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20130144855 | DEVICES AND METHOD FOR SEARCHING DATA ON DATA SOURCES ASSOCIATED WITH A CATEGORY... - A mobile wireless communications device includes a display, at least one input device, and a processor coupled to the display and the at least one input device. The processor is configured to associate each of a plurality of search categories with each of a plurality of search data sources, based upon the at least one input device. The processor is also configured to determine a given search category of the plurality thereof associated with a search term input via the at least one input device. The processor is further configured to search the search data source associated with the given search category for the search term, and generate search results based thereupon, and display the search results on the display. | 06-06-2013 |
20130191373 | COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM INCLUDING SEARCH SERVER FOR SEARCHING A MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A communications system includes a search server, and a mobile wireless communications device. The mobile wireless communications device has a memory configured to store at least one application and application data associated therewith, and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to search the application data for at least one search term and generate preliminary search results based thereupon, and send the at least one search term and the preliminary search results to the search server. The search server is configured to generate final search results based upon the at least one search term preliminary search results, and to send the final search results to the mobile wireless communications device. | 07-25-2013 |
20130218923 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR SEARCHING DATA ON DATA SOURCES ASSOCIATED WITH REGISTERED APPLICATIONS - A mobile device includes a memory to store an unregistered application and corresponding unregistered application data which is unable to be searched, and a registered application and corresponding registered application data that is able to be searched. The mobile device also has a processor to convert the unregistered application and the unregistered application data to a newly registered application and newly registered application data which is able to be searched, and search the registered application data and the newly registered application data for a search term to determine whether the registered application and the newly registered application have search results associated therewith. The processor also displays applications having search results associated therewith on an application selection screen on a display, with a subset of information about the search results being displayed, and receives selection of an application via an input device. The processor also executes the selected application to present the search results on the display. | 08-22-2013 |
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20120136849 | Dynamic Selection of Point-Of-Interest Search Services - A method and a system for point-of-interest search is disclosed. A search request including a location information acquired by a mobile device at a location defined by the location information is received at a server. A search query is formulated using the search request and the location information. The search query is sent to a plurality of search engines and search results are received from the plurality of search engines and aggregated based on the search context. | 05-31-2012 |
20120157122 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE FOR RETRIEVING GEOSPATIAL DATA - A method for receiving geospatial data using a communication device, the method comprising transmitting from the communication device to a server a request for geospatial data, the request including device display information, and receiving at the communication device from the server a subset of requested geospatial data, the subset being generated based on the device display information. The device display information may include a viewport size or a screen size. | 06-21-2012 |
20130066908 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SHARING MOBILE DEVICE CONTENT - A method, system and mobile communication device for searching, sharing and accessing content stored on a mobile or computing device. The exemplary embodiments disclosed herein allow a mobile communication device ( | 03-14-2013 |
20130117249 | LOCALE CENTRIC SEARCH OPTIMIZATION IN RESPONSE TO USER OPT-IN - The present disclosure provides for locale-centric search optimization upon user opt-in. In response to receiving a search query generated by a user of an electronic communication device who has opted to receive search suggestions that are relevant to a locale, a search engine server provides to the user at least one keyword suggestion that is relevant to the locale and can then perform a search on an updated search query generated by the user of the electronic communication device. The updated search query may include the initial search query, or the at least one keyword suggestion provided to the user that is relevant to the locale, or some combination. The search engine server returns the results of the search on the updated search query to the user via the electronic communication device. | 05-09-2013 |
20130212528 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTED DATABASE KEYWORD SEARCHING - A method performed by a mobile communications device, including: populating a central database on the device with a title for each of a plurality of software modules installed on the device and associating each title with its software module; populating the central database with at least one keyword associated with each of the plurality of software modules and associating each keyword with its software module; receiving at the device a search query; displaying at the device a search result identifying at least one of the software modules installed on the device having either a title or one or more associated keywords matching the search query; and in response to receiving at the device a selection of a software module identified in the search result, activating the selected software module. | 08-15-2013 |
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20110258659 | System and Method for Construction, Delivery and Display of iTV Content - iTV content is created and deployed using a server component adapted to allow content developers to create applications according to an authoring specification that describes a framework for same; a transport component configured to optimize and deliver the applications to one or more clients; and a client component adapted to render the applications through a television so as to permit user interaction therewith. The authoring specification provides for the presentation of content through one or more templates defined therein, allowing application definition and behavior to remain common across multiple client device types, middleware platforms, and/or iTV operating environments. The framework for applications accommodates advertising, promotions, content placement packages and/or programming campaign definitions, so as to permit a selection of a specific advertisement, promotion or content at a time of preparation of the iTV content by the server, and/or a time of execution of the applications by the client. | 10-20-2011 |
20120254912 | System and Method for Construction, Delivery and Display of iTV Content - iTV content is created and deployed using a server component adapted to allow content developers to create applications according to an authoring specification that describes a framework for same; a transport component configured to optimize and deliver the applications to one or more clients; and a client component adapted to render the applications through a television so as to permit user interaction therewith. The authoring specification provides for the presentation of content through one or more templates defined therein, allowing application definition and behavior to remain common across multiple client device types, middleware platforms, and/or iTV operating environments. The framework for applications accommodates advertising, promotions, content placement packages and/or programming campaign definitions, so as to permit a selection of a specific advertisement, promotion or content at a time of preparation of the iTV content by the server, and/or a time of execution of the applications by the client. | 10-04-2012 |
20130024906 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTION, DELIVERY AND DISPLAY OF ITV CONTENT - iTV content is created and deployed using a server component adapted to allow content developers to create applications according to an authoring specification that describes a framework for same; a transport component including an operator-deployed application management system configured to optimize and deliver the aplications to one or more clients; and a client component adapted to render the applications through a television so as to permit user interaction therewith. The authoring specification provides for the presentation of content through one or more templates defined therein, allowing application definition and behavior to remain common across multiple client device types, middleware platforms, and/or iTV operating environments. The framework for applications accommodates advertising, promotions, content placement packages and/or programming campaign definitions, so as to permit a selection of a specific advertisement, promotion or content at a time of preparation of the iTV content by the server, and/or a time of execution of the applications by the client. | 01-24-2013 |
20130227617 | System and Method for Construction, Delivery and Display of iTV Content - iTV content is created and deployed using a server component adapted to allow content developers to create applications according to an authoring specification that describes a framework for same; a transport component including an operator-deployed application management system configured to optimize and deliver the applications to one or more clients; and a client component adapted to render the applications through a television so as to permit user interaction therewith. The authoring specification provides for the presentation of content through one or more templates defined therein, allowing application definition and behavior to remain common across multiple client device types, middleware platforms, and/or iTV operating environments. The framework for applications accommodates advertising, promotions, content placement packages and/or programming campaign definitions, so as to permit a selection of a specific advertisement, promotion or content at a time of preparation of the iTV content by the server, and/or a time of execution of the applications by the client. | 08-29-2013 |
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20090063487 | SECURING TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP OF A STORAGE OBJECT FROM AN UNAVAILABLE OWNER NODE TO ANOTHER NODE - Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture that maintain a plurality of nodes coupled over a network, wherein a first node of the plurality of nodes initially owns a plurality of storage objects accessible via the network. A serialization lock is maintained in association with the plurality of storage objects, wherein the first node becomes unavailable. A second node of the plurality of nodes determines that the second node is to preemptively assume ownership of a selected storage object of the plurality of storage objects initially owned by the first node that has become unavailable. The second node acquires the serialization lock. The second node secures ownership of the selected storage object, subsequent to acquiring the serialization lock. | 03-05-2009 |
20090070766 | DYNAMIC WORKLOAD BALANCING IN A THREAD POOL - Provided are techniques for workload balancing. A message is received on a channel. A thread in a thread pool is selected to process the message. In response to determining that the message has been processed and a response has been sent on the channel by the thread, it is determined whether a total number of threads in the thread pool is greater than a low water mark plus one and whether the channel has more than a maximum number of threads blocked on a receive, wherein the low water mark represents a minimum number of threads in the thread pool. In response to determining that a number of threads in the thread pool is greater than the low water mark plus one and that the channel has more than the maximum number of threads blocked on a receive, the thread is terminated. In response to determining at least one of the number of threads in the thread pool is less than or equal to the low water mark plus one and the channel has less than or equal to the maximum number of threads blocked on a receive, the thread is retained. | 03-12-2009 |
20090276202 | MODELING STORAGE ENVIRONMENTS - Example embodiments provide various techniques for modeling network storage environments. To model a particular storage environment, component models that are associated with the components of the storage environment are loaded. Each component model is programmed to mathematically simulate one or more components of the storage environment. A system model is then composed from the component models and this system model is configured to simulate the storage environment. | 11-05-2009 |
20150066471 | MODELING STORAGE ENVIRONMENTS - Example embodiments provide various techniques for modeling network storage environments. To model a particular storage environment, component models that are associated with the components of the storage environment are loaded. Each component model is programmed to mathematically simulate one or more components of the storage environment. A system model is then composed from the component models and this system model is configured to simulate the storage environment. | 03-05-2015 |
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20080313403 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR SELECTING AN INPUT/OUTPUT TAPE VOLUME CACHE - An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for selecting an input/output tape volume cache (TVC). A history module maintains access history instances for a plurality of clusters. A request module receives an access request for a logical volume. An adjustment module weights the access history instances in favor of recent access history instances. A calculation module calculates an affinity of the logical volume for each cluster of the plurality of clusters. The calculation module may calculate the affinity of the logical volume for each cluster of the plurality of clusters using read/write/scratch granularity and an algorithm. Further, the calculation module may filter out clusters. A selection module selects a cluster TVC with a highest affinity as the TVC for the logical volume. | 12-18-2008 |
20090006734 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR SELECTING A CLUSTER - An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for selecting a source cluster in a distributed storage configuration. A measurement module measures system factors for a plurality of clusters over a plurality of instances. The clusters are in communication over a network and each cluster comprises at least one tape volume cache. A smoothing module applies a smoothing function to the system factors, wherein recent instances have higher weights. A lifespan module calculates a mount-to-dismount lifespan for each cluster from the smoothed system factors. A selection module selects a source cluster for accessing an instance of a specified volume in response to the mount-to-dismount lifespans and a user policy. | 01-01-2009 |
20120159063 | SELECTING AN INPUT/OUTPUT TAPE VOLUME CACHE - For selecting an input/output tape volume cache (TVC), a history module maintains access history instances for a plurality of clusters, each cluster comprising a TVC. A request module receives an access request for a logical volume wherein an instance of the logical volume is stored on each of the plurality of clusters and each instance of the logical volume is synchronized with each other instance of the logical volume. An adjustment module weights the access history instances in favor of recent access history instances. A calculation module calculates an affinity of the logical volume instance stored on each cluster of the plurality of clusters. A selection module selects a cluster TVC with a highest logical volume affinity as the TVC for the logical volume. | 06-21-2012 |
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20110276924 | PERSONAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT CONTEXT LINKS - An apparatus and method for managing information in a mobile terminal are provided. The method includes selecting a first object to be linked, selecting a second object for linking with the first object, and linking the first object with the second object. By linking two objects, a user is better able to determine the context in which one or both object are known, thus improving usability of the information. Moreover, a descriptive tag may be used to link the two objects, thus providing additional information by which to associate one object with another object. | 11-10-2011 |
20140059439 | PERSONAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT CONTEXT LINKS - An apparatus and method for managing information in a mobile terminal are provided. The method includes selecting a first object to be linked, selecting a second object for linking with the first object, and linking the first object with the second object. By linking two objects, a user is better able to determine the context in which one or both object are known, thus improving usability of the information. Moreover, a descriptive tag may be used to link the two objects, thus providing additional information by which to associate one object with another object. | 02-27-2014 |