52nd week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 47 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160378868 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LARGE SCALE CROWDSOURCING OF MAP DATA CLEANUP AND CORRECTION - A system for large-scale crowd sourcing of map data cleanup and correction, comprising an application server that generates image data, sends image data to a user device, receives tagging data provided by the device user, and provides tags to a crowdsourced search and locate server based on tagging data from a user device, a crowdsourced search and locate server that receives tags from an application server, computes agreement and disagreement values and performs expectation-maximization analysis, and a map data server that stores and provides map data, and a method for estimating location and quality of a set of geolocation data. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378869 | UTILIZING USER CO-SEARCH BEHAVIOR TO IDENTIFY SEARCH QUERIES SEEKING INAPPROPRIATE CONTENT - A system and method for training a search query classifier may be used to develop a large database of search queries used to access inappropriate sensitive or offensive content. A database of well-known and frequently-used search queries for accessing inappropriate sensitive content is expanded by monitoring additional search queries received from a user within a preset time period of the user submitting one of the well-known and frequently-used search queries. The additional search queries received from a user are further evaluated to determine if they are likely associated with inappropriate sensitive or offensive content. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378870 | PROFILE DRIVEN PRESENTATION CONTENT DISPLAYING AND FILTERING - The present disclosure provides for automatically detecting groups of people who may be interested in different types of content (e.g., different presentations, different presentation sections, different presentation styles). Further, the present disclosure provides for automatically providing presentation filters appropriate for each group of people. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378871 | Generating Search Results Using Current Software Application States - Techniques include receiving a search query and an indication of a current application (app) state of a software app executing on a user device from the device and identifying app state records based on the query and, e.g., the indication. In this example, each app state record includes an app access mechanism (AAM) and app state information (ASI). The AAM references a software app and indicates operations for the app to perform. The ASI describes an app state of the software app after performing the operations. In some examples, the techniques further include generating result scores for the identified app state records based on the indication and selecting one or more of the records based on the scores. The techniques also include selecting one or more AAMs from the identified (and, e.g., selected) app state records and transmitting the AAMs to the user device as search results. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378872 | Platform Apparatus for Providing Qualitative Collective Knowledge - In the case of a platform device ( | 2016-12-29 |
20160378873 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR PROCESSING DISPLAYED CONTENTS BASED ON A RESULT OF NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING - An information processing apparatus includes a selection unit selecting at least a part of a text included in contents, an acquisition unit acquiring a processing result of natural language processing for the part of the text selected by the selection unit, a specifying unit specifying a predetermined part of the text based on the processing result acquired by the acquisition unit, a detection unit detecting a keyword from the predetermined part of the text based on the processing result acquired by the acquisition unit, a tag generation unit automatically generating a tag in accordance with the keyword detected by the detection unit, and an association unit associating the tag generated by the tag generation unit with the predetermined part of the text. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378874 | TRAVEL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - A travel distribution system can include searching for flights for airlines using new distribution capability (NDC) standards, global distribution system (GDS) network, or using Application program interface (API) or websites. Artificial intelligence can also be used to assist the search for best matching a customer's travel preference profile. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378875 | CAUSAL PROFILE - According to an aspect of an embodiment, a method to graphically represent a history of a user includes mapping history information of a user to multiple indicators. The method also includes generating a profile object based on the indicators. The profile object graphically represents a history of the user across multiple age ranges of the user with respect to multiple categories. The method also includes making the profile object visible as part of a profile of the user in a social network. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378876 | OPTIMIZED METHOD OF AND SYSTEM FOR SUMMARIZING INFORMATION BASED ON A USER UTILIZING FACT CHECKING - An optimized fact checking system analyzes and determines the factual accuracy of information and/or characterizes the information by comparing the information with source information. The optimized fact checking system automatically monitors information, processes the information, fact checks the information in an optimized manner and/or provides a status of the information. In some embodiments, the optimized fact checking system generates, aggregates, and/or summarizes content. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378877 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECOVERING LOST ITEMS - A method of recovering a lost item belonging to a first user which includes obtaining a unique label having item identification data displayed on a first surface and an adhesive layer on an opposing second surface, affixing the unique label onto an item belonging to a first user, inputting first user identification information and the item identification data displayed on the unique label into a database, and receiving an alert when item identification data inputted by a second user into the database matches the item identification data corresponding to the item belonging to the first user. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378878 | SYSTEM TO STORE USER SELECTION AND PROVIDE EASY RETRIEVAL AND TRAVERSAL - A computer implemented method and system for organizing file location bookmarks of navigations within corresponding applications. A plurality of navigation histories relating to an application are captured, in response to a user navigating a file system using an application and selecting resource locations within corresponding directories of the file system for saving. The selected locations of the navigation history are displayed on a user interface (UI) of the computer. The selected locations of the navigation history are updated and displayed, responsive to the selections of the user. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378879 | DETERMINING WEB PAGE PROCESSING STATE - Determining a web page processing state of a browser, during a processing of a web page using a browser, by setting parameters in a state determiner on the basis of predefined processing events related to queued processing tasks; the state determiner determining said web page processing state on the basis of said parameters in accordance with one or more predefined criteria. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378880 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO PERFORM ONLINE CREDENTIAL REPORTING - Embodiments of the invention provide a process for displaying a graphical indicator on an Internet enabled device which conveys relationships between an entity associated with a website and third party entities with respect to the website entity. One example method may include obtaining the relationship data from a credential service provider, using a portion of a uniform resource identifier as a key to access the relationship data on the credential service provider, and rendering a representation of the relationship data, wherein the rendering of the relationship data is performed in a graphical user interface of a web browser, and wherein the web browser displays a rendering of the representation of the relationship data such that there is a relationship between an entity associated with the uniform resource identifier and a third party entity. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378881 | AGGREGATING AND SUMMARIZING SEQUENCES OF HIERARCHICAL RECORDS - Sequences of hierarchical records are aggregated and summarized. A capture log that includes a plurality of operations of a workload is received. A first data structure that models transaction types as sequences of nodes is created. The nodes identify operations in the workload. A present operation and a transaction identifier are read from the capture log. The transaction identifier is dissociated from a first node that identifies a prior operation. The transaction identifier is associated with a second node that identifies the present operation. In a second data structure that associates nodes with transaction identifiers, the first node is dissociated from the transaction identifier and the second node is associated with the transaction identifier. A summary of the workload is generated based, at least in part, on the first and second data structures. The summary includes signatures of transaction types and counts of instances of the transaction types. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378882 | INFLUENCE MAP GENERATOR MACHINE - A map generator machine generates influence maps based on profiles of entities, such as members of an online social networking service. The entities can be treated as nodes within a social graph, and each node may be represented by a corresponding node profile. The machine is configured to access a database of node profiles and rank the nodes according to seniority information contained in the node profiles. The machine is further configured to group nodes into clusters based on skill similarity based on skill descriptors included in their corresponding node profiles. The machine is also configured to generate one or more maps to depict one or more the subsets of the nodes. As generated, such a map is a graphical presentation of at least some of the nodes of the social graph, and the map may be generated with visual indicators of seniority and skill similarity. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378883 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING ANTERIOR GUIDANCE PACKAGE (AGP) EQUIPPED SPLINT - An Anterior Guidance Package (AGP) equipped splint may be produced for a patient with bruxism, temporo mandibular disorder (TMD), or sleep apnea. The AGP equipped splint has maxillary and mandibular guidance components attached to respective retentive pieces to provide superior anterior guidance. Using the disclosed systems and methods for producing the | 2016-12-29 |
20160378884 | SYSTEM FOR CONTEXTUAL ADAPTATION OF PHYSICAL SPACE - Embodiments are generally directed to a system for contextual adaptation of physical space. An apparatus may include a processor to process data regarding a physical space; logic, implemented at least in part in hardware, to monitor the physical space, including monitoring of sensor data and scheduling data for the physical space; an algorithm to generate a revised configuration for the physical space based at least in part on the sensor data and the scheduling data; and an output display to display the revised configuration for the physical space. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378885 | METHOD OF CREATING A COMPUTER MODEL OF THE PHYSICAL WORLD - A method of executing a computer application in the context of a computer model comprising the steps of retrieving computer model data from a model server, retrieving application information from an application server, and executing said application information in the context of the model in an execution environment. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378886 | STRUCTURE EARTHQUAKE-RESISTANCE DESIGN METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EARTHQUAKE-RESISTANCE MAGNITUDE CALCULATION - The structure earthquake-resistance design method may include an earthquake-resistance calculation using the structure design data; a required ground acceleration calculation wherein at the required ground acceleration, the earthquake-resistance matches the external vibration-force; and an earthquake magnitude calculation wherein the earthquake magnitude is calculated at a predetermined distance at which the required ground acceleration is available. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378887 | Augmented Reality for Architectural Interior Placement - The invention is a method for utilizing an augmented reality headset with user generated 3D object holograms or third party vendor generated 3D model holograms to be placed or superimposed, upon a real world environment. The purpose is for interior design object placement and planning. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378888 | MODELING TRANSISTOR PERFORMANCE CONSIDERING NON-UNIFORM LOCAL LAYOUT EFFECTS - In a system and method, a design layout defines a transistor, a local layout effect (LLE)-inducing feature and shapes, including a non-uniform shape, that illustrate separation between the channel region and LLE-inducing feature. Layout information for the non-uniform shape, including minimum and maximum distances between the channel region and LLE-inducing feature, is extracted. Based on this layout information, a first width of a first portion of the non-uniform shape, which is associated with the maximum distance, and a second width of a second portion of the non-uniform shape, which is associated with the minimum distance, are derived and used to calculate the non-uniform shape's contribution to the value of a model parameter adjuster. The value of the model parameter adjuster is then calculated based on a sum of contributions from all shapes and used to generate a compact model for modeling a performance attribute of the transistor within the IC. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378889 | SYNTHESIS OF DC ACCURATE NOISE COMPATIBLE REDUCED NETLIST - In one embodiment, a circuit analysis method includes obtaining a netlist of a circuit, generating a reduced model from the netlist, using the reduced model to synthesize a noise compatible netlist, ensuring accurate DC behavior, and simulating the circuit using the synthesized netlist. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378890 | METHOD FOR PREDICTING A FUTURE TIMING OF LOWERING OF CURRENT VALUE OR POWER GENERATION QUANTITY OF SOLAR POWER GENERATION SYSTEM - A method for predicting a future timing when the current value or power generation quantity of a module, string or power conditioner will have been lowered by a specific level from its present current value or power generation quantity. This method makes it possible to know an appropriate timing when a maintenance of the solar power generation system is to be performed, and attain a planned maintenance. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378891 | A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING THERMAL-INSIGHTS OF A DATA CENTER - Disclosed is a method for real-time prediction of thermal-insights for a heat dissipating device in a data center cooled by one or more cooling units. The method uses a concept of influence mass fractions in conjunction with proper orthogonal decomposition (POD) based reduced order model. It may be understood that, the influence mass fractions may be computed by performing a fixed number of CFD simulations based on mass flow rates of the one or more cooling units. The method further facilitates to identify a set of reference scenarios for a given range of operational parameters of the one or more cooling units impacting the heat dissipating device. The set of reference scenarios may then be provided to the POD in order to predict the thermal-insights of the data center such as a temperature, mass flow rate, and insights into thermal influence of air sources on the heat dissipating device. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378892 | SIMULATION DEVICE - Methods and apparatus provide for, at each of plural calculation timings, associating pieces of position information indicating the positions of objects in a virtual space at the calculation timing with leaves and creates a complete binary tree in which position information reflecting pieces of the position information of child nodes is associated with an internal node, and a node shuffling section that shuffles 2·2 | 2016-12-29 |
20160378893 | FINGER MODEL VERIFICATION METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to generate, in a simulation space, a rectangular parallelepiped surrounding a target part among a plurality of parts. The target part is taken by a human body. The rectangular parallelepiped has surfaces in contact with a maximum outer shape of the target part. The processor is configured to identify, among the surfaces of the generated rectangular parallelepiped, surfaces other than a surface in contact with a part different from the target part, and select combinations of two surfaces among the identified surfaces. The processor is configured to identify, among the selected combinations, a combination which satisfies a condition that a vector from a point of a first finger to a point of a second finger penetrates the rectangular parallelepiped when the two surfaces in the combination are taken by the two fingers. The two fingers are included in the human body. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378894 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANALYZING ECONOMICS OF POWER DEMAND MANAGEMENT BUSINESS PROJECT USING SMART POWER DEMAND RESOURCES MODELING DATA SIMULATION MODULE - An apparatus and a method for analyzing economics of a power demand management business project using a smart power demand resources modeling data simulation module, the apparatus including a cloud computing module for grouping N smart power demand resources modeling data simulation modules according to their positions and IDs through a web application server and connecting the modules to a network, a web application server (WAS) positioned between a cloud computing module and a smart power demand resources modeling data simulation module, and a smart power demand resources modeling data simulation module. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378895 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCATING IMPACTS ON AN EXTERNAL SURFACE - A method for locating external surface impacts on a body. The steps are: modeling the body in a control unit first database to obtain a virtual body model in a virtual system of reference axes; modeling, in a second database, a plurality of clouds of points in the virtual system, each cloud defining an inspection zone representing an external surface portion; selecting an inspection zone; transfering the coordinates of each point of the first and second databases to a geographic system of reference axes; determining geographic coordinates of an initial position of a range finder equipped flying drone communicating with the processing unit; calculating a drone flight plan to scan the selected inspection zone; creating a 3D meshing of the scanned inspection zone; detecting the impacts by comparing the 3D meshing and the virtual aircraft model and calculating the coordinates of each impact in the geographic and virtual systems. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378896 | FLOATING MEMRISTOR EMULATOR - The floating memristor emulator is based on a circuit implementation that uses grounded capacitors and CFOAs in addition to combinations of diodes and resistors to provide the required nonlinearity and time constants. This circuit results in low power consumption, cost reduction and ease of implementation because it avoids the use of multipliers, ADCs and RDACs. The present circuit is used in an FM demodulator, which exploits the frequency-dependence of the memristance. Successful use in the FM demodulator confirmed the functionality of the present floating memristor emulator circuit. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378897 | MODELING LOCALIZED TEMPERATURE CHANGES ON AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CHIP USING THERMAL POTENTIAL THEORY - A temperature change of a device on an integrated circuit chip due to self-heating and thermal coupling with other device(s) is modeled considering inefficient heat removal from the backside of the chip. To perform such modeling, ratios of an imaginary heat amount to an actual heat amount for different locations on the IC chip must be predetermined using a test integrated circuit (IC) chip. During testing, one test device at one specific location on the test IC chip is selected to function as a heat source, while at least two other test devices at other locations on the test IC chip function as temperature sensors. The heat source is biased and changes in temperature at the heat source and at the sensors are determined. These changes are used to calculate the value of the imaginary heat amount to actual heat amount ratio to be associated with the specific location. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378898 | REDUCING THE LOAD ON THE BITLINES OF A ROM BITCELL ARRAY - Systems, apparatuses, and methods for reducing the load on the bitlines of a ROM bitcell array are described. The connections between nets of a ROM bitcell array may be assigned based on their programmed values using a traditional approach. Then, a plurality of optimizations may be performed on the assignment of nets to reduce the load on the bitlines of the array. A first optimization may swap the connections between ground and bitline for the nets of a given column responsive to detecting that the number of connections to the corresponding bitline is greater than the number of connections to ground for the given column. A second optimization may remove the connection of a net to a bitline if three consecutive nets of a given column are connected to the bitline. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378899 | SEMICONDUCTOR AREA OPTIMIZATION - Systems, apparatuses, and methods for reducing the area of a semiconductor structure. A spacing violation may be detected for a gap width used to separate first and second regions of a layer of semiconductor material. In response to detecting the violation, the first and second regions are merged into a combined region, and then a cut mask layer is formed above the combined region. Next, an etch process is performed through the cut mask layer to remove an exposed third region within the combined region, wherein the exposed third region is interposed between first and second region portions of the combined region. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378900 | NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, CIRCUIT DESIGN SUPPORT METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a circuit design support program that causes a computer to execute a process including generating topology data indicating wiring states of components in a circuit to be designed based on circuit data, the topology data including at least one coupling line between each pair of nodes including at least one first node and at least one second node, each of the at least one first node corresponding to each of the components and each of the at least one second node corresponding to each of at least one branch point in a wiring of the circuit when the wiring includes the at least one branch point, and displaying the generated topology data and an input field for receiving an input of restrictive data indicating restrictive requirements for each of the at least one coupling line between each of the nodes. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378901 | APPLYING RANDOM NETS CREDIT IN AN EFFICIENT STATIC TIMING ANALYSIS - A method may include: specifying a random noise credit (RNC) statistic for nets subject to random noise in a static timing analysis of an initial integrated circuit (IC) design; performing an initial noise-free timing analysis of the IC design; calculating an upper bound for a delta delay of each net using the RNC statistic; identifying each net with a delta delay that exceeds the upper bound; marking all nets, including fan-in and fan-out cones, connected to each net that exceeds the upper bound; and performing a higher accuracy timing analysis for all nets that are marked. Using the upper bound for each delta delay of the nets subject to ransom noise, the delta delay of each net subject to a non-random noise, and the delta delay for all marked nets, to adjust the initial IC design, to close timing and generate a final IC design. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378902 | GENERATIVE LEARNING FOR REALISTIC AND GROUND RULE CLEAN HOT SPOT SYNTHESIS - Candidate layout patterns can be generated using a generative model trained based on known data, such as historical hot spot data, features extraction, and geometrical primitives. The generative model can be sampled to obtain candidate layouts that can be ranked and repaired using error optimization, design rule checking, optical proximity checking, and other methods to ensure that resulting candidates are manufacturable. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378903 | DYNAMIC AND ADAPTIVE TIMING SENSITIVITY DURING STATIC TIMING ANALYSIS USING LOOK-UP TABLE - Methods and systems receive an integrated circuit design into a computerized device and perform an analysis of the integrated circuit design to identify characteristics of physical features of portions of the integrated circuit design. Such methods and systems determine whether to look up sensitivity of a timing value of a portion of the integrated circuit design to manufacturing process variables, voltage variables, and temperature variables (PVT variables) by: evaluating relationships between the characteristics of physical features of the portion of the integrated circuit design to generate an indicator value; and, based on whether the indicator value is within a table usage filter value range, either: calculating the sensitivity of the timing value to the PVT variables; or looking up a previously determined sensitivity of the timing value to the PVT variables from a look-up table. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378904 | EARLY OVERLAY PREDICTION AND OVERLAY-AWARE MASK DESIGN - Various embodiments include computer-implemented methods, computer program products and systems for analyzing at least one feature in a layout representing an integrated circuit (IC) for an overlay effect. In some cases, approaches include a computer-implemented method including: modeling a topography of the IC by running at least one of a chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) model, a deposition model or an etch model on a data file representing the IC after formation of an uppermost layer; modeling the at least one feature in the IC for an overlay effect using the topography model of the IC; and modifying the data file representing the IC after formation of the uppermost layer in response to detecting the overlay effect in the at least one feature, the overlay effect occurring in a layer underlying the uppermost layer. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378905 | SYNTHESIS OF REDUCED NETLIST HAVING POSITIVE ELEMENTS AND NO CONTROLLED SOURCES - In one embodiment, a circuit analysis method includes obtaining a netlist of a circuit, generating a reduced model from the netlist, using the reduced model to synthesize a positive netlist having no controlled current or voltage sources, unstamping the synthesized positive netlist, and simulating the circuit using the unstamped synthesized positive netlist. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378906 | METHODS OF DESIGN RULE CHECKING OF CIRCUIT DESIGNS - Methods for performing design rule checking of a circuit design are provided. The methods include, for instance: providing a circuit design for an integrated circuit layer, in which the circuit design includes a plurality of design lines oriented in a particular direction; and automatically performing a design rule check of the circuit design, which may include forming a verification pattern for the circuit design, the verification pattern comprising a plurality of verification lines and a plurality of verification regions, wherein one or more verification regions are associated with and connected to one verification line of the plurality of verification lines, and checking the verification pattern for any verification line overlapping a verification region. The circuit design may be considered to fail the design rule check if an end of one verification line overlaps any verification region associated with another verification line of the verification pattern. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378907 | ALGEBRAIC RECONSTRUCTION OF PERTURBED MODELS OF GENETIC POPULATIONS - Embodiments are directed to a computer-based simulation system including an input circuit, a memory and a processor system communicatively coupled to the memory and the input circuit. The input circuit is configured to receive an input distribution. The processor system is configured to assign, for each marker of a simulated population matrix, a minor allele frequency. The processor system is further configured to assign, for each marker and each distance of the simulated population matrix, a linkage disequilibrium (LD). | 2016-12-29 |
20160378908 | ALGEBRAIC RECONSTRUCTION OF PERTURBED MODELS OF GENETIC POPULATIONS - Embodiments are directed to a computer-based simulation system including an input circuit, a memory and a processor system communicatively coupled to the memory and the input circuit. The input circuit is configured to receive an input distribution. The processor system is configured to assign, for each marker of a simulated population matrix, a minor allele frequency. The processor system is further configured to assign, for each marker and each distance of the simulated population matrix, a linkage disequilibrium (LD). | 2016-12-29 |
20160378909 | PROCESS FOR IDENTIFYING CULTURE CONDITIONS FOR A CELL OR ORGANISM - Methods for identifying culture conditions for a cell, the method comprising: (a) obtaining a genome scale stoichiometric metabolic model of the cell, and (b) performing constraint based optimization on the metabolic model of the cell using at least one yield based constraint. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378910 | MOLECULAR ACTIVE CENTER IDENTIFICATION USING TUNNELING BARRIERS AND/OR ASSOCIATED MEASUREMENTS FOR SUB-MOLECULAR QSAR - A novel computational QSAR approach that provides sub-molecular correlations that are specific to individual lobes of the pertinent molecular orbitals. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378911 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISCOVERING TARGET PROTEIN OF TARGETED THERAPY - An exemplary embodiment of the invention provides a discovery method of a protein which serves as a target of a target therapy, including: performing an attractor analysis on a first body signal transferring network of a cancer cell that is perturbed, and determining at least one of a plurality of proteins included in a third body signal transferring network of a cancer cell as a target protein based on the attractor analysis on the first body signal transferring network and an attractor analysis on a second body signal transferring network of a normal cell. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378912 | STRUCTURE-BASED MODELING AND TARGET-SELECTIVITY PREDICTION - The present invention provides, inter alia, methods, models, and systems for selecting an effector having specificity for a target molecule. The methods and systems of the present invention involve several steps, including compiling a database containing structural data for a library of molecules and a population of ligands and activity data, establishing structure-based equivalence of sequence elements in the library of molecules, determining likely spatial orientations of population ligands in library molecules, calculating interaction energies for each ligand-molecule pair, generating statistical models that are predictive of sequence elements likely to contribute to a differential effect of ligands on molecules, selecting an effector that is likely to have a desired specificity for the target molecule, experimentally determining activity data for effector-library molecule pairs, and at least once repeating the steps listed above wherein the effector is a member of the population of ligands. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378913 | SCAR-LESS MULTI-PART DNA ASSEMBLY DESIGN AUTOMATION - The present invention provides a method of a method of designing an implementation of a DNA assembly. In an exemplary embodiment, the method includes (1) receiving a list of DNA sequence fragments to be assembled together and an order in which to assemble the DNA sequence fragments, (2) designing DNA oligonucleotides (oligos) for each of the DNA sequence fragments, and (3) creating a plan for adding flanking homology sequences to each of the DNA oligos. In an exemplary embodiment, the method includes (1) receiving a list of DNA sequence fragments to be assembled together and an order in which to assemble the DNA sequence fragments, (2) designing DNA oligonucleotides (oligos) for each of the DNA sequence fragments, and (3) creating a plan for adding optimized overhang sequences to each of the DNA oligos. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378914 | METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING PHENOTYPE-SPECIFIC GENE NETWORK USING GENE EXPRESSION DATA - In a method of identifying a phenotype-specific gene network using gene expression data, gene networks are generated using the gene expression data and biological interaction data, a sub-network commonly existing among generated gene networks is searched for, one or more clusters are extracted from a common sub-network, and a cluster related to a change of a phenotype of a biological sample is determined by verifying significance for each of extracted one or more clusters. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378915 | Systems and Methods for Multi-Scale, Annotation-Independent Detection of Functionally-Diverse Units of Recurrent Genomic Alteration - The functional interpretation of somatic mutations remains a persistent challenge in the interpretation of human genome data. Systems and methods for detecting significantly mutated regions (SMRs) in the human genome permit the discovery and identification of multi-scale cancer-driving mutational hotspot clusters. Systems and methods of SMR detection reveal differentially mutated genetic regions across various cancer types. SMR detection and annotation reveals a diverse spectrum of functional elements in the genome, including at least single amino acids, compete coding exons and protein domains, microRNAs, transcription factor binding sites, splice sites, and untranslated regions. Systems and methods of SMR detection optionally including protein structure mapping uncover recurrent somatic alterations within proteins. Systems and methods of SMR detection optionally including differential expression analysis reveal previously unappreciated connections between recurrent and somatic mutations and molecular signatures. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378916 | PROCESSING AND ANALYSIS OF COMPLEX NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCE DATA - The present invention is directed to logic for analysis of nucleic acid sequence data that employs algorithms that lead to a substantial improvement in sequence accuracy and that can be used to phase sequence variations, e.g., in connection with the use of the long fragment read (LFR) process. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378917 | Imaging Study Queries Across Multiple Facilities And Repositories - Methods described herein provide functionality for querying medical imaging studies across multiple facilities and repositories. One such embodiment creates an index of existing imaging study data stored at multiple repositories where the index is based on metadata regarding the existing imaging study data. Further, such an embodiment determines the existence of imaging study data relevant to an imaging study query using the created index. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378918 | Methods And Systems For Providing Improved Mechanism for Updating Healthcare Information Systems - Methods, systems, and apparatuses for providing improved management of hospital information systems are provided. An example of a method for providing improved management of a hospital information system includes providing an interface for electronic entry of a set of request parameters, the request parameters comprising at least one product identifier for a product to be purchased by a healthcare organization and at least one change to a healthcare information system related to the at least one product, receiving the set of electronic request parameters, generating, via the request management circuitry, an action plan defining at least one action for implementation of the at least one change to the healthcare information system, monitoring, via the request management circuitry, for completion of the at least one action, and in response to detection of completion of the at least one action, implementing the at least one change to the healthcare information system. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378919 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEDICAL DATA ANALYSIS AND SHARING - A computer-implemented method may be provided for analyzing and disseminating medical information. The method may include steps performed by one or more processors including, receiving a plurality of patient medical data; aggregating the plurality of patient medical data, wherein access to patient private health information is restricted; receiving a query for medical information; analyzing the aggregated medical data based on the query; producing a result of the query based on the analyzing of the aggregated medical data; and transmitting the result of the query. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378920 | EVENT BASED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING CLINICAL TRIAL DATA - A system and method for integrating clinical trial data housed in disparate systems. The integration system listens for a clinical trial event broadcasted by any one of the disparate systems. The clinical trial events are the same or similarly defined among the disparate systems. The integration system receives notice of a clinical trial event from one of the disparate systems and then sends a query to the disparate systems requesting metadata corresponding with the clinical trial event. The metadata is comprised of attributes of the clinical trial event and the values of such metadata may differ among the disparate systems. The responsive metadata is stored in an unstructured format and can be displayed in substantially real-time via a graphical user interface. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378921 | OPTICAL DATA CAPTURE OF EXERCISE DATA IN FURTHERANCE OF A HEALTH SCORE COMPUTATION - A computer implemented method for managing health-related data captures an image from a display of an exercise machine using a camera, has the images processed to extract the text data from the captured images, and analyzes the text data to identify information relating to extrinsic physical activity performed by a person at the exercise machine. The results are stored in memory and a profile specific to the person is updated. The profile comprises a log of past exercise activity that allows the person to track his or her activity and progress and overall health. The profile can be accessed by the person through a portal such as using a smart phone or a computer program or web browser. The results can be combined with other data to arrive at a health score which can be published through the portal while personal data remains masked from public inspection. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378922 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR ELECTRONICALLY DOCUMENTING A VISIT OF A PATIENT - A method of electronically documenting a visit of a patient involves causing at least one computer to: in response to at least one assessment code input signal, retrieve, from at least one computer-readable medium, a first plurality of previously entered patient chart entries stored on the at least one computer-readable medium in association with the assessment code; display at least some of the first plurality of previously entered patient chart entries for user selection; receive at least one selection input signal representing user selection of at least one selected patient chart entry of the first plurality of previously entered patient chart entries; and in response to the at least one selection input signal, store the at least one selected patient chart entry on the at least one computer-readable medium in association with the visit. Apparatuses also disclosed. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378923 | CAREGIVER INTERFACE FOR ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS - A caregiver user interface displays information from a patient's electronic medical record. The interface associates medical records together that include a common data item. The interface also displays information about data items, such as the status of a data item in an associated historical record. Controls can be displayed in the user interface, which are linked to the historical records. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378924 | Scale with Positive ID - Embodiments of the invention pertain to a scale for weighing a user wherein the scale includes a built-in positive security/verification system, so as to be able to provide verification of a user's identity. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378925 | FILE MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE AND SYSTEM - The present invention discloses substantially more efficient and effective methods for delivering healthcare whereby patient care can be coordinated effectively and efficiently through changes in different physical settings and levels of care. Coordinated care helps ensure that patients seeking healthcare, and in particular chronically ill patients, with comorbidities get timely care to avoid unnecessary ER visits and admissions. Through risk and disease stratification, member profiling, inter disciplinary team follow-up and patient education, the methods of the present invention are operative to effectively allocate available resources, formulate and execute individualized care plans and successfully manage high risk members. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378926 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CORRELATING CHANGES OF BEST PRACTICE AND EBM TO OUTCOMES THROUGH EXPLICIT MAPPING AND DEPLOYMENT - A method and system is provided for the creation and real-time deployment of clinical decision support assets into clinical information systems and for assessing the impact of the changes over, for example, cost and clinical performance measures of patient care. The present invention can provide real-time clinical effectiveness correlation to practice changes. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378927 | DATABASE FILE MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE - The present invention discloses substantially more efficient and effective methods for delivering healthcare whereby patient care can be coordinated effectively and efficiently through changes in different physical settings and levels of care. Coordinated care helps ensure that patients seeking healthcare, and in particular chronically ill patients, with comorbidities get timely care to avoid unnecessary ER visits and admissions. Through risk and disease stratification, member profiling, inter disciplinary team follow-up and patient education, the methods of the present invention are operative to effectively allocate available resources, formulate and execute individualized care plans and successfully manage high risk members. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378928 | Therapist Assisted Mental Health Treatment Management System and Method - Therapist assisted mental health management systems, processes and methods using a therapist remote therapy management computer in communication with a therapy central system cloud for storing plural queued learning modules corresponding to each of one or more different clients. A video conference system allows for confidential video consultation between a mental health therapist and one or more different clients (patients). The client (patient) communicates with the therapy central system cloud to access queued confidential learning modules from the therapy central system cloud. The systems, processes and methods can use interactive, educational treatment modules and periodic consultations with a counselor (therapist). The processes, methods and system can be viewable on a smart phone, tablet, and a computer. The methods, processes and systems can collect analytics on the performance of materials, exercises, and user experiences to continuously improve the system over time. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378929 | TEAM MEDICAL SUPPORT DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TEAM MEDICAL SUPPORT DEVICE AND TEAM MEDICAL SUPPORT SYSTEM - Provided are a team medical support device, a method for controlling a team medical support device, and a team medical support system which can smoothly perform information exchange and information sharing in a team medical treatment. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378930 | System and method for generating simulated prescription-drug claims - A computer system and method for generating simulated drug claims, suitable modeling and constructing drug benefit plans, the method, characterized by defining a number of lives covered and total spend amount for the simulated drug claims, wherein the method searches a drug claim database containing a plurality of de-identified, drug claims to retrieve drug claims, based on the number of lives, calculates tiers and tier ratios, determines top dispensed drugs, and creates and populates a set of simulated drug claims, until the spend amount is exhausted. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378931 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COMPARING AND MATCHING MEDICAL TREATMENT VERSUS DIAGNOSIS AND/OR OTHER INDICATORS RELATED TO MEDICAL TREATMENT AND/OR DIAGNOSIS - An audit system may audit a medical treatment. The audit system may receive data describing a transaction comprising one or more diagnoses and one or more treatments. The audit system may audit the transaction to identify a treatment within the one or more treatments that does not correspond to any of the one or more diagnoses. The audit system may generate an anomaly report for the identified treatment. The audit system may provide the anomaly report to a treatment fulfillment system prior to fulfillment of the treatment, thereby preventing fulfillment of the treatment and/or changing an entity billed for the treatment. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378932 | DASHBOARD INTERFACE, SYSTEM AND ENVIRONMENT FOR SUBSCRIPTION PRODUCT EXCHANGE, MANAGEMENT, AND ANALYSIS - In a preferred embodiment, a system of graphical user interfaces for real-time display of data views includes a user dashboard including a summary control for presenting current subscription plan coverage, and a compare control for presenting comparison information comparing the current subscription plan coverage to additional plans; an employer dashboard including a summary control for presenting summary information identifying subscription plan offerings extended to employees, and a compare control for presenting the employer with comparison information comparing the plan offerings extended to the employees to plan offerings extended by other employers; and a carrier dashboard including an enrollment control for presenting information identifying enrollment metrics of subscribers, and a ratings control for presenting comparison information comparing at least one ratings metric corresponding to ratings submitted by subscribers of the carrier to respective peer ratings metrics corresponding to ratings submitted by subscribers of peer carriers. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378933 | PATIENT SAFETY PROCESSOR - A processor-based system for analyzing physiologic data and medical care is provided wherein the patient data is analyzed to construct images that are representative of a patient's condition. The processor provides a self-modulating analysis, which is responsive to the occurrence of additional data items to increase the information contained in the images. Identifications of modes of physiologic failure by the analysis of the generated images provides for earlier recognition and intervention and improved protocolization of testing and treatment. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378934 | ACCELERATED PROGRESSION RELAPSE TEST - An Accelerated Progression Relapse Test (APRT) and method is provided for use in the prognosis of a patient having an ER+ breast cancer. The APRT provides a determination of when a patient in a particular diseased state is likely to benefit from further disease treatment, or does not have a high probability of benefit with additional treatment. Four genetic probes are disclosed that target the MK167, CDC6 and SPAG5 gene and gene products. The ER+ breast cancer patient population is stratified into two groups, with the low gene expression group identifying the patient/patient group that is less likely to benefit from additional treatment measures, and a high gene expression group identifying the patient group that is more likely to benefit from additional treatment measures. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378935 | IMAGING BASED RESPONSE CLASSIFICATION OF A TISSUE OF INTEREST TO A THERAPY TREATMENT - A method for determining a final response class of tissue of interest to a therapy treatment includes obtaining a first set of probabilities of response classes and at least a second set of probabilities of the response classes. The method further includes combining the first and the at least second sets of probabilities of the response classes, thereby generating a combined set of probabilities of the response classes. The method further includes determining the final response class of the tissue of interest to the therapy treatment from a plurality of predefined response classes based on the combined set of probabilities of the response classes. The method further includes generating a signal indicative of the final response class. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378936 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS USING MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS AND MACHINE LEARNING TO DIAGNOSE DISEASE - Exemplified method and system facilitates monitoring and/or evaluation of disease or physiological state using mathematical analysis and machine learning analysis of a biopotential signal collected from a single electrode. The exemplified method and system creates, from data of a singularly measured biopotential signal, via a mathematical operation (i.e., via numeric fractional derivative calculation of the signal in the frequency domain), one or more mathematically-derived biopotential signals (e.g., virtual biopotential signals) that is used in combination with the measured biopotential signals to generate a multi-dimensional phase-space representation of the body (e.g., the heart). By mathematically modulating (e.g., by expanding or contracting) portions of a given biopotential signal, in the frequency domain, the numeric-based operation gives emphasis or de-emphasis to certain measured frequencies of the biopotential signals, which, when coupled with machine learning, facilitates improved diagnostics of certain pathologies. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378937 | HAZARD BASED ASSESSMENT PATTERNS - Methods and devices for retrospectively assessing continuous monitoring reference pattern data to determine a risk of a patient glucose level measurement taken in at least one data segment being outside a predetermined range. The methods and devices can include executing an algorithm to compare risk scores derived from reference pattern data in a currently collected data segment with risk scores of previously stored reference pattern data of previously collected data segments for a patient for assessing risk. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378938 | CONTACTLESS DEVICE CONTROL SYSTEM IN STERILE MEDICAL ENVIRONMENT - In a control system and method for controlling a medical device while observing sterile conditions, a portable controller is provided that has at least one inertial sensor to acquire acceleration data for a body part of a user. The portable controller further has a wireless interface for the transmission of the acquired acceleration data to a conversion module. The conversion module receives the transmitted acceleration data and converts it into instructions, and the instructions are used to control the medical device. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378939 | Context-Aware User Interface For Integrated Operating Room - A system and method for managing workflow of a medical procedure, including a control and at least one detector such as a sensor, where the control interprets a user input to control the workflow of the medical procedure. The system and method include multiple input modalities and hazard mitigation measures to control the medical procedure and/or control various medical devices in an operating room. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378940 | CLOUD COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT FOR BIOLOGICAL DATA - The present invention provides a novel approach for storing, analyzing, and/or accessing biological data in a cloud computing environment. Sequence data generated by a particular sequencing device may be uploaded to the cloud computing environment during a sequencing run, which reduces the on-site storage needs for the sequence data. Analysis of the data may also be performed in the cloud computing environment, and the instructions for such analysis may be set at the originating sequencing device. The sequence data in the cloud computing environment may be shared according to permissions. Further, the sequence data may be modified or annotated by authorized secondary users. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378941 | Systems and Methods of Improving Communications Amongst Healthcare Professionals - Systems and methods are disclosed for optimizing discrete medical communication and patient care team coordination leveraging diagnosis and patient specific data in the Electronic Medical Records (EMR) and mobile technologies. Relevant patient data for specific communication processes are extracted from the EMR and passed to medical professionals on their mobile devices, and communication regarding specific patient issues facilitated across the entire care team in a secure fashion, with accountability and the ability to track and monitor these processes. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378942 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO ESTIMATE REDUCTION OF LIFETIME HEALTHCARE COSTS BASED ON BODY MASS INDEX - An on-demand and real-time evidence based cost modeling and predictive analysis system, and a financial incentives based plan to reduce healthcare costs. An analytics system that includes a data aggregator and regression models generates incremental expenditures among overweight and obese individuals, predictive forecasts of future medical costs, and predictive forecasts of cost reduction based on financial incentives to recipients. The forecasts may include interactions, personalized variables, statistical trends, prevalence of diseases based on body mass index and/or age, and medical evidence associated with specific illnesses. A computer-based program may process and analyze variables in healthcare records. A health insurance provider may provide an annual rebate on paid premiums to recipients based on a qualifying annual BMI as an incentive. The recipients may receive the rebates in a qualified Healthcare Individual Reimbursement Account (HIRA) managed by the recipients towards future healthcare related expenditures. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378943 | METHOD FOR PREDICTING ADVERSE EVENTS FOR HOME HEALTHCARE OF REMOTELY MONITORED PATIENTS - There is described a method for dynamically computing a patient dynamic risk score indicative of an adverse event occurring on a given day. The method comprises obtaining clinical documentation data, socio-demographic data, answers to remote patient monitoring questionnaires, and vital signs data. The method further comprises using, in a feedforward artificial neural network, the clinical documentation data, the socio-demographic data, the answers to remote patient monitoring questionnaires and the vital signs data to compute the patient dynamic risk score indicative of a risk indicative of the adverse event occurring on a given day. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378944 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USING GAIT ANALYSIS TO DETERMINE A HEALTH QUALITY MEASURE - A method, computer-readable storage device and apparatus for calculating a health quality measure are disclosed. For example, a method receives characteristics of motion information, wherein the characteristics of motion information is based upon gait information, monitors the characteristics of motion information over a time period to determine a plurality of different modes of motion within the time period, and calculates the health quality measure based upon the plurality of different modes of motion. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378945 | Methods and Systems for Determining a Correlation Between Patient Actions and Symptoms of a Disease - Example embodiments disclosed herein relate to methods and systems for determining whether particular actions affect or influence medical symptoms of patients. In one example, a plurality of datasets from a corresponding plurality of patients is received, where each patient has a corresponding disease. An individual dataset for an individual patient may include information about at least one disease symptom of the patient and at least one action of the patient. After the datasets are received from the patients, the datasets are stored in a database. Using the datasets stored in the database, a correlation between one or more actions and one or more disease symptoms may be determined based on a statistical analysis of the actions and symptoms stored in the database. The correlation between the one or more actions and the one or more disease symptoms may also be stored in the database. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378946 | USING INPUT PROPERTIES AND SYSTEM PROPERTIES TO PREDICT A TIME-DEPENDENT RESPONSE OF A COMPONENT OF A SYSTEM TO AN INPUT INTO THE SYSTEM - Systems, methods, and devices are provided to facilitate non-mechanistic, differential-equation-free approaches to predict a response of a system to a given input, wherein the response is defined in terms of at least one property of the system and at least one property of the input. The systems, methods, and devices provide the ability to (i) reduce the cost of research and development by offering an accurate modeling of heterogeneous and complex physical systems; (ii) reduce the cost of creating such systems and methods by simplifying the modeling process; (iii) accurately capture and model inherent nonlinearities in cases where sufficient knowledge does not exist to a priori build a model and its parameters; and, (iv) provide one-to-one relationships between model parameters and model outputs, addressing the problem of the ambiguities inherent in the current, state-of-the-art systems and methods. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378947 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD FOR DETERMINING PATIENT-SPECIFIC CARDIOVASCULAR INFORMATION - A noninvasive patient-specific method is provided to aid in the analysis, diagnosis, prediction or treatment of hemodynamics of the cardiovascular system of a patient. Coronary blood flow and pressure can be predicted using a 3-D patient image-based model that is implicitly coupled with a model of at least a portion of the remaining cardiovascular system. The 3-D patient image-based model includes at least a portion of the thoracic aorta and epicardial coronaries of the patient. The shape of one or more velocity profiles at the interface of the models is enforced to control complex flow features of recirculating or retrograde flow thereby minimizing model instabilities and resulting in patient-specific predictions of coronary flow rate and pressure. The invention allows for patient-specific predictions of the effect of different or varying physiological states and hemodynamic benefits of coronary medical interventions, percutaneous coronary interventions and surgical therapies. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378948 | RADIATION THERAPY PLANNING USING INTEGRATED MODEL - System and method for automatically generate therapy plan parameters by use of an integrate model with extended applicable regions. The integrated model integrates multiple predictive models from which a suitable predictive model can be selected automatically to perform prediction for a new patient case. The integrated model may operate to evaluate prediction results generated by each predictive model and the associated prediction reliabilities and selectively output a satisfactory prediction. Alternatively, the integrated model may select a suitable predictive model by a decision hierarchy in which each level corresponds to divisions of a patient data feature set and divisions on a subordinate level are nested with divisions on a superordinate level. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378949 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR ELECTRONIC PRESCRIPTION - A method for electronic prescription operation is disclosed. The method may be implemented by an electronic prescription management system. The method may comprise obtaining, by an electronic prescription management system, an electronic prescription operation request of a user from a client terminal; encrypting, by the electronic prescription management system and according to the operation request, private data of the user with a shared quantum key; and transmitting, by the electronic prescription management system, the encrypted private data to a destination device according to the operation request, wherein the shared quantum key is negotiated and acquired in advance by the electronic prescription management system and the destination device based on a quantum key distribution protocol. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378950 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRACKING A PHARMACEUTICAL - The present invention relates to creating an all-inclusive methodology for data collection and analysis which can serve as a vehicle for pharmaceutical meta-analysis and creation of data-driven best practice guidelines, which represents the cornerstone of evidence based medicine. The present invention includes a number of unique components which record standardized_data throughout a multi-step and multi-stakeholder process, with the end result of creating a standardized method for creating, collecting, storing, communicating, and analyzing data related to the multi-step process of pharmaceutical administration in healthcare. In the course of doing so, a number of unique profiles are created which account for patient and provider differences, which are important in identifying compliance risk factors, causation, intervention, and treatment strategies. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378951 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCING A MEDICATION DELIVERY DEVICE - Embodiments of the invention provide systems, methods, and apparatus for attaching an automated dose setting apparatus to a medication delivery device, receiving a first signal from an analyte monitoring system, the first signal indicating a dose of medication to be administered, and driving a dose knob of the medication delivery device with the automated dose setting apparatus to set a dose corresponding with the dose of medication to be administered. Numerous other aspects are disclosed | 2016-12-29 |
20160378952 | MEDICAL FAILURE PATTERN SEARCH ENGINE - A patient safety search engine and alarm processor is programmed to repetitively search the electronic medical records of all patients in a hospital system to automatically provide early detection of patients with evolving pathophysiologic cascades, and in particular the cascades of evolving death, such as cascades of septic shock. The search engine also searches for a wide range of evolving pathophysiologic failures which are commonly fatal if detected too late. An alarm processor is provided which is programmed to provide an alarm upon the detection of a cascade or failure. The processor is further be programmed to provide an image of the cascade, and to determine, the severity of the cascade, and the time of onset of the cascade in relation to the timing and type of procedures and treatment and the increased cost associated with the cascade. Discretionary real-time system-wide searches for a wide range of clinical failure patterns or images within the hospital system may be performed using the disclosed patient safety search engine. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378953 | GENETIC CHROMOSOME TEST MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, TEST MANAGEMENT SERVER, CLIENT TERMINAL, GENETIC CHROMOSOME TEST MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The genetic chromosome test management system ( | 2016-12-29 |
20160378954 | GENETIC CHROMOSOME TEST MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, TEST MANAGEMENT SERVER, CLIENT TERMINAL, GENETIC CHROMOSOME TEST MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A genetic chromosome test management system used for a genetic chromosome test for testing an abnormality of a chromosome contained in fetus-derived nucleated red blood cells includes: a test progress detection unit which detects a progress condition of a test until at least a specific step one step before a step which is determined as not being affected by removal of nuclei is completed, with respect to a plurality of specimens; a test progress management unit which manages progress information based on the detected progress condition; and a reception unit, wherein, in a case where the test request is received from the reception unit, the test progress management unit transmits at least one of information pieces of whether the test request is acceptable, the progress condition of the test, or completion expectation of the test, to the reception unit based on the progress information. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378955 | QUANTITATIVE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS METHOD FOR MOLECULAR ORBITAL DISTRIBUTIONS ACCORDING TO STATE OF CHARGE, AND SYSTEM USING SAME - The present invention relates to a quantitative comparative analysis method for molecular orbital distributions that evaluates molecular orbital characteristics according to the neutral, anion and cation state of charge, and a quantitative comparative analysis system for molecular orbital distributions using the method. The present invention provides the advantage of enabling a quantitative comparison to be systematically carried out by representing a difference in molecular orbital distribution by means of a quantitative score, and thus, for a molecular orbital distribution calculated by means of a method based in quantum mechanics, the correlation of the charge-state-specific molecular orbital distribution change can be broken down using vector characteristics formed from three components from an MO-triangle. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378956 | SECURE MANAGEMENT OF HOST CONNECTIONS - An access gateway monitors a communication session to a first host for commands entered by a user. For example, commands entered in a command line terminal by the user. When a command is received, the access gateway receives information about an effect caused by the command on the first host. The access gateway determines if the effect results in an attempt to establish a communication session between the first host and a second host. For example, to copy files from the second host. In response to determining that the effect results in an attempt to establish a communication session between the first host and the second host, an action is generated. For example, the action may be to block the attempt to establish the communication between the first host and the second host. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378957 | MULTIMEDIA DATA METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An information security method operable to be executed in an electronic device with modules, such as a calculating module, a first determining module, an extracting module, a logic operation module, and an adjusting module. The modules find out audio segments which are suitable for the concealing of copyright and other information by way of phase inversion of the original data as audio codecs are applied and build the concealable information into the data by way of a key. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378958 | INFORMATION DISCRIMINATING DEVICE, INFORMATION DISCRIMINATING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM STORING INFORMATION DISCRIMINATING PROGRAM - An information discriminating device includes an information acquiring unit, an information discriminating unit, and an information superimposing unit. The information acquiring unit acquires private information to be privately used by a user of the information discriminating device. The information discriminating unit discriminates a public information portion that is also usable as public information accessible by a special majority in the private information acquired by the information acquiring unit from a private information portion unusable as the public information. The information superimposing unit superimposes the private information portion on the public information. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378959 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - When a license file holds license type information and the license type is “monthly”, a license management system can update expiration timing of the license even if the license is already used. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378960 | Managing Grouped Student Devices With Timed Locks - Systems and methods presented herein can allow a teacher to manage student devices in a classroom setting by grouping student devices on a graphical user interface and using the interface to set locks with respect to the groups of student devices. Lock requests can be received and managed by a server, which can issue file locks, web locks, and application locks. These locks can restrict file access, website access, and application access, respectively, on the students' personal mobile devices. Additionally, the teacher device can allow the teacher to provide timing information in conjunction with the lock requests, which can control when to lock and/or unlock the student devices. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378961 | SECURITY SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD USING ADDITIONAL CODE - The present invention relates to a system and a method for controlling the use of electronic equipment using a code input method and, more specifically, to a security system, apparatus and method using an additional code, in which the use of functions or services of electronic equipment such as smartphones, mobile equipment, computers, banking terminals, door electronic equipment and service providing servers is restricted, or an additional function for user's convenience is controlled, by using a code input method combined with an additional code having an additional function; and when the electronic equipment is exposed to a criminal, the electronic equipment operates as normal, notifying a response institution of the emergency situation while the criminal's requests are carried out by using a disguised control code including an additional code having an additional function disguised as an authentication code, thereby protecting a user from a crime. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378962 | Method and Apparatus for Controlling Access to a Resource in a Computer Device - A computer device and method are described for controlling access to a resource. An execution environment executes a user process with access privileges according to a user security context. A security unit controls access to resources according to the user security context, with the user process making system calls to the security unit. A proxy hook module embedded within the user process intercepts the system call and generates a proxy resource access request. A proxy service module in a privileged security context validates the proxy resource access request from the proxy hook module and, if validated, obtains and returns a resource handle that permits access to the desired resource by the user process. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378963 | AUTHENTICATION OF GESTURE INPUT THROUGH RFID SCANS - Systems, apparatuses and methods may provide for receiving one or more radio frequency identifier (RFID) codes from a passive wearable device and identifying gesture input in at least one of the RFID code(s). Additionally, access to a computing system may be granted if the gesture input corresponds to a known gesture. In one example, identifying the gesture input includes detecting a change in at least one of the RFID code(s) and the detected change is compared to an expected change associated with the known gesture. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378964 | System and Method for Detecting Liveness During Biometric Authentication - In certain embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method for detecting liveness of a user during biometric authentication. The method comprising identifying a speech signal in a pre-determined time interval associated with the speech signal. Furthermore, the method comprising determining a speech respiration co-occurrence (SRC) score associated with the speech signal. In addition, the method comprising detecting liveness of the user, if the SRC score is above a predefined threshold, wherein the detection of liveness further aids in increasing the security of biometric authentication system. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378965 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING FUNCTIONS IN THE ELECTRONIC APPARATUS USING A BIO-METRIC SENSOR - According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, an electronic device may include a biometric sensor configured to detect a contact signal from at least two biometric electrodes and a processor configured to determine whether the contact signal received from the biometric sensor has biological characteristics. When the processor determines that the contact signal is a biometric input having biological characteristics, the processor executes a biometric information function. When the processor determines that the contact signal does not include the biological characteristics, the processor executes a general function related to an application. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378966 | FINGERPRINT GESTURES - User authentication for a user device can leverage one or more fingerprint sensor regions capable of detecting and/or recognizing a user's fingerprints. The user can define a fingerprint gesture or sequence of fingerprint gestures as a passcode, with access to a protected function being conditional on the user performing the defined fingerprint gesture or sequence of fingerprint gestures. Different fingerprint gestures or fingerprint gesture sequences can invoke or authorize different functions of the device. Fingerprint gestures from two or more users in the same location or in different locations can be used to unlock a protected function of a device. | 2016-12-29 |
20160378967 | System and Method for Accessing Application Program - System and method for accessing and launching application programs or applications on electronic devices. In an aspect, when a user enters a password plus an element, a selected application is launched along with the unlocking process. In other aspects, an express button is arranged for executing a specific application directly or accessing multiple applications. A user may make an express button appear, disappear, or reappear on screen with simple acts. | 2016-12-29 |