02nd week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 55 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090012713 | Methods of Assessing Cognitive Dysfunction - This invention relates to methods and means for assessing cognitive dysfunction, in particular impulsivity associated cognitive dysfunction, which may for example include Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), substance abuse, and non-toxic addictive/compulsive behaviour. A method may comprise displaying a population of elements to the individual and allowing the sequential selection of elements within the population by the individual. The selection of an element reveals to the individual a characteristic of the selected element which is one of a number of possible characteristics of elements in said population. The sequential selection ends when the individual chooses which of the possible characteristics is possessed by the most elements in the population. The number of elements selected by the individual in making this choice is then correlated to the likelihood that the individual has impulsivity associated cognitive dysfunction. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012714 | Test of amino acid sequence constituting peptide using isotopic ratio - It is an object of the present invention, when determining and identifying an amino acid sequence of a peptide using MS, to obtain additional information from the MS for evaluating validity of an amino acid sequence in a candidate list outputted from an identifying engine. The present invention provides a method of testing an amino acid sequence inferred by searching a peptide-related database based on peptide mass information and/or peptide modification information obtained through mass spectrometry on a peptide, the method comprising the steps: (1) calculating a theoretical value of an isotopic ratio for the peptide from the inferred amino acid sequence and/or the peptide modification information; (2) measuring a measured value of the isotopic ratio for the peptide from the peptide mass information; and (3) comparing the theoretical value and the measured value, and evaluating validity of the inferred amino acid sequence from differences between the theoretical value and the measured value. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012715 | Prediction model of graft survival - Described are methods of predicting graft survival based on pre-transplant variables. A logistic regression (LM) and/or a tree-based model (TBM) are used to identify predictors of graft survival and to generate prediction algorithms. Both the logistic regression model and the tree-based model may be used in clinical practice for long term prediction of graft survival based on pre-transplant variables. The invention is also directed to computer software, which includes a logistic regression model and/or a tree-based model to select pre-transplant variables and generate a graft survival algorithm and to calculate a graft survival probability, and for selecting appropriate organ donors and recipients to optimize the graft survival probability. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012716 | Diabetes-related biomarkers and methods of use thereof - The invention describes biomarkers which can be used to predict the likelihood that an individual will develop Diabetes. The biomarkers can also be used to screen large groups in order to identify individuals at risk of developing Diabetes. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012717 | Method For Determining Drug-Molecular Combinations That Modulate And Enhance The Therapeutic Safety And Efficacy Of Biological Or Pharmaceutical Drugs - A method that creates a new class of pharmaceutical combinations (specific ratio combinations) that offer an improved therapeutic profile with reduced side effects is provided. Safer, more cost-effective drugs for treating various diseases or medical conditions are created by combining receptor activating, inhibiting or modulating drugs in specific ratio combinations that optimize the therapeutic profiles for various pharmaceutical compositions. The method demonstrates how to combine biological or pharmaceutical molecules or drugs in order to create specific ratio combinations that are optimized to improve the overall safety and therapeutic efficacy of the individual molecules or drugs alone. These techniques create novel receptor-activating drugs that are anticipated to prove useful for future therapeutic treatments. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012718 | Nuclear Medicine Diagnosis Apparatus and Diagnostic System Used Thereto - The function of an accumulated amount deriving part | 2009-01-08 |
20090012719 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFICATION OF SYNERGISTIC INTERACTIONS FROM CONTINUOUS DATA - Systems and methods for selecting factors from a continuous data set of measurements are provided. The measurements include values of factors and/or outcomes. Two or more factors that are jointly associated with one or more outcomes from the data set are identified. Each of the two or more factors are analyzed to determine at least one cooperative interaction among the factors with respect to an outcome. The two or more factors can be a module of factors serving as a single factor participating in a cooperative interaction with another factor or module of factors. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012720 | System and Method for Identification of MicroRNA Target Sites and Corresponding Targeting MicroRNA Sequences - A method for determining whether a nucleotide sequence contains a microRNA binding site and which microRNA will bind thereto is provided. For example, in one aspect of the invention, a method for determining whether a nucleotide sequence contains a microRNA binding site and which microRNA sequence will bind thereto is comprised of the following steps. One or more patterns are generated by processing a collection of known mature microRNA sequences. The reverse complement of each generated patter is then computed. One or more attributes are then assigned to the reverse complement of the one or more generated patterns. The one or more patterns that correspond to a reverse complement having one or more assigned attributes that satisfy at least one criterion are thereafter subselected. Each subselected pattern is then used to analyze the nucleotide sequence, such that a determination is made whether the nucleotide sequence contains a microRNA binding site and which microRNA sequence will bind thereto. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012721 | FLUORESCENCE DETECTING DEVICE AND FLUORESCENCE DETECTING METHOD - A fluroescene detecting device irradiates an object to be measured with a laser beam, receives fluroescene generated from the object and processes a fluorescence signal generated when receiving the fluroescene. The device includes a laser light source section outputting the laser beam for irradiating the object, a light receiving section outputting the fluorescene signal of the fluorescene generated by the irradiated object, a light source control section generates a modulatioon signal having a frequency in order to time-modulate an intensity of the laser beam, and a processing section that calculates a flurescene relaxation time of the fluorescene of the object based on the fluorescene relaxation time of the fluorescene of the object based on the fluorescene relaxation time of the fluorescene of the object based on the fluorescene signal output from the light receiving section. From the detection values acquired by the device including the phase information on the fluorescene, the intensity of the fluorescene is calculated. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012722 | METHOD FOR EVALUATION OF PERFORMANCE OF PERCOLATION TANKS USING ENVIRONMENTAL CHLORIDE AS A TRACER - Naturally present chloride concentration in natural water is utilized for the development of the technique to gauge the performance of percolation tanks in space and time. The chloride mass balance technique is simple, sensitive, reliable and yet powerful enough to resolve the temporal variation due to the effect of silting or climate factors. The percolation efficiency data of percolation tanks can aid in the formulation of guidelines for selection of suitable sites for future tanks with greater efficiency. Otherwise unscientific construction of percolation tanks in sites that yield poor percolation efficiency is uneconomical, and the very purpose of their construction will be forfeited. Thus the technique developed using chloride mass balance in tank water for evaluation of tank performance is highly economy oriented. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012723 | Adaptive Method for Outlier Detection and Spectral Library Augmentation - A method for analyzing data from an unknown substance, whereby target data representative of an unknown substance is received and compared to reference data associated with one or more known substances. Such comparison determines one or more candidate substances. After determining candidate substances, it is determined if the target data is unique to a candidate substance. If the target data is unique to one of the candidate substances, then this determination is confirmed with fusion. If the target data is not unique, then the target data may be subjected to fusion and unmixing with fusion. If analysis of the target data determines that an outlier is present, then this target data is added to a pool of unassigned data. The addition of this new data to the pool of unassigned data may result in clustering of enough of the previously unassigned data to form a new candidate class. If analysis of the target data does not detect an outlier, but cannot be matched to an existing candidate class, the target data in this case can also be added to the pool of unassigned data. If no outlier is detected, and the Matching Existing Class step is successful, then the target data is added to the matched class. If this candidate class is confirmed, then it can be added to the list of existing classes. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012724 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE DETERMINATION OF A STRAIN FOR A WIND ENERGY PLANT - A method for the determination of a strain of a wind energy plant ( | 2009-01-08 |
20090012725 | Determining a point of application of force on a surface element - The invention discloses a system for determining at least one point of application of force on a surface element. The system comprises a surface element ( | 2009-01-08 |
20090012726 | Method for Detecting Fault in Leakage Inspector, Leakage Inspector - In a calibration step, air is sealed in a first device serving as a reference device; a pressure change B | 2009-01-08 |
20090012727 | Detecting Partial Discharge in High Voltage Cables - A method for detecting partial discharge events comprising analysing an output from the cable using one or more substantially shift invariant wavelet transforms, and using the analysed signal to identify one or more peaks associated with a partial discharge. Preferably, the shift invariant transform is a stationary wavelet transform (SWT). | 2009-01-08 |
20090012728 | System and Method for Multi-Rate Concurrent Waveform Capture and Storage for Power Quality Metering - Systems and methods are provided for use in an IED that perform high resolution waveform capture to generate multi-rate waveform data in real-time. In one embodiment, high-resolution sampled data is dynamically pre-ordered into separate high resolution and low resolution data streams for presentation and storage. This pre-ordering of data is optimized so as to minimize the amount of data manipulation required to prepare the sampled data for eventual presentation and storage in the IED. Pre-ordering of data facilitates minimum performance impact so that continuous real-time data capture can be achieved. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012729 | LIGHT RECEIVING APPARATUS, TESTING APPARATUS, LIGHT RECEIVING METHOD, TESTING METHOD, TEST MODULE AND SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP - An optical receiving apparatus that receives an optical signal and outputs a data value of digital data transmitted by the optical signal is provided, including a light receiving element that receives the optical signal and outputs a photocurrent according to a strength of the optical signal, a present cycle integrator that integrates the photocurrent corresponding to a present cycle of the digital data over a prescribed period within the cycle, a previous cycle integrator that integrates the photocurrent corresponding to a cycle prior to the present cycle over a period that is substantially equal to the prescribed period in the cycle, and a data value identifying circuit that outputs a data value of the present cycle of the digital data based on a difference between a charge amount obtained through integration by the present cycle integrator and a charge amount obtained through integration by the previous cycle integrator. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012730 | Method and apparatus for matching test equipment calibration - A method includes collecting trace data associated with a plurality of device testers. Tester health metrics are generated for each of the device testers. The tester health metrics are analyzed to identify a selected tester health metric that diverges from the plurality of tester health metrics. A corrective action is initiated for the tester associated with the selected tester health metric. A method includes collecting trace data associated with a plurality of device testers. The trace data for each of the device testers is compared to a reference trace data set to generate tester health metrics for each of the device testers based on the difference therebetween. The tester health metrics are analyzed to identify a selected tester health metric that diverges from the plurality of tester health metrics. A corrective action is initiated for the tester associated with the selected tester health metric. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012731 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CALIBRATION OF DIGITAL SUN SENSOR - A method for calibration of a digital sun sensor is disclosed. The method comprises following steps. First, an integrated mathematic model for imaging of a sun sensor is established according to the external and internal parameters of the calibration system of the sun sensor. Next, the two axis of the rotator are rotated by different angles. Then, calibration points' data are acquired and sent to a processing computer through an interface circuit. Finally, a two-step calibration program is implemented to calculate the calibration parameters by substituting the calibration points' data to the integrated mathematic model. The disclosure also relates to an application device of the calibration method. The device comprises: a sun simulator to provide the incident sunlight, a two-axis rotator to acquire different the calibration points' data, and a processing computer to record the calibration points' data and calculate the calibration parameters. The calibration method and device apply to many kinds of digital sun sensors. By integrated external and internal parameters modeling, the disclosure improves calibration precision. Meanwhile, the whole calibration process is simplified because precise installation and adjustment is not required. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012732 | Methods and systems for detrending signal intensity data from chemical arrays - Methods, systems and computer readable media for removing trends in signal intensity values from features on a chemical array. Inputted signal values from features on the array are surface fitted to calculate a surface approximation. The surface approximation is normalized and used to de-trend the signal intensity values from the features. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012733 | OFFSET CORRECTION PROGRAM AND ELECTRONIC COMPASS - When an external magnetic field is applied to a sensor unit | 2009-01-08 |
20090012734 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CALIBRATION OF DIGITAL CELESTIAL SENSOR - A method for calibration of a digital celestial sensor is disclosed. The method comprises the following steps: firstly, an integrated mathematic model for imaging of a celestial sensor is established according to external and internal parameters of the calibration system of the celestial sensor. Secondly, by rotating two axes of a rotator by different angles, calibration points data are acquired and sent to a processing computer through an interface circuit. Finally, a two-step calibration program is implemented to calculate the calibration parameters by substituting calibration points' data to the integrated mathematic model. The disclosure also relates to an application device of the calibration method, wherein the device comprises: a celestial simulator to provide simulated sunlight or starlight, a two-axis rotator to acquire different the calibration points' data, a processing computer to record the calibration points' data and calculate the calibration parameters. The calibration method and device apply to many kinds of digital celestial sensors. By integrating external and internal parameters modeling, the disclosure improves the calibration precision. Meanwhile, the whole calibration process is simplified because precise installation and adjustment is not required. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012735 | DEVICE FOR DETERMINING A ROTATIONAL SPEED ABOUT THE VERTICAL AXIS OF A VEHICLE - The invention relates to a device for determining a rotational speed about the vertical axis of a vehicle, comprising a rotational speed sensor which outputs a signal which is dependent on the rotational speed about the vertical axis, and a signal evaluation means which determines the rotational speed from the signal supplied by the rotational speed sensor. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012736 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SPATIALLY-DEPENDENT ADJUSTMENT OF SYSTEM PARAMETERS - A method for spatially-dependent adjustment of system parameters of a magnetic resonance apparatus given continuous movement of an examination subject through a measurement volume of the magnetic resonance apparatus includes the following steps: (a) starting a measurement in the measurement volume of the magnetic resonance apparatus with a system parameter set, wherein the examination subject is located at a first position, (b) acquisition of measurement data, (c) storage of the system parameter values of the system parameter set with a respective position of the examination subject in a magnetic resonance apparatus at the point in time of a use of the respective system parameter of the system parameter set during the measurement, (d) evaluation of the acquired measurement data in regards to the effect achieved with the employed system parameter values, (e) adaptation of the system parameter values of the system parameter set under consideration of the evaluation of the last measurement such that, assuming idealized relationships between the system parameters and the respective effect, the respective effect corresponds to a target value, (f) starting a new measurement in the measurement volume of the magnetic resonance apparatus with the system parameter set with the adapted system parameter values, wherein the examination subject is located at an altered position, and (g) repetition of the steps b) through f) until the examination subject to be examined was completely examined. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012737 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CORRELATING TEST EQUIPMENT HEALTH AND TEST RESULTS - A method includes collecting trace data associated with a first device tester. A tester health metric is generated for the first device tester. At least one device tested by the first device tester is retested responsive to determining the tester health metric violates a predetermined threshold. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012738 | Measurement of Air Quality in Wireless Networks - A system for measuring air quality in wireless networks. In particular implementations, a method includes computing an interference severity level for a plurality of interference sources detected at an access point; aggregating one or more of the computed interference severity levels relative to the access point; and computing an air quality metric for the access point, wherein the air quality metric based at least in part on an equation: 1—aggregated interference severity level. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012739 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING POWER SEMICONDUCTOR TEMPERATURE - A method for determining power semiconductor operating temperatures uses a database of measured temperatures. Each temperature is associated with operating conditions and determined by laboratory testing in an environment indicative of operation of the power semiconductors actual operations. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012740 | Method for determining the wheel position in a vehicle - In a method for determining the wheel position in a vehicle, phase-shifted sensor signals of one wheel are evaluated, the position of the wheel on the left or right side of the vehicle being ascertained based on the algebraic sign of the phase shift. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012741 | Location Device with a Gravity Measuring Device - A location device has a gravity measurement instrument in communication with a database which has the locations relative to time of an astronomical object. The location device also has a timepiece indicating the time which may be used to determine the location of the astronomical object. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012742 | ENERGY BASED POSITION AND SPEED SELF-SENSING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SYNCHRONOUS MACHINE - An envelope of a voltage may be extracted using an operator to calculate a position and speed of a rotor. A position and speed sensing method may include supplying voltage to a rotor, extracting an envelope of the voltage using an operator, and calculating a rotor angle of the rotor based on the extracted envelope. A position and speed sensing apparatus may include a rotor, and a controller to extract an envelope of a voltage supplied to the rotor using an operator and to calculate a rotor angle of the rotor based on the extracted envelope. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012743 | Surface Measurement Instrument - A surface measurement instrument ( | 2009-01-08 |
20090012744 | System and Method for Statistically Evaluating the Operation of Integrated Circuit Fabrication Tools - For use with a manufacturing facility that carries out a plurality of processes, including a test process, to manufacture products, a plurality of alternative, equivalent tools being associated with each of the plurality of processes, a statistical evaluation system and a method of statistically evaluating the manufacturing facility. In one embodiment, the system includes: (1) a random test yield data selector configured to select test yield data on products subjected to a complete distribution randomly from the tools associated with the test process, (2) a group and grand means calculator associated with the random test yield data selector and configured to calculate group and grand means for the selected test yield data and (3) an analysis-of-means representation generator associated with the group and grand means calculator and configured to generate an analysis-of-means representation of at least one of the plurality of processes by plotting the group and grand means and decision limits corresponding to specific significance levels. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012745 | NUCLEAR DETECTION VIA A SYSTEM OF WIDELY DISTRIBUTED LOW COST DETECTORS - A radiation detection system includes many receivers to continuously receive radiation emission data from at least some of a sufficient density of dispersed detectors capable of communicating geo-positions and photon emission counts over a network; the data includes gamma intensities, time stamps, and geo-positions. A processor builds digital image data of the received radiation data for a geographic area by treating gamma-ray proton data from each dispersed detector as a pixel in a low-light image. The processor continuously executes a plurality of statistical computational analyses on the digital image data to separate detected radiation signals from random, undesired signal noise, and known signal noise or sources. The statistical computational analyses include match-filter and/or other convolution techniques. An interface reports to a user when the computational analyses result in detection of a radiation signal and reports a location of one or more of the dispersed detectors that contribute to the detection. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012746 | Predicting Sand-Grain Composition and Sand Texture - A method and apparatus for predicting sand-grain composition and sand texture are disclosed. A first set of system variables associated with sand-grain composition and sand texture is selected ( | 2009-01-08 |
20090012747 | Multiple Line Width Electromigration Test Structure and Method - Apparatus and methods pertaining to examining electromigration lifespan are disclosed. In one aspect, a method of manufacturing is provided that includes forming a test structure on a semiconductor substrate. The test structure includes a first conductor structure that has a first cross-sectional area and a second conductor structure that has a second cross-sectional area larger than the first cross-sectional area. Current is flowed through the first and second conductor structures at current densities sufficient to cause electromigration in the first and second conductor structures. The current is monitored for drops indicative of electromigration failure of one or both of the first and second conductor structures. The time elapsed before the failure of the one or both of the conductor structures is recorded. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012748 | SUPPRESSING REPEATED EVENTS AND STORING DIAGNOSTIC INFORMATION - Events that repeatedly occur during a detection period are intercepted and suppressed before being written to a log. When the same error has been detected a predetermined number of times within the detection period, the event logging for the event is suppressed for a suppression period. At the end of the suppression period an entry is made in the log summarizing the events during the suppression period. Additionally, diagnostic information relating to an application is collected and then stored within a high speed memory. Upon the occurrence of a triggering event, the diagnostic information from the high speed memory is stored within a data store for later use. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012749 | Fabric Modelling - A method of modelling fabric properties and behaviour first involves generating ( | 2009-01-08 |
20090012750 | CHASSIS SURFACE TEMPERATURE ESTIMATE APPARATUS, METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A chassis surface temperature estimate apparatus capable of quickly and easily estimating a chassis surface temperature without obtaining a parameter for each component through actual measurement for thermal design is provided. A thermal analysis execution section ( | 2009-01-08 |
20090012751 | METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR STRUCTURE ANALYSIS BY FINITE ELEMENT METHOD - In a structure analysis method by the finite element method, based on a characteristic that when a load is applied to a structure, an arbitrary point of the structure describes an ellipsoidal shape in accordance with a direction of the load, an equation of the ellipsoidal shape formed by the arbitrary point of the structure when being displaced is formulated based on a constraint condition, a load condition and a stiffness matrix for the structure; and a displacement of the arbitrary point when an arbitrary load is applied to the structure is obtained based on the formulated equation of the ellipsoidal shape. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012752 | Aerodynamic Design Optimization Using Information Extracted From Analysis of Unstructured Surface Meshes - A computer-implemented method of analyzing data representing the optimization of real-world designs of physical entities according to at least one criterion. Different modifications of the design are generated by a cyclic optimization algorithm. The design data is represented by unstructured triangular surface meshes. A displacement measure representing local differences between two design modifications of the different modifications is calculated. Performance difference between the two design modifications is calculated. The performance difference is represented by at least one criterion. Sensitivity information representing correlation between the displacement measure and the performance differences is outputted. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012753 | METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING JOINT PRESS SET FOR USE WITH A PLURALITY OF BALL JOINTS - A method and article for designing dual-mode adapters in a joint press kit. A plurality of ball joints for use with the adapters are selected. An adapter design is created by defining a first variable representative of a physical characteristic of the adapter design; defining a second variable representing a quantity of ball joints that are not compatible with the adapter design in a second operational mode; generating data sets including the first and second variables; and utilizing the data sets to determine a value for a characteristic of the adapter. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012754 | Automated approach to resolving artificial algebraic loops - A method and apparatus for resolving artificial algebraic loops in model executions include providing a model of an executable process having a plurality of functions. An analysis step identifies whether the process includes at least one potential artificial algebraic loop. If at least one potential artificial algebraic loop exists in the process, an artificial algebraic loop solution manipulates the order or manner by which the functions are executed to eliminate or otherwise resolve the artificial algebraic loop. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012755 | Simulation Of Coupled Objects - A simulator for simulating a first object and a second object that is coupled to the first object is disclosed. The simulator models the first and second objects as a plurality of segments, with each segment having a plurality of nodes connected by one or more edges. The simulator then indexes each of the nodes and couples at least one node of the first object to a node of the second object. The indexing and coupling is based on the current simulated position of the first and second objects. The simulator then generates and solves a linear system of equations Ay=b from the indexing, and updates a position of each of the nodes. The simulator flow then dynamically re-indexes the nodes, and continues in a loop. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012756 | ANALYZING LINEARIZATION OF MODELS IN MODELING ENVIRONMENTS - A device provides an interface for permitting a user to define a block diagram model that represents a system, linearizing at least a portion of the block diagram model, analyzing a linearization result of at least one block of the block diagram model to determine contribution information of the at least one block toward a linearization result of the block diagram model, and outputting information concerning a result of analyzing the linearization result. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012757 | TOOLS FOR SYSTEM-LEVEL DESIGN ENVIRONMENTS - A remote auxiliary tool is created in a graphical model having at least one of a signal or a block. The remote auxiliary tool is non-intrusively attached to one of the signal or the block. The graphical model and the remote auxiliary tool are executed synchronously. At least one of an execution result or a remote auxiliary tool result is output to at least one of a display device, a storage device or a destination device. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012758 | DESIGN SUPPORT SYSTEM, METHOD AND PROGRAM - A design support system includes an input means for receiving shape data indicative of mutually different first and second shapes, finite element model data indicative of a finite element model for each shape, and attribute data indicative of an attribute at each node of the finite element model, a shape display means for displaying the shapes on a screen, a superimposing means for superimposing the shapes displayed on the screen, on each other, based on a reference site, an attribute calculating means for calculating the attributes at attribute calculation points set at predetermined positions on the screen, based on the attributes of the nodes, with respect to each of the superimposed shapes, and an attribute difference calculating means for calculating differences in the attributes of the nodes and the attribute calculation points of the respective shapes. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012759 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIMULATION PHYSICAL FIELDS - In order to design on-chip interconnect structures in a flexible way, a CAD approach is advocated in three dimensions, describing high frequency effects such as current redistribution due to the skin-effect or eddy currents and the occurrence of slow-wave modes. The electromagnetic environment is described by a scalar electric potential and a magnetic vector potential. These potentials are not uniquely defined, and in order to obtain a consistent discretization scheme, a gauge-transformation field is introduced. The displacement current is taken into account to describe current redistribution and a small-signal analysis solution scheme is proposed based upon existing techniques for static fields in semiconductors. In addition methods and apparatus for refining the mesh used for numerical analysis is described. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012760 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACTIVITY MONITORING AND FORECASTING - A system and method for creating models related to an organization, comprising: collecting data from electronic activity; conducting an electronic data analysis by analyzing the data; conducting an organization data analysis analyzing organization data from the organization; and creating a model of the organization based on the electronic data analysis and/or the organization data analysis. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012761 | Runtime Program Regression Analysis Tool for a Simulation Engine - A system is disclosed that provides a goal based learning system utilizing a rule based expert training system to provide a cognitive educational experience. The system provides the user with a simulated environment that presents a business opportunity to understand and solve optimally. Mistakes are noted and remedial educational material presented dynamically to build the necessary skills that a user requires for success in the business endeavor. Multiple “correct” answers are integrated into the learning system to allow individualized learning experiences in which navigation through the system is at a pace controlled by the learner. A robust business model provides support for realistic activities and allows a user to experience real world consequences for their actions and decisions and entails realtime decision-making and synthesis of the educational material. The system includes tools for analysis, logging and display of regression analysis information for a presentation as it is presented. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012762 | Engine performance model - A method of constructing a piecewise linear engine performance model, comprises the steps of:
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20090012763 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TIRE EVALUATION AND TUNING WITH LOADING SYSTEM AND VEHICLE MODEL - A method and system for evaluating and tuning tires includes a test rig on which one or more physical tires are mounted. A full vehicle model and a road description are used with the test rig to test and evaluate the tire as would be conducted on a real test track. The full vehicle model is modified to remove the characteristics of the tire or tires under test. The remainder of the full vehicle model produces output signals in the form of displacements or loads that are transmitted as inputs to the test rig to apply those signals. The test rig measures output signals in the form of complementary displacements or loads that will become inputs to the vehicle model in place of the removed model of the tire under test. In this manner, the physical tire under test is inserted into a real time model of the full vehicle, road and driver. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012764 | SYSTEM MODEL PRODUCTION SUPPORT APPARATUS AND SYSTEM MODEL PRODUCTION SUPPORT METHOD - In a system model production support apparatus and method, plural partial models are stored along with input/output information for each partial model; an input-side portion of the system model is produced by sequentially selecting the partial models constituting the input-side portion from among the stored partial models in an order starting from the partial model closest to an input-side end of the system model, based on input information for the system model, and the input/output information for each partial model, and sequentially connecting the selected partial models; an output-side portion of the system model is produced by sequentially selecting the partial models constituting the output-side portion from among the stored partial models in an order starting from the partial model closest to an output-side end of the system model, based on output information for the system, and the input/output information for each partial model, and sequentially connecting the selected partial models; and the produced input-side portion is connected with the produced output-side portion to produce the entire system model. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012765 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING OILFIELD SIMULATION OPERATIONS - The invention relates to a method of simulating operations of an oilfield, which has process facilities and wellsite operatively connected, each wellsite having a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation for extracting fluid from an underground reservoir. The method steps include selecting simulators for modeling the oilfield with at least one of the simulators having functionality to model fluid injection, selectively coupling each of the simulators according to a predefined configuration, and modeling an injection operation of the oilfield by selectively communicating between the simulators. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012766 | Event Sequencer - There is provided a tool for effectively performing a meaningful analysis of a system state by using a specific index. A part having unusual behavior is extracted as an event timing from time-series data on an index derived from a system. An event descriptor describing the state of the system by using the event timing is generated. A method for generating the event descriptor associated with at least one system includes: a step (A) for acquiring time-series data on at least one index derived from at least one system; a step (B) for providing at least one peculiar behavior associated with the index; and a step (C) for extracting a part having the peculiar behavior as an event timing in the time-series data and generating an event descriptor described by the event timing. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012767 | Method for Selecting Potential Medicinal Compounds - A method for the structure based drug design, searching for and selection of potential medicinal compounds is proposed, which comprises predicting the value of the ligand binding affinities from the score calculated with the help of a scoring function with taking into account the protein structure, the ligand structure and the ligand position in the protein binding site. In the elaboration of the scoring function information about the already known both active and inactive ligands is employed. The use of the information about the inactive ligands makes the proposed method of elaborating the scoring function fundamentally different from all the known methods and allows not only to essentially improve the quality of the scoring function being elaborated, but also to constantly improve this quality as new experimental data become available. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012768 | METHOD FOR DECIDING ARRAY SPACING OF ARRAY ANTENNA BY USING GENETIC ALGORITHM AND ARRAY ANTENNA HAVING SOFA STRUCTURE WITH IRREGULAR ARRAY SPACING - A method for determining an array space of an array antenna by using a genetic algorithm and an array antenna having a soft structure with irregular array spacing are disclosed. The array antenna having a sofa structure with irregular array spacing, includes: a plurality of radiation elements having an inclined angle based on a horizontal plane and arranged with irregular array spacing for radiating and receiving an radio wave; a plurality of phase shifters for amplifying radiation signals radiated from the plurality of radiation elements and receiving signals received from the plurality of radiation elements, and controlling phases of the radiation signals and the receiving signals; and a radio wave signal coupler for dividing a transmitting signal to the radiation signals, transferring the divided radiation signals to the plurality of phase shifters and coupling the receiving signals from the plurality of phase shifters. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012769 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LITHOGRAPHIC SIMULATION AND VERIFICATION - Methods and systems for lithographic simulation and verification comprising a process in the frequency domain or in the spatial domain of calculating intensity at a location (x, y) for a number of defocus values. In addition, evaluating the intensity calculation result to determine if the intensity level will result in the mask pattern being written onto a wafer. The verification process may be calculated in the spatial domain or in the frequency domain. The calculations may be done such that full focus window calculations may be obtained by isolating the defocus parameter “z” in the calculations. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012770 | CIRCUIT SIMULATION - A system, method, and apparatus select state variables for, build state equations of, and simulate time-domain operation of an electronic circuit. The circuit is modeled with three branch types (inductor, resistor, voltage source in series; capacitor, resistor, current source in parallel; and switch), including four pre-defined switch types (unidirectional unlatched, bidirectional unlatched, unidirectional latched, and bidirectional latched). Automated analyses determine efficient state variables based on the currently active circuit topology, and state equations are built and applied. Switching logic determines when switch states change, and state equations for the new topology are either drawn from a cache (if the topology has already been processed) or derived anew. The switch control signals may be combined into a single switching variable, defined as a function of the state output. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012771 | Transaction-based system and method for abstraction of hardware designs - Apparatus and method for transaction-based abstraction process can, in an embodiment, include three main phases: first, selecting a set of transaction-processing finite state machines (FSMs) that determine transaction boundaries. Second, extracting the transaction-processing FSMs, composing them, and computing an abstracted FSM corresponding to the composed FSM after abstraction, step | 2009-01-08 |
20090012772 | METHOD FOR GENERATING AN ELECTRO-HYDRAULIC MODEL FOR CONTROL DESIGN - The dynamic response characteristics of an electro-hydraulic (EH) physical plant is represented by a model. The model includes a series of second order transfer functions, one for each operating point, of the EH physical plant. Command pressure, overshoot, rise time, damping coefficient, natural frequency and gain parameters are determined in developing each transfer function. The model can be used to advance the time in which the design and development of a control system for the EH physical plant can begin. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012773 | ANALYSIS OF CONTROL SYSTEMS - A control system representing a non-linear system may be modeled in block diagram form in a graphical environment. A linear model based on the block diagram may be generated. The linear model may then be used to design and tune the control system. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012774 | Debugging Prototyped System Solutions in Solution Builder Wizard Environment - A system and method for debugging system solutions under design which cooperates with a solution design platform in which relationships between two or more system-level computing components are defined, in which each system-level computing component is associated with a behavioral model, and in which each relationship between system-level computing components is defined as a message-based communications interface. During simulation of the solution, messages are created by analysis of each behavioral model, and are transported or exchanged between system components. The debugging facility monitors interfaces between the system-level components, captures messages at the monitored interfaces, and adds tracking information to the captured messages. Following simulation, the stored messages and tracking information can be reformatted and displayed for review by the user to assist in determination of the problems in system-level operation. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012775 | METHOD FOR TRANSLITERATING AND SUGGESTING ARABIC REPLACEMENT FOR A GIVEN USER INPUT - A method for suggesting transliteration for user inputs, comprising: receiving an original user input composed of alpha-numeric characters; identifying the possibility of transliterating the input; determining at least one potential transliteration by performing at least one of the following (1) replacing a sequence of characters in the original input to a possible sequence of Arabic characters (2) determining the probabilities of the potential transliterated alternatives to the user input; and electing the most likely transliteration according to some predetermined criteria (3) verifying the suggested output against a validation repository, the validation repository having a large corpus of Arabic words. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012776 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR MACHINE TRANSLATION - A concept obtaining unit obtains, for each example set stored in an example storage unit, a first concept of a phrase included in an example in the first language and a second concept of a phrase included in an example in the second language from a concept storage unit. A determining unit determines that an example set including an unmatched concept between first concepts and second concepts is not applicable. An example set searching unit searches for an example set that includes an example in the first language that is analogous to or matches an input sentence. An output controlling unit outputs an example in the second language of the example sets from which the example set that is determined as inapplicable is deleted, as a translation result. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012777 | TOKEN STREAM DIFFERENCING WITH MOVED-BLOCK DETECTION - Methods and apparatus implementing systems and techniques for differencing token streams and detecting moved blocks of tokens. In general, in one implementation, the technique includes: obtaining a first token stream and a second token stream, comparing the first and second token streams to identify a group of tokens that are substantially similar in the first and second token streams, the similar-tokens group including common sub-sequences, which are identical in the first and second token streams, and at least one unmatched token, and presenting matched token information corresponding to the similar-tokens group to represent changes in document flow. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012778 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EXPANDING NATURAL LANGUAGE QUERY REQUIREMENT - The present invention provides an apparatus for expanding a query requirement, comprising: a query requirement understanding device which generates an explicit query requirement according to a user query request; and a query requirement expanding device which generates an implicit query requirement associated with the explicit query requirement. The query requirement understanding device generates an explicit query requirement including a query concept and a question type by searching a knowledge base and a language base, and the query requirement expanding device generates an implicit query requirement including a query concept and a question type by searching the knowledge base, the language base and a relevancy database. The present invention further provides a method for expanding a query requirement. The apparatus and method for expanding a query requirement according to the present invention can facilitate a user's query and provide the user with an accurate, comprehensive query answer. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012779 | Sound source separation apparatus and sound source separation method - A sound source separation apparatus includes: an SIMO-ICA process unit, separating and generating an SIMO signal by the BSS method based on the ICA method; a sound source direction estimation unit, estimating a sound source direction based on a separating matrix, computed by a learning calculation of the BSS method based on the ICA method; a beamformer process unit, performing, on each SIMO signal, a beamformer process of enhancing, according to each frequency bin, a sound component from each sound source direction; an intermediate process unit, performing an intermediate process that includes performing a selection process, etc., according to each frequency bin on signals other than a specific signal among the beamformer processed sound signals; and an untargeted signal component elimination unit, eliminating noise signal components by comparing for one signal in the specific SIMO signal, volumes of the specific beam former processed sound signal and the intermediate processed signal according to each frequency bin. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012780 | Speech signal decoding method and apparatus - In a speech signal decoding method, information containing at least a sound source signal, gain, and filter coefficients is decoded from a received bit stream. Voiced speech and unvoiced speech of a speech signal are identified using the decoded information. Smoothing processing based on the decoded information is performed for at least either one of the decoded gain and decoded filter coefficients in the unvoiced speech. The speech signal is decoded by driving a filter having the decoded filter coefficients by an excitation signal obtained by multiplying the decoded sound source signal by the decoded gain using the result of the smoothing processing. A speech signal decoding apparatus is also disclosed. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012781 | SPEECH CODER AND SPEECH DECODER - A speech coder includes a seed storage that stores a plurality of seeds used as an initial state of oscillation. An oscillator generates different vector sequences in accordance with values of the seeds stored in the seed storage and outputs the vector sequences as excitation vectors. A linear predictive coding synthesis filter receives, as input, the excitation vectors synthesizes the excitation vectors, and outputs a synthesized speech. The seed storage stores the plurality of seeds prepared in advance as the initial state of oscillation such that the vector sequences generated in the oscillator serve as effective excitation vectors from which the synthesized speech can be generated when the vector sequences are input to the linear predictive coding synthesis filter the oscillator receives, the seeds from the seed storage, generates, using the input seeds, vector sequences that serve as the effective excitation vectors from which the synthesized speech can be generated in the linear predictive coding synthesis filter, and outputs the vector sequences. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012782 | Method and Arrangements for Coding Audio Signals - According to the invention, an excitation signal is generated as a result of sampled excitation values in order to excite an audio synthesis filter, the generated sampled excitation values being continuously stored in an adaptive codebook. A noise generator is provided which continuously generates random sampled values. A sequence of the stored sampled excitation values is selected from the adaptive codebook based on a fed audio fundamental frequency parameter by means of which a time gap between the sequence that is to be selected and the actual time reference is predefined. The excitation signal is generated by mixing the selected sequence with a random sequence encompassing actual random sampled valued of the noise generator. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012783 | System and method for adaptive intelligent noise suppression - Systems and methods for adaptive intelligent noise suppression are provided. In exemplary embodiments, a primary acoustic signal is received. A speech distortion estimate is then determined based on the primary acoustic signal. The speech distortion estimate is used to derive control signals which adjust an enhancement filter. The enhancement filter is used to generate a plurality of gain masks, which may be applied to the primary acoustic signal to generate a noise suppressed signal. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012784 | Speech transcoding in GSM networks - There is provided a method of transcoding an Enhance Full Rate (EFR) 12.2 Kbps encoded frame into an Adaptive Multi-Rate (AMR) 12.2 Kbps encoded frame, where the method comprises receiving the EFR 12.2 Kbps encoded frame from a first codec; determining if the EFR 12.2 Kbps encoded frame is a Silence Insertion Descriptor (SID) frame; if the EFR 12.2 Kbps encoded frame is determined to be the SID frame, the method further comprises transcoding the EFR SID frame. There is also provided a method of transcoding an EFR 12.2 Kbps encoded frame into an AMR 12.2 Kbps encoded frame, where the method comprises receiving the AMR 12.2 Kbps encoded frame from a first codec; determining if the AMR 12.2 Kbps encoded frame is an SID frame; if the AMR 12.2 Kbps encoded frame is determined to be the SID frame, the method further comprises transcoding the AMR SID frame. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012785 | SAMPLING RATE INDEPENDENT SPEECH RECOGNITION - A sampling-rate-independent method of automated speech recognition (ASR). Speech energies of a plurality of codebooks generated from training data created at an ASR sampling rate are compared to speech energies in a current frame of acoustic data generated from received audio created at an audio sampling rate below the ASR sampling rate. A codebook is selected from the plurality of codebooks, and has speech energies that correspond to speech energies in the current frame over a spectral range corresponding to the audio sampling rate. Speech energies above the spectral range are copied from the selected codebook and appended to the current frame. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012786 | Adaptive Noise Cancellation - Speech-free noise estimation by cancellation of speech content from an audio input where the speech content is estimated by noise suppression. Adaptive noise cancellation with primary and noise-reference inputs and an adaptive noise cancellation filter from estimating primary noise from noise-reference input. Speech Suppressor (Noise Estimation) applied to noise-reference input provides speech-free noise estimates for noise cancellation in the primary input. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012787 | DIALOG PROCESSING SYSTEM, DIALOG PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A dialog processing system which includes a target expression data extraction unit for extracting a plurality of target expression data each including a pattern matching portion which matches an utterance pattern, which are inputted by an utterance pattern input unit and is an utterance structure derived from contents of field-independent general conversations, among a plurality of utterance data which are inputted by an utterance data input unit and obtained by converting contents of a plurality of conversations in one field; a feature extraction unit for retrieving the pattern matching portions, respectively, from the plurality of target expression data extracted, and then for extracting feature quantity common to the plurality of pattern matching portions; and a mandatory data extraction unit for extracting mandatory data in the one field included in the plurality of utterance data by use of the feature quantities extracted. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012788 | SIGN LANGUAGE TRANSLATION SYSTEM - The translation system of a preferred embodiment includes an input element that receives an input language as audio information, an output element that displays an output language as visual information, and a remote server coupled to the input element and the output element, the remote server including a database of sign language images; and a processor that receives the input language from the input element, translates the input language into the output language, and transmits the output language to the output element, wherein the output language is a series of the sign language images that correspond to the input language and that are coupled to one another with substantially seamless continuity, such that the ending position of a first image is blended into the starting position of a second image. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012789 | Method and process for performing category-based analysis, evaluation, and prescriptive practice creation upon stenographically written and voice-written text files - System and method for electronically identifying and analyzing the type and frequency of errors and mismatches in a stenographically or voice written text against a stored master file and dynamically creating personalized user feedback, drills, and practice based on identified errors and mismatches from within the context of the stored master file. The system provides the user with a plurality of methods to enter a text file for error identification and analysis including both realtime and non-realtime input. The text input is then compared to a stored master file through a word-by-word iterative process which produces a comparison of writing input and stored master wherein errors and mismatches are identified and grouped in a plurality of pre-defined and user-selected categories, each of which is color-coded to facilitate pattern recognition of type and frequency of errors and mismatches in the submitted writing. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012790 | SPEECH RECOGNITION APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A speech recognition apparatus which improves the sound quality of speech output as a speech recognition result is provided. The speech recognition apparatus includes a recognition unit, which recognizes speech based on a recognition dictionary, and a registration unit, which registers a dictionary entry of a new recognition word in the recognition dictionary. The recognition unit includes a generation unit, which generates a dictionary entry including speech of the new recognition word item and feature parameters of the speech, and a modification unit, which makes a modification for improving the sound quality of the speech included in the dictionary entry generated by the generation unit. The recognition unit includes a speech output unit, which outputs speech which is included in a dictionary entry corresponding to the recognition result of input speech, and is modified by the modification unit. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012791 | REFERENCE PATTERN ADAPTATION APPARATUS, REFERENCE PATTERN ADAPTATION METHOD AND REFERENCE PATTERN ADAPTATION PROGRAM - A method and apparatus for carrying out adaptation using input speech data information even at a low reference pattern recognition performance. A reference pattern adaptation device | 2009-01-08 |
20090012792 | SPEECH RECOGNITION SYSTEM - A speech recognition system is provided for selecting, via a speech input, an item from a list of items. The speech recognition system detects a first speech input, recognizes the first speech input, compares the recognized first speech input with the list of items and generates a first candidate list of best matching items based on the comparison result. The system then informs the speaker of at least one of the best matching items of the first candidate list for a selection of an item by the speaker. If the intended item is not one of the best matching items presented to the speaker, the system then detects a second speech input, recognizes the second speech input, and generates a second candidate list of best matching items taking into account the comparison result obtained with the first speech input. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012793 | TEXT-TO-SPEECH ASSIST FOR PORTABLE COMMUNICATION DEVICES - The present invention provides a text-to-speech assist for portable communication devices. A method for communicating text data using a portable communication device in accordance with the present invention includes: displaying text data on a display of the portable communication device while communicating with a party; selecting at least a portion of the displayed text data; converting the selected text data into synthesized speech; and providing the synthesized speech to the party using the portable communication device. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012794 | System For Giving Intelligibility Feedback To A Speaker - System for giving intelligibility feedback to a speaker ( | 2009-01-08 |
20090012795 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMIC CONDITIONAL INTERACTION IN A VOICEXML RUN-TIME SIMULATION ENVIRONMENT - A method and system for testing voice applications, such as VoiceXML applications, is provided. The system provides a run-time simulation environment for voice applications that simulates and automates user interaction. A user simulation script is provided in a customized mark-up language. The voice application is processed to derive a nominal output of the voice application. The user simulation script is processed to generate a simulated output for the voice application corresponding to the nominal output. Conditional logic may be applied to the nominal output to generate a simulated input in response thereto. The user simulation script is specified in a customized mark-up language having a set of one or more conditional tags and an internal variable for the nominal output of the voice application. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012796 | Apparatus and Method for Encoding/Decoding Signal - An encoding method and apparatus and a decoding method and apparatus are provided. The decoding method includes extracting a compatible down-mix signal optimized for a first multi-channel decoder from the input bitstream, converting the compatible down-mix signal to be optimized for a second multi-channel signal by performing a compatibility processing operation on the compatible down-mix signal, and generating a three-dimensional (3D) down-mix signal by performing a 3D rendering operation on the converted down-mix signal. Accordingly, it is possible to efficiently encode multi-channel signals with 3D effects and to adaptively restore and reproduce audio signals with optimum sound quality according to the characteristics of an audio reproduction environment. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012797 | Method and apparatus for encoding and decoding an audio signal using adaptively switched temporal resolution in the spectral domain - Perceptual audio codecs make use of filter banks and MDCT in order to achieve a compact representation of the audio signal, by removing redundancy and irrelevancy from the original audio signal. During quasi-stationary parts of the audio signal a high frequency resolution of the filter bank is advantageous in order to achieve a high coding gain, but this high frequency resolution is coupled to a coarse temporal resolution that becomes a problem during transient signal parts by producing audible pre-echo effects. The invention achieves improved coding/decoding quality by applying on top of the output of a first filter bank a second non-uniform filter bank, i.e. a cascaded MDCT. The inventive codec uses switching to an additional extension filter bank (or multi-resolution filter bank) in order to re-group the time-frequency representation during transient or fast changing audio signal sections. By applying a corresponding switching control, pre-echo effects are avoided and a high coding gain and a low coding delay are achieved. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012798 | TRAVELER SAFETY INFORMATION CORRELATION SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A traveler safety information correlation system is provided. An interactive, real-time mapping tool is combined with traveler location and alert information data sources. Recorded locations corresponding to human assets are overlaid on geographical maps enabling an operator to determine real or near real-time locations of human assets, such as an organizations employees. Traveler location information may obtained from computerized reservation systems, credit card processing systems, cellular and wireless computer networks, and/or other systems. The traveler safety information correlation system may also be used to generate alerts and to deliver information messages to human assets. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012799 | COMMUNITY-BASED TRAVEL DESTINATION DETERMINATION - In one embodiment, a method for providing destination matching results for a community of users is provided. For example, a community of users may want to plan a trip together. Each of the users can create a travel profile of attributes. Once the travel profiles are received from the community of users, destination matching results based on the travel profiles of the users taken in combination are determined based on the destination profiles for destinations. For example, the ten best destinations that are determined to best match the travel profiles of the community of users are selected. The search result of destinations is then provided for access by the community of users. For example, a web page may be created that includes the search results. Each of the community of users may access the web page and review the results. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012800 | COMPUTER-ASSISTED INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICE DESIGN SYSTEM - A method and system are disclosed for providing automated assistance to a service provider for creating a technical solution definition for a project for delivering Information Technology (IT) outsourcing services for a customer. The method comprises the steps of providing, in machine processable form, a definition of a taxonomy of a set of standard services offered by the service provider; providing, in machine processable form, a repository of service designs, each of the service designs describing a set of IT architecture components to deliver a service associated with a standard service element, according to a specified best practice rule; and providing, in machine processable form, a collection of policies that can be executed to validate the service designs selected to deliver the set of contracted services. A computer implemented design tool is used to define the scope of a project a set of service designs, and to run policy-based validation checks on the design. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012801 | Warranty service system - The present invention provides a warranty service system. It comprises a flash disk for warranty service, a computer, Internet and a registration center. The registration center is a computer server having a web address and a data base. A customer plugs the flash disk for warranty service into the computer and links with the registration center via Internet to achieve a warranty registration. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012802 | Parcel retrieval system and method - A parcel retrieval system and method are provided. If the intended recipient receives notice of a failed delivery attempt of a parcel by a delivery driver, the recipient may be put in contact with the delivery service via voice telephone communications, or via an internet website or the like. The delivery vehicle provides the delivery service with position information regarding the current location of the delivery vehicle. The delivery service utilizes the current position information provided by the delivery vehicle to provide rendezvous information to the recipient, which rendezvous information can be used by the recipient to find the delivery vehicle and retrieve the parcel, en route, from the driver at a nearby location. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012803 | System and method for real estate spatial data analysis - A system and method for providing analysis on geocoded objects through collection, distribution and use of information through a user interface which allows the user to visualize the analysis through maps, symbols, text, and colors. In the context of commercial real estate, the system and method provides the user with a visual display and printout which allows the user to make decisions as to where retail locations should be located. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012804 | Network-based consensus formation method using configurable finite-state machines - A computer-networked method for persons to express desires and intentions relating to a formal proposal or offer is described. Each interaction is modeled as a transition between a finite set of states. The allowed states and transitions are defined by a finite-state automaton called a way of doing business, or waydob™, decorated with various functions. The history of the interaction is recorded as an appendable but immutable list of transitions against the finite-state machine. Transitions are regulated by computable functions attached to the finite-state machine, thus permitting privileges, privacy, and other rules of the way of doing business to be enforced. By collecting parameters at transition points, commercial as well as non-commercial human interactions can be modeled and facilitated. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012805 | Portable Digital Rights for Multiple Devices - Portable digital rights for multiple devices is described. In an embodiment, a digital rights management (DRM) system includes a first device with a removable component configured as a token that is associated with a DRM license. The first device also includes a removable memory card that stores protected media content on which the first device can perform actions as permitted by the DRM license. The DRM system also includes a second device that can have the removable component and the removable memory card when removed from the first device and installed in the second device such that the second device can perform the actions on the protected media content as permitted by the DRM license. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012806 | System, method and apparatus for data capture and management - A method and system and apparatus for capturing, accessing, securing, personalizing and organizing data and content. The system includes a plurality of mobile computing devices. Each mobile device preferably includes a personalized interface for multiple input data capture and includes a system for transmitting the content and information to a secure server network, a system for organizing the data and information into personalized modules, and a means for transmitting the content to third parties for authentication and time/date stamping and registration. Said apparatus captures stores, secures, and sends data and information via wireless transmission means and/or networked means, to a mobile device and/or secure server to facilitate discovery and or innovation. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012807 | System and Method for Generating Graphical Advertisements Based on Text Offers - Systems and methods for generating a graphical advertisement based on a text offer are disclosed. Generally, an ad provider receives a request for a graphical ad. The ad provider sends a script to a browser comprising a call to a keyword extraction module. The ad provider receives a keyword from the keyword extraction module and determines a text offer associated with the keyword. The ad provider sends the text offer to the browser and sends an ad template for creating graphical advertisements based on the text offer to the browser. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012808 | METHOD FOR FLEXIBLE DEFINITION AND RETRIEVAL OF BEHAVIORAL DATA APPLICABLE TO MULTIPLE PARTICIPATING PARTIES - A method for guiding the decision making process prior to a company entering into an agreement, or engaging in a transaction, or conducting a business event. Policies, factors, weights, and relative priorities for the factors are established for each kind of agreement, transaction or event. Later, the established factors are retrieved and they are operated upon in accordance with an algorithm. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012809 | SYSTEM FOR INDIVIDUAL RETRAINING WITH A SAVINGS COMPONENT - The system described herein allows an individual or worker who has a job to select a different occupation for which to be trained. The information about the new occupation, such as cost of education, books, etc. along with the cost of living during the retraining and subsequent job search and the probability of job loss are used to determine a savings target and, if needed, a periodic savings amount. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012810 | Method for using an electromagnetic scratchcard to provide services - The invention pertains to a system and a method for using an electromagnetic scratchcard to provide services between a terminal accessible to a service customer and an infrastructure. The system comprises a network and a server of a service provider, whereby an activation code is present in electronic or magnetic form on the electromagnetic scratchcard and whereby the activation code is used to activate a card balance that is associated with the electromagnetic scratchcard and is stored in the server. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012811 | METHOD TO COLLECT AND OFFER CERTIFIED INFORMATION ON OPTIMIZED CLINICAL PROCESSES TO HEALTH INSTITUTIONS USING SEARCH ENGINES - A system and method develop and distribute model descriptions for benchmarked and optimized clinical workflows. Benchmarked clinical workflows may be developed and a corresponding database built. The database may be remotely searchable via a search engine over a communications network, such as the Internet. Remote health institution customers may remotely access and download virtual representations of benchmarked clinical workflows. The benchmarked clinical workflows may be modified or optimized to account for the characteristics and/or restrictions of a remote health institution. The savings associated with the benchmarked or optimized clinical workflows may be automatically derived and quantified with respect to manpower, money, and time. In one aspect, the benchmarked clinical workflows may have associated interactive software applications or include modifications to existing software applications that may operate on a customer's local workstation. The software applications may facilitate medical procedures and/or the operation of medical equipment, including medical imaging devices. | 2009-01-08 |
20090012812 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PATIENT CARE - Embodiments of the present invention may integrate and analyze the output from various medical devices and clinical information systems in order to assist the clinical staff in making the more informed clinical decisions, output intelligent alarms, predict and prevent adverse events, and in some circumstances enable automated patient care. | 2009-01-08 |