Abstract: A computer-implemented method, a computer program product, and a computer system for measuring relevance of datasets to data science models. One or more servers implement steps: extract keywords in each data science model; determine first relative frequencies of the respective keywords in each data science model, for each source group in the data science models; extract keywords in each dataset; determine second relative frequencies of the respective keywords in each dataset, for each source group in the datasets; determine weights of the keywords; calculate first aggregated relevant scores of the respective keywords in each data science model, based on the first relative frequencies and the weights; calculate second aggregated relevant scores of the respective keywords in each dataset, based on the second relative frequencies and the weights. One or more servers calculate similarity between vectors of the first and second aggregated relevant scores, based on a similarity measure between vectors.

Abstract: An electronic device includes at least one memory and at least one processor coupled to the at least one memory. The at least one memory is configured to store a database. The at least one processor is configured to receive content metadata from a content provider based on a query from a first device. The at least one processor is also configured to identify a scenario and a keyword associated with the content metadata. The at least one processor is further configured to generate a recommendation based at least in part on content inferences associated with the first device stored in the database through relating the scenario to previously-identified scenarios and relating the keyword to previously-identified keywords. In addition, the at least one processor is configured to provide the recommendation.

Abstract: The present application discloses to a control method and system of an applet, a server, a terminal device, an electronic device, and a storage medium, which relate to artificial intelligence technology, voice technology, cloud technology, automatic driving technology, and information flow technology. The method includes: parsing audio information sent by a terminal device to obtain attribute information of the applet, where the audio information is used to instruct to open the applet; sending a request for acquiring page data to an applet server based on the attribute information; receiving the page data fed back by the applet server, generating a target page according to the page data and the attribute information, and sending the target page to the terminal device.

Abstract: Systems for and methods of evaluating messaging, comprising, receiving, via at least one server device, one or more messages, and said at least one server device processing at least one of the one or more messages by grading content included in said at least one message, applying a weighting factor to said at least one message according to said grading, thereby determining a weighted message count for said at least one message, aggregating the weighted message count for said at least one message, and initiating an action if the aggregated weighted message count meets or exceeds a predetermined count threshold.

Abstract: Data processing systems and methods, according to various embodiments, are adapted for mapping various questions regarding a data breach from a master questionnaire to a plurality of territory-specific data breach disclosure questionnaires. The answers to the questions in the master questionnaire are used to populate the territory-specific data breach disclosure questionnaires and determine whether disclosure is required in territory. The system can automatically notify the appropriate regulatory bodies for each territory where it is determined that data breach disclosure is required.

Abstract: Data processing systems and methods, according to various embodiments, are adapted for mapping various questions regarding a data breach from a master questionnaire to a plurality of territory-specific data breach disclosure questionnaires. The answers to the questions in the master questionnaire are used to populate the territory-specific data breach disclosure questionnaires and determine whether disclosure is required in territory. The system can automatically notify the appropriate regulatory bodies for each territory where it is determined that data breach disclosure is required.

Abstract: Data stored on a data asset may be migrated to another data asset while maintaining compliance to applicable regulations. A data asset may experience a failure. Based on the type of data stored by that data asset and the applicable regulations, requirements, and/or restrictions that relate to a transfer of that type data from that data asset, a target data asset may be determined. The data stored on the data asset may then be transferred to the target data asset. The disclosed systems may use data models and/or data maps in determining the requirements for a data transfer and selecting target data assets.

Abstract: An object search method and apparatus, where the method includes receiving voice input and gesture input that are of a user; determining, according to the voice input, a name of a target object for which the user expects to search and a characteristic category of the target object; extracting characteristic information of the characteristic category from an image area selected by the user by means of the gesture input; and searching for the target object according to the extracted characteristic information and the name of the target object. The solutions provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure can provide a user with a more flexible search manner, and reduce a restriction on an application scenario during a search.

Abstract: A collaboration system includes a stream processing engine and a Bot subsystem. The stream processing engine performs cognitive processing of multimodal input streams originated at one or more user devices in a communication session supported by a collaboration service to derive user-intent-based user requests and transmit the user requests over one or more networks. The Bot subsystem includes a stream receptor directs the multimodal input streams from the user devices to the stream processing engine to enable the stream processing engine to derive the user requests. The Bot subsystem also includes a cognitive action interpreter to translate the user requests to action requests and issue the action requests to the collaboration service so as to initiate actions with respect to the communication session. The Bot subsystem also includes a cognitive responder to transmit, in response to the user requests, multimodal user responses to the one or more user devices.

Abstract: Various embodiments relate generally to autonomous vehicles and associated mechanical, electrical and electronic hardware, computer software and systems, and wired and wireless network communications to provide an autonomous vehicle fleet as a service. In particular, a method may include receiving, at an autonomous vehicle system, a command to control an ambient feature associated with the autonomous vehicle system. One or more courses of action may be determined based on the command. In addition, one or more probabilistic models associated with the one or more courses of action may also be determined. Based on the one or more probabilistic models, confidence levels may also be determined to form a subset of the one or more courses of action. A course of action from the subset of the one or more courses of action may then be executed at the autonomous vehicle system responsive to the command.

Abstract: Techniques disclose methods for providing voice-based web navigation through a cellular voice connection. A voice command a request to return content of a webpage having one or more topics is received via a cellular voice connection. One or more of the topics of the webpage that match the content specified in the request is identified. An audio indication of the content is returned via the cellular voice connection.

Abstract: Techniques disclose methods for providing voice-based web navigation through a cellular voice connection. A voice command a request to return content of a webpage having one or more topics is received via a cellular voice connection. One or more of the topics of the webpage that match the content specified in the request is identified. An audio indication of the content is returned via the cellular voice connection.

Abstract: An interface is provided for an IVR system. The interface receives a transaction request from a Virtual Personal Assistant (VPA) for a transaction provided by the IVR system and determines the transaction pertaining to the request. The interface then executes the respective IVR transaction application and converts the voice prompts of the IVR application to semantic data requests that can be interpreted by the VPA.

Abstract: A vehicle infotainment system includes a vehicle processor connected to a transceiver and programmed to transmit human-machine interface (HMI) data to a connected mobile device using websockets via the transceiver. The vehicle processor is further programmed to, in response to the connected mobile device via the transceiver, receive a message requesting HMI data being outputted at a vehicle display. The vehicle processor is further programmed to transmit the HMI data to the mobile device via websockets and receive a parameter adjustment via a remote procedure call for a parameter associated with the HMI data.

Abstract: Methods, computer systems, and computer-storage media are provided for reference resolution. The present invention seeks to resolve entities in conversational search. To enable a more natural conversational search interaction, referential expressions such as pronouns are handled in queries. A component keeps track of previous queries and performs reference resolution based on an entity in the previous query and reformulates the query using an identifier for the referenced entity. Reference resolution may be performed for pronouns, plural pronouns, partial names, across domains, and on any device or platform.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for making a playlist available to the public. In another embodiment, the present disclosure provides a method for creating a playlist comprising user-defined descriptor information. In another embodiment, the present disclosure provides a method for searching for such public playlists.

Abstract: A system is provided that that dynamically matches data originating from one or more data sources. The system analyzes a matching configuration file, where the matching configuration file includes one or more matching configurations. The system modifies a probabilistic matching algorithm of a matching engine at runtime based on the one or more matching configurations and based on two or more data records of the plurality of data records that require matching. The system compares two data records of a plurality of data records using the modified probabilistic matching algorithm. The system generates a match score for the two data records based on the match weight for each data record field.

Abstract: Query object localization, segmentation, and retrieval are disclosed. A query image may be received that includes a query object. Based on respective spatially constrained similarity measures between the query image and a plurality of images from an image database, at least some of the plurality of images may be identified and/or retrieved and a location of the query object in the query image may be estimated. The query object may then be automatically segmented from the query image based on the estimated query object location. In some embodiments, the retrieval, localization and/or segmentation may be iterated.

Abstract: A system and method for recommending content to a user in a social network, including: logging user activity for the user in the social network; categorizing the user activity across all the user's networks, wherein each category is assigned a score based on relevance to the user; assigning weights to the user activities; calculating a social index score as a function of the weighted user activity categories; logging user content into categories; scoring the user content; and generating a content social index by weighting the content scores.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for identifying and scoring restricted-locality synonyms. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a search query including a query term and a synonym for the query term. The synonym is evaluated using one or more predetermined criteria and based on the evaluation is designated as a restricted-locality synonym. A first scoring model is selected that specifies how to score occurrences of restricted-locality synonyms in documents. A document is received that is identified as being responsive to the search query. A document score for the document is determined using the first scoring model.

Abstract: A search result is re-ranked/re-ordered in view of a social reputation of a user who will view the search result, where the search result comprises an ordered sequence of identifications of a plurality of network-accessible documents that match a search query. The re-ranking comprises changing an order of at least one of the identified plurality of network-accessible documents within the ordered sequence. The search result is then rendered, as re-ranked, for the user.

Abstract: Methods and systems for automatically providing a relevancy score with respect to reports or groups of resources are provided. In particular, a proposed report or group of resources is input or otherwise defined by a user. The proposed report is then compared to predefined reports. A relevancy score for each of a plurality of predefined reports with respect to the proposed report is calculated and output to the user. The relevancy score can be reported as a percentage.

Abstract: Systems and methods for responding to search queries with search results and related pivoted search queries is presented. Responsive to a search query, one or more entities related to the search query are identified as pivot entities. For each pivot entity a set of pivoted search queries is identified and included among the search results responsive to the search query.

Abstract: In a method for searching for related terms, one or more query terms are received from a client computer. The method determines hyponym terms of each query term, merges all the hyponym terms of the query terms into a set of the hyponym terms, and calculates a weight factor of each hyponym term in the set of the hyponym terms. The method further determines a specified number of hyponym terms according to the weight factor of each hyponym term, adds the determined hyponym terms into related terms of the query terms, and performs a search operation based on the hyponym terms of the query terms, the related terms of the query terms, and the query terms.

Abstract: A machine and computer-implemented process that assists a user in authoring any written work in that it automatically searches multiple sources simultaneously on the world wide web or other designated database in order to provide automatic citation and/or information suggestions to an author's written work. The invention parses and sorts both user entered information and returned search results to create databases which assist in suggesting the most relevant information and citation suggestions to the user. The machine and computer-implemented process also provide automatic formatting, in a user pre-selected style, of both the written work and the citations which are automatically generated and suggested to the author based upon user defined presets and relevancy criteria. The invention described assists a user in finding information and the next step in a variety of processes.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for constructing text classifiers. The method includes receiving a collection of candidate phrases for a given topic; filtering the received candidate phrases to remove erroneously included candidate phrases; assigning weights to the candidate phrases including scoring each candidate phrase using an initial classifier and assigning weights to the candidate phrases based on the scores; and generating a linear classifier using the filtered and weighted candidate phrases, where the linear classifier varies the weights for each phrase candidate depending on the length of the document being classified.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method is provided for ranking files from an Internet search. In one embodiment, the method comprises assigning a score to each file based on at least one of the following factors: recency, editorial popularity, clickthru popularity, favorites metadata, or favorites collaborative filtering. The file may be organized based on the assigned scores to provide users with more accurate search results.

Abstract: System and methods provide decision support by receiving suggested actions from a decision support system and automatically determining parameters of the suggested actions to serve as input to a question-answering system. System and methods also automatically generate questions based on the parameters, automatically search a corpus of unstructured data to retrieve answers to the questions, and automatically provide impact confidence values for each answer indicating the degree of impact the answers have on the suggested actions. The systems and methods can then output the questions, answers, and impact confidence values.

Abstract: A computer-based searching method is described that includes receiving, at a computer, a search concept that includes a plurality of principal words, determining a set of semantically similar words for at least one of the principal words, calculating a degree of membership for each word in each set that reflects a semantic similarity in meaning to the principal word of the set, performing the search, computing a score based at least on the degrees of membership for the words in the word set, and sorting the results using the computed scores.

Abstract: A linkage information output apparatus includes: a linkage information retrieval unit for acquiring, upon receiving source information, destination information linked with the source information, a frequency of occurrence of the source information, a frequency of occurrence of linked each of the destination information, and a frequency of occurrence of a link of the source information and each of the destination information from a linkage information accumulation unit; a recognition degree calculation unit calculating, based on each acquired frequency of occurrence, a recognition degree of the source information, a recognition degree of each acquired destination information, and a recognition degree of each link; and a high interest information narrowing unit selecting destination information to output from among each destination information based on a combination of two or more among a recognition degree of the source information, a recognition degree of the destination information, and a recognition degree

Abstract: Techniques for specifying user preferences in a semantic network. The techniques include receiving, using at least one processor, a plurality of first-order user preferences for at least one concept in a semantic network, wherein the plurality of first-order user preferences are indicative of a user's preferences among children of attributes of the at least one concept in the semantic network; receiving, using the at least one processor, at least one second-order user preference for the at least one concept in the semantic network, wherein the at least one second-order user preference is indicative of the user's preferences among attributes of the at least one concept; and performing at least one semantic processing act by using the semantic network, the plurality of first-order user preferences, and the at least one second-order user preference.

Abstract: An object access system may include an input component, and a processor coupled to the input component and configured to construct an extraction tree based upon an ordered list of objects, each object having an object description and associated weighted value. The extraction tree may include nodes, each node having a node range for representing a group of objects based upon the respective object descriptions. The nodes may include a parent node, and ordered child nodes associated therewith and having overlapping node ranges. The processor may be configured to traverse the extraction tree, based upon user input from the input component, along an access path from a root node to a terminal node including a selected access object.

Abstract: A system and associated processes which permit organizations to objectively evaluate compliance levels for data integration implementations and other application development platforms. An implementation scorecard analytics feature is provided to the user to permit analysis and computation of a score representing a level of maturity and/or compliance of the code being analyzed. Also disclosed are a system and process for evaluating mapping complexity in a data integration implementation and a transformation, session, and workflow attribute configuration management system, which provides a more granular level reporting for transformation, session, and workflow attributes to diagnose variations in implementations.

Abstract: A search engine provides personalized rankings of search results. A user interest profile identifies topics of interest to a user. Each topic is associated with one or more sites, and a boost value, which can be used to augment an information retrieval score of any document from the site. Search results from any search are provided to the user, with a variable control of the ranking of the results. The results can be ranked by their unboosted information retrieval score, thus reflecting no personalization, or by their fully or partially boosted information retrieval scores. This allows the user to selectively control how their interests affect the ranking of the documents.

Abstract: Content items and other entities may be ranked or organized according to a relevance to a user. Relevance may take into consideration recency, proximity, popularity, air time (e.g., of television shows) and the like. In one example, the popularity and age of a movie may be used to determine a relevance ranking Popularity (i.e., entity rank) may be determined based on a variety of factors. In the movie example, popularity may be based on gross earnings, awards, nominations, votes and the like. According to one or more embodiments, entities may initially be categorized into relevance groupings based on popularity and/or other factors. Once categorized, the entities may be sorted within each grouping and later combined into a single ranked list.

Abstract: Linking data objects, such as video objects, image objects, and audio objects, and displaying data associated with the data objects based upon the strength of the relationship between the data objects. Navigating a data collection of data objects by linking groups of data objects based upon related metadata is also disclosed. A user interface including the data associated with the grouped data objects facilitates browsing the data collection of data objects.

Abstract: A system for moving search results visibly comprises an interface, a processor and a memory. The processor is configured to a) determine an ordering of one or more results in a subsequent set of search results as merged into a displayed set of search results; b) determine one or more interleaving positions for the subsequent set of search results in the displayed set of search results; c) cause the creation of one or more blank spaces in the one or more interleaving positions; and d) cause a display of one or more results in the subsequent set of search results in the one or more blank spaces.

Abstract: Various embodiments of systems and methods for providing relevant information based on data space activity items are described herein. Data space activity items of a user are identified while the user is working through an application. Several context elements relevant to each data space activity item are then determined Content locations are searched to find content items relevant to the context elements. The content items are then ranked to determine relevant information. The relevant information can be accessed by the user when required.

Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for determining the geographic range of a search query. A search query may include local intent which influences the results and advertisements that are displayed in response to the search query. The geographic range associated with the local intent may vary depending on the search query. The geographic range may be determined using probabilistic models that analyze historical searches to determine the geographic range of search queries.

Abstract: Determining one or more concepts associated with a query is disclosed. A query is received. A list of concepts and associated scores is received. The concepts fit within a concept hierarchy. A density function is used to evaluate the received concepts. One or more concepts are associated with the query based at least in part on the results of the density function.

Abstract: A system and method for disambiguating references to entities in a document. In one embodiment, an iterative process is used to disambiguate references to entities in documents. An initial model is used to identify documents referring to an entity based on features contained in those documents. The occurrence of various features in these documents is measured. From the number occurrences of features in these documents, a second model is constructed. The second model is used to identify documents referring to the entity based on features contained in the documents. The process can be repeated, iteratively identifying documents referring to the entity and improving subsequent models based on those identifications. Additional features of the entity can be extracted from documents identified as referring to the entity.

Abstract: Methods and systems for optimizing the retrieval of data from multiple sources are described. A slot map including slots for the storage of data elements can be obtained. The data elements associated with the slots can be prioritized by weighting values with costs of retrieving the data elements from respective data sources. Each value can be associated with a different data element and can indicate a respective degree of importance of the associated data element. Further, the systems and methods can direct the retrieval of data elements from the respective data sources in an order in accordance with the priority of the data elements to optimize the quality of data obtainable within a critical time constraint. In addition, the retrieved data elements can be stored in corresponding slots on a storage medium.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for dynamic information connection search engine. User actions may be detected on at least one client system. Determination may be made whether the user is searching for supported information. When the user is searching for supported information, information may be extracted electronically from, e.g., third party websites, direct supplier connections, and/or intermediate databases. Suppliers may be automatically selected in response to the user search. Queries may be formulated from the user search and transferred to one or more selected suppliers over a network coupling (e.g., the Internet and/or intranet). Queries may include one or more requests for information. One or more responses may be received from suppliers, and responses may be used to generate results for the user. Results may include information and/or query status information. An electronic link may be provided to a website of one or more suppliers from which information was derived.

Abstract: A method of operating a message system can include maintaining a list of users of the message system and maintaining a connection list and a message stream for each user of the message system. After receiving a message from a first user of the message system, the received message can be published on the message stream of the first user and on the message streams of the users identified in the first user's connection list. If the received message is detected to be a reply to an earlier message from a second user, then the earlier message can be published on the message streams of the users identified in the first user's connection list, who are not in the second user's connection list.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and media are provided for facilitating generation of an inference index. In embodiments, a canonical entity is referenced. The canonical entity is associated with web documents. One or more queries that, when input, result in a selection of at least one of the web documents are identified. An entity document is generated for the canonical entity. The entity document includes the identified queries and/or associated text from the content of a document or from an entity title that result in the selection of the at least one of the web documents. The entity document and corresponding canonical entity can be combined with additional related entity documents and canonical entities to generate an inference index.

Abstract: A method, information processing system, and computer readable storage medium manage public relations queries using semantic analysis. A public relations query expressed in natural language is received from a user. A set of relevant topics and subjects associated with the query are identified. A set of information sources are identified that comprise data associated with the set of topics and subjects based on the set of topics and subjects. A set of data from the set of information sources is identified that satisfies the query. A set of weights are assigned to the set of data that has been identified. A set of data elements within the set of data that comprises a set of weights above a given threshold are identified. A response to the query is generated using the set of data elements that has been identified.

Abstract: One embodiment selects from a set of query-suggestion pairs a first query and a subset of query-suggestion pairs that each has the first query as its query; computes a Log Likelihood Ratio (LLR) value for each query-suggestion pair from the subset of query-suggestion pairs; ranks the subset of query-suggestion pairs according to their respective LLR values; removes from the subset of query-suggestion pairs all query-suggestion pairs whose LLR values are below a predetermined LLR threshold; computes a Pointwise Mutual Information (PMI) value for each remaining query suggestion pair from the subset of query-suggestion pairs; removes from the subset of query-suggestion pairs all query-suggestion pairs whose PMI values are below a predetermine PMI threshold; and constructs a ranked set of suggestions for the first query, wherein the ranked set of suggestions comprises one or more suggestions of the remaining query-suggestion pairs from the subset of query-suggestion pairs.

Abstract: A computer-implemented matching service matches users to other users, and/or to user communities, based at least in part on a computer analysis of event data reflective of user behaviors. The event data may, for example, evidence user affinities for particular items represented in an electronic catalog, such as book titles, music titles, movie titles, and/or other types of items that tend to reflect the traits of users. Event data reflective of other types of user actions, such as item-detail-page viewing events, browse node visits, search query submissions, and/or web browsing patterns may additionally or alternatively be considered. By taking such event data into consideration, the matching service reduces the burden on users to explicitly supply personal profile information, and reduces poor results caused by exaggerations and other inaccuracies in such profile information.

Abstract: Various aspects of one or more methods, apparatuses and data processor program products capable of enabling management of data associated with an athleticism development program are disclosed herein. These various aspects include maintaining a database including subscriber performance data for a plurality of athleticism development program subscribers and facilitating preparation of a subscriber performance report for a specified one of the plurality of athleticism development program subscribers. The subscriber performance data is capable of enabling an attained standardized athleticism level to be determined for each one of the athleticism development program subscribers. The implementation of standardized athleticism levels is advantageous as it supports a measurable plan of progress for motivating a subscriber and trainer to meet their individual and mutual goals.

Abstract: A method and a system for maintaining the freshness of a search engine server's database. A popularity parameter is defined, and a popularity value is assigned to each link in the search engine's database. The most popular links are selected for updating the contents stored, or associated with, the site to which the links refer. In one embodiment, popularity is' based at least in part on the search results generated by the search engine in response to user queries.