Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for processing a federated query in a federated database system. A federated query is received at a federated database server. A federated query execution plan is generated based on the received federated query. The federated query execution plan defines one or more source servers of the federated database and a unique subquery to be executed on each of the source servers. The subqueries are distributed to the source servers in accordance with the federated query execution plan. The respective subqueries are executed asynchronously at the source servers. The subquery results are passed to a first designated source server defined in the federated query execution plan. The subquery results are joined and aggregated at the first designated source server into a final query result. The final query result is returned to the federated database server.

Abstract: The subject matter disclosed herein relates to generating a search result comprising one or more candidate documents selected based at least in part on one or more criteria associated with an input value of a visual information metric.

Abstract: A content and data analysis method for evaluating and improving a website, by accessing the website to be analyzed, analyzing the content and data associated with the website, scoring the website based on a multitude of criteria, generating suggestions for improving the website, and implementing changes and improvements to the website. An electronic content and data analysis system and software program including an accessing mechanism for viewing the website to be analyzed, an analyzing mechanism for reviewing the content and data associated with the website, a scoring mechanism for attributing scores to the website based on a multitude of criteria; a generating mechanism for providing suggestions for improving a website; and an editing mechanism for implementing changes and improvements to a website is disclosed.

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: The execution of a process is analyzed by a data processing method using a data analysis device for processing a job by combining the processes of transforming input data and generating output data. The execution history of the process is recorded, and each time the process is executed, it is determined whether the process execution has a high anomaly probability based on a predetermined determination indicator. Upon determining that the process execution has a high anomaly probability, the process log information of the process including the determination indicator is recorded, and based on the process log information and the process execution history, the process with the high anomaly probability is further analyzed. By determining whether the process is anomalous or not, the process history analysis information including the analysis result and the execution history of the process to be analyzed is generated.

Abstract: An extracting unit extracts keywords from metadata extracted from played scenes. An attaching unit attaches a semantic class to the keywords. A semantic class determining unit determines whether the semantic class is a should-be-played class. When there is a keyword with the should-be-played class attached, an acquiring unit acquires at least one keyword without having the should-be-played class as a should-be-observed keyword. When the metadata includes the should-be-observed keyword and a keyword to which a should-be-stopped class is attached, an appearance determining unit determines that a scene including the should-be-observed keyword appears in contents.

Abstract: A folder storage device includes a folder storage unit which stores folders with hierarchy structures, a first folder hierarchy information generation unit arranged to generate first folder hierarchy information which indicates a related path and a hierarchical location of each folder based on the folders stored in the folder storage unit, a second folder hierarchy information generation unit arranged to generate second hierarchy information which indicates the hierarchical location of each folder based on the first folder hierarchy information, a display unit which displays the second hierarchy information, and a folder update unit in which contents to be updated of the folders stored in the folder storage unit are specified and the updates of the folders stored in the folder storage unit are executed based on the first folder hierarchy information in response to a receipt of update instructions at a prescribed hierarchical location of the second folder hierarchy information.

Abstract: An apparatus and method monitor database queries and allow determining database relationships from the analysis of the database queries. The database relationships are inferred from the analysis of the database queries. The result sets of queries are analyzed to determine if any relationships between the columns specified in the queries may be inferred. In one embodiment, when a relationship between columns is discovered from analyzing query results, a system administrator is notified. In another embodiment, the relationship is stored so it may be retrieved and viewed at a later time by the system administrator.

Abstract: An improved method and system for managing the traceability of numerical, alphabetical, alphanumeric, character, or string entities such as critical constants or key calculations, equations, functions, and procedures that automatically enables the traceability of information entities without requiring significant manual intervention by a system user. The system allows a user to enter critical information such a critical constant or key calculation into a first document. When the user copies/exports the critical information from the first document and pastes/imports the information to a second document, the system automatically generates meta-data describing the provenance of the information, and propagates the provenance meta-data from the first document to the second document.

Abstract: Improved techniques for assigning ratings to media assets are disclosed. A rating for a media asset collection can, for example, be determined by examining the ratings of all user-rated media assets in that media asset collection. Additionally or alternately, a rating for media assets in a group of media assets can, for example, be determined by examining the rating of the group of media assets.