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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7275047 | Method and apparatus for interpreting information A method of processing data relating to a plurality of examples using a data classifier arranged to classify input data into one of a number of classes, and a rule inducer, comprising the steps of: (i) inputting a series of inputs ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7272583 | Using supervised classifiers with unsupervised data In one embodiment, a method includes converting unsupervised data into supervised data using multiple processes and training multiple supervised classifiers with the supervised data of the processes. In such manner, supervised classifiers may be used to classify uns... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7272612 | Method of partitioning data records A tree-structured index to multidimensional data is created using occurring patterns and clusters within the data which permit efficient search and retrieval strategies in a database of DNA profiles. A search engine utilizes hierarchical decomposition of the databas... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7272594 | Method and apparatus to link to a related document A method, apparatus, and system exist to generate a ranked list of one or more related documents and a link to each of the one or more related documents. The one or more related documents are ranked based upon relevance to the first representation of content associa... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7269580 | Application integration system and method using intelligent agents for integrating information access over extended networks Models that encapsulate information on how remote applications are controlled and data is accessed are created to be used by a runtime agent that intelligently reasons out goal-oriented plans and execute tasks to solve problem statements generated by a user interfac... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7266536 | Calibrated classifiers with threshold comparisons A classifier is calibrated to produce a calibration map and a threshold is derived from the calibration map. A probability assignment produced by the classifier for input data is then compared to the threshold. ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7266535 | System and method for electronic communication management A system and method for electronic communication management comprises a universal data model, a modeling engine, and an adaptive knowledge base. The modeling engine includes a natural language processor and a statistical modeler. A communication is translated from i... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7266532 | Reconfigurable autonomous device networks The present invention describes the use of autonomous devices, which can be arranged in networks, such as neural networks, to better identify, track, and acquire sources of signals present in an environment. The environment may be a physical environment, such as a b... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7266559 | Method and apparatus for adapting a search classifier based on user queries A method and computer-readable medium are provided for constructing a classifier for classifying search queries. The classifier is constructed by receiving a query from a user and applying the query to a classifier to identify the task. An unsupervised mapping betwe... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7266545 | Methods and apparatus for indexing in a database and for retrieving data from a database in accordance with queries using example sets A computer-based technique is provided for retrieving one or more items from a database in response to a query specified by a user via one or more example sets. Preferably the example sets include multiple positive and negative example sets. The method comprises the... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7263645 | Communication system using correlation matrix, correlation matrix learning method, correlation matrix learning device and program A communication system of the present invention comprises a transmission side for transmitting a codeword in which the components of a block encoded codeword are rearranged with a predetermined rule of rearrangement to disperse a redundant portion, and a receiving s... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7263462 | Non-disruptive embedding of specialized elements A system including at least (1) specialized elements that are restricted to a particular domain of data analysis or processing and (2) configurable data that permits the specialized elements to be tailored to a particular application. The configurable data expands a... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7258275 | Televised competition viewer voting modified scoring methodology An improved method of tabulating votes cast by audiences of “Reality TV” shows in which contestants are competing with each other during a series of such shows, with one contestant ultimately being determined the winner. The method does this by systematically fa... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7260558 | Simultaneously searching for a plurality of patterns definable by complex expressions, and efficiently generating data for such searching An apparatus, a carrier medium carrying computer readable code to implement a method, and a method for searching for a plurality of patterns definable by complex expressions, and further, for efficiently generating data for such searching. One method includes accept... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7257569 | System and method for determining community overlap A system and method for evaluating an information aggregate. A metrics database stores document indicia including document attributes and associated person. A query engine responsive to a user request and the metrics database aggregates documents having same, unique... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7257565 | Linguistic disambiguation system and method using string-based pattern training learn to resolve ambiguity sites A linguistic disambiguation system and method creates a knowledge base by training on patterns in strings that contain ambiguity sites. The string patterns are described by a set of reduced regular expressions (RREs) or very reduced regular expressions (VRREs). The ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7254590 | Set-oriented real-time data processing based on transaction boundaries A method is provided for real-time data processing based on data sets or data sets defined by applicable rules or user-defined logic. Also provided is a real-time data processing system that implements such method. Transaction boundaries are set and propagated throu... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7254577 | Methods, apparatus and computer programs for evaluating and using a resilient data representation Provided are methods, apparatus and computer programs for evaluating the resilience, to structural changes in a data source, of a representative label representing a data element within the data source. Also disclosed are applications using a resilient representativ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7251640 | Method and system for measuring interest levels of digital messages In an electronic communication system, relevance levels of an incoming or outgoing message for presenting it to an interlocutor is measured without having to actually interact with the interlocutor, by a method comprising the steps of extracting from the message, a ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7251639 | System and method for feature selection in decision trees Selection of certain attributes as output and input attributes is provided so a decision tree may be created more efficiently. For each possible output attribute an interestingness score is calculated. This interestingness score is based on entropy of the output att... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7251636 | Scalable methods for learning Bayesian networks The present invention leverages scalable learning methods to efficiently obtain a Bayesian network for a set of variables of which the total ordering in a domain is known. Certain criteria are employed to generate a Bayesian network which is then evaluated and utili... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7249123 | System and method for building social networks based on activity around shared virtual objects A system and method for determining a social network. A metrics database stores virtual object indicia including document attributes, activities, and associated persons. A query engine responsive to a user request and the metrics database infers individual connectio... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7249048 | Incorporating predicrive models within interactive business analysis processes A Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system that incorporates predictive models. The system is used by business users who are unfamiliar with the art of data mining. The predictive model, which is constructed by a model-building mechanism in a data mining subsys... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7249116 | Machine learning This invention relates to the machine recognition and learning of predetermined categories and more generally, to the representation of patterns, information and knowledge in computational applications. A method of learning categories is an important component of ad... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7246103 | Probabilistic model of distraction for a virtual reality environment Improved human-like realism of computer opponents in racing or motion-related games is provided. The computer driver may be “distracted” by various characteristics, such as nervousness caused by another competitor closing the gap behind a computer driver. The di... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7245767 | Method and apparatus for object identification, classification or verification There is provided a method for classifying, identifying or verifying an object by representing the object by a respective sequence of vectors, modeling the sequence of vectors with a respective generative model such that the object is represented by the generative m... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7246100 | Classifying an analog voltage in a control system using binary classification of time segments determined by voltage level In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method of successively splitting an analog function into high and low ranges and calculating a binary mask for these ranges to obtain a plurality of data regions at a plurality of split levels, and training binary ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7246110 | Product feature and relation comparison system A method of presenting data regarding products. Feature categories are assigned to each product category based on available data. A weighted importance is assigned to each feature category of each product category based on the available data. The items in the produc... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7246322 | Grid-like guided user interface for video selection and display A UI including a “Guide,” presenting a list of videos, having data fields relating to each entry, possibly including multiple data values for a single data field. When focusing on a single entry, the focused-upon entry is expanded and emphasized. The focused-upo... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7243086 | Methods and systems for automatically generating provably correct computer program code A provably correct computer program can be generated using genetic programming techniques. A desired behavior is used to define a formal specification. An initial population of programs is created where each program has a meaning that can be defined using a formaliz... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7243087 | Method and apparatus for solving bit-slice operators The following techniques for word-level networks are presented: constraints solving, case-based learning and bit-slice solving. Generation of a word-level network to model a constraints problem is presented. The networks utilized have assigned, to each node, a range... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7243085 | Hybrid personalization architecture Belief probabilities for ontological concepts within a preference model representing a belief of user preferences are determined. The belief probabilities are based on user feedback. A convolution of the belief probabilities and ontology co-occurrence probabilities ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7243100 | Methods and apparatus for mining attribute associations Attribute association discovery techniques that support relational-based data mining are disclosed. In one aspect of the invention, a technique for mining attribute associations in a relational data set comprises the following steps/operations. Multiple items are ob... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7242989 | Apparatus and method for batch property estimation A method and apparatus that generates an estimate of a property of a batch process uses a non-parametric model to generate a plurality of rate of reaction estimates associated with the batch process. Each rate of reaction estimate may correspond, for example, to a p... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7240038 | Heuristic method of classification The invention concerns heuristic algorithms for the classification of Objects. A first learning algorithm comprises a genetic algorithm that is used to abstract a data stream associated with each Object and a pattern recognition algorithm that is used to classify th... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7236615 | Synergistic face detection and pose estimation with energy-based models A method for human face detection that detects faces independently of their particular poses and simultaneously estimates those poses. Our method exhibits an immunity to variations in skin color, eyeglasses, facial hair, lighting, scale and facial expressions, and o... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7236964 | Method of explaining a decision taken by a compensatory multi-criteria aggregation model The method in accordance with the invention is a method making it possible to explain a decision taken by a compensatory multi-criterion aggregation model, according to which a single compensatory multi-criterion aggregation model is established for the application ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7236965 | Method and apparatus for case-based learning The following techniques for word-level networks are presented: constraints solving, case-based learning and bit-slice solving. Generation of a word-level network to model a constraints problem is presented. The networks utilized have assigned, to each node, a range... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7233886 | Adaptive modeling of changed states in predictive condition monitoring An improved empirical model-based surveillance or control system for monitoring or controlling a process or machine provides adaptation of the empirical model in response to new operational states that are deemed normal or non-exceptional for the process or machine.... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7233931 | Feature regulation for hierarchical decision learning A feature regulation application method for hierarchical decision learning systems receives feature regulation training data and invokes a plurality of hierarchical decision learning to create feature subset information output. The method receives learning data and ... | 06/19/2007 |
