Collaborative Document Database And Workflow Patents (Class 707/608)
  • Patent number: 9798436
    Abstract: A client computing device that includes a client desktop having at least one window that is controlled by a server computing device receives a cursor message from a pointing device. The client computing device moves a cursor from an initial position to a new position on the client desktop based on the cursor message. When the new position of the cursor is within a border of the at least one window, the client computing device generates a cursor position message based on the new position of the cursor. The cursor position message is then transmitted to the server computing device, wherein the server computing device updates a cursor position on a server desktop that is associated with the at least one window based on the cursor position message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Red Hat Israel, Ltd.
    Inventor: Arnon Gilboa
  • Patent number: 9769267
    Abstract: Of a plurality of tenants that form a hierarchical structure, a first tenant that manages management information to be transferred between tenants and a second tenant to serve as a transfer destination are designated. Second management information, of the management information managed by the first tenant, that is shared with another tenant is specified in accordance with a sharing relationship for the second management information. Of the management information managed by the first tenant, third management information except for the specified second management information is transferred to the second tenant. The sharing relationship for the specified second management information is changed to a sharing relationship in which the second management information is shared between the second tenant and a tenant in a level above or below the second tenant in accordance with a new hierarchical structure formed after the transfer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tetsuya Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 9769665
    Abstract: Systems and techniques are disclosed to facilitate the sponsored connectivity of a user equipment on a serving network so that the UE may access a service whose connectivity is sponsored by an application service provider. The application service provider provisions the serving network so that it is aware of the sponsored connectivity. In an attach attempt to the serving network, the UE provides a client token based on a pre-existing credential (established between the UE and the application service provider) instead of a subscriber identifier with the attach request. The application service provider's server validates the access credential to authenticate the UE and provides information that the serving network uses to mutually authenticate with the UE. The UE may then use the serving network to access the service via the sponsored connection, even where the UE does not have a subscriber identity and subscription with a cellular network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Inventors: Soo Bum Lee, Anand Palanigounder, Gavin Bernard Horn
  • Patent number: 9742843
    Abstract: A method and system for enabling data sharing between software systems is provided. At least one data-sharing session is managed for each of a plurality of users with a server computer system. Each of the data-sharing sessions has a set of software systems associated with the user participating therein. The server computer system maintains requests for the software systems to be notified of updates to values of sets of requested data items. The set of software systems share data item values in the data-sharing session. The server computer system stores the shared data item values, and resolves the shared data item values to the requested data items using semantic descriptions provided for the shared data item values and the requested data items. Available updates to the shared data item values resolving to the sets of requested data items are provided to the software systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: THOUGHTWIRE HOLDINGS CORP.
    Inventors: Stephen Paul Owens, Michael Lorne Monteith, Jose Humberto Terra Nunes, David Ferreira Faria
  • Patent number: 9734238
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a question answering computer system determines a set of search terms for a given question. A plurality of passages that each includes at least one search term in the set of search terms is identified in response to a search of a document for search terms in the set of search terms. A passage from the plurality of passages is selected. A context based score of the selected passage that indicates the likelihood that the selected passage contains an answer to the question is generated based on criteria that specify a relationship among the set of search terms, content of the passage, and content of at least one other passage in the plurality of passages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Christopher M. Nolan, William G. Visotski, David E. Wilson, Robert L. Yates
  • Patent number: 9721309
    Abstract: A system for scoring a discussion thread having posts in a question-and-answer form is provided. The system receives a query and then identifies features of the discussion thread that may include one or more term features and one or more non-term features. A term feature may be a combined post feature that combines the terms of multiple posts to treat them as a single document. A term feature may be a question feature that contains the question of the discussion thread. A term feature may also be a question post feature that contains the terms of the post that relate to the question of the post. The system then generates a feature score for each feature and combines the feature scores into a relevance score indicating the relevance of the discussion thread to the query. The system may also use the relevance score when ranking discussion threads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Nikita Voronkov, Dmitriy Meyerzon
  • Patent number: 9703799
    Abstract: In a method, system, and computer-readable medium having instructions for sharing information between tenants of a multi-tenant database, information is received on a connection between a first tenant of a multi-tenant database and a second tenant and the connection has information on a scope of data from the first tenant shared with the second tenant, data is allowed for a record of the first tenant to be accessible to the second tenant in accordance with the connection, information is received on a file related to the record of the first tenant, and data is allowed from the file to be accessible to the second tenant in accordance with the connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Aditya S. Kuruganti, Simon Z. Fell, Jayaprakash Pasala, Samatha Sanikommu, Kedar Doshi, Sanjaya Lai
  • Patent number: 9646013
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide, among other things, an improved system and method for building logical associations (links) between files and for assigning attributes to the files and/or links. In embodiments of the invention, such attribute data is indexed in a data store according to Universally Unique Identifiers (UUIDs) in each file header.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: DOCBERT LLC
    Inventor: Paul Stuart Swengler
  • Patent number: 9626368
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a system merges documents, and comprises a computer system including at least one processor. The system receives an update document including one or more updates for a target document arranged according to a document schema defined by schema information. Update information includes one or more paths to nodes within the document schema, and is examined to identify eligible paths for the updates. The updates from the update document associated with the eligible paths are applied to the target document in accordance with the schema information to produce an updated document in compliance with the document schema. Embodiments of the present invention further include a method and computer program product for merging documents in substantially the same manner described above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Matthias Nicola, Martin Sommerlandt
  • Patent number: 9614880
    Abstract: A method includes providing, by a server computer, a shared workspace for facilitating collaborative work by a plurality of users with respect to a plurality of shared-access objects; obtaining real-time activity information describing ongoing actions currently being performed with respect to one or more of the shared-access objects; determining, based at least in part on the real-time activity information, whether a real-time notification rule is satisfied; outputting, for display in an activity stream and in response to determining that the real-time notification rule is satisfied, a real-time notification; and removing, from display in the activity stream, the real-time notification upon determining that the real-time notification rule is no longer satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: William Buckner Davis, George York, Donald Dylan Douglas, Michael Jeffrey Procopio, Eric Benson Schoeffler
  • Patent number: 9584584
    Abstract: A method and system for storing data files are provided. The method includes receiving a first data file and a first data file virtualization policy; associating the first data file with the first data file virtualization policy; and storing the first data file and the first data file virtualization policy on a storage device in communication with the computer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: PIXIA CORP.
    Inventors: Rahul C. Thakkar, Scott L. Pakula
  • Patent number: 9576017
    Abstract: In certain example embodiments, a system is configured to check consistency between a first computer-represented graphical model and a second computer-represented graphical model. The system includes a data storage device and at least one processor that is incorporated into or accessible to a server. The data storage device includes or stores model correlation information, e.g., in a mapping table form. The model correlation information is configured to define at least one relationship type between the first model and the second model. The model correlation information includes a mapping of objects of the first model to objects of the second model at creation time of the model correlation information. The processor is configured to perform a model consistency check procedure that uses the model correlation information including the relationship type to ascertain an inconsistency between extant versions of the first model and the second model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: SOFTWARE AG
    Inventors: Thomas Kummer, Markus Brueck
  • Patent number: 9536246
    Abstract: A content recommendation system includes: a client terminal operated by a user; and a content recommendation server that recommends content to the terminal through a network and includes a preference discrimination information storage section accumulating and storing preference discrimination information in which information related to evaluation of content input to the terminal by a user and identification information of the user are associated with each other, a content feature information storage section storing content feature information in which data indicating features of content are associated with identification information of content, a preference information creation section creating preference information of each user by integrating evaluation for content with the feature of the content for each user based on the preference discrimination information and the content feature information, and a recommended content list providing section transmitting a list of recommended content, extracted by evalua
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORTION
    Inventors: Katsu Saito, Wataru Onogi, Masaaki Koyanagi, Takayuki Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 9529894
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a question answering computer system determines a set of search terms for a given question. A plurality of passages that each includes at least one search term in the set of search terms is identified in response to a search of a document for search terms in the set of search terms. A passage from the plurality of passages is selected. A context based score of the selected passage that indicates the likelihood that the selected passage contains an answer to the question is generated based on criteria that specify a relationship among the set of search terms, content of the passage, and content of at least one other passage in the plurality of passages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Christopher M. Nolan, William G. Visotski, David E. Wilson, Robert L. Yates
  • Patent number: 9519633
    Abstract: Provided are a word latent topic estimation device and a word latent topic estimation method which are capable of hierarchically performing processing and which are capable of rapidly estimating latent topics of a word while taking into consideration a mixed state of topics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukitaka Kusumura, Yusuke Muraoka, Hironori Mizuguchi, Dai Kusui
  • Patent number: 9507881
    Abstract: A search unit 60 calculates a character-string similarity by acquiring expansion source document data partially matching a search query 70 from a character-string search index 40, determines a relational-data expansion similarity by acquiring expansion destination document data defined to have a relationship with the expansion source document data from a relational-data expansion index 50 and correcting the acquired data by the character-string similarity of the expansion destination document data and relation weight data 80, and outputs a search result 90 arranged in an order of the relational-data expansion similarity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takeyuki Aikawa, Yohei Okato
  • Patent number: 9509772
    Abstract: A method includes providing, by a server computer, a shared storage space for receiving and storing data from a plurality of data sources. The method further includes obtaining real-time ingress information describing at least one ongoing ingress action currently being performed between one of the plurality of data sources and the shared storage space. The method further includes outputting, for display in an ingress dashboard associated with the shared storage space, an ingress activity notification based on the at least one ongoing ingress action. The ingress activity notification can include means configured for selection by a user to interrupt the ongoing ingress action as well as means configured for selection by the user to generate an alert associated with the ongoing ingress action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Robert Brett Rose, Michael Jeffrey Procopio
  • Patent number: 9465515
    Abstract: During a user-interface technique, a user interface that includes information associated with a set of presentations is displayed on an electronic device. In this user interface, the presentations are arranged in different categories along a vertical direction of the user interface in an order that is determined based on presentation preferences of a user of the electronic device and/or presentation activities of a group of individuals associated with the user. Furthermore, thumbnails or tiles associated with pages of individual presentations in the set of presentations are arranged along a horizontal direction of the user interface. Subsequently, in response to the user input, the displayed user interface is modified. For example, if the user input specifies a vertical displacement, the set of presentations is displaced along the vertical direction. Alternatively, if the user input specifies a horizontal displacement, the thumbnails for a given presentation are displaced along the horizontal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: LinkedIn Corporation
    Inventors: Jess D. Venticinque, Andri H. Kristinsson, Nathan U. Barraille
  • Patent number: 9424347
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques pertaining to the creation of a social document through a collaboration. A server executing a social document management application may create a document comprised of content. The social document management application may also create an adhoc workflow process associated with the document in which the workflow process includes steps to create the content of the document. Collaborators may be assigned to work on the steps of the workflow process. In addition, tasks associated with the steps of the workflow process may be assigned to the collaborators and tracked. The tasks may be assigned by selecting content directly within the document and assigning a task pertaining to the selected content. The steps of the workflow process may then be approved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L. P.
    Inventors: Gemma Burman, Anjaneyulu Seetha Rama Kuchibhotla, Siddharth Kalita, Ninoj Antony, Eniyan Thiruvidam, Geeta Pai
  • Patent number: 9400740
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a method and technique for capacity forecasting is disclosed. The method includes: storing, in a memory, resource data associated with an environment, the resource data comprising inventory information of applications, processing resources and storage resources of the environment; and providing a ledger module executable by a processor unit to: create a capacity-associated transaction; identify and link at least one of an application, processing resource and storage resource to the transaction from the resource data; determine an initiation time and duration associated with the transaction; and forecast a change in capacity of at least one linked storage resource for the transaction and a time of the change in capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sonia Cheng, Pamela H. Hurwitch, Roman Kisin, Anirudh Oswal, Deidre Paknad, Irina Simpson
  • Patent number: 9400739
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a system and technique for capacity forecasting is disclosed. The system includes a host having a processor unit and a memory. Resource data stored associated with an environment is stored in the memory, the resource data comprising inventory information of applications, processing resources and storage resources of the environment. A ledger module is executable by a processor unit to: create a capacity-associated transaction; identify and link at least one of an application, processing resource and storage resource to the transaction from the resource data; determine an initiation time and duration associated with the transaction; and forecast a change in capacity of at least one linked storage resource for the transaction and a time of the change in capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sonia Cheng, Pamela H. Hurwitch, Roman Kisin, Anirudh Oswal, Deidre Paknad, Irina Simpson
  • Patent number: 9397878
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a client device running a particular OS or OS-version is provisioned with a rich communications suite (RCS) interface. The RCS interface mediates interactions between RCS client applications and RCS resources. The RCS interface interacts with the plurality of RCS client applications in a platform-independent manner using an RCS protocol, and the RCS interacts with the RCS resource in an OS-specific manner using an OS-specific RCS access protocol. The RCS interface translates application-originated RCS signaling that complies with the RCS protocol into the OS-specific RCS access protocol for delivery to the RCS resources, and the RCS interface likewise translates application-terminated signaling that complies with the OS-specific RCS access protocol into the RCS access protocol for delivery to one of the RCS client applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Ritesh Seth, Srinivasan Mecheri Govindarajan, Chanchal Rudraprasad
  • Patent number: 9390086
    Abstract: Techniques for a classification system with methodology for enhanced verification are described. In one approach, a classification computer trains a classifier based on a set of training documents. After training is complete, the classification computer iterates over a collection unlabeled documents uses the trained classifier to predict a label for each unlabeled document. A verification computer retrieves one of the documents assigned a label by the classification computer. The verification computer then generates a user interface that displays select information from the document and provides an option to verify the label predicted by the classification computer or provide an alternative label. The document and the verified label are then fed back into the set of training documents and are used to retrain the classifier to improve subsequent classifications. In addition, the document is indexed by a query computer based on the verified label and made available for search and display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: David Lisuk, Steven Holtzen
  • Patent number: 9390173
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and data structure is provided to determine a score for an electronic document, such as a webpage, image, audio recording, video recording or other electronic content, to aid in the ranking and retrieval of the electronic document. The score for an electronic document is based on weighted subjective user ratings of the electronic document by members of a member set. Weight factors are assigned to the members of the member set who then rate the electronic document. The score is determined for the electronic document based on the ratings of the electronic document by the members in the member set where each member's rating is weighted by a weight factor specific for the member who has provided the rating. The weight factor for a member is based on ratings assigned to that member by other members in the member set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Inventor: Victor David Uy
  • Patent number: 9348855
    Abstract: Provided are a method, computer program product, and system for storing a data stream. A distributed library server is configured with a plurality of data servers. A data type is mapped to at least one of the plurality of data servers. A portion of a data stream containing data of the data type is selected. An object part including the portion of the data stream is generated, and the object part is stored at one of the data servers mapped to the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Hassan A. Shazly
  • Patent number: 9318027
    Abstract: Mechanisms are provided for answering an input question. An input question to be answered from a source is received and processed to one or more extract features of the input question. The extracted one or more features are compared to cached features stored in one or more entries of a question and answer (QA) cache. A determination is made as to whether there is a matching entry in the one or more entries of the QA cache based on results of the comparing and, if so, candidate answer information is retrieved from the matching entry. The retrieved candidate answer information is returned to the source of the input question as candidate answer information for answering the input question.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Donna K. Byron, Lakshminarayanan Krishnamurthy, Edward E. Seabolt
  • Patent number: 9311823
    Abstract: Mechanisms are provided for answering an input question. An input question to be answered from a source is received and processed to one or more extract features of the input question. The extracted one or more features are compared to cached features stored in one or more entries of a question and answer (QA) cache. A determination is made as to whether there is a matching entry in the one or more entries of the QA cache based on results of the comparing and, if so, candidate answer information is retrieved from the matching entry. The retrieved candidate answer information is returned to the source of the input question as candidate answer information for answering the input question.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Donna K. Byron, Lakshminarayanan Krishnamurthy, Edward E. Seabolt
  • Patent number: 9268955
    Abstract: In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for conditionally sharing an object with one or more entities. These mechanisms and methods for conditionally sharing an object with one or more entities can enable enhanced data sharing, simplified data security, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Yongsheng Wu, Andrew Smith, Adam Torman, Punit Jain
  • Patent number: 9201751
    Abstract: Technologies are described for implementing a default migration mechanism in a storage system containing multiple tiers of storage with each tier having different cost and performance parameters. Data that is accessed more frequently can be migrated toward higher performance storage tiers while data that is accessed less frequently can be migrated towards lower performance storage tiers. Default migration behavior can be overridden by user-specified values for tier age residency policy, demotion policy, tier occupancy of volumes, and tier assignment. Data migration can be paused by the user and resumed by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: American Megatrends, Inc.
    Inventors: Vijayarankan Muthirisavenugopal, Sharon Enoch, Jomy Maliakal, Udita Chatterjee
  • Patent number: 9189770
    Abstract: In the context of recruitment and sales, it is difficult to ensure that there is a consistent level of activity tracking that occurs in a Customer Relationship Management or Applicant Tracking System (CRM/ATS, tracking application, or tracking system) from one user (e.g., recruiter or sales representative) to another within a single firm. This is due in large part to the manual and time consuming mechanics of logging the activity. Example embodiments of the present invention include a mail server component that automatically logs such activity. The system determines who the email is being sent to and from, as well as whether the email contains calendar event (e.g., appointment) information. The system then searches a database to determine if the recipients of the email message are contacts in the tracking application. If a match is found, the message is automatically added to the contacts activity record as either an inbound email, outbound email, or appointment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Bullhorn, Inc.
    Inventors: Geoffrey D. Greene, Arthur L. P. Papas, Richard L. Leeds, III, Christian M. Baxter
  • Patent number: 9183219
    Abstract: Technologies are described for implementing a default migration mechanism in a storage system containing multiple tiers of storage with each tier having different cost and performance parameters. Data that is accessed more frequently can be migrated toward higher performance storage tiers while data that is accessed less frequently can be migrated towards lower performance storage tiers. Default migration behavior can be overridden by user-specified values for tier age residency policy, demotion policy, tier occupancy of volumes, and tier assignment. Data migration can be paused by the user and resumed by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: American Megatrends, Inc.
    Inventors: Vijayarankan Muthirisavenugopal, Sharon Enoch, Jomy Maliakal, Paresh Chatterjee, Udita Chatterjee
  • Patent number: 9147003
    Abstract: The system disclosed provides an efficient mechanism for acquiring email and other data from remote systems in a forensically sound manner. Email for users can be requested by investigators from email servers across the country. It is then be automatically acquired and made available to the examiner, subject to approval, and any others he deems have a need-to-know on a web based system. The data can be searched and bookmarked, and the bookmarks shared. Data can also be uploaded manually and combined with email data in the searching, bookmarking, and sharing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: United States Postal Service
    Inventors: Suzanne Hermitage, Steve D. Nguyen, Jeffrey A. Steadman, Kennon F. Privette, Gerry Picciano, Jill Padres
  • Patent number: 9116914
    Abstract: Technologies are described for implementing a default migration mechanism in a storage system containing multiple tiers of storage with each tier having different cost and performance parameters. Data that is accessed more frequently can be migrated toward higher performance storage tiers while data that is accessed less frequently can be migrated towards lower performance storage tiers. Default migration behavior can be overridden by user-specified values for tier age residency policy, demotion policy, tier occupancy of volumes, and tier assignment. Data migration can be paused by the user and resumed by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: American Megatrends, Inc.
    Inventors: Vijayarankan Muthirisavenugopal, Sharon Enoch, Jomy Maliakal, Udita Chatterjee
  • Patent number: 9116966
    Abstract: Website search results obtained from searching multiple electronic information stores may be displayed transparently without distinguishing the electronic information store. The search may be performed by a web host and may include receiving at least one search term that then is compared with first electronic information within a first electronic information store to determine whether matches exist, where the first electronic information includes content provided by an internal source. The search term also is compared with second electronic information within a second electronic information store to determine whether matches exist, where the second electronic information includes content provided by an external source. Results are displayed based on matches that are determined to exist with the first electronic information and the second electronic information. The results are combined in a single list of results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Surendra Goel, David E. Kellum, Thomas E. Donaldson
  • Patent number: 9058331
    Abstract: The present invention includes a system and method for generating a conversation in a social network based on visual search results. A mixed media reality (MMR) engine indexes source materials as MMR objects, receives images from a user device and identifies matching MMR objects. A content management engine generates metadata corresponding to the MMR objects. A social network application generates conversations corresponding to the MMR object. The conversation includes multiple discussion threads. If a conversation already exists, the social network application provides the user with access to the conversation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: Ricoh Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jamey Graham, Timothee Bailloeul, Dani Essindi
  • Patent number: 9046997
    Abstract: Certain embodiments provide systems and methods for adaptive compression, transmission, and display of clinical images. Certain embodiments provide a method for adaptive compression of image data for transmission and display at a client workstation. The method includes identifying one or more images for display, the one or more images including a plurality of image slices. The method also includes determining a compression scheme for the one or more images based on at least one of bandwidth, processing power, and diagnostic modality. The method further includes transferring the one or more images for display at the client workstation. The method additionally includes adapting the compression scheme based on resource availability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Alexander Natanzon, Dmitry Pavlov, Alexander Jurovitsky
  • Publication number: 20150149404
    Abstract: A technique for facilitating online collaboration among users of client machines allows multiple users to work together and concurrently on a set of documents. In response to a request from a user, a server opens a document in a software application running on the server and virtualizes the software application to the client machines. Multiple users can then operate the software application from the respective client machines to edit the document via remote control. The server multiplexes pointer input from the client machines to provide pointer input to the software application from one user at a time. Multiplexing of pointer input takes place seamlessly and automatically in response to user activity with respect to the virtualized software application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: Citrix Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: AnneMarie Lock, Elizabeth Thapliyal, Michael Wookey, Anil Roychoudhry
  • Patent number: 9037537
    Abstract: A document workflow management system monitors progress of a document as it moves between various personnel to whom workflow actions have been assigned. It may send the document to the alternate person and then return the document to the original workflow when the alternate person has completed the action. If the document includes content that is subject to an access restriction, it will automatically redact that content before sending it to the alternate person, and it may return the content to the document when the document returns to the original workflow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventor: Matthew DeRoller
  • Patent number: 9037536
    Abstract: A system and method for automated database management are provided. Statistics relating to operation of a database may be collected, wherein the database comprises one or more database objects. Characteristics of the database objects may be determined, either automatically or by user intervention, using the collected statistics, one or more policies, and/or one or more definitions. The policies and definitions may be defaults or may be customized by a user. Actions to be performed on the database objects may be determined, either automatically or by user intervention, based on the characteristics of the database objects. A schedule for performing the actions on the database objects may be automatically determined. The actions may be performed on the database objects based on the schedule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: BMC SOFTWARE, INC.
    Inventors: Melody Vos, Jeff Slavin
  • Publication number: 20150134600
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for document collaboration and management are disclosed. In the method and apparatus, a document may be incorporated in a document directory maintained by a document collaboration and management service. A portable representation underlay based on the document may be generated using one or more asynchronous workflows and the portable representation underlay may be provided in response to a user request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Noah Anthony Eisner, Kevin Gillett, Himanshu Khurana, Arun Ponniah Sethuramalingam, Pradhan Cadabam, Liangliang Wang, Sharad Kala, Stephen Joseph Oakley, Nandhini Nandiwada Santhanam
  • Patent number: 9031988
    Abstract: A system and method for the automatic generation of a website. The website is created upon a user request, where the user provides identification information that is used to search an information database. The information will provide a reference to a code that relates to a template that is used to specify the layout, style and content of the website that is to be generated, and the website is then generated in accordance with the structure of the template, based on content contained in the information database. The user may engage the system and method by means of e-mail or a dedicated website or other such suitable means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Site Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Oles Tymoshenko, Stephen Curry
  • Publication number: 20150127603
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method is executed on a server having one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs to be executed by the one or more processors. The method includes receiving document editing commands, for editing a respective document, from one or more users in a document editing session, and editing the respective document in accordance with the commands received from the users. The received commands including document text for the document. The method further includes detecting, within the respective document text, an embedded request to invite a specified user to access the respective document, and responding by sending an invitation to the specified user, and, if needed, adding the specified user to an access control list of the respective document to enable the specified user to access the document in response to detecting the embedded request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventor: Gabriel Cohen
  • Publication number: 20150120646
    Abstract: The inventive subject matter provides apparatus, systems and methods in which a point management system packages worker thought-processes and supporting reference materials with the point or conclusion being made, enabling rapid review and verification by a decision-maker. The point management system includes a literal object database, snip object database and point object database, wherein each snip object is derived from a literal object and linked to the location from which it was derived. The system further includes a point authoring module that enables users to link snip objects within the point object, and a snip verification engine that enables a reviewer of the point object to verify the supporting snip objects and literal objects, their relationships to each other and to the points being made in the point object, and the team collaboration that has transpired at both the snip object level and point object level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: John Richard Burge, Ryan Nance
  • Patent number: 9020624
    Abstract: A system manages results of an analysis process on objects handled along a technical process line. The system contains measures for defining workflow steps of the technical process line and workflow execution software, and measures for generating for each object an object record containing the results of the workflow steps and a status. The system further has measures for defining an event manager for managing a transition from an actual status to a new status according to results of the workflow steps. The event manager contains a customized number of statuses linked to the workflow steps and contains for each transition a customizable set of rules for delivering check results. Finally, measures are provided for executing in parallel the analysis process, the workflow execution software and the event manager, thereby assigning a status to the object record depending on the check results derived from the execution of the set of rules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Frédéric Depreter
  • Patent number: 9020884
    Abstract: A computer system for storing of business information to be transferred from a consultant to a buyer includes a database system for maintaining configurable business information organized into a plurality of information components and a server connected to the database system and connectable to the buyer and the consultant. The server is operable to receive a selection of an information component and configure the information component in accordance with consultant instructions. The configuration includes establishing a data value library and creating an information setting the server is operable to integrate the information setting into at least one work flow entity and integrate the at least one work flow entity into a process design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: IQNavigator, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew A. Cullen, III, Steven A. Shaw, Leonid Zilberman
  • Patent number: 9020885
    Abstract: A system and method comprising, sharing information between a plurality of participants in a collaboration; and exposing a set of functions that enable a participant in the plurality of participants to share the information, the set of functions comprising: first functions to facilitate establishing a context in which to interact with the plurality of participants; and second functions to facilitate storing and retrieving values from a shared state, wherein the shared state is accessible within the context.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Brodi Beartusk, Timothy Breeden, Daryl B. Olander, Thomas A. Cook, Manish Devgan, Richard Feit, Christopher Jolley, Edward K. O'Neil, Rodney McCauley, Gregory Smith, Shane Pearson, Kevin Blair Frender, Thomas Carl Stamm
  • Patent number: 9020831
    Abstract: A system includes a plurality of sources that subscribe to, and another source that is unaffiliated with, a workflow management system. The system further includes a registry database that has pre-existing fields that are configured to store data received from one or more of the sources or from the other source, and de novo fields that are configured to be generated as a result of a data collection event and are configured to store data received from one or more of the sources or from the other source. An engine is configured to actively collect data from the sources and from the other source. The system further includes a dynamically updatable user interface that is operatively connected to the registry database. The dynamically updatable user interface is configurable or re-configurable for a particular one of the plurality of sources in response to the data collection event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Steven J. Simske, Chris Coughlan, Mark Jacobsen, Mick Keyes, Gary Moloney
  • Patent number: 9015106
    Abstract: A master data management system includes a data store. The system includes a data registry to provide storage at the data store of a data record. The data registry maintains a link between the data record and a first source record and between the data record and a second source record. The system includes a data channel associated with each source record, the data channel identifying a change at the data record. Each data channel is associated with an interface process module to update the corresponding source record using an Internet protocol when the associated data channel identifies a change at the data record.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Dell Products, LP
    Inventors: Richard C. Nucci, James T. Ahlborn, Mitchell J. Stewart, Nikola A. Kolev
  • Patent number: 9007647
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to methods and apparatus to identify images in print advertisements are disclosed. An example method comprises computing a first image feature vector for a first presented image, comparing the first image feature vector to a second image feature vector, and when the first image feature vector matches the second image feature vector, storing printed-media information associated with the first presented image in a database record associated with the second image feature vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Kevin Keqiang Deng, Alan Nguyen Bosworth
  • Patent number: 8990151
    Abstract: Systems and methods for supporting metadata for work items stored in a web-based content management system with collaboration environment are disclosed. Users uploading work items to a folder are not required to provide metadata for the work items. Collaborators of the folder can provide metadata to work items within the folder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Box, Inc.
    Inventor: Brandon Savage