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20130185051 | TECHNIQUES FOR GENERATING OUTGOING MESSAGES BASED ON LANGUAGE, INTERNATIONALIZATION, AND LOCALIZATION PREFERENCES OF THE RECIPIENT - According to various embodiments of the disclosure techniques for generating outgoing messages are disclosed. The technique includes receiving a request to generate an outgoing message for a recipient and retrieving one or more recipient preferences of the recipient from a recipient preferences database. The one or more recipient preferences relate to customization of messages that are to be delivered to the recipient. The technique further includes retrieving a message template from a plurality of message templates stored in a message template database based on the request and the one or more recipient preferences. The technique also includes generating the outgoing message based on the retrieved message template and the one or more recipient preferences, and providing the outgoing message to the recipient. | 07-18-2013 |
20130317805 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING REAL NAMES IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES - Systems and methods for detecting real names in different languages are described, including receiving a candidate name; determining a human language of the candidate name; disassembling a structure of the candidate name by applying a rule base for at least one of a character set, a meaning, and a format of the candidate name, wherein the rule base is unique to the determined human language; verifying at least a part of the disassembled structure of the candidate name with respect to actual real name information to generate a degree of confidence that the candidate name is the an actual real name; and performing an action based on the generated degree of confidence that the candidate name is the actual real name. | 11-28-2013 |
20140047523 | Browser Session Privacy Lock - Techniques are shown for executing a web browser on a client computing device and requesting access to applications available from a hosting server over a network in communication with the client device. The web browser stores authorization credentials for accessing designated applications available from the hosting server in a lockbox. A message received at the web browser provides instructions to lock all designated applications by rendering at least partially blanked-out or partially obscured visual displays for the designated applications, with no viewing of, access to, or operation on selected data within the designated applications permitted, while the locked designated applications remain logged-in. This Abstract is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. | 02-13-2014 |
20140095614 | IDENTITY CROWD-SOURCED CURATION - A method includes gathering a plurality of instances of online activity associated with a user, analyzing the plurality of instances of online activity to determine a characteristic that is likely to correspond to a profile attribute of the user and generating a profile enrichment suggestion for the user based on the determined characteristic. | 04-03-2014 |
20140108371 | PERSONA CHOOSER - Systems and methods described herein are directed to persona management within a user's single and unified online identity, including defining a plurality of personas for a single identity, the single identity comprising a plurality of personal attributes, associating each of the defined personas with at least one of the plurality of personal attributes, separating the plurality of personas associated with the single identity based on the at least one of the plurality of personal attributes, selecting one of the personas to use in an online interaction with an online application, and controlling access of the online application to the associated at least one of the personal attributes, based on whether the selected one of the plurality of personas corresponds to the online application. | 04-17-2014 |
20140258276 | SOCIAL ANNOTATIONS FOR ENHANCED SEARCH RESULTS - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for obtaining search results that are responsive to a received query received from a user, identifying one or more topics associated with the query, determining that social annotations are to be displayed in a search results page based on at least one topic of the one or more topics and data associated with the user, and in response: providing an electronic document including instructions that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to display an enhanced search results page comprising the search results and one or more social annotations, and transmitting the electronic document to a computing device associated with the user. | 09-11-2014 |
20140337425 | MODIFYING A SOCIAL GRAPH BASED ON LANGUAGE PREFERENCE - Social networking applications may provide an enhanced user experience by considering information regarding the language preference of a user as well as other signals. According to the implementations disclosed herein, one or more signals may be utilized to determine the language in which content may be displayed to a user of a social networking application or website. A first language preference for a user may be determined based on at least one signal. A second language preference may be determined for a social graph component of the social networking application based on at least one signal. The first language preference may be compared to the second language preference and a weighted value may be assigned to the social graph component. The social graph component of the social networking application may be presented based upon the weighted value assigned to the social graph component. | 11-13-2014 |
20140350916 | TECHNIQUES FOR PERFORMING LANGUAGE DETECTION AND TRANSLATION FOR MULTI-LANGUAGE CONTENT FEEDS - A technique for translating a portion of a website includes receiving a language set of a user indicating a primary language of the user is received. A content feed to be displayed to the user is received and parsed to identify a text portion of a user generated content. The original language of the text portion is determined and compared with the one or more languages in the language set. When the original language of the text portion does not match the languages in the language set: (i) the text portion, the original language, and the primary language are provided to a translation engine, (ii) a translated version of the text portion is received from the translation engine, (iii) the translated version of the text portion is inserted into the content feed to obtain a modified content feed, and (iv) the modified content feed is displayed to the user. | 11-27-2014 |
20140358668 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTEGRATING SUPPLEMENTAL CONTENT WITHIN A WEBPAGE - This specification describes technologies relating to content presentation. In general, one aspect of the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods that include the actions of deploying a first arrangement of supplemental content items across one or more ad slots of a webpage, determining one or more interactions in relation to the webpage, processing, with a processor executing code, the one or more interactions to identify a collective distribution of attention across the webpage, generating, based on the collective distribution, one or more additional arrangements of supplemental content items, and deploying at least one of the one or more additional arrangements across the one or more ad slots of the webpage. Other embodiments of the various aspects include corresponding systems, apparatus, and computer program products. | 12-04-2014 |
20150161097 | Language Set Disambiguator - A set of language tags in a backend application can be passed to a frontend application in the form of a language selection tool. The disclosure creates a mapping between the frontend and backend application of at least one non-default language descriptor string onto a language tag of the backend application. The frontend language selection tool then displays to the user the non-default language descriptor string. The use of non-default language descriptor strings clarifies to the user otherwise ambiguous language identifiers. | 06-11-2015 |
20150161104 | Language Detection Based Upon a Social Graph - Techniques for determining one or more preferred languages for a user are provided. The preferred languages may be determined based upon a set of language indicators. The language indicators are analyzed using, for example, rules-based techniques, clustering, language classifiers, and the like, or combinations thereof. Language indicators can include or be derived from information about the user's behavior, location, preferences, social connections, or other data related to the user. | 06-11-2015 |
20150161227 | Cluster-Based Language Detection - Techniques for determining one or more preferred languages for a user are provided. The preferred languages may be determined based upon a set of language indicators. The language indicators are analyzed using, for example, rules-based techniques, clustering, language classifiers, and the like, or combinations thereof. Language indicators can include or be derived from information about the user's behavior, location, preferences, social connections, or other data related to the user. | 06-11-2015 |
20150195341 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ACCESSING WEB CONTENT - A system and method for accessing web content are provided. In one aspect, a method includes providing an interface on a web browsing application to display a plurality of virtual locations, receiving a user selection of a virtual location from the plurality of virtual locations, selecting an accessible server from a plurality of accessible servers in or near a physical location corresponding to the selected virtual location, requesting an origin server to route a request to access web content to the selected server, wherein web content corresponds to content for an electronic device located in or near the physical location corresponding to the selected virtual location, receiving, in response to the request, the web content from the selected server, and providing the received web content for display on the web browsing application, wherein the web content is different than the web content corresponding to a physical location of the user. | 07-09-2015 |
20150254070 | USER SETTINGS MANAGEMENT USING EXTERNAL SOURCES - User settings management using external sources is described, including providing a user interface for a user to configure one or more settings that affect functions of an application; the user interface allows the one or more settings to be manipulated by the user, and allows the one or more settings to be configured based on setting data from a third-party entity; receiving input from the user to configure at least a portion of the one or more settings based on the setting data from the entity; identifying that the setting data from the entity includes the at least the portion of the one or more settings; and configuring the at least the portion of the one or more settings based on the setting data from the entity. | 09-10-2015 |
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20090093860 | AUTOMATIC DETERMINATION OF T-SHOCK VULNERABLE WINDOW - A method and apparatus for determining a T-wave shock interval sense a cardiac electrogram (EGM) signal comprising a T-wave signal. A T-wave center is determined from the EGM signal, and a T-wave shock interval is determined in response to determining the T-wave center. A T-wave shock is delivered at the T-wave shock interval computed based on the T-wave center. | 04-09-2009 |
20100023072 | Methods for the Determination of T-Shock Vulnerable Window from Far-Field Electrograms in Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators - Methods for determination of timing for electrical shocks to the heart to determine shock strength necessary to defibrillate a fibrillating heart. The timing corresponds the window of most vulnerability in the heart, which occurs during the T-wave of a heartbeat. Using a derivatized T-wave representation, the timing of most vulnerability is determined by a center of the area method, peak amplitude method, width method, or other similar methods. Devices are similarly disclosed embodying the methods of the present disclosure. | 01-28-2010 |
20100023073 | DETERMINATION OF UPPER LIMIT OF VULNERABILITY USING A VARIABLE NUMBER OF SHOCKS - A method and apparatus sense a cardiac electrical signal and determine a signal quality parameter of the cardiac electrical signal. A number of shock pulses to be delivered to a patient's heart is determined in response to the signal quality parameter. Each of the shock pulses are scheduled to be delivered at a unique offset from a T-wave shock interval in one embodiment of the invention. | 01-28-2010 |
20110054558 | IDENTIFYING A LEAD RELATED CONDITION BASED ON DETECTING NOISE SUBSEQUENT TO SIGNAL DELIVERY - In general, the disclosure describes techniques for detecting lead related conditions, such as lead fractures or other lead integrity issues. As described herein, delivering an electrical signal through selected electrodes may result in, reveal, or amplify noise if a lead related condition is present. A processor may detect electrical noise indicative of the lead related condition subsequent to the delivery of the electrical signal, and identify a lead related condition in response to detecting the noise. | 03-03-2011 |
20120191153 | DIAGNOSIS OF LEAD FRACTURE AND CONNECTION PROBLEMS - Techniques for diagnosing lead fractures and lead connection problems are described. One or more medical leads may be coupled to an implantable medical device (IMD) to position electrodes or other sensors at different locations within a patient than the IMD. The IMD may include a lead diagnostic module configured to diagnose problems with a coupled lead and automatically select between a lead fracture problem and a lead connection problem based on the diagnosis. The diagnosis of either lead fracture problems or lead connection problems may be based on a timing of an increased impedance value with respect to connection of the lead to the IMD, a return to baseline impedance values after the increased impedance value, an abrupt rise of the increased impedance value, maximum impedance values, or oversensing. An external device may present the diagnosis to a user to facilitate appropriate corrective action. | 07-26-2012 |
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20140324123 | Methods and Apparatus for Detecting and Localizing Partial Conductor Failures of Implantable Device Leads - Method and apparatus for diagnosis of conductor anomalies, such as partial conductor failures, in an implantable lead for an implantable medical device are disclosed. In various embodiments, small changes in the lead impedance are identified by the use of a small circuit element that is incorporated as part of the distal end of the implantable lead. In various embodiments, the small circuit element is electrically connected to a lead conductor and/or electrode of the implantable lead. Methods of diagnosing conductor anomalies in accordance with these embodiments generate measured values that depend only on the impedance of the conductors and electrodes of the lead, and not on the behavior of the conductor-tissue interface and other body tissues. | 10-30-2014 |
20140371831 | Detection of Implantable Lead Failures by Differential EGM Analysis - A method and system for the diagnosis of anomalies in a lead attached to an implantable medical device, such as an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD), including an insulation breach resulting in a short circuit of the high-voltage shock pulse. Determination that the defibrillation pathway is shorted may be made by initial analysis of a Reference EGM and Diagnostic EGM and subsequent analysis of Differential Diagnostic EGMs. Upon determining if a specific defibrillation pathway is shorted, the nonessential defibrillation electrode of that pathway may be excluded from the defibrillation circuit, delivering defibrillation current only between functioning defibrillation electrodes. Alternatively, the ICD system can confirm the presence of a lead anomaly with one or more alternative diagnostic approaches. Patient and remote-monitoring alerts may be initiated. | 12-18-2014 |
20150151118 | METHOD FOR DETECTING AND TREATING INSULATION LEAD-TO-HOUSING FAILURES - Disclosed is a method for the diagnosis of conductor anomalies, such as an insulation failure resulting in a short circuit, in an implantable medical device, such as an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD). Upon determining if a specific defibrillation pathway is shorted, the method excludes the one electrode from the defibrillation circuit, delivering defibrillation current only between functioning defibrillation electrodes. Protection can be provided against a short in the right-ventricular coil-CAN defibrillation pathway of a pectoral, transvenous ICD with a dual-coil defibrillation lead. If a short caused by an in-pocket abrasion is present, the CAN is excluded from the defibrillation circuit, delivering defibrillation current only between the right-ventricular and superior vena cava defibrillation coils. Determination that the defibrillation pathway is shorted may be made by conventional low current measurements or delivery of high current extremely short test pulses. | 06-04-2015 |
20150273225 | ACTIVE SURVEILLANCE OF IMPLANTED MEDICAL LEADS FOR LEAD INTEGRITY - Active surveillance of potential lead anomalies in implanted medical leads utilizes test signal(s) delivered through an output current pathway and induced signals monitored via an independent monitor current pathway to detect for any reactions to the test signals in the induced signals. Various specific responses can be initiated if a potential insulation breach or anomaly in the implanted medical lead is identified due to detection of a “positive” test result in the induced signals on the monitor current pathway in reaction to a test signal applied to the output current pathway. | 10-01-2015 |
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20130325079 | METHOD FOR DETECTING AND LOCALIZING INSULATION FAILURES OF IMPLANTABLE DEVICE LEADS - The invention relates to a method and apparatus for diagnosis of conductor anomalies, such as insulation failures, in an implantable medical device, such as an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD), a pacemaker, or a neurostimulator. Insulation failures are detected and localized by identifying changes in electrical fields via surface (skin) potentials. Small variations in potential are detected along the course of the electrode near the site of insulation failure. | 12-05-2013 |
20130325080 | METHOD FOR DETECTING AND TREATING INSULATION LEAD-TO-HOUSING FAILURES - Disclosed is a method for the diagnosis of conductor anomalies, such as an insulation failure resulting in a short circuit, in an implantable medical device, such as an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD). Upon determining if a specific defibrillation pathway is shorted, the method excludes the one electrode from the defibrillation circuit, delivering defibrillation current only between functioning defibrillation electrodes. Protection can be provided against a short in the right-ventricular coil-CAN defibrillation pathway of a pectoral, transvenous ICD with a dual-coil defibrillation lead. If a short caused by an in-pocket abrasion is present, the CAN is excluded from the defibrillation circuit, delivering defibrillation current only between the right-ventricular and superior vena cava defibrillation coils. Determination that the defibrillation pathway is shorted may be made by conventional low current measurements or delivery of high current extremely short test pulses. | 12-05-2013 |
20140155947 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLANTABLE CARDIAC LEAD INTEGRITY ANALYSIS - The present invention relates, generally, to scientific and medical system methods for diagnosis of implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) lead conductor anomalies, in particular conductor migration and externalization within an ICD implantable cardiac lead. The method uses an “imaginary” component of the high frequency transmission line impedance having certain spectral changes that correspond to movements of the conductor or an “imaginary impedance”. This allows the detection of conductor migration and small insulation failures. | 06-05-2014 |