СПОСОБ И УСТРОЙСТВО ДЛЯ АКТИВНОЙ ДОСТАВКИ ПОЛЬЗОВАТЕЛЬСКОЙ ИНФОРМАЦИИ

Изобретение относится к области радиосвязи. Техническим результатом является повышение точности и надежности идентификации пользователя. Варианты осуществления настоящего изобретения относятся к способу и устройству для активной доставки пользовательской информации; способ включает в себя следующее: получают первый идентификатор (ID) первого пользовательского устройства (UE) при помощи беспроводной связи ближнего радиуса действия; производят поиск в текущей базе данных для получения первой пользовательской информации, соответствующей первому ID, причем база данных содержит пользовательскую информацию, соответствующую каждому идентификатору пользовательского устройства UE ID; и выдают сообщение активной доставки, причем сообщение активной доставки включает в себя первую пользовательскую информацию. 3 н. и 4 з.п. ф-лы, 12 ил.

СБОР И ПРЕДСТАВЛЕНИЕ ИНФОРМАЦИИ О ДЕЙСТВИИ НА ОСНОВЕ ВРЕМЕНИ

Изобретение относится к области обработки информации о действиях. Техническим результатом является повышение эффективности сбора и представления основывающейся на времени информации о действии. Раскрыта функция сбора и представления информации о действии. Информация о действии описывает действия, которые происходят для элементов в определенные моменты времени. Среди других вариантов применения функция помогает пользователю идентифицировать определенные элементы и обращаться к ним. В одном представленном случае функция может представлять собой информацию функции действия в представлении по временной оси. 3 н. и 17 з.п. ф-лы, 14 ил.

УПРАВЛЕНИЕ ДОСТУПОМ К ПАНОПТИЧЕСКИ ВИЗУАЛИЗИРУЕМОМУ ДОКУМЕНТУ

Группа изобретений относится к технологиям паноптической визуализации документов или их компонентов посредством отражения логических отношений между документами/компонентами согласно их структуре. Техническим результатом является обеспечение сокращения времени, необходимого для обзора документов, содержащих большое количество информации за счет упорядочения. Предложено устройство для реализации системы паноптической визуализации, содержащее процессор и запоминающее устройство. При этом на запоминающем устройстве сохранены исполняемые инструкции, которые, в ответ на их исполнение процессором, обеспечивают реализацию указанным устройством по меньшей мере следующего, а именно реализации средств проверки соблюдения, выполненных с возможностью идентификации страницы ограниченного пользования из коллекции паноптически визуализируемых документов, имеющей множество страниц, разобранных из одного электронного документа или более. При этом каждая из страниц содержит соответствующий медиаконтент и ...

УСТРОЙСТВО И СПОСОБЫ ДЛЯ ОПТИМИЗАЦИИ ТРАНСПОРТИРОВКИ ДЛЯ ДОСТАВКИ КОНТЕНТА ГРАФИЧЕСКИХ ИНТЕРФЕЙСНЫХ ЭЛЕМЕНТОВ

Изобретение относится к устройству и способу для оптимизации транспортировки для доставки контента мобильного графического интерфейсного элемента в среде беспроводной связи. Техническим результатом является повышение эффективности доставки контента в мобильные графические интерфейсные элементы в среде беспроводной связи. Способ включает в себя получение обновленного контента, соответствующего мобильному графическому интерфейсному элементу, имеющему множество информационных иерархических глубин, получение статистических данных пользовательского шаблона навигации, соответствующих мобильному графическому интерфейсному элементу, при этом статистические данные пользовательского шаблона навигации соответствуют множеству информационных иерархических глубин, формирование сообщения обновления контента с первой порцией обновленного контента, соответствующей первому диапазону информационных иерархических глубин. Устройство реализует операции заявленного способа. 6. н. и 11 з.п. ф-лы, 28 ил., 1 табл ...

Способ и устройство для формирования библиотеки меток, способ и устройство для поиска пользователя

Группа изобретений относится к области компьютерной связи. Технический результат – повышение точности и эффективности поиска в социальной сети за счет возможности установки меток для пользователей. Для этого предложен способ формирования библиотеки меток, включающий: прием информации метки, сделанной отмечающим пользователем в отношении отмечаемого пользователя в социальной сети; и получение сведений о периоде достоверности информации метки, сделанной отмечающим пользователем в отношении отмечаемого пользователя; сохранение информации об отмечающем пользователе, отмечаемом пользователе, о метке, сделанной отмечающим пользователем в отношении отмечаемого пользователя, и о периоде достоверности информации метки в виде взаимосвязи и формирование библиотеки меток на основе по меньшей мере одной взаимосвязи в социальной сети; и когда период достоверности информации метки истекает, удаление из библиотеки меток информации об отмечающем пользователе, отмечаемом пользователе и о метке, сделанной ...

ПРИЛОЖЕНИЕ ПОЛЬЗОВАТЕЛЬСКОГО ИНТЕРФЕЙСА ДЛЯ УПРАВЛЕНИЯ МЕДИАФАЙЛАМИ

Изобретение относится к пользовательским интерфейсам для управления медиафайлами. Техническим результатом является обеспечение инструкций пользовательского интерфейса, соответствующих уровням классификации медиаэлементов. Пользовательский интерфейс основан на иерархическом выводе различных уровней или категорий классифицирующих медиафайлов и подходит для портативных цифровых устройств, имеющих небольшие дисплеи. Иерархический вывод уровней медиафайлов позволяет пользователю легко перемещаться между уровнями в поисках требуемых медиафайлов, находить и выводить на дисплей нужный медиаэлемент. Пользовательский интерфейс обеспечивает активируемую функцию поиска, которая реализует поиск по ключевым словам на основании информации, ассоциированной с файлами и медиаэлементами, и использованием изобразительных значков как уровня результатов поиска. 4 н. и 51 з.п. ф-лы, 16 ил.

СПОСОБ ПРОЕКТИРОВАНИЯ ТОПОЛОГИИ ИНФОРМАЦИОННОГО ПРОСТРАНСТВА ИНФОРМАЦИОННО-УПРАВЛЯЮЩЕЙ СИСТЕМЫ И СИСТЕМА ДЛЯ ЕГО РЕАЛИЗАЦИИ

Изобретение относится к области информационно-управляющих систем. Техническим результатом является расширение информационного пространства запросов данных. Раскрыт способ проектирования топологии информационного пространства информационно-управляющей системы, содержащий этапы, на которых: формируют первоначальный перечень запрашиваемых данных, необходимых для поддержки принятия решений в информационно-управляющей системе в соответствии с заданными целями управления, причем упомянутый перечень содержит показатели состояния управляемой системы; определяют в первоначальном перечне запрашиваемых данных по меньшей мере один показатель состояния управляемой системы, соответствующий цели управления (т.е. имеющий статус «Активный»), и извлекают его значения из хранилища данных; формируют массив названий информационных объектов, в структуре которых присутствует свойство, соответствующее показателю состояния управляемой системы; формируют структуру информационного запроса, включающего: название цели ...

СИСТЕМА И СПОСОБ ОТОБРАЖЕНИЯ СТРАНИЦЫ

Изобретение относится к системе и способу отображения страницы. Технический результат – возможность быстрого отображения страницы пользователям. Для этого способ содержит: получение хранящихся метаданных, при этом метаданные представляют собой данные, описывающие информацию о товаре(101); генерирование шаблонных данных для отображения страницы согласно метаданным (102); и согласно шаблонным данным осуществление выбора соответствующей страницы с отрисовкой по шаблону, и затем отображение страницы пользователям (103). Согласно способу и системе шаблонные данные генерируются посредством хранящихся метаданных, соответствующая страница с отрисовкой по шаблону выбирается согласно шаблонным данным и затем отображается пользователям. Таким образом, нет зависимости от систем, имеющих информацию о товаре, и нет неприятностей, вызванных проблемой применимости в этих системах. 2 н. и 18 з.п. ф-лы, 4 ил.

УПРАВЛЕНИЕ ДОСТУПОМ К ПАНОПТИЧЕСКИ ВИЗУАЛИЗИРУЕМОМУ ДОКУМЕНТУ

Группа изобретений относится к технологиям паноптической визуализации документов или их компонентов посредством отражения логических отношений между документами/компонентами согласно их структуре. Техническим результатом является обеспечение сокращения времени, необходимого для обзора документов, содержащих большое количество информации за счет упорядочения. Предложено устройство для реализации системы паноптической визуализации, содержащее процессор и запоминающее устройство. При этом на запоминающем устройстве сохранены исполняемые инструкции, которые, в ответ на их исполнение процессором, обеспечивают реализацию указанным устройством по меньшей мере следующего, а именно реализации средств проверки соблюдения, выполненных с возможностью идентификации страницы ограниченного пользования из коллекции паноптически визуализируемых документов, имеющей множество страниц, разобранных из одного электронного документа или более. При этом каждая из страниц содержит соответствующий медиаконтент и ...

Landwirtschaftliche Arbeitssystem

Die Erfindung betrifft ein landwirtschaftliches Arbeitssystem zur Optimierung von landwirtschaftlichen Arbeitsabläufen mit mindestens einer landwirtschaftlichen Arbeitseinheit (2, 3), insbesondere einer landwirtschaftlichen Arbeitsmaschine und/oder einer stationären landwirtschaftlichen Einrichtung, wobei das landwirtschaftliche Arbeitssystem (1) mehrere Funktionseinheiten (11, 12) zur Durchführung oder Unterstützung landwirtschaftlicher Arbeit aufweist, die jeweils eine Steuerungseinrichtung (13) zur Steuerung der jeweiligen Funktionseinheit (11, 12) basierend auf einem hinterlegten Regelwerk (14) aufweisen. Es wird vorgeschlagen, dass das landwirtschaftliche Arbeitssystem (1) ein zentrales Mustererkennungssystem (19) aufweist, das derart konfiguriert ist, dass mindestens eine landwirtschaftliche Arbeitssituation in dem Mustererkennungssystem (19) als Situationsmuster (20a, 20b, 20c) hinterlegt ist, dem Mustererkennungssystem (19) arbeitssituationsspezifische Informationen (I) übergebbar ...

Processing data sets in a big data repository

Automatic and semi-automatic tagging feature of work items in a shsred workspace for metadata tracking in a cloud-based content management

Database system and method

Systems and methods for retrieving and processing data

Resource allocation using distributed segment processing credits

Systems and methods for allocating resources are disclosed. Resources as processing time, writes or reads are allocated. Credits are issued to the clients in a manner that ensure the system is operating in a safe allocation state. The credits can be used not only to allocate resources but also to throttle clients where necessary. Credits can be granted fully, partially, and in a number greater than requested. Zero or negative credits can also be issued to throttle clients. Segment credits are associated with identifying unique fingerprints or segments and may be allocated by determining how many credits a CPU/cores can support. This maximum number may be divided amongst clients connected with the server.

Method and Apparatus to Display Localized Process Control Objects

The method includes steps of: receiving a request to view a process control object associated with a process control system (104, fig.1) ; selecting a device description file based on the process control object, the device description file including a tag; selecting a set of locale templates based on a locale associated with the request; selecting a locale template from the set of locale templates based on the process control object; and processing the process control object for display by inserting portions of the selected locale template into the tag in the device description file. Preferably the device description files are stored to a database 130 by process control personnel when a corresponding field device (112, fig.1) is added to the process control system. The tags such as cross-reference identifiers localize information within locale templates stored within the template database 132. The template database may include a set of locale templates associated with German, French, Mexican ...

Methods and apparatus to display process control information

Systems and methods for monitoring and restocking merchandise

System 100 for monitoring merchandise in a shop 104 comprises image sensors or cameras 102 which capture image sequences for storage. Barcodes 103 are disposed at merchandise display containers 106, and barcode database 118 stores barcodes corresponding to merchandise. A control circuit 110 compares image sequences with barcodes in the barcode database, identifies the type of merchandise in a display container by determining the presence of a barcode at the display container, and also uses a barcode to estimate or determine the amount of merchandise in the display container. An alternative system further comprises a sales database 120, but estimates the amount of merchandise in the display container based on the image sequences and sales data at predetermined time intervals, rather than using a barcode. This system sends a communication to an employee to also determine the amount of merchandise in the display container at the time intervals, and uses the employees determination to adjust ...

Method and system for prodividing information over a communications network

Personalized entity repository

Resource allocation using distributed segment processing credits

Encoding and decoding method and apparatus for multimedia signatures

Virtual memory metadata management

Scalable virtual memory metadata management comprising a plurality of pre-instantiated VM metadata containers representing the entire amount of real physical memory available to a computing system, with additional instantiated VM metadata containers created as needed. Individual and/or groups of VM metadata containers are assigned to metadata container groups, wherein each container group is controlled by an acquired lock assigned to the VM metadata container groups. Virtual memory metadata is managed using a "least used" technique. In response to allocation requests, the allocator scans the container groups/ VM containers and fulfills memory object metadata allocation to the least used VM metadata container of the least used container group, filling the individual VM metadata containers and/or the container groups at a nearly equal rate.

SYSTEM AND PROCEDURE FOR DYNAMIC CONVERTING AN INDEX TO PRODUCING AN INQUIRY SET

CONTENT CREATION, DEPLOYMENT COLLABORATION, AND CHANNEL DEPENDENT CONTENT SELECTION

Content creation and deployment collaboration techniques are described. In one or more implementations, metadata that describes the creation of the content may be associated with the content. The content may then be provided from a content creation service to a content deployment service for deployment as part of a marketing activity. Deployment data obtained from this tracking may be utilized to support a variety of functionality, such as by content creators to determine which of their content has been successfully employed as part of marketing activities, marketers may also use knowledge of the deployment of the content to choose content to be included in a marketing activity as well as select content creators that are best suited to provide this content, used to configure badges, by retailers and manufacturers, and so forth. Wolfe-SBMC Docket No.: P5240-US-ORG6 Inventors: Marth et al. Title: Content Creation, Deployment Collaboration, and Channel Dependent Content Selection Content Creation ...

Localization determination for mixed reality systems

To enable shared user experiences using augmented reality systems, shared reference points must be provided to have consistent placement (position and orientation) of virtual objects. Furthermore, the position and orientation (pose) of the users must be determinable with respect to the same shared reference points. However, without highly sensitive and expensive global positioning system (GPS) devices, pose information can be difficult to determine to a reasonable level of accuracy. Therefore, what is provided is an alternative approach to determining pose information for augmented reality systems, which can be used to perform location based content acquisition and sharing. Further, what is provided is an alternative approach to determining pose information for augmented reality systems that uses information from already existing GPS devices.

LOCATING AMBIGUITIES IN DATA

A system comprising an associative memory, an input module, a query module, and a display module. The input module is configured to receive a value within a first perspective of the associative memory. The query module is configured to perform an open query of the associative memory using the value, perform the open query within at least one of an insert perspective and a second perspective of the associative memory. The at least one of the insert perspective and the second perspective has as many or more category associations for the value relative to the first perspective. The display module is configured to display a result of the query and to display a list of one or more potential ambiguities that result from the open query.

METHODS AND APPARATUS TO FACILITATE CLIENT CONTROLLED SESSIONLESS ADAPTATION

A disclosed example method for managing media content includes accessing metadata information for an available media and retrieving, from the accessed metadata, at least a uniform resource locator (URL) and one or more byte range, where one or more portions of the available media being addressable by the one or more byte range and the URL combination. The example method also includes sending a first request requesting a first at least one portion of the available media based on retrieved metadata.

UPDATING A LOCAL TREE FOR A CLIENT SYNCHRONIZATION SERVICE

The disclosed technology relates to a system configured to detect a first file event associated with a content item on a local file system of a client device, determine that the first file event violates a local tree constraint in a set of local tree constraints, perform a remediation associated with the violated local tree constraint, and update a local tree based on the set of observed file events, wherein the local tree represents the file system state.

LOCALIZATION DETERMINATION FOR MIXED REALITY SYSTEMS

To enable shared user experiences using augmented reality systems, shared reference points must be provided to have consistent placement (position and orientation) of virtual objects. Furthermore, the position and orientation (pose) of the users must be determinable with respect to the same shared reference points. However, without highly sensitive and expensive global positioning system (GPS) devices, pose information can be difficult to determine to a reasonable level of accuracy. Therefore, what is provided is an alternative approach to determining pose information for augmented reality systems, which can be used to perform location based content acquisition and sharing. Further, what is provided is an alternative approach to determining pose information for augmented reality systems that uses information from already existing GPS devices.

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING MATCHING CONTENT

Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can obtain a test content item having a plurality of video frames. At least one video fingerprint is determined based on a set of video frames corresponding to the test content item. At least one reference content item is determined using at least a portion of the video fingerprint. At least one portion of the test content item that matches at least one portion of the reference content item is determined based at least in part on the video fingerprint of the test content item and one or more video fingerprints of the reference content item.

INCREMENTAL CLIENT SYNCHRONIZATION

The disclosed technology relates to a system configured to identify a set of modifications based on a set of tree data structures including a sync tree, a remote tree, and a local tree. The sync tree represents a known synced state between a server state and a file system state, the remote tree represents the server state, and the local tree represents the file system state. The system is further configured to select a set of unblocked modifications from the set of modifications based on whether each modification has a dependency and execute, based on the set of unblocked modifications, a set of tasks configured to converge the server state and the file system state.

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FILTERING SUPPLEMENTAL CONTENT FOR AN ELECTRONIC BOOK

Supplemental content related to an electronic book may be obtained by creating a search query using a keyword in selected text of the electronic book. The results of the search may be filtered to refine the result list using details about the electronic book obtained from a manifest file for the electronic book, including the location of the selected text.

METHOD FOR BUILDING A SEARCH ALGORITHM AND METHOD FOR LINKING DOCUMENTS WITH AN OBJECT

A computer-readable medium including computer-readable information thereon including instructions providing a method for refining a search algorithm is provided, the method comprising displaying a document, displaying at least one metadata about the search result, receiving instructions about a selecti on of at least one of the metadata; and modifying a search algorithm by includi ng the selected metadata in the search algorithm. The method can be applied to internet pages based on met tags. A method for linking documents to an objec t is also provided. A system and interface for carrying same is also provided herein.

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INFORMATION RETRIEVAL FROM OBJECT COLLECTIONS WITH COMPLEX INTERRELATIONSHIPS

A data-driven information navigation system and method enable search and analysis of a set of objects or other materials by certain common attributes that characterize the objects, as well as by relationships among the objects. The invention includes several aspects of a data-driven information navigation system that employs this navigation mode. The navigation system of the present invention includes features of a knowledge base, a navigation model that defines and enables computation of a collection of navigation states, a process for computing navigation states that represent incremental refinement relative to a given navigation state, and methods of implementing the preceding features .

INTERMEDIATED ACCESS TO ENTITY INFORMATION PROFILES

A profile database contains a plurality of profile records, each made up of at least one subject information element of a subject entity. Subscribers, via subscribed devices, can subscribe to and submit updates to subject information elements of entities contained in the database. The database holds the details of authorized subscriptions to particular subject information elements, and the contents of subscribed information elements are made available to subscriber devices of the authorized subscribers as required. All subscription requests and updates to the profile records are approved on behalf of the related entity.

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING AND RESTOCKING MERCHANDISE

In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to monitoring and restocking merchandise in a shopping facility. In some embodiments, there is provided a system including: an array of image sensors disposed about a shopping facility for capturing image sequences; a memory device configured to store the image sequences; a plurality of barcodes disposed on merchandise display containers about the shopping facility; a barcode database including a plurality of barcodes corresponding to merchandise; and a control circuit configured to: compare the image sequences with the images from the image database; determine the presence of a barcode at a display container to identify a type of merchandise in the merchandise display container; and estimate or determine the amount of merchandise in the display container.

ARCHIVAL DATA IDENTIFICATION

Methods and systems are provided herein that facilitate cost-effective and reliable data identification in an archival data storage system. In an embodiment, a data object stored in an archival data storage system is identified by a data object identifier which encodes storage location information that may be used to locate a data object stored in an archival data storage system that reduces the cost to store a global index. The data object identifier may also encode policy information such as access control information usable for validating subsequent access to the data object, payload validation information such as size and digest usable for verifying the integrity of the payload data, metadata validation information such as error-detection codes usable for validating integrity of the data object identifier and other information.

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REPRODUCING AN INSTRUMENT'S CALIBRATION CERTIFICATE

The invention is related to a method and a system for reproducing an electronic instrument's calibration certificate from said instrument. The electronic instru-ment has at least one electronic storage means. The method comprises the steps of - separating the calibration certificate data into a first subset of data, which is calibration specific, and a second subset of data, which is document descriptive, - defining a set of meta data about the second subset of data, - storing the first subset of data and the set of meta data in the instrument's electronic storage means, - storing the second subset of data in a computing device separated from the electronic instrument, - reproducing the calibration certificate by uploading the first subset of data and the set of meta data to the computing device and reconstructing the calibration certificate from the uploaded first subset of data set of meta data and the sec-ond subset of data.

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A TAGGING INTERFACE FOR EXTERNAL CONTENT

Computer-implemented systems and methods are disclosed for providing a tagging interface for tagging external content. In accordance with some embodiments, a method is provided for tagging content external to a database system. The method comprises accessing the external content via a web browser of an electronic device. The method also comprises enhancing the web browser by providing a tagging interface for tagging at least a portion of the external content. The method further comprises receiving created tag associated with a tagged portion of the external document content, and exporting the external content and the received tag to the database system. The tagging interface can also provide an option to export the created tag to an internal database system.

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A TAGGING INTERFACE FOR EXTERNAL CONTENT

Computer-implemented systems and methods are disclosed for providing a tagging interface for tagging external content. In accordance with some embodiments, a method is provided for tagging content external to a database system. The method comprises accessing the external content via a web browser of an electronic device. The method also comprises enhancing the web browser by providing a tagging interface for tagging at least a portion of the external content. The method further comprises receiving created tag associated with a tagged portion of the external document content, and exporting the external content and the received tag to the database system. The tagging interface can also provide an option to export the created tag to an internal database system.

METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ANNOTATING ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS

A computer-implemented method of annotating an electronic document may include receiving annotation information corresponding to a first electronic document file and creating annotation metadata that is associated with the annotation information. The method may further include storing the annotation information and associated annotation metadata in an annotation file that is separate from the first electronic document file, and anchoring the annotation information to a target electronic document file at an anchor location corresponding to the annotation metadata. The annotation metadata may be generated by assigning a target offset value to individual neighboring tokens defining an annotation neighborhood, wherein the target offset values correspond to positions of the neighboring tokens with respect to an annotation location within the first electronic document file. The annotation metadata may also comprise topographic patterns that are compared between source and target documents to ...

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RESEARCH DATABASE MANAGEMENT

A method and system or research database management is provided. In one aspect a plurality of items of electronic content that comprise similar identifiers of premises and similar identifiers of conclusions drawn from those premises are received at a processor and stored in a database. In another aspect, the identifiers of the premises are received at a processor and the database is mined for intersections of conclusions in the content.

VALIDATING A METADATA TREE USING A METADATA INTEGRITY VALIDATOR

A method performed by a processing system includes reconstructing a metadata tree of a patient from a metadata tree journal, the metadata tree including a plurality of references to a corresponding plurality of encrypted electronic health records of the patient in an encrypted data store, and validating the metadata tree by comparing first integrity information of the metadata tree to second integrity information corresponding to the metadata tree journal provided by a metadata integrity validator.

Natural language understanding buffer

For reduce the search process in the irrelevant information system and method

User information pushing method and device

aparelho portátil e método para suporte de decisão para análise e fusão de dados de multisensor automatizado em tempo real

System and method for dynamic synthesis and transient clustering of semantic attributions for feedback and adjudication

There is provided a transient dynamic semantic clustering engine that transforms disassociated dynamic data into a recursively curated and attributed, use-case specific association that is enhanced for consumption with structures for opining on the strength or other characteristics of usefulness of association attribution, and provenance of the association through a set of recursively evolving operations.

Method for marking luminaires, controller arrangement and luminaire

System and method for accessing and managing mobile device metadata

A system and method are provided for accessing and managing information, or metadata, describing content residing on a number of agent devices. In general, the system includes a central node and a number of agent devices communicatively coupled by a network. In operation, the central node communicates with the agent devices to obtain content information describing content stored at the agent devices and optionally the locations of the agent devices from the agent devices. The content information and optionally the locations of the agent devices are stored in a database associated with the central node. Thereafter, the central node enables requesting nodes such as the agent devices to access the database. In addition or alternatively, the central node may provide automatic alerts to the agent devices when other agent devices matching specified criteria are available.

ATTACHMENT REPLY HANDLING IN NETWORKED MESSAGING SYSTEMS

Systems, methods, apparatuses, and software for network messaging systems in computing environments are provided herein. In one example, a networked messaging system is provided that presents a message to a user, the message being associated with a conversation thread comprising one or more members and having a file attachment. The networked messaging system receives a reply instruction issued by the user to reply to the conversation thread with a modified version of the file attachment, and responsively establishes a reply message associated with the conversation thread that includes the modified version of the file attachment. The networked messaging system transfers the reply message with the modified version of the file attachment for delivery to the one or more members.

DEFRAGMENTATION FOR OBJECTS WITHIN OBJECT STORE

Techniques are provided for managing objects within an object store. An object is maintained within an object store. The object comprises a plurality of slots. Each slot is used to store a unit of data accessible to applications hosted by remote computing devices. The object comprises an object header used to store metadata for each slot. A determination is made that the object is a fragmented object comprising an in-use slot of in-use data and a freed slot from which data was freed. The object is compacted to retain in-use data and exclude freed data as a rewritten object.

Defining and extracting a flat list of search properties from a rich structured type

Rich structured data for items in a file system that allows different kinds of data to be identified by metadata is mapped into a set of search properties for a desktop search service, which is a flat list. This is applicable to any rich structured data that should be mapped into search properties for a desktop search service. Included is an installation mechanism to install these mappings and an execution infrastructure for utilizing the generated SQL from the mappings to extract search properties from items.

FILE GENERATION METHOD, DEVICE, SERVER, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

A file generation method and device, a server, and a non-volatile computer readable storage medium having computer readable instructions stored thereon. The method comprises: acquiring a metadata file, and parsing the metadata file to obtain the metadata and a specified file format ( 302 ); according to the mapping relation between field information and source code parameters configured in the metadata file, converting the metadata into corresponding source code ( 304 ); according to the specified file format, invoking a corresponding meta template, and according to the parsed metadata and the invoked meta template, generating a corresponding interaction file template ( 306 ); and according to the source code and the interaction file template, generating an interaction file ( 308 ).

Interactive music feedback system

Embodiments of the invention are directed to apparatuses, methods, and computer program products for generating a rating score based on color. In some embodiments, the apparatuses, methods, and computer program products are configured to: receive at least one input, wherein the at least one input comprises at least one of a first numerical value, an emoticon, a color, or at least one keyword; process the at least one input; and generate a second numerical value based on processing the at least one input.

Self-learning operational database management

Systems, methods, tools and computer programming products for implementing a cognitive data lake that selects or recommends operational database based on historically created data lakes storing files having similar file types, categorizations, metadata, and/or frequency of file usage. Selecting the appropriate operational databases is streamlined by building a knowledge base that is accessible during the creation and/or registration of each data lake. The knowledge base maintains historical records of past data lakes, describing each historical data lake's file types, attributes, metadata, frequency of file usage and at least one operational database implemented to manage the files of the historical data lake. Incoming files streamed or stored by the data lake are analyzed for metadata (extracted from the files as well as separate metadata), categorized based on the metadata, and matched to one or more operational databases of the historical data lakes described by knowledge base, known ...

CORRELATED INFORMATION RECOMMENDATION

Method and apparatus for information recommendation are provided. In one aspect, a method for information recommendation uses correlated information combinations to improve recommendation accuracy. Upon receiving data from a client indicating a visited information type, the method obtains correlated information types related to the visited information type from stored records. The correlated information types providing one or more correlated information combinations each including at least two correlated information types. For each of the one or more correlated information combinations, the method computes a degree of correlation between the correlated information combination and the visited information type. The method selects a target correlated information combination with a satisfying degree of correlation, and recommends the target correlated information combination to the client.

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING INFORMATION MAP

An information map management system and method. The information map management system, including: an information map database maintaining at least one of an object, property, class, and group which are a unit of an information map; a search result determination unit determining a search result corresponding to a query by referring to the information map database, the query being inputted by a user; a count information generation unit generating count information about the unit using log information about the query; and a management unit managing the information map database using at least one of the log information about the query and the count information.

Panoptic Visualization Document Printing

A panoptic visualization document support system includes a request interface and support engine. The request interface is configured to receive a request for printout(s) of selected document component(s) of a layout of document components of a panoptic visualization document collection. The collection has a plurality of document components each of which includes respective media content and has associated metadata providing information about the respective document component. The layout includes a panoptic arrangement of visual representations of the document components of the layout according to the associated metadata of the respective document components. The support engine is configured to retrieve and prepare the selected document component(s) for printing according to at least a selected print layout style. Preparation of the selected document component(s) includes generation of one or more printable document components for respective ones of the printout(s). And the support engine ...

UPDATING ENTERPRISE RESOURCE SYSTEMS

An electronic reference at a content host can be accessed to identify a modification to metadata impacting the functioning of an enterprise resource system. A change memo host can generate a change memo with a first entry incorporating a digital reproduction of the electronic reference capturing the metadata, where the generated change memo can be confirmed based on a second entry for an additional electronic reference also identifying the modification to the metadata impacting the functioning of the enterprise resource system. In response to tracking a status of the change memo by the change memo host, an update of the enterprise resource system can be prompted based on the metadata associated with the electronic reference, where the tracked status indicating that the modification of the metadata is confirmed.

Executing a conditional command on an object stored in a storage system

Each object is associated with one root metadata record and one or more version-specific metadata records, each corresponding to a version of object data. A conditional command may be conditioned upon whether an object is stored in a storage system. Whether the condition is satisfied is determined based on whether a root metadata record of the object exists. If the condition is satisfied, then metadata is updated to reflect execution of the conditional command. A conditional command may be conditioned upon whether a data version identifier or a metadata version identifier equals a particular value. A conditional command execution engine retrieves the relevant version identifier from a version-specific metadata record, and performs a check on whether the condition is satisfied. If the condition is satisfied, the engine ensures that the version-specific record has not been modified during the check, and updates metadata to reflect execution of the conditional command.

Data access using multilevel selectors and contextual assistance

A method and system to derive association-explicit metadata, about a target data collection, that is useful to facilitate access and searching of the data collection, regardless of the organizational structure of the collection. The metadata may be generated to comprise DetailSelectors describing lowest level data elements; groups thereof that provide context for member DetailSelectors, plus Boolean properties for queries using such Selectors, and association links to higher-level GlueSelectors that comprise such DetailSelectors, as well as association links to yet higher levels, eventually to Items, which are of a level greater than the highest level GlueSelector, reference a predetermined collection of data in the target collection, and comprise suitable matches for all of the DetailSelectors represented. Such metadata may be used to present choices to a user for terms to add to a query while ensuring suitable match by information in at least one Item. Information about Groups of DetailSelectors ...

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING MODULAR APPLICATIONS WITH DYNAMICALLY GENERATED USER EXPERIENCE AND AUTOMATIC AUTHENTICATION

Systems for providing an integrated user interface and/or authenticating a user or a device are disclosed. A system for providing an integrated user interface includes a central control server having a user interface engine and a backend application programming interface engine, a user device communicatively coupled to the central control server that is configured to provide a user interface, and a plurality of backend servers communicatively coupled to the central control server. The backend application programming interface engine generates and supplies application programming interfaces to the backend servers, the application programming interfaces including programming instructions thereon that direct a corresponding one of the plurality of backend servers to provide data to the central control server. The user interface engine generates the integrated user interface comprising the data received from the plurality of backend servers and provides the integrated user interface to the ...

SPACE MODELS FOR MIXED REALITY

Embodiments relate to supplementing a mixed reality system with information from a space model. The space model is a hierarchical or tree model of a physical space, where nodes represent physical places in the physical space and a parent-child relationship between nodes in the tree indicates a physical containment relationship for physical places represented by the nodes. The space model models containment relationships (e.g., building-floor-room) and does not necessarily include a two or three dimensional map of the physical place. Some of the nodes of the space model include representations of sensors and store measures therefrom. The mixed reality system includes a three-dimensional model possibly modeling part of the physical space. The mixed reality system renders views of the three-dimensional model according to the sensor measures stored in the representations.

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UPDATING MULTI-TIER CLOUD-BASED APPLICATION STACKS

The present disclosure relates to automatically and periodically updating a multi-tier application stack in a cloud environment. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to systems and methods that access a central server to determine if new updates have been released, and when new updates have been released, automatically apply the new updates to an application environment with minimal network burden and service interruption.

DATA ANALYTICS PLATFORM OVER PARALLEL DATABASES AND DISTRIBUTED FILE SYSTEMS

Performing data analytics processing in the context of a large scale distributed system that includes a massively parallel processing (MPP) database and a distributed storage layer is disclosed. In various embodiments, a data analytics request is received. A plan is created to generate a response to the request. A corresponding portion of the plan is assigned to each of a plurality of distributed processing segments, including by invoking as indicated in the assignment one or more data analytical functions embedded in the processing segment.

Method and system for a flexible-data column user interface

In embodiments there are provided techniques for flexibly displaying information into one or more columns. One technique includes the user interface (UI) receiving from an end user a selection of display criteria configured by an administrative user. Data from a dataset may be selected and/or ordered for displaying according to the criterion selected by the end user. Alternative embodiments may provide displaying positive and negative data, sorting, and fixed locations.

DATABASES TO STORE METADATA

An example of an apparatus including a network interface to receive data about a data application via an external network is provided. The apparatus further includes a collection engine in communication with the network interface to receive the data. The apparatus also includes a metadata generation engine to generate application metadata associated with the data application. The apparatus includes a memory storage unit to maintain a database of metadata. The database includes the application metadata associated with the data application. The apparatus also includes a processor to apply the database of metadata to a lookup table.

System and method for data classification usable for data search

A user interface enables the user to select a classification scheme from a group of classification schemes indicated by classification scheme information. The classification scheme information is stored in a classification-scheme storage unit as results of classification performed on data of arbitrary databases. The user interface also enables the user to select, from the group of databases, a database to which the selected classification scheme is applied. A classification module classifies the data of the selected database based on the selected classification scheme.

METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MINING AN INFORMATION TEMPLATE

Methods and devices for mining an information template are provided. A method may include forming a modeling information set comprising a plurality of modeling information items. The method may further include creating a plurality of encrypted information items by encrypting respective numerical information items included in the plurality of modeling information items. The method may further include clustering the plurality of encrypted information items to create at least one information template. According to the present disclosure, an information template may be mined through analysis of a plurality of modeling information items, and numerical information items included in the modeling information items may be encrypted during the template mining process, which may prevent users' private information from being disclosed by the mined template, so that a more secure method for mining an information template may be provided.

SESSION CONTROL APPARATUS, SESSION CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM

A session control apparatus, a session control method, and a session control program may maintain a quality of input data output to a processing module. A processing module has a defined condition regarding a quality of the input data. The session control apparatus includes a selection unit and a switching unit. The selection unit selects a second device when the input data fails to satisfy the condition. The switching unit switches a first device that outputs the input data to the processing module to the second device selected by the selection unit.

Systems and methods for monitoring and restocking merchandise

In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to monitoring and restocking merchandise in a shopping facility. In some embodiments, there is provided a system including: an array of image sensors disposed about a shopping facility for capturing image sequences; a memory device configured to store the image sequences; a plurality of barcodes disposed on merchandise display containers about the shopping facility; a barcode database including a plurality of barcodes corresponding to merchandise; and a control circuit configured to: compare the image sequences with the images from the image database; determine the presence of a barcode at a display container to identify a type of merchandise in the merchandise display container; and estimate or determine the amount of merchandise in the display container.

Display of a digital information content and method of selection

A method and apparatus are disclosed which convey a generic digital information content to a user with a minimum amount of user interaction. The method includes associating a digital information content with a modeling system and displaying an association of the digital information content and the modeling system on a visual information display interface.

DOCUMENT INFORMATION EVALUATING DEVICE, DOCUMENT INFORMATION EVALUATING METHOD, AND DOCUMENT INFORMATION EVALUATING PROGRAM

An information acquiring unit configured to acquire input information input from a user terminal that is able to be operated by a user from the user terminal, a storage unit configured to store a plurality of pieces of document information, a calculation unit configured to decompose the input information into predetermined constituent units and calculate a matching condition with one piece of document information among the plurality of pieces of document information stored in the storage unit as a score for each decomposed constituent unit, an output unit configured to output a comparison table representing a degree of difference between the input information and the document information for each constituent unit on the basis of the score, and an input unit configured to input a self-evaluation of the document information that is performed by the user to the comparison table are included.

KEY-VALUE PAIRS DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD

Data processing apparatuses and data processing methods are provided. The data processing apparatus includes a storage unit, an interface, and a processor. The storage unit stores a first key-value set including a plurality of first key-value pairs. Each of the first key-value pairs has a first key and a first value. The interface receives an instruction regarding a set operation and a function. The processor generates a plurality of second keys by applying the set operation to the first keys. Each of the second keys includes at least one of the first keys. The processor generates a second value for each of the second keys by applying the function to at least one datum corresponding to the at least one first key comprised in the second key. Each second key and the corresponding second value form a second key-value pair and the second key-value pairs form a second key-value set.

SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND INTERFACES FOR VECTOR INPUT/OUTPUT OPERATIONS

Data of a vector storage request pertaining to one or more disjoint, non-adjacent, and/or non-contiguous logical identifier ranges are stored contiguously within a log on a non-volatile storage medium. A request consolidation module modifies one or more sub-requests of the vector storage request in response to other, cached storage requests. Data of an atomic vector storage request may comprise persistent indicators, such as persistent metadata flags, to identify data pertaining to incomplete atomic storage requests. A restart recovery module identifies and excludes data of incomplete atomic operations.

Method and system for providing information using a supplementary device

A method and system for providing access to information via a supplementary device is provided. User access to primary information via a primary device is monitored. Key information related to the primary content is obtained by extracting and analyzing metadata sources for the primary information. Then, supplementary information related to the primary information is obtained based on the key information. The supplementary information is provided for user access via the supplementary device.

RESYNCHRONIZING METADATA IN A CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

A client can resynchronize tree data structures representing a server, local, and sync state of content items in an account. In some aspects, the client identifies a local set of content items on the account and generates a local tree representing a filesystem state and including a local node for each item in the local set. The client determines a server state for a remote set of content items on the account. Based on the server state, the client generates a remote tree representing the remote set and including a respective node for each item in the remote set. Based on the local and remote trees, the client generates a sync tree including matching nodes between the local and remote trees, the sync tree representing a synchronized state between the filesystem state and the server state. The client then stores the local, remote, and sync trees.

Query task processing based on memory allocation and performance criteria

Described are methods, systems and computer readable media for query task operations based on memory allocation and performance criteria.

Method and device for handling metadata

The handling of metadata being provided in different formats shall be simplified. Tehrefore, it is suggested to provide metadata in a first metadata structure having a first format and providing a second metadata structure having a first format and providing a second metadata structure having a second format, wherein link data are deposited in the second metadata structure. The link data point to metadata in the first metadata structure. Thus, it is possible to trealize synchronous and automatic editing of metadata and its mirror metadata.

Automatic query suggestions

An improved technique of querying a data store by widening the query using a series of queries that follow relations between items. Initial auxiliary queries are used to find metadata property values (rather than the actual items) that are then used in the subsequent queries. The initial queries employ one or more property values to find a related item. In response thereto, an action menu is presented for the item that facilitates widening the search for all other items with the same selected property value. The user can be presented with several choices depending on which property is used for query widening.

Executing a conditional command on an object stored in a storage system

Each object is associated with one root metadata record and one or more version-specific metadata records, each corresponding to a version of object data. A conditional command may be conditioned upon whether an object is stored in a storage system. Whether the condition is satisfied is determined based on whether a root metadata record of the object exists. If the condition is satisfied, then metadata is updated to reflect execution of the conditional command. A conditional command may be conditioned upon whether a data version identifier or a metadata version identifier equals a particular value. A conditional command execution engine retrieves the relevant version identifier from a version-specific metadata record, and performs a check on whether the condition is satisfied. If the condition is satisfied, the engine ensures that the version-specific record has not been modified during the check, and updates metadata to reflect execution of the conditional command.

MOST PROBABLE CAUSE DETERMINATION FOR TELECOMMUNICATION EVENTS

A method performed by a computing system includes collecting information on transactions in a telecommunication system, using the information on transactions to create a plurality of event objects, each of the event objects associated with a telecommunication event, associating each of the event objects with a Key Performance Indicator (KPI), applying the event objects to a plurality of inference functions, each inference functions using the set of parameters as inputs and the KPIs of the event objects as outputs to create a model that infers a relationship between the set of parameters and the KPIs, and analyzing metadata from each of the inference functions to determine which of the set of parameters was used to predict an outcome leading to the KPI.

METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DATA PROCESSING

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method, an electronic device, and a computer program product for data processing. The method may include receiving a data conversion strategy from a server. The method may further include determining, in response to receiving unstructured data from a field device, metadata of the unstructured data based on the received data conversion strategy to form a set of metadata. In addition, the method may include transmitting at least a part of the set of metadata to the server. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, edge computing can be performed on unstructured data, which not only enables timely processing of monitoring data, but also reduces computing load on the side of the server, thereby improving the user experience.

INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM

The present technology relates to an information processing system, an information processing method, and a recording medium that make it possible to provide better user experience. An information processing system includes a control unit that performs control such that: context information is associated with a content element in advance; for each of users, an activation condition is settable for at least the context information, and a user scenario including a data set of the context information and the activation condition is generatable; and when sensor data obtained by sensing a user in real time satisfies the activation condition set in the user scenario, the content element associated with the context information depending on the activation condition is presented to the user. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a system that provides a voice service.

INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VISUAL SEARCH QUERIES

A user can submit a visual query that includes one or more images. Various processing techniques such as optical character recognition (OCR) techniques can be used to recognize text (e.g. in the image, surrounding image(s), etc.) and/or various object detection techniques (e.g., machine-learned object detection models, etc.) may be used to detect objects (e.g., products, landmarks, animals, humans, etc.) within or related to the visual query. Content related to the detected text or object(s) can be identified and potentially provided to a user as search results or a proactive content feed. As such, aspects of the present disclosure enable the visual search system to more intelligently process a visual query to provide improved search results and content feeds, including those search results which are more personalized and/or consider contextual signals to account for implicit characteristics of the visual query and/or user's search intent.

Способ и устройство для извлечения шаблона данных

Изобретение относится к извлечению шаблона данных. Техническим результатом является повышение точности обработки данных. Способ извлечения шаблона данных, включающий в себя: получение набора данных для моделирования, при этом набор данных для моделирования состоит из массива данных для моделирования; соответствующее шифрование числовых данных, входящих в массив данных для моделирования, с целью получения массива зашифрованных данных, кластеризацию массива зашифрованных данных с целью получения не менее одного шаблона данных; подтверждение коэффициента охвата для каждого шаблона данных; и определение фактического шаблона данных на основании не менее одного шаблона данных в соответствии с результатами подтверждения. 3 н. и 20 з.п. ф-лы, 4 ил.

СПОСОБ И УСТРОЙСТВО ДЛЯ ИНТЕГРАЦИИ ДАННЫХ О ПУНКТЕ, ПРЕДОСТАВЛЕННЫХ ГРУППОЙ ПОСТАВЩИКОВ

Заявленное изобретение относится к области беспроводной мобильной связи. Технический результат заключается в усовершенствованном формировании контента, основанного на местоположении. Для этого рассмотрен подход для интеграции метаданных о пункте, предоставляемых группой формирователей метаданных, включающий прием данных регистрации, указывающих одно или более значений для одного или более соответствующих атрибутов, описывающих некоторый пункт. Пункт связан с географическим положением. Также инициируется предоставление указания соответствия между данными регистрации и метаданными для предварительно заданного пункта. В некоторых вариантах осуществления настоящего изобретения формируется новая запись для набора предварительно заданных пунктов на основе проверки действительности данных регистрации и незначительной степени соответствия. В некоторых вариантах осуществления настоящего изобретения уникальный идентификатор пункта включается в указание соответствия либо для нового пункта, представленного ...

Accessing and filtering a database for a category based timeline display

A system and method are disclosed wherein a data collection server performs a database dump to a network server. The dumped database provides some item subject identification data, such as place and date, but need not contain any. A scanning program 76 checks through the dumped database items seeking for other filtering information and saving that information with the database item in association with which it was discovered to provide an improved database. A user can select one or more subject categories 96 from the improved database and select filters to refine down what Items are displayed in a timeline 94 according to filter categorized. The user can manipulate, introduce and change items within a timeline to the user's choice. The user can communicate their selection to others.

Ranking data sources in a data processing system

Providing data based on ranking in data digests comprises: establishing analytical representations of data entities, data sources and network relationships and establishing rule schema (706) for ranking them; storing (708) rule schema and data representation in association; receiving (710) a request for data from a data consumer specifying requested ranking metadata; receiving a segment of data stream comprising a said data entity from a said data-source by a network comprising a said relationship; applying (712) the schema to the segment to classify it by linking associated ranking metadata with the segment; responsive to the associated ranking metadata matching the requested ranking metadata, populating (714) an output data structure with segment data; transmitting (716) the output to the consumer. Consumer requests are from subscriptions, while rule schema are modifiable by selection metrics including availability, use, consumption, feedback, reliability, security, update frequency.

Method and system for context-aware provision of content

A system for context-aware content provision, comprising: a processor; and a computer-readable storage medium storing instructions for causing the processor to: retrieve and normalise item metadata and semantic metadata; generate, for each of a plurality of content items based on corresponding item metadata and semantic metadata, at least one of relevance, timeliness, sentiment, relation and confidence values with reference to a provision target and a reference context; and select, based on the generated at least one value, a portion of the content items for provision to the provision target in association with the reference context.

Methods and Apparatus to Collect Process Control Data

Method to collect process control data includes registering an electronic device description such as using Electronic Device Description Language (EDDL) describing a parameter to be measured and a measurement sampling rate, measuring the parameter based on the measurement sampling rate, storing data, preferably using an any one of an array object, a matrix object, a class object or a struct object, representative of the measured parameter in a data structure, and transferring data in the data structure to a first process control device via a process control network in response to at least one of a request for the data, a condition associated with the data, or an event associated with the data.

Structuring incoherent nodes by superimposing on a base knowledge graph

A computer program product, system, and method for building a knowledge graph may include receiving a plurality of new nodes, receiving a base knowledge graph having existing nodes selectively connected by existing edges, and superimposing the new nodes onto selected ones of the existing nodes of the base knowledge graph. The method may further include connecting the new nodes by creating a new edge with a new weight between at least two of the new nodes if corresponding existing nodes in the underlying base knowledge graph have a connection via zero or a predetermined maximum number of existing edges, wherein the new weight is determined based on the existing weights of the existing edges of connections between the corresponding existing nodes, and detaching the new nodes with the new edges from the base knowledge graph.

Metadata with degree of trust indication

Information handling apparatus in which textual metadata is generated in respect of a current information item, such as audio or video data, by reference to an ensemble of information items having associated textual metadata, the textual metadata having corresponding indicator data representing a degree of trust associated with that textual metadata, comprises means for detecting one or more predetermined properties, such as image shape or audio power, of the current information item; means for detecting a subset of information items from the ensemble of information items, the subset being those which have the one or more predetermined properties most similar to those of the current information item; means for associating with the current information item textual metadata from one or more of the subset of information items such that the textual metadata associated with the current information item is allocated indicator data representing a low degree of trust in the association of that ...

Metadata browser

Method for secondary content distribution

A secondary content distribution system comprises a receiver for receiving a plurality of differing versions of secondary content (e.g. advertisements, audio, video, banner content) from a provider, each one of the differing versions of the secondary content being associated with at least one of a reading mode (e.g. activity of user, concentrated reading, flipping through pages) and a connection mode (bandwidth, connectivity), a processor operative to determine a reading mode of a user of a client device, a selector for selecting one of the differing versions of the secondary content for display on the client device display, the selection being a function, at least in part, of matching the determined reading mode with the reading mode associated with the one of the differing versions of the secondary content and the connection mode of the client device, and a display for displaying the selected one of the differing versions of the secondary content on the client device display. The reading ...

Systems and method for sorting mechanisms at a terminal

Algorithm selection for processor-controlled device

In order to determine which of a set of candidate algorithms, such as cryptographic algorithms, should be used on a device, resource characteristics of the device are obtained. The characteristics may include processing, storage, power supply and communication capability. The characteristics are compared with the characteristics of reference devices to identify the reference devices with similar characteristics. The performance values of the candidate algorithms on the identified reference devices are identified. The candidate algorithm with the best performance values on the identified reference devices is then selected. The performance values may indicate use of resources on the reference devices. The performance values may have been calculated by executing the candidate algorithms on the reference devices. Selecting the algorithm may also take into account a resource loading constraint. If multiple reference devices are identified, then the average performance values for the devices ...

Methods and apparatus to display localized process control objects

Example methods and apparatus to display localized process control objects. A disclosed example method includes receiving a request to view a process control object associated with a process control system, selecting a device description file based on the process control object, the device description file including a tag, selecting a set of locale templates based on a locale associated with the request, selecting a locale template from the set of locale templates based on the process control object, and processing the process control object for display by inserting portions of the selected locale template into the tag in the device description file.

Methods for processing private metadata

According to one aspect of the invention, a file received from a first user is stored in a storage device, where the file includes private metadata encrypted by a secret key associated with a second user. A private metadata identifier is stored in a predetermined storage location, indicating that private metadata of the file has not been decrypted and indexed. In response to an inquiry subsequently received from the second user, the predetermined storage location is scanned to identify the private metadata identifier based on the inquiry. The encrypted metadata identified by the private metadata identifier is transmitted to the second user for decryption. In response to the metadata that has been decrypted by the second user, the decrypted metadata is indexed for the purpose of subsequent searches of at least one of the metadata and the file.

Method and system of hierarchical metadata management and application

A method of metadata management is provided. Metadata associated with information objects is important in the management and classification of electronic information referred to as information objects. A metadata schema structure definition is defined enabling a metadata schema to be applied to the information objects to ensure consistent creation and management of hierarchical metadata across and organization and interoperability between different metadata schemas.

Predictive conversion systems and methods

In one embodiment, a system and method of predicting sale transaction conversion rate of an item operates through a search of information in response to a query over a network. The item can be included in a category of items. Information for other relevant items of the category is available through network query and historical data, among others. Respective information for the other items of the category is available to the method. The system and method includes discovering available information of the item of interest, extracting certain of the available information of the item, analyzing the certain information for the item by comparing the information to other item information for the category of items, weighting the information for the commercial item in comparison to other items of the category, calculating a predictive score for the commercial item of interest, and presenting the information of the commercial item of interest ranked according to the predictive score as compared to other items of the category.

Granular metadata for digital content

Accordingly, the present discussion is directed in one respect; to a method of associating metadata with a digital content item and then controlling the presentation of that item in accordance with metadata-associated controls/constraints. The method may include determining a time-specific portion of a digital content item with which a user desires to associate a metadata item; associating the metadata item with the time-specific portion of the digital content item. During subsequent consumption of the digital content item by the user or another, the metadata item is presented synchronously in co lection with the time-specific portion of the digital content item, where such presentation is constrained or controlled in response to user-controlled filters implemented through a social network.

Online application providing apparatus

An online application providing apparatus includes: a rendering unit; a metadata manager; a database; and a view resolver. When a web page URL is requested from a user terminal in a tenant, the rendering unit requests UI data to the metadata manager for generating code data corresponding to the URL, provides, to the view resolver, the code data to which a flexible field corresponding a UI page specified for the tenant is applied, and the view resolver generates an actual web based UI code by using the code data provided from the rendering unit and transmits the actual web based UI code to the user terminal.

Automated Metadata Generation of Learning and Knowledge Objects

A novel system for automated metadata generation of learning and knowledge Objects are presented. Such system automates the processes of adding descriptive and contextual information to digital learning content, digital documents, and other objects used in learning and knowledge management. It also automates the process of creating associations among higher level objects and classifications systems used to organize content, and it does so in a way that improves the functionality of existing technologies, that can be tuned to meet the needs of a particular organization or community of practice, and that can be extended and refined to take advantage of new information retrieval technologies. It includes methods that handle aggregate digital objects composed of a plurality of other objects and that improves efficiency by caching data and recognizing the relationships among aggregate objects and their components.

Systems And Methods For Clustering Time Series Data Based On Forecast Distributions

In accordance with the teachings described herein, systems and methods are provided for clustering time series based on forecast distributions. A method for clustering time series based on forecast distributions may include: receiving time series data relating to one or more aspects of a physical process; applying a forecasting model to the time series data to generate forecasted values and confidence intervals associated with the forecasted values, the confidence intervals being generated based on distribution information relating to the forecasted values; generating a distance matrix that identifies divergence in the forecasted values, the distance matrix being generated based the distribution information relating to the forecasted values; and performing a clustering operation on the plurality of forecasted values based on the distance matrix. The distance matrix may be generated using a symmetric Kullback-Leibler divergence algorithm.

Annotation system for creating and retrieving media and methods relating to same

The invention described herein is generally directed to a method and apparatus for creating and retrieving audio data. In one implementation the invention comprises an annotation system configured to record, store, and retrieve media. The annotation system contains a set of client-processing devices configured to capture media for subsequent playback. Each client-processing device typically contains a record button to initiate the capture and is configured upon performing the capture operation to trigger an association of a unique ID with the media. The client-processing devices are further configured to upload the media and a unique ID to a server for purposes of storage. The server obtains the media and unique ID for subsequent retrieval and provides the media and the unique ID to at least one client-processing device from the set of client processing devices.

Method and System for Managing The Lifecycles of Media Assets

There is provided a method for managing the lifecycles of one or more media assets. The method comprises importing the one or more media assets into a system for managing the lifecycles of the one or more media assets, determining one or more metadata tags for association with the one or more media assets by evaluating the one or more media assets with one or more tagging filters, associating the one or more metadata tags with the one or more media assets after determining one or more metadata tags for association with the one or more media assets, and grouping the one or more media assets according to the one or more metadata tags associated with the one or more media assets by evaluating the one or more metadata tags with one or more grouping filters to generate one or more media asset groups.

Mechanism for synchronizing olap system structure and oltp system structure

In an embodiment, for any structural change that is made to a relational database, a corresponding change is also made to the multidimensional database. In an embodiment, the system determines that a particular structure is not implemented on the multidimensional database system. Based on metadata that defines the structure that is supposed to exist in the multidimensional database, the appropriate structure is created.

System and Methods Thereof for Instantaneous Updating of a Wallpaper Responsive of a Query Input and Responses Thereto

A method for instantly updating a wallpaper on a screen of a user device responsive of a user query. The method comprises performing an analysis of the user query input by a user of the user device; selecting a wallpaper respective of at least the user query that is determined to be related to the user input; and providing the selected wallpaper to the user device for a display on the screen of the user's device.

Context aware smart packaging and real-time merchandising

The subject matter described herein enhances the interaction of consumers with food packaging using cellphones and other portable scanners. Specifically, it enhances consumer's purchase decision and use decisions at key moments at home and store.

Electronic Personal Companion

Personal companions crowd-source and/or crowd-share characterizations, and optionally raw data, from real-world, virtual and/or mixed-reality experiences. Characterizations can advantageously be stored in one or more self-evolving, structured databases, and can be organized according to objects, actions, events and thoughts. Characterizations can be weighted differently for different users, and “forgotten” over time, especially in favor of maintaining higher level characterizations. Personal companions can be used to obtain additional information, and conduct interpersonal, commercial, or other interactions or transactions.

Metadata architecture for interfacing with and processing metadata associated with digital content

Embodiments of the present invention provide an approach for interacting with and/or processing metadata associated with digital content. In a typical embodiment, various architectures are provided that may comprise interfaces, applications, processors, etc. to allow for metadata to be processed and/or appended to related main data. The architectural components herein also provide for various ways for metadata to be gathered and/or stored (e.g., provided by a user). Among other things, these approaches optimize digital and/or social media exchanges.

Method and device for associating metadata to media objects

Methods, systems, and devices for associating metadata with a media object that has been published on a plurality of social networks obtain a respective identifier by which the media object is identified on each of the plurality of social networks, retrieve metadata associated with the media object from each of the plurality of social networks using the corresponding identifier, and store the retrieved metadata in association with the media object.

Methods, Systems, and Program Products for Automatically Managing Tagging of a Resource

Methods and systems are described for automatically managing tagging of a resource. In one aspect, a first matched tag is identified that identifies a first tag and a first tagging criterion, wherein whether the first tagging criterion is met for a first resource is based on a first attribute of the first resource. A change to the first attribute is detected. Based on the change, whether the first tagging criterion is met for the first resource is determined. The first resource is tagged with the first tag, automatically in response to determining that the first criterion is met.

Metadata querying method and apparatus

Embodiments of the present invention provide a metadata querying method and apparatus. The method includes: sampling at least one piece of first metadata from to-be-searched-for metadata; using at least a part of feature values in each piece of the sampled first metadata as an index, and searching a sparse index table preset in a memory for a corresponding container identifier; selecting, according to the number of times that a same container identifier is found, a container corresponding to a container identifier that meets a set condition; loading metadata in the selected container into a metadata cache; and searching the metadata cache for a data block that is the same as the to-be-searched-for metadata. In the embodiments of the present invention, querying performance can be improved and occupied memory space can be reduced.

Embedding performance monitoring into mashup application development

Computer systems, methods and program products can facilitate embedding performance monitoring into a mashup application that is being created in a mashup application development environment. A mashup application analyzer identifies mashup application performance monitors that are applicable to a mashup application that is being created in a mashup application development environment. An instructor is provided to instruct the mashup application development environment to embed selected ones up of the performance monitors into the mashup application that is being created in the mashup application development environment, responsive to a selection from the performance monitors. A provisioner instructs the mashup application development environment how to provision the selected ones of the mashup application performance monitors in the mashup application that is being created in the mashup application development environment, responsive to a selection of provisioning options for the selected ones of the mashup application performance monitors.

LEAN PROTOCOL FOR CLINICAL RESEARCH STUDY SYSTEMS

Techniques are disclosed for digitizing a framework for clinical development. In one example, a computing device comprising a processor and a memory may be configured to perform the techniques. The processor may first define a data model comprising metadata that specifies a data standard representative of requirements for regulatory-compliant exchange of data between entities. The data model may include one or more client objects, where each client object specifying a sequence of a plurality of gates for a process of a clinical research study protocol. Moreover, each gate of the plurality of gates defines one or more conditions for completion of the gate. The processor may express the data model to define the clinical research study protocol. The memory may store the data model. 1. A method comprising:defining, by processing circuitry, a data model comprising metadata that specifies a data standard representative of requirements for regulatory-compliant exchange of data between entities,wherein the data model includes one or more client objects, each client object specifying a sequence of a plurality of gates for a process of a clinical research study protocol,wherein each gate of the plurality of gates defines one or more conditions for completion of the gate; andexpressing, by the processing circuitry, the data model to define the clinical research study protocol.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:outputting, by the processing circuitry, an indication that the process of the clinical research study protocol is at a first gate of the sequence of the plurality of gates;determining, by the processing circuitry, that one or more conditions of the first gate are satisfied;determining, by the processing circuitry and in response to determining that each of the one or more conditions of the first gate are satisfied, that the first gate is completed;only after determining that the first gate is completed; outputting an indication that the ...

METADATA COMPRESSION TECHNIQUES

Techniques for processing metadata (MD) may include: determining, in accordance with one or more criteria, a plurality of MD blocks that are similar and expected to have matching corresponding portions of MD in at least some of the plurality of MD blocks; forming a MD superblock including the plurality of MD blocks; filtering the MD superblock and generating a filtered MD superblock, wherein said filtering includes rearranging content of the MD superblock so that a first plurality of MD portions that are similar are grouped together in the filtered MD superblock, wherein at least some of the first plurality of MD portions that are similar are expected to match; and compressing the filtered MD superblock and generating a compressed filtered MD superblock. Filtering may include performing a bitshuffle algorithm that includes performing a bitwise transpose of a matrix of the MD blocks in the MD superblock. 1. A method of processing metadata (MD) comprising:determining, in accordance with one or more criteria, a plurality of MD blocks that are similar and expected to have matching corresponding portions of MD in at least some of the plurality of MD blocks;forming a MD superblock including the plurality of MD blocks;filtering the MD superblock and generating a filtered MD superblock, wherein said filtering includes rearranging content of the MD superblock so that a first plurality of MD portions that are similar are grouped together in the filtered MD superblock, wherein at least some of the first plurality of MD portions that are similar are expected to match; andcompressing the filtered MD superblock and generating a compressed filtered MD superblock.2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:storing the compressed filtered MD superblock in a cache.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein each of the first plurality of MD portions that are similar is included in a different one of the plurality of MD blocks.4. The method of claim 3 , wherein each of the first plurality of ...

GENERATING A PERSONAL DATABASE ENTRY FOR A USER BASED ON NATURAL LANGUAGE USER INTERFACE INPUT OF THE USER AND GENERATING OUTPUT BASED ON THE ENTRY IN RESPONSE TO FURTHER NATURAL LANGUAGE USER INTERFACE INPUT OF THE USER

Some implementations are directed to generating a personal database entry for a user based on free-form natural language input formulated by the user via one or more user interface input devices of a computing device of the user. The generated personal database entry may include one or more terms of the natural language input and descriptive metadata determined based on one or more terms of the natural language input and/or based on contextual features associated with receiving the natural language input. Some implementations are directed to generating, based on one or more personal database entries of a user, output that is responsive to further free-form natural language input of the user. For example, one or more entries that are responsive to further natural language input of the user can be identified based on matching content of those entries to one or more search parameters determined based on the further input. 1. A method performed by one or more processors , comprising:receiving first natural language input, wherein the first natural language input is free-form input formulated by a user via a user interface input device of a computing device of the user; [ generating a semantic label associated with an entity based on one or more terms of the first natural language input, and', 'generating an additional semantic label associated with an object based on one or more of the terms of the first natural language input; and, 'generating descriptive metadata for the entry, wherein generating the descriptive metadata for the entry comprises, 'storing, in the entry, the descriptive metadata;, 'generating an entry for the first natural language input in a personal database of the user stored in one or more computer readable media, wherein generating the entry comprisessubsequent to receiving the first natural language input, receiving second natural language input, wherein the second natural language input is free-form input formulated by the user via the user ...

MEDIA UNIT RETRIEVAL AND RELATED PROCESSES

Media unit retrieval methods, systems and computer program products are provided that allow a user to search for an item by iteratively presenting media units such as images representing items to the user and receiving user input consisting of selections of the presented media units (including possibly the empty selection). Features, or attributes, a user is interested in, for example semantic features, are inferred from the interaction and media units are retrieved for presentation based on similarity with user-selected media units, through sampling of a probability distribution describing the intent or interests, or combinations of approaches. Accordingly, the user-experience is akin to a conversation about what the user is looking for. Retrieval may be based on both selected and unselected media units and the selection may comprise making a selection with a single action. Further, a database of media units can capture similarity relationships for efficient media unit retrieval. 1. A method of transmitting media units or media unit identifiers for presentation of media units , the method comprisingtransmitting a set of media units or respective media unit identifiers for presentation of the media units, each media unit being associated with a respective feature set defining a set of attribute values for respective attributes or a set of parameters, the parameters defining an attribute-representing probability distribution over attribute values for respective attributes and wherein one or more of the attribute values are derived from neural activations of a hidden layer of an artificial neural network presented with the media unit; and performing the following operations:receiving an input made in response to a presentation of media units of the set of media units;updating an intent probability distribution over attribute values of the attributes using the input;selecting a next set of media units using the updated intent probability distribution; andtransmitting ...

RANDOM SAMPLING FROM A SEARCH ENGINE

A method for providing one or more random sample documents from a corpus of documents using a search engine is provided. The providing of each of the random sample documents comprises selecting randomly a time window from a set of time windows. A search query is sent to the search engine defining a search for documents of the corpus with time-stamps within the time window defined by the randomly selected time window. In response to the sending of the search query, a search result is receiving from the search engine. The search result comprises a set of the documents of the corpus with time-stamps within the time window. One of the documents comprised by the received set of documents is then selected randomly. 1. A computer-implemented method comprising:identifying a timeframe of interest; and dividing the timeframe of interest into a set of time windows, wherein for each of the time windows, the number of documents of the corpus with time-stamps within the time window satisfies a first predefined criterion;', 'selecting randomly a time window of the set of time windows;', 'sending a search query to a search engine, wherein the search engine includes a search index for the corpus of documents, and wherein the search query is for documents that have time-stamps within the time window;', 'receiving a search result from the search engine, wherein the search result identifies a set of documents; and', 'selecting randomly a document from the set of documents identified in the search result., 'providing one or more random sample documents from a corpus of documents, wherein the one or more random sample documents have respective time-stamps within the timeframe of interest, and wherein the providing of the one or more random sample documents includes2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the dividing of the timeframe of interest into the set of time windows includes defining respective time windows based on a time specification within the time window and on a width of the time ...

System performance logging of complex remote query processor query operations

Described are methods, systems and computer readable media for performance logging of complex query operations.

Digital Identity Escrow Methods and Systems

An illustrative method includes an escrow system receiving an access request from a service provider system for the service provider system to have access to a digital identity of a user when the user attempts to access a service provided by the service provider system; transmitting, based on the access request, an authorization request to a computing device associated with the user, the authorization request prompting the user to authorize sharing of the digital identity with the service provider system, the transmitting of the authorization request comprising transmitting a push notification to the computing device, and receiving, from the computing device associated with the user, authorization data indicating that the user authorizes sharing of the digital identity with the service provider system. 1. A method comprising:receiving, by an escrow system, an access request from a service provider system for the service provider system to have access to a digital identity of a user when the user attempts to access a service provided by the service provider system;transmitting, by the escrow system based on the access request, an authorization request to a computing device associated with the user, the authorization request prompting the user to authorize sharing of the digital identity with the service provider system, the transmitting of the authorization request comprising transmitting a push notification to the computing device; andreceiving, by the escrow system from the computing device associated with the user, authorization data indicating that the user authorizes sharing of the digital identity with the service provider system.2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising providing claim 1 , by the escrow system based on the receiving the authorization data from the computing device associated with the user claim 1 , the service provider system with access to the digital identity.3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the providing of the service provider system ...

SYSTEM AND METHOD USING LOCAL UNIQUE FEATURES TO INTERPRET TRANSCRIPT EXPRESSION LEVELS FOR RNA SEQUENCING DATA

A method () for characterizing gene transcript expression levels, comprising: (i) extracting () one or more unique features from each of a plurality of gene transcripts; (ii) storing () the extracted unique features in a unique feature database; (iii) receiving () a plurality of sequences sequenced from gene transcripts, wherein at least some of the sequences comprise one or more of the extracted unique features; (iv) comparing (), by a processor, the plurality of sequences to the extracted unique features stored in the unique feature database; (v) identifying (), based on a match between a sequence and an extracted unique feature, a gene transcript and/or gene from which the sequence was generated; and (vi) compiling () information about gene transcript expression levels based on said identified gene transcripts. 1. A method for characterizing gene transcript expression levels , comprising:extracting one or more unique features from each of a plurality of gene transcripts;storing the extracted unique features in a unique feature database;receiving the plurality of sequences generated from gene transcripts sequenced from one cell, wherein at least some of the sequences comprise one or more of the extracted unique features;comparing, by a processor, the plurality of sequences to the extracted unique features stored in the unique feature database;identifying, based on a match between a sequence and an extracted unique feature, a gene transcript from which the sequence was generated; andcompiling information about gene transcript expression levels based on said identified gene transcripts.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the unique features comprise one or more of a unique exon claim 1 , a unique exon junction claim 1 , a unique intron claim 1 , a unique transcription start location claim 1 , and/or a unique transcription stop location.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein comparing comprises aligning each of the plurality of sequences with one or more unique features.4 ...

Method and system for using hierarchical metadata for searching and recording content

A user device for storing or displaying content recommendations includes a search session manager receiving metadata associated with content. The metadata includes a received hierarchical identifier including a primary level and a secondary level unique to the primary level. A memory stores selected hierarchical identifiers. A search module compares the received hierarchical identifiers with the selected hierarchical identifiers. A screen display displays content from at least one of the primary level and secondary level based on comparing.

Performing an action on a social networking system based on a content identifier embedded in provided content

A content source provides metadata associated with content, such as an audio signal or video data, to a social networking system. The metadata identifies characteristics of the content or specifies an action for the social networking system to perform. A content identifier associated with the metadata is generated by the social networking system, and an association between the content identifier and the metadata is stored. The content identifier is provided to the content source, which encodes the content identifier into the content (e.g., as a watermark). When a client device receives the content encoded with the content identifier, the content identifier is extracted and communicated to the social networking system in connection with a user account associated with the client device. Based on the content identifier, the social networking system retrieves the corresponding metadata and performs an action in connection with the user account based on the metadata.

Parallel processing database system

A method and system for executing database queries in parallel using a shared metadata store. The metadata store may reside on a master node, where the master node is the root node in a tree. The master node may distribute query plans and query metadata to other nodes in the cluster. These additional nodes may request additional metadata from each other or the master nodes as necessary.

GENERATING TAGS FOR DATA ALLOCATION

A storage system includes solid-state storage devices and a storage controller operatively coupled to the solid-state storage devices, the storage controller including a processing device, to store sets of data at one or more solid-state storage devices of the plurality of solid-state storage devices. The processing device may also generate tags for each of the sets of data based on one or more metadata items associated with each set of data. The processing device may also determine an expected lifespan for each set of data based on the one or more tags generated for the respective set of data. The processing device may also group each of the one or more sets of data into respective ones of a plurality of memory blocks based on the expected lifespan for each set of data, wherein each memory block corresponds to sets of data of a particular expected lifespan. 1. A storage system comprising:a plurality of solid-state storage devices; and store one or more sets of data at one or more solid-state storage devices of the plurality of solid-state storage devices;', 'generate one or more tags for each of the one or more sets of data based on one or more metadata items associated with each set of data;', 'determine an expected lifespan for each set of data based on the one or more tags generated for the respective set of data; and', 'group each of the one or more sets of data into respective ones of a plurality of memory blocks based on the expected lifespan for each set of data, wherein each memory block corresponds to sets of data of a particular expected lifespan., 'a storage controller operatively coupled to the plurality of solid-state storage devices, the storage controller comprising a processing device, the processing device to2. The storage system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more metadata items comprise a source volume claim 1 , a write timestamp claim 1 , a read timestamp claim 1 , a duplication timestamp claim 1 , an encryption indication claim 1 , a snapshot ...

MIRRORING WRITE OPERATIONS ACROSS DATA STORAGE DEVICES

A computer-implemented method, according to one approach, includes: receiving a first request to perform a write operation from a host, and performing the write operation. Metadata corresponding to the first request is sent to the secondary data storage device, and metadata corresponding to a second request to perform the write operation is received from the secondary data storage device, where the second request was received at the secondary data storage device from the host. The metadata corresponding to the first and second requests is used to determine whether the write operation has been mirrored across the primary and secondary data storage devices. In response to determining that the write operation has been mirrored across the primary and secondary data storage devices, a response is sent to the secondary data storage device which indicates that the write operation has been reconciled across the primary and secondary data storage devices. 1. A computer-implemented method for mirroring write operations across primary and secondary data storage devices , comprising:receiving a first request to perform a write operation from a host;performing the write operation;sending metadata corresponding to the first request to the secondary data storage device;receiving metadata corresponding to a second request to perform the write operation from the secondary data storage device, wherein the second request was received at the secondary data storage device from the host;using the metadata corresponding to the first and second requests to determine whether the write operation has been mirrored across the primary and secondary data storage devices; andin response to determining that the write operation has been mirrored across the primary and secondary data storage devices, sending a response to the secondary data storage device which indicates that the write operation has been reconciled across the primary and secondary data storage devices.2. The computer-implemented ...

Computer-based systems and methods configured to utilize automating deployment of predictive models for machine learning tasks

A method includes obtaining feature generation code from, which is configured to determine features relating to input data. The method further includes obtaining data grouping code, which is configured to generate training data by determining a plurality of data groupings for the features relating to the input data. The method further includes obtaining modeling code, which is derived at least in part by applying one or more machine learning algorithms to the training data. The method further includes applying a model wrapper code to the feature generation code, the data grouping code, and the modeling code to generate a model wrapper and deploying the model wrapper such that the model wrapper may receive a first application programming interface (API) call including an input data value, determine a score relating to the input data value, and send a second API call including the score in response to the first API call.

USING A STORAGE SYSTEM TO OPTIMIZE AND MAINTAIN THE METADATA ASSOCIATED WITH A PLURALITY OF SMALL FILES

A size associated with a first content file is determined to be less than a threshold size. In response to determining that the size associated with the first content file is less than the threshold size, a combined metadata structure is updated at least in part by combining metadata of the first content file with metadata of a second content file in the combined metadata structure. A snapshot tree is updated to reference a first portion of the combined metadata structure corresponding to the first content file and to reference a second portion of the combined metadata structure corresponding to the second content file. 1. A method , comprising:determining that a size associated with a first content file is less than a threshold size, wherein metadata of the first content file is organized using a first file metadata structure, wherein the first file metadata structure comprises a first plurality of nodes with corresponding references to data chunks of the first content file;in response to a determination that the size associated with the first content file is less than the threshold size, updating a combined metadata structure at least in part by combining in the combined metadata structure the metadata of the first content file with metadata of a second content file included in a second file metadata structure, wherein the second file metadata structure comprises a second plurality of nodes with corresponding references to data chunks of the second content file, wherein the combined metadata structure includes the first plurality of nodes and the second plurality of nodes in the combined metadata structure; andupdating a snapshot tree to reference a first portion of the combined metadata structure corresponding to the first content file and to reference a second portion of the combined metadata structure corresponding to the second content file.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the size of the first content file and a size of the second content file are both less ...

PLUGGABLE STORAGE SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTED FILE SYSTEMS

A method, article of manufacture, and apparatus for managing data. In some embodiments, this includes an initial instruction for a file stored in a first storage system, determining that the initial instruction is not supported by the first storage system, identifying a combination of instructions to the first storage system after determining that the initial instruction is not supported by the first storage system, wherein the combination of instructions is based on the initial instruction, performing the identified combination of instructions on the file stored in the first storage system, and storing results of the performed identified combination of instructions. 1. A method , comprising:receiving, by an interfacing module that operatively connects a segment execution engine and a first storage system, an initial instruction for a file stored in the first storage system;determining, by the interfacing module, that the initial instruction is not supported by the first storage system;determining, by the interfacing module, a set of at least one instruction to perform with respect to the file at least part of a function corresponding to the initial instruction;performing the set of at least one instruction with respect to the file stored in the first storage system; andstoring results of the performed set of at least one instruction.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the set of at least one instruction comprises a combination of instructions.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the set of at least one instruction to perform with respect to the file is determined based at least in part on metadata associated with the first storage system claim 1 , and the metadata associated with the first storage system is stored in a meta store that includes information respectively associated with one or more storage systems.4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the set of at least one instruction to perform with respect to the file is determined based at least in part on metadata ...

OBJECT CODING IN A HOST-SIDE PROCESSING DEVICE

A host-side network processing device coupled between a storage system and a host machine to reconstruct a data object that has been encoded according to a sharding technique. Reconstructing the data object includes receiving, at the network processing device from the host machine, a request for the data object. The network processing device provides the request for the data object and an in-line network object reconstruction indicator to the storage system. The network processing device receives a location list from the storage system, where the location list includes location identifiers corresponding to respective shards of the requested data object. The network processing device requests at least a subset of the shards of the location list via a plurality of shard requests and reconstructs the data object from the subset. The network processing device provides the reconstructed data object to the host machine. 123.-. (canceled)24. A system , comprising: 'receive a data object from a host machine;', 'a host-side network interface configured to encode the data object into a plurality of shards according to a sharding technique;', 'determine a plurality of storage locations to store the plurality of shards; and, 'an object coding device configured to 'send respective ones of the plurality of shards to respective ones of the plurality of storage locations.', 'a network-side network interface configured to25. The system of claim 24 , further comprising: determine that the data object includes a request to store the data object; and', 'request, from a storage system, a storage location list; and', 'receive, from the storage system, the storage location list indicating the plurality of storage locations., 'a storage request processing device configured to26. The system of claim 25 , further comprising a credential management device configured to:in response to a determination that the data object includes the request, retrieve one or more credentials associated with ...

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING PERMISSIONS OF USERS FOR A SINGLE DATA TYPE COLUMN-ORIENTED DATA STRUCTURE

A system and method for managing permissions of users for a column-oriented data structure, including: generating a column oriented data structure in response to receiving a request to generate the data structure from a first user device associated with a first user account, wherein the data structure comprises a plurality of columns, wherein each column is of single data type and is assigned metadata associated with the single data type; associating the first user account with a first set of permissions associated with the generated data structure; and, associating a second user account with a second set of permissions, wherein the first set of permissions comprises at least one additional permission with respect to the second set of permissions. 1. A method for managing permissions of users for a column-oriented data structure , comprising:generating a column oriented data structure in response to receiving a request to generate the column-oriented data structure from a first user device associated with a first user account, wherein the column-oriented data structure includes a plurality of columns, wherein each column is of single data type and is assigned metadata associated with the single data type;associating the first user account with a first set of permissions associated with the generated data structure; and,associating a second user account with a second set of permissions, wherein the first set of permissions comprises at least one additional permission with respect to the second set of permissions, and wherein both the first user account and the second user account can access the column-oriented data structure at the same time, each according to their associated permissions.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second user account is associated with a second user device.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first set of permissions comprises at least one of: a read command claim 1 , a write command claim 1 , a permission to generate a new data ...

SYSTEM AND METHOD OF INTELLIGENT PROFILING A USER OF A CLOUD-NATIVE APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT PLATFORM

An information handling system operating an integration application development platform user profiling module may include a processor; a memory; a network interface device receiving a plurality of integration application development platform operation logs recording metadata for tracking selections of integration process visual elements of an application development platform by a plurality of users for developing business integration processes; and an integration application development platform user profiling module to, upon execution by the processor, create an integration application user profile associated with each of the plurality of users created using the metadata; wherein each of the integration application user profiles are created based on metadata descriptive of: each individual user's experience with the application development platform used for matching individual users, and each individual user's determined skill level in developing the business integration processes. 1. An information handling system operating an integration application development platform user profiling module comprising:a processor;a memory;a network interface device receiving a plurality of integration application development platform operation logs recording metadata for tracking selections of integration process visual elements of an integration application development platform by a plurality of users for developing business integration processes; andan integration application development platform user profiling module to, upon execution by the processor, create an integration application user profile associated with each of the plurality of users created using the metadata; ["each individual user's experience with the integration application development platform indicating visual element types selected by the individual user or an industry in which a business integration process operates; and", "each individual user's skill level in developing the business integration ...

ENHANCED PROCESSING OF TIME SERIES DATA VIA PARALLELIZATION OF INSTRUCTIONS

Systems and methods are provided for enhanced processing of time series data via parallelization of instructions. An example method includes receiving a query indicating time series datasets and operations to be performed on the time series datasets. Nodes associated with the query are identified, with each node associated with a time series dataset. Nodes associated with operations to be performed are generated. The nodes are assembled into query tree, with parent nodes of the query tree indicating operations that are to be applied to children nodes. Instructions for processing the query tree are generated. At least a subset of the instructions is provided to one or more compute systems for processing in parallel. Results are received, and presented in a user interface. 1. A computerized method implemented by one or more processors , the method comprising:generating, based at least in part on a query, a plurality of nodes associated with respective operations to be performed on a plurality of time series datasets, wherein a particular generated node indicates an operation to be applied to at least two sets of time series datasets;generating instructions associated with processing at least one query tree assembled based on the nodes; andin response to receiving results associated with the generated instructions, presenting, in a user interface of a user device, the results,wherein the results are streamed to the user device, wherein one or more functions to be applied to the results are defined on the user device, and wherein the one or more functions are applied by the user device to the stream as the stream is received by the user device.2. The computerized method of claim 1 , further comprising:providing the generated instructions to a plurality of compute systems for processing in parallel.3. The computerized method of claim 1 , wherein the nodes are identified based on the query claim 1 , wherein the query indicates metadata and wherein identifying the nodes ...

Packaging Plant Data Exchange and Method for Operating a Packaging Plant Data Exchange

Packaging plant data exchange comprising at least one buffer for packaging plant status data comprising status values, at least one data input interface, the data input interface communicating with at least one program module adapted to a packaging device of the packaging plant and receiving at least packaging plant status data, at least one data storage interface, the data storage interface communicating with at least one database module adapted to a database. 1. A packaging plant data exchange comprising ,at least one buffer for packaging plant status data comprising status values,at least one data input interface,the packaging plant data exchange is arranged for communicating via the data input interface with at least one program module adapted to a packaging device of the packaging plant and for receiving at least packaging plant status data, wherein the data input interface is arranged for receiving, packaging plant status data,at least one data storage interface, whereinthe packaging plant data exchange is arranged for communicating via the data storage interface with at least one database module adapted to a databasecharacterized in thatan access interface is arranged for communicating with the program module,the access interface is arranged for accessing packaging plant status data.2. The packaging plant data exchange according to claim 1 ,characterized in thatthe buffer, the data input interface, the data storage interface and preferably an access interface form a common switching network, and in that program module exchanges packaging plant status data with the packaging plant data exchange exclusively via the switching network.3. The packaging claim 1 , plant data exchange according to claim 1 ,characterized in thatthe buffer, the data input interface, the data storage interface and preferably an access interface are operated independently of one another and/or in that the buffer, the data input interface and the data storage interface devices are ...

MINIMIZING DOWNTIME OF HIGHLY AVAILABLE VIRTUAL MACHINES

Implementations for prioritized execution of highly available virtual machines for minimizing downtime of the highly available virtual machines are described. An example method may include accessing metadata identifying a plurality of virtual machines indicated as highly available virtual machines, determining, in view of the metadata, a number of highly available virtual machines of the plurality of virtual machines that are associated with each storage domain of a plurality of storage domains, and initiating, starting with a storage domain associated with a highest number of highly available virtual machines, execution of one or more highly available virtual machines associated with each of the plurality of storage domains in a sequential manner. 1. A method comprising:accessing, by a processing device, metadata identifying a plurality of virtual machines indicated as highly available virtual machines;determining, by the processing device, in view of the metadata, a number of highly available virtual machines of the plurality of virtual machines that are associated with each storage domain of a plurality of storage domains; andinitiating, by the processing device, starting with a storage domain associated with a highest number of highly available virtual machines, execution of one or more highly available virtual machines associated with each of the plurality of storage domains in a sequential manner.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein initiating execution of the one or more highly available virtual machines in the sequential manner comprises:initiating the execution of the one or more highly available virtual machines associated with each of the plurality of storage domains by iterating through the plurality of storage domains in an order of the storage domain associated with the highest number of highly available virtual machines to another storage domain associated with a lowest number of highly available virtual machine.3. The method of claim 1 , further ...

REMOTE MEMORY IN HYPERVISOR

The disclosure provides an approach for creating a pool of memory out of local memories of host machines, and providing that pool for the hosts to use. The pool is managed by a controller that keeps track of memory usage and allocated memory among hosts. The controller allocates or reclaims memory between hosts, as needed by the hosts. Memory allocated from a second host to a first host may then be divided into smaller portions by the first host, and further allocated to virtual machines executing within the first host. 1. A method of obtaining memory for use of a first host , the method comprising:determining a second host that is capable of providing memory for use by the first host;obtaining a region of memory from the second host for use by the first host;updating a first memory metadata to indicate that the region of memory has been obtained from the second host for use of the first host;dividing, by the first host, the obtained region of memory into one or more sub-portions; andallocating the one or more sub-portions for use by one or more virtual computing instances (VCIs) executing on the first host.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the obtaining the region of memory from the second host comprises allocating the region of memory local to the second host for use by the first host.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the region of memory is local to the first host claim 1 , and wherein the obtaining the region of memory from the second host comprises reclaiming claim 1 , by the first host claim 1 , the region of memory from use by the second host.4. The method of claim 1 , the method further comprising claim 1 , prior to the determining that the first host needs more memory:booting up the first host and instantiating the one or more VCIs on the first host;obtaining metadata associated with memory usage of the first host, wherein the obtained metadata comprises the amount of memory the first host has available and the amount of memory the first host is using; ...

BIAS REDUCTION IN CROWDSOURCED TASKS

One embodiment provides a method, including: identifying at least one protected attribute of a task of annotating information, wherein the task is assigned to at least one crowdsourced worker for performance of the task; generating at least one question for detecting bias of the at least one crowdsourced worker with respect to the at least one protected attribute, the at least one question comprising a previously provided annotation; providing the at least one question to the at least one crowdsourced worker at a period during performance of the task; computing a bias of the at least one crowdsourced worker with respect to the at least one protected attribute by comparing (i) an annotation provided by the crowdsourced worker to the at least one question and (ii) the previously provided annotation; and updating a profile of the at least one crowdsourced worker with the computed bias. 1. A method , comprising:identifying at least one protected attribute of a task of annotating information, wherein the task is assigned to at least one crowdsourced worker for performance of the task;generating at least one question for detecting bias of the at least one crowdsourced worker with respect to the at least one protected attribute, wherein the at least one question is (i) related to the task and (ii) corresponds to the at least one protected attribute, the at least one question comprising a previously provided annotation allowing for comparison of an annotation provided by the at least one crowdsourced worker;providing the at least one question to the at least one crowdsourced worker at a period during performance of the task by the crowdsourced worker;computing a bias of the at least one crowdsourced worker with respect to the at least one protected attribute by comparing (i) an annotation provided by the crowdsourced worker to the at least one question and (ii) the previously provided annotation of the at least one question; andupdating a profile of the at least one ...

Search-query redirection

The subject disclosure relates to methods, servers, and computer program product for processing search queries in a distributed database system. For example, a method for processing search queries in the distributed database system is provided. The method includes receiving, at a meta-search server, a first search query from a client; retrieving, from a plurality of service providing servers, search results matching the first search query; storing the search results associated with corresponding unique identifiers in a search result database; and returning, by the meta-search server, the search results to the client. The method further comprises generating, by the meta search server in response to receiving a second search query from the client indicating at least one selected search result of the search results, a redirection link identifying the service providing server from which the at least one selected search result was retrieved and including the unique identifier corresponding to the at least one selected search result; and redirecting, by the meta-search server using the redirection link, the client to the service providing server identified in the redirection link to retrieve, from the search result database, the at least one stored search result using the unique identifier included in the redirection link for processing the second search query. In examples of the subject disclosure, at least one of the first and second search queries may a request either based on NDC standard or an API.

Digital Identity Escrow Methods and Systems

An exemplary method includes maintaining encrypted identity data associated with a user, the encrypted identity data representative of a digital identity of the user, receiving an access request from a service provider system for the service provider system to have access to the digital identity of the user when the user attempts to access a service provided by the service provider system, transmitting, in response to the access request, an authorization request to a computing device associated with the user, the authorization request prompting the user to authorize sharing of the digital identity with the service provider system, receiving, from the computing device, authorization data indicating that the user authorizes sharing of the digital identity with the service provider system, and providing, in response to receiving the authorization data from the computing device, the service provider system with access to the digital identity.

ENHANCED CALLING SYSTEMS AND METHODS

Systems and methods described herein may present one or more enhanced communication features during a call. A destination identifier for a communication sent by a first device may be detected, the destination identifier being an identifier associated with a second device. A source identifier for the communication sent by the first device may be detected, the source identifier being an identifier associated with the first device. A direct connection between the first device and the second device may be established. By the direct connection, at least one call-enhancing element may be shared with the first device and the second device, the at least one call-enhancing element being associated with at least one of the source identifier and the destination identifier. 1. A method of providing one or more enhanced communication features during a communication , the method comprising:detecting a destination identifier for a communication sent by a first device, the destination identifier being an identifier associated with a second device;detecting a source identifier for the communication sent by the first device, the source identifier being an identifier associated with the first device;establishing a direct connection between the first device and the second device;sharing, by the direct connection, at least a first call-enhancing element with the first device and at least a second call-enhancing element with the second device, each call-enhancing element being associated with at least one of the source identifier and the destination identifier; andexchanging, by a separate connection from the direct connection by which the first call-enhancing element and the second call-enhancing element are shared, communication data between the first device and the second device at the same time as the sharing.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first call-enhancing element comprises first content data including at least one of first audio content claim 1 , first visual content ...

Dynamic social network relationship determination method and apparatus

A method for a computer system includes receiving an identifier from a user, initiating a user session in response to the identifier, determining a social map for the user in response to the identifier and in response to a plurality of social network relationships, receiving a first change to the plurality of social network relationships from the user, receiving a second change to the plurality of network relationships from another user, determining a revised social map for the user during the user session in response to receiving the first change, but not in response to receiving the second change, wherein the revised social map for the user reflects the first change and the second change, and storing the revised social map for the user during the user session in a cache.

Method and apparatus for identifying and recommending exchanging of digital assets

An approach for implementing an asset exchange platform for identifying assets associated with a user and providing recommendations to exchange the assets. The approach includes identifying one or more digital assets associated with a user. The approach also includes processing metadata associated with the one or more digital assets using an exchange rule to determine one or more other digital assets, a parameter for initiating an exchange of the one or more digital assets for the one or more other digital assets, or a combination thereof. Further, the approach includes presenting the one or more other digital assets, the parameter, or a combination thereof to the user as an exchange recommendation.

SCALABLE INDUSTRIAL ANALYTICS PLATFORM

A scalable industrial data ingestion and analysis architecture integrates and collects data from multiple diverse sources at one or more industrial facilities. Data sources can include plant-level industrial devices and higher-level business systems. The data can be integrated and collected from multiple sources at an on-premise edge or gateway device, which sends the data to event queues on the cloud platform. The data queues orchestrate and store the data on cloud storage, and an analytics layer performs business analytics or other types of analysis on the stored data to produce various outcomes. Similar analytic platforms can also be implemented at the device level, and analytic functions can be scaled between the device level and higher levels in accordance with the scope of a given analytic function. 1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions that , in response to execution , cause a first analytic system , at a first level of an industrial enterprise , comprising a processor to perform operations for scaling of analytic results between levels of an industrial enterprise , comprising:performing analysis on data generated by or received by an industrial device at the first level of the industrial enterprise;determining whether a result of the analysis is relevant to a second analytic system at a second level of the industrial enterprise; andin response to determining that the result of the analysis is relevant to the second analytic system, sending the result of the analysis to the second analytic system.2. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein determining whether the result of the analysis is relevant to the second analytic system comprises determining at least one of: an indication of a specified state of a machine that requires sending the result to the second analytic system claim 1 , relevance to decision making carried out at the second analytic system claim 1 , or relevance to operation of ...

METHOD OF DEFINING AND PERFORMING DYNAMIC USER-COMPUTER INTERACTION, COMPUTER GUIDED NAVIGATION, AND APPLICATION INTEGRATION FOR ANY PROCEDURE, INSTRUCTIONS, INSTRUCTIONAL MANUAL, OR FILLABLE FORM

Various embodiments described in this disclosure relate to methods and computer-based systems that implement those methods for overlaying or superimposing computer-user interaction widgets and application interface widgets on top of content blocks contained within digitized documents which represent written procedures or instructions, instructional manuals and fillable forms, in order to support means of providing dynamic user-computer interaction and computer guided navigation, as well as application functions and data integration, driven through structured interaction and integration metadata definitions, as it relates to said content blocks, during job performance. 1. A method of performing multi-entity job performance using computer guided navigation , the method comprising:at a first instance of an interaction performance tool at a first computing system, obtaining a set of typed dynamic graphical user interface interaction widgets ordered and organized based on one or more of the widgets obtaining steps from a digitized document comprising a written procedure, such that the widgets capture contents of content blocks of the digitized document;at the first instance of the interaction performance tool at the first computing system, receiving user interaction at one of the widgets by a first user indicating that the user has completed a task from the written procedure; andas a result of receiving the user interaction at the one of the widgets by the first user, causing a notification widget to send a notification to a second user at a second computing system and to cause the second computing system to navigate in a second instance of the interaction performance tool to a location in the interaction performance tool that generated the notification to allow the second user to continue interaction with the set of typed dynamic graphical user interface interaction widgets to perform additional tasks in the written procedure.2. The method of claim 1 , further ...

UNIT GROUP GENERATION AND RELATIONSHIP ESTABLISHMENT

Described are systems and methods for establishing a unit group dictionary based on user provided annotations. The unit group dictionary may be used to identify relationships between multiple items in a corpus. Those relationships may facilitate the display of object identifiers and/or other aspects used and/or provided by the object management service. 15.-. (canceled)6. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions to establish relationships between items , the instructions when executed by one or more processors causing the one or more processors to at least:identify a unit group for a first item;identify a second item of a corpus of items having the unit group associated therewith;establish a relationship between the first item and the second item based at least in part on the unit group;receive a request from a computing device to view the first item; andsend for display the first item and the second item.7. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 6 , wherein:the first item includes a first representation; andthe second item includes a second representation, wherein the first representation and the second representation are different from one another.8. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 7 , wherein the unit group is identified for the first item based at least in part on a first annotation.9. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the first annotation is provided by a first user and is related to a first object that is depicted in the first representation.10. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein:the unit group is identified for the second item based at least in part on a second annotation that is provided by a second user; andthe second annotation is related to a second object that is depicted in the second representation.11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 6 , wherein the unit group includes ...

METHOD FOR DATA ITEM RECOMMENDATION, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method, an electronic device, and a computer storage medium for data item recommendation, and relate to the field of information processing. According to this method, a request for a data item is received from a terminal device, the request includes an identifier for identifying the data item and an application type; the application type indicates a type of use of the data item; a recommendation criterion type matching the request is determined based on the application type, the recommendation criterion type indicates a type of a criterion based on which the data item is recommended, a plurality of data items associated with the identifier are determined the plurality of data items are located in a plurality of storage devices and based on the recommendation criterion type, a recommended data item is determined from the plurality of data items as a response. 1. A method for data item recommendation , comprising:receiving a request for a data item from a terminal device, the request comprising an identifier for identifying the data item and an application type, and the application type indicating a type of use of the data item;determining, based on the application type, a recommendation criterion type matching the request, the recommendation criterion type indicating a type of a criterion based on which the data item is recommended;determining a plurality of data items associated with the identifier, the plurality of data items being located in a plurality of storage devices; anddetermining, based on the recommendation criterion type, a recommended data item from the plurality of data items as a response to the request.2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein determining the recommendation criterion type comprises:determining, if it is determined that the application type is related to disaster recovery, the recommendation criterion type as a performance-sensitive type; anddetermining, if it is determined that the ...

DOMAIN NAME OBFUSCATION AND METADATA STORAGE VIA ENCRYPTION

Systems and methods are described for the generation of domain names that may be associated with a particular user device and may be encrypted to obfuscate the domain names of content requested by the user device. 1. A method comprising:receiving, by a computing device from a user device, a request for content;sending, to the user device, an encrypted domain name that is based on encrypting a domain name for an advertisement associated with the content; andsending, to a domain name system server, the encrypted domain name.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the encrypted domain name comprises metadata associated with the user device.3. The method of further comprising:determining, based at least on the metadata, that the user device sent the encrypted domain name to a second user device.4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:determining, based at least on the metadata, at least one of: a number of times the encrypted domain name was shared, a number of times the encrypted domain name was viewed, times of day the encrypted domain name was viewed, a duration of the encrypted domain name views, and devices used for viewing the encrypted domain name.5. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:determining, based at least on the metadata, that the user device may access the requested content.6. The method of claim 2 , wherein the metadata comprises a license key associated with the user device.7. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:sending, to a license server, the metadata; andreceiving, from the license server, a determination that the user may access the requested content.8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:receiving, from the license server, a quality of service associated with the user device.9. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:determining, based at least on the metadata, an expiration time for the domain name;determining that a current time is after the expiration time; anddenying the request.10. The method of claim 1 , further ...

SEARCH SYSTEM AND CORRESPONDING METHOD

There is provided a search system comprising a statistical model trained on text associated with a piece of content. The text associated with the piece of content is drawn from a plurality of different data sources. The system is configured to receive text input and generate using the statistical model an estimate of the likelihood that the piece of content is relevant given the text input. A corresponding method is also provided. 133.-. (canceled)34. A system comprising:a processor; and receive text input;', 'identify a content type indicated by the text input using a classifier model, the content type identifying a subject matter of the text input representable in a plurality of representation formats;', 'in response to identifying the content type for the text input, select a single statistical model from among a set of statistical models associated with respective content types, based on the identified content type matching a content type of the single statistical model;', 'generate, with the selected statistical model, a relevance estimate for a content item in relation to the text input, wherein the selected statistical model is trained with text associated with the content item drawn from a plurality of different data sources and a relevance value; and', 'output the content item as a content suggestion when the relevance estimate of the content item exceeds a relevance threshold., 'non-transitory memory including instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to35. The system of claim 34 , wherein the statistical model is trained on one or more features extracted from the text associated with the content item claim 34 , and wherein execution of the program instructions by the one or more processors causes the one or more processors to:extract the one or more features from the text input; andquery the statistical model with each of the one or more features of the text input to generate the relevance estimate for the content item in ...

Systems and methods for providing information incorporating reinforcement-based learning and feedback

Systems and methods are provided for feedback-driven provision of information in relation to a plurality of information resources. Some such methods involve: accessing information resources from one or more information resource repositories to establish a mapping between each information resource and each of the other information resources; maintaining a state table comprising a plurality of state-table records, each state-table record attributing a value to a state-action pair, the state-action pair comprising an indication of a series of one or more actions in relation to the information resources; monitoring actions of a first user in relation to the information resources; receiving a feedback metric related to interaction of the first user with the information resources; using the feedback metric as a basis for updating the values of a subset of the state-table records, the subset of the state-table records comprising state-action pairs which correspond to the monitored actions of the first user in relation to the information resources; and providing output information related to the information resources based at least in part on the updated values of the state-table records.

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING DIGITAL FILES

A computer-implemented method of associating digital tags with digital files comprises storing a plurality of digital files having embedded therein content data and metadata including tags; receiving, via a user interface device of a client device, a first tag label containing alphanumeric text created and inputted by a user of the client device; modifying, using a controller device, a selected first one of the tags of the metadata in a first of the digital files to include the first tag label; receiving, via the user interface device or another user interface device, an instruction to search for all of the digital files having at least the first tag label; responsive to receiving the instruction, automatically searching for all of the digital files having at least the first tag label; and displaying, on a video display device associated with the client device, a first indication of the first tag label. 129-. (canceled)30. A method comprising: (i) an interactive map;', '(ii) a first selectable thumbnail image at a first location on the interactive map;', '(iii) a first count image associated with the first selectable thumbnail image, the first count image including a first number indicative of a number of digital files in a first set of digital files, the first set of digital files including digital files associated with the first location, the first set of digital files including any combination of photographs or videos or both;', '(iv) a second selectable thumbnail image at a second location on the interactive map; and', '(v) a second count image associated with the second selectable thumbnail image, the second count image including a second number indicative of a number of digital files in a second set of digital files, the second set of digital files including digital files associated with the second location, the second set of digital files including any combination of photographs or videos or both;, 'causing a map view to be displayed on an interface, the map ...

Systems and methods for providing a tagging interface for external content

Computer-implemented systems and methods are disclosed for providing a graphical user interface for tagging external content. In accordance with some embodiments, a method is provided for tagging content external to a database system. The method comprises accessing the external content of an electronic device. The method may comprise enhancing the web browser by providing a tagging interface for tagging at least a portion of the external content. The method may further comprise receiving created tag associated with a tagged portion of the external document content, and exporting the external content and the received tag to the database system. The tagging interface can also provide an option to export the created tag to an internal database system.

FLOW TABLE PROGRAMMING USING FLOW MISS METADATA AND BURST ACTION ASSIST VIA CPU OFFLOAD

A network appliance can queue a first packet and a second packet of a network traffic flow in an input queue of a match-action pipeline. The match-action pipeline can be implemented via a packet processing circuit of the network appliance and can be configured to process a plurality of network traffic flows. Submitting the first packet to the match-action pipeline can cause a first flow miss. The second packet can be moved to a burst queue of the network appliance and a match-action configuration can be generated based on the first packet. The second packet can be moved from the burst queue to the input queue after the match-action pipeline is configured with the match-action configuration. The match-action pipeline can then process the second packet. 1. A method comprising:queueing a first packet and a second packet of a network traffic flow in an input queue of a match-action pipeline implemented via a packet processing circuit of a network appliance configured to process a plurality of network traffic flows;causing a first flow miss by submitting the first packet to the match-action pipeline;moving the second packet to a burst queue of the network appliance;generating a match-action configuration based on the first packet;moving the second packet from the burst queue to the input queue after configuring the match-action pipeline with the match-action configuration; andprocessing, by the match-action pipeline, the second packet.2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:redirecting the first packet to a CPU receive queue wherein a CPU core is configured to generate the match-action configuration.3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the first packet is moved to the CPU receive queue via the burst queue.4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second packet is moved from the burst queue to the input queue by an extended packet processing pipeline.5. The method of further comprising:submitting a first packet header vector based on the first packet to an extended ...

Platform support clusters from computer application metadata

Application metadata for computer applications can be retrieved, with the metadata corresponding to metadata for an online application store from which the applications are available. Computer-readable application clusters can be generated. Each of the application clusters can indicate that applications in the cluster are supported by an associated set of one or more platforms for the cluster. The generating of the clusters can include analyzing the application metadata, such as by performing pattern matching on natural language data. Results for application queries for applications supported by a specified computer platform can be limited to listings of applications in one or more of the clusters whose associated set of one or more platforms includes the specified platform.

Reassigning a business hierarchy of roles associated with an opportunity in a social customer relationship management (crm) system

Reassigning a business hierarchy of roles associated with an opportunity in a social customer relationship management (CRM) system includes receiving modifications, the modifications representing an adjustment to a business hierarchy of roles, identifying, in a social CRM system, an opportunity associated with the business hierarchy of roles, and reassigning, based on the modifications, the opportunity associated with the business hierarchy of roles, in which reassigning, based on the modifications, the business hierarchy of roles associated with the opportunity includes adding or deleting a member or a department from the business hierarchy of roles.

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VISUALIZING POSTING DATA AND FACILITATING POSTING COMMUNICATIONS

Systems and methods are described for generating a graphical representation of a mapping of post data of a posting. In various aspects, post data may be collected which may include a first node of a plurality of nodes identifying a submitting user of the one or more document management systems. Reaction data may be collected which may include a second node of the plurality of nodes identifying a reacting user of the one or more document management systems. The mapping may then be generated from the post data and the reaction data, in which the mapping may include the first node and the second node. The graphical representation of the mapping may then be generated, wherein zooming out of the graphical representation may filter out one or more nodes of the plurality of nodes based on a number of edges corresponding to the one or more nodes. 1. A computer system for generating a graphical representation of a mapping of post data of a posting , the computer system comprising one or more processors and a memory configured to store instructions , the instructions executed by the one or more processors to cause the computer system to:collect the post data from one or more document management systems, the post data including a first node of a plurality of nodes identifying a submitting user of the one or more document management systems that submitted the posting to the one or more document management systems;collect reaction data from the one or more document management systems, wherein the reaction data is associated with the posting and the reaction data further including a second node of the plurality of nodes identifying a reacting user of the one or more document management systems that reacted to the posting;generate the mapping of the post data to the reaction data, wherein the mapping includes the first node of the plurality of nodes and the second node of the plurality of nodes; andgenerate the graphical representation of the mapping, wherein zooming out of the ...

Cloud-native global file system with multi-site support using push classes

A technique for data sharing among multiple filers that share a volume in a private or public cloud object store is implemented. In this approach, a mechanism is provided to enable a local filer to determine whether other filers that are sharing the volume have a consistent view of new data being written to the cloud object store by the local filer. The begins by associating together a collection of one or more files in a “push class.” On demand, a push operation for the push class is initiated on the local filer. Preferably, the push is managed according to one or more push criteria associated with the push class. Typically, the push operation pushes file data and metadata associated with the one or more files of the push class in respective phases, with the file data being pushed to the cloud during a first phase and the metadata associated with that file data being pushed during a second phase that follows the first phase. After the push operation completes, a determination is made whether the new version of the file is available at one or more other filers that share the volume. 1. Apparatus associated with a private or public cloud object store in which a volume is being shared among filers across a number of sites , comprising:an application programming interface (API) configured as software executed in hardware, the API responsive to receipt from a first function call from a source filer to issue to one or more target filers a second function call, the first function call configured to push from the source filer to each of the one or more target filers a payload, wherein the payload comprises a set of one or more files that satisfy a user-defined criteria of interest, the payload configured to be pushed from the source filer to the one or more target filers distinct from any point-in-time snapshot on the volume, the second function call configured to determine whether a push of the payload has arrived at a particular target filer.2. The apparatus as described ...

EMPLOYING ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT WITHIN A COLLABORATIVE TAGGING SYSTEM

A query for a tag within the collaborative tagging system is received. The query can specify at least one attribute of the tag and a particular selected artifact, wherein the attribute includes a security level of a user who created the tag. Tag records that match the query can be determined as query results. Access control privileges can be applied to the query results. Applying the access control privileges can include filtering the tag records by removing tag records that have an assigned security level exceeding a security level of a user that initiated the query. At least a portion of each tag record in the query results that has a security level that does not exceed the security level of the user that initiated the query can be written to a display. 124-. (canceled)25. A system , comprising:a processor programmed to initiate executable operations comprising:receiving a query for a tag within the collaborative tagging system, wherein the query specifies at least one attribute of the tag and a particular selected artifact, wherein the attribute comprises a security level of a user who created the tag;determining as query results tag records that match the query;applying access control privileges to the query results, applying the access control privileges comprising filtering the tag records by removing tag records that have an assigned security level exceeding a security level of a user that initiated the query; andwriting to a display at least a portion of each tag record in the query results that has a security level that does not exceed the security level of the user that initiated the query.26. The system of claim 25 , wherein the query further specifies a second attribute indicating an identity of the user who created the tag.27. The system of claim 25 , wherein the at least a portion of each tag record written to the display comprises a digital signature of the user who created the tag.28. The system of claim 25 , wherein the writing to the display at ...

Localization determination for mixed reality systems

To enable shared user experiences using augmented reality systems, shared reference points must be provided to have consistent placement (position and orientation) of virtual objects. Furthermore, the position and orientation (pose) of the users must be determinable with respect to the same shared reference points. However, without highly sensitive and expensive global positioning system (GPS) devices, pose information can be difficult to determine to a reasonable level of accuracy. Therefore, what is provided is an alternative approach to determining pose information for augmented reality systems, which can be used to perform location based content acquisition and sharing. Further, what is provided is an alternative approach to determining pose information for augmented reality systems that uses information from already existing GPS devices.

Setting Durations for which Data is Stored in a Non-Volatile Memory based on Data Types

An electronic device includes a non-volatile memory and a controller. The controller receives data to be written to the non-volatile memory and determines a type of the data. Based on the type of the data, the controller selects a given duration of the data from among multiple durations of the data in the non-volatile memory. The controller sets values of one or more parameters for writing the data to the non-volatile memory based on the given duration. The controller writes the data to the non-volatile memory using the values of the one or more write parameters. 1. An electronic device , comprising:a non-volatile memory; and receive data to be written to the non-volatile memory;', 'determine a type of the data;', 'based on the type of the data, select a given duration of the data from among multiple durations of the data in the non-volatile memory;', 'set values of one or more parameters for writing the data to the non-volatile memory based on the given duration; and', 'write the data to the non-volatile memory using the values of the one or more write parameters., 'a controller, the controller configured to2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:upon writing the data to the non-volatile memory, set an expected lifetime value in a record of expected lifetime associated with the data;determine, at one or more subsequent times, a remainder of the expected lifetime value for the data in the non-volatile memory; andwhen the remainder is less than a threshold amount of time and the data remains stored in the non-volatile memory, refresh the data in the non-volatile memory.3. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the controller is further configured to:select a refresh duration of the data to be used for refreshing the data from among the multiple durations of the data in the non-volatile memory;set refresh values of one or more parameters for writing the data to the non-volatile memory based on the refresh duration; ...

Updating a local tree for a client synchronization service

The disclosed technology relates to a system configured to detect a delete event for a content item at a first location on a local file system of a client device, wherein the first location on the file system is managed by a content management service. The system determines a second location for the content item and whether the delete event is associated with an add event for the content item based on the second location of the content item. If the delete event is associated with the add event, the system processes the delete event with the add event in a unitary update to a local tree, wherein the local tree represents a file system state.

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENHANCING A VMS BY INTELLIGENTLY EMPLOYING ACCESS CONTROL INFORMATION THEREIN

Methods, systems, and techniques for enhancing a VMS are disclosed. One of the disclosed methods includes populating a user interface page with one or more images, each showing a single person matched to a known identity, and each taken contemporaneously with one or more respective access control event occurrences identifiable to the single person. User selection input is receivable to mark at least one of the images as a reference image for an appearance search to find additional images of the single person captured by video cameras within a surveillance system. 1. A method comprising:receiving user input of a name via a first user interface page generated by a computing device;matching the name to a single person registered in an access control database;populating a second user interface page with one or more images, each showing the single person, and each taken contemporaneously with one or more respective access control event occurrences identifiable to the single person;receiving user selection input that marks at least one of the images as a reference image for an appearance search to find additional images of the single person captured by video cameras within a surveillance system; andrunning the appearance search.2. The method of claim 1 , the matching further includes displaying a list of more than one identities of people who could match the name claim 1 , and receiving further user input identifying a single identity claim 1 , amongst the identities of people claim 1 , who matches the name.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first and second interface pages are different interface pages.4. The method of claim 1 , the matching further includes displaying a list of one or more identities of people who could match the name claim 1 , and receiving further user input identifying a single identity claim 1 , amongst the one or more identities of people claim 1 , who matches the name.5. The method of claim 1 , wherein fields of view of the video cameras cover ...

Personalized content tagging

One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for maintaining user tagged content. For example, a user may experience content (e.g., watch a scene of a movie, create a photo, create a social network post, read an email, etc.), which the user may desire to save and/or organize for later retrieval. Accordingly, a personalization tag for the content may be received from the user (e.g., “Paris vacation photo”). The content may be indexed with the personalization tag within a personalization index (e.g., a cloud-based index for the user that may be accessible to any device associated with the user). In this way, the user may retrieve the content at a later point in time from any device. For example, a search query “Paris photos” may be received from the user. The personalization index may be queried using the search query to identify content that may be provided to the user.

Unified file search

The unified file search may be performed by a user device. The user device includes a processor and a memory. The memory includes code segments that when executed by the processor cause the processor to generate a search parameter; generate a first search metadata based on data stored in the memory and the search parameter, the first search metadata representing the data stored in the memory; generate a search request based on the search parameter; transmit the search request to at least one associated remote data storage resource; receive a second search metadata from the at least one associated remote data storage resource, the second search metadata representing data stored in the at least one associated remote data storage resource; and generate a unified search metadata including the first search metadata and the second search metadata.

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING METADATA DESCRIBING UNSTRUCTURED DATA OBJECTS AT THE STORAGE EDGE

A storage control device coupled to a storage device and located remotely from a host device receives media object data from the host device. The storage control device identifies a type of the media object data and select, based on the identified type, a computational model from among a plurality of computational models for use by a computational engine of the storage control device. The computational engine uses the selected computational model to generate metadata describing the media object data. The metadata is stored in the storage device so as to be selectively retrievable from the storage device separately from the media object data. 1. A method for storing and managing media object data , the method comprising:receiving, at a storage control device, media object data, the storage control device being located at a storage edge remotely from a host device and coupled to a storage device;identifying, at the storage control device, using control circuitry of the storage control device, a type of the media object data;selecting, at the storage control device, based on the identified type, a computational model from among a plurality of computational models for use by a computational engine of the storage control device;generating, by the computational engine, using the selected computational model, metadata describing the media object data;providing the generated metadata to the storage device for storage of the metadata so as to be selectively retrievable from the storage device separately from the media object data.2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:retrieving input data interface parameters associated with the selected computational model, the input data interface parameters identifying a data format for which the selected computational model is configured;accessing the media object data at the storage edge using the input data interface parameters; andconverting the media object data to the identified data format.3. The method of claim 1 , further ...

Conversational user interface logic for cross-application ingestion and restructuring of content

A content generation computing system includes content generating application logic. The content generating application logic runs a first content generation application to generate content. Conversational user interface (UI) logic generates a content identifying user interaction output for user identification of source content in a source document for ingestion into a document that is being generated. The system automatically restructures the ingested content based upon the content generation application into which it is being ingested.

CONTROL SURFACE ACCESS USING FLAT MEMORY MAPPING

Embodiments described herein provide an apparatus comprising a processor to allocate a first memory space for data for a graphics workload, the first memory comprising a first plurality of addressable memory locations, allocate a second memory space for compression metadata relating to the data for the graphics workload, the second memory space comprising a second plurality of addressable memory locations and having an amount of memory corresponding to a predetermined ratio of the amount of memory allocated to first memory space, and configure a direct memory mapping between the first plurality of addressable memory locations and the second plurality of addressable memory locations. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. 120-. (canceled)21. An apparatus , comprising: allocate a first memory space in a physical memory for data for a graphics workload, the first memory space comprising a first plurality of addressable physical memory locations;', 'allocate a second memory space in the physical memory for compression metadata relating to the data for the graphics workload, the second memory space comprising a second plurality of addressable physical memory locations and having an amount of memory corresponding to a predetermined ratio of the amount of memory allocated to first memory space;', 'configure a direct memory mapping between the first plurality of addressable memory locations and the second plurality of addressable memory locations., 'a processor to22. The apparatus of claim 21 , wherein the predetermined ratio of the amount of memory allocated to the first memory space to the amount of memory in the second memory space is 256:1.23. The apparatus of claim 21 , the processor to:receive a memory access request for the data for the graphics workload, the memory access request comprising a first memory address in the first memory space;determine, from the first physical memory address, a second physical memory address space in the second memory space; ...

Methods and system for providing file data from a file system

A method of providing file data from a file system comprising a data store and a file record database. The method comprises the steps of receiving a request to open a file in the file system and determining the desired properties of the file using the syntax of the request. A file record is then created in the file record database based on the determined properties of the file, and a file handle for the file record is returned. Data constituting the requested file from data in the data store is generated based on the determined properties of the file, and in response to a request to read a portion of data from the file, a corresponding portion of the generated data is returned.

EXECUTING A CONDITIONAL COMMAND ON AN OBJECT STORED IN A STORAGE SYSTEM

Each object is associated with one root metadata record and one or more version-specific metadata records, each corresponding to a version of object data. A conditional command may be conditioned upon whether an object is stored in a storage system. Whether the condition is satisfied is determined based on whether a root metadata record of the object exists. If the condition is satisfied, then metadata is updated to reflect execution of the conditional command. A conditional command may be conditioned upon whether a data version identifier or a metadata version identifier equals a particular value. A conditional command execution engine retrieves the relevant version identifier from a version-specific metadata record, and performs a check on whether the condition is satisfied. If the condition is satisfied, the engine ensures that the version-specific record has not been modified during the check, and updates metadata to reflect execution of the conditional command. 1. One or more non-transitory computer readable media storing instructions , which , when executed by one or more hardware processors , cause:receiving a first conditional command to store a new version of metadata, if a metadata version identifier of a current version of the metadata comprises a first specified value, wherein the metadata corresponds to a first version of object data of a first object in a storage system;determining that a first record, of a plurality of records in the storage system, is associated with the first object;retrieving, from the first record, (a) the metadata version identifier of the current version of the metadata and (b) a system version identifier of the first record;performing a first verification to verify whether the metadata version identifier of the current version of the metadata comprises the first specified value;performing a second verification to verify whether the system version identifier of the first record, obtained currently as part of performing the ...

Systems and methods for secure data transfer between entities in a multi-user on-demand computing environment

Techniques and structures to provide secure data transfer between entities in a multi-user on-demand computing environment. An electronic device may comprise at least one physical memory device, one or more processors coupled with the at least one physical memory device, the one or more processors configurable to create a scratch organization within the computing environment, receive, via a user interface, a metadata selection comprising a plurality of metadata resources which define a set of components for a service implemented in an origin organization of the multi-user, on demand computing environment, extract the plurality of metadata resources from the origin organization within the computing environment into a metadata bundle, and deploy the metadata bundle in the scratch organization. Additional subject matter may be described and claimed.

Storage aggregator controller with metadata computation control

This disclosure describes a storage aggregator controller with metadata computation control. The storage aggregator controller communicates, via a host interface, over a computer network with one or more remote hosts, and also communicates, via a storage device interface, with a plurality of local storage devices, which are separate from the remote host(s) and which have respective non-volatile memories. The storage aggregator controller manages the local storage devices for storage or retrieval of media objects. The storage aggregator controller also governs a selective computation, at aggregator control circuitry or at a storage device controller of one or more of the storage devices, of metadata that defines content characteristics of the media objects that are retrieved from the plurality of storage devices or that are received from the one or more hosts over the computer network for storage in the plurality of storage devices.

Transition to an organization directory

The present technology pertains to a organization directory hosted by a synchronized content management system. The corporate directory can provide access to user accounts for all members of the organization to all content items in the organization directory on the respective file systems of the members' client devices. Members can reach any content item at the same path as other members relative to the organization directory root on their respective client device. In some embodiments novel access permissions are granted to maintain path consistency.

Content management

Content management includes populating a library with modular objects and metadata associated with the modular objects. In response to a query, the library can be searched based in part on the metadata. The query can relate to implementation of an industrial process. One or more modular objects in the library can be identified as satisfying the query. A result of the query can be output and the output can include the identified modular objects and the respective metadata associated with the identified modular objects. The metadata can be anything known about the object that might not be accessible at runtime control.

PREPROCESSING DETERMINATION APPARATUS, PREPROCESSING DETERMINATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM

A preprocessing determination apparatus, a preprocessing determination method, and a preprocessing determination program perform determination for preprocessing of input data to be input into a processing module. The processing module is associated with first metadata indicating a condition of the input data. The input data is associated with second metadata indicating an attribute of the input data. The preprocessing determination apparatus includes a first obtaining unit, a second obtaining unit, and a determination unit. The first obtaining unit obtains the first metadata. The second obtaining unit obtains the second metadata. The determination unit performs the determination for the preprocessing of the input data based on the first metadata and the second metadata. 1. A preprocessing determination apparatus for performing determination for preprocessing of input data to be input into a processing module ,processing module being configured to generate, based on at least one piece of the input data, output data different from the at least one piece of input data,the processing module being associated with first metadata indicating a condition of the input data,the input data being associated with second metadata indicating an attribute of the input data,the preprocessing determination apparatus, comprising:a first obtaining unit configured to obtain the first metadata;a second obtaining unit configured to obtain the second metadata; anda determination unit configured to perform the determination for the preprocessing of the input data based on the first metadata and the second metadata.2. The preprocessing determination apparatus according to claim 1 , whereinthe input data is output to the processing module by a device,the device outputs the input data and the second metadata separately, andthe second metadata is output to the preprocessing determination apparatus by the device.3. The preprocessing determination apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the input ...

QUERY LANGUAGE FOR SELECTING OBJECT GRAPHS FROM APPLICATION METADATA

Methods and systems for querying application metadata objects are provided. The method may comprise receiving a query identifying an application; executing the query against a metadata model for the application to obtain a result, the result identifying a first metadata object satisfying the query, wherein the metadata model identifies a plurality of metadata objects and hierarchical relationships between the plurality of metadata objects, and wherein the metadata model comprises information about structure and semantics of data used by the application; determining, from the plurality of metadata objects, a second metadata object referenced by the first metadata object; determining, from the plurality of metadata objects, a third metadata object that is a parent object of the first metadata object; building a directed graph including the first metadata object, the second metadata object, and the third metadata object; and providing a response including the directed graph to the query. 1. A method comprising:executing, by a computer system, a query against a metadata model to obtain a result, the result identifying a first metadata object of the metadata model, wherein the metadata model comprises a plurality of hierarchically-related metadata objects, each metadata object including information indicative of one or more semantics of data for an application;determining, by the computer system from the plurality of metadata objects, a second metadata object hierarchically-related to the first metadata object;building, by the computer system, a directed graph including the first metadata object and the second metadata object, wherein the directed graph comprises a set of vertices and a set of one or more edges, the set of vertices including vertices corresponding to the first metadata object and the second metadata object, wherein each edge in the set of one or more edges connects two vertices from the set of vertices and represents a hierarchical relationship between ...

MOST PROBABLE CAUSE DETERMINATION FOR TELECOMMUNICATION EVENTS

A method performed by a computing system includes collecting information on transactions in a telecommunication system, using the information on transactions to create a plurality of event objects, each of the event objects associated with a telecommunication event, associating each of the event objects with a Key Performance Indicator (KPI), applying the event objects to a plurality of inference functions, each inference functions using the set of parameters as inputs and the KPIs of the event objects as outputs to create a model that infers a relationship between the set of parameters and the KPIs, and analyzing metadata from each of the inference functions to determine which of the set of parameters was used to predict an outcome leading to the KPI. 1. A method performed by a computing system , the method comprising:collecting information on transactions in a telecommunication system;using the information on transactions to create a plurality of event objects, each of the event objects associated with a telecommunication event;associating each of the event objects with at least one Key Performance Indicator (KPI);applying the event objects to a plurality of inference functions, each of the inference functions using the set of parameters as inputs and at least one KPI of the event objects as outputs to create a model that infers a relationship between the set of parameters and the at least one KPI; andanalyzing metadata from each of the inference functions to determine which of the set of parameters was used to predict an outcome associated with the at least one KPI.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the computing system may use a rules table to associate an event object with a KPI.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the outputs for the inference functions may further include additional information from the event object or transformations to further classify outcomes.4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one KPI includes at least one of: successful call ...

Computer assisted completion of hyperlink command segments

Described are methods, systems and computer readable media for computer assisted completion of hyperlink command segments.

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LOCALIZING TRACKING DEVICES

A method and a device for tracking an item using a tracking device associated with the item are described. The method, executed in a processor of the tracking device, comprises identifying a location state of the tracking device as one of an indoor location and an outdoor location relative to an indoor facility, based on at least one of satellite based data and connectivity to an access point in the indoor facility. Upon identifying the location state as the indoor location, a wireless transceiver and one or more sensor devices may be activated. The sensor devices may include at least one of a wireless signal strength sensor, a wireless signal connectivity sensor, an inertial sensor, a magnetic field sensor, a barometric sensor, and an ambient light sensor. Further, indoor localization data gathered by the sensor devices may be provided for localization. 1. An item tracking system comprisinga processor; and receive, from a tracking device, satellite based data indicative of an outdoor location of the tracking device, the tracking device being associated with an item to be tracked;', 'identify a location state of the tracking device as one of an indoor location indicative of the tracking device being inside an indoor facility and the outdoor location with respect to the indoor facility, based on at least one of the satellite based data and connectivity to an access point device of the indoor facility;', 'when the tracking device is in the indoor facility, receive, from the access point device, indoor localization data of the tracking device, the indoor facility including a set of tracking devices, the indoor localization data comprising at least one of signal data and sensor data, the signal data including information of wireless signals received from one or more other tracking devices in the set within a predetermined distance from the tracking device, the sensor data including one of inertial data and ambient environment data associated with the tracking device; ...

PRECISION CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT WITH DATA DRIVEN APPROACH ON MULTIPLE MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE MODULES

An electronic clinical decision support (CDS) device executes () clinical decision rules () using a computer () to generate predicted values of clinical conclusions () for a current patient based on values for the current patient of preconditions of the clinical decision rules (). The rules are also executed () to generate predicted values of the clinical conclusions () for past patients based on values for the past patients of the preconditions () retrieved from an Electronic Medical Record (EMR) (). Rule summary scores () are generated () based on comparisons of “ground truth” values of the clinical conclusions () for the past patients retrieved from the EMR with the predicted values of the clinical conclusions for the past patients. A display () shows the predicted values of the clinical conclusions and the corresponding applied rules for the current patient ranked at least in part by the rule summary scores. 1. An electronic clinical decision support (CDS) device comprising:a database storing clinical decision rules, each clinical decision rule comprising a set of preconditions and being executable to generate a predicted value of a clinical conclusion that is dependent on values of the set of preconditions of the clinical decision rule; retrieving, from the EMR, the determined values of the preconditions of the clinical decision rules for past patients and the determined values of the clinical conclusions of the clinical decision rules for the past patients;', 'for each past patient, executing the clinical decision rules using the values of the preconditions obtained for the past patient to generate predicted values of the clinical conclusions for the past patients; and', 'generating rule summary scores for the clinical decision rules based on comparisons of the retrieved determined values of the clinical conclusions for the past patients with the predicted values of the clinical conclusions for the past patients to prioritize the clinical decision rules or the ...

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING IMPROVED INTERFACES FOR DATA OPERATIONS BASED ON A CONNECTIONS GRAPH

A system and method for providing an improved user interface for executing data operations. A method includes: identifying a first node and a second node from different connections graphs, each node representing a respective user account, the user accounts of the first and second nodes sharing at least one common attribute; generating, based on the different connections graphs, an influence indicator for each of the first node and the second node; identifying a data operation executed by the first node on a dataset when the influence indicator of the first node is higher than the influence indicator of the second node, wherein the identified data operation causes generation or retrieval of business intelligence system data when executed; and sending data indicating the identified data operation to a device of the second node, wherein the device is configured to display a user interface including the identified data operation. 1. A method for providing an improved user interface for executing data operations , comprising:identifying a first node and a second node from different connections graphs, each node representing a respective user account, the user accounts of the first and second nodes sharing at least one common attribute;generating, based on the different connections graphs, an influence indicator for each of the first node and the second node;identifying a data operation executed by the first node on a dataset when the influence indicator of the first node is higher than the influence indicator of the second node, wherein the identified data operation causes generation or retrieval of business intelligence system data when executed; andsending data indicating the identified data operation to a device of the second node, wherein the device is configured to display a user interface including the identified data operation.2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:generating a plurality of data operation recommendations including a recommendation for ...

Group Data and Priority in an Individual Desktop

Techniques for a group data and priority in an individual desktop are described. In at least some implementations, content associated with a group identity is presented in an individual desktop based on priority settings. According to various implementations, priority settings are determined for each user of a group based on an individual identity for each user and the group identity. Thus, a group of users can interact with content associated with the group identity in an individual environment.

EMAIL CONTENT EXTRACTION

A system includes a processing device and memory device configured to access an email message received at a mail server, extract a plurality of correspondence data from the email message, and apply a correspondence classifier to the correspondence data to determine a request type of the email message. The processing device is further configured to extract a plurality of entities from the email message in a free-form format, where extracting is performed based on determining that the request type is supported. The processing device can also determine a confidence level of the extracting of the entities, perform a lookup of the entities in one or more records of a database based on determining that the confidence level is above a confidence threshold, and generate a new processing request including prepopulated data fields populated with the entities based on identifying a match in the one or more records of the database. 1. A system , comprising:a processing device; and accessing an email message received at a mail server;', 'extracting a plurality of correspondence data from the email message;', 'applying a correspondence classifier to the correspondence data to determine a request type of the email message;', 'extracting a plurality of entities from the email message in a free-form format, the extracting performed based on determining that the request type is supported;', 'determining a confidence level of the extracting of the entities;', 'performing a lookup of the entities in one or more records of a database based on determining that the confidence level is above a confidence threshold; and', 'generating a new processing request comprising a plurality of |prepopulated data fields populated with the entities based on identifying a match in the one or more records of the database., 'a memory device in communication with the processing device, the memory device storing instructions that when executed by the processing device result in2. The system of claim 1 , ...

MANAGING CONTENT ITEM COLLECTIONS

The present disclosure generally relates to managing content item collections. A collection management system receives a request for collection item metadata associated with a collection item. Collection management system obtains a content item identifier corresponding to the collection item identifier. Collection management system requests content item metadata from a content management system. Collection management system receives from the content management system content item metadata corresponding to the content item identifier. Collection management system filters the content item metadata to remove a portion of the content item metadata comprising privileged information. Collection management system retrieves collection item metadata using the collection item identifier. Collection management system adds the filtered content item metadata to the collection item metadata. Collection management system sends to the client device the collection item metadata for the content item to be displayed, without sending the portion of the metadata comprising privileged information. 1. A computer-implemented method , comprising:receiving, by a computing system from a client device, a request for collection item metadata associated with a collection item, the request comprising a collection item identifier;obtaining, by the computing system, a content item identifier corresponding to the collection item identifier;identifying, by the computing system, content item metadata corresponding to the content item identifier of a content item;retrieving, by the computing system, the collection item metadata using the collection item identifier;adding, by the computing system, a first portion of the content item metadata to the collection item metadata;sending, by the computing system to the client device, the collection item metadata for the content item to be displayed to a user of the client device, without sending a second portion of the content item metadata, the second portion ...

DATA SET INVENTORY AND TRUST SCORE DETERMINATION

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media for a Trust Score Engine are directed to providing a user interface for identifying datasets collected into a dataset inventory wherein the dataset inventory may be displayed within the user interface. The Trust Score Engine determines social curation activities by respective user accounts that have been applied the datasets in the dataset inventory and validates the datasets in the dataset inventory according to pre-defined attributes applied to any of the respective datasets. The Trust Score Engine generates a first trust score for a first dataset according to any determined social curation activities and any pre-defined attributes that correspond to the first dataset. The Trust Score Engine receives a selection of a trust score visualization functionality, via the user interface, with respect to the first dataset. 1. A system comprising one or more processors , and a non-transitory computer-readable medium including one or more sequences of instructions that , when executed by the one or more processors , cause the system to perform operations comprising:providing a user interface for identifying multiple datasets collected into a dataset inventory, the dataset inventory for display within the user interface;displaying, via the user interface, a listing of a plurality of datasets including the first dataset, wherein each of the plurality of datasets comprise a data collection source, and wherein the first dataset comprises a database having an associated database connection name, the database including a plurality of records having data fields;determining an average user rating of one or more received user ratings for the first dataset, the received one or more user ratings indicating a user estimated quality of the first dataset;determining a data quality rating based on the number data fields of the dataset having invalid values, valid value and empty values; ...

UNIFIED MEMORY COMPRESSION MECHANISM

An apparatus to facilitate compression of memory data is disclosed. The apparatus comprises one or more processors to receive uncompressed data, adapt a format of the uncompressed data to a compression format, perform a color transformation from a first color space to a second color space, perform a residual computation to generate residual data, compress the residual data via entropy encoding to generate compressed data and packing the compressed data. 1. An apparatus to facilitate compression of memory data , comprising:one or more processors to receive uncompressed data, adapt a format of the uncompressed data to a compression format, perform a color transformation from a first color space to a second color space, perform a residual computation to generate residual data, encode the residual data to generate compressed data and packing the compressed data.2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein adapting the format comprises reconciling a quantity of channels supported by the uncompressed data to a quantity of channels supported by a compression format.3. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein adapting the format comprises performing sign adaptation.4. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the color transformation is performed to reduce redundancies between the channels supported by the compression format.5. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein performing the color transformation comprises performing a pattern test to determine whether the color transformation improves compression.6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein performing the residual computation comprises performing a pixel prediction for each pixel location represented in a dependency map to generate residual data values.7. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein compressing the residual data values comprises dividing a magnitude of residual data values into a plurality of partitions.8. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein compressing the residual data values further comprises generating a mask bit for each residual data ...

Generating a data structure that maps two files

A first file and a second file are retrieved from a database, in which the first and second files include an unstructured text stream. Metadata of the first and second files are extracted. The extracted metadata include a description category, entity source, geographic region, and a set of sub-files linked to the file. A data structure indicative of relationship between the first and second files is generated. Weighting factor is applied to the generated data structure. which indicates a degree of relationship between the first file and the second file. The relationship and the degree of the relationship are determined based on the extracted metadata of the first and second files. In response to a user requesting the first file, it is determined whether the second file should be provided in conjunction with the first file based on the weighting factor as applied to the data structure.

Computer-implemented object management via tags

Systems and methods are provided for managing objects. In one implementation, a computer-implemented method is provided. The method includes receiving a query comprising a tag and executing the query. An object identifier is retrieved from a data table, based on the tag. The method further returns a result of the query. The result includes the object identifier that was retrieved from the data table. The method further performing an action related to an object having the retrieved object identifier.

System and Method of Reduction of Irrelevant Information during Search

A system including a context-entity factory configured to build a data model defining an ontology of data objects that are context-aware, the model further defining metadata tags for the data objects. The system further includes a storage device storing the data objects as stored data objects, the device further storing associated contexts for corresponding ones of the stored objects. The system further includes a reduction component configured to capture a current context value of a first data object defined in the ontology, the component further configured to compare the current context value of the first data object with stored values of the associated contexts, and wherein when the current context value does not match a particular stored value of a particular associated context, the component is further configured to remove a corresponding particular stored data object and the particular associated context from the stored data objects.

Prefetching of completion notifications and context

Computing apparatus includes a central processing unit (CPU), including at least one core and a cache in physical proximity to the at least one core, with a system memory and a bus connecting the CPU to the memory. A peripheral device is connected to the bus and is configured to write data items via the bus to a buffer in the system memory and to write respective completion reports to the system memory upon writing the data items to the buffer. The peripheral device is configured to detect that the CPU has read a first completion report from the system memory and then read context metadata associated with the first completion report from a given address in the system memory, and is further configured, upon writing a second completion report subsequent to the first completion report and associated with the same context metadata, to stash the second completion report and the context metadata from the given address to the cache. 1. Computing apparatus , comprising:a central processing unit (CPU), comprising at least one core and a cache in physical proximity to the at least one core;a system memory;a bus connecting the CPU to the memory; anda peripheral device, which is connected to the bus and is configured to write data items via the bus to a buffer in the system memory and to write respective completion reports to the system memory upon writing the data items to the buffer, and which is configured to detect that the CPU has read a first completion report from the system memory and then read context metadata associated with the first completion report from a given address in the system memory, and is further configured, upon writing a second completion report subsequent to the first completion report and associated with the same context metadata, to stash the second completion report and the context metadata from the given address to the cache.2. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the peripheral device comprises a network interface controller (NIC) claim 1 ...

Enhanced calling systems and methods

Systems and methods described herein may present one or more enhanced communication features during a call. A destination identifier for a communication sent by a first device may be detected, the destination identifier being an identifier associated with a second device. A source identifier for the communication sent by the first device may be detected, the source identifier being an identifier associated with the first device. A first connection between the first device and a server device may be established, the server device comprising a database of call-enhancing elements. A second connection between the second device and the server device may be established. A direct connection between the first device and the second device may be established. By at least one of the first connection, the second connection, and the direct connection, at least one call-enhancing element may be shared with the first device and the second device, the at least one call-enhancing element being associated with at least one of the source identifier and the destination identifier.

Systems, Methods and Apparatuses of Digital Assistants in an Augmented Reality Environment and Local Determination of Virtual Object Placement and Apparatuses of Single or Multi-directional Lens as Portals Between a Physical World and a Digital World Component of the Augmented Reality Environment

Systems and methods of digital assistants in an augmented reality environment and local determination of virtual object placement are disclosed. Apparatuses of single or multi-directional lens as portals between a physical world and a digital world component of the augmented reality environment are also disclosed. In one aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure include a method, which may be implemented on a system, to present, a digital assistant to the user. Responsive to receiving a command, the digital assistant can trigger an operation on the augmented reality environment such that the user is able to engage with the augmented reality environment via the user interface. The method can further include training the digital assistant to learn from the activities occurring in the augmented reality environment and/or behaviors of the user from the action or the interaction with the real world environment.

MULTIMODAL INPUTS FOR COMPUTER-GENERATED REALITY

Implementations of the subject technology provide determining an operating mode of an electronic device based at least in part on whether the electronic device is communicatively coupled to an associated base device. Based on the determined operating mode, the subject technology identifies a set of input modalities for initiating a recording of content within a field of view of the electronic device. The subject technology monitors sensor information generated by at least one sensor included in, or communicatively coupled to, the electronic device. Further, the subject technology initiates the recording of content within the field of view of the electronic device when the monitored sensor information indicates that at least one of the identified set of input modalities has been triggered. 1. A method comprising:determining an operating mode of an electronic device based at least in part on whether the electronic device is communicatively coupled to an associated base device;based on the determined operating mode, identifying a set of input modalities for initiating a recording of content within a field of view of the electronic device;monitoring sensor information generated by at least one sensor included in, or communicatively coupled to, the electronic device; andinitiating the recording of content within the field of view of the electronic device when the monitored sensor information indicates that at least one of the identified set of input modalities has been triggered.2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:detecting that the operating mode of the electronic device has changed; andresponsive to detecting the change, updating the set of input modalities for initiating the recording of content based on the changed operating mode.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the associated base device corresponds to a mobile computing device claim 1 , a laptop claim 1 , or a desktop computer.4. The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying the set of input modalities ...

FUZZY LOGIC FOR PROCESSING TRANSMISSION META DATA

A communication system transmits a data signal between a transmitter and a receiver. A service provider operates the communication system for a client. When the data signal is received at the receiver, the data signal is decoded and the service provider decides whether the decoded data signal is accurate or whether the decoded data signal should be rejected. The service provider transmits the decoded data signal and its determination as to its accuracy to the client. Metadata including information about the transmission of the data signal is also provided to the client so that the client can make its own determination regarding whether to accept or reject the decoded data signal. 1. A system , comprising:a transmitter configured to transmit an encoded data signal by skywave propagation;a receiver configured to receive the encoded data signal transmitted by the transmitter and to decode the received encoded data signal to produce a decoded data signal;metadata corresponding to the encoded data signal, wherein the metadata is collected at the receiver;a service provider, wherein the service provider operates the transmission of the data signal between the transmitter and the receiver;a client, wherein the client provides the service provider with the data signal to be transmitted between the transmitter and the receiver; andwherein the service provider provides both the data signal decoded at the receiver and the metadata to the client.2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the service provider indicates whether the decoded data signal is allowed or rejected.3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the metadata includes information concerning environmental conditions during transmission of the encoded data signal.4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the environmental conditions include ionospheric conditions.5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the client uses the decoded data signal and the metadata to determine whether the decoded data signal is accurately decoded.6. The system ...

CUSTOMIZED APPLICATION ARCHITECTURE UTILIZING SPARSE AND BASE METADATA LAYERS

In non-limiting examples of the present disclosure, systems, methods and devices for assisting with provisioning individualized application instances are provided. A request to render an individualized instance of an application may be received. A determination may be made based on the request as to whether a sparse metadata chunk exists for each of a plurality of user interface elements associated with the application. A sparse metadata application artifact may be generated for each user interface element for which a sparse metadata chunk is determined to exist. A base user interface chunk of metadata may be identified for each user interface element for which a sparse metadata chunk is determined not to exist. A base metadata application artifact may be generated for each identified base user interface chunk of metadata, and the individualized instance of the application may be caused to be displayed. 1. A method for provisioning individualized application instances , comprising:receiving a request to display an individualized application instance of an application, the request comprising at least one sparse metadata identifier associated with the application instance;identifying sparse metadata associated with the at least one sparse metadata identifier;identifying base metadata associated with the application;generating the application instance based on the identified sparse metadata and the identified base metadata; andcausing the application instance to be displayed on a graphical user interface associated with the request.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one sparse metadata identifier comprises a user identifier associated with the application instance.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one sparse metadata identifier comprises a tenant identifier associated with the application instance.4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the application is an enterprise resource planning application.5. The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying ...