Abstract: Systems and methods of analyzing search metrics are disclosed. System users are provided with insight into the query or search activity in their system domains. Disclosed systems can enable continuous monitoring of search engine logs for search events (i.e., searches performed by applications using the search engine. Collected data regarding search events is used to derive various metrics such as the total number of queries performed in a relevant period, the total number of queries without results; the top N queries with counts; the top N queries which produced no results, with counts; and the top N documents in results, with counts. In at least one embodiment of the disclosure all such metrics are computed for a last full hour period and all metrics, except in some cases a top-N report, are available for user viewing on an hourly basis.

Abstract: A system and method to synchronize and reconcile objects are described. The system includes a memory device storing a first baseline including a set of first objects associated with a respective set of first identifiers and a second baseline including a set of second objects associated with a respective set of second identifiers. The system also includes a processor configured to determine a kinship among the set of first objects and the set of second objects based on the set of first identifiers and the set of second identifiers and to create a new baseline based on reconciling any conflict identified by the kinship.

Abstract: A method and a system to protect information are provided. For example, a system comprises a parser to parse user interface information to be included within a user interface to be displayed to a user by an information display application. The parser also identifies at least one field, within the user interface, to receive user information from a user. A detection module is provided to determine whether the user interface information is associated with fraudulent activity. A form fill module, in response to determining that the user interface is associated with fraudulent activity, provides a warning indicia in or over the at least one field, when the user interface is presented to a user by the display application. The form fill module may also disable the functionality of a user display application to automatically form fill the identified fields.

Abstract: A method, system, and processor-readable storage medium are directed towards generating a report derived from data, such as event data, stored on a plurality of distributed nodes. In one embodiment the analysis is generated using a “divide and conquer” algorithm, such that each distributed node analyzes locally stored event data while an aggregating node combines these analysis results to generate the report. In one embodiment, each distributed node also transmits a list of event data references associated with the analysis result to the aggregating node. The aggregating node may then generate a global ordered list of data references based on the list of event data references received from each distributed node. Subsequently, in response to a user selection of a range of global event data, the report may dynamically retrieve event data from one or more distributed nodes for display according to the global order.

Abstract: A technique forms contents of a compression container from a standalone container file system stored on the same data storage array on which the compression container is stored. Such a standalone container includes a container file which is formed by standalone blocks. The standalone blocks store host data and which are hierarchically related to each other. Upon receiving a compression command, the storage processor carries out a set of compression operations which include creating and storing the compression container in the data storage array. The compression container includes container files which are formed by compression blocks storing the host data and which are hierarchically related to each other.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described for backing up files and directories using a common backup format. The files and directories may be represented by objects within a data stream constructed using the common backup format. The data streams may be traversed and updated using a size tree such that modifications are made to individual objects within the data streams without complete traversal. This process results in efficient management of storage systems as read and write operations are not dependent on exhaustive traversal of data streams.

Abstract: A portable medical treatment device is designed to be placed on or near a patient when the patient is moved. The device communicates with a database that stores patient profiles and/or treatment protocols. Based on input patient information, the device communicates with the database and loads a patient profile and/or treatment protocol. The device evaluates data entered by a user according the patient profile and/or treatment protocol to determine metrics, and the determined metrics are compared with parameters to determine whether the entered data is within acceptable limits. The device tags and displays the entered data in a manner that reflects whether it was within the acceptable limits.

Abstract: Systems and methods for measuring similarity between a first set of clusters and a second set of clusters apply a first clustering procedure and a second clustering procedure to a set of objects to cluster the objects into a first set of clusters and a second set of clusters, respectively, calculate a similarity index between the first set of clusters and the second set of clusters, calculate an expected value of the similarity index, wherein the expected value is a value of the similarity index one would expect to obtain, on average, between a randomly generated third set of clusters and a randomly generated fourth set of clusters with a same number of clusters as the first set of clusters and the second set of clusters, respectively, and adjust the calculated similarity index based on the expected value of the similarity index.

Abstract: A system and method is provided for determining an available space in one or more data blocks. A physical data storage area associated with one or more portions of a database may be determined. An available space in each data block of one or more data blocks in the physical data storage area may be determined. A number of new data rows that can be added to each data block may also be determined.

Abstract: To provide a contents creating device and a contents creating method capable of distributing contents having an article arrangement with high relativity to a user as distribution destination. A contents creating device 100 to create contents to be distributed within a predetermined group, including a material evaluation unit 130 configured to evaluate relativity of material data of contents to a user as contents distribution destination, and a contents editing unit 140 configured to determine an article arrangement within contents according to an evaluation, wherein contents based on the article arrangement are created. Due to this, it is possible to distribute contents having an article arrangement with high relativity to a user of the distribution destination and it is possible for the user as distribution destination to browse an article in which the user is highly interested.

Abstract: In one embodiment the present invention includes a computer-implemented method comprising receiving a first query in a local computer system to access data stored on a remote computer system the local computer system. Data elements of the remote data are associated with data elements of the local data. The query is transformed into multiple queries. A second query is sent to the remote computer system to retrieve remote data. A first data result is received and stored on the local computer system and incorporated into a third query. The third query is executed against the local data and the first data result to produce a result. Sensitive data may be stored locally in a dimension table of a star schema and non-sensitive data may be stored remotely in a fact table and another dimension table of the star schema, for example.

Abstract: Systems and methods for scheduling documents for crawling are disclosed. In some implementations, a method includes obtaining sitemap information for a plurality of websites; and analyzing the sitemap information to identify a website, in the plurality of websites. The website has sitemap information that is at least potentially out of date. The method also includes updating the sitemap information for the identified website by downloading updated sitemap information for the identified website; and scheduling documents for crawling in accordance with the updated sitemap information for the identified website.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for generating a multimedia play list based on user experiences in a portable multimedia player are provided. The apparatus includes an analyzer for analyzing user experience information input to the multimedia player, a recorder for recording the user experience information in a multimedia tag, a play list generator for generating a play list by analyzing the user experience information and the multimedia tag information recorded by the recorder, and a reproduction unit for reproducing multimedia according to the generated play list.

Abstract: Systems and methods allow a user of a text or graphics editor to quickly create multiple robust internet search queries by selecting and ranking groups or individual key words from a document. A user who is composing or reading a document can identify and link multiple sets of key words into separate search queries by highlighting and assigning either unique search numbers, colors or other readily ascertained indicators of their logical relation. Each individual search query is routed to selected internet search engines, and the results are returned to the user in the same viewed document. The user may select the form in which the results are displayed. For example, results may be listed within the document by way footnotes, endnotes, or separate hover or pull-down windows accessible from the search terms. In addition, the user can browse, sort, rank, edit or eliminate portions of the results.

Abstract: A system for adaptively delivering digital information to a user retrieves the digital information, which is comprised of a plurality of segments arranged in sequential order, each segment comprising one or more options, and each option presenting content of the segment in a different way from other options of the segment. The system selects from each segment an option likely to be the most suitable for the user, and delivers the selected option for each segment to the user in the sequential order. The system receives feedback on at least one of the options delivered to the user.

Abstract: Relational clustering has attracted more and more attention due to its phenomenal impact in various important applications which involve multi-type interrelated data objects, such as Web mining, search marketing, bioinformatics, citation analysis, and epidemiology. A probabilistic model is presented for relational clustering, which also provides a principal framework to unify various important clustering tasks including traditional attributes-based clustering, semi-supervised clustering, co-clustering and graph clustering. The model seeks to identify cluster structures for each type of data objects and interaction patterns between different types of objects. Under this model, parametric hard and soft relational clustering algorithms are provided under a large number of exponential family distributions.

Abstract: Methods, computer program products and systems are provided for mining for sub-patterns within a text data set. The embodiments facilitate finding a set of N frequently occurring sub-patterns within the data set, extracting the N sub-patterns from the data set, and clustering the extracted sub-patterns into K groups, where each extracted sub-pattern is placed within the same group with other extracted sub-patterns based upon a distance value D that determines a degree of similarity between the sub-pattern and every other sub-pattern within the same group.

Abstract: Techniques for replicating data to a database include determining a change to at least one database value in a database table on a source repository; updating, based on the change to the at least one database value, a snapshot value associated with the change to the at least one database value stored in a log table; incrementing a commit value associated with the snapshot value stored in a commit table, the commit table comprising a plurality of commit values associated with a plurality of corresponding snapshot values; initiating replication of the database from the source repository to a target repository; determining a maximum commit value of the plurality of commit values; and replicating the database value in the database table from the source repository to the target repository based on the commit value associated with the snapshot value being less than or equal to the maximum commit value.

Abstract: Two methods for measuring keyword-document relevance are described. The methods receive a keyword and a document as input and output a probability value for the keyword. The first method is a similarity-based approach which uses techniques for measuring similarity between two short-text segments to measure relevance between the keyword and the document. The second method is a regression-based approach based on an assumption that if an out-of-document phrase (the keyword) is semantically similar to an in-document phrase, then relevance scores of the in and out-of document phrases should be close to each other.

Abstract: The invention provides a method and apparatus for obtaining hierarchical information of planar data. The method comprises mapping at least one data item from a same data set in the planar data to at least one node in a tree structure formed by a structured terminology system. The method also comprises obtaining at least one sub tree structure in the tree structure, each of the at least one sub tree structure taking the at least one node as all of its leaf node. The method also comprises selecting a target tree structure from the at least one sub tree structure and obtaining hierarchical information in the target tree structure. An apparatus corresponding to the above method is also provided. With the above method and apparatus, hierarchical information of data items may be obtained from planar organized data to facilitate subsequent and further analysis and management.