16th week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 45 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160110428 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FINDING LABELED INFORMATION AND CONNECTING CONCEPTS - It is possible to partially or fully automate analysis of synthetic data to find labeled information and authored connecting concepts. This can help individuals to find experts in relevant domains, to identify non-obvious solutions to their R&D problems, to serve as a catalyst (input) for innovation, or to categorize prior art relevant to a technological concept seeking venture capital funding, a scientific area for new product development, and/or a patent application in question. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110429 | Systems and Methods for Social Media Data Mining - Systems and methods are provided to collect, analyze and report social media aggregated from a plurality of social media websites. Social media is retrieved from social media websites, analyzed for sentiment, and categorized by topic and user demographics. The data is then archived in a data warehouse and various interfaces are provided to query and generate reports on the archived data. In some embodiments, the system further recognizes alert conditions and sends alerts to interested users. In some embodiments, the system further recognizes situations where users can be influenced to view a company or its products in a more favorable light, and automatically posts responsive social media to one or more social media websites. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110430 | FLOW-DIRECTED COLLABORATIVE COMMUNICATION - Resolving a query received from a first node in a network includes accepting, by a second node in the network, ownership of the query from the first node, receiving, at the second node, an identification of a third node in the network, wherein the identification is received from a user of the second node and the user of the second node believes that a user of the third node has information necessary to resolve at least part of the query, and transferring, by the second node, ownership of the at least part of the query to the third node, wherein the accepting, the receiving, and the transferring dynamically generates a data structure that traces a propagation of the query, and the data structure is accessible to an origin of the query. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110431 | Storage Area Network Zone Optimization - A storage area network (SAN) includes operational switches that contain zone databases of the SAN. A parsing logic parses the zone databases into a relational database that has descriptions of nodes and edges of the SAN. A graphic rendering engine operating on the relational database presents an undirected graph of the SAN. A structuring logic structures the undirected graph into a layout using one or more pre-defined algorithms, wherein the one or more pre-defined algorithms identify potentially problematic zones in the SAN. A metrics calculator calculates metrics of inbetweenness centrality, closeness centrality, and eccentricity of the SAN from the layout, wherein the metrics are applied as indicators to the layout to highlight problematic zones in the SAN. A display presents the layout with the indicators to enable optimization operations on the SAN. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110432 | RECORDING MEDIUM STORING SEARCH RESULT DISPLAY PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND SEARCH RESULT DISPLAYING METHOD - In a state in which, in a sectional region s, search result display region t is disposed at a side opposite a key information display region side of search result display region t+1 along an arrayed direction of a plurality of search result display regions that are included in the sectional region s, and, in a state in which search result of ranking m is displayed in the search result display region t of the sectional region s, and search result of ranking m+1 is displayed in the search result display region t+1 of the sectional region s, when a first touch operation is detected, the search result of ranking m+1 is displayed in the search result display region t of the sectional region s, and search result of ranking m+2 is displayed in the search result display region t+1 of the sectional region s. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110433 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CORRELATING AND VIEWING DISPARATE DATA - Methods and apparatuses of the present invention generally relate to generating actionable data based on multimodal data from unsynchronized data sources. In an exemplary embodiment, the method comprises receiving multimodal data from one or more unsynchronized data sources, extracting concepts from the multimodal data, the concepts comprising at least one of objects, actions, scenes and emotions, indexing the concepts for searchability; and generating actionable data based on the concepts. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110434 | METHOD AND SYSTEM THAT DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT TWO GRAPH-LIKE REPRESENTATIONS OF TWO SYSTEMS DESCRIBE EQUIVALENT SYSTEMS - The current document is directed to methods and systems that determine whether or not two graph-like representations of two physically or temporally distinct computer systems or computer-system configurations are equivalent. The currently described methods and systems extract a first and second ordered set of subgraphs from each of a first and second graph-like representation of a first and a second computer system. The ordered sets of subgraphs are logically aligned, forming a set of subgraph pairs. The currently described methods and systems transform the first and second subgraph of each subgraph pair into a corresponding first and second set of trees, label the trees, and then compare labels at each level of the trees to determine whether or not an isomorphic tree can be found in the second set of trees for each tree in the first set of trees. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110435 | COPYING DATASETS BETWEEN DATA INTEGRATION SYSTEMS - According to one embodiment, a method of copying a dataset associated with a first extract, transform, and load (ETL) job in a first data integration system to a second data integration system comprises copying executable code associated with the first ETL job from the first to the second system. Operating system software, integration system software, and file system structure are substantially identical between the first and second systems. The method further comprises executing the second ETL job to read the dataset from the first data integration system and write the dataset to the second data integration system. The second ETL job is associated with configuration parameters specifying storage resources in the first system associated with the dataset and destination parameters specifying storage resources in the second system. The method further comprises copying metadata generated by the second ETL job from the first to the second data integration system. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110436 | REDUNDANT DATA INTEGRATION PLATFORM - According to one embodiment, a data integration system includes a first and second head node, both operable to store and process an extract, translate, and load (ETL) job. Operating system software, integration system software, and file system structure are substantially identical between the first and second head node. A dataset, comprising user data and metadata, is associated with the ETL job. The metadata comprises virtual identifiers that identify resources of the data integration system. An identifier resolution server resolves the virtual identifiers to actual identifiers of resources associated with either the first or second head node. The first head node is operable to process the ETL job when the identifier resolution server resolves virtual identifiers to actual identifiers of resources associated with the first head node. The second head node is operable to process the ETL job when virtual identifiers are resolved to resources associated with the second head node. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110437 | ACTIVITY STREAM - Knowledge automation techniques may include monitoring user interactions of a user and identifying user interest patterns of the user based on the user interactions. A set of knowledge elements of interest to the user can be determined based on the user interest patterns. Metadata changes associated with the set of knowledge elements of interest to the user can be detected, and the metadata changes can then be displayed to the user to inform the user of activities conducted on the set of knowledge elements. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110438 | DATA CUBE HIGH AVAILABILITY - The subject disclosure is directed towards making cube data highly available and efficient to access by separating the read cube server from the processing cube server, on different physical machines. The read cube server may be mirrored, and the write cube server may be mirrored. When the primary read cube server is not operational (e.g., has failed) or is having its read cube synchronized, the read queries are handled by the mirror read cube server. When a processing cube server (or its write cube) is not operational, its mirror processing cube server takes over and performs cube processing operations via its mirror write cube. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110439 | DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATION - A computer-implemented method for operating a database management system which includes a source database and a target database. A database management system is configured for asynchronously replicating data changes of the source database to the target database. The database management system receiving a request to perform a database statement. The method can identify the most recently committed one of a plurality of transactions having been committed in the source database before the receiving of the request. Identifying repeatedly the one of the plurality of transactions having been replicated most recently to the target database. Execution of the requested statement in the target database is delayed until an evaluation of the repeatedly identified most recently replicated transaction returns that the identified most recently committed transaction has been replicated to the target database. After the delaying execution, the method executes the requested statement in the target database. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110440 | APPARATUS, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD, FOR SYNCHRONIZING A GROUP OF DATA OBJECTS - An apparatus, and an associated method, facilitates synchronization of a group of data objects. Batches of data objects are iteratively processed. When a synchronization response indicates that the data of the request is unsynchronizable, data associated with the synchronization request is marked. A retry procedure is subsequently utilized to attempt synchronization of the marked data objects and to determine the individual data objects that cannot be synchronized. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110441 | DYNAMIC DETERMINATION OF FILTERS FOR FLIGHT SEARCH RESULTS - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for providing travel itinerary filters. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a flight query including a plurality of parameters; determining a plurality of itineraries that satisfy the parameters of the flight query; clustering the plurality of itineraries into a plurality of clusters, wherein the clusters depend upon values of particular features of the plurality of itineraries that satisfy the flight query, and wherein each cluster is generated to have particular values for one or more features of a plurality of features; generating one or more filters corresponding to one or more of the clusters, wherein each filter has the particular values of the one or more features identified by the corresponding cluster; and providing the plurality of itineraries that satisfy the flight query and the one or more filters for filtering the plurality of itineraries. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110442 | Segmentation Discovery, Evaluation and Implementation Platform - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, are described that enable clustering and evaluation of data. A data set is identified for which to evaluate cluster solutions, the data set including a plurality of records each including a plurality of attributes. Different attributes are identified, including target driver attributes, cluster candidate attributes, and profile attributes. One or more clustering algorithms are identified and applied to the data set to generate cluster solutions. Each cluster solution groups records in the data set into different clusters based on the cluster candidate attributes. A score is calculated for each cluster solution based at least on the target driver attributes, the cluster candidate attributes, and the profile attributes. A user interface is generated for presentation to a user showing the generated cluster solution organized according to the calculated score for each cluster solution. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110443 | MULTIDIMENSIONAL DATA REPRESENTATION - A system for data aggregation and representation, comprising a data aggregator that may request or receive input from a plurality of data sources, a visualization engine that may generate representations of data, and an interaction manager that may handle interactions from an analyst, and a method for multidimensional representation of data. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110444 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM FOR OPTIMIZED DATA SUBSETTING - An apparatus, computer-readable medium, and computer-implemented method for data subsetting, including receiving a request for a subset of data from a plurality of tables, generating an entity graph corresponding to the plurality of tables, expanding the entity graph if the entity graph does not have any cycles, and performing acyclic subset processing on the expanded entity graph if the entity graph does not have any cycles and the expanded entity graph does not have any cycles. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110445 | IDENTIFYING POSSIBLE CONTEXTS FOR A SOURCE OF UNSTRUCTURED DATA - Potential clues are identified from an unstructured data source. The potential clues are each associated with one or more contexts. A first set of potential contexts for the unstructured data source are determined based on the potential clues. A confidence value for each potential context in the set of the potential contexts is calculated based on the potential clues. A second set of potential contexts is returned from the first set of potential contexts. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110446 | METHOD FOR DISAMBIGUATED FEATURES IN UNSTRUCTURED TEXT - A method for disambiguating features in unstructured text is provided. The disclosed method may not require pre-existing links to be present. The method for disambiguating features in unstructured text may use co-occurring features derived from both the source document and a large document corpus. The disclosed method may include multiple modules, including a linking module for linking the derived features from the source document to the co-occurring features of an existing knowledge base. The disclosed method for disambiguating features may allow identifying unique entities from a knowledge base that includes entities with a unique set of co-occurring features, which in turn may allow for increased precision in knowledge discovery and search results, employing advanced analytical methods over a massive corpus, employing a combination of entities, co-occurring entities, topic IDs, and other derived features. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110447 | METHODS OF PROVIDING NETWORK GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF DATABASE RECORDS - Methods of providing network graphical representation of database records. Selecting the database records according to descriptive criteria. Identifying attributes of the record class and associating network nodes to instances of the attributes from the database records. Connecting the network nodes with network links that designate network nodes having common instances of the attributes. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110448 | Dynamic Load Balancing Based on Question Difficulty - Mechanisms are provided for performing load balancing of question processing in a Question and Answer (QA) system, implemented by the data processing system, having a plurality of QA system pipelines. The mechanisms receive an input question for processing by the QA system and determine a predicted question difficulty of the input question. The mechanisms select a QA system pipeline from the plurality of QA system pipelines based on the predicted question difficulty and route the input question to the selected QA system pipeline for processing. In addition, the mechanisms process the input question with the selected QA system pipeline to generate an answer for the input question. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110449 | Method, System and Device for Connecting Similar Users - Methods, systems and devices for automatically connecting similar users wherein similarity is based on live audio listening information. The method comprises receiving and storing audio listening information at a server for a plurality of users and identifying the audio the user is currently listening to. The server uses the stored information to automatically generate a list of users similar to a particular user. The similarity between users can be based on audio users are currently listening to, so that the list of similar users comprises a list of users currently listening to the same audio as the particular user. The server filters the list of similar users to a specific geographic area, such as a town. The server then provides the particular user with information on the similar users which may enable the particular user to communicate with the similar users publicly or privately. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110450 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PAIRING MUSIC AND FOOD SELECTIONS - A system and method enable the selection of musical recordings for pairing with a food serving, possibly an appetizer, a main course, a dessert or a beverage, for the purpose of increasing the enjoyment of a given meal. A plurality of factors for specific meal components such as entree, including protein type, method of cooking, amount of spice, side dish component and type of sauce are used to determine a specific numerical value for a meal; appetizer including protein type, bread and dough content, method of cooking and spice level; dessert, including content of cacao, sweetener and content of sweetener, ambient temperature at service and dairy content; and beverage, including but not limited to alcohol content, acidity, body, dryness, lingering quality, and IBU. A specific numerical value for a musical recording is also determined based on a plurality of factors, including genre, tempo, dynamics, and primary instrument. The numerical value assigned to the meal and the numerical value assigned to the musical recording are preferably as nearly identical as possible. The musical recording enhances the perception of the flavor, texture, and overall experience of the food. The process may be facilitated through use of a dedicated mobile application, or may be performed manually by a user. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110451 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AGGREGATING ARTIST-SPECIFIC CONTENT - A system and method is provided that facilitate artist-specified dynamic albums that include music that may be changed with or without intervention by a user at a user device at which a dynamic album has been stored, according to an implementation of the invention. A dynamic album may include a set of songs provided through an artist specific application installed at a user device. The system may modify the dynamic album based on one or more album parameters that specify a change to be made to the set of songs. For example, the one or more album parameters specify the removal of one or more songs from the dynamic album, the addition of one or more new songs, the replacement of one or more songs, a rearrangement of (e.g., shuffling) the order of one or more songs, and/or other change to the set of songs. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110452 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PAIRING MUSIC AND FOOD SELECTIONS - A system and method enable the selection of musical recordings for pairing with a food serving, possibly an entrée, a dessert or a beverage, for the purpose of increasing the enjoyment of a given meal. A plurality of factors for specific meal components such as entree, including protein type, method of cooking, amount of spice, and type of sauce are used to determine a specific numerical value for a meal; dessert, including content of cacao, sweetener and content of sweetener, ambient temperature at service and dairy content; and beverage, including but not limited to alcohol content, acidity, body, dryness, lingering quality, and IBU. A specific numerical value for a musical recording is also determined based on a plurality of factors, including genre, tempo, dynamics, and primary instrument. The numerical value assigned to the meal and the numerical value assigned to the musical recording are preferably as nearly identical as possible. The musical recording enhances the perception of the flavor, texture, and overall experience of the food. The process may be facilitate by use of a dedicated mobile application, or may be performed manually by a user. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110453 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEARCHING CHOREOGRAPHY DATABASE BASED ON MOTION INQUIRY - The present invention provides a choreography searching system and method based on a motion inquiry which inputs a choreography video which is captured by a user at real time when the user dances in front of a camera and inputs the choreography video as an inquiry to compare the choreography with choreographic works such as K-POP stored in a choreography database to provide a list of choreographic works which are arranged in the order of similarity in order to provide intuitive choreography input based search rather than text based search such as a music title, a choreographer, or a name of a unit motion. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110454 | COMPUTING SYSTEM WITH DYNAMIC WEB PAGE FEATURE - An example method involves accessing web-traffic data associated with a web page hosted by a first computing-device, wherein the web page comprises meta-tag data; using the accessed web-traffic data to determine that the first computing-device received a threshold amount of requests that (i) were for the web page and (ii) originated from a geographical region; responsive to the determining, modifying the meta-tag data based on the geographical region; and transmitting the modified meta-tag data to a second computing-device, wherein the second computing-device is configured for (i) receiving the transmitted modified meta-tag data, (ii) receiving a request for a list of search results based on a set of search terms, (iii) responsive to receiving the request, using the set of search terms and the modified meta-tag data to perform a web search, thereby generating a list of search results, and (iv) transmitting the list of search results to a third computing-device. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110455 | IDENTIFYING CLIENT STATES - A method for identifying client states, receives a set of paths representative of a document object model (DOM) associated with a web page of a rich internet application and for each path in the set of paths received, extracts a subtree, as subtree X, for a current path. The method traverses all known sub-paths under the current path and delete corresponding subtrees from subtree X and reads contents of and determines states of subtree X to form a state X. The state X is added to a set of current states and responsive to a determination no more paths exist, returns the set of current states of the rich internet application. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110456 | INTERACTIVE WEB CRAWLER - The claimed subject matter provides a system or method for web crawling hidden files. An exemplary method comprises loading a web page with a browser agent, and executing any dynamic elements hosted on the web page using the browser agent to insert pre-determined values. A list of form controls may be retrieved from the web page using the browser agent, and the controls may be analyzed using a driver component. Form control values may be sent from the driver component to the browser agent, and an event may be submitted to the web page by the browser agent or scripted content may be run to trigger operations on the web page corresponding to the form control values. A URL may be generated for various form control values using a generalizer. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110457 | AUGMENTING SEARCH RESULTS WITH INTERACTIVE SEARCH MATRIX - A computer performs a search. The computer receives a search request including a search term, and determines a plurality of association rules that are each a logical implication that the appearance of the search term follows from the appearance, in a corpus of data, of at least one keyword. The computer generates a search matrix having a plurality of cells, and having axes labeled with a plurality of keywords, wherein at least one cell of the search matrix is associated with an association rule of the plurality of association rules. Based on a cell selection of the search matrix, the computer generates an augmented search string including the search term and at least one keyword of the plurality of association rules. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110458 | SIMPLE WEB SEARCH - A system of one or more computing devices is utilized for, among other purposes, creating a template-driven search interface and conducting searches thereon. In an embodiment, the system comprises: a template repository; search templates in the template repository, the search templates comprising at least: field specification data that specify search interface fields for obtaining search input data, and query specification data that specify how to generate structured queries based on the search input data obtained for the one or more of the search interface fields; a search field generator that generates search fields indicated by the field specification data; a template loading module, coupled to the template repository, that identifies available search templates in the template repository; and a search interface generator, coupled to the search field generator and template loading module, that generates different search interfaces depending on which template is selected. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110459 | Realtime Ingestion via Multi-Corpus Knowledge Base with Weighting - An approach is provided for updating corpora in a Question and Answer (QA) system. Ingestion of a first set of sources into a first corpus and a second set of sources into a second corpus with the second set of sources including updates to the first set of sources. A question is received. The system identifies candidate answers to the question using the sources included in the corpuses. Each candidate answer has a weighting. The system determines whether the first and second corpuses have an overlapping source from which two candidate answers were identified. If an overlapping source is found, the candidate answer from the overlapping source in the first corpus is assigned a lower weighting than the candidate answer from the second corpus. Likely answers are selected from the candidate answers based on the weighting and returned to the requestor. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110460 | SEARCH EVALUATION SYSTEM - An electronic search evaluation system and method are disclosed. The system includes an application loadable onto a user device including a display and an input, and a server in communication with the user device. The application, when loaded onto the user device, permits the user device to communicate with the server to send to the server baseline and candidate search configurations, and a plurality of search terms, and to receive from the server, baseline and candidate search results for the search terms, and to cause display of the search results on the display. The server configured to receive the search configurations and search terms, identify the search results, compare the search results, and send the search results to the application. The search results sent to the application including a comparison marker to indicate whether the search results are matching. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110461 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING DIGITAL MANUAL FOR VEHICLE - A system for providing a digital manual includes an information collector configured to collect model and option information of a first vehicle currently owned by a driver and model and option information of a second vehicle previously owned by the driver. A manual generator is configured to generate the digital manual based on the model and option information of the first vehicle and the model and option information of the second vehicle. A manual provider is configured to provide the digital manual to the first vehicle. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110462 | COMPUTING SYSTEM WITH DYNAMIC WEB PAGE FEATURE - An example method involves accessing web-traffic data associated with a web page hosted by a first computing-device, wherein the web page comprises meta-tag data; using the accessed web traffic data to determine that the first computing-device received a threshold amount of requests that are (i) for the web page and (ii) associated with a search term; responsive to the determining, modifying the meta-tag data based on the search term; and transmitting the modified meta-tag data to a second computing-device, wherein the second computing-device is configured for (i) receiving the modified meta-tag data, (ii) receiving a request for a list of search results based on a set of search terms, (iii) responsive to receiving the request, using the set of search terms and the modified meta-tag data to perform a web search, thereby generating a list of search results, and (iv) transmitting the list of search results to a third computing-device. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110463 | Graph Server Querying for Managing Social Network Information Flow - An online social network is managed using one server for database management tasks and another server, preferably in a distributed configuration, for CPU-intensive computational tasks, such as finding a shortest path between two members or a degree of separation between two members. The additional server has a memory device containing relationship information between members of the online social network and carries out the CPU-intensive computational tasks using this memory device. With this configuration, the number of database lookups is decreased and processing speed is thereby increased. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110464 | METHOD OF RECOMMENDING CONTENT VIA SOCIAL SIGNALS - A method for recommending content via social signals is provided. Two different content sets having content objects that have content-identifying information are received from separate content providers. Social graph information is received from a service provider. A portion of the first content set and a portion of the second content set are aggregated based at least in part on the social graph information, thereby generating a third content set. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110465 | FRAGMENTING NEWSFEED OBJECTS - A technique allows a newsfeed item shown in a newsfeed of a social network to be easily promoted to another newsfeed in the social network. In a specific embodiment, the system receives a first user's promotion selection of an item displayed in a newsfeed of the first user. The item includes content provided by a second user. The first user is prompted to select a destination newsfeed. A selection of the destination newsfeed is received and the item is published on the destination newsfeed for a third user. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110466 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RANKING NAMED-DATA NETWORKING OBJECTS IN A CACHE - A router can select a cached Content Object to rank, and analyzes historical usage information for the Content Object to determine a set of exclusions received for the Content Object. The router then computes a rank value for the Content Object, based on the set of exclusions for the Content Object and one or more predetermined exclusion patterns, and stores the rank value in association with the Content Object. When the router receives an Interest whose name is associated with multiple cached Content Objects, the router selects, from the multiple cached Content Objects, a cached Content Object with a highest rank value. The router can return the selected cached Content Object to satisfy the Interest. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110467 | TAGGED PROXIMITY TRAINING AND TIMING - Tracking the time can be invaluable to companies which send agents into the field where supervising the type, quality, and quantity of service provided can be difficult. The described features ensure that an agent dispatched to a location has been properly trained to perform a requested work order and has spent the proper amount of time at the site to perform the work. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110468 | Remote Access To Tracking System Contact Information - In the context of tracking systems, it is difficult to ensure that an organization has a complete, accurate database of contacts stored in its tracking system. When tracking systems users are required to manage exporting and importing of contacts from their desktop mail clients and handheld devices, it is almost certain that contact information will not be kept up-to-date and that confidence in the accuracy of the contact information will not be high. By enabling a remote directory access portal in the tracking system, all users can be assured that they have available the latest contact information for the organizations' contacts. In addition to providing directory access, the tracking system can authenticate users and, based on the users' entitlements, authorize users' access to specific contacts. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110469 | METHOD OF AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING CREATION TIME OF A WEB RESOURCE - A method and server for determining a creation time of a target page is disclosed. A page network of a plurality of pages including the target page and a plurality of links therebetween is created. Each page is a source or destination page for at least one link. Each page has a creation time and a creation time parameter. An initial value is assigned to the creation time parameter for each page. The creation time parameter of the target page is varied to maximize a page network probability which is based on a link probability for each link which is based at least in part on a difference between the creation time parameters of the source and destination pages thereof. The creation time of the target page is determined to be the value of the creation time parameter thereof which maximizes the page network probability. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110470 | RETRIEVING CONTENT FROM WEBSITE THROUGH SANDBOX - A client system interacts with a sandbox environment to host a web browser control within the sandbox. A webpage URL, a URL to a script file to be injected into the webpage, a name of the script method to be invoked, and the event to look for to trigger the script method sent to the sandbox environment from the client. The sandbox environment downloads the script file from the cloud using the script URL and loads a rendering engine with the specified webpage URL. The specified script file is subsequently injected into the loaded webpage at the sandbox environment. After the specified event is fired, the sandbox environment triggers the specified script method and stores the results within a results array, accessible to the client system. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110471 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF INTELLIGENT GENERATION OF STRUCTURED DATA AND OBJECT DISCOVERY FROM THE WEB USING TEXT, IMAGES, VIDEO AND OTHER DATA - A computer implemented method and system enables use of a database of machine readable properties, features and traceable locations of real objects to search and locate and/or identify objects on the web by human input to a machine of image and/or oral cues relating to the object. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110472 | IDENTIFYING, MARKING UP, AND RECONSTITUTING ELEMENTS FOR CONTENT SHARING - A method of identifying, marking-up and reconstituting web content elements for content sharing has steps including receiving, by an originator device, a webpage, the webpage having content objects and an originator layout when displayed on the originator device. Also, identifying, a target object selected by a user from the content objects, where an identity of the target object is stored on a locator list. Also, applying a mark-up to the target object. Also, instructing, the server to transmit the mark-up and the locator list to one or more recipient devices. Also, identifying the target object on the recipient device that corresponds to the target object on the originator device. Also, applying a mark-up to the target object on the recipient device, the mark-up defining a reconstitution of the webpage on the recipient device. Also, displaying, by the recipient device, the mark-up on the webpage as viewed on the recipient device. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110473 | Graph Loader for a Flexible Graph System - A method and apparatus for adding information to a graph database. A computer system receives initial records from a legacy database. The computer system converts the initial records from a source format for the legacy database into nodes and relationships for the graph database. The computer system also stores the nodes and the relationships in the graph database. The graph database stores the information about employees in an organization. Further, the computer system receives a group of records after the initial records have been converted into the nodes and the relationships for the graph database. Still further, the computer system changes at least one of a group of nodes or a group of relationships in the graph database based on the group of records. A synchronization between the legacy database and the graph database occurs. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110474 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTING GRAPH DATA IN DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - A method and apparatus distributes graph data in a distributed computing environment. The method of distributing graph data in a distributed computing environment includes searching graph data for common sub-graphs, generating a partition by merging the common sub-graphs if, as a result of the search, the common sub-graphs are present and generating a partition by arranging the graph data if, as a result of the search, the common sub-graphs are not present, and calculating a processing cost of the graph data and allocating the partition based on the calculated processing cost. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110475 | Method and System of Determining Transitive Closure - A method for determining paths from a first vertex and a second vertex in an acyclic directed graph comprises determining a plurality of paths from one or more root vertices in the graph to one or more leaf vertices in the graph, storing each of the plurality of paths as a respective array in a computer database, each respective array comprising a respective root, a respective leaf, and up to a plurality of intermediate vertices, and determining whether the first vertex and the second vertex are both represented in one or more of the arrays. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110476 | RELATIONSHIP GRAPH INTERLINKAGE SYSTEM - A relationship graph interlinkage system includes a plurality of relationship graph databases | 2016-04-21 |
20160110477 | MANAGING MULTIPLE RECORDS IN A WORKGROUP THROUGH SECONDARY NAVIGATION BUTTONS - Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with providing efficient management of records of information associated with a computer application are described. In one embodiment, a record management tool is disclosed that dynamically generates workgroups of related records and allows easy and efficient navigation between the records in a workgroup via secondary navigation buttons provided as part of a graphical user interface. In response to user navigation between the records of a workgroup, a displayed editor is switched in a common editor space provided by the graphical user interface. The displayed editor corresponds to a presently selected secondary navigation button and associated record. Navigating between records and switching between editors may be accomplished without having to close any records of the workgroup. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110478 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR QUANTIZATION AND FEATURIZATION OF TIME-SERIES DATA - Embodiments allow blocking and featurization of time-series data gathered from at least one sensor. The input time-series data is divided into blocks with common attributes (features) according to feature models that describe patterns in the data. The blocks may be overlapping or non-overlapping. The resultant feature blocks are annotated with feature information and semantic meaning. The feature blocks can be indexed to facilitate semantic search of the data. Feature blocks may be further analyzed to create semantic blocks that incorporate semantic meaning and features for multiple feature blocks, sensors and/or related time-series data. The semantic blocks can also be indexed to facilitate semantic search of the data. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110479 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING CUSTOMIZED FOOT ORTHOTICS - A method of constructing a customized foot orthotic model comprises receiving a model for a contoured surface of a foot device, the model corresponding to a plantar surface of a foot. The model includes data representing three-dimensional coordinates of discrete points on the contoured surface. Coordinates of selected discrete points along selected longitudinal and transverse lines on the contoured surface are obtained, and the vertical coordinates of points are adjusted based on received orthotic parameters for a customized orthotic device. A foot orthotic model is constructed, comprising data representing an orthotic surface. The orthotic surface is constructed based on the points with adjusted coordinates, and the foot orthotic model is provided to a fabrication facility for automated fabrication of the foot orthotic device. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110480 | Systems and Methods for Improved Property Inspection Management - Systems and methods presented herein can allow an inspector or other user to sketch a floor plan on a customized graph template. The graph template can be customized by a system based on the property the user is visiting. The user can take a picture of the customized graph template with a mobile computing device. An application executing on the mobile computing device or a server can transform the sketch in the picture into a floor plan. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110481 | MODELING AND SIMULATION OF DRILL STRINGS WITH ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS - A method and system of predicting behavior of a drill bit is disclosed, including generating a mathematical representation of a characteristic of at least one of a plurality of components of a drill bit, the plurality of components including at least one moveable cutter; at least one moveable rubbing element; and at least one moveable gage pad; simulating one or more operating conditions incident on the mathematical representation, and simulating an interaction between the plurality of components and an earth formation; and predicting physical responses of the mathematical representation to the one or more operating conditions. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110482 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MULTILATERAL VALIDATION OF WIRE HARNESS DESIGN OUTPUTS - System and Method for multilateral Validation of Wire Harness Design Outputs wherein said method comprises of validating with respect to one another and with respect to component database, the background data files (BDF). Such BDFs are generated by software platforms for creating two dimensional circuit schematic and two dimensional & three dimensional wire harness outputs and are not friendly for use by humans. The system as per said method is a computer program, capable of plugging-in on product Life Cycle management Software suites. The system and method makes validation possible by comparing BDF instead of conventional validation of comparing the technical contents by skilled designers, thus saves need of skilled designers, besides saving time and improving quality of Wire harness Design Outputs. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110483 | METHOD OF OPERATING SIMULATOR COMPENSATING FOR DELAY AND DEVICE FOR PEROFMRING THE SAME - A simulator includes a memory for storing a first netlist, a timing library, and a standard parasitic exchange format (SPEF) file; and a processor configured to compensate for delay to synchronize digital and analog signals. The processor includes a delay calculator module for generating one of a rising time and a falling time and a standard delay format (SDF) file using the first netlist, the timing library, and the SPEF file; an SDF file converter module for adjusting an interconnect delay description included in the SDF file to compensate for delay using the one of the rising time and the falling time; and a digital simulator module for generating an event using a first driving cell according to a compensated interconnect delay description. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110484 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSACTION RECORDING AND VISUALIZATION - Methods and apparatus for recording and visualizing transactions of a test bench simulation are disclosed. Transaction-specific data generated from a test bench simulation may be displayed in a sequence diagram view to provide a view of the transactions arranged sequentially in time. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110485 | Simplifying Modes of an Electronic Circuit by Reducing Constraints - A mode of a circuit design is simplified by eliminating clocks and corresponding exceptions and timing constraints from the mode. A system receives a description of a mode of a circuit. The system identifies sets of clock pairs and corresponding exceptions associated with timing nodes of the mode, each clock pair comprising a launch clock and a capture clock and corresponding exceptions for a timing path. The system compares time intervals between an edge of the launch clock and a corresponding edge of the capture clock for the clock pairs subject to timing exceptions associated with the timing path. The system identifies certain clock pairs as critical based on the comparison of the time interval associated with each clock pair. The system simplifies the mode by eliminating non-critical clocks and corresponding exceptions and timing constraints. The modified mode is used for performing timing analysis. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110486 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FLEXIBLY OPTIMIZING PROCESSING CIRCUIT EFFICIENCY - Circuit design equipment may design logic for a circuit. The design equipment may discover optimized design constraints and an optimized clock signal frequency for the circuit. The design equipment may output the discovered optimized clock signal frequency and design constraints to circuit fabrication equipment for fabricating the corresponding circuit. The design equipment may discover the optimized clock signal frequency and design constraints by populating a cost function with different clock signal frequencies and different design constraint values. The cost function may be, for example, a multi-dimensional surface. The design equipment may identify a global minimum of the cost function and may identify the clock signal frequency and design constraint values that correspond to the global minimum as the optimized clock frequency and optimized design constraints to provide to circuit fabrication equipment. The fabrication equipment may fabricate the circuit to implement the optimized design constraint values and clock frequency. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110487 | IDENTIFYING NOISE COUPLINGS IN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A method for determining the sensitivity of an analog output node of a mixed-signal module on a system on a chip (SoC) to noise coupling on the analog input nodes of the mixed-signal module includes (i) selecting an IP block for testing, (ii) selecting the output node, (iii) compiling a list of input nodes for testing, (iv) for each input node of the list, providing excitation signals at different frequencies, (v) for each provided excitation signal, determining the output node's noise sensitivity, and (vi) if any individual and/or cumulative noise sensitivity result exceeds a preset threshold, then modifying the SoC design to take corrective action. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110488 | SOURCE MASK OPTIMIZATION TO REDUCE STOCHASTIC EFFECTS - Disclosed herein is a computer-implemented method for improving a lithographic process for imaging a portion of a design layout onto a substrate using a lithographic projection apparatus, the method comprising defining a multi-variable cost function, the multi-variable cost function being a function of a stochastic effect of the lithographic process. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110489 | METHODS, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR USING FILLER CELLS IN DESIGN OF INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICES - At least one method, apparatus and system disclosed involves circuit layout for an integrated circuit device. A design for an integrated circuit device is received; The design comprises a first functional cell and a second functional cell. The first functional cell is placed on a circuit layout. A determination is made as to whether the first cell comprises a vertical boundary that is electrically floating. A filler cell is placed adjacent to the vertical boundary on the circuit layout in response to determining that the first cell comprises the vertical boundary that is electrically floating. The second functional cell is placed adjacent to the filler cell to form a contiguous active area on the circuit layout. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110490 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OBSTACLE-AVOIDING SIGNAL BUS ROUTING - Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with providing obstacle-avoidance bus routing for an integrated circuit design are described. In one embodiment, a bus routing tool is disclosed that generates a plurality of escape nodes to construct a three-dimensional routing solution graph. The bus routing tool probes a design space of the integrated circuit design to dynamically determine a location of each escape node while avoiding path blockages within the design space. By traversing the three-dimensional routing solution graph from a leaf escape node near a target location within the design space back to a root escape node near a source location within the design space, a candidate routing solution for routing a signal bus from the source location to the target location may be determined. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110491 | WRITING DATA VERIFICATION METHOD AND MULTI-CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM WRITING APPARATUS - In one embodiment, a writing data verification method is for verifying a conversion error due to data conversion from first writing data in a vector format based on design data to second writing data in a pixel format. The method includes converting the second writing data to third writing data in a vector format, performing an exclusive OR operation on the first writing data and the third writing data, enlarging a graphic of the first writing data to obtain an enlarged graphic and generating a tolerance region graphic from a difference between the enlarged graphic and the graphic of the first writing data, and detecting a defect by performing a mask process on a graphic generated by the exclusive OR operation with the tolerance region graphic. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110492 | Error Resilient Digital Signal Processing Device - The present disclosure relates to an error resilient scheme for a signal processing device configured to perform iterative processing on clocked input data and to provide output data. The signal processing device includes a computation circuit comprising at least one computation unit circuit configured to perform one computation in each iteration on the clocked input data and to provide or generate processed data, and a selection circuit configured to provide as the output signal either the processed data or the clocked input data, depending on a control signal representative of a set-up timing error detected in an input data. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110493 | METHOD OF PRODUCING VEHICLE ORNAMENTATION - A method includes providing a computer aided design model including a panel model having a panel model surface and an ornamentation model having an ornamentation model surface facing the panel model surface. A respective distance in the computer aided design model is calculated between the ornamentation model surface and the panel model surface at discrete points on the ornamentation model surface. Each distance is compared to a tolerance to identify the discrete points at which the respective distance is outside of the tolerance. The ornamentation model surface at the discrete points at which the respective distance is outside of the tolerance is adjusted to bring the respective distance within the tolerance. The method includes manufacturing an ornamentation including points on a surface of the ornamentation corresponding to the discrete points on the ornamentation model surface that were adjusted to bring the respective distance within the tolerance. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110494 | MEDICAL PROGNOSIS AND PREDICTION OF TREATMENT RESPONSE USING MULTIPLE CELLULAR SIGNALLING PATHWAY ACTIVITIES - The present application relates to a method for determining a risk score that indicates a risk that a clinical event will occur within a certain period of time. The risk score is based at least in part on a combination of inferred activities of two or more cellular signaling pathways in a tissue and/or cells and/or a body fluid of a subject. The cellular signaling pathways comprise a Wnt pathway, an ER pathway, an HH pathway, and/or an AR pathway. The risk score is defined such that the indicated risk that the clinical event will occur within the certain period of time decreases with an increasing P | 2016-04-21 |
20160110495 | Systems And Methods For Model-Based qPCR - A method for determining a cycle threshold for a PCR amplification curve is provided. The method includes receiving a data set for a plurality of biological samples for a PCR amplification reaction. The data set includes a plurality of amplification curves, each amplification curve associated with a biological sample of the plurality of biological samples. The method further includes performing a nonlinear optimization comprising a fit of each amplification curve to a complementary modeled amplification curve to determine a best-fit set of parameters for a modeled efficiency curve and associated amplification curve. The modeled amplification curve is based on a modeled efficiency curve. The method includes determining a cycle threshold value for each biological sample based on a complementary relationship of the modeled efficiency curve to the modeled amplification curve. In an embodiment, the nonlinear optimization is a constrained nonlinear optimization. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110496 | Methods for Classifying Samples Based on Network Modularity - Methods for classifying samples are based on alterations in network modularity. The methods are useful for the diagnosis, prognosis and monitoring of a biological state such as a disease state. In certain embodiments, methods for diagnosing disease or evaluating the prognosis of disease or identification of a disease state are computer-implemented. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110497 | METHODS AND PROCESSES FOR NON-INVASIVE ASSESSMENT OF GENETIC VARIATIONS - Provided herein are methods, processes, apparatuses and machines for non-invasive assessment of genetic variations. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110498 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ALIGNING REPETITIVE DNA ELEMENTS - Presented are methods and systems for aligning repetitive DNA elements. The methods and systems use the conserved flanks of repetitive polymorphic loci to effectively determine the length and sequence of the repetitive DNA element. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110499 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA FOR BLIND DECONVOLUTION DEPHASING OF NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCING DATA - Embodiments disclose methods, systems, and computer-readable media for base-calling of sequencing data in the presence of systematic or phasic synchrony errors. These techniques may be adapted to rapidly and accurately resolve signal data arising from a variety of different nucleic acid sequencing platforms. In various embodiments, techniques for blind deconvolution dephasing of nucleic acid sequencing data may be adapted to perform raw signal processing, basecalling, and/or sequence determination. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110500 | SECURE AND SCALABLE MAPPING OF HUMAN SEQUENCING READS ON HYBRID CLOUDS - System and methods are provided for performing privacy-preserving, high-performance, and scalable DNA read mapping on hybrid clouds including a public cloud and a private cloud. The systems and methods offer strong privacy protection and have the capacity to process millions of reads and allocate most of the workload to the public cloud at a small overall cost. The systems and methods perform seeding on the public cloud using keyed hash values of individual sequencing reads' seeds and then extend matched seeds on the private cloud. The systems and methods are designed to move the workload of read mapping from the extension stage to the seeding stage, thereby ensuring that the dominant portion of the overhead is shouldered by the public cloud. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110501 | Natural Language Processing Correction Based on Treatment Plan - An approach is provided in which an information handling system extracts treatment segments from documents corresponding to a patient and uses cognitive analysis to identify common treatment properties of a subset of the treatment segments. The information handling system combines the subset of treatment segments into a treatment aggregation that corresponds to a treatment history of the patient. In turn, the information handling system ingests the treatment aggregation into a domain for subsequent processing. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110502 | Human and Machine Assisted Data Curation for Producing High Quality Data Sets from Medical Records - A method for building a Patient's Data Set from a Patient's Data File to provide robust patient care comprising the steps of obtaining a Patient's Data File, building a training set for machine learning through experts' selection of at least one desired feature from the Patient's Data File to create the Patient's Data Set, developing a data mining algorithm to automate extraction of at least one data feature from at least one other Patient's Data File using the training set, the algorithm automatically generating the Patient's Data Set from at least one other Patient's Data File, supplementing the Patient's Data Set with at least one patient input, and analyzing the Patient's Data Set to confirm patient course of treatment. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110503 | ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEM-BASED APPARATUS FOR MANAGING SUMMARY SHEET, AND METHOD FOR MANAGING SAME - The present invention relates to an electronic medical record system-based apparatus and method for managing summary sheets that, in an electronic medical record system, extract important information from patient information in accordance with a summary sheet configuration set in advance, display the extracted information in a single summary sheet, and thus enable important patient information to be checked in an integrated manner. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110504 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INFORMED CONSENT - A method for documenting informed consent includes obtaining a video recording of a patient indicative of informed consent, communicating the video recording across a network for data storage, and storing the video recording in a computer readable data storage medium. The video may include additional portions of a patient encounter. A software application for executing on a computing device may provide a user interface for displaying an educational video to the individual using the software application executing on the computing device, the educational video containing educational content about the procedure for which the informed consent is desired, obtaining video evidencing informed consent for the procedure, administering a quiz to the individual, presenting a document for signature to the individual, receiving a signature for the document from the individual. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110505 | Platform for the Storage, Management and Analysis of Consolidated Electronic Health Records - A system for the storage, management and analysis of electronic health records (“EHRs”) is provided. The system comprises an EHR analysis system in communication with one the EHR systems of one or more healthcare provider enterprises via a network, such as the internet. The EHR analysis system receives and stores in a database EHR data and information identifying the format the data is stored in, and is capable of transmitting the data in the same or different format. The system also includes an authoring platform for building and publicizing applications to analyze stored EHR data, allow end users to run the applications on the stored data and present the results of the applications to the end users. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110506 | HEALTHCARE ASSURANCE SYSTEM - Systems and methods for healthcare assurance system are provided. A first set of confidential health information for an identified patient may be accessed, may be derived from a first data source, and may include first medical indicia corresponding to an indication of a first health condition and/or an indication of a first healthcare service. A second set of confidential health information may be accessed, may be derived from a second data source, and may include second medical indicia corresponding to an indication of a second health condition and/or an indication of a second healthcare service. Healthcare rules that include criteria indicating comorbidity conditions may be accessed. The first and second sets of confidential health information may be correlated to the healthcare rules. A comorbidity condition may be identified on the first medical indicia, and the correlating. A prompt regarding the comorbidity condition may be provided. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110507 | Personal Medical Data Device and Associated Methods - Disclosed is an improved method and related electronic applications for logging personal medical data, populating graphs and charts with predictive analysis for developing trends based on personal medical data, and transmitting a complete set of the data to a user or a another party with one click of a command button. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110508 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING THE ENERGY CONSUMPTION IN A MEDICAL APPARATUS - A method and a system for optimizing the energy consumption of a medical apparatus comprising a medical instrument, and a further energy consumer are disclosed. The method comprises the following steps: providing treatment plan information, which predetermines a temporal sequence for using the medical instrument, providing interaction information, which predetermines an interaction between the use of the medical instrument and the further energy consumer, providing control information for actuating the further energy consumer on the basis of the treatment plan information and the interaction information. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110509 | CAREGIVER ROUNDING COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An information technology system for a healthcare facility is provided. The system includes a first computer device to keep track of rounding intervals for caregivers and to determine whether the caregivers successfully complete their rounds in a timely manner for their assigned patients. The system also has a real time locating system (RTLS) that tracks locations of the plurality of caregivers and that is in communication with the first computer device. The system further has a number of graphical displays in communication with the first computer device. Each graphical display is operable to display a list of patients for whom rounds are due and to display reminder messages to the plurality of caregivers relating to rounding. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110510 | Medical Workflow Determination And Optimization - Workflows for medical entities are determined and evaluated by determining a plurality of medical tasks based on an analysis of a plurality of electronic medical records of a medical entity. A workflow of the medical entity is determined based on a sequence of medical tasks, the sequence determined based on the analysis of the plurality of electronic medical records, and an evaluation of the workflow is performed based on a predefined criterion. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110511 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROACTIVE IDENTIFICATION OF FORMULARY CHANGE IMPACTS - Systems and methods for proactively identifying impacts and making recommendations regarding modifications to a drug formulary are provided. In an embodiment, a proposed modification to a formulary is received. One or more data sources are accessed, and an impact of the proposed modification to the formulary is determined based on the one or more data sources. The impact of the proposed modification is then provided to a user prior to implementation of the proposed modification. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110512 | METHOD OF PERSONALIZING, INDIVIDUALIZING, AND AUTOMATING THE MANAGEMENT OF HEALTHCARE FRAUD-WASTE-ABUSE TO UNIQUE INDIVIDUAL HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS - A method of preventing healthcare fraud-waste-abuse uses artificial intelligence machines to limit financial losses. Healthcare payment request claims are analyzed by predictive models and their behavioral details are compared to running profiles unique to each healthcare provider submitting the claims. A decision results that the instant healthcare payment request claim is or is not fraudulent-wasteful-abusive. If it is, a second analysis of a group behavioral in which the healthcare provider is clustered using unsupervised learning algorithms and compared to a running profile unique to each group of healthcare providers submitting the claims. An overriding decision results if the instant healthcare payment request claim is or is not fraudulent-wasteful-abusive according to group behavior. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110513 | PERSONALIZE EXERCISE DECISION-MAKING DEVICE AND MANIPULATING METHOD FOR PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC DISEASES - A personalize exercise decision-making device and manipulating method for patients with chronic diseases are disclosed from this invention. The device can provide an appropriate exercise suggestion to the user by the classification of the database based on the personal information, such as chronic diseases and drug administration, and the immediate physiological data. The device of the invention can also check the immediate physiological data, such as systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, heart rate and oxygenation concentration, to confirm the state of user whether can exercise. Further more, the device can monitor, analyze and store the physiological data for providing an instant feedback to user during the exercise. If the immediate physiological data of the user is over an exercise threshold in exercise, the device will provide a warning signal. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110514 | PERSONAL HEALTHCARE DEVICE, SMART DEVICE, AND METHOD OF PROVIDING HEALTHCARE SERVICE FOR PREGNANT WOMEN USING THE SAME - The present disclosure relates to a personal healthcare device (PHD), a smart device, and a method of providing pregnancy care services using the same so as to constantly monitor health conditions of the pregnant women and babies in utero, thereby preventing dangers in advance, such as pregnancy toxemia, abortion, fetal deformity, etc. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110515 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MICROBIOME-DERIVED DIAGNOSTICS AND THERAPEUTICS - A method for diagnosing and treating an immune microbial dysfunction in a subject, the method comprising: receiving an aggregate set of biological samples from a population of subjects; generating at least one of a microbiome composition dataset and a microbiome functional diversity dataset for the population of subjects; generating a characterization of the immune microbial dysfunction based upon features extracted from at least one of the microbiome composition dataset and the microbiome functional diversity dataset, wherein the characterization is diagnostic of at least one of Crohn's disease, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), ulcerative colitis, and celiac disease; based upon the characterization, generating a therapy model configured to correct the immune microbial dysfunction; and at an output device associated with the subject, promoting a therapy to the subject based upon the characterization and the therapy model. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110516 | DYNAMIC MONITORING EARLY CANCER RISK - Disclosed are a method and a system for monitoring early cancer risk. Most current early cancer detection and diagnosis are related with gene and biomarkers, although the practice has proven the significant differences of blood and urine test results between cancer patients and healthy people, and obtaining the results of routine blood and urine tests is not difficult, the use of routine blood and urine tests to detect and monitor early cancer risk has never been reported; and traditionally, early cancer detection and monitoring have been managed by doctors and hospitals, the users are unable to do it themselves. The purpose of this invention is to provide an early cancer risk monitoring system enabling users to dynamic monitor the early cancer risk. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110517 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMAGE PROCESSING TO DETERMINE PATIENT-SPECIFIC BLOOD FLOW CHARACTERISTICS - Embodiments include a system for determining cardiovascular information for a patient. The system may include at least one computer system configured to receive patient-specific data regarding a geometry of the patient's heart, and create a three-dimensional model representing at least a portion of the patient's heart based on the patient-specific data. The at least one computer system may be further configured to create a physics-based model relating to a blood flow characteristic of the patient's heart and determine a fractional flow reserve within the patient's heart based on the three-dimensional model and the physics-based model. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110518 | REMOTE FILLING, TRACKING AND VERIFICATION OF PHARMACY SUPPLY CONTAINERS - A cost effective system that consistently and accurately verifies prescription orders and the contents of supply containers at a first location without needlessly requiring multiple verifications from different licensed pharmacy technicians or pharmacists. A computerized tracking system monitors the filling of medication bins at a remote second location and preserves the documentation of the pharmacist verification of the bin at that location where it is tagged & sealed and transported to the first location, such as a local pharmacy. There, a pharmacy worker installs the sealed bin into an automated filling machine with automated accuracy tracking systems installed while the computer system monitors and maintains integrity of the filling process without requiring additional pharmacy worker verification at the first location prior to dispensing the filled prescription to a customer or patient. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110519 | MEDICATION UNIQUE DRUG IDENTIFIER TRACKING, MONITORING AND VERIFICATION FOR PHARMACY - An automated tracking system for a pharmacy that maintains each medication's Unique Drug Identifier (“UDI”) information from the stock supply container to individual prescriptions filled therefrom. The UDI information automatically travels with each individual prescription until it is dispensed to a customer or patient, thereby allowing the medication contained therein to be returned to stock without risk of losing key information about the medication such as its expiration date and the like. In disclosed embodiments, the computer system can monitor key UDI information of the stock supply containers and the individual filled prescriptions to promote use of medications expiring sooner than others in the pharmacy, locate, track and promote use of returned to stock medications that have not been returned to the supply containers, and prevent the dispensing of expired or about to expire medications. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110520 | Calculating Treatment Response for a Patient - An approach is provided in which a knowledge manager selects patient data measurements corresponding to a patient that is on a current treatment plan. The patient data measurements correspond to different test results of the patient. The knowledge manager analyzes the patient data measurements against guideline threshold compilations that include multiple guideline thresholds. In turn, the knowledge manager determines a patient response of the patient and chronologically maps the patient response to the treatment plan. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110521 | METHOD OF GENERATING A STRUCTURED PROGRAM OF ADAPTED PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES, AND WHICH IS ARTICULATED TEMPORALLY WITH A PROGRAM OF FEEDING ACTIVITIES - The method of generating a structured program defines physical, biological and/or physiological needs and objectives of a subject. A structured program of adapted physical and feeding activities is established based on the temporal articulation variables and provided to the subject by way of a terminal. During the course of a session of adapted and structured physical activities of the program, a physical state and/or a physical activity of the subject is captured through the physiological and/or motion sensors. During the course of the session, the physical activity, the feeding activity associated with the adapted and structured physical activity of the session in progress and articulation temporal variables are adjusted. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110522 | Mapping Tools for Health or Fitness Data - First and second health and wellness metrics are collected with first and second mobile applications, respectively. A hub mobile application normalizes the first and health and wellness metrics into first and second primitive metrics, which are then correlated. Based on the correlation or the value of one or more of the first or second primitive metrics, information is displayed to the user on his or her mobile device. The information can include a graph for a health and wellness metric, a health and wellness tip, a health and wellness insight, a user action for improved health and wellness, and a health and wellness informative article. The determination of which graphs, tips, insights, user actions, and informative articles to show can be based on settings for the correlation or primitive metric(s) value, which may be modified from a server the mobile application(s) may connect to. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110523 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS IN CONJUNCTION WITH PATIENT APPS - In some aspects, the present disclosure provides a computer program product for assembling a database comprising electronic medical records (EMRs). In certain embodiments, a EMR comprises at least one active diagnosis module (ADM). In some embodiments, the database is searchable based on at least some ADM content. Other aspects and features of the present disclosure are described herein. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110524 | Phenotypic Integrated Social Search Database and Method - A method for generating correlations between human biological phenotype and human behavioral and/or emotional phenotype, and optionally to temporal location, comprising the steps of correlating data on biological phenotype with survey-based data on behavioral and/or emotional phenotype. The data on biological phenotype is collected from a sample from an individual, and the survey-based data can be collected from answers to behavioral and emotional questions from the individual or from observations of the individual by a third party. Correlations can further be used to predict behavior, including preferences, wellness needs and desires, and/or emotions. Feedback, advice and guidance can be provided to individuals based on such correlations. Such correlations are further useful for product and service providers and industries for purposes of standardizing or rating product quality and efficacy, and/or for promotion and selling purposes. A database comprising the data on biological phenotype and survey-based data is also provided. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110525 | Integrated Data Capture Using Aliasing Schemes - Methods, systems, and computer-storage media are provided for using a generic aliasing scheme to facilitate electronic transcription of groups of clinical event data extracted from an electronic medical record to case report forms associated with clinical studies. The generic aliasing scheme is also used to electronically transcribe documentation of task completion to case report forms associated with the clinical studies. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110526 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF SHARING MEDIA CONTENT WITH DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT (DRM) - Systems and methods of sharing media content with digital rights management are disclosed that include receiving a media file having media content with a user device, the media content having a first portion and a second portion, when a selection of the provided media content is received by the user device, presenting the first portion of the media content with the user device when the first portion is unencrypted or by decrypting the first portion of the media content with a publically available key with the user device, and presenting the second portion of the media content with the user device when the presentation of the first portion of the media content is complete and when a digital rights management (DRM) key is purchased to decrypt the second portion of the media content. | 2016-04-21 |
20160110527 | Method and Apparatus for Digital Rights Management - A method and apparatus for digital rights management (DRM) with steps and means for receiving a registration request from one of a plurality of DRM agent devices requesting to register one of a plurality of user accounts and the one DRM agent device to one of a plurality of rights issuers, completing a registration process in the one rights issuer, including establishment of a relationship among the one user account, the one DRM agent device and the one rights issuer; and returning a registration completion response to the one DRM agent device. The invention provides support to the many-to-many relationships among DRM entities, such as DRM agent device, user account and rights issuer, so that the DRM system can be applied to more business modes. | 2016-04-21 |