Methods and apparatus for state objects in cluster computing
Granted: October 31, 2017
Patent Number:
9804889
Embodiments of a mobile state object for storing and transporting job metadata on a cluster computing system may use a database as an envelope for the metadata. A state object may include a database that stores the job metadata and wrapper methods. A small database engine may be employed. Since the entire database exists within a single file, complex, extensible applications may be created on the same base state object, and the state object can be sent across the network with the state…
Distributed validation of digitally signed electronic documents
Granted: October 24, 2017
Patent Number:
9800416
Systems and methods are presented for distributed validation of a digitally signed electronic document. A computing device accesses both a representation of the electronic document and a digital signature for the electronic document that includes a digest generated by the digital signature's creator by applying a one-way function to the electronic document. The computing device applies the same one-way function to the accessed representation of the electronic document to generate a new…
Smoothing images using machine learning
Granted: October 24, 2017
Patent Number:
9799102
Smoothing images using machine learning is described. In one or more embodiments, a machine learning system is trained using multiple training items. Each training item includes a boundary shape representation and a positional indicator. To generate the training item, a smooth image is downscaled to produce a corresponding blocky image that includes multiple blocks. For a given block, the boundary shape representation encodes a blocky boundary in a neighborhood around the given block.…
Modifying rich media components for an interactive email
Granted: October 17, 2017
Patent Number:
9794205
An interactive email experience is customized to the recipient's interests by modifying rich media components provided by the email based on the recipient's interactions with other rich media components from the email. To facilitate the interactive email experience, rich media components are provided by a marketer for an email campaign with mapping information mapping product features to portions of the rich media components. When an email is sent with links to the rich media components,…
Enhanced precision background shading for digitally published text
Granted: October 17, 2017
Patent Number:
9792702
Various techniques more precisely and reliably (a) position top and bottom boundaries of a region of background shading, (b) position left and right boundaries of a region of background shading, (c) define a region of background shading that is applied to Chinese, Japanese, or Korean characters, and (d) apply a clipping path to achieve an arbitrarily-shaped region of background shading. These techniques allow background shading to be applied to textual content precisely and reliably, and…
Automated integration of partner products
Granted: October 17, 2017
Patent Number:
9792614
Automated integration of partner products in connection with a web analytics application is facilitated. A list of available partner products is displayed, and the user is provided with an opportunity to select one or more of the displayed partner products. A wizard is presented, allowing the user to configure the partner product by specifying and mapping metrics, dimensions, and the like. Partner product integration then takes place automatically, thereby simplifying the process by…
Semantic natural language vector space
Granted: October 17, 2017
Patent Number:
9792534
Techniques for image captioning with word vector representations are described. In implementations, instead of outputting results of caption analysis directly, the framework is adapted to output points in a semantic word vector space. These word vector representations reflect distance values in the context of the semantic word vector space. In this approach, words are mapped into a vector space and the results of caption analysis are expressed as points in the vector space that capture…
Method and apparatus for consuming content via snippets
Granted: October 17, 2017
Patent Number:
9792357
A method for consuming content via snippets is provided. In one embodiment, a search query for searching an attribute within a document is received by an electronic device. In another embodiment, a search query for searching an attribute in a number of documents is received by an electronic device. A number of search results matching the attribute are displayed in a number of snippets. An input to access the document from within a first snippet is received. Access is provided to the…
Conversion of stereolithographic model into logical subcomponents
Granted: October 17, 2017
Patent Number:
9789650
Techniques are disclosed for converting a stereolithographic model into an STL data file that defines logically related components and subcomponents of an object. A user can categorize elements of an object to form logically related components and subcomponents of the object. Each element is represented by a triangle. All triangles representing each of these components and subcomponents are then reordered and listed sequentially within the STL. Each list is delimited at the beginning and…
Method and system for processing measurement data for website statistics
Granted: October 10, 2017
Patent Number:
9787787
A method and a system for processing measurement data for website statistics are provided. The measurement data is processed in parallel bucket writers and stored in buckets. Upon receiving a report request the buckets are processed in parallel bucket queriers to obtain report data.
Utilizing audio digital impact to create digital media presentations
Granted: October 10, 2017
Patent Number:
9786327
Systems and methods disclosed create one or more digital media presentations based on impact values. In particular, in one or more embodiments, systems and methods generate impact values based on a change in a measure of energy associated with digital audio content over time. For instance, systems and methods generate impact values by calculating a difference in a measure of energy over time in relation to the amount of energy at a particular time period. Based on the generated impact…
Hybrid level set for interactive editing of matting and selection
Granted: October 10, 2017
Patent Number:
9786078
In various implementations, methods and systems are disclosed for accurately selecting a targeted portion of a digital image. In one embodiment, a selection cursor having a central and a peripheral region is provided. The central region is used to force a selection or a deselection and therefore moving the central region over a portion of the image causes that portion of the image to be selected or deselected, respectively. The peripheral region of the cursor surrounds the central region…
Method and apparatus for real-time matting using local color estimation and propagation
Granted: October 10, 2017
Patent Number:
9786055
Embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods, and computer storage media directed to operations to facilitate real-time matting using local color estimation and propagation. In accordance with embodiments described herein, an unknown region is estimated based on a set of received boundary points (a zero-level contour that separates the foreground object from the background) and additional contours based on increasing distances from the zero-level contour. The background…
Classification and management of keywords across multiple campaigns
Granted: October 10, 2017
Patent Number:
9785952
A system for classifying and managing keywords across multiple campaigns comprises a classification manager, a bid management system, a web analytics tool and a search engine. The classification manager interfaces with the bid management system and the web analytics tool to provide user interfaces for reviewing data about specific keywords across multiple campaigns. The classification manager includes a classification keyword repository, a classification creation module, a classification…
Collaborative review apparatus, systems, and methods
Granted: October 10, 2017
Patent Number:
9785914
Apparatus, systems, and methods may operate to within the context of a shared document review process to receive an updated comment associated with an original comment by a comment series identifier. Further actions may include generating a comment differentiation identifier that serves to differentiate the updated comment from the original comment, and storing at least a portion of the updated comment and the comment differentiation identifier in a collaboration comment repository.…
Method and apparatus for managing software entitlements
Granted: October 10, 2017
Patent Number:
9785760
A computer implemented method and apparatus for managing software entitlements. The method comprises receiving a user request to enable access to a first software product that requires a special entitlement, wherein the user is entitled to access one or more second software products that require a corresponding one or more general entitlements, and wherein the first software product and the one or more second software products are resident in a memory accessible via a single access…
Generating synthetic data
Granted: October 10, 2017
Patent Number:
9785719
Methods for generating synthetic data based on time dependent data with increased accuracy include decomposing a base dataset into a base dynamic component and at least one static component. Decomposing the base dataset includes applying a decomposition model to the base dataset. One or more embodiments generate a synthetic dynamic component based on the base dynamic component. One or more embodiments merge the synthetic dynamic component with the at least one static component to…
Photograph organization based on facial recognition
Granted: October 10, 2017
Patent Number:
9785699
Photograph organization based on facial recognition is described. In one or more embodiments, a photograph organization module obtains multiple photographs having images of faces and recognizes the faces in the multiple photographs. The module builds a population by attempting to distinguish individual persons among the faces in the multiple photographs, with each person of the population corresponding to a group of multiple groups. After a first pass through the faces, the population…
Touch-based user interface control tiles
Granted: October 10, 2017
Patent Number:
9785323
A user interface includes a digital image display canvas and a plurality of control tiles arranged on a rotatable carousel. A user can browse through the control tiles using swiping gestures that rotate the carousel. Each control tile represents a parameter, an imaging effect, or some other manipulation that can be applied to the displayed image. For control tiles representing a parameter which can be selected from a range of numerical values, such as image brightness, selecting the…
Generating multi-image content for online services using a single image
Granted: October 3, 2017
Patent Number:
9779529
Systems and methods are provided for generating multi-image content for online services using a single image. For example, a processor identifies publishing constraints specified for image categories in a profile of an online service. The processor generates a first image by applying a first publishing constraint to a copy of an input image and generates a second image by applying a second publishing constraint to a selected portion of the first image. The processor presents the first…
