46th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 54 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120290219 | COMBINATION OF READER AND INCUBATOR - A detection arrangement for detecting presence of an analyte in a sample includes a processor, a memory, a display, a color measuring device, and a temperature controller for maintaining a constant temperature or a temperature profile of the sample. A method is also provided for determining the presence or absence of an analyte in a fluid by analysis of image data from an assay that generates an image result on an assay medium | 2012-11-15 |
20120290220 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CALCULATING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IN THE PRODUCTION OF RAW MATERIAL FOR OBTAINING BIOPRODUCTS - For quickly and remotely obtaining the GHG emissions, without providing the sites of raw material production with means for collecting parameters. The system comprises a processing unit to execute instructions related to the determination of the emissions; the database for storing the relevant parameters related to the processes for the production of raw material; a data transmission means connected to the database and the processing unit, to retrieve said parameters from the database and transmitting said parameters to the processing unit, and a GHG emissions modeling module connected to the processing unit and adapted to generate a GHG emissions level. The method comprises considering a partial calculation for the emissions related to any process and adding them up to obtain an overall value for said GHG emissions. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290221 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING GHG EMISSIONS ASSOCIATED TO BIOPRODUCT INDUSTRY - The method & system hereby described allows the measuring of GHG emissions produced during the generation of bioproduct from different source materials. The method comprises capturing, processing and handling different parameters and data related to GHG emissions associated to every single process needed to produce bioproduct and the delivery of said bioproduct and/or source material to be transformed into said bioproduct, in order to generate a total GHG emissions value by means of applying formulae to the captioned and processed isolated data referred to GHG emissions of every process. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290222 | ELECTROCHEMICAL GAS DETECTION DEVICE - An output of a direct current power supply is divided with a pair of resistors, and applied to any of electrodes of an electrochemical gas sensor provided with a detection electrode, a counter electrode and a solid electrolyte membrane through a buffer amplifier. Impedance of the gas sensor is measured by switching with a switch the connection destination of one electrode of the electrochemical gas sensor between a current amplification circuit and an impedance measurement circuit. The impedance measurement circuit is formed of an alternating current power supply that switches a potential of a resistor on a side of one end connected to the switch and a potential on a side of the other end of the resistor, between the output potential and the ground potential of the direct current power supply. Gas concentration is determined by storing humidity dependency and temperature dependency of the electrochemical gas sensor, and correcting the output of the current amplification circuit based on measured impedance and ambient temperature. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290223 | DIRECT MATCH SPECTROGRAPHIC DETERMINATION OF FUEL PROPERTIES - A method and apparatus for deriving a refinery product property value based on data produced from a globally-calibrated spectrographic analyzer and data from a non-spectrographic analyzer. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290224 | CATION DETERMINATION METHOD - A method for determining a cation which is stable to oxygen radical. Specifically, a lithium air cell which includes at least an air electrode, a negative electrode and a non-aqueous electrolyte that is interposed between the air electrode and the negative electrode. The lithium air cell is characterized in that the nonaqueous electrolyte contains an ionic liquid that does not contain atoms having a positive charge larger than that of a hydrogen atom and is composed of cations, which have an average of the charges carried by atoms other that hydrogen atoms of 0 or less, and counter anions of the cations. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290225 | Systems, Methods, and Apparatus for Determining Online Stress and Life Consumption of a Heat Recovery Steam Generator - Certain embodiments of the invention may include systems, methods, and apparatus for determining online stress and life consumption of a heat recovery steam generator (HRSG). According to an example embodiment of the invention, a method for assessing components of a HRSG is provided. The method includes receiving HRSG design parameters; determining thermal stress data associated with the one or more HRSG components based at least in part on one or more historical, real-time, or calculated temperature sensor data associated with the one or more HRSG components; and determining cycle-related life consumption data associated with the one or more HRSG components based at least in part on the HRSG design parameters and the determined thermal stress data. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290226 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CALCULATING WINCH LINE PULL - A device having a winch spool, a torque sensor that measures torque of the winch spool, a first angle sensor that detects a first angle of a winch line relative to a central axis of the winch spool, and a second angle sensor that detects a second angle of the winch line coming from a coil of line on the spool relative to a surface of the coil of line is disclosed. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290227 | LEVEL SENSING - A level sensing circuit board featuring at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, where the at least one memory and computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus at least to: respond to a signal containing information related to the electrical conductivity of a material causing a stimulus to a sensing plate that corresponds to a positive plate of a capacitor directly connected to an input of a comparator that forms part of a variable frequency oscillator; and determine a proportional response containing information about the material causing the stimulus to the sensing plate based at least partly on the signal received. The level sensing circuit may be used as a means to turn a pump on or off based on a sensed fluid level. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290228 | METHOD OF MEASURING ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE OF JOINTS - A method for measuring electrical resistance of a joint includes supplying a first current between a first end of a first member of the joint and a first end of a second member of the joint. The method also includes measuring a first voltage between a second end of the first member and a second end of the second member. The first ends of the first member and the second member are oriented or situated opposite of the joint from the second ends of the first member and the second member. The method also includes calculating a first joint resistance of the joint from the supplied first current and the measured first voltage. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290229 | DIAGNOSTIC METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ASSESSING THE INSULATION CONDITION OF ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT INSULATED WITH OIL - A diagnostic method and apparatus for assessing the insulation condition of electrical equipment ( | 2012-11-15 |
20120290230 | Methods and Apparatuses for Monitoring Energy Consumption and Related Operations - Apparatus and method including acquiring a signal indicative of power consumption; detecting a transient in the signal; extracting a feature indicative of the transient, wherein extracting the feature includes: fitting a plurality of models to the transient, selecting one of the plurality of models as a model for the transient, and defining the feature indicative of the transient based on at least one parameter of the model for the transient; and classifying the transient based on the feature. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290231 | ENERGY CONSERVATION DIAGNOSIS SYSTEM - An energy conservation diagnosis system manages electrical device K which consumes electricity to operate based on control schedule information, and comprises acquiring unit | 2012-11-15 |
20120290232 | ELECTRIC POWER MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, ELECTRIC POWER MEASUREMENT METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - An electric device has an electric power measurement unit with an electric power detection element measuring consumed electric power and an information communication element transmitting the measured power. An electric power meter has an information communication element measuring and transmitting total electric power consumed indoors. An information processing unit stores the measured values in every predetermined sampling period. If a difference α of two measurement values of the electric power detection element is a finite value, the information processing unit calculates and stores both a difference β of two measurement values of the electric power meter corresponding to the two measurement values and β/α, and calibrates the amount of electric power consumed by the electric device and that is measured by the electric power detection element using a median of values of β/α obtained in a predetermined measurement period or a median of a predetermined number of values of β/α. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290233 | METHOD FOR DETECTING CONFLICTS BETWEEN OUTAGE REQUESTS AND POWER SUPPLY GUARANTEE REQUESTS IN A POWER GRID - A method detects conflicts between a power supply guarantee request (PSGR) and an outage request (OR) in a power grid. The method comprises receiving a first outage device set including OR related devices and a power supply guarantee device set including PSGR related devices. Geographic information about devices in the power grid is used to determine a second outage device set, which includes devices in the first outage device set and accompanying outage devices that need to be in outage together with devices in the first outage device set. Power grid topology information is used to determine a power grid outage scale in which all devices in the second outage device set can be in outage. For each device in the power supply guarantee device set, the method detects whether the device is included in the power grid outage scale, to determine any conflict between the PSGR and OR. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290234 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING CELL CAPACITY VALUES IN A MULTI-CELL BATTERY - Systems and methods to determine cell capacities of a vehicle battery pack. Cell capacities may be determined using state of charge (SOC) estimates for the cells and a charge count for the battery pack. The SOC estimates may be determined when the SOC of the battery pack is below a lower threshold and above an upper threshold. Error values may also be generated for the cell capacity values. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290235 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING THE STATE OF CHARGE OF A BATTERY UTILIZING CONFIDENCE VALUES - Systems and methods to determine a state of charge (SOC) of a battery using confidence values. SOC estimations are determined using a voltage-based estimation strategy and a current-based estimation strategy. Confidence values are also generated for the voltage-based SOC estimation and the current-based SOC estimation to quantify the amount of uncertainty associated with the SOC estimations. An overall SOC estimation is determined by comparing the confidence values and selecting the SOC estimation having the least amount of uncertainty. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290236 | BATTERY CONDITION DETECTING APPARATUS - There is provided a battery condition detecting apparatus including a voltage detecting unit configured to detect an open voltage of a secondary battery, and a charging rate calculating unit configured to calculate a charging rate by applying a charged open voltage obtained by charging the secondary battery and detected by the voltage detecting unit to a first battery property indicative of a relationship between the charged open voltage and the first battery property, and for calculating the charging rate by applying a discharged open voltage obtained by discharging the secondary battery and detected by the voltage detecting unit to a second battery property indicative of a relationship between the discharged open voltage and the second battery property. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290237 | BATTERY CONDITION DETECTING APPARATUS AND BATTERY CONDITION DETECTING METHOD - There is provided a battery condition detecting apparatus including a unit for detecting a secondary battery temperature, a unit for calculating a capacity holding rate of the secondary battery, a unit for detecting a secondary battery voltage, a unit for calculating a waiting time between a time point when a current becomes a predetermined current value or smaller and a time point when a voltage variation per a unit time based on a battery property indicative of a relationship among a temperature of the secondary battery, a capacity holding rate, and the waiting time in response to the temperature detected by the unit and a capacity holding rate calculated by the unit, and a unit for estimating a condition of a residual quantity of the secondary battery based on the voltage detected by the unit after the waiting time calculated by the unit elapses. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290238 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTION OF LVDT CORE FALLOUT CONDITION - A method includes measuring a first voltage (V | 2012-11-15 |
20120290239 | THIN METAL FILM MEASUREMENT METHOD - A thin metal film measurement method is disclosed. The method includes the following steps. A respective capacitance is measured before and after a thin metal film is formed. The thickness of the thin metal film is calculated according to the variation of the capacitance. In an embodiment, the capacitance is measured respectively by a capacitance measuring module before and after the thin metal film is formed so as to calculate the thickness of the thin metal film. In another embodiment, a pair of capacitance measuring modules opposite at up and down sides is applied to measure the capacitance before and after the thin metal film is formed so as to calculate the thickness of the thin metal film. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290240 | CURRENT SENSOR FOR ELECTRIC WIRE - A current sensor includes an electric wire to be measured, a guide portion for guiding the electric wire to be measured, a holding portion for holding the electric wire to be measured, and four pairs of magnetic sensor elements arranged at intervals of 90 degrees along a circumference around a center axis which is a virtual arrangement axis of the electric wire to be measured. The outputs of the magnetic sensor elements of each pair are appropriately linearly combined and the linearly combined outputs of all the pairs are added. Hence, a space for guiding the electric wire to be measured can be easily allocated, and the effects of variation sources such as the displacement of the electric wire to be measured, a constant external magnetic field, and an external magnetic field generated by a neighboring electric wire are compensated for, whereby a small high-accuracy current sensor is provided. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290241 | METHOD OF CHARACTERISING AN LED DEVICE - A method of characterising an LED, as well as an integrated circuit using this method, based on a so-called characteristic resistance, in which the LED is operated at a first, relatively low, operating current and then at a second, relatively high, operating current. From the ratio between the difference between the forward voltages at these two operating currents, and the difference between the operating current, the characteristic resistance is determined. The characteristic resistance is measured at two or more moments during the operational lifetime of the device, and a prediction or estimate is made in relation to the total operational lifetime of the devices, from the evolution or change of the characteristic resistance. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290242 | COUNTING DEVICE, PHYSICAL QUANTITY SENSOR, COUNTING METHOD AND PHYSICAL QUANTITY MEASURING METHOD - The counting device includes: a signal counter that counts the number of half cycles of input signals during given counting periods; a signal half cycle measurement unit that measures the half cycles; a frequency distribution generator that generates a frequency distribution of the half cycles; a representative value calculator configured to calculate a representative value of a distribution of the half cycles; a correction value calculator configured to calculate a total number Ns and a total number Nw | 2012-11-15 |
20120290243 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATED DETECTION OF INDIVIDUAL PARTS OF A COMPLEX DIFFERENTIAL STRUCTURE - The invention relates to a method for the automated detection of individual parts of a complex differential structure. The method comprises the following steps:
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20120290244 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMPENSATING NONLINEAR DAMAGE - A method and apparatus for compensating nonlinear damage are disclosed. The method for compensating nonlinear damage, including: determining an additive parameter indicating an amount of nonlinear damage based on a plurality of sampled signal sets among which a sampling time of an input signal varies according to different time; and subtracting the additive parameter from the input signal. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290245 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PARALLEL TESTING OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES - Method and apparatus for parallel testing of multiple regions on a substrate used in high performance combinatorial development of new materials and processes are described. The apparatus comprises dedicated hardware for each probe assembly with multiple PC controllers networked using a master/slave configuration. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290246 | Test systems with cables that support multiple communications buses - A test system may include test stations for testing a device under test. The test stations may each include test equipment that may be connected to a device under test using a test cable. The test cable may include a status indicator to indicate when tests have been passed or have failed. A first connector at one end of the test cable may be coupled to the test equipment. A second connector at an opposing end of the test cable may be coupled to the device under test. Communications through the first connector may use a first communications protocol. Communications through a first set of contacts in the second connector may use the first communications protocol. Communications through a second set of contacts in the second connector may use a second communications protocol. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290247 | System and Method of Sensor Installation Validation - A glassbreak detector or motion detector includes circuitry responsive to an installation process. Data concerning the installation process can be automatically stored in non-volatile memory. The stored data can be retrieved as part of an after-installation review. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290248 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING CLUTCH INTERFACE TEMPERATURES IN DRY DUAL CLUTCH TRANSMISSIONS - A method for determining interface temperatures for a dry dual clutch mechanism includes determining that a slipping event is occurring at a friction interface of a clutch in the dry dual clutch mechanism, and determining a heat flux generated by the slipping event. The method includes determining a flux bulk temperature from the determined heat flux and determining a flux interface temperature from the determined heat flux. The flux interface temperature is the temperature at the friction interface during the slipping event. The method calculates a delta interface temperature by subtracting the flux interface temperature from the flux bulk temperature. The method executes a control action with the calculated delta interface temperature. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290249 | THERMAL MODEL FOR DRY DUAL CLUTCH TRANSMISSIONS - A method of determining temperatures for a dry dual clutch mechanism includes one or more steps, such as determining a first heat input from a first clutch and determining a second heat input from a second clutch. The second clutch is separated from the first clutch by a center plate. The method also includes determining a housing air temperature of housing air within a bell housing case of the dry dual clutch mechanism. A thermal model is applied with the determined first heat input and second heat input. The thermal model includes temperature states for at least the first clutch, the second clutch, and the center plate. From the thermal model, the method determines at least a first clutch temperature and a second clutch temperature. The method includes executing a control action with the determined first clutch temperature and second clutch temperature. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290250 | EXHAUST STRUT RADIAL TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT - A method is disclosed for providing a real time, radial exhaust temperature distribution in a gas turbine to improve the understanding of exhaust gas temperature in a manner similar to installing production rakes. The thermocouples are installed along the exhaust frame strut skins at a number of radial positions. The data from the thermocouples along each of the struts is used to produce a normalized radial profile of the turbine exhaust temperature. The existing turbine station instrumentation is then used to expand the normalized profile into an actual profile of the turbine exhaust temperature. The calculations/transfer functions for temperatures are obtained from data collected during performance testing with full rakes. This profile is integrated to determine a bulk Tx to improve gas turbine controls including model-based controls or corrected parameter controls (MBC/CPC) controls, or specific radial temperatures are used, to provide protective action for bucket platforms, or other turbine components. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290251 | INTEGRATED RAIL EFFICIENCY AND SAFETY SUPPORT SYSTEM - The present invention is directed to the use of mobile sensors to collect temperature information used to control, inter alia, rail vehicle speed, acceleration, or scheduling. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290252 | Determining GPS Mode of Operation Based Upon Accelerometer Input - An electronic device is operable to determine a Global Positioning System (GPS) mode of operation based upon accelerometer input. The electronic device includes a communications interface, a GPS receiver, an accelerometer module, and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry receives an accelerometer output from the accelerometer module and compares the accelerometer output to a plurality of acceleration signatures. Based upon the comparison, an acceleration profile is selected. A GPS mode of operation is selected for the GPS receiver based upon the acceleration profile. The acceleration profile can be selected based upon one or more types of communications being serviced by the communications interface. In one embodiment, a selected GPS mode of operation selected corresponds to a distinct operating environment. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290253 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR HEIGHT DETERMINATION - A method for determining a height (i.e., elevation above ground level) at which a communication device having an electronic processor and a sensor is located may include obtaining a reference height of a first location, the reference height being a known height relative to ground level, the reference height having a corresponding reference pressure; obtaining, with the sensor, a pressure measurement at a second location; and calculating, with the electronic processor, a height at the second location based on the pressure measurement, the reference height, and the reference pressure. The height may also be based on temperature data, location data, motion data, and/or the like. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290254 | INDOOR LOCALIZATION OF MOBILE DEVICES - Aspects of the present disclosure relate generally to indoor localization, for example, where GPS or other localization signals are unavailable. More specifically, aspects relate to using a particle filter in conjunction with a gyroscope and/or accelerometer to identify a current location of a client device with respect to a map. In one example, the map may be based upon a map including a series of walls representing locations where a user may not walk within a building. In another example, the map may be based upon a series of rails representing locations where a user may walk within a building. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290255 | CLEAR LAYER ISOLATION - A method for optical isolation in a clear mold package is provided. The method comprises forming a substrate and mounting a first component on the substrate. The method also comprises depositing a clear layer over the first component and the substrate and fabricating a trench in the clear layer near the first component, wherein the trench extends from a top surface of the substrate to the top surface of the clear layer. Further, the method comprises depositing an opaque material within the trench. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290256 | METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR CALIBRATING POSITIONING DEVICE - Embodiments of the present invention provide not only a technical solution for calibrating a positioning device but also a technical solution for characterizing an area of interest in a space. Specifically, there is provided a system, which may comprise: a tag capable of emitting ranging signals, placed at location points which are selected as space feature points in the space; a positioning device in said space, configured to obtain relative coordinates of said space feature points in relation to the positioning device based on the ranging signals from the tag; and a server, configured to determine location parameters of said positioning device in said space based on said relative coordinates, so as to calibrate said positioning device. The positioning device can be calibrated automatically, fast and accurately using the system. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290257 | USING SPATIAL INFORMATION WITH DEVICE INTERACTION - The amount of resources needed for an electronic device to track and/or interact with a user is reduced by utilizing a predicted relative position of that user. In some embodiments, a full 360° scan is performed using at least one image capture element to locate a primary direction to a user of the device. Once this direction is determined, a smaller range (e.g., 45°) centered around that direction can be used to capture, analyze, or provide information for the user. As the user moves, the determined direction is updated and the range adjusted accordingly. If the user moves outside the range, the device can increase the size of the range until the user is located, and the range can again be decreased around the determined direction. Such approaches limit the amount of image or audio information that must be captured and/or analyzed to track the relative position of a user. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290258 | METHOD FOR MEASURING AND ALIGNING A ROTARY CYLINDRICAL APPARATUS - A method for measuring and aligning a rotary cylindrical or other rotationally symmetrical apparatus, such as a kiln or a drum. The apparatus to be measured and aligned has a shell and at least one supporting ring. As the rotary apparatus is rotating under process conditions, measurement points are measured on the surface of the rotating object's shell in the axial direction on both sides of each supporting ring on the same circumferential line. Regression circles are calculated from the measured points, center points are determined for the calculated circles and a straight line and its center point are determined between the center points of the circles calculated on both sides of each supporting ring. A reference straight line is calculated for the center line of the shell and the object's shell is aligned to be straight by transferring the determined center points of the shell to the calculated reference line. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290259 | Portable optical metrology inspection station and method of operation - An integrated automated 3D Optical Scanning and Computer Aided Inspection System for dimensional inspection of precision manufactured parts. The system is based within a portable cabinet having lockable caster wheels for portability and retractably support feet for enhanced stability. The cabinet further includes a part placement area having an optical metrology scanner positioned over a multi-axis robotic arm positioned in the part placement area. The robotic arm is constructed and arranged to grip and manipulate parts within a field of view of the optical metrology scanner. The robotic arm provides multi-axis to rotate and tilt a base to allow substantially every surface of the part to be scanned. Dimensional comparison and analysis software application provide geometric conformance/deviation plus extraction of the dimensions indicated in the part computer aided design (CAD) model. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290260 | METHOD FOR GENERATING ERROR IMAGE AND PROGRAM FOR GENERATING ERROR IMAGE - A point group on a surface parametric space of free-form surface data corresponding to a measurement points is calculated as a first point group. Error data between each of measurement points and design points is calculated. The first point group is triangulated to generate first triangular facets and calculate a convex hull of the first point group. A second point group distributed in the calculated convex hull on the surface parametric space is set. Error data of the second point group is obtained from error data corresponding to the first point group. A point group including the first point group and the second point group is re-triangulated to generate a second triangular facets. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290261 | Valve actuator fault analysis system - A valve actuator fault analysis system for detecting, analyzing and reporting valve actuator performance characterized as deviations, malfunctions and failures. The fault analysis system includes an expert system that monitors the valve actuator and related components, such as the power supply and signal line, for determining causal factors of degraded and/or defective performance; generation of fault-analysis reports in a readable text format file; and methods for characterizing deviations, malfunctions and failures, for generating and concatenating event messages and for detecting and characterizing events that take place in valve actuators, peripheral systems and devices and displaying the results on a display device. The system can operate either in conjunction with, or be embedded in the hardware of a pneumatic valve positioner, an electrical valve actuator and/or similar devices, and can receive messages from external sources, process them, and produce fault-analysis reports in text format for display to the user. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290262 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING PERFORMANCE AND ANTICIPATE FAILURES OF PLANT INSTRUMENTATION - A method of detecting an unhealthy/potentially/failing instrument using apparatus is carried out by measuring a characteristic of the output of an instrument. The measurement of the characteristic is compared to an expected distribution of the instrument when healthy. The probability of the instrument producing such a characteristic measurement, or a value further from the mean of the expected distribution, if it was healthy is calculated. The measured characteristic to an expected distribution of the instrument when unhealthy is compared, and the probability of the instrument producing such a characteristic measurement, or a value further from the mean of the expected distribution, if it was unhealthy is calculated. The probability of the measured characteristic being produced by the instrument when healthy and when unhealthy is compared. A confidence value indicative of the likelihood of the instrument being unhealthy is then produced. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290263 | Evaluating And Predicting Computer System Performance Using Kneepoint Analysis - The present invention provides methods, systems, apparatus, and computer software/program code products adapted for operating in, or in conjunction with, an otherwise conventional computing system, and which enable evaluating, monitoring and predicting the performance of computer systems and individual elements or groups of elements within such computer systems. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290264 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTING DATA ACQUISITION RATE IN AN APM SYSTEM - Data acquisition rates are dynamically adjusted in an APM system, by monitoring data acquisition hardware and reducing the data acquisition rate when a determination is made that the data rate is too high for processing by an APM. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290265 | Methods and Systems for Testing Ability to Conduct a Research Operation - Methods and systems for testing an ability of a Portable User Appliance (PUA) and/or a research data gathering system coupled therewith including a method for testing an ability of a PUA to carry out a research operation, comprises communicating a testing message to the PUA and/or research data gathering system coupled therewith, the testing message comprising one of a test command to test its ability to carry out a research operation, and test data to establish, enable or provide a capability thereof to test its ability to carry out a research operation. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290266 | Data Aggregation Platform - In particular embodiments, a method includes accessing an original data stream from a sensor, associating a timestamp with each of the samples in the data stream based on a system clock, and recording the original data stream with the associated timestamps. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290267 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING GHG EMISSIONS IN BIOPRODUCT PRODUCTION PROCESSES - The method & system hereby described allows the calculation and determination of GHG emissions produced during the generation of bioproduct from different source materials. The method comprises capturing, processing and handling different parameters and data related to GHG emissions associated to every single process needed to produce bioproduct, in order to generate a total GHG emissions value by means of applying formulae to the captioned and processed isolated data referred to GHG emissions of every process. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290268 | MODULAR SENSOR ASSEMBLY INCLUDING REMOVABLE SENSING MODULE - A modular sensor assembly in which a sensing module may be packaged and provided separately from a signal processing module and which, in some applications, may facilitate disposal and/or replacement of the sensing module when exposed to a “dirty” or “contaminated” environment without requiring disposal and/or replacement of the entire sensor assembly. In certain applications, the sensing module may include at least one transducer or sensor and a local memory containing a set of conditioning coefficients. The sensing module may be removably coupled to a signal processing module which, in some cases, may be configured to download the set of conditioning coefficients stored in the local memory of the sensing module, and to use the set of conditioning coefficients to produce a substantially linearized output signal. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290269 | PRIORITIZATION OF THREE DIMENSIONAL DENTAL ELEMENTS - The present disclosure includes methods, systems, and devices for prioritization of three dimensional dental elements. One method for prioritizing three dimensional dental elements includes receiving a virtual initial dental data set (IDDS) of teeth having spatial information regarding the positions of a number of teeth in the virtual IDDS with respect to each other for presentation of the teeth in a virtual three dimensional space to be viewed on a user interface, setting prioritization values of a number of elements of one or more of the number of teeth, and prioritizing the number of elements to be selected by a user based upon their prioritization values. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290270 | Designing A Staggered Pattern Of Objects In A Computer-Aided Design System - It is proposed a computer-implemented method for designing a staggered pattern of objects in a computer-aided design system, the method comprising the steps of:
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20120290271 | DESIGNING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELED ASSEMBLY OF OBJECTS IN A THREE-DIMENSIONAL SCENE - The invention is directed to a computer-implemented method for designing a three-dimensional modeled assembly of objects in a three-dimensional scene, wherein the method comprises the steps of:
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20120290272 | GENERATING PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTS FOR USE AS SURGICAL AIDS - Systems and methods are provided for generating patient specific instruments for use as surgical guides. A region of interest within a body of a patient is scanned to provide a three-dimensional model of the region of interest. A first user is allowed to position a model of a selected implant with the three-dimensional model of the region of interest via a graphical user interface. A patient specific instrument model is generated from a generic patient specific instrument model according to the position of the model of the selected implant within the three-dimensional model of the region of interest and the position of at least one extension of the model that is not visible to the first user. A patient specific instrument is fabricated according to the patient specific instrument model. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290273 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CALCULATING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IN THE PRODUCTION OF RAW MATERIAL FOR OBTAINING BIOPRODUCTS - For quickly and remotely obtaining the GHG emissions, without providing the sites of raw material production with means for collecting parameters. The system comprises a processing unit to execute instructions related to the determination of the emissions; a database for storing the relevant parameters related to the processes for the production of raw material; a data transmission means connected to the database and the processing unit, to retrieve said parameters from the database and transmitting said parameters to the processing unit, and a GHG emissions modeling module connected to the processing unit and adapted to generate a GHG emissions level. The method comprises considering a partial calculation for the emissions related to any process and adding them up to obtain an overall value for said GHG emissions. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290274 | GOAL-DRIVEN SEARCH OF A STOCHASTIC PROCESS USING REDUCED SETS OF SIMULATION POINTS - Various techniques for improving performance of a goal-seeking search of a computer-simulated stochastic process are disclosed. One such technique may include generating an N-point Monte Carlo simulation of a stochastic model, such as a model representative of a digital electronic circuit, and selecting a subset of M points from the N-point Monte Carlo simulation, where M is less than N. The technique may further include searching the subset of M points to identify a target value, wherein said searching comprises generating one or more M-point Monte Carlo simulations of the stochastic model; and checking the target value, wherein said checking comprises generating an additional N-point Monte Carlo simulation of the stochastic model dependent on results of searching the subset of M points. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290275 | DEVICE FOR FORMULATING A DEFINITION OF A VERSION OF A PRODUCT | 2012-11-15 |
20120290276 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE CUT QUALITY OF A LASER CUTTING PROCESS USING A SIMULATION PROGRAM - The application relates to a method for determining the cut quality of a laser cutting process, said quality being assessed on the basis of the formation of solidification ridges along the cut face and/or burr formation on the lower edge of the cut face. In said method, a virtual laser cutting machine in a simulation program can be virtually operated with a set of values P | 2012-11-15 |
20120290277 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CHARACTERIZING RESERVOIR FORMATION EVALUATION UNCERTAINTY - A method is provided that utilizes independent data spatial bootstrap to quantitatively derive P10, P50 and P90 reservoir property logs and zonal averages. The method utilizes at least a “baseline” dataset that is assumed to be correct, and determines the distribution of possible input parameter values that provide the most optimal solution to fit the log analysis to the core data. In one embodiment, independent data spatial bootstrap method can be applied to determine the uncertainty of porosity and saturation. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290278 | PROCESS, COMPUTER-ACCESSIBLE MEDIUM AND SYSTEM FOR OBTAINING DIAGNOSIS, PROGNOSIS, RISK EVALUATION, THERAPEUTIC AND/OR PREVENTIVE CONTROL BASED ON CANCER HALLMARK AUTOMATA - The present disclosure relates to exemplary embodiments of method, computer-accessible medium, system and software arrangements for, e.g., Cancer Hallmark Automata, a formalism to model the progression of cancers through discrete phenotypes (so-called hallmarks). The precise computational model described herein includes the automatic verification of progression models (e.g., consistency, causal connections, etc.), classification of unreachable or unstable states (e.g., “anti-hallmarks”) and computer-generated (individualized or universal) therapy plans. Exemplary embodiments abstractly model transition timings between hallmarks as well as the effects of drugs and clinical tests, and thus allows formalization of temporal statements about the progression as well as notions of timed therapies. Certain exemplary models discussed herein can be based on hybrid automata (e.g., with multiple clocks), for which relevant verification and planning algorithms exist. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290279 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ASSESSMENT OF RISK OF ENCOUNTER WITH TICKS - A tick encounter and tick-borne disease prevention decision support system is disclosed for permitting a user to obtain a risk calculation of encountering disease-causing ticks. The tick encounter and tick-borne disease prevention decision support system includes several components. A location component is for receiving data from a user regarding a user's geographic location. A landscape component is for receiving data from the user regarding a type of landscape that exists where the user lives. An animals component is for receiving data from the user regarding any of wildlife or pets that exist where the user lives. A human activity component is for receiving data from the user regarding the user's activities in their yard. The score computation module is for generating a tick risk calculation number based on output data from each of the components. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290280 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING CHEMICAL REACTION MECHANISMS - Method and apparatus for reducing chemical reaction mechanisms are disclosed. A method comprises obtaining data for one or more chemical species in a chemical reaction model from a database, the database including properties of the one or more chemical species; grouping the chemical species in a chemical reaction model into one or more isomer groups according to molecular properties of the chemical species; assigning a representative isomer to at least one isomer group; replacing, in one or more chemical reaction equations of the chemical reaction model, one or more groups of chemical species with a corresponding representative isomer; and executing the chemical reaction model by an apparatus to determine results. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290281 | TABLE-LOOKUP-BASED MODELS FOR YIELD ANALYSIS ACCELERATION - In one embodiment, the invention is a method and apparatus for table-lookup-based models for yield analysis acceleration. One embodiment of a method for statistically evaluating a design of an integrated circuit includes simulating the integrated circuit and generating a lookup table for use in the simulating, the lookup table comprising one or more blocks that specify a device element for an associated bias voltage, wherein the generating comprises generating only those of the one or more blocks that specify the device element for a bias voltage that is required during the simulating. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290282 | REACHABILITY ANALYSIS BY LOGICAL CIRCUIT SIMULATION FOR PROVIDING OUTPUT SETS CONTAINING SYMBOLIC VALUES - A logic simulation program, method and system for obtaining a set of reachable states for a logic design that can be used to provide input to other algorithms that simplify the netlist describing the logic design or perform other types of processing, provides an efficient, compact behavior when simulating large designs. Rather than simulating using ternary input and state value representations that are restricted to true, false and unknown, the techniques of the present invention use input symbolic values that are retained in the set of reachable states retained as the output. Behaviors such as oscillators, transient values, identical signals, dependent logical states and chicken-switch determined states can be detected in the simulation results and the netlist simplified using the results of the detection. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290283 | Workload Partitioning Procedure For Null Message-Based PDES - An embodiment of the invention includes applying a first partition to a plurality of LPs, wherein a particular LP is assigned to a first set of LPs. A second partition is applied to the LPs, wherein the particular LP is assigned to an LP set different from the first set. For both the first and second partitions, lookahead values and transit times are determined for each of the LPs and related links. For the first partition, a first system progression rate is computed using a specified function with the lookahead values and transit times determined for the first partition. For the second partition, a second system progression rate is computed using the specified function with the lookahead values and transit times determined for the second partition. The first and second system progression rates are compared to determine which is the lowest. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290284 | CREATING AND IMPLEMENTING LANGUAGE-DEPENDENT STRING PLURALIZATIONS - Embodiments are directed to applying appropriate pluralization rules to text strings and to generating pluralization rules for multiple different languages. In an embodiment, a computer system identifies a user interface (UI) text string that includes a numerical amount for which an appropriate pluralization form is to be determined. The string is represented by a resource identifier (ID). The computer system receives an indication indicating which language the text string is to be displayed in and determines an appropriate resource ID from a set of pre-generated resource IDs based on the numerical amount and the determined language. The pre-generated resource IDs include various language-specific pluralization forms for localization of the text string. The computer system also returns the localized text string at the determined appropriate resource ID to the UI for display. In this manner, the localized text string is presented with the numerical amount and proper pluralization in the indicated language. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290285 | LANGUAGE LEARNING DEVICE FOR EXPANDING VOCABURARY WITH LYRICS - A language learning device for expanding vocabulary with lyrics have a learning platform selected from information network, a personal computer, an electronic dictionary apparatus, a multimedia apparatus, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a cell phone, a paper sheet, a book, a memory card, and an optical disk. The learning platform further comprises an original lyric data base, a translated lyric data base, a word group expansion data base, and a correlated short sentence data base. The words of the original lyrics appear in order to match short sentences formed with the original word groups and the translated word meanings in the second language for learning a batch of expanded words. The language learning device is capable of being applied to assisting trilingual and even multilingual learning in addition to the bilingual learning. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290286 | Automatic Correction of User Input Based on Dictionary - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, in which input keystroke data can be interpreted using a current mapping and a determination can be made whether the current mapping is valid based upon the characters identified by the mapping and the keystroke data. Invalid mappings can be corrected by identifying a transliteration of the characters in an alternative language. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290287 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROCESSING MULTI-LANGUAGE INPUT ON A MOBILE DEVICE - A method and mobile device are provided for inputting text. In one implementation, a method is provided for associating a first language with a first text input apparatus of the mobile device. The method further associates a second language, different from the first language, with a second text input apparatus of the mobile device. The method also enables text input from the first text input apparatus in the first language and from the second text input apparatus in the second language. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290288 | Parsing of text using linguistic and non-linguistic list properties - A system and method are disclosed for extracting information from text which can be performed without prior knowledge as to whether the text includes a list. The method applies parser rules to a sentence spanning lines of text to identify a set of candidate list items in the sentence. Each candidate list item is assigned a set of features including one or more non-linguistic feature and a linguistic feature. The linguistic feature defines a syntactic function of an element of the candidate list item that is able to be in a dependency relation with an element of an identified candidate list introducer in the same sentence. When two or more candidate list items are found with compatible sets of features, a list is generated which links these as list items of a common list introducer. Dependency relations are extracted between the list introducer and list items and information based on the extracted dependency relations is output. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290289 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUMMARIZING COMMUNICATIONS - A method, apparatus and computer program are provided for summarizing one or more communications. The method, apparatus and computer program process and/or facilitate a processing of one or more communications to generate at least one summary. The method, apparatus and computer program further cause, at least in part, a transformation of the at least one summary based, at least in part, on at least one narrative viewpoint. The method, apparatus and computer program further cause, at least in part, a presentation of the transformation. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290290 | Sentence Simplification for Spoken Language Understanding - Sentence simplification may be provided. A spoken phrase may be received and converted to a text phrase. An intent associated with the text phrase may be identified. The text phrase may then be reformatted according to the identified intent and a task may be performed according to the reformatted text phrase. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290291 | INPUT PROCESSING FOR CHARACTER MATCHING AND PREDICTED WORD MATCHING - A mobile computing device that operates a method that processes handwritten user input for character matching and predictive word matching. A user inputs handwritten input on a touch-sensitive display using, for example, a stylus. The method determines and displays a set of candidate character matches for the handwritten input. The user then selects a character from the candidate character matches. The method determines and displays a set of candidate predicted word matches based on the user selected character match. The user can then select to input a desired candidate predicted word match. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290292 | UNSTRUCTURED DATA SUPPORT WITH AUTOMATIC RULE GENERATION - A system to process unstructured data is provided. An example system to process unstructured data comprises a receiver to access a source of unstructured data, an entity type module to determine an entity type, a rules generator to automatically generate a linguistic rule based on the determined entity type, and an entity extractor to obtain an entity from the source of unstructured data, using the linguistic rule. The entity comprises an alpha-numeric string. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290293 | Exploiting Query Click Logs for Domain Detection in Spoken Language Understanding - Domain detection training in a spoken language understanding system may be provided. Log data associated with a search engine, each associated with a search query, may be received. A domain label for each search query may be identified and the domain label and link data may be provided to a training set for a spoken language understanding model. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290294 | NEURAL TRANSLATOR - A method and apparatus are provided for processing a set of communicated signals associated with a set of muscles, such as the muscles near the larynx of the person, or any other muscles the person use to achieve a desired response. The method includes the steps of attaching a single integrated sensor, for example, near the throat of the person proximate to the larynx and detecting an electrical signal through the sensor. The method further includes the steps of extracting features from the detected electrical signal and continuously transforming them into speech sounds without the need for further modulation. The method also includes comparing the extracted features to a set of prototype features and selecting a prototype feature of the set of prototype features providing a smallest relative difference. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290295 | Transform-Domain Codebook In A Celp Coder And Decoder - Codebook Arrangement for use in coding an input sound signal includes First and Second Codebook Stages. First Codebook Stage includes one of a time-domain CELP codebook and a transform-domain codebook. Second Codebook Stage follows the first codebook stage and includes the other of the time-domain CELP codebook and the transform-domain codebook. Codebook Stage includes an adaptive codebook may be provided before First Codebook Stage. A selector may be provided to select an order of the time-domain CELP codebook and the transform-domain codebook in First and Second Codebook Stages, respectively, as a function of characteristics of the input sound signal. The selector may also be responsive to both the characteristics of the input sound signal and a bit rate of the codec using Codebook Arrangement to bypass Second Codebook Stage. Codebook Arrangement can be used in a coder of an input sound signal. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290296 | Method, Apparatus, and Computer Program for Suppressing Noise - A method, an apparatus, and a computer program, which can suppress a low frequency range component with a small amount of calculation, and can achieve a noise suppression of high quality, are provided. The noise superposed in a desired signal of an input signal is suppressed by converting the input signal to a frequency domain signal; correcting an amplitude of the frequency domain signal to obtain an amplitude corrected signal; obtaining an estimated noise by using the amplitude corrected signal; determining a suppression coefficient by using the estimated noise and the amplitude corrected signal; and weighting the amplitude corrected signal with the suppression coefficient. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290297 | Speaker Liveness Detection - A signal representative of an unpredictable audio stimulus is provided to a putative live speaker within a putative live recording environment. A second signal purportedly emanating from the putative live speaker and/or the environment is received. This second signal is examined for influence of the unpredictable audio stimulus on the putative live speaker and/or the putative live recording environment. The examining includes at least one of audio feedback analysis, Lombard analysis, and evoked otoacoustic response analysis. Based on the examining, a determination is made as to whether the putative live speaker is an actual live speaker and/or whether the putative live recording environment is an actual live recording environment. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290298 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING SPEECH RECOGNITION AND NATURAL LANGUAGE PARAMETERS WITH USER FEEDBACK - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for assigning saliency weights to words of an ASR model. The saliency values assigned to words within an ASR model are based on human perception judgments of previous transcripts. These saliency values are applied as weights to modify an ASR model such that the results of the weighted ASR model in converting a spoken document to a transcript provide a more accurate and useful transcription to the user. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290299 | Translating Between Spoken and Written Language - Techniques for converting spoken speech into written speech are provided. The techniques include transcribing input speech via speech recognition, mapping each spoken utterance from input speech into a corresponding formal utterance, and mapping each formal utterance into a stylistically formatted written utterance. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290300 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY - The apparatus for foreign language study includes: a voice recognition device configured to recognize a speech entered by a user and convert the speech into a speech text; a speech intent recognition device configured to extract a user speech intent for the speech text using skill level information of the user and dialogue context information; and a feedback processing device configured to extract a different expression depending on the user speech intent and a speech situation of the user. According to the present invention, the intent of a learner's speech may be determined even though the learner's skill is low, and customized expressions for various situations may be provided to the learner. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290301 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF ENABLING INTELLIGENT AND LIGHTWEIGHT SPEECH TO TEXT TRANSCRIPTION THROUGH DISTRIBUTED ENVIRONMENT - A system includes at least one wireless client device, a service manager, and a plurality of voice transcription servers. The service manager includes a resource management service and a profile management service. The client device communicates the presence of a voice transcription task to the resource management service. The resource management service surveys the plurality of voice transcription servers and selects one voice transcription server based on a set of predefined criteria. The resource management service then communicated an address of the selected server to the profile management service, which then transmits a trained voice profile or default profile to the selected server. The address of the selected server is then sent to the client device, which then transmits an audio stream to the server. Finally, the selected server transcribes the audio stream to a textual format. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290302 | CHINESE SPEECH RECOGNITION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A Chinese speech recognition system and method is disclosed. Firstly, a speech signal is received and recognized to output a word lattice. Next, the word lattice is received, and word arcs of the word lattice are rescored and reranked with a prosodic break model, a prosodic state model, a syllable prosodic-acoustic model, a syllable-juncture prosodic-acoustic model and a factored language model, so as to output a language tag, a prosodic tag and a phonetic segmentation tag, which correspond to the speech signal. The present invention performs rescoring in a two-stage way to promote the recognition rate of basic speech information and labels the language tag, prosodic tag and phonetic segmentation tag to provide the prosodic structure and language information for the rear-stage voice conversion and voice synthesis. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290303 | SPEECH RECOGNITION SYSTEM AND METHOD BASED ON WORD-LEVEL CANDIDATE GENERATION - A speech recognition system and method based on word-level candidate generation are provided. The speech recognition system may include a speech recognition result verifying unit to verify a word sequence and a candidate word for at least one word included in the word sequence when the word sequence and the candidate word are provided as a result of speech recognition. A word sequence displaying unit may display the word sequence in which the at least one word is visually distinguishable from other words of the word sequence. The word sequence displaying unit may display the word sequence by replacing the at least one word with the candidate word when the at least one word is selected by a user. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290304 | Electronic Holder for Reading Books - A book support and optical scanner assembly for converting printed text to an audio output includes a support for supporting an open book and a pair of optical scanners adapted to scan opposite pages. The assembly also includes means for moving the scanners from the top of the page to the bottom of a page. Further, both scanners can be rotated off of the book for turning a page. In addition, the assembly includes a text to audio converter for converting the scanned text into spoken words and in one embodiment a translator to translate the scanned text into a pre-selected language. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290305 | Scalable Audio in a Multi-Point Environment - Use of a scalable audio codec to implement distributed mixing and/or sender bit rate regulation in a multipoint conference is disclosed. The scalable audio codec allows the audio signal from each endpoint to be split into one or more frequency bands and for the transform coefficients within such bands to be prioritized such that usable audio may be decoded from a subset of the entire signal. The subset may be created by omitting certain frequency bands and/or by omitting certain coefficients within the frequency bands. By providing various rules for each endpoint in a conference, the endpoint can determine the importance of its signal to the conference and can select an appropriate bit rate, thereby conserving bandwidth and/or processing power throughout the conference. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290306 | HYBRID CODED AUDIO DATA STREAMING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An audio coding system in which a plurality of quantization methods are selectable for application to components of a streamed audio signal to achieve a target frame size that is determined by comparing an achieved bit rate against a target bit rate. Based on the target frame size, the system calculates a bit allocation for signal components and compares the bit allocation to the dynamic range of the signal components. Depending on the outcome of the comparison, the system may select to quantize or not quantize a signal component. The system employs lossless coding techniques, but is capable of introducing lossy coding by quantization in order to meet the target bit rate. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290307 | BIT ALLOCATING, AUDIO ENCODING AND DECODING - A bit allocating method is provided that includes determining the allocated number of bits in decimal point units based on each frequency band so that a Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) of a spectrum existing in a predetermined frequency band is maximized within a range of the allowable number of bits for a given frame; and adjusting the allocated number of bits based on each frequency band. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290308 | Rewarding Users for Sharing Digital Content - A computer-implemented method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium of rewarding a user for sharing digital content are described. The method facilitates an effective way of sharing commercial digital content via a network, such as the Internet, while the users who share the content are provided with a real or virtual reward. The method may comprise receiving, from a user, a request to share digital content, retrieving the digital content to be shared, with the digital content being associated with a user, transmitting the digital content to one or more destinations for sharing, and providing a reward to the user. The one or more destinations may comprise a social networking website, a blog, a microblog, a website, an e-mail server, a web server, and a database. The amount of reward may be based on one or more of the following criterion: a shared content type, a number of destinations for sharing, traffic generated due to the sharing of the digital content, a number of visitors to a website associated with the shared content, and a number of sales associated with the shared content. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290309 | Military Relocation Facilitator - A facility, system and related business methods for providing efficient, simple, and effective military relocation tools both at the departing station as well as the gaining station of relocating military personnel, centered on an enabling facility based on a department store model where clients are able to access a variety of military relocation services in one location. The business method and system of the present invention alleviates the stress of going all over town, standing in long lines, and wasting time and money trying to get setup in a new home. As a result, embodiments of the present invention help transform the complex, emotional and lengthy process of relocation into a simple, comforting and, most importantly, human process for the relocating military families that are served—all at no cost to the relocating military personnel. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290310 | DYNAMIC DECISION TREE SYSTEM FOR CLINICAL INFORMATION ACQUISITION - A dynamic decision forest may be used to guide clinical or other decision queries such that multiple decision trees are followed in sequence and jumps occur between decision trees based on previously received query responses and the system's determination of what useful data has not been gathered. For example, rather than storing data concerning all possible paths between various decision trees, a system using the dynamic decision forest may determine at the time of use that a jump should occur from one decision tree to another decision tree despite the system not being pre-populated with data representative of a relationship between the source and destination of the jump. A clinical note may be created based on the path followed through the dynamic decision forest, and iterative verification may be used in order to improve the likelihood that the correct path is being followed. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290311 | Method and Apparatus for Physician Location Tracking - A medical personal location tracking system provides efficient physician location reporting based on physician client device location. The medical communication system permits physicians to define location tracking control settings to control when and where the client device sends location data to a server and database. Subject to the location tracking control settings, the location tracking system provides location updates for the physicians so that requestors that wish to contact the physicians or know the location of one or more physicians can access the server to obtain location data. To obtain medical assistance to a medical emergency, an emergency alert may be generated and sent to physicians within a defined geographic area. Upon receipt by a physician, a physician may accept the emergency alert and travel to the medical emergency and be provided updates regarding the medical emergency. The person generating the emergency alert may track the location of accepting physicians. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290312 | CHARGING MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, CHARGING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND CHARGING MANAGEMENT PROGRAM - A diagnosis supporting device generates execution information from an examination image by using a rented computer program. The diagnosis supporting device sends the execution information of the computer program to a charging management server. The charging management server stores the execution information as an execution history. The charging management server includes a duplication judging section, an execution number calculating section, and a usage fee calculating section. The duplication judging section judges whether or not there are plural pieces of execution information having the same examination ID. The execution number calculating section counts the pieces of execution information while eliminating the pieces of execution information judged to be duplicated to calculate the execution number of times. The usage fee calculating section multiplies the execution number of times calculated by the execution number calculating section by a unit price to calculate a usage fee for the computer program. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290313 | Systems and Methods for Distributed Health Care - Distributed health care uses personal support workers (PSW) and registered, trained medical personnel. Each PSW is equipped with a mobile computing device that is capable of communicating with a main computer. Each registered medical personnel is equipped with a computing device (a monitoring computer) that is capable of communicating with a main computer. At times during a PSW's shift at a patient location, the PSW inputs data to a number of forms on the mobile computing device, each form being related to the patient's physical appearance, medical condition, medication taken or given, and physical parameters, or other actions taken. The data inputted are then transmitted to the main computer, which processes, stores, and archives the data. After processing, the data is reviewed by the registered medical personnel. If the data indicates that actions need to be taken, the medical personnel can issue instructions to the PSW. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290314 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPERATIVE EVENT DOCUMENTATION AND RELATED DATA MANAGEMENT - In one embodiment, method and apparatus are disclosed which provide that a plurality of physicians each enter operative event data into an operative event database, wherein the operative event data documents planned or completed operative events and the physicians enter the operative event data use a wide area network through a user interface assisting the physicians in coding operative events in a consistent manner. The physicians access the operative event database to obtain information concerning upcoming or previously performed operative events, with a service provider maintaining an on-line system including one or more servers to support the entering of operative event data into the database through the Internet and the user interface. Further, the physicians subscribe to the on-line system wherein the physicians are allowed access and use the on-line system, and wherein the physicians retain control over the use and disposition of the operative event data entered by the physician. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290315 | Method of Collecting delinquent specialized debt - An internet-based system for organization and collection of specialized debt that is delinquent; an example of specialized debt being healthcare debt. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290316 | Method and System for Consumer Centred Care Management - The present invention relates to self care and care management. In one form, the invention provides a method for self-managed consumer centred cooperative care including the steps of: (a) the consumer registering their characteristics, (b) creating at least one cooperative care plan for addressing at least one of the needs and objectives of the consumer, (c) creating at least one action for the at last one cooperative care plan, (d) the consumer registering information for one or more other participants having roles chosen from the group including at least one of, (i) care providers, (ii) associates of the consumer, (iii) co-carer, (iv) primary care manager, (v) cooperative care plan manager, or combinations thereof, (e) the consumer, the primary care manager appointed by the consumer, or the cooperative care plan manager appointed by the consumer or the primary care manager, allocating at least one of the actions to one or more respective participants for implementation of the cooperative care plan, and (f) the consumer or the primary care manager appointed by the consumer, assigning permissions to the participants based on their role and any allocated actions, wherein steps (a) to (f) are automated. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290317 | TOOL FOR CLINICAL DATA MINING AND ANALYSIS - In one aspect, the invention provides a clinical trial information management tool. The tool comprises an interface with a multiple tagged clinical trial database; a user interface for receiving user inputs, a search engine to query the multiple tagged clinical trial database in one or more levels based on user inputs; a display platform to display results from the query in one or more views; an analytics engine to provide at least one of parameter based analysis and graphical analysis; and a personalization platform to store the query and the results. The tool provides the advantage through the rapid, facile and user-friendly manner in which clinical trial information from a wide variety of sources may be searched, analyzed and reported by a user, which allows for easy strategizing regarding clinical trial related matters, among other unique advantages. | 2012-11-15 |
20120290318 | Methods, Systems, and Computer-Readable Media for Disease Management - Methods, systems, and computer-readable media provide for disease management. According to embodiments, a method for providing social interaction between a first handheld medical testing and monitoring device and a second handheld medical testing and monitoring device is provided. According to the method, at least one of a social networking profile and a diagnostic profile is received from the first handheld medical testing and monitoring device. A second user associated with the second handheld medical testing and monitoring device is selected based on the at least one of the social networking profile and the diagnostic profile. A user list at the first handheld medical testing and monitoring device is populated with a unique identifier enabling communication between a first user associated with the first handheld medical testing and monitoring device and the second user associated with the second handheld medical testing and monitoring device. | 2012-11-15 |