51st week of 2008 patent applcation highlights part 54 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20080312863 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING A PROGRAMMABLE DMA MASTER WITH DATE CHECKING UTILIZING A DRONE SYSTEM CONTROLLER - A method, system, and computer-usable medium for implementing a programmable DMA master with data checking utilizing a drone system controller. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a drone processor generates a collection of random data and stores a first and second copy of the collection of random data in a first and second memory location in a drone memory. The drone processor writes a third copy of the collection of random data in a processor memory. When the drone processor retrieves the third copy from the processor memory, the drone processor writes the third copy in the second memory location in the drone memory. When the drone processor compares the first copy with the third copy, the results of the compare is written in a status location within the drone processor. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312864 | Determining Density Contrast at Subsurface Interface - Method for subsurface exploration. In one implementation, the method may include receiving a gamma value at a subsurface interface, wherein the gamma value is a ratio of Vp/Vs at the subsurface interface. Vp is the average P wave velocity and Vs is the average S wave velocity. The method may further include receiving a converted wave reflection coefficient at the subsurface interface. The converted wave reflection coefficient is a function of a density contrast at the subsurface interface and a shear velocity contrast at the subsurface interface. The method may further include determining a P wave incident angle such that the converted wave reflection coefficient is a function of substantially only the density contrast at the P wave incident angle. The P wave incident angle is referred to herein as θ. The method may further include calculating the density contrast based on the converted wave reflection coefficient at θ. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312865 | Method of Detecting a Reference Zone Arranged on the Periphery of a Toothed Disk Fastened to a Rotary Component, with a View to Determining the Angular Position of Said Rotary Component - The invention relates to a method of detecting a reference zone formed on the periphery of a toothed disk integral with a rotary part, for the purpose of determining the angular position of said rotary part. According to this detection method, when a reference zone is expected and at the time of the detection of a tooth (n) at a time t | 2008-12-18 |
20080312866 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEASURING EQUIPMENT - One of the objects is to provide a three-dimensional measuring equipment for measuring a three-dimensional surface shape of an object efficiently with high accuracy. A three-dimensional data acquisition device comprises an object position measuring sensor for detecting the position of the object in a space, a measuring camera for capturing the object, and a measuring camera position measuring sensor for detecting the position of the measuring camera in the space. A three-dimensional data processing means comprises: controller means for delivering a parameter acquisition command to the object position measuring sensor and the measuring camera or the measuring camera position measuring sensor, for controlling the measuring camera based on parameters acquired from the object position measuring sensor and the measuring camera or the measuring camera position measuring sensor, and for acquiring measurement data by capturing the object image through the measuring camera; three-dimensional data calculating means for creating three-dimensional data; data processing means providing a three-dimensional display of the object; and storage means for storing the three-dimensional data. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312867 | Scrolling Electronic Whiteboard - A scrolling electronic whiteboard is provided, including a thin-film antenna board, at least an electromagnetic signal transmitter, a main control board, and a scrolling mechanism cassette. The scrolling mechanism cassette is for providing the housing of the thin-film antenna board to scroll and extend by pulling. The thin-film antenna board can be entirely scrolled and housed inside the scrolling mechanism cassette. The electromagnetic signal transmitter includes a resonant circuit for transmitting an electromagnetic signal of specific frequency to determine the length of the thin-film antenna board being pulled outside of the scrolling mechanism cassette. The main control board is for receiving the antenna loop signals of thin-film antenna board, and the electromagnetic signals of each electromagnetic signal transmitters. Therefore, a large electronic whiteboard can vary its dimensional ratio by pulling out different length of the thin-film antenna board, which can also be entirely retracted into the scrolling mechanism cassette for easy storage and transportation. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312868 | Complete Round Working Method and Complete Round Working Device in Nc Machine Tool - A working route ( | 2008-12-18 |
20080312869 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WEIGHING A STENT - An apparatus for weighing a stent includes a buffer for storing a stent support with a stent mounted thereon, a stent mounting and dismounting assembly that mounts and dismounts the stent from the stent support, a robotic arm for moving the stent support with the stent between the buffer and the stent mounting and dismounting assembly, and a scale assembly for weighing the stent. The stent mounting and dismounting assembly moves the stent into the scale assembly after the stent has been dismount from the stent support. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312870 | Aircraft weight estimation method - A method of measuring the weight of an aircraft is disclosed. The method comprises, in a self-propelled aircraft undercarriage having a electrical rotating machine, the steps of: measuring the current and voltage going into the rotating machine using current and voltage measuring means, calculating the power into the rotating machine, measuring the speed (or torque or acceleration) of said machine using speed sensing means, and comparing the power and speed (or torque or acceleration) results with a database of power and speed relationships of comparable aircraft of varying weights. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312871 | Line Monitoring System and Method - A line monitoring system and method may be used to monitor objects (e.g., people or vehicles) in a line. The system may receive object data associated with objects in a surveillance area including object identifying data and object location data. The system may analyze the object data with reference to one or more line behavior pattern parameters representing one or more behavior patterns indicative of objects in a line to determine if one or more of the objects should be designated as in a line in the surveillance area. They system may also determine one or more line statistics associated with objects designated as in the line, such as a number of objects in line, a wait time in the line, and/or a volume of objects moving through the line. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312872 | Apparatus And Method Of Non-Sampling-Based Q-Factor Measuring - A non-sampling-based Q-factor measuring apparatus and method use a power conversion module to transform the power variation of inputted optical signals in time domain into the variation in other domains, such as optical wavelength, optical polarization and different output ports of optical elements. Taking optical wavelength as an example, different levels of power variation respond different outputs of wavelength variation through the use of a power-to-wavelength conversion module. An optical filter then separates the inputted optical signals with different wavelengths. The power average of a wavelength for its corresponding optical signals is further calculated by a photo detector. Thereby, the information of the power variation for the inputted optical signals at levels 1 and 0 can be obtained, and the Q-factor for the inputted optical signals is easily measured. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312873 | Situation analyzing system and situation analyzing method, and batch processing analyzing system and batch processing analyzing method - A data accumulating section accumulates the data acquired from the monitored object. A reference space forming section forms a reference space based on the data accumulated in the data accumulating section. A data acquiring section acquires the data from the monitored object. A distance calculating section calculates a Mahalanobis' distance by inputting the data acquired by the data acquiring section into the reference space formed by the reference space forming section. An instruction accepting section accepts an instruction from a user, and decides procedures of operations of the reference space forming section, the data acquiring section, and the distance calculating section in response to the instruction. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312874 | Efficient Histogram Generation - A processor generating a histogram of a set of data values receives a data value, and sets a corresponding register in each of two sets of registers based respectively on a decoded value represented by bits in a first and second set of positions in the received data value. The processor then simultaneously increments/updates each of multiple frequency counters (specifying frequency of occurrence of respective data values/ranges) by a value of a corresponding register in one of the two sets of registers if a value of a corresponding register in the other one of the two sets of registers is set. As a result, histogram generation is made efficient and fast. In an embodiment, 32 frequency counters are updated in 16 operations. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312875 | Monitoring and control of integrated circuit device fabrication processes - An integrated circuit (IC) device fabrication process may be monitored by processing product wafers to fabricate product IC devices, collecting process tool data from tools used to fabricate the product IC devices, and testing the product IC devices. To predict and monitor yield, the process tool data collected during processing and the defectivity data from testing the product IC devices may be input to a yield model that also takes into account design information particular to the product devices. The design information may comprise layout attributes of the product devices. The yield model may be generated from a defectivity model created by processing test wafers to fabricate test structures, collecting process tool data from tools used to fabricate the test structures, and testing the test structures. The test structures may have varying layout attributes to cover a design space allowed by design rules for particular product IC devices. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312876 | METHOD OF ANALYZING EFFECTIVE POLISHING FREQUENCY AND NUMBER OF POLISHING TIMES ON POLISHING PADS HAVING DIFFERENT PATTERNS AND PROFILES - A method for analyzing the effectiveness of polishing frequency and the number of polishing times on the polishing pads having different patterns and profiles while performing the chemical-mechanical polishing process on the wafers is described. This method is to convert the images of various patterns and topography of the chips and grinding pads into binary images, and then calculates the binary images by numerical matrix method, which only needs to calculate the modified model of the position changed and the frequency of grinding during the rotation and deformation of different patterns and topography during relative movement, and then uses overlay model of effective grinding frequency to predict the distribution of effective grinding frequency at a fixed period of grinding time under a set grinding path. Further proposes the overlay model of the grinding frequency of “Least Pixel Number (LPN)”, “Cross-section Check CSC”, “Straight Line-Path Effective polishing Factor (SLEF)” and “Scale Factor (SF),” so as to develop the procedures of analyzing the distribution condition of effective grinding frequency on the surface of the chips. It is referential to design better patterns and topography of grinding pads as well as setting the assembly parameters for CMP machines in the future. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312877 | Method and Device for Functional Checking of a Field Device Before the Comissioning Thereof - A method and device is disclosed for functional checking of a field device in a field bus system before the commissioning thereof. After installation and connection of the field device, a functional checking algorithm is carried out with regard to meeting relevant connection parameters, whereby commissioning of the field device is permitted when all connection parameters to be checked by the functional checking algorithm are within permitted ranges. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312878 | INTERPOLATING AND DEGHOSTING MULTI-COMPONENT SEISMIC SENSOR DATA - A technique includes obtaining particle motion data and pressure data that are acquired by seismic sensors while in tow. The sensors are part of a plurality of streamers, and the pressure and particle motion data contain surface ghosts. The technique includes processing the particle motion data and the pressure data to generate a data set that is indicative of a pressure wavefield at positions between the streamers and is substantially free of the surface ghosts. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312879 | FLUORESCENCE TOMOGRAPHY USING LINE-BY-LINE FORWARD MODEL - A fluorescence optical tomography system and method uses a photon migration model calculator for which absorption and reduced scattering coefficient values are determined for each source/detector pair. The coefficient values may be determined by measurement, in which a time resolved detector detects the excitation wavelength and generates temporal point spread functions from which the coefficient values are found. Alternatively, the coefficient values may be determined by calculating them from a dataset containing a spatial distribution of absorption and reduced scattering coefficients in a volume of interest. The fluorescence detection may be continuous wave, time resolved, or a combination of the two. An estimator uses a detected fluorescence signal and an estimated fluorescence signal to estimate the image values. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312880 | Simulation Environment - A simulation environment for simulating a physical system or sub-system. The environment comprises a plurality of elements arrangeable to form any of a plurality of component objects or sub-component objects. The component or sub-component objects are assemblable to form at least one assembly object comprising at least part of said system or sub-system. Each element is provided with mesh data, and rules of connectivity, the rules of connectivity governing the interconnection of said elements to form the component or sub-component objects. The mesh data for a particular element is automatically incorporated into each completed component or sub-component object including said particular element. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312881 | Circuit design data conversion apparatus, circuit design data conversion method, and computer product - A single module includes a shared combinational circuit, a multiplexed sequential circuit, and a common I/F and is substituted for a multiplexed module formed of plural modules of an identical category and type and including plural CPUs. Specifically, the shared combinational circuit is substituted for n combinational circuits, the multiplexed sequential circuit is substituted for n sequential circuits, and the common I/F is substituted for n input pins and n output pins. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312882 | STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS APPARATUS AND STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS METHOD - A structural analysis apparatus, including: a state value calculation unit that calculates a state value of each of multiple elements constituting a model with which breakage of a structure is stimulated; a breakage determination unit that determines that an element among the multiple elements is broken when the state value of the element satisfies a breakage threshold condition that is set in advance for the element; a crack face calculation unit that calculates a crack face broken element that is determined to be broken by the breakage determination unit; and a breakage threshold condition changing unit that changes a breakage threshold condition that is set for an element which is among the multiple elements, which is adjacent to the broken element, and which intersects with an extended face of the crack face of the broken element. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312883 | Method and Apparatus for Determining a Unique System Condition - A method and apparatus of determining a unique condition in a cyclic system. A set of system variables and a sample time are defined. The variables varying between a first and second state. The system is operated for more than one cycle, and a data array based on system variables and time is created. A processor analyzes the data array for changes in the variables, and generates arrays responsive to the changes in the variables. The arrays are analyzed to determine a unique set of variable conditions. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312884 | Process and System for Simulation or Digital Synthesis of Sonographic Images - The invention relates to a method for the simulation or digital synthesis of echographic images, characterised by the direct transformation in real time, or quasi real time, of the information contained in a 3D scanographic (or tomodensitometric) medical or veterinary image, without delimitation or segmentation of the bodies or structures contained in the volume of scanographic data, according to at least one two-dimensional observation window which can be modified in real time, or quasi real time, in terms of the dimension, position, directions and orientation thereof, the characteristics thereof depending on the type of virtual echographic probe determined, and reproducing all of the attenuation, reflection, refraction and dispersion effects, and the regulation effects of a real echographic image, each echographic image supplied cumulating the results of the simulations of the pre-cited effects. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312885 | Hybrid method for simulation optimization - A computer-implemented method of solving a system optimization problem having a plurality of parameters of unknown value is comprised of randomly generating sets of values for unknown parameters within an the optimization problem. A population of original candidate solutions is generated by applying an algorithm for deterministic optimization to each of the sets of values. The population of solutions is ranked. Additional candidate solutions are iteratively generated from at least certain of the solutions in the population. The validity of the additional candidate solutions is checked, and the valid additional candidate solutions are added to the population of solutions. The population of solutions is re-ranked and at least one solution from the population of solutions is output when a predetermined criterion is met whereby the values for the parameters in the output solution may be used for controlling a system. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312886 | System and Method for Estimating Substance Concentrations in Bodily Fluids - A first aspect of the invention relates to a method for estimating the optical response of a subject comprising blood, the method comprising forming a model whereby the spectral response of a subject to incident light can be estimated, the model including a plurality of parameters, each parameter corresponding to the influence on the spectral response of a respective biochemical substance, directing light of a known spectral content at the subject, detecting the spectral response of the subject to the light and repeatedly performing the steps of: i. modelling the spectral response of the subject to the light by means of the model; ii. comparing the modelled spectral response with the detected response; and iii. altering the model in dependence on that comparison by varying one or more of the said parameters. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312887 | Adaptive Refinement Tools for Tetrahedral Unstructured Grids - An exemplary embodiment providing one or more improvements includes software which is robust, efficient, and has a very fast run time for user directed grid enrichment and flow solution adaptive grid refinement. All user selectable options (e.g., the choice of functions, the choice of thresholds, etc.), other than a pre-marked cell list, can be entered on the command line. The ease of application is an asset for flow physics research and preliminary design CFD analysis where fast grid modification is often needed to deal with unanticipated development of flow details. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312888 | Method for determining cooling requirements of a computer system enclosure - A computer-implemented method is used for determining cooling requirements of a computer system enclosure, where the enclosure includes a number of installed modules, the modules including fan modules. The method includes the steps of determining an individual impedance curve of each installed module; determining fan curves for the installed fan modules; based on the individual impedance curves, determining an overall system impedance curve for the computer system; determining desired performance requirements for the computer system; based on the desired performance requirements, determining corresponding fan curves; and choosing a fan curve that intersects the system impedance curve. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312889 | System and Method For Testing a Control Unit System - In a system for testing a control unit system having at least one control unit and at least one sensor, the control unit and sensor and possible other bus users being connected to one another via a data bus, and a test signal being fed into one of the bus users for testing the control unit system, at least one of the bus users, in particular a sensor, is replaced by a corresponding emulator of this bus user. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312890 | SPECIFICATION VERIFICATION PROGRAM, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING SPECIFICATION VERIFICATION PROGRAM, SPECIFICATION VERIFICATION APPARATUS, AND SPECIFICATION VERIFICATION METHOD - Conditions necessary to be satisfied for execution of each use case from a use case description indicative of a requirements specification of the design object are acquired. Then a state satisfying the conditions, from among a set of states represented in a finite state machine model indicative of a design specification of the design object are detected. A presence or absence of an undetected state in the set of states in accordance with the detection is determined and output. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312891 | DESIGN METHOD, DESIGN SUPPORT APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PRODUCT FOR FEEDBACK CONTROL SYSTEM - A control system is designed in which a controlled plant is controlled based on output feedback from the controlled plant. An all-pass filter is modeled that is formed of a synthesis of a notch filter compensating for a resonance mode in the control system and the resonance mode. A design controlled plant including the all-pass filter is determined. A controller controls the design controlled plant and includes a weighting function, and, after the weighting function is derived, gain of the weighting function is adjusted using desired gain crossover frequency and phase margin. A phase variable included in a phase-lead weight is determined, and thus the weighting function is determined. H∞ loop shaping is applied to the weighting function and the design controlled plant to obtain an H∞ loop controller. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312892 | Computer-Assisted Method For The Setting Of Particle-Specific Parameters In A Thermal Spray Process - A method is disclosed that sets at least one particle-specific parameter in a thermal spray process in which particles are transported by means of a fluid flow from a thermal spray apparatus to a substrate. A first step includes predetermining a target value for the particle-specific parameter, followed by a second step of preparing an operating model for one of the thermal spray process and the thermal spray apparatus with which a simulation of the thermal spray process can be carried out, with the operating model including set values whose variation effects changes in the particle-specific parameter. Next, a third step involves evaluating the operating model for at least one set of starting values for the set values, followed by a fourth step of setting the particle-specific parameter to the target value by an automatic optimisation procedure in which the set values are varied until the target value for the particle-specific parameter results from the operating model. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312893 | CLINICAL DIAGNOSTIC ANALYZER PERFORMANCE ESTIMATOR - The disclosed methods and devices relate to tools for on-site and customizable evaluation of the performance of clinical diagnostic analyzers or automation systems by executing a portable simulation program utilizing actual data from a site of interest. The portable simulation program consists of an Intelligent LIS pre-processor, implementation of a simulation model, and analytical and graphical means to determine and present the performance metrics. This permits a realistic evaluation of the clinical diagnostic analyzers before installing the equipment, thus aiding in making decisions including a decision to buy or appropriately configure clinical diagnostic analyzer. The analysis also allows customers to modify the laboratory setup, improve delivery schedules, with better sample scheduling and storage, and in adding equipment. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312894 | Binding affinity scoring function including factor for environs of ring or bulky rigid group - Scoring functions can be markedly improved by taking into account the status environs of ligand rings (or indeed other bulky rigid ligand structures) on the ligand when the ligand is complexed with the receptor. In its most general form, the invention features, quantifying a particular component of binding affinity between a ligand and a receptor molecule. Specifically, the component in question takes into account the spatial relationship between ligand ring structure(s) (or bulky rigid ligand structures) and their ambient surroundings when the ligand is bound to the receptor molecule. The method steps may be used when quantifying a component that reflects these particular ligand features alone, or the steps may be part of a comprehensive method of quantifying binding affinity which includes numerous other factors that relate to binding affinity in addition to the component. For example, one may calculate an initial binding affinity and then adjust the initial binding affinity by a factor obtained at least in part based on the classification of the ring structure. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312895 | Quantum chemistry simulations using optimization methods - Embodiments of the present invention provide, among other things, methods, apparatus, and systems for tuning a semiempirical process for predicting energy for different molecular configurations. In an example method, an energy value and an energy gradient are determined for each of a plurality of molecular configurations using an accurate method. A functional form of the semiempirical process is optimized using the determined energy values and energy gradients via multiobjective optimization. The functional form relates one or more parameters to energy values and energy gradients. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312896 | Optimal bus operation performance in a logic simulation environment - Sample-count feedback from bus functional models and a binary convergence algorithm are to generate optimal sampling values for an accelerator, or hardware assisted simulator. The simulator includes a bus functional model and a driver program. A software readable register maintains a count of a number of samples provided the simulator in execution of a transaction on the bus functional model. For each supported bus functional model, a sample count retrieved from the bus functional model and a last sampling value given the hardware assisted simulator is maintained, and a binary convergence algorithm applied to generate sampling values based on the last sampling value given to the hardware assisted simulator and the last actual sampling value used by a given bus functional model for a transaction. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312897 | Programmable Device and Method of Previewing User-Programmed Events of Programmable Devices - A programmable device ( | 2008-12-18 |
20080312898 | Method and a System for Network Management Information Representation - The present invention relates to a system for representation of network management information, comprising a network management system represented through a machine-readable basic network information model comprising a number of network elements with a number of managed objects with instances, and an external network management interface ( | 2008-12-18 |
20080312899 | Software feature modeling and recognition - Described is a technology by which software program feature usage is located within a sequence of commands collected during program usage sessions. For example, feature generally corresponds to a series of commands, such as copy and paste. A visual modeling component is controlled via drag-and-drop operations to describe a feature model, which is then compiled by a compiler into a finite state machine. Noise models may be used to exclude any command in the sequence that is irrelevant to the feature usage. A recognition process uses the finite state machine to locate program feature usage within the sequence of recorded commands by matching command sub-sequences corresponding to the feature model via the state machine. An analyzer may then use the located matches to provide an analysis report on feature usage. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312900 | SIMULATION APPARATUS AND SIMULATION METHOD - According to the present invention, there is provided a simulation apparatus having, a hardware emulator which includes a first CPU core as a simulation target, and a debug control unit; a software simulator which includes a second CPU core as a simulation target, and a clock generation unit which generates a clock and supplies the clock to the first CPU core and the second CPU core; and a debugger which debugs the first CPU core and the second CPU core and in which a clock disable condition is set, wherein upon determining that the clock disable condition set in the debugger is satisfied, the debug control unit outputs a clock disable signal, and upon receiving the clock disable signal, the clock generation unit stops generating the clock. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312901 | CHARACTER INPUT ASSIST METHOD, CHARACTER INPUT ASSIST SYSTEM, CHARACTER INPUT ASSIST PROGRAM, USER TERMINAL, CHARACTER CONVERSION METHOD AND CHARACTER CONVERSION PROGRAM - The present invention enables character conversion at a low cost for a contents provider and with a high convenience for a user. In a character input assist system, text data assigned with an identifier and indicating the class of text entry field are sent from a Web server, and the identifier is acquired as class information from the text data received by a class acquisition unit of a character input assist device. In a reference unit, dictionary information corresponding to the class information acquired by the class acquisition unit is acquired with reference to a storage unit. Text data with dictionary information embedded therein are output from an output unit to a user terminal. In the user terminal, when text data are acquired and displayed using a browser, and character input is performed, the search is conducted by a dictionary search unit using a dictionary specified by the dictionary information, and conversion candidates are displayed on a display unit. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312902 | Interlanguage communication with verification - An apparatus, method, and control means enabling a user to select a phrase ( | 2008-12-18 |
20080312903 | NATURAL LANGUAGE INTERFACE CUSTOMIZATION - A predefined interface is presented to a remote user. A natural language inquiry from the remote user is received via the predefined interface. The natural language inquiry is configured for use in an analysis. A customized interface is presented to the remote user based on the analysis of the natural language inquiry. The customized interface includes a customized set of communications options for the remote user to route communications. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312904 | Sub-Model Generation to Improve Classification Accuracy - A method of classifying text input for use with a natural language understanding system can include determining classification information including a primary classification and one or more secondary classifications for a received text input using a statistical classification model (statistical model). A statistical classification sub-model (statistical sub-model) can be selectively built according to a model generation criterion applied to the classification information. The method further can include selecting the primary classification or the secondary classification for the text input as a final classification according to the statistical sub-model and outputting the final classification for the text input. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312905 | Extracting Tokens in a Natural Language Understanding Application - A method of processing text within a natural language understanding system can include applying a first tokenization technique to a sentence using a statistical tokenization model. A second tokenization technique using a named entity can be applied to the sentence when the first tokenization technique does not extract a needed token according to a class of the sentence. A token determined according to at least one of the tokenization techniques can be output. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312906 | Reclassification of Training Data to Improve Classifier Accuracy - A method of creating a statistical classification model for a classifier within a natural language understanding system can include processing training data using an existing statistical classification model. Sentences of the training data correctly classified into a selected class of the statistical classification model can be selected. The selected sentences of the training data can be assigned to a fringe group or a core group according to confidence score. The training data can be updated by associating the fringe group with a fringe subclass of the selected class and the core group with a core subclass of the selected class. A new statistical classification model can be built from the updated training data. The new statistical classification model can be output. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312907 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DATA MODELING ACCORDING TO USER PERSPECTIVES - Techniques for the design and use of a perception modeling language for communicating according to the perspective of at least two communicators. The disclosed method and system provide for forming a model including a predetermined number of states and a plurality of related transitions. The disclosed subject matter represents each of said predetermined number of states according to a plurality of perspectives, said perspectives including a plurality of states and a set of related transitions, and forms a perspective language by deriving a plurality of functions associating said plurality of perspectives for representing at least one actually observable system. Furthermore, the perspective modeling language derives a set of modeling perspectives for modeling said at least one actually observable system. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312908 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NORMALIZATION OF LINGUISTIC STRUCTURES - A text passage is analyzed to determine whether it contains a “be” verb or a “have” verb. If so, syntactic dependencies are obtained from the text passage, a direct object relation involving the “be” verb or “have” verb is obtained, and a verbal form of a noun appearing in the first direct object relation is obtained. The syntactic dependencies are rewritten based on the verbal form of the noun. Different syntactic rewriting criteria are applied if the text passage also contains a noun object preceding a past participle verb, or also contains an active present participle verb. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312909 | SYSTEM FOR ADAPTIVE MULTI-CULTURAL SEARCHING AND MATCHING OF PERSONAL NAMES - An automated name searching system incorporates an automatic name classifier and a multi-path architecture in which different algorithms are applied based on cultural identity of the query name. The name classifier operates with a preemptive list, analysis of morphological elements, length, and linguistic rules. A name regularizer produces a character based computational representation of the name. A pronunciation equivalent representation such as an IPA language representation, and language specific rules to generate name searching keys, are used in a first pass to eliminate database entries which are obviously not matches for the query name. The methods can also be implemented as a callable set of library routines including an intelligent preprocessor and a name evaluator that produces a score comparing a query name and database name, based on a variety of user-adjustable parameters. The user-controlled parameters permit tuning of the search methodologies for specific custom applications. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312910 | DICTIONARY WORD AND PHRASE DETERMINATION - Candidate words in search queries are identified, each candidate word including one or more consecutive characters. For each candidate word, a first count is determined, the first count representing a number of times that the candidate word is the only word in the search queries, and a second count is determined, the second count representing a number of times that the candidate word and one or more other words are included in each of the search queries. One or more of the candidate words are added to an input method editor dictionary based on a relationship between the first count and the second count. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312911 | DICTIONARY WORD AND PHRASE DETERMINATION - Context signals in documents are identified, characters bounded by the context signals are identified, one or more candidate words defined by the characters bounded by the context signals are identified, and one or more of the candidate words are added to an input method editor dictionary. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312912 | AUDIO SIGNAL ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS - Provided is an audio signal encoding method including transforming an input signal from a time domain to a time/frequency domain using a first transformation method, extracting a stereo parameter from a signal of the time/frequency domain, encoding the stereo parameter, and down-mixing the signal of the time/frequency domain, transforming each of sub-bands of the down-mixed signal to a frequency domain by using a second transformation method, and encoding the signal of the frequency domain in the frequency domain. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312913 | Pitch-Estimation Method and System, and Pitch-Estimation Program - A pitch-estimation method, a pitch-estimation system, and a pitch-estimation program are provided, which estimate a weight of a probability density function of a fundamental frequency and relative amplitude of a harmonic component through fewer computations than ever. In the improved pitch-estimation method, 1200 log | 2008-12-18 |
20080312914 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR SIGNAL ENCODING USING PITCH-REGULARIZING AND NON-PITCH-REGULARIZING CODING - A time shift calculated during a pitch-regularizing (PR) encoding of a frame of an audio signal is used to time-shift a segment of another frame during a non-PR encoding. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312915 | Audio Encoding - A hybrid sinusoidal/pulse excitation encoder has been recently proposed for constructing a scalable audio encoder The base layer consisting of data supplied by the sinusoidal encoder retains the main features of the input signal achieving medium to high quality audio at a very low bit rate. Quality can be further enhanced by adding excitation signal layers associated with a decreasing decimation that increasingly model more subtle aspects of the original signal. The invention provides a method of mixing the different excitation signal layers so that the full concept of scalability is realised without compromising the quality of the encoded signals. The mixing is controlled via a quality parameter that weights the significance of previous layers when constructing a new higher layer. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312916 | Receiver Intelligibility Enhancement System - The intelligibility of speech signals is improved in the many situations where a voice signal is communicated or stored. Means and methods are disclosed for developing a scheme with high voice signal intelligibility without sacrifice of voice quality. The disclosed method comprises certain steps, including, but not limited to: Learning the noise on near-end side and enhancing the far-end voice as a function of the noise level on the near-end side. The disclosed method and apparatus are especially useful to increase the intelligibility of the cell phone's loudspeaker output. The invention includes the processing of an input speech signal to generate an enhanced intelligent signal. In frequency domain, the FFT spectrum of the speech received from the far-end is modified in accordance with the LPC spectrum of the local background noise to generate an enhanced intelligent signal. In time domain, the speech is modified in accordance with the LPC coefficients of the noise to generate an enhanced intelligent signal. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312917 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREDICTIVELY QUANTIZING VOICED SPEECH - A method and apparatus for predictively quantizing voiced speech includes a parameter generator and a quantizer. The parameter generator is configured to extract parameters from frames of predictive speech such as voiced speech, and to transform the extracted information to a frequency-domain representation. The quantizer is configured to subtract a weighted sum of the parameters for previous frames from the parameter for the current frame. The quantizer is configured to quantize the difference value. A prototype extractor may be added to first extract a pitch period prototype to be processed by the parameter generator. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312918 | VOICE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LONG-DISTANCE VOICE RECOGNITION - A system and a method are provided for evaluating a voice performance in order to recognize a long-distance voice. The system implements a voice performance evaluation function for long-distance voice input in a robot. Particularly, in robots including a network robot, it is required to normally perform voice recognition so that a speaking subject and a surrounding situation can be recognized by a robot. Accordingly, in order to obtain the most optimal voice quality, it is important to find a noise removal algorithm through an optimal hardware configuration and an optimal combination of the optimal hardware configuration and software. Therefore, a method for finding a noise removal algorithm appropriate for each of cases, including one case where a distance from a speaking subject is fixed and another case where a distance from a speaking subject changes. As a result, the most optimal voice quality can be obtained regardless of a noise environment even when the speaking subject is a long distance away from the robot. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312919 | Method and System for Speech Based Document History Tracking - A method and a system of history tracking corrections in a speech based document are disclosed. The speech based document comprises one or more sections of text recognized or transcribed from sections of speech, wherein the sections of speech are dictated by a user and processed by a speech recognizer in a speech recognition system into corresponding sections of text of the speech based document. The method comprises associating of at least one speech attribute ( | 2008-12-18 |
20080312920 | SPEECH-TO-SPEECH GENERATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - An expressive speech-to-speech generation system which can generate expressive speech output by using expressive parameters extracted from the original speech signal to drive the standard TTS system. The system comprises: speech recognition means, machine translation means, text-to-speech generation means, expressive parameter detection means for extracting expressive parameters from the speech of language A, and expressive parameter mapping means for mapping the expressive parameters extracted by the expressive parameter detection means from language A to language B, and driving the text-to-speech generation means by the mapping results to synthesize expressive speech. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312921 | SPEECH RECOGNITION UTILIZING MULTITUDE OF SPEECH FEATURES - In a speech recognition system, the combination of a log-linear model with a multitude of speech features is provided to recognize unknown speech utterances. The speech recognition system models the posterior probability of linguistic units relevant to speech recognition using a log-linear model. The posterior model captures the probability of the linguistic unit given the observed speech features and the parameters of the posterior model. The posterior model may be determined using the probability of the word sequence hypotheses given a multitude of speech features. Log-linear models are used with features derived from sparse or incomplete data. The speech features that are utilized may include asynchronous, overlapping, and statistically non-independent speech features. Not all features used in training need to appear in testing/recognition. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312922 | Method and System for Packetised Content Streaming Optimisation - A method of determining the speech content of a packet carrying speech encoded data missing from speech segment communicated by in a packetised data stream communicated using at least one VOIP link between a server platform and a client platform, the method comprising at the client platform: receiving a plurality of packets carrying speech encoded data forming said packetised data stream; processing each received packet to determine a unique message segment identifier associated with a speech segment of the received packet; processing each received packet to determine if it contains another unique message segment identifier associated with a previously received packet carrying encoded speech data; determining if the unique message segment identifier for the received packet exists in storage means provided on the client platform, and if not, storing the received packet in association with its unique message segment identifier; processing each received packet to determine a sequence identifier; checking if the sequence identifier is contiguous in sequence with a previously received packet stored locally on said client platform, and if not, determining the speech content of one or more missing packet in the sequence sent by the server platform to the client platform by retrieving a packet from said storage means having the same unique message segment identifier as the missing packet. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312923 | Active Speaker Identification - Procedures for identifying clients in an audio event are described. In an example, a media server may order clients providing audio based on the input level. An identifier may be associated with the client for identifying the client providing input within the event. The ordered clients may be included in a list which may be inserted into a packet header carrying the audio content. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312924 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING PERSONS OF INTEREST VIA VOICEPRINT - Disclosed are systems, methods, and computer readable media for tracking a person of interest. The method embodiment comprises identifying a person of interest, capturing a voiceprint of the person of interest, comparing a received voiceprint of a caller with the voiceprint of the person of interest, and tracking the caller if the voiceprint of the caller is a substantial match to the voiceprint of the person of interest. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312925 | System and Method for Implementing Voice Print-Based Priority Call Routing - A system, method, and computer-usable medium for routing a call. A server receives a call from a client. A routing engine captures a voice print from the call. In response to the routing engine capturing the voice print from the call, the routing engine compares the voice print to a database that includes a collection of voice prints. In response to the routing engine matching the voice print to at least one voice print among the collection of voice prints, an interactive voice response (IVR) module routes the call to an appropriate call queue based on the matching of the voice print. The appropriate queue routes the call from the appropriate call queue to a call center corresponding to the appropriate call queue. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312926 | Automatic Text-Independent, Language-Independent Speaker Voice-Print Creation and Speaker Recognition - An automatic dual-step, text independent, language-independent speaker voice-print creation and speaker recognition method, wherein a neural network-based technique is used in a first step and a Markov model-based technique is used in a second step. In particular, the first step uses a neural network-based technique for decoding the content of what is uttered by the speaker in terms of language independent acoustic-phonetic classes, wherein the second step uses the sequence of language-independent acoustic-phonetic classes from the first step and employs a Markov model-based technique for creating the speaker voice-print and for recognizing the speaker. The combination of the two steps enables improvement in the accuracy and efficiency of the speaker voice-print creation and of the speaker recognition, without setting any constraints on the lexical content of the speaker utterance and on the language thereof. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312927 | Computer assisted interactive writing instruction method - A computer assisted method of instruction for writing that is directed toward students of English as a second language. The method includes instruction for a plurality of composition types with interactive assistance in the writing strategies and tone of writing. The student selects the type of composition and can choose from a plurality of instructions in writing strategy displayed and with audio playback. The student interactively proceeds with writing and revision as the strategies are reviewed until completion of the writing process. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312928 | Natural language speech recognition calculator - Disclosed herein is a computer implemented method and system for evaluating a mathematical expression spoken in a natural language by a user. The disclosed method and system provides a natural language speech recognition calculator comprising a speech recognition engine. The spoken mathematical expression is transmitted to the speech recognition engine via an audio input device. Mathematical entities of the spoken mathematical expression are extracted and represented in a hierarchical recursive format of a speech recognition grammar implemented by the speech recognition engine. A symbolic mathematical expression is generated from the extracted mathematical entities and then normalized with common measurement units. The normalized mathematical expression is then evaluated to generate a mathematical result. The mathematical result may be synthesized by a text-to-speech engine to produce a voice output. The mathematical result may be provided on an audio output device, a video display unit, a printer, and an electronic device in a network. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312929 | USING FINITE STATE GRAMMARS TO VARY OUTPUT GENERATED BY A TEXT-TO-SPEECH SYSTEM - The present invention discloses a text-to-speech system that provides output variability. The system can include a finite state grammar, a variability engine and a text-to-speech engine. The finite state grammar can contain a phrase role consisting of one or more phrase elements. The phrase rule can deterministically generate a variable text phrase based upon at least one random number. The phrase rule can include a definition for each of the phrase elements. Each definition can be associated with at least one defined text string. The variability engine can construct a random text phrase responsive to receiving an action command, wherein said finite state grammar is used to create the text phrase. The variability engine can also rely on user-specified weights to adjust the output probabilities. The speech-to-text engine can convert the text phrase generated by the variability engine into speech output. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312930 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ALIGNING NATURAL AND SYNTHETIC VIDEO TO SPEECH SYNTHESIS - According to MPEG- | 2008-12-18 |
20080312931 | SPEECH SYNTHESIS METHOD, SPEECH SYNTHESIS SYSTEM, AND SPEECH SYNTHESIS PROGRAM - A speech synthesis system stores a group of speech units in a memory, selects a plurality of speech units from the group based on prosodic information of target speech, the speech units selected corresponding to each of segments which are obtained by segmenting a phoneme string of the target speech and minimizing distortion of synthetic speech generated from the speech units selected to the target speech, generates a new speech unit corresponding to the each of the segments, by fusing the speech units selected, to obtain a plurality of new speech units corresponding to the segments respectively, and generates synthetic speech by concatenating the new speech units. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312932 | ERROR MANAGEMENT IN AN AUDIO PROCESSING SYSTEM - An audio processing system includes a voice decoder and an audio processor. In one exemplary embodiment, the audio processing system is embedded in a headset unit that is wirelessly coupled to a game console. The voice decoder is used to decode a stream of incoming voice data packets carried over a wireless signal. The decoded voice data packets are used to drive an audio transducer of the headset unit. Upon detection of an error in the incoming stream, a decoded error-free voice data packet that has been stored in a replay buffer is used to generate an amplitude scaled audio signal. The voice decoder is disconnected from the audio transducer and the scaled audio signal is used to drive the audio transducer instead. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312933 | INTERFACING AN APPLICATION SERVER TO REMOTE RESOURCES USING ENTERPRISE JAVA BEANS AS INTERFACE COMPONENTS - A method for interfacing an application server with a resource can include the step of associating a plurality of Enterprise Java Beans (EJBs) to a plurality of resources, where a one-to-one correspondence exists between EJB and resource. An application server can receive an application request and can determine a resource for handling the request. An EJB associated with the determined resource can interface the application server to the determined resource. The request can be handled with the determined resource. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312934 | USING RESULTS OF UNSTRUCTURED LANGUAGE MODEL BASED SPEECH RECOGNITION TO PERFORM AN ACTION ON A MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS FACILITY - A user may control a mobile communication facility through recognized speech provided to the mobile communication facility. Speech that is recorded by a user using a mobile communication facility resident capture facility is transmitted through a wireless communication facility to a speech recognition facility. The speech recognition facility generates results using an unstructured language model based at least in part on information relating to the recording. The results are transmitted to the mobile communications facility where an action is performed on the mobile communication facility based on the results. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312935 | MEDIA DEVICE WITH SPEECH RECOGNITION AND METHOD FOR USING SAME - A media player utilizing speech recognition software to perform functions of the media player or make file selections that may be played by the media player. The media player may include one or more microphones to receive a voice command from the user. The one or more microphones may be actuated into a state for receiving a voice command and providing the voice command to one or more microprocessors which perform a function based on the voice command. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312936 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING VOICE DATA TO ESTIMATE VOICE DATA VALUE CORRESPONDING TO RESYNCHRONIZATION PERIOD - Provided are an apparatus and method for estimating a voice data value corresponding to a silent period produced in a key resynchronization process using the sine waveform characteristic of voice when encrypted digital voice data is transmitted in one-way wireless communication environment. The apparatus includes a transmitter that generates a key resynchronization frame containing key resynchronization information and vector information on voice data inserted thereinto and transmits the key resynchronization frame, and a receiver that receives the key resynchronization frame from the transmitter, extracts the vector information inserted in the key resynchronization frame, and estimates a voice data value corresponding to the key resynchronization period. Based on change ratio between slopes calculated using received voice data, it is possible to estimate the voice data corresponding to a silent period, which improves communication quality. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312937 | Robotic Fighting System - The patent is a new frame for the wars using robots instead of humans. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312938 | Ticket Management System - Embodiments of the invention include a system and set of processes for managing tickets. The system maintains a database of tickets belonging to a company and the allotment of the tickets to employees and clients. The system provides interfaces for requesting tickets and managing ticket requests. The system optionally provides automated request processing, ticket resale and purchase and electronic distribution. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312939 | Automated Identification of Employment History - A computer system may be configured with software that performs an automated process for identifying at least potions of the likely employment history of a specified individual. The process may include receiving information indicative of the identity of the specified individual. The process may include searching patent inventor data for patents and/or patent applications that list the specified individual as an inventor. The patent inventor data may be indicative of the inventors of patents and/or patent applications. The process may include searching patent ownership data for owners to whom the specified inventor has transferred the patents and/or patent applications. The patent ownership data may be indicative of owners to whom inventors have transferred their interests in patents and/or patent applications. The process may include generating a report listing the owners in association with the specified individual. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312940 | Imputing Intellectual Property Owned by Subsidiaries During Automated Identification of Owned Intellectual Property - A computer system may be configured with software that performs an automated process for identifying intellectual property owned by a specified company. The process may include receiving information indicative of the identity of the specified company. The process may include searching parent/subsidiary data for subsidiaries of the specified company. The parent/subsidiary data may be indicative of the identify of subsidiaries of various companies. The process may include searching intellectual property ownership data for intellectual property owned by the specified company and by the subsidiaries of the specified company. The intellectual property ownership data may be indicative of the identity of intellectual property owned by various companies. The process may include generating a report identifying the intellectual property owned by the specified company and by each of the subsidiaries of the specified company. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312941 | SEPARABLE BILLING FOR PERSONAL DATA SERVICES - A billing system and method for providing both business and personal data access to a user of a wireless communications device is provided. A user enters an access request, and it is determined if the access request is a personal type access request or a business type access request. Personal type access requests are processed in order to provide billing for the personal requests to the user of the wireless communications device, and business type access requests are processed to provide billing to the business. Such systems and methods provide enhanced convenience to mobile workers while avoiding additional costs associated with such services being incurred by the business. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312942 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING PREDICTIONS ON A SPATIAL MAP - A method and system for displaying predictions on a spatial map includes using a data analyzer for analyzing heterogeneous data having a spatial component to find utilizable data and using machine learning to automatically extract relationships from the utilizable data. The extracted relationships are used to make a prediction about at least one location on the spatial map and present that prediction in an oblique or perspective view. An interface presents the prediction on the spatial map in the form of a heat map overlying a 3-D topographical map. Although the 3-D map can be shown as any form of graphical projection including an oblique projection or orthographic projection, preferably a perspective view is used. It is also preferred that the graphical projection be interactive. The heat map may be 2-D or 3-D and be selectively displayed depending on the preference of a user. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312943 | Method And System For Data Product License-Modification Coupons - A method and system for issuing and redeeming digital coupons for requesting and granting modifications of licensed computer data products. Modifications include versions and configurations of the licensed data product as well as licensing issues related thereto. A product licensor issues authenticated coupons to customer organizations which utilize the licensed data products. The coupons are not necessarily specific to any particular computer or device, data product, version, license or configuration. Coupons can thereby be easily distributed to users within the organization. A user fills out the coupon with a request for the desired modifications and sends the coupon to the licensor, who fulfills the request by sending modification installation code directly to the user, thereby avoiding unnecessary overhead burdens on the organization. Digital coupons may be used in conjunction with external hardware devices (“dongles”) or with internal software licensing modules. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312944 | Apparatus and method for metering, monitoring and providing real time enterprise printing information - The invention relate to an apparatus and a method for monitoring all printers in an enterprise. The method includes for each transaction, authenticating a customer associated with the enterprise and obtaining a session ticket. The method also includes executing a printer list fetcher for downloading a list of in-service printer and print scan load frequency for each location with in the enterprise and executing a scheduler for implementing different categories of scans. The method further includes executing a network scan on a computer network to obtain information for all printers attached to the computer network, executing a local scan on each computer that is attached to a non-network printer to obtain information for all non-network printers in the enterprise and executing a port scan to obtain information for all non-catalogued printers. The method also includes compiling all scanned information, obtained from executing the network scan, the local scan and the port scan, in a file and dispatching the file to an external server and using the file in the external server to provide printer status information and usages for each printer in the enterprise. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312945 | Divided title property allocation method and system - A system and method divides the full undivided or fee simple property rights bundle of an individual property into at least two distinct property titles, each encompassing distinct rights and available to distinct owners. One divided title can be a possessing title that encompasses the single unbundled property right of possession and the second divided title can be a controlling-title that encompasses all unbundled full undivided or fee simple rights to the property other than possession. As a result, transactions that transfer physical possession of the property without transferring other rights that control modifications to the property can be accomplished. The system and method permits other divisions of the full undivided or fee simple property rights bundle to achieve other objectives property owners may desire. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312946 | TRADE SHOW INFORMATION MANAGEMENT - Location-based technologies improve a trade show information management. Attendees may benefit from real time, location-specific feedback on trade show activities, aggregated exhibit ratings from other participants, automated and semi-automated exchanges of information with exhibitors, and so forth. Similarly, exhibitors may benefit from improved flow of relevant foot traffic and convenient registration of booth attendees. Trade show operators may also benefit from improved costing of trade show floor space, as well as enhanced opportunities to target related promotions. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312947 | METHOD OF IDENTIFYING ANIMALS WITH LIKELIHOOD OF PROVIDING HIGH QUALITY MEAT - A method of identifying prior to or after birth whether an animal, such as a Holstein calf, has an acceptable likelihood of producing high quality meat comprises the steps of:
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20080312948 | Method and a system for delivering messages - A system for generating a schedule for use in triggering transmission of message content in a telecommunications network is provided. The system comprises a store for storing profiles of a plurality of recipients, and a plurality of message delivery campaigns with one or more criteria. The campaigns to be executed in relation to a given inventory, which may relate to a predetermined time period, may be arranged into one or more campaign clusters. A suitable allocation method may be used individually for each of said plurality of campaign clusters to allocate, among the plurality of recipients, target recipients for each of the campaign clusters based on campaign criteria and the profiles. The allocation process may be repeated to obtain, for example as high a number of messages as possible with the network resources available without exceeding a predetermined maximum number of messages per any given recipient. After the allocation process is completed, the campaign messages are delivered to the allocated target recipients via a communications network. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312949 | Information processing apparatus and method and program - Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus including a taker and a display controller. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312950 | Tracking Frequent Flyer Miles - Inter alia, methods, and means for tracking frequent flyer miles. One embodiment identifies a user database which has a one to many relationship to an accommodations database which contains flights the user has taken along with the corresponding distance traveled in that flight. The distance traveled corresponds to the frequent flyer miles that have been earned for that flight. There is further a vendors database which contains the vendors with which the accommodation occurred with, along with an accommodations_vendors database which indicates which accommodation corresponds to which vendor. With these databases, on a per user basis, the number of frequent flyer miles per user per vendor can be determined. Two other databases allow the determination of the number of frequent flyer miles that can be redeemed for a given vendor based on the number of frequent flyer miles earned on the vendor partners of a given vendor. These two databases are the partners database and the partners_vendors database. Thus the tracking of frequent flyer miles allows the user to determine a) the number of frequent flyer miles that can be redeemed with one vendor based on the trips taken with that vendor, and b) the total number of frequent flyer miles redeemable with a given vendor based on the number of frequent flyer miles earned with all the vendors that are partners with the given vendor. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312951 | Method for Optimizing Design Delivery and Implementation of Innovative Products in Healthcare - Thus, the invention provides a new method for generating a multi purpose cost/benefit analysis based on the generation of a multi dimensional database. Starting from this database, different models for various medical scenarios can be created. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312952 | Regulating Use Of A Device To Perform A Procedure On A Subject - Among other things, whether a procedure can be performed on a subject using a procedure device, is governed based on control data prestored on a portable memory device; procedure data generated in connection with performing the procedure is stored on the portable memory device; the procedure data being stored in a manner that protects the privacy of the data in accordance with regulatory privacy restrictions that protect the subject with respect to the procedure. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312953 | DATABASE DESIGN FOR COLLECTION OF MEDICAL INSTRUMENT PARAMETERS - A method and system for maintaining medical items is provided. The system includes a medical database structure, a medical database utility configured to maintain medical database contents by organizing medical information into levels, and a user interface component configured to enable a user to access the medical database utility. The medical database utility provides a user with an ability to access the user's collections of settings in the medical database, the user's collection of settings maintained separately from settings accessible by other users. The method stores medical data items in a database configured with multiple levels of organization, establishes a logical relationship between medical data items at each level of organization, presents a user with available medical system choices at each level of organization, and enables the user to select from among the available medical system choices presented at each level of organization. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312954 | System and Method for Generating and Promulgating Physician Order Entries - A system and method for generating and promulgating Physician Order Entries. The system uses traditional user interface to obtain physician input, and applies context-free grammars to produce a physician order in a standard format including the expected jargon and syntax of conventional physician orders. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312955 | SYSTEM FOR PREVENTATIVE MEASURES TO MAINTAIN HEALTH AND WELLNESS - A system for providing preventative measures to maintain the health and wellness of an individual includes a personal health record accessible through a website connected to an electronic network. The personal health record includes medical history of an individual, at least one health risk assessment, and educational information personalized for the individual based on the individual's medical history and health risk assessment. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312956 | Method for proxy development, maintenance and upgrading of pharmaceutical formulary and software tool therefor - A method of operating a formulary and software therefore comprising a unique formulary maintenance tool are disclosed which allows for much greater participation of a PBM In the maintenance and upgrading of formularies. The method and software allow the PBM to create a wide range of useful and efficient proxies (“top down” operation) and not wait for organizations such as CMS or clients to define specific and limited drugs (“bottom up” operation). The system retains the ability to incorporate CMS- and client-defined proxies but also allows the PBM to create such proxies on its own from competent source information. It also includes sorting, navigation, comparison and communication capabilities which will result in significantly more efficient claim adjudication and system maintenance. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312957 | METHOD FOR VERIFYING AND ASSEMBLING A MULTIPLE PRESCRIPTION PACKAGE - A method for verifying a multiple prescription order having a plurality of different medications is described. The method comprises receiving a prescription order that includes a first medication that is different from a second medication. Additionally, the prescription order indicates that the first medication and second medication are to be taken at regular intervals. After entering the prescription order into a graphical user interface, the method verifies the entered prescription order by comparing the entered prescription order to the multiple prescription order. Multiple prescription packages are generated that combines the first medication and second medication in the same package that are intended to be taken at the prescribed interval. Each multiple prescription package is then inspected, and a verification process is initiated that confirms that the first medication and second medication are within each multiple prescription package. The multiple prescription packages are then placed into a container that is sealed. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312958 | COMPUTER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRAINING CERTIFYING OR MONITORING HUMAN CLINICAL RATERS - A method and system are disclosed for computerized training, monitoring, certification or re-certification of human raters in clinical trials. The invention provides an interactive computerized interview that can be compared scores obtained by human raters to monitor and train clinical raters on a continuing basis in order to reduce rater drift and variance during clinical trials. Remediation can be automatically flagged or provided to improve a deviating rater's performance. Computerized assessment of symptom severity is provided without the need for human clinical raters. The system and method enable screening of prospective patients for inclusion or exclusion from a clinical trial by automatically obtaining computerized ratings of symptom severity. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312959 | Health Care Data Management System - The present invention is directed to a health care data management system comprising a workflow management system and a decision support system, as well as to a corresponding computer program product and a method. The decision support system comprises a probabilistic expert system for medical advice and is arranged to create a query to be sent to the workflow management system. It is also arranged to receive a corresponding answer determined by the workflow management system. This answer comprises entity allocation data relating to the allocation of an entity handled by the workflow management system. Furthermore, the decision support system is arranged to utilize the data as probabilistic input variable(s) for the expert system. Such a system has the advantage of combining up-to-date patient data and organisational data (resource allocation), which is managed by the workflow management system, with the profound medical expertise of a decision support system. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312960 | System of Medical Treatment Units and Peripheral Devices - The invention relates to a system of a plurality of medical treatment units that are respectively associated with a patient, and a plurality of peripheral appliances also respectively associated with a patient. The peripheral appliances transmit control signals and patient signals to the treatment units, while the treatment units receive the control signals and patient signals from the peripheral appliances. The present invention ensures that the treatment units do not receive patient signals from other peripheral appliances that are not associated with the particular patient. The operating staff allocate a peripheral appliance to a patient and confirm the successful association of the peripheral appliance with the treatment unit allocated to the patient. | 2008-12-18 |
20080312961 | Managing Deployment of Clinical Guidelines - Variable and ambiguous factors in clinical guideline execution are further defined by prior expert medical scrutiny and testing. The definitions promote uniformity and ease of use, afford efficient interpretation by a medical device which can variably invoke the guideline ( | 2008-12-18 |
20080312962 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SERVICES VIA A NETWORK IN AN EMERGENCY CONTEXT - A computer-implemented method of providing services using a digital network in an emergency context is provided. In some embodiments, information about a person may be delivered across a network to assist in an emergency medical situation related to that person. The information may be obtained by receiving into the network data indicative of an emergency contact for a person, medical information related to the person, and an emergency personal page pass phrase. Based on the data, an emergency medical card is generated and delivered to the user. The user carries the card on their possession and it may be used in case of an emergency. | 2008-12-18 |