Data processing: artificial intelligence inventions

20090299923 - Change management using collective data: A method for providing information associated with configuration changes to a computer system is provided. The method includes receiving a description of a starting configuration and a description of a configuration change. The method further includes linking the description of the starting configuration and the description of the configuration change... Agent: Carey, Rodriguez, Greenberg & Paul, LLP Steven M. Greenberg

20090299925 - Automatic detection of undesirable users of an online communication resource based on content analytics: An exemplary processor-implemented method of determining whether a user of an online communication resource is an undesirable user includes the steps of building at least one model based on at least one feature of a feature set using at least one machine learning technique; and classifying the user by comparing... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20090299924 - Intelligent human-machine interface: Embodiments in accordance with the present invention relate to methods and apparatus for an intelligent human-machine interface. By way of example, but not limited thereto, embodiments of methods and apparatus are presented of an intelligent human-machine interface for the operating room, and more particularly, to systems and processes for real-time... Agent: Paul J. Fordenbacher/berkeley Law & Technology Gro Berkeley Law & Technology Group LLP

20090299927 - Integrated method of ensuring instant messaging security on confidential subject matter: An instant messaging system for securing chat sessions containing confidential subject matter during instant messaging from external entities, the system comprising: a rules engine module configured to continuously build and update a set of rules used to determine when a chat session between a first chat party and a second... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - IBM Rochester Division

20090299926 - Methods for data classification: The present invention provides methods for classifying data and uncovering and correcting annotation errors. In particular, the present invention provides a self-organizing, self-correcting algorithm for use in classifying data. Additionally, the present invention provides a method for classifying biological taxa.... Agent: Medlen & Carroll, LLP

20090299928 - Method for optimizing inequality and equality constrained resources allocation problems in industrial applications: In industrial applications, the invention relates to various algorithms for determining optimal resources or assets allocations under various equality and inequality constraints. In particular, constrained quadratic or conic optimization problems of unique importance for portfolio asset allocation are seamlessly solved in analytic and efficient ways. In addition, by providing exact... Agent: Phil Kongtcheu Pfk Technologies

20090299930 - Method of measuring the thickness profile of a film tube: A method of measuring the thickness profile of a film produced in a blow film line having a rotatable pull-off rig in which a flattened film tube is scanned by performing individual measurements at measurement positions distributed over the width over the film tube and, in each individual measurement, the... Agent: Richard M. Goldberg

20090299929 - Methods of improved learning in simultaneous recurrent neural networks: Methods, computer-readable media, and systems are provided for machine learning in a simultaneous recurrent neural network. One embodiment of the invention provides a method including initializing one or more weight in the network, initializing parameters of an extended Kalman filter, setting a Jacobian matrix to an empty matrix, augmenting the... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090299933 - Data processing apparatus, data processing method, and computer program: A data processing apparatus includes: predicting means for calculating a prediction value of time series data with respect to input of the time series data using a prediction model for predicting the time series data; determining means for determining a target value of the time series data on the basis... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090299934 - Harnessing information about the timing of a user's client-server interactions to enhance messaging and collaboration services: A system and method is provided to facilitate communication and collaboration by considering the timing of a user's activities on one or more clients via accessing, from a centralized server, information about the user's client-server interactions. The systems and methods can harness existing protocols and data exchange used in legacy... Agent: Wolf Greenfield (microsoft Corporation) C/o Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20090299931 - Problem shooting process intelligently adapted to fit user's skills: The present disclosure is directed to a method for automatically adapting the problem shooting steps to the user's skill level.... Agent: Ibm Corporation (swp)

20090299932 - System and method for providing a virtual persona: A method, system, and machine readable medium for providing a virtual persona are disclosed. User input directed to a life archive data of a particular virtual persona is received. One or more artificial intelligence files are determined in response to the user input. An output may be generated based on... Agent: Carr & Ferrell LLP

20090299935 - Method and apparatus for digital forensics: A method and apparatus for digital forensics are provided. The apparatus for digital forensics includes a page file extractor for extracting a page file stored in a target storage medium, a stored-page feature extractor for extracting features of pages stored in the extracted page file, a page classifier for comparing... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20090299936 - Policy creating apparatus, policy creating method, and computer product: A policy integrity validating unit validates whether a system model can achieve an objective set up in a policy without violating a constraint set up in the policy when a system model is operated according to a procedure set up in the policy. When the policy integrity validating unit determines... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20090299939 - Distributed rule processing for ubiquitous computing environments: Methods and apparatus are provided for distributed rule processing in a sense and respond system. A method for identifying a candidate set of rules is disclosed, comprising the steps of: identifying one or more rules that receive information from one or more sensors to create a first candidate set of... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20090299941 - Method and system for adding an aspect trigger to an aspect: A method within a computing execution environment for adding an aspect trigger for an aspect, an aspect being an application level abstraction relevant to a source or service, along with the execution environment, where the method includes defining service aspects; inserting or encapsulating the service aspects as named aspects into... Agent: Research In Motion Attn: Glenda Wolfe

20090299937 - Method and system for detecting and managing peer-to-peer traffic over a data network: The present invention relates to a method and system for detecting and managing Peer-To-Peer traffic over a data network. The system comprises: (a) a file identifier unit for searching the P2P network according to search criteria, and retrieving identifiers of files that are shared over said P2P network; (b) an... Agent: Kevin D. Mccarthy Roach Brown Mccarthy & Gruber, P.C.

20090299942 - Method for implementing a rules-based engine: Embodiments of the invention provide an RBE that uses a logical abstraction for a set of application rules that allows the rules to be implemented, presented and modified efficiently. For one embodiment, rules logic for implementing a set of application rules is stored. The rules logic is specified by a... Agent: Campbell Stephenson LLP

20090299940 - Rule-based system for client-side quality-of-service tracking and reporting: Server-side control of client-side quality-of-service tracking is provided. When an event occurs at a client, a measurement client collects event parameters and generates aggregated measurement data in accordance with aggregation rules that are provided to the measurement client from a server-side measurement service. The measurement client periodically reports the aggregated... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (c/o Microsoft Corporation)

20090299938 - Rules engine for aspect services: A service request is received from a client, the service request being directed to a web application, wherein a core concern of the web application is configured to perform a core operation upon receiving the service request. The service request is compared to a plurality of rules by a rules... Agent: Daniel E. Ovanezian Blakely, Sokoloff, Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090299943 - Concerned information recommendation system and method considering user's watching or listening time and maximum playing time of contents: A user-concerned information recommendation system and method considering user's watching or listening time and the maximum playing time of contents are disclosed. The user-concerned information provision system includes a plurality of user terminals to provide contents transmitted from an external server to a user, a user-concerned information inference server to... Agent: LexyoumeIPGroup, LLC

20090299944 - Method and system for application support knowledge transfer between information technology organizations: A computer network system for implementing a knowledge transfer process includes one or more local computers. The processors of the computers may access a knowledge database stored in local computer memory. The system also includes remote computers. The processors of the remote computers may access the knowledge database stored in... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20090299945 - Profile modeling for sharing individual user preferences: A computer-implemented method (FIG. 4), systems (FIG. 6) and data structures (420, 466) are disclosed for creating and exchanging a compact, machine-usable user taste profile (140,416,608). The method may include accessing an associational knowledge base “AKB” (124,406) that stores relationships among a catalog of items in computer-usable form. The AKB... Agent: Stolowitz Ford Cowger LLP

20090299946 - Data validation and classification in optical analysis systems: A method of classifying information in an optical analysis system includes obtaining calibration data defining a plurality of data points, each data point representing values for two or more detectors when sampling a material used to construct a multivariate optical element. Based on the calibration data, one or more validation... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20090299947 - Systems, methods and apparatus for adiabatic quantum computation and quantum annealing: Various adaptations to adiabatic quantum computation and quantum annealing are described. These adaptations generally involve tailoring an initial Hamiltonian so that a local minimum is avoided when a quantum processor is evolved from the initial Hamiltonian to a problem Hamiltonian. The initial Hamiltonian may represent a mixed Hamiltonian that includes... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20090299948 - Identification and monitoring of systemic lupus erythematosus: A method for identifying or monitoring SLE in an individual is provided. The method includes quantitating complement component C4d on the surfaces of platelets and comparing the amounts of C4d to reference levels of C4d on platelets of individuals without SLE and/or on platelets of the individual obtained at a... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20090299949 - Limiting rule base modification: Various embodiments herein include one or more of systems, methods, data structures, and software operable to limit how rules, or components thereof, may be modified. Some embodiments include receiving a rule definition in a system, the rule definition including one or more rule components, each component including a reference to... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20090299950 - Dynamic categorization of rules in expert systems: Various embodiments include one or more of systems, methods, software, and data structures for dynamic categorization of rules and collections of rules within a rule base, such as a rule base of an expert system. One embodiment provides a computerized method that includes receiving a selection of one or more... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20090299951 - Failure-handling procedure knowledge forming apparatus and method thereof: A computer-readable storage medium contains instructions. The instructions, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform generating a new trouble-handling knowledge by using information regarding a work history read from a work-history storage unit that stores the information regarding the work history; and adding the new trouble-handling knowledge... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20090292657 - Acquisition and association of data indicative of an inferred mental state of an authoring user: A computationally implemented method includes, but is not limited to: acquiring data indicative of an inferred mental state of an authoring user; and associating the data indicative of the inferred mental state of the authoring user with an electronic message. In addition to the foregoing, other method aspects are described... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20090292658 - Acquisition and particular association of inference data indicative of inferred mental states of authoring users: A computationally implemented method includes, but is not limited to: acquiring a first inference data indicative of an inferred mental state of a first authoring user in connection with a particular item of an electronic message, acquiring a second inference data indicative of an inferred mental state of a second... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20090292659 - Acquisition and particular association of inference data indicative of inferred mental states of authoring users: A computationally implemented method includes, but is not limited to: acquiring a first inference data indicative of an inferred mental state of a first authoring user in connection with a particular item of an electronic message, acquiring a second inference data indicative of an inferred mental state of a second... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20090292656 - Method, apparatus and system for collecting, receiving, and distributing information from multiple channels: Embodiments of methods, apparatuses, devices and systems associated with collecting, receiving, and distributing information from multiple channels of information are disclosed.... Agent: Berkeley Law & Technology Group LLP

20090292660 - Using rule induction to identify emerging trends in unstructured text streams: A method for identifying emerging concepts in unstructured text streams comprises: selecting a subset V of documents from a set U of documents; generating at least one Boolean combination of terms that partitions the set U into a plurality of categories that represent a generalized, statistically based model of the... Agent: Ibm - Arc Shimokaji & Associates, P.C.

20090292661 - Compact circuits and adaptation techniques for implementing adaptive neurons and synapses with spike timing dependent plasticity (stdp).: This invention pertains to compact synaptic circuits and networks comprising compact synaptic circuits that exhibit functional characteristics of biological synapses and networks of synapses including, but not limited to, spike timing dependent plasticity (“STDP”). Temporal coincidence of pre- and post-synaptic action potentials across the synapses of the present invention induces... Agent: Alfred M. Haas

20090292662 - Time-series data analyzing apparatus, time-series data analyzing method, and computer program product: Sets of integrated data including history data and time-invariant data grouped for each analysis target are classified based on an inclusion between an amount of change of a time-varying item included in sets of integrated data and a numerical range expressed by an event sequence and also based on a... Agent: Charles N.j. Ruggiero Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P.

20090292663 - Fuzzy rule handling: A method to add expression level fuzzy rule processing capability to existing crisp rule engine without requiring extensive modifications to such rule engine. A system and computer implemented method receive a data set at a crisp rule engine. If the data set involves a fuzzy rule, a callback to a... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20090292664 - Service management system and method of operation thereof: A service management system and method. In one embodiment, the service management system includes: (1) a service description repository configured to contain service descriptions that define services in terms of a set of systems and devices that assume roles based on at least one of capabilities and attributes thereof and... Agent: Hitt Gaines, PC Alcatel-lucent

20090292665 - Computer system and computer-facilitated method for nucleic acid sequence alignment and analysis: The present invention relates to a computer system and methods of computer-facilitated data analysis for providing reliable DNA alignments. More specifically, the invention relates to the automation of alignment and naming of mitochondrial DNA sequences for use in forensic analysis. The methods of the present invention provide consistency of sequence... Agent: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, LLC

20090292666 - Acquisition and presentation of data indicative of an extent of congruence between inferred mental states of authoring users: A computationally implemented method includes, but is not limited to: acquiring a first inference data indicative of an inferred mental state of a first authoring user in connection with a particular item of an electronic document, acquiring a second inference data indicative of an inferred mental state of a second... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20090292667 - Automatic updating apparatus, automatic updating method, and programmable storage medium embodying program to perform method for automatic updating: An automatic updating apparatus includes a start instructing unit that outputs an analysis start signal at given intervals, an access count analysis unit that calculates an access count for each of menus indicated in a menu list on a network in response to the analysis start signal, calculates predictive evaluated... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20090287617 - Client-side rule engine for executing business rules in rich internet applications: A client-side business rule engine for executing business rules, at a client, in a rich internet application is disclosed. A set of business rules and a fact base are compiled at a server in accordance with a platform definition model, such that the compiled rules and facts are formatted to... Agent: Fountainhead Law Group P.C. Chad R. Walsh

20090287618 - Distributed personal spam filtering: Embodiments are directed towards using a community of weighted results from local and global message classifiers to determine whether a message is spam. Each local classifier may receive a message that is to be evaluated to determine whether it is spam. A local classifier receives the message and performs a... Agent: Yahoo! Inc. C/o Darby & Darby P.C.

20090287619 - Differentiated, integrated and individualized education: A computer-based learning system uses knowledge points organized with a predefined multilevel arrangement. Each knowledge point has an information set which may include a knowledge content, an evaluation content and a solution content. For a given knowledge point, the learning system provides the knowledge content and evaluation content, analyzes the... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20090287621 - Forward feature selection for support vector machines: In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for training a Support Vector Machine (SVM) on a subset of features (d′) of a feature set having (d) features of a plurality of training instances to obtain a weight per instance, approximating a quality for the d features of the... Agent: Trop, Pruner & Hu, P.C.

20090287622 - System and method for active learning/modeling for field specific data streams: A system and method for determining whether at least one data point is interesting may be provided. The system may include, among other things, a memory for the at least one data point and a query-by-transduction module configured to assign a plurality of labels to the at least one data... Agent: George Mason University Office Of Technology Transfer, Msn 5g5

20090287620 - System and method for object detection and classification with multiple threshold adaptive boosting: Systems and methods for classifying a object as belonging to an object class or not belonging to an object class using a boosting method with a plurality of thresholds is disclosed. One embodiment is a method of defining a strong classifier, the method comprising receiving a training set of positive... Agent: Knobbe, Martens, Olson, & Bear, LLP

20090287623 - Method and apparatus for using bayesian networks for localization: The invention is a technique for performing sampling in connection with Markov Chain Monte Carlo simulations in which no attempt is made to limit the selected samples to a selected slice of the entire sample domain, as is typical in Markov Chain Monte Carlo sampling. Rather, samples are taken from... Agent: Fox Rothschild LLP Princeton Pike Corporate Center

20090287624 - Spatio-temporal pattern recognition using a spiking neural network and processing thereof on a portable and/or distributed computer: A system and method for characterizing a pattern, in which a spiking neural network having at least one layer of neurons is provided. The spiking neural network has a plurality of connected neurons for transmitting signals between the connected neurons. A model for inducing spiking in the neurons is specified.... Agent: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP

20090287625 - Method and device for coding a structured document and method and device for decoding a document so coded: s

20090287626 - Multi-modal query generation: A multi-modal search system (and corresponding methodology) is provided. The system employs text, speech, touch and gesture input to establish a search query. Additionally, a subset of the modalities can be used to obtain search results based upon exact or approximate matches to a search result. For example, wildcards, which... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20090287629 - Assignments of places: A method of assigning a place to a customer, including the steps of: determining a set of business rules associated with the provision of the place to the customer; determining a set of available places, the or each of the set of available places having one or more attributes; determining... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath Attn: Intellectual Property Group

20090287628 - Method and system for accelerated stream processing: Disclosed herein is a method and system for hardware-accelerating various data processing operations in a rule-based decision-making system such as a business rules engine, an event stream processor, and a complex event stream processor. Preferably, incoming data streams are checked against a plurality of rule conditions. Among the data processing... Agent: Thompson Coburn LLP

20090287627 - Policy-based managment in communications network: A method and system for policy based management in a communication system, comprising at a policy enforcement point (101) associated with policy decision points (102,103,104). The enforcement point (101) transmits a request for a decision from the decision points (102,103,104). A policy strategy point (105) is configured with a decision... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20090287630 - Building a knowledgebase of associated time-based events: Technologies are described herein for building a knowledgebase of associated time-based events and displaying the associations between the events to a user. A chronology knowledgebase application is implemented that maintains a knowledgebase of facts and events that captures both the details of each event and the associations between them. The... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090287631 - Computer-implemented method and computer system for identifying organisms: To identify organism types from a target gene sequence, a server receives (S1) a target reference from a user via a telecommunications network. From a plurality of type-specific profiles, defining informative sequence regions for differentiating individual organisms, selected (S2) automatically is a profile having a highest correlation with the target... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20090287633 - Semantic to non-semantic routing for locating a live expert: A system and method of semantic to non-semantic routing for locating an expert. An inquiry-type database has a first layer of inquiry types organized from underlying criteria groupings, (humanly understandable descriptors). Additional layers are associated in a one-to-one correspondence with the first layer of inquiry types. Experts, having individualized knowledge,... Agent: Thomas G. Carulli Kaplan, Von Ohlen & Massamillo LLC

20090287632 - System and method for selecting a package structural design: A system and method of selecting a package model may include maintaining a data structure of a plurality of package models. Each package model may have a plurality of package model attributes including at least a size and a style. A user input may be received that is descriptive of... Agent: Pepper Hamilton LLP