Abstract: A system and method for automatically building chat bot content from scripts of conversations. A script is parsed into query-response pairs, so that a computerized device may be programmed to give the same responses when given similar queries. Each query is converted into canonical form and then matched against patterns, as in prior art chat bots. The response is then linked to the matched pattern. A new chat bot is constructed out of the canonical form conversions and the set of pattern-response links. The chat bot is further improved by adding interactive human conversations, provided that those conversations are rated highly. The resulting chat bot can run on a computer server that responds to public queries, and the server can also display context-sensitive advertisements.

Abstract: A system and method for automatically building chat bot content from scripts of conversations. A script is parsed into query-response pairs, so that a computerized device may be programmed to give the same responses when given similar queries. Each query is converted into canonical form and then matched against patterns, as in prior art chat bots. The response is then linked to the matched pattern. A new chat bot is constructed out of the canonical form conversions and the set of pattern-response links. The chat bot is further improved by adding interactive human conversations, provided that those conversations are rated highly. The resulting chat bot can run on a computer server that responds to public queries, and the server can also display context-sensitive advertisements.

Abstract: A mechanical assembly for regulating the temperature of an IC-chip in an IC-module includes: a) a heat-exchanger having a first face for contacting a second face on the IC-module; and b) a gimbal, coupled to the heat-exchanger, for tilting and pressing the first face flatly against the second face, as the first and second faces are moved from a spaced-apart position to an engaged position at which the IC-chip temperature is regulated. In addition, the mechanical assembly further includes an output tube, coupled to an output port on the heat-exchanger, which has two ends that move relative to each other as the first and second faces move from the spaced-apart position to the engaged position; and, this output tube is coiled into a weak spring which is characterized by a stiffness matrix that is limited by a predetermined acceptance criterion.

Abstract: Many-to-one and one-to-many digital image transformations play a significant role in a variety of imaging communications, visualization, and robotic applications. A method is presented for forwarding mapping frames of TV images in a many-to-one mapping using run length encoding. A digital computer system includes a look-up table memory having the address of each input run-length of pixels (a series of side-by-side pixels) and the address of the single output pixel corresponding thereto. An example is a 512.times.512 pixel TV frame which, in real time, is mapped onto a log polar coordinate TV frame of 2000-3000 pixels. This method can be used with existing low-cost general purpose computers providing a speed advantage approximating five-hundred percent, and a memory savings of between 10 and 100,000 times, relative to the current art. As a result, electronic imaging systems employing many-to-one or one-to-many image warps may be built in significantly smaller, cheaper, faster and lower power implementations.