information regarding content provision service users, and to provide a content acquisition method to a user client device, the user information management device includes, a user information storage unit configured to store user information for each user, the user information including an address of the content acquisition method and attribute information including a user's attributes using attribute values classified into predetermined attribute categories; an access attribute information storage unit configured to store access attribute information for each set of content; a content provision unit that acquires from the user information storage unit, a content provision request including content information; an access acquisition unit configured such that, upon receiving a content acquisition request from the user client device including content information, attribute criteria, and user attribute information. | 08-25-2011 |
20110213792 | Providing a modified non-communication application interface for presenting a message - A computationally implemented method includes, but is not limited to: determining which of a plurality of end users are to be presented with a message, the plurality of end users having access to one or more non-communication applications through one or more non-communication application interfaces; and providing a modified non-communication application interface for accessing at least one of the one or more non-communication applications to one or more end users who have been determined to be presented with the message, the modified non-communication application interface including at least a channel to access the message. In addition to the foregoing, other method aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure. | 09-01-2011 |
20110213793 | Providing access to one or more messages in response to detecting one or more patterns of usage of one or more non-communication productivity applications - A computationally implemented method includes, but is not limited to: detecting one or more occurrences of one or more specific patterns of usage of one or more non-communication (NC) productivity applications by one or more end users; and providing to the one or more end users, in response to said detecting, access to one or more particular messages through one or more channels of one or more NC productivity application interfaces, the one or more NC productivity application interfaces for accessing the one or more NC productivity applications by the one or more end users. In addition to the foregoing, other method aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure. | 09-01-2011 |
20110225177 | Accessing Data In A Content-Addressable Data Processing System - A method of managing information in a content-addressable computer system comprising a plurality of computers including at least a first computer and at least two second computers. The method includes creating a first identifier for a data item, at least in part, by hashing the content of the data item; sending a request including the first identifier from the first computer to the at least two second computers to access the data item, wherein at least one of the at least two second computers uses the first identifier to access the data item; and verifying that the content of the data item has not changed since the creation of the first identifier. 2. The method may include using the first identifier to locate a storage location for the data item on the computer system. The first identifier may be based on the entire content of the data item | 09-15-2011 |
20110231420 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY INITIATING A FILE AGGREGATION PROCESS BETWEEN COMMUNICATIVELY COUPLED DEVICES - A method and system for automatically detecting a coupling of a storage device to one or more computing systems. The method automatically identifies a configuration specific to the computing system and accesses the configuration specific to the computing system. The method automatically identifies a plurality of files residing on the computing system corresponding to the configuration and automatically aggregates the plurality of files to the storage device. | 09-22-2011 |
20110231421 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, APPARATUS, METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM OF PROGRAM - An apparatus includes: an obtaining unit to obtain a plurality of addresses in order, and a storage unit to store a first group of addresses included in the plurality of addresses and obtained before a certain address is obtained by the obtaining unit, and to store a second group of addresses included in the plurality of addresses and obtained after the certain address is obtained by the obtaining unit. An extracting unit extracts one or more addresses from the first group of addresses when the obtaining unit further obtains an address that matches any address of the first group of addresses, or extracts one or more addresses of the second group of addresses when the obtaining unit further obtains an address that matches any address of the second group of addresses, wherein the one or more extracted addresses are other than the matched address. | 09-22-2011 |
20110231422 | ANALYZING ADMINISTRATIVE HEALTHCARE CLAIMS DATA AND OTHER DATA SOURCES - Techniques suitable for identifying potential subjects for a clinical trial and other applications are disclosed. One or more exclusion or inclusion criteria are defined for the clinical trial. One or more specialized searching tables are pre-generated using administrative healthcare claims data and the one or more exclusion or inclusion criteria. The specialized searching tables are searched. Through the searching step, subjects are identified within the administrative healthcare claims data who match the one or more exclusion or inclusion criteria. Through the searching step, a geographical area is identified corresponding to the subjects who match the one or more exclusion or inclusion criteria. A customized report is generated using the identified subjects and geographical area. | 09-22-2011 |
20110238681 | Apparatus and Method for Storing, Searching and Retrieving an Object From a Document Repository Using Word Search and Visual Image - An apparatus and method for creating an association between a word and an object comprising creating an object identification (ID); assigning a link ID to the object ID; determining whether a word in the object is part of a word list; performing either a) adding the word to the word list and creating a unique word ID for the word, or b) gathering a word ID associated with the word; and associating either the unique word ID or the word ID to the link ID. In one aspect, the apparatus and method search for an object based on word search and visual image by searching for a word ID associated with a word in a word list; searching for at least one link ID associated with the word ID; associating the at least one link ID with an object ID; and visually displaying the object associated with the object ID. | 09-29-2011 |
20110238682 | DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - When a document searcher transmits E-mail including a search condition to a document management system and searches for a document, a document search result can be obtained irrespective of an access right which the document searcher has. In order to solve this problem, the document management system searches a database for the document corresponding to document search information received from the document searcher, and transmits a message requesting a permission for the document searcher to obtain the document to a creator of the searched document. | 09-29-2011 |
20110246492 | LIFE ARCS AS AN ENTITY RESOLUTION FEATURE - Systems, methods and articles of manufacture are disclosed for performing identity resolution using life arcs as a feature. Space and time data may be received for an entity. A life arc template may be provided that specifies data that a life arc for each entity should include. A life arc may be generated for the entity based on the space and time data and the life arc template. An assertion for identity resolution may be made for the entity, based on the generated life arc. | 10-06-2011 |
20110246493 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND INTERFACES FOR ANALYZING ELECTRONIC FILES - A computer-implemented method for analyzing electronic files includes receiving at least one electronic file. The at least one electronic file is associated with at least one pattern and determining if the at least one pattern is recognized. If the pattern is not recognized, creating a record for at least one unrecognized pattern, including relating the at least one unrecognized pattern to at least one associated electronic file, within a storage mechanism. If the pattern is recognized, relating at least one recognized pattern to at least one associated electronic file within the storage mechanism. And querying the storage mechanism based on at least one criteria, generating a signal associated with a set of results based on the at least one criteria and transmitting the signal associated with the set of results. | 10-06-2011 |
20110246494 | SPACE AND TIME FOR ENTITY RESOLUTION - Provided are techniques for receiving a record, wherein the received record has a space-time feature, selecting candidate entities using the space time feature, performing space time analysis to determine whether the received record should be conjoined with a candidate entity from the candidate entities, and, in response to determining that the received record should be conjoined with the candidate entity, making an entity resolution assertion by conjoining the received record and the candidate entity to form a newly conjoined entity. | 10-06-2011 |
20110246495 | MEDIA FINGERPRINTING FOR SOCIAL NETWORKING - Audio fingerprinting and other media matching technologies can be used to identify media, such as movies, television shows, and radio broadcasts. A user device can record image, audio, and/or video information and upload information to a matching service that is able to use matching technology to identify the media and provide supplemental content or information to the user. The user then can share this information with other users, such as by uploading to a social networking site or passing the information to peers on a peer network as part of a container. Users can have the ability to add tagged content, provide comments and ratings, and otherwise interact based at least in part upon the tagged media content. | 10-06-2011 |
20110252046 | STRING MATCHING METHOD AND APPARATUS - Embodiments of the present invention include a method and apparatus for encoding the signature string X into a first part B and a second part R with reference to a dictionary comprising a plurality of codes. The first part B identifies which, if any, characters of the signature string X are wildcard characters. The second part R is formed by, for each character in the signature string X that is not a wildcard character, retrieving a code from the dictionary based on the character and its position within the signature string X, the dictionary holding a different code for each such character-position pairing, and combining the retrieved codes according to a predetermined logical operation (e.g. XOR) to form the second part R. | 10-13-2011 |
20110258209 | RULE ORGANIZATION FOR EFFICIENT TRANSACTION PATTERN MATCHING - Efficiently identifying transactions processed by a software application, such as a server application is disclosed. In one embodiment, transactions are identified by applying a set of rules to communications between a client and server to determine whether certain patterns are in the communications. For example, the rules may look for some combination of parameters in the transactions. As a particular example, the rules may be used to look for parameters in HTTP requests. The rules are organized in a way that allows efficient processing. For example, the rules may be organized based on the frequency with which the parameters are expected to occur in the transactions and the frequency with which each transaction is expected to occur. The rules may be updated if the expected frequencies deviate from actual frequencies, such that the rules can be organized for more efficient processing. | 10-20-2011 |
20110258210 | DUAL DFA DECOMPOSITION FOR LARGE SCALE REGULAR EXPRESSION MATCHING - An apparatus includes a data processing system for matching a first input string with a first regular expression set. The data processing system includes a processor, a memory storing a computer program, a processor configured to execute the computer program. The computer program includes instructions for performing mapping at least two related symbols of the first regular expression set to a unique symbol, generating a second input string by replacing each instance of the at least two related symbols in the first input string with the unique symbol, and operating a first state machine on the input string and a second state machine on the second input string to determine whether the first input string matches with the first regular expression set. | 10-20-2011 |
20110258211 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SYNCHRONOUS MATCHING OF MEDIA SAMPLES WITH BROADCAST MEDIA STREAMS - Systems and methods are disclosed for matching media clips. A media matching system is operable to deliver a content stream to a media receiving device. The content stream may be synchronized to a media stream received by a primary media receiving device. The output signal of the primary media receiving device is sampled and clip data sent to a data matching mechanism operable to match the sampled clip data to media clips extracted from media streams. The systems and methods provide real time matching of clip data and enable synchronization between delivered content and broadcast media streams. | 10-20-2011 |
20110264677 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIGITAL EVIDENCE ANALYSIS AND AUTHENTICATION - The system disclosed provides an efficient mechanism for acquiring email and other data from remote systems in a forensically sound manner. Email for users can be requested by investigators from email servers across the country. It is then be automatically acquired and made available to the examiner, subject to approval, and any others he deems have a need-to-know on a web based system. The data can be searched and bookmarked, and the bookmarks shared. Data can also be uploaded manually and combined with email data in the searching, bookmarking, and sharing. | 10-27-2011 |
20110270856 | MANAGED DOCUMENT RESEARCH DOMAINS - Techniques are disclosed for improving the quality and durability of citations used within research documents. A method and apparatus may be sued to enhance the ability of researches to collaborate (or to simply be alerted) when the substance of a reference cited in one research document changes in a way that may conflict with how that reference is used in the citing document. For example, changes in cited reference may undermine (or enhance) the conclusions of a research paper stored in the managed repository. | 11-03-2011 |
20110270857 | Method and System for Centralized Control of Database Applications - According to one embodiment of the present invention, a system enables control of database applications. The system comprises a computer system including a database application to provide access to a database system, and at least one processor. The computer system requests retrieval of application specific property information for the database application from a data repository, and applies the retrieved application specific property information to the database application to control operation of the database application. Embodiments of the present invention further include a method and computer program product for controlling database applications in substantially the same manner described above. | 11-03-2011 |
20110270858 | FILE TYPE RECOGNITION ANALYSIS METHOD AND SYSTEM - The invention provides a method and system for file type identifying and analyzing, which is high in processing efficiency and accuracy, simple in parameter configuring and speedy in analyzing. The method for file type identifying and analyzing is a method for identifying file type read from a database and making an analysis, characterized by comprising the following step: a loading step for loading file categories and file format parameters into a memory; a file reading step for reading files from the memory; a file type identifying step for determining whether the read files are of the file type that can be identified by the memory; a file analyzing step for analyzing files and generating an analysis report in the event that the file type can be identified. With the invention, the time required for file analysis can be effectively shortened and the accuracy of file identifying and analyzing can be ensured. | 11-03-2011 |
20110270859 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED MEDIA IDENTIFICATION IN A STORAGE DEVICE - Systems and methods are provided for improved identification of removable storage media. A scanner may be used to read an identifier, such as a barcode, on a removable storage media. In the event that the scanner reads the identifier incorrectly due to a defect in the barcode, such as a damaged label, misaligned identifier, or because the scanner is incapable of reading the identifier type or the scanner's field of view is incorrect, a media management component receives the scanned identifier data and matches it to a known set of media identifiers to create a subset of matching identifier data. A closest matching media identifier may be identified from the subset of matching identifier data. An index may be updated with information indicating the closest matching media identifier and a location of the removable storage media. | 11-03-2011 |
20110270860 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR DYNAMICALLY SEARCHING FOR ELECTRONIC MAIL MESSAGES - In one embodiment, an original search input entered is detected. A plurality of stored terms in a record are detected. The original search input is modified to remove an excluded term from the search input to form a modified search input. The modified search input is matched against the plurality of stored terms to form a first result that includes a number of the stored terms. The number of the stored terms in the first result is compared to a threshold value. In response to the number of the stored terms in the first result satisfying the threshold value, the stored terms of the first result are displayed. Otherwise, the original search input is matched against the plurality of stored terms to form a second result that includes a number of the stored terms, and the stored terms of the second result are displayed. | 11-03-2011 |
20110282890 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISAMBIGUATING INFORMATIONAL OBJECTS - The present invention provides a Distinct Author Identification System (“DAIS”) for disambiguating data to discern author entities and link or associate authorships with such author entities. The invention provides powerful disambiguation processes applied across one or more databases to yield a disambiguated authority database of authors. An entire database of publications may be processed by the DAIS to group/link authorships and to identify author entities. The author entities may then be matched or associated with actual authors to establish an authority database of authors. After initial evaluation, the DAIS may be used to reevaluate some or all of the database(s) and/or the authority database established by the DAIS may be used to add or update information. DAIS may use “hierarchical clustering” to link authorships and identify authors based on authorship similarity. DAIS evaluates the likelihood that authorships are from the same author. | 11-17-2011 |
20110295869 | EFFICIENT STRING MATCHING STATE MACHINE - An apparatus and a method for searching one or more documents for several different strings is described. A finite state machine receives and processes one or more search strings with a tail-first search. A matching string machine forms states based on the characters in the search string with at least one state accepting a match. The states are annotated with a pattern that indicates what the state has matched and can match. Each position within the pattern is either a character that has been matched at that point or an indicator that it is unknown. | 12-01-2011 |
20110302182 | COLLECTING AND ANALYZING USER ACTIVITIES ON MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICES - A mechanism for collecting and analyzing user information available on a mobile computing device is described. Information is retrieved from different components of the mobile computing device and analyzed for relationships therein. Metrics and rules are applied to the information to generate results. The results are displayed or exported to one or more components of the mobile computing device or external devices. | 12-08-2011 |
20110302183 | TRACKING OBJECT FIELDS USING RELOCATABLE OBJECT WATCHPOINTS - A method for managing an object watchpoint during a garbage collection cycle, including identifying an object having a field, where the object is associated with an original object location, where the field is associated with an original field location, and where the object and the field are located in a memory heap of a virtual machine memory, setting, within a debugger, the object watchpoint on the original field location, where the object watchpoint is a memory trap associated with the object, determining, after a relocation of the object by a garbage collector (GC), a new object location associated with the object, determining a new field location of the field based on the new object location, and setting, within the debugger, the object watchpoint on the new field location. | 12-08-2011 |
20110302184 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REMOTE ACCESS OF PERSONAL MUSIC - In one aspect of the invention, a method is provided for storing audio files. The method includes: (a) receiving electronic files at a central location from a first device, those electronic files representing audio signals; (b) associating the audio files with identification information; (c) storing the audio files at the central location on at least a portion of a storage media, that portion being uniquely associated with the identification information; (d) receiving the identification information from a second device; and (e) transmitting the audio files to the second device upon receipt of the identification information. | 12-08-2011 |
20110307502 | EXTENSIBLE EVENT-DRIVEN LOG ANALYSIS FRAMEWORK - A log analysis framework is provided that includes a core that is configured to support the execution of one or more extensions and one or more analyzers. The core provides a common infrastructure, base classes, and utilities for supporting the execution of the extensions and the analyzers. Extensions are software components configured to parse a log file and to trigger events based upon the contents of the log file. Analyzers are executable software components configured to consume events generated by the extensions, to analyze the events, and to generate a report based on the events. | 12-15-2011 |
20110307503 | ANALYZING DATA USING A HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURE - Apparatus, systems, and methods for analyzing data are described. The data can be analyzed using a hierarchical structure. One such hierarchical structure can comprise a plurality of layers, where each layer performs an analysis on input data and provides an output based on the analysis. The output from lower layers in the hierarchical structure can be provided as inputs to higher layers. In this manner, lower layers can perform a lower level of analysis (e.g., more basic/fundamental analysis), while a higher layer can perform a higher level of analysis (e.g., more complex analysis) using the outputs from one or more lower layers. In an example, the hierarchical structure performs pattern recognition. | 12-15-2011 |
20110314037 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING OPERATOR SPECIFIC PROFILES IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - Methods and apparatuses are provided that facilitate providing one or more profiles to an application executing on a device. The application can request one or more profiles, which can relate to an application type. The application type can be specified in the profile request, determined based on a profile indicated in the profile request, etc. Where the application type corresponds to an operator-specific application type, one or more operator identifiers in the profile request can be verified with one or more other operator identifiers in an identity module of the device. Where the operator identifiers match, the requested profile can be provided to the application. Where the operator identifiers do not match, an invalid profile, error code, etc. can be provided to the application. In this regard, operators can control utilization of specific profiles that can be defined by the operator. | 12-22-2011 |
20110320469 | SHARED ARCHIVES IN INTERCONNECTED CONTENT-ADDRESSABLE STORAGE SYSTEMS - Some of the embodiments herein provide a seamless cloud of storage. This storage may be content-addressable storage. An end application may or may not be exposed to the fact that content-addressable storage is used. Various embodiments herein provide event notification, which may allow applications or users to subscribe to particular events (such as storage of an X-ray by a particular entity). Some embodiments provide for a shared archive. A shared archive may provide homogeneous access to medical data, etc. that was previously stored into the CAS cloud by heterogeneous applications, varied data types, etc. Additionally, embodiments herein allow for the creation and distribution of virtual packages. For example, a user may create a virtual package for all images related to a patient so that she may have a virtual package of all of her medical data to present to a referring physician. | 12-29-2011 |
20120011137 | Point of interest spatial rating search method and system - Searching and retrieving location information associated with one or more points of interests (POI). Search criteria can be dependent upon preferences or search restrictions selected by the user device, e.g., rating information about the POI, as well as location of a POI with respect to the real-time position of the user device. Upon selecting a POI from the search result, the user device is then given further information regarding the selected POI, e.g., directions for traveling to the POI. The user device provides a proximity notification once the user device is within a certain distance from the POI. While at a POI, the user device can provide to the system information regarding the POI, such as a rating of the establishment, without having to specifically identify the POI as the system can self-identify the POI by using the position information of the user device. | 01-12-2012 |
20120011138 | ASSOCIATING AND LINKING COMPACT DISC METADATA - Improved techniques for enhancing, associating, and linking various sources of metadata for music files, to allow integration of commercially generated metadata with user-entered metadata, and to ensure that metadata provided to the user is of the highest quality and accuracy available, even when the metadata comes from disparate sources having different levels of credibility. The invention further provides improved techniques for identifying approximate matches when querying metadata databases, and also provides improved techniques for accepting user submissions of metadata, for categorizing user submissions according to relative credibility, and for integrating user submissions with existing metadata. | 01-12-2012 |
20120016894 | SOLUTION-SPECIFIC BUSINESS OBJECT VIEW - A computer-implemented system may include one or more storage devices storing first metadata defining an instance of a first metaobject, second metadata defining an instance of a solution supplement metaobject, wherein the second metadata comprises annotations to the first metadata, and wherein the first metaobject and the solution supplement metaobject are instances of a meta-metaobject. Also stored is executable program code of a service to determine merged metadata based on the first metadata and the annotations to the first metadata. A processor is included to execute the executable program code. | 01-19-2012 |
20120016895 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS EMPLOYING DELIMITER SEARCHES TO IDENTIFY SENSITIVE INFORMATION IN DATA - A data string that includes potentially sensitive information, such as an account number for a payment card, may be evaluated using a delimiter search to provide an increased level of confidence that the data string encodes the sensitive information of interest. A delimiter search may include an evaluation of the bytes adjacent to the beginning and end of the data to determine whether or not those bytes have values that correspond to the values of known delimiters. A data string that is not surrounded by known delimiters may be disregarded (i.e., considered not to comprise sensitive information of interest), while a data string that is surrounded by known delimiters may warrant further evaluation. | 01-19-2012 |
20120016896 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS EMPLOYING SEARCHES FOR KNOWN IDENTIFIERS OF SENSITIVE INFORMATION TO IDENTIFY SENSITIVE INFORMATION IN DATA - A data string that includes potentially sensitive information, such as an account number for a payment card, may be evaluated to determine whether or not any portion of the data string encodes a known identifier of sensitive information, such as a known bank identification number (BIN). A fixed number of bytes of the data string may be analyzed using a trie algorithm, in which the value of a first byte is compared with the value of a corresponding first character of the known identifier. A second byte is then compared with a set of values of corresponding second characters, which accompany the first character of the known identifier. Then the value of a third byte of the data string is compared with a set of values of corresponding third values, which accompany the first and second characters of the known identifier. The use of a trie algorithm decreases the length of the search process by several orders of magnitude. | 01-19-2012 |
20120023117 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS EMPLOYING INTERMITTENT SCANNING TECHNIQUES TO IDENTIFY SENSITIVE INFORMATION IN DATA - Potentially sensitive information (e.g., account numbers for payment cards, etc.) may be identified from data by use of an “interval scanning” technique, in which a string of data is evaluated in intervals. When a system employs an interval scanning technique, data is evaluated by analyzing bytes of data in periodic sequence (e.g., every thirteenth byte, etc.), while the bytes between the analyzed bytes are initially ignored. If the value of an analyzed byte corresponds to a character of interest (e.g., a decimal numeral or numeric digit (i.e., a character having a value that corresponds to a base-ten, or Arabic, number, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9), etc.), that byte is identified as a “base byte,” from which a more focused evaluation (e.g., a byte-by-byte analysis, or sequential analysis, etc.) may then commence. | 01-26-2012 |
20120030224 | ENABLING ACTIVE CONTENT IN MESSAGING USING AUTOMATIC DATA REPLACEMENT - Systems, methods, and/or computer program products for automatic pointer activation, acquiring data not included in an obtained dataset and/or for enabling the later acquiring of data not included in the dataset. In some examples, upon automatic activation of a pointer in the dataset, data associated with the pointer may be acquired. In some of these examples the acquired data may include data which requires prior authentication. Additionally or alternatively in some of these examples, the acquired data or a version thereof may include at least one instruction which would not necessarily have been acceptable to every security module in the channel. Additionally or alternatively, in some examples, a pointer may be a candidate for automatic activation if the referenced provider matches any provider listed as being associated with automatic activation. | 02-02-2012 |
20120036142 | Optimized Satellite Image Retrieval - The present invention concerns a satellite image retrieving system that comprises electronic input means, electronic retrieving means, and electronic storing means. The electronic input means are coupled with the electronic retrieving means and are configured to generate input data and to provide the electronic retrieving means with said input data. The input data is indicative of a given geographic area. The electronic retrieving means are coupled with the electronic storing means that are configured to store satellite images, each satellite image stored on the electronic storing means representing a corresponding area of the earth's surface and being associated with corresponding telemetry data generated and associated with the satellite image by a satellite that has remotely sensed the satellite image. The satellite image retrieving system is characterized in that the electronic retrieving means are configured to retrieve a satellite image stored on the storing means from the electronic storing means on the basis of the input data and of the telemetry data associated with the satellite images stored on the electronic storing means. | 02-09-2012 |
20120036143 | Method of Operating a Media Playback Device and Media Playback Device - A method of operating a motor vehicle media playback device that plays media data files stored on a media memory connected to the media playback device. The media playback device reads data file names or sizes of the data files stored on the media memory, determines media data test values, looks these up in a media data test value storage area of the media playback device and, if one or several media data test values are not found, selects metadata about the media data file, from these generates a dataset and stores it a second storage area, the media data test value being stored in the media data test value storage area and linked with the dataset. If a test value is found, the pertinent dataset is selected from the second storage area and used to produce the selection list shown to a user. | 02-09-2012 |
20120036144 | INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDATION DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - According to one embodiment, an information recommendation device includes following units. The input unit is configured to input a first document and a second document which has been browsed before the first document. The subject-keyword extraction unit is configured to extract first and second subject keywords from the first and second documents, respectively. The interest-keyword extraction unit is configured to extract first interest keywords from the first and second subject keywords, and to extract second interest keywords based on information specifying the first and second documents, the first interest keywords, and the first and second subject keywords. The second interest keywords are estimated to be keywords in which the user is next interested. The acquiring unit is configured to acquire, based on the second interest keywords, recommendation information on third documents which are candidates to be browsed after the first document. The presentation unit presents the recommendation information. | 02-09-2012 |
20120041965 | LOAD BALANCING BASED ON DEEP PACKET INSPECTION - A device may receive a packet, determine a content identifier of the packet, identify a first processing device that has processed part of content associated with the content identifier, send the packet to the first processing device when the first processing device is identified, select a second processing device among a plurality of processing devices when the first processing device is not identified, and send the packet to the second processing device. | 02-16-2012 |
20120041966 | DIRECTIONAL INFORMATION SEARCH FROM A MOBILE DEVICE - The disclosed technique, apparatuses and devices enable a mobile device to act as a pointing device equipped with integrated search tools, to define a virtual beam within which to search and discover information associated therewith. The user of the mobile device does not have to type, speak or otherwise specify keywords as search criteria. The search criteria can be merely the virtual beam itself. Search results are generated at a remote server system and communicated back to the mobile device, and then presented to its user via graphical, audio and/or other format. | 02-16-2012 |
20120047156 | Method and Apparatus for Identifying and Mapping Content - An approach is provided for identifying and mapping content. A content mapping platform receives a sample of content and determines to identify the content based, at least in part, on the sample. The content mapping platform then determines to initiate transfer of the content, information related to the content, other content related to the content, a preview of the content, or a combination thereof to a device based, at least in part, on the identification. | 02-23-2012 |
20120047157 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR BINDING AUTHORED CONTENT TO THE EVENTS USED TO GENERATE THE CONTENT - A web page that includes content form fields may be modified to include an event observer module and an authored content module. Events generated during the authoring of content by a user are recorded by the event observer module and sent to an event server with an InteractionID. The authored content module inserts hidden fields into the form fields that are updated with the InteractionID when content is submitted to the web server. The web server provides the InteractionID in a bind request to the event server. The event server binds the content to the events used to create the content in response to the request. | 02-23-2012 |
20120059832 | Portable Hash-Based Key Location Mechanism - A system and method for locating a data entry in a server cluster using a hash function and hash codes that can be implemented on any platform, system, or in any language. In one embodiment, a client hashes a key corresponding to a data entry to be accessed from the server cluster. The hashing is performed with a hash function that is used by a cluster of servers to provide a distributed data repository. The client further compares the hash result with hash codes of the servers to identify one of the servers as a key holder that stores the data entry. The client then requests the key holder for access to the data entry. | 03-08-2012 |
20120059833 | Prevention of library information leakage - An apparatus for preventing library information leakage includes an input processing unit to register, in an input-item list, library information items included in input design data, an input-item-list storing unit to store the input-item list, and an output processing unit to include, in output design data, library information items that match the library information items registered in the input-item list. | 03-08-2012 |
20120059834 | OPERATION SUPPORTING APPARATUS, OPERATION SUPPORTING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An acquisition unit acquires operation process data (including first process data operable by an operator and second process data different from the first process data) of a manufacturing facility from a facility management apparatus. A search unit searches past operation process data similar to current operation process data based on the first or second process data. A search unit searches action data related to the past operation process data searched by the search unit from action data determined by an action determination unit based on the first process data. An evaluation unit uses the second process data to evaluate the action data searched by the search unit. As a result, the operator can determine what kind of an operation related to an operation of the manufacturing facility should be performed in the future. | 03-08-2012 |
20120059835 | IN-VEHICLE MEDIA PLAYBACK DEVICE - A control unit in a first playback system connected to a musical piece searching unit via a path having the highest data transfer rate includes a determining unit for discriminating between a request for musical piece information from the first playback system and a request for musical piece information from a second playback system, a temporary storage unit for holding data information acquired in response to the request from the second playback system, and a musical piece information transmitting unit for transferring the musical piece information read from the temporary storage unit to the second playback system according to the data transfer rate of a path connecting with the second playback system, and each of the first and second playback systems makes a request of the musical piece searching unit for musical piece information via the control unit, and acquires the data information satisfying the request. | 03-08-2012 |
20120059836 | DEVICE CAPABILITY INVOCATION METHOD, WIDGET DEVICE, SERVER - The present invention relates to communication technologies, and discloses a device capability invocation method, a widget device, and a server. The device capability invocation method includes: receiving a device capability invocation request sent by a widget, where the device capability invocation request carries conditions of a device capability that needs to be invoked; search a device capability database for the device capability compliant with the conditions; invoking the found device capability; receiving an invocation result that is returned after the found device capability is invoked; and sending the invocation result to the widget. The technical solutions provided by the embodiments of the present invention enables a widget device to invoke device capabilities of all devices in the system. | 03-08-2012 |
20120059837 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, CONTENT RECORDING/REPRODUCING DEVICE, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An entry information array includes m pieces of entry information corresponding to m directory entries of n directory entries included in a directory entry array. Each of the pieces of entry information includes name information of the directory entry, and allocation position information indicating allocation position of the directory entry in the directory entry array. The entry information search section detects entry information corresponding to a file or a directory, which is a search target, from the entry information array. The directory entry access section refers to the allocation position information included in the detected entry information to detect a directory entry corresponding to the search target from the directory entry array. | 03-08-2012 |
20120066238 | BIOMARKER FUSION SYSTEM AND METHOD - An apparatus comprises an ERP testing system that is configured to administer an ERP test. The apparatus further comprises a computer in communication with the ERP testing system. The computer is operable to access a database of biomarkers. The computer is further operable to define at least one class set relating to biomarkers and at least one feature set relating to biomarkers. The computer is further operable to classify a test subject into at least one of the defined class sets based on information in the feature set relating to biomarkers of the test subject. The biomarker processing may be carried out in association with or completely independent of ERP testing. | 03-15-2012 |
20120066239 | Link Analysis Mapping Program Risk Management - A method and system for managing risk by indicating links between one or more persons or entities which can include a process that gathers information about individuals and organizations into a computerized system where it can be analyzed to associate one or more individuals or organizations with links to other individuals or organizations. A user can designate a person or entity and the system will provide an indication of linkages associated with the designated person. Some embodiments can include a user specifying a particular type of link or limit links to a specified degree of separation between the designated person and any other person or entity. | 03-15-2012 |
20120066240 | FACILITY SEARCH DEVICE - A facility search device includes: a facility information storage unit that stores facility information; an additional information storage unit that stores additional facility information; a facility search unit that searches for facilities from the facility information and the additional facility information; a sameness determination unit that determines the sameness of facilities based on identifiers contained in the facility information on each of the facilities when the plurality of facilities are searched for by the facility search unit; a facility information synthesis unit that synthesizes the facility information on the facilities determined to be the same by the sameness determination unit among the searched facilities; a display image generation unit that generates images for displaying the searched facilities or the facilities synthesized by the facility information synthesis unit; and a display unit that displays the images generated by the display image generation unit. | 03-15-2012 |
20120066241 | RETRIEVING AND VIEWING MEDICAL IMAGES - As medical imaging becomes more affordable, and the diversity of diagnostic modalities and therapeutic treatments increase, the amount of data being stored increases, and the problem becomes even more critical. One approach to improve retrieval efficiency of images is to employ semantics to establish a defined set of search and classification terms. However, such semantic systems still require the user to make a selection of the most appropriate term or terms to classify a report or image, and the accuracy of the results are thus dependent on the skill and knowledge of the classifier. According to a first aspect of the invention, a retriever is provided for retrieving a medical image having a searchable attribute, the retriever being configured to interface with a semantic database and an image database, and wherein the searchable attribute is determined by segmenting the medical image, using the anatomical model. | 03-15-2012 |
20120066242 | System And Method Of Enabling Identification Of A Right Event Sound Corresponding To An Impact Related Event - A system and method of enabling identification of a right event sound (ES) corresponding to an impact related event is described. The instant invention facilitates the identification of the most appropriate sound for an impact related audio-video event thereby enabling the content producers to mix it with the video content and provide the viewers a near life like experience. The instant invention further provides a method to create an Audio-Video Database Library (AVD) to initialize the system. A method of determining the intensity of impact for an event in terms of pixels traversed by the impact object as evaluated across the video frames before, at and after the frame of impact is also discussed herein. | 03-15-2012 |
20120072436 | Relationship and Content Management Application - A web-based Relationship and Content Management Application combining an organization's CRM and ECM systems by integrating CRM's contacts with an ECM system's key features and functionality. The user of such is able to efficiently store and retrieve a combination of information for a relationship from CRM as well as from ECM, avoiding human error and providing data centralization. Users may store and retrieve content from both internal document repositories within an ECM system as well as external document repositories in the user's system. The major features consist of the ease of use and data consistency, plus the leverages of CRM as the centralization of data. | 03-22-2012 |
20120072437 | Real-Time Constituent Targeting System - Real-time constituent targeting systems that provide users with a constantly updated queue of contact information for constituents who are likely positively disposed towards a campaigns candidate or cause. Real-time constituent targeting systems may rely on a variety of available constituent information, whether individualized or averaged, and the historical disposition results of previously attempted contacts by the campaign. | 03-22-2012 |
20120072438 | Generation and Processing of Pick/Put System Configuration and Recipe Data Sets - A format for information that may be used in one or more spreadsheets to enter desired characteristics that may then be shown or activated on one or more pick/put system modules is provided. A method of generating, storing, and later recalling different recipes, and the necessary computer program to cause the modules to respond with the characteristics defined by the recipes is also provided. | 03-22-2012 |
20120078931 | METHODS FOR MANAGING OWNERSHIP OF REDUNDANT DATA AND SYSTEMS THEREOF - A storage system according to one embodiment includes a first storage tier; a second storage tier; logic for storing instances of a file in the first storage tier and the second storage tier; logic for associating each instance of the file on the first and second storage tier with a unique program identifier (UPI); logic for receiving a request to access the file or instance thereof from a user in a group of users; logic for searching for a UPI associated with an instance of the file that exists on the first storage tier; and logic for providing the user requesting access to the file with remote access to the instance of the file on the first storage tier. Additional systems, methods, and computer program products are also presented. | 03-29-2012 |
20120078932 | System, Method and Software for Providing Persistent Entity Identification and Linking Entity Information in an Integrated Data Repository - The present invention provides a system, method and software for linking persistent and unique business identifiers, associated with business entities, for associating corresponding business records without a loss of historical records, regardless of subsequent changes, updates, and mergers. In the various embodiments, a first business record, of the plurality of business records, is associated with a first business identifier; and a second business record, which does not match the first record, is associated with a second business identifier. Subsequently, when the first business identifier and the second business identifier are determined to correspond to a singular business entity, the first business identifier and the second business identifier are linked, and respective associations of the first business record and the second business record with the linked first business identifier and second business identifier are maintained, with corresponding source references, and collectively utilized in subsequent search and match determinations. | 03-29-2012 |
20120078933 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MONITORING CONTROL CHANNEL IN MULTICARRIER SYSTEM - Provided are a method and a device for monitoring the control channel in a multicarrier system. The terminal determines a plurality of terminal-specific search spaces corresponding respectively to a plurality of scheduled component carriers in a control region within a subframe. The terminal monitors a downlink control channel for the scheduled component carriers corresponding respectively to the plurality of terminal-specific search spaces. | 03-29-2012 |
20120084307 | EFFICIENT DATABASE SEARCH FOR UNIQUE INDENTIFIERS - The invention is directed to providing an improved method of determining available identifiers (IDs) in a database, especially in the context of using available IDs for provisioning services in a telecommunications system. The method performs a database query for a range of IDs and stores candidate IDs in a local pre-fetch ID set. | 04-05-2012 |
20120084308 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - An electronic device is provided. The electronic device may include a memory, a display unit, and a controller. The controller may generate a first folder having a name including text obtained from first contents displayed on the display unit, search the memory for second contents that are associated with the obtained text, and store information related to the searched second contents in the first folder. Thus a user of the electronic device may integrally store, manage, and utilize the second contents associated with the text. | 04-05-2012 |
20120084309 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MATCHING COUPLES WITH EVENTS - Methods and systems are disclosed that identify date elements for a client, determine whether the identified date elements are excluded based on client profile information, determine whether the identified date elements are excluded based on respective profile information of two or more of the members of the client, and provide to the client one or more of the identified date elements that are consistent with the client profile information or the profile information of the two or more of the members. | 04-05-2012 |
20120096018 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SELECTING MUSIC - A method for selecting music and directing disposal thereof includes a step of providing a service with a database having music information stored therein and a user interface platform coupled to the database and accessible through a telecommunication device. A communication is received including a request for music from an external telecommunication device. An instruction is provided to the external telecommunication device for a song designator including one of a title, artist and/or lyric by one of voiced information, typed information, and a music source. The song designator is received from the external telecommunication device and the song designator is compared to music information stored in the database to determine the music requested. The telecommunication device is queried to determine a desired disposal of the requested music. The method can be performed with videos—search, upload, share, watch/listen. | 04-19-2012 |
20120102057 | ENTITY NAME MATCHING - One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for matching entity names. A matching analysis is performed between a first entity name (e.g., business entity name) and a second entity name. The matching analysis comprises comparing a first entity category descriptor that has been amended into the first entity name with a second entity category descriptor that has been amended into the second entity name. If a match is identified in the category descriptors, the first and second entity names may comprise the same entity. | 04-26-2012 |
20120109989 | Method and device for sharing telephone number information - The disclosure discloses a method and device for sharing telephone number information. A local mobile terminal sends search request information for target user to at least one selected mobile terminal; the selected mobile terminal receives and identifies the search request information;
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20120109990 | INFORMATION SEARCH SYSTEM, INFORMATION MANAGEMENT DEVICE, INFORMATION SEARCH METHOD, INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An evaluation target information processing means ( | 05-03-2012 |
20120117094 | Systems and Methods for Generating Customized Settings Utilizing a Social Network of Personal Profiles - A system for providing a recommended customized profile to a subject member of a social network for use in operating a subject customizable apparatus is described. The system includes a social network database storing profiles of members of the social network corresponding to multiple customizable apparatus including the subject customizable apparatus. The system also includes a central social network server having a processor and a tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to generate the recommended customized profile, for use by the subject member in operation of the subject customizable apparatus, based on at least one matching profile of other members in the social network. | 05-10-2012 |
20120117095 | Test Automation Tool For Domain Registration Systems - The present subject matter is directed to systems and methods for automating the testing of multi-function systems, such as naming registration systems and the like. A method of testing a registry, and the like, may include providing a command phrase including an add command and at least one function that includes an artificial attribute for a domain added by the add command. The command phrase may specify an operation, a protocol, and an object. The operation may include at least one of add, delete, or update domain. The protocol may include at least one of RRP and EPP. One or more parameters associated with the command phrase may be provided and may include an expected response code and/or a variable. One or more additional parameters that are associated with the command phrase may be determined and a database may be accessed to provide the one or more additional parameters. The command phrase, the one or more additional parameters, and/or the one or more additional parameters may be translated into an XML command and the XML command transmitted to the registry, or the like. A response from the registry may be evaluated to determine potential problems with database. | 05-10-2012 |
20120117096 | Systems and Methods for the Comparison of Annotations Within Files - Systems and methods are disclosed for comparing annotations in files to show changes in the annotations at a granular level. In one implementation, a system receives a first file and a second file for comparison. The system determines the annotation ranges for each annotation in the first file and the annotation range for each annotation in the second file. The system then determines the annotations from the first file that overlap with annotations from the second file and compares annotations that overlap. The system then incorporates the comparison of the annotations into a main comparison file. In certain implementations, the system uses an index to determine what annotations overlap. In other implementations, matched pairs are created from overlapping annotations. | 05-10-2012 |
20120117097 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECOMMENDING USER DEVICES BASED ON USE PATTERN DATA - An apparatus and method for utilizing user feedback of a user device. The method includes obtaining use pattern data of a user's use patterns and performing use pattern analysis based on the use pattern data. A customized setting is generated based on the result of the use pattern analysis. A customized product recommendation is designed based on the customized setting and upgraded based on the customized setting. | 05-10-2012 |
20120117098 | Data Management System - In a general aspect, a computer-implemented method includes receiving, via an input interface of a notification platform, updated subscriber data; comparing, using a comparison module of the notification platform, the updated subscriber data with existing subscriber data stored in a subscriber database; and, based on the results of the comparing, modifying, using a modification module of the notification platform, the existing subscriber data stored in the subscriber database. | 05-10-2012 |
20120117099 | PATIENT IDENTIFICATION DISAMBIGUATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A method for patient ID resolution in recordation of patient data acquired by a medical device ( | 05-10-2012 |
20120124067 | User Identifier Management - The different illustrative embodiments provide a method, computer program product, and apparatus for managing user identifiers presented in accordance with an illustrative embodiment. In an illustrative embodiment, a determination is made whether the new user identifier matches an existing user identifier according to a policy for a minimum degree of character variation between the new user identifier and the existing user identifier responsive to receiving a request to store a new user identifier. The request to store the new user identifier is rejected responsive to a determination that the new user identifier matches the existing user identifier according to the policy. The request is approved responsive to an absence of a determination that the new user identifier matches the existing user identifier according to the policy. | 05-17-2012 |
20120124068 | DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME - A document management apparatus displays a plurality of attribute information related to an electronic document selected by a user on a display screen and determines whether attribute information dragged from the plurality of attribute information displayed on the display screen has been dropped into any of the plurality of storage units displayed on the display screen. When it is determined that a drag and drop operation has been executed, searching is executed in relation to the plurality of electronic documents stored in the storage unit associated with the drop destination for an electronic document having the attribute corresponding to the dragged attribute information. | 05-17-2012 |
20120124069 | Mobile Digital Property Portfolio Management System - A mobile property portfolio management system provides the capability of generating, maintaining, searching and displaying property portfolio data from a mobile device such as a smartphone (e.g., iPhone), tablet (e.g., iPad) or any other mobile computing device. The property portfolio management system comprises a mobile or client portion, a central or server portion and optional satellite offices. The system comprises software that runs on one or more server computers as well as client or user side software that can be realized as a standalone software application or “app” that runs on the client device (e.g., desktop, mobile device, tablet, etc.) or entirely in a standard web browser. The property portfolio management system in effect provides a digital version of a property portfolio with easy access to portfolio data for both internal users and public users and is particularly useful when realized on a tablet or mobile device. | 05-17-2012 |
20120131028 | DETERMINING POINTS OF INTEREST USING INTELLIGENT AGENTS AND SEMANTIC DATA - A method, a system, and a computer program product are provided for determining points of interest using intelligent agents and semantic data. The method is implemented in a computer infrastructure having computer executable code tangibly embodied on a computer readable storage medium having programming instructions operable for receiving a media data comprising a location data comprising where media was captured. The instructions are also operable for determining at least one point of interest based on the media data, tying the media data to the at least one point of interest, and providing the media data tied to the at least one point of interest to an end user. | 05-24-2012 |
20120131029 | MODELING AND SEARCHING PATTERNS IN A DATA SEQUENCE - The invention allows modeling and searching patterns in a data sequence. A data sequence is analyzed to determine at least two data elements that, when replaced with one replacement data element, will cause a metric of irregularity of the data sequence being analyzed to be maximized. The replacement data element is not included in the data sequence being analyzed. The determined at least two data elements are replaced with the replacement data element thereby generating a residual data sequence. The steps of analyzing and replacing are iterated until reaching a predetermined value of an iteration threshold, wherein with each iteration the analyzing and replacing are applied to the residual data sequence generated in the preceding iteration. | 05-24-2012 |
20120131030 | INFORMATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND INFORMATION CONTROL PROGRAM - An information management apparatus includes: a confidential data storing section configured to store a plurality of individual identifies (IDs) and data which is related to each of the plurality of individual IDs as confidential data. A receiving section is configured to receive a first search condition used to acquire desired confidential data to be transmitted from a first service providing unit. A searching section is configured to extract first candidate data which matches to the first search condition from the confidential data storing section. A transmission record storing section is configured to store a plurality of anonymized data which has been already transmitted to the first service providing unit. An anonymizing section is configured to generate first transmission data by carrying out processing to contain said first candidate data and the first data of the plurality of anonymized data based on first data which has data of a same kind as the first candidate data. A transmitting section is configured to transmit the first transmission data to the first service providing unit. | 05-24-2012 |
20120136882 | DIAGNOSIS SUPPORT APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A diagnosis support apparatus which provides information for supporting medical diagnosis, the apparatus comprises: a medical information obtaining unit adapted to obtain known information of medical information of a diagnosis target held in a database as already input information; a selection unit adapted to select, as presentation non-input information, non-input information to be presented from non-input information as medical information other than the already input information; a similar case obtaining unit adapted to obtain, using the already input information and the presentation non-input information, a case including the presentation non-input information from a case database as a similar case similar to a case of the diagnosis target; and a presentation unit adapted to present the presentation non-input information and the similar case. | 05-31-2012 |
20120136883 | Automatic Dynamic Multi-Variable Matching Engine - An automated multivariable matching engine looks for matches between information entered into the engine by two different types of end users of the engine and when such matches occur, the engine determines if an event has occurred and, if so, reports the event to one or both of the different types of users and performs acts or tasks in accordance with user instructions that were included in the entered user information. In detecting matches and events based on the occurrence of matches, the engine creates new application domains, modifies existing application domains or removes existing applications domains. The engine thus changes it size and internal structure as necessary based on the occurrence of matches and events. Each event is defined by one or both of the end users for whom a match has occurred. | 05-31-2012 |
20120143887 | SELF-ASSIGNMENT OF NODE IDENTIFIER IN A CLUSTER SYSTEM - In response to a stimulus indicating configuration of a node into a cluster of a plurality of nodes including the node, the node determines whether or not the node has a universally unique identifier (UUID), and if not, the node provides its own persistent self-assigned UUID. The node searches a cluster configuration database for a temporary identifier associated with the node. In response to the node locating the temporary identifier of the node in the cluster configuration database, the node writes its self-assigned UUID into the cluster configuration database and joins the cluster. | 06-07-2012 |
20120143888 | AUTOMATIC UPDATING OF AN EXISTING DOCUMENT USING SAVE-IN FUNCTIONALITY - Various embodiments of systems and methods for automatically updating an existing document associated with an analytic report using save-in functionality are described herein. A selection of a save-in option is received for the analytic report. Further, meta-data associated with the analytic report is retrieved. The meta-data includes location information of the existing document associated with the analytic report and mapping information of the analytic report and the existing document. The existing document is a document previously exported from the analytic report using a save-as option. Also, the existing document can be a document provided using a change source option. Furthermore, the analytic report and the existing document are compared using the mapping information and the existing document is updated using the analytic report based on the comparison. | 06-07-2012 |
20120143889 | Apparatus, System, And Method For Matching Patterns With An Ultra Fast Check Engine - A check engine includes a plurality of comparators each including a first directional characteristic aligned to store at least one reference bit included in a set of reference bits, and a second directional characteristic aligned to present at least one target bit included in a set of target bits. Each of the plurality of comparators is configured to produce an output representing a level of matching between the at least one target bit and the at least one reference bit, based on a relative alignment between the first directional characteristic and the second directional characteristic. The check engine is configured such that the outputs of the plurality of comparators are combined to produce a combined output. The check engine is configured to determine that the set of target bits matches the set of reference bits based on the combined output of the plurality of comparators. | 06-07-2012 |
20120143890 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DB CONTROLLING IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - A method for providing a DataBase Management System (DBMS) service in a portable terminal having a limited memory includes, in response to DB search information input, determining a row which matches the DB search information, in at least one DB file; generating a virtual set comprising at least one row which matches the DB search information; and when the set comprises one row, generating a record set by extracting data relating to at least one row from the virtual set. | 06-07-2012 |
20120150885 | CHANGE NOTIFICATIONS FROM AN UPDATED DATA REPRESENTATION - An original representation of an original set of data in a data source can be provided, and an updated representation of an updated set of data in the data source can be received. A change notification set that includes change notifications can be generated by comparing the updated representation with the original representation. The change notification set can represent a possible set of changes that yield the updated representation when starting with the original representation. The change notification set can be sent to a client of the data source. One or more requests from the client for data from the data source may be processed while obtaining the updated representation of the updated set of data. This processing can include adding one or more placeholders and matching the placeholder(s) with one or more items in the updated set of data. | 06-14-2012 |
20120150886 | PLACEHOLDERS RETURNED FOR DATA REPRESENTATION ITEMS - One or more requests from a client for data representation items can be received by an items manager. The data representation items can represent data items in a data source. In response, the items manager can perform the following: generating placeholders corresponding to the data representation items; returning the placeholders to the client; fetching the data items from the data source; providing the data representation items to the client; and informing the client that the placeholders are to be replaced with the data representation items. The items manager may determine whether each data representation item can be synchronously returned to the client. If so, the items manager may return that data representation item synchronously, and may forego providing the client with a placeholder for that data representation item. This may allow a client to interact with a single interface for both synchronous and asynchronous data sources. | 06-14-2012 |
20120150887 | PATTERN MATCHING - An embodiment may include circuitry to determine, at least in part, whether one or more reference patterns are present in a data stream in a packet flow. The circuitry may include first pattern matching circuitry communicatively coupled to second pattern matching circuitry. The first pattern matching circuitry may determine, based at least in part upon one or more deterministic pattern matching operations, whether at least one portion of the one or more reference patterns is present in the stream. If the first pattern matching circuitry determines that the at least one portion of the one or more reference patterns is present in the stream, the second pattern matching circuitry may determine, based at least in part upon one or more pattern matching threads, whether at least one other portion of the one or more reference patterns is present in the stream. Many modifications are possible without departing from this embodiment. | 06-14-2012 |
20120150888 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT AND INTELLIGENT AGENT - The present invention provides computer-based systems and methods directed to maintaining a database of user profiles based, respectively, on user interaction with third-party systems. The invention includes the processes of: accessing a unique user profile associated with a unique user; automatically collecting, by an agent module executing on a processor associated with a first system, data associated with the unique user based at least in part on the unique user's interaction with a system unassociated with the first system; evaluating by the processor the collected data and searching available databases to identify potential items of interest to the unique user based at least in part on the unique user profile and the collected data; determining a set of predicted items of interest to the unique user from the identified potential items of interest; and presenting at a display associated with the unique user data representing the set of predicted items of interest. In one implementation, the invention provides an intelligent agent possessing a level of “awareness” concerning individual users associated with user profiles or accounts and is adapted to access private and public databases, websites, resources, and other systems to efficiently collect, filter and deliver/present content and resources of interest to the individual user in a predictive fashion. | 06-14-2012 |
20120150889 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO DISPLAY DLNA DEVICES - A method and apparatus to display at least one device connected through a DLNA way in a DLNA device including searching device information of one or more peripheral apparatuses, extracting URLs of media files corresponding to the one or more peripheral apparatuses respectively from the searched device information, and if there is a URL of a media file corresponding to a respective peripheral apparatus, receiving the media file corresponding to the respective peripheral apparatus from the URL, and displaying a UI to access the media files corresponding to the one or more peripheral apparatuses along with model names of the one or more peripheral apparatuses. | 06-14-2012 |
20120150890 | METHOD OF SEARCHING FOR MULTIMEDIA CONTENTS AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - Provided are a method of searching for multimedia contents and an apparatus therefor. The method includes separating an audio signal from indexing target multimedia contents and performing pre-processing on the audio signal, extracting a silence period of the audio signal, extracting an audio feature in at least one predetermined length period after an end point of the silence period, storing at least two of information for the multimedia contents, the audio feature and the end point of the silence period, to be associated with each other, in a database, and receiving the audio feature of the multimedia contents and searching the database for multimedia contents having the same or a similar audio feature as the search target multimedia contents. | 06-14-2012 |
20120150891 | SERVER SYSTEM, PRODUCT RECOMMENDATION METHOD, PRODUCT RECOMMENDATION PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING COMPUTER PROGRAM RECORDED THEREON - A search is performed for information of other products associated with a question about a specific product. | 06-14-2012 |
20120150892 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - In general information processing apparatuses, determination on what sort of operational interface is appropriate to be provided for which application (AP, hereinafter) is left up to the user. | 06-14-2012 |
20120150893 | CONTENT MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, CONTENT MANAGEMENT METHOD, CONTENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - When registering content in a data storage unit ( | 06-14-2012 |
20120150894 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUBTEXT SEARCHING DATA USING SYNONYM-ENRICHED PREDICATIVE PHRASES AND SUBSTITUTED PRONOUNS - A method and system for automatically, without the necessity of user intervention, creating subtext from textual information regarding text and/or images and/or symbols, etc. and using the subtext to associate by sense passages of the textual information with each other and/or with passages related to search queries. | 06-14-2012 |
20120158758 | Comparison device and method for comparing test pattern files of a wafer tester - A comparison device for comparing test pattern files of a wafer tester includes a storage unit and a processing unit. The comparison device stores a first to-be-compared file and a second to-be-compared file into the storage unit. The first to-be-compared file and the second to-be-compared file are text files respectively. The processing unit reads the first to-be-compared file and the second to-be-compared file from the storage unit to process and executes comparison operation, so as to generate a comparison result. The comparison operation is to compare the words in a first section of the first to-be-compared file with the words in a second section of the second to-be-compared file in a one-to-one manner. | 06-21-2012 |
20120158759 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE FOR SELECTING REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONALS - An information processing device includes a data base operable to receive first attribute data indicative of a plurality of real estate professionals and second attribute data indicative of a plurality of real estate properties. The information processing device includes a data processor in communication with the data base. The data processor includes application software having an algorithm operable for comparing the first and second attribute data and identifying matches therebetween. | 06-21-2012 |
20120158760 | METHODS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR PERFORMING COMPUTER FORENSICS - A method and computer program product for performing computer forensics using file identicality are provided. A file under investigation, or a content signature for the file under investigation, is received. A content signature watch registry is updated with the content signature of the file under investigation. Any information source clients that contain the content signature for the file under investigation are identified. Any information source clients that previously contained the content signature are also identified. When any new files are received, their content signatures are compared against the updated content signature watch registry and any matches are identified. For all information source clients and content signatures identified, a control action is initiated to either generate a file investigation report or a notification for an administrator of the system. | 06-21-2012 |
20120158761 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING A DRILLING OPERATION - The present invention provides a computer-implemented software tool that is adapted to listen continuously to data streams from a drilling operation and to process the data to generate a situation description for a current drilling situation in a form useful for automated continuous matching with a set of past cases stored in a knowledge database. The invention implements a case-based reasoning (CBR) approach to match the current drilling situation as defined by the situation description with one or more stored past cases having a degree of similarity above a predetermined threshold level. Matching cases are displayed to the drilling engineer as symbols on a case “radar”, allowing the drilling engineer to retrieve and view the details of a past case and take appropriate action based on drilling advice provided within the past case. | 06-21-2012 |
20120166461 | LAYERING CONCEPT FOR A REPOSITORY OF A USER INTERFACE FRAMEWORK FOR WEB APPLICATIONS - Various embodiments of systems and methods for a layering concept for a repository of a user interface framework for Web applications are described herein. The content of a repository provided by different parties (e.g., vendor, partner, customer, user, etc.) is separated. The separation is achieved by assigning solutions to the parties that store content in the repository. Simplified access to the repository is achieved by layering the solutions in a stack and implementing a layer strategy for the layers and their order of access. | 06-28-2012 |
20120166462 | AUTOMATED IMAGE DATA PROCESSING AND VISUALIZATION - The present discussion relates to automated image data processing and visualization. One example can facilitate generating a graphical user-interface (GUI) from image data that includes multiple semantically-labeled user-selectable anatomical structures. This example can receive a user selection of an individual semantically-labeled user-selectable anatomical structure. The example can locate a sub-set of the image data associated with the individual semantically-labeled user-selectable anatomical structure and can cause presentation of the sub-set of the image data on a subsequent GUI. | 06-28-2012 |
20120166463 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION SEARCH METHOD AND PROGRAM - One embodiment provides an information processing apparatus, including: a search module configured to perform a search on a plurality of pages with a designated search condition, the pages being managed by an application program capable of managing information by arranging at least one object in any desired layout on each page; and a display controller configured to display at least one object extracted through the search on a screen of a display module as a search result, with a layout of each object on the page kept unchanged. | 06-28-2012 |
20120166464 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING INPUT SUGGESTIONS - An approach is provided for providing input suggestions. An input generating platform causes, at least in part, presentation of a user interface element including at least one input field. The input generating platform also determines at least one field type associated with the at least one input field. The input generating platform further identifies at least one information store, context store, or a combination thereof based, at least in part, on the at least one field type. The input generating platform also determines to migrate one or more computations for generating one or more suggestions, one or more default values, or a combination thereof for populating the at least one input field, generating the user interface element, or a combination thereof to the at least one information store, context store, or a combination thereof. | 06-28-2012 |
20120173558 | Receiver-Side Data Deduplication In Data Systems - Methods and apparatus for receiving uploaded data from a sender at a receiver. A data deduplication technique is described that may reduce the bandwidth used in uploading data from the sender to the receiver. In the technique, the receiver, rather than the sender, maintains a fingerprint dictionary for previously uploaded data. When a sender has additional data to be uploaded, the sender extracts fingerprints for units of the data and sends the fingerprints to the receiver. The receiver checks its fingerprint dictionary to determine the data units to be uploaded and notifies the sender of the identified units, which then sends the identified units of data to the receiver. The technique may, for example, be applied in virtualized data store systems to reduce bandwidth usage in uploading data. | 07-05-2012 |
20120179701 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING DATA - Systems and methods for managing data, such as metadata. In one exemplary method, metadata from files created by several different software applications are captured, and the captured metadata is searched. The type of information in metadata for one type of file differs from the type of information in metadata for another type of file. Other methods are described and data processing systems and machine readable media are also described. | 07-12-2012 |
20120179702 | METHOD FOR SETTING METADATA, SYSTEM FOR SETTING METADATA, AND PROGRAM - Proposed is a method for naturally and efficiently setting metadata in the daily process of searching for files. On a file search screen, there is provided a function of determining the candidate metadata of a metadata-nonregistered file, and initiating entry of metadata with the candidate metadata having been set. Determination of the candidate metadata is performed with any of the three following methods: a method of designating as a candidate a character string of a matched search keyword described in regular expression, a method of designating as a candidate a file path or a character string in a file that matches a keyword dictionary, and a method of designating as a candidate metadata that frequently appears in metadata-registered files. | 07-12-2012 |
20120185494 | Identifying Consuming Entity Behavior Across Domains - The present disclosure relates to identifying consuming entity behavior across domains. Identity records are stored in a memory accessible to a computing system. Each of the identity records comprises at least one attribute, and the identity records originate from a plurality of domains. A determination is made as to whether a first one of the identity records identifies a consumption entity that is identified by a second one of the identity records. The first and the second identity records originate from separate ones of the domains, and the second one of the identity records is associated with a persistent key. The persistent key is associated with the consumption entity. The first identity record is associated with the persistent key if the first identity record is determined to identify the consumption entity. | 07-19-2012 |
20120185495 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR STORING TELEPHONE NUMBERS IN A PORTABLE TERMINAL - A method and apparatus for storing a telephone number in a portable terminal. The method includes the steps of providing a user with a name input request message; determining whether or not the inputted name exists in a phone book list of the portable terminal; and generating a new entry including the inputted name and its associated telephone number and adding the new entry to the phone book list when the inputted name does not exist in the phone book list. | 07-19-2012 |
20120191740 | Document Comparison - A method of comparing first and second documents, the method comprising determining criteria of the comparison, selecting comparison means based on the criteria from a plurality of comparison means, and performing the comparison of the first and second documents by using the selected comparison means. Also disclosed is a method of comparing first and second documents, the first document including or associated with one or more first concepts, the second document including or associated with one or more second concepts, the method comprising displaying a diagram having first and second axes, the first axis corresponding to positions of the first concepts within the first document, the second axis corresponding to positions of the second concepts within the second document, the method further comprising displaying or highlighting one or more points on the diagram, each point at a position on the first axis corresponding to a first one of the concepts in the first document and on the second axis corresponding to a second one of the concepts in the second document, whereby the first concept is identical or similar to the second concept. | 07-26-2012 |
20120191741 | System and Method for Detection of Groups of Interest from Travel Data - A system and method for detecting a group of interest from travel information based on a suspect traveler and a co-travel count threshold. The system comprises a database comprised of traveler names, each having respective destinations and corresponding travel dates, and a detection module in communication with the database. The detection module is operable to search the database to determine traveler names having a co-travel count based on the suspect traveler, form a co-travel group based on traveler names having respective co-travel counts greater than or equal to the co-travel count threshold, determine co-travel within said co-travel group, identify cliques within said co-travel group based on said co-travel, and determine the maximal clique thereby detecting the group of interest. The method involves providing a co-travel count threshold, selecting a suspect traveler, and, based on such, detecting a group of interest from travel information. | 07-26-2012 |
20120191742 | HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS REGISTERING SYSTEM AND DEVICE FOR REGISTERING HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS, PROGRAM FOR REGISTERING HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS, AND MEDIUM STORING HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS REGISTERING PROGRAM AND READABLE BY COMPUTER - To provide a human relationships registering system, a method and a server for registering human relationships, a program for registering human relationships, and a medium storing human relationships registering program and readable by a computer, all of which are used to establish wide and close relationships with members having a variety of occupations or engaged in various technical fields and to obtain expert knowledge or information. The human relationships registering system comprises first data processing units | 07-26-2012 |
20120191743 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRESENTATION OF LOCAL AND REMOTE MESSAGE SEARCH RESULTS - There is disclosed a system and method for presenting message search results at a wireless handheld device. In an embodiment, the method comprises conducting a search of local messages stored in the wireless handheld device using at least one search term to obtain a local search result; retrieving a search of remote messages stored in a message server using the at least one search term to obtain a remote search result; comparing the local and remote search results to identify any duplicate messages; and if the size of the local message is greater than or equal to the size of the remote message, then selecting the local message for presentation; else selecting the remote message for presentation. | 07-26-2012 |
20120197920 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DIVERSITY COMBINED DATA DETECTION - Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for data processing. For example, some embodiments of the present invention provide data processing circuits including a pattern detection circuit having at least two data detector circuits each operable to receive the same series of data samples and to provide a first detected data output and a second detected data output, respectively. In addition, the data pattern detection circuit includes a result combining circuit that is operable to assert a pattern found output based at least in part on the first detected data output and the second detected data output. | 08-02-2012 |
20120197921 | INFORMATION MATCHING APPARATUS, INFORMATION MATCHING SYSTEM, METHOD OF MATCHING INFORMATION, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED INFORMATION MATCHING PROGRAM - The information matching apparatus includes: an index information generating unit that acquires a matching result value representing a result of each matching between a plurality of records configured by sets of values corresponding to items and generates a frequency distribution table in which the acquired matching result value is set as a class; and an index output unit that outputs indices comprehensively evaluating a plurality of matching results based on the frequency distribution table generated by the index information generating unit. | 08-02-2012 |
20120197922 | ASYMMETRIC IDENTIFICATION OF INTEREST TWINS IN AN ONLINE COMMUNITY - Techniques are described for identifying one or more “interest twins” of a user. An interest twin of a user in another user that has demonstrated interests in items that are the same as or similar to the items in which the user has demonstrated an interest. Various techniques are described for reducing the overhead in interest twin determination operations. Once the interest twins for a user have been identified, the knowledge of the interest twins may be used in a variety of ways to enhance to experience of the user. For example, a mechanism may be provided which allows the user to see a list of items in which the user's interest twins have indicated an interest. | 08-02-2012 |
20120197923 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, PROCESSING METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - An information processing device that attaches common accompanying data to a content group composed of contents. The information processing device acquires the contents, acquires one or more characteristics of each acquired content and searches among reference data items in order to acquire one or more reference data items that each include any of the one or more characteristics, each reference data item having attached thereto at least one attribute used for identifying the reference data item, the reference data items being data other than the contents. The information processing device then specifies, among the attributes attached to the acquired one or more reference data items, an attribute that also pertains to the contents, uses the specified attribute as an attribute for identifying each of the contents, and attaches the specified attribute to each of the contents. | 08-02-2012 |
20120197924 | Method and Mobile Terminal for Recycling Short Messages - The present invention provides a method and terminal for recycling the short messages, and the method includes: a mobile terminal storing the information of keywords of short message content configured by a user; when monitoring an operation of the user deleting the short messages, the mobile terminal analyzing whether the content of the short messages to be deleted contains the keywords, if yes, copying the short messages to be deleted to a recycle box. The present invention makes the user conveniently get back the short messages containing the important information which are lost due to a mistaken deletion, and it can effectively save the storage space of the mobile terminal and reduce the possibility of leaking the important information of the user. | 08-02-2012 |
20120203791 | CORPORATE DASHBOARD FOR EXAMINER INFORMATION SYSTEM - A patent Examiner information accessing system is disclosed for accessing patent Examiner information from a Patent and Trademark Office, or other, database. A search system is provided so that a user can search information aggregated by the Examiner information accessing system. | 08-09-2012 |
20120203792 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAPPING SEQUENCE READS - Systems, methods, and computer program products for aligning a fragment sequence to a target sequencing. The alignment is allowed at most one gap, such as an insertion or a deletion. In some embodiments, both a gapped alignment and an ungapped alignment can be produced. A selection can be made between the gapped alignment and the ungapped alignment based on a quality value for each alignment. | 08-09-2012 |
20120209866 | User Identifier Management - The different illustrative embodiments provide a method for managing user identifiers presented in accordance with an illustrative embodiment. In an illustrative embodiment, a determination is made whether the new user identifier matches an existing user identifier according to a policy for a minimum degree of character variation between the new user identifier and the existing user identifier responsive to receiving a request to store a new user identifier. The request to store the new user identifier is rejected responsive to a determination that the new user identifier matches the existing user identifier according to the policy. The request is approved responsive to an absence of a determination that the new user identifier matches the existing user identifier according to the policy. | 08-16-2012 |
20120209867 | VERIFYING CONSISTENCY AMONG DEVICE CONFIGURATIONS BASED ON COMPARING CONFIGURATION FILES - A scalable comparison structure and methodology is provided that is suitable for comparing the configuration of devices in an efficient manner. In the configuration files, section delimiters are defined to identify the sections of the files within which the select data content is located, and differences in the sections are identified based on the select data content within the section. Thereafter, comparisons and reports are based on these unique content sections. Groups of devices are optionally defined, and different sets of select data content can be compared based on these groups. The result of the comparison may be presented in multiple hierarchical forms, including an identification of which configuration files are different from each other, and an identification of the differences among the unique content in these configuration files. | 08-16-2012 |
20120209868 | Personal Resources Organizer with Calendar Interface and Object Detection - A personal resources organizer with calendar interface and object detection is provided. The personal resources organizer monitors personal resources for use with a scheduled event by identifying one or more personal resource objects present in a container and retrieving a list of required personal resource objects for an event scheduled in an electronic schedule. The identified one or more personal resource objects are compared with the list of required personal resource objects for the schedule event and a report of a readiness for the scheduled event is generated based on results of the comparison. The report may then be output for use by a user in determining the user's readiness or preparedness for the scheduled event such that the user may make modifications to the personal resource objects in the container and/or the list or required personal resource objects. | 08-16-2012 |
20120215800 | TIME-AWARD READING CONTENT - Embodiments generally relate to time-based reading content. In one embodiment, a method includes opening a content file, wherein the content file contains time-dependent content items. The method also includes determining the time of day, determining which time-dependent content items to display based on the time of day, and displaying the time-dependent content items based on the time of day. | 08-23-2012 |
20120215801 | Method and Apparatus for Adjustable Data Matching - A method and apparatus for performing a matching operation on data are disclosed. With an exemplary embodiment, a programmable logic device can be used to search for data of interest to an application, where the programmable logic device processes streaming data against a data key to generate a signal indicative of a similarity between the streaming data and the data key and compares the generated signal with a defined threshold to thereby determine whether the streaming data is deemed a match to the data key, wherein the threshold is adjustable to control whether the programmable logic device performs an approximate match operation or an exact match operation, and further to control, for an approximate match operation, a degree of approximate matches returned by the approximate match operation. | 08-23-2012 |
20120215802 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROFILE TYPING IN BATCH LOADING DOCUMENTS INTO A SERVICE REGISTRY IN A COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - A method and system for profile typing in batch loading document files into a service registry module in a computing environment, is provided. One implementation involves loading document files into a service registry by profile typing document files for loading into a service registry of a service oriented architecture (SOA) computing environment, including automatically identifying a profile of each document file; and batch loading the document files into the service registry based on their corresponding profile type. | 08-23-2012 |
20120221587 | Method for Generating Search Results and System for Information Search - A method for generating search results and a system for searching information are provided. In one aspect, a method for generating search results includes receiving a search keyword A by an information search system. The information search system conducts a search process and retrieves words related to the keyword A. In a first section of a webpage, information corresponding to the keyword A is displayed, and in a second section of the webpage, keyword A and at least one related word are displayed. Keyword A is highlighted. When the user selects a word related to keyword A, such as A | 08-30-2012 |
20120221588 | Method and System for Text Filtering - The present disclosure discloses a method and system for text filtering. The method for text filtering comprises: pre-defining a semantic keyword in a text filtering system, the semantic keyword comprising at least one basic keyword and one logical operator; after obtaining an input text, finding, by the text filtering system, the basic keyword constituting the semantic keyword in the input text according to the pre-defined semantic keyword; in an event that a text content matching the at least one basic keyword in the input text is found, further conducting a semantic match in the found text content, the semantic match further comprising matching the found text content with the semantic keyword according to the logical operator constituting the semantic keyword; and in an event that the semantic match is successful, filtering the matched text context. | 08-30-2012 |
20120221589 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SELECTING, RETRIEVING, VISUALIZING AND EXPLORING TIME-ORIENTED DATA IN MULTIPLE SUBJECT RECORDS - Provided herein system and method for analyzing time oriented data in a plurality of records, by defining a knowledge base in a domain and linking it to a database of a plurality of records, each storing at least one instance of time oriented data based on at least one concept defined in the knowledge base; and specifying at least one constraint on the subject records; and retrieving subject records which satisfy at least one constraint and graphically displaying at least one instance of time oriented data stored in the retrieved subject records; and exploring at least one association between the instance of time oriented data stored in the retrieved records. | 08-30-2012 |
20120221590 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR PROTOCOL IDENTIFICATION - The embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, an apparatus and a system for protocol identification. The implementation of the method includes extracting the identification tuple of a message, wherein the identification tuple at least includes a network address; searching an identification table for the algorithm application list corresponding to the identification tuple; and performing a content identification for the message with an algorithm in the algorithm application list to obtain the protocol type of the message. By using the identification tuple which at least includes IP address and is extracted from the message to search for the corresponding algorithm, and then performing content identification for the message with the searched algorithm, the above implementation can improve the message identification precision and reduce the identification error. | 08-30-2012 |
20120233191 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MAKING CONTENT-BASED RECOMMENDATIONS - An entity is provided a recommendation based on content associated with the entity. The entity may be a user or a group. The recommendation may be one or more other users, groups, or other data objects having associated content that is similar to the content that is associated with the entity. | 09-13-2012 |
20120233192 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ELECTRONIC BUSINESS CARDS BY SEARCHING STORAGE MEANS IN ACCORDANCE WITH ONE OR MORE CRITERIA - A system (S) is dedicated to providing electronic business cards, comprising information related to people and to any positions that those people occupy within companies, to communication devices (EC | 09-13-2012 |
20120233193 | SYSTEM FOR BROWSING THROUGH A MUSIC CATALOG USING CORRELATION METRICS OF A KNOWLEDGE BASE OF MEDIASETS - A system and method to navigate through a media item catalog and generate recommendations using behavioral metrics such as correlation metrics (FIGS. | 09-13-2012 |
20120233194 | MEDICAL DATA GENERATING APPARATUS AND MEDICAL DATA GENERATING METHOD - A medical data generating apparatus includes a data processing unit, a work-status data generation unit, a display unit and a work-status restoration unit. The data processing unit acquires medical data from a database to perform data processing. The work-status data generation unit generates work-status data as a data record of medical data. The work-status data indicates a work status of the data processing. The display unit acquires medical data including at least one piece of work-status data from the database to list the acquired pieces of the medical data on a display device together with identification information of the acquired piece of the work-status data. The work-status restoration unit restores a work status of a data processing corresponding to a selected piece of work-status data based on the selected piece of the work-status data. | 09-13-2012 |
20120239672 | COMPUTER PRODUCT, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - A computer-readable medium stores therein an information processing program that causes a computer to execute a process. The process includes referring to relationship property information records that are stored in a storage device and indicate the type of each relationship property between configuration elements in a system and calculating a total count of configuration elements having a predetermined relationship property with a first configuration element, or a total count of relationship property information records having a predetermined relationship property, among relationship property information records concerning the first configuration element; executing conditional determination concerning the number of configuration elements having the predetermined relationship property with the first configuration element, among the calculated total count of configuration elements or the calculated total count of relationship property information records; and outputting a result of the determination. | 09-20-2012 |
20120239673 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - An electronic device including a communication unit configured to communicate with at least one other party; a display module configured to display a message transmitted/received with the at least one other party in a predetermined area; and a controller configured to search for an image comprising a user of the electronic device and the at least one other party and control the display module to display in the predetermined area an image found in the search. | 09-20-2012 |
20120239674 | COMPOSITE CONTEXT INFORMATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PROVIDING COMPOSITE CONTEXT INFORMATION USING THE SAME - A composite context information management apparatus and a method of providing composite context information using the same. The composite context information management apparatus includes a function providing unit configured to provide a composite context information function corresponding to the operation information from an application control unit; a composite context information processing unit configured to identify pieces of unit contexts and an operation rule based on the composite context information function and the name of the composite context information; and a composite context information presence unit configured to store the pieces of unit contexts corresponding to the name of the composite context information and an instance value for identification of the application and, in response to the application being executed in the user terminal, use the pieces of unit contexts and the operation rule to the user terminal. | 09-20-2012 |
20120239675 | Associating Website Clicks with Links on a Web Page - Objects on a web page are associated with stored records indicating historical object usage. Associations between objects and records take into account discrepancies in object identifiers resulting from authorial edits and/or differences in browser assignment of object identifiers. An object having an object identifier that differs from that of a stored record by not more than a predetermined tolerance value, and that has other indicia that match the stored record, is considered to match the stored record. Reports are generated quantifying web page object usage, for example by superimposing color shadings or other visual indicia on a representation of a web page. | 09-20-2012 |
20120239676 | AUTOMATIC ANALYZING DEVICE - In order to improve work efficiency, to exclude human mistakes, and to improve analysis efficiency, an automatic analyzing device that analyzes blood and urine includes a bar code reader and an RFID reader that reads identification information relating to the samples and reagents and that is installed in an operating unit for managing analyzing units in an integrated manner. Test information is stored in a test information storage means of the operating unit and when the identification information stuck on containers of the samples or the reagents is read, the test information is searched. The test information is displayed on a screen of the operating unit as search results; and a function of switching from the search results displayed on the screen to a detailed screen that displays details of the test information when a user selects target test information is provided. | 09-20-2012 |
20120246182 | PROPAGATION THROUGH PERDURANCE - An event processor accepts event representations that comprise perdurance and epistemological relationships among entities or entity references, and the event processor stores information derived from event representations in a datastore. A search component searches entities based on local epistemological and perdurance properties, and a perdurance engine traverses the perdurance relationships obtained from the datastore. An epistemological propagator generates derived epistemological relationships using the perdurance engine and local epistemological data obtained from the datastore. | 09-27-2012 |
20120246183 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - The present invention provides an information processing apparatus which can direct a user to a playlist different from a playlist being reproduced. There is provided the information processing apparatus including a content storage unit storing a plurality of contents therein, a playlist storage unit storing a plurality of playlists which is related to at least some of the plurality of contents, a reproducing unit sequentially reproducing a plurality of contents belonging to a first playlist in a plurality of playlists, a candidate content extracting unit extracting one or more candidate contents relating to a content being reproduced by the reproducing unit from the content storage unit, a playlist extracting unit extracting a second playlist to which the extracted candidate contents belong from the playlist storage unit, and a playlist switching unit switching a playlist to be reproduced by the reproducing unit from the first playlist into the second playlist. | 09-27-2012 |
20120246184 | STORING AND RETRIEVING INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH A DIGITAL IMAGE - A method and apparatus for receiving an indication of selection of a hotspot on an image are disclosed. A file associated with the hotspot on the image is determined. The file is transmitted for execution. | 09-27-2012 |
20120246185 | FORENSIC SYSTEM, FORENSIC METHOD, AND FORENSIC PROGRAM - Embodiments of the inventive concept can extract digital document information related with a specific individual to achieve a work load reduction associated with evidentiary material preparation for litigation. A specific individual is selected from at least one individual included in user information. Only digital document information which was accessed by the specific individual is extracted based on access history information regarding the selected specific individual. Additional information indicating whether or not document files in the extracted digital document information are each related with the litigation is set, and a document file related with the litigation is outputted based on the additional information. | 09-27-2012 |
20120254206 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR ASSIGNING PATIENT STUDIES FOR PEER REVIEW - An apparatus is provided that includes a processor and a memory storing executable instructions that in response to execution by the processor cause the apparatus to perform a number of functions, including identification of a target number that indicates a number of reported image studies for peer review. The apparatus is caused to identify users having user characteristics that match properties of the reported image studies. The user characteristics include a specialty (modality specialty and body-region specialty) that matches the reported image studies, or an associated medical facility that matches an associated medical facility of the reported image studies. The apparatus is caused to assign the target number of reported image studies to the identified users. The apparatus may be further caused to identify users that have previously performed a user-initiated peer review of a reported image study, and reduce their assigned image studies accordingly. | 10-04-2012 |
20120254207 | FILE IDENTIFICATION MANAGEMENT AND TRACKING - Embodiments are directed towards managing and tracking item identification of a plurality of items to determine if an item is a new or existing item, where an existing item has been previously processed. In some embodiments, two or more item identifiers may be generated. In one embodiment, generating the two or more item identifiers may include analyzing the item using a small item size characteristic, a compressed item, or for an identifier collision. The two or more item identifiers may be employed to determine if the item is a new or existing item. In one embodiment, the two or more item identifiers may be compared to a record about an existing item to determine if the item is a new or existing item. If the item is an existing item, then the item may be further processed to determine if the existing item has actually changed. | 10-04-2012 |
20120254208 | SIGNATURE IDENTIFICATION AND DISTRIBUTION - A device includes a sensing element configured to produce a representation of an object in a space near the sensing element, an electronic storage comprising multiple representations, each representation being associated with a particular object, a communications interface, and a processor operable to receive the representation of the object in the space from the sensing element, compare the representation of the object in the space to the multiple representations stored in the electronic storage, determine that the representation of the object in the space is different from all of the multiple representations based on the comparison, identify the representation as a new representation based on the determination, and cause the new representation to be available to a data site through the communications interface. The device also may obtain a new representation from the data site. | 10-04-2012 |
20120254209 | SEARCHING METHOD, SEARCHING DEVICE AND RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING A COMPUTER PROGRAM - In a searching device, an extractor extracts extracted documents, each of which contains a desired search string, from a plurality of document groups each including a plurality of documents. A preference determiner determines an output preference for each of the extracted documents in accordance with a predetermined rule. A group determiner determines, in sequence for each of the plurality of document groups, whether or not the document group is a determined group which contains one or more satisfying documents among extracted documents satisfying a predetermined output condition. And, an outputter outputs, in sequence for each of the plurality of the determined groups, a predetermined number of the satisfying documents contained in the determined group. | 10-04-2012 |
20120254210 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF UTF-8 PATTERN MATCHING - Systems and methods are described for efficiently processing, searching and/or rewriting variable width encoded data, such as UTF-8 encoded data, will be described. Embodiments of the systems and methods modify and adapt search algorithms, such as the Horspool and Wu-Manber algorithms, to efficiently process and manage searching of variable width encoded text in large blocks of text, such as text that may be carried via a stream of packets thru a network device, such as an intermediary device. | 10-04-2012 |
20120254211 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MODE MATCHING - The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for mode matching. The method for mode matching includes: reading the mode matching string, where the mode matching string includes at least one logical matching field that is used to match the logical relationship; reading the target character string to be matched, where the target character string to be matched includes logical relationship information; using the logical matching field in the mode matching string to match the logical relationship in the target character string to be matched. The technical solution of the present invention improves the capability for matching the text information that carries the logical relationship information. | 10-04-2012 |
20120254212 | DEFINING AND MATCHING SEGMENTS - Defining and matching segments is disclosed. In some embodiments, defining and matching segments includes receiving a user defined segment via a user interface input; and determining a matching effort (e.g., which can include a set of Geographic Positioning System (GPS) data) to the segment using a processor. In some embodiments, the data associated with the effort includes one or more of the following: heart rate, speed, time, and power. In some embodiments, defining and matching segments further includes storing data associated with the matching effort with the segment. In some embodiments, the user defined segment is based at least in part in uploaded GPS data. In some embodiments, the user defined segment is based at least in part on selected points on a map application. | 10-04-2012 |
20120254213 | Novel Restriction Endonucleases, DNA Encoding These Endonucleases and Methods for Identifying New Endonucleases with the Same or Varied Specificity - Specified restriction endonucleases have been characterized for the first time by their amino acid and DNA sequences. These sequences and those with at least 90% identity thereto have been used as probes in sequence similarity analyses to identify sequence matches in a sequence database that corresponds to novel restriction endonucleases or isoschizomers. The sequence similarity analyses includes selecting a positive sequence match from any sequence producing an expectation value of less than or equal to e−02. | 10-04-2012 |
20120254214 | DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM HAVING A SHARED CENTRAL DATABASE - A method for converting a distributed system includes providing a central database in communication with a database, in which the central database includes central schema information for accessing data stored in the central database. The method further includes transferring content data and schema information from the database to the central database for storage. The method further includes connecting schema information stored in the database to the central schema information such that each database is configured to receive a request for information, redirect the request from the database to the central database based on the referenced schema information, and receive, from the central database, the requested information. | 10-04-2012 |
20120254215 | DISTRIBUTED FILE SYSTEM, DATA SELECTION METHOD THEREOF, AND PROGRAM - A distributed file system includes: a storage system including a plurality of storage units distributing and storing data corresponding to metadata, each of the storage units being in one of a plurality of operating states; a data acquisition unit acquiring data corresponding to a search request including desired metadata; and a management unit managing which of the storage units stores data corresponding to the metadata, managing an operating state of each of the storage units, and supplying a search result based on management contents responsive to a search request from the data acquisition unit. Based on search result, data acquisition unit accesses storage unit(s) in an active state more preferentially than storage unit(s) in an inactive state to acquire desired data. | 10-04-2012 |
20120254216 | INPUT SUPPORT DEVICE - An input support device, including: a keyword dictionary for storing a keyword including one or more words; a candidate search mechanism searching entries within the keyword dictionary by using a search key including one or more words specified based on a user operation; a presentation candidate generation mechanism generating a presentation candidate list based on search results from the candidate search mechanism by extracting a word break mismatching presentation candidate from the keywords whose word break does not match that of the specified search key including the one or more words and which start with the specified search key including the one or more words; and a candidate display displaying the presentation candidate list generated by the presentation candidate generation mechanism. | 10-04-2012 |
20120259878 | STRUCTURED TEXT SEARCH-EXPRESSION-GENERATING DEVICE, METHOD AND PROCESS THEREFOR, STRUCTURED TEXT SEARCH DEVICE, AND METHOD AND PROCESS THEREFOR - Provided is a structured document search formula generating device capable of generating a search formula, which searches for a target element by automatically specifying an element acting as a guideline as a search condition when the element acting as the guideline is not structurally present on a structural related position but the element acting as the guideline is present on a display screen. The structured document search formula generating device is provided with a sample text accumulating unit, which accumulates a plurality of sample texts each composed of a structured document being a search target for each document type, an element specifying unit, which specifies a search target element in each of a plurality of sample texts, a structure analyzing unit, which analyzes a structure of a specified sample text and generates a search formula indicating a structural position of the specified search target element in a structure of the sample text, a screen analyzing unit, which analyzes a display image of the specified sample text and determines the element present on a common relative position on the display image of each of a plurality of sample texts as a guideline element on a screen, and a search formula combining unit, which generates one obtained by adding the determined guideline element on the screen as a condition to the search formula indicating the generated structural position. | 10-11-2012 |
20120259879 | CONTENT PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND SYSTEM - A content processing apparatus managed as a content-using apparatus in apparatus information associating a content-using apparatus that supports content data with functions available in using the content data, and having a content processing unit that processes content data in response to a user's operation so that the user can utilize the content data, a used function identification unit that identifies a function used to process the content data and generates used function information indicating the identified function, and an apparatus search result display unit to display information of a content-using apparatus extracted by searching through apparatus information based on the used function information. | 10-11-2012 |
20120259880 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An apparatus includes a designation unit, a search unit, and an output unit. The designation unit designates a page number and a search key as a search condition. The search unit automatically searches paginated documents stored in a storage containing the designated search key within the designated page number. The output unit outputs an image of the designated page number of the searched document as a search result. | 10-11-2012 |
20120265776 | Method and System for Creating Linked List, Method and System for Searching Data - A method and system for creating a linked list and a method and system for searching data are disclosed. The method for creating the linked list includes obtaining a first linked list from a first storage area, in which the first linked list has at least one node, and each node at least includes first data; obtaining the first data of each node from the linked list; storing the first data into a preset second storage area and forming a second linked list. The method stores the node identifiers and the node pointers of the linked list preferentially using the continuous storage area, such that the times of cache updating which is triggered by the traverse operation are reduced, and the access speed of the accessed data is increased. | 10-18-2012 |
20120271840 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STORING AND PROVIDING SCAN PROTOCOL INFORMATION - A method for displaying a scan protocol for an imaging system is provided. The method includes receiving a current scan protocol for a scan of a patient. The current scan protocol includes scan parameters related to image quality and quantitation. A stored scan protocol is accessed from a memory. The stored scan protocol includes scan parameters related to image quality and quantitation for a previous scan of the patient. The current scan protocol is compared to the stored scan protocol. Any differences are identified based on the comparison of the current scan protocol to the stored scan protocol. The differences of the current scan protocol and the stored scan protocol are indicated on a display. | 10-25-2012 |
20120271841 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR VISUALIZING TECHNOLOGY CHANGE - A technology transition visualization apparatus includes: bibliographic database integrating heterogeneous resources; technology information database storing information in technology lifecycle; interface module receiving technology from user; feature set creation module calculating feature values by searching bibliographic database and creating feature set for each technology; answer feature set creation module calculating common feature value of feature sets of technologies belonging to the same stage in technology lifecycle and creating answer feature set of each stage; stage determination module acquiring feature-related information, creating representative feature set and year-specific feature set of technology, determining representative stage or year-specific stage by comparing the representative feature set or year-specific feature set with the answer feature set, and estimating development speed of the technology; visualization module visualizing the technology lifecycle; and year-specific stage acquisition module acquiring current stage, year-specific stage and estimated next stage of the technology and visualizing the stages. | 10-25-2012 |
20120278346 | Frequent Pattern Mining - A system for frequent pattern mining uses two layers of processing: a plurality of computing nodes, and a plurality of processors within each computing node. Within each computing node, the data set against which the frequent pattern mining is to be performed is stored in shared memory, accessible concurrently by each of the processors. The search space is partitioned among the computing nodes, and sub-partitioned among the processors of each computing node. If a processor completes its sub-partition, it requests another sub-partition. The partitioning and sub-partitioning may be performed dynamically, and adjusted in real time. | 11-01-2012 |
20120278347 | FAST ESTIMATION OF BINARY DATA LENGTH USING MEMORY CORRUPTION - Various embodiments are described herein for a method and related device for processing a first dataset comprising a second dataset and a third dataset in order to locate the third dataset. The second dataset has a variable data length and terminates with an ending marker and the third dataset starts after the ending marker. The method involves preprocessing a memory element by storing a plurality of locater markers, storing the first dataset in the memory element thereby overwriting a portion of the plurality of locater markers, locating which of the plurality of locater markers is closest to the end of the first dataset; and locating the third dataset by searching for the ending marker of the second dataset based on the position of the closest locater marker. | 11-01-2012 |
20120278348 | TECHNIQUES FOR ENHANCING CONTENT - Systems and methods enhance content from one source with content obtained from another source. Information about content, such as content that is or will be experienced by a user, is used to identify the content from another source. The content from the other source may be content of a different type than the content being enhanced. The content from the two (or more) sources are combined and provided simultaneously. The combined content may be provided using a set of one or more electronic devices. | 11-01-2012 |
20120278349 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANIPULATION OF INEXACT SEMI-STRUCTURED DATA - The data constraint framework solution of the present invention addresses data quality issues by standardizing, verifying, matching, consolidating and merging data records using powerful inexact matching logic and search reduction technologies. The data conditioning framework uses these technologies to more efficiently condition data to improve the quality of data and/or resolve quality data issues such as incomplete, inaccurate and duplicate data records. For example, the data conditioning framework is used to “cleanse” incorrect, incomplete and duplicate data from a data source, such as an information system. The data conditioning framework uses the following approximate searching and matching techniques to improve the efficiency of the approximate matching, reduce the search space for approximate matching, and improve the speed of executing approximate searches and matches: 1) inexact trimmed matching, 2) adaptive search ordering, 3) cascading search space reduction, 4) tiered and metric indexing, and 5) domain knowledge matching. | 11-01-2012 |
20120284292 | Bookmarks and Watchpoints for Selection and Presentation of Media Streams - Selection and presentation of media streams, in which presentation is not limited by order imposed by the digital content representative of those media streams, in response to bookmarks and watchpoints settable and usable by a user. Bookmarks reference a location within the media stream, not necessarily pre-selected and possibly dynamically selected, in which a presentation can be started or restarted therefrom. Watchpoints reference a location within the media stream, or a presentation state for the media stream, in which an action can be triggered thereby. Bookmarks and watchpoints provide a general technique for presenting selections from media streams in response to metadata. | 11-08-2012 |
20120290596 | STABILIZED BINARY DIFFERENCING - An apparatus and method for stabilized binary differencing are provided. The method includes obtaining a first report file for a first image corresponding to a current firmware version and a second report file for a second image corresponding to an updated firmware version, each report file containing information about a plurality of sections of the corresponding image, generating a first object array corresponding to the first report file and a second object array corresponding to the second report file, comparing the first object array to the second object array, updating the second object array to reflect the results of the comparison, generating a steering file based on the updated object array, performing a binary differencing on the first image and the second image based on the steering file, and generating a delta file based on the binary differencing. | 11-15-2012 |
20120290597 | Detecting Duplicate and Near-Duplicate Files - Near-duplicate documents may be identified by (a) accepting a set of documents, (b) processing the set of documents to determine a first set of near-duplicate documents using a first document similarity technique, and (c) processing the first set of near duplicate documents to determine a second set of near-duplicate documents using a second document similarity technique. The first document similarity technique might be token order dependent, and the second document similarity technique might be order independent. The first document similarity technique might be token frequency independent, and the second document similarity technique might be frequency dependent. The first document similarity technique might determine whether two documents are near-duplicates using representations based on a subset of the words or tokens of the documents, and the second document similarity technique might determine whether two documents are near-duplicates using representations based on all of the words or tokens of the documents. The first document similarity technique might use set intersection to determine whether or not documents are near-duplicates, and the second document similarity technique might use random projections to determine whether or not documents are near-duplicates. | 11-15-2012 |
20120290598 | INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - A non-transitory medium recording an information processing program causing a computer to execute procedures, the procedures includes receiving, as input, positional information that indicates a position of a part of the data file from the reference position, searching a second management information item corresponding to the input, searching a first management information item corresponding to the input and the searched second management information item, and accessing the part that is among the parts of the data file and stored at a position indicated by the searched first management information item; calculating, based on a frequency of access to the accessed part, a distribution of frequencies of access to the parts associated with the first management information items; and updating, based on the distribution of the frequencies, the positional information indicated by the second management information items and first management information items. | 11-15-2012 |
20120290599 | Methods and Apparatuses for User Interest Modeling - Methods and apparatuses are provided for user interest modeling. A method may include accessing logged interactive user history data for a user data for a user. The method may additionally include determining at least one user interest topic for the user by utilizing a topic model acting upon at least a portion of the logged interactive user history data and one or more seed documents generated from a topic feature source is feature source. Corresponding apparatuses are also provided. | 11-15-2012 |
20120290600 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING DATA - Systems and methods for managing data, such as metadata. In one exemplary method, metadata from files created by several different software applications are captured, and the captured metadata is searched. The type of information in metadata for one type of file differs from the type of information in metadata for another type of file. Other methods are described and data processing systems and machine readable media are also described. | 11-15-2012 |
20120296923 | METHOD, PROGRAM, AND SYSTEM FOR CONVERTING PART OF GRAPH DATA TO DATA STRUCTURE AS AN IMAGE OF HOMOMORPHISM - To provide a method, program, and system for converting graph data to a data structure that enables manipulations in various applications to be reflected in the original graph data. The method uses at least one graph matching pattern to convert at least a part of graph data including nodes and edges to a data structure as an image of a homomorphism thereof. A pattern is provided which includes one representative node variable having a first constraint that at most one node in the graph data matches the representative node variable; the node is prohibited from matching a node variable in another pattern. The method includes the step of performing matching between the graph data and the pattern to obtain a matching result that does not violate constraints including the first constraint, and the step of generating a data structure corresponding to the matching result that does not violate the constraints. | 11-22-2012 |
20120296924 | METHOD, PROGRAM, AND SYSTEM FOR CONVERTING PART OF GRAPH DATA TO DATA STRUCTURE AS AN IMAGE OF HOMOMORPHISM - To provide a method, program, and system for converting graph data to a data structure that enables manipulations in various applications to be reflected in the original graph data. The method uses at least one graph matching pattern to convert at least a part of graph data including nodes and edges to a data structure as an image of a homomorphism thereof. A pattern is provided which includes one representative node variable having a first constraint that at most one node in the graph data matches the representative node variable; the node is prohibited from matching a node variable in another pattern. The method includes the step of performing matching between the graph data and the pattern to obtain a matching result that does not violate constraints including the first constraint, and the step of generating a data structure corresponding to the matching result that does not violate the constraints. | 11-22-2012 |
20120296925 | Systems and Methods for Providing A Validation Tool - Systems and methods for providing a validation tool may be configured to identify a plurality of words within a document, the document being provided in a first window within a user interface. Additionally, the systems and methods may be configured to determine, from a predetermined list that includes terms of interest, whether the words are matching words with terms of interest. The systems and methods may, in response to determining that the plurality of words are matching words with the terms of interest, highlight matching words in a document and access pieces of related data for matching words. | 11-22-2012 |
20120303646 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AND UPDATING LOCATION CHECK DIGITS - Method, apparatus and program product for generating check data for a location within an area of a workspace include receiving an identifier for a selected location that has check data associated therewith. Candidate check data for use with the selected location is generated. The candidate check data is evaluated for a match against at least one of existing check data for the selected location or check data associated with a related location. Based on the evaluation, a determination is made of whether the candidate check data is acceptable for use for the selected location. | 11-29-2012 |
20120303647 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING AN ON-DEMAND SCHEDULER - Disclosed is an improved approach for implementing an on-demand scheduler and the structures to support realtime on-demand schedulers. A lightweight word-based structure is disclosed for storing scheduling-related data. Using this lightweight word-based structure enables on-demand and real-time scheduling. This type of lightweight structure also permits scheduling activities to be performed in a disconnected mode, which can then be later synchronized with the server to confirm the booking In addition to appointment scheduling, this technique can also be implemented for scheduling of any type of resource. | 11-29-2012 |
20120310962 | AUTOMATED BUSINESS PROCESS MODELING - In a method for generating a business process model project, a computer receives a data file comprising text, descriptive of a business process. The computer searches a sentence in the text for a keyword indicative of existence of a corresponding business artifact stated elsewhere in the sentence. In response, the computer identifies an indicator in the sentence, the indicator designating a name of the corresponding business artifact. The computer identifies a business artifact based on the keyword and the indicator. The computer generates a business process model project based in part on the business artifact. | 12-06-2012 |
20120310963 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF SEARCHING AND VISUALIZING INSTANCE PATH - An apparatus and method of searching and visualizing an instance path. The method includes receiving two or more keywords and path search condition; generating a pair of instances with respect to the keywords, extracting a pair of classes corresponding to each of the pairs of instances from ontology instance database; obtaining an ontology schema path with respect to each of the pairs of classes from ontology schema path database; replacing start and end classes with corresponding first and second instances in each of the ontology schema paths and searching for instance path corresponding to the path search condition from the instance paths connected between the first instance and the second instance; outputting instance path display screen on which the searched instance paths are displayed; and if the path search condition changes through the instance path display screen, obtaining and visualizing instance paths corresponding to the changed path search condition. | 12-06-2012 |
20120310964 | MAP STORAGE FOR NAVIGATION SYSTEMS - When preparing a representation of map display information for use by a navigation device,a set of source map data ( | 12-06-2012 |
20120317130 | COMPUTER PRODUCT, SEARCH METHOD, SEARCH APPARATUS, AND NODE - Nodes respectively store a multilayer transposed Bloom filter. A client selects a node N | 12-13-2012 |
20120317131 | DISASTER RESPONSE SYSTEM - Health care data and other information about a person is stored in memory accessible to a server. The server allows users to access the health care data and information, such as across a communication network. In some embodiments a biometric identifier for a person is stored with the information. The biometric identifier can be used to control access to a person's records and to quickly locate information associated with a particular person during a disaster. | 12-13-2012 |
20120323944 | MANAGEMENT OF NETWORK-BASED DIGITAL DATA REPOSITORY - Improved techniques and systems for storage, delivery and acquisition of digital assets are disclosed. The techniques and systems are suitable and useful for storing, delivering and accessing digital assets (e.g., media assets) that have been acquired from online stores. The techniques and systems are also suitable and useful for storing, delivering and accessing digital assets that have been acquired from other than from online stores. Regardless, the digital assets become accessible from a network-based digital data repository (e.g., cloud data storage) via electronic devices (e.g., user devices) and thus usable by the electronic devices. The digital assets can include media assets and/or non-media assets. | 12-20-2012 |
20120323945 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR READ-AHEAD ENHANCEMENTS - A method and system are provided for identifying type-ahead candidates. A method includes determining a context of past non-threaded emails of a user. The method further includes generating a context index associating the past non-threaded emails of the determined context with repeatable values within the past non-threaded emails. The method further includes receiving characters in a current email and determining a context of the current email. The method further includes determining matches between the current email and the past non-threaded in the context index. The method further includes identifying the corresponding repeatable values and matching the identified corresponding repeatable values with the received characters. The method further includes presenting the candidate words to the user for inclusion in the current email. | 12-20-2012 |
20120330987 | CONTENT PROVIDING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING METADATA EXTRACTED FROM CONTENT - Provided is a content providing method and system for extracting and transmitting metadata. When a user uploads a content file, metadata of content may be extracted from the content file. The extracted metadata of the content may be transmitted to a terminal of the user and the user may select content based on the metadata. The content selected using the uploaded content file may be provided to the user through downloading or streaming. | 12-27-2012 |
20130007028 | DISCOVERING RELATED FILES AND PROVIDING DIFFERENTIATING INFORMATION - Related files are discovered, and the discovered information is provided for a user. Informative annotations and/or information that differentiates among the discovered files may also be provided. In one aspect, user-provided criteria are used to determine whether files are related. Examples include: same (or similar) file name; modified near in time to one another; use of similarity hashing; similar file size; and event(s) performed on the files. | 01-03-2013 |
20130007029 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATING A RICH SOCIAL MEDIA PROFILE - Disclosed are systems, apparatus, methods and computer-readable media for updating information stored in a database system over a network. In some implementations, first contact data is retrieved from a first virtual portion of a database system, where the first contact data provides first contact information associated with at least one entity. In some instances, the first contact data is compared with second contact data, where the second contact data provides second contact information associated with the at least one entity. In some instances, at least some of the second contact information is retrieved from a social networking system. In various implementations, at least one difference between the first contact data and the second contact data is identified, where the at least one difference is capable of being presented in a user interface displayed at a computer system. In some instances, a selection identifying contact data to store is received. | 01-03-2013 |
20130007030 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REMOTELY DISPLAYING A LIST BY DETERMINING A QUANTITY OF DATA TO SEND BASED ON THE LIST SIZE AND THE DISPLAY CONTROL SIZE - A system and method for remotely displaying a plurality of data items is disclosed. The system determines a total quantity of displayable data items and optionally receives an indication of a display control size from a remote client. The server stores a threshold value indicating a relationship between a quantity of data items and a size of a display control. The server compares the quantity of data items and the received indication of the display control size. If the comparison exceeds the threshold value, the server sends a subset of the items to the remote client for display, and sends additional items as requested by the remote client. If the comparison is less than the threshold value, the server sends each of the items to the remote client for display. The server repeats this comparison for changes in the quantity of data items or the size of the display control. | 01-03-2013 |
20130007031 | SEGMENT CREATION DEVICE, SEGMENT CREATION METHOD, AND SEGMENT CREATION PROGRAM - A segment creation device includes: a live data acquiring unit that acquires character string data transmitted from a plurality of terminals, and acquires live data that includes the character string data and a data registration date and time; a condition input unit that causes a user to input a search condition including time zone information representing a predetermined time zone and character string information; a live data number counting unit that counts the number of pieces of live data having character string data; and a segment creating unit that creates segment data which is specified based on a starting time and an ending time of a time period. | 01-03-2013 |
20130013625 | ESTIMATING APPARATUS, ESTIMATING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An estimating apparatus includes: a tag extracting unit configured to collect a blog via a network, the blog including a character string written by an individual to a web site; a provisional broadcasting station estimating unit configured to estimate a broadcasting station that broadcasts a program mentioned in the blog based on a feature word appearing in the character string of the blog; and a broadcasting station determination unit configured to refer to the blog database to count the number of the provisional broadcasting station of the program mentioned in the blog including the tag in the character string, and to determine the broadcasting station that broadcasts the program mentioned in the blog based on the counting result. | 01-10-2013 |
20130013626 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING MEDIA RECOMMENDATIONS IN A DISTRIBUTED ENVIRONMENT BASED ON TAGGING PLAY HISTORY INFORMATION WITH LOCATION INFORMATION - A computer-implemented method and system are provided for generating media recommendations in a media recommendation network. Aspects of the method and system include receiving by a server a plurality of play histories of media items from a plurality of users of devices, wherein at least a portion of the media items are tagged with corresponding time and location data indicating a time and location of play; receiving by the server a media recommendation request from a requester, including receiving seed information indicating a current location of the requester; using at least one of user preferences of the requester and the seed information to identify correlated users from which to search corresponding play histories from among the plurality of play histories; comparing the seed information to the corresponding play histories and generating a list of related media items contained therein; and returning the list of related media items to the requester. | 01-10-2013 |
20130013627 | METHOD FOR MODIFYING NOTIFICATIONS IN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An embodiment relates to a novel apparatus and method for changing modes of notification in an electronic device. An electronic device includes a calendar application and a variety of other applications such as the message reader application or the daily alarm application. The device is configured to use the calendar application to track whether and how the user is notified of the receipt of an electronic message. In one embodiment, the user specifically associates a profile behavior to the calendar entry when the calendar entry is first created. | 01-10-2013 |
20130013628 | LIGHTNING SEARCH BOOKMARK - Disclosed are methods and apparatus for automatically storing and generating bookmarks. In one embodiment, a search query is received. Information identifying a bookmark representing the search query is automatically stored in association with a set of bookmarks. Search results corresponding to the search query are automatically obtained and provided, where the search results identify one or more documents. When one of the documents is selected, a link to the selected one of the documents is automatically stored in association with the bookmark. | 01-10-2013 |
20130018906 | Systems and Methods for Providing a Spam Database and Identifying Spam CommunicationsAANM NIGAM; RakeshAACI ChennaiAACO INAAGP NIGAM; Rakesh Chennai INAANM Chandrasekharappa; Santhosh BaramasagaraAACI BangaloreAACO INAAGP Chandrasekharappa; Santhosh Baramasagara Bangalore INAANM Ekambaram; SivakumarAACI BangaloreAACO INAAGP Ekambaram; Sivakumar Bangalore INAANM Sargent; JamesAACI PurcellvilleAAST VAAACO USAAGP Sargent; James Purcellville VA USAANM Moortgat; Jean-JacquesAACI CliftonAAST VAAACO USAAGP Moortgat; Jean-Jacques Clifton VA USAANM Selvaraj; Senthil Kumar SellaiyaAACO USAAGP Selvaraj; Senthil Kumar Sellaiya US - Systems and methods are provided for identifying unsolicited or unwanted electronic communications, such as spam. The disclosed embodiments also encompass systems and methods for selecting content items from a content item database. Consistent with certain embodiments, computer-implemented systems and methods may use a clustering based statistical content matching anti-spam algorithm to identify and filter spam. Such a anti-spam algorithm may be implemented to determine a degree of similarity between an incoming e-mail with a collection of one or more spam e-mails stored in a database. If the degree of similarity exceeds a predetermined threshold, the incoming e-mail may be classified as spam. Further, in accordance with other embodiments, systems and methods may be provided to determine a degree of similarity between a query or search string from a user and content items stored in a database. If the degree of similarity exceeds a predetermined threshold, the content item from the database may be identified as a content item that matches the query or search string provided by the user. | 01-17-2013 |
20130018907 | Dynamic Subsumption Inference - Systems and methods for Dynamic Subsumption Inference are disclosed. For example, a method for Dynamic Subsumption Inference, may include: receiving a time signal associated with the current time; receiving a first input signal comprising data associated with a user at the current time; determining a first context based on the first input signal and the current time; comparing the first context to a database of contexts associated with the user; and determining a second context based in part on the comparison. | 01-17-2013 |
20130018908 | INTERACTIVE MEDIA CARD - A method is disclosed wherein a capsule is searchable, the capsule of data having data stored in multiple data stores. In use, a portion of the capsule is displayed and the searched data includes data that is not displayed but is retrievable via the search operation. | 01-17-2013 |
20130018909 | PROVIDING AN ANSWER TO A QUESTION LEFT UNANSWERED IN AN ELECTRONIC FORUM - Systems and methods are provided for providing an answer to a question left unanswered in an electronic discussion forum. In some embodiments, a question that has not been answered may be identified in a first discussion forum. A second discussion forum in which to present the question may be determined, where the second discussion forum is more likely than the first discussion forum to result in an answer to the question. The question may then be presented in the second discussion forum, and one or more responses to the question may be received in the second discussion forum. It may then be determined whether one of the one or more responses includes a good answer to the question, and when the determination is that one of the one or more responses includes a good answer, the good answer may be presented in the first discussion forum. | 01-17-2013 |
20130024468 | FRESH FOOD NUTRITIONAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A food storage and nutrition management system including a primary container having which defines a volume for storing a plurality of secondary containers smaller than the primary container. The secondary containers store food items and include a bottom side and an upper rim and are sized and configured such that when placed in the primary container, the upper rims of the secondary containers are substantially co-planar. A container lid sealing closes the primary container and includes a resilient gasket on its underside. Lids are also provided for the secondary containers when used outside the primary container. The gasket is configured to engage the upper rims of the secondary containers regardless of the configuration in which the secondary containers are placed in the primary container. The gasket partially compresses at the upper rims of the secondary containers to form a substantially air tight seal between each of the secondary containers. | 01-24-2013 |
20130031117 | Auto-Mapping Between Source and Target Models Using Statistical and Ontology Techniques - A system maps data within a data source to a target data model, and comprises a computer system including at least one processor. The system determines an identifier for each data object of the data source based on the data within that data object, wherein the identifier indicates for that data object a corresponding concept within a domain ontological representation of a data model of the data source. The determined identifiers for the data objects of the data source are compared to the target data model to determine mappings between the data objects of the data source and the target data model. Data objects from the data source are extracted for the target data model in accordance with the mappings. Present invention embodiments further include a method and computer program product for mapping data within a data source to a target data model. | 01-31-2013 |
20130031118 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND NON-TRANSITORY INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided is a technology that enables detection of a change in a feature of a page. An analysis unit identifies a content of a page whose content changes with a lapse of time. A feature change determination unit determines based on contents of the page identified at different timings whether or not a feature of the identified page has changed. | 01-31-2013 |
20130031119 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA MATCHING - A system and method for data matching are disclosed. A user terminal included in the system includes a data provider, a data consumer, and a mapper. The data provider receives life log data of a user which is collected by at least one life log collecting apparatus. The data consumer receives the life log data from the data provider, and compares the life log data and reference data received from a service server to determine whether a difference between the life log data and the reference data exceeds a predetermined threshold value. The mapper maps the service server which provides the reference data corresponding to information of the life log data received from the data provider. Accordingly, the usability to of life log apparatuses can increase. | 01-31-2013 |
20130031120 | System and Method for using a Device Description Repository - A method, computer program product, and computer system for using a device description repository comprises identifying a plurality of string constants associated with an incoming data request. It may be determined whether one or more constants in a user agent string match one of the plurality of string constants. In response to determining that the one or more constants in the user agent string match one of the plurality of string constants, a generic web browser ID is identified as a device description repository ID associated with a device description repository. | 01-31-2013 |
20130031121 | VEHICLE CHARGING FACILITY INFORMATION ACQUISITION SYSTEM - A vehicle charging facility information acquisition system has comprising an acquisition component and a charging record information storage component. The acquisition component is configured to acquire, from a plurality of vehicles, information pertaining to a vehicle charging facility as charging record information when the vehicles use the vehicle charging facility, with the information including at least vehicle charging facility position information. The charging record information storage component is configured to store the acquired charging record information in a charging record information database. | 01-31-2013 |
20130036129 | Search Utility Program for Software Developers - A search utility for industrial control programs accepts as a query an example program fragment which is abstracted into a graph-form capturing, for example, instruction control-flow and data-flow. This graph-form may be compared to a graph-form transformation of other portions of the program to provide a more sophisticated matching process that considers underlying logical hierarchy of the program elements rather than their superficial expression in the source code embodiment | 02-07-2013 |
20130041909 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMIC IDENTITY VALIDATION - An approach is provided for dynamic identity validation. A user identifier of a user is correlated with one or more other user identifiers associated with collected information. Identity of the user is dynamically validated based on the correlation. | 02-14-2013 |
20130041910 | Attribute Entropy as a Signal in Object Normalization - A system and method determines whether two objects are duplicate objects. The system and method matches common facts of the two objects based on a match measure, combines the entropies of the matching common facts, and determines whether the two objects are duplicate objects based on the sum of entropies. | 02-14-2013 |
20130046775 | EFFICIENT STUDENT RECORD MATCHING - A system and method for efficiently and intelligently matching student enrollment records is disclosed. The method may be used, for example, to track student progress from secondary to postsecondary institutions and generate statistics about aggregate college enrollment rates to inform policy decisions. In exemplary embodiments, the matching algorithm accounts for common variations in student names and geographical distances between secondary institutions and the student's current known address to generate higher confidence matches. | 02-21-2013 |
20130046776 | COMPUTING DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM AND METHOD FOR OUTPUTING DIMENSION DATA USING THE COMPUTING DEVICE - In a method for outputting dimension data using a computing device, a dimension file is read and searched for at least one dimension keyword. If there is the at least one dimension keyword in the dimension file, dimension data from the dimension file is extracted and stored as one or more structure variables into a structure array. Each of the one or more structure variables is added into a dimension field of a preset general list. Each dimension field in the preset general list is output into an output report according an output position of each dimension field, and the output report is displayed on a display screen. | 02-21-2013 |
20130054627 | Systems And Methods For Providing A Data Glossary Management System - Provided is a computer system for translating business information and associating the translated business information with user-defined business terms in a processor executable data management system. The computer system comprises a computer readable storage media for providing a data store and a data management system for execution on one or more data processors for storing information relating to a plurality of user-generated business terms in accordance with a schema. The data management system also includes a user interface engine configured to provide a plurality of user interfaces. | 02-28-2013 |
20130054628 | Data Fusion Using Behavioral Factors - A first data set associated with a first group of users is accessed. The first data set includes demographic data, online behavior data, and additional user data associated with the users in the first group. A second data set associated with a second group of users is accessed. The second data set includes demographic data and online behavior data but not additional user data associated with the users in the second group. One or more sets of matched users are determined based on the demographic data and online behavior data included in the first data set and the demographic data and online behavior data included in the second data set. Each set includes a user from the first group matched with a user from the second group. Based on the one or more sets of matched users, an augmented second data set that includes additional user data associated with the users in the second group is generated. One or more reports are generated based on the augmented second data set. | 02-28-2013 |
20130054629 | INFORMATION PROVIDING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD, INFORMATION PROVIDING PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING INFORMATION PROVIDING PROCESSING PROGRAM RECORDED THEREON - There are provided an information providing device, an information providing processing program, and an information providing method which can efficiently recommend information related to a shooting spot matching a user's preference. The information providing device is configured to search for image data based on object information specified by a user with respect to a frame, and an arrangement of the object information. | 02-28-2013 |
20130060799 | Systems and Methods for the Comparison of Selected Text - Systems and methods are disclosed for comparing selections of text to show differences between the two selections. The text may be selected from the same source or from two different sources. In one implementation, a system receives a first selection of text for comparison and places the selection in a first buffer. The system receives a second selection of text for comparison and places the second selection in a second buffer. The system compares the first buffer and the second buffer to determine differences and displays the differences. In some embodiments, the system may allow a user to choose two buffers from among a plurality of buffers for comparison. | 03-07-2013 |
20130060800 | SYSTEM FOR COMMUNICATING SUBSCRIBER MEDIA TO USERS OVER A NETWORK - A system of selectively providing media as audio or video or combined media to users in a categorized highly segmented manner. Employing communications and operative software adapted to the task running on a networked computer or server, the system stores media files related to subscribing vendors. The media files are provided embedded with a media player forwarded to a user, or by communicating them to a user employing the media player on their local machine to request media files concerning a specific subscriber. Electronic sales leads are provided to the subscribing vendors through the employment of a relational database configured to discern potential user customers based on matching of media players requested or viewed by respective users which displayed media files related to the products or services sold by vendors. | 03-07-2013 |
20130060801 | Product Options Framework And Accessories - Techniques are described for describing and associating custom products. In an embodiment, a first attribute value that defines an attribute of a custom product is received from a user that is customizing the custom product. In response to receiving the first attribute value, a legal set of attribute values for a second attribute of the custom product or an accessory product may be determined. The legal set of attribute values identifies one or more attribute values of the second attribute of the custom product or accessory product that are compatible with the first attribute value. The legal set of attribute values may identify a continuous range of values where any value within the continuous range of values is compatible with the first attribute value. In an embodiment, the user may be limited to selecting accessory products having a legal attribute value. | 03-07-2013 |
20130060802 | EXPOSING FILE METADATA AS LDAP ATTRIBUTES - A method and apparatus are disclosed for providing virtual Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) attribute subtypes based on metadata associated with a relevant data type. In one embodiment, a computer system receives a request that specifies an LDAP attribute. The computer system identifies metadata corresponding to a data type of the LDAP attribute and identifies, based on the metadata, an attribute subtype of the LDAP attribute. | 03-07-2013 |
20130066894 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND NON-TRANSITORY INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - A cluster value identifying unit identifies a value of a parameter representing a level of a ground swell of interest related to provided information, which is determined in accordance with registration of information related to the provided information. A period identifying unit identifies, based on the value of the parameter, a period in which the ground swell of interest related to the provided information grows with a lapse of time. A user feature identifying unit identifies, based on the identified period, a feature of a user who registers the related information. Accordingly, the feature of the user may be identified based on the registration of the information related to the provided information. | 03-14-2013 |
20130073576 | System and Protocol To Dynamically Query Sensor Data Collections - A sensor registry includes a query dispatcher, a registration dispatcher, and a continuous query engine. The query dispatcher receives a query from a subscriber, searches a sensor database for at least one sensor that satisfies the query, and returns a result set corresponding to the query to the subscriber. The result set includes the at least one sensor. The registration dispatcher receives a message from a requesting sensor in a sensor network, and updates the sensor database based on the message. The continuous query engine receives the query from the query dispatcher, updates the result set corresponding to the query based on the received message, and notifies the subscriber upon determining that a change has been made to the result set. | 03-21-2013 |
20130073577 | STATISTICAL INFORMATION GENERATION SYSTEM AND STATISTICAL INFORMATION GENERATION METHOD - A statistical information generation system includes a condition input section, an extracting section that extracts unidentifiable location data and unidentifiable attribute data, a magnification factor adding section that adds a magnification factor to the unidentifiable attribute data, a statistics section that calculates statistical data by using the unidentifiable location data, the unidentifiable attribute data, and the magnification factor, a counting section that counts the unidentifiable location data, a determining section that determines a magnitude of the number of pieces of data, and an output section that hides the statistical data to output the statistical data. | 03-21-2013 |
20130073578 | Processing Audio-Video Data To Produce Metadata - A system for processing audio-video data to produce metadata, has an input for receiving audio video data. A characteristic extraction unit is arranged to extract n multiple distinct characteristics from the received audio-video data. A data comparison unit is arranged to compare the n multiple distinct characteristics with data extracted from example audio-video data by comparing in n dimensional space to produce a value for each of f features of the audio-video data where f03-21-2013 | |
20130080457 | DISCOVERING AND AUTOMATICALLY SIZING A PLACE OF RELEVANCE - One or more mobile devices make measurements while moving along a path. Each measurement may comprise a specific group of identifiers of wireless transmitters, and strengths of corresponding wireless signals. A set of measurements are made in a sequence along a path, and the subsets of the measurements are identified for satisfying a test on a value of a measure of similarity of measurements included in the subset. A new place of relevance is identified, by comparing the just-described subsets of the measurements with similar subsets of additional measurements (e.g. by clustering). Alternatively, a known place of relevance (e.g. having a label) is identified, by comparing the just-described subsets of the measurements with pre-computed model of measurements. Also, the just-described subsets of the measurements may be compared with corresponding subsets of measurements of another path, e.g. to identify common portions therein. | 03-28-2013 |
20130080458 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DEFINING PACKAGING COMPONENTS USING LIFECYCLE ANALYSIS - Methods and systems for defining packaging components are provided. An exemplary embodiment provides an expert system ( | 03-28-2013 |
20130086092 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS RELATED TO A TEMPORAL LOG STRUCTURE DATABASE - In one general aspect, a computer-implemented method includes a computer-implemented method that includes executing, using at least one processor, instructions recorded on a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium. The method includes receiving a request to insert a data record within a database of a data collection system. The data record can be placed within a buffer in a main memory of the data collection system. A record data structure and a record index structure associated with the data record are defined. The record data structure and the record index structure are stored within a storage chunk in a storage medium of the database, and the storage medium is different than the main memory. The storage chunk has an associated index that can be used to retrieve the data record and the storage chunk can include other data records different than the data record associated with the received request. | 04-04-2013 |
20130086093 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPETITIVE PRIOR ART ANALYTICS AND MAPPING - A computer-implemented method and system are provided for reviewing and mapping prior art. The method comprises using one or more processors to identify a first set of cited references cited against a target entity and identify at least a second set of cited references cited against at least one other entity. The first set of references are mapped against the at least second set of references to determine a prior art overlap of references common to both or all sets. A representation of the prior art overlap is communicated to a user. The method may include identifying the owners of the first and at least second sets of cited references. | 04-04-2013 |
20130086094 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PATENT AND PRIOR ART ANALYSIS - Various embodiments of the present disclosure include systems and methods for analyzing patents and prior art in a patent management system. In an example embodiment, a computer-implemented method of determining a potential point of novelty for an identified patent comprises retrieving at least one independent claim of the patent in the claim form as issued; retrieving at least one independent claim of the patent in the claim form as published; and automatically comparing the issued claim to the published claim by identifying unique keywords present in the issued claim but not present in the published claim and flagging the unique keywords to a user. | 04-04-2013 |
20130086095 | MAKING AND USING ABSTRACT XML REPRESENTATIONS OF DATA DICTIONARY METADATA - An XML representation of the metadata for objects in a database system. The XML representation is called SXML. The SXML representations of two objects that belong to the same class of objects may be compared to produce a difference representation that shows the differences between the objects. Database commands that will create or alter objects may be produced from the difference representation, as well as an XML representation of the database commands. In addition to being comparable, SXML representations have the characteristics that a given property of the metadata is expressed in only one way in the representation, that SXML does not describe properties that belong only to particular instances of the object described by the metadata, that SXML describes only properties that the user can specify when creating an object, and that SXML is easy for humans to read, understand, and write. | 04-04-2013 |
20130086096 | Method and System for High Performance Pattern Indexing - Disclosed herein is a method and system for accelerating the generation of pattern indexes. In exemplary embodiments, regular expression pattern matching can be performed at high speeds on data to determine whether a pattern is present in the data. Pattern indexes can then be built based on the results of such regular expression pattern matching. Reconfigurable logic such a field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) can be used to hardware accelerate these operations. | 04-04-2013 |
20130091156 | TIME AND LOCATION DATA APPENDED TO CONTACT INFORMATION - On a handheld device, a user enters new contact information to create a new contact entry, and a time stamp and geographic location are automatically added to the new contact entry. Therefore, when the user later views that contact entry, the location and time when the user gathered that contact information is noted. This can assist the user in identifying the particular individual represented by the contact entry. | 04-11-2013 |
20130091157 | FILE SERVER SEARCH AND RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM - Enhanced computer- and network-based methods, techniques, and systems for an enhanced file server that provides search and recommendations “in-band” as part of a request to the file server are provided. Example embodiments provide a Enhanced File Server (“EFS”), which enables file servers and the like, to search for and/or to recommend information (e.g., content, data, or the like) based upon a file request to the file server. This enables a user of the EFS to avoid the use of a separate search or recommendation system, such as a search engine, to find information. An Enhanced File Server implements its own search and recommendation capabilities and allows users to search for and obtain recommendations for information through its standard file-access mechanisms. Searches and requests for recommendations are performed using especially constructed file names The EFS may present results to the user using synthesized content. | 04-11-2013 |
20130091158 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING USER PREFERENCE ABOUT DOMAIN USING MULTI-DIMENSIONAL, MULTI-LAYERED CONTEXT STRUCTURE - An apparatus of analyzing a user preference about a domain is provided. The apparatus including a context structure creator configured to analyze a history of a context and to create a context structure that expresses a relationship between contexts, and a context structure matching unit configured to match a current context to the context structure and calculate a context matching value of the current context. | 04-11-2013 |
20130091159 | Product Synthesis From Multiple Sources - Methods and systems for automatically synthesizing product information from multiple data sources into an on-line catalog are disclosed, and in particular, for automatically synthesizing the product information based on attribute-value pairs. Information for a product may be obtained, via entity extraction, feed ingestion, and other mechanisms, from a plurality of structured and unstructured data sources having different taxonomies and schemas. Product information may additionally or alternatively be obtained or derived based on popularity data. The product information may be cleansed, segmented and normalized. The product information may be clustered so closest products, attribute names and attribute values are associated. A representative value for an attribute name may be determined, and the on-line catalog may be updated so that entries are comprehensive, meaningful and useful to a catalog user. Updates from at least 500 million different data sources may be scheduled to occur as frequently as several times daily. | 04-11-2013 |
20130097193 | ACCESSING DATA AND FUNCTIONALITY IN DATABASE SYSTEMS - Some embodiments include a method for searching a hierarchical database structure of a database management system. In some embodiments, the method comprises detecting text input in a database search field, wherein the text input defines a search for data in the hierarchical database structure, wherein the hierarchical database structure includes items, and wherein the items include one or more of actions to be performed on data in the hierarchical database structure, indexes for looking up data in the hierarchical database structure, and database schemas defining databases in the hierarchical database structure. The method can also comprise selecting items in the hierarchical database structure based on the text input; presenting selectable options, wherein the selectable options are associated with the items in the hierarchical database structure; detecting selection of one of the selectable options, and presenting data associated with the one of the items. | 04-18-2013 |
20130097194 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER-ACCESSIBLE MEDIUM FOR DISPLAYING VISUAL INFORMATION - A method for displaying visual information corresponding to at least one user can including receiving a selection of at least one attribute to be viewed, with a computer arrangement, tracking at least one user pose of the at least one user in real-time using a marker-less capture procedure to generate tracking information, matching the at least one user pose with at least one database pose provided in a database based on the tracking information, and displaying the at least one database pose in combination with the at least one attribute. | 04-18-2013 |
20130097195 | Method For Measuring Similarity Of Diverse Binary Objects Comprising Bit Patterns - An apparatus, system, and method for measuring the similarity of binary objects is disclosed. The method determines at least one pattern signature in an Nth binary object, accessing a location in a similarity store which has object identifiers for each of the previous N−1 binary objects which contain the corresponding pattern, and writing the object identifier of the Nth binary object at that same location in the similarity store. Reporting the number of locations in similarity store which contain the object identifiers of two apparently diverse binary objects is a measure of similarity to each other. | 04-18-2013 |
20130097196 | DATA MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND DATA MANAGEMENT METHOD - A data management device for centrally storing electronic data acquired from a data processing device, the data management device comprising: an identification write unit for writing first identification indicating that the electronic data is saved in a storage device into the electronic data saved in the storage device, and outputting the electronic data having the written first identification to the data processing device; an identification detection unit for detecting second identification written in electronic data inputted from the data processing device, and determining whether the first identification and the second identification match; and a selection unit for recording, into the storage device, the electronic data inputted from the data processing device when it is determined that the first identification and the second identification do not match or when the second identification is not detected. | 04-18-2013 |
20130103707 | Apparatus and Method for Displaying Search Results Using Cognitive Pattern Recognition In Locating Documents and Information Within - An apparatus and method for searching and displaying using cognitive pattern recognition including searching at least one document for at least one search text, wherein the at least one search text is associated with a highlight option; selecting to enable or to disable the highlight option; presenting a quantity of the at least one document in a scaled common image format (CIF); and displaying a selected amount of pages in the scaled common image format (CIF), wherein the at least one search text is shown according to whether the highlight option is enabled or disabled. | 04-25-2013 |
20130103708 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ENABLING CLIENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN DATA STORAGE IN DISTRIBUTED FILE SYSTEM - Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for enabling clients to participate in data storage in a distributed file system. The client device of a distributed file system according to the present invention includes a storage determination unit and a file reading unit. The storage determination unit determines whether first metadata information, including a global generation number of the chunk corresponding to a file to be read, has already been stored in the local storage. The file reading unit performs a read operation on the file using local data corresponding to the first metadata information if, as a result of the determination, it is determined that the first metadata information has already been stored. | 04-25-2013 |
20130103709 | Apparatus, System, and Method for Member Matching - An apparatus, system, and method for member matching. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes an input adapter, a processor, and an output adapter. The input adapter may receive a first data record from a plurality of data records stored in one or more databases. The processor may generate a first data key from one or more field values in the first data record, compare a second data key associated with a second data record with the first data key associated with the first data record, and identify a match between the first data key and the second data key. In one embodiment, the output adapter may produce an output configured to identify the first data record and the second data record in response to identification of the match. | 04-25-2013 |
20130110855 | METHOD OF MATCHING DATA AND USE IN THE VERIFICATION OF IDENTITY OF A RECIPIENT OF A MAIL | 05-02-2013 |
20130110856 | SEARCH SUPPORT APPARATUS, SEARCH SUPPORT METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM OF SEARCH SUPPORT PROGRAM | 05-02-2013 |
20130110857 | METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING CONTEXT AWARE SERVICE APPLICATION AND RELATED APPARATUS | 05-02-2013 |
20130110858 | ADDING CO-USERS TO USER DEFINABLE CO-USER LISTS | 05-02-2013 |
20130110859 | SCALABLE SEARCHING OF BIOMETRIC DATABASES USING DYNAMIC SELECTION OF DATA SUBSETS | 05-02-2013 |
20130117292 | CONNECTION OF USERS BY GEOLOCATION - Architecture that enables discovery and communications between users that have common interests (e.g., visited the same place). For example, when users arrive at a geographic location (e.g., a business) at various times, the users are registered (automatically or manually) via a location-based service. A user can register at the location so other users may discover the user by association to the same location and according to concurrent (all or a portion of overlap of time) visitation. The registration process creates visit information of a visiting user, and a history component stores the visit information and provides access to the visit information according to user access preferences. The architecture further enables searches to be performed over the visit information by users to find other users who visited the location at the same time, to find potential new friends, and also suggest other users who match the user profile preferences. | 05-09-2013 |
20130117293 | FILE SYSTEM DIRECTORY ATTRIBUTE CORRECTION - Various embodiments are directed to systems and methods for facilitating file attribute correction. A computer system may receive a request to enumerate a first directory stored on a data storage. For a first file in the first directory, the computer system may determine that the first file has a corresponding first entry in an attribute cache, determine that the first entry for the first file indicates native file attributes that match the first file, and return for the first file at least one logical attribute indicated by the first entry. | 05-09-2013 |
20130117294 | TRAIL LOG ANALYSIS SYSTEM, MEDIUM STORING TRAIL LOG ANALYSIS PROGRAM, AND TRAIL LOG ANALYSIS METHOD - A trail log analysis system detects a fraudulent operation from a trail log of an information system, and confirms the correctness of a system action. An information development device generates an information development table from a trail log to be analyzed. The information development table defines a subject (who), an object (what), and an action (what is to be done) as comparison targets, and counts and record an event occurrence number corresponding to an event occurrence time recorded in a trail log for each combination of comparison targets. An accumulation device generates an accumulative information development table by accumulating the information development table corresponding to a trail log recorded previously and up to a time point immediately before the last collected trail log to be analyzed. A comparison device compares the information development table with the accumulative information development table, and outputs a comparison result. | 05-09-2013 |
20130117295 | METHOD FOR SEARCHING FOR FLASH VIDEO TAG IN BITSTREAM AND SEARCHING APPARATUS THEREOF - A method for searching for a flash video (FLV) tag in a bitstream includes the following steps: setting a first start position and a first search length related to a first search process, wherein the first search length indicates a bitstream length of the first search process performed upon the bitstream; starting the first search process upon the bitstream from the first start position to search for the FLV tag; when the FLV tag is not found in the first search length, setting a second start position related to a second search process immediately following the first search process, wherein the first start position and the second start position are separated by a time period equaling a sum of the first search length and a first skip length corresponding to the first search process; and starting the second search process upon the bitstream from the second start position to search for the FLV tag. | 05-09-2013 |
20130117296 | COMMUNICATION ASSISTANCE DEVICE, COMMUNICATION ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A communication assistance device ( | 05-09-2013 |
20130124546 | GROUP ACCESS CONTROL FOR A DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM - Briefly, embodiments of a method, apparatus or article for group access control of a distributed system are described. | 05-16-2013 |
20130124547 | System and Methods Thereof for Instantaneous Updating of a Wallpaper Responsive of a Query Input and Responses Thereto - A method for instantly updating a wallpaper on a screen of a user device responsive of a user query. The method comprises performing an analysis of the user query input by a user of the user device; selecting a wallpaper respective of at least the user query that is determined to be related to the user input; and providing the selected wallpaper to the user device for a display on the screen of the user's device. | 05-16-2013 |
20130124548 | System and Method for Presenting A Plurality of Email Threads for Review - In an embodiment, characteristics of an email thread are analyzed to find related email threads. Email threads are combined to identify duplicate emails and to generate a superset thread, which maintains the context of combined email threads. The superset thread is displayed to a reviewer for review, wherein each unique email is displayed only once. In an embodiment, a system for presenting a plurality of email threads includes a thread analyzer, a database manager, and a superset thread generator. The thread analyzer analyzes characteristics of an email thread. The database manager indexes and identifies email threads from networked databases. The superset thread generator combines the email threads to determine duplicate emails and generates a superset thread, which maintains the context of each of the combined email thread. | 05-16-2013 |
20130124549 | Triggering Actions in Response to Optically or Acoustically Capturing Keywords from a Rendered Document - A system for processing text captured from rendered documents is described. The system receives a sequence of one or more words optically or acoustically captured from a rendered document by a user. The system identifies among words of the sequence a word with which an action has been associated. The system then performs the associated action with respect to the user. | 05-16-2013 |
20130124550 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPERATING A USER INTERFACE - A method and apparatus for operating a user interface is provided, in which a first user input is detected, and a confidence analysis is carried out. Different kinds of system responses are generated depending on the result of the confidence analysis, wherein a first kind of system response comprises a system output which requires a second user input, and a second kind of system response comprises the automatic selection of a database entry. A third kind of system response comprises the first and second features, wherein the third kind of system response automatically changes into the first or second kind of system response after the expiry of a period of time. In this case, one of the two first kinds can be set as a standard or “default,” into which the automatic change then takes place after expiry of the period of time without further user interaction. | 05-16-2013 |
20130124551 | OBTAINING KEYWORDS FOR SEARCHING - A playback apparatus (100) and corresponding method for playing back images. The apparatus comprising a controller (110) configured for executing the steps of: recognizing an object in an image being played back (320); obtaining a keyword (410) associated to the recognized object (340); and—searching for information based on the keyword (370). | 05-16-2013 |
20130132410 | Systems And Methods For Identifying Potential Duplicate Entries In A Database - In accordance with the teachings described herein, systems and methods are provided for identifying potential duplicate entries in a database. Matchcodes are generated for a plurality of records, wherein a matchcode for a record may be generated by: receiving a character string from the record; determining whether the character string includes a non-essential character substring; if the non-essential character substring is missing from the character string, then generating the matchcode from the character string and adding a wildcard character to the matchcode in place of the missing non-essential character substring. The matchcodes for the plurality of records may be compared to identify matching pairs of matchcodes, wherein for the purpose of identifying a matching pair of matchcodes, two characters are considered the same if they are equal or if one or both are wildcard characters. | 05-23-2013 |
20130132411 | Full Text Search Based on Interwoven String Tokens - A method and system for full text search (FTS) using a navigation system is disclosed. The FTS system generates interwoven data tokens for documents that are stored in a database. An interwoven data token is combination of two or more data tokens and is formed by interweaving characters of one data token with characters of another data token. The FTS system may generate and store interwoven data tokens in a full text search index for each document stored in a database. The FTS system may receive two or more search terms inputted by a user and generate one or more interwoven data tokens based on the inputted search terms. The FTS system may then use the generated interwoven data token to query the full text search index. | 05-23-2013 |
20130132412 | AUTO-ACTIVATION OF FONTS - A method and an apparatus that search for font data associated with an electronic document in a system in response to a font request are described. A font search is automatically activated when a requested font is determined not yet registered in a system. As a result of the font search, a requested font may be registered into a system. If a font search cannot locate a requested font in local storages and remote systems, a replacement for the requested font is selected from registered fonts. A replacement font may be one of the registered fonts most similar to the requested font according to a similarity measurement based on font attributes. | 05-23-2013 |
20130132413 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR CREATING COMBINED SPACE OF INTEREST OBJECT AND CONTENTS - One aspect of the invention provides an apparatus for creating a combined SOI object and contents. The apparatus includes: a first creation unit creating uppermost contents including theme information of the combined SOI object; an SOI storage unit storing information on a space including location information, shape information, and identifier information; a lower content storage unit storing a plurality of lower contents; a second creation unit creating lower contents according to a request by a user; and a relationship information creating unit searching the lower contents and the SOI requested by the user in the lower content storage unit and the SOI storage unit and then creating a first relationship information between the uppermost contents and the searched or created lower contents and creating a second relationship information between the uppermost contents and the searched SOI. | 05-23-2013 |
20130132414 | IMAGE INFORMATION SEARCH - To inform a user that image data including an image of the user or the like is posted on a network, an information providing apparatus includes an acquisition unit for acquiring an action log including a history of a set of a user's positions and dates and times when the user was at the positions. The apparatus further includes a search unit for searching for image data that has been captured at a location and a date and time corresponding to a position of the user and a date and time included in the action log from image data posted on a network. The apparatus also includes a matching unit for detecting image data that includes an image relating to the user from pieces of image data found by the search unit. | 05-23-2013 |
20130132415 | System and Method to Improve Communication Between Virtual Objects - The present invention provides a system and method to improve virtual object communication. This is dependent on a method of comparing data sets, characterising data according to its use, for rapid assessment of the correlation between data sets, especially as used to correlate human emotional needs in interpreting data. | 05-23-2013 |
20130132416 | Compatibility Mechanisms for Devices in a Continuous Analyte Monitoring System and Methods Thereof - Methods, devices, and kits are provided for determining a compatibility of one or more devices in an analyte monitoring system. | 05-23-2013 |
20130132417 | MAP MATCHING SYSTEM, MAP MATCHING METHOD AND PROGRAM - Provided is a map matching device, method and program. The map matching device may comprise a road grid dividing unit and a grid road combining unit. The road grid dividing unit is for deriving a grid obtained by the division of a region where a road network exists in a latitude direction and a longitude direction by equal spaces and correlating the grid and an arc crossing the grid. The grid road combining unit is for assigning a common arc ID to a plurality of grids which are adjacent to each other and whose sets of arcs correlated are coincident and assigning an arc ID to a grid whose set of arcs correlated is different from a set of arcs of any of adjacent grids to generate information indicative of a relationship among a range of a grid, a grid ID and an arc passing the grid. | 05-23-2013 |
20130138669 | SYSTEM AND METHOD EMPLOYING A HIERARCHICAL LOAD FEATURE DATABASE TO IDENTIFY ELECTRIC LOAD TYPES OF DIFFERENT ELECTRIC LOADS - A method identifies electric load types of a plurality of different electric loads. The method includes providing a hierarchical load feature database having a plurality of layers; including with each of a plurality of the layers a corresponding load feature set, the corresponding load feature set of at least one of the layers being different from the corresponding load feature set of at least another one of the layers; including with one of the layers a plurality of different electric load types; sensing a voltage signal and a current signal for each of the different electric loads; determining at least four different load features from the sensed voltage signal and the sensed current signal for a corresponding one of the different electric loads; and identifying by a processor one of the different electric load types by relating the different load features to the hierarchical load feature database. | 05-30-2013 |
20130138670 | AUTOMATIC TAGGING BETWEEN STRUCTURED/UNSTRUCTURED DATA - A system and method for establishing cross-relationships between objects is presented. A primary search is executed on a first object. A set of tagger identifiers is then determined based on the primary search. Each tagger identifier includes an internal instance key and one or more attributes of a match with the first object related to the primary search, and each tagger identifier of the set of tagger identifiers provides data for a secondary search. The secondary search is then executed on each of a secondary object that is tagged by the first object scanned by the primary search, the secondary search using the internal instance key and one or more attributes of the match with the first object. | 05-30-2013 |
20130138671 | AUTOMATICALLY RECOMMENDING ASYNCHRONOUS DISCUSSION FORUM POSTS DURING A REAL-TIME COLLABORATION - An approach for augmenting a real-time collaboration is presented. Content of a real-time collaboration is received. A key word which is included in the content or a theme of the content is determined. A match between the key word or theme of the real-time collaboration content and a theme of post(s) in a threaded discussion forum is determined. Based on the match, a display, on a monitor used for the real-time collaboration, of link(s) to the post(s) is initiated. | 05-30-2013 |
20130138672 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO AUTOMATICALLY CONFIGURE A COMPONENT OF THE SYSTEM - A system automatically configures a component of the system from a database operatively associated with the system. The system includes a number of components, each having a module with a unique configuration code and a first communication interface, and a processor. The processor includes a second communication interface structured to communicate with the first communication interface, an interface to the database, and a routine structured to input the unique configuration code from the module, determine if the unique configuration code is in the database, and responsively input configuration information from the database and automatically configure a corresponding one of the number of components with the configuration information. | 05-30-2013 |
20130138673 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Provided is an information processing device for extracting a comment having additional information and posted to a program, the information processing device comprising: a program information acquisition unit; a search word determination unit which determines a search word which is a candidate for a term indicating relation between the search word and the program; a comment acquisition unit which searches through comments each having the additional information and already posted, using the search word to acquire a search result as a comment group; a search word relation determination unit which determines whether there is a relation between the search word and the program, using the broadcast time and a time at which each comment included in the comment group is posted; and an input/output unit which outputs information indicating the search result if there is the relation between the search word and the program. | 05-30-2013 |
20130138674 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECOMMENDING APPLICATION BY USING KEYWORD - A system and method for recommending an application by using a keyword. A keyword-based application recommending user terminal includes a keyword extraction unit for extracting a keyword from an application that is running, a recommended application determination unit for determining an application to be recommended to correspond to the extracted keyword and a display unit for displaying the determined application. | 05-30-2013 |
20130138675 | METHOD OF MANAGING PROGRAM FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE - Provided is a method of managing a program for an electric vehicle. The method of managing the program for the electric vehicle include reading metadata of an operating program for an electronic subassembly equipped in an electric vehicle, reading metadata of a parameter corresponding to the operating program, comparing the metadata of the operating program with the metadata of the parameter, and updating the parameter or executing the operating program according to comparison results. | 05-30-2013 |
20130138676 | Anonymity Measuring Device - The invention concerns a data anonymity measuring device for selectively transmitting an anonymized database to a third party comprising: calculation means ( | 05-30-2013 |
20130138677 | System and Process for Connecting Media Content - A system for correlating a user's interests to media content, said system comprising: (a) at least one data store comprising media content data relating to people, works, and tags; (b) a relationship generator configured to generate direct relationships among said people, works and tags; (c) a connection module to generate connections between a primary person, work or tag and a first set of said people, works, and tags, wherein each person, work and tag of said first set has a direct relationship with said primary person, work or tag; and (d) a display module for causing the display of at least a portion of said first set of said people, works and tags. | 05-30-2013 |
20130138678 | FILE MANAGEMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM - The invention provides a file management method and system for managing file retrieval and access. The method operates at the operating system level within a file system of a computer device and allows creating file move links upon detection of a file move request. The file move link associates the file source location with the file target location and is stored within a file move link table of the file system for subsequent file access request. File path to target location is automatically retrieved and file reached transparently for the user. | 05-30-2013 |
20130144897 | Comparator - A method, a data network arrangement and a computer program product, by means of which a comparator can be implemented in a data network, in which comparator a possibility of online chat can also be utilised. The comparator user stores his evaluation of the properties included in the targets being evaluated in a database in the server in the data network by using a graphic one- or two-dimensional evaluation frame. In the comparator the comparator user's evaluations are compared to property values set for each target being evaluated. During the comparison the comparator analyses the data entered into the comparator by the comparator user against predetermined online chat threshold values. If even one online chat threshold value is exceeded, it is in the comparator according to the invention possible to offer the comparator user an online chat with the service provider's customer servant in order to support the decision-making. | 06-06-2013 |
20130144898 | INTELLIGENT VENDOR RESULTS RELATED TO A CHARACTER STREAM - Information may be presented to a user by using a first application to receive a character stream of one or more noncompletion characters. The noncompletion characters indicate that additional characters may be received. The character stream is exchanged with a host that analyzes the character stream to generate results that are responsive to the user's predicted interest. Results are received and displayed so that the user may select one of the results to launch a code segment related to the selected result. | 06-06-2013 |
20130151543 | IDENTIFYING INCONSISTENCIES IN OBJECT SIMILARITIES FROM MULTIPLE INFORMATION SOURCES - A horizontal anomaly detection method includes receiving at plurality of objects described in a plurality of information sources, wherein each individual information source captures a plurality of similarity relationships between the objects, combining the information sources to determine a similarity matrix whose entries represent quantitative scores of similarity between pairs of the objects, and identifying at least one horizontal anomaly of the objects within the similarity matrix, wherein the horizontal anomalies are anomalous relationships across the plurality of information sources. | 06-13-2013 |
20130151544 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGAM - An apparatus for processing content data may include a memory. The apparatus may also include a buffer controller, which may be configured to overwrite recorded content data stored in the memory with new content data. The buffer controller may also be configured to receive a command signal indicative of a search request. Additionally, the buffer controller may be configured to, in response to the command signal, stop the overwriting. In addition, the apparatus may include a result display unit, which may be configured to generate a display signal to cause display of information regarding content represented by at least a portion of the recorded content data. | 06-13-2013 |
20130159330 | System and Methods for Tasking, Collecting, and Dispatching Information Reports - A system for tasking, collecting, storing, and dispatching time-sensitive location-based information reports via an electronics communication network, comprising a central relational database management system, multiple computer-implemented services, and applications residing on computer-based mobile communication devices. The system provides: methods to convey the value of specific types of geospatial time-sensitive information from a world-wide population of information consumers to a world wide population of “eye witness” reporters (i.e. suppliers); methods to collect payment from the consumers and, in turn, pay the suppliers of valid information reports that satisfy a consumers' specific criteria; methods to distribute streams of geospatial-based information reports to geospatial viewing applications; methods to aggregate information demand from multiple information-tasking subscriptions; methods to subscribe and receive alerts with regards to tasking subscriptions; and methods to validate and score information reports. | 06-20-2013 |
20130159331 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING RELATED PLACES - Techniques for providing location-based recommendations are described. Some embodiments provide a Location-Based Recommendation System (“LRBS”) that provides recommendations regarding physical places based on content items, such as Web pages, user reviews, directory listings, or the like, that describe or otherwise reference those places. In one embodiment, the LBRS is configured to, in response to an indication of a first place, determine one or more other places that are similar to the first place, and then provide indications of the determined places as recommendations to a user or other entity. In another embodiment, the LBRS is configured to, in response to an indication of a user, determine one or more places that may be of interest to the user, and then provide indications of the determined places as recommendations. In some embodiments, the LBRS may determine recommendations based on content vectors associated with places and/or users. | 06-20-2013 |
20130159332 | MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, AND MANAGEMENT METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A collection unit collects attribute information of each of a plurality of electronic devices, and registers the collected attribute information in mounted device information correspondingly to a mounting position of the electronic device in a management system. A determination unit refers to device definition information in which attribute information of each electronic device mounted on the management system is registered correspondingly to a mounting position, determines as a comparison object position a mounting position in which the attribute information registered in the mounted device information is not matched with the attribute information registered in the device definition information and, when a plurality of comparison object positions are present, determines whether the attribute information of the mounted device information corresponding to one comparison object position is matched with the attribute information of the device definition information corresponding to another comparison object position. | 06-20-2013 |
20130159333 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING SIMILARITIES BETWEEN ENTITIES - Provided are a system and method to determine similarities. The method includes gathering metadata from at least one posting by a First User on a first Social Network to define at least one First Field associated with at least one First Entity, each associated First Field having a value. The method evaluates responses to the posting by at least one Third Party, and in response to the Third Party using one or more of the First Fields, increments the value of each used First Field. An indication of the values of each First Field associated with each First Entity is provided, the indicated values permitting a determination of similarity to at least one Second Entity querying for at least two Fields. An associated system for determining similarity is also disclosed. | 06-20-2013 |
20130159334 | METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING AND EXTRACTING UNDESIRABLE ACTIVITIES OF MOTORISTS FROM DMV AND INSURANCE CARRIER DATA STREAMS | 06-20-2013 |
20130159335 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING SOCIAL ELECTRONIC LEARNING - A social electronic learning system, including a plurality of computing devices for communicating with a plurality of users in an educational community, and at least one server in communication with each of the plurality of computing devices, each server in communication with at least one data storage device configured to host a plurality of electronic portfolios, each electronic portfolio associated with one or more users of the plurality of users in the educational community, wherein each server is configured such that one or more users may associate one or more digital items with each electronic portfolio, and the plurality of users may take actions on the digital items in each electronic portfolio depending on authorization criteria. | 06-20-2013 |
20130159336 | CONDITION MATCHING SYSTEM, LINKED CONDITIONAL MATCHING DEVICE, AND CONDITION MATCHING PROCESSING METHOD - A condition matching system is provided which can specify users who match predetermined conditions, in the state where various categories of user information are held decentrally, while suppressing processing load and network load. User ID supplying means | 06-20-2013 |
20130166579 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a detecting unit and a history processing unit. The detecting unit detects a first operation and a second operation. The first operation is an operation of inputting a document to an electronic tray. The second operation is an operation of retrieving a document from the electronic tray. The history processing unit performs a predetermined process related to cancellation history in a case where an operation detected by the detecting unit is the second operation, if history information indicates that the first operation has already been performed, if document identification information indicating a document on which the first operation has been performed matches document identification information indicating a document on which the second operation has been performed, and if operator identification information indicating an operator who has performed the first operation matches operator identification information indicating an operator who has performed the second operation. | 06-27-2013 |
20130166580 | Media Processor - In embodiments, the present invention provides method and system for determining if an existing pass log may be reused. The method may include associating an existing pass log with an encoding profile. The method may further include computing with a processor a signature for the encoding profile and for a target encoding profile. The method may include comparing with the processor at least a portion of the two signatures and based on a result of the comparing, storing in a processor accessible memory at least one of an indication that the pass log file may be used in conjunction with the target encoding profile and an indication that the pass log file cannot be used in conjunction with the target encoding profile. | 06-27-2013 |
20130166581 | Shorthand for Data Retrieval from a Database - A method and apparatus for convenient and fast entry of a search string for searching a database. A subset of the alphabet (such as the vowels) is used for entry of a search string, and database matches are determined according to the appearance of the subset characters in the search fields of the database records. The use of the alphabet subset reduces the size of the entry keypad and simplifies user entry of the search string. | 06-27-2013 |
20130166582 | OPERATION OF A USER INTERFACE - Embodiments relate to a user interface with an aspect having a method for operating a user interface including detecting a sequence of actions with respect to the user interface and accessing a database having a plurality of pattern keys, wherein each of the pattern keys define a sequence of actions with respect to the user interface and a specific end result for the sequence of actions. The method also includes matching the detected sequence of actions with respect to the user interface and responsive to one of the pattern keys in the database and performing a predefined action in the user interface in relation to the specific end result of a matched pattern key. | 06-27-2013 |
20130166583 | NETWORK MONITORING BY USING PACKET HEADER ANALYSIS - A computer method and a system for detecting the file type of an electronic file, the method including the steps of: (a) using a predetermined number of bytes at the beginning of the file to create a list of probable file types; (b) testing the file against a detection rule for each file type in the list until a match is found; if no match is found (c) testing the file against other known detection rules for the types to find a match. | 06-27-2013 |
20130173644 | COMPUTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CONTENTS THEREOF - Disclosed is a contents providing method of a computing apparatus. The contents providing method includes storing highlighted contents in a storage unit; searching the highlighted contents based on a search condition; reading the highlighted contents from the storage unit according to a search result; and providing the read highlighted contents to a user via a display unit. | 07-04-2013 |
20130173645 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SCHEDULE MANAGEMENT - An electronic device includes a data storage for storing scheduled arrangement, a display, and a processor. The processor detects a first place in the scheduled arrangement of a first date which is a first predetermined number of days later than a current date, taking the name of the first place as a place keyword and a date period starting from the current date to a second date which is a second predetermined number of days after the first date as a date keyword to search for information related to the place keyword and the date keyword in a server if the first place related to the first date is detected in the schedule arrangement. The processor displays information returned by the search for the place keyword and the date keyword in the display. | 07-04-2013 |
20130173646 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INFORMATION IDENTIFICATION - A system and a method of retrieving information is described. In a system according to the invention, software modules may be used to provide the user with information that is most likely to be the information desired. | 07-04-2013 |
20130173647 | STRING MATCHING DEVICE BASED ON MULTI-CORE PROCESSOR AND STRING MATCHING METHOD THEREOF - The inventive concept relates to string matching device and method based on a multi-core processor. A string matching method according to an embodiment of the inventive concept includes sorting patterns based on a suffix block; allocating the sorted patterns to pattern storage units of respective cores; and executing string matching on a target text using patterns stored at the pattern storage unit. By the string matching device and method according to an embodiment of the inventive concept, there may increase availability on hardware resources based on a multi-core processor. Also, it is possible to reduce computation for string matching by performing pre-processing on sorted patterns. Thus, it is possible to reduce an execution time of a string matching operation. | 07-04-2013 |
20130173648 | Software Application Recognition - A method for recognizing software applications installed on hardware devices includes scanning a hardware device to discover a target software application installed on the hardware device, where the target application includes one or more files; retrieving one or more sample applications for comparison to the target application; determining a resemblance between the target application and each of the one or more sample applications; and identifying the target application based on the resemblance determination. | 07-04-2013 |
20130179460 | PREDICTING A COMMAND IN A COMMAND LINE INTERFACE - An apparatus for predicting a command in a command line interface includes a template command module, a parameter derivation module, and a parameter substitution module. The template command module is configured to determine a template command based on a command line history. The template command includes a command name and a parameter and the command line history includes two or more previously entered commands. The parameter derivation module is configured to determine a parameter derivation rule for deriving the parameter in the template command based on the command line history. The parameter substitution module is configured to substitute a substitute parameter for the parameter of the template command according to the parameter derivation rule. | 07-11-2013 |
20130185319 | COMPRESSION PATTERN MATCHING - Systems and methods are provided for data comparisons in a compression algorithm to optimize the compression of data. An exemplary method includes receiving input data. The method further includes generating a hash table address for the input data. The method further includes obtaining a pointer associated with the hash table address. The method further includes reading a data library with the pointer to obtain an associated piece of historical data. The method further includes comparing the historical data to the input data to determine a match. | 07-18-2013 |
20130185320 | DISPLAY PROGRAM, DISPLAY APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A character string which is set in advance is stored (S | 07-18-2013 |
20130191406 | Method, System and Computer Readable Medium for Addressing Handling from an Operating System - A method, system and computer readable medium for information handling within an operating system, including providing a record retrieval program; providing an input device within a window or screen of the operating system and configured to enter an execute command which initiates a record retrieval from local and remote information sources using the record retrieval program; using the record retrieval program to enter first information into search fields provided in the record retrieval program; entering the execute command using the input device after the step of entering the first information; searching, using the record retrieval program, the local and remote information sources for second information associated with the first information; and displaying the second information in the record retrieval program, when one of the local and remote information sources includes second information associated with the first information. | 07-25-2013 |
20130191407 | COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING SYSTEM MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, DEVICE, AND METHOD - A computer-readable recording medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a procedure for managing a system that retrieves a image corresponding to a first type specified by a retrieval request received from a terminal device and another image corresponding to a second type associated with the first type, from an image database storing a plurality of images associated with at least a number of a plurality of types, the procedure includes: referring to a learning state representing whether feature values of images corresponding to each of the plurality of the types have been obtained; retrieving an unlearned type in which the feature value has not been obtained, among the plurality of types; specifying an association type associated with the unlearned type; and outputting the unlearned type in accordance with the learning state of the association type. | 07-25-2013 |
20130198212 | MOBILE TERMINAL MANAGEMENT SERVER, AND MOBILE TERMINAL MANAGEMENT PROGRAM - A mobile terminal management server in which ERP runs provides a search condition designation screen (for example, a slip search screen) used to designate a search condition in response to the request from mobile terminals; receives a search condition designated through the search condition designation screen on which selection item arrangement circle display regions to display selection item arrangement circles, in each of which a plurality of selection items are arranged substantially on a circumference, are provided; searches for report data satisfying the search condition by referring to a process flow table in which process flow data containing status data, common data and process unique data are stored; and provides search result data (a search result list display screen) representing the searched report data to the mobile terminals as a search result. | 08-01-2013 |
20130198213 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a reference position determination unit configured to determine a reference position on a time axis in content reproduction at time intervals corresponding to a reproduction speed of content, a search range setting unit configured to set a search range on the time axis based on the reference position and a selection unit configured to select a display picture to be displayed in the content reproduction based on metadata of the content in each search range. | 08-01-2013 |
20130198214 | PERSONALIZED DYNAMIC FEEDBACK CONTROL OF BODY WEIGHT - The present subject matter relates to a personalized weight management program incorporating dynamic feedback control using a validated mathematical model of metabolism and weight change. In general, the subject matter provides a system for repeated monitoring of one or more parameters such as, for example, body weight, physical activity, diet, eating behavior, or various other physiological and behavioral measurements, and using the parameter(s) to calculate an objective and personalized measure of adherence to a prescribed intervention, iteratively update mathematical model parameters, and adjust the prescribed intervention based on revised model predictions. Such a dynamic feedback control methodology can improve adherence to weight management interventions and result in greater weight loss and improved weight maintenance. The present subject matter also relates to a novel, cost-effective, weight management tool that could be widely disseminated through the internet and mobile computing platforms. | 08-01-2013 |
20130198215 | Method for Forming Database on Basis of Relationship Between Video Data, and Database Formation System - 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. | 08-01-2013 |
20130198216 | OBJECT INFORMATION PROVISION DEVICE, OBJECT INFORMATION PROVISION SYSTEM, TERMINAL, AND OBJECT INFORMATION PROVISION METHOD - In an object information provision system, at least one matching data is transmitted from an object information provision device to a terminal, and a result of image analysis based on the matching data is transmitted from the terminal to the object information provision device, and the amount of information of matching data is adjusted based on the image processing result. The success or failure of extraction of a valid physical object represented by the matching data in the terminal is thereby reflected on the amount of information of matching data. | 08-01-2013 |
20130204888 | COMMUNICATION HISTORY AGGREGATION AND PRESENTATION - A unified communication application can allow a user to communicate with contacts across multiple electronic communication services. The unified communication application can aggregate communication history between the user and another person. A set of communication files associated with user identifiers of the user and the other person can be obtained, arranged, and presented to the user in an order based on a timestamp of each conversation line in the files. | 08-08-2013 |
20130204889 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC CONTENT RECOGNITION NETWORK OPERATIONS - A network fingerprint manager within an automatic content recognition (ACR) system may be operable to receive one or more versions of media content associated with a network. One or more proxy content may be generated by the network fingerprint manager for each version of the received media content. The network fingerprint manager may generate a set of fingerprints from a particular one of the generated one or more proxy content for each version of the received media content. The particular one being fingerprinted may comprise proxy content with highest quality among the generated proxy content. The set of fingerprints and corresponding content ID and media time for each version of the received media content may be stored. The network fingerprint manager may generate real-time fingerprints from content in a received network feed. The network fingerprint manager may compare the generated real-time fingerprints to the stored sets of fingerprints for matching. | 08-08-2013 |
20130204890 | DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - A document management system that defines an index type for each management unit for managing a plurality of documents, individually selects a search area and an index acquisition area, from which the index type is acquired, displays in a list the index types defined for the management unit in a selected index acquisition area, makes a user select a desired index type from among the index types displayed in a list, sets a search condition using the selected index type, and searches for a document corresponding to the search condition from among a plurality of documents managed by the management unit belonging to the search area. | 08-08-2013 |
20130204891 | FILL IN THE BLANKS WORD COMPLETION SYSTEM - A word completion system based on a partial but exact template that entails a finite number of matches. The key component is a closed ended template made up of cues representing one or more characters, constrained by the exact number of characters in the desired word. It can be edited with pinpoint accuracy to regenerate a new result set in real time to reflect the change. The exact number of characters in the template can be indicated by a discrete signal with a designated gesture or keying in a number. The system is substantially interactive without requiring command line input or a scripting language. A delimiter or a designated signal is used to select an entry from the result set to complete the target word. The proposed method is inherently deterministic and extensible to different writing systems and portable to a wide range of hardware platforms. | 08-08-2013 |
20130212118 | SYSTEM FOR MANAGING LITIGATION HISTORY AND METHODS THEREOF - The present disclosure is generally directed to a system and method for managing and querying historical document use within a litigation history. In one illustrative embodiment, each document used in any litigation case for a specific client, corporation or individual can be included in a historical database for that client, corporation or individual. If, and when a document is tagged, redacted or produced, the history for that document can be updated with case information. A link can be provided that would enable the user to return back to the original case database. Each document can be identified by a hash value that allows efficient tracking of the same document throughout the litigation history of the client. | 08-15-2013 |
20130212119 | ORDER DETERMINATION DEVICE, ORDER DETERMINATION METHOD, AND ORDER DETERMINATION PROGRAM - An order determination device orders respective subjects included in a set of subjects to which attribute values are given, in order of how much the respective subjects satisfy a search condition including attributes and attribute values. The order determination device includes: attribute impression level storage means | 08-15-2013 |
20130218918 | CLAIM BASED EXECUTION CONTROL - Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for using a claims model to control the execution of an execution unit. The execution unit is executed. An identity principal is identified under which the execution unit is executed. At least one claim is identified that is required for the execution unit. Each identified claim has a claim name and a claim value. One or more claims associated with the identified identity principal is/are requested from a claims provider. The claim(s) is/are received from the claims provider. The received claim(s) is/are compared with the identified claim(s). An action for the identified claim(s) is determined based on a result of the comparison. | 08-22-2013 |
20130218919 | Method and apparatus for managing content - A method and apparatus for managing content allowing construction of a content management system without providing a predetermined content schema or content type, whereby control objects provide data in property elements and a content query is constructed to select content fragments from a content repository. A content selection can be easily changed by changing a property of a control object without need for corresponding changes in other parts of the system. The system may span multiple web sites, services, or desktop applications, and can be implemented in a multitenant cloud based environment. | 08-22-2013 |
20130218920 | REPORT CREATING SYSTEM, REPORT CREATING APPARATUS, AND REPORT CREATING METHOD - A report creating system includes a storage part storing machine type information correlating the machine type codes of apparatuses with corresponding types of the apparatuses, pattern information showing usage patterns based on the presence or absence of usage of the types of the apparatuses, and type information correlating the usage patterns with corresponding report types; an identification part obtaining the machine type code of one or more of the apparatuses remotely managed by a remote management system and identifying the type of the one or more of the apparatuses based on the machine type code and the machine type information; a first determination part determining the usage pattern based on the identified type and the pattern information; a second determination part determining the report type based on the determined usage pattern and the type information; and a creation part creating a report based on the determined report type. | 08-22-2013 |
20130226945 | NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT USEFUL FOR AUTOMOTIVE DATA MAPPING - Natural language processing (NLP) approaches may be utilized to map two strings. The strings may come from sources utilizing different naming conventions. One example may be a data aggregator that collects used car transaction information. Another example may be a comprehensive database listing all possible manufacturer-defined vehicle options. A NLP system may operate to determine whether a source string is present in a target string and outputting a match containing the source string and the target string if the source string is present in the target string or computing a similarity factor if the source string is not present in the target string. The similarity factor representing a measure of similarity between two strings may be computed based on a plurality of parameters, including a Levenshtein edit distance parameter. The computed similarity can be used to find pricing information, including trade-in, sale, and list prices, across disparate naming conventions. | 08-29-2013 |
20130226946 | ANONYMOUS PERSONALIZED RECOMMENDATION METHOD - A computer-implemented method for an anonymous personalized recommendation is provided. The method includes receiving select server fingerprints selected from server fingerprints based on predetermined metrics. The server fingerprints correspond to a plurality of public entities and each server fingerprint includes encoded information about a corresponding public entity. The method also includes generating a user fingerprint based on user information associated with a user, the user fingerprint comprising encoded user information. The method further includes comparing the user fingerprint with the select server fingerprints to select a server fingerprint for recommendation, and generating a recommendation of a public entity corresponding to the server fingerprint for recommendation. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided. | 08-29-2013 |
20130226947 | Creating A Link Relationship Between Document Objects and Storing In A Link Directory - Methods for searching relationships between and among documents are detailed. One method includes steps for selecting one or more initial search items from a group consisting of: (a) document objects, (b) link references to document objects, (c) link reference attributes, and (d) link relationship attributes. The method also includes steps for identifying one or more link relationships using the selected initial search items, and for presenting one or more link relationships attributes describing the identified link relationships. A user interface for presenting and searching relationships between document objects located on a network is also detailed. The user interface may include a first portion of a screen display for displaying one or more link relationship attributes and a second portion of the screen display for displaying one or more entries from a group consisting of: (a) link references that represent the document objects, (b) link relationship attributes describing the link relationships, (c) link reference attributes describing the link references, and (d) document objects. The displayed entries in the second portion of the user interface are related to the displayed one or more link relationship attributes in the first portion. | 08-29-2013 |
20130226948 | System and Method for Providing Region-Based Epidemic Disease Information - Disclosed are a system and a method for providing region-based epidemic disease information. The system for providing region-based epidemic disease information comprises: a sensing unit which senses the movement of a mobile communication terminal from a first location to a second location; and a processor linked to the sensing unit which extracts first zone disease information corresponding to the first location from a database, and compares with second zone disease information corresponding to the second location and ensures that the mobile communication terminal is provided with the second zone disease information if, as a result of the comparison, the first zone disease information differs from the second zone disease information. | 08-29-2013 |
20130226949 | Anonymity-Preserving Reciprocal Vetting from a System Perspective - A vetting service protects personal information while nonetheless allowing its authorized use to perform background investigations of consenting participants. Raw background search results are filtered, redacted, and otherwise sanitized in compliance with an agreement by the participants, to produce background reports. | 08-29-2013 |
20130232159 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING CUSTOMERS IN SOCIAL MEDIA - A system and method for identifying an author of a social media interaction. A social media profile may be received for a user interacting in a social media interaction in a social media environment. The social media profile may include identification parameter(s) defining personal information registered to the user in the social media environment and content parameter(s) defining content of the user's social media interaction. For each of a plurality of customers registered in a contact center environment, a contact center profile may be received for the customer including identification parameter(s) defining personal information registered to the customer in the contact center environment and content parameter(s) defining content of the customer's past contact center interactions. The user's social media profile and customer's contact center profile may be compared to determine if the social media user and contact center customer have the same identity. | 09-05-2013 |
20130232160 | FINDING DUPLICATE PASSAGES OF TEXT IN A COLLECTION OF TEXT - A novel system and computer-implemented method for quickly and efficiently finding and reporting all clones with a large corpus of text. This is achieved by tokenizing the corpus, computing a rolling hash, filtering for hashes that occur more than once, and constructing an equivalence relation over these hashes in which hashes are equated if they are part of the same instance of duplication. The equivalence relation is then used to report all detected clones. | 09-05-2013 |
20130232161 | Method and Apparatus of User Recognition and Information Distribution - Techniques for user recognition and information distribution are described herein. These techniques may include obtaining, by a server, multiple records including a cookie in a predetermined time period. From the multiple records, the server retrieves one or more pieces of information (e.g., usernames), and individual pieces of information correspond to individual multiple records. The server may then identifying a record of the multiple records that has a username, and associate the record with a user identifier (ID) corresponding to the username. The multiple records may also include records that do not have corresponding usernames. The server may determine user IDs for these records based on the cookie and the previously determined username. | 09-05-2013 |
20130232162 | DOCUMENT CHECKING APPARATUS, COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, AND DOCUMENT CHECKING METHOD - A document checking apparatus includes a keyword appearance position extracting unit that extracts keywords and the appearance positions of the keywords from a target document including a confidential document; a keyword pair extracting unit that treats each keyword of the appearance positions of the extracted keywords as a target and determines whether there is another extracted keyword within a predetermined range before and after the target keyword; a feature element matrix creating unit that generates, when it is determined that there is the another keyword, combination information obtained by combining the determination target keyword and the another keyword in association with anteroposterior information of the appearance positions of the keywords; and a computing unit that determines whether the number of combination information, among the plurality of combination information of the generated target document, identical to the combination information of the confidential document is not less than a predetermined value. | 09-05-2013 |
20130238645 | System and Method for Facilitating a Spontaneous Social Meeting - A system and method for providing individuals with the opportunity to meet a desired individual in a spontaneous manner. The method consists of the steps of providing multiple users with computing devices connected to a network or interconnected networks. The users are provided with a graphical user interface to enter information confidentially relating to demographic data. Next, the users are provided a graphical user interface allowing the entry by the users of locational data. A database stores the data inputs for later use. A graphical user interface is provided to the user such that the user can enter search request inputs to request a report output relating to locational data connected with requested demographic data or in the alternative demographic data connected with requested locational data. Optional additional demographic data may be collected and used. | 09-12-2013 |
20130238646 | Partial-Match Searches of Encrypted Data Sets - Devices, systems, and methods are disclosed which relate to utilizing hash tables of chunks of index data created using a one-way hashing encryption algorithm. Hash tables of chunks of the index data are then stored within the database system, each hash stored along with a reference to a corresponding encrypted record. When searching the index, the input text is broken into chunks and hashed with the same one-way encryption algorithm as the index data, and the resulting chunk hash tables are searched for within the index. | 09-12-2013 |
20130238647 | Diagnostic System and Method - Disclosed are an apparatus and system for providing diagnosis information to a requestor. A request module receives information related to a request from the requestor for diagnosis and to facilitate communication to at least one expert resource. A receive module receives at least one response to the request for diagnoses from the at least one expert resource. A select module in communication with the receive module analyzes the at least one response and, based on the analysis, communicates information to at least one predetermined destination. A method is disclosed where a request module receives a request, a receive module receives a plurality of responses to the request and from the plurality of responses, a select module selects a subset of responses and communicates the subset of responses to a predetermined destination. | 09-12-2013 |
20130238648 | ROAD DATA CREATING DEVICE, ROAD DATA CREATING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - When a link ID corresponding to a coordinate point sequence is stored in a matching table, devices, methods, and programs convert the coordinate point sequence into the link ID, but when the link ID is not stored in the matching table, the devices, methods, and programs extract one or more candidate links as candidates for the link corresponding to the coordinate point sequence based on the map information. When one candidate link has been extracted, the devices, methods, and programs convert the coordinate point sequence into the link ID of that extracted candidate link, and when a plurality of candidate links have been extracted, the devices, methods, and programs convert the coordinate point sequence into the link ID of one of the extracted candidate links based on the coordinate difference patterns corresponding to the link IDs within an area in the vicinity of the extracted candidate links. | 09-12-2013 |
20130238649 | VISUAL AND CONTEXT-ORIENTED CURATION AND KNOWLEDGE/INSIGHT DISCOVERY PLATFORM - Information is organized according to context to manage large amounts of data with a useful result. Schema definitions and other structure-defining components can be defined by curators or individuals to organize information according to context, and permit presentation of the context in the form of a mapping. The map topology can also be defined by curators and individuals for forming a visual map of the context-oriented data. Such visual maps can embed applications that can use the context-oriented data as input to expand the usefulness of the context-organized data. A repository can store relationships between the contexts as established by the schema, as well as data and data structures related to linking applications or contexts in accordance with curation activity. The resulting visual map is searchable, filterable and browseable to permit useful data insights to be annunciated. | 09-12-2013 |
20130238650 | Method and System for Distributed Data Management of Personal Data in a Social Networking Context - A receiving user receives an electronic message from an originating user such that the electronic message contains a data directive that requests a data transfer to/from the receiving user and the originating user. In response to receiving the electronic message, access privileges for the originating user are determined at the receiving computer with respect to access privilege parameters that have been specified by the receiving user. One or more remote and/or local datastores are accessed in order to read and/or write data in accordance with the determined access privileges and the requested data transfer. A response message may be returned to the originating user. One or more new request messages may be sent by the receiving user to other users, wherein each new request message includes the data directive. | 09-12-2013 |
20130246447 | SENTIMENT MAPPING IN A MEDIA CONTENT ITEM - A media content item is evaluated for its “sentiment states.” That is, segments of the content item are determined to be, for example, “happy,” “exciting,” “sad,” “funny,” and the like. A “sentiment map” is created that delimits segments of the content item and contains the sentiment-state keywords associated with the segments. Some maps include an amplitude for each assigned sentiment keyword and a confidence value for the segment delimitation and for each keyword. As an exemplary use of the sentiment map, an advertisement broker matches the sentiments of his advertisement offerings with segments of a content item in order to place appropriate advertisements at times when they would be most favorably received. In another example, a recommender system recommends to a user a content item whose sentiment map compares favorably to that of a content item already enjoyed by the user. | 09-19-2013 |
20130246448 | TWO-DIMENSION INDEXED CAROUSELS FOR IN SITU MEDIA BROWSING ON MOBILE DEVICES - In one embodiment, a set of one or more metadata values may be obtained via a device, where the set of one or more metadata values indicate conditions present with respect to the device, the user of the device, and/or one or more friends of the user. Multiple media items in a plurality of media items may be identified by identifying at least a portion of the plurality of media items based, at least in part, on at least a portion of a second set of one or more metadata values of at least a portion of the plurality of media items and at least a portion of the set of one or more metadata values, where the second set of metadata values indicates conditions present when the corresponding media item was obtained, generated, or identified. A virtual carousel including the multiple media items may be provided. | 09-19-2013 |
20130246449 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR IDENTIFYING A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CONTACTS - Methods and devices for identifying a relationship between contacts are described. In one example embodiment, the method includes: comparing data from a first contact record associated with a first contact to data from a second contact record associated with a second contact; determining, based on the comparison, whether the first contact is related to the second contact; and if the first contact and the second contact are determined to be related, establishing a relationship, in memory, between the first contact record and the second contact record. | 09-19-2013 |
20130262492 | Determination and Handling of Subexpression Overlaps in Regular Expression Decompositions - A computer-implemented method for transforming a finite state automaton (FSA) of a regular expression includes determining, by a computer, a first subexpression R | 10-03-2013 |
20130262493 | Determination and Handling of Subexpression Overlaps in Regular Expression Decompositions - A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium containing computer code that, when executed by a computer, implements a method for transforming a finite state automaton (FSA) of a regular expression, wherein the method includes determining, by a computer, a first subexpression R | 10-03-2013 |
20130262494 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING SELECTED CONTENT VIA A COMPUTER NETWORK - Systems and methods of providing information via a computer network to a computing device are provided. A data processing system can receive information corresponding to activity of the computing device. A condition of a user of the computing device is determined from the activity of the computing device, wherein the condition is independent of user interactions with an input interface of the computing device. A set of criteria associated with content available for delivery to the computing device can be obtained from a database, and a match between the condition and at least a portion of the set of criteria can be identified. Responsive to the match, content associated with a matching portion of the set of criteria can be provided via the computer network to the computing device for display by the computing device. | 10-03-2013 |
20130262495 | DEVICE APPLICATION SEARCH SYSTEM - A card application stored in a USIM provides services in cooperation with device applications stored in a mobile device. The device application is downloaded for use by the user according to need. When the USIM is transferred to the new device at the time of changing the mobile device, the card application is also transferred therewith. Information unique to the card application stored in the USIM and information unique to the device are handed over to a search system, and the search system sends the compatible device application information as the search result based on the information to the mobile device, and makes the mobile device display the search result and then the user selects and performs download procedures according to need. | 10-03-2013 |
20130262496 | DYNAMIC DIRECTORY CONTROL REGISTRATION - Systems and methods for extending the capability of a directory processor by, for example, registering a control are presented. This control can be a non-native control, or a modification to a native control. Further, this disclosure describes example of systems and methods for performing a directory operation, which may include one or more controls. At least some of the one or more controls may be non-native or dynamic controls. In some cases, some of the controls may be native controls. | 10-03-2013 |
20130262497 | Inspection Tool - An electronic tool is disclosed to collect form data to determine if physical adjustments are required by a physical object. The forms may be device agnostic and the data may be stored in a way that the forms may be created, reviewed and edited on virtually any device that can execute a web browser and have periodic network access. | 10-03-2013 |
20130268546 | QUALIFIER SET CREATION FOR WORK ASSIGNMENT ENGINE - A contact center is described along with various methods and mechanisms for administering the same. The contact center proposed herein provides the ability to, among other things, define, in real-time, qualifier set combinations for work items. Thus, the contact center can create a dictionary of combinations of work item attributes that may be defined as work items are introduced to the system. The definition of the combinations allows for large qualifier sets without the large expenditure of resources to define all possible combinations of attributes for the contact center. | 10-10-2013 |
20130268547 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT FOR THERAPY PLANNING USING CASE-BASED REASONING - A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a set of instructions executable by a processor. The set of instructions is operable to receive a current patient set of data relating to a current patient; compare the current patient set of data to a plurality of previous patient sets of data, each of the previous patient sets of data corresponding to a previous patient; select one of the previous patient sets of data based on a level of similarity between the selected previous patient set of data and the current patient set of data; and provide the selected previous patient set of data to a user. | 10-10-2013 |
20130275451 | Systems And Methods For Contract Assurance - Systems and methods for contract assurance are disclosed. For example, one disclosed method includes the steps of receiving a document, the document including a keyword; determining a location of the keyword within the document; searching for a value associated with the keyword; responsive to identifying the value associated with the keyword, storing a location of the value; generating a template based on the location of the keyword and the location of the value; extracting the value from the document using the template; and responsive to extracting the value, storing and associating a label and the extracted value in a second document, the label associated with the keyword. Another disclosed embodiment includes program code for causing a processor to execute such a method. | 10-17-2013 |
20130282744 | MANAGEMENT OF CONTACTS AT CONTACT CENTERS - In a contact center, a new contact is compared with other contacts which are currently active at the contact center to identify a matching contact having a common source with the new contact, following which at least one of the new and matching contacts is terminated or provided with increased resources or higher priority according to contact center rules. | 10-24-2013 |
20130282745 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ONLINE COMPATIBILITY MATCHING AND RANKING - The field of the invention relates to systems and methods for operation of a matching service, and more particularly to systems and methods that enable online compatibility matching and ranking. In a preferred embodiment, the system includes a matching system server coupled to a public network and accessible to one or more users. The matching system server includes a database that stores match profile data associated with the one more users, wherein the match profile data includes self-identified preferences. The matching server system is configured to correlate a first user's match profile data with one or more of the plurality of users' match profile data to identify a set of potential matches for the first user based on a relaxed set of self-identified preferences and calculate a compatibility value for each match in the set of potential matches. | 10-24-2013 |
20130282746 | Business Process Management - Systems, methods, apparatus, and computer-readable media for business process management include identifying a business process model generated with a business process modeling tool; transforming the business process model defined in a first format to one or more artifacts defined in a second format; deploying an output file defined by the one or more artifacts in an in-memory database; and executing the output file in the in-memory database base at least in part on one or more processes executing in the in-memory database in response to a received query for data stored in the in-memory database. | 10-24-2013 |
20130282747 | CLASSIFICATION, SEARCH, AND RETRIEVAL OF COMPLEX VIDEO EVENTS - A complex video event classification, search and retrieval system can generate a semantic representation of a video or of segments within the video, based on one or more complex events that are depicted in the video, without the need for manual tagging. The system can use the semantic representations to, among other things, provide enhanced video search and retrieval capabilities. | 10-24-2013 |
20130290359 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACQUIRING EVENT INFORMATION ON DEMAND - An approach for enabling mobile device users to acquire information regarding events in their proximity on demand is described. An activity processing platform causes, at least in part, an aggregation of activity information associated with at least one device into at least one activity pool. The activity processing platform further processes and/or facilitates a processing of the at least one activity pool against one or more advancement criteria associated with one or more applications, one or more services, or a combination thereof to determine one or more recommendations with respect to the one or more applications, the one or more services, or a combination thereof. | 10-31-2013 |
20130290360 | CONSUMABLE IDENTIFIER - A consumable product can have an identifier stored on a circuit or machine-readable medium. The identifier can be used to verify the authenticity of the consumable product. The integrity of the identifier can be verified based on an integrity check portion of the identifier. | 10-31-2013 |
20130290361 | MULTI-GEOGRAPHY CLOUD STORAGE - A multi-geography cloud storage system includes a first data center, with a first key-lookup server to access a first lookup table; and a first fragment server to store data or meta data associated with keys; and a second data center, with a second key-lookup server to access a second lookup table; and a second fragment server to store data associated with the keys; and a storage device to store a redundancy specification. | 10-31-2013 |
20130290362 | RELEVANCE ESTIMATION AND ACTIONS BASED THEREON - Computer-based systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are disclosed. In a social network embodiment, information regarding a first user is obtained and formed into a first dataset. Conceptual spaces are selected for the first user, and the first user's location is determined in the spaces. Distances between the first user and other users and their datasets are computed in the selected conceptual spaces. Actions are taken based on the distances, such as including or excluding the other users from a friends list of the first user. | 10-31-2013 |
20130290363 | RICH USER DESCRIPTIONS FOR SOCIAL NETWORK - Provided is a method of managing contents in a social networking service, the method including storing information about each of a plurality of users participating in the social networking service, in a table structured based on a predetermined syntax, receiving a search request from a first user among the plurality of users, providing the first user with contents owned by a second user, as a search result corresponding to the search request, by referring to the structured table, receiving an additional search request from the first user, and providing the first user with additional contents owned by the second user, as a search result corresponding to the search request, by referring to the structured table. | 10-31-2013 |
20130290364 | Local Storage and Conditioning Systems For Nutritional Substances - Nutritional substance systems and methods are disclosed enabling the tracking and communication of changes in nutritional, organoleptic, and aesthetic values of nutritional substances, and further enabling the adaptive storage and adaptive conditioning of nutritional substances. | 10-31-2013 |
20130290365 | COMPONENT MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, COMPONENT MANAGEMENT METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM - In order to solve a problem to provide means for facilitating creation and management of a component table, there is provided a component management apparatus which arranges and manages components of a plurality of products, arranges and manages common components that are common in all of the plurality of products and optional components which are different for each product, associates and manages the optional components with specific requirements that are set for each product to determine whether to use the optional components, and manages specific requirements that are associated with each product and set for each product. | 10-31-2013 |
20130297631 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PERFORMING GRAPH AGGREGATION - A system, method, and computer program product are provided for performing graph aggregation. In use, a graph with a plurality of vertices and a plurality of edges is identified. Additionally, aggregation is performed on the vertices and edges of the graph by computing a graph matching, where such graph matching is performed in a data-parallel manner. | 11-07-2013 |
20130297632 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PERFORMING GRAPH MATCHING - A system, method, and computer program product are provided for performing graph aggregation. In use, a graph with a plurality of vertices and a plurality of edges is identified. Additionally, graph matching is performed on the vertices and edges of the graph by computing a graph matching, wherein the performance of the graph matching is optimized. | 11-07-2013 |
20130297633 | COMPONENT CONFIGURATION SYSTEM AND METHODS OF OPERATING SAME - A system and methods to record a configuration record for components of an asset is provided. The system includes a user interface device comprising a screen having a plurality of attributes and a plurality of link hotspots coupled to the plurality of attributes. A database is coupled to the user interface device, wherein the database includes an aspect associated with each of the plurality of attributes. The system includes a processor coupled to the user interface device and the database, wherein the processor configured to couple the aspect to the plurality of link hotspots. | 11-07-2013 |
20130297634 | Entity Name Variant Generator - Data is received that comprises an entity name. Thereafter, it is determined (i) whether there are any punctuation variations for the entity name, (ii) whether there is at least one character to drop from the entity name, and (iii) whether there are alternative equivalents of at least a portion of the entity name. After such determinations have been made, a plurality of variants for the entity name is generated based on a combination of each determined punctuation variation, determined at least one character to drop, and determined alternative equivalent. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described. | 11-07-2013 |
20130297635 | ADAPTIVE CLUSTERING OF RECORDS AND ENTITY REPRESENTATIONS - Disclosed is a system for, and method of, determining whether records and entity representations should be linked. The system and method include assigning to each pair of entity references a match value reflecting the likelihood that the entity references are related. Based on the match values, each entity reference may then associated with a preferred entity reference. Pairs of entity references that are mutually preferred may then be identified and linked. The process may be iterated to generate further links. | 11-07-2013 |
20130297636 | Content Item Profiles - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium for managing a relationship between content and an environment for provisioning the content. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a request for a content item; and in response to receiving the request: selecting a creative from a plurality of creatives, the creative including a reference to a profile associated with one or more elements; retrieving content data from one or more content feeds bound to the elements; and delivering the creative and the content data to a user device. | 11-07-2013 |
20130297637 | OBJECT IDENTITY AND ADDRESSABILITY - Identifying a repository object is disclosed. An object identifying information usable to identify a repository object with respect to which an operation is desired to be performed is included in a request not specific to any one manner of identifying objects. The request is sent to a node associated with a repository in which the repository object is or will be stored. At the receiving end, e.g., a content server, the object identifying information included in the request is used to identify the repository object with respect to which the operation is desired to be performed, for example to retrieve the repository object. | 11-07-2013 |
20130297638 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IDENTIFYING DISTRIBUTION OPPORTUNITIES - A computer-implemented method includes receiving, by a first computing device, an identification of a video and an identification of a distribution channel of the video. The method includes retrieving, by the first computing device, from a video sharing network, metadata associated with a video. The method includes retrieving, by the first computing device, from a second computing device in a second network, data having at least one characteristic in common with the metadata. The method includes generating, by the first computing device, a profile of the video based on the retrieved data and the metadata. The method includes generating, by the first computing device, a profile of the distribution channel based on the retrieved data and metadata. The first computing device generates a recommendation for a method to increase a level of distribution of the video. The first computing device provides, to a user, the recommendation. | 11-07-2013 |
20130297639 | GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATE TRANSLATION SYSTEM - A system for translating geographic coordinates into an easy to memorize word combination. The present invention may include a program implemented on a computer. The program directs the computer to translate inputted geographic coordinates into a word combination as well as translating the word combination back into the geographic coordinates. A user may use a mobile computing device to determine the coordinates of a location, the program may translate the coordinates to the word combination, and then the user may memorize the word combination displayed by the mobile computing device for later use. | 11-07-2013 |
20130297640 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR NON-BINARY SEQUENCE COMPARISON - A system and method for performing non-binary comparison of biological sequences includes a new measure ω | 11-07-2013 |
20130297641 | CODE STRING SEARCH APPARATUS, SEARCH METHOD, AND PROGRAM - To realize a longest prefix match search for code strings, using a coupled-node tree. The configuration of the coupled-node tree is made to be one that is prescribed by the index keys wherein the search target code string is encoded by a combination of a differentiating bit expressing whether a following code exists in the search target code string and bit strings. An initial search is done using an encoded search key that encodes the search key in the same way as the search target code strings while the path traversed during the search is memorized. The longest prefix matching key is retrieved from the search result code string by the initial search and search target code strings accessed by means of the information about the search path that is memorized. | 11-07-2013 |
20130297642 | Local Storage and Conditioning Systems For Nutritional Substances - Nutritional substance systems and methods are disclosed enabling the tracking and communication of changes in nutritional, organoleptic, and aesthetic values of nutritional substances, and further enabling the adaptive storage and adaptive conditioning of nutritional substances. | 11-07-2013 |
20130297643 | MOLECULAR LEVEL SIMILARITY SEARCH AND COMPUTER AIDED DRUG DISCOVERY PROCESS - Systems, methods and articles of manufacture are disclosed for searching chemical compounds referenced in chemical literature. References to chemical compounds in the documents may be transformed to corresponding references using a standard notation for representing chemical compounds. Criteria specifying desired molecular characteristics may be received. A regular expression may be generated based on the received criteria. The chemical documents may be searched using the regular expression. Based on the search, a chemical document may be determined that references a chemical compound satisfying the received criteria. Further, the regular expression may be generated based on the received criteria and a received mutation rule. Based on the generated regular expression and the chemical documents, one or more chemical compounds may be discovered that satisfy both the received criteria and the received mutation rule, but that is are not referenced in the chemical documents. | 11-07-2013 |
20130297644 | RELATION INFORMATION GENERATING METHOD, RELATION INFORMATION GENERATING DEVICE, AND DATABASE DATA STRUCTURE - Disclosed is a relation information generating device including a data relation definition input unit | 11-07-2013 |
20130304755 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PARALLEL MODEL CHECKING UTILIZING PARALLEL STRUCTURED DUPLICATE DETECTION - A technique for parallelizing model checking using breadth-first search in order to detect deadlocks and safety property violations is disclosed. The technique is based on Parallel Structured Duplicate Detection (PSDD) and preserves a model checker's ability to perform partial order reduction with parallel breadth-first search. PSDD also uses much less memory and is able to achieve better parallel speedup and verify models more quickly. Also, PSDD used herein is able to make use of external memory, such as hard disks, to reduce the memory requirements of verification. | 11-14-2013 |
20130311495 | Apparatus and Method for Parallel Regular Expression Matching - A regular expression matching hardware implementation comprises two tightly coupled hardware engines. A regex engine performs state transitions and accepts (as matching) or rejects (as not matching) an input string. The regex engine takes also care of the logic of the operators and deals with the complexity of the state machine. A lookup engine reads characters from an input (e.g., tape, memory, network packets, or the like), and provides them to the regex engine. A preprocessing procedure transforms a regular expression into a regex state transition table and a lookup table, for use by the regex engine and lookup engine, respectively. The two hardware engines are synchronized by a global state machine. The regex engine advances the state machine, and the lookup engine reads it. | 11-21-2013 |
20130311496 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MATCHING UNKNOWN SOFTWARE COMPONENT TO KNOWN SOFTWARE COMPONENT - A computer system or method identifies components. A component fingerprint storage is configured to memorize known fingerprints of known components. The term “component” used herein is defined to be a specific version of pre-existing executable software, or a reusable pre-existing self-contained software code building block which is not a complete stand-alone finished product ready for use and which is binary or source code. A fingerprint is generated for a normalized unknown component and fingerprints are generated for all normalized components included in the unknown component. It is determined whether any of the fingerprints generated for the normalized unknown component and for the normalized components included in the unknown component match any of the known fingerprints of known components. | 11-21-2013 |
20130311497 | GROUP BOOKMARKS - Group bookmarks are provided. A uniform resource locator (URL) is received and parsed to identify a URL domain, a parameter, and a first parameter value. Multiple bookmarks are examined to determine whether a pattern match is found for a bookmark including the URL domain and the parameter. The bookmark has a second parameter value. The first parameter value is stored with the bookmark as a group bookmark. The group bookmark includes: the URL domain, the parameter, and entries for the first parameter value and the second parameter value. | 11-21-2013 |
20130311498 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR DATA INTEGRATION AND DATA MAPPING - The invention is directed to systems, methods and computer program products for data integration. An exemplary method includes receiving a data record at a system, comparing the received data record with an existing data record, determining a level of match between the received data record and the existing data record, and in response to determining the level of match is equal to or greater than a first threshold level and is less than or equal to a second threshold level, processing the data, wherein the second threshold level is greater is than the first threshold level. Additionally, the exemplary method includes mapping the received data record to a database accessible to the system. | 11-21-2013 |
20130311499 | DATA ANALYSIS BASED ON DATA LINKING ELEMENTS - A computer controlled method for automatically segmenting an ensemble of data. The method starts by acquiring an ensemble of data and data is segmented by identifying a first subset of sequences of Linking Data Elements based on a repository of Linking Data Elements. A second subset of sequences of Information Carrying Data Elements is identified, wherein the sequences are linked by the Linking Data Elements. The subsets are provided in a structured format. | 11-21-2013 |
20130311500 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING DATA ACQUISITION BASED ON COMMUNITY AND TIME PERIOD OPTIMIZATION - The present disclosure presents embodiments including methods and apparatuses for technology timeline management and research community organization. For example, the present disclosure presents a method of database management, which includes receiving an input data from an entity, wherein the input data has an associated date range and technology type, populating a technology timeline with the input data based on the date range and technology type, and presenting the technology timeline to one or more members of the research community. The disclosure further presents a method of organizing members of a research community, which includes creating a hierarchy of community tiers, wherein the hierarchy of community tiers includes a first tier and one or more higher tiers, placing all new members of the research community into the first tier, and relocating a member of the research community from the first tier to the one or more higher tiers based on research performance. | 11-21-2013 |
20130311501 | Relationship-based People Matching System and Method - A relationship-based people matching system and method matches people in accordance with inferences of preferences from usage behaviors that include the explicit establishing of relationships, including directionally distinct relationships, by users. The usage behaviors may further comprise behaviors such as establishing subscriptions and the tagging of computer-implemented objects. The matching may be performed in response to a search request. Expressions of interest between matched people may be performed by the matched people through establishment of computer-implemented relationships. An explanation for the matching of matched people that references computer-implemented relationships may be delivered. | 11-21-2013 |
20130311502 | CASE SEARCHING APPARATUS AND CASE SEARCHING METHOD - A case searching apparatus includes: an image similarity degree determining unit which calculates an image similarity degree between a first interpretation target image data item obtained by an interpretation target obtaining unit and a second interpretation target image data item registered in a case database; a text similarity degree determining unit which calculates the text similarity degree between a first image interpretation information item obtained by the interpretation target obtaining unit and the second image interpretation information item registered in the case database; and a different-text case searching unit which preferentially search out one or more case data items included in the case data items stored in the case database in a descending order of image similarity degrees determined by the image similarity degree determining unit and an ascending order of text similarity degrees determined by the text similarity degree determining unit. | 11-21-2013 |
20130311503 | Image Capture and Identification System and Process - A digital image of the object is captured and the object is recognized from plurality of objects in a database. An information address corresponding to the object is then used to access information and initiate communication pertinent to the object. | 11-21-2013 |
20130318113 | OPERATING SYSTEM FINGERPRINTING - Determining operating system data is disclosed, including receiving a message associated with a network protocol, extracting a set of one or more features from the message, and determining operating system data at least in part by matching one or more features of the message with one or more features of a fingerprint associated with an operating system. An exact match of the features is not required to determine operating system data. | 11-28-2013 |
20130318114 | DISCOVERY OF MUSIC ARTIST AND TITLE BY BROADCAST RADIO RECEIVERS - A radio receiver system that determines the artist and title of songs played by a radio station by comparing an acoustic fingerprint of a song with a database of acoustic fingerprints, and retrieving the artist and title of the song if a match is found, said radio receiver system having available an audio analysis system, a fingerprinting system and a database system comprising a database of song fingerprints, said database associating acoustic fingerprints with the artist and title of songs. | 11-28-2013 |
20130318115 | Method and System for an Integrated Incident Information and Intelligence System - Providing a system and method for identifying and characterizing incidents. The system and method can receive information from telecommunications networks or other information providers that may trigger generating an Incident Record. The Incident Record may further be analyzed to characterize the type of incident. This further analysis may include retrieving data from multiple data sources to support the application of rules used to characterize the incident. Additionally, analyses from multiple incidents may be combined if determined to relate to a single event. | 11-28-2013 |
20130318116 | Advanced Spam Detection Techniques - The subject invention provides for an advanced and robust system and method that facilitates detecting spam. The system and method include components as well as other operations which enhance or promote finding characteristics that are difficult for the spammer to avoid and finding characteristics in non-spam that are difficult for spammers to duplicate. Exemplary characteristics include examining origination features in pairs, analyzing character and/or number sequences, strings, and sub-strings, detecting various entropy levels of one or more character sequences, strings and/or sub-strings as well as analyzing message and/or feature sizes. | 11-28-2013 |
20130325884 | COMPARING STRINGS OF CHARACTERS - Techniques for comparing character strings include identifying a first character string having a first string length, and a second character string having a second string length greater than the first string length; parsing the first character string into one or more first sub-groups of characters; parsing the second character string into one or more second sub-groups of characters; comparing each of the one or more first sub-groups of characters against the one or more second sub-groups of characters; determining a ratio of a number of characters in the one or more first sub-groups of characters that match the one or more second sub-groups of characters and the second string length; and based on the ratio being greater or equal to a threshold, preparing at least one of the first or second character strings for display, the threshold including a variable value based on the first string length. | 12-05-2013 |
20130325885 | PROVISIONING COMPOSITE APPLICATIONS USING A HIERARCHICAL DATA STRUCTURES - Embodiments of the invention provide a mechanism for provisioning composite applications using a hierarchical data structures. A method of embodiments of the invention includes receiving, by a provisioning server, a request for a configuration parameter from a first component of a composite Web application having a plurality of components implemented on a virtual machines (VM), and retrieving information about the composite Web application related to one or more additional components of the composite Web application. The information can then be compared to a match condition of one or more elements of a highest level of a hierarchical data structure that has a plurality of elements organized into levels. if a match condition of a first element is satisfied based on the comparison, a value for the requested configuration parameter is determined based on data contained in the first element of the hierarchical data structure. | 12-05-2013 |
20130325886 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATED DISPLAY OF DOCUMENTATION - A method and apparatus for automated display of documentation is disclosed. The method comprises identifying a selected item in a user interface, performing a pattern match of the identified item against a documentation database, and displaying documentation for the identified item found in the documentation database based on the pattern match. | 12-05-2013 |
20130325887 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a first acquirer that acquires first behavior information, the first behavior information being detected by analysis of an image related to an object and indicating behavior of the object, a second acquirer that acquires second behavior information, the second behavior information being detected from an output of a sensor in a terminal device carried by or attached to the object and indicating the behavior of the object, and a matching unit that specifies a relationship between the object and the terminal device by matching the first behavior information to the second behavior information. | 12-05-2013 |
20130325888 | ACOUSTIC SIGNATURE MATCHING OF AUDIO CONTENT - Various embodiments relating to identifying an acoustic signature of an audio content item are provided. In one embodiment, an audio subsample of a test audio content item may be compared with corresponding audio subsamples of each of a plurality of catalog audio content items. If the audio subsample of the test audio content item matches the corresponding audio samples of two or more catalog audio content items, those catalog audio content items may be selected as candidate audio content items. A complete audio sample of the test audio content item may be compared to corresponding complete audio samples of each of the candidate audio content items. One of the candidate audio content items may be selected as a matching audio content item. | 12-05-2013 |
20130325889 | LOCAL STORAGE OF INFORMATION PEDIGREES - This disclosure describes techniques for dynamically assembling and utilizing a pedigree of a resource. A pedigree of a resource is a set of statements that describe a provenance of the resource. As described herein, a document may include local pedigree fragments and optionally one or more pointers to remote pedigree fragments not locally stored in the document. A pedigree fragment, generally, is a data structure that specifies a direct relationship between a first resource, e.g., a primary resource, and a second resource from which an asserted fact of the first resource is derived. Because a pedigree fragment specifies such direct relationships, a set of pedigree fragments may be used to assemble the complete pedigree of resource. | 12-05-2013 |
20130332477 | RECORD CREATING SUPPORT APPARATUS AND METHOD - A record creating support apparatus to support creation of a record may include an extracting unit that extracts a special word from a record that is being created, a searching unit that searches a special word dictionary in order to determine whether the special word extracted by the extracting unit is registered in the special word dictionary, and a notifying unit that notifies the special word when the searching unit determines that the special word is not registered in the special word dictionary. | 12-12-2013 |
20130339377 | METHOD OF TRANSFORMING SETS OF INPUT STRINGS INTO AT LEAST ONE PATTERN EXPRESSION THAT IS STRING EXPRESSING SETS OF INPUT STRINGS, METHOD OF EXTRACTING TRANSFORMATION PATTERN AS APPROXIMATE PATTERN EXPRESSION, AND COMPUTER AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR THE METHODS - The present invention provides a method of extracting a transformation pattern as an approximate pattern expression. In the process of transforming the sets of input strings to at least one pattern expression, the transformation pattern transforming the sets of input strings to the pattern expression. The method includes: 1) preparing one structure including multiple nodes each representing a state and multiple edges each representing a transition; 2) generating a first reduced structure by removing at least one state in one structure from one structure and by merging at least two edges including an edge associated with the removed state in the one structure; 3) generating a first approximate pattern expression based on the first reduced structure; and 4) presenting the first approximate pattern expression. | 12-19-2013 |
20130346429 | Systems and Methods for Analyzing Existing Data Models - In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method comprising receiving a user request. The method analyzes the data in a plurality of data sets to find inconsistent mappings. Data of data sets, such as columns formed by a join condition, are compared to determine matching or non-matching distinct characteristic values. A composite data set is generated based on the comparison. Another data set is compared with the composite data set, and the composite data set is enhanced. Each data set is compared in sequence, if the composite data set is not empty, until all data sets are analyzed. A result set is generated based on the matching or non-matching distinct characteristic values. The method may also determine if a join operates as a data filter. The operations that are used for analysis may include ‘count distinct’, ‘intersection’ and ‘Boolean operators’. | 12-26-2013 |
20130346430 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NAVIGATING TO CONTENT WITHOUT AN ADVERTISEMENT - Systems and methods are provided for displaying media assets on user equipment. The first media asset that the user desires to view is displayed on a display screen of the user equipment and its associated content characteristic is identified. Upon receiving a request to access a different media asset, a search is initiated to identify a second media asset that matches the identified content characteristic of the displayed media asset. After such a media asset has been identified, it is determined whether the content source that provides such an identified media asset includes an advertisement at the time the user request is received. If the content source of the identified media asset does not include an advertisement at the time of the user request, then the identified media asset is displayed on the display screen of the user equipment. | 12-26-2013 |
20130346431 | Monitoring and Analyzing Creation and Usage of Visual Content - An MMR system includes an analytics module for monitoring and analyzing the creation and usage of visual content search. The analytics module is part of an MMR gateway and provides a mechanism for administrators to determine the usage patterns and other information about users of the MMR system. The analytics module comprises a monitoring module, a usage database, an access analysis module and a presentation module. The monitoring module collects information about the retrieval request, image queries, context information and recognition results. The usage database stores the information collected by the monitoring module. | 12-26-2013 |
20130346432 | SHARED DATA WITH RELATIONSHIP INFORMATION - To enable a shared model comprising shared plans having a hierarchy with two or more levels, a data item stored in a shared plan is provided with relationship information indicating whether or not there is a previous data item in the shared plan, whether or not there is a next data item in the shared plan, and whether or not the data item has a relationship to a data item in a higher level plan. | 12-26-2013 |
20130346433 | SYSTEM FOR LINKED AND NETWORKED DOCUMENT OBJECTS - Systems and methods for searching relationships between and among documents are disclosed. A user interface for presenting document objects and relationships between document objects located on a network is also disclosed. The document objects provided to the user may be determined based on document object references corresponding to the document objects. Document object information, relationship information, and contextual relationship information may also be provided to the user. | 12-26-2013 |
20140006432 | OPERATION MANAGEMENT SUPPORT DEVICE, OPERATION MANAGEMENT SUPPORT METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | 01-02-2014 |
20140006433 | FINDING RELATIVES IN A DATABASE | 01-02-2014 |
20140006434 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO RECOMMEND APPLICATIONS FROM AN APPLICATION MARKET PLACE TO A NEW DEVICE | 01-02-2014 |
20140006435 | SEARCHING APPARATUS, SEARCHING METHOD, AND SEARCHING SYSTEM | 01-02-2014 |
20140006436 | Systems and Methods for Connecting Travelers with Natives for an At-Home Culinary Experience | 01-02-2014 |
20140006437 | DETERMINING IMPLICIT SOCIAL NETWORKING RELATIONSHIPS AND ORGANIZATION | 01-02-2014 |
20140012868 | COMPUTER PRODUCT AND WORK SUPPORT APPARATUS - A work support method is executed by a computer. The work support method includes acquiring an image of a field, where position information of a mobile terminal when the mobile terminal recorded the image is appended to the image; searching among a group of fields and based on position information of each field of the group of fields, for a field that is within a given range of a position indicated by the position information appended to the image; and correlating with the image and outputting, annunciation information indicating that multiple fields related to the image are present, when multiple fields are retrieved. | 01-09-2014 |
20140019468 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF APPLYING STATE OF BEING TO HEALTH CARE DELIVERY - A system for assisting a subject to select a proper form of treatment. The system comprises: a monitoring section that remotely monitors a health status of the subject; an inference section that infers medical information about the subject based on information subject posted on social networks; a subject database that stores subject's information; and a symptom engine that stores symptoms of medical situations. The inference section applies the health status and the medical information against symptoms stored in the symptom engine to determine a proper form of treatment. | 01-16-2014 |
20140019469 | Device For Data Management - A device for data management, the device is in communication with a memory and includes: a verification module configured to receive a first identity information and a first request and verify the first identity information; a search module configured to search for at least one first data stored in the memory in response to the first request if the first identity information is verified, the at least one first data being assigned a first rating point; and an evaluation module configured to receive a second rating point associated with the first identification information, retrieve the first rating point from the at least one first data and generate a third rating point in accordance with the verified first identity information, the first rating point and the second rating point and store the third rating point in the memory. | 01-16-2014 |
20140019470 | Compatibility Scoring of Users - The compatibility score of members of a social network is based on the compatibility of their expressed interests. The compatibility score between any two interests is calculated as the log of the estimated probability that a member of the social network will express both interests divided by the product of: (i) the estimated probability that a member of the social network will express the first of the two interests and (ii) the estimated probability that a member of the social network will express the second of the two interests. The compatibility score between two individuals is calculated as the sum of the compatibility scores between each interest appearing in a set of interests expressed by the first of the two individuals and each interest appearing in a set of interests expressed by the second of the two individuals. | 01-16-2014 |
20140025697 | DATA RELATEDNESS ASSESSMENT DEVICE, DATA RELATEDNESS ASSESSMENT METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Provided are a data relatedness assessment device, a data relatedness assessment method, and a recording medium that stores a program, which calculates relatedness between two or more pieces of data relevant to a task of a worker. A display area acquirer ( | 01-23-2014 |
20140025698 | TEXTUAL ANALYSIS SYSTEM - The present invention provides a method, and an associated apparatus configured to implement such a method, for analysing mark-up language text content, such as might be found on a website or within online user generated content. The method comprises a training phase, in which plurality of schemas are automatically generated from a specified text and a final schema is compiled. This final schema can then be used to compare with other online text content such that content which matched the final schema can be identified, for example for further analysis and comparison. | 01-23-2014 |
20140025699 | MEDIA FINGERPRINTING FOR SOCIAL NETWORKING - Audio fingerprinting and other media matching technologies can be used to identify media, such as movies, television shows, and radio broadcasts. A user device can record image, audio, and/or video information and upload information to a matching service that is able to use matching technology to identify the media and provide supplemental content or information to the user. The user then can share this information with other users, such as by uploading to a social networking site or passing the information to peers on a peer network as part of a container. Users can have the ability to add tagged content, provide comments and ratings, and otherwise interact based at least in part upon the tagged media content. | 01-23-2014 |
20140032581 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO TRANSPARENTLY NAVIGATE RELATIONAL DATA MODELS - A system for transparent navigation of relational data models is provided. The system may include a request detector, a relationship detector, and an address evaluator. The request detector may be configured to receive a request for a node in the data schema. The relationship detector may be configured to determine that the request includes information associated with the relationship aspect. The address evaluator may be configured to resolve the information associated with the relationship aspect into the requested node. | 01-30-2014 |
20140032582 | MATCHING REGULAR EXPRESSIONS INCLUDING WORD BOUNDARY SYMBOLS - According to an example, a method for matching regular expressions including word boundary symbols includes receiving an input string and receiving a regular expression including a word boundary symbol. The method further includes transforming, by a processor, the regular expression into an automaton such that a set of strings accepted by the automaton is the same as a set of strings described by the regular expression. The method also includes processing the input string by the automaton to determine if the input string matches the regular expression. | 01-30-2014 |
20140032583 | Multi-Resolution Exploration of Large Image Datasets - The specification relates to providing an image space. The image space represents a first sampling of images in increasing distance from a seed image. The first sampling shows a number of images an initial distance value from the seed image and representative images of image groups a distance value that is different from the initial distance value from the seed image. The system is capable of browsing and modifying the image space responsive to at least one input. When modified, the system provides a second sampling of the images in increasing distance from an image related to a target image. The second sampling shows a number of images a certain distance value from the image related to the target image and representative images of image groups a distance value that is different from the certain distance value from the image related to the target image. | 01-30-2014 |
20140032584 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR SELECTIVELY EDITING POLYSEMOUS SYMBOL SEQUENCES IN A MULTIFUNCTIONAL INTERACTIVE DICTIONARY DATABASE - An embodiment of the present application is directed to an apparatus, method, and or article of manufacture. In at least one embodiment, the method includes receiving an indication of selection of an editing mode for editing a displayed one of a plurality of linked electronic screen overlays, without editing any of the plurality of electronic screen overlays linked to the displayed electronic screen overlays; receiving an indication of selection of a key location for editing on the displayed electronic screen overlay, subsequent to the receiving the indication of selection of the editing mode; receiving an indication of selection of a parameter from a plurality of parameters associated with the selected key location; and receiving an indication of a change in the selected parameter. | 01-30-2014 |
20140032585 | MATCHING DATA FROM DISPARATE SOURCES - Apparatus, systems, and methods may operate to receive a first identification of two or more records that match and to search at least two sources of data to locate a set of potential matching records, based on element transformation to determine common characteristics of the two or more records. Further activities may include publishing the set of potential matching records, receiving a second identification of matching members of the set, and searching at least one repository to locate further matching records based on the second identification and the common characteristics. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed. | 01-30-2014 |
20140032586 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FAULT-TOLERANT MEMORY MANAGEMENT - A device and method for providing a fault-tolerant file system. The fault-tolerant file system attempts to minimize the number of writes used when updating file system data structures. In one embodiment, file system data, including file system metadata, is stored in a fault-tolerant tree including a working state and a transacted state. In one embodiment, a change list is used to track blocks that have been updated, instead of cascading updates to leaf nodes up the tree, and a delta block is used to further minimize block updates when adding or removing nodes from the tree. In one embodiment, a Q-Block is used to prevent cycles when adding and removing free blocks from an allocation tree. Metadata values are stored in the tree in a way that allows certain metadata values to be inferred when not present in the tree, thus conserving space and lowering query time. | 01-30-2014 |
20140040296 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SOFTWARE TESTING - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for testing software programs which use regular expressions. In one regard, a method for determining whether two or more regular expressions are disjoint is provided that includes receiving two or more regular expressions, determining whether at least one common regular expression exists between the two or more regular expressions, and in an instance in which one does not exist, causing an indication of disjointedness to be provided. A corresponding method for determining a common regular expression of two or more regular expressions is also provided that includes causing respective deterministic finite automaton (DFA) representations to be created for two or more regular expressions, causing a DFA representation of a candidate common regular expression to be created based on the DFA representations of the regular expressions and determining if the DFA representation of the candidate common regular expression includes a terminal state. | 02-06-2014 |
20140040297 | KEYWORD EXTRACTION - Methods, systems, and computer-readable and executable instructions are provided for keyword extraction. A method for keyword extraction can include extracting a number of keywords from content inside an enterprise social network utilizing pattern recognition, constructing a semantics graph based on the number of keywords, and determining content themes within the enterprise social network based on the constructed semantics graph. | 02-06-2014 |
20140040298 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR STARTING UP SOFTWARE - An apparatus is provided with first information on software and character strings for determining a keyword related to second information on software that a user wants to use. The apparatus generates, in accordance with a level of the user who uses software obtained from a first external device coupled to a communication network, based on the first information and third information that is related to software and obtained from a second external device connected to the communication network, fourth information indicating software recommendable to the user. The apparatus receives the second information from the user, and determines a keyword related to the fourth information by comparing the fourth information with the character strings provided for the apparatus. The apparatus obtains software to be recommended to the user by comparing the fourth information with the determined keyword, and starts up the obtained software. | 02-06-2014 |
20140040299 | Automated Method of Detecting Pattern Matches between Converged Infrastructure Models and an Operating Converged Infrastructure - A first technique is provided for automatically building multiple signature patterns representative of corresponding converged infrastructures (CIs), and a second technique is provided for automatically detecting pattern matches between one or more of the multiple signature patterns (and thus the model CIs) built using the first technique and an operating converged infrastructure (CI). Each of the signature patterns includes a compilation of component signatures representative of model compute, storage, and network components of the corresponding model CI. The second technique includes collecting component signatures from, and representative of, each of compute, storage, and network components of an operating converged infrastructure (CI), and pattern matching each of the collected component signatures against one or more of the signature patterns that represent the model CIs. The second technique also includes declaring match results based on the pattern matching. | 02-06-2014 |
20140040300 | Automatically Generating Nodes and Edges in an Integrated Social Graph - In one embodiment, a method includes maintaining access to a data store of information corresponding to nodes and edges; receiving a user-generated character string comprising one or more characters of text entered by a user in an input form as they are entered by the user; searching the stored information for matches between the user-generated character string and existing nodes; determining whether or not a match between the user-generated character string and an existing node exists; and when it is determined that at least one match exists, generating an edge between the node corresponding to the user and the node for which the best match is determined; and when it is determined that no match between the user-generated character string and an existing node exists, generating a new node based on the user-generated character string, and generating an edge between the node corresponding to the user and the new node. | 02-06-2014 |
20140046968 | DATA ACQUISITION METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM - The present invention discloses a data acquisition method, including: receiving at least one first data acquisition request, wherein the first data acquisition request carries a data selection condition; acquiring all the data identifiers satisfying the data selection condition according to the data selection condition; and concurrently acquiring all the data corresponding to the data identifiers according to the data identifiers, and returning the acquired data. Also disclosed is a data acquisition apparatus, including: a data acquisition request receiving module, a data identifier acquiring module, and a first data acquiring module. According to the embodiments of the present invention, data identifiers are determined according to a data selection condition, and all the data corresponding to the data identifiers is concurrently acquired according to the data identifiers, thereby reducing a data feedback delay caused by successive acquisition of data in the prior art. Concurrent acquisition of the data improves data acquisition efficiency, such that the data is timely feedback to a user and user satisfaction of a data user is enhanced. | 02-13-2014 |
20140052745 | AUTOMATIC SEARCH BASED ON DETECTED USER INTEREST IN VEHICLE - A method of automatically performing a search based on user interest detected in a vehicle is provided. A user interest of a user in a vehicle is detected by examining sensor information from one or more sensors in the vehicle. A search is automatically performed for items relevant to the user interest. A user interface in the vehicle is then caused to display the items relevant to the user interest. | 02-20-2014 |
20140052746 | METHOD OF SEARCHING FOR PLAYBACK LOCATION OF MULTIMEDIA APPLICATION AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - An electronic device implements a method of searching for a location of a multimedia application of an electronic device. The method includes displaying a location search bar to search for a playback location of the multiple application, detecting a drag in a direction orthogonal to the location search bar, and displaying the location search bar corresponding to a duration in which the drag is detected in a full duration of the location search bar by changing a shape of the location search bar. | 02-20-2014 |
20140052747 | TEST AUTOMATION TOOL FOR DOMAIN REGISTRATION SYSTEMS - The present subject matter is directed to systems and methods for automating the testing of multi-function systems, such as naming registration systems and the like. A method of testing a registry, and the like, may include providing a command phrase including an add command and at least one function that includes an artificial attribute for a domain added by the add command. The command phrase may specify an operation, a protocol, and an object. The operation may include at least one of add, delete, or update domain. The protocol may include at least one of RRP and EPP. One or more parameters associated with the command phrase may be provided and may include an expected response code and/or a variable. One or more additional parameters that are associated with the command phrase may be determined and a database may be accessed to provide the one or more additional parameters. The command phrase, the one or more additional parameters, and/or the one or more additional parameters may be translated into an XML command and the XML command transmitted to the registry, or the like. A response from the registry may be evaluated to determine potential problems with database. | 02-20-2014 |
20140052748 | MATCH ENGINE FOR DETECTION OF MULTI-PATTERN RULES - Methods, systems and computer program products are disclosed for detecting patterns in a data stream that match multi-pattern rules. One embodiment of the invention provides a method of recognizing a specified group of patterns in a data stream. The method comprises identifying a rule for said specified group of patterns in the data stream, and using a first array of finite state machines to scan the data stream for at least some of the patterns in the specified group. For patterns in the specified group that are found in the data stream by the first array of finite state machines, pattern identifiers are sent to a second array of finite state machines. The second array of finite state machines determines if the specified group of patterns is in the data stream in accordance with the identified rule by, at least in part, using said pattern identifiers. | 02-20-2014 |
20140059065 | MANAGEMENT OF NETWORK-BASED DIGITAL DATA REPOSITORY - Improved techniques and systems for determining equivalency of digital assets are disclosed. The techniques and systems are suitable and useful for storing, delivering and accessing digital assets to or from a network-based digital data repository (e.g., cloud data storage). One aspect disclosed is that processing can be performed to determine whether digital assets are equivalent. Such processing can, in one embodiment, use multi-tier fingerprinting to determine equivalency of digital assets. In another embodiment, processing can use descriptive information (e.g., metadata) to assist in determining equivalency of digital assets. In another embodiment, a database can store equivalency information to provide “caching” of equivalency results for subsequent efficient determinations of equivalency. The digital assets become accessible from the network-based digital data repository via electronic devices (e.g., user devices) and thus usable by the electronic devices. The digital assets can include media assets and/or non-media assets. | 02-27-2014 |
20140059066 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING AND USING USER PHYSIOLOGICAL AND EMOTIONAL DATA - A system and method for obtaining and using user physiological and emotional data is disclosed. One embodiment includes a wearable user device comprising a device body defining a first arm extending from a central body portion to a first-arm end and having an external first-arm face and an internal first-arm face on opposing sides of the first arm. The device may also include a second arm extending from the central body portion and a concave cavity defined by the first and second arm and the central portion and configured to be worn on an elongated part of a body. The device may also include a first display and a sensor array disposed on one or both of the internal first-arm and second-arm faces configured to contact the elongated part of a body when the user device is worn. | 02-27-2014 |
20140059067 | EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION - The invention relates to a method for exchange of information between a computing unit of a first entity and a computing unit of at least one second entity. A computing unit of at least one second entity is detected and information on a token associated to the second entity from the computing unit is requested and received. On the basis of the received information, the token associated to the at least one second entity, is retrieved and a token associated to the first entity is modified at least partly with information of the received token associated to the at least one second entity. Finally, the modified token is utilized at least in the service the computing unit of the first entity belongs to. The invention relates also to a system and a computing unit implementing the method. | 02-27-2014 |
20140059068 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR SELECTIVELY CACHING DOMAIN NAME SYSTEM INFORMATION ON A NETWORK GATEWAY - A system, method and computer program product is provided for selectively caching domain name system (DNS) information on a network gateway. A CPE attached to the network gateway executes an application that searches files in CPE memory to identify frequently accessed domain names. The domain names are used to generate DNS queries that are transmitted by a network gateway to an IP network for resolution. DNS responses are received from the IP network and parsed to extract each resolved domain name and corresponding IP address, which are then stored in a cache on the network gateway. The cache is then used to resolve DNS queries generated by application programs running on the attached CPE. | 02-27-2014 |
20140067837 | IDENTIFYING USER-SPECIFIC SERVICES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH USER-PRESENTED ENTITIES - User-specific services are presented to users together with associated entities. Initially, providers of services provide information about such services, including a name of the service, action that correlates the service to an entity being presented to the user, identification of entities with which the service is correlated, and further information to which the user can be directed. Subsequently, a user can identify those services to which they have a connection, derive the benefits of, or are otherwise associated with. Collections of entities can be reviewed to determine whether any entities are associated with services that the user has identified as having a connection thereto and those entities having such an association can be presented with indicia of such an association. An action is presented to the user, and user action directed thereto provides additional information in the form of a pop-up window, a separately presented collection of information, or both. | 03-06-2014 |
20140067838 | ANALYSIS MODULE, CLOUD ANALYSIS SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - An analysis module is provided in the invention. The analysis module is connected with a database containing several data. The analysis module comprises an analysis unit and a database managing system. The analysis unit is developed by a development software to combine HHT algorithm and an automatic data-loading program. The database managing system is integrated in the analysis unit and connected with the database. The data are transferred to the analysis unit by the database managing system, and the analysis unit is used to load the data by the automatic data-loading program and analyzes the data. | 03-06-2014 |
20140067839 | DOCUMENT RETRIEVAL APPARATUS, DOCUMENT RETRIEVAL METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A document retrieval apparatus includes a switching section that switches an operation mode between a first mode and a second mode, a processor, a storing section, and a retrieval section. In the first mode, when a document-related operation of a certain type is performed, the processor performs a process corresponding to the operation, and the storing section stores information indicating the operation and a document being a target or a result of the process into a memory so as to associate the information with the document. In the second mode, when the operation is performed, the retrieval section does not perform the process, and retrieves the document which was a target or a result of the process on the basis of data stored in the memory. | 03-06-2014 |
20140067840 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RETRIEVING INFORMATION - A system for retrieving information includes at least one database ( | 03-06-2014 |
20140067841 | SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING A CROWDSOURCED SEARCH FOR SOURCES OF INFORMATION RELATED TO A SUBJECT - Disclosed is an information collection system to collect sources of information relating to a subject from a plurality of users. | 03-06-2014 |
20140067842 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS - The invention belongs to the field of text information processing, and discloses an information processing method including: acquiring a first text-based chat record; extracting at least two of topics contained in the first chat record; acquiring a second text-based chat record, the second chat record being associated with at least one of the extracted topics; displaying that the first chat record and the second chat record are in an association relationship. The invention also discloses an information processing apparatus. With the information processing method and apparatus disclosed by the invention, text exchange organized by topics can be realized, and efficiency of text-based communication can be improved. | 03-06-2014 |
20140067843 | 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. | 03-06-2014 |
20140067844 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTEXT ENHANCED MAPPING - A system and method for Context Enhanced Mapping. A request is received from a user over a network for a map comprising an identification of a physical location, and at least one criteria. The physical location is mapped. Spatial, temporal, topical, and social data available to the network relating to the physical location and criteria is retrieved using a global index of data available to the network and prioritized for inclusion based upon the user and context of the request. The map of the physical location and at least some of the retrieved spatial, temporal, topical, and social data is displayed on a display medium. | 03-06-2014 |
20140074871 | Device, Method and Computer-Readable Medium For Recognizing Places - A computer-implemented place-recognition method comprises searching text for a place-indicating text string (word or character), identifying a place reference from the text based on the place-indicating text string, and looking up the place reference in a place database to determine if the place reference corresponds to a place for which place data is stored in the place database. If the place is already in the database, a menu of user-selectable actions may be presented. If the place is not in the database, the device may ask the user whether the place should be added to the database. Searching the text may also comprise searching the text for one of a plurality of frequent search terms. If a place reference corresponding to a frequent search term is in the database, the place is linked. If not, the place is still linked but only for local search. | 03-13-2014 |
20140074872 | Managing Workload Optimized Systems using Relational Database Modeling and Triggers - Relational database modeling and triggers are employed and coordinated to maintain and manage tunable parameters and characteristics of a Workload Optimized System. The database model is initialized with pre-defined values as per definition of Workload Optimized Systems, which models the optimal configuration of the workload-optimized system, capturing various performance configurations, security and other related system and software configuration. The values present the optimal values for the entire solution. A daemon is run to monitor for changes in the tunable configuration settings, which also updates the current values of the configuration parameters on the RDBMS. SQL Triggers are implemented on the database to identify cases where corrective actions are required to the configuration parameters. | 03-13-2014 |
20140074873 | Device, Method and Computer-Readable Medium For Recognizing Places - A computer-implemented place-recognition method comprises searching text for a place-indicating text string (word or character), identifying a place reference from the text based on the place-indicating text string, and looking up the place reference in a place database to determine if the place reference corresponds to a place for which place data is stored in the place database. If the place is already in the database, a menu of user-selectable actions may be presented. If the place is not in the database, the device may ask the user whether the place should be added to the database. Searching the text may also comprise searching the text for one of a plurality of frequent search terms. If a place reference corresponding to a frequent search term is in the database, the place is linked. If not, the place is still linked but only for local search. | 03-13-2014 |
20140074874 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR LOCATION-BASED MACHINE-ASSISTED INTERACTIONS - In accordance with one example embodiment of the present invention a method comprises at least partially enabling a set of functionalities and attributes associated to an area for facilitating business transactions, networking activities, or social interactions of users who are within, proximate, or associated, at least provisionally, with said area. | 03-13-2014 |
20140082005 | Method of Obtaining An Electronically-Stored Financial Document - An electronically stored financial document is either maintained in a first storage system when a parameter associated with the document is greater than a pre-selected parameter or in a second storage system when the parameter associated with the document is less than or equal to the pre-selected parameter. A request for a stored financial document is received and the requested financial document parameter is compared to the pre-selected financial document parameter to determine if the electronically stored financial document's parameter is more than, less than, or equal to the pre-selected parameter. In processing the request, a processing unit electronically accesses one of the storage systems in response to the comparison of the pre-selected parameter to the electronically stored financial document's parameters. After accessing the appropriate storage system, the requested electronically stored financial document can be reproduced, and/or distributed. | 03-20-2014 |
20140082006 | Computer-Implemented System And Method For Identifying Near Duplicate Documents - A computer-implemented system and method for identifying near duplicate documents is provided. A set of documents is obtained and each document is divided into segments. Each of the segments is hashed. A segment identification and sequence order is assigned to each of the hashed segments. The sequence order is based on an order in which the segments occur in one such document. The segments are compared based on the segment identification and those documents with at least two matching segments are identified. The sequence orders of the matching segments are compared and based on the comparison, a determination is made that the identified documents share a relative sequence of the matching segments. The identified documents are designated as near duplicate documents. | 03-20-2014 |
20140082007 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR PUSHING USER'S PERSONAL LABEL DYNAMICALLY - Disclosed in the present invention are a method, system and storage medium for pushing the user's personal label dynamically, which is applied to the communication field. Said method comprises the following steps: collecting user's behavior information about network operation; extracting the keywords from said behavior information; pushing the extracted keywords as the user's personal label to the user. The present invention can show user's new interests and hotspot news focused in time by updating the user's personal label dynamically, thus enhancing user's satisfaction effectively. | 03-20-2014 |
20140082008 | System and Method for Application Search Results by Locational Conditions - 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 |
20140082009 | ANALYZING DATA USING A HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURE - Apparatus, systems, and methods for analyzing data are described. The data can be analyzed using a hierarchical structure. One such hierarchical structure can comprise a plurality of layers, where each layer performs an analysis on input data and provides an output based on the analysis. The output from lower layers in the hierarchical structure can be provided as inputs to higher layers. In this manner, lower layers can perform a lower level of analysis (e.g., more basic/fundamental analysis), while a higher layer can perform a higher level of analysis (e.g., more complex analysis) using the outputs from one or more lower layers. In an example, the hierarchical structure performs pattern recognition. | 03-20-2014 |
20140082010 | 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, wherein the video file storage system provides a platform for storing and sharing videos, 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 for access if the first file is selected. | 03-20-2014 |
20140089333 | Method And Apparatus For Region Sampling And Estimation In Location Based Networks - Various embodiments provide a method and apparatus for obtaining a representative sample set of venues (i.e., places) within a geographic region in a location based network using a low cost and efficient sampling and estimating algorithm. In particular, a dynamic random region sampling algorithm randomly selects a target location within a geographic region and then determines a sub-region containing the target location within the geographic region based on venue density prediction. Venue density prediction is based on a weighted average of venue densities of two or more comparable locations within the geographic region. | 03-27-2014 |
20140089334 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TRANSFORMING MULTIPLE DATA STREAMS INTO SOCIAL SCORING AND INTELLIGENCE ON INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS - A system, method and computer program product for determining and identifying a highly accurate description of an entity, including discovering hidden attributes, features, characteristics, behaviors, and opinions of an entity; and identifying the entity through processing, summarizing, abstracting, generalizing, discovering, and inferring information from a plurality of databases including publicly available data, private purchased data, private data provided by others, and derived data from public or private data. | 03-27-2014 |
20140089335 | SYSTEM FOR VERIFYING A PLACE WHERE BUSINESS DATA ARE BROWSED - A server includes a collector which collects browsing positional information of a file from a user terminal device; a matching unit which checks matching of the collected browsing positional information with authenticated browsing positional information of the file; and an outputter which outputs a result of the checking performed by the matching unit. | 03-27-2014 |
20140089336 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING SEARCH RESULTS BASED ON DENSITY - A system and method is provided of generating a map. In one aspect, the map is selected based on a location provided by a user and listings are selected based on their proximity to the location, whether they match a query provided by the user, and the number of matching listings within regions of the map. | 03-27-2014 |
20140089337 | Method, Apparatus and System of Processing Correlated Keywords - The present disclosure discloses a method, an apparatus and a system of processing related keywords. The method includes: receive a primary keyword inputted by a user; form a spliced URL for requesting related keywords based on the primary keyword; establish a link between an embedded window object in a current web page and a server using the URL to obtain the related keywords from the server; the embedded window object creates a keyword list and presents the related keywords in the current web page; and obtain a related keyword selected by the user and instantaneously add the related keyword into an input box. | 03-27-2014 |
20140101184 | FILE SYSTEM ADAPTED FOR USE WITH A DISPERSED DATA STORAGE NETWORK - A computer a network interface and a central processing unit. The network interface communicates with a network. The central processing unit (CPU) is operable to receive a networked file system access request packet and to identify a root directory based on the networked file system access request packet. The CPU then identifies a file directory based on the root directory and the networked file system access request packet. The CPU then identifies file object metadata based on the file directory and identifies a set of slice servers based on the file object metadata and the networked file system access request packet. The CPU then issues, via the network interface, a set of commands to a set of slice servers regarding the networked file system access request packet. | 04-10-2014 |
20140101185 | START POINTER TRACKING IN NFAs - In a hardware engine, finding rule matches within an input stream by executing a Nondeterministic Finite Automaton (NFA) with active states tracked in parallel cells, a Start Pointer (SP) is captured by the cell beginning a match and passed from cell to cell until the match completes, when it is reported by the cell ending the match. For multiple overlapping matches, different cells may hold different SPs, and a cell representing multiple NFA states may hold multiple SPs. Methods are given to select one SP when multiple SPs collide in the same state. | 04-10-2014 |
20140101186 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IDENTIFYING SIMILAR SCHOOLS - Method, apparatus, and a computer-readable storage device for determining similarities. A plurality of sets having social network service members as entities is constructed by associating each of the social network service members with each of a predetermined selection of professional outcomes by school of graduation of the member. One of the plurality of sets is selected. A similarity algorithm calculates the similarity score of at least some of the plurality of sets in the plurality of sets to the selected one of the plurality of sets, and presents for rendering the k sets in the plurality of sets with the highest similarity scores. The similarity algorithm used may be a cosine similarity algorithm using the sets as vectors. | 04-10-2014 |
20140101187 | USING A TUNABLE FINITE AUTOMATON FOR REGULAR EXPRESSION MATCHING - Deterministic Finite Automatons (DFAs) and Nondeterministic Finite Automatons (NFAs) are two typical automatons used in the Network Intrusion Detection System (NIDS). Although they both perform regular expression matching, they have quite different performance and memory usage properties. DFAs provide fast and deterministic matching performance but suffer from the well-known state explosion problem. NFAs are compact, but their matching performance is unpredictable and with no worst case guarantee. A new automaton representation of regular expressions, called Tunable Finite Automaton (TFA), is described. TFAs resolve the DFAs' state explosion problem and the NFAs' unpredictable performance problem. Different from a DFA, which has only one active state, a TFA allows multiple concurrent active states. Thus, the total number of states required by the TFA to track the matching status is much smaller than that required by the DFA. Different from an NFA, a TFA guarantees that the number of concurrent active states is bounded by a bound factor b that can be tuned during the construction of the TFA according to the needs of the application for speed and storage. A TFA can achieve significant reductions in the number of states and memory space. | 04-10-2014 |
20140101188 | USER INTERFACE OPERATING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH THE USER INTERFACE AND PROGRAM PRODUCT STORING PROGRAM FOR OPERATING THE USER INTERFACE - A user interface operating method, an electronic device with the user interface and a program product storing a program for operating the user interface are disclosed. A user interface operating method includes steps of displaying a time image, a multimedia object corresponding to a time point in the time image, and first information of the multimedia object corresponding to the time point on a user interface of an electronic device; triggering a search process if the time image and the multimedia object corresponding to the time point in the time image overlap with each other on the user interface, the search process including searching for, based on the first information, multimedia objects corresponding to other time points in the time image related to the first information; and displaying on the user interface the multimedia objects corresponding to other time points in the time image and found in the search process. | 04-10-2014 |
20140101189 | USING CALENDAR EVENTS TO MODIFY NOTIFICATION AND ALERT BEHAVIOR, SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system configured to receive and modify notifications based on calendar events and user-defined rules. The system includes a server that implements a calendar event modification module. The module performs a method that includes receiving search criteria associated with an action. The action instructs the server to either ignore notifications intended for a user device, or modify such notifications before forwarding them to the user device. The action is performed when a notification intended for the user device is received while any calendar events that satisfy the search criteria are occurring. | 04-10-2014 |
20140101190 | NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING RECORDED BROWSER PROGRAM THEREON - A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a browser program running on a computer including a storage unit storing a table showing correspondences between text languages of web pages and character strings used in URLs to indicate the text languages, the program causing the computer to perform: receiving a designation of a URL; acquiring information indicating a text language designated by a user; determining whether the designated URL includes a top-level domain “com” or the top-level domain “com” with a slash “/” added thereto; acquiring, when determination is affirmative, source code of a web page indicated by the designated URL, and searching the source code for a URL including a character string corresponding to the designated text language; and, displaying, when the URL is found, a web page indicated by the found URL, and, displaying, when the URL is not found, the web page indicated by the designated URL. | 04-10-2014 |
20140108439 | Interest Expansion Using A Taxonomy - Disclosed are methods for inferring interests of a user based on declared interests of the user. Text for which a user has expressed interest, e.g. “liked” is evaluated to identify at least one principal concept. A principal article for the principal concept is located in a taxonomy and the link structure of the taxonomy analyzed to identify candidate articles related to the principal article. The candidate articles are scored according to a plurality of metrics and these scored are weighted and combined for a final score. Candidate articles are selected for the score and recommendations are generated and recommendations generated based on the concepts of the selected candidate articles. | 04-17-2014 |
20140108440 | Configuration of Life Cycle Management for Configuration Files for an Application - A method for modifying a configuration file includes receiving a first configuration file for an application and receiving one or more changes to the first configuration file to generate a modified configuration file. When a second configuration file is received, differences between the first configuration file and the modified configuration file are determined, and differences between the first configuration file and the second configuration file are determined. The differences may then be presented to a user, who can then reconcile the differences. | 04-17-2014 |
20140108441 | EFFICIENT MATCHING OF DATA - Technologies are disclosed for enabling users to comprehensively determine their exposures to media and to receive services based thereon. For example, an application can be executed on a computing device associated with a user. The application can continuously monitor audio data that the computing device is exposed to and can generate digital signatures thereof. The digital signatures can be transmitted to a server that comprises a database of reference digital signatures and circuitry configured to compare and match the received digital signatures and the reference digital signatures. When a match is found, the server retrieves information associated with the matched reference digital signature and returns, to the device, the retrieved information. The server can also concatenate matches associated with data received from a plurality of computing devices and provide the concatenated data to a third party, who in turn, returns services to the users based on the received data. | 04-17-2014 |
20140108442 | PERSON-BASED INFORMATION AGGREGATION - Techniques are described for aggregating person-based information on a computing device. The computing device includes a display device and one or more processors. The processors are configured to determine a context of the computing device, and identify a contact associated with the currently-executing application and a plurality of contact identifiers associated with the contact. The processors are configured to receive, from two or more different sources and based on at least one contact, information associated with the contact that includes a respective portion of information received from each of the different sources, determine, based on the context of the computing device, a respective priority value for each of the portions of the information, select, based on the respective priority value, one or more portions of the information, and output, for display, a graphical user interface including at least the selected one or more portions of the information. | 04-17-2014 |
20140108443 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO GENERATE A DATA-RICH TEMPLATE - A computerized method and system for correlating template data to select contextually relevant content including receiving a request from a consumer device to serve a template at a server, the template comprising at least one tag, selecting a content in a database associated with the at least one tag based at least in part on a correlation between the template and the at least one tag, substituting the at least one tag with the content, and transmitting the template from the server to the consumer device. | 04-17-2014 |
20140108444 | CONTENT LIST DISPLAY METHOD, CONTENT LIST DISPLAY APPARATUS, CONTENT SELECTING AND PROCESSING METHOD, AND CONTENT SELECTING AND PROCESSING APPARATUS - A content list display method includes the step of displaying a list of private content owned by a user and public content not owned by the user on a screen by using a predetermined common attribute as a search key attribute for search and display such that a difference between the private content and the public content can be visually recognized. | 04-17-2014 |
20140114995 | SCALABLE HIGH SPEED RELATIONAL PROCESSOR FOR DATABASES AND NETWORKS - A relational processor (RP) is described for storing relational instances and processing queries using a unique mapping to an associate. The associate may contain one or more semantic tokens. The RP comprises an input means for receiving and processing input query packets, at least one associate processor (AP) for retrieving associate sets by domain and at least one set processor (SP) for performing set operations on associate sets. An output means collects, formats and transmits the associates or associated information responsive to a query to at least one user or a machine. The RP further includes an associate array manager (AAM) for managing APs, an associate switch (AS) and a response collector (RC). The AS routs specific associates to specific SPs. The SP is adaptable to perform set operations on the associates. An alternate unique SP Sieve architecture is described which does not require the AS. The RP is able to perform longest prefix match using a new algorithm. | 04-24-2014 |
20140114996 | NFA CHARACTER CLASS MATCHING - Disclosed is method of matching a character class to a symbol of an input stream. A character class, or a plurality of character classes, is defined into an accessible format which when accessed is compared to a symbol in an input stream. The format may be stored in an NFA array cell or it may be broadcast to the cell array with an input symbol for comparison. | 04-24-2014 |
20140114997 | System and Method for Responding to Web Form Inquiries - An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for generating contact plans and responding to web form inquires using the contact plans. | 04-24-2014 |
20140114998 | DETERMINING DEMOGRAPHICS BASED ON USER INTERACTION - Methods and systems for determining demographics based on user interaction are provided. Demographic information is maintained in association with certain indicators. Information regarding user interaction related to an item of interest is accessed, and indicators may be identified based on the user interaction information associated with a user. It is determined that the user belongs to one or more demographics based on the identified indicators, and a report may be generated. | 04-24-2014 |
20140114999 | HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS REGISTERING SYSTEM AND DEVICE FOR REGISTERING HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS, PROGRAM FOR REGISTERING HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS, AND MEDIUM STORING HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS REGISTERING PROGRAM AND READABLE BY COMPUTER - To provide a human relationships registering system, a method and a server for registering human relationships, a program for registering human relationships, and a medium storing human relationships registering program and readable by a computer, all of which are used to establish wide and close relationships with members having a variety of occupations or engaged in various technical fields and to obtain expert knowledge or information. The human relationships registering system comprises first data processing units | 04-24-2014 |
20140122512 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MATCHING OBJECTS HAVING SYMMETRICAL OBJECT PROFILING - A system is described that implements symmetrical object profiles across one or more objects, wherein an object profile is influenced by other object profiles with which it interacts. In particular, the system includes a configuration for a first object profile that is associated with a first object, wherein the first object profile comprises a set of attributes having a first set of valuations. The system includes a configuration for a second object profile that is associated with a second object, wherein the second object profile comprises said set of attributes having a second set of valuations. The system includes a profile updater for managing the first object profile and the second object profile, wherein in a transaction involving the first and second objects, corresponding object profiles are updated based on valuations in the first and second set of valuations. | 05-01-2014 |
20140122513 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING SEARCH AND RETRIEVAL OPERATIONS TO BE PERFORMED FOR DATA ITEMS AND RECORDS USING DATA OBTAINED FROM ASSOCIATED VOICE FILES - A method and system are provided for using the contents of voice files as a basis for enabling search and other selection operations for data items that are associated with those voice files. Voice files may be received having associations with other data items, such as images or records. A corresponding text file is generated for each of the one or more voice files using programmatic means, such as a speech-to-text application. Each text file is provided an association with a data item based on the association of the voice file that served as the basis of its creation. Each text file is then made available for the performance of search and selection operations that result in the identification of associated data items. | 05-01-2014 |
20140122514 | CATEGORY-BASED LEMMATIZING OF A PHRASE IN A DOCUMENT - A processor-implemented method, system, and/or computer program product lemmatizes a phrase for a specific category. An initial phrase, which is associated with a specific category, is received by a processor. The processor removes a last letter or set of letters from a word in the initial phrase to form an initial truncated version of the phrase, and then runs a term frequency-inverse document frequency (TF-IDF) algorithm on the initial truncated version of the phrase. The processor lemmatizes subsequent truncated versions of the initial phrase, and then runs the TF-IDF algorithm until a highest TF-IDF value is identified for a specific truncated version of the initial phrase when compared to TF-IDF values of other truncated versions of the initial phrase. The specific truncated version of the initial phrase that is associated with the highest TF-IDF value is then associated with the specific category. | 05-01-2014 |
20140122515 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AIDING DIAGNOSIS - An apparatus and method for aiding diagnosis are provided. An apparatus for aiding diagnosis includes: a search unit configured to search a database in which a plurality of data is stored to find a data that matches a medical data of a patient, and a processor configured to display a diagnosis result of the medical data obtained from a computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) system and a search result obtained from the search unit | 05-01-2014 |
20140129576 | ANALYSIS OF MEETING CONTENT AND AGENDAS - A method, computer program product, and computer system for analysis of meeting content and agendas. A computer system receives meeting information of a first meeting. The computer system searches one or more second meetings matching the first meeting. The computer system retrieves meeting information of the one or more second meetings. The computer system acquires presentation documents of the first meeting and the one or more second meetings. The computer system analyzes the meeting information and presentation documents for the first meeting and the one or more second meetings. The computer system presents a comparison between the first meeting and the one or more second meetings. | 05-08-2014 |
20140129577 | System and Method for Optimized Filtered Data Feeds to Capture Data and Send to Multiple Destinations - There is provided a system and method for optimized filtered data feeds to capture data and send to multiple destinations. There is provided a system comprising a memory and a processor. The memory has a database associating data feed patterns to one or more of a plurality of destinations. The processor captures data from a data feed having a data feed destination, stores the data in the memory, compares the data feed with the data feed patterns in the database to determine matched patterns, retrieves one or more destinations associated with the matched patterns, and sends the data to the data feed destination and the retrieved destinations. There is also provided a system comprising data feed sources, destinations, a network connected to the data feed sources and the destinations, and a server configured to intercept and route network traffic on the network, the server including a memory and a processor. | 05-08-2014 |
20140129578 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CARPOOL MATCHING - A carpooling system and method provides users with opportunities to test both user information and priority options (carpool preferences) prior to registration. Upon receipt of carpool preferences, the system determines available matches and displays them to the user. From the available matches provided, the user can visualize how carpool preference information alters the scope of his available matches and he may then change his user carpool preference information accordingly. The system will then store the previously entered user information in a user profile upon registration. | 05-08-2014 |
20140129579 | MUTUAL MATCHING SYSTEM - The various technologies presented herein relate to identifying a mutual interest (“mutual match”) between individuals. An individual can indicate an interest regarding a second individual, however a notification of interest is not forwarded to the second individual unless the second individual has similarly indicated an interest regarding the first individual, i.e., a mutual match exists. Profiles for each of the individuals can be forwarded to a central system. An individual can request to view other individuals profiles based on such criteria as the location of the individual. The profiles of any other individuals in the vicinity of the individual can be compiled and forwarded to the individual for viewing. Viewing of profiles can be performed after the individual has vacated the location. Communication with the central system can be via a mobile computing device(s). | 05-08-2014 |
20140129580 | METHOD AND A DEVICE FOR PROMPTING WEBPAGE ADDRESS - The present invention relates to a webpage address prompting method, including: reading entered content of an address bar; searching according to a preset matching rule for a plurality of webpage addresses which match the entered content from a stored webpage addresses collection; sequencing the plurality of webpage addresses which match the entered content according to a sequencing rule; and displaying at least one forefront webpage address from among the sequenced plurality of webpage addresses as a candidate webpage address. The present invention also relates to a webpage address prompting device which enables a user to visit a target webpage address in a rapid and accurate way with minimal entered content in the address bar of web browser software. | 05-08-2014 |
20140136560 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTING THE RECOMMENDED SIZE OF AN ARTICLE OF CLOTHING - The system provides the recommended fitting size of clothing. A first set of body dimensions including height, weight, and waist size; and, information regarding a selected article of clothing having a defined set of article dimensions are obtained. A first module computes a second set of human body dimensions. This module includes a first mathematical model generated by a statistical analysis of a human anthropometric database. A second module is configured to compute a recommended fitting size based on: 1) the first set of human body dimensions; 2) the second set of human body dimensions; and, 3) the defined set of article dimensions. This second module includes a data base containing clothing related look up tables for use in computing the recommended fitting size for the particular article of clothing. The second set of human body dimensions includes neck size for a clothing top, and pants size for a bottom. | 05-15-2014 |
20140136561 | Recipe Webpage Ingredients Identification - A parser unit of an apparatus in an example identifies individual ingredients on a recipe webpage. The parser unit in an example accesses source contents of the recipe webpage to identify any ingredients that are listed on the recipe webpage through employment of style sheet detection. | 05-15-2014 |
20140136562 | METHOD OF GENERATING SEARCH INFORMATION AND IMAGE APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A method of generating search information enables efficient navigation of content and an image apparatus therefore. The method of generating search information includes extracting and storing a portion of a plurality of searched screens, and generating search information using the stored screens. Accordingly, search information regarding digital content can be generated in a more convenient manner. In addition, since searched screens are generated as search information, search information which enables more efficient navigation can be provided to the user. | 05-15-2014 |
20140143264 | POLICY EVENT DRIVEN REMOTE DESKTOP RECORDING ACROSS A DATA NETWORK - Disclosed are an apparatus and method of remotely recording events occurring on a managed machine. One example method of operation may include identifying the managed machine operating in a communication network and transmitting a connection establishment message to the managed machine over the communication network. The method may also include receiving an acceptance message from the managed machine, transmitting a recording operation trigger to the managed machine, and receiving recorded information from the managed machine after the recording operation trigger has been invoked. | 05-22-2014 |
20140143265 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND DATA PROVISION METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal capable of transmitting and receiving messages and a data processing method thereof for retrieving data from a database and transmitting the data to a network in a message efficiently are provided. The method includes displaying at least one first message; extracting at least one first keyword from the first message; determining whether an attach request event occurs; searching, when the attach request event occurs, a database for a first data corresponding to the extracted at least one first keyword; displaying, according to a result of the search, at least one of the first data and a first icon representing the first data; and transmitting a second message including the first data. | 05-22-2014 |
20140149439 | DFA-NFA HYBRID - Disclosed is a hybrid architecture combining DFA and NFA based engines. The DFA engine and NFA engine scan the same input stream. The DFA engine may be a multi-threaded engine. Fragments of rules are assigned to the DFA engine and portions of rules are assigned to the NFA engine. Fragments matched by the DFA engine may be sorted by a sorter into NFA launch positions before activating NFA states. A dynamically reconfigurable NFA cell array may be used. An NFA state signaled by a DFA fragment match is loaded into NFA cell(s). The DFA fragments may be adjacent to start state positions or following high-branching NFA states. Look-around assertions may be used by the DFA to signal to the NFA to either prevent or permit continued matching of a rule. | 05-29-2014 |
20140149440 | User Generated Context Sensitive Information Presentation - In order to increase the efficiency of the worker and ultimately decrease the cost of the worker performing work-related tasks, a method and a system for presenting information relevant to user activity of a user at a computing device is provided. A database including data records that each include information relevant to at least one user activity and at least one identifier identifying the at least one user activity is provided. Activities of a user are monitored and compared to the data records of the database. When a monitored activity matches an identifier of one of the data records, the information corresponding to the matched data record is presented to the user. | 05-29-2014 |
20140149441 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MATCHING PERSONS IN AN OPEN LEARNING SYSTEM - In one embodiment of the present disclosure, a method for matching persons in an open learning environment is presented. The method includes gathering helper information and helpee information and calculating a measure of similarity between the helper information and the helpee information. The method further includes calculating a matching score, wherein the matching score is a function of the measure of similarity between the helper information and the helpee information, and generating a list of helper candidates ranked according to the matching score. | 05-29-2014 |
20140149442 | Method and System for Encoding Integration of Coded Logical Information Systems - Data describing code sets of multiple systems is received. The received data includes a first code set associated with a first system and a second code set associated with a second system. Equivalencies between the first code set and the second code set are determined based on (1) logical definitions associated with the first code set and logical definitions associated with the second code set and (2) one or more outputs associated with the first system and one or more outputs associated with the second system. A coding scheme is identified to standardize the codes in the first code set and the codes in the second code set. Codes of the first code set are mapped to codes of the second code set using the coding scheme. | 05-29-2014 |
20140149443 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CAPTURING A MULTIMEDIA CONTENT ITEM BY A MOBILE DEVICE AND MATCHING SEQUENTIALLY RELEVANT CONTENT TO THE MULTIMEDIA CONTENT ITEM - A method and system for matching sequentially relevant content to at least one multimedia content item (MMCI) captured by a mobile device are provided. The method comprises receiving from a mobile device the MMCI captured by at least one sensor of the mobile device; generating a signature for the captured MMCI; and matching at least one sequentially relevant content item respective of the signature of the captured MMCI. | 05-29-2014 |
20140156687 | IDENTIFYING DUPLICATE FILES - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, are provided for identifying duplicate data items. A method is provided that include the actions of identifying a file to be downloaded; determining that the size of the file exceeds a threshold value; in response to determining that the size of the file exceeds the threshold value, requesting one or more portions of the file, the one or more portions being less than the entire file; upon receiving the requested one or more portions of the file, constructing a file signature for the file based on the one or more portions of the file; determining whether the constructed signature exists in a file signature repository; if a matching file signature exists in the file signature repository, recording location information for the file to be downloaded as associated with the matching file signature. | 06-05-2014 |
20140156688 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RECOMMENDING ENTERPRISE COLLABORATION DATA - The suggestions of objects in a real-time collaboration tool can be accomplished by first forming a first vector representing an object utilized in the real-time collaboration tool. The vector can then be compared to a plurality of vectors representing a plurality of objects stored in a database to locate one or more vectors similar to the first vector. One or more of the plurality of objects stored in the database can be recommended to a user of the real-time collaboration tool based on the comparing. | 06-05-2014 |
20140156689 | MECHANISM FOR COMPARISON OF DISPARATE DATA IN DATA STRUCTURES - A device receives a first result that includes first data, and a second result that includes second data, and determines whether a comparator supports the first data and the second data. When the comparator supports the first data and the second data, the device utilizes the comparator to select comparison logic for the first data of the first result and for the second data of the second result, compares the first result and the second result, using the selected comparison logic, to determine whether the first result is equivalent to the second result, and outputs or stores the determination of whether the first result is equivalent to the second result. | 06-05-2014 |
20140156690 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes the following elements. A first selector selects, through a selecting operation performed by an operator, an item disposed within a QFD chart, the QFD chart having at least three axes, an item being associated with each of the axes, a name being appended to each of the axes, and a name being appended to each of the items. A second selector selects, through a selecting operation performed by the operator, information related to the item selected by the first selector. An appending unit appends a name of an axis corresponding to the item selected by the first selector and a name of the item to the information selected by the second selector. | 06-05-2014 |
20140156691 | METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING AUDIO OR VIDEO CONTENT - The disclosed technology generally relates to methods for identifying audio and video entertainment content. Certain shortcomings of fingerprint-based content identification can be redressed through use of human-reviewers. | 06-05-2014 |
20140156692 | COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, EXTRACTION DEVICE, AND EXTRACTION METHOD - An extraction program causes a computer to execute a process. The process includes adding an event to a first pattern including the events according to the sequential order, thus generating a second pattern in such a manner that the second pattern is generated by adding the event when a first value is less than a predetermined threshold; when the event is added, adding a predetermined value to the first value, and adding the predetermined value to a second value in a column corresponding to an end of the added event among second values corresponding to respective columns of a table; extracting the second pattern that satisfies a predetermined condition; and when an event in a second or subsequent column in the table is added. | 06-05-2014 |
20140164414 | GUIDING A USER TO IDENTIFIED CONTENT IN A DOCUMENT - A method for identifying content in a document. The method includes determining that a user of a computing device has accessed one or more documents and determining a subject matter of the one or more documents. The method includes determining that the user has accessed at least one additional document. The method further includes searching the at least one additional document for the determined subject matter and responsive to finding the determined subject matter, identifying the found subject matter in the at least one additional document. | 06-12-2014 |
20140164415 | Systems and Methods for Matching Similar Geographic Objects - A computer-implemented method including obtaining a subject dataset including two or more features associated with a subject geographic object, obtaining a candidate dataset including two or more features associated with a candidate geographic object, comparing, using a computer, at least two features of the subject dataset to at least two corresponding features of the candidate dataset, at least one of the features compared comprising a geographic feature, and determining whether the candidate geographic object matches the subject geographic object based on the comparison. | 06-12-2014 |
20140164416 | AGGREGATING CONTENT RELATED TO A NOTABLE INDIVIDUAL - During an analysis technique, a cohort of individuals is identified based on a set of attributes. Significance metrics for the individuals in the cohort are calculated based on profiles of the individuals and behaviors of the group of individuals, which includes the cohort, when interacting with the profiles. For example, a significance metric for a given individual may include a number of views of a profile of the given individual, by a group of individuals, during a time interval and/or a number of connection requests to the profile of the given individual, by the group of individuals, during the time interval. Based on the significance metrics, the subset of the individuals may be identified. This subset may include individuals that have achieved career milestones exceeding those of the other individuals in the cohort (e.g., notable individuals). | 06-12-2014 |
20140164417 | METHODS FOR ANALYZING USER OPINIONS AND DEVICES THEREOF - A method, non-transitory computer readable medium, and opinion manager device that analyzes user opinions in data includes identifying one or more items of text in data that match one or more of the terms in a database for one or more domain specific concepts. At least the identified one or more items of text in the data for each of the one or more domain specific concepts with the identified one or more terms that match are analyzed based on stored concept analysis rules. One or more reports are provided based on the analysis. | 06-12-2014 |
20140164418 | UNIQUE DEVICE IDENTIFICATION AMONG LARGE POPULATIONS OF HOMOGENOUS DEVICES - A digital fingerprint identifying a device includes characteristics of a user of the device in addition to characteristics of the device itself. The personal characteristics used to form the digital fingerprint of the device are those that are likely to not change over time or to change in predictable ways. The personal characteristics are gathered from sources external to the device, such as profiles of the user stored remotely at a social networking site. Each constituent characteristic of a digital fingerprint is associated with extraction logic and comparison logic. | 06-12-2014 |
20140164419 | ENCODER, DECODER AND METHOD - A method of encoding source data to generate corresponding encoded data for transmission or storage includes matching one or more portions of the source data to one or more elements in one or more databases, wherein the one or more elements are representative of corresponding one or more data blocks, and recording reference values which relate the one or more portions of the source data to the one or more matched elements; and including the reference values in the encoded data together with the one or more databases and/or information identifying the one or more databases. The methods are implemented in an encoder, a decoder and in a codec. In the codec, the at least one encoder and the at least one decoder share one or more databases referred to by reference values included in the encoded data. | 06-12-2014 |
20140164420 | Systems and Methods for Clustered Matching of Records Using Geographic Proximity - Systems and methods are provided for cluster matching of contact objects. First and second sub graphs can be generated that include respective first and second subsets of the plurality of contact objects. The sub graphs can be intersected to generate an intersecting set of contact object, which can then be analyzed using one or more processes to determine whether matching objects exist in the intersecting set. | 06-12-2014 |
20140164421 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTENT CATEGORIZATION - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method for content categorization, where the method comprises transmitting, by a content categorization request entity, a categorization ability negotiation request to a content categorization providing entity to request the categorization ability of the content categorization providing entity; receiving the categorization capability of the content categorization providing entity returned by the content categorization providing entity. Furthermore, embodiments of the present invention disclose a system for content categorization, content categorization request entity and content categorization providing entity. Categorization ability negotiation or subscription helps to learn the content categorization ability so that the content categorization request entity or content categorization providing entity may mutually and accurately acquire content categorization capability information without delay. | 06-12-2014 |
20140172890 | SEARCHING A VERTEX IN A PATH - Methods and systems for searching a path for a vertex include determining, for each of two endpoints in a path, a lower bound for a shortest path distance from each respective endpoint to a target vertex; determining whether the lower bounds cover all points in the path and, if so, determining that the vertex is not in the path; determining whether a number of uncovered points is below a path size threshold and, if so, performing a search of the uncovered points to determine whether the vertex is in the path; and if the number of uncovered points is above the path size threshold, repeating the steps of determining a lower bound, determining whether the lower bounds cover all points, and determining whether a number of points is below a path size threshold using the uncovered points as a new path. | 06-19-2014 |
20140172891 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DISPLAYING LOCATION SPECIFIC CONTENT - Methods and systems are described herein for selecting a media asset for presentation on a user device based on the type of location in which the user device is located. For example, a media guidance application may receive data describing the location of a user device. Upon processing the data, the media guidance application may detect objects at the location. By cross-referencing the detected objects with a database indicating types of locations in which the detected objects are typically found, the media guidance application determines a location type for the location of the user device. The media guidance application then selects media assets appropriate for the location for presentation to the user. | 06-19-2014 |
20140172892 | QUERYLESS SEARCH BASED ON CONTEXT - Computer-readable media, computer systems, and computing devices for initiating a queryless search is provided. In this regard, a search can be initiated without a user inputting a query. In one embodiment, the method includes recognizing a search indication provided by a user to indicate a desire to view one or more search results related to content being presented. Such a search indication can be performed without accessing a web page associated with a search engine. In accordance with the search indication, contextual information related to the content being presented can be automatically captured. Thereafter, the captured contextual information is provided to initiate a search for information corresponding with the contextual information. Search results corresponding with the contextual information are received and presented. | 06-19-2014 |
20140172893 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ONLINE SOCIAL MATCHMAKING - A computer-based system for presenting interpersonal relationship recommendation that utilizes peer based opinions about a potential match to influence the recommendation, and that presents the peer based opinions along with the recommendation. | 06-19-2014 |
20140172894 | Recipe Suggestion System And Method - A computer-implemented method is disclosed herein. The method includes the step of storing, in a consumer purchase history database, identities of items purchased by a consumer. The method also includes the step of receiving, with a processing device of a recipe suggestion server, a recipe request signal from the consumer after said storing step. The method also includes the step of maintaining, in a recipe database, a plurality of recipes wherein each recipe is defined by a plurality of ingredients. The method also includes the step of comparing, with the processing device, the identities of items purchased by the consumer with the respective plurality of ingredients associated with one or more of the plurality of recipes. The method also includes the step of transmitting, with the processing device, at least one of the plurality of recipes to the consumer wherein the plurality of ingredients of the at least one of the plurality of recipes is correlated with the identities of items purchased by the consumer. | 06-19-2014 |
20140172895 | Modeled Associations for Business Object Data Structures - A service request to execute an operation on a business object is received. Thereafter, a metadata repository is polled to obtain a modeled association corresponding to the service request. The modeled association involves at least one node of the business object. The at least one node of the business object is then called using the modeled association to respond to the service request. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described. | 06-19-2014 |
20140172896 | APPARATUS FOR ANALYZING GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION AND METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are a geographic information analyzing apparatus and a method thereof, and more specifically, a geographic information analyzing apparatus which is capable of analyzing a region arbitrarily set by a user and a method thereof. The a geographic information analyzing apparatus disclosed in this specification includes a data storing unit which includes a spatial data storing unit which stores geospatial information and an attribute data storing unit which stores attribute information corresponding to the spatial data; a map viewer which provides a user interface and receives spatial information of an arbitrary region from a user, and a function providing unit which compares the geospatial information with the spatial information of the arbitrary region to calculate an overlapping ratio and performs analysis in accordance with a previously set function using attribute information in accordance with the overlapping ratio. | 06-19-2014 |
20140172897 | DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR PROCESSING DATA WITH TREE STRUCTURE - A system to enable restoration of a tree structure based on serialized data, and extraction of partial data that includes information of the tree structure from original data. A searching part identifies sequence elements of serialized data using a searching process. An essential element string identifying part identifies a sequence element string (essential element string) that includes the searched sequence elements. A rear section identifying part identifies a sequence element string that includes sequence elements located after the essential element string and is required to form a subtree that includes nodes corresponding to all the sequence elements of the essential element string. A front section identifying part identifies a sequence element string that includes sequence elements located before the essential element string and is required to form a subtree that includes nodes corresponding to all the sequence elements of the essential element string. | 06-19-2014 |
20140181129 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN UPDATING ON-LINE FORMS AND REGISTRATIONS - Improved approaches to completing, submitting and updating on-line forms or registrations are disclosed. In one embodiment, an on-line form completion agent or an on-line registration agent intelligently guides an on-line form completion or registration process. In another embodiment, a registration is automatically monitored to determine whether and when the registration needs updated. | 06-26-2014 |
20140181130 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF LARGE DATA SETS - Systems, methods and techniques for managing data sets are described. In particular, systems and methods for modeling, representing, acquiring and disseminating large data sets and data files using metadata are described. The large data sets may include geospatial information. The metadata may be extracted from the data or provided separately. Such metadata may be used to represent the underlying data so as to avoid unnecessary and/or unwanted transfer, exposure or manipulation of the underlying data. The metadata may be represented in a static or dynamic fashion, and may be shared via, for example, social media networks and the like. | 06-26-2014 |
20140181131 | TIMELINE WRINKLING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method for organizing event data by identifying a primary timeline containing event data, extracting a first timestamp from a first item of the primary timeline, setting a radius around the first timestamp, identifying a second timestamp within the radius, determining whether the second timestamp is already in a wrinkle timeline, and, if not, incorporating the second timestamp into the wrinkle timeline. Event data associated with the first item may be marked and emphasized in the wrinkle timeline. The system may also create one or more indexes of the event data. | 06-26-2014 |
20140181132 | ENTERING CONTACTS IN A COMMUNICATION MESSAGE ON A MOBILE DEVICE - Embodiments described herein provide a user with the ability to enter and validate contact addresses when composing a message on a mobile device. The user may access at least one of a local contact address data store and a remote contact address data store when entering and validating contact addresses. | 06-26-2014 |
20140181133 | Intelligent Feed Switch - Various techniques are disclosed for offloading the processing of data packets. For example, incoming data packets can be processed through an offload processor to generate a new stream of outgoing data packets that organize data from the data packets in a manner different than the incoming data packets. Furthermore, in an exemplary embodiment, the offloaded processing can be resident in an intelligent switch, such as an intelligent switch upstream or downstream from an electronic trading platform. | 06-26-2014 |
20140188919 | DUPLICATE DOCUMENT DETECTION - Methods, program products, and systems for performing a first plurality of computations on non rendered versions of first and second markup language documents to determine a first plurality of signals, each signal in the first plurality of signals representing a comparison of attributes for the non rendered versions of the first and second documents. A second plurality of computations are performed on rendered versions of the first and second markup language documents to determine a second plurality of signals, each signal in the second plurality of signals representing a comparison of attributes for the rendered versions of the first and second documents. The first plurality of signals and the second plurality of signals are combined to determine a confidence as to whether the first and second documents are duplicates. | 07-03-2014 |
20140188920 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CUSTOMIZED CONTENT - Systems and methods to receive content and generate a playlist of content based at least in part on content interests and/or preferences of occupants of a vehicle is disclosed. The playlist may further be generated based on user interests and/or preferences of multiple occupants of the vehicle. In addition, a drive context of the vehicle may be used in the selection of content for receiving and/or rendering. | 07-03-2014 |
20140188921 | Identifying confidential data in a data item by comparing the data item to similar data items from alternative sources - A method, apparatus and computer program product to identify confidential information in a document. To examine a document for inclusion of confidential information, the document is compared against documents having similar structure and content from one or more other sources. When comparing documents (of similar structure and content) from different sources, confidential information is then made to stand out by searching for terms (from the sources) that are not shared between or among them. In contrast, common words or terms that are shared across the sources are ignored as likely being non-confidential information; what remains as not shared may then be classified as confidential information and protected accordingly (e.g., by omission, redaction, substitution or the like). Using this technique, non-confidential information may be safely segmented from confidential information in a dynamic, automated manner. | 07-03-2014 |
20140188922 | CONTENT DISTRIBUTION - The invention introduces a method to inform/configure a peer-to-peer application environment such that an application can find good alternatives for peer selection and data exchange taking the network configuration conditions including caching strategies and deployment into account. In use, a mobile operator stores a tracker file that is used to provide information of likely locations of a data file sought by an end user. The mobile operator provides instructions to a mobile communication device of the end user regarding the location of a tracker file that is available for use by said mobile communication device. In this way, the mobile operator controls the peer-to-peer environment available to the end user. | 07-03-2014 |
20140188923 | MEDIA CONTENT NOTIFICATION VIA COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - The notification system identifies media content based on personal preferences of individual users and provides notification of identified media content to the users. In one embodiment, the system includes a number of user nodes that communicate with a registration site and a notification site via the internet. The notification site includes a media content database and a processor running contents election logic. The processor accesses the media content database in order to identify content that may be of interest to particular users of the user nodes. In this regard, content for a particular user may be identified by matching interest information obtained from the registration site with the content information of the media content database. | 07-03-2014 |
20140195554 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CASE ACTIVITY MONITORING AND CASE DATA RECOVERY USING AUDIT LOGS IN E-DISCOVERY - A method, apparatus and article of manufacture for analyzing data recorded in an audit log generated as part of an electronic discovery (e-Discovery) process in litigation is disclosed. In at least one embodiment of the present invention, a computer implemented method of analyzing data recorded in an audit log generated as part of an electronic discovery (e-Discovery) process in litigation is provided. The method comprises retrieving, on one or more computers, an audit log from a storage system accessible from the computer, the audit log comprising data regarding a chronological sequence of actions taken to produce case documents relevant in litigation. The data in the audit log is analyzed and a comprehensive overview of the electronic discovery process is compiled based on the analyzed data for presentation to a user. | 07-10-2014 |
20140195555 | AUTOMATIC REPORT GENERATION IN A NETWORKED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - An approach for automatically generating reports in a networked computing environment is provided. Specifically, in a typical embodiment, a user will: designate and/or modify a report template; input a set of unique identifiers corresponding to a set of electronic documents (e.g., patent documents); optionally designate a hierarchy of the set of electronic documents; provide a set of input parameters for report content; and optionally provide any manually generated content. Thereafter, the electronic documents will be retrieved from a database or the like. Based on the input parameters, report content and/or report objects will be automatically generated from the electronic documents and populated into a report (using the template) along with the manually generated content provided by the user. | 07-10-2014 |
20140201224 | FIND REGULAR EXPRESSION INSTRUCTION ON SUBSTRING OF LARGER STRING - A technique for pattern matching is provided. A processing circuit receives an input string streamed in as input, and the input string is designated into substrings according to predefined bytes. A first substring of the substrings is in a first register to be compared against a pattern of the predefined bytes in a second register. The processing circuit compares the first substring in the first register to the pattern in the second register according to a type of evaluations specified in a third register, and determines state information that includes a number of states achieved for the pattern based on the comparison. The state information is stored in a fourth register to be utilized in a next run for a next substring of the substrings making up the input string, where the next run builds from the state information in the fourth register. | 07-17-2014 |
20140201225 | VARIABLE DURATION NON-EVENT PATTERN MATCHING - Techniques for performing non-event pattern matching on continuous event streams using variable duration. The duration value used in non-event pattern matching can be variable. Accordingly, a first pattern match candidate can have a different associated duration from a second pattern match candidate for matches arising from events received via an event stream. In certain embodiments, the duration for a candidate pattern match may be based upon one or more attributes of an event that started the candidate pattern match or based upon an expression (e.g., an arithmetic expression) involving one or more attributes of the event. | 07-17-2014 |
20140201226 | IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SEME - A display method and an electronic device using the same are provided. The electronic device includes a screen. The display method comprises the follow steps: detecting a display specification of the electronic device; determining whether a first database includes a candidate image which is appropriate to the display specification; if the first database does not include the candidate image which is appropriate to the display specification, getting an original image from a second database and adjusting the original image into a display image which is appropriate to the display specification, and displaying the display image on the screen. | 07-17-2014 |
20140201227 | CONTENT-IDENTIFICATION ENGINE BASED ON SOCIAL MEDIA - A system and method for tracking trending topics on social media (e.g., Twitter) associated with a particular event and identifying relevant images or videos that are associated with the trending topic. For example, the system may monitor Twitter feeds associated with a particular sports event and analyze content posted in those feeds. Comments about a particular play made during the sports event (e.g., a touchdown) are detected by the system in the monitored feed content and used to locate and retrieve photos or videos associated with that particular play for display on a website or other content portal. | 07-17-2014 |
20140207810 | POINT PATTERN MATCH-BASED CHANGE DETECTION IN A CONSTELLATION OF PREVIOUSLY DETECTED OBJECTS - A method and system is provided that applies attribute- and topology-based change detection to objects that were detected on previous scans of a medium. The attributes capture properties or characteristics of the previously detected objects, such as location, time of detection, detection strength, size, elongation, orientation, etc. The locations define a three-dimensional network topology forming a constellation of previously detected objects. The change detection system stores attributes of the previously detected objects in a constellation database. The change detection system detects changes by comparing the attributes and topological consistency of newly detected objects encountered during a new scan of the medium to previously detected objects in the constellation database. The change detection system may receive the attributes of the newly detected objects as the objects are detected by an object detection system in real time. | 07-24-2014 |
20140207811 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR DETERMINING EMOTION OF USER AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING EMOTION OF USER - A system and method for determining an emotional state of a user of an electronic device. The system is configured to execute a method of receiving, using the electronic device, input emotional data, comparing the input emotional data with reference emotional data and determining an emotional state of a user of the electronic device, and transmitting the determined emotional state of the user to an external device to share the emotional state with the external device. | 07-24-2014 |
20140207812 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR COLLECTING ELECTRONICALLY STORED INFORMATION - Methods and apparatus for collecting electronically stored information are disclosed. In general, a processor images an electronic device to collect metadata associated with a plurality of files stored on the electronic device. For example, the metadata may include file names, file sizes dates, etc. The processor then receives selection information associated with the metadata, the selection information being indicative of a subset of the plurality of files. The processor then installs an electronically stored information (ESI) collection application (e.g., remotely via a network and/or via a thumb drive exclusively in RAM) in the first electronic device (e.g., a device running one of several different operating systems) in response to a selection of a collection initiation trigger (e.g., selection of a hyperlink or virtual button). The processor then collects the ESI. For example, the processor may collect the ESI from a hard disk or solid state drive using a collection wizard user interface. The processor then receives the subset of the plurality of files. | 07-24-2014 |
20140207813 | IDENTITY MAPPING SYSTEM AND METHOD - An identity mapping system includes an identity mapping database and a master user table (MUT) communicatively coupled with the identity mapping database. The MUT includes a record having at least one record data field, a unique user identification (ID) field and at least one user data field. The at least one user data field contains data from a software application. | 07-24-2014 |
20140214869 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING AND IDENTIFYING INTERESTS AMONG TENANTS FOR FOSTERING COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS - A system and method of managing interests and activities of residents and potential residents in a multi-unit building are provided. The method comprises: creating and maintaining a first set of records in the database for tenants, each record in the first set of records including fields for a name, contact information, building and interests; creating and maintaining a second set of records in the database for buildings, records in the second set including fields for a building name, address and amenities; creating and maintaining a third set of records in the database for activities, records in the third set including fields for an activity name, organizer, site, participants and activity details; analyzing the database to identify a set of tenant records in the first set of records that match an activity in the third set; and generating and sending notifications using contact information in the set of tenant records relating to the activity. | 07-31-2014 |
20140214870 | FINDING TIME-DEPENDENT ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS VARIABLES - Embodiments of the invention relate to arrangements for ascertaining time-dependent associations between inputted comparative effectiveness research (CER) variables from patient data are. Each CER variable is represented via at least one unit time series, and a similarity metric with respect to pairs of CER variables is determined. The determining includes comparing at least one unit time series from each of at least two CER variables. | 07-31-2014 |
20140214871 | GENERATION OF SYNTHETIC CONTEXT FRAMEWORKS FOR DIMENSIONALLY CONSTRAINED HIERARCHICAL SYNTHETIC CONTEXT-BASED OBJECTS - A processor-implemented method, system, and/or computer program product derives and utilizes a context object to generate a synthetic context-based object. A context object for a non-contextual data object is derived by contextually searching a document that contains multiple instances of the non-contextual data object. The non-contextual data object is associated with the derived context object to define a synthetic context-based object, where the non-contextual data object ambiguously relates to multiple subject-matters, and where the context object provides a context that identifies a specific subject-matter, from the multiple subject-matters, of the non-contextual data object. The synthetic context-based object is then associated with at least one specific data store, which includes data that is associated with data contained in the non-contextual data object and the context object. A dimensionally constrained hierarchical synthetic context-based object library for multiple synthetic context-based objects is then constructed for handling requests for data stores. | 07-31-2014 |
20140214872 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR DETERMINING SOCIAL COMPATIBILITY USING A SELECTED GROUP - Methods, systems, and computer readable media for determining social compatibility using a selected group are disclosed. According to one method, the method occurs at a computing platform. The method includes receiving, via a communications interface, interaction information about a first person. The interaction information is associated with at least one member of a selected group. The method also includes determining, using the interaction information, whether the first person is compatible with a second person. | 07-31-2014 |
20140214873 | USING INDIVIDUALS PREDICTED TYPE TO AID IN CONTENT SELECTION - 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. | 07-31-2014 |
20140214874 | PREDICTED TYPE AND CONTEXTS IN ASSESSMENTS - 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. | 07-31-2014 |
20140214875 | NODE SEARCH SYSTEM AND METHOD USING PUBLISH-SUBSCRIBE COMMUNICATION MIDDLEWARE - Disclosed herein are a node search apparatus and method. The apparatus includes a communication unit, a node search execution unit, and publish-subscribe communication middleware. The communication unit receives information about a child node of a root node in a node tree and a target node from a task distribution unit. The node search execution unit performs a search for the target node on the child node and the lower nodes of the child node. The publish-subscribe communication middleware publishes information about a visited node, which belongs to the child node and the lower nodes of the child node and which is determined not to correspond to the target node by the node search execution unit, to a global database. | 07-31-2014 |
20140214876 | Virtual physician office systems and methods - Electronic records are formatted according to recipient addresses. When an electronic database record is received by a server or other device, the electronic database record has any formatting, herein termed a legacy format. The electronic database record is destined for delivery to device identified by a recipient address. The recipient address is associated with a software agent that reformats the legacy format into a different format. The electronic database record is thus reformatted according to software agent associated with the recipient address. A reformatted database record is thus sent to the recipient address, and the reformatted database record has the different format. | 07-31-2014 |
20140214877 | 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. | 07-31-2014 |
20140214878 | PROVIDING RELEVANT NON-REQUESTED CONTENT TO A MOBILE DEVICE - A system and method are directed towards providing non-requested content to a mobile terminal based on characteristics of, and tracked usage of the mobile terminal to request content through an online portal service, which provides access to content in multiple subject areas. A mobile user profile is created from the characteristics and patterns of the tracked usage. The tracked usage information includes the time, location, frequency at which the content was requested. Based on the mobile user profile information, content related to previously requested content is provided to the mobile terminal upon a trigger that is related to the requested content. The trigger event may include the mobile terminal returning to a location from which certain content was previously requested. The non-requested content may further be based on a related general user profile that indicates usage of an alternate electronic device to access content through the portal. | 07-31-2014 |
20140214879 | PERSON-BASED INFORMATION AGGREGATION - Techniques are described for aggregating person-based information on a computing device. The computing device includes a display device and one or more processors. The processors are configured to determine a context of the computing device, and identify a contact associated with the currently-executing application and a plurality of contact identifiers associated with the contact. The processors are configured to receive, from two or more different sources and based on at least one contact, information associated with the contact that includes a respective portion of information received from each of the different sources, determine, based on the context of the computing device, a respective priority value for each of the portions of the information, select, based on the respective priority value, one or more portions of the information, and output, for display, a graphical user interface including at least the selected one or more portions of the information. | 07-31-2014 |
20140222847 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING A WEARABLE DEVICE TO PREDICT THE INDIVIDUALS TYPE AND A SUITABLE THERAPY REGIME - 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. | 08-07-2014 |
20140222848 | ADAPTATION OF USER-INTERFACE BASED ON PREDICTED INDIVIDUAL TYPE - 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. | 08-07-2014 |
20140222849 | ADAPTATION OF USER-INTERFACE BASED ON PREDICTED INDIVIDUAL TYPE - 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. | 08-07-2014 |
20140222850 | GENERATION OF CONTENT BASED ON PREDICTED INDIVIDUAL TYPE - 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. | 08-07-2014 |
20140222851 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES TO DETERMINE RELATIONSHIP COMPATIBILITY BASED ON PREDICTED TYPES - 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. | 08-07-2014 |
20140222852 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BIT-MAP BASED KEYWORD SPOTTING IN COMMUNICATION TRAFFIC - Methods and systems for locating occurrences of a search pattern in a body of text. A processor searches the text for one or more occurrences of a pattern. Both the text and the pattern comprise symbols of some alphabet. In preparation for the search, the processor defines a respective bit-map for each alphabet symbol. Using the bit-maps, the processor carries out a highly efficient process of searching the text for occurrences of the pattern. The processor then scans the pattern backwards using the bit-maps, symbol by symbol, attempting to match the symbols of the pattern to the corresponding symbols of the text. If a match is not found, the processor calculates the size of the jump to the next position in the text based on the accumulated results of the evaluations up to the current position. | 08-07-2014 |
20140222853 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THE COMPARISON OF ANNOTATIONS WITHIN FILES - Systems and methods are disclosed for comparing annotations in files to show changes in the annotations at a granular level. In one implementation, a system receives a first file and a second file for comparison. The system determines the annotation ranges for each annotation in the first file and the annotation range for each annotation in the second file. The system then determines the annotations from the first file that overlap with annotations from the second file and compares annotations that overlap. The system then incorporates the comparison of the annotations into a main comparison file. In certain implementations, the system uses an index to determine what annotations overlap. In other implementations, matched pairs are created from overlapping annotations. | 08-07-2014 |
20140236975 | Configurable Electronic Media Distribution System - A method and system for the distribution of electronic media content to employees where the subscriber is presented with a media content library that is key word searchable such that the subscriber can quickly and easily identify media content associated with certain key words. The subscriber's key word searches may also be saved and the subscriber notified when additional media content is available associated with the previously searched key word. | 08-21-2014 |
20140236976 | MATCH WINDOW SIZE FOR MATCHING MULTI-LEVEL TRANSACTIONS BETWEEN LOG FILES - A predefined number of matches is identified between records in a first file and records in a second file. For the matches, determine the span of the actual range of record positions in the second file relative to the positions of the operation records in the first file within which all matches were found. If the actual span is smaller than the span of a current defined range of record positions by at least a first threshold value, decrease the span of the current defined range. If the actual span is within a second threshold value of the span of the current defined range, increase the span of the current defined range. If an amount above a third threshold value of operation records in the first file are not matched to operation records in the second file, increasing the span of the current defined range. | 08-21-2014 |
20140236977 | MAPPING EPIGENETIC SURPRISAL DATA THROUGTH HADOOP TYPE DISTRIBUTED FILE SYSTEMS - A method, system and computer program product for reducing an amount of epigenetic data representing epigenetic modifications of a genetic sequence of an organism using a Hadoop type distributed file system. The method including the steps of breaking epigenetic data and a reference epigenetic map into blocks of data of a fixed size; distributing the blocks of data to the plurality of worker nodes within the clusters and replicating the blocks of data within each of the worker nodes; tasking the plurality of worker nodes to perform a map job comprising mapping the reference epigenetic map relative to the epigenetic data; and when a worker node has reported a completion of the map job, tasking the worker node with a reduce job based on a specific key to an output of epigenetic surprisal data and associated metadata. | 08-21-2014 |
20140236978 | PUBLISHING TECHNIQUES FOR ADDING VALUE TO A RENDERED DOCUMENT - A system for processing a visual capture operation as described. The system receives an indication of a visual capture operation performed from a rendered document. The indication specifies both a text sequence capture as part of the capture operation and a supplemental marking captured as part of the capture operation. The system determines an action to perform in response to receiving the indication, based both upon the text sequence specified in the indication and the supplemental markings specified by the indication. | 08-21-2014 |
20140236979 | Information searching method and device, and computer storage medium - It is described an information searching method and device and a computer storage medium, which belong to the field of computers. The method includes that: a keyword for search input by a user is acquired, and user information of the user is acquired as well; and search is performed according to the keyword and the user information to obtain searched-out information that matches the keyword o and is relevant to the user information. The device includes an acquiring module and a searching module. The computer storage medium stores a computer program for executing the method. With the method, it is possible to perform search according to the acquired keyword and the user information to obtain searched-out information that matches the keyword and is relevant to the user information. The information obtained with the searching method described herein is highly relevant to the user, thereby enhancing the relevance between the searched-out information and the user. | 08-21-2014 |
20140236980 | Method and Apparatus for Establishing Association - A method can be used with a mobile device. In response to an operation by a mobile device user, an image of a selected person in a picture displayed on the mobile device is determined. The picture includes more than one person. Corresponding information that matches the image of the selected person in the picture is searched for and in association between the image of the selected person in the picture and the corresponding information is established. | 08-21-2014 |
20140236981 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING QUICK RETRIEVAL OF FILES - A method performed at a device and a storage medium includes: reading files stored in the storage medium, including one or more first files stored at a first logical location and one or more second files stored at a second logical location in the storage medium, where the first logical location is reserved for a first application and the second logical location is reserved for a second application; generating a file database of the files; displaying a plurality of affordances, each respective affordance corresponding to one or more respective file display criteria; receiving an input corresponding to a command to select a first affordance of the plurality of affordances; and in response to receiving the input: determining from the file database files that satisfy, regardless of storage location in the storage medium, the respective file display criteria corresponding to the first affordance; and displaying information on the determined files. | 08-21-2014 |
20140244675 | INSTANTANEOUS INCREMENTAL SEARCH USER INTERFACE - An incremental search user interface is implemented to reduce search requests from a client system to a server system. In one aspect, a result list is cached in a memory of the client system, where the result list corresponds to a search request from the client system to the server system. In another aspect, a check is repeatedly performed, in a predetermined time interval, to determine whether an input keystroke is received. Upon confirming the receiving of an input keystroke, based on a partial query and the cached result list, determine whether a search request to the server is unnecessary. | 08-28-2014 |
20140244676 | Discovering Title Information for Structured Data in a Document - A method, system, and computer program product for discovering title information for structured data in a document are provided in the illustrative embodiments. An instance of structured data is identified in a document. A search direction is identified relative to a location of the instance, wherein a title describing the instance is located in a document portion in the search direction from the instance. A sentence is selected in the document portion. A determination is made whether the selected sentence qualifies as a title by determining whether an independent clause in the selected sentence includes a verb-phrase. Responsive to the selected sentence qualifying as the title, the selected sentence is designated as a candidate title for the instance. | 08-28-2014 |
20140244677 | DYNAMIC GENERATION OF DEMONSTRATIVE AIDS FOR A MEETING - A method, computer program product and/or system generate presentation material for a proposed meeting. Synthetic insights of members of an expected audience at the proposed meeting are generated. The synthetic insights describe a preferred style of communication as indicated by the members of the expected meeting audience during a previous commercial interaction. Information documents from a document database are matched to a topic of the proposed meeting and the synthetic insights of the expected meeting audience, in order to retrieve relevant information documents for the proposed meeting. Presentation material for the proposed meeting is then generated from information documents that match the topic of the proposed meeting and the synthetic insights of the expected meeting audience. | 08-28-2014 |
20140244678 | CUSTOMIZED USER EXPERIENCES - Systems and methods for customizing a user experience are described. The methods include automatically collecting identifying characteristic information for a current user, comparing the identifying characteristic information to stored user profiles for known users, identifying the current user as a known user, retrieving user preferences for the known user, and presenting the user preferences. | 08-28-2014 |
20140244679 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MATCHING UNKNOWN SOFTWARE COMPONENT TO KNOWN SOFTWARE COMPONENT - A computer system or method identifies components. A component fingerprint storage is configured to memorize known fingerprints of known components. The term “component” used herein is defined to be a specific version of pre-existing executable software, or a reusable pre-existing self-contained software code building block which is not a complete stand-alone finished product ready for use and which is binary or source code. A fingerprint is generated for a normalized unknown component and fingerprints are generated for all normalized components included in the unknown component. It is determined whether any of the fingerprints generated for the normalized unknown component and for the normalized components included in the unknown component match any of the known fingerprints of known components. | 08-28-2014 |
20140250139 | Method and Apparatus Requesting Information Upon Returning To A Search Results List - A method, apparatus and computer program product for requesting information upon returning to a search results list is presented. A search results list is presented to a user. The user can then navigate to an item referenced in the search results list. The user is provided with additional content when the user returns to the search results list, the additional content permitting the user to provide comments regarding the item previously navigated to from said search results list. | 09-04-2014 |
20140250140 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING SEARCHES OF GRAPHS AS REPRESENTED WITHIN AN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM - A system and method for performing searches within a social graph database or with social graph data structures of an information technology system. In one aspect, a first graph is accessed that includes a plurality of nodes and edges between pairs of the plurality of nodes. A plurality of zones within the graph are defined or discovered and a search for a pathway from a first node of a first to an Nth node of an Nth zone is initiated, and a determination is made whether a zone pathway exists between the first zone to the Nth zone. In addition, the present invention provides for determining the existence of edges between zones; forming a zone graph prior to initiating the search for a pathway; forming a superzone graph prior to initiating the search for a pathway, wherein each group of connected zones is presented as an individual node. | 09-04-2014 |
20140258317 | Methods and Apparatus For Fast Item Identification - Methods and apparatus are provided for fast item identification. A plurality of sensors capture data for an unknown item that is moved past the sensors. The data is processed to produce a plurality of physical attributes related to the unknown item. The physical attributes are used to search a database of physical attributes for a large number of known items where the unknown item is one of the known items. A small set of known items are selected where the physical attributes of the known items match the physical attributes of the unknown item. Further processing of the selected set of known items identifies the unknown item as one of the set of known items. | 09-11-2014 |
20140258318 | AUTOMATIC FITTING OF HAPTIC EFFECTS - A system is provided that automatically generates one or more haptic effects from source data, such as audio source data. The system fits the one or more haptic effects to the source data by analyzing the source data and identifying one or more haptic effects that are the most similar to the source data. The system matches the identified one or more haptic effects with the source data. The system subsequently outputs the identified one or more haptic effects. | 09-11-2014 |
20140258319 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACCELERATING THE EXPIRATION OF RESOURCE RECORDS IN A LOCAL CACHE - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates reconfirmation of resource records in a cache. The system starts by retrieving the resource record at a client and attempting to establish communication using the data in that resource record. In the event that communication is not successful, the system responds by issuing one or more queries for the resource record in question. The system then waits for a response to the query. If the response to the query is not received in a pre-determined amount of time, the system invalidates the resource record. The response from the device is a multicast response, thereby allowing other clients to update corresponding resource records in their local caches without querying the device, and thus saving network bandwidth. | 09-11-2014 |
20140258320 | INTEGRATING REMOVABLE STORAGE DEVICES - Integrating removable storage devices is disclosed. A described method includes retrieving an identifier of a removable storage device connected to a computer system and matching the identifier with a device identification stored in a file of the computer system. The file includes an application identifier corresponding to the device identification. The method also includes executing an application corresponding to the application identifier associated with the device identification matched to the identifier. | 09-11-2014 |
20140280265 | Methods and Systems for Identifying Information of a Broadcast Station and Information of Broadcasted Content - Methods and systems for identifying information of a broadcast station and information of broadcasted content are provided. In one example, a method includes receiving at a client device media content rendered by a media rendering source, and the client device making an attempt to determine an identity of the media content based on information stored on the client device. The method also includes based on the attempt of the client device to determine the identity of the media content, determining an identity of the media rendering source. The method further includes based on the attempt of the client device to determine the identity of the media content and on determining the identity of the media rendering source, sending information indicative of the media content to a content recognition server to determine the identity of the media content. | 09-18-2014 |
20140280266 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUSES FOR TRACKING THE DISPLAY OF MEDIA-BASED CONTENT IN REAL TIME - Applicants have created systems, methods, and apparatuses for tracking the display of media-based content in real time. The inventions can include a first media device adapted to output media, a first display unit adapted to display the outputted media, and an apparatus adapted to receive metadata associated with the outputted media and compare the metadata with data. The apparatus can further be adapted to output the media and one or more of a warning indicator and a status indicator if at least a portion of the metadata and the data match as a result of the comparison of the metadata with the data. By tracking the display of media-based content, the inventions described herein can prevent an end user from accessing previously accessed media-based content, restrict the content a given end user is permitted to access, and ensure the licensing terms of a copyright owner's content are properly enforced. | 09-18-2014 |
20140280267 | CREATING REAL-TIME ASSOCIATION INTERACTION THROUGHOUT DIGITAL MEDIA - A computer implemented system and method uses real time interaction among associations of digital data relating to digital media. The system comprises a database system storing a plurality of digital media items each having associated digital data relating to features of the digital media item. A user device accesses digital media. The user device, in operative collaboration with the database system, identifies one or more features of the accessed digital media to determine associated digital data relating to the features of the accessed digital media. This includes comparing digital data of the accessed digital media with digital data of the stored digital media items to identify associations between the accessed digital media with digital data of the stored digital media items, defining associated digital media items. The database system retrieves the associated digital media items and generating buttons and/or features relating to digital data for the associated digital media items and transmits the associated digital media items and/or the related buttons and features to the user device. | 09-18-2014 |
20140280268 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VERIFYING CONFIGURATION ITEM CHANGES - A system and method is provided for managing verification of configuration item changes. Discovered configuration data associated with a configuration item may be received. A determination may be made regarding whether a change order for the configuration item exists. A determination may be made regarding whether the change order is in a “verification in progress” state. When the change order is in the “verification in progress” state, alignment of the discovered configuration data with the change order may be determined and a verification policy may be determined based on the determined alignment. | 09-18-2014 |
20140280269 | Virtual property reporting for automatic structure detection - A computer system comprises a processor capable of executing processor executable code operably coupled with a non-transitory computer medium storing processor executable code, which when executed by the processor causes the processor to: (a) receive a first signal over a computer network, the first signal indicative of a request for information about a target structure from a user; (b) in response to receiving the first signal, access a database including information about the target structure; and (c) transmit a second signal over the computer network indicative of a virtual property report for the target structure including at least one image of the target structure. The virtual property report may include information about a facet of the target structure facing a street, location of a main entrance of the target structure, location of a secondary entrance of the target structure, location of vehicle access to the target structure. | 09-18-2014 |
20140280270 | DEMOGRAPHIC DETERMINATION FOR MEDIA CONSUMPTION ANALYTICS - A system, method and apparatus are disclosed which may be used to provide demographic and behavior data of a user of a video service provider. The user demographic information may be obtained by obtaining an image of the user, analyzing the image data, and providing the information about the determined demographic data. Behavior data may be obtained from at least one sensor monitoring user actions and correlating the user actions with video content being provided to the user. | 09-18-2014 |
20140280271 | INSTRUCTION AND LOGIC FOR PROCESSING TEXT STRINGS - Method, apparatus, and program means for performing a string comparison operation. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes execution resources to execute a first instruction. In response to the first instruction, said execution resources store a result of a comparison between each data element of a first and second operand corresponding to a first and second text string, respectively. | 09-18-2014 |
20140280272 | MEDIA CONTENT SUBSTITUTION - Embodiments of the invention relate to managing access to media files and content therein. In one embodiment, a first identifier representing a first media content component in a first set of media content components is identified. The first set of media content components is included within a first media file that has been received from a first source. The identifier is compared with at least a second identifier representing at least a second media content component in a second set of media content components. The second set of media content components is associated with at least a second media file received from a second source. The first source is different than the second source. Responsive to the first digital signature substantially matching the second identifier, the first media content component is replaced with the second media content component. | 09-18-2014 |
20140280273 | ANIMAL ABNORMALITY DETECTING DEVICE, AND ANIMAL ABNORMALITY DETECTING METHOD - An animal abnormality detecting device includes an animal abnormality information storage unit, a retrieval observation data receiving unit, an animal abnormality information specifying unit, and an abnormality information transmitting unit. In the animal abnormality information storage unit, animal abnormality information including animal observation data including one or more pieces of time-series observation data on an animal and animal individual information is stored. The retrieval observation data receiving unit receives retrieval animal observation data including one or more pieces of time-series observation data on an animal and retrieval animal individual information. The animal abnormality information specifying unit specifies the animal abnormality information including the animal observation data and the animal individual information corresponding to the retrieval animal observation data and the retrieval animal individual information. The abnormality information transmitting unit transmits abnormality information when the animal abnormality information specifying unit specifies the animal abnormality information. | 09-18-2014 |
20140280274 | PROBABILISTIC RECORD LINKING - Probabilistic record linking methods and a system are provided. Selections are acquired; the selections identify the two data sources, column identifiers from each of the two data sources, pairs of column identifiers from each of the two data sources, a confidence values for matching each record associated with each pair. The selections are used to compare data housed in the two data sources. Based on the comparison, matched records and non matched records are identified from the two data sources. | 09-18-2014 |
20140280275 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DOCUMENT DRIVEN ACTIONS - A system and method are disclosed for tracking documents in a computing environment, including documents stored locally on computing devices. A monitoring module stored on a computing device may determine that a user is trying to open a document stored locally on the computing device and communicate a signature associated with the document to a document tracking system. A document tracking system may compare the signature with a set of stored signatures to see if the document corresponds to a document already being tracked. If the document is not being tracked already, the document tracking system may upload the document into the system, send a link to a newer version or determine one or more actions to be performed on the document based on the signature. | 09-18-2014 |
20140280276 | DATABASE SHARDING BY SHARD LEVELS - A system and a method are disclosed for identifying a particular database shard associated with a given user. Each user is assigned a shard level that corresponds to a set of database shards that were active within a database management system when the user first joined the data management system. When a data request associated with a given user is received, the shard level assigned to the user identifies the database shard in the database management system that stores data associated with the user. The data request is thus processed using the identified database shard. | 09-18-2014 |
20140280277 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTEGRATION AND CORRELATION OF GIS DATA - Method for calculating tolerance zones for utility assets includes: receiving data about a point, a line, or an area related to a location of an utility asset in a region; receiving information about said utility asset in the region from one or more databases, wherein the received information includes two or more of a type of the utility asset, a location of the utility asset, an accuracy of the location of the utility asset, accuracy requirements for the utility asset, accuracy requirements for the region, and a map tile accuracy; calculating a tolerance zone for said utility asset in the region based on the accuracy requirements for the utility asset and one or more of said accuracy of the location of the utility asset, accuracy requirements for the region, and the map tile accuracy; and transmitting the tolerance zone to a remote device. | 09-18-2014 |
20140280278 | VIEW OF A PHYSICAL SPACE AUGMENTED WITH SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT ORIGINATING FROM A GEO-LOCATION OF THE PHYSICAL SPACE - The disclosure relates to systems and methods for augmenting a view of a physical space of one or more geographically definable locations (“geo-locations”) with social media and/or other content originating from the one or more geo-locations. Generally speaking, the system may include a computing device having one or more processors programmed to augment (e.g., add to, overlay, embed, etc.) the view of the physical space of a geo-location with social media content, thereby allowing a user to view a physical space at a geo-location along with social media content that was created from the geo-location. | 09-18-2014 |
20140289267 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TWO DIMENSIONAL EDGE-BASED MAP MATCHING - An approach is provided for two-dimensional (2D) edge-based map matching. The 2D edge-based map matching platform receives at least one request to match a probe data point to one of a plurality of thoroughfare segments. Next, the 2D edge-based map matching platform determines respective edges of the plurality of thoroughfare segments and causes a matching of the probe data point to the one thoroughfare segment based on a comparison of the probe data point to the respective edges of the plurality of thoroughfare segments. | 09-25-2014 |
20140297673 | REDUCING CHURN RATE FOR A SOCIAL NETWORK SERVICE - Systems and methods for reducing a churn rate associated with subscribers of social network services are described. In some example embodiments, the systems and methods may access activity information associated with a former subscriber of a social network service, compare the accessed activity information to activity information associated with subscribers of the social network service, identify one or more differences between the activity information associated with the former subscriber of the social network service and the activity information associated with the subscribers of the social network service, and perform an action based on the identified one or more differences. | 10-02-2014 |
20140297674 | TERMINAL APPARATUS MOUNTABLE IN VEHICLE, MOBILE DEVICE FOR WORKING WITH THE TERMINAL APPARATUS, AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING SERVICE THEREOF - A mobile device is provided. The mobile device includes: a display; a communicator configured to communicate with a terminal apparatus which displays items classified into a plurality of groups in a form of a list; and when the mobile device is connected with the terminal apparatus for communication, a controller configured to hop over the groups of the items displayed on the terminal apparatus according to a touch manipulation which is performed on a screen of the display. Accordingly, the mobile device can provide various services by being interlocked with the terminal apparatus mounted in a vehicle. | 10-02-2014 |
20140304286 | Systems and Methods for Creating and Using Imbedded Shortcodes and Shortened Physical and Internet Addresses - Systems and methods are disclosed for creating and using imbedded Shortcodes. An imbedded Shortcode (ISC) and Shortcode may be uniquely associated with a full name that identifies an item of interest. The Shortcode may be visually identified when the full name is displayed by the ISC, which is select characters of the full name that are visually distinguished from the other characters of the full name. Thus, subsequent reference to the associated full name and its item of interest may be identified simply by using the Shortcode instead of the full name. For example, a user of an electronic device may observe the full name with the ISC in a visual display, and sequentially enter the characters of the Shortcode from the ISC into the electronic device to obtain additional information regarding the item of interest. | 10-09-2014 |
20140304287 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCKLESS READERS OF B-TREES - A system configured to associate information with a file. The system including memory, one or more processors, and one or more modules stored in memory and configured for execution by the one or more processors. The modules including a reader module configured to perform a lockless read of a B-tree stored in an operating system file and a writer module configured to perform a write process to the B-tree. | 10-09-2014 |
20140304288 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DATA CACHE HANDLING - A method for caching in a server is provided. Data from a database is duplicated in an external cache and a hot cache which are used to speed up access and distribute server load reducing access traffic the database. The server is configured to process data requests by checking the hot cache first, then the external cache before attempting to retrieve data from the database. | 10-09-2014 |
20140304289 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING TERMINAL, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing device is connected to multiple information processing terminals wherein multiple types of expressions exhibited by a user during playback of content are detected, evaluation of each played-back content is obtained, of the detected plurality of types of expressions a predetermined expression serving as a high evaluation index indicated by the user during playback of high evaluation content is identified, and the expression information serving as a identified high evaluation index and the information expressing evaluation as to each content are transmitted. The information device includes a receiving unit to receive expression information serving as the high evaluation index from multiple information processing terminals; a user identifying unit to identify a user indicating an expression of similar high evaluation index for the same content; a recommended content identifying unit to identify recommended content having a high evaluation to other similar users; and a transmitting unit. | 10-09-2014 |
20140304290 | SCREENING TOOL FOR PROVIDERS OF SYNTHETIC DOUBLE STRANDED DNA - A screening tool and methodology may examine gene sequences to detect and alert whether there is an indication as to the use of the ordered or purchased gene sequence, or parts thereof, for harmful purposes. | 10-09-2014 |
20140310294 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING A WEARABLE DEVICE TO PREDICT THE INDIVIDUALS TYPE AND A SUITABLE THERAPY REGIME - 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 |
20140310295 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON DATA FROM WEARABLE DEVICES - 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 |
20140310296 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON DATA FROM WEARABLE DEVICES - 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 |
20140310297 | HOME AUTOMATION SYSTEMS UTILIZING DETECTED STRESS DATA OF AN INDIVIDUAL AND THE INDIVIDUALS PREDICTED TYPE - 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 |
20140310298 | CONTROLLING A SENSORY DEVICE TO REDUCE STRESS AN INDIVIDUALS TYPE AND THE DATA COLLECTED FROM A WEARABLE SENSOR DEVICE - 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 |
20140310299 | MAP TILE DATA PRE-FETCHING BASED ON MOBILE DEVICE GENERATED EVENT ANALYSIS - Map tile data for displaying graphic elements of a web-based mapping system in a mobile computing device may be pre-fetched to the device based on an analysis of the historical uses of a mapping module at that device. A user mapping activity module executing on the mobile device may retrieve user mapping activity data. The module may then extract geographic location data from the user mapping activity data and send the extracted data to a mapping system via a network connection. The mapping system may then match map tile data to the geographic location data extracted from the user mapping activity data and send the matched data to the mobile computing device for cache storage at the mobile computing device. The user mapping activity module may also analyze the user mapping activity data to determine whether the extracted geographic location data is relevant enough to warrant pre-fetching the tile data. | 10-16-2014 |
20140317134 | MULTI-STAGE PARALLEL MULTI-CHARACTER STRING MATCHING DEVICE - A multi-stage parallel multi-character string matching device, including: a rule circuit having multiple rule units, each of the multiple rule units embodying a transition rule based on an AC-trie; a state circuit coupled with the rule circuit for determining multiple next-state data; and an output circuit coupled with the rule circuit for determining multiple matching output data. | 10-23-2014 |
20140317135 | PROVIDING RECOMMENDATIONS TO INDIVIDUALS BASED ON THE INDIVIDUALS TYPE - 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. | 10-23-2014 |
20140317136 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING IMAGES AND GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION DATA IN A MOBILE DEVICE - A mobile communication device and a method for managing images, associated geographic location data, and associated supplemental information, in which geographic location data is generated based on a current location of the mobile communication device; a map corresponding to the generated geographic location data is displayed; a plurality of images and associated supplemental information corresponding to each image in a list mode are displayed in a first user interface, wherein the displayed associated supplemental information comprises description information and a street address; a selection of the plurality images, the associated description information, and the associated street address is received; the selected associated location information is displayed in a second user interface, wherein the second user interface comprises an editing mode; and the supplemental information is edited in the edit mode by receiving note information and the note information is associated with the selected associated description information. | 10-23-2014 |
20140317137 | LOG MANAGEMENT COMPUTER AND LOG MANAGEMENT METHOD - The purpose of the invention is to provide a log management computer that shortens log search time while reducing log storage volume. The log management computer manages a log acquired from a log generating system that generates the log, which is an operation record. The log management computer is characterized by: extracting from a log message contained in the log, both a common portion that is common with another log message and a different portion that is different from another log message; storing the extracted common portion in common portion information of a storage area; storing the extracted different portion in different portion information of the storage area; and if a search request containing a search condition is received, searching for a log message that matches the search condition. | 10-23-2014 |
20140324896 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING METADATA TO SEARCH FOR RELATED COMPUTER INFRASTRUCTURE COMPONENTS - A computer system for crawling computer infrastructure inventory data includes a processor and a memory device coupled to the processor. The computer system also includes an inventory database system stored on the memory device. The inventory database system includes computer-executable instructions allowing the computer to manage stored records. The computer system is configured to (a) retrieve an inventory record from the inventory database system, the inventory record containing inventory data, (b) determine that the inventory data contains relational inventory metadata, (c) determine that the relational inventory metadata indicates at least one related inventory record, and (d) perform step (a) on the at least one related inventory record. | 10-30-2014 |
20140324897 | Decision Tree With Just-In-Time Nodal Computations - A computer-implemented method is disclosed for efficiently processing a large number of records. In the method, a computer system may obtain a plurality of records and a decision tree. The decision tree may include a distinction node corresponding to a distinction requiring completion of a computation. Due to the fact that the computation may be, in the overall context of the process, computationally expensive, it may initially be left uncomputed. Accordingly, if the distinction node is never reached when records are being processed, no computation time gets wasted. However, if and when the distinction node is reached, the computer system may complete the computation and make the distinction based on results of the computation. | 10-30-2014 |
20140324898 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEARCHING ALIASES ASSOCIATED WITH AN ENTITY - A search system for collecting aliases associated with an entity name, includes a storage module configured to store at least one first lexical pattern, a search module coupled to the storage module and configured to obtain a plurality of first snippets from a database according to the entity name, and an alias extracting module coupled to the storage module and the search module separately and configured to, according to the entity name and the first lexical pattern, determine whether any first alias exists in the first snippets. If a first alias exists, the alias extracting module extracts it out and stores it in the storage module. | 10-30-2014 |
20140324899 | ENHANCED FOOD INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AND PRESENTATION ON A SELECTIVE DYNAMIC BASIS AND ASSOCIATED SERVICES - A food media processing platform (FMPP) and a computer-implemented method, performed by a processor, are described for processing recipe information for presentation to a consumer. An original recipe stored in a first database may be examined to determine key attributes of the original recipe. The determined key attributes of the original recipe may be contrasted with consumer provided information stored in a second database. At least one modified recipe may be generated based on the contrasting. An algorithm is then performed that compares the key attributes of the modified recipe to a predetermined criteria. The modified recipe may then be presented to the consumer along with supplemental information on a condition that the predetermined criteria has been met. | 10-30-2014 |
20140324900 | Intelligent Graph Walking - An apparatus, and corresponding method, for performing a search for a match of at least one expression in an input stream is presented. A graph including a number of interconnected nodes is generated. A compiler may assign at least one starting node and at least one ending node. The starting node includes a location table with node position information of an ending node and a sub-string value associated with the ending node. Using the node position information and a string comparison function, intermediate nodes located between the starting and ending nodes may be bypassed. The node bypassing may reduce the number of memory accesses required to read the graph. | 10-30-2014 |
20140324901 | Method and system for selecting at least one data record from a relational database - A method for selecting at least one data record from a relational database having a plurality of data records each having at least two attributes each with a type of the attribute and a value of the attribute includes: providing a first subset of data records from the relational database on the basis of a stipulation for the type of a first attribute and independently of a stipulation for the value of the first attribute; selecting data records from the first subset on the basis of a stipulation for a second attribute; providing the selected data records in a second subset; and then selecting the at least one data record from the second subset on the basis of the stipulation for the value for the first attribute. | 10-30-2014 |
20140330854 | EFFICIENT MATCHING OF DATA - Technologies are disclosed for enabling users to comprehensively determine their exposures to media and to receive services based thereon. For example, an application can be executed on a computing device associated with a user. The application can continuously monitor audio data that the computing device is exposed to and can generate digital signatures thereof. The digital signatures can be transmitted to a server that comprises a database of reference digital signatures and circuitry configured to compare and match the received digital signatures and the reference digital signatures. When a match is found, the server retrieves information associated with the matched reference digital signature and returns, to the device, the retrieved information. The server can also concatenate matches associated with data received from a plurality of computing devices and provide the concatenated data to a third party, who in turn, returns services to the users based on the received data. | 11-06-2014 |
20140337364 | COMPARING DATABASE PERFORMANCE WITHOUT BENCHMARK WORKLOADS - Database operation records are sequentially read from two or more log files. If the transaction identifier is new and the record is not an end-of-transaction record, an open transactions list entry is created. If the transaction identifier is new and the record is an end-of-transaction record, a transaction type list entry is created or updated. If the transaction identifier is not new and is not an end-of-transaction record, an open transactions list entry is updated. If the transaction identifier is not new and the record is an end-of-transaction record, a transaction type list entry is created or updated. When all log file records are read, analytical comparison between the information associated with two or more of the log files in data fields in the transaction type list entries is performed. | 11-13-2014 |
20140337365 | Method for identifying network similarity by matching neighborhood topology - A similarity measure is computed between nodes of first and second networks. Sets of pairwise scores are computed to find nodes in the individual networks that are good matches to one another. A pairwise score is computed for a node i in the first network and a node j in the second network. Similar pairwise scores are computed for each of the nodes in each network. The process identifies node pairs that exhibit high pairwise values. Preferably, nodes i and j are a good match if their neighbors are a good match. This technique produces a measure of network similarity. If node feature data is available, nodes i and j are considered a good match if their neighbors are a good match (network similarity) and their node features are a good match (node similarity). Using the similarity scores, a common subgraph between the first and second networks is computed. | 11-13-2014 |
20140337366 | GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH LOGGING SYSTEM AND METHOD - In one example, a method for collecting, organizing and processing genealogical research is provided that includes performing various processes at and/or by way of a client device, including, defining an objective and a search, and requesting association of the search with the objective. The example method also includes defining search results generated by the search, and requesting association of URL links and electronic files with the results. The search results are then associated with the defined search, and objectives, searches, and results previously defined and recorded by the user can be found by the user and updated. | 11-13-2014 |
20140337367 | FORENSIC SYSTEM, FORENSIC METHOD, AND FORENSIC PROGRAM - Embodiments of the inventive concept can extract digital document information related with a specific individual to achieve a work load reduction associated with evidentiary material preparation for litigation. A specific individual is selected from at least one individual included in user information. Only digital document information which was accessed by the specific individual is extracted based on access history information regarding the selected specific individual. Additional information indicating whether or not document files in the extracted digital document information are each related with the litigation is set, and a document file related with the litigation is outputted based on the additional information. | 11-13-2014 |
20140337368 | Duplicate Content Search - A system may store information regarding a set of items of content, receive sample content from a user, determine whether the sample content matches content of one or more of the items of content, and notify the user whether the sample content matches one or more of the items of content without identifying the one or more items of content to the user. | 11-13-2014 |
20140337369 | Method and apparatus for comparing current activity data to captured reference activity data - An apparatus includes a communication interface for receiving reference activity data items, current activity data, and current environmental data; at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code; wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to maintain a reference activity data item relating to a previous activity, which reference activity data item includes reference activity data associated with reference environmental data; receive current activity data and current environmental data relating to a current activity; determine the reference activity data associated with the reference environmental data corresponding to the current environmental data; compare the current activity data with the reference activity data; and provide feedback for a user of the apparatus in response to the comparison. | 11-13-2014 |
20140344300 | EFFICIENT LOGGING OF PROCESSING PEAKS IN CONTROL SYSTEMS - A method for efficient logging in a control system is provided. A temporary history record corresponding to a message transaction placed onto a message queue data structure is generated. A total processing time for the received message transaction is determined. The total processing time is compared with a previously determined peak processing time value. In response to determining that the total processing time exceeds the previously determined peak processing time value, the temporary history record corresponding to the received message transaction is stored in an event log. | 11-20-2014 |
20140344301 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING DRILLING - A system and method for drilling management is disclosed. More particularly, the present invention relates to the management of drilling data such that, among other things, drilling can be controlled to prevent the encroachment into other boreholes and into non-leased tracts of oil and gas assets. The present invention provides for a computer-based system that generates and sends electronic notices within certain well-related events which occur, such as the downloading of drilling information or when the wellbore being drilled approaches another wellbore or a non-leased tract. | 11-20-2014 |
20140344302 | System, Method and Software for Providing Persistent Entity Identification and Linking Entity Information in a Data Repository - The present invention provides a system, method and software for linking persistent and unique business identifiers, associated with business entities, for associating corresponding business records without a loss of historical records, regardless of subsequent changes, updates, and mergers. In the various embodiments, a first business record, of the plurality of business records, is associated with a first business identifier; and a second business record, which does not match the first record, is associated with a second business identifier. Subsequently, when the first business identifier and the second business identifier are determined to correspond to a singular business entity, the first business identifier and the second business identifier are linked, and respective associations of the first business record and the second business record with the linked first business identifier and second business identifier are maintained, with corresponding source references, and collectively utilized in subsequent search and match determinations. | 11-20-2014 |
20140351278 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEARCHING A SYSTEM WITH MULTIPLE DISCRETE DATA STORES - The present invention relates to searching a system including multiple stores of data which are discrete from each other. The method includes: receiving a search parameter including an identifier, for the identifier, retrieving an other identifier related to the identifier, identifying one or more data stores associated with the identifier and the other identifier, and for each identified data store searching the data store using the identifier or the other identifier associated with the data store. | 11-27-2014 |
20140351279 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - In order to dynamically perform operation verification for each function of a program that is being run, a vehicle-mounted information processing section ( | 11-27-2014 |
20140351280 | STREAM RECOGNITION AND FILTERING - A method obtains a first data item signature for a first data item, the first data item signature comprising an association between a plurality of synch points in the first data item and a corresponding plurality of block signatures. The process attempts to find one of the plurality of synch points in a second data item; and, if such a synch point is found, then a block signature of a corresponding block of bits in the second data item is determined by applying a hash function to the corresponding block of bits in the second data item. The process ascertains whether the synch point and corresponding block signature from the second data item correspond to a synch point and block signature in the first data item signature. If a predetermined number of synch points and corresponding block signatures match, the first and second data items are considered to match. | 11-27-2014 |
20140358951 | SMART MEDIA DEVICE ECOSYSTEM USING LOCAL DATA AND REMOTE SOCIAL GRAPH DATA - Techniques associated with a smart media ecosystem using local data and remote social graph data are described, including identifying an account associated with a user based on a detection of a presence of a compatible device, the compatible device being associated with the account in a profile, receiving an input indicating a request for media content, retrieving remote social graph data from a remote database, cross-referencing the remote social graph with profile data being stored locally, the profile data associated with media preferences, updating the profile data with a learned media preference generated by a learning module, selecting targeted media content based on the profile data, and sending a control signal to a media device, the control signal configured to cause the media device to output the targeted media content. | 12-04-2014 |
20140358952 | GENERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF SYNTHETIC EVENTS FROM SYNTHETIC CONTEXT OBJECTS - A method, computer program product and system for generating and maintaining synthetic context events. The steps include searching a data structure of synthetic context-based objects and associated data for a pattern of context exhibited at a first specified frequency within a first specified time period; combining the synthetic context-based objects and associated data exhibiting the pattern of context exhibited at the first specified frequency within the first specified time period into a synthetic context event; and optimizing and maintaining the synthetic context event by searching the data structure for additional synthetic context-based objects and associated data exhibiting a same pattern of context at a second specified time period different than the first specified time period and adding the additional synthetic context-based objects and associated data to the synthetic context event. | 12-04-2014 |
20140358953 | PROBLEM MANAGEMENT RECORD PROFILING - According to embodiments of the invention a method for servicing a problem management record are provided. The method may include creating a problem management record profile from information provided in a problem management record, wherein the information includes characteristics of a client computer system and symptoms of a problem. The method may also include comparing the profile to profiles of previously resolved problem management records to find a profile having at least one matching. The method may also include contrasting information used to obtain a solution to a problem of the previously resolved problem management record to the information provided in the problem management record, wherein information used to obtain a solution which is not provided in the information provided in the problem management record is classified as additional information. The method may also include collecting the additional information, wherein collecting includes searching documentation of the client computer system. | 12-04-2014 |
20140358954 | Biometric Social Network - A first program component having a access to a body of information comprising biographic an biometric information about people; a second program component adaptable to search the body of information for information linking biometric and biographic information; and a third program component adaptable to identify other people by returning linked information in response to a query of biographic or biometric information entered by a user. | 12-04-2014 |
20140358955 | MEDIA RETRIEVAL METHOD - The disclosure provides a media retrieval method. The media retrieval method is applicable to a media database. The media retrieval method includes: receiving a retrieval request; determining according to the retrieval request whether the media database has at least one piece of media description data that matches the retrieval request; if the media database has at least one piece of media description data, determining whether the media database has at least one piece of media data corresponding to the media description data; if the media database does not have the media data, requesting the media data from a remote device according to the media description data; and if the media database has the media data, capturing at least one screenshot of the media data. | 12-04-2014 |
20140365514 | APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED METHODOLOGY FOR AUTOMATICALLY SELECTING CONTENT USING STORED CRITERIA - In an information processor which records many contents or has many contents already recorded therein, and can generate an arbitrary combination of the contents, a weight is computed for each of the contents based on either data stored in a history data file ( | 12-11-2014 |
20140372463 | IDENTIFICATION OF LOAD UTILITY - Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods and computer program products for converting MLOAD and TPUMP operations. In some embodiments, a system is configured to: receive a first information, wherein the first information comprises at least one piece of data; count the number of pieces of data; compare the counted number of pieces of data to a predetermined threshold value; and identify a load utility based on the comparison between the counted number of pieces of data and the predetermined threshold value. | 12-18-2014 |
20140372464 | Method and Apparatus for Population of Customized Channels - A method includes associating a channel with a profile, where the channel is configured for use with a client device. The client device detects the channel as a new customized channel based on the profile. A new customized channel icon configured to represent the new customized channel is generated. The new customized channel icon is displayed on a screen via the client device. | 12-18-2014 |
20140372465 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY DETECTING AND REPAIRING BIOMETRIC CROSSLINKS - Systems and methods for repairing cross-linked biometric records receive a set of biometric records. Each biometric record contains at least one biometric sample in a non-textual modality. One or more of the biometric records in the set of biometric records is potentially a cross-linked biometric record having at least two biometric samples that are associated with different individuals. Crosslink resolution is performed on the set of biometric records by searching for a match between a biometric sample in a given non-textual modality of a given biometric record with each biometric sample of the same given non-textual modality in each of the other biometric records in the set of biometric records. During the crosslink resolution, biometric sample may be removed from one biometric record and merged with another biometric record. | 12-18-2014 |
20140379741 | IDENTIFYING ENTITIES BASED ON FREE TEXT IN MEMBER RECORDS - The disclosed embodiments relate to a system for identifying entities (such as companies) that are associated with members of an online social network. During operation, the system obtains text strings from member records in the online social network, wherein each text string is an identifier for an entity that is associated with a member. The system also obtains connection information specifying connections among members of the online social network, and possibly location information for the members. Finally, the system uses the text strings, the connection information and the location information to identify entities that are associated with members of the online social network. | 12-25-2014 |
20140379742 | HOMOGENEITY EVALUATION OF DATASETS - A system includes reception of an instruction to evaluate homogeneity of a first set of values of a plurality of stored sets of values, determination of a first minimum of the first set of values, determination of a first maximum of the first set of values, determination of whether the first minimum and the first maximum are equal, and if it is determined that the first minimum and the first maximum are equal, return of a value equal to the first minimum and the first maximum in response to the instruction. | 12-25-2014 |
20140379743 | FINDING AND DISAMBIGUATING REFERENCES TO ENTITIES ON WEB PAGES - A system and method for disambiguating references to entities in a document. In one embodiment, an iterative process is used to disambiguate references to entities in documents. An initial model is used to identify documents referring to an entity based on features contained in those documents. The occurrence of various features in these documents is measured. From the number occurrences of features in these documents, a second model is constructed. The second model is used to identify documents referring to the entity based on features contained in the documents. The process can be repeated, iteratively identifying documents referring to the entity and improving subsequent models based on those identifications. Additional features of the entity can be extracted from documents identified as referring to the entity. | 12-25-2014 |
20150012554 | Communication System Including a Confidence Level for a Contact Type and Method of Using Same - A communication system and method are disclosed. The system and method use a contact type and a confidence level to determine whether to proceed with an operation, which operation to perform and/or how to perform an operation. The method and system may be used to determine a confidence level for a contact type, and may be used to update existing contact information, as well as for other uses. | 01-08-2015 |
20150012555 | POI Information Providing System, POI Information Providing Device, POI Information Output Device, POI Information Providing Method, and Program Therefor - Provided is a technology that allows use of a trend rating acquired more objectively. A POI information providing device includes: a storage unit which stores POI data including a POI name; a posted data acquisition unit which acquires posted data through a network; a trend rating acquisition unit which obtains a matching degree between a word included in the posted data and the POI name for each piece of the posted data, and uses a predetermined calculation expression for the matching degree to calculate and acquire a trend rating indicating an attention degree of a POI; a trend rating identification unit which identifies, when a request for the trend rating is received from another device connected through the network, the trend rating corresponding to the request; and a transmission unit which transmits the trend rating identified by the trend rating identification unit to the another device. | 01-08-2015 |
20150012556 | Method for Starting Music Application and Terminal - A method for starting a music application and a terminal are provided that relate to the field of terminal technologies and that reduce a user's operation steps and improve user experience. The method includes: when an application is started, performing a search in an audio association information list according to identifier information of the started application, where the audio association information list refers to a list of a correspondence between an application and an audio file; and when the audio association information list includes an audio file corresponding to the started application, starting a music application in the background to play the audio file corresponding to the started application. Embodiments of the present invention are mainly applied to a process of combined use of a music application and a non-music application. | 01-08-2015 |
20150019578 | DETERMINING A LIKELIHOOD AND DEGREE OF DERIVATION AMONG MEDIA CONTENT ITEMS - Systems and methods are disclosed for determining a likelihood and degree of derivation among media content items. In one implementation, a processing device processes a first media content item in relation to one or more other media content items to identify one or more similarities between the first media content item and one or more other media content items. The processing device determines, based on an identification of the one or more similarities between the first media content item and one or more other media content items, one or more derivation metrics with respect to the first media content item and one or more other media content items. The processing device initiates, based on a determination of the one or more derivation metrics, one or more actions with respect to at least one of (a) the first media content item or (b) one or more other media content items. | 01-15-2015 |
20150019579 | METHOD FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE TO EXECUTE AN OPERATION CORRESPONDING TO A COMMON OBJECT ATTRIBUTE AMONG A PLURALITY OF OBJECTS - Electronic devices which execute an operation corresponding to a common object attribute among a plurality of objects having same or similar data for the common object attribute, and methods therefor, are described. The method includes determining whether at least one common object attribute exists among a plurality of objects, determining whether data for the at least one common object attribute is identical or similar among the plurality of objects if the at least one common object exists; and executing an operation corresponding to the at least one common object attribute if data for the at least one common object attribute is identical or similar among the plurality of objects. | 01-15-2015 |
20150019580 | EFFICIENTLY SEARCHING AND MODIFYING A VARIABLE LENGTH QUEUE - A method of ensuring that serialization is maintained between separate transactions while searching and/or modifying a variable length queue includes searching a queue using a transaction. A first sequence number is retrieved from a queue header and a second sequence number is retrieved from local storage for the transaction. The first sequence number is compared with the second sequence number according to embodiments. The search of the queue is resumed using an address of a next element saved from a previous transaction responsive to the first sequence number matching the second sequence number. The search of the queue is restarted at a first element responsive to the first sequence number not matching the second sequence number. | 01-15-2015 |
20150019581 | Selecting Friends In A Network Of Friends Loosely Coupled To A Subscription Service - A server and method are provided for suggesting a friend in a network of friends. In general, a user profile of a user of a user device is compared to user profiles of other users of a plurality of user devices that are also subscribers of subscription media services. A media collection of the user of the user device is compared to media collections of the other users that are also subscribers of subscription media services. One of the users of the other ones of the plurality of user devices having a user profile that has a high correlation to the user profile of the user of the first user device and a media collection that has a low correlation to the media collection of the user of the first user device is selected as the new friend for the user of the user device | 01-15-2015 |
20150026205 | MEMORABILIA PROVENANCE AUTHENTICATION - Embodiments of the invention for the track, categorize, or authenticate the provenance of historical artifacts. The invention couples an artifact to at least one unique identifier. Unique identifiers may be attached to or be contained within an artifact. Unique identifiers are coupled to a data storage archive where historical information relating to the artifact are stored. In certain embodiments the data storage archive is a database or relational database. Artifacts incorporated into the invention, may be objects used in sports, be objects used in politics, or may be personal objects. The invention tracks the use of artifacts and records historical information corresponding to the artifact in the data storage archive. Historical information recorded may include the time, or place where an artifact was used. The invention, in certain embodiments also tracks the use of the movement of an artifact, tracks who interacted with the artifact, and provides a mechanism for collectors to review historical information corresponding to one or more particular artifacts. | 01-22-2015 |
20150026206 | MATCHING METHOD AND MATCHING PROGRAM - A matching method includes: accumulating log information indicating histories of operations performed on devices by users; receiving a request for information regarding use of a first device from an information requester being one of the users and using the first device; analyzing log information of the first device from among the log information accumulated in the accumulating; identifying, as an information provider candidate, at least one of the users using a second device by using the log information of the first device analyzed in the analyzing and log information of the second device being of the same type as the first device; notifying the information provider candidate of the request from the information requester; and notifying the information requester of provided information which is information regarding use of the first device and provided by the information provider candidate in response to the request. | 01-22-2015 |
20150039637 | Systems Apparatus and Methods for Determining Computer Apparatus Usage Via Processed Visual Indicia - A computer-implemented apparatus, system and method to determine usage of a processing device, such as a cell phone, tablet, laptop, personal computer, etc. and/or to determine media exposure on a processing device. Screenshot images from the device are received and processed to form a feature map, where image characteristics are extracted from the feature map. These characteristics are then used to determine the presence of text and consequently extract text from the screenshot image. The text is then collected and compared to a library of text that is linked to specific device uses (e.g., software application, format) or specific media (e.g., artist, song, file name). Matches are then logged and used to generate audience measurement reports. | 02-05-2015 |
20150039638 | ENHANCED REPORTING SYSTEM - A computer system includes a first database system that includes a plurality of tables, and a second database system that includes a subset of the tables in the first database system. The system identifies a plurality of reports that are currently generated using the second database system. The system also identifies a plurality of reports that are not currently generated using the second database system, but that are capable of being generated using the second database system, and displays a list of these reports on a computer display device. In an embodiment, the system further replicates one or more tables that are required for generation of additional reports from the first database system to the second database system. | 02-05-2015 |
20150039639 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CITATION PROCESSING, PRESENTATION AND TRANSPORT AND FOR VALIDATING REFERENCES - The present invention comprises a system and method for automatically processing one or more citations contained within a document while the document is presented by a document rendering application. The method of the present invention comprises scanning the document to identify an unformatted citation and parsing the unformatted citation to determine one or more citation terms. One or more citation libraries are queried to find citations comprising the one or more citation terms. A citation falling within the scope of the query is selected and inserted into the document. The present invention may further provide enhanced workflow solutions for authors and publishers in preparing documents in structured format for facilitating efficient and accurate validation of references cited or included in papers and other submissions for publication or for review. An author prepares a document containing a set of cited references using a formatting structure. A system includes a processor to process the document to extract embedded metadata associated with the set of cited references. The processor executes code associated with a reference validation software module and automatically recognizes the formatting structure and the embedded metadata. The processor automatically extracts the embedded metadata and compares the extracted metadata against an authority database to determine the validity of the set of cited references. | 02-05-2015 |
20150039640 | AUDIO OBJECT SEARCH AND ANALYSIS SYSTEM - An audio file is transformed into a Gabor spectrogram. This is used to compare the audio file to a database of audio files, each represented as a Gabor spectrogram. Before two spectrograms are compared, they are aligned. The spectrograms are broken into blocks and individual Gabor vectors in the blocks are compared. Similarities are stored and an aggregate similarity value is derived for the block. After a series of such comparisons and shifting of the secondary spectrogram block, essentially a running window, an offset value is determined. This offset is used to align the two spectrograms at which stage the spectrograms can be compared in a more effective and meaningful manner. A set of observables is derived from the comparisons and the primary spectrogram is classified in way suitable for the application environment. | 02-05-2015 |
20150046483 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM FOR VISUAL SEARCHING BASED ON CLOUD SERVICE - A method, system and computer storage medium for visual searching based on cloud service is disclosed. The method includes: receiving, from a client, an image recognition request of cloud service, the request containing image data; forwarding, according to a set classified forwarding rule, the image data to a corresponding classified visual search service; recognizing, by the respective corresponding classified visual search services, corresponding classified type information in the image data, and determining a corresponding name of the image data in accordance with the respective classified type information, and obtaining a classified visual search result; summarizing and sending, to a client, the classified visual search result of the corresponding classified visual search service. By detection and recognition of the classified type information of the image data, the comprehensive feature information of a picture is obtained, based on which further applications are allowed, and thus the user experience is improved. | 02-12-2015 |
20150046484 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING INFORMATION STRUCTURES FOR KNOWLEDGE INFORMATION SYSTEM MANAGEMENT AND FOR SEARCHING INFORMATION STRUCTURES FOR INFORMATION - The present invention relates to a system and method for constructing information structures for knowledge information system management and for searching the information structures for information which enables searching for desired information by constructing associations between each piece of information as a visible structure and verifying the association and the order of rank between the pieces of information from the information structure. Information objects are created by receiving data from the user. The created information objects are disposed in a space and associations between the information objects are indicated. Then, the information structure, which is an information cluster, is constructed. The information cluster includes a plurality of information objects which are stereoscopically arrayed within a location space and selectively connected to each other. | 02-12-2015 |
20150052163 | Pattern-Enabled Data Entry and Search - In the proposed approach cluster elements (bins) are made available as a keypad in the form of a cluster map. The user directly selects the cluster element (bin) with a mouse, touch or actual keypad. For each of the associated attributes, a cluster map is available that orders the attributes from high-to-low by color or shade intensity. When a cluster element is selected in one cluster map, that same cluster element is also highlighted in other cluster maps. For each of the cluster maps, a value axis is available which shows the value of the parameter for the selected cluster element. In the case of numerical values, the high/low attribute pattern across the cluster maps is easily visible. The selected data objects in the cluster map are displayed in a separate widget. | 02-19-2015 |
20150052164 | ASSOCIATING AN APPLICATION WITH AN APPLICATION FILE - An association method includes identifying candidate file sets from a plurality of application files. Content indicative of each of the candidate file sets is presented. An application is associated with application files of one of the candidate file sets according to a detected selection of the content indicative of that candidate file set. | 02-19-2015 |
20150052165 | Linking Photographs via Face, Time, and Location - The subject disclosure is directed towards a technology in which metadata such as time, location and/or people identity data, and/or tag or album data that is associated with a photograph or other content may be used to serendipitously discover related content, from among many possible sources. The related content may be from any local or remote source, such as uploaded by multiple contributors corresponding to content captured during a social event, and may be presented in an integrated view in conjunction with a local photograph or other content. Different views of content and related content are automatically constructed from the metadata, providing different user experiences/scenarios without manual collection of the photos. Also described are notifications of newly detected related content, and face detection and recognition to obtain additional metadata. | 02-19-2015 |
20150052166 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CACHING OF CONCEPT STRUCTURES - A method and system for caching concept structures in a cache memory of a computing device are provided. The method includes collecting metadata related to the user of the computing device; fetching at least one concept structure that matches the collected metadata, wherein each concept structure comprises a concept metadata; and, storing the at least one fetched concept structures in the cache memory, such that responsive to a request to analyze at least one multimedia content element, a cached concept structure matching the at least one multimedia content element is provided. | 02-19-2015 |
20150058370 | Method and apparatus for validating multimedia data - An apparatus including: a communication interface for receiving a multimedia data item associating captured multimedia data with metadata; at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code; wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to: maintain reference metadata for a multimedia device ( | 02-26-2015 |
20150058371 | ANSWER FORM PROCESSING SYSTEM, ANSWER FORM PROCESSING METHOD, DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM, DATA PROCESSING MEHTOD AND PROGRAM - An answer form capable of saving display space and visibly easy to examine is provided. An answer form processing method includes the steps of obtaining a question form including one or more lines of a question sentence and a plurality of consecutive lines of options, obtaining an answer form that indicates an answer for the question sentence from an answerer, the answer form being generated by adding one or more characters to the one or more lines in the question form, each of the lines indicating the option, comparing the question form and the answer form on a line-by-line basis, and outputting at least a part of each line in the answer form while restricting output of the line which matches the corresponding line in the question form, thereby outputting the answer form where the line indicating the option to which one or more characters are not added by the answerer is omitted. | 02-26-2015 |
20150058372 | Automated Generation of Actions from Messages - A computer system enables data representing an action to be generated automatically or semi-automatically based on data stored in a message thread. The data representing the action may be processed automatically to perform tasks such as generating a notification of the action to be performed. The data representing the action may be stored within the message thread based on which the action data was generated. | 02-26-2015 |
20150066967 | DETERMINING SEARCH QUERY HINTS USING CONTENT KEYWORDS - A method for selecting content and search terms for display on a webpage includes receiving a request to provide content on a blank webpage and selecting, using an electronic device, content for display on the webpage. The content is selected based on one or more keywords associated with the webpage. The method further includes logging selections of content by users accessing the webpage and analyzing performance of the content using the electronic device by studying the logged selections. The content is associated with one or more keywords. The method further includes selecting selectable search terms related to the one or more keywords associated with the best-performing content, and displaying the selectable search terms on the webpage. | 03-05-2015 |
20150066968 | Authorship Enhanced Corpus Ingestion for Natural Language Processing - Mechanisms for processing a corpus of information in a natural language processing system are provided. A corpus of information to process is identified and a set of author profiles associated with the corpus of information is retrieved. A content profile is generated for a portion of content of the corpus of information and the content profile is compared to the set of author profiles to generate an association of the content profile with at least one author profile in the set of author profiles. In addition, a processing operation of the natural language processing (NLP) system is controlled based on the association of the content profile with the at least one author profile. | 03-05-2015 |
20150066969 | COMBINED DETERMINISTIC AND PROBABILISTIC MATCHING FOR DATA MANAGEMENT - A method for data management. The method includes a computer selecting a first data record and a second data record. The computer determines whether the first data record and the second data record share a deterministic matching category. Responsive to determining the first data record does not share a deterministic matching category with the second data record, the computer determines whether the first data record and the second data record share a probabilistic matching category. | 03-05-2015 |
20150066970 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING CONCIERGE SERVICES RELATED TO MEDIA CONTENT - Methods and systems are disclosed herein for a media guidance application that integrates available media content and user selections of that media content with social and/or physical activities. Specifically, a media guidance application is disclosed herein for recommending activities associated with a selected media asset. In addition, the media guidance application may schedule an itinerary that includes the recommended activities as well as present media assets for consumption during each activity in the itinerary. | 03-05-2015 |
20150066971 | ACCELERATING COLLABORATION IN TASK ASSIGNMENT BY USING SOCIALLY ENHANCED MODEL - Communication logs may be analyzed to detect interactions between members, and a social network of members built based on the analysis. A plurality of communities of members is determined in the social network, and social positions of at least some of the members in each of the community are detected. The communities and their member social positions are utilized in dynamically forming a team of members to handle a task assignment. | 03-05-2015 |
20150074131 | LEVERAGING SOCIAL TRENDS TO IDENTIFY RELEVANT CONTENT - Techniques and mechanisms described herein facilitate the leveraging of social trends to identify relevant content. According to various embodiments, social media information may be used to identify a trending topic that is a recent topic of frequent discussion on a social network. Keywords associated with the trending topic may be used to identify media content related to the trending topic. In particular embodiments, trending topics or related content may be selected based on geographic location or an individual user's social network. | 03-12-2015 |
20150074132 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INMATE SEARCHING - A method, computer system, and computer readable medium for processing and accessing prison inmate data, including extracting from a plurality of sources, using a computer, attributes information about individuals that have a criminal case; storing and organizing the extracted attributes information in a database; matching, using a computer, the extracted attributes information with attributes data on a plurality of government websites; determining whether an individual is currently in prison based on the matching; providing a real-time location of the individual based on the determining; and tracking the real-time location of the individual currently in prison for a duration of a prison term of the individual. | 03-12-2015 |
20150074133 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A UNIFIED DATABASE FROM DATA SETS - A method for generating a unified database includes receiving a structured set of data, where each set is made up of records having fields, aggregating values within a first field of the records, automatically applying a set of rules to the first field values to determine correlations among the first field values, calculating a confidence level regarding a label for the first field, providing the label to the first field, storing the first field values in the first field in the unified database, and receiving more information to increase the confidence level. A system for generating a clinical database and a method for using the database are also described. | 03-12-2015 |
20150081729 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COMBINING VEHICLE DATA - Methods and systems are provided for automatically comparing, combining and fusing vehicle data. First data is obtained pertaining to a first plurality of vehicles. Second data is obtained pertaining to a second plurality of vehicles. The first data and the second data are compared and combined based on syntactic similarity between respective data elements of the first data and the second data collected during different stages of vehicle life cycle development. | 03-19-2015 |
20150088917 | RESPONSIVE USER INTERFACE RENDERING BASED ON VELOCITY - Content is rendered based on a measured velocity of an internet capable mobile device (ICMD). The ICMD accesses a database of content, and a user interface is activated for searching the database of content. After determining a current velocity of the ICMD, customized content based on search parameters input via the user interface and based on the current velocity of the ICMD is rendered. | 03-26-2015 |
20150088918 | Feed for Expecting Entities for Address Books - A feeding module for an address book includes a processor and a memory. The processor receives at least one search parameter. The processor accesses information sources to find existing entities and expecting entities that match the at least one search parameter. The memory stores the found existing entities and the found expecting entities. The feeding module forwards the found existing entities and the found expecting entities to an address book to be displayed. | 03-26-2015 |
20150095357 | RESOURCE RECONCILIATION BASED ON EXTERNAL FACTORS - A method that includes a first record that relates to a first subject entity is received and a second record that relates to a second subject entity is received, where it is unknown whether the first subject entity is the same as the second subject entity. A comparison of a first external/non-key attribute value for the first subject entity to a second external/non-key attribute value for the second subject entity is performed. A probability value is calculated, at least in part, on a first external/non-key attribute value for the first subject entity to a second external/non-key attribute value for the second subject entity. | 04-02-2015 |
20150095358 | RESOURCE RECONCILIATION BASED ON EXTERNAL FACTORS - A method that includes a first record that relates to a first subject entity is received and a second record that relates to a second subject entity is received, where it is unknown whether the first subject entity is the same as the second subject entity. A comparison of a first external/non-key attribute value for the first subject entity to a second external/non-key attribute value for the second subject entity is performed. A probability value is calculated, at least in part, on a first external/non-key attribute value for the first subject entity to a second external/non-key attribute value for the second subject entity. | 04-02-2015 |
20150095359 | Volume Reducing Classifier - A method and apparatus for searching data for a pattern, the data being sent over a data-communication network, from a service, using a communication protocol. The method comprises the steps of receiving the data and generating a fingerprint associated with the data, the format of the fingerprint being based on the communication protocol and the content of the fingerprint being based on at least one characteristic of the data. The method also comprises the steps of identifying the data as belonging to a particular service and determining whether the data contains the particular pattern by comparing the fingerprint to a previously generated matching fingerprint. The method also comprises the steps of, if no previously generated matching fingerprint exists, selecting a pattern matching algorithm from a plurality of pattern matching algorithms based on the identified service and searching the data using the selected pattern matching algorithm. | 04-02-2015 |
20150095360 | MULTIVIEW PRUNING OF FEATURE DATABASE FOR OBJECT RECOGNITION SYSTEM - A method of building a database for an object recognition system includes acquiring several multi-view images of a target object and then extracting a first set of features from the images. One of these extracted features is then selected and a second set of features is determined based on which of the first set of features include both, descriptors that match and keypoint locations that are proximate to the selected feature. If a repeatability of the selected feature is greater than a repeatability threshold and if a discriminability is greater than a discriminability threshold, then at least one derived feature is stored to the database, where the derived single feature is representative of the second set of features. | 04-02-2015 |
20150095361 | DETERMINING LINKAGE METADATA OF CONTENT OF A TARGET DOCUMENT TO SOURCE DOCUMENTS - Provided are to a computer program product, system, and method for determining linkage metadata of content of a target document to source documents. In response to a determination that a target fragment in a target document matches a source fragment in a source document, linkage metadata is generated for the target fragment | 04-02-2015 |
20150095362 | System, Method and Program Instructions for Tying Together a Media URL and Multimedia in a Database - Systems, methods and program instructions are described for calling a database function with a URL. Many databases have functions, also referred to as logical elements, built into the database that can be called to retrieve data. A web URL can be used to call such a programming function by formatting the URL in a specific manner. A URL and dynamic values from the client are received. The URL can be parsed to determine the resource path and parameters, if any exist. The database function specified in the URL is called using the specified parameters, if any exist, and using the dynamic values from the client. The results can be streamed to the user. | 04-02-2015 |
20150095363 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SEARCH INDEXING - The present invention provides for quick and efficient searching. One embodiment includes a first instruction configured to read at least a first search string and a second search string entered into a same first search field, and a second instruction configured to incrementally filter search results to locate at least a first document that has a least a first word that begins with the first string and a second word that begins with the second string. | 04-02-2015 |
20150100597 | TRIGGERING OF A SOFTWARE APPLICATION BY THE USE OF A CARTOGRAPHIC REPRESENTATION - A method for triggering a software application accessible from a mobile terminal connected to a communication network and using at least one physical object, comprising:
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20150106394 | AUTOMATICALLY PLAYING AUDIO ANNOUNCEMENTS IN MUSIC PLAYER - A method, which is executed by a processor, includes receiving a request to access music from a user account. The music is to be streamed to a device from which the user account has generated the request. The method further includes streaming music to the device for rendering, and automatically inserting descriptive voice-audio data into the stream for rendering. The descriptive voice-audio data includes information regarding the music, for example, the artist name and song title. | 04-16-2015 |
20150106395 | DYNAMIC CONTENT DELIVERY BASED ON METADATA-SEEKING BEHAVIOR - A media processing system provides services for metadata-seeking behavior. The system includes a memory that stores executable instructions and a processor that executes the executable instructions. The system also includes a receiver that receives, based on a person initiating capture of source input in seeking metadata for an object associated with the source input, source input from a requesting device used by the person to initiate the capture of the source input in the metadata-seeking behavior. Ultimately, content is dynamically identified for presentation to the person. | 04-16-2015 |
20150106396 | Porting Virtual Images Between Platforms - In an embodiment, an approach is provided that retrieves a source image metadata from a persistent storage media, where the source image metadata corresponds to a source image associated with a source platform, compares the retrieved source image metadata to image metadata corresponding to available virtual images associated with a target platform, identifies, based on the comparison, one of the available image metadata that is most compatible to the source image metadata, and uses the available virtual image corresponding to the identified available image metadata as a target virtual image compatible with the target platform. | 04-16-2015 |
20150113012 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION UTILIZING VEHICLE LICENSE PLATE NUMBERS - Using the license plate of a vehicle, a system posts or sends messages or other information associated with the license plate number such that other drivers and/or other users can respond to the messages if they choose to do so. This can be accomplished anonymously through an online system on which registered users can publicly post and/or privately send comments, messages, compliments, warnings and/or other information associated with the license plate number of the vehicle. The driver of the vehicle and/or other users may then access the online system and search the database of messages using their license plate number and reply publicly, privately and/or anonymously to the registered user that had posted the information associated with the license plate number. | 04-23-2015 |
20150113013 | VIDEO CONTENT SEARCH USING CAPTIONING DATA - A method includes identifying, at a computing device, multiple segments of video content based on a context sensitive term. Each segment of the multiple segments is associated with captioning data of the video content. The method also includes determining, at the computing device, first contextual information of a first segment of the multiple segments based on a set of factors. The method further includes comparing the first contextual information to particular contextual information that corresponds to content of interest. The method further includes in response to a determination that the first contextual information matches the particular contextual information, storing a first searchable tag associated with the first segment. | 04-23-2015 |
20150113014 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING COMMUNICATION PARTNER IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION, METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING REPLY INFORMATION, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A communication device communicating with a communication partner includes a storing unit that stores answer information corresponding to prescribed query information, a transmission unit that broadcasts the prescribed query information; a reception unit that receives reply information that includes response information to the prescribed query information, and communication identification information about a transmission source of the response information, and a control unit that identifies the communication identification information about the transmission source of the response information as communication identification information about the communication partner, if the response information matches the answer information. | 04-23-2015 |
20150113015 | Method and Apparatus for Acquiring Resource - A method and an apparatus for acquiring a resource. An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for acquiring a resource, including receiving, by a storage server, a resource check request sent by a first client, where the resource check request carries resource information of a resource to be uploaded by the first client, an identifier of an external link created by a second client, and storage location information corresponding to the external link; searching, by the storage server, according to the identifier, a database configured to store external-link information for an attribute of the external link corresponding to the identifier of the external link, and checking the resource information according to a value of the found attribute; and if the check succeeds, storing, by the storage server the acquired resource or acquired resource location information according to the storage location information. | 04-23-2015 |
20150120770 | DATA STORAGE DEVICE SUPPORTING ACCELERATED DATABASE OPERATIONS - Disclosed herein are data storage device embodiments for accelerating database operations and associated methods. In one embodiment, the data storage device includes a controller; an array of one or more solid-state memory storage devices; a first memory for storing processor executable instructions associated with database operations; and a second memory for storing data related to the database operations; wherein the controller is configured to execute the instructions to: cause data to be read from the solid-state memory storage devices into the second memory; determine whether the data match a query specified by the instructions; and perform a database operation based on the query match determination. | 04-30-2015 |
20150120771 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING DATA AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - A method for processing data of an electronic device is provided. The method includes confirming two or more data groups having a group relation similarity, the two or more data groups being conformed from a plurality of data groups each including information of one or more users. Further, the method includes transmitting the confirmed two or more data groups to another electronic device, and deleting the two or more data groups transmitted to the other electronic device from the electronic device. | 04-30-2015 |
20150120772 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INFORMATION PUSH - A method and a system for information push are described, the method including: receiving a business search command determined by an operation of a user; responding the business search command, and sending a business search request which comprises current location information of the user to a first server to query a business matching the current location information of the user; and receiving information of the business in response to the business search request returned by the first server. Product information can be accurately pushed to a user. In addition, a real-time update for the product information can be made by a business, and the push effect of the product information can be improved. | 04-30-2015 |
20150127673 | Method and system for searching visually similar goods in e-commerce web-sites - The present invention is related to methods for searching visually similar images and may be used in computer systems and mobile devices. The present invention allows the speed of searching for visually similar objects to be significantly increased. The present method can be applied in search engines and e-commerce web sites. | 05-07-2015 |
20150127674 | IMAGE INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image information processing apparatus includes a memory, a list screen display, a detector, and a screen controller. The memory stores plural pieces of image information and plural pieces of related information related to the plural pieces of image information. The list screen display displays a list screen showing a list of the plural pieces of image information. The detector detects an indication operation having a direction, with a certain position on the screen being an origin. The screen controller performs, in accordance with a position and direction of the indication operation, control to switch between scrolling of the screen and display of a list of the plural pieces of related information. | 05-07-2015 |
20150134684 | DYNAMIC GATHERING OF SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT - Methods, techniques, and systems for gathering social media content are provided. Some embodiments provide a Social Intelligence System (“SIS”) configured to provide dynamic search capability of a content source by using a proxy server system as an intermediary between the SIS and the content source. The SIS may then dynamically determine a rate at which it searches for content based on a rate of change or predicted change of a particular content source. Dynamically determining a rate allows the SIS to track a particular topic or series of topics over time, while only searching for content on the topic at the most optimal time periods to reduce overall cost. | 05-14-2015 |
20150134685 | Building Intelligent Datasets that Leverage Large-Scale Open Databases - Techniques are described for importing data from a web page and enriching the imported data. While presenting a web page on a web browser, an input can be received to select an area of the web page. Tables that correspond to the selected area can be imported into a dataset as plain text. Tables imported in this manner can be verified and subsequently enriched. Data enrichment can include providing context to an entry. Data enrichment can also include associating or importing related data into the table from an open access database. | 05-14-2015 |
20150134686 | MECHANISM FOR DELIVERY OF HELP CONTENT TO A CLOUD LANDSCAPE - According to some embodiments, an apparatus and a method of capturing a type of file associated with a software deliverable is provided. A software deliverable is scanned for a predetermined type of file, a first file of the predetermined type of file is determined to exist in the software deliverable and the first file of the predetermined type of file is copied to a repository. | 05-14-2015 |
20150134687 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SHARING PROFILE IMAGE CARD FOR COMMUNICATION - A system and a method of sharing a profile image card of a user are provided. The method may be performed by a first device and includes obtaining a plurality of profile image cards of a first user of the first device; matching at least one profile image card of the first user from among the plurality of profile image cards with a second user of a second device; extracting link information about the at least one matched profile image card; and requesting to communicate with the second device and transmitting the link information about the at least one matched profile image card to the second device. | 05-14-2015 |
20150142839 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FINDING MATCHES BETWEEN USERS IN A NETWORKED ENVIRONMENT - Finding a match for an end user on an online social platform is not a trivial task. To improve match making, various methods and systems are disclosed which are configured to compute heuristics for various end users, which help to predict the likelihood that two end users would ultimately engage in some form of communication with each other. The heuristics are used in an algorithm (i.e., a statistical/predictive model) for providing a set of matches to an end user. These heuristics may be computed based on varying forms of communication which indicate different levels of engagement between end users, and/or based on some other indication of how an end user may react to another end user. | 05-21-2015 |
20150142840 | REPAIRING A LINK BASED ON AN ISSUE - Repairing a link based on an issue includes associating at least one metadata segment with a link, identifying, in a resource repository, at least one resource that matches the at least one metadata segment, determining if there is an issue between the link and the at least one resource, and repairing the link based on the issue between the link and at least one resource. | 05-21-2015 |
20150142841 | DATA MODEL OPTIMIZATION - A name of one or more entity classes of the data model may be refined to conform to a naming convention. A semantic meaning of each of the names and one or more attributes of each entity class may be determined. It may be determined that the name of a first entity class is semantically similar to the name of a second entity class based on a semantic distance between the semantic meaning of the names, where a substantial similarity may be determined between the first entity class and the second entity class by comparing the semantic meaning of the one or more attributes of the first entity class to the semantic meaning of the one or more attributes of the second entity class. The data model may be normalized based on the substantial similarity. | 05-21-2015 |
20150142842 | UNIFORM STORAGE AND SEARCH OF EVENTS DERIVED FROM MACHINE DATA FROM DIFFERENT SOURCES - 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. | 05-21-2015 |
20150149492 | DYNAMICALLY ORGANIZING APPLICATIONS BASED ON A CALENDAR EVENT - A method for dynamically organizing applications based on a calendar event includes presenting a plurality of icons on an electronic display of a mobile device. Each icon of the plurality of icons represents an application configured to execute on the mobile device. The method further includes identifying an upcoming calendar event on a calendar linked to the mobile device and determining if there is a correlation between the application and the calendar event by comparing one or more characteristics of the application to one or more characteristics of the calendar event. The method also includes positioning the plurality of icons on the electronic display according to the determined correlation between the application and the calendar event such that icons representing applications having a positive correlation to the calendar event are positioned to be more visible than icons representing applications that do not have a positive correlation to the calendar event. | 05-28-2015 |
20150149493 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO DETECT CHANGES TO GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE SCREENSHOTS USED IN DOCUMENTATION - A computer system includes a processor. The processor is configured to provide a documented screenshot and a machine-executable indication of steps which generated the documented screenshot as contained in documentation. The processor also will execute the steps which generated the documented screenshot, to generate a current screenshot. The processor also will compare the documented screenshot as contained in the documentation to the current screenshot generated by executing the steps, to provide a determination whether the comparison shows differences between the documented screenshot and the current screenshot. A method according to the above will detect changes to a screenshot used in documentation. A non-transitory computer-readable medium can perform a method to detect changes to a screenshot used in documentation. | 05-28-2015 |
20150149494 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HOT TOPIC IDENTIFICATION AND METADATA - According to some embodiments, systems, apparatus, methods and computer program code are provided for receiving data from a plurality of remote data sources, the received data being associated with a plurality of search terms, analyzing the received data to identify at least a first trending search term, comparing the trending search term with a database of topical terms to determine whether the trending search term is relevant to a predetermined topic, querying a content database using the trending search term to identify a caption to be associated with the trending search term, and storing the trending search term and the caption in a database. | 05-28-2015 |
20150149495 | DATA REDUCTION METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES - Systems, methods, and apparatus are disclosed herein for data pattern detection and data reduction. Devices include an input port configured to receive data values that include a plurality of data units. The devices may also include a data analyzer configured to determine a test statistic based on at least some of the plurality of data units, the test statistic indicating a degree of difference between a first data unit and at least a second data unit, the second data unit being received at the input port before the first data unit. The data analyzer includes the first data unit in a first data block responsive to a determination that the test statistic indicates a low degree of difference, the determination being based on a comparison with a designated difference threshold, the first data block being a same data block as a second data block that includes the second data unit. | 05-28-2015 |
20150302106 | Data Processing Method And Apparatus - A data processing method and apparatus are described. The method includes receiving a request which carries a user identifier (ID) from a user terminal. The method also includes determining all associated user IDs associated with the user ID. The method also includes selecting N particular user IDs which meet a set condition from all the associated user IDs, pulling latest user data corresponding to the N particular user IDs, and returning the latest user data corresponding to the N particular user IDs to the user terminal. Wherein N is smaller than or equal to a user data amount M requested by a page. | 10-22-2015 |
20150310058 | OPPORTUNISTICALLY SOLVING SEARCH USE CASES - In one embodiment, a search query may be obtained. A set of one or more use cases may be determined based, at least in part, upon the search query. A set of one or more search results may be identified based, at least in part, upon the search query. Information that answers the search query for at least one of the set of use cases may be obtained, where the information has been derived from at least a subset of the set of search results. An indication of at least a portion of the information may be provided. | 10-29-2015 |
20150324457 | Ordering a Set of Regular Expressions for Matching Against a String - An information handling system matches regular expressions by placing the regular expressions into parent/child relationships. A first regular expression is set as a child of a second regular expression when information about matching the first regular expression against a first string is obtained by matching the second regular expression against the first string. The information handling system forms the regular expressions into a graph. The regular expressions are matched against a second string in an order based upon a structure of the graph. A third regular expression is matched against the second string before a fourth regular expression based upon a vertex representing the fourth regular expression being a child of a vertex representing the third regular expression. | 11-12-2015 |
20150331934 | Search and Execute: Electronic Commerce Transactions and Messaging from the Search Bar - In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method for extending functionality of a browser text-entry field, e.g., via a browser add-on or extension. The method includes: (a) the computer monitoring the browser text-entry field to detect a predetermined initial combination of characters in a query entered by a user; and (b) if the predetermined initial combination of characters is detected in the query, then: (i) the computer detecting the remaining characters in the query; and (ii) the computer providing, to a software routine, the remaining characters in the query. The software routine is selected based on the initial combination of characters and may be a messaging routine that sends a message to an identified user or user account (e.g., SMS, phone call, social media), or an electronic commerce routine that sends identification of one or more offerings to the identified merchant or merchant account to initiate a purchase. | 11-19-2015 |
20150331956 | Systems and Methods for Creating and Using Imbedded Shortcodes and Shortened Physical and Internet Addresses - Systems and methods are disclosed for creating and using imbedded Shortcodes. An imbedded Shortcode (ISC) and Shortcode may be uniquely associated with a full name that identifies an item of interest. The Shortcode may be visually identified when the full name is displayed by the ISC, which is select characters of the full name that are visually distinguished from the other characters of the full name. Thus, subsequent reference to the associated full name and its item of interest may be identified simply by using the Shortcode instead of the full name. For example, a user of an electronic device may observe the full name with the ISC in a visual display, and sequentially enter the characters of the Shortcode from the ISC into the electronic device to obtain additional information regarding the item of interest. | 11-19-2015 |
20150339398 | Footprint Tracking Of Contacts - A footprints device includes an input module and an output module. The input module receives a request for footprint data. The footprint data relates to names of users. The output module sends the footprint data to an address book. The footprint data is marked to indicate when at least one of the names of the users is a contact of the address book. | 11-26-2015 |
20150347405 | REPORT CREATING SYSTEM, REPORT CREATING APPARATUS, AND REPORT CREATING METHOD - A report creating system includes a storage part storing machine type information correlating the machine type codes of apparatuses with corresponding types of the apparatuses, pattern information showing usage patterns based on the presence or absence of usage of the types of the apparatuses, and type information correlating the usage patterns with corresponding report types; an identification part obtaining the machine type code of one or more of the apparatuses remotely managed by a remote management system and identifying the type of the one or more of the apparatuses based on the machine type code and the machine type information; a first determination part determining the usage pattern based on the identified type and the pattern information; a second determination part determining the report type based on the determined usage pattern and the type information; and a creation part creating a report based on the determined report type. | 12-03-2015 |
20150347524 | Method and System for Centralized Control of Database Applications - According to one embodiment of the present invention, a system enables control of database applications. The system comprises a computer system including a database application to provide access to a database system, and at least one processor. The computer system requests retrieval of application specific property information for the database application from a data repository, and applies the retrieved application specific property information to the database application to control operation of the database application. Embodiments of the present invention further include a method and computer program product for controlling database applications in substantially the same manner described above. | 12-03-2015 |
20150347607 | CALIBRATION DATA IN A SENSOR SYSTEM - A method performed in a processing unit for determining calibration data to be used when processing data from a sensor unit connected to the processing unit, the method including receiving, from the sensor unit, an identifier which identifies and is calculated based on calibration data stored in the sensor unit, checking if there is an identifier stored in the processing unit identical to the received identifier, where the identifier stored in the processing unit identifies and is calculated based on calibration data stored in the processing unit, if an identical identifier is stored in the processing unit, using the calibration data stored in the processing unit identified by the identical identifier when processing data from the sensor unit, if no identical identifier is stored in the processing unit, requesting the sensor unit to transmit calibration data, and using the requested calibration data when processing data from the sensor unit. | 12-03-2015 |
20150347700 | CORRELATING BEHAVIORS AND WELLNESS OUTCOMES - The disclosure provides for a system for correlating user behaviors with wellness outcomes. The system includes a wearable electronic device including a sensor subsystem. The sensor subsystem yields sensor output data spanning multiple days during which the wearable computing device is continuously worn by the user. From the sensor output, behavior(s) and wellness outcome(s) of the user are determined, and a correlation is identified between one or more user behaviors and a wellness outcome. A message based on that correlation is presented on a display associated with the wearable electronic device. | 12-03-2015 |
20150370876 | METHOD FOR VISUALIZING DEGREE OF SIMILARITY AND DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A LARGE GROUP OF OBJECTS AND A REFERENCE OBJECT - Techniques are disclosed for generating a visualization of differences between objects in a plurality of objects and a reference object. For each object in the plurality of objects, a widget performs the following steps. The widget retrieves a plurality of parameter values associated with the object. For each parameter value in the plurality of parameter values, the widget retrieves a reference value of the reference object corresponding to the parameter value, computes a difference between the parameter value and the reference value, and updates a difference indicator based on the computed difference. The widget selects an angle related to the difference indicator. The widget computes a location in a display screen region associated with the object based on the difference indicator and the selected angle. | 12-24-2015 |
20150379118 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING PLAYLISTS BASED ON ACTIVITIES BEING PERFORMED BY A USER - Methods and systems are disclosed herein for automatically adjusting media playlists, and media assets within those playlists, based on one or more activities performed by a user. For example, a media guidance application may select media assets for inclusion in a media playlist that correspond to particular activities. Moreover, the media playlist may be structured such that the select media assets are automatically presented while the user is performing the particular activities. | 12-31-2015 |
20150379318 | ELECTRONICALLY READABLE DIETARY TAG AND READER - The present invention relates to a programmable tag that is encoded with information associated with ingestible substances, a system for producing such a tag, and a reader for capturing and decoding the tag. Predetermined profiles and predetermined coding schemes are used to encode such information to form the tag and to decode and extract such information in accordance with the present invention. | 12-31-2015 |
20150381683 | SUPPLEMENTING A TUPLE WITH A DERIVED VALUE - A stream of tuples are processed by a plurality of processing elements, each including one or more stream operators, operating on computer processors. A method determines whether a first stream operator includes a first operation that is deterministic and whether a second stream operator includes a second operation that is equivalent to the first operation. In response to determining that the first operation is deterministic and the second operation is equivalent to the first operation, the first stream operator is configured to include in a tuple output from the first stream operator a result of performing the first operation using a first input. The second stream operator, which uses a second input when performing the second operation, determines whether the second input is the same as the first input, and uses the result in lieu of performing the second operation when the first and second inputs are the same. | 12-31-2015 |
20160019256 | System and Method for Updating Online Business Listings - In one aspect, a computer-implemented method for updating online business listings includes providing access to an email account associated with a business entity and receiving an indication of a change in a signature block associated with the email account. The signature block may include business data related to the business entity. The method may also include accessing a business listing database to determine whether a pre-existing online listing is available for the business entity and, if a pre-existing online listing is available for the business entity, comparing the business data contained within the signature block to pre-existing business data included within the pre-existing online listing. In addition, the method may include determining whether to update the pre-existing online listing based on any differences between the business data and the preexisting business data. | 01-21-2016 |
20160026659 | Centrally Managing Electrical Vehicle Recharging Station Infrastructure Data Using Over-the-Air Telematics Communications - A system and method are described for maintaining a recharging station database for electric vehicles based upon recharging event data provided by electric vehicles equipped with telematics units. The recharging station server computer system is configured to receive recharging event information corresponding to a recharging event for an electric vehicle battery unit by an identified recharger, the recharging event information including at least a measurement relating to an electrical infrastructure providing power to the identified recharger. The system is further configured to process the recharging event information to render a diagnostic result relating to an electrical infrastructure providing power to the identified recharger. The computer system issues an alert based upon a detected condition in the electrical infrastructure during the processing. | 01-28-2016 |
20160055153 | DISPLAYING CHANGES TO VERSIONED FILES - Presenting changes to versioned files. The method can include presenting a first view comprising a plurality of indicators, each of the indicators corresponding to a respective version of a file. A selection of a particular version of a file can be detected. A selection of another version of the file can be detected. In response to the selection of the other version of the file, the versions of the file can be compared to identify differences between the versions. Comparison information based on the differences can be generated. The comparison information can be filtered so that the comparison information fits within a second view having a desired size. | 02-25-2016 |
20160070594 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MODULO SCHEDULING - Provided is a modulo scheduling method. The modulo scheduling method includes conducting a search, based on a data dependency graph of a loop, for a recurrence in which a sum of iteration distances between command nodes is less than a predetermined critical value; and determining a processing order of the recurrence. | 03-10-2016 |
20160070784 | IDENTIFYING MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS IN NATURAL LANGUAGE TEXT FOR KNOWLEDGE-BASED MATCHING - Disclosed herein is a system and method for taking a snapshot or input from a source and identifying appropriate documents in a knowledge base that are applicable to the input. The system identifies documents that are applicable to the query by identifying comparative features/statements found in the natural language text documents and evaluating those comparative features with the conditions of the input. When the conditions of the comparative features evaluate with the input conditions the document is considered a match. The system processes the documents through a value type filter to understand the mathematical equivalent of the comparative feature and uses this mathematical equivalent in the evaluation of the document and input. | 03-10-2016 |
20160085917 | SELECTIVE ACCESS TO MEDICAL SYMPTOM TRACKING DATA USING DISPERSIVE STORAGE AREA NETWORK (SAN) - A method of monitoring symptoms of a person includes repeating, over a period of time, the steps of: selecting, by the person, one or more symbolic representations corresponding to one or more symptoms from a predefined set of symbolic representations presented to the person; and electronically recording data regarding the one or more symbolic representations selected by the person such that the data is electronically accessible later for generating a history of the symptoms of the person over the period of time. The data is transferred over virtual networks using virtual dispersive routing and stored in dispersive storage area networks (SANs). The data is classified as trusted, corrupted, invalid or uncertain, and/or as trusted, ambiguous and inadequate. | 03-24-2016 |
20160086612 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MATCHING MUSIC FILES WITH ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM - Disclosed are a method and a system for matching an electroencephalogram and music files which compares the scaling index α of an electroencephalogram with the long-range correlation index β, and matches music file with the electroencephalogram if the scaling index and the long-range correlation index close to equal so as to find a music file matched with a measured electroencephalogram automatically. The method and system in accordance with the present invention may automatically find music files matching with human brain statements in real time by measuring an electroencephalogram, and then guide people relieve stress and relax effectively. | 03-24-2016 |
20160092441 | File Acquiring Method and Device - A file acquiring method and device. The method includes detecting, by a mobile terminal, an updated extended storage medium, where the updated extended storage medium includes at least one file; when an instruction is received, acquiring, by the mobile terminal, stored file information according to the instruction; and acquiring, by the mobile terminal from the updated extended storage medium according to the stored file information, a file matching a first file, and using the file as a file corresponding to the instruction, where the first file is a file selected from an extended storage medium that has not been updated, where the file information is used for guiding the mobile terminal to acquire, from a partition of the extended storage medium, the file matching the first file, and use the file as the file corresponding to the instruction. | 03-31-2016 |
20160098401 | 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. | 04-07-2016 |
20160103853 | Propagation of Photographic Images with Social Networking - Embodiments of the invention relate to file sharing, and more specifically to sharing image files based on a social networking relationship. A digital image and associated file are created with geotag data that defines an image capture. Data associated with the image capture is stored as image metadata associated with the image file. A hyperlink to a preferred viewing URL is created and established based on a match produced from a comparison of the image file image capture data with at least one physical location identified in an index of cached data. The hyperlink is associated with the image file and directs a viewer to the physical and/or virtual location where the image was captured. | 04-14-2016 |
20160110383 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION - Disclosed is a system and method for identifying an organism. At least one database includes electronic organism profile information representing at least one respective physical characteristic associated with a plurality of respective organisms, at least one respective corresponding attribute of the respective organisms, and an identity of at least one of the plurality of organisms, as well as owner information representing at least one person respectively associated with at least one of the organisms. Profile information that includes information representing physical characteristic(s) associated with the first organism associated with a first organism is received. In accordance with at least some electronic organism profile information and at least some of the first electronic profile information, an identity is identified. Thereafter, the at least one processor transmits to the first user computing device, the identity of the at least one of the plurality of respective organisms associated with the first organism. | 04-21-2016 |
20160132574 | METAL FATIGUE ANALYTICS AND ALERT SYSTEMS - The disclosure is directed to metal fatigue analytics and alert systems. A system in accordance with an embodiment includes: a first database on a vehicle, the database storing a list of at least one metal part in the vehicle and corresponding metal batch information for each metal part in the list; a second database on a server remote from the first database, the second database storing metal batch information for at least one batch of metal from which faulty metal parts have been constructed; a comparing system for comparing the metal batch information stored in the first database with the metal batch information stored in the second database; and a messaging system for generating a failure alert message when the comparing system finds a match between the metal batch information stored in the first database and the metal batch information stored in the second database. | 05-12-2016 |
20160140169 | A Method and a Network Node in a Communication Network for Correlating Information of a First Network Domain with Information of a Second Network Domain - Disclosed is a method performed by a network node ( | 05-19-2016 |
20160147836 | Enhanced Network Data Sharing and Acquisition - An enhanced network resources sharing and acquisition is presented to users in on digital data sharing environment. A client device of a user requesting for sharing a digital data resource identified by the user, e.g., a video file, with other users detects the user request and obtains a digital image associated with the digital data resource. The digital data resource is identified by corresponding address information. The client device processes the digital image associated with the digital data resource by embedding the address information into the digital image using digital content embedding techniques such as digital watermarking. The client device uploads the processed digital image to a data sharing platform for sharing. Other users in the data sharing environment retrieve the address information of the digital data resource from the digital image and access the digital data resource using the address information. | 05-26-2016 |
20160154846 | System and Method of Addressing and Accessing Information Using a Keyword Identifier | 06-02-2016 |
20160154882 | CLASSIFICATION, SEARCH AND RETRIEVAL OF COMPLEX VIDEO EVENTS | 06-02-2016 |
20160179794 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THE COMPARISON OF ANNOTATIONS WITHIN FILES | 06-23-2016 |
20160179880 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING WHETHER FILES ARE APPROPRIATE FOR ADDITION INTO A COLLECTION | 06-23-2016 |
20160188657 | DYNAMIC GATHERING OF SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT - Methods, techniques, and systems for gathering social media content are provided. Some embodiments provide a Social Intelligence System (“SIS”) configured to provide dynamic search capability of a content source by using a proxy server system as an intermediary between the SIS and the content source. The SIS may then dynamically determine a rate at which it searches for content based on a rate of change or predicted change of a particular content source. Dynamically determining a rate allows the SIS to track a particular topic or series of topics over time, while only searching for content on the topic at the most optimal time periods to reduce overall cost. | 06-30-2016 |
20160188727 | USER-SPECIFIC PRONUNCIATIONS IN A SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM - A social networking system obtains user pronunciations of terms whose pronunciations might vary among different users, such as names of users. The social networking system additionally obtains demographic information about the users from whom the pronunciations were obtained, as well as social graph information for those users, such as information about connections of those users in the social graph. Based on the obtained pronunciations, the demographic information, and the social graph information, the social networking system determines, for a user having that name (or other term in question), one or more suggested pronunciations for the name that are likely to be the pronunciations that that user would use. | 06-30-2016 |
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