30 results about "Importance rating" patented technology

Disclosed is a technique for providing, accessing, and using bookmark data to supplement information in a search engine database. The bookmark data indicates saved user selected network addresses, e.g., URLs, that are capable of being selected to access observable data, e.g., a page of text, images, sound file, movie file, etc., at the selected network address. A user computer receives user modifications to bookmark data and transmits the modifications to the bookmark data to a server over a network. A server gathers bookmark data indicating saved user selected network addresses that the user is capable of selecting to access observable data at the selected network address. A search engine server receives bookmark data gathered from multiple Internet users and determines an importance rating for at least one network address from the received bookmark data. The determined importance rating is included in the search engine index. Further, when executing a search query against the index to determine at least one search result, the search engine server presents the search results ordered according to their importance rating.

System and methods for performing social searches using a social graph including nodes associated with voting values associated with items of interest. At least one rating (such as importance rating, compatibility rating, proximity rating, and / or social rank value) is obtained for each node. A web search obtains search results. A sort value (for sorting the search results) is determined for each search result in which an item is identified. The sort value may be determined for a search result by (a) identifying nodes associated with a voting value that is associated with an item identified in the search result, (b) determining a node value for each node identified based on the rating obtained for the node and the voting value associated with both the node and the item(s) identified in the search result, and (c) determining the sort value based on the node values of the nodes identified.

A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, obtaining a message and an importance rating for the message where the importance rating is determined by a second communications management agent of a server based on an analysis of content of the message. The system can access rating feedback information associated with the second communications management agent. A rating accuracy for the importance rating of the particular message can be determined based on the rating feedback information, and the method of providing the message to the intended recipient can be adjusted based on the determined accuracy. Other embodiments are disclosed.

A method and apparatus are provided for objectively grading a performance of a contact center based upon input from a plurality of customers of the contact center. The method includes the steps of receiving a consumer importance rating and a consumer satisfaction rating on the performance of the contact center from a multiplicity of customers of the plurality of customers of the contact center for each entry within a set of categories including empathy and advocacy, efficiency and automation, determining a maximum point score for each entry of the set of categories based upon a relative value of the importance ratings provided by the plurality of customers and assigning a point score to each entry of the set of categories based upon the maximum point score for the entry and the satisfaction ratings of the plurality of customers for the category.

A method of operating a navigation system to provide a route guidance message for traveling a route is disclosed. A plurality of features visible from a road segment of the route is obtained from a geographic database associated with the navigation system. An importance rating for each of the identified features is determined. The guidance message references the identified feature having a highest determined importance rating. The importance rating considers a permanence or a seasonal dependency of the identified feature. The importance rating is adjusted to favor the identified feature closest to the lane in which the vehicle is currently located.

A method of operating a navigation system to provide a route guidance message for traveling a route is disclosed. A plurality of features visible from a road segment of the route is obtained from a geographic database associated with the navigation system. An importance rating for each of the identified features is determined. The guidance message references the identified feature having a highest determined importance rating. The importance rating considers a permanence or a seasonal dependency of the identified feature.

A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a processor that can determine a standard inquiry message from an inquiry command captured at a first communication device of a first user. The standard inquiry message can have an importance rating based on an urgency of the inquiry command and based on behavior information associated with the first user. The processor can deliver the standard inquiry message and the importance rating to a communications management agent of a second communication device, where an inquiry indicator accompanies the delivery of the standard inquiry message at the second communication device. Other embodiments are disclosed.

A method of operating a navigation system to provide a route guidance message for traveling a route is disclosed. A plurality of features visible from a road segment of the route is obtained from a geographic database associated with the navigation system. An importance rating for each of the identified features is determined. The guidance message references the identified feature having a highest determined importance rating. The importance rating considers a permanence or a seasonal dependency of the identified feature. The importance rating is adjusted to favor the identified feature closest to the lane in which the vehicle is currently located.

Media units are stored in a buffer, wherein an importance rating is assigned to each of the media units. At least some of the media units are selectively flushed from the buffer based on the importance rating.

A method of collecting data for a geographic database for use with a navigation system is disclosed. A feature visible from a road segment is identified. A guidance feature point object is defined at a location at the road segment where the identified feature is most visibly prominent. Additionally, an importance rating and a preferred name for the identified feature are determined. Data representing the guidance feature point object, importance rating and the preferred name are stored in the geographic database on a computer readable medium.

A method of determining a number of operating points for spectrum management of a plurality of digital subscriber lines in a communications network, the method comprising the steps of: determining optimization criteria (Oi) for the digital subscriber lines; determining crosstalk gains (Gi) for the digital subscriber lines; determining an initial population (Pi) of operating points (x1, . . . , xZ) where each of the operating points comprises importance ratings for each digital subscriber line of the plurality of digital subscriber lines; calculating new values of crosstalk and power spectrum densities (S) for the digital subscriber lines, by executing spectrum balancing for each operating point until the optimization criteria are fulfilled; calculating a new population of operating points, by executing an evolutionary algorithm; and iteratively performing the steps of calculating until a predefined stopping criterion is fulfilled.

A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a processor that can determine a standard inquiry message from an inquiry command captured at a first communication device of a first user. The standard inquiry message can have an importance rating based on an urgency of the inquiry command and based on behavior information associated with the first user. The processor can deliver the standard inquiry message and the importance rating to a communications management agent of a second communication device, where an inquiry indicator accompanies the delivery of the standard inquiry message at the second communication device. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Methods, systems, and products for displaying a help resource associated with a device on a display apparatus are provided. Some embodiments of methods, systems and products for displaying a help resource associated with a device on a display apparatus include receiving, in a display apparatus, a plurality of help messages created in a plurality of devices and prioritizing one of the plurality of help messages. Prioritizing one of the plurality of help messages can include selecting a help message in dependence upon a position of the help message in a queue, selecting a help message in dependence upon a device ID included in the help message, or selecting a help message in dependence upon a importance rating included in the help message. Typical embodiments also include retrieving, in dependence upon the prioritized help message, a help resource and displaying, with the display apparatus, the help resource.

A method of operating a navigation system to provide a route guidance message for traveling a route is disclosed. A plurality of features visible from a road segment of the route is obtained from a geographic database associated with the navigation system. An importance rating for each of the identified features is determined. The guidance message references the identified feature having a highest determined importance rating. The importance rating considers a permanence or a seasonal dependency of the identified feature.

The invention discloses an Ad Hoc network bandwidth management method based on context awareness. The local context of a node is used for inferring the degree of importance of current business, and business importance rating is given; according to a business importance level, a business importance index is introduced into the utility function of node bandwidth distribution to cause a bandwidth distribution portion to be offset to the business with high importance when network bandwidth resources are in shortage, and network key business is guaranteed to be finished. By use of the method, the network bandwidth distribution is adaptively regulated according to the context information of the node, and the integral survivability of the network is improved.

A method of operating a navigation system to provide a route guidance message for traveling a route is disclosed. A plurality of features visible from a road segment of the route is obtained from a geographic database associated with the navigation system. An importance rating for each of the identified features is determined. The guidance message references the identified feature having a highest determined importance rating. The importance rating considers a permanence or a seasonal dependency of the identified feature. The importance rating is adjusted to favor the identified feature closest to the lane in which the vehicle is currently located.

The invention discloses a data copying method and device, relating to the field of computers. According to the data copying method and device, the problem that only the data with relatively high importance and the data with relatively low importance can be simultaneously copied during the data copying in the prior art is solved. The method comprises the following steps: acquiring attribute information of at least two to-be-copied data stored in a main storage device by virtue of a storage controller; determining importance rating scores of the at least two to-be-copied data according to the attribute information and a preset scoring rule; acquiring a score threshold, carrying out numeric comparison on the importance rating scores of the at least two to-be-copied data and the score threshold, so as to determine critical data and non-critical data in the at least two to-be-copied data; and preferentially copying the critical data into at least one slave storage device, and copying the non-critical data into the at least one slave storage device after the critical data is copied. The embodiment of the invention is applied to data copying.

The invention discloses a method of intelligent electric meter modeling test comprehensive evaluation and analysis of an improved QSPM matrix. The method comprises the steps of 1, determining multiple modeling test accuracy influence factors of an intelligent electric meter according to modeling test requirements of GB / T 17215; 2, conducting multiple times of importance rating on the multiple influence factors of the intelligent electric meter according to practical using condition to obtain a weight coefficient; 3, introducing a grey theory and fuzzy mathematics to conduct deduction and calculation on a matrix, combining the weight coefficient to conduct calculation, and finally obtaining an intelligent electric meter evaluation score of the modeling sample. The method of intelligent electric meter modeling test comprehensive evaluation and analysis of the improved QSPM matrix has the advantages that the improved quantitative strategy plan matrix is adopted to classify the influence factors of the intelligent electric meter quantitatively, and the grey theory and fuzzy mathematics are introduced to conduct final comprehensive evaluation of performance indexes of the intelligent electric meter; a quantitative, diversified and comprehensive management evaluation basis is provided for a unit of measurement to conduct accuracy evaluation of the intelligent electric meter.

The invention discloses phase based prioritization of IMS signaling messages for overload throttling. Systems and methods for providing overload protection in a communications system are provided. More particularly, an importance or priority rating of a message received at a communication server is determined. If the communications system is in an overload state, and if the importance rating of the received message is not sufficiently high, overload protection is applied. Overload protection can include denying service to a requested or in process communications system associated with the message.

A system and method for organizing and training players for participation in a team sport. Player skills are evaluated relative to positions for a type of sport and player position ratings for use in organizing a team of players and further developing player skills is displayed. The method may include selecting a set of skills important for an athlete to be a successful soccer player; establishing a player evaluation measure for assigning a player evaluation value to a player based on observing player performance; identifying the importance of each skill in the set of skills for each of the player positions for a soccer team and assigning an importance rating value for the skill and position; calculating a weighted evaluation value and determining the average weighted evaluation value for a player's skills; and determining a player position rating for a player for each player position on a soccer team.

A method of determining a number of operating points for spectrum management of a plurality of digital subscriber lines in a communications network, the method comprising the steps of: determining optimization criteria (Oi) for the digital subscriber lines; determining crosstalk gains (Gi) for the digital subscriber lines; determining an initial population (Pi) of operating points (x1, . . . , xZ) where each of the operating points comprises importance ratings for each digital subscriber line of the plurality of digital subscriber lines; calculating new values of crosstalk and power spectrum densities (S) for the digital subscriber lines, by executing spectrum balancing for each operating point until the optimization criteria are fulfilled; calculating a new population of operating points, by executing an evolutionary algorithm; and iteratively performing the steps of calculating until a predefined stopping criterion is fulfilled.

A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, obtaining a message and an importance rating for the message where the importance rating is determined by a second communications management agent of a server based on an analysis of content of the message. The system can access rating feedback information associated with the second communications management agent. A rating accuracy for the importance rating of the particular message can be determined based on the rating feedback information, and the method of providing the message to the intended recipient can be adjusted based on the determined accuracy. Other embodiments are disclosed.

The invention is applicable to the technical field of information security, Provided are a method and a terminal device for protecting and auditing a policy based on information security, The method comprises: receiving a security request sent by a client, the preservation request includes customer identification and policy change information. If the policy change factor includes an insurance information change factor, extracting the underwriting factor from the insurance information change factor, the underwriting factor coefficients for each underwriting factor are obtained, based on the underwriting factor coefficient and the customer 's importance rating, Determining the customer's risk index, obtaining customer information according to customer identity, extracting multiple risk keywords from customer information, According to the underwriting scores corresponding to a plurality of risk keywords and according to the underwriting scores, acquiring the underwriting index of the customer, and based on the comparison result of the risk index and the underwriting index, adding the preservation request with the corresponding approval mark, which can save the human cost of the preservation review of the preservation policy, improve the review efficiency, and improve the accuracy of the review.

The invention discloses a data copying method and device, relating to the field of computers. According to the data copying method and device, the problem that only the data with relatively high importance and the data with relatively low importance can be simultaneously copied during the data copying in the prior art is solved. The method comprises the following steps: acquiring attribute information of at least two to-be-copied data stored in a main storage device by virtue of a storage controller; determining importance rating scores of the at least two to-be-copied data according to the attribute information and a preset scoring rule; acquiring a score threshold, carrying out numeric comparison on the importance rating scores of the at least two to-be-copied data and the score threshold, so as to determine critical data and non-critical data in the at least two to-be-copied data; and preferentially copying the critical data into at least one slave storage device, and copying the non-critical data into the at least one slave storage device after the critical data is copied. The embodiment of the invention is applied to data copying.

The invention discloses a context-aware Ad Hoc network bandwidth management method, which uses the local context of the node to infer the importance of the current business, and gives a rating of the business importance; The business importance index is introduced into the function, so that when the network bandwidth resource is tight, the share of bandwidth allocation is biased towards the business with high importance, and the completion of key network business is prioritized. The invention realizes that the network adaptively adjusts the bandwidth allocation according to the situation information of the nodes, and improves the overall survivability of the network.

A method of operating a navigation system to provide route guidance messages for traveling along a route is disclosed. A plurality of features visible from segments of the route are obtained from a geographic database associated with the navigation system. An importance rating is determined for each identified feature. The guidance message references the identified feature with the highest determined importance rating. Importance ratings take into account the persistence or seasonal dependence of the identified characteristics. The importance rating is adjusted in favor of the identified feature that is closest to the lane in which the vehicle is currently located.

Systems and methods for providing overload protection in a communications system are provided. More particularly, an importance or priority rating of a message received at a communication server is determined. If the communications system is in an overload state, and if the importance rating of the received message is not sufficiently high, overload protection is applied. Overload protection can include denying service to a requested or in process communications system associated with the message.