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Data processing: artificial intelligence February patent applications/inventions, industry category 02/10

20100049676 - Arrangement and method for network management: The present invention relates to an arrangement for network management and adapted to be provided in or associated with a network node to be managed. It comprises, or is in communication with, modeling means adapted to, using substantially non-formal descriptions, model network domain and behavior using formal ontologies comprising inference... Agent: Potomac Patent Group PLLC

20100049674 - Generic classification system: A classification system including a training device and one or more classification device for classifying one or more vectors other than training vectors. The training device is for selecting which training classification algorithms best classifies a set of training vectors, and for finding a set of values, of parameters of... Agent: Dr. Mark M. Friedman C/o Bill Polkinghorn - Discovery Dispatch

20100049675 - Recovery of 3d human pose by jointly learning metrics and mixtures of experts: Systems and methods are disclosed for determining human pose by generating an Appearance and Position Context (APC) local descriptor that achieves selectivity and invariance while requiring no background subtraction; jointly learning visual words and pose regressors in a supervised manner; and estimating the human pose.... Agent: Nec Laboratories America, Inc.

20100049677 - Sequence learning in a hierarchical temporal memory based system: A hierarchy of computing modules is configured to learn a cause of input data sensed over space and time, and is further configured to determine a cause of novel sensed input data dependent on the learned cause. At least one of the computing modules has a sequence learner module configured... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20100049678 - System and method of prefetching and caching web services requests: A web services request prefetching proxy receives web services registry requests from a client, applies a prediction rule to the request to generate likely next web services registry requests, searches the web services registry based on the predicted likely next web services requests, and preloads a caching proxy with a... Agent: Kramer & Amado, P.C.

20100049679 - Cross channel optimization systems and methods: The inventive subject matter is generally directed to a cross channel optimization system, methods, and related software which provide for the conducting of experiments and/or optimization of digital content across a plurality of external content systems to user of the external content systems.... Agent: Mannava & Kang, P.C.

20100049680 - Method for projecting wafer product overlay error and wafer product critical dimension: A method for projecting wafer product overlay error of the present invention is disclosed, the steps of the method comprises:(a) sample equipment overlay error data, equipment condition data, and actual wafer product overlay error data; (b) establish a neural network, the equipment overlay error data and the equipment condition data... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20100049681 - Base oil properties expert system: A method for predicting properties of lubricant base oil blends, comprising the steps of generating an NMR spectrum, HPLC-UV spectrum, and FIMS spectrum of a sample of a blend of at least two lubricant base oils and determining at least one composite structural molecular parameter of the sample from said... Agent: Chevron Corporation

20100049683 - Collaborative debating techniques: Techniques for collaborative debating are provided. Pieces of content are associated with particular identities and submitted to virtual communities. The content and the identities then receive metrics as: comments, attributions, and/or reputation ratings from various members of the virtual communities. The metrics are collected in a repository and subsequently summarized... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/novell

20100049682 - Inference detection enabled by internet advertising: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that performs inference detection based on Internet advertisements. In doing so, this system first receives a set of topic words, performs a search query on each topic word using a search engine, and gathers a set of Uniform Resource Locators (URLs)... Agent: Pvf -- Parc C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20100049684 - Methods and systems for knowledge discovery: Provided are methods and systems for knowledge discovery utilizing knowledge profiles.... Agent: Ballard Spahr LLP

20100049685 - Pattern discovery techniques for determining maximal irredundant and redundant motifs: Basis motifs are determined from an input sequence through an iterative technique that begins by creating small solid motifs and continues to create larger motifs that include “don't care” characters and that can include flexible portions. The small solid motifs, including don't care characters and flexible portions, are concatenated to... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20100049686 - Methods and apparatus for visual recommendation based on user behavior: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for dynamically recommending one or more visualizations for a given task based on user behavior, such as a user's interaction pattern with a current visualization. An alternate visualization type is provided to a user by observing actions of the user with a current visualization type;... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20100049687 - System and method for information sharing across security boundaries: A system and method for sharing information across security boundaries including a server for sharing information between networks. The method for includes receiving data structured as semantic statements, retrieving a set of rules and ontology, processing a semantic statement from data with rules and ontology, determining whether the semantic statement... Agent: Andrews Kurth LLP

20100049688 - Link information extracting apparatus, link information extracting method, and recording medium: A storage unit stores first link information classified into a particular type. A take-in unit takes in a plurality of pieces of electronic information. A classifier unit classifies each piece of the electronic information taken in by the take-in unit into first electronic information which describes the first link information... Agent: Mr. Jackson Chen

20100049689 - Phenotype prediction method: The present invention relates to methods and systems for predicting the phenotype conferred by a protein. Such methods and systems facilitate the design, optimisation, and assessment of the efficiency of a therapeutic regimen based on the genotype of the disease affecting the patient.... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20100042560 - Context aware solution assembly in contact center applications: An apparatus and a method is provided for receiving help requests to solve a problem on a computer, generating a core problem description and retrieving at least one of contextual or environmental parameters associated with the computer. The method also includes assembling a formalized problem description. The method further includes... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP (for IBM Yorktown)

20100042559 - Method and apparatus for automated identification of signal characteristics: A method of assessing a signal to identify particular signal characteristics comprises application of machine learning to multi-dimensional histograms derived from multi-tap sampling of the signal. The signal is sampled from at least two tap points to retrieve a sample set, and the at least two tap points are adapted... Agent: Snell & Wilmer LLP (oc)

20100042562 - Method of downloading usage parameters into an apparatus, and apparatus for implementing the invention: Method of downloading usage parameters into an apparatus, and apparatus for implementing the invention After a first start-up, a first appliance performs a self-learning step for generating usage parameters. These parameters are elaborated on subsequent start-ups. When these parameters are optimized, the first appliance transmits them to another appliance which... Agent: Robert D. Shedd, Patent Operations Thomson Licensing LLC

20100042561 - Methods and systems for cost-sensitive boosting: Multi-class cost-sensitive boosting based on gradient boosting with “p-norm” cost functionals” uses iterative example weighting schemes derived with respect to cost functionals, and a binary classification algorithm. Weighted sampling is iteratively applied from an expanded data set obtained by enhancing each example in the original data set with as many... Agent: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.

20100042563 - Systems and methods of discovering mixtures of models within data and probabilistic classification of data according to the model mixture: Discovering mixtures of models includes: initiating learning algorithms, determining, data sets including a cluster of points in a first region of a domain and a set of points distributed near a first line extending across the domain; inferencing parameters from the cluster and the set of points; creating a description... Agent: Naval Research Laboratory Associate Counsel (patents)

20100042564 - Techniques for automatically distingusihing between users of a handheld device: Various embodiments for automatically distinguishing between users of a handheld device are described. An embodiment includes collecting sensor data from a user interacting with a handheld device, where the sensor data is collected via embedded sensors in the handheld device. The embodiment further includes distinguishing the user from other users... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Cpa Global

20100042565 - Mezzazine in-depth data analysis facility: A mezzanine adapter based data processing facility provides in-depth data analysis that is presented as a digest of advanced statistics and network measures including latency data, content analysis, bidirectional flow related characteristics, multiple flow related statistics over a count of connections or over a period of time, and the like.... Agent: Strategic Patents P.C..

20100042566 - Electronic brain model with neuron tables: A method of emulating the human brain with its thought and rationalization processes is presented here, as well as a method of storing human-like thought. The invention provides for inclusion of psychological profiles, experience and societal position in an electronic emulation of the human brain. This permits a realistic human-like... Agent: Howison & Arnott, L.l.p

20100042567 - Method for operating electronic brain model with reinforcement memory: A method of emulating the human brain with its thought and rationalization processes is presented here, as well as a method of storing human-like thought. The invention provides for inclusion of psychological profiles, experience and societal position in an electronic emulation of the human brain. This permits a realistic human-like... Agent: Howison & Arnott, L.l.p

20100042568 - Electronic brain model with neuron reinforcement: A method of emulating the human brain with its thought and rationalization processes is presented here, as well as a method of storing human-like thought. The invention provides for inclusion of psychological profiles, experience and societal position in an electronic emulation of the human brain. This permits a realistic human-like... Agent: Howison & Arnott, L.l.p

20100042569 - Approximation of a clock gating function via bdd path elimination: An approximation of a clock gating function is obtained by reducing the less probable (e.g., longest) paths of its associated binary decision diagram (“BDD”). It is assumed that clock gating is performed in cycles when the clock gating function equals one. Thus, the approximation eliminates a less probable positive (logic... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP-ibm Yorktown

20100042570 - Messaging application with multiple viewports for presenting messages in different orders: In a method for displaying messages, a system displays messages from a single user account in multiple viewports. Each viewport orders messages based on an importance score that is calculated based on the user's prior interactions with messages in his user account through that viewport. Each viewport associated with the... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP/google

20100042571 - Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for facility integrity testing: Methods, systems, and computer-readable media provide for facility integrity testing. According to embodiments, a method for populating a watch list with circuits of a communications network to be monitored for repeat failures is provided. According to the method, a trouble ticket associated with one of the circuits and a trouble... Agent: At&t Legal Department - Hbh Attn: Patent Docketing

20100042573 - Method and system for communication between a client system and a server system: A method of a server system communicating with a client system. The method includes a passive system monitoring network traffic between the client-server system. The server sending a page response including an agent, e.g., a Javascript that becomes operable on the client system. The agent monitors events on the client... Agent: Murabito, Hao & Barnes, LLP

20100042572 - Method for dynamically determining a predetermined previous condition of a rule-based system: A method for dynamically determining a predetermined previous condition of a rule-based system comprising a plurality of rules. Each of the plurality of rules is associated with a transaction and a condition under which the transaction is executed. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of (a) determining a... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20100042574 - Computer-implemented system for human resources management: A system and method for testing and/or evaluating employees or potential employees is disclosed. A computer arranges a plurality of applicants in a stack ranked table. The table may rank or re-rank applicants against each other, from best to worst, after successive screening, selecting, and/or interviewing stages for a particular... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20100042575 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for implementing ontological domain services: Methods, systems, and computer program products for implementing ontological domain services are provided. A method includes gathering information elements relating to an individual from trusted sources of information via secure channels of communication. The method also includes creating an ontological domain that is specific to the individual using the information... Agent: At&t Legal Department - Cc Attn: Patent Docketing

20100042576 - Automated computation of semantic similarity of pairs of named entity phrases using electronic document corpora as background knowledge: An overall semantic similarity score value between pairs of named entities in a text corpus is obtained by calculating for at least one pair of named entities a plurality of corresponding pair similarity score values according to a first and at least a second classifier using electronic information sources. Each... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20100042577 - Systems and methods for calibrating user ratings: A website may allow users to rate content items displayed thereon. The user ratings associated with the content items may be weighted according to user rating weight. The rating weight of a particular user may be based, in whole or part, upon whether the user consistently rates content items similarly... Agent: Stoel Rives LLP - Slc

20100042578 - Computational system and method for memory modification: Systems and methods are described relating to accepting an indication of at least one memory-related condition and presenting an indication of at least one artificial sensory experience and at least one memory-dampening agent at least partially based on the accepting at least one indication of a health-related condition.... Agent: Iv - Suiter Swantz PC Llo

20100036779 - User-controllable learning of policies: Various embodiments are directed to a computer implemented method for updating a policy that is enforced by a computer program. In one embodiment, a computer communicates, to a user, data regarding one or more decisions made by the program over a period of time according to a policy. Each decision... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20100036781 - Apparatus and method providing retrieval of illegal motion picture data: Provided are an apparatus and method for detecting illegal motion picture data. The apparatus includes a key frame extractor for extracting a plurality of key frames from motion picture data, a characteristic value file generator for detecting characteristic values of the extracted key frames and generating a characteristic value file,... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP Floor 30, Suite 3000

20100036780 - Machine learning: Computer implemented machine learning methods are described. A co-operative learning method involves a first rule based system and a second rule based system. A rule base is generated from input data and recursion data is used to recursively update the rule base as a result of newly received input data.... Agent: Beyer Law Group LLP

20100036782 - Methods for feature selection using classifier ensemble based genetic algorithms: Methods for performing genetic algorithm-based feature selection are provided herein. In certain embodiments, the methods include steps of applying multiple data splitting patterns to a learning data set to build multiple classifiers to obtain at least one classification result; integrating the at least one classification result from the multiple classifiers... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20100036783 - Method of and apparatus for combining artificial intelligence (ai) concepts with event-driven security architectures and ideas: User authentication apparatus controlling access to systems, inputs owner's login name and password and then extracts the owner's timing vectors from keystroke characteristics with which the owner forms a training set. A semantic network uses multiple links to indicate that different pattern components of user's behavioral access create different kinds... Agent: Rines & Rines

20100036785 - System, method and computer program product for dynamically measuring properties of objects rendered and/or referenced by an application executing on a computing device: A system, method and computer program product for dynamically measuring attributes of objects rendered and/or referenced by an executing software application without having to change and recompile the original application code. The system includes a staging environment that monitors the execution of the application and indexes items of graphical and/or... Agent: Fiala & Weaver, P.l.l.c. C/o Cpa Global

20100036784 - Systems and methods for finding high quality content in social media: The present invention is directed towards systems and methods for identifying high quality content in a social media environment. The method according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises retrieving a content item and retrieving a plurality of quality features associated with said content item wherein said quality features... Agent: Yahoo! Inc. C/o Ostrow Kaufman & Frankl LLP

20100036787 - Dynamic constraint satisfaction problem solver that recreates structure across sessions: A dynamic constraint solver for solving a constraint satisfaction problem model receives a request for a current solving session to recreate a first solving session for the model. The solver then collects a deferred port list comprising one or more ports in the model that need a sub-problem and creates... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P. Oracle International Corporation

20100036786 - Real-time ad-hoc spam filtering of email: Embodiments are directed towards employing a multi-pass ad-hoc spam message filtering approach that dynamically generates a temporary classifier during a first pass based on a result of a previously applied message filter that sorts messages into various folders for a user. The first pass scans messages in a user's mail... Agent: Yahoo! Inc. C/o Darby & Darby P.C.

20100036788 - Database-based inference engine for rdfs/owl constructs: An un-indexed, partitioned temporary table and an exchange table are used in the inferencing of semantic data in a relational database system. The exchange table has the same structure as a semantic data table storing the semantic data. In the inferencing process, a new partition is created in the semantic... Agent: Gordon E. Nelson, Patent Attorney, PC

20100036789 - Software for facet classification and information management: A semantic infrastructure (SI) system is provided to interface with an information asset management tool, such as a document management system. The SI is a semantic layer that links together structured, unstructured and tacit information. The SI determines a set of valid terms associated with remaining facets based on the... Agent: Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Anne Kinsman

20100036790 - System, method and computer program for facet analysis: Automated facet analysis of input information selected from a domain of information in accordance with a source data structure is described. Facet analysis may proceed by discovering at least one of facets, facet attributes, and facet attribute hierarchies of the input information using pattern augmentation and statistical analyses to identify... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20100036794 - Case generation apparatus and case generation method: A computer-readable recording medium stores a case generation program that allows a computer to execute a process of generating a case having one or more design variable values and one or more object variable values corresponding to the design variable values, the process including: acquiring, from a storage section, a... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20100036791 - Examination value predicting device using electrophoresis waveform, prediction method, and predicting program: A test value prediction apparatus, a test value prediction method, and a test value predicting program, capable of accurately predicting the amount of a specific substance, the presence or absence of a disease, and the like, using electrophoresis waveform. The test value prediction method is a method wherein, electrophoresis waveform... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20100036792 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer program: An information processing apparatus includes information input units, an event detecting unit, and an information-integration processing unit. Observed values including user identification data are obtained based on image and sound information from the information input units such as a camera and a microphone. Target data set with plural user confidence... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20100036793 - Method and system for geospatial forecasting of events incorporating data error and uncertainty: A system and method for geospatial forecasting of events that incorporates data error and uncertainty can be provided. The geospatial forecasting system can include a boundary module that is configured to define a geospatial boundary. A layer information and event information module can be provided that is configured to store... Agent: Naval Research Laboratory Associate Counsel (patents)

20100036795 - Classification of fabrics by near-infrared spectroscopy: A method for classifying textile samples and unknown fabrics into known categories using spectroscopy, chemometric modeling, and soft independent modeling of class analogies (“SIMCA”). The method involves collecting spectral data, preferably diffuse near infrared reflectance data, for a library of known fabric samples, creating a database of principal component analyses... Agent: T Ling Chwang Jackson Walker

20100036796 - Image forming apparatus, log storing method, and computer program product: A ticket generating unit generates, for a processing request received from a user and an entity containing a series of processes to be executed based on the processing request, a ticket containing request identification information for identifying the processing request and user information for identifying the user. An execution processing... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20100036797 - Semantic search engine: Systems and methods for populating a database. An ontology is parsed to determine a plurality of keywords. A string-based search engine is utilized to perform a search of documents on a network based on the determined keywords, and at least one document is retrieved. A relation is established between the... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20100030711 - Method and apparatus for evolving overlays to operate an extended analog computer as a classifier or a controller: A method is used to configure an extended analog computer for use as an application controller. The method includes selecting input pins from among a plurality of pins in a continuous sheet processor, selecting an arrangement of intermediate and output pins from among the remaining pins in the plurality of... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck, LLP Chase Tower

20100030713 - Content engine: There is described a computer system for determining the relevance of stored content to particular users and for facilitating the provision of relevant content to individual users. The computer system comprises a content engine comprising user profile information, representative of interests and/or attributes of individual users, and a processor for... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20100030712 - Guided process/procedure and knowledge and resource scripting system, toolbox and method: System, toolbox and method are disclosed for a computer-automated process/procedure mapping system that guides development and use of decision-making and knowledge-acquiring processes. The process mapping system comprises a decision-tree diagram with templated decisional logic blocks configured for dropping selected questions therein, a question bank that stores plural questions on a... Agent: Ater Wynne LLP

20100030714 - Method and system to improve automated emotional recognition: An automated emotional recognition system includes an emotional state classifier adapted to receive, during an operative phase, an input information stream with embedded information related to emotional states of a person, and to generate a succession of emotional state indications derived from the input information stream. The emotional recognition system... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20100030715 - Social network model for semantic processing: A social network model, based on data relevant to a user, is used for semantic processing to enable improved entity recognition among text accessed by the user. An entity extraction module of the server, with reference to a general training corpus, general gazetteers, user-specific gazetteers, and entity models, parses text... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20100030716 - System, apparatus and methods for augmenting filter with adaptive element: A system in accordance with the invention uses an adaptive element to augment a filter for tracking an observed system. The adaptive element only requires a single neural network and does not require an error observer. The adaptive element provides robustness to parameter uncertainty and unmodeled dynamics present in the... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20100030717 - Framework to evaluate content display policies: Content display policies are evaluated using two kinds of methods. In the first kind of method, using information, collected in a “controlled” manner about user characteristics and content characteristics, truth models are generated. A simulator replays users' visits to the portal web page and simulates their interactions with content items... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker LLP/yahoo! Inc.

20100030718 - Compliance rules analytics engine: The present invention relates to compliance rules analytics systems and methods for facilitating compliance, such as the compliance of an investment portfolio or a set of investment portfolios, with a rule or a set of rules.... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20100030719 - Methods and apparatus related to bioinformatics data analysis: In one embodiment, one or more processor-readable media can be configured to store code representing instructions that when executed by one or more processors can cause the one or more processors to select a first relationship rule based on a first combination of parameters including a first parameter, and based... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20100030720 - Methods and apparatus for self-adaptive, learning data analysis: Methods and apparatus for analyzing financial data generally includes a predictive modeling system. The predictive modeling system may include an artificial agent responsive to an input data set. The artificial agent may produce an estimated data set including a market conditions data set. The market conditions data may include an... Agent: The Noblitt Group, PLLC

20100030721 - Physics-based, bayesian sequential detection method and system for radioactive contraband: A distributed sequential method and system for detecting and identifying radioactive contraband from highly uncertain (noisy) low-count, radionuclide measurements, i.e. an event mode sequence (EMS), using a statistical approach based on Bayesian inference and physics-model-based signal processing based on the representation of a radionuclide as a monoenergetic decomposition of monoenergetic... Agent: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC

20100030722 - Entity performance analysis engines: A system and method for measuring a performance of an entity and for predicting its future performance is disclosed. Raw information about the entity is collected from internal and external sources. The information is cleaned to exclude false positives. Using performance categories, the information is organized and transformed into meaningful... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20100030723 - Semantic network methods to disambiguate natural language meaning: A computer implemented data processor system automatically disambiguates a contextual meaning of natural language symbols to enable precise meanings to be stored for later retrieval from a natural language database, so that natural language database design is automatic, to enable flexible and efficient natural language interfaces to computers, household appliances... Agent: Turocy & Watson, LLP

20100030724 - Semantic network methods to disambiguate natural language meaning: A computer implemented data processor system automatically disambiguates a contextual meaning of natural language symbols to enable precise meanings to be stored for later retrieval from a natural language database, so that natural language database design is automatic, to enable flexible and efficient natural language interfaces to computers, household appliances... Agent: Turocy & Watson, LLP