Patents Examined by Syed Hasan
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Patent number: 9195664Abstract: An electronic device is configured to exchange data with a mobile storage device. The device monitors for a first event corresponding to the storage device being unmounted. In response to detecting the first event, the device records a first time. After the first event, the device monitors for a second event corresponding to the storage device being mounted. In response to detecting the second event, the device records a second time. After the second event, the device performs a scan of the storage device, stores the scanned data in a database, and records a storage path corresponding to the scanned data in the database. The device monitors for a third event corresponding to completion of the scan, and records a third time. The device retrieves a dataset with a timestamp between the first time and the third time and displays the dataset and the timestamp.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2013Date of Patent: November 24, 2015Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Xing Zhou, Bin Yu, Qiao Ren, Shizhu Huang
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Patent number: 9195842Abstract: The present invention relates to an information processing method, apparatus, and system. The method includes: receiving text information; performing calculation on the text information by using a first model to obtain a public sensitivity weight value corresponding to the text information; determining whether the public sensitivity weight value is greater than a first preset threshold; and if yes, displaying first processing prompt information indicating that the text information includes sensitive information; if no, performing calculation on the text information by using a second model to obtain an individual sensitivity weight value corresponding to the text information; and determining whether the individual sensitivity weight value is greater than a second preset threshold; and if yes, displaying second processing prompt information indicating that the text information includes sensitive information.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2014Date of Patent: November 24, 2015Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Wenyang Zang, Yibo Zhang
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Patent number: 9189550Abstract: Embodiment described herein are generally directed to a toolbar extension of a web browser that grabs a user's search engine query and suggests a refined search query known to yield better search results. The toolbar recognizes the web page the user is on as being associated with a search engine and retrieves the user's search query. The toolbar interacts with a refinement component on a server, and the refinement component determines a refined search query based on confidence scores assigned to data mined from a data center affiliated with different search engine (one related to the toolbar). The refined search query is returned and displayed in a search field of the toolbar, allowing the user to easily run the refined search on the different search engine.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2011Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Timothy Edgar, Ambarish Chitnis, Ryen William White, Pavel Dmitriev, Rajanikanth Ageeru, Ovidiu Dan, Lin Tang
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Patent number: 9189539Abstract: Mechanisms for managing an electronic document collection are provided. A first electronic document is analyzed to identify a reference to a second electronic document and the second electronic document is analyzed to identify document dependencies with zero or more other electronic documents. A dependency information data structure is generated based on the analysis. The dependency information data structure is analyzed to identify a subset of the electronic document collection that is to be loaded into memory when performing an information analysis operation. An electronic document curation action recommendation is generated based on the identified subset of the electronic document collection. The electronic document curation action recommendation is then output.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Paul R. Bastide, Matthew E. Broomhall, Robert E. Loredo
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Patent number: 9176953Abstract: A method and system for web-based document service are provided. The method in the cloud side may include: receiving the data backed up automatically, retrieving the visual appearance of the backed up data and saving the retrieved visual appearance into a universal data and storing the universal data in cloud side, converting the universal data into a format supported browser.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2011Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignee: Tianjin Sursen Investment Co., Ltd.Inventor: Donglin Wang
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Patent number: 9171045Abstract: A set of queries, such as a search log, is divided into commercial queries and non-commercial queries. A first set of query communities is determined from the non-commercial queries and a second set is determined from the commercial queries. The query communities are correlated based on the users who submitted the queries and instances where a query from the first set of query communities was followed by a query from the second set to generate a mapping between the first set of query communities and the second set. Later, a non-commercial query is received from a user, and the mapping is used to predict one or more commercial queries that the user is likely to submit in the future based on the non-commercial query. One or more of the commercial queries are presented to the user according to the mapping with search results responsive to the non-commercial query.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2010Date of Patent: October 27, 2015Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Nina Mishra, Sreenivas Gollapudi, Srikanth Jagabathula
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Patent number: 9171093Abstract: A system and method provide a summary comparison of data. The summary may compare filtered and unfiltered data or one set of filtered data to another. The system presents a status pane or window to a user in conjunction with filtered data that is dynamically updated to correspond to the data. A summary of the filtered data is available for display side by side with other filtered data or unfiltered data. The reports and summary are dynamically updated.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2011Date of Patent: October 27, 2015Assignee: Adobe Systems IncorporatedInventor: Brett Michael Error
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Patent number: 9159368Abstract: In a recording and reproducing apparatus and a recording and reproducing method for the recording and reproducing apparatus for recording and reproducing image information on a scene obtained through photographing, relative to a predetermined first recording medium and being capable of setting one or more chapters to each scene, a face recognizing process is executed for a photographed image based on the image information, an importance level of each chapter is set in accordance with a result of the face recognizing process for a very important person (VIP) set by a user, and each chapter having a relevant importance level among importance levels of respective chapters is selectively reproduced. A user can therefore find an object chapter and scene quickly and easily.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2009Date of Patent: October 13, 2015Assignee: HITACHI MAXELL, LTD.Inventor: Mari Yoshida
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Patent number: 9158775Abstract: A system and method for generating a real-time stream of content from heterogeneous data sources and a real-time index. The heterogeneous data sources include search, entertainment, social activity and activity on third-party sites. A fetching unit retrieves recent content that is indexed in the real-time index according to keywords. A model generation engine generates a model based on user activities. The mixer compares candidate content items from the heterogeneous data sources and the real-time index to the model to generate scores for each item and generates a stream of content based on the scores.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2011Date of Patent: October 13, 2015Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Andrew Tomkins, Dandapani Sivakumar, Sangsoo Sung, Justin Kosslyn, Todd Jackson, Andre Rohe, Ya Luo, Andrew Bunner, Sasha Sobol, Luca de Alfaro
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Patent number: 9154760Abstract: A recording apparatus of this invention detects the state of management information, which pertains to a recording address of an image signal, and which is reproduced from a disk-like recording medium having a first area for the image signal and a second area for the management information. On the basis of the detection result, management data is reproduced from the first area of the disk-like recording medium. On the basis of the management data reproduced from the first area, the management information reproduced from the second area is modified. A modify unit records the modified management information in the second area.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: October 6, 2015Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Toshihiko Suzuki, Hidenori Hoshi, Hiroaki Endo
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Patent number: 9152734Abstract: User-submitted content (e.g., stories) may be associated with descriptive metadata (intersection metadata), such as a timeframe, location, tags, and so on. The user-submitted content may be browsed and/or searched using the descriptive metadata. Intersection criteria comprising a prevailing timeframe, a location, and/or other metadata criteria may be used to identify an intersection space comprising one or more stories. The stories may be ordered according to relative importance, which may be determined (at least in part) by comparing story metadata to the intersection criteria.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2011Date of Patent: October 6, 2015Assignee: III HOLDINGS 2, LLCInventors: Peter Rinearson, Kristofor Selden, Michael Flashman
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Patent number: 9153284Abstract: A video signal generating apparatus is disclosed which includes: a camera configured to generate a video signal; an operating device configured to operate at least either the camera or an apparatus configured to receive the video signal; a text data generating device configured to generate text data including a meaningful term in response to the operation performed on the operating device; and a text data inserting device configured to insert the text data generated by the text data generating device into the video signal in a corresponding manner.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2007Date of Patent: October 6, 2015Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Yoshiaki Shibata
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Patent number: 9154724Abstract: A computer implemented method and apparatus for managing digital video recorder storage for one or more users. Each user in the multi-user environment is assigned an amount of program storage in the digital video recorder. Responsive to receiving a request to record a new program from a user in the multi-user environment, an associated amount of program storage assigned to the use is determined. Responsive to a determination that addition of the new program will not exceed the associated amount of program storage assigned to the user, the new program is recorded to the program storage.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2012Date of Patent: October 6, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Kulvir Singh Bhogal, Gregory Jensen Boss, Rick Allen Hamilton, II, Brian Marshall O'Connell
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Patent number: 9129037Abstract: A disappearing index allows faster processing of a database query without the startup time of a prior art sparse index. The disappearing index starts as a full index but is trimmed of index values that point to a row in the table that is not selected by the query. Thus the traditional index disappears as it becomes a sparse index tailored to the query. The query is able to execute faster using the now sparse index since the target database table is not accessed for duplicate values in the base table of the query. The query optimizer may determine to use a disappearing index based on estimates of the number of duplicate values in the base table. When the query is complete, the created disappearing table may be discarded or used for other queries that match the selection of the query that created the disappearing index.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2013Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Randy L. Egan, Roger A. Mittelstadt, Brian R. Muras
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Patent number: 9129007Abstract: Embodiments are directed to indexing and querying a sequence of hash values in an indexing matrix. A computer system accesses a document to extract a portion of text from the document. The computer system applies a hashing algorithm to the extracted text. The hash values of the extracted text form a representative sequence of hash values. The computer system inserts each hash value of the sequence of hash values into an indexing matrix, which is configured to store multiple different hash value sequences. The computer system also queries the indexing matrix to determine how similar the plurality of hash value sequences are to the selected hash value sequence based on how many hash values of the selected hash value sequence overlap with the hash values of the plurality of stored hash value sequences.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2010Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Charles William Lamanna, Mauktik H. Gandhi, Jason Eric Brewer
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Patent number: 9122723Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method for member matching. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes an input adapter, a processor, and an output adapter. The input adapter may receive a first data record from a plurality of data records stored in one or more databases. The processor may generate a first data key from one or more field values in the first data record, compare a second data key associated with a second data record with the first data key associated with the first data record, and identify a match between the first data key and the second data key. In one embodiment, the output adapter may produce an output configured to identify the first data record and the second data record in response to identification of the match.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2012Date of Patent: September 1, 2015Assignee: OPTUMINSIGHT, INC.Inventors: Ravi Anumakonda, Dawn Paulinski, Laurie Buchanan, Dan Dunn
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Patent number: 9104782Abstract: A system and method for searching real estate uses non-traditional techniques. A selection of suggestive imagery may be rated by a user in order to indicate that user's subjective tastes. The suggestive images may relate to particular keywords which also may be related to real estate listings. This way, properties which appeal to a user's tastes may be identified and sorted accordingly.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2011Date of Patent: August 11, 2015Assignee: Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLCInventors: Anna Visioli, Michael Fischer, Helen Galasso
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Patent number: 9098547Abstract: A device receives a search query, and transforms the search query into a transformed search query understood by a technical computing environment (TCE)-based search engine. The device determines information requested by the transformed search query, and selects one or more TCE models from a repository based on the information requested by the transformed search query. The device provides the information requested by the transformed search query to the selected one or more TCE models. The device executes the selected one or more TCE models, based on the information requested by the transformed search query, to generate an answer to the search query, and provides the answer for display.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: August 4, 2015Assignee: The MathWorks, Inc.Inventor: Justyna Zander
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Patent number: 9092479Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for generating synthetic queries using seed queries and structural similarity between documents are described. In one aspect, a method includes identifying embedded coding fragments (e.g., HTML tag) from a structured document and a seed query; generating one or more query templates, each query template corresponding to at least one coding fragment, the query template including a generative rule to be used in generating candidate synthetic queries; generating the candidate synthetic queries by applying the query templates to other documents that are hosted on the same web site as the document; identifying terms that match structure of the query templates as candidate synthetic queries; measuring a performance for each of the candidate synthetic queries; and designating as synthetic queries the candidate synthetic queries that have performance measurements exceeding a performance threshold.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2012Date of Patent: July 28, 2015Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Steven D. Baker, Michael Flaster, Nitin Gupta, Paul G. Haahr, Srinivasan Venkatachary, Yonghui Wu
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Patent number: 9094652Abstract: An exemplary method includes a digital video recording (“DVR”) data migration management system 1) receiving a request for a user account to migrate from being associated with a first DVR system to being associated with a second DVR system, 2) accessing a first DVR data set associated with the first DVR system and separate from data representative of a library of one or more media content assets stored by the first DVR system, 3) generating a second DVR data set based on the first DVR data set and in accordance with one or more attributes of the second DVR system, and 4) associating the second DVR data set with the second DVR system. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2012Date of Patent: July 28, 2015Assignee: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.Inventors: Raul I. Aldrey, Donald H. Relyea, Venkata S. Adimatyam, Kishore Tallapaneni, Michael R. Oliver, George M. Higa