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20130316054 | METHOD FOR PRESERVING ORGANIC PIECE GOODS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING PRESERVED ORGANIC PIECE GOODS - A method for preserving organic piece goods, for example, foods such as fruits, plants, parts thereof, small animals, and animal piece goods, and organic piece goods from the non-food sector, for example, cut flowers, using a dehydrating solvent and by drying in a drying device, and a for producing preserved organic piece goods involves drying the piece goods are dried in a drying device in the presence of the solvent at temperatures below 100° C., preferably in a fluidized bed. The procedure has the advantage of significantly lower drying temperatures compared to freeze drying, requiring substantially shorter drying times, and thus having significantly better energy efficiency, and being more environmentally friendly. The drying procedure is gentle, wherein the organic piece goods substantially retain the original shape, color, and contents thereof. | 11-28-2013 |
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20140188269 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A META-RECIPE CONTROL SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE - A method and system for computerized coordination of multiple operations to be performed by components of machines are provided. The computer system includes a memory device for storing data and a computer-controlled machine that includes a processor in communication with the memory device wherein the processor is programmed to read a recipe file from the memory device, the recipe file including operating parameter values for controlling the operation of the machine, extract a name of a meta-recipe file from the recipe file, the meta-recipe file including a first portion including parameter properties of operating parameter values used by the meta-recipe file, receive values for the meta-recipe having the parameter properties specified in the first portion, and operate the machine using code from a second portion of the meta-recipe and the received values. | 07-03-2014 |
20140189273 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FULL RESOLUTION REAL-TIME DATA LOGGING - A method and data-logging system are provided. The system includes a map-ahead thread configured to acquire blocks of private memory for storing data to be logged, the blocks of private memory being twice as large as the file page size, a master thread configured to write data to the blocks of private memory, in real-time and in full resolution, the data acquired during operation of a machine generating the data and written to the blocks of private memory in real-time, the machine including a controller including a processor communicatively coupled to a memory having processor instructions therein, and a write-behind thread configured to acquire pages of memory that are mapped to pages in a file, copy the data from the blocks of private memory to the acquired file-mapped blocks of memory. | 07-03-2014 |
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20080250347 | Method and System for Presenting Input Expressions and Evaluations of the Input Expressions on a Workspace of a Computational System - In a method for presenting information, an interactive document, for example, may be created that includes both an input expression and a result generated by evaluating the input expression, and where the input expression can be selectively hidden. This may permit “decluttering” of the document so that it may be easier to follow. At the same time, user interface mechanisms allow a viewer to reveal the input expression if the view desires to see the input expression. In this method, an input expression and a result corresponding to an evaluation of the input expression are presented on a workspace associated with a computational software application. Additionally, a first user interface mechanism associated with the input expression is presented on the workspace. In response to an activation of the first user inter mechanism, the input expression may be hidden on the workspace, while the result is presented on the workspace. Also, a second user interface mechanism associated with the input expression may be presented on the workspace. In response to an activation of the second user interface mechanism, the input expression is presented on the workspace. | 10-09-2008 |
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20130031082 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR USING NATURAL LANGUAGE TO GENERATE WIDGETS - A user interface application is created to prompt a user for information and to generate a query to be submitted to a natural language (NL) query answering system. A first user is prompted to submit an NL query, and the NL query is received. The user interface application is generated using the NL query and so that the user interface application is configured to prompt the first user or a second user to provide information, receive the information, generate a computer-generated query based on the NL query and the received information, provide the computer-generated query to the NL query answering system, receive answer information from the NL query answering system in response to the computer-generated query, and cause at least some of the answer information to be displayed on a display device. | 01-31-2013 |
20130125094 | PROGRAMMING IN A PRECISE SYNTAX USING NATURAL LANGUAGE - A method facilitates development of instructions in a precise syntax, such as software source code or built-in functions of a computational system, using natural language (NL) input. A user may enter NL input in a workspace. An NL processing system may process the NL input to generate instruction(s) in a precise syntax that corresponds to the NL input. The instruction(s) in the precise syntax then may be included in the workspace. | 05-16-2013 |
20130132368 | LARGE SCALE ANALYTICAL REPORTING FROM WEB CONTENT - An analysis system is configured to perform quantitative (e.g., statistical) and/or qualitative analysis of large numbers of documents, files, etc., such as web pages, images on web pages, social medial pages, or other documents available via the Internet, an extranet, an Intranet, etc. In some embodiments, the large numbers of documents, files, etc., may be treated as a data set that can be quantitatively analyzed and reports of such analyses may be made electronically available to a user. | 05-23-2013 |
20130166530 | Method and System for Analyzing Data Using a Query Answering System - A natural language query answering system includes an external data pre-processor configured to i) analyze a first data set, the first data set received via a communication network, to identify data in the first data set that corresponds to entities in a database comprising categorized entities, and ii) generate a second data set corresponding to the first data set and based on the analysis of the first data set, wherein the second data set includes information indicating how data in the second data set is to be interpreted by the natural language query answering system. The natural language query answering system is configured to retrieve data and/or process data from the second data set in response to natural language queries. | 06-27-2013 |
20130185663 | PREDICTIVE USER INTERFACE METHOD AND APPARATUS - A result is generated, using a data processing or computational system, in response to a user-provided or user-indicated input expression. The result is displayed, or caused to be displayed, on a display device. The result is analyzed, and, based on the analysis of the result, one or more further data processing or computational actions that the user will perform on the result are predicted. A user interface mechanism is generated to facilitate performing the predicted one or more further data processing or computational actions or to facilitate viewing one or more further results generated in response to one or more of the predicted further data processing or computational actions. The user interface mechanism is displayed or caused to be displayed on the display device. | 07-18-2013 |
20140067534 | Method and System for Generating Commercial Information in Response to a Query - In a method for providing to a user commercial information regarding at least one of a product or a service, at least one of 1) a query of the user, or 2) an answer to the query is analyzed, and an activity of the user is inferred based on the analysis of the query and/or the answer. A general product or service to support the activity is determined, and a vendor that provides the general product or service is determined in response to determining the general product or service. Information regarding a specific product or service provided by the vendor is obtained, wherein the specific product or service corresponds to the general product or service. Commercial information corresponding to the specific product or service provided by the vendor is generated, wherein the commercial information is for electronic transmission to the user. | 03-06-2014 |
20140068449 | Method and System for Distributing and Displaying Graphical Items - A subset of graphical display items, in a set of graphical display items stored in the one or more electronic storage devices, that have not previously been viewed by a user is determined. A graphical display item is selected from a subset of graphical display items. The graphical display item may be selected according to an order, or selected randomly. An initial display item and the selected graphical display item are electronically transmitted to a user computing device. The initial display item and the selected graphical display item are configured such that the selected graphical display item is displayed on a display device of the user computing device in response to the user selecting the initial display item when the initial display item is displayed on the display device. | 03-06-2014 |
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20130339893 | Visual Display Techniques for Mitigating Latency - A visual display that changes with time and/or an audio signal is rendered while a task is being completed by a computing device (e.g., performing a computation, retrieving information, powering up a device, starting a computer application, etc.). The visual display and/or audio signal are configured to engage the user in order to mitigate latency of the task. Because the user is being engaged by the visual display and/or audio signal, the user may be less likely to notice and/or be bothered by the latency. | 12-19-2013 |
20140075410 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING A FORMULA - In a method to help a user determine a formula, (e.g., a fact, rule, or principle expressed in scientific, mathematical, technical, etc. symbols), a user may input an indication of the formula in an imprecise syntax. The inputted indication may be in ASCII text, for example, and may include technical shorthand, technical abbreviations, pseudocode, etc. In response, one or more formulas corresponding to the user's input are determined. Optionally, other outputs related to the determined formula (s) may be generated. In one implementation, software programming code corresponding to the formula is generated. Then, the formula (s) and the output(s) are presented to the user. | 03-13-2014 |
20140280256 | AUTOMATED DATA PARSING - A framing technique included in a set of framing techniques is applied to at least a portion of a target data set. When a result of the application of the framing technique meets a first condition, a typing technique included in a set of typing techniques is applied to the target data set. When a result of the application of the typing technique meets a second condition, a tokenization technique included in a set of tokenization techniques is applied to the target data set. When a result of the application of the tokenization technique meets a third condition, a parsing technique for the target data set is determined to include the framing technique, the typing technique and the tokenization technique. An indication of the parsing technique is generated. | 09-18-2014 |
20140281852 | MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATION AUTHORING TOOLS - A multimedia presentation system facilitates efficient creation of multimedia presentations. For example, in an embodiment, a multimedia presentation system provides tools for creating an authoring notebook via which a user can (i) create graphics to be used in a presentation, (ii) create a script to be read, or be referred to, by a speaker during the presentation, and (iii) provide prompts to the speaker for when and/or how to modify the graphics during the presentation. A controller may be provided to allow a user to modify the visual portion of the presentation during performance of the presentation. | 09-18-2014 |
20140282158 | Positioning Pads for Moving a Position of Interest on a Display - Positioning pads are displayed via a display device to facilitate movement of a position of interest (e.g., as indicated by a cursor) with respect to a structured object also displayed via the display device. The structured object is analyzed to determine predicted locations to which a user may subsequently wish to navigate the position of interest, and positioning pads are displayed at, or associated with, the predicted locations. When activation of a positioning pad is detected, (i) the position of interest is moved to the location of, or associated with, the positioning pad, and (ii) the positioning pad is no longer displayed via the display device. | 09-18-2014 |
20140337990 | Method for Using a Multi-Function Computer for Testing - A system and method facilitate the use of a multi-function computer for an examination. An application implementing the method receives a hash input from a user and, upon successful completion of the examination, displays a hash output. The hash output may be displayed as a visual hash. During the examination, the application or system monitors the multi-function computer to determine whether the user has activated, viewed, or launched any prohibited functions or applications on the multi-function computer. If the user views a prohibited function or application, the examination application does not display the hash output. The system and application implement various security measures to prevent spoofing or duplication of the hash output or tampering with the application. | 11-13-2014 |
20150112971 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING ANSWERS TO QUERIES - A natural language query is received, and an answer to the natural language query is determined. A message is formatted such that the message includes the answer, and metadata corresponding to the answer, the metadata including information to enable construction, using the metadata, of a sentence that rephrases the query and recites the answer. | 04-23-2015 |
20150154012 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CLOUD COMPUTING - In a method for cloud deployment, programmer input in a programming language is received, the programmer input including i) a built-in function corresponding to making electronic objects accessible on a network, and ii) a parameter indicating an electronic object. The programmer input is evaluated to cause the electronic object to be stored on a server and made accessible via a network coupled to the server. | 06-04-2015 |
20150161085 | NATURAL LANGUAGE-AIDED HYPERTEXT DOCUMENT AUTHORING - Natural language (NL) processing of NL commands is performed to determine one or more of (i) content to be included in a hypertext document, (ii) a layout for the hypertext document, or (iii) parameters corresponding to behavior of the hypertext document. Performing the NL processing includes: determining assumptions concerning one or both of (a) ambiguities associated with the NL commands or (b) information necessary for creating the hypertext document not specified by the NL commands. The assumptions correspond to the one or more of (i) content to be included in the hypertext document, (ii) the layout for the hypertext document, or (iii) the parameters corresponding to behavior of the hypertext document. Hypertext document code or data for displaying the hypertext document is generated based on the NL processing of the NL commands including the determined assumptions. | 06-11-2015 |