Systems and methods are provided for implementing searches using contextual information associated with a Web page (or other document) that a user is viewing when a query is entered. The page includes a contextual search interface that has an associated context vector representing content of the page. When the user submits a search query via the contextual search interface, the query and the context vector are both provided to the query processor and used in responding to the query.

Search systems and methods using in-line contextual queries

An adaptive search engine (1) having a plurality of data items (4) from one or more data sources (5) stored in at least one database searchable a by a search query (6) of a least one keyword (7) to produce a corresponding ranked search result listing (8) of data items (4), said search engine having a plurality of selectable filters (9) applicable by the search engine and/or the user to filter at least a portion (10) of the data items (4) of the search result listing (8), characterized in that said search engine records an association between a filter (9) applied to a search query (6) and a data item (4) selected by a user from said filtered portion (10} of the corresponding search result listing (8), wherein each recorded association contributes to the weighting given by the search engine (1) to application of said filter (9) in a subsequent search for at least one keyword (7) of said search query (6).

Adaptive search engine

A collaborative Internet data mining system for facilitating a group effort from a plurality of guides to the Internet, by automatically processing the information provided by the guides and thereby create a branded or uniform look and feel to the web sites supported by the plurality of guides.

Collaborative internet data mining system

Described is a system and method for allowing applications to interact with a common backup program in a uniform way. The system and method provides a communication mechanism for one or more applications to exchange information with the backup program regarding components of the applications. The information exchanged may include an identification of the components of each application. A component may be considered a group of files or resources that should be backed up or restored together. In this way, when a backup operation is initiated, each application may provide to the common backup program instructions describing the specific components to be backed up. In addition, each application may add other application-specific information useful during a restore of the backed up data.

System and method for backing up and restoring data

A display apparatus includes an image processor which processes an image to display an image content; a display unit which displays thereon an image content that is processed by the image processor; and a controller which displays a user interface (UI) menu including a plurality of UI items to search the image content, as one of a two-dimensional (2D) layout by which the plurality of UI items are arranged in a 2D manner, and a three-dimensional (3D) layout by which the plurality of UI items are arranged in a 3D manner , and changes displaying the one of the layouts to display the other of the layouts according to a user's command while maintaining a continuity of the arrangement of the plurality of UI items. Accordingly, search for an image content can be efficiently performed by using a UI menu.

Display apparatus and control method thereof

Starting with the people in and around enterprises, the expertise and work patterns stored in people's brains as exhibited in their daily behavior is detected and captured. A behavioral based knowledge index is thus created that is used to produce expert-guided, personalized information.

Method and Apparatus for Context-Based Content Recommendation

The invention comprises a set of complementary techniques that dramatically improve enterprise search and navigation results. The core of the invention is an expertise or knowledge index, called UseRank that tracks the behavior of website visitors. The expertise-index is designed to focus on the four key discoveries of enterprise attributes: Subject Authority, Work Patterns, Content Freshness, and Group Know-how. The invention produces useful, timely, cross-application, expertise-based search and navigation results. In contrast, traditional Information Retrieval technologies such as inverted index, NLP, or taxonomy tackle the same problem with an opposite set of attributes than what the enterprise needs: Content Population, Word Patterns, Content Existence, and Statistical Trends. Overall, the invention emcompasses Baynote Search - a enhancement over existing IR searches, Baynote Guide - a set of community-driven navigations, and Baynote Insights - aggregated views of visitor interests and trends and content gaps.

Method and apparatus for identifying, extracting, capturing, and leveraging expertise and knowledge

Provided are a method and apparatus configured to enable the preservation and recovery of in-progress developments and changes as they are made in a system for development of content in the event of a process or system failure. The in-progress data developments and changes may be preserved while they are created, and may then be retrieved and recovered after the system or process is recovered. In one embodiment, the cache memory contents are mirrored into a memory-mapped file, providing a redundant location for cache data. In the event of a failure, the mirrored cache information is available for recovery from a file. This extra cache location can be filled and flushed as needed by the system as the cache data is stored to disk or other memory location, obviating its preservation. The invention further includes a method of and apparatus for recovering and restarting the actual process or system after such a failure. Utilizing one or both features, and application utilizing the invention may reduce the amount of data and process time lost as a result of a process or system failure.

Method of and apparatus for recovery of in-progress changes made in a software application

A system and method for file management is comprised of hierarchical files systems, referred to as “areas.” There are three types of areas: work areas, staging areas, and edition areas. A work area is a modifiable file system, and, in a work area a user can create, edit, and delete files and directories. A staging area is a read-only file system that supports select versioning operations. Various users of work areas can integrate their work by submitting the contents of their work area to the staging area. In the staging area, developers can compare their work and see how their changes fit together. An edition is a read-only file system, and the contents of a staging area are virtually copied into an edition to create a frozen, read-only snapshot of the contents of the staging area. One use of the system and method for file management is as a website development tool.

System and method for website development

The invention comprises a set of complementary techniques that dramatically improve enterprise search and navigation results. The core of the invention is an expertise or knowledge index, called UseRank that tracks the behavior of website visitors. The expertise-index is designed to focus on the four key discoveries of enterprise attributes: Subject Authority, Work Patterns, Content Freshness, and Group Know-how. The invention produces useful, timely, cross-application, expertise-based search and navigation results. In contrast, traditional Information Retrieval technologies such as inverted index, NLP, or taxonomy tackle the same problem with an opposite set of attributes than what the enterprise needs: Content Population, Word Patterns, Content Existence, and Statistical Trends. Overall, the invention emcompasses Baynote Search—a enhancement over existing IR searches, Baynote Guide —a set of community-driven navigations, and Baynote Insights—aggregated views of visitor interests and trends and content gaps.

Jack Jia

Papers

Method and Apparatus for Context-Based Content Recommendation

Method and apparatus for identifying, extracting, capturing, and leveraging expertise and knowledge

Method of and apparatus for recovery of in-progress changes made in a software application

System and method for website development

Method and apparatus for suggesting/disambiguation query terms based upon usage patterns observed