Patents Examined by Syed Hasan
  • Patent number: 8977599
    Abstract: A database-driven testing method and system for testing client-server applications are described. The system first receives a command to test a module on a server and identifies in a database a message list corresponding to the module. The message list indicates at least a request message and an expected response message supported by the module to be tested. The system then retrieves from the database a plurality of parameters for the messages in the message list and constructs the request message based on the parameters. The system then transmits the request message to the module on the server, receives a server response message from the server in response to the request message, and compares the server response message with the expected response message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Nityanand Sharma, Nitesh Malviya
  • Patent number: 8977601
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Randy L. Egan, Roger A. Mittelstadt, Brian R. Muras
  • Patent number: 8965855
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for hotspot mitigation in object-based file systems may include 1) identifying a storage system including a plurality of storage devices, 2) identifying an object stored on a storage device within the plurality of storage devices, 3) identifying a level of demand to access the object, 4) creating, based at least in part on the level of demand, at least one sparse object to represent the object on at least one alternate storage device in the plurality of storage devices, and 5) fulfilling at least one read attempt to read from the object via the sparse object. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Symantec Corporation
    Inventor: Amit Phansalkar
  • Patent number: 8949265
    Abstract: In various example embodiments, a system and method to provide query linguistic service is provided. An initial query term set is received. Phrase recognition is performed on the initial query term set to determine recognized phrases. Using the determined recognized phrases, one or more synonyms for each of the recognized phrases are determined. Results matching the initial query term set and any selected synonyms from the determined one or more synonyms are determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Karin Mauge′, Radoslav Valentinov Petranov, Jean-David Ruvini, Antoniya T. Statelova, Neelakantan Sundaresan
  • Patent number: 8949287
    Abstract: A Mixed Media Reality (MMR) system and associated techniques are disclosed. The MMR system provides mechanisms for forming a mixed media document that includes media of at least two types (e.g., printed paper as a first medium and digital content and/or web link as a second medium). In one particular embodiment, the MMR system includes a method, system, and computer program product for adding a hotspot to an imaged document. A source document is converted to an imaged document, from which features are extracted. Hotspots are added to the imaged document, and the imaged document, hotspot definitions, and the feature representation are stored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Ricoh Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jonathan J. Hull, Berna Erol, Jamey Graham, Daniel G. Van Olst
  • Patent number: 8937685
    Abstract: Method and system for overlaying videos in a television include: receiving a plurality of video signals directly from a plurality of video sources by the television; receiving and processing a script by the television, the script includes instructions for placing a first picture from a first video signal of the plurality of video signals in a first position at a first depth value on a display coupled to the television, and instructions for placing a second picture from a second video signal of the plurality of video signals in a second position at a second depth value on the display; and simultaneously displaying the first picture and the second picture on the display by the television in an overlayed manner, the first picture being displayed at the first position and at the first depth value, the second picture being displayed at the second position and at the second depth value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: TP Lab, Inc.
    Inventors: Chi Fai Ho, Shin Cheung Simon Chiu, Bok Knun Randolph Chung
  • Patent number: 8935208
    Abstract: A method of defining a backup state of a file system is provided. A change in an electronic file stored on a computer system is detected. If the change is detected, a backup state of the electronic file is updated using an overlay icon associated with the electronic file. The overlay icon is presented in a user interface displaying the file system of the computer system. The backup state indicates that the electronic file is selected for backup processing if the change is detected. If the backup state indicates the electronic file is selected for backup processing, a copy of the electronic file is sent to a second computer system accessible by the computer system using a network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Carbonite, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew P. Brown, Jeffry C. Flowers
  • Patent number: 8934756
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a detecting unit configured to detect a change in a viewing environment; a storing unit configured to store position information of data displayed on a display unit when the change in the viewing environment is detected by the detecting unit; and a reproducing unit configured to reproduce data corresponding to the position information stored in the storing unit by receiving a re-viewing instruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Daisuke Kuroki
  • Patent number: 8924404
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: a storage management unit configured to store and manage content files; a metadata obtaining unit configured to obtain metadata of a recommendation source content; a content selecting unit configured to select, from content files managed by the storage management unit, recommended contents to be recommended to a recommendation-receiving user, based on metadata obtained by the metadata obtaining unit; an information obtaining unit configured to obtain held content information, which is information regarding held content files which a recommendation-receiving user is deemed to hold; and a recommendation order setting unit configured to set a recommendation order, regarding recommended contents selected by the content selecting unit, based on metadata added to held content files indicated by the held content information obtained by the information obtaining unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hideo Nagasaka, Nobuyuki Fujiwara, Tadaaki Kimijima, Toshimasa Miyoshi, Mamoru Tokashiki, Takashi Tominaga, Shigeru Inoue, Yasushi Miyajima
  • Patent number: 8924383
    Abstract: Described is a system and method for automatic monitoring and dissemination of media content. The system and method include a content acquisition platform receiving media content from at least one source and storing the media content in a media storage platform, a media processing platform segmenting the media content based upon predetermined criteria defined by a user and storing metadata corresponding to the segmented media content in the media storage platform, an alert platform providing the user with an alert identifying the segmented media content, the alert including at least a portion of the metadata stored in the media storage platform and a content delivery platform sending the segmented media content to a device of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: Lee Begeja, Yih-Farn Chen, David Crawford Gibbon, Huale Huang, Rittwik Jana, Zhu Liu, Bernard S. Renger, Behzad Shahraray, Bin Wei
  • Patent number: 8903812
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for processing video searches using query-independent quality scores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Zhihui Chen, David P. Stoutamire, Varun Kacholia, Yu He, Jonathan Frankle
  • Patent number: 8898191
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for providing connections for application processes to a database server. Each application process is allocated a virtualizing driver. The method comprises an application process requiring a connection to a database server and a virtualizing driver providing a virtual database connection interface to the application. Furthermore, the method comprises a database connection pool server brokering a real database connection to said application process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Eric R. Kass
  • Patent number: 8886675
    Abstract: A method and system for managing data clusters is provided. A first data cluster is generated having a first data object and a second data object. The first data cluster has a strict hierarchy between the first data object and the second data object. A first object reference from the first data object to the second data object is extracted. The first object reference is stored in a first reference container. A second object reference from the first data object to a third data object is extracted. The third data object is stored in a second data cluster. The second object reference is stored in a second reference container. The second object reference is stored in a second reference container. A memory access is provided to the first data cluster based on the first object reference and the second object reference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventors: Albert Zedlitz, Stefan Schulz
  • Patent number: 8873932
    Abstract: Systems and methods that receive a video stream comprising a sequence of compressed pictures, the compressed pictures comprising a plurality of levels of picture importance including a first picture level and a second picture level, track the compressed pictures to ascertain which of the compressed pictures correspond to the first level, and responsive to ascertaining which of the compressed pictures correspond to the first level, tracking the compressed pictures to ascertain which of the compressed pictures correspond to the second level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Arturo A. Rodriguez, Benjamin M. Cook, Ken L. Eppinett, John R. Bean
  • Patent number: 8873931
    Abstract: A storage medium for storing text-based subtitle data including style information, a reproducing apparatus and methods are provided for reproducing text-based subtitle data including style information separately recorded on the storage medium. The storage medium includes: multimedia image data; and text-based subtitle data for displaying subtitles on an image based on the multimedia image data, wherein the text-based subtitle data includes dialog information indicating subtitle contents to be displayed on the image, style information indicating an output style of the dialog information, and partial style information indicating an output style applied to a portion of the dialog information. Accordingly, subtitles can be provided in a plurality of languages without limited to the number of units of subtitle data. In addition, subtitle data can be easily produced and edited. Likewise, an output style of the subtitle data can be changed in a variety of ways.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kil-soo Jung, Sung-wook Park
  • Patent number: 8868507
    Abstract: A storage system maintains a journal and a snapshot of one or more data volumes. Two journal entry types are maintained, an AFTER journal entry and a BEFORE journal entry. Two modes of data recovery are provided: “fast” recovery and “undo-able”recovery. A combination of both recovery modes allows the user to quickly recover a targeted data state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kenji Yamagami
  • Patent number: 8867888
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes an input unit configured to input moving image data, a recording unit configured to record the moving image data input by the input unit to a plurality of recording media, an output unit configured to output information to a display device, a selection unit configured to select any of a plurality of modes including a first mode for simultaneously recording the moving image data input by the input unit to the plurality of recording media, and a control unit configured, when a last clip is recorded in the first mode from the moving image data of a plurality of clips recorded to the plurality of recording media, to control the output unit to output a selection screen for selecting any of the plurality of recording media, and erase the moving image data of the last clip from the selected recording medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Akihito Ishihara
  • Patent number: 8861940
    Abstract: A main-view stream and a sub-view stream are recorded on a recording medium. The main-view stream is used for monoscopic video playback. The sub-view stream is used for stereoscopic video playback in combination with the main-view stream are recorded. The main-view stream includes a plurality of main-view pictures, and the sub-view stream includes a plurality of sub-view pictures. The main-view pictures and the sub-view pictures are in one-to-one correspondence. A B picture is not used as a reference picture for compression of any of the sub-view pictures whose corresponding main-view picture is one of an I picture and a P picture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Taiji Sasaki, Hiroshi Yahata, Tomoki Ogawa, Takeshi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 8849103
    Abstract: On a recording medium, stereoscopic and monoscopic specific areas are located one after another next to a stereoscopic/monoscopic shared area. The stereoscopic/monoscopic shared area is a contiguous area to be accessed both in stereoscopic video playback and monoscopic video playback. The stereoscopic specific area is a contiguous area to be accessed immediately before a long jump occurring in stereoscopic video playback. In both the stereoscopic/monoscopic shared area and the stereoscopic specific area, extents of base-view and dependent-view stream files are arranged in an interleaved manner. The extents on the stereoscopic specific area are next in order after the extents on the stereoscopic/monoscopic shared area. The monoscopic specific area is a contiguous area to be accessed immediately before a long jump occurring in monoscopic video playback. The monoscopic specific area has a copy of the entirety of the extents of the base-view stream file recorded on the stereoscopic specific area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Taiji Sasaki, Hiroshi Yahata, Tomoki Ogawa
  • Patent number: 8842968
    Abstract: A reproduction apparatus includes a calculating portion that calculates a packet position corresponding to specified reproduction time based on header information contained in an image and sound file when reproduction time is specified by an operating portion, and a reproducing portion that starts reproduction of image and sound from a packet of the calculated packet position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shigeru Toji