Abstract: A system and method for determination of advertisement effectiveness is presented. The method can comprise obtaining records for domain elements, for each domain element, developing a model and populating the model based on the obtained records, for a record of a first domain element of the plurality of domain elements, searching a second domain element for another record matching the record of the one domain element, when a match is found, correlating a time stamp in the record with a time stamp in the other record and when correlated, determining a confidence level indicating the advertisement effectiveness. In one aspect, determining a confidence level further comprises searching a third domain element, obtaining a search result, and incorporating the search result in the confidence level. In one aspect, searching a third domain element further comprises performing a secondary search.

Abstract: A system and method for controlling and managing delivery of digital media to devices on a home network is presented. The system comprises an application server executed by a physical or virtual CPU, the application server notified by each device when each device initializes, a plurality of plug-ins, each device corresponding to at least one plug-in, and a control plane, wherein the control plane receives notice of an event from one device and sends the notice of the event to the application server, which sends the notice of the event to the plug-in corresponding to the one device having the event, and the plug-in performs the event. The plug-in can perform the event by streaming content data to a desired device. The application server can maintain user information and when the plug-in performs the event, the plug-in updates the user information. The application server can have an interactive program guide.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a fiber optic sensor for analyzing pH which comprises (a) a fluorescence-based fiber optic sensor; and (b) a fluorescent dye-polymeric matrix in contact with the sensor, wherein the fluorescent dye is seminaphthorhodaflor-1-isothiocyanate, the polymer is a hydrogel selected from the group consisting of polyhydroxyethylmethacrylate, polyvinylpyrrolidone, cellulose, dextrans, and polysaccharides, and the dye is chemically bonded to the polymer.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to silicone polyurethane copolymers containing phosphorescent dye compounds wherein the copolymers are represented by the formula: ##STR1## wherein n is an integer ranging from 1 to about 30, and y, z, and w are integers ranging from 0 to about 40, wherein one of y, z, and w is at least one; and A is a diamide, B is a silicone block copolymer, D is a chain extender, and E is a phosphorescent porphyrin-type compound.

Abstract: A fiber optic probe incorporating a luminescent composition is used to monitor conditions within a living subject. Response light from the fiber optic is detected and a frequency domain representation of the response light is derived. Characteristics of the frequency domain representation are used to derive values for luminescence lifetimes or similar decay parameters and these values in turn are translated into values of the conditions to be sensed.