05th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 61 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130031029 | GEOFENCE-BASED TAX ESTIMATES - Systems, methods, apparatus, and computer program products are provided for estimating taxes. In one embodiment, the location of a vehicle can be monitored by a variety of computing entities. By using the vehicle's location, it can be determined when the vehicle enters and/or exits defined geofences. After a determination that the vehicle has entered or exited a defined geofenced area, telematics data can be collected and used to estimate taxes, such as road use taxes and fuel use taxes. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031030 | Urine Sample Collection Apparatus and Method for Chain of Custody Services - An apparatus and method enabling completion of chain of custody services and hands fee collection of urine samples. The technician installs a barrier in a toilet above its water level. Then verifies the donor's identity and directs him to empty his pockets of all contents and remove all accessories from his hands, checks his axillary regions for foreign objects and directs him to wash his hands. The technician installs a collection unit on the toilet seat and directs him to urinate onto the collection unit while under observation at all times. The technician retrieves a urine sample in a sample cup, seals it, and disposes of the used collection unit. The technician directs the donor to sign a record log verifying that he observed the sample collection process and that a new collection unit was used. The technician completes required documentation for the sample and processes it for analysis. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031031 | SINGLE SOURCE ASSEMBLY FOR HOME CARE OF PHYSICALLY IMPAIRED - A method of facilitating the establishment of a home care facility for the physically impaired by establishing a single source for a body lift assembly, portable shower and portable commode all suitable for installation in a bedroom and wherein the lift assembly is capable of transporting the impaired person between the bed, shower and commode. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031032 | UTILIZATION OF FEATURES EXTRACTED FROM STRUCTURED DOCUMENTS TO IMPROVE SEARCH RELEVANCE - Features automatically extracted from semi-structured web pages are utilized by a search engine to rank documents that include semi-structured web pages. These features include, but are not limited to, a number of reviews, a number of positive reviews, and/or a number of negative reviews from a web page that includes user reviews. These features also include a number of views of a video that is viewable by way of a semi-structured web page. The features also include a number of subscribers to broadcasts of an individual from a social networking web page and a number of contacts of an individual listed on a social networking web page. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031033 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING A LEARNING MODEL FOR PREDICTING THE GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION OF AN INTERNET PROTOCOL ADDRESS - A system and method for implementing a learning model for predicting the geographic location of an Internet Protocol (IP) address are disclosed. A particular embodiment of the system and method includes receiving a model to predict a geographic coordinates position of an Internet Protocol (IP) address, the model including one or more parameters and one or more variables associated with coordinates of the IP address and corresponding information associated with the IP address; receiving training data including a plurality of pairs of coordinates of a target IP address and corresponding information associated with the target IP address; determining, by use of a processor, the one or more parameters based on the training data and the model; and returning a result including information indicative of the determined parameters. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031034 | ADAPTIVE RANKING OF NEWS FEED IN SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEMS - Machine learning models are used for ranking news feed stories presented to users of a social networking system. The social networking system divides its users into different sets, for example, based on demographic characteristics of the users and generates one model for each set of users. The models are periodically retrained. The news feed ranking model may rank news feeds for a user based on information describing other users connected to the user in the social networking system. Information describing other users connected to the user includes interactions of the other users with objects associated with news feed stories. These interactions include commenting on a news feed story, liking a news feed story, or retrieving information, for example, images, videos associated with a news feed story. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031035 | LEARNING ADMISSION POLICY FOR OPTIMIZING QUALITY OF SERVICE OF COMPUTING RESOURCES NETWORKS - A system for learning admission policy for optimizing quality of service of computer resources networks is provided herein. The system includes a statistical data extractor configured to extract historical data of deployment requests issued to an admission unit of a computer resources network. The system further includes a Markov decision process simulator configured to generate a simulation model based on the extracted historical data and resources specifications of the computer resources network, in terms of a Markov decision process. The system further includes a value function generator configured to determine a value function for deployment requests admissions. The system further includes a machine learning unit configured to train a classifier based on the simulation model and the value function, to yield an admission policy usable for processing incoming deployment requests. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031036 | PARAMETER SETTING APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND PARAMETER SETTING METHOD - A parameter setting apparatus for a control parameter for a wireless communication network including a processor, wherein optimizations for optimizing the control parameter are separated into groups which are unrelated to each other, and the processor executes: a first agent program which are assigned to a group-by-group selects an optimization to be activated according to a first value function; and a second agent program which learns a second value function for determining whether an optimization that affects the first value function is to be activated or not and determines whether the optimization is to be activated or not according to the second value function, and, the activation of the optimization by the first agent program is stopped when the second agent program activates the optimization. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031037 | SYSTEM AND METHODOLOGY PROVIDING AUTOMATION SECURITY ANALYSIS AND NETWORK INTRUSION PROTECTION IN AN INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENT - The present invention relates to a system and methodology facilitating automation security in a networked-based industrial controller environment. Various components, systems and methodologies are provided to facilitate varying levels of automation security in accordance with security analysis tools, security validation tools and/or security learning systems. The security analysis tool receives abstract factory models or descriptions for input and generates an output that can include security guidelines, components, topologies, procedures, rules, policies, and the like for deployment in an automation security network. The validation tools are operative in the automation security network, wherein the tools perform security checking and/or auditing functions, for example, to determine if security components are in place and/or in suitable working order. The security learning system monitors/learns network traffic patterns during a learning phase, fires alarms or events based upon detected deviations from the learned patterns, and/or causes other automated actions to occur. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031038 | System and Method For Multiclass Discrimination of Neural Response Data - Systems and methods are described herein for analyzing neural response data that can be assigned to multiple classes. The systems and methods begin with a set of training data from which optimal weight factors are derived. The derived weight factors are used in a classifier which is then applied to test data from test subjects. The classifier filters out the effects of less relevant data in the test data and provides a result in the form of probabilities associated with classes for the test data. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031039 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING SPIKE EVENT IN NEUROMORPHIC CHIP - An apparatus and a method for transmitting and receiving a spike event in a neuromorphic chip. A transmission apparatus of the neuromorphic chip outputs addresses sequentially and repeatedly to an address bus, and when a spike generated by a neuron is detected by the transmission apparatus, outputs a strobe at a first time when one of the addresses being output sequentially and repeatedly becomes identical to an address of the neuron that generated the spike. A receiving apparatus of the neuromorphic chip inputs an address through the address bus at a strobe detection time when the strobe is detected by the receiving apparatus. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031040 | HIERARCHICAL ROUTING FOR TWO-WAY INFORMATION FLOW AND STRUCTURAL PLASTICITY IN NEURAL NETWORKS - Hierarchical routing for two-way information flow and structural plasticity in a neural network is provided. In one embodiment the network includes multiple core modules, wherein each core module has a plurality of incoming connections with predetermined addresses. Each core module also has a plurality of outgoing connections such that each outgoing connection targets an incoming connection in a core module among the multiple core modules. The network also has a routing system that selectively routes signals among the core modules based on a reconfigurable hierarchical organization of the core modules. The network approximates a fully connected network such that each outgoing connection on any core module can target and reach any incoming connection on any core module without requiring a fully connected network. The routing system provides two-way information flow between neurons utilizing hierarchical routing. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031041 | Forecasting Hotspots using Predictive Visual Analytics Approach - A method for forecasting hotspots is provided. The method may include the steps of receiving input data at an input of the computational device, generating a temporal prediction based on the input data, generating a geospatial prediction based on the input data, and generating output data based on the time series and geospatial predictions. The output data may be configured to display at least one user interface at an output of the computational device. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031042 | Distributed assured network system (DANS) - A computerized method for a distributed assured network system includes a plurality distributed monitoring nodes for sequential feeding the content of respective information sources to a detection agent. The detection agent uses an SPRT-based distributed sequential misbehavior detection scheme to process each MN observation with the probability of a false alarm | 2013-01-31 |
20130031043 | FUZZY LOGIC BASED SYSTEM MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A bearing monitoring system includes at least one sensor, and a fuzzy logic enabled device operatively connected to the at least one sensor. The fuzzy logic enabled device includes a fuzzy logic rule set that is configured and disposed to determine a component condition based on an input from the at least one sensor. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031044 | DATA QUALITY MANAGEMENT - A data quality management system includes a rules repository configured to store profiling data quality rules, cleansing data quality rules, and linking data that links profiling data quality rules to cleansing data quality rules. The data quality management system also includes a rules management module configured to manage the rules repository. The data quality management system further includes a data quality job management module configured to migrate data quality rules from the rules repository to a data quality processing system and manage a data quality process performed by the data quality processing system using the migrated data quality rules. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031045 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRACKING OBJECTS - An object tracking system and method operable to minimize processing time for tracking objects is provided. The system includes a pair of filters operable to make associations between dynamic objects newly detected and previously detected. One of the pair of filters makes an association when the predicted location of the previously detected objects is within a predetermined distance of the newly detected object. The other of the pair of filters makes an association based upon the probability that a newly detected dynamic object is a previously detected dynamic object. The remaining unassociated dynamic objects are then localized so as to form discrete matrices for optimization filters. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031046 | DEVICES, METHODS, AND SYSTEMS FOR MODEL BASED DEGREE-OF-ANGLE LOCALIZATION - Devices, methods, and systems for model based degree-of-angle localization are described herein. One device includes a memory and a processor. The processor is configured to execute executable instructions stored in the memory to construct a model of a number of signals, where the model includes a number of parameters. The processor executes the executable instructions to estimate the number of parameters and calculate range information of the number of signals. The processor executes the executable instructions to estimate a location of a transmitter transmitting the number of signals. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031047 | EFFICIENCY AND ACCURACY OF GEO-FENCING BASED ON USER HISTORY - Architecture that identifies and learns repeated user behavior (habits) related to routes of travel and points of interest. Once learned, the habits of an individual can be used to make an algorithm more efficient, and hence, the user experience of an application more effective and enjoyable. The capability to more accurately infer user behavior based on user history can be employed to operate (e.g., power down or place in components standby to conserve power) user device resources in a more efficient manner. It can be identified that a user has deviated from a routine route that has associated points of interest to a new route that has associated new points of interest. Once identified, the original set of points of interest for the routine route is then updated with new points of interest. The identification of fixed routes can be determined dynamically as well as deviation from a fixed route. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031048 | DATA PARTITIONING APPARATUS AND DATA PARTITIONING METHOD - A data partitioning apparatus receives stream data and stores with previous-and-subsequent information that specifies data previous and subsequent to the data. Then, for groups, each of which contains the data that are stored and that are partitioned into the number of the groups, the data partitioning apparatus stores top information specifying data located at the top in a corresponding group and end information specifying data located at the end in the corresponding group. Then, when new data is stored, the data partitioning apparatus specifies data previous and subsequent to the new data and stores the new data by associating it with the previous-and-subsequent information that specifies the data previous and subsequent to the new data. Then, when data is inserted, the data partitioning apparatus updates information for each group such that the difference between the number of data belonging to each group is equal to or less than one. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031049 | MAP DIFFERENCE DATA GENERATION APPARATUS AND MAP DIFFERENCE DATA GENERATION METHOD - A map difference data generation apparatus includes: most recent and supplementary map data storage devices storing primary most recent and supplementary map data, respectively; a map update reflection device generating secondly most recent and supplementary map data according to an update of a first link, and generating tertiary most recent and supplementary map data according to an update of a second link; a determination device determining a dependency relationship between the update of the first and second links, in accordance with results of searching a route in the tertiary most recent and supplementary map data between first and second nodes, which are both ends of the second link; and a map difference data generation device generating map difference data, which defines a combination of the update of the first and second links, when the update of the first and second links have the dependency relationship. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031050 | System, Method, and Computer Program Product for Accessing Manipulating Remote Datasets - A method, system and computer program product for creating a report on the basis of a plurality of remote datasets includes an intelligence server, one or more tree servers and one or more databases. Each tree server creates one or more segments, or slices, of a report, using information that resides on the tree server. Slices are aggregated into a tree structure, and the tree structure is converted into a report. The intelligence server receives updates from the tree servers. The tree servers and the intelligence server remain in communication for the purposes of passing update messages. The update messages are received and processed at the intelligence--server in a manner that facilitates synchronization with the contributing tree servers and provides live updates to the user, | 2013-01-31 |
20130031051 | ADDING A KEW COLUMN TO A TABLE TO BE REPLICATED - Techniques are disclosed for adding a key column to a table to be replicated, where the key column stores key values for use in replication. In one embodiment, a request is received to add a table to a replication domain, such that the table is replicated from a first database server to at least a second database server. Key values are generated for both existing records and new records subsequently requested to be inserted into the table, respectively. Each generated key value is unique across the replication domain. Further, the key column may be added to the table without requiring exclusive access to the table. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031052 | Automated Database-Population Tool - An Internet-based web application with a database back-end that processes user-entered data to automatically carry out various functions such as updating database tables, communicating with employees, reserving office space, assigning personal identification number, and any number of tasks required to properly manage employees and their information. The application is superior to repetitive manual entry of duplicative data into each employee database that a company manages while efficiently coordinating the various departmental functions required to modify the status and information of new, existing, and departing employees. The application efficiently updates all systems within the company as needed and interacts with users when information is needed from those users at various points in the process. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031053 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DISTRIBUTED EXECUTION OF RELATED REPORTS - In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for distributed execution of related reports. These mechanisms and methods for distributed execution of related reports can enable embodiments to provide parallel execution of related reports. The ability of embodiments to provide parallel execution of related reports can result in higher performance in the execution of the related reports. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031054 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR CONVERTING A FORMAT OF REPORT RESULTS - In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for converting a format of report results. These mechanisms and methods for converting a format of report results can provide report results in a format that is usable for multiple purposes. The ability to provide reports results in an application independent format enables versatility of the reports results. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031055 | PEER-TO-PEER N-WAY SYNCING IN A DECENTRALIZED ENVIRONMENT - A technique for synchronizing a datum between a plurality of stores, wherein a version history is associated with the datum in each store. The version history has one or more entries, and each entry has an identifier and a value. The identifier identifies a store that has modified the datum, and indicates a number of modifications to the datum. When synchronizing the datum between stores, the version histories of the datum are compared to determine whether one version history is subordinate to another version history. The datum having the subordinate version history is then replaced with the datum having the dominant version history. Conflict resolution is required if the version histories are not identical, if the version histories do not have the same identifiers, and if one version history does not contain all of the identifiers with equal or greater values of those in the other version history. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031056 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FILE REPLICATION UTILIZING DIFFERENCES BETWEEN VERSIONS OF FILES - Methods and systems for efficient file replication are provided. In some embodiments, one or more coarse signatures for blocks in a base file are compared with those coarse signatures for blocks of a revised file, until a match is found. A fine signature is then generated for the matching block of the revised file and compared to a fine signature of the base file. Thus, fine signatures are not computed unless a coarse signature match has been found, thereby minimizing unneeded time-consuming fine signature calculations. Methods are also provided for determining whether to initiate a delta file generation algorithm, or whether to utilize a more efficient replication method, based upon system and/or file parameters. In accordance with additional embodiments, the lengths of valid data on physical blocks are obtained from physical block mappings for the files, and these lengths and mappings are utilized for delta file generation, to minimize unnecessary signature computations. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031057 | Minimal Identity Recovery System and Method - Methods and systems for storing, providing, and obtaining recovery data. The recovery data is normally used on a mobile device which is no longer available to a user who would otherwise need to perform crucial functions like operating a vehicle, identification, or financial transactions on the mobile device. Recovery data is provided on a medium which enables the user to perform crucial functions at least for a limited duration. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031058 | MANAGING DATA ACCESS REQUESTS AFTER PERSISTENT SNAPSHOTS - A client node on which a file system is mounted can be configured to efficiently handle content access requests after a snapshot is created. The client node can maintain generation numbers at a data block, a file, and a fileset level to determine whether a data block is part of a snapshot generation and consequently whether the data block is writable in a current generation. Data block mappings and write access permissions associated with the data blocks need not be revoked at the client node prior to creating the snapshot. Cached data block mappings can be accessed to identify data blocks for servicing a read request. The data block can be updated in place if the data block is not part of the snapshot generation. The write request can be serviced at a new data block if the data block is part of the snapshot generation. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031059 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FAST SIMILARITY COMPUTATION IN HIGH DIMENSIONAL SPACE - Method, system, and programs for computing similarity. Input data is first received from one or more data sources and then analyzed to obtain an input feature vector that characterizes the input data. An index is then generated based on the input feature vector and is used to archive the input data, where the value of the index is computed based on an improved Johnson-Lindenstrass transformation (FJLT) process. With the improved FJLT process, first, the sign of each feature in the input feature vector is randomly flipped to obtain a flipped vector. A Hadamard transformation is then applied to the flipped vector to obtain a transformed vector. An inner product between the transformed vector and a sparse vector is then computed to obtain a base vector, based on which the value of the index is determined. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031060 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTENT SYNCHRONIZATION - When requested content is available at a data center, the data center returns the requested content to the data center. When the requested content is locally unavailable at the data center, the requested content is retrieved from an origin server. The retrieval of the content from the origin server may be delayed based on the processing load at the origin server. When retrieval of the content is delayed, the request is prioritized and placed in a queue for handling by the origin server based on the priority of the request. Also, when retrieval of the content is delayed, a status page may be communicated to the browser to inform a user of the delay and provide alternate content and status information related to the request determined as a function of the request or the current state of the origin server. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031061 | FRAUD ANALYSIS IN A CONTACT DATABASE - A system and method of identifying fraudulent data in a contact database is disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a set of contact records is received where each of the contact records includes a set of contact field values corresponding to a set of contact fields. Some embodiments determine whether a similar content pattern exists in the contact records using at least one of the set of contact field values. In some embodiments, a determination is made as to whether an unusual content pattern exists in the contact records using at least one of the set of contact field values. The set of contact records is flagged when at least one of the similar content pattern or the unusual content pattern is determined to exist in the contact records. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031062 | ADJUSTMENT APPARATUS, ADJUSTMENT METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM OF ADJUSTMENT PROGRAM - An adjustment method includes reading a record that includes a plurality of columns from a storage unit, determining whether data stored in a certain column in the plurality of columns of the read record has an attribute that corresponds to another column in the plurality of columns when the data does not have an attribute that corresponds to the certain column, and assigning the data to the another column when it is determined that the data has the attribute that corresponds to the another column. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031063 | COMPRESSION OF DATA PARTITIONED INTO CLUSTERS - The invention notably relates to a computer-implemented method for compressing data. The data is partitioned into clusters of pieces of data resulting from K-means clustering. Each cluster has a centroid. The method comprises applying (S | 2013-01-31 |
20130031064 | Compressing Massive Relational Data - A relational dependency transform is introduced as a way to exploit information redundancy in conditioning data in a relational database for better compressibility. An optimum relational dependency transform of the relational database is first computed. Fields of the relational database are then sorted topologically based on a weighted, directed graph having nodes representing predictor and predictee fields. For each predictee field in the topological order, a transformed field is then computed via the relationship between predictor and predictee in the optimum relational dependency transform. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031065 | MULTI-LEVEL COMPRESSED LOOK-UP TABLES FORMED BY LOGICAL OPERATIONS TO COMPRESS SELECTED INDEX BITS - A lookup is performed using multiple levels of compressed stride tables in a multi-bit Trie structure. An input lookup key is divided into several strides including a current stride of S bits. A valid entry in a current stride table is located by compressing the S bits to form a compressed index of D bits into the current stride table. A compression function logically combines the S bits to generate the D compressed index bits. An entry in a prior-level table points to the current stride table and has a field indicating which compression function and mask to use. Compression functions can include XOR, shifts, rotates, and multi-bit averaging. Rather than store all 2 | 2013-01-31 |
20130031066 | System and Method for Reviewing Role Definitions - A system for reviewing the ownership of data resources includes a database that stores a plurality of data resource identifiers. Each of the plurality of data resource identifiers has an associated owner field. The system also includes a second database that stores data resource review definitions. The review definitions define a review processes for the plurality of data resources. The system further includes a processor that is in communication with the data resource database and the review definition database. The processor executes the data resource ownership review processes defined by the review definitions at the appropriate times. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031067 | DATA AUDIT MODULE FOR APPLICATION SOFTWARE - System and methods of data auditing of transaction data of an application software are described. In one implementation, the method includes data auditing of transaction data by an independent audit module where metadata of the application software is received, and an audit table based on at least one of the audit parameters, indicating the extent of audit data of one or more processes is created in an audit database of the audit module. Further, triggers for capturing data changes from the application software are generated based on at least one audit parameters. Captured changes data is optimized to reduce the storage requirements of audit data. In another implementation, the result of the analysis is displayed in form of a report in user desired format. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031068 | CONTROLLING AND RECOVERING LONG-LIVED TRANSACTIONS - Some embodiments of the inventive subject matter are directed to performing sub-transactions from a long-lived transaction using an identifier, wherein the sub-transactions are required to be completed in a sequence for the long-lived transaction. In some embodiments, the method is further directed to determining that the sub-transactions require a write of a data value to a database, writing in a log, using the identifier, an entry that indicates the data value, detecting an interruption in performing of the write of the data value to the database, and initiating re-performance of the sub-transactions in order of the sequence. Some embodiments are further directed to, during re-performance of the sub-transactions, detecting the data value in the entry of the log using the identifier, and using the data value indicated in the entry of the log to write the data value to the database. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031069 | ALLOWING WRITES TO COMPLETE WITHOUT OBTAINING A WRITE LOCK TO A FILE - Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for allowing writes to complete without obtaining a write lock to a file. A lock is provided to a first request, comprising a read or write request, to access the file. A second write request is received while the first request maintains the lock. A temporary file associated with the file for the second write request is created. The second write request is controlled to write to the temporary file while the lock is held by the first request. In response to completing the first request, the lock is granted to the second write request to write the data in the temporary file to the file. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031070 | System and Method for Reviewing Role Definitions - A system for reviewing role definitions includes a database that stores a plurality of roles. Each of the plurality of roles associates an identifier with at least one entitlement. The system also includes a second database that stores role review definitions. The review definitions define role review processes for the plurality of roles. The system further includes a processor that is in communication with the role database and the review definition database. The processor executes the role review processes defined by the review definitions at the appropriate times. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031071 | CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM OF CONTROL PROGRAM - A control apparatus includes a memory, and a processor that executing a procedure, the procedure including, receiving a request corresponding to a file which is one of a plurality of files stored in a database server apparatus; in the case that the file corresponding to the request is stored in the memory, executing a process based on the request by using the file stored in the memory, and in the case that the file corresponding to the request is not stored in the memory, obtaining the file from the database server apparatus, storing the file in the memory, and processing the process by using the file. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031072 | System and Method for using a Device Description Repository - A method, computer program product, and computer system for using a device description repository comprises accessing from a device description repository environment on a computing device, a computing device profile hierarchy that represents one or more computing device capabilities of one or more computing devices. A run-time profile hierarchy that represents one or more run-time capabilities of one or more applications is accessed from the device description repository environment. At least a portion of the one or more run-time capabilities in the run-time profile hierarchy is detected separately from the computing device profile hierarchy. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031073 | INTEGRATION OF STATIC AND DYNAMIC DATA FOR DATABASE ENTITIES AND THE UNIFIED PRESENTATION THEREOF - A method is disclosed for presenting static and dynamic data corresponding to an entity within an application on a mobile device. An entity object is created as part of a data model within the application such that the entity object has a plurality of fields with the plurality of fields having static data corresponding to the entity. Based on the static data corresponding to the entity, dynamic data corresponding to the entity is received into the entity object from at least one of a plurality of applications executable within the mobile device. The static and dynamic data from the entity object corresponding to the entity is displayed simultaneously within a user interface of the application in a single presentation view. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031074 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INTELLIGENT INFORMATION SEARCHING AND CONTENT MANAGEMENT - An apparatus and method for providing intelligent searching of information and content management that is sensitivity aware, privacy aware, or privacy protected is disclosed. Also, an apparatus and method for providing intelligent searching based on intelligent context is provided. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031075 | ACTION-BASED DEEPLINKS FOR SEARCH RESULTS - Action-based deeplinks are provided with search results to allow users to access and perform actions that are common to web pages within a given category. To identify action-based deeplinks for web pages in a category, hyperlinks within the web pages are identified and clustered. Each cluster may correspond with an action that may be commonly accessed when visiting the web pages. When a web page that contains a hyperlink to such an action is returned as a search result, an action-based deeplink is provided as part of the search result to allow a user to directly access the location to perform the action. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031076 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTEXTUAL SEARCHING OF SEMANTIC ENTITIES - A method for contextual searching of a semantic entity includes the steps of: receiving a rich query comprising a semantic entity to be searched and contextual information regarding the selection of the semantic entity; receiving, from a search engine, a plurality of search results returned in response to submitting a search request using the selected semantic entity; selecting a plurality of content sources to be searched based on the returned search results; converting the received rich query into a plurality of simple queries, each one of the plurality of simple queries corresponding to one of the plurality of content sources; submitting each one of the plurality of simple queries to the corresponding content source; receiving results from each of the plurality of content sources; and filtering the plurality of received results into a single result list for presentation to a user. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031077 | Longest Prefix Match Scheme - A LPM search engine includes a plurality of exact match (EXM) engines and a moderately sized TCAM. Each EXM engine uses a prefix bitmap scheme that allows the EXM engine to cover multiple consecutive prefix lengths. Thus, instead of covering one prefix length L per EXM engine, the prefix bitmap scheme enables each EXM engine to cover entries having prefix lengths of L, L+1, L+2 and L+3, for example. As a result, fewer EXM engines are potentially underutilized, which effectively reduces quantization loss. Each EXM engine provides a search result with a determined fixed latency when using the prefix bitmap scheme. The results of multiple EXM engines and the moderately sized TCAM are combined to provide a single search result, representative of the longest prefix match. In one embodiment, the LPM search engine supports 32-bit IPv4 (or 128-bit IPv6) search keys, each having associated 15-bit level 3 VPN identification values. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031078 | CONTEXT-AWARE PARAMETERIZED ACTION LINKS FOR SEARCH RESULTS - Parameterized actions are provided with search results to allow users to enter parameter values and perform the actions directly from the search results. By analyzing websites in a category, a parameterized action available at the websites and common parameters may be identified. When an end user performs a search that returns a web page result from a website having the parameterized action, an indication of the parameterized and common parameters may be provided as part of the search result. Additionally, user interface elements may allow the end user to enter parameter values to perform the parameterized action directly from the search result. In some instances, user context may be employed to pre-populate parameter values in the search result. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031079 | PERSONALIZED DEEPLINKS FOR SEARCH RESULTS - Search results are provided with personalized deeplinks for an end user. User behavior information is gathered regarding web pages visited by the end user. When the end user submits a search query, the website category of a search result is identified and user behavior information regarding web pages visited at other websites within the website category is identified. At least one deeplink is selected for the search result based on that user behavior information. In some instances, user behavior information may be tracked for a group of end users. The user behavior information for the group of end users may be used in conjunction with the user behavior information for the end user to facilitate deeplink selections for search results returned in response to search queries from the end user. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031080 | SURFACING ACTIONS FROM SOCIAL DATA - Social data is used to extract actions that end users perform in order to provide deeplinks for search results. Social data from social networking services may be accessed and analyzed to identify actions performed by end users. Additionally, the social data may be analyzed to identify URLs of web pages at which the actions may be performed. Information regarding the actions and corresponding URLs is stored for use by a search engine service to provide deeplinks for search results returned in response to user search queries. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031081 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREDICTIVE ENRICHMENT OF SEARCH IN AN ENTERPRISE - With regard to searches and, more particularly, to searches performed on information repositories belonging to an enterprise, a centralized management system is used by the enterprise to manage the predictive search experience for users. A system offers a rich resolution experience to the end users based on user intent as determined from a variety of mechanisms, such as keywords, end user journey, clustered journey, etc. Also disclosed herein is a system that derives and offers various suggestions to end users to help them accomplish their objectives. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031082 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR USING NATURAL LANGUAGE TO GENERATE WIDGETS - A user interface application is created to prompt a user for information and to generate a query to be submitted to a natural language (NL) query answering system. A first user is prompted to submit an NL query, and the NL query is received. The user interface application is generated using the NL query and so that the user interface application is configured to prompt the first user or a second user to provide information, receive the information, generate a computer-generated query based on the NL query and the received information, provide the computer-generated query to the NL query answering system, receive answer information from the NL query answering system in response to the computer-generated query, and cause at least some of the answer information to be displayed on a display device. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031083 | Determining keyword for a form page - Among other disclosed subject matter, a computer-implemented method of analyzing a form page for indexing includes identifying a form page that is configured for use in requesting any of multiple target pages, the form page including at least one text input control for retrieving any of the multiple target pages. The method includes identifying at least one keyword as being informative with regard to the text input control. The method includes updating an indexing record associated with the form page to reflect the identified keyword. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031084 | Multiple dimensioned database architecture - A database management system stores data form a plurality of logical tables as independent copies in different format. In one specific example the system organizes tables into table groups and de-normalizes the table in each table group. It also organizes data in a second format including vertical column containers that store all the data for one attribute, there being one column container for each table and each attribute within that table. The receipt of a query causes the system to develop a query plan that can interact with either or both of the container sets. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031085 | DOCBASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND IMPLENTING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention discloses a docbase management system, including a first module, adapted to parse a received invocation from an application and generate an execution plan which comprises operations on physical storage; a second module, adapted to execute the execution plan to schedule a third module to execute the operations on physical storage in the execution plan; and the third module, adapted to execute the operations on physical storage in the execution plan under the scheduling of the second module. Since the implementation of the docbase management system is divided into hierarchies, and the hierarchies are independent of each other, the docbase management system is well extendable, scalable and maintainable. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031086 | PROCESS AUTOMATION SYSTEM PROBLEM ANALYSIS TOOL - An automated data processing method includes providing a plurality of incident data from a physical installation of a process automation system in a processing facility that collectively spans a period of time and building a stored relational database including database data from the incident data. The method includes automatically generating at least one processed data result from the database data, wherein the automatically generating generates at least one processed data result from the database data. The processed data result is in a displayable form that facilitates identification of a problem in the process automation system by an analyst in a remote support center. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031087 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTEXTUAL PERSONALIZED SEARCHING - A method for providing highly relevant answers in response to a user's request uses contextual information pertaining to a user's request. A semantic entity is selected from content on the device and contextual information pertaining to the selected entity is transmitted to a server. The server constructs a query corresponding to the selected entity and translates the query into a set of simple queries; submits the simple queries to a relevant subset of a plurality of search, content and monetization sources; receives a plurality of results returned from the relevant subset of search, content and monetization sources in response to the simple queries; prioritizes the received results based on elements of the selected entity, the user, context about the selected entity, time and date, original location of the user, and aspects of the application on which the entity was selected; and presents a prioritized list of the results to the user on the client device. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031088 | FINDING RELEVANT DOCUMENTS - An embodiment includes a computer-implemented method. For one embodiment, the computer-implemented method includes displaying a plurality of first groups of words in a browser for display to a user, constructing a new combination of search terms using more than one user-selected word groups, wherein the user-selected word groups are selected by the user from the plurality of first groups of words displayed to the user; invoking a search service with the new combination of search terms, displaying results of the search service using the new combination of search terms in the browser, and storing the results in memory coupled to a processor. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031089 | SMARTER SEARCH - Provided are techniques to search for an entity in an entity resolution system. Search input comprising one or more attribute values of one or more attribute types is received. A resolution search is performed to generate a search result set comprising one or more entities and zero or more generic attribute values for generating additional entities. In response to determining that the resolution search generated at least two generic attribute values, one or more query searches are performed for a unique generic group by generic attribute type to identify the additional entities, wherein the unique generic group comprises a subset of the search input and includes at least two generic attribute types; the identified additional entities are combined with the entities in the search result set; and the search result set is returned. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031090 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IDENTIFYING SIMILAR PEOPLE VIA A BUSINESS NETWORKING SERVICE - Techniques for identifying and presenting member profiles similar to a source member profile are described. With some embodiments, a general recommendation engine is used to extract features from member profiles, and then store the extracted features, including any computed, derived or retrieved profile features, in an enhanced member profile. In real-time, the general recommendation engine processes client requests to identify member profiles similar to a source member profile by comparing select profile features stored in the enhanced member profile with corresponding profile features of the source member profile, where the comparison results in several similarity sub-scores that are then combined in accordance with directives set forth in a configuration file. Finally, the member profiles with the highest similarity scores corresponding with the user-selected member profile are selected, and in some instances, presented to a user. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031091 | ACTION-BASED SEARCH RESULTS AND ACTION VIEW PIVOTING - Action-based search results are provided that include deeplinks to a particular action to allow an end user to view various locations for performing that action and to quickly access those locations to perform the action. In some instances, when a search query is received, the search query may be identified as corresponding with a particular action. Action-based search-results with deeplinks to locations for performing that action are identified and returned. In other instances, traditional search results may be provided in response to a search query. One of the search results may include an action-based deeplink for a particular action. An action-pivot link may be provided for that action that, when selected, causes action-based search results for that action to be identified and returned for presentation to the end user. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031092 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMPRESSING GENETIC DATA - A method of compressing sequence data in a text-based format, the method involving parsing text of the sequence data into a plurality of fields, identifying encoding algorithms that achieve greatest compression gains with respect to the plurality of fields based on collected statistics, and generating a bitstream, compressed from the sequence data, by encoding the sequence data using the identified encoding algorithms. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031093 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND NON-TRANSITORY INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - A difference in tendency of times associated with combinations of content clusters and user clusters among the user clusters is reflected in a result of correspondence between the content cluster and the user cluster. A data acquisition unit acquires association data indicating a combination of a content belonging to the content cluster, a user belonging to one of a plurality of user clusters, and a time relating to a combination of the content and the user. A dividing unit divides, under a condition that the tendency of the times associated with the users in the association data differs among the plurality of user clusters to which the users belong, the content cluster into a plurality of clusters each corresponding to at least one of the plurality of user clusters. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031094 | CLUSTERING OF FEEDBACK REPORTS - A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving a first report related to an application configured to run on one or more computing devices; identifying one or more terms included in the first report; identifying one or more second reports including at least one of the one or more terms; retrieving a term relevance value for a term included in at least one of the one or more second reports; determining that the term relevance value is less than a term relevance threshold value; identifying at least one of the one or more second reports for a clustering process, wherein at least one of the one or more second reports that include the term is excluded from the clustering process; implementing the clustering process using the identified at least one of the one or more second reports; and assigning the first report to a cluster. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031095 | ENTRY SUPPORT APPARATUS AND METHOD - A computer-readable recording medium has an entry support program embodied therein for causing a computer to perform detecting text being entered, extracting text examples corresponding to the detected text from a storage unit, the storage unit storing text examples and frequencies of use of the text examples such that the frequencies of use are associated with the respective text examples, classifying the extracted text examples into text-example groups each containing one or more text examples based on comparison of letters included in the extracted text examples, determining display order of the text-example groups, based on the frequencies of use that are associated in the storage unit with text examples belonging to the text-example groups, and displaying the extracted text examples in the determined display order. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031096 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE INTELLIGENT SUGGESTION AND EVALUATION OF CONTENT - A system and method for analyzing search sessions including recording a plurality of search sessions, the search sessions compiled into a plurality of search clusters based on a commonality of search terms used across sessions in each cluster, and calculating a rating for each of the plurality of search clusters based on the success of the search session in yielding usable search results. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031097 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSIGNING SOURCE SENSITIVE SYNONYMS FOR SEARCH - A system and method for the content-sensitive tagging of a document including creating a content-specific domain on a database, creating a document associated with the content-specific domain, analyzing the document to identify a term, the term being associated with a content-sensitive synonym set assigned to the content-specific domain, and associating the document with a plurality of terms contained within said content-sensitive synonym set based on the term identified in the document. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031098 | MISMATCH DETECTION SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A mismatch detection system includes: a statement unit extracting portion that extracts a set of statement units by dividing a given document, which is written in a natural language, into pieces; a statement constructing portion that constructs each statement as a combination of a context and specifics by sorting each of the statement units into the context, which indicate additional information of statements, and the specifics, which indicate information of the statements; and a data generating portion that generates a data set obtained by merging a set of predetermined check specifics and a set of the statements generated by the statement constructing portion. A clustering portion converts two most similar pieces of data in the generated data set into one new piece of data which is generated by linking the most similar two pieces of data, repeats the conversion to generate a new data set, and extracts, from the generated new data set, only pieces of data that contain the statements generated by the statement constructing portion, to thereby generate a clustering result set. The mismatch detection system further includes a detection portion that generates a check item for each combination of a predetermined check subject and check specifics, and detects a mismatch of the statements based on a degree of similarity between the generated check item and a clustering result. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031099 | GENERATING CONTAINERS FOR ELECTRONIC RECORDS BASED ON CONFIGUREABLE PARAMETERS - Embodiments of the invention may provide an approach for managing electronic records in a content management system. The content management system may use a container structure to create, edit, and manage electronic records in a coordinated way. The container structure may include a master container and a plurality of sub-containers. An associated method generally may include receiving a request comprising a record and one or more properties associated with the record; determining, from the one or more properties associated with the record, a date; based on the date of the record, associating the record with a sub-container of the container structure; and managing disposition of the sub-container based on an associated policy. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031100 | Generating a Discussion Group in a Social Network Based on Similar Source Materials - The present invention includes a system and method for generating a discussion group based on different electronic images. A mixed media reality database receives MMR objects that correspond to source material and indexes the MMR objects. A content management engine generates a cluster that includes MMR objects based on a similarity of source material. An MMR engine receives an electronic image from a user device, performs a visual search and identifies an MMR object that is associated with the electronic image. A social network application identifies a discussion group associated with the cluster that includes the MMR object and provides the user device with access to the discussion group. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031101 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING COMMUNICATIVE VALUE - A method of determining which users are experts and which tags are appropriate without some of the disadvantages of the prior art is described. The level of a user's expertise is determined based on previous tags, the categorization of one or more tags, and the rating of the tags previously left by the user. The appropriateness of a tag is based on previous tagging of information by the user, by the number of times a user has tagged information with the same categorization, and the rating of a user. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031102 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTENT CATEGORIZATION - The invention discloses a method and system for content categorization, which aims at reducing the processing burthen of the content categorization as well as the network transmission traffic. The method comprises: transmitting, by a content categorization requester, a content digest of a content to be categorized to a content categorization provider; and performing, by the content categorization provider, content categorization according to the content digest. The device for requesting content categorization comprises: a digest operation determination component, adapted to determine whether it is necessary to obtain a content digest of a content to be categorized; a digest obtaining component, adapted to obtain the content digest of the content to be categorized when the digest operation determination component determines it necessary to obtain the content digest of the content to be categorized; and a first transmit component, adapted to transmit the content digest obtained by the digest obtaining component. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031103 | System and Method for using a Device Description Repository - A method, computer program product, and computer system for using a device description repository comprises calculating an index by a processor based upon, at least in part, at least a portion of a plurality of user preferences associated with a computing device. One of a first experience and a second experience may be provided to the computing device based upon, at least in part, the index. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031104 | RECOMMENDATION JITTER - A method for selection of items for one or more users includes performing each of a set of steps to determine the items. Performing the steps includes introducing a controlled variation into a result of each of multiple of the steps. The items for the one or more users are then selected according to the results of the steps. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031105 | Automated Ranking of Entities Based on Trade References - Some embodiments perform automated entity ranking to accurately portray the influence that each ranked entity holds within a particular field, industry, region, or some combination thereof. The ranking is primarily derived based on the number of trade references obtained for a particular entity and the influence of those trade references. The rankings can be sold as informational commodities and can be compiled to produce lists of the most influential entities within a particular field, industry, region, or some combination thereof. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031106 | SOCIAL NETWORK POWERED QUERY SUGGESTIONS - Automatic suggestion for search query formulation is facilitated by considering social network information. A plurality of search queries can be identified as a function of a partial search query specified by a user and search history of one or more social network contacts of the user. Subsequently, these identified queries can be ranked to aid determination of a subset of the identified queries to suggest for query completion. Further, query suggestions resulting from a social network contact can be annotated to set them apart from other query suggestions. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031107 | PERSONALIZED RANKING METHOD OF VIDEO AND AUDIO DATA ON INTERNET - A personalized ranking method of audio and/or video data on Internet includes the steps of locating a plurality of audio and/or video data corresponding to at least one keyword; deciding a user index by the user or picking a history behavior index if the user does not decide the user index; capturing characteristics from the aforesaid downloaded audio and/or video data according to the user index or the history behavior; comparing the captured characteristics with a user profile or a history behavior for similarity to get a similarity score; ranking the audio and/or video data according to the corresponding similarity scores to get a ranking outcome of the audio and/or video data. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031108 | LONG TAIL MONETIZATION PROCEDURE - A system and method for constructively providing a monetization procedure for a long tail demand curve of market goods, services or contents through a channel such as the Internet or mobile devices, for which there exists a source providing economic scoring (sales, downloads, streaming hours, etc.). Using only the scorings for a few reference items and a quantitative concept of similarity between the items, embodiments provide a procedure that constructively distributes the score from the reference items to the non-ranked ones, yielding the full scoring curve adjusted to a long tail law (power law). In order to build scores for non-ranked items, the method recursively defines relative preferences between items based on their similarity, thus constructing a utility-like function. The preferences are then used within an iterative tournament strategy between the items. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031109 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR LINKING CUSTOMER INFORMATION - In a business where a database tracks customers and manages customer accounts, a method and system correctly link accounts with customers. The method entails reading customer information for a first customer and for a second customer, and then utilizing personal identification information obtained from other sources to determine if the first customer is the same as the second customer. If the first customer and the second customer are the same person, the first customer and the second customer are identified as being the same unique person. Accounts associated with the two customers are identified as belonging to the same unique person. Viewed another way, the method and system of the present invention takes an existing database of personal identification information, and cross-references that database against other sources of personal identification information to identify persons who appear to be separate persons, but who are actually one and the same individual. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031110 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RICH QUERY CONSTRUCTION - A method for constructing a rich query from a selected semantic entity included in a page, the method comprising: receiving user input identifying a semantic entity for which contextual information is desired; identifying context information associated with the selected semantic entity; encoding a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) using the semantic entity an the identified context information; and transmitting the encoded URL to a search server. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031111 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR SEGMENTING A DATABASE BASED, AT LEAST IN PART, ON A PREVALENCE ASSOCIATED WITH KNOWN OBJECTS INCLUDED IN THE DATABASE - A system, method, and computer program product are provided for segmenting a database based, at least in part, on a prevalence associated with known objects included in the database. In operation, a database including a plurality of known objects is identified. Additionally, the database is segmented into a plurality of segments. Furthermore, each of the plurality of known objects are assigned to one of the plurality of segments, based at least in part on a prevalence associated with each of the plurality of known objects. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031112 | EFFICIENT DATA EXTRACTION BY A REMOTE APPLICATION - A query controller accesses a cache comprising information related to data that is newly added to a database, responsive to detecting a data extraction application is ready to query the database for at least one data extraction rule. The information is added to the cache for each new data event received by a data processing application, prior to the data processing application adding the data parsed from each new data event to the database. The query controller evaluates each data extraction rule against the information in the cache to determine whether the information is relevant to at least one data extraction rule. The query controller sends a separate query by the data extraction application to the database only for any particular data extraction rules to which the information is relevant, such that the query controller reduces the number of queries sent for each query period to only queries based on data extraction rules that need to be reevaluated based on the information updated about data that is newly added to the database. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031113 | Query Parser Derivation Computing Device and Method for Making a Query Parser for Parsing Unstructured Search Queries - A system and method is provided which may comprise parsing an unstructured geographic web-search query into a field-based format, by utilizing conditional random fields, learned by semi-supervised automated learning, to parse structured information from the unstructured geographic web-search query. The system and method may also comprise establishing semi-supervised conditional random fields utilizing one of a rule-based finite state machine model and a statistics-based conditional random field model. Systematic geographic parsing may be used with the one of the rule-based finite state machine model and the statistics-based conditional random field model. Parsing an unstructured local geographical web-based query in local domain may be done by applying a learned model parser to the query, using at least one class-based query log from a form-based query system. The learned model parser may comprise at least one class-level n-gram language model-based feature harvested from a structured query log. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031114 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a first selection unit that selects at least one first element in tree-structured data, a second selection unit that selects a second element corresponding to the first element selected by the first selection unit, and an extracting unit that extracts tree-structured data representing a subtree defined by the first element selected by the first selection unit and the second element selected by the second selection unit in order to copy the tree-structured data into different tree-structured data. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031115 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TABLE DEFINITION LANGUAGE GENERATION - A non-transitory computer readable medium is provided that includes instructions to interpret a table definition language fragment, that includes modifications of attributes and functionalities defined in a first table definition language. The non-transitory computer readable medium also includes instructions to generate a second table definition language with the subsequent modifications based at least upon applying the modifications in the table definition language fragment to the first table definition language. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031116 | MODELED BUSINESS OBJECT DATA IMPORT - A computer-implemented system may include reception of a selection of a business object, reception of a selection of one or more nodes of the business object, creation of a schema definition based on the selected one or more nodes, reception of an eXtended Markup Language file conforming to the schema definition, the eXtended Markup Language file including instance values associated with the one or more nodes of the business object, and population of an instance of the business object with the values associated with the one or more nodes of the business object. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031117 | Auto-Mapping Between Source and Target Models Using Statistical and Ontology Techniques - A system maps data within a data source to a target data model, and comprises a computer system including at least one processor. The system determines an identifier for each data object of the data source based on the data within that data object, wherein the identifier indicates for that data object a corresponding concept within a domain ontological representation of a data model of the data source. The determined identifiers for the data objects of the data source are compared to the target data model to determine mappings between the data objects of the data source and the target data model. Data objects from the data source are extracted for the target data model in accordance with the mappings. Present invention embodiments further include a method and computer program product for mapping data within a data source to a target data model. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031118 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND NON-TRANSITORY INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided is a technology that enables detection of a change in a feature of a page. An analysis unit identifies a content of a page whose content changes with a lapse of time. A feature change determination unit determines based on contents of the page identified at different timings whether or not a feature of the identified page has changed. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031119 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA MATCHING - A system and method for data matching are disclosed. A user terminal included in the system includes a data provider, a data consumer, and a mapper. The data provider receives life log data of a user which is collected by at least one life log collecting apparatus. The data consumer receives the life log data from the data provider, and compares the life log data and reference data received from a service server to determine whether a difference between the life log data and the reference data exceeds a predetermined threshold value. The mapper maps the service server which provides the reference data corresponding to information of the life log data received from the data provider. Accordingly, the usability to of life log apparatuses can increase. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031120 | System and Method for using a Device Description Repository - A method, computer program product, and computer system for using a device description repository comprises identifying a plurality of string constants associated with an incoming data request. It may be determined whether one or more constants in a user agent string match one of the plurality of string constants. In response to determining that the one or more constants in the user agent string match one of the plurality of string constants, a generic web browser ID is identified as a device description repository ID associated with a device description repository. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031121 | VEHICLE CHARGING FACILITY INFORMATION ACQUISITION SYSTEM - A vehicle charging facility information acquisition system has comprising an acquisition component and a charging record information storage component. The acquisition component is configured to acquire, from a plurality of vehicles, information pertaining to a vehicle charging facility as charging record information when the vehicles use the vehicle charging facility, with the information including at least vehicle charging facility position information. The charging record information storage component is configured to store the acquired charging record information in a charging record information database. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031122 | Machine Translation for Query Expansion - Methods, systems and apparatus, including computer program products, for expanding search queries. One method includes receiving a search query, selecting a synonym of a term in the search query based on a context of occurrence of the term in the received search query, the synonym having been derived from statistical machine translation of the term, and expanding the received search query with the synonym and using the expanded search query to search a collection of documents. Alternatively, another method includes receiving a request to search a corpus of documents, the request specifying a search query, using statistical machine translation to translate the specified search query into an expanded search query, the specified search query and the expanded search query being in the same natural language, and in response to the request, using the expanded search query to search a collection of documents. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031123 | LOCATING AMBIGUITIES IN DATA - A system comprising an associative memory, an input module, a query module, and a display module. The input module is configured to receive a value within a first perspective of the associative memory. The query module is configured to perform an open query of the associative memory using the value, perform the open query within at least one of an insert perspective and a second perspective of the associative memory. The at least one of the insert perspective and the second perspective has as many or more category associations for the value relative to the first perspective. The display module is configured to display a result of the query and to display a list of one or more potential ambiguities that result from the open query. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031124 | MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING STREAMING DATA - Techniques are disclosed for evaluating tuples for processing by a stream application having a plurality of process elements. In one embodiment, at least one tuple to be processed by at least one processing element of the stream application is identified. A maximum duration for which the at least one processing element is allowed to process the at least one tuple is determined. A duration for which the at least one processing element is likely to process the at least one tuple is also estimated. Processing of the at least one tuple is managed based on a comparison between the maximum duration and the estimated duration. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031125 | GENERATING A CONVERSATION IN A SOCIAL NETWORK BASED ON VISUAL SEARCH RESULTS - The present invention includes a system and method for generating a conversation in a social network based on visual search results. A mixed media reality (MMR) engine indexes source materials as MMR objects, receives images from a user device and identifies matching MMR objects. A content management engine generates metadata corresponding to the MMR objects. A social network application generates conversations corresponding to the MMR object. The conversation includes multiple discussion threads. If a conversation already exists, the social network application provides the user with access to the conversation. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031126 | WEIGHTING METRIC FOR VISUAL SEARCH OF ENTITY-RELATIONSHIP DATABASES - The semantics of a relational database may be modeled using an entity-relationship (ER) diagram that represents entities and the relations between the entities. Systems and methods are provided for automatically composing meaningful thumbnails/composited images or visuals from ER diagrams and their associated databases by using the semantics of the underlying data model. First, the most meaningful relations in which a given data element participates are extracted. Second, composited images are composed depicting these relations using a domain-specific visual language and rendering techniques based on the relative weighting of the relations. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031127 | MODELED COMMUNICATION BETWEEN DEPLOYMENT UNITS - A computer-implemented system may include reception of a selection of a first business object, reception of a selection of a second business object, reception of a selection of one or more node elements of the second business object, reception of one or more query parameters, reception of a mapping to map a respective node element of the first business object to each of the selected one or more node elements of the second business object and to each of the one or more query parameters, reception of a script for evaluating a condition associated with the first business object, generation of runtime objects based on the mapping and the script, and execution of a runtime framework to use the runtime objects to evaluate the condition and to create a message mapping the respective node element of the first business object to each of the selected one or more node elements of the second business object and to each of the one or more query parameters. | 2013-01-31 |
20130031128 | DIGITAL SIGNAGE TRANSACTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Digital signage transaction systems and methods are therefore provided. An illustrative transaction method can include accessing, via a computing device, a plurality of digital sign files disposed within a repository. The transaction method can further include communicating at least one external selection criterion to the computing device. Responsive to the at least one external selection criterion, selecting at least a portion of the digital sign data files and communicating at least one of the portion of selected digital sign files from the repository to a display device. | 2013-01-31 |