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20130204609 | LANGUAGE INDEPENDENT PROBABILISTIC CONTENT MATCHING - Content is received and compared against rules for identifying a type of content. Each rule has both segmented and unsegmented patterns. The content is matched against the patterns and assigned a confidence score that is higher if the content matches a segmented pattern and lower if the content matches an unsegmented pattern. | 08-08-2013 |
20130326006 | MANAGING LARGE DATA SETS THROUGH PAGE BASED INFORMATION TRACKING IN MULTI-MASTER ENVIRONMENTS - A data store receives a page cookie as a request for a page of records. The page cookie acts as a container to a record identifier of a last retrieved record and a timestamp of the last change to the record. The data store identifies retrieved pages to skip over according to a comparison of date, time and data instance name/write-master information for each record in the retrieved pages against the information in the page cookie. The data stamp contains information about the timestamp of last change to the record and data store instance name of the record. Subsequent to finding a matching record, the data store creates a new page cookie based on the page containing the record and transmits the new page cookie and the page to the requester. | 12-05-2013 |
20130339288 | DETERMINING DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION PROBABILISTICALLY THROUGH CLASSIFICATION RULE ANALYSIS - A classification application identifies patterns and evidences within representative documents. The application constructs a classification rule according to an entity and an affinity determined from the patterns and evidences. The application processes the representative documents with the classification rule to evaluate whether the rules meet acceptance requirements. Subsequent to a successful evaluation, the application identifies confidence levels for patterns and evidences within other documents. | 12-19-2013 |
20130339396 | ASYNCHRONOUSLY FLATTENING GRAPHS IN RELATIONAL STORES - An application asynchronously flattens a graph in a relational store to provide fast access to node relationship queries. The application may implement an algorithm that retrieves forward paths of a start node. The algorithm may also retrieve reverse paths of end node. The application may cross-join the forward and reverse paths to determine link paths connecting the start and end nodes. The application may merge the link paths with existing paths. The application may increment path reference counts. The application may store the link paths as a link between the nodes to represent a relationship between the nodes. | 12-19-2013 |
20150278061 | PREDICTIVE LOAD SCALING FOR SERVICES - Embodiments are directed to determining an optimal number of concurrently running cloud resource instances and to providing an interactive interface that shows projected operational metric measurements. In one scenario, a computer system accesses metric information which identifies operational metric measurements, and further accesses a second portion of metric information that identifies operational metric measurements for the cloud resource instances over a second period of time. The computer system then calculates projected operational metric measurements based on the identified operational metric measurements over the first period of time (e.g. for reactive tuning) and further based on the identified operational metric measurements over the second period of time (e.g. for predictive tuning) The computer system then determines, based on the projected operational metric measurements, a number of cloud resource instances that are to be concurrently running at a specified future point in time. | 10-01-2015 |
20150281113 | DYNAMICALLY IDENTIFYING TARGET CAPACITY WHEN SCALING CLOUD RESOURCES - Embodiments are directed to preventing flapping when auto-scaling cloud resources. In one scenario, a computer system accesses information specifying a target operational metric that is to be maintained on a plurality of cloud resources. The computer system determines a current measured value for the target operational metric for at least some of the cloud resources. The computer system further calculates a scaling factor based on the target operational metric and the current measured value, where the scaling factor represents an amount of variance between the target operational metric and the current measured value. The computer system also calculates a delta value representing a modified quantity of cloud resources modified by the calculated scaling factor and determines whether a scaling action is to occur based on the calculated delta value. | 10-01-2015 |
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20120110003 | CONDITIONAL EXECUTION OF REGULAR EXPRESSIONS - Embodiments directed to conditionally executing regular expressions and to simplifying regular expressions by canonicalizing regular expression terms. In an embodiment, a computer system accesses identified regular expression key terms that are to appear in a selected portion of text. The regular expression key terms are identified from terms in a selected regular expression. The computer system determines whether the identified regular expression key terms appear in the selected portion of text. The computer system also, upon determining that none of the identified regular expression key terms appears in the selected portion of text, prevents execution of the regular expression. Upon determining that at least one of the identified regular expression key terms appears in the selected portion of text, the computer system executes the regular expression. | 05-03-2012 |
20120215853 | Managing Unwanted Communications Using Template Generation And Fingerprint Comparison Features - Unwanted communication detection and/or management features are providing, including using one or more commonality measures as part of generating templates for fingerprinting and comparison operations, but the embodiments are not so limited. An computing architecture of one embodiment includes components configured to generate templates and associated fingerprints for known unwanted communications, wherein the template fingerprints can be compared to unknown communication fingerprints as part of determining whether the unknown communications are based on similar templates and can be properly classified as unwanted or potentially unsafe communications for further analysis and/or blocking. A method of one embodiment operates to use a number of template fingerprints to detect and classify unknown communications as spam, phishing, and/or other unwanted communications. | 08-23-2012 |
20120303624 | DYNAMIC RULE REORDERING FOR MESSAGE CLASSIFICATION - Embodiments are directed to generating a customized classification rule execution order and to identifying optimal ordering rules for previously processed data. In an embodiment, a computer system fingerprints a message received via a computer network. The fingerprinting identifies specific characteristics of the message. The computer system compares the message's fingerprint to various stored message fingerprints generated from previously received messages. The comparison determines that the fingerprint does not match the stored fingerprints. The computer system applies classification rules to the message according to a predetermined rule execution order to determine a classification for the message. The computer system then generates a customized classification rule execution order to order those classification rules that optimally identified the message's class at the top of the customized classification rule execution order. | 11-29-2012 |
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20080277581 | In-situ BWR and PWR CRUD flake analysis method and tool - The invention provides a method and tool to perform an analysis of CRUD on a nuclear fuel rod. The method recites providing a nuclear fuel rod with a layer of CRUD on an exterior of the fuel rod, scraping the CRUD from the fuel rod with a CRUD scraping tool and collecting CRUD flakes from the CRUD scraping tool. The method also provides for sorting the CRUD flakes into particle fractions, and analyzing the CRUD with a scanning electron microscope, wherein the scraping tool has a blade with a rigidity that is matched to an anticipated CRUD deposit shear strength. | 11-13-2008 |
20100281640 | In-situ bwr and pwr CRUD flake analysis method and tool - The invention provides a method and tool to perform an analysis of CRUD on a nuclear fuel rod. The method recites providing a nuclear fuel rod with a layer of CRUD on an exterior of the fuel rod, scraping the CRUD from the fuel rod with a CRUD scraping tool and collecting CRUD flakes from the CRUD scraping tool. The method also provides for sorting the CRUD flakes into particle fractions, and analyzing the CRUD with a scanning electron microscope, wherein the scraping tool has a blade with a rigidity that is matched to an anticipated CRUD deposit shear strength. | 11-11-2010 |
20110019790 | ADVANCED FUEL CRUD SAMPLING TOOL METHOD - A method to perform an analysis of two types of CRUD on a nuclear fuel rod, including providing a nuclear fuel rod with a first and second layer of CRUD on an exterior of the fuel rod; brushing the first layer of CRUD from the fuel rod with a CRUD tool on a selected area; wherein the tool has a brushing device, a force applied to the brushing device on the fuel rod to remove the first layer of CRUD, the force being sufficient enough to perform such removal; collecting the first layer of CRUD from the brushing device, scraping the second layer of CRUD from the fuel rod in the selected area with the tool, wherein the tool has a scraping device and a second force is applied to the tool for scraping, collecting the second layer of CRUD from the scraping device, and analyzing the first layer and second layer of CRUD separately with a scanning electron microscope. | 01-27-2011 |
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20100103186 | Enhanced User Interface Elements in Ambient Light - Enhanced user interface elements in ambient light is described. In embodiment(s), a sensor input can be received from light sensor(s) that detect ambient light proximate an integrated display of a portable device. A determination can be made that the ambient light detracts from the visibility of user interface elements displayed in a user interface on the integrated display, and graphic components of a user interface element can be modified to enhance the visibility of the user interface element for display in the ambient light. | 04-29-2010 |
20100281434 | Cursor Adjustment in Ambient Light - A method of assisting discovering a cursor on an electronic display is disclosed. In general, if a cursor moves from one display region to another and there is a difference in ambient light, a cursor adjustment may need to be executed. In another embodiment, the method may look to see if a user is moving the cursor in a fashion to locate the cursor in which case a cursor adjustment should be executed. If three cursor inputs are in successively opposite directions or have opposite acceleration and are received within a brief period of time, the cursor adjustment may be executed. | 11-04-2010 |
20130335389 | ENHANCED USER INTERFACE ELEMENTS IN AMBIENT LIGHT - Embodiments of enhanced user interface elements in ambient light are described. Sensor inputs can be received from light sensors that detect ambient light proximate an integrated display of a portable device. A determination is made that the ambient light detracts from the visibility of user interface elements displayed in a user interface on the integrated display. Display properties of graphic components of a user interface element are interpolated through a light range from approximately complete darkness to full sunlight, and the graphic components of a user interface element can be modified based on interpolating the display properties within the light range to enhance the visibility of the user interface element for display in the ambient light. | 12-19-2013 |
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20100321075 | Dual Phase Detector Phase-Locked Loop - A phase-locked loop for generating an output signal that has a predetermined frequency relationship with a reference signal, the phase-locked loop comprising a signal generator arranged to generate the output signal, a charge pump arranged to generate current pulses for controlling the signal generator, two control units for controlling a duration of the current pulses generated by the charge pump and a selection unit arranged to select either the first control unit or the second control unit to control the charge pump, wherein a first one of the control units is arranged to continuously monitor a phase-difference between the reference signal and a feedback signal formed from the output signal and to, when selected by the selection unit, control the charge pump to output a current pulse having a duration that is dependent on that phase-difference and a second one of the control units is arranged to, when selected by the selection unit, control the charge pump to output a current pulse of predetermined duration that compensates for a phase error in the feedback signal. | 12-23-2010 |
20110012652 | Phase-Locked Loop - A loop filter for receiving an input signal indicative of a phase-difference between a reference signal and a signal output by a signal generator and forming a control signal for controlling the signal generator in dependence thereon, the loop filter comprising a plurality of filter components that determine the frequency response of the filter, said filter components being arranged so that a first set of said components determines one or more zeros of the filter's frequency response and a second set of said components determines one or more poles of the filter's frequency response, each of said first and second sets of filter components being independent of the other such that the zero(s) and pole(s) of the filter's frequency response may be selected independently. | 01-20-2011 |
20110019767 | Phase-Locked Loop Modulation - A phase-locked loop having: an oscillator for forming an oscillating output signal; a frequency divider connected to receive the output of the oscillator and frequency divide it by a value dependent on a division control signal; and a phase comparator for comparing the phase of the divided signal and a reference signal to generate a control signal, the operation of the oscillator being dependent on the control signal; the output data to form a divided signal a division ratio controller configured to, when clocked by an input signal, generate a series of output data for forming the division control signal; the phase-locked loop having: a first mode of operation in which the frequency divider is operable to frequency divide the output of the oscillator by a value dependent on the output of the division ratio controller; and a second mode of operation in which the frequency divider is not operable to frequency divide the output of the oscillator by a value dependent on the output of the division ratio controller, and the division ratio controller is clocked by a signal that is independent of the output of the oscillator. | 01-27-2011 |
20110025386 | Phase-Locked Loop - A loop filter for a phase-locked loop that generates an output signal having a predetermined phase relationship with a reference signal, the loop filter being arranged to control a signal generator that forms the output signal in dependence on a phase error between the output signal and the reference signal by outputting a control signal for controlling the signal generator in dependence thereon, the loop filter being arranged to form the control signal to comprise a proportional component representative of an instantaneous magnitude of the phase difference and an integral component representative of an integral of the phase difference, the loop filter comprising a proportional path arranged to receive a signal representative of the instantaneous magnitude of the phase difference and form the proportional component of the control signal in dependence thereon and an integral path arranged to receive a signal representative of the instantaneous magnitude of the phase difference and form the integral component of the control signal in dependence thereon, the proportional and integral paths being decoupled in the loop filter such that each has a transfer function relating its received signal to its respective component of the control signal that is independent of the other path. | 02-03-2011 |
20110025387 | Charge Transfer in a Phase-Locked Loop - A phase-locked loop arranged to generate an output signal having a first frequency that is a static value times the frequency of a reference signal, the phase-locked loop comprising a signal generator arranged to generate the output signal, a divider arranged to receive the output signal and divide the output signal to form a feedback signal, the divider being arranged to vary the divisor by which the output signal is divided to cause the output signal to have a frequency that is said static value times the frequency of the reference signal, a comparison unit arranged to compare the feedback signal with the reference signal, one or more current generators arranged to output current pulses in dependence on said comparison, a summation unit arranged to receive the current pulses output by the current generator(s) and form a single current pulse therefrom and a loop filter arranged to filter the single current pulse to form a control signal for controlling the signal generator, the phase-locked loop being arranged such that the current generator(s) generate(s) a first current pulse dependent on a phase-difference between the feedback signal and the reference signal and a second current pulse whose magnitude and sign are dependent on an error in the feedback signal that is caused by the variation of the divisor, and the summation unit receives the first and second current pulses and stores an electrical charge representative of those current pulses and the summation unit outputs a single current pulse dependent on the electrical charge stored by the summation unit, said single current pulse being representative of a phase-difference that would have existed between the reference signal and the feedback signal if the feedback signal had been formed by dividing the output signal by said static value and not by the varied divisor. | 02-03-2011 |
20110025388 | Charge Pump For Phase-Locked Loop - A current generator for a phase-locked loop arranged to generate an output signal having predetermined frequency-relationship with a reference signal, the phase-locked loop comprising a signal generator arranged to generate the output signal, a divider arranged to receive the output signal and divide the output signal to form a feedback signal, the divider being arranged to vary the divisor by which the output signal is divided, a comparison unit arranged to compare the feedback signal with the reference signal and output a first error signal indicative of the phase-difference between the feedback signal and the reference signal to the current generator and a loop filter arranged to filter a current signal output by the current generator to form a control signal for controlling the signal generator, the current generator being capable of receiving the first error signal and generating a current in dependence thereon, receiving a second error signal indicative of an error in the feedback signal caused by the variation of the divisor by which the output signal is divided and generating a current having a magnitude and sign that is dependent on that error and combining the currents generated in dependence on the first error signal and the second error signal to form a current signal output to the loop filter that is representative of an overall error in the output signal of the phase-locked loop relative to the reference signal. | 02-03-2011 |
20110204938 | Charge Pump For a Phase-Locked Loop - A charge pump circuit for connection to another circuit via an output node ( | 08-25-2011 |
20130093483 | Dual Phase Detector Phase-Locked Loop - A phase-locked loop for generating an output signal that has a predetermined frequency relationship with a reference signal, the phase-locked loop comprising a signal generator arranged to generate the output signal, a charge pump arranged to generate current pulses for controlling the signal generator, two control units for controlling a duration of the current pulses generated by the charge pump and a selection unit arranged to select either the first control unit or the second control unit to control the charge pump, wherein a first one of the control units is arranged to continuously monitor a phase-difference between the reference signal and a feedback signal formed from the output signal and to, when selected by the selection unit, control the charge pump to output a current pulse having a duration that is dependent on that phase-difference and a second one of the control units is arranged to, when selected by the selection unit, control the charge pump to output a current pulse of predetermined duration that compensates for a phase error in the feedback signal. | 04-18-2013 |
20140050289 | Phase-Locked Loop Modulation - A phase-locked loop having: an oscillator for forming an oscillating output signal; a frequency divider connected to receive the output of the oscillator and frequency divide it by a value dependent on a division control signal; and a phase comparator for comparing the phase of the divided signal and a reference signal to generate a control signal, the operation of the oscillator being dependent on the control signal; a first mode of operation in which the frequency divider is configured to operate in dependence on a first division control signal such that the resultant oscillating output signal has a first frequency and first phase, a second mode of operation in which the frequency divider is configured to operate in dependence on a second division control signal such that the resultant oscillating output signal has a second frequency and second phase, the first division control signal being generated independently of the oscillating output signal such that the first phase is maintained when the phase-locked loop is operating in a second mode. | 02-20-2014 |
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20140035632 | PHASE-LOCKED LOOP - A phase-locked loop for generating an output signal including a signal generator arranged to generate an output, a comparison unit arranged to compare the output with a reference signal so as to provide a digital signal, and a loop filter arranged to generate a control signal for controlling the signal generator in dependence on the digital signal. The loop filter includes a proportional path having a digital filter arranged to generate a first component of the control signal for controlling the phase of the output generated by the signal generator, and an analogue integral path arranged to generate a second component of the control signal for controlling the frequency of the output generated by the signal generator. | 02-06-2014 |
20140035641 | DUAL MODE PHASE DETECTION - A method of measuring a phase difference for use in a phase locked loop (PLL) that includes a binary phase detector (BPD), a time-to-digital converter (TDC) and a signal generator, the phase difference being that between a reference signal and a generated signal output from the signal generator. The method includes inputting the reference signal and the generated signal into the TDC; measuring the magnitude of the phase difference at the TDC; if the measured magnitude of the phase difference is less than a threshold value, operating the PLL according to a first operational mode in which the output of the BPD controls the signal generator; and if the measured magnitude of the phase difference is greater than the threshold value, operating the PLL according to a second operational mode in which the output of the TDC and the BPD controls the signal generator. | 02-06-2014 |
20140035691 | CAPACITIVE DIVIDER STRUCTURE - A capacitive divider structure, comprising: a first plurality of capacitive devices, each being selectively controlled in accordance with a first input control signal so as to alter the effective capacitance of the capacitive divider structure by a first amount; a second plurality of capacitive devices coupled in parallel with the first plurality of capacitive devices, each being selectively controlled in accordance with a second input control signal so as to alter the effective capacitance of the capacitive divider structure by a second amount; and at least one series capacitive device arranged in series with the second plurality of capacitive devices, such that the second amount is less than the first amount. | 02-06-2014 |