Abstract: A method, apparatus, article of manufacture, and a memory structure for allocating storage of media programs among global and local storage assets for hot and cold storage is disclosed. Trend data is obtained from a plurality of sources including web page click-throughs and social media, indexed and combined with data describing available media programs to identify media programs of interest and reallocate them to hot storage as required. The system uses REST-compliant methods and commands and is therefore pluggable and can be used with a variety of existing systems.

Abstract: A system and method for determining popularity of a video based in part on requests for the video received from a referrer, grouping videos whose popularity based on requests from referrers exceeds a threshold and displaying those videos in a channel or providing them in a web feed.

Abstract: Systems, methods and interfaces for the selective management of information collected by a software browser application are provided. The software browser application obtains content from a network resource, such as a Web page. The software browser application presents, among other controls, a graphical icon that is representative of a command to initiate a network-based service, such as network-based storage. The software browser application can also group similar content to provide for collective network service commands.

Abstract: A system is provided for presenting users with relevant personalized and/or customized information whenever a visitor visits a website or performs an Internet search. The described system described herein advantageously provides for the saving (clipping) of website information as an integrated part of a visitor's browsing experience. The user may be presented with either a suggested list of notebooks and/or a suggested list of tags for the website informationa. The content of the website information that is clipped may be advantageously controlled by a website owner/publisher. Using website clips, identified as “notes,” previously stored by a visitor, currently displayed website content may be accordingly modified in connection with identified relevant notes and/or a notification may be displayed on the current website for a particular visitor identifying stored relevant notes of the visitor.

Abstract: A system and a method for the management of addressable network resources (e.g., Web pages, electronic documents accessed via a Uniform Resource Identifier, etc.) within a network are provided. Specifically, embodiments of addressable network resource selection systems and methods are disclosed for managing the analysis and identification of optimal links between addressable network resources. A resource selection component enables pruning of undesirable pages on the basis of various usage metrics, including user depart rate. The resource selection component may then identify optimal linking strategies by determining one or more linking scores for remaining pages based on any of a number of different page usage metrics. In other embodiments, addressable network resource selection systems and methods may weight linking scores to emphasize desired outcomes, such as encouraging exploration of a network-based site or encouraging high aggregate sales figures.

Abstract: A system for generating a web page that integrates content from different content sources. The system defines a request configured to be transmitted from a consumer application to a producer application. The request is for the producer application to provide content to the consumer application. The system adds additional custom data to the request via a plurality of integration points. The additional custom data is configured to be interpreted by handlers corresponding to the integration points. The system receives content produced by the producer application. The producer application produces the content based upon the request and the additional custom data. The system displays the received content to appear as an integrated whole with other content on a page.

Abstract: In accordance with disclosed embodiments, there are provided systems, methods, and apparatuses for implementing analytics on-demand functionality.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for accessing a graph database having nodes and relationships describing an organization. An interface in a computer system receives a request from a client to access information about the organization. Further, the interface in the computer system retrieves the information from the graph database having nodes and relationships describing the organization. Still further, the interface in the computer system sends a portion of the information to the client based on how much of the information is displayable by the client.

Abstract: A method is directed to associating quality metadata with underlying data. The method includes, for one or more data items, a computing system identifying one or more threshold conditions related to the data items. The computing system determines that the one or more threshold conditions related to the data items have been met. As a result of determining that the one or more threshold conditions related to the data items have been met, the computing system associates quality metadata with the data items.

Abstract: Methods, systems and computer-readable medium are provided for selecting and ordering pathways identified between two selected nodes of a hybrid network. Nodes within the network have named relationships that may have 1:1, 1:many, many:1 or many:many cardinality. An algorithm is applied to predetermine the optional search path for finding relationships between any two rows of any of one or more tables of one or more relational databases, including relationships defined between other tables. The schemas of one or more target relational databases, either derived or input, is converted into an object-oriented schema that explicitly defines relationships between columns in the tables of the relational database and represents the tables as object classes. The schemas are analyzed and optimal search paths are derived and stored for subsequent use. A query engine accesses the predefined search paths in order to execute queries.

Abstract: A string similarity apparatus, method, and computer readable medium which manages caching of resources. The method includes storing a plurality of software instructions, executing the plurality of software instructions, such as, determining a first number of characters contained by a first string, determining a second number of characters contained by a second string, determining a larger number from among the first number and the second number, setting the larger number to a string length value, determining a maximum number of subsequent characters from the first strings which match subsequent characters from the second string and setting the value, setting the maximum number to a maximum group size value, calculating a resulting value by subtracting the maximum group size value from the string length value, and outputting the resulting value which represents a computational cost of converting the first string into the second string.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method of (800) and a system (316) for processing a search query received from an electronic device (302) associated with a user (170). The method comprises executing (802) a search based on the search query to generate search results; accessing (804) a register (340) comprising multiple entries; upon determining (806) that a search result resource associated with the at least one of the search results corresponds to the resource of the at least one of the multiple entries of the register, generating a graphical component (408, 508, 608) associated with the transaction service identifier; inserting (808) the graphical component (408, 508, 608) within a search result page (SERP); and transmitting (810) the SERP to the electronic device (302) for rendering on a display of the electronic device (302).

Abstract: Systems and methods for designing and generating a device using accuracy maps and stability analysis are disclosed herein. In some aspects, the systems and methods described relate to an apparatus for designing a device. The apparatus includes a processor configured to generate a three-dimensional model of a physical object and determine whether the three-dimensional model satisfies an accuracy threshold based on an accuracy map. The processor is further configured generate a simulated representation of the device, determine whether the simulated representation of the device satisfies a stability threshold, simulate a fit of the device on the three-dimensional model if the simulated representation of the device satisfies the stability threshold, and determine whether the simulated fit of the device on the three-dimensional model is within a tolerance threshold. The processor is further configured to generate an approved design of the device if the simulated fit is within the tolerance threshold.

Abstract: A template corresponds to a general system architecture for providing a desired functionality. A particular system architecture for providing the desired functionality is generated based on the template and based on specifications of requirements for the particular system architecture. The particular system architecture is implementable using hardware and software that are specified and that are available to implement the general system architecture. One or more of a logical diagram of the particular system architecture, a physical diagram of the particular system architecture, and a bill of materials of the hardware and the software selected to implement the particular system architecture are provided.

Abstract: A system and method of determining 3D coordinates of an object is provided. The method includes determining a first set of 3D coordinates for a plurality of points on the object with a structured light scanner. An inspection plan is determined for the object, which includes features to be inspected with a remote probe. The points are mapped onto a CAD model. The features are identified on the plurality of points mapped onto a CAD model. A visible light is projected with the scanner proximate a first feature of the features. A sensor is contacted on the remote probe to at least one first point on the first feature on the object. A first position and orientation of the remote probe are determined with the scanner. A second set of 3D coordinates of the at least one first point are determined on the first feature on the object.

Abstract: An additive manufacturing process for building a three-dimensional part, which includes applying a layer of one or more powder-based metals onto or over a substrate, selectively melting and/or sintering the powder-based metals to produce a layer of the three-dimensional part, and repeating these steps such that the built three-dimensional part includes one or more self-supporting internal passageways, and which preferably precludes the need for internal support structures for the internal passageways.

Abstract: Structure boundaries may be determined by receiving a plurality of three dimensional (3D) data points representing a geographic area. The 3D data points may be projected into a two dimensional (2D) grid comprised of area elements. A structure boundary may be determined based on an analysis of the area elements.

Abstract: Segmenting a three dimensional (3D) model of a structure may involve distinguishing vertically oriented surface elements from horizontally oriented surface elements of a three 3D surface representing a geographic area. The geographic area involves at least one structure. Segmenting a 3D model may also involve distinguishing ground surface elements from rooftop surface elements of the horizontally oriented surface elements of the 3D surface. Segmenting a 3D model may then involve associating the vertically oriented surface elements with the rooftop surface elements to form at least one segmented model of the at least one structure.

Abstract: A method is described for segmenting an occupancy grid for a surroundings model of a driver assistance system for a vehicle. The method encompasses a step of reading in an occupancy grid having a plurality of grid cells, each grid cell of the plurality of grid cells having assigned to it a grid cell information item that encompasses an information item about a degree of occupancy and at least one additional information item about the grid cell; and a step of assigning at least one object and/or a plurality of objects to the plurality of grid cells using the grid cell information item, in order to segment the occupancy grid for a surroundings model.

Abstract: A simulation apparatus which simulates a position of each of plural objects, which move in a virtual space together with time, at each of plural time points of calculation. The apparatus includes: an object pair information acquisition unit acquiring plural pieces of information of object pairs each including, as components thereof, two objects which contact with each other at each of the plural time points of calculation; an allocation unit allocating, at each of the plural time points of calculation, each of the plural object pairs to one of plural groups such that two or more object pairs which include a common object do not belong to the same group; and a calculation unit calculating, at each of the plural time points of calculation, an influence of contact of two objects included in each of the plural object pairs upon positions of the two objects.

Abstract: An information processing unit and information processing method capable of performing a ground-state search of an Ising model having coefficients of arbitrary values regardless of restrictions on hardware or software is suggested. When a ground state of an original problem, which is an Ising model, or an approximate solution of that ground state is calculated as a solution of the original problem, one or more sub-problems which are Ising models are generated from the original problem and the information processing unit searches the ground state of each generated sub-problem and generates a solution of the original problem based on a solution of each sub-problem obtained from the search; and when types of coefficient values of an Ising model whose ground state can be searched are limited, sub-problems which are Ising models composed of the types of limited values of coefficients are generated.

Abstract: Displacement or a load is applied to an elastic-plastic material to deform the elastic-plastic material plastically to acquire experimental values of a stress-strain relation. With a kinematic-hardening incremental vector d?ij of a yield surface in an elastic-plastic constitutive model as a predetermined first equation, the elastic-plastic constitutive model being defined as a function of stress and back stress, a computer identifies material constants contained in the elastic-plastic constitutive model with the acquired experimental values. The computer identifies material constants contained in a predetermined second equation on the basis of the acquired experimental values and the predetermined first equation into which the identified material constants are substituted.

Abstract: Described here are systems and methods for efficiently simulating wave propagation in one or more viscoelastic media. The systems and methods described here implement an elastodynamic model that includes memory variables for one or more viscoelastic properties. Boundary conditions can also be generated based on a perfectly matched layer (PML) condition. A hybrid implicit/explicit method is used to generate wave simulation data. In this method, equations related to the memory variables and PML are solved using an implicit integrator, and other equations in the elastodynamic model are solved using an explicit method.

Abstract: Systems and methods for 2D domain decomposition during parallel reservoir simulation to balance the active cells in a reservoir model.

Abstract: A system and method is disclosed in an emulation environment that dynamically remaps user designs. In one embodiment, a request is received to load an integrated circuit design to be emulated in a desired partition within the emulator. The emulator automatically determines the availability of the partition requested. If the partition is not available, the design is dynamically remapped to a different partition that is available. In another embodiment, clocks associated with the integrated circuit design are also dynamically remapped. In yet another embodiment, the user can control the size of the partitions (e.g., the number of printed circuit boards in a partition).

Abstract: A specific information processing function, which assumes circuit implementation, is described in a programming language, and from this description, an RTL description that can be logic synthesized is automatically generated. A logic circuit generation device includes: a control flow graph generation unit that generates a control flow graph; a control flow degenerate conversion unit that generates a control flow degenerate program by removing all condition branch instructions from the control flow graph; a data flow graph generation unit that generates a data flow graph from the control flow degenerate program; and a logic circuit description output unit that generates logic circuit description indicating a sequential circuit in which a rooted branch of the data flow graph corresponds to the wiring of the logic circuit and a node of the data flow graph corresponds to a computing element of the logic circuit.

Abstract: A computer implemented representation of a circuit design is reduced by representing the circuit design as a data structure defining a netlist. A first set of nodes is identified in the netlist that includes datapath nodes, preferably nodes that do not intermingle data and control. The first set of nodes is segmented into segment widths that correspond to uniformly treated segments of the corresponding words. A second set of nodes, including nodes that intermingle data and control, are converted into bit-level nodes. The segmented nodes are analyzed to define reduced safe sizes by applying a computer implemented function. An updated data structure representing the circuit design is then generated using the reduced safe sizes of the segmented nodes.

Abstract: Embodiments of the inventive concept include a computer-implemented method for intelligently swapping circuit cells and an associated intelligent cell swapper logic section. The technique can include receiving, by an intelligent cell swapper logic section, a synthesized gate level netlist including cells each having an initial cell class. A cell class sorter can sort cell classes in order of leakage. A ceiling finder can swap the initial cell class for each of the cells to a highest cell leakage class, and determine a ceiling frequency. A floor finder can swap the highest cell leakage class for each of the cells to a lowest cell leakage class, and determine a floor frequency. An effective swap weight calculator section can determine an effective swap weight for a subset of cells based on cell attribute weighting criteria. The timing paths can be optimized to meet the ceiling frequency without unnecessarily using high leakage cells.

Abstract: A system for printed circuit board assembly includes a user interface provided on a display device for visual verification of printed circuit board design data, a user interface provided on the display device for inputting bill of material information, and a user interface provided on the display device for verification, alteration and creation of component placement data.

Abstract: Integrated circuits and methods of manufacture and design thereof are disclosed. For example, a method of manufacturing includes using a first mask to pattern a gate material forming a plurality of first and second features. The first features form gate electrodes of the semiconductor devices, whereas the second features are dummy electrodes. Based on the location of these dummy electrodes, selected dummy electrodes are removed using a second mask. The use of the method provides greater flexibility in tailoring individual devices for different objectives.

Abstract: A system for dynamic circuit board design, preferably including a library of modular circuits and a merge tool. A method for merging modular circuitry into a unified electronics module, preferably including: receiving a circuit board layout, the circuit board layout preferably including a set of modular circuits arranged on a virtual carrier board; converting the circuit board layout into a virtual circuit representation; applying transformations to the virtual circuit representation; and generating a unified circuit board design based on the transformed virtual circuit representation.

Abstract: When a designer designates one or more errors identified in layout design data as false errors, waiver geometric elements corresponding to the designated false errors are created and added to the design. The waiver geometric element may be associated with a verification rule that generated its corresponding false error. When the design is subsequently analyzed using those verification rules in another verification rule check process, the waiver geometric elements are examined, and used to mask those errors associated with a waiver geometric element that would otherwise be displayed to the designer. A designer may also designate a waiver region based on pattern matching, cell names or layout markers in which layout region one or more verification rules may be inapplicable. A waiver region identification item for the waiver region may be associated with a waiver geometric element and the one or more verification rules.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a method for triple-patterning friendly placement. The method can include creating cell attributes identifying potential risk for triple-patterning design rule checking (TP DRC) violations in both a vertical and a horizontal propagation in a placement region. Based on these cell attributes, placement blockages can be inserted to prevent TP DRC violations after cell placement.

Abstract: A method for creating a laboratory automation system is disclosed. The method includes obtaining a plurality of subgraphs that correspond to a plurality of system blocks. The system blocks are chosen and the subgraphs are stitched together to form a site graph for the laboratory automation system.

Abstract: The field of this invention is classifying animal behaviors. In particular the fields of this invention include using animals in vivariums, such as rodents, particularly mice. When two mice socialize, a first mouse vocalizes a call and the second mouse vocalizes a response. Ultrasonic calls and responses are compared to video behaviors of the same mice, and then a table is constructed where each line comprises a particular call and response, a corresponding video behavior, and a correlation weight.

Abstract: Base calls for a target sequence may be identified relative to a reference sequence by using values from sequencing reads at locations satisfying a high-confidence condition to identify base calls at a given location not satisfying the high-confidence condition. The high-confidence condition may relate to the level of coverage by the sequencing reads at a location of the reference sequence. The quality of measurements of the sequencing reads may be incorporated into the base-call process.

Abstract: The disclosure provides methods to assemble genomes of eukaryotic or prokaryotic organisms. The disclosure further provides methods for haplotype phasing and meta-genomics assemblies.

Abstract: The highly secure method and system acquires, processes and produces health care (HC) data and service records from multiple local devices, notwithstanding different operating systems (OS) in such devices, and all accessed and controlled by a cloud computing network. Devices have memories, displays, keypads, cameras and microphones. The system operates on acquired data including image, keypad-text, audio, and speech-converted-to text data generated by respective devices. The method downloads commands to devices (notwithstanding different OS) which delete-acquired-data upon a request to save (upload) data to the cloud computing network. Further data security includes a disable-print-screen command prohibiting local storage of stored acquired data into local devices.

Abstract: A medical device and a method of implementing a cryptosystem on the medical device include storing a data structure on a memory component of the medical device. An encryption key is stored in the data structure. Usage data related to usage of the medical device is provided. The encryption key is read from the data structure. The usage data is encrypted with the read encryption key. The encryption key is eliminated such that the encryption key is no longer present in the medical device.

Abstract: In various embodiments, a personal health data hub (“PHDH”) may include a device that receives health data from personal health devices (“PHDs”), stores the health data, and sends them to personal health records. Health data may be received by PHDH using multiple communication technologies, such as Bluetooth, Bluetooth Low Energy, ANT+, USB, etc. The PHDH may be used by different users such as multiple user sessions. Users may access and control the PHDH through different UI mechanisms. The PHDH may interact with users, such as by indicating states and/or events using light and/or sound indicators. The PHDH may use a wireless collector accessory enabled peripheral device to receive health data from a PHD. The WCA-enabled device may communicate personal health data to the PHDH on behalf of the PHD. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products that enable system-wide probabilistic forecasting, alerting, optimizing and activating resources in the delivery of care to address both immediate (near real-time) conditions as well as probabilistic forecasted operational states of the system over an interval that is selectable from the current time to minutes, hours and coming days or weeks ahead are provided. There are multiple probabilistic future states that are implemented in these different time intervals and these may be implemented concurrently for an instant in time control, near term, and long term. Those forecasts along with their optimized control of hospital capacity may be independently calculated and optimized, such as for a dynamic workflow direction over the next hour and also a patient's stay over a period of days.

Abstract: A system (10) for presenting guideline recommendations to care givers includes at least one display device (54, 56), each displaying a user interface. The system (10) further includes at least one processor (122, 118). The processor (122, 118) is programmed to receive a guideline recommendation for a patient based on a computer interpretable guideline (CIG) and present the guideline recommendation to at least one associated user according to a plurality of alternative approaches for representing the guideline recommendation. At least one of the plurality of alternative approaches uses the user interface of one of the at least one display device (54, 56) to represent the guideline recommendation.

Abstract: A home medical device system includes a plurality of home therapy machines that perform a home therapy on a patient; a connectivity server; a system hub coupled to the home therapy machines through the connectivity server; a web portal configured to access the system hub; a plurality of clinics connected to the system hub via the web portal; and a website accessible via the web portal, the website including a patient portion available to patients using the plurality of home therapy machines, the website further including a clinician portion that enables the clinics to manage the home therapy machines.

Abstract: Use of improved image acquisition for a medical dose preparation system. The medical dose preparation system may include a work station for capturing medical dose preparation images (e.g., to document preparation of a mediation dose). The medical dose preparation image may be captured by a video data stream processor capable of performing an auto cropping technique on a video data stream received from an image device. Accordingly, memory resources may be more efficiently employed while maintaining high quality medical dose preparation images.

Abstract: A blister pack for dispensing medication comprises a substantially flat backing, blisters formed on the backing, breakable resistive traces, conductive traces, a power source for applying electrical power to the traces, and a controller. The blisters and the backing form cavities for containing the medication, and each blister is coupled with another blister to form pairs of blisters. Resistive traces are applied to the backing under each blister. For each pair of blisters, the resistive traces under a first blister of the pair of blisters is connected in parallel by the conductive traces with the resistive traces under a second blister of the pair of blisters. The controller detects breakage of the resistive traces under the blisters for each pair of blisters by measuring the voltage across the resistive traces under each pair of blisters, and communicate the status to a remote server for instant analysis and reporting to parties of interest.

Abstract: Methods and devices to detect analyte in body fluid are provided. Embodiments include processing sampled data from analyte sensor, determining a single, fixed, normal sensitivity value associated with the analyte sensor, estimating a windowed offset value associated with the analyte sensor for each available sampled data cluster, computing a time varying offset based on the estimated windowed offset value, and applying the time varying offset and the determined normal sensitivity value to the processed sampled data to estimate an analyte level for the sensor.

Abstract: Instructions and logic fork processes and establish child enclaves in a secure enclave page cache (EPC). Instructions specify addresses for secure storage allocated to enclaves of a parent and a child process to store secure enclave control structure (SECS) data, application data, code, etc. The processor includes an EPC to store enclave data of the parent and child processes. Embodiments of the parent may execute, or a system may execute an instruction to copy parent SECS to secure storage for the child, initialize a unique child ID and link to the parent's SECS/ID. Embodiments of the child may execute, or the system may execute an instruction to copy pages from the parent enclave to the enclave of the child where both have the same key, set an entry for EPC mapping to partial completion, and record a page state in the child enclave, if interrupted. Thus copying can be resumed.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for program security protection. An exemplary method for program security protection may comprise obtaining data packets transceived by a first program, analyzing similarities among the obtained data packets for a plurality of transmissions, and determining a security threat to the first program based on the analyzed similarities.

Abstract: A device for controlling network access comprising a first transceiver configured in as open access point device, a second transceiver configured in client mode and configured to connect to a second network, and a human detectable output device. The first transceiver device is configured to request and receive a user access security key. Upon matching the output and received security keys, data access to the network is enabled. Further, the device limits the addresses to which a user client device can transmit data. The user access security key required for the connecting to the first transceiver is time varying.

Abstract: A user authentication method and a terminal. The method includes determining first-type authentication information and second-type authentication information that are of a terminal, wherein the first-type authentication information includes specific attribute information that is in specific attribute information of an interaction object corresponding to a specific interaction behavior of the terminal and whose occurrence frequency within a preset time falls in a preset range, and wherein the second-type authentication information is used to interfere with selection, by the user of the terminal, of the first-type authentication information; presenting an authentication challenge set to the user of the terminal; receiving an identification result; and determining an authentication result. According to the user authentication method, authentication information is dynamically generated using information about an interaction object to perform authentication on a user.