Abstract: A system has a master node with instructions executed by a master node processor to receive a query over a network from a client machine and distribute query segments over the network. Worker nodes receive the query segments. Each worker node includes instructions executed by a worker node processor to construct from a columnar file a term map characterizing a term from the columnar file, row identifications from the columnar file and a Boolean indicator for each row identification that characterizes whether the term is present in the row specified by the row identification. The term map is cached in dynamic memory. Values responsive to the query segment are collected from the term map. The values are sent to the master node. The master node aggregates values from the worker nodes to form a result that is returned to the client machine over the network.

Abstract: A processing system in a dispersed storage and a task (DST) network operates by receiving data and a corresponding task; identifying candidate DST execution units for executing partial tasks of the corresponding task; receiving distributed computing capabilities of the candidate DST execution units; selecting a subset of DST execution units of the candidate DST execution units to favorably execute the partial tasks of the corresponding task; determining task partitioning of the corresponding task into the partial tasks based on one or more of the distributed computing capabilities of the subset of DST execution units; determining processing parameters of the data based on the task partitioning; partitioning the tasks based on the task partitioning to produce the partial tasks; processing the data in accordance with the processing parameters to produce slice groupings; and sending the slice groupings and the partial tasks to the subset of DST execution units.

Abstract: Generally discussed herein are devices, systems, and methods for scheduling tasks to be completed by resources. A method can include identifying features of the task, the features including a time-dependent feature and a time-independent feature, the time-dependent feature indicating a time the task is more likely to be successfully completed by the resource, converting the features to feature values based on a predefined mapping of features to feature values in a first memory device, determining, by a gradient boost tree model and based on a first current time and the feature values, a likelihood the resource will successfully complete the task, and scheduling the task to be performed by the resource based on the determined likelihood.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for a distributed parallel computing system to adapt a foreign program to execute on the distributed parallel computing system. The foreign program is a program written for a computing framework that is different from a computing framework of the parallel computing system. The distributed parallel computing system includes a master node computer and one or more worker node computers. A scheduler executing on the master node computer acts as an intermediary between the foreign program and the parallel computing system. The scheduler negotiates with a resource manager of the parallel computing system to acquire computing resources. The scheduler then allocates the computing resources to the worker node computers as containers. The foreign program executes in the containers on the worker node computers in parallel.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method according to one embodiment includes sending, from a first system to a second system, a request for a clock value associated with a third system, receiving, from the second system, a clock value associated with the third system and a query clock value determined at the second system, comparing, at the first system, the clock value associated with the third system to the query clock value determined at the second system to determine whether the third system is unavailable, and performing one or more predetermined actions at the first system in response to determining that the third system is unavailable.

Abstract: A search request is received from a user and the user's context is determined. A publisher is determined for the search request. Candidate advertisements are retrieved from at least one advertisement database to create an advertisement candidate pool, the retrieving based on the user context and the search request. A set of advertisements are selected from the advertisement candidate pool. A georelevance is determined for each of the set of advertisements. The set of advertisements is sorted, wherein the advertisements are sorted based on, at least in part, the georelevance of each of the set of advertisements. The sorted set of advertisements is then transmitted to the user.

Abstract: Data of a database (e.g., database tables) can be reassigned from a first map to a second map in a database system that uses maps to assign data for processing to multiple processing units of a database system in accordance with one or more distributions schemes. Data portions can be selected in groups and moved in the selected groups in an efficient manner. The selection and/or movement of the data portions can be automated without requiring input for users of database systems.

Abstract: A method implemented by at least one server computer is provided, including the following operations: receiving a plurality of training documents, each training document being defined by a sequence of words, each training document having one or more labels associated therewith; embedding the training documents, the words, and the labels in a vector space, wherein the embedding is configured to locate a given training document and its associated labels in proximity to each other in the vector space; embedding a new document in the vector space; performing a proximity search in the vector space to identify a set of nearest labels to the new document in the vector space; associating the nearest labels to the new document.

Abstract: In an embodiment of the invention, a system determines connections between source and target nodes in a network by determining edges with common nodes between the source and target nodes within the network for each of one or more hops. Each determined edge links a pair of nodes in a network path between the source and target nodes. The system removes certain edges from the determined edges to produce a resulting set of edges. In particular, each removed edge is an edge that includes a node within a loop in the network or is an edge that is unconnected to another edge. The system determines connections between the source and target nodes based on the resulting set of edges. Embodiments of the present invention further include a method and computer program product for determining connections between source and target nodes in a network in substantially the same manners described above.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a processing entity (100) for providing data for a process during process run-time in a distributed processing arrangement. The processing entity comprises a provider (101) for providing the data for the process during the process run-time by value or by reference in dependency on a data processing criterion.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a recognition device includes a detector, a recognizer, and a matcher. The detector is configured to detect a character candidate from an input image. The recognizer is configured to generate recognition candidate from the character candidate. The matcher is configured to match the recognition candidate with a knowledge dictionary and contains modeled character strings to be recognized, and generate a matching result obtained by matching a character string presumed to be included in the input image with the dictionary. Any one of a real character code that represents a character and a virtual character code that specifies a command is assigned to an edge. The matcher gives, when shifting a state of the dictionary in accordance with an edge to which the virtual character code is assigned, a command specified by the virtual character code assigned to the edge to a command processor.

Abstract: Techniques for deriving additional features from input data are described herein. Input data from a plurality of source files are received. One or more features corresponding to the input data, which includes information about semantic types, is identified. The input data is then processed to generate additional features for the input data. New data corresponding to the additional features are then generated and access to the new data is subsequently provided.

Abstract: The invention discloses a user verification system and its implementing method. When a mobile device connects to a registration module of the user verification device to execute registration procedure, the unregistered identification code of mobile device will be sent to the user verification device. Then, a comparison module will search and verify the unregistered identification code in the user database. If there is no matching identification codes, the registration procedure would be completed, on the contrary, a verification module will send the verification massage to mobile devices that have the same identification code. Someone who responses the verification message would proceed to execute registration and login procedures. Therefore, the invention could prevent users from being annoyed with the complex verification procedure and reduce the cost of sending verification messages.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to optimizing one or more database tables that may include one or more redundant records. Records are clustered and assigned stable identifiers. In this manner, the underlying records within a cluster are not removed or deleted. As updates to the database are made, new clustering analyses are performed using the underlying records and any updates made. Newly identified clusters are reassigned stable identifiers.

Abstract: A method for deploying and controlling a mobile operating system on a platform comprises sending a first deployment message to the platform by an administration console; establishing a first communicable connection to the platform by a mobile communication device; getting at least an image file of a mobile operating system and an image file of a first mobile application from a data center, activating the mobile operating system by the platform and executing the first mobile application; executing a remounting procedure by the administration console according to another instruction sent from the mobile communication device; wherein the remounting procedure is configured to disconnect the first communicable connection and establish a second communicable connection between the mobile communication device and the platform or another platform that the mobile operating system and a second mobile application can be executed on the platform or on said another platform.

Abstract: Methods and systems are described for shared data sets with user-specific changes in an on-line services environment. In one embodiment, a method includes, receiving a request for data stored in a shared database from a user, identifying the requesting user, retrieving the requested data from the shared database, determining whether there are user-specific changes for the retrieved data, changing the retrieved data using the user-specific changes, and supplying the requested data to the user.

Abstract: Systems herein supply hero cards that display contextual information and actions based on backend systems. The information and actions are related to a trigger content item in an application that does not have access to the backend systems. A hero agent running a user device can communicate the trigger content to a hero server. The hero server can determine which connectors to backend systems relate to the user device, and then can retrieve result information from one or more of the backend systems. The result information populates the hero card, which the hero agent displays within the application. Action buttons on the hero card cause the hero agent to contact one or more of the backend systems to cause an action to take place there.

Abstract: A storage system includes a data storage including a nonvolatile memory device configured to store data classified into tables, and a storage controller configured to control the nonvolatile memory device; and a host configured to generate a query plan based on the tables according to a query request, and to execute the query plan to thereby read filtered data from the data stored in the nonvolatile memory device, and the storage controller includes a pattern matcher configured to generate and output the filtered data from the data stored in the nonvolatile memory device by performing a filtering operation.

Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for classifying inquiries and providing recommended actions. These techniques identify or generate a data model that receives and classifies an inquiry into at least one class in real-time or nearly real-time. One or more actions may be determined based at least in part on the at least one class and presented in a user interface to a user who first submitted the inquiry.

Abstract: Technologies for packet flow classification on a computing device include a hash table including a plurality of hash table buckets in which each hash table bucket maps a plurality of keys to corresponding traffic flows. The computing device performs packet flow classification on received data packets, where the packet flow classification includes a plurality of sequential classification stages and fetch classification operations and non-fetch classification operations are performed in each classification stage. The fetch classification operations include to prefetch a key of a first received data packet based on a set of packet fields of the first received data packet for use during a subsequent classification stage, prefetch a hash table bucket from the hash table based on a key signature of the prefetched key for use during another subsequent classification stage, and prefetch a traffic flow to be applied to the first received data packet based on the prefetched hash table bucket and the prefetched key.

Abstract: A system, apparatus, and method for processing queries wherein the query includes a request to access or delete data and accessing metadata associated with the set of data, the metadata defining data characteristics of the set of data and identifying at least sets of data that need or not need to be accessed or deleted based on the metadata without accessing the actual data in the set of data; also methods to optimize processing of some operations based on the collected metadata on data.

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, methods, and computer program products are disclosed for machine learning in a data management product. The apparatus includes an input module, a learned function module, and a results module. The input module is configured to receive an analysis request for the data management product. The learned function module is configured to execute one or more machine learning ensembles to predict one or more unknown values for the data management product. The result module is configured to provide native access, within the data management product, to the one or more unknown values.

Abstract: A host-side network processing device coupled between a storage system and a host machine to reconstruct a data object that has been encoded according to a sharding technique. Reconstructing the data object includes receiving, at the network processing device from the host machine, a request for the data object. The network processing device provides the request for the data object and an in-line network object reconstruction indicator to the storage system. The network processing device receives a location list from the storage system, where the location list includes location identifiers corresponding to respective shards of the requested data object. The network processing device requests at least a subset of the shards of the location list via a plurality of shard requests and reconstructs the data object from the subset. The network processing device provides the reconstructed data object to the host machine.

Abstract: A method, computer system, and computer program product for cognitively summarizing one or more collaborative moments is provided. An embodiment may include receiving a plurality of communications sent during a collaborative session. The embodiment may also include grouping the plurality of received communications into one or more bursts. The embodiment may further include assigning one or more keywords or one or more entities to each burst. The embodiment may also include generating a summary for each burst using one or more natural language processing techniques based on the assigned one or more keywords or one or more entities. The embodiment may further include transmitting the generated summary to each user participating in the collaborative session.

Abstract: A system and method of identifying objects is provided. In one aspect, the system and method includes a hand-held device with a display, camera and processor. As the camera captures images and displays them on the display, the processor compares the information retrieved in connection with one image with information retrieved in connection with subsequent images. The processor uses the result of such comparison to determine the object that is likely to be of greatest interest to the user. The display simultaneously displays the images the images as they are captured, the location of the object in an image, and information retrieved for the object.

Abstract: A device may include a SSD having multiple storage units and a deduplication control circuit configured to determine whether selected data content to be stored is a duplicate of previous data content already in a first buffer of data buffered to be stored in a set of storage units. The deduplication circuit may be further configured to, based on a determination that the selected data content is a duplicate of first previous data content already buffered in the first buffer, instead of buffering another copy of the selected data content, buffer a first header including a first pointer that associates the first header with the first previous data content already buffered in the first buffer. The deduplication circuit may also be configured to reorder the first buffer such that individual data contents in the first buffer are grouped near headers associated with the individual data contents.

Abstract: A communication system includes a server and a client that transmits messages to the server. The messages include data and descriptive tags and may be in XML format. The server initiates a negotiation with the client relating to message format switching. If the client indicates that the client can accept message format switching, the server instructs the client to switch further messages to a simpler message format including solely data.

Abstract: A compliance computer creates compliance documents referencing one or more rules with which an entity must comply and/or a jurisdiction and topic related to rules with which the company must comply. For example, the compliance documents may identify one or more jurisdictions in which the company operates, one or more topics associated with the company, and/or specific provisions set by specific rules. A transmission object is created based on the compliance documents. The transmission object includes general information pertinent to the rules and/or the entity (e.g., jurisdictional or topical information). An operator server receives one or more transmission objects from one or more compliance computers. The operator server identifies rules pertinent to each transmission object and conducts a search to determine whether any of those rules have been modified. The operator server sends a signal that is associated with the one or more compliance rules to the compliance computer.

Abstract: An SQL interceptor inserted as a proxy between a database client and the corresponding database server intercepts a constrained application-generated SQL query and composes a new data request. Parameter values in the SQL query determine whether the new data request is sent to a database server or a web service provider. A reserved table name specified in the SQL query triggers a rewrite of the data request. Parameter values in the query are used to select among a plurality of executable modules to use for rewriting the data request. Special data encoding and formats need to be used based on the source of data that will receive and respond to the rewritten data request. For example, communication between a database client and server may use a vendor-specific, non-standard binary encoding, and XML and JSON response data must be reformatted as an SQL response for processing by the database client.

Abstract: Systems and techniques are described for caching resources. Multiple distinct resource identifiers that correspond to the same resource can be automatically collected, wherein the multiple distinct resource identifiers are included in resource requests that are sent from at least one client to at least one server. Next, a key can be automatically determined that matches the multiple distinct resource identifiers by analyzing the multiple distinct resource identifiers. A resource request can be received from a client that includes a resource identifier, and in response to determining that the resource identifier matches the key, the resource can be sent to the client.

Abstract: For validating computing device firmware, systems, apparatus, and methods are disclosed. The apparatus includes a processor, and a memory that stores code executable by the processor, the code including code that acquires a firmware manifest for locally stored firmware, authenticates a digital signature of the firmware manifest, and validates contents of the locally stored firmware using the firmware manifest. The apparatus may also include code that generates a local firmware manifest from the firmware, wherein validating the contents of the firmware includes comparing the local firmware manifest to the firmware manifest. In certain embodiments, the apparatus may indicate, to a user, one of success and failure of the firmware validation. The firmware manifest may be a location-specific firmware manifest corresponding to a geographical location of the apparatus and/or computing device including the locally stored firmware.

Abstract: Disclosed are examples of performing mobile station modifications. According to one example a method may include transmitting a notification from a mobile station to an advertisement server and receiving at least one advertisement parameter at the mobile station responsive to the transmitted notification. The method may also include performing a modification to a current state of the mobile device based on the at least one advertisement parameter and a distance between the mobile station and at least one establishment registered with the advertisement server.

Abstract: Techniques for projection via a device are described. According to various implementations, techniques described herein enable a locked host device to output data projected from another device while the host device remains in a locked state. In at least some implementations, device context for a host device (locked or unlocked) can be considered in determining whether to broadcast availability to receive projected content.

Abstract: Computer-implemented systems and methods are disclosed herein for use within secure multi-party computation. A system and method are used for storing an operation preference and a cryptographic preference. A data set is stored based on the operation preference and the cryptographic preference. A determination is made that processing the query involves performing an allowable operation on the data set based on the operation preference.

Abstract: A computer implemented method for data integration. An event relational database having a plurality of event frames related in a hierarchical structure is accessed. Each event frame representing a corresponding event within a corresponding timeframe. A graphical representation of the hierarchical structure of the event relational database is displayed in a graphical user interface. A user input is received selecting an event frame of the hierarchical structure from the graphical representation. A hierarchical search template is displayed based on the selected event frame of the hierarchical structure. The event relational database is searched with a search query corresponding to the hierarchical search template to identify one or more matching event frames of the hierarchical structure. The method also includes retrieving, from a time series database that includes time series data, a portion of the time series data corresponding to the one or more matching event frames.

Abstract: There is provided a method and apparatus of providing communication between frames of a web browser which is arranged to enforce a same origin security policy for communication between frames. The method comprises, receiving a hub document of a hub origin into a hub frame of the web browser. Receiving a first application document of a first application origin into a first application frame of the web browser, the first application origin being different to the hub origin. Communicating between the hub document and the first application document within the web browser using a cross origin communication mechanism.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products for multi-level colocation and analytical processing of spatial data on MapReduce are provided herein. A method includes correlating multiple items of spatial data and multiple items of attribute data within a file system to generate multiple blocks of correlated data; colocating each of the multiple blocks of correlated data on a given node within the file system based on a data block placement policy; and clustering multiple replicas generated for each of the multiple data blocks at multiple levels of spatial granularity within the file system.

Abstract: An endorsement application can allow a user to endorse a product on a social network website when the product is purchased at a physical merchant point of sale terminal. Users of social network websites have been given the opportunity to endorse products that they have located or purchased online, but purchasers of products in person have not had that opportunity. The endorsement application can operate on a user's mobile device and can recognize a product purchased through near field or other communication using the mobile device. The application can isolate the product identification and product marketing data supplied by the point of sale terminal or other source and offer the user the opportunity to endorse the product on a social network website. If the user endorses the product, the application sends the endorsement to the user's account on the social network website for display to the user's community.

Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for helping a user determine whether a vehicle is subject to a safety recall and assisting the user with addressing incomplete safety recalls. A vehicle identification number (VIN) may be extracted from an image of a vehicle captured by a user electronic device and used to request safety recall information from a remote information system, which may provide a list of recalls associated with the vehicle. A list of nearby service centers may be identified based on the physical location of the user electronic device, and service appointments to address any incomplete recalls may be scheduled, either automatically or in response to user input.

Abstract: Techniques are described for providing a unified client to interact with a distributed processing platform such as a Hadoop cluster. The unified client may include multiple sub-clients each of which is configured to interface with a particular subsystem of the distributed processing platform, such as MapReduce, Hive, Spark, and so forth. The unified client may be included in an application to provide, for the application, a single interface for communications between the application and the distributed processing platform during a unified communication session.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for retrieving local information on a user device include detecting itinerary information stored by a first application on a user device, and identifying a travel destination based on the detected itinerary information. The travel destination is communicated to a second application executable on a user device, and the travel destination is stored in association with the second application. The second application is adapted to retrieve local information based on an identified geographic location, and local information for the travel destination is provided through the second application in response to a user interaction with the second application and based on a triggering threshold associated with the itinerary information.

Abstract: Implementations are provided herein for utilizing the two-part nature of HDFS protocol communications received in a non-native HDFS environment to use discriminative information learned in the NameNode request to make the client experience more efficient. NameNode requests can be received by any node among a cluster of nodes. It can be appreciated that in some non-native HDFS, clients can communicate with any nodes among a cluster to perform transactions and need not first communicate with a NameNode. Thus, upon receiving a NameNode request, the non-native HDFS Cluster of Nodes can prefetch data necessary from stable storage to cache memory for efficient reads and/or writes, allocate space on disk for writes, assign the client to communicate with a specific node among the cluster of nodes based on available cluster resources, etc. In this sense, a more efficient client experience can be offered for HDFS clients within a non-native HDFS environment.

Abstract: A method for characterizing data elements in an enterprise including ascertaining at least one of an access metric and a data identifier for each of a plurality of data elements and employing the at least one of an access metric and a data identifier to automatically apply a metatag to ones of the plurality of data elements.

Abstract: In an approach to contextual search of electronic records, one or more computer processors receive a first search request from a user. The one or more computer processors send a plurality of first search results associated with the first search request to the user. The one or more computer processors receive one or more selected policies from the user, based, at least in part, on the plurality of search results. Responsive to receiving the one or more selected policies, the one or more computer processors apply the one or more selected policies to the plurality of first search results. The one or more computer processors generate a second search request based, at least in part, on the one or more applied selected policies. The one or more computer processors send a plurality of second search results associated with the second search request to the user.

Abstract: A technique of processing insurance data collected from a plurality of companies includes obtaining a company defined configuration that specifies how to extract a set of company generated data records from a data store and how the set of company generated data records is used by an application. The data store includes common data elements shared by the plurality of companies and company-specific data elements specified by a company. It further includes obtaining from the data store the set of company generated data records based on the company defined configuration. It further includes executing the application to process the company generated data records according to how the set of company generated data records is used by the application as specified by the company defined configuration.

Abstract: A dispersed storage network (DSN) includes a DSN memory employing multiple distributed storage (DS) units, e.g., memory devices, operating at multiple different physical sites, with each site having one or more of the memory devices. A monitoring entity can monitor the sites to determine a data loss rate and a threshold communication bandwidth, e.g., a bandwidth available for rebuilding encoded data slices, associated with particular sites. If the data loss rate of a particular site exceeds the threshold communication bandwidth, the monitoring unit can send an alert message notifying, for example, a DSN controller, an integrity processing unit, the DSN memory, about the determination, so that corrective action can be taken.

Abstract: Secure information flow may include a service receiving a request for data from a caller. The service may respond to the request with the requested data via a secure flow container. The secure flow container may then send the information to the caller component. Before the secure flow container receives or sends the information, a monitoring environment may permit the secure flow container to receive or send the information, respectively.

Abstract: A computing device and method is usable to determine a cognitive geofence according to a plurality of data points. The computing device may analyze the plurality of data points to determine a cognitive dimension associated with each of the data points and a location associated with each of the data points. The computing device may determine the cognitive geofence based at least in part on the determined cognitive dimension and the determined location associated with at least some of the plurality of data points. After determining the cognitive geofence, the computing device may transmit the determined cognitive geofence to a terminal device.

Abstract: Private AppExchanges within an on-demand services environment in which multiple tenants have corresponding tenant identifiers (IDs) and the on-demand services environment is provided by an entity separate from the client entities. Access to a listing of apps is provided to a remote device based on a tenant ID associated with the user. The listing of apps for each tenant ID is controlled by an administrative entity associated with each respective tenant ID and. A download request is received from the remote device for a selected app from the listing. The remote device is allowed access only to the listing of apps having a tenant ID corresponding to the tenant ID for the remote device. Download access is granted to the remote device for a selected app in response to the download request. The code for the selected app is transmitted from a storage device to the remote device.

Abstract: A data set is obtained. A set of data relevance scores is calculated for the data set for a set of specific domains associated with an entity. The set of data relevance scores is updated as the relevance of the data set to one or more of the set of specific domains changes over time. A valuation is calculated for the data set based on the set of data relevance scores.