Abstract: This invention is a system and method for retrieving and displaying information relating to college courses with separate lecture and laboratory portions. This invention is also a system and method for storing and retrieving records of completion of those courses. The laboratory portion can be held anywhere, allowing online courses to offer lab work as part of their curriculum.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for data management in multi-tenant distributive environment. According to the embodiments of the present invention, a tenant-specific virtual metadata server may be created and registered with a task manager in a job processing system. The virtual metadata server provides a tenant-specific logical file system namespace. Any access to tenant data will be performed via the virtual metadata server. In other words, such virtual metadata server acts as an interface between a tenant terminal and an entity file system. In this way, it may effectively realize isolation of tenant data and enhance data security. Moreover, by using a virtual metadata server rather than physically isolating user data, the embodiments of the present invention may guarantee the efficiency of data sharing while improving the data security.

Abstract: A method and system for distributing access to inventory items available at vendor locations includes user stations transmitting user inquiries on a communications network. Network-connected location servers access a set of inventory availability information associated with inventory items available at their respective location, for example, tables at a restaurant. The host server receives user inquiries regarding availability of items associated with at least some of the location servers and queries a cache server that locally stores a binary subset of the information from the location servers to determine if the requested item is available without having to separately query the database at each location. Particularly, a web server receives and stores information regarding only whether a requested item is available or not available from a particular location rather than how many items are available at the location.

Abstract: The subject disclosure relates to interaction and execution of objects in a distributed network or in the cloud. Each object comprises a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) path that names the object in the cloud through a distributed object directory. A client device can directly interface with a live instance of an object based on the URI path. The object can be agnostic to remote procedure call semantics. In some aspects, the object can be connected to an interacted with either remotely or locally. Further, single instances or multiple instances of the object can exist at substantially the same time.

Abstract: A method and system for enhancing and incentivizing user engagement with indications of acknowledgement at a social network is described. An acknowledgement application receives indications of acknowledgement associated with at least one information item from a first user and at least one second user at a social network. The acknowledgement application aggregates and processes the indications of acknowledgement. The acknowledgement application provides at least one result from the processing in response to hovering over an option for the indications of acknowledgement associated with the at least one information item. The acknowledgement application rewards the first user at least one numerical point based on indications of acknowledgement associated with the at least one specific topic and provides at least one badge of achievement to the first user on accumulating at least one threshold of a total number of points.

Abstract: A multi-modality, multi-resource, information integration environment system is disclosed that comprises: (a) at least one computer readable medium capable of securely storing and archiving system data; (b) at least one computer system, or program thereon, designed to permit and facilitate web-based access of the at least one computer readable medium containing the secured and archived system data; (c) at least one computer system, or program thereon, designed to permit and facilitate resource scheduling or management; (d) at least one computer system, or program thereon, designed to monitor the overall resource usage of a core facility; and (e) at least one computer system, or program thereon, designed to track regulatory and operational qualifications.

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.

Abstract: A system, method and database design is provided for unifying data from a plurality of databases, each having business-context related data and a data access mechanism. A database is created which contains a node for each dimension of an industry. For each data source accessible via the system, a set of data source specific dimensions is created and mapped to the corresponding industry business context dimension(s). A set of templates (e.g., UniViews) is created to query the data sources. Each UniView contains a specific question for a specific dimension designed for a specific data source. A central server coordinates the system and facilitates use of the system through an interface (e.g., the UniViewer). UniViewer allows a user to query the data sources by identifying an industry business context dimension, a dimension instance and at least one UniView. Multiple UniViews can be combined, cached and saved to facilitate complex queries.

Abstract: A system includes reception of a first query from a client device at a first database node of a database instance comprising two or more database nodes, determination of a second database node of the two or more database nodes associated with the first query, compilation of the first query at the first database node to generate first compiled code, and transmission of the first compiled code and a first identifier of the second database node from the first database node to the client device.

Abstract: The present invention discloses devices including a transparent client-connection manager for exchanging client data between application servers and the device: a request analyzer for analyzing query requests from at least one application server; a data-retrieval/command-execution module for executing query requests; a database connection manager for exchanging database data between at least one database server and the device; a cache-memory pool for storing data items from at least one database server; a cache-policy module for determining cache criteria for storing the data items In the cache-memory pool; and a data-consistency invalidation module for determining invalidated data items based on invalidation criteria for removing from the cache-memory pool. The cache-memory pool is configured to utilize memory modules residing in data proxy devices and distributed cache management utility, enabling the memory capacity to be used as a cluster to balance workloads.

Abstract: Methods and computer-readable media are provided for associating security trimmers with documents in an enterprise search system. According to one method, a search index is maintained that includes one or more document identifiers corresponding to documents stored at back-end computing systems. Each document identifier in the search index is associated with one or more security trimmer implementations. When a query request is received from a user, the search index is queried to identify documents referenced by the search index that match search terms provided with the query request. For each document that matches the search terms, the associated security trimmer implementations are identified and executed to retrieve the access rights to view the document for the current user from the back-end computing system where the document is stored.

Abstract: A computer identifies a plurality of data retrieval requests that may be serviced using a plurality of unique data chunks. The computer services the data retrieval requests by utilizing at least one of the unique data chunks. At least one of the unique data chunks can be utilized for servicing two or more of the data retrieval requests. The computer determines a servicing sequence for the plurality of data retrieval requests such that the two or more of the data retrieval requests that can be serviced utilizing the at least one of the unique data chunks are serviced consecutively. The computer services the plurality of data retrieval requests according to the servicing sequence.

Abstract: Provided is a search system and method for performing a search during execution of an application in a mobile terminal. The search method may include executing an application, without terminating the application, by including a search window on a part of an execution screen of the application. The system and method also include incorporating a library into an application.

Abstract: A method for retrieving enhanced metadata. A media content delivery network has a Consumer Premises Equipment (CPE) connected to a server node including a search proxy device. The search proxy device is connected to content servers on a further network. The search proxy device receives a request for information about a media object from the CPE and forms, based on the request, at least one dedicated request for a content server in a format suitable for that content server, transmits the at least one dedicated request to the at least one selected content server over the further network, receives a response from a content server comprising metadata related to the transmitted at least one dedicated request. The search proxy device may translate the received response into a defined format, in particular a defined metadata description format, and transmit a reply comprising metadata in the defined format to the CPE.

Abstract: A high speed data storage system including a logical disk that is implemented from disk systems (i.e., physical disk storage devices and associated controllers) that operate at speed lower than the input data rate. The logical disk supports the input data rate by multiplexing streaming data onto multiple physical disk storage devices. The resulting system has a logical read/write speed that is the sum of each of the disks participated in the storage system. Data written onto the data storage system can be retrieved directly, sequentially, or by means of advanced search techniques such as binary search or skip sequential search.

Abstract: Redirection of user entered data to an unauthenticated website (“phishing”) is checked by, at redirection, detecting the presence of data entry fields in a user web page and, if any are present, authenticating the redirection address against lists of approved websites or the redirection web site certificate. If the new address is not authenticated, the user may still opt to be redirected.

Abstract: Multiple search indexes can be served from a common set of resources. Instead of requiring a processor to be dedicated to serving a single search index, a processor can provide responsive documents for search queries that are based on different ranking algorithms and/or different sets of documents.

Abstract: Improved matching of a regular expression in an input string. A system first identifies a number of substrings (k) in a regular expression of length (m). The system receives a stream of start states for each of the substrings generated according to a regular expression matching process and receives a stream of end occurrences generated according to a multi-string matching process. The system identifies all instances where an end occurrence of a particular substring matches a positive start state of the particular substring, and enters the instances as positive substring accept states in the regular expression matching process on the input string. In one aspect, the system is much more efficient when (k) is much less than (m). The system can match the regular expression based on a bit offset between the first and second stream.

Abstract: An address matching system that maintains a central database of valid addresses has been designed. According to the invention, address matching requests are received by the system from a plurality of remote users located at respective machines (“clients”). Those requests are processed at the central system, and the results are returned to the client that made the request. In addition, novel techniques are implemented for improving the likelihood of obtaining one or more matches from a request.

Abstract: A method of performing a query on a cube of data is provided. A cube of data is distributed onto a plurality of computing devices with each computing device of the plurality of computing devices storing a different portion of the cube of data. A perturbation rule configured for application to the cube of data and associated with a user is received. A process space associated with the user is created. The received perturbation rule is compiled in association with the created process space. A query on the portion of the cube of data stored at the computing device is received. The received query is associated with the created process space. The query is processed while applying the compiled perturbation rule to data extracted from the portion of the cube of data stored at the computing device. A result of the processed query is sent to a requesting computing device.

Abstract: Systems and processes provide network clients on various platforms a customized file system experience on demand while managing files (e.g., computer animation files) across a variety of storage devices spread across a network of arbitrary size (local area networks, wide area networks, worldwide networks, the world wide web, etc.). Clients may specify a set of requirements for an instantiation of a file system interface or object for a given application. Such requirements may include storage location, file quality, capacity, scale, permanence, speed, and the like. The system may then provide to the client a customized file system interface with particular hardware resources allocated to satisfy the designated file system requirements. The file system interface may coordinate file delivery, allocation, tracking, transportation, caching, deletion, and the like. The system may manage and allocate hardware resources ranging from a local client computer to distant hard drive banks across the world.

Abstract: The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for executed stored procedures at parallel databases. Stored procedures are transformed so that execution of the stored procedure is split between a standalone database server and a parallel database coordinator. Execution of the stored procedure is initiated at the standalone database server. At execution time, control-flow statements, variable assignment, expression evaluation, etc., are handled by the standalone database server. SQL statements are passed from the standalone database server to the database for the execution. Results from executed SQL statements can be returned to the standalone database server or to a client. The parallel database coordinator can be added as a linked server to the standalone database server. In some embodiments, a session token is used to share session state between different parties.

Abstract: A system and method for querying a database is disclosed. Database tables are represented as nodes in a model. Each node is associated with at least one leaf. The nodes can be interconnected with one another. A model input is received by a server from a client device, the model input including a starting node, one or more leaves, and optionally one or more filters. A query is executed against a database based on the model input. A subsequent query can be generated by selecting a result of the first query. Also disclosed is a technique for cancelling queries.

Abstract: A method of performing a query on a cube of data is provided. An access key associated with a user is created at a computing device. The access key defines the user's access to a cube of data distributed onto a plurality of computing devices with each computing device of the plurality of computing devices storing a different portion of the cube of data. A plurality of access masks is stored in association with the portion of the cube of data stored on the computing device. A process space associated with the user is created. A query on the cube of data is received by the computing device. The query is associated with the user. The query is processed while masking the created access key with the stored plurality of access masks, wherein the masking controls access to the stored portion of the cube of data. A result of the processed query is sent to a requesting computing device.

Abstract: A database request can be processed at least partly based on one or more differences between multiple database systems and/or environments. The differences can, for example, include differences between one or more database capabilities respectively provided by the multiple database systems, differences between the representation of data in the multiple database systems, and differences in the interfaces for accessing the multiple database systems.

Abstract: Systems and methods for querying a database are disclosed. A server computing device includes a processor and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the server computing device to: receive a query input from a client device over a network connection; establish a non-blocking socket between the client computing device and the server computing device; generate a database query based on the query input; cause the database query to begin executing against one or more databases; perform a read request on the non-blocking socket; receive a code in response to the read request on the non-blocking socket; determine whether the network connection exists between the client device and the server device based on the received code; and cause the database query to be cancelled when the server determines that the network connection does not exist between the client device and the server device.

Abstract: The present solution is directed to reporting and analytics tools uniquely designed for easy integration with cloud based applications and enterprise applications with on-premise data and easy use by such applications' end users. The present solution provides this functionality as a service to cloud service providers, enabling them to augment their product's capabilities with a reporting and analytics tools that is seamlessly and securely integrated with their product. The present solution is also beneficial as a reporting tool in any market or vertical to enable end users to easily and securely create custom reports. As such, the present solution reduces the skills required for such reports and reduces the delay, time and expense of using specially skilled resources or technical resources to build the custom reports for the end users.

Abstract: Enhanced techniques for data retrieval in a distributed computing environment are described. A computing node of a distributed computing environment may receive a data request. The computing node may include one or more subsets of data. The computing node may be configured to search among the one or more subset of data for a beginning of a data range that is responsive to the data request. The computing node may be further configured to forward a data range responsive to the search to another computing node of the distributed computing system to be merged with one or more additional data ranges. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a method comprises processing an input data stream as the data stream is streamed and producing a derived stream therefrom; storing the input data stream in an input archive; suspending processing of the input data stream; subsequent to suspending processing, resuming processing of the input data stream, wherein resuming comprises: storing newly received data in the input data stream in a buffer, as the input data stream is streamed; determining a first timestamp; determining a second timestamp; searching the input archive to find a data item that matches the first timestamp of the last processed data item; processing data in the input archive having timestamps that are greater than the first timestamp until arriving at data with a third timestamp that is greater than the second timestamp; processing the input data stream from the buffer; continuing processing the input data stream as the input stream is streamed.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods, apparatus, systems, and computer readable storage media for interacting with a record via a single user interface. The user interface includes a publisher and an information feed. A user may request to interact with the record from the publisher. Information may be submitted through the publisher to interact with the record to update the record. A feed item may be presented for inclusion in the information feed based on the update. One or more entities may be cross-referenced with the feed item so that the same feed item is provided in the feeds of each of the one or more entities. Identification of the entities to be cross-referenced with the feed item can come from data defined by a user in a payload, data defined by a system administrator, and/or record relationship information in a database system.

Abstract: Example apparatus and methods concern fingerprint-based, intelligent, content pre-fetching. An example apparatus may have a memory that is configured to store content items or fingerprints derived from content items. The apparatus may include a set of logics that are configured to selectively asynchronously provide a content item or a fingerprint derived from the content item to a data store on a mobile computing device. The items are provided in response to an event other than a request for content from the mobile computing device. The apparatus may be configured to select the content item based on a proactive, crowd-sourced, predictive and adaptive method. The apparatus may provide the content item or the fingerprint to the mobile device and to other related mobile devices or users. The apparatus may consider the state (e.g., available memory, available battery, available communication channels) of the mobile device before providing content.

Abstract: A system for annotating genomic variant files includes an application server, an annotation database, a genomic database, and an annotation processing computer system. The genomic database may be graph-oriented. The annotation processing computer system processes can process variant files in batch modes and includes annotation modules designed to improve the speed of the annotation process. The batch modes may include batch transmission, and/or batch annotation.

Abstract: A social networking system allows its users to perform a structured search that returns objects (e.g., other users and pages) in the social networking system. A searching user may remove or add objects to the search by interacting with the returned objects. Adding or removing an object generates a claim stored by the social networking system that an object has or does not have, respectively, characteristics based on the search query. Additionally, the searching user may also request presentation of the search query to other users, which may be selected by the social networking system based on their predicted expertise. A dialog between the searching user and a selected other user may be provided to allow the searching user to provide the search query to the selected other user and to receive a response.

Abstract: Systems, methods and media are provided for providing a customized output based on data obtained using RFID. One method includes receiving from at least one RFID reader identification (ID) information stored in a plurality of RFID devices. The method also includes searching and gathering data related to a plurality of individuals carrying the plurality of RFID devices from at least one of a database and an online source based on the ID information. The databases include personal information corresponding to each of the plurality of individuals. The method further includes analyzing the gathered data to update the personal information and to search for additional data related to the individuals and correlating the gathered data and the updated personal information to derive relationships amongst the individuals. The method also includes providing a customized output using at least one of the gathered data, the updated personal information and the derived relationships.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a query polling module that sends a request from a local computer to a remote computer. The request includes a request for query update information that is located on and/or is accessible to the remote computer. The local computer is in communication with one or more local databases over a local network. The remote computer is remote from the local network. The apparatus includes, in one embodiment, a query update receiver module that receives query update information from the remote computer and a query update module that updates a set of scheduled queries based on the query update information. The apparatus includes, in another embodiment, an execution module that sends each query of the updated set of scheduled queries to an applicable local database of the one or more local databases, and a results module that receives results of the queries and provides access to the results.

Abstract: The invention relates to the field of computer telephony integration, displaying and producing computer based documents seamlessly to users that relate to their telephone calls. The best mode is considered to be the use of the invention with social media, such as Facebook, where the mobile station (30) searches for the social media page of the caller based on the Caller ID and displays it to the recipient of the call on the mobile station screen, possibly with other Internet search results. The methods and arrangements allow the user to obtain the newest public information about the person who calls him or he decides to call, or any documents that might be intermittent between the people. In other words the Desktop or screen automatically arranges itself to a state in which it is easiest to work during the call, using searches made based on call parameters, such as caller ID.

Abstract: A redundant array of independent nodes are networked together. Each node executes an instance of an application that provides object-based storage. Metadata objects are stored in a set of regions distributed among the nodes across the array. A given region is identified by hashing a metadata object attribute and extracting a given set of bits of a resulting hash value. A method of managing query results comprises: receiving, by a first node of the plurality of independent nodes from a client application, a request for a list of objects with a criterion; issuing by the first node a query to all the nodes based on the received request; processing the query by each node over the regions in the node using the metadata objects stored in the regions; aggregating and filtering by the first node results of the query from all the nodes; and returning by the first node the aggregated and filtered results to the client application.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for a new approach to the problem of finding communities in complex networks relating to a social definition of communities and percolation are disclosed. Instead of partitioning the graph into separate subgraphs from top to bottom a local algorithm (communities of each vertex) allows overlapping of communities. The performance of an algorithm on synthetic, randomly-generated graphs and real-world networks is used to benchmark this method against others. An heuristic is provided to generate a list of communities for networks using a local community finding algorithm. Unlike diffusion based algorithms, The provided algorithm finds overlapping communities and provides a means to measure confidence in community structure. It features locality and low complexity for exploring the communities for a subset of network nodes, without the need for exploring the whole graph.

Abstract: A method and system for providing recommendations to multimedia content elements of interest to a user. The method comprises receiving at least one multimedia content element; generating at least one signature for the received multimedia content element; querying a user profile of the user to determine a user interest; searching, by means of the at least one generated signature, through a plurality of data sources for multimedia content elements matching the determined user interest; and returning the matching multimedia content elements to the user node as recommendations.

Abstract: A method for sharing documents between on-demand services is provided. In an embodiment, a user of a first on-demand service may be able to view a list of content that includes content stored at the first on-demand service and content stored at a second on-demand service. The content of the second on-demand service may be associated with information about the content, allowing the content to be shared among multiple users of the first on-demand service. The user wanting to view the content, select or click on an indicator identifying the content, a connection to the second on-demand service is established, and images of the content are sent from the second on-demand service to the first on-demand service.

Abstract: In a client processing apparatus, each application program independently performs communication with a server processing apparatus in spite of relevance between the application programs. For example, when plural application programs issue a request at the same timing in correspondence with a user's operation, the operation speed of the application program may become low. A request which occurs at the same timing of a particular request outputted from an application program to the server processing apparatus is previously defined in a communication grouping table. When the application program actually outputs a request, the communication grouping table is referred to, then the request and a request in the table to occur at the same timing are transmitted at once to the server processing apparatus. The server processing apparatus processes the plural requests at once, and returns the result of processing to the client processing apparatus.

Abstract: An elastic parallel database system where metadata is specified out-of-band during database operations via a set of augmentation rules. The rules are used to augment or modify commands received, and indicate whether they are to be used for specific connections on which they are received, for all client connections, or some other scope.

Abstract: A method for dynamic management of one or more cloud database nodes is provided. The method enables gathering information related to usage of one or more cloud database nodes. The method further enables comparing time required by the one or more cloud database nodes for responding to one or more requests with a predetermined threshold. Furthermore, the method enables provisioning one or more new cloud database nodes or removing one or more new cloud database nodes based on at least one of: the gathered information, the comparison and a combination thereof.

Abstract: A system provides client access to customized news content. The system includes a custom news source server and a news search server. The custom news source server periodically sends one or more customized search queries to a news search server. The news search server fetches news content from multiple news source servers and aggregates the news content. The news search server also periodically receives the one or more search queries from the custom news source server, searches the aggregated news content based on the one or more search queries, and periodically provides selected news content to the custom news server based on results of the searches. The custom news source server permits access to clients, from across a network, to the selected news content provided by the news search server.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for managing image files over a network. In an embodiment, a notification is received from a remote server. The notification may comprise an identifier of an image file that comprises scanned slide data and is stored at the remote server. In response to the notification, the identifier of the image file may be added in association with an indication that the image file is stored at the remote server to a stored catalog of image files, and a file-transfer operation may be initiated to transfer a copy of the image file from the remote server to a central database. Following completion of the file-transfer operation, the stored catalog may be updated to indicate that the image file is stored in the central database, and a request may be sent to the remote server to delete the image file at the remote server.

Abstract: A method for generating search results containing state links to applications. The method includes receiving a search query from a remote computing device, generating a state link to a state of a native application based on the search query and providing the state link to the remote computing device, all by a processing device. The state link is provided with one or more other state links to third party applications. The native application is a third party native application. The native application corresponds to a third party application having one or more versions. The state link includes an application resource identifier corresponding to the native application and is used to access the state in the native application version of the third party application.

Abstract: Systems and methods enable remote (or “off-campus”) users complete authorized access to full-record content of 3rd-party databases subscribed to by the user's institution. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method and system that acts as a transparent conduit between the user and a remote database, managing relevant session/context information without the user's awareness and without the need for users to install plug-ins or configure browser proxies.

Abstract: Techniques are provided for small file aggregation in a parallel computing system. An exemplary method for storing a plurality of files generated by a plurality of processes in a parallel computing system comprises aggregating the plurality of files into a single aggregated file; and generating metadata for the single aggregated file. The metadata comprises an offset and a length of each of the plurality of files in the single aggregated file. The metadata can be used to unpack one or more of the files from the single aggregated file.

Abstract: Implementations of the present disclosure include actions of actions of receiving a search query from a searching user, determining that the search query corresponds to a trigger query and, in response, providing data associated with the first set of authoritative users for potential display to the searching user, determining a second set of authoritative users based on the first set of authoritative users, for each authoritative user in the second set of authoritative users, receiving a contact status between the authoritative user and the searching user within a social networking service, and transmitting instructions to display data associated with authoritative users of the second set of authoritative users with search results responsive to the search query, the data including the contact status for each authoritative user in the second set of authoritative users.

Abstract: Contextual search by a mobile communications device is described. In an implementation, a search query is a received and a context is detected of a user interface currently being displayed on a display device of a mobile communications device. One or more search results are displayed on a display device of a search performed in the detected context using the search query.