Abstract: The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for synchronizing undo/redo operations between different document views. A unified undo stack uniformly stores undo operations and information for multiple views of a document. When a change in first view is detected, the first view submits an undo unit for storage in a global undo unit in the unified undo stack. A second view is notified of the detected change in the first view. In response, the second view submits an undo unit for storage in the global undo unit. Accordingly, undo information for both views is stored together at the unified undo stack. When an undo command is receive from either view, appropriate undo units for each view are applied to each view respectively.

Abstract: A document/image retrieval method for retrieving a document/image corresponding to a captured digital image from a database by comparing features calculated based on feature points of the captured digital image with features preliminarily calculated based on feature points of each of documents and/or images stored in the database, the method comprising: extracting the feature points from the captured digital image; defining a local set of feature points for each of the extracted feature points; selecting feature points from the defined local set to define a feature point subset of the local set; determining invariant values as values characterizing the defined subset for combinations of the feature points in the subset, the invariant values being invariant to a geometric transformation; calculating a feature by combining the determined invariant values; and performing a voting process on the documents and/or images in the database based on the preliminarily calculated features of the documents and/or images;

Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program element are disclosed for selecting a term for inclusion in a glossary in a document handling or processing system in which a set of functions or rules are applied to the term in order to provide a probability measure for the terms being suitable for inclusion in said glossary.

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: Techniques are provided for creating and sharing information about arbitrary documents. A primary document is selected and a document content identifier generated based on the content of the primary document. Additional information such as comments, additional documents, reviews and the like are created and/or selected from an information repository. The additional information is associated with the primary document based on the document content identifier of the primary document. A search for information associated with the primary document compares the document content identifier of the primary document to document content identifiers associated with the additional information. Additional information associated with the document content identifiers matching the primary document content identifier is retrieved and displayed to the user.

Abstract: A translation memory system enabling the user to not only narrow down the view range of search result, but also view a surrounding context of a retrieved text. Stored parallel texts include sentence-class and segment-class parallel texts. Parallel texts relevant to a given input text are retrieved and subjected to calculation of match rates with respect to the input text. A downward link is then added to each retrieved sentence-class parallel text, while an upward link is added to each retrieved segment-class parallel text. A search result screen shows a best matching parallel text with an expand button and/or a shrink button. The expand button causes the current parallel text to be replaced with an upper-class parallel text pointed at by a corresponding upward link. The shrink button causes the current parallel text to be replaced with a lower-class parallel text pointed at by a corresponding downward link.

Abstract: A method for monitoring and providing patent information automatically is disclosed. The method includes the steps of determining whether a monitored patent Web site has issued new patents; downloading the new patents if the patent Web site has issued new patents; issuing one or more reports describing information of the downloaded patents; obtaining preconfigured patent search string stored in the database; determining whether the one or more reports contain the whole patent search string; searching the downloaded patents to obtain search results if the one or more reports contain the whole patent search string; saving the search results into the database as an XML document; creating a list according to the XML document; determining whether the number of the search results in the list is null; and sending the list to related users if the number of the search results in the list is not null.

Abstract: Techniques are provided for performing transaction-aware caching of metadata in an electronic file system. A mechanism is described for providing transaction-aware caching that uses a cache hierarchy, where the cache hierarchy includes uncommitted caches associated with sessions in an application and a committed cache that is shared among the sessions in that application. Techniques are described for caching document metadata, access control metadata and folder path metadata. Also described is a technique for using negative cache entries to avoid unnecessary communications with a server when applications repeatedly request non-existent data.

Abstract: At least a first application program interface (API) may be provided to support retrieval of data from a plurality of disparate data sources. A directory from which data from at least one of the disparate data sources is exposed may be provided. Requested data may be automatically provided in response to the data being available via the directory.

Abstract: Provided are techniques for building a search index. While building the search index and using the search index to respond to one or more search requests, an anchor information store is maintained, wherein each entry of the anchor information store identifies a referring document, a target document, and anchor text associated with a link from the referring document to the target document; a document is received for processing; one or more entries in the anchor information store for which the document to be processed is identified as the target document are located; anchor text is retrieved from each of the identified entries; and the retrieved anchor text is stored in an entry of the search index for the document.

Abstract: A computer program product, tangibly embodied in an information carrier, for use in a commercial data processing environment using at least one RFID/EPC readers and antennae for data collection. The computer program is able to read and collect tag data as it is read, create business documents for the user from a set of business rules and pre-built business document templates in electronic storage, convert both the business document and the tag data into separate database structures and join the two database structures into a single database structure. The single database structure in converted back into the required business document format.

Abstract: Content-based addressing is used to navigate forward, backward and in a circular fashion through documents in a content space. To enable backward navigation, a descriptor file is created for a new version that contains not only a message digest for the new version, but also a message digest of the older document. A message digest is created for the descriptor file. A user navigates backward starting with the message digest of the descriptor file. To enable forward navigation, a mapping table maps a message digest of an older document into the message digest of the new version. A high-level descriptor file contains the message digest of the original document and the message digest of the mapping table. The message digest of the high-level descriptor file is returned to the user. A user navigates forward starting with the high-level descriptor file message digest.

Abstract: In an information processing system connected to a network, a retrieving condition is automatically set based on the status of an information processing apparatus when retrieving a service on the network and service retrieval is conducted based on the retrieving condition. The retrieval result is displayed such that a user can recognize the result. Accordingly, retrieval and use of a service on the network can be facilitated.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide for sharing files within a social network. Members of the social network are provided a set of virtual folders that indicates groups and other members that are authorized for file sharing. The folders are automatically maintained for the social network. In addition, various folders may be designated for different levels of access. For example, public folders may be accessible to anyone, while private folders could be restricted to one or members of the social network. The file sharing folders would be provided as part of the social network online service, and thus, are maintained without user configuration.

Abstract: In the structured document retrieval device, a condition in which an element designated by a retrieval expression fails to occur is obtained from structure information and added as an interruption condition to a retrieval automaton and when the interruption condition is satisfied, a state transition of the retrieval automaton is deleted and when there remains none of all the effective state transitions, determination is made that the designated element will no more appear even by further analysis to end the analysis of a structured document. Without retrieving the structured document to the end, the element designated by the retrieval expression can be extracted without overs and shorts.

Abstract: Tools for defining and using custom analysis modules are presented. A generic graphical user interface (GUI) custom analysis tool is presented to a user. The generic GUI custom analysis tool is adapted to receive selections and inputs from the user that define many-to-many relationships in a data store and that include user-defined measures. The inputs are used to generate an instance of a custom analysis module that is capable of being processed against the data store. The instance of the custom analysis module may be stored, recalled, executed, and/or modified from the generic GUI custom analysis tool.

Abstract: Systems and method for storing information of a user within a medical information card and for controlling access to the information by a third party. The medical information card comprises a storage medium adapted to store the medical records of the patient. The medical information card further comprises a processing system coupled to the storage medium adapted to receive a request for access to the medical records by the third party and to determine a subset of the medical records that the third party is authorized to access based on the request. The medical information card further comprises an interface system coupled to the processing system adapted to exchange the subset of the medical records with the external data system of the third party in response to authenticating the request.

Abstract: A process control loop monitor includes a housing configured to mount in the field of an industrial process. A loop interface circuit couples to a process control loop and receives data from the process control loop. A memory stores data received by the loop interface circuit from the process control loop.

Abstract: An industrial controller comprises a processing component and a memory that comprises logic code that is executable by the processing component. The memory further comprises documentation associated with the logic code and other control components, wherein the documentation is stored in a native form to enable individualized access to a portion of the documentation to an accessing entity. For example, the documentation can comprise one or more of descriptive text relating to a rung of ladder logic, a text box associated with a portion of the sequential function chart, a text box associated with a function block diagram, and embedded descriptive text within structured text.

Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for providing a program interface for communications between a manufacturing execution system (MES) and a transport system are provided. The method includes initiating a communication with the transport system, querying the transport system for a list of active transport jobs, and inspecting a response to the querying and identifying carriers for notifying the MES of load complete and unload complete requests. The method also includes notifying the MES that identified carriers are ready for respective load and unload complete actions. Upon determining a malfunction occurrence between the MES and the transport system, the method includes using results of the querying and inspecting to provide a status of the active transport jobs, and deleting carrier IDs for the identified carriers from the list of active transport jobs in response to the notifying.

Abstract: A method performed by a mobile terminal may include selecting a song, receiving information associated with the selected song and simultaneously outputting the selected song with received music information to a plurality of output devices. The method may also include displaying lyrics of the song while simultaneously playing the song.

Abstract: A plurality of parts for an electronic document are generated. The plurality of parts include a root relationship part that identifies one or more of the plurality of parts, a payload part that stores data for the electronic document, and a tracking information part that stores tracking information for the electronic document. All of these parts are stored in a single package.

Abstract: For centuries written content has been subject to plagiarism, diminishing the value of the content to owners. This problem has been compounded by networked information spaces such as the Internet where content can be published widely in a very short period of time. The present invention solves one aspect of this problem by showing an information commerce system reliant on the value of content metadata as the goods rather than the actual words within the content. In this way, the content itself remains discoverable on the network while the underlying value is protected by the content owner.

Abstract: Architecture for security trimming results in a document version environment. Versioned documents are stored with metadata that includes associated access rights. All versions are searched using multiple user accounts of varying levels of access that correspond to the document versions. Result sets are returned for each user account and trimmed during a merge process by considering the user rights associated with each of multiple versions of objects or documents. Each document metadata includes a scope ID that defines security rights for that document. In a two-version document (major and minor) implementation, successive queries are run as a user with rights to all minor versions, and as a user with rights to all major items, but not the minor items. The result sets are merged into a final trimmed result set by examining the rights to each item in the versioned sets that align with rights of the current user.

Abstract: To a machining shape database, machining shapes are registered. A machining shape recognition function makes a comparison between CAD data from a CAD and the registered machining shapes, and extracts a matching registered machining shape. A machining method database stores information required to identify the machining method of a machining shape corresponding to the registered machining shape. Information about the machining method of the machining shape extracted by the machining shape recognition function is extracted by a machining step determination function from the machining method database, and machining methods are arranged in suitable order, whereby a machining step is generated.

Abstract: A network-based publish/subscribe model wherein a subscription request is received over the network from a subscriber and a community of interest is identified based on at least one of the subscription request and a network parameter related to the subscription request. The community of interest plus other related information, like a user service profile and a network information element, may be identified during the subscription request. Data pertaining to the subscription request and additional data pertaining to the community of interest is retrieved and transmitted to the subscriber. The additional data may be based upon the other related information. In one embodiment, the subscription request and the additional data are related to a same community of interest and other related information. The subscription request may be received by a content aware router.

Abstract: A problem of the invention is to provide information management information capable of simply and efficiently updating information to be managed. An information management method of the invention is implemented using a computer on which a predetermined information management program is installed. Information stored in a node unit as information to be managed includes node number, page number, parent node number, node label, node display attribute information, variable information, script for substitution, a script for generation and link information. The script for substitution is a script obtaining a value of self node variable data by performing computation using self node variable data which is variable data included in its node data and upper node variable data which is variable data included in node data of a lineal upper node of its node. A value of a public variable of its node is updated by executing this script.

Abstract: The claimed subject matter relates to a system and method that effectuates queryline tracking by constructing and utilizing incremental aspect models that employ probabilistic and/or spectral techniques to discover themes within documents delivered in a stream over time. The system and method upon discovery of a theme or enhancements to already induced or surfaced themes can generate a notification for propagation to a user via one or more user specified communications and/or computing modalities.

Abstract: A system and method for clustering unstructured documents is provided. Documents having terms with frequencies of occurrence that satisfy upper and lower edge conditions are selected. Concepts are generated for the selected documents. The selected documents are grouped into clusters of the documents. A weight for each of the clusters is evaluated. A similarity value is determined from the frequencies of occurrence for at least one of the terms from the concepts and the cluster weights for each selected document. Each selected document is assigned into one such cluster based on the similarity value of the selected document.

Abstract: The present invention provides an electronic documents management system and method for classifying, publishing, searching and locating electronic documents. Electronic documents are classified and published via an ontological description consisting of at least one vector, each vector comprising at least one feature-value pair. Each vector's slot corresponds to a feature and the vector's range of each slot corresponds to the set of all possible values of each feature. In order to classify an electronic document, two hashing functions are applied. A first hashing function maps each feature to a slot number, corresponding to a coordinate in the appropriate vector. A second hashing function maps the value of each pair to a numeric value of a slot, corresponding to the range of each coordinate. The result of the two hashing functions is an ordered vector that can be mapped to a node in hypercube.

Abstract: Some embodiments of a high-accuracy document information element-vector (IE-vector) encoding server have been presented. In one embodiment, the high-accuracy document IE-vector encoding server applies finite state automaton (FSA) to parse a document to identify one or more information elements (IEs) in the document. Then a DNA sequence of the document is derived based on the one or more IEs. The concept of DNA sequence of a document is powerful and can be used in building automated tools such as computer based processes to automatically reason and search for similarity, dissimilarity, equivalence and other relationships between structured, semi-structured and unstructured data and information. The DNA sequence of a document provides powerful paradigm to build sophisticated information and data search and retrieval techniques and tools.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for network-based document generation and processing generally include bulk document processing via a document generation service. The document generation service may be configured to generate securities-related and/or insurance-related documents.

Abstract: According to the present invention a method and an infrastructure are provided for processing a text search query in a collection of documents (100). Therefore, a full posting index (200) is generated, stored and updated for each document added to the collection (100). Said full posting index (200) comprising a set of index terms and a full posting list for each index term of said set, enumerating all occurrences of said index term in all documents of the collection (100). In addition to said full posting index (200) at least one additional posting index (400, 500, 600) is generated, stored and updated for each document added to the collection (100). Said additional posting index (400, 500, 600) is related to a defined document part and comprises a set of index terms and a restricted posting list for each index term of said set, enumerating all occurrences of said index term in said document part of all documents of the collection (100).

Abstract: A file storage system, a file storing method, and a file searching method. In the file storing method, a single file to be stored is classified into at least one or more objects, and the classified objects are classified into pages with a serial number. One storage device to record the file is selected among a plurality of storage devices connected through a network. One object is allocated to the selected storage device. Pages configuring the file of the object allocated to the selected storage device are stored. When all pages of the file are not stored, the remaining pages are stored by allocating new object to a new storage device. Metadata for managing information about the storage of the file is set. Accordingly, the file can be stored over several disks. In addition, the overall system performance can be increased by setting the file information in the object metadata simply using the least resources.

Abstract: A plan generating unit generates an execution plan based on a retrieval request. An acquiring unit acquires, from a structure-information storing unit, statistical information corresponding to a logical structure to be retrieved. An associating unit acquires, from a rule storing unit, an expression format corresponding to a condition satisfied by the statistical information acquired and associates the expression format with the execution plan. A plan executing unit represents a retrieval result obtained by executing the execution plan received from a retrieving apparatus in the expression format associated with the execution plan. A result transmitting unit transmits the retrieval result to the retrieving apparatus.

Abstract: A system for searching identity data is described. A first database includes a plurality of identity records. A computing device includes a processor and memory in electronic communication with the processor. An identity database is stored in the memory and is separate from the first database. The identity database includes the plurality of identity records. Each identity record includes at least two or more data elements. The identity database includes a plurality of past identity records. The past identity records are previous versions of the plurality of identity records. The identity database is searchable by applications in electronic communication with the computing device. The applications in electronic communication with the computing device cannot directly update the identity database.

Abstract: A system and method are provided for enabling a user to search for documents that the user has previously viewed on its local machine. The system includes three main components: the desktop integration module, the index module, and the graphical user interface module. The desktop integration module is an application which monitors documents with which the user interacts for predetermined events, and obtains content data and metadata from the monitored documents. The index module indexes the content data and metadata received from the desktop integration module. The graphical user interface module then permits a user to utilize the desktop integration module and index module by allowing a user to search for a document.

Abstract: An example calling system includes a dialer, a user interface via which a user can select one or more call lists from a plurality of call lists from different call list providers, and software stored in computer readable memory configured to cause at least in part phone numbers to be streamed from the one or more user selected call lists to the dialer so that the dialer can dial the phone numbers.

Abstract: The present subject mater relates to software application configuration and, more particularly, a change assistant for software application configuration. Some of the various embodiment described herein provide systems, methods, and software to identify a need for an application change and query a database of application change solution recommendations as a function of the identified need for the application change to identify one or more application change solution recommendations. Such embodiments further route the identified need for an application change and the one or more identified application change solution recommendation to a system administrator queue.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide intuitive, easily used, and efficient visual representation of positions of interest to a user within a sequentially ordered information encoding. In particular, various embodiments of the present invention provide a heat-map-like representation of the relatedness, at each location or position within a sequentially ordered information encoding, of the contents of the information encoding at or near the position to a specified search criterion. The heat-map visual representation allows a user to identify positions of particular interest, with respect to the specified search criterion, and to directly access the information at those positions, allowing the user to avoid time-consuming and inefficient hit-or-miss searching techniques.

Abstract: Enables locating and merging potential data record matches. Enables locating duplicates through the definition of matching strategies. Each strategy may include transformations, matching rules and scoring thresholds to implement fuzzy matches that match closely related data records that are not exact matches. Performing a search allows for narrowing down the records to a desired set on which to apply a given matching strategy. Merging is performed on the potential duplicates thus located to consolidate data and remove duplicates. By narrowing down the records to a closely related set via a search, merging is simplified to work on a small number of closely related records, thus simplifying the process. The total matching score obtained via execution of match strategies may be utilized to determine which potential record(s) to merge for example. May utilize past user input to provide intelligent inputs for rules, tokens, weights, fields, parameters or any other past user input.

Abstract: A data presentation device with a memory storage area being used without any futility is disclosed.

Abstract: The apparatus has an evaluated value calculating means 102 for calculating the complexity of the object shape and the complexity of the modeling structure of the object CAD data input by the CAD data inputting means 101; a searching means 104 for searching the reference CAD data in the reference CAD data base 103 in accordance with the condition of said complexity; an evaluated value calculating means 106 for calculating the complexity of the object shape and the complexity of the modeling structure based on the searched reference CAD data; and a displaying means 105 for evaluated values obtained by the means 102 and the means 106 on the graphic representation defining its horizontal axis for the complexity of the object shape and its vertical axis for the complexity of the modeling structure. It will be appreciated that the man-hour for evaluating large amount of various models can be reduced by means of not using a CAD system.

Abstract: Techniques are provided for analyzing data called “pivot points” which allows users to instantly generate a report based on all available dimensions for any cell in a tabular report or any data point in a graphical report. In one embodiment, the techniques involve placing a unique UI element or menu next to or on each data point, and clicking on this UI element brings up an automatically filtered list of the valid reports available for just this sub-set of the data. Once the user selects which view they want, a report is automatically generated based on those dimensions with just this subset of data.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method, system, and server for providing an information search service using a web page divided into a plurality of information blocks. The method of providing a division search service includes: (a) analyzing collected data to divide each of the data into a plurality of information blocks; (b) creating an index of each of the information blocks; and (c) comparing the index with a keyword, creating a division search result of the keyword based on a relevance between the index and the keyword, and providing the division search result.

Abstract: A method of accumulating, processing, and classifying online job listings for searches by users. Job listings are automatically, and more effectively, categorized, allowing users to more quickly and easily search job listings. Also provided are expanded tools for more powerful job searching. First, online job listings are automatically accumulated and stored in a job database, such as by web crawlers or robots. The accumulated job listings are then “normalized,” i.e., additional metadata are appended to the stored job listings, which assists in both classifying jobs and in subsequent user searches. These normalized, or augmented, job listings are then classified into job categories by an automated classifier. Assigning jobs to categories in this manner allows for greater search functionality. For instance, users can search by job category, and find additional search terms via other jobs in the same category.

Abstract: A method of preparing recipes for operating a metrology tool, wherein each recipe comprises a set of instructions for measuring at least one dimension in a microelectronic feature. A database includes a plurality of known instructions with best known methods for measuring different dimensions in a microelectronic feature by creating a summary of a recipes used by the metrology tool, and adding to the summary categorization attributes to identify the recipe summary for retrieval from the database. There is provided a desired recipe having instructions for measuring one or more desired dimensions, the desired recipe or portion thereof including a summary of parameters relating to metrology tool function with respect to the microelectronic feature dimension to be measured.

Abstract: Systems and methods store information data in an information data frame, including retrieval keys, and store pertinent data specifying the information data in a pertinent data frame for each individual category specified by the retrieval keys. The systems and methods receive an updating file containing updating information data for updating information data subject to update. The systems and methods extract the information data subject to update from the information data frame and update the extracted information data with the updating information data contained in the received updating file. The systems and methods extract the pertinent data in a category specified by a retrieval key contained in the information data subject to update from the pertinent data frame and update the extracted pertinent data with the updating information data contained in the updating file.

Abstract: A computer implemented rating system for rating a company using at least one non-economic factor stored in a database populated with hierarchical data and metadata. The system displays at least a portion of the hierarchical data and a formula that generates a sustainability score, the sustainability score defining a rating of the company incorporating the at least one non-economic factor. The user can input at weightings into the system which associates each weighting with a respective non-economic factor. A processor computes the sustainability score using the formula by mathematically applying each associated user-input weighting to the respective non-economic factor. The system displays the sustainability score, and, in response to a user interaction, displays at least a portion of the hierarchical data including the metadata. The hierarchical data can include a second level of data which is used to compute the first level by applying weightings in a formula.

Abstract: A system and method for automatically extracting entity reference data from a data resource, which can incrementally mine new reference data tuples from the existing data sources (e.g. data warehouse, web, etc.) with low cost. The system of the invention includes an_entity data parsing means coupled with the data resource, for parsing the entity data within the data resource, to obtain an internal semantic structure of each entity data and generate a feature set from the internal semantic structure; and data extraction means for extracting the reference entity data according to the feature set generated by the entity data parsing means. Further, a survival component may be provided to optimize candidate reference data seeds output from the data extraction means.