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20120033139 | FAST-BOOTING BROADCAST TELEVISION RECEIVER - Boot-up delay within a television receiver IC is substantially reduced by loading a portion of an operating program into the television receiver IC to enable execution of time-consuming receiver initialization operations, and then executing the receiver initialization operations concurrently with loading the remainder of the operating program into the television receiver IC. By this operation, the time required to execute the receiver initialization operations may be at least partly hidden under the time required to load the operating program, thereby substantially reducing the boot-up delay. | 02-09-2012 |
20120293130 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING PARALLEL-CONNECTED BATTERY CELLS - The present system and method manage a rechargeable battery comprising two or more battery cells or series stacks of cells. The system includes a set of switches, each of which connects a cell or stack of cells between positive and negative nodes when actuated, or connects one cell in a stack of cells to another cell in the stack when actuated, such that when all the switches in a given stack are actuated, it is connected between the positive and negative nodes. An electrical load is directly connected to the positive and negative nodes. A controller determines the state of each cell or stack of cells by measuring and/or calculating one or more predetermined characteristics, and selectively actuates the switches based on the states of the cells or stacks of cells so as to enhance the life of the battery. | 11-22-2012 |
20140152350 | Integrated Circuits Including Magnetic Devices, And Associated Methods - An integrated circuit includes a semiconductor die including one or more switching circuits, a magnetic core having length and width, first and second metallic leads, and integrated circuit packaging material. The first metallic lead forms a first winding turn around a portion of the magnetic core, and the first metallic lead is electrically coupled to the semiconductor die. The second metallic lead forms a second winding turn around a portion of the magnetic core. The first and second winding turns are offset from each other along both of the width and length of the magnetic core. The integrated circuit is, for example, included in an integrated electronic assembly. | 06-05-2014 |
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20080280303 | G-PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTORS HIGH-THROUGHPUT FUNCTIONAL ASSAY - Disclosed herein are methods for enabling or improving functional assays of G-protein coupled receptors through the use of co-expression of helper genes. In some cases, chimeras linking the regulatory domain of the rap1B protein to the effector region of the ras oncogene are used in conduction with existing functional assays for cellular proliferation. Furthermore, overexpression of other genes can further augment the enabling properties of ras/rap chimeras. | 11-13-2008 |
20090209525 | ENABLING METHODS TO IDENTIFY ALLOSTERIC MODULATORS OF RECEPTOR ACTIVITY - A method developed to identify receptor modulators, involving providing a mutant receptor, wherein said mutant receptor has a mutation that alters the activity of said mutant receptor compared to a wild type receptor; contacting said mutant receptor with a candidate compound; and determining whether said candidate compound modulates the activity of said mutant receptor. | 08-20-2009 |
20130197032 | PHENYLPIPERIDINE COMPOUNDS FOR THE TREATMENT OF NEUROLOGICAL AND PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS - The present invention relates to a novel use of both enantiomers of the phenylpiperidine derivative OSU6162, i.e. (−) and (+)-OSU6162 as partial agonists on 5-hydroxytryptamine (5hHT) receptors. As a result, both (−) OSU6162 and (+)-OSU6162 may be used for the treatment and/or prevention of one or more diseases associated with a need for modulation of monoaminergic neurotransmitter receptors, wherein at least one of the monoaminergic neurotransmitter receptors is a 5-hydroxytryptamine receptor (5-HT receptor). Thus, said compounds act as stabilizers not only on dopaminergic, but also on serotonergic brain signaling and will act as partial agonists on such monoaminergic neurotransmitter receptors. | 08-01-2013 |
20140329903 | TREATMENT OF NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES - The present disclosure relates to compounds to be used in a low dose in treatment of neurodegenerative diseases or disorders. It also relates to methods for treatment of a neurodegenerative diseases or disorders. | 11-06-2014 |
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20100223051 | Method and System for Determining Text Coherence - A method and system for determining text coherence in an essay is disclosed. A method of evaluating the coherence of an essay includes receiving an essay having one or more discourse elements and text segments. The one or more discourse elements are annotated either manually or automatically. A text segment vector is generated for each text segment in a discourse element using sparse random indexing vectors. The method or system then identifies one or more essay dimensions and measures the semantic similarity of each text segment based on the essay dimensions. Finally, a coherence level is assigned to the essay based on the measured semantic similarities. | 09-02-2010 |
20100233666 | Methods for Automated Essay Analysis - An essay is analyzed automatically by accepting the essay and determining whether each of a predetermined set of features is present or absent in each sentence of the essay. For each sentence in the essay a probability that the sentence is a member of a certain discourse element category is calculated. The probability is based on the determinations of whether each feature in the set of features is present or absent. Furthermore, based on the calculated probabilities, a sentence is chosen as the choice for the discourse element category. | 09-16-2010 |
20100285434 | Automated Annotation - To automatically annotate an essay, a sentence of the essay is identified and a feature associated with the sentence is determined. In addition, a probability of the sentence being a discourse element is determined by mapping the feature to a model. The model having been generated by a machine learning application based on at least one annotated essay. Furthermore, the essay is annotated based on the probability. | 11-11-2010 |
20100297596 | Automated Essay Scoring - To automatically evaluate an essay, the essay is applied to a plurality of trait models and a plurality of trait scores are determined based on the plurality of trait models. Each of these trait scores having been generated from a respective trait model. In addition, a score is determined based on the plurality of trait scores. | 11-25-2010 |
20110027769 | Automatic Essay Scoring System - A method of grading an essay using an automated essay scoring system is provided. The method comprises the steps of deriving a set of predetermined features from the essay, wherein the predetermined feature set comprises one or more features that are independent from the test prompt, scoring the feature set with a scoring equation, wherein a multiple regression analysis with graded essay data produces weights for the scoring equation, generating a raw score for the essay; and processing the raw score for the essay into a score category based on an adaptive cutoff algorithm. Also provided is a method of generating a model in which to grade essays, wherein the data used to generate the model is independent from the test prompt or essay topic. | 02-03-2011 |
20130103623 | Computer-Implemented Systems and Methods for Detection of Sentiment in Writing - Systems and methods are provided for the detection of sentiment in writing. A plurality of texts is received from a larger collection of writing samples with a computer system. A set of seed words from the plurality of texts are labeled as being of positive sentiment or of negative sentiment with the computer system. The set of seed words is expanded in size with the computer system to provide an expanded set of seed words. Intensity values are assigned to words of the expanded set of seed words. Each of the words of the expanded set of seed words is assigned three intensity values: a value corresponding to the strength of the word's association with a positive polarity class, a value corresponding to the strength of the word's association with a negative polarity class, and a value corresponding to the strength of the word's association with a neutral polarity class. | 04-25-2013 |
20140279763 | System and Method for Automated Scoring of a Summary-Writing Task - In accordance with the teachings described herein, systems and methods are provided for measuring a user's comprehension of subject matter of a text. A summary generated by the user is received, where the summary summarizes the text. The summary is processed to determine a first numerical measure indicative of a similarity between the summary and a reference summary. The summary is processed to determine a second numerical measure indicative of a degree to which a single sentence of the summary summarizes an entirety of the text. The summary is processed to determine a third numerical measure indicative of a degree of copying in the summary of multi-word sequences present in the text. A numerical model is applied to the first numerical measure, the second numerical measure and the third numerical measure to determine a score for the summary indicative of the user's comprehension of the subject matter of the text. | 09-18-2014 |
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20130304654 | AUTOMATICALLY DETERMINING A CURRENT VALUE FOR A REAL ESTATE PROPERTY, SUCH AS A HOME, THAT IS TAILORED TO INPUT FROM A HUMAN USER, SUCH AS ITS OWNER - A facility procuring information about a distinguished property from a user knowledgeable about the distinguished property that is usable to refine an automatic valuation of the distinguished property is described. The facility displays information about the distinguished property used in the automatic valuation of the distinguished property. The facility obtains user input from of the user adjusting at least one aspect of information about the distinguished property used in the automatic valuation of the distinguished property. On a later the day, facility displays to the user a refined valuation of the distinguished property that is based on the adjustment of the obtained user input. | 11-14-2013 |
20140180936 | AUTOMATICALLY DETERMINING A CURRENT VALUE FOR A REAL ESTATE PROPERTY, SUCH AS A HOME, THAT IS TAILORED TO INPUT FROM A HUMAN USER, SUCH AS ITS OWNER - A facility procuring information about a distinguished property from a user knowledgeable about the distinguished property that is usable to refine an automatic valuation of the distinguished property is described. The facility displays information about the distinguished property used in the automatic valuation of the distinguished property. The facility obtains user input from of the user adjusting at least one aspect of information about the distinguished property used in the automatic valuation of the distinguished property. On a later the day, facility displays to the user a refined valuation of the distinguished property that is based on the adjustment of the obtained user input. | 06-26-2014 |
20140236845 | AUTOMATICALLY DETERMINING A CURRENT VALUE FOR A HOME - A facility for valuing a distinguished home located in a distinguished geographic area is described. The facility receives home attributes for the distinguished home. The facility obtains valuation for the distinguished home by applying to the received home attributes evaluation model for homes in the distinguished geographic area that has been trained using selling price and home attribute data from homes recently sold in the distinguished geographic area. The facility reports the obtained valuation for the distinguished home. | 08-21-2014 |
20140316999 | AUTOMATICALLY DETERMINING A CURRENT VALUE FOR A REAL ESTATE PROPERTY, SUCH AS A HOME, THAT IS TAILORED TO INPUT FROM A HUMAN USER, SUCH AS ITS OWNER. - A facility procuring information about a distinguished property from its owner that is usable to refine an automatic valuation of the distinguished property is described. The facility displays information about the distinguished property used in the automatic valuation of the distinguished property. The facility obtains user input from the owner adjusting at least one aspect of information about the distinguished property used in the automatic valuation of the distinguished property. The facility then displays to the owner a refined valuation of the distinguished property that is based on the adjustment of the obtained user input. | 10-23-2014 |
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20110225165 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PARTITIONING SEARCH INDEXES - Methods and systems for partitioning search indexes are described. In one embodiment, such a method includes identifying, via a partition manager, a search index to be partitioned, where the search index includes a plurality of entity types, and wherein each of the plurality of entity types associates records stored in a data store with the respective entity type within the search index. The method further includes partitioning, via the partition manager, the search index into a first partitioned search index and a second partitioned search index, correlating, via a partitioning scheme, a first subset of the plurality of entity types with the first partitioned search index, and correlating, via the partitioning scheme, a second subset of the plurality of entity types with the second partitioned search index. | 09-15-2011 |
20110258199 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PERFORMING HIGH VOLUME SEARCHES IN A MULTI-TENANT STORE - Method and systems for performing high volume searches are described. In one example a method includes receiving a query directed to a database, the database including a plurality of items, determining whether the query complies with one of a plurality of search criteria, each of the plurality of search criteria corresponding to a predefined index of the database, selecting a predefined index of the database corresponding to one of the plurality of search criteria if the query complies with said search criterion, the index containing entries that comply with the corresponding search criterion, applying the query to the selected index to find database items referenced in the index, selecting items based on applying the query to the selected index, building a report for the query, the report including only items of the selected index. | 10-20-2011 |
20110264668 | Methods and Systems for Providing Secondary Indexing in a Multi-Tenant Database Environment - Secondary indexing mechanisms are disclosed. A first index is created in a database environment. The index has a scope defined by a set of files that meet a pre-selected criteria. Second index generation is initiated. Te second index has the same scope as the first index. A first time period between initiation of the generation of the second index and completion of the second index is determined. The second index is swapped with the first index in an atomic swap operation. The indices may be generated for a multitenant database environment. Catch up indexing may be performed for the secondary index. | 10-27-2011 |
20120259894 | MULTI-MASTER DATA REPLICATION IN A DISTRIBUTED MULTI-TENANT SYSTEM - A multi-master replication system is disclosed. The multi-master replication system allows a large set of peer instances to collaboratively replicate data to each other. | 10-11-2012 |
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20100207596 | Power-up Control for Very Low-Power Systems - An input protection circuit (IPC) may prevent an input signal from propagating into a system, such as an integrated circuit (IC), when the voltage level of the input signal exceeds a specified value. The IPC may be configured to compare the input signal voltage, which may be that of an external input signal received by the system, with a reference voltage, which may be the power supply voltage. If the input signal voltage exceeds the reference voltage, the output of the IPC may be set to the value of a specified clamp voltage. If the input signal voltage does not exceed the reference voltage, the output of the IPC may track (or follow) the input signal voltage. For certain integrated circuits, the IPC may be configured to provide circuit protection for an input signal voltage ranging between 0V to 5V, and a power supply voltage ranging between 3.0V and 3.6V. | 08-19-2010 |
20100213515 | Metal or Via Programmable Element - An integrated circuit may include one or more cells, with each cell comprising a first and a second input terminal, a first and a second output terminal, and a number of connection stages configured to couple each input terminal to a corresponding respective output terminal. The stages may include one stage per metal layer of the integrated circuit and one stage per VIA layer of the integrated circuit. Each stage may be configured with a pair of input ports and a pair of output ports. Each output port of a stage may serially connect to a corresponding respective input port of a first adjacent stage, and each input port of the stage may also serially connect to a corresponding respective output port of a second adjacent stage. The pair of input ports may also be configured to programmably connect to the pair of output ports within the same stage, according to one of two different connection patterns, to establish a respective connection within the stage. A combination of the respective connections within the stages may determine which input terminal of the cell connects to which output terminal of the cell. | 08-26-2010 |