Data processing: artificial intelligence inventions 01/09

20090030856 - Expert systems as a method of delivering diagnostic, problem solving, and training technical services to customers: An expert system may be utilized for providing and receiving interactive, computer-implemented support services related to chemical processing units. The expert system may include a knowledge base that contains information coded in the form of rules, decision trees, and logic and a database that stores and handles various types of... Agent: Honeywell Intellectual Property Inc Patent Services

20090030857 - Multiattribute specification of preferences about people, priorities, and privacy for guiding messaging and communications: The present invention relates to a system and methodology to facilitate multiattribute adjustments and control associated with messages and other communications and informational items that are directed to a user via automated systems. An interface, specification language, and controls are provided for defining a plurality of variously configured groups that... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20090030858 - Methods and apparatus to perform downhole fluid analysis using an artificial neural network: Apparatus and methods to perform downhole fluid analysis using an artificial neural network are disclosed. A disclosed example method involves obtaining a first formation fluid property value of a formation fluid sample from a downhole fluid analysis process. The first formation fluid property value is provided to an artificial neural... Agent: Schlumberger Oilfield Services

20090030859 - Method and apparatus for real-time website optimization: A novel method of automated, real-time website optimization at least includes: a) receiving website optimization data including an optimization goal, and website source code; b) receiving website optimization criteria indicative of the completion of a website optimization experiment; c) executing an optimization algorithm used to select an optimized website version;... Agent: Gregory P. Gadson, Esq.

20090030860 - Message routing using cyclical neural networks: A system for routing business-to-business (“B2B”) messages includes a cyclical neural network. The cyclical neural network contains neurons for determining a needed destination of a message based on content type of the message, for example. Neurons are monitored to establish a “state of understanding” of the network during processing, and... Agent: At&t Legal Department Attn: Patent Docketing

20090030861 - Probabilistic prediction based artificial intelligence planning system: A probabilistic prediction based artificial intelligence planning system comprises at least one processing unit capable of executing a set of instructions for a probabilistic prediction and modeling system; an input means for providing an input in communication with the processing unit; an output means for providing an output in communication... Agent: Patwrite Llc

20090030864 - Method for constructing segmentation-based predictive models: The present invention generally relates to computer databases and, more particularly, to data mining and knowledge discovery. The invention specifically relates to a method for constructing segmentation-based predictive models, such as decision-tree classifiers, wherein data records are partitioned into a plurality of segments and separate predictive models are constructed for... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, Pllc

20090030862 - System for estimating a distribution of message content categories in source data: A method of computerized content analysis that gives “approximately unbiased and statistically consistent estimates” of a distribution of elements of structured, unstructured, and partially structured source data among a set of categories. In one embodiment, this is done by analyzing a distribution of small set of individually-classified elements in a... Agent: Goodwin Procter LLP Patent Administrator

20090030863 - Transactional graph-based computation with error handling: Processing transactions using graph-based computations includes determining that at least one of a plurality of graph elements of a computation graph of a set of one or more computation graphs includes a computation to be performed for a given transaction, associating the given transaction with an instance of the computation... Agent: Fish & Richardson Pc

20090030865 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and computer program: An information processing apparatus includes plural information input units that input information including image information or sound information in an actual space, an event detecting unit that generates event information including estimated position information and estimated identification information of users present in the actual space by analyzing the information inputted... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090030866 - Information classifying apparatus, information classifying method and computer readable medium: An information classifying apparatus includes an information receiving section, a rule storing section, a deciding section, a creating condition storing section, a creating section and a storage control section. The rule storing section stores a classifying rule which is a rule for classifying a piece of information. The deciding section... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20090030867 - Reviewing apparatus, recipe setting method for reviewing apparatus and reviewing system: A recipe setting method and reviewing apparatus which permit even a novice to analyze the contents of existing recipe settings without trial-and-error attempts in the reviewing apparatus for reviewing a sample and to create a new recipe in a short time based on the results of the analysis. By a... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090024546 - System, method and apparatus for predictive modeling of spatially distributed data for location based commercial services: A computer system implements a method to provide a class membership probability prediction based on collected usage data from a user device of a user. After device usage data, which contains location information, is collected from the user device, the collected usage data is processed to generate a predictive model... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20090024548 - Compatibility scoring of users in a social network: The compatibility score of individuals in a social network is computed based on the compatibility of interests expressed by these individuals. The compatibility score between any two interests is calculated as the log of the estimated probability that a member of the social network will express both interests as his... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.l.p.

20090024547 - Multi-intelligent system for toxicogenomic applications (mista): A system (100) and method (800) to predict toxicological effects of molecules is provided. The method can include obtaining (802) a three-dimensional (3-D) structure of a molecule from a database, transforming (804) the 3-D structure to a one-dimensional (1-D) geometrical representation using a combination of a molecular transform (114) and... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20090024549 - Methods and systems for determining entropy metrics for networks: Methods and systems for network monitoring using network metrics which are generalized entropy functions of the Markov monoid matrix M generated by an altered connection matrix C.... Agent: Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP

20090024550 - Systems and methods for wireless network selection: Systems and methods for selecting a wireless network are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method comprises receiving a first network device identifier for a first network device and a second network device identifier for a second network device, obtaining a first network profile comprising a first attribute, the first network... Agent: Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

20090024553 - Automatic generation of new rules for processing synthetic events using computer-based learning processes: A computer implemented method. A first synthetic event is received. The first synthetic event is derived from a first cohort comprising a first set of data and a second cohort comprising a second set of data. The first synthetic event comprises a third set of data representing a result of... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20090024551 - Managing validation models and rules to apply to data sets: Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture for managing validation models and rules to apply to data sets. A schema definition describing a structure of at least one column in a first data set having a plurality of columns and records providing data for each of the columns... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP Attn: Ibm54

20090024552 - Unified development guidelines: This disclosure relates to creating, facilitating, or otherwise managing unified development guidelines. Software for managing development guidelines can comprise computer readable instructions operable when executed to, in response to a trigger, identify a first guideline rule and a second guideline rule based, at least in part, on the trigger, where... Agent: Fish & Richardson, P.c.

20090024554 - Method for matching electronic advertisements to surrounding context based on their advertisement content: A system for selecting electronic advertisements from an advertisement pool to match the surrounding content is disclosed. To select advertisements, the system takes an approach to content match that focuses on capturing subtler linguistic associations between the surrounding content and the content of the advertisement. The system of the present... Agent: Stattler - Suh Pc

20090024555 - method and apparatus for automatic comparison of data sequences: The invention is concerned with a method and an apparatus for automatic comparison of at least two data sequences characterized in—an evaluation of a local relationship between any pair of subsequences in two or more sequences; —an evaluation of a global relationship by means of aggregation of the evaluations of... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.c.

20090024556 - Semantic crawler: A method and an apparatus for extraction of information from a plurality of electronic text documents. The method comprises defining and generating a reference graph. The reference graph represents a specific theme of a reference text document. The method further comprises comparing the reference graph with a second graph using... Agent: Intellectual Property / Technology Law

20090024557 - Clause and proof tightening: A computer-implemented method for verification of a target system includes defining a formula describing the target system, the formula including clauses, which include variables and which express constraints on states of the target system. The formula is processed so as to derive, using the clauses, a proof relating to a... Agent: Ibm Corporation, T.j. Watson Research Center

20090018981 - Learning classifiers using combined boosting and weight trimming: A “Classifier Trainer” trains a combination classifier for detecting specific objects in signals (e.g., faces in images, words in speech, patterns in signals, etc.). In one embodiment “multiple instance pruning” (MIP) is introduced for training weak classifiers or “features” of the combination classifier. Specifically, a trained combination classifier and associated... Agent: Microsoft Corporation C/o Lyon & Harr, LLP

20090018979 - Math problem checker: A problem checker architecture that monitors user progress during a problem-solving process and assists the user through the process (e.g., when requested) using common human methods of solving the problem. Assistance can be in the form of detecting errors during the process, and providing context-sensitive help information when the user... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090018983 - Method and system for detecting anomalous process behavior: A method for learning a process behavior model based on a process past instances and on one or more process attributes, and a method for detecting an anomalous process using the corresponding process behavior model.... Agent: Hoffman Warnick LLC

20090018980 - Multiple-instance pruning for learning efficient cascade detectors: A “Classifier Trainer” trains a combination classifier for detecting specific objects in signals (e.g., faces in images, words in speech, patterns in signals, etc.). In one embodiment “multiple instance pruning” (MIP) is introduced for training weak classifiers or “features” of the combination classifier. Specifically, a trained combination classifier and associated... Agent: Microsoft Corporation C/o Lyon & Harr, LLP

20090018982 - Segmented modeling of large data sets: To provide efficient and effective modeling of data set, the data set is initially separated into several subsets which can then be processed independently. The subsets themselves are chosen to have some internal commonality, thus providing effective independent tools where possible. This commonality may include correlation between variables or interaction... Agent: Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly LLP

20090018984 - System and method for dynamic knowledge construction: A system and method responsive to input stimuli is provided by incorporating a computer software program, hardware processing engine, or a specialized ASIC chip processor apparatus to capture concurrent inputs that are responsive to training stimulation, store a model representing a synthesis of the captured inputs, and use the stored... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090018985 - Histogram-based classifiers having variable bin sizes: A “Classifier Trainer” trains a combination classifier for detecting specific objects in signals (e.g., faces in images, words in speech, patterns in signals, etc.). In one embodiment “multiple instance pruning” (MIP) is introduced for training weak classifiers or “features” of the combination classifier. Specifically, a trained combination classifier and associated... Agent: Microsoft Corporation C/o Lyon & Harr, LLP

20090018986 - Systems and methods for integrating educational software systems: Systems and methods are provided for integrating educational software. In one implementation, a first server receives an identifier of a second server that provides at least one source educational course. A second server receives metadata for the at least one source educational course and stores the metadata.... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090018987 - Computational intelligence system: A method of computational intelligence is disclosed.... Agent: Mdip LLC

20090012919 - Explaining changes in measures thru data mining: Systems and methodologies for identification of factors that cause significant shifts in transactions in a relational store and/or OLAP environment. Transactions are grouped into significant categories defined across the whole data space, to detect interesting sub spaces transactions. Subsequently, sub spaces that show strong variance between two slices can be... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20090012920 - Human artificial intelligence software program: A method of creating human artificial intelligence in machines and computer software is presented here, as well as methods to simulate human reasoning, thought and behavior. The present invention serves as a universal artificial intelligence program that will store, retrieve, analyze, assimilate, predict the future and modify information in a... Agent: Mitchell Kwok

20090012922 - Method and apparatus for reward-based learning of improved systems management policies: In one embodiment, the present invention is a method for reward-based learning of improved systems management policies. One embodiment of the inventive method involves supplying a first policy and a reward mechanism. The first policy maps states of at least one component of a data processing system to selected management... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP

20090012921 - Method for identifying a person's posture: A classification method including first classifying an event of any kind by first rules, and then second classifying events, not identified by the first classification, by a learning base reinforced with all the events identified by the first classification. The method is adaptive if the second classification rules are amended... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090012924 - Malfunction condition judgment apparatus, control method, automobile and program: A malfunction condition judgment apparatus (MCJA) that judges malfunction condition (MC) of an observed object based on a change of observed values. The MCJA acquires time series data for values of each of a plurality of variables; calculates, with respect to each of the variables, a statistic defining a probability... Agent: Shimokaji & Associates, P.C.

20090012923 - Method and apparatus for distributing assignments: A method of assigning sets of assignments to at least one agent is provided. The agent(s) are capable of assuming a plurality of states. The method comprising, for each agent: constructing a graph having a plurality of vertices and a plurality of edges. Each vertex of the graph represents an... Agent: Martin D. Moynihan Prtsi

20090012925 - Observation-based user profiling and profile matching: Observation-based user profiling and profile matching are provided. The network behavior of users of a computer-implemented social network are observed and used for user profiling. By observing network behavior instead of necessarily relying on user self-reported data, accurate and objective user profiles can be formed; user profiling is accomplished based... Agent: Lumen Patent Firm, Inc.

20090012926 - Question answering device, question answering method, and question answering program: A question-answering device, a question-answering method, and a question-answering program that can obtain an answer to an inputted query with high probability are described. A score calculation element 305 determines a matching degree between the group of the style and the topic of an inputted query and the group of... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090012927 - System and method for assigning pieces of content to time-slots samples for measuring effects of the assigned content: Systems and methods provide for assigning pieces of content to time-slots samples for measuring effects of the assigned content. Systems and methods provide for receiving pair-wise content relatedness data that identifies each piece of content as experimental content or control content relative to other pieces of content, and algorithmically assigning... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20090012928 - System and method for generating an amalgamated database: A method for creating an amalgamated bioinformatics database from at least a first database and a second database is presented. Concepts are identified in a first field from the records of the first database. A second field from the records of the second database which has data related to the... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20090006281 - Computerized data eauidistant-mapping method and computer system using the same: A computerized data equidistant-mapping method and a computer system using the same are provided. The computerized data equidistant-mapping method is used for mapping M sets of K-dimensional original data into a D-dimensional space in a manner of equidistance. The computerized data equidistant-mapping method includes the following steps. M sets of... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090006285 - Content-based tagging of rss feeds and e-mail: Providing for automated generation of tags (e.g., metadata descriptors) for items of e-mail or syndication formatted communication is described herein. By way of example, a system can include a filtering component that can generate one or more tags based on information relevant to content of the communication, a sender, or... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20090006284 - Forecasting time-independent search queries: Techniques for analyzing and modeling the frequency of queries are provided by a query analysis system. A query analysis system analyzes frequencies of a query over time to determine whether the query is time-dependent or time-independent. The query analysis system forecasts the frequency of time-dependent queries based on their periodicities.... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP/msft

20090006289 - Hierarchical temporal memory system with enhanced inference capability: A node, a computer program storage medium, and a method for a hierarchical temporal memory (HTM) network where at least one of its nodes generates a top-down message and sends the top-down message to one or more children nodes in the HTM network. The first top-down message represents information about... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20090006288 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program: An information processing apparatus learning a preference of a user for a content item includes acquiring means for acquiring an operation or expression of the user for a certain content item as feedback information; training data generating means for generating training data for the preference learning from the feedback information... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090006287 - Kernel machine approximation: Systems and methods associated with approximating a kernel matrix are described. One method embodiment includes accessing a set of kernel machine training data and then partitioning that data into a set of partitioned data based on a set of partition parameters. The method embodiment may also include creating a partition... Agent: Intel/bstz Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090006286 - Method and apparatus for implementing digital video modeling to identify unexpected behavior: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program product for identifying unexpected behavioral patterns. The process parses event data derived from video data to identify behavioral patterns, wherein the event data comprises metadata describing events occurring in a selected environment. The process analyzes the behavioral patterns to identify a... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20090006283 - Using a data mining algorithm to generate format rules used to validate data sets: Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture for using a data mining algorithm to generate format rules used to validate data sets. A data set has a plurality of columns and records providing data for each of the columns. Selection is received of at least one format column... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP Attn: Ibm54

20090006282 - Using a data mining algorithm to generate rules used to validate a selected region of a predicted column: Provided are an article of manufacture, system, and method for using a data mining algorithm to generate rules used to validate a selected region of a predicted column. A data set has a plurality of columns and records providing data for each of the columns. Selection is received of at... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP Attn: Ibm54

20090006290 - Training random walks over absorbing graphs: A random walk is performed over a graph, such as an augmented bipartite graph, relating to ownership data with respect to a plurality of users and items owned; the graph can provide social links between the users as well. Items can be recommended to users who do not own the... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20090006291 - Computer-implemented land planning system and method designed to generate at least one conceptual fit solution to a user-defined land development problem: A computer-implemented land planning system is designed to generate at least one conceptual fit solution to a user-defined land development problem. The system electronically creates at least one candidate solution to the land development problem. The candidate solution incorporates a number of engineering measurements applicable in development of an undeveloped... Agent: Schwartz Law Firm, P.C. Southpark Towers

20090006293 - Methods and systems for scalable hierarchical feed-forward processes: Methods and systems for constructing a scalable feed-forward process are provided. The method includes identifying a plurality of segments of the process wherein the segments define a feed-forward network which is used to constrain the creation of more detailed segment components. The method also includes modeling each component by defining... Agent: John S. Beulick (24691) Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20090006292 - Recognizing input gestures: The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for recognizing input gestures. A neural network is trained using example inputs and backpropagation to recognize specified input patterns. Input gesture data is representative of movements in contact on a multi-touch input display surface relative to one or more... Agent: Workman Nydegger/microsoft

20090006294 - Identification of events of search queries: Techniques for analyzing and modeling the frequency of queries are provided by a query analysis system. A query analysis system analyzes frequencies of a query over time to determine whether the query is time-dependent or time-independent. The query analysis system forecasts the frequency of time-dependent queries based on their periodicities.... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP/msft

20090006295 - Method and apparatus for implementing digital video modeling to generate an expected behavior model: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program product for generating an expected behavior model. The process parses event data derived from video data to identify behavioral patterns, wherein the event data comprises metadata describing events occurring in a selected environment. The process analyzes the behavioral patterns to identify... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20090006296 - Dma engine for repeating communication patterns: A parallel computer system is constructed as a network of interconnected compute nodes to operate a global message-passing application for performing communications across the network. Each of the compute nodes includes one or more individual processors with memories which run local instances of the global message-passing application operating at each... Agent: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.

20090006298 - It resource event situation classification and semantics: An off-line knowledge acquisition process takes IT resource messages and automatically generates a set of rules used to provide situation categories for the resource messages/events. The off-line knowledge acquisition process generates an event-to-situation mapping file for efficiently mapping situation to events in runtime. Rules are fed back into a knowledge... Agent: Stevens & Showalter, L.L.P.

20090006299 - Method and system for constructing cognitive programs: The present invention is directed to a method of creating a program to solve a problem pertaining to a first task. In the method, user input data pertaining to a second task is received from an operator. The second task is different from the first task. A number of subprograms... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20090006297 - Open-world modeling: The claimed subject matter provides systems and/or methods that facilitate generating an inference about events that may not have yet been observed. Open-world modeling can be used to take a history of observation so as to understand trends over time in the revelation of previously unseen events, and to make... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20090006301 - Multi-platform business calculation rule language and execution environment: Computer-readable storage media, computer-implemented methods, and systems are disclosed for a multi-platform calculation rule language and its environment. A calculation rule, presented in an expression language and specifying one or more functions, is received. The expression language, for a plurality of different platforms, allows each of a plurality of functions... Agent: Merchant & Gould (microsoft)

20090006300 - System for detecting and evaluating operation-dependent processes and/or components in automated production and test sequences: A system (10) testing and rating operation-dependent processes and/or components (20) in automated production and test sequences comprises a robot (12) which by means of a minimum of one sensor (14, 16) detects test/measured values (M) of at least one operating and/or display element (22, 24) of the component (20)... Agent: Clark & Brody

20090006302 - Methods and apparatus for capturing and detecting inconsistencies in relational data using conditional functional dependencies: Methods and apparatus are provided for detecting data inconsistencies. Methods are disclosed for determining whether a set of conditional functional dependencies are consistent; determining a minimal cover of a set of conditional functional dependencies and detecting a violation of one or more conditional functional dependencies in a set of conditional... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20090006303 - Knowledge auction system and method: The present invention relates to a knowledge auction system and method, in which points provided in return for one or more answers are provided in an auction fashion in a knowledge trading system in which a plurality of answerers provides answers to a question registered by a questioner and the... Agent: LexyoumeIPGroup, LLC

20090006304 - Context based bookmark: The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for setting a bookmark for a resource accessed by a user, and for using the bookmark. The bookmarking method includes: collecting screen context information for the real text in the current screen of the resource in response to a request... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20090006305 - Methods and systems for constructing bayesian belief networks: Methods and systems are described for simplifying a causal influence model that describes influence of parent nodes Xi (i=1, . . . , n) on possible states of the child node Y. The child node Y and each one of the parent nodes Xi (i=1, . . . , n)... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090006306 - Creating a session log for studying usability of one or more computing devices used for social networking: Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for creating a session log for studying usability of one or more computing devices used for social networking that include: receiving, by a usability engine from at least one usability expert, usability observations observed by the usability expert during a usability session for studying... Agent: International Corp (blf)