Data processing: artificial intelligence inventions 08/08

20080208778 - Controlling a non-linear process: System and method for modeling a nonlinear process. A combined model for predictive optimization or control of a nonlinear process includes a nonlinear approximator, coupled to a parameterized dynamic or static model, operable to model the nonlinear process. The nonlinear approximator receives process inputs, and generates parameters for the parameterized... Agent: Jeffrey C. Hood Meyertons Hood Kivlin Kowert & Goetzel Pc

20080208775 - Method and apparatus for generation of a sequence of elements: A method and apparatus for automatically generating a target sequence of a plurality of elements selected in accordance with a plurality of user-defined constraints such as a play list of songs. The apparatus comprises a user interface (102) for inputting a plurality of user-defined constraints, a storage device (106) for... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080208776 - Method and apparatus for learning behavior in software robot: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for learning behavior in a software robot. The method includes detecting a kind of an object in cyberspace related to a kind of presently manifested action, and a kind and the variation of at least one state among percept states or emotional states preset... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.c.

20080208777 - Methods and apparatus for predictive analysis: Methods and apparatus for predictive analytics generally comprise one or more artificial agents and an agent factory. An artificial agent may be responsive to at least one of an internal data set and an external data set. Further, an artificial agent may produce a correlation data set relating an outcome... Agent: Noblitt & Gilmore, Llc.

20080208773 - Multi-core stochastic discrimination: In some embodiments, multi-core stochastic discrimination is generally presented. In this regard, a method is introduced comprising providing random regions of a feature space to parallel cores, testing each random region for enrichment in parallel, recording coverage for each data point in each enriched random region in parallel, and calculating... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, Llc

20080208774 - Ontology system for context-aware, method thereof, and recording medium storing the same: Provided are an ontology system, a method for managing the ontology system, and a recording medium storing the same. The ontology system includes: a context broker unit for receiving context information from a sensing device and verifying a validity of the received context information; a context managing unit for controlling... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, Pc

20080208779 - Self-training and self-testing systems and methods: Embodiments herein begin by being supplied with input of at least two parties. From this, the embodiments herein automatically generate a contract between the parties, computerized self-training programs, and computerized self-testing programs based on the parties input. Embodiments herein cause employees of a service provider to perform computerized self-training programs... Agent: Frederick W. Gibb, Iii Gibb I.p. Law Firm, Llc

20080208780 - System and method for evaluating documents: A system for evaluating documents may include a memory location for storing one or more software modules, and a processor for executing the one or more software modules. The one or more software modules may be configured to perform a method. The method may include receiving a baseline record and... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.l.p.

20080208781 - Reduction of classification error rates and monitoring system using an artificial class: Systems and methods for enhancing the accuracy of classifying a measurement by providing an artificial class. Seizure prediction systems may employ a classification system including an artificial class and a user interface for signaling uncertainty in classification when a measurement is classified in the artificial class.... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20080208782 - Imbibition gas well stimulation via neural network design: A method for stimulation of gas hydrocarbon production via imbibition by utilization of surfactants. The method includes use of fuzzy logic and neural network architecture constructs to determine surfactant use.... Agent: Fain Ip Law, P.c.

20080208783 - Spatio-temporal learning algorithms in hierarchical temporal networks: A spatio-temporal learning node is a type of HTM node which learns both spatial and temporal groups of sensed input patterns over time. Spatio-temporal learning nodes comprise spatial poolers which are used to determine spatial groups in a set of sensed input patterns. The spatio-temporal learning nodes further comprise temporal... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20080208784 - Systems and methods for modeling and analyzing networks: The systems and methods described herein utilize a probabilistic modeling framework for reverse engineering an ensemble of causal models, from data and then forward simulating the ensemble of models to analyze and predict the behavior of the network. In certain embodiments, the systems and methods described herein include data-driven techniques... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20080208787 - Method and system for centralized generation of a business executable using genetic algorithms and rules distributed among multiple hardware devices: A system for generation of business executables using artificial intelligence or rules distributed among multiple hardware devices, including: a memory element of a specially programmed general-purpose computer storing a first rule or an artificial intelligence (AI) program; a generating element, in a processor for the specially programmed computer, arranged to... Agent: Simpson & Simpson, Pllc

20080208786 - Rule-based management of adaptive models and agents: A computer-implemented method described for making a recommendation with respect to a plurality of items using a plurality of adaptive models or agents. The described method includes receiving one or more business rules; receiving a request for a recommendation; receiving attributes relating to the request; activating one or more adaptive... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky And Popeo, P.c Attn: Patent Intake Customer No. 76615

20080208785 - User interface methods and apparatus for rules processing: The invention provides, in one aspect, a user interface method that includes processing one or more BPM or other rules with a rules engine executing on a server digital data processor. The rules engine generates, for presentation on a client device, a user interface having one or more display, input... Agent: Nutter Mcclennen & Fish LLP

20080208788 - Method and system for predicting customer wallets: A method (and system) of predicting an unobserved target variable includes building a graphical predictive model from domain knowledge, which takes advantage of conditional independence to facilitate inference about the unobserved target variable, given observations of other variables in the graphical predictive model from a plurality of information sources.... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, Pllc

20080208789 - Http acceleration by prediction and pre-fetching: Described is a technology by which high latency problems with respect to web requests are reduced by having a web proxy server predict and pre-fetch content, in parallel, that is to be requested by a client. The web proxy analyzes a main web page requested by a client to predict... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080201277 - System architecture and process for automating intelligent surveillance center operation: The intelligent, automated surveillance system collects the interactions between the security personal and the surveillance system during the handling of an alarm. Each alarm is modeled as a “transaction” and each operation/action that a security personal executes modeled as an “event” within the transaction. The collected events within the transaction... Agent: Gregory A. Stobbs

20080201280 - Medical ontologies for machine learning and decision support: A medical ontology may be used for computer assisted clinical decision support. Multi-level and/or semantically grouped medical ontology is incorporated into a machine learning algorithm. The resulting machine-learnt algorithm outputs information to assist in clinical decisions. For example, a patient record is input to the algorithm. Based on the incorporated... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080201278 - Method and apparatus for automatic online detection and classification of anomalous objects in a data stream: The invention is concerned with a method for automatic online detection and classification of anomalous objects in a data stream, especially comprising datasets and/or signals, wherein a) the detection of at least one incoming data stream containing normal and anomalous objects, b) automatic construction of a geometric representation of normality... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20080201279 - Method and apparatus for automatically structuring free form hetergeneous data: Techniques are provided for automatically structuring free form heterogeneous data. In one aspect of the invention, the techniques include obtaining free form heterogeneous data, segmenting the free form heterogeneous data into one or more units, automatically labeling the one or more units based on one or more machine learning techniques,... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20080201281 - Parallel support vector method and apparatus: Disclosed is an improved technique for training a support vector machine using a distributed architecture. A training data set is divided into subsets, and the subsets are optimized in a first level of optimizations, with each optimization generating a support vector set. The support vector sets output from the first... Agent: Nec Laboratories America, Inc.

20080201282 - System and method for locating points of interest in an object image implementing a neural network: A system is provided for locating at least two points of interest in an object image. One such system uses an artificial neural network and has a layered architecture having: an input layer, which receives the object image; at least one intermediate layer, known as the first intermediate layer, consisting... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20080201283 - Apparatuses, methods and systems for anticipatory information querying and serving on mobile devices based on profiles: The disclosure details the implementation of apparatuses, methods, and systems for anticipatory information querying and serving on mobile devices based on profiles. Information and/or advertisement providers may use a code triggered information server to serve context, demographic, and behavior targeted information to users via mobile devices. Users register interest in... Agent: Chadbourne & Parke LLP

20080201284 - Computer-implemented model of the central nervous system: A computer-implemented model of the central nervous system includes at least one of a basal ganglia portion, a cerebral cortex portion coupled to the basal ganglia portion, or a cerebellum portion coupled to the cerebral cortex. Each one of the basal ganglia portion, the cerebral cortex portion, and the cerebellum... Agent: Daly, Crowley, Mofford & Durkee, LLP

20080201285 - Method and apparatus for delivering network information: The embodiments of the present invention disclose a method for delivering network information, including: generating or updating user attribute information of a user according to user behavior data of the user; acquiring the user attribute information when the user uses a network service; and delivering network information to the user... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20080201287 - Dissimilar item recommendation method, device, and program thereof: Recommendation method and device for selectively and by priority recommending to the user an item assumed highly unexpected to the user. A user accesses an item A using the selector unit of a client, and accesses an item B in a time period within a specified threshold, moreover when there... Agent: Stanley P. Fisher Reed Smith LLP

20080201286 - Methods, architecture, and apparatus for implementing machine intelligence and hierarchical memory systems: Sophisticated memory systems and intelligent machines may be constructed by creating an active memory system with a hierarchical architecture. Specifically, a system may comprise a plurality of individual cortical processing units arranged into a hierarchical structure. Each individual cortical processing unit receives a sequence of patterns as input. Each cortical... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20080201289 - Method and arrangement for content prioritization: The invention concerns a method for determining priority of a data item, the data item being sent from at least one first terminal or service associable with the first terminal to a second terminal and evaluated using a set of first rules associable with the sender of a data item... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080201288 - Method, system and program product for identifying caching opportunities: A method, system and program product for identifying caching opportunities is provided. The method includes identifying one or more data sources stored on a database system that are utilized by an application, establishing a pre-set read-update ratio threshold for data accessed from a data source, and tracking the read-update ratio... Agent: Silvy Anna Murphy

20080195564 - Automotive air conditioner and method and apparatus for controlling automotive air conditioner: An automotive air conditioner includes a storage unit which stores a plurality of pieces of state information as respective learned data; a learning unit which constructs a probabilistic model; a control information correcting unit which corrects setting information, etc., related to a vehicle occupant's setting operation in accordance with a... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080195565 - Segment-preserving crossover in genetic algorithms: Cross over (S560) in a genetic algorithm (128) is adapted for deriving an optimal mask (S540), or set of segments of a line. Each mask of a chromosome is subject to cross over with the respective mask of the other parent. Any overlapping part, whether a filtering (320) or pass-through... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080195566 - Apparatus and method for expressing behavior of software robot: Disclosed is a software robot apparatus and a method including detecting environmental information, detecting multiple external events objects, generating a sensor value having an effect on the software robot, changing physical states related to external events and internal events, generating a physical state value, changing a perception state, generating a... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.c.

20080195567 - Information mining using domain specific conceptual structures: A method and analytics tools for information mining incorporating domain specific knowledge and conceptual structures are disclosed, the method including: providing a first set of documents related to a first topic of interest; using a first taxonomy to categorize the first set of documents into a set of categories; providing... Agent: Shimokaji & Associates, P.c.

20080195568 - Methodologies and analytics tools for identifying white space opportunities in a given industry: A method for analyzing predefined subject matter in a patent database being for use with a set of target patents, each target patent related to the predefined subject matter, the method comprising: creating a feature space based on frequently occurring terms found in the set of target patents; creating a... Agent: Shimokaji & Associates, P.c.

20080195569 - Human perception model for speed control performance: A human perception model for a speed control method including the steps of obtaining a steering angle, a velocity error and a distance error. The method further includes the steps of applying the steering angle, inputting a measure of operator aggressiveness and defuzzifying an output. The applying step includes applying... Agent: Deere & Company

20080195570 - System and method for collecting evidence pertaining to relationships between biomolecules and diseases: A system and method for collecting evidence pertaining to relationships between biomolecules and a disease, or other clinical condition, wherein biomolecules associated with the disease or condition identified, and ontologies relating to the biomolecules, disease or condition, and a predicate relationship therebetween are generated (or input to a processing system).... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080195571 - Predicting textual candidates: Embodiments are provided to predict and suggest one or more candidates. Words, acronyms, compound words, phrases, and other textual and symbolic representations can be predicted and suggested to a user as part of an input process or other user operation. In an embodiment, a number of textual candidates can be... Agent: Merchant & Gould (microsoft)

20080195572 - Stochastic evidence aggregation system: A system for obtaining diagnostic information, such as evidence about a mechanism, within an algorithmic framework, including filtering and aggregating the information through, for instance, a stochastic process. The output may be an overall belief value relative to a presence of an item such as, for example, a fault in... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080189227 - Intelligence engine software architecture: An intelligence engine software architecture is disclosed. The architecture consists of a sensor layer, a knowledge processing layer, and an intelligence layer. The sensor layer can receive input data from a plurality of domains and convert the input data into a domain-independent format. The knowledge processing layer can identify a... Agent: Conley Rose, P.C.

20080189228 - Design of surveys using controlled source electromagnetic fields: Method for determining an expected value for a proposed reconnaissance electromagnetic (or any other type of geophysical) survey using a user-controlled source. The method requires only available geologic and economic information about the survey region. A series of calibration surveys are simulated with an assortment of resistive targets consistent with... Agent: J. Paul Plummer Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company

20080189229 - Operationalizing a learning solution: A learning solution context is specified in terms of formal and informal learning within zones of interaction. Solution components of purpose/outcome, measurement, technology/infrastructure, resources, and process are specified and selected to align each to the solution context providing an optimal learning solution for a particular client.... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20080189230 - 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: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080189232 - Indicator-based recommendation system: A recommendation system and method uses data structured according to an indicator-based recommendation paradigm. Items to be considered for recommendation are stored in a text retrieval system, along with associated meta-data such as title and description. To these conventional characteristics are added additional characteristics known as indicators which are derived... Agent: Raubvogel Law Office

20080189231 - Information processing device, classification reference information database, information generation device, information processing method, information generation method, information processing program, and recording medium having information processing p: A recording/reproduction system 100 operates a word retriever to retrieve a keyword from accumulated program information and operates a menu setting section to recognize the related word information KW related to the retrieved keyword and to generate menu index information based on the recognized related word information KW. A program... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20080189233 - Reduction of ternary rules with common priority and actions: A system for reducing the size of a database includes a memory in which the database configured in a ternary matrix array structure is stored. A processor executing at least one reduction algorithm scans the database tagging superfluous entries that are subsequently deleted. The tagging and deleting are done in... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20080189234 - Search circuit in decoding unit of low-density parity-check codes and method thereof: The present invention relates to a search circuit in a decoding unit of low-density parity-check codes, which used for searching a minimum value and a next minimum value from r input values, where r is an integer greater than 3. The search circuit includes a first search circuit and a... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080189235 - User-interface architecture for manipulating business models: The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products of user-interface architecture for manipulating business models. Embodiments of the invention facilitate efficient generation and extension of business related software applications, including commingled data-centric applications that represent both data elements and business logic in metadata. Modules of the user-interface... Agent: Workman Nydegger/microsoft