19th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 63 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140129569 | ADDRESS EXTRACTION FROM A COMMUNICATION - Systems and methods to extract a string from a communication. A method includes: receiving a communication comprising a plurality of strings; assigning a score to each of the strings, wherein the score assigned to each of the strings corresponds to a frequency of usage of the respective string for a first function relative to an overall frequency of usage of the respective string; determining a respective total sum for each of a plurality of sequences in the communication, the respective total sum determined as a sum of the scores for each string in the respective sequence; and extracting a first sequence of the sequences from the communication based on the total sum for the first sequence. In one embodiment, the total sum includes an additional score for each of a starting word and an ending word of the first word sequence, wherein each respective additional score is associated with a probability that the starting (or ending) word is used as the first (or last word) of an address. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129570 | Crowdsourcing Supplemental Content - Methods and systems for sourcing supplemental content are disclosed. Secondary devices may be used to identify content streaming on first screen devices and to generate supplemental data for the content. In this manner, users may be leveraged to create various data for a variety of content. The data may be collected and organized so that users watching content at a later time may have access to the data. Methods and systems for using second screen devices to access metadata created by the crowd are also disclosed. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129571 | ELECTRONIC MEDIA SIGNATURE BASED APPLICATIONS - A method for processing media data includes receiving metadata associated with media data; identifying another metadata associated with another media data, wherein the size of the media data is smaller than the size if the another media data; determining a score based on the metadata and another metadata, wherein the score is within a threshold level; and presenting information associated with a product or service associated with the another media data. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129572 | PLATFORM AND METHOD OF TAGGING RECREATIONAL LAND - A platform and method configured to allow individuals to list recreational land for sale with verified recreational data related to such recreational land. More specifically, the present invention is directed to a platform and method of tagging recreational land for sale with recreational activities including wildlife associated activities. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129573 | COMPUTERIZED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING A DIGITAL RESUME - A system and computer-implemented method to build a digital resume which may incorporate work history data as well as reviews by former co-workers, and may further include a computer generated status of the digital resume. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129574 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus is disclosed which includes: a storing element for storing content data; a managing element for managing preference data by which to determine preferences of a user; a reading element for reading the content data from the storing element in response to an instruction from the user; a sorting element for sorting the content data read by the reading element, in accordance with the preference data managed by the managing element; and a composing element for composing the content data sorted by the sorting element, into a single item ready to be handled by the user. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129575 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING DUPLICATION OF OPERATIONS - The present invention generally relates to systems and methods for executing scripts (a sequence of declarative operations) on large data sets. Some implementations store descriptions of previously-executed operations and associated input and output data sets. When executing similar operations on the same, a subset of, a superset of, or any fragment of data subsequently, some implementations detect duplication of operations and access previously-stored output data sets in order to re-use data and reduce the amount of execution, thus avoiding time-consuming duplicative computations. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129576 | ANALYSIS OF MEETING CONTENT AND AGENDAS - A method, computer program product, and computer system for analysis of meeting content and agendas. A computer system receives meeting information of a first meeting. The computer system searches one or more second meetings matching the first meeting. The computer system retrieves meeting information of the one or more second meetings. The computer system acquires presentation documents of the first meeting and the one or more second meetings. The computer system analyzes the meeting information and presentation documents for the first meeting and the one or more second meetings. The computer system presents a comparison between the first meeting and the one or more second meetings. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129577 | System and Method for Optimized Filtered Data Feeds to Capture Data and Send to Multiple Destinations - There is provided a system and method for optimized filtered data feeds to capture data and send to multiple destinations. There is provided a system comprising a memory and a processor. The memory has a database associating data feed patterns to one or more of a plurality of destinations. The processor captures data from a data feed having a data feed destination, stores the data in the memory, compares the data feed with the data feed patterns in the database to determine matched patterns, retrieves one or more destinations associated with the matched patterns, and sends the data to the data feed destination and the retrieved destinations. There is also provided a system comprising data feed sources, destinations, a network connected to the data feed sources and the destinations, and a server configured to intercept and route network traffic on the network, the server including a memory and a processor. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129578 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CARPOOL MATCHING - A carpooling system and method provides users with opportunities to test both user information and priority options (carpool preferences) prior to registration. Upon receipt of carpool preferences, the system determines available matches and displays them to the user. From the available matches provided, the user can visualize how carpool preference information alters the scope of his available matches and he may then change his user carpool preference information accordingly. The system will then store the previously entered user information in a user profile upon registration. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129579 | MUTUAL MATCHING SYSTEM - The various technologies presented herein relate to identifying a mutual interest (“mutual match”) between individuals. An individual can indicate an interest regarding a second individual, however a notification of interest is not forwarded to the second individual unless the second individual has similarly indicated an interest regarding the first individual, i.e., a mutual match exists. Profiles for each of the individuals can be forwarded to a central system. An individual can request to view other individuals profiles based on such criteria as the location of the individual. The profiles of any other individuals in the vicinity of the individual can be compiled and forwarded to the individual for viewing. Viewing of profiles can be performed after the individual has vacated the location. Communication with the central system can be via a mobile computing device(s). | 2014-05-08 |
20140129580 | METHOD AND A DEVICE FOR PROMPTING WEBPAGE ADDRESS - The present invention relates to a webpage address prompting method, including: reading entered content of an address bar; searching according to a preset matching rule for a plurality of webpage addresses which match the entered content from a stored webpage addresses collection; sequencing the plurality of webpage addresses which match the entered content according to a sequencing rule; and displaying at least one forefront webpage address from among the sequenced plurality of webpage addresses as a candidate webpage address. The present invention also relates to a webpage address prompting device which enables a user to visit a target webpage address in a rapid and accurate way with minimal entered content in the address bar of web browser software. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129581 | User Intention Data Searching - A search method for improving a user's search intention is disclosed. The search method includes a user interface for receiving a search request, input terms connected by input operators, and means for a user to visually associate input terms with an order of query operations. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129582 | Modifying Structured Query Language Statements - An approach is provided to modifying structured query language (SQL) statements to more efficient forms. In the approach, an SQL statement is received and compared to a number of predefined malformation rules with at least one of the predefined malformation rules includes a syntactical pattern. If the comparison reveals that the received SQL statement includes a malformed expression that would be inefficiently processed by a database engine, the malformed expression is modified to an efficient SQL expression form and the efficient SQL expression form is executed by the database engine. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129583 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GRAPHICALLY CREATING QUERIES ON MODEL DATA - Certain example embodiments relate to techniques for creating queries on model data of at least one data source (DS | 2014-05-08 |
20140129584 | LOCAL CONTEXT SEARCH RESULTS IMPROVEMENTS - A method, system, and/or computer program product handles a query generated by a user of one of multiple local network devices that are coupled to a network. Multiple system queries are autonomously issued, by a computer that is coupled to the network, requesting states of the local network devices. Query statements, responsive to the system queries and being sent to a wide area network search engine, are intercepted. A natural language query, which is a logical query that is answered by one of the multiple query statements, is generated from one of the multiple query statements. An unstructured query, from a user, about a state of a particular device is received. The unstructured query from the user is compared with the natural language query in order to determine if a match between the query from the user with the natural language query exceeds a predetermined threshold value. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129585 | INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS - An information management system comprising a data comparison module, a local data storage, a remote data storage, a user interface for requesting information, optionally a communications module and optionally a criterion analyser to analyse one or more criteria and thereby enable creation of one or more suitable templates wherein: the data comparison module enables re-finement of information queries without the need to undertake one or more of rebuilding, re-categorizing or re-indexing the information; the communications module facilitates communication between participants in the system; one or more methodologies may be used to access the information depending on the context; and transfer of information between the remote data storage and local data storage is proactively managed according to one or more criteria. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129586 | MANAGING INTERNET SEARCHES BASED ON DATABASE QUERY RESULTS - Embodiments of the present invention manage information searches based on database query results. In one embodiment, a set of database query results including a set of data items is received. At least one information search term is received from a user. An information search query is generated based on the set of database query results and the at least one information search term. A search is performed on a set of information based on the information search query. A set of search results including a set of information satisfying the information search query is received based on performing the search. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129587 | APPROACH TO DISTRIBUTED CONTROL SYSTEMS GRAPHICS DISPLAY FOR PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEMS - This embodiment relates to Distributed Control Systems graphics display for better viewing and process control. DCS graphics display presents the entire plant process as a scrollable application. Data files, describing the equipments, pipes, and distances between them are used as inputs to create graphic display. A rendering engine converts the input data files into viewable graphic display with static and dynamic elements shown. A facility is provided for Users/operators to query process condition on graphic display. The results of query are published as list and marked in Graphic display. The rendering engine displays the graphic, at the maximum zoom level, so as to include all results of query. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129588 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR PRIORITIZING QUERIES UNDER IMPRECISE QUERY EXECUTION TIME - Systems and methods for prioritizing queries in a cloud based database by determining a priority score in real time under an imprecise query execution time; and incrementally maintaining query priority scores. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129589 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SPECIFYING AND PROCESSING DESCRIPTIVE QUERIES FOR DATA SOURCES - Improved descriptive query techniques are provided. More particularly, techniques are provided for specifying and processing descriptive queries for data providers grouped into provider kinds with hierarchical containment relationships. The query may include arbitrary boolean combinations of arbitrary tests on the values of attributes of the data providers. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129590 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING MESSAGES IN A SOCIAL NETWORK - In one embodiment, the present invention is a method and apparatus for knowledge generation and deployment in a distributed network. In one embodiment, a method for processing messages in a social network includes receiving a new message from a first node in the network, the new message including a query, providing the first node with an answer to the query, if the answer is located in a repository, and initiating generation of the answer, if the answer is not located in the repository. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129591 | PROVIDING ENHANCED BUSINESS LISTINGS WITH STRUCTURED LISTS TO MULTIPLE SEARCH PROVIDERS FROM A SOURCE SYSTEM - A source system receives listing identification data for delivery of an enhanced listing to a plurality of provider systems. For each provider system of the plurality of provider systems the source system transmits to the provider system identification data. The source system receives corresponding identification data. When the corresponding identification data is valid identification data, the source system delivers the enhanced listing to the provider system with a provider-supplied external identifier as an indication to the provider system to update a listing with enhanced content. When the corresponding identification data is not valid identification data, the source system delivers the enhanced listing to the provider system without the provider-supplied external identifier as an indication to the provider system to create a listing using the enhanced content. The enhanced content may comprise one or more structured lists. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129592 | BUILD POOLED DATA SOURCE BASED ON HANA SAML LOGIN - A system receives a request from a request processor of a database connection pool to access a database. The system determines whether a database connection from the database connection pool is available for the request. A new security assertion mark-up language (SAML) assertion is generated when the database connection pool does not have an available database connection for the request. A new database connection to the database is built using the new SAML assertion. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129593 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A COMPLIANCE FRAMEWORK DATABASE SCHEMA - Generating a compliance framework. The compliance framework facilitates an organization's compliance with multiple authority documents by providing efficient methodologies and refinements to existing technologies, such as providing hierarchical fidelity to the original authority document; separating auditable citations from their context (e.g., prepositions and or informational citations); asset focused citations; SNED and Live values, among others. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129594 | BOUNDS FOR GRAPH BISECTION - Techniques are described for graph partitioning, and in particular, graph bisection. A combinatorial lower bound is provided that is computed in near-linear time. These bounds may be used to determine optimum solutions to real-world graphs with many vertices (e.g., more than a million for road networks, or tens of thousands for VLSI and mesh instances). Combinatorial techniques that reduce the size of the branch-and-bound search tree may use tree packing, assign vertices to trees, and use fractional assignment of vertices to trees. For graph bisection, each node of the branch-and-bound tree corresponds to a partial assignment of vertices to both cells or sets of vertices. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129595 | 2-DIMENSIONAL MULTI-HIERARCHY DISPLAY - Described herein is a technology for facilitating visualization of multiple hierarchies. In some implementations, a primary hierarchy having primary components arranged in different primary hierarchical levels is provided. A second hierarchy for the primary components of the primary hierarchy is provided. The primary components are configured as geometric objects with concentric zones corresponding to different secondary hierarchical levels with secondary components. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129596 | METHODS FOR GEOTEMPORAL FINGERPRINTING - Records of geotemporal data for a plurality of users from a database associated with on-line and/or mobile cellular activities are used to generate a geotemporal fingerprint of a user. The geolocation history associated with the user's on-line and/or mobile cellular activities from one such database can be correlated with a user's geolocation data from a separate on-line database associated with a different activity. For example, the geolocation history or geotemporal fingerprints associated with on-line and/or mobile cellular activities from one particular database can be correlated with those associated with payment card usage. Such information can be used to authenticate a user, for example, as a security measure for payment card users and issuers, for registrationless credit security applications, and for gathering relevant data for advertising campaigns. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129597 | Document Merging Method - The invention discloses a document merging method configured to merge a plurality of initial documents formed on the basis of a same template. The template comprises a plurality of fragments, and each of the fragments has a set merging rule. The method merges corresponding fragments in each initial document together according to the merging rules of the fragments to form a merged document. The fragments comprise one or more of rows, columns and cells in a table, and paragraphs, bookmarks and titles in a document. The merging rule comprises copy merging and eliminating repeated merging. The fragments in each initial document with the merging rule of copy merging are copied to the merged document in turn, and the fragments in each initial document with the merging rule of eliminating repeated merging are copied to the merged document in turn, and only one copy will be saved if repetition occurs. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129598 | DYNAMIC MANAGEMENT OF LOG PERSISTENCE - Disclosed is a method and system for dynamically persisting log data from member computers in a network. The log data is transmitted as a plurality of shards to a router of router-writer pairs which transmits the shards to writers of the router-writer pairs that persist the shards into a storage unit. A shard contains a distinct subset of the log data. The shards are transmitted to the writers based on a writer assignment map that identifies a writer assigned to persist each of the shards. The assignment of the shards to a writer is performed based on assignment criteria that include at least one of (i) number of writers, (ii) a load of the writers, (iii) number of shards, (iv) size of a particular shard, or (v) estimated load capacity of writers. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129599 | PERSONALIZED DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS - This disclosure relates to systems and methods for managing data associated with a user using a personalized cloud storage platform operating as a centralized repository for user data generated from a variety of sources and/or user devices. By centralizing the storage and/or management of personal data that would conventionally be confined between multiple information silos, embodiments of the systems and methods disclosed herein may improve the ability of a user to control their personal data, facilitate utilization of their personal data in a variety of ways not offered by services associated with the silos, and/or allow a user to centrally manage their personal data. Further embodiments disclosed herein allow a user to define one or more policies or other rules associated with personal data stored in their personal cloud. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129600 | Interleaver Employing Quotient-Remainder Reordering - A method of generating an interleaved symbol sequence location from a symbol location of a symbol sequence comprises determining the interleaved symbol location based on an interleaver sequence function which relates a linear symbol location to the interleaved symbol location. This is done by acquiring values of the interleaver sequence function in quotient and remainder form and then calculating the interleaved symbol location by performing operations of the interleaver sequence function in quotient and remainder form. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129601 | CONVERSION APPARATUS FOR A RESIDUE NUMBER ARITHMETIC LOGIC UNIT - Methods and systems for conversion of binary data to residue data, and for conversion of residue data to binary data, allow fully extensible operation with related methods and systems for residue number based ALUs, processors and other hardware. In one or more embodiments, a residue to binary data converter apparatus comprises a mixed radix to fixed radix conversion apparatus. In one or more embodiments, a mixed radix converter apparatus assists internal processing of a related residue number based ALU, processor or other hardware. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129602 | RANDOM NUMBER GENERATION APPARATUS AND METHOD USING INPUT TIME INFORMATION - A random number generation apparatus and method using input time information is provided. The random number generation apparatus using input time information includes an information obtainment unit for obtaining input time information from input means. An initial value calculation unit calculates an initial value for random number generation using the input time information. A random number generation unit generates a random number using the initial value for random number generation. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129603 | Systems and Methods for Partially Conditioned Noise Predictive Equalization - Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for equalization. As an example, a circuit for data equalization is described that includes a 2N state detector circuit that provides a series of detected bits based upon a conditioned input, and a noise predictive filter having a plurality of taps and operable to provide at least a portion of the conditioned input. At least a first of the plurality of taps uses a first subset of the series of detected bits, and a second of the plurality of taps uses a second subset of the series of detected bits. The first subset of the detected bits includes one more bit than the second subset of the detected bits. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129604 | Cryptographic method comprising a modular exponentiation operation - The present invention relates to a method for performing an iterative calculation of exponentiation of a large datum, the method being implemented in an electronic device (DV1) and comprising calculations of squaring and multiplying large variables performed in parallel, by squaring (SB1) and multiplication (SM1) blocks, the method comprising steps of: while a temporary storage buffer memory is not full of unused squares, triggering a calculation by the squaring block for a bit of the exponent, when the squaring block is inactive, storing each square provided by the squaring block in the buffer memory, if the bit of the corresponding exponent is on 1, and while the buffer memory contains an unused square, triggering a calculation by the multiplication block concerning the unused square, when the multiplication block is inactive. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129605 | SOCIAL NETWORK PLATFORM BASED ON ELECTRONIC MAPS - A social network platform based on electronic maps includes at least an electronic device, a network system and a server, the electronic device having a client application program connected to the server via the network system to read, upload or download an interactive message, the server having a database and an electronic map module, the database saving the interactive messages received by the server, the user defining a searching condition via the client application program to cut off a section of a map picture from the electronic map module, each interactive message which is located at where the map picture corresponds to being shown and labeled on the map picture, the user reading, replying or downloading the interactive messages which are shown on the map picture. Under this arrangement, the users continuously share feelings and make discussions about what the users interest in, so that the users expand interpersonal relationships. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129606 | Barrier Operator Feature Enhancement - A barrier operator feature enhancement device is designed to provide one or more features found in modern barrier operator devices and to incorporate those features into a previously installed barrier operator system. To facilitate ease of use, the barrier operator feature enhancement device can communicate with a large variety of barrier operators. Such communication may be wireless or wired, depending on the communication protocol implemented by a particular previously installed barrier operator. To facilitate the ease of installation, the device is designed to configure itself to operate with the communication protocol of the previously installed barrier operator. Once configured to be able to communicate with the previously installed barrier operator, the feature enhancement device works with the barrier operator to provide one or more additional features to enhance the capabilities of the previously installed barrier operator. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129607 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus includes an order information storage part that stores order information defining an order in which a plurality of processes are to be executed with respect to data; a setting part that prompts selection of a processing apparatus that is to execute a process of the plurality of processes from one or more processing apparatuses, and stores association information indicating an association between the process and the selected processing apparatus in an association storage part; and an order control part that prompts the one or more processing apparatuses that are associated with the plurality of processes to execute the plurality of processes in the order defined by the order information. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129608 | DISTRIBUTED PRODUCTION PIPELINE - Technology is disclosed for developing digital content in a distributed content production environment. The technology can receive a request from a client system to access media files associated with digital content, where the media files are to be used for performing a plurality of tasks. The request further includes an indication of a particular task to be performed by the client system. The technology can determine a subset of media files used for performing the particular task. The subset of media files is determined by utilizing the dependency between the particular task and one or more assets to be used for performing the particular task. The technology can gather and provide the determined subset of media files to the client system. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129609 | Computation of Componentized Tasks Based on Availability of Data for the Tasks - A base computer system obtains a set of definitions of calculations to be performed, and periodically monitors a data store to see if the data required for the calculations are available. When the required data for a given calculation are available, the base computer system sends the data and calculation instructions to a group of one or more remote computer systems for execution. The remote computer systems may be equipped with Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) for high-performance computation. The base computer system then awaits the return of reports from the one or more remote computer systems. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129610 | Method and System for Redirecting a Client - A method and a system for redirecting a client are disclosed, the method including: sending by the client a request message to a redirect agent; returning by the redirect agent a first response message to the client, an identification of a second realm being carried in the first response message; sending by the client the request message to a second server in the second realm. The data are maintained and modified only on the redirect agent, so that the redirection service between different realms may be realized without upgrading or maintaining the client. In addition, because the number of redirect agents is much smaller than the number of clients, the operation and maintenance costs may be reduced greatly. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129611 | System and Method for Accessing Mainframe System Automation from a Process Automation Application - A system and computer-implemented method communicatively interfaces a Process Automation (PA) application executing on a mainframe computer with a mainframe automation function executing on the mainframe computer. The PA application executes within a services layer, which runs on top of a base Operating System (OS) layer of the mainframe computer. Some automation functions execute within the base OS layer, while other automation functions within the services layer. Therefore, an interface executing within the services layer determines which of the two disparate execution environments is needed to execute a given mainframe automation function, and invokes the function within the appropriate environment. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129612 | METHODS, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR MOBILE PIGGYBACKING - Methods, systems, and apparatus for providing assistance to a user of a mobile application are described. A request for assistance from the user is detected and a request is issued to a remote device for establishment of a remote assistance session. Information describing a state of the mobile device is periodically transmitted to the remote device and one or more commands may be received from the remote device. The commands may be executed on the mobile device. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129613 | REMOTE MANAGEMENT OF DEVICES - The invention relates to the field of remote management of devices, and devices for implementing the method. In particular the invention relates to a lifeline connection for remote manageable devices, which lifeline connection can be used to re-establish a communication that has been lost between a remote configuration management server and a remote manageable device. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129614 | INTEGRATING WEB ANALYTICS PRODUCTS WITH WEB CONFERENCING PRODUCTS FOR BETTER REPORTING OF USER INTERACTION AND DATA TRACKING - Reports may be generated by a web conferencing host from the data collected by a web analytics application by fetching reporting data from the web analytics application server and then augmenting them on a need basis at the web conferencing host server. Relevant graphs are then constructed and provided as reports to the client. For the reports, an organizer at a client machine requests the web conferencing host server to fetch the data. The web conferencing host server may query the web analytics server for the required report data, and then augment the data from the web conferencing host's own database to make the report richer, in terms of improved visualization, or improved data. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129615 | SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED DATA MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS - The detection and interpretation of data pertaining to the usage of software and documents by end users, and more specifically, the automation of the mining of raw hierarchical object data for information on specific software and document usage and the automatic generation of statistical data on its usage and runtime errors. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129616 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DEVICE-DEPENDENT IMAGE TRANSFORMATIONS - Techniques to allow for optimizing an image based on an operational context. An operational context including at least one attribute of a client associated with a user of a social networking system is determined. An optimized image is created based on the operational context for provision to the user. The determining the operational context may comprise receiving a client identifier and determining the at least one attribute of the client based on the client identifier. The determining the operational context may comprise receiving location coordinates and determining quality of a data connection based on the location coordinates. The determining the operational context may comprise determining at least one usage trend in at least one geographic locality. The optimized image is provided to an image repository associated with the at least one geographic locality. The operational context may comprise at least one user-defined setting. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129617 | SCALABLE APPROACH TO AGENT-GROUP STATE MAINTENANCE IN A CONTACT CENTER - A system and method for aggregating state information in a contact center. Agent-owner nodes aggregate state information for the agents they own, and, upon request from a client-side adapter, provide partial agent-group state information to the client side adapter. The client-side adapter aggregates the partial agent-group state information to form full agent-group state information and provides this full agent-group state information to clients upon request. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129618 | METHOD OF STREAMING MULTIMEDIA DATA OVER A NETWORK - A method of streaming multimedia data over a network to a client device is provided. At least one playlist file is downloaded using a transfer protocol, such as HLS, from a streaming server over the network for a selected multimedia presentation. The client device subscribes to an update event notification service with the streaming server or an intermediate server with respect to the at least one playlist file for the selected multimedia presentation and then listens for an update event notification. Only when such a notification is transmitted by the streaming server or the intermediate server to the client device is an updated version of the at least one playlist file downloaded by the client device from the streaming server over the network using the transfer protocol. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129619 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, PORTABLE INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing system includes a first information processor and a second portable information processor connected via a network. The first processor includes a first receiver receiving client identification information and a document template type from the second processor, and a first transmitter transmitting client-related information and a document template to the second processor. The second processor includes a current-position acquisition unit, a determiner determining a first client to be visited, a second transmitter transmitting first-client identification information and the document template type to the first processor, a second receiver receiving first-client-related information and/or a document template from the first processor, a document-template storage unit, a creation unit creating a document based on the document template and the first-client-related information, and a deletion unit deleting the first-client-related information and the document when the current position is distant from the first client or when a second client is determined. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129620 | INDICATING COVERAGE OF WEB APPLICATION TESTING - Testing a system under test includes intercepting, within a proxy system, a request from a client system sent to the system under test. The request is analyzed within the proxy system and sent to the system under test. Within the proxy system, a response from the system under test sent to the client system is intercepted. The response is instrumented creating a modified response indicating test coverage according to the request. The modified response is sent to the client system. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129621 | METHOD FOR TRIGGERING CLOUD SERVICE, CLOUD SERVER, AND THIN CLIENT - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for triggering a cloud service, a cloud server, and a thin client. The method includes: receiving a user's operation of triggering a key, where the key is in a preset binding relationship with a specific cloud service of the cloud server; and generating a triggering message according to the operation of triggering the key, and sending the triggering message to the cloud server, so that the cloud server invokes the specific cloud service according to the preset binding relationship. The embodiments of the present invention provide a user with a shortcut method for invoking a cloud service through a thin client, thereby improving work efficiency of the user. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129622 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PUSHING APPLICATIONS TO A WEBSITE VISITOR DURING CO-BROWSING - Apparatuses, computer readable mediums, and methods for pushing applications to a website visitor during co-browsing are disclosed. The method may include initiating a co-browsing session between an operator and a visitor. The method may include selecting an application to push to the visitor. The method may include configuring the application, and pushing the application to the visitor. The method may include co-browsing the application with the visitor. The configuring may include configuring the application by selecting content from webservers over the Internet. The content from the webservers may be received through a content provider layer. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129623 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROTECTING DATA FOR SERVER-BASED COMPUTATIONS - Methods and devices configured to provide a key-free, one-way coding of sensitive data such that efficient parallel scaling methods may be used to perform computations related to the sensitive initial data without risking unwanted disclosure of the sensitive initial data are provided. In some embodiments, a set of intermediate representations of the initial data set is calculated using a one-way computation. The set of intermediate representations is then sent to a server computing system for calculating results in a scalable manner. The initial data is secured from unwanted access at the server computing system at least because the one-way computation does not allow the initial data to be derived from the intermediate representations. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129624 | BT OFFLINE DATA DOWNLOAD SYSTEM AND METHOD, AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM - A BT offline data download system and method, and a computer storage medium with instructions to perform BT offline data download are provided. The system may include an offline download task management server that may receive a download task. The system may also include an offline download scheduling server that may perform arrangement and combination processing on the download task. An offline download server may then download data according to the download task. The data may correspond to a subset of files after the arrangement and combination processing, and store the downloaded data in a storage server. A download client device may download, from the storage server, the downloaded data of the subset of files corresponding to the download task. The subset of files may be selected by a user to be obtained at the download client device. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129625 | Adjusting Content Delivery Based On User Submissions - Methods, and systems, including computer programs encoded on computer-readable storage mediums, including a method for adjusting content delivery based on user submissions. The method includes analyzing user submissions comprising photographs, the analyzing comprising: for each of the user submissions: identifying a time the user submission occurred; identifying objects represented in the photograph; determining a subject matter of the user submission based at least in part on the objects; determining a geographic location associated with the subject matter of the user submission; determining clusters of the user submissions, each user submission in a particular cluster being similar to each other user submission in the particular cluster based on the times the user submissions occurred, the subject matters of the user submissions, and the geographic locations associated with the user submissions; and adjusting content delivery to members of a network based on the determination of one or more of the clusters. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129626 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FORMING ELECTRONIC GROUPS - Methods, computer readable media, and electronic devices are provided for forming an electronic group by determining that a plurality of electronic devices satisfy at least one proximity criterion; determining a plurality of candidate members for the electronic group according to contact list information for at least one of the plurality of electronic devices; and forming the electronic group from the plurality of candidate members. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129627 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SHARING IMAGES IN A SOCIAL NETWORK - Techniques to share images in a social networking system. In an embodiment, an image is received from a first user, the image is associated with a first archive of the first user within a social networking system, and the image is associated with a second archive of a second user within the social networking system without the social networking system receiving a request from the second user to download the image. The image may be received from a mobile device. The image may be captured by a camera of a mobile device. The image may be automatically uploaded from a mobile device. A request may be received from the second user to include the image in the second archive associated with the second user. Associating the image with the second archive of the second user may comprise including a link to the image in the second archive. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129628 | SECURE LOCATION IDENTIFICATION SERVICE - A first server may: receive, from a second server, a request for location information associated with a first user device having a first identifier and a second identifier, or a request for information to identify one or more second user devices located in a particular geographic area; determine the second identifier based on information stored by the first server mapping the second identifier to the first identifier; provide, to the third server, the second identifier to request the location information associated with the second identifier; receive the location information associated with the second identifier; and provide, to the second server, the location information associated with the user device based on receiving the location information. The first server may provide information regarding the geographic area to the third server to receive the information identifying the one or more user devices in the geographic area. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129629 | DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF SHARING SOCIAL NETWORK INFORMATION - Device, system, and method of sharing social network information. A method of sharing social information includes: obtaining from a social network social information of passengers associated with a flight; and presenting the social information to a prospective passenger of said flight. The obtaining includes obtaining from the social network in bulk social information of at least two passengers associated with a flight, by sending a query which includes an identifier of said flight, and which excludes any identifier of any passenger on said flight. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129630 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SHARING MEDIA CONTENT - A method that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving a plurality of operating commands for controlling a first presentation of media content by a first media processor device at a first display device to generate a first viewing experience and transmitting the playback file to a second media processor device via a first network, where a second presentation of the media content by the second media processor device at a second display device according to the plurality of operating commands of the playback file recreates the first viewing experience at the second display device and where the first and second media processor devices are members of the first network based upon common membership in a social media network by a first subscriber associated with the first media processor device and a second subscriber associated with the second media processor device. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129631 | SKILLS ENDORSEMENTS - Disclosed in some examples is a method comprising determining a first set of high ranking skills, the first set containing skills possessed by a member of the social networking service based upon the member's user profile; determining a second set of high ranking skills, the second set containing skills for a second member of the social networking service based on the second member's user profile; determining a third set of high ranking skills, the third set being the intersection between the first and second set of high ranking skills; and suggesting one or more of the skills in the third set of high ranking skills to the member for endorsement of the second member with respect to that skill. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129632 | Apparatus and Method for Social Account Access Control - A computer implemented method includes monitoring changes to an account accessible by a group of subscribers that form a social network. The changes to the account are compared to a normative base line to identify deviations from the normative base line. An alert is sent in response to deviations from the normative base line. The normative base line is defined by metadata gathered through an application program interface associated with the account, account entity data and a set of predefined rules. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129633 | INTERACTION SYSTEM AND INVESTIGATION METHOD - An interaction system includes a primary interaction device, for receiving a digital stream content and action information and combining the action information, content information of the digital stream content corresponding to the action information and device information to generate combination information. The interaction system also includes a secondary interaction device, for receiving interaction information of an interactive network service and performing an action of the interactive network service to generate the action information; and a server module, which includes a data base; a playing server, for generating the digital stream content; and a data managing server, for receiving the combination information to transfer the action information to the interactive network service, and storing the combination information and the interaction information in the data base. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129634 | SOCIAL MEDIA-BASED CONTENT RECOMMENDATION APPARATUS - There is provided a social media-based content recommendation apparatus including: an information collection unit configured to search one or more social media sites on the basis of received social media profile information to collect social medial information about content and deliver the social media information, an information analysis unit configured to extract one or more representative words according to an appearance frequency on the basis of the delivered social media information, determine whether a meaning of each of the extracted representative words is positive or negative, and generate and deliver content analysis information including the determination result; and a content recommendation unit configured to select recommendable content on the basis of the delivered content analysis information and deliver information about the selected recommendable content. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129635 | LOW LATENCY CLUSTER COMPUTING - An embodiment includes a low-latency mechanism for performing a checkpoint on a distributed application. More specifically, an embodiment of the invention includes processing a first application on a compute node, which is included in a cluster, to produce first computed data and then storing the first computed data in volatile memory included locally in the compute node; halting the processing of the first application, based on an initiated checkpoint, and storing first state data corresponding to the halted first application in the volatile memory; storing the first state information and the first computed data in non-volatile memory included locally in the compute node; and resuming processing of the halted first application and then continuing the processing the first application to produce second computed data while simultaneously pulling the first state information and the first computed data from the non-volatile memory to an input/output (IO) node. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129636 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VISUALIZING SOCIAL NETWORK ELEMENTS - A visualizing apparatus of social network elements collects social network relationship information, community information, and content information of a user, generates relationship data between the user, the contents, and the community using the collected information, and visualizes an association relationship between the user, the contents, and the community using the relationship data between the user, the contents, and the community. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129637 | Methods and System for Sharing Gadgets Between Users - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates sharing gadgets. The system allows a sender to specify a gadget to share with a recipient and how a set of configuration parameters are to be shared with the recipient. The system further receives an identifier for the recipient. The system also communicates the gadget to the recipient, thereby allowing the recipient to use the gadget in accordance with the configuration parameters. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129638 | INFORMATION COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, INFORMATION COMMUNICATION METHOD, INFORMATION COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An information communication apparatus includes a communication unit, a detection unit, and a social network processing unit. The communication unit is configured to connect to a network. The detection unit is configured to detect an operation performed by a user in a real world. The social network processing unit is configured to perform a predetermined process on a social network service based on the detection results obtained from the detection unit via the communication unit. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129639 | COLLABORATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS - Systems, configurations, and methods of managing collaboration of content are disclosed. A content collaboration system can be configured to manage collaborating subject matter within one or more activity streams. A user can create a new collaboration object associated with particular content using the content collaboration system. The content collaboration system is configured to format data related to the collaboration object according to the different activity stream formats and to insert the formatted data into the one or more activity streams. Other users are allowed to collaborate around the particular content on the different activity streams. The content collaboration system is configured to update the collaboration object according to the collaboration on the different activity streams. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129640 | CONTENT PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTENT PROCESSING METHOD, COMPUTER- READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A content processing device accumulates, at every predetermined time period, social information that defines the relationship and the degree of intimacy between users calculated based on lifelog information between the users; determines a time period when a content was generated, out of the predetermined time periods, from meta-information of the content; determines an evaluation time period from the determined time period; calculates a degree of intimacy between shared users during the evaluation time period; determines the priority of the evaluation time period according to the magnitude of the degree of intimacy; and controls output of the content generated during the evaluation time period according to the determined priority. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129641 | TRANSMISSION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - A disclosed transmission management system includes a receiver unit to receive alteration information for altering a communication status of a first transmission terminal from the first transmission terminal that communicates with a second transmission terminal to exchange content data, a terminal management unit to manage first status information indicating the communication status of the first transmission terminal, an acquisition unit to acquire the first status information from the terminal management unit in a case where the receiver unit receives the alteration information for altering the communication status of the first transmission terminal, and an alteration unit to alter the first status information managed by the terminal management unit, based on the alteration information for altering the communication status of the first transmission terminal received by the receiver unit and the first status information acquired by the acquisition unit. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129642 | WORK PROCESS COLLABORATION MANAGEMENT - A collaboration message is received at a computer system network node of a computer network that operates in a decentralized arrangement such that network nodes comprise work process sources and destinations, and the collaboration messages convey process state updates among the collaborators. There is no central authority though which all process messages and state updates must pass and which thereby may create a system bottleneck and limit system growth. The computer system is scalable and system operation remains efficient with increasing numbers of network nodes. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129643 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING COLLABORATION SERVICES AMONG PLURAL APPLICATIONS AND COLLABORATION AGENT DEVICE THEREFOR - A method for providing collaboration services and a collaboration agent device for implementing the method, which allows the collaboration agent devices to handle common functions necessary for the collaboration services and the applications to indirectly interact with each other using the collaboration agent devices so that applications running executed in two or more smart devices can provide the collaboration services in collaboration with each other. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129644 | METHOD AND SOFTWARE FOR ENABLING N-WAY COLLABORATIVE WORK OVER A NETWORK OF COMPUTERS - Method, software, and system for efficiently enabling n-way collaborative work using common software over a network of computers. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, each participant in a collaborative session starts up a common software application, which includes a collaboration component. This collaboration component is used to establish a common session that includes all interested parties. The collaboration component replicates operations performed on any one instance of said application to all other instances participating in the same session, so the effect is as if all members of the session were sharing a single instance of the application on a single computer. In one aspect, the collaboration component also supports broadcast of audio and video over a computer network, to enable session participants to see and/or hear each other, and further includes other features that support collaborative work. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129645 | Document Collaboration Method - The present disclosure provides a document collaboration method, which applies a plurality of clients to process a document located on a server collaboratively. The document comprises a plurality of document fragments. The document collaboration method comprises the following steps: each client selects a document fragment which has not been selected by other clients in the document to edit, and sends the edited data relevant to the document to the server; and, the server forwards the data to other clients. Compared with the prior art, the document collaboration method in the present disclosure has the following advantages that a collaboration document is divided into several document fragments, and only one client has an exclusive permission to edit the document fragments at a same moment, thus no conflict will be caused when a plurality of users modify the same content. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129646 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING SECURITY CONTROL BY USING CAPTURED IMAGE - A method for performing security control includes selectively controlling at least one camera module of an electronic device to capture at least one image and outputting the at least one image, for security of the electronic device. For example, the method includes: activating a screen lock function that is associated with a password; and when it is detected that a string that differs from the password is entered, controlling the module to capture the image and outputting the image. In another example, the method includes: activating a remote control function, allowing the electronic device to be remotely controlled, through at least one of a telecommunication network and a wireless local area network, by an application that runs on a processor of another electronic device; and based upon remote control of the application, controlling the camera module to capture the image and outputting the image. An associated apparatus is also provided. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129647 | System and Method for Providing an Application to a Device - The disclosed embodiments include a system and method for providing at least one electronic application to at least one device. In one embodiment, the method includes acquiring device information that relates to the device and determining whether the device supports the at least one application based on the device information. The method may further include generating an electronic message for the device wherein the message contains at least one link for acquiring the at least one application when the device supports the application. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129648 | AUTOMATED OUT-OF-OFFICE NOTIFICATION REMINDER - A method performed by a network element, and the network element, the method determining, according to a triggering event, whether out-of-office messaging is active for an electronic mail account; and providing a notification that the out-of-office messaging is active based on the determining. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129649 | SORTING ELECTRONIC MESSAGES USING ATTRIBUTES OF THE SENDER ADDRESS - Systems and methods for sorting electronic messages using attributes of senders or of sender addresses. An electronic messaging server sorts electronic messages using attributes associated with the senders or sender addresses of the electronic messages. The sender addresses and associated attributes are stored in an accept list. A sorting module uses the accept list to sort the electronic messages into various folders. The sorting module can also access other data sources, such as a contact list, to assist in sorting the electronic messages. The attributes can be determined independently of the user or can be set directly by the user. The attributes can also identify a status of a sender such as whether the sender is authorized, unauthorized, or unconfirmed. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129650 | MEDIA MESSAGING METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES - A wireless communications system that allows a mobile phone, tablet or personal computer user the ability to initiate the sending of a text message or email whereby the sender is able to include photographs, graphs, pie charts and the like within the flow of the actual word by word texting or email writing process, without depending on the traditional necessary step to “attach” the photograph. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129651 | HUMAN-ASSISTED CHAT INFORMATION SYSTEM - Disclosed is a technology for providing information to users of a chat information system. The chat information system may receive an information request from a user. The information request may be processed to determine its subject area and forwarded to information sources or external communication services, such as social networks, forums, and the like. Answers received from the information sources and external communication services may be validated and selected based on user feedbacks and ratings. The selected answers may be then delivered to the users of the chat information system. After receiving the answers, the user may evaluate them to be further stored for future use by the chat information system. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129652 | System and Method of Secure File Sharing Using P2P - A method is provided for sharing a file between a sender mobile device and a recipient mobile device. Nearby mobile devices to the sender mobile device are detected through a detection application. A recipient mobile device is selected from among the nearby mobile devices. A message is sent to the recipient mobile device including a link representing a file to be shared with the recipient mobile device. This link is actuatable on the recipient mobile device to request permission from a permission server. Upon permission being granted, the file is permitted to be downloaded to the recipient mobile device from a file server. The sender mobile device receives a confirmation once the recipient mobile device has received the file. P2P networks are preferably used for the detection and initial messaging. A method of accessing a shared file is also provided. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129653 | ELECTRONIC MESSAGE ALERTING - Embodiments of the present invention provide a system, method, and program product to provide a user creating an electronic message one or more alerts related to the content and addressees of the electronic message. A computer identifies the one or more addressees of the electronic message. The computer determines one or more alerts associated with each of the identified one or more addressees. The computer displays the alerts in a manner that each step is performed prior to the computer transmitting the electronic message for delivery to one or more addressees. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129654 | Media exchange network supporting local and remote personalized media overlay - Certain aspects of the invention for displaying alerts in a communication network may comprise receiving an alert from a first device coupled to the communication network. A message corresponding to the received alert may be generated within a home and displayed on a television screen within the home. The generated message may be displayed along with a media broadcast on the television screen and an acknowledgment of the displayed message may be received via a user selection. The acknowledgement may be received from a remote control that controls various functions of the television screen. Displaying of the generated message may be terminated upon receiving the acknowledgement or the generated message may be displayed for a predetermined or specified period of time. The alert, which may be received via a wireless and/or a wired connection, may indicate a status of the first and/or a second device. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129655 | SIGNATURE GENERATION USING MESSAGE SUMMARIES - Systems and methods for processing a message are provided. A message may be processed to generate a message summary by removing or replacing certain words, phrases, sentences, punctuation, and the like. Message signatures based upon the message summary may be generated and stored in a signature database, which may be used to identify and/or classify spam messages. Subsequently received messages may be classified by signature and processed based on classification. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129656 | INTERNET CONTENT MARKING - Distributing content markings includes receiving, from a first entity, marking content corresponding to Internet content and author presentation instructions associated with the marking content. When a request to view the Internet or marking content is received from a second entity, the received author presentation instructions are used to determine whether the second entity is approved to view marking content associated with the requested Internet content. Dependent on whether the second entity is approved to view the marking content, presentation of the information associated with the marking content concurrently with the requested Internet content is enabled. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129657 | Messaging Proxy System - A messaging proxy system is disclosed for the purpose of delivering data in the form of a portable message format from a producer running on a mobile or non-mobile computer, over any wireless network, by passing this data through an intermediary proxy computer program, to one or more recipients running on mobile or non-mobile computers. The system includes a message proxy computer program with at least one pluggable transport protocol adapter. The proxy contains a command subsystem for sending and receiving command- and message-tokens to and from the mobile clients. The system further includes a thin messaging middleware client to run on mobile devices. The thin messaging middleware client includes at least one pluggable protocol adapter. The client also comprises a command subsystem for sending and receiving command- and message-tokens to and from the proxy The proxy also contains a communication subsystem for sending and receiving messages via a state of the art message oriented middleware. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129658 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN A SERVER AND A CLIENT DEVICE - Systems and methods providing users with a rich web experience are disclosed. In one embodiment, a client and at least one server are in communication using a dual communication link. In another embodiment, a markup language based instant messaging application is disclosed. The instant messaging application may include group instant messaging. The instant messaging application may also provide group member persistence and message persistence at the server. In another embodiment, a card based web application is disclosed, where the card information and character may be shared with other users or within a group. The cards may also be configurable by users. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129659 | SELF-DESCRIBED RENDERING OF DATA - Systems and methods that may be used in instant messaging (IM) environments to allow users in IM environments to share information and render shared information are described herein. In at least one embodiment, a system can receive an indication to publish a geographical location of a client and based on the indication to publish, a system can provide the geographical location of the client and instruction code for rendering an indication of the geographical location of the client within a map. In some embodiments, the geographical location of the client can be presented to one or more users, or contacts, in instant messaging environments. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129660 | Building a Social Graph with Sharing Activity Between Users of the Open Web - A social graph is built which includes interactions, sharing activity, and connections between the users of the open Web and can be used to improve ad targeting and content personalization. Sharing activity between two users will affect ads or content that both users will be presented while surfing the Web. This sharing activity includes sending of links, sending of videos, sending of files, cutting and pasting of content, sending text messages, and sending of e-mails. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129661 | Smart Web Notifications - Methods and systems that provide browser notifications are provided. A plurality of communication channels are established between a client device and one or more servers. The plurality of communication channels are associated with a plurality of notification sources for a web application. One or more notifications from the plurality of notification sources are identified. An importance score is generated for each of the one or more identified notifications. An importance score is generated based on a characteristic of a user's interactions with the client device. The one or more notifications are displayed in a viewing area of the client device. The importance score determines an order of display and duration of display for each notification. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129662 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATED TRANSACTIONS - The invention described herein relates to systems and methods for facilitating transactions between a transaction service, one or more clients, one or more computers, and sources of information such as meteorologists and weather databases. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129663 | REMOTE INTERACTION WITH ELECTRONIC DEVICES - An approach for providing remote interaction (e.g., technical support) with electronic devices (e.g., mobile devices such as mobile phones, tablets, laptops, etc.) is provided. Specifically, remote control of a first electronic device may be obtained by an administrator device or the like. The first electronic device may then be remotely operated by the administrator device to view, indicate, and/or perform features/functions of a second electronic device needing technical support. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129664 | TRANSFERRING DATA OVER A REMOTE DIRECT MEMORY ACCESS (RDMA) NETWORK - Embodiments that provide one-shot remote direct memory access (RDMA) are provided. In one embodiment, a single command for a completion process of a remote direct memory access (RDMA) operation is received in a computing device. The computing device executes the completion process of the RDMA operation in response to the single command being received. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129665 | DYNAMIC DATA PREFETCHING - Technology is disclosed for data prefetching on a computing device utilizing a cloud based file system. The technology can receive a current execution state and a data access pattern associated with an instance of an application executing on a computing device. The technology can further receive a data access pattern associated with another instance of the application executing on another computing device. The technology can utilize the received data access patterns to determine one or more future access requests for a subset of data associated with the application, where the one or more future access requests is a function of the current execution state of the application executing on the computing device. The technology can generate a prefetching profile utilizing the determined subset of data. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129666 | PREEMPTIVE CACHING OF DATA - A first computing device receives a first request from a client computing device, wherein the first request includes a markup language request. The first computing device transmits the first request to a second computing device, wherein the second computing device services the first request. The first computing device receives the serviced first request, wherein the serviced first request includes a manifest tag. The first computing device caches the serviced first request. The first computing device transmits the serviced first request to the client computing device. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129667 | CONTENT DELIVERY SYSTEM, CONTROLLER AND CONTENT DELIVERY METHOD - From a cache server that temporarily retains at least part of a plural number of contents stored in a storage apparatus, a controller receives an access frequency to the contents and a load state of the cache server. The controller also receives, from a packet forwarding apparatus, information of a terminal being or not being in a service area. The controller decides that a content an access frequency to which is higher than a predetermined threshold value will be allocated to two or more of the plural number of the cache servers predetermined. The controller also decides that at least part of the other contents will be allocated to the plural number of the cache servers using at least one out of the access frequency, the load state, the information of a terminal being or not being in a service area and topology information of the mobile network. The controller instructs the cache servers to retain the contents depending on the decided allocation. | 2014-05-08 |
20140129668 | DELIVERING AND TRACKING VIRAL INVITATIONAL CONTENT - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for managing a viral invitational content campaign. Invitational content is delivered with a user interface element that, upon selection, transmits a forwarding request to the content delivery server. The content delivery server generates a link with a unique identifier and creates a forwarding entry that includes the unique identifier and identifies the item of invitational content. The link is returned in response to the forwarding request. Upon selection of the link, a request including the unique identifier is transmitted to the content delivery server which accesses the corresponding forwarding entry to return the corresponding item of invitational content. A viral campaign dictates a target spend range and throttling methods are utilized to manage the spend. Invitational content forwarding, delivery cost, and content selection are variable to manage the spend. Calculated metrics are also used to manage spend. | 2014-05-08 |