Data processing: artificial intelligence inventions 09/08

20080235162 - Artificial intelligence system: An artificial intelligence system and method for interpreting input from a user and generating a response to the user. The input is converted into an array of concepts which are compared to a database of interrelated concepts. A response is generated based on the concepts in the database and their... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080235164 - Apparatus, method and computer program product providing a hierarchical approach to command-control tasks using a brain-computer interface: Disclosed is a method, a computer program product, and a device that are responsive to detected mental states of a user to perform selection processes to execute a task. The method includes providing a hierarchical multi-level decision tree structure comprised of internal nodes and leaf nodes, where the decision tree... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20080235163 - System and method for online duplicate detection and elimination in a web crawler: As part of the normal crawling process, a crawler parses a page and computes a de-tagged hash, called a fingerprint, of the page content. A lookup structure consisting of the host hash (hash of the host portion of the URL) and the fingerprint of the page is maintained. Before the... Agent: Frederick W. Gibb, Iii Gibb & Rahman, LLC

20080235166 - Training a model of 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

20080235165 - Weak hypothesis generation apparatus and method, learning aparatus and method, detection apparatus and method, facial expression learning apparatus and method, facial enpression recognition apparatus and method, and robot apparatus: A facial expression recognition system that uses a face detection apparatus realizing efficient learning and high-speed detection processing based on ensemble learning when detecting an area representing a detection target and that is robust against shifts of face position included in images and capable of highly accurate expression recognition, and... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20080235167 - Methods and systems for selecting molecular structures: A method and system for the design of molecules having specific desired properties by continuously optimizing electron-nuclear attraction potentials within a space. Using a linear combination of atomic potentials, optimal and near-optimal structures may be designed without enumerating and separately evaluating each of the combinatorial number of possible structures, thus... Agent: Lipton, Weinberger & Husick

20080235168 - Policy-based management system with automatic policy selection and creation capabilities by using singular value decomposition technique: A statistical approach implementing Singular Value Decomposition (SVD) to a policy-based management system for autonomic and on-demand computing applications. The statistical approach empowers a class of applications that require policies to handle ambiguous conditions and allow the system to “evolve” in response to changing operation and environment conditions. In the... Agent: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.

20080235169 - Protective, compact cover for topographic maps and other large-format documents: This folding, compact document cover is an apparatus that practically and conveniently protects a specially folded U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) topographic map or virtually any other large-format document with its French-folded binding and easy to handle protective element that is capable of allowing the reader to flip between quadrants without... Agent: Greenberg & Lieberman, LLC

20080235170 - Using scenario-related metadata to direct advertising: Mechanisms for directing advertising in search result presentation and/or scenario solution execution based upon a user's locality are provided. Locality refers to a collection of metadata created based upon scenario solutions executed by a user and/or enablers acquired by a user during scenario solution execution. For instance, embodiments of the... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (c/o Microsoft Corporation)

20080235173 - Autonomic management of autonomic systems: A method for the autonomic management of autonomic systems can include monitoring a managed system and recommending a course of action to be performed in the managed system. It can be determined whether the recommended course of action has been performed by an administrator. Responsive to the determination, it further... Agent: Carey, Rodriguez, Greenberg & Paul, LLP Steven M. Greenberg

20080235172 - Electronic system condition monitoring and prognostics: A system for monitoring and predicting the condition of an electronic system comprises a component model, an inference engine based on the component model, and an action selection component that selects an action based on an output of the inference engine.... Agent: O''brien Jones, PLLC (w/irobot Corp.)

20080235171 - General framework for graphical simulations: A system is described that treats a solver as an ordered sequence of steps involving the different objects that have to be simulated and relationships between them. Tasks and the order of the tasks are obtained from each object and relationship. The tasks are merged into a sorted list. The... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080235174 - System and method for searching and matching databases: There is provided a method for searching a database to obtain data. The method includes (a) prioritizing a set of keys that are derived from a match inquiry, thus yielding a prioritized set of keys, wherein the prioritizing is based on, for each key of the set, an efficacy of... Agent: Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, LLP

20080228675 - Multi-tiered cascading crawling system: Provided is a multi-tiered cascading crawling system for finding on a network information related to one or more predetermined topics or subtopics of interest. In general, embodiments of the present invention provide a system that operates in multiple “tiers,” where at least some of the output of one tier is... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20080228676 - Computing device, method of controlling the computing device, and computer readable medium recording a program: A computing device stores a Bayesian network (20) which includes nodes (22) representing random variables and conditional probability indicating a dependence between the nodes, and at least one learned data table (30) in which a value of a random variable represented by the node included in the Bayesian network (20)... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080228677 - Identifying co-associating bioattributes: A bioinformatics method, software, database and system are presented in which combinations of bioattributes comprising pangenetic and non-pangenetic attributes that co-associate with a query attribute (i.e., an attribute of interest) are identified from a database containing attribute combinations and corresponding frequencies of occurrence of each of the attribute combinations for... Agent: Charles A. Eldering

20080228678 - Real time backup system for computer users: This invention involves tracking and backing all the information that a user generates on its computer devices (including embedded devices) in real time. The local user server records all user actions and gestures (via various means that include TV cameras). All of this information (user actions and saved files in... Agent: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.

20080228680 - Neural-network based surrogate model construction methods and applications thereof: Various neural-network based surrogate model construction methods are disclosed herein, along with various applications of such models. Designed for use when only a sparse amount of data is available (a “sparse data condition”), some embodiments of the disclosed systems and methods: create a pool of neural networks trained on a... Agent: Krueger Iselin LLP Daniel J. Krueger

20080228679 - Symbolic depth-first searches using control flow information for improved reachability analysis: Methods are provided for performing depth-first searches of concrete models of systems using control flow information of the system for improved reachability analysis. The concrete model's control structure and dependencies are extracted and an over-approximated (conservative) abstract control model is created. The abstract control model simulates the concrete model during... Agent: Duft Bornsen & Fishman, LLP

20080228681 - System and method for content development: This invention relates to a system and methods for developing content. In general, in one aspect, a method for developing content includes electronically distributing a specification for content to a distributed community of content developers, receiving submissions from each of a subset of the community of content developers in response... Agent: Goodwin Procter LLP

20080228683 - Activity-dependent generation of simulated neural circuits: A simulated neural circuit includes a plurality of simulated neurons. The simulated neurons have input branches that are configured to connect to a plurality of inputs and activate in response to activity in the inputs to which they are connected. In addition, the simulated neurons are configured to activate in... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080228682 - Generating simulated neural circuits: A first array of simulated neurons having trees of output branches and a second array of simulated neurons having trees of input branches are generated. Thereafter, the output branches of one or more of the simulated neurons of the first array and the input branches of one or more of... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080228684 - Information processing device: An information processing device includes: a knowledge information database 31 accumulated with knowledge information to which a customer responder refers when responding to a customer; an incident information database 32 accumulated with incident information containing a content of a response made by the customer responder in a way that associates... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080228686 - Knowledge-based input region of interest definition for pharmacokinetic modeling: The present invention provides a system, apparatus, and method that are based on a priori knowledge of the shape of the input function for defining an input region-if-interest (ROI) in pharmacokinetic modeling. Kinetic parameter estimation requires knowledge of tracer input activity and the present invention provides an automatic way to... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080228685 - User intent prediction: In a process comprising a sequence of elections, a future election intended by a user is predicted from a frequent sequence of elections by the user and a frequent sequence of elections by a plurality of other users of the process or device.... Agent: Kevin L. Russell Chernoff, Vilhauer, Mcclung & Stenzel LLP

20080228687 - Controlling computer storage systems: Goal-based availability and change management are handled over groups of heterogeneous storage controllers. Probabilistic and deterministic methods are employed to determine the allocation and placement of storage volumes to storage controllers, as well as the degree of data redundancy necessary to achieve data availability goals The probabilistic methods can take... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20080228689 - Content recommendations: Content recommendations are described. In an implementation, feedback collected from a user is used to determine favored characteristics of particular items of musical content. One or more other items of content, which are not music, are identified that correspond to the favored characteristics. The identified one or more other items... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080228688 - Production rule system and method: A production rule system includes a condition part array including an arrangement of condition part elements. Each of the condition part elements includes a condition value corresponding to an evaluation of one of a plurality of condition parts. A production part array includes an arrangement of production part elements, each... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20080228690 - System and method for calculating a metric of a sub-transaction on an ip network: A system and method of calculating a metric for a sub-transaction that is included in a transaction on an IP network.... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20080222056 - Control method combining fuzzy logic control with sliding mode control for ideal dynamic responses: The invention provides a novel control method combining fuzzy logic control with gain auto-tuning sliding mode control. A control error signal e(t) from the detection mechanism and an error change signal ce(t) are combined together as a sliding variable s(t)=ce(t)+λe(t) and used as the fuzzy input control variable. Using the... Agent: J C Patents, Inc.

20080222057 - Method and apparatus for fusing context data: A system and method for fusing context data for use by context aware applications. The method includes the steps of receiving context data from a plurality of information sources; computing a quality measure for each input context value; organizing context values into one or more clusters, and assigning a single... Agent: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.c.

20080222058 - Bayesian-network-based method and system for detection of clinical-laboratory errors: Embodiments of the present invention include methods and systems for analyzing clinical-laboratory results and data in order to detect erroneous clinical-laboratory results. Embodiments of the present invention employ Bayesian networks and modified Bayesian networks that are constructed using cleaned clinical-laboratory results into which various types of synthetic errors have been... Agent: Olympic Patent Works Pllc

20080222059 - Computer-implemented method, computer program and system for analyzing data records: A computer implemented method and system for analysing a first set of data records where each data record comprises attribute values for one or more attributes, by expanding the first set of data records into a second set of data records by creating for at least one of the attributes... Agent: Anne Vachon Dougherty

20080222060 - 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

20080222061 - Adaptive multivariate model construction: The present embodiment is able to find the optimal or near optimal variables composition of multivariate models by an evolutionary process within acceptable amount of time and resources that are less than using full variables permutation methodology. Subjected to any data, it adaptively identifies and constructs the most effective combination... Agent: Hendra Soetjahja

20080222063 - Extensible mechanism for detecting duplicate search items: Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with identifying and selectively deleting duplicate search results are described. One example system embodiment includes logic to receive an identity indicator from a search logic. The identity indicator is associated with a search item that the search logic determines to be relevant to a... Agent: Kraguljac & Kalnay, Llc

20080222062 - Supervised rank aggregation based on rankings: A method and system for rank aggregation of entities based on supervised learning is provided. A rank aggregation system provides an order-based aggregation of rankings of entities by learning weights within an optimization framework for combining the rankings of the entities using labeled training data and the ordering of the... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP/msft

20080222064 - Processes and systems for automated collective intelligence: The present invention relates to the field of collective intelligence. More specifically, to the collaborative acquisition of knowledge and the relationships among said knowledge and the application of acquired knowledge and relationships to solving problems. The present invention presents an interface to a community of users that will create nodes... Agent: Latimer, Mayberry & Matthews Ip Law, LLP

20080222066 - Calibration and profile based synopses error estimiation and synopses reconciliation: Apparatus, methods and computer code for estimating a synopsis error are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, one or more queries of a query workload are analyzed without running the analyzed queries. In some embodiments, the synopsis error is first estimated for a first memory allocation vector, and then, using intermediate... Agent: Dr. Mark M. Friedman C/o Bill Polkinghorn - Discovery Dispatch

20080222065 - Learning and analysis systems and methods: A system that automatically generates problem-specific neural networks for each of a plurality problems associated with an analyzed environment when there is sufficient data to do so for each such problem and that, in connection with generating a solution for each of the plurality of problems, selects which of the... Agent: Fogg & Powers Llc

20080222067 - Prediction method of near field photolithography line fabrication using by the combination of taguchi method and neural network: A method of building a set of experimental prediction model that requires fewer experimental frequency, shorter prediction time and higher prediction accuracy by using the advantages of combining the experimental data of Taguchi method and neural network learning is disclosed. The error between the experimentally measured result of photolithography and... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080222068 - Inferring candidates that are potentially responsible for user-perceptible network problems: Candidates that are potentially responsible for user-perceptible network problems may be inferred. In an example embodiment, a system includes an inference engine to produce a list of candidates that are potentially responsible for user-perceptible network problems, with the candidates being network components that may include both services and network elements.... Agent: Lee & Hayes Pllc

20080222069 - System and method for a logical-model based application understanding and transformation: Disclosed is a method of and a system for establishing a logical-model based understanding of a legacy application. The method comprises the steps of providing a physical data model of the legacy application, said physical data model having a plurality of physical elements; establishing a logical data model for the... Agent: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.c.

20080222072 - Analysing documents: The text of a document is received and stored, it is analysed according to predetermined rules to identify pitfalls and features of the document, and a graphic displaying the pitfalls and features is created and displayed.... Agent: Richard M. Goldberg

20080222070 - Enhanced rule execution in expert systems: A method for detection is presented. The method includes extracting data based upon one or more predefined rules. Further, the method includes preprocessing the extracted data based on the predefined rules to generate one or more rule groups. The method also includes instantiating one or more inference engines based on... Agent: Peter Vogel Ge Healthcare

20080222071 - System and method for automatic distribution and storage of digital media: In general, aspects of the invention relate to the automatic distribution and storage of digital media. Specifically, the invention relates to the automatic distribution and storage of digital media in the home environment. In one embodiment, a system and method are provided for retrieving data objects from sources like digital... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080222073 - Loose coupling of pattern components: A computer-implemented method, system, and computer program product for generating an application is disclosed. A pattern module associated with an application pattern is provided. The pattern module includes a model of the application pattern, a design time component to provide content for the model, and a runtime component to execute... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, P.c. Attn: Patent Intake Customer No. 64280

20080222074 - Method or corresponding system employing templates for creating an organizational structure of knowledge: As the amount of knowledge availability to a user grows, user become overwhelmed with information from sources, such as Web pages, electronic documents, media files, or links to online syndication services. The present invention solves this problem by creating an information collection with efficient knowledge access. In particular, a process... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.c.

20080215509 - Content access rights management: An apparatus (101) comprises a content item receiver (201) which receives a content item such as a digital photo or an audio or video clip. A user preference model (205) generates data indicative of user preferences for content item access. An access rule processor (203) determines a set of self-governance... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20080215508 - Method and apparatus for human behavior modeling in adaptive training: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for simulating human behavior. Source code for predicting human behavior is located on a storage system in a network data processing system. An interpreter executing on hardware in the network data processing system includes a language interpreter and a communications... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20080215510 - Multi-scale segmentation and partial matching 3d models: A scale-Space feature extraction technique is based on recursive decomposition of polyhedral surfaces into surface patches. The experimental results show that this technique can be used to perform matching based on local model structure. Scale-space techniques can be parameterized to generate decompositions that correspond to manufacturing, assembly or surface features... Agent: Knoble, Yoshida & Dunleavy

20080215511 - System and method for automated part-number mapping: Automated mapping of part numbers associated with parts in a bill of materials (BOM) submitted by a BOM originator to internal part numbers assigned to those parts by a BOM receiver is performed by one or more computers connected to one or more networks through one or more network interfaces.... Agent: Whitham, Curtis & Christofferson & Cook, P.C.

20080215513 - Methods for feature selection in a learning machine: In a pre-processing step prior to training a learning machine, pre-processing includes reducing the quantity of features to be processed using feature selection methods selected from the group consisting of recursive feature elimination (RFE), minimizing the number of non-zero parameters of the system (l0-norm minimization), evaluation of cost function to... Agent: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

20080215512 - System, method, and computer-accessible medium for providing a multi-objective evolutionary optimization of agent-based models: Agent-based models (ABMs)/multi-agent systems (MASs) are one of the most widely used modeling-simulation-analysis approaches for understanding the dynamical behavior of complex systems. These models can be often characterized by several parameters with nonlinear interactions which together determine the global system dynamics, usually measured by different conflicting criteria. One problem that... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20080215514 - Portable device for classification of medical data: A portable device for classification of medical data, the portable device having an artificial neural network and a configuration store having configuration parameter information relating to the artificial neural network, the artificial neural network being configured in accordance with configuration parameter information, the portable device being operable to receive input... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080215515 - System, apparatus and method for using and managing digital information: A system, apparatus and method for using, identifying, interacting and managing digital information in a useful and convenient manner. When a digital representation of information is loaded, an index is constructed of unique terms in the information, which index includes the terms, a count of the occurrences of each term... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20080215516 - Systems and methods for predicting consequences of misinterpretation of user commands in automated systems: Systems and methods are provided for processing and executing commands in automated systems. For example, command processing systems and methods are provided which can automatically determine, evaluate or otherwise predict consequences of execution of misrecognized or misinterpreted user commands in automated systems and thus prevent undesirable or dangerous consequences that... Agent: Frank Chau, Esq. F.chau & Associates, LLC

20080215518 - Filtering rule analysis method and system: A filtering rule analysis system for analyzing the rules of a packet filtering process that is set in network devices includes: a rule storage for storing sets of rules for which an order of priority has been established; a matrix generator for generating matrix spatial data that contains information of... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080215519 - Method and data processing system for the controlled query of structured saved information: A method for the controlled querying of information stored in a structured format in a data processing system using a dialog system includes: providing at least one first ontology configured to store information in a structured format; and providing at least one input grammar in the dialog system configured to... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080215517 - Rule based system and method: A rule based computerised method is disclosed of developing and/or implementing and/or administering rule based systems such as legislation and/or policy and/or other rule sets, the method including:—developing a computerised database containing a set of rules in accordance with which the rule based system can be developed, written in and... Agent: Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP

20080215520 - Method and system for indexing and serializing data: The present invention provides a computer implemented method, an apparatus, and a computer usable program product for indexing data. A controller identifies a set of data to be indexed, wherein a set of data structure trees represents the set of data. The controller merges the set of data structure trees... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20080215521 - Method for monitoring a decision-making process when pursuing an objective in economic, technical, and organizational fields: A method for controlling a decisional process when pursuing an aim in a specific application domain, such as economic, technical, and organizational fields. In the process, a system of agents is created, including creator cognitive agents of portable knowledge objects and constructor agents of knowledge objects by adding supplementary knowledge... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd