Abstract: This invention relates to methods and systems of procuring services in the cloud and specifically procurement where the requirements are defined by the consumer in a machine understandable knowledge representation language such as RDF and OWL using semantic web technology to establish a cloud agent for discovery of a service provider and effectuate the automatic generation of a contract, or service-level agreement, that can be monitored due to the coupling between the machine understandable knowledge representation language and the contract.

Abstract: This invention relates to methods and systems of procuring services in the cloud and specifically procurement where the requirements are defined by the consumer in a machine understandable knowledge representation language such as RDF and OWL using semantic web technology to establish a cloud agent for discovery of a service provider and effectuate the automatic generation of a contract, or service-level agreement, that can be monitored due to the coupling between the machine understandable knowledge representation language and the contract.

Abstract: This invention relates to methods and systems of procuring services in the cloud and specifically procurement where the requirements are defined by the consumer in a machine understandable knowledge representation language such as RDF and OWL using semantic web technology to establish a cloud agent for discovery of a service provider and effectuate the automatic generation of a contract, or service-level agreement, that can be monitored due to the coupling between the machine understandable knowledge representation language and the contract.

Abstract: A multitude of systems and methods are provided. An encryption method and system utilizing vector label input threshold encryption is included, enabling decentralized confidentiality and decentralized, fine-grained, and attributed-based access control, enabling clients to define by whom, when, and how their data is accessed. Additionally, the disclosed systems and methods can include publish/subscribe mechanisms while achieving confidentiality-preserving and decoupled publish/subscribe messaging and strong total order for publications even with crytographic access control enforced.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus of electronic surveillance, which employs data gathering devices that continuously collect and relay data (such as images and sounds) to a processor, which analyzes and compares the analyzed data to data samples stored in a catalog, interpreting the data in real time, and if a closely correlated data sample is identified by the program, and if that correlation has a feedback command associated with it in the feedback command catalog, then the program will issue a feedback command to at least one of a specific combination of data feedback devices, and/or may inform users using electronic methods. The present invention is used to track and provide feedback with various quality and safety measures for various activities in diverse environments, such as prisoner management, elder or children's care, or compliance in health care or in the food industry including hand washing behavior.

Abstract: This invention relates to methods and systems of procuring services in the cloud and specifically procurement where the requirements are defined by the consumer in a machine understandable knowledge representation language such as RDF and OWL using semantic web technology to establish a cloud agent for discovery of a service provider and effectuate the automatic generation of a contract, or service-level agreement, that can be monitored due to the coupling between the machine understandable knowledge representation language and the contract.