40th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 75 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130262377 | SECURE STACKING SETUP - A method of configuring a stack includes: connecting stacking ports of a plurality of stackable devices using one or more stacking links; connecting a user console to a first one of the stackable devices; transmitting a stack setup command from the user console to the first stackable device; and establishing a stack in response to the stack setup command. The stack is established by initiating a discovery process with the first stackable device in response to the stack setup command, wherein the first stackable device requests and receives identifying information from the stackable devices over the stacking links during the discovery process. The topology of the stackable devices is displayed with the user console in response to the identifying information. The stackable devices are authenticated during the discovery process such that the stack setup is secure. The first stackable device becomes the active controller of the stack by default. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262378 | AGGREGATION POINT FOR ENTERPRISE BUSINESS APPLICATION BINDING - Example apparatus and methods concern integrating external items (e.g., data, services) and an enterprise business application (EBA). Example apparatus and methods facilitate having an EBA describe an item for which external data or services are sought and then exposing the description. Example apparatus and methods also facilitate having a provider of external items register external items so that they can be discovered, evaluated, and bound to the EBA. Once an external item has been bound to an EBA item, then data may be automatically exchanged between the external item and the EBA under the control of a synchronization and transformation agent. Metadata-based descriptions of data items in two separate data models are collected in an aggregation point to break direct coupling of the two separate data models while facilitating flexible, extensible, re-definable indirect coupling through the aggregation point. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262379 | EXTENDING CLUSTER ALLOCATIONS IN AN EXTENSIBLE FILE SYSTEM - An extensible file system format for portable storage media is provided. The extensible file system format includes the specification of primary and secondary directory entry types that may be custom defined. The primary and secondary directory entry types can be further classified as critical and benign directory entries. The directory entry types can define whether a cluster chain corresponding to a file can be contiguously allocated. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262380 | COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY MEDIUM STORING THEREIN A CONTROL PROGRAM, MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - A computer-readable, non-transitory medium storing therein a control program that causes a management apparatus to execute an operation, the operation comprises specifying, from among a plurality of databases, a database with the highest frequency of update of target data to be integrated which is stored in the database, transmitting, in accordance with acquisition of update data from the specified database, to a database other than the specified database among the plurality of databases, a request to transmit information stored in the database other than the specified database to the management apparatus and updating the target data to be integrated on the basis of the information transmitted to the management apparatus by the database other than the specified database in accordance with the request. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262381 | NONLINEAR PROXY-BASED EDITING SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH IMPROVED MEDIA FILE INGESTION AND MANAGEMENT - A proxy-based, non-linear editing system is provided having simplified source file ingestion. The system includes a source file repository that stores media source files copied from a plurality of memory cards from video cameras; a proxy file generator that generates and stores a compressed low-resolution proxy of media source files copied into the source file repository; both an editing station and an ingestion station including a web browser having a display screen, and at least one interactive digital processor that coordinates the interaction between the source file repository, proxy file generator, and editing and ingestion stations. In operation, the digital processor automatically generates a proxy file and a thumbnail of each media source file copied into one of the card folders, and makes the proxy file and thumbnail immediately ready for editing on the web browser of the editing station. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262382 | DETERMINING USER KEY-VALUE STORAGE NEEDS FROM EXAMPLE QUERIES - Technologies are generally provided for conveying tree and index needs of a database by collecting and forwarding a statistically representative set of data requests so that a new datacenter can use its existing auto-learning and adjustment techniques to create local indices before receiving its first real or live requests. In some examples, requests at an origin datacenter may be collected to provide a small population of queries that are representative of a larger population of queries. Filters and/or anonymizers may be employed to adhere to data sharing rules and restrictions while still allowing a new datacenter to build indices and test performance. Thus, the new datacenter may be trained asynchronously from another site and without actual data changing hands. Training and testing of destination database services may be completed before committing to customer migration. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262383 | CONTROL METHOD AND STORAGE CONTROLLER APPARATUS - A control method executed by a first storage control apparatus comprises receiving, from the information processing apparatus, a request to change data stored in a storage unit provided in the first storage control apparatus so as to be synchronized to changed data, extracting address information, included in the request, that identifies an address at which data corresponding to the data to be synchronized has been stored in a storage unit provided in the second storage control apparatus creating time information that identifies a time of the day at which the request was received, and transmitting a change request, which includes the extracted address information and the created time information, from the first storage control apparatus to the second storage control apparatus, the change request requesting the corresponding data stored in the second storage control apparatus to be changed to the changed data. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262384 | REPLICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF REBUILDING REPLICATION CONFIGURATION - A replication system includes: N (≧3) storage devices; and N nodes, connected to a host via a 1st network and connected to the N number of storage devices via a 2nd network, each to receive a request for accessing a storage device associated with itself and to have an access with a content in response to the received access request to the storage device, wherein when a node receives a write request of data from the host, each of M nodes (12013-10-03 | |
20130262385 | UNIFIED ACCESS TO PERSONAL DATA - A method and system for providing unified access to data for multiple computing devices includes a system that associates multiple computing devices with a user of an information management system, assigns information management policies to data from the multiple computing devices within the information management system, and collects multiple data objects from the multiple computers. The system may generate a preview version of each collected data object, and provide at least one preview version of a collected data object to a computing device associated with the user. The system may also generate indexing information for each collected data object and distribute the indexing information with the preview version of the data object. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262386 | SMART ARCHIVING AND DATA PREVIEWING FOR MOBILE DEVICES - Techniques for providing data preview before recalling large data files are disclosed. In one aspect, a data file is made accessible while being offline by converting the data file from a native format to a preview format, storing the data file in the preview format in a primary storage that is locally available and moving, after the conversion to the preview format, the data file in the native format to a secondary storage. When a viewing request is received for the data file, the data file in the preview format is displayed to fulfill the viewing request. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262387 | UTILIZING SNAPSHOTS FOR ACCESS TO DATABASES AND OTHER APPLICATIONS - A method and system for utilizing snapshots to provide copies of a database or other application or large data structure to computing devices receives a request for access to a copy of a database, and performs a snapshot of a storage volume containing the requested database. The system then clones the snapshot and mounts the snapshot to a computing device, thus enabling the computing device to access a copy of the database. In some examples, the system automatically updates copies of a database on a scheduled basis (e.g., daily or weekly basis) to refresh a database regularly. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262388 | DATABASE BACKUP TO HIGHEST-USED PAGE - Database backup performance may be improved by copying only used portions of a database file. When the database file includes allocated but un-used pages, the unused pages are not replicated during a database backup. By replicating only the allocated and used pages in the database, the backup time may be decreased and the amount of storage required in the second file may be decreased. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262389 | Parallel Backup for Distributed Database System Environments - The capability to perform data backup and restore within a distributed database system environment is provided. The embodiments includes initiating a backup operation of a database distributed across a plurality of nodes, and coordinating synchronization of the backup operation within and among the plurality of nodes for parallel, local data dumping with transactional consistency to a single point in time. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262390 | MIGRATION OF EXISTING COMPUTING SYSTEMS TO CLOUD COMPUTING SITES OR VIRTUAL MACHINES - Software, firmware, and systems are described herein that migrate functionality of a source physical computing device to a destination virtual machine. A non-production copy of data associated with a source physical computing device is created. A configuration of the source physical computing device is determined. A configuration for a destination virtual machine is determined based at least in part on the configuration of the source physical computing device. The destination virtual machine is provided access to data and metadata associated with the source physical computing device using the non-production copy of data associated with the source physical computing device. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262391 | Onsite Backup For Third Party Internet-Based Systems - A system for onsite backup of internet-based data is provided. The system includes a central computer, a client computer, a communications link between the central computer and the Internet, and a communications link between the client computer and the Internet. The system also includes at least one database containing a plurality of data records accessible by the central computer, each data record containing a client identification number. Software executing on the central computer receives a data backup request, and software executing on the central computer transmits the data backup to the client computer. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262392 | INFORMATION MANAGEMENT OF MOBILE DEVICE DATA - A method and system for providing information management of mobile device data provides a user interface to permit a user of an information management system to define information management policies for the mobile device, receives definitions of the information management policies from the provided interface, and sends data from the mobile device to the information management system in accordance with the information management policies. In some examples, the system sends information identifying the user and the mobile device to the information management system, and/or sends the information management policies defined from the interface to the information management system. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262393 | Database backup without particularly specifying server - A backup policy specifies one or more given databases to be backed up. Servers dynamically host databases including the given databases. A given server from which each given database or a replica thereof is to be backed up is selected or chosen, by evaluating a predetermined backup strategy specified by the backup policy against a current state of the servers and the databases. The predetermined backup strategy governs how a given server is to be chosen from which each given database or a replica thereof is to be backed up. The backup policy does not particularly specify from which of the servers the given databases or replicas thereof are to be backed up. Each given database or a replica thereof is backed up from the given server selected or chosen for the given database. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262394 | SEARCH FILTERED FILE SYSTEM USING SECONDARY STORAGE - Techniques for enabling user search of content stored in a file archive include providing a search interface comprising a search rules portion and an action rules portion, receiving a file archive search criterion comprising at least one search rule, and searching the file archive using the search criterion. The techniques also include generating a set of files filtered using the search criterion and performing an action specified in the action rules portion on a file included in the set of files. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262395 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR RESTORING DATA OBJECTS - The subject matter discloses a method for handling a data object. The method comprises the steps of storing a pointer to a physical location of the data object in a first data repository; associating, in the first data repository, the pointer with a logical location of the data object; receiving an event indicating a blocking of a user access to the data object; retrieving the pointer from the first data repository as a result of the receiving of the event; accessing the physical location by using the retrieved pointer; and copying the data object from the physical location to a second data repository, thereby enabling the restoring of said data object. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262396 | DATA STORAGE RECOVERY AUTOMATION - According to certain aspects, systems and methods are provided for automating recovery of a networked data storage environment. For instance, a system can generate a data recovery package configured to automatically carry out a process for recovering a data storage environment and/or associated data. The content of the particular workflow depends on the data storage environment, and can be defined by a user. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262397 | SECURE AND RELIABLE REMOTE DATA PROTECTION - A virtual file system may be used to determine a data file, and a splitter may then split the data file into at least a first portion and a second portion, and may provide a parity file using the first portion and the second portion. Any two of the first portion, the second portion, and the parity file include sufficient information to reconstruct the data file. A dispatcher may then distribute the first portion, the second portion, and the parity file for individual storage thereof using at least three separate storage locations. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262398 | SCATTER GATHER LIST FOR DATA INTEGRITY - A system and method for improving message passing between a computer and peripheral devices is disclosed. The system and method for improving message passing between a computer and peripheral devices incorporate data checking on the command/message data and each scatter gather list element. The method in accordance with the present disclosure enables a peripheral device to check the integrity of the message and ownership of the scatter gather list element before the data is processed. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262399 | MANAGING TEST DATA IN LARGE SCALE PERFORMANCE ENVIRONMENT - A method of processing a database can include comparing, using a processor, a delta file with a risk assessment criterion, wherein the delta file is generated from a first schema and a second and different schema, assigning a risk level to a change specified within the delta file according to the comparing, and applying the change of the delta file to a test database conforming to the first schema according to the assigned risk level. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262400 | DATA INDEX QUERY METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a data index query method including: after performing Gray encoding on an index attribute, shuffling and encoding, by a server side, a Gray code corresponding to the index attribute to generate at least one index key value and storing the index key value; generating, by the server side according to query condition information carried in a query request, an index key value set or interval corresponding to the query condition information; obtaining an indicator set or interval used for indicating data and corresponding to the index key value set or interval according to the index key value set or interval; generating an intermediate data set corresponding to the indicator set or interval; and finally obtaining, from the intermediate data set, a target data set corresponding to the query condition information according to the query condition information carried in the query request. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262401 | System and Method for License Reclamation - The present disclosure describes systems and methods for managing and implementing an asset license reclamation program across a network. The status of an asset, such as computer software, is automatically determined and if the asset does not meet particular use criteria, the asset may be flagged for reclamation and/or redeployment, either within the same network segment or in a separate network segment. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262402 | Validating Data - A method of validating data that includes receiving a bill of material and a part provisioning dataset and extracting at least one of part information from the bill of material or part provisioning information from the part provisioning dataset. The method further includes comparing the part information to the part provisioning information and determining a compatibility between the part information and the part provisioning information. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262403 | UNIQUE ATTRIBUTE CONSTRAINTS FOR VERSIONED DATABASE OBJECTS - Methods and apparatus for ensuring uniqueness of database object attributes are disclosed. An example computer-implemented method includes receiving a request to insert, update or delete a versioned database object having a first identifier (ID) in a main database table. The method further includes determining, based on the request, whether to fire an insert trigger, a delete trigger or an update trigger for the main database table. In the event an insert trigger is fired, the method includes performing, in a secondary database table, a record insertion process. In the event a delete trigger is fired, the method includes performing, in the secondary database table, a record deletion process. In the event an update trigger is fired, the method includes performing, in the secondary database table, at least one of the record insertion process for a post-update versioned database object and the record deletion process for a pre-update versioned database object. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262404 | Systems, Methods, And Computer Program Products For Scheduling Processing To Achieve Space Savings - A method performed in a system that has a plurality of volumes stored to storage hardware, the method including generating, for each of the volumes, a respective space saving potential iteratively over time and scheduling space saving operations among the plurality of volumes by analyzing each of the volumes for space saving potential and assigning priority of resources based at least in part on space saving potential. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262405 | Virtual Block Devices - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for virtual block storage. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a request to initialize a virtual machine, the virtual machine having an associated virtual block device; accessing a file map comprising a plurality of file map entries; determining file map entries corresponding to blocks of data allocated to the virtual block device and one or more files in which the blocks of data allocated to the virtual block device are stored; determining that a particular one of the blocks allocated to the virtual block device has been written to a new position not associated with the particular block in the file map; and updating the position associated with the particular block to the new position. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262406 | AUTOMATED SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DATA SCRUBBING - A system and method enabling automated data cleansing and scrubbing at the attribute level is disclosed. A consolidated view may be provided of the scrubbed data or narratives that gets promoted to a final copy and the data or narratives received from multiple sources on a single user interface. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262407 | MULTIPLEX CLASSIFICATION FOR TABULAR DATA COMPRESSION - For multiplexer classification for column compression of tabular data, similar type data segments are classified into classes for grouping the data segments into compression streams associated with each one of the classes. The compression streams are encoded based on a class-specific optimized encoding operation. The compression streams into one output buffer, wherein the compression streams are extracted. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262408 | TRANSFORMATION FUNCTIONS FOR COMPRESSION AND DECOMPRESSION OF DATA IN COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTS AND SYSTEMS - One or more transformation functions can be used in connection or together with one or more compression/decompression techniques. A transformation function can transform data (e.g., a data object) into a form more suitable for compression and/or decompression. As a result, data can be compressed and/or decompressed more effectively. In addition, multiple data objects can be associated with various transformation functions and/or compression/decompression techniques. As a result, different approaches can be taken with respect to compression and decompression of data objects in an effort to find an optimum approach for compression of data objects that may vary significantly from each other and change over time. It will be appreciated that the objects can be associated with transformation functions in a dynamic manner to accommodate changes to data. Also, an extendible and/or extensible system can allow for growth and adaption of new data in forms not currently present or expected. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262409 | MULTIPLEX CLASSIFICATION FOR TABULAR DATA COMPRESSION - For column compression of tabular data, similar type data segments are classified into classes for grouping the data segments into compression streams associated with each one of the classes. The compression streams are encoded based on a class-specific optimized encoding operation. The compression streams into one output buffer, wherein the compression streams are extracted. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262410 | DATA PREVIEWING BEFORE RECALLING LARGE DATA FILES - Techniques for providing data preview before recalling large data files are disclosed. In one aspect, a data file is made accessible while being offline by converting the data file from a native format to a preview format, storing the data file in the preview format in a primary storage that is locally available and moving, after the conversion to the preview format, the data file in the native format to a secondary storage. When a viewing request is received for the data file, the data file in the preview format is displayed to fulfill the viewing request. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262411 | FILE MAP COMPRESSION - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for compressing file maps. In one aspect, a method includes accessing a file maintained by a file system that manages access to a block device. The file includes a plurality of active blocks associated with a respective logical block number and a respective block index. The method also includes assigning a file index to the file, analyzing the file to determine a maximum block index and a minimum block index, and identifying runs of blocks in the plurality of active blocks. Each run of blocks includes a respective start block. For each of the runs of blocks, the method includes identifying a respective length. For each start block, the method includes generating a file map entry for each start block. The method also includes storing the file map entries in a file map. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262412 | Method and System For Database Transaction Log Compression On SQL Server - The present invention provides a method and system for providing database transaction log compression, where the transaction log data that is written to the transaction log file is compressed independently from the database data. In accordance with the present invention, the method and system provide for obtaining data to be written to the database transaction log file, compressing the data to be written to the database transaction log file and writing the compressed transaction log data to the database transaction log file. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262413 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICES THAT MERGE FILES, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHODS FOR MERGING FILES, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA STORING INSTRUCTIONS THAT INSTRUCT INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICES TO MERGE FILES - An information processing devices transmits a request including identifying information that identifies the information processing device. The information processing device receives a first file and first location information that represents a location of a first terminal device. The information processing device receives a second file and second location information that represents a location of a second terminal device. The information processing device determines a positional relationship between the first and second terminal devices based on the first and second location information. The information processing device merges the first and second files in an arrangement based on the positional relationship between the first and second terminal devices. Some information processing devices receive a first file request and particular identifying information identifying a particular terminal device. The information processing devices transmit a second file request and a particular response including a particular file in response to receiving the first file request. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262414 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTI-RESIDUE MULTIVARIATE DATA COMPRESSION - A method for encoding data comprising generating a table having N moduli, where N is a positive integer equal to two or more, where each of a plurality of integers has a unique set of residue values associated with the moduli. Storing or transmitting the first data field value of a sequence of L data fields values, where L is an integer equal to or greater than 2. Storing or transmitting a set of K residue values, where K2013-10-03 | |
20130262415 | AUTOMATED ENCODING OF INCREMENT OPERATORS - In one example a method includes: receiving a first input value associated with a first data field; responsive to determining that the first data field is associated with an increment operation, selecting a second input value associated with a corresponding second data field of a previously transmitted message; comparing the first input value and second input value to determine if the first input value includes a sum of the second input value and an increment value; when the first input value includes the sum of the second input value and increment value, generating a message that omits the first input value for the first data field, and providing an operator symbol indicating the increment operation to specify that the first data field of the message is to be associated with the sum of the increment value and second input value of the second data field in the previously transmitted message. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262416 | Methods for Discovering Sensitive Information on Computer Networks - One embodiment of a method of the present invention for discovering sensitive information on computer network provides for discovering databases on a computer network, defining a pattern for a data discovery, discovering qualifying records by matching the pattern with field names and/or record values in the databases, sending electronic notification to a database administrator managing the qualifying database, receiving a selection choice from the database administrator managing the qualifying database identifying the status for the qualifying records. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262417 | Graphical Representation and Automatic Generation of Iteration Rule - Embodiments relate to graphical representation and/or automatic generation of an iteration rule in mapping design that is to integrate or transform one or more input data sets into another target data set. The input and output data set can be of flat or hierarchical in nature. In an embodiment, a graphical interface allows users to specify an iteration rule (e.g. JOIN operation in a relational database) in a tree-like structure (e.g. a JOIN tree). The interface allows users to visualize and implement complicated and powerful combinations of multiple data sets, including data sets exhibiting hierarchical structure. Drag-and-drop techniques may be employed to reduce the need for manual typing. Also disclosed are procedures automatically generating an iteration rule based on the data mapping information, thereby reducing a need for manual mapping. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262418 | INFORMATION MANAGEMENT POLICY BASED ON RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF A FILE - The relative importance of a file is determined based on an importance parameter and an information management policy is caused to be applied to the file based on the determined relative importance of the file. The importance parameter may be the author of the file, the number of users with whom the file is shared, the relationship between the users with whom a file is shared, the uniqueness of the file, or the presence of particular keywords in the file. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262419 | SEMANTIC DIFF AND AUTOMERGE - Resolving conflicting changes to structured data files. A method includes for a structured data file which has both a generic structure and dialects built on top of the generic structure, for which conflicting changes have been made, and where an original version of the structured data, a first version of the structured data and a second version of the structured data exist, determining a dialect of the structured data. The method further includes, based on the determined dialect performing at least one of merge or diff operations on the original version of the structured data, the first version of the structured data and the second version of the structured data. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262420 | DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT - The invention generally relates to document management, including the management of documents and versions of documents within collaboration and document sharing systems. An access tracking version manager according to the invention allows document versions to be stored and managed in situations where various people have access to different document versions within a document chain. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262421 | CHECKSUM AND HASHING OPERATIONS RESILIENT TO MALICIOUS INPUT DATA - A resilient hashing system leverages a fast, non-cryptographic hash/checksum function that has good diffusion properties while remaining reasonably efficient on modern central processing units (CPUs). The hash function uses random secret data so that hash keys for particular data are difficult to predict. Due to its internal structure, well-chosen random secret data is difficult for an attacker to counter without having access to the direct output of the hash function. At every stage of the block function, there are at least two operations that can be performed in parallel, increasing performance on modern superscalar CPUs. Thus, the resilient hashing system provides a hash table and checksum that can be used in Internet-facing or other vulnerable sources of input data to manage performance in the face of malicious attacks. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262422 | DATA DEDUPLICATION USING CRC-SEED DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN DATA AND STUBS - Various embodiments for differentiating between data and stubs pointing to a parent copy of deduplicated data are provided. Undeduplicated data is stored with a checksum of an initial value as a first cyclic redundancy check (CRC) seed. A stub pointing to the parent copy of the deduplicated data is stored with an additional checksum of a differing, additional initial value as a second CRC seed. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262423 | CONTROLLED LOCK VIOLATION FOR DATA TRANSACTIONS - A system, method, and non-transitory computer readable medium for providing controlled lock violation for data transactions are presented. The system includes a processor for executing a first data transaction and a second data transaction, the first and second data transactions operating on a plurality of data resources. A controlled lock violation module grants to the second transaction a conflicting lock to a data resource locked by the first transaction with a lock, the conflicting lock granted to the second transaction while the first transaction holds its lock. The controlled lock violation module can be applied to distributed transactions in a two-phase commit and to canned transactions. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262424 | DATABASE SYSTEM TRANSACTION MANAGEMENT - Systems, methods, and products for database system transaction management are provided herein. One aspect provides for annotating via a computing device at least one data object residing on the computing device utilizing at least one transaction tag, the at least one transaction tag being configured to indicate a status of an associated data object; processing at least one database transaction utilizing a transactional memory process, wherein access to the at least one data object is determined based on the status of the at least one data object; and updating the status of the at least one data object responsive to an attempted access of the at least one data object by the at least one database transaction. Other embodiments and aspects are also described herein. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262425 | TECHNIQUES TO PERFORM IN-DATABASE COMPUTATIONAL PROGRAMMING - Techniques to perform in-database computational programming. In one embodiment, for example, an apparatus may comprise a processor circuit and a client application operative on the processor circuit to generate a general request to perform an analytical calculation on data stored in a distributed database system based on a compute model, where the client application uses a threaded kernel service layer. The apparatus may also comprise a compute request component operative on the processor circuit to convert the general request to a compute request having a request format used by the distributed database system, and send the compute request to a node of the distributed database system having an analytic container. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262426 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACCESSING DATABASE AND DATABASE APPLICATION SYSTEM - A method for accessing a database is disclosed, which includes: receiving a modification operation request for shared data in the database which is mapped into a process address space; decomposing the modification operation request to a preset number of atomic operation sequences; invoking atomic operation interfaces according to an execution order of the various atomic operation sequences; and accessing the shared data in the database, which is mapped into the process address space, through atomic operations which are provided by the atomic operation interfaces. An apparatus for accessing a database and a database application system are also disclosed. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262427 | CONTEXT-SENSITIVE DEEPLINKS - Deeplinks relevant to the context of a search query are included with a search result returned in response to the search query. Deeplink hierarchies may be generated for websites by analyzing web pages within the websites. A deeplink hierarchy for a website includes a hierarchy of nodes with each node including a group of deeplinks to web pages within the website. When a search query is received and a web page result identified, the search query may be employed to identify a relevant node of deeplinks from a deeplink hierarchy for a website corresponding with the web page result. A search result may then be returned for the web page result that includes the identified deeplinks. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262428 | Systems for Discovering Sensitive Information on Computer Networks - One embodiment of a system of the present invention for discovering sensitive information on computer network includes means for discovering databases on a computer network, means for defining a pattern for a data discovery, means for discovering qualifying records by matching the pattern with field names and/or record values in the databases, means for sending electronic notification to a database administrator managing the qualifying database, means for receiving a selection choice from the database administrator managing the qualifying database identifying the status for the qualifying records. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262429 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATED END TO END CONTENT TRACKING IN PEER TO PEER ENVIRONMENTS - A method, computer readable medium and system for automatically tracking content in a peer-to-peer environment are disclosed. For example, the method monitors a number of times each content title of a plurality of content titles are downloaded in the peer-to-peer environment, adds one or more content titles of the plurality of content titles that are downloaded above a predetermined threshold to a list, downloads each one of the one or more content titles in the list via the peer-to-peer environment and verifies that each one of the one or more content titles that are downloaded matches at least one content title in the list. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262430 | DOMINANT IMAGE DETERMINATION FOR SEARCH RESULTS - Architecture that computes a dominant image from one or more images on a webpage. A dominant image classifier scans webpages in an offline-created index to identify the prominent images in the webpages. In a more specific implementation the image selected is the image associated with a name query. Face detection technology can be utilized to identify which of the images on a given webpage contain faces. A query classifier identifies queries that contain people names. In the context of search engines and search result pages, the web results for name queries can further include prominent people face images as thumbnail images. Additional facts (structured data) can further be included that together with the results elements of caption title, snippet and attribute (uniform resource locator (URL)) provide an improved summary of the person on the page. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262431 | Method and Apparatus for Identifying and Recommending Content - A method for matching a search request from a client device includes detecting the search request from the client device, storing content listings within a content database where each of the content listings represents content, and searching for a match result between the search request and the content listings. A subscription to a subscribed content provider is detected and associated with the client device. The match result is displayed to indicate the content listings associated with the subscribed content provider. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262432 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED PROCESSING OF AN SQL QUERY MADE AGAINST A RELATIONAL DATABASE - A system and method for improved processing of an SQL query made against a relational database is disclosed. In one example embodiment, the method includes parsing the SQL query, received against the relational database, to obtain each operator and associated one or more operands and sequence of execution of the operators. Further, it is determined whether all needed closure-friendly operators exist. Furthermore, any available closure-friendly operators are obtained from a pattern repository if all needed closure-friendly operators do not exist. In addition, remaining or all non-available closure-friendly operators are dynamically generated. Moreover, the available closure-friendly operators and the dynamically generated closure-friendly operators are grouped into one or more patterns and impact of each pattern on a queried relational database and a database schema is classified. Also, the SQL query is executed using the one or more patterns based on sequence of the execution of the operators. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262433 | Filtering a Distributed Join - Methods, program products, and systems for filtering a distributed join are described. A computing device can receive a database join request to join a first table stored on a first system and a second table stored on a second system to create a related data set. The join request can include a filtering condition for filtering the related data set. The system can divide the filtering condition into a first sub-condition and a second sub-condition, and send the first sub-condition and a second sub-condition to the first system and second system, respectively. The first system and second system can then perform filtering locally, and send filtered intermediate result to the computing device. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262434 | QUERYING SPATIAL EVENTS IN A VEHICLE NETWORK, AND OPTIMIZED QUERIER - A method of querying spatial events in a vehicle network includes receiving, by a processing device, a query condition of a user; in response to reception of the query condition of the user, determining context information of a position where the user locates; and according to the query condition of the user and the context information of the position where the user locates, querying an index table recording correspondence between terminal nodes of roads in a road map and spatial events to obtain spatial events meeting the query condition of the user. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262435 | ADAPTIVE QUERY EXECUTION PLAN ENHANCEMENT - An adaptive query execution plan enhancement is provided by: selecting a sample of literal sets from an execution history of a query statement; determining a plurality of access paths by applying each literal set in the sample to the query statement; for each given access path of the plurality of access paths, determining a total execution cost by applying each literal set in the sample to the given access path; and selecting a preferred access path from the plurality of access paths based on the total execution costs for each given access path. A plurality of preferred access paths for a plurality of query statements in an application workload is collected and may be presented as a query execution plan enhancement recommendation to users. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262436 | OBTAINING PARTIAL RESULTS FROM A DATABASE QUERY - A database query governor determines when a query cannot be executed within a defined time threshold, but still executes the query or some variant of the query so partial results for the query may be returned to the user after executing for less than the defined time threshold, instead of an error message indicating the query was not executed at all. The partial results provide information to the user that may be sufficient for some applications, or may indicate to the user how the query could be modified to run in less time. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262437 | Energy-Efficient Query Optimization - A query optimizer may determine the time sensitivity of a database query using the query semantics information. The query optimizer may determine a query execution plan based on the time sensitivity of the database query. The query execution plan may also be based on performance characteristics of database servers. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262438 | Index Entries Configured to Support Both Conversation and Message Based Searching - A conversation server system having one or more processors and memory stores a plurality of index components in an index, a respective index entry corresponding to a respective term and having a plurality of index components, a respective index component of the respective index entry identifying a message that is associated with the respective term. The server receives a first message, associates the first message with a conversation having at least one other message and stores, in the index, a plurality of first-message index components that each include an identifier of the first message. The first-message index components include one or more index components indicative of a plurality of message terms in the first message and one or more index components indicative of one or more conversation terms in the conversation, the one or more conversation terms comprising one or more terms that are not in the first message. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262439 | ACTIVITY BASED SEARCH - A method includes identifying at least one document associated with content from at least one digital content source. The at least one document includes information identifying at least one aspect of the content. The method also includes determining a document index for the at least one document based on keywords included in the at least one document. An activity field is inserted into the document index. The method includes accessing activity information. The activity information identifies at least one activity keyword associated with at least one activity. The method further includes identifying at least one present activity keyword in the document based on the activity information. An indicator of at least one present activity is determined based on the at least one present activity keyword. The method includes indexing the indicator of the at least one present activity in the activity field of the document index. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262440 | ADDITIONAL QUERY DATE TERM GRANULARITY - Additional date term granularity may be added to query results and query interfaces used to append query results. Initially, a partial execution of a query may be triggered to identify fields and field types. Fields may be classified as date fields based on their field type. The query may be appended to compute one or more time periods for each classified date field. Each time period may identify a broader time period than the data included in a corresponding classified date field. A query result, which may include the computed time period(s) and time period field(s), may be generated from the execution of the appended query. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262441 | CONCEPTS FOR VIEWING AND ACCESSING CLAIM VERSIONS - Systems, methods, apparatus, and computer program products are provided for accessing, navigating, and displaying multiple versions of claims in an efficient and customer-friendly manner. In various embodiments, claims can be processed and stored such that they can be displayed via an interface in a graphical format (e.g., textual, circular, hierarchical, etc.). | 2013-10-03 |
20130262442 | Method for Displaying Search Results - Methods and systems for presenting document search results to a user. A user enters search terms to be matched with indicators mentioned in documents from a specific corpus of documents. The search results, which are the documents with indicators or content that match the search terms, are provided to the user using a user interface. Each document in the search results are represented by a marker on a map in the user interface. Other indicators which appear with the searched for indicators in the documents are also mapped to the user interface. Documents with similar indicators in their content are clustered together in the map and the markers which represent them are color coded to differentiate them from markers belonging to other clusters. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262443 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING DATA QUERIES - The invention relates to a method and system that provide a high performance and extremely scalable triple store within the Resource Description Framework (or alternative data models), with optimized query execution. An embodiment of the invention provides a data storage and analysis system to support scalable monitoring and analysis of business processes along multiple configurable perspectives and levels of granularity. This embodiment analyses data from processes that have been already executed and from ongoing processes, as a continuous flow of information. This embodiment provides defining and monitoring processes based on no initial domain knowledge about the process and such that the process will be built only from the incoming flow of information. Another embodiment of the invention provides a grid infrastructure that allows storage of data across many grid nodes and distribution of the workload, avoiding the bottleneck represented by constantly querying a database. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262444 | CARD VIEW FOR PROJECT RESOURCE SEARCH RESULTS - A system and method for facilitating displaying search results in an enterprise computing environment. An example method includes determining results of a computer based search in response to a resource request; displaying the results via one or more cards, wherein each of the one or more cards includes information pertaining to a particular search result; and illustrating, in a card, at least a portion of the information via one or more graphics. In a specific embodiment, the one or more graphics include one or more visually coded graphics, including an indicator illustrating a qualification score associated with a human resource, and an indicator illustrating an availability score associated with the human resource. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262445 | BROWSING REAL-TIME SEARCH RESULTS RELIABLY ON A MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE - A system for browsing real-time search results reliably on mobile computer device. In one embodiment, the system comprises a search application that runs on a mobile computing device equipped with a touch screen display, and obtains search results from a search back-end connected to the device through the Internet. A user submits a query and the search application renders results pertaining to a snapshot of a result set of the query in a scrollable visual container shown on the display. The user requests an increase in the number of results listed in the container by attempting to scroll the container beyond a maximally scrolled position, using a swipe gesture. The search application replaces the list of results shown in the container with a longer list of results pertaining to a more recent snapshot of the result set, highlighting those results that have not been previously shown to the user. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262446 | SEARCH APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A terminal configured to be communicable with a server capable of separating a total set of a search index into a plurality of subsets and providing the plurality of subsets includes: a specifying unit configured to specify a specific subset from the plurality of subsets; an acquisition unit configured to acquire the subset specified by the specifying unit from the server; a holding unit configured to hold the subset acquired by the acquisition unit; and a search processing unit configured to perform search processing by using a search index of the subset held by the holding unit. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262447 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO PROVIDE INLINE REFINEMENT OF ON-LINE SEARCHES - Method and system to provide in-line refinement of online searches is described. The system may include a listing access module, an attribute selector, a filter control generator, and a presentation module. The listing access module may be configured to access a listing submitted to an on-line trading platform. The attribute selector may be configured to select an attribute in the listing. The filter control generator module may be configured to link the attribute to a search filter. The presentation module may be configured to present the attribute in the listing as a filler control in a presentation of the listing. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262448 | MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER-READABLE INSTRUCTIONS - A management device transmits to a target device a first GETNEXT request comprising a first group of Ma-combined IDs. Each combined ID is a combination of a target ID and one of Ma-index values. Each index value has a first value in its highest digit(s) and one of consecutive values in its lowest digit. The management device obtains Ma-partial information and a second group of an Ma-combined IDs corresponding to the Ma-partial information, identifies a greatest combined ID having a greatest index value from the second group, and transmits a second GETNEXT request comprising Mb-combined IDs comprising the identified greatest combined ID. Each combined ID is a combination of the target ID and one of Mb-index values. Each index value has a second value different from the second value in its highest digit(s) and one of consecutive values in its lowest digit. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262449 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEARCH REFINEMENT USING KNOWLEDGE MODEL - A system and method for information retrieval are presented. A first query is executed against a knowledge base using a natural language query to generate a result set. The knowledge base identifies a plurality of items, each associated with at least one annotation identifying at one of a plurality of entities in a knowledge model that defines a plurality of entities and interrelationships between one or more of the plurality of entities for a knowledge domain. The result set identifies a first set of items in the knowledge base. A graph of one or more of the entities in the knowledge model database is generated using a plurality of terms from the result set and the natural language query. A selection of one of the entities in the graph can be received from the client computer and used to restrict the number of items in the result set. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262450 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING MULTI-DIRECTIONAL VISUAL BROWSING - Systems and methods for multi-directional visual browsing on an electronic device are described. In example embodiments, a primary result and a peripheral result are determined. A display layout based on attributes associated with the primary result and the peripheral result is generated. The display layout is then formatted into instructions, which will cause a device to render the display layout. The instructions are transmitted to the client device. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262451 | ANALYSIS SUPPORT APPARATUS, ANALYSIS SUPPORT METHOD AND ANALYSIS SUPPORT PROGRAM - An analysis support apparatus is disclosed. A storage part stores component information of components forming an information system, the component information including a component type and a relationship to other components, for each component. An extraction part extracts information of first traced components specified by tracing the relationship from a first component. An integration part integrates information of the first traced components to inter-type relationships between groups of the components having same component type, based on a correspondence of a component type of a related source and a component type of a related destination. A first layer applying part applies a first layer to a specific component type of second traced components traced by a first component type which the first component belongs to, by tracing the inter-type relationship from the first type and by acquiring the first layer of the inter-type relationship traced from the first component type. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262452 | Server for Conveying a Set of Contact Identification Data to a User Equipment, Methods Therefor, User Equipment, Computer Programs and Computer Program Products - The invention relates to a server ( | 2013-10-03 |
20130262453 | Estimating Thread Participant Expertise Using A Competition-Based Model - The subject disclosure is directed towards ranking participants in an online platform according to expertise. A competition-based metric is applied to question and answer threads in order to model each thread as a set of comparisons between various groups of the participants. After aggregating comparison results for the question and answer treads, one or more relative expertise scores may be estimated for each participant. Each relative expertise score may correspond to a specific category of questions. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262454 | IDENTIFYING WEB PAGES OF THE WORLD WIDE WEB HAVING RELEVANCE TO A FIRST FILE - Methods and systems for providing related web pages are disclosed. One method includes identifying a plurality of web pages, wherein the plurality of web pages each have a relationship with the first file, wherein the world wide web provides a platform for sharing web pages, and wherein each web page includes a document or information resource that is suitable for the world wide web and is accessible through a web browser. The method further includes generating a list of inquiries based on the plurality of web pages, providing, the list of inquiries to at least one author of the first file, receiving from the at least one author at least one response to the list of inquiries, selecting a subset of the plurality of web pages based on the at least one response, and storing information related to the selected subset of the plurality of web pages. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262455 | REAL TIME IMPLICIT USER MODELING FOR PERSONALIZED SEARCH - A method and apparatus for utilizing user behavior to immediately modify sets of search results so that the most relevant documents are moved to the top. In one embodiment of the invention, behavior data, which can come from virtually any activity, is used to infer the user's intent. The updated inferred implicit user model is then exploited immediately by re-ranking the set of matched documents to best reflect the information need of the user. The system updates the user model and immediately re-ranks documents at every opportunity in order to constantly provide the most optimal results. In another embodiment, the system determines, based on the similarity of results sets, if the current query belongs in the same information session as one or more previous queries. If so, the current query is expanded with additional keywords in order to improve the targeting of the results. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262456 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SEARCHING RELATED TERMS - A method for searching related terms first calculates a direct relationship between every two of a plurality of query terms to obtain a direct related matrix, and calculates a related score between every two of the query terms to obtain a related score matrix. The method further calculates an indirect relationship between every two of the query terms according to the direct relationship and the related score, and determines indirect terms of each query term according to the indirect relationship between every two of the query terms. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262457 | LOCATION NAME SUGGESTION - Some implementations provide techniques and arrangements to generate a ranked set of possible locations of a user based on user information and a user location. Some examples may generate a first set of locations that are near a location associated with the user. Features may be extracted from information about the user and the first set of locations for use by a ranking model. A second set of locations may be generated by the ranking model based on the extracted features and the first set of locations. In some cases, the second set of locations may be a ranked set of one or more of the locations of the first set of locations. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262458 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing device including a theme setting unit that sets a theme to generate an item list including one or more items, an item list editing unit that adds an item designated for the theme by at least a user irrelevant to a setting of the theme to the item list in which the theme is set, and an output control unit that controls an output of the item list. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262459 | IDENTIFYING SOCIAL PROFILES IN A SOCIAL NETWORK HAVING RELEVANCE TO A FIRST FILE - Methods and systems for providing related social profiles in a social network are disclosed. One method identifying a plurality of social profiles within the social network, wherein the plurality of social profiles each have a relationship with the first file, wherein the social network allows uploading and sharing of social profiles of users, and wherein each social profile includes a representation of a user. The method further includes generating, by a system server, a list of inquiries based on the plurality of social profiles, providing, by the system server, the list of inquiries to at least one author of the first file, receiving from the at least one author at least one response to the list of inquiries, selecting a subset of the plurality of social profiles based on the at least one response, and storing information related to the selected subset of the plurality of social profiles. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262460 | Publisher Ecosystem for Preferring Search Sources - Content source owners may associate their sites with a user as the user's preferred source. According to the disclosed subject matter, a preference communication is received indicating that an identified content source is to be a preferred source for an identified user. A set of search results is obtained responsive to a search request from the identified user. The set of search results include at least one search result referencing content from the identified content source. The set of search results is rearranged according preferred sources associated with the identified user, including the identified content source, such that the search result referencing content from the identified content source is repositioned within the ordered set of search results to a more prominent position in the rearranged set of search results. A search results page is generated from the rearranged set of search results and returned to the identified user. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262461 | Method and System for Centralized Issue Tracking - In one embodiment, a method for facilitating centralized issue tracking. The method includes receiving information on a case from an issue tracking system (case information). The method facilitates executing a tagging method stored in a memory device that reads the case information, determines whether a part of the case information is desired information, and then tags the desired information. Finally, the method facilitates communicating the tagged information to a centralized database, where the centralized database stores the tagged information, and where the tagged information is accessible to the issue tracking system and at least one other issue tracking system. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262462 | IDENTIFYING VIDEO FILES OF A VIDEO FILE STORAGE SYSTEM HAVING RELEVANCE TO A FIRST FILE - Methods and systems for providing related video files in a video file storage system are disclosed. One method includes identifying a plurality of video files within the video file storage system, wherein the plurality of video files each have a relationship with the first file, and each video file includes a video and associated information. The method further includes generating, by a system server, a list of inquiries based on the plurality of video files, providing, by the system server, the list of inquiries to at least one creator of the first file, receiving from the at least one creator at least one response to the list of inquiries, selecting a subset of the plurality of video files based on the at least one response, and storing information related to the selected subset of the plurality of video files. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262463 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO PROVIDE SMART TAGGING OF SEARCH INPUT - Method and system to provide smart tagging of search input are described. In one example embodiment, as a user types search terms or keywords into a search box, a computer-implemented system for smart tagging links one or more keywords presented in the search box with an additional presentation. The additional presentation may include a hover window containing additional information associated with the keyword. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262464 | System Configuration Method And Apparatus - Systems and methods of simplifying the configuration of systems, particularly those with components from multiple vendors are disclosed. In one embodiment, the system allows a user to enter the identity of the components that are to be assembled. Based on this, a rules-based logic system in conjunction with a database, generates a customized set of installation instructions for these particular components. These step-by-step instructions are then delivered to the user using a data output system. In some embodiments, the instructions are accompanied by images, illustrations or photographs of the component being described. The data input may be performed in a number of ways. In one embodiment, each component that is included in the database is labeled with an RFID tag which uniquely identifies it. In other embodiments, a bar code, the manufacturing SKU, a QR code, or an identifier from the retailer's receipt provides the identification information. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262465 | FULL AND SEMI-BATCH CLUSTERING - A method for clustering documents is provided. Each document is represented by a multidimensional data point. The data points are initially assigned to a respective cluster and serve as their initial representative points. Thereafter, in an iterative process, the data points are clustered among the clusters, by assigning the data points to the clusters based on a comparison measure of each data point with the cluster or its representative point, and a threshold of the comparison measure. Based on this clustering, a new representative point for each of the clusters can be computed. Optionally, overlapping clusters are merged. For the next iteration, the new representative points are used as the representative points. An assignment of the documents to the clusters is output, based on a clustering of the data points in the latest iteration. Multiple batches may be processed, retaining the initial clusters to which the original batch was assigned. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262466 | GROUP WORK SUPPORT METHOD - A method of supporting a group work includes collecting input contents, which are input by participants via terminals, from the terminals; arranging the collected input contents into input content groups based on groups to which the participants belong; setting a representative flag on each of representative input contents selected from the respective input content groups; extracting the representative input contents and matching input contents, which match a predetermined extracting condition and are different from the representative input contents, from the collected input contents; and displaying a list of the representative input contents and the matching input contents on a display device that all the participants are able to view at a same time. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262467 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING TOKEN-BASED CLASSIFICATION OF DEVICE INFORMATION - An approach is provided for providing token-based classification of device information. A token management platform determines a plurality of tokens. The tokens include at least in part one or more keywords, one or more representative media items, or a combination thereof. The token management platform processes and/or facilitates a processing of a communication history, one or more personal information sources, or a combination thereof associated with a user to determine one or more frequency counts of respective one or more of the tokens. The token management platform then determines to cause, at least in part, a generation of recommendation information based, at least in part, on the one or more frequency counts of the respective one or more tokens. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262468 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes a communication unit and a control unit. The control unit is configured to control the communication unit to receive a plurality of pieces of post information sent from a first user, to obtain a plurality of pieces of evaluation information of another user with respect to the received plurality of post information, to classify the plurality of pieces of post information into a plurality of clusters, and to determine, as an advantage cluster of the first user, a cluster with the highest evaluation in the plurality of pieces of evaluation information out of the plurality of clusters. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262469 | DEMOGRAPHIC AND MEDIA PREFERENCE PREDICTION USING MEDIA CONTENT DATA ANALYSIS - Methods, systems and computer program products are provided for predicting data. A name or title is obtained from a taste profile. There is an index into a data set based on the name or title, and a set of terms and corresponding term weights associated with the name or title are retrieved. A sparse vector is constructed based on the set of terms and term weights. The sparse vector is input to a training model including target data. The target data includes a subset of test data which has a correspondence to a predetermined target metric of data. A respective binary value and confidence level is output for each term, corresponding to an association between the term and the target metric. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262470 | DATA STRUCTURE, INDEX CREATION DEVICE, DATA SEARCH DEVICE, INDEX CREATION METHOD, DATA SEARCH METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - In an inverted list of each node in a taxonomy, among each node, an inverted list of the highest node is a list of integer values indicating an identifier of search subject data, and an inverted list of a node other than the highest node, in place of the identifier, is a list of integer values indicating a position in an inverted list corresponding to a node that is higher by one than the node. Furthermore, a list of integer values in an inverted list of each node is divided into two or more blocks, and a differential value between an integer value and an integer value directly before the integer value in the block is converted into a bit string of a variable length integer code. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262471 | REAL TIME MAPPING OF USER MODELS TO AN INVERTED DATA INDEX FOR RETRIEVAL, FILTERING AND RECOMMENDATION - A catalog record is bridged to information stored in at least one inverted index by receiving an application user interface call associated with a predetermined filter request including a record identifier identifying a record in a relational database. A bitset is generated based on item identifiers in the record. The bitset is applied to at least one inverted index to obtain metadata associated with the item identifiers. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262472 | DATA EXISTENCE JUDGING DEVICE AND DATA EXISTENCE JUDGING METHOD - A data existence judging device includes: L number of first storage areas each associated with one of L hash values; M number of second storage areas each associated with some of the L hash values; an information setting part, for each data in a data set, to calculate k hash values about the data, and, for each calculated hash value, when a count value in the first storage area associated with the calculated hash value is less than 2 | 2013-10-03 |
20130262473 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR REVIEWING FILE MANAGEMENT - Systems, apparatus, methods and articles of manufacture provide for reviewing the management of one or more business files. According to some embodiments, methods may include determining a plurality of file review criteria, determining a plurality of file review questions, determining a respective maximum potential review score for each file review question, determining respective responses for the file review questions, adjusting (if necessary) one or more of the maximum potential review scores, and/or determining at least one review score for each file review question answered. Some embodiments may provide for determining a respective review score for a file for each of one or more predetermined file review criteria. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262474 | METHODS, APPARATUSES AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR FACILITATING LOCATION AND RETRIEVAL OF HEALTH INFORMTION IN A HEALTHCARE SYSTEM - An apparatus is provided for retrieving information associated with one or more patients. The apparatus includes at least one memory and at least one processor configured to receive queries from devices of health care systems. The queries include data requesting information associated with patients that corresponds to specified items of information indicated in the queries. The queries also indicate a predetermined threshold to determine whether the requested information corresponds to respective patients. The processor is further configured to analyze stored patient information to determine items of the patient information that correspond to the specified items of the information. The processor is further configured to detect a subset of the items of the patient information related to health data that is determined to correspond to a respective patient(s) based on a determined value that equals or exceeds the predetermined threshold. Corresponding computer program products and methods are also provided. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262475 | Prioritizing Tasks - Techniques for providing a prioritized task list to a mobile device including identifying a user profile in a portal that includes one or more associations between the user profile, associated with a user, and one or more content sources; comparing, for each task of one or more tasks, the content source associated with the task and the associations stored by the user profile, the content sources providing the tasks; ranking, based on the comparison, the tasks to define a ranked list of tasks; and preparing a subset of the ranked list of tasks for display on the mobile device. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262476 | Prioritizing Feed Content - Techniques for providing prioritized content to a mobile device include detecting, for each feed of a number of feeds delivered to the mobile device through a portal, one or more associated tags, each tag comprising a keyword; comparing the one or more tags associated with the feeds to one or more properties associated with a user profile of a user in the portal; ranking, based on the comparison, the feeds to define a ranked list of feeds; and preparing a subset of the ranked list of feeds for display on the mobile device. | 2013-10-03 |