37th week of 2017 patent applcation highlights part 46 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20170262519 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING CONSENSUS WITHIN A DISTRIBUTED DATABASE - A system and method for determining consensus within a distributed database are provided. According to one aspect, a protocol is provided that reduces or eliminates heartbeat communication between nodes of a replica set. Nodes may communicate liveness information using existing database commands and metadata associated with the database commands. According to another aspect, improved systems and methods are provided for detection of node failures and election of a new primary node. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262520 | SNAPSHOT REPLICATION OPERATIONS BASED ON INCREMENTAL BLOCK CHANGE TRACKING - A system according to certain aspects improves the process of performing snapshot replication operations (e.g., maintaining a mirror copy of primary data at a secondary location by generating snapshots of the primary data). The system can collect and maintain cumulative block-level changes to the primary data after each sub-interval of a plurality of sub-intervals between the snapshots. When a snapshot is generated, any changes to the primary data not reflected in the cumulative block-level changes are identified based on the snapshot and transmitted to the secondary location along with the cumulative block-level changes. By the time the snapshot is generated, some or all of the changes to the primary data associated with the given snapshot have already been included in the cumulative block-level changes, thereby reducing the time and computing resources spent to identify and collect the changes for transmission to the secondary location. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262521 | PARTITIONING AND REPLICATING DATA IN SCALABLE DISTRIBUTED DATA STORES - The disclosed embodiments provide a system for processing data. During operation, the system generates a first distribution of a set of partitions comprising a graph database across a first set of storage nodes in a first cluster. Next, the system replicates the graph database by generating a second, different distribution of the set of partitions across a second set of storage nodes in a second cluster. The system then identifies one or more partitions storing data associated with the query and uses a set of mappings comprising the set of partitions, the first and second sets of storage nodes, and the first and second clusters to select one or more storage nodes containing the one or more partitions. Finally, the system transmits one or more portions of the query to the selected storage nodes. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262522 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED CLASSIFICATION OF APPLICATION NETWORK ACTIVITY - The disclosed computer-implemented method for automated classification of application network activity may include (1) building a lexicon dictionary that comprises lexical keywords, wherein network streams whose headers contain a given lexical keyword represent communications of an activity type that is associated with the given lexical keyword in the lexicon dictionary, (2) identifying, at a network vantage point, a network stream that represents a communication between an application and a server, (3) extracting, through a lexical analysis that utilizes the lexicon dictionary, a set of keywords from one or more header fields of the network stream, and (4) classifying the network stream based on activity types associated with each keyword in the set of keywords that were extracted from the header fields of the network stream. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262523 | DEVICE DISCOVERY SYSTEM - In one embodiment, a device discovery system includes a data storage medium to store a clustered data structure including device signatures grouped according to clusters. Each device signature includes device information. Each cluster from a sub-set of the clusters has a different device name. The system also includes an input/output sub-system to receive, from a remote device, a first device signature describing information about a first device, and a processor to perform a decision process based on the clustered data structure with the first device signature as input yielding an output including a first device name or an indication that a name associated with the first device signature is unknown. The processor is operative to prepare a response message including data about the output. The input/output sub-system is operative to send the response message to the remote device. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262524 | THROUGHPUT-BASED FAN-OUT CONTROL IN SCALABLE DISTRIBUTED DATA STORES - The disclosed embodiments provide a system for processing data. During operation, the system determines a current incoming queries per second (QPS) to one or more components for processing queries of a graph database, wherein the graph database is replicated across multiple clusters and distributed among a set of storage nodes in each of the clusters. Next, the system uses the current incoming QPS to estimate, for the one or more components, an expected QPS associated with fanning out of the queries to the clusters. The system then selects a number of clusters in the multiple clusters for fanning out of a query based on the expected QPS and one or more throughput limits for the one or more components. Finally, the system transmits the query to one or more of the storage nodes in the selected number of clusters. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262525 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SECURE STORAGE OF USER INFORMATION IN A USER PROFILE - Systems and methods are provided for securely storing information of a user in a user profile to prevent access to the information and minimize the amount of information disclosed during a security breach. Information pertaining to a user is obtained from one or more sources and organized into a user profile and securely stored in a database. The user profile may be stored remotely in a cloud-based system at a remote encrypted server, with portions of the profile stored in separate locations with separate encryption to minimize the risk of unauthorized access to one portion of the information. The fields of data in the user profile may also be separately encrypted with separate encryption keys and separately stored in separate databases to minimize the amount of information which could be disclosed by the unauthorized access to a single encryption key or a single database. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262526 | Computer-Implemented System And Method For Forming Document Clusters For Display - A computer-implemented system and method for forming document clusters for display is provided. Concepts are identified from a set of documents and a subset of the documents that include those concepts with frequencies of occurrence that occur within a range of concept frequencies are selected from the set. The documents in the subset are assigned to clusters. Each cluster includes a center and a radius, and is placed into a display with the center of that cluster at a fixed distance from the common origin. A portion of the placed clusters are further placed along a common vector. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262527 | SEARCH APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A search apparatus for performing a keyword search in one or more electronic documents includes a receiving part for receiving a specification input regarding a keyword to be searched for, a search part for performing a keyword search based on the specification input, an acquisition part for acquiring an index value based on a contrast between the total number of characters in a unit region including a specific text object retrieved by the keyword search and the number of characters of one or more text objects in the unit region, which have the same attribute as that of the specific text object, the index value indicating the rarity of the attribute of the specific text object, and a determination part for determining a degree of significance of the specific text object on the basis of the index value. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262528 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTENT BASED RECOMMENDATION USING HYPERNYM EXPANSION - A system and method for document recommendation combines linguistic and term frequency approaches in order to improve overall performance and recommendation. Hypernyms are added to the source document set so that related documents can be recommended from the source document set. There are a variety of different parameters to configure that change operation of the document recommendation system. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262529 | SPONSOR ANSWERS AND USER-APPROVED, SYSTEM-SUGGESTED LINKS IN A SOCIAL SEARCH ENGINE - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a non-transitory computer storage medium, for enhancing asker and answerer interaction within a social search service environment. In one aspect, a system includes a computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon which, when executed, cause one or more computers to perform operations comprising receiving an answer from a first user in response to a question from a second user in a social search service environment, identifying a set of suggested hyperlinks associated with the received answer, providing the set of suggested hyperlinks to the first user, and receiving a selection of at least one of the set of suggested hyperlinks from the first user. The operations may further comprise providing a combined response to the second user, the combined response including the answer and the at least one selected suggested hyperlink. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262530 | SEARCH APPARATUS AND SEARCH METHOD - A computer generates searching context information relating to appearance frequencies of words or semantic codes in a searching query sentence from the searching query sentence. Semantic analysis is performed on sentences included in documents so as to generate semantic structures, and each of the semantic structures includes three or more semantic codes and a relationship type among the semantic codes. A plurality of context information is generated and each context information relates to an appearance frequency of a word or a semantic code in a group of documents that match each of the semantic structures. The computer specifies one semantic structure of the semantic structures in accordance with the searching context information and the plurality of context information, and searches for a similar document by using the specified semantic structure. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262531 | Data Visualization Method and Apparatus, and Database Server - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a data visualization method and apparatus, and a database server. The method includes receiving, by a database server, a data query request sent by a request side, where the data query request includes a query condition and a data graph type, acquiring data according to the query condition, where the data graph type is used for presentation of the data, and generating a data graph according to the data and the data graph type. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, a query condition and a data graph type are carried in a data query request, and a data graph is generated inside a database server. Therefore, it is unnecessary to develop software multiple times in different architectures to generate a data graph, which improves resource utilization, and has a relatively low skill requirement for an operator. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262532 | GENERATING CONTENT FEEDS BASED ON EXPANDED NETWORK ENGAGEMENT - The disclosed embodiments provide a system for processing data. During operation, the system uses one or more queries of a data set to aggregate one or more measurements of user engagement with a set of content items within a second-degree network of a member. Next, the system calculates one or more metrics from the one or more measurements. The system then ranks the set of content items by the one or more metrics. Finally, the system uses the ranking to present one or more of the content items in a content feed to the member. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262533 | VIEWPOINT TRACKING DATA FOR IMPROVED FEED RELEVANCE - A system and method includes obtaining activity data of an online social networking system, the activity data including duration data indicative of a duration in which at least some of the content items has previously been displayed on other feeds of members of the online social networking system and interactions with the content items by the members. For each of the content items, a probability score of the member to interact with the content item is determined by applying a logistic regression model to the duration data and the interactions to determine, at least in part, a probability score of the member to interact with the content item and the feed is generated with at least some of the content items having an order based on the probability score for each of the at least some content items. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262534 | Interoperable Social Services - In a method for utilizing multiple social computing services of a user. A processor receives a request for an action to be executed, wherein the action includes a required relationship between a user and one or more contacts of a set of contacts and a required interest. A processor determines the one or more contacts that have the required relationship with the user and the required interest. A processor causes the action to be executed based on the determined one or more contacts. The set of contacts includes a first set of contacts from a first networking service and a second set of contacts from a second networking service. The action is external from the first networking service and the second networking service. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262535 | ENGAGEMENT SUMMARY GENERATION - A method and system for generating summary details is provided. The method includes retrieving event data of associated with a user. Attributes are extracted from the event data and the event data is segmented into logical groups of related activities performed by the user. Key information and associated attributes of each logical group are identified and in response the user is evaluated. The logical groups of related activities are ranked and presented to the user. In response, an engagement summary associated with the user and the logical groups is generated. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262536 | DETECTING MEDIA WATERMARKS IN MAGNETIC FIELD DATA - Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture (e.g., physical storage media) to detect media watermarks in magnetic field data are disclosed herein. Example media monitoring methods disclosed herein include accessing magnetic field data determined by a magnetometer, the magnetic field data associated with a first sampling rate. Disclosed example methods also include transforming magnitude values of the magnetic field data to a frequency domain to determine transformed magnetic field data. Disclosed example methods further include evaluating a portion of the transformed magnetic field data associated with a first frequency to detect a media watermark having a frequency component associated with a second frequency different from the first frequency, the first frequency being aliased relative to the second frequency based on the first sampling rate. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262537 | AUDIO SCRIPTS FOR VARIOUS CONTENT - Disclosed are various embodiments for initiating playback of audio scripts that correspond to content such as books or songs. Verbal content can be captured via a microphone. The text of the verbal content can be assessed to determine whether an audio script specifies a sound effect that should be played at particular cue words within the content. The verbal content is assessed to determine whether a user reading aloud or singing a song has reached a cue word. When a cue word is reached, the sound effect can be played. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262538 | METHOD OF AND SYSTEM FOR GROUPING OBJECT IN A STORAGE DEVICE - There is disclosed a method of organising objects stored on a server. The method comprises: receiving a first clustering request for a first metadata mapping; based at least in part on the metadata, generating the first metadata mapping of the first subset of objects to the first cluster, the first metadata mapping not being in existence prior to said receiving; receiving, via the communication network, from the electronic device an indication of a user action with the first subset of objects being displayed on the electronic device, the user action causing a change from the first subset of objects into a second subset of objects; based at least on the metadata associated with the second subset of objects, generating a second metadata mapping of the second subset of the objects to a second cluster, the second metadata mapping not being in existence prior to said receiving. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262539 | METHOD OF RETRIEVING ATTRIBUTES FROM AT LEAST TWO DATA SOURCES - The invention relates to a method of retrieving attributes from at least two data sources (DS) by
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20170262540 | Method And System For Providing Reference Checks - A system for checking references is disclosed that can be initiated by an individual for self-verification in anticipation of applying for a position, or a potential employer or user. The system may generate a survey that is distributed to references who can provide feedback based on the survey prompts. The survey may be drafted using parameters input by the individual, or the survey may be drafted using employment related information gathered from another source, for instance third-party website that collects employment data, such as O*NET. Based on received survey responses, a reference report is generated. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262541 | INTEREST-BASED MESSAGE-AGGREGATION ALTERATION - A communication engine collects a first topic of a first user. The communication engine retrieves a message-aggregation from a content delivery repository. The message-aggregation includes a plurality of messages and a title. The message-aggregation is generated by a content provider before retrieval. The communication engine detects a relevant first message in the plurality of messages based on the first topic. The communication engine alters the message-aggregation such that the relevant first message is distinguished from the plurality of messages other than the first message. The alteration is based on the detected relevant first message. The communication engine also alters the title of the message-aggregation based on the detected relevant first message. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262542 | REASONING ENGINE SERVICES - A reasoning engine is disclosed. Contemplated reasoning engines acquire data relating to one or more aspects of various environments. Inference engines within the reasoning engines review the acquire data, historical or current, to generate one or more hypotheses about how the aspects of the environments might be correlated, if at all. The reasoning engine can attempt to validate the hypotheses through controlling acquisition of the environment data. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262543 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING SESSIONS AND OPEN FILES ENUMERATIONS BY DATA STRUCTURES CHANGES - A method and a system for carrying out filtered enumeration of files and session in a file system are provided herein. The method may include: receiving a filtered enumeration request from a client machine at a file system server, the file system server comprises a distributed cluster of nodes, wherein the filtered enumeration request indicates subsets of sessions and files metadata associated with the file system server; applying the filtered enumeration request to each of the nodes; aggregating the subsets sessions and files metadata of the filtered enumeration request, to create an aggregated filtered enumeration of the sessions and the files metadata; and transmitting the aggregated enumeration of the sessions and the files metadata to the client machine. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262544 | USER INTERFACE FOR POLYMORPHIC LOOKUP - System, method, and computer product embodiments for proving a graphical user interface (GUI) for a GUI object are described. A computing device provides, within the GUI, a polymorphic lookup interface for retrieving a plurality of entity instances to relate to the GUI object. The computing device provides a plurality of types of entities within the polymorphic lookup interface. A type of entity selected from the plurality of types limits the possible entity instances that may be returned. Through the polymorphic lookup interface, the computing device enables a user to select two or more entity instances to relate to the GUI object. Each of the selected entity instances may be selected from a plurality of possible entity instances that are returned, where each possible entity instance is a same type of entity. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262545 | METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR CRAWLING WEBPAGE - Disclosed are a method and electronic device for crawling a webpage, wherein the method includes: acquiring a crawling cycle of the webpage, and calculating the time when the webpage is re-crawled; determining that the time when a webpage is to be re-crawled is earlier than the current time, and re-adding the webpage into a to-be-crawled webpage queue; and performing webpage re-crawling based on the to-be-crawled webpage queue. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262546 | KEY SEARCH TOKEN FOR ENCRYPTED DATA - Implementations are directed, for example, to a method that includes receiving, at a data storage system from a client, a key search token that has not been used to encrypt data records or keywords associated with the data records. The key search token is independent of an encryption key used to encrypt the data records associated with the key search token. The method further includes determining an encrypted data record associated with the key search token, and transmitting the determined encrypted data record to the client. Implementations of the client are also provided. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262547 | ASSOCIATING RECEIVED CONTACT INFORMATION WITH USER PROFILES STORED BY A SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM - A social networking system receives contact information from a social networking system user. The received contact information is stored and associated with a user profile in the social networking system including information matching at least a portion of the stored content information. This increases the information associated with the user profile. Subsequently received content information is compared to user profiles and stored contact information associated with one or more user profiles. User profiles including information matching at least a portion of the subsequently received content information or associated with stored contact information matching at least a portion of the subsequently received content information are identified as potential connections for the user providing the subsequently received contact information. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262548 | APPROACH FOR PROCESSING IMAGE DATA AT NETWORK SITES - According to an approach for processing image data at network sites, a user invokes functionality on a client device, a scanning device, or a multi-function peripheral (MFP) to cause one or more printed receipts to be scanned to generate image or scan data. The scan data is transmitted by the client device or the MFP to a receipt data management system that maintains access data for a plurality of users and sites. The sites each include a graphical user interface that allows users to manually renter receipt data and request the generation of receipt data processing results. The receipt data management system manages the processing of the receipt data by a specified site on behalf of the user to generate receipt data processing results that satisfy third party requirements. This includes satisfying any authentication requirements of the specified site. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262549 | REPRESENTATION/INVOCATION OF ACTIONS/FUNCTIONS IN A HYPERMEDIA-DRIVEN ENVIRONMENT - The subject disclosure relates to techniques for performing an operation on a resource, based on a state of the resource, by invoking a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) request on a universal resource locator (URL) indicating the operation. An interface component can receive a request including an HTTP method and a URL including a first portion indicating a resource and a second portion indicating an operation. Further, an invocation component, in response to the operation being associated with the resource, can invoke the operation on the resource utilizing the HTTP method based on a state of the resource. Other embodiments relate to conditionally returning the operation within a return payload, for example, alone or within a feed, based on an applicability of the operation according to a state of an associated resource. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262550 | CACHING OF A SITE MODEL IN A HIERARCHICAL MODELING SYSTEM FOR NETWORK SITES - Disclosed are various embodiments for loading a network site that uses a hierarchical site model. A computing device receives a request to generate a user interface associated with a network site. A caching process is initiated that caches data associated with the network site. A hierarchical site model is retrieved and processed to identify a subset of page models of the network site for generation of the user interface. Once it is determined that one of the subset of page models is stored in the cache, it is retrieved from the cache for generation of the user interface. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262551 | FAN-OUT CONTROL IN SCALABLE DISTRIBUTED DATA STORES - The disclosed embodiments provide a system for processing data. During operation, the system identifies a query type of a query of a graph database storing a graph, wherein the graph comprises nodes, edges between pairs of nodes, and predicates. Next, the system determines, based on the query type, a number of clusters on which the graph database is replicated for fanning out of the query. The system then selects a set of storage nodes in the determined number of clusters for processing of the query. Finally, the system generates a fan-out of the query to the selected storage nodes. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262552 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, SIMILARITY SEARCH PROGRAM, AND SIMILARITY SEARCH METHOD - A similarity search method that causes a computer to perform a process, the process includes: first calculating, based on a plurality of record data, each of the record data including a plurality of feature quantities, normal hyperplane data representing a normal hyperplane, the normal hyperplane being a hyperplane dividing a feature quantity space, and a distance between a pair of divided areas having symmetry, second calculating, based on the plurality of record data and the normal hyperplane data, one-way hyperplane data representing at least one one-way hyperplane, the one-way hyperplane being a hyperplane dividing the feature quantity space, and a distance between a pair of divided areas having asymmetry, and converting, based on the normal hyperplane data and the one-way hyperplane data, query data including a plurality of feature quantities and the plurality of record data into respective binary strings. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262553 | TOPOGRAPHY SIMULATION APPARATUS, TOPOGRAPHY SIMULATION METHOD, AND TOPOGRAPHY SIMULATION PROGRAM - A topography simulation apparatus includes a processor and a memory connected to the processor. The memory stores instructions executable by the processor to set topographies of a material at N times T | 2017-09-14 |
20170262554 | METHOD OF PRODUCTION, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM - There is provided a method of regulating the formulation of a multi-component product comprising a product attribute profile, the method comprising providing a first and second component of the product, each component having a component attribute profile; supplying to a product formulation zone the first component and the second component in a desired ratio and combining the first and second components together to provide the product or a precursor thereof to yield a target product attribute profile; responsive to a change or predicted change in at least one component attribute profile, supplying information concerning the attribute change to a data processing apparatus and calculating with respect to that change an adjustment in the ratio to reduce the deviation of one or more attributes of the product attribute profile from the target product attribute profile. A production system is also provided. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262555 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a matching design element determination unit and a creation unit. The matching design element determination unit determines a combination of matching design elements that meets a base impression evocation criterion, by combining plural design elements which define a design and correspond to a base style having the base impression and plural design elements which correspond to an auxiliary style having an auxiliary impression different from the base impression of the base style. The creation unit creates a design sample by using the combination of the matching design elements. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262556 | TOPOGRAPHY SIMULATION APPARATUS, TOPOGRAPHY SIMULATION METHOD, AND TOPOGRAPHY SIMULATION PROGRAM - A topography simulation apparatus includes a processor and a memory connected to the processor. The memory stores instructions executable by the processor to set a function indicating a position relationship between a point in a calculation region and a material surface in the calculation region. The memory stores further instructions executable by the processor to determine whether or not a particle moving in the calculation region collides with the material surface, and update a value of the function, responsive to determining that the particle collides with the material surface. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262557 | METHOD OF ANALYZING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AND ANALYSIS APPARATUS FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES - In a method of analyzing a semiconductor device, output values of semiconductor devices are measured, population data including the output values in connection with values of design attributes of the semiconductor devices is determined, outlier output values are extracted from among the output values included in the population data to determine discriminated data, and a weak value of a weak design attribute, which causes the outlier output values, is determined based on a difference between a ratio of a number of outlier output values, which are related with respective values of the design attributes, to a total number of the outlier output values included in the discriminated data, and a ratio of a number of output values, which are related with respective values of the design attributes, to a total number of the output values included in the population data. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262558 | COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY CALCULATION PROGRAM, THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY CALCULATION METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having stored therein a program for causing a computer to execute a process for thermal conductivity calculation, the process includes receiving information indicating a surface of a first part, on which a particular part having high elasticity is disposed; receiving specification information indicating a second part in contact with the particular part; receiving information Indicating a first thickness of the particular part; calculating a second thickness of the particular part after compressed when the particular part is placed between the surface and the second part; and calculating a thermal conductivity of the compressed particular part having the second thickness, according to an amount of compression indicating a difference between the first and the second thicknesses and to a correspondence relationship between a thermal resistance of the particular part and an amount obtained by subtracting a thickness of the compressed particular part from the first thickness. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262559 | Methods and Systems for Simulating Nanoparticle Flux - Methods and systems for estimating the flux of spheroidal particles through a pore in a vessel wall using Brownian dynamics (BD) simulation are provided. Also provided are methods of producing a particle based on the BD simulation to provide particles for use in delivering therapeutic agents to a target tissue. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262560 | DATA CENTRE SIMULATOR - The invention provides a computer simulation system for simulating a data centre. The simulation system uses a logical representation of the data centre to perform the simulation. This logical representation includes a plurality of nodes representing devices in the data centre. Each node has an input for applied load and outputs for electrical power drawn and losses in the form of heat output. Each node also has a function for calculating the outputs from the inputs. A first set of connections between the nodes represent electrical power drawn by one device in the data centre from another device in the data centre. A second set of connections between the nodes represent a thermal load applied by one device in the data centre to another device in the data centre. The simulator can be run for a series of different operating conditions to map data centre efficiency, for example, or to assess the impact of different IT devices on the data centre. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262561 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A system can be monitored with an appropriate model in accordance with the operating state of the system. An operation management apparatus ( | 2017-09-14 |
20170262562 | ANALOG-FUNCTION DESCRIPTION CREATION APPARATUS, ANALOG-FUNCTION DESCRIPTION CREATION METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An analog-function description creation apparatus is provided with a design table generator to generate a design table to describe parameter information to be used in an analog-function description model to be designed, variable information specifiable by a user arbitrarily, input port information including a name of at least one input port, output port information including a name of at least one output port, and condition information from the input port to the output port, and an analog-function description creator to create the analog-function description model corresponding to the design table. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262563 | STATE VISIBILITY AND MANIPULATION IN INTEGRATED CIRCUITS - In a first mode, a control circuit may implement a circuit design with storage circuits in an integrated circuit by programming configuration memory bits via configuration resources. The storage circuits may be accessed for read and write operations during the execution of the circuit design implementation with the integrated circuit. In a second mode, the control circuit may perform read and write access operations at the storage circuits via configuration resources or via an interface circuit and interconnect resources that are allocated to the circuit design implementation. Typical applications for performing access operations at the storage circuits include fault injection and observation, statistical monitoring of the circuit design, initialization and the distribution of certain signals such as reset signals, event sampling, just to name a few. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262564 | LITHOGRAPHY MODEL FOR 3D FEATURES - Disclosed herein is a computer-implemented method of image simulation for a device manufacturing process, the method comprising: identifying regions of uniform optical properties from a portion or an entirety of a substrate or a patterning device, wherein optical properties are uniform within each of the regions; obtaining an image for each of the regions, wherein the image is one that would be formed from the substrate if the entirety of the substrate or the patterning device has the same uniform optical properties as that region; forming a stitched image by stitching the image for each of the regions according to locations of the regions in the portion or the entirety of the substrate of the patterning device; forming an adjusted image by applying adjustment to the stitched image for at least partially correcting for or at least partially imitating an effect of finite sizes of the regions. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262565 | ASSIST PATTERN ARRANGEMENT METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - In an assist pattern arrangement method according to an embodiment, a plurality of patterns, in which an assist pattern is to be arranged, are extracted from a design pattern that is prepared in advance. Then, a resolution map of the extracted pattern is calculated. The resolution map includes a first pattern that increases a resolution of the pattern and a second pattern that decreases the resolution of the pattern. After the resolution map is calculated, a plurality of calculated resolution maps are added. Then, the assist pattern is arranged on the design pattern on the basis of the addition result. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262566 | GATE PAD LAYOUT PATTERNS FOR MASKS AND STRUCTURES - A layout design of a standard cell for a set of masks includes a first gate pad layout pattern, a second gate pad layout pattern immediately adjacent to the first gate pad layout pattern, and a third gate pad layout pattern immediately adjacent to the second gate pad layout pattern. Each gate pad layout pattern has first and second sides extending along a first direction, the second side further along a second direction than the first side. A first gate pad pitch is a distance between first sides of the first and second gate pad layout patterns and has a value different from that of a second gate pad pitch that is a distance between first sides of the second and third gate pad layout patterns. Each gate pad pattern is usable for forming a gate pad surrounding a set of channel structures. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262567 | CODE PARTITIONING FOR THE ARRAY OF DEVICES - According to an aspect of an embodiment, a method of array source code partitioning and topology determination may include determining an optimum topology of an array of field programmable gate array (FPGA) devices based on a processing specification. The method may include automatically performing the best-effort partitioning on a default topology of the array of FPGA devices. The method may include partitioning parallel and serial source code among the FPGA devices mapped into optimum topology or the default topology. The method may include mapping a virtual topology onto a fixed physical topology of the array of FPGA devices. The method may include presenting computing resources of the array of FPGA devices to a host or to an entire application as a larger FPGA or as software-defined computing resources. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262568 | PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT DEVICE, NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM STORING THEREON COMPUTER-READABLE PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT PROGRAM, AND PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT METHOD - A program development support device includes: a first display control module that displays, in response to selection of any input/output unit connected to the safety controller, a first image object representing an external appearance and input/output terminals of the selected input/output unit; and a second display control module that displays, together with the first image object, a second image object representing a safety device and a circuit configuration of the safety device, the safety device being set to be allocated to any of the input/output terminals of the selected input/output unit. For an input/output terminal to which each safety device is allocated, the input/output terminal represented by the first image object and the circuit configuration represented by the second image object are displayed in association with each other by the program development support device. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262569 | Analyzing Delay Variations and Transition Time Variations for Electronic Circuits - A system receives a circuit description and measures of intrinsic delay, intrinsic delay variation, transition time and transition time variation for each stage and determines stage delay variation of each stage. The system receives a circuit description and derate factors and determines an intrinsic delay standard deviation and a correlation coefficient. The system determines a stage delay variation of each stage based on the determined factors. The system receives parameters describing an asymmetric distribution of delay values and generates a normal distribution of delay values. The system receives measures of nominal transition time at an output and input of a wire, and transition time variation at the input of the wire and determines a transition time variation at the output of the wire. The system receives measures of an Elmore delay and a nominal delay of the wire and determines a delay variation at the output of the wire. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262570 | Layout Design Repair Using Pattern Classification - Geometric elements within regions needing lithographic repair are examined to identify characteristics of the patterns formed by those geometric elements. Repair regions with common pattern characteristics then are categorized into classes. When a repair solution is determined for a selected repair region, that repair solution is applied to the other repair regions in the same class as the selected repair region. In some implementations, the repair solution is applied to every instance of a repair region within the class. With still other implementations, the hierarchy of the layout design is examined to determine a hierarchical cell that includes all of the design elements of the selected repair region. The repair solution can then be applied to the design elements within that cell, propagating the repair throughout the design. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262571 | ENVIRONMENTAL-SURROUNDING-AWARE OPC - The present disclosure provides a method of performing optical proximity correction (OPC). An integrated circuit (IC) design layout is received. The design layout contains a plurality of IC layout patterns. Two or more of the plurality of IC layout patterns are grouped together. The grouped IC layout patterns are dissected, or target points are set for the grouped IC layout patterns. Thereafter, an OPC process is performed based on the grouped IC layout patterns. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262572 | SIMULATION DEVICE, SIMULATION METHOD, CONTROL PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM - The present invention is suitable for easily properly setting control parameters in short time. The simulation device of the present invention comprises: a frequency response function computing part (53) computing a frequency response function according to a first command value and a measured value of a mechanical system; an impulse response computing part (41) computing an impulse response by performing inverse Fourier transform on the frequency response function obtained according to the frequency response function and the control parameters; and a time response outputting part (44) executing time response simulation of the mechanical system (7) according to a second command value and the impulse response. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262573 | SIMULATION DEVICE, SIMULATION METHOD, CONTROL PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM - The present invention easily displays a frequency response and a time response to a user. The simulation device of the present invention comprises: a frequency response function computing part ( | 2017-09-14 |
20170262574 | Computer-Based Design System for an Electric Drive System - A computer-based design system for an electric drive system includes: a cam editor having a graphical user interface, wherein the graphical user interface sets values of parameters of a motion profile of the electric drive system on the basis of user inputs, a limit value memory, which stores limit values of the motion profile, and a limit value monitoring device, which monitors whether a value of a parameter inputted by a user input causes one or more of the stored limit values to be violated by the resulting motion profile and, in the case that one or more of the stored limit values are violated by the resulting motion profile, to adjust the inputted value of the parameter to such a value of the parameter that none of the stored limit values are violated by the resulting motion profile. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262575 | Time-Discrete Modeling Method for a Motor Vehicle - A universal modeling method is provided for a motor vehicle, the universal modeling method including: providing an input signal set, the input signal set comprising those signals of respective sensors of the motor vehicle which can be relevant for the control of devices of the motor vehicle; selecting a set of modeling signals from the input signal set as a function of a system architecture of the motor vehicle; and determining an output signal set by way of a time-discrete selective state space model modeling function taking into account the set of modeling signals. In this case, the output signal set functions as a signal set for controlling corresponding actuators of the devices of the motor vehicle. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262576 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND SOFTWARE FOR ANALYSIS OF INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PATHWAY ACTIVATION USING TRANSCRIPTOMIC DATA - The present invention provides systems, methods and software for analysis of the intracellular signaling pathway activation (SPA), the method including analyzing activator and repressor roles of a plurality of gene expression gene products in a plurality of pathways in a sample of a subject to determine a pathway activation strength (PAS) for each of the plurality of pathways and comparing the pathway activation strength (PAS) in at least one sick subject with at least one healthy subject to determine intracellular signaling pathway activation (SPA) associated with a disease or disorder in the at least one sick subject. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262577 | HAPLOTYPE PHASING MODELS - Novel haplotype cluster Markov models are used to phase genomic samples. After the models are built, they rapidly and accurately phase new samples without requiring that the new samples be used to re-build the models. The models set transition probabilities such that the probability for an appearance of any allele within any haplotype is a non-zero number. Furthermore, the most unlikely pairs of haplotypes are discarded from each model at each level until c of the likelihood mass at each level is discarded. The models are also constructed such that contributing windows of SNPs partially overlap so that phasing decisions near one of the extreme ends of any model is are not significantly determinative of the phase. Additionally, the models are configured such that two or more nodes can be merged during the building/updating procedure to consolidate haplotype clusters having similar distributions. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262578 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND SOFTWARE FOR ANALYSIS OF INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PATHWAY ACTIVATION USING TRANSCRIPTOMIC DATA - The present invention provides systems, methods and software for analysis of the intracellular signaling pathway activation (SPA), the method including analyzing activator and repressor roles of a plurality of gene products in a plurality of pathways in a sample of a subject to determine a pathway activation strength (PAS) for each of the plurality of pathways and comparing the pathway activation strength (PAS) in at least one sick subject with at least one healthy subject to determine intracellular signaling pathway activation (SPA) associated with a disease or disorder in the at least one sick subject. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262579 | SECURE TRANSMISSION OF GENOMIC DATA - The amount of genomic data as well the sensitivity of the information carried necessitates the need to develop smart and efficient ways to transmit genomic data in a secure way. While encryption schemes exist, there is also the need to first reduce the amount of massive information and then apply an encoding and encryption method that will be effective both in the economic sense as well as for security of genomic data. In this invention, we discuss novel techniques to encode processed variant information and send it across to a remote site ensuring covert transmission. The protocols not only encode and encrypts the information; it condenses the information that needs to be transferred. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262580 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ASSESSING INFERTILITY AND OVULATORY FUNCTION DISORDERS - The present invention relates to methods and systems for assessing risk of infertility and ovarian dysfunction and/or diminished ovarian reserve and/or for determining an appropriate course of treatment. In some embodiments, the invention provides methods for assessing likelihood of ovarian dysfunction, including identifying a plurality of genetic variants that are filtered into functional biological pathways. The frequency distribution of the variants in each functional pathway is then compared to frequency distributions obtained from reference sets corresponding to each pathway. Further embodiments of the invention comprise clustering subjects based on patterns in their genetic variants, and identifying phenotypic differences with respect to ovarian dysfunction between clusters of patients. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262581 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF miRNA EXPRESSION LEVEL - In a method for comparative analysis, the expression levels of the target miRNAs in each body fluid sample are corrected using the expression level(s) of a correcting endogenous miRNA(s) that is/are simultaneously measured with the expression levels of the target miRNAs in the sample. As the correcting endogenous miRNA(s), one or more miRNAs selected from specific 10 kinds of correcting endogenous miRNAs is/are used. Comparative analysis of target miRNAs among body fluid samples can be carried out more accurately than by conventional techniques. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262582 | Secure Real-Time Healthcare Information Streaming - A method includes transmitting a low-resolution stream, buffering a high-resolution stream in a buffer memory, receiving a request for a high-resolution media item, retrieving the high-resolution media item from the buffer memory based on the frame numbers, and transmitting the high-resolution media item. The request includes one or more frame numbers based on the low-resolution stream. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262583 | IMAGE PROCESSING AND TEXT ANALYSIS TO DETERMINE MEDICAL CONDITION - A method, a processing device, and a computer program product are provided. At least one processing device correlates textual medical information related to the subject with characteristics of an image of a medical condition of the subject to generate a subject signature. The at least one processing device compares the subject signature with multiple reference signatures to determine at least one reference signature corresponding to the subject signature. Each reference signature is associated with a corresponding medical condition and is generated by correlating textual medical information regarding the corresponding medical condition with characteristics of an image of the corresponding medical condition. The at least one processing device identifies the medical condition of the subject based on the medical conditions associated with the determined at least one reference signature. Information is provided regarding the identified medical condition of the subject. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262584 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING REPRESENTATIONS OF IMAGING DATA AND INTERACTIVE VISUAL IMAGING REPORTS (IVIR) - A method is providedfor automatically generating a mode of presentation for data collected and produced during an imaging examination for which an examination report is done by an operator in charge of said examination, including:
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20170262585 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR COMMUNICATING PATIENT MEDICAL DATA - A mobile computing device includes an authentication component, a destination component, a permission component, and a message component. The authentication component is configured to authenticate a user with an authentication server by providing authentication information to the authentication server. The destination component is configured to identify a health care provider available to provide health care for the user and to receive medical data. The permission component is configured to, in response to authenticating the user, receive input from a user indicating authorization to send medical data for the first patient to the health care provider. The message component is configured to send a message providing permission to a remote server to send medical data for the user stored in remote storage to the health care provider. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262586 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING A MASTER PATIENT INDEX INCLUDING DUPLICATE RECORD DETECTION - A system for managing a master patient index is described. The master patient index database is constructed using inverted indices. The inverted index formulation enables faster, more complete and more flexible duplicate detection as compared to traditional master patient database management techniques. A master patient index management system including a remote user interface configured to leverage the inverted index formulation is described. The user interface includes features for managing records in an MPI database including identifying, efficiently comparing, updating and merging duplicate records across a heterogeneous healthcare organization. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262587 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING PATIENT PROFILES VIA SOCIAL MEDIA SERVICES - A method and non-transitory computer readable medium for generating patient profiles via a social media service are disclosed. For example, the method receives data from the social media service, extracts one or more attributes from the data from the social media service, classifies the one or more attributes to one or more of a plurality of predefined profile attributes, generates a patient profile based on the one or more attributes that are classified, determines a medical action to be executed based on the patient profile and transmits the medical action to be executed to a health administration server. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262588 | CHILD HEALTH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND CHILD HEALTH MANAGEMENT METHOD - Provided are a child health management system and a child health management method. A child health management system according to one embodiment of the present invention is a child health management system using a user terminal, which comprises: a storage unit for storing condition information of a child and surrounding environment information of the child, transmitted from the user terminal; a health condition analysis unit for analyzing the health condition of the child on the basis of the condition information and surrounding environment information of the child, stored in the storage unit; and a response strategy deduction unit for deducing a user's response strategy according to the analysis result from the health condition analysis unit. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262589 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PHYSICALLY SUPPORTING USERS DURING EXERCISE WHILE ENHANCED OXYGEN TREATMENT - User access to exercise with oxygen therapy (EWOT), therapy progress data, and user profile/record integration can be enabled via portable and wearable computing devices in use at treatment facilities is described. Embodiments leverage the field of wireless communications can access facility-based transponders, user authentication, data access, and data tracking. The invention enables access to oxygen therapy during exercise at various facilities by authorizing user access, tracking usage, providing access to user profiles/records, recording user progress, providing notification to providers of subsequent user treatment, and user record management based on proximity of a provider to a user during treatment. A safety harness system can include a circular padded rail to encircle the waist/torso of a user underneath the user's arms; hydraulically controlled legs can enable manipulation/movement under hydraulic control when the padded rail is secured to the user and while the user is moving on exercise equipment. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262590 | DEFAULT DATA SET DISTRIBUTION FOR MEDICAL DEVICES - A computer-implemented medical device management method for distributing instructions to a plurality of medical devices, said method comprising providing via a drug library a first data set to be distributed to a parent organization having at least one child location, wherein the at least one child location collectively includes at least one target medical device identified by the first data set. The method also comprises receiving a first user input via a user interface to distribute the first data set to the parent organization. The method also comprises distributing the first data set to the at least one target medical device located in the at least one child location within the parent organization, and facilitating operation of the at least one target medical device according to the first data set. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262591 | TASK MANAGEMENT TOOL FOR PATIENT DISCHARGE - A hospital discharge performance system and computer-implemented method for integrating and recording both planned clinical activity and non-clinical barriers to patient discharge. One or more non-clinical barriers are received from at least one remote input device configured to record barriers in close proximity to the occurrence of the barrier and stored in the a non-clinical barrier database. Clinical tasks that need to be performed prior to discharge are integrated with non-clinical barriers that must be overcome to provide an indication of at least one patient's current status with respect to discharge. Update information indicating progress toward completion of planned clinical activity and progress toward overcoming the received one or more non-clinical barriers is received from at least one remote input device. The occurrences of barriers are summarized across a selected group of patient discharges and a report is generated. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262592 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING A USER INTERFACE VIA DEVICE-ON PREMISE DETECTION AND EVENT GENERATION BASED THEREON - The present disclosure pertains to a system configured to facilitate a user interface via device-on-premise detection and event generation based thereon. The system comprises a computer system configured to: obtain, from beneficiary user devices, event information indicating events corresponding to device-on-premise detections of the beneficiary user devices, each of the device-on-premise detections comprising a detection of a location of a beneficiary user device overlapping with a location of at least one service facility premise of a predefined set of premises; determine a consultant that is to be at a service facility premise; determine, based on the event information, a set of beneficiaries at the service facility premise; obtain service information indicating health services previously provided to or requested by the set of beneficiaries; and generate, based on the set of beneficiaries and the service information, at least a portion of a user interface indicating beneficiaries to be identified to the consultant. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262593 | CAREGIVER ROUNDING COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An information technology system for a healthcare facility is provided. The system includes a first computer device to keep track of rounding intervals for caregivers and to determine whether the caregivers successfully complete their rounds in a timely manner for their assigned patients. The system also has a real time locating system (RTLS) that tracks locations of the plurality of caregivers and that is in communication with the first computer device. The system further has a number of graphical displays in communication with the first computer device. Each graphical display is operable to display a list of patients for whom rounds are due and to display reminder messages to the plurality of caregivers relating to rounding. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262594 | SYSTEMS FOR REIMBURSING AND RECONCILING PHARMACY-RELATED TRANSACTIONS - An example method of reimbursing pharmacy-related transactions includes receiving first data describing a transaction between a patient and a pharmacy. The transaction includes dispensing of a medication. A reimbursement data packet is determined based on the first data. The reimbursement data packet includes second data describing a reimbursement claim to be submitted to a payer system for the transaction. The reimbursement data packet is transmitted from the computer system to a plurality of other computer systems. A response is received from each of the other computer systems. Each response indicates whether a respective one of the other computer systems determined that the reimbursement claim is valid. A determination is made that the reimbursement claim is valid based on the responses. An entry describing the transaction and reimbursement claim is added to a ledger, and the reimbursement claim is submitted for fulfillment. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262595 | IMPLANT PLANNING USING CORRECTED CAPTURED JOINT MOTION INFORMATION - The description relates to surgical computer systems, including computer program products, and methods for implant planning using corrected captured joint motion information. Data representative of a corrected limb pose at a plurality of poses within a range of motion of a joint associated with a particular individual is captured, the joint comprising a first bone and a second bone, while the first bone, the second bone, or both are subject to a corrective force aligning the first and second bones in a desired alignment. The first bone of the joint is represented. The second bone of the joint is represented. A first implant model is associated with the representation of the first bone. A second implant model is associated with the representation of the second bone. Based on the captured data, a relationship is determined between the first implant model and the second implant model at one or more poses of the plurality of poses within the range of motion of the joint. Information representative of the determined relationship is displayed. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262596 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREDICTION OF AN OUTCOME OF A STROKE EVENT - A method and a system are provided for prediction of an outcome of a stroke event associated with a first human subject. The method receives a first score, one or more first observations, and one or more second observations associated with the first human subject. The method predicts one or more second scores at the second time instant based on a training of a probabilistic model. The method further selects a second score from the one or more second scores at the second time instant. The second score corresponds to the outcome of the stroke event associated with the first human subject. The second score corresponds to the highest value from the one or more second scores. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262597 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREDICTING MORTALITY OF A PATIENT - A method, non-transitory computer readable medium and apparatus for predicting mortality of a current patient are disclosed. For example, the method includes receiving data associated with a plurality of different patients with known mortality outcomes, wherein the data includes a subset of data for each one of a plurality of different measurement timepoints for each one of the plurality of different patients, calculating n number of classifiers, wherein n is equal to a number of the plurality of different measurement timepoints, receiving data associated with the current patient at an i-th measurement timepoint, predicting the current patient has a high mortality risk based on an output of the i-th classifier of the n number of classifiers and transmitting a signal to a health administration server to cause an alarm to be generated in response to the high mortality risk that is predicted. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262598 | CONTENT-BASED MEDICAL IMAGE RENDERING BASED ON MACHINE LEARNING - An artificial intelligence agent is machine trained and used to provide physically-based rendering settings. By using deep learning and/or other machine training, settings of multiple rendering parameters may be provided for consistent imaging even in physically-based rendering. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262599 | COMPUTER-AIDED TELEMEDICAL EVALUATION - Computer-aided telemedical evaluation is described. A computing environment can receive a video comprising frames of a subject in motion. The computing environment can identify one or more anatomical features of the subject and determine one or more gait cycle patterns for the anatomical features by tracking motion of the anatomical features over a number of frames of the video. The computing environment can also examine the gait cycle patterns to identify symmetry, asymmetry, and other characteristics in the gait cycle patterns with respect to each other, the anatomical features of the subject, and/or inanimate features of the surroundings. Based on the examination, the computing environment can also provide an evaluation of the subject in the video. The evaluation can include the identification of one or more limbs associated with lameness in the subject. Care can then be administered to the subject, in part, based on the evaluation. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262600 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DIAGNOSIS - There are provided an apparatus and method for diagnosis using a medical image. The apparatus includes: an analyzing unit configured to detect a lesion area, and generate a group of candidate lesion areas with respect to the detected lesion area; and an interface unit configured to arrange one or more candidate lesion areas selected among the group of candidate lesion areas with information about each of the one or more selected candidate lesion areas in a first region of an interface. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262601 | CELL PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH PROCESS PARAMETER CONTROL - A cell processing system includes a processor to receive a biological fluid to be processed, a controller coupled to the processor, the controller configured to operate the processor according to at least one modifiable process parameter, and at least one input coupled to the controller, the at least one input configured to receive an identifier and at least one process parameter control associated with the at least one process parameter that limits modification of the at least one process parameter if applied. The controller is configured to determine if the identifier is associated with an administrator authorization and to apply the at least one processor parameter control to the at least one process parameter if the identifier is associated with an administrator authorization. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262602 | METHOD FOR CONNECTING A MOBILE OPERATOR TERMINAL TO A DEVICE TO BE OPERATED - A method for connecting a mobile operator terminal to a device to be operated includes outputting a code using an output element associated with the device. The code is transmitted to the mobile operator terminal. At least one piece of information related to the device is determined by decoding the transmitted code using software installed on the mobile operator terminal. A connection from the mobile operator terminal to a control unit associated with the device is then established with the aid of the piece of information related to the device and a piece of information related to the mobile operator terminal is transmitted from the mobile operator terminal to the control unit associated with the device over the established connection. A mobile operator terminal, a device for medical diagnosis or therapy and a system including a mobile operator terminal and a device, are also provided. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262603 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR COMMUNICATING PATIENT MEDICAL DATA - A system comprising for communication medical data includes a patient data component, a provider component, a session component, an authorization component, and a communication component. The patient data component is configured to store patient medical data corresponding to one or more patients. The provider component is configured to store destination information corresponding to a plurality of health care providers that can receive the patient medical data from the system. The session component is configured to establish and validate communication with a first patient via a remote device. The authorization component is configured to receive, from the remote device, a message indicating authorization from the first patient to send the medical data for the first patient to a first health care provider. The communication component is configured to send the medical data for the first patient to the destination information corresponding to the first health care provider. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262604 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HEALTH TRACKING AND MANAGEMENT - In some aspects, the present disclosure provides systems and computer program products for use in health tracking and management. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262605 | REMOTE MONITORING OF MEDICAL DEVICES - Methods and systems for calibrating billing cycles for remote monitoring patients and categorizing medical device interrogation data received from remotely monitored patients are disclosed. Interrogation data from a medical device may be received during a current billing schedule. Data from a patient profile may be processed. A determination may be made as to whether a patient's billing schedule corresponds to a first billing schedule or a second billing schedule. A determination may be made as to whether interrogation data from the medical device has been uploaded from a medical device within a current billing cycle preceding the current billing cycle. Upon determining that interrogation data from the medical device has not been uploaded from the medical device within the billing cycle preceding the current billing cycle, the patient's billing schedule may be adjusted such that a date on which interrogation data was received during the current billing schedule corresponds to the last day of the billing cycle preceding the current billing cycle. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262606 | HEALTH MONITORING USING SOCIAL RHYTHMS STABILITY - Methods, systems, and devices are disclosed for passively monitoring a health condition of a subject using a mobile device. In some aspects, a method includes producing a set of quantitative metrics based on one or more parameters including location, movement, and sound obtained from the mobile device, where the produced set of quantitative metrics includes a location cluster value, a travel distance value, a frequency of conversation value, and an activity value, each of the quantitative metrics over a respective predetermined time period; and processing the set of quantitative metrics to determine a metric indicative of a current clinical state of the subject in connection with one or more measures including daily routines, mood or energy of the subject. Using the sensed parameters, rhythmicity markers and/or departure from stability can be predicted to alert a caregiver of the patient's health status, such as a current mental health state. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262607 | ADVICE GENERATION SYSTEM, ADVICE GENERATION METHOD, AND ADVICE GENERATION DEVICE - An advice generation system including: a measuring unit which measures a subject's activity status and outputs activity data based on the activity status; an achievement state acquisition unit which acquires achievement state information that is achievement state information with respect to a goal to be achieved by the subject; an amount of action calculation unit which calculates action information amount that is a cumulative amount of action taken by the subject to achieve the goal, based on the activity data acquired by the measuring unit; a motivation determination unit which determines the subject's motivation to achieve the goal based on trends of change in the achievement state information and in the amount of action information, during a period until the achievement of the goal planned by the subject; and an advice generation unit which generates advice for the subject based on the determination's result on the motivation. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262608 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MICROBIOME-DERIVED DIAGNOSTICS AND THERAPEUTICS - A method for diagnosing and treating an immune microbial dysfunction in a subject, the method comprising: receiving an aggregate set of biological samples from a population of subjects; generating at least one of a microbiome composition dataset and a microbiome functional diversity dataset for the population of subjects; generating a characterization of the immune microbial dysfunction based upon features extracted from at least one of the microbiome composition dataset and the microbiome functional diversity dataset, wherein the characterization is diagnostic of at least one of Crohn's disease, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), ulcerative colitis, and celiac disease; based upon the characterization, generating a therapy model configured to correct the immune microbial dysfunction; and at an output device associated with the subject, promoting a therapy to the subject based upon the characterization and the therapy model. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262609 | PERSONALIZED ADAPTIVE RISK ASSESSMENT SERVICE - A behavioral health risk assessment service is provided to determine the behavioral health risk of a patient using personal demographic information and the patient's responses to adaptive screening questions. The screening questions are customized to the patient using machine learning techniques such as decision trees that optimize the amount of expected information gain on the behavioral health risk of the patient. A model of the patient's activity such as exercise and sleep is also generated and trained using data collected from smart devices used by the patient. Based on the determined behavioral health risk, the risk assessment service refers the patient to an appropriate provider, such as a therapist, to treat any diagnosed behavioral health conditions. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262610 | PATIENT SIMULATION SYSTEM ADAPTED FOR INTERACTING WITH a medical APPARATUS - Patient simulation system adapted for interacting with a medical apparatus, and method for operating the patient simulation system. A processing unit of the patient simulation system stores at least one physiological model of a patient in a memory of the patient simulation system. The processing unit receives at least one gas control parameter from the medical apparatus via a communication interface of the patient simulation system. The processing unit correlates the at least one gas control parameter with one of the at least one physiological model of a patient to generate simulated physiological effects. The processing unit further transmits the simulated physiological effects to the medical apparatus via the communication interface. In a particular aspect, the medical apparatus consists of an anesthesia apparatus. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262611 | MODELING METHOD FOR ORTHOPEDIC CASTS - A computer-implemented method for modeling an orthopedic cast, including scanning an injured limb to extract raw body data; determining, from the extracted raw body data, a target portion data of the injured limb, the determined data representing a fine cast surface for the orthopedic cast; patterning the fine cast surface to form a ventilation structure and a blank area thereon; forming an opening gap on the blank area for assembling and disassembling the orthopedic cast; and offsetting the cast surface in parallel to thicken the orthopedic cast. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262612 | EVIDENCE ANALYSIS AND PRESENTATION TO INDICATE REASONS FOR MEMBERSHIP IN POPULATIONS - A method, a machine-readable storage medium and at least one processing device are provided for analyzing and tracking results of multiple conditions associated with a population criteria, which is evaluated for each entity of at least one entity. The at least one processing device performs analytics associated with the population criteria, which is evaluated for each entity. Results of the analyzing of the multiple conditions are selectively tracked by the at least one processing device. The at least one processing device presents the tracked results to indicate a status of the at least one entity with respect to the tracked analytics. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262613 | COMPUTER CONTROLLED DOSAGE SYSTEM - Disclosed is a computer controlled dosage system, for dosage adjustment for a mobile, hand held, inhaler for delivering a dosage of a medicine, is provided. The system comprises at least one measuring device for measuring at least one parameter; and a handheld mobile computer separate from the inhaler, the computer being configured to communicate with the at least one measuring device and with a remote memory for sending and receiving information to and from patient medical records of the remote memory for storage in a memory of the computer, and the computer being configured to receive a manual input for storage in the memory of the computer. The computer is configured to create a data set for setting a plurality of levels of different dosages of medicine based on the medicine used by the inhaler, the information from the patient's medical records of the remote memory, and the manual input; and the computer is further configured to store the data set in the memory of the computer. The computer is further configured to generate an indication indicating a dosage adjustment for the inhaler, based on the at least one parameter and on one of the plurality of levels of dosage of the data set, the indication indicating one of the plurality of levels of dosage of the data set as the dosage adjustment for the inhaler. A dosage regime generated by the computer controlled dosage system is also disclosed. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262614 | PHARMACY MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION WITH BEDSIDE REAL-TIME MEDICAL EVENT DATA COLLECTION - Methods and systems for automatically establishing an enhanced electronic health record (EHR) for a patient include an automatic data collection facility that collects data of a medically related event in proximity to a patient upon occurrence of the event. The collected data may include medication administration data such as medication, time of administration, administration of a dosage of medication, reaction data, and the like. The collected data is communicated to a real-time data integration facility that automatically integrates the data with a patient's electronic health record to establish an enhanced electronic health record. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262615 | MEDICATION ASSURANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD - A medication assurance system for verification of both the medication and the patient is disclosed. A portable spectrometer is used to obtain a light spectrum of the medication. A subject identification or biometric device is used to identify the patient. A controller coupled to the portable spectrometer and the subject identification device identifies the medication by performing a chemometric analysis of the light spectrum. Based on the medication identified and the patient identified, the controller can determine if the medication is to be taken by the patient. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262616 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATED PHARMACEUTICAL DISPENSING - An automated dispensing device for a pharmaceutical order filling system includes an order processing device to receive a pharmaceutical order. The order processing device includes a cell for containing an available quantity of a pharmaceutical of the pharmaceutical order, and an insert received in the cell. The insert has a dispensing tube, and is adapted to receive the available quantity of the pharmaceutical and to dispense a measured quantity of the pharmaceutical through the dispensing tube. The cell includes a funnel having a weighted gate adapted to receive the dispensing tube of the insert. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262617 | ACTIVITY TRACKING DEVICE - An activity tracking device has a display screen, a data store, a main processor communicatively coupled with the data store, a device profile configuration stored in the data store, and a user profile configuration stored in the data store. The device profile configuration has a device identifier, processor identifiers, and device statuses. The user profile configuration has a user identifier, and a minimum user activity parameter. The minimum user activity parameter is determined based on one or more historical activity parameters resulting from actual user activity as tracked by the activity tracking device, stored in the data store, and configured in the user profile configuration. | 2017-09-14 |
20170262618 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING A DATABASE DURING AN EXAMINATION - Systems and methods are provided for managing a database. The systems and methods described maybe used to efficiently utilize computing resources, including at a handheld device, to provide questions and recommendations during a medical examination. | 2017-09-14 |