Patents Issued in June 14, 2007
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Publication number: 20070136213Abstract: A method that utilizes a first process that detects if a first printed region that is a fraudulent copy based on information associated with the first printed region; and utilizes the information obtained in the first process to determine in a second process if a second printed region is a fraudulent copy. The information associated with the first printed region may be printer mode, i.e., economic, medium, best, ink cartridge identification number, or numbers, type of ink or inks, resolution of the first and second image, print head angle, resolution pattern, etc. The first process detects fraudulent copies of images more quickly.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2005Publication date: June 14, 2007Applicant: Pitney Bowes IncorporatedInventors: Ronald Sansone, Robert Cordery, William Kilmartin
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Publication number: 20070136214Abstract: A method for managing consumable material required to produce an indicia on pieces of markable material. The method is provided having the steps of: providing a device having consumable material, the device adapted to produce the indicia with the consumable material; providing a central location; connecting the device to the central location through a connection; measuring the amount of consumable material at the device; notifying the central location through the connection when the amount of consumable material measured reaches a predetermined level; and replenishing the material for the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2005Publication date: June 14, 2007Inventor: Fetneh Eskandari
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Publication number: 20070136215Abstract: Instead of returning undeliverable mail to mailers, a postal authority such as the U.S. Postal Service destroys the mail, while electronically transmitting, to the mailer, data that identifies undeliverable mailpieces and reasons why the mailpieces could not be delivered.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2005Publication date: June 14, 2007Inventors: Thomas Fogel, Stewart Gibson, Joann Martin, Jeff Stangle, Paul Kovlakas
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Publication number: 20070136216Abstract: In a franking system, a postal security device (PSD) is used to account for postage dispensation, and generate digital signatures for inclusion in postage indicia to authenticate same. In accordance with the invention, the PSD includes multiple crypto processors which participate in franking transactions and generate the digital signatures in a multiplexed manner. Each crypto processor verifies the accounting of postage dispensation leading to and including the transactions in which the crypto processor participates. In addition, the crypto processors re-create transaction records and store them therein in a distributed manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2007Publication date: June 14, 2007Inventors: Mark Simcik, Allen Crowf
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Publication number: 20070136217Abstract: A system and method are provided for remotely capturing, processing and displaying spot electricity pricing information that enable a consumer to conveniently monitor market prices and use such information to determine when and how to consume electricity. A terminal is conveniently located within the residence of the consumer, and is preferably designed to be ergonomic in its human interface, as well as aesthetically pleasing. The terminal provides a convenient, intelligent and thus useful device so as to enable the consumer to take advantage of favourable spot pricing offered by an electricity supplier using data that has already been transmitted to a smart meter, or similar data provided by an independent entity.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2006Publication date: June 14, 2007Inventors: Peter Johnson, Aldo Liberatore
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Publication number: 20070136218Abstract: Embodiments in accordance with the present invention relate to methods and apparatus for an intelligent human-machine interface. By way of example, but not limited thereto, embodiments of methods and apparatus are presented of an intelligent human-machine interface for the operating room, and more particularly, to systems and processes for real-time management and feedback of process control, situational awareness, logistics, communication, and documentation, herein referred to as system. One element of the system, among others, provides a knowledge base that organizes information and rules that enables an accurate, relevant and timely decision support system. The knowledge base is represented in a hierarchical structure of functions and systems. The system serves as platform for the avoidance, detection and timely correction of errors, and as such, acts as a countermeasure to error.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2005Publication date: June 14, 2007Inventors: James Bauer, Kenneth Funk, Roberto Nicolade Flores
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Publication number: 20070136219Abstract: An intelligent multi-agent system by a learning engine and method for operating the same is provided. In the method, user state information is generated corresponding to a task at a plurality of zone agents. The user state information is received and a user behavior pattern is learned through the learning engine. The behavior pattern learned by the learning engine is outputted in the form of a rule. A task generator generates a task corresponding to the output rule. By the operating method, the present invention can be employed in all applications which intend to provide service suitable for a condition by adapting services positioning at different zones to user's behavior pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2006Publication date: June 14, 2007Inventors: Minkyoung Kim, Hyun Kim
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Publication number: 20070136220Abstract: A classification model learning apparatus for learning a classification model for extracting a particular event from a text includes an evaluation unit for evaluating the existence or nonexistence of the particular event for a plurality of learning texts having both a text and information on the existence or nonexistence of the particular event by applying an event related expression for evaluating the existence or nonexistence of the particular event to each learning text of the plurality of learning texts, an extracting unit for extracting a learning text in accordance with the existence or nonexistence of the particular event evaluated by the evaluation unit, and a learning unit for learning a classification model based on the learning text extracted by the extracting unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2006Publication date: June 14, 2007Inventor: Shigeaki Sakurai
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Publication number: 20070136221Abstract: Automated facet analysis of input information selected from a domain of information in accordance with a source data structure is described. Facet analysis may proceed by discovering at least one of facets, facet attributes, and facet attribute hierarchies of the input information using pattern augmentation and statistical analyses to identify patterns of facet attribute relationships in the input information.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2006Publication date: June 14, 2007Inventors: Peter Sweeney, Zhengrong Yao
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Publication number: 20070136222Abstract: An architecture is presented that facilitates the determination of user context by employing questions and answers, and reasoning about user intentions, goals and/or needs based on contextual clues and content. A context component facilitates capture and analysis of context data and a clarification component initiates human interaction as feedback to validate determination of the user context. The context component can include a number of subsystems that facilitate capture and analysis of context data associated with the user context, for example, a portable communications device (e.g., a cell phone) can employ an image capture subsystem (e.g., a camera) that tales a picture of a context object or structure such as a sign, building, mountain, and so on. The image can then be analyzed for graphical content and text content.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2005Publication date: June 14, 2007Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventor: Eric Horvitz
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Publication number: 20070136223Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for generating a decision tree using an inference engine in a ubiquitous environment. In the method, a data table for a data event set is generated based on information collected by at least one sensor. Subsequently, a weight value of the data event set is established, and an entropy is calculated based on the established weight value (here, the entropy is a scale for classifying the information collected by the sensor into respective classes). In addition, the decision tree for the collected information is formed based on the calculated entropy.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2006Publication date: June 14, 2007Applicants: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, The Industry & Academic Cooperation in Chungnam National University (IAC)Inventors: Jung-Sook Bae, Kyung-Sook Kim, Gyung-Chul Shin, Won-Don Lee, Dong-Hee Kim
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Publication number: 20070136224Abstract: A method of data fusion comprises the steps of: receiving a plurality of decisions and associated confidences; determining probabilities of a set of the decisions; if the probabilities are not zero, then choosing the decision having a highest likelihood from the plurality of decisions; and if the probabilities are zero, then selecting an algorithm to be used for choosing one of the decisions.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2005Publication date: June 14, 2007Applicant: Northrop Grumman CorporationInventor: Omar Aboutalib
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Publication number: 20070136225Abstract: Systems and methods that enhance estimate(s) of features (e.g., word associations), via employing a sampling component (e.g., sketches) that facilitates computations of sample contingency tables, and designates occurrences (or absence) of features in data (e.g., words in document lists). The sampling component can further include a contingency table generator and an estimation that employs a likelihood argument (e.g., partial likelihood, maximum likelihood, and the like) to estimate features/word pair(s) associations in the contingency tables.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2005Publication date: June 14, 2007Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Kenneth Church, Ping Li
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Publication number: 20070136226Abstract: A method of managing incoming files in a work environment that includes receiving at least one incoming file, extracting and storing in memory at least one of a ticket and a content file from the incoming file, reading the ticket extracted from the incoming file, updating a path to the content file on the basis of the read ticket, updating the ticket with data form the work environment, storing the updated path to the content file in a memory, and submitting the updated ticket to a work flow.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2005Publication date: June 14, 2007Applicant: XEROX CORPORATIONInventor: Christopher Irick
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Publication number: 20070136227Abstract: A location-based search engine is improved by using a ranking algorithm that combines clickthrough measurements with implicit user location. The location is passed to the search, without requiring explicit user input of the location.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2005Publication date: June 14, 2007Inventor: Maarten Wegdam
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Publication number: 20070136228Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed to provide remote check-in for one or more targeted events for a user by tracking a check-in time for each targeted event using a queue; and scheduling a transmission of a message to the user through a wireless device a predetermined time before the targeted event starts.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2005Publication date: June 14, 2007Inventor: Lars Petersen
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Publication number: 20070136229Abstract: A transmitter-receiver system includes: a transmitting apparatus configured to transmit data categorized into groups recorded on a recording medium; and a receiving apparatus configured to receive the data; wherein the transmitting apparatus includes: a read unit configured to read a destination of the data, the destination which is recorded on the recording medium and associated with the group of the data; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit data categorized into a predetermined group and group information showing the group to the destination read by the read unit, and the receiving apparatus includes: a receiving unit configured to receive data and group information transmitted from the transmitting unit; and a record control unit configured to record the data in a folder corresponding to the group based on the group information.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2006Publication date: June 14, 2007Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Mitsutoshi SHINKAI, Fumihiro Nagasawa
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Publication number: 20070136230Abstract: An electronic device comprises a memory unit and a controller. The memory unit is operable to store data and accessibility information that shows whether the data is accessible. The controller is operable to determine whether the accessibility information is stored in the memory unit when having access to the data. The controller is further operable to access the data when the accessibility information is stored in the memory unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2006Publication date: June 14, 2007Inventor: Hyok-sang Kwon
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Publication number: 20070136231Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for accessing information from a dataset in a network is provided. An example of the dataset may include a webpage, which has a pre-defined context associated with it. A dictionary is selected, corresponding to the pre-defined context. Context-relevant information is identified from the content of the webpage, based on the dictionary. At least one link is integrated in the content, based on the context-relevant information. The links on the webpage may invoke one or more pop-ups. The content of the one or more pop-ups is generated in real time and is relevant to the pre-defined context of the webpage.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2005Publication date: June 14, 2007Inventor: Ranjit Padmanabhan
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Publication number: 20070136232Abstract: Tags are displayed to provide an overall view of computing device activity of a log of records. A bar element is displayed, having sides corresponding to a beginning and an ending time of the log. The tags are displayed within the bar element. Each tag corresponds to a time between the beginning and ending times. The time intervals between the times of immediately successive tags are at least substantially equal. The tags are displayed within the bar element such that they denote relative locations of records that represent computing device activity having occurred at least substantially around the times of the tags. The log of records may be scrolled through within a window, at a speed inversely proportional to spacing between immediately successive tags. The same or different tags may further each graphically represent a time that the computing device activity to which a record corresponds occurred.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2005Publication date: June 14, 2007Inventors: Kazuo Nemoto, Hiroyasu Ohsaki
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Publication number: 20070136233Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for analyzing, deconstructing, reconstructing, and repurposing rhetorical content. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a content management system (400) having a database (404), and a controller (402) for managing the database. The controller can be programmed to retrieve (702) at least one of a first plurality of records, each including content, retrieve (706) rhetorical libraries, identify (714) patterns between the rhetorical libraries and the content of each record, and deconstruct (718) the content into one or more rhetorical topics according to the patterns identified. Additional embodiments are disclosed for analyzing, deconstructing, reconstructing, and repurposing content.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2005Publication date: June 14, 2007Applicant: SBC Knowledge Ventures LPInventors: Nabha Rege, John Cobb, Yeow Lee, Lee Cobb, Kristen Sebastian
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Publication number: 20070136234Abstract: Methods and systems for generating query and result-based relevance indexes are provided. For one embodiment, a plurality of queries is received from a plurality of users. Each query of the plurality of queries is measured based on one or more metrics. The measured data of each query is stored. The queries are associated into topical query categories. A performance of a first query category is calculated based on at least one metric of the one or more metrics. A metric data request for a select category is received from a client. Lastly, the stored measured data of the selected category is transmitted to the client in response to the metric data request.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2005Publication date: June 14, 2007Inventors: Alan Levin, Kaushal Kurapati, Tomasz Imielinski, Apostolos Gerasoulis, Alexandrin Popescul
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Publication number: 20070136235Abstract: Systems and methods are provided to monitor usage of software applications and services. According to some embodiments, it may be determined that an application event has occurred. At least a portion of a file name may be accessed and compared to one or more actual file identifiers. An actual file identifier may then be selected based on the comparison.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2005Publication date: June 14, 2007Inventor: Christopher Hess
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Publication number: 20070136236Abstract: The present invention relates to network computing and in particular to a method and respective system for operating a Web Services search method in a networked environment—in particular the Internet, wherein a Service Broker is requested by a Service Consumer for offering Web Services, and a Service Provider provides a requested Web Service to the Service Consumer, and wherein a Service Provider registers Web Services at the Service Broker and wherein the Web Services are implemented preferably by respective Remote Portlets running on a Portal Server of the Service Provider.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2006Publication date: June 14, 2007Inventors: Timo Kussmaul, Andreas Arning
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Publication number: 20070136237Abstract: A computer readable medium includes executable instructions to receive a query, receive information about the identity of the query requester, send the query to at least one data source, receive data from the at least one data source, and apply confidentiality criteria to the data based on a set of rules to produce masked confidential data. The masked confidential data is returned in a report in response to the query.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2006Publication date: June 14, 2007Applicant: BUSINESS OBJECTS, S.A.Inventors: Paul BARKER, Philip MARSON
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Publication number: 20070136238Abstract: A system and method are disclosed to improve processing time of a database system by continuous automatic background optimization of a cache memory that is fragmented into a plurality of cache fragments is described. The system and method include collecting indicators about efficiency of individual cache fragments by at least one of measuring a cache hit ratio of each cache fragment, measuring a processing time that a CPU of the database system needs to prepare data in the individual cache fragments, and measuring execution time the CPU needs to process the data in accordance with a SQL query. The system and method include calculating and revising approximation curves for measured values of each cache fragment to find a combination of cache fragment sizes with a highest system throughput. The system and method include changing the sizes of the cache fragments to receive highest system throughput.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2006Publication date: June 14, 2007Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Hans-Juergen Bildhaeuser, Holger Karn
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Publication number: 20070136239Abstract: Provided is a stream data processing system and method for avoiding duplication of data process. The system including: an evaluation result storing unit for updating and storing a query condition evaluation result; a window evaluating unit for performing window evaluation; a data separating unit for separating data into new data and duplication input data; a reuse result extracting unit for receiving duplication input data from the data separating unit and extracting a query condition evaluation result; a query condition evaluating unit for receiving new data from the data separating unit, performing query condition evaluation and creating a query condition evaluation result; and a result organizing unit for receiving the query condition evaluation result, merging, outputting and transmitting the query condition evaluation result to the evaluation result storing unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2006Publication date: June 14, 2007Inventors: Hun-Soon Lee, Mi-Young Lee, Myung-Joon Kim
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Publication number: 20070136240Abstract: An optical disc playing system, comprises a selecting apparatus for receiving a command from a user, which requires to play a part of content of a program in the optical disc; a sending apparatus for sending a request which requires to provide the related information of said part of content; a receiving apparatus for receiving the related information; and a reading-out apparatus for reading out the received related information and said part of content. An optical disc playing method using said system comprises the steps of: receiving a command from a user, which requires to play a part of content of a program in the optical disc; sending a request which requires to provide the related information of said part of content; receiving the related information; and playing the disc in coordination with said part of content using the received related information.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2004Publication date: June 14, 2007Inventors: Bei Wang, Declan Kelly
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Publication number: 20070136241Abstract: This document describes techniques that enable an application to operate as if the application were running on its native computing system when it is actually running on another computing system. The techniques may do so by building a portable registry having metadata particular to the application, which can be stored in a portable device along with that application. When that portable device is connected to another computing system, the portable registry may be used to supplement or supplant the other computing system's registry to enable the application to operate with its particular functionality.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2005Publication date: June 14, 2007Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Aidan Hughes, David Yalovsky, Anzhelika Nishanova
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Publication number: 20070136242Abstract: Automated system, method and program for managing a change to a computer program. One or more servers which the changed computer program accesses or uses to perform one or more functions are determined. One or more other computer programs in one or more other servers which access the one or more servers are determined. People responsible for the one or more servers and the one or more other computer programs and/or the one or more other servers that the changed computer program has been changed are notified. Another automated system, method and program for managing a change to a computer program is disclosed. One or more servers which the changed computer program accesses are determined by automatically querying configuration files of the changed computer program. People responsible for the one or more servers are notified that the changed computer program has been changed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2005Publication date: June 14, 2007Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: John Auvenshine, Justin Blackburn, Nicolas Fosdick
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Publication number: 20070136243Abstract: Described is a system and method to create an index for a plurality of documents, the index including hash codes corresponding to each word in the plurality of documents, wherein each hash code corresponds to one or more of the plurality of documents, receive a query including a search word, create a search hash code from the search word, compare the search hash code to the hash codes in the index and return the one or more of the plurality of documents corresponding to one of the hash codes matching the search hash code.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2005Publication date: June 14, 2007Inventor: Markus Schorn
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Publication number: 20070136244Abstract: A unique system, user interface, and method that facilitate sharing objects in a query-based storage environment are provided. A query can be generated using metadata and the results therefrom can be obtained and shared with one or more recipients. The query and/or query results can be represented as an icon. Sharing of the query and/or query results can be accomplished in part by dragging the icon to the desired recipient. Queries can be shared as a standing query or a snapshot of the query. For standing queries, recipients can be notified when a set of query results changes. In general, queries can be saved by the user and accessed again at a later time. The user interface provides a plurality of navigation tools to facilitate the viewing of objects based on their metadata and the generation of queries.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2005Publication date: June 14, 2007Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Matthew MacLaurin, Andrzej Turski, Lili Cheng, Cezary Marcjan
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Publication number: 20070136245Abstract: Systems and methods are provided to facilitate retrieval of context relevant information. According to some embodiments, an event associated with a computer system is captured. In response to the captured event, a subset of data objects are selected that may be related to the event. A list associated with the subset of data objects may then be created, wherein the list is at least partially ordered based on a degree of relevance between a data object in the list and the event. Information associated with the created list may then be provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2005Publication date: June 14, 2007Inventors: Christopher Hess, Michael Wynblatt, Mark Sher
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Publication number: 20070136246Abstract: Open-domain question answering is the task of finding a concise answer to a natural language question using a large domain, such as the Internet. The use of a semantic role labeling approach to the extraction of the answers to an open domain factoid (Who/When/What/Where) natural language question that contains a predicate is described. Semantic role labeling identities predicates and semantic argument phrases in the natural language question and the candidate sentences. When searching for an answer to a natural language question, the missing argument in the question is matched using semantic parses of the candidate answers. Such a technique may improve the accuracy of a question answering system and may decrease the length of answers for enabling voice interface to a question answering system.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2005Publication date: June 14, 2007Applicant: AT&T Corp.Inventors: Svetlana Stenchikova, Gokhan Tur, Dilek Tur
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Computer-implemented system and method for obtaining customized information related to media content
Publication number: 20070136247Abstract: A computer-implemented system and method for obtaining information related to media content is disclosed. Embodiments relate to a computer-implemented method including: obtaining a user profile from an external location, extracting media content interests from the user profile, correlating the media content interests to media characteristic information related to media content items, optionally enhancing the media characteristic information by obtaining additional media characteristic information, optionally obtaining filtering preferences from the user, and using at least a portion of the media characteristic information and the filtering preferences to obtain related information from an external source.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2006Publication date: June 14, 2007Inventor: Frank Vigil -
Publication number: 20070136248Abstract: A system and method performs a search for news story articles including at least one question. The at least one question is associated with at least one search keyword received from a user. At least one news story article including at least one question associated with the at least one keyword is retrieved. The retrieved at least one news story article can be provided to an information processing system used by the user. A heading associated with the retrieved at least one news story article is provided to the user. The heading includes the at least one question.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2006Publication date: June 14, 2007Applicant: Ashantipic LimitedInventors: Sahar Sarid, Kishore Bhavnanie
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Publication number: 20070136249Abstract: An information processing system including a support section that displays a document in a given region and supports creation of the document, an acceptance section that accepts a search request in relation to a search target when the search target is selected from the document in the given region, and a search section that searches for information related to the search target based on the search request in relation to the search target.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2006Publication date: June 14, 2007Applicant: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideto Yuzawa, Yoshifumi Matsunaga, Akinori Komura, Tomokazu Yago
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Publication number: 20070136250Abstract: One aspect of the present invention is a system for classifying element nodes in a subtree-structured XML database. The XQE structural-textual classification system is sensitive to both the textual resemblance between document elements as well as the structural resemblance between document elements. The XQE structural-textual classification system might use the XQE parent-child index described in Lindblad II-A for the purpose of forming vectors of “terms” which encode both the structural and the textual content of XML elements. The element vectors are processed by a classifier to create class prototype vectors which can be used to classify elements as they are added to the database.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2006Publication date: June 14, 2007Applicant: Mark Logic CorporationInventors: Christopher Lindblad, Paul Pedersen
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Publication number: 20070136251Abstract: The invention provides a system and method of processing a query directed to a database. The invention comprises implementing the steps of: obtaining the query from a user; disambiguating the query using a knowledge base to obtain a set of identifiable senses associated with words in the query; obtaining a set of interpretations of the query; presenting the set of interpretations to the user; obtaining from the user a selected interpretation from the set; obtaining a providing results for the selected query interpretation. The invention also allows updates to databases for users, sessions and common data relating to the best identified results for the queries, to improve and personalize disambiguation of subsequent queries by a user.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2006Publication date: June 14, 2007Applicant: Idilia Inc.Inventors: Matthew Colledge, Marc Carrier
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Publication number: 20070136252Abstract: A novel listing republication system and methods are provided for republication of sales listings from websites with syndication feed websites of commercial retailers. Users mark websites with syndication feed entries for republication using a unique tag keyword. Other tags of the website with a syndication feed or taxonomy-like hierarchical organization of commercial retailers are used to index each republished listing to make it searchable. The system automatically monitors the original listings for changes periodically using a syndication feed analyzer or a ping-server. A geographical identification system is used to allow users to search based on geography.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2006Publication date: June 14, 2007Inventors: Keith Teare, Matt Kaufman, Vidar Hokstad
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Publication number: 20070136253Abstract: An image forming apparatus (1000) is equipped with a scanner (1002) for scanning a paper document to thereby convert it to document data; a document memory (1008) for storing the document data; and a history memory (1007) for holding a history of user operations on the document data in association with whether or not the user operations are being managed as an object of control processing. A user operation upon document data is accepted from a operating unit (1001). If this user operation is being managed as an operation that is not an object of control processing in the history memory (1007), then the document data is processed based upon this user operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2006Publication date: June 14, 2007Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Ryutaro WATANABE
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Publication number: 20070136254Abstract: Provided are a system and a method for processing integrated queries against an input data stream and data stored in a database using trigger. The system for processing an integrated query against an input data stream and data stored in a database using a trigger, including: a data stream manager for managing a continuously inputted data stream; a trigger result manager for registering a trigger in a database which interworks with the trigger result manager and forming a set of results that are obtained by executing the registered trigger to thereby provide the set of results in real time; and an executer for processing an integrated query against the data stream from the data stream manager and data stored in the database, wherein the integrated query is processed by referring to the set of results from the trigger result manager for the data stored in the database.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2006Publication date: June 14, 2007Inventors: Hyun-Hwa Choi, Mi-Young Lee, Myung-Cheol Lee, Myung-Joon Kim
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Publication number: 20070136255Abstract: A system and method are provided for generating, maintaining and rendering landing pages. The system may include a user interface configured to allow input of an identification of a plurality of fields and rendering criteria. A template defines a look and feel of a web page. A landing page generating facility is configured to receive an identification of a plurality of fields and rendering criteria from the user interface and to generate a landing page based on the template and the rendering criteria. The landing page includes the plurality of fields.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2006Publication date: June 14, 2007Applicant: iNeoMarketing, Inc.Inventors: Joseph Rizzo, Brian Davis, Jason Clamp
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Publication number: 20070136256Abstract: Embodiments of a data representation system for describing specific data sets, such as documents, web pages, or search engine queries, based on data tokens, such as words or n-grams, contained in a collection of documents are described. Such a system can be used in any type of information retrieval application, such as a document, web page, or online advertisement serving process, based on an information request, such as a query executed through an Internet search engine. For example, when a search is performed at a search engine, a content provider uses the system to represent the search query and compares the query representation against representations of a set of content in order to identify, retrieve and aggregate the content from the set most relevant to the search query, in the form of a web page or other data unit for display or access through the web browser.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2006Publication date: June 14, 2007Inventors: Shyam Kapur, Ayman Farahat, Richard Chatwin
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Publication number: 20070136257Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided an information processing apparatus including a storing unit which stores moving image contents. A scene searching key transmitting unit transmits, to a metadata management server via a network, a scene searching key for searching for a scene from the moving image contents stored in the storing unit. A metadata obtaining unit obtains, from the metadata management server, a result of searching by another information processing apparatus with respect to the moving image contents based on the scene searching key. The result is obtained as metadata.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2006Publication date: June 14, 2007Inventor: Junichi Yoshizawa
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Publication number: 20070136258Abstract: When a number of document data registered in one of full-text index-for-registration/deletion storage parts reaches a predetermined number, or when a capacity of the full-text index-for-registration/deletion storage part reaches a predetermined capacity, a merge processing is performed for merging data from the full-text index-for-registration/deletion storage part to a full-text index-for-search storage part. While this merge processing is performed, a registration/deletion processing is performed by using another full-text index-for-registration/deletion storage part.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2006Publication date: June 14, 2007Inventors: Kensaku Yamamoto, Yasushi Ogawa, Tetsuya Ikeda, Takuya Hiraoka, Hiroshi Takegawa, Kazushige Asada
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Publication number: 20070136259Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and system for generating an online listing, such as a yellow pages listing, that includes information about an object, such as a business, and also includes at least one image of the structure containing the object. For example, the image may be a digital image of the store front of a business taken at a street view. Additionally, a user may select an image from a plurality of images that the user perceives as being an appropriate representative image for the business. Based on votes received a default representative image may be identified that is provided in response to a request for information about the business.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2007Publication date: June 14, 2007Inventors: Barnaby Dorfman, Udi Manber, Jonathan Gold, Huy Ha, Timothy Caro-Bruce, Jason Karls
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Publication number: 20070136260Abstract: A system, method and computer program product for managing documents. The system includes a document manager that is configured to search for application services providers (ASPs) over a network and based on a user input. The document manager can search documents within the ASPs, retrieve documents and URLs, store documents and data, format documents, generate and issue unified bills from a plurality of bills from a plurality of ASPs. The document manager can provide consulting advice to the user regarding document managing, and can manage the documents stored on a user storage device, for example by transferring these documents to a ASP storage device after storage time periods associated with the documents.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2007Publication date: June 14, 2007Inventors: Yuki UCHIDA, Shogo Hyakutake, Minoru Aoshima
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Publication number: 20070136261Abstract: A method and system for routing a query to one or more providers. The system may include a search interface for presenting a service list including one or more services offered by the one or more providers, permitting selection of one or more of the one or more services, and a query entry for receiving input of the query. A search processor is capable of receiving and parsing the query. A service recognizer for a particular provider is capable of receiving and analyzing one or more terms of the query to determine if the particular provider is a match for the query. A query router can route the query to the particular provider if the particular provider is determined to be a match and block the query to the particular provider if the particular provider is determined not to be a match. A results interface presents results of the query.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2007Publication date: June 14, 2007Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Roberto Taboada, Eric Bailey
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Publication number: 20070136262Abstract: A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for processing a database query. Database queries are submitted with an indication of a selected output format, To process the query, data records are retrieved and formatted according to the selected output format, as well as formatted for additional output formats supported by a given a query application. Once returned, query results may be presented in the selected format. A user may switch the presentation of the query result from the selected format to others, without having to re-execute the database query.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2005Publication date: June 14, 2007Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Richard Dettinger, Daniel Kolz
