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20090030906 | 12145325 | 0 | 1. A method, comprising: communicating a request to share data of a first subscriber of an on-demand database service with at least one second subscriber of the on-demand database service; determining whether the request is actually from the first subscriber; determining whether the request is accepted by the at least one second subscriber; and enabling the first subscriber to share the data of the first subscriber with the at least one second subscriber if the request is determined to be actually from the first subscriber and the request is accepted by the at least one second subscriber. |
20140087324 | 14089658 | 0 | 1. A system for detecting deviations from an orthodontic treatment plan, the system comprising: at least one processor; and a computer readable medium including instructions that when executed cause the at least one processor to: receive a tracking model comprising a digital representation of an actual arrangement of a patient's teeth after an orthodontic treatment plan has begun for the patient for comparison to a plan model comprising a pre-determined planned arrangement of the patient's teeth; perform an alignment between the plan model and the tracking model using a partial region beyond a tooth crown of the plan model and a partial region beyond a tooth crown of the tracking model such that stationary elements of each of the plan model and the tracking model are aligned with one another, the alignment including detecting the partial region of each of the tracking model and the plan model based on a polygon formed from predetermined points on at least some of the teeth in the plan model and a polygon formed from predetermined points on at least some of the teeth in the tracking model; and detect one or more positional differences between the actual arrangement of the patient's teeth and the pre-determined planned arrangement of the patient's teeth. |
8175889 | 11398504 | 1 | 1. A method, for performance by a computer system, of identifying a potential new address for at least one customer of a service-provider, the method comprising: receiving, by a computer system that comprises one or more processors, data about a first set of consumers comprising individual customers of at least one service-provider, said customers having submitted a service disconnect request to the at least one service-provider, requesting that their service be disconnected, wherein the data about the first set of consumers comprises, for each individual customer, at least a customer name, a service disconnect date, and a service disconnect address at which the service is to be disconnected; receiving, by the computer system, data about a second set of consumers comprising individual customers of at least one service-provider, said customers having submitted a service connect request to the at least one service-provider requesting that service be connected, wherein the data about the second set of consumers comprises, for each individual customer, at least a customer name, a service connect date, and a service connect address at which the service is to be connected; programmatically comparing, by the computer system, the data about the individual customers in the first set of consumers and the data about the individual customers in the second set of consumers; identifying, by the computer system, at least one individual customer in the first set of consumers who is also possibly a member of the second set of consumers; assessing a level of confidence that the identified at least one individual customer in the first set of consumers is in fact the same customer in the second set of consumers, said confidence assessment comprising calculating a likelihood that the compared data reflects a change of address for the identified at least one individual customer, said likelihood being based, at least in part, on at least two of a set of factors, the set comprising: geographical proximity of a service connect address and a service disconnect address, similarity of names associated with a service connect request and a service disconnect request, proximity of a service connect date and a service disconnect date, uniqueness of a name associated with a service connect request and a service disconnect request, and similarity of service plan details associated with a service connect request and service plan details associated with a service disconnect request; and if the assessed level of confidence is above a threshold amount, storing, in computer readable storage, an indication of the service connect address for the identified at least one customer. |
9082409 | 12200384 | 1 | 1. A method for executing voice applications to perform a voice-based function, the method comprising: receiving a first request for a document; retrieving the document in response to the first request; parsing the document to create a parse tree, the parse tree including an XML node; creating script code from the parse tree; translating the script code to bytecode segments; replacing the XML node with script code, thereby consuming part of the parse tree to create a reduced parse tree; storing the reduced parse tree in a cache for subsequent retrieval in response to a second request for the document, the reduced parse tree configured for use to perform the voice-based function; storing the bytecode segments in a cache for subsequent execution to perform the voice-based function receiving the second request to retrieve the document: in response to the second request, determining whether bytecode corresponding to the document is stored in a cache; and responsive to determining that bytecode corresponding to the document is already stored in the cache: bypassing the retrieving, parsing, creating, replacing, translating and storing steps associated with the second request; and executing the cached bytecode. |
9501827 | 14727514 | 1 | 1. A method of detecting at least one chemical species comprising: obtaining at least a first image from a first electromagnetic radiation detector configured to detect the chemical species, the first image including a first plurality of pixels, each pixel having an associated intensity value; obtaining at least a second image from a second electromagnetic radiation detector configured to provide a reference background, the second image including a second plurality of pixels, each pixel having an associated intensity value; generating at least a first resultant image by determining the difference in intensity values between each of the first plurality of pixels of the first image and the corresponding pixels of the second plurality of pixels of the second image, using the difference in intensity as the intensity value for the corresponding plurality of resultant pixels of the first resultant image; determining one or more regions of interest based, at least in part, on the first resultant image; determining correlation between the first image, the second image, and the first resultant image for at least one of the one or more regions of interest using a correlation coefficient algorithm to: calculate a first correlation coefficient using the intensity values of a first subset of pixels from the first plurality of pixels and a corresponding subset of resultant pixels from the plurality of resultant pixels within at least one of the one or more regions of interest, and calculate a second correlation coefficient using the intensity values of a first subset of pixels from the second plurality of pixels and the corresponding subset of resultant pixels from the plurality of resultant pixels within the corresponding region of interest; and determining the presence of at least one chemical species based, at least in part, on the first correlation coefficient and the second correlation coefficient. |
20100220924 | 12396380 | 0 | 1. A method of extracting a perceptual feature set, comprising: converting an input image to obtain a hue component and a saturation component; quantizing the hue component into a plurality of quantum values; weighting the quantized hue component with the saturation component; and subjecting the weighted quantized hue component and the saturation component to a statistical operation in order to extract feature vectors. |
20040143530 | 10753131 | 0 | 1. A method for the diversification of risk in connection with works of art, the method comprising: accepting from each of a plurality of artists one or more works of art to be pooled in a collective investment fund; issuing a financial instrument to each particular artist in consideration for one or more works of art contributed by that artist to the fund; generating revenues on behalf of the fund through commercialization of the works of art in the fund; and distributing a portion of the revenues among the artists participating in the fund according to vested interests in the financial instruments held by the artists, wherein a particular artist having a vested interest in one of the financial instruments is entitled to receive an amount of the revenues based on the collective commercial success of the works of art contributed to the fund by all the artists. |
20120088562 | 13253962 | 0 | 1. A method for a computer game executable and rendered on the display of a portable device, the method comprising: providing a triangular playing grid comprising rows and columns of cells, each of the plurality of cells capable of holding an object, each object having a type; presenting an object for positioning in a grid; moving each object in the grid to a cell adjacent to and below the object unless that cell is occupied by another object or the object is in the bottom most row; identifying objects that result in a desired formation due to their position in the grid; deleting all objects when they create a desired formation; shifting any objects previously resting on the now deleted objects and their previously occupied cell down in the grid to a cell adjacent to and below the object unless that cell is occupied by another object or the object is in the bottommost row; and providing an award for the creation of a desired formation. |
8290785 | 10638744 | 1 | 1. A method for distributing premium tickets to spectator events, the premium tickets being offered for sale at a market value price above a face value of the premium ticket providing producers of spectator events with an option to release a limited number of premium seats for sale to profit from market value of the released premium seats comprising, the following steps: establishing a central distribution processor which stores information concerning the availability of premium tickets to spectator events which may be purchased at a premium price; installing interface software compatible with the central distribution processor at a plurality of remote show box offices, the interface software facilitating the uploading of relevant premium ticket information to the central distribution processor, the interface software including an interface screen including an interactive seating chart and menus for indicating a date of the spectator event, a time of the spectator event and a price at which seats are to be sold, wherein the remote show box offices are controlled by producers of the spectator event; entering available premium ticket information at the spectator event remote show box office via a user interface associated with the interface software, the user interface permitting the plurality of remote show box offices to selectively enter available premium ticket information for uploading to the central distribution processor; uploading the available premium ticket information to the central distribution processor; and providing patrons with access to the central distribution processor for determining the availability of premium tickets and purchasing available premium tickets; splitting a premium paid on the sale of the premium tickets is split between an operator of the present system and the producers of the spectator event. |
20140095076 | 13631480 | 0 | 1. A method performed using a computer, comprising: deriving a first weighted prediction using weather forecast data for a present day; deriving a second weighted prediction using present day generation data for a photovoltaic system, the present day generation data acquired by way of instrumentation coupled to the computer and to the photovoltaic system; deriving a third weighted prediction using recent historical generation data for the photovoltaic system; deriving a Bayesian model average of at least the first and the second and the third weighted predictions; and predicting a near-future generation by the photovoltaic system using the Bayesian model average. |
20080028442 | 11495374 | 0 | 1. A system comprising: copy logic configured to determine source content from a source application, the source content associated with a source trust level; comparison logic configured to make a trust determination based on the source trust level and a target trust level associated with a target application; and paste logic configured to determine whether to provide at least a portion of the source content to the target application, based on the trust determination. |
7904459 | 12051306 | 1 | 1. A method for determining parties who are to receive contact updates comprising: identifying a change in contact information for a communicator; acquiring contact metrics for the communicator, wherein said contact metrics detail historic person-to-person communication instances between said communicator and at least one party; applying at least one previously established programmatic rule to the acquired contact metric to automatically determine whether each of the at least one party is a recipient who should be notified of the change in contact information based upon comparing the contact metrics relating to that party and the communicator against at least one previously established threshold; and selectively adding recipients to a recipient list based upon results of the applied programmatic rule configured to prefer including individuals in the contact list to the recipient list compared to including individuals not in the contact list to the recipient list, wherein said recipient list represents a listing of parties who are to be notified of the change in contact information. |
7904433 | 11973817 | 1 | 1. A storage medium having stored thereon computer-readable and computer-executable components to perform a rule matching on a data stream, comprising: a database comprising a plurality of status registers corresponding to associated with a plurality rules, a respective one of said status registers corresponding to a respective one of said rules, wherein said rules includes a plurality of contents, and wherein said respective status register has a plurality of bits, a respective one of said bits corresponding to a respective content of said respective rule; a content matching module operable for searching said data stream for a plurality of contents said contents; and a first rule matching module coupled to said content matching module and coupled to said status registers and operable for receiving matched contents found in said data stream and for updating said status registers according to said matched contents, wherein said rules include a simple rule with a single content selected from said contents and a complex rule with multiple contents selected from said contents, and wherein said respective status register indicates whether said respective rule is matched by said data stream. |
20020188031 | 10175718 | 0 | 1. A method for converting syngas to higher molecular weight products via Fischer-Tropsch synthesis, comprising reacting syngas with a cobalt/ruthenium Fischer-Tropsch catalysts in the presence of an olefin isomerization catalyst under appropriate reaction conditions to form reaction products. |
20110137747 | 12796325 | 0 | 1. A method of automating and managing supply chain purchases of goods and services with the use of a distributed computer system, said computer system having a server and a plurality of client computers linked together over a telecommunications network, at least one client computer operated by a vendor who offers for sale goods or services, and at least another of said client computers operated by a customer who expresses an interest in said goods or services offered by said vendor, comprising: said server obtaining, from said vendor's client computer, data representing a plurality of goods or services offered for sale by said vendor and, for each offering, a default offer record including a description of the good or service offered for sale, price, payment terms and conditions, delivery data, and set-aside parameters for the offered goods or services; said server obtaining, from said vendor computer, a customer acceptance notice after said customer registers its profile with said server via said customer's client computer; said server responding to a search request from said customer's computer and presenting search results listing goods or services relationally matching said search request to said customer's computer; said server presenting portions of said default offer record to said customer's computer upon selection of one or more of the listed goods or services from said search results by said customer; and, based upon said customer acceptance notice, said server facilitating the following transactions between said vendor and said customer: (a) reserving for said customer a defined quantity of offered goods or services as a set-aside in accordance with set-aside parameters for the same, said defined quantity being specified by at least one of said customer and said vendor; (b) requesting a quote from said vendor for said defined quantity; (c) purchasing said defined quantity from said vendor. |
20140379628 | 13921750 | 0 | 1. A method implemented in a computer system for estimating location privacy risk to a plurality people, the method comprising: building, with the computer, at least one trajectory model; obtaining, with the computer, at least one behavioral pattern associated with the plurality of people; obtaining, with the computer, a plurality of unlinked trajectories associated with the plurality of people, wherein the plurality of unlinked trajectories span across a plurality of mix-zones; identifying with the computer, based upon the plurality of unlinked trajectories, a plurality of linkages by using the trajectory model; indicating, with the computer, as unlikely at least one of the linkages based upon deviation from the behavior pattern; measuring, with the computer, privacy as a percentage of the number of the linkages indicated as unlikely relative to the number of identified linkages; and outputting, with the computer, the measured privacy. |
20160308815 | 14687472 | 0 | 1. A system, comprising: a correlation module configured to (i) receive input data from a device and (ii) generate a composite statement based on the input data and at least one of a condition of the system and domain model data; a decision module configured to generate recommendation data based on the composite statement; and a control module configured to engage an action at the device based on the recommendation data. |
9863847 | 14486689 | 1 | 1. A standard engine cold test system, comprising: a control device configured to control an engine test operation; a tester configured to operate an engine by driving a motor according to a control of the control device and measure engine information depending on an operation of the engine; a gathering device configured to gather the engine information outputted from the tester; and an analysis device configured to analyze the engine information gathered by the gathering device to determine abnormality of the engine, wherein the control device is configured to drive the motor depending on standard control setting information for controlling a standardized motor driving according to a kind of engine, wherein the analysis device is configured to extract characteristic values from waveforms measured by the tester when controlling the standardized motor driving in one factory, and to compare the characteristic values with characteristic values extracted by another tester in another factory, and wherein the control device is configured to change a motor slope and a motor speed according to the standard control setting information when a standard starting torque is measured, and the control device is further configured to change a motor speed gain according to the standard control setting information when a standard rotating torque is measured. |
20040063479 | 10670573 | 0 | 1. A game device comprising: virtual start time deciding means for deciding virtual start times for a plurality of matches; related match selection means for selecting at least one match, from the plurality of matches, taking place at least partially at the same time as a main match a player's team is taking part in as one or more matches related to the main match based on virtual start times for each match decided by the virtual start time deciding means; related match simulation means for simulating the one or more related matches; event storage means for storing event time and event content for prescribed types of events occurring in the one or more related matches; main match execution means for executing the main match; event time arrival monitoring means for monitoring for arrival of the event time stored by the event storage means during execution of the main match; and event content output means for outputting event content corresponding to the event time when it is determined by the event time arrival monitoring means that the event time has arrived during execution of the main match. |
20090210383 | 12033007 | 0 | 1. An XML query rewrite method comprising: identifying an XPath within an XML query; and transforming said XPath into a pre-filter of said XML query. |
20170235940 | 15050090 | 0 | 1. A computer-implemented method for scheduling tasks using queue protocols to control data access, the method comprising: receiving one or more first communications from a first user device, the one or more first communications corresponding to a first request for retrieving ticket data from a database, and the ticket data corresponding to an event; receiving one or more second communications from a second user device, the one or more second communications corresponding to a second request to access ticket data from the database; accessing a queue protocol that identifies a first processing phase and a second processing phase, the first processing phase occurring prior to the second processing phase, and the queue protocol enabling electronic tickets corresponding to the ticket data to be assigned responsive to requests during the second processing phase, but not the first processing phase; determining that each of the one or more first communications and the one or more second communications are received during the first processing phase; determining, based at least in part on the queue protocol, that the one or more first communications correspond to authentication data associated with completion of an authentication process; determining, based at least in part on the queue protocol, that the one or more second communications do not correspond to the authentication data; during the first processing phase: transmitting interface data to the first user device based on the determination that the one or more first communications correspond to the authentication data, the interface data causing an interface to be displayed at the first user device, the interface enabling the first user device to register for the event, registering for the event enabling the first user device to transmit a third request for one or more electronic tickets to the event during the first processing phase, receiving an indication that the first user device has registered for the event using the interface, receiving the third request from the first user device during the first processing phase, the third request including a first constraint for querying the database, and the first constraint being stored in association with the first user device during the first processing phase, and inhibiting the interface data from being transmitted to the second user device based on the determination that the one or more second communications do not correspond the authentication data, and inhibiting the interface data from being transmitted to the second user device preventing the second user device from being registered for the event during the first processing phase; and during the second processing phase: performing a first query of the database based on the first constraint, the first query being responsive to the third request, and the first query resulting in identification of at least one first electronic ticket that satisfies the first constraint, transmitting a third communication to the first user device, the third communication corresponding to a first identifier of the at least one first electronic ticket, transmitting the interface data to the second user device, the interface data causing the interface to be displayed at the second user device, and the interface enabling the second user device to transmit a fourth request for the one or more electronic tickets to the event, receiving the fourth request from the second user device, the fourth request corresponding to a second constraint for querying the database, performing a second query of the database based on the second constraint, the second query being responsive to the fourth request and being performed after the first query, and the second query resulting in identification of at least one second electronic ticket to the event, and transmitting a fourth communication to the second user device, the fourth communication corresponding to a second identifier of the at least one second electronic ticket. |
8103765 | 12430790 | 1 | 1. A method, comprising: non-instrusively capturing a plurality of communications from a communication channel in substantially real-time; grouping the plurality of communications into one or more streams, each stream representing a network connection; processing the one or more streams in parallel to create a plurality of transactions, wherein a first transaction includes a request communication and a response communication from the plurality of communications; storing the plurality of transactions in a memory; analyzing the plurality of transactions to detect a transaction of interest, wherein the transaction of interest is detected based on a predefined event; and retrieving a set of transactions belonging to the plurality of transactions from the memory based on metadata associated with the transaction of interest, wherein each transaction in the set of transactions has a predefined relationship with the transaction of interest; and organizing the set of transactions into a hierarchical data structure according to dependencies between the set of transactions. |
8235900 | 12409408 | 1 | 1. An ultrasound imaging system, comprising: a transmitter configured to deliver one or more ultrasound pulses to a patient; a receiver configured to receive and process one or more ultrasound echoes from the patient; a systems control that is configured to cause the transmitter to deliver the one or more ultrasound pulses to the patient and the receiver to receive and process the one or more ultrasound echoes from the patient according to one or more imaging parameters; an imaging performance evaluator that is configured to determine a plurality of performance evaluation parameters from the one or more ultrasound echoes; a negative feedback controller that is configured to: receive the plurality of performance evaluation parameters; determine quantitative differences between the plurality of performance evaluation parameters and corresponding performance evaluation parameter thresholds, wherein the corresponding performance evaluation parameter thresholds represent a desired imaging performance; and modify one or more of the imaging parameters according to one or more mathematical functions of the determined quantitative differences to cause one or more performance evaluation parameters determined from subsequent echoes to approach the corresponding performance evaluation parameter thresholds, wherein a predetermined importance value is associated with each of the performance evaluation parameters, and wherein the one or more imaging parameters are modified also in accordance with the importance values of the performance evaluation parameters; a memory unit that is configured to store the performance evaluation parameter thresholds; and a feedback architecture configuration & control unit that is programmed to implement different imaging performance evaluators and to reconfigure the negative feedback controller for different imaging applications, wherein the different imaging applications include one or more of different imaging modes, imaging different patient types, and imaging different parts of a human body. |
8763552 | 13385011 | 1 | 1. A tennis scoring apparatus comprising: a. a T-shaped support bar with a horizontal segment having ring attachment structure adapted to support a plurality of circular rings and act as a card placeholder, and a vertical segment attached to a base adapted to affix to one of the end posts holding a tennis net or a support surface, b. at least four circular rings affixed to the ring attachment structure of the T-shaped support bar, c. two bundles of ten flip cards movably affixed to two or more of the circular rings that flip about the rings from one side of the ring attachment structure to the other such that the ring attachment structure acts as a placeholder to maintain the flip cards in flipped position until changed; said bundle of flip cards numbered zero through nine, and selectively flipped to reflect the game and/or tiebreak score of each tennis player or doubles team, d. two bundles of set flip cards movably affixed to two or more of the circular rings to flip about the rings from one side of the ring attachment structure and ring separator to the other such that the ring attachment structure acts as a placeholder to maintain the set flip cards in flipped position until changed, said sets of flip cards numbered one through three, and selectively flipped to reflect the sets won by each tennis player or doubles team, e. a tie break indicator hingedly affixed to the T-shaped support bar with a top end having two extra ten point indicators and structured to be vertically raised in one mode when there is tie break play and the flip cards are reset to zero at the start of a tiebreak and sequentially flipped to track each player's tiebreak score, and lowered in another mode when there is regular play; the two extra ten point indicators comprising a first ten point indicator, which is activated when tiebreak points more than 10 are in play so that the flip cards are reset to zero and sequentially flipped to track each player's tiebreak score from 10 to 19; and a second twenty point indicator, which is activated when tiebreak points more than 20 are in play so that the flip cards are reset to zero and sequentially flipped to track each player's or doubles team's tiebreak score from 20 to 29; and f. at least one first server raiseable lever affixed to the top of the T-shaped support bar to be selectively raised at the start of each set to indicate which player or doubles team started serving first to enable viewing audiences to accurately track the match score by knowing if the competing players or doubles teams are on serve. |
20140359744 | 14151327 | 0 | 1. A method of conducting at least a two-factor authentication, the method comprising: caching a knowledge factor in a memory of a token; and monitoring user custody status of the token, the token having an identifying characteristic representing a possession factor to satisfy possession factor authentication on a security system; in response to an authentication request during a period of continuous user custody based the monitoring, retrieving the knowledge factor from the memory to demonstrate to the security system knowledge of the knowledge factor. |
8538173 | 13007140 | 1 | 1. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for adding image identification information, the process comprising: calculating first feature vectors for partial regions selected from a target image to be processed; and adding a piece of first identification information indicating content of the target image to the target image using a group of decision trees that are generated in advance on the basis of second feature vectors calculated for partial regions of a learning image and a piece of second identification information added to the entire learning image, wherein the adding the piece of the first identification information includes determining the piece of the first identification information to be added to the target image by multiplying a prior probability of a piece of the second identification information by a ratio between a first product and a second product, the first product being calculated by multiplying likelihood functions obtained from a proportion of the number of pieces of the second identification information that have reached individual leaves of the group of decision trees with respect to the total number of pieces of the second identification information, the second product being calculated by multiplying prior probabilities of the calculated first feature vectors, when a group of the second feature vectors and a group of the pieces of the second identification information are supplied to the group of decision trees to calculate the first and the second products. |
8458705 | 11958242 | 1 | 1. A method for managing a clock and a schedule of a terminal that executes entries of the schedule based on a local time in a location of the terminal, wherein the terminal comprises a controller, the method comprising: monitoring, by the controller, the local time in the location of the terminal; determining, by the controller, if an original local time in the terminal is different from the monitored local time; changing a local time in the clock of the terminal to be the same as the monitored local time; determining, by the controller, if there is a schedule entry that has already been processed according to the original local time and will be processed again according to the changed local time; determining, by the controller, if there is an unprocessed schedule entry that was to be processed during a period between the changed local time and the original local time; and preventing, by the controller, an already-processed schedule entry from being processed again and reporting the unprocessed schedule entry to a user, wherein the preventing comprises changing, by the controller, a schedule state for the schedule from an active state, in which schedule entries are processed, to an inactive state, in which the schedule entries are not processed. |
20080220400 | 10592883 | 0 | 1. A method of assessing an individual for disorders associated with attentional impairments, said method comprising: a) obtaining scores of two or more assessment instruments for attentional impairment, conducted on the individual; b) calibrating said obtained scores by standardizing the possible range of scores for each of said instruments before administration on the individual; and c) operating upon said calibrated scores using a computational procedure to produce a composite result. |
20150326399 | 14275422 | 0 | 1. A method comprising: providing an SCVP server configured to: receive, from a relying party, an SCVP request, the SCVP request comprising an end-entity certificate issued to an asserting party, compare policy object identifier(s) (OIDs) asserted in the end-entity certificate to policy OIDs expressly trusted by the relying party, send degree of trust information to the relying party in response to the SCVP request, the degree of trust information being based on the comparison of policy OIDs; displaying, at an email client, a graphical representation of the degree of trust information, wherein the degree of trust information represents a level of trust attributable to a binding between a public key distributed via the end-entity certificate and an identity of the asserting party. |
20110099605 | 12763827 | 0 | 1. A system comprising: one or more devices, each of which comprise one or more domains supported by at least one platform, each domain comprising a configuration of computing resources executing on the at least one platform and each domain being configured to perform functions for an owner of the domain that may be located locally or remotely from the domain, wherein each domain may have a different owner, and wherein each owner may specify policies for operation of its domain as well as for operation of its domain in relation to the platform on which the domain resides and other domains; and a system-wide domain manager resident on one of the domains, the system-wide domain manager enforcing the policies of the domain on which it is resident, coordinating the enforcement of respective policies of the other domains in relation to the domain in which the system-wide domain manager resides, and coordinating the interaction among the other domains in accordance with their respective policies and the policies of the domain in which the system-wide domain manager resides. |
20110144881 | 12823394 | 0 | 1. A method for controlling a multiple cylinder internal combustion engine having at least one spark plug per cylinder, the method comprising: initiating multiple spark discharges per spark plug per cylinder in each combustion cycle when operating with charge dilution; and initiating a single spark discharge per spark plug per cylinder otherwise. |
20140142727 | 13995444 | 0 | 1. A method for diagnosing a fault condition in a climate system, the method comprising: receiving current Parameters from a climate system in the fault condition, the current Parameters including a plurality of current measured and estimated data from the climate system; determining a first set of transition probabilities based on the current Parameters; determining a second set of transition probabilities based on historical Parameters from the climate system operating under normal conditions, the historical Parameters including a plurality of historical measured and estimated data from the climate system; calculating an anomaly score for the climate system from the first set of transition probabilities and the second set of transition probabilities; and when the anomaly score is above a predefined threshold, generating automatically a diagnosis of a first problem causing the fault condition. |
8676731 | 13180068 | 1 | 1. In a data entry environment having a set of documents receivable as a stream of data responsive to automated data extraction, a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having instructions that when executed by a processor responsive to the instructions, perform a method for extracting a business relevant data value and evaluating a confidence value comprising: identifying a stream of data items scanned from a set of training documents, each data item in the stream corresponding to a data value; applying, in a series of transformations, a conversion of the scanned data item to the data value, the series of transformations defining a combined sequence from an input stream of data form to a final data value to convert the scanned data item to the data value, each transformation being a computation that transforms the input data form to an output form resulting in extraction of the final data value; deriving a component confidence from each of the transformations indicative of a likelihood of the transformation achieving an accurate output form; using each of the component confidences as an input to a statistical model that combines the component confidences in a weighted and non-linear manner to calculate a final confidence value corresponding to the final data value; using a sample set of input documents and control data corresponding to the sample documents as a training set to be used for a learning phase; comparing, in the learning phase, for each of the data items, the final data value to a control data value from a control data set based on the set of training documents; concluding, in the learning phase, based on the comparing, whether a match exists between the final data value and the corresponding control data item; adjusting the weights of the non-linear statistical model, in learning phase, based on the aforementioned match outcomes, so as to enable calculation of the final confidence indicative of a likelihood of the data value accurately representing the scanned data item; applying the series of transformations to a production set of documents for generation of data values and the statistical model to a production set of documents by combining the component confidence from each transformation to compute a final confidence for a data item extracted from the production set; and labeling the final data value having a confidence attribute, indicative of the final confidence, with a quality group. |
8024276 | 11419317 | 1 | 1. A training method comprising: delivering a video of an event to a learner via a monitor, said video of an event including a still menu, said still menu effectuating and simulating a pause in said delivering; recording, after said learner has viewed said video of an event and during said simulated pause, a video of an action by said learner in response to said event; presenting to said learner said video of said action by said learner; presenting to said learner a video showing a preferred action by a master in response to said event; and recording at least one additional action by said learner, after said presenting to said learner a video showing a preferred action by a master in response to said event. |
20040143448 | 10698423 | 0 | 1. A method for service gap analysis, the method comprising: receiving a date range; identifying at least one service plan that is valid within the date range; determining the expected number of services within the time period; and identifying at least one encounter associated with the service plan occurring within the date range. |
6073141 | 08977891 | 1 | 1. A computer system for providing a current set of records to a plurality of users, the records having a plurality of fields, the system comprising: a master database means for storing a master set of a plurality of records, the records having a plurality of fields; a plurality of terminals in communication with said master database means; each of said terminals storing a subset of said plurality of records; input receiving means for receiving input regarding updates to said plurality of records from the master database; storing means for storing said updates in said master database means; indicating means for indicating the fields that have been updated since a previous update; retrieving means, responsive to the indicating means, for retrieving one or more updated fields from the master database means and providing that to one or more of said terminals; updating means, associated with one or more terminals, for updating the subset on a terminal using the updated fields provided by the retrieving means; and means associated with each terminal for sharing the updated fields with at least one other terminal. |
9487305 | 14961877 | 1 | 1. A method comprising: analyzing a quality of a communication link, wherein the quality of the communication link represents a level of communication performance between end point nodes of the communication link; identifying parameters that affect the quality of the communication link, the parameters indicating a corresponding level of performance of a corresponding number of nodes at a point in time, the corresponding number of nodes comprising end nodes and a number of intermediate nodes providing a communications link between the end nodes, wherein identified parameters are formed; identifying locations of selected ones of the corresponding number of nodes at the point in time; integrating and synchronizing an analysis of the identified parameters across all of the corresponding number of nodes; and displaying simultaneously all of: a representation of the quality of the communication link and the parameters for the point in time, the locations at the point in time, the analysis, and a representation of end-to-end quality of communications between the end nodes via the communications link at the point in time based on the parameters, wherein the analysis includes integrated and synchronized identified parameters, and the displaying of the analysis expedites discovery of cross-node effects on a quality of communications via the communications link. |
9361464 | 13455086 | 1 | 1. A method for creating, validating and editing a log for documents or objects for a legal proceeding or a legal matter by using a system comprising a server and a plurality of client computers, the method comprising the steps of: setting up and modifying user accounts on the server by a privileged user for authorized users, who can access, validate and edit log data concerning documents or objects from the client computers under their user accounts; setting up by a privileged user a table structure of a log table on the server for storing the log concerning documents or objects, only the authorized users having the right to access the log table; setting up by the privileged user a table structure of a coupled table containing coupling data relating to at least one field of the log table, with only the authorized users having the right to access the coupled table from the client computers, wherein at least one column of data in the coupled table that the authorized users collect from reviewing documents in real time assist the authorized users to decide if a log entry is entered for a particular document or object and how to enter data in the log table; creating a web page and a navigation bar containing a button for opening the log table and a button for opening the coupled table so that each of the authorized users can open a log form for the log table and a table form for the coupled table from a client computer; adding and editing data for the coupled table in real time by the authorized users while reviewing documents wherein the amount of coupling data and related data increase in the course of creating log entries for the log; retrieving the coupling data and the related data from the coupled table and presenting the coupling data and the related data to each of the authorized users; and entering data into the log table, retrieving data from the log table, showing the retrieved data from the log table on the client computer, and editing data in the log table by the authorized users that are reviewing documents. |
8645419 | 13114092 | 1 | 1. A method of enhancing service diagnostics for root cause analysis of an identified problem in a vehicle by generating a functional taxonomy database that is utilized in cooperation with a structural taxonomy database, the structural taxonomy database identifying structural relationships between parts of a vehicle, and the functional taxonomy database identifying functional relationships between parts of the vehicle, the method comprising the steps of: obtaining service data of previously serviced vehicles from a memory storage device, the service data identifying parts serviced on the vehicles during a respective service repair; compiling the service data based on a history of service repairs for each vehicle; identifying each vehicle within the compiled service data having at least two service repairs performed within a predetermined period of time; identifying combinations of parts serviced for each vehicle; determining a count indicating a number of times each combination appears in the compiled service data for the identified vehicles having at least two service repairs; identifying the combinations having counts greater than a predetermined threshold; determining whether any of the combinations having counts greater than the predetermined threshold are present in the structural taxonomy database; selecting only the combinations that are not present in the structural taxonomy database and have counts greater than the predetermined threshold; and updating a functional taxonomy database by assigning the selected combinations to the function taxonomy database, wherein the functional taxonomy database and the structural taxonomy database are made available to a service technician via a computer to assist the service technician in diagnosing the root cause. |
8690820 | 12898347 | 1 | 1. A method of predicting glucose levels in a patient, the method comprising: automatically measuring a glucose level in the patient to obtain an actual glucose measurement; automatically monitoring a physiological variable of the patient to obtain a measured physiological variable; automatically modeling a glucose concentration of the patient as a function of the actual glucose measurement and the measured physiological variable; automatically estimating a future glucose level for the patient from the model of the glucose concentration of the patient; and automatically updating the model of the glucose concentration as a function of further glucose measurements and further physiological variables. |
20050193109 | 11070011 | 0 | 1. In a computer network having a management application that manages network devices, a system comprising, a database having information therein that relates network devices to information providers; a set of information providers including at least one information provider connected to a managed network device; and an object manager configured to receive a request from the management application requesting management information that corresponds to dynamic data of the managed network device, and in response to the request, the object manager further configured to: 1) query the database and receive data therefrom indicative of which information provider or providers correspond to the managed device; 2) communicate with each corresponding provider for the managed device to request the dynamic data therefrom, at least one of the corresponding providers connected to the managed network device to obtain dynamic data therefrom; 3) receive from at least one corresponding provider the dynamic data obtained from the selected device; and 4) return the management information including the dynamic data in response to the request from the management application. |
20070124693 | 11289154 | 0 | 1. A system that facilitates persistent, time-annotated local storage and retrieval of web-based content comprising: a browsing monitoring component that monitors a user's online activity and captures data relating to the user's activity and current browsing state when the user is online; and a local cache that stores the data relating to the user's activity and current state on a local machine to create a set of web-based information corresponding to the user's complete online activity over time and that is browsable via a local browsing component to facilitate retrieval of stored data regardless of the local machine's connection state. |
20030060188 | 10240409 | 0 | 1. A method for charging for provisioning and using a dynamic content to a limited resource device through an integrated platform, the steps of the method comprising: (a) sending an event regarding the dynamic content to the integrated platform; (b) analyzing said event to determine an amount to be charged by the integrated platform; and (c) charging the user said amount for consuming the dynamic content. |
20070198871 | 11740156 | 0 | 1. A system for optimizing timing of responses to communications, comprising: a contact center configured to receive a communication from a sender; a decision module configured to determine whether a partial response to the communication is required, wherein the decision module determines whether the communication requires the partial response according to an estimated time required for a full response to the communication; and a response module configured to send the partial response to the sender, if required. |
20130165297 | 13770729 | 0 | 1. A method of determining cadence of a user exercising on a treadmill, the method comprising: receiving output signals from a sensor generated in response to consecutive footfalls of the user impacting a deck of the treadmill during an exercise session; processing the output signals from the sensor to determine respective magnitude values of a peak or a trough value of each of the output signals; detecting whether a first output signal has a first peak or trough value and detecting whether a second output signal has a second peak or trough value; determining a time interval between the first peak or trough value detected and the second peak or trough value detected; and calculating a cadence value of the user based on the time intervals. |
8601578 | 13010213 | 1 | 1. An apparatus for identifying potentially suspicious business listings for moderation, the apparatus comprising: a memory operative to store: a business listing database comprising a plurality of business listings; and a plurality of business listing configuration rules, each business listing configuration rule establishing whether a business listing is to be treated as a suspicious business listing; and a processor in communication with the memory, the processor being operative to: evaluate a selected business listing from the plurality of business listings with the plurality of business listing configuration rules; determine whether the selected business listing complies with a selected one of the plurality of business listing configuration rules, wherein: the selected business listing configuration rule comprises an authoritative source location; the authoritative source location identifies a trusted source of business information; and the processor is further operative to determine that the selected business listing does not comply with the selected business listing configuration rule when the selected business listing does not include the authoritative source location identified by the selected business listing configuration rule; identify the selected business listing as a potentially suspicious business listing when the business listing does not comply with the selected one of the plurality of the business listing configuration rules; assign the selected business listing a new business listing problem when the business listing is identified as being a potentially suspicious business listing but has not been previously assigned a business listing problem; and prioritize the selected business listing for moderation based on the assigned business listing problem to the selected business listing. |
5539635 | 08277244 | 1 | 1. A program distribution system comprising: a program storage unit for storing programs and having a database module for indexing stored programs by time, date and broadcaster information; a request processing unit for receiving and processing remote customer requests for custom recordings, wherein the request processing unit identifies and selects which programs a customer is requesting based on time, date and broadcaster information of broadcasted programs; a network interface for linking remote request appliances to the request processing unit; a central duplication station having a duplicating unit interconnected to request processing unit, the program storage unit and the database module for creating custom recordings, wherein the duplicating unit is responsive to information from the request processing unit, and, by utilizing information from the database module and programs from the program storage unit, the duplicating unit creates a custom recording of a requested plurality of programs; and a shipping unit for shipping a custom recording from the central duplication station to a customer. |
7937432 | 11707358 | 1 | 1. A method comprising: extracting, by a server coupled to one or more client machines, relationships between a plurality of states from a configuration data stored on the server to define a workflow management policy comprising rules on how data in a workflow is manipulated, wherein an attribute of the data has a value selected from a group of predetermined values, each of the predetermined values corresponding to a distinct one of the plurality of states and a change on the value of the attribute corresponding to a state transition; and implementing a state machine on the server to manage state transitions initiated by the one or more client machines operating on the data according to the workflow management policy, wherein implementing the state machine on the server to manage state transitions comprises: in response to a request from the one or more client machines to transition from a first state to a second state, verifying, by the server, if a transition from the first state to the second state conforms with the workflow management policy; allowing the request if the transition conforms with the workflow management policy; and denying the request if the transition violates the workflow management policy. |
8866606 | 14023457 | 1 | 1. A subscriber device for alerting an automated personal emergency response system, comprising: a control module including at least one processing device; a user interface module operatively coupled to the control module, the user interface module including at least: an alert button configured to respond to an alert button press by initiating one or more transmissions to the automated personal emergency response system; and a visual display screen capable of rendering text in at least three colors; and an audio module operatively coupled to the control module, the audio module including at least: an audio file server, the audio file server configured to provide one or more audio voice prompts to a user of the subscriber device without the subscriber device being operatively connected to an external network; one or more speakers; and one or more microphones, wherein at least one speaker and at least one microphone are configured to facilitate communications between a user of the subscriber device and at least some parties joined to a teleconference established by the automated personal emergency response system in response to an alert button press, and wherein the audio module is capable of overriding a user volume setting of the subscriber device in response to a signal received by the subscriber device via an external network. |
10127573 | 14940794 | 1 | 1. A method comprising: retrieving a first targeting model and a second targeting model for targeting content to users of an online system, the first targeting model and the second targeting model including a collection of rules that control how characteristics are mapped to users of the online system; predicting, using the first targeting model, a first group of users of the online system as candidates to be in a targeting cluster associated with a characteristic of interest; predicting, using the second targeting model, a second group of users of the online system as candidates to be in the targeting cluster; determining a first set of users of the online system that are not part of the first group of users, and a second set of users of the online system that are not part of the second group of users; providing surveys to the first set of users and the second set of users, the survey asking whether a user should be associated with the characteristic of interest, the surveys testing whether the first and second targeting models correctly predicted that the user should not be included in the targeting cluster associated with the characteristic of interest; determining a first subgroup of the first group of users and a second subgroup of the second group of users, the first subgroup and second subgroup composed of users that are associated with the characteristic of interest; providing a preferences tool to the first subgroup and the second subgroup, the preferences tool prompting a viewing user to modify preferences listed for the viewing user, the preferences tool testing whether the first and second targeting models correctly predicted that the viewing user should be included in the targeting cluster associated with the characteristic of interest; and scoring the first targeting model and the second targeting model based at least in part on one or more responses to the surveys and one or more responses to the preferences tool, the score measuring precision and recall of the first and second targeting models. |
20130079955 | 13242044 | 0 | 1. A system comprising a monitoring system configured to execute computer executable instructions stored in a memory to: obtain data from a sensor system comprising a plurality of sensors, the data indicating an operating state detected at a monitored structure by at least one of the plurality of sensors; obtain operational data comprising a threshold value for each of the plurality of sensors and an expected value for each of the plurality of sensors; adjust the thresholds based, at least partially, upon the operational data to obtain an adjusted threshold value; compare the sensed data value to the adjusted threshold; and determine if the monitored structure is operating in an alarm condition. |
9213550 | 14722624 | 1 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a processor component; a communications component for execution by the processor component to receive computer-executable query instructions to solve a mixed-integer linear programming (MILP) problem, wherein the query instructions comprise: a first expression that conveys an objective function and at least one side constraint of the MILP problem, wherein the objective function and the at least one side constraint define a master problem of the MILP problem; a second expression that conveys a first mapping of data values of graph data associated with the MILP problem to a first graph; and a third expression that conveys a selection of a first graph-based algorithm to solve a first subproblem of the MILP problem based on the first graph; a subproblem component for execution by the processor component to replace the third expression in the query instructions with a fourth expression as part of a decomposition of the MILP problem, the fourth expression comprising instructions to implement the first graph-based algorithm to solve the first subproblem; and an execution control component for execution by the processor component to perform an iteration of solving the MILP problem, wherein performing the iteration comprises: executing the first expression to derive a solution to the master problem; and executing the fourth expression to derive a solution to the first subproblem based on the first mapping and the solution to the master problem. |
8332248 | 12236795 | 1 | 1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a set of instructions that, when executed by a processor, perform the following steps: receiving job data for a plurality of jobs; assigning a current one of the plurality of jobs to one of a plurality of users based on a business rule; sending the current job to the one of the users; receiving further data for the current job; marking the current job complete when the further data is an indication that the job has been successfully completed; sending the current job to a problem resolver when the further data is an indication that the job includes a problem; forwarding the current job to a quality reviewer; importing step completion data on a work order system; using step completion data with errors inputted by the quality reviewer to automatically calculate a quality score for the current job; re-sending the current job to the one of the users to verify that there are no errors; and re-sending the current job to the quality reviewer. |
9971819 | 14822338 | 1 | 1. A computerized ETL-based reporting tool comprising a processor, a memory coupled to the processor, and a computer-readable hardware storage device coupled to the processor, the storage device containing program code for a reporting tool configured to be run by the processor via the memory to implement a method for generating an ETL-based report, the method comprising: the reporting tool inferring a data query as a function of receiving information input; the reporting tool identifying multiple data sources containing retrieved data needed to respond to the inferred query, where at least two of the multiple data sources do not store data in homogeneous formats; the reporting tool selecting a set of Extraction, Transform, and Load (ETL) code; the reporting tool launching the ETL code, where the ETL code extracts, transforms and loads the retrieved data from the at least two data sources, such that the transformed data consists of at least two datasets that represent data in a consistent format; the reporting tool receiving, as a function of the ETL code, the at least two datasets as real-time streaming data; and the reporting tool creating a report as a function of the at least one dataset, where the report is an animated, interactive dashboard that is continuously updated in real time with the streaming data. |
8661035 | 11618331 | 1 | 1. A computer method for associating textual content with a relevant image comprising: receiving textual content as composed by an author user, the textual content having one meaning by the author user; based on historical usage by other users, determining additional meaning for the textual content, the additional meaning being beyond the one meaning of the author user and including synonyms; adaptively linking the textual content to at least one image clarifying subject matter of the textual content, said clarifying of the subject matter being by treating textual content beyond terms of the one meaning of the author user and including the synonyms of the determined additional meaning; forming a visualization of content, by inserting a relevant image from the at least one image proximate to the textual content in a manner resulting in clarification of the subject matter of the textual content, wherein the adaptively linking and inserting is free of human intervention, and the formed visualization effectively enables a reader user to not only receive but interpret and understand the subject matter based on the relevant image presented adjoining the textual content; and displaying the formed visualization of content to one or more reader users in a manner establishing effective communication of the subject matter, each reader user being a different person than the author user. |
8875249 | 11680544 | 1 | 1. A method of minimizing storage time for security credentials for a secure crawl, comprising: initiating, at a computer system, a crawl of a secure source; indexing, at the computer system, a plurality of documents in an index which results from the crawling; in response to initiating the crawl of the secure source, examining, at the computer system, a setting for the secure source, the setting selected by an administrator or user to determine and specify whether the administrator or user has specified that the secure source requires security credentials including a temporary password for the secure source to be stored temporarily; in response to examining the setting, determining that security credentials including the temporary password for the secure source are required to be stored temporarily, and prompting, at the computer system, for security credentials including the temporary password at a time of the crawl based on determining that the administrator or user has specified that the secure source requires security credentials including the temporary password to be temporary; wherein the security credentials including the temporary password are associated with said administrator or user; writing, at the computer system, the security credentials including the temporary password to temporary storage; crawling a plurality of documents obtained from the secure source using the security credentials including the temporary password, and indexing at the computer system the plurality of documents; stamping, at the computer system, the plurality of documents with security credentials consistent with the identity of the administrator or user such that stamped documents are only available for search in the index by the administrator or user; retaining the security credentials including the temporary password until a final crawl when multiple crawls are initiated that utilize the security credentials including the temporary password; and deleting, at the computer system, the security credentials including the temporary password from temporary storage when no longer needed for the crawling. |
20150088362 | 14560355 | 0 | 1. A method for providing a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system maintenance incentive, comprising: interpreting at least one of a diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) tank level indication, a DEF quality indication, and an SCR aftertreatment system malfunction indication associated with at least one of a DEF tank and an aftertreatment system operationally coupled to an engine; determining an inducement signal value when at least one of the DEF tank level indication, the DEF quality indication, and the SCR aftertreatment system malfunction indication obtains a threshold value; and derating the engine in response to the inducement signal value. |
20120265841 | 13085841 | 0 | 1. A system, comprising: (a) one or more electronic databases, stored on one or more processor readable memory, comprising spot alert data information corresponding to one or more spot alerts, wherein the spot alert data information comprises for each respective spot alert at least the following information (i) respective spot location information, (ii) respective spot range information, (iii) respective spot comment information, (iv) respective spot approved recipient information; (b) one or more computers operably connected to the one or more electronic databases, the one or more computers comprising processor readable memory, wherein the processor readable memory stores processor readable instructions that, when executed, cause the one or more computers to perform the steps of: (1) receiving, via at least one communications portal operatively connected to the at least one processor readable memory, from a recipient mobile electronic device, recipient mobile electronic device information comprising a recipient mobile electronic device identification information corresponding to the identity associated with at least one of the recipient mobile electronic device and a user of the recipient mobile electronic device; (2) analyzing the recipient mobile electronic device information and the spot alert data information to identify at least one recipient mobile electronic device relevant spot alert from among the spot alert data information, wherein when the recipient mobile electronic device identification information is within the respective spot approved recipient information for said recipient mobile electronic device relevant spot alert; (3) sending respective spot location information, respective spot range information, and respective spot comment information associated with said at least one recipient mobile electronic device relevant spot alert, via the at least one communications portal to the recipient mobile electronic device, for storage and potential display on said recipient mobile electronic device. |
20140068440 | 13605940 | 0 | 1. A method for generating media interfaces for playing media files of various applications, comprising: creating a media interface upon detecting access of to an application having media files; generating a unified set of media controls for the media interface, the unified set of media controls being mapped to native controls of the application; and wherein input at the media interface is communicated to selected ones of the native controls without accessing the native controls of the application, the method being executed by a processor. |
9928462 | 14075391 | 1 | 1. An apparatus for determining a mental state of a user, comprising: a data collector configured to collect sensor data generated as the user is composing a message using a terminal; a mental state determiner configured to determine the mental state of the user based on extracted feature data from the sensor data; and a measure executor configured to control an implementation of one or more predetermined measures based on the determined mental state, wherein the feature data comprises text input information, and the text input information comprises one or more of keyboard input information, writing input information, and terminal state information. |
9781176 | 14620224 | 1 | 1. A method comprising: configuring a display device to display, in a graphical interface representing a collaborative workspace, a first visual representation representing a first client and a second visual representation representing a second client; determining at a first point in time that the first visual representation and the second visual representation are positioned in a common region of the graphical interface; based the first visual representation and the second visual representation being positioned in the common region, authorizing the first client and the second client to collaboratively modify electronic content accessible via the graphical interface; determining at a second point in time that the first visual representation and the second visual representation are positioned outside the common region; and based on the first visual representation and the second visual representation being positioned outside the common region, restricting the first client to modifying a first content portion from the electronic content that was modified by the first client when the first and second visual representations were in the common region and restricting the second client to modifying a second content portion from the electronic content that was modified by the second client when the first and second visual representations were in the common region. |
20170187684 | 15456505 | 0 | 1. A method comprising: receiving, by an electronic mail (email) security system, logically interposed between an external network and a plurality of host systems within a private network an inbound email message; when the inbound email message includes an attachment, processing the attachment by an antivirus detection module running on the electronic mail (email) security system, including: identifying a type and structure of the attachment by examining relevant locations in the attachment for one or more primary identification bytes that are indicative of the attachment being of a particular executable file format; determining a location of the certificate chain with respect to the attachment based on the identified type and structure; forming a signature of the attachment by extracting a targeted subset of information from the certificate chain based on the type and structure of the attachment; evaluating the attachment by comparing the signature with a set signatures having a known desirable or undesirable status; classifying the attachment into a category of a plurality of categories based on a result of said evaluating; and when the category of the attachment is indicative of files associated therewith being malicious or being suspected of being malicious, a policy associated with the category causes the email security system to quarantine, block or otherwise attempt to prevent the attachment from being delivered to an end user of one of the plurality of host systems to which the inbound email message is addressed. |
20160307279 | 15192844 | 0 | 1. A computer implemented method comprising: storing action data in an online system, the action data describing actions performed by users of the online system, each action associated with a user identifier and an object identifier; retrieving a selected object identifier associated with a selected object; determining a total number of unique identifiers of users who have performed actions associated with the selected object and have communicated to at least one additional user about the actions performed, the unique identifiers uniquely identifying users interacting with the selected object; generating a metric associated with the selected object identifier based on the number of unique identifiers of users determined, the metric indicating the total number of unique users who have communicated about the selected object over a period of time; storing the metric and an association between the metric and the selected object identifier; and reporting the metric to a user viewing information about the selected object. |
20100153364 | 12334711 | 0 | 1. A method of filtering tags in a collaborative bookmarking system wherein the collaborative bookmarking system includes confidential and/or proprietary information comprising: permitting a user access to the collaborative bookmarking system; authenticating the user; permitting the user to submit a search request to the collaborative bookmarking system, whereby the search request retrieves search result tags; and filtering the search result tags to provide only authorized tags to the user. |
9621427 | 14099872 | 1 | 1. A method for performing automatic placement of clients in a distributed computer system, the method comprising: selecting an affinity constraint associated with a first set of clients; determining whether any of the clients associated with the affinity constraint is associated with any anti-affinity constraint; removing a cluster of host computers that cannot satisfy the any anti-affinity constraint from a list of compatible clusters of host computers in the distributed computer system, the compatible clusters being clusters that are compatible with the clients associated with the affinity constraint; selecting an affinity cluster from the list of compatible clusters to place the clients associated with the affinity constraint; selecting an anti-affinity constraint associated with a second set of clients; and selecting at least one cluster in the distributed computer system to place the clients associated with the anti-affinity constraint. |
20120253637 | 13435575 | 0 | 1. A method of engine control optimization, the method comprising: detecting one or more operating conditions of a vehicle engine; determining a value for each of a plurality of engine control parameters including a first engine control parameter and a second engine control parameter based on the detected one or more operating conditions of the vehicle engine; identifying a range of the most commonly detected operating conditions of the vehicle engine; defining a region of optimization based on the range of the most commonly detected operating conditions of the vehicle engine; and initiating an engine control optimization routine when the one or more operating conditions of the vehicle engine are within the defined region of optimization, and wherein the engine control optimization routine includes determining a value of an engine performance variable, determining an initial value for the first engine control parameter and an initial value for the second engine control parameter based on the detected one or more operating conditions of the vehicle engine, and adjusting the initial value for the first engine control parameter and the initial value for the second engine control parameter to cause the engine performance variable to approach a target engine performance variable based on the determined value of the engine performance variable. |
8021882 | 11844941 | 1 | 1. A method of producing a stem cell conditioned media, comprising the steps of: a. providing at least one human adipose stem cell; b. providing at least one medium for culturing the stem cell; c. culturing the at least one human adipose stem cell in the at least one medium; d. switching the medium to a growth-factor free basal media for conditioning the at least one human adipose stem cell in either normoxic or hypoxic conditions for 72 hours; and e. collecting cell supernatants effective to treat neural insults. |
20080243270 | 11690935 | 0 | 1. A method for predicting warp of a given wood product, the method comprising the steps of: measuring at least one original warp profile for each of one or more first wood products; measuring one or more inputs on the one or more first wood products; converting the warp profile, for each of the one or more first wood products, into a differential characteristic profile; developing a prediction algorithm based on the one or more inputs and the differential characteristic profile; measuring one or more inputs of the given wood product; inputting the one or more inputs of the given wood product into the prediction algorithm; and determining a differential characteristic profile for the given wood product based on the prediction algorithm. |
20140359628 | 13909202 | 0 | 1. A method for helping to control workflow in an environment including a first resource unit, a first non-in-progress work item and a first in-progress work item, which first in-progress work item is being worked upon by the first resource unit, the method comprising: calculating a first interruptibility scalar for the first non-in-progress work item relating, at least in part, to characteristics of the first non-in-progress work item; calculating a second interruptibility scalar for a first in-progress entity relating, at least in part, to characteristics of the first in-progress work item and/or the first resource unit; and comparing the first interruptibility scalar to the second interruptibility scalar to determine whether the first non-in-progress work item is qualified to interrupt the first in-progress work item; wherein: at least the calculating-a-first-interruptibility-scalar step and the calculating-a-second-interruptibility-scalar step are performed by computer software running on computer hardware. |
7493336 | 10624322 | 1 | 1. A method for updating a retail planogram comprising the steps of: reading an electronic location information transmitted from at least one RFID tag in a retail environment located in proximity to a product, using a personal shopper device having a location sensing mechanism, a memory, a software means, and an RFID reader, wherein an initial planogram is stored therein, collecting said read electronic location information transmitted from said at least one RFID tag by said shopper device, analyzing and comparing said collected location information by said software means of said shopper device, with said initial planogram in relation to initial location information of said product with collected location information for said product from said collected information, updating said initial location information for said product in said initial planogram in response to collected location information to provide an updated planogram to display current location information for said product in a current planogram arrangement in said retail environment. |
8584257 | 10915683 | 1 | 1. A computer readable storage device including processor-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations including: receiving a request for protected digital video content associated with a user account; determining whether security controls associated with the user account are active, wherein the security controls include parental controls, purchase controls, or a combination thereof; initiating a first download of the protected digital video content without streaming in response to determining that the security controls are not active; determining whether the parental controls are active in response to determining that the security controls are active; determining whether the purchase controls are active in response to determining that the parental controls are not active; determining whether a rating associated with the protected digital video content exceeds a rating limit in response to determining that the parental controls are active; determining whether the purchase controls are active in response to determining that the rating associated with the protected digital video content does not exceed the rating limit; initiating a first prompt requesting a parental control password in response to determining that the rating associated with the protected digital video content exceeds the rating limit; receiving a first parental password entry in response to the first prompt; determining whether the first parental password entry is a correct parental control password; in response to determining that the first parental password entry is the correct parental control password and a determination that a number of attempts to enter the correct parental control password does not exceed a first entry limit, determining whether the purchase controls are active; determining whether a spending limit associated with the user account has been reached in response to determining that the purchase controls are active; initiating a second prompt requesting a purchase control password in response to determining that the spending limit has not been reached; receiving a first purchase control password entry in response to the second prompt; determining whether the first purchase control password entry is a correct purchase control password; in response to determining that the first purchase control password entry is the correct purchase control password and a determination that a number of attempts to enter the correct purchase control password does not exceed a second entry limit, initiating a second download of the protected digital video content without streaming the protected digital video content; in response to downloading the protected digital video content, storing the downloaded protected digital video content at a memory of a set top box and locking the downloaded protected digital video content after the downloaded protected digital video content is stored at the memory; detecting an attempt to access the downloaded protected digital video content after the protected video content is locked; in response to detecting the attempt to access the downloaded protected digital video content that is locked, determining whether the rating associated with the downloaded protected digital video content exceeds the rating limit; in response to a determination that the rating associated with the downloaded protected digital video content exceeds the rating limit, initiating a third prompt requesting the parental control password; receiving a second parental password entry in response to the third prompt; determining whether the second parental password entry is the correct parental control password; and in response to determining that the second parental password entry is the correct parental control password, unlocking the downloaded protected digital video content, wherein the parental control password is different from the purchase control password. |
9201659 | 13969735 | 1 | 1. A method for a multi-core computing device to offload portions of an input code from a first processor for execution on an auxiliary processor when the portions are automatically determined to be well-suited for the auxiliary processor, comprising: generating a graph-based intermediate representation of the input code, wherein the graph-based intermediate representation of the input code contains directed acyclic graphs (DAGs); comparing each node or combination of nodes to one or more patterns in a predefined grammar, wherein each pattern is a DAG pattern and is associated with a cost metric; identifying a set of patterns that partially cover the graph-based intermediate representation of the input code based on the comparisons of each node or the combination of nodes to the one or more patterns in the predefined grammar; and offloading from the first processor to the auxiliary processor segments of the input code associated with a combination of grammar patterns of the identified set of patterns having a cumulative effect that is better than cumulative effects of other combinations of the identified set of patterns and that is within a predefined cost threshold for the auxiliary processor, wherein the one or more patterns in the predefined grammar are known to be well suited for the auxiliary processor. |
8881021 | 12968992 | 1 | 1. A method comprising: providing, by one or more processors and to a client device associated with a user, information identifying a plurality of accounts, associated with a plurality of sources from which metadata is available; each source, of the plurality of sources, corresponding to a service that includes a corresponding account, of the plurality of accounts, associated with the user, and metadata, received from each source, relating to activities associated with a use of the corresponding service by the user; receiving, by the one or more processors and based on providing the information identifying the plurality of accounts, permission, from the user, to obtain the metadata from the plurality of sources; obtaining, by the one or more processors and based on receiving the permission from the user, the metadata from the plurality of sources; matching, by the one or more processors, the metadata to a set of toolbar objects to obtain a group of recommended toolbar objects for the user, each of the toolbar objects, in the set of toolbar objects, including an object designed to be included in a toolbar of an application program on the client device; providing, by the one or more processors, information identifying the group of recommended toolbar objects for display to the user via the client device; receiving, by the one or more processors, a selection of one or more recommended toolbar objects, of the group of recommended toolbar objects; generating, by the one or more processors and based on the selection, custom toolbar code that includes code corresponding to the one or more recommended toolbar objects; and transmitting, by the one or more processors, the custom toolbar code, to the user, for installation of the custom toolbar code to implement a custom toolbar in the application program of the client device. |
8977479 | 13794993 | 1 | 1. A system comprising: a vehicle processor configured to: detect a brake press; detect an accelerator press; add values related to the brake press and accelerator press to aggregate an index value based on detected brake and acceleration presses, including adding a first value based on a first brake or acceleration press, when the index value is zero; and enact a safety or convenience related measure based on the index value passing a first predetermined threshold. |
6097317 | 08841354 | 1 | 1. A portable appliance for informing users of a bus network about waiting times at at least one stop on at least one bus route belonging to said network, the appliance comprising: radio receiver means for receiving by radio data enabling the above-mentioned waiting times to be known; interrogation means actuatable by a use to access waiting time information to inform said user on at least the waiting time for a certain bus at the stop under consideration on the route under consideration, said waiting time information corresponding to a certain estimated time of arrival for the bus under consideration at the stop under consideration; and interface means controlled by an electronic central unit for communicating said waiting time information to the user, the appliance further including signalling means suitable for attracting the user's attention; and the central unit is adapted: to store at least data representative of an estimated time of arrival H0 corresponding to said waiting time information communicated to the user on the last occasion the appliance was interrogated by the user; to respond to the data received by the radio receiver means by taking account cyclically of data representative of an updated estimated time of arrival H for the bus under consideration at the stop under consideration on the route under consideration; to actuate the signalling means when the updated estimated time of arrival H and the estimated time of arrival H0 differ by a duration .increment.H greater than a certain limit; and to update the estimated time of arrival H0 with the updated estimated time of arrival H when the appliance is interrogated. |
9665640 | 13399839 | 1 | 1. A method for collapsing search results, the method comprising: receiving, at a computer, user input to perform a search of a communications network; performing, with the computer, the search based on the user input to generate the search results, wherein the search results include one or more advertisements; displaying the search results and a plurality of selection elements for removing each of the search results; receiving, at the computer, a user selection of a selection element associated with a search result; automatically extracting, with the computer, information from the search result to generate one or more logic statements each comprising one or more keywords indicating a reason for the user selection to remove search results, the one or more keywords being based on one or more of content, classification, proximity, date, geographic area, or language associated with the search results selected for removal, wherein the information includes a ZIP code associated with the search result; prompting the user to select one or more of the one or more logic statements that are true for the user; receiving user selection of one or more logic statements that are true for the user; receiving input from the user indicating a ZIP code and a proximity threshold; determining, with the computer, irrelevant results that are similar to the search result, in response to the one or more logic statements selected by the user; and collapsing, with the computer, the search results to remove the search result and the irrelevant search results, based at least in part on the one or more keywords associated with the one or more logic statements selected by the user, and to remove search results not associated with a location within a geographical proximity within the proximity threshold of the ZIP code. |
20040138801 | 10743407 | 0 | 1. A control apparatus for executing a contacting process wherein a contact body is moved to come into contact with a contacted body by an actuator from a state that the contact body and the contacted body are spaced and opposed each other, by controlling an operation of a contact mechanism including the contact body movably provided in one axial direction, the actuator for moving the contact body connected therewith, and the contacted body making contact with the contact body when the contact body is moved to a predetermined position, comprising: target position setting means for setting a target position of the contact body in the contacting process; actual position ascertaining means for ascertaining an actual position of the contact body; and operation amount determining means for determining a first operation amount to drive the actuator so as to have a first state amount converge on an equilibrium point on a first switching function stipulated by a first linear function having at least a deviation between the target position and the actual position of the contact body as the first state amount and this first state amount as a variable by using response specifying-type control which can variably specify a damping behavior and a damping speed of the deviation in order to have the target position and the actual position of the contact body to match. |
8839430 | 13517247 | 1 | 1. An intrusion detection arrangement for communication networks comprising a network activity observer configured to monitor network traffic by the related traffic elements, optionally data packets, thereof and to establish traffic profiles relative to the monitored traffic elements, such as one profile per each monitored traffic element, a misuse detector configured to determine a first numerical indication of a probability, between 0 and 1, of the profiled traffic representing malicious activity through cooperation with a model repository comprising at least one model characterizing a known intrusion attack, an anomaly detector configured to determine, at least logically in parallel with the misuse detector, a second numerical indication of a probability, between 0 and 1, of the profiled traffic representing anomalous activity through co-operation with a model repository comprising at least one model characterizing legitimate network activity, and a classifier configured to operate on said first and second numerical indications to generate a joint classification decision on the nature of the profiled traffic, wherein the applied classification space includes at least one class for legitimate traffic and at least one other class for other traffic such as malicious and/or anomalous traffic. |
20160021081 | 14331620 | 0 | 1. A method, comprising: receiving, by a device and over a plurality of time periods, user information associated with a behavior of a user relative to a mobile device associated with the user; generating, by the device, at least one frequency distribution based on the user information; determining, by the device, whether sufficient user information is received to generate baseline user data, representing typical user behavior, when a statistic associated with the at least one frequency distribution satisfies a threshold; processing, by the device, the user information to generate the baseline user data when sufficient user information is received; receiving, by the device and after the baseline user data is generated, additional user information associated with the behavior of the user relative to the mobile device; comparing, by the device, the additional user information to the baseline user data; determining, by the device, a difference between the additional user information and the baseline user data based on the comparing; selecting, by the device, an authentication procedure, from a plurality of authentication procedures, based on the difference between the additional user information and the baseline user data and applying, by the device, the authentication procedure to authenticate the user. |
8938535 | 13486556 | 1 | 1. A system for real traffic replay in wireless networks, comprising: a first traffic capture module configured to capture packet traces and environment effects in a real environment and export the packet traces and the environment effects, wherein the first traffic capture module includes a plurality of monitors deposed in the real environment to record the packet traces; a first event transform module configured to receive the packet traces from the first traffic capture module, transform the packet traces into a sequence of events, and export the sequence of events; a reproduce module configured to receive the environment effects from the first traffic capture module and the sequence of events from the first event transform module so as to control a replay of the environment effects in the real environment with the sequence of events coordinately by means of automata; and a ratio calculation module configured to receive the sequence of events from the first event transform module and compare the sequence of events and a sequence of replayed events so as to calculate a reproduction ratio. |
7617244 | 11637472 | 1 | 1. A computer-readable medium having stored thereon a data structure for enabling a computer to communicate information technology architecture for an organization, the data structure comprising computer-executable instructions which, when executed by a computer, will cause the computer to: identify via data contained in a first data field of the data structure, a component of an information technology architecture for an organization; identify via data contained in a second data field of the data structure, a current standard for the component of the information technology architecture identified via the data contained in the first data field; and identify via data contained in a third data field of the data structure, a future standard, wherein the future standard is utilized for the component of the information technology architecture after the current standard is retired, the data structure further comprising computer-readable information enabling the computer to identify via data contained in a fourth data field of the data structure, a technology trend for the component of the information technology architecture identified via the data contained in the first data field, wherein the data structure is sent from an architecture lifecycle management server to a server operated by one or more vendor organizations and used by the vendor organizations to identify technologies compatible with the information technology architecture, wherein the one or more vendor organizations are provided with a subset of information related to the information technology architecture when at least one of the one or more vendor organizations is a non-preferred vendor. |
20120089642 | 12899478 | 0 | 1. A computer-implemented method for providing query results in response to a user-submitted query, the method comprising: receiving from a user a user-submitted query; analyzing a set of text-based files based on the user-submitted query, wherein the analysis of the set of text-based files includes using text mining techniques; and, before all of the text-based files in the set are analyzed, providing to the user partial results that identify a subset of results that satisfy the user-submitted query. |
8566445 | 13433831 | 1 | 1. A method, comprising: receiving a single client name server DNS (Domain Name Service) request, the single client name server DNS request including a URL; in response to the single client name server DNS request, applying a series of load balancing methods, wherein the series of load balancing methods includes a first load balancing method and a second load balancing method to be applied in a sequence, wherein: the first load balancing method is based on at least one performance metric of respective Domain Name Service servers available to respond to the single client name server DNS request, the performance metric comprising a number of connections metric; and the second load balancing method comprises a network latency load balancing coordinating multiple ones of the Domain Name Service servers available to respond to the single client name server DNS request to respond to the single client name server DNS request at the same time by simultaneously sending, respective, DNS responses to the single client name server DNS request to the client name server, each of the DNS responses to include an Internet Protocol (IP) address associated with the URL included in the single DNS request, the second load balancing method being applied after the first load balancing method completes. |
9307029 | 12010867 | 1 | 1. A method, in an initiator, to exchange remote Uniform Resource Locator (URL) information with a responder operating under a data transfer protocol, comprising: opening a session with the responder; receiving an event from the responder requesting a remote URL launch; sending a first operation to the responder requesting a dataset having a remote URL in response to receiving the event; and receiving a second operation from the responder that includes the dataset having remote URL information in response to the first operation; extracting the remote URL information from the dataset in response to receiving the second operation; and launching the remote URL using a default browser. |
10096252 | 15196741 | 1 | 1. A method comprising: receiving flight parameter data relating to a plurality of flights in a processor in communication with a storage device for storing executable instructions including a probabilistic spacing advisory tool (PSAT) with a trajectory modeler and a spacing advisor, the flight parameter data including indications of aircraft performance based navigation (PBN) capabilities, a cleared or best available flight plan information, an aircraft configuration, and an airport configuration for the plurality of flights; assigning in the processor, probabilistic properties to the flight parameter data; receiving, in the processor, accurate and current position and flight plan information for a plurality of aircraft corresponding to the flight parameter data; determining, in the processor, a probabilistic trajectory for two of the plurality of aircraft based on a combination of the probabilistic properties of the flight parameter data and the position and predicted flight plan information in the trajectory modeler and the spacing advisor of the PSAT, the probabilistic trajectory being specific to the two aircraft and including a target spacing specification to maintain a predetermined spacing between the two aircraft at a target location with a specified probability; and generating, in the processor, a record of the probabilistic trajectory for the two aircraft. |
20160216962 | 14603136 | 0 | 1. A device comprising: a memory that stores application source code files and instructions for creating a hot patch file that represents an update to the application source code files, wherein the application source code files include an update source code file and initial source code files; and a processor operable to create the hot patch file, based upon differences between a pair of optimized source code file sets that result from: 1) optimization of a first set of the initial source code files; and 2) optimization of a second set of source code files, wherein the second set includes the update source code file and associated source code files selected from the first set based on results from a graph indicating manners in which said source code files relate to one another. |
20120224773 | 13250861 | 0 | 1. A method of managing a database associated with a mobile device, the method comprising: identifying a captured image; obtaining an external database record from an external database corresponding to an object identified from the captured image; comparing the external database record to a locally stored database record; and locally discarding one of the external database record or the locally stored database record if the comparing indicates overlap between the external database record and the locally stored database record. |
9489752 | 14045816 | 1 | 1. A method for image reconstruction, comprising: receiving measured data from an imaging system; determining a preliminary image update in a particular iteration of a plurality of iterations based on one or more current image variables computed using one or more subsets of the measured data in the particular iteration; determining at least one momentum term using the one or more current image variables computed in the particular iteration, one or more further image variables computed in one or more iterations preceding the particular iteration, or a combination thereof, based on a convergence rate, wherein the convergence rate is O(I/(mk)^2), and wherein k represents a number of the plurality of iterations and m represents a number of the one or more subsets of the measured data; replacing a Lipschitz constant in the at least one momentum term with a suitable diagonal majorizer; determining a subsequent image update using the preliminary image update and the at least one momentum term with the suitable diagonal majorizer; and iteratively computing the preliminary image update, the subsequent image update, or a combination thereof, for the plurality of iterations until one or more termination criteria are satisfied. |
9483746 | 12610999 | 1 | 1. A method for comparing utility and warranty of services in an information technology (IT) stack comprising a plurality of layers, at least one of the plurality of layers having a set of services, the method comprising the computer implemented steps of: providing the IT stack comprising at least an end user layer and a data center layer; calculating, at each layer of the IT stack, a required utility and warranty (RUW) value for each of the set of services, by starting with the end user layer at a top hierarchical layer of the IT stack and continuing towards the data center layer of the IT stack, wherein the RUW value is determined from component availability, wherein the RUW value represents a desired solution for implementing a business process, wherein the IT stack further comprises a plurality of components including the set of services connected to a set of business functions that is located in a lower hierarchical layer than the set of services, a set of software components connected to the set of business functions and located on a lower hierarchical layer than the set of business functions, and a set of hardware components connected to the set of software components and located on a lower hierarchical layer than the software components, the set of hardware components directly connected to the data center layer, which is located on a lower hierarchical layer than the set of hardware components; identifying a most constraining RUW value based on the calculated RUW value at each successive layer of the IT stack; calculating, at each layer of the IT stack, an available utility and warranty (AUW) value for each of the set of services by starting with the data center layer of the IT stack and continuing towards the end user layer of the IT stack, wherein the AUW value is determined from component availability, wherein the AUW value is a measure of an ability of each of the set of services to satisfy the RUW value at each layer of the IT stack; identifying an AUW value that satisfies the most constraining RUW value; comparing the RUW value against the AUW value at each layer of the IT stack to determine whether each of the set of services satisfies the desired solution for implementing the business process; when one or more of the set of services satisfies the desired solution for implementing the business process, mapping a solution between components of the IT stack for implementing the business process; and when the comparison determines that the one or more of the set of services does not satisfy the desired solution for implementing the business process, modifying one or more components of the IT stack. |
20130162803 | 13772678 | 0 | 1. An apparatus for generating a mosaic picture of an object plane, comprising a capturing device for portion-by-portion capturing of the object plane at a two-dimensional distribution of capturing positions so as to acquire subimages which represent pictures of portions of the object plane which mutually overlap, while allocating the capturing positions to the subimages, the capturing device being configured such that the capturing positions allocated to the subimages deviate from actual capturing positions in accordance with error statistics; and a processor for determining offset vectors between pairs of mutually overlapping subimages by means of a similarity analysis of the overlapping subimages and for solving an optimization problem for finding an optimum set of capturing position variables for the subimages for minimizing a measure of a deviation between the offset vectors of the pairs of mutually overlapping subimages, on the one hand, and differences of the capturing position variables of the pairs of mutually overlapping subimages, on the other hand, while complying with a secondary constraint for the capturing position variables which depends on the error statistics, wherein the capturing device is configured to sequentially cycle through the two-dimensional distribution of capturing positions in a capturing path, the processor being configured such that the secondary constraint limits, in dependence on the error statistics, the difference of capturing position variables for pairs of subimages which immediately follow one another along the capturing path. |
20030014397 | 10062127 | 0 | 1. A method of locating data in a data store connected to a computer, the method comprising the steps of: creating a main table having a column for storing a document, wherein the document has one or more elements or attributes; creating one or more side tables, wherein each side table stores one or more elements or attributes; and using the side tables to locate data in the main table. |
20120036477 | 13274259 | 0 | 1. A method of modifying a user interface having a chrome region and a content display region, performed by a client system having one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs that when executed by the one or more processors cause the client system to perform the method, the method comprising: displaying a toolbar in a first sub-region of the chrome region of the user interface, the toolbar including a plurality of selectable options; in response to selection of a first selectable option in the displayed toolbar: ceasing to display the toolbar in the first sub-region of the chrome region of the user interface; and annexing an object corresponding to the toolbar to a second sub-region of the chrome region not previously occupied by the toolbar. |
20100083239 | 12242316 | 0 | 1. A method for providing an automation collaborative framework (ACF), comprising: generating an abstract automation model (AAM), where the AAM defines an abstract data management scheme; extending the AAM so as to define an extended data management scheme, where the extending step is a function of control solutions received from a user; and implementing a concrete data management scheme, where the concrete data management scheme is derived as a function of the abstract data management scheme and the extended data management scheme. |
20050235663 | 11098582 | 0 | 1. A system comprising: a compressor operable in a refrigeration circuit and including a motor; a current sensor detecting current supplied to said motor; a discharge line temperature sensor detecting discharge line temperature of said compressor; and processing circuitry receiving current data from said current sensor and discharge line temperature data from said discharge line temperature sensor and processing said current data and said discharge line temperature data to determine a capacity of said refrigeration circuit. |
20180005442 | 15199570 | 0 | 1. A first display device comprising: one or more hardware processors; and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more hardware processors, configure the first display device to perform operations comprising: determining a first device configuration of the first display device and a first context of a first AR application operating on the first display device; connecting to a second display device; determining a second device configuration of the second display device and a second context of a second AR application operating on the second display device; generating a first collaboration configuration for the first display device and a second collaboration configuration for the second display device, the first and second collaboration configurations being generated based on the first device configuration, the first context, the second device configuration, and the second context, the second display device being configured to modify an operation of the second AR application based on the second collaboration configuration; and modifying an operation of the first AR application in the first display device based on the first collaboration configuration. |
20120084856 | 12897062 | 0 | 1. A method for collecting and maintaining historical party reputation data and for using the historical party reputation data to calculate an access decision rating and to recalculate the access decision rating when the party's reputation data has changed, the method comprising: collecting reputation information relating to a requester; storing requester's reputation information; calculating an access decision rating based upon requester's reputation information; and storing the access decision rating. |
8914337 | 13000506 | 1 | 1. A data distribution system, comprising: one or more distribution devices configured to hold a plurality of data files which are distribution objects; and a plurality of user processing terminals, wherein each of the user processing terminals comprises: a file piece obtaining unit configured to obtain each of a plurality of file pieces of a target data file from among the plurality of data files from any one or more others of the user processing terminals or the distribution devices, the plurality of file pieces having been obtained by dividing the target data file; and a file obtaining unit configured to assemble the plurality of obtained file pieces to thereby obtain the target file, wherein: the file piece obtaining unit, when obtaining a file piece from a given one of the other user processing terminals, obtains a list of data files which have been obtained by the given user terminal, together with the file piece, where the list of data files includes data files other than the target data file, the file piece obtaining unit is configured to obtain a respective list of data files which have been obtained by each of the one or more other user processing terminals, together with a respective file piece, and information of the data files included in each of the respective lists, other than the target data file, is used by each of the user processing terminals in selecting a new target data file to obtain, where the new target data file must be a data file included in at least one of: (i) more than a predetermined number of the respective lists, or (ii) more than a predetermined percentage of the plurality of lists. |
20100077008 | 12204928 | 0 | 1. A computer-implementable method for providing potential solutions within a solution network, comprising: authoring a potential solution to an issue having an associated symptom; storing the potential solution in a solution repository; indexing the potential solution to the associated symptom; receiving a symptom of an issue; and searching the solution network based upon the received symptom, the searching including accessing the solution repository. |
20160048778 | 14551090 | 0 | 1. A method of generating a sequence of interactions, comprising: defining, by a processor, one or more sequence types, each sequence type based on a time frame; receiving, by a distributed computing system comprising a plurality of computing nodes, interaction data describing an interaction event between a customer and an agent; associating the received interaction event with the customer's identifier in a customer history table, wherein the customer history table stores historical interaction events for the customer; and assigning the received interaction event to a sequence, based on the defined one or more sequence types. |
8930820 | 13174595 | 1 | 1. A method for maintaining a calendar of a user, comprising: accessing an online profile of the user at a first social networking website; identifying, on the online profile, a first post referencing a physical location, wherein the first post is created on the first social networking website by a client application of the user on a first calendar date, and wherein the first post comprises a timestamp of the first calendar date; identifying, on the online profile, a second post referencing the physical location, wherein the second post is created on the first social networking website by the client application of the user on a second calendar date, and wherein the second post comprises a timestamp of the second calendar date; calculating, by a computer processor and based on the timestamp of first calendar date and the timestamp of second calendar date, a first time period between user visits to the physical location; estimating, based on the first time period between user visits, a future calendar date when the user is expected to visit the physical location; creating, in the calendar, an event scheduled to occur at the physical location and on the future calendar date; determining, after the future calendar date and based on the first social networking website and a second social networking website, that the user did not visit the physical location on the future calendar date; identifying, on the first social networking website, a third post referencing the physical location, wherein the third post is entered by the user on a third calendar date, wherein the third post comprises a timestamp of the third calendar date, and wherein the third calendar date is after the future calendar date; calculating a modified first time period between user visits based on the third calendar date; estimating, based on the modified first time period between user visits, a new future calendar date when the user is expected to visit the physical location; and creating, in the calendar, a new event corresponding to the new future calendar date. |