Abstract: A natural person information setting method, an account information providing method, and electronic devices include: an associated set of each account is determined according to a degree of association and an exclusion index of another account with the each account; convergence processing is performed on all associated sets, such that after the convergence processing, no associated account in any one associated set appears in another associated set; and identical natural person information is set for any associated account in a same associated set having gone through the convergence processing, and a same natural person is set for any associated account in the same associated set according to the identical natural person information.

Abstract: An extractor and an applier of a database replication system are configured to perform the functions of resolving target database constraint violations for replicated database transactions. The extractor replicates changes made at the source database to the target database. An applier immediately applies the changes to the target database that do not cause a constraint violation. The applier also performs the remaining functions, including detecting database changes that cause constraint violations, subsequent processing of these detected database changes, and performing a commit for the database transaction when the constraint violations are resolved.

Abstract: A computer implemented method for displaying a customized compilation media item comprising a compilation of multiple images and textual content on an electronic display device screen. A compilation media item creator program stored in an electronic database employing at least first and second templates arranged in accordance with a media application script for display of first and second composite images in a specified sequence is accessed by a user. Saved customized compilation media items are included as individual media item along with other individual media items in a saved player program on an electronic database, and the electronic display device screen is driven with a media player to display media items on the electronic device display screen. Customized compilation media items further may be selected and combined into groups or channels of such compilation media items.

Abstract: Methods and systems for extracting targeted data for real-time reporting are discussed. In an example, a system can include a data store, a server, and a denormalized database. The data store can maintain data created by an application. The server can be communicatively coupled to the data store. The server can include a data extraction module and a data compression module. The data extraction module can extract a subset of the data stored in the data store according to an extraction scheme. The data compression module can compress the extracted subset of the data into a set of aggregated key value pairs. The denormalized database can store the aggregated key value pairs.

Abstract: An invention is disclosed for systems, methods, processes, and products, including but not limited to, one that provides for user communication and interaction with as well as access to resources available on or via a computing device. An embodiment of the invention includes providing a digital resource gathering and dissemination system, method, or process that can accommodate digital resources of interest for heterogeneous groups and communities of online users for the same topic, demographic, or some other categories as provided by a particular classification scheme. Such a system, method, or process also provides a more reliable or otherwise representative selection of digital resources of interest to the population as a whole.

Abstract: Exemplary methods, apparatuses, and systems maintain a plurality of summary data structures corresponding to a plurality of logical file system namespaces representing a plurality of hierarchies of one or more directories having one or more files, each file being stored in the storage system as a plurality of segments in a deduplicated manner. In response to a request to estimate a storage usage by a first of the file system namespace, identify a first of the summary data structures corresponding to the first file system namespace, wherein the first summary data structure stores information summarizing deduplicated segments referenced by one or more files of the first file system namespace. Estimate the storage usage of the first file system namespace based on the first summary data structure and a global summary data structure, wherein the global summary data structure stores information summarizing deduplicated segments referenced by all of the file system namespaces.

Abstract: Implementations include systems and methods for querying a data graph. An example method includes receiving a machine learning module trained to produce a model with multiple features for a query, each feature representing a path in a data graph. The method also includes receiving a search query that includes a first search term, mapping the search query to the query, and mapping the first search term to a first entity in the data graph. The method may also include identifying a second entity in the data graph using the first entity and at least one of the multiple weighted features, and providing information relating to the second entity in a response to the search query. Some implementations may also include training the machine learning module by, for example, generating positive and negative training examples from an answer to a query.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for receiving a plurality of queries from plurality of channels via a plurality of computing devices. For each query of the plurality of queries systems and methods are provided for determining a use case associated with the query from a plurality of predetermined use cases, determining transformation rules for data associated with the use case, accessing data from at least one data source of a plurality of data sources to generate response data for a response to the query, the plurality of data sources comprising the data in a plurality of different data formats, transforming the data associated with the use case from at least a first format into a uniform data structure comprising the response data using the transformation rules for the response data, and providing the response data in the uniform data structure.

Abstract: A system includes presentation of a visualization of a result set, the visualization including a plurality of graphical representations, each of the plurality of graphical representations associated with a respective data point comprising at least one dimension value and at least one measure of the result set, reception of a selection of a first data point of the plurality of data points, presentation of an interface to receive a one or more comments in response to selection of the first data point, reception of a first one or more comments, and storage, in response to reception of the first one or more comments, of an identifier of the first data point in association with the first one or more comments.

Abstract: Systems and methods for allocating file system metadata to storage nodes of a distributed file system. An example method may include: defining, by a processing device, a plurality of tokens, wherein each token comprises a sequence of bits; associating each token of the plurality of tokens with a metadata node of a cluster of metadata nodes; receiving a request to create a directory; selecting, among the plurality of tokens, a token associated with the directory; generating a directory identifier comprising the selected token; and creating, on a metadata node associated with the selected token, a directory record comprising the directory identifier.

Abstract: A system includes determination of a plurality of queries, each of the plurality of queries indicating a first object as a data source, generation of a first query on the first object based on a first two or more of the plurality of queries, modification of each of the first two or more queries to indicate the first query as the data source, requesting of execution of the first query and the modified first two or more queries, and reception of a result set associated with each of the first two or more queries.

Abstract: The speed at which files can be accessed from a remote location is increased by predicting the file access pattern based on a predictive model. The file access pattern describes the order in which blocks of data for a given file type are read by a given application. From aggregated data across many file accesses, one or more predictive models of access patterns can be built. A predictive model takes as input the application requesting the file access and the file type being requested, and outputs information describing an order of data blocks for transmitting the file to the requesting application. Accordingly, when a server receives a request for a file from an application, the server uses the predictive model to determine the order that the application is most likely to use the data blocks of the file. The data is then transmitted in that order to the client device.

Abstract: An information processing device (100) processes a data structure that represents a set of points included in a multidimensional space, and includes: a search unit (10) that, when a particular multidimensional region is specified as a query region, specifies regions that are expressed as portions shared between regions starting with feature value prefixes and regions starting with coordinate prefixes with respect to respective dimensions, and that are included in the query region, and outputs selected sections that are sections included in a data structure corresponding to the specified regions, the feature value prefixes being prefixes obtained from bit representations of feature values of the points, and the coordinate prefixes being prefixes obtained from bit representations of coordinates of the points with respect to a particular dimension; and an aggregation unit (20) that calculates information regarding a set of points included in the query region, by using the selected sections.

Abstract: Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented. The methods include, for instance: obtaining a query for a search result and identifying at least one entity in the query, discovering a facet-entity mapping corresponding to the entity from a knowledgebase. A facet in the facet-entity mapping is a property configured in the knowledgebase and an entity is an instance of the facet. The facet-entity mapping is displayed for the user and the query is searched from content, and the search result presented based on the facet and the entity from the facet-entity mapping.

Abstract: An intelligent log gap detection to prevent unnecessary backup promotion. Specifically, the method and system disclosed herein entail determining whether to pursue a requested database backup type or to promote the requested database backup type to another database backup type, in order to preclude data loss across high availability databases. When a decision is made to pursue the requested database backup type, storage space, intended for backup consolidation on a backup system or media, is saved for future backup requests rather than being consumed as would be the case would the requested database backup type had been promoted.

Abstract: Systems and methods for data management are disclosed. One method can comprise receiving first data from one or more data sources and forming a classification group from the one or more data sources based upon one or more classifiers. The method can also comprise generating an identifier for the classification group by applying a function to the first data and/or the one or more classifiers. Second data can be received from the one or more data sources of the classification group and the second data can be associated with the identifier of the classification group.

Abstract: In one example, a user with multiple devices may have the same group of favorited webpages across each device while having the bookmark listing of the favorited pages organized to present a device-specific order. A user device may receive in a roaming bookmark listing profile a bookmark describing a webpage for ready access by a user. A user device may associate the bookmark with a usage data set describing an interaction with the webpage by the user. A user device may examine the usage data set for the webpage in relation to the user device. A user device may present the bookmark in a bookmark listing to a user based upon the usage data set.

Abstract: Systems, components, devices, and methods for synchronizing a local object model with a remote object model are provided. A non-limiting example is a system or method for synchronizing a local object model with a remote object model. The method includes receiving a plurality of changes associated with the local object model. The changes modify at least one attribute state of an object in the local object model. The method also includes identifying outcome attribute states of the objects that are modified by the plurality of changes. The method includes identifying required attribute states of the objects for the plurality of changes. The method also includes building a dependency graph for the plurality of changes based on the identified required attribute states and generating an ordered list of the plurality of changes based on the dependency graph.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method is provided for managing and sharing picture files. In one embodiment of the present invention, the method comprises providing a server platform and providing a datastore on the server platform for maintaining full resolution copies of the files shared between a plurality of sharing clients. A synchronization engine is provided on the server platform and is configured to send real-time updates to a plurality of sharing clients when at least one of the sharing clients updates or changes one of said files. A web interface may also be provided that allows a user to access files in the datastore through the use of a web browser.

Abstract: One embodiment is a method that receives a description of services desired by a service requestor and then crawls web sites to extract information on services offered by service providers. The extracted information is used to transform the description of services desired by the service requestor into an improved description of services.