40th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 76 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130262477 | USING OBSERVATIONS OF A PERSON TO DETERMINE IF DATA CORRESPONDS TO THE PERSON - Systems and methods to store data obtained from observations and to determine a correspondence of certain data to a particular person. In one approach, a method includes: receiving or making a plurality of observations for a person (e.g., data extracted from e-mails sent to the person); storing the observations in a repository (e.g., a database on a server); and determining whether data in a first observation of the observations corresponds to the person, wherein the determining is based on the plurality of observations. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262478 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR RECOMMENDING ITEMS - Recommending one or more items among a plurality of items to a first user by generating a weighted data set by applying a weight factor to each of a plurality of user event data sets each derived from a previous user event of a second user of the recommendation system. Each of the user event data sets includes a user identifier of the second user, an item identifier of an item involved in the previous user event, and time information regarding a time of the previous user event. The weight factor is derived from the time information of the corresponding previous user event. One or more recommended items are determined based on an algorithm using the weighted data set. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262479 | POINTS OF INTEREST (POI) RANKING BASED ON MOBILE USER RELATED DATA - Methods, systems and apparatus for ranking potential points of interest (POIs) of a user stay are disclosed. One system includes an upstream server connected through a network to a mobile device. At least one of the upstream server and a controller of the mobile device is operative to estimate a location of a user stay of the mobile device, access a database of POIs, and parameters of the POIs, and generate a ranking score for a plurality of POIs based on a weighted comparison of each of the parameters of the POIs with corresponding parameters of the user stay. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262480 | CONTENT CATEGORY SCORING FOR NODES IN A LINKED DATABASE - Systems, methods and computer program products are provided for assigning content category scores to nodes of a linked database. The nodes of the linked database include linking nodes and linked nodes. Each linking node is assigned a linking node score for each content category. The linking node score for each content category represents a degree of relevancy of the linking node to the content category. Each of the linked nodes is linked to by at least one of the linking nodes. Each linked node is assigned a content category score for each content category. The content category score for each content category is based on the linking node score for said content category of each linking node that links to the linked node. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262481 | ASSISTED HYBRID MOBILE BROWSER - A system and a method are disclosed for identifying video files on a webpage and streaming video files to a client device. A server receives browsing data including uniform resource locator for a webpage and identifies missing videos on the webpage. The server identifies a source file for the missing videos including identifying a location for each missing video. The server retrieves a thumbnail for each missing video and provides it to a client device. Additionally, the server transcodes the video file responsive to a user input provided by a user. The transcoded video is streamed to the client device. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262482 | KNOWN GOOD LAYOUT - A computer implemented method for preserving preferred customer digital collage layouts is disclosed. A group of digital images is received from a customer. A compatibility score is calculated for a plurality of the digital collage layouts, where each of the digital collage layouts has a plurality of openings and the openings are populated with some or all of the group of digital images. The customer selects one of the populated digital collage layouts. These steps are repeated with subsequent customers and the selection of the digital collage layouts is tracked. The digital collage layouts are stored and ranked based on how often they are selected by customers. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262483 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING INTELLIGENT PROCESSING OF CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION - An approach is provided for providing intelligent processing of contextual information. An context platform determines at least one feature based, at least in part, on one or more contextual parameters The context platform further processes one or more contextual records to determine whether the at least one feature is a feature anchor based, at least in part, on whether the at least feature is represented above at least one threshold level. The context platform also processes the one or more contextual records to determine at least one profile for the at least one feature anchor. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262484 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING PRODUCT REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS - A product regulations and standards management system for filtering, organizing, and generating from product regulations and standards raw data, collected from various governments, regulatory authorities, or trade associations, a plurality of different types of reports organized by the characteristics of the information recorded in the reports, wherein the characteristics include, but not limited to, granularity of the information, product/service lines covered by the information, publication time of the information, effective time period of the information, economic and geographical locations covered by the information. The different types of reports comprise a Basic Summary, a Simple Specification, a Complex Specification, and a Product Guideline. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262485 | High Efficiency Prefix Search Algorithm Supporting Interactive, Fuzzy Search on Geographical Structured Data - A computer-implemented method for retrieving information from a dataset of multiple records includes the steps of receiving a search phrase from a user or client application, the search phrase having a query keyword prefix, and traversing a multilayered spatial tree using the query keyword prefix until a termination condition occurs. The multilayered spatial tree is constructed using geographic information and has a root node and a plurality of child nodes including a plurality of leaf nodes. Each leaf node is associated with a corresponding list of records. At least some of the nodes are each associated with a corresponding hybrid filter including an object filter and a child filter. The object filter directly points to one or more records, and the child filter points to one or more child nodes for a subsequent traversal step. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262486 | Encoding and Decoding of Small Amounts of Text - Text compression and encryption is achieved by using a predetermined dictionary not unique to the encoded text to substitute codes for words and phrases thereby obviating transmission of the dictionary along with transmitted encoded text. The codes of the dictionary are made of one or more text characters such that the message, once encoded, continues to be a legitimate text message and can travel through any data transport medium through which a conventional unencoded text message can travel. Non-word characters delimit codes and unencoded words in an encoded message. Advantages include message filtering and maintaining message threads of short messages, including SMS. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262487 | LOG MANAGEMENT METHOD, LOG MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A log management method includes extracting, before deploying an application which compresses and outputs log information of the application, message format information concerning the log information from source code of the application, deploying the application, and outputting the log information in a form of a message based on the message format information when a device that is able to obtain the log information output from the deployed application obtains the log information. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262488 | INFORMATION CONVERSION DEVICE, COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION CONVERSION METHOD - An information conversion device includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor executes a process including generating a conversion rule for converting a feature quantity vector into a binary string that is longer than a predetermined bit length. The process includes converting each of the feature quantity vectors into a binary string by using the conversion rule generated at the generating. The process includes calculating importance levels of the respective bits in the binary strings based on a distance of the feature quantity vectors. The process includes correcting the conversion rule into one that converts each of the feature quantity vectors into a binary string having the predetermined bit length based on the calculated importance levels. The process includes changing the feature quantity vectors into a binary string having the predetermined bit length by using the conversion rule corrected at the correcting. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262489 | INFORMATION CONVERSION DEVICE AND INFORMATION SEARCH DEVICE - An information conversion device includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor executes a process including converting a feature quantity vector of data which is a target of a search process using a Hamming distance into a symbol string including a binary symbol and a wild card symbol that causes a Hamming distance from the binary symbol to be zero (0). | 2013-10-03 |
20130262490 | PERFORMING A CODE CONVERSION IN A SMALLER TARGET ENCODING SPACE - Embodiments relate to a system, method and program product for performing code conversions. In one embodiment the method includes determining size of encoding space for a source file and a target file upon receipt of a code conversion request and generating a main conversion file upon determination that a target encoding space associated with said target file is smaller than a source encoding space associated with the source file. Subsequently an extension converted file is generated from the source file according to a pre-established mapping table of code conversion stored in a memory. The code conversion request is completed by using the main conversion file and said extension file together so that the source file does not need to be truncated in order to fit into the target conversion space. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262491 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING INFORMATION BASED ON DETECTED BIOMETRIC EVENT DATA - A system and method is provided for processing and storing captured data in a wireless communication device based on detected biometric event data. The captured data may be acquired through a data acquisition system with devices or sensors in an integrated or distributed configuration. The captured data may include multimedia data of an event with time, date and/or location stamping, and captured physiological and behavioral biometric event data in response to the event. The captured data may be dynamically stored in a data binding format or as raw data in a local host device or communicated externally to be stored in a remote host or storage. At least one user preference may be specified for linking a biometric event data to the mapped, analyzed, categorized and stored captured data in a database. Captured data may be retrieved by matching biometric event data to at least one user preference from the database. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262492 | Determination and Handling of Subexpression Overlaps in Regular Expression Decompositions - A computer-implemented method for transforming a finite state automaton (FSA) of a regular expression includes determining, by a computer, a first subexpression R | 2013-10-03 |
20130262493 | Determination and Handling of Subexpression Overlaps in Regular Expression Decompositions - A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium containing computer code that, when executed by a computer, implements a method for transforming a finite state automaton (FSA) of a regular expression, wherein the method includes determining, by a computer, a first subexpression R | 2013-10-03 |
20130262494 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING SELECTED CONTENT VIA A COMPUTER NETWORK - Systems and methods of providing information via a computer network to a computing device are provided. A data processing system can receive information corresponding to activity of the computing device. A condition of a user of the computing device is determined from the activity of the computing device, wherein the condition is independent of user interactions with an input interface of the computing device. A set of criteria associated with content available for delivery to the computing device can be obtained from a database, and a match between the condition and at least a portion of the set of criteria can be identified. Responsive to the match, content associated with a matching portion of the set of criteria can be provided via the computer network to the computing device for display by the computing device. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262495 | DEVICE APPLICATION SEARCH SYSTEM - A card application stored in a USIM provides services in cooperation with device applications stored in a mobile device. The device application is downloaded for use by the user according to need. When the USIM is transferred to the new device at the time of changing the mobile device, the card application is also transferred therewith. Information unique to the card application stored in the USIM and information unique to the device are handed over to a search system, and the search system sends the compatible device application information as the search result based on the information to the mobile device, and makes the mobile device display the search result and then the user selects and performs download procedures according to need. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262496 | DYNAMIC DIRECTORY CONTROL REGISTRATION - Systems and methods for extending the capability of a directory processor by, for example, registering a control are presented. This control can be a non-native control, or a modification to a native control. Further, this disclosure describes example of systems and methods for performing a directory operation, which may include one or more controls. At least some of the one or more controls may be non-native or dynamic controls. In some cases, some of the controls may be native controls. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262497 | Inspection Tool - An electronic tool is disclosed to collect form data to determine if physical adjustments are required by a physical object. The forms may be device agnostic and the data may be stored in a way that the forms may be created, reviewed and edited on virtually any device that can execute a web browser and have periodic network access. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262498 | DATABASE QUERY OPTIMIZATION - Embodiments relate to a system, computer program product and method for database query optimization. An aspect includes a method that extracts complex predicates from a query statement, the query statement having at least two complex predicates. The method then executes a query associated with the query statement and obtains at least a respective execution structure cost (ΔT | 2013-10-03 |
20130262499 | QUERY REWRITING WITH ENTITY DETECTION - A system receives a search query, determines whether the received search query includes an entity name, and determines whether the entity name is associated with a common word or phrase. When the entity name is associated with a common word or phrase, the system generates a link to a rewritten query, performs a search based on the received search query to obtain first search results, and provides the first search results and the link to the rewritten query. When the entity name is not associated with a common word or phrase, the system rewrites the received search query to include a restrict identifier associated with the entity name, generates a link to the received search query, performs a search based on the rewritten search query to obtain second search results, and provides the second search results and the link to the received search query. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262500 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF MONITORING NETWORK DEVICE PARAMETERS CHANGES - A network device that comprises a memory which stores a plurality monitored parameters divided to a plurality of clusters and a plurality of flags each associated with another of the plurality of clusters and an agent which monitors changes in the plurality monitored parameters and updates at least some of the plurality of flags accordingly. The agent receives at least one query from a monitoring entity during a polling cycle and uses the plurality of flags to identify which of the plurality of clusters includes a changed monitored parameter from the plurality monitored parameters. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262501 | CONTEXT-AWARE QUESTION ANSWERING SYSTEM - A question is received to be answered by a question answering (QA) system. The question may be a business intelligence question that is expressed in a natural language. The question is parsed. The parsed question is matched to a pattern from a number of patterns. A technical query associated with the matched pattern is processed to retrieve data relevant to the question from a number of data sources. The QA system generates an answer to the question based on retrieved data. In one aspect, the QA system generates answers based contextual information. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262502 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTINUOUS QUERY PROCESSING - The invention relates to a method and system that provide a continuous querying mechanism that analyses real-time data streams to generate relevant results. It leverages data grid and event processing technology to provide a high performance and extremely scalable continuous querying solution. An embodiment of the invention provides a flexible querying language and data storage to allow users to register their interest in specific types of data, e.g. processes. The users are notified of matching results using an event-based mechanism. In order to efficiently analyse a large amount of data, the embodiment uses a grid infrastructure that allows storage of the data across many grid nodes and distributes the query execution workload, avoiding the bottleneck represented by constantly querying a database. Continuous queries are stored in a Continuous Query Registry and that Registry is invoked every time an insert or update event occurs on the triple store. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262503 | METHODS, APPARATUSES AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR AUDITING PROTECTED HEALTH INFORMATION - An apparatus is provided for auditing protected health information of one or more patients. The apparatus includes at least one memory and at least one processor configured to detect a query to access information stored in a database including patient-related information. The processor is further configured to save the query in an event file. The processor is further configured to capture query-related information associated with the query and save the query-related information in the event file. The processor is further configured to determine that the query involves protected health information. The processor is further configured to transmit, in response to determining that the query involves protected health information, the query-related information to be used in a reporting table. Corresponding computer program products and methods are also provided. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262504 | Case-based Adaptation Framework for Customization Knowledge in Enterprise Systems - Embodiments relate to systems and methods for a case-based adaptation framework allowing adaptation of an existing customizing solution (from a previous case) to a new, unsolved integration, adaptation, or extension problem. Particular embodiments may rely upon an adaptation approach in which the problem solution of a retrieved case is transformed into a new problem solution of the query case by application of adaptation rules. In certain embodiments, a transformational adaptation method may be embedded into an interactive, semi-automatic customization procedure that provides recommendations on possible adaptation steps to the system integrator. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262505 | AUTOMATIC AND SEMI-AUTOMATIC METADATA GENERATION VIA INHERITANCE IN HOMOGENEOUS AND HETEROGENEOUS ENVIRONMENTS - A method and system are provided that analyze a first digital asset to identify a set of attributes of the first digital asset. Search criteria are then formulated, and a search is conducted. Once search results are obtained, at least one second digital asset that is substantially identical to the first digital asset is identified. Then, metadata between the first digital asset and the second digital asset is shared. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262506 | ADDRESS-BASED HISTORICAL DATA RESEARCH TOOL - A method, device and computer program product for address-based historical records research includes receiving input of an address in researching history of persons. In response to receiving the address input, querying, using a computing device, a database to determine if any information is associated with the address, the database comprising information including, for example, names of people who were associated with the address, historical pictures of the address, and community information about the address. In response to locating address data about the inputted address in the database, retrieving the address data and outputting the address data. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262507 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO PROVIDE INLINE SAVED SEARCHES - Method and system to provide inline saved searches are described. In one example embodiment, inline saved search provides on-click access to saving, editing, and retrieval of saved searches. A notification of new item listings in any subsequently performed searches may also be built in. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262508 | GRAPHIC SEARCH APPARATUS AND METHOD - A graphic search apparatus is disclosed. A storage part stores first trace information including information pertinent to graphic data. The first trace information is acquired by tracing sets of the graphic data included in a search range based on a sort result from sorting the sets of the graphic data included in the search range. One of multiple areas included in a predetermined area is set as the search range. A control part starts from beginning graphic data corresponding to the information included in the first trace information stored in the storage part, searches for the graphic data toward an adjacent search range to the search range including the beginning graphic data, and controls a process for updating the first trace information. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262509 | Automated Search - A system and method for automated search which may allow users to program their mobile devices to automatically bring up search results when a user or his mobile device meets a certain set of spatial, temporal, activity, or social context conditions. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262510 | QUERY DERIVED COMMUNICATION MECHANISM FOR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN RELATIONAL DATABASES AND OBJECT-BASED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTS AND SYSTEMS - Techniques for providing communication mechanisms between object-based and relational database systems are disclosed. A communication mechanism (e.g., a Web service) can be effectively derived from one or more query statements (e.g., SQL statements) based on a mapping to the objects of the object-based system. The communication mechanism can be generated in a Top-Down or Contract-First approach based on definitions and/or metadata needed to effectively construct the communication mechanism. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262511 | Determining 3D Model Information From Stored Images - Methods and systems are provided for determining and transmitting applicable lighting information, applicable viewing perspective, and a 3D model for an object in response to a search query. An example method includes receiving, at a server, a search query regarding an object. A 3D model for the object is determined. The 3D model includes three-dimensional shape information about the object. The method also includes determining, based on a plurality of stored images of the object, at least one applicable light field and at least one applicable viewing perspective. A search query result is transmitted from the server. The search query result may include the 3D model, the applicable light field(s), and the applicable viewing perspective(s). A server and a non-transitory computer readable medium are also disclosed that could perform a similar method. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262512 | DATA MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND DATA MANAGEMENT METHOD - A data management method including accepting a request of polygon data including data pertaining to latitude/longitude of each vertex of a polygon, specifying a minimum unit rectangle matching a minimum bounding rectangle of the polygon or including the minimum bounding rectangle from plural unit rectangles formed by recursively dividing a two-dimensional space including a latitude/longitude range and being equally divided in X and Y directions in the same number, generating a character string by assigning values to the minimum unit rectangle or all unit rectangles including the minimum unit rectangle in correspondence with the number of divided parts of the two-dimensional space in the X and Y directions, and alternately arranging the values, in the X or Y direction, starting from values corresponding to a large unit rectangle among the unit rectangles, and storing the polygon data in correspondence with a key including the character string. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262513 | GENERIC APPLICATION PERSISTENCE DATABASE - A method includes receiving a request from a client to perform an application operation, transmitting a generic application persistency statement defined in an application template corresponding to the application, where the template belongs to a set of predefined application templates. Searching a logical database for a first location having entries corresponding to a technical key and an operation identifier, determining a second technical key based on content stored at the first location, searching the logical database for a second location having entries corresponding to the second technical key and a dataset key, determining a third technical key based on content stored at the second location, and accessing locations of the logical database based on the third technical key, wherein the contents of the logical database locations correspond to content of a physical database. A system to implement the method and a computer readable medium are disclosed. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262514 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND DATABASE FOR PERSONAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT WITH ADVANCED ACCESS CONTROLS - A database for online personal information management comprising: a first account; a first database user id; a second database user id, the second database user id being associated with the first account; a set of data nodes, the nodes being interlinked to form a graph; a data object having an associated node, the associated node being one node in the set of data nodes; an associated account; an object owner; at least one share right object associated with a node, the share right object having a parameter indicating whether the share right object is active when the owner is alive or when the object owner is deceased. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262515 | CONSUMER RIGHTS LOCKER - Storing, building, managing, and controlling consumer personal information, including: building at least one level of personal information according to a standard; storing the personal information on a consumer rights locker; defining a scope of access under terms of a consumer to control access to the consumer rights locker; transmitting a plurality of parameters needed to access the consumer rights locker; receiving a request to access the consumer rights locker and the plurality of parameters; comparing the plurality of parameters to the scope of access; and granting access to the consumer rights locker when it is determined that the request is valid, wherein the request is valid when the plurality of parameters includes an access right that is consistent with information in the scope of access. Keywords include consumer rights locker and personal information. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262516 | Data Distribution Database and Method for Data Distribution and Verification - A distribution database includes at least one central database, in which data of use-value given by data a releaser and the values of use are stored, and several local databases, each of which is based at a data releaser's site, and which are bisynchronous with the central database. A method for data distribution and verification is provided. The data distribution database provides security and timeliness and requires lower levels of hardware resources. The method for data distribution and verification pertaining to this invention may enhance the data transmission range and use efficiency, and at the same time prevent the interest of the original data releaser against any harm as a result of data retransmission, and also assure shared interest and security for data users. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262517 | METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR IDENTIFYING FIELDS IN A DATA TREE - Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are provided for an address system to identify a field and/or a row in a data structure. A method may include receiving a request to modify a field of data, wherein the field of data is identified by a received field key. A method may also include determining whether the field of data was rendered for display. A method may also include modifying the field in a tree structure in an instance in which the field of data was rendered for display, wherein the received field key is configured locate an address object that is related to the field. A method may also include modifying the field of data in a tree structure in an instance in which the field of data was not rendered for display by locating the received field key in a field key lookup map, wherein the field key lookup map is configured to locate the address object. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262518 | Deterministic Finite Automata Graph Traversal With Nodal Bit Mapping - An apparatus, and corresponding method, for generating a graph used in performing a search for a match of at least one expression in an input stream is presented. The graph includes a number of interconnected nodes connected solely by valid arcs. A valid arc may also include a nodal bit map including structural information of a node to which the valid arc points to. A walker process may utilize the nodal bit map to determine if a memory access is necessary. The nodal bit map reduces the number of external memory access and therefore reduces system run time. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262519 | Fast Predicate Table Scans Using Single Instruction, Multiple Data Architecture - An approach is provided in which a processor receives a scan request to scan data included in a data table. The processor selects a column in the data table corresponding to the scan request and retrieves column data entries from the selected column. In addition, the processor identifies the width of the selected column and selects a scan algorithm based upon the identified column width. In turn, the processor loads the column data entries into column data vectors and computes scan results from the column data vectors using the selected scan algorithm. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262520 | OVERLOADING R LANGUAGE CONSTRUCTS WITH DATABASE ENGINE CONSTRUCTS - A method, system, and computer program product for interfacing an R language client with a separate database engine environment. The method commences by interpreting an R language code fragment to identify and select R language constructs and transforming the R language constructs into queries or other database language constructs to execute within the database engine environment. The method further implements techniques for transmitting marshaled results (resulting from the execution of the database language constructs) back to the R client environment. In some situations, the marshaled results include an XML schema or DTD or another metadata description of the structure of the results. User conveniences in the form of transparent database query construction, and transparent exploitation of parallelism is achieved by determining the computation resource requirements of executable language constructs, and mapping the execution to one (or more) of, a local R client, a database engine, or a remote execution engine. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262521 | Mechanism for Multiple System Common Scheduling and Analysis of Unrelated Events in a Corrections Facility - A method is presented for use in correctional facilities to manage resources. Particularly, the method includes using a scheduling engine capable of receiving scheduling requests from other systems or direct entry of scheduling data and which is equipped to provide reports that inform the facility of the schedules of all inmates, transportation requirements, and space accommodations. The method may be employed for evaluating the needs for transportation and space and may also be used to generate reports that show relationships between inmates based on activities, locations, and time. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262522 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF HIERARCHICAL DATA CONTAINERS - A method, article of manufacture, and apparatus for managing a computing environment, such as a cloud data repository. In some embodiments, such may include modifying an object or a component of an object at runtime and storing the modified object or modified component of an object in a storage device. In some embodiments, the component of an object being modified may include traits. In some embodiments, traits may be hierarchical data structures, including hierarchical data structures having more than one version. These hierarchical data structures may also contain or be associated with metadata, and may also make up the metadata of a host object. Embodiments provide that policies may be applied to these traits. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262523 | 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 |
20130262524 | INTERFACING AN R LANGUAGE CLIENT ENVIRONMENT WITH A DATABASE ENGINE - A method, system, and computer program product for interfacing an R language client with a separate database engine environment. The method commences by interpreting an R language code fragment to identify and select R language constructs and transforming the R language constructs into queries or other database language constructs to execute within the database engine environment. The method further implements techniques for transmitting marshalled results (resulting from the execution of the database language constructs) back to the R client environment. In some situations, the marshalled results include an XML schema or DTD or another metadata description of the structure of the results. User conveniences in the form of transparent database query construction, and transparent exploitation of parallelism is achieved by determining the computation resource requirements of executable language constructs, and mapping the execution to one (or more) of, a local R client, a database engine, or a remote execution engine. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262525 | Discovering Pivot Type Relationships Between Database Objects - According to a present invention embodiment, a system determines a relationship between source and target database tables, and includes a computer system including at least one processor. Potential pivot keys of the target database table are determined, and maps are created for each potential pivot key between the database tables based on distinct values. Transformations for each map are generated that enable target data to be produced from source data. The transformations for each potential pivot key are analyzed and the potential pivot key with the transformations that generate the greatest amount of matching data is selected as the resulting pivot key. The database table columns corresponding to the resulting pivot key are determined to be associated by the relationship. Embodiments of the present invention further include a method and computer program product for determining a relationship between source and target database tables in substantially the same manner described above. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262526 | 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 - Information processing devices include a sensor, a storage device, a communication device, a processor, and a memory. The information processing devices receive a particular file and particular sensor information from a terminal device. The particular sensor information is generated by the terminal device. The information processing devices access certain sensor information generated by the sensor. The information processing devices determine a merge condition based on the particular sensor information and the certain sensor information. The information processing devices merge a certain file stored in the storage device and the particular file based on the merge condition. Some information processing devices transmit certain sensor information to another terminal device. Such information processing devices receive a particular file and a merge condition from the other terminal device. Such information processing devices merge a certain file stored in the storage portion and the particular file based on the merge condition. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262527 | SMART PROGRESS INDICATOR - Methods, program products, and systems for a smart progress indicator are described. A smart progress indicator can be user-configurable and user-programmable. A smart progress indicator can represent a ratio between a completed portion of a task and the whole task. In addition, the smart progress indicator can include triggers such that the smart progress indicator can have different colors or patterns depending on whether or not one or more conditions are satisfied. In some implementations, the smart progress indicator can dynamically change data sources for the completed portion of the task or for the whole task based on the conditions. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262528 | Mobile Sales Tracking System - Systems and methods for managing sales and marketing information. A mobile device is configured to display a screen that includes a plurality of icons. In response to activating the icons, the mobile device retrieves and transmits data associated with sales and marketing data obtained by canvassing a neighborhood and displays this data to the mobile device user. The data is maintained in system database so that all system users have access to updated data on sales associate availability for appointments, job status, and sales leads obtained from canvassing. The mobile device is further configured to display a map with symbols that indicate the location of addresses associated with sales and marketing data in the database. The mobile device user may retrieve data associated with an address by selecting one of the symbols. The symbols displayed are adjusted based on the map scale and mobile device location. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262529 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND PROCESSING METHOD FOR USE THEREWITH - Information processing system including pluralities of first and second equipment items, and a third equipment item. Each first equipment item stores history data and returns a first response block about controls and changes in status of each first equipment item, responsive to a data request from the second equipment items. Each second equipment item stores the history data returned responsive to the data request; a second response block returns history data stored in the second history storage block responsive to a request from the third equipment item; first and second lists store first information identifying latest history data returned from the first equipment items regarding each first equipment item, and second information identifies history data last returned to the third equipment item regarding each first equipment item. Third equipment item's third history storage block stores history data returned responsive to the data request made to the second equipment items. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262530 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CERTIFIED LOCATION DATA COLLECTION, MANAGEMENT, AND UTILIZATION - Location information may be gathered, managed, stored, and/or otherwise utilized to determine unique geo-referenced locations. The geo-referenced locations may be utilized to inform various processes and decisions such as insurance underwriting, risk assessment, pricing, and risk/loss control. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262531 | TAXONOMY BASED DATABASE PARTITIONING - In one aspect of the invention, a memory is described for facilitating splitting data by taxonomy. The memory is accessed by an application program, and includes one or more top-level categories, where each top-level category comprises a subset of the items; and also includes a category group corresponding to at least one of the top-level categories and the subset of the items belonging to the top-level categories. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262532 | GARBAGE COLLECTION FOR VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS - Embodiments disclosed herein provide systems and methods for performing garbage collection in virtual environments. In a particular embodiment, a method provides performing a garbage collection process to identify at least a portion of a secondary storage volume located within a primary storage volume. The method further provides triggering a data block release process on at least a portion of the primary storage volume corresponding to the at least a portion of the secondary storage volume. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262533 | FILE SYSTEM HINTING - A method for generating and communicating file system hints. The method may include receiving an I/O request from a file system layer and checking the I/O request for file system contextual information. The method may also include accessing the file system layer to determine attributes of the file system contextual information and receiving the attributes of the file system contextual information from the file system layer. The method may further include analyzing attributes of the file system contextual information and generating a hint based upon analyzing the attributes of the file system contextual information. The method may include a mechanism to provide weight-age of data passed from the application. The hint may be associated with the I/O request, and the hint may comprise hotness information to increase efficiency of data accessibility at a lower level storage tier. The method may include sending the hint to the lower level storage tier. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262534 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus comprises a determination unit configured to determine whether an operation has been performed for data within a folder which was referred to by a user; and a display unit configured to display history data of a folder which was referred to and in which data has been operated without displaying history data of a folder which was referred to and in which data has not been operated. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262535 | METHOD OF MANAGING DATA OF FILE SYSTEM USING DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A method of managing data of a file system using a database management system is provided. According to the method, the metadata of the file system is managed using a database management system (DBMS), but writing data to or reading data from a disk is directly performed by the file system according to the method directly performed not through other file systems or DBMSs. In this way, stable transactions are guaranteed for a user, and the user can design a disk allocation algorithm optimized with respect to a multimedia environment. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262536 | TECHNIQUES FOR INTELLIGENT MEDIA SHOW ACROSS MULTIPLE DEVICES - An apparatus may include a processor circuit and a media management module operative on the processor circuit to identify meta-data from one or more of a plurality of media files, and to allocate, based on the meta-data, one or more media files for a first media presentation on a first device and one or more different media files for a second media presentation on a second device different than the first device, at least a portion of the first and second media presentations to occur concurrently. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262537 | IDENTIFICATION OF FILES OF A COLLABORATIVE FILE STORAGE SYSTEM HAVING RELEVANCE TO A FIRST FILE - Methods and systems for providing related files in a collaborative file storage system are disclosed. One method includes identifying a plurality of files within the collaborative file storage system, wherein the plurality of files each have a relationship with the first file, and wherein the collaborative file storage system allows sharing of the plurality of files between multiple users through a network. The method further includes generating, by a system server, a list of inquiries based on the plurality of files, providing, by the system server, the list of inquiries to at least one collaborator of the first file, receiving from the at least one collaborator at least one response to the list of inquiries, selecting a subset of the plurality of files based on the at least one response, and storing information related to the selected subset of the plurality of files. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262538 | DATA COMPRESSION FOR DIRECT MEMORY ACCESS TRANSFERS - Memory system operations are extended for a data processor by DMA, cache, or memory controller to include a DMA descriptor, including a set of operations and parameters for the operations, which provides for data compression and decompression during or in conjunction with processes for moving data between memory elements of the memory system. The set of operations can be configured to use the parameters and perform the operations of the DMA, cache, or memory controller. The DMA, cache, or memory controller can support moves between memory having a first access latency, such as memory integrated on the same chip as a processor core, and memory having a second access latency that is longer than the first access latency, such as memory on a different integrated circuit than the processor core. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262539 | CONVERSION AND COMPRESSION OF FLOATING-POINT AND INTEGER DATA - Compression and decompression of numerical data can apply to floating-point or integer samples. Floating-point samples are converted to integer samples and the integer samples are compressed and encoded to produce compressed data for compressed data packets. For decompression, the compressed data retrieved from compressed data packets are decompressed to produce decompressed integer samples. The decompressed integer samples may be converted to reconstruct floating-point samples. Adaptive architectures can be applied for integer compression and decompression using one or two FIFO buffers and one or two configurable adder/subtractors. Various parameters can adapt the operations of adaptive architectures as appropriate for different data characteristics. The parameters can be encoded for the compressed data packet. This abstract does not limit the scope of the invention as described in the claims. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262540 | Transcendental and Non-Linear Components Using Series Expansion - In an embodiment, hardware implementing a transcendental or other non-linear function is based on a series expansion of the function. For example, a Taylor series expansion may be used as the basis. One or more of the initial terms of the Taylor series may be used, and may be implemented in hardware. In some embodiments, modifications to the Taylor series expansion may be used to increase the accuracy of the result. In one embodiment, a variety of bit widths for the function operands may be acceptable for use in a given implementation. A methodology for building a library of series-approximated components for use in integrated circuit design is provided which synthesizes the acceptable implementations and tests the results for accuracy. A smallest (area-wise) implementation which produces a desired level of accuracy may be selected as the library element. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262541 | Method and circuitry for square root determination - A method, performed by a processor, of determining a square root using a single processor cycle per iteration is described. The method includes, in a single cycle: obtaining, from a stored lookup table, a quotient digit and a square of the quotient digit; retrieving a current solution; and determining a new solution using the current solution and the quotient digit. Circuitry configured to perform the method is described. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262542 | SYSTEMS WITH MULTIPLE PORT RANDOM NUMBER GENERATORS AND METHODS OF THEIR OPERATION - Methods and systems for producing random numbers include a random number generator with a first port and a second port. The first port is configured to receive a first type of random data request, and the random number generator is configured to generate first random data while the first type of request is asserted on the first port. The second port is configured to receive a second type of random data request, and the random number generator is configured to generate only a specified length of second random data in response to receiving the second type of request on the second port. An embodiment of a system also includes a data structure configured to store multiple random values, which are derived from the first random data generated by the random number generator in response to the first type of random data request. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262543 | RANDOM VALUE PRODUCTION METHODS AND SYSTEMS - Embodiments of methods and systems for producing random values include a first module that provides a random data request (e.g., a request for an unspecified length of random data) to a random number generator. The random number generator generates random data in response to the random data request, and multiple random values derived from the random data are stored in a buffer. In response to receiving a request for a random value (e.g., an initialization vector), the first module produces the random value based on the multiple random values stored in the buffer. The system also may be configured to receive requests for other types of random values, and to fulfill those requests using random data that is not buffered (e.g., random data that is received directly from the random number generator in response to a request for a specified length of random data). | 2013-10-03 |
20130262544 | ELECTRONIC MULTIPLIER AND DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSOR INCLUDING THE SAME - An electronic multiplier, such as a multiplication circuit, may include a partial product generator, a Booth code encoder and an accumulator. The partial product generator may generate partial product data based on a Booth code and multiplicand data. The Booth code encoder may generate the Booth code based on multiplier data. The Booth code may include a zero-generation Booth code and a zero-avoidance Booth code. The Booth code encoder may selectively generate the zero-generation Booth code or the zero-avoidance Booth code when the partial product data correspond to a partial product of zero. The accumulator accumulates the partial product data to provide a multiplication result of the multiplicand data and the multiplier data. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262545 | DIGITAL FILTER CIRCUIT AND DIGITAL FILTER CONTROL METHOD - [Objective] | 2013-10-03 |
20130262546 | ARITHMETIC CIRCUIT AND ARITHMETIC METHOD - An arithmetic circuit includes a storage circuit configured to store a decimal floating point number in an encoded state, a detection circuit configured to detect a pattern of an arrangement of zeros from a bit pattern of the decimal floating point number by decoding the decimal floating point number stored in the storage circuit, and a leading-zero-count circuit configured to generate data indicative of a number of consecutive zeros starting from a most significant bit or from a least significant bit in a significand of the decimal floating point number in response to a detection result obtained by the detection circuit. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262547 | PROCESSOR FOR PERFORMING MULTIPLY-ADD OPERATIONS ON PACKED DATA - A method and apparatus for including in a processor instructions for performing multiply-add operations on packed data. In one embodiment, a processor is coupled to a memory. The memory has stored therein a first packed data and a second packed data. The processor performs operations on data elements in said first packed data and said second packed data to generate a third packed data in response to receiving an instruction. At least two of the data elements in this third packed data storing the result of performing multiply-add operations on data elements in the first and second packed data. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262548 | MATRIX CALCULATION UNIT - A matrix calculation unit may include a matrix operation unit and a converting unit. The matrix operation unit may include functions to perform a matrix operation of a first size with respect to data stored in a memory, and to perform a matrix operation of a second size with respect to the data stored in the memory, where the second size is enlarged from the first size. The converting unit may convert in at least one direction in the memory between a data array suited for the matrix operation of the first size and a data array suited for the matrix operation of the second size. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262549 | ARITHMETIC CIRCUIT AND ARITHMETIC METHOD - An arithmetic circuit includes a circuit to output n-th multiples of a multiplicand, a circuit to output an XOR operation result that is a result of performing an exclusive logical sum operation between the multiplicand and a result of shifting the multiplicand to left by one bit, a circuit to output a first selection signal in response to a first portion of a multiplier, a circuit to output a second selection signal in response to a second portion of the multiplier, a circuit to select, in response to the first selection signal, one of the n-th multiples of the multiplicand and the XOR operation result, a circuit to select, in response to the second selection signal, one of the n-th multiples of the multiplicand and the XOR operation result, and a circuit to output a result of adding up the first partial product and the second partial product. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262550 | MATRIX CALCULATION DEVICE, MATRIX CALCULATION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING MATRIX CALCULATION PROGRAM STORED THEREON - A matrix calculation device includes a first partition position display unit configured to distinguishably display a partition position of the one matrix partitioned by the matrix partitioning unit, a partition position determination unit configured to determine, based on a partition position of the one matrix distinguishably displayed by the first partition position display unit and a definition of a product of matrices, a partition position of the other matrix, and a second partition position display unit configured to distinguishably display the partition position of the other matrix determined by the partition position determination unit. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262551 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM, DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A data processing apparatus includes a data obtaining unit, a specifying unit, a change information obtaining unit, and an updating unit. The data obtaining unit obtains data specified as a target to be updated. The specifying unit specifies an operator who performs an operation on the data. The change information obtaining unit obtains change information representing details of a change performed on a portion of the data. When a predetermined update operation of updating the data in accordance with the change information is performed by the operator, the updating unit performs a first update process of changing the portion in accordance with the change information if the operator has a first right for the portion, and performs a second update process of adding a new portion to the data without changing the portion if the operator has a second right for the portion. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262552 | Methods and Apparatus for Remote Activation of an Application - An application activation method includes interfacing a vehicle computing system with a remote device using an interface protocol. The method also includes sending a query from the vehicle computing system to the remote device to determine applications and/or services available on the remote device that are capable of interaction with the vehicle computing system. Once the applications have been determined, the method includes selecting, at the vehicle computing system, an application or service from the determined available applications and/or services for interaction. The method also includes sending an instruction from the vehicle computing system to an agent on the remote device, the instruction including an indication that the selected application or service is to be activated. Finally, the method includes receiving confirmation, at the vehicle computing system, that the application or service has been activated. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262553 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION TRANSMITTING METHOD - A control information transmitting unit of an information processing unit transmits a control packet including control information and destination information that designates one or more information processing units as destinations of the control information. In the case where, in the received control packet, the information processing unit is designated as a destination of the control information, a control information receiving unit of the information processing unit imports the control information from the control packet, and modifies the control packet in such a manner that the destination information does not designate the information processing unit as a destination of the control information and transmits the modified control packet. On the other hand, if the information processing unit is not designated as a destination of the control information, the control information receiving unit simply transmits the received control packet. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262554 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING CONTENT DISTRIBUTION OVER MULTIPLE TERMINAL DEVICES IN COLLABORATIVE MEDIA SYSTEM - A method and an apparatus for managing content distribution over multiple terminal devices in collaborative media system are provided. In the collaborative media system, a first media data is transmitted over a first channel path to a first media terminal and a second media data relevant to the first media data is transmitted over a second channel to a second media terminal. The method comprises: detecting a quality of the first media data on the first channel path and that of the second media data on the second channel path; upon detection the quality of the first media data being lower than a first predetermined value and that of the second media data being greater than a second predetermined value, transmitting the second media data over the second channel path, instead of the first media data over the first channel path, to the first media terminal (S | 2013-10-03 |
20130262555 | Route a Service - An application to execute in a virtual environment on a first device. A router that invokes a service on a local framework or remote framework. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262556 | Enhanced Computer Cluster Operation Using Resource Allocation Requests - The subject disclosure is directed towards automatically managing job request execution for a computer cluster using cloud computing resource allocations. When client computers to the computer cluster submit job requests to a head node, a set of job requests is selected based on a policy. The head node converts the set of job requests into a set of resource allocation requests based on job specification data. After communicating the resource allocation requests to a cloud computing provider, the head node is granted access and control over one or more worker nodes as a response. The worker nodes proceed to execute the set of job requests and update the head node with status information once the execution finishes. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262557 | CITY FACILITY MANAGING SERVER AND SYSTEM - Disclosed herein is a city facility managing server and system. The city facility managing server is connected to a plurality of agents, each of which manages at least one city facility according to event processing scripts. The city facility managing server includes a schedule database, a schedule register, and a scheduler. The schedule database stores schedules, each including a specific event processing script for controlling at least one specific city facility. The schedule register registers the schedules in the schedule database. The scheduler continuously reads the stored schedules, registers the schedules in an event queue, reads a schedule corresponding to a current time from the schedule event queue, and sends the read schedule to at least one corresponding agent, thereby allowing the at least one corresponding agent to control a corresponding city facility according to a corresponding event processing script. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262558 | Method and Apparatus for Dynamic Prioritization of Content Through Interactive Browsing - A method includes identifying different content associated with a client device, transmitting a representation of the different content to the client device, and formatting the representation according to categories where the representation includes the different content displayed in different rows where each of the categories is represented by each of the rows. Different selections are detected from among the representation where the different selections represent an interest in corresponding content. The representation is modified based on the different selections. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262559 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING USE OF PORTABLE OBJECTS - A system and method for tracking social use of portable objects distributed over a computer-communications network including the generation of at least one portable object on a content management platform executing on at least one application server, the distribution of an inactive representation of the at least one portable object over the network to one or more network servers that are communicatively coupled to a plurality of end-user devices, each end-user device operative to execute one or more Clients, each end-user using the Clients to engage in interactions with an activated portable object associated with each inactive representation, the delivery of activation data to Clients after detection of an object activation event on an inactive representation, the monitoring of interactions between end-users and activated portable objects, and the storing of a record for each monitored interaction in a database communicatively coupled the application server. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262560 | Method for Host Preview During a Remote Desktop Session - Updated image views of an actively changing desktop, in a remote desktop session being shared by a Remote Desktop terminal server, are displayed on the host's logon screen. Specifically, a Microsoft Window's based computer (host), which is communicating with a network projector (client) through a remote desktop connection, provides continually updating image views of the desktop being hosted in a remote desktop session onto the host screen such that a user locally positioned near the host may preview the desktop content being provide to, and output by, the remote projector. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262561 | Invention of Self-Creating Communication Center - Revolutionary self-creating communication center is invented. Any company and organization that intend to improve their internal communication or move the current communication to the next level can create the uniquely designed communication center by themselves online. The communication center will be established after they follow each design step. The web-based self-creating communication center and non web-based version are made up of different modules. Each module has its own process design layout and functionality. The layout and process functionality will help the company and the organization create the communication center online by themselves. These modules include the business account, information database for the business to select, design tools, stages of services selection and contents creation, test, modification, confirmation, online payment, billing, export and technical support etc. Each module is developed with programs. The programs are stored on the server and created separately on the storage device. They can be transferred and exported to the company and organization's legacy systems. The company and organization can change and modify the communication center anytime. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262562 | DATA COMMUNICATION MANAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - The present invention provides a data communication managing system. The system includes a first network segment client, a second network segment client, and a center unit. The center unit includes a manage unit and transmit data with the first network segment client and the second network segment client, respectively. The manage unit includes a transmission management part which is used to disallow the data transmission between the first network segment client and the second network segment client. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262563 | INTERNET ACCESS SYSTEM AND METHOD - An exemplary embodiment internet access method transmits a request through a first communication unit to a second communication unit in response to user request for a target web page. The method then analyzes the request to obtain an internet address of the target web page. Next, the method accesses the target web page on an internet server according to the internet address through the third communication unit, obtains source code of the target web page from the internet server, and transmits the obtained source code through the second communication unit to the first communication unit. Then, the method generates a web page according to the source code from the first communication unit. Next, the method controls the display unit to display the generated web page. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262564 | INTERACTIVE MEDIA DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - An interactive media commenting system includes a client computing system, a server communicatively coupled to the client computing system, a media server coupled to the client computing system and an interactive media module residing on the client computing system and configured to record and playback and interactive comment coupled to a webpage provided by the server. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262565 | SERVER, CLIENT TERMINAL, SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided a server including a database configured to store position information and priority of a landmark, a reception unit configured to receive, from a client terminal, position information of the client terminal, and a transmission unit configured to transmit, to the client terminal, the position information of the landmark corresponding to the position information received by the reception unit, and the priority of the landmark. The reception unit receives position information of a subject captured by the client terminal. Based on the position information of the subject received by the reception unit, the server further includes a control unit configured to perform control in a manner that the priority of the landmark stored in the database is updated. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262566 | REMOTE CONTROL OF AN APPLICATION USING DYNAMIC-LINKED LIBRARY (DLL) INJECTION - Systems and methods for providing remote access to an application using Dynamic-Linked Library (DLL) injection. A server remote access application executes a connect application that receives an identifier of the application as an argument. The application may be a game, etc., to which remote access is provided to one or more client devices. The connect application injects a Remoting DLL into the address space of the application, where the Remoting DLL provides a mechanism to communicate with a server remote access application. The server remote access application establishes a communications session between a client application on the client device and the application. Instructions directed by the application to the client application are captured by the Remoting DLL and provided to server remote access application. Similarly, inputs from the client device are communicated to the server remote access application and captured by the Remoting DLL, and then communicated to the application. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262567 | RESPONDING TO HYPERTEXT TRANSFER PROTOCOL (HTTP) REQUESTS - Embodiments enable HTTP servers to pass incomplete and/or corrupted files in response to file requests from clients. In the various embodiments, HTTP servers may be enabled to generate status codes identifying that an incomplete version of a file is being returned in response to a file request. In an embodiment, an HTTP server may be enabled to determine the ability of a client to handle incomplete versions of files. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262568 | CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR PUBLISHING GUIDES - Technology for a content management system for publishing how-to guides is disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a method for publishing how-to guides includes importing a plurality of multimedia items into a first processing device; specifying, at the first processing device, a plurality of steps of a multimedia instructional presentation by inputting narrative in association with the multimedia items; and causing the multimedia instructional presentation to be published onto an electronic medium. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262569 | CONTENT COMPLEX PROVIDING SERVER FOR A GROUP OF TERMINALS - The present invention provides a content complex providing server capable of providing a content complex containing a plurality of different constituent content used to deliver one subject by using a plurality of terminals such that the content complex can be played efficiently only by a minimum operation when a receiver of the content can watch or listen to the plurality of terminals simultaneously. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262570 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATIC SUBMISSION OF FORMS ON A WEB PAGE - Systems and methods for automatically submitting data entered into a web page in the event the user shifts focus away from the form may include displaying a web page to a user, the web page containing a form; receiving, from the user, at least some input corresponding to the form; detecting that the form has lost user focus; and submitting, in response to the detection, the form. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262571 | Client Control Method and Client Control System - One embodiment of the present invention is a client control method comprising a step in which a script execution application is installed at a client ( | 2013-10-03 |
20130262572 | Method for Activating and Deactivating Client-Side Services from a Remote Server - A system, apparatus, and method for controlling the operation of a service in a client device. The invention uses an existing protocol which is used for communications between an application resident in the device and a remote server to convey information about the service to the application. The information may be relevant to a service specific function, such as configuration or provisioning, or an activation or de-activation instruction, for example. The application receives the service related information, processes the information and then provides the information to the service via a notification channel. The service related information may be incorporated into a message sent from the remote server to the client device by using an element of the protocol, for example, by appending a text string to a header. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262573 | DYNAMIC COMMUNICATION NETWORKS INTEGRATED WITH COMMUNITY NETWORKING APPLICATIONS - A method, a system and a computer program product for enabling an individual to efficiently create dynamic communication networks to communicate with members that have particular interests and experience, according to a network contact profile. A dynamic network creation (DNC) utility executes on a data processing system and enables an individual to spontaneously create a dynamic network defined by one or more of: (a) location of members; (b) particular affiliation of members; (c) experience of members; (d) authenticated credentials; and (e) other characteristics. The DNC utility enables the user to create a network contact profile or import existing profile information from a particular social networking application to the DNC system application. The DNC system allows individuals to create a network that may comprise members identified by various network affiliations. Thus, the DNC utility enables cross platform communication. The DNC system uses a target communication mechanism to enable a user to initiate a communication with a particular individual or a group of individuals. The DNC employs dynamic and intelligent GPS/LPS to provide directions between individuals in an established network. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262574 | Inline User Addressing in Chat Sessions - A computer-implemented method is executed on a server having one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs to be executed by the one or more processors. The method includes receiving chat content from participants in a chat session. The method also includes detecting, within the chat content, an embedded request to invite a specified user to join the chat session. The method further includes sending an invitation to the specified user in response to detecting the embedded request. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262575 | EXTRACTING MEDIA CONTENT FROM SOCIAL NETWORKING SERVICES - Systems and methods are disclosed for extracting media content from social networking services and presenting the extracted content to an IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) user in a personalized and easy-to-consume manner. One or more feeds from social networking services that contain data pertaining to the user's social graph are monitored by a service in the IPTV domain for media content that meets preset criteria and preferences of the user. A social networking dashboard application is hosted in the IPTV environment and includes a user interface arranged with tools to enable the user to set preferences and specify tags that control various aspects of the media content extraction. The service can also monitor the social networking feeds in a real-time manner that enables creation of a knowledge base that is usable to present media content “trends” to the IPTV user. | 2013-10-03 |
20130262576 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EVENT NOTIFICATION FRAMEWORK IN A MACHINE-TO-MACHINE (M2M) CONTEXT - Systems and methods provide for managing subscriptions to changes in resources in a Machine-to-Machine (M2M) system at a communications node. A method for such includes receiving, at an interface, a first subscription request from a first user to an application event; determining, by a processor, if other devices are subscribed to the application event; reading, by the communications node, the first subscription request including data, semantics and syntax; storing, in a memory, binding information for the first user and the application event; and transmitting, by the interface, if, based on said step of determining, no other devices are subscribed to the application event a second subscription message toward an M2M application server (AS). | 2013-10-03 |