Abstract: A computer-implemented tool for automated classification and interpretation of documents, such as life science documents supporting clinical trials, is configured to perform a combination of raw text, document construct, and image analyses to enhance classification accuracy by enabling a more comprehensive machine-based understanding of document content. The combination of analyses provides context for classification by leveraging relative spatial relationships among text and image elements, identifying characteristics and formatting of elements, and extracting additional metadata from the documents as compared to conventional automated classification tools, wherein natural language processing (NLP) is applied to associate text with tokens, and relevant differences and similarities between protocols are identified.

Abstract: Generally, described herein are computer-implemented systems and methods for self-guided education in various aspects of health care. The described systems and methods effect behavior change through a functional relationship between the content of educational case packages comprising a plurality of displays, each of which has one or more completion conditions which must be completed by the user in accordance with a health care procedure to be practiced. The performance of the case by the user habituates behavior change through practice of a health care procedure.

Abstract: A computer-implemented tool for automated classification and interpretation of documents, such as life science documents supporting clinical trials, is configured to perform a combination of raw text, document construct, and image analyses to enhance classification accuracy by enabling a more comprehensive machine-based understanding of document content. The combination of analyses provides context for classification by leveraging relative spatial relationships among text and image elements, identifying characteristics and formatting of elements, and extracting additional metadata from the documents as compared to conventional automated classification tools, wherein natural language processing (NLP) is applied to associate text with tokens, and relevant differences and similarities between protocols are identified.

Abstract: Generally, described herein are computer-implemented systems and methods for self-guided education in various aspects of health care. The described systems and methods effect behavior change through a functional relationship between the content of educational case packages comprising a plurality of displays, each of which has one or more completion conditions which must be completed by the user in accordance with a health care procedure to be practiced. The performance of the case by the user habituates behavior change through practice of a health care procedure.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for performing quality review of life science documents is described. One or more of the life science documents are scanned by a mobile device, wherein the one or more life science documents are sent to a database. Language, image, rotation, and noise are among the content that is checked among the life science documents, and wherein similarities, suspicious changes, document layouts, and missing sections are checked among the one or more life science documents. In addition, feedback is sent by a system to an originator of the life science documents based on the content regarding imaging, rotation, and noise and the similarities, suspicious changes, document layouts and missing sections.

Abstract: A computer-implemented tool for automated classification and interpretation of documents, such as life science documents supporting clinical trials, is configured to perform a combination of raw text, document construct, and image analyses to enhance classification accuracy by enabling a more comprehensive machine-based understanding of document content. The combination of analyses provides context for classification by leveraging relative spatial relationships among text and image elements, identifying characteristics and formatting of elements, and extracting additional metadata from the documents as compared to conventional automated classification tools, wherein natural language processing (NLP) is applied to associate text with tokens, and relevant differences and similarities between protocols are identified.

Abstract: Techniques are provided which allow targeting social events. Methods and systems allow a user to register a social event which involves a group of users watching a program on a television on a social networking platform. Information related to the event may be obtained and the group of users may be classified as belonging to one or more targeting segments based at least in part on the information related to the event. One or more advertisements may be selected based at least in part on the one or more targeting segments. The one or more advertisements may be transmitted such that the one or more advertisements are displayed on the television.

Abstract: Generally, described herein are computer-implemented systems and methods for self-guided education in various aspects of health care. The described systems and methods effect behavior change through a functional relationship between the content of educational case packages comprising a plurality of displays, each of which has one or more completion conditions which must be completed by the user in accordance with a health care procedure to be practiced. The performance of the case by the user habituates behavior change through practice of a health care procedure.

Abstract: Techniques are provided which engage users and increase social interaction in group buying. Methods and systems may target users with a first advertisement comprising one or more proposed deals based at least in part on the users' electronic calendar entry information. The advertisements may be served and displayed in the users' electronic calendars. Users' responses to the proposed deal may be tracked. Users may be targeted and served with additional advertisements based at least in part the users' responses to the proposed deal included in the first advertisement and the calendar entry information. Users may forward the advertisements to other individuals to encourage them to participate in the proposed deals in order to receive additional discounts.

Abstract: A processing device may generate a data encryption key configured to encrypt unique data within a clone of an encrypted data set and associated with a set of transaction identifiers of a transaction based file system. The processing device may further wrap the data encryption key with a wrapping key, create a cloned encrypted data set with the data encryption key, and store the wrapped data encryption key with the cloned encrypted data set indexed by at least one of the set of transaction identifiers.

Abstract: The present invention provides techniques for use in electronic and online advertising. Techniques are provided in which an advertiser provides information specifying a time-spaced sequence of advertisements to be targeted and served to a particular user, across a number of different devices and screens. Each advertisement in the sequence may be served to the user while the user is using a particular electronic device. The sequence of advertisements as a whole may be optimized with regard to eliciting a particular response from the user, and each advertisement may be optimized regarding its order in the sequence and the type of device or screen on which it is to be served.

Abstract: Embodiments are directed towards providing a web-based framework for access and use of mobile device applications within an application stack. The mobile device includes a mobile web framework application (MWFA) that, when the mobile device boots up, seeks to connect online to a remote web-based interface manager. The remote interface manager provides a display of an application user interface to the mobile device, from which a user may access various applications that may be configured to execute at a remote device rather than on the mobile device. The user may also add to or otherwise modify the applications within the application stack.

Abstract: A method for resilvering a storage pool includes determining whether any of a first plurality of blocks in the storage pool, comprising metadata, require resilvering, determining whether any of a second plurality of blocks in the storage pool, comprising data, require resilvering, resilvering all of the first plurality of blocks that require resilvering, and resilvering all of the second plurality of blocks that require resilvering, wherein all of the first plurality of blocks that require resilvering are resilvered prior to resilvering any of the second plurality of blocks.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for rule-based, proactive web browsing are provided. A set of rules is determined and stored in computer data storage, where each rule in the set of rules is a proactive browsing rule that indicates a web page. The occurrence of an event represented by event information is detected. In response to detecting the occurrence of the event, the set of rules is evaluated based on the event information to determine whether any rules are satisfied. While a web browser is in use, a determination is made that a particular rule is satisfied. In response to determining that the particular rule is satisfied, the web browser is automatically redirected to directly access a particular web page that is indicated in the particular rule.

Abstract: Techniques are described herein for, among other things, providing relevant offers to group(s) of users in a social networking system. The offers may specify discounted prices (a.k.a. discounted offers) for good(s) and/or service(s). Each of the offers may be represented as a coupon, a gift certificate, etc. Users having at least one first attribute in common are assigned to a group. A measure of compatibility between the users in the group and each of a plurality of offers is determined. Each measure of compatibility may be determined by comparing at least one second attribute of the users in the group and at least one third attribute of the respective offer. The offer that has a highest measure of compatibility among the plurality of offers is deemed to be the most relevant offer for the group of users and is presented to the users (or a subset thereof) in the group.

Abstract: A computer readable medium includes executable instructions for resilvering a hierarchical block tree in a storage pool. Resilvering the hierarchical block tree involves traversing a branch of the hierarchical block tree only if a birth time of a parent block of the branch is greater than or equal to a lowest birth time on a dirty time log (DTL). Resilvering the hierarchical block tree further involves resilvering a child block in the branch only if the DTL comprises a birth time of the child block.

Abstract: The present invention provides techniques for use in electronic and online advertising. Techniques are provided in which an advertiser provides information specifying a time-spaced sequence of advertisements to be targeted and served to a particular user, across a number of different devices and screens. Each advertisement in the sequence may be served to the user while the user is using a particular electronic device. The sequence of advertisements as a whole may be optimized with regard to eliciting a particular response from the user, and each advertisement may be optimized regarding its order in the sequence and the type of device or screen on which it is to be served.

Abstract: The invention relates to a system that includes a file system configured to create a snapshot of a hierarchical block tree (HBT) and a storage pool. After the snapshot has been created, the storage pool includes a snapshot, where the snapshot includes a copy of a first version of a root block and the HBT, where the HBT includes a second version of the root block. Further, the copy of the first version of the root block is created prior to overwriting the first version of the root block with the second version of the root block, the second version of the root block comprises references to a first block and a second block, and the copy of the first version of the root block comprises a reference to the first block and no reference to the second block.

Abstract: The present invention provides techniques for use in advertising, including online advertising. Techniques are provided that include providing to advertisers guaranteed delivery advertisement retargeting, or contracts or agreements in guaranteed delivery advertisement retargeting. Techniques are provided that allow advertisers to purchase an anticipated set of advertisement impressions to a single user. The advertisement impressions may be of an identical advertisement or similar advertisements, and may be sequenced over time.

Abstract: Techniques are provided which engage users and increase social interaction in group buying. Methods and systems may target a group of users if a group chat with one or more group offers based at least in part on the group chat information. The group offer may be displayed in the chat client. Users' responses to the proposed deal may be tracked. The group offer may be updated based at least in part on the users' responses to the group offer. The updated group offer may be displayed in the chat client.