40th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 75 |
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20090248652 | SYSTEM OR PROGRAM FOR SEARCHING DOCUMENTS - In document search for searching a document by use of a query formula composed of a Boolean formula of keywords, a plurality of query formulas arriving at about the same time from a plurality of users are efficiently processed. A system or a program for searching documents includes: a query formula controller for sorting a plurality of query formulas into a plurality of query formula sets based on predicted search speeds of the respective query formulas; and a search unit for searches for the plurality of sorted query formula sets sequentially from the set having the fastest predicted search speed, and for, in each search processing, merging the query formulas in the corresponding query formula set into a formula and thereby searching from the merged formula. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248653 | Construction and use of a database - A method for constructing a database, comprises permitting a plurality of users to enter individual-associated data bits (IDBs) into a computerized system, each of the IDBs comprising at least one personal identifier relating to the user and relationship data comprising data on one or more related individuals and the nature of relationship; and processing the entered IDBs to generate an individual-identifier data set (IDS), one for each identified individual, being either one of the users or one of the related individuals and construct a database comprising IDSs of identified individuals. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248654 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING MAIL USING SENDER AND RECIPIENT NETWORKED MAIL PROCESSING SYSTEMS - Systems and methods for allowing the sender of a mail piece to obtain an accurate recipient address for the mail piece when the mail piece is being prepared are provided. The mail processing systems of the sender and recipient businesses are networked such that communication can occur between them. When the sender is preparing a mail piece for delivery to a recipient, the sender can participate in an interactive session with the recipient's mail room, utilizing the networked mail processing systems, to obtain a correct recipient address for a mail piece based on a database of recipient addresses maintained by the recipient's mail processing system. Since the mail piece is provided with an accurate recipient address, upon receipt of the mail piece by the recipient's mail room the mail piece can be properly delivered without requiring significant work by the recipient's mailroom to determine the appropriate intended recipient. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248655 | Method and Apparatus for Providing Sponsored Search Ads for an Esoteric Web Search Query - A method and apparatus are included for providing sponsored search ads for an esoteric Web search query. In one example, the method includes receiving search results and a request for placement of sponsored ads onto a search results page, retrieving bidder term vectors associated with every search result URL of the search results, calculating for every bidder term a weight associated with a given search result set, sorting bidder terms by their weight that is associated with a given search result set, and returning sponsored search ads for bidder terms with higher weights. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248656 | Search Engine Relevance Tuning Based on Instant Messaging (Influence Search Results Using IMS) - To provide up-to-date search results containing Internet addresses that have become extremely popular very recently, search engines fine-tune search result rankings using communications sent by users of real-time messaging systems to each other. Instant messaging systems are one type of real-time messaging systems. Search engines use a URL found in instant messages to promote the ranking of Internet addresses and to refresh abstracts and caches. Similar demographics between the search engine user and senders of instant messages might be a requisite for promotion. The number of hops taken by a URL among instant messaging users might determine the extent of the promotion. To prevent unfair manipulation of search results, a URL should hop a threshold number of times. Call centers also promote the rankings of knowledge articles presented to call center operators based on how often keywords related to each knowledge article are detected in a conversation with a caller. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248657 | WEB SEARCHING - Mislabeled URLs are identified and corrected based upon a click relevance ranking computed from user data comprising user click information. The click relevance ranking is formed by applying a set of relevance ordering rules to user log data aggregated by query and URL and by mapping the results of the relevance ordering rules into a linear ordering. For a given query, the aggregated user log data comprises a relative total number of impression, a relative total number of clicks received and a rank associated with the query/URL pair at the time of the total number of impressions and total number of clicks received. The click relevance ranking is used to identify and correct mislabeled query/URL pairs of other rankings according to a number of disclosed methods. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248658 | USING EMBEDDED METADATA TO IMPROVE SEARCH RESULT PRESENTATION - The present invention is directed towards systems and methods for using metadata to improve search result presentation. The method according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises receiving a search query from a user and parsing the search query and retrieving a ranked list of search results. The method then extracts metadata from the search results and casts the extracted metadata into an object model. A template is then applied to the cast extracted metadata and a search results page is generated comprising the ranked list of search results and the templated metadata | 2009-10-01 |
20090248659 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAINTENANCE OF QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS THROUGH COLLABORATIVE AND COMMUNITY EDITING - Systems, methods, and computer program products are disclosed for asking and searching for the answer to given questions, retrieving answers to such questions, as well as presenting such answers in a user-generated content style framework on a search engine. The system of the present invention comprises a question processor, operative to determine whether a question entered by a user has been previously answered, an answer data store storing answers to previously asked questions stored therein, an answer repository storing questions not yet answered by another user, and an editor tool operative to format an answer stored in the answer data store into user-generated content style and migrate the answer to a user-generated content style web page. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248660 | BUNDLING OF QUERY-RELATED CONTEXT FOR SPONSORED SEARCH - A sponsored search auction system is configured to receive bids for queries from advertisers. Each bid on a particular query relates to a particular context, such as an age, sex, or location of a user that may submit the query to a search engine. A valuation is provided for each available context of the query by each advertiser. The bids are processed to generate one or more context bundles. The context bundles are groupings of contexts. Not necessarily all contexts are bundled. The bundled and unbundled (if present) contexts may be sold to the advertisers as bundled. Selling of contexts in bundled form may enable increased revenue to be generated as compared to auction systems that sell each context separately or sell contexts bundled into a single group. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248661 | IDENTIFYING RELEVANT INFORMATION SOURCES FROM USER ACTIVITY - A relevant information source identification technique that exploits a combination of searching and browsing activity of many users to identify relevant resources for future queries. The technique relies on such data to identify relevant information sources for new queries. In one embodiment, the technique is term-based: past queries are decomposed into individual (possibly overlapping) terms and phrases, and the most relevant documents are identified for each phrase from the browsing patterns of users that follow the query. Then, for a new query that consists of several terms or phrases, the most relevant destinations for each term/phrase are combined to produce overall predictions of the best or most relevant sources for the new query. This allows for providing predictions for previously unseen queries, which comprise a large proportion of the overall query volume. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248662 | Ranking Advertisements with Pseudo-Relevance Feedback and Translation Models - Methods, computer products, and systems for selecting advertisements in response to an internet query are provided. The method provides for receiving an internet query that includes query terms, retrieving and then ranking a first set of advertisements in response to the internet query using a query likelihood model. The method then selects sampling words using pseudo-relevance feedback and translation models, the internet query, and the first set of ad materials obtained using the query likelihood model. The sampling words are chosen from a distribution of words from the words in the first set of ad materials, and the pseudo-relevance feedback model is used to select a word (w) in the distribution of words based on a probability that word w generates query term q(p(q|w)). The translation model is used to calculate the probability p(q|w) based on a translation probability that w translates into q(t(q|w)). The method also includes retrieving and ranking a second set of ad materials using an expanded query formed by adding the selected sampling words to the original internet query. The second set of ad materials is then presented to the user. The use of translation models enhances the topicality of the results because the distribution words selected are related to the terms in the original query as indicated by their translation probabilities. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248663 | ONLINE TARGET LOCATION DETECTION - Documents are provided that are geographically relevant to a user or a request. Information describing the online activity of a user is received and location identifiers are obtained. The plurality of location identifiers provide geographic location information defining the geographic intent of the information describing the online activity of the user, the location of the computing device utilized by the user, or the user's registered geographic location. Sets of predefined rules are then applied to the received information and the plurality of location identifiers to select at least one geographic location. Documents are then returned to the user that are geographically relevant based on the selected geographic location. The received information may include search queries, and the documents may include search results and/or advertisements. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248664 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING TIME-BASED INFORMATION WITH HISTORICAL EVENTS - An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for identifying time-based information. A detection module detects time-based information. A selection module monitors events in an information stream. The information stream is of interest to a target user. In addition, the information stream is not related by content to the time-based information. The selection module further selects a first event with temporal relation to the time-based information. An association module associates the first event and the time-based information. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248665 | MEDIA OBJECT QUERY SUBMISSION AND RESPONSE - Methods and systems for submitting media object queries and receiving suggested answers for the media object queries. In one aspect, a method includes receiving from a first user a first media object and a first query relating to content in the first media object, presenting the first media object and the first query to multiple second users, receiving a suggested answer to the first query from each of two or more second users of the multiple second users, where at least two of the suggested answers are distinct, ranking the suggested answers, and presenting one or more of the ranked suggested answers to the first user. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248666 | INFORMATION RETRIEVAL USING DYNAMIC GUIDED NAVIGATION - An apparatus and method for providing relevant search result and query terms are disclosed herein. Natural language processing of the documents and previous search session history are used to dynamically determine document relevance, queries relevant to search categories prior to start of a search session, and query to query correlations. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248667 | Learning Ranking Functions Incorporating Boosted Ranking In A Regression Framework For Information Retrieval And Ranking - Embodiments of the present invention provide for methods, systems and computer program products for learning ranking functions to determine the ranking of one or more content items that are responsive to a query. The present invention includes generating one or more training sets comprising one or more content item-query pairs, determining preference data for the one or more query-content item pairs of the one or more training sets and determining labeled data for the one or more query-content item pairs of the one or more training sets. A ranking function is determined based upon the preference data and the labeled data for the one or more content-item query pairs of the one or more training sets. The ranking function is then stored for application to query-content item pairs not contained in the one or more training sets. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248668 | Learning Ranking Functions Incorporating Isotonic Regression For Information Retrieval And Ranking - Embodiments of the present invention provide for methods, systems and computer program products for learning ranking functions to determine the ranking of one or more content items that are responsive to a query. The present invention includes generating one or more training sets comprising one or more content item-query pairs and determining one or more contradicting pairs in a given training sets. An optimization function to minimize the number of contradicting pairs in the training set is formulated. and modified by incorporating a grade difference between one or more content items corresponding to the query in the training set and applied to each query in the training set. A ranking function is determined based on the application of regression trees on the queries of the training set minimized by the optimization function and stored for application to content item-query pairs not contained in the one or more training sets. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248669 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ORGANIZING INFORMATION - A system and method to process data having a module stored on the server computer system for receiving a query over a network from a client computer system. A search engine utilizes the query to extract a search result from a data source. A query decomposition module decomposes the query into at least one n-gram which is a subset of the query. A processing module processes the at least one n-gram to determine at least one related search suggestion. A merging module merges the at least one related search suggestion into a ranked output data set. A transmission module transmits the search result and the at least one related search suggestion from the server computer system to the client computer system. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248670 | Content search engine - Search constraint specific searching for content from a mobile device is disclosed. Following a mobile device generated request for content, a content server provides for the search of content on a network service or personal computer. The search for content may occur directly through the content server or via a connector application. An index engine parses and lists structured and unstructured content, which may be responsive to the search request. The content server or a proxy then provides a sub-set of the search results, that subset corresponding to both the mobile device generated request for content and a search constraint such as mobile device capabilities or network service provider limitations. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248671 | INFORMATION CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION CLASSIFICATION METHOD AND PROGRAM - An information classification system includes a server that includes a knowledge base that receives classification information to be classified, conducts language analysis of the classification information to acquire a plurality of keywords and classify the plurality of keywords into elements made up of a classification target word and a related word that modifies the classification target word, and conduct a search with the related word being for a judgment condition for decision of the classification while separating the classification target word from the related word, so as to assign a classification identification value to the information; a classification candidate extraction section that extracts the classification identification value that the knowledge base assigns to generate an automatic classification result; and a classification update section that receives the automatic classification result, displays a GUI for classification confirmation allowing confirmation of correctness of the automatic classification result, and corrects registered items in the knowledge base with a correction value received through the GUI for classification confirmation while referring to log data that is a processing history about automatic classification for the language analysis and the element classification. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248672 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTING RELATED CONTENT FOR DISPLAY IN CONJUNCTION WITH A MEDIA - In one embodiment, the present invention is a method and apparatus for selecting related content for display in conjunction with a media. One embodiment of a method for selecting related content for display in conjunction with a media, where the media includes a primary media and a secondary media that is time-synchronized with the primary media, includes retrieving one or more items of metadata associated with the media, selecting at least one item of related content based on the metadata, and displaying the related content substantially simultaneously with display of the media. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248673 | METHOD OF SORTING WEB PAGES, SEARCH TERMINAL AND CLIENT TERMINAL - A method of sorting web pages includes the steps of acquiring a plurality of forbidden keywords, receiving information of a list of web pages provided by a search engine, separating the web pages into valid web pages and invalid web pages according to forbidden keywords, rearranging the information of the valid web pages and the invalid web pages, and outputting the rearranged information of the valid web pages and the invalid web pages. A related search terminal and a client terminal are also provided. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248674 | SEARCH KEYWORD IMPROVEMENT APPARATUS, SERVER AND METHOD - A search keyword improvement apparatus includes a unit extracting a word as an additional keyword candidate from a new document, number of times of appearance of the word in the new document being greater than number of times of appearance of the word in each of a first documents except for the new document, if the new document and a new search target identification information item which is used to search the new document are accumulated, a unit generating a first search query based on an input keyword, a second search target associated with the input keyword, and one of the additional keywords, and generating a second search query, a unit moving the additional keyword candidate and the third search target identification information item, if the desired search result is selected from a third search result list corresponding to the second search query. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248675 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SUPPORTING DOCUMENT EVALUATION - A document evaluation support system narrows the search for related terms in a document, evaluates a search result, provides information of the evaluation, and further searches the search result for a related paragraph in the document so as to support evaluation and determination of the document. The system includes a document division section, a specified term search section, and a search result evaluation section. The sections further include a document attribute database, a document division determination rule database, a document division determination unit, a document division input unit, a divided document (paragraph) with heading database, a keyword database, a numeric database, a search method input unit, a search condition database, a specified result search unit, a search result database, a search result display unit, a weight database, a search result evaluation unit, an evaluation result database, and an evaluation result display unit. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248676 | CONTENT MANAGEMENT DEVICE, CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND CONTENT MANAGEMENT METHOD - A content management device for managing acquired content in a searchable manner, includes a storage device that stores a search database in which a plurality of keywords and content are registered; a registration unit that registers new content in the search database; and a search unit that searches content registered in the search database. The registration unit performs operations includes: extracting a plurality of keyword candidates associated with the new content from the search database; displaying the extracted keyword candidates; and registering a keyword candidate designated from among the displayed keyword candidates in the search database, as a search keyword in association with the new content. The search unit performs operations includes: displaying a plurality of search keywords registered in the search database; extracting content associated with a search keyword designated from among the displayed search keywords from the search database; and displaying the extracted content. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248677 | Methods for generating a personalized list of documents associated with a search query - A method for generating, by a monitoring program, a list of relevant documents, related to a search query, comprising tracking activities of first user pursuant to retrieval of a first list of primary documents resulting from a first search query; assigning a user interest score to a secondary document whose identifier is referenced within the contents of a primary or another secondary document; adding said identifier and score to a list of relevant documents wherein said list is associated with said first query and said first user; persisting said list of relevant documents to store. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248678 | INFORMATION RECOMMENDATION DEVICE AND INFORMATION RECOMMENDATION METHOD - A document set, and history documents including documents, etc., browsed by a user are input. The document set and the history documents are each analyzed to obtain characteristic vectors. A plurality of topic clusters and a plurality of sub-topic clusters are obtained by clustering the document set. A transition structure showing transitions of topics among the sub-topic clusters is generated, and a characteristic attribute is extracted from each topic cluster and each sub-topic cluster. An cluster-of-interest is extracted in comparison among characteristic vectors of the history documents and a characteristic vector of each document included in the document set, a sub-topic cluster having transition relations with the cluster-of-interest is obtained on the basis of a transition structure owned by the cluster-of-interest, and a document included in the sub-topic cluster is extracted as a recommended document to be presented together with the characteristic attribute. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248679 | INFORMATION DEVICE AND INFORMATION PRESENTATION METHOD - An information device and an information presentation method are disclosed. The neighboring environment in which a device is located or the behavior of the device user is recognized based on sensor data thereby to determine the situation data. The plural object information are acquired in accordance with the situation data. Plural related words related to the plural object information are retrieved from a database and thereby developed. Plural related words are displayed to permit any one of them to be selected. Once one of the related words is selected, the object information is reduced to only the one for the related word, and any one of the object information is displayed in a selectable manner. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248680 | System and Method for Sharing Anonymous User Profiles with a Third Party - The invention provides a system and method for sharing anonymous user profiles with a third party. In one aspect of the invention, the system shares user profiles with content servers on a mobile data network so that they may select content responsive to the user's profile. The system provides a store of user profiles for associating profile information with either a source IP address or mobile phone number, where the profile includes information on the user and the user's network usage. The system detects a user's transaction request and inspects it for either an IP address or phone number, which it uses to retrieve the appropriate profile. The system subsequently applies predetermined opt-out policies to determine how much of the user profile may be provided in response to the profile request. The system then returns the profile information such that the user's identity is masked. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248681 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR MANAGING CONTENTS - An information processing device includes a content database storing contents with metadata and a keyword associated with each content, the metadata which accompanies each content and includes a plurality of items of data, a user database storing user identifiers with a specific item of the metadata associated with each user identifier, an acquiring unit acquiring new content and new metadata, an identifier extracting unit extracting a user identifier from the new metadata, a specific item specifying unit specifying a specific item associated with the extracted user identifier based on the user database, a keyword extracting unit extracting from the content database keywords associated with data identical to data of the specific item in the new metadata, a keyword selecting unit selecting a keyword from the extracted keywords, and a registration unit registering in the content database the selected keyword in association with the new content and the new metadata. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248682 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERSONALIZED SEARCH - A system and method is disclosed for profiling a subject's search engine keywords and results based on relevancy feedback. Because the system is based on the search behavior of the user, the profiling is language independent and balances the specificity of search terms against the profiled interests of the user. The system can also synthesize new keyword combinations to assist the user in refining the search or acquiring related content. The system has application in text mining, personalization, behavioral search, search engine optimization, and content acquisition, to name but a few applications. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248683 | Method and Apparatus for Enhancing Electronic Reading by Identifying Relationships Between Sections of Electronic Text - An apparatus, method and article of manufacture of the present invention detects the presence of references to the same concept in separate sections of text, and, with no input required from the reader, presents the reader with information concerning the detected references to the concept. The information provided may comprise information related to the location of the reference to the concept in other sections of text, and the reader also is provided the ability to move from one reference to a concept directly to another reference to the same concept. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248684 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEARCHING METADATA - Methods and apparatuses for searching metadata are described herein. In one embodiment, an example of a process for search metadata includes, but is not limited to, in response to a search query for metadata stored in one or more of metadata stores, the search query is partitioned into multiple search query segments. Thereafter, searches corresponding to the search query segments are performed, where each search is performed independently within the one or more metadata stores. Other methods and apparatuses are also described. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248685 | Method, System and Apparatus for Matching Job Applicants with Job Openings - A networked system for matching job applicants to employers and jobs is provided. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248686 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RETRIEVING INFORMATION FROM THE INTERNET BY MEANS OF AN INTELLIGENT SEARCH AGENT - A system and associated method for retrieving information from the Internet by an end user through use of an Intelligent Search Agent. Creating an index comprising a least one data structure corresponding to a respective forum. Next, submitting a query to at least one search engine located on a respective Internet server. After submitting the query, posting a question to at least one forum located on a respective Internet server. After posting the question, subscribing to at least one web syndication corresponding to at least one respective forum. After subscribing to at least one web syndication, receiving information from at least one web syndication. Finally, sending the information to said end user. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248687 | CROSS-DOMAIN MATCHING SYSTEM - A computer implemented method for analyzing a listing object to define a match to a candidate object among many possible candidate objects is disclosed. The method includes an operation to receive a listing object as an input. The method also includes an operation to generate a set of candidate objects based on characteristics of the listing object. The candidate objecting used to generate a listing-candidate pair defined by pairing the listing object with one of the candidate objects. The method may also include operations to process the listing-candidate pair such as an operation to normalize the listing object into a canonical form. Another operation can generate a matching feature vector for the listing-candidate pair. Where the matching feature vector includes a matching score based on a common feature between the candidate object and the canonical form of the listing object. In another operation, the method analyzes the matching feature vector with a judging committee module to render a match judgment. The match judgment based on evaluating the results of the judging committee module to determine whether the listing object and the candidate object are a match. The method also includes an operation that saves the match judgment to a computer readable media. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248688 | HEURISTIC EVENT CLUSTERING OF MEDIA USING METADATA - Even clusters are created based n a first metadata and second metadata of the electronic document. The event clusters are associated with an event id and each electronic document is associated with the event identifier of it corresponding event cluster. A user may then browse or otherwise access the electronic documents based on the event identifier. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248689 | GENERATION OF SUGGESTIONS TO CORRECT DATA RACE ERRORS - A method of removing a first data race condition by generating a list of suggested solutions is provided. The method comprises detecting the first data race condition involving a shared resource that is accessed first by a first thread and then by a second thread; suggesting one or more solutions using a lockset mechanism; suggesting one or more solutions using a vector clock mechanism; suggesting that a user create a new synchronization object; suggesting that a user replicate the shared resource; and displaying the list to the user. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248690 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING PREFERENCES FROM INFORMATION MASHUPS - A system and method for determining preferences from information mashups and, in particular, for determining preferences from cross-modality information based on a social welfare function is disclosed. An exemplary embodiment of the invention uses a social welfare function (SWF) to identify a vote computing method from among a group of vote computing methods. The SWF embodies subjective values, e.g. business objectives. The embodiment uses the SWF to identify the vote computing method that combines cross-modality information into a single information mashup in a manner that is most congruent with the subjective values relative to the other vote computing methods. The information mashup may be in the form of a single, merged ranked list. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248691 | INTERACTING METHODS OF DATA SUMMARIZATION - Summarization methods can interact on a common data source using identifiers that correspond to events or other actions. These identifiers can be updated, whenever appropriate, once the corresponding data has been summarized, in order to provide for multiple extraction methods to operate only on the data of interest, and obtain a lock only on the data within the scope of extraction. High water marks, such as identifiers in the sequent, can be used to further designate which data has previously been extracted. Similarly, summarization methods can interact by utilizing corresponding persistent tables in the flows for the methods, but utilizing separate intermediate tables to allow for data transformations and application of various business rules and tuning techniques. The ability to switch between different methods can accommodate business, performance, or other such needs, and can provide for the dynamic extraction and summarization of different volumes of data. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248692 | SAVING DEVICE FOR IMAGE SHARING, IMAGE SHARING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE SHARING METHOD - The saving device for image sharing includes an image acquiring unit configured to acquire the images offered by a sharer of the images, a sharee information storing unit configured to store sharee information with respect to at least one sharee, a subject assessing unit configured to assess whether or not a person subject is included in the acquired images, an image associating unit configured to associate the images assessed as not including a person subject with the images assessed as including a person subject, based on the sharee information, and a shared image determining unit configured to determine the images to be shared with the sharee or sharees from among the associated images and the images assessed as including a person subject, based on the sharee information. The image sharing system and an image sharing method use such a device. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248693 | MANAGING DATA TRANSFER BETWEEN ENDPOINTS IN A DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - A file fetcher manager provides commonly-utilized management and resource allocation for multiple file fetchers that each implement a different type of mechanism or protocol for transferring data files between peer endpoints in meshes associated with a cloud-computing service. Each file fetcher is configured with both client-side and server-side components to retrieve and serve out data files. The file fetcher manager encapsulates the file fetchers to provide an abstract interface to callers while hiding the underlying details of the file fetchers. The file fetcher manager is arranged for managing simultaneous operations of the multiple file fetchers to route requests from the callers to the appropriate file fetchers, and for scheduling work items for the file fetchers so that data transfers efficiently utilize available resources while keeping the entire transfer process coherent and organized. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248694 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADDRESSING COMMUNICATIONS - The disclosure describes systems and methods for utilizing data collected and stored on multiple devices in order to improve the performance of the network via a markup language for addressing and delivering communications. The markup language invokes W4COMN operations through a free-form, natural language syntax which enables completely personalized user-defined designations for real-world entities (RWEs) or information objections (IOs) utilizing names or functional tags. Desired network operations including addressing network resources, entities or users are activated when the markup language is augmented via processing with W4 contextual data into an actual W4COMN circuit, process or event. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248695 | ONLINE AND OFFLINE APPLICATIONS - Systems and methods for implementing online and offline applications are described. Such systems and methods may in some cases provide the same programming interface, regardless of whether the application is online or offline. Such systems and methods may also or instead in some cases provide additional or other possible capabilities, including installation without elevated privileges, simplified data synchronization, sharing of applications and application data, access to data from other applications, and richer client functionality than may be provided by an application such as a web browser. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248696 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING RESTRICTED CONTENT ASSOCIATED WITH RETRIEVED CONTENT - In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for receiving contextual information relating to a client request for content, determining that content delivered in response to the client request is restricted content through a scanning facility, and communicating the contextual information to a central repository for use in detection rules generation. Further, the content may be delivered to the central repository along with the contextual information. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248697 | CACHE OPTIMIZATION - A system and method for management and processing of resource requests at cache server computing devices is provided. Cache server computing devices segment content into an initialization fragment for storage in memory and one or more remaining fragments for storage in a media having higher latency than the memory. Upon receipt of a request for the content, a cache server computing device transmits the initialization fragment from the memory, retrieves the one or more remaining fragments, and transmits the one or more remaining fragments without retaining the one or more remaining fragments in the memory for subsequent processing. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248698 | Managing Consistent Interfaces for Internal Service Request Business Objects Across Heterogeneous Systems - A business object model, which reflects data that is used during a given business transaction, is utilized to generate interfaces. This business object model facilitates commercial transactions by providing consistent interfaces that are suitable for use across industries, across businesses, and across different departments within a business during a business transaction. In some operations, software creates, updates, or otherwise processes information related to an internal service request and/or an internal service request template business object. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248699 | SYSTEM TO DELEGATE VIRTUAL STORAGE ACCESS METHOD RELATED FILE OPERATIONS TO A STORAGE SERVER USING AN IN-BAND RPC MECHANISM - A method is disclosed that places data-intensive subprocesses in close physical and logical proximity to the facility responsible for storing the data, so that high efficiencies at reduced cost are achieved. In one specific example, new computer programs, termed adjuncts, are added and placed in a logical partition on a storage facility so that they can be invoked using appropriate commands issued on the I/O channel. Further, programs or changes are added to existing programs on the host machine, wherein such programs or changes discover the function extensions and invoke them to perform data processing. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248700 | CONTENT PROVISION SYSTEM AND CONTENT PROVISION METHOD - This content provision system includes a creation unit for associating the first content data and the second content data, assigning a common content ID to the first content data and the second content data, and creating management information of all content data configured from the first content data and the second content data based on the attribute information of content data, an analysis unit for analyzing hobby information of a user based on reference information for deciding hobby information of a user, a search unit for searching content data that coincides with the analyzed hobby information of a user based on the management information of all content data, and a provision unit for providing to a user content information that coincides with hobby information of a user based on the searched content data. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248701 | REDIRECTING FILE ACCESS THROUGH A HTTP WEB SERVER - The present invention provides for a system configured to redirect file access through a web server through the use of a symbolic link file. This symbolic link file is modified to include connection and authentication information of a file stored on a remote file system but is accessible through a web server. When the modified symbolic link file is accessed on a computer which is remote to the remote file system, the computer recognizes that the symbolic link requires an internet connection to the linked file. The computer establishes an internet connection to the web server using the connection and authentication connection information in the modified symbolic link file. The file is then accessed and downloaded from the web server. The computer accordingly is able to seamlessly access and open the modified symbolic link file as if it was an unmodified symbolic link file. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248702 | System and method for managing, controlling and/or rendering media in a network - A system and a method manage, control and/or render media in a network. The system utilizes a media management application that manages, controls and/or renders digital media files in the network. A user browses, searches, manages and/or consumes content from multiple storage devices and servers in the network. The user may view a visual representation of active media connections between the available servers and/or the available rendering devices connected to the network. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248703 | SAVING DEVICE FOR IMAGE SHARING, IMAGE SHARING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE SHARING METHOD - The saving device for image sharing saves images offered by a sharer of the images for image sharing and accessibly shares in an album form among at least one share. The device includes a sharee layout storing means configured to store first layout information of a sharee's album, a shared area determining means configured to determine a shared area to be shared in the sharee's album from a sharer's album, and a layout changing means configured to automatically change a layout of the shared area based on the first layout information of the at least one sharee. An image sharing system includes the device, and an image sharing method uses the device. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248704 | ALTERNATIVE WORK SPACE ASSIGNMENT PORTAL - An alternative work space assignment system, method and apparatus are disclosed. This system accesses a plurality of databases, including a workspace database, a building database, and a corporate database, to better select a suitable temporary workspace. In addition, the system can also select a suitable temporary workspace based on a user's preferences, which can be entered through a kiosk, or otherwise stored in a database record associated with the user. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248705 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO VALIDATE CONSISTENCY OF COMPONENT BUSINESS MODEL MAPS - A system and method is described for using descriptive logic (DL) representations to validate consistency in component business model (CBM) maps. Semantic constraints are generated from a semantic model of a component business model meta-model and inconsistency conditions of CBM maps. The semantic model of the CBM meta-model is applied to transform CBM maps into corresponding semantic representations. An inference engine applies the semantic constraints to the semantic representations to determine inconsistencies between one CBM map and another and between a CBM map and the component business model meta-model. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248706 | SCHEMA FOR FEDERATED SEARCHING - Embodiments of the present invention provide a schema to describe the structure of a data store that may be used to query the data store. The schema may include a property description describing static and contextual attributes of a property of the data store. The schema may also include a property reference describing contextual attributes of a property of the data store, while referencing static attributes from a property description in another schema. In some instances, the schema may further describe item types and/or kinds for the data store. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248707 | SITE-SPECIFIC INFORMATION-TYPE DETECTION METHODS AND SYSTEMS - Methods and systems are provided herein that may allow for pertinent information-type(s) of data to be located or otherwise identified within one or more documents, such as, for example, web page documents associated with one or more websites. For example, exemplary methods and systems are provided that may be used to determine if information may be more likely to be of an “informative” type of information or possibly more likely to be of a “noise” type of information. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248708 | Method and Apparatus for Mobility Agent Recovery - Techniques for recovering Mobile Internet Protocol (IP) session(s) of a mobility agent in a Mobile IP network are described herein. In one embodiment of the invention, for each mobility session associated with a mobility agent, the mobility agent distributively backs up mobility agent specific information to the mobility agent peer associated with that mobility session. The mobility agent specific information is not used by the mobility agent peer. Upon the mobility agent inadvertently losing at least one mobility session, the mobility agent recovers the stored mobility agent specific information associated with those sessions from the mobility agent peers respectively associated with those sessions. Other methods and apparatuses are also described. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248709 | Evaluating Associations Among Entities - A method for monitoring associations between a plurality of entities comprises representing a relationship between a first entity and a second entity as an edge that connects a first node to a second node, wherein the first node and the second node respectively represent said first entity and said second entity; and assigning a weight value to said edge based on an association level detected between the first entity and the second entity. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248710 | Database Part Table Junctioning - Embodiments are provided to define relationships for merging template or database part tables with one or more database tables in a computer system. A database application may utilize a schema to receive metadata associated with a target database part table in one or more markup language elements. The database application may then receive metadata associated with a source database table to be joined with the target table in the schema elements. The database application may then receive join type metadata in the schema elements. The join type metadata may specify whether fields from the source table are to be merged into the target table or whether fields from the target table are to be merged into the source table. In response to receiving the target table metadata and the source table metadata, the database application may then merge the target and source tables utilizing the join type metadata. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248711 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING THE STORAGE OF DATA - The disclosure describes systems and methods for optimizing the storage of data collected from a plurality of communication channels including social data, spatial data, temporal data and logical data. Based on user data collected from past interactions with the network, clusters of objects that include common information are combined into single objects in order to save storage space and reduce the number of objects managed by the system. The combination method may also be used to dynamically identify events or conditions which are related to a plurality of entities. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248712 | COLLECTING AND AGGREGATING DATA USING DISTRIBUTED RESOURCES - A hierarchial tree is provided to harvest data from data sources. The hierarchial tree includes multiple tree node entities arranged in multiple levels. In one case, leaf node entities of the hierarchial tree are used to collect data from the data sources. The hierarchial tree includes storage resources for storing the collected data. The hierarchial tree further includes computing resources for aggregating the collecting data in one or more aggregation operations and performing other processing operations. A receiving entity can selectively and independently receive parts of the collected data and aggregated data. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248713 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SYNCHRONIZING METADATA AND MEDIA BASED ON UPNP PROTOCOL - A method and apparatus to synchronize multiple UPnP content directory services without using CDS tracking or content synchronization service is disclosed. The method may include discovering mediaservers coupled to a network, comparing respective metadata fields from the discovered mediaservers, updating the metadata fields based on the comparison. A control point gets metadata of media objects that need to be synchronized. The control point invokes a comparemetadata action to ascertain the differences in the objects, upon acquiring the difference between the metadata parameters of a sync object in a first CDS with sync pairing object in a second CDS the control point invokes appropriate UPnP actions to ensure the two objects are synced. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248714 | SELECTIVE MAPPING OF INTEGRATED DATA - In one of many possible implementations, an exemplary system includes a plurality of data subsystems configured to store local data associated with an external party, the data subsystems configured to be maintained by an internal party. The system further includes a data integration subsystem configured to store global data and a defined mapping of the global data to the local data, the global data including a global data record mapped to a local data record having a first data schema type, recognize a migration event in the local data, the migration event including migration of the first schema type local data record to a second schema type local data record, and associate a smart mapping record with the global data record, the smart mapping record configured to selectively map the global data record to one of the first schema type local data record and the second schema type local data record. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248715 | OPTIMIZING HIERARCHICAL ATTRIBUTES FOR OLAP NAVIGATION - OLAP navigation is simplified by optimizing the displayed hierarchies. An OLAP navigation user interface displays the hierarchies that are navigable and can be drilled down into. In this way, a user is shown the items within the OLAP data that may be drilled down into instead of being shown every item. When determining the items to display for navigation, any hierarchies with a single level and/or any attributes that also are used as levels are not shown within the user interface. This helps the user choose the displayed item that will have be most capabilities for OLAP interaction. Navigation of the OLAP data is simplified for the user since the number of items displayed is reduced. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248716 | Hierarchy creation and management tool - A computer-implemented method of building an integrated hierarchy from hierarchy components is disclosed. The method includes receiving a hierarchy structure having at a node element, extracting hierarchy attribute information associated with the node element, and building an integrated hierarchy based on the received hierarchy structure and the extracted hierarchy attribute information. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248717 | TEMPORAL CLASS LOADER - A temporal relational database includes a relational database framework that allows for all the capabilities of a standard relational database with the addition of the concept of time. Transactions, which can be modifications of attribute values or changes to the database schema, can be stored with temporal histories. Through the use of these temporal histories, the temporal database is able to seamlessly respond to queries for times that are in the past, present, or future. Furthermore, transactions can be entered into the temporal relational database that are not effective until some point in the future, thus allowing for seamless migration of the data and schema of a database. Applications that access data in a temporal database may retrieve a time appropriate schema from the temporal database. An exemplary use of a temporal database to manage roles and responsibilities within an organization is described. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248718 | APPLYING THE USE OF TEMPORAL DATA AND TEMPORAL DATA MODELS TO ROLES AND ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES - A temporal relational database includes a relational database framework that allows for all the capabilities of a standard relational database with the addition of the concept of time. Transactions, which can be modifications of attribute values or changes to the database schema, can be stored with temporal histories. Through the use of these temporal histories, the temporal database is able to seamlessly respond to queries for times that are in the past, present, or future. Furthermore, transactions can be entered into the temporal relational database that are not effective until some point in the future, thus allowing for seamless migration of the data and schema of a database. Applications that access data in a temporal database may retrieve a time appropriate schema from the temporal database. An exemplary use of a temporal database to manage roles and responsibilities within an organization is described. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248719 | FUTURE MODELING - A temporal relational database includes a relational database framework that allows for all the capabilities of a standard relational database with the addition of the concept of time. Transactions, which can be modifications of attribute values or changes to the database schema, can be stored with temporal histories. Through the use of these temporal histories, the temporal database is able to seamlessly respond to queries for times that are in the past, present, or future. Furthermore, transactions can be entered into the temporal relational database that are not effective until some point in the future, thus allowing for seamless migration of the data and schema of a database. Applications that access data in a temporal database may retrieve a time appropriate schema from the temporal database. An exemplary use of a temporal database to manage roles and responsibilities within an organization is described. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248720 | GENERALISED SELF-REFERENTIAL FILE SYSTEM - Embodiments of an unrestricted binary unambiguous file or memory mapped object are disclosed along with descriptions of corresponding reading and writing processes. The file or object may be used to store data of any type. ‘Binary unambiguous’ refers to a quality whereby the binary data stored within the datastore (file or memory map) is always and uniquely identified by a binary type identifier readily discerned from the self same map. Similarly, the term ‘unrestricted’ refers to the capacity of the protocol to accept data of any type, nature, format, structure or context, in a manner that retains the binary unambiguous nature of the invention for each data item. A storage object so created may be easily read by dedicated software, as it is of simple definition and is durable in nature. Its generality removes the need for repeated updates and versions of the underlying protocol. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248721 | System And Method for Stack Crawl Testing and Caching - A method for extracting static information from user code, analyzing the static information to determine location expressions for program information and comparing the location expressions to reference location expressions of the user code. In addition, a system having a reading module configured to read and extract static information from user code, an analyzing module configured to analyze the static information to determine location expressions for program information and a comparison module configured to compare the location expressions to reference location expressions of the user code. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248722 | CLUSTERING ANALYTIC FUNCTIONS - A method, system, and computer usable program product for clustering analytic functions are provided in the illustrative embodiments. Information about a set of analytic function instances is received. Information about a set of time series is received. A subset of time series may be a set of input time series to an analytic function instance in the set of analytic function instances. An analytics clustering rule is applied to the information about the set of analytic function instances and the information about the set of time series. A subset of time series is clustered as a group in response to applying the analytics clustering rule. An analytics clustering rule may determine whether all time series in the set of input time series to an analytic function instance are members of a group, and group an output time series of the analytic function instance in the group if all time series in the set of input time series are members of the group. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248723 | Method and Apparatus for Selecting an Optimal Delete-Safe Compression Method on List of Delta Encoded Integers - Techniques are disclosed for selecting a delete-safe compression method for a plurality of delta encoded data values (e.g., delta encoded integers or deltas). For example, a computer-implemented method for selecting an optimal delete-safe compression algorithm from among two or more compression algorithms for use on a plurality of delta encoded data values includes the following steps. The maximum number of data values eliminated by each of the two or more compression algorithms is computed. For the plurality of delta encoded data values to be compressed, the minimum size of the plurality of delta encoded data values before compression thereof is computed. A delete-safe threshold value is computed based on the minimum size of the plurality of delta encoded data values. Then, the compression algorithm is selected from the two or more compression algorithms that achieves the delete-safe threshold value. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248724 | Method and Apparatus for Encoding List of Variable Length Structures to Support Bi-Directional Scans - Techniques are disclosed for encoding a variable length structure such that it facilitates forward and reverse scans of a list of such structures as needed. While the techniques are applicable to a wide variety of applications, they are particularly well-suited for use with structures such as those found in compressed database indexes. For example, a computer-implemented method for processing one or more variable length data structures includes the following steps. Each variable length data structure is obtained. Each variable length structure comprises one or more data block. A variable length encoding process is applied to the one or more blocks of each variable length data structure which comprises setting a continuation data value in each block to a first value or a second value, wherein the setting of the continuation data values enables bi-directional scanning of each variable length structure. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248725 | COMPRESSABILITY ESTIMATION OF NON-UNIQUE INDEXES IN A DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A method, information processing system, and computer readable storage product estimate a compression factor. A set of key values within an index are analyzed. Each key value is associated with a record identifier (“RID”) list comprising a set of RIDs. The index is in an uncompressed format and includes a total byte length. A number of RIDs associated with each key value is estimated for each key value in the set of key values. A total byte length for all RID deltas between each at least two consecutive RIDs within a RID list is estimated for each RID list based on the number of RIDs that have been determined. The total byte length estimated for each RID list is accumulated. A compression factor associated with the index is determined by dividing the total byte length that has been accumulated by the byte length of the index. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248726 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING DATA MANIPULATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH BUSINESS PROCESSES AND OPERATIONS - A method and apparatus for accessing, processing and manipulating data in an OLAP database. According to one aspect, the present invention comprises a user interface configured for accessing, processing and manipulating data in an OLAP cube. According to another aspect, the present invention comprises a calculation engine for manipulating and managing data in the OLAP cube. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248727 | TEMPORAL RELATIONAL DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A temporal relational database includes a relational database framework that allows for all the capabilities of a standard relational database with the addition of the concept of time. Transactions, which can be modifications of attribute values or changes to the database schema, can be stored with temporal histories. Through the use of these temporal histories, the temporal database is able to seamlessly respond to queries for times that are in the past, present, or future. Furthermore, transactions can be entered into the temporal relational database that are not effective until some point in the future, thus allowing for seamless migration of the data and schema of a database. Applications that access data in a temporal database may retrieve a time appropriate schema from the temporal database. An exemplary use of a temporal database to manage roles and responsibilities within an organization is described. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248728 | AGGREGATING SCHEMA DATA FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES - Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for aggregating schema data from two or more schemas are provided. Embodiments 1of the present invention include receiving schema definitions for two or more schemas. An aggregated property description for an individual property that is common to the two or more schemas may be created. The aggregated property description includes property attribute values that are the same for the property description in both schemas. Where the attribute values are different, rules may be applied to determine which attribute value to include in the aggregated property description. In one embodiment, the less capable of the two different attribute values is included in the aggregated property description. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248729 | ONLINE APPLICATION PLATFORM AND USER COMMUNITIES - A method and a system provide an online application platform in which an entity may create applications to be shared among users of a user community. The online application platform may provide the users of the user community with information regarding applications and entities and may provide the users with an interface for providing feedback with respect to the applications and the entities. The online application platform may track usage of the applications and may store data with respect to the tracked usage. The data may be used to generate business intelligence, which may be used to improve the applications, market the applications, or for other useful purposes. The users of the user community may subscribe to an information update service to receive dynamically communicated application updates, or other information. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248730 | Data Binding for XML Schemas - A user interface may be generated from an XML schema. For a data object definition in an XML schema, a user interface object may be defined, and a memory store for the data object may be created and bound to the user interface object. The user interface component may be defined in the XML schema, as a separate file, or within an XML document. A user interface object may be selected based on the data type, and various limits and display mechanisms and input devices may be configured based on the schema. When bound, the data stored in the memory store may be reflected in the user interface component, and changes to the user interface component may be reflected in the memory store. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248731 | RELATED CONTENT STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS AND METHODS - In an exemplary method, content instances and metadata associated with the content instances are maintained, a request for content is received, one of the content instances is identified based on the request, at least one other of the content instances is identified as being related to the one content instance based on a predefined relationship heuristic and the metadata associated with the content instances, and data representative of the one content instance and the other content instance is provided in response to the request. In certain embodiments, the related content instance is identified by identifying a metadata value associated with the one content instance and a common metadata value associated with the other content instance. In certain embodiments, the common metadata value includes at least one of a common location data value, a common time data value, a common user identifier, and a common content type. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248732 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING REPORT DATA IN A MULTI-USER ENVIRONMENT - A computer readable storage medium includes executable instructions to receive a report request and perform a query operation corresponding to the report request to produce report results. The report results are then cached to produce cached report results. The computer readable storage medium further includes executable instructions to respond to the report request during a first interval utilizing the cached report results and respond to a second report request during the first interval utilizing the cached report results. One or more formatted reports are then generated based on the cached report results. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248733 | PROCESS INFORMATION STRUCTURING SUPPORT METHOD - A process information structuring support system includes a first acquisition part configured to acquire a process information showing a flow of a plurality of processing elements and containing a plurality of related elements associated with the plurality of processing elements respectively, a holding part configured to hold structured information obtained by structuring information about the plurality of related elements, a second acquisition part configured to acquire the structured information held by the holding part, a generation part configured to generate structured process information by structuring the plurality of processing elements in the process information acquired by the first acquisition part in accordance with the structured information acquired by the second acquisition part and an output part configured to output the structured process information generated by the generation part. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248734 | SUGGESTING CONCEPT-BASED DOMAIN NAMES - Methods and systems of the present invention allow for displaying suggested concept-based results. An exemplary method may comprise the steps of receiving a domain name, determining from ontological calculations suggested domain names related to the concept of the domain name and displaying the suggested domain names. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248735 | SUGGESTING CONCEPT-BASED TOP-LEVEL DOMAIN NAMES - Methods and systems of the present invention allow for displaying suggested concept-based results. An exemplary method may comprise the steps of receiving a combination domain name and top level domain (TLD), determining from ontological calculations suggested TLDs related to the concept of the combination and displaying the suggested combination of the domain name with suggested TLDs. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248736 | DISPLAYING CONCEPT-BASED TARGETED ADVERTISING - Methods and systems of the present invention allow for displaying suggested concept-based results. An exemplary method may comprise the steps of receiving targeted advertising information, determining from ontological calculations suggested keywords related to the concept of the targeted advertising information and displaying the suggested keywords. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248737 | COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT REPRESENTATION - A computing environment typically comprises a large set of diverse objects, such as files, user profiles, executable binaries, configuration information, and data caches, wherein such objects are typically stored and managed by an aggregation of systems, such as a file system, a system registry, and an assembly cache. An alternative representation of the computer system may comprise an object hierarchy configured to store all of the objects of the computing environment according to a simple organizational grammar. Various services (e.g., a synchronization service, a backup service, and a sharing service) may be provided to manage the diverse objects in a similar manner. The representation may also be provided to a variety of devices, which may render the computing environment in a consistent manner but adjusted to reflect the capabilities of the device and the user. The computing environment is thereby represented in a deployable, consistent, and extensible manner. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248738 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MODELING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN ENTITIES - The disclosure describes systems and methods for modeling relationships between entities on a network using data collected from a plurality of communication channels including social data, spatial data, temporal data and logical data within a W4 Network. The W4 Network personalizes and automates sorting, filtering and processing of W4COMN communications delivered or requested to be delivered using personalized value-based ranking and encoding of data, which is modeled from the point-of-view (POV) of any specific user, topic or node in the W4 Distributed graph. POV modeling supplies comparative value services to users which entails individuated data models to be aggregated and used in customization and personalization forecasting for each user and their associated data management needs. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248739 | System and Method to Support Runtime Model Extension in an Object Relational Mapping (ORM) System - A system and method to support runtime model extension in an Object Relational Mapping (ORM) System. The system includes a relational data storage subsystem for storing and retrieving objects in form of relational data, a tuple storage subsystem for storing and retrieving objects in form of tuple, and a dispatcher/assembler for storing and retrieving original part and extended part of the object respectively into/from the relational data storage subsystem and the tuple storage subsystem. Thus, model extension can be carried out dynamically in the runtime of the ORM system without modifying schema and migrating data in the relational database. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248740 | DATABASE FORM AND REPORT CREATION AND REUSE - Embodiments are provided for creating and reusing database forms and reports. A selection of an object may be received from a database by a database software application executing on a computer system. The object may include a form or a report. The application may further receive an input to initiate saving the selected object as a new form template or a new report template. In response to receiving the input, the application may be configured to generate a dialog for receiving the selected object and save the selected object as a new form template or a new report template. Any controls, sub-forms, sub-reports, properties, macros, code, and object model references which may be included in the selected object are persisted in the newly created templates for reuse. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248741 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTEGRATING AN EXTERNAL SERVICE - A method and system for integrating an external service are provided. A first definition of a service for integration with an application floorplan is generated. A semantic type data having a second definition of a global data type used in the application floorplan is generated. A semantic type mapping having a third definition of an instance of the semantic type data in a data object used in the application floorplan is generated. A map is generated between a service parameter of the service and the semantic type mapping. The service is executed in the application floorplan using the map. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248742 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MOBILE PUBLICATION - Methods and system for mobile publication are described. A captured image may be accessed. A bar code may be decoded from the captured image. An item associated with the bar code may be identified. An item listing of the item may be generated in accordance with the identifying of the item. The item listing may be utilized for posting with a listing manager. One or more item listings for the item may be identified. At least one item listing of the one or more item listings may be provided for presentation in accordance with the searching of the plurality of item listings. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248743 | FRY CYCLE MONITORING - In one embodiment, the method comprises operating one or more commercial fryers and establishing an event count each time an operational event is carried out in the commercial fryer. The method further comprises communicating each event count to a database and maintaining event count information at the database. The method then comprises generating operating reports relating to operation of the commercial fryers, the operating reports being based on the event count information. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248744 | TRANSACTIONAL STORAGE SYSTEM FOR HEALTHCARE INFORMATION - Managing healthcare information data includes, on a computer, representing a state of a system based on the healthcare information, receiving a transaction representing a change to the system, changing the representation of the state of the system according to the transaction, and storing the transaction. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248745 | METADATA MANAGEMENT APPARATUS - A link table ( | 2009-10-01 |
20090248746 | MERGING DATA FROM SURVEY DEVICES - Tools for synchronizing survey data between one or more survey devices and a surveying office application. The disclosed tools can help to ensure that each of the devices, and the office application, have consistent data. An exemplary tool might detect a change to data in an office application, identify any affected files on one or more survey devices, and ensure that the affected files are updated with the appropriate information. Conversely, in other aspects, a data inconsistency (which might be caused by a data change in the office application and/or on one or more of the survey devices) might be detected, and tools might be provided to enable a user to ensure that the correct version of the data is maintained by the system. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248747 | REMOVABLE MEMORY INFORMATION MANAGEMENT - A method and structure manage a database. A first device that includes data is coupled to a second device that includes metadata relating to the data. The second device is removed from the first device and the metadata is modified. The second device is again coupled to the first device and the modified metadata on the second device modifies the data on the first device. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248748 | Method and System for Applying Beauty Treatments to an Individual by Generalizing Their Features - Method, process, and apparatus for beautifying an individual. The method relates to fitting the perfect cut, color, style, makeup and dress to an individual using five pillars based on the outer and inner lines of a person. The first pillar includes determining information about the individual's body shape and head and body proportions. Next, in the second pillar, information is determined about the bone structure of the individual's head. The third pillar includes determining information about the individual's fabric of hair. The fourth pillar includes determining information about the individual's grade of sensitivity. The fifth pillar includes determining information about the individual's face shape. Once the information is gathered about the individual, the stylist can choose the right type of cut, color, style, makeup and dress to administer to the individual. Furthermore, the stylist can prescribe treatment, protection and tools that can be used on the individual's hair. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248749 | System and Method for Scalable Processing of Multi-Way Data Stream Correlations - A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for processing multi-way stream correlations. Stream data are received for correlation. A task is formed for continuously partitioning a multi-way stream correlation workload into smaller workload pieces. Each of the smaller workload pieces may be processed by a single host. The stream data are sent to different hosts for correlation processing. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248750 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING MEDICAL IMAGE DATA ONTO PORTABLE DIGITAL RECORDING MEDIA - This application discloses a system for recording medical image data for production on a portable digital recording medium such as CDs and DVDs. This system includes a receiving module, a processing module and an output module, with viewing program for viewing medical image data stored on the portable digital recording medium. It also discloses a method of storing medical image data on a portable digital recording medium, including the steps of receiving the medical image data, processing the data and storing the data on the portable digital recording medium, with a viewing program for viewing medical image data stored on the portable digital recording medium. It further discloses a method of selecting medical image data for recording on a portable digital recording medium, including the steps of connecting a browsing terminal to a computer database that stores the medical image data, selecting a first set of the medical image data from the computer database, and recording the selected first set of medical image data on the portable digital medium, with a viewing program for viewing the medical image data stored on the portable digital recording medium. It also discloses the method and system of retrieving medical image data that are related to the received/selected original medical image data, and recording the original and related medical image data on a portable digital recording medium. | 2009-10-01 |
20090248751 | Destroyable Instant Message (IM) - Systems and methods for processing instant messages by destroying them are disclosed. Setting a time for destroying a destroyable instant message is provided. Destruction of a message can be accompanied by visual effects. A destroyable instant message can be made not printable and not retrievable savable. Methods and systems for instant messaging using destroyable messages are also disclosed. Clients for instant messaging with destroyable instant messages are provided. A client for instant messaging with destroyable instant messages can be created with pre-installed applications, web page based applications and by using a plug-in to an existing instant messaging application. | 2009-10-01 |