Abstract: A method for sender intiated caching of personalized content is disclosed. In the preferred embodiment, the method includes receiving information from an access service provider about one or more users, wherein the received information includes information about the content preference of the users; and providing content to the access provider for caching in close proximity to the users, wherein the provided content is based at least in part on the content preference of the users, and wherein the content is provided for caching prior to receiving a request for content from the users. The caching of the content is preferably initiated by the sender of the content, for example the content provider.

Abstract: A system for producing a quantitized scaleable signal during a particular period of time in which the signal is digitized and is represented by a polynomial expression. The number of terms in the expression relates to the accuracy of the digitized signal. The digitized signals are compressed and then are transmitted, stored, retrieved and reconstructed.

Abstract: An integrated sensor and memory device for sensing, capturing, and memorizing spatial and/or time domain distribution of events, comprises a sequence of events; an array of cells for sensing and capturing spatial and/or time domain distribution of each event; source for charging/loading signal coupled to each cell, wherein each charging/loading signal provides a suitable magnitude to correspond with an elapsed time mark of each event; and memory cell integrated within each cell, that memorize current value of charging/loading signal at the moment of cell activation, which correspond with the time instance when an event happens.

Abstract: A system architecture for multimedia communications comprises a bandwidth controller for continuously moderating the run-time status and/or condition changes of the telecommunications network and dynamically adjusting the corresponding bandwidth requirement for accommodating the change of status or condition prior to transmitting the video and/or audio information. The system further includes a reconfiguration memory for standardizing and re configuring the video and/or audio information according to a selective internal file format which is universally compatible with any coding algorithms received from, or supplied to the telecommunications network, the reconfiguration memory performing scalable internal data reformatting among incompatibly received or transmitted video and/or audio information.

Abstract: A self-directed transaction processing system for controlling data flow and regulating data transfer among multiple computing devices, wherein said computing devices comprising a predictor means for predicting the forthcoming subject of interest for a particular user/application according to the selection, correlation, and/or interpretation of the past history of individual work flow and/or data entry of said user/application, said system further allow said computing devices to proceed searching and retrieving relevant information from remote or local database/transaction information source and forwarding to said user/application.

Abstract: A method for encryption and decryption of analog signal, wherein encryption and decryption are performed in analog domain. The transmitter creating digital representations with unique behavior; producing computation instructions for each digital representation; randomly generating analog identification signals with random waveform appearance and yet preserving common behavior as in said digital representation; encryption through partitioning said analog signal and inserting said analog identification signals prior to, in between, and/or after said partitioned analog signal segments. As a result, encrypted analog signal sequence becomes totally destructed to unauthorized receivers.

Abstract: A server system for distributed communications which supports a multiple user/application environment, comprising a user/application system for interfacing a multiple user/application environment; a input/decoding means for receiving and converting an external information to a selective internal format; a parsing means for marking said information according to its organization, and further providing access to each segment of said information for producing a segmented information; and a subject input/evaluation means for receiving a plurality of subject of interest requests from said user/application system, and performing evaluation on said segmented information in order to determine whether it is relevant to any of said list of subject of interest.

Abstract: A digital dictionary system comprising a means for constructing and maintaining a single or plurality of vocabulary data structure is represented as a selective single or plurality of alphabet, sign, symbol, number, character, or code with a means for communicating with a selective one or a plurality of user applications for receiving, prioritizing, maintaining, and updating a selective one or a plurality of lists of subjects of interest for each user application. The vocabulary data structure has a means for associating a single or plurality of vocabulary data structures with each of the subjects of interest as defined by a selective one or plurality of users or applications.

Abstract: A system for producing a quantitized scaleable signal during a particular period of time in which the signal is digitized and is represented by a polynomial expression. The number of terms in the expression relates to the accuracy of the digitized signal. The digitized signals are compressed and then are transmitted, stored, retrieved and reconstructed.

Abstract: A signal identification system for arbitrary contour, wherein personalized--contour signal is applied for the identification--of an individual user, entity, device, or phenomena. Said personalized identification signal does not disclose the physical shape information of the signal, and only requires simple computation and little data storage. Said signal identification system employs a portable storage device and/or network to store, download, or retrieve features and/or parameters according to a predefined signal template, wherein said parameters are used for simplification of processing of an incoming test signal, said features are used for verification of said incoming test signal for conforming the identity of said individuals. Said signal identification system supports a single or plurality of individuals, and allows each individual to select an unique personalized-identification-signal which represents the unique identity of said individual.

Abstract: A time sharable run-time resource utilization controller and a method of processing information including a scheduling device for receiving and accumulating a number of utilization request signals for assigning a time slot for the beginning and the end of each utilization. One or more address locations would be allocated for each of the utilizations. A formatting device would determine the internal format of each of the utilizations.

Abstract: An improved system utility using pointers and stacks and a method for high level language procedure for representing, storing, retrieving, processing, and/or manipulating documents, said system utilities facilitates compilation, linkage, processing, and management of said high level language procedures. Call, return, and auxiliary stacks are included to store pointers of normal, exceptional/conditional, and alternative operations. A bit mapping logic and smart object memory are used to look ahead, monitor, and predict forthcoming exceptional/conditional operation, a system look-up table further prefetch relevant procedural and data pointers for maintaining pipeline coherence.

Abstract: An improved system utility using pointers and stacks and a method for high level language procedure for representing, storing, retrieving, processing, and/or manipulating documents, said system utilities facilitates compilation, linkage, processing, and management of said high level language procedures. Call, return, and auxiliary stacks are included to store pointers of normal, exceptional/conditional, and alternative operations. A bit mapping logic and smart object memory are used to look ahead, monitor, and predict forthcoming exceptional/conditional operation, a system look-up table further prefetch relevant procedural and data pointers for maintaining pipeline coherence.

Abstract: A document data processor for an object-oriented knowledge management system including a packet processor in communication with a personal database. The packet processor includes an object interface in communication with an external user, an application programming interface and a coprocessor. The packet processor includes a means for establishing a behavioral model as well as a means for stack operation of the personal database.

Abstract: The present invention pertains integrated circuit method and apparatus for achieving the optimum computation performance of document data types. The integrated circuit maintain a digital dictionary for editing, storage, updating, referencing, and retrieval of vocabulary data structure corresponding to selective subject of interest as defined by each user or application. The integrated circuit further directly retrieve, execute, and evaluate the external incoming document according to said selective subject of interest in order to confirm whether the selective user or application have interest in this document. The integrated circuit further directly interpret, and execute the incoming document and the corresponding procedural calls provided particular subject of interest can be confirmed. The present invention produce, maintain, and retrieve user or application specific multimedia reference material for each generic text based document.

Abstract: A object-oriented real time transaction processing system and a method for improving the control of data flow and the regulation of the data transfer among, multicomputers including a control and scheduling device for looking ahead and predicting the execution path for processing and communications. Said system is adaptive to allow the change of run-time environment including bandwidth for internal processing and/or storage, as well as the external communications/transmission. Said system can be self-directive for allowing autonomous operation of knowledge/information processing.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for creating an unique digital representation of multiple analog signals, and more particularly to provide a method for development of a sequential digital profile from selective incoming analog signals, for the future application in processing analog signals. The method is based performing on-line segmentation of incoming analog signals according to a sequence of threshold values. The results of the segmentation are represented by a sequence of measurements corresponding to selective attributes describing analog signals. Then, the results of segmentation performed for many incoming analog signals are generalized using selective rules, conditions, and algorithms, in order to develop a sequential digital profile from sequences of measurements.

Abstract: A general purpose architecture and process for multimedia communications in which a number of video and audio information production devices are connected to a telecommunications network. Each of these video and audio information production devices is provided with an input/output device for receiving and transmitting information from the telecommunications network on a real time basis. The input/output device continuously monitors the run-time status and condition changes of the telecommunications network and would dynamically control and adjust, on a real time basis, the corresponding network bandwidth prior to immediately transmitting all of the video and audio information to the telecommunications network.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to integrated circuit system design methods and apparatus based on the novel architecture concept of Document-Instruction-Set-Computing (DISC). The integrated circuit comprises a plurality of functional units to independently execute the tasks of remote communication, bandwidth adaptation, application control, multimedia management, and universal compound document encoding. The integrated circuit is also comprised of a scalable formatter element connecting to the functional units which interoperate arbitrary external document formats and intelligently adapt to selective internal format depending upon the system throughput and run-time configuration. Additionally, there is a smart memory element connecting to the functional units and scalable formatter, which access, store, and transfer compound document data based on the selective internal format.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to integrated circuit system based on novel architecture of Video-Instruction-Sec-Computing (VISC). The integrated circuit comprises a plurality of functional units to independently execute the tasks of remote communication, bandwidth adaptation, application control, multimedia management, and universal video encoding. The integrated circuit is also comprised of scalable formatter element connecting to the functional units which can inter-operate arbitrary external video formats and intelligently adapt to selective internal format depending upon the system throughput and configuration. Additionally, there is a smart memory element connecting to the functional units and scalable formatter, which can access, store, and transfer blocks of video data based on selective internal format.