Abstract: Embodiments are directed to efficiently correlating internet resources and to providing relevant content to a user. In an embodiment, a computer system gathers portions of information from multiple different resources and organizes the gathered information into different indices according to at least one of the following data axes: author, topic and source. The computer system computes correlations between the organized information across the data axes so that each portion of information has relationship information linking it to other portions of organized information. The computer system also intelligently learns which other informational items are to be searched for based on the computed correlations and returns the additional data relevant to the gathered data.

Abstract: Recording a user's preference for content is disclosed. A first indication that a user has a first preference for the content is received. In response to receiving the first indication, the content is associated with the first preference. A second indication that the user has a second preference for the content is received. In response to receiving the second indication, the content is additionally associated with the second preference.

Abstract: Detecting, for a content item, associated preference events is disclosed. For the content item, a plurality of preference events from a plurality of users is received. The received preference events are accumulated. Associated events are detected. The effect of the events is reduced when assigning a status to the item.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with event processing are described. In one embodiment, a method includes detecting an event. The example method may also include analyzing the event to extract information about the user and processing a subsequent event in accordance with the extracted information about the user.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with bi-temporal user profiling are described. An event is detected that occurs at a valid event time. In response to the event, a repository is accessed that stores data describing one or more user profiles that include a profile record valid time period specifying a time at which the given profile record is valid. A prior user profile record is retrieved that has a profile record valid time period that overlaps with the valid event time. An updated user profile record is created based, at least in part, on the event. The updated user profile record is saved with the valid event time demarcating the start of a profile valid time period. The prior user profile with the valid event time demarcating the end of the profile record valid time period is also saved for subsequent processing.

Abstract: Management of metadata applied to life cycle inventory (LCI) and life cycle assessment (LCA) data is provided. Life cycle inventory data may be provided through a secure framework to a data hub where it may be validated and audited and where the received life cycle inventory data may ultimately be used to generate a life cycle assessment score for a given product. Life cycle inventory data may be provided via a structured data template provided by a supplier or obtained by a supplier via a requested unit business process model. Metadata may be applied to each LCI data item to allow the data items to be stored, sorted, search, retrieved and used for validating and auditing the data and for comparing the data to other data items of similar data types for eventual use in the generation of the aforementioned life cycle assessment score for a given product.

Abstract: A system, a method and a computer program product for storing data, which include receiving a data stream having a plurality of transactions that include at least one portion of data, determining whether at least one portion of data within at least one transaction is substantially similar to at least another portion of data within at least one transaction, clustering together at least one portion of data and at least another portion of data within at least one transaction, selecting one of at least one portion of data and at least another portion of data as a representative of at least one portion of data and at least another portion of data in the received data stream, and storing each representative of a portion of data from each transaction in the plurality of transactions, wherein a plurality of representatives is configured to form a chain representing the received data stream.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a client acquires an operation log of operations in the client. A management system acquires a first operation log group consisting of operation log records including an operation log record of an operation in which a first problem is generated from the operation log. The management system stores in advance problem examples associated with operation log groups each consisting of operation log records and with solutions. The management system searches the operation log groups associated with the stored problem examples for an operation log group determined to be similar to the first operation log group based on the operation log records of the first operation log group. The management system determines a solution to one of the problem examples that is associated with the operation log group determined to be similar to the first operation log group, as a solution candidate to the first problem.

Abstract: A system generates medical knowledge base information by searching at least one repository of medical information to identify sentences including a received medical term. A data processor searches the identified sentences to identify sentences including a medical term different to the received term in response to a predetermined repository of medical terms and excludes sentences without a term different to the received term, to provide remaining multiple term sentences. The data processor groups different terms of individual sentences of the multiple term sentences to provide grouped terms, determines whether a medically valid relationship occurs between different terms of an individual group of terms of the grouped terms by using predetermined sentence structure and syntax rules and outputs data representing grouped terms having a medically valid relationship.

Abstract: A method and system for populating identities in a message service involves registering a user of a first messaging service with a second messaging service. User identities for users other than the registered user may be identified. These user identities may be associated with the first messaging service and may be stored in a list associated with the registered user. It is determined if each identified user identity has a matching user identity associated with the second messaging service. If so, a database associated with the second messaging service is populated with the matching user identities. Determining whether a matching user identity exists may be performed, for example, by making character strings comparisons between user identities or using a database that stores a mapping of first messaging service user identities to second messaging service user identities. The mapping database may be generated as corresponding user identities are discovered.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are defined for organizing a plurality of digital photos. The method comprises the steps of identifying a group of digital photos, receiving a number defining how many clusters to be formed from the group, receiving profile information to be used for clustering the digital photos into the number of clusters, clustering the group of digital photos according to the profile information, and identifying representative digital photo(s) of the clusters from the clustered digital photos based on the profile information.

Abstract: Consumers receive module-computed composite reviews that are lively, informative, coherent, and representative of a larger underlying collection of reviews. Representative phrases from reviews are extracted and aggregated into coherent sentences to create the composite review. Clear automatable criteria are provided to define coherence and other qualities, such as representativeness, liveliness, and informativity. Sentence coherence criteria involve syntax, shared vocabulary, phrase connectors, and phrase sentiment polarity, for instance. Phrase representativeness criteria involve review ratings and derived phrase ratings, for instance. Phrase liveliness criteria involve sentiment expression frequency, superlatives, comparatives, degree modifiers, affect activation scores, and affect imagery scores, for instance. Phrase informativity criteria involve product-specific words, review length, and recency, for instance. Prohibited language is filtered out. Composite reviews are automatically distributed, e.g.

Abstract: A system for performing data classification operations. In one embodiment, the system comprises a file system configured to store a plurality of computer files and a scanning agent configured to traverse the file system and compile data regarding the attributes and content of the plurality of computer files. The system also comprises an index configured to store the data regarding attributes and content of the plurality of computer files and a file classifier configured to analyze the data regarding the attributes and content of the plurality of computer files and to classify the plurality of computer files into one or more categories based on the data regarding the attributes and content of the plurality of computer files.

Abstract: Domains supported by websites accessible to mobile network users over the Internet are classified into pre-defined categories based on domain content. A network intelligence solution (NIS) taps a stream of IP (Internet Protocol) packets traversing a node in the network between mobile equipment employed by network users and remote web servers. The NIS performs deep packet inspection to aggregate Internet usage so that a distribution of frequency of access by the network users to each of the classified domains may be calculated. Clusters encompassing one or more of the categories are specified based, at least in part, on the access frequency distribution. Each network user is assigned to one or more clusters based at least on observations of the user's frequency of access to the classified domains. Clusters are specified to meet a target homogeneity of access frequency for each encompassed category and further to meet a target heterogeneity across clusters.

Abstract: Making an information retrieval process public, so that it can be followed by others, allows capturing of an interest graph that allows people to learn more about shared interests with other people. This also allows items of interest to a trusted resource (such as an expert) to be identified. These items can then be brought to the attention of other users that share the same interest as the expert. In addition, by keeping track of what particular content a user has already seen, the system can bring items of interest to the user's attention, where the user has not yet seen those items.

Abstract: Providing data to a computer software application by intercepting a request made by a computer software application to retrieve a first data set from a first data storage location, accessing a record, defined in advance of the request, that includes a reference to the first data set and a reference to a second data set, retrieving the first data set from a data storage location other than the first data storage location, and retrieving the second data set from a data storage location other than the first data storage location in advance of a request by the computer software application to access the second data set at the first data storage location.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for enabling virtual tags is described. The method may include receiving a first digital image data and virtual tag data to be associated with a real-world object in the first digital image data, wherein the first digital image data is captured by a first mobile device, and the virtual tag data includes metadata received from a user of the first mobile device. The method may also include generating a first digital signature from the first digital image data that describes the real-world object, and in response to the generation, inserting in substantially real-time the first digital signature into a searchable index of digital images. The method may also include storing, in a tag database, the virtual tag data and an association between the virtual tag data and the first digital signature inserted into the index of digital images.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for managing numerous messages are provided. The method includes: A. pulling, by a client terminal, a message index list from a server; B. pulling, by the client terminal, message bodies corresponding to message indexes in the message index list in batches; C. managing, by the client terminal, the pulled message bodies and message indexes by using a message pool mode; D. after receiving a finish indication triggered by a user, storing, by the client terminal, the message indexes and the message bodies in the message pool to a local disk. By using the present invention, numerous messages are managed.

Abstract: The invention provides a method for searching objects in a database by means of an index data structure which associates object attribute values to collections of spatial elements—such as tiles of a quadtree or cuboids of an octtree—defined to partition a space, herein a predefined number of spatial elements being combinable to a next-level spatial element.

Abstract: One aspect of the invention provides an indexing system of space of interest (SOI) defining at least a two-dimensional object. The system includes: a location data extractor configured calculate an index point for the space of interest; a map tile number converter configured to map the index point to a tile that lies within a plurality of tiles; and an indexer configured to index the space of interest based on the determined tile.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for storing time series data, in which a data structure is defined comprising a plurality of consecutive slices, each slice corresponding to a time period, time series data is stored in the data structure as runs of time series data entries each having a fixed, predetermined size and being associated with a time, each run of time series data entries comprising a number of consecutive time series data values, wherein each run of time series data is stored in a slice corresponding to the time period of the times associated with the time series data entries of the run, and each run of time series data is associated with metadata identifying the duration of the run and an offset of a start time of the run from a start time of the slice in which the run is stored.

Abstract: A data management apparatus sends specific data and key information corresponding to the specific data to another apparatus, when executing a process to change a storage destination of the specific data in which the hash value obtained by applying a predetermined hash function to corresponding key information belongs to a certain range, from the data management apparatus to the other apparatus, and sends the identification information of the other apparatus stored in correspondence with the certain range to a request source of an operation request, when the operation request with respect to data corresponding to key information is received after the process.

Abstract: Evaluating an item based on user reputation information is disclosed. Sharing event data is received. A graph is materialized from the received sharing event data. User reputation scores are determined based at least in part on the graph. A score is assigned to the item based at least in part on the user reputation scores of users associated with the item.

Abstract: A system and method for generating a Popularity Score for content objects in computer information systems based at least on user input. The system and method is functional in both binary (likes/dislikes) and ranked (numbered, star) rating systems. The Popularity Score utilizes the percentage of users that expressed a favorable opinion of the content object, as well as the total number of expressed user opinions to provide a more meaningful measure of the overall user likeability or appeal of the content object than systems that simply utilize user “likes” and “dislikes”. The system and method also generate Popularity Score Trends over various flexible time ranges that allow users to search, sort, and/or list content objects based on popularity over the selected date ranges.

Abstract: System and methods provide decision support by receiving suggested actions from a decision support system and automatically determining parameters of the suggested actions to serve as input to a question-answering system. System and methods also automatically generate questions based on the parameters, automatically search a corpus of unstructured data to retrieve answers to the questions, and automatically provide impact confidence values for each answer indicating the degree of impact the answers have on the suggested actions. The systems and methods can then output the questions, answers, and impact confidence values.

Abstract: Techniques are described for determining and using relevant information related to domains of interest. In at least some situations, the techniques include automatically analyzing documents, terms and other information related to a domain of interest in order to automatically determine information about relevant themes within the domain and/or about which documents have contents that are relevant to such themes. Such automatically determined information related to a domain may then be used in various ways, including to assist users in specifying themes of interest and/or in obtaining documents and/or document fragments with contents that are relevant to specified themes. In addition, information about how the automatically determined information is used by users may be tracked and used as feedback for learning improved determinations of relevant themes and relevant documents within the domain, such as by using automated machine learning techniques.

Abstract: A system is provided for tracking changes from two or more tables stored in a database management system. The system may enable two or more applications to track changes from two or more tables in the database management system, and may enable one or more tables to be tracked for changes concurrently. The system may be configured to automatically build a change tracking query in order to retrieve tracked changes from a collection of related tables, or an entity, in the database management system. The entity based tracking system may determine the relationships between the tables in the entity, and may generate a relational query based on the determined relationships. The system may automatically construct a union query from the relational query to activate tracking changes across the collection of tables in the database management system.

Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present invention, a system alters search results to increase traffic at network sites, and comprises a computer system including at least one processor. The system processes a search query including an inquiry to determine corresponding search results and an answer to the inquiry, wherein the search results include one or more network sites and a corresponding description of content. The search results are filtered to remove from view the answer from the description of content for the network sites. The filtered search results are displayed to enable access of the network site having a corresponding description of content indicating the network site contains the answer. Alternatively, the answer is highlighted for readily viewing by the user. Embodiments of the present invention further include a method and computer program product for altering search results in substantially the same manners described above.

Abstract: A representative parameterized query in a second database query language is generated from a parameterized query in first database query language. By randomly generating a query in the first database query language, translating this query into the second database query language, and then identifying locations of relevant parameters in the translated query, parameter placeholders can then be substituted at the identified locations to provide a parameterized query in the second database query language. A representative parameterized query in the second database query language can be selected by randomly generating multiple parameterized queries and applying statistical methods including Monte Carlo methods.

Abstract: An approach is provided for processing metadata in one or more media streams. A media metadata processing platform determines to parse from a media data stream for metadata components. The media metadata processing platform also causes, at least in part, a storing of the parsed metadata components. The media metadata processing platform further determines to mark the media data stream with one or more hooks for embedding the parsed metadata components, one or more computational closures, or a combination thereof, the one or more computational closures being serialized.

Abstract: A processing system that implements physical integration, virtual integration, and stream integration by defining meta-information correlating a physical model on an information source side and a logical model on a user-side and by selectively executing push-type information integration of returning to the user-side, an integration result according to information input from the information source side and pull-type information integration of returning to the user-side, an integration result according a query from the user-side.

Abstract: Various embodiments of systems and methods for protection of data privacy in an enterprise system are described herein. A request to access data stored in an electronic database is received. The data comprises restricted and unrestricted entities. A restricted entity is replaced with one or more masked attributes that protect privacy of the restricted entity. A mask layout comprising the one or more masked attributes is defined for the restricted entity. The one or more masked attributes are then provided to a user in response to the request.

Abstract: A cluster value identifying unit identifies a value of a parameter representing a level of a ground swell of interest related to provided information, which is determined in accordance with registration of information related to the provided information. A period identifying unit identifies, based on the value of the parameter, a period in which the ground swell of interest related to the provided information grows with a lapse of time. A user feature identifying unit identifies, based on the identified period, a feature of a user who registers the related information. Accordingly, the feature of the user may be identified based on the registration of the information related to the provided information.

Abstract: Systems and methods for providing suggestion and translation thereof in accordance with a partial user entry are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method includes: at a computer system with one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs for execution by the one or more processors, obtaining a partial search query; predicting from the partial search query a set of predicted complete queries relevant to the partial search query, wherein the partial search query and the set of predicted complete queries are in a first language; subsequent to the predicting, obtaining translations of at least a subset of the set of predicted complete queries, the translations are in a second language different from the first language, and the second language is predicted based, at least in part, on the partial search query; and formatting both the set of predicted complete queries and the corresponding translations for display.

Abstract: Methods, computer systems, and computer-readable storage media for dynamically correcting misspelled search queries are provided. A portion of a search query is received, and a data store is accessed. It is determined that the portion of the search query is absent from the data store and, thus, comprises a misspelled portion of a search query. Correctly spelled portions of search queries are dynamically determined for the misspelled portion of the search query using a trie data structure, and the misspelled portion of the search query is associated with the correctly spelled portions of search queries. Search suggestions are determined for the correctly spelled portions of search queries and are ranked based on a frequency of use and on a transformation cost of associating the misspelled portion of the search query with the correctly spelled portion of search queries. The ranked search suggestions are provided to a user.

Abstract: User interfaces are provided for submitting and obtaining life cycle inventory and assessment data. Suppliers of goods and/or services may provide life cycle inventory data via a user interface component through a secure framework to a life cycle inventory and assessment data hub for validation and auditing. Access to the life cycle inventory and assessment data hub may be through a web services platform for allowing the suppliers secured access to the data and functionality of the data hub. Suppliers and end users may access the data hub via the web services platform using one or more LCI/LCIA user interfaces for obtaining validated and audited life cycle inventory data and for obtaining generated and/or aggregated life cycle assessment scores for one or more goods and/or services.

Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for matching a target string to a known string. A target string is broken into one or more target terms, and the one or more target terms are matched to known terms in an index tree. The index tree comprises one or more known terms from a plurality of known strings, where the respective known terms in the index tree are associated with one or more known string IDs. A known term that is associated with a known string ID (in the index tree, and to which a target term is matched), is comprised in a known string, which corresponds to the known string ID. The target string can be matched to the known string using the known string's corresponding known string ID that is associated with a desired number of occurrences in the matching of the one or more target terms.

Abstract: Various embodiments provide an ability to abstract type resolution between multiple type systems. At least one type can be described in one or more programmatically accessible file(s). In some embodiments, an application using a different type system can programmatically access and resolve a type of the at least one type system without knowledge of a location of where a description of the type resides. Alternately or additionally, type descriptions contained in the one or more programmatically accessible file(s) can be analyzed and restructured into one or more new programmatically accessible file(s) based, at least in part, upon the type descriptions.

Abstract: A method for analyzing database records using sampling includes querying a recipient database for recipients with attributes that match one or more specified recipient attributes, querying a sampling database for transactions with attributes that match one or more specified transaction attributes, where the sampling database stores a subset of transactions that are also stored in a transaction database, intersecting the recipients resulting from the querying of the recipient database and the transactions resulting from the querying of the sampling database based on attributes thereof to create a set of joined sample results, and determining an approximate full count value by extrapolating a count value associated with the set of joined sample results based on both a total number of recipients in the recipient database and a total number of transactions in the transaction database.

Abstract: Concepts and technologies are described herein for hash-based file comparison. In accordance with the concepts and technologies disclosed herein, a comparison tool is configured to compare hash values in a first hash list associated with a first file to hash values in a second hash list corresponding to a second file. The hash values are computed for functional blocks of the respective files and therefore can be compared to indicate if the functional blocks of the two files match one another. If the hash values match, the functional blocks associated with the respective hash values can be determined to match, while hash values that do not match can indicate that the corresponding functional blocks do not match one another.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a content display, an extraction module, and a keyword display. The content display is configured to display a content. The extraction module is configured to extract a keyword from the content displayed by the content display. The keyword display is configured to display the keyword extracted by the extraction module in a content display window.

Abstract: A system generates medical knowledge base information by using predetermined data source specific message syntax information in identifying first and second information received from first and second data sources respectively. The first and second information indicates at least one type of medical relationship between the received first and second medical terms. The system determines likelihood of existence of the at least one type of medical relationship indicated by a combination of the first and second information, in response to predetermined information indicating a number of occurrences of the at least one type of relationship in data of at least one of the first and second data source. The system outputs first and second medical terms and the at least one type of medical relationship in response to the determined likelihood of existence.

Abstract: Content may be inserted at a duplicating device by inserting advertising content into a duplicated feed, and transmitting the duplicated feed to the terminal. The transmission of the duplicated feed is performed in response to a state of the terminal.

Abstract: This description provides tools and techniques for Web-enabled database access tools. These tools may provide systems that include database access tools that provide at least one level of abstraction between external databases and users of the access tools. The systems may also include one or more internal databases maintained by the tool, with the internal database storing respective login information associated with the users. The login information may enable the users to access the tool without providing direct access to the external databases.

Abstract: The invention acquires article data (S1), extracts characteristic words from the acquired article data (S2), specifies a characteristic word which is not stored as a local area word in a database 12b which stores a local area word indicating a local area in association with geography information for specifying the local area, from the extracted characteristic words (S3), acquires a result of searching performed in a search device, according to the specified characteristic word (S4 and S5), specifies a local area related to article data based on the search result and finds geography information (S6), and stores the specified characteristic word in the database 12b as the local area word in association with the specified local area (S7).

Abstract: A search for content may be performed. A query may be received from a user who is interacting with a first device. A first collection of content that is stored on the first device may be searched to identify local content that is related to the query. A second collection of content that is stored on a second device may be searched to identify remote content that is related to the query. The second device may be different from the first device and may be accessible through a network. Results that refer to both the identified local content and the identified remote content may be displayed to the user.

Abstract: A method, system and mobile communication device for searching, sharing and accessing content stored on a mobile or computing device. The exemplary embodiments disclosed herein allow a mobile communication device (402) (“content-requesting device”) to access other, published content made available on other mobile devices (404, 406) and computers (408) (“content-storing device”). The user of the content-storing device (404, 406, 408) selects all or a portion of the content that will be made available (“published”) to other content-requesting devices (402). When a user of a content-requesting device (402) wishes to search for content on other content-storing devices (404, 406, 408) he or she can send out a search request, or, in the alternative, be notified when other content-storing devices (404, 406, 408) have published content available for access. The content-requesting device (402) can then search for and access published content.

Abstract: A system and method in accordance with exemplary embodiments may include storing telephone number inventory data using a database associated with a network, receiving, from a user system, a request for telephone number forecast data, forecasting future telephone number usage based on at least a history of telephone number inventory data, and providing, to the user system, telephone number forecast data based on at least the forecast of future telephone number usage.

Abstract: An apparatus performs a first search for first information that contains a first character input through an operation, and performs a second search for second information that contains both of the first character and a second character when the second character is input after the first search is started. Before the searches are performed, either a first search mode or a second search mode is selected: in the first search mode, a search is started for the first information independently of an input of the second character after the input of the first character; and in the second search mode, a determination is made whether or not there is an input of the second character after the input of the first character, and a search is started for the first information when there is no input of the second character is selected.

Abstract: A source configuration management database (CMDB) is of an information technology (IT) infrastructure that includes an IT resource represented by a configuration item (CI). A target CMDB is of the IT infrastructure that includes the IT resource, too. The given CI is recursively reconciled to the target CMDB from the source CMDB.