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| 20130120296 | Medical Mounting System and Method - A bedside controller includes an integrally formed housing and self-contained mounting structure disposed on the housing. The mounting structure includes a mounting channel defined in the housing and a retaining clamp disposed above the mounting channel and configured to releasably secure a mounting platform within the mounting channel such that the bedside controller is mounted to the mounting platform. The bedside controller also includes a touch-sensitive display disposed within a surface of the housing and configured to display images and receive user input on the surface, a processor disposed within the housing, a communication module disposed within the housing, communicatively coupled to the processor, and configured to transmit and receive medical data, and a battery disposed within the integrally formed housing and electrically coupled to the touch-sensitive display, the processor, and the communication module. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120297 | Medical Measuring System and Method - A method of performing measurements on medical images with a bedside controller includes receiving, through a touch-sensitive display on the bedside controller, a user measurement input on an image displayed on the display, the user measurement input including a start point defined by a point of initial contact with the touch-sensitive display and an end point defined by a point of last contact with the touch-sensitive display. The method also includes selecting a measurement mode based on a shape of the user measurement input and calculating a measurement value associated with the user measurement input based on the measurement mode. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130123616 | Medical Workflow System and Method - A method of conducting a medical workflow with a touch-sensitive bedside controller is disclosed. The method includes initiating a medical workflow using a graphical user interface on the bedside controller, positioning an imaging tool within a patient's body based on images captured by the imaging tools and displayed on the bedside controller, controlling the commencement and termination of a recordation of images captured by the imaging tool using the graphical user interface on the bedside controller, navigating through the recorded images to identify an image of interest using the graphical user interface on the bedside controller, and performing measurements on the image of interest using the graphical user interface on the bedside controller. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20140100440 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INSTANT AND AUTOMATIC BORDER DETECTION - The invention generally relates to medical imaging systems that instantly and/or automatically detect borders. Embodiments of the invention provide an imaging system that automatically detects a border at a location within a vessel in response only to navigational input moving the image to that location. In some embodiments, systems and methods of the invention operate such that when a doctor moves an imaging catheter to a new location with in tissue, the system essentially instantly finds, and optionally displays, the border(s), calculates an occlusion, or both. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140176554 | Measurement and Enhancement in a Multi-Modality Medical Imaging System - Systems and methods for multi-modality data processing are provided. Some embodiments are particularly directed to enhancing and measuring multi-modality medical data. In one embodiment, a method for enhancing medical data in a medical processing system includes receiving, by the medical processing system, a reference set of medical data. The reference set of medical data may be display on a first user display. A region identifier, which corresponds to a region to be enhanced, is received along with an enhancement selection. A target set of data is identified based on the received region identifier and the received enhancement selection, and the medical processing system performs an enhancement corresponding to the enhancement selection upon the target set of data. The enhanced target set of data may be displayed on a second user display, the second user display being different from the first user display. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140180721 | Data Labeling and Indexing in a Multi-Modality Medical Imaging System - Systems and methods for multi-modality data processing are provided. Some embodiments are particularly directed to labeling and indexing multi-modality medical data. In one embodiment, a method for labeling medical data received by a multi-modality medical processing system includes receiving, by the medical processing system, medical data to be labeled. A reference set of labels corresponding to the medical data is presented at a display device. A selection of a first label from the reference set of labels is received from an interface device. A target set of labels corresponding to the medical data is presented at the display device, the target set of labels based on the first label. A selection of a second label from the target set of labels is received from the interface device. The medical data is then labeled based on the first and second labels. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140181716 | Gesture-Based Interface for a Multi-Modality Medical Imaging System - Systems and methods for multi-modality data processing are provided. Some embodiments are particularly directed to interpreting gesture-based commands in a multi-modality processing system. In one embodiment, a method for interpreting user input in a medical processing system includes receiving a state designator corresponding to a mode of operation of the medical processing system, where the mode of operation includes a value representative of a modality selected from the group consisting of: IVUS, OCT, pressure, and flow. A list of active commands is generated based on the received state designator. A user input sequence is received from one or more user input devices. The medical processing system correlates the user input sequence to a command of the list of active commands, and the command is utilized to control operation of a component of the system. The list of active command may include a subset of commands common to multiple modalities. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140181717 | Measurement Navigation in a Multi-Modality Medical Imaging System - Systems and methods for multi-modality data processing are provided. Some embodiments are particularly directed to navigating sets of multi-modality medical data in a multi-modality processing system. In one embodiment, a method for navigating medical data in a medical processing system includes receiving a reference set of medical data by the medical processing system, where the medical data corresponds to a modality selected from the group consisting of: FFR, iFR, pressure, flow, IVUS, and OCT. The medical processing system also receives a navigation command. An enhancement and a subset of the reference set of medical data to enhance are identified based on the navigation command. The medical processing system performs the selected enhancement on the subset of data and the enhanced subset is displayed. The enhancement may include performing a single-axis zoom on the subset. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140188503 | Multi-Modality Case Explorer System and Method - Generally, the present disclosure is directed to displaying patient medical data in a multi-modality medical processing system. The method and system described herein present medical data in multiple different modalities on a single user interface screen, allowing a practitioner viewing the user interface to manage all acquired data sets associated with a patient regardless of modality. As such, the amount of time a practitioner must spend reviewing patient medical data is reduced, leading to more efficient diagnosis and treatment. Further, multiple patient cases corresponding to different patients may be presented on a single user interface screen to simplify multi-patient case management. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140188513 | Multi-Modality Selective Archiving System and Method - Generally, the present disclosure is directed to selectively archiving patient data in a multi-modality medical processing system. The method and system described herein selectively archive medical data at a patient case level, at modality data set level, and/or at an individual image level, so as to allow a practitioner to have a fine level of control over the specific data archived. Further, data sets in different medical modalities may be archived at the same time, and patient cases corresponding to different patients may be archived at the same time to increase archival efficiency. | 07-03-2014 |
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| 20130325591 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CLICK-FRAUD DETECTION IN ONLINE ADVERTISING - An ad network includes a fraud detection service to detect click-frauds. The ad network utilizes an ad campaign to primarily detect click-frauds. Using the fraud detection service, the ad network tracks a user's click independent of the click tracking performed by the ad network's API. In one embodiment, the ad network causes a click by a user on the advertisement to cause a landing page to be generated. This landing page is operated by the ad network and allows the ad network to register logistics related to the landing that results from the user's click. This information related to the landing cannot be altered by the publisher. By utilizing various statistical analyses of the two user counts of each publisher with that of the other publishers that are also monitored using the fraud detection service, the fraudulent publishers can be identified. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130325607 | MOBILE-2-WEB RETARGETING - Among other disclosed subject matter, a computer-implemented method for providing audience targeting for advertisements is disclosed. The method includes receiving a bid request to display an advertisement to a user in an advertising section of a webpage, where the bid request includes an internet protocol (“IP”) address associated with the user. The method includes identifying a user profile associated with the user, where the identified user profile includes at least one IP address that matches the IP address included in the bid request. The method includes determining an advertisement to display to the user, the determination based at least in part on a user preference included in the user profile. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130325611 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PRE-POPULATING ADVERTISEMENT LANDING PAGES - Among other disclosed subject matter, a computer-implemented method for pre-populating an online form opened in a mobile device with information from the mobile device, the method includes running, by the mobile device, a mobile application, where the mobile application includes a preconfigured object that is executed when the mobile application is run on the mobile device. The method includes upon receiving, by the mobile application, a selection, by the user, of an advertisement link displayed in the mobile device, the object: (1) identifies a landing page associated with the selected advertisement link displayed in the mobile device; (2) identifies an online form in the identified landing page, the online form including at least one entry field; (3) extracts, from the mobile device, data associated with the user and/or the mobile device for use in filling out the at least one of entry field of the landing page; and (4) utilizes the data extracted from the mobile device, pre-populating the at least one entry field of the landing page. The method includes displaying, by the mobile device, the landing page to the user of the mobile device, where the online form of the landing page is pre-populated using the information extracted from the user's mobile device. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130325617 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND FORMAT FOR PROVIDING DYNAMIC SINGLE FULL-PAGE MOBILE ADS - Among other disclosed subject matter, a computer-implemented method for displaying a mobile advertisement in a mobile device is disclosed. The method comprises selecting a media object of the mobile advertisement, where the media object is associated with a first media format of the mobile advertisement. The method further includes, determining compatibility between the first media format of the media object and a supported media format. Here, a given media object in the supported media format represents an associated mobile advertisement in one of the one or more mobile formats supported by the mobile device. When the first media format of the media object is compatible with the supported media format, converting the media object associated with the first media format into a second media object associated with the supported media format. The method further includes sending the second media object to the mobile device, where the mobile device utilizes the second media object to display the mobile advertisement. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130337785 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING A DYNAMIC ARRAY OF SERVICES AND INFORMATION THROUGH A DYNAMIC ICON - Among other disclosed subject matter, a computer-implemented method for providing a plurality of applications through a dynamic icon is disclosed. The method includes receiving request to invoke a first app in a smart device, the first app invoked by activation of a corresponding first app icon displayed at the smart device. The method further includes selecting one of a plurality of database apps to be offered at the smart device in response to the received request. The selected one of the plurality of database apps is offered as the first app in the smart device in response to the request to invoke the first app, where a particular one of the plurality of database apps is dynamically selected in response to the request based on one or more criteria associated with the selection of the one of the plurality of database apps and the selected one of the plurality of database apps is offered as the first app at the smart device. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20140074601 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MOBILE AD TARGETING - Among other disclosed subject matter, a computer-implemented method for providing audience targeting for advertisements is disclosed. The method includes determining information associated with one or more applications installed on a user's computing device. The method further includes determining one or more names, categories, or manufacturers associated with the one or more installed applications. Additionally, the method includes selecting one or more advertisements based at least in part on the determined one or more name, category, or manufacturer associated with the one or more applications. The method includes transmitting the one or more advertisements to the user's computing device for production in the user's computing device. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20150249720 | IN-APP CONTENT CHANNEL - Among other disclosed subject matter, a method for providing content through a mobile device is disclosed. The method includes receiving a user request to access a content channel associated with a content channel Software Development Kit (SDK), where the content channel SDK is embedded within an application executing on the mobile device. The method includes gathering the content to be provided through the content channel using the content channel SDK. The method further includes displaying the gathered content through the content channel on the mobile device. | 09-03-2015 |
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| 20110160619 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A SCENTED ALARM CLOCK BASED ON SLEEP STATE - A method and apparatus for affecting the dreams of the subject or individual is presented. The apparatus first predicts or detects the desired sleep state and presents a scent to the subject. The apparatus then awakens the subject after a given period of time using external stimulus. The desired sleep state may be the REM sleep state, and the period of time may be one minute. Upon awakening, the subject will recall dreams that have been affected by the emitted scent. If the scent is pleasant, then the subject will recall having pleasant dreams. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110200093 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING VIDEO AND VIDEO LINKS - One of the standards addressed in this specification is the MPEG (Moving Picture Expert Group) Standard. MPEG is a group that sets standards for the compression and the transmission of audio and video information. This standard has found many applications; streaming video, interactive graphics, interactive multimedia, video applications for the web, DVD (Digital Versatile Disc), digital videophone and television broadcasting. YouTube uses MPEG to display video results. Several techniques are described which allow for searching, viewing, and hearing of scaled videos thereby providing an increased video content that offers several advantages over existing systems. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20130328939 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF PHYSICALLY MOVING A PORTABLE UNIT TO VIEW AN IMAGE OF A STATIONARY MAP - A background map remains stationary while a portable unit moves within a plane parallel to the screen of the portable unit. As the user moves the unit, images of the background map appear on the screen of the portable device. The user scans the stationary map presented on the screen of the portable unit. This has several benefits since now relative distances and angular displacements within the plane between objects that are outside of the range of the screen of the handheld unit can be immediately be located and placed into view on the screen of a portable unit. The handheld unit is like a Sliding Window which provides a view of this image of a stationary map lying in the background of the portable unit. | 12-12-2013 |
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| 20120224760 | ENHANCED IMAGE DATA/DOSE REDUCTION - A method includes generating enhanced image data based on lower dose image data and a predetermined image quality threshold, wherein an image quality of the enhanced image data is substantially similar to an image quality of higher dose image data, and a system includes an image quality enhancer ( | 09-06-2012 |
| 20130077838 | TISSUE CLASSIFICATION - A method for classifying tissue as normal or abnormal tissue includes obtaining segmented reconstructed volumetric image data for predetermined tissue of interest, generating a 2D voxel representation of the segmented reconstructed volumetric image data, and classifying voxels of the segmented reconstructed volumetric image data as corresponding to abnormal and normal tissue based on the 2D voxel representation. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130243348 | CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO (CNR) ENHANCER - A method includes enhancing a contrast to noise ratio (CNR) of image data, generating CNR enhanced image data, wherein the CNR enhanced image data has a substantially same image quality as the image data. A computing system ( | 09-19-2013 |
| 20150154766 | IMAGE NOISE REDUCTION AND/OR IMAGE RESOLUTION IMPROVEMENT - A method for improving image quality of image data includes analyzing, for each of a plurality of voxels of image data, a set of entries of a dictionary, wherein an entry represents a mapping between a lower resolution patch of voxels and a corresponding higher resolution patch of voxel or a local neighborhood around a voxel, deriving, for each of the plurality of voxels, a subspace based on the analysis, wherein the subspace is for one of the mapping or the local neighborhood, and restoring target image data based on the subspaces, wherein the target image data is image data with higher image resolution or reduced image noise. | 06-04-2015 |
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| 20090178081 | Enhanced electronic program guides - A method and system for rating programs, the method including, receiving a sample of viewing logs from a plurality of set top boxes (STBs), determining, from the sample of viewing logs, at least groups of viewers sharing similar interests, and groups of programs sharing similar audience, computing time dynamics of rating distribution for the groups of viewers and the groups of programs, and incorporating at least one of the following into broadcast metadata the time dynamics of rating distributions of the groups of viewers for each of the groups of programs, rating distributions of the groups of viewers for each of the groups of programs marginalized by time, rating distributions of the groups of viewers for each program marginalized by time, relative sizes of each group of viewers, and a mapping of each program to groups of programs, thereby making the broadcast metadata available to the plurality of STBs for use in computing ratings. Related systems and methods are described. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20100050211 | METHOD FOR CONTENT PRESENTATION - A system and method of personalizing organization of a product set is described, the method including establishing a first matrix populated by ratings associated with a first plurality of v viewers in a content distribution system and a second plurality of p products each of which is a content item, the first matrix having dimensions v and p, each entry in the first matrix including either an empty entry or a rating indicating viewer interest in a content item, bi-clustering the first matrix, thereby producing a second matrix, the second matrix including a matrix of ratings including a grouping of the viewers according to similarity of products chosen by the viewers and a grouping of the products according to similarity of viewers who viewed the products, associating viewers into groups of viewers based on the viewer grouping in the second matrix, selecting refinement parameters of products, the refinement parameters including a sub-set of a set of metadata parameters associated with the products, for each group of viewers, ranking the refinement parameters with respect to mutual information between a refinement parameter value and a product choice within each group of viewers, presenting to an individual viewer a set of the refinement parameters, the refinement parameters ordered within the set by a rank corresponding to the viewer group the individual viewer is associated with, and interactively performing the following, at least once, in response to the viewer choice of the refinement parameters selecting a sub-set of products from the product set, the sub-set of products including products with metadata matching the refinement parameters selected by the individual viewer, and presenting the individual viewer the selected sub-set of products and a set including the refinement parameters not including the refinement parameters already selected by the individual viewer. Related methods and apparatus are also described. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20110265124 | Enhanced electronic program guides - A method and system for rating programs, the method including, receiving a sample of viewing logs from a plurality of set top boxes (STBs), determining, from the sample of viewing logs, at least groups of viewers sharing similar interests, and groups of programs sharing similar audience, computing time dynamics of rating distribution for the groups of viewers and the groups of programs, and incorporating at least one of the following into broadcast metadata: the time dynamics of rating distributions of the groups of viewers for each of the groups of programs, rating distributions of the groups of viewers for each of the groups of programs marginalized by time, rating distributions of the groups of viewers for each program marginalized by time, relative sizes of each group of viewers, and a mapping of each program to groups of programs, thereby making the broadcast metadata available to the plurality of STBs for use in computing ratings. Related systems and methods are described. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20120246681 | Method for Content Presentation - A system and method is presented of personalizing the organization of a product set, automating the organizing and displaying of content. | 09-27-2012 |
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| 20110174874 | Transaction Card With Improved Security Features - A transaction card with improved security features, comprising: an authentication unit and a magnetic stripe wherein parts of the magnetic field pattern of said magnetic stripe are generated by currents running through coils only after the authentication unit authenticates the transaction card holder. One or more sensors detect attempts to read the card by two magnetic heads, and block the card if a cloning attempt is suspected. The transaction card is thus closed for transactions in a normal state, and the magnetic information is not readable. Only after the card holder authentication, then currents are run through the coils to generate the magnetic information and make the magnetic stripe readable by commercial devices. Authentication means may include entering a PIN via a keyboard, entering a PIN via a keypad, voice recognition identification of one or more voices, biometric identification, or identification via a connection to a remote device. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20120153028 | Transaction Card with dynamic CVV - The transaction card of the invention comprises a Card Verification Value (CVV) generator unit that generates a new CVV code each time the card user is invited to enter his CVV code, typically in a remote transaction. The CVV code is displayed on a screen on the transaction card. The screen can be a liquid crystal display (LCD) screen or any similar or newer display technology. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120326527 | ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE GENERATOR - An electromagnetic pulse generating apparatus including an elongated flexible tube having an inflated mode and a non-inflated mode, wherein a cross section of said tube perpendicular to the elongation axis is larger when inflated mode than when not-inflated. The tube is placed inside an electrically conductive coil wound along the elongated axis and electrically connected to an output connector, and an opening connected to a source of a hydraulic and/or pneumatic pressure. A magnetic field generating apparatus provides a magnetic flux parallel to coil axis. Where the tube is operative to receive the pressure into the opening, causing the tube to inflate, thus causing change of cross-section area of the coil within the magnetic flux, thus generating an electromagnetic pulse at the output connector. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20130271363 | Electronic Remote Control Thimble - The Thimble is a wireless electronic device that can be worn on a finger, in order to control electronic devices, computers screens, laptops screen, televisions game console etc. The Thimble can replace either a computer mouse or a remote control. The Thimble uses location technologies in order to calculate its position, movement and orientation. Touch pads allow for accepting user selection, similar to mouse left-clicks or right-clicks, or remote control OK function. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20140152227 | RELATIVISTIC PONDEROMOTIVE FORCE GENERATOR - A propulsion system is presented, the system comprising primary and secondary electromagnetic field generators being attached to a frame at a predetermined distance between them, and a control unit connected thereto and configured to create pulsating electromagnetic fields generated by at least one of the electromagnetic field generators. The pulsating electromagnetic field is configured to pulsate at time intervals determined in accordance with retardation time caused by said predetermined distance between the primary and secondary electromagnetic field generators. Interaction between the electromagnetic field generators and electromagnetic fields generated thereby provides a total net force acting on the system. | 06-05-2014 |
