51st week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 61 |
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20100325102 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS IN A LITIGATION CONTEXT - A system and method for production of analyzing electronic documents includes document acquisition software; a database, comprising a document table; a document parser; a categorization schema; and a document processor operatively in communication with the database and the categorization schema. Document acquisition software operatively resident in a first computer acquires an electronic document which is then parsed by a document parser operatively resident in a second computer to create a set of parsed data related to the acquired document. A predetermined set of data describing the parsed document, comprising the created parsed data, are stored into a document table of a database accessible to the second computer. A non-neural network process is used to process the created parsed data in a document processor operatively resident in a third computer according to a categorization schema to create an association between the acquired document and the categorization schema. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325103 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING AND CREATING PRESENTATIONS - A slide customization system, comprising an administrator, wherein at least one information presentation is received at the administrator, at least one database, wherein the at least one information presentation is stored, a validator, wherein validation of the at least one information presentation is performed by the validator by validating the at least one information presentation with at least one validation attribute selected by the administrator from a plurality of validation attributes, and wherein the validation of the selected ones of the validation attributes against the at least one information presentation is stored to said at least one database, and a compiler. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325104 | LOCATION SEARCH DEVICE, LOCATION SEARCH METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING LOCATION SEARCH PROGRAM - A location search device, in which when one of buttons in a character input portion is repeatedly pressed, a plurality of characters assigned in advance to the one button is displayed in an input character display portion in a predetermined cyclic sequence. When one of the buttons is pressed, and then, another of the buttons is pressed, the character displayed in the display portion immediately prior to pressing of the other button is set as an input set character. When the character is input through the character input portion following the input set character, a character string is input. A plurality of compound character strings are created by combining the input set character string with the plurality of characters that is pressed next, and search object character strings that partially match the respective compound character strings are acquired from a character string storage portion, as input candidate character strings. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325105 | Generating ranked search results using linear and nonlinear ranking models - Generating ranked search results includes receiving a plurality of matching information items that match a search request, ranking at least some of the plurality of matching information items using a linear ranking model that linearly combines a first plurality of feature values to obtain a first set of ranked results, ranking at least some of the first set of ranked results using a nonlinear ranking model that nonlinearly combines a second plurality of feature values to obtain a second set of ranked results, and provide a search response based on the second set of ranked results. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325106 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING AMBIGUOUS, MULTITERM SEARCH QUERIES - In accordance with one or more embodiments of the invention, a method and system are provided of processing a search query entered by a user of a device having a text input interface with overloaded keys. The search query is directed at identifying an item from a set of items. Each of the items has one or more associated descriptors. The system receives from the user an ambiguous search query directed at identifying a desired item. The search query is a prefix substring of each of at least two words relating to the desired item. The system dynamically identifies a group of one or more items from the set of items having one or more descriptors matching the search query as the user enters each character of the search query. The system outputs identification of the one or more items of the identified group to be displayed on the device operated by the user. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325107 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEASURING AND MANAGING DISTRIBUTED ONLINE CONVERSATIONS | 2010-12-23 |
20100325108 | Compiling Co-associating Bioattributes - A bioinformatics method, software, database and system are presented in which attribute profiles of query-attribute-positive individuals and query-attribute-negative individuals are compared, and combinations of pangenetic and non-pangenetic attributes that occur at a higher frequency in the group of query-attribute-positive individuals are identified and stored to generate a compilation of bioattribute combinations that co-associate with the query attribute (i.e., an attribute of interest). | 2010-12-23 |
20100325109 | KEYWORD CLASSIFICATION AND DETERMINATION IN LANGUAGE MODELLING - A computer-implemented method and apparatus defines a keyword class vector. A set of seed keywords is determined from a set of keywords and first and second most similar keywords from the set of seed keywords are then determined. A class vector is determined from first and second keyword vectors associated with the first and second most similar keywords. The method and apparatus also classifies a keyword in a keyword class. A similarity for a keyword vector associated with the keyword is determined with reference to a plurality of class vectors, each class vector having an associated class and determines a most similar class vector of the plurality of class vectors from the similarity determination. The keyword is then classified in a most similar class associated with the most similar class vector. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325110 | Efficient Method for Clustering Nodes - Methods and computer storage media for clustering nodes are provided. An input file is received that is comprised of primary nodes, secondary nodes and metrics that relate to the association between the primary nodes and the secondary nodes. Upon receiving the input file, the input file is abridged to reduce the number of nodes contained in the input file. The unique initial primary nodes are then clustered with their associated secondary node. The clusters containing the unique initial primary nodes are replaced if a subsequent related cluster satisfies a pre-defined condition. In some embodiments, multiple clusters are then merged until the cluster size reaches a pre-defined size. In some embodiments, the input file is cleaned and sorted prior to being abridged. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325111 | Methods and Systems for Selecting and Presenting Content Based on Context Sensitive User Preferences - A method of selecting and presenting content based on context-sensitive learned user preferences is provided. The method includes providing a set of content items having descriptive terms. The method includes receiving user input for identifying items and, in response thereto, presenting a subset of items. The method includes receiving user selections of said items and analyzing the descriptive terms of those items to learn the user's content preferences. The method includes determining the context in which the user performed the selections and associating those contexts with the user content preferences learned from the corresponding user selections. The method includes, in response to subsequent user input, determining a context of said subsequent input and selecting and ordering a collection of items based on comparing those items' descriptive terms with the user's learned content preferences associated with the determined context in which the user entered the subsequent input. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325112 | METHOD FOR RESPONDING TO A PLURALITY OF ELECTRONIC MESSAGES - A method is disclosed for acting on a plurality of electronic messages. The method includes the step of receiving the plurality of electronic messages. Each of the plurality of electronic messages is then portioned into a plurality of message components. Each of the plurality of message components is then grouped into common-themed sets. Once grouped, the method allows the viewing of one of the common-themed sets to determine an appropriate response to each of the plurality of messages having one of the plurality of message components grouped in the common-themed set. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325113 | AUTOMATIC CATEGORIZATION OF ENTRIES IN A CONTACT LIST - Entries within a participant list of an electronic communications system may be categorized automatically into one or more groups based on attributes of users represented in the participant list. Categorizing users includes maintaining a list of identifiers that are selected by a first user and for which online presence information is made perceivable through the list. The list includes one or more categories into which the identifiers are categorized. At least one attribute associated with an identifier for which online presence information is to be made perceivable through the list and attributes stored relative to at least one of the categories are accessed. The attributes associated with the identifier are compared to the stored attributes. Based on results of the comparison, at least one category within the list that corresponds to the identifier is identified, and the identifier is categorized into the identified category. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325114 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING DOCUMENT FRESHNESS - A system determines a freshness of a first document. The system determines whether a freshness attribute is associated with the first document. The system identifies, based on the determination, a set of second documents that each contain a link to the first document. The system assigns a freshness score to the first document based on a freshness attribute associated with each document of the set of second documents or the freshness attribute associated with the first document. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325115 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING AND PROCESSING ELECTRONIC FILE LIST - An embodiment of the present invention provides a method and system for displaying and processing an electronic file list. The method includes: determining a keyword used for sorting in the electronic file list, retrieving keyword information of each electronic file in the electronic file list; and displaying the electronic file list in which electronic files are sorted. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325116 | DATA LIBRARY OPTIMIZATION - The invention provides a method, system, and program product for optimizing a data library. A first aspect of the invention provides a method of optimizing a data library, comprising: moving a plurality of data files from a plurality of data library volumes to a staging area; sorting the data files into a plurality of directories based on at least one criterion of the data files; transferring data files from a first directory in the staging area to a transfer medium; deleting the first directory; transferring data files from a second directory in the staging area to a transfer medium; and deleting the second directory. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325117 | Robust Signatures Derived from Local Nonlinear Filters - Content signal recognition is based on a multi-axis filtering of the content signal. The signatures are calculated, formed into data structures and organized in a database for quick searching and matching operations used in content recognition. For content recognition, signals are sampled and transformed into signatures using the multi axis filter. The database is searched to recognize the signals as part of a content item in the database. Using the content identification, content metadata is retrieved and provided for a variety of applications. In one application, the metadata is provided in response to a content identification request. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325118 | TEXT INFORMATION ANALYSIS SYSTEM - A first problem is that a cause investigation has been difficult to achieve in related art, though it is important to analyze the cause of a sudden increase/sudden decrease (burst). For example, a person needs to interpret the contents by carefully reading the original text of an article during that period, which requires an operating time. The cause of a burst has not been found in many cases. This is because an event unknown to a user may be the cause. A text information analysis system includes a time expression determination section | 2010-12-23 |
20100325119 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO COLLECT AND AUGMENT DECEDENT DATA - Systems, methods, and software to collect, validate, and disseminate or otherwise use of data of decedents. Some embodiments include receiving and obtaining decedent data from various sources to augment decedent data and making the augmented decedent data available to others. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325120 | Bookmark-guided, taxonomy-based, user-specific display of syndication feed entries using natural language descriptions in foreground and background corpora - A method for user-specific display of syndication feed entries uses a taxonomy, a user-specific foreground corpus of bookmarks, and a background corpus of feed entries. User-specific book-marks are received. Each bookmark provides a natural-language description characterizing a bookmark resource. The natural-language descriptions are classified to determine one or more bookmark topics for each bookmark. The topics are maintained in the taxonomy. The bookmark topics are each associated with accumulators in the user-specific foreground corpus. Each book-mark is accumulated to the accumulators corresponding to each of its topics. Feed syndication entries are received and similarly classified according to associated natural-language descriptions. Entry topics are associated with accumulators in the background corpus. A user-specific weight is determined for each entry by aggregating the accumulators corresponding to the entry topics for the foreground and background corpora. The entries are displayed for a specific user in order of declining user-specific weight. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325121 | METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTING DATA TO TECHNICAL COMPUTING WORKERS - A method and system is disclosed for providing a distributed technical computing environment for distributing technical computing tasks from a technical computing client to technical computing workers for execution of the tasks on one or more computers systems. Tasks can be defined on a technical computing client, and the tasks organized into jobs. The technical computing client can directly distribute tasks to one or more technical computing workers. Furthermore, the technical computing client can submit tasks, or jobs comprising tasks, to an automatic task distribution mechanism that distributes the tasks automatically to one or more technical computing workers providing technical computing services. The technical computing worker performs technical computing of tasks and the results of the execution of tasks may be provided to the technical computing client. Data associated with the tasks is managed by a programmable interface associated with a data storage repository. The interface allows the various entities of the distributed technical computing environment to access data services performable by the interface or by a file system or a database and database management system associated with the data. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325122 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INTEGRATING APPLICATIONS INTO A COMPUTERIZED ENVIRONMENT - A method and apparatus for automatically suggesting further applications to a user using an executed application in a computerized environment, comprising receiving metadata provided by the executed application; searching an index for suggested applications which receive as input the data provided by the executed application; assigning a priority for each of the suggested applications: sorting the suggested applications according to the priority; and displaying to the user a list comprising the applications that received the highest priorities. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325123 | Media Seed Suggestion - Media recommendation techniques are described. In an implementation, a similarity value is calculated for a plurality of media using a plurality of similarity functions. A vote is assigned for each similarity value that is above a threshold that is assigned for a respective similarity function and the plurality of media is ranked based at least in part on the assigned votes. A playlist is then created based at least in part on the ranking. Media seed techniques are also described. In an implementation, a set of dissimilar candidates are calculated for a plurality of media using a similarity function in which the set of dissimilar candidates describes the media that is dissimilar in comparison with other media included in the plurality of media. A seed is selected using the set of the dissimilar candidates to create a playlist that includes at least some of the plurality of media. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325124 | TUNING QUERY EXECUTION PERFORMANCE OF A DATABASE SYSTEM - Methods, systems, and computer program products for tuning query execution performance in a database management system are described. In an embodiment, query performance issues of chosen database operational logic in a database management system are identified with an external utility provided for use on top of the database management system. The identified query performance issues are resolved selectively in the database management system without modifying the chosen database operational logic. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325125 | MEDIA RECOMMENDATIONS - Media recommendation techniques are described. In an implementation, a similarity value is calculated for a plurality of media using a plurality of similarity functions. A vote is assigned for each similarity value that is above a threshold that is assigned for a respective similarity function and the plurality of media is ranked based at least in part on the assigned votes. A playlist is then created based at least in part on the ranking. Media seed techniques are also described. In an implementation, a set of dissimilar candidates are calculated for a plurality of media using a similarity function in which the set of dissimilar candidates describes the media that is dissimilar in comparison with other media included in the plurality of media. A seed is selected using the set of the dissimilar candidates to create a playlist that includes at least some of the plurality of media. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325126 | RECOMMENDATION BASED ON LOW-RANK APPROXIMATION - A system and method for providing personalized recommendations are disclosed herein. A system includes a processor and a software system executed by the processor. The software system provides a recommendation for an item. The recommendation is based on a comparison of a low-rank approximation of a domain matrix to a user profile. The user profile is based, in part, on the low-rank approximation of the domain matrix. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325127 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC GEO-LOCATION AND SOCIAL GROUP INDEXING - An approach is provided for automatic geo-location and social group indexing thereby search geo-locations. A geo-location search learning platform receives a query specifying words, and retrieves context information of a user based upon a criterion. The geo-location search learning platform then assigns to the user a social group identifier identifying a social group based on the context information, retrieves one or more social group indexes based upon the social group identifier, retrieves one or more geo-location indexes based upon the one or more social group indexes, and generates a search result using, in response to the query, the one or more geo-location indexes and the words. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325128 | GENERATING AND REGISTERING DOMAIN NAME-BASED SCREEN NAMES - Methods of the present inventions allow for generating and registering domain name-based screen names. An exemplary method may comprise the steps of registering a domain name to a registrant, generating a screen name for a software application that may be based upon the domain name, and registering the screen name to the registrant. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325129 | DETERMINING THE GEOGRAPHIC SCOPE OF WEB RESOURCES USING USER CLICK DATA - A geographic region is automatically determined for an Internet resource based on information that has been gathered over time through the automatic monitoring of certain “click” activities of Internet search engine-using users. Over time, the search engine collects information for each click. Using this click-related data, the search engine estimates the geographic region with which the resource ought to be associated. The fact that a significant proportion of clicks on a resource's hyperlink are clicks that “came through” a search engine portal that is associated with a geographic region tends to suggest that the resource ought to be associated with that geographic region. Similarly, the fact that a significant proportion of clicks on a resource's hyperlink are clicks that were made by users whose computers have IP addresses that are associated with a geographic region tends to suggest that the resource ought to be associated with that geographic region. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325130 | MEDIA ASSET INTERACTIVE SEARCH - Media asset interactive search is described. In embodiments, successive keypad number inputs are received that each correlate to multiple characters of one or more different languages. The successive keypad number inputs form an accumulating search key as they are received. A database is searched for a sequence of characters that correlate to the accumulating search key after each successive keypad number input is received. A list of matching terms can then be generated where the matching terms include the sequence of characters, and the list of matching terms narrows with each successive keypad number input. Additionally, the list of the matching terms can be ordered based on a scoring system. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325131 | ASSIGNING RELEVANCE WEIGHTS BASED ON TEMPORAL DYNAMICS - A system described herein includes a receiver component that receives a first dataset, wherein the first dataset comprises temporal dynamics pertaining to a document that is accessible by a search engine, wherein the temporal dynamics comprise an identity of a term corresponding to the document and an indication that the term has been subject to change over time. The system also includes a weight assignor component that assigns a relevance weight to the document based at least in part upon the temporal dynamics pertaining to the document, wherein the relevance weight is utilized by the search engine to assign a ranking to the document with respect to at least one other document when the search engine retrieves the document. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325132 | QUERYING COMPRESSED TIME-SERIES SIGNALS - A system described herein includes a receiver component that receives a query that pertains to a raw time-series signal. A query executor component selectively executes the query over at least one of multiple available compressed representations of the raw time-series signal, wherein the query pertains to at least one of one of determining a trend pertaining to the raw time-series signal, generating a histogram pertaining to the raw time-series signal, or determining a correlation pertaining to the raw time-series signal. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325133 | DETERMINING A SIMILARITY MEASURE BETWEEN QUERIES - A system described herein includes a receiver component that receives a dataset that is stored in a computer-readable medium of a computing device, wherein the dataset includes a plurality of queries issued by users to a search engine and a plurality of search results selected by the users upon issuing the plurality of queries. A distribution determiner component determines click distributions over the search results selected by the users with respect to the plurality of queries. A labeler component labels at least two queries in the plurality of queries as being substantially similar to one another based at least in part upon the click distributions over the search results selected by the users with respect to the plurality of queries. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325134 | ACCURACY MEASUREMENT OF DATABASE SEARCH ALGORITHMS - A system, method and program product for evaluating search algorithms. A method is provided that includes: defining a population of searches and database records from a search history database; applying a sampling method and direct sampling rates to each search/record pair in the population using a computing system, wherein search/record pairs having a higher variability relative to the population are assigned a relatively higher probability; randomly sampling a direct sample of search/record pairs with the computing system using the direct sampling rates to increase a likelihood of obtaining search/record pairs having the higher variability; running a search algorithm and measuring errors for the direct sample and/or for an associated indirect sample; and calculating an estimated error rate for the search algorithm using inverse probability weighting. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325135 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A MOOD PROFILE ASSOCIATED WITH MEDIA DATA - In an embodiment, a method is provided for determining a mood profile of media data. In this method, mood is determined across multiple elements of mood for the media data to create a mood profile associated with the media data. In some embodiments, the mood profile is then used to determine congruencies between one or more pieces of media data. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325136 | ERROR TOLERANT AUTOCOMPLETION - Techniques for error-tolerant autocompletion are described. While displaying characters of an input string as they are inputted by a user, when a character is added to the input string by the user, matching strings may be selected from among a set of candidate strings by determining which of the candidate strings have a prefix whose characters match the characters of the input string within a given edit distance of the input string. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325137 | Method and system for musical multimedia content classification, creation and combination of musical multimedia play lists based on user contextual preferences - A method for creating, sharing, combining, and analyzing musical multimedia play lists based on a user contextual classification. Musical multimedia is media that utilizes a combination of different content forms such as music songs, movies, pictures, and sounds. This contextual classification is defined by relationships among key elements of the multimedia content. For example, the relationships for music songs are defined among musical genre, singer/player, or a specific music song with an activity list, places or locations, and states of feeling (i.e., mood or temper) defined by the user when he usually listens to music frequently. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325138 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING VIDEO SEARCH ON WEB - A video searching method downloads video files from websites by detecting name extensions of files on the websites, and classifies the video files according to specific information of each of the video files. The specific information is obtained by detecting an image of each of the video files. The image of each of the video files is compressed to obtain a thumbnail of the image of each of the video files. A database which stores the thumbnails of the images and the specific information of the video files is provided. The thumbnails of the images of video files relative to a topic of a search request in the database can be listed in sequence according to corresponding specific information of the relative video files, as a search result. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325139 | Service Provider Management Console - A service provider management system may consolidate multiple functions and multiple service providers for those functions using a user interface system with a common schema. Each service provider may comply with a function specific schema, and some service providers may include extensions to the schema. The user interface system may present a list of service providers. When a specific service provider is selected, a list of available tasks along with current data about the service provider may be presented. The service provider management may integrate with local databases for populating information used by a service provider. One embodiment may be used to manage services across a network of computer devices, such as managing multiple computing devices and multiple users within a local area network. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325140 | SYSTEM FOR AND METHOD OF PARALLEL SEARCHING - A system for and method of parallel searching is presented. According to an embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method, comprising receiving, at a network device, an indication of an electronic media selection from a user, identifying a search input in metadata associated with the electronic media selection, searching one or more electronic data sources based at least in part on the identified search input, and providing one or more search results via a network to one or more devices accessible to the user, wherein the one or more search results are capable of being delivered during delivery of the electronic media selection to the user. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325141 | Virtual Screening of Chemical Spaces - The present invention relates to the screening of molecules, for example for candidates for the development of new drugs. In more detail, the invention relates to a method for searching molecules among a number of molecules to be screened that are similar to a given set of query molecules. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325142 | Software and Metadata Structures for Distributed And Interactive Database Architecture For Parallel And Asynchronous Data Processing Of Complex Data And For Real-Time Query Processing - The various embodiments of the invention provide software and metadata structures for a data processing system and method, for applications such as marketing campaign management, speech recognition and signal processing. An exemplary system embodiment includes a first data repository adapted to store a plurality of entity and attribute data; a second data repository adapted to store a plurality of entity linkage data; a metadata data repository adapted to store a plurality of metadata modules, with a first metadata module having a plurality of selectable parameters, received through a control interface, and having a plurality of metadata linkages to a first subset of metadata modules; and a multidimensional data structure. The control interface may modify the plurality of selectable parameters in response to received control information. A plurality of processing nodes are adapted to use the plurality of selectable parameters to assemble a first plurality of data from the first and second data repositories and from input data, to reduce the first plurality of data to form a second plurality of data, and to aggregate and dimension the second plurality of data for storage in the multidimensional data structure. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325143 | AUTOMATICALLY LINKING GEOGRAPHIC TERMS TO GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION - Identified in the textual data of a web page ( | 2010-12-23 |
20100325144 | SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES FOR INTERACTIVE DATA COLLECTION AND ASSESSMENT - Data collection and assessment systems and processes for delivering a personalized experience to a user by gathering information from the user through a dynamic interface, performing detailed analyses based on the data collected, identifying the most probable user-specific outcome(s), and providing relevant feedback and analyses based on the most probable user-specific outcome identified. Embodiments of the described system and process also comprehensively track and store user data, thereby enabling the highest levels of user status supervision, client relations and efficiency. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325145 | SEARCH WORD CANDIDATE OUTPUTTING APPARATUS, SEARCH APPARATUS, SEARCH WORD CANDIDATE OUTPUTTING METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM IN WHICH SEARCH WORD CANDIDATE OUTPUTTING PROGRAM IS RECORDED, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM IN WHICH DATA STRUCTURE IS RECORDED - A search word candidate outputting apparatus includes: a keyword database storing a pair of word/phrase-attribute information composed of a word/phrase inputted as a keyword, and attribute information indicating an attribute of a word/phrase as a keyword, a next word predictive candidate database configured to store a pair of attribute information-sentence composed of the attribute information, and a sentence expected to be inputted together with the word/phrase for which the attribute is indicated by the attribute information, a next word predictive candidate extraction device that, based on a pair of word/phrase-attribute information, extracts attribute information corresponding to a word/phrase from the keyword type database, and based on a pair of attribute information-sentence, extracts a sentence which constitutes a pair of attribute information-sentence together with the attribute information, from the next word predictive candidate database, and a display configured to display the inputted word/phrase and the extracted sentence, as a candidate. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325146 | Enabling identification of online identities between different messaging services - A method and system for populating identities in a message service involves registering a user of a first messaging service with a second messaging service. User identities for users other than the registered user may be identified. These user identities may be associated with the first messaging service and may be stored in a list associated with the registered user. It is determined if each identified user identity has a matching user identity associated with the second messaging service. If so, a database associated with the second messaging service is populated with the matching user identities. Determining whether a matching user identity exists may be performed, for example, by making character strings comparisons between user identities or using a database that stores a mapping of first messaging service user identities to second messaging service user identities. The mapping database may be generated as corresponding user identities are discovered. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325147 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An apparatus performs a first search for first information that contains a first character input through an operation, and performs a second search for second information that contains both of the first character and a second character when the second character is input after the first search is started. Before the searches are performed, either a first search mode or a second search mode is selected: in the first search mode, a search is started for the first information independently of an input of the second character after the input of the first character; and in the second search mode, a determination is made whether or not there is an input of the second character after the input of the first character, and a search is started for the first information when there is no input of the second character is selected. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325148 | System and Method for Generation of Attribute Driven Temporal Clustering - System and methods for rapid generation of attribute driven temporal clustering are provided. In one embodiment, the system includes a data storage device and a server. The data storage device may be configured to store a database comprising a plurality of records. The system may also include a server in data communication with the data storage device. The server may be suitably programmed to receive a first attribute and a second attribute, search a database stored on a data storage device to obtain a first group of records associated with the first attribute, search the first group of records to obtain a second group of records associated with the second attribute, determine a temporal relationship between a first index date of a first attribute and a second index date of the second attribute, and generate an output comprising a graphical representation of the temporal relationship. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325149 | System and Method for Auditing Software Usage - A system for auditing the use of software on a computing device comprises a data collection server. In response to a communication link being available between the data collection server and the computing device, the data collection server is configured to: (1) receive from the computing device, via the communication link, data including (a) a software identifier identifying the software, (b) a device identifier identifying the computing device, and (c) an event identifier identifying a usage event performed by the software; (2) access a database storing previously received software identifiers, device identifiers, and event identifiers; and (3) update the database to include the received data. A method for auditing the use of software on a computing device is also disclosed. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325150 | System and Method for Tracking Application Usage - A system for tracking the use of an application on a computing device comprises a data collection server. In response to a communication link being available between the data collection server and the computing device, the data collection server is configured to: (1) receive from the computing device, via the communication link, data including (a) an application identifier identifying the application, (b) a device identifier identifying the computing device, and (c) an instrumentation call identifier identifying an instrumentation call performed by the application; (2) access a database storing previously received application identifiers, device identifiers, and instrumentation call identifiers; and (3) update the database to include the received data. A method for tracking the use of an application on a computing device is also disclosed. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325151 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEARCHING IN A MEMORY-EFFICIENT MANNER FOR AT LEAST ONE QUERY DATA ELEMENT - In a method and an apparatus ( | 2010-12-23 |
20100325152 | ADDRESS MATCHING SYSTEM AND METHOD - An address matching system that maintains a central database of valid addresses has been designed. According to the invention, address matching requests are received by the system from a plurality of remote users located at respective machines (“clients”). Those requests are processed at the central system, and the results are returned to the client that made the request. In addition, novel techniques are implemented for improving the likelihood of obtaining one or more matches from a request. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325153 | SYNCHRONIZED DISTRIBUTED MEDIA ASSETS - Synchronized distributed media assets is described. In embodiments, a global media catalog of global metadata is maintained for media assets that are accessible by client devices registered to a user. The global metadata corresponds to the media assets that are located remotely from one or more of the client devices. A client device can communicate a request for a media asset that is identified by the global metadata and located at a location remote from the client device. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325154 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A VIRTUAL IMAGE WORLD - An approach is provided for the filtering user-generated image recognition content. An object data and associated location information are received. The object data represents an image of a physical object within a physical environment. Storage is initiated of the received object data and location information. The received object data is associated with a virtual environment corresponding to the physical environment. Approval is initiated of the received object data for inclusion in a filtered virtual environment. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325155 | Systems and Methods for Providing Access to Various Files Across a Network - Systems and methods for providing access to an information stream in a format customized for a receiving device involve a network-based information storage and distribution system for receiving, storing, and distributing an information stream to a user of the information stream over a network. The system receives media files and converts the media files into multiple formats. When a user attempts to access the media files, such as by browsing a site containing the media files or clicking on a link to the media files, a determination is made as to the type of device attempting to access the files. A database of devices and what file formats, resolutions, codecs, etc., they support is consulted to select a file format suitable for that device. Then, the selected media files are displayed or made available for download or transmission to the user's device in a format compatible with the particular device. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325156 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SECURE DATA ENTRY AND STORAGE - Systems, computer systems, methods and storage media are disclosed for secure distribution and/or storage of data, as well as for secure data entry. In one embodiment, a processor of a control computer system is configured to: generate a first portion of the first data file; communicate over a network interface the first portion of the first data file to a network location; store in a database an association between the first portion of the first data file and the first data file; receive over the network interface a communication related to the first portion of the first data file; and associate the communication related to the first portion of the first data file with the first data file based upon the association between the first portion and the first data file. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325157 | SYSTEM FOR GENERATING CHARACTER-STRING MATCHING FINITE AUTOMATION, ITS GENERATING METHOD, AND GENERATING PROGRAM - Disclosed is a system in which Aan NFA conversion meansunit | 2010-12-23 |
20100325158 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY SEARCHING FOR DOCUMENTS RELATED TO CALENDAR AND EMAIL ENTRIES - A system and method are provided for enabling a user to search for documents that the user has previously viewed on its local machine. The system includes three main components: the desktop integration module, the index module, and the graphical user interface module. The desktop integration module is an application which monitors documents with which the user interacts for predetermined events, and obtains content data and metadata from the monitored documents. The index module indexes the content data and metadata received from the desktop integration module. The graphical user interface module then permits a user to utilize the desktop integration module and index module by allowing a user to search for a document. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325159 | MODEL-BASED IMPLIED AUTHORIZATION - An authorization system determines a user's permission to access an object implicitly based on relationships in a data-driven model. The system provides the ability to mark a relationship type in the model between one object class (accessor) and another object class (accessed) as an implicit authorization relationship type. A user can define the permissions granted to the accessor object on the accessed object. When an accessor object tries to access a related accessed object over an authorization relationship type, the authorization system determines the permissions granted by inspecting the implicit authorization relationship type definition. The authorization system can also traverse containment relationship types to grant objects permissions contained by other objects. The authorization system dynamically determines authorization based on a relationship model that more naturally fits the actions that an administrator of a data-driven system is familiar with, and does not involve complex direct authorization or group membership management. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325160 | EXCLUSIVE SCOPE MODEL FOR ROLE-BASED ACCESS CONTROL ADMINISTRATION - Architecture that creates a class of role-based scopes that can be declared “exclusive”, which automatically means that no user can access the scope unless the user is granted that exact scope. The exclusive scope excludes an object from the new scopes and existing scopes. In other words, the exclusive scope is a write restriction from a domain scope. The exclusive scope denies user access unless the user is granted the exclusive scope. The exclusive scope can be applied to a group of user objects. The exclusive scope is explicitly assigned to the object to grant access to an exclusive group. Moreover, the exclusive scope is immediately write-protected upon creation. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325161 | ORGANIZATIONAL REFERENCE DATA AND ENTITLEMENT SYSTEM WITH ENTITLEMENT GENERATOR - A system including a centralized organizational information system in communication with a centralized organizational information database and an entitlement generator in communication with the centralized organizational information system, wherein the entitlement generator is configured to automatically generate at least one executable entitlement rule based on an input rule. The system also includes a federated set of entitlements engines in communication with the entitlement generator and a plurality of entitlement databases, wherein each of the entitlements engines is for determining whether a user is entitled to access secured resources requested by the user based on the executable entitlement rule. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325162 | METHOD FOR ANALYZING DEVELOPMENT DATA OF AIRPORT CITY - A method for analyzing development data of an airport city is provided. First, a construct collecting database including a plurality of construct classes is provided, wherein each of the construct classes is corresponding to at least one keyword. Then, a text analysis is executed to the development data of the airport city to divide the development data into a building phase and an operating phase, and a plurality of construct messages is respectively captured from the development data of the building phase and the development data of the operating phase according to the keywords in the construct collecting database. Next, each of the construct messages is linked to a corresponding object according to the corresponding construct class and an occurrence time of the construct message. Finally, relations between the objects are established according to a construct relation data. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325163 | MORPHED MUSICAL PIECE GENERATION SYSTEM AND MORPHED MUSICAL PIECE GENERATION PROGRAM - A morphed musical piece generation system that enables even a user with little knowledge of music to easily generate a morphed musical piece between two different musical pieces is provided. A first intermediate time-span tree data generation section | 2010-12-23 |
20100325164 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONCURRENT FILTERING OF MULTIPLE COMPONENTS OF STREAMING DATA - Content filtering of data containers of multiple content types is performed using multiple filtering modules operating concurrently. An apparatus for content filtering has a set of content-specific filtering modules and a network interface for parsing a received data container into components and directing each component to a respective filtering module. A filtering module edits a component of a specific content type according to respective rules. A multiplexer combines edited components produced by the set of filtering modules to form an edited data container. A root module applies a set of basic rules to a data container and any attachments. In an alternative configuration, the apparatus employs multiple filtering modules each applying rules for all content types. Received data containers are distributed among the filtering modules and an output module arranges edited data containers of a data stream in proper sequential order. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325165 | Consistency enforcement system for XML objects stored in an SOA-registry - The present invention concerns a consistency enforcement system ( | 2010-12-23 |
20100325166 | CREATING NEW CHARTS AND DATA VISUALIZATIONS - The rendering on a user interface of a potentially complex computerized scene generation system. The user interface includes visual item(s) that have associated data. In addition, another set of visual items may be driven by data provided to input parameters, and may represent elements in the scene. Through user gestures, a user may correlate data items in the data source visual items with the element visual items to thereby automatically populate the element visual items with data, affecting the rendering of the data-driven element visual items. The element visual items might be linked, once again, perhaps through user gestures, to a parent visual item. In so doing, properties of the parent visual item might change and/or input parameters of the element visual items might change. Accordingly, complex visual scenes may be created through potentially quite simple user gestures. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325167 | BACKING UP AND/OR RESTORING A SOFTWARE APPLICATION SO AS TO FACILITATE COMPATIBILITY CHECKING WITH A TARGET DEVICE PRIOR TO APPLICATION RESTORE - Backing up and/or restoring a software application so as to facilitate compatibility checking with a target device prior to application restore is disclosed. At a computer, one or more application modules collectively comprising the software application may be uploaded from a source device. The existence, at the source device, of metadata describing, for each of the application modules: a compatibility of the application module with at least one target device model; and a compatibility of the application module with at least one API version of the target device operating system, may be determined. Depending upon the outcome of the determining, either the metadata is uploaded from the source device or metadata is generated based on an ascertained API version of an operating system and model of the source device. The metadata may then be associated with the uploaded application modules. Upon any restore to the target device, which may differ from the source device, an API version of the target device operating system and target device model may be ascertained. Using the metadata, for each application module, compatibility with the model and API may be verified. If successful, the application modules and metadata may be downloaded to the target device. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325168 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLLECTING CONSUMER DATA - A system and method for collecting consumer browsing on-line behavior and survey data comprising a browser toolbar application located within a consumer's computing device, and interactively graphically displayed on said computing device, for collecting and recording consumer browsing activity information and a communication service for transmitting said consumer browsing activity information to a server, wherein said server performs aggregation and analysis on said browsing activity information and a multi-platform communication application to render browsing activity information relevant content to consumers based on said toolbar application collected and recorded browsing activity and said performed aggregation and analysis. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325169 | Representing Markup Language Document Data in a Searchable Format in a Database System - Systems, methods, computer program product embodiments for representing markup language document data in a searchable format in a database system are provided. An embodiment includes parsing a markup language document into a data stream, the data stream including a plurality of fields in a predefined format having a symbol table for at least one field of the data stream, and optimized field size based on a maximum value of data within each field, and storing the data stream in data storage. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325170 | PARTITIONING MODELING PLATFORM DATA - The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for partitioning modeling platform data. Embodiments of the invention facilitate partitioning modeling platform data into nested horizontal slices. Using nested horizontal slices makes the modeling platform data more manageable and permits modeling platform data to align with existing tools and processes. Schemas and tables can be used to partition modeling platform data vertically and folders can be used to partition modeling platform data horizontally. Thus, a user-interface can preset the intersection of folders and schemas/tables as navigable chunks of data compatible with existing tools and processes, such as, for example, software development tools. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325171 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GATHERING AND ANALYZING LITIGATION MARKETPLACE INTELLIGENCE - A system and method for gathering publicly-available litigation marketplace intelligence data for litigation support companies and law firms and about law firms, corporations, attorneys, and cases, and analyzing it. The litigation marketplace intelligence system and method employs an Internet-based, relational legal database (“IBLD”), which is hosted on a server, and maintained and administered by an IBLD Proprietor. Subscribers subscribe to the IBLD, which they access via an Internet connection to their local computer. A User associated with an IBLD Subscriber can create and save reports that select data fields and add criteria from any number of the Attorneys, Law Firms, Lawsuits, and G3K companies in the IBLD. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325172 | Information Processing Apparatus and Method - An information processing method, to verify condition data specifying conditions as to multiple attribute values of an object and attribute values obtained from said object, includes verifying processing to obtain a new attribute value after change for an attribute value having the smallest change frequency of attribute values not satisfying the conditions specified by said condition data, and verify whether or not the new attribute value after said change satisfy the conditions of said condition data; and further executing said verifying processing as to other attribute values not satisfying the conditions specified by said condition data in the case that said new attribute value after change for the attribute value having the smallest change frequency satisfies said conditions. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325173 | RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF INFORMATICS SYSTEMS FOR COLLABORATIVE DATA MANAGEMENT - Rapid development of a collaborative database uses a spreadsheet application to implement the database. Each parameter of the database variables is entered into a corresponding cell in the spreadsheet. A first spreadsheet code is entered that refers to selected cells related to a first variable and resolves into database code that instructs a database application to create the first variable in the collaborative database. A second spreadsheet code is also entered also referring to selected cells related to the first variable and resolves into application server (AS) code that instructs an application server to generate a graphical data entry form for that variable. In order to develop the same database and AS code for the remaining variables, the developer uses the autofill function of the spreadsheet to autofill the spreadsheet codes to cells related to the other variables and resolving into their own database and AS codes. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325174 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR SIMULATING AN ONLINE SESSION - A method and system for conducting an offline session simulating an online session between a client and server in a network environment. The client imports data and functional logic from the server prior to going offline. The imported functional logic is embedded into a format or document that is capable of being interpreted and performed by the local interface at the client that is used to interact with server during an online session. Whether offline or online, the user utilizes the same local interface at the client to transmit instructions to the functional logic in order to manipulate the data. In an offline session, such instructions cause the imported and embedded functional logic to execute, thereby manipulating the data that is imported at the client. Known synchronization methods may also be used in order to maintain consistency and coherency between the imported data at the client and the database at the server. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325175 | DOCUMENT PROCESSING APPARATUS, DOCUMENT PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A document processing apparatus displays or does not display a template editing display unit, a database connection display unit, and a rule setting display unit in editing the template of VDP document of a VDP application with their relationship maintained and highlights a variable region in a template, a rule provided for the variable region, and an item of a database item used for the rule. Display or non-display is automatically controlled according to a user editing process so that only the minimum necessary display unit is displayed. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325176 | SYSTEM FOR HANDLING GRAPHICS - A primary user interface is configured to receive uploaded data sets stored in a primary memory means each describing a 3D graphics data structure in a respective source format. A secondary user interface receives request messages from user clients and in response, provides the clients access to specified data sets. Upon receipt of a request message, an examining entity identifies a graphics rendering capability of the client originating the message, and investigates whether or not the client is equipped with a viewer capable of visualizing the requested data set. A viewer database contains software modules adapted to implement at least two different viewers, where each viewer is configured to visualize the stored data sets on at least one type of client. If the examining entity finds that the client is incapable of visualizing the requested data set, a controller entity forwards an adequate software module to the user client that is adapted to implement a viewer configured to visualize the requested data set on this client. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325177 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR COMPUTER PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus is provided with a user authentication portion performing a user authentication process on a user by using user authentication information, a section authentication portion performing a section authentication process, by using one of a plurality of pieces of section authentication information, on the user who has been successfully authenticated by the user authentication portion, an associated information storage portion storing, therein, associated information in which the user authentication information is associated with the plurality of pieces of section authentication information, and a selection process portion selecting, after the user has been successfully authenticated by the user authentication portion, at least one of the plurality of pieces of section authentication information satisfying a preset condition from among the plurality of pieces of section authentication information associated with the user authentication information that has been used for the user authentication process. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325178 | CREATING AND/OR MANAGING META-DATA FOR DATA STORAGE DEVICES USING A PACKET SWITCH APPLIANCE - A first instrument port of a packet switch appliance is connected to a first data storage device. A second port is configured as a first network port. A first meta-data tag is created for a first block of packets received through the first network port. The first block is sent to the first data storage device through the first instrument port. The first meta-data tag or copy is sent to the first data storage device and/or a storage management server. A second instrument port of the packet switch appliance is connected to a second data storage device. A second meta-data tag is created for a second block of packets received through the first network port. The second block is sent to the second data storage device through the second instrument port. The second meta-data tag or copy is sent to the second data storage device and/or the storage management server. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325179 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING VOTERS - Systems and methods for generating a voter profile is disclosed. The systems and methods include creating a client data having a client attribute and a sensitivity score, providing a database having a voter identification, a question, and an answer, then translating the answer into a voter score. The voter score is compared to client data to generate a voter profile. The voter profile is used to generate a targeted message specifically designed for the voter. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325180 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EXECUTING A FILE STORED IN A HIDDEN STORAGE AREA OF A STORAGE DEVICE - A file executing method for executing a computer executable code set stored in a hidden storage area of a storage device in an operating system of a computer host is provided. The method includes connecting the storage device to the computer host and providing a loader for managing the computer executable code set. The method also includes running the loader in a main memory of the computer host, requesting the operating system to allocate a first address segment in the main memory for running the loader, loading the computer executable code set from the hidden storage area into the first address segment by using the loader, transforming the computer executable code set into an executable content of the operation system by using the loader and storing the executable content into the first address segment; and establishing a derivative execution procedure by using the loader to execute the executable content. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325181 | CATALOG THAT STORES FILE SYSTEM METADATA IN AN OPTIMIZED MANNER - A system stores file system metadata in a manner that scales to a large number of entries per “capture,” where a capture is metadata of all of the files and their associated directories contained in a logical file system at a given time. The file system metadata is stored, in tangible computer readable media, in data structures that are optimized to the unique characteristics of file system metadata and, particularly, how it is desired to access and process file system metadata. Thus, the technical effect is that processing storing and processing of the file system metadata is highly optimized, such that time, storage and processing power to process the file system metadata is drastically reduced. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325182 | DOWNLOADABLE MULTIMEDIA WITH ACCESS CODES - Multimedia items are legally downloaded with a code usable on another website. The codes can be used once or a set number of times in order to encourage legal downloading of multimedia through positive incentives such as bonus content (e.g., codes); however the multimedia items themselves can be viewed or accessed multiple times. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325183 | CHECKING OF THE SKEW CONSTANCY OF A BIT FLOW - A method and a circuit for detecting a loss in the equiprobable character of a first output bit flow originating from at least one first element of normalization of an initial bit flow, including analyzing the flow rate of the normalization element. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325184 | DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - A digital signal processing apparatus includes a frame generator configured to generate a plurality of frames from a row of sample data of a time-domain, a part of each frame overlapping with adjoining frames, a Fourier transform unit configured to transform at least one of the generated frames into a frequency domain by Fourier transformation, an addition unit configured to add predetermined frequency characteristic to the transformed frame, and an inverse Fourier transform unit configured to transform the added frame into the time-domain by inverse Fourier transformation and to delete the overlap of the frame of the time-domain transformed. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325185 | ALGORITHM FOR ADIABATIC PULSE DESIGN USING THE SHINNAR LE-ROUX TRANSFORM - A method for providing an adiabatic RF pulse that is an inversion or refocusing pulse for a RF pulse sequence is provided. A linear phase frequency profile (F | 2010-12-23 |
20100325186 | Processing with Compact Arithmetic Processing Element - A processor or other device, such as a programmable and/or massively parallel processor or other device, includes processing elements designed to perform arithmetic operations (possibly but not necessarily including, for example, one or more of addition, multiplication, subtraction, and division) on numerical values of low precision but high dynamic range (“LPHDR arithmetic”). Such a processor or other device may, for example, be implemented on a single chip. Whether or not implemented on a single chip, the number of LPHDR arithmetic elements in the processor or other device in certain embodiments of the present invention significantly exceeds (e.g., by at least 20 more than three times) the number of arithmetic elements, if any, in the processor or other device which are designed to perform high dynamic range arithmetic of traditional precision (such as 32 bit or 64 bit floating point arithmetic). | 2010-12-23 |
20100325187 | EFFICIENT MATRIX MULTIPLICATION ON A PARALLEL PROCESSING DEVICE - The present invention enables efficient matrix multiplication operations on parallel processing devices. One embodiment is a method for mapping CTAs to result matrix tiles for matrix multiplication operations. Another embodiment is a second method for mapping CTAs to result tiles. Yet other embodiments are methods for mapping the individual threads of a CTA to the elements of a tile for result tile computations, source tile copy operations, and source tile copy and transpose operations. The present invention advantageously enables result matrix elements to be computed on a tile-by-tile basis using multiple CTAs executing concurrently on different streaming multiprocessors, enables source tiles to be copied to local memory to reduce the number accesses from the global memory when computing a result tile, and enables coalesced read operations from the global memory as well as write operations to the local memory without bank conflicts. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325188 | PROCESSOR AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING INSTRUCTION SUPPORT FOR MULTIPLICATION OF LARGE OPERANDS - A processor including instruction support for implementing large-operand multiplication may issue, for execution, programmer-selectable instructions from a defined instruction set architecture (ISA). The processor may include an instruction execution unit comprising a hardware multiplier datapath circuit, where the hardware multiplier datapath circuit is configured to multiply operands having a maximum number of bits M. In response to receiving a single instance of a large-operand multiplication instruction defined within the ISA, wherein at least one of the operands of the large-operand multiplication instruction includes more than the maximum number of bits M, the instruction execution unit is configured to multiply operands of the large-operand multiplication instruction within the hardware multiplier datapath circuit to determine a result of the large-operand multiplication instruction without execution of programmer-selected instructions within the ISA other than the large-operand multiplication instruction. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325189 | EVIDENCE-BASED VIRTUAL WORLD VISUALIZATION - When evidence is received, a determination is made as to whether the evidence is sufficient to determine whether to block transmission of virtual world data to a client device. If it is determined that the evidence is sufficient, then another determination is made as to whether to block transmission of virtual world data to the client device based on the evidence. If it is determined to block transmission of virtual world data to the client, a data protection and abstraction module is transformed to a first state that blocks transmission of the virtual world data to the client device. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325190 | USING DISTRIBUTED QUEUES IN AN OVERLAY NETWORK - The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for using distributed queues in an overlay network. Embodiments of the invention can be used to replicate queue state (e.g., inserted and/or deleted messages) within an overlay network and can be used to continue a process at a different node within the overlay network based on replicated queue state. Accordingly, embodiments of the invention can be used to increase the availability of queue state, compensate for node failures within an overlay network, and promote replication of consistent queue state between nodes within an overlay network. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325191 | MANAGEMENT SERVER AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CLOUD COMPUTING SERVICE - A management server and method for providing a cloud computing service at high speed and reasonable cost, are provided. The management server provides a virtual machine to a client as a computing resource. The virtual machine is multiplexed by operating multiple virtual devices on a single virtual machine. Accordingly, demand for computing resources may be predicted in advance and may be provided to a user more efficiently. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325192 | CPM SERVICE PROVISIONING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERWORKING WITH NON-CPM SERVICE - A system and method for interworking a Converged-IP Messaging (CPM) service to another messaging service. In particular, the present invention realizes a function of allowing a CPM service's recipient to receive a message sent from another CPM service's sender using a non-CPM service to which the recipient has subscribed. To this end, the present invention uses preference information of a recipient in determining a non-CPM service to be subjected to interworking. In this way, the CPM service can interwork with non-CPM services, contributing to expansion of an area where services can be provided. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325193 | DYNAMIC MEDIA ASSET DELIVERY - Dynamic media asset delivery is described. In embodiments, a request for a media asset can be received from a client device. A transmission rate of a communication network is determined to deliver the media asset to the client device. The client device can be monitored to determine whether the media asset is initiated for playback at the client device. The media asset is then communicated to the client device in a highest quality display format as can be delivered according to the transmission rate of the communication network and whether the media asset is initiated for playback at the client device. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325194 | PUSH-BASED LOCATION UPDATE - Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for a location information server to gather location updates by sending location-update-requests through a push notification service to a mobile device are disclosed. The mobile device provides location updates in response to the push-based location-update-requests received through the push notification service. The mobile device can switch from a self-initiated location update mode to a push-based location update mode depending on the current state of the mobile device. The mobile device can also choose an appropriate positioning system for self-locating based on the information embedded in the location-update-request received through the push notification service. The information embedded in the pushed location-update-request can be a precision requirement or context information that can be used to determine a precision requirement for the location update. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325195 | System and Method to Provide a Network-Based Service - A method of providing a network-based service can include receiving a request for a service at a proxy server, wherein the request identifies a user. The method can also include identifying an application associated with the service based on the request and identifying a user data element required by the application for the user to access the application. The method can also include creating an application request element that includes the identified data element and proxying the request to the application using the created application request element. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325196 | DATA-DRIVEN VISUALIZATION OF PSEUDO-INFINITE SCENES - The use of a data stream object to enumerate elements of a data stream to thereby drive rendering of a data-driven model. The data driven model includes multiple view components that may use their own construction logic to render visual items based on data provided to their input parameter(s). The data stream may be quite large, in which case, only a portion of the data stream is enumerated by the data stream object. The enumerated elements of the data stream may be used to populate the input parameters of the view components, and or may be provided to analytics, from which input parameters of the view components may be derived. Thus, a data stream, regardless of its size, may be dealt with in the consistent manner to thereby drive the data-driven model. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325197 | METHOD FOR IMPROVING BOOT TIME OF A CLIENT HAVING A VIRTUALIZED OPERATING ENVIRONMENT - Techniques for improving boot time of a client having a virtualized operating environment are described herein. According to one embodiment, a controller identifies a virtual machine (VM) associated with a client in response to a message received by the controller from a client over a network indicating that the client is starting up. The controller automatically launches the associated VM at a remote node. The associated VM is being started up at the remote node while the client is being started up at the client concurrently, such that a starting time for the client and the associated VM as a whole is reduced. Other methods and apparatuses are also described. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325198 | System and Method for Providing User Context Support in a Native Transaction Platform - According to an embodiment, the present invention provides a computer-readable storage medium comprising processor executable codes. The computer-readable storage medium includes code for receiving information from a client entity at a server entity over a network. The computer-readable storage medium includes code for providing a server process at the service, the server process including one or more process threads. The computer-readable storage medium includes code for providing a first context associated the one or more process threads. The computer-readable storage medium includes code for receiving a user request from the client entity for a user thread, the user thread being associated with the service process. The computer-readable storage medium includes code for generating the user thread at the server entity. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325199 | CLIENT, BROKERAGE SERVER AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CLOUD STORAGE - A system for providing resources of a cloud infrastructure is provided. In the system, a client terminal may dynamically span its storage to heterogeneous cloud storages as necessary. A client determines, when receiving a file access request from an application, whether to process the file access request as a local file access request for access to a local storage of the client or as a cloud file access request for access to a cloud storage connected through the Internet. A brokerage server receives the file access request and supports the client by brokering a connection to a cloud infrastructure in response to the file access request. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325200 | System and Method for Software Activation Through Digital Media Fingerprinting - A system for activating the use of software on a computing device comprises an activation server configured so that in response to a communication link being available between the activation server and the computing device, the activation server (1) receives from the computing device, via the communication link, an activation request including (a) a software identifier identifying the software, (b) a device identifier identifying the computing device, and (c) a digital media identifier identifying a digital media, wherein the software is delivered to a user on the digital media, (2) accesses a database storing known software identifiers, device identifiers, and digital media identifiers, (3) determines an activation instruction through a comparison between the activation request and known software identifiers, device identifiers, and digital media identifiers, and (4) sends the activation instruction to the computing device. A related method for activating the use of software is also disclosed. | 2010-12-23 |
20100325201 | System and Method for Remote Management of Dynamic Address Book Application - A computer readable storage medium storing a data structure comprising a converged address book (CAB) management object (MO). The CAB MO includes data that allows a CAB client to be configured to use a CAB service. The CAB MO further comprises at least one property selected from the group consisting of: CAB release information, service provider identification, a CAB server access address, XDMS properties, CAB address book synchronization type, an indication of the technology to be used to support management of CAB XML documents from the CAB client, a search schema universal resource indicator (URI), notification information, notification payload schema, and a CAB web access URI. | 2010-12-23 |