Abstract: A method of providing a recommendation is provided. The method includes receiving user provided information at a first device from a second device. The user provided information includes user preference information and a user account authorization. User account information is requested from the first device based on the user account authorization. The requested user account information is received from a third device at the first device. The received user provided information and the received user account information is stored at a device accessible by the first device. A request for a recommendation is received from the second device. The recommendation is determined based on the stored user provided information and the stored user account information. The determined recommendation is sent from the first device to the second device.

Abstract: A career navigation system provides an automated way to counsel and/or coach a user on professional networking as it affects career development and/or career advancement. The career navigation system helps people both identify a path to their desired career destination and follow that path by means of various career management and network management tools and action items. A user is associated with a role model, such as a real-life person who has achieved the user's goal job. The role model's career path is customized to generate a roadmap for the user to follow in order to achieve his goal. Action items are generated and scheduled based on the roadmap, and the user is prompted to complete the items and track his progress.

Abstract: An operation management apparatus decides that newly-generated event data and previously-existing predictive event data match if the attribute values of the event data match the attribute values of the predictive event data excluding reference values. In such a case, the apparatus identifies individual filter information whose attribute values excluding reference values match the attribute values of the event data, and substitutes the attribute values of the event data for variables in each piece of individual filter information belonging to a group to which the individual filter information belongs, thereby generating predictive event data for each piece of individual filter information.

Abstract: A system including: a memory element for storing an artificial intelligence program (AIP); an interface element for receiving, from a wireless communications device (WCD), a first portion of an order; and a processor for generating, using the AIP, an offer in response to items or services in the first portion of the order. The interface element is for transmitting the offer to the WCD and receiving, from the WCD, a second portion of the order. The processor is for modifying, using the AIP, the offer in response to items or services in the first and second portions of the order by adding or modifying items, services, or incentives. The interface element is for transmitting the modified offer to the wireless communications network for transmission to the WCD.

Abstract: A system providing a real-time probabilistic prediction mechanism is described herein that is adapted to the address probabilistic implementations. The described mechanism provides a better balance between the tradeoffs of accuracy versus computational resources than the prior art, which makes it suitable for real-time applications, and in some cases offers a simpler path to implementation as well. In one exemplary approach, the real-time probabilistic prediction mechanism is implemented as a system for real-time resource management.

Abstract: Techniques for detecting patterns in data streams. A pattern to be detected may be specified using a regular expression. Events received in data streams are then processed during runtime to detect occurrences of the pattern specified by the regular expression in the data stream. If the pattern to be matched belongs to a certain predetermined class of patterns, then a pattern matching technique that is customized for that class of patterns is used during the runtime events processing.

Abstract: Computer-implemented systems and methods for synthesis of concept definitions and concept relationships from a domain of data, utilizing different semantic processing protocols such as formal concept analysis and faceted classification synthesis from existing domain concepts that have a confidence gradient built into them. A cognitive or an input agent provides an input of an active concept which is matched against existing domain concepts. The resultant pool of relevant domain concepts is then used to derive virtual concept definitions using a semantic processing protocol. The derivation is then overlaid with a concept of relative proximity of an attribute from another within an attribute set. An additional layer of coherence is given by the relative proximity measure. The end result is a pool of related virtual concept definitions in a tree structure.

Abstract: A method, a machine-readable storage medium and a system are provided for enhancing computer rules in a computer application. In an embodiment, a rule is accessed from a set of computer rules provided by a computer application. The rule includes a number of fields, e.g., an attribute field and an enhancement type field. In response to receiving an input attribute and an input enhancement type, the rule is updated in the set of computer rules. The updated rule is implemented and operation of the updated rule in the computer application is altered based on the inputs.

Abstract: A method, a machine-readable storage medium and a system are provided for revising content in a computer rule set. The revisions may be made by an issuer of content. In an embodiment, it is determined whether a difference exists between content data in a production table corresponding to a computer rule set and enhanced content data in an enhanced data table. If a difference is determined to exist, the content data is read from the production table and the enhanced content data is read from the enhanced data table. The enhancement data is identified as that assigned to the first issuer. Whether the rule enhanced in the computer rule set is allowed to be revised is confirmed. Based on the results of the determining and confirming, the enhanced data from the enhanced data table is incorporated into the production data table to provide a revised computer rule set.

Abstract: An apparatus for generating event detection rules in a multiple-component computer system in accordance with embodiments of the invention may include a configuration information-extracting section for acquiring system configuration information from a multiple-component computer system. The system configuration information may include related information that describes relationships among system components. The apparatus may further include a history information-collecting section for collecting history information from the multiple-component computer system, such as log information and/or failure information output from a component upon a system failure. A candidate event-identifying section may identify candidate events that may be selected by a user to generate a detection rule based on the system configuration information and the history information. Finally, a candidate event-presenting section may present the candidate events to a user for selection.

Abstract: A method of permitting a user to define preferred and acceptable audio/video experiences in a home network in terms that are meaningful for a human and that are translated to useful content transformation parameters.

Abstract: An application integration system includes multiple aspect task tracking. Such tracking may include an external identifier aspect of tracking tasks by highly configurable external identifiers. Another aspect, an error aspect, includes tracking errors that occur as the target systems attempt to execute tasks, and categorizing those errors into groups. The multiple aspect tracking provides detailed insight into the status of each task, helping to solve the technical problem of implementing orderly execution of complex product requests while maintaining a transparent view of execution status at each stage of task execution. The multiple aspect task tracking features also eliminate the burden of manually searching through complex log files to determine task status. Furthermore, the distinction of errors into groups facilitates customized handling of different types of errors. Accordingly, the system may implement different error resolution paradigms responsive to the error group assigned to an error.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and system for reducing locking in materialized query tables (MQT) for distributive functions. The apparatus includes an insert module that inserts into an MQT table a child record when a new record is inserted into a base table associated with the MQT. The child record includes values associated with the insert operation. Also included is a delete module that inserts into the MQT a child record that includes measure values that are the negative of the measure values in the base table row that is the subject of the delete operation. An update module inserts two child rows into the MQT, one negating the affected record and the other adding the values of the update operation. Each inserted child row includes a unique identifier that relates the inserted row to a parent row. An execution module generates responses using the values indicated by the cumulative records in a family.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for accessing data from a server. In one embodiment, data referred by a Universal Resource Identifier (URI) is mounted on a file system. The mounted data can then be operated on using the file system. To mount the data referred by the URI, a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) fragment of the URI is determined. An identifier on the file system is generated based on the URL fragment. Data referred by the URI is mapped to the file system using the identifier.

Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium for optimizing join operations in a parallel processing system are provided. A respective set of rows of a first table and a second table involved in a join operation are distributed to each of a plurality of processing modules. The join operation comprises a join on a first column of the first table and a second column of the second table. Each of the plurality of processing modules redistributes at least a portion of the rows of the first table distributed thereto substantially equally among the other processing modules and duplicates at least a portion of the rows of the second table distributed thereto among the plurality of processing modules. The disclosed optimization mechanisms provide for reduced spool space requirements for execution of the parallel join operation.

Abstract: What is described is a method and a system for data transformation by using predefined mapping rules. A transformation between a source data object and a target data object is defined and an initial mapping of elements from the source data object to the target data object is created. A predefined mapping rule is applied as a subsequent mapping between the source data object and the target data object to adjust the transformation. The mapping from the source data object to the target data object is displayed via a graphical user interface.

Abstract: A license management system, including a license server to store and manage at least one license, each license corresponding to one or more software features; a portable client device to request a temporary license from the server corresponding to one or more of the at least one license so as to enable operation of the one or more software features corresponding to the temporary license. The temporary license includes an expiration condition defining conditions under which the temporary license will expire.

Abstract: A component presents access to a recommended search provider via a user interface element. In an example embodiment, a device-implemented method for recommending a search provider includes acts of receiving, ascertaining, and modifying. A search query input is received. A recommended search provider is ascertained at least partially responsive to the search query input. A user interface is modified to indicate the recommended search provider.

Abstract: Particular embodiments store multidimensional block data using a value-bit format. A block of data is determined that includes a first dimension and a second dimension. The occurrences of unique values in the block of data is then determined. If the number of unique values does not violate a threshold, a value-bit format may be used instead of storing the data in a fully-exploded array. In this case, the value for the unique values is stored with an indication of where the unique values occur in the block of data. When a request for a value at an index position in the array is received, the value-bit format is used to retrieve the value requested. A bit that indicates the value that is associated with the index position in the array is determined and that value is returned.

Abstract: A search middleware may be used to receive search requests regarding a software incident associated with a software application. The search requests may be populated with attribute values determined based on context data associated with the software application and collected in association with the software incident. The search requests may be dispatched to a subset of a plurality of solution repositories, even if the solution repositories have different interfaces and/or search technologies. The resulting solution documents retrieved from the solution repositories may be compiled for presentation on a solution search interface.

Abstract: A device is provided for use in modeling an import/export system. The device includes a communication interface, a processor, and a computer-readable medium including computer-readable instructions. Upon execution by the processor, the computer-readable instructions causes the device to receive a query from a second device, determine a response to the query using import/export data received from a plurality of information sources, and send the determined response to the second device.

Abstract: A search system receives business intelligence dimensions and at least one text search term. The system generates and displays key performance indicators based on the business intelligence dimensions, and generates and displays search results based on the text search term. The search results are restricted by facets, and the facets are derived from the business intelligence dimensions.

Abstract: A configuration file is received by a publish-subscribe service and published to a syndication feed. The received configuration file is associated with a class of services. The configuration file is then sent to subscribers of the syndication feed. The subscribers of the syndication feed belong to the class of services. Upon receiving the configuration file, the subscribers are automatically reconfigured.

Abstract: Searching for codes hidden in texts, such as the Bible, may involve application of a cipher to the text and then searching the enciphered text for codes.

Abstract: Various embodiments can be configured to provide a social networking computing environment. In an embodiment, a networked computing system can be used to provide informational feeds and commenting functionality to users of a social computing environment. In one embodiment, an enterprise-based social computing system can be configured to provide informational feeds to social networking application users. An informational feed can be populated with events and other information associated with one or more users of interest of an application user, but is not so limited. In one embodiment, a social computing environment can be configured to allow user commenting to feed items or events that are associated with a user or group of users.

Abstract: A topographical analysis system that provides an integrated approach for gathering available topographical data and synthesizing the topographical data for various uses by various users. The topographical data may be real time data, historical data, and/or most recent data. The processing of the data utilizes cloud resources in a cloud computing architecture. In addition, cloud resources are utilized to store various accumulated topographical data in a manner such that the cloud resources can quickly process calculations and return results to an end user requesting certain data.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for real time datamining. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving a user request for datamining with respect to a value from a report associated with a specific pyramid level, identifying a datamining function to be performed for statistical analysis of lower level data pertaining to the value from the report, identifying dimensions to be used as variables for the statistical analysis, and determining criteria for selecting the lower level data associated with the value from the report. The method may further include submitting a request to one or more source databases, the request reflecting the identified dimensions and the determined criteria, performing the datamining function on a data set received from the source databases, and creating a datamining report based on a result of the performed datamining function.

Abstract: An information storage and retrieval system includes a first data structure and a second data structure. The first data structure is configured to store documents. Each document includes a plurality of data portions. The second data structure is configured to store addresses to each document and data portion stored in the first data structure at addresses defined by an identity of each data portion.

Abstract: A data processing system and a computer implemented method for searching registered websites including multimedia content according to a user query. The data processing system includes a mediator server with a database storing the multimedia content from the registered websites and an application configured to receive and apply the user's query to the database and provide search results at least one resolution. The computer implemented method includes: (i) receiving multimedia content of the registered websites and storing the content in a database, (ii) receiving and applying the user's query, and (iv) providing search results at least one resolution.

Abstract: A system, media, and method for selecting future queries are provided. The selected future queries are used to transmit appropriate online advertising to a user that issues queries to a search engine. The search engine is coupled to a prediction component that predicts what subject the user is going to be interested in and when the user will be interested in the subject. The prediction component returns a future query using statistical language models representing a query history of the user and aggregate query histories for a community of users.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a method, system and computer program product for automated selection of a channel of support dependant upon the behavior of the customer. In one embodiment, a method for agile channeling inquiries to a customer relationship management system can be provided. The method can include receiving an inquiry from a customer to a customer relationship management system over a computer communications network. The method also can include inspecting an environment pertaining to the inquiry and matching the inspected environment to a specific channel of communication amongst multiple different channels of communication supported by the customer relationship management system, for example Web content, an e-mail, a live chat and a live phone call. Finally, the method can include responding to the inquiry through the matched specific channel of communications. In this way, a specific channel of communication can be selected to optimally respond to the inquiry.

Abstract: A method and system for controlling an application server in order to provide application services to clients while maintaining synchronization between records of tables of a database server. An application server retrieves records of tables and stores them locally on the application server. When a client requests some fields of a record of a table, the application server generates a bookmark that uniquely identifies the record. The bookmark may contain a table identifier and a record identifier or a query identification and an identifier of a record within the query result. The bookmark is opaque to the client and only the application server need know how to interpret its contents. When the application server provides the requested fields of the record to the client, it also provides the record bookmark to the client. When the client wants to identify the record, it uses the bookmark provided by the application server.

Abstract: Various system embodiments of the present invention are directed to an automated concierge system through which users of the automated concierge system can request and obtain many types of information and services. Unlike traditional search engines and electronic query-processing interfaces, the automated concierge systems provide much greater flexibility with respect to means of access, including types of electronic devices and communications media that can be used to access the concierge services, greater flexibility in the timing of responses to information and service requests, more efficient information and service provision, and access to a much broader range of information sources and service providers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for storing annotations of non-XML documents (10) in an XML database (1), the XML database (1) being adapted for storing a corresponding shadow XML document (20) for each of the non-XML documents (10), the method comprising the steps of: a. receiving an annotation document (15) comprising the annotations and attaching the annotations to the corresponding shadow XML document (20) in the XML database (1); and b. receiving an updated non-XML document (10?) and attaching any existing annotations from the original shadow XML document (20) to an updated shadow XML document (20?) created by the XML database (1).

Abstract: A method of collecting information of interest to a user regarding multimedia content is described. The method may include receiving first content about the information of interest to the user among the multimedia content, collecting metadata of the first content by using a uniform resource identifier (URI) of the first content, extracting at least one first information object including a schema according to a search category from the metadata, and storing the first information object in a first database.

Abstract: A method of extending features provided by a test case management (TCM) application, includes, in response to user input defining a date range and specifying at least one test target, generating a test report based on test data generated via the TCM application during the defined date range, wherein the test report is indicative of one or more test status indicators relative to the test target(s).

Abstract: A computing system creates and stores semantic metadata on content, such as videos, that enables efficient searching of the content. The existing metadata of a video file, for example, is examined and a keyword list is created. The processes used to derive the keyword list may depend on the type and format of the existing metadata. The keywords from the list are compared against external structured knowledge data sources that are topic oriented. Based on these comparisons and the matches found, semantic data, including topic, topic type, and attribute data are inserted into a topic table. This uniform and structured table is stored on the computing system and is efficiently searchable for finding relevant videos and for finding relationships between videos.

Abstract: Described is a technology by which a deep query response comprising a large number of URLs is processed at a client-side recipient into a secondary set of search results. A client requests a deep query response (e.g., hundreds of URLs) related to a query, generally in conjunction with a traditional query request/response. As the traditional query response is output for inspection by the user, the client performs deep query processing on the deep query response by fetching files for the deep response URLs, and parsing those files for analyzing their content, e.g., to perform ranking and/or summarizing for a secondary output. Because more files and their content are evaluated and processed in client-side deep query processing, more relevantly ranked and/or summarized content is provided to the user, which may include improved advertising revenue. Queries also may be classified into a query type for use in deep query processing.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an display processing apparatus includes, an operation receiver, a relation calculator, a display information generator, and a display controller. The operation receiver receives operation to select a key content of a first type. The relation calculator calculates relation between the key content and each of second contents of a plurality of types including the first type. The display information generator generates first display information of the key content and second display information of the second contents. The display controller displays list information including the first display information and relation item information indicating a plurality of items involved in calculating the relation and display areas each corresponding to one of the items. In the list information, pieces of the second display information are arranged such that second display information of second content with higher relation to the key content is closer to the first display information.

Abstract: A computer implemented method, data processing system, and computer program product for performing a virtual list view search in a distributed directory environment using a proxy server.

Abstract: The present invention is directed towards systems, methods and computer program products for assisting search request by presenting suggestion of one or more vertical segments to produce a more focused result. A vertical segment may be selected by the user, the selected vertical segment being associated with one or more query terms and a search is performed on an index associated with the vertical segment. A search engine generates a search result and returns a list of search result pages for presentation to a user.

Abstract: Annotations for a multimedia repository facilitate an efficient indexing, searching, and retrieval of the content from the multimedia repository. These annotations are an effective description of the content and it is very useful to have systems that automatically analyze the content to generate the annotations. A multimedia content, comprising video, audio, and textual data, is organized at shot level, scene level, segment level, multi-segment level, and full-length level. The multimedia content annotation is a providing of computer processable description of the multimedia content. Due to the multilevel organization of a multimedia content, it is required to provide annotations at various levels as well. A system and method for annotation aggregation uses the annotation at a lower level to arrive at an annotation at the next higher level. Such multilevel annotations are very useful in applications such as targeted content delivery.

Abstract: Embodiments relate to systems and methods for the hierarchical aggregation of multi-dimensional data sources. A set of applications such as online analytical processing (OLAP) applications can access the combined data of a set of multi-dimensional data sources via a transform engine. The set of data sources can be configured with diverse dimensions and associated data, which in general do not reflect a strictly hierarchical structure. In embodiments, the transform engine can combine or aggregate the set of data sources using common dimensions or data points, and build an index into a transform table reflecting the hierarchical level of dimension from each data source in a combined hierarchical mapping. An OLAP or other application can therefore perform searches, sorts, and/or other operations on the combined hierarchical mapping based on the resulting ordering of data, even when the original multi-dimensional data sources do not contain an explicit common hierarchy.

Abstract: In one example embodiment, a code segment may be embedded in a web page by a web page publisher, and the code segment may be executed at least in part by a user computing platform. Information related to one or more web applications may be provided to the user computing platform at least in part in response to the user computing platform executing the code segment.

Abstract: A search modeling tool is provided that can communicate with multiple enterprise applications to create object definitions describing searchable data stored in each application. The object definitions may be used to extract searchable data from the applications, thus allowing for manipulation of the data in formats usable for text searching, user presentation, and other applications. The search modeler may interface with each application using common protocols, allowing for generalization of object definitions and subsequent crawling across a variety of enterprise applications.

Abstract: In various embodiments, a license code may be provided for determining if a device has a license for new software. In some embodiments, a license system may receive a query from a device. In some embodiments, the query may include an identifier unique to the device. The license system may access a database to determine if the device associated with the unique identifier is has a license to install new software (e.g., a software update). If the device has a license, the license system may generate and send a license code for the device. In some embodiments, when the user and/or device receives the license code, the device may use the license code to determine if the device is authorized to install the new software.

Abstract: A response map descriptively modeling the textual format of a test response of a system verification test is created without a priori understanding of the format of the given response. Such response map is applied to the test response or other similar test responses that share the same format. More specifically, a method of identifying and extracting one or more formats of textual data included in test responses from system verification testing of a system under test is provided, by receiving a first test response including first textual data in one or more formats, generating a response map descriptively modeling the first test response without a priori information of the one or more formats, and applying the response map to a second test response to identify and extract second textual data from the second test response. The second textual data is also in the one or more formats.

Abstract: A method of providing enterprise applications with shared access to a data warehouse. A web service request is issued over a data network from a first client enterprise application to a second server enterprise application. A database query is then constructed at the second server enterprise application. It is then determined whether a response to the web service request will include the results of posing the database query against the data warehouse, or the SQL syntax necessary to pose the query. If the response is to include the results of posing then the second server enterprise application poses the query against the data warehouse and issues the results to the first client enterprise application. If the response to the request is to include the SQL syntax necessary to pose the query, then the second server enterprise application provides the database query syntax to the first client enterprise application.

Abstract: A method executed by a plurality of processors in a database system to implement temporal aggregate queries. The database system has a temporal table. A plurality of consecutive temporal partitions are defined and allocated to the respective processors. A query is received to aggregate at least one attribute of the temporal table. In response to the query, a plurality of timestamps are identified in the temporal table, the respective timestamps are allocated to the respective temporal partitions, the value changes in the at least one attribute at the plural timestamps are computed within each partition using the respective processors to which each partition is allocated, and the value changes within each partition are aggregated using the respective processors to which each partition is allocated to produce an aggregate value for the query.

Abstract: Processing messages. Messages are processed based on a characteristic derived from information in messages, metadata about messages, or other information external to messages. Values for one or more pieces of information are received. At least one of the values for one or more pieces of information is associated with a first message. Queries are received. The queries specify one or more of the pieces of information. At least a portion of the plurality of values for the one or more pieces of information is processed in conjunction with the one or more queries to create one or more normalized characteristics for the first message. The one or more normalized characteristics for the first message are in a same format irrespective of the format of the pieces of information. The first message, and/or other messages, is processed based on at least one of the one or more normalized characteristics.