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Data processing: artificial intelligence February patent applications/inventions, industry category 02/12

20120047096 - Method and apparatus for classifying applications using the collective properties of network traffic: In one embodiment, the present disclosure is a method and apparatus for classifying applications using the collective properties of network traffic. In one embodiment, a method for classifying traffic in a communication network includes receiving a traffic activity graph, the traffic activity graph comprising a plurality of nodes interconnected by... Agent:

20120047098 - Method for computing and storing voronoi diagrams, and uses therefor: A method of producing and storing a Voronoi diagram includes: a) selecting a desired site Pk and a desired point p in the site; b) selecting a plurality of subfaces corresponding to a manifold around said point p; c) for each desired subface selecting a plurality of directions; d) for... Agent:

20120047097 - Secure handling of documents with fields that possibly contain restricted information: A method, system and computer program product for processing documents containing restricted information. One aspect concerns identifying which sections of a document may be critical, non-critical or possibly critical.... Agent: Beyondcore, Inc.

20120047099 - Non-intrusive event-driven prediction: A method, system, and computer usable program product for non-intrusive event-driven prediction of a metric in a data processing environment are provided in the illustrative embodiments. At least one set of events is observed in the data processing environment, the set of events being generated by several processes executing in... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation

20120047100 - Method for producing at least one application description: An application description is generated with a plurality of application blocks. First, at least one basic document is read in and analyzed. During the analysis of the basic document, a knowledge base is constructed with knowledge elements, wherein the knowledge elements recognized are at least one data field and/or at... Agent:

20120047101 - Detecting disallowed combinations of data within a processing element: Techniques are described for detecting disallowed combinations of data within a processing element. Embodiments of the invention may generally receive data to be processed using the processing element and determine whether the received data and a current working state violate one or more rules describing disallowed combinations of data. If... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation

20120047104 - Computerized methods for analyzing competing and non-competing hypotheses: Described is a system and method for analyzing competing and non-competing hypothesis. Diagnostic strength of evidence in connection with a competing hypothesis analysis is analyzed. Veracity of evidence in connection with a non-competing hypothesis analysis is analyzed.... Agent: Mitre Corporation

20120047105 - Medical care treatment decision support system: Exemplary embodiments of the present invention will assist patients with their investigation of, and decision making about, the treatments that are available to them using conjoint analysis methods that measure individual preferences for risk-associated treatment options, while maintaining an acceptable interview length. In exemplary embodiments, such individual preferences, known as... Agent:

20120047102 - Predicting or recommending a users future location based on crowd data: A system and method for predicting a future location of a user are provided. In general, a prediction basis including crowd data describing crowds in which a user was included during a number of reoccurring time windows is generated. Each reoccurring time window may be, for example, a day of... Agent: Waldeck Technology LLC

20120047103 - System and method for secure information sharing with untrusted recipients: System, method and computer program product for modelling information sharing domains as Partially Observable Markov Decision Processes (POMDP), and that provides solutions that view the information sharing as a sequential process where the trustworthiness of the information recipients is monitored using data leakage detection mechanisms. In one embodiment, the system,... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation

20120047106 - Rapid knowledge transfer among workers: A system and method enable rapid knowledge transfer, for example between a plurality of experts and a plurality of apprentices located remotely from the experts. The system makes use of unique tools to facilitate transfer of knowledge and collaboration between individuals, even among remotely located individuals. An input to the... Agent: Accenture Global Services Limited

20120041901 - System and method for knowledge pattern search from networked agents: One or more systems and methods for knowledge pattern search from networked agents are disclosed in various embodiments of the invention. A system and a related method can utilizes a knowledge pattern discovery process, which involves analyzing historical data, contextualizing, conceptualizing, clustering, and modeling of data to pattern and discover... Agent: Quantum Intelligence, Inc.

20120041903 - Chatbots: In one aspect, the invention concerns a method of operating a chatbot to engage in a conversation with a correspondent the method comprises building a profile having plural profile variables for the correspondent; and during the conversation with the correspondent; selecting a node in the conversation data structure for processing... Agent:

20120041902 - System and method for assigning user preference settings for a category, and in particular a media category: A system and method for assigning user preference settings for fields in a category using selected settings for only a subset of the media category fields is disclosed. A subset of fields for a media category is defined. A base setting for each field in the subset of the category... Agent: Abo Enterprises, LLC

20120041911 - Computer implemented system and method for assessing a neuropsychiatric condition of a human subject: A method for assessing a neuropsychiatric condition (such as, but not limited to, a risk that a subject may attempt to commit suicide or repeat an attempt to commit suicide, a risk that terminally ill patient is not being cared-for or treated according to the patient's true wishes, a risk... Agent: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

20120041910 - Method of establishing a process decision support system: A method of establishing a process decision support system. Decision support systems of the kind are used in manufacturing processes, particularly industrial manufacturing processes, to monitor the performance of the processes in view of controlling the processes in order to optimise process production and quality. The method includes collecting process... Agent:

20120041909 - Method to configure an imaging device: A database contains variants of protocols for the operation of magnetic resonance tomographs as well as different types of magnetic resonance tomographs. Each variant contains parameter values and is associated with one of the types. In a training phase, relationships are determined between the parameters among one another and/or between... Agent:

20120041908 - Predictive radiosensitivity network model: This invention is a model that simulates the complexity of biological signaling in a cell in response to radiation therapy. Using gene expression profiles and radiation survival assays in an algorithm, a systems model was generated of the radiosensitivity network. The network consists of ten highly interconnected genetic hubs with... Agent:

20120041907 - Suggesting connections to a user based on an expected value of the suggestion to the social networking system: To suggest new connections to a user of a social networking system, the system generates a set of candidate users to whom the user has not already formed a connection. The system determines the likelihood that the user will connect to each candidate user if suggested to do so, and... Agent:

20120041905 - Supervised nonnegative matrix factorization: Supervised nonnegative matrix factorization (SNMF) generates a descriptive part-based representation of data, based on the concept of nonnegative matrix factorization (NMF) aided by the discriminative concept of graph embedding. An iterative procedure that optimizes suggested formulation based on Pareto optimization is presented. The present formulation removes any dependence on combined... Agent:

20120041906 - Supervised nonnegative matrix factorization: Supervised kernel nonnegative matrix factorization generates a descriptive part-based representation of data, based on the concept of kernel nonnegative matrix factorization (kernel NMF) aided by the discriminative concept of graph embedding. An iterative procedure that optimizes suggested formulation based on Pareto optimization is presented. The present formulation removes any dependence... Agent:

20120041904 - System and method for managing continued attention to distance-learning content: Management of a user's continued attention to distance learning content using a general purpose computer having a central processing unit and an operating system configured to run multiple program applications concurrently. A memory stores the distance learning content. A distance learning module comprises code executable on the central processing unit,... Agent: Micron Systems

20120041912 - Extracting gene-gene interactions from gene expression data: Disclosed are methods and custom computing apparatuses for identifying gene-gene interactions from gene expression data, based on which a gene regulatory sub-network can be built. In particular, relationships in which multiple genes co-regulate one target gene can also be identified.... Agent:

20120041913 - Systems, methods, and apparatus for otoacoustic protection of autonomic systems: Systems, methods and apparatus are provided through which in some embodiments an autonomic unit transmits an otoacoustic signal to counteract a potentially harmful incoming signal.... Agent: United States Of America As Represented By The Administrator Of The National Aeronautics And Spac

20120041914 - System and method for effective caching using neural networks: Systems and methods for selecting an appropriate caching algorithm to be used when temporarily storing data accessed by an executing application using a neural network may dynamically and/or iteratively replace an initial caching algorithm being used for the application. An input layer of the neural network may gather values of... Agent:

20120041915 - Method for diagnosing urticaria and angioedema: According to the invention there is provided a method for diagnosing urticaria or angioedema including: (a) asking a patient the following questions: are any NSAIDs or aspiring being taken; are symptoms triggered by aspirin, aspirin-containing drugs, orange juice, curry or high-aspirin content food; is tingling of the mouth or lips,... Agent:

20120041916 - Method and device for supervising the treatment of a crop: c

20120041917 - Methods and systems for adapting a user environment: A method of adapting an environment of a terminal (2) includes: —receiving data (27) from an external source at the terminal (2); —receiving monitoring data from a system for monitoring at least one user in the environment; and —controlling at least one output device for providing an output perceptible in... Agent: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.v.

20120041919 - Information processing apparatus and information processing method: An information processing apparatus includes, a first database in which an imaging device is previously associated with an owner of the imaging device among a plurality of persons, a second database in which the persons are previously associated with their respective personal images, a first determining unit to acquire information... Agent: Fujitsu Limited

20120041918 - Opportunity identification and forecasting for search engine optimization: A method of optimizing placement of references to an entity includes identifying at least search term to be optimized, determining a score for results of a search of a network with respect to the entity, determining costs associated with improving the score, and determining values associated with improving the score.... Agent: Brightedge Technologies

20120041920 - Apparatus and method for generating probabilistic graphical model based on time-space structure: An apparatus for generating a probabilistic graphical model based on a time-space structure. The apparatus includes a first matrix generation unit configured to generate a first matrix having variables corresponding to stream data; a second matrix generation unit configured to classify the variables of the first matrix into either object... Agent:

20120036094 - Learning apparatus, identifying apparatus and method therefor: A learning apparatus acquires a plurality of training samples containing a plurality of attributes and known classes, gives the plurality of training samples to a route node of a decision tree to be learned as an identifier, generates a plurality of child nodes from a parent node of the decision... Agent: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

20120036092 - Method and system for generating a prediction network: A system and method for creating a network from a number of nodes and edges, where each node is assigned data from at least one data source, the data of a data source being changeable, and wherein the data assigned to a node describe single forecasts from a prediction market,... Agent:

20120036093 - Waveform mapping technique and process for tracking and estimating evolution of semantic networks: In certain embodiments, a computer-implemented method includes accessing first and second data associated with a semantic network, the first data indicating a first plurality of nodes within the semantic network and a first plurality of relationships between the first plurality of nodes at a first time, and the second data... Agent: Raytheon Company

20120036096 - Method of generating an integrated fuzzy-based guidance law for aerodynamic missiles: The method for generating an integrated guidance law for aerodynamic missiles uses a strength Pareto evolutionary algorithm (SPEA)-based approach for generating an integrated fuzzy guidance law, which includes three separate fuzzy controllers. Each of these fuzzy controllers is activated in a unique region of missile interception. The distribution of membership... Agent: King Fahd University Of Petroleum And Minerals

20120036095 - Method of generating an integrated fuzzy-based guidance law using tabu search: where tf represents missile interception time, r represents a distance between the missile and a target, w1, w2 and w3 are weighting factors, and am represents a missile normal acceleration, and further |r(tƒ)|<rmiss-allowed, where rmiss-allowed represents a pre-selected allowable miss distance, and the minimization is performed by Tabu search.... Agent: King Fahd University Of Petroleum And Minerals

20120036097 - Systems and methods for recognizing events: Systems and methods for recognizing events include a processor for executing machine readable instructions. The processor may be electronically coupled to an electronic memory. A temporal sensor may be electronically coupled to the processor for generating a sequence of temporal signals relating to an unrecognized event. The temporal sensor may... Agent: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.

20120036098 - Analyzing activities of a hostile force: Historical data is processed to identify possible future hostile activities in high threat environments. Pieces of the historical data are collected in computer-readable memory as memory entities, where the memory entities are categorized according to types of attacks and locations of attacks. The memory entities contain attributes taken from the... Agent: The Boeing Company

20120036099 - Methods and systems for reward-modulated spike-timing-dependent-plasticity: Certain embodiments of the present disclosure support techniques for simplified hardware implementation of the reward-modulated spike-timing-dependent plasticity (STDP) learning rule in networks of spiking neurons.... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20120036100 - Extraction of attributes and values from natural language documents: One or more classification algorithms are applied to at least one natural language document in order to extract both attributes and values of a given product. Supervised classification algorithms, semi-supervised classification algorithms, unsupervised classification algorithms or combinations of such classification algorithms may be employed for this purpose. The at least... Agent: Accenture Global Services Limited

20120036101 - Predictive models and method for assessing age: Biomarkers useful for diagnosing and assessing physiological age are provided, along with kits for measuring their expression. The invention also provides predictive models, based on the biomarkers, as well as computer systems, and software embodiments of the models for scoring and optionally classifying samples. In a preferred embodiment, the biomarkers... Agent: Cardiodx, Inc.

20120036102 - 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: General Electric Company

20120036103 - Apparatus for determining association variables: An apparatus, and related method, for identifying one or more association variables is described. The apparatus includes at least one processor, at least one memory, and at least one program module stored in the memory configured to be executed by the processor. The program module includes instructions for selecting a... Agent:

20120030148 - Combining speculative physics modeling with goal-based artificial intelligence: In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for identifying a deformable object of a scene of a computer game that is visible by an artificial intelligence (AI) character of the game, requesting a speculative physics simulation associated with the deformable object to determine a result of an action... Agent:

20120030149 - Method and a computer program product for providing a response to a statement of a user: A method for interacting with a person, the method comprising: receiving a user textual input; matching a structured representation of the user textual input against expected user statement fields of knowledge database entries; wherein a knowledge database entry comprises an expected user statement field and at least one action field;... Agent: Support Machines Ltd.

20120030156 - Computer-implemented method, clinical decision support system, and computer-readable non-transitory storage medium for creating a care plan: A computer-implemented method for creating a care plan for a patient, the method comprising the steps of (a) receiving an intervention goal, (b) creating a behavioral determinants list using the intervention goal, (c) assigning a ranking to each behavioral determinant in the list of behavioral determinates using patient data descriptive... Agent: Koninklijke Philips Electronics, N.v.

20120030154 - Estimating a state of at least one target: A method of estimating a state of at least one target. The method includes obtaining at least one target measurement from a first sensor, and applying a Gaussian Process technique to a target measurement to obtain an updated target measurement.... Agent: Bae Sysytems PLC

20120030150 - Hybrid learning component for link state routing protocols: In a network that executes a link state routing protocol, a network node receives periodic disseminations of link state information from other network nodes. The link state information includes neighboring node identity and link cost metrics. The network node calculates the initial routing paths based on the received link state... Agent: Telcordia Technologies, Inc.

20120030151 - Method and system for assessing data classification quality: Production data classified from a data source, such as a plurality of handprinted forms, is compared to provisional truth data independently classified from the same data source for constructing master truth data. The production data is compared to the master truth data for evaluating the quality with which the production... Agent: Adi, LLC.

20120030155 - Model generating device and model generating method: A model generating device acquires event information including a time when execution of an event is started, a time when execution of the event is finished, and the type of the event. The model generating device assumes model candidates each showing a relationship between an event and another event triggered... Agent: Fujitsu Limited

20120030152 - Ranking entity facets using user-click feedback: Example methods, apparatuses, or articles of manufacture are disclosed that may be implemented using one or more computing devices to facilitate or otherwise support one or more processes or operations associated with ranking entity facets using user-click feedback.... Agent: Yahoo! Inc.

20120030153 - Semiconductor system and data training method thereof: A semiconductor system includes a semiconductor memory configured to determine whether an error has occurred in a data pattern and generate an error signal, and a memory controller configured to provide the data pattern to the semiconductor memory and perform data training with respect to the semiconductor memory using the... Agent: Hynix Semiconductor Inc.

20120030157 - Training data generation apparatus, characteristic expression extraction system, training data generation method, and computer-readable storage medium: The disclosed apparatus uses a training data generation apparatus 2, which generates training data used for creating characteristic expression extraction rules. The training data generation apparatus 2 includes: a training data candidate clustering unit 21, which clusters a plurality of training data candidates assigned labels indicating annotation classes based on... Agent: Nec Corporation

20120030158 - Technology evaluation and selection application: Embodiments of the invention relate to systems, methods, and computer program products for evaluating and selecting technology. Specifically, present embodiments provide for assessing the relative importance of various capabilities and constraints to determine weighting factors and applying the weighting factors to potential technology solutions rated in terms of the applicability... Agent: Bank Of America Corporation

20120030159 - Recommender systems and methods: A system and method of providing personalized item recommendations in a communication system comprising a server and a plurality of client devices. At the server, a plurality of user rating vectors are received from a plurality of client devices and aggregated into a rating matrix that is factorized into a... Agent: Gravity Research & Development Kft.

20120030160 - Method and system for providing decision making based on sense and respond: According to an embodiment, the present invention provides a method for providing automated decision in response to one or more responses. The method includes providing, at a computer system, a user interface for receiving input from a user. The method also includes detecting a first event. The method further includes... Agent: Oracle International Corporation

20120030161 - Relationship detector, relationship detection method, and recording medium: For a group of elements defined with a first relationship between elements stored in a first data memory unit and a second relationship therebetween different from the first relationship stored in a second data memory unit, a relationship detector includes a first distance calculating unit that calculates a predetermined first... Agent:

20120030162 - Method for quantifying amplitude of a response of a biological network: One or more measurement signatures are derived from a knowledge base of casual biological facts, where a signature is a collection of measured node entities and their expected directions of change with respect to a reference node. The knowledge base may be a directed network of experimentally-observed casual relationships among... Agent: Selventa, Inc.

20120030163 - Solution recommendation based on incomplete data sets: In accordance with one aspect of the present exemplary embodiment, a system determines a solution based on received data. An intake component receives an incomplete data set from one or more sources. A recommendation system transforms the incomplete data set into a semantic data set via latent semantic indexing, classifies... Agent: Xerox Corporation