25th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 72 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120158761 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING A DRILLING OPERATION - The present invention provides a computer-implemented software tool that is adapted to listen continuously to data streams from a drilling operation and to process the data to generate a situation description for a current drilling situation in a form useful for automated continuous matching with a set of past cases stored in a knowledge database. The invention implements a case-based reasoning (CBR) approach to match the current drilling situation as defined by the situation description with one or more stored past cases having a degree of similarity above a predetermined threshold level. Matching cases are displayed to the drilling engineer as symbols on a case “radar”, allowing the drilling engineer to retrieve and view the details of a past case and take appropriate action based on drilling advice provided within the past case. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158762 | METHODS, APPARATUSES AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR CONVERTING A GEOGRAPHICAL DATABASE INTO A MAP TILE DATABASE - An apparatus for converting geographical geometrical content of a geographical database to map tiles may include a processor and a memory storing executable computer code that cause the apparatus to at least perform operations including modifying a geographical database based in part on adding items of data arranged in fields based on analyzing values corresponding to geometry information. The geometry information is associated with records of the geographical database. The computer program code may further cause the apparatus to determine a set of tiles at a predetermined zoom level including geographical information of respective records and may update the records to include data associated with minimum and maximum x and y values of the tiles. The computer program code may further cause the apparatus to determine minimum and maximum x and y values that define a rectangular block(s) of map tiles. Corresponding computer program products and methods are also provided. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158763 | BULK OPERATIONS - Bulk operations including create, update, and delete operations are supported within the context of language-integrated queries. Such bulk operations can be implemented as distinct operations. Other operations, including query operators defining a collection of data over which the bulk operations can execute, can be restricted as a function of a specific bulk operation. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158764 | MAPPING FROM OBJECTS TO DATA MODEL - Aspects of the subject matter described herein relate to mapping from application objects to an abstract data model. In aspects, a mapper receives registrations that indicate behavior (e.g., how objects are constructed, modified, or examined) of application objects. The behavior may be specified using user-supplied expressions. The mapper aggregates this data and uses it to map application requests for data access into one or more operations that operate on the abstract data model. A data access layer may then translate the operations into actions to access data corresponding to the requests from a store. If appropriate, data obtained from the store may then be inserted into application objects as indicated by the registrations. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158765 | User Interface for Interactive Query Reformulation - Computer-readable media, computer systems, and computing methods are provided for classifying search results as either of good quality or of poor quality. Initially, a portion of the search results, such as the highest ranked documents, are selected for evaluation. A level of quality for each of the selected search results is determined using a classification process that includes the following steps: targeting features demonstrated by the selected search results to be evaluated; evaluating the selected features to generate a level-of-quality score for each of the selected search results; comparing the score against a predefined threshold value; and, based on the comparison, assigning each of the selected search results an absolute measurement. The absolute measurement indicates poor quality when the score is less than the threshold value. Upon recognizing that the selected search results are of poor quality, a corrective action that reformulates the issued search query is automatically invoked. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158766 | Method, System and Program Product for Searching a Database - A method, system and program product comprises displaying a search window comprising a selection portion and a results portion. The selection portion being configured for displaying at least selectable items in a categorical hierarchy. The results portion being configured for displaying at least a result of a search of a dynamic database. A user's selection of said selectable items is transmitted to a server in which the server conducts a search of the dynamic database using criteria of the selected items. The results of search are received from the server. The results are paginated to fit within the results portion. A page of the paginated results is displayed in the results portion. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158767 | Providing Package Products - Package products include slots for component products, price information, and attribute information for selecting component product options for the package products. Information regarding the package products and the component product options is provided to customers for selection of a desired package product and desired component product options. The package products and component products provide flexible control to providers of the package products and to providers of the component products and allow package products to be generated quickly in response to a request from a customer for a package product having desired attributes and meeting desired availability and price criteria. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158768 | DECOMPOSING AND MERGING REGULAR EXPRESSIONS - The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for decomposing and merging regular expressions. Embodiments of the invention decompose a regular expression into multiple simple keyword graphs, merge those keyword graphs in a compact and efficient manner, and produce a directed acyclic graph (DAG) that can execute a simplified regular expression alphabet. Several of these regular expression DAG's can then be merged together to produce a single DAG that represents an entire collection of regular expressions. DAGs along with other text processing algorithms and a heap collection can be combined in a multi-pass approach to expand the regular expression alphabet. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158769 | MUSIC DISTRIBUTION AND IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Distributing and identifying music is described. In one aspect, multiple music tracks are received by a music receiver from a music content provider. At least a portion of the music tracks are played in a geographic area near the music receiver. A report is generated that identifies music tracks played in the geographic area and a time associated with playing each music track. The report is then communicated to the music content provider. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158770 | Client-Side Statement Cache - Embodiments include a method, apparatus and computer program product for providing instructions from a database client to a database server. The method includes the steps of receiving from a database a representation of a first instruction and an associated identifier. The representation of the first instruction and the associated identifier are stored in a cache. A second instruction, from an application, is matched with the representation of the first instruction stored in the cache. The associated identifier is retrieved from the cache based on the matching and the associated identifier is sent to the database server. Upon receipt of the associated identifier, the database server executes the first instruction. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158771 | TEMPORAL BINDING FOR SEMANTIC QUERIES - Described are techniques to facilitate temporal features in a semantic data store. Information about lifetimes of facts in a semantic store is maintained. Even when a fact is logically deleted, a physical record is kept available. The record of a logically deleted or invalid fact has associated lifetime information. For example, valid-from and valid-to time values. The record of a fact not yet deleted may have a valid-from time value indicating when it was created, became valid, etc. Queries against the semantic store may specify a timeslice (a point in time or a time range). The lifetime information can be used to satisfy such time-specific queries. Because records are maintained after they are logically deleted, it is also possible to accurately query a past state of the semantic store. Even if such a query is run at different times, same results may be obtained. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158772 | AUTOMATED GENERATION OF STRUCTURED SERVICE DESCRIPTIONS FROM SEMI-STRUCTURED ENTERPRISE SERVICE REPOSITORIES - Implementations of the present disclosure include methods for generating structured service descriptions corresponding to one or more enterprise services. In some implementations, methods include defining a unified schema based on a governance process that is used to develop enterprise services stored within a business service repository, executing a first data importer and a second data importer, retrieving first data and second data from the business service repository using the first data importer and the second data importer, respectively, the first data and the second data corresponding to the enterprise services, automatically generating structured service descriptions based on the first data and the second data, each of the structured service descriptions corresponding to the unified schema and being associated with one of the enterprise services, and storing the structured service descriptions in a service repository, the service repository being provided in a computer-readable storage medium. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158773 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR ACTIVATING INFORMATION OF OBJECT COMPUTER SYSTEM - An object association system for activating associated information is provided. The system includes an environment recognition and monitor module, a feature analyzer and builder module, a feature repository, a feature matching module, and an actuator module. The environment recognition and monitor module is configured for detecting an object that is opened and extracting digital environment information and physical environment sensor information corresponding to the object. The feature analyzer and builder module is configured for generating a digital environment feature and a physical environment feature corresponding to the object, building an environment feature association model according to the digital environment feature, the physical environment feature and a text feature corresponding to the object and storing the environment feature association model in the feature repository. When the object is re-opened, the feature matching module identifies other objects related to the object, and the actuator module displays information related to the other objects. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158774 | Computing Intersection of Sets of Numbers - The present invention relates to a computer program product, method and system for computing set intersection of a first and a second unordered set of discrete members that stem from a known input range of consecutive discrete numbers. The method breaks the numbers into subranges and for each subrange, utilizes a bit vector in a first random access memory, directly addressing bits representing values in a subrange in the first set to values in the second set in the subrange and writing each number of the second set that is also set member of the first set in the sub range directly to an output. This may be utilized by various applications including database applications. The algorithm may be offloaded to one or more processing subsystems. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158775 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING USER-CUSTOMIZED CONTENT - The system for providing user-customized content includes, a personal information database server in which user profile information and content usage history information are stored, a content server which receives user identification information and user context information from a ubiquitous sensor network, receives the user profile information and the content usage history information from the personal information database server, and searches for customized content corresponding to a user based on the received information, and a content browsing server which processes the customized content received from the content server into a form that can be displayed on a user terminal and provides the processed customized content to the user terminal. Therefore, it is possible to provide a wide range of services to the user and allow the user's personal inclination or preference as well as the user's temporal or spatial context to be subject to the services | 2012-06-21 |
20120158776 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CAPTURING, PROCESSING AND REPLAYING CONTENT - A system and method for capturing and replaying content is provided. The invention includes a base content source, a user system and resources. The invention provides for a knowledge embedding component to provide information associated with the base content. Further, a capturing component captures base content and/or information related to the base content for replay. The invention further provides for a personalization component to filter base content and/or information associated with base content based on a type of user, type of information, historical information and/or personal information. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158777 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING INDIVIDUAL USERS ACCESSING A WEB SITE - A web site server is able to identify distinct users by using a unique identifier associated with each client computer system requesting access to a web site. The unique identifier comprises an Internet address, such as an Internet Protocol (IP) address, and a time value associated with each client computer system requesting access to the web site. On starting up a web browser, an application program or browser plug-in may synchronize the internal clock included with the client computer system with a global time standard. A web site server may determine the uniqueness of the client computer system by comparing unique identifier records of users accessing the web site. A user may be identified as distinct if no matching record exists in the database. Users privacy is also protected as the unique identifiers are erased when the client computer system's user exits the web browser or powers down the computer. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158778 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SENSING AND RESPONDING TO SERVICE DISCOVERIES - A system and method of sensing and responding to service discoveries on a consumer's machine and, more particularly, to a system and method of sensing (discovering) service needs on a consumer's machine using a resident Daemon, and responding to the service discoveries using an extension of UDDI. The method comprises receiving a keyword from a local machine, locating a service associated with the keyword, and notifying the local machine about the service that matches the keyword. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158779 | Operational Information Providers - In a computer program product, system and method for retrieving operational data, a front-end unit generates a query for operational data. In an embodiment, in response to the generation of the query, an operational information provider is sent to a back-end unit to retrieve real-time operational data from the back-end unit using a retrieval method specified in the operational information provider. The retrieved operational data, including the real-time operational data is received by the front-end unit from the back-end unit. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158780 | DEFINING A DATA STRUCTURE FOR PATTERN MATCHING - An information processing method for defining a data structure for pattern matching, the method executed by an information processing apparatus, comprises generating, by the apparatus, an ordered tree structure by defining transition edges between nodes using, as transition conditions, respective constraints from one or more constraint patterns each including plural constraints; searching, by the apparatus, for a second substructure similar to a first substructure from a root node by determining a set relation between transition conditions of respective transition edges; and defining, by the apparatus, an additional transition link from a tail node of the second substructure to a child node at a tail end of the first substructure, the additional transition link adding a constraint to be met by an indeterminant identified from the set relation. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158781 | KNOWLEDGE-MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR LAW FIRMS - The present inventors devised unique systems, methods, interfaces, and software for managing and leveraging knowledge in law firms and potentially other enterprises. For example, one system provides a single user interface for researching case law for online legal research service and identifying and accessing law-firm documents. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158782 | STRING AND SUB-STRING SEARCHING USING INVERTED INDEXES - Inverted indexes for terms and for term separators are separately provided to minimize data redundancy. Search queries are parsed to identify terms and term separators, if any, and the corresponding inverted indexes are searched for responsive documents. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158783 | LARGE-SCALE EVENT EVALUATION USING REALTIME PROCESSORS - Large-scale event processing systems are often designed to perform data mining operations by storing a large set of events in a massive database, applying complex queries to the records of the events, and generating reports and notifications. However, because such queries are performed on very large data sets, the processing of the queries often introduces a significant delay between the occurrence of the events and the reporting or notification thereof. Instead, a large-scale event processing system may be devised as a large state machine organized according to an evaluation plan, comprising a graph of event processors that, in realtime, evaluate each event in an event stream to update an internal state of the event processor, and to perform responses when response conditions are met. The continuous monitoring and evaluation of the stream of events may therefore enable the event processing system to provide realtime responses and notifications of complex queries. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158784 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMAGE SEARCH - A method and system for image search, the method comprising: receiving an indication regarding at least one feature of at least one image from a collection of images; creating an updated search algorithm according to the indication; and providing an updated collection of images by using the updated search algorithm. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158785 | Location Fidelity Adjustment Based on Mobile Subscriber Privacy Profile - The present invention utilizes location based wireless technology in a wireless network to dynamically automate the accuracy of location information provided to requesting parties based on external criteria, e.g., the time of day. The location information may be altered by removing particular parts (e.g., by removing street information, or city information), or by mathematically loosening the accuracy of the location of the particular wireless user. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158786 | PERFORMING AUTHORIZATION CONTROL IN A CLOUD STORAGE SYSTEM - A method, apparatus and computer program product for performing authorization control in a cloud storage system. The method comprises: receiving an access request to a file block, wherein the file block is embedded with tag data comprising at least file block authorization information; retrieving the file block; extracting the file block authorization information from the tag data; determining whether the access request matches the file block authorization information; and performing the access request if the access request matches the file block authorization information. Effective authorization control may be performed in a cloud storage system. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158787 | Enterprise Security Management System Using Hierarchical Organization and Multiple Ownership Structure - A hierarchical security model for networked computer users is described. Files and resources are controlled or created by users within the network. Each user within the network has an account that is managed by a network administrator. The account specifies the user identifier and password. Users are grouped into organizations depending upon function or other organizational parameter. The groups within the network are organized hierarchically in terms of access and control privileges. Users within a higher level group may exercise access and control privileges over files or resources owned by users in a lower level group. The account for each user further specifies the group that the owner belongs to and an identifier for any higher level groups that have access privileges over the user's group. All users within a group inherit the rights and restrictions of the group. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158788 | System and Method for Modular Business Applications - A method of adding a program module to an installed program code. A data object having an interface for importation of data into and exportation of data out of the data object, the data object further comprising the program module, a switch identifier and a specification of a call to be inserted into the installed code is provided. Insert the call as specified by the specification of the data object into the installed program code and receive a setting for the switch from a user and storing the setting in a database table. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158789 | COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM RECORDING PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An example computer | 2012-06-21 |
20120158790 | STRUCTURE BASED STORAGE, QUERY, UPDATE AND TRANSFER OF TREE-BASED DOCUMENTS - Data is represented as a tree structure. A structure identifier (ID) that mathematically defines a structure of the tree structure is calculated. The structure ID is a representation of the structure of the tree structure and is independent of node names and node values of the tree structure. A mapping of the structure ID to the tree structure is stored. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158791 | FEATURE VECTOR CONSTRUCTION - Feature vector construction techniques are described. In one or more implementations, an input is received at a computing device that describes a graph query that specifies one of a plurality of entities to be used to query a knowledge base graph that represents the plurality of entities. A feature vector is constructed, by the computing device, having a number of indicator variables, each of which indicates observance of a sub-graph feature represented by a respective indicator variable in the knowledge base graph. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158792 | AGGREGATED PROFILE AND ONLINE CONCIERGE - Concepts and technologies are described herein for generating an aggregated profile and for providing an online concierge. In accordance with the concepts and technologies disclosed herein, usage of devices, applications, social networking services, web sites, and/or other resources over are tracked by authorized entities and aggregated into an aggregated profile. The aggregated profile can be managed, tuned, and modified by a user associated with the aggregated profile. The aggregated profile also can be used for various purposes including, for example, an online concierge and other purposes. The concierge can provide information from the aggregated profile, if authorized, to requesting entities. The use of the aggregated profile can be used to reduce the mount of input needed form users, to improve or streamline searching or application usage, and/or for other purposes. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158793 | Automatic Elimination Of Functional Dependencies Between Columns - In business systems, one or more methods can be used to reduce an amount of redundant data. In one implementation, a method to reduce redundancy within a data model in a database, in which the data model is represented by at least one table, includes determining a number of distinct values of partial keys in a table. Each partial key represents at least one row in the table. The method includes reordering one or more columns of the table by cardinality of partial keys, in which the cardinality of a partial key represents a number of distinct values of the partial key. The method further includes determining whether pairs of partial keys are functionally dependent and eliminating one or more columns having functional dependencies from the table. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158794 | TECHNIQUES TO DISCOVER OBJECT INTERFACES - Techniques to discover object interfaces are described. An object association component is operative to generate mapping information representing a mapping between an application object interface for an application object of an application program executing in a first process with a system object handle for a system object of a system program executing in a second process, create a memory map file name for a memory mapped file, and store a record with the mapping information in the memory mapped file. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158795 | ENTITY TRIGGERS FOR MATERIALIZED VIEW MAINTENANCE - A system, method, and computer program product are provided for implementing materialized views on a mobile device in synchronization with an enterprise information system. Changes to an underlying local database, on which the materialized view is based, may originate from the enterprise system or from the client. A solution needs to account for each of these potential sources of changes, and update the materialized view accordingly. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158796 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING BOOKMARKS - A method, an apparatus and a system for generating bookmarks are provided, through which the bookmarks can be automatically generated without participation of a user. The method for generating bookmarks includes: gathering access records of a user; analyzing the access records of the user; and generating the bookmarks according to an analysis result. The apparatus for generating bookmarks includes: a gathering unit, configured to gather access records of a user; an analysis unit, configured to analyze the access records of the user; and a bookmark generation unit, configured to generate the bookmarks according to a result of the analysis unit. The system for generating bookmarks includes: a gateway, configured to gather access records of a user and output the access records to a bookmark server; and the bookmark server, configured to analyze the access records of the user and generate the bookmarks according to an analysis result. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158797 | SADL Query View - A Model-Driven Approach to Speed-Up Read-Only Use Cases - Embodiments of the invention relate to computing, and in particular, to a systems and methods for a querying a database. Certain embodiments implement a model-driven database query (“the SADL query”) facilitating a design-time tool that allows a developer to create the query based upon existing Business Objects (BOs) and their associations. This SADL query leverages mapping between business-layer entities and database-layer entities, such mapping being derived from association metadata already extant in the business model used to create the Business Objects. In certain embodiments, query views may be based upon associations present within the business layer, rather than upon database-level entities (such as joins or restriction rules) that are typically relied upon in conventional query creation. Embodiments of the present invention may thus align query creation more closely with the structure of the business layer, and may also render query design agnostic relative to the identity of the underlying database. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158798 | EXECUTING A BUSINESS PROCESS IN A FRAMEWORK - Various embodiments of systems and methods for executing a customized business process in a business process framework are described herein. A user selection of a solution type corresponding to a business process is received from a user interface. In response to the user selection, a query is executed to retrieve application types and corresponding sub-application types from a business logic stored in a database. Configurable attributes are generated based upon the application types and the corresponding sub-application types. Based upon the application types, the sub-application types and the configurable attributes, the business process is customized to create a customized business process. Based upon a configuration information, a user input to the customized business process is captured from the user interface. The user input is validated by comparing the user input with the business logic. The customized business process that is validated is further executed in the business process framework. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158799 | AUTOMATICALLY MATCHING DATA SETS WITH STORAGE COMPONENTS - An administrator of an enterprise storage set may be tasked with storing a large number and variety of data sets on a large number and variety of storage components. However, the manual selection of a physical schema by an administrator may be time-consuming, may generate inefficient physical schemata, and may not be easily reevaluated as the data sets and storage set change. Presented herein are techniques for automatically determining a physical schema by comparing the storage factors of each data set (e.g., data size, relationships with other data sets, and usages of the data set by users) with the storage capabilities of the storage components, selecting a suitable storage component, and implementing the storage of the data set on the storage component. An embodiment of these techniques may thereby achieve an automated identification of a physical schema with improved efficiency and flexibility of the physical schema while conserving administrative resources. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158800 | Hierarchical Diff Files - A method of organizing a data in a database system using a swarm database system that has one or more nodes comprising one or more processors and memory, the memory of the one or more nodes storing one or more programs to be executed by the one or more processors. Identifying data to store in one or more tables on a bucket, wherein the bucket is a allocation of a partitioned storage in a node of the one or more nodes. Assigning to each of the identified data an identifier and a data storage hierarchical level of a plurality of hierarchical levels. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158801 | DETERMINING WHETHER A JAVA OBJECT HAS BEEN SCAN-MISSED BY A GARBAGE COLLECTOR SCAN - A Java object is scan-missed during the mark phase of a garbage collection cycle. A list of any unscanned objects, comprising all objects of a particular object type, is created during a sweep phase of the garbage collection cycle. After the garbage collection cycle is completed, and the application resumes, for every PUTFIELD/GETFIELD operation on the object type that is part of a specific parent object, a comparison is made with the relevant information in the unscanned objects list. A scan-miss is identified by determining whether the current object being referenced by the application is a part of the unscanned object list that has been created during the sweep phase of the garbage collection cycle. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158802 | MP4 CONTAINER FILE FORMATS AND METHODS OF PROCESSING MP4 CONTAINER FILES - A file that is compatible with a media player application that reads media files compliant with MP4, is created by including in the file a parent container containing child containers. The child containers include a metadata container containing metadata relating to the media presentation and a media data container containing media samples for multiple tracks of the media presentation. The metadata container contains multiple child containers containing metadata for the multiple tracks respectively. The metadata container contains at least one additional child container that reserves free space in the metadata container but does not contain metadata, whereby in the event of adding a track to the presentation the free space in the additional child container may be overwritten with metadata for the added track without affecting the size of the metadata container. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158803 | PARTITION FILE SYSTEM FOR VIRTUAL MACHINE MEMORY MANAGEMENT - A virtual machine of an information handling system (IHS) initializes an operating system to provide partition file system memory management during application execution. The operating system employs multiple partitions that include one or more applications for execution within the virtual machine. A file system tool identifies write operations to a global file system and generates local and common file system information. The file system tool populates the local file systems that include delta local file systems and differential file systems with write operation data. The file system tool may generate stackable common delta file system information to store write operation data common to two or more partitions that employ executing applications. The file system tool may combine or separate stackable common delta file system information to provide improvements in virtual machine memory utilization. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158804 | METHOD FOR CONVERTING DATA IN OPTICAL DISC DRIVE - The present invention relates to a method for converting data in an optical disc drive. In one embodiment of the present invention, data corresponding to a first file system are generated based on file system information collected with respect to data recorded in an optical disc, the generated data are stored in a memory, while first data converted according to the first file system for directories and files recorded in the optical disc, second data for the directories, and third data for the files being stored in the memory separately from each other; information requested from a host is processed based on at least part of the separately stored data and the information is sent to the host. Therefore, an optical disc drive can be used for an AV device with an USB input. Also, data requested by a host are searched quickly and sent to the host. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158805 | NON-DISRUPTIVE DATA MOVEMENT AND NODE REBALANCING IN EXTREME OLTP ENVIRONMENTS - Systems and methods for non-disruptive cache startup, shutdown, data partition movement, and node rebalancing for a data fabric within a data grid in a database environment. The data grid is a clustered in-memory database (IMDB) cache comprising one or more data fabrics including multiple IMDB cache nodes. The method takes a time tag and moves data from source to destination nodes while allowing updates to data on the source nodes. The method propagates updates occurring after the time tag to destination nodes from source nodes and switches applications and ownership to the destination nodes. Another method slices data for a partitioned fabric and stores slices on nodes. Another method starts a data fabric by moving data from a grid backend to the nodes. In an embodiment, another method rebalances nodes in a non-disruptive manner. When a fabric is shutdown, the method saves data from the nodes to the grid backend. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158806 | PROVISIONING NETWORK-ATTACHED STORAGE - A system may receive a user request for provisioning a network attached storage over a network, provision a server with a domain name in response to the user request, configure the server with a user identifier and a password, for gaining authorized access to the server, create a logical volume, mounting the logical volume on the server, and export the logical volume as a shared volume. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158807 | MATCHING DATA BASED ON NUMERIC DIFFERENCE - Systems and methods for matching data based on numeric difference are described herein. Input data elements are parsed to identify a first number and a second number. A difference between the first number and the second number is calculated based on a predefined formula. Based on the difference, a matching score between the input data elements is evaluated. The matching score is proportional to a base matching score corresponding to a threshold difference, and a maximum score corresponding to a match between the first number and the second number. A similarity between the input data elements is reported based on the evaluated matching score. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158808 | METHOD FOR OPTIMIZATION OF MEASUREMENT STANDARD AND INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING CALCULATION METHOD USING THE SAME - Measurement standards are optimized via the unification of measurement unit of physical properties into dimensionless numbers. There is an invariance equations governing natural phenomena, and is never abstract and inevitably linked to . All measurement units (physical quantities) into dimensionless numbers with the minimum natural (boundary) condition are unified based on nature's invariance equations, setting up the new measurement standard and optimizing measurement and calculation. In the expression of physical quantities, numbers representing quantity and units are combined. Based on nature's invariance equations, the minimum object-based numbers related to all measurement units are discovered. Using these numbers, all measurement units including basic units can be converted into the system of dimensionless numbers. As all measurement units are expressed as numbers without any dimension, compatibility of measurement units is in place. Thus, the barriers between different areas of academia are crossed over and synergistic effects are reaped. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158809 | Compensation Filtering Device and Method Thereof - According to one embodiment, a compensation filtering device includes an impulse response calculator, a coefficient calculator, and an adder. The impulse response calculator calculates an impulse response of a reproduction system comprising a sound field. The coefficient calculator calculates a compensation coefficient to compensate for a tap coefficient such that a direct current gain of an extracted finite impulse response (FIR) filter with a predetermine number of taps extracted from an FIR filter having reverse characteristics of the impulse response takes a predetermined value. The tap coefficient indicates a weight of each of the taps. The adder adds the compensation coefficient to the tap coefficient of each of the taps of the extracted FIR filter to generate a compensation filter to compensate for acoustic characteristics of the reproduction system. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158810 | Systems and Methods for Reducing Filter Sensitivities - Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for reducing filter sensitivities. As an example, reduced sensitivity filter circuits are discussed that include a digital filter and a filter tap adaptation circuit. The digital filter is operable to filter a received input based at least in part on a plurality of filter taps, and to provide a filtered output. The filter tap adaptation circuit is operable to receive an error value and a weighting control value, and to adaptively calculate at least one of the filter taps using the error value and the weighting control value. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158811 | Method For Transforming Input Data And Medical Device - A method is disclosed for transmitting measurement data from a transmitter system to a receiver system by way of a transmission link of a medical device. In an embodiment, the measurement data, as input data of a transformation method, is transformed to output values and, after transmission, back transformed again, the values of the input data lying between a maximum value and a minimum value and an assignment function being used for compression purposes, to allocate an output value to every value of the input data, a root function being used as the assignment function for at least some of the values. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158812 | PARALLEL COMPUTATION OF A REMAINDER BY DIVISION OF A SEQUENCE OF BYTES - Methods, computer systems, and computer program products for calculating a remainder by division of a sequence of bytes interpreted as a first number by a second number are provided. A first remainder by division associated with a first subset of the sequence of bytes is calculated with a first processor. A second remainder by division associated with a second subset of the sequence of bytes is calculated with a second processor. The calculating of the second remainder by division may occur at least partially during the calculating of the first remainder by division. A third remainder by division is calculated based on the calculating of the first remainder by division and the calculating of the second remainder by division. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158813 | SERVICE ABSTRACTION LAYER FOR ACCESSING A PLURALITY OF SERVICES - Various embodiments of systems and methods for accessing a plurality of services using a service abstraction layer are described herein. A plurality of services from one or more service provider is registered in a service abstraction layer. A request, from a service requestor, for accessing at least one service of the registered plurality of services is received at the service abstraction layer. Further, the received service request, at a service invoker of the service abstraction layer is forwarded to at least one corresponding service provider. Furthermore, successful execution of the requested service by the corresponding service providers is determined at the service invoker. Based on the determination, a response from the corresponding service provider is returned to the service requestor. Therefore, communication between the service requestor and the multiple service providers is handled by the service abstraction layer, which acts as a centralized layer. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158814 | REVOCABLE INDICATION OF SESSION TERMINATION - According to one general aspect, a method for a computing device may include establishing, via a first application executed by the computing device, a data session with a server. The server may maintain a set of session data associated with the data session. The method may also include processing a request to terminate the active functioning of the first application. The method may further include transmitting a session-inactivation message to the server, wherein the session-inactivation message instructs the server to maintain the set of session data. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158815 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING WEB OBJECTS UNWORTHY OF BEING CACHED - A caching device is configured to determine whether an object received or currently stored at the caching device should be (or continue to be) cached at the caching device, even if the object is otherwise cacheable. If so, the object is cached (or retained) at the caching device, otherwise, it is not. The determination as to whether or not the object should be cached or, if already cached, retained at the caching device may be made on the basis of a worthiness determination which evaluates the object on the basis of one or more parameters or attributes of the object, which worthiness may be one part of an overall value determination for the object. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158816 | SERVICE PROVIDING METHOD AND DEVICE USING THE SAME - Disclosed are service providing method and device, including: collecting execution state information about a plurality of tasks that constitute at least one service, and are dynamically distributed and arranged over a plurality of nodes; and performing scheduling based on the collected execution state information about the plurality of tasks, wherein each of the plurality of tasks has at least one input source and output source, and a unit of data to be processed for each input source and a data processing operation are defined by a user, and the scheduling is to delete at least a portion of data input into at least one task or to process the at least a portion of input data in at least one duplicate task by referring to the defined unit of data. In particular, the present invention may effectively provide a service of analyzing and processing large stream data in semi-real time. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158817 | Distributed Computing Architecture - A distributed computing system may incorporate an implementation of an execution model, locality management schemes, scheduling schemes, a type system, and/or management of heterogeneous systems. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158818 | COMMUNICATIONS TERMINAL, COMMUNICATIONS METHOD, AND PROGRAM AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT FOR COMMUNICATION - A communication terminal ( | 2012-06-21 |
20120158819 | POLICY-BASED APPLICATION DELIVERY - Technologies are described herein for automatically selecting a best application delivery method based on a centrally maintained policy. An agent executing on a user computing device receives a request to initiate an application. The agent requests a centrally maintained application placement policy document regarding the application program from a policy server. The application placement policy document may describe a policy for determining a method for delivery of the application to the user computing device based on a number of conditions. The agent selects the method for delivery of the application based on the application placement policy document and the current conditions, and then initiates the application program utilizing the selected application delivery method. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158820 | Information Gathering System Using Multi-Radio Telematics Devices - The present disclosure relates to a method for intelligent procurement of data from a plurality of vehicles in a data-aggregation region using long-range communications, short-range communications, and group leader vehicles. The method includes a central server defining a plurality of data-aggregation areas and identifying at least one group leader vehicle in each data-aggregation area. The method also includes the group leader vehicle in each data-aggregation area collecting data from other vehicles in the data-aggregation area using short-range communications and the group leader vehicle in each data-aggregation area determining to cease collecting data from the other vehicles in the data-aggregation area. The method further includes the group leader vehicle in each data-aggregation area generating a consensus report using the data collected from the other vehicles in its data-aggregation area. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158821 | SERVICE DELIVERY FRAMEWORK - Implementations include receiving service information regarding one or more services provided by one or more service providers, the services being executed by one or more service computing devices, storing the service information on a computer-readable storage device that is in communication with the one or more broker computing devices, receiving user input at the one or more broker computing devices, the user input being transmitted to the one or more broker computing devices from one or more consumer computing devices over a service channel that corresponds to a service being accessed by a service consumer, transmitting the user input to the one or more service computing devices, receiving service output from the one or more service computing devices, the service output generated based on processing of the user input using the service, and transmitting the service output to the one or more consumer computing devices over the service channel. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158822 | USB DEVICE REDIRECTION FOR REMOTE SYSTEMS - The present disclosure provides systems and method for redirecting control of a client side connected USB device from the client to the server in a remote system. Specifically, the present disclosure creates a simulated USB device at the server. The simulated USB device is treated as a proxy for a redirected USB device at the client. The client side redirected USB device is not treated as the USB device but, rather, acts as a pass through to facilitate communication between requesting applications and the client connected device. The simulated USB device allows an application to send requests for a local device to the simulated USB device at the server. The simulated USB device then processes the requests and forwards the requests to the local device connected to the client. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158823 | EXPOSING SERVER FUNCTIONS TO BROWER CODE - The exposing of a server function to a browser. From the browser's perspective, the browser submits a request for a web page to a web server, the web page being one of multiple web pages in a web application offered by the web server. The web server responds to the request by, for at least one of the server functions, formulating a corresponding script language function that defines a matching name and parameter set of the server side function. The script language function has a body that, when executed, serializes at least the name and parameter set of the server side function. The web server then provides the web page code and the corresponding script language function to the browser. The browser may then calls the server side function via the script language function. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158824 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING OF RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID) MIDDLEWARE - Provided is an apparatus and a method for a distributed processing of a radio frequency identification (RFID) middleware. An apparatus for a distributed processing of a RFID middleware includes a user/manager interface for inputting an event; a web application processor for displaying and managing a content corresponding to the event submitted from the user/manager interface; a load information processor for selecting an optimal one of distributed middleware servers according to scheduling of the web application processor; and a server process manager for managing each of the distributed middleware servers in a cluster by interworking with the user/manager interface. According to the embodiments, it is possible to continuously cope with the extension of the system and the infra, and the system can be stably maintained. Thus, considerable economic benefits can be achieved. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158825 | SCALABLE PUSH-BASED ARCHITECTURE FOR WEB APPLICATIONS - Disclosed is a fully push-based and scalable web application architecture unifying discrete and persistent web services. It houses a database slave on the web server machine to leverage the replication capabilities of common database systems. In doing so, the replication of data between a database master (located on a separate machine) and a slave (located on the web server machine) serves to prompt the web server software of any changes in the data, with which it may then generate an updated web service response to push to the relevant clients. Neither the clients nor the web servers ever need to blindly poll a data source for changes. Furthermore, data is transmitted in the same RESTful style using a persistent (i.e. WebSocket) connection as it would be using the corresponding discrete HTTP request. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158826 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN OPTIMAL MOTIVATIONAL RESPONSE - A system for providing an optimal motivational response is provided. The system includes an input device configured to receive at least one client input from the client. The system further includes a processor configured to analyze the at least one client input received from the client and generate a current state of the client based on the at least one client input. The processor is further configured to analyze the current state of the client and determine an optimal motivational technique for the client based on the current state of the client and the at least one client input. The processor is also configured to generate an optimal motivational response based on the optimal motivational technique. The system further includes an output device configured to display the optimal motivational response to the client. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158827 | ACTIVE SERVER SYSTEM MONITOR - A system may include a home media server, a plurality of clients of the home media server, and a plurality of entities executed by the home media server and configured to provide media content instances to the plurality of clients. The system may further include an active server system monitor configured to register an entity of the plurality of entities, determine at least one monitoring parameter associated with the registered entity, monitor the registered entity according to the at least one monitoring parameter to determine an issue with the registered entity, and if an issue is determined, terminate and restart the registered entity. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158828 | BULK INITIAL DOWNLOAD OF MOBILE DATABASES - A system, method, and computer program product are provided for handling bulk initial downloads of databases to mobile devices. Rather than straining the resources of a mobile device to recreate the database locally, a server can construct the database to the mobile device's requirements at the server by impersonating the mobile device. The server can then send the database, compressed and over an encrypted session, to the mobile device. The mobile device can then decrypt and uncompress the pages received, and then encrypt them using a local key for secure storage on a local storage device. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158829 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING OR RECEIVING DATA CONNECTIVITY - Methods and apparatus for providing or receiving data connectivity with an access network may include receiving or transmitting a request from a wireless device for data connectivity to a destination. The destination may be associated with use of an application. The methods and apparatus may further include determining whether the destination is a sponsored destination. The methods and apparatus may further include providing or receiving sponsored data connectivity via the access network from the wireless device to the sponsored destination for use of the application on the wireless device if the destination is a sponsored destination. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158830 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING VIRTUAL GAME CLIENTS - Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for generating virtual game clients. The apparatus includes a description grammar module, a description generation module, and a client generation and control module. The description grammar module includes a game packet description grammar. The description generation module generates a game protocol description corresponding to the structure of a packet protocol of a game and a game protocol sequence description corresponding to the relationship of transmission and reception between packets, based on the game packet description grammar. The client generation and control module generates a virtual game client using the game protocol description and the game protocol sequence description. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158831 | ENHANCING CLIENT-SIDE OBJECT CACHING FOR WEB BASED APPLICATIONS - An object request associated with a requesting entity can be identified. The object request can comprise of an object identifier and an object type associated with an object instance which can be a renderable entity. The entity can be a widget within an application executing within a client device. An object type associated with the object request can be determined which can be decomposed into an attribute request based a selected schema. The attribute request can comprise of an object instance identifier and an attribute identifier associated with an attribute value. An attribute index associated with a client-side object cache can be queried for the attribute value. When the attribute value exists in the attribute index, an appropriate attribute value associated with the attribute can be conveyed to the entity. When the attribute value is absent from the attribute index, the attribute request can be conveyed to a request aggregator. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158832 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING USER INTERFACE - An apparatus for and method of managing a user interface. The apparatus for managing a user interface including: a packet generation unit that generates a notification packet indicating that one or more remote servers exist on a network, a web server that manages a command for storing a state of a user interface of a predetermined application transmitted through the network or an extract command received as a result of distributing the notification packet, a state storage unit that stores the state of the user interface according to the store command, and a communication unit that transmits the state of a predetermined user interface extracted according to the extract command from among the stored states of the user interface. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158833 | 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. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158834 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR MANAGING INTERCHANGE OF ENTERPRISE DATA MESSAGES - A system and method for enabling the interchange of enterprise data through an open platform is disclosed. This open platform can be based on a standardized interface that enables parties to easily connect to and use the network. Services operating as senders, recipients, and in-transit parties can therefore leverage a framework that overlays a public network. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158835 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR MANAGING INTERCHANGE OF ENTERPRISE DATA MESSAGES - A system and method for enabling the interchange of enterprise data through an open platform is disclosed. This open platform can be based on a standardized interface that enables parties to easily connect to and use the network. Services operating as senders, recipients, and in-transit parties can therefore leverage a framework that overlays a public network. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158836 | AUTOMATIC DOWNLOAD OF WEB CONTENT IN RESPONSE TO AN EMBEDDED LINK IN AN ELECTRONIC MAIL MESSAGE - A method in a distributed computer system includes a server and a client and is for delivering Web content within a body section of electronic mail messages. The method includes receiving at a server, at least one mail message containing an embedded hyperlink. The method includes downloading Web content associated with the hyperlink into the message store at the server. The method also includes transmitting the mail message and at least one of a link to the Web content downloaded into the message store at the server and the corresponding Web content for display at the client. The method includes determining whether the client has a preset time for downloading messages containing Web content. In response to determining that a preset time for downloading Web content exists, the method includes caching the message and Web content at the server until the preset time is reached. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158837 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ESTABLISHING A NOTIFICATION SERVICE FOR A DEVICE - Methods and apparatuses for establishing a notification service for a computing device. Device requests for current information about a requested topic may be unnecessary if repeated requests are made for current information and the information has not yet changed. In this disclosure, when a requested topic is associated with changing information, a notification service may be configured for the device. The notification service automatically sends updated information to the device when the information changes. The present disclosure describes several ways that requests may be analyzed to determine if a requested topic is associated with changing information. A threshold number of request for a requested topic over a period of time may be used. Alternatively, a requested topic may be configured in a notification service if the requested topic is related to a currently occurring event. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158838 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOGGING A SCHEDULER - A computer system including instructions recorded on a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium and readable by at least one processor, the system including a logging module, a receiving module, and a transmission module. The logging module is configured to log information associated with a scheduler. The receiving module is configured to receive a request for information associated with the scheduler. The transmission module is configured to transmit information associated with the scheduler. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158839 | WIRELESS NETWORK INTERFACE WITH INFRASTRUCTURE AND DIRECT MODES - An architecture for a computing device to enable the computing device to support peer-to-peer communications using a wireless radio also configured for infrastructure-based communication. The architecture includes a driver for the wireless radio that supports ports for communication in accordance with the peer-to-peer protocol. A port may act as a control port through which action frames that control the formation of a peer-to-peer group may be sent and received. One or more other ports may be used for exchanging data with other devices in the group. Each of these ports may be configured in accordance with its role in the group, such that each port may be configured for operation as a group owner or a client. Additionally, after establishing a group, the control port may be used as a side channel for controlling a device in a group associated with another port. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158840 | NON-GREEDY CONSUMPTION BY EXECUTION BLOCKS IN DATAFLOW NETWORKS - Processing messages in dataflow networks. The method includes, at a first entity, receiving from a second entity a first offer of a first message to process. The method further includes determining to not process the first message. As a result of determining to not process the first message, such an indication is made to the second entity. Further as a result of determining to not process the first message, an indication is stored that the second entity offered a message. The indication includes an indicator correlated to the second entity. Subsequent to indicating to the second entity, using the indication the method includes indicating to the second entity availability to process a message. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158841 | PROXY COMMUNICATIONS OF NON-PERSON ENTITIES - The disclosed architecture enables a person-entity to perform actions (e.g., post a message) as a non-person entity (e.g., group, organization, team, brand, etc.) on a microblogging platform using distribution groups. Existing directory services distribution groups can be utilized as proxies of non-person entity. The owner and co-owners of the distribution group, for example, are the only “spoke persons” that can post as the distribution group. The distribution group is allowed to be designated as a first class user account in the enterprise microblog platform so that users can follow the distribution group post. Additionally, the list of distribution groups (or non-user accounts) to which a user can post a message is automatically presented. Tracking of the real user who posted as a distribution groups is also performed. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158842 | Method and System for Facilitating Interaction with Multiple Content Provider Websites - A method and system for facilitating communication between an electronic device such as a mobile device and a plurality of content provider websites is provided. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving at a server a first message regarding either uploading of a first portion of information to the content provider websites or, if the first portion is already available at the websites, modifying of the first portion, where the first message is a user instruction that includes a second portion of information identifying the websites. The method additionally includes sending a plurality of second messages, respectively, from the server for receipt by the websites, respectively, where each respective one of the second messages includes one or more of the first portion and a respective third portion of information concerning a respective modification. The method can additionally include one or more additional steps, and the system can include the server or the electronic device. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158843 | TECHNIQUES FOR IMPROVING RELEVANCE OF SOCIAL UPDATES DISTRIBUTED OFFLINE - Methods and system for delivering updates to recipients in a social network includes receiving event related data in response to triggering of an event at a client. In response to the triggering of the event at the client, recipient data related to a recipient that is authorized to receive the event related data is retrieved. An agent is provided for the recipient. The agent includes logic for formatting and delivering the event related data to the recipient. The recipient's interaction in response to delivery of the event related data is tracked. The logic within the agent is refined based on the interaction of the recipient. The agent with the refined logic is used for subsequent formatting and delivering of event related data to the recipient. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158844 | SOCIAL NETWORK INFORMATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - Methods and system for obtaining information from a computer network are disclosed. The computer network includes user networks and a database of user information. The method includes receiving a user information request specifying a category, identifying a first set of users established as trusted information resource contacts (TIRC) of the user for the category, identifying a second set of users established as TIRCs of the first set of users, retrieving information associated with the second set from the electronic database, and providing the retrieved information to the user. The system includes a database and a server for performing the steps of the method. The steps of the method may be embodied in computer executable instructions stored on a non-transient machine readable medium that cause a server to perform the method when executed by the server. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158845 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY POSTING USER-LOCATION INFORMATION TO A SOCIAL NETWORK - Methods and systems are disclosed that are capable of automatically interfacing with Internet-based social networks for safely providing friends of a mobile user with location updates. In particular, a system and method are provided for automatically posting user-location information to a social network. A system interface receives user data including a location update activation indicator and location update conditions. A navigation engine obtains information associated with the current location of the mobile user. A social network client module of the system is adapted to determine that the location activation indicator is active and to determine that a location update condition is met. A communications interface automatically posts a location update to the social network if the social network client determines that at least one location update condition is met. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158846 | DIGITAL CONTENT MANAGEMENT - Aspects of the present invention relate to a method of sharing content between communication devices in a communication network. The content sharing may be allowed and/or managed by a network administration module in the communication network. In this regard, the method may comprise the following steps: (1) receiving a first type of classification information related to a content emanating from a first communication device, the first type of classification information classifying the content; (2) determining where the classified content emanating from the first communication device is located; (3) determining whether the classification of the content corresponds to a second type of classification linked with a second communication device; and (4) in the case where the classification of the content corresponds to the second type of classification, then making the content available to the second communication device. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158847 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - An electronic device ( | 2012-06-21 |
20120158848 | System and Method for Automatically Managing Participation at a Meeting or Conference - A participant managing system which identifies potential invitees to a conference. A storage means maintains storing records of associations of persons at least one or more key words. During the preparation of the conference the system responds to the user's input of key words by identifying persons. The user is not obliged to make any selection of persons, only a selection of subjects by key words. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158849 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A COLLABORATION TIMELINE ILLUSTRATING APPLICATION ARTIFACTS IN CONTEXT - A method and apparatus for generating a collaboration timeline which illustrates application artifacts in context. A collaboration session includes a plurality of participants. Each participant collaborates via a corresponding processing device. Media streams associated with the plurality of participants are received during the collaboration session and a collaboration media stream based on the media streams is generated. A collaboration application generates an artifact during the collaboration session. A timeline entry is generated in a collaboration timeline, the timeline entry including time information identifying a time associated with the artifact, and a reference to the artifact. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158850 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY CREATING AN EXPERIENTIAL NARRATIVE - Embodiments of a method and apparatus for automatically generating an experiential narrative are described. A method may comprise, for example, receiving media information, receiving context information based on one or more identifiers associated with the media information, correlating the media information and the context information, and automatically generating a narrative summary using the correlated media information and context information. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158851 | Categorizing Social Network Objects Based on User Affiliations - Groups of users of a social networking system are categorized based on their association with a type of malicious activity. A set of predetermined malicious groups is identified. Users associated with the malicious groups are selected based on their level of interactions with the malicious groups. Other groups associated with the selected users are identified as being potentially malicious groups. The potentially malicious groups are further analyzed based on occurrences of keywords associated with the type of malicious activity and manual verification by experts. The potentially malicious groups are either classified as being malicious or non-malicious or assigned a score based on their likelihood of being associated with the type of malicious activity. The methods and system disclosed can be used for categorizing other types of social network objects based on their association with a type of malicious activity, for example, users, events, and content. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158852 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR POLICING EVENTS WITHIN AN ONLINE COMMUNITY - A method and system for policing events within an online community comprising a plurality of users having corresponding user information stored in a user database. The method comprises: receiving data indicative of an event from a user of the plurality of users of the online community; selecting a plurality of eligible users (such as from the plurality of users, for example based on the stored user information) to form a jury to evaluate the data indicative of the event with respect to rules for the online community stored in a rules database; and electronically taking an action in respect of corresponding stored user information of a user who performed the event based on the jury evaluation of the data with respect to the rules for the online community. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158853 | SENDING A CHAT CONTEXT TO A RECIPIENT - In an embodiment, a plurality of respective context keywords are stored to a plurality of contexts, wherein each of the plurality of respective context keywords is different. In response to sending of a first plurality of instant messages from an electronic device, a first context is selected at the electronic device from among the plurality of contexts. A first context keyword of the plurality of respective context keywords that matches respective first terms in the first plurality of instant messages is stored in the first context. The first plurality of instant messages are stored to a first chat session in the first context that was selected by the selecting. The first context that comprises the first plurality of instant messages and the first context keyword is sent to a recipient device. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158854 | Message Focusing - A method and apparatus of a device that focuses messages is described. In an exemplary method, the device receives a first and second group of message. The device further selects a related message from the second group of messages that is related to each message in the first group. This selecting is based on an affinity group, where the affinity group includes a message address that occurs in at least one of the messages in the second group and the affinity group is determined using the message addresses contained in the first and second groups. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158855 | Data Clustering - A method and apparatus of a device that creates message affinity groups uses the affinity groups to relate messages and threads is described. In an exemplary method, the device receives messages, where the messages include message addresses. The device determines multiple affinity groups of message addresses based on a probability that a message including one of the message addresses also includes one or more of the other message addresses in the affinity group. In addition, the device presents one or more of the affinity groups. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158856 | Message Focusing - A method and apparatus of a device that focuses messages is described. In an exemplary method, the device receives a first and second group of message. The device further selects a related message from the second group of messages that is related to each message in the first group. This selecting is based on an affinity group, where the affinity group includes a message address that occurs in at least one of the messages in the second group and the affinity group is determined using the message addresses contained in the first and second groups. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158857 | Message Thread Clustering - A method and apparatus of a device that clusters threads of messages is described. In an exemplary method, the device receives multiple message threads, where each message thread includes one or more messages that are related to each message in that thread. For each of the message threads, the device computes a thread signature using affinity groups, where each affinity group is a group of messages that are related to each other. Furthermore, the device creates a group of related messages using the thread signatures. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158858 | Resource Optimization for Online Services - Resource optimization for online services is described. In one example, objects (such as mailboxes or other data associated with an online service) are assigned to network elements (such as servers) by inferring a relationship graph from log data relating to usage of the online service. The graph has a node for each object, and connections between each pair of objects having data items in common. Each connection has a weight relating to the number of common data items. The graph is partitioned into a set of clusters, such that each cluster has nodes joined by connections with a high weight relative to the weight of connections between nodes in different clusters. The objects are then distributed to the network elements such that objects corresponding to nodes in the same cluster are located on the same network element. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158859 | DETERMINING AN UNEXPECTED DISCONNECT EVENT CONSTRAINT WITHIN A TEXT EXCHANGE SESSION - A device communicatively linked with a text exchange session can be identified. The device can be a computing device associated with a computing resource. The resource can be associated with a state and state information. The device can be associated with a text exchange application. State information associated with the computing resource can be obtained. The state information can be a resource identifier and a resource value. A computing resource state change can be determined. The determination can be responsive to a disconnect event associated with the device. The disconnect event can result in the device not communicatively linked to the text exchange session. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158860 | ELECTRONIC MAIL MESSAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD - Systems and methods of confirming an addressee of an email message include receiving an email message addressed to one or more forwarding addresses. At least one email address associated with each of the one or more forwarding addresses is obtained. A potential discrepancy in the email message is detected in response to the at least one obtained email address. Before sending the email message, an alert is issued to a sender of the email message. The alert provides a recommendation regarding whether to continue with sending the email message and identifies content associated with the email message that led to detecting the potential discrepancy. | 2012-06-21 |