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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8139865 | Computer-implemented system and method for recognizing patterns in a digital image through document image decomposition A computer-implemented system and method for retrieving a digital image through document image decomposition is provided. A stored digital image is retrieved. Generic visual features are extracted. The features are grouped into a primitive layer including word-graph... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8036824 | System and method for setting a rideshare transaction fee A system and method for setting a rideshare transaction fee is provided. Data is maintained for rideshare transactions, each associated with a route. At least one rideshare transaction that travels along a particular route is identified. A number of drivers offering... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8022989 | Method and apparatus for controlling data delivery with user-maintained modes Communication is carried out using devices with user-maintained modes that enable synchronous content sharing and communication. Each user-maintained mode enables a lightweight interface for positioning content in a conversation by initiating and terminating data tr... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8015188 | System and method for thematically grouping documents into clusters A system and method for thematically grouping documents into clusters is provided. Concepts are extracted from a plurality of documents. The concepts include nouns or noun phrases. A number of occurrences for each concept are determined within each document. A bound... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8010575 | System and method for redistributing interest in a hierarchical data structure representation A system and method for redistributing interest in a hierarchical data structure representation is provided. A data representation of a hierarchical data structure includes depth levels having one or more blocks of sibling nodes associated with node interest charact... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7974779 | System and method for assigning participants to a rideshare based on financial transactions A system and method for financial transactions in a rideshare system is provided. A rideshare environment with multiple rideshare transactions is maintained. Each rideshare transaction includes one or more participants. Bids are received from potential participants ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7973933 | Method for spectroscopy of surface plasmons in surface plasmon resonance sensors and an element for the use of thereof A method and system for spectroscopy of surface plasmons is presented. An electromagnetic wave is made incident on a diffraction grating. Surface plasmons are excited on a medium coincident to the diffraction grating and dispersion of a wavelength spectrum of the el... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7925289 | System and method for performing proximity-based communication via dynamically registered communication devices A system and method for performing proximity-based communications through dynamic communication device registration is presented. Uniquely identified mobile communication devices are registered with a Service provider notice server. Subscribers of the mobile communi... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7885957 | System and method for displaying clusters A system and method for displaying clusters is provided. A plurality of clusters are generated. Each cluster includes one or more documents. A cluster concept selected from the documents is identified. The cluster concepts that satisfy an acceptance criteria are sel... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7845300 | Modular floating marine dock A modular floating marine dock includes a polyethylene float that defines a top surface. A plurality of parallel walers fixedly attaches to the top surface in longitudinal orientation and with a proximal end extending no further than halfway across the top surface. ... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7877410 | System and method for providing private inference control A system and method for providing private inference control is presented. A query count and database including records are maintained. Each record includes attributes, wherein the attributes form inference channels. A data structure is constructed including cipherte... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7876958 | System and method for decomposing a digital image A system and method for decomposing a digital image is provided. A digital image is represented as a word-graph, which includes words and visualized features, and zone hypotheses that group one or more of the words. Causal dependencies of the zone hypotheses are exp... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7869945 | System and method for monitoring participant security in a rideshare environment A system and method for monitoring participant security in a rideshare environment is provided. A rideshare participant device is made available to at least one rideshare participant during a rideshare. A security check is triggered while the rideshare is in progres... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7826611 | System and method for exchanging a transformed message with enhanced privacy A system and method for exchanging a transformed message with enhanced privacy is presented. A set of input messages is defined. A set of output messages is defined. A message is selected from the input messages set. One or more words in the selected message are eff... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7734705 | System and method for flexibly managing heterogeneous message delivery A system and method for flexibly managing heterogeneous message delivery. A message is queued. The message includes an identifier and content in intermediate format pending delivery through type-specific message interfaces. The delivery of the message to a recipient... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7720292 | System and method for grouping thematically-related clusters into a two-dimensional visual display space Concepts are extracted from content of documents. Clusters each include one or more of the concepts. A theme is identified in each of the clusters and includes at least one such concept within the cluster. Spines of the clusters that share at least one theme in comm... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7711617 | System and method for providing optimization of a financial portfolio using a parametric leptokurtic distribution A system and method for providing optimization of a financial portfolio using a parametric leptokurtic distribution is presented. One or more risk factors associated with a plurality of financial assets maintained in a portfolio and applicable over at least one time... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7689681 | System and method for facilitating controlled compensable use of a remotely accessible network device A system and method for facilitating controlled use of a remotely accessible device for compensation is described. At least one device remotely accessible over a network and capable of performing a function ancillary to a primary function performed for a subscriber ... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7669188 | System and method for identifying viable refactorings of program code using a comprehensive test suite A system and method for identifying viable refactorings of program code using a comprehensive test suite is presented. Program code is maintained, including program statements written in accordance with a programming language and defining operations executed followi... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7617094 | Methods, apparatus, and products for identifying a conversation One aspect of the invention is a method of using a computer to identify a conversation. Another aspect is a method for an audio processing system that identifies conversations and enhances each conversation for each user in the conversation. ... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7512247 | Wearable wireless ear plug for providing a downloadable programmable personal alarm and method of construction A wearable wireless ear plug for providing a downloadable programmable personal alarm and method of construction are described. An alarm circuit is integrated with a self-contained power source. A randomly accessible memory is included to provide general purpose sto... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7451439 | System and method for automatically identifying compound refactorings of program code through quantitative metric analysis A system and method for automatically identifying compound refactorings of program code through quantitative metric analysis is presented. Program code is maintained, including program statements written in accordance with a programming language and defining operati... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7302291 | System and method for analyzing a patient status for atrial fibrillation for use in automated patient care An automated system and method for diagnosing and monitoring the outcomes of atrial fibrillation is described. A plurality of monitoring sets is retrieved from a database. Each of the monitoring sets include recorded measures relating to patient information recorded... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7080076 | System and method for efficiently drafting a legal document using an authenticated clause table A system and a method for efficiently drafting a legal document using an authenticated clause table are described. A table of clauses is compiled into a shareable database. Each clause relates to one or more individual parties potentially affected by a use of the cl... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7003572 | System and method for efficiently forwarding client requests from a proxy server in a TCP/IP computing environment A system and method for efficiently forwarding client requests from a proxy server in a TCP/IP computing environment is described. A plurality of transient requests are received from individual sending clients into a request queue. Each request is commonly addressed... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6974413 | System and method for analyzing patient information for use in automated patient care One or more physiological measures regularly recorded by an implantable medical device and relating to individual patient information recorded on a substantially continuous basis are retrieved from a patient care record. The physiological measures retrieved from one... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6945934 | System and method for determining a reference baseline record for use in automated patient care A system and method for determining a reference baseline record for use in automated patient care. One or more physiological measures are retrieved. Each of the measures relates to individual patient information recorded during an initial observation period from a p... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6922638 | System and method for transacting and manipulating a multi-sequence search using biological data repositories A system and method for transacting and manipulating a multi-sequence search using a biological data repository is described. A set of search query parameters specifying a plurality of sequence sets is received. Each sequence set encodes structured biological data v... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6920396 | System and method for providing flexible access and retrieval of sequence data from a plurality of biological data repositories A system and method for providing flexible access and retrieval of sequence data from a plurality of biological data repositories is described. A plurality of biological data repositories are maintained. Each data repository contains sequence data stored into struct... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6913577 | System and method for diagnosing and monitoring myocardial ischemia for automated remote patient care A system for diagnosing and monitoring myocardial ischemia for automated remote patient care is presented. A database stores monitoring sets containing recorded measures relating to patient information recorded on a substantially continuous basis. A server retrievin... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6908437 | System and method for diagnosing and monitoring congestive heart failure for automated remote patient care A system for diagnosing and monitoring congestive heart failure for automated remote patient care is presented. A database stores a plurality of monitoring sets relating to patient information recorded on a substantially continuous basis. A server retrieving and pro... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6772334 | System and method for preventing a spoofed denial of service attack in a networked computing environment A system and a method for preventing a spoofed denial of service attack in a networked computing environment is described. A hierarchical protocol stack is defined. The hierarchical protocol stack includes a plurality of communicatively interfaced protocol layers wi... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6748534 | System and method for partitioned distributed scanning of a large dataset for viruses and other malware A system and a method for performing partitioned scanning of a dataset for malware in a distributed computing environment is disclosed. A dataset is maintained in a plurality of structured databases in the distributed computing environment. Each database stores a pl... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6628837 | Assist channel coding with convolution coding A system encodes a separate assist channel that carries only a small amount of additional information in a hardcopy document to compensate for failure of an OCR system to accurately reconstruct a scanned electronic version of the hardcopy document. The as... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6478737 | System and method for analyzing normalized patient voice feedback an automated collection and analysis patient care system A system and method for analyzing normalized patient voice feedback in an automated collection and analysis patient care system is described. Device measures providing physiological measures collected by an implantable medical device on a substantially co... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6436068 | Instrument for implanting sensors and solid materials in a subcutaneous location and method thereof An implantation instrument for implanting a sensor or substantially solid material, including solid medication or drugs, in a subcutaneous location and method thereof are described. An incising shaft includes a beveled tip with a cutting edge along a dist... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6368284 | Automated collection and analysis patient care system and method for diagnosing and monitoring myocardial ischemia and outcomes thereof An automated system and method for diagnosing and monitoring myocardial ischemia and outcomes thereof is described. A plurality of monitoring sets is retrieved from a database. Each of the monitoring sets includes recorded measures relating to patient inf... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6280380 | System and method for determining a reference baseline of individual patient status for use in an automated collection and analysis patient care system A system and method for determining a reference baseline of individual patient status for use in an automated collection and analysis patient care system is described. A set of measures collected from a medical device having a sensor for monitoring at lea... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6261230 | System and method for providing normalized voice feedback from an individual patient in an automated collection and analysis patient care system A system and a method for providing normalized voice feedback from an individual patient in an automated collection and analysis patient care system are described. A set of collected measures retrieved on a substantially regular basis is periodically rece... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6221011 | System and method for determining a reference baseline of individual patient status for use in an automated collection and analysis patient care system A system and method for determining a reference baseline of individual patient status for use in an automated collection and analysis patient care system is described. A set of collected measures is retrieved from a medical device adapted to be implanted ... | 04/24/2001 |
