Patents.

System and method for real-time scheduling

A system and method for dynamically scheduling a meeting time in association with an instant messaging client. The system includes a chat server, a grid scheduling server, a local instant messaging client, a remote instant messaging client, and a grid scheduling client. The instant messaging client facilitates a chat session in conjunction with the chat server. The grid scheduling server generates a representation of scheduling information from a scheduling matrix including a list of times arranged transversely to a list of participants to the meeting. The grid scheduling client in conjunction with the grid scheduling server hosts a grid scheduling session in real-time on the local and remote instant messaging clients and schedules the meeting time according to real-time input from participants on the local and remote instant messaging clients.

Multi-modal input on an electronic device

Racetrack memory with low-power write

Computer implemented methods and apparatus for managing objectives associated with an organization

Disclosed are methods, apparatus, systems, and computer readable storage media for managing objectives in an organization. A server may receive an objective at a first level of an objective hierarchy. The objective may be associated with a completion indicator providing progress towards completing the objective. Other objectives at a lower level of the objective hierarchy may be determined, also including completion indicators, and the progress of the higher-level objective updated from them.

Type inference and type-directed late binding

Systems and methods that enhance and balance a late binding and an early binding in a programming language, via supplying an option component to opt-in (or opt-out) late binding, and wherein a late binding is triggered based on a static type for the variable (e.g., object or a type/string.) Additionally, the variable is enabled to have different static types at different regions (e.g., a program fragment) of the programming language.

Quality of service management

In one embodiment, a method receives current latency values from a plurality of host computers where a current latency value is calculated by a respective host computer based on an amount of time spent in the respective host computer's issue queue by an IO request most recently removed from the

Providing homogeneous views of information collections in heterogeneous information storage sources

A method, apparatus and computer program product, for generating a framework for supporting a homogeneous view of an information collection managed in a heterogeneous system of information storage sources. The framework includes an information collection data model mapped to an information source data model, and an information storage services data model mapped to the information source data model. The information collection data model defines information to be collected and stored as an information collection in one or more information storage sources. The information source data model references data sets containing the information defined in the information collection data model. The information storage services data model defines information storage services for accessing and performing operations on the one or more information storage sources storing the information collection. The framework allows a user to view and perform operations on the information collection without knowing how the information collection is stored.

Communal organization chart

A system, computer-readable storage medium, and computer-implemented method for maintaining an accurate organization chart, are presented. The method may include accessing organization chart data defining a hierarchy of an organization comprising a group of users. At least one user of the group of users may be prompted to provide verification information pertaining to the accuracy of a portion of the organization chart data. Upon receiving the verification information from the at least one user, the method may include updating the organization chart data in accordance with the verification information.

Expressive grouping for language integrated queries

Standard group operators afford expressive grouping across collections of various types for employment by a number of programming languages. The operators can leverage positional information to facilitate grouping of sequential/ordered input data. Groups can also include more than one input element. Additionally or alternatively, the operators can enable multi-level grouping such as nested or hierarchical grouping. In accordance with one aspect, the group operators can be employed in conjunction with language-integrated queries.

System and method for automated web site information retrieval scripting using untrained users

System and Method for Automated Website Information Retrieval Scripting Using Untrained Users

Generating Probabilistic Transition Data

Decentralized management of virtualized hosts

One or more embodiments of the present invention provide a technique for effectively managing virtualized computing systems with an unlimited number of hardware resources. Host systems included in a virtualized computer system are organized into a scalable, peer-to-peer (P2P) network in which host

Method and system for computing and integrating genetic and environmental health risks for a personal genome

Language integrated query over vector spaces

Language-integrated query (LINQ) operators can be extended to a set of vectors associated with a digital signal processing (DSP) environment. A language-integrated query (LINQ) operator can be created to execute a change of basis for a set of vectors. LINQ operators can be further be utilized with specifically generated parameters to perform a change of basis for the set of vectors. Additionally, the standard LINQ operators can be extended to enable querying with LINQ against the set of vectors.

Using predictive optimization to facilitate distributed computation in a multi-tenant system

The disclosed embodiments relate to a system that uses a predictive-optimization technique to facilitate distributed computation in a multi-tenant system. The system receives a MapReduce job, uses a model trained on previous MapReduce jobs to determine resource-allocation parameters that optimize execution performance, allocates resources accordingly, and executes the job.

Dynamically adding best suited servers into clusters of application servers

Converter and method for converting mechanical energy into electrical energy

Eventing Analysis Framework

A web browser renders a web page, where textual information is displayed in a first portion of the page and where streaming video is displayed in a second portion of the page. As a user interacts with the page and views the video, both page view values and video data values are sent out from the browser, across a single TCP/IP connection, and to a single analytics web server, where both types of values are stored. The page view values may, for example, indicate when the user clicks on buttons, keys or links. The video data values may, for example, indicate the settings or play status of the video player application program. The analytics web server receives the two types of values, performs real-time processing using the values, and outputs a report in real time where the report includes a real-time analysis of both types of data values.

Systems and methods for time-based dynamic allocation of resource management

Systems, methods, and media for method for managing requests for computing resources. Methods may include dynamically throttling requests for computing resources generated by one or more tenants within a multi-tenant system, such as a cloud. In some embodiments, the present technology may dynamically throttle I/O operations for a physical storage media that is accessible by the tenants of the cloud. The present technology may dynamically throttle I/O operations to ensure fair access to the physical storage media for each tenant within the cloud.

Dynamic virtual input device configuration

In one aspect, a virtual input device can be configured by detecting a language identifier associated with a selected data entry field, determining a key mapping corresponding to the detected language identifier, and configuring a virtual input device in accordance with the key mapping. The key mapping specifies a character corresponding to a control of the virtual input device.

System, method, and apparatus for inline comments within electronic communications

A communication apparatus which facilitates inline comments includes a client processing unit and an electronic memory device. The client processing unit receives an electronic communication and generates a reply communication for response to the electronic communication in an inline comment mode. The reply communication includes a copy of original content from the electronic communication. The electronic memory device is coupled to the client processing unit. The electronic memory device stores a plurality of inline comment rules. The inline comment rules facilitate adjoining comment content to the copy of original content within the reply communication according to user commands. The comment content is uniquely identified from standard response content according to the inline comment rules in effect during the inline comment mode.

Method and system for grouping events

A method and system for grouping events is provided in which a plurality of base groups (**303**) each define a set of event points. Combined groups (**304**) have a set of event points defined by the combination of the event points in combining groups. The combination may be by a union of groups or an exclusion of groups and may combine base groups (**303**) and/or combined groups (**304**) together. The method and system activate or deactivate groups to enable or disable the generation of events defined by the event points in a group. The generation of events may record event instances (**306**) of the event points for analysis, to provide an alert for an event instance of predetermined value, to trigger a further event or activity, or to publish the event instances for the event points.

Planning a route for a convoy of automobiles

Planning a route for a convoy of automobiles, including: identifying a plurality of automobiles included in a convoy; planning, for the convoy by a route planning module, a route from an origin to a destination in dependence upon current automobile traffic between the origin and the destination, automobile characteristics of the convoy, and aggregate user preferences of convoy automobile users; and providing for display, by the route planning module to a route display module of each automobile in the convoy, the convoy's route.

May ship handling

In an example embodiment, e-commerce listings from a database are ranked into a first ranking in accordance with a first ranking scheme. Then a location of a potential buyer is identified.

Method and system for searching and analyzing large numbers of electronic documents

Methods and systems for accessing, searching, analyzing, and visualizing electronically stored information, including electronic documents. (abstract excerpt from Google Patents)

Method and apparatus for synchronization in a multiplexed arbitrary-action tracing framework

A method for processing a probe including triggering the probe in an instrumented program, querying a global array to determine an execution control block associated with the probe, and executing the execution control block to obtain data.

Creating an ontology across multiple semantically-related data sets

Personalizing Search Results Based on User-Generated Content

Dictionary for hierarchical attributes from catalog items

Techniques for building a dictionary of hierarchical attributes from catalog items. (abstract excerpt from Google Patents)

Adding a teleconference caller to a group instant messaging chat

In a method for adding a caller to a group instant messaging chat, a computer receives an indication that the caller has joined a teleconference via a telephone call. The computer receives a characteristic of the telephone call. The computer determines that the received characteristic of the telephone call at least partially matches at least one stored characteristic of one or more invitees on a list of invitees to the teleconference. In response to determining that the received characteristic of the telephone call at least partially matches at least one stored characteristic of one or more invitees on a list of invitees to the teleconference, the computer requests an instant messaging server to add the caller to the group instant messaging chat.

Development of networked applications

Mashup creation, through the reuse and combination of existing networking or Web applications, is presented. A method for forming a networked software application includes accessing, within a repository, a first networked software application part and forming a new application from it.

Identifying a software developer based on debugging information

A solution for identifying a software developer based on debugging information includes an identification module configured to identify a developer of a line of source code, a determination module configured to determine a developer contact tag for the developer, an encoding module configured to encode the developer contact tag, a tagging module configured to automatically tag the line of source code with the developer contact tag associated with the developer. The solution also includes a debug module configured to provide debug information, a decoding module configured to decrypt the developer contact tag, and a presentation module configured to present the debug stack trace in human readable form.

Incrementally updatable system software infrastructure for sensor networks

Systems and techniques for incrementally updating a software stack are described. The software stack can be stored on a flash memory device on a target device. A server computer can receive a modification to a function that is part of the software stack, wherein additional memory is allocated on the flash memory device to allow the function increase in size via a software update. Next, a new memory layout can be determined for storing functions in the software stack based on the modification to the function. The server computer can then determine changes to a set of memory pages on the flash memory device based on the new memory layout. Next, the server computer can send the changes to the set of memory pages to the target device.

Automatic generation of rewrite rules for URLs

A rewrite component automatically generates rewrite rules that describe how uniform resource locators (URLs) can be rewritten to reduce or eliminate different URLs that redundantly refer to the same or substantially the same content. The rewrite rules can be applied to URLs received when crawling a network to increase the efficiency of the crawl and the corresponding document index generated from the crawl.

Discussion summary

Method for coordinating stats collection and analysis among multiple hosts

Two shared data structures are maintained in a storage unit for coordinating statistic collection among multiple hosts that share the storage unit. The first data structure stores information about the number of hosts that possess slots within the second data structure and identifying information

Programming and development infrastructure for an autonomic element

Evaluating a worker in performing crowd sourced tasks and providing in-task training through programmatically generated test tasks

Systems and methods for evaluating a worker in performing crowd sourced tasks and providing in-task training are disclosed. In one aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure include a method, which may be implemented on a system, for selecting a job distributed through a job distribution platform for workers to work on, for use to generate a test task, the job being associated with a known correct result, associating a manipulated result, known to be an incorrect result for the job, with the job to generate the test task, and/or presenting the job with the manipulated result as the test task to a worker for evaluation of work quality of the worker. The job distribution platform crowd sources tasks online to workers to work on via their respective computing devices.

Systems, methods, and media for generating multidimensional heat maps

Systems, methods, and media for generating heat maps of event data are provided herein. Methods may include gathering instances of event data according to a performance characteristic, discretely decomposing the instances by applying at least one constraint to the instances, assigning a hue to each instance, the hue being associated with the at least one constraint, and generating a heat map that includes representations of the instances, wherein each representation includes the hue associated with the at least one constraint to which the instance has been assigned.

Techniques for identifying and presenting connection paths

Techniques for analyzing a social graph of a social network service to identify and then present connection paths connecting various entities are described. With some embodiments, subsequent to a user selecting or otherwise identifying two entities represented as nodes in a social graph, the social graph is analyzed to identify connection paths connecting the nodes representing the two entities. The social graph is implemented with a graph data structure having nodes and edges representing entities and associations between entities, respectively. With some embodiments, the nodes represent people, companies, educational institutions (e.g., schools, universities, etc.), and groups. After identifying the connection paths, the connection path or paths having the highest path scores, as derived by aggregating edge scores assigned to the edges, may be presented.

Techniques for identifying and presenting connection paths

Techniques for analyzing a social graph of a social network service to identify and then present connection paths connecting various entities are described. With some embodiments, subsequent to a user selecting or otherwise identifying two entities represented as nodes in a social graph, the social graph is analyzed to identify connection paths connecting the nodes representing the two entities. The social graph is implemented with a graph data structure having nodes and edges representing entities and associations between entities, respectively. With some embodiments, the nodes represent people, companies, educational institutions (e.g., schools, universities, etc.), and groups. After identifying the connection paths, the connection path or paths having the highest path scores, as derived by aggregating edge scores assigned to the edges, may be presented.

Dynamic information streams in a social network platform

The techniques, methods and systems described herein facilitate the automated discovery and presentation of content created, published or otherwise made public by “experts” and key influencers on particular topics. As such, users that may be interested in particular topics but may not know who to connect with in order to receive the most pertinent information can receive highly-relevant information. Embodiments of the invention use topics of interest identified by the user and/or automatically identifies topics based on previous postings, communication, contacts, etc. Individuals, companies, organizations and other entities that have been recognized as highly influential in those topics are identified and, without explicit actions by the user, adds content generated by the influential entities to the user's content data feed.

Methods and automated systems that assign medical codes to electronic medical records

PCT publication of the Atigeo medical-coding family. (abstract excerpt from Google Patents)

Asynchronous programming model mapping

Mapping is performed between operations of an abstract asynchronous programming model and a concrete asynchronous programming model. In other words, differences between asynchronous programming models are bridged to enable interaction.

Embedding expressions in XML literals

An architecture that that extends conventional computer programming languages that compile into an instance of an extensible markup language (XML) document object model (DOM) to provide support for XML literals in the underlying programming language. This architecture facilitates a convenient short cut by replacing the complex explicit construction required by conventional systems to create an instance of a DOM with a concise XML literal for which conventional compilers can translate into the appropriate code. The architecture allows these XML literals to be embedded with expressions, statement blocks or namespaces to further enrich the power and versatility. In accordance therewith, context information describing the position and data types that an XML DOM can accept can be provided to the programmer via, for example, an integrated development environment. Additionally, the architecture supports escaping XML identifiers, a reification mechanism, and a conversion mechanism to convert between collections and singletons.

Annotation Overlay Collection, Storage, and Display System and Method

Method of providing information via context searching of a printed graphic image

A method of providing information to a user via a printed substrate having a graphic image and coded data indicative of a region identity associated with the substrate and of a plurality of locations on the substrate. The method includes receiving interaction data indicative of the region identity and a position of a sensing device relative to the image; identifying and retrieving a page description; generating a query expression including search terms; and forming a request using the query expression.

Gathering pages allocated to an application to include in checkpoint information

Quality of service management

A method for measuring latencies caused by processing performed within a common resource is provided. A current latency value representing a time of residency of an IO request in a queue prior to receipt of acknowledgment from the common resource of completion of the IO request is received from a