Abstract: A method and system for configuring available resources in real-time to automatically accommodate the needs of the system user in multi-modal distributed computing system is disclosed. Information about the location or environment of a wireless device is used, preferably in combination with user personal preferences and past history to modify the behavior of the wireless device, including the selection of the most appropriate mode of interaction with the device and the activation of applications thereon as appropriate.

Abstract: Systems and methods for providing conversational computing in a distributed multi-modal environment and in particular, systems and methods for enabling a user to conversationally communicate with entities in a distributed network using a portable access device, wherein interaction dialog for communicating with entities in the network is described in a manner that is independent of, e.g., user language, access channel(s), I/O modalities of the access device, and regional/international settings, and wherein the user access device and/or a remote server comprise mechanisms for adapting the interaction dialog based on the user language, user preferences, access device characteristics and or regional/international settings, to thereby enable the user to interact with one or more entities in the network.

Abstract: A method and system for dynamically assigning weights to the subset of commands in a natural language dialog system based on prior context of the user's interaction with the system. The search space of the translation process may be reduced when some context information is available. A user presents input to the natural language understanding system. The system translates the user input into a formal command and calculates a weight value for a next set of formal commands based on the formal command. The command weights may then be dynamically boosted for the next set of formal commands before executing the formal command. The exemplary aspects of the present invention reduce the time needed to complete a task since the search space of the translation process may be reduced if context information is available and improve the accuracy of the process by using knowledge that users regularly use repeating patterns for repeating tasks.

Abstract: A system and method for determining and authenticating a person's identity by generating a behavioral profile for that person by presenting that person with various stimulus and measuring that person's response characteristics in an enrollment stage. That person's response profile, once generated is stored. When that user subsequently needs to access a secure resource, that user to be authorized is presented with the stimulus that was presented at the time of generating that person's behavioral profile and the person's responses are detected and compared to his/her behavioral profile. If a match is detected, that user is identified. The user's behavioral response may be in the form of signals as detected by sensor means that detects visual or audible emotional cues or as signals resulting from that person's behavior as detected by polygraph or EEG devices.

Abstract: Single and multiple ferrite crystal resonator, oscillator, and filter coupling structures are disclosed. In one embodiment, a single ferrite crystal resonator coupling structure is configured as a single pole YIG-tuned-oscillator (YTO) coupling structure. The YTO coupling structure includes a circuit substrate having an upper and a lower side. The circuit substrate includes an aperture extending through the circuit substrate between first and second openings on the upper and lower sides, respectively. The aperture is configured to permit rotation of a ferrite crystal disposable at least partially therein about a plurality of axes whereby a desirable axis of the ferrite crystal is alignable with a magnetic field within the aperture. At least one coupling line through which an electric current can be directed, which extends between a first end and a second end of the first opening of the aperture across at least a portion of the first opening of the aperture.

Abstract: Single and multiple ferrite crystal resonator, oscillator, and filter coupling structures are disclosed. In one embodiment, a single ferrite crystal resonator coupling structure is configured as a single pole YIG-tuned-oscillator (YTO) coupling structure. The YTO coupling structure includes a circuit substrate having an upper and a lower side. The circuit substrate includes an aperture extending through the circuit substrate between first and second openings on the upper and lower sides, respectively. The aperture is configured to permit rotation of a ferrite crystal disposable at least partially therein about a plurality of axes whereby a desirable axis of the ferrite crystal is alignable with a magnetic field within the aperture. At least one coupling line through which an electric current can be directed, which extends between a first end and a second end of the first opening of the aperture across at least a portion of the first opening of the aperture.