Abstract: A computer-readable medium to direct a computer to function in a specified manner includes executable instructions to: generate a set of qualitative assessments; convert the set of qualitative assessments into a set of quantitative assessments; produce a quantitative forecast from the set of quantitative assessments; and translate the quantitative forecast to a qualitative forecast.
Abstract: The invention includes a computer readable medium with executable instructions to receive a query based on nested semantic abstractions for corresponding data sources. Data source specific queries are constructed based on the query by executing the query against the nested semantic abstractions. Each data source specific query is associated with an underlying data source described by a nested semantic abstraction. The data source specific queries are executed to produce results and the results are returned.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 31, 2006
Date of Patent:
February 12, 2013
Assignee:
Business Objects Software Ltd
Inventors:
Richard David Webster, Richard Bruce Cameron
Abstract: A computer-implemented system may include determination of a similarity of a semantic projection of a set of interests of a first user to a semantic projection of a first resource, wherein the semantic projection of the set of interests of the first user and the semantic projection of the first resource conforms to a common semantic projection model. Also included may be determination of a semantic interest of the first user for the first resource in a first context based on the similarity of the semantic projection of the set of the interests of the first user to the semantic projection of the first resource, and determination of an interest measure associated with the first user, the first resource and the first context based on a rating prediction for the first user to the first resource in the first context and on the determined semantic interest of the first user for the first resource in the first context.
Abstract: Various embodiments of systems and methods for dynamic visualization of search results on a GUI are described herein. A search query received by a user is divided into a plurality of search parts. One or more search results for each of the plurality of search parts are retrieved. Further, a search result array is generated from the retrieved search results. Furthermore, Venn diagram graphical representation of the search results in the search result array is determined and the same is displayed on the GUI. The Venn diagram graphical representation defines display of search results in the Venn diagram and the relevancy ranking of the search results. In addition, the user can specify a weighting for each of the plurality of search parts, which dynamically determines display opacity of at least one of the associated search results and search part circles of the Venn diagram on the GUI.
Abstract: A pie chart comprising a pie having at least two slices and a selector head is displayed in a graphical user interface. The selector head is rotatable around a circular selection assist track having a center point corresponding to a center point of the pie. In addition, the graphical user interface can display information associated with/complementary to a first selected slice. Thereafter, user-generated input is received changing a position of the selector head from the first slice to a second slice. This movement of the selector head causes information associated with the second slice to be displayed in the graphical user interface. In some implementations, a highlight display unit and/or a legend can also be provided. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described.
Abstract: Apparatus, systems, and methods may operate to receive, sequentially, individual lines of information included in a file stored in an electronic storage medium; to locate one or more tables in a spreadsheet when at least two of the lines in a sequence are consecutive lines that begin with a non-empty cell and have a matching length; to determine a vertical orientation or a horizontal orientation of the tables based on an arrangement of the information within the lines and across the lines; and to create metadata from the information, based on the arrangement. The metadata may comprise object label names, object qualifications, and/or object data types. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.
Abstract: A system and method to map a set of words to a set of ontology terms, the method including determining a starting point for ontologies including terms matching a set of words, determining a term set corresponding to the set of words in an ontology context of each of the starting points, ranking the term sets determined for all of the starting points, and providing an output of the term sets in a ranked order.
Abstract: A computer readable storage medium comprises executable instructions to provide a workspace for a user to define an expression with expression components from a graphical palette associated with the workspace. Placeholders are indicated in the workspace for the expression components to be added by the user. The placeholders are associated with a data type. The data type is enforced for each placeholder. A structured visual representation of the expression is provided on the workspace.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 12, 2007
Date of Patent:
December 11, 2012
Assignee:
Business Objects Software Limited
Inventors:
Douglas Stuart Janzen, Richard Bruce Cameron, Davor Cubranic
Abstract: Described herein are methods and systems for pattern recognition in web search engine result pages. The input data is a result page from a web search engine as well as an integer number for the results on the page. The output is a regular expression that matches all the results on the page, capturing each result and its individual fields.
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.
Abstract: A system and method for dynamic generation of contextual charts for reports based on personalized visualization preferences are described. In one embodiment, a system of an embodiment creates a chart for a report based on an analysis of past user preferences. In one embodiment, a system of the embodiment saves user behavior and preferences over time.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 2, 2009
Date of Patent:
November 20, 2012
Assignee:
Business Objects Software Limited
Inventors:
Jagdeesh Manickam Neelakantan, Pracheer Gupta, Rahul Chandra Kini, Thomas B Kuruvilla, Abhishek Nagendra
Abstract: Various embodiments of phonetic keys for the Japanese language are described herein. A Kana rule set is applied to Kana characters provided by a user. The Kana characters are defined in an alphabetic language based on the sound of the Kana characters. A full phonetic key is then generated based on the defined Kana characters. A replaced-vowel phonetic key is generated by replacing a vowel in the full phonetic key and a no-vowel phonetic key is generated by removing the vowel in the full phonetic key. Kana records in a database are then processed to determine a relevant Kana record that has a phonetic key identical to at least one of the full phonetic key, the replaced-vowel phonetic key, and the no-vowel phonetic key. The relevant Kana records are then presented to the user.
Abstract: A system to process unstructured data is provided. An example system to process unstructured data comprises a receiver to access a source of unstructured data, an entity type module to determine an entity type, a rules generator to automatically generate a linguistic rule based on the determined entity type, and an entity extractor to obtain an entity from the source of unstructured data, using the linguistic rule. The entity comprises an alpha-numeric string.
Abstract: A computer readable storage medium includes executable instructions to convert an entity to a standard form including normalized attributes, a tag reference and a feature. The entity is expanded with corresponding variants. The standard form and corresponding variants are combined to form an annotated entity in a first processing step. The entity is assigned to a group in a second processing step that accesses the annotated entity. The entity is processed in a single pass comprising the first processing step and the second processing step.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 20, 2010
Date of Patent:
November 13, 2012
Assignee:
Business Objects Software Limited
Inventors:
Mohammed Shami, Tri Do, Kevin Wright, Hemant Puranik, George Chitouras
Abstract: A system includes reception of metadata associated with one or more measures, determination of a compatibility of the two or more measures based on the metadata, and determination of a first score associated with a first visualization based on the compatibility. Some aspects include determination of a second score associated with a second visualization based on the compatibility, comparison of the first score and the second score, and recommendation of one of the first visualization or the second visualization based on the comparison.
Abstract: Providing input data in a user interface includes presenting previous data states of the user interface. One or more selections of input controls from previous data states of the user interface can be received. Data associated to those selections of input controls can be associated with corresponding input controls in a current session dialog of the user interface.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 21, 2011
Publication date:
September 27, 2012
Applicant:
Business Objects Software Limited, an Irish Corporation
Abstract: A system may include a database of physical data tables, a logical database schema of logical entities associated with the physical data tables, and an abstraction layer comprising a plurality of dimension objects mapped to the logical entities, at least one of the plurality of dimension objects comprising one or more properties associating the at least one of the plurality of dimension objects to one or more others of the plurality of dimension objects.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 11, 2009
Date of Patent:
September 4, 2012
Assignee:
Business Objects Software Limited
Inventors:
Jean-Yves Cras, Serge Thepaut, Gilles Vergnory-Mion, Juan Francisco Calvente
Abstract: A computer readable storage medium includes executable instructions to retrieve a dataset from a data source, where the dataset includes a first set of categories. A data structure that represents the dataset is built. A first set of merit values for the first set of categories is calculated. The first set of categories is ordered based on a criterion. The first set of categories is returned.
Abstract: A system, computer-readable storage medium including instructions, and a computer-implemented method for manipulating one or more objects in a graphical user interface for a display device is presented. A start of a path selection mode is detected. A first path traversed by a cursor in the graphical user interface is detected, with the first path intersecting one or more objects in a plurality of objects displayed in the graphical user interface of the display device. A curve corresponding to the first path is displayed in the graphical user interface. An end of the path selection mode is detected. A selection state of the one or more objects is updated based on the curve, the selection state including a selected state and a deselected state.
Abstract: Described are methods and systems related to providing an analytical view of information present in one or more emails. Metadata of all the emails present in a mailbox is configured. The metadata includes an attribute of a corresponding email. Based upon the attributes of the emails, a relationship map is created. The relationship map is a multidimensional structure having multiple axes, with each axis describing an attribute of the emails. A query is received to query the mailbox. The query received is parsed to identify attributes of one or more relevant emails that are associated with the received query. A value is computed for each attribute of the relevant emails. Based upon the values computed for each attribute present in the relationship map, a resulting report having analytical view of information present in the relevant emails is rendered.