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|06th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 53
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|Locating oil or gas passively by observing a porous oil and gas saturated system giving off its characteristic resonance response to ambient background noise, including optional differentiation of oil, locatinggas and water - This patent deals with methods to extract and analyze seismic signals due to resonance phenomena in an enclosed oil, gas, or water reservoir, which are passively excited by seismic background noise, locating thereby the presence of the reservoir by doing qualitative and quantitative estimates via forward modeling. Measurements are first used in a qualitative analysis in eight steps. The influence of gas bubbles is important. A quantitative method in form of a numerical simulation using one of several specific physical concepts is used for further analysis. By using successive forward modeling, together with investigation and feedback and in conjunction with the Monte Carlo method, more details are gained. It is also possible to determine the fluid type. The uniqueness of the methods is first that it is purely passive; second it is directly sensitive to the oil or gas, because the resonance effect is only present for a fluid.
|Method for Measuring Information of Technical and Biological Systems - The invention relates to a method for measuring potential information of a biological or technical system. The aim of the invention is to receive signals using less energy. To achieve this, random generators are used as receivers of low-energy quanta, since the random generators can be regarded and implemented as antennae and receivers of signals of this type. The extensive natural transmission range of low-energy quanta can also be used to receive potential information from systems.
|Normalization of Gene Expression Data - A method for determining bias across two domains comprising gene expression data. The method can comprise (a) providing a first domain and a second domain; (b) obtaining information indicative of a bias within the first domain; (c) obtaining information indicative of a bias within the second domain; and (d) using the information indicative of the bias within the first domain and the information indicative of the bias within the second domain to produce an indication of bias across the two domains.
|CHANGE MAPPING FOR STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING - A method is present for mapping changes in a structure. A plurality of responses is collected from a set of transmitter and sensor pairs for the structure. Change metrics for pixels in a plurality of grids are identified from the plurality of responses, wherein a first grid in the plurality of grids is shifted in relation to a second grid in the plurality of grids. A map is generated for the structure using the change metrics.
|REDUCING THE RINGING OF ACTUATOR ELEMENTS IN ULTRASOUND BASED HEALTH MONITORING SYSTEMS - A method and apparatus are present for monitoring a structure. A signal is sent into the structure, wherein the signal has a limited duration and a varying frequency. A response to the signal is received and the response is compared to a baseline to form a comparison.
|OIL SAMPLE ANALYSIS CALCULATOR AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME - In an oil sample analysis calculator (
|SIMULATING A VIBRATION PATTERN IN A COMPUTER SUBSYSTEM - Some embodiments of the present invention provide a system that generates a simulated vibration pattern in a computer subsystem. During operation, a vibration pattern is monitored at a location in the computer subsystem, wherein the vibration pattern is monitored while the computer subsystem is incorporated into the computer system and the computer system is operating. Then, the vibrations of the computer subsystem are mimicked by generating the simulated vibration pattern at the same location in the computer subsystem based on the monitored vibration pattern.
|Characterizing the response of a computer system component to vibrations - Some embodiments of the present invention provide a system that characterizes a response of a component in a computer system to vibrations generated by the computer system. First, the system measures the response of the component to vibrations in a frequency range while the component is located outside of the computer system. The system also measures vibrations generated by the computer system in the frequency range during operation of the computer system, wherein the vibrations are measured at a location in the computer system which is configured to receive the component. The system then characterizes the response of the component to vibrations generated by the computer system based on the measured response of the component to vibrations in the frequency range and the measured vibrations in the frequency range at the location.
|METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING ACOUSTIC FIELDS BASED ON GENERALIZED MOVING FRAME ACOUSTIC HOLOGRAPHY - A method and system for predicting acoustic fields based on generalized moving frame acoustic holography are disclosed. The method includes acquiring a first wavenumber spectrum on a measurement plane according to a moving coordinate system, converting the first wavenumber spectrum to a second wavenumber spectrum on a reference coordinate system using a relative velocity between the measurement plane and a medium, converting the second wavenumber spectrum to a third wavenumber spectrum on a prediction plane using an acoustic wave propagation theory, converting the third wavenumber spectrum to a fourth wavenumber spectrum on a moving coordinate system using a relative velocity between the medium and the prediction plane, and computing acoustic fields on the prediction plane using the fourth wavenumber spectrum.
|ELECTRICITY DETECTING SYSTEM AND METHOD HAVING A VERIFYING MECHANISM FOR VERIFYING MEASURED ELECTRICITY VALUES - An electricity detecting system includes a detector module operable to generate a plurality of source electricity values of a target electricity value, and a computing unit coupled to the detector module and receiving the source electricity values therefrom. The detector module includes a plurality of detectors, and each of the source electricity values is obtained using a respective one of the detectors. The computing unit is configured to determine weight values corresponding to the source electricity values while taking into account accuracy of the latter, and to determine a verified electricity value corresponding to the target electricity value from the source electricity values and their weight values. The computing unit is further configured to exclude the source electricity values corresponding to the detectors that have experienced breakdown from determination of the verified electricity value.
|STRESS CONDITION LOGGING IN UTILITY METER - An arrangement includes a utility meter housing that contains or supports a first sensor, a second sensor, and a processing circuit. The first sensor is configured to measure a first parameter, the first parameter relating to an environmental condition within the meter housing. The second sensor is configured to measure a second parameter. The processing circuit is operably connected to the first sensor and to the second sensor, and is configured to record information relating to one or more events, each event corresponding to a detection of an out of range condition by each of the first sensor and the second sensor.
|Temperature Profiling in an Electricity Meter - An arrangement for use in a utility meter includes a temperature sensor, a memory device, a communication circuit, and a processing circuit. The processing circuit is operably coupled to receive information representative of temperature measurements from the temperature sensor. The processing circuit is configured to store first temperature information associated with a first time period in a first data record in the memory device, the first temperature information derived from one or more of the temperature measurements. The processing circuit is further configured to store subsequent temperature information associated with corresponding subsequent time periods in corresponding other data records in the memory device. The processing circuit is also configure to periodically cause the communication circuit to communicate information representative of the first temperature information and the subsequent temperature information to an external device.
|APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING STATE OF HEALTH OF BATTERY BASED ON BATTERY VOLTAGE VARIATION PATTERN - An apparatus estimates SOH of a battery based on a battery voltage variation pattern. A data storing unit obtains and stores battery voltage, current and temperature data from sensors, at each SOH estimation. A first SOC estimating unit estimates first SOC by current integration using the battery current data. A second SOC estimating unit estimates open-circuit voltage from the voltage variation pattern, and calculates and stores second SOC corresponding to the open-circuit voltage and temperature using correlations between the open-circuit voltage/temperature and SOC. A weighted mean convergence calculating unit calculates and stores convergence value for weighted mean value of ratio of the second SOC variation to the first SOC variation. A SOH estimating unit estimates capacity corresponding to the weighted mean convergence value using correlation between the weighted mean convergence value and the capacity, estimates relative ratio of the estimated capacity to an initial capacity, and stores it as SOH.
|APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINATION OF THE STATE-OF-CHARGE OF A BATTERY WHEN THE BATTERY IS NOT IN EQUILIBRIUM - The invention relates to a method and an apparatus, like a charger for determining the state-of-charge of a battery which has been charged or discharged and which has not reached its equilibrium state, the method comprising the steps of determining the EMF of the battery by extrapolation of the battery voltage sampled during relaxation after the charge or the discharge process, wherein the extrapolation is based on a model using only variables sampled during the relaxation process and deriving the state-of-charge from the EMF of the battery by using a predetermined relation between the EMF and the state-of-charge. This method is a voltage-prediction method without the need to store parameters beforehand. Instead, the voltage relaxation end value is determined based on the measured first part of a voltage relaxation curve and mathematical optimisation/fitting of a function to this measured part of the relaxation curve.
|Systems and Methods for Monitoring Deterioration of a Rechargeable Battery - Systems and methods are provided for monitoring the deterioration of a rechargeable battery. A battery monitoring system may be used to store charging information, discharge information and storage information for a rechargeable battery to a data store. The charging information may include a number of charge cycles incurred by the rechargeable battery. The discharge information may include a number discharge cycles incurred by the rechargeable battery. The storage information may include information relating to periods when the rechargeable battery is not being actively charged or discharged. The battery monitoring system may be further used to determine an amount of deterioration of a battery performance characteristic based on the stored charging information, discharge information and storage information.
|Method and Device for Recognizing Pulses - A series (FA) of scanning values (AW) is transformed into a series (FT) of transformation values (TW) by adding one respective transformation value (TW) representing a current scanning value (AW) of the series (FA) of scanning values (AW) to the series (FT) of transformation values (TW) if the current scanning value (AW) of the series (FA) of scanning values (AW) deviates from a given reference scanning value (REF) at least by a given net value (MDIFF). The current scanning value (AW) of the series (FA) of scanning values (AW) which deviates from the given reference scanning value (REF) at least by the given net value (MDIFF) is predefined as the given reference scanning value (REF) for subsequent current scanning values (AW). A moving average (M) is determined in accordance with the series (FT) of transformation values (TW). Pulses (IMP) are recognized in accordance with the moving average (M).
|SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SIGNAL MEASUREMENT - A signal measurement method includes receiving a signal from a signal generating module; displaying a wave of the signal; reading a reference parameter of the signal, and adjusting the wave according to the reference parameter; measuring the signal according to the wave after adjustment; and displaying the measurement result.
|Waveform Observing Apparatus - There is provided a waveform observing apparatus, which facilitates management of compressed data and measured data that were created for a reduced display, reduces a calculating amount in making the reduced display, and displays a boundary between stoppage and start of collection of measured data in a visually observable manner, in such a manner that, when a compression ratio is set to the number of pieces of data per display dot, a plurality of compressed data of a compressed-data file for display with a smaller compression ratio than the above used to calculate compressed data, to make a reduced display at the compression ratio after the setting change, final compressed data is created based upon measured data of a fraction at the time of stoppage of sampling, top compressed data is created based upon measured data of a fraction immediately after resuming of the sampling at the time of the resuming.
|SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING HIGH FREQUENCY TIME DOMAIN IN EMBEDDED DEVICE PROBING - A system and associated method for evaluating a high-frequency signal at a point of interest on a signal path from a remote signal at a remote pickup point on the signal path. The point of interest is located on a device under test that is coupled to test equipment via the signal path. The high-frequency signal at the point of interest is calculated from the remote signal at the remote pickup point with an inverse transfer function that eliminates degradation effects on the high-frequency signal that is transferred through the signal path. The inverse transfer function may be calculated from measurements acquired in a test signal transfer through a reference path that simulates electrical properties of the signal path, or configured to a predetermined function if electrical properties of the signal path are known.
|Method and apparatus for calibrating wood testing machine - This improved method of calibrating wood testing machines includes improved test bars, shim and software to direct the operator through the steps of calibration, storing interim results and calculating new calibration factors based on values read when the test bars are placed in the wood testing machine. This method avoids a number of problems in previous methods and apparatus. It properly corrects for changes in deflection in the measurement apparatus and changes in straightness of the test bars. The result is a more stable and reliable calibration that is referenced to precise measurement of the EI product for the test bar.
|APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING RESISTANCE CALIBRATION CODE IN SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A resistance calibration code generating apparatus includes a code calibration unit configured to calibrate and output code values of a resistance calibration code during predetermined cycles of a calibration clock, which are determined by a code calibration time control command, and a calibration clock generating unit configured to output the calibration clock using a code calibration command.
|METHOD OF FUNCTIONAL CONTROL OF AN INERTIAL PLATFORM OF A MOVING CRAFT - A method for verifying an inertial unit for a moving body, the unit being mounted on a movement simulator, and the method includes: theoretical modeling of the inertial unit on the movement simulator, supplying theoretical inertial data representing measurement inertial data deemed to be measured by the inertial unit; simulation modeling including modeling of the inertial unit in a real navigation environment, the simulation modeling being fed with control commands and supplying simulation inertial data representing output data from the inertial unit in real navigation environment; calculating control commands as a function of the measurement inertial data, the simulation inertial data, and the theoretical inertial data; and validating the inertial unit by comparing the path of the moving body with a reference path.
|DIGITAL DAMPING CONTROL OF NANOMECHANICAL TEST INSTRUMENTS - A method of damping control for a nanomechanical test system, the method including providing an input signal, providing an output signal representative of movement of a displaceable probe along an axis in response to the input signal, performing a frequency-dependent phase shift of the output signal to provide a phase-shifted signal, adjusting the phase-shifted signal by a gain value to provide a feedback signal, and adjusting the input signal by incorporating the feedback signal with the input signal.
|METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR HYBRID OUTLIER DETECTION - Methods and apparatus for data analysis according to various aspects of the present invention are configured to identify statistical outliers in test data for components, including hybrid outliers representing outliers within subsets of larger data populations. A method and apparatus according to various aspects of the present invention may operate in conjunction with a test system having a tester, such as automatic test equipment (ATE) for testing semiconductors.
|Monitoring of heat exchangers in process control systems - A method for monitoring the efficiency of a heat exchanger is provided. Heat flows from a first medium into a second medium and an actual heat flow is detected and compared with at least one reference heat flow corresponding to a respectively predetermined degree of soiling of the heat exchanger. Furthermore, a device for controlling a plant having at least one heat exchanger is described. The plant has a storage device storing at least one reference heat flow of the heat exchanger.
|Shoes and Garments Employing One or More of Accelerometers, Wireless Transmitters, Processors Altimeters, to Determine Information Such as Speed to Persons Wearing the Shoes or Garments - A shoe is improved by including: at least one accelerometer for generating acceleration signals and a processor configured to process the acceleration signals to determine one or both of speed and distance traveled of a person wearing the shoe. A shoe and a garment are provided with a wireless transmitter, to provide information about the shoe/garment or a person wearing same.
|DEVICE FOR SENSING A RADIAL POSITION SPREAD OVER MORE THAN 90 DEGREES - The invention produces contactless radial position sensors having an equivalent angular aperture greater than 90°, and substantially eliminates the spurious microvibrations due to the imperfections of the current sensors. For this, the invention uses at least four independent sensors and an electronic device capable of virtually placing in series said sensors in groups of two or three in order to spread the equivalent angular aperture of said groups of sensors.
|System and method of estimating multi-tasking performance - A method and system of estimating multi-tasking performance performed in multi-processor are described. The method includes dividing a plurality of tasks into a plurality of sub tasks in accordance with predefined operation types, arranging the plurality of sub tasks in accordance with a predecessor-successor structure based on the operation types of the plurality of sub tasks, and estimating multi-tasking performance of the plurality of tasks using the arranged plurality of sub tasks.
|Real-time transmission of survey data - In a survey operation, survey measurement data obtained at each location is transmitted in real time as the measurement is made to avoid the limitations of the disk or other storage medium used in saving the data, to avoid loss or corruption of the data prior to the disk being delivered to its final destination, and to allow users to immediately view the results of the measurements while the rovers are still out in the field and readily capable of redoing measurements or supplementing the results with additional measurement points.
|METHODS FOR THE CYCLICAL PATTERN DETERMINATION OF TIME-SERIES DATA USING A CLUSTERING APPROACH - Cycles and other patterns within time-series data are determined. Time-series data are transformed into discretized sets of clustered data that are organized by time period. Comparison is made of the organized data to determine similar time periods and multiclusters of the similar time periods are formed. From the multicluster data, cycles are identified from which thresholds and other useful data may be derived, or the data used for other useful purposes.
|METHOD FOR SELECTIVELY AMENDING LAYOUT PATTERNS - A method to selectively amend a layout pattern is disclosed. First, a layout pattern including at least a first group and a second group is provided, wherein each one of the first group and the second group respectively includes multiple members. Second, a simulation procedure and an amendment procedure are respectively performed on all the members of the first group and the second group to obtain an amended first group and an amended second group. Then, the amended first group and the amended second group are verified as being on target or not. Afterwards, the layout pattern including the on target amended first group and the on target amended second group is output.
|COLLISION AVOIDANCE FOR ELECTRIC MINING SHOVELS - Systems and methods for reducing the probability of a collision between a first object, whose trajectory is substantially controlled by an operator input command, and a second object. In one embodiment such a method includes receiving an operator input command indicative of first control data; generating model data indicative of a virtual construct of the physical environment proximal to the first object; processing the first control data to predict future dynamics of the first object in the environment; determining whether, on the basis of the predicted dynamics and the model data, the first object is predicted to collide with a second object in the environment; defining second control data for which the first object is not predicted to collide with the second object in the environment; and providing the second control data to a controller coupled to the first object such that the first object is controlled in accordance with the second control data for substantially avoiding the collision of the first object with the second object.
|ANALYTICAL MODEL PREPARATION METHOD, AND SIMULATION SYSTEM METHOD FOR PREDICTING MOLDING FAILURE - There is provided a method for preparing an analytical model for analyzing a shape of a molded part. The method includes: (a) measuring the shape of the molded part three-dimensionally to obtain shape data; (b) dividing the shape data into two surfaces which define a thickness of the molded part; (c) calculating a deviation between the divided two surfaces, as thickness data; (d) relating the thickness data with the shape data; (e) preparing a shape model of the molded part from CAD data related to the molded part; (f) associating the shape model with the shape data; and (g) imparting, to shape model, the thickness data related with the shape data in accordance with the association in step (f), thereby preparing the analytical model.
|Efficient computation of Voronoi diagrams of general generators in general spaces and uses thereof - A computerized method of computing the Voronoi diagram has applications including communications networks, robotics, three-dimensional networks, materials science, searching image processing, data clustering, data compression, control of a groups of methods for image processing and the like, design of electronic circuits, geographic information systems, solutions of the efficient location problem, face recognition, mesh generation and re-meshing, curve and surface generation/reconstruction, solid modeling, collision detection, controlling motion of vehicles, navigation, accident prevention, data clustering and data processing, proximity operations, nearest neighbor search, numerical simulations, weather prediction, analyzing and modeling proteins and other biological structures, designing drugs, finding shortest paths, pattern recognition and as an artistic tool. The Voronoi diagram is a decomposed region X made into cells, the decomposition being induced by a set of generators (P
|Method for Predicting Flow and Performance Characteristics of a Body Using Critical Point Location - A method is provided for calculating flow performance characteristics of a body immersed in a fluid under a set of fluid flow conditions. The method comprises providing a geometrical description of a surface of the body and determining the set of fluid flow conditions. The set of fluid flow conditions includes a combination selected from the combination set consisting of angle of attack and leading edge stagnation point location, angle of attack and flow separation point location, and leading edge stagnation point location and flow separation point location. The method further comprises calculating a velocity flow field for the body using a critical point potential flow methodology and calculating flow performance characteristics.
|ACOUSTIC MODELING METHOD - A cross-spectral correlation function of a structure may be determined by providing a finite element model of the structure having a plurality of elements each having a centroid. A plurality of composite centroids may be determined wherein each one of the composite centroids is based on at least one of the elements. The cross-spectral correlation function between at least one pair of the elements in the finite element model may be assigned to be the cross-spectral correlation function of the composite centroids that include the centroids of the elements. If the pair of elements is included in the same composite centroid, then the cross-spectral correlation function between the elements is assigned to be the autocorrelation function of the composite centroid that includes the pair of elements.
|Method for Determining Heterogeneous Bottom Friction Distributions using a Numerical Wave Model - A computer-implemented inversion method for determining characteristics of a bottom roughness field using a numerical wave model is provided. Measured wave heights over an area of interest are compared to predicted wave heights calculated by a wave model using an estimated bottom roughness parameter. If the error between the measured wave heights and the predicted wave heights is within a specified tolerance level, the analysis ends and the value of the bottom roughness parameter used in the wave model is retrieved. If the error is not within the specified tolerance level, an Influence Matrix IM is used to obtain a revised estimated bottom roughness parameter. The wave model is re-run using the revised roughness parameter and the resulting predicted wave heights are compared to the measured wave heights. The inversion continues until the wave height error is within the specified tolerance level. When the inversion ends, the bottom roughness field that produced those predicted wave heights is retrieved.
|SYNTHETIC AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT FAST-TIME ENVIRONMENT - Techniques for providing synthetic air traffic management in a fast-time environment are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of providing a closed-loop air traffic management simulation gateway between a decision support tool (DST) and an airspace modeler includes receiving airspace simulation data from an airspace modeler. The airspace simulation may be converted to emulated radar signals at an update interval. The emulated radar signals may be transmitted to a decision support tool for analysis. A recommendation may be received from the decision support tool based on the emulated radar signals, which may be used to generate a synthetic actor response based on the recommendation. The synthetic actor may provide the response to the airspace modeler to enable updating the airspace simulation data. In this manner the design of more efficient airspace routes, arrival and departure routes and procedures may be more quickly achieved.
|SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING HEALTH ENHANCEMENT SERVICES - Methods and apparatus are described for providing health enhancement services through which geographical information such as an exercise route on a map can be obtained. According to various embodiments, heath enhancement services are provided that can effectively share exercise-related information among various people.
|METHOD AND APPARATUS OF TRANSLATING LANGUAGE USING VOICE RECOGNITION - The present invention relates to a method and apparatus of translating a language using voice recognition. The present invention provides a method of translating a language using voice recognition, comprising: receiving a voice input comprising a first language; acquiring at least one recognition candidate corresponding to the voice input by performing voice recognition on the voice input; providing a user interface for selecting at least one of the acquired at least one recognition candidate; and outputting a second language corresponding to the selected at least one recognition candidate, wherein the type of the user interface is determined according to the number of the acquired at least one recognition candidate, and an apparatus of translating a language using voice recognition for implementing the above method.
|Systems and methods for identifying collocation errors in text - Systems and methods for detecting collocation errors in a text sample using a reference database from a corpus are provided. Collocation candidates are identified within the text sample based upon syntactic patterns in the text sample. Whether a given collocation candidate contains a collocation error is detected, the detecting including: determining a first association measure using the reference database for the given collocation candidate; determining whether the first association measure satisfies a predetermined condition and identifying the given collocation candidate as proper if the first association measure satisfies the predetermined condition; determining an additional association measure for a variation of the given collocation candidate using the reference database; and determining whether or not the collocation candidate contains an error based upon the additional association measure of the variation.
|PROBABILITY-BASED APPROACH TO RECOGNITION OF USER-ENTERED DATA - A method for entering keys in a small key pad is provided. The method comprising the steps of: providing at least a part of keyboard having a plurality of keys; and predetermining a first probability of a user striking a key among the plurality of keys. The method further uses a dictionary of selected words associated with the key pad and/or a user.
|AUDIO SWITCHING DEVICE AND AUDIO SWITCHING METHOD - There is disclosed a speech switching device capable of improving quality of a decoded signal. In the device, a weighted addition unit (
|SPEECH ESTIMATION SYSTEM, SPEECH ESTIMATION METHOD, AND SPEECH ESTIMATION PROGRAM - The speech estimation system of the present invention includes a transmitter (
|Speech compression and decompression apparatuses and methods providing scalable bandwidth structure - A speech compression apparatus including: a first band-transform unit transforming a wideband speech signal to a narrowband low-band speech signal; a narrowband speech compressor compressing the narrowband low-band speech signal and outputting a result of the compressing as a low-band speech packet; a decompression unit decompressing the low-band speech packet and obtaining a decompressed wideband low-band speech signal; an error detection unit detecting an error signal that corresponds to a difference between the wideband speech signal and the decompressed wideband low-band speech signal; and a high-band speech compression unit compressing the error signal and a high-band speech signal of the wideband speech signal and outputting the result of the compressing as a high-band speech packet.
|Noise-Reduction Processing of Speech Signals - The present invention relates to a method for signal processing comprising the steps of providing a set of prototype spectral envelopes, providing a set of reference noise prototypes, wherein the reference noise prototypes are obtained from at least a sub-set of the provided set of prototype spectral envelopes, detecting a verbal utterance by at least one microphone to obtain a microphone signal, processing the microphone signal for noise reduction based on the provided reference noise prototypes to obtain an enhanced signal and encoding the enhanced signal based on the provided prototype spectral envelopes to obtain an encoded enhanced signal.
|Emotion Detection Device and Method for Use in Distributed Systems - A prosody analyzer enhances the interpretation of natural language utterances. The analyzer is distributed over a client/server architecture, so that the scope of emotion recognition processing tasks can be allocated on a dynamic basis based on processing resources, channel conditions, client loads etc. The partially processed prosodic data can be sent separately or combined with other speech data from the client device and streamed to a server for a real-time response. Training of the prosody analyzer with real world expected responses improves emotion modeling and the real-time identification of potential features such as emphasis, intent, attitude and semantic meaning in the speaker's utterances.
|Methods and Systems for Providing Grammar Services - A computing system, comprising: an I/O platform for interfacing with a user; and a processing entity configured to implement a dialog with the user via the I/O platform. The processing entity is further configured for: identifying a grammar template and an instantiation context associated with a current point in the dialog; causing creation of an instantiated grammar model from the grammar template and the instantiation context; storing the instantiated grammar model in a memory; and interpreting user input received via the I/O platform in accordance with the instantiated grammar model. Also, a grammar authoring environment supporting a variety of grammar development tools is disclosed.
|JOURNALING DEVICE AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A portable journaling device is useful for thought and behavior tracking, documenting, optimizing, teaching, and training. The device is arranged and configured to receive and store voice data, and to transmit the received voice data to a server. The server transcribes the voice data, if possible, and stores the transcribed data. If the server is unable to transcribe the voice data, the voice data is automatically forwarded to a data transcription service for manual transcription. The manually transcribed data is then received by the server where the manually transcribed data is stored.
|Speech Detection Using Order Statistics - The method and system disclosed herein reduces total bandwidth requirement for communication in a voice over Internet protocol application. Sample [
|SUBTITLE GENERATION AND RETRIEVAL COMBINING DOCUMENT PROCESSING WITH VOICE PROCESSING - An apparatus for retrieving a character string includes: storage for storing text data obtained by recognizing a voice in a presentation, second text data extracted from document data used in the presentation, and associated information of the first text data and the second text data. The apparatus also includes a retrieval unit for retrieving, by use of the associated information, the character string from text data composed from the first text data and the second text data.
|GENERATING SPEECH-ENABLED USER INTERFACES - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for automatically creating a speech-based user interface involve identifying a software service definition that includes service inputs, service outputs, and context data and accessing a standard user interface incorporating the service input and output. The standard user interface defines a set of valid inputs for the service input and a set of available outputs, at least one of which based on the context data. Audio data is associated with at least some of the inputs in the set of valid inputs to define a set of valid speech inputs. A speech-based user interface is automatically generated from the standard user interface and the set of valid speech inputs.
|METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING META DATA FOR A WORK - A method for providing meta data for a work includes designating a file for uploading data associated therewith to a telematics unit operatively connected to a vehicle; and using meta data associated with the designed file, obtaining phonetic meta data for the designed file from an on-line service. The method further includes creating a phonetic meta data file associated with the designed file and including the obtained phonetic meta data, and transferring the phonetic metal data file to the telematics unit. Also disclosed herein is a system for providing the same.
|VOICE ASSISTANT SYSTEM - Methods and apparatuses to assist a user in the performance of a plurality of tasks are provided. The method may comprise storing at least one care plan in a voice assistant, the care plan defining a plurality of tasks to be performed, capturing speech input from the user, determining, from the speech input, a selected interaction with a care plan, and in response to the selected interaction, providing a speech dialog with the user reflective of the care plan. Alternatively, the method may comprise capturing speech input from a user, determining from the speech input, a first weight associated with a resident, associating the first weight with a care plan in turn associated with the resident, comparing the first weight to a second weight associated with the resident and the care plan, and providing a speech dialog regarding reweighting the resident based on the comparison.
|METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVED DETECTION OF RATE ERRORS IN VARIABLE RATE RECEIVERS - A system and method for detection of rate determination algorithm errors in variable rate communications system receivers. The disclosed embodiments prevent rate determination algorithm errors from causing audible artifacts such as screeches or beeps. The disclosed system and method detects frames with incorrectly determined data rates and performs frame erasure processing and/or memory state clean up to prevent propagation of distortion across multiple frames. Frames with incorrectly determined data rates are detected by checking illegal rate transitions, reserved bits, validating unused filter type bit combinations and analyzing relationships between fixed code-book gains and linear prediction coefficient gains.
|SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A WEIGHT OF AN ARRIVING AIRCRAFT - A method for receiving data for an aircraft landing at an airport, the data including an aircraft type and one of an owner and an operator of the aircraft, the data excluding a unique identifier for the aircraft, retrieving additional data related to the aircraft based on the data, the additional data including a landing weight and reporting the landing weight and the landing to an airport operator.
|Premises Enabled Mobile Kiosk, Using Customers' Mobile Communication Device - A contact center is provided that can service customers on premises via a mobile kiosk. The mobile kiosk may be carried by the customer or by an on-site customer service representative. The mobile kiosk may be enqueued in the contact center contact queue such that enhanced customer service can be provided through interfacing with the enterprise database, vendor databases, as well as assigning an appropriately skilled contact center agent to the customer contact.
|METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REAL TIME LEAVE ADMINISTRATION IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE FEDERAL FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT - A method and system for real time tracking and approving Federal Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leave requests is provided. Custom database objects are retrieved and processed, through a secure intranet JavaScript®
|Adaptive Outlier Model For Fraud Detection - A system and method for detecting fraud is presented. A self-calibrating outlier model is hosted by a computing system. The self-calibrating outlier model receives transaction data representing transactions, and is configured to calculate transaction-based variables, profiles and calibration parameters, and to produce a score based on the transaction data according to the transaction-based variables, profiles and calibration parameters. An adaptive cascade model is also hosted by the computing system, and is configured to generate a secondary score for the transaction data based on profile information from the variables and/or profiles calculated by the self-calibrating outlier model, and based on a comparison with labeled transactions from a human analyst of historical transaction data.
|MATCHMAKING SERVICE WITH PROXIMITY BASED INTRODUCTORY ENCOUNTER - A method of operating a matchmaking service, to include the feature of monitoring geographic proximity of paired participants deemed to be matched by computerized compatibility analysis, and communicating signals to each when a predetermined threshold of geographic proximity is achieved. Proximity is monitored using for example GPS enabled communications devices, such as cellular phones, which may be used to receive the signals. The signals may include previously logged characteristics of each member of the pair. The participants may then respond affirmatively to the signals or alternatively may decline the opportunity to meet.
|METHOD FOR SHIPPING DELIVERIES; SHIPPING STATION AND LOGISTICS SYSTEM - There is provided a system and method for operating an electronic parcel compartment system, whereby at least one user is authorized to deposit a shipment so that the shipment can be forwarded to a logistics service provider. An exemplary method comprises acquiring data about an intended shipment and user data by a first acquisition device separated from the electronic parcel compartment system. The exemplary method also comprises supplementing the shipment information pertaining to the shipment via a second acquisition device located at the electronic parcel compartment system. The exemplary method additionally comprises verifying access rights of the user with a verification device that is arranged within the electronic parcel compartment system, by associating the acquired user data with a stored user profile and verifying validity of the acquired shipment.
|Order-picking method and order-picking rack accessible from two sides - A storage rack (
|COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED MEDICAL TREATMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A system and method to provide a computer implemented endoscopic procedure management system. The system may be configured with functionality to gather data before, during, and after the endoscopic procedure report. In particular, the system may be operable to capture video from endoscopic procedure equipment, provide voice recognition capabilities, and assist in the automatic generation of endoscopic procedure reports. The system may be configured to automatically fill in drug, symptom, patient, and other data in response to user input. The system may limit user access to functionalities of the system based on user roles.
|COMPUTERIZED SETTLEMENT AND INVOICE VALIDATION SYSTEM FOR HEALTHCARE SERVICES - A computerized settlement and invoice validation application that enables a payor to validate the charges from a healthcare services provider and to better manage contracting and performance management functions. The application supports claims adjudication and payment processing. It validates all patient activity data that is received from healthcare services providers. Patient activity data relates to episodes involving a single patient care event. The application applies to episodes rules related to clinical and financial requirements for the payor. The application tracks details related to application of the rules to episodes and identifies reasons that an episode fails. Episodes that fail are routed to appropriate staff for review and action. Following review, an episode may be accepted for payment or challenged for various reasons. The application automates a variety of manual tasks and limits manual review to only those activities that require further attention and action.
|Systems and methods for providing a pharmaceutical to a patient - Systems and methods are disclosed for providing a pharmaceutical to a patient. One embodiment includes filling a delivery device with a pharmaceutical, attaching a machine-readable and re-writable identifier to the delivery device and supplying the delivery device to an administration facility. The identifier contains pharmaceutical information identifying details of the pharmaceutical, such as one or more of the name, class, concentration, volume, expiration date, lot number, serial number and manufacturer of the pharmaceutical. At the administration facility, the identifier is read and the pharmaceutical information is compared with an electronic file uniquely associated with the patient to detect a confirmation for administering the pharmaceutical to the patient. If the confirmation is present, the pharmaceutical is administered to the patient and the pharmaceutical information is stored in the electronic file. Other embodiments include unique methods, systems, kits, assemblies, equipment, and/or apparatus which involve providing a pharmaceutical to a patient.
|Methods And Apparatus For Responding To Request For Clinical Information - A hub-spoke patient information service in which a patient's data can be obtained from a network of independent data sources through a centralized service. The hub of the service stores patient identification information and the spokes store the patient's clinical data. In a preferred embodiment, the spokes are independent sources (e.g. each spoke is generally unrelated to other spokes) and include hospitals, doctor offices, clinics, insurance companies, or other entities that store or track clinical data. Preferably, the data sources use a first authentication to properly identify or authentic the service. Once access is granted, the spoke sources are queried for the patient's data. In response, each data source provides the type of patient data available from the source. The user is shown the types of data available without generally showing the actual data. The user can then select the specific patient data to retrieve from the spoke sources.
|DELPHI METHOD FOR MEDICAL CODING - Systems and methods provide confirmation of accuracy of determining medical codes for medical records. The technology may include processor control instructions or steps for establishing a collection of medical documents as a test sample and for determining a convergence of assigned medical codes for the sample that have been assigned by a plurality of coders to establish a standard of one or more accepted medical codes for the sample. The technology may include instructions for applying the sample to a coding system to obtain a determined medical code for the sample; and for comparing the determined code to the accepted medical codes to rate the coding system's accuracy. In some embodiments, the determining a convergence of determined medical codes may be obtained by a software coding algorithm that automatically assigns medical codes to medical records. Moreover, the comparing step may be performed by an algorithm that automatically calculates a rate of the coding system.
|Personalized Healthcare Management System - Personalized healthcare management system. The personalized integrated healthcare anti-counterfeit management system provides pack authentication, user (
|TREATMENT ANALYSIS SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A dental treatment planning system includes an input form to receive one or more dental patient inputs; and an engine adapted to receive the dental patient data from the input form and validating the dental patient data in a predetermined sequence.
|DIAGRAMMING TOOL FOR VEHICLE INSURANCE CLAIMS - A method to use a diagramming tool software application is provided. The diagramming tool software application enables an insured to generate a graphical representation of an incident to be submitted along with an insurance claim application form. The method provided herein streamlines the claim application process, and reduces errors stemming from the insurance adjuster being required to associate the drawings with the claims, and/or re-create the drawings in a more legible and/or transferable format.
|Method and system of insuring risk - A method for underwriting an insurance product includes identifying a plurality of event categories of operational risk loss and drafting information requests for operational risk management components thereof. A database of the insurance company for stores and analyzes information provided by the client to yield an operational risk exposure assessment of the client.
|ONLINE METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FULFILLING NEEDS RESULTING FROM PROPERTY AND OTHER SIMILAR LOSSES - A method of fulfilling needs acquired as a result of property and other similar losses, the method involving the steps of directing a person or entity with a need resulting from a loss to a site on a global computer network, interviewing the person or entity at the site to obtain information about the person or entity and the need they have, and analyzing and processing the information to provide the person or entity automatic access at the site to at least one service that will go toward fulfilling the need of the person or entity. In addition to the method, a system for fulfilling needs acquired as a result of property and other similar losses, the system including a site on a global computer network for fulfilling needs of persons or entities acquired from property and other similar losses, the site having an interviewing component for obtaining information about the person or entity and the need they have, and a data analyzing and processing component for analyzing the information provided by the person or entity and providing the person or entity automatic access at the site to at least one service that will go toward fulfilling the need of the person or entity.
|METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DATA SUBMISSION MANAGEMENT OF INSURANCE APPLICATION DATA IN A DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM - The present invention is a method and system for data submission management of insurance application data by a host data processing system. The invention comprises authenticating the submission of data relative to an insurance applicant. The authenticated data is matched with a set of data points and merged to create a submission to be matched with a set of price points in a quotation routine to establish a quote. The quote is then accepted or rejected by the applicant. If accepted, then the applicant is bound conditionally. A policy is then issued to the applicant in respect of the quote. Subsequently, a set of endorsements may be added to the policy. A policy information routine for matching the insurance application data to a set of data fields is initiated to establish a living folder which can be the source of data for populating other routines, system folders, or report generators.
|MOBILE TRANSPORT SELECTION AND ACQUISITION - A method, system, and computer program product for improving transportation selection and acquisition. A computer transmits historical fare and rating data of one or more public transportation vehicles (PTVs) within range of a user operating a mobile telecommunication device (MTD). The user may, via the MTD, select a PTV based on the provided historical fare or ratings data. Alternatively, the user may select a PTV based on personal preferences. In response to receiving a PTV selection from the MTD, the computer issues instructions to cause the selected PTV to be dispatched to the user's location. The computer may also receive user feedback for the selected PTV from the user in the form of a rating or as a textual comment. Customer feedback and may be used to update historical record information of a corresponding database entry for the selected PTV. This information may then be referenced by future customers.
|System and method for boarding passangers based on bids - Systems and methods for boarding passengers on flights or other transportation according to bids received from the passengers are provided. Passengers seeking to fly standby on an undersold flight can submit a bid representing the amount the passengers are willing to pay to board the flight. The airline can determine the number of seats available on the flight, and board the highest bidding passengers until the flight is full. Similarly, passengers willing to be bumped from an oversold flight can submit a bid representing the incentive the passengers are willing to accept to be bumped from the flight. The airline can determine the number of passengers that must be bumped from the flight, and bump the lowest bidding passengers (i.e., those willing to accept the least costly incentive) until a sufficient number of passengers have been bumped from the flight.
|SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING AIRLINE SEAT RESERVATIONS - This invention relates to an electronic means by which people can select the exact seat or seats they want for any type of event or reserve an appointment for any activity. More specifically, a customer or a ticket re-seller or a venue operator can go, for example, to the internet and select the event or activity for which he wants a ticket or tickets or reserve a time and reserve and order the exact seat or seats or the time of his choosing directly online. The seat or seats or reserved time he selects is then removed from the inventory for that activity or event and made not available for any other buyer and such is so indicated by a graphical representation or other such indicator on the online map or picture representing availability of seating or time for that event.
|SERVICE SCHEDULING - Techniques for scheduling one or more services are provided. The techniques include obtaining customer information, obtaining one or more service characteristics for each of the one or more services, and using the customer information and the one or more service characteristics to schedule the one or more services.
|PHASE DRIVEN MODELING SERVICES - A software project management method uses templates from one project phase as inputs to their subsequent project phases. The project is organized in four phases, each phase having one or more steps and one or more attributes. Using XSL, a phase model is transformed into a starting point as input for the subsequent phase model. XSL-FO is used to generate PDF documents from any phase model to export a particular project deliverable. The information and data created within that phase still has meaning as input for the next phase. A model thus derived can be reused for another project as well as to transform into a model used by a subsequent phase within the same project.
|VENDING MACHINE TRACKING SYSTEM WITH MULTIPLE-CHANNEL TRACKING DEVICE - A tracking system counts events in the operation of multiple vending machines. The tracking system receives event data through multiple channels and stores the data for collection and analysis.
|FLOW TRACKING OF ENVIRONMENTAL SUBSTANCES - An environmental tracking system provides facilities for modeling the processes of an organization that have an impact on the environment. The environmental tracking system allows each process to be modeled by its input substances and its resulting output substances. The environmental tracking system allows links to be established between the processes, such as indicating a source process and a destination process for a substance. Each process performs a conversion of input substances to output substances in accordance with conversion parameters specified for the process. Once the model of the processes of an organization is established, the environmental tracking system can track the flow of substances through the organization based on the model.
|Method and System for Providing a Customized Publicaiton - Methods and systems for providing customized publications, such as cookbooks are disclosed. The methods and systems display a list of recipes associated with a library of recipes selected by a user and receive from a user a selection set of one or more recipes from the list of recipes. The methods and systems also retrieve the one or more recipes in the selection set from a content database, assemble a customized cookbook having a plurality of pages that include the retrieved one or more recipes, and send an order for printing the customized cookbook.
|Supply chain verification system - Supply chain verification system with a multi brand level of information, a brand level of information, a product manufacturer level of information, a component level of information and a prime ingredient level of information. Each level of information remaining available to its own level or lower levels than its own, but not to higher levels than its own except for a central independent organization that has access to all the levels of the information for the purpose of evaluating and assuring a pre-set level of product quality. A preferred embodiment includes the information levels pertains to food quality and origination. A preferred embodiment includes the food quality is related to whether the food can be certified organic or not.
|Agricultural Machine And Operator Performance Information Systems and Related Methods - In one example, a system can comprise a first data gathering mechanism set and a data processing mechanism set. The a first data gathering mechanism set can be configured to gather a first operational data set during operation of a first agricultural machine set, and to transmit the first operational data set to a network. The first operational data set can comprise information representative of one or more characteristics of an agricultural crop during production. The a data processing mechanism can be configured to store a combined data set comprising the first operational data set, and generate one or more reports based on the combined data set. Other embodiments and related methods are also disclosed herein.
|Online Management of the Provision of Advice and Services - A method and system for the management of the provision of advice and services and in particular to consultancy services managed and provided via the Internet or any other public Internet type network. The method comprises the steps of receiving requests from a plurality of participants including an advice provider and at least one user for access to a conferencing event. The identity of each participant is checked and a conferencing space is established in which each participant is able to communicate with each other participant. The charge for the conferencing event is debited from prearranged users' accounts.
|Charging Resource Usage in a Distributed Computing Environment - A method of allocating costs for resource usage in a distributed computing environment includes creating a standardized template for deploying a desired functionality within the distributed computing environment; the standardized template defining computing resources of the distributed computing environment needed to support the desired functionality, associating fixed costs with the computing resources, and calculating a total allocated cost associated with the standardized template by referencing the fixed costs. A system of allocating costs for resource usage in a distributed computing environment includes a standardized template for deploying a desired functionality within the distributed computing environment, the standardized template defining a plurality of interconnected computing resources, a fixed cost associated with each of the plurality of interconnected computing resources, and a software application configured to sum the fixed costs to produce a total cost for deploying the desired functionality.
|STRUCTURED IMPLEMENTATION OF BUSINESS ADAPTABILITY CHANGES - The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for structured implementation of business adaptability changes. In some embodiments, a pre-defined resource vocabulary is utilized to assist a decision making entity in selecting an appropriate response to a change trigger event. The pre-defined resource vocabulary provides a mechanism for a plurality of different organizations to consider resource selection for responding to change trigger events in a uniform, repeatable, and consistent manner so as to increase decision agility. In other embodiments, a pre-defined common vocabulary defines a range of business adaptability. The pre-defined common vocabulary provides a mechanism for a plurality of different organizations to consider changes in business adaptability in a uniform manner and provides a mechanism to produce consistent repeatable results for considered changes in business adaptability.
|AUTOMATICALLY PRESCRIBING TOTAL BUDGET FOR MARKETING AND SALES RESOURCES AND ALLOCATION ACROSS SPENDING CATEGORIES - A facility for automatically prescribing, for a distinguished offering, an allocation of resources to a total marketing budget and/or individual marketing activities is described.
|Physician And Medical Vender Appointment Coordination Method - A system and method of organizing appointments between physicians and venders of medical products and services, involving the steps of hosting an Internet based protocol that allows physicians to create an ID and input available appointment information from their office calendars, allowing venders to create an ID, input payment information, and select individual available appointments with physicians; wherein the system manages appointments and payments through a series of protocols governing the conditions under which payments for appointments are collected or forfeited.
|Asset Management Systems and Methods - Systems, methods, and software for reliability, hazard, and integrity optimization are disclosed. In at least some embodiments, the software includes an input module, a failure model module, a simulation module, and an optimization module. The input module accepts a list of assets to be managed and determines design data and process data for each asset. The failure model module determines probability of failure curve parameters for each asset degradation mode. The simulation module simulates an asset management plan to determine a total management cost that includes costs for predicted failures as well as risk-weighted costs for each degradation mode of each asset generates alternative management plans for evaluation by the simulation module and provides a selected management plan for display to a user. In each embodiment, the total management costs may account not only for direct costs, but also for safety costs, environmental costs, and business costs.
|Analyzing a Content-Requesting Media Item - The subject matter of this specification can be implemented in, among other things, a computer-implemented method including receiving a first input from a publisher who has established an account with a content-distributing entity to publish content from others, the first input being generated based on a publisher media item configured to present at least part of the content and including code from the publisher media item for requesting the content. The method further includes obtaining the content from the content-distributing entity including using the code to generate a request for the content. The method further includes generating an analysis view available to the publisher, the analysis view generated using the content.
|METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ALLOCATING REQUIREMENTS IN A SERVICE ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE USING SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE STRING REPRESENTATION - A method implemented in a computer infrastructure having computer executable code tangibly embodied on a computer readable medium having programming instructions operable to assign a business process identifier to a business process and allocate requirements to the business process. Additionally, the programming instructions are operable to create one or more service strings used to provide the requirements for the business process, wherein each service string identifies software components used to execute the business process. Furthermore, the programming instructions are operable to create one or more hardware strings for the business process, wherein each hardware string identifies hardware components used to execute the business process.
|System and Method for Improved Distribution of Market Information - A data distribution system and method are described herein to improve the distribution of market information to subscribing client devices. Market information updates are provided to subscribing devices over a communication link every time a change in the market occurs. If a bandwidth limitation is reached on the communication link, the preferred embodiments switch to a second mode of transmission such that the market information updates are provided only at predetermined intervals. The preferred embodiment monitors the bandwidth consumption to determine what mode of transmission to apply, and in response, it can dynamically change between modes of transmission. By dynamically adjusting the mode of transmission to comport with the current network bandwidth, the preferred embodiments may provide a network friendly, data intensive, and fast response market information feed.
|QUEUE EARLY WARNING SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for rostering staff in a service region such as a supermarket (
|MOBILE STORAGE SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MANAGING THE USE OF SAME - A mobile storage system including: a trailer adapted for towing by a vehicle; and a storage compartment removably mounted on the trailer, said compartment including a base, a roof, a front wall, a rear wall and a pair of side-walls; and doors disposed on at least the rear wall and at least one of the side walls, wherein the doors are adjustable between at least opened and closed positions; and a ramp positionable adjacent the storage compartment in order to provide for wheeled access into the storage compartment via at least one of the doors.
|APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SCHEDULE SETTING IN A PORTABLE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An apparatus and method for schedule setting in a portable communication system are provided. The apparatus includes an event manager for performing a process to set a schedule by appointing a duration of a day intended to perform schedule setting by a touch, or a process to set a schedule by a touch input defining a predefined menu input for the schedule setting.
|METHOD AND SYSTEM OF MEASURING CUSTOMER SATISFACTION WITH PURCHASED VEHICLE - A method of measuring customer satisfaction with a product. The method may assess customer satisfaction from information collected after purchasing the product. This post-purchase information may be collected, for example, by monitoring customer expressions made while interacting with the product. Optionally, the settings and operating conditions of the product may be separately monitored and cross-referenced with the customer expressions to tie the expressions with specific characteristics of the product.
|MODULATION OF GEO-TARGETING CONFIDENCE THRESHOLDS IN NETWORK ADVERTISING SYSTEMS - Particular embodiments of the present invention are related to a digital media benefit attachment mechanism for generating or attaching revenue rights and other benefits to one or more entities associated with socially distributed media.
|SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAPPING SUBSCRIPTION FILTERS TO ADVERTISEMENT APPLICATIONS - A method and system for data delivery of targeted mobile advertisement, the method associating an advertising client with a data facade on a mobile device; passing a subscription filter for each advertising application on the mobile device from the advertising client to the data facade; receiving at the mobile device, a subscription identifier for each advertising application; mapping the subscription identifier to an advertising application; getting advertisements with subscription identifiers at the mobile device; communicating between an advertisement application and the advertising client to request an advertisement; and returning the advertisement to the advertising application.
|Method of and system for capturing data - In one embodiment of the invention, a company could create a system whereby individual job seekers voluntarily enter their own career history information as well as their implicit preference information. In addition to these job-seeker entered profiles, a company could create technology to aggregate job listings from multiple sources. In turn a company could create a "standard application" interface wherein job seekers could apply to jobs at many different destination organizations using their pre-established profile. In this way the company could capture information about what jobs candidates were applying for. The company could leverage this information to make higher quality matches between people and jobs, both in terms of recommending jobs for candidates as well as candidates for jobs, providing the underlying data to enable the company to charge for data offerings, and to enable the company to employ matching techniques of the invention to find highly desirable candidates.
|COLLECTING PERSONAL DATA FROM A USER AND SHARING REVENUE GENERATED FROM THE SALE OF THE PERSONAL DATA - In one embodiment a personal data portal is provided to collect personal data associated with a user. The personal data may be of interest to third parties such as marketers. The personal data may be generated through the normal use of personal data generation devices such as mobile phones, navigation systems, personal computers, payment transponders, etc. As such, the personal data may include physical locations visited by the user, virtual locations (websites) visited by the user, telephone numbers dialed by the user, payment transactions for the user, etc. Access to the collected personal data is provided to the third parties for a fee. Advantageously, at least a part of the fee may be shared with the user.


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Luther Vandross, the Grammy-winning R&B singer whose emotionally charged Top 40 love declarations remapped contemporary soul singing before his career was interrupted two years ago by a stroke, died Friday. He was 54.
Vandross died at John F. Kennedy Medical Center in Edison, N.J. The cause of death was not reported.
After an April 2003 stroke left him incapacitated, Vandross gave up most public appearances, although he had recovered enough to appear on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" a year later.
But he made a dramatic return to the public spotlight with his 2003 album "Dance With My Father," which earned him four Grammy Awards, including song of the year for the bittersweet title track. The album gave him the first No. 1 album on the pop chart of his long career.
During last year's Grammy ceremony, a video tribute to Vandross, featuring many of his peers dancing with their fathers as the song played, brought the music industry crowd to its feet. The highly emotional finale featured Vandross expressing his appreciation to fans for their support and to Grammy voters for the recognition. A month later, he was given four NAACP Image Awards.

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Mrs. Ada Jane Collie, aged 53, of Batesville
died in a local hospital Sunday. She was Baptist and a native of Cushman.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Lester A. Horton of Memphis, TN; a sister, Miss Rosie Chumley of Batesville and a Brother Charles Crosby of Batesville.
Funeral services were held today at 11AM at the Cecil Funeral Home by the Rev. Byron King. Burial was at Norfork Cemetery.
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Hardin Co. health department scores eateries
Published 9:45 am, Tuesday, November 19, 2013
The Hardin County Health Department released its inspection report for November.
Hardin Count Jail, 300 West Monroe. Sprayer hose was leaking at wash rinse and sanitize sink. Scored 97.
Pizza Pro, 2015 East Fox St., scored 100.
Express Mart #5, U.S. 96, scored 100.
Magical Yogurt, 141 North LHS Drive, scored 100.
Whataburger, 401 North Main. Needed a light. Scored 96
Village Creek Rehabilitation, 705 North Main. Pink mold on ice machine. Scored a 97.
Texaco Fast Lane #1, 901 North Main. Ice machine needed to be cleaned. Scored a97
Express Mart #12, 196 South LSH Drive. Thermometer was needed for taking temperatures, ice machine needed a new seal and equipment needed to be cleaned and sanitized. Scored a 90.
Hot Wok, 76 North LHS Drive. Vents over fryers needed cleaning; using grocery sacks to freeze food in when it's supposed to be food gradable bags.
Shop N Go, U.S. 96 Bypass, scored 100.
Fesco's Good Eat's, 2450 A U.S. 326 South, scored 100.
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Greatness | Andy Warhol's Polaroids of Sports Champions
Danziger Projects plays host to an amazing collection of polaroids by Andy Warhol entitled 'Greatness'. "In 1977, Richard Weisman, an art collector and a friend of Warhol's, commissioned a series of paintings of ten great sports figures of the era, now known as the "Athlete Series". The group of athletes was selected by Mr. Weisman, and included stars of a variety of sports: Muhammad Ali (boxing), Pelé (soccer), Dorothy Hamill (figure skating), Tom Seaver (baseball), Jack Nicklaus (golf), O.J. Simpson (football), Chris Evert (tennis), Willie Shoemaker (horse racing), Rod Gilbert (ice hockey, NY Rangers), and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (basketball)." Warhol was the master of capturing the moment, in more ways than one, this collection of photographs shows another side to the artists ability to document and expose.
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Dr. David Malone of Canada Begins Term as UN University Rector
1 March 2013, Tokyo The United Nations University (UNU) is pleased to announce that Dr. David M. Malone of Canada today has assumed office for a five-year term as Rector of UNU.
(PressZoom) - 1 March 2013, Tokyo The United Nations University (UNU) is pleased to announce that Dr. David M. Malone of Canada today has assumed office for a five-year term as Rector of UNU.
In this role, Dr. Malone holds the rank of Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations.
The selection of Dr. Malone as the sixth Rector of UNU, to succeed Dr. Konrad Osterwalder of Switzerland (UNU Rector from 1 Sept. 2007 to 28 Feb. 2013), was previously announced by the UN Secretary-Generals Office in October 2012.
Prior to joining UNU, Dr. Malone had served (from 2008) as President of Canadas International Development Research Centre, a funding agency that supports policy-relevant research in the developing world. See below for a brief profile of Dr. Malones career.
I congratulate Dr. Malone and look forward to working closely with him to strengthen the vital work of the United Nations University, said United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Dr. Malone brings a world of experience to the job, and I wish him well as he takes on this important assignment.
On behalf of the governing Council of the United Nations University, Council Chair Prof. Mohamed H.A. Hassan of Sudan said: We are very pleased with the appointment of Dr. Malone as the sixth Rector of UNU. The members of the Council join me in welcoming Rector Malone to the University community, and we look forward very much to working with him in the coming months and years.
I have worked alongside the United Nations University and within several UNU projects in the past, and retain excellent memories of those experiences, noted Dr. Malone.
I am grateful to my predecessor, Konrad Osterwalder, for having worked tirelessly to enhance the research and academic capacities of UNU, he added. I very much look forward to getting to know the research teams animating UNUs work around the world, and also to meeting its growing faculty and student body.
As Rector, Dr. Malone will be based at UNU Headquarters in Tokyo.
The United Nations University, established in 1975, is a global research and teaching organization with active institutes and programmes in 12 countries worldwide. The overarching goal of UNU is to contribute to global sustainable development that will enable present generations to live a decent life in peace, freedom, safety and good health, without compromising the ability of future generations to do the same.
In carrying out its work as the academic arm of the United Nations system, UNU focuses on research, teaching and capacity building, as well as delivering advisory services as a think tank. UNU maintains close cooperative relationships with other United Nations system organizations (agencies, programmes, commissions, funds and convention secretariats) as well as with leading universities and research institutions all over the world.
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Profile of UNU Rector David M. Malone
Prior to joining the United Nations University on 1 March 2013, Dr. David Malone served (20082013) as President of Canadas International Development Research Centre, a funding agency that supports policy-relevant research in the developing world.
Dr. Malone had previously served as Canadas Representative to the UN Economic and Social Council and as Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations (19901994); as Director General of the Policy, International Organizations and Global Issues Bureaus within Canadas Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT, 19941998); as President of the International Peace Academy (now International Peace Institute), a New York-based independent research and policy development institution (19982004); as DFAIT Assistant Deputy Minister for Global Issues (20042006); and as Canadas High Commissioner to India, and non-resident Ambassador to Bhutan and Nepal (20062008).
Dr. Malone also has held research posts at the Economic Studies Program, Brookings Institution; Massey College, University of Toronto; and Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University. He has been a Guest Scholar and Adjunct Professor at Columbia University, and an Adjunct Professor at the New York University School of Law.
He holds a BAA from lÉcole des Hautes Études Commerciales (Montreal); an Arabic Language Diploma from the American University (Cairo); an MPA from the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University; and a DPhil in International Relations from Oxford University.
Dr. Malone has published extensively on peace and security issues. His most recent books include Nepal in Transition: From Peoples War to Fragile Peace (as co-editor; 2012, Cambridge University Press) and Does the Elephant Dance? Contemporary Indian Foreign Policy (2011, Oxford University Press).
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"Come on, seriously, what's her real name?" I type in confusion during a Facebook Chat conversation with a friend who knew someone who could assist me.
"I'm serious, her name is Miss Hunter. She doesn't have a first name."
Whether or not my friend is giggling behind her computer as we talk doesn't matter. At that moment, it is made very clear to me that what I am about to get myself into isn't something to be messed around with.
During my journalistic career I've taken mild risks and partaken in ballsy activities in the hopes of giving chaps a guide on how to be fully gratified in their own sexual relationships. But thus far I've been playing it safe and just writing about things I already know I could do. What I am about to do I know nothing of.
Though I've always been intrigued by the darker side of sex, it's never really turned me on. I admit to liking a rougher type of romp, with a few hard palms and playful misogyny spurts, but the sight of a whip or chain sends my penis directly into the timed scenario of a trial from the film series Saw. A gag is not something I have used, and, to be honest, it's not something I've ever wished I've used.
I begin an email conversation with Miss Hunter, an opera singer from London, who also earns a bit of cash slapping about rich blokes. She at first rejects the proposal of a meeting, but I'm able to sneak something she calls a "taster session" from her. I'm not one to play games, so to show my enthusiasm for her profession, I tell her that I want to experience what she does firsthand, and not just take her for coffee. I wince slightly when she used terms like "sense restriction" and "torture," but for the cause, I go with it.
I agree to meet her at the station at 4:30 p.m. on a Friday afternoon. I know very little, but I do know that this sort of sexual endeavor is appealing to the powerful and successful. It's something you do the first moment you have time to spare, as you hightail it from the office after a week of telling people what to do and stumble into the chambers wanting the opposite.
I stop myself from guessing any longer and prepare myself for what should be one of the most memorable experiences of my life. I call a highly recommended psychiatrist and book an appointment in advance.


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As a child, Jacob was told many stories by his grandfather, Abraham. He talked about the peculiar children he knew in a special home run by Miss Peregrine. As Jacob gets older, he doubts his grandfather's stories, until Abraham is killed and with his dying breath he tells Jacob to find the bird in the loop. Jacob sees a strange creature that no-one else can see.
No-one believes Jacob. Thinking he is grief stricken and in shock, his parents send him to therapy with Dr Golan. But, when Jacob's Aunt gives him a book that his grandfather wanted him to have, he finds a letter that just may prove that Abraham wasn't crazy and nether is Jacob.
It took me a while to finish the book because I had some other commitments (and I confess I got a bit hooked on Netflix as well.) I swayed back and forth with this book, and since I watched the movie when I was half finished with the book (something I don't usually do) I think I got sidetracked.However, the idea of the peculiar children really appealed to me. The photographs in the book were very interesting, and a great idea of Riggs to use as a writing prompt. It brought together two of my loves - archives and reading.
This is a great little book for your young adult or pre-teen. You could even read it together as a family book. It can start a lot of discussions about how people who were different were treated, how they are treated now and how we should move forward.
If you liked Lemony Snicket's Series of Unfortunate Events, The Spiderwick Chronicles, Coraline, or Frankenstein, I think you will enjoy this book.
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The movie stays fairly true to the plot of the book, but it gets into the action much faster. Don't read any further if you haven't both read the first book and seen the movie.
It was very magical going to this movie. There have only been a few movies that feel as though you have stepped into a magical world. Then it's worth going to the theatre to see it on the big screen. This was one of those movies. One of those beautiful movies that combines, fantasy, history and breathtaking beauty. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Some differences between the book and the movie:
Emma and Olive had their peculiarities swapped.
Dr Golan was female in the movie which makes for an interesting twist.
The ending of the movie went off in another direction with the boat and the carnival chase, but I haven't read the other books so maybe it was from there.
At the end of the movie, Miss Peregrine can turn back to her human form, and it shows Jacob going home and seeing his grandfather alive which is not what is shown in the book. The book leaves some unanswered questions for Jacob to have further adventures with the peculiar children.
Did you spot any differences? There were quite a few but they weren't huge game changers in my opinion.
I'll leave the last word on it to Ransom Riggs:
Author's Website: http://www.ransomriggs.com/
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Sabres coach leaves decision to Vanek if he's ready to return for Game 6
FILE - In this April 13, 2010 photo, Buffalo Sabres\' Thomas Vanek takes a break during NHL hockey practice in Buffalo, N.Y. Buffalo Sabres coach Lindy Ruff says it\'s up to leading scorer Vanek to determine whether he\'s ready to play in Game 6 of the team\'s first-round playoff series at Boston on Monday.Ruff put the decision squarely on the shoulders of Vanek, who has spent the past two days testing his injured left ankle in practice. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-David Duprey
Sabres coach leaves decision to Vanek if he's ready to return for Game 6
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Buffalo Sabres coach Lindy Ruff has left the decision with leading scorer Thomas Vanek to determine whether his sore left ankle is strong enough to play in Game 6 of the team's first-round playoff series at Boston on Monday.
"He's close now. It's his decision whether he can play or not," Ruff said Sunday after Vanek took part in his second straight day of practice after missing the past three games. "If he knocks on my door tomorrow and says, 'I'm ready,' he's playing."
The Sabres are coming off a 4-1 win on Friday, which cut the Bruins lead to 3-2 in the best-of-seven series.
Vanek said he feels ready to play, but noted that his ankle is still sore. Speaking in the locker-room before Ruff made his comments, Vanek said the decision to play was up to his coach.
"I feel like I can go, but you've got to be smart and realistic about it," Vanek said. "But it's up to Lindy to make that decision."
Vanek skated strong, and showed little sign of the injury as he was capable of pushing off his left foot from a stopped start. Vanek, however, walked with a noticeable limp in the locker-room as he left the arena wearing cowboy boots.
The winger led Buffalo with 28 goals in the regular season, scoring five of them in the team's last two regular-season games after Vanek missed six with a groin injury.
He had a goal and assist in the first two playoff games before getting hurt in the first period of Game 2. That's when he crashed awkwardly into the end boards after being chopped down from behind by Bruins defenceman Johnny Boychuk.
Vanek spent an hour skating with Sabres minor-league call-ups at a suburban Buffalo rink on Saturday. He took part in the full 40-minute team session on Sunday, and even had time working on the power-play unit.
Ruff liked what he saw.
"He's progressing. He's starting to feel pretty good," Ruff said. "So tomorrow will be an important day for him."


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Eccentric Bottom Brackets
We manufacture several types and sizes of both eccentrics and eccentric shells.
Standard EccentricThe standard eccentric shell is for framebuilders. It is made out of 4130 chromoly tubing. It uses 17-4 stainless stand-offs that can be welded or brazed to the shell. These stand-offs accept cupped-point set screws used to fix the position of the eccentric body.
Our standard eccentric is meant for an eccentric bottom bracket shell with an inner diameter of 2.142." It provides 1/2" of eccentricity. A 6mm hex wrench can be used to rotate the eccentric to the desired position. The half-link eccentric provides 1/4" of eccentricity and is meant to be used with an eccentric bottom bracket shell that has an inner diameter of 1.840." Both the standard and half-link are to be used in a bottom bracket shell with a width of 68mm. They are British threaded and compatible with many brands of bottom bracket.
Our HL30 eccentric also provides 1/4" of eccentricity. The inner diameter of the HL30 shell is 47mm - slightly larger than our half-link eccentric. It is produced in both 68 and 73mm widths. The HL30 provides more versatility than the other eccentrics. In addition to the standard functions of an eccentric, it will accept bearings for BB30 cranks. These press fit bearings have a dynamic basic load rating of over 50% greater than the standard BB30 bearings used today. (Note that when using the bearings for the BB30 cranks, the bottom bracket no longer functions as an eccentric and may require a chain tensioner.)


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My Brothers
- Artist: Soldier Man
- Genre: International
- Release Date: 7/18/2006
Clive Kirkland was born in Long Road, St. Mary, Jamaica. He was born to the parents of Mr. & Mrs. Obert Kirkland. He is the Seventh (7th)of Eleventh (11th) children. Mr. Kirkland spent his early childhood days in August Town, Jamaica, where he lives with his grandmother. During that time he realised he had a God-given gift for music. His gift was later materalised when he was asked to sing at various concerts. His colleagues and families would encourage him to get into the music industry. Upon taking their advise he started writing songs and playing different instruments e.g. (guitars, keyboard, etc). Clive Kirkland is a professional singer and songwriter who released a CD entitled 'My Brothers' which was done in May 2006. 'My Brothers' contains cultural music with songs written by Mr. Kirkland that cover such topics as unity, family and empowerment. Mr. Kirkland also released a CD in 2001, titled 'My People Unite'. He is also a talented musician who has performed throughout the community at different venues that include churches and festivals. Mr. Kirkland desires to promote the CD 'My Brothers.' Mr. Kirkland now resides in Fort Lauderdale, Florida with his wife and son.
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Katt Williams has decided to hang up the mic after several months of odd behavior that culminated in his arrest in Seattle on Sunday for investigation of harassment, assault and obstructing police.
Katt spoke to TV station KOMO 4 and said the events of the past few days in Seattle convinced him to retire. Katt added that we was going to place an offer of $301,000 for the Washington State Ferry Rhododendron as a place to stay with his family and staff until his Thursday court date. The comedian says the city of Seattle has ruined his reputation and he plans to sue.
"If they will accept our bid… I will take me and my whole staff on that boat because I still have a court date four days from now and can't leave and I've been kicked out of four hotels in two days and I've been arrested by three different sets of officers four different times detained by two sets of officers," he said. "I can stay there [on the ferry] and my family can be there and my dogs can be there and my whole staff can be there until we get done suing Seattle for this $50 million that I want for crippling my reputation as a father and a black man and as a taxpaying citizen and as a person who is not a convicted felon."
Katt's troubles in Seattle started last Thursday when he missed a show at The Paramount Theatre after his Hummer ran out of gas. He reportedly slashed the tires on the vehicle and rammed it with another car. On Friday he was accused by three fans of attacking them after a show when they tried to take a photo with him, but Katt claimed the fans forced their way into his dressing room.
On Sunday Katt got into trouble at the World Sports Grille when he threatened people with a pool cue and refused to leave. He then allegedly followed a family to their car and flicked a lit cigarette through the car window, which hit a woman just below her eye. Police say he also threw a rock at the car.
He was arrested for the incident at World Sports Grille and later bailed out by his road manager Suge Knight.
Katt told Komo 4 that the recent events were enough to force him to retire.
"This was a place I like to bring my kids and let them do stuff without people caring who they were," he said. "I got arrested in front my kids three times in my three days stay in Seattle… And all we were doing was coming into town to sell jokes and police department painted me as some sort of public menace that came to town. I'm just gonna go ahead and announce my retirement from standup, I'm kinda done. I've discussed it with my kids, I wasn't gonna do it in the middle of a Seattle street, I was going to go to Los Angeles and do it in the offices of ICM or LiveNation."


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good game could have some more power ups
glitch:if u press spacebar on boss lvls continus boss spawn
Great Game
Although the simple graphics may seem to bring the interest of this game down, they are countered with an entertaining, time consuming game that can be played for hours. The idea is simple: Keep the large white ball inside the circle, stop the enemy balls from hitting it out of the circle. I do suggest your try to make the game a little more compatible with laptops, as I would constantly overdue my swings. Who knows, maybe it was just me? 9/10 5/5.
press spacebar
on the first boss it will help you works good if you hold it
While the game was frustrating at times, it was incredibly addictive. If you do happen to make a Zwingo 2, more diverse upgrades would be a good idea, and maybe stages that aren't circular, so that swinging the ball around may become more difficult. ^ ^
fustruting but awesome


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Oh NO isnt Season 3 starting until Oct 4th why did I think it was Sept.................wahhhhh I have to wait yet another month
It's o.k., Cazz, we're here for you.
"If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough." - Mario Andretti
haha...okay...oct 4 premiere....good. i still have to finish watching Season 2. after my trip this past February (out for 3 wks) all i did was just recorded it. and save all my recordings to watch over the summer but that went down the drain with the planning of my sisters wedding which just took place early august. now i can play catch up even though i basically know what the hell happened.
not my frickin fault. fine, my fault, i always get blamed anyways.
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When Charlie was asked about Eko and Locke, he seemed nonchalant about it, like he was expecting them to be there, like they told him they would be there. This makes me wonder that perhaps the turning of the key had a 'reverse magnet' effect, which caused the hatch door to blow off (repelled by the turning of the key). Perhaps Charlie met up with Eko/Locke/Desmond, but they told him to go back to camp, and that they would clean up some of the wreckage in the hatch.
Oh and I rewatched that scene yesterday when Desmond turns the key. It still gave me shivers watching the countdown clock in the hatch crumple up like that. It seemed like the end of an era in a way.
Don't waste your time buying the tvguide with the Lost cd on the cover. It said sneak peek at Season 3 but it was a total waste of money. All they did was show a few key players and nothing beyond that - nothing at all about the new season whatsoever. NO SNEAK PEEK! I haven't looked at the rest of the cd but not hopeful it will tell me anything new.
I just rewatched the finale and I have a question for everyone. After Desmond turns the key, the sky turned the weird color, the loud sound happened, and then everything stopped, and the magnet effect was no longer. At that point, a hatch door with "Quarantine" on it falls out of the sky, narrowly missing Bernard, Claire and Aaron. My question: where did that door come from? Is it generally accepted that it was the door that the survivors blew off of the hatch at the end of last season? If so, how did it fly up into the air when everything else that was metal was being pulled TOWARD the magnetic anomaly inside the hatch? Is it possible that there is perhaps a "sky hatch" that is invisible to the naked eye?
If the last time the button wasn't pushed brought down the airplane, why wouldn't it be possible that this time it affected a possible hatch in the sky?
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It's not who you are underneath, but what you do that defines you.
Awww thanks guys, I'll just have to be strong