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3M employee and church chorister Art Fry needed something to temporarily mark pages in his hymnal. He was in luck because his colleague, Spencer Silver, accidentally developed a glue that was too weak for other purposes. After initially discouraging consumer response, Post-it Notes became a hit in 1979.
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120290518 | INTEGRATED SEARCH AND ADAPTIVE DISCOVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD An integrated search and adaptive discovery system and method integrates contents-based indexing and behavioral-based indexing of collections of computer-implemented objects to generate contextualized and/or personalized recommendations. The degree to which contextualiz... | 11/15/2012 |
| 20120254099 | INTEGRATED INTEREST AND EXPERTISE-BASED DISCOVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD An integrated interest and expertise-based discovery system and method infers interest and expertise levels of users and generates recommendations for delivery to the users in accordance with the inferred interest and expertise levels. The inferences of expertise may be... | 10/04/2012 |
| 20120254098 | Adaptive Expertise Clustering System and Method A computer-implemented adaptive expertise clustering system and method generates expertise cohorts based on inferences from behavioral information and applies the expertise cohorts in generating recommendations for delivery to users. The expertise clustering may be info... | 10/04/2012 |
| 20120254097 | Activity Stream-Based Recommendations System and Method A computer-implemented activity stream-based recommendations system delivers recommendations in accordance with a selected item of an activity stream, inferences of interests based on usage behaviors, and a contextual neighborhood of objects. In addition, or alternative... | 10/04/2012 |
| 20120254096 | Portable Inferred Interest and Expertise Profiles A computer-implemented portable inferred interests and expertise profiling system generates an inferred user profile embodied as an inference vector, which is generated based on inferences from behavioral information and in accordance with standardized tags that are ass... | 10/04/2012 |
| 20120254095 | Expertise Discovery Methods and Systems A computer-implemented expertise discovery method and system generates recommendations of people in accordance with inferences of levels of expertise from behavioral information. The generation of the recommendations may be in accordance with comparisons of two or more ... | 10/04/2012 |
| 20120254094 | Contextual Scope-Based Discovery Systems A computer-implemented discovery system applies a contextual neighborhood scope with respect to a fuzzy network-based structure, and generates recommendations in accordance with the resulting contextual neighborhood and inferences from behavioral information. The contex... | 10/04/2012 |
| 20120254079 | Serendipitous Recommendations System and Method A computer-implemented serendipitous recommendations system and method generates recommendations for delivery to system users in accordance with settings of desired levels of serendipity, including serendipity levels established through use of serendipity tuning control... | 10/04/2012 |
| 20120254075 | Contextually Integrated Learning Layer A computer-implemented transforming function contextually transforms multiple originating computer-implemented structures into a composite fuzzy network-based structure. The composite fuzzy network-based structure serves as a contextual basis for recommendations. The re... | 10/04/2012 |
| 20120254074 | Contextually Transformed Learning Layer A computer-implemented transformational protocol is applied to contextually transform an originating computer-implemented structure into a fuzzy network-based structure. The originating structure may be a hierarchy, for example. The fuzzy network-based structure is adap... | 10/04/2012 |
| 20120101976 | Temporally Sequenced Recommendations and Associated Explanations in Subscription-based Systems A computer-implemented method and system for temporally sequenced recommendations and associated explanations in subscription-based systems delivers to users of a subscription-based system multiple recommended objects that are arranged in a temporal sequence. The delive... | 04/26/2012 |
| 20120096155 | Subscription-based Temporally Sequenced Recommendations A method and system for temporally-sequenced recommendations in subscription-based systems delivers to users of a subscription-based system multiple recommended objects that are arranged in a temporal sequence. The delivered recommended objects are in accordance with us... | 04/19/2012 |
| 20120089915 | Method and Device for Temporally Sequenced Adaptive Recommendations of Activities A method and device for temporally sequenced recommendations of activities delivers to users temporally sequenced objects comprising user activities, wherein the delivered objects are selected based, at least in part, on inferences of preferences from usage behaviors. T... | 04/12/2012 |
| 20120054148 | Explanatory People Matching System and Method An explanatory people matching system and method matches people in accordance with inferences from usage behaviors, and delivers reasons for the matching to the matched people. The usage behaviors may include behaviors such as subscriptions and accesses to computer-impl... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120036020 | System and Method for Adaptive Games A system and method for computer-implemented adaptive games selects and arranges game objects in game instances in accordance with inferred preferences based, at least in part, on usage behaviors. Variations of the system and method include automatically selecting and/o... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120035985 | Adaptive Pricing System and Method A computer-implemented system and method for adaptive pricing determines a price that is associated with one or more recommended products and/or product configurations based, at least in part, on inferences from behavioral information. The price may be further determine... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120035976 | Expertise-Responsive Adaptive Workflow System and Method A computer-implemented system and method for expertise-responsive adaptive workflow delivers workflow step recommendations based, at least in part, on inferences from behavioral information and a level of expertise. Experts may be designated manually or automatically, a... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120035970 | Context-Conditional Recommendation Delivery System A computer-implemented context-conditional recommendation delivery method, system, and device conditionally enable delivery of recommendations that are based on inferred preferences, given a sufficient contextual basis. The contextual basis may include factors such as l... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120035969 | Context-Conditional Recommendation Receipt System A computer-implemented context-conditional recommendation receipt method, system, and device conditionally enable receipt of recommendations that are based on inferred preferences, given a sufficient contextual basis. The contextual basis may include factors such as loc... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120030621 | Temporally Sequenced Adaptive Recommendations of Activities A system and method for temporally sequenced recommendations of activities delivers to users temporally sequenced objects comprising user activities, wherein the delivered objects are selected based, at least in part, on inferences of preferences from usage behaviors. T... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120030620 | Temporally Sequenced Recommendations in Subscription-Based Systems A system and method for temporally sequenced recommendations in subscription-based systems delivers to users of a subscription-based system multiple recommended objects that are arranged in a temporal sequence. The delivered recommended objects are in accordance with us... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120030064 | Physiological-Responsive Recommender System and Device A physiological-responsive computer-implemented system and device generates recommendations based on usage behaviors, including physiological responses such as body movements and gestures. The recommendations may be based on an inference of a preference and/or in accord... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120030063 | Physical Site-Contextualized Recommender A site-contextualized method, system, and device generates recommendations based on usage behaviors and a physical site layout. The recommendations may comprise one or more products, and a recommendation may be accompanied with an associated price. The recommendations m... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120030030 | System and Method for Adaptive Media Instances A system and method for computer-implemented adaptive media instances selects and arranges objects in media instances in accordance with inferred preferences based, at least in part, on usage behaviors, including subscriptions to objects representing people. Variations ... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120030029 | System and Method for Adaptive Videos A system and method for computer-implemented adaptive videos selects and arranges video elements in media instances in accordance with inferred preferences based, at least in part, on usage behaviors. Variations of the system and method include automatically selecting a... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120030028 | System and Method for Adaptive Soundtracks A system and method for computer-implemented adaptive soundtracks selects and arranges songs in media instances in accordance with inferred preferences based, at least in part, on usage behaviors. Variations of the system and method include automatically selecting and/o... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20110302209 | Proximity-based People Matching System and Method A people matching system and method matches people in accordance with inferences of mutual interests, location, and/or proximity. Suggested matches may also be based on factors such as mobility inferences and environmental conditions. Inferences of mutual interests may ... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110302121 | Environment-Responsive People Matching System and Method An environment-responsive people matching system and method matches people in accordance with inferences of mutual interests based, at least in part, on environmental conditions local to the people being matched. Other behavioral information, proximity, and mobility inf... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110302208 | Search-based People Matching System and Method A people matching system and method matches people in response to a search request. The computer-generated suggested matches may be based on inferences of mutual interests, as well as on factors such as proximity and environmental conditions. The inferences of mutual in... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110302134 | People Matching in Subscription-based Communities A people matching system and method matches people in computer-implemented communities in which users subscribe to information generated by other users. The computer-generated suggested matches may be based on inferences of mutual interests, as well as on factors such a... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110295664 | Dynamically-Assembled Advertisement System and Method A dynamically-assembled advertisement system and method dynamically generates advertisements from advertisement components based on inferences of preferences from usage behaviors. Personalization features of the dynamically assembled advertisements include applying peop... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110295663 | Environment-Responsive Advertising System and Method An environment-responsive system and method delivers advertisements to advertisement recipients in accordance with monitored usage behaviors and environment conditions local to the advertisement recipients. The advertisement recipients may interact with the advertisemen... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110295696 | Personalized Advertising for Gesture Monitoring Systems A computer-implemented personalized advertising system and method delivers dynamically generated advertisements to users of gesture-monitoring systems. The personalized advertisements are based, at least in part, on monitored behaviors, and personalization features of t... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110295703 | Gesture-Responsive Advertising System and Method A gesture-responsive system and method delivers interactive advertisements to advertisement recipients in accordance with monitored gestures and/or other behaviors, including other bodily movements. The advertisement recipient may interact with the advertisement deliver... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110295699 | Gesture-Responsive Advertising Process A gesture-responsive advertising process provides advertising fee processing for advertisements delivered on a gesture-responsive system. Fees are associated with advertisement recipient behaviors that are made in response to receipt of an advertisement. These behaviors... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110295665 | Subscription-Based Community Advertising System and Method A subscription-based community advertising system and method delivers advertisements to system users that are members of computer-implemented communities in which the users subscribe to objects representing other users. The delivered advertisements may be generated in a... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20060184482 | Adaptive decision process An adaptive decision process is disclosed for more effectively and efficiently determining and conducting information gathering and evaluation associated with decisions. The adaptive decision process integrates decision analysis, value of information analysis, design of... | 08/17/2006 |
| 20060015380 | Method for business lifecycle management In accordance with the embodiments described herein, a method and system for development and implementation of business and process strategies is disclosed. The disclosed business and process strategies method is an integrative approach that includes the integration of ... | 01/19/2006 |
| 20060015381 | Business lifecycle management system In accordance with the embodiments described herein, a method and system for development and implementation of business and process strategies is disclosed. The disclosed business and process strategies system and method is an integrative approach that includes the inte... | 01/19/2006 |
