50th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 48 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110307391 | AUDITING CROWD-SOURCED COMPETITION SUBMISSIONS - A submission auditing system is described herein that audits to measure participation and to prevent fraud in online crowd-sourced competitions. Auditability increases the acceptance of crowd efforts. Individual contributors and competition organizers also want to have the individual contributors receive credit from the project sponsor(s), their employer, and/or government or other entities for their time investment. An employer may encourage employees to volunteer time with various charitable organizations, and may use the system to monitor participation and award prizes based on participation. The submission auditing system addresses the problem of auditing engagement in crowd-sourced scenarios, by providing a workflow for measuring engagement with a crowdsourcing project, detecting fraud as part of that measurement, and then delivering a receipt for the individual and third parties that provides tracking for participation. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307392 | Concierge Reservation for Services Referral System for Members - Concierges at hotels and other establishments are often asked to assist with various reservations for restaurants, transportation services, golf, and other services. This invention is to connect concierges that sign up as members to this system process with service providers that also sign up as members to provide the services. The connection between these members facilitates faster reservations and better information between the concierges and service providers. The member service providers are able to quickly identify and report concierges that refer customers. The placement of reservations and the confirmation of reservations between members facilitate referral commissions that can be paid between members. Members can review transactions online and work together to provide better service to their guests, while understanding the value of working efficiently together. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307393 | DISTRIBUTED CUSTOMER SUPPORT CREDITS - In a method, system, and computer-readable medium having instructions for providing distributed customer support, a customer care provider for a first business entity receives a request for customer care and the request may be handled by the customer care provider with a remedy, transaction information involving any number of transactions from a repository is accessed using a customer care credential and the repository comprises transaction information for a second business entity, and a limitation on the customer care provider is determined for providing the remedy using the transaction information. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307394 | Municipal bicycle sharing system - A bike share system with the flexibility to anchor the rental bike anywhere at the end of the trip employs a remotely operable lockbox which incorporates a wireless communication card with a GPS receiver. The bike itself has a battery for operating the wireless communication card and the GPS receiver and a hub dynamo for recharging the battery while the vehicle is in motion. A method of operating a stationless bicycle rental business is also disclosed. The remote lock can be disengaged by sending a text message, a voice message, a smart card message, or inputting required information using a keypad on the lockbox. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307395 | REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE METHOD THROUGH A VIDEO-CONFERENCE - In a real estate brokerage method through a video-conference (VDC), a purchaser and a broker meet with each other through an on-line VDC. This method includes steps for providing a article search page to a communication terminal of a non-member that connects with a corresponding Internet site; entering identification information of the non-member and search condition information thereof into the article search page; and providing an article describing page having information of one or more articles satisfying the search condition to the communication terminal of the non-member. In case that the non-member requests an on-line VDC, the request is offered to a corresponding article register. After the article register checks information of a non-member who requested VDC, the article register can select a VDC execution button included in a page having buttons to determine whether VDC should be executed or not. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307396 | Education Tool for Assessing Students - A computer-implemented method and system for managing student assessments may include: 1) receiving new assessments from a user base, 2) associating the new assessments with a standard learning objective, 3) storing the new assessment to a database of assessments, 4) providing the user base with searchable access to the database of assessments, the database of assessments filterable by the standard learning objective associated with each of the assessments, 5) receiving an assessment selection from a user within the user base, 6) rendering the selected assessment to the user so that the selected assessment can be used to assess students' competency level of the standard learning objective associated with the selected assessment. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307397 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR APPLYING SOCIAL INFLUENCE - A system creates a market for social influence, by 1) creating a measurement system and pricing mechanism for the social influence power (Social IQ) which is, in the marketing industry, the ability to influence brands of products and services at different level of the marketing vertical from market research to advertising; and 2) establishing a market place to trade social influence and its derivative products such as: Opinion sharing, reviews, expert advice, endorsement, promotion, content generation, and buzz creation. The system can measure Social IQ and supports monetization of social influence through Social IQ. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307398 | Managing Consistent Interfaces for Request for Information, Request for Information Response, Supplier Assessment Profile, Supplier Questionnaire Assessment, and Supplier Transaction Assessment Business Objects across Heterogeneous Systems - A business object model, which reflects data that is used during a given business transaction, is utilized to generate interfaces. This business object model facilitates commercial transactions by providing consistent interfaces that are suitable for use across industries, across businesses, and across different departments within a business during a business transaction. In some operations, software creates, updates, or otherwise processes information related to a request for information, a request for information response, a supplier assessment profile, a supplier questionnaire assessment, and/or a supplier transaction assessment business object. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307399 | Live Event Social Networking System - Embodiments of the invention provide a method for location-based social networking including creating a user profile. In some embodiments, creating the profile can include receiving user data, storing the data in a database, and distributing a reward to the user for creating the profile. The method can include determining a location of the user using one of a global positioning system (GPS) and data input from the user and displaying at least one event. In some embodiments, the selection of the event can be based on the location of the event. In some embodiments, the method can include receiving an event check-in instruction from the GPS or the user and distributing another reward to the user. Also, the method can include receiving and displaying a user comment regarding the event. In some embodiments, the method can include transmitting the comment to a social networking account. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307400 | Information and Communication Systems and Platforms and Their Methods of Use - Information and communication system are disclosed that include at least one virtual map comprising at least one contact, at least one search box that is related to the at least one virtual map, and at least one two-way interactive communication function. In some embodiments, the at least one virtual map comprises a trade show booth layout, a job fair, a street map, a city map, a building layout, a mall layout or a combination thereof. Methods of using a two-way communication and information system comprises: providing at least one prospective customer, customer, entity contact or a combination thereof, providing at least one vendor contact, providing at least one virtual map comprising the at least one vendor contact, providing at least one search box that searchably relates the at least one vendor contact to the at least one virtual map, utilizing the search box to locate a vendor contact of interest, and utilizing at least one two-way interactive communication function to interactively connect the at least one vendor contact with the at least one prospective customer, customer, entity contact or a combination thereof in real-time. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307401 | PEOPLE RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A People Relationship Management system for an organization having multiple assets each identified by organization meta-data, the system having a management repository for storing connected spheres in a multi-dimensional model. The management repository includes virtual items, business rules and contexts and the model includes both hierarchical and peer-to-peer connections among the spheres. Each sphere contains information in the form of sphere data about a selected asset or a group of selected assets in both hierarchical and peer-to-peer relationships between the spheres. At least one current asset information repository is connected to the management repository and contains dynamically updated meta-data about the assets, the management repository periodically pulling the updated meta-data from the asset information repository to update and render current the asset information of each sphere. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307402 | CONTACT CENTER EXPERT IDENTIFICATION - A system evaluates callers, into a contact center, for possible employment. The evaluations occur while the caller waits in a contact center queue and provide a rating of the callers as potential employees. Ratings may be generated or accumulated from one or more interactions with the contact center, where each interaction with the caller can provide information about the caller's suitability as an employee. Good candidates may be interviewed automatically and/or by a manager. Those candidates that receive good ratings/evaluations and are interested in the position may be hired or provided incentives to help the call center respond to calls. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307403 | Systems and method for providing monitoring of social networks - A method is provided of monitoring activity relative to a user's account of an on-line social network website (OSN). At least one activity of the user's account on an OSN is monitored, resulting in user's account activity data. Analysis of the user's account activity data is performed. Information is reported that is indicative of the processed user's account activity based on a selected criteria. A system is provided for authenticating a parent or legal guardian of a child on a social network. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307404 | MANAGING CONSISTENT INTERFACES FOR BUSINESS DOCUMENT MESSAGE MONITORING VIEW, CUSTOMS ARRANGEMENT, AND FREIGHT LIST BUSINESS OBJECTS ACROSS HETEROGENEOUS SYSTEMS - A business object model, which reflects data that is used during a given business transaction, is utilized to generate interfaces. This business object model facilitates commercial transactions by providing consistent interfaces that are suitable for use across industries, across businesses, and across different departments within a business during a business transaction. In some operations, software creates, updates, or otherwise processes information related to a business document message monitoring view, a customs arrangement, and/or a freight list business object. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307405 | Managing Consistent Interfaces for Export Declaration and Export Declaration Request Business Objects Across Heterogeneous Systems - A business object model, which reflects data that is used during a given business transaction, is utilized to generate interfaces. This business object model facilitates commercial transactions by providing consistent interfaces that are suitable for use across industries, across businesses, and across different departments within a business during a business transaction. In some operations, software creates, updates, or otherwise processes information related to an export declaration and/or an export declaration request business object. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307406 | TRANSPORT SCHEDULING FOR LOW MICROBIAL BULK PRODUCTS - Transport scheduling and transport processes for low microbial (“LM”) bulk products are described. The transport scheduling and processes facilitate low microbial activity in a LM bulk product during the transport of the LM bulk product. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307407 | Robust Optimization Of Bulk Gas Distribution - Techniques are disclosed for increasing the robustness of optimization solutions for bulk gas distribution, relative to uncertain events such as unexpected plant outages. The techniques actively consider different assumptions regarding unexpected plant outages while searching for a solution (i.e., when generating a delivery schedule). A robust solution (delivery schedule) is one on which a plant outage only has a limited impact. A computer-implemented delivery scheduling application may identify a robust solution that performs well with respect to a range of uncertain future conditions (e.g., a variety of plant outages), at the lowest additional cost to the producer/distributor relative to other solutions. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307408 | System and Method for Assigning a Business Value Rating to Documents in an Enterprise - A system and method for managing information in an enterprise is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving a document from a component of an enterprise network, determining one or more characteristics associated with the document, assigning a priority score to a user associated with the document, assigning a business value rating to the document, and performing an operation with the document based on the business value rating. In another embodiment, the system includes a processor operable to receive a document, determine one or more characteristics associated with the document, determine a priority score to a user associated with the document, assign a business value rating to the document, and perform an operation with the document based on the business value rating. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307409 | Managing Consistent Interfaces for Company Intrastat Arrangement, Intrastat Declaration, Intrastat Declaration Request, and Intrastat Valuation Business Objects across Heterogeneous Systems - A business object model, which reflects data that is used during a given business transaction, is utilized to generate interfaces. This business object model facilitates commercial transactions by providing consistent interfaces that are suitable for use across industries, across businesses, and across different departments within a business during a business transaction. In some operations, software creates, updates, or otherwise processes information related to a company intrastat arrangement, an intrastat declaration, an intrastat declaration request, and/or an intrastat valuation business object. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307410 | Managing Consistent Interfaces for Foreign Trade Commodity Catalog and Foreign Trade Product Classification Business Objects across Heterogeneous Systems - A business object model, which reflects data that is used during a given business transaction, is utilized to generate interfaces. This business object model facilitates commercial transactions by providing consistent interfaces that are suitable for use across industries, across businesses, and across different departments within a business during a business transaction. In some operations, software creates, updates, or otherwise processes information related to Foreign Trade Commodity Catalogue and Foreign Trade Product Classification business objects. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307411 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RANKING RESULTS BASED ON DWELL TIME - A method and a system to rank search results based on dwell time is provided. The system comprises a search module to identify a plurality of listings stored in a listing database as search results. A dwell time module determines a respective dwell time associated with each of the plurality of listings. The dwell time is based on an elapsed amount of time one or more buyers view a view item page associated with the listing. A ranking module ranks the listings composing the identified plurality of listings based at least in part on the respective dwell time associated with each of the plurality of listings. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307412 | REUSABLE CAPACITY PLANNING SCENARIO TEMPLATES - Systems and methods are described for creating a reusable capacity planning scenario template. In one example, a method includes maintaining a system topology model of resources in a configuration management database. The topology model can include at least one computing device and at least one facility in which the computing device is used. The method can include assigning minimum and maximum constraint values to resources within the system topology. The constraints can be maximal or minimal limits on at least one of how, when, and where workloads may be used with regards to the resources. The method can further include identifying resources within the system topology model to include in the reusable capacity planning scenario template. The identified resources can be projected into a data mart. The reusable capacity planning scenario template can be created using a scenario planner based on the topology model and constraints of the identified resources in the data mart. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307413 | PREDICTING THE IMPACT OF A PERSONNEL ACTION ON A WORKER - A computer-implemented method for predicting the impact of a personnel action on a worker is provided. The method includes collecting a plurality of attributes associated with each of a plurality of workers, receiving a proposed personnel action related to a worker, applying a data mining tool to the attributes and the proposed personnel action to identify an impact of the proposed personnel action, and outputting the impact of the proposed personnel action based on the result produced by the data mining tool. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307414 | Consensus Investment Analysis/Stock Selection Methodology - A computer system for predicting investment performance trends is disclosed. The computer system has a data organizing module capable of organizing an investment data into at least one list. Furthermore the computer system has a data comparator module that is capable of sorting data into performance categories within at least one said list to arrive at a consistent top set. Further disclosed is a computer-enabled method of arriving at consistent investment performance set having the steps of obtaining an investment pricing list; organizing an investment data into lists; comparing investment assertions within said lists against said pricing list; sorting said investment data by a performance category; determining the best performing investment within said list; and isolating a consistently performing investment combination. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307415 | System, Method and Computer Program Product for Measuring Risk Levels in a Stock Market by Providing a Volatility, Skewness and Kurtosis Index - A system, method and computer program product for constructing a volatility index by using at least one processor, the method comprising: obtaining, by at least one computing device having at least one computer processor, a universe of securities; selecting, by the at least one computing device, constituent securities at a given date; computing, by the at least one computing device, constituent returns for said constituent securities; filtering, by the at least one computing device, outliers; applying, by the at least one computing device, weighting comprising computing at least one of a second, third or fourth moment to obtain the index. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307416 | Systems and Methods for Offering and Servicing Hedge Funds - A family of hedge funds, serving as “feeder funds” into underlying single-manager hedge funds, formed to provide smaller investors with the ability to allocate and reallocate assets among alternative strategies, and this basic structure combining interrelated systems and methods for offering, redeeming, exchanging, valuing, reporting and servicing the same is a new approach. The system and methods described herein provide investors having less than ultra-high net worth portfolios with access to hedge funds and the potential valuable diversification to an overall portfolio, and the ability to customize their portfolio of hedge funds to their individual needs and adjust such portfolio over time as seen fit in light of changing financial needs and market conditions. This invention gives a wide range of investors access to hedge funds, creating economic value using a new source of stable investor capital for hedge fund managers, a value shared with investors through reduced costs. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307417 | System and Method for Trading Options - A system and method of trading option contracts, such as foreign currency option contracts, is described. In one embodiment, a system and method for web-based or network-based interactive trading of currency options is described. Users of the system provide volatility runs of currency options, deal on existing offers to sell or bids to buy, or may improve on existing offers to sell or bids to buy. Option contracts may be priced in units of volatility. Users of the system described include banks of all sizes and traders or dealers employed by banks or other financial institutions. The system and method provide automatic price quotations for a requested option contract by polling internal volatility surfaces of users for prices on the requested contract. Additionally, the system and method ensure a more orderly pattern of trades by categorizing the users into discrete tiers which determine a user's obligations to provide offers and bids to the system and which determine a user's opportunities and rights to trade on the system. Furthermore, a system and method is described for automatically withdrawing quotes for offers to sell or bids to buy option contracts after expiration of a prescribed period of time or prescribed movement in the market underlying the option contract. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307418 | MULTI-METERING OF ELECTRIC POWER CONSUMPTION - An electric metering system comprising a plurality of metering devices controlled by a metering controller. Each of the metering devices provides the controller with instantaneous measurements of electric current within an associated electric conductor. The metering controller is operative to collect the measurement information, compute consumption information, store the information and retrieve the information for each metering device independently. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307419 | POEM TO A LOVED ONE BUSINESS SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A system and method of monetizing a Poem To a Loved One including the steps of: providing at least one manufactured item that may be impressioned thereon having at least one indicia; impressionably printing the Poem To a Loved One on the manufactured item; distributing for sale the manufactured item having the Poem To a Loved One impressioned thereon; and selling the manufactured item(s) to create at least one monetization. The system may be monetized as a gift-kit including manufactured item(s) having indicia consisting of the Poem To a Loved One impressioned thereon, and a greeting card. The gift-kit is suitable for festive occasions such as Mother's Day, Christmas, Birthday or other such occasion(s). | 2011-12-15 |
20110307420 | Promotional pocket cover and method of constructing and displaying - A wearer selectable removably attachable promotional pocket cover comprises a single body unit generally arrow in shape including two modules: a cover module and an insert module continuously and seamlessly joined together. An attachment means enables the promotional pocket cover to be temporarily attached to and from a pre-existing garment pocket at will. Awareness, support, and spirit, are raised for a specific cause by utilizing the promotional pocket cover with a specific promotional adornment affixed upon the cover module. In addition, money is raised for a single and specific cause, whether it is a school sport's team booster organization, or a charitable organization, by selling the promotional pocket covers having a promotional adornment affixed thereon that is readily identifiable with that specific cause. A promotional pocket cover, pattern and method of construction, and method of installation and use are described and claimed. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307421 | CUP INSULATOR AND CUSTOMIZABLE INSERT - A sleeve containing an insert forming a cup holder is described. The inserts are placed in the sleeve. The sleeve is customizable by varying the color, writing and bar coding. The individual business may also display their logo on the sleeve or insert. These cup holders are personal to the user and can be repeatedly used. This enables the individual business to save money. The sleeve and insert as cup holder can be made up of recyclable material. The user may use a device implanted on or in a sleeve to pay and/or order the product using the sleeve. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307422 | EXPLORING DATA USING MULTIPLE MACHINE-LEARNING MODELS - A multiple model data exploration system and method for running multiple machine-learning models simultaneously to understand and explore data. Embodiments of the system and method allow a user to gain a greater understanding of the data and to gain new insights into their data. Embodiments of the system and method also allow a user to interactively explore the problem and to navigate different views of data. Many different classifier training and evaluation experiments are run simultaneously and results are obtained. The results are aggregated and visualized across each of the experiments to determine and understand how each example is classified for each different classifier. These results then are summarized in a variety of ways to allow users to obtain a greater understanding of the data both in terms of the individual examples themselves and features associated with the data. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307423 | DISTRIBUTED DECISION TREE TRAINING - A computerized decision tree training system may include a distributed control processing unit configured to receive input of training data for training a decision tree. The system may further include a plurality of data batch processing units, each data batch processing unit being configured to evaluate each of a plurality of split functions of a decision tree for respective data batch of the training data, to thereby compute a partial histogram for each split function, for each datum in the data batch. The system may further include a plurality of node batch processing units configured to aggregate the associated partial histograms for each split function to form an aggregated histogram for each split function for each of a subset of frontier tree nodes and to determine a selected split function for each frontier tree node by computing the split function that produces highest information gain for the frontier tree node. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307424 | DETERMINATION OF TRAINING SET SIZE FOR A MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEM - Automated determination of a number of profiles for a training data set to be used in training a machine learning system for generating target function information from modeled profile parameters. In one embodiment, a first principal component analysis (PCA) is performed on a training data set, and a second PCA is performed on a combined data set which includes the training data set and a test data set. A test data set estimate is generated based on the first PCA transform and the second PCA matrix. The size of error between the test data set and the test data set estimate is used to determine whether a number of profiles associated with the training data set is sufficiently large for training a machine learning system to generate a library of spectral information. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307425 | ORGANIZING SEARCH RESULTS - Many users make use of search engines to locate desired internet content by submitting search queries. For example, a user may search for photos, applications, websites, videos, documents, and/or information regarding people, places, and things. Unfortunately, search engines may provide a plethora of information that a user may be left to sift through to find relevant content. Accordingly, one or more systems and/or techniques for organizing search results are disclosed herein. In particular, user generated content, such as photos, may be retrieved based upon a search query. The user generated content may be grouped into clusters of user generated content having similar features. Search results of the search query may be obtained and organized based upon comparing the search results with the clusters. The organized search results and/or a table of content comprising the clusters may be presented to provide an enhanced user experience. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307426 | Personalized Health Risk Assessment For Critical Care - A method for providing a personalized health risk of a patient includes receiving training data corresponding to a plurality of patients and target data corresponding to a target patient; generating model data based on the training data according to an anomaly detection method; either determining whether the target data is anomalous with respect to the training data, or determining the extent to which the target data is anomalous with respect to the training data; and either indicating whether the target patient is at risk of the adverse outcome, or indicating the extent to which the target patient is at risk of the adverse outcome. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307427 | Molecular markers predicting response to adjuvant therapy, or disease progression, inbreast cancer - Predicting response to adjuvant therapy or predicting disease progression in breast cancer is realized by (1) first obtaining a breast cancer test sample from a subject; (2) second obtaining clinicopathological data from said breast cancer test sample; (3) analyzing the obtained breast cancer test sample for presence or amount of (a) one or more molecular markers of hormone receptor status, one or more growth factor receptor markers, (b) one or more tumor suppression/apoptosis molecular markers; and (c) one or more additional molecular markers both proteomic and non-proteomic that are indicative of breast cancer disease processes; and then (4) correlating (a) the presence or amount of said molecular markers and, with (b) clinicopathological data from said tissue sample other than the molecular markers of breast cancer disease processes. A kit of (1) a panel of antibodies; (2) one or more gene amplification assays; (3) first reagents to assist said antibodies with binding to tumor samples; (4) second reagents to assist in determining gene amplification; permits, when applied to a breast cancer patient's tumor tissue sample, (A) permits observation, and determination, of a numerical level of expression of each individual antibody, and gene amplification; whereupon (B) a computer algorithm, residing on a computer can calculate a prediction of treatment outcome for a specific treatment for breast cancer, or future risk of breast cancer progression. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307428 | Screening Information for a Coverage Model - It is disclosed to determine whether information useable for a generating/updating process that comprises generating and/or updating at least one model for a coverage area of a communication node shall be discarded or made available to said generating/updating process. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307429 | AUTOMATED CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE INPUT-INVARIANT PART - A classification algorithm is separated into one or more input-invariant parts and one or more input-dependent classification parts. Classifiable electronic data is obtained via a communication network. Using the classification algorithm, classifications of a plurality of data elements in the classifiable data are identified, where the at least one classification part incorporates user input concerning classification of at least one data element of the plurality of data elements. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307430 | Pareto Sampling Using Simplicial Refinement by Derivative Pursuit - A method of optimizing a plurality of objectives includes the steps of initializing a set of simplices; selecting a simplex from the set of simplices; computing one or more weights based at least in part on the selected simplex; and generating a point on a tradeoff surface by utilizing the one or more weights in a weighted-sum optimization. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307431 | STANDARDIZING DATA USED FOR MONITORING AN AEROENGINE - A method and a system for standardizing data used for monitoring an aeroengine, and including: operating over time to collect time-series measurements from the aeroengine; calculating from the time-series measurements a set of indicators Y=(y | 2011-12-15 |
20110307432 | RELEVANCE FOR NAME SEGMENT SEARCHES - Improved search result relevance is provided for name segment searches performed by a general web search engine. Entity-related information is mined from web documents and search engine query logs, and metadata is indexed in a search system index. The metadata may include information identifying entity homepages, entity web pages at high quality top sites, other entity-related web pages, entity equivalent data, and/or entity misspellings data. The indexed metadata is employed to provide improved search results relevance for search queries that include an entity's name by improving the ranking of search results corresponding with entity-relevant web pages. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307433 | PROGRAMMABLE DEVICE, HEIRARCHICAL PARALLEL MACHINES, METHODS FOR PROVIDING STATE INFORMATION - Programmable devices, hierarchical parallel machines and methods for providing state information are described. In one such programmable device, programmable elements are provided. The programmable elements are configured to implement one or more finite state machines. The programmable elements are configured to receive an N-digit input and provide a M-digit output as a function of the N-digit input. The M-digit output includes state information from less than all of the programmable elements. Other programmable devices, hierarchical parallel machines and methods are also disclosed. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307434 | Method for detecting suspicious individuals in a friend list - A method is provided for detecting friend or potential friend candidates as being suspicious in an OSN. A processor is used to obtain at least one candidate as being a suspicious friend in the OSN. One or more risk factors are used in the analysis. Heuristics are applied to the risk factors with the processor. In response, a determination is made as to whether the candidate is a suspicious individual. The processor can be software, hardware, or one or more individuals can use manual methods, to do the analysis and make the determination. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307435 | EXTRACTING STRUCTURED KNOWLEDGE FROM UNSTRUCTURED TEXT - Embodiments of the present invention relate to knowledge representation systems which include a knowledge base in which knowledge is represented in a structured, machine-readable format that encodes meaning. Techniques for extracting structured knowledge from unstructured text and for determining the reliability of such extracted knowledge are also described. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307436 | PATTERN TREE-BASED RULE LEARNING - A pattern tree is constructed based on a plurality of key-value pairs representing portions of a data set. In some implementations, the pattern tree may be used for learning one or more rules for interacting with a source of the data set. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307437 | Local Causal and Markov Blanket Induction Method for Causal Discovery and Feature Selection from Data - In many areas, recent developments have generated very large datasets from which it is desired to extract meaningful relationships between the dataset elements. However, to date, the finding of such relationships using prior art methods has proved extremely difficult especially in the biomedical arts. Methods for local causal learning and Markov blanket discovery are important recent developments in pattern recognition and applied statistics, primarily because they offer a principled solution to the variable/feature selection problem and give insight about local causal structure. The present invention provides a generative method for learning local causal structure around target variables of interest in the form of direct causes/effects and Markov blankets applicable to very large datasets and relatively small samples. The method is readily applicable to real-world data, and the selected feature sets can be used for causal discovery and classification. The generative method GLL-PC can be instantiated in many ways, giving rise to novel method variants. In general, the inventive method transforms a dataset with many variables into either a minimal reduced dataset where all variables are needed for optimal prediction of the response variable or a dataset where all variables are direct causes and direct effects of the response variable. The power of the invention and significant advantages over the prior art were empirically demonstrated with datasets from a diversity of application domains (biology, medicine, economics, ecology, digit recognition, text categorization, and computational biology) and data generated by Bayesian networks. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307438 | HIGH-DIMENSIONAL DATA ANALYSIS - Described herein is a framework for analyzing data in high-dimensional space. In accordance with one implementation, observed data and at least one input model parameter set is received. The input model parameter set serves as a solution candidate of a predefined problem (e.g., inverse or optimization problem) and is related to the observed data via a model. To provide enhanced computational efficiency, a reduced base with lower dimensionality is determined based on the input model parameter set. The reduced base is associated with a set of coefficients, which represents the coordinates of any model parameter set in the reduced base. Sampling is performed within the reduced base to generate an output model parameter set in the reduced base. The output model parameter set is compatible with the input model parameter set and fits the observed data, via the model, within a predetermined threshold. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307439 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING PREDICTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH AN ALPHABETIC STRING - The present disclosure provides methods and apparatus for displaying an alphabetic string representing an amino acid sequence of an antibody in association with predicted characteristics of certain sites in the antibody. In an embodiment, a process causes a web based application server to receive an alphabetic string from a client device indicative of an amino acid sequence. The server then predicts sites in the amino acid sequence likely to be associated with certain chemical properties such as deamidation, glycosylation, oxidation, proteolysis, and isomerization. The server may also predict other characteristics such as domain boundaries, binding sites, hydrophobicity levels, surface exposures, etc. The server then sends data to the client device indicative of the predicted sites and characteristics, so that the client device can display the alphabetic string indicative of the amino acid sequence with a graphical indication of the position of each predicted chemical property (e.g., with a semitransparent glyph over the associated alphabetic character). | 2011-12-15 |
20110307440 | METHOD FOR THE FULLY MODIFIABLE FRAMEWORK DISTRIBUTION OF DATA IN A DATA WAREHOUSE TAKING ACCOUNT OF THE PRELIMINARY ETYMOLOGICAL SEPARATION OF SAID DATA - Method for the fully modifiable framework distribution of data in a data warehouse taking account of the preliminary etymological separation of said data is based on the framework model of data. It is about the totality of the entity-objects, that relate to a particular abstract domains, is distributed into five groups in an automated way: atomic, composite and weak entity-objects, as well as artifacts i.e. entity-copies the data of which are conventionally placed in warehouse, and a group of indefinite entity-objects, the semantics of which is the subject to further specification. The method provides for the option of replenishment of the algorithms groups and criteria for the separation, each of which allows for a more accurate classification of a particular entity-object to the above-mentioned groups. And their using consistently makes it possible to speed up the process and reduce the fifth group—the group of indefinite entity-objects, which have contradictory characteristics—they can be equally assigned to different groups. A few algorithms were shown. This is an algorithm based on using the dictionary of entity-objects, which is available in public networks and is constantly replenished, and on functional dependencies between the data from the entity-objects, which allows us to compare the entity-objects with each other; an algorithm for tracking some repeating entity-objects in binary pairs, the algorithm of the statistic analysis of the determinized or multi-valued dependencies, as well as the algorithms of successive approximations modifications on the connections' framework-template. This pre-separation of the entity objects set in the abstract domains makes it possible to simultaneously use both the relational properties and, for example, object-oriented model of data distribution. This provides the option to account for some artifacts, for which multiple domains masks are formed in the warehouse, each of which is assigned an identification key corresponding to its structure. Effectuating the Cartesian products of masks among themselves on an “each on each” principle, a complete set of composite entity objects is obtained. After that, they set aside some semantically incompatible ones from the obtained tables—for example, the result of multiplying two weak entity-objects that have a common ancestor. Thus, a logical and physical data schemas, which are equivalent to each other. This enables using of relational capabilities in a physically distributed data warehouse separated onto different servers. The method also solves the issue of standardization of data warehouse schemes creation. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307441 | REPLICATION OF DEDUPLICATED STORAGE SYSTEM - A method of replicating a deduplicated storage system is disclosed. The method comprises storing a stream of data on an originator deduplicating system by storing deduplicated segments and information on how to reconstruct the stream of data. The method further comprises replicating the originator deduplicating system by receiving a copy of the deduplicated segments, information regarding containers for the deduplicated segments, and information on how to reconstruct the stream of data transferred from the originator deduplicating system to the replica system. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307442 | TRANSPARENT ACCESS MECHANISM FOR LOCAL AND REMOTE DATA - A unified data access mechanism can provide transparent access to data that is either stored locally or remotely. Application programs can direct data requests and data modifications to this singular component without foreknowledge of where the data is stored. The unified data access mechanism can work in concert with a synchronization mechanism that can maintain data synchronization between local data and remote data. Requested or modified data can be identified as stored locally or remotely based on the namespace of the data. If the data is stored remotely, the user credentials associated with the user's process space within which the application program is executing can be utilized to identify, and then provide, relevant authentication information to the remote data store, should it be required. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307443 | USING AMQP FOR REPLICATION - A message-based replication system hosted by a first directory server receives update data describing an update to be made to a lightweight directory access protocol (LDAP)-based database that is coupled to the first directory server and determines whether the data is received from an advanced message queuing protocol (AMQP) server. The message-based replication system converts the update data into LDAP data format based on a determination that the update data is received from the AMQP server and updates the database using the LDAP update data. The message-based replication system updates the database using the received update data based on a determination that the update data is not received from the AMQP server, converts the update data into wire level data format, and publishes the wire level update data to the AMQP server to allow a second directory server that subscribes to the AMQP server to obtain data representing the update. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307444 | REPLICATING SERVER CONFIGURATION DATA IN DISTRIBUTED SERVER ENVIRONMENTS - Components of a distributed server system are configured through replicating configuration data from a central configuration store to server machines. Configuration data is placed in globally identifiable containers or batches. A master replication agent service and a file transfer agent service running in conjunction with a central data storage unit are responsible for replicating configuration data within the batches to other machines in the deployment. A replica replication agent service running on the individual machines updates its own state and posts its latest status back to the central replication services, which upon receiving the status from every machine pushes changes to synchronize the machines with the latest configuration in central store. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307445 | BACKGROUND SYNCHRONIZATION OF DATA OBJECTS - Background synchronization of data objects may be provided. A background thread associated with an application may be created. A first data item associated with the application may be opened by the background thread and a copy of the first data item may be created. A modification may be performed on a property of the first data item. If no second data item is associated with a pending modification, the first data item may be replaced with the modified copy of the first data item. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307446 | INFORMATION LIFE CYCLE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SERVER APPARATUS, INFORMATION MEDIA CONTROLLING APPARATUS AND PROGRAM - According to one embodiment, even when the information media controlling apparatus which requests replication registration of electronic data and the information media controlling apparatus which acquires a child management file generated by replication registration are separate apparatuses, the information management server apparatus registers a child management ID of electronic data and a post office box ID of the acquisition destination of a child management file, in the post office box management table based on replication registration request information received from one information media controlling apparatus, and has the other information media controlling apparatus which is the acquisition destination acquire the child management file based on the post office box management table. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307447 | Inline Wire Speed Deduplication System - Systems for performing inline wire speed data deduplication are described herein. Some embodiments include a device for inline data deduplication that includes one or more input ports for receiving an input data stream containing duplicates, one or more output ports for providing a data deduplicated output data stream, and an inline data deduplication engine coupled to said one or more input ports and said one or more output ports to process input data containing duplicates into output data which is data deduplicated, said inline data deduplication engine having an inline data deduplication bandwidth of at least 4 Gigabytes per second. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307448 | REPRODUCTION DEVICE - In conventional managed copy, files are copied to the copy destination, while maintaining the file structure of the copy source. A problem pertaining to the conventional managed copy is that, when a partial copy, which changes the file structure of the copy source, is performed, the created disc does not conform to the standard and thus cannot be played back by the playback device. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307449 | CHECKPOINTS FOR A FILE SYSTEM - Aspects of the subject matter described herein relate to checkpoints for a file system. In aspects, updates to the file system are organized into checkpoint buckets. When a checkpoint is desired, subsequent updates are directed to another checkpoint bucket. After global tables have been updated for updates in the current checkpoint bucket, a logical copy of the global tables is created. This logical copy is stored as part of the checkpoint data. To assist in recovery, a checkpoint manager may wait until all updates of the current checkpoint bucket have been written to storage before writing final checkpoint data to storage. This final checkpoint data may refer to the logical copy of the global tables and include a validation code to verify that the checkpoint data is correct. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307450 | TENANT SEPARATION WITHIN A DATABASE INSTANCE - A system includes a database instance, a data storage system, and a database management system. The data storage system stores a first data partition and a second data partition. The first data partition includes a first plurality of database pages storing tenant-independent data and a first converter associated with the first partition. The second data partition includes a second plurality of database pages storing tenant-independent data and a second converter associated with the second partition. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307451 | System and method for distributed objects storage, management, archival, searching, retrieval and mining in private and public clouds and deep invisible webs - A method and system for efficiently archiving and retrieving objects using a distributed network of devices wherein the users define attributes, distribution lists, subscribers to content and objects. The objects can be archived, searched for, tagged, indexed, attributed, restored and mined. Objects have signatures that indicate where they came from and where they are stored. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307452 | PERFORMING CODE ANALYSIS IN A MULTI-TENANT DATABASE SYSTEM - A system and method for performing code analysis in a database system. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a request to scan code for a software application. The method further includes fetching metadata associated with a user, fetching the code for the software application, and scanning the code. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307453 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including: a database in which content information, content-related information, and unit information are registered; a unit information receiving unit receiving the unit information, which was generated by connecting the content-related information to the content information, from an operation terminal; an overlapping registration confirming unit confirming whether unit information that overlaps the received unit information is registered in the database; an overlapping registration notifying unit notifying, via the operation terminal, an operator of the confirmation result; a credibility confirming unit operable when overlapping registration has not been found, to confirm credibility of the unit information based on verification information registered in one of the database and an external database; a credibility notifying unit notifying, via the operation terminal, the operator of the confirmation result; and a unit information registering unit registering the unit information whose credibility has been confirmed in the database. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307454 | System And Method For Independent Verification And Validation - This invention is to solve the high cost of the IV&V process by simplifying the complex logistics of project management. This invention is an intelligent project management system that can serve multiple projects. The system comprises at least one computer system with at least one operating system. The system is remotely accessible by a user via a computing device. The system contains at least one web server, at least one email server, and at least one search engine facility. Several components are executing online or offline in the system. The system can generate various views of a particular project. The system continuously monitors and periodically reports the state of a project. It automatically validates the mapping between multiple project documents. The system automatically provides authentication and authorization of the user. It provides online and offline intelligent assistance to the user on matters related to a project. The system assures the security of its computer(s) and the integrity of the project(s) it is serving. The system includes databases which stores project data, project documents, and user information. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307455 | CONTACT INFORMATION MERGER AND DUPLICATE RESOLUTION - Merger and duplicate resolution for contact information across platforms is managed employing contact objects and aggregating the contact objects into contact models. Contact data from internal and/or external data stores may be retrieved and contact objects created for each contact from each contact store. A contact model for each contact entity may be created by aggregating contact data from contact objects across the contact stores. The aggregation may include duplicate resolution through weighting of communication system types, ranking of contact information type, and similar approaches. The contact models may be dynamically updated based on changes to the contact objects. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307456 | ACTIVE FILE INSTANT CLONING - Techniques and mechanisms are provided to instantly clone active files including active optimized files. When a new instance of an active file is created, a new stub is generated in the user namespace and a block map file is cloned. The block map file includes the same offsets and location pointers that existed in the original block map file. No user file data needs to be copied. If the cloned file is later modified, the behavior can be same as what happens when a de-duplicated file is modified. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307457 | INTEGRATED DUPLICATE ELIMINATION SYSTEM, DATA STORAGE DEVICE, AND SERVER DEVICE - First, a duplicate elimination process based on a first duplicate elimination process, in which both a duplicate elimination effect and a processing load are low, is executed. Information related to a processing result of the duplicate elimination process based on the first duplicate elimination process is acquired prior to execution of a second duplicate elimination process, in which both the duplicate elimination effect and the processing load are high. Target data of the second duplicate elimination process is narrowed down based on the acquired information. The second duplicate elimination process is applied only to the narrowed down target data. As a result, an integrated duplicate elimination system with a lower processing load than in a conventional system is realized while attaining a high duplicate elimination effect. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307458 | Simultaneous maintenance of multiple versions of a web-based business information system - A method, system, computer program product, and related business methods for phased rollout of an upgraded version of a web-based business information system are described. URLs associated with client requests remain the same even where the target subscriber accounts have been upgraded. Client requests for both upgraded and non-upgraded accounts are received by a common set of web servers. Client requests representing external entry points are trapped, and the receiving web server accesses a login router database to determine whether the target subscriber account is upgraded or non-upgraded, and then transfers the request to an appropriately-versioned application server. Application server sets are mapped to database sets according to system version, allowing the upgraded system database schema to be substantially different than the non-upgraded database schema. An early adopter program business method leveraging the abilities of such web-based business information system is also described. Applications to environments other than phased rollout are described, such as URL-agnostic differentiation and routing of client requests according to class-of-service of the target subscribing account. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307459 | SYSTEM, DATA STRUCTURE, AND METHOD FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY RETRIEVING MULTI-DIMENSIONAL DATA WITH ZERO CONTENTION - A system, processor, and method for processing multiple dimension data. A single rectangular data array having a single data port may store a set of data elements representing a multi-dimensional pixel array. A load/store unit may receive the set of data elements and store them divided among a plurality of individually addressable data arrays each having separate address ports. Each individually addressable data array may include at most a single row that stores data elements from a sub-set of the set of data elements representing a multi-dimensional sub-array of the pixel array. A processor may simultaneously access the single row of each of the plurality of individually addressable data arrays by accessing the corresponding respective address ports for each individually addressable data array to retrieve the complete sub-set of data elements in a single computational cycle. An execution unit may execute instruction(s) on the sub-set of data elements. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307460 | NAVIGATING RELATIONSHIPS AMONG ENTITIES - Graphical user interfaces, methods, and computer-storage media for navigating relationships among entities are provided. The method is executed by a computer system that generates a graphical user interface having entities associated with a query. The query is issued to a search engine that searches multiple sources to locate results. The computer system extracts the entities from the results. In turn, a graph is added to the graphical user interface to group the entities. The graph links the query and the entities and provides a visual overview of the results for the query. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307461 | QUERY CONTEXT SELECTION USING GRAPHICAL PROPERTIES - Maintaining a plurality of search contexts and selecting one of the search contexts based on graphical properties of a user interface. Each of the search contexts is provided by and corresponds to one of a plurality of executing application programs. Responsive to an event, one of the search contexts is selected. In some embodiments, the search context provided by the application program having a window displayed in the foreground of the user interface is selected. Search results based on the selected search context are obtained and provided to the user. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307462 | Systems and Methods for Online Search Recirculation and Query Categorization - A computer-implemented method for generating online search results includes receiving, over the Internet, referring URL data including a query, and a network site ID for a network site that was visited based on third party search engine analysis of the query; generating indexed query and network site data based on the received referring URL data and network site; receiving a new query from a user; determining a network site relevant to the new query based on the indexed query and network site data; and displaying to the user a link to the network site. Systems for generating online search results are also disclosed. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307463 | System and Methods Thereof for Enhancing a User's Search Experience - A method for enhancing web search experience of users. The method comprises selecting at least one resource from a plurality of resources to respond to an input query received from a user on a user device; sending the input query to the selected at least one resource; designating a unique display segment within a display area on the user device, wherein each display segment corresponds to each of the selected at least one resource; causing the selected at least one resource to respond to the input query within the corresponding unique display segment; and establishing a direct communication between each of the selected at least one resource and the user device for at least enabling, in response to the query, interaction of the selected at least one resource with the user within the unique display segment corresponding to the selected resource. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307464 | System And Method For Identifying Trending Targets Based On Citations - A new approach is proposed that contemplates systems and methods to identify trending objects that are targets of citations without actually conducting a search. Under the approach, a score is accumulated for each object as a function of the count of citations and influence of the citing subjects/sources/authors within a given time period starting from the timestamp of the earliest citation of the object. A threshold on the score can be predicted or predetermined, which only a certain number but not all of objects are able to exceed. The objects which scores exceed the said threshold are then identified as trending objects within its relevant categories without actually conducting a search and without having to wait for the given time period to be concluded. Finally, a list of top-ranking objects that have been identified is generated and presented to the user. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307465 | System and method for metadata transfer among search entities - A new approach is proposed that contemplates systems and methods to ascribe or transfer metadata from one search-related entity to another, where each entity can be one of subject or source, citation, and object or target. First, one or more complete or incomplete attributes associated with one or more of entities across source, citation and target are identified with a high degree of probable accuracy, wherein such metadata or attributes include but are not limited to, time, language, and location of the entities. The identified attributes are then ascribed or transferred from one entity where the metadata is available to other search entities. Finally, the transferred attributes can be utilized to facilitate the selection and ranking of the cited targets for the search result. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307466 | System and method for determining quality of cited objects in search results based on the influence of citing subjects - A new approach is proposed that contemplates systems and methods to examine and determine quality of objects cited by citations in a search result based on a citation graph that includes citing subjects, citations, and cited objects. First, influence scores of a plurality of subjects/sources that compose the citations of the objects in the search result are calculated. The quality of the objects cited by the subjects can then be determined by examining the influence scores for the subjects of the citations. Finally, the cited objects selected can be presented to a user or provided to a thirty party for further processing together with the relevant citations and citing subjects. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307467 | DISTRIBUTED WEB CRAWLER ARCHITECTURE - A distributed web crawler architecture is provided. An example system comprises a work items, a duplicate request detector, and a callback module. The work items monitor may be configured to detect a first work item from a first web crawler, the work item related to a URL. The duplicate request detector may be configured to determine that a second work item associated with the URL is present in a work queue, the work queue to provide work items to a fetcher, the second work item associated with a second web crawler The callback module may be configured to create a callback for the first web crawler, the callback indicating that a web page retrieved as a result of processing of the second work item is to be provided to the first web crawler, without queuing the first work item. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307468 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING CONTENT SENSITIVE AUTHORITIES FROM VERY LARGE SCALE NETWORKS - A method and system for identifying nodes with similar content. In one aspect, the method comprises determining a structure of a network of nodes, said structure defined by incoming links and outgoing links between nodes within said network, grouping said nodes within said network into a first set of modules, calculating a first modularity value between each of the modules within the first set, said modularity value indicating a degree of similar content within each module, calculating a topical relevance value for each of the modules, selecting those modules whose topical relevance value exceeds a threshold value and calculating an authority score for the selected modules. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307469 | System and method for query suggestion based on real-time content stream - A new approach is proposed that contemplates systems and methods to provide query suggestions including real-time suggestion of complete query terms, which can be phrases, to a user by analyzing and indexing the real-time history/stream of content or documents in addition to the stream of queries entered. Since the real-time indexing generates a count of potential results for each term found and/or indexed in the stream, the terms found in that stream can then be used as potential query suggestions, knowing that it will be possible to provide results for those queries. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307470 | DISTRIBUTED DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND DISTRIBUTED DATABASE MANAGEMENT METHOD - Provided is a non-shared type database system capable of efficiently manipulating data in a distributed database. A distributed database management system has a query receiving unit (load balancer) that receives a query; and, plural storage processing units that manipulate data in the distributed database in a cooperative manner on the basis of the received query. Each of the storage processing units includes: a storage device that stores one of partial databases constituting the distributed database; and, a data manipulation unit that manipulates data in the partial databases stored in the storage device on the basis of the received query. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307471 | Accelerating Database Management System Operations - Techniques for accelerating an operation in a database management system are provided. The techniques include reading data pertaining to a database management system operation from a storage unit, sending the database management system operation data to an accelerator unit, and processing the database management system operation data via the accelerator unit, wherein processing the data via the accelerator unit comprises using a multithreaded execution unit and compression hardware to perform the database management system operation with reduced execution time. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307472 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING METADATA IN A RELATIONAL DATABASE - In a method for storing data in a relational database system using a processor, a collection of values is assigned to a structure dictionary, wherein each of the values represents the value of a row for an attribute and has a unique ordinal number within the collection, and wherein the structure dictionary contains structures defined based on at least one of interaction with a user of the system via an interface, automatic detection of structures occurring in data, and predetermined information about structures relevant to data content that is stored in the system. For each structure in the structure dictionary, a structure match list is formed from ordinal numbers of values matching the structure, and a structure sub-collection from values matching the structure, using the processor. An outlier match list is formed from ordinal numbers of values that are not null and do not match any structure in the structure dictionary, and an outlier sub-collection from values that are not null and do not match any structure in the structure dictionary. The collection of values is stored in the relational database in a form of structure match lists, structure sub-collections, outlier match list and outlier sub-collection. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307473 | Graphical Objects Bonding Society System and Method of Operation - The present inventions relates to an Internet service based on two fundamental beliefs, first that identity on the Internet and in real life is substantially based on a individual's or organization's relationship to other people, objects, places, spaces, and organizations and second that individuals or organizations themselves should create, manage and control that identity. Based on these beliefs the present invention offers the Internet's leading tools, services and ecosystem that enables individuals and organizations to intuitively create and manage their identity based on relationships, effortlessly customize their internet experience to fit that identity and empower themselves to use that identity for benefit in their real life. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307474 | PARTY REPUTATION AGGREGATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A party reputation aggregation unit determines and collects the reputation of a party from various sources. Further, the party reputation aggregation unit provides for the weighing and aggregation of such data, including reputation data of the party, reputation data of the party's relationships, reputation data of the party's social networks and reputation data of the members of the party's social network so that a complete picture of an individual or organization may be provided to a qualified requestor for his/her use/assessment. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307475 | TECHNIQUES TO FIND PERCENTILES IN A DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - Techniques to search for data elements in a distributed computing environment are described. An apparatus may comprise a processor and a memory unit communicatively coupled to the processor. The memory unit may store a correlation module that when executed by the processor is operative to determine a target rank position at a target percentile rank within a total data set. The correlation module may determine a target data item at the target rank position for the total data set using candidate data items at candidate rank positions for each of multiple sorted data subsets of the total data set, and correlation values associated with each of the candidate data items. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307476 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSESSING QUALITY OF ADDRESS INFORMATION FOR PHYSICAL LOCATIONS - An approach is provided for providing a user with a ranked list of possible physical addresses in response to an address submitted by the user. An address submitted by a user is parsed and a number of possible candidate addresses are generated from the user provided address. The quality of the candidate addresses is ranked according to the quality of their individual address elements and factors applied to these elements. An overall quality score for each candidate address is thereby derived. The list of candidate address is displayed to the user according to overall quality score ranking | 2011-12-15 |
20110307477 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMIC GROUPING OF UNSTRUCTURED CONTENT - A computer automated method and apparatus for aggregating unstructured content. The method includes the steps of defining a structured data set based upon unstructured content, storing the structured data set into the computer database system, inputting a set of user-defined instructions into a computer database system, inputting a user query including data attributes into the computer database system, mining the structured data set for data relevant to the user query, creating a results data set comprising the data relevant to the user query, and aggregating data in the results data set using domain metrics selected based on any of predefined and configurable rules and past user usage. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307478 | GEOGRAPHICALLY LOCALIZED RECOMMENDATIONS IN A COMPUTING ADVICE FACILITY - The present disclosure provides a geographically localized recommendation to a user through a computer-based advice facility, comprising collecting a recommendation from an Internet source, wherein the recommendation is determined to have an interestingness aspect and a geographic location aspect, comparing the collected recommendation to a derived user taste and the user's current geographic location, determining at least one recommendation for the user based on processing on the comparison, and delivering at least one recommendation to a user's mobile communications device, wherein the user is enabled to at least one of view, save, and share the recommendation via an application at least in part resident on the computer-based advice facility. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307479 | Automatic Extraction of Structured Web Content - Described is extracting structured information from web pages for use in directly answering queries with data items from the structured data. Users' post-search browsing behaviors (search trails) are treated as implicit labels as to the relevance between web content and user queries, and are used to determine wrappers for extracting structured information. In one implementation, a system identifies websites from web search logs, builds wrappers from users' search trails, filters out bad wrappers (from inconsistent user clicks), and combines structured information from different web sites, e.g., for each query. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307480 | PROVIDING RELEVANT INFORMATION BASED ON DATA SPACE ACTIVITY ITEMS - Various embodiments of systems and methods for providing relevant information based on data space activity items are described herein. Data space activity items of a user are identified while the user is working through an application. Several context elements relevant to each data space activity item are then determined. Content locations are searched to find content items relevant to the context elements. The content items are then ranked to determine relevant information. The relevant information can be accessed by the user when required. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307481 | INCORPORATING BROWSER-BASED FIND FUNCTIONALITY INTO CUSTOMIZED WEBPAGE DISPLAYS - A computer implemented method, system and/or computer program product dynamically display ancillary content on a webpage. A text entry is detected as an input to a find engine that locates and highlights the text entry within a main body of a webpage being displayed on a computer. A scope of the text entry is determined based on the textual context of the text entry and the type of webpage being displayed. An in-place adjustment is then utilized to automatically retrieve and display ancillary content on the webpage based on the textual context of the text entry and the type of webpage being displayed without refreshing the main body of the webpage. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307482 | SEARCH RESULT DRIVEN QUERY INTENT IDENTIFICATION - A system and method are provided for detecting entity information contained within search results. The detected entity information can be used to determine a category of entity as well as a specific entity within the search results. The entity information can be used to alter the style and/or format of the presented results based the detected entity category. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307483 | ENTITY DETECTION AND EXTRACTION FOR ENTITY CARDS - A system and method are provided for detecting entity information contained within search results. The detected entity information can be used to determine a category of entity as well as a specific entity within the search results. Entity information can be extracted from the documents associated with the search results. This information can be used as part of the information for an entity card, which can be displayed to a user in conjunction with and/or in place of the search results. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307484 | System and method of addressing and accessing information using a keyword identifier - The present invention relates to a system and method of addressing and accessing information on the Internet comprising of a Keyword Identifier and means to interpret the Keyword Identifier, wherein said means include a Software Protocol and a Keyword Management System. These means include the process of generating a query by the Software Protocol on the basis of the said Keyword Identifier; said query being sent to the system of the domain that the Keyword Identifier belongs to, or any other system that can interpret the query correctly. The Software Protocol then interprets the said query into a Keyword Identifier and selects the data mapped for the Keyword Identifier, which thereafter sends this result to the system using the Keyword Identifier. The Keyword Identifier is created and maintained through an Internet Website system or a Software System running on a Client-Server Computer System, as a means of addressing and accessing their Electronic Resources, using the Keyword Management System. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307485 | EXTRACTING TOPICALLY RELATED KEYWORDS FROM RELATED DOCUMENTS - Keyword extraction technique embodiments are presented which extract topically related keywords from a set of topically related documents. In one general embodiment, this keyword extraction involves first accessing a set of topically related documents. A number of candidate keywords are then identified from the set of related documents. A weighted keyword candidate-document matrix is formed using these candidate keywords, and it is partitioned into multiple groups of keyword candidates. Dense clusters of keyword candidates whose density exceeds a prescribed density threshold are then identified in each of the groups of keyword candidates. Finally, the keyword candidates associated with each dense cluster are designated as topically related keywords. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307486 | Managing Sensitive Data in Cloud Computing Environments - The illustrative embodiments provide a method, computer program product, and apparatus for managing collectively sensitive data. Collectively sensitive data is divided into a first partition for reassembly data, a second partition of the collectively sensitive data, and a third partition of the collectively sensitive data. Each of the second partition and the third partition are collectively nonsensitive in isolation. The first partition is stored in a translation table in a secure database. The translation table is configured for use in assembling collectively sensitive data from the second partition and the third partition. The second partition of the collectively sensitive data is stored in a first database associated with a first cloud computing environment. The third partition of collectively sensitive data is stored in a second database associated with a second cloud computing environment. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307487 | SYSTEM FOR MULTI-MODAL DATA MINING AND ORGANIZATION VIA ELEMENTS CLUSTERING AND REFINEMENT - A system for obtaining data from various sources. The data may be organized into cluster sets of related items. Elements of various kinds may be pulled from the data. The elements may be put together into sets of clusters for each kind of elements. The clusters may be refined relative to one another and in view of integrated properties of the cluster sets. Elements may be added or removed from the clusters during refinement. Examples of the elements may be people and events. Examples of cluster sets of such elements may be groups and goals, respectively. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307488 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A behavior index indicates a development of occurrence of events included in log data by a connection of a plurality of nodes, and includes a branching node connecting to two or more subsequent nodes and an integrating node connected to two or more preceding nodes. When a regular expression converting part inputs a search condition indicating an event appearance order from a client, a search automaton retaining part generates a state transition table in accordance with the search condition. While a node type determining part determines the node types of the respective nodes of the behavior index, a state evaluating part analyzes the respective nodes to determine the states of the respective nodes, and determines whether or not a state transition pattern matches the state transition table. Regarding a branching node, the respective nodes of each of branching routes branching from the branching node are analyzed. Regarding an integrating node, the respective nodes of each of upstream routes merging into the integrating node are analyzed. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307489 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USER BASED SEARCH IN DISTRIBUTED INFORMATION SPACE - An approach is provided for enabling dynamic user based search within a distributed information space. A request for conducting a search over one or more information spaces is distributed to one or more autonomous agents. The autonomous agents process the request according to one or more functions specific to the one or more autonomous agents. Results are rendered to an interface of a user device in response to the search request. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307490 | Context Level Protocols And Interfaces - An invention for dissemination or retrieval of digital resources or online information via context layer or context-level protocols and interfaces is described. According to one embodiment, an interface or protocol that a computer uses to communicate with other computers is associated with a subject matter context. User-level contents or digital resources received across that interface or protocol are then associated with that subject matter context, and the computer may respond accordingly. For instance, a computer may associate a given network port with a subject matter context of shopping, and treat all digital resource requests received on that port as applying to only a shopping subject matter context. A web server may also listen on a network port associated with a subject matter context, thereby contextualizing the overall nature of the website that the web server hosts. | 2011-12-15 |