Patents Assigned to Business Objects Software
  • Patent number: 8166350
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Business Objects Software Ltd.
    Inventors: David John Simpson, Philipp Ziegler
  • Patent number: 8166064
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Business Objects Software Limited
    Inventor: John MacGregor
  • Publication number: 20120095956
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: BUSINESS OBJECTS SOFTWARE LIMITED
    Inventors: Wuzhen XIONG, Mingjian HU, Xu CHEN, MingZhe HUANG, Jianzhuo SHI
  • Publication number: 20120096057
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: Business objects Software Ltd.
    Inventor: Scott Cameron
  • Patent number: 8150814
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Business Objects Software Ltd.
    Inventor: Steven E. Felsheim
  • Publication number: 20120072993
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: BUSINESS OBJECTS SOFTWARE LTD.
    Inventor: ANAND SINHA
  • Publication number: 20120054639
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: BUSINESS OBJECTS SOFTWARE LIMITED
    Inventors: Shiheng SHI, Qi LI, Weiliang LE, Wei XUE, Yulei ZHANG, Yuanfei CAI
  • Patent number: 8126887
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Business Objects Software Ltd.
    Inventors: Ricardo Polo-Malouvier, Grégoire Jean Antoine Cacheux, Gilles Vergnory-Mion
  • Publication number: 20120016899
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2010
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: Business Objects Software Ltd.
    Inventors: Udaya Kumar, Louay Gargoum, Tony O'Donnell
  • Patent number: 8099663
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Business Objects Software Ltd.
    Inventors: Ian Anthony Mayor, Victor Wai Kit Tang
  • Patent number: 8099383
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Business Objects Software Limited
    Inventors: Alexis-Jean Laurent Naibo, Sébastien Ducaule, Bertrand Vial
  • Publication number: 20120005242
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2010
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: BUSINESS OBJECTS SOFTWARE LIMITED
    Inventors: Zhichun FENG, Wuzhen XIONG, Zhigang CHANG, Catherine YE
  • Publication number: 20110320481
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2010
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: BUSINESS OBJECTS SOFTWARE LIMITED
    Inventor: Xinrong HUANG
  • Publication number: 20110295904
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2010
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: Business Objects Software Ltd.
    Inventors: Mayur Belur Mohan, Saurabh Diwan, Louay Gargoum
  • Publication number: 20110289082
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2010
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: Business Objects Software Ltd.
    Inventor: Stuart Townsend
  • Patent number: 8046673
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Business Objects Software Ltd.
    Inventors: Ricardo Polo-Malouvier, Sébastien Ducaule, Jean-Yves Cras, Pierre Saurel, Charles Arthur Piercey
  • Patent number: 8037136
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Business Objects Software Ltd
    Inventors: Ivailo Ivanov, Darrell Lahey, David Simpson, Philipp Ziegler
  • Patent number: 8024339
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Business Objects Software Ltd.
    Inventors: Paul Andrew Barker, Philip John Marson
  • Patent number: 8024666
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Business Objects Software Ltd.
    Inventor: Michael Emmett Thompson
  • Patent number: 8010426
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Business Objects Software Ltd
    Inventors: Steve Kopp, Charles Arthur Piercey, Ricardo Polo-Malouvier, Michael Emmett Thompson, Stephen Gary Williams