25th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 76 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100161599 | Computer Method and Apparatus of Information Management and Navigation - Computer method and apparatus manages and navigates computer implemented information. A first source information and second source information are related as parent-child information. Keywords are extracted from the first and second source information and are used to relate second source information to the first source information. This produces dynamic sets or groupings of second source information related by keywords. Display of a listing of the keywords enables user navigation of the information especially according to the groupings of second source information. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161600 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED SERVICE RECOMMENDATIONS - A system and method for automated service recommendations. A request is received over a network, from a user for service recommendations, wherein the request comprises an identification of the user and at least one service selection criteria. A query is formulated so as to search, via the network, for user profile data, spatial data, temporal data, social data and topical data that is available via the network and relates to the requesting user, the service selection criteria and to a plurality of services available via the network so as to a identify a subset of the plurality of services available via the network that relate to the request. A list of the identified subset of services is transmitted, via the network, to the requesting user. A selection of at least one of the selected subset of services available received from the user and the user is enrolled in the selected service. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161601 | SEMANTICALLY WEIGHTED SEARCHING IN A GOVERNED CORPUS OF TERMS - A method and system for conducting semantically weighted searches in a governed corpus of terms is provided. A search expression having a plurality of terms for performing a search in the governed corpus of terms is received. The governed corpus of terms comprises a plurality of corpus expressions each comprising a plurality of terms, each term within the governed corpus of terms being associated precisely with a single concept within a lexical database. At least one concept of the lexical database is assigned to each term in the search expression based on a syntactical analysis. A semantic similarity is calculated between pairs of concepts of the search expression and one of the corpus expressions. A total semantic similarity is calculated between the search expression and the one of the corpus expressions by aggregating the semantic similarities of the pairs of concepts based on an order of significance of the terms. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161602 | GROUPING SIMILAR VALUES FOR A SPECIFIC ATTRIBUTE TYPE OF AN ENTITY TO DETERMINE RELEVANCE AND BEST VALUES - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for grouping similar values of an attribute type and determining the best value of an attribute type for an entity in an entity resolution system. By applying attribute grouping rules to organize similar values into groups, an accurate number of distinct values for an entity may be ascertained by counting the number of resulting groups. A preferred group may be selected from the resulting groups and a “best value” may be selected from the preferred group by applying best value rules. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161603 | GROUPING METHODS FOR BEST-VALUE DETERMINATION FROM VALUES FOR AN ATTRIBUTE TYPE OF SPECIFIC ENTITY - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for grouping similar values of an attribute type and determining the best value of an attribute type for an entity in an entity resolution system. By applying attribute grouping rules to organize similar values into groups, an accurate number of “distinct” values for an entity may be ascertained by counting the number of resulting groups. A preferred group may be selected from the resulting groups and a “best value” may be selected from the preferred group by applying best value rules. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161604 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MULTIMEDIA CONTENT BASED MANIPULATION - An apparatus and methods for generating an ontology for a domain based on analysis performed on interactions captured in the domain. The analysis provides groups of concepts which are used as topics appearing or retrieved from the interactions are used as topics or concepts in the ontology. Concepts belonging to one group are indicated as connected within the ontology. The ontology can then be used in analyzing further interactions and provide meaning, content and relationships between concepts. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161605 | CONTEXT TRANSFER IN SEARCH ADVERTISING - A computer-implemented method is disclosed for determining a type of landing page to which to transfer web searchers that enter a particular query, the method comprising: classifying a landing page as one of a plurality of landing page classes with a trained classifier of a computer based on textual content of the landing page; determining, by the computer, characteristics of one or more query to be associated with the landing page; and choosing, with the computer, whether to retain or to change classification of the landing page to be associated with the one or more query based on relative average conversion rates of advertisements on a plurality of manually-classified landing pages when associated with the characteristics of the one or more query. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161606 | INFORMATION SEARCH SYSTEM, INFORMATION SEARCH METHOD, AND PROGRAM - This invention provides an information search system including a management table which stores a name of a memory area and memory area information indicating the memory area in association with each other. When received source information search destination information indicates that source information to be searched is stored in a memory, the information search system searches the management table for a name of a memory area which matches a received source information name of the source information to be searched. When the name of the memory area which matches the received source information name of the source information to be searched is retrieved, the system acquires information which matches the received search target condition information from memory area information associated with the retrieved name of the memory area. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161607 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING GENOME DATA - A system and method for analyzing genome data includes receiving genome analysis data generated by a genome analysis device, such as a microarray scanner, reducing the genome analysis data, and transmitting the reduced genome analysis data over a wide area network to a client computer. The reduced genome analysis data may provide a summary of the unreduced genome analysis data. One of several methods may be used to reduce the genome analysis data for transmittal over the wide area network. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161608 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CONTENT-AWARE DATA DE-DUPLICATION - The systems and methods partition digital data units in a content aware fashion without relying on any ancestry information, which enables one to find duplicate chunks in unrelated units of digital data even across millions of documents spread across thousands of computer systems. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161609 | Method and device for clustering categorical data and identifying anomalies, outliers, and exemplars - One aspect of the invention is a method for assigning categorical data to a plurality of clusters. An example of the method includes identifying a plurality of categories associated with the data. This example also includes, for each category in the plurality of categories, identifying at least one element associated with the category. This example also includes specifying a number of clusters to which the data may be assigned. This example additionally includes assigning at least some of the data, wherein each assigned datum is assigned to a respective one of the clusters. This example further includes, for at least one of the clusters, determining, for at least one category, the frequency in data assigned to the cluster of at least one element associated with the category. Further, some examples of the invention provide for detecting outliers, anomalies, and exemplars in the categorical data. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161610 | QUERY RESTRICTION FOR TIMELY AND EFFICIENT PAGING - Systems and methods are presented for retrieving records from a database and presenting them to a user through a timely and efficient query restricting process. The query request is then modified through the use of a determined partitioning field and a modified query which partitions the field relative to a partitioning value. Records are retrieved from the database. A small set of records is presented to the user, as is a prompt to retrieve more records. An application which receives query requests determines: restricting fields, partition size and whether or not the partition is within a predetermined range. The application returns a data set and receives requests for more records. These systems and methods provide a storage efficient solution that is particularly useful for maintaining a time efficient user response for a dynamic database. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161611 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CHARACTERIZING LINKED DOCUMENTS USING A LATENT TOPIC MODEL - Systems and methods are disclosed for extracting characteristics from a corpus of linked documents by deriving a content link model that explicitly captures direct and indirect relations represented by the links, and extracting document topics and the topic distributions for all the documents in the corpus using the content-link model. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161612 | Method of Topic Summarization and Content Anatomy - A topic is summarized through content anatomy. The topic is summarized temporally. In an evolution graph generated through the present invention for the topic, all important events are picked up and cause-result relationships between the events are clearly shown. Hence, difficulty in understanding evolution of the topic is effectively reduced. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161613 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY MONETIZING KEYWORD VALUES - A system and method for dynamically monetizing keyword values based on a correlation between one or more indices. The method includes generating a first index for a subject being searched by users via web server, and a second index for the subject based on a corresponding level of popularity. The first index is correlated with the second index to predict a future second index for the subject based on the first index. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161614 | DISTRIBUTED INDEX SYSTEM AND METHOD BASED ON MULTI-LENGTH SIGNATURE FILES - A distributed index system and method based on multi-length signature files are provided. The distributed index system includes a feature vector extracting unit, a high-dimensional index unit, a high-dimensional index managing unit. The feature vector extracting unit extracts N-dimensional feature vectors from multimedia object and identifier. The high-dimensional index unit establishes a tree-based distributed index according to the identifier of the multimedia object and the N-dimensional feature vectors, and determines a signature length by comparing number of leaf nodes of the established distributed index tree and a reference cluster size. The high-dimensional index managing unit generates signatures for each leaf node, on which the determined length is reflected, and stores the generated signatures by matching with the N-dimensional feature vectors. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161615 | INDEX ANAYSIS APPARATUS AND METHOD AND INDEX SEARCH APPARATUS AND METHOD - Provided are an index analysis apparatus and method, and an index search apparatus and method. The index analysis apparatus extracts indexes from digital data, which is included in a disk image of a virtual drive, by using pattern matching, and the index search apparatus receives the extracted indexes and searches the digital data, which includes the received indexes, using a keyword keyed in by a user. Accordingly, the accuracy of digital forensic analysis can be increased, and digital forensic search can be sped up. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161616 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COUPLING STRUCTURED CONTENT WITH UNSTRUCTURED CONTENT - A method of coupling structured content, such as that found in an enterprise resource planning system, with unstructured content, such as that stored via an electronic content management system, is presented. In the method, mapping information relating at least one type of structured content with indexing data of at least one type of unstructured content is received. The indexing data is configured to facilitate access to the at least one type of unstructured content in a data storage system. The unstructured content is then received, as well as indexing data associated with the unstructured content. Structured content associated with the unstructured content is identified based on the indexing data. The unstructured content is stored in the data storage system. The identified structured content is then linked with the unstructured content stored in the data storage system via the indexing data to allow access to the unstructured content in the data storage system via the identified structured content. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161617 | INDEX SERVER ARCHITECTURE USING TIERED AND SHARDED PHRASE POSTING LISTS - An information retrieval system uses phrases to index, retrieve, organize and describe documents. Phrases are extracted from the document collection. Documents are the indexed according to their included phrases, using phrase posting lists. The phrase posting lists are stored in an cluster of index servers. The phrase posting lists can be tiered into groups, and sharded into partitions. Phrases in a query are identified based on possible phrasifications. A query schedule based on the phrases is created from the phrases, and then optimized to reduce query processing and communication costs. The execution of the query schedule is managed to further reduce or eliminate query processing operations at various ones of the index servers. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161618 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING KEYWORD RANKING USING COMMON AFFIX - A method and system for providing keyword ranking using a common affix is provided. The method for providing keyword ranking using the common affix includes: extracting a common affix using a keyword set; and providing keyword ranking which includes the extracted common affix. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161619 | Method and Apparatus for Generating Recommendations From Descriptive Information - Meaningful words or phrases may be extracted from the information and used as tags. Weights may be determined for the tags, and tag clouds may be generated for the items. The tag clouds may be stored to a data store. Information specifying a tag cloud may be received. Recommended items for which the tag clouds most closely match the specified tag cloud may be identified. Standard vector space distance calculations, for example the cosine distance between the tag clouds, may be used to determine cloud similarity. The results may be filtered to optimize relevance, novelty and familiarity in accordance with preferences of the user. The recommended items may be displayed to a user interface. Users may interact with the user interface to steer the recommendations towards more relevant content. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161620 | Method and Apparatus for User-Steerable Recommendations - Method and apparatus for transparent, steerable recommendations. A steerable recommender uses tag clouds including descriptive tags and associated weights to generate recommendations. Users may dynamically interact with the recommender via a user interface to steer the recommendations. A tag cloud for an item is displayed, items for which associated tag clouds are most similar to the displayed tag cloud are identified, and the items are displayed as recommendations. The strength of similarity of the items to the displayed tag cloud may be displayed. The user may modify a tag cloud, for example by changing the weight of a tag or by adding or removing a tag, and the recommendations may be automatically updated to reflect the modification. A recommended item may be selected to display the tag cloud corresponding to the item. A user may select a user interface element to request information on why a particular item was recommended. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161621 | INFERRING RULES TO CLASSIFY OBJECTS IN A FILE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - Described are methods and systems related to inferring rules to classify an object to one of one or more target folders. One or more properties of the object to be classified are determined. A first degree of affinity between the object to be classified and the objects of the target folders, having a property identical to the object to be classified, is computed. A second degree of affinity between the object to be classified and the objects within each target folder, having a property identical to the object to be classified, is computed. A total degree of affinity between the object to be classified and each target folder is calculated. A normalized total degree of affinity is calculated by averaging the total degree of affinity across all target folders. The object is moved to a target folder having a highest value of the normalized total degree of affinity. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161622 | INFORMATION FILTERING APPARATUS - A search unit | 2010-06-24 |
20100161623 | Inverted Index for Contextual Search - In an inverted index for contextual search in a collection of documents is contextual search applied for retrieving one or more tokens of a document as well as the context wherein the one or more tokens occurs, the context being any identifiable structure of a document. Any specific single context forms a scope of the document. The inverted index comprises at least a subindex in the form of a text index of text tokens and the text index comprises field-formatted records including a path field for the path of the scope enclosing the token. The records constitute a posting list of the text index with information of the paths for every occurrence of the tokens. —A path filter for use with the inverted index for contextual search comprises a path pattern in the form of expressions defining which paths that match or do not match a search query. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161624 | DATA RECORDING PROGRAM, DATA RECORDING APPARATUS, DATA RECORDING PROCESS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - The data acquisition unit acquires data in correspondence with each dimensional axis and the time axis. The mode setting unit makes setting and clearing of a dimensionality investigation mode. In the dimensionality investigation mode, the axis-determinative variation-rate calculation unit calculates axial data variation rates. The axis determination unit determines whether or not the axial data variation rate corresponding to each axis is low. The objective-axis setting unit sets each axis as an objective axis when the axial data variation rate corresponding to the axis is determined to be high. While the dimensionality investigation mode is cleared, the recording-determinative variation-rate calculation unit calculates axial data variation rates. The recording determination unit determines, on the basis of the axial data variation rate, whether to record the acquired data. The recording unit does not record the data when the data is determined not to be recorded. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161625 | PHRASE-BASED DETECTION OF DUPLICATE DOCUMENTS IN AN INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEM - An information retrieval system uses phrases to index, retrieve, organize and describe documents. Phrases are identified that predict the presence of other phrases in documents. Documents are the indexed according to their included phrases. Related phrases and phrase extensions are also identified. Phrases in a query are identified and used to retrieve and rank documents. Phrases are also used to cluster documents in the search results, create document descriptions, and eliminate duplicate documents from the search results, and from the index. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161626 | Information retrieval system with contact information appended - The invention is a process for determining contact information for entities meeting specified criteria. An entity profile matching the criteria is pulled from a database. The profile contains at least an entity name and one geographical identifier. The name is parsed and expanded in a fashion to match the possible variations of the name which could conceivably be entries in a directory such as a telephone directory. Entries from the directory within a geographical area of interest containing the identified location from the database profile are checked for duplications or other issues. Where possible, unique contact information is determined and is appended to the entity, and the process is repeated for other entries from the database to create a contact list of entities meeting the specified criteria. In a particular described case, the criteria is a gift amount to a non-profit organization and the geographical identifier is the location of the non-profit receiving the gift. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161627 | GENERIC DATA OBJECT MAPPING AGENT - This disclosure relates to computer implemented methods, systems, and software for automatically preparing data from a data object used in an enterprise software application. Updates can be received for first and second data objects, the data objects each including hierarchical data with at least one node. The data objects can be associated with a service-oriented enterprise software application. A mapping, from the first data object to a first structured data element, can be identified using a first mapping agent. A mapping, from the second data object to a second structured data element, can be identified using a first mapping agent. In some instances, data can be loaded from at least one of the first or second data objects using the first mapping agent. Loading data from the data object can be based on the mapping from the data object to the respective structured data element. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161628 | AUTOMATED CREATION AND DELIVERY OF DATABASE CONTENT - A method and apparatus are disclosed which automatically build a database by automatically assigning links to an expert, pushing content to an expert, providing expert annotation, and linking the content to an annotation database. A term is selected by applying rules, such as, the term not previously existing in the database, an unusually high frequency of the term, the term is an article or the term is an unusual part of speech. An advertiser can sponsor the term, for example, by having a banner ad automatically pop-up on a keyword search. Content windows can be attached to the term, the content window containing information such as definitions, related products or services, sponsorship information, information from content syndicators, translations and reference works. A utility is available to the expert that allows the expert to analyze the term in context by extending or reducing the sentence or paragraph the word is contained in. Data objects that represent the contents of the database and templates are syndicated to remote servers running a processing engine. The processing engine uses these data objects to execute linking rules without requiring a connection to the database. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161629 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HARVESTING METADATA INTO A SERVICE METADATA REPOSITORY - Business Process Execution Language (BPEL) engines and Enterprise Service Buses (ESBs) often connect to adapters to integrate backend packaged applications with a process flow by invoking web services using Java Connector Architecture (JCA) and Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) bindings. The Web Service Description Language (WSDL) files for the web services that interact with the adapters can be introspected to harvest adapter integration and transformation information into a service metadata repository. This permits dependency and impact analysis to extend from services to adapters and transformations. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161630 | Sensor Net System, Sensor Net System Data Managing Method, and Sensor Net System Data Managing Program - In order to easily provide data successively generated from a real world sensor network in a time series to a user, a unit for generally and flexibly performing mapping between a source for generating physical electronic information (for example, a tiny sensor node) and sensing data to be provided to the user is provided. Therefore, a manager of the sensor network is composed of a device management table for mapping among a wireless sensor node, a wireless base station, and a data managing server, a real world model table capable of including device information and giving plural attributes, a registration/search processing unit for registering/searching that information, and a data manager for data mapping between the tables. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161631 | TECHNIQUES TO SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT TAGS AND DOCUMENTS ACROSS A COMPUTER NETWORK - Technologies are described herein for providing an improved interface for interacting with a document within a private computer network. A computer program provides a person profile interface through a document viewer, the person profile interface enabling a user of a private computer network to select a different user of the private computer network, and present person profile tags and documents associated with the different user of the private computer network. The computer program further provides a tag profile interface through the document viewer, the tag profile interface enabling the user to select a tag, and present content tagged or commented on by other users of the private computer network and associated with the selected tag. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161632 | SHARED VALUE RESOLUTION WITH MULTIPLE RUNTIME CONTAINERS - Policies and services facilitate sharing values between composition containers in an extensible application environment. A value resolver service receives a request from a value resolver which has a value resolution policy. The service identifies other value resolvers which have compatible policies, queries them consistent with the policies involved, obtains values, and supplies them to the requesting value resolver. The value resolution policy specifies an order for searching composition containers, and a visibility for sharing values between composition containers during value resolution; policies may depend on composition container scope. If value resolvers cannot provide values, the value resolver service invokes fault handlers. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161633 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING A SUGGESTED READ LIST OF DIGITAL DATA TO A HOST DEVICE - The embodiments described herein generally relate to a local mass storage device that provides a suggested read list of digital data to a host device. In one embodiment, a method is provided in which a local mass storage device receives a request from a host device for a suggested read list of digital data stored in the local mass storage device. The local mass storage device creates the suggested read list and provides the suggested read list to the host device. In this embodiment, the local mass storage device is managed by the host device using a logical block addressing protocol. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161634 | BEST-VALUE DETERMINATION RULES FOR AN ENTITY RESOLUTION SYSTEM - Primary value determination rules may be used by entity resolution system to select a “best” or “primary” value of an attribute from a plurality of attribute values. For example, the “best” name, address, phone number, etc. to use in presenting a summary of information about that entity may be determined. Further, the primary value determination rules may each be configured to assign a confidence score to the “best” values selected for of a given entity. Doing so allows a selection of a “best” value for a given attribute made by one rule to be overridden by a selection of another “best” value made by another rule for that same attribute. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161635 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A MOBILE VIDEO BLOG SERVICE - A method and apparatus for providing a mobile video blog (vlog) service in a communication network are disclosed. For example, the method captures video content sourced from a mobile device used by a mobile user through a mobile vlog posting service portal, and provides a vlog viewing function accessible to a viewer through a vlog viewing service portal, wherein the vlog viewing function affords viewing of the video content and is provided in accordance with a user profile of the viewer, wherein the user profile comprises a viewing preference of the viewer. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161636 | Messaging Personalization - Participants in a communication are rendered by determining whether each entry in a list of participants in the communication satisfies criteria specified by a user participating in the communication. The criteria are used to identify a first subset of participants that are to be rendered in a first style that differentiates the first subset from remaining participants in the list. The first subset of participants is formatted in the first style. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161637 | METHOD OF PRODUCING PROBABILITIES OF BEING A TEMPLATE SHAPE - A method of identifying a printed page from a scan of the printed page is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of generating a page key of the printed page on the basis of the scan ( | 2010-06-24 |
20100161638 | System and method for using symbol command language within a communications network - A system and method for generating actions utilizing predefined commands within a communications network comprises predefined commands called symbol commands. These are character strings entered into an internet platform during an internet protocol session. The method and system can be used via the internet and is well-suited for mobile use. In addition, utilization of keywords and alpha-numeric or other character symbols to form symbol commands allows for complex command structuring. A search process is used in combination with a symbol command and a symbol command directory to identify specific goods and services, or related symbol commands. In addition, a platform performs specific predetermined actions in response to the symbol command such as making product purchases or providing services such as location-based services, coupon delivery or travel ticketing. The symbol command structure and internet platform will also utilize identification information associated with an individual user. Furthermore, the platform may implement a response using location information associated with the user from the country code, area code or prefix code of a user's telephone number, or use GPS location information associated with the user's internet device. The symbol command system and method provide an improved form of access to products and services via the internet. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161639 | Complex Queries for Corpus Indexing and Search - Computer methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture therefor, are disclosed for developing a complex-query pattern that is transformed into a region-matching transducer. A corpus-level transducer and the region matching transducer are combined. The combined transducer is applied to a corpus to identify strings therein that satisfy patterns defined in the corpus-level transducer, including the complex-query pattern, with each identified pattern being recorded in a corpus index. The corpus and the corpus index are made available for receiving a query with the query tag for querying the corpus and applying the query using the corpus index to identify locations in the corpus that satisfy the query. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161640 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPUTERIZED SEARCHING WITH A COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVE - A system and method for conducting a computerized search, including: receiving a user query, a perspective, and a term associated with the perspective; conducting a first search based on the user query; expanding the term to a list; analyzing the first search results based on the list; modifying the user query based on the analysis of the first search results; and conducting a second search based on the modified user query. Alternatively, a system and method for conducting a computerized search, including: receiving a user query; conducting a computerized search based on the user query to obtain first results; analyzing a knowledge base; generating a weighted context term vector based on the knowledge base, wherein the weighted context term vector includes context words; matching the first results with the weighted context term vector; and listing second results based on the match. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161641 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPUTERIZED SEARCHING WITH A COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVE - A system and method for conducting a computerized search, including: receiving a user query, a perspective, and a term associated with the perspective; conducting a first search based on the user query; expanding the term to a list; analyzing the first search results based on the list; modifying the user query based on the analysis of the first search results; and conducting a second search based on the modified user query. Alternatively, a system and method for conducting a computerized search, including: receiving a user query; conducting a computerized search based on the user query to obtain first results; analyzing a knowledge base; generating a weighted context term vector based on the knowledge base, wherein the weighted context term vector includes context words; matching the first results with the weighted context term vector; and listing second results based on the match. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161642 | MINING TRANSLATIONS OF WEB QUERIES FROM WEB CLICK-THROUGH DATA - Methods and technologies providing translations of web queries based on an analysis of user behavior in click-through data. These methods and technologies generates large-scale and timely query translation pairs guided by a small set of seed word pairs from a dictionary, without relying on additional knowledge or complex models. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161643 | SEGMENTATION OF INTERLEAVED QUERY MISSIONS INTO QUERY CHAINS - The subject matter disclosed herein relates to segmentation of interleaved query missions into a plurality of query chains. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161644 | Contextual Display of Saved Search Queries - A computer-implemented method for contextually displaying saved search queries is disclosed. The method comprises: displaying a user interface comprising a layout, the layout being associated with one or more tables in a database; receiving from the user interface a request for stored search queries; upon receiving the request, identifying a plurality of stored search queries, each of the plurality of stored search query being associated with one or more tables in the database; and displaying a stored search query from the plurality of stored search queries if the one or more tables associated with the stored search query and the one or more tables associated with the layout include at least one table in common. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161645 | Change management - Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with artifact type neutral change management are described. One example method includes maintaining an access table for each artifact in a collaborative software environment that records a most recent access of an artifact on a per user basis. An artifact type registration table is also maintained that maps each artifact type to the access table that records access information for artifacts of the given type and to a data store that stores artifacts of that type. For a given user, artifact pair, queries on the type registration table, access table, and data store are generated to return the last modification time for the artifact and the user's last access time for the artifact. This information is used to determine a change status of the artifact for the given user. This common framework can be used for artifacts of any type that are registered in the type registration table. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161646 | CRITERIA BUILDER FOR QUERY BUILDER - Systems and methods are provided that programmatically provide a user interface for forming a query, comprising. A query builder displays a first row of query criteria, a second row of query criteria, the second row being logically connected to the first row by a first Boolean connector, and a third row of query criteria, the third row being logically connected to the second row by a second Boolean connector. In response to a user drag-and-drop operation, the query builder nests the third row of query criteria in the second row of query criteria. Thus, a drag-and-drop operation obviates the need for cumbersome groups of parentheses when defining the order of operation of the query. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161647 | SMART CACHE COMPONENT FOR DEMAND CHAIN MANAGEMENT - Demand Chain Management (DCM) refers to a suite of analytical applications for retail business, that provides retailers with the tools they need for product demand forecasting, planning and replenishment. The reliable development and user-friendly interface of DCM applications ensures improved customer satisfaction, increased sales, improved inventory turns and significant return on investment. The present subject matter provides a self-contained reusable smart cache component for DCM development and interface. The smart cache component gives a DCM developer the ability to automatically have a configurable amount of information temporarily stored in readily available memory on an application server. The information can be retrieved in a high speed fashion without the need for additional calls to the original location of the information. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161648 | FLEXIBLE MULTI-TENANT SUPPORT OF METADATA EXTENSION - A system may include reception, from a client, of a request for access to an instance of an object model, identification of extension metadata associated with the object model and associated with the client in a metadata repository, identification of client-independent metadata of the object model in the metadata repository, merging of the client-independent metadata and the extension metadata associated with the client to create a merged object model, and access of the instance based on the merged object model. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161649 | DATABASE MANAGEMENT - There is disclosed a system and method for optimising database access plans. Specifically, modifications made to a database are monitored and compared to a set of criteria. If a modification satisfies a criterion, the access plans relating to the modification are updated. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161650 | Performing Predicate-Based Data Compression - Techniques for performing predicate-based data compression are provided. The techniques include specifying a predicate, wherein the predicate is specified by a user, and using the predicate to filter data compression, wherein using the predicate to filter data compression comprises compressing one or more subsets of data that satisfy the predicate. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161651 | Apparatus and Method for Processing Queries Using Oriented Query Paths - A computer readable storage medium includes executable instructions to specify a set of database tables defining vertices and database joins defining oriented edges to form a graph. The oriented edges specify directionality characterizing dependent relationships between database tables. A query path in the graph is identified. The graph is split into a set of directed acyclic graphs. Each directed acyclic graph has a single root vertex that does not form a path to itself through oriented edges. Selected oriented edges are removed from each directed acyclic graph to form a tree corresponding to each directed acyclic graph. The tree is a sub-graph of a directed acyclic graph without loops and one list of joins relates any two database tables in the tree. A database query is generated for each tree. The database query is applied to database tables to form query results. The query results are displayed. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161652 | RAPID ITERATIVE DEVELOPMENT OF CLASSIFIERS - A classifier development process seamlessly and intelligently integrates different forms of human feedback on instances and features into the data preparation, learning and evaluation stages. A query utility based active learning approach is applicable to different types of editorial feedback. A bi-clustering based technique may be used to further speed up the active learning process. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161653 | Academic StudyTool Utilizing E-Book Technology - A software interface to increase the efficiency for reading, abstracting of information and locating material within an electron publication, pursuant to which author content and/or researcher content may be quickly searched, accessed and stored on an academic tool utilizing e-book technology. Topic mapping tools may be further used to enhance searching to link and cross reference terminology. For example, such tools are described in ISO/IEC 13250:2000 and more recently extended into XML format in XTM specifications. W3C® standards, such as DAML+OIL and topic map standards as well as functionally similar standards may also be utilized. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161654 | Integrating and Enhancing Searching of Media Content and Biometric Databases - Metadata for a content signal is searched by transforming the content signal into different hash formats, each being used to retrieve identifying information from corresponding databases. The identifying information enables retrieval of metadata from metadata databases. These systems and methods enable devices to access a wide array of dynamic metadata from disparate sources through queries that are derived from intrinsic content attributes. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161655 | SYSTEM FOR STRING MATCHING BASED ON SEGMENTATION METHOD AND METHOD THEREOF - A device of searching a text string based on segmentation according to the present invention includes: a keyword input unit that receives a keyword; a segmentation unit that receives the keyword and constantly splits the received keyword into a search unit having one or more characters; and a search unit that extracts a generation position of each search unit in a search target file by searching each search unit of the keyword from the search target file and calculates similarity as the inputted keyword by using the extracted generation position. According to the present invention, a dictionary does not need to be previously organized at the time of creating an index database and a creation speed of the index database is increased and false extraction is minimized, thereby accurately searching a text string. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161656 | MULTIPLE STEP IDENTIFICATION OF RECORDINGS - Multiple information is extracted from an unknown recording and information associated therewith. Associated information includes the filename, if the recording is a computer file in, e.g., MP3 format, or table of contents (TOC) data, if the recording is on a removable medium, such as a compact disc. At least one and preferably several algorithmically determined fingerprints are extracted from the recording using one or more fingerprint extraction methods. The information extracted is compared with corresponding information in a database maintained for reference recordings. Identification starts with the most accurate and efficient method available, e.g., using a hash ID, a unique ID or text. Fingerprint matching is used to confirm other matches and validation is performed by comparing the duration of the unknown and a possibly matching reference recording. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161657 | METADATA SERVER AND METADATA MANAGEMENT METHOD - Provided are a metadata server cluster and a metadata management method thereof, which distribute metadata for a file to a cluster including a plurality of metadata servers to replicate the metadata. The metadata server includes a directory hierarchy storage unit, a metadata storage unit, and a search unit. The directory hierarchy storage unit stores all directory hierarchies which are stored in the metadata server cluster. The metadata storage unit stores metadata for a data file. The search unit searches the directory hierarchies and the metadata. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161658 | Displaying Network Objects in Mobile Devices Based on Geolocation - Displaying network content searches on mobile devices involves obtaining results of a network content request via a mobile device. A geolocation of at least one object associated with the results of the network content request is also obtained. A scene is viewed in a camera view of the mobile device. A virtual location is determined in the camera view. The virtual location represents the actual location of the object relative to the scene contained in the camera view. A graphic representing the object is then displayed at the virtual location in the camera view. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161659 | INFORMATION SUPPLYING SERVER - An information supplying server includes a retrieval request receiver ( | 2010-06-24 |
20100161660 | System and Method for Creating and Manipulating Information Containers with Dynamic Registers - A search query may be run against a plurality of container registers encapsulated and logically defined in a plurality of containers to identify one or more container registers responsive to the search query. Thereafter, a list characterizing the identified containers may be provided. Related methods, apparatus, computer program products, and computer systems are also described. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161661 | PERFORMING AN ORDERED SEARCH OF DIFFERENT DATABASES - Providing a speculative search result for a search query prior to completion of the search query. In response to receiving a search query from a client node, a speculative search result is provided to the client node for the search query prior to receiving an indication from the client node that said search query is completely formed. The speculative search result may be displayed on the same web page on the client node as the search query, while the search query is being entered by the user. As the user further enters the search query, a new speculative search result may be provided to the user. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161662 | USING SPHERES-OF-INFLUENCE TO CHARACTERIZE NETWORK RELATIONSHIPS - Techniques are disclosed for using spheres-of-influence to characterize network relationships, where a graph depicts stronger relationships as being closer to an entity than more tenuous relationships. That is, while an entity may have many first-degree relationships, some relationships are closer than others. Thus, relationships where one entity may have a greater degree of influence over another are characterized as being closer to an entity in a graph. Similarly, a tenuous first-degree relationship may be characterized as being at a greater “depth” from the entity in the graph. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161663 | Searching For A Business Name In A Database - A method includes receiving a search query that includes the input search string. The input search string includes a plurality of terms. The method includes performing a first comparison task to compare each of the plurality of terms to a list of category terms. The method also includes identifying a matched term as a category term when there is a match with respect to the first comparison task. The method includes identifying each of the plurality of terms that have not been identified as a category term to produce a set of naming terms. The method also includes filtering a database having a plurality of database entries based on each of the identified category terms to identify a reduced set of database entries. The method includes comparing at least one of the naming terms to the reduced set of database entries to identify at least one matching name. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161664 | Method and System of Authenticating the Identity of a User of a Public Computer Terminal - Methods for accessing private and public data via a public terminal are disclosed. With respect to accessing private content, a method for authenticating the identity of a user of the public terminal is disclosed. Unique identifiers are transmitted in a pre-defined area adjacent or nearby the public terminal and are monitored by a receiver. This information is utilized to electronically compile and update in real-time a list of identifiers that have recently been monitored by the receiver, and the list of identifiers is used to electronically create and update in real-time a temporary database including identity verification data corresponding only for identifiers in the list of identifiers. Identity verification data input into the public terminal by the user is compared with the set of identity verification data contained in the temporary database to determine whether or not there is a match of identity verification data. Access to private content via the public terminal is granted to the user if a match is found during the comparison. A method for displaying public data and a system by which these methods can be implemented are also disclosed. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161665 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for managing accesses, the process includes: causing a user information storage unit to store user information; accepting authorized user information indicating an authorized user as a user permitted to execute a predetermined process on target information; issuing an instruction for storing a duplicate of target information in an information management apparatus associated with the authorized user, when the authorized user is not included in users shown by user information associated with the information management apparatus storing therein the target information; and issuing a instruction to the information management apparatus storing therein the duplicate of the target information to perform setting so that the information management apparatus can execute the predetermined process on the duplicate of the target information based on the authorized user's request. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161666 | ENHANCED DATA CONVERSION FRAMEWORK - An enhanced data conversion framework, in which a data record in each of first and second data sources is populated with manually selected, representative sample data, the first and second data sources using different data storage schemas to store the representative sample data as instance values of instance elements. Parameters for a | 2010-06-24 |
20100161667 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DATA RECORD MANAGEMENT IN A COMPUTING DEVICE - A method and system for data record management is provided. In an embodiment, a method is provided for updating a data record representing a calendar appointment. The method comprises steps for inputting and saving data representing linked appointments that are associated with data representing base appointments. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161668 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INDEX SERIALIZATION - A method and system for index serialization are described. A data structure containing objects using globally unique identifier (GUID) strings for their identification is indexed by creating a unique key object for each GUID. A master lookup table from GUID to key object is created along with a master table for each element type and a number of non-master tables for the other element type attributes. These element type tables are accessed using the key objects. The tables may then be serialized and deserialized. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161669 | Categorizing Concept Types Of A Conceptual Graph - According to one embodiment, categorizing concept types of a conceptual graph includes receiving the conceptual graph comprising one or more concept types, one or more relationship types, and one or more arcs. Each concept type is categorized according to the relationship types and the arcs. The categorization of the each concept type is recorded. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161670 | Method of Visual Addressing Commands in a Tree Structure - The invention is related to the field of computer science and can be used while entering and editing data. The technical result of the invention is speeding up the way the user works with data presented in the tree form. This result is obtained thanks to the possibility to move the caret within the tree structure display area and to treat commands entered by the user depending on the position of the caret. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161671 | System and method for generating hierarchical categories from collection of related terms - An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for generating hierarchical categories from collection of related terms. The collection of terms and their interrelationships is accumulated and stored in a database module together with a communication history. An input/output (I/O) module communicates the interrelationships to a plurality of users. The users select and possibly rank hierarchical (parent-child) interrelationships. The I/O module receives selected interrelationships from the users. An integration module creates weighted directed graphs of terms and selected interrelationships according to an integration policy. A cycle-breaking module breaks any cycles in the graphs. A selection module creates a hierarchical structure by selecting one primary parent node (parent category) for each node (term) in the graphs. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161672 | METHOD FOR REALIZING MULTIMEDIA MESSAGE SIGNATURE SERVICE - A method for realizing the multimedia message signature service includes the following steps: a user asking for opening the multimedia message signature service; the BOSS sending the related information of the user whose multimedia message signature service has been opened to MMSC; the MMSC configuring the corresponding service function for the user whose multimedia message signature service has been opened, and synchronizing the said service function into its user database; the user setting the content of his multimedia message signature. By using this method, a new service mode can be created, and meanwhile, it has the function that enables a user to edit personalized information, and this greatly promotes the development of multimedia messaging service. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161673 | Method and System for Monitoring and Analyzing Tickets - Exemplary embodiments include methods and systems for monitoring and analyzing tickets including collecting data associated with one or more parameters/keywords of tickets. The methods and systems may also include determining if a number of tickets associated the one or more parameters/keywords exceeds a count threshold associated with the one or more parameters. The methods and systems may further include outputting a result of the analysis of the collected data. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161674 | VISUALLY MANIPULATING INSTANCE COLLECTIONS - The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for visually manipulating instance collections. Items presenters present data collections along with custom designers for each data element in the data collections. The customer designers also permit data elements in the collection to be edited in situ. Items presenters maintain data elements in a position aware fashion. Thus, data elements can be inserted into (potentially at a specified location) and deleted from an items presenter to corresponding add and delete the data elements from a data collection. Data elements can be visually moved from an items presenter in one root user interface to an items presenter in another root user interface to corresponding move the data elements between corresponding data collections | 2010-06-24 |
20100161675 | PUBLIC SOLUTION MODEL IN AN ENTERPRISE SERVICE ARCHITECTURE - A computer-implemented system may include an application platform comprising a platform model of a plurality of business objects, each of the business objects comprising a model of data and associated logic, and a public solution model comprising a subset of the platform model. The system may also include a business application, wherein a data model and access logic of the business application are defined based on the public solution model, and wherein the application platform is to provide services to the business application based on the data model, the access logic and the platform model. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161676 | LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT AND CONSISTENCY CHECKING OF OBJECT MODELS USING APPLICATION PLATFORM TOOLS - A method includes a data structure comprising a status and action management schema associated with an object model development lifecycle. A status and action management service operates to determine a lifecycle state of a first object model based on the status and action management schema, receive a request to perform a lifecycle action on the first object model, determine, based on the lifecycle state and the status and action management schema, whether the lifecycle action is allowed to be performed, and, if so, allow the lifecycle action to be performed. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161677 | SIMPLE AGGREGATE MODE FOR TRANSACTIONAL DATA - This disclosure provides various software and systems for efficiently maintaining aggregates. In one aspect, a system performing a computer implemented method identifies a first change to transactional data in a business application and automatically adds an aggregate record to an aggregate data structure based on the first change. The system then identifies a second change to the transactional data in the business application, the second change comprising an update to key figures associated with the first change. The system can prohibit an update to the aggregate record in the aggregate data structure based on the second change and automatically adds a second aggregate record to the aggregate data structure based on the second change to the transactional data, where the second aggregate record comprises the update to the key figures. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161678 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UTILIZING MATLAB FUNCTIONALITY IN JAVA-ENABLED ENVIRONMENT - A Java-MATLAB bridge is provided for enabling utilization of MATLAB® functionality in an enterprise environment. The Java-MATLAB bridge includes a Java® wrapper and a MATLAB wrapper. The MATLAB wrapper is coupled to the Java wrapper and the Java wrapper provides an entry point for invoking the MATLAB functionality in the enterprise environment. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161679 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DELIVERY OF SECONDARY DATA FILES - An adaptive file delivery system and method transmits a data file, such as an audio-video file, over a network or collection of networks in segments in response to a request for the data file by a receiving system. In addition to the requested file, a sending system sends an unrequested secondary data file to the receiving system for playback before, during, or after playing of the requested data file. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161680 | Data visualization with summary graphs - Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with visualizing data using summary graphs are described. One example method includes constructing a summary graph for display. The summary graph represents the data as a summary node having a plurality of property edges connected to the summary node. The summary node represents the set of values for the node in the data. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161681 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR DATABASE TABLE AGGREGATION - Methods, systems, and computer program products for database table aggregation are provided. A method includes encoding first and second components via a waveform definition, the first and second components specifying first and second criteria, respectively, for aggregating data. The method includes generating a complex periodic aggregation waveform (CPAW) having variable-sized square waves representing the components in a repeating pattern corresponding to the definition and the criteria, and which spans a first axis. The method includes providing a maximum byte count for aggregated data stored in a table defined by the first and/or second criteria, aggregating the data in accordance with the criteria, and creating a new table for overflow of data determined for the table when the maximum byte count is exceeded. The method includes updating the CPAW with results of the aggregation and generating a waveform representing the new table along a second axis. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161682 | METADATA MODEL REPOSITORY - A system includes a data structure comprising a business object metadata model describing a generic business object model, executable program code of a transactional service to create a second data structure comprising a specific business object model based on the business object metadata model, and a persistent storage to store the second data structure comprising the specific business object model. Some aspects include creation of an electronic data structure comprising a business object metadata model describing a generic business object model, execution, using a processor, of program code of a transactional service to create a second electronic data structure comprising a specific business object model based on the business object metadata model, and storage of the second electronic data structure comprising the specific business object model in a persistent storage. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161683 | Method and System for Event Notifications - A method for generating a ring tone for a given caller based on a prior conversation with that caller. A portion of a conversation with a given caller is recorded and stored in memory as a ring tone. When a subsequent call is received from the same caller, identified by caller ID, the ring tone is played, alerting the user to the incoming call as well as the context of their prior communication. In alternative embodiments of the invention, a prior textual or video conversation is used as the basis for a ring tone, and/or the ‘ring tone’ is delivered by other than audio means. The invention is capable of implementation in telecommunications systems such as cellular, local exchange, and VOIP, and in combination with other forms of internet-based telecommunication. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161684 | STORAGE METHOD IN A DATABASE - A storage method in a database comprising an insertion step of data and/or values (val- | 2010-06-24 |
20100161685 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CONTENT-AWARE DATA PARTITIONING - The systems and methods partition digital data units in a content aware fashion without relying on any ancestry information, which enables one to find duplicate chunks in unrelated units of digital data even across millions of documents spread across thousands of computer systems. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161686 | METADATA STRUCTURE FOR STORING AND PLAYING STEREOSCOPIC DATA, AND METHOD FOR STORING STEREOSCOPIC CONTENT FILE USING THIS METADATA - Provided is a method for storing stereoscopic contents. The method includes storing stereoscopic video media information related to fragment information of the stereoscopic contents as metadata information required for reproducing the stereoscopic contents, and storing elementary streams of the stereoscopic contents. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161687 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING GARBAGE COLLECTION WITH ALLOCATION MODIFIERS - A system and associated method for optimizing memory allocation and garbage collection. An allocation modifier is employed to declare a data object in a source code. The allocation modifier describes an expected lifespan of the data object being declared. The interpreter allocates the data object in an area of a heap space that is associated with the expected lifespan such that a garbage collector suffers from less overhead in scanning data objects that will survive a garbage collection cycle. Also, the heap space also has less fragmentation as the data object is allocated in the area associated with the expected lifespan such that the data object does not need to be relocated. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161688 | ASYNCHRONOUS DISTRIBUTED GARBAGE COLLECTION FOR REPLICATED STORAGE CLUSTERS - A method may be performed by a device of a group of devices in a distributed data replication system. The method may include storing objects in a data store, at least one or more of the objects being replicated with the distributed data replication system, and conducting a scan of the objects in the data store. The method may further include identifying one of the objects as not having a reference pointing to the object, storing a delete negotiation message as metadata associated with the one of the objects, and replicating the metadata with the delete negotiation message to one or more other devices of the group of devices. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161689 | METHOD OF UPDATING/MODIFYING A STAND ALONE NON-NETWORK CONNECTIBLE DEVICE - A method and system is disclosed for updating/modifying/upgrading the system configuration of a stand alone non-network connectible device. The method is performed while a portable device is docked to the non-network connectible device. System configuration update information is embedded within the ordinary data content that is received from the portable device during the routine operation of the stand alone non-network connectible device. Upon receiving the embedded system configuration update information the non-network connectible device decrypts the embedded information and updates the system configuration accordingly. Generation of the embedded system configuration update information is performed in the portable docking device, and installation is performed on the non-network connectible device without requiring a network connection in the stand alone device. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161690 | FILE RETRIEVAL SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - A file retrieval system for a memory device includes a reserved area and a plurality of clusters. A file is divided into a number of sections scattered on the clusters. The file retrieval system includes a write unit, a record unit, and a restoration unit. The write unit writes sections to the clusters. The record unit is for recording section allocation information of the sections to the reserved area, simultaneously during writing of the sections of the file to the clusters. The restoration unit restores data stored in the clusters, according to the section allocation information in the reserved area. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161691 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING A PORTABLE SOFTWARE COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT FOR A LOW-SPEED PORTABLE STORAGE DEVICE, AND PORTABLE STORAGE DEVICE - Provided are a method for providing a portable software computing environment and a portable storage device, which connect a computing environment in a low-speed portable storage device to a computer to provide it to a user. A portable software computing environment is changed into a file image to store the changed file image in a portable storage device. The file image of the portable storage device is copied in the storage of a host computer. An input/output request of an application operating in the portable software computing environment is intercepted, and a file is read from the file image copied in the storage of the host computer or a file is written in the copied file image. Changed information which is temporarily stored is reflected in the file image. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161692 | SCALABLE VIDEO CODING (SVC) FILE FORMAT - The currently existing ISO/AVC file format is modified by providing extensions to store and access video content currently being defined by the SVC standard. Specifically, extensions to the AVC file format are made to provide a new SVC file format that enables the storage and access of scalable video data. The scalable video data is stored as a single track within a media data section of the SVC file format. New extensions are defined for description entries and boxes within a metadata section of the SVC file format. These extensions provide means for extracting sub-streams or layers from the single track of scalable video data stored in the media data section. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161693 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SIGNING AN ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT - A system and method for signing an electronic document obtains a signing tag and document content from a data base to generate an extensible markup language (XML) file of the electronic document. The system and method further converts the XML file to an extensible stylesheet language formatting objects (XSL-FO) file, and converts the XSL-FO file to a portable document format (PDF) file. Furthermore, the method obtains a signing position of the PDF file according to the signing tag and inserts an electronic signature into the PDF file according to the signing position. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161694 | TECHNIQUE TO CLASSIFY DATA DISPLAYED IN A USER INTERFACE BASED ON A USER DEFINED CLASSIFICATION - Disclosed are methods and systems for classifying data displayed in a user interface based on a user defined classification and generating the user interface to display the data based on the user defined classification. The method includes importing a folder structure from a folder structure container wherein the folder structure depicts a user defined classification of the data. The data displayed in the user interface is mapped to a folder in the folder structure and a user interface object in the user interface is created for the folder. Furthermore, the mapped data is presented in the user interface object. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161695 | SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING MEDIAN VALUES OF VIDEO DATA - A system for determining the median of a plurality of data values comprises a plurality of field programmable gate arrays (FPGA), a plurality of inter FPGA links, an input router, a plurality of median modules, and a plurality of output transfer modules. Each FPGA includes a plurality of configurable logic elements and configurable storage elements from which the other components are formed. The inter FPGA link allows communication from one FPGA to another. The input router receives the plurality of data values and creates a plurality of data streams. The median module receives at least one data stream, increments a plurality of counters corresponding to a single data value within the range of data values, and determines the median by accumulating the contents of each counter. The output transfer module transfers the median to an external destination along with performance statistics of the determination of the median. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161696 | RANDOM NUMBER GENERATOR AND PSEUDO-RANDOM NUMBER GENERATOR - A random number generator which includes a bus including a plurality of bus lines configured to send and receive a signal between a circuit and another circuit, a calibration unit configured to dynamically adjust a reception condition of the signal, and a random number generating unit configured to generate a random number based on adjustment information of the calibration unit. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161697 | METHOD OF CORDIC COMPUTING VECTOR ANGLE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A method of computing a vector angle by using a CORDIC and an electronic apparatus using the same are disclosed. The electronic apparatus mainly includes a phase error detector, a loop filter, a small-area iteration LUT module and a phase compensation circuit. The phase error can be locked by using the error function in the phase error detector, and even the phase error can be locked to the minimum so that the error oscillates up-and-down about the zero level. The first transfer function in the loop filter can determine the baseband and the converging speed. Moreover, if the shifting technique is used, the operation of the first transfer function is speeded up. By using a phase-locking loop in association with looking up the above-mentioned LUT, the method is able to get fast converging and higher accuracy for the computation. | 2010-06-24 |
20100161698 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ORTHOGONALIZING INPUT SIGNALS - A method for the orthogonalization of initially overlapping vectors, the uses for which include the re-encoding and decoding of representations triggered by sensory arrays. | 2010-06-24 |