51st week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 62 |
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20140372351 | RULE-BASED ITEM CLASSIFICATION - Systems and methods are disclosed herein for rule-based item classification. The methods include receiving, by a computing device, an item record for analysis. The computing device may determine ranked lists of item types using rule-based classifiers and machine learning-based classifiers. Then, the computing device may aggregate the ranked lists of item types to generate a combined ranked list of item types. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372352 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONFIGURING RULES FOR EXECUTION - Data-driven rules are eliminated from an application, and replaced with goal-driven rules that formally and completely characterize high-level business concepts, while enabling the resulting goal-driven rules to be executed eagerly using a forward chaining rule engine in a way that preserves the data-driven behavior of the original rules. A computer-implemented method for executing business rules provides a unified rule that encapsulates a goal-oriented rule with triggering information selected from dependencies of the goal-oriented rule. The unified rule may be eagerly executed in response to changes in data specified by the dependencies, or lazily executed in response to a request for the value computed by the rule. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372353 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND DATA UPDATE CONTROL METHOD - An arithmetic operation unit receives a request to update a first data group during restoration using first history information and generates second history information indicating a history of updates. The arithmetic operation unit predicts a time taken until completion of restoration using the second history information on the basis of an amount of the second history information. The arithmetic operation unit compares the predicted time with a threshold and limits at least part of updates of the first data group during the restoration using the second history information on the basis of the comparison result. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372354 | NEURITE SYSTEMS - Neurite systems, methods, and media are disclosed. An input section may be configured to receive an input voltage and amplify the input voltage by a weight into a weighted voltage rate-of change. A firing center comprising an existing instantaneous voltage and a trigger firing voltage may be configured to, in a period of time, receive the weighted voltage rate-of-change, determine a new instantaneous voltage based on the existing instantaneous voltage, the weighted voltage rate-of-change, and the period of time, transmit a pulse trigger to an output section when the new instantaneous voltage rises to or above the trigger firing voltage, and reset the new instantaneous voltage to zero or some other predefined value. The output section may be configured to receive the pulse trigger and to transmit an output voltage pulse having a finite duration to one or more branches. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372355 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PARTIAL EVALUATION OF SYNAPTIC UPDATES BASED ON SYSTEM EVENTS - Apparatus and methods for partial evaluation of synaptic updates in neural networks. In one embodiment, a pre-synaptic unit is connected to a several post synaptic units via communication channels. Information related to a plurality of post-synaptic pulses generated by the post-synaptic units is stored by the network in response to a system event. Synaptic channel updates are performed by the network using the time intervals between a pre-synaptic pulse, which is being generated prior to the system event, and at least a portion of the plurality of the post synaptic pulses. The system event enables removal of the information related to the portion of the post-synaptic pulses from the storage device. A shared memory block within the storage device is used to store data related to post-synaptic pulses generated by different post-synaptic nodes. This configuration enables memory use optimization of post-synaptic units with different firing rates. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372356 | PREDICTIVE PRE-LAUNCH FOR APPLICATIONS - Systems and methods of pre-launching applications in a computer system, said applications being likely to be activated by a user from a terminated and/or suspended process state, are disclosed. The pre-launching of an application may be based on the assessed probability of the application being activated—as well as the level of availability of system resources to affect such pre-launching. Applications may be pre-launched based on these and other conditions/considerations, designed to improve the user's experience of a quick launch of applications in the background. Several prediction models are presented to provide a good estimate of the likelihood of an application being activated by a user. Such prediction models may comprise an adaptive predictor (based on past application usage situations) and/or a switch rate predictor (based on historic data of an application being switched and, possibly, having a decay rate applied to such switch rate measure). | 2014-12-18 |
20140372357 | METHODS FOR PREDICTING AGE-OR DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE-APPROPRIATE FOODS FOR CHILDREN - The present disclosure provides methods for classifying food products and predicting appropriate ages and/or developmental stages that children should be provided with certain food products. In an embodiment, the methods include mathematical models that use the measurements of key texture attributes to predict the minimum age and/or developmental stage of food products. Using the methods of the present disclosure, classification of food products can be directed during early product development. Additionally, the methods of the present disclosure have generated an understanding of which key texture attributes differentiate appropriate products across developmental stages. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372358 | Inferring User Profile Attributes from Social Information - User profile information for a user of a social networking system is inferred based on information about user profile of the user's connections in the social networking system. The inferred user profile attributes may include age, gender, education, affiliations, location, and the like. To infer a value of a user profile attribute, the system may determine an aggregate value based on the attributes of the user's connections. A confidence score may also be associated with the inferred attribute value. The set of connections analyzed to infer a user profile attribute may depend on the attribute, the types of connections, and the interactions between the user and the connections. The inferred attribute values may be used to update the user's profile and to determine information relevant to the user to be presented to the user (e.g., targeting advertisements to the user based on the user's inferred attributes). | 2014-12-18 |
20140372359 | SERVER-MANAGED, TRIGGERED DEVICE ACTIONS - In some scenarios, devices may execute applications that are configured to monitor a set of conditions (e.g., geographic coordinates detected by global positioning system (GPS) receivers), and to execute actions upon detecting the fulfillment of the conditions. However, in such architectures, each application may be responsible for polling the sensors of the device to detect condition fulfillment, and it may be difficult to specify rules in a hardware-independent manner involving multiple applications and/or devices. Presented herein are techniques for configuring devices to perform actions by receiving a rule set from a rule server; registering a set of condition tests for respective conditions of a rule with the sensors of the device; upon being notified by the sensor that a condition test has been fulfilled, evaluating the conditions of the rule; and upon determining a fulfillment of the conditions, executing one or more actions (optionally involving multiple devices and/or applications). | 2014-12-18 |
20140372360 | Determining Micro-Climates Based on Weather-Related Sensor Data from Mobile Devices - This disclosure describes techniques and apparatuses for determining micro-climates based on weather-related sensor data from mobile devices. In some embodiments, current and projected micro-climates can be determined for multiple micro-locations. With these micro-climates a user may better plan his or her day, including what to wear, which path to walk to work, and what activities to plan. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372361 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SUBSCRIBER BIG DATA INFORMATION IN CLOUD COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - An apparatus and method for providing big data information based on a subscriber's behavior. The apparatus includes a subscriber behavior information collector configured to collect real-time-subscriber-behavior-information obtained based on packets that a user device transmits and receives in real-time when using an Internet service; an additional subscriber information collector configured to collect subscriber-related information including personal information; an environmental information collector configured to collect environmental information that is information about factors extrinsic to subscriber's behavior; a big data extractor configured to extract real-time subscriber big data using the collected real-time-subscriber-behavior-information, subscriber-related information, and environmental information; and a real-time analyzer configured to generate subscriber's real-time characteristic information associated with the subscriber by analyzing cumulative big data that is generated by accumulating the real-time subscriber big data extracted by the big data extractor. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372362 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING SOCIAL PERCEPTION SCORES - A system for evaluating communicative acts to determine a social perception network based on communicative acts between a plurality of communicative pairs. Each communicative pair includes two communicating entities. The system includes a patterns database, a scoring processor, and a communications network aggregation processor. The patterns database stores behavior recognition patterns defining particular behaviors and a score associated with each of the particular behaviors. The scoring processor is configured to determine a pairwise social perception score for the communicative pair based on the particular behaviors identified in the communicative acts. The scoring processor is configured to determine a different pairwise social perception score for each one of the plurality of communicative pairs. The communications network aggregation processor is configured to combine the pairwise social perception scores for each of the plurality of communicative pairs into a social perception network. Other embodiments including other systems, methods, and products are also disclosed. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372363 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PREDICTING A PROPOSED ELECTRONIC MESSAGE AS SPAM BASED ON A PREDICTED HARD BOUNCE RATE FOR A LIST OF EMAIL ADDRESSES - Methods and systems for predicting a proposed electronic mail (email) for an email campaign to be sent to a list of email addresses received from a sender is spam. A hard bounce rate is predicted for the list of email addresses based on hard bounce rates calculated for respective email addresses on the list. If predicted hard bounce rate exceeds a threshold, the proposed email is deemed spam and sender may be informed. If predicted hard bounce rate falls within range of the threshold, proposed email may be sent to less than all the email addresses on list. If an acceptable number of the sent emails are received, the email may be sent to remaining email addresses on list. Prior to sending proposed email, the list of email addresses may be compared to purchased lists of email addresses. If there is a match, the proposed email may be deemed spam. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372364 | UTILITY-BASED ONTOLOGY EVOLUTION - Exemplary embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for updating an ontology when a set of evidences and a set of constraints are given as inputs. Exemplary embodiments categorize concepts into three sets, a definitely relevant set, a possibly relevant set, and an irrelevant set. Exemplary embodiments store the concepts from the definitely relevant set in the ontology and the concepts from the possibly relevant set in a residual ontology. Exemplary embodiments match concepts in the set of evidences to the concepts in the ontology or the concepts in the residual ontology. Exemplary embodiments determine to enhance the strength of the existing concepts in the ontology or the existing concepts in the residual ontology. Exemplary embodiments determine to expand the ontology or the residual ontology. Exemplary embodiments remove the concepts from the ontology or the residual ontology utilizing the set of constraints. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372365 | Optimization of Business Warehouse Queries by Calculation Engines - A query is received by a database server from a remote application server. The query is associated with a calculation scenario that defines a data flow model that includes one or more calculation nodes with each calculation node defining one or more operations to execute on the database server. Thereafter, at least one of the calculation nodes is transformed into a star schema. Next, the database server instantiates the calculation scenario with the transformed at least one calculation node. Subsequently, a calculation engine of the database server executes the operations defined by the calculation nodes of the instantiated calculation scenario other than the transformed at least one calculation node and, additionally, an OLAP engine executes the transformed at least one calculation node to collectively result in a responsive data set. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372366 | ADAPTIVE WAREHOUSE DATA VALIDATION TOOL - Techniques for data validation may include dynamically generating one or more database queries to be performed on a target data warehouse and a baseline data warehouse based on warehouse model metadata for the target data warehouse and the baseline data warehouse. The techniques may further include executing the one or more database queries against the target data warehouse and the baseline data warehouse to receive one or more data sets from the baseline data warehouse and one or more data sets from the target data warehouse. The techniques may further include comparing the one or more data sets from the baseline data warehouse and the one or more data sets from the target data warehouse to validate target data in the target data warehouse against baseline data in the baseline data warehouse. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372367 | Retrieving Stored Data Using a Web Service - Retrieving stored data using a web service is provided. An access request from a user account may be received at a web service via a proxy. The web service may decode information received in the access request. The web service may then authorize the user account utilizing the decoded information. The web service may then determine a request type based on the access request. The web service may then send a response based on the determined request type, which is based on data retrieved from a data store. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372368 | Removing Group-By Characteristics in Formula Exception Aggregation - In one embodiment, a method receives a query for analyzing data in a database. The query includes a first level calculation that is performed before a second level calculation. The method determines an operator in the query configured to explicitly remove group by information for a reference characteristic in the first level calculation where the group by information is specified for the reference characteristic in the second level calculation. The first level calculation is performed by removing the group by information for the reference characteristic for the first level calculation to determine a first level calculation result and the second level calculation is performed using the first level calculation result using the group by information for the reference characteristic to determine a second level calculation result. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372369 | Managing Changes to Shared Electronic Documents Using Change History - Embodiments are disclosed for a system to manage changes to a shared electronic document. In embodiments, a client side method is used to manage changes to a shared electronic document. The method includes receiving a change to a locally stored rendition of a shared electronic document, and updating a change history. In embodiments, the change history captures the change made to the locally stored rendition of a shared electronic document. The method also includes sending information regarding the change to a server, receiving information regarding a master copy of the shared electronic document, and determining based on the received information the change was accepted by the server and applied to the master copy of the shared electronic document. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372370 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTIPLE DOCUMENT VERSION COLLABORATION AND MANAGEMENT - Systems and methods consistent with various disclosed embodiments provide for managing and collaborating information over a computer network. In one embodiment, a system is disclosed for managing documents over a network. The system may include a storage device and one or more processors. The processor(s) may receive a first version of a document from a client. The processor(s) may create, in a document log, an entry associated with the first version of the document. The processor(s) may receive a request from a remote computer that is displaying in an interface a second version of the document, and the request may include a request for information from one or more entries in the document log. The processor(s) may provide to the remote computer, for displaying in a display window in the interface, information from one or more entries in the document log. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372371 | MANAGING CONTACT RECORDS BETWEEN SERVICE PROVIDER ACCOUNTS OF A USER - A user can manage personal contact information in a contacts application across multiple writable service provider accounts with only a minimum of user action required. An update function of the contacts application gives the user the ability to easily copy one or more contact records brought up in the contacts application to writable service provider accounts selectively chosen by the user. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372372 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COLLECTING INFORMATION FROM DIGITAL MEDIA FILES - Systems and methods for collecting information from digital media files. More specifically, a collection module may be used to communicate with a social networking system and analyze the digital media files associated with a user profile. The collection module may generate media-based profile information based on media content and/or location, time and date data extracted from the digital media files. The media-based profile information may be incorporated into the user profile information and used by the social networking system for various purposes. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372373 | MEDIA CONTENT DISCOVERY AND CHARACTER ORGANIZATION TECHNIQUES - Techniques for recommending media are described. A character preference function comprising a plurality of preference coefficients is accessed. A first character model comprises a first set of attribute values for the plurality of attributes of a first character. The first and second characters are associated with a first and second salience value, respectively. A second character model comprises a second set of attribute values for the plurality of attributes of a second character of the plurality of characters. A first character rating is calculated using the plurality of preference coefficients and the first set of attribute values. A second character rating of the second character is calculated using the plurality of preference coefficients with the second set of attribute values. A media rating is calculated based on the first and second salience values and the first and second character ratings. A media is recommended based on the media rating. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372374 | DIFFERENCE DETERMINATION IN A DATABASE ENVIRONMENT - Techniques are disclosed to determine differences between a source table and a target table in a database environment, as being persistent or transient. A first set of differences between the source table and the target table is determined at a first point in time. A second set of differences between the source table and the target table is determined at a second point in time subsequent to the first point in time. At least one of a set of persistent differences and a set of transient differences is determined. The set of persistent differences includes a set intersection of the first and second sets of differences, the set intersection being filtered based on matching non-key values of the differences. The set of transient differences includes a relative complement of the second set of differences in the first set of differences. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372375 | CONTACT DATA SHARING - Contact data sharing is disclosed. Contact data sharing as disclosed provides various approaches to update contact data in devices that are remote to the person referred to in the contact date. In this way, contact data can be updated on remote devices when a person updates their own contact data. Contact data sharing allows a person to update their contact data, and then remote devices that list that person as a contact can automatically update the contact data without the user of the remote device having to enter it. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372376 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SYNCHRONIZATION EVENT BUILDING AND/OR COLLAPSING BY A SYNCHRONIZATION COMPONENT OF A CLOUD-BASED PLATFORM - Techniques for monitoring local and/or remote file systems by a synchronization component (e.g., client/server) of a cloud-based platform are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method of building synchronization events by a synchronization component (e.g., a synchronization server/client) includes obtaining a set of items that have been changed and their new states and retrieving last known states of the set of items that are stored in a reference snapshot inside a filesystem scanner. The method further includes generating differences between the new states and the last known states of the set of items as item changes and utilizing information provided by the item changes to translate the item changes into synchronization events for execution on the opposing file system. A method of handling failed synchronization events by a synchronization component of the cloud-based platform by collapsing a subsequent event with the failed synchronization event is also disclosed. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372377 | DETERMINING USER KEY-VALUE STORAGE NEEDS FROM EXAMPLE QUERIES - Technologies are generally provided for conveying tree and index needs of a database by collecting and forwarding a statistically representative set of data requests so that a new datacenter can use its existing auto-learning and adjustment techniques to create local indices before receiving its first real or live requests. In some examples, requests at an origin datacenter may be collected to provide a small population of queries that are representative of a larger population of queries. Filters anonymizers may be employed to adhere to data sharing rules and restrictions while still allowing a new datacenter to build indices and test performance. Thus, the new datacenter may be trained asynchronously from another site and without actual data changing hands. Training and testing of destination database services may be completed before committing to customer migration. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372378 | CONSOLIDATING ANALYTICS METADATA - A single system merges primary data storage, data protection, and intelligence. Intelligence is provided through in-line data analytics, and data intelligence and analytics are gathered on protected data and prior analytics, and stored in discovery points, all without impacting performance of primary storage. As data is written it is automatically mirrored for data protection as part of a High Availability (HA) process. Real-time analysis is done in-line with the HA processing, enabling a variety of data analytics. Data content can mined from within files or blocks. The gathered intelligence is used to tag objects with extended metadata, enabling both valuable search options and rapid restore options. Data recovery begins with metadata restoration, followed by near-instantaneous access to “hot” regions of data being restored, allowing site operation to continue or resume while a restore is ongoing. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372379 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DATA BACKUP - The present invention relates to a method, system, and computer program product for data backup, the method comprising: performing first chunking on current data by using the same chunking method as that used by original backup data to obtain a current chunk; calculating hash value of the current chunk; and acquiring, from a hash value table of the original backup data, an identifier of a matched chunk whose hash value is the same as the calculated hash value of the current chunk, and incrementing number of continuous matched chunks by one. Since the pertinence between original backup data and current data is maximally utilized, performance of de-duplication method can be efficiently improved. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372380 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING AND QUERYING A JOURNALING-CAPABLE FILE SYSTEM - A method for managing a journaling-capable file system is implemented by a computing device including a processor and a memory coupled to the processor. The memory includes a set of meta commands, a set of standard journaling commands, and a journaling-capable file system that is responsive to the set of standard journaling commands. Each meta command corresponds to at least one of the standard journaling commands. The method includes receiving a first meta command wherein the first meta command corresponds to a first plurality of the standard journaling commands, converting the first meta command to the first plurality of standard journaling commands, and executing the first plurality of standard journaling commands to perform at least one operation on the journaling-capable file system. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372381 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DATA RESTORE AND RECOVERY FROM A REMOTE DATA STORE - Methods, apparatus, and computer-accessible storage media for restoring data from a snapshot to a data volume. The blocks in the volume may be treated as an implicit tree structure, for example a binary tree; each local block corresponds to a block on the snapshot. A local block on the volume may be marked, for example fingerprinted with metadata, to indicate that the local block has not been restored. Initially, the local block at the root node is marked. To restore a local block, the restore process may generate a list indicating all local blocks on a path from the root node of the tree to the target node that have not been restored. The marks in the local blocks are used in generating the list. For each block indicated in the list, children of the block are fingerprinted, and the block is restored from the snapshot. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372382 | VIRTUAL PRIVATE CLOUD THAT PROVIDES ENTERPRISE GRADE FUNCTIONALITY AND COMPLIANCE - Techniques to enforce policies with respect to managed files and/or endpoints are disclosed. A policy to be applied with respect to a synchronization set is received at a file management system. Compliance with the policy across a plurality of heterogeneous endpoints associated with the synchronization set is ensured by propagating the policy to the heterogeneous endpoints. Each of the endpoints is configured to enforce at the endpoint policies received from the file management system, including by responding in a manner prescribed by the policy to occurrence of a policy-triggering event defined in the policy. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372383 | Log Access Method Storage Control Apparatus, Archive System, and Method of Operation - A file shard store includes high performance encoding and compaction circuits. An apparatus and its method of operation avoids duplicate storage of file fragments. A plurality of tables control write operations into a plurality of log segments. Shard keys are transferred to uniquely identify fragments of files which may have been previously stored and associated with one or more of client subscribers. An apparatus comprises a plurality of location/subscription tables, a shard transfer circuit, a storage control circuit, an append-to-log circuit coupled to a large storage array, and a log segment compactor circuit. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372384 | LIVE RESTORE FOR A DATA INTELLIGENT STORAGE SYSTEM - A single system merges primary data storage, data protection, and intelligence. Intelligence is provided through in-line data analytics, and data intelligence and analytics are gathered on protected data and prior analytics, and stored in discovery points, all without impacting performance of primary storage. Real-time analysis is done in-line with the HA processing, enabling a variety of data analytics that are then used as part of a live restore operation. Data content can be live restored at an object or block level. Data recovery begins with metadata restoration, followed by near-instantaneous access to “hot” regions of data being restored, allowing site operation to continue or resume while a restore is ongoing. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372385 | DYNAMIC SOCIAL NETWORK RELATIONSHIP DETERMINATION METHOD AND APPARATUS - A method for a computer system includes receiving an identifier from a user, initiating a user session in response to the identifier, determining a social map for the user in response to the identifier and in response to a plurality of social network relationships, receiving a first change to the plurality of social network relationships from the user, receiving a second change to the plurality of network relationships from another user, determining a revised social map for the user during the user session in response to receiving the first change, but not in response to receiving the second change, wherein the revised social map for the user reflects the first change and the second change, and storing the revised social map for the user during the user session in a cache. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372386 | DETECTING WASTEFUL DATA COLLECTION - A method and system comprising a duplication identifier module to analyze data input information to automatically identify duplicate expected inputs associated with a process are shown. The system includes logical process model information defining a logically structured series of process activities and data input information representing a plurality of expected inputs associated with respective process activities, with each expected input being indicative of expected collection of a corresponding data element during execution of the associated process activity. Each duplicate expected input comprises one of the plurality of expected inputs for which there is at least one other expected input with respect to a common corresponding data element. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372387 | METHOD AND MECHANISM FOR REDUCING CLIENT-SIDE MEMORY FOOTPRINT OF TRANSMITTED DATA - The present invention is directed to a method and mechanism for reducing the expense of data transmissions between a client and a server. According to an aspect of data prefetching is utilized to predictably retrieve information between the client and server. Another aspect pertains to data redundancy management for reducing the expense of transmitting and storing redundant data between the client and server. Another aspect relates to moved data structures for tracking and managing data at a client in conjunction with data redundancy management. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372388 | HASHING SCHEME USING COMPACT ARRAY TABLES - Embodiments include a method, system, and computer program product for creating an array table. In one embodiment the method includes identifying keys associated with values in a database and identifying bits common between the plurality of keys using logical functions and removing the common bits to form condensed keys. The method also includes modulating the condensed keys using identified common bits to create transformed keys and populating the plurality of array tables using the transformed keys and associated values. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372389 | Data Encoding and Processing Columnar Data - Aspects of the invention are provided for accessing a plurality of data elements. A page of column data is stored in a format that includes compressed and/or non-compressed elements, with the format including a plurality of arrays and a vector. Each of the arrays stores elements with common characteristics, with the vector functioning as a mapping to the stored data elements. The vector is leveraged to identify an array and determine an offset to support access to one or more of the data elements. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372390 | INFORMATION DEVICE, SERVER, RECORDING MEDIUM WITH IMAGE FILE RECORDED THEREON, IMAGE FILE GENERATING METHOD, IMAGE FILE MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - The information device includes an imaging unit that images a subject and generates image data of the subject, a meta information generating unit that generates meta information related to the image data generated by the imaging unit, a possibility information generating unit that generates, with respect to the meta information, possibility information setting whether or not change of original information is possible by an external device when the meta information is transmitted to the external device, and an image file generating unit that generates an image file associating the image data generated by the imaging unit, the meta information generated by the meta information generating unit, and the possibility information generated by the possibility information generating unit with one another. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372391 | CONTENT VALIDATION FOR DOCUMENTATION TOPICS USING PROVIDER INFORMATION - At least one processor may determine one or more issues in one or more of a plurality of documentation topics that document at least one software functionality based at least upon applying one or more business rules to the one or more of the plurality of documentation topics. Responsive to determining the one or more issues, one or more entries may be inserted into an issues report, wherein the one or more entries include information regarding the one or more issues. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372392 | REDUCING COLLISIONS WITHIN A HASH TABLE - Collisions in hash tables are reduced by removing each empty bucket from a hash table and compacting the non-empty buckets, generating a map of the hash table indicating a status of the buckets of the hash table, and accessing data in the hash table by applying a hash key to the generated map to determine a corresponding bucket containing the data. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372393 | DATA ARCHIVING SYSTEM - An encrypted file storage solution consists of a cluster of processing nodes, external data storage, and a software agent (the “File System Watcher”), which is installed on the application servers. Cluster sizes of one node up to many hundreds of nodes are possible. There are also remote “Key Servers” which provide various services to one or more clusters. The preceding describes a preferred embodiment, though in some cases it may be desirable to “collapse” some of the functionality into a smaller number of hardware devices, typically trading off cost versus security and fault-tolerance. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372394 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND A NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR TRANSACTION AWARE SNAPSHOT - A method for generating transaction aware snapshots, the method may include: (a) starting a creation of a certain point in time snapshot for a consistency group that comprises at least one logical volume; (b) detecting that at the certain point in time there is an uncompleted transaction for writing multiple information units to the consistency group; the uncompleted transaction started at a transaction start point in time that precedes the certain point in time; (c) preventing an access to the certain point in time snapshot until a completion of the uncompleted transaction; and (d) associating the multiple information units with at least the certain point in time snapshot. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372395 | NON-DESTRUCTIVE DATA STORAGE - Non-destructive data storage is disclosed. An information change is stored that is associated with a business object such that tracking of the information change is enabled with respect to one a transaction time and/or an effective time. The stored information change is accessed with respect to a time. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372396 | Database System Lock Operation Method and Device - A database system lock operation method is provided that includes: acquiring, by a first processing node, a lock operand of a target lock; using, by the first processing node, the target lock to perform a lock acquiring operation on a target data object; when the lock operand meets a condition for a successful lock acquiring operation, determining, by the first processing node, that the lock acquiring operation is successful, and updating a value of a data bit that is in the lock operand and used to indicate a state of the target lock on the first processing node to a value that is used to indicate that the state of the target lock on the first processing node is lock held. Accordingly, the embodiments of the present invention further disclose a node device. The embodiments of the present invention can improve performance of a database system. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372397 | REDUCING LOCK OCCURRENCES IN SERVER/DATABASE SYSTEMS - Limiting the number of concurrent requests in a database system. Arranging requests to be handled by the database system in at least one queue. Defining a maximum value (SS) of concurrent requests corresponding to the at least one queue. Monitoring at least one queue utilization parameter corresponding to the at least one queue and calculating a performance value based on the at least one queue utilization parameter. Adapting the maximum value (SS) of concurrent requests of the at least one queue dynamically based on the performance value (PF) in order to improve system performance. Limiting the number of concurrent requests of the at least one queue dynamically based on the dynamically adapted maximum value (SS). | 2014-12-18 |
20140372398 | NATIVE LANGUAGE SUPPORT FOR INTRA-AND INTERLINKED DATA COLLECTIONS USING A MESH FRAMEWORK - A mesh structure can be a type concept that extends internal tables or other data structures of a business programming languages (e.g., ABAP) by associations, as known from a data object meta-model. A mesh can include a set of operations, such as for example iteration via an iterator object and selection of instances expressed by a path language. A mesh structure can be optimized for read access and traversal, and can provide a working area that is processed with statements in the business programming language to implement one or more core services directly from the mesh data structure. Related methods, computer program products, and systems are described. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372399 | DYNAMIC QUERY RESOLUTION USING ACCURACY PROFILES - In various embodiments, methods and systems for dynamic validation of selectable data are provided. This may be accomplished by referencing search engine session data of a user. The search engine session data includes a plurality of search queries each having an entered-attribute and a resolved-attribute. A variation between the entered-attribute and the resolved-attribute, for each of the plurality of search queries, is determined based on analyzing the entered-attribute and the resolved-attribute. The entered-attribute is an input of the user and the resolved-attribute is a resolved-input for executing the search query. An input-precision score is generated for the user based on the variation between the entered-attribute and the resolved-attribute, for each of the plurality of search queries. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372400 | Dynamic Landing Pages - At least two key-value pairs are received as part of a uniform resource identifier. A Web page definition is retrieved by a processor based on at least one of the key-value pairs and includes multiple sections of a Web page, wherein at least one section is associated with a key of a second key-value pair of the at least two key-value pairs. The key of the second key-value pair is used to select a set of section objects that each have content that can be placed in the section associated with the key. If a section object is located that has been assigned the value of the second key-value pair, content defined for the located section object is placed in the section. A Web page comprising the content for the section is returned. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372401 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SEARCHING UTILIZING ACOUSTICAL CONTEXT - Systems, controllers and methods for contextual-based searching are provided. A system includes one or more devices configured to collect at least one audio stream and a contextual search system. The contextual search system includes a data analyzer and a search engine. The data analyzer is configured to receive the at least one audio stream from among the one or more devices and to determine contextual information from the received at least one audio stream. The search engine is configured to perform a search of at least one search term using the contextual information, to produce a search result. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372402 | Enhanced Searching at an Electronic Device - Presented herein are enhanced techniques for searching content using an electronic device. In accordance with the enhanced searching techniques, the electronic device detects a user's selection of information displayed at the electronic device. The electronic device subsequently detects that the user has dragged the selected information to a search field displayed at the electronic device and automatically identifies the information type. The electronic device conducts a search of a search space based on the selected information dragged into the search field, wherein the search is specific for the information type. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372403 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INFORMATION MATCHING - A method and system for information matching in an instant messaging user interface are disclosed. The method includes monitoring, in real time, chat records in an instant messaging interface to identify a keyword and starting a search application interface if the keyword is identified. The method further includes obtaining key information associated with keyword through the search application interface, and presenting the key information in the instant messaging interface. The method and system consistent with the present disclosure may enrich the user experience in instant messaging applications. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372404 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USING A DISCRIMINATIVE CLASSIFIER FOR PROCESSING A QUERY - A method and apparatus for using a classifier for processing a query are disclosed. For example, the method receives a query from a user, and processes the query to locate one or more documents in accordance with a search engine having a discriminative classifier, wherein the discriminative classifier is trained with a plurality of artificial query examples. The method then presents a result of the processing to the user. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372405 | COMPUTER-BASED COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH SERVICE - A web-based computer system is programmed to present a user interface to a user for viewing with a browser program or mobile application. The user can enter a search query into the interface and the computer system forwards the received search query to a search engine. Search results are received from the search engine and the computer system creates a search record for at least one search result. The computer system is programmed to allow the user to save search records to a board. In addition, the user can add one or more of text, videos, URL links, tables and code segments to a search record. In one embodiment, a user can augment the search records by entering search terms into a search bar that is present on the board. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372406 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING DYNAMIC DATABASE TRAVERSAL - A method, apparatus and computer program product are therefore provided for implementing requests for data using independent data objects. In this regard, the method, apparatus and computer program may receive a request for set of data. The request may include an identifier for the particular set of data. The method may further determine a structure of the set of data using an attribute table associated with one or more data objects, and generate a query using the determined structure of the set of data. The generated query may be executed to retrieve a set of data responsive to the request. The retrieved data may be used along with the determined structure to provide a response to the request. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372407 | JOIN OPERATION PARTITIONING - Partitioned join operations are performed between a first database object and a second database object by determining an agent group for an agent in response to the agent receiving rows of the second database object to process; partitioning the rows to determine a target hash table for each row and adding the partitioned rows to work to be performed by the agent group; and distributing the work for the group to agents of the group by assigning to a single agent all the rows associated with a particular hash table to perform a join operation on the assigned rows. Each partition is assigned a first counter value indicating an upper bound of a task id range that is most recently assigned to an agent in the agent group for processing, and a second counter value indicating the highest task id that has been processed for that partition. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372408 | SPARQL QUERY OPTIMIZATION METHOD - Prior to query execution a compressed table and compressed RDF data are created by use of: RDF data stored in an external storage device; and a compression reference table entered from an input device. The compression reference table is used to create a compressed query from an original query entered from the input device, and the compressed RDF data is searched to generate a variable biding table. An expanded query having a node added thereto is next created by use of the original query and the variable binding table, the node restricting a variable value range. The expanded query and the original RDF data are used to generate a query execution result at last. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372409 | Data Flow Graph Optimization Using Adaptive Rule Chaining - A query is received and an initial data flow graph comprising a plurality of nodes is generated for executing the query. The initial data flow graph is optimized using a model optimizer that accesses at least one of a plurality of patterns to identify a matching pattern and executes at least one optimization rule associated with a matching pattern. Execution of the query is then initiated using the optimized data flow graph. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372410 | UPPER BOUNDS FOR MATCHING - Methods, computer systems, and computer-storage media are provided for refining results. In order to display accurate counts for refinements, an upper bound may be assigned to the refinements such that one the upper bound is reached, counts no longer need to be generated for that refinement. This allows for more accurate counting of all of the refinements if dominating refinements are limited at an upper bound. Once the upper bound is reached, the refinement is no longer counted and the remaining time allowed to count refinements is utilized to count the remaining refinements. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372411 | ON-THE-FLY ENCODING METHOD FOR EFFICIENT GROUPING AND AGGREGATION - Embodiments include a method and computer program product for encoding data while it is being processed as part of a query is provided. The method includes receiving a query request and determining a set of values associated with data to be encoded for completing the query request. The method also includes encoding those values such that any subsequent processing operations can be performed on the encoded values to complete the requested query. After performing the subsequent processing operations to complete the requested query, each value is decoded back to its original value. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372412 | DYNAMIC FILTERING SEARCH RESULTS USING AUGMENTED INDEXES - Methods and systems for using dynamic filtering for searching content items in augmented indexes are provided. A search query is received. The search query is associated with a sort attribute whose order is different from the implicit ordering of content items within the augmented indexes. A plurality of search query elements for the search query is identified. The plurality of search query elements includes the sort attribute having one or more attribute-range-elements each associated with an attribute-range of the sort attribute. An augmented index for searching the query elements is referenced. The augmented index comprises the one or more attribute-range-elements that map to one or more content items having an attribute-value in the attribute-range of the one or more attribute-range elements. Matching content items that satisfy the search query are identified based on selecting matching content items in the augmented index and dynamically filtering the matching content items into a matched-group using the one or more attribute-range-elements. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372413 | READING OBJECT QUERIES - Disclosed herein are a system, non-transitory computer readable medium, and method for responding to a query having a plurality of input objects. A subgraph based on a main graph of objects is used to generate a list of objects associating the input objects. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372414 | Multiple Parameter Graphical Display System and Method - A network based system for comparing options resulting from a query, the system comprising a computer accessible from at least one remote location, the computer being configured to provide a user interface, the user interface being capable of receiving query related information from the remote location. The computer is further capable of performing a query related to the query related information, and determine query results representing a plurality of options relating to the query, and form a representation graph representing the plurality of options, the representation graph having a plurality of data points, each data point representing at least one of the plurality of options, wherein the relative location of a data point within the presentation graph is determined in relation to the location of at least one other data point, the relation representing at least one parameter of the option, and to display the presentation graph. Optionally the systems displays additional information related to an option in response to mouse-hover, and activates a hyperlink when a data point is asserted. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372415 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING AND DELIVERING ENRICHED CONTENT - Methods, systems and programming for providing content. In one example, a request for content is received from a user. One or more parameters associated with a platform on which the requested content is to be presented are obtained. A plurality pieces of addition content are obtained based on the requested content or information associated with the user. Each piece of the addition content is associated with a user engagement metric. A layout of an enriched content page is determined based on the one or more parameters. The layout of the enriched content page includes one or more slots for presenting content. One or more pieces of the additional content are assigned to the one or more slots based on the user engagement metric. The enriched content page including the requested content and the one or more pieces of the additional content is transmitted to the platform. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372416 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RAPID DELIVERY OF TIERED METADATA - In one embodiment of the present invention, a computer-implemented method includes receiving a set of alphanumeric information on a single storage device. First, second and third sets of metadata that are different from each other and that are associated with different subsets of the alphanumeric information are generated by processing the alphanumeric information using first, second, and third criteria, respectively. The first set of metadata is transmitted to a user computer at a first time, the second set of metadata is transmitted to the user computer at a second time subsequent to the first time, and the third set of metadata is transmitted to the user computer at a third time subsequent to the second time. The first, second, and/or third sets of metadata can cause the automated transmission of an alert. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372417 | Method and System for Auditing Processes and Projects for Process Improvement - The present invention provides for tracking time spent on various activities in a software development project by one or more users working on the project. The present invention also stores this data to derive metrics and best practices. The metrics and best practices are compared with project data to analyze the current status of the project and to estimate the completion timeframe for the current project. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372418 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING NON-STANDARD-COMPLIANT IMAGES - Provided is a method of converting a medical image used in a network at a patient care facility, the network including an enterprise network storage solution optionally dedicated for storing medical images in a standardized medical imaging format that are to be retrieved over the network. The method includes us a computer system to search a portable computer-readable medium for an indication that the medical image is stored in a proprietary format on the portable computer-readable medium. The proprietary format of the medical image is identified, using the computer system, based on the indication. The medical image is converted into a format that is compliant with a standardized medical-imaging format, transmitted in the standardized medical-imaging format to be: (i) subsequently displayed by a display device without requiring prior storage of the medical image in an enterprise storage solution for medical images, and/or (ii) stored in the enterprise storage solution. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372419 | TILE-CENTRIC USER INTERFACE FOR QUERY-BASED REPRESENTATIVE CONTENT OF SEARCH RESULT DOCUMENTS - Architecture that represents search results as tiles in a tile-based user interface. The tiles can be images or icons selected to represent a search result or multiple search results. In a broader implementation the tiles can be related to entities as derived from the search results. A web document is received, and on which feature processing is performed to obtain features for each (page, image) tuple. The features are also input to representative image classification, along with the other features to output image classification data. Representative image classification calculates representative scores for every (page, image) pair and (page, image set) pair, and the images are ranked for presentation and viewing in the tile-based user interface. User interaction can be via a touch-based user interface to return and view search results related to a selected tile. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372420 | Systems and Methods for Providing Search Results for Mobile Businesses - Embodiments include a computer-implemented method that includes receiving mobile business location information indicative of a geographic location of a mobile business, receiving a search request, identifying a set of search results responsive to the search request, the set of search results including a search result corresponding to the mobile business, identifying a current geographic location of the mobile business based at least in part on the mobile business location information, ranking the set of search results based at least in part on the current geographic location associated with the mobile business to generate a set of ranked search results, and providing the set of ranked search results for display. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372421 | OPTIMAL ZOOM INDICATORS FOR MAP SEARCH RESULTS - A system and computer program product for indicating an optimal magnification level for displaying search query results in a mapping application running in a computer device. The method comprises: obtaining search results for a business or category of interest in a geographical area; determining the search results to be displayed within a mapping application; determining an optimal magnification level corresponding to a search result; generating a magnification indicator for indicating an optimal magnification level for the search result to be displayed within the mapping application; and adjusting the display within the mapping application to change to the determined optimal magnification level responsive to selecting the magnification indicator for that search result. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372422 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING MICROBLOG DYNAMICS, AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM - Various embodiments of the present invention disclose a method for displaying microblog dynamics. The method includes: obtaining a microblog viewing request containing first location information; searching microblog dynamic information containing second location information, wherein a distance between the first location and the second location is within a preset range; and obtaining an electronic map corresponding to the first location information, and showing the microblog dynamic information in a location corresponding to the second location information on the electronic map. Various embodiments of the present invention also provide a device for displaying microblog dynamics and a computer storage medium. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372423 | PERSONALIZED ENTITY PREFERENCES MODEL AND NOTIFICATIONS - Architecture that performs the automatic modeling of user preferences for entities (a personal entity preference model) based on user's actions such as search history and temporal search behavior to determine content on the web relevant and of interest to a given user at any given time. Explicit and implicit user responses (e.g., notification clicks, ignore, dismiss, unsubscribe, notification dwell) are used to update the model of user entity preferences. The user entity preference model is used to order notifications based on predicted relevance. Additionally, the user personal entity preference model and implicit responses of user are used to decide timing and frequency of notifications. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372424 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SEARCHING VIDEO SCENES - A method and system are provided for searching video scenes. The method includes receiving user inputs specifying one or more titles of one or more respective video contents and an item relating to one or more scenes in the video contents. The method further includes performing a scene-based search using the one or more titles and the item as search criteria to obtain search results corresponding to individual scenes in the video contents associated with the item. The method also includes providing the search results to a user on a display device. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372425 | PERSONALIZED SEARCH EXPERIENCE BASED ON UNDERSTANDING FRESH WEB CONCEPTS AND USER INTERESTS - Architecture that employs a search engine to unobtrusively understand the concepts (topics) and entities in which a user is interested, while simultaneously understanding the current events of the world. These concepts/entities and current events are then mapped to each other to provide a personalized experience for each user that is informative as to the latest news of interest to the user. The user interests are mapped to current events, and queries are formulated, ranked, and displayed to the user that relate to what the user may be interested in searching about new events the user would not have considered without the search engine's assistance. The popular queries are combined with the understanding of what is being indexed in a super fresh tier to determine the current events. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372426 | FILTERING EVENT LOG ENTRIES - A method for efficient logging in a control system is provided. A first plurality of registers, frequently accessed registers, is identified. A request is received from a server to access at least one of the first plurality of registers. The request includes a second plurality of registers and a plurality of data values to be stored in the second plurality of registers. At least some registers included in the request are frequently accessed registers. A third plurality of registers is identified based on predetermined criteria for inclusion. The third plurality of registers is a subset of the second plurality of registers storing a corresponding subset of the plurality of data values. A log entry is stored in an event log file corresponding to each data value included the third plurality of registers. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372427 | REAL-TIME ANALYTIC REPORT ANALYSIS AND RETRIEVAL FRAMEWORK - The present disclosure describes methods, systems, and computer program products providing real-time analytic report analysis and data retrieval. One computer-implemented method includes receiving extracted metadata associated with a first analytic report, identifying the first analytic report using the received metadata, retrieving updated data used to generate the first analytic report, generating a second analytic report, where the second analytic report is an updated version of the first analytic report and uses the updated data, and transmitting the second analytic report. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372428 | INTEGRATION FLOW DATABASE RUNTIME - The present disclosure describes methods, systems, and computer program products for providing application integration functionality directly on a relational database according to an implementation. One computer-implemented method includes inserting relational data into a start table of a database, detecting a change in the start table, retrieving the inserted relational data from the start table, processing, using a computer, the relational data using a database integration flow runtime into result data, inserting the result data into an end table of the database, detecting a change in the end table, and retrieving the result data from the end table. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372429 | INCORPORATING USER USAGE OF CONSUMABLE CONTENT INTO RECOMMENDATIONS - Disclosed herein is a system and method for generating a user profile for a user based on the way the user interacts with consumable content in an application, such as an electronic book in an e-reader. The actions of the user with regards to the content are monitored and the associated with characteristics of the content. This association is used to build the user's profile of their likes and dislikes which are then provided to a recommender system to provide more relevant and personalize recommendations. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372430 | AUTOMATIC AUDIENCE DETECTION FOR MODIFYING USER PROFILES AND MAKING GROUP RECOMMENDATIONS - Disclosed herein is a system and method for determining that a current user profile in a system should be modified or changed. An audience detection component detects that a characteristic has been detected that does not match at least one characteristic in the current user profile. The audience detection component determines how the profile should be modified or restricted based on the inputs received from the sensors. The modified profile is then provided to a recommender system so that appropriate content may be suggested to the consumers without any further intervention or action required by the user. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372431 | GENERATING DIFFERENCES FOR TUPLE ATTRIBUTES - A sequence of tuples, each having one or more attributes, is received at one of one or more processing elements operating on one or more processors. Each processing element may have one or more stream operators. A first stream operator may be identified as one that only processes an instance of a first attribute in a currently received tuple when a difference between an instance of the first attribute in a previously received tuple and the instance of the first attribute in the currently received tuple is outside of a difference threshold. A second stream operator may generate a difference attribute from a first instance of the first attribute in a first one of the received tuples and a second instance of the first attribute in a second one of the received tuples. The difference attribute may be transmitted from the second stream operator to the first stream operator. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372432 | Active Platform System - In the case of a web-based platform apparatus for collecting and editing information, which platform apparatus can be networked to a plurality of subscribers that can be identified by means of an identifier, wherein the information on the platform is formed by a plurality of dual units (DuUs), wherein a dual unit (DuU) respectively comprises a memory location, associated with a prescribeable topic and provided with an identifier, and also a prescribeable criterion, associated with the memory location and in the form of an information filter, for input of a piece of information into the memory location, synergistic editing of the contents of dual units by a plurality of suitable subscribers is rendered possible in that the content of at least one dual unit (DuU) ( | 2014-12-18 |
20140372433 | Analysis of Event Driven Information - Event driven information may be analyzed. A plurality of electronic documents may be received. The plurality of electronic documents may represent activity in a plurality of cases. A respective plurality of event identifiers for each case may be generated based on the plurality of electronic documents. For example, each of the respective plurality of event identifiers may be a respective ordered list. And, a visual representation of the activity in the plurality of cases may be generated. The visual representation may be based on an aggregation of the respective plurality of event identifiers. The visualization may include a directional network of connected nodes. For example, each node may represent a respective event identifier and each respective plurality of event identifiers may represent a path in the network. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372434 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING SOCIAL CONNECTIONS BASED ON EXPERIMENTAL LIFE SCIENCES DATA - Technologies are provided for data dependent socialization for life scientists and organizations. Data dependent socialization may be based on statistical correlations between experimental life science data. A service may provide individuals with an interface for providing experimental data, and the service may generate a visual connection report representing potential connections for collaboration. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372435 | PERSONAL CONTENT STREAMS BASED ON USER-TOPIC PROFILES - A personal content stream comprising a plurality of videos is generated for a user. The user selects topics used in the generation of a personal content stream. The plurality of user selected topics is expanded to include topics related to one or more of the user selected topics. Each of the topics in the expanded plurality of topics includes a topic weight. Videos are selected that are related to one or more of the expanded plurality of topics to generate a plurality of stream videos. Additional videos are selected and added to the plurality of stream videos as the user watches videos. The topic weights are adjusted during video playback based on feedback from the user. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372436 | EVENT BASED METADATA SYNTHESIS - Event based metadata synthesis is provided. In some embodiments, event based metadata synthesis includes determining time and location information for a first digital asset (e.g., a photograph, video, or recording) associated with a first user based on a first set of metadata associated with the first digital asset, in which the first set of metadata does not include location information, and in which the first set of metadata includes a first time value, and based on a second set of metadata associated with a second digital asset associated with a second user, in which the second set of metadata includes a second time value and a first location value; determining the first digital asset is associated with an event based on a correlation of the determined time and location information for the first digital asset with event time and location information for the event, in which the determined time and location information for the first digital asset includes the first time value and the first location value; and associate the first digital asset with a third set of metadata associated with the event. In some embodiments, event based metadata synthesis further includes, associating the first user with the second user based on a social graph associated with a social networking service, wherein the social networking service stores a plurality of digital assets for each of the first user and the second user. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372437 | Comparison of Multi-Dimensional Datasets - Methods, systems, and apparatuses for comparing multi-dimensional datasets are provided. A multi-dimensional dataset comparison includes receiving a plurality of datasets, each including a plurality of coordinates, wherein a subset of coordinates defines a geo-fence. For a coordinate within a geo-fence of one of the plurality of datasets, determining analogous coordinates in each of the other datasets, the analogous coordinates defining a coordinate input set, and performing in parallel an operation on the coordinate input set to determine whether an entry is present at a coordinate of the coordinate input set. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372438 | DETERMINISTIC PROGRESSIVE BIG DATA ANALYTICS - A plurality of data items that are annotated with progress markers may be obtained. The progress markers may indicate progress points associated with atemporal processing progress of the respective data items. Deterministic, massively parallel, progressive processing may be initiated on the plurality of data items on a plurality of devices, the progress markers indicating which of the plurality of data items are to be incorporated into results of the progressive processing, the progress markers further indicating an ordering for incorporation of the respective data items into the results. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372439 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATING A VISUAL VOCABULARY - Systems, devices, and methods for creating a visual vocabulary extract a plurality of descriptors from one or more labeled images; cluster the descriptors into augmented-space clusters in an augmented space, wherein the augmented space includes visual similarities and label similarities; generate a descriptor-space cluster in a descriptor space based on the augmented-space clusters, wherein one or more augmented-space clusters are associated with the descriptor-space cluster; and generate augmented-space classifiers for the augmented-space clusters that are associated with the descriptor-space cluster based on the augmented-space clusters. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372440 | MMA Glove Incorporating a Tightly Secured Wireless Impact Processing Circuit - An improved mixed martial art (“MMA”) glove includes an impact sensing circuit board that holds a microcontroller, a three-axis accelerometer, a wireless interface chip, and is coupled to an impact sensing circuit. The circuit board is securely mounted to the wrist portion of the improved MMA glove by one or more sewing holes. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372441 | CONFLATING ENTITIES USING A PERSISTENT ENTITY INDEX - Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media are provided for conflating entities using a persistent entity index. Information (including attributes) pertaining to a plurality of entities is received. The received information is either matched with one or more existing entities in the persistent entity index or, if no match is found, selected for addition to the persistent entity index. The persistent entity index includes entity-attribute pairs associated therewith. Attributes associated with matching entities for which information is received are aggregated and/or reconciled with the entity-attribute pairs associated with existing entities included in the persistent entity index. The persistent entity index may be incrementally updated at predetermined time intervals to insure the accuracy and freshness of the information associated therewith. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372442 | K-GRID FOR CLUSTERING DATA OBJECTS - Algorithms and systems for clustering information objects. Objects including metadata may be populated within a k-dimensional grid (K-Grid). A distance function between objects may be calculated, and a cost function may be calculated. Optimization may occur over several iterations by applying random mutation operations on the K-Grid and re-calculation of the cost function. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372443 | Tracking System and Method - A method of tracking an entity includes generating data relevant to the entity at a first location, storing the data at a server, and accessing at least a portion of the data at the first location or at a second location. The data can include location information, time information, image data, text, and/or biometric data. The data an be encrypted, organized, categorized, updated, accumulated with other data, classified, and/or disseminated, and an automated search can include an image feature recognition and facial recognition search. The entity can be a person, an animal, or an object. A communications system includes a processing device and a server that includes an automated search engine. The server can be configured to perform data analysis, such as data grouping. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372444 | DATA CLUSTERING APPARATUS AND METHOD - Provided are a data clustering apparatus and method, which can rapidly and accurately cluster data. The data clustering apparatus includes an index discriminating unit discriminating an index corresponding to an input position of new data input to a space for data clustering, including a lattice-type segmented space having lattice unit spaces set with different indexes, and a clustering unit creating a new cluster in the discriminated index using the input new data as a representative value when a cluster is not created at the discriminated index. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372445 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INDEXING AND LINKING ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS - The present disclosure provides various systems and methods for indexing digital (electronic) documents. The systems and methods may utilize various software, hardware, and firmware modules to identify notations, such as sheet names, anchors, and anchor references on construction documents. The identified notations are indexed and used to create hyperlinked pages that are easily navigable. In some embodiments, the hyperlinked pages may include previous- and next-sheet hyperlinks that allow for direct navigation within a set of pages, according to an order provided in an index. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372446 | EMAIL CONTENT MANAGEMENT AND VISUALIZATION - Embodiments of the present invention provide a system, method, and program product to manage and visualize email content using metadata tags. In an embodiment, the method comprises a computing device receiving an email message that is addressed to a recipient and includes a metadata tag; associating the metadata tag with a predefined category and/or subcategory; transmitting a predefined category and/or subcategory to be displayed using at least a pie chart icon that includes a circular chart divided into sectors that illustrate a numerical portion of the transmitted predefined category and/or subcategory associated with a metadata tag, wherein each sector includes an arc length that is proportional to a quantity of email messages received that have a metadata tag associated with the sector; and generating an object associated with the transmitted predefined category and/or subcategory, wherein in response to a user interacting with the object an action is generated. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372447 | KNOWLEDGE INDEX SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING KNOWLEDGE INDEX - A knowledge index system and a method of providing a knowledge index are provided. The knowledge index system includes: a knowledge graph storage unit that includes a plurality of nodes representing a core word or a subject word about knowledge of a specific field and an edge representing an association relationship between the plurality of nodes with a line, and that stores a knowledge index representing a structure of the knowledge field in a graph form having a cycle in which more than one path may exist between any pair of nodes by displaying a related degree between two nodes at the edge; a data storage unit that stores data constituting the knowledge index; and a display unit that outputs a knowledge index of the graph form on a screen. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372448 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SEARCHING CHEMICAL STRUCTURES - Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for distributing structured data sets. In accordance with one implementation, a computer-implemented method is provided that comprises operations performed by one or more processors, including receiving structured data, the structured data including a plurality of entity data elements and one or more relationship data elements; assigning universal identifiers to the entity data elements; and determining one or more relationship instances, the one or more relationship instances corresponding to one or more relationships between the assigned universal identifiers according to the one or more relationship data elements. The method also includes segmenting the entity data elements into sub elements having types, and distributing the sub elements among a plurality of entity partitions and distributing the determined one or more relationship instances among one or more relationship partitions. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372449 | IMAGE-BASED INDEXING IN A NETWORK-BASED MARKETPLACE - A method and system to index and search item listings in a network-based publication system, such as a network-based marketplace. For example, a listing query may be received from a user, the listing query including a query image. The query image may then be processed to generate a plurality of index sets. Each index set of the plurality of index sets may correspond to a respective portion of the query image and may comprise a set of index values. Each index value of the set of index values may be indicative of an image attribute, such as light intensity, for a respective sub-portion of the corresponding portion of the query image. At least one result image from a database of listing images may be identified by comparing the plurality of index sets for the query image to pre-compiled index sets in an index database. Each pre-compiled index set may be associated with at least one listing image which, in turn, may be associated with an item listing on a network-based marketplace. | 2014-12-18 |
20140372450 | METHODS OF VIEWING AND ANALYZING HIGH CONTENT BIOLOGICAL DATA - The invention relates generally to a method for interactive viewing and analysis of high content data in a biological pathway context. The high content data maybe related to the expression of biomarkers within a tissue, cellular, or cellular compartment of individual cell such that the data may reveal patterns of expression to identify a biological process, a clinical diagnosis or prognosis. | 2014-12-18 |