43rd week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 57 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110264364 | NAVIGATION DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE - A navigation device is provided for a vehicle with a processing unit for calculating the journey time of the vehicle for a planned route, wherein the calculating of the journey time takes place taking into consideration the vehicle configuration selected from several different selectable configurations of the vehicle. | 2011-10-27 |
20110264365 | System And Method For Selecting And Presenting A Route To A User - A method and system are provided for selecting and presenting a route to a user. An exemplary embodiment includes storing a plurality of associations, each association between a route taken by a user and at least one safety characteristic of the route. Received from a particular user is a request for at least one recommended route to a destination point. A query is formulated based on user specified parameters, including an origination point, the destination point, and a safety characteristic, to obtain routes taken by other users. A plurality of routes taken by other users based on a safety characteristic of the routes and related to at least one of the origination point and the destination point is retrieved from the associations. At least one recommended route is recommended to the user based on at least one of the retrieved routes that most closely matches the specified parameters. | 2011-10-27 |
20110264366 | Method of Determining Routes for Use in Navigation - A method of determining routes for use in navigation is disclosed. The method includes steps of calculating a current route, calculating an alternative route and comparing the difference in times along each route with a minimum time difference. The minimum time difference is calculated using a dynamic threshold value that varies according to the difference in distances along the current route and the alternative route. | 2011-10-27 |
20110264367 | Navigation Apparatus Capable of Providing Real-Time Navigation Images - A navigation apparatus is capable of image-capturing and is used to implement a navigation method including the steps of: a) obtaining current location information associated with the navigation apparatus, and location information of a reference target along a planned route that is being traversed; b) capturing real-time navigation images of the planned route according to an image-capture configuration parameter; c) obtaining a display screen position associated with the reference target with reference to the current location information, the target location information, and the image-capture configuration parameter; and d) showing on the display device the navigation images together with a mark corresponding in position to the display screen position. | 2011-10-27 |
20110264368 | NAVIGATION APPARATUS - A navigation apparatus includes a map data acquiring means | 2011-10-27 |
20110264369 | NAVIGATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A navigation configured to be installed in a motor vehicle, and a corresponding method. According to an embodiment, there is a method that includes: a) reproducing video information corresponding to a straight section included in the route information at a speed faster than a typical reproduction speed; and b) reproducing video information corresponding to a curved section included in the route information at a speed slower than the typical reproduction speed. | 2011-10-27 |
20110264370 | Method and system for displaying navigation information and mapping content on an electronic map - A method for displaying object vector indicators (“OVI”) and mapping-media content, referencing map-objects (“MO”) on an electronic map, the method including determining that at least one MO is outside a visible area of a displayed map, creating an OVI to reference the MO, displaying the OVI on the electronic map, receiving user input selecting the OVI, retrieving media-content associated with the MO and displaying the media-content. In various embodiments, the OVI may contain various navigation information referencing the OVI; the OVI may be displayed at the periphery of the displayed map; the OVI may be repositioned in response to a changing in position of an electronic device displaying the OVI and/or the MO, etc. | 2011-10-27 |
20110264371 | ROUTE CALCULATION METHOD FOR A VEHICLE NAVIGATION SYSTEM - Traffic information, including flow information and incident information, obtained through a traffic management system for providing and facilitating the exchange of traffic information between a remote location and a vehicle may be used in route calculation by a navigation device. The navigation device may recalculate a route based on anticipated user error. Alternatively, the navigation device may recalculate a route using received traffic information triggered by the receipt of a traffic information update, or triggered by the passage of an amount of time. The broadcast rate of traffic information updates may vary temporally (providing more frequent updates during peak commute times) or geographically (providing more frequent updates to metropolitan areas with increased traffic information needs). If route calculation is triggered by an elapsed amount of time, the amount of time may vary to be shorter during peak commute times. Additional route calculation techniques allow the incorporation of historical traffic information or the use of the most recent traffic information if incomplete traffic information is available. Still further route calculation techniques may calculate a best route by avoiding zigzagging or evaluating an assigned cost of a potential route. | 2011-10-27 |
20110264372 | Expert System For Selecting Fit-For-Purpose Technologies And Wells For Reservoir Saturation Monitoring - Embodiments of the present invention provide a machine, program product, and computer-implemented method to select a fit-for-purpose tool for reservoir saturation monitoring. A computer stores a plurality of characteristics for a plurality of well-logging tools, including open hole and closed hole resistivity, pulse-neutron spectral carbon-oxygen, and pulse-neutron capture technologies, as well as a predetermined ranking of tools within a technology. The computer obtains user inputs associated with conditions of a candidate well, e.g., a minimum tubing restriction, whether the wellbore is open or cased, and whether the well is a wet producer. Inputs can also include an objective of the reservoir saturation monitoring, such as, evaluating sweep efficiency or identifying remaining pay for sidetrack or perforation. The computer compares the characteristics for the well-logging tools to the user inputs and determines a well-logging tool selection responsive to the comparison to thereby recommend a course of action for the candidate well. | 2011-10-27 |
20110264373 | Method For The Management of Oilfields Undergoing Solvent Injection - Solvent-dominated hydrocarbon recovery processes use chemical solvent(s), rather than a heat-transfer agent, as the principal means to achieve hydrocarbon viscosity reduction. Such processes are fundamentally different from thermally-dominated recovery processes and have unique challenges. Field measurements described herein, such as the rate of solvent production, can be used to manage solvent-dominated hydrocarbon recovery processes, for instance for improving hydrocarbon recovery or solvent efficiency. | 2011-10-27 |
20110264374 | Method, Computer Program Product and System for Individual Assessment of Alcohol Sensitivity - Methods/computer methods and systems/computer systems for the evaluation of two idiosyncratic indices of alcohol intoxication: the Alcohol Sensitivity Index (ASI), and the brain-specific Cognitive Alcohol Sensitivity Index (CASI). The two indices are based on the new Metabolic and Cognitive Minimal Models of Alcohol Dynamics, and are derived from specific clinical protocols, accompanied by specific data analysis procedures. The two indices may be derived from specific clinical and cognitive assessment protocols, accompanied by specific data analysis procedures based on the new metabolic and cognitive minimal models of alcohol dynamics. | 2011-10-27 |
20110264375 | COMPUTER-ASSISTED MEANS FOR ASSESSING LIFESTYLE RISK FACTORS - The present invention relates to methods of assessing disease susceptibility associated with dietary and lifestyle risk factors. The invention provides for analysis of alleles at loci of genes associated with lifestyle risk factors, and the disease susceptibility profile of an individual is determined by reference to datasets which further match the risk factor with lifestyle recommendations in order to produce a personalized lifestyle advice plan. | 2011-10-27 |
20110264376 | EVALUATING GENETIC DISORDERS - The present invention relates to genetic analysis and evaluation utilizing copy-number variants or polymorphisms. The methods utilize array comparative genomic hybridization and PCR assays to identify the significance of copy number variations in a subject or subject group. | 2011-10-27 |
20110264377 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ANALYSING DATA SEQUENCES - A sequencing system and method of generating index keys for one or more data sequence based on masked values of reads from a sample data sequence and/or one or more template data sequence. Each index key value may be based upon a concatenated form of each extracted value, although other transformations may be employed. A number of different masks may be applied to the data sequence at a number of locations. At least some of the masks may include indels and/or substitutions. The masks may be manually or computer generated. The data sequence may be one or more reference templates and/or one or more sample sequences, such as DNA or RNA sequences. Sample data may be stored in the one or more index by correlating masked values of reads with index key values and storing an identifier for each read in association with a corresponding index key value. Sample data sequences may be evaluated by comparing sample sequence and template sequences having the same index key value and determining scores for the reads based on the comparison and associating the scores with the reads. Reads may be rejected based upon the comparison. A read may be rejected if there is more than one position at which it has a best score. A read may be rejected if its score falls below a threshold score level. | 2011-10-27 |
20110264378 | Method, System, and Computer Program Product For Tracking of Blood Glucose Variability in Diabetes - An embodiment may be in the field of glycemic analysis and control. More specifically, an embodiment or approach may provide a novel method, system, and computer program for the visual and quantitative tracking of blood glucose variability in diabetes from self-monitoring blood glucose (SMBG) data and/or continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) data. More particularly, an embodiment or aspects thereof may use glucose measurements obtained from self-monitoring data and/or CGM data of an individual or a group of individuals to track and analyze blood glucose variability. | 2011-10-27 |
20110264379 | INVESTIGATIONS - A method of investigation a sample is provided, the sample being a mixture of DNA arising from more than one source. The method includes analysing the sample to obtain a genotype for the DNA present in the sample and assigning a prior probability distribution to the genotype. The likelihood function is considered and a posterior probability distribution for the genotype is established. In this way a probabilistic assessment of the genotype of the major or minor contributor to the sample can be obtained. This is beneficial over prior methods which use a deterministic method, and so involve the use of rule based methods. | 2011-10-27 |
20110264380 | DETERMINATION OF THE HYDRODYNAMIC RADII AND/OR CONTENT OF CONSTITUENTS OF A MIXTURE BY ANALYSIS OF THE TAYLOR DISPERSION OF THE MIXTURE IN A CAPILLARY TUBE - A method for analysing a mixture M comprising (i) a first monodisperse species, and (ii) a second species having a response coefficient which is distinct from the response coefficient of the first species (i) on at least one detection device, said method comprising the following steps: (A) the mixture M is injected at the inlet of a capillary tube and forced to be transported in said tube by the flow of a carrier liquid induced by a positive hydrodynamic and/or hydrostatic pressure between the inlet and the outlet of the capillary, whereby a phenomenon of Taylor dispersion of the species of the mixture M occurs in the tube; (B) by using a detection device able to detect simultaneously both species (i) and (ii) and placed in the region of the outlet of the capillary tube, a signal reflecting the Taylor dispersion obtained in step (A) is measured; (C) the signal obtained in step (B) is analysed, so as to determine specific contributions of species (i) and (ii) and thereby establishing at least one of the followings: —the content of species (i) and/or (ii) in the mixture M; and/or, —the mean hydrodynamic radius of the species (ii) or the hydrodynamic radius of species (i). | 2011-10-27 |
20110264381 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA TO MODEL KINETIC PERFORMANCE OF RECHARGEABLE ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICES - A system includes an electrochemical cell, monitoring hardware, and a computing system. The monitoring hardware samples performance characteristics of the electrochemical cell. The computing system determines cell information from the performance characteristics. The computing system also analyzes the cell information of the electrochemical cell with a Butler-Volmer (BV) expression modified to determine exchange current density of the electrochemical cell by including kinetic performance information related to pulse-time dependence, electrode surface availability, or a combination thereof. A set of sigmoid-based expressions may be included with the modified-BV expression to determine kinetic performance as a function of pulse time. The determined exchange current density may be used with the modified-BV expression, with or without the sigmoid expressions, to analyze other characteristics of the electrochemical cell. Model parameters can be defined in terms of cell aging, making the overall kinetics model amenable to predictive estimates of cell kinetic performance along the aging timeline. | 2011-10-27 |
20110264382 | ELECTROMAGNETIC FLOW METER - Gain switching is performed by a DC amplifying circuit. The DC amplifying circuit is provided with individual gain generating circuits and a gain selecting circuit, and saturation preventing circuits are provided in earlier stages than the individual gain generating circuits. The individual gain generating circuit generates a gain G | 2011-10-27 |
20110264383 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING OCCLUSIONS IN AN AMBULATORY INFUSION PUMP - An improved pump, reservoir and reservoir piston are provided for controlled delivery of fluids. A motor is operably coupled to a drive member, such as a drive screw, which is adapted to advance a plunger slide in response to operation of the motor. The plunger slide is removably coupled to the piston. A method, system, and an article of manufacture for automatically detecting an occlusion in a medication infusion pump is provided. The electrical current to an infusion pump is measured. Based on a series of measurements of one or more variables, the infusion pump detects whether there is an occlusion in the system. | 2011-10-27 |
20110264384 | FLOW METER - A simple, passive and rugged device for measuring the flow rate of liquid. A variable area obstruction valve, a differential pressure sensor and a densitometer are combined in a single housing to provide for a highly accurate and precise measure of mass flow. | 2011-10-27 |
20110264385 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING A FLUID PARAMETER IN A VIBRATING METER - A method for calculating a fluid parameter of a fluid flowing through a vibratory flow meter is provided. The method comprises vibrating the flow meter at one or more frequencies and receiving a vibrational response. The method further comprises generating a first fluid property and generating at least a second fluid property. The method further comprises calculating a fluid parameter based on the first fluid property and the at least second fluid property. | 2011-10-27 |
20110264386 | RHEOMETER FOR HIGH-VISCOSITY MATERIALS - The invention relates to a rheometer ( | 2011-10-27 |
20110264387 | Method for determining the starting instant of a periodically oscillating signal response - A method for determining the starting instant (t | 2011-10-27 |
20110264388 | FAULT LOCATION IN ELECTRIC POWER DELIVERY SYSTEMS - Accurately calculating location of a fault even on a branched, non-homogenous, radial electric power distribution system. The calculation includes determining a calculated reactance or impedance to the fault, and uses the line parameters to determine locations on the system that match the calculated reactance to the fault. The calculation may further include a determination of faulted phase and eliminate fault location possibilities based on absence of the faulted phase at those locations. The calculation may further use data reported from line monitors such as faulted circuit indicators (FCIs). | 2011-10-27 |
20110264389 | Fault Location in Electric Power Delivery Systems - Accurately calculating location of a phase-to-phase fault even on a branched, non-homogenous, radial electric power distribution system. The calculation includes determining a calculated reactance to the fault without using positive-sequence current measurements, and uses the line parameters to determine locations on the system that match the calculated reactance to the fault. The calculation may further include a determination of faulted phase and eliminate fault location possibilities based on absence of the faulted phase at those locations. | 2011-10-27 |
20110264390 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING STATE OF CHARGE VALUES FOR AN ELECTRICAL POWER CELL - A method for determining a state of charge value for an electrical power cell comprises obtaining an indication of a charge level of the electrical power cell, obtaining at least one indication of at least one operating condition for the electrical power cell, and determining an available charge indication value and a potential charge indication value based at least partly on the charge level indication and the at least one operating condition indication. | 2011-10-27 |
20110264391 | Signal Analyzer - An off-line vibrational analyzer comprising a digital signal processor ( | 2011-10-27 |
20110264392 | METHOD FOR CORRECTING THE DRIFT OF A PRESSURE SENSOR SIGNAL - A method for correcting the drift of the signal from a sensor measuring the pressure in a cylinder of an internal combustion engine, the signal being comparable to a straight line of equation y=A×x+B, on which signal are overlaid pressure spikes, the correction method includes:
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20110264393 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CALIBRATING A THREE-AXIS ACCELEROMETER - An integrated calibration system and process for a three-axis (X, Y, Z) accelerometer estimates Z-axis bias, Z-axis bias drift and determines X, Y, and Z-axes error sources based on measurements taken when the accelerometer is static, i.e., sensing only the earth's gravitational acceleration. Optimal on-the-fly error estimates for the three-axis accelerometer are obtained so that the measurements provided by the three-axis accelerometer remain error-free. | 2011-10-27 |
20110264394 | Smart Connector - A measurement system includes a preexisting sensor, a transducer module installed in the pre-existing sensor including a memory storing information for identifying and operating the transducer, and a control device for communicating with the memory, the control device including a processor for automatically configuring the control device in response to data communicated from the memory and for collecting data from the pre-existing sensor. A method includes installing a transducer module into a preexisting sensor, and communicating between a memory of the transducer and a control device to automatically configure the control device in response to information for identifying and operating the transducer stored in the memory, and for collecting data from the pre-existing sensor. | 2011-10-27 |
20110264395 | Methods And Apparatus For Using Black Box Data To Analyze Vehicular Accidents - Disclosed are methods and apparatus for using black box data to analyze vehicular accidents. The methods include obtaining information from an event data recorder associated with a vehicle and using the data obtained therefrom in determining and analyzing the vehicular accident. Attributes to be analyzed include impact severity, change in velocity, and other desired parameters. Further disclosed are methods to securely communicate the downloaded black box information to a secure location for later analysis and processing. | 2011-10-27 |
20110264396 | ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT WITH PHYSICAL LAYER DIAGNOSTICS SYSTEM - An electrical circuit has a power supply, one or more devices and a diagnostics system. The diagnostics system includes a monitoring means adapted to monitor physical layer characteristics of the electrical circuit, a database containing circuit design data for the electrical circuit, and comparator means adapted to diagnose the status of the monitored physical layer characteristics of the electrical circuit by comparing them with the circuit design data. | 2011-10-27 |
20110264397 | Characterizing an Elongate Textile Product - A method for characterizing a yarn moved along its longitudinal direction. Readings of a characteristic of the yarn along the longitudinal direction of the yarn are detected. Values of a yarn parameter are determined from the readings. An event field is provided, which contains a quadrant of a two-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system, whose abscissa defines an extension of yarn parameter values in the longitudinal direction and whose ordinate defines a deviation of the yarn parameter from a desired value. Densities of events in the event field are determined from the values of the yarn parameter and their extensions in the longitudinal direction. A yarn body is represented as an area in the event field. The area on the one hand is delimited by the abscissa, on the other hand by the ordinate and further by a line in the event field that substantially follows a constant event density. The representation of the yarn body permits a clearing limit to be defined in a rapid and rational manner. | 2011-10-27 |
20110264398 | Fibre Optic Sensor System - A combined pressure and temperature sensor, the sensor comprising at least one first optical sensing element of a first type and at least one second optical sensing element of a second type, wherein the sensor is adapted to compensate for temperature and/or pressure effects in the first or second optical sensing element using a response of the other of the second or first optical sensing elements. | 2011-10-27 |
20110264399 | INSULATION JACKET AND INSULATION JACKET SYSTEM - A thermal insulation jacket system comprising: a first thermal insulation jacket configured to fit on an object; a microcontroller located in the first thermal insulation jacket; a first temperature measuring means in signal communication with the microcontroller, configured to measure the temperature of the object; a second temperature measuring means in signal communication with the microcontroller, configured to measure the ambient temperature; where the microcontroller is configured to determine the energy savings achieved by the insulative properties of the first thermal insulation jacket. | 2011-10-27 |
20110264400 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A CHARACTERISTIC OF A PATH FORMED BY CONSECUTIVE POSITIONS OF A TRIAXIAL ACCELEROMETER RIGIDLY CONNECTED TO A MOBILE ELEMENT - Device for determining a characteristic of a trajectory formed of successive positions of a triaxial accelerometer ( | 2011-10-27 |
20110264401 | Overall Motion Determination - An apparatus, a method, and a computer program are disclosed. The apparatus comprises a processor. The processor is configured to obtain instantaneous acceleration values representing lower limb motion of a user, to form an effective acceleration value from the instantaneous acceleration values over a plurality of steps of the user, and to determine a motion parameter representing overall motion of the user by means of the effective acceleration value. | 2011-10-27 |
20110264402 | COURSE OF MOTION DETERMINATION - A computer-implemented method for determining a course of motion between an artefact ( | 2011-10-27 |
20110264403 | CLEARANCE MEASURING METHOD AND MEASURING UNIT - The present invention provides a method for measuring a clearance ( | 2011-10-27 |
20110264404 | IDENTIFICATION METHOD OF DATA POINT DISTRIBUTION AREA ON COORDINATE PLANE AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A disclosed identification method of identifying a data point distribution area on a coordinate plane includes selecting a data point as a first representative point, setting the first representative point as an initial reference point, setting a direction passing through the initial reference point as an initial representative point selection direction, selecting an initial data point direction having a smallest angle relative to the initial representative point selection direction in a predetermined rotation direction when viewed from the initial representative point selection direction, selecting a data point corresponding to the initial data point direction as a second representative point of the data point distribution area, and determining whether there is an overlapping area where a distribution representative point area overlaps a determination area. | 2011-10-27 |
20110264405 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING ANGLES BASED ON 360 DEGREE IMAGES - A surveying apparatus includes a support structure and a reflective surface mechanically coupled to the support structure. The reflective surface is configured to receive panoramic data over a 360° field of view. The surveying apparatus also includes an optical system mechanically coupled to the support structure and optically coupled to the reflective surface. The surveying apparatus further includes an imaging system mechanically coupled to the support structure and optically coupled to the optical system and a processor. The processor is configured to receive data from the imaging system and compute an angular measurement based on the received data. | 2011-10-27 |
20110264406 | OPTICAL MEASUREMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS - An optical measurement apparatus, comprising a reference support on which are mounted a fixed headstock and a movable tailstock opposed to the fixed headstock and movable in order to maintain a piece to be measured between headstock and tailstock, and a mobile carriage movable along the linear axis, the carriage carrying a light source for directing a beam of collimated light across the x axis to be interrupted by the piece under measurement, the carriage further carrying an optical detector aligned with the light source and arranged to receive the residual light of the beam of collimated light that has not been interrupted by the piece under measurement. The measuring apparatus has a automatic measure mode triggered by a button on the apparatus, that is arranged to automatically guess the features of a workpiece and/or recognize workpieces for which a measurement program is available. | 2011-10-27 |
20110264407 | INERTIAL DEVICE WITH PEDOMETER FUNCTION AND PORTABLE ELECTRIC APPLIANCE INCORPORATING SAID INERTIAL DEVICE - An inertial device that is integratable in a portable electronic device includes: an inertial sensor for generating at least one raw acceleration signal in response to accelerations caused by movements of walking and running of a user of the pedometer; and a processing unit, associated to the inertial sensor for counting a number of steps of the user of the pedometer on the basis of the raw acceleration signal. The inertial sensor and the processing unit are both encapsulated within a single package for integrated circuits, which can be coupled to a circuit board of an electronic device and is provided with at least one connection terminal for making the number of steps available to the outside world. | 2011-10-27 |
20110264408 | TRACKING OF ENGINE WASH IMPROVEMENTS - A method comprises the step of quantifying an improvement in a gas turbine engine operation after a cleaning of the engine. A computer-readable medium, and a system for performing the method are also disclosed. | 2011-10-27 |
20110264409 | COMPRESSOR SENSOR MODULE - A sensor module for a compressor, having an electric motor operating at a first voltage, the sensor module operating at a second voltage, is provided. The sensor module includes a plurality of inputs connected to a plurality of sensors that generate a plurality of operating signals associated with operating conditions of the compressor. A processor is connected to the plurality of inputs and records multiple operating condition measurements from the plurality of operating signals. A communication port is connected to the processor for communicating said operating condition measurements to a control module that controls the compressor. The processor is disposed within an electrical enclosure of the compressor, the electrical enclosure being configured to house electrical terminals for connecting a power supply to the electric motor. The second voltage is less than said first voltage. | 2011-10-27 |
20110264410 | IDENTIFYING OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE MULTIPROCESS SYSTEM PERFORMANCE - Expert system may utilize multiple metrics to estimate whether a performance improvement activity has a potential to improve performance in respect to a predetermined performance metric. The multiple metrics may be propagated based on whether or not they may be affected by the activity and based on an associated value that may take into account the current value of the metric. An Index Propagation Graph may be further utilized to represent a propagation function which may propagate the potential of improvement of each metric in respect to the predetermined performance metric. | 2011-10-27 |
20110264411 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CORRECTING OPTICAL REFLECTANCE MEASUREMENTS - We disclose measurement systems and methods for measuring analytes in target regions of samples that also include features overlying the target regions. The systems include: (a) a light source; (b) a detection system; (c) a set of at least first, second, and third light ports which transmit light from the light source to a sample and receive and direct light reflected from the sample to the detection system, generating a first set of data including information corresponding to both an internal target within the sample and features overlying the internal target, and a second set of data including information corresponding to features overlying the internal target; and (d) a processor configured to remove information characteristic of the overlying features from the first set of data using the first and second sets of data to produce corrected information representing the internal target. | 2011-10-27 |
20110264412 | Part Design Using a Context-Free Grammar - The invention relates to a computer implemented method for designing a part modeled by using a seed structure of a context-free grammar, a set of rules of the grammar, at least two design features, each design feature being defined by at least one rule of the set, a priority order between the design features determined by the seed structure and the set of rules. The method comprises the steps of displaying a representation of the part in a graphical user interface according to the priority order, modifying the priority order between said two design features by modifying the set of rules, displaying a representation of the part according to the modified priority order. | 2011-10-27 |
20110264413 | METHOD FOR REPAIRING AND/OR UPGRADING A COMPONENT OF A GAS TURBINE - In a method for repairing and/or upgrading a component ( | 2011-10-27 |
20110264414 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING ABSOLUTE LAYOUT PARAMETERS OF OBJECTS, ASSOCIATED COMPUTER PROGRAMME AND CONTROL INSTALLATION - This method comprises the following steps: the obtaining ( | 2011-10-27 |
20110264415 | CONFIGURATION ENGINE FOR A PROCESS SIMULATOR - A computer modeling apparatus includes an input module enabling user specification of a subject facility design based on limited data. The subject facility design includes design alternatives, and a processor routine coupled to the input module and responsive to the user specification by forming an input data set to a rigorous simulation modeler to model the subject facility design. The rigorous simulation modeler requires input beyond the limited data. The processor routine enables execution of the simulation modeler. The computer modeling apparatus further includes an interface member that enables the production of a rigorous simulation model of the subject facility design from the simulation modeler. The subject facility is one of an oil processing facility, a gas processing facility, an oil and gas separation facility, or a chemical processing facility. | 2011-10-27 |
20110264416 | METHOD FOR INPUTTING A SPATIAL LAYOUT OF PRODUCTION DEVICES TO A COMPUTER-AIDED PLANNING PROGRAM AND FOR OPTIMIZING THE LATTER - In a factory planning method, provision is made for the models ( | 2011-10-27 |
20110264417 | SPACTIAL MODELLING SYSTEM EMPLOYING BIM - Disclosed is a spatial modelling system. The spatial modelling system comprises: a modelling module for generating modelling information about a space in accordance with input from a user; a space syntax module for perceiving the space on the basis of the modelling information generated by the modelling module, and generating information about the space syntax of at least one portion of the space; and a control module for displaying the results of an analysis of the space syntax of the at least one portion of the space, on the basis of information about the space syntax obtained by analysis by means of the space syntax module. | 2011-10-27 |
20110264418 | DETERMINING ELECTRICAL CONSUMPTION IN A FACILITY - A system and a method are disclosed for determining the electrical values of assets in a facility. The system receives a power tree configuration for a facility. The system generates a mathematical model of the power tree configuration. The mathematical model includes nodes that represent assets of the power tree configuration. The system receives electrical values for an asset and associates the values with a node. The system receives electrical values for another asset and associates the values with another node. The system then determines the electrical values for a different node based on the electrical values associated with the first two nodes. | 2011-10-27 |
20110264419 | Methods for Developing and Using Empirical Models - A method for providing an empirical model of a defined space comprises steps of: defining the desired space; describing at least a portion of the defined space with multiple correlated dimensions; reducing the dimensionality of the defined portion; combining the described portion with the remaining portion of the defined space; creating a hypothetical model of the defined space; selecting points of interest in the combination; producing real and/or virtual objects associated with at least a portion of the selected points, analyzing at least a portion of the produced objects; calculating coefficients for the hypothetical model according to the analysis. | 2011-10-27 |
20110264420 | MODELS FOR COMBINATORIAL PERTURBATIONS OF LIVING BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS - Techniques for modeling living biological systems include receiving constant values for multiple interaction factors w | 2011-10-27 |
20110264421 | Method For Geophysical Imaging - Method for transforming electromagnetic survey data acquired from a subsurface region to a subsurface resistivity model indicative of hydrocarbon accumulations or lack thereof. In one embodiment, data are selected for two or more non-zero frequencies ( | 2011-10-27 |
20110264422 | AUTOMATION OF THE ZERO-POLE IDENTIFICATION METHODS FOR THE STABILITY ANALYSIS OF MICROWAVE ACTIVE CIRCUITS - A method of analyzing electrical stability of an active circuit splits a frequency response of an electrical or electronic circuit according to sub-bands ( | 2011-10-27 |
20110264423 | METHOD OF PROCESSING MEASURED DATA - A method is provided for processing measured data to provide information on the structure of a region of the earth. The method comprises providing a flexural rigidity distribution of the region, providing a Young's modulus distribution of the region, and modifying the flexural rigidity distribution with the Young's modulus distribution to obtain an equivalent elastic thickness distribution of the region indicative of the structure thereof. | 2011-10-27 |
20110264424 | APPARATUS ABNORMALITY DIAGNOSIS METHOD AND SYSTEM - A technique relating to an apparatus abnormality diagnosis system, capable of easily creating and adding/updating an diagnosis model with respect to an initial and new failure case, and appropriately and efficiently achieving diagnosis of abnormality and instruction of operation using the model. In the abnormality diagnosis system, an diagnosis model creating process unit creates a structured abnormality model expressing a structured abnormality of maintenance operation type to an alarm and apparatus event relating to the maintenance operation type by a graph network structure based on acquisition of maintenance operation data (S | 2011-10-27 |
20110264425 | MOLTEN ALLOY SOLIDIFICATION ANALYZING METHOD AND SOLIDIFICATION ANALYZING PROGRAM FOR PERFORMING THE SAME - A molten alloy solidification analyzing method of the invention is characterized in that the amount of change in fraction solid is calculated based on the solidification rate of molten alloy and the solidification rate parameter that is a parameter for evaluating the influence of the solidification rate on solidification of the molten alloy, according to the fraction solid. By conducting such a simulation that takes into consideration the supercooling, a highly accurate solidification analysis is relatively easily performed for various molten alloys. | 2011-10-27 |
20110264426 | METHODOLOGY FOR MODELING THE FUEL ROD POWER DISTRIBUTION WITHIN A NUCLEAR REACTOR CORE - A method for modeling a nuclear reactor core that follows the history of each fuel pin and employs fuel pin flux form factors to explicitly track each fuel pin's fluence and burnup along its axial length and uses this information to obtain fundamental data for each fuel rod, i.e. fuel rod cross-sections, for each fuel pin segment. The data obtained for the fuel pins segments are employed to adjust the fuel pin flux form factors to match the real fuel pins' history so that the fuel rod power distribution can be precisely calculated based on the fuel rod cross-sections and the flux form factors. | 2011-10-27 |
20110264427 | Calibration and Synchronization of Micro Air Vehicle Autopilots - A system, method, and apparatus to train autopilots to fly a simulated aeronautical vehicle includes a three-degree of freedom gimbaled platform comprising a pitch, roll, and yaw axis; an autopilot comprising an inertial measurement unit mounted to the platform; motors that rotate the platform along the pitch, roll, and yaw axes; shaft encoders connected to the motors to calculate an angular position of the platform; motor drivers connected to the motors to power the motors; a microcontroller connected to the motor drivers; a quadrature encoder connected to the shaft encoders and the microcontroller; sensors that generate and sense environmental conditions affecting the platform and the autopilot; a flight simulator connected to the microcontroller; and a computer that executes the flight simulator causing actuation of the platform, causing the sensors to generate environmental conditions, and causing the autopilot to react to the environmental conditions. | 2011-10-27 |
20110264428 | SYSTEM FOR STUDYING A HYBRID VEHICLE POWERTRAIN - A system for studying a powertrain for a hybrid vehicle equipped with a thermal engine and an electric traction motor is disclosed including a first electric motor (M | 2011-10-27 |
20110264429 | SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZING A DRILLING OPERATION AND METHOD FOR USING SAME - A system and method for optimizing a drilling operation is provided. The system has a drilling a drilling operation optimization unit. The drilling operation optimization unit has a base model unit for producing a base model of the reservoir and a reservoir stress unit for producing a three dimensional stress model of the reservoir. The drilling operation optimization unit has a trajectory unit for determining at least one property for at least one wellbore trajectory based on the base model and the three dimensional stress model, wherein each of the wellbore trajectories is selectable by an operator. The system has an operator station for inputting data into the drilling operation optimization unit at the wellsite and a drilling tool for forming a wellbore along at least one of the at least one selected wellbore trajectories. | 2011-10-27 |
20110264430 | Methods and Systems To Volumetrically Conceptualize Hydrocarbon Plays - Methods for identifying hydrocarbon plays include applying predictive models to sediment fill volume(s) to provide play-element volume(s) representing at least one play element. Each play-element volume represents at least 1) qualities of the at least one play element and 2) a probability that the at least one play element satisfies determined criteria for each of a plurality of locations within a basin. The methods further include analyzing the play-element volume(s) to define play-concept volume(s) representing hydrocarbon play(s). Each of a plurality of locations within the play-concept volume(s) is attributed with: 1) an identification of each play element associated with the location, 2) the qualities of each play element, 3) the probability for each play element that it satisfies determined criteria, and 4) a composite likelihood that the location represents a hydrocarbon play. At least one of the volumes may be used to identify hydrocarbon play(s). | 2011-10-27 |
20110264431 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PORE PRESSURE PREDICTION - A method for performing an oilfield operation at a wellsite having a drilling rig configured to advance a drilling tool into a subsurface formation. The method includes generating a borehole temperature model for an area of interest using water depth information and a vertical stress model, generating a formation temperature model using the borehole temperature model, generating a mud-weight pressure model using the formation temperature model and pressure coefficients, generating a formation pore pressure model using the mud-weight pressure model, and adjusting the oilfield operation based on the formation pore pressure model. | 2011-10-27 |
20110264432 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MODELLING A MOLECULE WITH A GRAPH - Modelling a molecule by means of a graph, said graph comprising vertices and edges, each edge having a specific type, and said graph having cyclic orderings on the half-edges about at least one of the vertices, said system comprising means for determining the cyclic orderings on the half-edges about said at least one vertex by means of the spatial coordinates of the constituent atoms of the molecule, and means for determining the type of each edge of the graph by means of the relative spatial location of the constituent atoms of the molecule. Thereby automatic classification, comparison, specification, analysis and/or prediction of molecular structures can be provided because these molecular structures are represented by explicit combinatorial objects, and descriptors can be derived from the graph constructed in this manner. The descriptors are automatically computable from molecular databases, such as PDB or CATH, with no qualitative human intervention or subjective criteria. The invention can be applied to macromolecular structures such as proteins, protein globules, ligands, polymers, nucleotides, nucleic acids, RNA and DNA. | 2011-10-27 |
20110264433 | MAPPED THERMAL ELECTRIC COOLING - Methods and apparatus are provided for use with thermal electric cooling devices (TECDs). An apparatus is mapped so as to identify the heat dissipating entities and zones thereof. A first cooling plan is devised in accordance with the mapping, the cooling plan being dependant upon TECDs. At least one other cooling plan is devised that is distinct from the first cooling plan. The coefficient of performance (COP) for each of the cooling plans is calculated. One of the cooling plans is selected and implemented in accordance with a comparison of the COPs. Precision, zone-oriented cooling is provided, avoiding excessive material scale and wasted energy. | 2011-10-27 |
20110264434 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR COMPARING RESULTS OF PERFORMING A PLURALITY OF OPERATIONS WITH RESULTS OF SIMULATING THE PLURALITY OF OPERATIONS - In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for comparing results of performing a plurality of operations with results of simulating the plurality of operations. These mechanisms and methods for comparing results of performing a plurality of operations with results of simulating the plurality of operations can enable optimized performance of operations, reduced processing time, increased confidence in processing results, etc. | 2011-10-27 |
20110264435 | MODULAR CIRCUIT EMULATION SYSTEM - A modular circuit emulation system includes a plurality of emulation boards that each include at least one programmable circuit. A system backplane has a switching matrix that selectively couples the plurality emulation boards. A broadcast bus broadcasts data from one of the plurality of emulation boards to other ones of the plurality of emulation boards. | 2011-10-27 |
20110264436 | CLOCK SYNCHRONIZATION IN A MODULAR CIRCUIT EMULATION SYSTEM - A modular circuit emulation system includes a global clock generator that generates a plurality of clock signals. A plurality of emulation boards each include at least one programmable circuit and a clock buffer. The clock buffer generates at least one synchronized clock signal for clocking the programmable circuit or circuits, based on at least one of the plurality of global clock signals. | 2011-10-27 |
20110264437 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSLATING AN ENGLISH LANGUAGE MESSAGE INTO ANOTHER LANGUAGE - A system for translating an English language message into another language includes, but is not limited to, a data storage unit configured to store an English language phrase and a corresponding other language phrase, a display unit configured to display text in English and in the other language and a processor that is operatively coupled to the data storage unit and to the display unit. The processor is configured to obtain an English language message, to retrieve the English language phrase from the data storage unit, to compare the English language message with the English language phrase, to obtain the other language phrase if the English language message is substantially the same as the English language phrase, and to command the display unit to display the other language phrase in the other language. | 2011-10-27 |
20110264438 | Search and display system that provides example sentences compliant with geographical information and the method of the same - A search and display system that provides example sentences compliant with geographical information receives search information from an input area, a display area, or an electronic map. The system finds type information corresponding to the search information. At least one example category corresponding to the type information is searched in an example sentence database. At least one substitute example sentence corresponding to the selected example sentence category is searched in the example sentence database. This achieves the goal of providing example sentences compliant with the geographical information. The method of the same is also provided. | 2011-10-27 |
20110264439 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD AND PROGRAM - A translation apparatus capable of producing an optimal translation of an input sentence is provided. A template in a first language and a template in a second language include a fixed portion consisting of a prescribed word/phrase and a variable portion replaceable by any of a predetermined plurality of words/phrases at corresponding positions, and the translation apparatus includes: a determining unit for determining, for a plurality of templates in the first language, whether or not a word/phrase included in the input sentence in the first language matches any of the prescribed word/phrase and the predetermined plurality of words/phrases; a selecting unit for selecting at least one of the plurality of templates based on the result of determination; and a replacing unit for replacing, if a template including a variable portion replaceable by the matched word/phrase is selected, the variable portion corresponding to the variable portion replaceable by the matched word/phrase of the template in the second language corresponding to the selected template, by a word/phrase in the second language corresponding to the matched word/phrase. | 2011-10-27 |
20110264440 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DISPLAY LOCALIZED RESOURCES IN PROCESS CONTROL APPLICATIONS - Example methods and apparatus to display localized resources in a process control system are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes receiving in a server a locale identifier and a resource identifier from an application, identifying via the server a language file in a database that corresponds to the locale identifier, determining via the server using the language file a resource included within a memory that corresponds to the resource identifier, accessing the resource from the memory via the language file, and sending via the server the resource to the application to display the resource in a format associated with the locale identifier. | 2011-10-27 |
20110264441 | NAVLIPI - Articles, surfaces, media or educational material containing a universal script, comprised of glyphs derived almost entirely from the Roman script and with only a few new glyphs, for transcription of all the world's languages, with particular attention to a means for expression of the phonemic idiosyncrasies within and between languages and language families are provided. | 2011-10-27 |
20110264442 | VISUALLY EMPHASIZING PREDICTED KEYS OF VIRTUAL KEYBOARD - A computing system includes a touch display and a virtual keyboard visually presented by the touch display. The virtual keyboard includes a plurality of touch-selectable keys each having a visual appearance that dynamically changes. A touch-selectable key has a deemphasized visual appearance if the touch-selectable key is not predicted to be a next selected key, and the touch-selectable key has a prediction-emphasized visual appearance if the touch-selectable key is predicted to be a next selected key. | 2011-10-27 |
20110264443 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Disclosed herein is an information processing device including: a data acquirer configured to acquire a sentence collection having a plurality of sentences and a plurality of phrases included in the sentence collection; a phrase feature decider configured to decide phrase features each representing a characteristic of a respective one of the phrases acquired by the data acquirer; a collection feature decider configured to decide a collection feature representing a characteristic of the sentence collection; and a compressor configured to generate compressed phrase features by using the phrase features and the collection feature, the compressed phrase features having a dimension lower than a dimension of the phrase features and each representing a characteristic of the respective one of the phrases acquired by the data acquirer. | 2011-10-27 |
20110264444 | KEYWORD DISPLAY SYSTEM, KEYWORD DISPLAY METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present invention is a keyword display system that includes a speaker specifier for specify a speaker; a weight determinator for determining a weight of the specified speaker; a keyword extractor for extracting keywords from a speech of the aforementioned speaker; a keyword relation degree calculator for calculating a relation degree between the aforementioned extracted keywords, carrying out a weighting for this calculated relation degree by using the weight of the speaker having spoken the aforementioned keywords, and calculating a keyword relation degree between the keywords; and a keyword display controller for displaying a relevancy between the aforementioned extracted keywords responding to the aforementioned keyword relation degree. | 2011-10-27 |
20110264445 | METHOD OF USING VISUAL SEPARATORS TO INDICATE ADDITIONAL CHARACTER COMBINATION CHOICES ON A HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED APPARATUS - A method and associated apparatus for using visual separators to indicate additional character combination choices from a disambiguation function on a handheld electronic device. | 2011-10-27 |
20110264446 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND MEDIA GATEWAY FOR REPORTING MEDIA INSTANCE INFORMATION - A method, a system, and a media gateway (MG) for reporting media instance information are disclosed. The method for reporting media instance information includes: detecting, by an MG, received media data according to a set media instance detection (MID) event; and reporting, by the MG, the MID event when the media instance information is detected. With the present invention, the MG reports the detected media instance information related to the media data to a media gateway controller (MGC) through a set MID event, so that the MG can detect media instance information related to the media data, and report the detected media instance information related to the media data to the MGC. In this way, the MGC can execute corresponding control operations according to the media instance information related to the media data, extending the applicable scope of media services. | 2011-10-27 |
20110264447 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR SPEECH FEATURE DETECTION - Implementations and applications are disclosed for detection of a transition in a voice activity state of an audio signal, based on a change in energy that is consistent in time across a range of frequencies of the signal. | 2011-10-27 |
20110264448 | METHOD FOR HIGH QUALITY AUDIO TRANSCODING - A method and apparatus for a voice transcoder that converts a bitstream representing frames of data encoded according to a first voice compression standard to a bitstream representing frames of data according to a second voice compression standard using perceptual weighting that uses tuned weighting factors, such that the bitstream of a second voice compression standard to produce a higher quality decoded voice signal than a comparable tandem transcoding solution. The method includes pre-computing weighting factors for a perceptual weighting filter optimized to a specific source and destination codec pair, pre-configuring the transcoding strategies, mapping CELP parameters in the CELP parameter space according to the selected coding strategy, performing Linear Prediction analysis if specified by the transcoding strategy, perceptually weighting the speech using with tuned weighting factors, and searching for adaptive codebook and fixed-codebook parameters to obtain a quantized set of destination codec parameters. | 2011-10-27 |
20110264449 | Detector and Method for Voice Activity Detection - The embodiments of the present invention relates to a voice activity detector and a method thereof. The voice activity detector is configured to detect voice activity in a received input signal comprising an input section configured to receive a signal from a primary voice detector of said VAD indicative of a primary VAD decision and at least one signal from at least one external VAD indicative of a voice activity decision from the at least one external VAD, a processor configured to combine the voice activity decisions indicated in the received signals to generate a modified primary VAD decision, and an output section configured to send the modified primary VAD decision to a hangover addition unit of said VAD. | 2011-10-27 |
20110264450 | SPEECH CAPTURING AND SPEECH RENDERING - The invention proposes extracting one or more speech signals ( | 2011-10-27 |
20110264451 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TRAINING DICTATION-BASED SPEECH-TO-TEXT SYSTEMS USING RECORDED SAMPLES - A method and apparatus useful to train speech recognition engines is provided. Many of today's speech recognition engines require training to particular individuals to accurately convert speech to text. The training requires the use of significant resources for certain applications. To alleviate the resources, a trainer is provided with the text transcription and the audio file. The trainer updates the text based on the audio file. The changes are provided to the speech recognition to train the recognition engine and update the user profile. In certain aspects, the training is reversible as it is possible to over train the system such that the trained system is actually less proficient. | 2011-10-27 |
20110264452 | AUDIO OUTPUT OF TEXT DATA USING SPEECH CONTROL COMMANDS - Example embodiments disclosed herein relate to audio output of speech data using speech control commands. In particular, example embodiments include a mechanism for accessing text data. Example embodiments may also include a mechanism for outputting the text data as audio by converting the text data to speech audio data and transmitting the speech audio data over an audio output. Example embodiments may also include a mechanism for receiving speech control commands that allow for voice control of the output of the audio data. | 2011-10-27 |
20110264453 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADAPTING COMMUNICATIONS - In a method of adapting communications in a communication system comprising at least two terminals ( | 2011-10-27 |
20110264454 | Adaptive Transition Frequency Between Noise Fill and Bandwidth Extension - A method for spectrum recovery in spectral decoding of an audio signal, comprises obtaining ( | 2011-10-27 |
20110264455 | METHODS, APPARATUS AND ARTICLES OF MANUFACTURE TO PERFORM AUDIO WATERMARK DECODING - Example methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture to perform audio watermark decoding are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes receiving an audio signal including an audience measurement code embedded therein using a first plurality of frequency components, sampling the audio signal, transforming the sampled audio signal into a first frequency domain representation, determining whether the code is detectable in the first plurality of frequency components of the first frequency domain representation, and when the code is not detected in the first plurality of frequency components, examining a second plurality of frequency components of a second frequency domain representation to determine whether the code is detected, the second plurality of frequency components being offset from the first plurality of frequency components by a first offset, the first offset corresponding to a sampling frequency mismatch. | 2011-10-27 |
20110264456 | BINAURAL RENDERING OF A MULTI-CHANNEL AUDIO SIGNAL - Binaural rendering a multi-channel audio signal into a binaural output signal is described. The multi-channel audio signal has a stereo downmix signal into which a plurality of audio signals are downmixed, and side information having a downmix information, as well as object level information of the plurality of audio signals and inter-object cross correlation information. Based on a first rendering prescription, a preliminary binaural signal is computed from the first and second channels of the stereo downmix signal. A decorrelated signal is generated as an perceptual equivalent to a mono downmix of the first and second channels of the stereo downmix signal being, however, decorrelated to the mono downmix. Depending on a second rendering prescription, a corrective binaural signal is computed from the decorrelated signal and the preliminary binaural signal is mixed with the corrective binaural signal to obtain the binaural output signal. | 2011-10-27 |
20110264457 | ENCODER, DECODER, ENCODING METHOD, AND DECODING METHOD - An encoding apparatus and method for generating low-frequency-band encoding information and high-frequency-band encoding information from an original signal. The encoding apparatus includes a first spectrum calculator that calculates a first spectrum of a low frequency band from a decoded signal of the low-frequency-band encoding information, a second spectrum calculator that calculates a second spectrum from the original signal, an estimator that divides a high frequency band of the second spectrum into a plurality of bands and estimates the second spectrum included in each band, using the first spectrum, and a first error component encoder that encodes a first error component between the high frequency band of the second spectrum and an estimated spectrum. A corresponding decoding apparatus and method provides decoding. | 2011-10-27 |
20110264458 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSIGNING A SEAT BASED ON USAGE SITUATIONS OF PRINTING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a system includes a memory configured to store seat information which applies rank order to a plurality of seats for each of printing apparatuses, an interface configured to acquire log information on print jobs from the printing apparatuses and store the acquired log information in the memory, and a controller configured to aggregate the number of sheets printed by each of the printing apparatuses for each of users on the basis of the log information, specify the printing apparatus for each of the users using the number of sheets printed by each of the printing apparatuses aggregated for each of the users and determine a seat assignment order for the users, and assign a seat which is not yet assigned and has the highest rank from among the seats rank ordered for the printing apparatus specified for the users in the determined order. | 2011-10-27 |
20110264459 | HEALTHCARE INSURANCE CLAIM FRAUD DETECTION USING DATASETS DERIVED FROM MULTIPLE INSURERS - Various techniques are described that enable a smaller insurer (or an insurer with a less developed dataset) to be able to characterize whether certain healthcare insurance claim elements are potentially fraudulent or erroneous. Datasets from larger insurers (with well developed datasets) and/or datasets from a consortium of insurers can be leverage by the smaller insurer. Related techniques, apparatus, systems, and articles are also described. | 2011-10-27 |
20110264460 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A SECURE REGISTRY FOR HEALTHCARE RELATED PRODUCTS AND SERVICES - A computer-implemented method, apparatus, and system for servicing the needs of customers with a particular disease or disorder. A catalog of specialty items relevant to the needs of individual customers at a given stage of the disease or disorder or treatment cycle may be provided. Secure personal registries of items selected from the catalog by a customer may be provided. Experts and other third parties may recommend items for inclusion in the personal registry of the customer. Experts, customers, and/or third-parties may recommend additional items for inclusion into the catalog of specialty items. The catalog may also be updated based on sales information. Third parties may make a financial contribution or an in-kind contribution to the customer's registry. The relationship between the catalog of specialty items, recommenders, and customers, may be managed by the system while the privacy of personal customer data may be maintained. | 2011-10-27 |
20110264461 | Brains-server synapses-empowered networking - The networks of people, computer servers, teleconferencing platforms and communication devices for precisely guiding and assisting in expeditiously diagnosing and managing and treating diseases and illnesses for, by, among and between said people using said networks. | 2011-10-27 |
20110264462 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING MEDICAL TREATMENT VALUES IN CHILDREN WITHOUT DATA ENTRY - A system is provided for providing patient treatment values in real-time, including: a database module comprising a database having a plurality of predetermined categories of patient selection criteria, patient condition categories, treatment types and precalculated treatment doses based on the predetermined categories and patient selection criteria; an input module in communication with the database module for inputting one or more of patient selection criteria, patient condition categories and treatment type at time of patient treatment; and a display module in communication with the database module and the input module for displaying a precalculated treatment dose based on one or more inputted patient selection criteria, patient condition categories and treatment type at time of patient treatment. | 2011-10-27 |
20110264463 | ACTIVITY NOTIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - The activity notification process includes a first step of selecting an activity center on a home screen of a home station. The home screen of the home station has a plurality of selectable activity center choices, the selection thereof generating a plurality of selectable patient location options. The next step includes selecting one of the location options to send a message to an activity station of the activity center, the home station touch screen returning to its home screen with the activity center being predominantly highlighted thereon. The activity station generates an alert window providing directions to a location. The predominately highlighted activity center on the home station touch screen is deselected, only when the message has been answered, thereby returning the home screen thereon to a state that does not show the predominant highlights, the deselection providing verification that the message has been answered. The activity center may be disabled until the required activity is completed. The activity notification system is particularly adapted for use in a physician or dental office. | 2011-10-27 |