38th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 211 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140280305 | HIGH PERFORMANCE DNS TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT - The present disclosure provides systems, methods, and products for high performance implementation of traffic management rules. In various embodiments, traffic management rules, such as DNS traffic management rules, are functionally expressed as rows in one or more lookup tables that are deployed to DNS resolution servers. The DNS resolution server uses the domain name, resource record type, traffic management rule types, and/or traffic management variable values to search for or look up an answer, from among multiple answers corresponding to the domain name and resource record type that meets the traffic management criteria. This look up is done without executing conventional traffic management code or scripts. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280306 | ADAPTIVE CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT DATABASES - Adaptive configuration database management. An adaptive configuration management database (ACMDB) system receives a request message for configuration data from a requesting device. The request is for configuration data for a device coupled with the ACMDB. In response to the request, the ACMDB provides a response message with indicators for sources of configuration data rather than the configuration data. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280307 | QUESTION ANSWERING TO POPULATE KNOWLEDGE BASE - Methods and systems are provided for a question answering. In some implementations, a data element to be updated is identified in a knowledge graph and a query is generated based at least in part on the data element. The query is provided to a query processing engine. Information is received from the query processing engine in response to the query. The knowledge graph is updated based at least in part on the received information. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280308 | Flexible Column Selection in Relational Databases - An approach is provided to expand attributes included in an SQL expansion clause into a number of selection statements. In the approach, an expansion clause is identified in within a Structured Query Language (SQL) statement with the SQL statement identifying a relational database table. Column attributes associated with the identified relational database table are compared to attributes included in the identified expansion clause. Columns included in the relational database table are then selected based on the comparison. SQL column selection statements are then generated with each of the generated SQL column selection statements corresponding to one of the selected columns. The generated SQL column selection statements are then included in the SQL statement. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280309 | Efficient SQL Based Multi-Attribute Clustering - Efficient SQL based multi-attribute clustering of data attributes may be used to identify the most relevant combination of data attributes to an outcome. A global outcome value may be calculated to represent an average of the outcome. A subset outcome value for each subset of data attributes of a plurality of attributes may be calculated to represent average of the outcome for the subset. For each subset of data attributes, a number of members associated with the subset may be compared to a threshold, and the subsets with less members than the threshold may be removed. The subset outcome value for each subset of data attributes may be compared to the global outcome value, and a report may be generated that identifies each subset for which the corresponding subset outcome value is greater than or less than the global outcome value. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280310 | COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED SEARCH SYSTEM - A computer implemented method of searching for services desired by a user comprising compiling a database of establishments available for the user to search, the database comprising a profile about each establishment, the profile comprising the establishment's category of services provided, the location and the available appointment days and times for providing the services, and providing a search program operable by a computer processor accessible by a user operating a computer or a mobile device in which the user can search for a service by selecting one or more of a category of service, name of an establishment, a location, or a date and time available for an appointment and the user can confirm an available appointment with an establishment directly from their own computer or mobile device. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280311 | CLOUD PLATFORM AND DATA EXCHANGING METHOD - A cloud platform comprises a first tenant server, a second tenant server, a first tenant database, a second tenant database, and a cloud data exchanging system. The first tenant server and the second tenant server are coupled to the first client and the second client respectively. The first tenant database and the second tenant database are respectively coupled to the first tenant server and the second tenant server via the cloud data exchanging system. The cloud data exchanging system, after receiving a query request from the second client via the second tenant server, determines whether the data relation table has any data links belonging to the second client. If so, the cloud data exchanging system finds database information from a database connection table according to the data link and enters the first tenant database according to the database information. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280312 | Semantic Vector in a Method and Apparatus for Keeping and Finding Information - A semantic vector is generated for a search term based upon a global frequency of other, closely related terms within a corpus that is used to compute the semantic vector relative to the search term. The semantic vector is used in connection with a textual search engine, responsive to a user query comprising a search term, to promote any of documents and sites within results returned to the query by the search engine that contain other, closely related terms that strongly correlate with the search term. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280313 | PROCESSING UNSTRUCTURED DATA STREAMS USING CONTINUOUS QUERIES - Systems and methods for continuous processing of unstructured data streams are provided. Information may be stored in memory regarding a query, including associated search results and statistics derived at an identified time. After the identified time, unstructured data may be received from a plurality of streams over a communication network. A full-text search may be conducted on the received unstructured data based on the query to yield one or more matches. The stored statistics associated with the query may be retrieved from memory and updated based on the search results of the unstructured data received at the subsequent time. The updated statistics may then be stored in memory for retrieval at a subsequent time. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280314 | Dimensional Articulation and Cognium Organization for Information Retrieval Systems - Systems and methods are provided that relate to dimensional articulation and cognium organization in information retrieval systems. These include, without limitation, the refinement, elucidation and presentation of dimensionally articulated controls; methods for utilizing cognium based dimensional data in the context of an information retrieval system; methods that enable hinting and inference processes for sememetic casting of terms within an IR system; methods that enable machine and human collaboration on the creation, editing, maintenance, and evaluation of dimensional tag curation for indexed artifacts; methods that enable an information retrieval system to dimensionally articulate the results of semantic analysis of an input query; methods that enable creating, editing and using training artifact sets for dimensional curation in an IR system; methods that enable creating and editing custom curation definitions; and methods for creating, maintaining and using role based indices in a dimensionally articulated IR system. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280315 | Athlete Recruiting Network - An athlete recruiting network in which athletes create athlete profiles that are stored within an athlete module of a recruiting database. One or more coaches use coach interfaces to create coaching rosters that are stored within a coach module within the recruiting database. The athlete interfaces and the coach interfaces include computers, laptops, telephones and other forms of remote terminals that are wired or wirelessly connected to the database. The athlete recruiting network allows coaches to search for one or more athletes based on desired characteristics such as athletic statistics, the athlete's position or particular skills, the athlete's academic achievements, and other criteria designated by the coach. Further, the athlete-recruiting network allows the athletes to promote their particular skills or abilities to coaches searching for athletes to complete the coach's roster. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280316 | LOCATION-BASED MOBILE SERVICES AND APPLICATIONS - In one aspect, the present disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses for performing a location-based search from a mobile device in a given location including an imaging sensor configured to capture a signal broadcast from a light source and a processor in communication with the imaging sensor configured to receive the signal from the imaging sensor, demodulate the signal to determine an identifier associated with the light source, receive a search query from a mobile device user requesting information relevant to the location of the mobile device, transmit the identifier and the search query to a search service, and in response to the transmission comprising the identifier and the search query, receive the information relevant to the location of the mobile device. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280317 | EFFICIENT PUBLISH/SUBSCRIBE SYSTEMS - A publish/subscribe system is described that can adjust to provide high performance for diverse application environments through an attribute structure based on predicates of a subscription, each attribute structure with one or more buckets to which attribute values of a subscription may be stored. Various data structures can be used in the attribute structure to locate the buckets containing the subscriptions. The data structures selected for each subscription are based on the attribute type and predicate operators of the subscription. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280318 | Method and System for Generating a Geocode Trie and Facilitating Reverse Geocode Lookups - A method and system generates a model of a geographic area for use in identifying locations of the geographic area. A set of variably sized tiles is defined for each of a set of overlapping geometries in the geographic area. Each of the variably sized tiles is defined by a geohash, where the size of the tile is dependent on a granularity of the geohash. A geocode trie structure representing the variably sized tiles can be constructed and used to map one or more provided location coordinates to at least one of the geometries represented by the tiles. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280319 | STREAMING REPRESENTATION OF MOVING OBJECTS AND SHAPES IN A GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SERVICE - A geographical information system (GIS) is described that enables querying, analysis and visualization of real-time streaming data pertaining to at least one moving object or entity (e.g., vehicles, people, sensors, weather phenomena, etc.) in conjunction with relatively static multi-temporal geospatial data. An application programming interface is provided to present the GIS functionality for handling dynamically moving objects or entities to clients. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280320 | Systems, Methods, and Apparatus for Utility Common Pool Database - Certain embodiments of the invention may include systems, methods, and apparatus for providing for utility common pool database. According to an example embodiment of the invention, a method is provided for utilizing a common pool database. The method may include transmitting, by one or more networks, one or more queries comprising location data from a mobile device to a server in communication with a database; receiving, from the database by the one or more networks, localized field information based at least in part on the one or more queries; and outputting the localized field information via the mobile device. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280321 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND MEDIA FOR PROVIDING A CUSTOMIZED OUTPUT BASED ON DATA OBTAINED USING RADIO-FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID) - Systems, methods and media are provided for providing a customized output based on data obtained using RFID. One method includes receiving from at least one RFID reader identification (ID) information stored in a plurality of RFID devices. The method also includes searching and gathering data related to a plurality of individuals carrying the plurality of RFID devices from at least one of a database and an online source based on the ID information. The databases include personal information corresponding to each of the plurality of individuals. The method further includes analyzing the gathered data to update the personal information and to search for additional data related to the individuals and correlating the gathered data and the updated personal information to derive relationships amongst the individuals. The method also includes providing a customized output using at least one of the gathered data, the updated personal information and the derived relationships. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280322 | CLAIMS-BASED QUERYING IN AN ONLINE SYSTEM - A social networking system allows its users to perform a structured search that returns objects (e.g., other users and pages) in the social networking system. A searching user may remove or add objects to the search by interacting with the returned objects. Adding or removing an object generates a claim stored by the social networking system that an object has or does not have, respectively, characteristics based on the search query. Additionally, the searching user may also request presentation of the search query to other users, which may be selected by the social networking system based on their predicted expertise. A dialog between the searching user and a selected other user may be provided to allow the searching user to provide the search query to the selected other user and to receive a response. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280323 | FILE SYSTEM MANAGER FOR CUSTOMIZED RESOURCE ALLOCATION - Systems and processes provide network clients on various platforms a customized file system experience on demand while managing files (e.g., computer animation files) across a variety of storage devices spread across a network of arbitrary size (local area networks, wide area networks, worldwide networks, the world wide web, etc.). Clients may specify a set of requirements for an instantiation of a file system interface or object for a given application. Such requirements may include storage location, file quality, capacity, scale, permanence, speed, and the like. The system may then provide to the client a customized file system interface with particular hardware resources allocated to satisfy the designated file system requirements. The file system interface may coordinate file delivery, allocation, tracking, transportation, caching, deletion, and the like. The system may manage and allocate hardware resources ranging from a local client computer to distant hard drive banks across the world. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280324 | EXECUTING STORED PROCEDURES AT PARALLEL DATABASES - The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for executed stored procedures at parallel databases. Stored procedures are transformed so that execution of the stored procedure is split between a standalone database server and a parallel database coordinator. Execution of the stored procedure is initiated at the standalone database server. At execution time, control-flow statements, variable assignment, expression evaluation, etc., are handled by the standalone database server. SQL statements are passed from the standalone database server to the database for the execution. Results from executed SQL statements can be returned to the standalone database server or to a client. The parallel database coordinator can be added as a linked server to the standalone database server. In some embodiments, a session token is used to share session state between different parties. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280325 | SUSPENDING AND RESUMING CONTINUOUS QUERIES OVER DATA STREAMS - In an embodiment, a method comprises processing an input data stream as the data stream is streamed and producing a derived stream therefrom; storing the input data stream in an input archive; suspending processing of the input data stream; subsequent to suspending processing, resuming processing of the input data stream, wherein resuming comprises: storing newly received data in the input data stream in a buffer, as the input data stream is streamed; determining a first timestamp; determining a second timestamp; searching the input archive to find a data item that matches the first timestamp of the last processed data item; processing data in the input archive having timestamps that are greater than the first timestamp until arriving at data with a third timestamp that is greater than the second timestamp; processing the input data stream from the buffer; continuing processing the input data stream as the input stream is streamed. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280326 | QUERYING ONE OR MORE DATABASES - A system and method for querying a database is disclosed. Database tables are represented as nodes in a model. Each node is associated with at least one leaf. The nodes can be interconnected with one another. A model input is received by a server from a client device, the model input including a starting node, one or more leaves, and optionally one or more filters. A query is executed against a database based on the model input. A subsequent query can be generated by selecting a result of the first query. Also disclosed is a technique for cancelling queries. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280327 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENOMIC VARIANT ANNOTATION - A system for annotating genomic variant files includes an application server, an annotation database, a genomic database, and an annotation processing computer system. The genomic database may be graph-oriented. The annotation processing computer system processes can process variant files in batch modes and includes annotation modules designed to improve the speed of the annotation process. The batch modes may include batch transmission, and/or batch annotation. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280328 | Database Interface to Create Queries for Multiple Databases - An apparatus includes a query polling module that sends a request from a local computer to a remote computer. The request includes a request for query update information that is located on and/or is accessible to the remote computer. The local computer is in communication with one or more local databases over a local network. The remote computer is remote from the local network. The apparatus includes, in one embodiment, a query update receiver module that receives query update information from the remote computer and a query update module that updates a set of scheduled queries based on the query update information. The apparatus includes, in another embodiment, an execution module that sends each query of the updated set of scheduled queries to an applicable local database of the one or more local databases, and a results module that receives results of the queries and provides access to the results. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280329 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CROSS-REFERENCING FEED ITEMS - Disclosed are methods, apparatus, systems, and computer readable storage media for interacting with a record via a single user interface. The user interface includes a publisher and an information feed. A user may request to interact with the record from the publisher. Information may be submitted through the publisher to interact with the record to update the record. A feed item may be presented for inclusion in the information feed based on the update. One or more entities may be cross-referenced with the feed item so that the same feed item is provided in the feeds of each of the one or more entities. Identification of the entities to be cross-referenced with the feed item can come from data defined by a user in a payload, data defined by a system administrator, and/or record relationship information in a database system. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280330 | PERTURBATION OF A SHARED, DISTRIBUTED CUBE - A method of performing a query on a cube of data is provided. A cube of data is distributed onto a plurality of computing devices with each computing device of the plurality of computing devices storing a different portion of the cube of data. A perturbation rule configured for application to the cube of data and associated with a user is received. A process space associated with the user is created. The received perturbation rule is compiled in association with the created process space. A query on the portion of the cube of data stored at the computing device is received. The received query is associated with the created process space. The query is processed while applying the compiled perturbation rule to data extracted from the portion of the cube of data stored at the computing device. A result of the processed query is sent to a requesting computing device. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280331 | FILTERING OF A SHARED, DISTRIBUTED CUBE - A method of performing a query on a cube of data is provided. An access key associated with a user is created at a computing device. The access key defines the user's access to a cube of data distributed onto a plurality of computing devices with each computing device of the plurality of computing devices storing a different portion of the cube of data. A plurality of access masks is stored in association with the portion of the cube of data stored on the computing device. A process space associated with the user is created. A query on the cube of data is received by the computing device. The query is associated with the user. The query is processed while masking the created access key with the stored plurality of access masks, wherein the masking controls access to the stored portion of the cube of data. A result of the processed query is sent to a requesting computing device. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280332 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CANCELLING A QUERY - Systems and methods for querying a database are disclosed. A server computing device includes a processor and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the server computing device to: receive a query input from a client device over a network connection; establish a non-blocking socket between the client computing device and the server computing device; generate a database query based on the query input; cause the database query to begin executing against one or more databases; perform a read request on the non-blocking socket; receive a code in response to the read request on the non-blocking socket; determine whether the network connection exists between the client device and the server device based on the received code; and cause the database query to be cancelled when the server determines that the network connection does not exist between the client device and the server device. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280333 | MANAGEMENT OF DIFFERENT DATABASE SYSTEMS AND/OR ENVIRONMENTS - A database request can be processed at least partly based on one or more differences between multiple database systems and/or environments. The differences can, for example, include differences between one or more database capabilities respectively provided by the multiple database systems, differences between the representation of data in the multiple database systems, and differences in the interfaces for accessing the multiple database systems. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280334 | REPORTING AND ANALYTICS TOOL INTEGRATED WITH CLOUD SERVICE APPLICATIONS - The present solution is directed to reporting and analytics tools uniquely designed for easy integration with cloud based applications and enterprise applications with on-premise data and easy use by such applications' end users. The present solution provides this functionality as a service to cloud service providers, enabling them to augment their product's capabilities with a reporting and analytics tools that is seamlessly and securely integrated with their product. The present solution is also beneficial as a reporting tool in any market or vertical to enable end users to easily and securely create custom reports. As such, the present solution reduces the skills required for such reports and reduces the delay, time and expense of using specially skilled resources or technical resources to build the custom reports for the end users. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280335 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO ALLOW A DOMAIN NAME SERVER TO PROCESS A NATURAL LANGUAGE QUERY AND DETERMINE CONTEXT - A method for processing a natural language query and determining context includes receiving a natural language query from a user device, determining context of the user device, using the determined context to identify a web server having information related to the natural language query, sending information identifying the user device and the natural language query to the web server; and identifying the web server to the user device. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280336 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMPARING DOCUMENT VERSIONS ENCODED IN A HIERARCHICAL REPRESENTATION - This invention discloses a novel system and method for comparing electronic documents that are created on different software platforms or that are in different data formats by traversing the two hierarchical representations of the documents in a manner so as to selectively ignore nodes in the hierarchy and attempt to resynchronize the sequence of traversing when nodes have no matching content. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280337 | ATTRIBUTE DETECTION - The present disclosure is directed to computer-implemented methods and systems for identifying an attribute and/or attribute value in a text string. In embodiments, the text string comprises a search query submitted by a user. Embodiments of the present disclosure include identifying an attribute value from a search query by comparing the search query string to a list of known attribute values and comparing the candidate attribute value to a knowledge base to confirm that the string represents an attribute value rather than a non-attribute concept. In embodiments, a Bloom filter is employed to execute a relatively efficient comparison between a candidate attribute value and known non-attribute concepts. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280338 | DISTRIBUTED NETWORK ANALYTICS - In an embodiment, a method comprises receiving, at an analytics engine, from a separate analytics application, an analytics query for data that is potentially available in data streams of networked computing devices; sending, to a distributed network analytics controller, sub-queries based on the analytics query; determining distributed network analytics agents capable of executing each of the sub-queries; sending instructions to the agents to initiate the sub-queries for the data at specified locations; initiating execution of the sub-queries on data streams that are locally available at one of the networked computing devices at which the agents are running; forming summarized data streams and zero or more raw data streams at the networked computing devices having the analytics agents; sending the summarized data streams and the zero or more raw data streams to the analytics engine; wherein the method is performed by computing device(s). | 2014-09-18 |
20140280339 | INTEGRATING OFFERS - Methods, computer systems, and computer-storage media are provided for generating offers. Offers may be generated upon being associated with one or more of a keyword, a search query input, a search query history for a user, a current trend, a social trend (either user-specific or not user-specific social trends), a user location, and the like. Upon determining the association between one or more offers and at least one of the above-listed factors, the one or more relevant offers may be displayed in a variety of ways including, but not limited to, in conjunction with search results, on an offers portal dedicated to presentation of offers, in a mapping application of a mobile device, and the like. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280340 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO SEARCH DATASETS - Methods and apparatus to search datasets are disclosed. Example methods include in response to a search request including first and second logically related criteria, determining a first number of records in a database satisfying the first criterion and a second number of records in the database satisfying the second criterion; when the first number is less than the second number, selecting the first criterion as a basis for generating a subset of the records of the database; when the second number is less than the first number, selecting the second criterion as the basis for the identification of the subset of the records of the database; and searching the subset of the records. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280341 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM FOR CONTEXTUAL DATA MINING - An apparatus, computer-readable medium, and computer-implemented method for contextual data mining using a relational data set includes monitoring one or more data sources for information relating to the relational data set, the relational data set comprising one or more data objects in one or more classes, detecting activity corresponding to a first data object in the one or more data objects based at least in part on information gathered from at least one data source, determining whether the activity exceeds a predefined threshold, identifying a second data object in the one or more data objects which is connected to the first data object based at least in part on an analysis of relationships between the one or more data objects, and transmitting information relating to the second data object based at least in part on a determination that the activity exceeds the predefined threshold. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280342 | SECURE MATCHING SUPPORTING FUZZY DATA - Provided are techniques for secure matching supporting fuzzy data. A first bloom filter for a first data element is retrieved, wherein each of the characters in the data element has been encrypted with a beginning offset position of the character and encrypted with an end offset position of the character to produce two encrypted values that are added to the first bloom filter. A second bloom filter for a second data element is retrieved. The first bloom filter and the second bloom filter are compared to determine whether there is a match between the first data element and the second data element. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280343 | SIMILARITY DETERMINATION BETWEEN ANONYMIZED DATA ITEMS - A method of determining a similarity between records in a data set is provided. Data organized into a plurality of records is received. First characters associated with a field and a first record of the plurality of records are selected. The selected first characters are encoded and subdivided into a first sliding series of a defined number of characters. Second characters associated with the field and a second record of the plurality of records are selected. The selected second characters are encoded and subdivided into a second sliding series of the defined number of characters. Whether or not the first sliding series and the second sliding series are similar is determined by comparing the encoded and subdivided first characters to the encoded and subdivided second characters using a fuzzy matching algorithm. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280344 | Inexact Search Acceleration - A system and method are disclosed for inexact search acceleration using reference data. A representative system includes one or more memory circuits storing a plurality of queries and a FM-index of the reference data; and one or more FPGAs configured to select a query; select a substring of the selected query; read a section of the FM-index and calculate a plurality of suffix array intervals for the substring with a corresponding plurality of prepended characters in a first or next position; read a first or next character in the first or next position of the query and select a suffix array interval for the read first character; determine whether the suffix array interval is valid and whether a beginning of the query has been reached; returning a first search result when the suffix array interval is valid and the beginning of the query has been reached; and returning a second search result that no match of the query with the reference data was found when the suffix array interval is not valid. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280345 | AUTOMATED AND DELEGATED MODEL-BASED ROW LEVEL SECURITY - Business groups are created to secure business entities of a BI data model. In one aspect, a user to be secured is selected and a business group of the BI model is retrieved. Based on the business group, access to a business entity of the BI model is secured. The business group is associated with the business entity it secures. A value of the secured business entity is selected. A user is secured by assigning the user to the business group for the selected value. The value of the secured business entity is assigned to the user. In one aspect, requests from the user to access the secured business entity are filtered based on the assigned, to the user, value of the business entity. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280346 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO RELEASE IMS RESOURCES USED BY IMS BATCH APPLICATION PROGRAMS - The embodiments provide a system for managing access to Information Management System (IMS) database resources. The system may include an initialization routine configured to generate a first task in response to an IMS batch job request to enable an application program access to IMS resources including attaching an IMS Coordinator Controller. The IMS Coordinator Controller may be configured to establish a database resource adaptor (DRA) connection to an IMS database control region. The initialization routine may be configured to generate a second task in response to the DRA connection being established including attaching an application program controller. The application program controller may be configured to transform a database access call from the application program to a DRA interface call to access the IMS resources via the DRA connection. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280347 | Managing Digital Files with Shared Locks - A method for managing the access and use of digital files stored in a file storage networked with multiple servers, including the steps of: a requesting server among the multiple servers that desires to access and use a file stored in the file storage sending to the other servers of the multiple servers a query containing an identification (ID) of the file; each of the other servers receiving the query checking an internal lock list to ascertain whether the file ID is listed therein, if listed then returning a failure message to the requesting server, but if not listed then returning a success message to the requesting server; and the requesting server determining from all returning messages whether a failure message exists, if exists then not to access and use the file, and sending repeated queries at a predetermined time interval, but if not exist then access and use the file, and sending a notice to all other servers when finishing using the file. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280348 | EDUCATIONAL LIBRARY SYSTEM - Methods, systems and computer readable media for educational library management are described. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280349 | Multi-Domain Impact Analysis Using Object Relationships - Systems and methods for impact analysis across multiple domains using non-data types of relationships between objects are provided. A data model can be formed. The data model can include objects representative of physical data in separate domains and relationships of non-data types between the objects. An impact analysis interface can be generated using the data model. The impact analysis interface can depict the objects and the non-data types of relationships between the objects. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280350 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR USER PROFILING VIA MAPPING THIRD PARTY INTERESTS TO A UNIVERSAL INTEREST SPACE - Method, system, and programs for mapping data. Information related to users and their interests is obtained by a first application from a second application. An interest space is determined based on one or more sources of information, each of which provides a plurality of concepts. A data structure is created with respect to the interest space, where the data structure has a plurality of attributes each of the attributes corresponds to a concept in the interest space. One or more interests for each of the users based on information obtained from the second application. Each user interest corresponds to an attribute in the structure. A user profile is generated for each user by mapping the interests of the user to the corresponding attributes in the structure. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280351 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING AND IMPLEMENTING A CUSTOM DEVICE DESCRIPTION FILE - Systems and methods generate custom device description files using a device description file generator. The systems and methods include a processor and a memory medium. The custom device description file is communicated to one or more devices to configure the respective devices to be able to accept and communicate data defined by the custom device description file. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280352 | PROCESSING SEMI-STRUCTURED DATA - Techniques for processing semi-structured data include receiving semi-structured data, a value of the semi-structured data being associated with a key; identifying a structured data collection, the structured data collection being associated with a category and having a plurality of attributes; obtaining at least one of historical data associated with the plurality of attributes or additional data associated with a user of the computing system; mapping the key to an attribute of the plurality of attributes based on at least one of the historical data or the additional data; and storing the value in a cell of a data record of the structured data collection, the cell being associated with the attribute that was mapped to the key. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280353 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ENTITY DETECTION - Techniques for entity detection include matching a token from at least a portion of a text string with a matching concept in an ontology. A first concept may be identified as being hierarchically related to the matching concept within the ontology, and a second concept may be identified as being hierarchically related to the first concept within the ontology. The first and second concepts may be included in a set of features of the token. Based at least in part on the set of features of the token, a measure related to a likelihood that the at least a portion of the text string corresponds to a particular entity type may be determined. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280354 | System and Method for Early Access to Captured Images - Systems and methods are disclosed for early access to captured images including generating and storing within a geospatial database a plurality of placeholder records having information identifying a particular captured image and including at least one geographic image boundary field containing information indicative of a real-world geographic area depicted within the image, an image file location field, and an image status field; receive a plurality of signals from one or more processing computer, at least two of the signals having the information identifying particular captured images, and second information indicative of updates indicating a change in at least one of the image location and image processing status for the image identified by the first information; and populating at least one of the image location and the image processing status of the placeholders within the geospatial database with the information indicative of updates for identified captured images. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280355 | PERSONAL REAL TIME NAVIGATION MAP AUGMENTATION - A system and method includes a central database storing personalized content of a user, a portal for accessing and manipulating the personalized content on the central database, and a vehicle navigation system configured to receive the personalized content from the central database and to display the personalized content on a map. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280356 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR USING FIELDS IN N-SPACE TRANSLATION OF STORAGE REQUESTS - A translation system can translate a request having multiple fields to a physical address using the fields as indexes to a multi-dimensional graph. A field or portion of a field can represent a location along an axis. When combined together, the fields can represent a point in n-space, where n is the number of axes. In some embodiments, a nearest neighbor calculation can be sufficient along an axis. Therefore, a point in n-space defined by the fields can be translated along an axis until a nearest neighbor entry is determined. When the entry is determined, the entry can be accessed to determine a correct response to the translation request. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280357 | NSP Manager - In an embodiment, a method of updating a memory with a plurality of memory lines, the memory storing a tree, a plurality of buckets, and a plurality of rules, can include maintaining a copy of the memory with a plurality of memory lines. The method can further include writing a plurality of changes to at least one of the tree, the plurality of buckets, and the plurality of rules to the copy. The method can additionally include determining whether each of the plurality of changes is an independent write or a dependent write. The method can further include merging independent writes to the same line of the copy. The method further includes transferring updates from the plurality of lines of the copy to the plurality of lines of the memory. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280358 | MACHINE FOR RECOGNIZING OR GENERATING JABBA-TYPE SEQUENCES - Example methods, apparatuses, or articles of manufacture are disclosed that may be implemented, in whole or in part, using one or more computing devices to facilitate or otherwise support one or more processes or operations for a machine for recognizing or generating one or more Jabba-type sequences. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280359 | COMPUTING SYSTEM WITH SOCIAL INTERACTION MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A computing system includes: a control unit configured to: detect an upcoming event for interacting with a focal person for the upcoming event; extract an invitee's identification for the upcoming event, aggregate an invitee's information associated with the invitee's identification; build a social graph as an enhanced graph or with an extension graph based on the invitee's information for adding an invitee associated with the invitee's identification; and a storage unit, coupled to the control unit, configured to store the social graph. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280360 | GRAPH DATABASE DEVICES AND METHODS FOR PARTITIONING GRAPHS - A method and apparatus for partitioning a graph database that includes nodes connected to one another is presented. The method entails determining a node type indicating a type of node that is to be used as mapped nodes, and upon receiving a new node, placing the new node in a partition according to one or more property values associated with the new node if it is a mapped node, and placing the new node in a partition according to its connections to other nodes if it is not a mapped node. The apparatus includes modules containing computer-executable instructions to perform the above method. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280361 | Data Analysis Computer System and Method Employing Local to Global Causal Discovery - Discovery of causal networks is essential for understanding and manipulating complex systems in numerous data analysis application domains. Several methods have been proposed in the last two decades for solving this problem. The inventive method uses local causal discovery methods for global causal network learning in a divide-and-conquer fashion. The usefulness of the invention is demonstrated in data capturing characteristics of several domains. The inventive method outputs more accurate networks compared to other discovery approaches. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280362 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING, DEPLOYING, INTEGRATING, AND DISTRIBUTING NODES IN A GRID OF DISTRIBUTED GRAPH DATABASES - In a computer environment, a system and method is described that generally provides for creation of a distributed graph database, creation and deployment of nodes in a distributed graph database system, and integration of nodes into a set of distributed graph databases that include data nodes and edges that are: entities built using forms, relations, and relationships; immutable but evolvable through the addition of new data nodes or new edges joining the evolving data node to another data node; shareable and mergeable. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280363 | DETERMINING HIERARCHICAL PATHS TO NODES - Methods, machines, and stored instructions are provided for determining hierarchical paths to nodes based on stored information about the nodes. A node analyzer analyzes a hierarchy to create mappings that represent the hierarchy. The mappings may include a “parent mapping” that maps selected-level nodes to parent nodes of the selected-level nodes, and a “path mapping” that maps a plurality of nodes other than the selected-level nodes to a plurality of paths, within the hierarchy, to the plurality of nodes. A path module then determines path(s) to specified node(s) at least in part by mapping the specified node(s) to particular parent node(s) of the specified node(s) using the parent mapping. The path module also maps the particular parent node(s) to particular path(s) using the path mapping. The information from the path and parent mappings may be assembled to form path(s) within the hierarchy to the specified node(s). | 2014-09-18 |
20140280364 | DISPOSAL OF RARELY USED MEMBER VARIABLES VIA SHADOW STRUCTURES - A computer-controlled method can include determining at least one rarely-used field within a class, creating a shadow structure corresponding to the class, and moving the at least one rarely-used field from the class to the shadow structure. The method can also include adding a shadow reference to the class, the shadow reference corresponding to the shadow structure. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280365 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DATA SYSTEM MANAGEMENT USING CLOUD-BASED DATA MIGRATION - A method and system for migrating data from a sender system located in an on-premise computing environment. The method includes importing by a receiver system located in a cloud-based computing environment coupled to the sender system via a network a program of data code and table structures exported from the sender system and transferred to the receiver system via the network. The method also includes importing by the receiver system at least one data flat file exported from the sender system and transferred to the receiver system via the network. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280366 | OUTPUT DRIVEN GENERATION OF A COMBINED SCHEMA FROM A PLURALITY OF INPUT DATA SCHEMAS - A computational device receives a plurality of versions of an input data schema. At least one element is selected from the plurality of versions of the input data schema based on an expected result. A combined schema is generated based on the at least one selected element. The input data is processed according to the combined schema. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280367 | SILO-AWARE DATABASES - A system receives a request from an application to access a database. The system forms a database table proxy for a logical database. One or more database silos are assigned to the database table proxy. A default database silo from the one or more database silos is defined for the database table proxy. A database silo of the database table proxy corresponding to an application requesting access to the logical database is accessed with a database engine. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280368 | VIEW VARIANTS IN DATABASE SCHEMA MAPPING - This disclosure includes a method, a system and a computer readable medium. The method includes receiving a data model configured to model data in a first database schema in a database system, using the received data model to generate a first data view of a first instance of the first database schema in the database system, including referencing, using a first view variant, one or more data tables including the first instance of the first database schema to generate the first data view, and using the received data model to generate a second data view of a second instance of the first database schema in the database system, including referencing, using a second view variant, one or more data tables including the second instance of the first database schema to generate the second data view. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280369 | CLONING TABLES AND LISTS WHILE RETAINING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ENTRY ELEMENTS AND THEIR ASSIGNED IDENTIFIERS - A method, according to one embodiment, includes obtaining a list having entries corresponding to components of a first system. Moreover, the method includes determining whether an entry is missing from the list, by inserting a pseudo entry to the list for each entry that is determined to be missing from the list, thereby creating an updated list. Once the updated list is created, the method includes sending the updated list to a second system, whereupon the pseudo entries are removed from the updated list. Removing the pseudo entries thereby creates a cloned list having the same identifiers as the entries in the list from the first system. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280370 | Adjustable Transformations from Semantic Web Languages - Methods and systems of transforming ontologies of semantic web languages are disclosed. A user may adjust configuration settings for a transformation of primitives of a Semantic Web ontology language into primitives of a software modeling language. The adjusted configuration settings may be stored on a storage device. The transformation of primitives of the Semantic Web ontology language into primitives of the software modeling language may be performed using the adjusted configuration settings stored on the storage device. The adjusted configuration settings stored on the storage device may be selected for use in a subsequent transformation of primitives of the Semantic Web ontology language into primitives of the software modeling language. In some embodiments, the semantic web language is Resource Description Framework Schema (RDFS). In some embodiments, the software modeling language is Ecore. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280371 | Electronic Content Curating Mechanisms - Mechanisms for managing an electronic document collection are provided. A first electronic document is analyzed to identify a reference to a second electronic document and the second electronic document is analyzed to identify document dependencies with zero or more other electronic documents. A dependency information data structure is generated based on the analysis. The dependency information data structure is analyzed to identify a subset of the electronic document collection that is to be loaded into memory when performing an information analysis operation. An electronic document curation action recommendation is generated based on the identified subset of the electronic document collection. The electronic document curation action recommendation is then output. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280372 | PARTITIONING DATA FOR PARALLEL PROCESSING - According to one embodiment of the present invention, a system partitions data for parallel processing and comprises one or more computer systems with at least one processor. The system partitions data of a data object into a plurality of data partitions within a data structure based on a plurality of keys. The data structure includes a plurality of dimensions and each key is associated with a corresponding different dimension of the data structure. Portions of the data structure representing different data partitions are assigned to the computer systems for parallel processing, and the assigned data structure portions are processed in parallel to perform an operation. Embodiments of the present invention further include a method and computer program product for partitioning data for parallel processing in substantially the same manner described above. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280373 | AUTOMATICALLY DETERMINING AN OPTIMAL DATABASE SUBSECTION - A method, apparatus, and system for automatically determining an optimal database subsection is provided. A database subsection is selected to optimize certain benefits when the database subsection is translated, transferred, and cached on an alternative database system, which may utilize a different technology or database engine that provides certain performance benefits compared to the original database system. Algorithms such as multi-path greedy selection and/or dynamic programming may provide optimal or near-optimal results. A host for the alternative database server may be shared with or otherwise located in close physical proximity to improve latency for a database application or client layer. Once the database subsection analysis is completed, a report may be generated and presented to the user, and an implementation script may also be created to automatically configure a client host to function as a cache or replacement system according various cache size configurations described in the report. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280374 | TABLE APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACES (APIs) - A device receives, in a technical computing environment (TCE), a first variable with a first data type and a particular number of rows, and receives a second variable with a second data type and the particular number of rows. The second data type may be different than the first data type. The device receives a command to create a table based on the first variable and the second variable, and creates, based on the command, a heterogeneous table that includes the first variable and the second variable. The device stores the heterogeneous table, and/or provides the heterogeneous table for display. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280375 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING DISTRIBUTED DATABASES USING MANY-CORE PROCESSORS - A distributed database, comprising a plurality of server racks, and one or more many-core processor servers in each of the plurality of server racks, wherein each of the one or more many-core processor servers comprises a many-core processor configured to store and access data on one or more solid state drives in the distributed database, where the one or more solid state drives are configured to enable retrieval of data through one or more text-searchable indexes. The one or more many-core processor servers are configured to communicate within the plurality of server racks via a network, and the data is configured as one or more tables distributed to the one or more many-core processor servers for storage in the one or more solid state drives. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280376 | PERSONAL DATA FILE - Personal data file embodiments and methods for creating the same are provided. One personal data file embodiment includes personal information about a subject of the personal data file, provided by a user that controls the personal data file, in at least one of a number of personal information data fields, and an image of the subject including a privacy region, where the privacy region hides a first area of the image and leaves a second area of the image visible. The hidden first area is accessible by a pass code. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280377 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COLLABORATIVE DOCUMENT REVIEW - Systems and methods for collaborative document review are disclosed. At least a portion of a hierarchical data structure is displayed. A first plurality of users has an edit privilege to edit the hierarchical data structure. A user selection of a region in the portion of the hierarchical data structure is obtained. In response to the user selection of the region, there is displayed, for each respective user in the first plurality of users, one or more edits associated with the respective user in a corresponding independent panel in a plurality of panels. This plurality of panels is displayed independently of the hierarchical data structure. In some instances, each user in a second plurality of users has review privileges to comment on the hierarchical data structure. One or more comments associated with a user in the second plurality of users is displayed in a same or different panel in the plurality of panels. A comment in the one or more comments is distinct from the one or more edits. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280378 | DATABASE GENERATOR - A database file generation system receives, from a user via a user interface, a set of entities and at least one attribute that is associated with each entity. The system will generate one or more database files in an intermediate language. The database files may include one or more relationships for each entity, one or more rules that define how a result will be sent to a database in response to a query, and one or more rules that define how a result will be retrieved from a database in response to a query. The system will then apply the database files to a database library to generate a database comprising the entities, the relationships and the rules. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280379 | Dynamic Element Categorization and Recombination System and Method - Users can develop preliminary thoughts, questions, and ideas and turn them into structured plans, projects, processes, or formats for further evaluation and action by the user, or in the appropriate instance, by a person interested in the user's ideas, e.g., CTO, patent agent, investor, etc. The system and methods allow for the natural development of idea while also affording the idea to be placed into a structure without unnecessary duplication of effort. The system allows for the input, import, association, and organization, of many different types of user or automated data, the flexible organization of that data, and the characterization of that data. Characterizations may be connections between various data elements (i.e., single or grouped datum) and are relationships between the data and how it should be organized into a more structured document. The system places characterized data into a defined form at the user's request. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280380 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRESERVING ANALYTICS WHILE PROCESSING DIGITAL CONTENT - A computer implemented method and apparatus for preserving analytics while processing digital content. The method comprises receiving a command for processing analytics-enabled digital content from a source file to a target file; accessing source analytics metadata from the source file; and converting the source analytics metadata to a target analytics metadata in the target file, wherein the target analytics metadata is in a format consistent with a target file format. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280381 | GRID LOADER PROCESS - A datagrid loading system contains a device including a processor and a memory with a management application installed thereon. The instructions of the management application when executed by the processor cause the processor to accumulate data from a first database, the data configured to be and include an identifier that is particular to the first database, and distribute the data into buckets by an integrated heuristic of the management application, the integrated heuristic and the buckets configured according to database characteristics particular to a second database that is different from the first database, the integrated heuristic further configured to distribute the data based on the identifier. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280382 | CAPACITY ACCOUNTING FOR HETEROGENEOUS STORAGE SYSTEMS - Techniques to account for storage consumption and capacity allocation across heterogeneous storage objects are disclosed. A capacity accountability system can ascertain a set of heterogeneous storage objects provisioned for a storage consumer, where the heterogeneous storage objects is categorized by storage object hierarchy levels. The capacity accountability system can then identify an association between the storage consumer and a storage object hierarchy level and account for storage object consumption and storage capacity allocation of the storage consumer by normalizing storage consumption data and capacity allocation data at the storage object hierarchy level across the heterogeneous storage objects. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280383 | Alert Management - Alert management may include receiving, by a monitoring module from one or more disparate monitored sources, an alert, where the alert is a data structure that includes a plurality of fields; storing, by the monitoring module, the alert in a database; processing, by the monitoring module periodically at predefined intervals, the database, including identifying, in dependence upon a predefined ruleset, one or more alerts; storing, by the monitoring module, the identified alerts in a staging table, including creating, for each of the identified alerts, a primary key independence upon the fields of the identified alert; populating, by the monitoring module for each of the alerts stored in the staging table, one or more attribute fields of the alert in dependence upon the created primary key of the alert; and storing, by the monitoring module, the populated alerts in the database. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280384 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANCHORING THIRD PARTY METADATA IN A DOCUMENT - Systems and methods disclosed herein relate to a method of storing metadata for a file on a cloud based storage system. A server may receive a request from a third party application to store metadata for a file. The server may determine a metadata type based on the request. The server may associate the metadata value with an application identifier. The application identifier may identify a third party application. The server may store the metadata value based on the determined metadata type. The stored metadata may be associated with the application identifier and the stored metadata value may include information related to an anchor. The anchor may be an attribute of the file, and anchor can change respectively as the attribute changes. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280385 | HIERARCHICAL INTERSECTIONS - A computer can include memory, which can include a database. The database can include a base, and instances of the base. The instances of the base can be organized into a hierarchy. Hierarchical intersections can be used to represent the hierarchy of the instances of the base. When the hierarchy is modified, the hierarchical intersections can be duplicated, and the duplicates modified, to reflect the change in the hierarchy. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280386 | Persisting Large Volumes of Data in an Efficient, Unobtrusive Manner - Embodiments provide a data persisting mechanism that allows for efficient, unobtrusive persisting of large volumes of data while optimizing the use of system resources by the persisting process. In an embodiment, the persisting process includes a self-tuning algorithm that constantly monitors persistence performance and that adjusts persistence time to maintain performance within user-defined criteria. From one aspect, this allows the persisting process to seamlessly adapt to changes in system environment (speeding up persistence during times of low processor usage and slowing down persistence during times of high processor usage) and to reduce or eliminate CPU spikes caused by persisting process. From another aspect, the persisting process results in the data being persisted as quickly as possible given the system constraints, thereby minimizing the possibility of data loss. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280387 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXPANDING STORAGE SPACE OF NETWORK DEVICE - A method for expanding storage space using a network device is provided. The method sets a storage order of cloud storage space for expanding a local storage space in the network device. When target data is received from the network device, the method stores the target data into the local storage space when a size of an available storage space of the local storage space is more than or equal to a preset value. When the available storage space is less than the preset value, the method copies the earliest stored data of the local storage space into one or more specified cloud storage spaces according to the storage order, and deletes the copied data from the local storage space. The next earliest stored data is copied if the available storage space is still less than the preset value. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280388 | DATA COLLECTION DEVICE AND METHOD - The storage allocation system reduces the amount of storage needed to store data, and also to store the most interesting dynamic data samples (e.g., waveforms). Dynamic data is relevant if it has changed from a previous sample. Changes need to be detected for different machinery conditions. The storage allocation approach normalizes static data to a percentage of danger alarm value that indicates how much the data is changing. The difference of successive percent of danger alarm values provides an instantaneous change value indicating how interesting the data is. To manage how much data is collected; the system maintains an interestingness threshold and stores data samples having an interestingness value above the threshold. The threshold is automatically adjusted if too much/little data is being saved. This approach optimizes the amount and value of data stored and data storage requirements for improved data storage efficiency. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280389 | DEVICE AGNOSTIC ACTIVE/ACTIVE DATA CENTER AFFINITY - Systems, methods, and computer-readable and executable instructions are provided for providing a device agnostic active/active data center. Providing a device agnostic active/active data center can include receiving user communication assigned from a content delivery network (CDN) provider. In addition, providing a device agnostic active/active data center can include determining a designated database for the user communication. Furthermore, providing a device agnostic active/active data center can include assigning a destination address to the designated database for the user communication. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280390 | ENABLING NTELLIGENT MEDIA NAMING AND ICON GENERATION UTILIZING SEMANTIC METADATA - A set of media files are identified within a data store. Each of the media files lack user established file names, lack user established icons, or lack user established file names and icons. The media files are analyzed to determine semantic metadata. For at least a subset of the media files, the semantic metadata is utilized to automatically generate unique and meaningful file names, file icons, or both file names and file icons for each of the media files in the subset. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280391 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND FILE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - An information processing device includes an acceptance unit, a specification unit, and a naming unit. The acceptance unit accepts a name of a file. The specification unit specifies a maximum value of serial numbers added to the name of the file accepted by the acceptance unit, among files managed by a file management unit that manages the files. The naming unit gives a serial-numbered file name to the file accepted by the acceptance unit by adding a number that follows the maximum value specified by the specification unit to the name of the file. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280392 | FILE SYSTEM OPERATION ON MULTI-TIERED VOLUME - A file system that operates on an underlying volume that has multiple tiers, each tier including a particular trait set. Upon creating or otherwise identifying a file system namespace (such as a directory or file) that is in a volume or that is to be included within the volume, a storage trait set to be applied corresponding to the file system namespace is identified. Then, the storage trait set is compared against the trait sets for the multiple tiers to identify a tier into which to store the file system namespace. The file system namespace is then caused to be stored within the identified tier. Thus, the file system is provided with a volume that has multiple tiers (each having different trait sets) to choose from in storing files. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280393 | CACHED DATA VALIDITY - Systems, methods and computer program products are disclosed for associating unique identifiers to files of a file system to indicate that the contents of the files have changed. In some implementations, a counter value associated with a file is incremented or decremented each time the file contents are changed. The unique identifier may be stored with the file contents and file metadata in the cache. When a process requests access to the cached file contents, the process requests the unique identifier from a system component and compares the unique identifier with the unique identifier returned by the system component. If the two unique identifiers are the same, the cached file contents are deemed valid and can be used by the process. If the two unique identifiers are different, the cached file contents are deemed invalid. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280394 | Multi-Threaded Message Passing Journal - Example apparatus and methods protect state in a file system using a message-passing multi-threaded journal. One example apparatus stores, in memory, data and metadata affected by a file system transaction. The apparatus may run a thread that receives the file system transaction from the file system and that produces a set of atomic operations configured to complete the file system transaction. The apparatus may also run a thread that records a set of journal entries associated with the set of atomic operations to protect the file system while the atomic operations complete. The journal entries may be written on a non-volatile computer-readable medium. The apparatus may also run a thread that co-ordinates usage of space on the computer-readable medium. Rather than synchronizing journal activity with locks, the threads running on the example apparatus may synchronize their activity using message passing. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280395 | Network Coded Storage With Multi-Resolution Codes - Multi-resolution encoded files are stored on a plurality of disk drives using systematic network coded storage. In some embodiments, the stored files are used to provide video streaming services for users. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280396 | OPERATING METHOD FOR USER SYSTEM INCLUDING HOST AND MEMORY SYSTEM - An operating method of a user system having a host and a memory system, the memory system having first and second storage devices, includes deleting a first original file stored in the first storage device, using the host; generating, at the host, a comparison result by performing a comparison operation based on first delete information of the first original file and a mapping table; sending converted delete information from the host to the memory system when the comparison result indicates that a first copied file is stored in the second storage device, the first copied file being a copy of the first original file; and setting a page of the second storage device, in which the first copied file is stored, to an invalid page based on the converted delete information, using the memory system. The host recognizes the first storage device as a main device of the memory system. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280397 | HETEROGENIC VOLUME GENERATION AND USE SYSTEM - A system in which a file system may operate on a volume in which the logical address extent of the volume is divided into multiple tiers, each tier providing storage having a distinct trait set by mapping the logical addresses of the volume to appropriate underlying storage systems. A volume system exposes the volume to the file system in a manner that the file system itself has awareness of the tiers, and is aware of the trait sets of each tier. The file system may thus store file system namespaces (such as directories and files) into the tiers as appropriate for the file system namespace. A provisioning system may also be provided and be configured to provision the volume to include such tiers, and if desired, to extend the tiers. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280398 | DISTRIBUTED DATABASE MANAGEMENT - Among other things, nodes that host database management processes that are part of a distributed data storage system are enabled to form and participate in transport layer features of a communication medium to which the nodes have access. The transport layer features provide as many as trillions of communication channels between pairs of the database management processes, for database management processes that are hosted on fewer than thirty thousand nodes. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280399 | VISUALIZING DATA TRANSFERS IN DISTRIBUTED FILE SYSTEM - Data transfers within and between nodes in a distributed computing environment are visualized. In one aspect, the nodes are represented as geometrical shapes. The first part of the geometrical shape represents logic of the corresponding node. The second part of the geometrical shape represents storage of the corresponding node. A line connecting the first part and the second part represents data transfer between logic of a node and storage of a node. Both inter-node and intra-node transfers may be shown. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280400 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED DATA ACCESSIBILITY - A system is configured to allow for near simultaneous data capture, encoding, and uploading of the resultant data file containing the captured data. By operating in a substantially parallel fashion, the separate processes of capturing, encoding, and uploading one or more data files created from a data source can be completed much more quickly and efficiently, thereby making the resultant data file available to the content consumer in an overall shorter period of time than presently possible using conventional sequential data file creation techniques. The method also includes the reorganization of standard data files as part of the process to more quickly and efficiently create the data file for distribution and ultimate consumption by the content consumer user. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280401 | DATA FORMAT CONVERSION SYSTEM, INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM, INFORMATION SYSTEM, DATA FORMAT CONVERSION METHOD, CONTROL METHOD OF INFORMATION SYSTEM, PROGRAM OF THESE METHODS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING THE PROGRAM - A data format conversion system of converting a format of electronic data includes a storing part that stores the electronic data and data information including format information indicative of a data format of the electronic data; a changing part that changes the data information stored in the storing part; a determining part that determines whether the format information included in the data information is changed by the changing part, an identifying part that identifies the data format using the format information when it is determined by the determining part that the format information is changed, and a converting part that converts the data format of the electronic data stored in the storing part based on the data format identified by the identifying part. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280402 | COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SLICING ELECTRONIC CONTENT AND COMBINING INTO NEW COMBINATIONS - Systems and methods for automatically splitting electronic content, for example, from books, magazines, journals, and other sources, to create new smaller ready-to-publish content parts, called slices, and recombining content parts from various sources to create new custom electronic book collections called Remixes. In a number of embodiments, content file splitting and custom book creation are automated so that it is easy for content owners of a reasonable technical skill level to quickly split existing electronic content files into ready-to-publish parts and to create custom ready-to-publish electronic content files composed of collections of existing content. In other embodiments, a member of the general public, end user, or consumer, can purchase those publisher-created parts and combine parts from various sources to create new custom electronic books. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280403 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEVICE-OPTIMIZED TRANSMISSION, RENDERING, EDITING AND STORING OF FILES - The present invention relates to a computer-implemented method and system for device optimized rendering and storage of files to mobile devices. Only the individual parts of a file being accessed by the user are transmitted to the mobile device requiring significantly less bandwidth and time in contrast to downloading a complete file. The file is deconstructed into parts and a data structure is created that associates the individual parts of the file. At least one part of the file is transmitted to the requesting client in a “view only” format. A separate, “editable” format of the same part of the file is transmitted to the client in response to a request to edit the file. When the “editable” part of the file is saved, the updated file part is transmitted to the server and is merged with the master file while retaining the original formatting and the process begins again. A separate “placeholder” format of the same file part is transmitted to the client to represent all file parts that have not been requested on the client and the file parts that has been transmitted to the client. | 2014-09-18 |
20140280404 | METHOD AND SYSTEM THAT PRODUCES NON-STABILIZER QUANTUM STATES THAT ARE USED IN VARIOUS QUANTUM CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS - The current application is directed to methods and quantum circuits that prepare qubits in specified non-stabilizer quantum states that can, in turn, be used for a variety of different purposes, including in a quantum-circuit implementation of an arbitrary single-qubit unitary quantum gate that imparts a specified, arbitrary rotation to the state-vector representation of the state of an input qubit. In certain implementations, the methods and systems consume multiple magic-state qubits in order to carry out probabilistic rotation operators to prepare qubits with state vectors having specified rotation angles with respect to a rotation axis. These qubits are used as resources input to various quantum circuits, including the quantum-circuit implementation of an arbitrary single-qubit unitary quantum gate. | 2014-09-18 |