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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120084248 | PROVIDING SUGGESTIONS BASED ON USER INTENT One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed herein for providing prioritized suggestions to a user of a mobile device, for example, in real-time based on an intent of the user. A user routine is identified by identifying a plurality of historical user patterns, ... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120084245 | POSITIONALLY DEPENDENT PATTERN CHECKING IN CHARACTER STRINGS USING DETERMINISTIC FINITE AUTOMATA An apparatus including logic to receive a data packet comprising a string of characters, said apparatus having a plurality of states and at least one state for every character position in the string of characters; logic to examine the string of characters for matches wi... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120072390 | DETERMINING WHETHER A POINT IN A DATA STREAM IS AN OUTLIER USING HIERARCHICAL TREES A technique that includes receiving a data stream that is indicative of a plurality of multi-dimensional points in a processor-based machine and for each dimension, organizing data indicative of values of the points in the dimension in an associated hierarchical tree. T... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120072389 | INFERENCING ENERGY USAGE FROM VOLTAGE DROOP Methods and devices capable of measuring, analyzing, and monitoring electrical energy consumption of appliances and devices within a building are provided. Voltage sensors that are optionally connected to electrical socket outlets are employed within a building or secti... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120072029 | INTELLIGENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AND DIAGNOSING FAULTS IN HEATING, VENTILATING AND AIR CONDITIONING (HVAC) EQUIPMENT A system and a method for detecting and diagnosing faults in heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) equipment is described. The system comprises a sensor; a classifier modelling a normal behaviour of the HVAC equipment in situ in the installed operation enviro... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120053959 | Analyzing Large Data Sets to Find Deviation Patterns Operations, such as data processing operations, can be improved by applying clustering and statistical techniques to observed behaviors in the data processing operations.... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120047105 | MEDICAL CARE TREATMENT DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM Exemplary embodiments of the present invention will assist patients with their investigation of, and decision making about, the treatments that are available to them using conjoint analysis methods that measure individual preferences for risk-associated treatment option... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120030151 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ASSESSING DATA CLASSIFICATION QUALITY Production data classified from a data source, such as a plurality of handprinted forms, is compared to provisional truth data independently classified from the same data source for constructing master truth data. The production data is compared to the master truth data... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120010853 | SENSOR BIAS ESTIMATION FOR MULTIPLE HYPOTHESIS TRACKER A method for measuring sensor bias and a method for estimating sensor bias is provided. Road location data is obtained. Sensor observation data is obtained. A sensor observation is identified that corresponds to an on-road target moving on a known road. A measurement of... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120010736 | SPOTTING MULTIMEDIA A method for detecting sections of a known input in an unknown input includes processing the known input to form a series of discrete-valued feature values associated with corresponding time locations in the known input. Index data associating a plurality of the feature... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120011083 | Product-Centric Automatic Software Identification in z/OS Systems A software identification manager selects a unique software module that corresponds to a single knowledge base software product. Next, the software identification manager determines that one or more software modules included in a raw inventory corresponds to the unique ... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20110320454 | MULTI-FACET CLASSIFICATION SCHEME FOR CATALOGING OF INFORMATION ARTIFACTS A system and method for constructing a hierarchical multi-faceted classification structure includes organizing a plurality of visual categories into a multi-relational reference ontology that accounts for a plurality of different types of relationships. Media artifacts ... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110313968 | HYPERLOCAL SMOOTHING Concepts and technologies are described herein for hyperlocal smoothing. The hyperlocal smoothing solutions described herein provide a smooth view of data and events across hyperlocal geographic areas by combining sparse data available with inferred or extrapolated data... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110307328 | Response Attribution Valuation A computer-implemented method is described for determining a response attribution value that represents a credit assignment to a communication, for an associated response received from a recipient during a marketing campaign.... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110307260 | MULTI-MODAL GENDER RECOGNITION Gender recognition is performed using two or more modalities. For example, depth image data and one or more types of data other than depth image data is received. The data pertains to a person. The different types of data are fused together to automatically determine ge... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110307118 | Vehicle Aerodynamic Efficiency Advisor Systems and Methods A method is provided. The method includes estimating aerodynamic efficiency values of a vehicle; comparing the aerodynamic efficiency values to determine vehicle settings; and generating a recommendation based on the at least one of the efficiency values and the vehicle... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110307412 | REUSABLE CAPACITY PLANNING SCENARIO TEMPLATES Systems and methods are described for creating a reusable capacity planning scenario template. In one example, a method includes maintaining a system topology model of resources in a configuration management database. The topology model can include at least one computin... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110302097 | BEHAVIOR-BASED NETWORKS A networking service that receives information about behaviors of the users, such as behaviors in which a user is engaging now or will engage in the future. The networking service compares the behavior information to identify matches between two or more users. When a ma... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110302129 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TEMPORAL CORRELATION OF OBSERVABLES According to one embodiment, an electronic device may be configured to perform temporal correlation operations to determine if a plurality of observables correspond to a selected event of interest. The electronic device comprises a memory and a processor. The memory is ... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110302123 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SCORING STREAM DATA A feed combine is provided which receives a feed including content from at least one data source. One of a plurality of scoring methods is selected for scoring the content in the feed based on a velocity of the feed. A determination is made as to which content in the fe... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110295626 | INFLUENCE ASSESSMENT IN SOCIAL NETWORKS Social networks have become platforms to disseminate and market information and ideas. A social network, users, and interactions of users may be modeled by graphs, which may be analyzed to determine influential users. In one example, nodes within a graph may be concurre... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110295762 | Predictive performance of collaborative filtering model For each first entity of a subset of a number of first entities, an expected improvement of a predictive performance of a collaborative filtering model if additional ratings of the first entity in relation to a plurality of second entities were obtained is estimated. Pa... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110289010 | APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AN ACTIVITY TRACKING AND PROPERTY TRANSACTION FACILITATING HUB USER INTERFACE The APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AN ACTIVITY TRACKING AND PROPERTY TRANSACTION FACILITATING HUB USER INTERFACE (“HUB”) facilitates the generation, evaluation, and recording of information and activities related to property transactions and associated communi... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110282826 | Destination Planner in Communication Device An electronic device, like a wireless communication device, includes a controller coupled to an interface, wherein the controller is configured to recommend a location or destination based on information about a user of the communication device and based on general dest... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110282827 | CUSTOMIZABLE SPECIMEN EVALUATION Embodiments of the invention provide a method and apparatus to evaluate at least one specimen for a predetermined purpose. The method comprises establishing at least one category that includes a plurality of criteria with which to evaluate the at least one specimen and ... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110282472 | COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF QUEUE TIMES IN MICROELECTRONIC MANUFACTURING A system for determining a group of semiconductor manufacturing process steps with a similar influence on individual semiconductor products. The system generates a first table including time stamps for the individual semiconductor products. The system creates a second t... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110281538 | Personalized Media Recommendations Techniques for recommending over-the-air radio stations and other streaming media to a user are described herein.... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110282814 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMPLEMENTING A COMPOSITIONAL RECOMMENDER FRAMEWORK A compositional recommender framework using modular recommendation functions is described. Each modular recommendation function can use a discrete technology, such as using clustering, a database lookup, or other means. A first recommendation function can recommend to a... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110282825 | COMPARING AND IDENTIFYING SIMILAR TRACKS The location of a user over time is monitored by a mobile device. The monitored locations are organized into tracks that describe a path or route that the user took over a period of time. Segments that correspond to each of the tracks are determined. The segments may co... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110282812 | DYNAMIC PATTERN MATCHING OVER ORDERED AND DISORDERED DATA STREAMS Architecture introduces a new pattern operator referred to as called an augmented transition network (ATN), which is a streaming adaptation of non-reentrant, fixed-state ATNs for dynamic patterns. Additional user-defined information is associated with automaton states a... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110282828 | METHOD OF IDENTIFICATION AND DEVICES THEREOF Portable wireless devices are ubiquitous in modern society and many of these have integral sensors such as accelerometers, microphones, and Global Positioning Systems (GPS) that can collect data. This creates potential for intelligent applications to recognize the user,... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110258157 | INFERENCE OF ALTITUDE USING PAIRWISE COMPARISON OF TELEMETRY SIGNALS Some embodiments provide a system that analyzes telemetry data from a computer system. During operation, the system obtains the telemetry data as a set of telemetric signals using a set of sensors in the computer system, wherein the set of sensors includes temperature s... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110257988 | MULTI-PHASE ANCHOR-BASED DIAGNOSTIC DECISION-SUPPORT METHOD AND SYSTEM A medical diagnosis decision support system for assisting a health professional to diagnose a medical condition. The system is first provided with an anchor condition that can be a symptom, a sign, a laboratory test result, or an imaging test results or any combination ... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110250575 | System And Method For Providing A Visual Representation Of A User Personality Within A Virtual Environment A representation of a user's personality may be provided within one or more virtual environments. The personality of the user may be determined based on interactions within the one or more virtual environments. As such, the personality of the user may be determined orga... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110251976 | COMPUTING CASCADED AGGREGATES IN A DATA STREAM A method for efficiently approximating cascaded aggregates in a data stream in a single pass over a dataset, with entries presented to the methodology in an arbitrary order includes receiving out-of-order data entries in the data stream, aggregating particular data entr... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110246262 | METHOD OF CLASSIFYING A BILL Briefly, embodiments of a method of classifying a bill are disclosed.... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110246413 | METHOD FOR JUDGING RISK OF CANCER RECURRENCE, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER SYSTEM A method for judging a risk of cancer recurrence comprising: acquiring an activity value and expression level of a first cyclin dependent kinase (CDK) of a cell contained in tissues extracted from cancer patients, an activity value and expression level of a second CDK, ... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110246414 | IDENTIFICATION OF SUBSTANCES BY ION MOBILITY SPECTROMETRY The invention relates to identifying substances in a sample by similarity comparisons between series of ion mobility spectra of the sample and series of ion mobility spectra of reference samples. The collection of series of spectra of reference samples, termed reference... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110231347 | Named Entity Recognition in Query Named Entity Recognition in Query (NERQ) involves detection of a named entity in a given query and classification of the named entity into one or more predefined classes. The predefined classes may be based on a predefined taxonomy. A probabilistic approach may be taken... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110231336 | FORECASTING PRODUCT/SERVICE REALIZATION PROFILES Past realization profiles can be used to predict future realization profiles using a similarity rubric that emphasizes relationships between the past realization profiles. That similarity rubric might involve techniques including manifold characterization of past realiz... | 09/22/2011 |
