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20110049352 | ION SOURCE - This invention relates to a desorpton/ionization source operated under ambient conditions for direct analysis of solid or liquid samples on a surface. The source comprises of a laser desorption system and a UV/electrospray combined ionization system. The source is suitable for simultaneously ionizing samples with different polarity in a complex mixture. At the same time, the compact design of the source with multiple channels can maintain the level of local concentration of the analyte ions inside the source for higher efficiency of sample ionization and introduction. | 03-03-2011 |
20110270038 | VIDEO LARYNGOSCOPE - A video laryngoscope has a handle and a groove on one side of the handle. The groove is used for guiding a guide wire when the larynogoscope is placed in a patient's mouth. A video camera located near the end of the handle is used to view the area around the glottis. When the guide wire is properly positioned near the glottis, the upper part of the guide wire is disengaged from the groove so as to allow an endotracheal tube to be slipped over the guide wire and to be inserted into part of the trachea through the glottis. When the tube is properly inserted for intubation, the guide wire is removed from the tube. An illuminating light source such as an LED lamp can be installed at the end of the handle to provide illumination for the video camera. | 11-03-2011 |
20120248307 | Linear Ion Trap Analyzer - The present invention relates generally to the field of ion storage and analysis, in particular to a linear ion trap mass analyzer comprised by multiple columnar electrodes. High frequency voltages are applied on at least one of the columnar electrodes to form ion confining space, which mainly consists of two-dimensional quadrupole electric radial trapping field, and there is at least one through slot for ion ejection in at least one direction perpendicular to the axis of the ion trap, wherein an AC electric field superposition is applied to invoke dipole excitation. Opposite to the through slot, there is an elongated electrode for field adjusting between two columnar electrodes or inside the slit of one of the columnar electrodes mentioned above. The potential on the elongated electrode for field adjusting is set as the sum of a portion of the high frequency voltage which applied on one adjacent columnar electrode and a DC offset, which can be adjusted freely. Through adjusting the portion of the high frequency potential and DC potential on this electrode, one or more objectives, including field optimization inside the ion trap as well as ion motion characteristics of resonant ejection, can be realized. | 10-04-2012 |
20140087063 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ION OPTICAL DEVICE - The present invention provides a method for preparing an ion optical device. A substrate is fabricated with a hard material adapted for a grinding process, the substrate at least including a planar surface, and including at least one insulating material layer. Next, one or more linear grooves are cut on the planar surface, to form multiple discrete ion optical electrode regions on the planar surface separated by the linear grooves. Then, conductive leads are fabricated on other substrate surfaces than the planar surface and in a through hole inside the substrate, to provide voltages required on ion optical electrodes. By using high-hardness materials in cooperation with high-precision machining, higher precision and a desired discrete electrode contour can be obtained. | 03-27-2014 |
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20090005764 | Method for Modifying the Refractive Index of Ocular Tissues - A method for modifying the refractive index of ocular tissues. The method comprises irradiating select regions of ocular tissue with a visible or near-IR laser. The irradiation results in the formation of structures in the ocular tissue, characterized by a change in refractive index, and which exhibit little or no scattering loss. | 01-01-2009 |
20090143858 | OPTICAL MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR MODIFYING THE REFRACTIVE INDEX - A method for modifying the refractive index of an optical, polymeric material. The method comprises irradiating select regions of the optical, polymeric material with a focused, visible or near-IR laser having a pulse energy from 0.05 nJ to 1000 nJ. The irradiation results in the formation of refractive optical structures, characterized by a change in refractive index, exhibit little or no scattering loss, and exhibit no significant differences in the Raman spectrum with respect to the non-irradiated optical, polymeric material. The method can be used to modify the refractive index of an intraocular lens following the surgical implantation of the intraocular lens in a human eye. The invention is also directed to an optical device comprising refractive optical structures, wherein the refractive structures are characterized by a change in refractive index, exhibit little or no scattering loss, and exhibit no significant differences in the Raman spectrum with respect to the non-irradiated optical, polymeric material. | 06-04-2009 |
20090287306 | Optical hydrogel material with photosensitizer and method for modifying the refractive index - A method for modifying the refractive index of an optical, hydrogel polymeric material. The method comprises irradiating predetermined regions of an optical, polymeric material with a laser to form refractive structures. To facilitate the formation of the refractive structures the optical, hydrogel polymeric material comprises a photosensitizer. The presence of the photosensitizer permits one to set a scan rate to a value that is at least fifty times greater than a scan rate without the photosensitizer in the material, yet provides similar refractive structures in terms of the observed change in refractive index. Alternatively, the photosensitizer in the polymeric material permits one to set an average laser power to a value that is at least two times less than an average laser power without the photosensitizer in the material, yet provide similar refractive structures. | 11-19-2009 |
20100298933 | Optical Material and Method for Modifying the Refractive Index - The invention is directed to an optical device comprising refractive optical structures, wherein the refractive structures are characterized by a change in refractive index, exhibit little or no scattering loss, and exhibit no significant differences in the Raman spectrum with respect to the non-irradiated optical, polymeric material. | 11-25-2010 |
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20100005429 | INTEGRATED SINGLE SPICE DECK SENSITIZATION FOR GATE LEVEL TOOLS - One embodiment of the present invention provides systems and techniques for generating a transistor-level description of a subcircuit. A user may want to simulate a subcircuit in a circuit using a transistor-level simulator, and one or more cells in the subcircuit may need to be sensitized so that the cells are in a desired state when the subcircuit is simulated. An embodiment modifies the subcircuit by inserting analog switches in front of the cells that need to be sensitized, so that the analog switches can be used to apply a sensitization sequence to the cells during the transistor-level simulation. The embodiment can then generate a transistor-level description of the modified subcircuit. Next, the transistor-level description of the subcircuit can be stored, thereby enabling the transistor-level simulator to simulate the subcircuit. | 01-07-2010 |
20100198539 | FAST AND ACCURATE ESTIMATION OF GATE OUTPUT LOADING - Embodiments of a computer system, a method, an integrated circuit and a computer-program product (i.e., software) for use with the computer system are described. These devices and techniques may be used to analyze an electrical characteristic of a logic gate electrically coupled to an output network in a stage. In particular, during the analysis, the effective capacitance of an output network coupled to a logic gate is approximated as a function of a total resistance of the output network, a total capacitance of the output network, and a geometric parameter of the output network. For example, the effective capacitance may be approximated as a function of a ratio of the product of the total resistance and the total capacitance to the fanout count of the output network. Using the effective capacitance and other parameters, such as a slew rate of an electrical signal applied to an input of the logic gate, an electrical characteristic of the logic gate, such as an input capacitance, is determined. | 08-05-2010 |
20100229136 | CROSSTALK TIME-DELAY ANALYSIS USING RANDOM VARIABLES - Embodiments of a computer system, a method, an integrated circuit and a computer-program product (i.e., software) for use with the computer system are described. These devices and techniques may be used to calculate the total time delay in a signal path due to crosstalk from a group of crosstalk aggressors that are associated with a group of signal paths. In order to properly account for statistical behaviors in the switching times and directions of the switching patterns in the group of signal paths, the time-delay contribution from each of these crosstalk aggressors may be modeled as a corresponding statistical random variable. Because the number of crosstalk aggressors are usually much larger than the number of stages in the signal path, the calculated total path delay may be less pessimistic. Furthermore, in order to detect potential timing violations, the time-delay contributions from additional dominant crosstalk aggressors can be modeled using non-statistical worst-case deterministic values. | 09-09-2010 |
20120239371 | Consistent Hierarchical Timing Model with Crosstalk Consideration - A method and apparatus to provide a hierarchical timing model with crosstalk consideration is provided. In one embodiment, the method comprises performing block level analysis of a circuit, in one or a plurality of iterations, and storing per iteration data. The method further comprises, in one embodiment, utilizing the per iteration data in performing top level analysis of the circuit. | 09-20-2012 |
20120310340 | Method for Modifying the Refractive Index of an Optical Material and Resulting Optical Vision Component - A method for modifying the refractive index of an optical polymeric material. The method comprises continuously irradiating predetermined regions of an optical, polymeric material with femtosecond laser pulses to form a gradient index refractive structure within the material. An optical device includes an optical, polymeric lens material having an anterior surface and posterior surface and an optical axis intersecting the surfaces and at least one laser-modified, GRIN layer disposed between the anterior surface and the posterior surface and arranged along a first axis 45° to 90° to the optical axis, and further characterized by a variation in index of refraction across at least one of at least a portion of the adjacent segments and along each segment. | 12-06-2012 |
20130138093 | OPTICAL MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR MODIFYING THE REFRACTIVE INDEX - An optical device comprising an optical hydrogel with select regions that have been irradiated with laser light having a pulse energy from 0.01 nJ to 50 nJ and a wavelength from 600 nm to 900 nm. The irradiated regions are characterized by a positive change in refractive index of from 0.01 to 0.06, and exhibit little or no scattering loss. The optical hydrogel is prepared with a hydrophilic monomer. | 05-30-2013 |
20130268072 | Optical Hydrogel Material with Photosensitizer and Method for Modifying the Refractive Index - A method for modifying the refractive index of an optical, hydrogel polymeric material. The method comprises irradiating predetermined regions of an optical, polymeric material with a laser to form refractive structures. To facilitate the formation of the refractive structures the optical, hydrogel polymeric material comprises a photosensitizer. The presence of the photosensitizer permits one to set a scan rate to a value that is at least fifty times greater than a scan rate without the photosensitizer in the material, yet provides similar refractive structures in terms of the observed change in refractive index. Alternatively, the photosensitizer in the polymeric material permits one to set an average laser power to a value that is at least two times less than an average laser power without the photosensitizer in the material, yet provide similar refractive structures. The method can be used to form refractive structures in corneal inlays and intraocular lenses following the insertion of such optical devices in an eye of a patient. | 10-10-2013 |
20140269555 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SHARING CONTEXT INFORMATION IN A NEIGHBOR AWARE NETWORK - Systems and methods share context information on a neighbor aware network. A method for communicating data in a wireless communications network is disclosed. The method includes receiving, by a device, a first message from a station, decoding the message to determine service information, the service information identifying a service provided by the station, generating a second message, wherein the second message is generated to indicate the service provided by the station and service information of the device, and transmitting, by the device, the second message to a remote station. | 09-18-2014 |
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20080241158 | Human taste-specific receptor TIR3 - The invention provides human G-protein coupled receptors (GCREC) and polynucleotides which identify and encode GCREC. The invention also provides expression vectors, host cells, antibodies, agonists, and antagonists. The invention also provides methods for diagnosing, treating, or preventing disorders associated with aberrant expression of GCREC. | 10-02-2008 |
20100099617 | Secreted proteins - The invention provides human secreted proteins (SECP) and polynucleotides which identify and encode SECP. The invention also provides expression vectors, host cells, antibodies, agonists, and antagonists. The invention also provides methods for diagnosing, treating, or preventing disorders associated with aberrant expression of SECP. | 04-22-2010 |
20140056906 | SECRETED PROTEINS - The invention provides human secreted proteins (SECP) and polynucleotides which identify and encode SECP. The invention also provides expression vectors, host cells, antibodies, agonists, and antagonists. The invention also provides methods for diagnosing, treating, or preventing disorders associated with aberrant expression of SECP. | 02-27-2014 |
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20080283742 | Mass Spectrometer - The present invention provides a mass spectrometer having an ion lens capable of transporting an ion having a large mass to charge ratio with a high level of ion-passing efficiency even under a low-vacuum atmosphere. In conventional atmospheric pressure ionization mass spectrometers or similar mass spectrometers, applying an excessively high voltage to the ion lens undesirably causes an electric discharge. Therefore, the passing efficiency for an ion having a large mass to charge ratio cannot be adequately improved, which leads to a poor detection sensitivity. To solve this problem, the mass spectrometer according to the present invention includes a voltage controller | 11-20-2008 |
20090294655 | ION TRAP ARRAY - The invention “Ion Trap Array (ITA)” pertains generally to the field of ion storage and analysis technologies, and particularly to the ion storing apparatus and mass spectrometry instruments which separate ions by its character such as mass-to-charge ratio. The aim of this invention is providing an apparatus for ion storage and analysis comprising at least two or more rows of parallel placed electrode array wherein each electrode array includes at least two or more parallel bar-shaped electrodes, by applying different phase of alternating current voltages on different bar electrodes to create alternating electric fields inside the space between two parallel electrodes of different rows of electrode arrays, multiple linear ion trapping fields paralleled constructed in the space between the different rows of electrode arrays which are open to adjacent each other without a real barrier. This invention also provides a method for ion storage and analysis involving with the trapping, cooling and mass-selected analyzing of ions by this apparatus mentioned which constructs multiple conjoint linear ion trapping fields in the space between the different rows of electrode arrays | 12-03-2009 |
20110220790 | DEVICE FOR SEPARATING, ENRICHING AND DETECTING IONS - A device for separating, enriching and detecting ions comprises: a gas tube, in which a carrier gas flows at a uniform rate; an ion source; multiple electrodes provided in the gas tube and applied with electric voltages respectively, so that at least an electric field is produced along the axis of the gas tube; an ion detector; and an ion extraction channel, by which specific enriched ions will be guided across the side wall of the gas tube toward the ion detector and be analyzed. The device enriches ions utilizing the following characteristic: compound ions with specific ion mobility maintain a dynamic balance for a period of time in a flow field under the combination of a carrier gas and a suitable electrical field against the direction of the carrier gas. Simultaneously, multiple compound particles with different ion motilities can be separated and enriched at positions with different electrical field intensities in a flow field in the same manner. The device also comprises synchronously export latitudinally enriched ions at different positions in a flow field, and performs later mass analysis using a mass spectrometer. | 09-15-2011 |
20110240845 | MASS ANALYZER - A mass spectrometric analyzer and an analysis method based on the detection of ion image current are provided. The method in one embodiment includes using electrostatic reflectors or electrostatic deflectors to enable pulsed ions to move periodically for multiple times in the analyzer, forming time focusing in a portion of the ion flight region thereof, and forming an confined ion beam in space; enabling the ion beam to pass through multiple tubular image current detectors arranged in series along an axial direction of the ion beam periodically, using a low-noise electronic amplification device to detect image currents picked up by the multiple tubular detectors differentially, and using a data conversion method, such as a least square regression, to acquire a mass spectrum. | 10-06-2011 |
20110253903 | DEVICE FOR DESORPTION IONIZATION - The current invention involves a desorption corona beam ionization source/device for analyzing samples under atmospheric pressure without sample pretreatment. It includes a gas source, a gas flow tube, a gas flow heater, a metal tube, a DC power supply and a sample support/holder for placing the samples. A visible corona beam is formed at a sharply pointed tip at the exit of the metal tube when a stream of inert gas flows through the metal tube that is applied with a high DC voltage. The gas is heated for desorbing the analyte from solid samples and the desorbed species are ionized by the energized particles embedded in the corona beam. The ions formed are then transferred through an adjacent inlet into a mass spectrometer or other devices capable of analyzing ions. Visibility of the corona beam in the current invention greatly facilitates pinpointing a sampling area on the analyte and also makes profiling of sample surfaces possible. | 10-20-2011 |
20120292498 | TANDEM MASS SPECTRUM ANALYSIS DEVICE AND MASS SPECTRUM ANALYSIS METHOD - A tandem mass spectrometer is provided in the present invention. The mass spectrometer includes an ion source, a quadrupole mass filter located at downstream side of the ion source, a linear ion trap disposed at downstream side of the mass filter and an ion detector placed on the side of the ion trap, all of which are placed in a vacuum environment. The instrument can obtain MS meeting the standard spectral library search criteria by the quadrupole mass filter cooperating with linear ion trap, realize any multi-stage MS under two modes of axial collision and resonance excitation, and predict and optimize the inflow amount and types of samples under the ion trap analysis mode by the quadrupole. A tandem MS analysis method is also provided, which can repeatedly provide precursor ion selection, ion acceleration, achieve high-energy collision dissociation, low product ion mass discrimination effect. | 11-22-2012 |
20130026359 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING AND ANALYZING IONS - The current invention involves a method and a device for generating and analyzing ions in order to analyze samples directly without sample preparation. The gaseous neutral molecules are desorbed under atmospheric pressure by a desorption method. The desorbed neutral molecules are then transferred into a low pressure region where they are post-ionized by a mist from an electrospray probe tip or by photons from a vacuum UV source. The generated ions are then focused in a time varying electric field in the low pressure chamber before they are transferred into a mass spectrometer or ion mobility spectrometer for further analysis. | 01-31-2013 |
20130187044 | A WIRE ELECTRODE BASED ION GUIDE DEVICE - This invention presents a kind of ion guide device comprising multiple layers of stretched wire electrodes crossing in space. These wire electrodes are distributed along a defined ion guiding axis in the ion guide device. Each layer of wire electrodes contains at least two wire electrodes with some distance away from the guiding axis, and rotates with an angle relative to wire electrodes on neighboring layer. The ion guide contains multiple layers of wire electrodes to form a cage-like ion guide tunnel and keeps the mounting framework of those wire electrodes outside of the ion guide tunnel, thus reducing the interference of the gas flows from the ion guide device. A power supply provides voltage to each layer of wire electrodes, creates an electric field which focuses the ions towards the guiding axis. | 07-25-2013 |
20130270433 | METHOD OF PROCESSING IMAGE CHARGE/CURRENT SIGNALS - A method of processing a plurality of image charge/current signals representative of trapped ions undergoing oscillatory motion, e.g. for use in an ion trap mass spectrometer. The method includes producing a linear combination of the plurality of image charge/current signals using a plurality of predetermined coefficients, the predetermined coefficients having been selected so as to suppress at least one harmonic component of the image charge/current signals within the linear combination of the plurality of image charge/current signals. | 10-17-2013 |
20140263992 | METHOD OF PROCESSING IMAGE CHARGE/CURRENT SIGNALS - A method of processing an image charge/current signal representative of trapped ions undergoing oscillatory motion. The method includes applying a validity test to each of a plurality of peaks in the image charge/current signal in the frequency domain, wherein applying the validity test to a peak in the image charge/current signal in the frequency domain includes determining whether a phase angle associated with the peak meets a predetermined condition. The method also includes forming a new image charge/current signal that: includes data representative of one or more peaks that have passed the validity test; and excludes data representative of one or more peaks that have failed the validity test. The method may be performed by a mass spectrometry apparatus. | 09-18-2014 |
20140347104 | CIRCUIT FOR GENERATING A VOLTAGE WAVEFORM - A circuit for generating a voltage waveform at an output node. The circuit includes a voltage rail connected to the output node via a voltage rail switch; an anchor node connected to the output node via an inductor and a bidirectional switch, wherein the bidirectional switch includes two or more transistors connected in series; and a control unit configured to change the voltage at the output node by controlling the voltage rail switch and the bidirectional switch so that, if a load capacitance is connected to the output node, a resonant circuit is established between the inductor and the load capacitance. The circuit may be included in an apparatus for use in processing charged particles, e.g. for use in performing mass spectrometry or ion mobility spectrometry. | 11-27-2014 |
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20090055769 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING DATA NAVIGATION INTERFACE - An interactive user interface (UI) to manage searching of data is disclosed. The UI includes a first display panel configured to display a parent context view and a child context view thereon and a second display panel configured to display a diagram of an enlarged portion of the child context view. | 02-26-2009 |
20140189655 | IDENTIFICATION OF PERFORMANCE BOTTLENECKS - Embodiments are directed to identifying, by an apparatus comprising a processing device, a pattern in a graph that has a support value greater than a threshold, wherein: the graph comprises a plurality of weighted nodes coupled to one another by one or more weighted edges, and each of the plurality of nodes is associated with at least one weighted attribute. | 07-03-2014 |
20140201722 | IDENTIFICATION OF PERFORMANCE BOTTLENECKS - Embodiments are directed to identifying, by an apparatus comprising a processing device, a pattern in a graph that has a support value greater than a threshold, wherein: the graph comprises a plurality of weighted nodes coupled to one another by one or more weighted edges, and each of the plurality of nodes is associated with at least one weighted attribute. | 07-17-2014 |
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20130332824 | EMBEDDED FONT PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE - An embedded font processing method and device. Searching for an advance characteristic information corresponding to each embedded font in an original font library. Selecting, for each embedded font, at least one piece of the advance characteristic information as a key characteristic information that corresponds to the embedded font. All of the fonts corresponding to the key characteristic information are identified and a candidate font collection is generated therefrom. The font type that completely matches the embedded font in the candidate font collection is identified. | 12-12-2013 |
20130335424 | CHARACTER DISPLAY METHOD AND DEVICE - A character display technique relating to computer information processing to improve the display of characters. Whether a thickening process on a glyph outline corresponding to a character to be displayed is needed is determined by calculating a mean grayscale value of pixels of a grayscale bitmap of the glyph outline. if thickening is to be performed, the thickening amount is determined on the basis of the mean grayscale value of pixels, and the thickened glyph outline is output for display, thereby minimizing problems of fading of the displayed color, fuzzy strokes and the like due to strokes that are too narrow, and thus improving the character display effect. | 12-19-2013 |
20150046797 | DOCUMENT FORMAT PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DOCUMENT FORMAT PROCESSING METHOD - Document format processing apparatus and document format processing method are provided. The apparatus comprising: an obtaining unit for obtaining element information of a document in a first format; a parsing unit, for parsing the element information to get source data information; a conversion unit for converting the source data information to target data information of the document in a second format; a document processing unit for processing the target data information. Thus, when a document in an unsupported format is processed, what is only needed is to convert the format of source data contained in the document to a target data format, rather than thoroughly developing of the existing document processing editor, and thus complexity may be reduced; meanwhile, because it is not necessary to convert a document format using other format conversion tool, implementation cost and time consumed may be reduced. | 02-12-2015 |
20150070361 | CHARACTER CONVERSION SYSTEM AND A CHARACTER CONVERSION METHOD - The present invention provides a character conversion system, comprising: a parsing unit, used to parse received data, determine at least one character contained in the data, and obtain property information corresponding to each character of the at least one character; a judging unit, used to, with respect to each character, determine a pattern bitmap of the character according to the property information, and judge whether the pattern bitmap satisfies a preset condition; a conversion unit, used to, if the judging unit judges that the preset condition is satisfied, determine an original inner code of the character according to the property information, and convert the character according to the original inner code; and if the judging unit judges that the preset condition is not satisfied, identify an actual inner code of the character according to the pattern bitmap, and convert the character according to the actual inner code. | 03-12-2015 |
20150082027 | DRM METHOD AND DRM SYSTEM FOR SUPPORTING OFFLINE SHARING OF DIGITAL CONTENTS - The present invention provides a DRM method and system for supporting offline sharing of digital resources. When a client applies for joining in a domain, the client sends its own device information to a server, and obtains feature data of the domain by receiving a sharing certificate sent by the server. Wherein, the sharing certificate is created by encrypting the feature data of the domain by using the equipment information of the client as a cipher. The client decrypts the sharing certificate by using its own equipment information to obtain the feature data. Since the feature data has already been obtained in the procedure of applying for joining the domain, a client is able to use the digital resources by using the feature data even if the client cannot connect to network, thus, an advantage of supporting offline sharing of digital resources is achieved. | 03-19-2015 |
20150082043 | TERMINAL, SERVER AND DIGITAL CONTENT AUTHORIZATION METHOD - The present application provides a terminal, a server and a digital content authorization method. The terminal comprises: an extracting unit, configured to extract identification information of the terminal when the terminal requests an authorization for a designated layer of content of digital contents from a server; a transceiver unit, configured to transmit the identification information of the terminal to the server and receive an authorization certificate and the designated layer of content of the digital contents from the server; and a decryption unit, configured to decrypt the designated layer of content of the digital contents based on the identification information and the authorization certificate. Embodiments of the present invention may support the copyright protection by using layered encryption technique. The digital content cannot be read only by copying so as to enhance the protection of the digital contents. | 03-19-2015 |
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20130295956 | CALENDAR MATCHING OF INFERRED CONTEXTS AND LABEL PROPAGATION - Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for calendar matching of inferred contexts are described. In one potential embodiment, a mobile device may use context information to generate a calendar of inferred contexts. Label information from raw calendar data may be used to update an inferred context within a calendar of inferred contexts. Additionally, the label may be propagated to future contexts and entries in an inferred context calendar. | 11-07-2013 |
20130297547 | AGGREGATE CONTEXT INFERENCES USING MULTIPLE CONTEXT STREAMS - Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for inferring context are provided. In one potential implementation, first context information associated with a first duration is identified, second context information is accessed to determine a context segmentation boundary; and the first context information and the second context information is then aggregated to generate an inferred segmented aggregated context. In a further implementation, the first context information is used to average inferred contexts, and the context segmentation boundary is used to reset a start time for averaging the first context information. | 11-07-2013 |
20140122378 | RULES ENGINE AS A PLATFORM FOR MOBILE APPLICATIONS - Disclosed are systems and methods for providing a rules engine as a platform within a portable electronic device. In one embodiment, a rules engine platform is provided within a portable electronic device by receiving a plurality of rules for one or more modules of the portable electronic device. Additionally, the rules engine platform can receive one or more samples from one or more of the modules within the portable electronic device. The rules engine platform identifies and evaluates one or more relevant rules based on the received sample. The rules engine platform can then determine an action to provide to other modules of the portable electronic device. The rules engine platform may be configured to optimize the performance and power consumption of the portable electronic device. | 05-01-2014 |
20140122396 | RULES ENGINE AS A PLATFORM FOR MOBILE APPLICATIONS - Disclosed are systems and methods to optimize a rules engine as a platform within a computing system. The computing system may identify a context of interest, such as environment or circumstance of the computing system or a user of the computing system. Based on the identified context of interest, the rules engine platform may selectively identify rules or sets of rules that are relevant to the context of interest. Accordingly, rules or sets of rules that are irrelevant to the context of interest may be omitted from evaluation. Therefore, resources of the computing system may not consumed in some embodiments by resolving conflicts between rules and evaluating rules that result in actions that are not suitable for the context of interest. | 05-01-2014 |
20140269658 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SHARING CONTEXT INFORMATION IN A NEIGHBOR AWARE NETWORK - Systems and methods share context information on a neighbor aware network. In one aspect, a context providing device receives a plurality of responses to a discovery query from a context consuming device, and tailors services it offers to the context consuming device based on the responses. In another aspect, a context providing device indicates in its response to a discovery query which services or local context information it can provide to the context consuming device, and also a cost associated with providing the service or the local context information. In some aspects, the cost is in units of monetary currency. In other aspects, the cost is in units of user interface display made available to an entity associated with the context providing device in exchange for the services or local context information offered to the context consuming device. | 09-18-2014 |