51st week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 61 |
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20110314001 | PERFORMING QUERY EXPANSION BASED UPON STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF STRUCTURED DATA - A method described herein includes an act of receiving a query from a user, wherein the query is configured to search over a plurality of documents belonging to a particular domain. The method also includes an act of providing data to the user for display on a display screen of a computing apparatus, wherein the data is provided based at least in part upon a statistical analysis undertaken with respect to structured data pertaining to the particular domain, wherein the structured data is based at least in part upon data included in the plurality of documents. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314002 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING DISTRIBUTED DEDUCTIVE CLOSURES USING MULTIDIMENSIONAL RESULT CURSORS - A method comprises selecting at least a first data set and a second data set on which to apply a query. The method also comprises causing generating of a first cursor based and a second cursor based on a first application of the query on the first data set and a second cursor based on a second application of the query on the second data set. A third cursor based on a combination of a result set returned by the first cursor and second cursor is then generated in response to the query. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314003 | TEMPLATE CONCATENATION FOR CAPTURING MULTIPLE CONCEPTS IN A VOICE QUERY - Architecture that provides the capability to identify which parts (terms and phrases) of a voice query have been covered by predefined phrase templates, and then to concatenate matching phrase templates into a new paraphrased query. A match-drop-continue algorithm is disclosed that progressively masks out the portions (phrases, terms) of the query matched to the phrase templates. Ultimately, the matched phrase templates are accumulated and organized together dynamically into a rephrased version of the original voice query. A user interface is provided that allows the user to confirm/summarize the multiple concepts in a progressive manner. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314004 | CROSS APPLICATION EXECUTION SERVICE - A user device receives, from a user, a query regarding services to be performed by an app and conducts a search of metadata associated with a group of apps. The user device selects, based on the search of the metadata, potential apps, from the group of apps, that are responsive to the user query. The user device generates, based on the user query, commands to be executed by each of the potential apps. The user device generates, based on the commands, results from each of the potential apps, and formats, for presentation on a display, the results from each of the potential apps. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314005 | Determining and using search term weightings - Determining search term weightings is disclosed, including: storing, in a search information log, a search query and corresponding information; generating a category distribution word list based at least in part on one or more stored search information logs; processing the category distribution word list based at least in part on a retrieved attribute word list; and determining a weighting corresponding to a search term associated with the processed category distribution word list. Using search term weighting is disclosed, including: receiving a subsequent search query; retrieving search term weightings corresponding to one or more search terms associated with the subsequent search query; searching indexed information using the one or more search terms associated with the subsequent search query; and ranking and presenting the indexed information corresponding to the one or more search terms based at least in part on the retrieved search term weightings. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314006 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SEARCHING OF CONTENT USING SEMANTIC SYNTHESIS - A method of semantic searching. The method may include receiving a first search query, obtaining a disambiguation term for semantically disambiguating the first search query, and creating, with a processor, a second search query based at least in part on the first search query and the disambiguation term. The method may also include at least one of outputting search results obtained from a search conducted based at least in part on the second search query and sending the second search query to a search service for outputting search results. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314007 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIA FOR CONTENT RANKING USING REAL-TIME DATA - Methods, systems, and media for content ranking using real-time data are provided. In accordance with some embodiments of the present invention, a method, implemented on a processor, for ranking content is provided. The method can include, among other things: receiving real-time information from a plurality of sources; supplementing the received real-time information with historical information and user influence information; analyzing the supplemented real-time information from the plurality of sources to determine real-time trend information; receiving a plurality of content snippets from a content provider; detecting similarities between each of the plurality of content snippets and the determined real-time trend information; ranking the plurality of content snippets based on the detected similarities; and displaying the ranked plurality of content snippets. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314008 | PERSONALIZED NETWORK SEARCHING - Personalized network searching, in which a search query is received from a user, and a request is received to personalize a search result. Responsive to the search query and the request to personalize the search result, a personalized search result is generated by searching a personalized search object. Responsive to the search query, a general search result is generated by searching the general search object. The personalized search result and the general search result are provided to a client device, an advertisement is selected based at least in part upon the personalized search object, and the advertisement, the personalized search result, and the general search result are displayed. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314009 | Method and Device for Extracting Characteristic Relation Circle From Network - Embodiments of the invention provide a method and device for extracting a characteristic relation circle from a network, which relate to compute technologies. The method includes: obtaining user information; specifying characteristics of a characteristic relation circle to be extracted; determining a user set, in which user information of users in the user set matches with specified characteristics, and extracting the determined user set as the characteristic relation circle. The device includes an obtaining module and an extracting module. In the technical solution provided by embodiments of the invention, after extracting a characteristic relation circle from a socialized network, relation chain information of the socialized network may be effectively utilized, and the objectives of effective propagation and accurate searching of information may be achieved. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314010 | KEYWORD TO QUERY PREDICATE MAPS FOR QUERY TRANSLATION - A query comprising a set of keywords may be applied to a data set having various attributes, but it may be difficult to determine the query predicates intended for each keyword (e.g., the attributes targeted by each keyword, and the values of those attributes satisfying the keyword.) The meaning of a keyword of interest may be inferred from a set of query pairs, comprising a background query (comprising a set of keywords excluding the keyword of interest) and a foreground query (comprising the same set of keywords but also including the keyword of interest.) Differences in the query results for the foreground query and the background query of many query pairs may identify a query predicate intended by the keyword and a confidence score. These results may be associated with the keyword in a keyword map, useful for translating queries into query predicates that may yield relevant query results. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314011 | AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING TRAINING DATA - Computer-readable media, computer systems, and computing devices facilitate generating binary classifier and entity extractor training data. Seed URLs are selected and URL patterns within the seed URLs are identified. Matching URLs in a data structure are identified and corresponding queries and their associated weights are added to a potential training data set from which training data is selected. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314012 | DETERMINING QUERY INTENT - A tree structure has a node associated with each category of a hierarchy of item categories. Child nodes of the tree are associated with sub-categories of the categories associated with parent nodes. Training data including received queries and indicators of a selected item category for each received query is combined with the tree structure by associating each query with the node corresponding to the selected category of the query. When a query is received, a classifier is applied to the nodes to generate a probability that the query is intended to match an item of the category associated with the node. The classifier is applied until the probability is below a threshold. One or more categories associated with the nodes that are closest to the intent of the received query are selected and indicators of items of those categories that match the received query are output. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314013 | RANKING ADVERTISEMENTS - While browsing, a user may interact with a wide variety of images. The user may upload and share images taken with a digital camera and/or search for image using a search engine. Because images are rich in contextual information, it may be advantageous to provide additional information, such as adjacent market advertising based upon matching advertisements with contextual information of the images. Accordingly, a query image may be used to retrieve a video frame set. The video frame set may be expanded with related video frames, which may comprise video frames correlating to adjacent markets. The expanded video frame set may be grouped into clusters of similar frames. The clusters may be used to rank advertisements based upon how similar the advertisements are to the clusters and/or video frames within the clusters. In this way, one or more ranked advertisements may be presented with the query image. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314014 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR FEDERATING TAGS ACROSS MULTIPLE SYSTEMS - A method, system, and computer program product for federating tags across multiple web-based systems in order to provide an improved tag management system which allows users of a community to upload their contributions to the content of the content server systems, including uploading their tags. The method includes: storing tags in a central database, wherein the central database accesses the resources and the tags of the multiple systems; retrieving all tags from the central database; displaying the tags to a user; receiving a search request by the user, wherein the user search comprises selection of specific tags or specification of tag search criteria; generating a tag cloud containing references to tag-associated resources which result from the search, wherein the resources may reside in any one of the systems; and displaying the resources. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314015 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus including: a creating block configured to create relating information for relating each of one or more news gathering materials that are data obtained as a result of news gathering in accordance with predetermined news gathering contents with an On Air material, which is abbreviated to OA material, obtained as a result of editing the one or more news gathering materials. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314016 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TAGGING IMAGES BASED ON POSITIONAL INFORMATION - A system and method for suggesting keywords for tagging a digital image are provided. In general, a requesting node is communicatively coupled to a keyword service via a network. The requesting node sends a request to the keyword service requesting suggested keywords for a digital image. The request includes information relating to the digital image such as positional information. Based on the information, the keyword service generates a list of suggested keywords and provides the list of suggested keywords to the requesting node. At the requesting node, the list of suggested keywords is displayed to a user, and the user selects one or more of the suggested keywords for tagging the digital image. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314017 | TECHNIQUES TO AUTOMATICALLY MANAGE SOCIAL CONNECTIONS - Techniques to manage social connections are described. An apparatus may comprise a processor communicatively coupled to a memory. The memory may be arranged to store a social analysis component that when executed by the processor is operative to receive a list of members in a social network, receive at least one relationship indicator derived from multiple member attributes of a member, and generate a social identifier based on the relationship indicator, the social identifier representing a social connection type for a social connection or potential social connection between two or more members of the list of members in the social network. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314018 | ENTITY CATEGORY DETERMINATION - Summaries of entities (e.g., people, places, things, concepts, etc.) may provide additional useful information to user. For example, a search engine may provide a summary of an entity within search results. A category (e.g., “writer”, “politician”, etc.) of the entity that is short and concise may be advantageous to provide within a summary of the entity. The category may allow a user to quickly determine whether the information of the entity relates to the intended entity (e.g., search results of an entity as “a writer” vs. search results of an entity as “a politician”). Potential categories and summary text may be extracted from pre-labeled data. The potential categories and summary text may be intersected to determine a set of candidate categories that may be ranked. An entity category having a desired ranked may be determined as the entity category that describes the entity in a desired way. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314019 | PARALLEL PROCESSING OF CONTINUOUS QUERIES ON DATA STREAMS - A continuous query parallel engine on data streams provides scalability and increases the throughput by the addition of new nodes. The parallel processing can be applied to data stream processing and complex events processing. The continuous query parallel engine receives the query to be deployed and splits the original query into subqueries, obtaining at least one subquery; each subquery is executed in at least in one node. Tuples produced by each operator of each subquery are labeled with timestamps. A load balancer is interposed at the output of each node that executes each one of the instances of the source subquery and an input merger is interposed in each node that executes each one of the instances of a destination subquery. After checks are performed, further load balancers or input managers may be added. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314020 | CHEMICAL ADDITIVE INGREDIENT PALETTE - Disclosed are methods for developing authorized chemical palettes for formulating products with reduced adverse environmental and/or health concerns, and advising the public to a greater extent regarding the ingredients of products formulated using these palettes. Also disclosed are computer systems to implement such methods. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314021 | Displaying Autocompletion of Partial Search Query with Predicted Search Results - A set of ordered predicted completion strings are presented to a user as the user enters text in a text entry box (e.g., a browser or a toolbar). The predicted completion strings can be in the form of URLs or query strings. The ordering may be based on any number of factors (e.g., a query's frequency of submission from a community of users). URLs can be ranked based on an importance value of the URL. Privacy is taken into account in a number of ways, such as using a previously submitted query only when more than a certain number of unique requestors have made the query. The sets of ordered predicted completion strings is obtained by matching a fingerprint value of the user's entry string to a fingerprint to table map which contains the set of ordered predicted completion strings. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314022 | K engine - process count after build in threads - In a KStore having a plurality of K nodes with count fields a method for updating count fields, receiving a particle to provide a received particle, updating selected node counts of the plurality of nodes counts in response to the received particle to provide first updated K node count fields, and saving selected K node count fields for later updating to provide second updated count fields are recited. The K nodes include elemental root nodes and the second updated K node count fields include elemental root nodes of the plurality of elemental root nodes. The second updated K node count fields include only elemental root nodes of the plurality of elemental root nodes. The first updated K node count fields include no elemental root nodes. The second updated K node count fields include K nodes pointed to by the Result pointers of the first updated K node count fields. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314023 | Online Stratified Sampling for Classifier Evaluation - To determine if a set of items belongs to a class of interest, the set of items is binned into sub-populations based on a score, ranking, or trait associated with each item. The sub-populations may be created based on the score associated with each item, such as an equal score interval, or with the distribution of the items within the overall population, such as a proportion interval. A determination is made of how may samples are needed from each sub-population in order to make an estimation regarding the entire set of items. Then a calculation of the precision and variance for each sub-population is completed and are combined to provide an overall precision and variance value for the overall population. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314024 | SEMANTIC CONTENT SEARCHING - One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed that provide for document retrieval where a user can identify key attributes of potential target documents that are desirable (e.g., have a particular semantic content for the user). Further, relevant documents that comprise the desired semantic content can be retrieved. Additionally, the user can provide feedback on the retrieved documents, for example, based on key semantic concepts found in the documents, and the input can be used to update the classification. For example, this process can be iterated to improve the retrieval and precision of documents found through machine learning techniques. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314025 | DATABASE AND INDEX ORGANIZATION FOR ENHANCED DOCUMENT RETRIEVAL - A customized, specialty-oriented database and index. of a subject matter area and methods for constructing and using such a database are provided. Selection and indexing of articles is done by experts in the topic with which the database is concerned. As a result, articles are indexed in a manner that allows facile, rapid retrieval of highly relevant articles with few or no false positives with much reduced database maintenance cost through frugal limitation of number of documents in the database, number of terms in a Master Index, and number of codes assigned to each document. A thesaurus allows indexing and search in accordance with terminology familiar to different anticipated groups of users (e.g. doctors, patients, nurses, technicians, and the like). Key articles collections and rapid access to documents therein are also provided. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314026 | System and Method for Retrieving Information Using a Query Based Index - A search system generates a plurality of pseudo-documents for a set of documents. Each pseudo-document includes a representation one or more documents from the set of documents that would be retrieved in response to executing a respective basis query over the set of documents. The search system generates an index of the plurality of pseudo-documents. The index provides an indication, for a plurality of respective documents from the set of documents, of the pseudo-documents that include a representation of the respective document. After generating the index, the search system receives a document-query that includes a representation of a first document; and in response to receiving the document-query, the search system identifies one or more pseudo-documents that include representations of at least one document having a predefined relationship to the first document; and generates a result that is based on the first set of one or more pseudo-documents. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314027 | INDEX BUILDING, QUERYING METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTED COLUMNAR DATABASE - An index building, querying method, device and system for distributed columnar database are provided. The index building method for distributed columnar database includes: obtaining a column field from a distributed columnar database, generating a column index file in which the column field is a key word, the column index file comprising the mapping relationship between the value of the column field in the distributed columnar database and the corresponding Row field value; storing the column index file to a index catalogue corresponding to the column field in the distributed columnar database. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314028 | PRESENTING DISPLAY CHARACTERISTICS OF HIERARCHICAL DATA STRUCTURES - Embodiments of the present invention relate to systems, methods, and computer-storage media for providing a method of presenting display characteristics of data items organized in hierarchical data structures. In one embodiment, a hierarchical data structure includes a plurality of nodes. Each node of the hierarchical data structure has a node value. The weighted value of each particular node is determined based on the sum of the node value of each node and the node values of each descendant node of the particular node. Once display characteristics based on weighted values are associated with each node, the hierarchical data structure is presented. In particular, an indicator of at least a portion of the plurality of nodes is presented to include at least one display characteristic associated with the plurality of nodes within the hierarchical data structure. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314029 | RULE-BASED PRIORITIZATION OF SOCIAL DATA - A method of prioritizing feed items based on rules is provided. User input establishes one or more rules to prioritize a feed item, wherein at least one of the one or more rules incorporates the input data. Such user input may include user-created data or feed metrics. The one or more rules may be weighted. Additional user input configures one or more message cues. A plurality of feed items are prioritized based on the one or more rules. The plurality of feed items are associated with a plurality of feeds, wherein each feed is associated with an object stored in a database system. The plurality of feed items are then displayed in combination with the one or more message cues to a plurality of users of the database system. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314030 | PERSONALIZED MEDIA CHARTS - Personalized media charts are described. In embodiments, a request can be received for a personalized media chart that lists media assets as recommendations in a relevant order for a user. The media assets are initially ordered in the personalized media chart according to a chart rank for each media asset. A relevance factor is then determined for each of the media assets, where the relevance factor for a media asset indicates a relevance of the media asset to the user. A chart rank adjustment is calculated for each of the media assets based on the relevance factors for each of the media assets, and the media assets are then reordered in the personalized media chart according to the chart rank adjustments for each of the media assets. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314031 | PRODUCT CATEGORY OPTIMIZATION FOR IMAGE SIMILARITY SEARCHING OF IMAGE-BASED LISTINGS IN A NETWORK-BASED PUBLICATION SYSTEM - A weighted combination of attributes including but not limited to color, shape, pattern, brand, style, size, and material may be used to rank items when searching for similar items of a given category on an ecommerce system website. The weights on each attribute may be optimized by using feedback from users, the feedback indicating the importance of each attribute to a purchaser when searching for similar items of various categories. Alternatively, click-through patterns from the ecommerce system website can be mined and used to optimize the importance of each attribute to users by item category. The optimum attribute weights for that items category are used to rank the results in a search for similar items in that category. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314032 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SEMANTIC BASED SEARCHING - A computer-implemented method is provided for searching documents containing complex bodies of knowledge, such as patents and research papers. The computer-implemented method and related hardware and software provides methodology to interpret the intent of the searcher (the meaning of the searcher's query) into a MetaLanguage, including but not limited to the use of Fundamental Nature Attributes, Fundamental Action Attributes and Weighting of these attributes as it pertains to the intent of the searcher. The invention relates to semantic based searches. The same methodology that is used on the searcher's query is also used to mine and store the existing databases of patents and research papers into databases of MetaLanguage for the purpose of producing search results that better match search inquiries. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314033 | Derivative work discovery system and method - A derivative work discovery service facilitates discovery of derivative works by consumers who request the service from a derivative work service server. The derivative work service server uses information about digital sources available on a computer system operated by the consumer to search a derivative works database. A derivative work discovery file is compiled and presented to the consumer in a descending order of a ratio of a number of digital sources possessed by the consumer that are equivalent to digital sources used to create a derivative work to a total number of digital sources used to create that derivative work. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314034 | CONCEPT-BASED DATA PROCESSING - The present embodiments provide a system that processes data. During operation, the system obtains, from a set of technical users, a set of concept definitions comprising filters against data in a data domain. Next, the system provides the concept definitions to a set of end users of the data. Finally, the system facilitates, for the end users, processing of the data by applying the concept definitions to the data. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314035 | Creation, Transfer and Use of a Portable Data Map Using Metadata - A portable data map of a data source is created using metadata obtained from the data source. The created data map represents the entire data set of the data source and can be carried on a mobile device without having to carry the entire data set and thus requiring much less storage space. A user of the mobile device can navigate this data map and view the file/folder hierarchy of the data source even when the mobile device is off line or not currently in communication with the data source. Once a user has made a selection the actual file(s) can be downloaded to the mobile device. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314036 | SYSTEM FOR CONVERSION OF DATA ITEM ATTRIBUTES - System and methods may include storing one or more data item entries with one or more attributes fields associated with attributes of a digital content item as well as one or more rule entries with a transformation to apply to an attribute of a digital content item. Further, identification information associated with a user may be received that is associated with a data item that stores data representing a non-monetary balance of the user and a client program. Also, a rule entry may be retrieved based on the identification information and accessing a set of data item entries based on the identification information, the set of data item entries are associated with a set of digital content items. An attribute of the set of digital content items may be transformed into a transformed attribute according to the rule entry based on the identification information. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314037 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING OPERATOR SPECIFIC PROFILES IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - Methods and apparatuses are provided that facilitate providing one or more profiles to an application executing on a device. The application can request one or more profiles, which can relate to an application type. The application type can be specified in the profile request, determined based on a profile indicated in the profile request, etc. Where the application type corresponds to an operator-specific application type, one or more operator identifiers in the profile request can be verified with one or more other operator identifiers in an identity module of the device. Where the operator identifiers match, the requested profile can be provided to the application. Where the operator identifiers do not match, an invalid profile, error code, etc. can be provided to the application. In this regard, operators can control utilization of specific profiles that can be defined by the operator. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314038 | PERSONAL INVENTORY MANAGER - A device retrieves information associated with personal inventory from a personal inventory database, and provides for display of an input personal inventory option, a search personal inventory option, and a search loaned personal inventory option based on the retrieved personal inventory information. The device further receives selection of one of the input personal inventory option, the search personal inventory option, or the search loaned personal inventory option, and receives information associated with a new personal inventory item when the input personal inventory option is selected. The device also provides for display of search personal inventory information when the search personal inventory option is selection, and provides for display of search loaned personal inventory information when the search loaned personal inventory option is selected. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314039 | Media Item Recommendation - Media item recommendation is described. In one example, a statistical model of media consumption is applied to media session consumption data from a community of users to infer parameters of the model. The model comprises a first probability distribution for each user defining a likelihood of the user having a latent characteristic for a session, and a second probability distribution for each latent characteristic defining a likelihood of a user selecting a media item given the latent characteristic. In another example, the inferred parameters are provided to a recommendation engine arranged to recommend media items. The recommendation engine uses the model with inferred parameters and data describing media items newly consumed by a user to infer a current latent characteristic for a current session of the user, and uses them to generate recommended media items for the user in the current session based on the current latent characteristic. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314040 | METHOD OF RECOMMENDING INFORMATION, SYSTEM THEREOF, AND SERVER - Provided is an information recommendation system capable of recommending an unexpected item which a user is interested in but cannot assume easily. A server gives one or more times of initial recommendations of recommending information by a means of a user profile and a behavior history, and narrows down second recommended items to recommend next by using not only information relating to items having responses but also information relating to items having no response together. In narrowing down, the items are arranged by means of an item arrangement program by using the results of the initial recommendations, and it is identified depending on similarity by means of a boundary calculation program where the boundary between user's interest and no interest is positioned in all the items. Then, it is identified where items not recommended yet are positioned in user's interest/no interest the areas, and items in the vicinity of the boundary between the interest and no interest are determined as the second recommended items which are not uninterested and maximize unexpectedness. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314041 | COMMUNITY AUTHORING CONTENT GENERATION AND NAVIGATION - One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for creating socially authored, or community authored, summaries of documents and/or for navigating a forum comprising such summaries. In one embodiment, at least some of the summaries are generated automatically when a document is written and/or discovered (e.g., by a web crawler), for example. In another embodiment, the documents are created by users of the forum. A plurality of summaries of a document may be created (e.g., by different users), and users can provide feedback, such as comments or ratings, that may assist other users in identifying which summary or summaries better describe the document. Moreover, the users can navigate the forum and retrieve summaries by browsing categories (and subcategories) to identify a topic of interest and/or by performing a search based upon user inputted search term(s). | 2011-12-22 |
20110314042 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PRESENTATION OF SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE APPLICATIONS - Methods and apparatus are disclosed for flexible presentation of Software As A Service (SAAS) applications to one or more client devices such as multi-function devices (e.g., MFPs). A management system receives presentation layout information for subscribed SAAS applications from users and administrators, generates a menu of subscribed SAAS applications for presentation to a user on a display of the client device, and transmits the menu to a client device for presentation to the user on a display of the client device. The management system may also provide for user/administrator customization of the menu of applications available to users, and for revocation of applications by an administrator of the management system. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314043 | FULL-FIDELITY REPRESENTATION OF XML-REPRESENTED OBJECTS - A data structure may exist in various representations, such as an object in an object-oriented system or a set of elements included in an extensible markup language (XML) document structured according to an XML type defined in an XML schema. While many aspects of these representations may correspond, some aspects of an XML document may not be specified by the XML schema (such as developer comments, whitespace, and preprocessor directives), and may be lost while translating an XML representation of the data structure to an object. These non-schematized aspects may be included in the object as a delta, specifying the location of an aspect with relation to an element defined by the XML schema. Preserving non-schematized aspects may promote the full representation of the data structure as an object, and may facilitate a full-fidelity regeneration of the XML document from which the object was generated. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314044 | FLEXIBLE CONTENT ORGANIZATION AND RETRIEVAL - Among other things, one or more techniques and systems are disclosed for saving and retrieving browser-based content or portions thereof for browser-based interactions. Metadata is generated for a selection of a portion or an entire browser page, when a user selects content for the page. The selected content, comprising at least a portion of the browser page, is stored in a database in a remote data store, where the database is indexed by the associated metadata. The selection is presented in a multi-level representation in a user interface (UI) by using the associated metadata to organize the selection(s) in the UI. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314045 | FAST SET INTERSECTION - Described is a fast set intersection technology by which sets of elements to be intersected are maintained as partitioned subsets (small groups) in data structures, along with representative values (e.g., one or more hash signatures) representing those subsets. A mathematical operation (e.g., bitwise-AND) on the representative values indicates whether an intersection of range-overlapping subsets will be empty, without having to perform the intersection operation. If so, the intersection operation on those subsets may be skipped, with intersection operations (possibly guided by inverted mappings or using a linear scan) performed only on overlapping subsets that may have one or more intersecting elements. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314046 | MULTI-SOURCE ELECTRONIC FORMS WITH CONCEALED FIELDS - Electronic multi-user forms are provided. The use of these forms may include displaying the forms to more than one user, receiving population data from one or more user, and selectively displaying the population data to each user. The population data may be displayed to the various users based on the security authorization of the user seeing the form. Upon completion of the form by the users, the form may be further completed and submitted for processing or approval. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314047 | SUBSCRIPTION FOR INTEGRATING EXTERNAL DATA FROM EXTERNAL SYSTEM - Technologies are described herein for integrating external data from an external system into a client system. A subscription filed is selected. The subscription filed may include a read method and a query method. The read method may define fields of a client cache operating on the client system. The query method may be executed to retrieve, from the external system, field values corresponding to at least a subset of the fields. Upon executing the query method, the read method may also be executed to retrieve, from the external system, additional field values corresponding to a remaining subset of the fields that were not retrieved by executing the query method. The client cache is populated with the field values and the additional field values according to the fields. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314048 | SOCIAL NETWORK USER LIST DETECTION AND SEARCHING - Within a social network, users may define user lists comprising users who share a semantic nexus. The creation and updating of user lists may be detected by monitoring the messages of users to detect list identifiers (e.g., names) indicating new user lists, and by polling the social network to detect changes in the membership of respective user lists. The list identifiers may be recorded in the user profiles of respective members of the user lists. Moreover, when a user posts a message to the social network, the message may be annotated with the list identifiers recorded in the user profile of the user. These techniques may permit the restriction of a search query over messages to those posted by members of a particular user list, e.g., by searching for messages having annotations that match the list identifiers of the user lists specified in the search query. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314049 | PHOTOGRAPHY ASSISTANT AND METHOD FOR ASSISTING A USER IN PHOTOGRAPHING LANDMARKS AND SCENES - A method and system to help photographers to take better quality pictures of landmarks and scenes are disclosed. A user is guided with examples of existing quality images, which are extracted from a database, of the same or similar landmarks or scenes. The method includes taking a query photograph that may include an image associated with a GPS location and other metadata, and using information extracted from the image to retrieve existing, similar images. The images retrieved may be ordered according to different criteria. When a user selects one as a model image, the user is provided with assistance for taking a target photograph of similar quality. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314050 | Configuration management system, proxy system, and configuration management method - A configuration management system includes a plurality of MDRs that stores information about resources as configuration items, a FCMDB, a plurality of proxy apparatuses, and a proxy management apparatus, wherein the proxy management apparatus receives configuration items from the MDRs, reconciles the receives configuration items, selects a destination proxy apparatus such that the numbers of configuration items stored in the proxy apparatuses are substantially equal to each other, and sends the reconciled configuration items to the selected proxy apparatus, wherein the proxy apparatuses store configuration items sent from the proxy management apparatus, and wherein the FCMDB receives a query from a client, selects among the plurality of proxy apparatuses a proxy apparatus that stores a configuration item that is to serve as a query result, and receives the configuration item from the selected proxy apparatus. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314051 | SUPPLEMENTAL MEDIA DELIVERY - In some examples, the technology identifies a media and provide a consumer with an option to click on a link associated with the media with a remote control to direct the video stream directly to a website sponsored by the commercial entity associated with the media. In other examples, the technology identifies a media displayed on a subscriber's first computing device and displays the same media and/or a related media on the subscriber's second computing device. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314052 | ENHANCED SEARCH SYSTEM AND METHOD - Systems and methods are described to enable enhanced searching of data, particularly for larger volumes of data where the data has a plurality of attributes. Conventional search systems require complex and intelligent search input from a user or require a large amount of processing power and complex database access functionality to process searches based on complex data. The system described uses predefined search criteria, wherein each search criterion is associated with at least one attribute. In one aspect, images are stored together with an association with a search criterion. The images are provided for display to a user and input is received from the user to select at least one image and therefore the search criterion and attribute associated with the image. The items of data are searched to retrieve items having the at least one selected attribute and a first intermediate list of identifiers of the retrieved items is stored. A total number of items identified in the first intermediate list is calculated and a list of attributes associated with the items identified in the first intermediate list is determined. A revised set of search criteria is then provided for display wherein each search criterion has at least one of the attributes. Further input is received to select a second image and hence a second search criterion and attribute. The retrieved items identified in the first intermediate list are searched to retrieve items having the second selected attribute. A second intermediate list of identifiers of the retrieved items is generated and a total number of items identified in the second intermediate list is output for display. Other features and aspects of the system are also described. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314053 | PRESENTATION SUPPORT DEVICE AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A presentation support device, comprises: a storage part for storing the presentation data and search filter information in which a keyword to specify the content of the presentation is registered; a data projection part for reading the presentation data in the storage part and causes the presentation data to be projected; a data distribution part for causing the information processing terminal to display the presentation data; and an answer generation part for obtaining an answer to a request on question toward the presentation and generating answer information in response to the request on question. The answer generation part reads the keyword registered in the search filter information and searches a predetermined database by a combination of the read keyword and a search keyword contained in the request on question, thereby obtaining the answer to the request on question and generating the answer information when the request on question is received. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314054 | System and Method for a Single Session Assessment Tool - Systems and methods for authoring and delivering single session health assessments to patients, and mapping patient information in the assessments to one or more interested parties. The method includes translating a form into an electronic form comprising a plurality of queries. The translation creates a session that is used to assess a particular health condition of the patient. Then, one or more patients are determined for targeting, wherein the patients need to respond to the electronic form. The electronic form in the form of the session is delivered to the one or more patients. A response is received to one of the plurality of queries from a patient. The response is mapped to a specific field in the database, depending on the type of response and the corresponding query. Then, the response is analyzed to determine whether the response is normal, or abnormal, or of interest to a party. When the condition is satisfied, the interested party is notified of the response, such as when the response is abnormal. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314055 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENHANCED DATA TRANSFER - A system and method for enhanced data transfer are disclosed, the method being applicable to a system comprising a computing device configured to transfer data from a portable device. In one embodiment, the computing device stores a fingerprint of the newest record downloaded from a portable device and stops downloading records from the device when a downloaded record matches the fingerprint. In another embodiment, the computing device stores a fingerprint of the newest record downloaded from a portable device and fully processes records that are downloaded from the device after a downloaded record matches the fingerprint. The system may include a portable device configured to adapt its operation responsive to a system fingerprint provided by the computing device. The portable device may be a medical device. The system may be a healthcare data management system. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314056 | MAINTAINING MULTIPLE SETS OF IDENTITY DATA - A method of assigning the UNIX computers in a network to one of a plurality of groups called zones, of creating independent sets of UNIX identity information for each network entity (user or group) for separate zones, and of associating an entity's sets of UNIX entity information with a single global entity record for the entity in the network's identity resolver. A further method of allowing a UNIX computer to request entity information from the identity resolver, and of the identity resolver returning resolved entity information appropriate for the requesting computer's zone. A further method of managing sets of zone-specific UNIX identity information in the identity resolver to ensure that entity names and entity identification numbers are not duplicated within a zone and to all the same names and numbers to be duplicated across zones. Other embodiments are also described. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314057 | 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. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314058 | COORDINATED RETRIEVAL OF DATA FROM A DISPERSED STORAGE NETWORK - A method begins by a processing module determining to retrieve a dispersed error encoded file from a dispersed storage network wherein the dispersed error encoded file is stored as a plurality of sets of encoded data slices. The method continues with the processing module determining whether a neighboring device has a desire to retrieve the dispersed error encoded file and when the neighboring device has a desire to retrieve the dispersed error encoded file, coordinating retrieving of the dispersed error encoded file such that, collectively, the device and the neighboring device receive at least a decode threshold number of encoded data slices of a first set of encoded data slices and at least the decode threshold number of encoded data slices of a second set of encoded data slices. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314059 | MOBILE SEARCH METHOD AND APPARATUS - A mobile search method and apparatus are provided. The method includes: receiving a search request, in which the search request includes one or more search keywords; calculating a score of each search category domain, in which the score is a score of any item or a comprehensive score of multiple items of the following: similarity between the search request and the search category domain, a mass search rate of the search category domain corresponding to the search request, and an individualized user interest score of the search category domain, and the mass search rate is the number of mass searches or the number of mass search result clicks; and selecting one or more of search category domains according to the score of each of the search category domains to search for the search keywords. Therefore, through the method and apparatus, an individualized accurate search result can be provided for a user. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314060 | MARKUP LANGUAGE BASED QUERY AND FILE GENERATION - An XML template having one or more nodes is received. Mapping information indicating an association of data and nodes of the uploaded XML template is obtained. Once the mapping is received, the structure of the XML template is determined. Based on the determined structure and the mapping provided, an XML based SQL query is generated. The generated SQL query can be executed to provide the XML document. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314061 | PREFERENCE SHARING METHOD - A computer implemented method of sharing preferences of selections of digital material that may be related to an activity of mutual interest to two or more individuals. The method may first determine a user's preferred parameter space by combining a set of preferred ranges as they relate to each of a set of attributes by sampling selections made by the user when using a particular device. This may then be used to find in-range material among a second user's selections and metadata related to the material exchanged, including a location of a digital mechanical. The application module may also create subject vectors that are linear array of tags that are relevant to music, for each user. These subject vectors may be compared in order to create a combined user subject vector. This may be used to suggest further selections. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314062 | ACCESSING ENTITIES OF DATA ACCESS LAYER - A method and system for entities of a data access layer, the data access layer following an entity-relationship model in which data are depicted in term of entities and relationships between them and the entities are provided with a CRUD interface. The method includes the steps of: defining a meta-entity being a virtual entity, resulting as a composition of parts of one or more entities; describing the virtual entity, via a virtual entity descriptor, as a hierarchical structure in which entities are connected in a parent-child structure via a link; in the virtual entity descriptor, specifying which properties are taken from each entity to form partial entities of the virtual entity; providing a CRUD interface on the virtual entity; and at run time, accessing the virtual entity via its CRUD interface. The accessing is implemented as a set of calls to CRUD methods accessing the entities composing the virtual entity. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314063 | Method and apparatus for an electronic environment for legal services having a dynamic workspace to prepare and exhibit the same - The present invention is capable of electronically linking four types of users; inventors, intellectual property professionals, investors, and the general public. This virtual environment through its application software is capable of semi-automatically creating provisional patent applications. The application preparation system guides the user through the preparation of a provisional patent application, and it prepares the necessary forms automatically, including the electronic submission of this information to the respective regulatory entity, in the present embodiment, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The generation of inventions/ideas are collected, stored, and displayed in real-time, and they are exhibited in a specific section. Patent attorneys and patent agents can be contacted for their services through the network, and they have access to the application preparation system, provided the inventor approves them. The network also supports invention and user critiques and/or reviews, and the submission of information, for example prior art documents. Each invention file created supports the submission of drawings and videos. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314064 | Notifications Platform - Described is a notifications platform that routes notifications to endpoints of recipients, corresponding to email, instant messaging, text messaging, telephones, social networks, blogs and/or the like. A publisher of a notification designates the recipients, while preference data of each recipient determines whether that publisher is able to send to that recipient, and if so, to which endpoints. The notification may be modified via one or more templates to be appropriate for a locale of the recipient, as well as appropriately formatted for the endpoint, which may also be locale-specific. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314065 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR SHARING DATA AMONG A PLURALITY OF USERS - The present invention provides a system, method and computer program for sharing data among a plurality of users. It enables businesses to form business partnerships with one or more other businesses by accessing data profiles, such as business data profiles, owned or administered by the other businesses. The business data profiles used by each business partner may be modified, and the owner of the business data profile may have the ability to selectively accept the modifications, so as to modify the original business data profiles. The present invention enables instantaneous collaborative data transactions between businesses. The present invention also provides a social network for enabling businesses to discover, share, and use business data profiles created by other businesses. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314066 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MANAGING SAFETY INFORMATION - A safety management system for use in industry, such as the oil and gas industry, is disclosed. The system comprises a database component for storing safety information including project information comprising at least one project entry. Each project entry has a unique project identifier and project data. The database component further includes safety card information comprising at least one safety card entry, and a unique safety card identifier, a project identifier selected from the unique project identifiers of the at least one project entries and safety card data. The database component further comprising notification information comprising at least one notification entry. Each notification entry comprising a unique notification identifier, a project identifier selected from the unique project identifier of the at least one project entries and notification card data. The safety management system further comprises a control component for generating notifications and providing notification information to the database component. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314067 | COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM AND OBJECT MANAGEMENT APPARATUS - A computer readable medium stores a program causing a computer to execute a process for managing an object. The process includes displaying, storing, acquiring, and editing steps. In the displaying step, a first name of a first object stored in a first storage area is displayed. In the displaying step, a second name of a second object stored in a second storage area is displayed together with at least one of items of a second attribute of the second object. The at least one of the items is selected as an object to be displayed. In the storing step, the second object stored in the second storage area is stored in the first storage area in response to a storage instruction for storing the second object in the first storage area. In the acquiring step, the at least one of the items of the second attribute is acquired. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314068 | INTERFACE FOR EXTENDING FUNCTIONALITY OF MEMORY CARDS - An enhanced flash memory card, including a flash memory card, including a wireless modem for downloading remote directory listings, and media files and steams over the Internet, and a memory partitioned into physical data storage clusters, and a driver for the flash memory card (i) for managing a file allocation table (FAT) that stores information about physical and virtual data storage clusters, the FAT including stub files for remote directory listings and remote media files and streams, wherein the stub files link to virtual data clusters, (ii) for managing a download conversion map from virtual cluster numbers to pointers of remote media files and streams, and (iii) for storing downloaded directory listings and media files and streams in the physical data storage clusters. A method is also described and claimed. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314069 | DATA LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT WITHIN A CLOUD COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - Embodiments of the present invention provide lifecycle storage management for data within a Cloud computing environment. Specifically, a set of policies can be defined that allow for automatic valuation of the data and migration of the data between a set of storage tiers. Before a policy set is deployed, it can be assessed to determine effects it will have on cost, performance, and data location. Based on data characteristics and access patterns, a set of policy recommendations can be provided that predict the value of the data over time, and offer an improved migration strategy for moving the data between the set of storage tiers as the value of the data changes. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314070 | OPTIMIZATION OF STORAGE AND TRANSMISSION OF DATA - The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for end-to-end optimization of data storage and transmission of data. Details of how data is stored within a data store are exposed to clients and applications. Clients and applications are enabled to makes requests to data stores to obtain data as it is actually stored upon within the data store to eliminate redundant processing of the requested data. Compression and de-duplication of data within a data store are leveraged to increase the efficiency and reduce latency of data transmitted over a LAN or WAN. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314071 | METADATA-BASED DATA ACCESS AND CONTROL - Data access is controlled using metadata in the data being stored. As consistent with various example embodiments, data is stored on behalf of one or more of a multitude of disparate users and/or applications using the data, based upon metadata in the data itself and storage rules for the metadata. In one implementation, a rules-based storage and access system retrieves storage rules based upon metadata in received data, and executes the storage rules to select a file system in which to store the received data, from a plurality of file systems having different data retrieval characteristics such as speed, security and quality. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314072 | METADATA ACCESS IN A DISPERSED STORAGE NETWORK - A method begins by a processing module dispersed storage error encoding a data segment to produce a set of encoded data slices and dispersed storage error encoding metadata associated with the data segment to produce a set of encoded metadata slices. The method continues with the processing module creating a set of data slice names for the set of encoded data slices and creating a set of metadata slice names based on the set of data slice names. The method continues with the processing module sending the set of encoded data slices and the set of data slice names to a dispersed storage network (DSN) memory for storage therein. The method continues with the processing module sending the set of encoded metadata slices and the set of metadata slice names to the DSN memory for storage therein. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314073 | METHODS FOR EFFICIENT STATE TRANSITION MATRIX BASED LFSR COMPUTATIONS - A method for efficient state transition matrix based LFSR computations are disclosed. A polynomial associated with a linear feedback shift register is defined. This polynomial is used to generate a single step state transition matrix. The single step state transition matrix is then modified into a more general k-step state transition matrix. The resultant combined matrix is reduced in size and can be multiplied by a state input vector, ultimately producing a plurality of next state-input vectors thereby providing improved efficiency in computing a LFSR. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314074 | LOW POWER AND LOW COMPLEXITY ADAPTIVE SELF-LINEARIZATION - A digital signal processing system comprising: an input terminal to receive an input signal that includes a distorted component and an undistorted component, the input signal having a sampling rate of R; and an adaptive self-linearization module coupled to the input terminal, to perform self-linearization based at least in part on the input signal to obtain an output signal that is substantially undistorted, wherein: the adaptive self-linearization module is to generate a replica distortion signal that is substantially similar to the distorted component, the generation being based at least in part on a target component having a sampling rate of R/L, L being an integer greater than 1; the adaptive self-linearization module includes a first digital signal processor (DSP) that is adapted to obtain a filter transfer function that approximates a system distortion transfer function, and a second DSP that is configured using configuration parameters of the first DSP. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314075 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING DISTRIBUTED COMPUTATIONS WITHIN A COMPUTATION SPACE - An approach is provided for providing operations for manipulation of distributed computations. A computations closure management infrastructure determines to receive a request for specifying one or more operations to perform on one or more computation spaces, wherein the one or more computation spaces represent one or more computational processes as one or more graphs within the respective one or more computation spaces. The computation closures management infrastructure determines to retrieve the one or more computation spaces, the one or more graphs within the one or more computation spaces, one or more subgraphs of the one or more graphs, or a combination thereof. The computation closures management infrastructure determines to apply the one or more operations on the one or more computation spaces, the one or more graphs, the one or more subgraphs, or a combination thereof to update at least one of the one or more computation spaces, to generate at least one additional computation space, or a combination thereof. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314076 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM - In order that the application in the client terminal can be used continuously without being suspended temporarily, an information processing apparatus includes first processing means and a second processing section. That is, the information processing apparatus communicates via a network with a server including a first processing section of second processing means which including the first and the second processing section. The first processing means switches processing means which executes an application to either of the first or the second processing means. The second processing section executes a processing received from the first processing section, in case that the processing means is switched from the first processing means to the first processing section. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314077 | IDENTIFICATION OF COMPATIBLE PRODUCTS FOR USE WITH MOBILE DEVICES - The present provides an automated technique for identifying compatible products and components of a mobile, wireless Internet enabled device. In an embodiment of the invention, a user of the wireless device requests a web page of an appropriate web site, e.g., a web site pertaining to that of a product and component retailer, which is facilitated by a web server. The web server obtains the respective user agent signature corresponding to the user's web browser. The server then analyzes the user agent signature to identify, among other things, the make and model of the user's device. By knowing the make and model of the user's device, the web server can then query a database to determine compatible products and components for use with the device. The web server then displays those compatible products and components and can facilitate the purchase of those products and components by the user. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314078 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR IDENTIFYING A CONTACTEE IN A COMMUNICATION - Methods and systems are described for identifying a contactee in a communication. A first alias is received identifying a contactor communicant in a network-based communication. The contactor communicant is represented by a contactor communications agent. A communications address for a contactee communicant, not included in the communication, is located based on the first alias. The communications address of the contactee communicant is included in the communication, in response to receiving the first alias. Data is sent, based on the communications address of the contactee, in the communication for delivery to a communications agent representing the contactee communicant. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314079 | AGENT SYSTEM FOR REDUCING SERVER RESOURCE USAGE - A method, data processing system, and computer program product for processing information. A server-side agent running on a server data processing system monitors for a selected event for processing by the server-side agent. In response to detecting the selected event for processing by the server-side agent, the server-side agent requests information to process the selected event from a client-side agent running on a client data processing system. The server-side agent performs a subset of functions performed by the client-side agent. In response to receiving a response with the information to process the selected event from the client-side agent, the server-side agent performs a set of steps to process the selected event using the information received from the client-side agent. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314080 | Method for Providing Control Information for a Distributed Operation in an Automation System, Computer Program and Automation System - A distributed operation in an automation system is performed using at least one first and second computer-based object. The control information is used to influence or determine a property, a function of the first and/or second computer-based objects. The control information includes details of a parameter identifier, a value associated with the parameter identifier, a range of validity and a remote access attribute. The control information is provided in a retrievable manner, according to the included range of validity, in a memory unit organized according to ranges of validity and is associated with the first computer-based object. During a function or service call for performing the distributed operation, which is sent from the first computer-based object to the second, the control information is transmitted to the second computer-based object, provided in a retrievable manner in a memory unit organized according to the ranges of validity and associated with the second computer-based object. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314081 | ABSTRACT INTERNATIONALIZATION OF WEB APPLICATIONS - According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for abstract internationalization of web applications may be provided. In this method, a first set of object files may be generated according to a locale of a plurality of locales and one or more properties files. Each properties file may be associated with a web application of a plurality of web applications. A localization module operable to facilitate abstract internationalization of a web application may be stored. A request to use the web application may be received from a client. The request may indicate a locale of the client. A second set of one or more object files may be selected according to the web application and the locale of the client. A response comprising markup language that describes the web application, the second set of object files, and the localization module may be generated and transmitted to a client. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314082 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTING CLOUD SERVICES - A system and process include receiving information relating to a plurality of cloud services from a plurality of cloud service providers. A determination is made, for each of the plurality of cloud services, one or more of a location of a server that hosts a cloud service, an origin of data used in the cloud service, and a destination of data processed by the cloud service. One or more of the plurality of cloud services are selected based on one or more of the determination of the server location, the origin of data, and the destination of data. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314083 | MULTICAST AND SYNCHRONIZATION EMULATION FOR CONTENT TRANSFORMED STREAMS - Embodiments of the present disclosure emulate multicast by generating and synchronizing multiple unicasts of a single content in different encoding formats to multiple devices on a shared network. In one embodiment, a method for multicast emulation includes receiving a request to join an active stream containing a media content. The method also includes identifying a position of the active stream from which to start a new unicast stream of the same media content. The method further includes providing the new unicast stream starting from the identified position, where the new unicast stream is in a format independent from the format of the active stream and the new unicast stream is synchronized to the active stream. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314084 | CONTEXTUAL BASED INFORMATION AGGREGATION SYSTEM - A system automatically and continuously finds and aggregates the most relevant and current information about the people and things that a user cares about. The information gathering is based on current context (e.g., where the user is, what the user is doing, what the user is saying/typing, etc.). The result of the context based information gathering is presented ubiquitously on user interfaces of any of the various physical devices operated by the user. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314085 | OFFLINE MODIFICATION OF BUSINESS DATA - Concepts and technologies for offline modification of business data are disclosed. A client device caches a cached version of business data. A business connectivity services (“BCS”) application executing on the client device reviews modifications made to the cached version of the business data and generates one or more operations corresponding to the modifications. The BCS application maintains a queue of operations. The BCS application reviews the operations in the queue and combines or removes operations that can be combined or removed without affecting the dependencies between related operations. The client device accesses a business data server that hosts the business data, and transmits the operations to the business data server in the determined order. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314086 | SECURE DYNAMIC QUALITY OF SERVICE USING PACKETCABLE MULTIMEDIA - A secure mechanism for third party hosted services to communicate with networks to allow dynamic quality of service to be provisioned for content of the third parties is disclosed. By authenticating the third party hosted services, the service provider is able to enter into business arrangements to share revenue with the third party content providers based on the premium service. A subscriber issues a request to a third party server. In response to issuing the request to the third party server, a dynamic quality of service request is received from the third party server. The dynamic quality of service request is validated and a session is provisioned between the client and the third party server implementing the requested dynamic quality of service. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314087 | COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS - A method of, and apparatus for, network communication between a client computer initiator and a target data store. The method includes requesting, by the initiator, a data transfer session between the initiator and the target over a network. The request specifies quality of service parameters for the data transfer session. The method further includes receiving, from the target, a response accepting or denying the data transfer session based on the quality of service parameters; and establishing the data transfer session between the initiator and the target if the request is accepted. An advantage in communicating QoS requirements automatically on a per session basis between a client computer initiator and a target data storage resource is that QoS guarantees can be improved because the QoS determination can be carried out at the time the data transfer session is required. This enables the current access patterns on the storage resource to be monitored and an accurate determination regarding whether the QoS parameters of a desired data transfer session can be met. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314088 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AND MONITORING ACCESS TO DATA PROCESSING APPLICATIONS - A system and method for auditing data. A first request, the request including at least one data item and generated at a client may be received. The at least one data item may be processed to produce at least one processed data item. A second request may be generated based on the first request and on the processed data items. The second request may be forwarded to a server. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314089 | Provisioning of Content Items in Mobile Communications Networks - The invention relates to a targeting technique for controlling the provisioning of content items, for example advertisements, to users in a mobile communications network ( | 2011-12-22 |
20110314090 | System and method for delivering virtual tour content using the hyper-text transfer protocol (HTTP) - A system and method for delivering Virtual Reality (VR) tour content and spatial navigation comprising the hyper-text transfer protocol (HTTP) through a dynamic web-based relational database that stores, manipulates, co-ordinates and classifies complex digital data sets over a common gateway interface for on request interactive exchange and search engine retrieval of hotspots. The dynamic online-based software generates and organises dynamic VR tours through a secure intuitive back-end system allowing the administrator/licensee to maintain technical, quality and security control ensuring secure access for development, modification, management, and distribution of each VR tour. Each VR tour encompasses the interactive exchange of hotspots allowing visitors to interact with still or panoramic pictures and videos which are linked to graphical site information (e.g. maps), URL web-links, text, hyperlinked banners, PDF documents, audio files and direct email-links which can automatically be modularised for off-line operation on mobile devices such as laptops, PDA's and CD's. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314091 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED ANALYSIS AND TRANSFORMATION OF WEB PAGES - A method and system for modifying web pages, including dynamic web pages, based on automated analysis wherein web pages are transformed based on transformation instructions in nearly real-time, and wherein analysis is performed and transformation instructions based on the analysis are prepared prior to a request for the web page. The system has two primary components, an analyzer which asynchronously and repeatedly analyzes web pages creating and updating transformation instructions relating to the web pages, and a transformer which intercepts traffic to a web server in response to a request for the web page, receives the returned web pages, and transforms them based on stored transformation instructions. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314092 | UNIFIED COLLECTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF DATA - A stub tag in source code of a webpage allows for collection of numerous data elements according to tracking tags of various data receiver parties and for distribution of the collected data elements to those parties. The stub tag references a remotely cached script that enables a user device, e.g. a computer running a web browser, to retrieve a tag code for collecting the data elements. The tag code is constructed according to data collection settings, data distribution settings, data receiver settings, and/or user privacy settings. The tag code results in a single variable, common to all data receiver parties, for each data element. The common variable is transmitted to data receivers through the user device or through a server-to-server API. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314093 | Remote Server Environment - A system in which computer content is encoded at low latency and distributed to one or more client devices and in which user gestures on the client device are translated into a digital representation of the computer's native input format, thereby allowing the client device to control the computer. A method of capturing screen data on a desktop system, packaging the captured content, streaming the content to one or more client device, decoding the content on the client-side, displaying the decoded content on the client device, accepting user input, transmitting the user input to the desktop system, translating the input into a native format, and controlling the desktop system using the translated user input. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314094 | SCHOOL CONTENT MANAGEMENT AND FILLING SYSTEM AND METHODOLOGY - A system and its method of operation for managing and storing educational content are disclosed, and specifically the integration and interaction between the computers used by teachers, computers used by students and other peripherals, managing and archiving all actions/activities, allowing an interactivity and interoperability between events that are being conducted in various geographic locations. The system can offer schools, training providers and other entities, an informatics infrastructure that creates an interactive and collaborative environment in the school's classroom/training sessions/business meetings or similar context, enhancing educational performance by introducing new technologies of information and communication applied to education. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314095 | Media Article Adaptation To Client Device - Systems and methods provide for on-the-fly adaptation of a send rate for content sent to a client based on a detected read rate of the client system for data previously sent. The system and method work within the bounds of simple, existing, open protocols and the media files served are playable by standard media playback clients. The method is driven by a request for media content from a client, in response to which the server provides portions of the media content and monitors the reception rate of the content as it is sent to the client. This method allows for dynamic modification of the send rate of the content after the server has calculated an adjustment to correct for the difference between the reading rate and sending rate, thereby allowing for a send rate most compatible with the client. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314096 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HOME-TO-HOME DELIVERY OF MEDIA CONTENT VIA CABLE - A residential services gateway operating within a networked home setting that is enabled by a Strings software program to obtain, view, and/or repurpose content obtained from within the networked home setting or exterior of the networked home setting. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314097 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR IDENTIFYING A COMMUNICANT IN A COMMUNICATION - Methods and systems are described for identifying a communicant in a communication. For a communication between a contactor node, representing a contactor communicant, and a contactee node, representing a contactee communicant, an identifier of one of the contactor communicant and the contactee communicant is received. Based on the received identifier, an alias is located for the contactor communicant when the received identifier identifies the contactee communicant and for the contactee communicant when the received identifier identifies the contactor communicant. Presentation information is sent to present the alias in a representation of the communication presented via an output device. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314098 | RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT IN A SOCIAL NETWORK SERVICE - Managing relationships in a social network service implemented by at least one processor includes: establishing with the at least one processor a quantified interaction goal for at least a first party and a second party corresponding to a period of time; determining with the at least one processor, prior to an expiration of the period of time, that a current quantified accumulated interaction between the first party and the second party is inconsistent with the quantified interaction goal; and automatically performing a remedial action with the at least one processor to facilitate adjusting the quantified accumulated interaction between the first party and the second party to a level consistent with the quantified interaction goal. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314099 | TRANSMISSION TERMINAL, TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROGRAM - A transmission terminal communicates contents data with a counterpart transmission terminal through a first session, and transmits management data to a management system through a second session. When a predetermined event that may prevent or interrupt communication with a user at the counterpart terminal is detected, the transmission terminal obtains countermeasure data, and transmits the countermeasure data to the management system through the second session. | 2011-12-22 |
20110314100 | Method For Improving Peer To Peer Network Communication - The present invention relates to a node for deployment on a peer to peer network. The node is programmed for monitoring the network to receive communication messages therefrom and to forward the communication messages, optionally changing the communications radius parameters to an optimal or near optimal value. The node can forward messages from one network to another or from one network to the same network. The invention also provides a method for monitoring communication messages for selected objects by nodes on a peer to peer network. The method includes interposing the node on the network. The node has at least one stored object corresponding to a communication message object stored the node; and monitors the network to detect communication messages matching at least one of the stored objects and decides whether or not to forward or change communication message radius parameters based on some defined programming or configuration. | 2011-12-22 |