Patents Examined by Dangelino Gortayo
  • Patent number: 8914338
    Abstract: A method for storing data in a data storage system by partitioning the data into a plurality of data chunks and generating representative data for each of the plurality of chunks by applying a predetermined algorithm to each chunk of the plurality of chunks. Subsequently, the representative data is compared and sorted. Representative data for base data chunks and representative data for other data chunks that can be stored relative to the base data chunks are identified by evaluating the sorted set of representative data. Finally, each of the other data chunks identified as those that can be stored relative to a base data chunk are stored in the data storage system as the difference between the data chunk and a base data chunk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: Grant Wallace, Philip N. Shilane, Frederick Douglis
  • Patent number: 8909623
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided to select potential titles for online content using search query logs from web search service providers. A plurality of search queries are collected from one or more web search service providers. A lifetime value is determined for each of the search queries. Potential titles are then selected from the plurality of search queries using selection criteria including the lifetime value of the search queries. The potential titles can then be provided to content developers who develop online content based on the potential titles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Demand Media, Inc.
    Inventors: David M. Yehaskel, Henrik M. Kjallbring
  • Patent number: 8903840
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program for automatically launching a target application based on characteristics of a selected string of characters in a source application includes the steps of receiving a command resulting from a user's action, selecting a string of characters in a source application; identifying among one or a plurality of predefined regular expressions, a regular expression matching the selected string of character; identifying a predefined data type previously associated with the source application and the regular expression matching the selected string of character; identifying a predefined target application previously associated with the identified data type and the source application; and launching the target application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Frederic Bauchot, Godefroy Dine, Stephane Charles Lebrun, Gerard Marmigère
  • Patent number: 8898193
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, the resource access unit accesses a first resource including a replication target object and policy data assigned to the object. The policy data includes base policy data including a first condition and assertion policy data including a second condition. The first retrieval unit obtains first attribute data for accessing the first resource. The first policy evaluation unit determines whether the first attribute satisfies the first condition. When the first condition is satisfied, the copy processing unit executes the copy processing for copying the object. The second retrieval unit obtains the second attribute data for accessing the second resource. The second policy evaluation unit determines whether the second attribute data satisfies the second condition. When the second condition is satisfied, the paste processing unit executes paste processing for pasting the object to the second resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuro Ikeda, Koji Okada, Norikazu Hosaka, Fumihiko Sano, Toshio Okamoto
  • Patent number: 8886689
    Abstract: Data series are stored at multiple resolutions in a computer-readable data storage medium. In particular, time series data values of the data series are received with associated timestamps. Corresponding storage elements in the computer-readable data storage medium are identified based on the time stamps. Aggregate values are determined by summing the time series data values. The time series data values stored in the corresponding storage elements are replaced by the aggregate values. Combined data values of the aggregate values are stored in storage elements in the computer-readable storage medium at a first resolution and second resolution, where the second resolution is half of the first resolution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Trane U.S. Inc.
    Inventors: Darrell Anderson, David Brock
  • Patent number: 8856088
    Abstract: In accordance with one or more aspects of the application-managed file versioning, a request to store a new version of a file is received from an application, the request having been generated by the application. A filename for the new version of the file is generated, derived from a standardized naming convention. The filename includes a first portion having at least a portion of a name of the file, and a second portion having data indicating that the new version of the file is a version of the file. A set of application programming interfaces (APIs) can be exposed that allow the application to manage file versions, such as creating a new version of a file, identifying one or more versions of the file, listing one or more versions of the file, and deleting one or more versions of the file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Sarosh C. Havewala, Matthew S. Garson, Neal R. Christiansen, Hui Li
  • Patent number: 8838630
    Abstract: Systems and methods for reducing file sizes for files delivered over a network are disclosed. A method comprises receiving a first file comprising sequences of data; creating a hash table having entries corresponding to overlapping sequences of data; receiving a second file comprising sequences of data; comparing each of the sequences of data in the second file to the sequences of data in the hash table to determine sequences of data present in both the first and second files; and creating a third file comprising sequences of data from the second file and representations of locations and lengths of said sequences of data present in both the first and second files.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Citrix Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Henk Bots, Srikanth Devarajan, Saravana Annamalaisami
  • Patent number: 8825673
    Abstract: A computer product including a data structure for organizing of a plurality of documents, and capable of being utilized by a processor for manipulating data of the data structure and capable of displaying selected data on a display unit. The data structure includes a plurality of directionally interlinked nodes, each node being associated with one or more documents having a header and body text. All the documents are associated with a given node and have identical normalized body text. All documents that have identical normalized body text are associated with the same node. One or more of the nodes is associated with more than one document. For any node that is a descendent of another node, the normalized body text of each document associated with the node is inclusive of the normalized body text of a document that is associated with the other node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Equivio Ltd.
    Inventors: Yiftach Ravid, Amir Milo
  • Patent number: 8825693
    Abstract: A method and a system for efficient search of string patterns characterized by positional relationships in a character stream are disclosed. The method is based on grouping string patterns of a dictionary into at least two string sets and performing string search processes of a text of the character stream based on individual string sets with the outcome of a search process influencing a subsequent search process. A system implementing the method comprises a dictionary processor for generating string sets with corresponding text actions and search actions, a conditional search engine for locating string patterns belonging to at least one string set in a text according to a current search state, a text operator for producing an output text according to search results, and a search operator for determining a subsequent search state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Trend Micro Incorporated
    Inventor: Kevin Gerard Boyce
  • Patent number: 8819087
    Abstract: Systems and methods for assisting one or more users in the production of a media work from a plurality of recordings are disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, digital versions of the recordings are stored on a file-storage server accessible over a communications network. A media-library server provides an organized way for users to access and view the digital versions, and to associate various data files with the digital versions, such as transcription files, logging files, and storyboard documents. The exemplary media library generates web pages that enable users to search and access the digital versions from an internet browser running on a conventional personal computer. The browser also enables users to view the digital versions with a browser-compatible media viewer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Thomas Majchrowski & Associates, Inc.
    Inventor: Keri DeWitt
  • Patent number: 8812509
    Abstract: Systems, techniques, and machine-readable instructions for inferring attributes from search queries. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a description of a collection of search queries, inferring attributes of entities from the description of the collection of search queries, associating the inferred attributes with identifiers of entities characterized by the attributes, and making the associations of the attributes and entities available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Alexandru Marius Pasca, Benjamin Van Durme
  • Patent number: 8805826
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and system for processing complex queries each corresponding to a plurality of components to be combined. Elements corresponding to these components are searched. The elements are of different element types and are originally described by definition data having heterogeneous data structures. A conversion step transforms the heterogeneous definition data into converted definition data of one single format. An engine then retrieves elements and builds associations of elements matching the query parameters based on the converted definition data, thereby providing with a reply to the query in an optimized manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Amadeus, S.A.S.
    Inventors: David Pauchet, Benoît Janin, Rudy Daniello, Thierry Dufresne, Marc Patoureaux
  • Patent number: 8799301
    Abstract: A method for processing a data object for a database, the database containing data representing a first data model and a set of one or more mapping rules, includes receiving a data object that conforms to a second data model. The method then selects one or more of the mapping rules. The mapping rules provide a mapping between a set of elements of the second data model and a corresponding set of elements of the first data model. The method applies the selected mapping rules to transform a set of elements of the received data object into a corresponding set of elements of a target data object conforming to the first data model. The method then searches the database for the set of elements of the target data object to identify instances of the target data object in the database. A corresponding computer program product and apparatus are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Bin Jia, James Robert Magowan
  • Patent number: 8793263
    Abstract: A method for processing a data object for a database, the database containing data representing a first data model and a set of one or more mapping rules, includes receiving a data object that conforms to a second data model. The method then selects one or more of the mapping rules. The mapping rules provide a mapping between a set of elements of the second data model and a corresponding set of elements of the first data model. The method applies the selected mapping rules to transform a set of elements of the received data object into a corresponding set of elements of a target data object conforming to the first data model. The method then searches the database for the set of elements of the target data object to identify instances of the target data object in the database. A corresponding computer program product and apparatus are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Bin Jia, James Robert Magowan
  • Patent number: 8788509
    Abstract: The method of coding a hierarchized document comprises, for at least one element contained in the document: a step (200, 210, 220) of creating at least one pattern which describes at least structural information of said element and a step (230, 330) of selecting use, or not, of at least one of the created patterns, said selection depending on the efficiency of a coding operation of a set of instances of the created pattern, said coding operation implementing said created pattern. Preferentially, the method comprises a step of creating at least two patterns which describe at least structural information of said element and a step of selecting a pattern from among the created patterns, on the basis of the efficiency of each coding operation of a set of instances of the created patterns, by implementing one of the created patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hervé Ruellan, Roamin Bellessort
  • Patent number: 8775468
    Abstract: An improved method and system for providing path-level access control to a structured document in a collection stored in a database, where the structured document includes a plurality of nodes is disclosed. The method includes the steps of providing an access control policy for the collection, where the access control policy comprises a plurality of access control rules, generating a path for each node of the plurality of nodes in the document, and generating for each path associated with a node a corresponding value expression based on at least one access control rule of the plurality of access control rules. According to the method and system of the present invention, the corresponding value expression is utilized during access control evaluation to determine whether a user is allowed to access a node in the structured document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Hada, Michiharu Kudo, Naishin Seki, Akihiko Tozawa, Robbert C. Van der Linden
  • Patent number: 8768884
    Abstract: To synchronize databases between disparate data processing environments, a buffer, which is part of a first data processing environment having a first database, is loaded with a database update. Loading the buffer does not commit the database update to the first database in the first data processing environment. A remote function is called in the first data processing environment to apply the database update to a second database in a disparate second data processing environment. In response to the remote function determining that the second database has been successfully updated with the database update, the database update is committed to the first database. In response to the remote function determining that the second database has not been successfully updated with the database update, the database update is rolled back in the buffer such that the first data processing environment is unaware of an attempted update to the first database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Shirish S. Javalkar
  • Patent number: 8762396
    Abstract: A system may include an address manager configured to map a data item including a plurality of attributes to a blocked Bloom filter (BBF) of a plurality of blocked Bloom filters. The system also may include a blocked Bloom filter (BBF) generator configured to map each attribute of the plurality of attributes to a corresponding block of the blocked Bloom filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Benoit Hudzia, Eoghan O'Neill
  • Patent number: 8756196
    Abstract: The invention meeting the need identified above is the “Enhanced Database Propagation Program” or (EDPP). EDPP uses a cyclic member table that identifies a first source table in a cyclic relationship with a second source table. The first source table, identified in the cyclic member table, propagates first. EDPP replaces all foreign keys with “NULL” in the first target table. After the second source table in the subscription set has propagated to a second target table, EDPP updates first target table with the foreign keys from the first source table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: James E. Bostick, Randolph M. Forlenza, John P. Kaemmerer, Raghuraman Kalyanaraman
  • Patent number: 8719262
    Abstract: A search engine for searching a corpus improves the relevancy of the results by classifying multiple terms in a search query as a single semantic unit. A semantic unit locator of the search engine generates a subset of documents that are generally relevant to the query based on the individual terms within the query. Combinations of search terms that define potential semantic units from the query are then evaluated against the subset of documents to determine which combinations of search terms should be classified as a semantic unit. The resultant semantic units are used to refine the results of the search.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Krishna Bharat, Sanjay Ghemawat, Urs Hoelzle