42nd week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 64 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130275383 | Automatically Converting Emails to Image Files - In some implementations, a method for archiving emails includes determining an email file presented in an email application through a Graphical User Interface (GUI) has been selected in response to a user moving the email file into a virtual folder in the GUI. The email file is in a first file format native to the email application and has a first presentation format when presented in the email application. In response to moving the email file into the virtual folder, a second file in a second file format native to a second application different from the email application is automatically generated. The second file has, when presented in the second application through the GUI, a second presentation format substantially similar to the first presentation format. Data in the email file is stored in the second file. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275384 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DETERMINING WHETHER AN ELECTRONIC MAIL MESSAGE IS UNWANTED BASED ON PROCESSING IMAGES ASSOCIATED WITH A LINK IN THE ELECTRONIC MAIL MESSAGE - A system, method, and computer program product are provided for determining whether an electronic mail message is unwanted based on processing images associated with a link in the electronic mail message. In use, a link in an electronic mail message is identified. Additionally, at least one image is loading using the link. Further, the at least one image is loaded. Still yet, it is determined whether the electronic mail message is unwanted based on the processing. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275385 | DATA STORAGE AND ARCHIVING SPANNING MULTIPLE DATA STORAGE SYSTEMS - Mutable portions of data are stored in a first storage system and immutable portions of the data are stored in a second storage system. Immutable portions and mutable portions of the data associated with the same time period are initially archived. After a period of time since the initial archiving, the mutable portions of the data from the first storage system that have been modified are supplemental archived. Integrity verifications of successfully performing the initial archiving and supplemental archiving are stored. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275386 | DISTRIBUTED ARCHIVE SYSTEM, DATA ARCHIVE DEVICE, AND DATA RESTORING DEVICE - A system for a distributed archive and data restoration which achieves both high-speed processing and security is provided. A random number is generated by a seed random number generator 443, and inputted to a key random number generator 445 as a seed, and each data fragment is obtained by dividing a source data file to be archived, and is redundantly stored on (h−k+1) storage mediums identified as destination storage mediums among n storage mediums on the basis of the random number generated by the key random number generator 445 each time. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275387 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR ARCHIVING DATA - A method, server and mobile electronic device for archiving data are provided. The server determines that an amount of the data managed by the server meets a threshold condition and in response transmits a message to the mobile electronic device associated with the data, the message indicative that the threshold condition has been met. The mobile electronic device responds to the message with a response indicative that the data is to be archived. The response triggers the server to cause at least a portion of the data to be archived, thereby increasing memory available for storing further data. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275388 | ORACLE REWIND: METADATA-DRIVEN UNDO - Metadata-driven undo is described. In an embodiment, a metadata repository stores metadata that is associated with operations. Attributes associated with each operation are also stored in the metadata. Each operation is associated with an undolet that includes instructions for generating undo entries for operations of a particular operation type. Undo log entries are generated using the metadata and the undolet when a request is intercepted that includes an undoable operation. When an undo command is issued, the instructions in the undo log that are associated with a particular business transaction are executed to “rewind” the transaction. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275389 | Verification of Status Schemas based on Business Goal Definitions - Methods, systems, and computer-readable storage media for evaluating a validity of a status and action management (SAM) schema. In some implementations, actions include receiving the SAM schema, the SAM schema being stored as a computer-readable document in memory, providing one or more goals, each goal representing an intention of the SAM schema, the one or more goals being provided in a computer-readable document stored in memory and including one or more primary goals and one or more recovery goals that each express an intention of a process underlying the SAM schema, and processing the one or more goals using a computer-executable model checking tool for evaluating the validity of the SAM schema. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275390 | ERASURE CODED STORAGE AGGREGATION IN DATA CENTERS - Embodiments of erasure coded storage aggregation are disclosed. The erasure coded storage aggregation includes storing a data file as erasure coded fragments in a plurality of nodes of one or more data centers. The erasure coded storage aggregation further includes monitoring an access frequency of the data file. Based on the comparison between the access frequency and a predetermined threshold, the data file is either reconstructed from the erasure coded fragments and stored in a storage node or retained as erasure coded fragments in the plurality of nodes of the one or more data centers. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275391 | Data Expiry in a Non-Volatile Device - Apparatuses, systems, and methods are disclosed for data expiry. A method includes examining metadata associated with data in a non-volatile recording medium. A method includes expiring data from a non-volatile recording medium in response to metadata indicating that an expiration period for the data has been satisfied. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275392 | SOLVING PROBLEMS IN DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS BASED ON TEXT ANALYSIS OF HISTORICAL DATA - Computer program products and systems, determine solutions to a problem experienced by a data processing system user. A query is received from the user. The query includes a problem description of the problem experienced by the user with respect to the data processing system. One or more keywords are extracted from the received problem description. An index of problems and associated solutions is searched using the one or more extracted keywords. The index of problems and associated solutions is created by analyzing a document collection describing problems and associated solutions with a text analytics application. One or more documents are returned that contains words or phrases that are similar to the keywords used for searching the index of problems and associated solutions. The documents relevant for the problem and associated solutions are presented to the user. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275393 | DATA CLEANING - A computer-implemented method comprising partitioning data representing an input instance of a database including multiple tuples into multiple fragments of tuples, detecting tuples which violate a data quality specification in respective ones of the fragments, selecting a data cleaning asset on the basis of characteristics of errors in detected tuples for a fragment and based on declared asset capabilities, assigning a selected data cleaning asset to the fragment, the selected data cleaning asset to provide a set of candidate corrections for the detected tuples in the fragment, providing data representing an output instance of the database in which detected tuples are replaced with selected candidate corrections. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275394 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - Deduplication is executed in a storage device having low random access performance, such as an optical disk library. When an optical disk that is not inserted into an optical disk drive needs to be accessed in order to execute binary compare, data to be binary compared is stored in a temporary memory area in order to postpone the binary compare, and on the timing when the optical disk is inserted, the postponed binary compare is executed. Before second deduplication, which is deduplication between data to be stored in the storage device and the data in the optical disk library, is executed, first deduplication, which is deduplication between the data to be stored in the storage device and the data in the temporary memory area, is executed. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275395 | Method for Indexed-Field Based Difference Detection and Correction - A method and system for indexed field based difference detection and correction. A data feed file is partitioned into a plurality of subsets based on an indexed field of the data feed file. A redundancy check value is calculated for each of the subsets, and the redundancy check value is compared to a database file which corresponds to each subset. If the redundancy check values do not match for a subset and a corresponding database file, a difference is detected between the subset and the corresponding database file and the corresponding database file is replaced by the subset. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275396 | Systems and Methods for Selecting Data Compression for Storage Data in a Storage System - Storage systems and methods to improve space saving from data compression by providing a plurality of compression processes, and optionally, one or more parameters for controlling operation of the compression processes and selecting from the plurality of compression processes and the parameters to satisfy resource limits, such as CPU usage and memory usage. In one embodiment, the methods takes into account the content-type, such as text file or video file, and select the compression process and parameters that provide the greatest space savings for that content type while also remaining within a defined resource-usage limit. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275397 | TABLE BOUNDARY DETECTION IN DATA BLOCKS FOR COMPRESSION - Data is converted into a minimized data representation using a suffix tree by sorting data streams according to symbolic representations for building table boundary formation patterns. The converted data is fully reversible for reconstruction while retaining minimal header information. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275398 | CLOUD SERVICE ENABLED TO HANDLE A SET OF FILES DEPICTED TO A USER AS A SINGLE FILE IN A NATIVE OPERATING SYSTEM - Systems and methods method enabling file actions to be performed on a folder structure in a cloud-based service are disclosed. In one aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure include a method, which may be implemented on a system, for representing the folder structure in a user interface to the cloud-based service as a file and enabling file actions to be performed on file representing the folder structure in the user interface to the cloud-based service. In one embodiment, the folder structure and associated content is stored on a server which provides the cloud-based service in a compressed file format which is able to preserve the metadata associated with the folder structure which indicates its representation as the file in the user interface. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275399 | TABLE BOUNDARY DETECTION IN DATA BLOCKS FOR COMPRESSION - Data is converted into a minimized data representation using a suffix tree by sorting data streams according to symbolic representations for building table boundary formation patterns. The converted data is fully reversible for reconstruction while retaining minimal header information. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275400 | DATA CORESET COMPRESSION - An approach to compression of a large (n point or samples) data set has a combination of one or more desirable technical properties: for a desired level of accuracy (ε), the number of compressed points (a “coreset”) representing the original data is O(log n); the level of accuracy comprises a guaranteed bound expressed as multiple of error of an associated line simplification of the data set; for a desired level of accuracy and a complexity (e.g., number k of optimal line segments) of the associated line simplification, the computation time is O(n); and for a desired level of accuracy (c) and a complexity of the associated line simplification, the storage required for the computation is O(log n). | 2013-10-17 |
20130275401 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ELECTRONIC CONTENT LOCKING - A method for electronic content locking including: accessing electronic content and determining if the electronic content is currently locked for a first user. The method further determines meta-data relating to the electronic content and allows a second user to override the lock such that the electronic content is unlocked if the meta-data meet predetermined criteria. A system for electronic content locking having: an electronic content repository; and a locking controller adapted to change the status of electronic content in the electronic content repository between locked and unlocked. The system further includes a data collection module designed to retrieve meta-data relating to electronic content; and an override controller designed to override the locking controller and change the status of the locked electronic content from a first user to a second user. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275402 | Redistributing Computation Work Between Data Producers And Data Consumers - In a consumer-producer distributed model of computing, consumers request data from producers and perform computing work on the data received from the producers, thereby transforming the data. At least some of the computing work performed by a consumer on data provided by the producer is commutable between the consumer and producer, that is, either the producer as well as the consumer can perform the computing work on the data. A producer redistributes commutable based on the work load of the producer and consumer as well as other factors. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275403 | Search Improvement Using Historic Code Points Associated with Characters - A mechanism is provided for improving search results. A user query is analyzed to identify a set of characters in the user query and an encoding code point associated with each character. A determination is made as to whether any of the encoding code points exist within a historic code point table. Responsive to at least one encoding code point existing within the historic code point table, all code points associated with each identified encoding code point in the user query are retrieved from the historic code point table. A modified user query is then created that utilizes the encoding code points of the user query and the code points from the historic code point table. The modified user query is then executed. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275404 | DATA ISOLATING RESEARCH TOOL - The research tool is a series of vertical and horizontal engines where the vertical collects, isolates data and the horizontal clusters by metric. The tool uses a series of verticals and horizontals in a combination which allows for the isolation of causal factors by comparisonability. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275405 | ON-LINE SOCIAL SEARCH - Example methods, apparatuses, or articles of manufacture are disclosed that may be implemented using one or more computing devices to facilitate or otherwise support one or more processes or operations in connection with performing information searches, such as, for example, domain-specific on-line searches using social survey-type queries. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275406 | Building Of A Web Corpus With The Help Of A Reference Web Crawl - Computer-implemented method for building a web corpus (WCD) comprising the steps of: sending by a web crawler (WC) a query to a reference web crawl agent (RWCA), this query containing a least one identifier of a resource, receiving by the web crawler (WC) a response from the reference web crawl agent (RWCA); if this response does not contain the resource identified by the identifier, downloading by the web crawler (WC) the resource from the website (WS) corresponding to the identifier and adding the resource to the web corpus (WCD; and if this response contains the resource identified by the identifier, adding the resource to the web corpus (WCD). | 2013-10-17 |
20130275407 | ADAPTIVE PROCESSING OF TOP-K QUERIES IN NESTED-STRUCTURE ARBITRARY MARKUP LANGUAGE SUCH AS XML - A method of adaptively evaluating a top-k query involves ( | 2013-10-17 |
20130275408 | Presenting Unique Search Result Contexts - Presenting unique search result contexts, including: receiving, by a search result presentation module, a plurality of search results generated in response to a search query, wherein each search result includes context information associated with the search result; identifying, by the search result presentation module for each search result, a displayable portion of the context information associated with the search result; determining, by the search result presentation module for each search result, whether the displayable portion of the context information is a duplicate of the displayable portion of the context information for another search result; and responsive to determining that the displayable portion of the context information is a duplicate of the displayable portion of the context information for another search result, updating, by the search result presentation module, the displayable portion of the context information for the search result. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275409 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR UNIVERSAL PERSONAL DATA PORTABILITY - A universal personal data portability capability is disclosed. The universal personal data portability supports automated porting of personal data of a user from a plurality of environments to a personal data store of the user. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275410 | LIVE TOPOLOGICAL QUERY - A method for performing a live topological query includes, with a querying application, using a query graph to create a live topological query result from a database storing a full structure graph while not storing an entirety of the query result in a cache memory. The method further includes, in response to detecting a change within full structure graph, performing a calculation to determine whether the change is relevant to the query result, and notifying the querying application of a relevant change to the query result without relying on a fully cached copy of the query result. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275411 | IMAGE SEARCH METHOD AND DIGITAL DEVICE FOR THE SAME - An Intelligent Agent (IA) application, which extracts an image object from content displayed by the other application and provides a search result of the image object, and an image search method using the same are disclosed. The image search method includes executing a first application that displays content including at least one image object, driving a second application that provides an image search result of the image object included in the content displayed by the first application, extracting the at least one image object from the content via the second application, providing, on top of the first application, at least one object interface corresponding to the at least one extracted image object via the second application, receiving a user input of selecting a particular object interface among the at least one object interface, and displaying a search result of the image object corresponding to the particular object interface. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275412 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO PROVIDE VIDEO-BASED SEARCH RESULTS - Method and system to provide video-based search results are described. A search results video may be present to a user details from listings that match certain search criteria. When a select request associated with the search results video is detected, a listing rendering module presents the selected listing on the display device. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275413 | KNOWLEDGE VISUALIZATION AND INFORMATION BASED SOCIAL NETWORK - The present invention, in some of its embodiments, relates to managing and interactively displaying content, associating content to virtual networks, and associating social networks to content and to virtual networks. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275414 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USING TAG TOPOLOGY - A method and apparatus for using tag topology for enhancing search capabilities, e.g., searching over the web, are disclosed. For example, the present method receives a user query contain a search term from a user. The method then generates a search result containing at least one entity, wherein the at least one entity is found based on a plurality of user provided tags that is associated with the at least one entity. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275415 | RELEVANCY SORTING OF USER'S BROWSER HISTORY - Various embodiments provide a Web browser that employs a relevancy algorithm to make an educated guess as to the likelihood of a user's intended destination when the user begins to enter text into a browser's address bar. In one or more embodiments, the relevancy algorithm employs various parameters and assigns weights to the parameters to arrive at a collection of suggestions to provide to the user. By using various rules, associated weightings, and the relevancy algorithm, relevant suggestions can be provided to a user to facilitate their navigation activities. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275416 | SCORING OF RESOURCE GROUPS - Methods and systems for automatically providing a relevancy score with respect to reports or groups of resources are provided. In particular, a proposed report or group of resources is input or otherwise defined by a user. The proposed report is then compared to predefined reports. A relevancy score for each of a plurality of predefined reports with respect to the proposed report is calculated and output to the user. The relevancy score can be reported as a percentage. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275417 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING ACTIVITY RECOMMENDATIONS - System and method for generating one or more activity recommendations for a user are provided. The method comprises steps of receiving selection for a first set of user inputs, retrieving one or more activities from an activity database module based on the selection of the user inputs, scoring the activities based on at least one predetermined parameter and presenting one or more activity recommendations to the user based on the scoring. The method further comprises enabling the user to perform at least one activity from the one or more activity recommendations. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275418 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR UPDATING A BACKGROUND PICTURE OF A WEB SEARCH RESULTS PAGE FOR DIFFERENT SEARCH QUERIES - A method and system for updating a background picture of a web search results page for different search queries. The method includes receiving a search query from a user and determining one or more text search results for the search query. The method also includes determining one or more images for the search query by at least one of extracting the one or more images from webpages associated with the one or more text search results, and extracting the one or more images from an image web search. Further, the method includes assembling the one or more images to create the background picture. Moreover, the method includes rendering the one or more text search results, for the search query, in the web search results page along with the background picture. The system includes one or more electronic devices, a communication interface, a memory, and a processor. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275419 | System and Method for Quality of Experience Aware Media Search and Recommendation with Unified Portal - A network element comprising a processor configured to receive a plurality of search responses from a plurality of media content service providers associated with a search request triggered by the search request, and rank the search responses based on maximizing an end user's quality of experience (QoE). Included is a network element comprising a processor configured to receive a plurality of media content from a plurality of media content service providers, store the plurality of media content for a plurality of end users, receive a media content search request from a user terminal, rank the media content based upon maximizing the user terminal's QoE. Also included is a method comprising requesting media content from a plurality of media content service providers on behalf of a user terminal, receiving data associated with the media content from the plurality of media content service providers and aggregating the media content data. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275420 | Computer-Implemented System And Method For Conducting A Document Search Via Metaprints - A computer-implemented system and method for conducting a document search based on metaprints is provided. A plurality of metaprints comprising metadata keywords and associated frequencies of occurrence of the metadata keywords within a plurality of documents are maintained. A search query is received and executed against the metaprints. The metadata keywords that match the query are identified and the metaprints associated with the matched metadata keywords are obtained. A further search query is generated based on the obtained metaprints and is applied to a set of documents. Those documents that match the frequencies of occurrence associated with the obtained metaprints are identified. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275421 | Repetition Detection in Media Data - Techniques for repetition detection in media data are provided. Media features of many different types may be extracted from the media data. Query sequences of fingerprints may be selected time intervals that begin at query times. Matched sequences of fingerprints may be determined. A set of offset values may be determined based on the matched sequences of fingerprints. This set of offset values may be further refined into a set of significant time points using a relatively targeted search and comparison method based on the media features of a second type extracted from the media data. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275422 | SEARCH RESULT PREVIEWS - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for providing search result page previews. In one aspect, a method includes receiving data that specify a set of search results responsive to a search query. Query-relevant content is selected to be included in a page preview for at least one of the search results. In turn, data that cause presentation of the page preview are provided. The data provided can cause presentation of the query-relevant content at an initial zoom level and at a higher zoom level, where the initial zoom level is a zoom level at which both the query-relevant content and other content from the resource are presented. The page preview can include a page tear that defines multiple portions of the page preview for a resource. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275423 | ON-THE-FLY PATTERN RECOGNITION WITH CONFIGURABLE BOUNDS - Some embodiments of on-the-fly pattern recognition with configurable bounds have been presented. In one embodiment, a pattern matching engine is configured based on user input, which may include values of one or more user configurable bounds on searching. Then the configured pattern matching engine is used to search for a set of features in an incoming string. A set of scores is updated based on the presence of any of the features in the string while searching for the features. Each score may indicate a likelihood of the content of the string being in a category. The search is terminated if the end of the string is reached or if the user configurable bounds are met. After terminating the search, the scores are output. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275424 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR OPTIMIZING TEXT SEARCHES OVER STRUCTURED DATA IN A MULTI-TENANT ENVIRONMENT - Search systems and methods for searching structured data and enhancing the relevancy of search results provided to a requesting user or application. Enhanced search results are provided by searching a cache of a user's most recently used items to eliminate or reduce search indexing latency. Also, more relevant search results are provided by re-ranking results based on use history, data security models and/or hierarchical user role models. Further, enhanced search results are provided by including user information in the search index | 2013-10-17 |
20130275425 | PROFITABILITY BASED RANKING OF SEACH RESULTS FOR LODGING RESERVATIONS - Method and apparatus for dynamic information connection search engine. User actions may be detected on at least one client system. Determination may be made whether the user is searching for supported information. When the user is searching for supported information, information may be extracted electronically from, e.g., third party websites, direct supplier connections, and/or intermediate databases. Suppliers may be automatically selected in response to the user search. Queries may be formulated from the user search and transferred to one or more selected suppliers over a network coupling (e.g., the Internet and/or intranet). Queries may include one or more requests for information. One or more responses may be received from suppliers, and responses may be used to generate results for the user. Results may include information and/or query status information. An electronic link may be provided to a website of one or more suppliers from which information was derived. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275426 | Information System for Nutritional Substances - An information system for nutritional substances obtains information regarding a nutritional substance from the creation of the nutritional substance, the preservation of the nutritional substance, the transformation of the nutritional substance, the conditioning of the nutritional substance, and the consumption of the nutritional substances. The information system stores and provides this information to the various constituents of the nutritional substance supply system. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275427 | SYSTEM TO INFORM ABOUT TRADEMARKS SIMILAR TO PROVIDED INPUT - Various embodiments of the present invention generally relate to trademark searching and notification systems. More specifically, various embodiments of the present invention relate to systems and methods for informing requesters about trademarks similar to a provided input. Some embodiments of the present invention provide for a proactive system in which users are notified of similar trademarks before using specific term(s) and users proceed after understanding which trademarks actually exist and what areas those trademarks actually entail, and possibly being notified of newly applied trademarks and modified trademarks at later times that are similar to the specific term(s) being used. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275428 | NAVIGATION DEVICE - Disclosed is a navigation device including a navigation function performing unit 13 | 2013-10-17 |
20130275429 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING CONTEXTUAL RECOMMENDATIONS AND COLLABORATION WITHIN CONTENT - A system for enabling contextual recommendations and collaboration recommendations, based on a user's current work, comprising a plurality of content collector software applications adapted to interface with a plurality of content management applications, an indexing engine software application, an expanded social network graph database, and a predictive content intelligence software application. The plurality of content collector software applications receive documents, document fragments, or other content objects from the plurality of content management applications, the indexing engine software application indexes the retrieved documents, document fragments, or other content objects and modifies the expanded social network graph database using results of the indexing, and the predictive content intelligence software application, using at least the results of the indexing and the expanded social network graph database, identifies at least a plurality of other content objects and a plurality of people that are relevant to the received documents, document fragments, or other content objects. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275430 | System and Method for Visually Representing Data - A computer-based system and method evaluates at least one data set, generates grouping based on the data set, and visually represents these groupings as a basis by which individual elements of the data set are evaluated. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275431 | VISUAL CLUSTERING METHOD - A method of visually clustering a database of component parts includes indexing a set of image data associated with the component parts, and storing the indexed image data in the database. The indexed image data is clustered dependent upon a visual criterion. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275432 | SERVER, INFORMATION-MANAGEMENT METHOD, INFORMATION-MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM WITH SAID PROGRAM RECORDED THEREON - A server includes an input information database ( | 2013-10-17 |
20130275433 | CLASSIFICATION RULE GENERATION DEVICE, CLASSIFICATION RULE GENERATION METHOD, CLASSIFICATION RULE GENERATION PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - In a document classification device | 2013-10-17 |
20130275434 | DEVELOPING IMPLICIT METADATA FOR DATA STORES - A system enables metadata to be gathered about a data store beginning from the creation and generation of the data store, through subsequent use of the data store. This metadata can include keywords related to the data store and data appearing within the data store. Thus, keywords and other metadata can be generated without owner/creator intervention, with enough semantic meaning to make a discovery process associated with the data store much easier and efficient. Usage of or communication regarding a data store are monitored and keywords are extracted from the usage or communication. The keywords are then written to otherwise associated with metadata of the data store. During searching, keywords in the metadata are made available to be used to attempt to match query terms entered by a searcher. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275435 | CODE BASED INDEXING AND INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEM - An indexing and information retrieval system includes a database configured for storing a record of content and indexing the record with a code and property of predetermined location information, a member device configured for inputting the record to the database with the code and the corresponding property of predetermined location information, and a client device configured for retrieving the records from the database with the code. The code is associated with a predetermined location. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275436 | PSEUDO-DOCUMENTS TO FACILITATE DATA DISCOVERY - Various embodiments promote the discoverability of data that can be contained within a database. In one or more embodiments, data within a database is organized in a structure having a schema. The structure and data can be processed in a manner that renders one or more pseudo-documents each of which constitutes a sub-structure that can be indexed. Once produced and indexed, the pseudo-documents constitute a set of searchable objects each of which relationally points back to its associated structure within the database. Searches can now be performed against the pseudo-documents which, in turn, returns a set of search results. The set of search results can include multiple sub-sets of pseudo-documents, each sub-set of which is associated with a different structure. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275437 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR CRAWLING A WEBSITE BASED ON A SCHEME OF THE WEBSITE - A system, method, and computer program product are provided for crawling a website based on a scheme of the website. In use, a difference between a first content and second content of a website is identified. Additionally, a scheme of the website is identified based on the difference. Furthermore, the website is crawled based on the scheme. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275438 | DISAMBIGUATING AUTHORS IN SOCIAL MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS - A method, an apparatus and an article of manufacture for mapping authors across multiple forums. The method includes creating a database that contains publicly observable information pertaining to multiple authors from multiple forums, generating a mapping between at least a first one of the authors from one of the forums and at least a second one of the authors from another of the forums in the database based on a comparison of structured information, unstructured user generated content information and network information, and generating a score of mapping between the first and the second authors by considering a weighted sum of the number of times the structured information, the unstructured user generated content information and the network information match between the first and the second authors. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275439 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING NUTRITIONAL SUBSTANCES TO INDICATE ADULTERATION - An information system for nutritional substances obtains information regarding a nutritional substance from the creation of the nutritional substance, the preservation of the nutritional substance, the transformation of the nutritional substance, the conditioning of the nutritional substance, and the consumption of the nutritional substances. The information system stores and provides this information to the various constituents of the nutritional substance supply system. Of particular interest is adulteration with horsemeat, and provisions are described for determining, monitoring and alerting based on detection of such adulteration. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275440 | ARTICLE SELECTION - A computer-implemented method for selecting an article from an input set of articles stored on a database of a source device, comprises generating a subset of the articles relevant to a query article using a relevance metric representing a measure of dissimilarity between the query article and selected articles in the set, computing distance measures for respective ones of the articles in the subset using article attributes and article commentary objects, using the distance measures to determine measures of the diversity of respective ones of articles in the subset from one another, and using the diversity measures to select a diverse article in the subset. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275441 | COMPOSING TEXT AND STRUCTURED DATABASES - A framework is provided for composing texts about objects with structured information about these objects, and thus disclosed are methodologies for linking information from at least two data sources—one comprising a plurality of documents comprising text pertaining to at least one object, and one comprising a plurality of structured records comprising at least one characteristic of the at least one object, each characteristic comprising one property name and an associated property value corresponding to the property name for the at least one object—by determining one or more instance-based traits for each object in both data sources and associating at least one record with at least one document that refers to each object, each trait comprising one or more characteristics that identifiably distinguish each object from all other objects. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275442 | COMPUTER-BASED COMPARISON OF HUMAN INDIVIDUALS - A test person is compared to a reference person by comparing detailed information regarding the configuration, capabilities and usage of computers—such as installed hardware devices, makes and models and firmware versions of such hardware devices, installed software, versions of installed software, and usage logs—used by the respective individuals. In effect, each person's computer is considered a proxy for the person herself, representing countless purchasing, maintenance, pastime choices in the configuration and use of a thoroughly complex personal and professional tool. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275443 | MULTIPLE PHASE CONTENT INGEST - Content ingest can comprise the storage of content and the logging of the descriptive and technical metadata necessary to identify and locate the content. The methods and systems provided herein relate to content ingest utilizing multiple phase processing to account for both standard and non-standard metadata. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275444 | Management of Log Data in a Networked System - A method for managing log messages in a system includes identifying a log message having a data value, filtering a first data value from a historical log record for a first interval, predicting whether any particular system events should occur when the first data value is filtered from a received log record and identifying the corresponding system events, initiating a second interval while filtering the first data value from a received log record, determining whether any non-predicted system events have occurred, and removing the filter for the first data value responsive to determining that a non-predicted system event has occurred. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275445 | INFORMATION DELIVERY SYSTEM - A method for enabling a user to view information filtered to align with the user's life state includes enabling the user to register and become a member of an information delivery system. The user provides the information about the user's life state. This information may include at least demographic information, ethnic information, social information and psychological information. The user may grant partners permission to access the information about the user's life. The granting of the permissions is performed and controlled by the user and may be limited to some information about the user's life. The partners are also members of the information delivery system. The partners are evaluated using a set of criteria before they become members of the information delivery system. The partners may use the information about the user's life to filter its information according to the information about the user's life. The method also enables the partner to participate in a marketplace to procure the information about the user's life, to rate the user according to the user's behavior, and to enable search engines to filter search results according to the information about the user's life. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275446 | CREATING DATA IN A DATA STORE USING A DYNAMIC ONTOLOGY - In one embodiment, a method comprises creating and storing an ontology for a data store in response to receiving first user input defining the ontology, wherein the ontology comprises a plurality of data object types and a plurality of object property types; creating one or more parser definitions in response to receiving second user input defining the parser definitions, wherein each of the parser definitions specifies one or more sub-definitions of how to transform first input data into modified input data that is compatible with one of the object property types; and storing each of the one or more parser definitions in association with one of the plurality of object property types. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275447 | METHOD OF MIGRATING STORED DATA AND SYSTEM THEREOF - There is provided a storage system and a method of moving a source data portion from a source logical volume to a destination logical volume. The method comprises: configuring a source mapping data structure to comprise an entry indicative of mapping between logical addresses corresponding to source data portion and addresses corresponding to source data portion and related to a physical address space; and, responsive to a move command, providing an atomic operation comprising configuring a destination mapping data structure to comprise an entry associated with said at least one destination range and comprising a reference to said entry in the source mapping data structure; and configuring said at least one entry in the source mapping data structure DS | 2013-10-17 |
20130275448 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ONTOLOGY DRIVEN DATA COLLECTION AND PROCESSING - Systems and method to aid in the collection, representation and mining of data are disclosed. More particularly, embodiments as disclosed may utilize a unifying format to represent data obtained or utilized by a system to facilitate linking between data from different sources and the commensurate ability to mine such data. Specifically, embodiments may represent data as graphs that comprise the concepts and relationships between those concepts. In this manner, concepts in graphs that represent distinct groupings of data may be mapped and knowledge mining with respect to these graphs facilitated. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275449 | AUTOMATIC CONVERSION OF MULTIDIMENTIONAL SCHEMA ENTITIES - In various embodiments, a system receives a multidimensional schema entity of a first type and converts the multidimensional schema entity to a second type. The system receives user input and converts the multidimensional schema entity to the second type based on the input received from the user. In various embodiments, the system creates multidimensional schema entities automatically. In various embodiments, a method for converting multidimensional schema entities from one or more types to one or more other types is described. In various embodiments, a multidimensional schema entity is created automatically based on input from two other multidimensional schema entities. In various embodiments, two multidimensional schema entities are merged in one multidimensional schema entity. In various embodiments, multidimensional schema entities are used to generate a report. Queries extract data from the multidimensional schema entities and load it in the report. The report is presented on a graphical user interface. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275450 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING AUTOMATED IDENTIFICATION TECHNOLOGIES INFORMATION - Computer-readable storage media and methods are described in relation to management, control, and distribution of automated identification technology (AIT) information and data associated with sensors and tags utilized for asset identification and tracking. The method includes generating a gateway for at least one of read and write access to deployed identification sensors and tags associated with a set of assets, the sensors and tags incorporating a plurality of disparate native solution formats, providing data storage and management with hierarchical functionality in a common data format for information passing through the generated gateway, the information related to the assets as provided by the deployed identification sensors and tags, executing a service framework for data delivery to and from the deployed sensors and tags via a publish and subscribe middleware service layer that provides access to the gateway through a common middleware interface, and providing a user interface through which commands to the common middleware interface are generated. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275451 | Systems And Methods For Contract Assurance - Systems and methods for contract assurance are disclosed. For example, one disclosed method includes the steps of receiving a document, the document including a keyword; determining a location of the keyword within the document; searching for a value associated with the keyword; responsive to identifying the value associated with the keyword, storing a location of the value; generating a template based on the location of the keyword and the location of the value; extracting the value from the document using the template; and responsive to extracting the value, storing and associating a label and the extracted value in a second document, the label associated with the keyword. Another disclosed embodiment includes program code for causing a processor to execute such a method. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275452 | DISTRIBUTING AND PROCESSING STREAMS OVER ONE OR MORE NETWORKS - In an embodiment, a method for distributing and processing streams over wide area networks comprises receiving, at a unified data processing node, a continuous query; determining a parallel portion of the continuous query; sending the parallel portion to a plurality of distributed data processing nodes located in a plurality of data centers; at each distributed node in the plurality of distributed nodes, locally executing the parallel portion against independent data partitions, producing a partial summary data, sending the partial summary data to the unified node; continuously receiving, at the unified node, in real-time, the partial summary data. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275453 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING TEMPORAL SEARCH SUGGESTIONS IN REAL-TIME - A method and system for providing temporal search suggestions in real-time. The method includes obtaining real-time data from one or more websites. The method also includes processing the real-time data to detect one or more trending topics associated with the real-time data, and to extract a plurality of events from the real-time data. Further, the method includes storing the plurality of events along with associated timestamps. Moreover, the method includes providing one or more temporal search suggestions based on the trending topics and the plurality of events, the one or more temporal search suggestions being responsive to a search query of a user. The system includes an electronic device, a communication interface, a memory, and a processor. The processor further includes a real-time data unit, a trending topic detector, an event extractor unit, and a search suggest unit. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275454 | Full Text Search Using R-Trees - A method and system for full text search (FTS) using a navigation system is disclosed. The FTS system generates vectors for documents that are stored in a database. The vectors are formed by converting data token pairs to binary or hexadecimal strings. The FTS system may generate and store vectors in a multi-dimensional index (e.g., an R-Tree) for each document stored in the database. The FTS system may receive two or more search terms inputted by a user and generate one or more vectors based on the inputted search terms. The FTS system may then use the generated vectors to query the multi-dimensional index. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275455 | ASSOCIATING USERS VIA A SEARCH - Example methods, apparatuses, or articles of manufacture are disclosed that may be implemented, in whole or in part, using one or more computing devices to facilitate or otherwise support one or more processes or operations for associating users via a search. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275456 | Method and System for Content Search - Method, system, and programs for content search are disclosed. A user interface configured based on context information is presented within a host application. A plurality of selectable search results are then fetched based on the context information and a query received from a user through the user interface. An input associated with a selection of one or more selectable search results is received from the user through the user interface. The user interface is updated based on the plurality of selectable search results. In response to the selection, the one or more selected search results are provided to the host application with the context information. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275457 | CLIENT-SIDE STATEMENT ROUTING FOR PARTITIONED TABLES - A system includes reception of a first query from a client device at a first database node of a database instance comprising two or more database nodes, the first query specifying a first database table which is partitioned among two or more of the two or more database nodes, determination of first partitioning metadata of the first database table, the first partitioning metadata usable to identify one of the two or more database nodes based on table key values, compilation of the first query at the first database node to generate first compiled code, and transmission of the first compiled code and the first partitioning metadata from the first database node to the client device. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275458 | SOLVING PROBLEMS IN DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS BASED ON TEXT ANALYSIS OF HISTORICAL DATA - Methods for determining solutions to a problem experienced by a data processing system user. A query is received from the user, which includes a problem description of the problem experienced by the user with respect to the data processing system. One or more keywords are extracted from the received problem description. An index of problems and associated solutions is searched using the extracted keywords. The index of problems and associated solutions is created by analyzing a document collection describing problems and associated solutions with a text analytics application. One or more documents are returned that contains words or phrases that are similar to the keywords used for searching the index of problems and associated solutions. The documents relevant for the problem and associated solutions are presented to the user. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275459 | Systems and Methods for Searching for Analog Notations and Annotations - Systems and methods are provided for searching for analog data, including hand writing, facial expressions and voice data. With respect to analog writing, a device records and stores analog writing, including time, pressure and position as a writing tool moves on a touch screen device. A search term that includes time, pressure and position data, is received. The search term is compared with the time, pressure and position stored on the device. If they are similar, then the stored analog writing is displayed. In other example embodiments, facial expressions and voice data can be used as search terms to respectively search for stored facial expressions and voice data. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275460 | Consumer Information System for Nutritional Substances - Disclosed herein is a consumer communication system for nutritional substances. The consumer information system obtains information regarding the nutritional substance being consumed by the consumer, and provides that information to the other constituents in the nutritional substance supply system. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275461 | Computer-Implemented Systems and Methods for Identifying Factual Information in a Written Document - Systems and methods are provided for identifying factual information in a written document. Named entities and corresponding noun phrases are identified in the written document. A query is built by combining one of the named entities with a respective one of the noun phrases. The query represents an assertion of a potential fact. The query is submitted for comparison with a fact repository which assesses whether the query presents a factual assertion. If the query presents a factual assertion (e.g., it matches a fact within the fact repository), a match is returned. Various modifications may be made to the queries to return additional matches and various combinations of filters may be applied to the matches to filter out less relevant matches. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275462 | FILE CREATING METHOD FOR SEARCHING OF DATA, SEARCHING METHOD OF DATA FILE AND MANAGING SYSTEM FOR SEARCHING OF DATA FILE - A method for creating/storing a file that facilitates search of data stored in a storage medium, and a data search method using the same are disclosed. The file creating method creates a rack of virtual RAM (RAM) file that is divided into several units according to divisional units for individual divisional units, and a record allocation table (RAT) file that stores a record position of each divisional unit of the RVR file. As a result, a database (DB) of large-volume irregular data can be easily created, and data analysis can be quickly achieved. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275463 | USING DISTINGUISHING PROPERTIES TO CLASSIFY MESSAGES - A system and method are disclosed for classifying a message. The method includes receiving the message, identifying in the message a distinguishing property; generating a signature using the distinguishing property; and comparing the signature to a database of signatures generated by previously classified messages. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275464 | TERMINAL DEVICE BASED ON CONTENT NAME, AND METHOD FOR ROUTING BASED ON CONTENT NAME - In a network system based on a content name, a terminal device may generate and transmit a block query requesting a plurality of segments, and may receive segments corresponding to the block query based on a transmission direction of the block query. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275465 | MATERIALS ANALYTICAL REVIEW AND REPORTING SYSTEM - A computer-implemented analytical and reporting system includes an input device, a database and a processor. The input device is operative for inputting analytical data results of a test sample. The database includes an analysis methodology data section, an instrument data section and a forms data section. The processor is operative for receiving from the input device the analytical data results of the test sample. The processor is also operative for receiving from the database analysis methodology data of at least one analysis method, instrument data of at least one analytical instrument and forms data of a desired analytical report form. The processor is also operative for processing the analytical data results and the instrument data using the analysis methodology data and is operative for generating an analytical report produced on the desired analytical report form depicting final analytical results based on the analysis method and the analytical instrument. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275466 | RETRIEVAL METHOD AND SYSTEM - A retrieval method and system are disclosed. The method involves: A). searching a catalogue table of retrieval keywords based on a retrieval keyword inputted by a user at a terminal, and acquiring a first data terms set including the inputted retrieval keyword; B). searching a data table of information index based on each data term of the first data terms set related to the inputted retrieval keyword, and acquiring a second data terms set; C). combining and sending the first data terms set to the terminal wherein the first data terms set is combined in a way of recursion, and sending the second data terms set to the terminal. The solution extracts semantics by formalizing retrieval character strings, and guides and returns retrieval information, thereby improving the deterministic, logic and efficiency of retrieval and user experience. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275467 | CLIENT-SIDE STATEMENT ROUTING IN DISTRIBUTED DATABASE - A system includes reception of a first query from a client device at a first database node of a database instance comprising two or more database nodes, determination of a second database node of the two or more database nodes associated with the first query, compilation of the first query at the first database node to generate first compiled code, and transmission of the first compiled code and a first identifier of the second database node from the first database node to the client device. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275468 | CLIENT-SIDE CACHING OF DATABASE TRANSACTION TOKEN - A system includes reception of a first query of a first transaction from a client device at a first database node of a database instance comprising two or more database nodes, request of a first transaction token associated with the first transaction from a second database node of the two or more database nodes, reception of the first transaction token from the second database node at the first database node, execution of the first query at the first database node to generate first results, and transmission of the first results and the first transaction token from the first database node to the client device. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275469 | DISCOVERY OF FAMILIAR CLAIMS PROVIDERS - Aspects of the subject matter described herein relate to identity technology. In aspects, profile data is mined to determine claims providers with which a user may be familiar. These familiar claims providers are used in conjunction with claims providers that are allowed by a relying party to determine a candidate set of claims providers that are both familiar to the user and allowed by the relying party. This candidate set of claims providers is then displayed to a user so that the user may select one or more of the claims providers to obtain claims to provide to the relying party. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275470 | LOCAL ACCESS TO CLOUD-BASED STORAGE - In one example of local access to cloud-based storage, a computer-readable medium stores one or more executable instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processors to subscribe to a cloud service provider, store a digital catalog to the cloud service provider, register a point of access for at least a portion of the digital catalog with the cloud service provider, and receive expedited access to at least the portion of the digital catalog at the registered point of access. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275471 | FILESYSTEM ACCESS FOR WEB APPLICATIONS AND NATIVE CODE MODULES - One embodiment provides a system that facilitates the execution of a web application. During operation, the system allocates a storage space on one or more storage devices for use by the web application. Next, the system creates, for the web application, a private filesystem comprising a private root directory within the storage space. Finally, the system enables access to the private filesystem for the web application through the private root directory in a manner that does not allow access to a host filesystem associated with the one or more storage devices from the web application. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275472 | INDIVIDUALIZED DATA SHARING - A method may include: maintaining one or more attributes of a first user; maintaining a risk profile scheme configured by the first user, the risk profile scheme comprising a passive permission table indicating whether a second user has permission to the one or more attributes; allowing the first user to grant dynamic permissions to the second user to access the one or more attributes in accordance with the risk profile scheme; allowing the first user to perform content blobulation of the one or more attributes; and allowing the first user to perform content reblobulation of the one or more attributes in accordance with the risk profile scheme. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275473 | TECHNIQUES FOR MAINTAINING COLUMN VECTORS OF RELATIONAL DATA WITHIN VOLATILE MEMORY - Techniques are provided for more efficiently using the bandwidth of the I/O path between a CPU and volatile memory during the performance of database operation. Relational data from a relational table is stored in volatile memory as column vectors, where each column vector contains values for a particular column of the table. A binary-comparable format may be used to represent each value within a column vector, regardless of the data type associated with the column. The column vectors may be compressed and/or encoded while in volatile memory, and decompressed/decoded on-the-fly within the CPU. Alternatively, the CPU may be designed to perform operations directly on the compressed and/or encoded column vector data. In addition, techniques are described that enable the CPU to perform vector processing operations on the column vector values. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275474 | Automating Evolution of Schemas and Mappings - Aspects of the subject matter described herein relate to automating evolution of schemas and mappings. In aspects, mappings between a conceptual model and a store model are updated automatically in response to a change that occurs to the conceptual model. For example, when a change occurs to the conceptual model, a local scope of the change is determined. The local scope indicates mappings that are most similar to the type(s) affected by the change. Based on the local scope, a pattern of mappings between the conceptual model and the store model is determined. Using this pattern and the nature of the change, the mappings are updated according to the pattern. In addition, the store model and data thereon may be updated in a manner to preserve existing data that is not to be deleted in response to the change. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275475 | Monitoring System for Optimizing Integrated Business Processes to Work Flow - An information handling system comprises a connection via a network interface for receiving data representing business process data from an integrated business process running at a location, the business process data comprising at least data indicating from where documents are received. The system also comprises a storage device for storing data representing an aggregate of business process data for an integrated business process, and a processor adapted to determine from the aggregate business process data whether the integrated business process running at the location receives documents from an external trading partner that, if the integrated business process receives documents from the external trading partner, then the processor prepares instructions to select an information handling system environment for running the integrated business process having additional disk space or solid state drive resources. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275476 | MANAGING RECORD LOCATION LOOKUP CACHING IN A RELATIONAL DATABASE - In managing a relational database, a relational manager sets a foreign key lookup value to an unavailable state in a source table row containing each of a foreign key value and the foreign key lookup value in a source table in a relational database, wherein the foreign key value references a primary key value in a referenced row in a separate destination table in the relational database. The relational manager, responsive to looking up, for the foreign key value, in a data structure separate from the source table, a location of the referenced row in the relational database, when the foreign key lookup value is set to the unavailable state, updating the foreign key lookup value with the location, wherein the foreign key lookup value in the source table is looked up for identifying the location of the referenced row for subsequent retrievals of the referenced row for the foreign key value. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275477 | SYSTEM FOR MANAGING THE NUTRITIONAL CONTENT FOR NUTRITIONAL SUBSTANCES - Disclosed herein is an information encoding, marking, tracking, and transmission system for information related to nutritional substances, including nutritional content. Upon the creation of a nutritional substance, whether grown, raised, caught, collected or synthesized, information regarding the nutritional substance is accumulated, encoded and referenced to the particular nutritional substance. This information can be marked directly on the nutritional substance, but can instead be stored elsewhere, and referenced to the nutritional substance by means of a marking, unique identifier, a unique inherent property, unique genetic attribute, or an induced genetic attribute. A consumer of the nutritional substance can use this reference to retrieve the information regarding the creation of the particular nutritional substance. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275478 | FILE FOLDER TRANSMISSION ON NETWORK - Disclosed are a method and a system for transmitting a file folder from the sending end to the receiving end. The system uses a file folder transmission unit at the sending end side to generate a directory structure file of the file folder. The directory structure file may have properties such as the size of the file folder, paths and path lengths of the files in the file folder. The sending end then sends the directory structure file to the receiving end through the file folder transmission unit to allow the system to determine which files in the file folder need to be transmitted. The needed files in the file folder are then transmitted to the receiving end according to the determination. The sending end and the receiving end may communicate using an instant messaging tool. The disclosed method and system allow a faster and more convenient file folder network transmission. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275479 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING DYNAMIC FILE SYSTEM AWARENESS ON STORAGE DEVICES - Systems and methods for providing awareness of a host file system on a storage device are described. In one embodiment, a storage device includes a host interface and a file awareness block. The host interface provides an interface between a host and the storage device. The file awareness block provides an awareness of the host file system to the storage device. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275480 | EXPANDING A HIERARCHICAL DISPERSED STORAGE INDEX - A method begins by a dispersed storage (DS) processing module determining to expand a hierarchical ordered index structure and retrieving a root index node. The method continues with the DS processing module identifying immediate children index nodes, dividing the immediate children index nodes into sets of children index nodes, creating, for each of the sets of children index nodes, a sub-root index node to produce a set of sub-root index nodes, creating a new root index node to include entries for each of the sub-root index nodes of the set of sub-root index nodes, and temporarily storing the new root index node and the set of sub-root index nodes in a dispersed storage network (DSN). When the root index node has not changed, the method continues with the DS processing module updating the hierarchical ordered index structure with the new root index node and the set of sub-root index nodes. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275481 | Method for the Low Cost Operation of a Processing Machine - A method for low cost operation of a processing machine comprising determining a suitable processing speed, operating the processing machine at the suitable processing speed, and determining costs as a function of the processing speed. The suitable processing speed is the processing speed which leads to predetermined costs in a predetermined processing time during the operation of the processing machine. | 2013-10-17 |
20130275482 | PROCESSORS, METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND INSTRUCTIONS TO GENERATE SEQUENCES OF CONSECUTIVE INTEGERS IN NUMERICAL ORDER - A method of an aspect includes receiving an instruction indicating a destination storage location. A result is stored in the destination storage location in response to the instruction. The result includes a sequence of at least four consecutive non-negative integers in numerical order. In an aspect, the instruction does not indicate a source packed data operand having a plurality of packed data elements in an architecturally-visible storage location. Other methods, apparatus, systems, and instructions are disclosed. | 2013-10-17 |