Abstract: A method and/or system for programing a dynamic digital media queue may include receiving, from an electronic device, a request for a digital media queue. The request may comprise request data. In response to the request, a search of one or more events may be performed. The search of the one or more events may be based on a current date, a current location of the electronic device and/or the request data. One or more digital media items may be determined based on the search. A recommended digital media queue may be determined. The recommended digital media queue may comprise one or more recommended digital media items. Recommendation data may be sent to the electronic device. The recommendation data may comprise the recommended digital media queue and one or more reasons explaining why the recommended digital media queue comprises the one or more recommended digital media items.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method stores extension logic for a business context for an application in a backend database system. The extension logic is stored with respect to a database table, business logic to handle transactions in the backend system, and an application programming interface to the application. A request for a custom field is received through a runtime version of the application, the custom field specifying a business context in which the custom field is associated. The method determines the extension logic associated with the business context in the backend database system. Further, the method uses the extension logic to extend the database table with the custom field, extend the business logic to handle transactions for the custom field in the backend system, and extend the application programming interface to the application. The custom field is extended during runtime of the application.

Abstract: A computing device sorts a plurality of data points in a first dimension. A first data point has a first value, a second data point has a second value, and a third data point has a third value defined in a second dimension. (a) The second value is compared to the first and third values. (b) When the second value is less than the first value and greater than the third value, or the second value is greater than the first value and less than the third value, the data point is deleted. (c) The first data point is defined as the second data point. (d) The second data point is defined as the third data point. (e) The third data point is defined as a next data point. (a)-(e) are repeated until each of the plurality of data points is defined as the third data point to define a plurality of sampled data points as remaining data points of the plurality of data points.

Abstract: The technology described in this document can be embodied in a computer-implemented method that includes receiving identification information associated with a geographic location. The identification information includes one or more features that affect an acoustic environment of the geographic location at a particular time. The method also includes determining one or more parameters representing at least a subset of the one or more features, and estimating at least one acoustic parameter that represents the acoustic environment of the geographic location at the particular time. The at least one parameter can be estimated using a mapping function that generates the estimate of the at least one acoustic parameter as a weighted combination of the one or more parameters. The method further includes presenting, using a user-interface displayed on a computing device, information representing the at least one acoustic parameter estimated for the geographic location for the particular time.

Abstract: A method includes calculating, for each unique pair of search results of a plurality of search results, a first similarity value; automatically determining that the determined first similarity value for one or more of the unique pairs exceeds a similarity value threshold; iterating through similarity value calculations, until a similarity value is recalculated for each of the one or more unique pairs for which the first similarity value exceeded the similarity value threshold; and displaying the plurality of search results, each search result including display of data corresponding to default fields, and data corresponding to any looked up field that was necessary to cause a recalculated similarity value to fall below a threshold similarity value for any unique pair that search result belongs to.

Abstract: A system and method for converting data sets. The method includes providing a data provider device (DPD) and a controller communicably coupled to one another. The controller or an interface device between the controller and the DPD includes a processor that is connected to a memory device which stores a data converter program. The memory device stores an earlier in time descriptive data set having an earlier data set format and a different later in time descriptive data set having a later data set format. The data converter program determines if a format associated with a received DPD data set is the later data set format. In response to determining that a data set format associated with the received DPD data set is the later data set format, the received DPD data set is converted into a converted data set that has the earlier data set format.

Abstract: A conversion unit acquires collected information from a plurality of customer servers and performs a plurality of conversions different with respect to each of the customer server on the acquired collected information to generate conversion data. An identification unit performs identification on information contained in each set of collected information in a state where, with respect to the conversion data generated by the conversion unit, information before the conversion performed by the conversion unit is secreted.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide an approach for protecting and restoring data within a networked (e.g. cloud) storage computing environment through asynchronous replication and remote backup of data and its associated metadata. Under embodiments of the present invention, data backup and recovery functionality provides data backups by detecting incremental updates to the data and its associated metadata at specific points in time determined by policies. The policies are configurable based on user requirements. Multiple copies of the data backups can be made and stored in separate compressed files at backup/disaster recovery locations. The backups of data and its associated metadata, which includes file system configuration information can be used to restore the state of a computer file system to that of a given point-in-time. Accordingly, a data protection approach is disclosed for protecting data at both the file system level and application level.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for implementing an event based retention schedule for a read only file. When a regular file is to be converted to an event based retention read only file, an “event-retain” property may be enabled on the file allowing the feature to be implemented. Then, that file may have its permissions changed to read only. This will allow the file to be changed to a read only file without using a default retention time. Then, once the event is triggered, the retention time may be set so the file can be scheduled for automatic deletion.

Abstract: Deleting files may include identifying files stored in a storage device to delete based on one or more deletion rules. The identified files are categorized into at least a first group and a second group. Deletion of files may be triggered based on a free space threshold. Deletion of files in the first group may be triggered. If the free space threshold is not met by deleting the files in the first group, deletion of files in the second group is triggered based on one or more of prioritization and cost optimization.

Abstract: Disclosed are various examples for downloading data objects by enforcing a threshold amount of allocated data. A file sync application determines which data objects to download to the client device such that the total amount of downloaded data meets or falls below the threshold amount of allocated data. File system entries for undownloaded data objects are also downloaded and stored in a file system of the client device. If a process attempts to access an undownloaded data object, the file sync application downloads the data object and evicts another data object, if necessary, according to the threshold amount of allocated data.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for sharing a physical location with online users by requiring the online users to be in physical proximity of a specific physical location before the users can experience media content associated with the physical location. A user can mark a physical location when that user is at the location by associating a virtual anchor with that location. The virtual anchor creates a data structure that contains the location's geographic coordinates as well as other details regarding the anchor. The user can also associate media content with the virtual anchor. The virtual anchor can be shared with other users and these other users are notified of the presence of the virtual anchor when they are within a physical proximity from the physical location. Only when the other users are at the location can these users access the media content associated with the virtual anchor.

Abstract: A system and method of searching for physical media articles available from article dispensing machines within a geographic proximity is provided. Searching may include matching keywords in search criteria or using predefined search criteria for browsing of static or dynamic listings of media content. The method includes receiving a search request including search criteria, and searching the metadata database for a physical media article matching the search criteria. The method also includes determining the availability of the matching media article at an article dispensing machine. The geographic location of article dispensing machines with available matching media articles is determined, based on personally identifying information such as an IP or MAC address. The geographic location may be limited by a proximity from an audio/visual display interface. A search result set with the matching media articles is provided, based on their availabilities.

Abstract: In an approach to storing data elements in a database, a database management unit provides a table-mapping file for enabling access to a table of a plurality of tables in a storage medium, the table-mapping file comprising a plurality of map records of a single table, a map record comprising information indicative of the table, a column of the table, a data section of the table, and a range of values of data elements included in the data section of the column. The unit receives a data element at the database via a communication interface, determines the table, column, and data section the data element is to be stored in, and stores the data element in the section file corresponding to the determined table, column and data section. The unit then updates the table-mapping file corresponding to the table, columns and data section the data element has been stored in.

Abstract: A method of operating a device includes presenting a user interface for identification of a file and entering of a query by a user. The method includes determining type data indicating a file type of the identified file. The method includes creating a query wrapper based on the type data and the entered query and transmitting the query wrapper to a search system. A result set from the search system includes an identification of a first app state of a first app and a first access mechanism for the first app state. The method includes presenting the result set, including presenting a first user interface element corresponding to the first app state. The method includes, in response to actuation of the first user interface element, opening the first app to the first app state according to the first access mechanism and providing the identified file to the first app state.

Abstract: An example method includes identifying one or more content items in a first user account according to a first search string. The example method can then include storing a pointer to each of the one or more content items in the first user account in a shared folder, the shared folder allowing the first user account or a second user account to access the one or more content items in the first user account. The example method can then include identifying one or more content items in the second user account according to a second search string. The method can then include storing a pointer to each of the one or more content items in the second user account in the shared folder, the shared folder allowing the first user account or the second user account to access the one or more content items in the second user account.

Abstract: This invention provides a file system for organizing files in a data processing and handling device. A set of annotations signifying locations or time in files are provided. A search process combines annotations and intervals together into a final result. A user interface is operatively connected to the device that allows the user to enter requests and data. Illustratively, the user requests the intervals in files that corresponds to a search criteria and the search process searches through the annotations and combines them to find the intervals in files or groups of files where the condition is true, and the intervals of the found files are arranged to be displayed to the user on the interface.

Abstract: In system for analyzing large data sets, document/file format can be discovered by attempting to parse the file using several parsers to generate a schema, assigning a score to each parsing, and selecting a parser based on the assigned scores. Schema element attributes, such as statistical parameters, can be derived and used in identifying schema elements associated with other files. Attributes of identified schema elements can be used to substitute missing data values with values based on such attributes. Data values corresponding schema elements can be selected and highlighted, and schema elements and/or attributes thereof can be highlighted based on selected data values. From a cluster of files, a lineage relationship between file pairs, indicating whether one file is derived from another, can be determined for several files. In reducing/compacting data, utilization of all available reducers can be optimized according to current utilization of one or more reducers.

Abstract: A memory that includes a data partition and an index partition is mounted. The data partition includes an original data and an original index written directly after the original data. The index partition includes the original index at the beginning of the index partition. The first data is written to a data partition of the memory. The first data is written directly after the at least one data on the data partition and the original index is deleted and invalidated. Responsive to a time interval elapsing, a first index is written to the data partition of the memory directly after the first data. The time interval starts at the writing of the first data. Responsive to the time interval elapsing, the first index is written to the index partition of the memory at the closest location, in terms of movement time, to the first index on the data partition.

Abstract: Methods and systems for managing data redundancy include registering certified commands, input files, output files, and arguments in an execution history list after execution of said certified commands. An existing output file is provided in response to execution of a first certified command that matches an entry in the execution history list. A file is deleted if the file is reproducible from another file using a second certified command. The deleted file is registered in a reproducible file list. The deleted file is reproduced upon request using the second certified command.

Abstract: One or more techniques and/or computing devices are provided for data object retention. For example, a data retention policy may specify that files of a volume are to be locked down for a lockdown retention period (e.g., locked into a read only state for 4 months) when such files are not changed within an auto commit time period (e.g., files not changed within 13 hours). Waiting for a data scanner to evaluate files for lockdown may result in files violating the data retention policy until the data scanner evaluates such files. Accordingly, a file may be considered to be in the locked down state (e.g., instantaneous lockdown), such that commands to modify or delete the file are blocked, based upon a difference between a current time of an internal compliance clock and a current value of a data object change field exceeding the auto commit time period.

Abstract: A file system uses a B-tree data structure to organize file data. The file system may maintain an index node (mode) representing a file and having entries that map to extents of the file. When the file system detects an index node, through updates, has exceeded a threshold number of extents, the file system converts the file to a copy-on-write (COW) B-tree data structure containing the entries representing the extents of the file. To clone the file, the file system uses copies of the index node and the root node of the COW B-tree data structure.

Abstract: Exemplary methods, apparatuses, and systems include a target site management server transmitting, to a source site management server, a plurality of protection service plans available for replication of data from the source site to the target site. The transmission of the protection service plans includes a description of one or more service level characteristics provided by each protection service plan and excludes a listing of physical and virtual resources within the target site that are to provide the service level characteristics. The target site management server receives selection of one of the protection service plans and determines the physical resources within the target site to provide the advertised service level characteristics for the data replication. The target site management server further transmits configuration details to one or more of the determined physical resources to implement the replication infrastructure within the target site according to the selected protection service plan.

Abstract: Exemplary methods, apparatuses, and systems include a source site management server receiving, from first and second potential target site management servers, characteristics of the first and second potential target sites that affect replication of data from the source site to each potential target site. The source site management server receives selection of one or more criteria to be met in the selection of a target site for replication of data. The source site management server determines which potential target site is a better match for the received criteria based upon a comparison of the received criteria with the received characteristics of the target sites. The source site management server configures, automatically in response to the determination, the selected site as the target site for replication of data within the source site.

Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention include a method for selecting a set of data files comprising surface data in a plurality of different detail levels for downloading from a server computer, the surface data being associated with a portion of a three-dimensional surface in an image scene, the data files being stored as nodes of a hierarchical file system characterized in that the selection process comprises assessing whether the portion of a three-dimensional surface is visible in an actual image scene. If it is not visible, the selection process is resumed with a sibling or an uncle node; if it is visible, the selection process continues with determining whether the surface data meets the criteria of a predefined resolution quality factor.

Abstract: Techniques are described for generating geographic borders. In one example, techniques include recognizing a geographic location, determining a starting latitude and a starting longitude and population for the geographic location, and generating a border for the geographic location based on the starting latitude, starting longitude, and population.

Abstract: A method and system are provided. The method includes incrementally solving, by a processor-based journey plan incremental searcher, a current journey planning request from a user. The solving step includes performing a current search for at least one journey plan that satisfies the current journey planning request by accessing a database storing journey planning information derived from results to a plurality of previous journey planning requests. The solving step further includes storing, in the database, at least part of the information discovered during the current search for responding to a subsequent journey planning request. The solving step also includes providing the at least one journey plan to the user.

Abstract: Local descriptors are extracted from digital image information and digital depth information related to digital images. The local descriptors convey appearance description information and shape description information related to the digital images. Global representations of the one or more digital images are generated based on the extracted local descriptors, and are hashed. Visual search queries are generated based on the hashed global representations. The visual search queries include fused appearance description information and shape description information conveyed in the local descriptors. The fusing may occur before the global representations are generated, before the hashing or after the hashing.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a hardware processor configured to obtain a plurality of first images to which a capture date is added, select a second image from the first images based on a result of analysis of each of the obtained first images, obtain past data related to a period in which the second image is captured, based on a date added to the selected second image, and present the selected second image and the obtained past data in association with each other.

Abstract: A system and computer software product for providing flexible control of access to information system data, files and other resources is presented. The invention employs a three cornered data arrangement that provides both fine grained access control and the simplicity of coarser grained access control systems. In addition the invention benefits from optional hierarchical inheritance along an unlimited number of hierarchies. Users can be assigned access to a resource in multiple ways. Access can be granted on a resource by resource basis or alternately to a group of resources. Access can also be inherited through three different channels. In addition these permission assignments can specify the extent of the control that the user will have over the resources that they are granted access to. Inheritance of access permissions through these hierarchies is an optional control that can be set within the invention.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a method for extracting, separating, and identifying compounds from natural products, such as cannabis or hops, where separation uses gas chromatography (GC). The method includes spiking the composition to be identified with at least two markers that bracket the migration position of at least one of the compounds to be identified, where GC method uses more than one ramping step.

Abstract: In an approach to storing data elements in a database, a database management unit provides a table-mapping file for enabling access to a table of a plurality of tables in a storage medium, the table-mapping file comprising a plurality of map records of a single table, a map record comprising information indicative of the table, a column of the table, a data section of the table, and a range of values of data elements included in the data section of the column. The unit receives a data element at the database via a communication interface, determines the table, column, and data section the data element is to be stored in, and stores the data element in the section file corresponding to the determined table, column and data section. The unit then updates the table-mapping file corresponding to the table, columns and data section the data element has been stored in.

Abstract: An information processing device receives data that includes a plurality of items and an item value associated therewith, displays a matrix in which the items included in the data being received are arranged in either one of a row direction or a column direction, and one or more candidate items for an association destination with which a part or all of the items are associated, are arranged in the other direction; receives specification of a set of any item in the items and any item in the one or more candidate items for the association destination, by specification of a position on the matrix, using the processor; and stores a value of an item that is associated with the position having been specified among the items, in a storage unit, in association with an item that is associated with the position having been specified among the candidate items for the association destination.

Abstract: A method generating a platform-agnostic abstract syntax tree (AST) comprises receiving data in a predefined format, through an input unit; subsequently parsing the data to extract model information corresponding to the predefined format of the data; and transforming, by a processing server, the model information to an abstract syntax tree (AST) structure. The above steps aid in generating, by the processing server, a platform-agnostic AST by combining predefined metadata and the abstract syntax tree (AST) structure.

Abstract: A method for storing and accessing data in an open system Internet of Things (IoT) data hub is disclosed. The method comprises receiving a request to aggregate data from at least two devices; for each device: obtaining data according to a closed data schema; identifying a standard data schema defined for a device type from which the data was obtained; executing a translator to transform the obtained data to be in conformity to the identified standard schema; and storing the transformed data in a data structure in a memory accessible by a plurality of applications; retrieving a plurality of elements from the data structure, wherein at least one element from the plurality of elements was obtained from each of the plurality of devices; executing a set of instructions to aggregate the retrieved plurality of elements; and providing the aggregated elements for display.

Abstract: Techniques related to binary encoding of hierarchical data objects to support efficient path navigation of the hierarchical data objects are disclosed. A hierarchical data object may include field names that are associated with field values. A method may involve generating a plurality of hash codes, each hash code corresponding to a respective field name. The method may involve generating a hash-code mapping that maps each hash code to a respective field-name identifier. The method may involve generating a field-name mapping that maps each field name to a respective field-name identifier. The method may involve generating a hierarchical tree of nodes that includes non-leaf nodes and leaf nodes. A particular non-leaf node may include a child node mapping that maps the particular non-leaf node to one or more child nodes and may include a field-name-identifier-to-child mapping that maps a respective field-name identifier to each of the one or more child nodes.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for managing subsurface data, creating a knowledge database for containing said subsurface data containing data sets representing data concerning a subsurface feature, and including input means as assumptions and documentation for receiving information regarding data quality related to the subsurface data elements in said knowledge database constituted by a quality factor. Each data set include information related to subsurface features as well as a quality factor related to the data quality of the data representing the subsurface features in each information set.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable recoding medium having stored therein a log management program that causes a computer to execute a process that includes suspending, in accordance with a change in information related to an operation of a device under management, deletion of log items of log data of the device performed in accordance with log pattern identification information generated according to a regularity of the log items of the log data, determining, according to a change situation of the information related to the operation, suitability of the deletion of the log items performed in accordance with the log pattern identification information, and updating, when the deletion is determined to be unsuitable, the log pattern identification information according to a log item stored after the deletion has been suspended.

Abstract: In an approach for integrating documents a processor extracts a first set of keywords from at least one structured document. A processor generates a first batch of keywords from the first set of keywords, wherein each keyword in the first batch of keywords includes a weight. A processor extracts a second set of keywords from at least one unstructured document. A processor compares the first batch of keywords to the second set of keywords. A processor determines that the at least one unstructured document matches, based on a predetermined threshold, the at least one structured document, based on the comparison of the first batch of keywords to the second set of keywords. A processor removes the at least one unstructured document from a list of unstructured documents which are to be processed.

Abstract: A contact record processing method includes: detecting whether a use time of a phone number stored in a contact record is greater than a use term of the phone number; and deleting the phone number from the contact record when the use time is greater than the use term.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for generating a topic index for a conversational event and generating a content item based on the topic index. A method includes extracting, by a processing device, a plurality of topics from a first content item corresponding to the conversational event, and generating the topic index for the conversational event. The topic index associates each of the plurality of topics with a content segment from the first content item. The method further includes identifying a subset of one or more topics within the plurality of topics, and generating a second content item including a respective content segment of each of the one or more topics of the subset of topics.

Abstract: A data storage management system comprises enhanced capabilities for automatically discovering operational characteristics of data storage devices installed in the system. A user interface enables end-users to submit requests for storage resources ranging from a simple request for a certain amount of storage space to more complex requests that specify the type of storage technology, the manufacturer, the I/O speed of the storage device, etc. The end-user also may include an expiration timeframe for the requested storage space. The system identifies storage devices that are suitable to the end-user's request, automatically provisions the storage space (e.g., LUN), and assigns it to the requestor. The assigned storage space may automatically expire, based on user-requested or system-provided expiration timeframes. Expired storage space is returned to a logical pool of available resources so that it may be assigned in response to other requests.

Abstract: Transforming columns from source files to target files is described. A system associates a source column in a source file with an entity of multiple entities associated with target columns comprising a target file, based on a first set of features that describes contents of cells of a first source column that is adjacent to the source column, a second set of features that describes contents of cells of a second source column that is adjacent to the source column, and a third set of features that describes contents of cells of the source column. The system creates a mapping of the source column to a target column associated with the entity, and transforms the mapped source column to the target column in accord with the mapping.

Abstract: This disclosure is directed to determining various economic graph indices and, in particular, to systems and methods that leverage a graph analytic engine and framework to determine values assigned to graph nodes extracted from one or more member profiles, and visualizing said values to correlate skills, geographies, and industries. The disclosed embodiments include a client-server architecture where a social networking server has access to a social graph of its social networking members. The social networking server includes various modules and engines that import the member profiles and then extracts certain defined attributes from the member profiles, such as employer (e.g., current employer and/or past employers), identified skills, educational institutions attended, and other such defined attributes. Using these attributes as nodes, the social networking server constructs a graph using various graph processing techniques.

Abstract: Row jumping is executed continuously at high speed, for sequentially presenting rows of records each having the same value being registered. Record numbers of a table are registered respectively in entries of SOS in an index, sorted by the values registered in the record, and data indicating a range of the entries in SOS is registered in ETRS, the range including record numbers of the records where the same value is registered. Rows of the record numbers where the value selected by a user is registered are determined as rows of target record numbers, referring to ETRS and SOS. Every time of forward jump operation, a row of the record number of the record to be presented is moved forward one row, among the rows of target record numbers.

Abstract: Method and device for data search are provided. The method includes: retrieving a first serialized data corresponding to a first user identifier in a non-relational database; deserializing the first serialized data to obtain a first index; performing a search based on the first index. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, serialized data corresponding to a user identifier may be retrieved and deserialized into an index by a server in a NoSQL database and a search may be performed based on the index. Since the search is performed against data corresponding to user identifiers rather than all users, a much smaller search scope is covered, leading to an improved search speed and performance and optimized user experience.

Abstract: A data processing system may include: a memory system suitable for sorting a plurality of index data having a tree structure wherein each index data comprises information indicating a tree level thereof into a plurality of groups through a first and second sorting operations, the first sorting operation comprising sorting the index data based on their respective tree level information, the second sorting operation comprising sorting the index data based on the numbers of accesses to their respective index data, saving the groups into different storage regions; and a host suitable for managing a plurality of Index data into said tree structure.

Abstract: Methods and systems for organizing data are provided. An example method includes providing an object store to store objects. Each of the objects represents fragments of the data is are associated with an address. The method further allows associating a B-tree with the object store. The B-tree includes nodes, wherein each of the nodes includes keys, and wherein each of the keys is associated with at least one object from the object store. Values for each of the keys are generated based at least partially on objects from the object store. If the size of an object from the object store is less than a pre-determined size, a value of the object is stored in a particular node of the B-tree, with the particular nodes including a particular key associated with the object. Otherwise, the method includes storing the address associated with the object in the particular node of the B-tree.

Abstract: Various technologies described herein pertain to classifying data in a main memory database system. A record access log can include a sequence of record access observations logged over a time period from a beginning time to an end time. Each of the record access observations can include a respective record ID and read timestamp. The record access log can be scanned in reverse from the end time towards the beginning time. Further, access frequency estimate data for records corresponding to record IDs read from the record access log can be calculated. The access frequency estimate data can include respective upper bounds and respective lower bounds of access frequency estimates for each of the records. Moreover, the records can be classified based on the respective upper bounds and the respective lower bounds of the access frequency estimates, such that K records can be classified as being frequently accessed records.

Abstract: The invention is a method and a system for storing and exchanging recipes for controllable plant growth systems via communication networks. A controllable plant growth system uses recipes as templates to deliver necessities such as light, nutrients, oxygen, or CO2 for plants to grow, and utilizes heaters and/or coolers to regulate the enclosed environment settings such as temperature and humidity. A recipe store is a remotely accessible digital repository for growth recipes, can be remotely accessed either via a direct communications network from system or through user management interface of the system as a intermediary component, and provides functions for storing, sorting and searching recipes via APIs or user interfaces.