System and method for integrating, managing and coordinating customer activities
Granted: June 12, 2012
Patent Number:
8200622
A system, method and computer program product for integrating, managing and coordinating activities of customers in an enterprise, across a plurality of applications, resources and touch-points. Customer data is obtained during interactions between a customer and an application, a resource or a touch-point. This data is stored in the form of virtual composite objects in cache memory, on a cluster of servers. The virtual composite objects contain customer data, policies and behaviors of…
Method and apparatus for data integration and management
Granted: April 24, 2012
Patent Number:
8166048
A system for maintaining master reference data for entities is disclosed. The system includes multiple reference data sets at multiple different data storages. A reference data set for a particular entity uniquely identifies the particular entity. The system also includes a first master reference data set at a first data storage that is at least as reliable as a second reference data set at a second data storage. In some embodiments, the first data storage can be updated through…
System and method for efficiently securing enterprise data resources
Granted: April 24, 2012
Patent Number:
8166071
Some embodiments provide a system and method that secures access to data objects of an enterprise that includes multiple data objects and multiple user applications that access data attributes of the data objects. In some embodiments, secure access is provided via a secure resource that secures access to data attributes of at least two objects by defining access control permissions for the secure resource and applying the defined access control permissions to the data attributes of the…
Relationship data management
Granted: April 3, 2012
Patent Number:
8150803
Some embodiments provide a system for processing relationship data that expresses relationship between various entities. In some embodiments, the entities are entities associated directly with an enterprise. The entities in some embodiments described below also include entities associated indirectly with the enterprise through other entities. In some embodiments, the system consolidates disparate relationship data sets that relate to the same set of entities. For instance, in some…
Relationship data management
Granted: November 22, 2011
Patent Number:
8065266
Some embodiments provide a system for processing relationship data that expresses relationship between various entities. In some embodiments, the entities are entities associated directly with an enterprise. The entities in some embodiments described below also include entities associated indirectly with the enterprise through other entities. However, one of ordinary skill will realize that some embodiments might only track relationships between entities directly associated with an…
Dual reflector mechanical pointing low profile antenna
Granted: August 30, 2011
Patent Number:
8009117
Dual reflector offset mechanical pointing low profile telecommunication antenna, to be used above all on vehicles, even high-speed ones. Its reduced physical dimensions facilitate its use, with respect to the known solutions, as it allows its connecting to the receiving system, such as a satellite, though installed on a train or on an aircraft. The invention lies within the technical field of telecommunications and the applicative field of stationary, movable antennas of reduced…
System and method for monitoring and managing electrical power transmission and distribution networks
Granted: July 12, 2011
Patent Number:
7979239
A system and method for monitoring and managing electrical power transmission and distribution networks through use of a deterministic, non-iterative method using an holomorphic embedding and algebraic approximants for determining the real-time load flow in a power generating system having an electrical grid. Such method may be employed for real-time or off-line applications for electric power systems reliability assessment, and is capable of determining whether or not a physical…
System, method and computer program product for data event processing and composite applications
Granted: August 10, 2010
Patent Number:
7774791
A system, method and computer program product for providing data event processing and application integration is provided. The present invention provides a novel application integration and event processing server that creates unified and personalized applications on demand out of existing Web services, communications systems, legacy assets, and databases for several types of applications without invasive programming. The present invention also provides a novel XML-based open markup…
System, method and computer program for non-binary sequence comparison
Granted: June 8, 2010
Patent Number:
7734427
A system and method for performing non-binary comparison of biological sequences includes a new measure ?0, which is a non-binary counting measure that is used in a stand alone module called VaSSA-1. This measure obtains substantially more information about sequences and comparisons between them than is gathered by conventional bioinformatics techniques.
Information converter and a method for transforming information
Granted: May 18, 2010
Patent Number:
7721270
An information converter includes: an input for receiving non-structured information transformation specification and a processor. The processor is adapted to (i) convert the non-structured information transformation specification to a structured information transformation specification; (ii) generate information transformation code responsive to the structured information transformation specification; and (iii) associate a code alteration indication to the non-structured information…
System for management of interactions between users and software applications in a web environment
Granted: May 18, 2010
Patent Number:
7721303
There is disclosed a system for management of interactions between users and software applications in a web environment, related to an operating environment which functional devices are in charge of providing methods allowing maximum interactivity between the end user and the application. The operating environment also includes a set of applications available to end users, administrators and developers. The applications for end users are intended to provide interactivity, storage, data…
Value-chained queries in analytic applications
Granted: May 18, 2010
Patent Number:
7720842
A method for facilitating the navigation of data generated using an analytic application. In particular, a method of creating and using a query chain to access data is described. The user designates some data field as being of particular interest. A list of further query chains for the user to choose from is shown. The user can select one of these query chains to further navigate the database, modify one of the query chains listed, or can create a new query chain by further navigating…
System and method for data format transformation
Granted: September 1, 2009
Patent Number:
7584422
A method for defining a document format transformation process for documents similar to an example document includes the following steps. An example document is provided in a first format. At least one anchor point is then specified within the example document. The anchor points serve to mark out regions of data within the example document. Positions are then defined for respective regions within a central format. During the transformation process, the data extracted from each region is…
Querying, versioning, and dynamic deployment of database objects
Granted: September 2, 2008
Patent Number:
7421458
In various embodiments, the present invention provides methods and systems for creating version-stamps of database objects and for tracking, querying, retrieving, and deploying such versioned database objects in enterprise databases, data marts, or data warehouses. The database objects may be interrelated and may reference one another according to their accurate versions.
Data quality system
Granted: October 9, 2007
Patent Number:
7281001
A system (1) generates an output indicating scores for the extent of matching of pairs of data records. Thresholds may be set for the scores for decision-making or human review. A vector extraction module (12) measures similarity of pairs of fields in a pair of records to generate a vector. The vector is then processed to generate a score for the record pair.
System, method and computer program for non-binary sequence comparison
Granted: August 28, 2007
Patent Number:
7263444
A system and method for performing non-binary comparison of biological sequences includes a new measure ?0, which is a non-binary counting measure that is used in a stand alone module called VaSSA-1. This measure obtains substantially more information about sequences and comparisons between them than is gathered by conventional bioinformatics techniques.
Set-oriented real-time data processing based on transaction boundaries
Granted: August 7, 2007
Patent Number:
7254590
A method is provided for real-time data processing based on data sets or data sets defined by applicable rules or user-defined logic. Also provided is a real-time data processing system that implements such method. Transaction boundaries are set and propagated through cascades of multiple data transformations on multitudes of data records or rows. The method may be implemented in conjunction with a relational database management system (DBMS), object DBMS, or any other DBMS. The method…
Method and system for providing transfer of analytic application data over a network
Granted: January 9, 2007
Patent Number:
7162643
A method and system providing a high speed and secure data link for moving large amounts of data across a network, such as the data used in an analytic application. Featured are simultaneous compression and encryption of the data, as well as means for recovery in the event the network connection is lost.
Method and apparatus for transporting data for data warehousing applications that incorporates analytic data interface
Granted: October 3, 2006
Patent Number:
7117215
A method and apparatus for transporting data for a data warehousing application. Data is extracted from one or more source containing data having a standard data structure and is translated into data that contains meaningful business terms. The translated data is then stored. In the present embodiment, an analytic business component is operable for extracting data from the source, translating the extracted data and for storing the translated data into a staging area. The translated data…
System for discouraging the removal of identification labels adhered to a surface
Granted: April 18, 2006
Patent Number:
7029738
A card label having a system for discouraging its non-authorized removal and reuse, which initiate an incontrollable combustion process that completely damage the card label and its information and included circuitry when it is attempted to remove the card label from a surface.
