Data processing: artificial intelligence inventions

20090271337 - Apparatus and method for input and output to process to be optimized: A computer system includes an optimization component for optimizing a solution to a problem using a computer and a display. The display includes a first user interface component adapted to elicit and receive information from a user. The computer system also includes a conversion component for converting the at least... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky And Popeo, P.c

20090271339 - Hierarchical recognition through semantic embedding: Computer-implemented systems and methods, including servers, perform structure-based recognition processes that include matching and classification. Preprocessing subsystems and sub-methods embed a set of classes on which a loss function is defined into a semantic space and learn an input mapping between an input space and the semantic space. Recognition subsystems... Agent: Stattler - Suh PC

20090271340 - Method for the computer-aided learning of a control or adjustment of a technical system: A method for the computer-aided learning of a control of a technical system is provided. An operation of the technical system is characterized by states which the technical system can assume during operation. Actions are executed during the operation and convert a relevant state into a subsequent state. The method... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090271338 - Scalable feature selection for multi-class problems: In a feature filtering approach, a set of relevant features and a set of training objects classified respective to a set of classes are provided. A candidate feature and a second feature are selected from the set of relevant features. An approximate Markov blanket criterion is computed that is indicative... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20090271341 - Optimization processing method using a distributed genetic algorithm: An optimization processing method comprises forming a plurality of islands each having a plurality of individuals and repeating crossover, mutation, evaluation and selection on the individuals until the desired condition has been satisfied by applying a genetic algorithm to each of the plurality of islands thereby obtaining an optimized solution,... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20090271342 - Personalized medicine system: A method, program storage device and system for developing a Personalized Medicine System (100) for an individual or group of individuals that automates the operation, customization and coordination of computer systems, software, products, services, data and/or devices.... Agent: Asset Trust, Inc.

20090271343 - Automated entity identification for efficient profiling in an event probability prediction system: A computer-implemented method and system for automated entity identification for efficient profiling in an event probability prediction system. A first subset of entities belonging to one or more entity classes is defined. At least one historical profile is constructed for each entity in the subset of entities based on a... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky And Popeo, P.c

20090271344 - Method for computer-aided control or regualtion of a technical system: A method for computer-aided control of any technical system is provided. The method includes two steps, the learning of the dynamic with historical data based on a recurrent neural network and a subsequent learning of an optimal regulation by coupling the recurrent neural network to a further neural network. The... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090271346 - Library synchronization between definitions and instances: In an industrial control configuration, various instances can exist that are based upon a definition. A definition can be changed and thus it can be appropriate to alter related instances in accordance with the change. However, changing an instance can cause disruption in other actions even when the change is... Agent: Turocy & Watson, LLP Attention: Heather Holmes

20090271345 - Method and apparatus for declarative data warehouse definition for object-relational mapped objects: A data warehouse is constructed using the relational mapping of a transactional database without reconstructing the data relationships of the transactional database. First, an application programmer analyzes an object model in order to describe facts and dimensions using the objects, attributes, and paths of the object model. Each of the... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20090271347 - Methods and systems for monitoring bioactive agent use: Methods, computer program products, and systems are described that include accepting at least one indication of a bioactive agent use by an individual and/or assigning an artificial sensory experience to monitor at least one side effect of the bioactive agent on the individual.... Agent: Iv - Suiter Swantz PC Llo

20090271350 - Apparatus and method for adaptively recommending service, system and method for adaptively recommending service, apparatus and method for recommending service based on user's favorite base: The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for adaptively recommending service, the apparatus comprises: a semantic analyzing device which analyzes the query from a user semantically; a service selecting device which selects a service which corresponds to the semantically-analyzed query, and updates a service association database according to... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090271348 - Determining the degree of relevance of alerts in an entity resolution system: An entity resolution system and alert analysis system configured to process inbound identity records and to generate alerts based on relevant identities, entities, conditions, activities, or events is disclosed. One process of resolving identity records and detecting relationships between entities may be performed using a pre-determined or configurable entity resolution... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP/ibm Svl

20090271349 - Determining the degree of relevance of alerts in an entity resolution system over alert disposition lifecycle: An entity resolution system and alert analysis system configured to process inbound identity records and to generate alerts based on relevant identities, entities, conditions, activities, or events is disclosed. One process of resolving identity records and detecting relationships between entities may be performed using a pre-determined or configurable entity resolution... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP/ibm Svl

20090271353 - Method and device for tagging a document: There are disclosed a method and a device for tagging a document. The method includes the steps of acquiring structural information of the document, retrieving a content block list corresponding to a user-input tag, comparing blocks in the structural information with blocks in the content block list, to obtain similar... Agent: Ibm Corporation, T.j. Watson Research Center

20090271354 - Method and system for obtaining a combination of faulty parts from a dispersed parts tree: It is an object of the present invention to find out parts to be a highly possible cause of failure without searching all of part data of all of products. Dispersed parts data on a parts tree are sequentially accessed from a set of known failed products, and part attribute... Agent: Ibm - Bur Shimokaji & Associates, P.C.

20090271355 - Policy change processing program, policy change processing method, policy change processing apparatus: A policy change processing apparatus is used for controlling a system, and processes a change in a content of a plurality of policies specified so that contents of the policies do not conflict with each other. The policy change processing apparatus includes: a changeable scope storing unit that stores therein... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20090271351 - Rules engine test harness: A system is provided. The system comprises a computer system, a builder component, and a test execution component. When executed by the computer system, the builder component promotes defining a plurality of test cases and a plurality of test scenarios. When executed by the computer system, the text execution component... Agent: Conley Rose, P.C.

20090271352 - System, method and software for selecting among available connections for accessing content from a remote server using a client computing device: A computing device may have one or more physical connections and/or one or more virtual connections to computer network(s). A user of the computing device may desire access to data from a remote server. According to the present disclosure, the performance of accessing the remote server via the one or... Agent: Harness, Dickey, & Pierce, P.l.c

20090271356 - Situation-aware thresholding for recommendation: In one embodiment, data relating to usage patterns of the user is stored, wherein the data includes information as to items which were used and the context in which they were used. The data is then clustered into clusters of data points. Then a centroid is determined for each of... Agent: Beyer Law Group LLP

20090271357 - Knowledge artifact analysis system and method: A knowledge tracking and analysis system and method. The method may include: an artifact evaluator that receives various use parameters for each knowledge artifact, operates on the received use parameters, and generates respective parameter scores; and a knowledge index calculator that compiles parameter scores and generates a knowledge index indicative... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20090271358 - Evidential reasoning network and method: The present invention relates generally to expert systems that synthesize data from multiple disparate sources of evidential information. More specifically, the present invention relates to systems, methods, devices, and computer readable media for implementing evidential reasoning with multi-agent systems.... Agent: Arnold & Porter LLP Attn:IPDocketing Dept.

20090271359 - Statistical record linkage calibration for reflexive and symmetric distance measures at the field and field value levels without the need for human interaction: Disclosed is a system for, and method of, calculating parameters used to determine whether records and entity representations should be linked. The system and method use a symmetric and reflexive function to allow for linking records and entity representations whose field values differ. The system and method apply iterative techniques... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP Intellectual Property Department

20090265287 - Adaptive programmable template matching system: This invention pertains to adaptive programmable template matching systems. One or more templates are stored, either directly by a user, or by an unsupervised programming method, onto programmable memories, and in one mode of operation, the distance between a signal and the template is computed using a distance estimation circuit.... Agent: Alfred M. Haas

20090265288 - System and method for correlating events in a pluggable correlation architecture: A system for pluggable event correlation may include an input manager that receives a plurality of events and converts the events into a format compatible with one or more of a plurality of correlation engines. The correlation engines may then evaluate the converted events using various rules and generate correlated... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20090265289 - System and method for monitoring weight and nutrition: A system for providing weight and nutritional information. The system involves input of subject data such as weight, body fat percentage, and expected activity levels. Users also may input an assessment of a subject, which can be used to generate a weight plan for the subject. The weight plan can... Agent: W. Edward Ramage

20090265291 - Information processing device and method, and program: An information processing device includes: a candidate generating unit employing a user evaluation matrix of evaluation values indicating evaluations as to multiple contents for multiple users to generate multiple estimated expression candidates which are candidates of an estimated expression employed for estimating an evaluation as to a content of a... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090265290 - Optimizing ranking functions using click data: A system for optimizing machine-learned ranking functions based on click data. The system determines the weighting for each feature of a plurality of features according to a learning model based on the click data. The system selects an element from a plurality of elements for display on a web page... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione / Yahoo! Overture

20090265292 - Optimizing operations of a hydrogen pipeline system: Embodiments of the invention provide a computerized optimization system configured to optimize the operations of a hydrogen generation, processing, and delivery network. Such a network typically includes a complex of physical equipment, plants, and pipelines, including both production and distribution facilities. A hydrogen optimization system provides a software system that... Agent: Air Liquide Intellectual Property Dept.

20090265293 - Access speculation predictor implemented via idle command processing resources: An access speculation predictor is provided that may be implemented using idle command processing resources, such as registers of idle finite state machines (FSMs) in a memory controller. The access speculation predictor may predict whether to perform speculative retrieval of data for a data request from a main memory of... Agent: Ibm Corp. (wip) C/o Walder Intellectual Property Law, P.C.

20090265295 - apparatus and method for the analysis of a process having parameter-based faults: An apparatus for the analysis of a process having parameter-based faults includes: a parameter value inputter configured for inputting values of at least one process parameter, a fault detector, configured for detecting the occurrence of a fault, a learning file creator associated with the parameter value inputter and the fault... Agent: Martin D. Moynihan D/b/a Prtsi, Inc.

20090265294 - Estimating device and method, and program: An estimating device includes: a predictive computing unit configured to estimate, based on an evaluation matrix made up of an evaluation value indicating an evaluation as to each of multiple evaluation targets for each of multiple users, and an estimated expression for estimating the evaluation value by computation employing the... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090265296 - Scalable and interactive method of generating and modifying network configurations to enforce compliance with high-level requirements: A system and method provides a solution to the problem of applying end-to-end requirements of connectivity, security, reliability and performance to configure a network and ultimately assign network components to the network. All requirements are modeled as constraints and a constraint solver does the resolution Not every constraint to be... Agent: Telcordia Technologies, Inc.

20090265297 - data reduction method to adaptively scale down bandwidth and computation for classification problems: A method is provided for selecting features for classification that trades classification efficiency for computational resources. The method includes ranking a plurality of features of a training set according to how closely they are correlated to their corresponding classifications, receiving sensor data including a plurality of features, and selecting a... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20090265298 - Pointer-oriented object acquisition method for tangible treatment of information of the computer system which is based on one natural language and in which a received signal reaction of this computer system of artificial intelligence of a cyborg or an and: A pointer-oriented object acquisition method for tangible treatment of information of the computer system of Artificial Intelligence of a cyborg or an android. The computer system of Artificial Intelligence is based on one natural language. With the pointer-oriented object acquisition method three pointers are created in the main memory (in... Agent: Mr. Boris Kaplan

20090265299 - Computing solutions to problems using dynamic association between abstract graphs: A device, system, and method for solving a plurality of sub-problems representing a main problem pertaining to an environment. An abstract graph corresponding to each of the sub-problems may be constructed in a computing system for each of the sub-problems. At least a first abstract graph of the abstract graphs... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20090265300 - Methods and systems for semiconductor testing using a testing scenario language: Methods and systems for semiconductor testing. In one embodiment, a semiconductor testing method includes one or more of the following stages: defining a rule relating to semiconductor testing, validating the rule, bundling the rule with other rules, correlating the rule with other rules, publishing the rule, actualizing the rule, and... Agent: Occhiuti Rohlicek & Tsao, LLP

20090259604 - Methods, computer devices, and computer program products for regression from interval target values: Methods, computing devices, and computer program products for regression from interval target values are provided. Training data having an interval output are read. An initial model is estimated. Representative values for the interval output are assigned using the initial model. A regression model is estimated using the representative values for... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP-ibm Yorktown

20090259605 - High resolution monitoring of cd variations: An optical metrology method is disclosed for evaluating the uniformity of characteristics within a semiconductor region having repeating features such a memory die. The method includes obtaining measurements with a probe laser beam having a spot size on the order of micron. These measurements are compared to calibration information obtained... Agent: Kla Tencor C/o Mofo

20090259606 - Diversified, self-organizing map system and method: A diversified, self-organizing map (SOM) system and method creates a number of special-purpose SOMs by filtering and training from a SOM Database which contains user preference data entries that include a wide range of fields or attributes of user preferences. Each special-purpose SOM is trained with a filtered subset of... Agent: Leighton K. Chong Patent Attorney

20090259608 - Methods and apparatuses for classifying electronic documents: Embodiments of the invention provide methods and apparatuses for classifying electronic documents (e.g., electronic communications) as either spam electronic documents or legitimate electronic documents. In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, each of a plurality of electronic communications is reduced to a corresponding multidimensional vector based on a multi-dimensional... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20090259607 - System, method, and program for evaluating performance of intermolecular interaction predicting apparatus: The present invention provides a system, method, and program for evaluating the performance of an intermolecular interaction predicting apparatus. A performance evaluation system evaluates the performance of an intermolecular interaction predicting apparatus using a correlation between structure factors and physicochemical parameters of classification model construction compounds with high and low... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20090259609 - Method and system for providing a linear signal from a magnetoresistive position sensor: A method and system for providing a linear signal from a non-contact magnetoresistive position sensors utilizing a multilayer perception neural network. The neural network multiplies a number of non-linear inputs from the magnetoresistive position sensor by a number of first layer interconnection weights, which are summed by a number of... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Patent Services

20090259610 - Verification support apparatus, verification support method, and computer product: A verification support apparatus includes an identifying unit that, by using a pre-change specification and a post-change specification given before and after a specification change in a subject to be verified, identifies an area that has changed from among a plurality of specification items included in the post-change specification and... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20090259613 - Knowledge re-use for call routing: A method is described for semantic classification in human-machine dialog applications, for example, call routing. Utterances in a new training corpus of a new semantic classification application are tagged using a pre-existing semantic classifier and associated pre-existing classification tags trained for an earlier semantic classification application.... Agent: Sunstein Kann Murphy & Timbers LLP

20090259612 - Message conduit systems with algorithmic data stream control and methods for processing thereof: A method for processing messages is provided where at least one algorithmic conduit is defined, and at least one conduit rule for controlling at least one algorithmic conduit is defined. An algorithmic conduit is a persistent connection, controlled by explicit, independent, dynamic rules, and capable of processing messages among data... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090259614 - Method and expert system for valuating an object: A method for valuating an object is disclosed, which includes an expert system that determines a value for a rule from the features of the object, weights the value with a weight from [0, 1] and valuates the object based on the value with a rule editor for defining rules... Agent: Ursula B. Day, Esq.

20090259611 - Rule-based content request handling: An embodiment of a method includes receiving a content request including a first set of attribute values, using at least one of the attribute values from the first set of attribute values to determine a second set of attribute values, traversing a hierarchy of decision nodes, wherein each decision node... Agent: Damon A. Rieth

20090259615 - Efficient processing in an auto-adaptive network: Feature values, which may be multi-dimensional, collected over successive time slices, are efficiently processed for use, for example, in known adaptive learning functions and event detection. A Markov chain in a recursive function to calculate imputed values for data points by use of a “nearest neighbor” matrix. Only data for... Agent: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

20090254500 - Control system for network of input devices with automatic audio/video receiver detection and control configuration: Apparatus, methods, and systems for centrally and uniformly controlling the operation of a variety of devices, such as communication, consumer electronic, audio-video, analog, digital, 1394, and the like, over a variety of protocols within a network system and, more particularly, a control system and uniform user interface for centrally controlling... Agent: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLPIPProsecution Department

20090254497 - Method and system for dynamic performance modeling of computer application services: A generic queueing network model of a Web services environment is introduced. The behavior of a service is abstracted in three phases: serial, parallel and dormant, thus yielding a Serial Parallel Queueing Network (SPQN) model with a small number of parameters. A method is provided for estimated the parameters of... Agent: Whitham, Curtis, & Christofferson, P.C.

20090254498 - System and method for identifying critical emails: Disclosed is a method and system for identifying critical emails. To identify critical emails, a critical email classifier is trained from training data comprising labeled emails. The classifier extracts N-grams from the training data and identifies N-gram features from the extracted N-grams. The classifier also extracts salient features from the... Agent: At & T Legal Department - Ws Attn: Patent Docketing

20090254496 - System and method for optimizing pattern recognition of non-gaussian parameters: A method of optimizing a function of a parameter includes associating, with an objective function for initial value of parameters, an auxiliary function of parameters that could be optimized computationally more efficiently than an original objective function, obtaining parameters that are optimum for the auxiliary function, obtaining updated parameters by... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20090254499 - Techniques to filter media content based on entity reputation: Techniques to filter media content based on entity reputation are described. An apparatus may comprise a reputation subsystem operative to manage an entity reputation score for an entity. The reputation subsystem comprising a reputation manager component and a reputation input/output (I/O) component. The reputation manager component may comprise, among other... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090254501 - Word-spacing correction system and method: A word-spacing correction system and method are provided to automatically recognize and correct errors in the spacing of word inputs in an electronic device with relatively low computing power. In a learning process, probability information about each feature is created from a corpus of correct words, and then error correction... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20090254502 - Feedback systems and methods for recognizing patterns: Pattern classification systems and methods are disclosed. The pattern classification systems and methods employ one or more classification networks that can parse multiple patterns simultaneously while providing a continuous feedback about its progress. Pre-synaptic inhibition is employed to inhibit feedback connections to permit more flexible processing. Various additional improvements result... Agent: Ipsg, P.C.

20090254504 - Adaptive information technology solution design and deployment: A set of information technology solution alternatives is generated for an enterprise organization. The information technology solution alternatives are evaluated within an automated architectural framework based upon one or more information technology evaluation metrics. An automated incremental solution deployment strategy is created based upon the evaluated plurality of information technology... Agent: Lee Law, PLLC IBM Customer Number

20090254503 - Method and system for automated expertise extraction: A method and system for expertise extraction for an expert system, is provided. One implementation involves modeling active learning for interrogating an expert for knowledge as attributes of an n-dimensional hyper-cube where each attribute represents a possible output and every dimension represents a feature in a feature space; dividing the... Agent: Ibm-acc-washington C/o Myers Dawes Andras & Sherman, LLP

20090254505 - Reconfigurable hardware accelerator for boolean satisfiability solver: A hardware accelerator is provided for Boolean constraint propagation (BCP) using field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) for use in solving the Boolean satisfiability problem (SAT). An inference engine may perform implications. Block RAM (BRAM) may be used to store SAT instance information. Computation may be co-located with the BRAM memory, taking... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090254506 - Dynamic service selections using enhanced ontologies: Embodiments may include a system for generating an enhancement of an ontology. The system may have a memory unit and a processing unit. The memory unit may be configured to provide the ontology and to store the ontology with the enhancement. The processing unit may be configured to identify a... Agent: Brake Hughes Bellermann LLP

20090254507 - Storage controller and duplicated data detection method using storage controller: A storage controller of the present invention narrows down the target for data comparison by comparing hash codes beforehand and rapidly detects duplicated data. A hash value setting unit sets a hash code in data received from a host. Hash code-attached data is stored in a logical volume. A microprocessor... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090254508 - Quantum state estimation method, quantum state estimation device and computer program: A control section virtually divides a surface of an adsorbing material into a plurality of regions (cells) in accordance with a computer program. Further, the control section-allocates a normal distribution function to each of the divided cells, and sets a linear combination of the normal distribution functions allocated to all... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20090254509 - System and method for optimizing development, implementation and management of orders: A system and method is provided for developing, implementing and managing orders whereby a raw order set can be resolved into a canonical order set to identify at least one order within the one raw order set. A commonality analysis can be performed by comparing one canonical order set with... Agent: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

20090254510 - Information nervous system: A semantically integrated knowledge retrieval, management, delivery and presentation system.... Agent: Black Lowe & Graham, PLLC