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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8170960 | User behavior-based remotely-triggered automated actions An action is triggered by receiving information related to a predicted destination of a user, accessing a library that maps user actions to destinations, determining that at least one of the destinations in the library corresponds with the predicted destination of t... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8150869 | Combined web browsing and searching Context information for a user of a device is identified and is used to identify a set of keywords based at least in part on a current Web page being displayed and one or more previous Web pages displayed for the user. The set of keywords and/or information regardin... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8145580 | Data management apparatus and method for managing data elements using a plurality of metadata elements Data elements are classified into a plurality of folders in accordance with classification conditions on the basis of each of a plurality of metadata elements. Data elements in each of the folders are further classified into a plurality of folders on the basis of a ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8135730 | Ontology-based searching in database systems A method, information processing system, and computer program storage product retrieve data from a database. A search request is received from a user for a set of data in at least one database. An ontology query over is performed over at least one ontology associate... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8126897 | Unified inverted index for video passage retrieval A method for information retrieval includes extracting from a video document visual data items and textual data items that occur in the document at respective occurrence times. Indexing records, which index both the visual and the textual data items by their respect... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8122061 | Systems and methods for information management using socially constructed graphs The present invention allows for an easy-to-use, web-based, schema-less database system that provides organizations the ability to organically model, store, and access information in an iterative and evolutionary manner. Users are encouraged to grow and explore the ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8117136 | Relationship management on a mobile computing device A system and a method are disclosed for implementing managing relationships between data on a mobile computing based on user creation and definition of the relationships. A mobile computing device user generates asymmetric relationships between stored entities, even... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8112366 | Expert system and visualization for multi-server capacity management A system is disclosed that includes an interface to receive a resource governance rule applicable to one or more hardware resources supporting a monitored software application. The system includes utilization logic to measure usage of a particular hardware resource ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8103598 | Compiler for probabilistic programs A compiler for probabilistic programs is described. The inputs to the compiler are a definition of a model and a set of inference queries. The model definition is written as a probabilistic program which describes a system of interest. The compiler transforms statem... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103599 | Calculating web page importance based on web behavior model Method for determining a webpage importance, including receiving web browsing behavior data of one or more users; creating a model of the web browsing behavior data; calculating a stationary probability distribution of the model; and correlating the stationary proba... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103600 | Graphic user interface having menus for display of context and syntax useful in an artificial intelligence system A graphical user interface (GUI) is used for rendering semantic concepts and provides menu selections that are rendered in accordance with the semantic concepts. The display includes fields for rendering logical associations in multiple display fields. A first field... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8095478 | Method and system for calculating importance of a block within a display page A method and system for identifying the importance of information areas of a display page. An importance system identifies information areas or blocks of a web page. A block of a web page represents an area of the web page that appears to relate to a similar topic. ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8086547 | Data pattern generation, modification and management utilizing a semantic network-based graphical interface A plurality of pattern components is presented to a user. Each of the pattern components describe events and/or sub-events that, when combined, create emergent information that indicates the occurrence of a primary event. The user builds and then transmits a customi... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8082215 | Acquisition and particular association of inference data indicative of inferred mental states of authoring users A computationally implemented method includes, but is not limited to: acquiring a first inference data indicative of an inferred mental state of a first authoring user in connection with a particular item of an electronic message, acquiring a second inference data i... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8073848 | Methods and systems for selecting and presenting content based on user preference information extracted from an aggregate preference signature A method of selecting and presenting content based on inferred user preferences is provided. The method includes providing a set of content items having associated descriptive terms and receiving search inputs from an input device and presenting a corresponding subs... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8069125 | Methods and systems for comparing media content Avatars, methods, apparatuses, computer program products, devices and systems are described that carry out presenting to at least one member of a population a plurality of avatars associated with at least one instance of media content; measuring at least one physiol... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8055591 | Acquisition and association of data indicative of an inferred mental state of an authoring user A computationally implemented method includes, but is not limited to: acquiring data indicative of an inferred mental state of an authoring user; and associating the data indicative of the inferred mental state of the authoring user with an electronic message. In ad... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8036995 | Method for programming by rehearsal A system (100), apparatus (106 107), and method are provided for an end-user to program-by-rehearsal an Ambient Intelligence environment comprising an Ambient Narrative of at least one beat (104). The end-user's rehearsal actions are visualized ... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8019698 | Selection of graphical user interface agents by cluster analysis Intelligent computer implemented agents are associated with computer user interface tasks by dividing the tasks into statistically distinct clusters based on sampled user assessments. The assessments collect data on multiple user variables. Multivariate statistical ... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8010465 | Predicting candidates using input scopes Embodiments are configured to provide one or more candidates based in part on an input identifier associated with an input interface. In an embodiment, a system includes an input method editor (IME) that can be configured to provide one or more candidates based in p... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8005766 | Apparatus, method and computer program product providing a hierarchical approach to command-control tasks using a brain-computer interface Disclosed is a method, a computer program product, and a device that are responsive to detected mental states of a user to perform selection processes to execute a task. The method includes providing a hierarchical multi-level decision tree structure comprised of in... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7996338 | Combining predictive models of forgetting, relevance, and cost of interruption to guide automated reminding The claimed matter provides systems and/or techniques that develop or use predictive models of human forgetting to effectuate automated reminding. The system includes the use of predictive models that infer the probability that aspects of items will be forgotten, mo... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7983996 | Method and apparatus for human behavior modeling in adaptive training A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for simulating human behavior. Source code for predicting human behavior is located on a storage system in a network data processing system. An interpreter executing on hardware in the networ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7979362 | Interactive data mining system An interactive data mining system (100, 3000) that is suitable for data mining large high dimensional (e.g., 200 dimension) data sets is provided. The system graphically presents rules in a context allowing users to readily gain an intuitive appreciation of t... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7962426 | Role/persona based applications The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates managing data within an environment. An interface component can receive a role-based model reflective of at least one position within an environment, wherein the environment includes two o... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7949616 | Telepresence by human-assisted remote controlled devices and robots A telepresence system comprising a workstation which allows a user to specify a venue located at a remote site. The workstation accepts control information from, and conveys sensory information to, the user. The telepresence system also comprises several remotely co... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7949617 | System and methods for facilitating user thinking and learning utilizing enhanced interactive constructs Embodiments of the invention provide system and methods for new approaches for facilitating the development of and transferring of user thinking and understanding about an arbitrary problem, in some embodiments through automatically creating new interactive forms of... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7937334 | System and method for defining normal operating regions and identifying anomalous behavior of units within a fleet, operating in a complex, dynamic environment Monitoring dynamic units that operate in complex, dynamic environments, is provided in order to classify and track unit behavior over time. When domain knowledge is available, feature-based models may be used to capture the essential state information of the units. ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7937335 | Article and method for finding a compact representation to visualize complex decision trees The invention comprises an article and method for transforming a complex or large decision tree having multiple variables; multiple values for each variable; and, multiple outcomes for each combination of variables and their associated values, into a compact, effici... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7930256 | Security system for and method of detecting and responding to cyber attacks on large network systems An improved security system for and method of detecting and responding to cyber attacks on a network or network element. The system comprises: (a) an intelligent agent-based information retrieval subsystem configured so as to automatically search for and retrieve re... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7925598 | Efficient weighted consistent sampling A method and a processing device may be provided for performing efficient weighted consistent sampling. A group of sets having multiple elements with associated weights may be provided. A single hash function may be applied to each of the elements of the group of se... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7904396 | Systems, methods and apparatus for quiesence of autonomic safety devices with self action Systems, methods and apparatus are provided through which in some embodiments an autonomic environmental safety device may be quiesced. In at least one embodiment, a method for managing an autonomic safety device, such as a smoke detector, based on functioning state... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7899812 | System and method for interactive browsing A method for achieving interactive browsing includes steps performed by a computer coupled to a knowledge base and a document database. The knowledge base stores a plurality of terms and information relating to each term, and the document database stores a plurality... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7899760 | Systems, methods and apparatus for quiesence of autonomic systems with self action Systems, methods and apparatus are provided in which an autonomic unit or element is quiesced. A quiesce component of an autonomic unit can cause the autonomic unit to self-destruct if a stay-alive reprieve signal is not received after a predetermined time. ... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7890437 | Configuration and method for operating a technical installation A computer-aided configuration for a technical installation includes a presentation layer with operator control interfaces, an application layer containing all applications, a realtime basic processing layer for providing all applications and operator control interf... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7890549 | Collaboration portal (COPO) a scaleable method, system, and apparatus for providing computer-accessible benefits to communities of users The present invention, known as The Collaboration Portal (COPO), relates generally to the field of automated entity, data processing, system control, and data communications, and more specifically to an integrated method, system, and apparatus for providing computer... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7885904 | Methods and systems for selecting and presenting content on a first system based on user preferences learned on a second system A method of selecting and presenting content on a first system based on user preferences learned on a second system is provided. The method includes receiving a user's input for identifying items of the second content system and, in response thereto, presenting a su... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7860811 | Adaptive recommendation explanations A method and system for generating adaptive explanations for associated recommendations is disclosed. The adaptive explanations comprise a syntactical structure and associated phrases that are selected in accordance with usage behaviors and/or inferences associated ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7835998 | Methods and systems for selecting and presenting content on a first system based on user preferences learned on a second system A method of selecting and presenting content on a first system based on user preferences learned on a second system is provided. The method includes receiving a user's input for identifying items of the second content system and, in response thereto, presenting a su... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7831526 | Article and method for finding a compact representation to visualize complex decision trees The invention comprises an article and method for transforming a complex or large decision tree having multiple variables; multiple values for each variable; and, multiple outcomes for each combination of variables and their associated values, into a compact, effici... | 11/09/2010 |
