07th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 43 |
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20110040740 | SEARCH ENGINE UTILIZING FLOW NETWORKS - A system and method for searching resources is disclosed. Each resource is associated with one or more pictograms. The pictorial questions (pictions) are created by searching a network of pictions and displaying associated pictograms. The selections of pictograms define a path of linked resources. The resource paths are computed as flows and used to update resource network connections. A user's prior selection(s) of resources are used as flow sources for result ordering. The ratio of the number of times the pictogram was displayed versus the number of times it was clicked rates can be utilized as selection criteria in an evolutionary algorithm to optimize pictograms. The disclosed system and method can also display local goods and services through a kiosk. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040741 | Methods and Systems for Endorsing Local Search Results - Methods and systems for improving user search experience with a search engine by providing a way for associated users to create and share personalized lists of local search results and/or advertisements through endorsements of such local search results and/or ads. Local search endorsements can be used to personalize the search engine's ranking of local search results by offering a way for users to re-rank the results for themselves and for those who trust them. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040742 | VARIABLE DENSITY QUERY ENGINE - Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to search engines and provide a novel and non-obvious method, system and computer program product for a variable density query engine. In an embodiment of the invention, a search engine data processing system can be provided. The system can include a content index, and a variable density search engine coupled to the content index. The variable density search engine can include program code enabled to vary a density of entries in a result set according to a varying size of the result set. In this regard, in one aspect of the embodiment, the density can range from a title for each entry in the result set to a full textual description for each entry in the result set to an audiovisual element for each entry in the result set. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040743 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADDING IDENTITY TO WEB RANK - Embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods and computer program products for generating search results comprising web documents with associated expert information. One embodiment of a method for generating such search results includes receiving one or more search queries, selecting one of the one or more search queries, determining one or more categories of web documents responsive to the selected search query and crawling a web graph of linked web documents to identify one or more web documents tagged as within the one or more categories responsive to the selected search query. The method further includes generating a result set of the one or more web documents identified as within the one or more categories responsive to the selected search query, ranking the result set and generating a list of ranked search results responsive to the selected search. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040744 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR SCAN-SHARING FOR BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE QUERIES IN AN IN-MEMORY DATABASE - A computer-implemented method for scan sharing across multiple cores in a business intelligence (BI) query. The method includes receiving a plurality of BI queries, storing a block of data in a first cache, scanning the block of data in the first cache against a first batch of queries on a first processor core, and scanning the block of data against a second batch of queries on a second processor core. The first cache is associated with a first processor core. The block of data includes a subset of data stored in an in-memory database (IMDB). The first batch of queries includes two or more of the BI queries. The second batch of queries includes one or more of the BI queries that are not included in the first batch of queries. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040745 | QUICK FIND FOR DATA FIELDS - Methods, program products, and systems for automatically searching data in multiple data fields are described. A user can view data retrieved from a database and formatted based on a layout. While viewing the data, the user can perform a search using one or more search terms. A system can automatically examine the database and identify on which tables and on which data fields of the tables to perform the search. The system can identify searchable tables and data fields by analyzing the database schema as well as characteristics of the tables and data fields. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040746 | COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING STREAM DATA - It is provided a computer system for processing stream data, in which queries that are set in advance are executed to output a result. The queries include a first query, a second query and a third query. The first query is executed to output a first intermediate result. The second query is executed to output a second intermediate result. The third query is executed with inputting the first intermediate result and the second intermediate result to output the result. The computer system extracts first contribution information including part of the first stream data contribute to the first intermediate result, extracts second contribution information including part of the first stream data contribute to the second intermediate result, extracts third contribution information including part of the first stream data contribute to the result, and holds relation between the result and the third contribution information. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040747 | REFERENCE FILE FOR FORMATTED VIEWS - Methods, program products, and systems for displaying data in formatted views using reference files are described. In some implementations, a database application program can generate a result set using one or more queries. The result set can contain actual data from a database and metadata. The metadata can contain references to data records in the database, the references can include identifiers that can identify the data records. When a user saves a database report file, the user can save at least a part of the result set using the identifiers instead of the queries and layouts. Thus, the result set can be saved as a reference file. When the database application program opens the saved reference file, the database application program can reproduce the result set using the stored references without running all of the queries. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040748 | Technical Electronic Discovery Action Model - Embodiments of the present invention provide for an end-to-end system and method for identifying custodians, preserving, collecting, processing, reviewing, analyzing, producing, presenting, and dispositioning data responsive to a legal discovery request. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040749 | METHOD FOR EXTRACTING, MERGING AND RANKING SEARCH ENGINE RESULTS - A method and a computer program product for identifying the domains, selecting for each domain one domain-specific search engine and data source to be involved, generating the domain-specific subqueries for each selected search engine, defining a strategy for sending requests to each search engine and data source, and receiving, merging and ranking results. The result of the multi-domain query is a list of combinations, where every combination consists of a tuple of data, each relative to one of the domains of the query; such data is present in the results returned either by search engines or by data sources. The method provides the combinations having the highest combination score, as computed by a monotone aggregation function over the combinations. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040750 | Routing Methods For Multiple Geographical Entities - Routing method for computing routes over uncertain geo-spatial data whereby only upon visiting the geographic entities it can be determined whether the needed service or product is actually provided and is adequate. When dealing with uncertain data, the returned route may need to go via several entities of the same type. Another routing method consists of finding an efficient and effective route from a starting point to an ending point going trough a predetermined number of objects, wherein each object represents a geographical entity of a unique type, and each object is selected from a distinct set of similar objects. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040751 | TEMPORAL RANKING OF SEARCH RESULTS - An information dissemination system ranks the search results based on a temporal weight assigned to each search result. The temporal weight is an indication of the importance to a user that varies with time. For each search result, the information dissemination system calculates a temporal weight that is based on the temporal proximity of the event that is related to the search result. The temporal weight may be used to re-rank the search results. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040752 | USING CATEGORICAL METADATA TO RANK SEARCH RESULTS - A system that facilitates ranking search results returned by a search engine in response to receipt of a query is described herein. The system includes a receiver component that receives categorical metadata pertaining to an item and categorical metadata pertaining to the query and a computation component that computes at least one of a document feature pertaining to the item, a query feature pertaining to the query, or a document-query feature pertaining to the item and the query based at least in part upon one or more of the categorical metadata pertaining to the item or the categorical metadata pertaining to the query. The system also includes a ranker component that selectively places the item in a particular location in a sequence of items based at least in part upon the at least one of the document feature, the query feature, or the document-query feature. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040753 | PERSONALIZED SEARCH ENGINE - Computer-implemented methods and systems for searching network information through the use of user identification information, user preference information, and search topic information embedded in predetermined web sites. At least one of the user identification information and the user preference information may be collected from the user through the use of a questionnaire, encrypted, and stored under a user profile. Search information may be received from the user, encrypted, and utilized in performance of the network search by matching at least a portion of the encrypted search information with encrypted search topic information located in the predetermined web sites. The search may include matching at least a portion of the encrypted user identification information and/or the encrypted preference information with the encrypted search topic information located in the predetermined web sites. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040754 | METADATA TAGGING OF MOVING AND STILL IMAGE CONTENT - A method and apparatus for tagging image content with rich metadata is provided. The metadata is generated from keyword descriptions of image content spoken by human taggers whilst viewing the content. Voice recognition software is employed to identify the key keywords in an audio stream and the resultant metadata is associated in a synchronous manner with the relevant image content. A control console allows the human tagger to rapidly navigate onscreen menus and select different taglines for providing multilevel metadata tagging of the image content. An integrated system provides for the storage of tagged digital image content, with near immediate access to tagged raw footage for viewing and editing, and for easy searching and accessing of finalized footage. A method of serving the tagged content is also provide, which allows the content to be streamed over the web at an acceptable image resolution whilst maintaining the associated metatags. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040755 | APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE COMBINING ASSET LISTINGS - A system, method and API for processing and providing a unified list of the content offerings of multiple content sources. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040756 | System and Method for Providing Recommendations - Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing recommendations for an activity to a user are provided. In one method, the method tracks status information of a plurality of users, and detects a trigger for providing recommendations for an activity. In response the trigger, the method identifies a cluster of users based on the status information of the users. The method further retrieves profiles and behavioral characteristics of the users in the identified cluster, and provides one or more recommendations for the activity to the user based, at least in part, upon the behavioral characteristics and the profiles. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040757 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCING OBJECTS WITH TAG-BASED CONTENT - An approach is provided for enhancing objects with tag-based content. One or more memory tags associated with one or more objects are detected within proximity of a mobile device. The memory tag contains supplemental information related to the one or more objects. One of the detected memory tags is selected by receiving an input signal or by applying one or more selection criteria. Selection of one of the detected memory tags initiates reading of the supplemental information from the selected memory tag. The supplemental information includes recognition information to associate the supplemental information with a specific section or portion of a respective one of the objects. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040758 | GRID-BASED DATA CLUSTERING METHOD - A grid-based data clustering method comprises: a parameter setting step, a partition step, a searching step, a seed-classifying step, an extension step, and a termination step. Through the above-mentioned steps, data in a data set are disposed in a plurality of grids, and the grids are classified into dense grids and uncrowded grids for a cluster to extend from one of the dense grid to gradually combine data in other dense grids nearby. Consequently, convenience in parameter setting, efficiency and accuracy in data clustering, and performance in noise filtering are achieved. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040759 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY RANKING PRODUCT REVIEWS ACCORDING TO REVIEW HELPFULNESS - A method and system for automatically ranking product reviews according to review helpfulness. Given a collection of reviews, the method employs an algorithm that identifies dominant terms and uses them to define a feature vector representation. Reviews are then converted to this representation and ranked according to their distance from a ‘locally optimal’ review vector. The algorithm is fully unsupervised and thus avoids costly and error-prone manual training annotations. In one embodiment a Multi Layer Lexical Model (MLLM) approach partitions the dominant lexical terms in a review into layers, creates a compact unified layers lexicon, and ranks the reviews according to their weight with respect to unified lexicon, all in a fully unsupervised manner. When used to rank book reviews, it was found that the invention significantly outperforms the user votes-based ranking employed by Amazon. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040760 | Estimating Social Interest in Time-based Media - Social media content items are mapped to relevant time-based media events. These mappings may be used as the basis for multiple applications, such as ranking of search results for time-based media, automatic recommendations for time-based media, prediction of audience interest for media purchasing/planning, and estimating social interest in the time-based media. Social interest in time-based media (e.g., video and audio streams and recordings) segments is estimated through a process of data ingestion and integration. The estimation process determines social interest in specific events represented as segments in time-based media, such as particular plays in a sporting event, scenes in a television show, or advertisements in an advertising block. The resulting estimates of social interest also can be graphically displayed. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040761 | ESTIMATION OF POSTINGS LIST LENGTH IN A SEARCH SYSTEM USING AN APPROXIMATION TABLE - The present invention provides a method of minimizing accesses to secondary storage when searching an inverted index for a search term. The method comprises automatically obtaining a predetermined size of a posting list for the search term, the predetermined size based on document frequency for the search term, wherein the posting list is stored in secondary storage, and reading at least a portion of the posting list into memory based on the predetermined size. Corresponding computer system and program products are also provided. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040762 | SEGMENTING POSTINGS LIST READER - A size of a posting list is determined as part of searching an inverted index. The posting list is segmented for reading into a plurality of segments based on the size. For example, the segmenting may be performed if the size is larger than a predetermined size. Finally, each of the plurality of segments is read into memory. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040763 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PROCESSING DATA - One embodiment is a data processing apparatus that has a chunk store containing specimen data chunks, a manifest store containing a plurality of manifests, each of which represents at least a part of previously processed data and includes at least one reference to at least one of the specimen data chunks, and a sparse chunk index containing information on only some specimen data chunks. Input data is processed into a plurality of input data segments. Each manifest of the first set has at least one reference to one of said specimen data chunks that corresponds to one of the input data chunks of a first input data segment. Specimen data chunks corresponding to other input data chunks of the first input data segment are identified by using the identified first set of manifests and at least one manifest identified when processing previous data. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040764 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO COMPARE DATA ENTITIES - The present invention relates in general to methods and systems for comparing and maximizing the optimal selection of a first set of one or more data objects to a set of second data objects. In one embodiment, the first set of data objects represent one or more tasks to be fulfilled by a set of capabilities represented by the second data objects. In one embodiment, methods and systems are provided that apply topic modeling and similarity metrics to determine the optimal selection. In one embodiment, methods and systems are provided to determine the appropriateness of a set of second data objects to satisfy the requirements of a first data object given interaction attributes. Embodiments may be used to compare mission requirements with potential team members to determine the appropriateness of team members and teams for a given mission based on interaction attributes of the team members and teams. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040765 | Using The Z/OS Load Module System Status Index To Distinguish Product Tag Files - A method, system, and computer-usable medium are disclosed for managing software product information in a z/OS environment. Product information associated with a software product is determined and then processed to generate product tag information. A System Status Index (SSI) attribute is generated with a unique identifier signifying that the SSI attribute comprises SSI product tag information. The SSI product tag information is then associated with the SSI attribute with the unique identifier. The z/OS environment is then scanned for SSI attributes. Those SSI attributes comprising a unique identifier are processed to read their associated SSI product tag information. The product tag information is then processed to generate software product information, which is then stored in a repository of software product information. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040766 | Methods for searching with semantic similarity scores in one or more ontologies - A method assigns importance ranks to documents within repositories or databases, such as any database of documents such as books or other printed material, electronic documentation, and pages within the world-wide web. The method uses a corpus of indexed documents that has been annotated to the terms of one or more ontologies in order to assign a semantic similarity score to queries based on terms taken from the ontologies. A statistical model is used to test the significance of matches between query terms and documents or categories. The method results in an acceleration of over 10,000-fold for realistic queries and ontologies, and makes it practicable to calculate P-values dynamically or to keep database annotations and the related P-value distributions up to date by frequent recalculation. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040767 | METHOD FOR BUILDING TAXONOMY OF TOPICS AND CATEGORIZING VIDEOS - A computer-implemented method for managing video contents includes collecting a plurality of keywords related to a topic, the keywords being collected using at least one dynamic data source. One or more sub-topics of the topic are identified using the keywords collected. A topic node in a taxonomy of topics is built, the topic node including a topic identifier for the topic, a child topic identifier for the sub-topics identified, and a keyword section for one or more of the keywords collected. A plurality of videos is organized using the topic node built to assist a user in locating a video of interest. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040768 | CONTEXT BASED RESOURCE RELEVANCE - A resource context system (“context system”) computes a contextual profile for a resource based on selection data for the resource and contextual profiles of other resources that are identified as relevant to the resource. The contextual profile includes values that specify measures of relevance of the resource to each of a plurality of corresponding topics. The contextual profile is provided to a processing system, such as an advertisement management system or a search system that can identify topics for which the resource is relevant based on the contextual profile. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040769 | Query-URL N-Gram Features in Web Ranking - In one embodiment, access one or more pairs of search query and clicked Uniform Resource Locator (URL). For each of the pairs of search query and clicked URL, segment the search query into one or more query segments and the clicked URL into one or more URL segments; construct one or more query-URL n-grams, each of which comprises a query part comprising at least one of the query segments and a URL part comprising at least one of the URL segments; and calculate one or more association scores, each of which for one of the query-URL n-grams and represents a similarity between the query part and the URL part of the query-URL n-gram and is based on a first frequency of the query part and the URL part, a second frequency of the query part, and a third frequency of the URL part. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040770 | ROBUST XPATHS FOR WEB INFORMATION EXTRACTION - An example of a method includes generating an attributed extensible markup language path (XPath) for an annotated entity in a web page. The method further includes determining a first node that satisfy the attributed XPath in the web page and is annotated. The method also includes identifying an attribute property that satisfies predefined criteria in the web page while traversing from the first node to a root node, the attribute property comprising an attribute value and an attribute name. Moreover, the method includes populating the attributed XPath with the attribute property that satisfies predefined criteria. The method also includes filtering the attributed XPath to generate a robust XPath, and extracting content from multiple web pages based on the robust XPath. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040771 | DISTRIBUTED HARDWARE-BASED DATA QUERYING - A data storage apparatus ( | 2011-02-17 |
20110040772 | Capability Based Semantic Search System - This invention is related to a capability-based semantic search system that allows search of web tools and/or content to be done by comparing the need of a user described in a structured query language and the capabilities of solutions(services) described in another structured query language. The invention provides a new trading infrastructure between problems and solutions on the Internet. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040773 | DATA ROW PACKING APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS - Apparatus, systems, and methods may operate to receive a designation of multiple rows to supply data to a single user defined function, which is made available in a structured query language SELECT statement. Further activities may include retrieving the data from at least one storage medium, packing each of the multiple rows having a common key into a single row, and transforming the data from a first state into a second state by applying the single function to the data using a single access module processor. Other apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040774 | Searching Spoken Media According to Phonemes Derived From Expanded Concepts Expressed As Text - According to one embodiment, searching media includes receiving a search query comprising search terms. At least one search term is expanded to yield a set of conceptually equivalent terms. The set of conceptually equivalent terms is converted to a set of search phonemes. Files that record phonemes are searched according to the set of search phonemes. A file that includes a phoneme that matches at least one search phoneme is selected and output to a client. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040775 | PROACTIVE ANALYTIC DATA SET REDUCTION VIA PARAMETER CONDITION INJECTION - Systems, methods and articles of manufacture are disclosed for injecting parameter conditions to reduce a size of a data set to be processed. A data set may be received to be processed by an analytic routine. The data set may include results from executing a first query. Further, input may be received from a user, the input specifying a parameter specific to the analytic routine to be performed on the data set. At least one condition associated with the specified parameter may be identified. A second query may be generated from the first query and the identified condition. The second query may be executed to generate a reduced data set. The analytic routine may be performed on the reduced data set to generate an output to the user. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040776 | Semantic Trading Floor - Review and filtering of search results is facilitated by providing additional types of results beyond links to existing documents can be provided in addition to or in place of links to existing documents. These additional results can facilitate modifying a search request to filter out unwanted documents. The additional results, when in the form of content display objects and/or application display objects, can also provide the user with varying levels of information detail. In some preferred embodiments, an ontology based knowledge base can be leveraged in order to facilitate providing and filtering the results. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040777 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CAUSING A BROWSER TO PRELOAD WEB PAGE COMPONENTS - Disclosed is a server computer that receives, over a network from a computing device, a request for a search suggestion related to a search query that is input into a search term entry area displayed by a web browser executing on the computing device. In response to receiving the request, the server computer transmits over the network to the computing device, instructions for the computing device to display a search suggestion related to the search query, the search suggestion corresponding to a search results web page. The instructions further cause the computing device to store, in a memory of the computing device, a web page component associated with the search results web page without causing the computing device to visibly display the web page component during display of the search suggestion. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040778 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR DYNAMICALLY DISPLAYING SEARCH SUGGESTIONS - In one embodiment, an original search input entered by a user is detected. An excluded term is deleted from the original search input to create a modified search input. The modified search input is matched against a plurality of stored terms. In response to there being a match between the modified search input and one or more of the plurality of stored terms, a suggestion of a search term to replace the original search input is displayed, based on the match between the modified search input and one or more stored terms. In response to there not being a match between the modified search input and one or more of the plurality of stored terms, a suggestion of a search term to replace the original search input is displayed, based on a match between the original search input and one or more of the plurality of stored terms. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040779 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TAGGING IMAGES BASED ON POSITIONAL INFORMATION - A system and method for suggesting keywords for tagging a digital image are provided. In general, a requesting node is communicatively coupled to a keyword service via a network. The requesting node sends a request to the keyword service requesting suggested keywords for a digital image. The request includes information relating to the digital image such as positional information. Based on the information, the keyword service generates a list of suggested keywords and provides the list of suggested keywords to the requesting node. At the requesting node, the list of suggested keywords is displayed to a user, and the user selects one or more of the suggested keywords for tagging the digital image. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040780 | AUDIO PROCESSING - The presently claimed invention relates generally to processing streaming audio signals. One claim recites a method including: using a programmed electronic processor, analyzing a streaming audio signal to obtain identifying information therefrom; providing the identifying information to a remotely located database, the database including a plurality of records that associate identifying information with pointers; receiving from the database a pointer corresponding to the provided identifying information; using the pointer to establish communication with a remote website including information associated with the audio signal; and providing an audible tone to a user in association with at least one of the foregoing. Of course, other claims and combinations are provided as well. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040781 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COLLECTING AND DISPLAYING NETWORK DEVICE INFORMATION - In one particular embodiment, the disclosure is directed to a network management system. The network monitoring system includes at least one device definition file, a simple network management protocol enabled communications interface, and a data access interface. The definition file includes query instructions associated with portions of MIBs associated with a network device. The simple network management protocol enabled communications interface may access the network device using the query instructions and may receive response data from the network device. The data access interface may be configured to provide external access to the response data and configure thresholds. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040782 | Context Sensitive Searching Front End - A context sensitive searching front-end is disclosed for use in a deposition or trial proceeding wherein a computer aided transcription terminal provides real-time transcribed text down-line to attorney terminals. The terminals may thereafter use the transcribed text and any other text currently being displayed to formulate searches with little or no typing interaction required. Other text which may be used as a basis for searching includes communications from other attorney terminals, from artificial intelligence objection messages, and personal notes. Searching may be conducted on natural language or boolean front-ends which provide virtually instant feed-back as to the value of a search formulation before and after any “searching” actually occurs. Graphing of search results, including individual search word contribution, is provided for modification and selection of the documents to be reviewed. Library selection for searching is provided by analyzing the context from which the search originated, and from the actual words selected for searching. A database structure is also disclosed for providing backward referencing into the actual locations of search words without having to search the text files. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040783 | LIST DISPLAY METHOD AND LIST DISPLAY OF LARGE AMOUNT OF CONTENTS - To provide AV equipment capable of outputting a large amount of contents, in which the entire image (total number or the like) of the large amount of contents that can be outputted can be intuitively grasped. Further, to provide AV equipment having a means for easily retrieving contents whose output the user requests from the large amount of contents. AV equipment capable of intuitively grasping the entire image of a large amount of contents that can be outputted and for displaying a GUI capable of determining and inputting contents to be outputted in one screen is provided. Further, AV equipment having a means for narrowing down contents to be GUI-displayed by a selecting means (keyword selection or the like) using the attribute information of contents, an image selecting means (cursor selection or the like) using GUI-display, or the like is provided. Furthermore, AV equipment for changing information (title, recording date, or the like) on contents to be displayed on a screen depending on the number of narrowed-down contents is provided. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040784 | COMPUTER DEVICE FOR THE TIME-BASED MANAGEMENT OF DIGITAL DOCUMENTS - Device for managing digital documents, comprising a memory ( | 2011-02-17 |
20110040785 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO MONITOR AND MANAGE PERFORMANCE OF APPLIANCES - A system and method providing home and small business owners to monitor and manage one or more appliances. This enables a use to understand in detail their electrical consumption, to make informed decisions based on factual data about energy-saving upgrades to their current systems/appliances, and to provide Internet-based surveillance and control of systems for prevention of freezing, breakdown, or possible fire-related losses, including possible loss-of-life. The system and method includes through the use of Internet based computer software and databases, a hardware interface with electrical circuit panel(s) or fuse boxes in communication with the software and databases and optional wireless outlet monitoring units in communication with the software and databases. The databases being formed and created by the system and method for determining performance of appliances. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040786 | METHOD OF HANDLING LARGE VOLUMES OF SYNCHROPHASOR MEASURMENTS FOR REAL TIME EVENT REPLAY - A method is provided for handling synchrophasor measurements relating to an electrical power system. The method includes: (a) acquiring a plurality of synchrophasor measurements containing data representing at least one power system event; (b) inserting and storing the event related synchrophasor measurements in a database as a partitioned binary large object (BLOB); (c) reading and transferring the synchrophasor measurements related to a user selected current or historical event from the database to a client computer partition by partition; and (d) processing the event data at the client computer on a partition-by-partition basis such that the client computer will be able to start a replay of the event replay as soon as processing of the first partition of the event BLOB data is completed. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040787 | PRESENTING COMMENTS FROM VARIOUS SOURCES - A system may include one or more databases to store comments relating to documents, the comments originating from first and second sources, where the comments from the first source include comments received from users via commenting functionality associated with browsers installed on client devices, and the comments from the second source include comments received from users independent of the commenting functionality associated with the browsers installed on the client devices. The system may also include one or more server devices to receive a request for comments relating to a particular document, search at least one of the one or more databases to identify comments relating to the particular document, and provide the identified comments for presentation in connection with the particular document. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040788 | Coherent File State System Distributed Among Workspace Clients - A system comprising at least one file state server and a plurality of network attached workspace client apparatuses; operating the file state server by receiving an update to a version tracking record from each workspace client apparatus whenever a new or modified file is committed into a file system view, by archiving every version of every committed file, by transmitting a version tracking parameter to a workspace client apparatus in response to a query as to the data freshness of a certain file in a file system view, and by updating a workspace client apparatus with a list of peer workspace client apparatuses; operating the workspace client apparatus by aging files and removing the least recently used file from local store, exchanging file system views of committed files with peer workspace client apparatuses, updating a list of peer workspace client apparatuses, requesting a data block of a committed file from a peer workspace client apparatus, transmitting an archive copy and a version tracking parameter to a file state server for each file committed into a file system view, and querying a file state server for a version tracking parameter for a data block read request. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040789 | System and Program for Collecting Documents - Methods, apparatus and systems, including computer program products for creating an index for search in a search system by collecting and analyzing documents to be searched. A first storage section stores system configuration information of the search system. A second storage section stores attribute information of a collected document and the system configuration information at the time of document collection for each document. A comparison section compares the attribute information of the documents to be collected and the system configuration information stored in the first storage section with the attribute information and the system configuration information stored in the second storage section, respectively, if forced re-collection of the documents is performed. A document collection section collects the documents according to a predetermined schedule under normal conditions and re-collects only documents for which a mismatch is detected by the comparison section in the case of forced re-collection. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040790 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR PROCESSING INFORMATION, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes a specific-evaluation information acquisition unit that acquires an evaluation of a predetermined content item as a specific evaluation, the evaluation having been input by a user in accordance with an ordinal scale; a language-evaluation information extraction unit that acquires a language evaluation from language information regarding an evaluation sentence in which an evaluation of the predetermined content item is expressed in a language, the evaluation sentence having been input by the user; and a recommendation unit that recommends a content item that matches the user's preference in accordance with whether the specific evaluation is a positive or negative evaluation and whether the language evaluation is a positive or negative evaluation. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040791 | Weight and Diet Attribute Combination Discovery - A method and system are presented in which a query attribute is used as the basis for accessing stored attribute combinations and their frequencies of occurrence for query-attribute-positive individuals and query-attribute-negative individuals and tabulating, based on frequencies of occurrence, those attribute combinations that are most likely to co-occur with the query attribute. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040792 | Stored Object Replication - The number of replicas of an object to be stored is determined, at least in part, as a function of an access control policy for that object. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040793 | Administration Groups - Methods, program products, and systems for managing database access privileges using administration groups are described. Administrative functions for managing a database server and administrative functions for managing collections of databases can be separated. Groups of databases can be created on the database server. Tasks for adding and managing multiple databases can be delegated from a server administrator to one or more group administrators who can manage one or more groups of databases. The groups of databases can be stored in various home folders, each home folder corresponding to a group. Management rights on the databases can be determined by the home folders in which the databases are located. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040794 | QUERYING MARKUP LANGUAGE DATA SOURCES USING A RELATIONAL QUERY PROCESSOR - An XML wrapper queries an XML document in an on-the-fly manner so that only parent nodes in the document that satisfy the query are extracted and then unnested. The parent nodes and associated descendent nodes are located using XPath expressions contained as options in data definition language (DDL) statements. The parent nodes satisfying the query and associated descendent nodes are extracted and stored outside of a database according to a relational schema. The wrapper facilitates applications that use convention SQL queries and views to operate on that information stored according to the relational schema. The wrapper also responds to query optimizer requests for costs associated with queries against external data sources associated with the wrapper. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040795 | MERGING CONTAINERS IN A MULTI-CONTAINER SYSTEM - An apparatus and method for merging the data of a first container and a second container into a target container that includes at least one block having a plurality of extents to store data objects. The apparatus may include a storage sever coupled to a plurality of storage devices. The storage server is configured to merge multiple data objects of the plurality of containers that store a data object per each container into a target container that stores multiple data objects within the target container. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040796 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR QUERYING AN ONTOLOGY MODEL - A machine-based method for querying information in an ontology model includes providing an ontology model to represent domain information, executing a query of the ontology model, the query directed to identify desired domain information based on at least one parameter, processing a query result to identify any of the desired domain information, in response to identifying desired domain information, rendering the desired domain information, re-executing the query automatically at a predetermined frequency, and generating an alert message when query results have changed. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040797 | GEOGRAPHY BRICKS FOR DE-IDENTIFICATION OF HEALTHCARE DATA - Techniques of the described subject matter employ a break down algorithm in which a population of individuals is broken down into segments that have a greater number of individuals than a threshold minimum. Information on aggregated individuals may then be used to accomplish a variety of tasks, such as consumer purchasing preferences, market data analysis, sales force allocation, etc., without revealing the specific identity of any individuals or permitting others to determine, from the data, the identity of any individuals. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040798 | Personal health record accessible by cell phone - The invention permits the documentation of medical information on a cell phone, enabling improved communication between health care provider and patient. Electronic medical records will be transferable to the cell phone and be stored. The owner of the cell phone will be able to maintain a longitudinal record of health information and be able to share this information with different health care providers. The portability of medical information by the patient will enable continuity, accuracy, and accessibility | 2011-02-17 |
20110040799 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ALLOCATING CONTROL OF STORAGE MEDIA IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT - A method for dynamically allocating control of a storage device, the method comprising receiving an access request from a first computer requesting access to a storage device; directing, based upon the access request, a first storage controller computer to assume an inactive state with respect to control of the storage device; and directing, based upon the access request, a second storage controller computer to assume an active state with respect to control of the storage device. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040800 | METADATA GENERATION MANAGEMENT DEVICE, METADATA GENERATION SYSTEM, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT FOR MANAGING GENERATION OF METADATA, METADATA GENERATION MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A metadata generation management device according to the present invention comprises: a count unit operable to measure a playback amount of content, which is an amount of content that has been played back; and a control unit operable to control whether to output an instruction for generating metadata indicating characteristics of the content, based on the playback amount of the content. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040801 | System and methods for generating manufacturing data objects - Systems and methods consistent with the invention may include generating, using a processor of the computer system, a definition file of a first format for the data object, generating a database table, generating a mapping between the definition file and the database table, linking the definition file to a data source by including a path of the data source in the definition file, the data source including an attribute, executing, using the processor, a query to extract the attribute from the data source, importing the extracted attribute into the database table using the mapping between the definition file and the database table, and storing, in the memory device, the definition file, the database table, and the attribute for generation of the data object with the attribute. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040802 | SHARED BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE ELEMENTS - Some aspects relate to reception of a selection of a business intelligence report element in a first business intelligence report of a first file format, creation of a serialized description of the business intelligence report element in a second file format based on a business intelligence report element data model, reception of an instruction to add the business intelligence report element to a second business intelligence report of a third file format, and addition of the business intelligence report element to the second business intelligence report in the third file format based on the serialized description of the business intelligence report element. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040803 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MODIFYING A SCHEDULING DATABASE - A mobile electronic communications device and a method for modifying a scheduling database are provided. The scheduling database can be modified via the mobile electronic communications device in communication with a proximate electronic device comprising a display device, when the mobile electronic communications device is engaging in an oral communications session with a second communications device. Time slot data associated with an available time slot is retrieved from the scheduling database, via the mobile electronic communications device. The time slot data associated with the available time slot is transmitted, via the mobile electronic communications device, to the proximate electronic device to cause the proximate electronic device to display the time slot data associated with the available time slot at the display device. Input data is received at the mobile electronic communications device. If the input data is representative of a command to update the scheduling database, updating, via the mobile electronic communications device, an entry of the scheduling database based on the time slot data associated with the available time slot displayed at the display device. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040804 | DYNAMIC PRESENTATION FRAMEWORK - A system in accordance with the present invention may include one or more processors, memory from which the processor may fetch instructions according to a clock operating at a frequency, a display device, and one or more programs stored in the memory, with instructions to create a structured file for storing data related to the media presentation, access the data related to the media presentation from the presentation application, organize the data related to the media presentation according to an event, and export the organized data related to the media presentation to the structured file. These instructions may also be executed as steps of a method and may be fetched during the execution of one or more programs stored in a computer-readable storage medium. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040805 | TECHNIQUES FOR PARALLEL BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT - Techniques for parallel business intelligence and management are provided. Data is collected from a variety of disparate sources and from a variety of disparate network locations. The data is then filtered and normalized. Next, relationships between elements in the data are established and correlations are created between the elements. The elements are then tagged and integrated with other data of a distributed knowledge store to create customized business intelligence reports and customized data visualizations. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040806 | Dynamically flexible database - Systems and methods are disclosed that may be used for storing information in a database that has at least one table. The at least one table has at least one field. The at least one field has a data type assigned to the at least one field. In some embodiments, at least one data element is stored in at least one field. The at least one data element may have a data type which is unrelated to the data type of the at least one field. In some embodiments, the at least one data element may comprise a plurality of data elements, with each of the plurality of data elements having both an additional data type and an additional value assigned. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040807 | DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method of replicating data on a source to a destination comprising the steps of: extracting data from a source via a user interface in a source format; converting the extracted data from the source's format into a destination format; and uploading the converted data to said destination. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040808 | DISTRIBUTED ANALYTICS PLATFORM - A platform that facilitates software application development, maintenance, and support includes a storage component that receives structured and unstructured data pertaining to at least one application subject to development, maintenance, or support and causes the structured and unstructured data to be stored in a distributed fashion over a plurality of accessible data repositories. The storage component causes the structured and unstructured data to be stored in the data repositories such that the structured and unstructured data is accessible through utilization of a common access format. An executor component executes an analytical process over the structured and unstructured data and generates a first dataset, wherein the storage component causes the first dataset to be stored in at least one of the plurality of accessible data repositories in a format that is accessible by front end analysis applications. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040809 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED DATA TRANSFER FROM AN IED - A system and method for providing easy access to an internal file structure of an intelligent electronic device (IED), e.g., a power meter, not presently defined or supported directly by legacy protocols used in metering industry, such as the Modbus protocol. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040810 | SCALABLE FILE MANAGEMENT FOR A SHARED FILE SYSTEM - Managing a shared file system comprising a directory and files stored on a multiple storage devices shared by plural processing nodes, is provided. A plurality of parallel directory traversal records are partitioned into a plurality of ranges to allow for the records in each range to be written independently in parallel by plural processing nodes during parallel directory traversal. Parallel operations are performed comprising parallel directory traversal of all directory paths and files in the shared file system. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040811 | DISTRIBUTED FILE SYSTEM LOGGING - A method, system, and computer program for consolidating data logged in log files in a network of servers, each server running at least one application that logs data into files on the server, the method comprising: providing a consolidating message queue for receiving the log data and file name; intercepting log data being written into a log file by a file system and sending that log data and the file name of the log file to a consolidating message queue; receiving the log data and file name in a consolidating message queue; and saving the log data in the consolidating message queue from all the servers to a consolidated file or data structure associated with the file name. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040812 | Layered Virtual File System - A virtual workspace can include an active instance of a layered virtual file system namespace. A layered virtual file system namespace is referred to by the virtual workspace and includes a collection of system data (e.g. layered virtual file system base layer), user data (e.g. layered virtual file system user layer), and virtualized applications (e.g. virtual app layer), metadata and policies (e.g. layered virtual file system layer scope). Because a virtual workspace can include software such as an operating system and one or more applications in addition to user data, a virtual workspace can be aligned with a namespace so that an operating system of the virtual workspace may be located at a “base layer”, one or more applications executing on the operating system may be located at an upper “virtual app” layer, and user data in a virtual workspace may be found at any layer at or above the user layer. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040813 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes an importing unit, a setting unit, a display, an input unit, a replacement unit, and a transmitter. The importing unit is configured to import a metadata format file having described process information on an image file. The setting unit is configured to set setting items in which the process information is described as at least one of parameters. The display is configured to display a destination for the image file so as to be selected. The input unit is configured to select the destination and input the setting items in the metadata format file corresponding to the selected destination. The replacement unit is configured to replace at least one of the parameters with details. The transmitter is configured to transmit the metadata format file replaced by the replacement unit to the destination along with the image file. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040814 | System and Method of Accessing Resources in a Computer Network - Disclosed herein are system and methods of accessing resources in a computer network. An exemplary method may include (a) receiving into a networking device, from a first client device of a plurality of client devices, a request for a given resource (e.g., a file, directory, or metadata) assigned to a given file service (e.g., a file share service, file sync service, or file search service), (b) verifying that the first client device is allowed to access the given file service, (c) in response to verifying that the first client device is allowed to access the given file service, identifying a second client device having at least one stored resource assigned to the given file service, and (d) sending to the second client device an updated request for the given resource that includes a unique identifier of the at least one stored resource assigned to the given file service. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040815 | Apparatus and method for performing fused multiply add floating point operation - A data processing apparatus is arranged to perform a fused multiply add operation. The apparatus | 2011-02-17 |
20110040816 | Negative two's complement processor for windowing in harmonic analysis - The present invention provides a solution to the shortcomings of the traditional two's complement system that is commonly utilized in modern computing systems and digital signal processors for calculating harmonic analysis using a discrete time-frequency transform. In the negative two's complement processor a n-bit number, A, has a sign bit, a | 2011-02-17 |
20110040817 | CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A TRUE, CIRCUIT-SPECIFIC AND TIME-INVARIANT RANDOM NUMBER - The invention relates to a circuit for generating a true, circuit-specific and time-invariant random binary number, having: a matrix of K−L delay elements that can be connected to each other by means of L−1 single or double commutation circuits into chains of delay elements of length L, a single or double demultiplexer connected before the matrix, a single or double multiplexer connection after the matrix, and a run time or number comparator, wherein the setting of the commutation circuits, the demultiplexer, and the multiplexer can be prescribed by a control signal, wherein the circuit comprises a channel code encoder whereby code words of a channel code can be generated and a transcriber, whereby code words of the channel code can be transcribed into the control signal of the L−1 single or double commutation circuits, and a method for generating a true, circuit-specific and time-invariant random number by means of a matrix of L−K delay elements, L−1 single or double commutation circuits, a single or double demultiplexer connected before the matrix, a single or double multiplexer connection after the matrix, and a run time or number comparator, comprising at least the steps a) generating a code word of a channel code, b) transcribing a code word of a channel code to a selection code, c) generating chains of L delay elements by setting a setting corresponding to the code word of the selection code for the L−1 single or double commutation circuits, the single or double demultiplexer, and the single or double multiplexer, d) pairwise comparing of two variables determined by the delay times of two chains defined by the setting of the L−1 commutation circuits corresponding to the code word of the channel code, by means of a number or delay comparator for generating a bit of the true, circuit-specific and time-invariant random number. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040818 | DISCRETE TIME LOWPASS FILTER - A discrete time (DT) lowpass filter having various advantages is described. In an exemplary design, the DT lowpass filter includes a decimating DT filter (which may include a passive DT FIR filter and/or a passive DT IIR filter) and an active DT filter. The decimating DT filter receives a first DT signal at a first sample rate, filters and decimates the first DT signal by a factor of N, and provides a second DT signal at a second sample rate lower than the first sample rate. N may be greater than one. The active DT filter filters the second DT signal and provides a third DT signal at the second sample rate. A sampler samples a continuous time signal and provides the first DT signal. The sampler may further double the voltage of the first DT signal relative to the voltage of the continuous time signal. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040819 | EFFICIENT COMPUTATION OF SKETCHES - Determining a summary feature set is disclosed. A plurality of subsegments of a first segment are selected. For each subsegment, a plurality of values by applying a set of functions to each subsegment are computed. From all the values computed for all the subsegments, a first subset of values is selected. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040820 | Secure Multi-Party Computation of Normalized Sum-Type Functions - Embodiments of present invention disclose a system and a method for determining a result of a function applied to a first vector and a second vector, wherein the function is a normalized sum-type function. The first vector is stored at a first processor, and the second vector is stored at a second processor. The system and the method determine a joint empirical probability distribution (JEPD) of the first vector and the second vector using a secure multi-party computation. The function is determined as a normalized summation of products of values of the JEPD with corresponding values of the function. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040821 | Matrix Multiplication Operations with Data Pre-Conditioning in a High Performance Computing Architecture - Mechanisms for performing matrix multiplication operations with data pre-conditioning in a high performance computing architecture are provided. A vector load operation is performed to load a first vector operand of the matrix multiplication operation to a first target vector register. A load and splat operation is performed to load an element of a second vector operand and replicating the element to each of a plurality of elements of a second target vector register. A multiply add operation is performed on elements of the first target vector register and elements of the second target vector register to generate a partial product of the matrix multiplication operation. The partial product of the matrix multiplication operation is accumulated with other partial products of the matrix multiplication operation. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040822 | Complex Matrix Multiplication Operations with Data Pre-Conditioning in a High Performance Computing Architecture - Mechanisms for performing a complex matrix multiplication operation are provided. A vector load operation is performed to load a first vector operand of the complex matrix multiplication operation to a first target vector register. The first vector operand comprises a real and imaginary part of a first complex vector value. A complex load and splat operation is performed to load a second complex vector value of a second vector operand and replicate the second complex vector value within a second target vector register. The second complex vector value has a real and imaginary part. A cross multiply add operation is performed on elements of the first target vector register and elements of the second target vector register to generate a partial product of the complex matrix multiplication operation. The partial product is accumulated with other partial products and a resulting accumulated partial product is stored in a result vector register. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040823 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING WITH A NETWORK OF PRINTERS USING A MOBILE DEVICE - A mobile client coupled to a network and a method for the mobile client to interact with nodes, including printer devices, which are coupled to the network, are provided. One or more respective nodes includes a software application executable by a host processor associated with the respective node on a software platform executed by the host processor. The application can interact with one of the printer devices to cause the printer device to perform a function. The mobile client includes an software platform executable by its processor for discovering the applications. The discovering of an application includes ascertaining that the application is available for execution and having the ability to activate the application. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040824 | Shared Server-Side Macros - A computer-implemented method of managing computer macros is disclosed. The method comprises storing code for a macro at a location in an internet-accessible hosted computer system, and receiving a request, from an application that is running on a client computer remote from the hosted computer, to execute the macro. The method also includes executing the macro on the hosted computer system, and providing results of executing the macro to the application that is running on the client computer, wherein the code for the macro is stored and accessed apart from files on which the macro is programmed to operate. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040825 | Using Confidence About User Intent In A Reputation System - Reputations of objects are determined by a reputation system using reports from clients identifying the objects. Confidence metrics for the clients are generated using information determined from the reports. Confidence metrics indicate the amounts of confidence in the veracity of the reports. Reputation scores of objects are calculated using the reports from the clients and the confidence metrics for the clients. Confidence metrics and reputation scores are stored in correlation with identifiers for the objects. An object's reputation score is provided to a client in response to a request. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040826 | TRANSPARENTLY STATEFUL EXECUTION OF STATELESS APPLICATIONS - This disclosure provides various embodiments for providing transparently stateful execution of stateless applications. A request associated with an application is received and includes at least one operation to be executed by the application as well as a set of first state information. The application determines if the operations are to be executed statelessly or not. If the application is to be executed statelessly, the first state information is retrieved from the request and used to initialize the application. If not, then the first state of the application is retrieved from a location other than the received request. The operations are then executed by the application in the application's appropriate first state. A response including the relevant information associated with the response as well as an updated set of state information identifying the application's second state is generated and transmitted to the client. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040827 | STREAM DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A user specifies a group by a user-defined query. An input order is assured among data of a same group. By outputting data belonging to a same group from the same node, an order inputted for a necessary portion is assured. By outputting data belonging to different groups from another node, processing in plural nodes is achieved to avoid reduction in performance. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040828 | Method and System for Authoring Mobile Content in a Slideshow or Presentation Application for Direct Delivery to a Mobile Device - A solution is provided to current mobile content delivery problems which allows an author to create and automatically deliver slideshow or presentation application content from the slideshow or presentation application to a selected user's mobile device. No end-user intervention to deliver the slideshow or presentation application content is required. The content is automatically saved directly to the end-user's mobile device and is rendered using the mobile device's mobile content player. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040829 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REMOTE MANAGEMENT OF DEVICE - Disclosed is remote management of a device by using another device that supports device management service as an intermediary. The device collects device information of said at least one device connected through a personal area network, converts the device information to converted device information of a form based on a device management protocol supported by the device management server, transfers the converted device information to the device management server, receives function management data related to said at least one device from the device management server, and transfers the received function management data to said at least one device through the personal area network. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040830 | WEB SERVICE MULTI-KEY RATE LIMITING METHOD AND SYSTEM - The present invention provides a method and computer system for limiting a number of web service programming calls including intercepting a web request for web service programming from a client and extracting call specific data from the web request. The method and computing system further includes transmitting call specific data to a plurality of rate limiter servers and on the rate limiter servers, calculating a total number of web requests, where the web requests are identified by the call specific data. The method and computing system further includes receiving web request totals from the rate limiter servers and thereby determining accessibility of the client to the web request based on a comparison of the number of web requests for the web service programming relative to a predetermined access limit. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040831 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA MANAGEMENT - A method for the management of data collected from a remote computing device including the steps of: creating a questionnaire; transmitting the questionnaire to a remote computer; executing the questionnaire in the remote computer to prompt a user for responses to questions of the questionnaire; transmitting the responses to a sever via a network; making the responses available on the Web. Preferably, computers used in connection with the inventive method are loosely networked in that network connections between computers are not always available and, when a connection is not available, data is stored at a node of the network and transmitted at the earliest time when a connection is available. In one preferred embodiment, the inventive method is used to collect survey data and to make the responses to the survey available to a client in virtually real time over the Internet. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040832 | Information processing apparatus and method, information processing system, and recording medium - A DTV operating screen is displayed on the CRT display screen of a DTV which is the controlling apparatus of a network. In the event that the user selects the DVHS from the buttons displayed on the DTV operating screen, data corresponding to the DVHS operation screen is input to the DTV, and a DVHS operation screen is displayed on the CRT display screen | 2011-02-17 |
20110040833 | Methods and Arrangements for Interactive Caller Information Services in a Communication Network - The present invention relates to methods and arrangements for providing caller information to a SIP enabled client ( | 2011-02-17 |
20110040834 | ARCHIVING CONTENT IN A CALENDARED EVENT - Systems and methods of providing access to meeting content via an interface to meeting scheduling software are described. A meeting organizer schedules a meeting or conference meeting with selected participants. The meeting is held with the available participants and meeting content is automatically maintained as an association to a calendar entry in the meeting scheduling software. After the meeting is completed, available participants may review content and unavailable participants (those that were unable to attend) may view the content of the meeting. Participants may further be able to augment the meeting content and make the augmented content available to all meeting participants via a historical calendar entry. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040835 | Portable Terminal, Message Notification Method, and Method Notification Program - Address information stored as a transmission destination is effectively used. A mobile phone includes a position detection portion (S | 2011-02-17 |
20110040836 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING MEDIA AND MEDIA CONTROL TRANSFER BETWEEN DEVICES - A method to activate session control is presented. The method includes receiving a request to activate control of a collaborative session, and determining acceptance of the request to activate control of the collaborative session. The method includes sending an indication, in response to receiving the activation request, the indication indicative of the determined acceptance. The indication in the response may be indicative of an acceptance. The method may include subscribing to an event package when the indication in the response is indicative of acceptance. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040837 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO CLASSIFY TEXT COMMUNICATIONS - Methods and apparatus to classify text communications are disclosed. An example method includes determining a first conditional probability of a first feature occurring in a text given that the text belongs to a classification mode, wherein the first feature is included in the text, determining a second conditional probability of a second feature occurring in a text given that the text belongs to the classification mode, wherein the second feature is included in the text, determining a probability of the classification mode occurring, multiplying the first conditional probability, the second conditional probability and the probability of the classification mode to determine a product, and storing the product in a tangible memory as a score that the message belongs to the first classification mode. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040838 | INTERACTIVE SHORT MESSAGING SERVICE - In a system and method of session based short message service (SMS) communications a set of unallocated reply-to addresses that are freely assignable is stored. A first unallocated reply-to address from the set thereof is assigned to a first message dispatched from a first application. A reply to the first message is routed to the first application utilizing the first reply-to address assigned thereto. A second unallocated reply-to address from the set thereof is assigned to a second message dispatched from the first application. A reply to the second message is routed to the first application utilizing the second reply-to address assigned thereto. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040839 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSACTIONAL STORAGE OF EMAIL DATA - A software and/or hardware facility for storing email data. The facility includes an input component configured to receive emails, a first storage component configured to store a first set of email data, a second storage component configured to store a second set of email data, and a storage manager component. The storage manager component is configured to create a transaction to modify the first and second sets of email data, to modify the first and second sets of email data, to determine if the modification of the first and second sets of email data is successful, and if the modification of the first and second sets of data is successful, to commit the transaction. | 2011-02-17 |