Abstract: A method is provided for prompting a user to perform PIM-related acts based on dynamic location data. The user's current location is received and a PIM item is selected from the user's PIM system. The user's current location is compared to the location of the selected PIM item. Based on the comparison, a suggested user fulfillment action for the PIM item is suggested to the user.

Abstract: The invention is a method for measuring and processing a plurality of electrical parameters of a common alternating current (AC) service that supplies multiple different electrical devices such that the power use and total power used by each of multiple devices is determined. Sensors provide high resolution signals corresponding to the current and voltage of the AC power supplied to the service panel typical of those used in residential construction. Analog-to-digital conversion and processing circuits produce multiple electrical parameters with 16- to 24-bit resolution at a sampling rate sufficient to characterize rapid transitions. The electrical parameters change rapidly when electrical devices transition between on and off. These transitions are detected, measured, characterized, and stored. The transition characterizations of multiple on-off cycles are grouped and analyzed to produce unique transition characterizations for each device or set of devices that are essentially electrically identical.

Abstract: An exemplary apparatus for supplying road conditions includes a detector, an information processing device, and a transmission device. The detector configured to detect current road conditions. The information processing device communicatively coupled to the detector for receiving information on the current road conditions. The information processing device stores predetermined information on road conditions and configured for comparing with the predetermined road conditions to obtain a comparison result. The transmission device communicatively coupled to the information processing device and configured for transmitting the comparison result to a predetermined recipient.

Abstract: Selection of web page advertisements for placement into a web page may use attention data that ranks the elements of the web page according to the attention the elements receive from users during interactions with the web page. The content of ads can be matched to the content of the most highly ranked elements of the web page rather than the web page as a whole. Alternatively, ads can be selected that historically produce a preferred pattern of behavior such as an attention shift from a highly ranked element of the web page to the ad.

Abstract: A system and method provides for the recovery of carriers stranded within a pneumatic carrier system. Initially, unresolved transaction records generated during the transit of carrier within the system are identified for carrier recovery purposes. System handling information is identified from the transaction record. Based on this information, the system determines a putative location of each a carrier associated with a transaction record. The system operates a segment of the pneumatic system including the putative carrier location to confirm the presence or absence of a stranded carrier. If a carrier is identified within that segment of the system, the carrier is deemed recovered. The carrier is then delivered to the destination location in the transaction record.

Abstract: Embodiments of methods, apparatuses, or systems relating to identifying a level of desirability of a hyperlink or search query using experience score.

Abstract: The present invention relate to a method and system to predict the likelihood of data topics that may occur from data sources. The likelihood of the data topics may be predicted over other dimensions of time or over other dimensions. In the present invention, a topic means a defining characteristic, usually represented as a data element, of a single feature, activity, subject, behavior, event or an aggregation of such defining characteristics.

Abstract: In various embodiments, systems and methods are provided for increasing the likelihood of a sustained virological response or “cure” using a model of patient physiology incorporating a subjects race, gender, age, weight, concomitant medicines and disease state, immune response status, and responsiveness to drug therapies to simultaneously characterize the change in viral burden in the subject in terms of velocity of viral load decline. In an embodiment, once viral load in a subject is below a physical measurement limit, the model can extrapolate the subject's observed viral velocity toward a physiological target shown to be highly correlated with “cure.” In further embodiments, the model can be used for personalized medicine—“the right drug at the right dose for the right treatment duration for the right patient.” Accordingly, the model can provide optimal value for treatment and reducing the high cost of side effects.

Abstract: An apparatus and automated method are disclosed for alignment of objects in a document which allows saliency within one or both objects to be a factor in the alignment. The method includes, for an input electronic document, identifying first and second objects to be aligned on a page of the document. A one dimensional guideline profile is generated for at least the first object based on a detection of saliency for the first object. The first and second objects are aligned based on the guideline profile to form a modified document and the modified document is output.

Abstract: A method and system for generating a patient specific anatomical heart model is disclosed. Volumetric image data, such as computed tomography (CT), echocardiography, or magnetic resonance (MR) image data of a patient's cardiac region is received. Individual models for multiple heart components, such as the left ventricle (LV) endocardium, LV epicardium, right ventricle (RV), left atrium (LA), right atrium (RA), mitral valve, aortic valve, aorta, and pulmonary trunk, are estimated in said volumetric cardiac image data. A multi-component patient specific anatomical heart model is generated by integrating the individual models for each of the heart components. Fluid Structure Interaction (FSI) simulations are performed on the patient specific anatomical model, and patient specific clinical parameters are extracted based on the patient specific heart model and the FSI simulations. Disease progression modeling and risk stratification are performed based on the patient specific clinical parameters.

Abstract: Methods, biomarkers, and expression signatures are disclosed for assessing the regulation status of RAS pathway signaling in a cell sample or subject. More specifically, several aspects of the invention provide a set of genes which can be used as biomarkers and gene signatures for evaluating RAS pathway deregulation status in a sample; classifying a cell sample as having a deregulated or regulated RAS signaling pathway; determining whether an agent modulates the RAS signaling pathway in sample; predicting response of a subject to an agent that modulates the RAS signaling pathway; assigning treatment to a subject; and evaluating the pharmacodynamic effects of cancer therapies designed to regulate RAS pathway signaling.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for collecting waveform data for a plurality of appliances that may be found in a residential or commercial setting using multi-port outlet monitoring devices to obtain power consumption profiles that indicate power consumption on a per-appliance and/or per-location basis and/or per user basis. The plurality of appliances is reliably identified from the power consumption profiles. In accordance with a method embodiment, waveform data transmitted from an unknown appliance is independently metered via a multi-port monitoring device over an elapsed time period. The metered waveform data is wirelessly transmitted from the multi-port monitoring device to a co-located system controller which constructs an appliance signature. The process may be repeated to generate multiple appliance signatures. The one or more appliance signatures are compared to a database of pre-stored canonical signatures to determine if there is a match to identify the appliance.

Abstract: There has been conventionally a problem that when the searcher uses, for example, “dry wine” selected according to the searcher's preference as a search key, the searcher cannot be satisfied with the search result because wine entries stored in a database as “dry wines” depend on objective evaluation by another person. A sense database is created by using, as a subjective search index, sense parameter information such as potential variation caused by pungency obtained by a pseudo sensor irrespective of one's ability. Specifically the database comprises a sense information obtaining section for obtaining sense information by associating the sense parameter information acquired by the sensor with representative information, a sense information storage section, a search key obtaining section, and a searching section for searching the sense information storage section using a search key.

Abstract: Display device ON/OFF detection methods and apparatus are disclosed. An example method disclosed herein to determine whether a presentation device is ON or OFF comprises determining an audio signature based on an audio signal corresponding to an output of the presentation device, comparing the audio signature to a set of reference signatures corresponding to a set of known media content, and determining a result indicating whether the presentation device is ON or OFF based on whether the audio signature matches any of the set of reference signatures.

Abstract: A preferred method and system for dynamically and/or statically identifying, manipulating, registering, representing and comparing information are disclosed. In a preferred method, systems representing several elements and/or corresponding concepts, associate according to Associative Protocols such as CIRN, enabling networks to effectively represent information. In addition, this disclosure further teaches several additional methodologies for implementing said networks to perform at least one of a: conceptual relations between several data corpuses, contextual relations between several data corpuses, irrelevance removal, search, and trans-grammatical matching.

Abstract: Methods and computing devices enable identifying particular software functions, modules or arithmetic blocks within a software binary image. Memory register and memory address references within the binary image are normalized. Functions within the binary image are identified. Each function within the binary image is compared against one or more reference function binary images to determine if there is a match. The function-to-reference function comparison may be accomplished by comparing bit patterns or by comparing hash values generated by applying a hash function to the selected function and the reference function. Component parts within functions in the binary image can be identified and compared to reference function component parts within a reference function or within a database of reference function component parts. Results of the comparisons may be used to determine a degree to which the software binary image matches reference functions and/or component parts.

Abstract: An aspect of the present invention may allow medical equipment and/or implants tracking from time of ordering through distribution to the patient. A second aspect may provide a physician or user with the ability to pre-establish certain preferences for which implants to use with a particular type of patient utilizing factors such as activity level, age, and BMI. Another aspect of the present invention may relate to providing a module or interface for a nurse or user to schedule procedures. In some embodiments, a nurse can schedule the procedure by knowing only the physician performing the surgery, what anatomy group needs the surgery or implant, and one or two patient factors (age and activity level for example.) Another aspect of the present invention may relate to providing an analysis tool to allow users to determine clinical data or draw comparisons about the efficacy of certain procedures or implants.

Abstract: Content detection for senders reviews and compares content for sending to one or more profile parameters of a recipient. The one or more profile parameters describe the characteristics of the recipient. Portions of the content determined to be inappropriate or offensive to the recipient based on the recipient's profile parameters are tagged and the sender is alerted. Alternative suggestions to replace those portions in the content may be provided.

Abstract: A moving obstacle deciding apparatus includes a search signal transmitting and receiving section 1 for transmitting a search signal, and for receiving the search signal reflected from a search target as a detection signal; a decision reference value calculating section 6 for calculating a decision reference value based on the detection signal received by the search signal transmitting and receiving section 1; and a moving obstacle deciding section 10 for making a decision as to whether the search target is a moving obstacle or not in accordance with a compared result of a difference value between decision reference values obtained by the decision reference value calculating section 6 in time-series searches with a prescribed threshold.

Abstract: A method of knowledge sharing using a computer system is provided. The method includes: receiving a question electronically submitted by a user; forwarding the question and at least one response option to at least one expert using a first computer interface; monitoring selected response options from the at least one expert; and selectively presenting the selected response options to the user using a second computer interface.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an artificial intelligence payment system for recommending an optimum card capable of providing a maximum benefit from among a plurality of cards issued to a user. The artificial intelligence payment system includes a payment apparatus (110) for receiving an Identification (ID) of a combination card and payment amount information, transmitting the combination card ID and the payment amount information to an optimum card recommendation server (120), and receiving priority information based on benefits of a plurality of cards mapped to the combination card ID from the optimum card recommendation server. The optimum card recommendation server generates card priority information, which includes optimum card recommendation information, on a basis of benefits of respective cards and a specific optimum card recommendation algorithm with respect to the plurality of user cards mapped to the combination card ID, and provides the card priority information to the payment apparatus.

Abstract: A method and system for candidate matching, such as used in match-making services, assesses narrative responses to measure candidate qualities. A candidate database includes self-assessment data and narrative data. Narrative data concerning a defined topic is analyzed to determine candidate qualities separate from topical information. Candidate qualities thus determined are included in candidate profiles and used to identify desirable candidates.

Abstract: The efficiency of separating normal control subjects from non-normal control subjects and separating disorders from one another is improved. Plural classification models having a stratified structure are used, and areas from which measurement data used in the plural classification models are acquired differ among the classification models.

Abstract: A network-based system is provided for performing data analysis services using a support vector machine for analyzing data received from a remote user connected to the network. The user transmits a data set to be analyzed and along with an account identifier that allows the analysis service provider to collect payment for the processing services. Once payment has been confirmed, the service provider's server transmits the analysis results to the remote user.

Abstract: A method for analyzing transaction information that involves storing each one of a plurality of transactions in an associative memory with an associated cluster identification number. A given one of the transactions is selected for analysis, the given one of the transactions having a specific cluster identification number. An entity analytics engine is used to search and obtain a first subplurality of transactions from the associative memory that are similar to the given transaction by having a common attribute or entity and assigning each of the transactions a similarity score. Each one of the transactions is further analyzed to determine if it would be beneficial to form a formal transaction relationship with an organization involved with at least one of the transactions of the cluster.

Abstract: An automotive vehicle includes one or more computers. The one or more computers are configured to, in a first mode of operation, receive and store, at a plurality of instances, inventory information about assets in a vicinity of the vehicle, and identify patterns in asset inventories based on the inventory information and a history of vehicle locations associated with the inventory information. The one or more computers are also configured to, in a second mode of operation, generate output representing at least one suggested vehicle destination based on the identified patterns and assets detected in the vicinity of the vehicle.

Abstract: There is provided a lifestyle disease prevention apparatus capable of objectively recognizing physical condition of a test subject. The apparatus includes: a biological information storing unit in which biological information of the test subject in connection with test subject identification information which identifies the test subject is stored in advance; and a risk calculating unit which reads the biological information in connection with the selected test subject identification information from the biological information storing unit and calculates a lifestyle disease probability that the test subject belongs to a progress stage of each disease targeted for prevention and/or improvement which is preset on the basis of the read biological information.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject matter described herein relate to generating and using code-based diagrams. In aspects, analysis components analyze computer code to determine entities and interactions between the entities of the computer code. The entities and interactions or a subset thereof are displayed as a diagram. By interacting with a user interface, a user may instruct a tool to combine entities together and hide interactions between the entities, expand collapsed entities, zoom in on entities that contain other entities, zoom out on entities contained within other entities, move entities and interactions to other diagrams, navigate between diagrams, or perform other actions to generate or use diagrams related to computer code.

Abstract: A computer system creates and stores a library of LiDAR models for standard trees that have measured characteristics. A point cloud of LiDAR data from an unidentified tree in a forest is compared against a point cloud defined by a LiDAR model of a standard tree in the library to find a match. If a match is found, one or more characteristics of the matching standard tree are associated with the unidentified tree.

Abstract: An effect predicting apparatus for predicting an effect of anthracycline anticancer drugs, comprising: a display, a processor, and a memory, under control of said processor, including software instructions adapted to enable the processor to perform operations, comprising: acquiring a CDK parameter based on a first CDK parameter and a second CDK parameter; acquiring an expression level of glutathione; comparing the CDK parameter with a CDK threshold value, and the expression level of glutathione with a glutathione threshold value; predicting an effect of anthracycline anticancer drugs based on the result of the comparison; and displaying the result of the prediction. A computer program product and a method for predicting an effect are also disclosed.

Abstract: One embodiment is a method that receives a list of service providers offering services at web sites and extracts content from the web sites to identify the services offered by the service providers. The method then populates service registries with the content.

Abstract: Exemplary embodiments provide integrated functionalities for data retrieval, encapsulation and visualization to facilitate a user in making a decision. Exemplary embodiments provide controls which correspond to actions that the user takes in making a decision. The user can use a control to access one or more data sources, send queries to the data sources, retrieve results of the queries, and automatically display the results on a display device. Exemplary embodiments also provide scenarios, each encapsulating a decision-making process. A scenario encapsulates and displays data sources and controls used in making a decision.

Abstract: A method for diagnosing diseases in human subjects and a computer system implementing the method. The novel method uses historical patient medical records to create tables, which are used by a medical center to determine what diagnostic test is associated with confirmation of a disease in question. The method provides nonparametric, retrospective, disease cohort, rank ordered, weighted concatenation tables, which are unique to a disease and specific to the medical center where they are created, with prospective application. The method is more efficient and effective than presently used methods.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for making recommendations of content items to users of computer systems include compiling a database relating a list of items and corresponding explanations; receiving from a user, through a computer user interface, a request for a recommendation; extracting from the database a preliminary list of items related to the request; identifying distances between the extracted items based on the explanation corresponding to each item; and identifying a subset of the preliminary list to form a recommendation list having a limited number of recommendation results with a desired balance of both high relevancy and high diversity relative to each other.

Abstract: A hybrid approach for personalized recommendation of subject matter description is described, comprising: inputting the description into an analyzing engine, the analyzing engine performing the steps of: extracting at least one of metadata, ID and Title from the description; tokenizing the description to generate tokenized data; normalizing the tokenized data to produce Cast information; stemming the tokenized data to generate stemmed data; pattern matching the stemmed data to produce Genre information; word sense disambiguating the stemmed data to produce Feature information; tagging the word sense disambiguated data to produce Topic information; arriving a concise descriptor of the description.

Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a recipient client device having a controller operable to receive and store a media object from an originating device, track locations where the media object has been since the media object has been stored in the recipient client device, track identifiers associated with a device or a user that has accessed the media object at the locations, and track and store annotations about the media object by the device or the user that accessed the media object. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Screening libraries of peptides in different assays offers an opportunity to simultaneously interrogate intracellular signaling pathways, create reagents to further the understanding of the pathway, and to create novel forms of therapies. Many, if not all, biologically active peptides (e.g. peptide hormones) have profound effects both in health and disease, either by growth stimulating roles, growth inhibitory roles, or the regulation of critical metabolic pathways. The present invention is directed to novel bioactive peptides, an in silico method to identify these peptides and a peptide library containing these peptides.

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for selecting a motor controller, the apparatus including a selection calculation unit, an input unit, an output unit, a mechanism condition input unit, a command setting unit, a monitoring unit, and an evaluation unit. The apparatus can select a motor controller registered in the characteristics database and machine parts registered in a mechanism condition characteristics database on the basis of an operation pattern and a mechanism condition. The apparatus can evaluate whether a combination of the motor controller and the machine parts is operable as a machine system.

Abstract: Requests for WAP-enabled content from mobile subscribers may be assigned to a particular subscriber based on a degree of match between hashed request attribute groupings. Targeted contend and/or advertising may be directed at the subscribers based on identifying common requests assigned to the same subscriber.

Abstract: A system and method relate to multi-modal biometrics. A single modality score is generated for each of a plurality of biometric modalities. A classifier is selected from a database of multi-modal classifiers, and a multi-modal fusion is applied to the single modality scores using the classifier. The single modality scores are then aggregated. A context dependent model is generated, and a measure of the context in which the biometric samples were obtained is applied to the aggregated single modality scores. It is then determined whether there is a match between two or more biometric samples.

Abstract: A method and system for reasoning an optimized service of a ubiquitous system using context information and emotion awareness may be provided. The system for reasoning an optimized service of a ubiquitous system, the system including: a ubiquitous system unit to collect information about surroundings of a user; a context awareness unit to recognize a state of the user based on the information collected in the ubiquitous system unit, and to generate context information; an emotion awareness unit to recognize an emotion of the user based on the information collected in the ubiquitous system unit, and to generate emotion information; a combination unit to combine the context information and the emotion information; and a service selection unit to reason and select a service for the user based on the combination result of the combination unit.

Abstract: A Multi-Dimensional Offer Optimization™ (MDOO) process is provided that may be defined generally as an offer simulation engine that matches an offer most likely to be accepted to the customer most likely to accept it. In general terms, the present offer simulation engine is defined as a form of predictive analytics used to make informed decisions about how to best spend scarce marketing dollars. Predictive analytics encompasses a variety of techniques from analytical statistics to traditional data mining that examines current and historical data to make predictions about future events. More specifically, the MDOO process uses predictive analytics to make decisions concerning customer optimization to include, by way of example, new customer acquisition, customer loyalty, customer retention and customer profitability.

Abstract: Embodiments may include systems and methods to create and edit a representation of a worksite, to create various data objects, to classify such objects as various types of pre-defined “features” with attendant properties and layout constraints. As part of or in addition to classification, an embodiment may include systems and methods to create, associate, and edit intrinsic and extrinsic properties to these objects. A design engine may apply of design rules to the features described above to generate one or more solar collectors installation design alternatives, including generation of on-screen and/or paper representations of the physical layout or arrangement of the one or more design alternatives.

Abstract: A system for determining if a time period after a sensing node has sensed an event exceeds a threshold value, including establishing means for establishing a plurality of reference threshold values, wherein each reference threshold value is associated with a set of reference inter-event time intervals or metrics statistically derived therefrom, calculating means for calculating a set of preliminary time intervals or metrics statistically derived therefrom, based on events sensed by the sensing node, comparing means for comparing the set of preliminary inter-event time intervals or metrics statistically derived therefrom, with each set of reference inter-event time intervals or metrics statistically derived therefrom, identifying means for identifying the reference threshold value associated with the set of reference inter-event time intervals or metrics statistically derived therefrom, being the closest match to the set of preliminary inter-event time intervals or metrics statistically derived therefrom, and

Abstract: A method and system for generating, revealing, and delivering explanations of computer-based inferences of expected levels of interest between people is described. The inferences may be based, at least in part, on behavioral information. The method and system may include variations of a mutual commitment process that only reveals a first party's inferred or expressed interest in a second party if a reciprocal inferred or expressed interest is confirmed.

Abstract: A liquid injector acquires personal condition data originating from a patient, before executing injection of a medical liquid, and a function decision unit decides whether the patient has renal dysfunction based on the acquired personal condition data. Accordingly, such arrangement can be made that in the case where the patient is not decided to have renal dysfunction the liquid injection is executed without announcing an alert, and that in the contrary case the alert is announced and the liquid injection is suspended. Thus, the liquid injector allows easily and surely preventing improper injection of the liquid such as a contrast medium to a patient with renal dysfunction.

Abstract: An approach is provided for a managed heterogeneous sensor service. A plurality of signals are received over a communication network from, respectively, a plurality of heterogeneous sensors. A plurality of instant communication sessions are established over the communication network corresponding to each of the sensors. Presence of each of the sensors is indicated over the instant communication sessions. Sensor data is generated in response to the received signals. The sensor data is transmitted over the corresponding instant communication sessions.

Abstract: Biological outcomes are detected and/or predicted by analyzing biological data containing R-R intervals (RRi). The biological data can be analyzed by performing nonlinear analysis. The biological data can be analyzed when there is minimal noise in the data. The noise in the biological data is minimal before the data is converted to real-time or after the data has been manipulated.

Abstract: A spectroscopic chemical compound identification system includes a container, a memory, a spectrometer, and a processor. The container receives unknown chemical compound. The memory stores a plurality of spectral signatures corresponding to known chemical compounds. The spectrometer measures a spectral signature of the unknown chemical compound through the container. The processor is connected to the memory and the spectrometer, performs a comparison of the spectral signature with at least one of the plurality of spectral signatures, and determines the identity of the unknown chemical compound from the comparison. The system can be housed in a portable handheld housing. A chemical compound can include a pharmaceutical or controlled substance. The system can be also be used to determine if a pharmaceutical or controlled substance is present within an unknown mixture of chemical compounds.

Abstract: A computer-implemented process and apparatus for storing, accessing, and comparing genetic profiles in a form suitable for amateur human analysis is provided. The process includes imputing and storing data that represent individual genetic profiles which have been created using conventional genetic analysis processes. The process and apparatus allow remote consumer access via the Internet to genetic profiles owned by consumer which can then be compared against other genetic profiles according to a genetic profile comparison process selected from several available processes. The resulting output of the process is a summary of the genetic profile comparison which answers the question posed by the consumer.