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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8150873 | Method and apparatus for finding maximal frequent itemsets over data streams A method and apparatus to find maximal frequent itemsets over data streams. A prefix tree manages itemsets and appearance frequencies of the itemsets, and each of nodes of the prefix tree has information about an appearance frequency, a maximum lifetime, and a mark ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8027949 | Constructing a comprehensive summary of an event sequence The present invention provides a method and system for constructing one or more a comprehensive summaries of event sequence(s). The present invention approaches the problem of finding the shortest yet most comprehensive summary of an event sequence by transforming t... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8019742 | Identifying related queries A method includes receiving search queries. Images are generated that represent the volume of each search query relative to all search queries over a period of time. The images are processed to generate wavelets for each image. Related queries having similar increas... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7984010 | Action agenda determining apparatus In one embodiment of the present invention, an action agenda determining apparatus for determining an agenda of action to be taken with reference to surrounding situation is provided. An action agenda determining apparatus includes a matching model storage unit for ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7801842 | Method and system for spatial behavior modification based on geospatial modeling Behavioral influences are determined and real-world variables modified according to the present invention. A forecasting engine and method assists in forecasting occurrences of identifiable events and/or results based on signature and/or pattern matching. The presen... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7716155 | Method and apparatus for predicting future behavior of data streams Techniques are disclosed for predicting the future behavior of data streams through the use of current trends of the data stream. By way of example, a technique for predicting the future behavior of a data stream comprises the following steps/operations. Statistics ... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7698249 | System and method for predicting hardware and/or software metrics in a computer system using models An objective function is dynamically chosen from a pool of available objective functions, and a prediction model is dynamically chosen from a pool of available prediction models. Points of inflection are determined for the chosen objective function, based on past va... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7574416 | Distance-based spatial representation and prediction systems, methods and computer program products for associative memories A location of a missing object is predicted based on past sightings of objects including the missing object, and a new sighting of the objects except for the missing object. For a respective given object in the objects, the past sightings are memorized based on resp... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7367018 | System and method for organizing and sharing of process plant design and operations data Computer method and apparatus for managing process and plant engineering data for chemical or other engineering processes across applications. The method and apparatus include a respective class view for each of multiple software applications, a composite class view... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7346597 | Geospatial model forecasting of events and threats A forecasting engine and method assists in rapidly and accurately forecasting occurrences of identifiable events and/or results based on signature and/or pattern matching. The present invention derives signature for event-types based on a comparison of actual event ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7323036 | Maximizing regulatory credits in controlling air pollution A controller directs the operation of an air pollution control (APC) system having one or more controllable operating parameters and a defined operating limit representing a regulatory limit on an allowed amount of pollutant to be emitted by the APC system. An inter... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7280988 | Method and system for analyzing and predicting the performance of computer network using time series measurements A monitoring system including a baseline model that automatically captures and models normal system behavior, a correlation model that employs multivariate autoregression analysis to detect abnormal system behavior, and an alarm service that weights and scores a var... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7269579 | Method for tracking and assessing program participation Disclosed is a computerized decision support system and method for a) tracking participation within programs, b) capturing participant's participation activity and assessment information in a format that can be easily analyzed and c) distilling the participation and... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7249117 | 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... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7233988 | Data communication device and method of processing transmitted data A data communication device for data communication through radio among a plurality of devices includes a reception circuit receiving data, a storage circuit connected to the reception circuit to store received data, a transmission circuit connected to the storage ci... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7200584 | Time series pattern extraction apparatus and method A first time series data includes a plurality of element sets each including numeric data and text data. A numeric key concept of the numeric data is extracted from each element set of the first time series data. A text key concept of the text data is extracted from... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7194685 | Method and apparatus for tracking usage of online help systems One or more embodiments of the invention provide a method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for presenting a help source. A help system is maintained that comprises a single set of one or more help source files. A request is received by the help system to prese... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7162480 | Usage-based adaptable taxonomy A method is disclosed for adaptably maintaining a taxonomy defined by a plurality of nodes arranged hierarchically. The method determines a threshold access value for each node of the plurality of nodes, determines a level of access value for each node of the plural... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7127704 | Interactive software engineering tool with support for embedded lexical contexts In response to programmer input of a trigger token, a program editor creates a pair of boundary tokens encapsulating an embedded lexical context and positions an insertion point within the embedded lexical context. The operations on the embedded lexical context are ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7127439 | Automated analyzers for estimation systems This invention specifies analyzers to be run in conjunction with computer estimation systems, which may be applied to performance monitoring (APM) services. A semi-automated analyzer may be used by a human analyst to periodically evaluate available historical data f... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7120620 | Method and system for forecasting events and threats based on geospatial modeling A forecasting engine and method assists in forecasting occurrences of identifiable events and/or threats based on signature and/or pattern matching. The present invention derives signature for event-types based on a comparison of actual event data with pre-establish... | 10/10/2006 |
| RE39302 | Intelligent help system An intelligent help system which processes information specific to a user and a system state is described. The system incorporates a monitoring device to determine which events to store as data in an historical queue. These data, as well as non-historical data (e.g.... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7107108 | Controller and method of controlling an apparatus using predictive filters In the field of electronic or computerised control apparatuses, known methods of compensating for disturbance signals rely on less than ideal analytical or empirical models. There is provided a controller (200) or method of controlling which observes and lear... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7099799 | Computer performance estimation system configured to take expected events into consideration The present invention may be embodied as expected event scheduler and processor in an application performance monitoring (APM) services. The expected event scheduler and processor allows the APM system to take scheduled events into account when performing the perfor... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7050976 | Method and system for use of navigation history in a voice command platform A method and system for using navigation history in a voice command platform. The voice command platform maintains, for each user, a navigation history record indicating which voice command navigation points the user has accessed during one or more sessions with the... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7047498 | System and method for dynamic assistance in software applications using behavior and host application models A Cooperative Help Assistance (CHA) system and method provide real-time user assistance for one or more windows-based Graphic User Interface (GUI) applications or a single application's different subsections such as web pages, running concurrently in any operating s... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7008322 | Image processing device, electronic playing device, and storage medium for tv game machine A practice mode can be inserted into an RPG program without giving the player a sense of boredom. Because the distinction between the practice mode and the game is eliminated, the player is not given the sense that the progress of the game is being interrupted and t... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6976218 | User interface design The invention relates to providing to a user a user interface. It is determining from a plurality interactions by a user with a first user interface whether they experienced difficulties using at least one module of the first user interface. Responsive to determinin... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6941290 | Method for computing all occurrences of a compound event from occurrences of primitive events A method for computing all occurrences of a compound event from occurrences of primitive events where the compound event is a defined combination of the primitive events. The method includes the steps of: (a) defining primitive event types; (b) defining combinations... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6912483 | In-place dynamically re-sizeable persistent historical database The specification discloses a method of maintaining a historical database of information. The method describes up to eleven segments, each segment corresponding possibly to a different data logging rate in the historical database. Points, whether measured or calcula... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6722973 | Apparatus for the simulated rearing of a movable living object There is provided a rearing simulation apparatus which can dramatically produce further rearing pleasure for a player by allowing the player to rear and grow an imaginary living body of the rearing simulation apparatus and constructing the rearing simulation apparat... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6496742 | Classifying apparatus designed in particular for odor recognition A classification apparatus, notably for uses in recognition or characterisation of odors, comprises a plurality of sensors for generating raw data representing a plurality of instances of a plurality of different classes; and a processing unit for process... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6477520 | Adaptive travel purchasing optimization system A travel purchasing optimization system consists of a cognizer in communication with a knowledge base and a rule base. A knowledge acquisition and rule manager (KARM) dynamically creates, alters, and adaptively fine tunes rules for the rule base from exis... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6446057 | Method and apparatus for transparent backtracking A technique is used in embodiments of the invention such that backtracking programs can be written in a general purpose computer language (e.g., C++ or Java) without requiring the control structure of the program to reflect the structure of the decision t... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6227966 | Simulation device for fostering a virtual creature With a purpose of providing a simulation device for fostering a virtual creature where the virtual creature is disciplined, the virtual creature is grown and fostered when a player conducts a corresponding treatment in response to a call or a request from... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6192356 | System and method for automatically executing decisional rules A system and method for automatically evaluating a decisional rule containing a task and a condition which must be fulfilled before the task can be performed and for automatically performing the task when or whenever the condition is fulfilled in which a ... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6163730 | Method and control system for changing the state of a plant A device in accordance with the present invention includes drive circuitry (110) coupled to a plant (120). The drive circuitry (110) generates a first set of command signals to transition the state of the plant (120) from an initial state to an intermedia... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6098061 | Computer system for interactive help using human-understandable knowledge and computer-understandable knowledge A computer-understandable knowledge base for accumulating computer-understandable task knowledge and a know-how knowledge base for accumulating know-how knowledge understandable for a human being are provided. In accordance with, for example, a result of ... | 08/01/2000 |
| 5978786 | System and method for automatically executing decisional rules A system and method for automatically evaluating a decisional rule containing a task and a condition which must be fulfilled before the task can be performed and for automatically performing the task when or whenever the condition is fulfilled in which a ... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5971922 | System and method for predicting blood glucose level A system for predicting a blood glucose level is comprised of a time series measurement data storing section for storing blood glucose level measured data in a blood glucose time series file to treat the data as time series data. A dynamics estimating sec... | 10/26/1999 |
