Abstract: Techniques are described for implementing an automated control system to control operations of a target physical system, such as production of electrical power in an electrical grid. The techniques may include determining how much electrical power for each of multiple producers to supply for each of a series of time periods, such as to satisfy projected demand for that time period while maximizing one or more indicated goals, and initiating corresponding control actions. The techniques may further include repeatedly performing automated modifications to the control system's ongoing operations to improve the target system's functionality, by using reinforcement learning to iteratively optimize particles generated for a time period that represent different state information within the target system, to learn one or more possible solutions for satisfying projected electrical power load during that time period while best meeting the one or more defined goals.

Abstract: Systems and methods for transcribing and redacting a media is provided. One of the systems comprises: a transcription module configured to: receive the media content; transcribe the media content to create a transcript; a correlation module to correlate one or more words in the transcript to a start and end points in the media content; and a redaction module configured to: receive one or more candidate words to be redacted; and matching the received one or more candidate words to the one or more words in the transcript and identifying start and end points in the media; and redact one or more portions of the media content using the identified start and end points.

Abstract: An apparatus, system and method of implementing a computerized brand affinity engine. The apparatus, system and method include at least a plurality of computerized access points having accessible thereto a plurality of sites mentioning at least one sponsor, a categorized, hierarchical database of keywords, wherein at least the keywords falling in at least one category of the hierarchy correspond to a sponsor category of the at least one sponsor, and a tracker, wherein the tracker tracks positive ones of the mentions of the at least one sponsor on ones of the plurality of sites and negative ones of the mentions of the at least one sponsor on ones of the plurality of sites, in accordance with positive and negative keywords of the categorized, hierarchical database in the sponsor category, and wherein the tracker issues an rating with regard to the at least one sponsor in accordance with the positive ones and the negative ones of the mentions.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method and system for evaluating media files for use in marketing and advertisements. An audio segment is provided to a number of survey participants. Each survey participant reviews the media file and selectively inputs perceived psychological attributes and their degree. This information is timestamped and recorded, and then combined with other survey participants' responses to compile a score for a variety of psychological attributes which tend to be invoked by the media file. The user may view a dashboard and which indicates the results for their media file relative to a set of media files, so that the user, may, for instance, select media files displaying certain criteria. In certain embodiments, objective data regarding media segments as well as past rated media files may be used to predict scoring for new media files.

Abstract: A method of creating and delivering an on-demand audio asset for inclusion in a creative is described. The method includes the steps of accessing a central processing environment, requesting at least one recording of at least a portion of an audio transmission generated from a communication device, generating at least one audio asset, adding the audio asset to a pool of related assets stored in a vault connected to the central processing environment, selecting the generated audio asset and at least one other related asset from the pool of related assets to form a creative, then requesting delivery of the creative to another communication device, and finally delivering the creative to the other communication device. The method is performed in part by a creative composition engine, which is also described. The engine includes a central processing environment having a processor, a digital recorder and a digital asset storage vault.

Abstract: A computer-based search engine for performing a search for a keyword, comprising a result responsive to a search, a database comprising a plurality of terms organized by categories wherein at least one of the categories includes the keyword, and relational ones of the plurality of terms to the keyword; a heuristic engine comprising a plurality of rules which, when executed by a processor, applies the rules in accordance with the relational ones of the plurality of terms to a networked site to assess the keyword as a primary subject of the networked site.