| 05th week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 51 |
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| 20160034555 | SEARCH RESULT REPLICATION IN A SEARCH HEAD CLUSTER - Systems and methods for search result replication in a search head cluster of a data aggregation and analysis system. An example method may comprise maintaining a replication count corresponding to how many replicas of a result of a particular map-reduce search exist in a search head cluster comprising a plurality of search heads that are each configured to enable them to manage a reduce phase of a map-reduce search, determining that the replication count is less than a target replication count, selecting, based the determining, a target search head from the search head cluster to receive a replica of the search result, initiating a replication of the search result from a source search head in the search head cluster to the selected target search head, receiving an indication that the replication is complete, and based on receiving the indication, increasing the replication count corresponding to the search result. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034556 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPUTERIZED BATCHING OF HUGE POPULATIONS OF ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS - A method for computerized batching of huge populations of electronic documents, including computerized assignment of electronic documents into at least one sequence of electronic document batches such that each document is assigned to a batch in the sequence of batches and such that there is no conflict between batching requirements, the following batching requirements being maintained by a suitably programmed processor: a. pre-defined subsets of documents are always kept together in the same batch, b. batches are equal in size, c. the population is partitioned into clusters, and all documents in any given batch belong to a single cluster rather than to two or more clusters. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034557 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, DATA PROCESSING METHOD THEREFOR, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing device includes: a feature quantity obtaining unit which obtains a feature quantity of an object to be extracted, which is extracted from a retrieval target, and specific information to be specified an appearing location of it; a feature quantity holding unit which, when storing the feature quantity in a feature quantity table, adds new identification information to the feature quantity and holds the feature quantity in the feature quantity table when a similar feature quantity in which a similarity with the feature quantity is no less than a threshold is not included in the feature quantity table, and outputs identification information of the similar feature quantity as identification information of the feature quantity when the similar feature quantity is included in the feature quantity table; and a retrieval table holding unit which holds the specific information associated with the added identification information or the outputted identification information. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034558 | GENERATING A CLUSTERING MODEL AND CLUSTERING BASED ON THE CLUSTERING MODEL - Methods and an apparatus for generating a clustering model and clustering based on the clustering model. The first method includes: extracting feature information of each of a plurality of historical messages in response to receiving the plurality of historical messages from a historical voice conversation; obtaining a correlation between the plurality of historical messages; and generating a clustering model that clusters the plurality of historical messages on the basis of the correlation and the feature information of each of the plurality of historical messages. A second method for using the clustering model is also provided. According to the present invention, a reliable and accurate clustering model is generated through which a plurality of messages is clustered and displayed on the basis of the clustering model. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034559 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CLASSIFYING CONTENT - A device configured to classify images, includes a user interface configured to receive an input of selecting an image from the images, and a controller configured to determine attribute information of the selected image or image analysis information of the selected image, and classify the images based on the attribute information or the image analysis information. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034560 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SECURELY STORING PRIVATE DATA IN A SEMANTIC ANALYSIS SYSTEM - Disclosed is an approach for allowing an entity to perform semantic analysis in a SaaS semantic analysis platform upon private data possessed by one or more entities. In one or more embodiments, separate processing pipelines may be provided to the plurality of entities thereby keeping private data secure within the semantic analysis platform. In one or more embodiments, a common processing pipeline is provide with data associated a first entity being assigned a first identification code, and data associated with a second entity being assigned a second identification code. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034561 | LANDMARK POINT SELECTION - An exemplary method comprises receiving data points, selecting a first subset of the data points to generate an initial set of landmarks, each data point of the first subset defining a landmark point and for each non-landmark data point: calculating first data point distances between a respective non-landmark data point and each landmark point of the initial set of landmarks, identifying a first shortest data point distance from among the first data point distances between the respective non-landmark data point and each landmark point of the initial set of landmarks, and storing the first shortest data point distance as a first landmark distance for the respective non-landmark data point. The method further comprising identifying a non-landmark data point with a longest first landmark distance in comparison with other first landmark distances and adding the identified non-landmark data point associated as a first landmark point to the initial set of landmarks. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034562 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ORGANIZING MESSAGES AND REPORTING STATISTICS FOR MESSAGES IN A SOCIAL NETWORK - A method for organizing messages and reporting statistics for messages in a social network, the social network communicatively coupling a user's data processing system to one or more supporters' respective data processing systems over a communications network, the method comprising: using a processor, selecting a category for a message from among a predetermined group of categories; posting the message to the social network under the category, the message including an identifier of the category under which the message was posted; after the message is posted, determining a total number of messages posted under the category by the user and a total number of messages posted by the user; determining a percentage of the total number of messages posted under the category by the user to the total number of messages posted by the user; and, presenting the percentage on a display. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034563 | FACILITATING EXECUTION OF CONCEPTUAL QUERIES CONTAINING QUALITATIVE SEARCH TERMS - The disclosed embodiments relate to a system that facilitates performing searches based on qualitative search terms. During operation, the system receives a query that applies a qualitative search term to an attribute of data items in a set of data items. While executing the query, the system processes each data item in the set of data items by extracting an attribute value from the data item and then using a concept-mapping to determine a compatibility index for the attribute value, wherein the concept-mapping associates each attribute value with a numerical compatibility index that indicates a compatibility between the attribute value and the qualitative search term. Finally, the system uses the compatibility index as a factor in determining whether to include the data item in a set of query results. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034564 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF GENERATING AND USING A GEOGRAPHICAL HIERARCHY MODEL - Geographical regions are each characterized using a distribution of terms, tags, etc. A model may be generated that identifies characteristics of each geographic region. The geographic regions may be organized using a geographical hierarchical model. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034565 | MANAGING CREDIBILITY FOR A QUESTION ANSWERING SYSTEM - A method and system for managing credibility of a set of search results for a search query is disclosed. The method can include determining, by a natural language processing technique configured to analyze a portion of the set of search results and a portion of the search query, a credibility factor configured to indicate similarity to a subject matter of the search query. The method can also include establishing a relevance relationship between the credibility factor and source information of a first search result of the set of search results, wherein the source information is based on the credibility factor. The method may also include computing a credibility score for the first search result of the set of search results based on the relevance relationship between the credibility factor and the source information of the set of search results. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034566 | HIGH AVAILABILITY SCHEDULER FOR SCHEDULING MAP-REDUCE SEARCHES - A high availability scheduler of tasks in a cluster of server devices is provided. A server device of the cluster of server devices enters a leader state based upon the results of a consensus election process in which the server device participates with others of the cluster of server devices. Upon entering the leader state, the server device schedules one or more tasks by assigning each of the one or more tasks to a device, wherein the one or more tasks involve initiating a late-binding schema. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034567 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING AND VISUALIZING ELEMENTS OF QUERY RESULTS - The systems and methods described herein generally relate to increasing user productivity in reviewing query results by visually depicting the presence/absence of a set of query terms in a set of paragraphs across a set of documents. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034568 | Computer-Based Method of Processing of Machine-Readable Information - The invention relates to processing of machine-readable data. The invention can be used for processing of data specially intended for a wide range of specific functions. The invention can be used in computers, for composing of computer programs, as well as for building systems of processing of information. Particular cases of using the invention include information search, processing of information in databases, data selection and its statistics. The invention can be used for receiving a visualized representation of data being processed, including data in the form of electronic documents. A computer-based method of processing of machine-readable data comprises: calling for a set of electronic documents; defining a search query; matching of search attributes to a search query; determining of matching of search attributes of electronic documents to specified search queries; attributing of electronic documents relevant to specified search queries to corresponding subject subsets of electronic documents. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034569 | SEARCH DEVICE - A storage stores a classified-component-presence region where a component is present which constitutes one or more items of content while associating the classified-component-presence region with the respective one of the items of content. An acquisition controller acquires designation data designating a second region which is present around a first region equivalent to the classified-component-presence region of an item of content to be searched for and limits a likelihood of presence of the component. A search controller searches the item of content to be searched for from those stored in the storage based on the designation data. A display controller displays a search result on a display. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034570 | CREATING ASSOCIATIONS TO A SERVICE SUBSCRIBER - Creating an association between an identity of a telecommunication service subscriber and one or more reviews related to a telecommunication operator providing the service, wherein one or more review values and one or more subscriber features are assigned to one or more defined review topic. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034571 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING ALERTS IN SEMANTIC ANALYSIS TECHNOLOGY - Disclosed is an approach for allowing an entity to perform semantic analysis upon data associated with an entity, and to automatically perform categorization of that data and to generate alerts based on a set of predefined rules. A topic is created based on which to categorize a set of semantically analyzed messages. A set of rules is defined, wherein an alert is generated when the set of rules is satisfied for the semantically analyzed messages. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034572 | Contextual Indexing of Media Items - Embodiments described herein involve generating and modifying a sub-index of a media index. An example method may involve receiving requests to play back media items in a media index, tracking the requests to play back the media items in the media index, determining a set of media items from among the media items in the media index based on the tracked requests to play back media items in the media index, and indexing the determined set of media items into a sub-index. The set of media items have been played at least a pre-determined threshold number of times within a pre-determined threshold period of time. The media items in the sub-index are a subset of the media items in the main index. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034573 | ANALYZING USER SEARCHES OF VERBAL MEDIA CONTENT - Disclosed are various embodiments for analyzing user searches of verbal media content associated with media content features. A search query is obtained from a user. Media content items are determined by executing a verbal media content search based at least in part on the search query. The media content items include verbal media content that is relevant to the search query. Data relating to the verbal media content search is stored. A user interest in media content is determined by analyzing the data relating to the verbal media content search. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034574 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A mobile terminal includes a display and controller configured to cause the display to display a playback screen of a first multimedia file and cause the display to display a first retrieval screen in response to receiving a first user input during the displaying of the playback screen of the first multimedia file, such that the first retrieval screen includes a plurality of thumbnail images respectively corresponding to one of a plurality of playback points in time on a per first time interval basis of the first multimedia file. The controller also causes the display to play the first multimedia file beginning at a playback point in time that corresponds to a selected one of the plurality of thumbnail images. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034575 | VOCABULARY-EFFECTED E-CONTENT DISCOVERY - A computing device includes a housing and a display assembly having a screen and a set of touch sensors. The housing at least partially circumvents the screen so that the screen is viewable. A processor is provided within the housing to display content pertaining to an e-book on the screen of the display assembly. The processor further detects a first user interaction with the set of touch sensors and interprets the first user interaction as a first user input corresponding with a selection of a word or phrase in the displayed content. In response to the first user input, the processor searches an e-book library for e-books containing the selected word or phrase and presents a set of search results on the display assembly. The set of search results includes one or more e-books that contain the selected word or phrase. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034576 | Context-Aware Landing Page - Techniques are described for creating a context-aware landing page. A context-aware landing page is capable of dynamically updating its tiles to include content tiles which are related to a received triggering event. The triggering event can be received from a business context source. When the triggering event is received, a weighting table that contains a plurality of content tiles can be retrieved. The method can then select one or more content tiles to include in the context-aware landing page. The selection of the one or more content tiles can depend on the triggering event. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034577 | INTERFACE FOR SIMULTANEOUS DISPLAY OF SELECTED ITEMS FROM SEARCH ENGINE RESULTS - According to one embodiment of the present invention, a system for processing a search of network sites allows a user to view search results in at least one viewing mode. Each viewing mode allows a user to view multiple result pages, or portions thereof, such that user can browse multiple search results with minimal web navigation. Moreover, the system may allow a user to cull or trim search results while moving between viewing modes with minimal web navigation. In some embodiments, information relating to or included on a result page may be shown as the user culls the search results and progresses through the various viewing modes. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034578 | QUERYING MEDICAL CLAIMS DATA - Techniques are provided for querying medical claims data. In an embodiment, responding to selection of a health care fraud scheme template from among a plurality of health care fraud scheme templates by displaying a partial query statement defined by the selected health care fraud scheme template; and based on a parameter indicated by the selected health care fraud template, displaying at least one interface control element embedded within the partial query statement. An input indicating the value for the parameter of the partial query statement is received. Generating a converted query in a database querying language that a particular database system is configured to interpret based at least on the partial query statement, the parameter, and the specified value for the parameter. The particular database system is caused to execute the converted query to identify query results comprising health care data based on the converted query. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034579 | DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM - A method, computer program product, and computing system for rendering a plurality of mutually-exclusive descriptors for a user of a dating website. At least two selections are received from the user, wherein these two selections are chosen from the plurality of mutually-exclusive descriptors. The at least two selections are included in a user profile accessible by the dating website and associated with the user. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034580 | INTERFACE FOR SIMULTANEOUS DISPLAY OF SELECTED ITEMS FROM SEARCH ENGINE RESULTS - According to one embodiment of the present invention, a system for processing a search of network sites allows a user to view search results in at least one viewing mode. Each viewing mode allows a user to view multiple result pages, or portions thereof, such that user can browse multiple search results with minimal web navigation. Moreover, the system may allow a user to cull or trim search results while moving between viewing modes with minimal web navigation. In some embodiments, information relating to or included on a result page may be shown as the user culls the search results and progresses through the various viewing modes. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034581 | DETECTION AND HANDLING OF AGGREGATED ONLINE CONTENT USING DECISION CRITERIA TO COMPARE SIMILAR OR IDENTICAL CONTENT ITEMS - A computer-implemented method is presented herein. The method obtains a first content item from an online source, and then generates a characterizing signature of the first content item. The method continues by finding a previously-saved instance of the characterizing signature and retrieving data associated with a second content item (the second content item is characterized by the characterizing signature). The method continues by analyzing the data associated with the second content item, corresponding data associated with the first content item, and decision criteria. Thereafter, either the first content item or the second content item is identified as an original content item, based on the analyzing. The other content item can be flagged as an aggregated content item. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034582 | COMPUTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR EXECUTING DATABASE OPERATION COMMAND - The present invention relates to the field of databases, and discloses a computing device and a method for executing a database operation command. In the present invention, whether an operation requested by an operation command is a read operation is determined; and if the operation requested by the operation command is a read operation, the operation command is executed via authorized access to database server process memory and a query result is obtained, thereby improving data reading performance; or if the operation requested by the operation command is not a read operation, the operation command is forwarded to a database server for executing the operation command, thereby improving reliability of a non-read operation. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034583 | ADJUSTING SEARCH RESULTS BASED ON OVERLAPPING WORK HISTORIES - Techniques for ranking search results generated by a search engine are described. A search query initiated by a searcher is processed to identify a set of member profiles satisfying the search query. A ranking score is assigned to each member profile of the set of member profiles. A subset of the set of member profiles is identified based on a determination of an overlap between a work history specified in each of the subset of member profiles and a work history specified in a profile of the searcher. The ranking score assigned to a member profile of the subset of the set of member profiles is adjusted based on the determination. A portion of each of the set of member profiles satisfying the search query is communicated for presentation as search results in a search results interface. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034584 | L-GRAM AND R-GRAM FREQUENCY-WEIGHTED QUERY RESPONSES - Queries are analyzed to identify start-side sub-queries that include a starting word of the query and one or more contiguous words and end-side sub-queries that include an ending word of the query and one or more contiguous words. A start-side count is determined for a sub-query indicating a number of times it occurs among the queries as a start-side query. An end-side count is also computed for each sub-query indicating the number of times it occurs as an end-side sub-query. A score is computed for each sub-query that decreases with the start-side count and increases with the end-side count. A search is performed for a received query with some of the phrases (e.g. noun phrases) thereof weighted according to the scores. Noun phrases may be identified as the longest n-gram for which an entry in a reference dictionary exists. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034585 | AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED COMPARISON POLLS - A content item presented to a user may involve two or more topics, such as news articles mentioning athletes or actors. Users may enjoy expressing opinions about a comparison of the topics, such as personal preferences or an evaluation of talent. Presented herein are techniques for automatically generating, for the content item, a poll among the topics of the content item. The respective comparisons of a comparison set are evaluated for the topics of the content item, and a comparison relevance score is computed identifying the relevance of the comparison of the topics. The comparison having the highest relevance for the topics is selected, and a comparison question is formulated and presented to the user with the content item. Results may be tabulated and presented for the topics of the content item. These techniques facilitate user expression about the content item without depending upon user-authored polls for each content item. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034586 | BEHAVIOR INFLUENCED SEARCH RANKING - A system and method for behavior influenced search ranking may include obtaining, via a network interface, a search term from a user device. An initial result including a first group of the user profiles may be generated based on user profiles from a social network in relation to the search term, the user profiles stored in a profile database. A rank of each of the first group of the user profiles may be determined based, at least in part, on interactions from an activity database corresponding to the first group of the user profiles, the activity database storing information indicative of activities related to the social network, the activities including the interactions. The user device may display a second group of the user profiles, including at least some of the first group of the user profiles, according to the rank of the first group of the user profiles. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034587 | EFFICIENT JOIN-FILTERS FOR PARALLEL PROCESSING - According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method of transferring filters for operations in a distributed system comprises generating at each source node a first filter of a first size. The first filter indicates elements of objects that need not be processed for an operation. Each source node generates one more second filters of a second size less than the first size. Each generated second filter is based on a prior generated filter with each location representing a plurality of locations from the prior generated filter. A second filter is transferred from each source node to each of destination node. The elements of the objects to remove for the operation are determined based on the transferred second filters. Embodiments of the present invention further include a system and computer program product for transferring filters in a distributed system in substantially the same manners described above. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034588 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT AND INTELLIGENT AGENT - The present invention provides computer-based systems and methods directed to maintaining a database of user profiles based, respectively, on user interaction with third-party systems. The invention includes the processes of: accessing a unique user profile associated with a unique user; automatically collecting, by an agent module executing on a processor associated with a first system, data associated with the unique user based at least in part on the unique user's interaction with a system unassociated with the first system; evaluating by the processor the collected data and searching available databases to identify potential items of interest to the unique user based at least in part on the unique user profile and the collected data; determining a set of predicted items of interest to the unique user from the identified potential items of interest; and presenting at a display associated with the unique user data representing the set of predicted items of interest. In one implementation, the invention provides an intelligent agent possessing a level of “awareness” concerning individual users associated with user profiles or accounts and is adapted to access private and public databases, websites, resources, and other systems to efficiently collect, filter and deliver/present content and resources of interest to the individual user in a predictive fashion. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034589 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SEARCH TERM WHITELIST EXPANSION - Expanding of a search term whitelist is disclosed including receiving a search request, the search request being used to instruct a search in a first search system for information related to a term to be searched, retrieving the term to be searched from the search request, determining whether the term to be searched is in a search term whitelist, and in the event that the term to be searched is not in the search term whitelist: computing an attribute value of the term to be searched, determining whether the attribute value of the term to be searched is greater than a preset threshold value, and in the event that the attribute value of the term to be searched is greater than the preset threshold value, adding the term to be searched to the search term whitelist. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034590 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF A DYNAMIC INTERFACE FOR CAPTURING VEHICLE DATA - A mobile device application is provided with a dynamic interface for capturing vehicle data. Using a captured VIN number, decoded particulars of the vehicle can be retrieved, together with other particulars from third party databases. Fields of a data capture form are pre-populated with this retrieved data as well as user input in text and multimedia formats. The unfilled fields are presented to the user through an interface in a staged format, showing only relevant unfilled fields. This is reconfigured dynamically (to show more or less fields) as the data is entered/retrieved. The application may use distinct text entry and multimedia entry modes, which may be guided (e.g. with visual cues for photo/video capture). A related method is also provided. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034591 | OBSERVER FILTERED ACTIVITY RECOMMENDATIONS - Technologies related to observer filtered activity recommendations are generally described. In some examples, a computing device may collect activity and observer information for a device user, may identify limited observer activities, and may generate observer filtered activity recommendations for the device user, the observer filtered activity recommendations corresponding to the identified limited observer activities. Observer filtered activity recommendations may optionally be restricted in the presence of current observers outside a limited observer group. In some examples, the computing device may provide automated access to observer information and/or to observer filtered activity information to enable observer filtered activity recommendations by applications accessing the observer information and/or the observer filtered activity information. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034592 | PERSONAL TRENDS MODULE - A system and method for generating a personalized trends module includes steps of: for a given user, producing a social timeline by logging content posted on the given user's accounts on social media sites; analyzing the social timeline for recently posted content to derive an interim summary of first trending topics for the given user; receiving from a content personalization platform an in-stream feed of second trending topics based on the user's recent on-line activity including page views, queries, and clicks; augmenting the social timeline with the second trending topics from the in-stream feed to produce an interim list of third trending topics; ranking the third trending topics by source category using a frequency index; selecting the highest ranking third trending topics from each source category; and presenting a personalized trends module with positions allocated to the highest ranking third trending topics. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034593 | APPARATUS AND METHOD ENABLEMENT OF CUSTOMER INFORMATION CONTROL SYSTEMS ON A MAINFRAME COMPUTER - Digital information is transferred between an application that processes a plurality of on-line transactions executed on the mainframe computer and a file system of an operating system. A programmable processor identifies the data held in memory under control of the application. The programmable processor calls a first routine to associate a portion of the data with a container of the application and calls a second routine to dynamically allocate a file of the file system. The programmable processor opens the file of the file system and calls an input/output routine of the operating system to transfer the data associated with the container to the file of the file system. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034594 | PREVIEWING INLINE AUTHORING OF WEB CONTENT - In a method for managing modifications to elements of a website, receiving one or more modifications to an element of a first webpage, wherein the first webpage is a member of a website. The method further includes determining one or more webpages that include one or more instances of the modified element of the first webpage, wherein the determined one or more webpages are members of the website. The method further includes mapping a location for each of the one or more instances of the modified element within a respective webpage of the determined one or more webpages. The method further includes rendering at least a portion of the determined one or more webpages, wherein the rendered portion of the determined one or more webpages includes the location of the corresponding instance of the modified element. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034595 | Method and System of Displaying Cross-Website Information - The present disclosure discloses a method and a system of displaying cross-website information. The method includes obtaining, by a first server of a first website, product information under a category of at least one desired product of a first user. Next, the first server obtains information of similar product units under a product category of a second server, where a similar product unit includes a set of displayable products. The first server then computes degrees of similarity between the product information under the category of the at least one desired product and respective product information of the similar product units. For the product information under the category of the at least one desired product, the first server selects a predetermined number of top similar product units in a descending order of the degrees of similarity, and renders products included in the predetermined number of top similar product units as products to be displayed. The first server displays the products on a web page of the first website that is viewed by the first user. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034596 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BROWSING VIRTUAL OBJECT - Disclosed is a method and system for browsing a virtual object. A virtual object browsing method includes acquiring identification information of a captured object from the object, acquiring information about a service provider of a virtual object mapped to the identification information, and acquiring related information of the object from the corresponding service provider based on the information about the service provider. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034597 | System and Method for a Back Stack in a Multi-Application Environment - A system and method for a back stack in a multi-application environment, wherein the method comprises adding an entry to a last-in-first-out (LIFO) data structure, the entry comprising application state information descriptive of an application state of a software application and display state information descriptive of a display state of a display surface of a touch screen device, adjusting a LIFO data structure pointer to reflect a revised LIFO data structure state resulting from the adding the entry, receiving a back button actuation indication, in response to receiving the back button actuation indication, restoring the software application to the application state and restoring the display surface to the display state, and readjusting the LIFO data structure pointer to reflect an original LIFO data structure state that existing prior to the adding the entry. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034598 | GRAPH-BASED SYSTEM AND METHOD OF INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL - Structure of a resultant Every Document as a Graph (EVG) graph may be outlined using an EVG query. First metadata for a first data source may be retrieved. At least one entity key may be determined for a first entity, the entity key coming directly from the EVG query or from an entity on a preceding level of the EVG graph. Based on the first metadata and entity key, an edge may be created in the EVG graph beginning at the first entity, wherein the edge contains information retrieved from the first data source. Second metadata for a second data source may be retrieved. Based on the second metadata and information contained in the edge retrieved from first data source, a second entity may be created in the EVG graph, wherein the edge connects to the second entity, wherein the second entity contains information retrieved from the second data source. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034599 | Automatically Modifying A Tree Structure - A method and system are provided to support automated modification to a multiple node tree structure. Each clause and each logical operator are defined in the tree structure as nodes. In addition, each link emanating from a child node to a parent node is defined as a child link, and each link emanating from a parent node to a child node is defined as a parent link. The selection and location of an operator for placement in the tree structure will be automated in response to the position selected. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034600 | SAVING AND RETRIEVING LOCATIONS OF OBJECTS - Among other things, this document describes a computer-implemented method for storing and retrieving information about the locations of objects. The method can include receiving a first query that includes one or more terms identifying an object. The first query can be determined to include a command to store location information for the object. The first query can be parsed to determine identifying information for the object, and a location can be determined for the object. The method further includes identifying one or more attributes of the object that are not specified in the first query, and causing a first set of data to be stored that characterizes the identifying information for the objet, the location of the object, and the one or more attributes of the object. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034601 | OPTIMIZED RENDERING OF SHARED DOCUMENTS ON CLIENT DEVICES WITH DOCUMENT RASTER REPRESENTATIONS - Optimizing the rendering of a document stored on a collaboration server is disclosed. A request for the document is received from the client computer device. The document, which is defined by one or more sets of content data objects at least partially defining the visual appearance of the document, is transmitted to the client computer device in response to the request. The document also includes one or more supplemental document resource objects. One or more first sets of raster image data, each representative of a specific segment of the document, are transmitted to the client computer device. This is in response to the request, and based upon an evaluation of an identification of the client computer device included therein. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034602 | STORING AND PRESENTING DATA ASSOCIATING INFORMATION IN A FILE WITH THE SOURCE OF THE INFORMATION - In one aspect, a device includes a processor and a memory accessible to the processor which bears instructions executable by the processor to identify data pertaining to a first file in response to an event at the first file, manipulate a second file based at least in part on the event at the first file, and in response to the manipulation, store the data pertaining to the first file in a storage area and associate in the storage area the data with the second file. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034603 | DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM - A method, computer program product, and computing system for receiving a search request from a user of a dating website that defines one or more search criteria. The search criteria is compared to a plurality of user profiles to generate a result set of user profiles. At least one result set user profile included within the result set of user profiles includes a plurality of mutually-exclusive descriptors. The at least one result set user profile is filtered to remove one or more of the plurality of mutually-exclusive descriptors based, at least in part, upon the search criteria to generate a filtered result set of user profiles. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034604 | Casting Design Advisor Toolkit - A system for providing casting design advisement for designing a cast component is provided. The system includes an integrated design environment, the integrated design environment receiving a concept design for the cast component, the concept design being user-modifiable. The system also includes a plurality of design advisory modules, the plurality of design advisory modules determining physics models associated with the concept design for the cast component and providing advisement analysis for the concept design based on the physics models. The system includes a design rule logic solver for receiving concept design features associated with the concept design and comparing the concept design features with stored casting design rules to determine a geometry modification guide. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034605 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPORTING DATA INTO PROGRAM CODE - The present invention relates to a method for designing a system. This method includes obtaining a visual representation of one or more components of the ventilation system. One or more property values are assigned to each of the components of the system, which may be achieved using first program code. Geometrical information representing the visual representation and the property values of each component are exported to a data file using the first program code. Standards information relating to the property values are stored. The data file is then imported into a second software application and the data file and the standards information is used to generate a final design using the second software application. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034606 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESS DESIGN AND ANALYSIS - Systems and methods for process design and analysis of processes that result in products or analytical information are provided. A hypergraph data store is maintained and comprises versions of each process. A version comprises a hypergraph with nodes, for stages of the process, and edges. Stages have parameterized resource inputs associated with stage input properties, and input specification limits. Stages have resource outputs with output properties and output specification limits. Edges link the outputs of nodes to the inputs of other nodes. A run data store is maintained with a plurality of process runs, each run identifying a process version, values for the inputs of nodes in the corresponding hypergraph, their input properties, resource outputs of the nodes, and obtained values of output properties of the resource outputs. When a query identifies one or more inputs and/or outputs present in the run data store, they are formatted for analysis. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034607 | VIDEO-ASSISTED LANDING GUIDANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method for aiding landing of an aircraft receives sequential frames of image data of a landing site from an electro-optic sensor on the aircraft; identifies a plurality of features of the landing site in multiple sequential frames of the image data; calculates relative position and distance data between identified features within multiple sequential frames of image data using a local coordinate system within the frames; provides a mathematical 3D model of the landing site in response to the calculated relative position and distance data from the multiple sequential frames; updates the 3D model by repeating the steps of collecting, identifying, and calculating during approach to the landing site by the aircraft; and uses the 3D model from the step of updating for landing the aircraft on the landing site. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034608 | UPDATING A BUILDING INFORMATION MODEL - A method for updating a building information model with crane operations data is disclosed. The method includes: accessing data associated with operations of a crane, wherein the data relates to an object being moved by the crane; based on accessed data, generating timeline information, wherein the timeline information relates to the operations of the crane, the operations associated with a construction project; and automatically sending generated timeline information to the building information model. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034609 | SUPERCONDUCTING CIRCUIT PHYSICAL LAYOUT SYSTEM AND METHOD - Systems and methods are provided for physical layout of superconductor circuits. The physical layout system and method is configured to place and route the superconducting circuits by first placing the gates in the form of gate tiles within unoccupied areas of a predetermined circuit design based on a netlist. Each gate tile type includes a particular gate type and a plurality of unassigned Josephson junctions that can be employed in the gates and/or the active interconnects. Inductive wires are then routed between gates incorporating and assigning the Josephson junctions to produce active interconnects between the I/O terminals of the gates based on connections defined in the netlist. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034610 | METHODS FOR DEVELOPING WIRELESS NETWORK TOPOLOGIES IN AIRCRAFT - A method includes receiving an electronic aircraft model, wherein the aircraft model represents an aircraft in a constructed state for a plurality of aircraft characteristics. The method also includes determining a transmitter location of at least one transmitting device for the aircraft model and determining at least one transmission characteristic of the at least one transmitting device. At least one electromagnetic property of an electromagnetic field emitted by the transmitting device is calculated as a function of at least one of the aircraft characteristics, the transmitter location, or the at least one transmission characteristic. The method also includes determining one or more receiver locations of one or more receivers to provide a system wherein signals from the transmitter device reach at least one of the receiver locations. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034611 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING A STRUCTURAL PARAMETER FOR NOISE AND VIBRATION CONTROL - A computer system enables a noise level associated with a structural substrate to be reduced. The computer system includes a memory device for storing data, and a processor in communication with the memory device. The processor is programmed to define a modulus of elasticity, a thickness, and/or a distribution associated with one or more damping elements coupleable to the structural substrate, define at least one operating parameter associated with the structural substrate and the one or more damping elements, simulate a first performance of the structural substrate and/or the one or more damping elements to generate a first performance data set; and determine whether the first performance data set satisfies a predetermined threshold. The first performance data set is associated with the at least one operating parameter and the modulus of elasticity, the thickness, and/or the distribution associated with the one or more damping elements. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034612 | Re-ordered Interpolation and Convolution for Faster Staggered-Grid Processing - Improved finite-difference staggered grid wave propagation systems and methods. One illustrative computer-based wave field simulation method includes: applying at least one signal to a grid of model cells forming a model space, each model cell having stress values associated with stress nodes and velocity values associated with velocity nodes staggered from the stress nodes; and propagating the at least one signal as a wave into the model space by alternately updating the stress values and the velocity values to obtain a time-dependent wave field associated with the at least one signal. The stress value updating includes, for each model cell: determining spatial derivatives of the velocity values for the model cell; interpolating the spatial derivatives to multiple stress nodes within the model cell; and, for each stress node within the model cell, combining the spatial derivatives associated with that stress node to update at least one stress value associated with that stress node. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034613 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SAVING ENERGY AND REDUCING CYCLE TIME BY USING OPTIMAL ROBOTIC JOINT CONFIGURATIONS - Methods for saving energy and reducing cycle time of a complex operation by using optimal robotic joint configurations. A method includes receiving inputs including the complex operation, generating a plurality of joint configurations of a simulated robot for each one of a plurality of task locations based on the inputs of the complex operation, calculating an edge rating for each of a plurality of robotic movements, wherein a robotic movement accounts for movement between joint configurations of consecutive task locations, calculating a plurality of candidate ratings for each of a plurality of candidate configuration paths, wherein a candidate rating is a summation of edge ratings of robotic movements for a candidate configuration path, determining an optimal configuration path based the candidate configuration path with an optimal rating, wherein the optimal rating is determined by the lowest candidate rating, and return the optimal configuration path. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034614 | MATERIALS PROPERTY PREDICTOR FOR CAST ALUMINUM ALLOYS - A device and article of manufacture to predict material properties of a cast aluminum-based component. In one form, a computer-based system includes numerous computation modules programmably cooperative with one another such that upon receipt of data that corresponds to the cast aluminum-based component, the modules provide performance indicia of the material. The modules include a thermodynamic calculation module, a thermal-physical property module, a mechanical property module and a materials selection or alloy design module. The combination of the modules along with known material and geometric databases—in addition to microstructural and defect databases—promotes the generation of materials properties needed for casting design, casting process simulation, CAE nodal property mapping and durability analysis. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034615 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FORECASTING A TIME SERIES DATA - Systems and methods for forecasting a time series data are disclosed. The methods include receiving a historical time-series data including a series data and a non-stationary series data. The historical time-series data is processed to obtain a unified time series data. On the unified time series data, a data distribution is plotted and the data distribution is validated based upon a rate function associated with a Large Deviation Theory (LDT). The unified time series data is split validated into vectors based on autocorrelation function (ACF). The unified time series data is further validated. A mixture of Gaussian distribution models is applied and weights are assigned to each of the Gaussian distribution model. By controlling the weights based upon various what-if scenarios, a resultant Gaussian time series data is generated. The resultant Gaussian time series data indicates forecasted time series data of the historical time series data. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034616 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING THERMODYNAMIC EFFECTS OF ATOMIC CHANGES TO POLYMERS - Systems and methods for evaluating thermodynamics of atomic changes in a polymer include using a first portion of a refined derived set of three-dimensional coordinates for a derivation of the polymer, which incorporates the atomic change under study, to compute a first effective atomistic Hessian. A second effective atomistic Hessian is computed using a second portion of a refined native set of three-dimensional coordinates for the native polymer. Atoms in the first and second portions are identical. A thermodynamic property of the first portion is determined using the refined derived set of three-dimensional coordinates and the first effective atomistic Hessian. A thermodynamic property of the second portion of the native polymer is determined using the refined native set of three-dimensional coordinates and the second effective atomistic Hessian. The effect of the atomic changes is quantified by taking the difference between the calculated thermodynamic properties of the first and second portions. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034617 | Prototyping an Image Processing Algorithm and Emulating or Simulating Execution on a Hardware Accelerator to Estimate Resource Usage or Performance - System and method for creating a machine vision application. A machine vision prototype comprising a plurality of machine vision steps specifying a machine vision image processing algorithm and associated parameters may be stored. The steps may be interpretable by an emulator to perform the specified image processing on an image by emulating or simulating execution of the steps on a hardware accelerator, e.g., a programmable hardware element or graphics processing unit. An emulator may emulate or simulate execution of the steps on the hardware accelerator, thereby generating image processing results, which may be displayed for validation of the emulating or simulating by a user. The prototype may be analyzed, and based on the analyzing, an estimate of resource usage or performance of the image processing algorithm for the hardware accelerator may be determined and displayed, and may be usable for target platform selection or modification of the image processing algorithm. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034618 | SYSTEM AND MODEL FOR REAL-TIME PREDICTIVE LASER BEAM PROPAGATION - The present invention is a method for real-time predictive laser beam propagation through various atmospheric conditions and over predetermined distances. The invention includes loading input parameters into an embedded control scheme of a laser system. A prediction of one or more laser beam parameters is generated and a computational error is quantified for the generated laser beam parameters. One or more parameters for the laser system are then chosen based on the prediction and based on the quantified computational error. The chosen parameters are within a predetermined tolerance. A laser system is then built or adjusted using the one or more chosen parameters. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034619 | Systems and Methods for Comparative Analysis - This disclosure relates to data analytics. The disclosed systems and methods allow for users to access one or more databases stored in a system. The user can input information into the system relating to one or more specimens that will allow the system to perform comparative analytics on the one or more specimens. The disclosed systems and methods allow for the prediction of behaviors of specimens based on information stored in the database. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034620 | LATCH-UP SUPPRESSION AND SUBSTRATE NOISE COUPLING REDUCTION THROUGH A SUBSTRATE BACK-TIE FOR 3D INTEGRATED CIRCUITS - Roughly described, an integrated circuit device has a conductor extending entirely through the substrate, connected on one end to the substrate topside surface and on the other end to the substrate backside surface. In various embodiments the conductor is insulated from all RDL conductors on the backside of the substrate, and/or is insulated from all conductors and device features on any below-adjacent chip in a 3D integrated circuit structure. Methods of fabrication are also described. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034621 | Numerical Simulation Of Crack Propagation Due To Metal Fatigue - FEA model representing a metal object subjected to expected random vibration loadings during a predefined time period is received. Structural dynamic characteristics and responses of the FEA model are obtained. Cumulative damage ratios of all finite elements are computed using the obtained structural dynamic responses along with a S-N curve for the metal object, and predefined time period. Time and location of fatigue failure in the FEA model are determined by identifying which one of the finite elements fails first. The identified failed finite element's cumulative damage ratio reaches unity first. The FEA model is revised by removing the identified failed finite element. Then the revised FEA model is used for repeating the process of identifying another fatigue failure until the determined time of fatigue failure has passed the predefined time period. All identified failed finite elements represent simulated fatigue crack propagation. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034622 | SIMULATING ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS INCLUDING CHARGE PUMPS - A method of simulating an electronic circuit including an N-stage charge pump includes generating a charge pump macro model corresponding to the N-stage charge pump, and simulating the charge pump macro model. The charge pump macro model includes an output terminal, a behavioral block defined by a modeling language, and a passive device block including at least one passive device connected to the output terminal and the behavioral block. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034623 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING A DEVICE USING AN AUTOMATED TOOL - A method comprises receiving, in a computer, an input indicative of a drawing of at least a portion of at least one layer of a semiconductor device. The at least one portion of the at least one layer is compared to corresponding portions in corresponding layers of a plurality of previously defined devices stored in a non-transitory machine readable storage medium. Each layer of at least one of the plurality of previously defined devices for which the corresponding portion in the corresponding layer matches the at least one portion of the at least one layer of the semiconductor device is displayed on a display device. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034624 | OPTIMIZING CONSTRAINT SOLVING BY REWRITING AT LEAST ONE BIT-SLICE CONSTRAINT - Methods and apparatuses are described for assigning random values to a set of random variables so that the assigned random values satisfy a set of constraints. A constraint solver can receive a set of constraints that is expected to cause performance problems when the system assigns random values to the set of random variables in a manner that satisfies the set of constraints. For example, modulo constraints and bit-slice constraints can cause the system to perform excessive backtracking when the system attempts to assign random values to the set of random variables in a manner that satisfies the set of constraints. The system can rewrite the set of constraints to obtain a new set of constraints that is expected to reduce and/or avoid the performance problems. The system can then assign random values to the set of random variables based on the new set of constraints. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034625 | Network Architectures for Boundary-Less Hierarchical Interconnects - Systems and methods for implementing boundary-less hierarchical networks including methods of generating such networks in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In one embodiment, a hierarchical network in an integrated circuit that includes a plurality of computing elements, where the plurality of computing elements have M outputs and N inputs, and a plurality of switches arranged into stages of switches wherein the plurality of computing elements are connected to switches in a first stage, the switches in the first stage are connected to the plurality of computing elements and switches in a second stage, where the switches in the second stage are connected to the switches in the first stage, at least M+1 adjacent computing elements can connect to at least two nearest neighboring computing elements via a stage 1 switch, and every computing element can connect with every other computing element within the hierarchical network. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034626 | EXPERT SYSTEM-BASED INTEGRATED INDUCTOR SYNTHESIS AND OPTIMIZATION - A system and method for designing an electrical component comprises a model extraction engine configured to generate a model based on a set of parameters, a simulator configured to simulate the generated model and measure performance, a rule-set usable to determine changes to the set of parameters, and an inference engine configured to change salience values of expert rules included in the rule set. The salience value determines when and if an expert rule is used to change the set of parameters. One or more microprocessors are configured to determine design characteristics of the electrical component by iteratively performing, until measured performance is within tolerance, the steps of generating a model based on an updated version of the set of parameters, simulating the generated model, measuring performance of the generated model, and updating the set of parameters using the rule-set if the measured performance is not within the predefined tolerance. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034627 | METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR DESIGNING INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A method of designing an integrated circuit includes a processor receiving input data initially-defining the integrated circuit using a plurality of first standard cells designed to optimize a performance or yield characteristic. The processor substitutes at least one second standard cell designed to optimize a different performance or yield characteristic from that for which the first standard cells were optimized for a corresponding one of the first standard cells. The processor generates output data defining the integrated circuit including the second standard cell. The substituted second standard cell has the same function as the corresponding first standard cell for which it was substituted. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034628 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER-ACCESSIBLE MEDIUM FOR PROVIDING SECURE SPLIT MANUFACTURING - Exemplary systems, methods and computer-accessible mediums can secure split manufacturing of an integrated circuit by modifying a previous location of at least one pin to a further location of the at least one pin based on a fault analysis procedure. A determination of the further location can include an iterative procedure that can be a greedy iterative procedure. The modification of the location of the at least one partition pin can be performed by swapping at least one further partition pin with the at least one partition pin. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034629 | METHOD OF CONVERTING BETWEEN NON-VOLATILE MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING THE METHOD - A method of designing a charge trapping memory array includes designing a memory array layout. The memory array layout includes a first type of transistors; electrical connections between memory cells of the memory array layout; a first input/output (I/O) interface; and a charge pump. The method further includes modifying the memory array layout, using a processor, to replace the first type of transistors with a second type of transistors different than the first type of transistors. The method further includes modifying the memory array layout, using the processor, to modify the charge pump based on an operating voltage of the second type of transistors. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034630 | AREA EFFICIENT POWER SWITCH - A method of generating an area efficient power switch cell includes receiving, by a cell library design tool, a specification of a power switch circuit to be established as a power switch cell in a cell library. The cell library design tool also receives one or more attributes of the power switch cell including a height of the cell boundary and receiving, by the cell library design tool, a layout placement constraint requiring the power switch cell to be placed in a semiconductor layout so as to bridge two parallel rows of doped wells. The parallel rows of doped wells are interleaved with doped substrate and the doping of the wells is of a different type than that of the substrate. Based on the specification of the power switch circuit, the one or more attributes, and the layout placement constraint, the cell library design tool generates the power switch cell. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034631 | METHOD OF GENERATING TECHFILE HAVING REDUCED CORNER VARIATION VALUE - A method of generating a techfile corresponding to a predetermined fabrication process is disclosed. The method includes determining a typical value and a corner variation value usable to model an electrical characteristic of a layer of back end of line (BEOL) features to be fabricated by the predetermined fabrication process, based on measurement of one or more sample integrated circuit chips fabricated by the predetermined fabrication process. A reduced variation value is calculated based on the corner variation value and a scaling factor. The techfile is generated based on the typical value and the reduced variation value. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034632 | POSITION MEASURING METHOD, MISPLACEMENT MAP GENERATING METHOD, AND INSPECTION SYSTEM - In a position measuring method, a mask including first patterns to be transferred and second patterns not to be transferred is prepared. The position coordinates of the second patterns are measured with a position measuring apparatus and an inspection system. First position correction data is generated based on the position coordinates of the second patterns. A difference is obtained between the measured position coordinates of the second patterns and the first position correction data is corrected using the obtained difference. Second position correction data is generated from the corrected first position correction data. An optical image including the position coordinates of the first and second patterns is acquired. The position coordinates of the first patterns of the optical image are corrected using a difference between the position coordinates of the second patterns of the optical image and of the second patterns based on the second position correction data. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034633 | Modeling TSV Interposer Considering Depletion Capacitance and Substrate Effects - In a method for modeling electromagnetic effects in a planar circuit that employs a plurality of through-silicon vias in a domain, a region around each through-silicon via is described in terms of a cylindrical accumulation mode basis function. The cylindrical accumulation mode basis function is incorporated into an equivalent circuit that describes selected electrical characteristics of each through-silicon via. A plurality of localized intervals around each through-silicon via is selected. A multilayer Green's function is approximated for I | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034634 | MULTIMODE SENSOR DEVICES - The disclosure provides BMDs that have multiple device modes depending on operational conditions of the devices, e.g., motion intensity, device placement, and/or activity type. The device modes are associated with various data processing algorithms. In some embodiments, the BMD is implemented as a wrist-worn or arm-worn device. In some embodiments, methods for tracking physiological metrics using the BMDs are provided. In some embodiments, the process or the BMD applies a time domain analysis on data provided by a sensor of the BMD when the data has a high signal (e.g., high signal-to-noise ratio), and applies a frequency domain analysis on the data when the data has a low signal, which contributes to improved accuracy and speed of biometric data. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034635 | EVOLUTIONARY MODELS OF MULTIPLE SEQUENCE ALIGNMENTS TO PREDICT OFFSPRING FITNESS PRIOR TO CONCEPTION - A system, device and method for receiving multiple aligned genetic sequences obtained from genetic samples of multiple organisms of one or more different species. A measure of evolutionary variation may be computed for one or more alleles at each of one or more aligned genetic loci. The aligned genetic loci in the multiple organisms may be derived from one or more common ancestral genetic loci or may be otherwise related. The measure of evolutionary variation may be a function of variation in alleles at corresponding aligned genetic loci in the multiple aligned genetic sequences. One or more likelihoods may be computed that an allele mutation at each of the one or more genetic loci in a simulated virtual progeny will be deleterious based on the measure of evolutionary variation of alleles at the corresponding aligned genetic loci for the multiple organisms. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034636 | OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES FOR SPECIFIC IDENTIFICATION OF NOROVIRUSES AND OTHER PATHOGENS - Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the identification of norovirus genotypes using type specific probes. Other embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the identification of distinct types of organisms using type specific probes. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034637 | METHOD FOR EVALUATING AN IMMUNOREPERTOIRE - Disclosed is a method for amplifying RNA from T and B-cell populations and using the amplified RNA products to evaluate the possible correlation between a normal or abnormal immune response and the development of a disease such as an autoimmune disease, cancer, diabetes, or heart disease. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034638 | System and Method for Detecting Population Variation from Nucleic Acid Sequencing Data - The present invention relates to a method of identifying genetic variants within a population of sequences. The method includes the steps of aligning a set of sequence data reads to reference sequences, dividing reference sequences into multiple tracks of overlapping regions of analysis (ROAs), partitioning each read into a ROA, identifying a plurality of sequence patterns in the reads, setting a sequence pattern frequency threshold value, eliminating any sequence pattern that has a value below the frequency threshold value forming a plurality of dictionaries from the sequence patterns having a value above the frequency threshold value, and cross-validating sequence patterns via partial sequence assembly. The method may optionally include amending the reference sequences used in iterative re-alignment of sequence data. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034639 | RAPID ISOLATION OF MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES FROM ANIMALS - Methods and compositions for identification of candicate antigen-specific variable regions as well as generation of antibodies or antigen-binding fragments that could have desired antigen specificity are provided. For example, in certain aspects methods for determining amino acid sequences of serum antibody CDR and abundancy level are described. In some aspects, methods for determining nucleic acid sequences of antibody variable region sequences and frequency are provided. Furthermore, the invention provides methods for identification and generation of antibody or antigen-binding fragments that comprise highly-represented CDR. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034640 | METHODS AND PROCESSES FOR NON-INVASIVE ASSESSMENT OF GENETIC VARIATIONS - Provided herein are methods, processes and apparatuses for non-invasive assessment of genetic variations that make use of nucleic acid fragment length information. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034641 | NETWORK-BASED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING PATIENT SUBSCRIPTION STATUS - Networks and methods include or use a computer hardware processor to manage healthcare information between healthcare information providers and subscribers. Subscriber and provider requests are used in the networks and methods to provide only responsive content to subscribers and providers. Providers may receive content that identifies the subscribers to patients in requests from providers or in healthcare messages from providers. Networks and methods screen healthcare with criteria in the requests, and only when the information matches the criteria, provides a deliverable based on the healthcare information, in desired format and fashion, to the subscriber or provider associated with the matching criteria. Systems and methods are configured to receive requests, healthcare information, and other parameters directly from subscribers and providers, as well through intermediaries. The received and provided content can be formatted for processing and selective transmission, including HL7 and CCDA-type summary of care documents sent over several different interfaces. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034642 | PATIENT IDENTIFICATION USING UNIVERSAL HEALTH IDENTIFIER - A patient identification system utilizes a universal health identifier. The universal health identifier is an identification code that uniquely identifies the patient. Other identifiers associated with the patient can be linked to the universal health identifier, allowing the patient or a caregiver to use the other identifiers to obtain the universal health identifier. Health records can be associated with the universal health identifier to promote access to the health records. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034643 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING CLINICAL DOCUMENTATION - This disclosure describes systems, devices, and techniques for updating medical documentation associated with a patient. In one example, a computerized system for managing medical documentation associated with a patient may include one or more computing devices configured to receive user input responsive to a query presented via a user interface, wherein the user input addresses one or more undocumented items related to the query and determined from a plurality of documented items related to the patient. Responsive to receiving the user input, the one or more computing devices may be configured to generate updated information indicative of the user input and related to the patient, generate indicia indicative of the user input, and output, for display, the indicia. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034644 | MONITOR/DEFIBRILLATOR WITH BARCODE READER OR OPTICAL CHARACTER READER - A monitor/defibrillator ( | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034645 | INTERPRETATION REQUEST MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, INTERPRETATION REQUEST MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An interpretation request management system for managing interpretation requests for interpreting medical image data sets, comprises: a management unit that manages the interpretation requests together with attribute information sets indicating attributes of medical image data sets; a receiving unit that receives parameters corresponding to a plurality of interpretation doctors with respect to each of the attribute information sets, the parameters indicating degrees used for determining assignees to which the interpretation requests are assigned; and an assignee determination unit that determines an interpretation doctor to be assigned an interpretation request having an attribute indicated by a corresponding attribute information set, based on the degrees indicated by the parameters that are received by the receiving unit, that correspond to the attribute information sets of the interpretation requests managed by the management unit, and that correspond to the plurality of interpretation doctors. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034646 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ELECTRONIC MEDICAL CHARTING - One aspect of the present disclosure relates to a system that can enter clinical data on an electronic medical chart. A graphical data input can be received from an ink-over interface. The graphical data input can include an annotation associated with a portion of a patient's body. Information associated with the annotation can be determined based on information stored in a recognition engine and stored as structured data associated with the portion of the patient's body in an electronic health record. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034647 | SYSTEM FOR INTEGRATED BUSINESS MANAGEMENT - A computer-implemented system and method for managing and delivering workflow to a home healthcare service is disclosed. A processing interface is configured to communicate with and receive a request from an application. A request interpretation component converts the request to a standard format and a response formatting component is configured to convert a response to a format that a requesting application is configured to understand. Modules process the request to generate a response and to further process workflow resulting from the response or the request to generate workflow result. A storage platform stores the request, workflow, and workflow result. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034648 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING CLINICAL VARIATION - The present invention is directed to a system and method for enabling physicians and hospitals to objectively reduce clinical and operational variations, which act to improve the quality and cost efficiencies of care. More particularly, the present invention describes medical processes and their enabling technologies that hospitals and physicians may use to objectively identify and replicate physicians and hospital's best clinical and operational practices. The present invention does so by quantifying clinical variation between each physician's best-demonstrated use of specific medical resources and his/her inefficient use of those resources. With his or her own variations quantified, the doctor then compares the variations to those of peer physicians in the hospital who manage similar patients. As healthcare providers use the tools and techniques described in the present invention to reason together and modify their medical and operational practices that reduce the observed variations, their clinical and financial outcomes are objectively improved. These changes in medical and operational practices result in saving millions of dollars per year for each hospital. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034649 | INTEGRATED HEALTH AND WEALTH ACCOUNT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A computerized method and system for managing a multi-function, integrated account. The account may span multiple legal entities and contain both health and wealth data. The account may contain data pertaining to participants' health insurance, supplemental insurance, and other types of insurance (both health and non-health) and may track payment data, claim data, co-pays, etc. as well as data pertaining to the health of participants. Health data may further comprise information pertaining to participants' weight, body mass index, blood pressure, and fitness level. The multi-function account comprises financial data such as investment data, brokerage data, mortgage data, and savings, debit, and credit account data. Participants are further rewarded for partaking in certain health and financial activities and for performing certain health and financial tasks. Participants may dial a single telephone number or access a single web site in order to access the health and wealth data of the multi-function account. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034650 | Vaccine Logistics Systems and Methods - According to the invention, a system for determining whether to guarantee payment to a health care provider for administering a vaccination to a patient is disclosed. The system may include a computer which receives, from a provider interface, a check-in message which includes biographical information of the patient and insurance information of the patient. The computer may also determine, based on the biographical information, a vaccination that the patient should receive. The computer may further determine via a rules engine, and based on the insurance information, a likelihood that an insurance claim for the vaccination would be approved. The computer may additionally determine, based on the determined likelihood, whether to guarantee payment to the health care provider for administering the vaccination. The computer may moreover send an eligibility message to the provider interface, where the eligibility message includes an indication of whether payment for administering the vaccination is guaranteed. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034651 | A METHOD FOR IMPROVING DISEASE DIAGNOSIS USING MEASURED ANALYTES - Methods for improving clinical diagnostic tests are provided, along with associated diagnostic techniques. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034652 | Systems and Methods for Creating Hair Transplantation Procedure Sites - Methods and systems are provided for determining the location of procedure sites, for example hair implantation sites, the method and systems enabling a natural looking randomness to be maintained to achieve a desired density while avoiding previously created procedure sites and existing features. In reference to hair transplantation, methods and systems are provided that allow to account for any terminal and non-terminal hair to assist in selecting locations for hair harvesting or implantation. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034653 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECOVERING FROM A LARGE OUT-OF-CONTROL CONDITION IN A CLINICAL DIAGNOSTIC PROCESS - Disclosed are a system and method to recover from a large out-of-control condition in a clinical diagnostic process. Upon detection of a large out-of-control condition, a CUSUM rule is designed to predict if specimen test data was produced during the occurrence of that condition. Specimen test data is re-evaluated and the CUSUM rule is applied to determine whether to accept or reject the test results. Upon completion of the re-evaluation, old test results identified as being invalid are replaced with the new, re-evaluated results and the new results are published if publication did not occur previously. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160034654 | PATIENT-CENTERED MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A patient-centered mobile communication system and method that includes a physician's main menu comprising a processor, a memory including computer program code, the memory and the computer program code configured to, with the processor, cause the system at least to perform a physician main menu with at least one selectable button (region) to view patient information regarding at least one patient for which a physician provide care, at least one selectable button (region) to view the identity of one or more physicians also providing care to said at least one patient, and at least one selectable button (region) to communicate with any one of the identified physicians | 2016-02-04 |
