Patents Assigned to Business Objects Software
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Patent number: 8166350Abstract: A computer-readable medium is configured to receive a report processing request at a hierarchical report processor. The hierarchical report processor includes a parent process and at least one child process executing on a single processing unit, and is configured to process the report processing request as a task on the single processing unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2010Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: Business Objects Software Ltd.Inventors: David John Simpson, Philipp Ziegler
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Patent number: 8166064Abstract: Disclosed is a computer method and system for identifying significance of patterns across a plurality of data patterns, which involves identifying pattern types of the plurality of data patterns, determining a relative pattern significance factor to compare the pattern types. Determining the relative pattern significance factor further involves calculating a percentage change of an identified outlier from a median for a outlier pattern, calculating a value of a step change as a percentage of a last value of a step preceding the step change for a step change pattern and calculating a percentage change from a start value on the fitted curve to an end value on the fitted curve for a trend pattern. A ranked list of the pattern types are returned based on their corresponding relative pattern significant factors.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2009Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: Business Objects Software LimitedInventor: John MacGregor
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Publication number: 20120095956Abstract: Described herein is a technology for facilitating process driven business intelligence. In one implementation, context data generated by a business process tool is received. One or more relevant application programming interfaces (APIs) are identified by matching the APIs with the current attribute associated with the context data. The APIs are executable by a processor to retrieve source data from an information source and provide business intelligence based on the source data.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2010Publication date: April 19, 2012Applicant: BUSINESS OBJECTS SOFTWARE LIMITEDInventors: Wuzhen XIONG, Mingjian HU, Xu CHEN, MingZhe HUANG, Jianzhuo SHI
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Publication number: 20120096057Abstract: In a system and a method, a processor-implemented query module identifies a master metadata file. The processor-implemented query module retrieves one or more metadata fragment files having a global identifier matching a global identifier of the master metadata file from a communicatively coupled metadata repository. A processor-implemented generator module combines the master metadata file and the one or more metadata fragment files to form a combined metadata file. The processor-implemented generator module generates a metadata entity from the combined metadata file. The generated metadata entity includes property attributes and property attribute values designated as being owned in each of the master metadata file and the at least one metadata fragment file. A processor-implemented installer module installs the generated metadata entity for consumption by an application.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2010Publication date: April 19, 2012Applicant: Business objects Software Ltd.Inventor: Scott Cameron
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Patent number: 8150814Abstract: In one embodiment the present invention includes a computer-implemented method for data cleansing using rule based formatting. The method includes tokenizing and parsing a first input data and a second input data. The method further includes including a first token in a first output data if a first formatting rule component in a formatting rule is a first valid index to said first tokenized input data. The method further includes including a second token in a second output data if said first formatting rule component in the formatting rule is a second valid index to said second tokenized input data. The method further includes formatting said first output data and said second output data according to the formatting rule.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2009Date of Patent: April 3, 2012Assignee: Business Objects Software Ltd.Inventor: Steven E. Felsheim
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Publication number: 20120072993Abstract: A computer readable storage medium includes executable instructions to receive data from a data source. Data mutation criteria is applied to designated data elements to produce mutated data that preserves an identifiable relationship between an original designated data element and a corresponding mutated data element. The data mutation criteria also produces mutated data with an identifiable relationship between related mutated data elements. The mutated data is loaded into a report and the report is displayed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2010Publication date: March 22, 2012Applicant: BUSINESS OBJECTS SOFTWARE LTD.Inventor: ANAND SINHA
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Publication number: 20120054639Abstract: Described herein is a technology for collaboration. In accordance with some implementations, the workspace tool is adapted to cooperate with an electronic communication system. Electronic communications related to the workspace tool are stored in a repository and are associated with respective workspaces. The workspace tool allows participants of a workspace to access all information related to the workspace.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2010Publication date: March 1, 2012Applicant: BUSINESS OBJECTS SOFTWARE LIMITEDInventors: Shiheng SHI, Qi LI, Weiliang LE, Wei XUE, Yulei ZHANG, Yuanfei CAI
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Patent number: 8126887Abstract: A method of searching at least one report includes extracting at least one of report element instance content, report element instance metadata, report element instance data, and at least one of associated report element instance context content, report element instance context metadata and report element instance context data to define indexed fields. A search query is received. The search query is applied against at least one indexed field. Search query results are compiled to produce a list of relevant report element instances.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2006Date of Patent: February 28, 2012Assignee: Business Objects Software Ltd.Inventors: Ricardo Polo-Malouvier, Grégoire Jean Antoine Cacheux, Gilles Vergnory-Mion
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Publication number: 20120016899Abstract: Apparatus, systems, and methods may operate to receive a first identification of two or more records that match and to search at least two sources of data to locate a set of potential matching records, based on element transformation to determine common characteristics of the two or more records. Further activities may include publishing the set of potential matching records, receiving a second identification of matching members of the set, and searching at least one repository to locate further matching records based on the second identification and the common characteristics. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2010Publication date: January 19, 2012Applicant: Business Objects Software Ltd.Inventors: Udaya Kumar, Louay Gargoum, Tony O'Donnell
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Patent number: 8099663Abstract: A computer readable storage medium includes executable instructions to convert a destination document into a destination document tree hierarchy. The destination document tree hierarchy is flattened into a destination document hash table comprising a set of destination document keys and a set of destination document values. A source document is converted into a source document tree hierarchy. The source document tree hierarchy is flattened into a source document hash table comprising a set of source document key-value pairs. A source document key-value pair comprising a key and a value is identified, where the key is not in the set of destination document keys. The source document key-value is added to a changelist. A destination document key is identified, where the destination document key is not a key in a key-value pair in the set of source document key-value pairs. The destination document key is added to the changelist.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2007Date of Patent: January 17, 2012Assignee: Business Objects Software Ltd.Inventors: Ian Anthony Mayor, Victor Wai Kit Tang
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Patent number: 8099383Abstract: A computer readable storage medium includes executable instructions to define a report part with a report part element and a report part identifier. A report part computation context including a report identifier, a report part element identifier and a context data path is identified. The report part is associated with the report part computation context. The report part is evaluated according to the report part computation context. A report part value is returned.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2006Date of Patent: January 17, 2012Assignee: Business Objects Software LimitedInventors: Alexis-Jean Laurent Naibo, Sébastien Ducaule, Bertrand Vial
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Publication number: 20120005242Abstract: Described herein is a technology for visualizing data. In accordance with some implementations, dimension metadata is automatically extracted from multiple documents. The extracted dimension metadata may be used to populate one or more relation dimensions. Based on the dimension metadata, one or more relations between the documents are determined along the one or more relation dimensions. A relation graph is presented to represent the documents interconnected by the one or more relations.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2010Publication date: January 5, 2012Applicant: BUSINESS OBJECTS SOFTWARE LIMITEDInventors: Zhichun FENG, Wuzhen XIONG, Zhigang CHANG, Catherine YE
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Publication number: 20110320481Abstract: Described herein is a technology for facilitating searching and matching of data. In some implementations, an input data string, including one or more ideographic elements, is received and converted to a Latin-based input data string. One or more input keys may be generated based on the Latin-based input data string. A reference database may be searched for one or more candidate records indexed by at least one of the one or more input keys. If the one or more candidate records are found, a match score is determined for the one or more candidate records.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2010Publication date: December 29, 2011Applicant: BUSINESS OBJECTS SOFTWARE LIMITEDInventor: Xinrong HUANG
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Publication number: 20110295904Abstract: Apparatus, systems, and methods may operate to access individual lines of information included in a file stored in an electronic storage medium, to detect the existence of data clusters in the file based on neighboring cell content in a horizontal direction (corresponding to the individual lines), and in a vertical direction (orthogonal to the horizontal direction), to identify at least some of the data clusters as being associated with predefined table types (comprising vertical tables, horizontal tables, or cross tables), to merge some of the data clusters into section tables having common properties, and to transform the tables resulting from the merging activity, as well as remaining un-merged data clusters, into a single flat table. The stored file may comprise a spreadsheet file. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2010Publication date: December 1, 2011Applicant: Business Objects Software Ltd.Inventors: Mayur Belur Mohan, Saurabh Diwan, Louay Gargoum
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Publication number: 20110289082Abstract: In an embodiment, a method provides a carbon footprint comparison. In this method, a request to compare a first carbon footprint associated with a first user is received. Here, first profile attributes and the first carbon footprint associated with the first user are accessed. Additionally, second profile attributes associated with a second user are accessed. A match of a first number of the first profile attributes with a second number of the second profile attributes is identified. With the match, a strength of the match is calculated based on a number of identified matching profile attributes. A response to the request is then transmitted, and this response comprises the strength of the match and the first carbon footprint.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2010Publication date: November 24, 2011Applicant: Business Objects Software Ltd.Inventor: Stuart Townsend
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Patent number: 8046673Abstract: A computer readable medium with executable instructions to analyze a report value, includes executable instructions to select a report value and identify the formula evaluated to produce the report value. Formal parameters associated with the formula are determined. The actual parameters used to compute the report value are located. The formula, the formal parameters and the actual parameters are then displayed.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2005Date of Patent: October 25, 2011Assignee: Business Objects Software Ltd.Inventors: Ricardo Polo-Malouvier, Sébastien Ducaule, Jean-Yves Cras, Pierre Saurel, Charles Arthur Piercey
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Patent number: 8037136Abstract: In an embodiment, a method is provided for tracking a state of a document that is accessible over a computer network. In this method, requests to modify the document are received by way of the computer network. A size of a set of these requests are identified to exceed a threshold size and an identifier that identifies this set of requests is generated. The identifier is then transmitted in a response to the requests by way of the computer network.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2009Date of Patent: October 11, 2011Assignee: Business Objects Software LtdInventors: Ivailo Ivanov, Darrell Lahey, David Simpson, Philipp Ziegler
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Patent number: 8024339Abstract: A computer readable medium includes executable instructions to receive a query, receive information about the identity of the query requester, send the query to at least one data source, receive data from the at least one data source, and apply confidentiality criteria to the data based on a set of rules to produce masked confidential data. The masked confidential data is returned in a report in response to the query.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2006Date of Patent: September 20, 2011Assignee: Business Objects Software Ltd.Inventors: Paul Andrew Barker, Philip John Marson
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Patent number: 8024666Abstract: A computer implemented method includes selecting a portion of a data set in a first visualization. A list of visualizations relevant to the context inferred from the selection of the portion of the data set in the first visualization is generated. A second visualization from the list of visualizations is rendered.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2006Date of Patent: September 20, 2011Assignee: Business Objects Software Ltd.Inventor: Michael Emmett Thompson
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Patent number: 8010426Abstract: A computer readable medium includes executable instructions to form a report; process trust values, where each trust value characterizes the accuracy of an attribute of the report; combine trust values to provide an aggregate trust value associated with the report; and supply a user with the report and the aggregate trust value.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2005Date of Patent: August 30, 2011Assignee: Business Objects Software LtdInventors: Steve Kopp, Charles Arthur Piercey, Ricardo Polo-Malouvier, Michael Emmett Thompson, Stephen Gary Williams