Abstract: Shared materialized views are maintained during data changes to the primary data and during creation of new materialized views. Shared data stored for use by shared materialized views is distinguished from data stored by an independent materialized view. A view selector manages data updates to shared materialized views and corresponding mapping table. The view selector directs movement of data between a shared materialized view and an independent materialized view through the lifecycle of the materialized views.

Abstract: Performing a networked transaction with proof of honesty is described. An identity credential is generated for a user based on an underlying secret associated the user. The identity credential is augmented with Rulebook credentials, and proof of honesty based thereon is conveyed to another user. On this basis, the user is permitted to transact with the other user in connection with the proof of honesty.

Abstract: In accordance with some aspects of the present disclosure, a non-transitory computer readable medium is disclosed. The non-transitory computer readable medium includes instructions when executed by a processor cause the processor to write an object to an object store using an object-based access protocol, look up the object from the object store using a file-based access protocol, and create one or more directories on-demand in the object store.

Abstract: In various embodiments, methods and systems for implementing an integrated image search system are provided. The integrated image search system supports an image search feature of a content application on a mobile device. An image identifier is received to execute an image search operation. The image identifier is received via a native operating system action that is customized to support the image search feature. The native operating system action defines an entry point to the image search feature. The entry points can be based on image identifiers identified from a share image action, a share Uniform Resource Locator (URL) action, a copy share URL action, or a drag and drop action. An image of the image identifier is used to execute the image search operation to identify image search results. An image search results page having one or more images search results is caused to be displayed.

Abstract: In some implementations, a system may establish an interview session between a first client device associated with an interviewer and a second client device associated with a candidate. The system may transmit, to the first client device associated with the interviewer, a first user interface during the interview session between the first client device and the second client device. The system may transmit, to the second client device associated with the candidate, a second user interface during the interview session between the first client device and the second client device. The system may receive, from the first client device, the feedback associated with the interview session. The system may transmit, to a human resource system, the feedback to enable a hiring recommendation regarding whether to offer the position associated with the interview session to the candidate.

Abstract: A method of generating an ontology index for use in mapping content fields to ontology terms from one or more ontologies, the method including, in an electronic processing device, selecting one or more ontologies, each ontology including a number of ontology terms, determining an ontology term meaning for at least some of the ontology terms and generating an index including index terms indicative of the ontology terms, wherein the index identifies ontology terms having equivalent ontology term meanings.

Abstract: A syndicated-content recognition system retrieves, from at least one database, media broadcast files broadcast by a plurality of media broadcast sources, wherein individual media broadcast files are associated with stations, days of the week, and times. Based on historical data associated with the media broadcast files, the system determines whether a particular media broadcast file associated with a particular station and a particular time is likely to include syndicated content. In response to determining that the particular media broadcast file is likely to include syndicated content the particular media broadcast file is tagged to generate a tagged media broadcast file, and the tagged media broadcast file is exempted from syndicated-content-comparisons with other media broadcast files.

Abstract: Computer-readable media, methods, and systems are disclosed for validating data associated with schemas. A user defines the object model of at least one asset and a first schema is generated in accordance with the defined object model, and a unique fingerprint is generated. Data is collected from one or more devices in accordance with the object model. The collected data is serialized, and a second schema is generated. The second schema is ordered in accordance with the first schema and a unique fingerprint is generated. The fingerprint of the first schema is compared to the fingerprint of the second schema to provide an efficient review process for determining whether the schemas are equal, and the associated data may be validated. A fingerprint cache may be updated with fingerprints associated with a plurality of schemas, as well as version history of each schema, to provide an efficient review process.

Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method for presenting global issues to users and followers of a social media platform, allowing the users and followers to provide viewpoints on the global issues, ensuring that the users providing the viewpoints are authentic, and analyzing the various viewpoints to develop statistical data including the location of those providing viewpoints. The present invention also allows a user to present a global issue for consideration by users of the platform, for example, a social media internet-based website, and allows followers of the user to provide their viewpoints on such global issue. Simultaneously, the location of said followers will be collected and collated along with their responses.

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods related to tokens to indicate completion of data storage to memory are described. An example method may include storing a number of data values by a first page in a first row of an array of memory cells responsive to receipt of a first command from a host, where the first command is associated with an open transaction token, and receiving a second command from the host to store a number of data values by a second page in the first row. The method may further include sending a safety token to the host to indicate completion of storing the number of data values by the second page in the first row.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes: extracting, by one or more processors, media data from an information technology ticket; extracting, by one or more processors, a plurality of data elements from the media data; and generating, by one or more processors, a ticket knowledge graph based on the plurality of data elements, wherein a node of the ticket knowledge graph represents a data element, and an edge between a first node and a second node in the ticket knowledge graph represents a correlation between a first data element represented by the first node and a second data element represented by the second node.

Abstract: During a checkout process in an online store, a user may provide data that facilitates future communication between the user and a merchant of the online store. However, this communication may be impeded when the user-provided data contains errors. Embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems and methods for resolving errors in user-provided data using stored datasets. According to one embodiment, a method includes determining that an identifier for an online order contains an error. The method also includes determining, based on a comparison between the identifier and multiple stored identifiers, that the identifier corresponds to a particular stored identifier within a defined tolerance. The method further includes generating an option for a user associated with the particular stored identifier to confirm an association between the particular stored identifier and the online order.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described for indexing related documents to provide more robust search functionality within an index. In one aspect, a first document, such as a comment or status update associated with a second document or ticket item, may be obtained. As a result of the first document including first data that is linked to second data of the second document, an instance of the second document may be modified to include at least a portion of the first data. An index, which indexes a corpus of documents, such as ticket items, may be updated to include the modified second document, such that the first data is associated with the modified second document in the index. Responsive to a query for the first data in the index, the modified second document and any included first data may be returned.

Abstract: A technique of managing geospatial data includes receiving, by a SaaS (Software as a Service) application hosted from a server, a search query from a client, the search query specifying a geographical range. In response to receiving the search query, the technique further includes identifying multiple search results corresponding to the specified geographical range, the search results including a set of still images of the specified geographical range, a set of full-motion videos of the specified geographical range, and a set of GIS (Geographical Information System) data that pertains to the specified geographical range. In response to a request from the client, the technique further includes storing at least some of the search results in a workspace of the SaaS application, the workspace shared among multiple users of the SaaS application and enabling online collaboration among the users to accomplish geospatial exploitation workflows that fuse multiple data sources.

Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to systems, methods, and computer-readable media for developing and implementing workflows for a variety of data types. For example, systems disclosed herein may receive or otherwise generate a schema object on a schema system including a plurality of schema objects associated with different workflows. The schema object may include user interface behavior data indicating a content type and associated control type. The schema object may further include application programming interface (API) behavior data indicating a binding between a user interface engine and an API engine. The schema object may also include workflow behavior data indicating one or more services for processing the schema object. Moreover, systems described herein may deploy a plurality of parsers on a plurality of processing engines to enable flexibility and dynamic updates to content ingestion lifecycles.

Abstract: A data loading and processing system, and a method therefor are disclosed. In the present invention, a collection server confirms the state of target resources before collecting data, determines a data collecting and loading method for the corresponding resources on the basis of the confirmed state of the resources, transmits a data collection request to a data server, collects the data from the data server through the determined data collecting and loading method, and loads the collected data in a big data platform so as to collect and load data by an optimum data collecting and loading method according to the current state of objects to be collected and objects to be loaded, and thus can increase overall system operation efficiency.

Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, described are systems and methods for real time data aggregation in a virtual cube in a multidimensional database. A method can provide, at a computer that includes one or more microprocessors, a multidimensional database server executing on the computer, wherein the multidimensional database server supports at least one multidimensional cube, a data source associated with the multidimensional cube, and at least one source of real-time data accessible by the data source. The method can query, by the multidimensional cube, the data source, the query comprising an identification of the at least one source of real-time data. The method can provide, by the data source, on-demand access to the multidimensional cube to the at least one source of real-time data. The method can use targeted data from the at least one source of real-time data within the multidimensional cube without being stored therein.

Abstract: Systems and methods to store and manage entity verification information to reduce redundant entity information and redundant submission of requests are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: obtain user profiles associated with users; obtain requests to verify the users by compliance organizations; in response to the user profiles identified by the requests being part of one or more profile hierarchies, access content of subordinate user profiles; generate user interface information defining a user interface through which the content of the user profiles is accessed by the compliance organizations; effectuate communication of the user interface information to computing platforms associated with the compliance organizations to cause the computing platforms to present the user interface displaying the content of the user profiles that satisfy the request criteria; and/or perform other operations.

Abstract: A system and method is described for use with a multidimensional database computing environment to provide support for parallel calculation of multidimensional slices. Users are able to specify a set of slices and a number of parallel threads to employ. The multidimensional database environment generates tasks that include calculations and/or aggregations, which are able to be executed by the system in parallel. Also described herein are mechanisms of utilizing variables within the calculations performed by respective threads, and combining thread variables after execution.

Abstract: The disclosed technology addresses the need in the art for a content management system that can be highly flexible to the needs of its subjects. The present technology permits any object to be shared by providing a robust and flexible access control list mechanism. The present technology utilizes a data structure that is highly efficient that both minimizes the amount of information that needs to be written into any database, but also allows for fast reads and writes of information from authoritative tables that are a source of truth for the content management system, while allowing for maintenance of indexes containing more refined data that allow for efficient retrieval of certain information that would normally need to be calculated when it is needed.

Abstract: A system and method for pruning data based on metadata. The method may include receiving a query that includes a plurality of predicates and identifying one or more applicable files including database data satisfying at least one of the plurality of predicates. The identifying the one or more applicable files including reading metadata stored in a metadata store that is separate from the database data. The method further includes pruning inapplicable files including database data that does not satisfy at least one of the plurality of predicates to create a reduced set of files and reading the reduced set of files to execute the query.

Abstract: One or more users in an observation platform environment is provided with a communications device capable of sending a user's voice and a secondary signal containing information regarding a location or relative proximity of the communications device. An observation platform is provided and has a communications system for receiving and sending data from and to at least one of the communications devices and a computer system configured to recognize the identity of a user of the users, based on signals from the communications device; capture, from the communications device, the secondary signal and a voice message of the user; derive statistical data about employee performance of the user; store the user identity, voice message, location, and statistical data in an employee performance library associated with the user; and generate at least one performance metric entry for the user, based on the performance information, into the employee performance library.

Abstract: Techniques for optimizing upload prioritization of files between computer systems are described herein. A computer system may assign each file of a plurality of files to one or more groups based at least in part on metadata associated with each file, where each group of the one or more groups is associated with a weight representing a ratio of priority for uploading to a server computer. A prioritized list for a portion of the plurality of files may be generated based at least in part on the one or more groups and associated weights of the one or more groups. One or more files from the prioritized list may be transmitted to the server computer based at least in part on an expiration of a certain time period where the expiration of the certain time period is associated with the transmitting of the content to the server computer.

Abstract: Techniques and solutions are described for retrieving metadata artefacts from a repository that includes multiple instances of a metadata artefact. The instances can have at least some different content. Metadata artefacts are associated with metadata describing group, searching, or selection criteria, such as one or more of a particular solution, tenant, layer, or version. A request for a metadata artefact can include at least one value for one or more of the criteria, which in turn can be used to identify one or more relevant metadata artefacts. Identifiers for, or content of, relevant metadata artefacts can be returned in response to the request. Fallback logic can be used to determine at least in part what metadata artefacts are relevant to a request, or how to return or process request results.

Abstract: Techniques described herein relate to systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable mediums for performing workloads on hardware configurations. The method includes determining compliant hardware configurations of the data cluster using workload features associated with the workload, hardware specification information associated with hardware of data nodes of a data cluster, and a first machine learning model; generating performance predictions associated with the compliant hardware configurations using the workload features, a portion of the hardware specification information associated with the compliant hardware configurations, and a second machine learning model; and generating a recommendation using the performance predictions, and the recommendation specifies a hardware configuration of the compliant hardware configurations. The workload is performed using the recommendation.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are techniques related to automated generation of regular expressions. In some embodiments, a regular expression generator may receive input data comprising one or more character sequences. The regular expression generator may convert character sequences into a sets of regular expression codes and/or span data structures. The regular expression generator may identify a longest common subsequence shared by the sets of regular expression codes and/or spans, and may generate a regular expression based upon the longest common subsequence.

Abstract: Systems and methods for replacing a hyperlink to a referenced object with a smart link are disclosed. The method performed by a smart link management system includes receiving a content request for the hyperlink from a client device, the content request comprising a uniform resource locator (URL) of the referenced object, the URL indicating the location of the content; identifying a data source where the referenced object is located based on the URL; forwarding the content request to the data source; receiving metadata corresponding to the referenced object hosted by the data source; and forwarding the metadata to the client device for display on the client device in the form of a smart link, the smart link being a visual object including at least a portion of the metadata received from the data source.

Abstract: A computing system may include an assembly access engine configured to access a computer-aided design (CAD) assembly that digitally represents a product component that includes multiple parts. The computing system may also include a part determination engine configured to determine a recommended part for the CAD assembly, including by providing the CAD assembly as an input to a machine-learning (ML) model trained with assembly structure data of CAD assemblies of a common product type as the CAD assembly, generating a candidate part set through the ML model, filtering the candidate part set based on physical and cost characteristics of the different candidate parts of the candidate part set, and identifying the recommended part from the filtered candidate part set. The part recommendation engine may also be configured to insert the recommended part into the CAD assembly and provide the CAD assembly in support of physical manufacture.

Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, systems and methods can provide for load, aggregate, and batch calculation in in a multidimensional database environment. Metadata can be used to identify in which higher dimensions each leaf-level load is used. At such time, the data from the leaf level is aggregated to each of the higher dimensions where it is to be used. Then, the aggregate values are stored in memory until a completed sum (or other calculation) is completed at the higher levels. At such time, the aggregate values can be discarded from memory. The ability of the system to perform a load, aggregate, and batch calculation in one scan is particularly useful in processing very large sets of data, for example in big data environments, where it may not be desirable to load the data for all of the leaf nodes into current memory.

Abstract: The present invention provides a deep learning based method and system for processing sound quality characteristics. The method comprises: obtaining data characteristics of an audio data to be processed by extracting features from user preference data including the audio data to be processed; based on the data characteristics, generating a sound quality processing result of the audio to be processed by using a trained baseline model; wherein the baseline model is a neural network model trained by using audio data behavioral data, and other relevant data from multiple users or a single user.

Abstract: Proposed is a visual and tactile AR medium based on augmented reality for providing a user with visual and tactile information matched with the augmented reality when the user experiences the augmented reality through the AR medium capable of being connected to a part of a body of the user, the AR medium including: a tactile augmentation member configured to enable the part of the body of the user to feel the augmented reality in a tactile manner; a visual augmentation member configured to overlay a graphic on the AR medium, and being capable of performing visual change; and a control member configured to perform transmission and reception with the AR medium, wherein the control member is configured to control output of the tactile augmentation member or the visual augmentation member, corresponding to input from the user or the AR medium or both.

Abstract: A natural language and messaging system integrated group assistant (assistant) is provided. The assistant is designated as an active participant within a group chat session on a given messaging platform. The assistant actively engages the group discussion around a decision on a given subject to define the subject's context. Once the context is defined, the assistant performs out-of-band searches to satisfy group criteria for a decision on the subject and provides results back to the group within a natural language written response. Group members vote on alternatives provided in the results and the assistant tabulates the votes to identify a specific decision and the assistant provides detailed information to the group on the specific decision within a natural language summary message.

Abstract: A system to generate a graphical user interface to display a presentation of a set of shared user groups between users of a social networking service is described. Embodiments of the present disclosure relate generally to systems for: receiving an identification of a second user from a user account of a first user; identifying a user group that includes the first user and the second user in response to the identification of the second user from the user account of the first user; retrieving user identifiers of the first user and the second user, wherein the user identifiers may include graphical avatars; generating a group identifier based on the user identifiers; and causing display of a presentation of the user group at a client device.

Abstract: A method, a system, and a computer program product for generating a computational dependency directory and executing a query on a database using generated computational dependency directory. A data object in a plurality of data objects is stored in a database storage location. The data object includes a dependency parameter being indicative of the stored data object being dependent on at least another data object in the plurality of data objects. A query to access the stored data object in the plurality of data objects is received. A determination is made, using the dependency parameter, whether the stored data object is responsive to the received query. A query execution plan is generated based on the determining and the received query. The query is executed using the query execution plan.

Abstract: A method for conducting a three dimensional (3D) video conference between multiple participants, the method may include receiving direction of gaze information regarding a direction of gaze of each participant within a representation of a virtual 3D video conference environment that is associated with the participant; determining, for each participant, updated 3D participant representation information within the virtual 3D video conference environment, that reflects the direction of gaze of the participant; and generating, for at least one participant, an updated representation of virtual 3D video conference environment, the updated representation of virtual 3D video conference environment represents the updated 3D participant representation information for at least some of the multiple participants.

Abstract: Aspects of the present invention provide an approach for reducing bias in active learning. In an embodiment, a data point is selected from a training dataset for a current training iteration while monitoring for data bias at each addition of data to a virtual training dataset. In addition, a machine learning model is examined for bias after adding the selected data point to the virtual training dataset. When data bias and/or model bias is detected, the data point is considered for potential label modification. The selected data point is modified and, if the raw value of the modified data point is within a predefined tolerance and within a bin of a desired class, the modified data point having a label of the target class is retained. Otherwise, it can be discarded.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit and a copying unit. The acquisition unit acquires a file structure at a migration source and identification information to identify a file at the migration source, and the copying unit copies the file structure and the identification information to a migration destination before migrating content data of one or more files at the migration source.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to a data wrapper engine. A computing platform may receive a query comprising a request for data stored as a CLOB. The computing platform may obtain, from a data storage system, the data stored as a CLOB. The computing platform may generate a file wrapper for the data, wherein generating the file wrapper comprises converting the CLOB to a VARCHAR object and storing the VARCHAR object in the file wrapper. The computing platform may generate, using the VARCHAR object stored in the file wrapper, a SQL response to the query. The computing platform may execute the dynamic SQL response to generate a response to the query. The computing platform may send, to a user device, the response to the query and commands directing the user device to display the response to the query, which may cause the user device to display the response.

Abstract: When sharing events between users, the sharing users and the recipient users often have different relationships with details of the events. An event structurer enables sharing users to share events via a single user interface with recipients and tailor what aspects of the events are shared, thus ensuring the relevant portions of the events are properly presented to new recipients based on their new relationship with the event's details.

Abstract: A computing system/method for enabling a user to improve, via training, a system designed to increase the emotional and/or physical well-being of persons, or designed for other purposes. The system/method includes retrieving a user response from a dialogue database, the user response having already labeled thereto an assigned class having a highest confidence score, the confidence score indicating degree of confidence that context of the retrieved user response is of the assigned class, displaying, the assigned class, along with other classes each having a respective lower confidence score, and receiving an indication of validity of the assigned class.

Abstract: Computer-implemented methods and corresponding systems for packaging source code associated with a pipeline into an executable are provided. The methods include parsing a text string that is a textual representation of a pipeline, automatically augmenting one or more operators to the pipeline, generating source code for the pipeline, and packaging the source code into an executable for an external system. The pipeline includes a plurality of operators authored by a user using multiple programming languages to specify a plurality of operations. The one or more operators as automatically augmented include a first operator for persisting output data or metadata associated with a state of a trained model and/or a second operator for generating a monitoring metric for the trained model. The executable may be an executable file, an application, artifact, or a program that is language agnostic and can be executed in an external system using any programming language.

Abstract: A device that includes an enterprise data indexing engine (EDIE) configured to obtain a set of sentences from a document and to compare the words from each of the sentences to a set of keywords. The EDIE is further configured to identify one or more sentences that do not contain any of the keywords and to associate the identified sentences with a first classification type. The EDIE is further configured to identify a sentence that contains one or more keywords and to associate the sentence with a second classification type. The EDIE is further configured to link together the sentence that is associated with the second classification type and the sentences that are associated with the first classification type. The EDIE is further configured to obtain a classification description and a token and to link the classification description and its token with the classified sentences.

Abstract: Improved techniques to access content presented on a user interface by a software program are disclosed. The improved techniques permit the content to be retrieved from process memory used by the software program. Once accessed, the content (e.g., text) can be analyzed and used to understand and interact with the software program (e.g., application program) by way of the user interface (e.g., application window). The improved techniques are well suited for Robotic process automation (RPA) system. In such cases, RPA systems are able to accurately understand the content of the user interfaces such that software automation processes can operate with increased reliability and flexibility.

Abstract: Implementations described herein provide systems and methods for a non-interruptive software update for a device. In one implementation, a software update for a critical node of a node system network of a controller of the device is detected. The node system network utilizes a publisher-subscriber framework. The software update is installed, and the critical node continues to operate in the publisher-subscriber framework during the software update. The software update creates an updated node. The updated node is subscribed to the publisher-subscriber framework, and the critical node is replaced with the updated node within the publisher-subscriber framework by switching subscriber information from the critical node to the updated node.

Abstract: In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to presenting packing instructions to a user. In some embodiments, a system for presenting packing instructions to a user comprises a database configured to store packing information and item visualizations, wherein the packing information includes placements of items in orders in containers, and wherein the item visualizations depict appearances of items sold by the retailer, a control circuit configured to receive an order identifier for an order, retrieve packing information associated with the order and item visualizations for the items in the order, generate a packing visualization for the order, wherein the packing visualization for the order depicts placement of the items in the order in the container, transmit, to a display device for presentation, the packing visualization for the order, and a display device configured to present the packing visualization for the order to the user.

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed relating to providing data views from a time-series data lake to a data warehousing system. In various embodiments, the disclosed techniques include providing, by a cloud-based service, a data lake service that maintains a time-series data lake storing a time-series representation of data from a plurality of data sources associated with a first organization. In some embodiments, the cloud-based service may receive additional backup data, including a first backup image of a first data source, associated with the first organization as part of a backup operation. The cloud-based service may then store a logical backup of the first data source in the data lake and, in response to a query from a data warehousing system, the cloud-based service may retrieve a particular view of the backup data from the data lake and provide it to the data warehousing system.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method selects an access path for high cost and/or complex queries. The method includes building a classification model configured to identify a lowest cost access path. The method further includes receiving a query, where the query is configured to retrieve a set of data from a database. The method also includes generating an access map for the query, where the access map includes one or more potential access paths to execute the query. The method includes collecting, for the query, a set of data for each potential access path. The method further includes classifying, by the classification model, the query. The method also includes selecting a first access path of the one or more potential access paths and executing the query.

Abstract: Systems and methods for dynamically generating object models corresponding to regulations. According to certain aspects, a server computer may access a regulation and automatically generate a summary of the regulation based on a specific set of sentences. The server computer may additionally determine a set of topics and named-entity attributes for text within a regulation object model, as well as a probability that a topic or attribute is applicable to the regulation. Further, the server computer may generate and enrich object models according to the various analyses and avail the enriched object models for review by entities and users of regulatory compliance services.

Abstract: A computer implemented method of determining a fact matching a user requirement. The method involves providing an ontology and a semantic database, controlling a computer processor to perform the steps of accepting a query defining a template for a statement regarding a fact, identifying matching patterns in the semantic database, and outputting either a matching statement or information supporting the user to locate corresponding information. A formula is provided that defines a maximum semantic distance that a class or instance may be broadened to. In identifying the patterns, for each instance/class having a non-zero divergence value, one or more broader classes is accordingly treated as a match.

Abstract: Provided are methods and systems for federated redaction of select content in documents stored across multiple repositories. With the presently disclosed technology, multi-layer redaction policies can be defined in either regular expression or with pattern matching. The redaction policies are associated with one or more document classes, and applied to the associated documents in substantially real-time. Further, document governance policies can be defined such that users of certain roles may view certain content in an unredacted form, despite the presence of a redaction policy for the document.