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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8190541 | Determining relevant information for domains of interest Techniques are described for determining and using relevant information related to domains of interest. In at least some situations, the techniques include automatically analyzing documents, terms and other information related to a domain of interest in order to aut... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8185484 | Predicting and using search engine switching behavior Aspects of the subject matter described herein relate to predicting and using search engine switching behavior. In aspects, switching components receive a representation of user interactions with at least one browser. The switching components derive information from... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8156056 | Method and system of classifying, ranking and relating information based on weights of network links What is disclosed is an automatic method of classification, qualification and relation of information that is based on a network built starting from the semantic, numeric, conceptual, etc. relationships between elements of different sets that are structurally alike.... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8150846 | Content searching and configuration of search results Content searching and configuration of search results are described. In an implementation, a method includes in response to a search query, selecting a keyword based on heuristic data which describes a plurality of previously performed searched. A search is performe... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8117143 | Using affinity measures with supervised classifiers A non-binary affinity measure between any two data points for a supervised classifier may be determined. For example, affinity measures may be determined for tree, kernel-based, nearest neighbor-based and neural network supervised classifiers. By providing non-binar... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8103604 | Remote detection and measurement of objects Provided are methods of using electromagnetic waves for detecting metal and/or dielectric objects. Methods include directing microwave and/or mm wave radiation in a predetermined direction using a transmission apparatus, including a transmission element; receiving r... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8095488 | Method and apparatus for managing configurations A method and apparatus for managing configurations of computer resources in a datacenter is described. In one embodiment, a method comprises analyzing multiple configurations using rule information to produce an analysis result where each configuration in the multip... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8095487 | System and method for biasing search results based on topic familiarity A familiarity level classifier comprises a stopwords engine for conducting a stopwords analysis of stopwords, e.g., introductory level stopwords and advanced level stopwords, in a document, e.g., a website; and a familiarity level classifier module for generating a ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8086643 | Translation between product classification schemas A schema translation tool (36) includes a mapping module (37) that receives information regarding a source schema (70) and a target schema (80). The source and target schemas (70, 80) each include a taxonomy that includes a hierarc... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8041662 | Domain name geometrical classification using character-based n-grams Character-based n-grams are derived from a domain name in order to classify such domain name in pre-established categories. Domain name character-based n-grams are mapped to vector points in a multidimensional space, where the number of dimensions is the number of d... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8036998 | Category classification method A category classification method includes: calculating function values corresponding to a relationship between a classification target and support vectors that contribute to a classification boundary, calculating an addition value in which the function value for eac... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8032483 | Using game responses to gather data A system provides images or questions to multiple game participants and receives labels or answers in response thereto. The system uses the labels or answers for various data gathering purposes. ... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8015185 | Method and system for detecting search terms whose popularity increase rapidly The present invention relates to a method and system for detecting a keyword whose number of being inputted from a user terminal is rapidly increased, and more particularly, to a method and system which generate rapid increase standard quotient by using the average ... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8015131 | Learning tradeoffs between discriminative power and invariance of classifiers Systems and methods are described for learning the discriminative power-invariance tradeoffs for classification of input data (“tradeoff learning system”). In various embodiments, the tradeoff learning system receives multiple classifiers (“base classifiers”... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8015132 | System and method for object detection and classification with multiple threshold adaptive boosting Systems and methods that comprise receiving a training set of samples, a set of features for a first subset of the set of features, a feature value with a first subset of the training set, a weight with a second subset of the training set. Determining for a second s... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8010469 | Systems and methods for processing data flows Methods and systems for flow processing and switching, security, and other network applications, including a facility that processes a data flow to address patterns relevant to a variety of conditions are directed at internal network security, virtualization, and we... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8010470 | Method of and apparatus for automated behavior prediction A computer-implemented method of behavior prediction includes selecting behavior examples having corresponding antecedent candidates, identifying source text descriptions describing the behavior examples, automatically extracting predictors as common themes across a... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8001066 | Systems and methods for improving recognition results via user-augmentation of a database A system improves recognition results. The system receives multimedia data and recognizes the multimedia data based on training data to generate documents. The system receives user augmentation relating to one of the documents or new documents from a user. The syste... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7991716 | Comprehensive identity protection system A system and method for protecting identity fraud are disclosed. A system includes a detection subsystem to identify applications and/or accounts at risk of identity fraud, and a disposition subsystem to process data provided by the detection system and to determine... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7991715 | System and method for image classification Systems and methods for image classification are disclosed. In one aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure include a method, which may be implemented on a system, of selecting a predetermined number of training images that are representative of images associab... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7987144 | Methods and apparatus for generating a data classification model using an adaptive learning algorithm A data classification method and apparatus are disclosed for labeling unknown objects. The disclosed data classification system employs a learning algorithm that adapts through experience. The present invention classifies objects in domain datasets using data classi... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7984000 | Predicting and using search engine switching behavior Aspects of the subject matter described herein relate to predicting and using search engine switching behavior. In aspects, switching components receive a representation of user interactions with at least one browser. The switching components derive information from... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7979369 | Classification of digital content by using aggregate scoring Aggregate scoring is used to help classify digital content such as content uploaded to multi-user websites (e.g., social networking websites). In one embodiment, specific categories are used that relate to a social implication of content. For example, text, images, ... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7979368 | Systems and methods for processing data flows A flow processing facility, which uses a set of artificial neurons for pattern recognition, such as a self-organizing map, in order to provide security and protection to a computer or computer system supports unified threat management based at least in part on patte... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7979370 | Neural network for electronic search applications A system for information searching includes a first layer and a second layer. The first layer includes a first plurality of neurons each associated with a word and with a first set of dynamic connections to at least some of the first plurality of neurons. The second... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7970718 | Method for feature selection and for evaluating features identified as significant for classifying data A group of features that has been identified as “significant” in being able to separate data into classes is evaluated using a support vector machine which separates the dataset into classes one feature at a time. After separation, an extremal margin value is as... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7966274 | Enhanced learning and recognition operations for radial basis functions Methods, apparatuses and systems directed to pattern identification and pattern recognition. In some particular implementations, the invention provides a flexible pattern recognition platform including pattern recognition engines that can be dynamically adjusted to ... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7962428 | System and method for joint optimization of cascaded classifiers for computer aided detection A method for training classifiers for Computer-Aided Detection in medical images includes providing an image feature training set {(xi, yi)}i=1l, wherein xiεRd are input feature variables and yi... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7962460 | Methods, systems, and computer program products for determining availability of presentable content via a subscription service Methods, systems, and computer program products for determining availability of presentable content via a subscription service are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method includes receiving a selection of first presentable content associated with a first subscr... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7958068 | Method and apparatus for model-shared subspace boosting for multi-label classification A computer program product includes machine readable instructions for managing data items, the instructions stored on machine readable media, the product including instructions for: initializing a plurality of base models; minimizing a joint loss function to select ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7958067 | Data classification methods using machine learning techniques Methods for classifying documents are presented. Methods for analyzing documents associated with legal discovery are also presented. Methods for cleaning up data are also presented. Methods for verifying an association of an invoice with an entity are also presented... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7953680 | Computer program product for excluding variations attributable to equipment used in semiconductor wafer manufacturing from split analysis procedures Excluding variations attributable to equipment from split analysis is performed by identifying dependent variables related to at least one of the split analysis or an experiment to be performed. A test is performed to ascertain whether or not a variation attributabl... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7949621 | Object detection and recognition with bayesian boosting An efficient, effective and at times superior object detection and/or recognition (ODR) function may be built from a set of Bayesian stumps. Bayesian stumps may be constructed for each feature and object class, and the ODR function may be constructed from the subset... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7949622 | System and method for generating a classifier model for classifying web content Generally, the present invention provides a method and computerized system for generating a classifier model, wherein the classifier model is operative to classify web content. The method and computerized system includes a first step of defining a plurality of predi... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7941382 | Method of classifying and active learning that ranks entries based on multiple scores, presents entries to human analysts, and detects and/or prevents malicious behavior A malicious behavior detection/prevention system, such as an intrusion detection system, is provided that uses active learning to classify entries into multiple classes. A single entry can correspond to either the occurrence of one or more events or the non-occurren... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7937345 | Data classification methods using machine learning techniques A method for adapting to a shift in document content according to one embodiment of the present invention includes receiving at least one labeled seed document; receiving unlabeled documents; receiving at least one predetermined cost factor; training a transductive ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7937344 | Machine data web Methods and apparatus consistent with the invention provide the ability to organize and build understandings of machine data generated by a variety of information-processing environments. Machine data is a product of information-processing systems (e.g., activity lo... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7933850 | Method and apparatus for functional relationship approximation through nonparametric regression using R-functions One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that constructs a functional relationship approximation from a set of data points through nonparametric regression. During operation, the system receives a training data set in an n-dimensional space. Next, t... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7930260 | System and method for real time pattern identification A method for near real time patterns identification, in one example embodiment, comprises receiving a data stream containing information associated with a transaction and participants of the transaction and receiving an Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithm trained... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7925602 | Maximum entropy model classfier that uses gaussian mean values Described is a technology by which a maximum entropy model used for classification is trained with a significantly lesser amount of training data than is normally used in training other maximum entropy models, yet provides similar accuracy to the others. The maximum... | 04/12/2011 |
