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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8170979 | Systems and methods for calibrating user ratings A website may allow users to rate content items displayed thereon. The user ratings associated with the content items may be weighted according to user rating weight. The rating weight of a particular user may be based, in whole or part, upon whether the user consis... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8090674 | Integrated system and method for multichannel neuronal recording with spike/LFP separation, integrated A/D conversion and threshold detection A CMOS integrated circuit for multi-channel neuronal recording with twelve true-differential channels, band separation and digital offset calibration. The recorded signal is separated into 2 bands: a low-frequency, local field potential (LFP); and high-frequency spi... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8069134 | Rapid knowledge transfer among workers A system and method enable rapid knowledge transfer, for example between a plurality of experts and a plurality of apprentices located remotely from the experts. The system makes use of unique tools to facilitate transfer of knowledge and collaboration between indiv... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8010479 | Simplifying the creation of user-defined custom elements for use in a graphical modeling application The present invention can include a solution for capturing user-defined custom elements for use in a graphical modeling application. Such a system can include a graphical modeling application and a custom element definition tool. The graphical modeling application c... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7970727 | Method for modeling data structures by creating digraphs through contexual distances A method for modeling data affinities and data structures. In one implementation, a contextual distance may be calculated between a selected data point in a data sample and a data point in a contextual set of the selected data point. The contextual set may include t... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7925611 | Graphical user interface The present invention relates to systems and methods that facilitates rendering of data in an industrial automation environment. According to an aspect of the invention, a device analyzer can determine properties associated with a plurality of devices intended for d... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7904413 | Method and system to segment an OLAP set A segmentation management system manages segmentation of a set of members in a multi-dimensionally modeled data source. The segmentation management system comprises a segment definition manager, a segmentation engine and a segment application manager. The segment de... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7899776 | Explaining changes in measures thru data mining Systems and methodologies for identification of factors that cause significant shifts in transactions in a relational store and/or OLAP environment. Transactions are grouped into significant categories defined across the whole data space, to detect interesting sub s... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7899777 | Web-based visualization mash-ups for industrial automation A visualization system that generates visual mash-ups for industrial automation includes a mash-up component that combines output from a subset of disparate sources into a common interface. The disparate sources include at least one of equipment, computers, or devic... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7882057 | Complex configuration processing using configuration sub-models A configuration model dividing and configuration sub-model inference processing system and procedure addresses the issue of configuration model and query complexity by breaking a configuration problem down into a set of smaller problems, solving them individually an... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7809671 | Rapid knowledge transfer among workers A knowledge transfer system is described for transferring knowledge from expert workers at a client location to apprentice workers at an outsourcing location. The knowledge transfer system includes a memory system configured to store a Knowledge Transfer Plan that d... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7801926 | Programmable logic and constraints for a dynamically typed storage system Embodiments define a set of rules such that a type designer can express as part of a type's definition whether the type has extended the logic and/or constraints of its ancestral types in such a way that applications written against that ancestral type will continue... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7756810 | Software tool for training and testing a knowledge base A software tool for creating, training and testing a knowledge base of a computerized customer relationship management system is disclosed. The software tool includes corpus editing processes for displaying and editing text-based corpus items, and assigning selected... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7734563 | Automatic invocation of computational resources without user intervention across a network A system is described for automatically invoking computational resources without intervention or request from a user of the system. The computational resources may operate by searching across a network, or may themselves be located across a network. In the system a ... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7725419 | Proactive user interface including emotional agent A proactive user interface, installed in (or otherwise control and/or be associated with) any type of computational device. The proactive user interface actively makes suggestions to the user, based upon prior experience with a particular user and/or various preprog... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7707134 | System and method for molecular diagnosis of depression based on boosting classification A method for diagnosing depression includes providing surface-enhanced laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometric (SELDI-MS) data of a plurality of proteins, said data obtained from a patient and comprising a plurality of peak values, and analyzing said peak val... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7676446 | System and method for making decisions Systems and methods are disclosed to assist in making decisions. The systems and methods consider situations where the user is determining which of several alternatives is the best choice. The criteria to evaluate the decisions are input into a grid, and the user ra... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7650321 | Two classifier based system for classifying anomalous medical patient records Missing data is addressed in a medical decision support system. The classifier applied to the patient record with missing data is obtained as a function of the available data. For example, one of a plurality of different classifiers is selected based on the features... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7624087 | Method of expert system analysis of DNA electrophoresis data Methods of analyzing data are provided. An expert system receives input from at least a first source. Data is imported and analyzed by an expert system, wherein the expert system makes at least one first decision, which characterizes the data based on a rule base. T... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7624086 | Pre-install compliance system The present invention interrogates computer systems prior to software installations to ensure software installations operate correctly and do not conflict with existing hardware and software. An agent application is first installed on a user's system. When a new pro... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7584165 | Support apparatus, method and system for real time operations and maintenance An apparatus, system and method for facilitating decision-making in connection with management of enterprise assets are disclosed. A real time expert decision support module is interfaced with an access portal including a navigation table for asset management, and w... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7552104 | Decision support system and method The invention provides a decision support method for two or more pre-defined criteria and two or more profiles. Each criterion comprises two or more pre-defined and ordinally ranked categories. Each profile comprises a set of two or more of the criteria. Each criter... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7519569 | System, apparatus, and method to dynamically allocate resources A system, apparatus, and method to dynamically allocate resources provide full connectivity between elements. A common decision execution capability (CDEC) forms a centralized command and control function able to control the elements. The CDEC is adapted to generate... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7512584 | Computer hardware and software diagnostic and report system The present invention tests computer systems for defects that are able to cause performance and functional problems. An agent application is first installed on a user's system. The agent application then retrieves problem data from the expert system library pertinen... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7499903 | Semantic to non-semantic routing for locating a live expert A system and method of semantic to non-semantic routing for locating an expert. An inquiry-type database has a first layer of inquiry types organized from underlying criteria groupings, (humanly understandable descriptors). Additional layers are associated in a one-... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7487134 | Medical risk stratifying method and system A method is provided for a medical risk stratification system. The method may include establishing a medical risk process model indicative of interrelationships between a plurality of medical risks and a plurality of health parameters and obtaining a set of values c... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7464066 | Multi-dimensional, expert behavior-emulation system An expert decision-making method is emulated based on a history of behaviors by experts in a variety of observed situations. The history of behaviors is built up from observations of actions taken by experts in analyzing a plurality of situations. Situation data rep... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7447671 | Configuration of a measurement test on a protocol tester Configuration of a measurement task on a protocol tester includes displaying a problem field on a display device, the problem field having several network elements of a telecommunication network; graphically activating one of the network elements by a user; displayi... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7437343 | Multi-criterial decision making system and method An architecture is disclosed for assistance with exploration of design and other decision spaces and for making decisions. These decision spaces may be very large. The architecture consists of three main components: A Seeker acquires candidates by generating or retr... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7437703 | Enterprise multi-agent software system with services able to call multiple engines and scheduling capability A system and techniques are disclosed to provide a multi-agent software environment. The system provides several service modules that may be used by software programs to accomplish specific tasks. In one illustrative example, a first program module includes instruct... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7409686 | Method of constructing process workflow having decision subprocesses and routine subprocesses and combining subprocesses to form one unit process Disclosed is a method of constructing and executing a process. A conventional process is minutely divided into minimum unit subprocesses, and the minutely divided subprocesses are classified into a decision subprocesses and a routine subprocess by whether they requi... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7389280 | Computer-based intelligence method and apparatus for assessing selected subject-area problems and situations A computer-based method and apparatus for assessing problems and situations in a defined knowledge domain, employing both (a) an inferential database of elemental data components, as domain-wide as possible, which are relevant to the domain, and (b) periodic statist... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7389281 | Possibilistic expert systems and process control utilizing fuzzy logic An explicit assumption of continuity is used to generate a fuzzy implication operator, which yields an envelope of possibility for the conclusion. A single fuzzy rule A B entails an infinite set of possible hypothese A′B′ whose degree of consistency with the ori... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7383173 | Inferencing using disambiguated natural language rules A method and structure for automatically producing bridging inferences that join two related input sentences, by applying a lexicon and ontology data structure to a first input sentence to produce first input tagged sentences, applying the lexicon and ontology data ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7366709 | System and method for managing questions and answers using subject lists styles The present invention relates to a system and method of categorizing a user's inquiry and defining the scope of the assistance sought by creating a subject list style. A subject list style is created in a computer based match and route system by selecting a quantity... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7367020 | Executable radio software system and method An executable radio software system including a core framework layer responsive to one or more applications and a middleware layer. The core framework layer includes isolated platform dependent code in one or more files for a number of different platforms each selec... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363282 | Search system using user behavior data Context-based user feedback is gathered regarding searches performed on a search mechanism. The search mechanism is monitored for user behavior data regarding an interaction of a user with the search mechanism. The response data provided by the search mechanism is a... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363398 | Intelligent total access system A system for interfacing a user with an electronic device. An accessor device provides a user interface matched to the needs, abilities and intentions of the user and translates the user input commands and data into commands for the electronic device. An intelligent... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7350185 | System, method, and computer program product for effort estimation A system and method for establishing an estimate for proposals and other customer requests which precludes an extensive up front investment in expert opinion and design. This is accomplished by applying a pattern-based technique toward rough application effort sizin... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7350190 | Computer implemented modeling and analysis of an application user interface A Modeling and Analysis Program (MAP) having a modeler, an estimator, and an evaluator is disclosed. The MAP guides the user through the design process. The modeler takes the user's input of a process diagram and creates a model organized by pages. An estimator is a... | 03/25/2008 |
