Patent application number | Description | Published |
20120092243 | PROCESSING METHOD FOR A DEVICE HAVING A BI-STABLE DISPLAY AND APPARATUS - A processing method for a device having a bi-stable display includes transforming a target page to be turned to; calculating overlap between the transformed target page and a current page; and determining whether the overlap of the transformed page complies with a predetermined criterion. | 04-19-2012 |
20120106548 | PROVIDING A VIRTUAL DOMAIN NAME SYSTEM (DNS) IN A LOCAL AREA NETWORK (LAN) - A terminal that includes a transmitter, a receiver, and an updater. The transmitter is configured to broadcast a first data packet in response to the terminal being connected to a local area network (LAN). The first data packet includes at least one of an Internet protocol (IP) address and a media access control (MAC) address of the terminal as well as a domain name of the terminal. The receiver is configured to receive a second data packet broadcasted by another terminal on the LAN. The second data packet includes at least one of an IP address and a MAC address of the other terminal as well as a domain name of the other terminal. The updater is configured to update a domain name system (DNS) configuration in the terminal based on the second data packet received by the receiver. | 05-03-2012 |
20120167748 | AUTOMATICALLY ACQUIRING FEATURE SEGMENTS IN A MUSIC FILE - A method of automatically acquiring a feature segment in a music file includes receiving, with a processing device, a music file; converting the music file into a character string; evaluating at least one character string segment in the character string based on one or more music features; and determining, based on an evaluation result, at least one music segment corresponding to at least one character string segment in the character string as a feature segment. | 07-05-2012 |
20120173498 | Verifying Correctness of a Database System - The invention provides a method for verifying correctness of a database system, comprising: receiving SQL instruction; extending access paths of the received SQL instruction; executing the SQL instruction by using the extended access paths; and verifying correctness of the database system according to result of executing the SQL instruction. With the method and system of the invention, the object of verifying correctness of a database system by automatically extending access paths of SQL statement may be achieved, and the object of verifying correctness of a database system scientifically, effectively and purposefully based on ratio of error or defect present in database itself due to various data manipulation approaches (different values of access path elements) may also be achieved. | 07-05-2012 |
20120219214 | MAPPING COLORS OF AN IMAGE - A method and system for mapping colors of an image. The method including the steps of: segmenting an image into a plurality of regions, so that pixels in each of the plurality of regions have a characteristic that meets a predetermined similarity; determining an initial contrast between adjacent regions in the plurality of regions; and transforming an initial color of each of the plurality of regions into a target color; where a target contrast between the adjacent regions in the plurality of regions is equal to or greater than the initial contrast or a difference between the target contrast and corresponding initial contrast is less than a predetermined threshold; and where at least one of the steps is carried out by a computer device. | 08-30-2012 |
20120221577 | METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR ORGANIZING DATA RECORDS IN A RELATIONAL DATABASE - Embodiments of the invention relate to organizing data records in a relational database. An aspect of the invention includes creating index items for a plurality of data records. Each index item includes a counter and the creating results in a plurality of counters. The numerical values of counters in corresponding index items are updated for data records in the plurality of data records that are subjected to random access. The plurality of data records are reorganized based upon the numerical values of the plurality of counters. | 08-30-2012 |
20120278305 | DYNAMIC MERGING OF EXECUTABLE STRUCTURES IN A DATABASE SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present invention relate to dynamically merging executable structures in a database system. In one embodiment, there is provided a method of dynamically merging executable structures in a database system that includes, in response to a query to the database system, extracting a stem and a branch of a query statement. The query statement includes query conditions, and the branch includes at least a subset of the query conditions. An executable structure of the stem is obtained from a cache of the database system, and an executable structure of the branch is generated. The executable structure of the stem and the executable structure of the branch are merged into a runtime executable structure. | 11-01-2012 |
20120308125 | MAPPING COLORS OF AN IMAGE - A method and system for mapping colors of an image. The method including the steps of: segmenting an image into a plurality of regions, so that pixels in each of the plurality of regions have a characteristic that meets a predetermined similarity; determining an initial contrast between adjacent regions in the plurality of regions; and transforming an initial color of each of the plurality of regions into a target color; where a target contrast between the adjacent regions in the plurality of regions is equal to or greater than the initial contrast or a difference between the target contrast and corresponding initial contrast is less than a predetermined threshold; and where at least one of the steps is carried out by a computer device. | 12-06-2012 |
20130086035 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING EXTENDED PAGE SNIPPET OF SEARCH RESULT - A method and apparatus for generating an extended page snippet in a search engine. The method includes: retrieving and returning an associated table webpage having a table related to an inquired keyword; obtaining a parsed result of the table in the associated table webpage, and extracting column names and respective row instances on the basis of the parsed result; determining the row instances related to the inquired keyword; and generating a page snippet in a table style in accordance with the column names and the relative row instances. The page snippet in the table style can be generated by using a solution of the present invention. | 04-04-2013 |
20130117332 | DATABASE LARGE OBJECT REORGANIZATION - Embodiments of the invention relate to database large object (LOB) reorganization. An aspect of the invention includes calculating an activity of an inline LOB. The length of an inline LOB is redefined according to the activity of the inline LOB. LOB reorganization is performed based on the redefined length of the inline LOB. | 05-09-2013 |
20130124723 | BUILDING AND SWITCHING IP MULTIMEDIA SESSIONS - Embodiments of the present disclosure include methods and systems of building an IP multimedia session without the use of a central server and switching IP multimedia session among devices. The method of building an IP multimedia session includes receiving a registering request from a plurality of IP multimedia session participant devices, electing a service device from the plurality of participant devices, and building IP multimedia session among the plurality of participant devices by using the elected service device. | 05-16-2013 |
20130138630 | ESTIMATION OF A FILTER FACTOR USED FOR ACCESS PATH OPTIMIZATION IN A DATABASE - A computer program product and method for estimating a filter factor for access path optimization in a database are provided. The method includes extracting from a statement segment for database query a relation condition which defines the relationship between a variable and a first table. The method includes obtaining first statistics information according to the relation condition and the statistics information of the first table. The method includes extracting from the statement segment a filter condition which defines the relationship between the variable and a second table. The method includes obtaining second statistics information according to the filter condition and the statistics information of the second table, and according to the first statistics information and the second statistics information, estimating the filter factor of the filter condition. The method and computer program product according to the embodiments of the disclosure may more accurately estimate filter factor of the filter condition. | 05-30-2013 |
20130159353 | GENERATING A TEST WORKLOAD FOR A DATABASE - A method of transferring files in a data-processing network using a current node within the network includes reading an outbound content and outbound characteristics of an outbound file. An outbound message is created having outbound strings including a first set of the outbound strings representing the outbound characteristics and a second set of the outbound strings representing the outbound content. The outbound message is sent to a receiver node within the network. An inbound message is received from a sender node within the network. The inbound message has inbound strings including a first set of the inbound strings representing inbound characteristics and a second set of the inbound strings representing inbound content. An inbound file having the inbound content is stored, and the inbound characteristics are applied to the inbound file. | 06-20-2013 |
20130262498 | DATABASE QUERY OPTIMIZATION - Embodiments relate to a system, computer program product and method for database query optimization. An aspect includes a method that extracts complex predicates from a query statement, the query statement having at least two complex predicates. The method then executes a query associated with the query statement and obtains at least a respective execution structure cost (ΔT | 10-03-2013 |
20130262601 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SENDING AND RECEIVING EMAILS - A method and a device for sending and receiving emails. The present invention provides a method for sending an email that includes determining at least one identical data block between the email to be sent and a historical email. The method further includes determining whether there is a record of the identical data block in a first historical data block index table which includes a matching pair. The matching pair records the correspondence between one historical data block and a hash value. The method further includes, expressing the identical data block in the email to be sent as the corresponding hash value. The method further includes forming a modified email to be sent in response to the presence of the record. The present invention increases the efficiency of sending and receiving emails. | 10-03-2013 |
20130290889 | DATA PASTING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A data pasting method and apparatus. The method determines attributes of a source object that is data to be pasted. The attributes of each candidate paste target is obtained among a plurality of candidate paste targets, the attributes of the candidate paste targets contrain an editable component which determines a matching relationship between each of the candidate paste targets and the source object based on the attributes of the source object and the attributes of the editable component. The method provides recommendation for pasting the source object based on the matching relationship. By adopting the technical solution according to the present application, the efficiency of data pasting operation can be improved. Also provided is an apparatus for implementing the above data pasting method. | 10-31-2013 |
20130339349 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MUSIC SEARCHING - In an exemplary embodiment of this disclosure, a method may include generating a tempo scale set based on a received query, where the query includes a plurality of query values defining a tempo of music to be searched. A tempo word set may be constructed based on the generated tempo scale set. The tempo word set may include one or more tempo words, where each tempo word includes at least one tempo scale in the tempo scale set. The music may be identified using the constructed tempo word set. | 12-19-2013 |
20140006995 | METHOD FOR TOUCH INPUT AND DEVICE THEREFORE | 01-02-2014 |
20140029841 | MAPPING COLORS OF AN IMAGE - A method and system for mapping colors of an image. The method including the steps of: segmenting an image into a plurality of regions, so that pixels in each of the plurality of regions have a characteristic that meets a predetermined similarity; determining an initial contrast between adjacent regions in the plurality of regions; and transforming an initial color of each of the plurality of regions into a target color; where a target contrast between the adjacent regions in the plurality of regions is equal to or greater than the initial contrast or a difference between the target contrast and corresponding initial contrast is less than a predetermined threshold; and where at least one of the steps is carried out by a computer device. | 01-30-2014 |
20140029842 | MAPPING COLORS OF AN IMAGE - A method and system for mapping colors of an image. The method including the steps of: segmenting an image into a plurality of regions, so that pixels in each of the plurality of regions have a characteristic that meets a predetermined similarity; determining an initial contrast between adjacent regions in the plurality of regions; and transforming an initial color of each of the plurality of regions into a target color; where a target contrast between the adjacent regions in the plurality of regions is equal to or greater than the initial contrast or a difference between the target contrast and corresponding initial contrast is less than a predetermined threshold; and where at least one of the steps is carried out by a computer device. | 01-30-2014 |
20140067794 | DATABASE GROUPING SET QUERY - Embodiments relate to a method, system, and computer program product for processing database grouping set query. The method includes receiving a grouping set query request; the grouping set query request including a plurality of groups and determining via said grouping set query request a plurality of to be assigned child tasks for parallel processing. Subsequently, one or more of the groups are assigned as child tasks to be parallel processed based on logical relationship among the groups and the number of available parallel child tasks determined and the parallel child tasks are executed to generate grouping set query result. | 03-06-2014 |
20140358879 | SEARCH ENGINE SUGGESTION - A search engine suggestion method, apparatus, and non-transitory article of manufacture embodying computer readable instructions for data search. The method includes: obtaining a query input by a user; obtaining a query suggestion set for the query for each of a plurality of different search engines, the query suggestion set including at least one query suggestion; determining a match degree between each of the search engines and the query based on the query suggestion set and background association information of the query; and suggesting among the plurality of different search engines based on the match degrees. By use of the solutions proposed by this application, it is possible to suggest the user a more appropriate search engine(s) for data search. | 12-04-2014 |
20150066994 | MANAGING SHARING RELATIONSHIP OF TABLES - Managing a sharing relationship of tables. A super schema is formed incorporating a plurality of tables in a database according to data types of respective columns of the plurality of tables. A free storage capacity of the super schema is evaluated according to holes not occupied by any table in the super schema. A sharing relationship of the plurality of tables is determined according to the free storage capacity of the super schema. The sharing relationship of a large number of tables in a database can be managed effectively, so as to design or optimize the sharing solution among the tables. | 03-05-2015 |
20150088913 | Determining Criticality of a SQL Statement - The present invention discloses a mechanism for determining criticality of a SQL statement. A plurality of elements in the SQL statement is extracted. A score of the SQL statement is calculated based on a correlation relation among respective elements in the plurality of elements and base scores of the respective elements. The criticality of the SQL statement is determined based on the score of the SQL statement. In this way, a database administrator only needs to define a small number of rules according his own needs. In the meantime, the mechanism automatically analyzes a received simple or complex SQL statement according to the small number of rules defined by the user to determine its criticality, without missing any critical SQL statement, and thereby protect security of data in the database. | 03-26-2015 |