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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8190550 | Split variational inference A method comprises: partitioning a region of interest into a plurality of soft bin regions that span the region of interest; estimating an integral over each soft bin region of a function defined over the region of interest; and outputting a value equal to or derive... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8175999 | Optimal test ordering in cascade architectures Methods for optimizing the cost of executing a set of tests including finding the optimal ordering of the tests for some important cases such as set of tests having series-parallel structure with no statistical dependencies, and near-optimal orderings for the rest o... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8176000 | Methods and apparatus for discovering traffic on a network Discovering communication traffic in a computer network is useful to administrators of computer networks. Communication packets from a communication transaction on the network are read to determine a source computing device and to determine whether the communication... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8170977 | Conditional probability tables for Bayesian belief networks An apparatus for making probabilistic inferences based on a belief network includes a processing system configured to receive as input one or more parameters of a causal influence model. The belief network has a child node Y and one or more parent nodes Xi | 05/01/2012 |
| 8156069 | System and method for explaining a recommendation produced by a decision support tool In accordance with a particular embodiment of the invention, a method for explaining a recommendation produced by a decision support tool is disclosed. The method comprises submitting a list of observation inputs to the decision support tool and producing a recommen... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8150794 | Data fusion framework for wide-area assessment of buried unexploded ordnance A data fusion framework is provided for wide-area assessments of unexploded ordnance. One or more wide-area survey data sources representing assessments of geographic sites that may contain unexploded ordnance (UXO) can be analyzed by a data source module as part of... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8145590 | Expert system for patient medical information analysis A plurality of chronic sensors are used to facilitate diagnosis and medical decision making for an individual patient. An expert system evaluates the sensor data, combines the sensor data with stored probability data and provides an output signal for notification or... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8140464 | Hypothesis analysis methods, hypothesis analysis devices, and articles of manufacture Hypothesis analysis methods, hypothesis analysis devices, and articles of manufacture are described according to some aspects. In one aspect, a hypothesis analysis method includes providing a hypothesis, providing an indicator which at least one of supports and refu... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8121972 | Reduction of classification error rates and monitoring system using an artificial class Systems and methods for enhancing the accuracy of classifying a measurement by providing an artificial class. Seizure prediction systems may employ a classification system including an artificial class and a user interface for signaling uncertainty in classification... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8117148 | Automatic updating apparatus, automatic updating method, and programmable storage medium embodying program to perform method for automatic updating An automatic updating apparatus includes a start instructing unit that outputs an analysis start signal at given intervals, an access count analysis unit that calculates an access count for each of menus indicated in a menu list on a network in response to the analy... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8112381 | Multivariate analysis of wireless sensor network data for machine condition monitoring Machine condition monitoring on a system utilizes a wireless sensor network to gather data from a large number of sensors. The data is processed using a multivariate statistical model to determine whether the system has deviated from a normal condition. The wireless... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8108332 | Methods and systems for selecting features and using the selected features to perform a classification A method is provided for performing a classification. The method includes ranking a plurality of features of a training set according to how closely they are correlated to their corresponding classifications, extracting a plurality of features of from input data, se... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8103613 | Hypothesis based solicitation of data indicating at least one objective occurrence A computationally implemented method includes, but is not limited to: soliciting, based at least in part on a hypothesis that links one or more objective occurrences with one or more subjective user states and in response at least in part to an incidence of at least... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8086555 | Collaborative filtering systems and methods A collaborative filtering method for evaluating a group of items to aid in predicting utility of items for a particular user comprises assigning an item value of either known or missing to each item of the group of items, and applying a modification scheme to the it... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8086556 | Geocoding method using multidimensional vector spaces A process for evaluating and geocoding of GIS data elements utilizes a plurality of “locate” tests and a weighting scheme to express the match results as a multidimensional vector. Multiple inputs and data sources, as well as ambiguous and partial input data, ar... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8078566 | Methods and systems for constructing Bayesian belief networks Methods and systems are described for simplifying a causal influence model that describes influence of parent nodes Xi (i=1, . . . , n) on possible states of the child node Y. The child node Y and each one of the parent nodes Xi (i=1, . . . , n... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8078567 | System and method for condition based maintenance for electrical equipment Provided are a system and method for condition based maintenance of electrical devices. In one example, the method includes receiving test data that represents an attribute of a tested electrical device. The received test data is classified as belonging to a client ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8069132 | Efficient processing in an auto-adaptive network Feature values, which may be multi-dimensional, collected over successive time slices, are efficiently processed for use, for example, in known adaptive learning functions and event detection. A Markov chain in a recursive function to calculate imputed values for da... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8065260 | Device and method for analyzing an information signal For analyzing an information signal having a sequence of blocks of information units, wherein a plurality of consecutive blocks of the sequence of blocks represents an information entity, using a sequence of fingerprints for the sequence of blocks, identification re... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8046323 | Context based bookmark The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for setting a bookmark for a resource accessed by a user, and for using the bookmark. The bookmarking method includes: collecting screen context information for the real text in the current screen of the res... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8032477 | Adaptive pattern recognition based controller apparatus and method and human-factored interface therefore The need for a more-readily usable interface for programmable devices is widely recognized. The present invention relates to programmable sequencing devices, or, more particularly, the remote controls for consumer electronic devices. The present invention provides a... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8032478 | Modification of relational models Described herein is a system that facilitates modifying a relational model. The relational model is modified based at least in part upon an identity of a user, and the modified relational model is used to predict queries or advertisements that are of interest to the... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8027947 | Rapidly maturing expanded data transaction profiles A first set of variables is introduced into a data transaction scoring system. The first set of variables having a maturity level less than a second set of variables previously matured on the data transaction scoring system. The maturity level corresponding to an am... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8024284 | Accurately inferring physical variable values associated with operation of a computer system One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that monitors a physical variable associated with an electronic component within a computer system. During operation, the system receives telemetry signals of the physical variable which are collected by one ... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8015144 | Learning transportation modes from raw GPS data Described is a technology by which raw GPS data is processed into segments of a trip, with a predicted mode of transportation (e.g., walking, car, bus, bicycling) determined for each segment. The determined transportation modes may be used to tag the GPS data with t... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8015143 | Knowledge discovery agent system and method A system and method for processing information in unstructured or structured form, comprising a computer running in a distributed network with one or more data agents. Associations of natural language artifacts may be learned from natural language artifacts in unstr... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8005782 | Domain name statistical classification using character-based N-grams Systems and methods of classifying domain names are disclosed. Character-based n-grams are derived from a domain name in order to classify such domain name in one or more categories. In one aspect, a geometrical approach is used. Domain name character-based n-grams ... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8001074 | Fuzzy-learning-based extraction of time-series behavior Systems and methods for extracting or analyzing time-series behavior are described. Some embodiments of computer-implemented methods include generating fuzzy rules from time series data. Certain embodiments also include resolving conflicts between fuzzy rules accord... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7979379 | Monitoring a service oriented architecture Monitoring a service oriented architecture (SOA) comprising a plurality of components. The method may include providing at least one monitoring unit for at least one of the plurality of components. The method may further include providing data concerning an operatio... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7966278 | Method for determining the health impact of an application based on information obtained from like-profiled computing systems using clustering A computer-implemented method for determining the health impact of an application based on information obtained from like-profiled computing systems may comprise: 1) obtaining a plurality of computing-system profiles, 2) obtaining system-health-evaluation results fo... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7953693 | Method and apparatus for ontology-based classification of media content A method and apparatus for ontology-based classification of media content are provided. With the method and apparatus, initial confidence values of classifiers in a hierarchical classification structure are modified based on relationships between classifiers. A conf... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7941392 | Scheduling system and method in a hierarchical temporal memory based system According to one aspect of one or more embodiments of the present invention, a system comprises: an HTM network executable at least in part on multiple node processing units (NPUs). In one embodiment the NPUs include one or more nodes, each of which can be executed ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7937357 | Method and device for reproduction of information Provision is made for an information reproduction scheme which is intelligent and adjusts to the desires and needs of the user in a manner which is almost unnoticeable to the user and is associated with little or no additional effort on the part of the user, in that... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7933855 | Monitoring computer-controlled processes through a monitoring system The performance of a computer-controlled system (1) operating under the control of a first process (2), is monitored (4) by comparison (5) with a predetermined set of requirements (15, 25), to identify whether the performance of th... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7930265 | Method for threshold migration based on fuzzy logic triggers Automigration mechanisms having fuzzy-logic based automigration control mechanisms for implementing control schemes controlling start, stop and/or bandwidth of the automigration process are provided. The automigration control mechanisms read, into a memory of an aut... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7921071 | Processes for improving the utility of personalized recommendations generated by a recommendation engine A recommendation system increases the diversity of item recommendations provided to a target user by using item similarity data to filter an initial recommendation set. In one embodiment, selected items are filtered from the initial recommendation set based on simil... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7912807 | Method and system for modeling energy efficient buildings using a plurality of synchronized workflows A system and method of analysis, including, but not limited to: receiving raw data related to at least one project; receiving user preferences in at least one workflow, wherein each step in the a workflow constitutes a single instance of a component of a workflow su... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7908238 | Prediction engines using probability tree and computing node probabilities for the probability tree There are methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for providing a probability tree of nodes in which each node is associated with a tries value and a success value, and at least one node is associated with a computed probability value representat... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7904412 | Message passing in a hierarchical temporal memory based system A hierarchy of computing modules is configured to learn a cause of input data sensed over space and time, and is further configured to determine a cause of novel sensed input data dependent on the learned cause. Further, the hierarchy has a first level of computing ... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7899775 | Belief propagation in a hierarchical temporal memory based system A hierarchy of computing modules is configured to (i) learn a cause of input data sensed over space and time, and (ii) determine a cause of novel sensed input data dependent on the learned cause. The hierarchy has a first level of computing modules and a second leve... | 03/01/2011 |
