Abstract: In a method for error detection and monitoring an electronically closed-loop or open-loop controlled machine part, operating parameters and monitoring parameters of machine parts are recorded and stored. A comparison group of comparable machine parts and comparable operating parameters is determined based on the recorded and stored operating parameters and a machine part to be compared. A statistical analysis procedure is used for creating a threshold value based on the determined comparison group, and for detecting a variance of at least one state or at least one of the monitoring parameters based on the threshold value. The variance is assigned to the machine part.

Abstract: A system for the transmission of data relating to an object includes a local computing unit assigned to the object, said local computing unit including data memory, an evaluation unit and an application. The application causes the evaluation unit to store data relating to the object in the data memory. A software agent collects the data relating to the object stored in the data memory and transmits it to an external computing unit via a data connection. The software agent has a classification module that classifies the data relating to the object into sensitive data and non-sensitive data. The sensitive data is transmitted to the external computing unit using an encryption algorithm, and the non-sensitive data is transmitted to the external computing unit unencrypted.

Abstract: A system for the analysis of an object includes a first computer unit locally associated with the object and including a first data store having data of the object, and a first application for processing data of the first data store for transfer to the first data store for communication to the object. A second computer unit is provided and includes a second data store and a second application for processing data of the second data store for transfer to the second data store. An agent associated with the first computer unit provides data of the first data store via the Internet to the second data store and/or receives data from the second data store. A blocking module associated with the first computer unit blocks a data exchange between the first data store and the second data store in direction from the second data store to the first data store.

Abstract: A system for controlling and/or analyzing an industrial process having an on-site automation unit of a system operator, wherein the on-site automation unit performs a first process variable calculation and influences the industrial process. An off-site processing unit of a service operator different from the system operator is provided, wherein the off-site processing unit has an application and carries out a second process variable calculation and influences the industrial process directly or indirectly via the second process variable calculation. Local data is received by the off-site processing unit from the on-site automation unit via a data link. The off-site processing unit stores the local data in a primary storage. A revision module belonging to the off-site processing unit is provided wherein the revision module logs access to the primary storage by the application.

Abstract: In a system and a method for control and/or analytics of an industrial process and especially a system and a method for the prioritization of the data transmission of process data from plant-side automation and processing units to remote processing units external to the plant, the system has an the plant side at least one automation or processing unit, which carries out first process variable computations and acts on the process. On the side external to the plant, the system has a remote processing unit that carries out a number of second process variable computations and that receives local data from the at least one automation or processor unit via a data connection and at least one data collector unit. The data collector unit prioritizes the data transfer via the data connection between the at least one automation or processor unit and the processing unit external to the plant.

Abstract: A wearable alert device includes an audio transducer and driver circuit that allows selection of either a high or low volume setting for driving the transducer. The driver circuit is operable in a single ended mode for low volume and a double ended mode for high volume. The single ended mode holds one terminal of the transducer low while the other is driven in correspondence with a clock signal, while the double ended mode drives one terminal in correspondence with the clock signal and the other terminal is inverted from the clock signal. The transducer is activated in response to an alert event, and can be driven according to a profile or pattern.

Abstract: A system for control and/or analytics of an industrial process, includes at least one plant-side automation unit, and at least one external processing unit. The automation unit receives process input variables, determines results of a first process control algorithm based on the process input variables within a defined period of time and sends the process input variables to the processing unit. The processing unit executes a second process control algorithm on the basis of the process input variables and the local automation unit receives the results of the second process control algorithm. The plant-side automation unit checks whether the results of the second process control algorithm were received within a time less than or equal to the defined time period. The plant-side automation unit applies the results of the second process control algorithm to the process, when the results were received within a time less than or equal to the defined time period.

Abstract: Methods for determining the prognosis of a subject having acute myeloid leukemia (AML) as well as methods of treating AML subjects depending on prognosis.

Abstract: A thermostat includes a housing having a base, a display mount cantilevered from the base, and a case defining an interior volume extending between a front surface and a rear surface, a touch-sensitive display configured to display visual media and receive user inputs, wherein the touch-sensitive display is attached to the display mount, processing electronics on a circuit board positioned at least partially within the interior volume of the case, wherein the processing electronics are configured to operate the touch-sensitive display, and a mounting bracket configured to attach to a mounting location, wherein the mounting bracket includes a frame defining an aperture and the case extends through the aperture so that the frame is located between the front and rear surfaces of the case.

Abstract: A system of an alert puck, a mobile communication device, and an alert server for facilitating a VOIP session with the mobile communication device responsive to an emergency event triggered by the alert puck. The alert puck comprises a housing enclosing a sealed volume, a power supply and control circuitry that includes a personal area network (PAN) interface. The mobile communication device comprises an operating system, an alert application executing upon the operating system, and a wireless transceiver. The alert server contacts a set of one or more previously defined contact devices, conveys an emergency message, and facilitates the VOIP session with the alert application, when a button is pressed on the alert puck.

Abstract: A photodetector cell may include a substrate, and a first contact carried by the substrate and having a first work function value. The photodetector cell may include a second contact carried by the substrate and having a second work function value different from the first work function value, and a semiconductor wire carried by the substrate and having a third work function value between the first and second work function values. The semiconductor wire may be coupled between the first and second contacts and comprising a photodiode junction.

Abstract: A computing device receives a file. The computing device determines whether the file has previously been scanned for violations of a data loss prevention policy. If the file was previously scanned, a result of the previous scan is used to decide whether or not the file violates the data loss prevention policy. If the file was not previously scanned, the file is scanned to decide whether or not the file violates the data loss prevention policy.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of treating a leukemia in a mammal comprising sequentially administering to the mammal an amount of an immunotoxin and an amount of a chemotherapeutic agent effective to treat the leukemia.

Abstract: An advertisement delivery system includes a billing system that provides a plurality of schedule files providing time and zone information for inserting advertisement in a first delivery format and in a second delivery format to subscribers of a cable television network, an ad inserter that inserts advertisements according to the plurality of schedule files, and a merge module that receives a first plurality of log files that provide information about advertisement playback status for the first delivery format and a second plurality of log files that provide information about advertisement playback status for the second delivery format and merges the first plurality of log files and the second plurality of log files according to a set of rules to produce a plurality of merged log files, and delivers the plurality of merged log files to the billing system.

Abstract: In example embodiments, a system and method for dynamically scheduling advertising is provided. For example, an advertisement order that describes an advertising campaign in logical terms is received. Stored data of statistically sampled metrics associated with previously distributed programs may be accessed. Based on the stored data and requirements indicated in the advertisement order, the logical terms of the advertising campaign may be translated into physical parameters adapted to facilitate placement of advertisements into an advertising schedule. The physical parameters of the advertising campaign may be provided to a device for creating the advertising schedule.

Abstract: An electronic device may include a first substrate, an electrically conductive feed line on the first substrate, an insulating layer on the first substrate and the electrically conductive feed line, a second substrate on the insulating layer, and an antenna on the second substrate and having nanofilm layers stacked on the second substrate. The antenna is coupled to the feed line through an aperture.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for data-loss prevention may include: 1) identifying data associated with a user, 2) determining that the data is subject to a data-loss-prevention scan, 3) identifying a data-loss-prevention reputation associated with the user, and then 4) performing a data-loss-prevention operation based at least in part on the data-loss-prevention reputation associated with the user. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for preventing data leakage facilitated by steganography is provided. In one embodiment, the method for preventing data leakage caused by steganography without perceptual quality degradation comprises processing content being transmitted from a computer, wherein the content comprises steganographic data; and before the transmission, modifying the steganographic data to corrupt hidden information within the content without perceptual quality degradation.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of estimating market share for a communication service provider comprising collecting periodic packet data usage from a plurality of websites including details of the communication service provider used to access the websites; determining the market share of a communication service provider at the plurality of websites; and extrapolating the market share of the communication service provider at the plurality of websites to estimate the market share. Another method of estimating change in market share for communication service providers is also disclosed. The method comprises of collecting periodic packet data usage for a user from at least one user device which includes data on the communication service provider or providers used to access the internet from that device.

Abstract: Systems and methods described herein may separate one or more enhancement layers of a multimedia file from a base layer of the multimedia file and treat the base layer and the enhancement layer differently when backing up and/or archiving the multimedia file (e.g., by giving the enhancement layer a lower priority than the base layer). By separating enhancement layers from multimedia files and treating the enhancement layers with a lower priority, these systems and methods may reduce the strain that large multimedia files put on data repositories and associated computing resources (e.g., storage space, network bandwidth, etc.) while still preserving and protecting enough of the multimedia file to keep important information that the multimedia file may contain intact.