Data processing: artificial intelligence inventions 11/07

20070276776 - User trainable detection apparatus and method: A user trainable detecting apparatus for on site configuration comprises: one or more sensors; a detector for detecting events within the data arriving from the sensor, and a user interface that has labeling functionality, and which enables the user to label data from the sensor through the interface. A learning... Agent: Martin D. Moynihan Prtsi, Inc.

20070276773 - Methods and systems for selecting and presenting content on a first system based on user preferences learned on a second system: A method of selecting and presenting content on a first system based on user preferences learned on a second system is provided. The method includes receiving a user's input for identifying items of the second content system and, in response thereto, presenting a subset of items of the second content... Agent: Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale And Dorr LLP

20070276774 - Extensible hierarchical temporal memory based system: A hierarchy of computing modules is configured to learn a cause of input data sensed over space and time. The hierarchy is further configured to determine a cause of novel sensed input data dependent on the learned cause. Further, the hierarchy has at least one interface associated with an operation... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20070276775 - Temporal visualization algorithm for recognizing and optimizing organizational structure: A system is provided that takes as input the interrelationships which are observed between identified resources, and automatically generates interactive movies that depict a visualization of the of the interaction patterns among the identified resources. Each resource is represented as a dot. A line between two dots indicates a relationship.... Agent: Barlow, Josephs & Holmes, Ltd.

20070276777 - Personalized prognosis modeling in medical treatment planning: Automated treatment planning is provided with individual specific consideration. One or more prognosis models indicate survivability as a function of patient specific information for a given dose. By determining survivability for a plurality of doses, the biological model represented by survivability as a function of dose is determined from the... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070271206 - Crystal lookup table generation using neural network-based algorithm: A crystal lookup table used to define a matching relationship between a signal position of a detected event in a PET scanner and a corresponding detector pixel location is generated using a neural network-based algorithm, and is implemented by a FPGA.... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070271207 - Determining compliance rates for probabilistic requests: Systems and methods for solving a constraint satisfaction problem (CSP) defined by one or more variables, constraints and probabilistic requests (PRs) are provided. In one embodiment, each PR is mapped onto a set of constraints that implement the PR. The CSP solver then finds a series of solutions to the... Agent: Ibm Corporation, T.j. Watson Research Center

20070271204 - Verification of linear hybrid automaton: The present invention provides a method for verification of linear hybrid automaton by generation an initial abstract model based on an original Linear-Time Temporal Logic (LTL) specification, validating a counterexample using an approach of linear constraints, identifying a fragment in the counterexample by iteratively applying an approach of linear constraints... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070271205 - Methods and systems for selecting and presenting content based on learned periodicity of user content selection: A method of selecting and presenting content based on learned user preferences is provided. The method includes receiving search input from the user for identifying desired content items and receiving content selection actions from the user. The method further includes analyzing the date, day, and time of content selection actions... Agent: Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale And Dorr LLP

20070271208 - Method, system and program product for automated testing of changes to exernalized rules: A method of testing changes to externalized rules is provided. The method comprises using a rules change management engine and receiving from it a test request for a rules change for a rule. Further, the method comprises providing regression test buckets for testing a version of a rule against each... Agent: Silvy Anna Murphy

20070271209 - Method for inferring the state of a system: An apparatus, and a method, comprising: computing a measure of goodness for each of at least two dimensions of a system linked to a first state of the system and a second state of the system; computing a weighting for each of at least two dimensions linked to a studied... Agent: Venable LLP

20070265991 - Method and apparatus for transductive support vector machines: Disclosed is a method for training a transductive support vector machine. The support vector machine is trained based on labeled training data and unlabeled test data. A non-convex objective function which optimizes a hyperplane classifier for classifying the unlabeled test data is decomposed into a convex function and a concave... Agent: Nec Laboratories America, Inc.

20070265992 - System and method to facilitate user thinking about an arbitrary problem with output and interfaces to external systems, components and resources: Preferred embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for facilitating user thinking about an arbitrary problem, as well as providing capabilities to output to and interface with external or additional computer systems, resources, or devices, or any combination thereof. The system includes first logic to facilitate user specification of... Agent: Zxibix, Inc.

20070260570 - Systems, methods and apparatus for autonomic safety devices: Systems, methods and apparatus are provided through which in some embodiments an autonomic environmental safety device may be quiesced. In at least one embodiment, a method for managing an autonomic safety device, such as a smoke detector, based on functioning state and operating status of the autonomic safety device includes... Agent: Nasa Goddard Space Flight Center

20070260563 - Method to continuously diagnose and model changes of real-valued streaming variables: The method trains an inductive model to output multiple models from the inductive model and trains an error correlation model to estimate an average output of predictions made by the multiple models. Then the method can determine an error estimation of each of the multiple models using the error correlation... Agent: Frederick W. Gibb, Iii Gibb & Rahman, LLC

20070260564 - Text segmentation and topic annotation for document structuring: The invention relates to a method, a computer program product and a computer system for structuring an unstructured text by making use of statistical models trained on annotated training data. Each section of text in which the text is segmented is further assigned to a topic which is associated to... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070260565 - System and method for adaptive control of uncertain nonlinear processes: A computer system for controlling a nonlinear physical process. The computer system comprises a linear controller and a neural network. The linear controller receives a command signal for control of the nonlinear physical process and a measured output signal from the output of the nonlinear physical process. The linear controller... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070260566 - Reducing the size of a training set for classification: A system that reduces the size of a design data set. During this design data set reduction operation, the system computes a decision boundary which separates a first group of data patterns in a training data set from a second group of data patterns in the training data set. For... Agent: Sun Microsystems Inc. C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20070260569 - Device, method and computer program product for situation monitoring: A method, device and computer program product that monitor situations. The method includes: processing information indicative of an occurrence of events to detect, in response to a current rule set, an occurrence of at least one situation that belongs to a situation set; wherein at least one rule sub-set out... Agent: Stephen C. Kaufman IBM Corporation

20070260567 - Real time context learning by software agents: Providing dynamic learning for software agents in a simulation. Software agents with learners are capable of learning from examples. When a non-player character queries the learner, it can provide a next action similar to the player character. The game designer provides program code, from which compile-time steps determine a set... Agent: Swernofsky Law Group PC

20070260568 - System and method of mining time-changing data streams using a dynamic rule classifier having low granularity: A dynamic rule classifier for mining a data stream includes at least one window for viewing data contained in the data stream and a set of rules for mining the data. Rules are added and the set of rules are updated by algorithms when an drift in a concept within... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP-ibm Yorktown

20070260571 - Generating a format translator: Generating code is disclosed. A specification of one or more translation patterns is received. The one or more translation patterns are used to generate at least a portion of code associated with a translator. Using the one or more translation patterns to generate at least a portion of code associated... Agent: Van Pelt, Yi & James LLP And Apple Computer, Inc.

20070255669 - Method of marketing intangible and tangible products: A method of marketing tangible and intangible products using existing devices and networks. Product information is transmitted along with content by radio stations. The information is displayed or is sent by text message to an integrated mobile telephone, radio, multimedia player. The user purchases the product by using a dedicated... Agent: James Ray & Associates

20070255673 - Method for judging standardization order of workpieces: A method for judging standardization order of workpieces includes steps as follows: sampling different types of workpieces, and recording parameters of the samples; transforming the parameters of the respective samples into a plurality of respective standardization grades S for evaluating standardization order of the workpieces; and arranging a standardization order... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070255666 - Hypothesis analysis methods, hypothesis analysis devices, and articles of manufacture: Hypothesis analysis methods, hypothesis analysis devices, and articles of manufacture are described according to some aspects. In one aspect, a hypothesis analysis method includes providing a hypothesis, providing an indicator which at least one of supports and refutes the hypothesis, using the indicator, associating evidence with the hypothesis, weighting the... Agent: Wells St. John P.s.

20070255667 - Context-based failure reporting for a constraint satisfaction problem: A method for solving a constraint satisfaction problem (CSP) comprises identifying a first illegal combination associated with at least one variable, wherein the first illegal combination contradicts at least one constraint; grouping the first illegal combination with a second illegal combination, in response to determining that the first and second... Agent: Ibm Corporation, T.j. Watson Research Center

20070255668 - Intrinsic discriminant dimension-based signal representation and classification: The present invention describes a method, system, and computer program product for determining the minimum-dimension of a feature set that is needed for optimal signal representation. The present invention is configured to consider a set of N features to determine a minimum number of features for optimal signal representation. Once... Agent: Tope-mckay & Associates

20070255670 - Method and system for automatically producing computer-aided control and analysis apparatuses: The invention relates to a system and method for the automated generation of complex control and/or analysis devices, whereby a task-specific organizational profile based on at least task condition data and/or object condition data and/or transfer condition data is generated. A first processing unit having at least one data aggregation... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070255671 - Analogical reasoning system: The present invention relates to a general-purpose analogical reasoning system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a high-performance, semantic-based hybrid architecture for analogical reasoning, capable of finding correspondences between a novel situation and a known situation using relational symmetries, object similarities, or a combination of the two. The system... Agent: Tope-mckay & Associates

20070255672 - Detection and prediction in an electronic system: A method and an arrangement in electronic systems. Uncertainties are handled in a special way. The uncertainties can regard a parameter that is to be determined or uncertainties in signals or data that constitute a basis for a determination of the sought parameter. There is often also a time-critically within... Agent: Venable LLP