Patents Examined by Binh V Ho
  • Patent number: 9613051
    Abstract: An data processing method includes: determining, from execution-target data, a plurality of data items included in the execution-target data, a same series of a plurality of processes being executed for the plurality of data items; associating identification information with each of the plurality of data items; and executing batch processing of the plurality of data items with which the identification information has been associated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Tanimoto, Hideaki Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9607002
    Abstract: In embodiments, apparatuses, methods and storage media are described that are associated with retrieval of a file stored at multiple storage locations, such as a content file. A file retrieving device may receive an identifier of multiple storage locations from which a file may be downloaded, including content delivery networks and distinct storage servers at a particular content delivery network. The decoder may retrieve portions of the file from the different indicated storage locations. The file retrieving device may be configured to assign portion sizes to various storage locations based on a history of bandwidth experienced from the various storage locations. The file retrieving device may be configured to dynamically manage retrieval of portions of the file from the multiple storage locations, such as by re-assigning a slow or stalled portion from one storage location to a faster or underutilized storage locations. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Johannes P. Schmidt, Kevin Shen, James Bailey
  • Patent number: 9607030
    Abstract: A method and system are provided. The method includes extracting, ranking, and annotating content in (i) forms used on websites, (ii) a source code, and (iii) existing data design projects that include mappings between logical data model objects and physical data model objects. The content is selected from the group consisting of terms and abbreviations for the terms. An extracted term is annotated using an abbreviation for the extracted term, and an extracted abbreviation is annotated using a term for the extracted abbreviation. The method further includes storing, in a knowledge base, the content, respective annotations for the content, and respective ranks for the content. The method also includes, given an input data structure that lacks identifiers of a given type for data objects therein, automatically generating suggested identifiers of the given type for the data objects based on the content, respective annotations, and respective ranks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Al Chakra, Liam Harpur, Michal Miklas, John Rice
  • Patent number: 9600507
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to building an index structure for a relational database (RDB) table and for querying the RDB table. An aspect includes obtaining JSON documents from a RDB table, identifying JSON objects in the JSON documents and assigning identifiers for them, and building an index structure according to values in the JSON objects such that the index structure includes at least one node that records values in a JSON object and includes the identifier of the specific JSON object. Querying the RDB table includes receiving a query request including an indicator which indicates that the query is to be performed on JSON objects, and searching the index structure based on query conditions in the query request so as to determine a target JSON object that meets the query conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lei Li, Peng Li, Xi Ning Wang, Ya Xin Wu, Ying Hua Zhou
  • Patent number: 9600533
    Abstract: A computer-implemented system and process for generating video search engine results page is disclosed. The system provides a query term and retrieves a collection of search results. Tags are generated for each search result and used to match media objects to each search result. The search results and video objects related to each search result are returned as a video search engine results page.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Intertrust Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Kasian Franks, Raf Podowski
  • Patent number: 9594799
    Abstract: A system and method of logless atomic data movement. An internal transaction is started within a multi-level storage architecture, the internal transaction to merge data from the first level storage structure to the second level storage structure. Committed data is read from a first level storage structure of the multi-level storage architecture as specified by the internal transaction. The committed data from the first level storage structure is inserted into a second level storage structure in a bulk insertion process, and the committed data is marked as being deleted from the first level storage. The internal transaction is then committed to the multi-level storage architecture when the committed data has been inserted into the second level storage structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventors: Franz Faerber, Juchang Lee, Ivan Schreter
  • Patent number: 9582821
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for rationalizing configurations associated with one or more products. The system includes a database associated with one or more customers. The system further includes an order analysis system coupled with the database. The order analysis system is capable of rationalizing the differences between configurations of various combinations of options that are stored in the database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: JDA Software Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Aamer Rehman, Jonathan Bier, Suriya Ganesan
  • Patent number: 9575984
    Abstract: A similarity analysis method, an apparatus, and a system where the method includes acquiring file fingerprint information of a file to be analyzed, sending an analysis request that carries the file fingerprint information to at least two MDSs, selecting at least one group according to an analysis result returned by each MDS, where the analysis result includes a group number and a similarity of at least one group that has the highest similarity with the file fingerprint information and is found by the MDS, and the MDS locally queries a duplicate data block in the selected group. Hence, each MDS needs to query only a file fingerprint information set of a group that the MDS itself is responsible for, which reduces the amount of data retrieval and waiting time of reading, writing, and locking a database file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yan Huang
  • Patent number: 9569516
    Abstract: The present subject matter relates to execution of an enterprise process through an electronic device. In one embodiment, an enterprise process execution method is disclosed, comprising: replicating data from a centralized database in a local database; creating a first set of data fields based on a first set of rules, wherein the first set of data fields is populated with a first set of data values retrieved from the local database based on a second set of rules; dynamically creating a second set of data fields populated with a second set of data values, wherein each data field of the second set of data fields is dynamically created based on a data value of a previous data field; validating the second set of data fields; and synchronizing the local database storing a report including information associated with execution of an enterprise process with the centralized database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Tata Consultancy Services Limited
    Inventors: Nitin Kamal, Venus Katela
  • Patent number: 9563641
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus related to adjusting the ranking of a suggestion for a geographic location based on determining how many of one or more users visited the geographic location after receiving the suggestion. In some implementations the one or more users may belong to first grouping of users and the ranking may be adjusted only for suggestions to the first grouping of users. In some implementations it may be determined if a second grouping of users visited the geographic location after receiving the suggestion. In some implementations a property of the given geographic location may be determined based on a comparison of how many of the second grouping of users visited the given geographic location after receiving the suggestion and how many of the one or more users visited the given geographic location after receiving the suggestion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Tomkins, Shanmugasundaram Ravikumar
  • Patent number: 9563413
    Abstract: Technology is disclosed for providing configurable synchronization mechanisms for automatic synchronization of application states across multiple devices using cloud storage. In accordance with the techniques introduced here, a method includes steps of receiving a request for supplemental application synchronization information associated with a first application on a first remote computing device. In response the request for the supplemental application synchronization information, application-specific configuration information is determined for synchronizing a state of the first application to a cloud-based storage service. The supplemental application synchronization information including the application-specific configuration information is then provided to the first remote computing device for facilitating synchronization of the state of the first application to the cloud-based storage service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Inventors: Michael A. Chan, Justin Quan, Daniel R. Bornstein, Tom Moss, Linda Tong
  • Patent number: 9542467
    Abstract: A method and associated system for efficiently firing mapping and transform rules during a bidirectional synchronization of two or more systems. A processor loads a set of mapping and transform synchronization rules and a set of cross-reference tables. When an event message received from a source system identifies a revision to an element of the source system's data, the processor parses the message to identify the revised source-system data. The processor uses the cross-references to identify synchronization rules that are associated with the revised data element. If any of the identified rules requires an additional source-system data element or an extrinsic data element located at an external source, the processor retrieves those further identified data elements. The processor then looks up the synchronization procedure of the identified rules, packages it into a synchronization message, and sends the message to the target system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ajay K. Behuria, James E. Bostick, John M. Ganci, Jr., Souvik Majumdar, Shuvamoy Saha, David S. Wenk
  • Patent number: 9529617
    Abstract: A resource management node is provided including a processor and a memory. The memory is coupled to the processor and comprises computer readable program code that when executed by the processor causes the processor to perform operations including creating a recovery virtual machine (VM) for a primary machine for each of a primary machines. The recovery VM is stored in a cache file in a kernel of an operating system. The data in the cache file is stored in a format readable by a virtual hypervisor. The processor is further caused to perform operations including providing the recovery VM from the cache file in the kernel of the operating system upon request when the primary machine fails without conversion of the data in the cache file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: CA, Inc.
    Inventors: Xiaopin Wang, Shisheng Liu, Jiaolin Yang, Lei Wang
  • Patent number: 9514145
    Abstract: A method includes receiving a request to save a first file as immutable. The method also includes searching for a second file that is saved and is redundant to the first file. The method further includes determining the second file is one of mutable and immutable. When the second file is mutable, the method includes saving the first file as a master copy, and replacing the second file with a soft link pointing to the master copy. When the second file is immutable, the method includes determining which of the first and second files has a later expiration date and an earlier expiration date, saving the one of the first and second files with the later expiration date as a master copy, and replacing the one of the first and second files with the earlier expiration date with a soft link pointing to the master copy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gaurav Chhaunker, Bhushan P. Jain, Sandeep R. Patil, Sri Ramanthan, Matthew B. Trevathan
  • Patent number: 9514196
    Abstract: In one embodiment, one or more computing devices receive, from a client device of a first user, a query from the first user. The computer devices search a social graph to identify one or more nodes of the social graph that are relevant to the query. The computer devices obtain a static rank for each identified node. The static rank is based at least in part on a number of edges of a particular edge type that are connected to the node in the graph or attributes of edges connected to the node in the graph. The computer devices send to the client device of the first user for display, a search-results page responsive to the received query. The search-results page includes reference to one or more nodes having a static rank greater than a threshold rank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Sriram Sankar, Gintaras Andrius Woss, Rajat Raina, Maxim Gubin
  • Patent number: 9507803
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for web-scale visual search capable of using a combination of visual input modalities are provided. An edgel index is created that includes shape-descriptors, including edgel-based representations, that correspond to each of a plurality of images. Each edgel-based representation includes pixels that depicts edges or boundary contours of an image and is created, at least in part, by segmenting the image into a plurality of image segments and performing a multi-phase contour detection on each segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Avneesh Sud, Rajeev Prasad, Ayman Malek Abdel Hamid Kaheel, Pragyana Mishra, Sumit Amar, Kancheng Cao
  • Patent number: 9483526
    Abstract: Various implementations are directed to systems, apparatus, computer-implemented methods and storage media for detecting a change in a status of a record and, in response to the detection of the change in status, identifying related users that are currently relevant to the record based on the change in the status. The identified users are subscribed to the record, and as a result, communications generated for the record are distributed to them. In some implementations, currently relevant users are users that have a role in developing, working with or supervising the record in the record's current status, or a role in transitioning the record from its current status to another status. It can be desirable to subscribe currently relevant users because the distribution of communications concerning the record in its current status to these users can benefit an enterprise by virtue of these users knowing the information in the communications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventor: Stephen Xavier Nahm
  • Patent number: 9483494
    Abstract: Opportunistic repair of fragmentation in a synthetic backup is disclosed. In various embodiments, data generated to perform processing other than fragmentation repair is received. At least a portion of the received data is used to compute a locality measure with respect to a group of segments comprising a portion of a file. A decision whether to repair fragmentation of segments comprising the group is made based at least in part on the computed locality measure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: Hung Hing Anthony Pang, Fabiano Botelho, Dhanabal Ekambaram, Nitin Garg
  • Patent number: 9454573
    Abstract: A method and system for executing database queries in parallel using a shared metadata store. The metadata store may reside on a master node, and the master node may distribute this metadata with query plans to worker nodes. The worker nodes may request additional metadata from the master node when necessary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: Caleb Welton, Hitoshi Harada, Jeffrey Cohen, Lei Chang, Radhika Reddy, Tao Ma, Zhanwei Wang
  • Patent number: 9449000
    Abstract: An approach is provided for retrieving electronic documents. The approach provides a Web-based graphical user interface that allows users to construct complex queries that include Boolean clauses, proximity clauses and/or keyword phrases, without requiring the users to have a working knowledge of query languages. The Web-based graphical user interface also allows users to specify a semantic meaning for one or more search terms. The approach also allows users to generate various reports for search results. Various filters may be applied to manage the amount of reporting data and semantic meanings may be applied to increase relevancy. A time cost estimator provides an estimated review time for search results. Also included are approaches for using the results of simple searches to perform advanced searches, for estimating the cost and/or time for reviewing search results and for performing tagging analysis and for using logical custodians.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuro Motoyama, Jiang Hong, Candice Lin, Pingping Pan, Yuwen Wu