Abstract: A system and method for determining content relevancy within a computer network and generating a database. Content including but not limited to, a document, media, or any other digital or real objects. The method includes: identifying and creating an index of users on the network and identifying expert users through the use of profile generation. The profiles are monitored and updated, as well as connected with others to generate value indicators assigned to content articles within the network. The content is then ranked based on the indicator value, with the values being fluidic and based upon the ongoing actions of users on the network. Searches of the system are further coordinated by adaptive, context aware protocols whereby content is filtered or included based on given intricate associations with other content and users themselves.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-program products are described for determining current location information which includes determining whether an object is moving by comparing the current location information with previous location information. Future location information is calculated and a point of interest is filtered using the future location information. A media asset is then matched to the filtered point of interest and a current score is determined for the matched media asset. Determining a current score includes determining a window in which the matched media asset is geographically relevant to the future location information, and updating the matched media asset score when the future location information changes. An ordered playlist is dynamically generated according to the future location information by repeatedly prioritizing and sequencing matched media assets according to the current score for each matched media asset, and matched media assets are played or displayed in the ordered playlist.

Abstract: A computer-implemented system for updating a counter value in a data structure. The system may include a memory storing instructions and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to perform a process. The process may include receiving information relating to an event, and determining, for the event, a counter identifier value for the counter identifier field of the data structure. The data structure may include one or more entries. Each of the one or more entries may include the counter identifier field and a counter value field. The process may also include identifying, in the data structure, an entry that comprises a counter identifier value identical to the determined counter identifier value. The process may further include increasing a counter value in the counter value field of the identified entry.

Abstract: A method for calculating lists of events in activity streams includes calculating a list of activity events for a user's activity stream based on weights assigned to implicit actions and explicit actions and prioritizing the list of the activity events in the user's activity stream based on the weights.

Abstract: A mobile social network is provided for sharing media captured recently. The mobile social network includes an application server that receives, from a downloader mobile device, a request for media associated with a geographic location. The application server sends a media inquiry to one or more uploader mobile devices near the geographic location. The media inquiry includes information from the request for media. The application server receives a digital media file in response to the media inquiry. The digital media file includes metadata having an authentic capture time of the media associated with the geographic location. The application server generates a results summary, including a status of the digital media file based on the authentic capture time of the media. The application server sends the results summary to the downloader mobile device.

Abstract: Described herein is a system and method for detecting and reusing overlapping computations. Overlapping subgraphs of the query are determined using a normalized signature for a particular subgraph that identifies a particular subgraph across recurring instances of data. A normalized signature for each overlapping subgraph for the determined overlapping subgraphs of the query is provided. For each overlapping subgraph determined to be materialized: whether or not the particular subgraph has been materialized is determined using a precise signature corresponding to a normalized signature of the particular overlapping subgraph. The precise signature identifies a particular subgraph corresponding to the normalized signature within a particular recurring instance of data. When the particular subgraph has not been materialized, the subgraph is materialized and used to respond to the query. When the particular subgraph has been materialized, the materialized subgraph is used to respond to the query.

Abstract: Identifying data within a data store satisfying a request. A quantity of the identified data is greater than a threshold. The identified data is analyzed to produce an initial result set with a reduced data quantity including information summarizing the identified data. The analyzing includes visualizing the information summarizing the identified data as one or more graphical displays rendered within a user interface and selectively filtering the identified data based upon a selection of filter factors associated with the identified data to generate an initial result set having a smaller size in relation to the identified data set. Each of one or more succeeding result sets are generated from a corresponding prior result set until a succeeding result set includes a quantity of data satisfying the threshold. The generating of each succeeding result set includes filtering the corresponding prior result set and information summarizing the filtered result set.

Abstract: Data conversion circuitry receives structured records including normalized data and performs a data conversion process on the structured records to generate unstructured records including unstructured syntax. The data conversion circuitry performs the data conversion process according to an unstructured syntax requirement including a syntax field mapping between the structured records and the generated unstructured records.

Abstract: A smart folder scan system and method is provided. The system includes a memory having computer-readable instructions stored therein and a storage module having a plurality of file folders configured to store data. The system further includes a processor communicatively coupled to the storage module. The processor is configured to access the plurality of file folders stored in the storage module. In addition, the processor is configured to scan and identify one or more modified file folders stored in the storage module. Further, the processor is configured to generate a folder activity table for each of the plurality of file folders based upon the scan. The folder activity table comprises of a listing of the file folders and an associated modification time for each of the file folders. The processor is further configured to generate a skip table database based upon the modification time of each of the file folders.

Abstract: Displaying contact-related information is disclosed. An association between a contact address not specific to a source of contact-related information and an identity of an entity at the source of contact-related information may be determined. Information representing the association between the contact address and the identity of the entity at the source of contact-related information is stored. The information representing the association is stored at a node associated with a service configured to use the information representing the association to retrieve from the source of contact-related information a response data associated with the entity in response to an expression of interest in a contact with which the contact address is associated.

Abstract: A distributed system is provided that includes member nodes and a leader node. Each member node stores a database and updates the database by performing common ones of a plurality of transactions. The leader node generates a batch, to be executed by each member node, which includes two or more transactions lacking an access conflict from among the plurality of transactions. The leader node includes: a section that generates an access set as a set of database entries to be accessed by each transaction to be executed; a section that generates the batch, based on the access set of each transaction to be executed; and a leader-side section that performs a consensus process for the batch among the leader and member nodes. Each member node includes the database; a member-side section that performs a consensus process for the batch; and a section that performs parallel execution of batch transactions.

Abstract: Some embodiments are directed to a method for exchanging data between a user and a first data source, the method including configuring a non-transitory computer readable medium to retrieve and display a first set of data from the first data source via a first data source query in accordance with connection information, a set of display options and data retrieval filters specified in a user-defined XML configuration file. The non-transitory computer readable medium further applies the user-defined XML configuration file to a second data source query to display a second set of data from a second data source in accordance with the set of display options specified for the first data source in the user-defined XML configuration file.

Abstract: A data migration system and method operate within a database platform system, which includes first and second databases, to provide data migration between databases. The data migration includes automatically generating a globally unique identifier for each record of the first database, such as upon creation of each record. Records in the second database are updated or inserted according to whether or not records in the second database have globally unique identifiers that correspond to globally unique identifiers of records in the first database.

Abstract: Method, storage medium and apparatus associated with content preparation and/or selection are disclosed herewith. In embodiments, an apparatus may include a content preparation or selection module to receive, as part of a content preparation or selection, a representation of a concept; and determine, for the content preparation or selection, topical relevance of a content item (N) of a content hierarchy to the concept. The content hierarchy may include a plurality of content items, including N, and determining the topical relevance of N to the concept includes determination of propagation of influence among content items of the content hierarchy subject to constraints that bound the number of operations performed by the computing system to determine the propagation of influence among content items of the content hierarchy with a chosen constant. Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed.

Abstract: In a method for caching a generated query plan for time series data, a query plan for time series data is generated based on a query comprising an expression, the query plan including a path of execution for resolving the query. The path of execution of the query plan to resolve the query is executed. A result of the path of execution is returned as a response to the query. The query plan is cached for retrieval and execution responsive to receiving another query that matches the query, such that the query plan can be used to resolve the another query.

Abstract: A stored procedure call may be transmitted to a database to execute a database query. As a result of the stored procedure call, results including a result record satisfying the database query and a set of records related to the result record may be received. The results may be stored in a local cache.

Abstract: Representative embodiments disclose mechanisms to provide direct answers to a query submitted by a user. The mechanisms are tailored so that the answers presented have a high confidence of being correct. A plurality of document segments that are relevant to the query are selected. The selected segments are submitted to a trained machine reading comprehension model along with the query. The result is an extracted answer for one or more of the submitted segments. A subset of the extracted answers are clustered and an answer for each cluster having at least a threshold number of answers are selected as direct answers. The direct answers are presented in a format suitable to the number of selected direct answers.

Abstract: Systems and methods of delegating media capturing functionality from one device to another are presented. A first device configured with an object recognition engine captures a media representation of an environment and identifies an object within that environment. Then based on matched object traits from a database, the engine selects a delegation rules set, and delegates certain media capturing functionality to a second device according to the selected delegation rules set.

Abstract: Available capacity of resources hosted in different networks may be evaluated to select resources for the performance of a query. A query may be received via an interface for one network. The available capacity of the one network and other networks may be evaluated to select resources hosted in another network to perform the query instead of the resources in the one network. The query may then be routed to the resources in the other network and result of the query performed at the resources in the other network provided.

Abstract: Targeting information (also referred to as ad “serving constraints”) or candidate targeting information for an advertisement is identified. Targeting information may be identified by extracting topics or concepts from, and/or generating topics or concepts based on, ad information, such as information from a Web page to which an ad is linked (or some other Web page of interest to the ad or advertiser). The topics or concepts may be relevant queries associated with the Web page of interest, clusters, etc.