Data processing: artificial intelligence inventions 01/08

20080027887 - System and method for fusing data from different information sources: A boosting—based method and system for fusing a set of classifiers that performs classification using weak learners trained on different views of the training data. The final ensemble contains learners that are trained on examples sampled with a shared sampling distribution. The combination weights for the final weighting rule are... Agent: Naval Research Laboratory Associate Counsel (patents)

20080027888 - Optimization of fact extraction using a multi-stage approach: Facts are extracted from electronic documents by recognizing factual descriptions using a fact-word table to match to words of the electronic documents. The words of those factual descriptions may be tagged with the appropriate part of speech. More detailed analysis is then performed on those factual descriptions, rather than on... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080027890 - Bayesian probability accuracy improvements for web traffic predictions: Enhancements to Bayesian prediction models for network location traffic provide increased accuracy in web traffic predictions. The enhancements include implementing user advertising target queries to determine preferred edges of a Bayesian model, employing hierarchical data structures to cleanse training data for a Bayesian model, and/or augmenting existing data with new... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080027886 - Data mining unlearnable data sets: This invention concerns data mining, that is the extraction of information, from “unlearnable” data sets. In particular it concerns apparatus and a method for this purpose. The invention involves creating a finite training sample from the data set (14). Then training (50) a learning device (32) using a supervised learning... Agent: Snell & Wilmer LLP (oc)

20080027889 - Knowledge-based imaging cad system: A system for knowledge-based image computer aided detection includes a text interpretation system receiving an electronic patient record and outputting an assertion relevant for the electronic patient record, an annotation/detection system detects anatomical and functional structures in input images and interacts with the text interpretation system to receive the assertion... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080027891 - Threat identification: A method, system, computer program product, and/or computer readable medium of instructions for identifying a malicious entity in a processing system, comprising determining an entity threat value for an entity, the entity threat value being indicative of a level of threat that the entity represents to the processing system, wherein... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080021850 - Adapting to inexact user input: Systems and techniques for adapting to inexact user input. In one aspect, a system includes one or more machine-readable media storing instructions operable to cause one or more machines to perform operations. The operations include receiving input from a user over a data entry field, conducting an attribute-limited search in... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, P.C.

20080021853 - Using multiple data structures to manage data in cache: Provided are a method, system and program for using multiple data structures to manage data in cache. A plurality of data structures each have entries identifying data from a first computer readable medium added to a second computer readable medium. A request is received for data in the first computer... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP. Attn: Ibm37

20080021851 - Music intelligence universe server: An artificial intelligence song/music recommendation system and method is provided that allows music shoppers to discover new music. The system and method accomplish these tasks by analyzing a database of music in order to identify key similarities between different pieces of music, and then recommends pieces of music to a... Agent: Jeffrey C. Maynard, Esq. Whiteford Taylor & Preston, LLP

20080021852 - Method and system for automated learning through repetition: A method and system for automated learning through repetition. The method and system may improve automated learning of information studied for religious, academic purposes or pleasure by presenting pre-determined patterns selected specifically based on a belief system for a learner for an optimal learning for of N-pieces of electronic information... Agent: Lesavich High-tech Law Group, P.C.

20080021854 - Search techniques related to tissue coding: An apparatus, device, methods, computer program product, and system are described that receive a request for a treatment option, the request associated with at least one query parameter, determine at least one treatment parameter, based on the request, the at least one treatment parameter including at least one target-related tissue... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20080021855 - Methods and systems for multi-participant interactive evolutionary computing: Disclosed are methods, systems, and processor program products that include executing an optimization scheme to obtain a first solution set, presenting the first solution set to at least two users, receiving rankings of the first solution set from the at least two users, aggregating the rankings, and, generating a second... Agent: Foley Hoag, LLP Patent Group, World Trade Center West

20080016013 - System and method for implementing a multi objective evolutionary algorithm on a programmable logic hardware device: A system for implementing a multi objective evolutionary algorithm (MOEA) on a programmable hardware device is provided. The system comprises a random number generator, a population generator, a crossover/mutation module, a fitness evaluator, a dominance filter and an archive. The random number generator is configured to generate a sequence of... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20080016014 - Neural network resource sizing apparatus for database applications: A neural network resource sizing apparatus for database applications. Through use of multiple database application metrics input into a neural network learning algorithm, recommended resource capacities are generated. Input parameters such as the number of records, lookups, images, PDFs, fields, BLOBs and width of fields for example may be utilized... Agent: Sap_dlg

20080016015 - Methods for acquiring shapes from hep-2 cell selections and the case-based recognition of hep-2 cells: The invention relates to methods for acquiring shapes from images with representations of HEp-2 cell sections in the form of objects and for learning abstract shape models from representations of HEp-2 cell sections for a case database for a case-based recognition of HEp-2 cells in digital images. The invention also... Agent: Gudrun E. Huckett Draudt

20080016016 - Parameter learning method, parameter learning apparatus, pattern classification method, and pattern classification apparatus: A plurality of pieces of learning data, each associated with a class to which the piece of the learning data belong, are input. In each piece of the learning data, a statistical amount of attribute values of elements in each of specific k parts, k being equal to or larger... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080016017 - Method for distributed autonomic learning and problem awareness and recovery over a pub/sub infrastructure: Autonomic learning agent(s) that identify and analyze errors, problems and potential problems, deduces possible solutions from a set of known rules, communicates with other systems on the network for addition information regarding potential solutions, and performs repairs based on the solution information gathered. The system can be used for identifying... Agent: Cahn & Samuels, LLP

20080016018 - Crowd determination: Included are methods for providing crowd determination. At least one embodiment of a method includes receiving presence data related to at least one subject in an environment and determining at least one occupancy statistic of the environment from the received presence data. At least one other embodiment of a method... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP/ At&t Bls Intellectual Property, Inc.

20080016019 - Method and system to analyze rules based on popular query coverage: There is provided methods and systems to provide popular query coverage. The system receives a plurality of queries that are used to search a database, the plurality of queries respectively including a string of text that includes at least one keyword. Next, the system determines a subset of most popular... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/ebay

20080016020 - Knowledge discovery agent system and method: A system and method for processing information in unstructured or structured form, comprising a computer running in a distributed network with one or more data agents. Associations of natural language artifacts may be learned from natural language artifacts in unstructured data sources, and semantic and syntactic relationships may be learned... Agent: W. Edward Ramage

20080010228 - Genetic algorithm and biomarker selection method for protein, peptide and vaccine: From an evolutionary genetic algorithm of differential selection, a computer implemented biomarker method identifies the genetic network of allele expression. The genetic algorithm comprises a biomarker selection method for identifying nucleotides, amino acids, proteins, polypeptides and vaccine applications in the medical field.... Agent: Joseph Dale Helmick

20080010229 - Intelligent agent based development platform: The present invention relates to an intelligent agent technology (IAT) based development platform. Said platform provides intelligent agent based development platform. The development platform comprises: a first module provides full artificial intelligence and intelligent agent technology (IATology) based application interface for constructing various intelligent agent application; a second module for... Agent: Irving M. Weiner Weiner & Burt, P.C.

20080010230 - Hybrid assessment tool, and systems and methods of quantifying risk: There is disclosed a hybrid assessment tool. In an embodiment, the tool includes code to determine initial cut sets from a model; code to modify the initial cut sets; code to create a logic model representative of a subset of failure combinations created from the initial cut sets; code to... Agent: Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC

20080010231 - Rule processing optimization by content routing using decision trees: A classifier, method and computer program product for categorizing events within a data stream includes a correlation engine having at least one set of rules, the rules including event selectors with logical expressions corresponding to a plurality of attributes for the events within the data stream; the engine also including... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - IBM Rsw

20080010225 - Security system for and method of detecting and responding to cyber attacks on large network systems: An improved security system for and method of detecting and responding to cyber attacks on a network or network element. The system comprises: (a) an intelligent agent-based information retrieval subsystem configured so as to automatically search for and retrieve relevant data from distributed sources; (b) a rule-based inferencing mechanism configured... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080010227 - Application integration system and method using intelligent agents for integrating information access over extended networks: Models that encapsulate information on how remote applications are controlled and data is accessed are created to be used by a runtime agent that intelligently reasons out goal-oriented plans and execute tasks to solve problem statements generated by a user interface or other software agents.... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20080010226 - System and method for case-based multilabel classification and ranking: The present invention provides methods and apparatus for determining and utilizing case-based ranking methods, such as methods for machine condition monitoring. Specifically, the present invention provides a method for identifying and prioritizing labeled data. The method allows a monitored system to be associated with a calibrated and ordered set of... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080010232 - Apparatus and method for learning and reasoning for systems with temporal and non-temporal variables: In one general aspect, a method of deriving information about behavior of a target system is disclosed. The method includes accessing one or more temporal variables for the target system, providing an identifier node at the top of a hierarchy of a tree-structured belief network, and assigning a different sub-tree... Agent: Kristofer E. Elbing