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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8180724 | Systems and methods for encoding knowledge for automated management of software application deployments A method of encoding knowledge is disclosed, which can be used to automatically detect problems in software application deployments. The method includes accessing a source of knowledge describing a problem known to occur in deployments of a particular software appli... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8166050 | Temporally-aware evaluative score A method includes processing a performance query to a dimensional data model by processing dimension coordinates that exist within the dimensional data model, wherein the dimension coordinates have a first particular grain (“finer grain”) that is finer than a se... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8150793 | Data fusion using consensus aggregation functions A fusion system fuses M rankings generated by M judges by (i) computing values of an aggregation function for items of the M rankings, the aggregation function including a sum of pairwise conjunctions of ranking values of different judges for an input item, and (ii)... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8145589 | Method and system for application support knowledge transfer between information technology organizations A computer network system for implementing a knowledge transfer process includes one or more local computers. The processors of the computers may access a knowledge database stored in local computer memory. The system also includes remote computers. The processors o... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8140463 | 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 ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8121971 | Intelligent drilling advisor An information integration environment identifies the current drilling sites, and drilling equipment and processes at those current drilling sites. Based upon that identification, and upon data received from the drilling sites, servers access and configure software ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8078565 | Organically ranked knowledge categorization in a knowledge management system Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to expert modeling in a KM system and provide method, system and computer program product for organically ranked knowledge and categorization for a KM system. In one embodiment of the in... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8055605 | Interactive intelligent searching with executable suggestions A method, system, and computer program product for interactive searching with executable suggestions provides a search engine and data management technology that determine what a user is looking for, analyze the data in a database, and present immediately useful sug... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8051029 | Semantically validating print product definitions A method provides a knowledgebase having a set of existing print product classes into which print product descriptions are classified. The method receives the new print product class from a user and maps the representation of new print product class conditions to be... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8051030 | System and method for automated population splitting to assist task management through analytics Task management supported by analytics has enhanced effectiveness through automated population splitting for generating models that predict task associated outcomes. Subpopulations are automatically analyzed for adequate sample size and selectively recombined based ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 7991797 | ID persistence through normalization A system and method for maintaining persistent object identifiers across versions of a collection of data. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a first collection of objects is compared to a second collection of objects. If an object in the first co... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7991728 | Computer reputation-based message boards and forums System and method for operating reputation-based communication or content service. Method includes obtaining metric related to first user contributor reputation; identifying communication or content having association with first user contributor; and processing comm... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7974937 | Adaptive embedded historians with aggregator component Systems and methods that aggregate history data collected via embedded historians with additional data that is supplied by third parties. Triggering events can be defined for initiating aggregation of such history data with additional data, which enable a process/ap... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7962438 | Suggesting concept-based domain names Methods and systems of the present invention allow for displaying suggested concept-based results. An exemplary method may comprise the steps of receiving a domain name, determining from ontological calculations suggested domain names related to the concept of the d... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7953692 | Predicting candidates using information sources Embodiments are configured to provide one or more candidates based in part on an input. In an embodiment, a system includes a prediction engine which can be configured to provide one or more ranked candidates using one or more configurable data sources and/or candid... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7941391 | Link spam detection using smooth classification function A collection of web pages is considered as a directed graph in which the pages themselves are nodes and the hyperlinks between the pages are directed edges in the graph. A trusted entity identifies training examples for spam pages and normal pages. A random walk is ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7937356 | Apparatus, and associated method, for assessing viability of communication system arrangement transformation Apparatus, and an associated method, for determining viability of transformation of a conventional computer system arrangement into a virtualized arrangement. A virtualization engine is provided that includes an assessor and a scorer. The assessor carries out an ass... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7925609 | Information processing apparatus, information processing system, information processing method, and computer readable storage medium There is provided an information processing apparatus, including a receiving unit that receives a derivational relationship information item designating a document prior to an operation as a parent and a document after the operation as a child, and document attribut... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7912806 | System and device for providing contents According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided a content providing system, which is provided with a data acquisition unit configured to obtain data inputted and/or outputted through a user interface which is included in an information processing device, ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7904411 | Knowledge discovery tool relationship generation A system for managing a knowledge model defining a plurality of entities is provided. The system includes an extraction tool for extracting data items from disparate data sources that determines if the data item has been previously integrated into the knowledge mode... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7899774 | System and method for interactively delivering expert information to remote outlets A networked interactive expert system is disclosed for selectively providing relevant expertise when a user requires such assistance. System provides a set of networked facilities for determining an expertise needed by a customer based on a location. Such location c... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7882143 | Systems and methods for indexing information for a search engine Embodiments of the invention form an information set from the current set of index information available by the operations of the pre-search and runtime Search components of the search engine. A search request that contains search terms and/or other search criteria ... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7860818 | System and method for case-based multilabel classification and ranking The present invention provides methods and apparatus for determining and utilizing case-based ranking methods, such as methods for machine condition monitoring. Specifically, the present invention provides a method for identifying and prioritizing labeled data. The ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7840521 | Computer-based method and system for efficient categorizing of digital documents A method, system and computer-readable medium are presented for computer-based supervised classification of digital documents that can exclusively identify an optimal category for the single class model by dividing a calculated score of each category into groups (th... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7836005 | System and method for automatic generation of user-oriented homepage The present invention discloses a system and a method for automatic generation of a user-oriented homepage, said system comprises an active real-time artificial intelligence network server working with a traditional network server and a fast relational data processi... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7805395 | System and method for automated population splitting to assist task management through analytics Task management supported by analytics has enhanced effectiveness through automated population splitting for generating models that predict task associated outcomes. Subpopulations are automatically analyzed for adequate sample size and selectively recombined based ... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7792778 | Knowledge-based imaging CAD system A system for knowledge-based image computer aided detection includes a text interpretation system receiving an electronic patient record and outputting an assertion relevant for the electronic patient record, an annotation/detection system detects anatomical and fun... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7752156 | System and method for automatically creating, installing and configuring extensions of functionalities in the system nodes of a distributed network The invention relates to a system and to a method for automatically creating, installing and configuring extensions of functionalities in the system nodes of a distributed network, in particular in a distributed automatic system, provided with at least one system di... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7734561 | System and method for providing autonomic management of a networked system using an action-centric approach According to the present invention, there is provided a SAN management system to provide autonomic management of a storage system using an action-centric approach. The SAN management system includes a policy specification logic block to maintain a policy specificati... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7730009 | System and methods for archetype enabled research and search A system and methods for enhanced search are enabled by archetypes that improve the relevancy of the search arguments utilized, as well as the search results received, in response to a query. The system in preferred embodiments applies archetypes to several points w... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7730008 | Database interface and database analysis system A method, system, and computer program product for interactive searching with executable suggestions are provided. The present invention provides a search engine and data management technology that can understand what users are looking for, understand the data in a ... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7725418 | Responding to situations using multidimensional semantic net and Bayes inference A system, apparatus and application for providing robots with the ability to intelligently respond to perceived situations are described. A knowledge database is assembled automatically, based on distributed knowledge capture. The knowledge base embodies the “comm... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7707133 | Method and system for managing computer systems A management system for a computer system is disclosed. The computer system operates or includes various products (e.g., software products) that can be managed in a management system or collectively by a group of management systems. Typically, the management system ... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7680756 | System and method for creating and implementing community defined presentation structures A presentation configuration system may receive metadata from multiple users utilizing tax preparation applications. The metadata may be tags or labels of interview segments of the tax preparation applications. The presentation configuration system may create commun... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7672923 | Grid network management via automatic trend analysis of a service level agreement A method for managing a GRID network. The method includes performing trend analysis of a job type repeatedly processed by the GRID network to anticipate a future load on the GRID network associated with the job type. The job type is associated with a service level a... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7657498 | Business-aligned organizational knowledge management system, framework, and tools for capture and dissemination of explicit and tacit knowledge of business objectives and management strategy articulated in problem statements A business-aligned knowledge management system and method for creating the same are disclosed. In accordance with a first aspect of the invention, a knowledge management system includes a knowledge management (KM) framework providing aspects of a knowledge-focused a... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7640225 | System and method for process automation and enforcement In process automation, processes are entered and enforced on team members through a Web interface. Processes are selected from a process library and can be updated as needed. Governance algorithms guide team members in carrying out the processes. The Web interface c... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7613674 | Data transfer method and information processing apparatus In a system for storing data as a backup purpose to a separate storage apparatus, data of a copy source is matched with data of a copy destination in a predetermined time. A host computer attaches an identifier to a write request and then transmits the resulting wri... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7606783 | Health, safety and security analysis at a client location Methods and systems for gathering lifestyle-based Health, Safety and Security (HSS) risks and conducting associated analyses by collecting HSS information related to potential health risks, safety hazards, and security concerns existing at a client location. Product... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7606782 | System for automation of business knowledge in natural language using rete algorithm The present invention is directed to a system for managing business knowledge expressed as statements, preferably sentences using a vocabulary, where such statements may be automated by the generation of programming language source code or computer program instructi... | 10/20/2009 |
