32nd week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 50 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110196840 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INCREMENTAL BACKUP STORAGE - A system and method for incremental backup storage. The systems and methods include one or more incremental backup servers comprising a current version store configured to store data corresponding to a most recent backup and a historical version store corresponding to a prior backup to said most recent backup. One or more incremental backup clients are configured to communicate with one or more incremental backup servers . The one or more incremental backup clients each comprise a localized data set. The incremental backup server is configured to back up the localized data set of the one or more incremental backup clients. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196841 | DATA STORAGE WITH SNAPSHOT-TO-SNAPSHOT RECOVERY - Embodiments of the present invention provide methods, apparatuses, systems, and computer software products for data storage. A first copy of a logical volume is created. A second copy of the logical volume is created based on the first copy of the logical volume, such that the first and second copies are represented by respective first and second sets of pointers to physical storage locations in which data used by the copies is stored. Responsively to a corruption of at least part of the data that is used by the first copy. The first copy is restored from the second copy by replacing the first set with the pointers in the second set. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196842 | CROSS-PLATFORM OBJECT LEVEL RESTORATION FROM IMAGE LEVEL BACKUPS - Systems and methods for restoring file system objects from image level backups of servers. The method receives a selection of an image level backup of a source, file system object(s) to be restored, and restoration parameters identifying a destination. The method initializes and attaches a virtual storage to a virtual appliance and an associated hypervisor. The method stores virtual storage data changes resulting from the file system object restoration in changes storage. The method preserves file system object information, wherein the file system object information corresponds to the source operating system (OS) and file system. The method preserves file system object information such as permissions and ownership through business logic that ensures that the file system object information for restored file system object(s) on the destination match file system object information from the source, even when the method operates on a host running a different OS than the source server. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196843 | Instance Management of Code in a Database - The compiled code of a computer program is stored in multiple pieces within a database. Each piece is optionally stored within a separate data record. Execution of the computer program includes using database queries to retrieve pieces of the compiled code for execution. The database and associated database management logic are used to provide numerous advantages in execution and management of the computer program. For example, in some embodiments, database queries are used to help facilitate program flow logic. In another example, database queries are based on a command line or universal resource locator. These queries may be used to select functionality of a computer program in response to the command line or universal resource locator. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196844 | MANAGING STORAGE OF INDIVIDUALLY ACCESSIBLE DATA UNITS - Managing data includes: receiving at least one group of individually accessible data units over an input device or port, each data unit identified by a key value, with key values of the received data units being sorted such that the key value identifying a given first data unit that is received before a given second data unit occurs earlier in a sort order than the key value identifying the given second data unit; and processing the data units for storage in a data storage system. The processing includes: storing a plurality of blocks of data, each of one or more of the blocks being generated by combining a plurality of the data units; providing an index that includes an entry for each of the blocks, wherein one or more of the entries enable location, based on a provided key value, of a block that includes data units corresponding to a range of key values that includes the provided key value; and generating one or more screening data structures associated with the stored blocks for determining a possibility that a data unit that includes a given key value was included in the group of individually accessible data units. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196845 | ELIMINATION OF REDUNDANT OBJECTS IN STORAGE SYSTEMS - Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture, wherein a data structure corresponding to a set of client nodes selected from a plurality of client nodes is generated. Objects from the selected set of client nodes are stored in the data structure. A determination is made that an object corresponding to a client node of the selected set of client nodes has to be stored. An additional determination is made as to whether the object has already been stored in the data structure by any client node of the selected set of client nodes. The object is stored in the data structure, in response to determining that the object has not already been stored in the data structure by any client node of the selected set of client nodes. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196846 | PSEUDO-VOLUME FOR CONTROL AND STATISTICS OF A STORAGE CONTROLLER - Exemplary method, system, and computer program embodiments for facilitating information between at least one host and a storage controller operational in a data storage subsystem are provided. In one embodiment, a pseudo-volume, mappable to the at least one host and mountable as a filesystem, is initialized. The pseudo-volume is adapted for performing at least one of providing diagnostic and statistical data representative of the data storage subsystem to the at least one host, and facilitating control of at least one parameter of the storage controller. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196847 | CONFLICT MANAGEMENT IN A VERSIONED FILE SYSTEM - Multiple files in a versioned file system are grouped to form a fusion unit on a server. The fusion unit is exposed to a client as a browsable folder having separate files. When the server receives an indication of a change to file belonging to the fusion unit, the server determines whether the change to the file causes a conflict on the fusion unit. If the change does cause a conflict, then the conflict is reported; otherwise the fusion unit is updated to incorporate the change. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196848 | DATA DEDUPLICATION BY SEPARATING DATA FROM META DATA - Provided are techniques for data deduplication. A chunk of data and a mapping of boundaries between file data and meta data in the chunk of data are received. The mapping is used to split the chunk of data into a file data stream and a meta data stream and to store file data from the file data stream in a first file and to store meta data from the meta data stream in a second file, wherein the first file and the second file are separate files. The file data in the first file is deduplicated. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196849 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMPRESSING AND DECOMPRESSING DATA RECORDS - A data compression method is provided according to an embodiment of the invention. The data compression method comprises receiving a first data record and at least a second data record. The first data record is compared to the second data record. The second data record is compressed as a difference between the first data record and the second data record. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196850 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING USER INFORMATION AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A method of controlling user information for an information processing apparatus includes the steps of a process of an application program requesting user information controlling unit to obtain an item of said user information, and said user information controlling unit providing the obtained item of said user information to said process. The user information controlling unit obtains the user information requested by the process of the application program and provides the user information to the process. Accordingly, the user information can be shared by the application programs and centrally controlled. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196851 | GENERATING AND PRESENTING LATERAL CONCEPTS - Systems, methods, and computer-storage media for generating lateral concepts are provided. The system includes a search engine to receive user queries, a storage to store content and its associated categories, and a lateral concept generator. The lateral concept generator is connected to both the search engine and storage. The lateral concept generator selects lateral concepts from categories associated with the content based on similarity scores for the stored content. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196852 | CONTEXTUAL QUERIES - Systems, methods, and computer-storage media for generating contextual queries are provided. The system includes a search engine to receive user queries and contexts, a query understanding component to generate a semantic representation of the query, and a data source command generator to transform the semantic representation into commands for multiple data sources. The data source command generator is connected to the query understanding component. The data source command generator selects data source commands based on lexical information associated with each data source. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196853 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A SCRIPT TO PERFORM A TASK AT A TARGET WEB INTERFACE INSTANCE - A computer-implemented method for automatically generating a script for a target web interface instance. Embodiments include receiving a task description of a task to be completed on a target web interface instance. The computer-implemented method also includes repeating steps until the task is completed. The repeating steps include determining from the target web interface instance a plurality of actions that may be performed on the target web interface instance and using the task description, predicting which action of the plurality of actions from the target web interface instance is an action most likely to be selected. The repeating steps also include performing the action most likely to be selected, thus proceeding to a first web interface instance and setting the first web interface instance as the target web interface instance. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196854 | Providing a www access to a web page - A method and a system for providing an Internet access to a web page or a website are disclosed. The files defining the websites are accessed and indexed locally, which allows a publisher or a user of the web site to control the keywords by which the web page or a website can be found on the Internet. The user makes the web page or the website searchable by inputting the index into a search engine available to Internet users. The search engine is adapted to process queries of index input. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196855 | REAL TIME CONTENT SEARCHING IN SOCIAL NETWORK - Indexing and retrieving real time content in a social networking system is disclosed. A user-term index includes user-term partitions, each user-term partition comprising temporal databases. As a post is received from a user, a user identifier, a post identifier, and a post is extracted. An object store communicatively coupled to a temporal database for recently received content is queried to determine whether terms in the post has already been stored. A term identifier is stored in the user-term index with the user and post identifiers. A forward index stores the post by post identifier. Responsive to a search query, the user-term index is searched by the user's connections and the terms. A real time search engine compiles the results of the user-term index query and retrieves the stored posts from the forward index. The search results may then be ranked and cached before presentation to the searching user. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196856 | PROCESSING A DATA STREAM - Methods, database management systems (“DBMS”) and computer-readable media are provided for processing unbounded stream data using a traditional DBMS. Execution of a query that includes a data stream as a data source may be initiated. Tuples may be processed in accordance with the query as the tuples are received through the data stream until an indication is received that execution of the query should cease. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196857 | Generating Materialized Query Table Candidates - Techniques for generating a set of one or more materialized query table (MQT) candidates for a workload are provided. The techniques include receiving a workload, wherein the workload comprises a set of one or more queries, generating one or more best matching MQTs (BMQTs) based on one or more query blocks of the one or more queries by removing syntax that is not qualified for a MQT re-write, determining one or more frequently used multi-joins in the workload, using the one or more BMQTs and the one or more frequently used multi-joins to generate a set of one or more workload MQTs (WMQTs), and grouping one or more WMQTs and one or more BMQTs into one or more groups to merge into a set of a smaller number of MQTs and to cover the workload. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196858 | METHOD OF GENERATING MOLECULE-FUNCTION NETWORK - A method of generating a molecule-function network including bio-events by carrying out a connect search using a biomolecule-linkage database including information on the bio-events, and a method of predicting a pathway between an arbitrary biomolecule and an arbitrary bio-event in said network or a method of predicting the bio-events to which an arbitrary biomolecule in said network is related. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196859 | Visual Search Reranking - An initial ranked list of a first plurality of visual documents is obtained from a first source in response to a query, and a second plurality of visual documents relevant to the query is gathered from a plurality of second sources. Visual patterns identified from the second plurality of visual documents are compared with the first visual documents for reranking the first visual documents. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196860 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RATING USER GENERATED CONTENT IN SEARCH RESULTS - Generally, a method and apparatus provides for rating user generated content (UGC) with respect to search engine results. The method and apparatus includes recognizing a UGC data field collected from a web document located at a web location. The method and apparatus calculates: a document goodness factor for the web document; an author rank for an author of the UGC data field; and a location rank for web location. The method and apparatus thereby generates a rating factor for the UGC field based on the document goodness factor, the author rank and the location rank. The method and apparatus also outputs a search result that includes the UGC data field positioned in the search results based on the rating factor. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196861 | Propagating Information Among Web Pages - Web pages of a Website may be processed to improve search results. For example, information likely to pertain to more than just the Web page it is directly associated with may be identified. One or more other, related, Web pages that such information is likely to pertain to is also identified. The identified information is associated with the identified other Web page(s) and this association is saved in a way to affect a search result score of the Web page(s). | 2011-08-11 |
20110196862 | OUTLINE-BASED COMPOSITION AND SEARCH OF PRESENTATION MATERIAL - A method, system and computer program product for facilitating creation of a presentation by a user. In one embodiment, an input unit is configured to receive a target outline for a target presentation. An outline unit is configured to generate context-sensitive queries based, in part, on the hierarchical relationships of the outline topics in the target presentation. A search unit is configured to search a presentation repository using the context-sensitive queries for matching presentation slides that are relevant to the outline topics of the target presentation. An output unit is configured to present the matching presentation slides for evaluation by the user. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196863 | TAGGED FAVORITES FROM SOCIAL NETWORK SITE FOR USE IN SEARCH REQUEST ON A SEPARATE SITE - A tag is received from a member of a social network site. The tag is associated with a favorite of the member. Tag data obtained from the tag is provided to a second site that hosts a searching service. The second site determines the relevancy of the tag data relative to a new search request received by a user on the second site. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196864 | APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A VISUAL QUERY BUILDER - The APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A VISUAL QUERY BUILDER (“VQB”) take user gesture inputs on displayed objects, and transform them via VQB components into search results display objects arranged by search relevance in proximity to the displayed objects. In one embodiment, the VQB obtains an object-manipulating gesture input, and correlates the object-manipulating gesture input to a display object. The VQB then classifies the object-manipulating gesture input as a specified type of search request. The VQB generates a search query according to the specified type of search request using metadata associated with the display object, and provides the search query to search engine(s) and/or database(s). The VQB obtains, in response to providing the search query, search result display objects and associated search result display object relevance values. The VQB displays the search result display objects arranged in proximity to the display object such that search result display objects are arranged according to their associated search result display object relevance values. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196865 | METHOD FOR CONTENT RECOMMENDATION - A method for content recommendation for a user, wherein a song or a video is recommended to the user and a confidence measure is determined for the recommended song. The confidence measure is displayed to the user, so the user may get more confidence into the recommendation of the system. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196866 | SMALL TABLE: MULTITENANCY FOR LOTS OF SMALL TABLES ON A CLOUD DATABASE - Methods and apparatus are described for partitioning native tables in a database cluster into logical tables. Each logical table is mapped into a unique portion of the native table by an intermediary server. Clients access a logical table as an ordinary, full-fledged database table through the intermediary server, which translates queries on the logical table into queries on the corresponding portion of the native table. The mapping may use the application name, logical table name, and a version number to create a native table key for each key in the logical table. A data structure storing these mappings may be stored at the intermediary server or in a native table in the database. This approach affords clients quick and flexible access to the database with better data integrity and security than native tables allow. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196867 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF GENERATING A PLAYLIST BASED ON A FREQUENCY RATIO - Several methods and systems to generate a playlist based on a frequency ratio are disclosed. In one aspect a method includes, presenting a list of a seed data to a user of a music device, selecting a portion of the seed data based on a preference of a user, and determining an identity of a primary song based on a match between the primary song and the preference of the user. The method also includes providing the user streaming access to the primary song in a database and determining a secondary song based on the primary song. A correlation between the secondary song and the primary song is determined based on an algorithm and the user is provided streaming access to the secondary song. A frequency ratio of the primary song and the secondary song is automatically adjusted in responsive to a selection through a selection tool. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196868 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CONTACT INFORMATION REPRESENTATION - Methods and apparatus for the convenient arrangement of a user's address book according to intelligent algorithms. These intelligent algorithms, in one embodiment, take advantage of one or more of: (i) stored contact information associated with one or more users, (ii) stored geographic location information associated with the users and one or more contact entries in the user's address book, and/or (iii) stored voice and data communication information associated with the user. This algorithm arranges the entries in the users address book, using the stored information as an input, in an intelligent manner. In other embodiments, additional information is used as an input to the contact entry arranging algorithms such as, for example, entries in a user's digital calendar. Business methods utilizing the aforementioned methods and apparatus are also disclosed. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196869 | CLUSTER STORAGE USING DELTA COMPRESSION - Storage of data segments is disclosed. For each segment, a similar segment to the segment is identified, wherein the similar segment is already managed by a cluster node. In the event the similar segment is identified, a reference to the similar segment and a delta between the similar segment and the segment are caused to be stored instead of the segment. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196870 | DATA CLASSIFICATION USING MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUES - Systems, methods and computer program products for classifying documents are presented. Systems, methods and computer program products for analyzing documents, e.g., associated with legal discovery are also presented. Systems, methods and computer program products for cleaning up data are also presented. Systems, methods and computer program products for verifying an association of an invoice with an entity are also presented. Systems, methods and computer program products for managing medical records are presented. Systems, methods and computer program products for face recognition are presented. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196871 | Targeting Online Ads by Grouping and Mapping User Properties - A method and a system are provided for targeting online ads by grouping and mapping user properties. In one example, the system receives user data associated with one or more users. The system identifies user properties for a user. The system eliminates unacceptable user properties associated with the user. The system identifies permutations of the user properties associated with the user. The system eliminates unacceptable permutations of the user properties associated with the user. Valid permutations remain. The system attaches a weight of importance to each valid permutation. A weight quantifies a level of importance of a valid permutation for the user with respect to buckets. A bucket is an ad category. The system grades each valid permutation relative to a bucket. The system calculates a final grade for each bucket. The system then assigns the user to zero or more buckets based on the final grade for each bucket. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196872 | Computational Method for Comparing, Classifying, Indexing, and Cataloging of Electronically Stored Linear Information - A computational method and system for the comparison and analysis of different objects of information within a database or collection. All objects are compared in a pair-wise fashion so the relative similarity between each object to every other object in the collection is known. A generalized alignment-free method is described for comparing whole genome (coding and non-coding) DNA sequences is used to investigate the relationship among placental mammalian genomes. Differences in word feature frequency profiles (FFP) are used to derive distance and infer evolutionary relationships. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196873 | System and Method for Replicating Objects In A Distributed Storage System - A system and method for inserting an object into a distributed database is provided. An object to be inserted into a priority queue is received, wherein the object includes a unique identifier and a priority. Next, an index for the object is generated. A row name for the object is then generated based on the index, the priority of the object, and the unique identifier of the object, wherein a lexicographical order of the row name for a higher priority object is smaller than the lexicographical order of the row name for a lower priority object. The object is then inserted into a row of a distributed database using the row name. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196874 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISCOVERING STORY TRENDS IN REAL TIME FROM USER GENERATED CONTENT - The present invention is directed towards systems and methods for discovering story trends. The method and system according to one embodiment includes receiving a fixed size data stream, identifying a first set of words within the data stream and electronically determining which words in the first set of words are present in a word cache. The method and system then identifies a second set of words within the data stream for each word present within the word cache and electronically determines which words in the second set of words are present in a subword cache, updating the subword cache based on the determination and identifying a third set of words based on the determination. The method and system then electronically determines at least one story trend associated with the third set of words and electronically generating a story hash associated with the third set of words. Finally, the method and system stores the third set of words in a story lookup table and stores the story hash in a story trend cache. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196875 | SEMANTIC TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR SEARCH RESULTS - A table of contents is generated for search results in response to a search query by identifying semantic concepts as topics for inclusion within the table of contents. When a search query is received, a search is performed to identify search results. The search results are compared to an ontology of topics to identify relevant topics. Additionally, search results are compared to an ontology of partial topics to identify relevant partial topics, which are named. Independent key-phrases are further generated from search results and identified as key-phrase topics. The identified topics, named partial topics, and key-phrase topics are ranked, and topics are selected for inclusion within a table of contents. A search results page is returned in response to the search query that includes search results and the generated table of contents. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196876 | ORDERING DATA ITEMS PERTAINING TO CONTACTS ACCORDING TO RELEVANCE OF THE CONTACTS - There is provided a system and method for providing an ordered arrangement of data items pertaining to contacts. The order of the arrangement may be determined based on a comparison of ranks of the contacts. An exemplary method comprises registering communications between the user and the contacts. The communications may include active communications originating from the user and terminating at a contact and passive communications originating from a contact and terminating at the user. The exemplary method also comprises determining a rank of a contact based on a comparison of occurrences of the active and the passive communications between the user and the contact. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196877 | WEIGHING APPARATUS - A weighing apparatus includes a conveying unit, a weighing unit, a detecting unit, a first storing unit and a presenting unit. The conveying unit is configured to convey an item. The weighing unit is configured to measure a weight of the item conveyed on the conveying unit. The detecting unit is configured to detect an item interval related to a distance between a plurality of items supplied to the conveying unit. The first storing unit is configured to store a plurality of item intervals acquired by the detecting unit during a predetermined period of time. The presenting unit is configured to provide, based on the item intervals stored in the first storing unit, guidance related to a change in an item conveying speed of the conveying unit. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196878 | Friend System Based on Interest Ranking - A friend system based on interest ranking runs in a server. When the user use the personal computer and internet to register as a member of the system, the user can use personal interface, ranking list interface, and the ranking list calculation interface to add or join each ranking item unit, such as “favorite movie ranking list” or “ball team ranking list”. The server stores all related data files in a corresponding database. An operation processor is configured to calculate and generate a personal interest ingredient, and the friend system provides an interaction unit being configured to promote interactions among the users. The personal interface comprises the personal interfaces of the user and the user's friend. A connecting unit is configured to transversely connect and vertically integrate the aforementioned personal interface, the ranking list interface, and the ranking item unit. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196879 | System And Method For Propagating Classification Decisions - A system and method for propagating classification decisions is provided. Text marked within one or more unclassified documents that is determined to be responsive to a predetermined issue is received from a user. The unclassified documents are selected from a corpus. A search query is generated from the responsive text. Same result documents are identified by applying inclusive search parameters to the query, applying the search query to the corpus, and identifying the documents that satisfy the query. Similar result documents are identified by adjusting a breadth of the query by applying less inclusive search parameters and identifying documents from the corpus that satisfy the query. A responsive classification code is automatically assigned to each same result document for classification as responsive documents. The similar documents are provided to the user. A responsive classification decision is received form the user for classification as the responsive documents. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196880 | STORING UPDATE DATA USING A PROCESSING PIPELINE - A system has a processing pipeline with a plurality of processing stages, where each of the processing stages has one or plural processors, and where the processing stages are individually and independently scalable. A first of the processing stages of the processing pipeline provides a received date update into an update data structure, where the update data structure is accessible to process a query received by the system. One or more additional of the processing stages transforms the update data structure to allow for merging of the transformed update data structure into a database, where the transformed update data structure is accessible to process the query. Content of the transformed update data structure is stored into the database. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196881 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANAGING INFORMATION IN AN AIRCRAFT - The object of the invention is in particular a method and a device for managing information in an aircraft, comprising at least one device for restituting information for the crew and a plurality of equipment items adapted to transmit information items capable of being restituted on the restitution device. After a plurality of information items from the said plurality of equipment items has been acquired and a context has been determined ( | 2011-08-11 |
20110196882 | Operating On Objects Stored In A Distributed Database - A system and method for operating on objects stored in a distributed database is provided. Rows of a distributed database that correspond to an index are identified. The identified rows are sorted lexicographically based on row names of the identified rows. The sorted rows are ordered by priorities of objects corresponding to the sorted rows. The objects corresponding to the sorted rows are operated on in priority order. In some embodiments, the objects are replication requests for replicating data in a distributed storage system, and operating on the objects corresponding to the sorted rows in priority order includes executing the replication requests in priority order to replicate data in the distributed storage system. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196883 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXPORTING, PUBLISHING, BROWSING AND INSTALLING ON-DEMAND APPLICATIONS IN A MULTI-TENANT DATABASE ENVIRONMENT - In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for creating, exporting, viewing and testing, and importing custom applications in a multi-tenant database environment. These mechanisms and methods can enable embodiments to provide a vehicle for sharing applications across organizational boundaries. The ability to share applications across organizational boundaries can enable tenants in a multi-tenant database system, for example, to easily and efficiently import and export, and thus share, applications with other tenants in the multi-tenant environment. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196884 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF PROVIDING AN UPDATE TO CONTACT INFORMATION - A method of providing an update to contact information of a user of a portable electronic device includes, determining that the contact information has changed, retrieving contact data of contact data records stored at the portable electronic device, and generating and sending updates from the portable electronic device based on the contact data of the contact data records. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196885 | Discoverable Applicability of Dynamically Deployable Software Modules - A method, device, and system are provided for policy management within a policy-managed environment. A policy management agent retrieves a policy enforcement point (PEP) description from a PEP registry. The policy management agent utilizes the PEP description of the PEP to search a policy library to locate and determine matching (candidate) policies, and the matching policies match the policy description of the PEP. The managed environment, which incorporates policy evaluation, uses the equivalent policy matching criteria as the policy management agent. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196886 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING CONSUMER QUERIES IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES FOR CLINICAL DOCUMENTS - A computer implemented method of performing at least one document consumer query using a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, said method comprising the steps of: receiving at least one query for at least one clinical documents in a first query language from at least one document consumer; translating the query into a second query language to obtain a translated query; conducting the translated query in at least one database compatible with the second query language by the processor to obtain a first result; and providing the obtained first result to the document consumer. In some embodiments, the first query language is Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) language, or the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) language, and the second language is Cross-Enterprise Document Sharing (XDS) language. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196887 | Light-Weight Network Traffic Cache - The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for providing a light-weight network traffic cache. A network traffic cache apparatus includes a database, a device I/O module, an application and a traffic cache manager. The device I/O module may send and receive information to and from a server device through the device I/O module. The application is configured to submit a request for information substantially simultaneously to both the device I/O module and the traffic cache manager. The traffic cache manager is configured to provide information to the application in response to the request for information. The information may be retrieved from the database. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196888 | Correlating Digital Media with Complementary Content - Methods, apparatuses, and systems for correlating digital media with complementary content. Multiple digital images, that are associated with image information including either a time of capture or a geographic location of capture, and additional information describing events that occurred either during these times or geographic locations of capture are received. The image information and the additional information are compared to identify related events and images, which are associated with each other. Upon detecting input to provide the multiple digital images for presenting, the additional information describing the identified events are provided with the identified digital images. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196889 | Full text search in navigation systems - A method and system for full text search for use during destination selection with a navigation system is disclosed. The method partitions a full text search index based on frequently used terms. These frequently used terms are then mapped to dedicated full text search indexes, where each document contains this frequently used term but the term itself is not stored in the index. A relation maps the frequently used terms to the inverted indexes. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196890 | Virtual table generator for analyzing geographic databases - A method and system for accessing database tables that contain binary large objects (BLOBs) is disclosed. The method includes encapsulating BLOB-based tables with virtual tables, which allows a user to access the content of the BLOBs via SQL. In one example, the virtual table has a generic table structure that consists of columns (e.g., class name, field name, and field value) and information regarding what level of an object hierarchy contains an element. In another example, a user can define the structure of the virtual table by identifying which object attributes to report. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196891 | CLASS LOADING USING JAVA DATA CARTRIDGES - Techniques for loading Java classes referenced in a continuous query. In one set of embodiments, the Java classes can be loaded based on a class space defined for an application considered to be in scope for the query. In another set of embodiments, the Java classes can be loaded based on a server class space that includes all exported classes visible to the event processing system executing the query. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196892 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTENT SHARING - The present invention discloses a content sharing method and apparatus and pertains to the Internet field. The content sharing method includes: receiving a shared content access request which carries an identity (ID) of a sendShareUser, an ID of a receiveShareUser, and an contentID of a shared node; authenticating the receiveShareUser according to the ID of the sendShareUser, ID of the receiveShareUser, and contentID of the shared node; and providing the shared content to the receiveShareUser according to the contentID of the shared node after the authentication succeeds. The apparatus includes a receiving module, an authenticating module, and a shared content providing module. The present invention separates the management and maintenance of a node from the sharing relation of the node, so that the maintenance and management of the node do not affect the sharing relation of the node. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196893 | Data Storage Management - Apparatus is disclosed for managing the use of storage devices on a network of computing devices, the network comprising a plurality of computing devices each running different operating systems, at least one data storage device, and a management system for controlling archival of data from the computing devices to the data storage device, the management system including a database of data previously archived; the apparatus comprising an agent running on a first computing device attached to the network, the first computing device running a first operating system, the agent being adapted to issue an instruction to a second computing device being one of the plurality of computing devices via a remote administration protocol, the second computing device running a second operating system that differs from the first operating system, and the instruction comprising a query to the database concerning data archived from computing devices running the second operating system. The remote administration protocol is preferably Secure Shell (SSH), but other protocols can be employed. A corresponding method and software agent are also disclosed. In addition, a data storage resource management system is disclosed, comprising a query agent and an analysis agent, the query agent being adapted to issue at least one query to a database of backed up or archived objects in order to elicit information relating to the objects; the analysis agent being adapted to organise the query results and display totals of objects meeting defined criteria. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196894 | ACCESSING DATA IN A DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM - A method, in a system in which a plurality of data items are distributed across a plurality of computers, includes, at a first computer in the network, (a) receiving from a requesting computer in said network, a request, the request including a specific name of a particular data item, wherein the particular data item comprises a particular sequence of bits, and wherein the specific name of the particular data item is based at least in part on the data comprising the particular data item, the specific name of the particular data item having been determined, at least in part, using a given function of the particular sequence of bits, wherein two identical sequences of bits have the same name as determined using the given function; and (b) causing said requesting computer to obtain at least a portion of said particular data item from a second computer in said network, said second computer being distinct from said first computer. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196895 | EXTRAPOLATION-BASED CREATION OF ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN SEARCH QUERIES AND ITEMS - Behavior-based associations, such as item-to-item or query-to-item associations, are extrapolated to other items to create new associations. The items to which the associations are extrapolated may be “behavior deficient” items, or items for which the quantity of collected user activity data is insufficient to create meaningful or reliable behavior-based associations. The behavior-based associations are extrapolated based on content-based associations, or another type of “substitutability” association, between items. The items can be any type of item (e.g., products, web sites, documents, etc.) for which user behaviors (e.g., purchases, accesses, downloads, etc.) can be monitored and analyzed to detect behavior-based associations, and for which item content or other available information can be used to assess item substitutability. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196896 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR METADATA-DRIVEN DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT AND ACCESS CONTROL - A system is provided to facilitate tag-based organization of documents. During operation, the system receives an original user query. The system extends the query to include documents with an IN-tag and exclude documents with an OUT-tag. The system then performs a search based on the extended query to indicate a collection of documents which satisfy the extended query. The system further allows a user to add a document to the collection of documents or remove a document from the collection of documents. Next, the system modifies a tagging property of the document. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196897 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A VIRTUAL TOUR ON A DISPLAY DEVICE - A system and method for generating a virtual tour on a display device is described. The method comprises providing at least one map. The method further comprises providing a plurality of sequenced images, wherein each of the images is associated with at least one location by a geo-coding module configured to generate a geo-location object data sheet that associates sequential images with a corresponding location. The sequenced images are organized based on the location of each of the sequenced images and displayed on the map. The method is implemented by the system. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196898 | DATABASE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AND DATABASE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS - A database management program capable of joining three or more tables in a manner that the storage capacity of a memory is more efficiently used. The database management program is configured (programmed) as a program that creates some working tables (WT | 2011-08-11 |
20110196899 | PARALLEL FILE SYSTEM PROCESSING - A treewalk for splitting a file directory is disclosed for parallel execution of work items over a filesystem. The given work item is assigned to a worker. Thereafter, a request is sent to split the file directory to share a portion of the file directory with another worker. The worker examines the file directory for a next splittable directory entry key after a current in-progress location within a key space for the file directory. If no key is detected, the file directory is identified as unsplittable. If an entry is detected, the key space is progressively searched for a next entry between a next available directory entry key and an upper boundary. The worker identifies the file directory as splittable if the next available entry is found, providing a range of entries within the file directory for which parallel execution of the work item. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196900 | Storage of Data In A Distributed Storage System - A distributed storage system stores data for files. A first blob (binary large object) of data is received. The first blob is split into one or more first chunks of data. Content fingerprints for the first chunks of data are computed. The first chunks of data are stored in a chunk store while and their content fingerprints are stored in a store distinct from the chunk store. A second blob of data is received. The second blob is split into one or more second chunks of data. Content fingerprints for the second chunks of data are computed. Then for a second chunk of data whose content fingerprint matches a content fingerprint of a first chunk of data, a second reference to the corresponding first chunk of data that has a matching content fingerprint is stored, but the second chunk of data is not stored. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196901 | System and Method for Determining the Age of Objects in the Presence of Unreliable Clocks - A system and method for determining an age of an object is provided. A first index for a timestamp entry in a sequence of timestamps corresponding to a time at which an object was created is identified. At least one subsequence of timestamps from the sequence of timestamps having indexes for entries in the sequence of timestamps that are between the first index in the sequence of timestamps and a last index for a last timestamp entry in the sequence of timestamps is identified, wherein the at least one subsequence of timestamps conforms to a function of a time interval between storage of consecutive current timestamps reported by clock of the computer system. Timestamps from the sequence of timestamps that are not included in the at least one subsequence of timestamps are removed. An age of the object is determined based on the at least one subsequence of timestamps. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196902 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - An image processing method using an electronic device configures additional information into an image file. The electronic device acquires the image file stored in a storage unit and adds the additional information into at least one image layer of the image file. A user can determine whether both the additional information of the image file and the image file are displayed in a display unit at the same time. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196903 | File Systems for Data Processing Systems - A method for dynamically optimizing file systems based on user access patterns or other parameters. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a list of files forming a cluster is first created based on various preset criteria by an application, the list is transmitted to a file system program, and then the file system optimizes allocation of files in a storage medium based on the list. Embodiments of the present invention can be used to rearrange files stored in a storage medium so that files which tend to be used together are stored closer to each other. This can substantially reduce a typical application launch time. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196904 | INFORMATION RECORDING APPARATUS, IMAGING APPARATUS, INFORMATION UPDATING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Disclosed herein is an information recording apparatus including: a loading section configured to be loaded with a recording medium for managing a file on the basis of at least one of an FAT file system and a file system similar thereto; and a control section configured, in updating at least one directory entry recorded to an area in a second and subsequent clusters in a recording area of directory entries in a predetermined directory in the recording medium, to read data, update at least the one directory entry, record the updated data, and update the FAT of the recording medium and management information similar to the FAT such that the area in which the updated data of the area in the second and subsequent clusters is recorded is linked to the area in a first cluster of the recording area in the predetermined directory. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196905 | STORING DATA TO MULTI-CHIP LOW-LATENCY RANDOM READ MEMORY DEVICE USING NON-ALIGNED STRIPING - Described herein are method and apparatus for storing data to a low-latency random read memory (LLRRM) device using non-aligned data striping, the LLRRM device being implemented on a storage system. The LLRRM device may comprise a bank comprising a plurality of memory chips, each chip being simultaneously accessible for storing data on a plurality of erase-units (EUs). A storage operating system may maintain, for each chip, a reserve data structure listing reserve EUs and a remapping data structure for tracking remappings between defective EUs to reserve EUs in the chip. A defective EU in a chip may be mapped to a reserve EU from the reserve data structure. Upon receiving a data block to be stored to the LLRRM device at the defective EU, the storage operating system may stripe the received data block across a plurality of chips in a non-aligned manner using the remapped reserve EU. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196906 | Simple and Fast Method to Find Inside Points - A commonly recurring computational geometry problem in many diverse science and engineering disciplines is to determine if a point is inside an enclosed body. Usually this needs to be solved for a very large set of points. Many algorithms for different applications have been proposed. But fundamentally, they are all based on the same underlying strategy of focusing solely on the 2D body surface as the defining boundary. For a general solution, these traditional algorithms remain very complex and computationally costly. A new concept for a simple and efficient approach not specifically tied to any application is described here. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196907 | RECONFIGURABLE NETWORKED PROCESSING ELEMENTS PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS SYSTEM - A method for using a system to compute a solution to a partial differential equation (PDE) broadly comprises the steps of determining the true accuracy required (TAR) to solve the PDE, determining an architecture according to the TAR that performs a plurality of calculations to solve the PDE, determining a time allowed (TA) and a time required (TR) based on the architecture to solve the PDE, rejecting the PDE if the TR is less than or equal to the TA, configuring a plurality of programmable devices with the architecture, initiating the calculations, and ceasing the calculations when an accuracy criteria is met or when the TA expires. The system broadly comprises a plurality of programmable devices, a plurality of storage elements, a device bus, a plurality of printed circuit (PC) boards, and a board to board bus. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196908 | OPTIMIZED CAPACITY PLANNING - A computer implemented method, system and/or program product determine capacity planning of resources by utilizing a stochastic analysis of application workloads. Average workloads, which describe past resource utilization, of each of multiple applications are computed. A random sequence of the multiple applications is encoded into a first generation chromosome. The first generation chromosome is executed using a set of computing resources in a resource cloud. In response to execution of the first generation chromosome on the set of computing resources meeting a predetermined service level agreement (SLA) for the first generation chromosome, the first generation chromosome is scored in accordance with how many computing resources within the set of computing resources are utilized in order to meet the predetermined SLA. Next generation chromosomes, derived from the first generation chromosome, are executed and scored until an optimal chromosome, which utilizes the fewest computing resources, is identified and deployed. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196909 | Node to Node Collaboration - Implementations of node to node collaboration are described. In one technique described herein, one or more secondary nodes coupled to a primary node are identified. In one possible implementation, the secondary nodes are coupled to the primary node via a peer to peer network. Resources associated with the one or more secondary nodes can be shared with the primary node to improve a performance of an oilfield services application being run at the primary node. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196910 | DATA TRANSFER APPARATUS, DATA TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A data transfer apparatus includes a transmitting unit, a transmission controlling unit, and a generating unit. The transmitting unit transmits transmit data over a transmission channel having a plurality of lines, such that the transmit data are assigned to the plurality of lines by information unit of the transmit data, the information unit. The transmission controlling unit appends control data to transfer data to be transferred to a receiving side to compose the transmit data, the control data being for controlling transmission and reception of the transfer data. The generating unit obtains information about the number of the lines. The generating unit determines, based on the number of the lines and the number of information units of the control data, the number of information units of the transfer data that makes the number of information units of the transmit data integral multiple of the number of the lines. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196911 | TAG DATA STRUCTURE FOR MAINTAINING RELATIONAL DATA OVER CAPTURED OBJECTS - Objects captured over a network by a capture system can be indexed to provide enhanced search and content analysis capabilities. In one embodiment the objects can be indexed using a data structure having a source address field to indicate an origination address of the object, a destination address field to indicate a destination address of the object, a source port field to indicate an origination port of the object, a destination port field to indicate a destination port of the object, a content field to indicate a content type from a plurality of content types identifying a type of content contained in the object, and a time field to indicate when the object was captured. The data structure may also store a cryptographic signature of the object to ensure the object is not altered after capture. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196912 | Establishing Common Interest Negotiation Links Between Consumers and Suppliers to Facilitate Solving a Resource Allocation Problem - A computer-implemented method includes communicating to a number of agents a first resource negotiation request that includes one or more first parameters each having a corresponding first range of acceptability. The method includes receiving first request responses from each of one or more capable agents each operable to fulfill at least one first parameter within the corresponding first range of acceptability. The method includes determining solution entities based on the first responses, each solution entity including one or more of the capable agents operable to fulfill the one or more parameters of the first request within the corresponding first ranges of acceptability, each capable agent operable to fulfill at least one first parameter within the corresponding first range of acceptability. The method includes communicating a second resource negotiation request to each capable agent in each determined solution entity, the second request including one or more second parameters each having a corresponding second range of acceptability. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196913 | Programmable Presence Virtualization - Techniques for supporting a presence virtualization query are provided. The techniques include receiving a virtual query from a client, the virtual query specified in terms of a membership set of members, wherein the membership set comprises a list of presentity uniform resource identifiers (URIs) and a separate transformation function, defined over a set of presence documents of the members in the membership set, redirecting the query to a destination virtual presentity URI whose presence state comprises an aggregation of the presence documents of the list of URIs in the membership set and a corresponding query element (QE) object that manages subscriptions for the URI, adding the client as a watcher for the destination virtual presentity URI, and applying transformation logic specified by the watcher client and notifying a corresponding client of a resulting output. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196914 | Method and System for Providing Access to Remotely Hosted Services Through a Normalized Application Programming Interface - A server system having one or more processors and memory receives, from a client, a generic request to access remotely hosted services. The server system identifies a plurality of respective remotely hosted services that are each associated with a respective API. For each respective remotely hosted service, the server system translates the generic request to a respective API-specific request to access the respective remotely hosted service using API-specific parameters and sends the respective API-specific request to the respective remotely hosted service. In response to the requests, the server system receives, from a plurality of the respective remotely hosted services, respective API-specific responses, where a respective API-specific response for a respective remotely hosted service includes respective content. The server system generates a final response that includes content from two or more of the API-specific responses and transmits the final response to the client. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196915 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USING SERVICE OF HOME NETWORK DEVICE BASED ON REMOTE ACCESS - A method and apparatus for using a service provided by a universal plug and play (UPnP) device of a home network, based on a user interface (UI) received by a client located outside of the home network from a server for managing at least one UI for a remote access. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196916 | CLIENT TERMINAL, SERVER, CLOUD COMPUTING SYSTEM, AND CLOUD COMPUTING METHOD - An apparatus and method for improving the transmission quality of data in a cloud computing environment are provided. The cloud computing system includes a terminal and a server for executing an application requested by the terminal. The server, according to a result of the application execution, specifies a region of interest in a data stream which is received from the terminal. The terminal, based on the specified region of interest, adjusts settings such that the region of interest in the data stream has a transmission quality that is different from a transmission quality of remaining regions of the data stream to be transmitted to the server. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196917 | Interactive Television Framework Utilizing Program-Synchronous Triggers and Standard Messaging and Presence-Detection Protocols - A system for enabling nodes of a client-server network to interact with broadcast program content, the system includes a server node that can detect the presence on the network of one or more client nodes; a trigger extractor that can extract program-synchronous triggers from within the content of a broadcast program; and an application manager that, in response to extraction of a program-synchronous trigger from a broadcast program, can facilitate interactive communication, relating to the broadcast program content, between the server node and one or more client nodes whose presence on the network has been detected. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196918 | Information Processing System and Information Processing Devices - The time in the host device and the time in the client device are synchronized. The host device and the client device download content data from a content distribution server using progressive downloading. The host device controls playback processes in the host device and the client device so as to be synchronized, in accordance with a download status in the host device and the client device. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196919 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A PROVIDER-SELECTED MESSAGE IN RESPONSE TO A USER REQUEST FOR USER-SELECTED INFORMATION - A method for providing a provider-selected message in response to a user request for user-selected information is disclosed. The method includes receiving a request from a client program for user-selected information. If a provider-selected message has not been previously transmitted to the client program, the method further includes transmitting provider-selected information to the client program. If a provider-selected message has been previously transmitted to the client program, the method further includes transmitting the user-selected information. In one embodiment, the method also includes receiving a second request from the client program for the user-selected information after the provider-selected information is displayed for a limited time. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196920 | DATA MANAGEMENT SERVER, DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, DATA MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided a data management server that is connectable to a plurality of content servers that store content data and metadata that includes content data attribute information and to a client device that acquires the content data based on the metadata. The data management server includes a data collection portion, a data processing portion, and a transmission portion. The data collection portion collects the metadata from each of the plurality of the content servers. The data processing portion hierarchically structures the metadata that the data collection portion collected, based on the attribute information that is included in the metadata. The transmission portion, in response to a request from the client device, transmits to the client device the metadata that was hierarchically structured by the data processing portion. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196921 | Systems and Methods for Content Delivery Over a Wireless Communication Medium to a Portable Computing Device - A system which analyzes, organizes and stores electronic documents in a document object model using a common markup language. The document object model is stored on a server the content is delivered to the wireless devices in a universal content system format. By utilizing the document object model and the universal content stream with a corresponding reader on the wireless device, the electronic document is reduced to only the essential content and the necessary format information for transmission. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196922 | PROVIDING AN ANSWER TO A QUESTION FROM A SOCIAL NETWORK SITE USING A SEPARATE MESSAGING SITE - A question is received on a first social network site from a first user. The question is sent to a second user of a second social network site who receives the question from the second social network site. The first social network site receives an answer to the question from the second user via the second social network site and provides the answer to the first user. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196923 | SEARCHING DATA IN A SOCIAL NETWORK TO PROVIDE AN ANSWER TO AN INFORMATION REQUEST - An information request is received from a user of a social network. Data for other users in the social network is searched in order to provide an answer to the request. A question based on the information request is sent to one or more of the other users having prior activity on the social network that is related to the information request. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196924 | IDENTIFYING INTERMEDIARIES AND POTENTIAL CONTACTS BETWEEN ORGANIZATIONS - A contact identification system provides a network of members with each member of a network having a relationship with one or more other members of the network. The contact identification system identifies relationship paths between a first member of a first network and a second member of a second network by traversing relationships to identify relationship paths that include a common member that is common to both the first network and the second network. The contact identification system generates an intermediary score for each identified relationship path to indicate whether the identified relationship path includes an intermediary who can effect a successful introduction between the first member and the second member. The contact identification system then identifies as potential intermediaries the common members based on generated intermediary scores. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196925 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING PRESENCE SERVICE FOR CONTACT MANAGEMENT REPRESENTATION - Methods and apparatus for providing a presence service for contact management functions such as user address books. The presence service, in an exemplary embodiment, assembles contact entries into abstract groupings and defines event packages specified by the user that enable the user to be notified about presence information dynamically. For example, a subscribed user may receive presence service information for all entries in the users address book that are in close geographical proximity to the subscribed user. In one variant, the storage and calculation of presence information is performed at a centralized location, thereby sparing the user's device from utilizing unnecessary calculation resources and avoiding unnecessary network bandwidth utilization in order to receive presence information of interest. User device-based variants are also disclosed. Business methods utilizing the aforementioned presence service offerings are also provided. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196926 | Method of conducting operations for a social network application including notification list generation with offer hyperlinks according to notification rules - In one embodiment, a method of conducting operations for a social network application, comprises: generating a notification list of recent activities of users of the social network application, wherein the notification list includes (1) at least one activity within the social network application of a first user and (2) at least one hyperlink to an offer involving an activity that is directly related to at least one activity of the first user, wherein an account of the first user defines at least one notification rule for controlling visibility of the at least one activity to other users of the social network application; and providing the notification list to a second user, that is a friend of the first user within the social network application, according to the at least one notification rule of the first user. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196927 | Social Networking Application Using Posts to Determine Compatibility - A social networking and compatibility application that analyzes behavioral data from users to determine compatibility between users. The application monitors the data of users during the user's normal daily routine. The data is gathered, screened and analyzed to build a profile of the user based on their thoughts, feelings, beliefs, likes, dislikes, interests, activities, political views, plans and any other personal traits revealed through the individual's posts. Based on an analysis of the user's profile, the social networking application will make connection recommendations and provide them to the individual. The profile building process is continuous and follows the user over time. As new information is received and analyzed, the user profile changes to reflect any new traits detected in the user's data. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196928 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING DYNAMIC AND INTERACTIVE WEB CONTENT AND MANAGING ATTENDEES DURING WEBCASTING EVENTS - A webcasting system that provides a webcast presenter and webcast attendees with multiple interactive means of connecting and communicating is disclosed. A webcast presenter may create and send webcast slides, which include references to dynamic and interactive content, to webcast attendees. Attendees may view the webcast slides and interact with the dynamic and interactive content provided through the references. Webcast presenters may control an attendee's ability to interact with the interactive content. Additionally, webcast presenters may allow attendees to break away from a main webcast presentation into smaller presentation or group. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196929 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DATA EXCHANGE WITH A MULTIMEDIA AND ETHERNET ENABLED LAN SUBSYSTEM - Aspects of a method and system for data exchange with a multimedia and Ethernet enabled LAN subsystem are provided. A networking subsystem may receive a protocol data unit via a network link, extract audio and/or video data from the protocol data unit, and communicate the audio and/or video data to an audio and/or video processor via a bus that bypasses the one or both of a northbridge and a southbridge. A networking subsystem may receive audio and/or video data from an audio and/or video processor via a bus that bypasses said one or both of a northbridge and a southbridge, encapsulate the audio and/or video data into a protocol data unit, and transmit the protocol data unit onto a network link. The protocol data unit may be received over said the network link utilizing Ethernet physical layer protocols. The bus may be scaled based on a type, format, and/or rate of data communicated over it. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196930 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR REPORTING BASED ON ATTENTION OF A USER DURING A COLLABORATION SESSION - In one embodiment, a collaboration session is conducted between a plurality of participant devices. The content shared during the collaboration session is recorded. The recorded content indicates content that was shared at various times during the collaboration session. An activity status of at least some participant devices is recorded at various times during the collaboration session. The activity status of the at least some participant devices is correlated with the content that was being shared at each of a plurality of times during the collaboration session. For a selected time of the plurality of times during the collaboration session, the content that was being shared in the collaboration session at the selected time and an indication of the activity status of the at least some participant devices at the selected time is displayed. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196931 | MODERATING ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS - A method for moderating an electronic message includes intercepting the electronic message at a server computing device, and evaluating content of the electronic message at the server computing device to determine if the electronic message is required to enter a moderation workflow prior to delivering the electronic message to at least one recipient. The method also includes sending an approval request message from the server computing device to at least one moderator device, receiving a first moderation decision message at the server computing device from the at least one moderator, sending an update message from the server computing device to the at least one moderator to update the approval request message to include one or more properties of the first moderation decision, and removing the approval request message from the moderation workflow. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196932 | STATUS MESSAGE DE-DUPLICATION - In one aspect, a computer-implemented method of de-duplication of messages in a micro-blog includes receiving a first message and posting the first message to the micro-blog, receiving a second message, and classifying the second message as a new message or an edited version of the first message. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196933 | ACTIVE E-MAILS - A computer-implemented method can include accessing a micro-blog to retrieve a real-time copy of the micro-blog thread and delivering the real-time copy of the micro-blog thread for display in an e-mail message. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196934 | Socket SMTP Load Balancing - A method is provided for load balancing SMTP, POP, and IMAP traffic over a plurality of backend SMTP, POP, and IMAP servers for sites that host a large number of electronic mail accounts. The method allows the total set of hosted mail accounts to be divided into subsets, where each subset is handled by one or more backend servers. The method ensures that each SMTP, POP, or IMAP connection is directed to a backend server that handles the subset to which the recipient email address associated with the connection is assigned. This method includes algorithms to interpret incoming SMTP, POP and IMAP connections in such a way as to identify the recipient(s) and establish corresponding connections to backend server(s) while giving the appearance (to the connecting party) of connecting directly to a backend server. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196935 | Identification of Message Recipients - In general, the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods, systems, and program products for identifying a recipient for an electronic post. An electronic post that was authored by an authoring user is received. The post is detected to include text that partially, but not fully, identifies a target recipient for the post. The text that partially identifies the target recipient is determined to be associated with a valid first user account for a first domain or a valid second user account for a second domain. The first user account or the second user account is selected as a selected user account for the target recipient based on the determining. The electronic post is transmitted to a different remote computing device that is associated with the selected user account. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196936 | Computer System Tools and Method for Development and Testing - The current invention allows a user to evaluate web pages, emails, or software across different operating systems without requiring the user to have the operating system being tested. The patent has a novel method to (1) generate screen captures in parallel, (2) create counter-anti-spam reporting and (3) a method to remotely interact any arbitrary operating system (DVA). | 2011-08-11 |
20110196937 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING MESSAGE THREADS IN CONVERGEDIP MESSAGING SERVICE - A mechanism to enable multiple message threads management in the context of the Converged IP Messaging (CPM) service and in the context of CPM inter-working with SMS is provided. A CPM user can simply start a message-based conversation with another CPM or Short Message Service (SMS) user without explicitly establishing a session beforehand. All messages that belong to a given conversation are displayed in the corresponding conversational view (i.e. window) in the CPM user device, even if the conversation is stopped and restarted at a later time, and even if there are multiple message threads available (currently active or stored) in the CPM device. Message structures and behavior of the CPM system elements to enable the functionalities above as well as a mechanism makes the message threads management possible even between a CPM user and an SMS user are also provided. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196938 | Method, System, And Storage Medium For Validating Users Of Communications Services And Messages Transmitted - Exemplary embodiments of the invention relate to a method, system, and storage medium for validating users of communications services. The method includes generating records for communications service users by at least one service provider. The records store information relating to the communications service users including legal liability information, an originator type code, and a validation code assigned to selected originator type codes. The validation code facilitates validation of the communications service users. The method also includes storing the records in a subscriber classification database. The originator type code classifies the communications service users according to nature of use, communications type, business type, geography, and age. | 2011-08-11 |
20110196939 | DEGREES OF SEPARATION FOR HANDLING COMMUNICATIONS - A sender's degrees of separation from a recipient may be used to aid in spam filtering or to otherwise handle a communication. The “degrees of separation” represent a metric used to quantify whether/how the recipient is linked to the sender through intermediary people or other entities. For example, a recipient may know a first user (first degree of separation) and the first user may know a second user (second degree of separation) who knows the sender of an e-mail. In this case, the sender is separated from the recipient by two degrees of separation (by two other contacts). A level of “trust” or “legitimacy” about a sender's communication can be inferred by looking at whether the sender is linked to an intended recipient. Typically, user contact lists (e.g., address book, buddy list, and/or white list) are evaluated to determine the number of degrees (or hops) are required to link or relate two users. | 2011-08-11 |