Abstract: A method for acquiring an interrelation between an item of data representing an item of information of a data inventory and an item of data representing an item of information of a request for an interrelation to the item of data representing an item of information of a data inventory by means of a data processing system with data representing information in a data inventory which can be accessed via a data source comprises a link being established by means of a syntactic comparison and/or by means of one semantic comparison of the item of data representing an item of information of a data inventory with the item of data representing an item of information of the request for interrelation with the item of data representing an item of information of a data inventory. According to the method, results of requests for an interrelation are grouped according to topics.

Abstract: A method for acquiring an interrelation between an item of data representing an item of information of a data inventory and an item of data representing an item of information of a request for an interrelation to the item of data representing an item of information of a data inventory by means of a data processing system with data representing information in a data inventory which can be accessed via a data source comprises a link being established by means of a syntactic comparison and/or by means of one semantic comparison of the item of data representing an item of information of a data inventory with the item of data representing an item of information of the request for interrelation with the item of data representing an item of information of a data inventory. According to the method, results of requests for an interrelation are grouped according to topics.

Abstract: In various example embodiments, systems and methods for providing category aspect information by mining historical data is provided. In example embodiments, historical data is compiled. The historical data comprises user behavior data based on actions performed with past queries by users. Listing data is accessed. The listing data includes aspect data for each listing. The historical data is then joined with the listing data and a determined category of the listing to create joined data. Demand scores based on the joined data are determined. The determined demand scores is then sorted to determine at least one relevant aspect name for a category.

Abstract: A method of verifying or filling in attribution associated with segments of transportation networks that are digitally mapped from a digital transportation network database includes analyzing the database to identify at least one attribute of interest that is missing or whose accuracy is unreliable and associated with a segment of the network in; identifying first and second segments before and after segment in question which have associated attribution determined to be accurate; gathering a plurality of probe traces from users of probe-transmitting navigation devices that have traversed the segment(s) in question as well as traversed the first and second; and determining whether the probe-derived attribution information is reliable, and if so, comparing the trend of the probe-derived attribute information of the first and second segments with the trend of the database attributes of the first and second segments, and if there is a positive correlation, applying the probe-derived attribute information to the d

Abstract: A method, computer program product, and system for providing advanced downloading of Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) for a WEB browser running on a computer. The system is capable of providing a WEB browser with Uniform Resource Locators (URLs). The system comprises a client computer and a server. The client computer includes the WEB browser for use by a user and includes a URL component. The server provides WEB data to the client computer. The server includes a URL downloader, which is responsive to the URL component for downloading the URLs to the client computer.

Abstract: Information to link two attributes in a database is stored, and when one of the attributes is updated, a new value for the second attribute is computed and stored. Related systems and applications are also described.

Abstract: A method, executed on a suitably programmed processor, provides for ordering records using a memory hierarchy. The memory hierarchy includes and two or more lower levels of the memory hierarchy.

Abstract: A system and a method for collecting data from a data source that includes a database containing a tool for collecting data from the data source and creating a data record, a tool selector in communication with the database for selecting the tool from the database, a tool processor for executing the tool, and a communication channel for communicating between the database and the tool processor. The tool is selected from the database by the tool selector and transmitted via the communication channel to the tool processor for use in creating a data record that is transmitted to the database via the communication channel.

Abstract: A method is provided to generate a heat map to show traffic congestion based on transit points. The method includes generating, by a processing device, a trajectory database from time-stamped global positioning system (GPS) sample points, and computing transit points for each trajectory in the trajectory database. The method further includes constructing a temporal transit graph. The transit graph captures the shortest paths among the transit points. The method further includes indexing and storing the transit graph in a spatial-temporal database for online analytic processing.

Abstract: A method is provided to generate a heat map to show traffic congestion based on transit points. The method includes generating, by a processing device, a trajectory database from time-stamped global positioning system (GPS) sample points, and computing transit points for each trajectory in the trajectory database. The method further includes constructing a temporal transit graph. The transit graph captures the shortest paths among the transit points. The method further includes indexing and storing the transit graph in a spatial-temporal database for online analytic processing.

Abstract: A cluster value identifying unit identifies a value of a parameter representing a level of a ground swell of interest related to provided information, which is determined in accordance with registration of information related to the provided information. A period identifying unit identifies, based on the value of the parameter, a period in which the ground swell of interest related to the provided information grows with a lapse of time. A user feature identifying unit identifies, based on the identified period, a feature of a user who registers the related information. Accordingly, the feature of the user may be identified based on the registration of the information related to the provided information.

Abstract: A processor implements a priority search tree on data elements. A data point having two component values is stored for each data element. A comparison is performed to determine an order for two data points. When the first component values of the two data points are equal, a comparison is made using the second component values. When the second component values of the two data points are equal, a comparison is made using the first component values.

Abstract: Electronic-based systems and methods for enhancing a user's experience when shopping for components of a mechanical or electrical device or apparatus, which include downloadable software (i.e., a mobile device application) that provides access to component information/data using the mobile device, in particular component information/data provided by a manufacturer from its personal database, electronic devices that include such software, and methods of accessing the component information and optionally, acting upon the information to order the component.

Abstract: Methods and systems for quickly serving documents are provided. Documents may be served to users, for example, in response to search query inputs. Documents may be individually communicated to a document server prior to batching the documents. By individually communicating documents to document servers, the document experiences sub-second latency before it is available to a user. The documents may also be modified individually such that real-time serving is not interrupted.

Abstract: A network storage server includes a tool for detecting and fixing errors while the network storage server remains online (available for servicing client requests), which includes enabling a user to approve or disapprove remedial changes before the changes are committed. The technique bypasses the usual consistency point process for new or modified data blocks representing potential remedial changes. At a consistency point, dirty data blocks representing the potential remedial changes are written to a change log file residing outside the volume. The modified data blocks are written in sequential order to logical blocks of the change log file. In response to a user input indicating that a potential change should be committed, the corresponding modified data blocks are read from the change log file in the order in which they were written to the change log file, and they are written to persistent storage in that order.

Abstract: A system is described for processing data of at least one location aware devices for obtaining geo-information. The system comprises an input means for obtaining vector-based data from at least one location aware devices, a data processor for inserting information from the vector-based data into a raster-based data structure so as to derive geo-information based on the raster-based data structure. A corresponding method as well as corresponding computer program products also are described.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method may include receiving, from a device, a search query that includes search terms, parsing the search terms into combinations of search terms, where each of the combinations includes one or more adjacent search terms, determining whether a hierarchical relationship exists for the one or more adjacent search terms of each of the combinations, generating one or more interpretations for each of the combinations based on whether the hierarchical relationship exists for the one or more adjacent search terms, performing a search based on at least one of the one or more interpretations to identify search results, generating a search result document containing the search results, and providing, to the device, the search result document.

Abstract: Methods and systems for serving documents are provided. Documents may be served to users, for example, in response to search query inputs. Documents may be individually received for serving to users. In order to serve documents, documents are typically indexed. To serve documents in a real-time environment, a data structure is configured to index documents that are received while simultaneously being queried for documents to serve to a user. Documents that have not yet completed the indexing process are not available for serving and, thus, are not queried. Additionally, the data structure includes a memory optimizer such that indexing does not waste memory of the data structure.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to a method, article of manufacture, and apparatus for backing up data. In some embodiments, this includes a backup server locating one or more instances of data associated with a list of identifiers, wherein each instance of data comprises one or more target volumes and associated journal volume; the enablement of replication; and replication.

Abstract: Tasks associated with backing up the data of a mobile client device are performed predominantly by the mobile client device. A backup server functions as a server with limited functionality that merely stores backup data received from the mobile client device and retrieves the backup data under the request of the mobile client device. The mobile client device functions as a master device, and the backup server functions as a slave device. A backup program for performing tasks associated with the backup operation on the mobile client device may itself be stored as part of the backup data.