Abstract: System and method for event-based updating of user profiles UP of users U in a social network and formation of new communities based on a resonance condition. A database of user profiles UP with profile domains D based on self-reports as well as observed network behaviors is deployed. The user profiles UP of users U in groups G attending an event are re-compiled by an event-based updating module based on event responses ER. Further, the event-based updating module identifies a profile change ?P* in at least one of the profile domains D of user profiles UP, and the new community is formed by the event-based updating module from a subgroup SG whose profile change ?P* indicates a mutual resonance or consensus in their event responses ER.

Abstract: Annotating and classifying an image based on a user context includes determining a location data of an object captured in an image, determining an attribute data of the object, obtaining sensor data from sensors that are associated with the location data based on the attribute data, determining a recommended user context from one or more predefined user contexts based on a comparison of the location data, the attribute data, and the sensor data with location data, attribute data, and sensor data of one or more images associated with the one or more predefined user contexts, determining a recommended class of the captured image based on the recommended user context, selecting one or more annotation data from the location data, the attribute data, and the sensor data based on the recommended class or the recommended user context, and annotating the image with the one or more annotation data.

Abstract: A semantic note taking system and method for collecting information, enriching the information, and/or binding the information to services is provided. User-created notes are enriched with labels, context traits, and relevant data to minimize friction in the note-taking process. In other words, the present invention is directed to collecting unscripted data, adding more meaning and use out of the data, and binding the data to services. Mutable and late-binding to services is also provided to allow private thoughts to be published to a myriad of different applications and services in a manner compatible with how thoughts are processed in the brain. User interfaces and semantic skins are also provided to derive meaning out of notes without requiring a great deal of user input. Linking physical objects to notes are also provided, such as through QR codes.

Abstract: A system and method for customizing promotional offers to be made available to an affinity group. The system monitors the activities of a member of an affinity group (user) on a social networking portal, and identifies the actions and the behavior of the user in respect of at least one promotional offer made available to him on the social networking portal. The system further identifies at least one promotional offer suitable for the member (user) of the affinity group, based on the monitored actions and behavior of the member of the affinity group. Further, the system also customizes the identified promotional offer in order to render it suitable for the members of the affinity group.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for predicting the quantum state, including the dynamics of such quantum state in so far as it represents subjects in a community of subjects to be addressed by marketing tools. In the quantum representation adopted herein the internal states of all subjects are assigned to quantum subject states defined with respect to an underlying proposition about an item that can be instantiated by an object, a subject, an experience, a product or a service. Contextualization of the proposition about the item is identified with a basis (eigen-basis of a spectral decomposition) referred to herein as the social value context. The invention teaches methods to identify one or more populations of subjects amongst the community of subjects, who will respond in a certain way, modulo an underlying proposition about an item of interest. This determination is based on the quantum mechanical probabilities correspondent to the state vectors representing the quantum states of the community subjects.

Abstract: Annotating and classifying an image based on a user context includes determining a location data of an object captured in an image, determining an attribute data of the object, obtaining sensor data from sensors that are associated with the location data based on the attribute data, determining a recommended user context from one or more predefined user contexts based on a comparison of the location data, the attribute data, and the sensor data with location data, attribute data, and sensor data of one or more images associated with the one or more predefined user contexts, determining a recommended class of the captured image based on the recommended user context, selecting one or more annotation data from the location data, the attribute data, and the sensor data based on the recommended class or the recommended user context, and annotating the image with the one or more annotation data.

Abstract: A method for monitoring a physiological condition of a user with an apparatus in a computer network is disclosed. The method generally includes the steps of (A) storing authorization information in a nonvolatile condition within the apparatus, the authorization information being suitable for identifying at least one of (i) one or more authorized patients among a plurality of medical patients of a health monitoring service and (ii) one or more authorized types among a plurality of patient types of the health monitoring service, (B) sensing biometric data from the user of the apparatus and (C) identifying the user as a particular patient from at least one of (i) the authorized patients and (ii) the authorized types in response to matching the biometric data to the authorization information.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a pressure sensor assembly includes an accelerometer configured to produce a first current upon movement of the accelerometer, a capacitor configured to receive the first current thereby charging the capacitor, a gate element operably connected to the capacitor and configured to discharge a second current from the capacitor upon the capacitor attaining a threshold voltage, a pressure sensor configured to receive the discharged current to produce a first signal corresponding to at least one pressure reading of the pressure sensor, and a transmitter operably connected to the pressure sensor and configured to transmit a second signal based upon the first signal to an external device configured to store data corresponding to the second signal.

Abstract: Annotating and classifying an image based on a user context includes determining a location data of an object captured in an image, determining an attribute data of the object, obtaining sensor data from sensors that are associated with the location data based on the attribute data, determining a recommended user context from one or more predefined user contexts based on a comparison of the location data, the attribute data, and the sensor data with location data, attribute data, and sensor data of one or more images associated with the one or more predefined user contexts, determining a recommended class of the captured image based on the recommended user context, selecting one or more annotation data from the location data, the attribute data, and the sensor data based on the recommended class or the recommended user context, and annotating the image with the one or more annotation data.

Abstract: A system and a method is provided for collecting information and discovery of the information based on an augmented user identity. A note creation function allows a user of a computer device to create notes. A note interaction function allows the user to interact with notes and/or Cloud information available via the Internet. An annotiation function annotates content to the notes, which could be context traits and/or user identity traits. User identity traits are augmented through information obtained from the creation process and/or the interaction process with notes or Cloud information. Using a discovery function, notes can be discovered for a user from a note database/store using aspects of the context traits and/or the augmented user identity traits.

Abstract: A motion control system including at least one patient device, a server, and a workstation. The medical user uses the workstation to operate the software application to generate at least one script program, assign at least one script program to at least one associated patient user, convert each assigned script program into at least one control program, and transfer the at least one control program to the at least one patient device in the possession of the associated patient user. Each script program is associated with at least one notification sequence related to medical care of at least one patient user. Each notification sequence contains at least one instruction phrase and at least one movement.

Abstract: Remote health monitoring of at least one individual using at least one remote apparatus that receives and records health-related video content being delivered from a plurality of video sources. The remote apparatus also receives and stores vital sign data of an individual. Also, a user interface capable of executing a rule script having a plurality of response choices is provided in the remote apparatus. A remote server is provided that is communicatively coupled to the remote apparatus and includes a script generator for generating the rule script that is based on the vital sign data and various responses received from the individual. The various responses received from the individual are analyzed within the remote server to determine appropriate video content that can be recorded in the remote apparatus for imparting better health knowledge to the individual and monitoring their health condition accordingly.

Abstract: A smart premise system has a router having a processor, connection to a data repository, a primary port to Internet connection on a primary path, and wired connection or wireless coupling to individual ones of a plurality of bandwidth-using devices forming a local premise network, bandwidth-using devices sharing bandwidth on the primary port, and software executing on the processor from a non-transitory medium, execution of the software providing a default bandwidth share and a set of rules for registered users and registered devices in the smart premise system, the default share managed by the router according to the default rules for each user of the system using a registered device, and a mechanism for individual users to monitor their own bandwidth share in real time, and to request additional bandwidth from the system.

Abstract: A router has a processor, a data repository, a primary port to Internet connection on a primary path, wired connection or wireless coupling to individual ones of a plurality of bandwidth-using devices forming a local premise network, the router and the bandwidth-using devices sharing bandwidth on the primary port, software executing on the processor from a non-transitory medium, execution of the software providing a mechanism for configuration, applying a priority level to individual ones of the bandwidth-using devices in the local premise network, monitoring bandwidth available on the primary path on a periodic or continuous basis, apportioning bandwidth share among the devices in the local premise according to the priority level of each device and the current bandwidth available, and managing receipt and transmission of packets to and from individual ones of the devices according to the bandwidth share apportioned.

Abstract: A semantic note taking system and method for collecting information, enriching the information, and binding the information to services is provided. User-created notes are enriched with labels, context traits, and relevant data to minimize friction in the note-taking process. Context aware prompts and alerts are generated and send to users associated with the note. Users associated with the note could respond to the alerts and prompt by adding or further enriching the note with contextual traits. The prompts, alerts and responses could be shared among the group of users associated with the note.

Abstract: A semantic note taking system and method for collecting information, enriching the information, and/or binding the information to services is provided. User-created notes are enriched with labels, context traits, and relevant data to minimize friction in the note-taking process. In other words, the present invention is directed to collecting unscripted data, adding more meaning and use out of the data, and binding the data to services. Mutable and late-binding to services is also provided to allow private thoughts to be published to a myriad of different applications and services in a manner compatible with how thoughts are processed in the brain. User interfaces and semantic skins are also provided to derive meaning out of notes without requiring a great deal of user input. Linking physical objects to notes are also provided, such as through QR codes.

Abstract: A method and system for collecting information, enriching the collected information, and linking the enriched information is provided. The system includes an application server that is accessible by users via their computer device for performing a variety of functions encompassed in a lifestream data function. Lifestreams (or lifestream data) contains notes, recordings and annotation data elements. The goal of the lifestream data functions is to ultimately enrich the individual data elements in each lifestream which then form a network of enriched lifestreams or aspects of enriched lifestreams to provide a user with: (a) a better organization of his/her data, notes, thoughts and intentions, (b) a better search or filter tool to search for data, notes, thoughts and intentions, and/or (c) a better ranking mechanism for ranking or determining relevance of data, notes, thoughts and intentions.

Abstract: A system and method that computes a probability score indicating the probability that the user would prefer a particular item. The system prompts the user to review a particular item and subsequently prompts the user to reveal whether he liked the item or otherwise. The search engine also extracts the other review scores which were generated by the reviewers in respect of the item name specified by the user. Subsequently, the search engine also elicits the other review scores, preferably along with the corresponding reviews, in respect of the items reviewed by the reviewers who also reviewed the item specified by the user. The system further calculates probability scores indicating the probability that a user would prefer any of the items related to the reviews generated by the reviewers who also reviewed the item specified by the user. Accordingly the system generates recommendations based on the probability scores.

Abstract: A computer implemented system and method includes a recommendation engine that provides accurate recommendations based on an accurate analysis of the tastes and preferences of a user. The recommendation engine takes into consideration the information corresponding to the tastes and preferences of the users using information gathered from social networking profiles of the user as well as the reviews previously provided by the user. The recommendation engine collaborates this information with the review related information obtained from the reviewers in order to ascertain the recommendations that would match the preferences and tastes of the user.

Abstract: A system and method is described that enables a health care provider to monitor and manage a health condition of a patient. The system includes a health care provider apparatus operated by a health care provider and a remotely programmable patient apparatus that is operated by a patient. The health care provider develops a script program using the health care provider apparatus and then sends the script program to a remotely programmable patient apparatus through a communication network such as the World Wide Web. The script program is a computer-executable patient protocol that provides information to the patient about the patient's health condition and that interactively monitors the patient health condition by asking the patient questions and by receiving answers to those questions. The answers to these health related questions are then forwarded as patient data from the remotely programmable patient apparatus to the health care provider apparatus through the communication network.