Abstract: A computer-implemented method of providing time series data includes maintaining by a web server user account data for each of a plurality of user accounts. Each account is associated with a user. The method includes maintaining, and repeatedly updating, in normative formats, on a time series server, a set of time series. In some aspects, the method further includes, for each user having a user account, serving by the time series server a distinct time series name for each member of the set of time series in a web page over a wide area network to a client computer of the user for display in a browser thereof in such a manner that, when the given user graphically selects the name of a given one of the time series in the browser for invoking a functionality provided by the time series server, there is provided to the server by the browser a unique location identifier of an underlying location, of the selected time series, wherein data for the time series is stored on the server.

Abstract: Optimizing synchronization of enterprise content management systems is described. A system identifies multiple synchronization intervals corresponding to multiple synchronization tasks. The system estimates multiple execution times corresponding to the multiple synchronization tasks. The system calculates multiple remaining times corresponding to the multiple synchronization tasks, wherein the multiple remaining times are based on the multiple synchronization intervals corresponding to the multiple synchronization tasks minus the multiple execution times corresponding to the multiple synchronization tasks. The system orders the multiple synchronization tasks for execution based on corresponding multiple remaining times, from a lowest remaining time to a highest remaining time.

Abstract: A system, method, and user device for executing actions respective of contextual scenarios. The method comprises: determining at least one variable based in part on at least one signal captured by at least one sensor of the user device; generating at least one insight based on the at least one variable; generating a context for the user device based on the at least one insight; determining, based on the context, a user intent, wherein the user intent includes at least one action; and causing execution of the at least one action on the user device.

Abstract: Implementations provide an enhanced search result to improve the user search experience. For example, the result may include insightful information relevant to the search query that was not specifically requested but that the user may find interesting, such as relationships shared between the two entities related to the query, a relationship between the two entities that does not commonly occur with another relationship shared by the entities, or strong secondary connections for an entity related to the query. In some implementations, insightful connections may also be unique facts for a particular entity. Unique facts may represent a superlative attribute of an entity such as, for example, the tallest actor, the oldest president, the most expensive stock, etc. Such shared relationships, rare relationships, and/or unique facts may be provided as part of the search results presented to the query requestor and may provide insight to the requestor about the entity.

Abstract: A system, method, specialized computers, and software for improving wine consumption experience is disclosed. In some configurations, descriptors for wine and or music may be determined. Wine and music profiles may be generated. Wine-music pairs may be created in certain configurations. In some configurations, a user may use certain configurations to select a particular wine, have his or her mobile device play a song matched to that wine.

Abstract: Techniques are described for generating search results and content recommendations using a distance metric on a space of media titles. In one embodiment, each media title may be associated with metadata tags and represented by a vector which indicates those associated tags. The distance metric may measure distance as an angle between vectors representing media titles in a bent vector space that accounts for correlations between tags. Further, a non-linear scaling may be applied to the vectors representing media titles to correct for under-tagging and redundant tagging. Based on the distance metric, a search or recommendation application may generate search results and/or content recommendations and cause the same to be presented to a user.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method of providing time series data includes maintaining by a web server user account data for each of a plurality of user accounts. Each account is associated with a user. The method includes, for each user having a user account, serving by the web server a set of web pages configured to support uploading of time series data to the web server, including updates of such data from time to time; storing by the web server the uploaded time series data; and serving by the web server a set of web pages configured to present such data to such user. Related methods include a method for web-publishing the data, and loading the data into applications running locally. There is also provided a digital storage medium encoded with instructions that when loaded into a computer establish processes that implement any of these methods.

Abstract: A communication device and method of controlling an operation of a communication device are provided, by which an application can be efficiently selected according to location information. The communication device includes a wireless communication unit for determining a location using received information, a controller for generating location information based on the determined location and searching for an application corresponding to the location information, and a display for displaying an indicator of the searched application.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes determining a key set of properties. Based on the key set, a plurality of keys are generated for a plurality of objects, where the plurality of keys include a respective key for each object based on a value associated with the object for each property in the key set. A request is received to search for matching objects having a set of desired values for a desired set of properties, where the desired set of properties are a subset of the key set and exclude one or more properties in the key set. A Bloom filter search is performed on the plurality of objects. The Bloom filter search is based on the set of desired values for the desired set of properties and further based on the plurality of keys that are based on the key set. The matching objects are identified from the search.

Abstract: A method for providing per-user aggregation of content accessible via a personalized user site may generally include receiving a request for metadata and determining whether the requested metadata is expired. The method may further include returning at least a portion of queried metadata prior to verifying whether the metadata is expired. The method may then include querying a change log for metadata modifications. The method may further include, if metadata has been modified since a previous query, sending a query to a community site for metadata that meets change criteria. The method may also include receiving the changed metadata and returning the changed metadata to a content group container within the personalized user site.

Abstract: In accordance with various embodiments of the disclosed subject matter, a method and an apparatus for checking and updating data on a client terminal are provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises: obtaining a presentation time interval between two adjacent presenting actions of target data on the client terminal, and obtaining an update time interval between two adjacent updating actions of the target data on a server; calculating a weighted mean value of the target data based on the presentation time interval and the update time interval, as well as a preset presentation weight and a preset update weight; and determining an update check period of the client terminal for periodically performing an update operation to the target data based on the weighted mean value.

Abstract: A computer-implemented system and method for keyword extraction are disclosed. The system in an example embodiment includes a keyword extraction component to extract relevant keywords from content of a web page, to identify items relevant to the extracted keywords, and to rank the relevant items.

Abstract: An intuitive information search method and device based on a displayed image and a computer readable recording medium thereof. The information search method based on an image displayed on a device includes recognizing a first input indicating a selection related to a plurality of objects included in the image, recognizing a second input indicating a search relationship between the selected plurality of objects, and searching for information based on the first input and the second input; and outputting found information through the device.

Abstract: A transaction slip search method includes identifying, by a computer and according to storage site, a transaction slip satisfying a search condition. The computer identifies the transaction slip when receiving the search condition and by referring to a recording device configured to record associated therein information of transaction slips and information indicating storage sites of the transaction slips. The transaction slip search method further includes associating and outputting, by the computer, information identifying the identified transaction slip and the information indicating a storage site of the identified transaction slip.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods, apparatus, systems, and computer readable storage media for interacting with a content object from an on-demand database service. The content object can be stored in an external content management data source. Access can be established with the external content object using information data identifying the content object, where the information data identifying the content object can be stored in a persistent object in a database of the on-demand database service. An indication of an event requesting interaction with the content object can be received. The persistent object can be updated to reflect the interaction with the content object.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for elimination of log file synchronization delay at transaction commit time is provided. One or more change records corresponding to a database transaction are generated. One or more buffer entries comprising the one or more change records are entered into a persistent change log buffer. A commit operation is performed by generating a commit change record corresponding to the database transaction and entering a commit buffer entry comprising the commit change record into the persistent change log buffer. The commit operation returns without waiting for the commit change record to be recorded in a change record log file.

Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for performing a search from another individual's social perspective. A name or a portion of a name of an individual known by the user is received. A directory search is then performed pertaining to the individual known by the user. After the user identifies the known individual from the directory search results, a selection to perform a directory, content or document search from the known individual's social perspective is received. Such a search may be performed based on the social network of the known individual. In this manner, by performing such searches from the social perspective of the known individual, such as the individual who disclosed the name of the individual who the user would like to contact, the user will be more likely to identify the correct individual, content or document in a more efficient manner.

Abstract: Technologies for dynamic automated content discovery include a computing device that determines a contextual part of a document selected by a user and extracts one or more key terms from the contextual part of the document using an automated key phrase extraction algorithm. The computing device may perform a syntactic algorithm, named entity recognition, or the TextRank algorithm. The computing device may calculate a vagueness score for terms of the document by querying a semantic database and select the key terms based on the corresponding vagueness scores. The computing device performs a content search based on the key terms to generate one or more search results and presents the search results to the user. The computing device may associate each of the search results with the corresponding key term of the contextual part of the document, for example by visually highlighting the key term. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Abstract: The cost of data-mining is estimated where data-mining services are delivered via a distributed computing system environment. System requirements are estimated for a particular data-mining task for an input data set having specified properties. Estimating system requirements includes applying a partial learning tool to operate on sample data from the input data set.

Abstract: A system for sorting in a column organized relational database by sorting only key columns in the column organized relational database to reduce memory and CPU usage. The sort may be performed using an in memory sort. After sorting the key columns, the system orders a payload column according to an order indicated by the key columns. The payload column is associated with the key columns in the column organized relational database. The system assesses memory capacity prior to ordering the payload column. Prior to ordering a plurality of payload columns, the system refrains from automatically concatenating the plurality of payload columns, and refrains from automatically de-concatenating any concatenated payload columns after the ordering the plurality of payload columns. The system determines an amount of required memory necessary to order the payload column, and detects an amount of available memory accessible to order the payload column.