Data processing: artificial intelligence inventions 09/09

20090240640 - Apparatus and method for predicting engine test performance from bench test data: An apparatus for evaluating deposit formation characteristics of lubricant samples. The apparatus includes a reactor chamber having a closed first end and a second end, said closed first end of said reactor chamber forming a lubricant sump and said second end open to the atmosphere, an electric heater for heating... Agent: Exxonmobil Research And Engineering Company

20090240639 - Feedback in group based hierarchical temporal memory system: A Hierarchical Temporal Memory (HTM) network has at least first nodes and a second node at a higher level than the first nodes. The second node provides an inter-node feedback signal to the first nodes for grouping patterns and sequences (or co-occurrences) in input data received at the first nodes... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20090240636 - Method, computer program with program code means and computer program product for analyzing variables influencing a combustion process in a combustion chamber, using a trainable statistical model: The invention relates to sensitivity analysis of variables influencing a combustion process. A trainable, statistical model is trained in such a way that it describes the combustion process in the combustion chamber. The trained statistical model is used to determine the influence of the variables on said combustion process in... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090240637 - Resilient classifier for rule-based system: A resilient classifier for using with a rule-based system is provided. A system for classifying data for a rule-based system, may include: a system(s) for generating two training data sets, one data set is generated from input data while the second data set is generated from disturbed data; a system... Agent: Hoffman Warnick LLC

20090240638 - Syntactic and/or semantic analysis of uniform resource identifiers: Subject matter disclosed herein may relate to analyses of uniform resource identifiers associated with web pages, and further may relate to gathering information about web pages by analyzing the uniform resource identifiers.... Agent: Berkeley Law & Technology Group LLP

20090240641 - Optimizing method of learning data set for signal discrimination apparatus and signal discrimination apparatus capable of optimizing learning data set: A method of the present invention is processed by a selector. The selector selects each member constituting a learning data set from a data set source. Each member of the source is feature data extracted through a transducer and assigned to any one of categories in advance. The selector calculates... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090240642 - Neural modeling and brain-based devices using special purpose processor: A special purpose processor (SPP) can use a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) or similar programmable device to model a large number of neural elements. The FPGAs can have multiple cores doing presynaptic, postsynaptic, and plasticity calculations in parallel. Each core can implement multiple neural elements of the neural model.... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20090240643 - System and method for detecting human judgment drift and variation control: The present invention relates to methods, systems, and computer readable media comprising instructions for rescaling human judgment data for one or more items of content. The method of the present invention comprises generating one or more test sets comprising one or more items of content and generating one or more... Agent: Yahoo! Inc. C/o Ostrow Kaufman & Frankl LLP

20090240644 - Data processing method for controlling a network: The present invention relates to identifying patterns of change in system operating parameters which may be used to identify unexpected operational conditions and to trigger an appropriate alert or action. The present invention provides a method (300) for controlling a network (350) using operating data for the network, the method... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090240645 - System and method for identifying conflicting network access rules and creating a resolved consequence: A method of selectively identifying conflicting network access rules within a knowledge base containing a plurality of network access rules, each rule having a condition portion and a consequence portion, and creating a corresponding resolved consequence, including the steps of comparing the condition portions of the rules, determining conflicting rules... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20090240646 - Method and apparatus for predicting the failure of a component: The invention provides a method and apparatus for predicting the failure of a component using a probabilistic model of a material's microstructural-based response to fatigue. The method predicts the component failure by a computer simulation of multiple incarnations of real material behavior, or virtual prototyping. The virtual prototyping simulates the... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090240647 - Method and appratus for detecting patterns of behavior: Systems, apparatus, techniques, and methods are disclosed for predictively adapting properties of devices as a function of a user's historical behaviors (e.g., habits) as well as the specific context within which such behaviors are displayed. Such context can be virtually anything, such as day of the week, time of day,... Agent: Saul Ewing LLP (harrisburg) Attn: Patent Docket Clerk

20090240649 - Approximating relation sizes using field dependencies: A method and system is provided for computing an approximation of the number of distinct results of a query over a relational data source. The approximation uses information about dependencies between fields of relations, in particular the number of distinct values of a field for each possible value of another... Agent: Fleit Gibbons Gutman Bongini & Bianco P.l.

20090240648 - Evaluation method of numeric analysis: An evaluation method including associating the function blocks of the same kind in the first data and the second data is provided. The evaluation method includes specifying a specified function block from the function blocks, creating third data based on the first data and the specified function block of the... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090240650 - System and method for managing media contents: A system and method for managing media contents are disclosed. The system includes: a text classifier, adapted to classify subtitle information according to defined subjects, and obtain content clips of different subjects; and a media content marking unit, adapted to mark the time of playing each content clip of a... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090240651 - Systems and methods for a predictive notification engine: Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a system for predictive notification including a notification engine adapted to receive a sequence of data values for a parameter from a medical device. The notification engine is adapted to determine a prediction based at least in part on the sequence of data... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090234782 - Method and apparatus for location evaluation and site selection: Method, apparatus and system for location evaluation and site selection, capable of effectively configuring the site network and evaluating the facility location by scientifically modeling and incorporating human knowledge are provided. In one aspect, geographic and demographic data associated with a plurality of locations and human knowledge comprising partial rating... Agent: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.

20090234784 - Method of providing selected content items to a user: A method for providing selected content items to a user. The selection of content items is based on metadata pre-assigned to content items, typically authored content metadata, and on metadata generated and associated afterwards, called derived content metadata. Additionally, the selection of content items can be based also on context... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090234783 - Value function representation method of reinforcement learning and apparatus using this: A complex value function defining a state-action value by a complex number is introduced. Time series information is introduced into a phase part of the complex number value. Due to this, the time series information is introduced into the value function without using a complex algorithm, so the incomplete perception... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090234785 - System and method for exercising a representation to indicate solutions: A system for exercising a representation employing relationships among a plurality of input values to indicate solutions includes: an output controller unit coupled with the representation and presenting output values in response to receiving selected solutions from the representation; and an input controller unit coupled with the output controller unit... Agent: Law Office Of Donald D. Mondul

20090234786 - Method for governing the operation of a generalist agent within a complex multi-agent adaptive system: Described is a method for governing the operation of a generalist agent within a multi-agent complex adaptive system such that the generalist agent maintains the stability of the system. The method includes the steps of migrating about the system, badging with the specialty agents, participating in the respective function performed... Agent: Pitts And Brittian P C

20090234787 - Integrated problem solving system: A method for solving a problem is disclosed. The method may include receiving a problem description. The description of the problem may include a description of a host application module to be used for solving the problem. The method may further include training an embeddable logic library with baseline data... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20090234788 - Practical time machine using dynamic efficient virtual and real robots: A method for time travel, which allows an object or a group of objects to travel into the past or the future, as well as a method to cut objects from the past or future and paste them to the current environment. The present invention, called the practical time machine,... Agent: Mitchell Kwok

20090234789 - Information reproducing apparatus, information reproducing method, and program storage medium: An information reproducing apparatus includes: a content storage configured to store content which includes a plurality of resources and a utilization condition of the resources; a scenario storage configured to store a scenario which includes output rules each defining a way of combining one or more resources selected from the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090234792 - Memory devices and data decision methods: Disclosed are a memory device and a data decision method. The memory device may include a memory cell array, and a decision unit configured to read first data from the memory cell array via a first channel, perform at least one of a hard and soft decision on the first... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090234790 - Method to enable optimizing towards goals: A method to provide a goal function solution to an optimization problem. The goal function includes weighted parameters and is performed over a series of data instances. The method includes identifying the parameters of the goal. The method also includes estimating the numerical range each parameter weight factor may take... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20090234791 - Systems and methods for automated interpretation of analytic procedures: Systems and methods are provided to produce natural language interpretations of analytic operations in an automated manner, by associating with each analytic procedure a set of parameters that determine the interpretation of the resulting analysis.... Agent: Keusey, Tutunjian & Bitetto, P.C.

20090234793 - Data processing apparatus, data processing method, and computer program product: A data processing apparatus includes a selection receiving unit that presents processing options to a user and receives a user selection from the processing options and a predictor constructing unit that constructs a predictor for an identifying algorithm that predicts optimal processing for input data based on processing history information... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090234794 - Method for a contextual, vector-based content-serving system: Methods and systems of achieving contextual ad serving, without the need for this expansive infrastructure of storing every possible hosting URL, and ensuring always-current page context by evaluating the context of the hosting page/URL in real-time, for every ad impression. This is achievable by reversing the model by identifying the... Agent: Black Lowe & Graham, PLLC

20090228407 - Distributed cognitive architecture: A distributed cognitive architecture may extend across multiple systems of networked nodes and/or a wireless network infrastructure. The distributed cognitive architecture may be configured to use intelligent reasoning for actions and configurations extending across the multiple systems of networked nodes and/or wireless network infrastructure.... Agent: RozenblatIPLLC And The Boeing Company

20090228408 - Autonomous adaptive semiconductor manufacturing: An autonomous biologically based learning tool system and a method that the tool system employs for learning and analysis are provided. The autonomous biologically based learning tool system includes (a) one or more tool systems that perform a set of specific tasks or processes and generate assets and data related... Agent: Turocy & Watson, LLP

20090228413 - Learning method for support vector machine: A plural number of training vectors are randomly selected from a total of unused training vectors, and from among the selected training vectors, a vector having the largest error amount is extracted. Subsequently, the extracted vector is added to the already used training vector so as to update the training... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090228409 - Method, apparatus and computer program product for predicting a fault utilizing multi-resolution classifier fusion: A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to predict faults. Initially, a plurality of features are provided to a plurality of models. A subset of features is selected for each model. The plurality of features selected by a respective model is dependent upon a time scale associated with... Agent: Alston & Bird, LLP

20090228412 - Re-learning method for support vector machine: A re-learning method includes: a step of learning an SVM by using a set of training samples for initial learning which have known labels; a step of perturbation-processing the training samples for initial learning; a step of using the perturbation-processed sample as a training sample for addition; and a step... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090228411 - Reducing method for support vector: To provide a method capable of reducing support vectors without decreasing the performance of an SVM. The method includes: a step of learning an SVM by using a set of training samples for initial learning which have known labels; a step of evaluating a training sample for initial learning corresponding... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090228410 - Systems and methods for record linkage and paraphrase generation using surrogate learning: A method of using unlabeled data to train a classifier is disclosed. In one embodiment related to record linkage, the method entails retrieving a set of candidate data records from a master database based on a least one update record. Next, a surrogate learning technique is used to identify one... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20090228414 - Systems and methods for applying evolutionary search to generate robust search strategies: m

20090228415 - Multilayer training in a physical neural network formed utilizing nanotechnology: A method for and system for training a connection network located between neuron layers within a multi-layer physical neural network. A multi-layer physical neural network can be formed having a plurality of inputs and a plurality outputs thereof, wherein the multi-layer physical neural network comprises a plurality of layers, wherein... Agent: Ortiz & Lopez, PLLC

20090228416 - High density synapse chip using nanoparticles: A physical neural network synapse chip and a method for forming such a synapse chip. The synapse chip can be configured to include an input layer comprising a plurality of input electrodes and an output layer comprising a plurality of output electrodes, such that the output electrodes are located perpendicular... Agent: Ortiz & Lopez, PLLC

20090228419 - Apparatus and method for order generation and management to facilitate solutions of decision-making problems: A system includes a plurality of hierarchical layers configured to solve a decision-making problem. Each hierarchical layer is configured to generate solution data representing a possible solution to a sub-problem associated with the decision-making problem. Each hierarchical layer is also configured to receive orders and to use the orders during... Agent: Anthony Miologos Honeywell International Inc.

20090228417 - Method and system for optimizing mixed integer programming solutions: Systems and methods for generating improved solutions to MIP models are described. The present invention involves the use of a polishing algorithm that uses mutation and combination of solutions within a solution pool to generate improved solutions. The polishing algorithm first randomly selects one or more seed solutions from a... Agent: Carey, Rodriguez, Greenberg & Paul, LLP Steven M. Greenberg

20090228418 - Virtual intelligent fabric: An intelligent distributed computing fabric system may comprise a cognitive element, a computing element, a security element, and a network element. The cognitive element may receive inputs from the computing element, the security element, and the network element, and may further receive external information from a sensor interface. The cognitive... Agent: RozenblatIPLLC And The Boeing Company

20090228420 - Rule processing method, apparatus and computer-readable medium to provide improved selection advice: A computer-implemented method, apparatus therefore, and/or computer-readable medium to provide selection advice during rule processing to help a user choose desired specifications of a product, service or other rule-based system characterized by a ZDD rule model having one or more Include and/or Exclude rules. One aspect includes displaying on a... Agent: Stolowitz Ford Cowger LLP

20090228421 - Method and system for sequential compilation and execution of rules: Systems and methods for matching objects against a set of rules are described. The present invention is a novel rule execution algorithm that generally operates with greater efficiency than known algorithms. The algorithm uses a test analyzer to determine the relationships that exist between pairs of tests within a ruleset.... Agent: Carey, Rodriguez, Greenberg & Paul, LLP Steven M. Greenberg

20090228422 - Sound classification system and method capable of adding and correcting a sound type: A sound classification system for adding and correcting a sound type is disclosed. When the add/correct command processor receives a command to add or correct a sound type, the data in the first database is stored in the second database, and the type adding/correcting device adds the feature of the... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090228423 - Music recommendation system and method: A music recommendation system receives a user selection of desired music, retrieves analysis data associated with the selected music, and generates a playlist of songs based on the analysis data. The analysis data is generated based on a processing of one or more audio signals associated with the selected music.... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20090228424 - Program recommending apparatus and program recommending method: An apparatus includes: a module configured to extract category information and program abstracts of programs contained in an electronic program guide, extract program-specific terms from the program abstracts by morphological analysis and combine the category information and the program-specific terms to generate category-added terms; a module configured to analyze a... Agent: Turocy & Watson, LLP

20090228425 - Adaptive dynamic personal modeling system and method: The present invention provides a system and method for building and analyzing a quantitative model from qualitative tacit knowledge. In one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a system for creating and analyzing a model of a user's semantic knowledge. The semantic knowledge model is based on cause... Agent: Jonathan A. Platt Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20090228426 - Platform for capturing knowledge: A platform used for capturing knowledge. More specifically, a framework configured to capture expert knowledge (e.g., of trained and/or skilled workers) for future instructional purposes (e.g., training of a younger, or less experienced, workforce). The platform comprises a knowledge recorder, instructional design tool, standardized XML, and gaming engine. The knowledge... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090222386 - Alpha node hashing in a rule engine: Some embodiments of alpha node hashing in an exemplary rule engine have been presented. In one embodiment, constraints are added into a constraint set in response to requests from one or more users of a rule engine. The rule engine then determines which constraints within the constraint set are mutually... Agent: Red Hat/bstz Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090222389 - Change analysis system, method and program: Different virtual labels, for example, like +1 and −1, are assigned to two data sets. A change analysis problem for the two data sets is reduced to a supervised learning problem by using the virtual labels. Specifically, a classifier such as logical regression, decision tree and SVM is prepared and... Agent: Ibm - Arc Shimokaji & Associates, P.C.

20090222387 - Diagnosis, prognosis and prediction of recurrence of breat cancer: The present invention relates to methods and compositions for the diagnosis, prognosis, and prediction of breast cancer. More specifically, the invention relates to classification of breast cancer tissue samples based on measuring the expression of a set of marker genes. The set is useful for the identification of clinically important... Agent: Barbara A. Shimei Director, Patents & Licensing

20090222388 - Method of and system for hierarchical human/crowd behavior detection: The present invention is directed to a computer automated method of selectively identifying a user specified behavior of a crowd. The method comprises receiving video data but can also include audio data and sensor data. The video data contains images a crowd. The video data is processed to extract hierarchical... Agent: Haverstock & Owens LLP

20090222390 - Method, program and apparatus for generating two-class classification/prediction model: A method includes: a) preparing as training data a sample set that contains a plurality of samples belonging to a first class and a plurality of samples belonging to a second class; b) generating, by performing discriminant analysis on the sample set, a first discriminant function having a high classification... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090222391 - Managing an encoder malfunction in an elevator drive system: A knowledge base of information is generated to facilitate servicing of equipment from multiple manufacturers. A network (10) receives and publishes equipment servicing questions and answers from network users. Each equipment servicing question and associated answer submitted is validated and then stored in a searchable database (20).... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20090222392 - Dymanic interactive entertainment: Disclosed are various embodiments of systems and methods for generating composite mediasets from mediasets, each comprising media items, associated with a plurality of users. In some embodiments, individual and/or group recommendations are provided for creating a group playlist by aggregating user taste data for a plurality of users in a... Agent: Stolowitz Ford Cowger LLP

20090222393 - Efficient decision procedure for bounded integer non-linear operations using smt(lia): s

20090222394 - Enhanced call-back service: An enhanced call-back service, in which a local rule engine is caused to be capable of invoking a rule defined at an external rule engine, and a function provided by the local rule engine is exposed as a call-back service. At the call-back service and from the external rule engine,... Agent: Fish & Richardson, P.C.

20090222395 - Systems, methods, and software for entity extraction and resolution coupled with event and relationship extraction: For automated text processing, the inventors devised, among other things, an exemplary system that includes an entity tagger, an entity resolver, a text segment classifier, and a relationship extractor. The entity tagger receives an input text segment, and tags named entities with the segment as being a person, company, or... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20090222396 - Adaptive multi-levels dictionaries and singular value decomposition techniques for autonomic problem determination: A system and method for autonomic problem determination. Events and problems associated with the events are received from a computing resource and are expressed as entries in an event-problem matrix. Expert knowledge is expressed as entries in one or more multi-level structure dictionaries. The system and method enables dynamic interaction... Agent: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.

20090222397 - Beta node indexing in a rule engine: Some embodiments of beta node indexing in an exemplary rule engine have been presented. In one embodiment, a rule engine creates a network based on a set of rules. The network includes at least one multiple-input node, such as a beta node having two inputs. The beta node further includes... Agent: Red Hat/bstz Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090222400 - Categorization and filtering of scientific data: The present invention relates to methods, systems and apparatus for capturing, integrating, organizing, navigating and querying large-scale data from high-throughput biological and chemical assay platforms. It provides a highly efficient meta-analysis infrastructure for performing research queries across a large number of studies and experiments from different biological and chemical assays,... Agent: Weaver Austin Villeneuve & Sampson LLP

20090222398 - System and method for explaining a recommendation produced by a decision support tool: In accordance with a particular embodiment of the invention, a method for explaining a recommendation produced by a decision support tool is disclosed. The method comprises submitting a list of observation inputs to the decision support tool and producing a recommendation. The list of inputs is then reordered according to... Agent: Baker Botts LLP

20090222399 - Trustworthiness assessment of sensor data processing: The present description refers in particular to a computer-implemented method, computer program product, and computer system for trust evaluation of sensor data during at least part of a sensor data life-cycle. The computer-implemented method may include evaluating an acquisition trust value (ATV) of sensor data at a sensor data acquisition... Agent: Brake Hughes Bellermann LLP

20090222401 - Detecting presence/absence of an information signal: A method including receiving inputs; determining an expected variance of the inputs; and testing a first hypothesis that the inputs include a signal.... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC