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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8144256 | Video signal transmission unit A repeater unit includes an input circuit having an input terminal that can be connected to output of an upstream repeater unit through a signal cable for inputting a video signal from the input terminal; an output circuit having an output terminal that can be conne... | 03/27/2012 |
| 7865929 | Receiving apparatus of digital broadcasting and display method of recording program associated information When an analog-recorded tape cassette is loaded into an apparatus which can perform an analog recording/reproduction and a digital recording/reproduction by a same video tape and is reproduced, an alarm is displayed. When a tape cassette in which a transport stream ... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7735102 | System and method for focused navigation within a user interface A sequence of cards is stored that graphically represents available options within an information system. In addition, supplemental information related to at least one card may be obtained. In response to a single user action, the sequence of cards is successively d... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7716702 | Technique for delivering via a communications network data for image display with a desired aspect ratio A system and method are provided for delivering data including graphical components to user terminals through a communications network, e.g., a cable TV network. In one embodiment, multiple versions of a graphical component of a program guide, each formatted for a r... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7665116 | Network architecture for real time delivery of video over lossy networks from remote locations A method for content delivery comprising transmitting content via a first network to a content aggregation point and transmitting the content from the content aggregation point via a second network to a receiver at the request of the receiver. A system for content d... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7620552 | Annotating programs for automatic summary generation Audio/video programming content is made available to a receiver from a content provider, and meta data is made available to the receiver from a meta data provider. The meta data corresponds to the programming content, and identifies, for each of multiple portions of... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7603335 | Acquisition of attribute and accounting information with communication interruption An attribute information acquisition method, including transmitting an attribute request for contents attribute information for altering attributes of contents data stored in a storage medium to an attribute information providing apparatus. The method also includes ... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7542960 | Interpretable unsupervised decision trees An unsupervised decision tree is constructed, involving the data records or patterns that do not posses any class labels. The objective of clustering or segmenting the data set is to discover subsets of data records that possess homogeneous characteristics. In the c... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7526463 | Neural network using spatially dependent data for controlling a web-based process System and method for controlling a process with spatially dependent conditions for producing a product with spatially dependent properties, e.g., a web/sheet-based process for producing a web/sheet-based product. Input data comprising a plurality of input data sets... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7519563 | Optimizing subset selection to facilitate parallel training of support vector machines One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that optimizes subset selection to facilitate parallel training of a support vector machine (SVM). During operation, the system receives a dataset comprised of data points. Next, the system evaluates the data... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7480639 | Support vector classification with bounded uncertainties in input data A computer-implemented method for determining a boundary for binary classification includes providing a data set, initializing a value for noise in the data set, and determining a hyperplane dividing the data set and a slack variable given a current value for noise.... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7478074 | Support vector machine A method for operating a computer as a support vector machine (SVM) in order to define a decision surface separating two opposing classes of a training set of vectors. The method involves associating a distance parameter with each vector of the SVM's training set. T... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7475047 | Parallel grouping decomposition for fast training of large-scale support vector machines One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that performs parallel grouping decomposition to facilitate expedited training of a support vector machine (SVM). During operation, the system receives a training dataset comprised of data vectors. The system... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7472095 | Methods and apparatus for automatic classification of text messages into plural categories Systems and techniques for classification of incoming text messages into categories. An initial set of categories is created and populated with a set of initial messages in each category. Incoming messages are assigned to a category based on text analysis of the inc... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7467124 | Arrangement of configurable logic blocks A logic circuit includes at least one register and a corresponding comparator coupled to the register and an input data node. A multiplexer is coupled to the register. A control block is coupled to the multiplexer, the comparator, the input node and an input control... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7467117 | Artificial intelligence and global normalization methods for genotyping Described herein are systems and methods for normalizing data without the use of external controls. Also described herein are systems and methods for analyzing cluster data, such as genotyping data, using an artificial neural network. ... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7464064 | Configuration model consistency checking using flexible rule space subsets Inconsistencies between configuration rules represent a significant concern when modeling a product using configuration rules. The consistency checking system approaches a configuration model from the perspective of a sets of features and families. The configuration... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7464063 | Information processor, state judging unit and diagnostic unit, information processing method, state judging method and diagnosing method An information processor, a state judging unit, a diagnostic unit, an information processing method, a state judging method and a diagnosing method aim at precisely recognizing each operation carried out by an object that functions in a number of operation modes. Fo... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7457790 | Extensible configuration engine system and method Methods and systems are provided for facilitating decision making through an improved recommendation system. The data used in the system, such as the questions and business logic for navigating between questions, is stored in relational database tables that are easy... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7454396 | Method for compressing multi-field rule specifications The present invention relates to a method for storing a plurality of multi-field classification rules in a computer system. Each multi-field classification rule includes a rule specification that itself includes a plurality of fields and a plurality of field definit... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7454399 | 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... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7454394 | Caching for end-user systems to reduce usage of access links to a communication network An access system that is coupled to a communication network hosts a file for an end-user system. The access system receives the file from the end-user system. The access system stores the file in a memory in the access system. The access system receives a message fr... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7447664 | Neural network predictive control cost function designer A method, a computer-readable medium, and a system for tuning a cost function to control an operational plant are provided. A plurality of cost function parameters is selected. Predicted future states generated by the neural network model are selectively incorporate... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7447666 | System and method for analyzing a pattern in a time-stamped event sequence Various embodiments and implementations include a system and method for determining distinct occurrences of a pattern in a sequence of time-stamped event instances by determining a maximum cardinality of disjoint occurrences of the pattern in the one or more sequenc... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7444313 | Systems and methods for optimizing decision graph collaborative filtering The present invention provides collaborative filtering systems and methods employing default scores of decision graphs/trees to quickly create a top-n prediction list that can efficiently determine a user's interest in items. In one instance of the present invention... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7440932 | Method and system for automating issue resolution in manufacturing execution and material control systems Automatic error recovery systems and methods for automated manufacturing plants and factories are disclosed. Such facilities normally have multiple automated control systems, including an automated material handling system (AMHS), all of which run automatically, typ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440927 | Regulating the growth of complexity in developmental systems Developmental systems (1/11) are provided with an autotelic mechanism for driving their development. An autotelic component (1) in the system uses a mapping mechanism (2) to produce an output based on a set of inputs. The mapping mechanism (2... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7437335 | Method and system for constructing cognitive programs The present invention is directed to a method of creating a program to solve a problem pertaining to a first task. In the method, user input data pertaining to a second task is received from an operator. The second task is different from the first task. A number of ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7437341 | System and method for selecting a suitable technical architecture to implement a proposed solution Systems, methods and computer program products for assisting a user who is designing a project in selecting a technical architecture suitable for the project. A catalog of architectures and architecture components and various criteria to be met by project architectu... | 10/14/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7437340 | Designing of a logic circuit for testability The area of the circuit to be added for easy testability is reduced. Operations contained in a behavioral description are extracted in an operation analyzing unit; when expanding any operation at the time of behavioral synthesis, if the area of the circuit can be re... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7433854 | Backward chaining with extended knowledge base network Mixed mode inferencing is provided by creating an extension to a RETE network to handle both forward and backward chaining efficiently. The extended RETE network is traversed from a root node through intermediate nodes to the rules of the network. The intermediate n... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7433850 | Methods and systems for computing singular value decompositions of matrices and low rank approximations of matrices Methods and systems for finding a low rank approximation for an m×n matrix A are described. The described embodiments can independently sample and/or quantize the entries of an input matrix A, and can thus speed up computation by reducing the number of non-zero ent... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7433851 | System and method for inferring geological classes A system for inferring geological classes from oilfield well input data is described using a neural network for inferring class probabilities and class sequencing knowledge and optimising the class probabilities according to the sequencing knowledge. ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7433858 | Rule selection engine A rules-based system makes use of a specification that is similar to those used in earlier systems, such as in OPS5, but does not require the computational complexity of implementations such as Rete. In some such implementations, matching of the applicable rules giv... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7433856 | Optimization with unknown objective function Nonlinear optimization is applied to resource allocation, as for example, buffer pool optimization in computer database software where only the marginal utility is known. The method for allocating resources comprises the steps of starting from an initial allocation,... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7433857 | Techniques for reconstructing supply chain networks using pair-wise correlation analysis Techniques for reconstructing networks are provided. In one aspect, a method for reconstructing a synthetic network, such as a synthetic biological network, is provided. In another aspect, a method for reconstructing a supply chain network is provided. Exemplary sup... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7430546 | Applications of an algorithm that mimics cortical processing An information processing system having neuron-like signal processors that are interconnected by synapse-like processing junctions that simulates and extends capabilities of biological neural networks. The information processing systems uses integrate-and-fire neuro... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7430548 | Rule processing system A rule processing apparatus includes modules for defining/entering attributes, enumerations, and/or relationships; packaging the definitions in a reduced canonical form suitable for propositional logic manipulation using zero-suppressed binary decision diagrams (Zdd... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7426501 | Nanotechnology neural network methods and systems A physical neural network is disclosed, which includes a connection network comprising a plurality of molecular conducting connections suspended within a connection gap formed between one or more input electrodes and one or more output electrodes. One or more molecu... | 09/16/2008 |
