Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for determining short click measures and long click measures on a per-category basis. In one aspect, a method includes determining, for each of a set of categories, a respective first threshold click duration that is a long click duration that defines a period of time for which click durations resulting from selections of resources that belong to the category and that meet the first threshold click duration are classified as long clicks, and a respective second threshold click duration is a short click duration that defines a period of time for which click durations resulting from selections of resources that belong to the category and that do not meet the second threshold click duration are classified as short clicks.

Abstract: Systems and methods dynamically manage replicas of data sets. A collection of data stores is used to redundantly store one or more replicas of one or more data sets. The replicas may be used to respond to read requests from multiple sources. Upon identification of a need to allocate storage space to a data object, space used by one or more of the replicas is allocated to the data object. Various parameters may be utilized in the selection of one or more replicas whose storage space can be allocated to the data object. The parameters may be based at least in part on characteristics of the one or more data sets relative to one another.

Abstract: Method, system, and programs for resolving data inconsistency in a distributed system having a plurality of replica instances. In response to a read request of at least one data element, a key-specific probability value for the at least one data element of the read request is retrieved. Based on the retrieved key-specific probability value and a system load of the distributed system, a self-healing probability of the at least one data element of the read request is computed. A self-healing transaction that includes the at least one data element of the read request is then generated based on the self-healing probability of the at least one data element. The generated self-healing transaction is further applied to at least some of the plurality of replica instances in the distributed system to resolve data inconsistency.

Abstract: A system and method are provided for determining a dynamic relation tree based on images in an image collection. An example system includes a memory for storing computer executable instructions, and a processing unit for accessing the memory and executing the computer executable instructions. The computer executable instructions include an event classifier to classify main characters of images in an image collection as to an event identification based on events in which the main characters appear, wherein each main character is characterized as to at least one attribute; a relation determination engine to determine relation circles of the main characters; and a construction engine to construct a dynamic relation tree representative of relations among the main characters, where the dynamic relation tree provides representations of the positions of the main characters in the relation circles, and where views of the dynamic relation tree change when different time periods are specified.

Abstract: Embodiments include a method, apparatus and computer program product for providing instructions from a database client to a database server. The method includes the steps of receiving from a database a representation of a first instruction and an associated identifier. The representation of the first instruction and the associated identifier are stored in a cache. A second instruction, from an application, is matched with the representation of the first instruction stored in the cache. The associated identifier is retrieved from the cache based on the matching and the associated identifier is sent to the database server. Upon receipt of the associated identifier, the database server executes the first instruction.

Abstract: A system for aggregating data from a plurality of operational databases, and a method for providing the same, are provided. The system includes a data store storing a collection of pre-defined extraction scripts. The extraction scripts identify data available for extraction from a plurality of operational database products, and including parameters for specifying which of the data to extract. A data warehouse server executes the extraction scripts to extract, merge, transform and load the specified data from the plurality of operational databases into a multidimensional database.

Abstract: A method and system for extracting Web content is disclosed. In one embodiment, Web content in a Webpage is extracted by identifying paragraphs in the Web content based on line-break node determination. A range of text-body associated with the identified paragraphs is then identified using a maximum scoring subsequence. Further, the identified text-body is refined using a heuristic rule of substantially horizontal alignment. Furthermore, one or more titles and one or more images associated with the Web content are extracted. Moreover, the Web content including the identified paragraphs, the one or more titles and the one or more images are outputted.

Abstract: Certain embodiments relate to systems and methods for performing data discrimination using dimensionality reduction techniques. Particularly the Sparse Matrix Transform (SMT) is applied to more efficiently determine the Fischer Discrimination vector for a given dataset. Adjustments to the SMT facilitate more robust identification of the Fischer Discrimination vector in view of various resource constraints.

Abstract: There is provided a system and method for optimized filtered data feeds to capture data and send to multiple destinations. There is provided a system comprising a memory and a processor. The memory has a database associating data feed patterns to one or more of a plurality of destinations. The processor captures data from a data feed having a data feed destination, stores the data in the memory, compares the data feed with the data feed patterns in the database to determine matched patterns, retrieves one or more destinations associated with the matched patterns, and sends the data to the data feed destination and the retrieved destinations. There is also provided a system comprising data feed sources, destinations, a network connected to the data feed sources and the destinations, and a server configured to intercept and route network traffic on the network, the server including a memory and a processor.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer readable mediums. A method includes receiving a first pre-caching rule from a policy database, receiving first data corresponding to the first pre-caching rule, and transmitting the first data to a file server cache (FSC) to be pre-cached on the FSC. The method may also include receiving a request for second data from the FSC and receiving a second pre-caching rule from the policy database. The second pre-caching rule specifies third data to be pre-cached on the FSC when the second data is requested. The method may include receiving the second data and the third data and transmitting the second data and the third data to the FSC.

Abstract: Embodiments relate to systems and methods employing personalized query expansion to suggest measures and dimensions allowing iterative building of consistent queries over a data warehouse. Embodiments may leverage one or more of: semantics defined in multi-dimensional domain models, user profiles defining preferences, and collaborative usage statistics derived from existing repositories of Business Intelligence (BI) documents (e.g. dashboards, reports). Embodiments may utilize a collaborative co-occurrence value derived from profiles of users or social network information of a user.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for enhancing selecting relevant and diverse advertisements. In one aspect, a method includes receiving an initial query, selecting one or more additional queries relating to the initial query, including selecting additional queries having a greatest utility, identifying one or more content items for each of the additional queries, the one or more content items forming a content block, and providing a content block and an associated additional query to a client device to be displayed along with search results associated with the initial query.

Abstract: A commanding interface can provide an efficient computer interface for users of assistive technology by focusing on the tasks that an application can perform, rather than on the interface the application exposes. The commanding interface can provide a search mechanism that searches for and presents functions or functionality in response and dynamically updates results as the search query is entered. Additionally, the commanding interface can prioritize search results based on contextual data, including prior search terms, prior actions, and the context of the user's interaction with the application program. The commanding interface can enable the user to filter the functions and functionality presented through the commanding interface according to types of user-performed activities for which such functions would be utilized, patterns, or heuristically determined associations.

Abstract: A method storing information that indicates similarity between contents based on content metadata associated with each content, wherein a degree of similarity between contents is based on a semantic interpretation of plot metadata included in content metadata and pertaining to each plot associated with each content; receiving a search query from a user; retrieving one or more content metadata pertaining to one or more contents based on the search query; retrieving one or more recommended content metadata pertaining to one or more recommended contents that are similar to the one or more content metadata pertaining to the one or more contents based on the stored information; and providing a search result that includes the one or more content metadata and the one or more recommended content metadata via a user interface.

Abstract: In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for sharing a single instance of a database stored using a tenant of a multi-tenant on-demand database system. These mechanisms and methods for sharing a single instance of a database stored using a tenant of a multi-tenant on-demand database system can provide a single instance of a database that is shared amongst tenants of a multi-tenant on-demand database system. The ability to provide a single instance of a database that is shared amongst tenants of a multi-tenant on-demand database system can enable the database to be managed or otherwise maintained in a central location.

Abstract: A video editing apparatus 100 includes a registering unit 91 configured to register a key candidate having a feature vector of a sound signal which is determined to be registered on the basis of a co-occurrence score to a managing unit 51 as a search key, and a cutting out unit 71 configured to obtain an integration score in each of the blocks from the degree of similarity of the registered search key in each of the blocks and cut out a group of blocks exceeding an integration threshold value from among the integration scores as one video scene.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a latent semantic mapping (LSM) space is generated from a collection of a plurality of documents, where the LSM space includes a plurality of document vectors, each representing one of the documents in the collection. For each of the document vectors considered as a centroid document vector, a group of document vectors is identified in the LSM space that are within a predetermined hypersphere diameter from the centroid document vector. As a result, multiple groups of document vectors are formed. The predetermined hypersphere diameter represents a predetermined closeness measure among the document vectors in the LSM space. Thereafter, a group from the plurality of groups is designated as a cluster of document vectors, where the designated group contains a maximum number of document vectors among the plurality of groups.

Abstract: A method, system, and program product for implementing consistent snapshots in a replication environment, the replication environment having a production site having a splitter, and a storage media the method comprising, selecting a set of media from the storage medium, creating a consistency group of the selected set of storage media, creating a journal at the production site, splitting I/O to the consistency group, and recording the split I/O in the journal.

Abstract: A method can include receiving a search request from a user interface (UI), selecting one or more repositories in response to the search request, and displaying, on a display device, search results corresponding to the selected repositories. The selected repositories are a subset of a plurality of available repositories, as specified by an administrator. By selecting or de-selecting the available repositories, a user can define or refine a search of the available repositories. In various implementations, the method includes interface elements that assist a user in previewing revised search results based on revised selections of repositories, and/or selections of subcategories of information available in one or more of the repositories.

Abstract: Systems and methods for optimal data storage are provided. The method comprises storing data objects that are most closely related in a storage container by modeling a constraint satisfaction problem for placement of said data objects in one or more storage containers, wherein a weight is assigned to an edge connecting two data objects based on an association defining relationships between the two data objects connected by said edge, taking into account certain penalties for placing multiple copies of the same object in the one or more storage containers, and wherein a storage container comprises a logical or physical storage area as a unit of storage.