25th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 62 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090157594 | Combined Feature Creation to Increase Data Mining Signal in Hybrid Datasets - Embodiments of the invention may be used to produce a data mining signal by generating hybrid dataset representing data related to tools used during a semiconductor fabrication process. By selectively combining similar processes, the data mining signal strength of each tool used to perform the steps of the fabrication process may be increased. A combined process variable may be used to represent the group of tools and processes, collectively. A set of rules may be composed to determine which processes used in the semiconductor fabrication process should be combined in the hybrid dataset. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157595 | Metadata retrieval for multi-function devices - Systems and methods are provided for retrieving metadata relating to a multi-function device. In some embodiments, metadata is retrieved using a plurality of identifiers (e.g., hardware identifiers each identifying at least one function performed by the device) received from the device. The plurality of identifiers are arranged into a sequence, and at least one of the identifiers in the sequence is associated with metadata specifying a characteristic of the device. Using the metadata that is retrieved, a client computer may present an graphical user interface displaying information relating to the device. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157596 | SYSTEM FOR CONVERTING MESSAGE DATA INTO RELATIONAL TABLE FORMAT - The present invention is directed to a system and computer readable medium for converting messaging data into a relational table format in a database system, wherein the messaging data is within a messaging system. Through aspects of the system and computer readable medium of the present invention, the table function invokes at least one user defined function within the database system. Preferably, the table function is also a user-defined function. The table function can be used within a single SQL statement to access and convert the message data, and to populate directly a relational table. The user is no longer required to perform conversion steps because the conversion is automatically performed by the table function. Moreover, a table view can be created and utilized by a user to select a message and then have the selected message string returned in relational table format. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157597 | REDUCTION OF ANNOTATIONS TO EXTRACT STRUCTURED WEB DATA - Document, such as web pages of a domain, are annotated to facilitate extracting structured information from the documents. The documents are clustered. Each cluster is such that the documents within that cluster are similar to each other at least with respect to a first threshold, such as according to a shingling metric, where the first threshold is an 8/8 shingling match. There is at least one overlap cluster, each overlap cluster including at least one of the plurality of clusters such that documents of the at least one cluster included in that overlap cluster are similar to each other at least with respect to a second threshold that is lower than the first threshold. A particular overlap cluster is designated, as is a particular cluster of the particular overlap cluster. For the particular designated cluster, an obtained annotation is transferred to other clusters included in the designated particular overlap cluster. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157598 | SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES FOR EVALUATING DATABASE COMPLEXITIES - A database may be evaluated to determine the complexity of the database. Metadata associated with a database may be retrieved and database information may be identified from the retrieved metadata. Database information may include, for example, a number of tables, a number of attributes of a table, a number of relationships in a table, or a number of records in a table of a database. A database complexity score may be determined based on identified database information. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157599 | SEGMENTATION OF SEARCH TOPICS IN QUERY LOGS - A system and method are disclosed for identifying the tasks that a user is attempting to perform when submitting a series of search queries. A task may be categorized hierarchically into a mission and a goal in order to classify a series of queries and determine the user's intent. The user's mission may be an extended task and the user's goal may be a specific task. A pair of queries may be analyzed to determine whether those queries have the same mission and/or the same goal. For a series of queries, boundaries may be identified between the queries to identify where a user has changed her goal or changed her mission. The identification of goals, missions and boundaries may be automated based on an analysis of features of the queries that are compared. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157600 | FEDERATED PAGINATION MANAGEMENT - A method of processing a plurality of instances in a federated deployment of SOA applications can include the steps of receiving a transaction request to retrieve data, the request specifying retrieving the data stored according to range of indices of the federated deployment, processing each of the instances in a predetermined order to retrieve the data; and calculating a total number of records in the federated deployment. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157601 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INDEXING AND SEARCHING HIGH-DIMENSIONAL DATA USING SIGNATURE FILE - Provided are a content-based searching method and system for multimedia objects using a high-dimensional feature vector data based on a 2-level signature. The method for searching the high-dimensional data using a signature file includes calculating a first-level query signature and a second-level query signature by using the query feature vector, performing a first filtering operation to obtain a primary candidate cell group by searching a second-level signature file, and performing a secondary filtering operation to obtain a secondary candidate cell group having a high similarity in a primary candidate cell group. Accordingly, the high-dimensional data searching method and system can process a query quickly and accurately and can increase the searching accuracy by using an enhanced signature of the query feature vector. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157602 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - This invention provides an information processing apparatus which shortens the memory access time and reduces the cost while ensuring data reliability. To accomplish this, the information processing apparatus shifts each write start timing so that data to be written in at least one memory is not influenced by noise during write when writing the same information in a plurality of memories. When reading data from a plurality of memories, the information processing apparatus compares the data with each other to estimate normal data. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157603 | METHOD FOR IMPROVING SECURITY IN DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS - In the distribution of electronic documents within an organization or across the perimeter of the organization, security is an important issue as the documents may be sensitive to a larger and a smaller degree. The distribution specifically takes place between individual persons and groups of persons either within or outside the organization, and on data communication networks including both intra nets and extra nets. In order to improve the security communication paths are determined for each distributed document on the basis of the set of all mappings of communication relations between senders or documents providers and all potential and actual recipients of the documents, including temporal parameters. Determined communication paths are used to compute a degree of sensitivity for the document, and this degree of sensitivity is used to monitor and limit the distribution of the document in compliance with an established security scheme for the organization. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157604 | Pathname translation method and system - A pathname translation method and system for translating a pathname that comprises one or more components ( | 2009-06-18 |
20090157605 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING FILES - This invention relates to a method and apparatus for managing files, in particular to a method and apparatus for managing file by using metadata. The invention provides a method of estimating the user's possible interest level in a file, and comprises the steps of: monitoring the user's actions on the file; obtaining the user's possible interest level according to the user's actions; and associating the possible interest level with the file in the form of metadata. According to the metadata, the user could quickly search for the file. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157606 | QUERY BASED RULE OPTIMIZATION THROUGH RULE COMBINATION - Embodiments of the invention provide techniques for optimizing the processing of abstract rules included in rule set containers. In one embodiment, a first abstract rule may be identified as having an effect on a second abstract rule of the rule set container. A predicate and an action of the first abstract rule may be used in translating the second abstract rule into an executable rule. The executable rule performs the functionality included in the first and second abstract rules, while only requiring one rule execution in a rule engine. In another embodiment, the first abstract rule may be translated into a rejection query configured to return a rejection set. The second abstract rule may be translated into an executable rule that includes a condition that excludes any records included in the rejection set. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157607 | UNSUPERVISED DETECTION OF WEB PAGES CORRESPONDING TO A SIMILARITY CLASS - A method of detecting web pages belonging to at least one similarity class from a plurality of web pages includes determining clusters of the plurality of web pages based on characteristics of the content of the web pages. For each of the determined clusters, at least one metric is determined indicative of similarity among resource locators associated with the web pages of that cluster. A determination of web pages belonging to the at least one similarity class is based on the determined clusters and the determined similarity metrics. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157608 | ONLINE CONTENT COLLABORATION MODEL - A collaborative editing model for online content is described. A set of suggested edits to a version of the online content is received from multiple users. Each suggested edit in the set relates to the same version. The set of suggested edits is provided to an authorized editor, who is visually notified of differences between the version of the content and the suggested edits and conflicts existing between two or more suggested edits. Input is received from the editor resolving conflicts and accepting or rejecting suggested edits in the set. The first version of the content is modified accordingly to generate a second version of the content. Suggested edits from the set that were not accepted nor rejected and are not in conflict with the second version are carried over and can remain pending with respect to the second version. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157609 | ANALYZING IMAGES TO DERIVE SUPPLEMENTAL WEB PAGE LAYOUT CHARACTERISTICS - Methods and apparatus for automatically and dynamically constructing a web page having one or more images as the web page's major component are provided. The image(s) are analyzed based on a first set of rules to determine at least one relevant attribute, such as a relevant color. At least one aesthetic design element for the web page is automatically selected with reference to the at least one relevant attribute based on a second set of rules. The web page is automatically and dynamically constructed by incorporating the at least one aesthetic design element based on the second set of rules. The first set of rules includes at least one rule that governs the analysis of the image(s) and the determination of the relevant attribute(s). The second set of rules includes at least one rule that governs the selection and the incorporation of the aesthetic design element(s) for the web page. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157610 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR APPLYING A GRAPHICAL HIERARCHICAL CONTEXT IN A SEARCH QUERY - A method, system, and computer program product for applying a graphical hierarchical context in a search query. A Hierarchical Context Ordering (HCO) utility monitors receipt of a search string entry. Upon detection of the search string entry, HCO utility determines at least one search result that is associated with the detected search string entry. Responsive to receipt of a selected search result, HCO utility identifies existing hierarchical placement information associated with at least one of the selected search result and at least one duplicate result of the selected search result. At least one of the selected search result and the at least one duplicate result is outputted within a topical hierarchy containing the hierarchical placement information. According to another embodiment, prior to the outputting step, at least one non-relevant topic from the existing hierarchical placement information is removed. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157611 | METHODS AND APPARATUS USING SETS OF SEMANTICALLY SIMILAR WORDS FOR TEXT CLASSIFICATION - A computer-based searching method is described that includes receiving, at a computer, a search concept that includes a plurality of principal words, determining a set of semantically similar words for at least one of the principal words, calculating a degree of membership for each word in each set that reflects a semantic similarity in meaning to the principal word of the set, performing the search, computing a score based at least on the degrees of membership for the words in the word set, and sorting the results using the computed scores. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157612 | USER-CREATED SEARCH RESULTS IN AN INCENTIVE SCHEME - An economy is created where users compete to get their search lists shown based on a set of criteria. The search lists can be displayed after the users pay a rent associated with a query. The search lists continue to be displayed if search lists are popular with the public. If a search list is popular, it earns revenue for the creator of the list. If the search list is not popular, it is removed from being displayed and receives no further consideration. The creator initially creates a search list for a low-valued query and moves up to creating a search list for a higher-valued query if the creator can pay the higher rent associated with the higher-valued query. The creator earns more revenue when targeting higher-valued queries. The creator continues to create search lists until the highest-valued queries are reached. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157613 | Creating a Travel Community - A user may be matched to a community or another user based on travel information such as destination, route, time to arrival and the like. Thus, a user traveling to a destination may be able to communicate with or meet other users traveling to the same destination. Other information may also be used in determining matches including habits, interests or relationship status. In one arrangement, travel information may automatically be obtained from a navigation engine while a user is traveling. The travel information may be automatically sent from the navigation engine or a communication system associated therewith to a server configured for identifying matches between users or between users and communities. A user may further set a match threshold to control the number of matches that are returned. Recommendations for restaurants, activities, hotels and the like may also be determined based on the history and profile of matching users. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157614 | COMMUNITY METADATA DICTIONARY - In one embodiment, a method of controlling data translation between communities can include: receiving data from a first community in a second community, where the data has a tag associated therewith; searching a metadata dictionary in the second community for an entry corresponding to the tag; translating the received data to provide translated data using a community definition from the entry corresponding to the tag; and outputting the translated data to the second community. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157615 | SYNCHING ONLINE ADDRESS BOOK SOURCES FOR A VEHICLE USER - A method for synching online address book sources for a vehicle user is disclosed. The method includes receiving, at a server, at least two different user selected destination entries from at least two different destination entry systems in selective communication with the server, and consolidating the destination entries received from the Internet-enabled programs into a personalized online and vehicle accessible address book. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157616 | System and method for enabling a user to search and retrieve individual topics in a visual mapping system - The present invention provides a system and method for storing, searching, and retrieving topics in a visual map. The visual mapping system of the present invention is based on a client-server architecture. Client visual mapping applications on users' computers enable users to create, edit, and view visual maps. The storage and retrieval of data associated with such visual maps is managed by a server in the visual mapping system. The server stores the topics in the visual map in a database. The topics are stored individually and not as part of a visual map file. The topics are indexed to enable the system to quickly perform searches for the topic. The client visual mapping application includes an interface through which a user can enter search criteria for a topic search. Because topics are stored individually in the database and indexed, user can search for topics individually and separately from the visual map file associated with the topics. Topics can be shared across users and across maps. Also, user can simultaneously, view, edit and collaborate on different topics associated with the same map file. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157617 | Methods for enhancing digital search query techniques based on task-oriented user activity - Methods for using task-related information to enhance digital searching are provided. A task-oriented user activity system maintains task-related information about resources accessed by a user and current user task. This task-related information is used to enhance search queries to include task-related search criteria that improve relevance of search results. The task-related information can also be used to include task-related metadata in search engine index, e.g., by storing the metadata in the index or by storing it in resources which are subsequently indexed. Task-related information can also be used to enhance search results by filtering and ranking results to increase relevance with respect to a user's current task. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157618 | Entity networking system using displayed information for exploring connectedness of selected entities - A framework and methodology providing for navigation of the connectedness of selected entities of a plurality of entities adapted for display on a user interface. The system and method can comprise a receipt module for receiving a first search request for determining a secondary entity of said plurality of entities in relation to a primary entity of said plurality of entities. The first search request includes at least one search parameter associated with the primary entity for use in determining the secondary entity from said plurality of entities. The system and method can further comprise a search module for determining the secondary entity as matching the first search request according to a predefined inclusion threshold and a generation module for generating a primary connection view including a domain having a plurality of sectors. The connection view can be used in providing a visual discernment by a user of a degree of relatedness between the primary entity and the secondary entity and a relationship between the secondary entity and each of the plurality of sectors, such that the secondary entity is positioned in the domain in one of the plurality of sectors and the primary entity is positioned in the domain in a position related to said each of the plurality of sectors. The system and method can further comprise a matching module for modifying the first search request as a second search request by substituting the determined secondary entity as a revised primary entity for the second search request, wherein a secondary connection view is generated as a navigation of the primary connection view such that the secondary connection view has the revised primary entity and at least one further secondary entity of said plurality of entities matching the second search request according to a corresponding predefined inclusion threshold. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157619 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING A DATABASE - A method of creating a database comprises receiving a document file such as a curriculum vitae or a job advertisement, performing semantic extraction on the document file, extracting a plurality of components from the document file, accessing a data matrix, the data matrix defining a plurality of standardised entries, translating each extracted component into a standardised entry from the data matrix, and storing the translated standardised entries in a data file. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157620 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEARCHING FOR DOCUMENTS BASED ON POLICY - Provided is a system and method for searching for a document based on a policy. The system includes: a document database for storing document files; a document format and text filer for extracting document format information and text information from a document newly stored in the document database; a document format policy module for setting a document format search policy according to an instruction from an administrator; a document text policy module for setting a document text search policy according to an instruction from the administrator; a document format information search module for searching for a document having a document format matching the set document format search policy in the document database; and a document text information search module for searching for a document having a text matching the set document text search policy in the document database. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157621 | SEARCH DEVICE, SEARCH METHOD AND SEARCH PROGRAM - It is an object of the invention to provide a program using a record retrieved from an RDBMS | 2009-06-18 |
20090157622 | FILTERING EVENT LOGS FOR MEDICAL DEVICES BY A PARAMETER - Methods and systems of patient treatment are disclosed. The methods and systems include use of medical device informatics to modify and validate therapies and drugs used in those therapies. In certain embodiments, a medical device, such as a medical infusion pump, interfaces with a server to administer the patient treatments. In one aspect, a method of retrieving medical event log results is disclosed. The method includes receiving at a server event log data generated by a medical device, and storing the event log data in a memory of the server. The method further includes receiving a request for a subset of the event log data, the subset of the event log data defined by at least one characteristic. The method also includes filtering the event log data based on the characteristic. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157623 | PIPELINING OPERATIONS INVOLVING DML AND QUERY - Techniques are described herein for supporting pipelining operations involving DML (Data manipulation Language) and query. In an embodiment, a DML operation is performed for the purpose of changing data in a database system from a first state to a second state. Before the data in the database system is changed by the DML operation, the DML operation has an in-memory representation of such data. In an embodiment, a subsequent query operation that logically depends on the data in the database system in the second state is granted access to the in-memory representation of such data in the second state before the data in the database system is changed by the DML operation to the second state. As a result, operations may be executed in a pipelined fashion with minimum blocking. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157624 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INDEXING HIGH-DIMENSIONAL DATA IN CLUSTER SYSTEM - Provided are a system and a method for indexing high-dimensional data in parallel in a cluster environment. The system for indexing high-dimensional data in parallel in a cluster environment includes a Spill-tree creation means for creating a Spill-tree using an sampled N-dimensional feature vector, a feature vector division storage means for distributedly storing the N-dimensional feature vector in a terminal node of the Spill-tree, and a local signature creation means for creating and managing a local signature for the N-dimensional feature vector dispersed into each node of the Spill-tree. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157625 | Methods and systems for identifying an avatar-linked population cohort - Avatars, methods, apparatuses, computer program products, devices and systems are described that carry out presenting to at least one member of a population at least one avatar associated with at least one instance of media content; measuring at least one physiologic activity of the at least one member of the population, the at least one physiologic activity proximate to the at least one presented avatar associated with the at least one instance of media content; associating the at least one physiologic activity with at least one mental state; and identifying at least one population cohort based on the at least one mental state. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157626 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY UPDATING PATENT EXAMINATION PROCEDURES - A computer-implemented method for updating patent examination procedures automatically is provided. The method includes determining whether an examination procedure of a patent stored in a database needs to be updated by monitoring a status of the patent, obtaining an application country information and an application number of the patent from the database, accessing a patent website corresponding to the application country information to search examination information of the patent in the patent website. The method further includes determining whether the examination information of the patent has been changed, downloading new examination information of the patent from the patent website according to the application number of the patent, if the examination information of the patent has been changed, and uploading the new examination information of the patent to the database to update the examination procedure of the patent. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157627 | NETWORK OPERATING SYSTEM - Generally described, the present invention is directed to a network operating system that provides more effective ways of leveraging the connectivity of computer networks. In one embodiment, an XML virtual machine is implemented that accepts high-level application code written in an XML programming language as input. Functionality is provided to interpret or translate the application code written in an XML programming language into code that is suitable for execution across computer platforms. Moreover, the XML virtual machine supports the Model View Controller (MVC) design paradigm that facilitates true data abstraction from applications to a common data model. Multi-instance applications, with each instance potentially supporting multiple views, may be created and executed. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157628 | NETWORK OPERATING SYSTEM - Generally described, the present invention is directed to a network operating system that provides more effective ways of leveraging the connectivity of computer networks. In one embodiment, an XML virtual machine is implemented that accepts high-level application code written in an XML programming language as input. Functionality is provided to interpret or translate the application code written in an XML programming language into code that is suitable for execution across computer platforms. Moreover, the XML virtual machine supports the Model View Controller (MVC) design paradigm that facilitates true data abstraction from applications to a common data model. Multi-instance applications, with each instance potentially supporting multiple views, may be created and executed. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157629 | Search server architecture using a search engine adapter - A search system architecture is disclosed. The search system architecture includes a search server, which in turn includes a search services module and a search engine adapter. The search services module and the search engine adapter are communicatively coupled to one another. The search services module is configured to communicate with a user interface. The search engine adapter is configured to communicate with a search engine. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157630 | Method of extracting data and recommending and generating visual displays - A method of recommending and generating visual displays of data by executing a visualization tool that operates as part of a comprehensive Web-based computing platform can be accessed via a website, customizable interface, email, telephone, or other remote communication device. The visualization tool operates by accessing the data source and then executing an analysis engine to parse numerical and other forms of data. If necessary, a data mining tool can also be used to download data and a semantic template editor can be used to generate a template for parsing any type of data. The data and data format are identified, and the visualization tool executes a recommendation engine that considers the data and data format and recommends suitable visual display styles and visual display options and recommends additional compatible algorithms. Additionally, users can provide their own compatible algorithms for data processing. The user then selects one or more display styles or graphs and display options. If there are compatible algorithms, the user can select a pre-programmed algorithm or a user-generated algorithm as well. The computation engine executes the algorithms, performs calculations associated with the chosen visual display style, and outputs a file according to a given API protocol. A presentation program uses the output file to generate a visual display. Finally, the visualization tool delivers the display to the user, saves the display, and/or publishes the display. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157631 | Database search enhancements - The invention provides database search enhancements, including Real-Time Search Visualization, Taxonomic Modeling of the Internet, Segment Modeling of the Internet, Lexicon Modeling of Search Terms, Dynamic Advertising Property Generator, and Quintuple-Tier Relevancy (5TR). | 2009-06-18 |
20090157632 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING OPERATION OF COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A communication device and method of controlling an operation of a communication device are provided, by which an application can be efficiently selected according to location information. The communication device includes a wireless communication unit for determining a location using received information, a controller for generating location information based on the determined location and searching for an application corresponding to the location information, and a display for displaying an indicator of the searched application. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157633 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DOWNLOADING TEXT CONTENT AND IMAGES IN WEB PAGES - A computer-based method for downloading text content and images in web pages is provided. The method includes downloading a web page as a temporary extensible markup language (XML) file in an application server, and searching the temporary XML file for predetermined information in the temporary XML file. The method further includes searching the temporary XML file for text content in the temporary XML file. Furthermore, the method includes converting a relative path of the image uniform resource locator (URL) to an absolute path by joining the URL of the web page to the front of the relative path of the image URL, and generating a local path for each image in the temporary XML file and storing each image into an application server according to the local path. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157634 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing device includes an obtaining unit to obtain two pieces of information that are targets for searching for connections; a connection searching unit to use an action model wherein the manner of obtaining, from input information, obtain related information that relates to the input information is modeled, and find connection information to connect the two pieces of information, thereby searching connections between the two pieces of information; and a search result output unit to output the search results of the connections between the two pieces of information. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157635 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING UNIVERSAL LOCATION REFERENCING OBJECTS TO PROVIDE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION - A system and method for using universal location referencing objects (ULRO) to provide geographic information. As described herein, an embodiment of a ULRO comprises a permanent identification code designed to identify a selected location. A location in turn may be associated with one or more geographic items. A ULRO can be employed to establish traversable links or connections between a file-of-reference and third-party-files for a broad range of database formats. A file-of-reference is a geospatial file used for permanent storage of a file owner's geographic data. A third-party-file is a geospatial file used for permanent storage of a third-party's geographic data. Whatever its format may happen to be, a file-of-reference or a third-party-file can typically be transformed into other formats that may be more appropriate for certain applications. In accordance with various embodiments of the present invention, this technique can be used to establish traversable links between a map-of-reference and one or more of third-party maps and third-party-spatial data files. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157636 | DATA MODEL AND APPLICATIONS - Systems and methods relating to a data model are described. The data model includes aspects of both static and dynamic data structures. In a typical implementation the dynamic data structures are used to store information whose organization and values may change responsive to the values of other data stored in the data model. The static data structures are used to store information whose structure and content are relatively more static. Tables within the static and dynamic data structures include a unique key configured to interrelate information stored in each data structure. The data model is illustrated using a customer relationship management (CRM) example. In this example, roles and relationships between business objects are stored in the dynamic data structures. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157637 | Service Offering System, Management Server, Service Provider, Terminal Device, Storage Medium Issuing Apparatus, Server Offering Method, and Storage Medium - A service offering system is disclosed which includes a recording element for recording a unique identifier to each of a plurality of storage media issued, a database for storing and managing the identifiers, a reading element for reading the recorded identifier from any of the storage media, a checking element for checking the identifier read by the reading element against the identifiers managed in the database and a service offering element for offering a service to the storage medium identified by the checked identifier depending on a result of the check by the checking element. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157638 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR IMAGE MANAGEMENT - An image management system includes a first storage device configured to store a list of image identifiers indexed by one or more image property descriptors, wherein each of the image identifiers corresponds to a digital image, an index processor in communication with the first storage device, configured to write the image identifiers and the associated image property descriptors for each image identifier in the image index storage, and a search processor in communication with the first storage device, configured to receive a specified image property descriptor and to identify one or more image identifiers that match the specified image property descriptor. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157639 | FRAMEWORK FOR DYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF VARYING STRUCTURED DATA USING MULTIPLE ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES - The present invention provides for methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture directed to dynamically generating input to an analysis environment. Varying input data is linked with analysis routines by provision of a well defined but general purpose input structure for selected data, which is used as input to analysis routines. Metadata is used to describe the multiple analysis routines and their capabilities, and a framework both automatically formats the input data and customizes the analysis routine to accept the specific dynamic fields available in the input. In this manner, data (e.g., a query) containing new input fields is dynamically made available to multiple existing analysis techniques. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157640 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CATEGORIZING ANSWERS SUCH AS URLS - The invention provides a computer system, including a memory, a plurality of answers stored in the memory, and a classifier for matching each one of the answers with a category among a plurality of categories. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157641 | QUERY ROUTING IN DISTRIBUTED DATABASE SYSTEM - A query message is received at a first server of a plurality of servers of a first server type, at least part of data contained in the query message is transformed to a transforming result, based on the transforming result and a first lookup table at said first server, a storage location of a respective second lookup table at one of said plurality of servers of said first type is determined, the respective second lookup table is accessed at the determined storage location of the respective second lookup table at one of said plurality of servers of said first type, and an indicator indicating a storage location of data requested by the query message is retrieved from the respective second lookup table. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157642 | SEARCH SYSTEM USING SEARCH SUBDOMAIN AND HINTS TO SUBDOMAINS IN SEARCH QUERY STATEMENTS AND SPONSORED RESULTS ON A SUBDOMAIN-BY-SUBDOMAIN BASIS - A method and apparatus for generating search results including searching by subdomain and providing sponsored results by subdomain is provided. A search system according to embodiments of the present invention analyzes search queries to determine if they are to be routed to subdomains and presents results include sponsored hits sponsored on a subdomain by subdomain basis. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157643 | SEMI-SUPERVISED PART-OF-SPEECH TAGGING - Relevant search results for a given query may be determined using click data for the query and the number of times the query is issued to a search engine. The number of clicks that a result receives for the given query may provide a feedback mechanism to the search engine on how relevant the result is for the given query. The frequency of a query along with the associated clicks provides the search engine with the effectiveness of the query in producing relevant results. Edges in a graph of queries versus results may be weighted in accordance with the click data and the efficiency to rank the search results provided to a user. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157644 | EXTRACTING SIMILAR ENTITIES FROM LISTS / TABLES - Large numbers of lists of entities may be mined for similar entities to related searches. A representation for each list may be determined to provide for a comparison between lists and to support membership checks. A score for an element in a list may be computed that represents the validity of an item in the corpus of lists. Thus, a spurious element would receive a very low score, where a valid element would receive a higher score. A list weight is then computed using the constituent element weights, and the element and list weight are used to compute the nearest neighbors of a given query element. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157645 | RELATING SIMILAR TERMS FOR INFORMATION RETRIEVAL - A resource analyzer selects a resource (e.g., document) from a grouping of resources. The grouping of resources can be any type of social tagging system used for information retrieval. The selected resource has an assigned uncontrolled tag and an assigned controlled tag. The controlled tag is a term derived from a controlled vocabulary of terms. Having selected the resource for analyzing, the resource analyzer identifies a first set of resources in the grouping of resources having also been assigned a same value as the uncontrolled tag as the selected resource. Similarly, the resource analyzer identifies a second set of resources in the grouping of resources having also been assigned a same value as the controlled tag. With this information, the resource analyzer then produces a comparison result indicative of a similarity between the first set of resources and the second set of resources. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157646 | MITIGATION OF SEARCH ENGINE HIJACKING - The subject matter disclosed herein relates to mitigation of search engine hijacking. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157647 | Method and Apparatus for Discovering and Classifying Polysemous Word Instances in Web Documents - A method and apparatus for discovering polysemous words and classifying polysemous words found in web documents. All document corpi in any natural language have words that have multiple usage contexts or words that have multiple meanings. Semantic analysis is not feasible for classifying all word occurrences in all documents on the web, which contain trillions of words in total. In addition, semantic analysis typically cannot distinguish multiple usages of a given meaning of a given word. In one embodiment of this invention, polysemous words in natural languages can be discovered by analyzing the co-occurrence of other words with the polysemous word in web documents. In one embodiment, the multiple meanings and usages of a polysemous word can be determined by analyzing the co-occurrences of other words with the polysemous word. In one embodiment, overcorrelation tables and three-word correlation tables are generated to analyze the words found in web documents. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157648 | Method and Apparatus for Discovering and Classifying Polysemous Word Instances in Web Documents - A method and apparatus for discovering polysemous words and classifying polysemous words found in web documents. All document corpi in any natural language have words that have multiple usage contexts or words that have multiple meanings. Semantic analysis is not feasible for classifying all word occurrences in all documents on the web, which contain trillions of words in total. In addition, semantic analysis typically cannot distinguish multiple usages of a given meaning of a given word. In one embodiment of this invention, polysemous words in natural languages can be discovered by analyzing the co-occurrence of other words with the polysemous word in web documents. In one embodiment, the multiple meanings and usages of a polysemous word can be determined by analyzing the co-occurrences of other words with the polysemous word. In one embodiment, counting overcorrelations is achieved probabilistically to minimize use of network bandwidth. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157649 | Hybrid Method and System for Content-based 3D Model Search - The present disclosure concerns a hybrid content-based 3D model search and retrieval method for queries in generic 3D model datasets. The hybrid nature of the method is two-fold. First, a combination of 2D and 3D features is used as the shape descriptor of a 3D model and second, two alternative alignment techniques, CPCA and NPCA, are employed for rotation normalization. The 2D features are Fourier coefficients extracted from three pairs of depth buffers which are computed for each Cartesian plane capturing the model's thickness along each axis. The 3D features are spherical harmonic coefficients extracted from a spherical function based representation that captures the model's surface as well as volume information. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157650 | OUTBOUND CONTENT FILTERING VIA AUTOMATED INFERENCE DETECTION - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates filtering outbound content via inference detection. During operation, the system identifies content sent to a first address and extracts keywords from the identified content. The system then issues queries based on these keywords and extracts expected-content keywords from the hits returned in response to the queries. The system then searches the outbound content for occurrences of the expected-content keywords and produces a result which allows a user to determine whether the outbound content is proper. In a further embodiment, the system extracts keywords from a piece of outbound content, and issues queries based on these keywords. The system then extracts keywords from the hits, and present at least one keyword to a user, thereby allowing the user to determine whether the outbound content is proper. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157651 | Method and Apparatus for Detecting and Explaining Bursty Stream Events in Targeted Groups - A method and apparatus are provided for detecting and explaining bursty stream events in targeted groups. In one example, the method includes receiving validated bursty events, finding explanatory data sources having relevant bursty events that are relevant to the validated bursty events, wherein the explanatory sources explain the presence of the validated bursty events, correlating the validated bursty events to the relevant bursty events of the explanatory data sources to obtain burst results, and sending the burst results to a burst database that is accessible to an end user. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157652 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR QUANTIFYING THE QUALITY OF SEARCH RESULTS BASED ON COHESION - A method and system for quantifying the quality of search results from a search engine based on cohesion. The method and system include modeling a set of search engine search results as a cluster and measuring the cohesion of the cluster. In an embodiment, the cohesion of the cluster is the average similarity between the cluster elements to a centroid vector. The centroid vector is the average of the weights of the vectors of the cluster. The similarity between the centroid vector and the cluster's elements is the cosine similarity measure. Each document in the set of search results is represented by a vector where each cell of the vector represents a stemmed word. Each cell has a cell value which is the frequency of the corresponding stemmed word in a document multiplied by a weight that takes into account the location of the stemmed word within the document. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157653 | Methods for enhancing digital search results based on task-oriented user activity - Methods for using task-related information to enhance digital searching are provided. A task-oriented user activity system maintains task-related information about resources accessed by a user and current user task. This task-related information is used to enhance search results by filtering and ranking results to increase relevance with respect to a user's current task. The task-related information can also be used to include task-related metadata in search engine index, e.g., by storing the metadata in the index or by storing it in resources which are subsequently indexed. Task-related information can also be used to enhance search results by enhancing search queries to include task-related search criteria. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157654 | System and method for presenting mixed media - Disclosed is directed to a system and method for presenting mixed media. The system at least comprises location component, time component, and event component. Event component provides specified records or incidents. Location component provides specified places or areas. Time component provides specified time or time intervals. Disclosed embodiments create the multi-dimensional information retrieval, which is useful for user to obtain the relevant location and time while inquiring about a specific interesting event. Disclosed embodiments also present the interaction and relation of multi-dimensional information retrieval. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157655 | Process For Computer Supported Processing of Course Data Elements, System and Computer Program Product - In summary, the present invention concerns processes for computer supported processing of source data elements ( | 2009-06-18 |
20090157656 | AUTOMATIC, COMPUTER-BASED SIMILARITY CALCULATION SYSTEM FOR QUANTIFYING THE SIMILARITY OF TEXT EXPRESSIONS - A device and a method for automatic, computer-based similarity weighting of text expressions. The system and method contemplate a document data bank unit, a candidate expression memory unit and a similarity weight value calculation unit. The similarity weight values agw(t | 2009-06-18 |
20090157657 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSCODING WEB PAGES BY LIMITING SELECTION THROUGH DIRECTION - Signature schema documents, pre-defined in a query language, provide one or more instructions for application by an engine to transcode web pages of respective web sites. The instructions identify a web page family for the web page and extract a subset of data from the web page using one or more signatures previously identified within web pages of the same web page family (e.g. in accordance with a shared template for each family) of the web site. The instructions may include one or more directional references relative to the signatures to locate and extract the subset of data within the web page. Signatures may comprise text strings within the code of the web page and the directional references indicate positions of respective data relative to the location of the text strings. Transcoding may facilitate use of e-commerce web sites by wireless mobile devices. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157658 | COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SERVING ELECTRONIC CONTENT - A method and system for serving electronic content for placement in a user interface provided by an online service provider system is described. The system stores user data in a user database based on user interaction with the user interface and stores filters associated with the electronic content. The user data is compared to the filters associated with the electronic content and it is determined if the user data matches conditions of the filters. If a match is determined the electronic content is provided for presentation by the user interface. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157659 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER PRODUCTS FOR INFORMATION SHARING USING PERSONALIZED INDEX CACHING - Systems, methods, and computer products for information sharing using personalized index caching. Exemplary embodiments include a method including receiving a search query history from a node X in a node A, extracting characteristics of an index of the node A, searching the extracted characteristics, which include a file ID that is included in the index of the node A, adding metadata information to the index of the node A, in response to a determination that the node A includes at least one additional local metaindex, searching the at least one additional metaindex with the search query history from the node X in the node A, and merging search results with the metaindex of the node A, wherein the one additional metaindex merged to the metaindex of the node A includes an acquisition path, and sending the metaindex of the node A to the node X. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157660 | Methods and systems employing a cohort-linked avatar - Avatars, methods, apparatuses, computer program products, devices and systems are described that carry out obtaining at least one item description; determining an indication of fit between at least one aspect of the item description and at least one cohort-linked avatar; and transmitting the indication of fit to at least one entity. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157661 | DIGITAL CONTENT SEARCHING TOOL - Embodiments of the invention may include a method for searching digital content in a data processing system. The method may include providing a set of sample digital resources. Each sample digital resource may be associated with metadata describing its content, including fields having associated metadata values. A user may select at least one sample digital resource from the set. One or more metadata values of the sample digital resource may be displayed to the user. The user may then select at least a portion of the metadata values. A digital resource having one or more metadata values substantially matching the selected metadata value of the sample digital resource may then be retrieved. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157662 | Electroencephalography based systems and methods for selecting therapies and predicting outcomes - A method and system for utilizing neurophysiologic information obtained by techniques such as quantitative electroencephalography (QEEG), electrode recordings, MRI in appropriately matching patients with therapeutic entities is disclosed. The present invention enables utilization of neurophysiologic information, notwithstanding its weak correlation with extant diagnostic schemes for mental disorders, for safer and expeditious treatment for mental disorders, discovering new applications for therapeutic entities, improved testing of candidate therapeutic entities, inferring the presence or absence of a desirable response to a treatment, and deducing the mode of action of one or more therapeutic entities. In particular, methods for effectively comparing neurophysiologic information relative to a reference set are disclosed along with database-based tools for deducing therapeutic entity actions on particular patients such that these tools are readily accessible to remote users. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157663 | MODELING QUALITATIVE RELATIONSHIPS IN A CAUSAL GRAPH - The invention relates to a system ( | 2009-06-18 |
20090157664 | SYSTEM FOR EXTRACTING ITINERARIES FROM PLAIN TEXT DOCUMENTS AND ITS APPLICATION IN ONLINE TRIP PLANNING - The present invention is a system that extracts itineraries from plain text documents and uses them to plan new trips. The extracted data is stored in an itinerary database and a user can retrieve the itineraries using a plurality of search criteria on the trip content. The system also uses the data in the stored itineraries to recommend destinations, trip outlines and trips that are relevant to the user. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157665 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY EXECUTING A SEMANTIC SEARCH REQUEST FOR FINDING CHOSEN INFORMATION INTO AN INFORMATION SOURCE - A device (D) is intended to work for at least one communication terminal (T) arranged for searching information in at least one information source (IS) when it is connected to it. This device (D) comprises i) a first means (FM) arranged for storing at least one semantic search request defining chosen information to be searched into the information source(s) (IS) at chosen instants for a chosen terminal user, ii) a second means (SM) arranged for interpreting the stored semantic request at these chosen instants, and iii) a third means (TM) arranged for automatically executing the semantic search request interpreted at the chosen instants, and for warning a user when information corresponding to his executed request has been found. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157666 | METHOD FOR IMPROVING SEARCH ENGINE EFFICIENCY - In a method for improving the efficiency of a search engine in accessing, searching and retrieving information in the form of documents stored in document or content repositories, the search engine comprises an array of search nodes hosted on one or more servers. An index of the stored document is created. The search engine processes a user search query and returns a result set of query-matching documents. The index of the search engine is configured on the basis of one or more document properties and partitioned, replicated and distributed over the array of the search nodes. The search queries are processed on the basis of the distributed index. The method realizes a framework for distributing the index of a search engine across several hosts in a computer cluster, relying on three orthogonal mechanisms for index distribution, namely index partitioning, index replication, and assignment of replicas to hosts. In this manner, different ways of configuring the index of a search engine are obtained and provide a much improved resource usage and performance, combined with any desired level of fault tolerance. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157667 | Reputation of an Author of Online Content - Methods, computer program products and systems are described for online-content management. Multiple online content items authored by multiple authors are received at one or more first computers for online publication. For each online content item, a reputation score is determined for the author of the online content item. The reputation score is based at least in part on one or more reviews of the online content item provided by one or more reviewers other than the author. In response to a query for online content received from a second computer, a set of search results is generated that includes an online content item from the multiple online content items. A ranking of the online content item in the set is determined based at least in part on the reputation score of the author. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157668 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING AN IMPACT OF VARIOUS CATEGORIES OF MEDIA OWNERS ON A CORPORATE BRAND - A method and system for determining influence of various categories of content sources on a selected brand is disclosed. The method defines a brand profile using terms and URLs associated with the selected brand and queries popular search engines using the terms and URLs as search terms. The results are classified according to their category of content sources and a brand ownership score is calculated from the classified results and from other weights associated to the ranks of the results, to the category of content sources and to the search engines. The category of content sources having ownership of the selected brand is then identified from the brand ownership score. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157669 | SEARCH SUPPORTING APPARATUS AND METHOD UTILIZING EXCLUSION KEYWORDS - Facilitating a user determination of an exclusion keyword in order to specify an efficient exclusion of an unwanted piece of data when the user narrows searching objects. Exclusion is accomplished in a system having a searching object data storage for storing pieces of searching object data, a searcher for performing a primary narrowing of the search, a common keyword extractor for extracting the common keywords associated with a piece of data, an input/output device for passing a selected keyword selected the extracted common keywords while receiving and displaying a result from an exclusion efficiency calculator. The exclusion efficiency calculator calculates exclusion efficiency and indicates a level of exclusion efficiency of data that is not associated with a selected keyword for an individual common keyword. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157670 | CONTENTS-RETRIEVING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An image database stores data of variable images as contents, and at least a keyword is attached to each image. A degree of relevancy between every pair of keywords of the images stored in the image database is calculated at constant time intervals, to produce time-sequential data on inter-keyword relevancy of each pair. When a search keyword entered, a basic relevancy is calculated by smoothing the time-sequential data on the inter-keyword relevancy between the search keyword and a keyword that is attached to an image extracted on the basis of the search keyword. If other keywords are attached to the extracted image, a total relevancy of the extracted image is calculated by averaging the basic relevancies of the respective keywords of the extracted image to the search keyword. Among many extracted images, those having higher relevancies to the search keyword are output as a search result. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157671 | System And Method For Providing Full-Text Search Integration In XQuery - A system and method for providing full-text search integration in XQuery is presented. A built-in search function defined in an XQuery language is implemented, and a full-text search is initiated. The search function includes one or more search terms and a relation logic. Variants for each search term in the search function are identified. Posting lists are obtained for one or more of the variants. Each posting list includes values offset from elements containing the search term associated with the variant to which the posting list corresponds. The relation logic is applied to the offset values of the posting lists. Those elements with offset values that satisfy the relation logic are selected. The elements that satisfy the relation logic are provided as results of the full-text search. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157672 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEMORY AUGMENTATION - In a method for memory augmentation, a contextual factor is detected for a user, a query is selected for a database based upon the contextual factor, a query result is received with one or more reminders relevant to the user and a reminder has information relevant to at least one of recalling and reinforcing a memory, any number of reminders are selected from the query result based upon an estimation of information beneficial for the user to receive, and sending information from the selected reminders for presentation on a communication channel with at least one of the information for presentation and the communication channel is selected based upon at least one of a situation and a state for the user. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157673 | CONDITIONAL STRING SEARCH - A method and a system for efficient search of string patterns characterized by positional relationships in a character stream are disclosed. The method is based on grouping string patterns of a dictionary into at least two string sets and performing string search processes of a text of the character stream based on individual string sets with the outcome of a search process influencing a subsequent search process. A system implementing the method comprises a dictionary processor for generating string sets with corresponding text actions and search actions, a conditional search engine for locating string patterns belonging to at least one string set in a text according to a current search state, a text operator for producing an output text according to search results, and a search operator for determining a subsequent search state. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157674 | DEVICE LEVEL PERFORMANCE MONITORING AND ANALYSIS - Methods relating to device level performance monitoring and analysis include accessing device data including a listing of network devices, with each network device having a device profile. The methods further include accessing service reports, with each report related to a service issue. A set of devices profiles from the listing of network devices may be identified based on a particular device being associated with a particular service issue. The method further includes determining a set of problem prone device profiles from the set of devices profiles. A system including at least one database and a report processor may be configured to associate device data with service reports, identify service issue trends from service reports, identify at least one at risk device susceptible to future service issues related to service issue trends, and provide preventative support to the identified at least one at risk device. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157675 | Method and System for Processing Fraud Notifications - Methods and systems for processing fraud notifications allow an organization to classify, monitor, and shut down fraudulent websites. A system may receive reports of suspicious network sites via electronic mail, and parse such reports in order to obtain one or more attributes (e.g., an address) corresponding to the suspicious network sites. In addition, information related to these suspicious network sites may be stored in a database, and algorithms may be used in order to classify, monitor, and respond to a particular suspicious network site. Before responding to a suspicious network site, such a website may first be classified as legitimate, fraudulent or ignore. If the suspicious network site is classified as legitimate or ignore, further action might not be needed. If, however, the suspicious network site is classified as fraudulent, the fraudulent website may be monitored and further action may be taken. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157676 | USING USER SEARCH BEHAVIOR TO PLAN ONLINE ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - Targeting parameters are generated for a media buy plan for advertisements to be displayed in conjunction with presenting web pages, based on a history of search events. Key phrases are received relative to a subject of the advertisements to be displayed. The received key phrases are provided as proposed key phrases to determine, from search events indicative of historical data of uses of a search service, a first subportion of search events for queries of the search service with the proposed key phrases and a second subportion of search events for queries of the search service not with the proposed key phrases. Classification processing is applied to determine potential targeting parameters associated with the first subportion and with the second subportion to identify potential targeting parameters that, statistically, contribute to membership in the first sub-population and in the second sub-population, respectively. Statistics are associated with the potential targeting parameters, based on the historical data, indicative of factors usable to determine whether to use the potential targeting parameters as actual targeting parameters of the media buy plan. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157677 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENABLEMENT OF SOCIAL NETWORKING BASED ON ASSET OWNERSHIP - A skill finder service receives directly from a user or through a social networking service a request for help with an asset. The skill finder service finds users skilled in the asset from asset data collected by an asset management service. The skill finder service searches the asset data for assets that match the asset in the request, and for each matching asset, determines the user who owns the matching asset. The skill finder service creates a list of skilled users and sends the list to the requesting user. The requesting user can contact one or more of the skilled users for help with the asset. The skill finder service uses existing data typically obtained by asset data management services to provide a valuable service to users. Further, by using the asset data to find skilled users, the skill finder service lessons or eliminates the need for user-entered expertise listing. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157678 | Content Based Load Balancer - A content based load balancing system receives a request for data provided by a resource. The content based load balancing system searches a content history cache for a content history cache entry corresponding to the requested data. The content based history cache then selects a resource node to service the request based on the content history cache entry corresponding to the data. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157679 | Method and computer program product for analyzing documents - Disclosed methods and computer program products provide tools for analyzing documents. For example, a computer program product that is stored on a computer-readable storage medium includes instructions that, when executed, cause a computer system to perform certain steps. The steps include, for example, receiving a selection of two or more documents for comparison, the documents including numbered sections, and automatically determining matching numbered sections between the two or more documents. In one embodiment, the steps further include, in response to the determining, displaying in a graphical user interface a representation of a first set of numbered sections from a first of the documents and a representation of a second set of numbered sections from a second of the documents, and indicating, in the graphical user interface, matching numbered sections between the first set of numbered sections and the second set of numbered sections. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157680 | System and method for creating metadata - A system and a method create metadata for media files. The metadata may be information relating to, based on and/or associated with the media files. The metadata of the media files may be searched by one or more terminals. An event database connectable to a terminal may use a location, a date and/or a time of creation of the media files to associate specific events with the media files. Further, the specific events may be used by the database to create keywords associated with the media files. As a result, the system and the method may organize and/or may provide searching for media files. A web page may be generated for an event that accumulates the media files related to the event. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157681 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING DATA AND SYSTEM THEREOF - The present invention relates to a data processing method and system for checking an interactive communication sequence (ICS) relating to a plurality of users in a communication record by using a variable time window, and checking an interactive communication sequence pattern (ICSP) that is a frequently generated interactive communication sequence from among the checked interactive communication sequences. The data processing method includes: (a) storing an inverse pair in a communication record in an interactive communication sequence set or a candidate set that is a set of inverse pairs that can be part of the interactive communication sequence; (b) generating an interactive communication sequence having a length other than 1 by combining interactive communication sequences included in the interactive communication sequence set; and (c) generating an interactive communication sequence having a length other than 1 by combining the inverse pair included in the candidate set and one of the interactive communication sequence included in the interactive communication sequence set of (a) and the interactive communication sequence generated in (b). | 2009-06-18 |
20090157682 | MANAGING MAINTENANCE TASKS FOR COMPUTER PROGRAMS - A computer-implemented method for managing maintenance of computer program can include the steps of receiving usage data from a plurality of users of the computer program, wherein the usage data identifies at least one portion of the computer program accessed by one of the users, and for each portion of the computer program, determining a usage according the received usage data and assigning a priority level according to the determined usage, where the priority level indicates a relative priority of the portion compared to other portions in the computer program. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157683 | Method and System for Accessing Selected Content - A system, method and computer product for accessing content by receiving as input an anchor, where the anchor is associated with selected content within an existing document, the document for example being an existing web page, and upon selecting the anchor, displaying the selected content to the user. Also disclosed is a system, method and computer product for identifying content, creating an anchor for the selected content and transmitting the selected content to one or more users over a communication link. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157684 | LOAD DISTRIBUTION IN DISTRIBUTED DATABASE SYSTEM - A state change in a network comprising a master server among a plurality of servers is determined, at the master server, a first lookup table is calculated, said first lookup table indicating respective partitions of a second lookup table distributed among active servers of said plurality of servers, the calculated first lookup table is distributed to each active server, and based on the first lookup table, at the master server, a modified partition of the second lookup table is generated. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157685 | Pervasive Media Information Retrieval System - A pervasive information retrieval system is disclosed in consumer electronics and home entertainment for retrieval of audio and visual information but also information containing text, pictures etc. in a multi user and multi domain environment comprising a plurality of physically distributed sub-domains having different rendering units, such as loudspeakers, television screens etc. The user is enabled to “grab” an ongoing information rendering experience, such as listening to a piece of music or to a broadcasted radio channel, watching a film or a broadcasted television programme, move to another sub-domain and “throw” the experience onto that sub-domain, where the experience will continue without the need to further operate the rendering units in the selected sub-domain. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157686 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EFFICIENTLY CACHING A SYSTEM-WIDE ACCESS CONTROL LIST - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for efficiently caching a system-wide Access Control Entry (ACE) for a subject requesting an action on an object associated with an application. During operation, the system retrieves a security class that is associated with an application. The system then checks if a constrained system-wide ACE associated with the subject, the object, the requested action, and the security class exists in a cache. If so, then the system retrieves the entry. Otherwise, the system retrieves a system-wide ACE associated with the subject and the requested action. The system also retrieves a local ACE associated with the subject, the object, the requested action, and the security class. Next, the system constrains the system-wide ACE with the local ACE and caches the result so that the constrained system-wide ACE is associated with the subject, the object, the requested action, and the security class. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157687 | TEAM BASED ROW LEVEL SECURITY SYSTEM AND METHOD - A team based row level security system and method are provided that permits items of data to be shared across a team. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157688 | USAGE HISTORY BASED CONTENT EXCHANGE BETWEEN A BASE SYSTEM AND A MOBILE SYSTEM - A method and system for transferring information from a base system ( | 2009-06-18 |
20090157689 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF RECONCILING HUMAN RESOURCE DATABASE - A system and method to reconcile Human Resource databases, including payroll, accounting, tax and travel databases, are provided. The system and method may include a database aggregation component that automatically gathers and stores a plurality of databases in a corporation business information system wherein these databases may be logically related to each other and a database reconciliation component that is capable of querying a database for retrieving data entries based on user instructions or on requests automatically generated according to preset conditions. The reconciliation method may further compare data from logically related databases. If discrepancies exist in a comparison result, the method may provide a drill-down step where data at next level of detail may be retrieved according to automatically generated queries. This reconciliation process of comparison and drill-down for more detail may continue until a preset condition is satisfied or there is no further detail to retrieve. The system may produce a report relating to the reconciliation results. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157690 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRESERVING FILEHANDLES ACROSS FILE SYSTEM MIGRATIONS ON A BEST EFFORT BASIS - The present invention provides for a method and a computer system for preserving filehandles after a file system migration on a distributed file system. One embodiment of the invention includes maintaining a cache of each filehandle provided to a client from a source file server. When files are migrated from the source file server to the destination file server, the cache entries are transferred from the source file server to the destination file server. The cache entries are then updated to link the source file server filehandle of each cached data object to the file attributes of the data object now existing on the destination file server. When a client subsequently attempts to access a file by using a previously valid filehandle, the cache will translate the source file server filehandle into the file attributes of the object on the destination file server, allowing the file to be located without receiving a filehandle expiration error. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157691 | Method for Unified Collection of Content Analytic Data - A method for storing a user evaluation of distributed content comprising an Evaluation Program (EP) that creates a user session when a user accesses distributed content. The user evaluation is saved with other information such as the time and date of the evaluation, the user's personal information, and the navigation path the user used to access the distributed content page. The EP records the user's navigation of the distributed content in the user session. The EP gives the user the opportunity to rate distributed content. The EP saves the user's evaluation with the user session data and external stimuli data. The EP closes the user session when the user leaves the distributed content. The EP reopens the user session when the user returns to the distributed content. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157692 | Filename segmentation based client server file management system - In the client server based file management system the filename contains segments delimited by a specified character that describe the content of the file with respect to different dimensions. Upon uploading the file from the client application to the server the file can be associated with entries of a file schema. Users may filter the system for files that satisfy specified criteria for specified dimensions. | 2009-06-18 |
20090157693 | DYNAMIC SOCIAL NETWORK SYSTEM - The system service provider automatically spawns a custom website for any group created using the system. The group may be created from a user interface and a groups lozenge provided by the interface. Messages may be sent between group members using a multi-user chat provided by the custom website. In addition, video and images and other digital media and content may be shared with group members. The website associated with the group stores any messages sent to the group, any multi-user chat between group members, any shared videos or images, and any shared files. As a result, group members may access this information at any time; however, others people beyond the group are unable to access this information. | 2009-06-18 |