03rd week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 43 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160019169 | MICROCONTROLLER PROGRAMMABLE SYSTEM ON A CHIP WITH PROGRAMMABLE INTERCONNECT - Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a microcontroller device having a microprocessor, programmable memory components, and programmable analog and digital blocks. The programmable analog and digital blocks are configurable based on programming information stored in the memory components. Programmable interconnect logic, also programmable from the memory components, is used to couple the programmable analog and digital blocks as needed. The advanced microcontroller design also includes programmable input/output blocks for coupling selected signals to external pins. The memory components also include user programs that the embedded microprocessor executes. These programs may include instructions for programming the digital and analog blocks “on-the-fly,” e.g., dynamically. In one implementation, there are a plurality of programmable digital blocks and a plurality of programmable analog blocks. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019170 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRESERVING THE ORDER OF DATA - A device includes an input processing unit and an output processing unit. The input processing unit dispatches first data to one of a group of processing engines, records an identity of the one processing engine in a location in a first memory, reserves one or more corresponding locations in a second memory, causes the first data to be processed by the one processing engine, and stores the processed first data in one of the locations in the second memory. The output processing unit receives second data, assigns an entry address corresponding to a location in an output memory to the second data, transfers the second data and the entry address to one of a group of second processing engines, causes the second data to be processed by the second processing engine, and stores the processed second data to the location in the output memory. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019171 | TIME MULTIPLEXING AT DIFFERENT RATES TO ACCESS DIFFERENT MEMORY TYPES - A memory controller accesses different types of memory devices running at different native rates through the use of a time division multiplexed bus. Data is transferred over the bus at one rate when accessing one type of memory device and at a different rate when accessing another type of memory device. In addition, the memory controller may provide control information (e.g., command and address information) to the different types of memory devices at different rates and, in some cases, time multiplex the control information on a shared bus. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019172 | UTILIZATION OF SOLID STATE MEMORY DEVICES - Technologies are generally described for systems, devices and methods effective to utilize a solid state memory device. A memory device may include one or more input/output ports effective to receive data at, and facilitate transfer from, the memory device. The memory device may further include a memory controller. The memory controller may be effective to control access to data stored in the memory device. The memory device may further include two or more flash chips effective to store data in the memory device. The memory device may further include a crossbar switch. The crossbar switch may be coupled between the one or more input/output ports and the two or more flash chips. The crossbar switch may be effective to enable the one or more input/output ports to access the two or more flash chips through the memory controller. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019173 | BANDWIDTH CONTROL METHOD FOR AN ON-CHIP SYSTEM - The invention concerns a bandwidth control method in an on-chip system comprising at least one main master module, at least one secondary master module, at least one slave module and a bus connected to each module on a communication link, the bus comprising interconnection means to make at least one common slave module communicate with at least one main master module and with at least one secondary master module via at least one common path portion, the method comprising the following steps carried out for each common slave module: first detection of a first request to access the common slave module, issued by a main master module, definition of a blocking time Dj associated with the common slave module, blocking, during blocking time Dj, of any data transfer on the at least one common path portion between a secondary master module and the common slave module. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019174 | Universal Serializer Architecture - Systems and methods for a universal Serializer-Deserializer (SerDes) architecture are described. In various implementations, a transceiver may include: a first plurality of data flip- flops coupled to a data lookup circuit of a SerDes interface; a second plurality of data flip-flops coupled to the data lookup circuit; a plurality of latches, each latch of the plurality of latches coupled to a corresponding data flip-flop of the second plurality of data flip-flops; and a plurality of multiplexers coupled to the plurality of latches, to the first plurality of data flip-flops, and to a transmitter circuit. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019175 | METHOD FOR MONITORING COMMUNICATIONS FOR AN ON-CHIP SYSTEM - The invention concerns a method for monitoring transactions in an on-chip system comprising at least one main master module, at least one secondary master module, at least one slave module and a bus connected to each module, the bus comprising interconnection means to make at least one common slave module communicate with at least one main master module and with at least one secondary master module, the method comprising the following steps implemented during each transaction between a secondary master module and a common slave module: starting a counter upon initial detection of a transaction start signal, waiting for a final detection of a transaction end signal within a predefined time T, closing the transaction if the time tc that has elapsed since starting the counter is greater than predefined time Tmax, and reinitialising the counter. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019176 | IMPLEMENTING DYNAMIC ADJUSTMENT OF I/O BANDWIDTH FOR VIRTUAL MACHINES USING A SINGLE ROOT I/O VIRTUALIZATION (SRIOV) ADAPTER - A method, system and computer program product are provided for implementing dynamic adjustment of Input/Output bandwidth for Virtual Machines of a Single Root Input/Output Virtualization (SRIOV) adapter. The SRIOV adapter includes a plurality of virtual functions (VFs). Each individual virtual function (VF) is enabled to be explicitly assigned to a Virtual Machine (VM); and each of a plurality of VF teams is created with one or more VFs and is assigned to a VM. Each VF team is enabled to be dynamically resizable for dynamic adjustment of Input/Output bandwidth. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019177 | STORAGE SYSTEM AND DATA TRANSFERRING METHOD THEREOF - A storage system and a data transferring method thereof are provided. The storage system includes at least one drawer storage device, a backplane board and a processing unit. Each of the drawer storage devices accommodates at least one storage device, and has a first connecting interface. The backplane board has a second connecting interface. The backplane board and each of the drawer storage devices are connected with each other through a transmission line. The first connecting interface and the second connecting interface are connected or isolated with each other. The processing unit detects a connection status between the first connecting interface and the second connecting interface, and determines to transfer data through at least one of the transmission line and a connection between the first connecting interface and the second connecting interface according to the connection status. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019178 | MEMORY MAPPING IN A PROCESSOR HAVING MULTIPLE PROGRAMMABLE UNITS - The disclosure includes, in general, among other aspects, an apparatus having multiple programmable units integrated within a processor. The apparatus has circuitry to map addresses in a single address space to resources within the multiple programmable units where the single address space includes addresses for different ones of the resources in different ones of the multiple programmable units and where there is a one-to-one correspondence between respective addresses in the single address space and resources within the multiple programmable units. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019179 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRANSITION-MINIMIZED DATA BUS INVERSION - Circuits and methods for Data Bus Inversion (DBI) are provided. In one example, the immediately previous value of the DBI bit affects the next value of the DBI bit. Specifically, in some instances, the value of the DBI bit is held to the immediately previous value of the DBI bit to limit the total number of transitions on a data bus. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019180 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FILTERING TRANSACTIONS FOR AN ON-CHIP SYSTEM - The invention in particular concerns a method for filtering access to an on-chip system comprising at least one master module, at least one slave module and a bus, the bus comprising at least one slave port, at least one master port and means for interconnection between at least one of the slave ports and at least one of the master ports, the method being characterised in that it comprises the following steps implemented when an access request is routed from a master module connected to a slave port to a slave module connected to a master port: intercepting an item of source information on the link between the master port and the slave module before the slave module receives the request, searching for the item of source information in at least one access control list controlling access to the slave module, blocking the request such that the slave module is unaware of the requested access if the item of source information is not found in the at least one access control list. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019181 | MOTHERBOARD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - A motherboard an electronic device using the same are provided. The motherboard includes a motherboard and a control chip. The processor is adapted to be inserted to a processor base including a plurality of pins. The pins is divided to defined pins and undefined pins. The processor base includes a plurality of electrical contacts. A first part of the electrical contacts are corresponding to the defined pins, and a second part of the electrical contacts are corresponding to the undefined pins. The control chip determines whether to make the motherboard enter an overclocking operation mode according to a control command. When the motherboard is set to be at the overclocking operation mode, the control chip transmits a control signal to the undefined pins of the processor via the second part of the electrical contacts, and then the processor improves operating efficiency. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019182 | GENERATING A PARALLEL DATA SIGNAL BY CONVERTING SERIAL DATA OF A SERIAL DATA SIGNAL TO PARALLEL DATA - Methods and deserializer circuits are provided for generating a parallel data signal by converting serial data of a serial data signal to parallel data. In a particular embodiment, the deserializer circuit includes a logic divider configured to generate based on a half rate clock, a quarter rate clock, a mode rate clock, and a selection control signal. The deserializer circuit includes a first set of latches for sampling and aligning the serial data from the serial data signal into the deserializer circuit based on the half rate clock. The deserializer circuit also includes a shift register including a second set of latches configured to latch the output of the first set of latches based on the quarter rate clock generated by the logic divider. In the particular embodiment, the deserializer circuit also includes multiplexer logic configured to output the parallel data signal including latching data from the shift register. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019183 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CHIP TO CHIP COMMUNICATION - Systems and methods for chip to chip communication are disclosed. In an exemplary aspect, a chip to chip link comprises a master device having a data transmitter, a clock, a clock transmitter, a phase locked loop (PLL) associated with the clock, and a receiver. The chip to chip link also comprises a slave device that has a data transmitter, a clock receiver, and a data receiver. Noticeably absent from the slave device is a clock or a PLL. By removing the clock from the slave device, the slave device does not have the power consuming element of a slave PLL. Further, because the slave device does not have a clock which would normally have to acquire a new frequency and settle, the master clock may change frequency relatively quickly and vary the frequency across many frequencies, not just one or two predefined frequencies. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019184 | NO-LOCALITY HINT VECTOR MEMORY ACCESS PROCESSORS, METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND INSTRUCTIONS - A processor of an aspect includes a plurality of packed data registers, and a decode unit to decode a no-locality hint vector memory access instruction. The no-locality hint vector memory access instruction to indicate a packed data register of the plurality of packed data registers that is to have a source packed memory indices. The source packed memory indices to have a plurality of memory indices. The no-locality hint vector memory access instruction is to provide a no-locality hint to the processor for data elements that are to be accessed with the memory indices. The processor also includes an execution unit coupled with the decode unit and the plurality of packed data registers. The execution unit, in response to the no-locality hint vector memory access instruction, is to access the data elements at memory locations that are based on the memory indices. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019185 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING THRESHOLD BASELINES BASED UPON RECEIVED MEASUREMENTS - A method and apparatus can be configured to receive a data set of values relating to a process. The data set of values correspond to values measured while the process is performed over a duration of time. The method also includes performing first statistical calculations on a first data subset of values. The values of the first data subset is a subset of the entire received data set of values. The values of the first data subset of values correspond to values that are of a first timeframe of the duration of time. The method also includes displaying first calculated results of the first statistical calculations. The method also includes determining whether performing the process has crossed a first threshold baseline. The first threshold baseline is based on the first statistical calculations. The method also includes transmitting a first alert to a user if the process is determined to have crossed the first threshold baseline. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019186 | ENERGY AND EFFORT EFFICIENT READING SESSIONS - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for presenting text and figures on a display screen. Formatting, by a computer, text in a document into a single display line, scrolling the single display line on a first portion of the display screen, wherein the display screen remains active, and displaying, on a second portion of the display screen, figures in the document referenced by the scrolled text in the single display line on the display screen. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019187 | Consolidating Cross Product Contextual Help - An approach is provided for consolidating cross product contextual help. The approach responds when a help request is received at a computer system from a user. The computer system has a number of installed software products. Software services that have been installed on the computer system by the software products are identified along with a number of relationships between the software products. The software services and relationships are retrieved from a registry. Help contents data are retrieved from the software products based on the identified software services. The approach generates a consolidated help contents from the help contents data retrieved from the software products with the generated consolidated including a topology based on the relationships between the software products. The approach presents the consolidated help contents with topology to the user. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019188 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ABSTRACTING A DISPLAY - A system comprises a physical display unit and an aircraft system component. The aircraft system component is configured to output a first signal for display according to a first display format. The system also includes an abstraction component configured to generate a virtual display page according to the first protocol based on the signal received from the aircraft system component and to map the virtual display page into two or more modified pages. Each of the modified pages is configured according to a second display format and corresponds to a respective portion of the virtual display page. The abstraction component is further configured to output a second signal comprising a first of the two or more modified pages to the physical display unit for display according to the second display format. The abstraction component is configured to output a signal comprising a second modified page based on user input. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019189 | FONT LOADING SYSTEM AND METHOD - Disclosed herein is a system and related method for downloading fonts associated with a document in a client-server architecture. On a client side the client is: receiving some of the document to reproduce; retrieving fonts needed to display a page of the document on the client device by: requesting a font loader to load a requested font; determining if the font is loaded by: determining a valid test character of the font that is a viewable character; attempting to draw the test character in a small portion of a display screen of the client device; recording a width of the drawn character; determining that the test character was written in the requested font if its character width is not equal to zero; and determining that the test character was written in a fallback font if its character width is equal to zero. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019190 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED TAXONOMY CONCEPT REPLACEMENT IN AN XBRL DOCUMENT - An XBRL extension taxonomy concept replacement system includes: a computer processor having a memory on which a program executable by the processor is stored for performing a method of XBRL extension taxonomy concept replacement; an XBRL taxonomy module including an XBRL extension taxonomy having XBRL extension taxonomy concepts and an XBRL base taxonomy having related XBRL base taxonomy concepts; and an automated superfluous XBRL extension taxonomy concept detection module that analyzes an XBRL document having XBRL tags and identifies an XBRL extension taxonomy concept of an XBRL extension taxonomy that is superfluous in comparison with an XBRL base taxonomy concept of an XBRL base taxonomy upon which the XBRL extension taxonomy is based. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019191 | CONVERTING TERMINAL-BASED LEGACY APPLICATIONS TO WEB-BASED APPLICATIONS - Map files associated with a terminal-based legacy application, such as a Customer Information Control System (CICS) application, are converted to views and models of a web-based application, such as an application implemented with a Java Platform Enterprise Edition (JEE) compliant server. A hybrid application server executes the legacy application in a first runtime, such as a CICS runtime, in response to a user request received through the web-based application executing in a second runtime, such as a JEE runtime. When a terminal command is identified in the executing legacy application, data associated with the terminal command is packetized and forwarded to the web-based application through an established socket without creating a data stream. The web-based application invokes the models associated with the terminal command and presents a web page responsive to the terminal command to the user. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019192 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO EXTRACT STRUCTURED SEMANTIC MODEL FROM DOCUMENT - According to some embodiments, a document associated with an artifact may be received, the document being at least partially unstructured. In an unstructured portion of the document, an extraction platform may automatically detect a first characteristic. The extraction platform may also automatically detect a second characteristic in the unstructured portion of the document. Using the first and second characteristics, a structured semantic model representing the artifact may automatically be created. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019193 | CONVERTING TERMINAL-BASED LEGACY APPLICATIONS TO WEB-BASED APPLICATIONS - Map files associated with a terminal-based legacy application, such as a Customer Information Control System (CICS) application, are converted to views and models of a web-based application, such as an application implemented with a Java Platform Enterprise Edition (JEE) compliant server. A hybrid application server executes the legacy application in a first runtime, such as a CICS runtime, in response to a user request received through the web-based application executing in a second runtime, such as a JEE runtime. When a terminal command is identified in the executing legacy application, data associated with the terminal command is packetized and forwarded to the web-based application through an established socket without creating a data stream. The web-based application invokes the models associated with the terminal command and presents a web page responsive to the terminal command to the user. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019194 | PAUSING ACTIVITIES IN BACKGROUND BROWSER TABS TO SAVE POWER - Provided is a method for pausing activities in an internet browser in which a plurality of webpages are open, at least one of the webpages being a background webpage relative to at least one other of the webpages. The method may comprise executing, while the plurality of webpages are open, software scripts on the background webpage. The method may then include analyzing a Document Object Model (DOM) and a rendering tree of a background webpage to discover what software scripts the background webpage runs while in the background, and determining whether the background webpage provides title bar updates. The method may also include periodically pausing, by a background activity suspension component, the execution of the software scripts for a pause duration to conserve power or processing resources, and adjusting the pause duration to be longer or shorter based on characteristics of the software scripts that run on the background webpage. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019195 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR POSTING COMMENTS ON HOSTED WEB PAGES - Methods and systems that allow users to post comments on hosted web pages and web sites. The users post their comments, inputted over a network, on an overlying electronic document, also known as a web document, at positions in the electronic document corresponding to a user-selected location of the underlying web page. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019196 | DATA MAPPING SERVICE - Data mapping techniques are disclosed. A representation of a first destination data field to which data is to be mapped is provided via a displayed user interface. One or more other destination data fields are not displayed at the same time as the first destination data field is displayed. A user input comprising a selection of a source data input field to be used to determine a data value for the first destination field is received. The displayed user interface is updated to include a representation of the selected source data input field and a control, wherein user interface code with which the displayed user interface is associated is responsive to provide via the displayed user interface a set of structurally valid options to further define how the data value for the first destination field is to be determined. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019197 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOCATING, IDENTIFYING AND MAPPING ELECTRONIC FORM FIELDS - Systems and methods for locating, identifying, mapping and completing electronic form fields are provided herein. A mapping engine is configured to identify form fields using a variety of similar field names through one or more algorithms configured to identify and match similar field names and combinations of field names. A form field mapping and identification engine identifies a form category using a machine learning classification algorithm, then determines and maps form labels to form fields using seeded values and optical scanning in order to produce a human readable label for each form field. The field labels are used to generate a set of terms for each form field that are used to identify content to be filled in the form with a high degree of accuracy. Additional embodiments are directed toward locating form fields in an electronic form known as a formless form. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019198 | ENTITY RECOGNITION FOR ENHANCED DOCUMENT PRODUCTIVITY - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and software for enhancing document productivity. In one implementation, various entries in a document are examined to identify at least an entry recognizable as an entity that is potentially related to at least one of various additional entities external to the document. At least a subset of the additional entities may be identified for surfacing in a user interface for potential inclusion in the document. In response to a selection of at least one of the subset of the additional entities, at least the one additional entity of the subset of the additional entities is included in the document in association with the entry. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019199 | Rules Editor - A rules editor for creating rules for a software application. The editor is suitable for running on a computing device having at least a processor, a memory, a display device and an input device. The editor includes a graphical editor for: retrieving from the memory and displaying on the display device one or more graphical icons; and enabling a user to select and arrange at least some of the icons on the display device using the input device so as to form a graphical representation of a rule to be processed by the software application. The editor includes a spreadsheet editor for displaying on the display device one or more spreadsheets forming a spreadsheet representation of rules to be processed by the software application, and enabling the user to edit the spreadsheet representation. The processor is arranged to automatically maintain the graphical and spreadsheet representations synchronized following amendment of the graphical representation in the graphical editor or amendment of the spreadsheet representation in the spreadsheet editor. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019200 | SYSTEMS FOR DYNAMICALLY GENERATING AND PRESENTING NARRATIVE CONTENT - In some embodiments, a non-transitory processor-readable medium stores code representing instructions that when executed cause a processor to select a narrative content template based at least in part on a predetermined content type associated with a real-world and/or virtual event. The code further represents instructions that when executed cause the processor to select a narrative tone type. The code further represents instructions that when executed cause the processor to, for each phrase included in an ordered set of phrases associated with the narrative content template, select, based at least in part on the narrative tone type, a phrase variation from a set of phrase variations associated with that phrase, and define, based on the selected phrase variation and at least one datum from a set of data, a narrative content portion associated with the real-world event. The code further represents instructions that when executed cause the processor to output, at a display, the narrative content portion. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019201 | TONE MARK BASED TEXT SUGGESTIONS FOR CHINESE OR JAPANESE CHARACTERS OR WORDS - For suggesting input text based on tone mark information for Chinese or Japanese characters or words, an apparatus, system, method, and computer program product are disclosed. The apparatus may include a processor, a handwriting input unit operatively coupled to the processor, an input text module that receives input text comprising at least one character, a tone mark module that identifies a tone mark associated with the input text, and a suggestion module that proposes at least one next character based on the identified tone mark. The input text module may receive a user selection of the at least one next character. The input text may include characters selected from the group consisting of: Chinese characters and Japanese characters. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019202 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR REVIEW AND ANNOTATION OF AUDIOVISUAL MEDIA CONTENT - An apparatus for reviewing and annotating audiovisual media content includes a transcript parser, syncing module, video module, transcript viewer module, annotation module, and data module. The transcript parser parses a transcript of a video. The syncing module synchronizes the video with the transcript. The video module streams the video to a user. The transcript viewer module displays the transcript to the user in sync with the video. The annotation module assigns a tag to a portion of the video in response to the user marking with the tag a portion of the transcript in sync with the portion of the video. The data module stores information pertaining to the portion of the transcript marked by the user. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019203 | METHOD FOR QUICK INPUTTING IN A MOBILE DEVICE AND THE MOBILE DEVICE - A method for quick, inputting in a mobile device and the mobile device are disclosed. The method for achieving quick inputting in a mobile device comprises: receiving an instruction of selecting a candidate item from a user by the mobile device; determining whether the candidate item selected is the object name with the predetermined mark according to the instruction, where the predetermined mark is used to label a category of the object, and the object name marked in advance is stored in a glossary of an input application in advance; and if the candidate item selected is the object name with the predetermined mark, then acquiring information corresponding to the object and inserting the information as an inserted content, where the information corresponding to the object is information acquired from other than the current input application of the mobile device. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019204 | MATCHING LARGE SETS OF WORDS - Word phrases are stored in a phrase structure. Each word is stored as a keyword in a keyword structure. Each keyword is associated with usage attributes identifying use of a word in a word phrase. Any preceding words associated with a keyword, and a mapping from any preceding words to a word phrase, is stored for each word. A word string is input. Match attributes are updated in a match structure if a word in the word string matches any keyword and if any preceding words associated with any matching keyword includes a preceding word which precedes the word in the word string. The match attributes indicate use of the matching word in the word string and in a word phrase. Whether a word phrase is present in the word string is determined based on the usage attributes and the match attributes associated with multiple matching words. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019205 | LANGUAGE CONTENT TRANSLATION - In an embodiment, a method comprises receiving, at a translation server, a request for translation services from a requesting device for text data associated with a token and a first language; retrieving, at the translation server, a translated version of the text data in a second language from a translation database storing automatically translated text data and manually translated text data, if the token matches a previously processed token; retrieving, at the translation server, the translated version of the text data in the second language from an automated translation service, if the token does not match the previously processed token; retrieving, at the translation server, the translated version of the text data in the second language from the manual translation service; and transmitting, at the translation server, one or more of the automatically translated text data and the manually translated text data to the requesting device. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019206 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS TO IDENTIFY AND USE EVENT PATTERNS OF APPLICATION WORKFLOWS FOR DATA MANAGEMENT - An application-aware, automated and proactive approach to event-based data analysis and management of data is disclosed. Events are operations directed at stored file content as specified by applications. The tracking of the events allows for the file types of the file content associated with the events to be determined for individual applications as event patterns which are managed as templates. For a set of events that match one of the templates, the appropriate timing to perform data management can be determined according to the event pattern and file types thereof as specified by the template. Further, plural templates can be correlated to define a workflow of plural applications by the event patterns thereof. Workflows are used to predict whether all applications have completed accessing the files associated therewith. Data management can then be executed on the files of the completed workflow. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019207 | PROVIDING A HUMAN-SENSE PERCEIVABLE REPRESENTATION OF AN ASPECT OF AN EVENT - A method and system presents a sensory trait to a person for providing a human-sense perceivable representation of an aspect of an event. Information associated with an event can be received which has a first aspect being perceivable by a human via a first human sense at a distance from the event. A second aspect of the event is imperceivable by the human via a second human sense at the distance from the event. A query can be sent to a database for a representation of the first aspect of the event. A response to the query can be received which identifies the representation of the second aspect. The representation of the second aspect can be outputted in a manner that is perceivable by the human via the second human sense, while the human perceives the first aspect via the first human sense at the distance from the event. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019208 | PROCESS FOR MATCHING PAINT - The invention relates to a computer implemented process for matching a paint to the visual appearance properties of a painted substrate surface comprising the steps of a) selecting a potentially matching first candidate paint based on a first paint recipe comprising one or more colour and/or effect imparting toners, b) applying the first candidate paint to a test panel to obtain a first painted test panel c) visually comparing the appearance properties of the painted substrate surface and the first painted test panel under more than one viewing angle, wherein the visual comparison comprises c1) selecting a visual appearance category wherein the appearance of the painted test panel most prominently deviates from the painted substrate, wherein the categories are selected from a number of pre-defined visual appearance categories displayed on an output device of a computer, c2) inputting the selected visual appearance category in an input device of the computer, c3) visually determining the visual appearance difference of the painted test panel and the painted substrate in the selected appearance category, d) entering the determined visual appearance difference in an input device of the computer, e) optionally, entering only the types of toners of the candidate paint in an input device of the computer, f) providing a paint recipe modification advice consisting an advice of increasing or reducing one or more of the toners in the recipe, or adding an additional toner to the recipe or, on an output device of the computer, wherein the computer software provides the modification advice on the basis of i) the entered visual appearance difference and ii) a database in which only visually determined appearance properties of available toners under two or more viewing angles are stored, with the aim to minimize the appearance difference, g) preparing a second candidate paint based on the recipe modification advice, h) applying the second candidate paint to a test panel to obtain a second painted test panel, and i) repeating steps c) to h) until the visual comparison in step c) indicates that the candidate paint sufficiently matches the appearance properties of the painted substrate surface. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019209 | UNIFIED PICTURE ACCESS ACROSS DEVICES - A method for creating a design for an image product includes registering a group of image sources by a network based image service system, wherein the group of image sources comprise a first device and a second device, receiving a notification, by the network based image service system, from the image sources about availabilities of the image sources, representing the second device and a local storage of the first device at a user interface on the first device, indicating an availability status of the second device on the first device, and if the availability status of the second device indicates that the second device is available, allowing a user to browse, on the first device, images stored on the second device. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019210 | SHARING UNMANAGED CONTENT USING A CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - In some implementations, a subscriber to an online content management system can share content items that are external to the subscriber's content library. A computing device can include managed content items associated with the subscriber's content library. The computing device can include unmanaged content items that are stored externally to the subscriber's content library. The subscriber can provide input associated with an unmanaged content item to generate a link (e.g., URL, file path, location reference, etc.) for the unmanaged content item. When generating the link, the unmanaged content item can be uploaded to the online content management system and stored separately from the subscriber's content library. The generated link can be shared with recipient user (e.g., subscriber or non-subscriber). The generated link can be used by the recipient to access the unmanaged content item uploaded to and stored by the online content management system. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019211 | A PROCESS FOR OBTAINING CANDIDATE DATA FROM A REMOTE STORAGE SERVER FOR COMPARISON TO A DATA TO BE IDENTIFIED - The invention presents a process for obtaining candidate reference data to compare to a data to be identified, implemented in a system comprising a client unit and a storage server comprising two databases, in which: —the first database comprises indexed memory blocks each comprising a corresponding encrypted indexed reference data, and—the second database comprises memory blocks indexed by all possible hash values obtained by a plurality of k indexed hash functions, and wherein each block contains a list of the indexes of the reference data which hashing by one of said hash function results in the hash value corresponding to said block, said process comprising the steps during which: —the client unit hashes the data to be identified with each of the plurality of hash functions, and reads the k memory blocks of the second database corresponding to the hash values thus obtained, the client unit identifies indexes contained in at least t out of k read memory blocks, and—the client unit reads the memory blocks of the first database indexed by the identified indexes in order to obtain the corresponding indexed reference data, said data being candidate data to compare to the data to be identified, the steps of reading memory blocks of the databases being carried out by executing a protocol preventing the storage server from learning which memory blocks of the databases are read. Another object of the invention is a system for the secure comparison of data. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019212 | MAINTENANCE ASSISTANCE FOR AN AIRCRAFT BY AUGMENTED REALITY - A method for supporting aircraft maintenance, performed in a system comprising a display selection device and a portable device with a camera and an augmented reality display. The method comprises the steps of acquiring images of an equipment of the aircraft with the camera, and sending them to the display selection device; identifying the equipment present in these images with the display selection device and determining the identifier thereof, referred to as the useful identifier; on the basis of the useful identifier, sending maintenance assistance data with the display selection device to the augmented reality display; in response, displaying, in augmented reality, images corresponding to the data with the augmented reality display device. The method also comprises steps for displaying guidance data guiding towards one equipment in particular. A device for implementing such a method is also disclosed. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019213 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING SEARCH RESULTS QUALITY IN VERTICAL RANKING - Methods, systems and programming for predicting search results quality. In one example, a search query is received from a user. A plurality of search results are obtained from a content source based on the search query. The plurality of search results are ranked based on their relevance scores with respect to the search query. A distribution of the relevance scores of the plurality of search results is normalized in each position of the ranking. A metric of the content source is computed based on the normalized distribution of the relevance scores. The metric indicates a relevance between the plurality of search results and the search query. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019214 | HIGH-PERFORMANCE GRIDDED DATA STORAGE, ARRANGEMENT AND EXTRACTION - A high-performance gridded database protocol for storing, arranging, and extracting gridded data includes associating values for a single grid cell and storing them together to extract as many useful values as possible from a single read operation. Gridded data is stored in a geographically-indexed cylindrical grid that permits efficient data extraction for a particular location while maximizing efficiency of read operations. Cylinders of values are built by grouping grids that are related to each other so that when data for a location is to be extracted, a minimal number of read operations is needed to retrieve an entire stack of data relevant to the location. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019215 | ASSIGNING SCORES TO OBJECTS BASED ON SEARCH QUERY RESULTS - Systems and methods for assigning scores to objects based on evaluating triggering conditions applied to datasets produced by search queries in data aggregation and analysis systems. An example method may comprise: executing, by one or more processing devices, a search query to produce a dataset comprising one or more data items derived from source data; and responsive to determining that at least a portion of the dataset satisfies a triggering condition, modifying a score assigned to an object to which the portion of the dataset pertains. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019216 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING THE RANKING OF NEWS ARTICLES - A system ranks results. The system may receive a list of links. The system may identify a source with which each of the links is associated and rank the list of links based at least in part on a quality of the identified sources. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019217 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECOMMENDING MEDIA ITEMS - Large media libraries containing songs, movies, or images, can be organized as a graphical media map. Depending on the contents of a particular large media library, the media map can have empty cells that do not correspond to a media item in the media library. To fill these cells with meaningful recommendations based on media items that are already in the library, a recommendation system provides a recommendation of a media item for a particular cell based on the media items corresponding to cells proximate to the cell. The recommendation is generated using metadata tags describing the nearby media items and media items that are not currently part of the media library. The recommendations can be updated based on changes made to the media map. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019218 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING DATA INCIDENT BASED MODELING AND PREDICTION - A system and method for enabling information extraction from large data sets (so-called “big data”) according to a new paradigm is disclosed. This system does not generate functions describing why certain inputs result in certain outputs. Instead, it creates incident mappings of inputs to outputs without regard to why inputs result in outputs. These mappings can be distributions or other data sets representative of different outcomes occurring. This enables several useful operations. For example, by providing a data set indicative of outputs that have historically occurred following a particular input, the disclosed system can be used to predict future outcomes with probabilities. For example, if a particular stock price pattern is provided as an input, the system generates an output data set indicating the probabilities of certain price behaviors following that input pattern. This data set can thus be used to predict future behavior. Other useful operations are disclosed herein. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019219 | SEARCH RESULT RANKER - A computerized method for optimizing search result rankings obtained from a search result ranker has the steps of retrieving a first set of query-document pairs, each query-document pair of the first set having an associated post-impression features vector; generating a weight vector having a number of weights corresponding to a number of post-impression features in each of the post-impression feature vector of the first set; generating a target function by using the weight vector and the post-impression features vectors of the first set; using a performance metric associated with the target function, optimizing the weights of the weight vector using the first set of query-document pairs to obtain an optimized target function; optimizing the search result ranker using the optimized target function; and using the optimized search result ranker to rank search results. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019220 | QUERYING A QUESTION AND ANSWER SYSTEM - A system, a method, and a computer program product of searching a corpus with an unstructured query in a Question and Answering (QA) system are disclosed. The system, the method, and the computer program product include analyzing structural information of an input question. The analyzing may occur in response to parsing the input question. The analyzing may select a first portion of the input question as a first component. The system, the method, and the computer program product include weighting the first component with a first weight. The weighting may be used in a query. The system, the method, and the computer program product include submitting the query to the QA system. The query may include the first component with the first weight. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019221 | Systems and Methods for a Media Application Including an Interactive Grid Display - Described herein are systems and methods for a media application including an interactive grid display. A method may include identifying one or more user preferences; displaying a grid including a content region; arranging a presentation of a plurality of media elements within the content region based on the one or more user preferences, each of the plurality of media elements activates a correlated media file; receiving a further media element from a content provider over a network; and inserting the further media element onto the content region based on the one or more user preferences. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019222 | Method of Displaying a Location Associated with a User - A method having the steps of receiving a user name associated with a profile on a social networking service; receiving user information associated with a user name; receiving public information associated with a user name; determining, by one or more processors, a user match; identifying a location that matches the location associated with the user name; and providing the location associated with a user name for display. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019223 | IMAGE MODIFICATION - In one aspect, a request to alter a first image is received. The request includes a portion of the first image that is provided for display with a second image. The second image is associated with three-dimensional (3D) geometry data for an object depicted in both the first and second images and date information identifying when the second image was captured. Input identifying an area of the second image is received. A third image is identified based on the date information of the third image and the second image. The third image is associated with 3D geometry data for the object. An area of the third image is determined based on the 3D geometry data of the second image, the 3D geometry data of the second image, and the area of the second image. Information identifying the area of the third image is provided for display with the third image. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019224 | FILE SYSTEM CONTENT ARCHIVING BASED ON THIRD-PARTY APPLICATION ARCHIVING RULES AND METADATA - An information management system according certain aspects for archiving file system content may include a third-party application archiving data agent configured to: access third-party application archiving rules for archiving data to one or more secondary storage devices, wherein the third-party application archiving rules are defined by a third-party application to archive files associated with the third-party application; access third-party metadata associated with a plurality of files in a file system, wherein the plurality of files is associated with the third-party application and the third-party metadata is defined by the third-party application; determine whether to archive one or more files of the plurality of files based at least in part on the third-party application archiving rules and the third-party metadata; and in response to determining that a first file of the plurality of files should be archived, archive the first file to the one or more secondary storage devices. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019225 | Methods for Normalizing Encoding Formats of Digital Assets - A method of normalizing digital formats comprises determining a plurality of digital files associated with a user, the plurality of digital files having a plurality of encoding formats; generating a script based on a set of encoding formats predetermined for the plurality of digital files; and based on the generated script, performing at least one of creating and deleting a digital file to conform the plurality of encoding formats to the set of predetermined encoding formats. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019226 | IDENTIFYING VIDEO FILES OF A VIDEO FILE STORAGE SYSTEM - Methods and systems for identifying one or more video files are disclosed. One method includes identifying a plurality of video files that have a relationship to a first search term, identifying a plurality of first files having a relationship to the first search term, generating a list of inquiries based on the plurality of identified video files, providing the list of inquiries to the at least one author of each of the plurality of first files, receiving one or more responses to the list of inquiries from at least one author of each of plurality of first files, and providing a video file from the list of video files that was selected by the most number of authors of the plurality of files to a user who has performed a search using a user search term that is related to the first search term. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019227 | KEY-VALUE DATABASE FOR GEO-SEARCH AND RETRIEVAL OF POINT OF INTEREST RECORDS - Methods and systems for providing a geo-search engine capability for large point-of-interest record datasets are disclosed. These methods and systems employ a Partition-by-Query index containing key-values pairs corresponding to keys reflecting concept-ordered geo-search phrases and values reflecting ordered lists of point-of-interest record references that are responsive to the concept-ordered geo-search phrase in a corresponding key. A large Partition-by-Query index may be partitioned across multiple servers depending on the size of the index, or the size of the index may be reduced by compressing query-references pairs into clusters. The methods and systems described herein may provide suggestions and spelling corrections to the user, thereby improving the user's geo-search engine experience while meeting user expectations for geo-search quality and responsiveness. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019228 | SNAPSHOT-CONSISTENT, IN-MEMORY GRAPH INSTANCES IN A MULTI-USER DATABASE - Techniques for storing and processing graph data in a database system are provided. Graph data (or a portion thereof) that is stored in persistent storage is loaded into memory to generate an instance of a particular graph. The instance is consistent as of a particular point in time. Graph analysis operations are performed on the instance. The instance may be used by multiple users to perform graph analysis operations. Subsequent changes to the graph are stored separate from the instance. Later, the changes may be applied to the instance (or a copy thereof) to refresh the instance. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019229 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROGRESSIVELY LAUNCHING WEBSITES - A method for progressively launching a website is disclosed. A production phase website may be launched or made available to a limited number of consumers. In addition, the performance of the production phase website may be evaluated based upon a comparison of the performance of the production phase website to a performance of the predecessor website. Further, the predecessor website may be replaced with the production phase website. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019230 | INDICATORS FOR ENTITIES CORRESPONDING TO SEARCH SUGGESTIONS - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for dynamically generating indicators of entity locations on an electronic map corresponding, for example, to a suggested search request. In one aspect, a method includes providing an electronic map of a geographic area for display on a user interface, receiving a character string entered into the user interface, the character string representing a partial search query, determining a suggested search request based on the character string, and identifying an entity responsive to the suggested search request and a geographic location for the identified entity. An indicator identifying the geographic location of the entity is provided for display on the electronic map. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019231 | REPORTING TOOL AND METHOD THEREFOR - A reporting tool is used to execute a method of designating publications to cite in a report. The reporting tool opens a report in response to a request received from a client computer. The reporting tool receives from the client computer an indication of publications. Then, the reporting tool uses storage to find information in storage that links the publications to other publications found in the storage. At that point, the reporting tool sends a suggestion to the client computer to cite the newly-found publications in the report. The reporting tool has multiple uses, such as facilitating the process of generating a prior art search report. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019232 | DISTRIBUTED DEDUPLICATION USING LOCALITY SENSITIVE HASHING - Deduplication in a distributed storage system is described. A deduplication manager identifies a data item that includes multiple data chunks. The deduplication manager defines a first extent on a first node in a distributed storage system. The deduplication manager compares the first extent to existing groups of similar extents to find one of the existing groups that has extents that are similar to the first extent. The deduplication manager selects a second extent from the found group of extents. The second closely matches the first extent and removes from the first extent one or more data chunks that are included in the first extent and the second extent. The deduplication manager associates, with the first extent, a pointer to the second extent for the removed one or more data chunks. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019233 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR POLICY BASED SYNCHRONIZATION OF REMOTE AND LOCAL FILE SYSTEMS - A method for synchronizing a local file system (LFS) and a remote (cloud) file system (RFS) includes the step of storing events indicative of differences between the LFS and the RFS, where the events are associated with file system objects of the LFS and RFS. The method further includes the steps of prioritizing the events, generating file system operations for the events based at least in part on the prioritization of the events, and performing at least some of the file system operations to synchronize the LFS and RFS. Prioritizing the events includes defining a plurality of service classes (e.g., based on type of event, event attribute, etc.), assigning a priority to each of the service classes, and assigning each event to one of said service classes. Systems are also described. The invention allocates limited synchronization resources based on a predefined policy to synchronize important file system objects sooner. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019234 | APPLICATION RECOMMENDATION USING STORED FILES - The disclosed technology can enable files to be stored with a networked environment. The files can be associated with information (e.g., properties) such as a file name, a file type, a date/time at which a respective file was last accessed, a number of times a respective file was accessed, data representing the contents of a respective file, and other information. Based at least in part on analyzing the information, the disclosed technology can select or identify a file and/or a file property (e.g., a file type) that the disclosed technology predicts to be most relevant to the user. The disclosed technology can then recommend applications based at least in part on the selected or identified file and/or file property (e.g., file type). | 2016-01-21 |
20160019235 | FILE FOLDER TRANSMISSION ON NETWORK - Disclosed are a method and a system for transmitting a file folder from the sending end to the receiving end. The system uses a file folder transmission unit at the sending end side to generate a directory structure file of the file folder. The directory structure file may have properties such as the size of the file folder, paths and path lengths of the files in the file folder. The sending end then sends the directory structure file to the receiving end through the file folder transmission unit to allow the system to determine which files in the file folder need to be transmitted. The needed files in the file folder are then transmitted to the receiving end according to the determination. The sending end and the receiving end may communicate using an instant messaging tool. The disclosed method and system allow a faster and more convenient file folder network transmission. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019236 | DISTRIBUTED FILE SYSTEM USING CONSENSUS NODES - A cluster of nodes in a distributed file system may include; at least two namenodes, each coupled to a plurality of data nodes and each configured to store a state of a namespace of the cluster and each being configured to respond to a request from a client while other(s) of the namenodes are responding to other requests from other clients; and a coordination engine coupled to each of the namenodes. The coordination engine may be configured to receive proposals from the namenodes to change the state of the namespace by replicating, deleting and/or adding data blocks stored in the data nodes and to generate, in response, an ordered set of agreements that specifies an order in which the namenodes are to change the state of the namespace. The namenodes are configured to delay making changes thereto until after the ordered set of agreements is received from the coordination engine. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019237 | REVERSE IP DATABASES USING DATA INDICATIVE OF USER LOCATION - Architecture that improves the quality of RevIP databases using search engine query logs and other location information sources and finds IP addresses that share multiple locations (indicative of large Internet gateways). A ground truth dataset is generated with mappings of IP addresses to locations and IP ranges to locations which are known to be correct. Additionally, the architecture can determine which types of queries and SERP page blocks (page sections) are location aware. Location information can be extracted from user queries and the most-frequently-used locations aggregated per IP address. Dominant locations can be aggregated, mapped to existing RevIP database IP address ranges and replaced. The updated RevIP database can be evaluated against the ground truth dataset. RevIP IP address ranges can be split and combined to improve the overall performance of the RevIP database. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019238 | GENERATING TEXTUAL SUMMARY ABOUT PHYSICAL LOCATION BASED ON COMPUTING INTERACTIONS PERTAINING TO PHYSICAL LOCATION - Methods and apparatus for determining aspects of locations based on computing interactions of users that pertain to the locations. In some implementations, an aspect of a location may be determined based on comparing a first computing interaction measure for the location to a second measure. The first computing interaction measure may be determined based on a first group of computing interactions that pertain to the location. In some implementations, the second measure may be determined based on a second group of addition computing interactions. In some implementations, a textual summary may be generated automatically based on the first and/or second computing interaction measure, and/or based on the determined aspect. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019239 | On Device Image Keyword Identification and Content Overlay - An example of a method of keyword identification and content overlay is described. A mobile device identifies a keyword within a file containing one or more images. The identified keyword is compared to a collection of pre-stored keywords. If the identified keyword matches one of the pre-stored keywords, content corresponding to the matched pre-stored keyword is overlaid onto the image and the image with the overlaid content is displayed. A user of the mobile device can select the overlaid content to retrieve additional information related to the identified keyword. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019240 | VOICE DIRECTED CONTEXT SENSITIVE VISUAL SEARCH - Various technologies described herein pertain to voice directed context sensitive visual searching. Visual content can be rendered on a display, and a voice directed query related to the visual content can be received. Contextual information related to the visual content can also be identified. Moreover, a search word recognized from the voice directed query and/or the contextual information can be used to detect an object from the visual content, where the object can be a part of the visual content. Further, a search can be performed using the object detected from the visual content, and a result of the search can be rendered on the display. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019241 | SOCIAL FILES - Disclosed are systems, apparatus, methods, and computer readable media for creating and sharing social files in a feed system. In one embodiment, a request is received to perform an action related to a social file. The social file may provide access to a first document file within a social networking system. The first document file may be capable of being displayed on a display device. A determination may be made as to whether the requested action complies with a permission configuration record associated with the social file. The permission configuration record may identify one or more user accounts permitted to access the social file. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019242 | Migrating Federated Data to Multi-Source Universe Database Environment - Embodiments relate to reporting data of project artifacts in a multi-source universe database environment. In embodiments, an analytics module is configured to receive as input, data in target tables of a data federator. With reference to a file, the analytics module creates a federated table in a federator layer of an Information Design Tool (IDT) in a multi-source universe database environment. The federator layer may also include data source references, objects, and mapping rules. This migration process allows the IDT to preserve with the federated tables, previously created mapping rules defining the complex logical relationship between the target tables and the underlying database data. These mapping rules are used in creating project-based reports of the federated table data in the multi-source database universe environment. In this manner, data can be migrated to a multi-source database universe, while conserving previous effort to define logical relationships between federated data and the database. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019243 | TEMPLATE METADATA - A template metadata system and a process for attaching descriptive information to metadata of a template are described. The template metadata process can include, but is not limited to, characterizing template properties for purposes of finding, filtering, organizing, and processing a database of templates. The template metadata system includes a server, a template database, a network, and an end user device. In one embodiment, the template metadata system can generate input parameters for discovering a pre-existing template from among a collection of templates stored in a template database. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019244 | DATA MODEL CHANGE MANAGEMENT - A version manager that manages multiple versions of a logical data model. Each version of the logical data model exposes a data storage system using a corresponding semantic mapping set that for multiple logical data model entities, maps at least the logical data model entity to at least a corresponding physical data model entity of the data storage system. The logical data model itself may consistent of multiple constituent logical data models, each used for a different vertical to expose the same underlying storage system. The version manager corresponds each of one or more data consumers of the data storage system with a version of the logical data model. Accordingly, when requests come in from a particular data consumer, the corresponding version of the logical data model is used. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019245 | DATABASE CONNECTION TUNING - The present disclosure is directed towards a connection tuning arrangement for tuning connection parameters of databases in a federated database system. The database system includes a least one application configured to access one or more databases. The connection tuning arrangement includes a data stream monitoring unit configured to monitor a number of application specific parameters in data streams of an application, the monitoring being performed in at least one context, and learn the behaviour of the data streams. A performance tuning unit is configured to tune connection parameters based on the behaviour. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019246 | DATA MODEL INDEXING FOR MODEL QUERIES - The use of a data model index for assisting in efficient response to a data model query. The data model query identifies the data model itself and references the schema of the data model, rather than referencing the schema of the underlying data source. The index assists by correlating previous model queries on the data model and associated response to those previous model queries. Accordingly, if a similar model query is encountered, the response from the previous model query may still be considered fresh, the index may be used to more efficiently retrieve the results for the similar model query. A data management system may include multiple data models, each having a corresponding data model index. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019247 | BUILDING A METADATA INDEX FROM SOURCE METADATA RECORDS WHEN CREATING A TARGET VOLUME FOR SUBSEQUENT METADATA ACCESS FROM THE TARGET VOLUME - Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for building a metadata index from source metadata records when creating a target volume for subsequent metadata access from the target volume. A copy operation is initiated to copy the source volume to the target volume, wherein the target volume is created with a target volume name different from a source volume name of the source volume. Source volume metadata having records including information on data sets in the source volume is copied to target volume metadata. A metadata index is generated indicating locations of the records in the target volume metadata having information on the data sets in the target volume. The metadata index is used to access the records in the target volume metadata when accessing data sets in the target volume. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019248 | METHODS FOR PROCESSING WITHIN-DISTANCE QUERIES - Techniques and systems for processing within-distance queries are provided. A query for geometry objects within a query distance of a query geometry is received. An in-memory R-tree (IMR-tree) is generated for the query geometry. The IMR-tree includes nodes corresponding to edges of the query geometry. An R-tree index for a plurality of candidate geometries is accessed. At least one node of the R-tree index is processed by: generating an expanded bounding geometry based on the query distance, and using the IMR-tree to determine a topological relationship between the expanded bounding geometry and the query geometry. When the expanded bounding geometry intersects the query geometry, if at least one within-distance test is satisfied, the candidate geometries associated with the selected node are added to a result set. Otherwise, if the selected node is a non-leaf node of the R-tree index, child nodes of the selected node are processed. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019249 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING STORAGE OF MULTI-DIMENSIONAL DATA IN DATA STORAGE - This technology relates to method and optimization systems for optimizing storage of multi-dimensional data in data storage. The method comprises analyzing a plurality of queries received over period of time from one or more client machines. Then, a query pattern is determined from plurality of queries. Based on query pattern dimensionality of data is identified for determining data storage strategy. The dimensionality is characterized into 11 dimensions comprising 4 standard level dimensions and 7 higher level dimensions. A highest dimension out of 7 higher dimensions is parallel data storage dimension. Based on storage strategy, at least one of data and columns of a table is segmented in data storage. Next, data is stored in remote data storage when data is an element of last higher level dimension. Then, higher level dimensions are fragmented into one or more smaller level dimensions when data is element greater than 11 dimensions. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019250 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING ENTERPRISE USER GROUP - According to an exemplary embodiment, a method for generating an enterprise user group is provided. The method may include receiving a set of attributes for an enterprise network user; receiving one or more enterprise group member identification rules including a similarity distance threshold and a set of target attributes; calculating, using a hardware processor, a similarity assessment score based on the set of target attributes and the set of attributes; and determining, using the hardware processor, whether the enterprise network user is an enterprise group member based on the similarity assessment score and the similarity distance threshold. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019251 | System and Methods for Efficiently Storing Heterogeneous Data Records Having Low Cardinality - A method for organizing data records stored in a database having one or more row values and one or more row columns. The method includes determining at least one column from the one or more columns having high cardinality. A table is then created for the column having high cardinality, the created table including row values of the column having high cardinality. The method further includes determining a column having low cardinality and creating a second table for the column having low cardinality. The second table may include a descriptor of the column having low cardinality paired with a row value. The method may further include creating a third table that links the first and second tables. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019252 | CROSS-ACL MULTI-MASTER REPLICATION - Techniques for cross-ACL multi-master replication are provided. The techniques allow a replication site in a multi-master replication system implementing an asynchronous replication protocol and an access control policy to appropriately apply received data change updates to data maintained at the site even where a data change update is missing information because of the implemented access control policy. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019253 | PLANNED CLUSTER NODE MAINTENANCE WITH LOW IMPACT ON APPLICATION THROUGHPUT - Techniques for taking one or more nodes of a multi-node database system offline are provided. Initially, the multi-node database system uses a first data access management system (e.g., a distributed lock management system) to manage access to data stored in a database. In response to determining that one or more nodes need to be taken offline or otherwise become unavailable, the remaining nodes implement a second data access management system (e.g., an affinity-based access system) to manage access to data stored in the database. After the offline nodes are brought back online, all the nodes in the multi-node database system implement the first data access management system again. The transitions between the two data access management system may involve multiple phases that involve communicating different types of information between nodes that are taken offline and nodes that are not taken offline. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019254 | TIERED DATA STORAGE ARCHITECTURE - The disclosure is directed to storing data in different tiers of a database based on the access pattern of the data. Immutable data, e.g., data that does not change or changes less often than a specified threshold, is stored in a first storage tier of the database, and mutable data, e.g., data that changes more often than immutable data, is stored in a second storage tier of the database. The second storage tier of the database is more performant than the first storage tier, e.g., the second storage tier has a higher write endurance and a lower write latency than the first storage tier. All writes to the database are performed at the second storage tier and reads on both storage tiers. The storage tiers are synchronized, e.g., the set of data is copied from the second to the first storage tier based on a trigger, e.g., a specified schedule. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019255 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR MONITORING DATA ACTIVITY UTILIZING A SHARED DATA STORE - In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for monitoring data activity utilizing a shared data store. These mechanisms and methods for monitoring data activity utilizing a shared data store can enable enhanced data monitoring, more efficient data storage, improved system resource utilization, etc. | 2016-01-21 |
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. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019257 | MAINTAINING POINT OF INTEREST DATA USING WIRELESS ACCESS POINTS - Maintaining point of interest (POI) data using wireless access points (WAPs) includes correlating, using a processor, a WAP with a POI from a POI data store according to a network name and a location of the WAP and a name and a location of the POI. The POI data is updated according to the correlating. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019258 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING REAL-TIME ANALYTICS BASED ON MULTIPLE TYPES OF STREAMED DATA - Streaming data from a plurality of streaming data sources can be received. The streaming data may not be stored in persistent storage. A query can be received from a client device. A rule can be defined based on the query. The rule can be applied to the streaming data. Alerts associated with a subset of the streaming data that matches the rule can be stored in persistent storage. A signal associated with the alerts can be sent to the client device such that the graphical user interface is updated based on the alerts. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019259 | DATA RETRIEVAL ACROSS MULTIPLE MODELS - Model queries that identify and direct to retrieve from one or more logical data models. A model query engine interprets the model queries, and interacts accordingly with the identified logical data model(s) specified in the respective model query. The interaction may be in the form of respective logical data model queries to the respective logical data models, and results are returned in the modeling notation of that respective logical data model. The model query engine may then use the results to interact with a physical data model, after potentially translating the modeling notation into a common notation used by a physical data model. The interaction with the physical data model may be in the form of a physical data model query, with the results therefrom being assembled into a result set. Accordingly, queriers may formulate queries by referencing models, without having to understand the schema of the data source. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019260 | QUERY DISAMBIGUATION - A search query is resolved prior to being submitted to one or more search engines. The query is resolved such that the query unambiguously corresponds to a category included in a query ontology that relates search queries to query categories. The query may be resolved by supplementing the query with additional information corresponding to the category. For example, the query may be formatted into a canonical form of the query for the category. Alternatively or additionally, the query may be supplemented with one or more keywords that are associated with the category and that represent words or phrases that appear in a high percentage of search results for queries from the category. Resolving the query yields search results that more closely reflect search results desired by a user submitting the query. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019261 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND APPARATUS FOR SEARCH OF ELECTRONIC INFORMATION ATTACHMENTS - Methods, systems, and computer program products for generating a search of attachments are described. A search request based on a business template is obtained, the business template comprising a node containing an identity of an entity to which the attachment is attached and an attachment sub-node. A search request based on an attachment template is obtained, the attachment template comprising a root node referring to the attachment sub-node of the business template and a node containing an identity of the attachment. A search is performed based on the business template and the attachment template. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019262 | OFFLOADING PROJECTION OF FIXED AND VARIABLE LENGTH DATABASE COLUMNS - In some embodiments, a query recipient is configured to determine that a database query warrants a first projection operation to project a plurality of input rows to a plurality of projected rows. Each of the input rows has one or more variable-length columns. A projection controller is configured to construct a first projection control block to describe the first projection operation. For this construction, the projection controller is configured to construct a plurality of projection control elements, each one corresponding to a corresponding column in the input rows, and a header to specify the order of the projection control elements. The projection controller is further configured to offload the first projection operation to a hardware accelerator, and to provide the first projection control block to the hardware accelerator, where the first projection control block enables the hardware accelerator to perform the first projection operation at streaming rate. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019263 | SAVED QUERIES IN A SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM - A user saves a structured query defining connections between two or more objects maintained by a social networking system. The social networking system finds objects matching the structured query, either by periodically performing searches for new objects or by analyzing objects as they are added or modified. The user creating the saved query can subsequently view the matching objects. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019264 | MULTIPLICATION-BASED METHOD FOR STITCHING RESULTS OF PREDICATE EVALUATION IN COLUMN STORES - A system joins predicate evaluated column bitmaps having varying lengths. The system includes a column unifier for querying column values with a predicate and generating an indicator bit for each of the column values that is then joined with the respective column value. The system also includes a bitmap generator for creating a column-major linear bitmap from the column values and indicator bits. The column unifier also determines an offset between adjacent indicator bits. The system also includes a converter for multiplying the column-major linear bitmap with a multiplier to shift the indicator bits into consecutive positions in the linear bitmap. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019265 | DATABASE CONSOLIDATION ADVISOR - Techniques are described for generating automated advice with respect to consolidating a plurality of sources. In an embodiment, a set of one or more parameters relating to a proposed consolidation for a plurality of consolidation sources is received. In response to receiving the set of one or more parameters, a set of one or more recommendations for consolidating the plurality of consolidation sources is generated and stored on at least one of a volatile or non-volatile computer-readable storage medium. In some embodiments, the set of one or more recommendations may indicate how to improve a performance associated with consolidating the plurality of sources to a set of one or more destinations based on a particular consolidation scenario. The set of one or more recommendations may be displayed during consolidation planning for the plurality of consolidation sources. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019266 | QUERY GENERATING METHOD AND QUERY GENERATING DEVICE - Provided is a query generating method for generating a query which processes an inputted data stream with a computer provided with a processor and memory, said method comprising: a first step of the computer separating the inputted data stream into a required column and an optional column, and loading a template which defines a process with respect to the required column; and a second step of the computer separating the inputted data stream into a required column and an optional column, processing the required columns with the template, and generating a query which outputs the result of the processing of the template and the optional column as one instance of data. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019267 | Using data mining to produce hidden insights from a given set of data - A method and system for using data mining to produce hidden insights from a given set of data. The system reads data, automatically preprocesses the data and generates deep hidden insights based on a preprocessed data. The hidden insights are generated using a suitable combination of at least two of an evolutionary method, a separate and conquer method, and a random subspace method. The system further prioritizes the insights, based on goodness metrics, and generates an optimal list of insights. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019268 | USER-INTERFACE FOR PROVIDING A STACK VIEW OF AN E-BOOK COLLECTION - A criterion for defining a collection is determined based on user input or data contained on the computing device. The content items that are part of a user library and which are part of the collection are identified based at least in part on the criterion. A stack representation of the collection is displayed. A content for a foreground of the stack representation is also selected, where the content selected for the foreground is specifically relevant to the collection. | 2016-01-21 |