Abstract: A search-based email client may incorporate a number of useful features. A search function can default to a search of all email contexts, thereby eliminating user cogitation over which context an email message may be stored in. Furthermore, the search function can automatically search for related personal content and/or related information on the internet or other computer network, and present this useful information to the user in addition to the returned emails. The search function can be integrated into a user interface to allow for one-click searches on any likely search field. The search function can search the body of email messages by default, thereby widening the scope of default searches and eliminating potentially missed information and user need to proactively widen their search. A search function can search attachments, which also provides a wider search scope.

Abstract: A search-based email client may incorporate a number of useful features. A search function can default to a search of all email contexts, thereby eliminating user cogitation over which context an email message may be stored in. Furthermore, the search function can automatically search for related personal content and/or related information on the internet or other computer network, and present this useful information to the user in addition to the returned emails. The search function can be integrated into a user interface to allow for one-click searches on any likely search field. The search function can search the body of email messages by default, thereby widening the scope of default searches and eliminating potentially missed information and user need to proactively widen their search. A search function can search attachments, which also provides a wider search scope.

Abstract: A search-based email client may incorporate a number of useful features. A search function can default to a search of all email contexts, thereby eliminating user cogitation over which context an email message may be stored in. Furthermore, the search function can automatically search for related personal content and/or related information on the internet or other computer network, and present this useful information to the user in addition to the returned emails. The search function can be integrated into a user interface to allow for one-click searches on any likely search field. The search function can search the body of email messages by default, thereby widening the scope of default searches and eliminating potentially missed information and user need to proactively widen their search. A search function can search attachments, which also provides a wider search scope.

Abstract: A search-based email client may incorporate a number of useful features. A search function can default to a search of all email contexts, thereby eliminating user cogitation over which context an email message may be stored in. Furthermore, the search function can automatically search for related personal content and/or related information on the internet or other computer network, and present this useful information to the user in addition to the returned emails. The search function can be integrated into a user interface to allow for one-click searches on any likely search field. The search function can search the body of email messages by default, thereby widening the scope of default searches and eliminating potentially missed information and user need to proactively widen their search. A search function can search attachments, which also provides a wider search scope.

Abstract: A method and system for transacting with an agency participating on an advertising exchange network for serving online advertisements. An advertising exchange agency may serve multiple roles in the advertising exchange network. The method includes storing a machine-readable representation of a plurality of network entities in a directed graph representation. Network configurations codified in directed graph representations include the identification of at least one agency that participates on the advertising exchange as well as identification of at least one network entity that does not participate on the advertising exchange, thus providing a buyer-seller online advertising marketplace. Servers are configured for transmitting an opportunity to serve an online advertisement to the advertising exchange network, and one or more network entities are configured to deliver the online advertisement.

Abstract: Systems and methods for query processing and indexing of documents in connection with a content store in a computing system are provided. In various embodiments, an indexing model is provided that is optimized for fast, efficient and scalable retrieval of documents satisfying a query, including the mixed use of forward and inverted indexing representations, including algorithms for achieving a balance between the two representations. When processing queries, fast and efficient generation of reverse chronologically ordered posting lists is enabled for efficient execution of logical operators on query result sets. A term expand index is also provided wherein the overall terms included in the term expand index are decomposed into a plurality of lexicon files, which are combined when convenient for fast, scalable efficiency when performing queries of the content in the content store.

Abstract: Systems and methods for generating a document identifier, for a document received at a content store, to be used to generate at least one posting list in connection with querying a content store is described.

Abstract: Systems and methods for automatically updating queries on a data store, such as a personal content database (PCDB), are provided. A query engine runs queries against two indexes: a first index that represents a previous state of documents and a second index that represents a current state of documents. The query is run twice and a delta analysis is performed, i.e., a determination is made as to which documents have changed in some respect from the previous state to the current state, and a view or a count associated with at least one query changes in accordance with the delta analysis. Transactions may be batched dynamically by a transaction manager until an optimal number of documents have changed or a certain amount of time has passed prior to re-running the query and performing the delta analysis.

Abstract: Systems and methods for query processing and indexing of documents in connection with a content store in a computing system are provided. In various embodiments, an indexing model is provided that is optimized for fast, efficient and scalable retrieval of documents satisfying a query, including the mixed use of forward and inverted indexing representations, including algorithms for achieving a balance between the two representations. When processing queries, fast and efficient generation of reverse chronologically ordered posting lists is enabled for efficient execution of logical operators on query result sets. A term expand index is also provided wherein the overall terms included in the term expand index are decomposed into a plurality of lexicon files, which are combined when convenient for fast, scalable efficiency when performing queries of the content in the content store.

Abstract: Systems and methods for selecting a time/date, or a range of times/dates are provided. In one aspect, systems and methods having non-linear timeline UI mechanism(s) for selecting a date, or selecting a date range, are provided. In recognition that user interaction with and recall of time varies depending upon how far away the time period of interest is from the present time, the non-linear timeline provides UI mechanism(s) for selecting a time having different granularities of time in different portions of the timeline. Additionally, in recognition that user interaction with dates and times is not always in terms of numbers, but rather in terms of events, etc., occurring at or around a particular time period of interest, systems and methods having date relation UI techniques are provided.

Abstract: Undesirable behavior patterns of computers on a network impact network performance. A system and method are provided for limiting the impact of undesirable behavior of computers on the network. The network, through which packets of data are interchanged between the computers, includes one or more forwarding devices that are controlled or instructed by one or more packet traffic monitors. Each of the packet traffic monitors is configured for monitoring the packets; for determining if the information about the pattern of behavior from any of the computers is trustworthy; for determining, upon discovering that one or more of the patterns of behavior is undesirable, a type of the undesirable pattern behavior; and for determining a proper action for mitigating that type of undesirable behavior. The proper action is performed by mitigation means controlling the one or more forwarding devices.

Abstract: Systems and methods for selecting a time/date, or a range of times/dates are provided. In one aspect, systems and methods having non-linear timeline UI mechanism(s) for selecting a date, or selecting a date range, are provided. In recognition that user interaction with and recall of time varies depending upon how far away the time period of interest is from the present time, the non-linear timeline provides UI mechanism(s) for selecting a time having different granularities of time in different portions of the timeline. Additionally, in recognition that user interaction with dates and times is not always in terms of numbers, but rather in terms of events, etc., occurring at or around a particular time period of interest, systems and method having date relation UI techniques are provided.

Abstract: A web crawler system includes a central processing unit for performing computations in accordance with stored procedures and a network interface for accessing remotely located computers via a network. A web crawler module downloads pages from remotely located servers via the network interface. A first link processing module obtains page link information from the downloaded page; the page link information includes for each downloaded page a row of page identifiers of other pages. A second link processing module encodes the rows of page identifies in a space efficient manner. It arranges the rows of page identifiers in a particular order. For each respective row it identifies a prior row, if any, that best matches the respective row in accordance with predefined row match criteria, determines a set of deletes representing page identifiers in the identified prior row not in the respective row, and determines a set of adds representing page identifiers in the respective row not in the identifier prior row.

Abstract: Systems and methods for selecting a time/date, or a range of times/dates are provided. In one aspect, systems and methods having non-linear timeline UI mechanism(s) for selecting a date, or selecting a date range, are provided. In recognition that user interaction with and recall of time varies depending upon how far away the time period of interest is from the present time, the non-linear timeline provides UI mechanism(s) for selecting a time having different granularities of time in different portions of the timeline. Additionally, in recognition that user interaction with dates and times is not always in terms of numbers, but rather in terms of events, etc., occurring at or around a particular time period of interest, systems and methods having date relation UI techniques are provided.

Abstract: Systems and methods for selecting a time/date, or a range of times/dates are provided. In one aspect, systems and methods having non-linear timeline UI mechanism(s) for selecting a date, or selecting a date range, are provided. In recognition that user interaction with and recall of time varies depending upon how far away the time period of interest is from the present time, the non-linear timeline provides UI mechanism(s) for selecting a time having different granularities of time in different portions of the timeline. Additionally, in recognition that user interaction with dates and times is not always in terms of numbers, but rather in terms of events, etc., occurring at or around a particular time period of interest, systems and method having date relation UI techniques are provided.

Abstract: Managing end stations locations in a bridged network includes providing a smart bridge, and performing communications operations using a network flood active port connections table, a network flood reaching table, a best path forwarding table and a best path sourcing table. An end station locations revision manages a host location (HLOC) table. End stations locations revision is invoked upon detection of changes in any end station location. The end stations locations revision exchanges location revision grandparent (LRG), a location revision child (LRC) table and a location revision wavefront distribution protocol. The locations revision passes the location revision request from the smart bridge over a topology of the bridged network. A location revision wavefront starts at the root and, spreads a location revision request for revising the HLOC of the other smart bridges. The wavefront spreads by wavefront protocol.

Abstract: A connectivity server for a collecting, arranging and representing data defining the interconnection of pages on the World Wide Web (Web). A URL Database stores URLs and associates a fingerprint and CS_id with each URL. The URL Database interface is operable to translate between any two of a URL, a fingerprint, and a Host_id. A Host Database associates a Host_id with each distinct hostname in the URL Database. The Host Database interface is operable to accept a Host_id and return a number equal to the number of URLs on the respective host and to return the CS_ids of those URLs. A Link Database stores links between source URLs and destination URLs. The Link Database interface is operable to retrieve, for a given CS_id, the number of inlinks to and outlinks from the URL corresponding to the CS_id.

Abstract: A web crawler system includes a central processing unit for performing computations in accordance with stored procedures and a network interface for accessing remotely located computers via a network. A web crawler module downloads pages from remotely located servers via the network interface. A first link processing module obtains page link information from the downloaded page; the page link information includes for each downloaded page a row of page identifiers of other pages. A second link processing module encodes the rows of page identifies in a space efficient manner. It arranges the rows of page identifiers in a particular order. For each respective row it identifies a prior row, if any, that best matches the respective row in accordance with predefined row match criteria, determines a set of deletes representing page identifiers in the identified prior row not in the respective row, and determines a set of adds representing page identifiers in the respective row not in the identifier prior row.

Abstract: Undesirable behavior patterns of computers on a network impact network performance. A system and method are provided for limiting the impact of undesirable behavior of computers on the network. The network, through which packets of data are interchanged between the computers, includes one or more forwarding devices that are controlled or instructed by one or more packet traffic monitors. Each of the packet traffic monitors is configured for monitoring the packets; for determining if the information about the pattern of behavior from any of the computers is trustworthy; for determining, upon discovering that one or more of the patterns of behavior is undesirable, a type of the undesirable pattern behavior; and for determining a proper action for mitigating that type of undesirable behavior. The proper action is performed by mitigation means controlling the one or more forwarding devices.

Abstract: In a computer implemented method, a client computer connected to a public network such as the Internet makes a request for an intranet resource to a tunnel of a firewall isolating the intranet from the Internet. The request is made in a public message. The tunnel sends a message to the client computer to redirect to a proxy server of the tunnel. The client computer send a token and the request for the resource the proxy server. If the token is valid, the request is forwarded to the intranet, otherwise, the user of the client computer must first be authenticated.