Data processing: artificial intelligence inventions 03/09

20090083199 - Processing device having selectible list items with intuitive learning capability: A processing device and a method of providing learning capability thereto are provided. A list containing a plurality of listed items with an associated item probability distribution is generated. The item probability distribution comprises a plurality of probability values corresponding to the plurality of listed items. One or more items... Agent: Michael J. Bolan

20090083200 - Method and system for active learning screening process with dynamic information modeling: Systems and methods consistent with the present invention improve manual screening processes for a group of documents by implementing an active learning screening process with dynamic information modeling. A classification algorithm is trained to recognize the relationships between concept tags applied to a subset of the documents and true or... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090083202 - Semiconductor storage device: A semiconductor storage device includes a storage part including a plurality of nonvolatile semiconductor memory cells each having a conductive path, a charge storage layer and a control gate electrode. The device further includes a plurality of first input terminals each connected to one end of the conductive path of... Agent: Charles N.j. Ruggiero, Esq. Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P.

20090083201 - System and method for determining stability of a neural system: Disclosed are methods, systems, and computer-readable media for determining stability of a neural system. The method includes tracking a function world line of an N element neural system within at least one behavioral space, determining whether the tracking function world line is approaching a psychological stability surface, and implementing a... Agent: Nasa Goddard Space Flight Center

20090083203 - Method for constructing database to deduce disease and providing u-health service: A method for constructing a database to deduce a disease and constructing a Bayesian network for U-Health application, the method including the steps of analyzing U-Health information, which includes a disease, a symptom, and a treatment, and constructing a plurality of U-Health ontologies required for service provision, setting a meta-model... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20090083204 - Historians embedded in industrial units: Systems and methods that provide a historian integrated as part of an industrial unit and/or product manufactured by the industrial process. A historian integrated as part of the industrial unit itself, can increase data resolution and supply immediate and real time data regarding the industrial unit's operation—while mitigating short comings... Agent: Amin Turocy & Calvin, LLP Attention: Heather Holmes

20090083206 - Apparatus and method for constructing prediction model: A prediction model constructing apparatus includes a operational result database, similarity calculating means, and prediction model constructing means. The operational result database relates manufacturing conditions of a product manufactured in the past to result information on the manufacturing, and stores a plurality pieces of information obtained by relating the manufacturing... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20090083205 - Assisting a user experiencing cognitive decline by retracing footsteps: Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, a user experiencing cognitive decline or a similar affliction may be assisted with the performance of daily tasks or routines. An information handling system installed in a central room of the user's living quarters, such as a kitchen, to observe the user... Agent: Cool Patent, P.C. C/o Cpa Global

20090083207 - Event-based anticipation systems, methods and computer program products for associative memories: A time of occurrence of an interest event of multiple events is anticipated based on time intervals between at least two previously occurring events and a previous occurrence of the interest event and based on a new occurrence of at least one of the events. For a respective event, multiple... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20090083209 - Multi-field classification dynamic rules updates: The present invention relates to a method and computer system device for applying a plurality of rules to data packets within a network computer system. A filter rule decision tree is updated by adding or deleting a rule. If deleting a filter rule then the decision tree is provided to... Agent: Driggs, Hogg, Daugherty & Del Zoppo Co., L.p.a.

20090083208 - System, method, and computer program product for data mining and automatically generating hypotheses from data repositories: Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods, and computer programs for generating a hypothesis. Specifically, some method embodiments include steps for accessing a system for extracting relationships and determining a relationship rule defining a relationship among a plurality of phrases and a plurality of concepts stored in the... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20090083210 - Exchange of syncronization data and metadata: Systems and methods that disclose alternative patterns for exchange of synchronization data and/or metadata, e.g., ‘knowledge’, to enhance performance of synchronization processes are disclosed. Accordingly, the innovation discloses synchronization mechanisms that employ exchange of data and metadata to alleviate a requirement of a complete ‘round-trip’ when synchronizing data. ‘Knowledge’ can... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20090083211 - Inferencing user interest: Methods and systems for providing a virtual network of real-world entities are provided. In various embodiments, the methods and systems receive a database identifying real-world entities wherein the database can include relationships between entities and attributes. Some attributes can be associated with strengths. Upon receiving a search query from a... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20090076987 - System and method for using artifical intelligence in automated analysis of labor market data: Economic development and workforce development information, such as historical and forecasted economic data regarding economic variables including but not limited to jobs, unemployment, wages, and/or productivity, etc., and/or any changes therein are stored in a database. Access to the data stored in the database is provided via a web portal... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20090076988 - Method and system for optimal choice: A method and system for optimal choice is described. An inductive database system uses an integration of historical data and virtual data (in the form of intuitive rule-sets specified by an agent or plurality of agents) to make statistical recommendations for optimal choice. Filter mechanisms support the reporting of choice... Agent: Paul E. Schaafsma Novusip, LLC

20090076989 - Automated classification algorithm comprising at least one input-invariant part: A classification algorithm is separated into one or more input-invariant parts and one or more input-dependent classification parts. The input-invariant parts of the classification algorithm capture the underlying and unchanging relationships between the plurality of data elements being operated upon by the classification algorithm, whereas the one or more classification... Agent: Vedder Price PC

20090076992 - Computer implemented method for automatically evaluating and ranking service level agreement violations: The invention relates to ranking Service Level Agreement violations. A method for ranking said Service Level Agreements comprising determining a set of attributes for Service Level Agreements subject to violation, and predicting importance of Service Level Agreement violations using a model which performs ordinal regression based on said attributes of... Agent: Ibm Corporation RochesterIPLaw Dept. 917

20090076991 - Method and apparatus for visualization of data availability and risk: The advanced data availability tool uses predictive analysis to fill gaps in a data set and then displays actual data, predicted data, and confidence intervals for the actual data and the predicted data. The advanced data availability tool has a data collection tool, a data table created by the data... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20090076990 - Method and system for automatically controlling in-process software distributions: A method and system for controlling an in-process software distribution to computing devices. A time of a disturbance in an environment of a computing device is predicted based on a change in a pressure exerted on the computing device. A checkpoint in a time interval of a distribution of a... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20090076993 - System and method for cortical simulation: A cortical simulator optimizing the simulation scale and time through computationally efficient simulation of neurons in a clock-driven and synapses in an event-driven fashion, memory efficient representation of simulation state, and communication efficient message exchanges.... Agent: Rogitz & Associates

20090076994 - Intelligent reputation attribution platform: Systems and methods allowing for the attribution of reputation to data sources (e.g., for the creation of referrals) are provided. In an illustrative implementation scores (e.g., reputation scores) are determined for a target entity connected a source entity on a network on a given dimension. In the illustrative implementation, an... Agent: Van Pelt, Yi & James LLP

20090076996 - Multi-classifier selection and monitoring for mmr-based image recognition: A MMR system that uses multiple classifiers for predicting, monitoring, and adjusting index tables for image recognition comprises a plurality of mobile devices, a pre-processing server or MMR gateway, and an MMR matching unit, and may include an MMR publisher. The MMR matching unit includes a plurality of recognition unit... Agent: Ricoh/fenwick

20090076995 - User state presumption system, user state presumption method, and recording media storing user state presumption program: A user state presumption system includes a category storage, a transition model recorder, a log receiver, a log abstracting par, a behavior categorizing part, a category presuming part, a transition probability storage, a transition probability calculator, an intended behavior judging part; an intended behavior probability recorder; and an intended behavior... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090076998 - Method and system for automatically adding new class definitions to a classification system: A method and system for automatically classifying a product description into a product type based on a classification system is disclosed. Real product descriptions representing a given product type can be compared with a pre-defined set of characteristics that are relevant to the classification system. The relevant information regarding the... Agent: Ortiz & Lopez, PLLC

20090076997 - Recommender system with ad-hoc, dynamic model composition: One embodiment of the present invention provides recommender system for generating a recommendation of an item by combining a set of utility models adaptively to facilitate a decision-making process. The system includes a utility model database containing the set of utility models and a query module for receiving at least... Agent: Pvf -- Parc C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20090076999 - Methods of characterizing similarity between measurements on entities, computer programs product and data carrier: A method for characterizing the similarity between measurements on a plurality of entities comprising a first entity and a second entity comprises receiving measurements taken at a plurality of measurement points per entity. A model is defined comprising a stochastic process and a model function having values which depend on... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20090077000 - Method and system to predict and recommend future goal-oriented activity: One embodiment of the present invention provides a method for recommending activities to a user. During operation, the system determines an activity-type distribution based on the user's personal profile and/or population prior information, thereby facilitating prediction of future activities for the user. The system further searches for and receives one... Agent: Pvf -- Parc C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20090077001 - Integrating optimization directly into databases: Systems, methods and articles solve computationally complex problems. Example embodiments provide data query language features that may be used to express optimization problems. An expression of an optimization problem in the provided data query language may be transformed into a primitive problem that is equivalent to the optimization problem. An... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20090077002 - Knowledge based synchronization of subsets of data with no move condition: An efficient way is provided to represent and exchange knowledge and/or partial knowledge across nodes when synchronizing between any two nodes. A first node sends a second node its knowledge and/or partial knowledge, including objects and versions of those objects. The second node compares its knowledge and/or partial knowledge with... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20090070279 - Estimating the efficacy of a mathematical model of system behaviour: Estimating the overall efficacy of a mathematical model of system behaviour involves providing a template representing factors that affect the overall efficacy of the mathematical model. A Bayesian Belief Network (BBN) having nodes based on the factors of the template is created and the BBN is used to obtain an... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090070280 - Method for performance bottleneck diagnosis and dependency discovery in distributed systems and computer networks: A method for performance bottleneck diagnosis and dependency discovery in distributed systems and computer networks includes receiving a real-valued end-to-end measurement matrix, a number of end-to-end measurements, a number of time points, a number of network components, a loss function, and a plurality of constraints on output matrices. The method... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP-ibm Yorktown

20090070281 - System for hybridized efficient genetic algorithms to solve bi-objective optimization problems with application to network computing: A system and methods are presented for the generation of hybridized efficient genetic algorithms (EGAS) applied to bi-objective optimization problems. Applications are made to engineering systems involving collective behaviors, including network computing, robotics and evolvable hardware.... Agent: Neal Solomon

20090070282 - Method and system of monitoring prognostics: A neural network learns the operating modes of a system being monitored under normal operating conditions. Anomalies can be automatically detected and learned. A control command can be issued or an alert can be issued in response thereto.... Agent: Husch Blackwell Sanders, LLP Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP Welsh & Katz

20090070283 - Apparatus and method of constructing user behavior pattern based on event log generated from context-aware system environment: Disclosed is an apparatus and method of constructing a user behavior pattern based on an event log that is a record of events generated in a context-aware system environment. An apparatus and method of constructing a user behavior pattern based on an event log according to an embodiment of the... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090070284 - Knowledge storage and retrieval system and method: A system and method for representing, storing and retrieving real-world knowledge on a computer or network of computers is disclosed. Knowledge is broken down into permanent atomic “facts” which can be stored in a standard relational database and processed very efficiently. It also provides for the efficient querying of a... Agent: Weaver Austin Villeneuve & Sampson LLP

20090063370 - Composition of web services using representations: A system for composing Web services may include a goal determiner unit and a composer unit. The goal determiner unit may be configured to access a primary goal of final states of Web service representations. The composer unit may be configured to compute a set of transitions from initial states... Agent: Brake Hughes Bellermann LLP

20090063371 - Reconfigurable spam detection system based on global intelligence: Systems are provided for delaying e-mail classification until global intelligence has an opportunity to be gathered. According to one embodiment, a spam detection system includes a global intelligence network and a network device. The global intelligence network contains global intelligence servers coupled to a public network and configured to (i)... Agent: Michael A Desanctis Hamilton Desanctis & Cha LLP

20090063372 - Context inference system and method thereof: A context inference system including a mobile device and at least one information sending unit is provided. The mobile device includes an information receiving unit and a context operation platform. The information receiving unit receives a context information. The context operation platform includes an information collection module for collecting the... Agent: J C Patents, Inc.

20090063373 - Methods and apparatus for adversarial reasoning: Method and apparatus for an adversarial planner to create a first plan for a first agent and a second plan for a second agent, wherein the first and second plans are independent, identify conflicts between the first and second plans, and address the identified conflicts by planning a contingency branch... Agent: Raytheon Company C/o Daly, Crowley, Mofford & Durkee, LLP

20090063374 - Category classification method: A category classification method includes: calculating function values corresponding to a relationship between a classification target and support vectors that contribute to a classification boundary, calculating an addition value in which the function value for each support vector has been added, and classifying that the classification target does not pertain... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20090063375 - System and method for compiling rules created by machine learning program: A system, a method, and a machine-readable medium are provided. A group of linear rules and associated weights are provided as a result of machine learning. Each one of the group of linear rules is partitioned into a respective one of a group of types of rules. A respective transducer... Agent: At & T Legal Department

20090063376 - Reconstruction of gene networks from time-series microarray data: Gene regulation network is reconstructed using time series microarray data under the method of the Bayesian network. Particular power-law function is used to calculate the joint probabilities among genes across time points. This invention discloses the use of the downhill simplex algorithm to find global maxima of interrelational likelihood. Arcs... Agent: Venable LLP

20090063377 - System and method using sampling for allocating web page placements in online publishing of content: An improved system and method is provided for using sampling for allocating web page placements in online publishing of content. A multi-armed bandit engine may be provided for sampling content items by allocating web page placements of varying quality for content items and optimizing the payoff to maximize revenue. Publishers... Agent: Law Office Of Robert O. Bolan

20090063378 - Apparatus and methods for predicting a semiconductor parameter across an area of a wafer: Apparatus and methods are provided for predicting a plurality of unknown parameter values (e.g. overlay error or critical dimension) using a plurality of known parameter values. In one embodiment, the method involves training a neural network to predict the plurality of parameter values. In other embodiments, the prediction process does... Agent: Weaver Austin Villeneuve Sampson LLP - Kla Tencor Kla Tencor

20090063379 - Automated decision-making based on collaborative user input: A system and method solicit decision-making input from a large number of users in a structured manner that facilitates generation of useful recommendations. The individual seeking advice posts a request for advice in the form of a decision question, or identifies a previously posted decision question. Visitors to the website... Agent: Raubvogel Law Office

20090063380 - Device, method and computer program product for evaluating a behaior of an entity: A method for evaluating a behavior of an entity, the method includes: converting a state machine representation of a behavior of an entity to a complex event processing (CEP) representation of the behavior of the entity; wherein the converting comprises defining a transition between multiple states of the state machine... Agent: Ibm Corporation, T.j. Watson Research Center

20090063381 - Method and apparatus for automatically executing rules in enterprise systems: One embodiment of the present invention provides an enterprise system that automatically executes a rule associated with an event. During operation, the system receives an event object at the enterprise system. Next, the system creates an intermediate event object based on the event object, wherein the intermediate object is an... Agent: Pvf -- Oracle International Corporation C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20090063384 - Method of applying user-defined inference rule using function of searching knowledge base and knowledge base management system therefor: The user-defined inference rule is created using a knowledge base search language that is basically provided in a knowledge base management system. Accordingly, the user-defined inference rule is a knowledge base search statement and is processed using a function of searching a knowledge base as a base function of the... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090063382 - Pluggable dialects for a rule engine: Some embodiments of pluggable dialects for a rule engine have been presented. In one embodiment, a rule file substantially written in a rule language is compiled. The rule file may include a set of rules, each rule having one or more semantic code blocks written in a dialect different from... Agent: Red Hat/bstz Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090063383 - Real-time reasoning system using natural language-like rules: A reasoning system with a reasoning engine that uses a rule set created from a rule representation language that has an English/natural language-like rule syntax and format is discussed. The reasoning system employs a real-time selection algorithm that chooses the rules used to analyze complex data (e.g.: bio-medical research, e-commerce,... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP Floor 30, Suite 3000

20090063385 - Sequential mode in a rete engine: Some embodiments of a sequential mode in a Rete rule engine have been presented. In one embodiment, a Rete rule engine is configured to enter into a sequential mode. Using the Rete rule engine configured, a rule set having a set of rules is evaluated against a set of data... Agent: Red Hat/bstz Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090063387 - Apparatus and method for problem determination and resolution: An exemplary method (which can be computer implemented) for problem determination and resolution includes the steps of detecting anomalous changes in an environment for which a problem diagnosis is to be provided, generating domain specific key words and predicates based, at least in part, on the detected anomalous changes, searching... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20090063388 - Learning apparatus and method of intelligent system: A learning apparatus and method of an intelligent system according to the present invention relates to learning of an intelligent system that automatically controls a system on the basis of information about events generated in an external environment or services input by a user. In the learning, it is determined... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090063386 - Systems and methods for linking an issue with an entry in a knowledgebase: An embodiment relates generally to a method of linking. The method includes receiving a message associated with at least one technical issue being resolved in a first system and containing non-confidential information and searching a knowledgebase in a second system based on the message to obtain at least one related... Agent: Mh2 Technology Law Group (cust. No. W/red Hat)

20090063389 - Comparison of decision logic: A request to compare strategies is received. The first strategy can be graphically represented by a first set of linked nodes arranged in a first form of decision logic. The second strategy can be graphically represented by a second set of linked nodes arranged in a second form of decision... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky And Popeo, P.c

20090063390 - Self-learning integrity management system and related methods: An integrity management system predicts abnormalities in complex systems before they occur based upon the prior history of abnormalities within the complex system. A topology of the nodes of a complex system is generated and data is collected from the system based on predetermined metrics. In combination with dynamic thresholding,... Agent: Greenberg Traurig LLP (la)

20090063391 - Updating an engine using a description language: Functionality is described for sending updated engine logic to a user device. The engine logic is expressed in a description language, such as the extensible markup language (XML). The user device uses the updated engine logic to update a parse tree. The user device then uses the parse tree to... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC