2174 results about "Data resources" patented technology

Resource usage data is automatically collected for an individual, house-hold, family, organization, or other entity. The collected data is transmitted to a central repository, where it is stored and compared with real-time and/or historical usage data by that same entity and/or with data from other sources. Graphical, interactive displays and reports of resource usage data are then made available. These displays can include comparisons with data representing any or all of community averages, specific entities, historical use, representative similarly-situated entities, and the like. Resource usage data can be made available within a social networking context, published, and/or selectively shared with other entities.

Systems, methods, apparatus and software can make use of coordinator resources and SCSI-3 persistent reservation commands to determine which nodes of a cluster should be ejected from the cluster, thereby preventing them from corrupting data on a shared data resource. Fencing software operating on the cluster nodes monitors the cluster for a cluster partition (split-brain) event. When such an event occurs, software on at least two of the nodes attempts to unregister other nodes from a majority of coordinator resources. The node that succeeds in gaining control of the majority of coordinator resources survives. Nodes failing to gain control of a majority of coordinator resources remove themselves from the cluster. The winning node can also proceed to unregister ejected nodes from shared data resources. These operations can be performed in parallel to decrease failover time. The software can continue to execute on all nodes to prevent additional problems should a node erroneously attempt to reenter the cluster.

A system and method to automatically and dynamically optimize available resources to meet application data availability and business objectives. In one embodiment, a backup and data recovery system continually and dynamically adjust to the backup and recovery or restore process depending on the customer's environment, workload, and business objectives. Acceptable tolerance of downtime due to recovery and backup impacts the customer's business or system operation. From this high-level business requirement, the present system determines the backup and recovery plan details. The present system accepts application data availability policies based on business objectives, and devises, executes and refines a resource optimal backup and recovery strategy required to deliver the desired quality of service in the environments that have dynamically changing application workloads, business objectives, and hardware/software infrastructure technologies. In addition, the present system performs backups outside blocked windows to minimize the impact on the customer's system.

The present invention provides a method of automatic tagging of image data taken at geographical locations, which represent points of interest (POI). In addition to the image data, each image file contains image metadata, which is structured information about the image data resources. The metadata of a POI includes its title, description, associated keywords, geographical identification data, etc., and it describes the POI as a resource of information. Each POI has its unique identifier that connects it to a record in a database, which contains the metadata of a plurality of POIs. The auto-tagging method, subject to the present invention, identifies the POI where image data has been taken. It then retrieves POI metadata from the database or reads it directly from an information tag placed within the POI, and assigns this metadata to all the image files containing image data taken at the POI. In particular, this invention focuses on barcode representation of the unique POI identifier (UPIID) and of its metadata (if the metadata is read directly during the image taking process). The implementation of this method does not require additional devices for location detection (such as GPS), and is applicable to all digital cameras regardless of type and complexity.

A method and apparatus for selecting attachments. When a sender indicates in an e-mail application or applet that an attachment is to be associated with an e-mail message, an attachment chooser window is presented. The attachment chooser window provides a browser-based graphical user interface (GUI) which allows a sender to browse data resources, such as HTML documents and associated links. An attachment mechanism is provided by which a sender can choose a currently displayed data resource for attachment in an e-mail message. In one embodiment, the attachment mechanism allows a user to select whether the attachment is retrieved and attached to an e-mail message as a resource locator (such as a URL) of the chosen data resource, or whether source data of the data resource is retrieved and attached to the e-mail message as one or more source files.

A distributed data storage system and method comprising a highly integrated mass storage controller system permitting distributed management and control of data storage is disclosed. The present invention in some preferred embodiments permits mass storage media to be made available on a network in a fashion to permit global access, while automatically handling many high-level file access and data integrity/security/control functions normally associated with a host operating system. This integration and redistribution of functionality permits spatial diversification of data resources, automatic mirroring of data, fault isolation, data security, and a plethora of other control functions to be integrated into the mass storage device. This integration permits peer-to-peer communication between mass storage devices to both unburden the host data consumers but also isolate the data management functions from the data presentation functions normally associated with host systems. Exemplary embodiments of the present invention as applied to specific preferred system contexts include but are not limited to distributed data storage in a networked environment, brokered data access metering, database access/control, data backup, journaling, checkpointing, and automated software distribution.

The invention provides a multi-source heterogeneous database fusion system and a data query method thereof. The system comprises a database layer, a data fusion layer and a uniform application layer. The database layer is composed of heterogeneous databases and agencies of the heterogeneous databases. The data fusion layer is used for fusing information of all heterogeneous data sources, and is responsible for data access of the heterogeneous data sources and coordinating the information of all the data sources, and specifically comprises a metadata data base (DB), a metadata manager, a comprehensive wrapper, a mediator, an application layer access uniform interface and a heterogeneous database uniform interface. The uniform application layer is the user of the heterogeneous database fusion system and can have access to shared data resources of the heterogeneous databases by fusing middle layers. The multi-source heterogeneous database fusion system and the data query method of the multi-source heterogeneous database fusion system solve the problems in heterogeneous database fusion and overcome the defects of an existing database fusion technology. The system can conduct transparent query on all the heterogeneous databases on the condition that local databases are not affected, and the maintenance cost of the system is reduced.

The present invention relates to handling of digital content in cross-platform environments and provides methods, systems, computer readable storage with instructions, and/or products for providing digital content, including the possibility of portions of the content being accessible over a communication network. In one form, the invention provides a functional software product compliant with a predetermined computing platform adapted for cross-platform use that may include: a predetermined form means for presenting content to a user of the product, a predetermined function means for enabling the user of the product to navigate content, and at least one driver means operatively associated with the functional software product for enabling access to content by the predetermined form and function means wherein the driver means is adapted for accessing at least one originating content data resource having a format non-specific to the predetermined computing platform.

The invention provides a method for building a cross-chain alliance among block chains and a block chain cross-chain communication method and system. The method for building the cross-chain alliance includes: acquiring the communication requirements of various communication nodes in multiple block chains; using the nodes which belong to the communication requirements to build the cross-chain alliance, and configuring identity certificate and transaction certificate; building a cross-chain smart contract. The block chain cross-chain communication method includes: using the various block chainsin the cross-chain alliance to acquire a communication request, and building a node smart contract for each node; if the communication request is initiated, performing endorsement strategy verification on the communication request, performing total order signature verification and data consistency verification, and using the cross-chain smart contract to achieve node communication when the communication request passes the verification. By using the method to build the cross-chain alliance, cross-chain communication among different block chains is achieved, data resources on different block chains can be shared, and resource utilization efficiency is increased.

In a collaborative environment a collaborative platform for each participant may include a collaborative data resource representation for each collaborative data resource used in that collaborative environment. For each collaborative data resource, one of the participants' collaborative platform may be the host or server for that collaborative data resource. The collaborative data resource representation managed by the host collaborative platform is referred to as the server data representation. Every other participants' collaborative platform may manage a client data representation of that collaborative data resource. When an application makes a change to a collaborative data resource, the change is made for the server data representation and then the collaborative platform managing the server data representation sends state information to each client data representation of that collaborative data resource to reflect the change made to the server data representation.

An incident response system and method for tracking data security incidents in enterprise networks is disclosed. An Incident Manager application (IM) stores incident objects and incident artifacts (IAs) created in response to the incidents, where the incident objects include the information for the incident and the IAs are associated with data resources (e.g. IP addresses and malware hashes) identified within the incident objects. In response to creation of the IAs, the IM issues queries against one or more external threat intelligence sources (TISs) to obtain information associated with the IAs and augments the IAs with the obtained information. In examples, the IM can identify known threats by comparing the contents of IAs against TIS(s) of known threats, and can identify potential trends by correlating the created incident objects and augmented IAs for an incident with incident objects and IAs stored for other incidents.

A method of controlling graduated access to data resources within an organization may be performed by assigning security access privileges to organizational roles. When a query is received, the organizational role is associated with the query source. The security access privileges are used to determine the available query data results for the organizational role. Results are provided to the query source based on the security access privileges.

The invention discloses a method and a system for internet credit. The method comprises the following steps of receiving a loan request; obtaining corresponding authorizing information; according to the authorizing information, collecting and storing basic data returned from a credit investigation data resource system, pre-processing the basic data, and extracting key data; calculating and analyzing the key data, and generating risk evaluation results; according to the risk evaluation results, generating an evaluation report, and matching with a credit product. The method has the advantage that according to the pre-stored matched credit product information sent by business systems of multiple financing institutions such as banks, the evaluation report and the user loan request, a suitable credit product is intelligently matched from the integrated multiple credit products and is recommended to the user, so that the problem of single credit product is solved, the intelligent matching of the credit products on Internet on line is realized, the loan requirement of the user is well met, and the user experience is improved.

Embodiments of the present invention are directed to computationally efficient methods and systems for managing connection-associated and exchange-associated resources within network proxies. In one embodiment of the present invention, a circular connection-switch queue is employed for allocating, de-allocating, and maintaining connection-based or exchange-based data resources within a proxy. The connection-switch queue includes a free pointer that identifies a next connection-switch queue entry for allocation, and an idle pointer that is incremented continuously or at fixed intervals as timers associated with connection-switch entries expire. In an alternate embodiment, the connection-switch queue includes a free pointer, an idle pointer, and a clear pointer.

A system and method for securely streaming media. The system includes a gateway server that receives requests for access to a secured data resource from an end users. The request include an authorization ticket and a referring website. The gateway server validates the authorization ticket using a secret key shared with the referring website, and validates the referring website by verifying that referring website is on a white-list for the secured data resource. The gateway server selects a data server to service the request, and formats a data server access request containing the data server location and data server request parameter data and transmits the data server access request to the end users. When end users transmit the data server access requests to a data server, the data server validates the request and transmits it to the end user.

The invention belongs to the field of network security, and particularly relates to a data resource security control method in a thin client mode. The data resource security control method in the thin client mode comprises eight subsystems, namely the identity authentication subsystem, the remote application service subsystem, the security label subsystem, the file access control subsystem, the security communication subsystem, the security audit subsystem, the security storage subsystem and the management platform subsystem. Storage and control of files are mainly performed on a background server, the files are stored in different partitions according to user types or security levels of the files, the files are stored and protected, and a server side can not recognize the content of the files. When a user needs to have access to and process the files, the user logs in on a browser, identity authentication is conducted between the user and a server, and then file access connection is established. The files of a thin client are processed on the server side (provided by a physical application server or a virtual application server), no application or agent needs to be installed on the thin client, and interface interoperability is supported by related services released by remote application services.

The invention relates to the technical field of multi-source data processing, in particular to a cloud platform for achieving distributed isomerous data sharing and a data sharing method thereof. A system is composed of a sharing data cloud application layer, a cloud sharing data service layer, a system bridging layer and a service system layer. The three-layer data sharing and accessing control technology is adopted, and a data owner carries out setting on the synchronization mode and the sharing mode of sharing data by using adapter software running in a front-end processor and data resource management software running in a cloud end respectively, and carries out secondary confirmation on switching of the sharing data by setting certain operation procedures. Cloud end backup is carried out on the shared data through format transformation. The cloud platform for achieving the distributed isomerous data sharing and the data sharing method thereof solve the sharing problem of isomerous data, and can be applied to the sharing processing of multi-source isomerous data.

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 secure resource.