05th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 66 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120030145 | Method Of Selling Absorbent Articles Bearing Graphics Visually Coordinated To Clothing - In one aspect, the invention relates generally to a method of selling absorbent articles having graphics disposed upon them. The graphics are visually coordinated to clothing. The clothing may be an article of clothing and/or a line of clothing. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030146 | Backplane Connector With Reduced Circuit Board Overhang - A right-angle electrical connector is configured to be mounted onto an upper mounting surface of a substrate that defines a bottom surface opposed from the upper mounting surface so as to define a thickness. The connector includes a connector housing and a plurality of electrical contacts retained by the connector housing. The connector housing overhangs an edge of the substrate and extends down with respect to the upper surface to a depth from the upper mounting surface that is less than the thickness of the substrate. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030147 | MONOLITHIC FLOOR FOR HOT SLAG BUCKET - The disclosure provides a monolithic floor for use with a hot slag bucket. The monolithic floor improves the lifespan of the bucket when used with hot slag by reducing warpage caused by heating and cooling and thus significantly reduces the cost of owning and operating the hot slag bucket. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030148 | Combining Speculative Physics Modeling With Goal-Based Artificial Intelligence - In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for identifying a deformable object of a scene of a computer game that is visible by an artificial intelligence (AI) character of the game, requesting a speculative physics simulation associated with the deformable object to determine a result of an action to the deformable object by the AI character, and selecting an action to be performed by the AI character, where the selection is based at least in part on the speculative physics simulation. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030149 | Method and a computer program product for providing a response to a statement of a user - A method for interacting with a person, the method comprising: receiving a user textual input; matching a structured representation of the user textual input against expected user statement fields of knowledge database entries; wherein a knowledge database entry comprises an expected user statement field and at least one action field; wherein multiple entries of the knowledge database form a data structure that comprises multiple expected user statements fields that match an expected sequence of user textual inputs. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030150 | Hybrid Learning Component for Link State Routing Protocols - In a network that executes a link state routing protocol, a network node receives periodic disseminations of link state information from other network nodes. The link state information includes neighboring node identity and link cost metrics. The network node calculates the initial routing paths based on the received link state information by using a link state routing algorithm. It then adapts the calculated path based on both the current link state information and past link state information through a reinforcement learning process. The network node then selects a routing path to each destination node based on the adaptation and updates the routing table accordingly. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030151 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ASSESSING DATA CLASSIFICATION QUALITY - Production data classified from a data source, such as a plurality of handprinted forms, is compared to provisional truth data independently classified from the same data source for constructing master truth data. The production data is compared to the master truth data for evaluating the quality with which the production data was classified. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030152 | RANKING ENTITY FACETS USING USER-CLICK FEEDBACK - Example methods, apparatuses, or articles of manufacture are disclosed that may be implemented using one or more computing devices to facilitate or otherwise support one or more processes or operations associated with ranking entity facets using user-click feedback. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030153 | SEMICONDUCTOR SYSTEM AND DATA TRAINING METHOD THEREOF - A semiconductor system includes a semiconductor memory configured to determine whether an error has occurred in a data pattern and generate an error signal, and a memory controller configured to provide the data pattern to the semiconductor memory and perform data training with respect to the semiconductor memory using the error signal. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030154 | ESTIMATING A STATE OF AT LEAST ONE TARGET - A method of estimating a state of at least one target. The method includes obtaining at least one target measurement from a first sensor, and applying a Gaussian Process technique to a target measurement to obtain an updated target measurement. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030155 | MODEL GENERATING DEVICE AND MODEL GENERATING METHOD - A model generating device acquires event information including a time when execution of an event is started, a time when execution of the event is finished, and the type of the event. The model generating device assumes model candidates each showing a relationship between an event and another event triggered by the former event on the basis of the acquired event information, and makes a combination of the assumed model candidates. The model generating device searches the assumed model candidates to find a candidate that matches an existing model. The model generating device withdraws the model candidate searched for from the combination of the model candidates, and withdraws a candidate that is to be withdrawn from the combination of the model candidates in association with withdrawal of the model candidate found as a result of the search, thereby updating the combination of the model candidates. The model generating device thereafter generates a new model on the basis of the updated combination of the model candidates. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030156 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD, CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM FOR CREATING A CARE PLAN - A computer-implemented method for creating a care plan for a patient, the method comprising the steps of (a) receiving an intervention goal, (b) creating a behavioral determinants list using the intervention goal, (c) assigning a ranking to each behavioral determinant in the list of behavioral determinates using patient data descriptive of the patient, (d) receiving a subset of the behavioral determinant list, wherein the subset is determined by using the ranking of each behavioral determinant in the list of behavioral determinates; and (f) creating the care plan using the subset. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030157 | TRAINING DATA GENERATION APPARATUS, CHARACTERISTIC EXPRESSION EXTRACTION SYSTEM, TRAINING DATA GENERATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - The disclosed apparatus uses a training data generation apparatus | 2012-02-02 |
20120030158 | TECHNOLOGY EVALUATION AND SELECTION APPLICATION - Embodiments of the invention relate to systems, methods, and computer program products for evaluating and selecting technology. Specifically, present embodiments provide for assessing the relative importance of various capabilities and constraints to determine weighting factors and applying the weighting factors to potential technology solutions rated in terms of the applicability of the capabilities and constraints. The result is a capability fit score and a constraint fit score for each potential technology solution, which can be combined to form an overall technology fit score for each potential technology solution. Thus, present embodiments assess capabilities and constraints of various potential technology solutions and balance the capabilities and constraints to result in a quantitatively measurement of which technology solution is the best fit for the project at hand. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030159 | Recommender Systems and Methods - A system and method of providing personalized item recommendations in a communication system comprising a server and a plurality of client devices. At the server, a plurality of user rating vectors are received from a plurality of client devices and aggregated into a rating matrix that is factorized into a user feature matrix and an item feature matrix, with the product of the user feature and item feature matrixes approximating the user rating matrix. The factorization comprises the steps of the ALS1 or the IALS1 algorithm including: initializing the user feature matrix and the item feature matrix with predefined initial values; alternately optimizing the user feature matrix and the item feature matrix until a termination condition is met. The item feature matrix is transmitted from the server to at least one client device, and a predictive rating vector is generated as the product of the associated user feature vector and the item feature matrix. At least one item is selected for recommendation to a user from the items associated with the predictive rating vector. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030160 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING DECISION MAKING BASED ON SENSE AND RESPOND - According to an embodiment, the present invention provides a method for providing automated decision in response to one or more responses. The method includes providing, at a computer system, a user interface for receiving input from a user. The method also includes detecting a first event. The method further includes receiving a first set of attributes associated with the first event. Also, the method includes processing the first set of attributes. The method additionally includes analyzing the first set of attributes using at least pattern recognition. The method includes determining a first context for the first event based at least on the first set of attributes. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030161 | RELATIONSHIP DETECTOR, RELATIONSHIP DETECTION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - For a group of elements defined with a first relationship between elements stored in a first data memory unit and a second relationship therebetween different from the first relationship stored in a second data memory unit, a relationship detector includes a first distance calculating unit that calculates a predetermined first distance between the two elements belonging to the group in the first relationship, a second distance calculating unit that calculates a predetermined second distance between the two elements belonging to the group in the second relationship, and an unpredictability calculating unit that calculates a dissociation level between the first distance and the second distance between the two elements belonging to the group through a predetermined rule. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030162 | Method for quantifying amplitude of a response of a biological network - One or more measurement signatures are derived from a knowledge base of casual biological facts, where a signature is a collection of measured node entities and their expected directions of change with respect to a reference node. The knowledge base may be a directed network of experimentally-observed casual relationships among biological entities and processes, and a reference node represents a perturbation. A degree of activation of a signature is then assessed by scoring one or more “differential” data sets against the signature to compute an amplitude score. The amplitude score quantifies fold-changes of measurements in the signature. In one particular embodiment, the amplitude score is a weighted average of adjusted log-fold changes of measured node entities in the signature, wherein an adjustment applied to the log-fold changes is based on their expected direction of change. In an alternative embodiment, the amplitude score is based on quantity effects. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030163 | SOLUTION RECOMMENDATION BASED ON INCOMPLETE DATA SETS - In accordance with one aspect of the present exemplary embodiment, a system determines a solution based on received data. An intake component receives an incomplete data set from one or more sources. A recommendation system transforms the incomplete data set into a semantic data set via latent semantic indexing, classifies the semantic data set into an existing cluster and provides one or more solutions of the existing cluster as one or more recommendations. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030164 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GATHERING AND USAGE OF LIVE SEARCH TRENDS - A system, method and computer readable storage medium is provided for collecting search requests from a variety of sources, analyzing those search requests in order to determine current trends in searches and other interne entries, and utilizing the search trend information to make enterprise data available to searching users through one or more access methods. One or more listening posts associated with a variety of data store sites accessible to searching users are configured to gather and perform initial filtering of the search requests to the associated sites and other entries. The search request information and other entry information is transmitted to one or more analysis servers that perform additional analysis of key words and phrases in order to categorize and score the searches and entries. Data mining techniques are then used to determine search trends of value to the enterprise performing such search trend analysis. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030165 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REAL-TIME TRANSACTIONAL DATA OBFUSCATION - A system and method for providing transactional data privacy while maintaining data usability, including the use of different obfuscation functions for different data types to securely obfuscate the data, in real-time, while maintaining its statistical characteristics. In accordance with an embodiment, the system comprises an obfuscation process that captures data while it is being received in the form of data changes at a first or source system, selects one or more obfuscation techniques to be used with the data according to the type of data captured, and obfuscates the data, using the selected one or more obfuscation techniques, to create an obfuscated data, for use in generating a trail file containing the obfuscated data, or applying the data changes to a target or second system. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030166 | SYSTEM INTEGRATION ARCHITECTURE - The inter-system communications techniques include a system, and/or a method. In some embodiments of these techniques, the method includes receiving data from a first system. The method further includes storing the received data in an in-memory database. The method further includes determining a second system to inform of the received data using a system assignment table. The system assignment table includes a source system identifier, a target system identifier, a first field, and a first field value. The method further includes informing the second system of the received data when the first field value matches a value associated with the first field of the received data. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030167 | DATA MIGRATION FOR SERVICE UPGRADES - Embodiments are directed to efficiently migrating data from one version of a service to another version and to temporarily transitioning a user to a different service for evaluation. A computer system pre-transfers user data from a first service to a second, different service before an indication is received that the user is to be transitioned from the first service to the second service. The user data includes identification information identifying users of the first service. The computer system receives an indication that a first service user is to be transitioned to the second service. The computer system transfers service data used by the first service to the second service and synchronizes any changes in the user data that occurred between the user data pre-transfer and the service data transfer, so that the second service is provided using the transferred service data and the synchronized user data. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030168 | PERSISTENCE OF MASTER DATA IN A MULTI-TENANT SOFTWARE DELIVERY ARCHITECTURE - A first tenant-nonspecific database table on a repository accessible to an application server of a multi-tenant software delivery architecture can maintain a first record designating a first predefined generic field of a plurality of predefined generic fields. The first record can include an organization-specific master data field definition of the first predefined generic field maintained in a first tenant-specific definition field assigned to a first customer tenant of a plurality of customer tenants that are accessible via the application server. Each customer tenant of the plurality of customer tenants can provide a discrete organization-specific business configuration of a core software platform. A second tenant-nonspecific database table maintained on the repository can maintain a second record that can include a key value designating the first tenant, a record designator, and an organization-specific master data value corresponding to the first predefined generic field. A calculation or determination based on master data can be performed that is relevant to the discrete organization-specific business configuration provided by the first customer tenant using the organization-specific master data value. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030169 | APPLICATION INSTANCE AND QUERY STORES - An instance persistence command for an update to a state of an instance of an application can be issued. In response to the persistence command, a transaction with an instance store can be initiated. As part of the transaction, a first representation of the update can be stored in the instance store and a second representation of the update can be stored in a queue. The transaction can be committed after storing the first and second representations. After the transaction is committed, the second representation can be processed to store a third representation of the update in a query store. Application instance state information in the query store can be updated and queried without locking the instance store so that such operations in the query store can be performed asynchronously with operations in the instance store. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030170 | Distributed Data Storage - A method for maintaining a data storage system is disclosed. The method may include monitoring a first data storage node. The method may also include detecting a condition regarding the first data storage node, and the condition may indicate that at least one file stored on the first data storage node is to be replicated. The method may also include updating a replication list based on detecting the condition, and the replication list may include an identification of the at least one file and priority information for replication of the at least one file. The method may include performing a data replication procedure based on the replication list, where the data replication procedure may include sending a first multicast message to a plurality of other data storage nodes requesting identification of a second data storage node that maintains a copy of the at least one file. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030171 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING REPLICATION COPY STORAGE OPERATIONS - A system and method are provided for performing storage operations relating to a first secondary copy of electronic data. A storage policy or storage preferences may dictate that a replication copy should be used in storage operations performed to a particular client, sub-client, data, media or other item. Based on the storage policy, when a new client, sub-client, data, media or other item is received, a media agent determines whether there is a replication copy of the item. In the absence of a replication copy, one may be created. Information regarding the replication copy and its corresponding first secondary copy may be stored in a database. To optimize use of system resources, storage operations relating to the first secondary copy may be performed using the replication copy instead of the first secondary copy. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030172 | MYSQL DATABASE HETEROGENEOUS LOG BASED REPLICATION - A system and method for transferring data between different types of systems, and in particular uses log-based replication to transfer data between, e.g. a MySQL database or system, and another type of database or system. In accordance with an embodiment, the system can be used to perform a one-time or initial copy of the MySQL data from a source database system to a target database system, and/or to replicate the on-going transactions captured from a MySQL database's binary log into one or additional non-MySQL database(s) on a continuous basis, such that the two systems are synchronized for transactions of interest. In accordance with an embodiment, full or partial data changes can be extracted from the MySQL binary log, optionally transformed, skipped or augmented, output or written to a file (which in accordance with an embodiment can be implemented as a trail file, or an Oracle GoldenGate trail file), and then applied at any of one or more target systems (e.g. another MySQL database, or a non-MySQL database), thereby synchronizing the source and target systems. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030173 | PEER-TO-PEER SYNCING IN A DECENTRALIZED ENVIRONMENT - An apparatus and method of synchronizing a datum between a plurality of stores uses version vectors associated with the datum in each store. Each version vector 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 the value indicates a number of modifications to the datum made by the store. When synchronizing the datum between stores, the version vectors of the datum are compared to determine whether one version vector is subordinate to another version vector. The datum in the store having the subordinate version vector is then replaced with the datum having the dominant version vector. When compared, a conflict resolution by a user is required if the version vectors are not identical, if the version vectors do not have all the same identifiers, and if one version vector does not contain all of the identifiers with equal or greater values of those in the other version vector. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030174 | DISTRIBUTED SNAPSHOT PROCESS - Systems and methods for providing an efficient partitioned resource server are disclosed. The partitioned resource server includes a plurality of individual servers, and the individual servers support a storage service. The systems and methods provide archiving processes for partitioned resources. To this end, the systems and process include a snapshot process operating on a server and capable of coordinating with other snapshot processes operating on the other servers for generating state information representative of the state of the partitioned resources. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030175 | SYSTEM FOR OFFLOADING DATA ANALYIS OVERHEAD FROM A PRIMARY SITE TO A REMOTE SITE - A method for reducing the data analysis overhead on a production system is disclosed herein. In one embodiment, such a method includes replicating production data from a primary site to a remote site. A control data set containing information for directing analysis of the production data is generated at the primary site and replicated to the remote site. At the remote site, the method includes analyzing the production data as directed by the control data set by making use of time on a CPU located at the remote site. Analysis may involve executing a diagnostic routine and/or generating a log file documenting the results of the analysis. A corresponding apparatus, system, and computer program product are also disclosed and claimed herein. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030176 | ONLINE BACKUP SYSTEM WITH GLOBAL TWO STAGED DEDUPLICATION WITHOUT USING AN INDEXING DATABASE - An encryption for a distributed global online backup system with global two-stage deduplication in the absence of an indexing database where data blocks are encrypted using their SHA-1 signatures as encryption keys. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030177 | HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING DATA STORAGE OPERATIONS - The invention is a hierarchical backup system. The interconnected network computing devices are put into groups of backup cells. A backup cell has a manager software agent responsible maintaining and initiating a backup regime for the network computing devices in the backup cell. The backups are directed to backup devices within the backup cell. Several backup cells can be defined. A manager software agent for a particular cell may be placed into contact with the manager software agent of another cell, by which information about the cells may be passed back and forth. Additionally, one of the software agents may be given administrative control over another software agent with which it is in communication. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030178 | INTERFACES FOR HIGH AVAILABILITY SYSTEMS AND LOG SHIPPING - Architecture for replicating a database through log shipping. A replication service replicates data using one or more new internal application program interfaces (APIs), a replay configuration API which abstracts configuration information for each destination (or target) instance. APIs for log file management as part of the replication process are provided for opening communications for log shipping, tracking success of log shipping and closing out log shipping communications. Log shipping APIs are also provided for log truncation control. A ship control object is provided as a base class which includes an API for other components of the replication service to operate on log files when the log files are placed into a log directory. The ship control API is utilized by the replication service and for interaction with storage system log files. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030179 | SCALABLE AND USER FRIENDLY FILE VIRTUALIZATION FOR HIERARCHICAL STORAGE - In one embodiment, a method includes storing files in at least one directory in a first storage tier on at least one random access storage medium, creating an index file which includes entries for each file stored in the directory in the first storage tier on the at least one random access storage medium, aggregating in binary large objects (BLOBs) the files stored in the directory in the first storage tier on the at least one random access storage medium, writing out the aggregated BLOBs of files to a second storage tier on at least one sequential access storage medium, adding location information for each aggregated BLOB of files written to the second storage tier on the at least one sequential access storage medium to the index file, and copying the index file to the second storage tier on the at least one sequential access storage medium. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030180 | ARCHIVE-SYSTEM-INDEPENDENT ARCHIVE-TYPE OBJECTS - This disclosure provides various embodiments for archiving a business object. At least one particular business object is identified for archiving. The particular business object has associated data including type data corresponding to a business object type of the at least one particular business object, structured business data, and unstructured attachment data. At least one archive-type object is created corresponding to the particular business object by enriching the unstructured attachment data with type-specific metadata including data identifying at least one attribute of the business object type. The archive-type object is archive-system-independent. The at least one archive-type object is exported to at least one archiving system for storage in at least one memory device of the archiving system. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030181 | CONTENT ARCHIVAL AND RETRIEVAL - Content archival and retrieval, in which connections with multiple, different enterprise applications operated by an organization are established. In addition, a connection with a central archival system is established and content to archive is received from the multiple, different enterprise applications. The central archival system is controlled to archive, in a central location, the content received from the multiple, different enterprise applications such that content from a first type of enterprise application is archived in the central location together with content from a second type of enterprise application. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030182 | HIERARCHICAL MULTIMEDIA PROGRAM COMPOSITION - A computer-based method for media composition of a family of related time-based media programs. The method involves creating a master program with time-based elements of video and/or audio as well as time-based and non-time-based metadata, creating a derivative program that includes derivative elements, defining an inheritance relationship between the master program and the derivative program that specifies elements of the master program to be inherited by the derivative program, and causing the derivative program to inherit the specified elements from the master program in accordance with the inheritance relationship. User interfaces are provided for creating, editing, and viewing hierarchical trees of related programs. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030183 | Security erase of a delete file and of sectors not currently assigned to a file - Secure erase of files and unallocated sectors on storage media such that any previous data is non-recoverable. The database contains sets of data patterns used to overwrite the data on different physical media. The software programs manage the overwriting process automatically when a file has been deleted. When de-allocated sectors in the file system are pruned from a file or escaped the file deletion process also finds them. Data will never be found on deleted sectors or on pruned sectors is overwritten. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030184 | DISTRIBUTED DATABASE SYSTEM UTILIZING AN EXTENDED TWO-PHASE-COMMIT PROCESS - A distributed database system is provided in which a commit coordinator ensures that transactions spanning multiple database instances are committed or rolled back consistently. The commit coordinator utilizes an extended two-phase-commit process. The extension of the two-phase-commit process enables, that if within the distributed database cohorts store redundant data for a productive operation, only one of the cohorts out of a redundancy group are required. By this, the distributed database is prepared to continue operation even during shutdown or failure of single cohorts. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030185 | SPONSORED SEARCH RESULTS RE-RANKING BASED ON LINKING ASSOCIATIONS - A computer-implemented system and methods of re-ranking sponsored search results by a search engine in response to a search query include: retrieving one or more organic search results and a plurality of sponsored search results (“search results”), along with their respective rankings, associated with a search query; determining a degree of association between each sponsored search result and the other search results through analyzing web links between the plurality of sponsored search results, the one or more organic search results, and other web documents to or from which the search results are at least indirectly linked; re-ranking the plurality of sponsored search results based on the degree of association between each respective sponsored search result and the other search results; and storing in memory the plurality of re-ranked sponsored search results in relation to the search query. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030186 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECONSTRUCTING A SEARCH QUERY - Methods and systems for reconstructing a full query based on a partial query are disclosed. Existing interfaces for search engines may be rigid and require users to submit full queries to perform searched. The methods and systems described herein may solve these problems by allowing a flexible way for users to submit a partial query and reconstruct a full query based on the partial query. A search may then be performed using the reconstructed query. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030187 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRACKING DIGITAL CONTENT OBJECTS - A system and method for secure document management including tagging and/or remotely tracking documents exchanged between one or more users and a document repository. In some embodiments, the security policies for documents are determined based at least in part on document content, metadata associated with the document, and/or usage history of the document. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030188 | ENTERPRISE-BASED SEARCHING OF NEW AND UPDATED DATA - A searchable staging data store is provided, which stores new and updated records during a period of entry of those records to an enterprise-accessible data store and update of a search index with information from those records. The searchable data store provides rapid access to the data during that period of entry. Embodiments provide for searching a search index for records responsive to a search query, searching the searchable staging data store for records responsive to the search query, receiving search results from both the search of the search index and the searchable staging data store, and displaying those results. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030189 | Dynamically Joined Fast Search Views for Business Objects - According to some embodiments, an anchor transactional view may be defined for at least one business object data structure. The anchor transactional may have a plurality of anchor fields, each anchor field representing a data source and being associated with a field of an anchor search view. An indication of at least one extension field to the anchor search view may be received. The anchor search view and at least one extension field may represent, for example, a virtual fast search infrastructure view. Responsive to the received indication of the at least one extension field, an additional view may be dynamically joined at runtime to the anchor transactional view. The additional view may have at least one additional field, and each additional field may be associated with one of the extension fields. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030190 | METHOD OF RECORDING AND SEARCHING FOR A WEB PAGE AND METHOD OF RECORDING A BROWSED WEB PAGE - A method of recording and searching for a Web Page allows a user to find Web Pages he or she has browsed. A plurality of users can input key words to find Web Pages they have browsed and recorded via the history of browsed Web Pages. What is different from a prior art search engine server is that the search engine server of the present invention only provides the Web Pages which the plurality of users have browsed and recorded. In addition, in order to reduce the burden of the search engine, it is recommended that the Web Page contents be uploaded from the user's browser to the search engine server. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030191 | ANALYSIS AND REPORTING OF COLLECTED SEARCH ACTIVITY DATA OVER MULTIPLE SEARCH ENGINES - A tracking system passively tracks and records searches conducted by actual search engine users. The recorded data for each search event preferably includes the search query submitted, the search engine used, the search result item (e.g., web page) selected, the position (e.g., page number) of this item, and the user's IP address. The collected data is aggregated and analyzed to generate data regarding the search queries used to locate and access particular destinations (e.g., web pages and sites). This data may be used for various purposes, such as (1) to generate reports showing, e.g., how users reach a particular destination from different search engines and geographic locations, (2) to select content to display on a destination page, such that the content is relevant to search queries commonly used to locate that page, and (3) to update the database of one search engine to reflect searches conducted on other search engines. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030192 | APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING MATERIALIZED TABLES IN A MULTI-TENANT APPLICATION SYSTEM - A method, system and computer program for processing materialized tables in a multi-tenant application system, wherein in the multi-tenant application system, a plurality of tenants share one or more basic-tables. According to the data access history information of the plurality of tenants, an update pattern analyzer analyzes the similarity of the update patterns for one or more basic-tables by the plurality of tenants. Furthermore, according to the similarity analyzed by the update pattern analyzer, a tenant grouping means groups the plurality of tenants into a plurality of tenant groups. Additionally, according to the tenant groups grouped by the tenant grouping means, a materialized table constructor constructs the tenant group materialized tables from the one or more basic-tables. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030193 | Method and system for connecting users - A method and system for connecting users via a matrix/mesh/grid/graph of intermediate relationship routing (FIG. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030194 | IDENTIFICATION AND SCHEDULING OF EVENTS ON A COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A method, communication device and system are provided for identifying and scheduling events, such as meetings and appointments identified in data items such as messages and electronic documents. Content relating to an event is identified within the data item, and date information for the identified event is determined based on the content of the data item or other contextual information. An availability status in respect of the event is determined by querying a data store, such as a calendar store, to determine whether the date and time associated with the identified event is free or in conflict. Once the availability status is determined, the data item may be displayed at the communication device together with a visual indicator of the availability status. The identified event in the data item may be actuatable to create an event item for storage in the data store. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030195 | INFORMATION SEARCH, RETRIEVAL AND DISTILLATION INTO KNOWLEDGE OBJECTS - Embodiments of the invention provide for various methods and apparatuses for searching bodies of knowledge, such as previously indexed source documents reachable over a network, search results from previous searches, and results from performing meta-searches. Search criteria is received from a client, and the bodies of knowledge are searched based on the search criteria, and search results provided responsive to said searching. Search results may be configured to have associated distillation triggers, where selecting a trigger causes its associated search result to be distilled in real-time. Distilled search results can be indexed into portions of the source document for focused entry, and can also be grouped and analytically presented on mid-menus to allow the user to review distilled data in summary form. Results may also have associated status symbols indicating by symbol a particular topic area to which a result is related, and by opacity or other indicator the apparent relevance of a result to the particular topic area. Search and viewing preferences may be determined according to psychometrics, user selection of a default user category, through a question/answer session, or based on monitoring user activity which incrementally defines a profile. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030196 | MEDIA SEARCH ENGINE FOR A PERSONAL MEDIA NETWORK - A system providing search functionality supporting the exchange and consumption of media is disclosed. The searching of media on storage belonging to any of a pre-defined group of users of a personal media network is provided. In addition, media stored on designated servers may also be included in a search. The media stored may include audio, still images, video, and data. A user may search the stored media using a number of criteria including the time period of the media, the type of device, and the type of media. The system also provides support for the search of one or more media peripherals, which may be searched when the media peripherals are communicatively coupled to the system. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030197 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REAL-TIME ONLINE COMMENTATOR DEBATE - A method and a system for an online commentary debate. Two or more commentators are selected to participate in the debate. Transmissions from each participant are received at a server and relayed to the other participant. The transmissions also are broadcast to an online forum that is viewable by an audience that can provide feedback on the debate and rate the commentators. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030198 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANALYZING REQUIREMENTS - The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for improving the management of requirements in systems and systems of systems. Multiple requirements databases may be interfaced, and language processing tools may be used to identify requirements having related content. The relevancy of requirements may be based on the semantic distance between terms in the network, their semantic relations, the number of related terms in the requirements, etc. A user may be presented with a navigable cross-section of requirements data relevant to search terms. Thus, added visibility and ease of access is provided for systems and systems of systems. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030199 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SEARCHING DATABASES BY SOUND INPUT - Systems and methods for searching databases by sound data input are provided herein. A service provider may have a need to make their database(s) searchable through search technology. However, the service provider may not have the resources to implement such search technology. The search technology may allow for search queries using sound data input. The technology described herein provides a solution addressing the service provider's need, by giving a search technology that furnishes search results in a fast, accurate manner. In further embodiments, systems and methods to monetize those search results are also described herein. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030200 | TOPICS IN RELEVANCE RANKING MODEL FOR WEB SEARCH - Described is a technology by which topics corresponding to web pages are used in relevance ranking of those pages. Topics are extracted from each web page of a set of web pages that are found via a query. For example, text such as nouns may be extracted from the title, anchor texts and URL of a page, and used as the topics. The extracted topics from a page are used to compute a relevance score for that page based on an evaluation of that page's topics against the query. The pages are then ranked relative to one another based at least in part on the relevance score computed for each page, such as by determining a matching level for each page, ranking pages by each level, and ranking pages within each level. Also described is training a model to perform the relevance scoring and/or ranking. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030201 | QUERYING DOCUMENTS USING SEARCH TERMS - Techniques are disclosed for searching a set of documents using search terms. In one embodiment, a summary is provided for each document in the set. Search terms are received, and the set of documents are parsed using the received search terms. A first relevance value is calculated using only the summary of each document. A subset of documents having the highest relevance is provided by using the first relevance value. The subset of documents is parsed using the received search terms, to calculate a second relevance value for each document using the respective document. Query results are provided, the query results including documents having the highest relevance according to the second relevance value. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030202 | TECHNIQUES FOR ANALYZING DATA FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES - Techniques, including systems are methods, for analyzing data from multiple sources are disclosed and suggested herein. In an embodiment, external information from one or more external information sources and internal information from one or more internal information sources is received. The received external information and internal information are stored in one or more data stores that collectively implement one or more ontologies. One or more conditions are applied to the external information and internal information in the one or more data stores to determine a conclusion and the conclusion is provided to a user. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030203 | METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING MULTIPLE LOOK-UP TABLES AND DATA ACQUISITION METHOD USING MULTIPLE LOOK-UP TABLES - A method for establishing multiple look-up tables and a data acquisition method using multiple look-up tables are provided. In the present method, a plurality of input data is classified into a plurality of groups, and a plurality of input data and a plurality of output data corresponding to the input data are respectively provided to the groups to establish a plurality of corresponding look-up tables. At least one bit is selectively removed from the input data in each of the look-up tables corresponding to at least one of the groups, and the result input data and the corresponding output data are recorded in the look-up table corresponding to the group. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030204 | TEXT DATA PROCESSING DEVICE AND PROGRAM - Provided are categorizing unit ( | 2012-02-02 |
20120030205 | PRODUCT NORMALIZATION - A computer-implemented approach for organizing input listings from various sources of input listings. Input listings are organized by mapping the input listings to consolidated listing that correspond to the input listings. The mapping of the input listings are based on various techniques such as a Stock Keeping Unit item-listing-to-consolidated-listing matching technique, a name/title item-listing-to-consolidated-listing matching technique, and a model item-listing-to-consolidated-listing matching technique. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030206 | Employing Topic Models for Semantic Class Mining - A topic modeling architecture is used to discover high-quality semantic classes from a large collection of raw semantic classes (RASCs) for use in generating responses to queries. A specific semantic class is identified from a collection of RASCs, and a preprocessing operation is conducted to remove one or more items with a semantic class frequency less than a predetermined threshold. A topic model is then applied to the specific semantic class for each of the items that remain in the specific semantic class after the preprocessing operation. A postprocessing operation is then conducted on the items of the specific semantic class to merge and sort the results of the topic model and generate final semantic classes for use by a search engine to respond to a query. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030207 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR CONTENT PROCESSING - A mobile communication terminal and a method of processing content thereof are disclosed. The terminal and method analyze inputted commands to generate condition data used to automatically executed the inputted commands when the condition for the command occurs. The mobile communication terminal includes a pre-work setting unit to set a combination condition which includes a search condition, a predetermined-operation identification information, and source data; a condition variation monitoring unit to monitor whether an actual condition satisfies the search condition, and a post-processing management unit to process the source data, if the actual condition satisfies the search condition, and to execute a predetermined operation according to the predetermined-operation identification information, if the actual condition satisfies the search condition. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030208 | Facilitating People Search in Video Surveillance - Techniques for facilitating a video surveillance search of a person are provided. The techniques include maintaining a database of one or more attributes of one or more people captured on one or more video cameras, indexing the one or more attributes in the database extracted from the one or more video cameras, and pruning one or more images captured from the one or more video cameras using the one or more attributes and one or more items of qualifying information to facilitate a video surveillance search of a person. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030209 | METADATA/CONTENT RE-ASSOCIATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - Digital content, such as video, audio, multimedia, and similar files may be associated with metadata that is in some manner descriptive of the content by means of a unique identifier generated based on the content or a portion of the content. The two may be packaged in a wrapper. If the content is separated from the metadata, such as by circulation in a non-compliant environment, the content may be recognized by a regeneration of the identifier. Based upon the re-created identifier, the metadata may be re-associated with the content. Other scenarios may include generation of compilations for files that are not included in a wrapper with content and metadata, content that becomes dissociated with metadata by transcoding, and so forth. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030210 | DISCERNING HUMAN INTENT BASED ON USER-GENERATED METADATA - Methods and systems for discerning human intent based on user-generated metadata are provided. Communications from a plurality of social networks are evaluated to determine whether they are associated with contexts indicative of user intent. When a social network communication is determined to be associated with such a context, a tag may be generated associating the social network communication with the indicated human intent. In addition, information regarding the social network communication may be exported to an application responsible for responsive action. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030211 | MESSAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND SYSTEM - A message processing method and system. The message processing method includes: acquiring messages and position information of the messages; clustering the messages according to the position information of the message to obtain message clusters; extracting addresses in contents of the messages in the message cluster; and building classifiers of the addresses based on the contents of the messages in the same message cluster. By sufficiently utilizing the position information of the related message, etc., the system can conveniently provide the message users with related accurate address information and can provide useful information for management decision. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030212 | Systems and Methods for Video Cache Indexing - Methods and systems for indexing content in a cache data structure within a content cache are disclosed. The methods and systems identify at least one characterization data associated with a received content request and input the at least one characterization data into a hash function to generate an index that is used for identifying an entry associated with the requested content in the cache data structure. The at least one characterization data may include a portion of content associated with the received content request, a portion of a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) associated with the received content request, an IP address associated with the received content request, the length of the content associated with the received content request, and one or more parameters parsed from the URL associated with the received content request. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030213 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING COMPOSITE DATA FILES - Systems and methods for managing data, such as metadata or non-metadata such as content. In one exemplary method, a composite document is received and it is determined whether the composite document contains at least one subdocument and if it does, the method captures metadata and/or content from the subdocument and stores the captured metadata and/or content for use in future searches (or an immediate search). The metadata and/or content from the composite document is typically combined together with information about the hierarchy of the subdocuments in the document. The type of information in metadata for one type of file differs from the type of information in metadata for another type of file. Other methods are described and data processing systems and machine readable media are also described. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030214 | Facilitating Object Searches in Virtual Worlds - A mechanism is provided for facilitating object search in a virtual world environment where each object is defined by a plurality of attributes and the search is performed on any attributes of the object however is not limited to a 3-D search. The co-ordinate location of each object in the virtual world is also provided in the search result and the range within which to perform the search may also be specified. Optionally, the user has the ability to teleport/transport to the location of the object using the search result. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030215 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TELEVISION SEARCH ASSISTANT - A television guide search query is received from a user. A plurality of suggested search terms are selected. Each of the plurality of suggested search terms is assigned to, and is ranked within, one of a plurality of categories A number of suggested search terms to be returned to the user, n | 2012-02-02 |
20120030216 | Methods, Systems, and Computer Program Products for Generating Data Quality Indicators for Relationships in a Database - The disclosed methods, systems, and computer-program products allow a business to generate data quality indicators for relationships in a database. In an embodiment, one or more relationships linked to a customer are retrieved from a database to form a set of relationships. A match confidence code is generated for each relationship based on a score generated by the comparison of customer data associated with the respective relationship and corresponding customer data obtained from an external industry database. A link confidence code is subsequently determined for the customer based on a score generated by the scores used to define the match confidence code for each relationship in the set of relationships and on internal data associated with each relationship in the set of relationships. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030217 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING AND VISUALIZING ENUMERATED INFORMATION - A system and method for analyzing clinical data includes a reference database comprising a stored set of reference data comprising enumerated results of a reference population for a clinical test. The system also includes a patient database comprising a stored set of clinical data corresponding to a patient result for the clinical test that is selected from the enumerated results. A processor is included in the system and is programmed to access the patient and reference databases, identify a distribution of reference data over the enumerated test results, and calculate a relevance index based on the distribution of reference data. The processor is further programmed to compare the patient result to the distribution of reference data, calculate a disagreement index based on the comparison, and calculate a deviation index from the relevance and disagreement indices. A graphical user interface is also included to output a visualization of the deviation index. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030218 | Method and Apparatus for Self Optimizing Data Selection - A method, system, and article for improving performance of a Boolean combination of at least two filters to a data stream. Stream processing is applied to an expression having to or more logical operators. As the data stream is processed, efficiency of the operators in the expression is evaluated. A sort algorithm is dynamically invoked to ensure that a more efficient operator precedes processing of a less efficient operator. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030219 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR FILTER PARAMETER DETERMINATION AND SELECTION RESPONSIVE TO VARRIABLE TRANSFROMS IN SPARSITY BASED DE-ARTIFACT FILTERING - There are provided method and apparatus for filter parameter determination and selection responsive to variable transforms in sparsity-based de-artifact filtering. An apparatus includes an encoder for encoding picture data for at least a portion of a picture. The encoder includes a sparsity-based de-artifact filter for performing sparsity-based de-artifact filtering on the portion. One or more filter parameters for the sparsity-based de-artifact filtering are determined and selected responsive to variable transforms. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030220 | HETEROGENEOUS DATA SOURCE MANAGEMENT - Management of heterogeneous data sources is described. In accordance with an embodiment method, a plurality of heterogeneous data sources is identified ( | 2012-02-02 |
20120030221 | Document Validation System and Method - The present invention relates generally to the field of self-validating documents in supply chain management, documentation services and method for creating the same. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030222 | FAST IDENTIFICATION OF COMPLEX STRINGS IN A DATA STREAM - A method for detecting and locating occurrence in a data stream of any complex string belonging to a predefined complex dictionary is disclosed. A complex string may comprise an arbitrary number of interleaving coherent strings and ambiguous strings. The method comprises a first process for transforming the complex dictionary into a simple structure to enable continuously conducting computationally efficient search, and a second process for examining received data in real time using the simple structure. The method may be implemented as an article of manufacture comprising at least one processor-readable medium and instructions carried on the at least one medium. The instructions causes a processor to match examined data to an object complex string belonging to the complex dictionary, where the matching process is based on equality to constituent coherent strings, and congruence to ambiguous strings, of the object complex string. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030223 | EXTENSIBILITY OF BUSINESS PROCESS AND APPLICATION LOGIC - A core system including different program components performing distinct tasks in a workflow sequence that are initiated through status field updates of objects in database may be modified to define a new status triggering additional processes in an action management system. Once the additional processes are completed, the status field may be changed to an original status provided by the core system to trigger a second program component in the workflow sequence. The action management system may contain user customized processes that may be modified and changed independent of the functionality provided by the core system. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030224 | ENABLING ACTIVE CONTENT IN MESSAGING USING AUTOMATIC DATA REPLACEMENT - Systems, methods, and/or computer program products for automatic pointer activation, acquiring data not included in an obtained dataset and/or for enabling the later acquiring of data not included in the dataset. In some examples, upon automatic activation of a pointer in the dataset, data associated with the pointer may be acquired. In some of these examples the acquired data may include data which requires prior authentication. Additionally or alternatively in some of these examples, the acquired data or a version thereof may include at least one instruction which would not necessarily have been acceptable to every security module in the channel. Additionally or alternatively, in some examples, a pointer may be a candidate for automatic activation if the referenced provider matches any provider listed as being associated with automatic activation. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030225 | ADVANCE ENHANCEMENT OF SECONDARY PERSISTENCY FOR EXTENSION FIELD SEARCH - Some aspects include reception of an indication of an extension field added to a node of a business object object model, and modification of a schema of a search engine index based on the extension field and before receiving an instruction to add the extension field to a search view. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030226 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING LEXICALLY-RELATED QUERY ELEMENTS WITHIN A DYNAMIC OBJECT FOR SEMANTIC SEARCH REFINEMENT AND NAVIGATION - A method and system for dynamically refining and navigating between alternative search query elements are disclosed. The method and system are applicable to searching an information system such as the Internet, an intranet, or any database, lexicon, or collection of documents, disk drive, images or video or audio content. A user enters their search query into a search query receiver. As the user enters their search query, they see, in real-time in a dynamically-generated object, such as a drop-down menu, iFrame, or browser window, possible matches to their search query string, and more specifically, the user receives within the dynamic object alternative semantically- and lexically-related search elements that relate to the search query string and from which the user can either make a selection to further refine their search query, or the user can proceed to view search results based on the selected query element. The relation of alternate lexical elements is based on a controlled or structured vocabulary (for example a thesaurus). | 2012-02-02 |
20120030227 | SYSTEM OF PROVIDING SUGGESTIONS BASED ON ACCESSIBLE AND CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION - A system and method for offering suggestions to a user of a mobile computing device based on information relevant to the user and a context data. The mobile computing device has access to lists of data associated with the user. The mobile computing device also has a sensor for detecting data about the user's context. Based on the lists of information and the contextual data , the device generates a hypothesis as to information that may be of interest to the user. Using context data in conjunction with lists in this fashion focuses the system on information likely of interest, without requiring express user input. A search may be performed in accordance with the hypothesis. Based on the results of the search, one or more suggestions are then presented by the mobile computing device to the user. The user has the option to provide feedback input to the device resulting in an update of the suggestion. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030228 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR NEED FULFILLMENT - A method, a system and a computer program product for providing solutions for fulfilling a need of a user are provided. A query is received for capturing the need of the user. The need is processed to generate a set of actionable recommendations. Further one or more actions are identified by analyzing the recommendations. Furthermore, the actionable recommendations are provided to the user. The system includes a processing module to process the need to generate set of actionable recommendations. The actionable recommendations may be based on the user's preferences. The system further includes an Enriching module to provide richer information about the recommendation and to provide one or more actions for the fulfillment of needs. The system further includes a crystallization module for iterative processing of the need for more relevant recommendations. Further, the user is enabled to get opinion, about the recommendations, from other users. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030229 | Methods, Systems, and Products for Measuring Health - Methods, systems, and products measure health data related to a user. A time-stamped device identifier is received that uniquely identifies a communications device. A time-stamped sensor measurement is separately-received. A difference in time between the time-stamped device identifier and the time-stamped sensor measurement is determined. When the difference in time is within a window of time, then the sensor measurement is associated with the device identifier. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030230 | Method and System for Gathering and Pseudo-Objectively Classifying Copyrightable Material to be Licensed Through a Provider Network - Disclosed is a method and system for gathering and pseudo-objectively classifying copyrightable material so as to facilitate identification of selected copyrightable material for licensing through a provider network. More particularly, disclosed is an end-to-end system and method that facilitates the licensing or sale of an author's copyrighted work(s) to third parties through a database of copyrighted works accessible to such users, such database being searchable based on certain predetermined criteria to allow the buyer/licensee to efficiently search for the desired genre or style of artwork for a given purpose. Also disclosed is a system and method of providing users with customized content lists (such as musical playlists, visual artwork lists, or textual copylists) based on subjective criteria that are objectivized using predetermined quality control guidelines. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030231 | Accessing Personal Records Without Identification Token - An individual's personal records, e.g. medical, legal, or financial records, can be accessed without resort to a social security number, account number, or other identifying token by presenting questions designed to obtain information related to specific episodes related to the individual's personal history, e.g. medical, legal or financial records. The answers to the questions can be compared to records of the same type belonging to multiple different individuals, and if the answers match to at least a threshold degree of certainty, access to the matched records can be provided to the individual. The questions presented can be specifically tailored based on the language and cultural background of the individual to help ensure accurate results. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030232 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING TAGS FOR A MEDIA EVENT USING MULTIPLE MEDIA TYPES - Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for exchanging and processing tag information between users with different types of communications devices. In operation, tag information is received processed to provide an alternative tag communication to selected participants in the media event. That is, at least a portion of the tags of a media event are used to create an alternate tag communication that can be delivered to participants, together with or separate from the conventional or default tag communication associated with the media event. The alternate tag communications can be used to allow participation of users associated with communications devices incompatible with the media format of default tag communication. Further, the alternate tag information can also be used as a secondary means of communications during a media event. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030233 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENHANCING SCALABILITY OF ANALYTIC WINDOW FUNCTIONS - An improved approach is described for handling parallelization of window functions, particularly window functions that do not contain partition keys or which has low cardinality for the partition keys. The approach is highly scalable and can be used to greatly improve query processing. A two stage evaluation approach is employed to parallelize the processing of window functions. In the first stage, which is highly parallel, the majority of the computation of window function is done by all available processes. In this way, the entire computing power of the database server is utilized. The second stage, which is serial but is likely to be very short, all processes involved in first stage synchronize and complete the window function evaluation. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030234 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A SEARCH QUERY - A computer-implemented method for generating a search query for searching a source of data is disclosed. The method comprises:
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20120030235 | PRIORITY SEARCH TREES - An apparatus arranged to implement a priority search tree to represent a plurality of data elements, the apparatus comprising: a memory; and a processor comprising: a storage unit for storing in the memory for each of said data elements a corresponding data point for the priority search tree, said the data point having a first component value and a second component value; a tree-processing module for performing at least one function operation on the data points, the at least one function operation involving using a comparison module to perform a comparison operation to determine the relative positions of a first data point and a second data point in an ordering for the data points, the comparison operation comprising one of: determining the relative positions of a first data point and a second data point based on a comparison of the respective first component values of the first and second data points and, if the first component value of the first data point equals the first component value of the second data point, based on a comparison of the respective second component values of the first and second data points; or determining the relative positions of a first data point and a second data point based on a comparison of the respective second component values of the first and second data points and, if the second component value of the first data point equals the second component value of the second data point, based on a comparison of the respective first component values of the first and second data points. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030236 | Audio Content Distribution Control System - A system for providing access to audio files at multiple locations via a telecommunications network is described. The system includes an interface by which an end user can access at least one audio file from an online database; a system for selecting at least one audio file from the online database for inclusion in a playlist; a plurality of playback devices located in multiple locations; and a system for transmitting the at least one audio file for playing on the plurality of playback devices in multiple locations. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030237 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, SERVER, DATA STORING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Image data stored in a server can be easily removed therefrom by use of a communication terminal. There are included a communication terminal for transmitting an acquired image data and a server for storing the image data received from the communication terminal. The communication terminal transmits an acquired image data to the server, displays abbreviated data which allows the image data to be identified and the data amount of which is smaller than the data amount of the image data. And, when having accepted, from the exterior, a removal of the image data instructed by designating the displayed abbreviated data, the communication terminal requests the server to remove the image data corresponding to the abbreviated data. The server stores, into a database provided therein, the image data received from the communication terminal. And, when having been requested, by the communication terminal, to remove the image data, the server removes the image data from the database. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030238 | AUTOMATICALLY IDENTIFYING PERSONALIZED SUPPORT - Embodiments of the present invention leverage information of the end-user and personal annotations/tags attached to resources and/or support related thereto (e.g., people, documents, etc.) to provide personalized support. Among other things, these embodiments allow for the mapping of expert “system”-based support to social technology to enable dynamic, localized support. In a typical embodiment, the system will analyze a profile of a user, as well as tags the user has attached to requested computer resources. Based on the profile and the tags, individualized support can be provided automatically. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030239 | COMPUTER METHOD AND APPARATUS OF INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AND NAVIGATION - Computer method and apparatus manages and navigates computer implemented information. A first source information and second source information are related as parent-child information. Keywords are extracted from the first and second source information and are used to relate second source information to the first source information. This produces dynamic sets or groupings of second source information related by keywords. Display of a listing of the keywords enables user navigation of the information especially according to the groupings of second source information. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030240 | ENTERPRISE CONTENT MANAGEMENT FEDERATION AND INTEGRATION SYSTEM - An enterprise content management federation and integration system integrates a plurality of applications and federates information seamlessly by receiving, by a composite system, a request from a client system. The system then translates, by a manager system, the request from the client system. The manager system performs one or more high level validations and retrieves information from a mapping stored by an ontology modeling system, a plurality of content types, repositories, actions and object types based at least in part on a plurality of attributes including one or more metadata models or attribute models. The manager system then invokes one or more composites based at least in part on the request from the client system and some or all the information retrieved from the mapping. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030241 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR STORING, RETRIEVING, AND MANAGING DATA FOR TAGS - This invention relates generally to a method and system for storing, retrieving, and managing data for tags that are associated in some manner to any type of object. More particularly, the present invention writes data to these tags, reads data from these tags, and manages data that is written to and/or read from these tags. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030242 | STORAGE SYSTEM AND FILE ACCESS DETERMINATION METHOD OF THE SAME - Problem: Providing a storage system which can be applied to a broad range of access forms to the file and, at the same time, in which the performance of file access control processing is improved. Solution: The storage system stores a part of the access control information of a variable size in the basic attribute area of the file, and stores the storage format information in the basic attribute area of the file or in the file system metadata area. At the time of processing the access to the file, with reference to the storage format information, the storage system decodes a part of the access control information into an access mask bit string as needed, and performs the preceding access control processing. If whether access is permitted or not can be determined through the preceding access control processing, the access control processing is performed while, whether access is permitted or not cannot be determined, performs the access control processing based on the extended attribute information. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030243 | POLICY GENERATION AND CONVERSION SYSTEM, POLICY DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, AND METHOD AND PROGRAM THEREFOR - To eliminate restrictions on the order of writing in an access control list. A permission rule and a prohibition rule are stored in advance. A rule is read out from an access control list accepted, and a determination is made as to whether the readout rule is contained in the permission and prohibition rules stored in advance. When the readout rule is not contained and when the readout rule is a permission rule, the readout rule is stored in the temporary storage unit. When the readout rule is not contained and when the readout rule is a prohibition rule, a determination is made as to whether the prohibition rule conflicts with the permission rule stored in the temporary storage unit. When the prohibition rule does not conflict, the prohibition rule is stored in the temporary storage unit. When the prohibition rule conflicts, the prohibition rule is converted to a prohibition rule by removing access target resources written in the permission rule from access target resources written in the prohibition rule on the basis of resource information, and the prohibition rule is stored. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030244 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VISUALIZATION OF TAG METADATA ASSOCIATED WITH A MEDIA EVENT - A system and method are provided for summarizing multiple aspects of tags associated with media events. In the system and method, tag metadata for tags generated at one or more user interfaces associated with at least one media event is obtained. Thereafter, tags are organized into a hierarchy of tags based on the metadata and a metadata sorting criteria. Additionally, tag significance data for tags is computed based on the metadata and the hierarchy. A visual representation of the tags can then be generated, where indicia for the tags is spatially arranged to visually depict the hierarchy of the tags are selected to visually depict at least a relative significance among sibling tags in the hierarchy. | 2012-02-02 |