Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
707777000 | Taxonomy discovery | 42 |
20100077001 | SEARCH SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SERENDIPITOUS DISCOVERIES WITH FACETED FULL-TEXT CLASSIFICATION - A search system and method for uncovering unexpected links between different concepts related to a user's query during a search comprise a semantic indexing server, which builds a faceted classification index of text objects, and a query server, which receives and analyzes the user's query. A query thus processed is then sent from the query server to the semantic indexing server through an interface in order to perform a search in the faceted classification index. The search system and method further comprise a result handler, which provides the user with a search result set comprising a list of unexpected links and a list of result elements. The list of unexpected links corresponds to filters which allow the user to narrow down or refine the original query. | 03-25-2010 |
20100274809 | DYNAMIC TAXONOMY PROCESS FOR BROWSING AND RETRIEVING INFORMATION IN LARGE HETEROGENEOUS DATA BASES - A process is disclosed for retrieving information in large heterogeneous data bases, wherein information retrieval through visual querying/browsing is supported by dynamic taxonomies; the process comprises the steps of: initially showing (F | 10-28-2010 |
20110264699 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTENT CLASSIFICATION - A processing method for classification ( | 10-27-2011 |
20110270883 | Automated Short Free-Text Scoring Method and System - The present invention uses an algorithm which evaluates learners' short free-text answers when the answer has as few as 10 words. The answer key uses only one correct answer, allowing instructors to ask learners to produce short open-ended text responses to questions. The algorithm automates the scoring of free-text answers, enabling instructors to embed such questions in online courses, and providing nearly immediate scoring and feedback on learners' responses. The algorithm is based on the semantic relatedness of the words in the learners' answer to the single correct answer. The semantic relatedness algorithm requires a dedicated domain specific index or collection of topic-focused documents (a corpus), which is created by an automated crawl mechanism that collects documents based upon descriptive domain keywords. | 11-03-2011 |
20110295895 | CATALOG TAXONOMY FOR STORING PRODUCT INFORMATION AND SYSTEM AND METHOD USING SAME - A catalog taxonomy organized in a tree-like configuration including at least one first tier product category having at least one first tier attribute associated with products in the first tier category, and a plurality of second tier product categories branching from the first tier product category and defining subcategories, at least one of the plurality of second tier product categories having a second tier attribute associated with products in a subcategory defined by the plurality of second tier product categories, wherein each of the second tier product categories inherits the first tier attribute of the first tier product category from which the plurality of second tier product categories branches. In addition, a system and method utilizing such catalog taxonomy. | 12-01-2011 |
20120011157 | Method and system for inferencing taxonomy topic concept objects using a metamodel instance model - A method of creating a metamodel includes retrieving, from non-volatile storage of a computer system, a predetermined definition of multiple containers. The method includes retrieving, from the non-volatile storage, predetermined syntax rules specifying allowed dependency relationships between the containers. The method also includes selectively creating taxonomy topic concept objects in the containers. The method further includes selectively creating a dependency relationship between one of the taxonomy topic concept objects of a first one of the containers and one of the taxonomy topic concept objects of a second one of the containers, wherein the dependency relationship is only created when allowed by the predetermined syntax rules. The method also includes selectively creating additional dependency relationships as allowed by the predetermined syntax rules. The method further includes using the computer system, generating the metamodel based on the containers, the taxonomy topic concept objects, and the dependency relationship. | 01-12-2012 |
20120011158 | SYSTEM AND METHODS THEREOF FOR REAL-TIME MONITORING OF A SENTIMENT TREND WITH RESPECT OF A DESIRED PHRASE - A method for real-time monitoring of changes in a sentiment respective of an input non-sentiment phrase. The method comprises receiving the input non-sentiment phrase and at least one tendency parameter respective of the input non-sentiment phrase; identifying in a data storage at least one of a term taxonomy that includes the input non-sentiment phrase, wherein the data storage contains a plurality of phrases including sentiment phrases, non-sentiment phrases, and a plurality of term taxonomies; computing a sentiment trend for the at least one term taxonomy; monitoring the sentiment trend to detect real-time changes in a direction of the sentiment trend with respect to the at least one tendency parameter; and generating at least a notification when a change in the direction of the sentiment trend with respect to the input tendency parameter has occurred. | 01-12-2012 |
20120030238 | AUTOMATICALLY IDENTIFYING PERSONALIZED SUPPORT - Embodiments of the present invention leverage information of the end-user and personal annotations/tags attached to resources and/or support related thereto (e.g., people, documents, etc.) to provide personalized support. Among other things, these embodiments allow for the mapping of expert “system”-based support to social technology to enable dynamic, localized support. In a typical embodiment, the system will analyze a profile of a user, as well as tags the user has attached to requested computer resources. Based on the profile and the tags, individualized support can be provided automatically. | 02-02-2012 |
20120030239 | COMPUTER METHOD AND APPARATUS OF INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AND NAVIGATION - Computer method and apparatus manages and navigates computer implemented information. A first source information and second source information are related as parent-child information. Keywords are extracted from the first and second source information and are used to relate second source information to the first source information. This produces dynamic sets or groupings of second source information related by keywords. Display of a listing of the keywords enables user navigation of the information especially according to the groupings of second source information. | 02-02-2012 |
20120047173 | Method of and Apparatus for Identifying Requestors of Machine-Generated Requests to Resolve a Textual Identifier - Methods and systems provide tracking or logging requests to resolve non-existent textual identifiers and classifying the textual identifier into a predefined set of taxonomical categories to support the detection of requestors of machine generated requests to resolve textual identifiers. Detection includes calculating a measure of probability based on the analysis and classification of prior textual identifier requests from a requestor. | 02-23-2012 |
20120047174 | SYSTEM AND METHODS THEREOF FOR REAL-TIME DETECTION OF AN HIDDEN CONNECTION BETWEEN PHRASES - A system for identifying hidden connections between non-sentiment phrases. The system comprises a network interface enabling an access to one or more data sources; a data warehouse storage for at least storing a plurality of phrases including sentiment phrases and non-sentiment phrases; an analysis unit for identifying hidden connections between non-sentiment phrases based on at least one proximity rule and for generating at least an association between at least two non-sentiment phrases having a hidden connection and a sentiment phrase, wherein an association between the at least two non-sentiment phrases having the hidden connection and the corresponding sentiment phrase is a term taxonomy. | 02-23-2012 |
20120233215 | Processing Medical Records - Processing medical records may be provided. First, medical records may be received from a plurality of sources. The medical records may then be converted into a computer-readable form. Once converted, the medical records may be searched for certain key words, phrases, or symbols. These searched key words, phrases and symbols may correspond to data of interest within the medical records. Once located, the searched key words, phrases and symbols may be extracted from the medical records, as well as an area of the records surrounding the located key words, phrases and symbols. Finally, the extracted data may be used to generate a summary report. | 09-13-2012 |
20120239694 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING FUTURE TRENDS OF TERM TAXONOMIES USAGE - A method and system for predicting future trends of terms taxonomies of users generated content. The method comprises crawling one or more sources of users generated content to collect phrases mentioned by users of the one or more data sources; periodically analyzing one or more term taxonomies to determine at least a trend of at least a non-sentiment phrase with respect of a plurality of sentiment phrases, wherein a term taxonomy is an association between a non-sentiment phrase and a sentiment phrase, the non-sentiment and sentiment phrases are included in the collected phrases; and generating a prediction of future behavior of the at least trend with respect of the one or more term taxonomies. | 09-20-2012 |
20120278362 | TAXONOMIC CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM - In an implementation, a query signature corresponding to a query sequence based on a set of closest cluster centroids is generated. Based on the query signature, one or more target reference signatures from a plurality of reference signatures are identified. Further based on the one or more target reference signatures, a probable taxonomic group is identified and assigned to the query sequence. | 11-01-2012 |
20120303662 | FUSION OF STRUCTURAL AND CROSS-FUNCTIONAL DEPENDENCIES FOR ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS - A method is provided for enhancing service diagnostics for root cause analysis of an identified problem in a vehicle. Service repair data of previously serviced vehicles is obtained from a memory storage device. The service data is compiled based on a service repair history for each vehicle. Each vehicle within the compiled service data having at least two service repairs performed within a predetermined period of time is identified. Combinations of parts serviced during each service repair are identified. A count is determined that indicates the number of times each combination appears in the compiled service data. The combinations having counts greater than a predetermined threshold are identified. A determination is made whether any of the combinations having counts greater than the predetermined threshold are present in the structural taxonomy database. A functional taxonomy database is updated by assigning the selected combinations to the function taxonomy database not present in the structural taxonomy database. | 11-29-2012 |
20130013640 | MINING GENERALIZED SPATIAL ASSOCATION RULE - A system, method and computer program product for mining a rule including spatial information and non-spatial information by using a SAR (Spatial Association Rule) mining tool. The computing system is configured to construct an expanded spatial predicate transaction table for reference spatial objects and a generalized taxonomy for task-relevant spatial objects. The computing system is configured to run the SAR mining tool with the constructed expanded spatial predicate transaction and the generalized taxonomy. The computing system outputs, from the SAR mining tool, a set of generalized spatial association rules for the reference spatial objects. The generalized spatial association rule includes the spatial information and non-spatial information, associated with both the reference spatial objects and the task-relevant spatial objects. | 01-10-2013 |
20130041920 | FINDING RELATIONSHIPS AND HIERARCHIES USING TAXONOMIES - Provided are techniques for creating a hierarchy of results. An unstructured result set is received. Each result in the unstructured result set is hashed into a preliminary result set. For each hashed result, one or more related concepts are obtained using one or more taxonomies; one or more matches between the one or more related concepts and other hashed results in the preliminary result set are found; a candidate group for the hashed result is formed, wherein the candidate group includes the hashed result and one or more other hashed results based on the one or more matches; in response to determining that a frequency associated with the hashed result exceeds a threshold, the candidate group associated with that hashed result is compared with pre-existing groups that are in use; and, based on the comparing, one or more suggestions regarding the candidate group are provided. | 02-14-2013 |
20130073591 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELF-SERVICE CONFIGURATION OF AUTHORIZATION - The present disclosure includes a system and method for self-service configuration of authorizations. A collaborative information system [ | 03-21-2013 |
20130144909 | Systems and Methods for Generating Issue Libraries Within a Document Corpus - A computer-implemented method of generating an issue library from a corpus of documents defining a citation network includes semantically linking, by a computing device, electronic documents within the corpus of documents by pairing reasons-for-citing in citing documents with cited-text-areas in cited documents and storing citation entries associated with the semantically-linked electronic documents in a citation-pairing metadata file. The method may further include searching the citation-pairing metadata file for reasons-for-citing and cited-text-areas that are semantically similar to at least one issue to thereby group similar documents and reasons-for-citing by issue, and storing information regarding groups of semantically-similar reasons-for-citing and cited-text-areas in a plurality of issue library metadata entities. Each issue library metadata entity is associated with an individual issue. | 06-06-2013 |
20130159348 | Computer-Implemented Systems and Methods for Taxonomy Development - Systems and methods are provided for generating a set of classifiers. A location is determined for each instance of a topic term in a collection of documents. One or more topic term phrases are identified, and one or more sentiment terms within each topic term phrase. Candidate classifiers are identified by parsing words in the one or more topic term phrases, and a colocation matrix is generated. A seed row of the colocation associated with a particular attribute is identified, and distance metrics are determined by comparing each row of the colocation matrix to the seed row. A set of classifiers are generated for the particular attribute, where classifiers in the set of classifiers are selected using the distance metrics. | 06-20-2013 |
20130254234 | WEB-BASED SERVICES FOR QUERYING AND MATCHING LIKES AND DISLIKES OF INDIVIDUALS - A method for centrally providing a profile of a user's degree of preference for one or more items across categories in a plurality of domains of interest in a taxonomy of preferences is described. In one embodiment, the method includes identifying a user's degree of preference for an item from a plurality of indicators. The user's degree of preference for the item is associated with a category in a domain of interest and is stored in a profile of the user. In another embodiment, the profile identifies preferences of the user in a taxonomy of preferences across categories in a plurality of domains of interest. | 09-26-2013 |
20130268561 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMPRESSING AND EXTRACTING INFORMATION FROM MARKETPLACE TAXONOMIES - A non-transitory processor-readable medium stores code that, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to receive a first file that is in a first file format and includes taxonomy data of a first marketplace; define a second file that is in a template file format and includes the taxonomy data of the first marketplace; and send the second file to a taxonomy platform such that inventory data is mapped to a taxonomy of the first marketplace. The code further causes the processor to receive a third file that is in a second file format and includes taxonomy data of a second marketplace; define a fourth file that is in the template file format and includes the taxonomy data of the second marketplace; and send the fourth file to the taxonomy platform such that the inventory data is mapped to a taxonomy of the second marketplace. | 10-10-2013 |
20140074886 | Taxonomy Generator - In one aspect there is provided a method. The method may include extracting, from a plurality of sources, at least one candidate concept related to a term contained in a document; annotating the at least one candidate concept with at least one of a uniform resource identifier or a uniform resource locator to identify information at a linked data source; disambiguating the at least one candidate concept, the disambiguation being on one or more distance values determined between a first context of the term and a second context of the at least one candidate concept; selecting, based on the disambiguating, the at least one candidate concept for the taxonomy, when the one or more distance values indicate a similarity between the selected at least one candidate concept and the term; and the like. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described. | 03-13-2014 |
20140082022 | TRANSFORMING A GRAPH TO A TREE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANALYST GUIDANCE - Methods are disclosed for converting a directed graph to a taxonomy using guidelines from a user. An initial tree is output from a first pruning step in which subtree preferences (and other weights) are applied to preserve or remove paths from a node to one or more levels of descendent nodes. Subtree preferences (and infoboxes) may specify rules for automatically generating recommendations during application to nodes. In a second pruning step, the directed graph is again processed with additional weightings applied to edges in the graph in accordance with the recommendations. The recommendations may be human defined. Recommendations may specify a recommended ancestor for a particular node and may include a weighting to be applied to the recommendation itself, if there are multiple conflicting recommendations for the same node. Recommendations may also specify what standard weight to apply to the edge of the best parent. | 03-20-2014 |
20140181146 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SOCIAL DATA MINING THAT LEARNS FROM A DYNAMIC TAXONOMY - A system, method and article of manufacture that selects at least keyword from a taxonomy of a publication system; used the at least one keyword for performing data mining of a social network to detect conversations relating to products; compared elements of the conversations with functions of the publication system; and responsive to comparing, uses the elements of the conversation to change the taxonomy or the offering of products on the publication system. The conversations comprise posts relating to a product, the functions of the publication system comprise searches relating to the product, and changing the taxonomy comprises adding a category to the taxonomy | 06-26-2014 |
20140337382 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTE DATA HARMONIZATION - In an example embodiment, a demand signal management system is configured to coordinate data harmonization among a plurality of entities. The demand signal management system may obtain unharmonized data through third party entities. Global records based on internal master records and taxonomy information may be distributed to the entities. In some embodiments certain entities may have authority to create new global records. In other embodiments, some entities may have authority to approve proposed new global records. In still other embodiments, some entities may not have authority to create new global records. Unharmonzied data sent to the entities for harmonization in accordance with the global records. The entities may accept or reject the harmonization request. If accepted, the entity may return an updated global record, a proposed new global record, and/or a new global record depending on the unharmonized data, the global records and the entities' authority. | 11-13-2014 |
20140365525 | System and Method of Merging Text Analysis Results - A system and method of merging text analysis results. The system uses a set of three corrected, weakened Jaccard factors to determine whether the respective results of multiple text analysis operations are equal, subtypes of each other or associated with each other, in order to merge the results. | 12-11-2014 |
20150142850 | CONTEXTUAL COMMUNITY PARADIGM - A contextual community paradigm is engineered to define context between human and machine. This contextual community paradigm enables support of multiple taxonomies for any given object. Human and machine share context. The contextual community paradigm simplifies resolution of the user's intent, enabling automated interactions between human and machine spanning functions and applications. The paradigm facilitates real-time context resolution. The paradigm also resolves intent for the purpose of automating and assisting in the execution of tasks involving people, devices, and concepts, such as events and information. | 05-21-2015 |
20150317390 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TAXONOMY DEVELOPMENT - Systems and methods are provided for generating a set of classifiers. A term is identified within a document and a pre-defined threshold distance is determined. A plurality of additional terms in the document are identified, the additional terms being located within the pre-defined threshold distance of the time. A distance between the term and an additional term of the plurality of additional terms is calculated. A corresponding weight for the calculated distance is determined using a proximity weighting scheme. A score for the additional term is calculated using the calculated distance and the corresponding weight. A colocation matrix is generated and a classifier determined using the colocation matrix. | 11-05-2015 |
20160117368 | Methods and systems for providing an auto-generated repair-hint to a vehicle repair tool - Methods and systems pertaining to auto-generated repair-hints are described. A computer-readable processor can compare terms identified on a repair order (RO) to a taxonomy term database to determine standard terms associated with the terms on the RO, to store the standard terms as meta-data associated with the RO, to select pre-drafted text strings with gaps, and to insert the meta-data into the text string gaps to create a complete text string that forms at least part of an auto-generated repair-hint. The processor can receive a set of standard search terms to search for the auto-generated repair-hint from among multiple repair-hints. The processor can cause the auto-generated repair-hint to be transmitted to a vehicle repair tool for displaying the auto-generated repair-hint. A machine including the processor can receive a set of non-standard search terms (NSST) and identify a set of standard search terms associated with the NSST. | 04-28-2016 |
707778000 | Hierarchical structures | 12 |
20100125600 | PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZED RETRIEVE TRANSFORMATION NODES - Systems, methods, computer program code, and means are provided for processing retrieve requests received in a business software system. Pursuant to some embodiments, a retrieve request is processed by identifying that the requested node is a retrieve transformation node, determining that the node relates to one of a currently selected business object and a secondary business object, and retrieving the node data from one of a persistence buffer and a secondary buffer based on the determining. | 05-20-2010 |
20110004627 | DASHBOARD FOR BUSINESS PROCESS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A Business Process Management (BPM) system can allow for creating and executing business processes. The BPM system can produce historical activity data. The historical activity data can be sent to a database for storage from an in memory cache. The BPM system can include a BPM dashboard to display the historical activity data. The BPM dashboard can obtain the historical activity data from the in memory cache before it is sent to the database. | 01-06-2011 |
20110004628 | AUTOMATED ONTOLOGY GENERATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - An automated method for ontology generation is provided. In one embodiment, a user inputs a single clinical term or portion of a clinical term representing an adverse event that a patient has experienced. In response, the system causes a list of conceptually related terms to be generated. | 01-06-2011 |
20110016150 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TAGGING MULTIPLE DIGITAL IMAGES - A system for tagging multiple digital images includes an electronic device having a display for rendering digital images. An interface in the electronic device receives an input of an area of interest within one of the rendered images, and receives a selection of images from among the rendered images to be associated with the area of interest. An input device in the electronic device receives a tag input based on the area of interest to be applied to the associated images. In one embodiment, the input device is a keypad that receives a manual tag input. Alternatively, portions of the rendered images may be transmitted to a network server. The server may compare the image portions to a reference database to identify the subject matter of the image portions, and generate a plurality of suggested tags based on the subject matter. | 01-20-2011 |
20120030240 | ENTERPRISE CONTENT MANAGEMENT FEDERATION AND INTEGRATION SYSTEM - An enterprise content management federation and integration system integrates a plurality of applications and federates information seamlessly by receiving, by a composite system, a request from a client system. The system then translates, by a manager system, the request from the client system. The manager system performs one or more high level validations and retrieves information from a mapping stored by an ontology modeling system, a plurality of content types, repositories, actions and object types based at least in part on a plurality of attributes including one or more metadata models or attribute models. The manager system then invokes one or more composites based at least in part on the request from the client system and some or all the information retrieved from the mapping. | 02-02-2012 |
20120078961 | Representing and Processing Inter-Slot Constraints on Component Selection for Dynamic Ads - Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for representing and processing inter-slot co-occurrence constraints on component selection for dynamically generated content items are disclosed. Components available for constructing the content items are organized into a hierarchy of categories. Co-occurrence constraints are specified in terms of categories in the hierarchy rather than explicit enumerated black-lists or white-lists at the component-to-component level. A set of processing rules based on the hierarchical taxonomy are used to expand a set of co-occurrence constraints specified in terms of categories into explicit enumerations of allowed component combinations, and to resolve potential conflicts in the set of co-occurrence constraints in a predictable manner. The explicit enumerations of allowed component combinations can be stored in a relational data table. When constructing a content item, candidate components can be obtained by querying the relational data table. | 03-29-2012 |
20120254243 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND MEDIA FOR GENERATING HIERARCHICAL FUSED RISK SCORES - Systems, methods, and media for generating fused risk scores for determining fraud in call data are provided herein. Some exemplary methods include generating a fused risk score used to determine fraud from call data by generating a fused risk score for a leg of call data, via a fuser module of an analysis system, the fused risk score being generated by fusing together two or more uniquely calculated fraud risk scores, each of the uniquely calculated fraud risk scores being generated by a sub-module of the analysis system; and storing the fused risk score in a storage device that is communicatively couplable with the fuser module. | 10-04-2012 |
20130031133 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CARRYING OUT SEARCHES IN A DATABASE COMPRISING TAXONOMIC CLASSIFICATION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION CONTENTS - A method for carrying out searches in a database by means of a data processing system is provided. The database includes a first plurality of first data items and a second plurality of second data items, a generic first data item being in relationship with one or more second data items and vice versa. In an internal memory of the data processing system, at least one among a first and a second data table structure are generated, each one including: a first and a second data table, each comprising a plurality of elements, each one corresponding to a respective first, respectively second, data item and univocally identified by a respective first, respectively second, index. The first and second data tables include a third data table including a plurality of elements, each one in a univocal relationship with a respective element of the first and second data tables. | 01-31-2013 |
20130198234 | Shared and Local Properties in a Multi-Hierarchy Taxonomy - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and system for defining one or more custom properties of a term in a hierarchical taxonomy. Embodiments described herein include identifying a term in a term-set using an identifier associated with the term and defining at least one new property for the term. Once the property is defined, the newly defined property is applied to the term. | 08-01-2013 |
20140122529 | HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURED DATA ORGANIZATION SYSTEM - A method in a data processing system and apparatus for organizing files or web pages, structured or unstructured, of multiple users stored across one or more server computers into hierarchical file structures on a recordable medium of a data processing system. A user-defined metalabel is assigned to each of the electronic files or web pages. The electronic files or web pages are organized as a function of the metalabels into the hierarchical file structures. | 05-01-2014 |
20140136569 | Taxonomy Driven Commerce Site - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and system for generating a webpage using one or more terms in a hierarchical taxonomy. Specifically, embodiments provide for identifying an item in a database where the item is associated with at least one term in a term set having a hierarchical structure. A uniform resource locator is generated for the webpage using the at least one term and the hierarchical structure associated with the at least one term. An identifier associated with the item is then determined and appended to the generated uniform resource locator. | 05-15-2014 |
20140324909 | CONTENT STORAGE MAPPING - A data storage method and system. The method includes defining, by a computing system, a meta-object, a schema based structured definition for the meta-object, and a taxonomy with configuration data. The computing system creates content associated with the taxonomy and associates topics of the content with a logical storage room representations. Reference coordinates associated with the logical storage room representations are associated with the taxonomy. The computing system generates updated configuration data that includes the reference coordinates and a uniform resource identifier associated with the content is generated. The computing system generates an account associated with the meta-object for a user. Metering charges for usage of the account and a report associated with the account and usage are generated. | 10-30-2014 |