Abstract: Methods, systems and apparatus for refining image relevance models. In general, one aspect includes receiving a trained image relevance model that generates relevance measures of content feature values of images to a query, identifying a first threshold number of common content feature values for the set of training images, the common content feature values being identified as a set of content feature values that are each shared by at least a portion of the training images, identifying a subset of the set of training images having a quantity of the common content feature values greater than a second threshold number of content features values, and generating a re-trained image relevance model based on content feature values of the set of training images, wherein content feature values of the subset of training images are weighted higher than content feature values of the training images not in the subset.

Abstract: A system and method are provided for enabling a user to search for documents that the user has previously viewed on its local machine. The system includes three main components: the desktop integration module, the index module, and the graphical user interface module. The desktop integration module is an application which monitors documents with which the user interacts for predetermined events, and obtains content data and metadata from the monitored documents. The index module indexes the content data and metadata received from the desktop integration module. The graphical user interface module then permits a user to utilize the desktop integration module and index module by allowing a user to search for a document.

Abstract: A device may analyze text to identify a set of text portions of interest, and may analyze the text to identify a set of terms included in the set of text portions. The device may perform a similarity analysis to determine a similarity score. The similarity score may be determined between each term, included in the set of terms, and each text portion, included in the set of text portions, or the similarity score may be determined between each term and each other term included in the set of terms. The device may determine a set of dominant terms based on performing the similarity analysis. The set of dominant terms may include at least one term with a higher average degree of similarity than at least one other term. The device may provide information that identifies the set of dominant terms.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a data processing system for generating and displaying a semantic type concordance. The data processing system includes memory storing a computer program, a display to display data of a concordance generated by the program, and a processor configured to execute the computer program. The computer program includes instructions for displaying a user interface configured to enable a user to select semantic types and specify at least one text document, generating a concordance of the at least one document based on the semantic types, and displaying data of the generated concordance on the display.

Abstract: A method comprising acquiring a plurality of measurements from at least one sensor in a mobile device, determining an activity classification of a user of the mobile device based on the plurality of measurements, acquiring an audio file for the mobile device, wherein the audio file is selected based on the activity classification, and playing the audio file by the mobile device.

Abstract: Improved techniques involve transferring data into a target device using bar codes. Along these lines, suppose that someone wants to send a message to the target device via a source device. For some messages, the source device may encode the message into a single bar code that the target computer may decode back into the message. However, for a sufficiently large message, the source device breaks the message into a series of message portions, encodes each of the portions into a distinct bar code, and outputs the bar codes, e.g., on sheets of paper using a laser printer. From these sheets, an operator scans each bar code into the target device. The target computer then decodes the scanned bar codes back into message portions and reassembles them into the message.

Abstract: Disclosed is a system for, and method of, supplementing an internet search. The disclosed techniques may be used to receive an initial internet search criteria entered by a user at an interface (such as a web site) to the internet search engine, identify an entity representation in a database that corresponds to the internet search criteria, and produce an enhanced internet search criteria that may incorporate both the initial internet search criteria and field values from the identified entity representation. The enhanced internet search criteria may be passed to the internet search engine in a manner that is transparent to a user.

Abstract: A server generates an image with searchable information from a website and transmits that image to a client device. Since the image may be large, the image is generated and transmitted in the background as the client device browses the website. When the client device requests information from the website, the client device first checks if that information has already been transmitted to it in the image as encoded format. If the client device has this information, which is locally stored, then the client device decodes that portion of the image and retrieves the requested information without ever having to contact the server. If the client device does not have this information stored locally, then the client device contacts the server and retrieves the information. Since the image can contain all of the searchable information of a website, the searching process will become faster as time passes.

Abstract: Techniques are described for displaying a representation of a list of electronic search results while a user is reviewing content linked to by electronic search results included in the list. While the user is reviewing the search results, the user may jump between content linked to by different search results using the representation of the list of electronic search results displayed. The displayed representation of the list of search results may be updated based on the user's browsing activities in reviewing the search results, user input manipulating the list of search results, and supplemental information added to the list of search results by the user.

Abstract: A search system architecture is disclosed. The search system architecture includes a search server, which in turn includes a search services module and a search engine adapter. The search services module and the search engine adapter are communicatively coupled to one another. The search services module is configured to communicate with a user interface. The search engine adapter is configured to communicate with a search engine.

Abstract: A computer-implemented system and method for identification of near duplicate user-generated content in a networked system are disclosed. The apparatus in an example embodiment includes a data receiver to receive a first instance of user-generated content; a tokenizer to tokenize the first instance into a set of words, create a set of portions from the tokenized first instance, and assign weight to each portion of the set of portions; a magnitude calculator to calculate a magnitude for the first instance based on the weight of each portion; a resemblance score calculator to search a data store for a second instance with at least one portion in common with the first instance and calculate a resemblance score between the first instance and the second instance; and an account linker to link accounts associated with each of the first instance and the second instance.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for providing knowledge panels with search results. In one aspect, a method includes obtaining search results that are responsive to a received query. A factual entity referenced by the query is identified. Content is identified for display in a knowledge panel for the factual entity. The content includes at least one content item obtained from a first resource and at least one second content item obtained from a second resource different than the first resource. Data is provided that causes the identified search results and the knowledge panel to be presented on a search results page. The knowledge panel presents the identified content in a knowledge panel area that is along side at least a portion of the search results.

Abstract: A method of ranking candidate curation items includes receiving a query. The method also includes extracting items from multiple curations. The method also includes calculating, based on the query, a content similarity measurement for each of the extracted items. The method also includes extracting, from each of the extracted items, multiple curation-specific features. The method also includes calculating one or more curation-specific measurements for each of the extracted items based on the extracted curation-specific features, the one or more curation-specific measurements being different than the content similarity measurement. The method also includes ranking each of the extracted items based on both the content similarity measurement and the one or more curation-specific measurements to generate multiple curation item results.

Abstract: The present application provides method of searching information. The method comprises: performing a searching request based on a searching request including one or more query words from a user terminal and initially ranking all the searched items; evaluating the position click ratio of each ranking position with respect to the query words; calculating a compensation factor of respective ranking position by dividing the evaluated position clicks ratio of each ranking position by the evaluated position clicks ratio of the first ranking positions; obtaining a ranking score of each initially ranked item by dividing the item clicks ratio of each initially ranked item by the compensation factor corresponding to the ranking positions of the initially ranked item; and re-ranking all the initially ranked items in descending order based on the ranking scores and then returning the re-ranked items to the user terminal.

Abstract: An information searching apparatus according to an embodiment includes a receiving unit that receives a search request including a search keyword; an acquiring unit that acquires information corresponding to a specific search keyword from an information storage unit when the search keyword included in the search request is the specific search keyword; a generating unit that generates a search result page for displaying a search result and a background image based on the information acquired by the acquiring unit; and a transmitting unit that transmits the search result page generated by the generating unit to a request source.

Abstract: A method and system for predicting user behaviors based on term taxonomies are provided. The system comprises generating phrases respective of user generated content, wherein each phrase is a sentiment phrase or a non-sentiment phrase, each sentiment phrase including at least one word describing a sentiment; identifying at least one connection between at least two of the generated phrases, wherein each connection is a direct connection or a hidden connection; generating at least one term taxonomy based on the identified at least one connection, wherein each term taxonomy is an association between a non-sentiment phrase and at least one of a plurality of sentiment phrases; periodically analyzing the at least one term taxonomy to determine at least one trend of each non-sentiment phrase respective of the associated plurality of sentiment phrases; and generating a prediction of future behavior of the at least one trend with respect to the at least one term taxonomy.

Abstract: A method and system for unifying configuration files. In one embodiment, a web services configuration file and a web services client configuration file are identified. The web services and web services client configuration files are unified to create a configuration file.

Abstract: Data including information regarding a display of the host device may be received. A display of a client device may correspond to the display of the host device. Information regarding the display of the host device may be received and evaluated to identify commands related to the display of the host device. The identified commands are encoded for a browser associated with the client device. A bitstream describing the display of the host device may be generated to incorporate the encoded commands. The bitstream may then be provided to a client device, where the display of the client device is rendered using a browser. As such, the display of the client device continues to correspond to the host device.

Abstract: An indication to render a webpage is received. The webpage includes two or more frames and the two or more frames are rendered in a first order. A second order from a user is received. The webpage is rendered. The two or more frames of the webpage are rendered in the second order.

Abstract: A user interface for a device comprises a plurality of layers. The content for the user interface is associated with one of the plurality of layers.

Abstract: An apparatus for generating a data model includes a processor and memory storing executable computer program code causing the apparatus to at least perform operations including receiving one or more requests from one or more communication devices or one or more applications. The program code further causes the apparatus to analyze one or more instances of data of the requests, in part, to generate at least one index. The program code further causes the apparatus to automatically generate a data model, in a development environment, based at least in part on the data in the index. The data model may include one or more definitions defining valid types of instances of data designated for validation of one or more received instances of data. Corresponding methods and computer program products are also provided.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for determining navigational search results based on one or more signals are presented. A partial search query of a user may be received. A superset of candidate navigational search results may be determined based on the partial query. A subset of navigational search results may be selected from the superset based at least in part on one or more signals. The subset of navigational search results may then be provided for presentation to the user independently from presentation to the user of other search results that are responsive to the partial query.

Abstract: In an example implementation, a global educational hub provides academic users with collaboration tools to exchange and build on the accumulated knowledge of subjects of interest. Users are provided with a central location to collect, categorize, and rank resources, and store notes and comments related to a particular section of an electronic textbook being studied. Users also can refer to online resources, such as web services, multimedia, website pages, newsgroups, search engine results, RSS, any other current and future external resources, and other user's notes.

Abstract: In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the capabilities of a social collaboration application are leveraged to permit synchronized viewing of computer aided design (CAD) models and exchange of annotations (e.g., redlines) related thereto, in a social review session involving differing applications executing on different computers. By utilizing the capabilities of the social collaboration application as a transport mechanism, users operating differing applications on different computers may participate in the social review session for the CAD model, thereby allowing users who do not, for example, have access to the application in which the CAD model was developed to be part of the review process.

Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for simulating a sequence of discrete natural effects, each natural effect of the sequence being based on an initial natural effect, an immediately preceding natural effect, and a time interval since the immediately preceding natural effect. The initial effect is a two-dimensional simulated natural effect and wherein a last one of the second consecutive simulated natural effect is a three-dimensional simulated natural effect.

Abstract: An apparatus for generating an application data structure includes a physical computing system comprising processor(s), input device(s), display(s), and memor(ies). The memory includes executable instructions that cause a processor to perform the acts of embedding a multiphysics model data structure for a physical system in an application data structure. Application features are determined to add to the application data structure. First data is added representing a form feature for the application features for the model of the physical system. Second data is added representing at an action feature for the application features. The second data is associated with at least one modeling operation to define a sequence of operations for modeling the physical system. The application data structure is updated including the added first and second data and the associating defining the sequence of operations. The updated application data structure is stored on the memory device(s).

Abstract: Systems and techniques are described for solving an optimization problem using a constraints solver. A set of constraints that correspond to the optimization problem can be generated. Next, a set of upper bound constraints can be added to the set of constraints, wherein the set of upper bound constraints imposes an upper bound on one or more variables that are used in an objective function of the optimization problem. Next, the embodiments can iteratively perform the following set of operations on a computer: (a) solve the set of constraints using the constraints solver; (b) responsive to the constraints solver returning a solution, decrease the upper bound; and (c) responsive to the constraints solver indicating that no solutions exist or that the constraints solver timed out, increase the upper bound. The solution with the lowest upper bound value can be outputted as the optimal solution for the optimization problem.

Abstract: Systems and methods optimize hardware description generated from a graphical model automatically. The system may include an optimizer. The optimizer may add a serializer component and a deserializer component to the model. The serializer component may receive parallel data and may produce serial data. The serializer may introduce one or more idle cycles into the serial data being produced. The deserializer component may receive serial data and may produce parallel data. The serializer and deserializer components may receive and generate control signals. The control signals may include a valid signal for indicating valid data elements of the serial and parallel data, and a start the start signal for indicating the beginning of a new frame or cycle when constructing parallel data from serial data.

Abstract: In one aspect, a method for providing design point recommendations for an integrated circuit (IC) design is disclosed. The method comprises receiving an IC design along with a reference PPA (power, performance, area) metric at a reference design point, and a target PPA metric. The method also comprises estimating trial PPA metrics for the IC design at multiple design points, wherein estimating trial PPA metric at each design point includes accessing a PPA database containing PPA metrics for multiple test components, determining scale factors from the reference design point to the trial design point for test components equivalent to components of the IC design, and applying the scale factors to the reference PPA metric to determine the trial PPA metric for the trial design point. The method further comprises recommending a trial design point based on the estimated trial PPA metric and the received target PPA metric.

Abstract: A method for analyzing circuits includes identifying one or more device zones in a full device structure. The device zones provide areas of interest to be analyzed. A partial device is generated that representatively includes the one or more device zones. Analytical meshes of the partial device are reduced by employing physical characteristics of the full device structure. The partial device is simulated, using a processor, to obtain device output information in the areas of interest that is representative of the full device structure. Systems are also disclosed.

Abstract: A system for graphics generation includes a processor configured to implement a modeling process and a GUI process. The modeling process is configured to generate a first graphics model including a plurality of objects. Each object defines a respective graphical depiction for a respective element of a programmable IC. The modeling process is also configured to serialize objects of the first graphics model according to a first application programming interface (API) definition file to produce a serialized graphics model. The GUI process is configured to, in response to receiving one or more objects of the serialized graphics model, deserialize the one or more objects of the serialized graphics model according to the first API definition file to produce a second graphics model. The GUI process is further configured to render the one or more objects of the second graphics model.

Abstract: Via-level design shapes are mapped into stitch regions of line-level design shapes design in an overlying conductive line level. A via-catching design shape is provided in an underlying conductive line level for each stitch region that does not correspond to a via-level design shape. The shapes of the stitch regions and the via-catch design shapes can be adjusted to comply with design rule constraints. Further, stitches can be optionally moved into a neighboring line-level design shape to resolve design rule conflicts. The modified design layout can eliminate via-level design shapes once all via-level design shapes are replaced with a corresponding stitch region, thereby eliminating the need to provide a via level lithographic mask. A metal interconnect structure embodying the modified design layout can be formed by employing a set of hard mask layers and without employing a lithographic mask for a via level.

Abstract: In some embodiments, a method may be directed towards contextual based spare cell assignment for integrated circuits. The method may include reserving a plurality of spare cell areas in which to position spare cells on an integrated circuit. The method may include positioning standard cells as defined by an integrated circuit design for the integrated circuit. In some embodiments, the method may include determining the spare cells to be positioned in the plurality of spare cell areas based upon a population of a plurality of types of cells in a predetermined area. The method may include ensuring that each of the plurality of spare cell areas may include a minimum number of predetermined cells. The method may include positioning a predetermined cell in at least one of the plurality of spare cell areas if the type of predetermined cells is absent in the population of areas adjacent to the predetermined area.

Abstract: An integrated circuit layout is formed by performing a routing step forming a routing layout of routing conductors and routing connection vias prior to performing a power grid connection step which forms power connection vias between power grid conductors and standard-power cell conductors within the standard cells. This enables a minimum via spacing requirement to be met while permitting an increased flexibility in the positioning of the routing connection vias.

Abstract: Disclosed are mechanisms for implementing an IC package layout design with an integrated circuit package design estimator. These mechanisms determine an estimated number of layers for an integrated circuit (IC) package design including one or more IC die designs, determine whether the estimated number of layers suffice to accommodate routing demands for the IC package layout design, determine a power layer and/or a ground layer based in part or in whole upon one or more factors, and generate an output for the IC package layout design based using at least the estimated number of layers and the power layer and/or the ground layer. These mechanisms use input including connectivity information, thermal effects, and/or IC placement information to determine estimates for the total number of layers, layer stack-up, power and ground plane assignment, and via libraries to guide IC package layout design.

Abstract: A layout design for a semiconductor chip includes two or more layers, each including a set of shapes, which are used for various fabrication processes during the manufacture of a physical semiconductor chip. Some manufacturing processes create physical features on the semiconductor chip that do not directly correspond to shapes in the layout design. To facilitate design analysis of such semiconductor chips, shapes from the layout design are selected and manipulated by performing one or more operations, such as Boolean operations, on the shapes to generate new shapes. The new shapes, which can represent physical features of the manufactured semiconductor chip, are then displayed, along with an image of the corresponding section of the physical semiconductor chip, to facilitate design analysis, such as failure analysis.

Abstract: In one aspect, a method for providing design point recommendations for an integrated circuit (IC) design is disclosed. The method comprises receiving an IC design along with a reference PPA (power, performance, area) metric at a reference design point, and a target PPA metric. The method also comprises estimating trial PPA metrics for the IC design at multiple design points, wherein estimating trial PPA metric at each design point includes accessing a PPA database containing PPA metrics for multiple test components, determining scale factors from the reference design point to the trial design point for test components equivalent to components of the IC design, and applying the scale factors to the reference PPA metric to determine the trial PPA metric for the trial design point. The method further comprises recommending a trial design point based on the estimated trial PPA metric and the received target PPA metric.

Abstract: A technique validates results from a circuit simulation estimation program. The technique determines whether the estimated results satisfy Kirchhoff's current law (KCL), Kirchhoff's voltage laws (KVL), and power conservation for the original circuit. A reporting tool shows the validation results and may be customized by the user. The tool can show in the original circuitry where the estimated results may be inaccurate.

Abstract: A motor design method, a motor (11) designed by the motor design method, and an electric vehicle (10) provided with the motor (11) include a first calculation step of obtaining a set of a number of revolutions required to achieve a predetermined running pattern and a torque required to achieve the predetermined running pattern, a second calculation step of selecting a motor efficiency corresponding to the number of revolutions and the torque from any one of motor characteristic curves, a third calculation step of obtaining a work amount from the number of revolutions and the torque and obtaining power consumption by dividing the work amount by the motor efficiency, and a fourth calculation step of obtaining a sum of the power consumption by repeating the first calculation step, the second calculation step, and the third calculation step over the entire running time.

Abstract: Electronic label processor compares bioinformatic values to determine pharmaco-genomic mutation associated with host. Label display indicates pharmaco-genomic mutation, which is network-accessible for modified medical message. Bioinformatic values are determined preferably at different times.

Abstract: The invention provides models and methods useful for optimizing cell lines. The invention provides methods and computer readable medium or media containing such methods. Such a computer readable medium or media can comprise commands for carrying out a method of the invention. The methods of the invention can be utilized to model improved characteristics of a cell line, for example, improved product production, improved growth, improved culture characteristics, and the like.

Abstract: Systems and methods for modeling functional magnetic resonance image datasets using a multivariate auto-regressive model which captures temporal dynamics in the data, and creates a reduced representation of the dataset representative of functional connectivity of voxels with respect to brain activity. Raw spatio-temporal data is processed using a multivariate auto-regressive model, wherein coefficients in the model with high weights are retained as indices that best describe the full spatio-temporal data. When there are a relatively small number of temporal samples of the data, sparse regression techniques are used to build the model. The model coefficients are used to perform data processing functions such as indexing, prediction, and classification.

Abstract: The present invention provides a prediction device, a prediction method, a program, and a recording medium, with which whether or not desired aptamer sequences are enriched can be predicted easily. The prediction device of the present invention 10 includes an input unit 11, a calculation unit 12, and a prediction unit 13. The input unit 11 is a unit through which sequence information on a target aptamer sequence group including selected aptamers in a target pool and a reference aptamer sequence group including reference aptamer sequences are inputted. The calculation unit 12 calculates the free energy of the target aptamer sequence group and the free energy of the reference aptamer sequence group. The prediction unit 13 compares the free energy of these sequence groups, and predicts that the target pool is an enriched pool when the free energy of the target aptamer sequence group is lower than the free energy of the reference aptamer sequence group.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a software program that displays both a volume as images and segmentation results as surface models in 3D. Multiple 2D slices are extracted from the 3D volume. The 2D slices may be interactively rotated by the user to best follow an oblique structure. The 2D slices can “cut” the surface models from the segmentation so that only half of the models are displayed. The border curves resulting from the cuts are displayed in the 2D slices. The user may click a point on the surface model to designate a landmark point. The corresponding location of the point is highlighted in the 2D slices. A 2D slice can be reoriented such that the line lies in the slice. The user can then further evaluate or refine the landmark points based on both surface and image information.

Abstract: In general, this disclosure describes techniques for remotely monitoring the health of an ambulatory patient. As described herein, an ambulatory patient may interact with a monitoring device that is located at the patient's home. The monitoring device may ask the patient to provide responses to health-related questions or requests for physiological characteristics and may upload the responses. A health care professional may then use the responses to evaluate the health of the patient. A set of firmware instructions stored on the monitoring device may cause the monitoring device to perform these functions. The monitoring device may download a prompt that is associated with at least one instruction in the set of firmware instructions. The prompt may cause the patient monitoring device to execute the at least one instruction in the set of firmware instructions to gather information relating to a patient.

Abstract: A system and method of a clinical trial is provided. The system comprises a summary page providing an overview of each clinical trial participant in a graphical format, each clinical trial participant being represented by a unique clinical trial participant identifier and one or more clinical trial participant identifier modifiers applicable to modify one or more of the clinical trial participant identifiers, each modifier indicative of a different status of the particular participant identifier to which it is applied. A zoom selector is provided for zooming in on a subset of the clinical trial participant identifiers included with the summary page.

Abstract: The present invention relates to biologically and behaviorally based methods of measuring audience response to a short stimulus.

Abstract: Systems and methods for managing assets on a computing device are described. A computing device obtains one or more relationships between an electronic device and one or more related electronic devices. Relationship priorities of the relationships are obtained. The computing device displays an icon representing the electronic device and icons representing the related electronic devices. Also displayed are arrows representing the relationships. The arrows are displayed with differing thicknesses based on the relationship priorities.

Abstract: Method and system for distributing token records in market environment is disclosed. At least one token record comprising a unique seed associated with a OTP token. Encryption key and decryption key are generated for assisting selective encryption and decryption of token record associated with OTP token. The token record is encrypted with the assistance of encryption key. One of encrypted token record and decryption key is provided into market environment. A device comprising an identifier for facilitating identification of token record associated with OTP token is provided into market environment together with the one of encrypted token record and decryption key. The identifier concealed by tamper-evident removable material such that any effort to reveal identifier will be readily apparent. The other of the encrypted token record and decryption key is provided to an entity in response to entity providing identifier.

Abstract: A method and a terminal device for making multi-system constraint of a specified permission in a digital rights. A rights object related to content object is obtained by an executing device. The specific permission descriptions of the rights object include system constraint descriptions of a plurality of systems of the same type. The executing device obtains a corresponding system information in the device according to the system constraint descriptions and compares the system information in the device with the system information in the system constraint descriptions, so as to judge whether there is any system permitted in system constraint descriptions. If yes, it determines to permit executing the specific permission for the content object; otherwise, it determines not to permit executing said specific permission for the content object.