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20080313883 | Method of Minimizing Inter-Element Signals for Transducers - The present invention provides a method of packaging surface microfabricated transducers such that electrical connections, protection, and relevant environmental exposure are realized prior to their separation into discrete components. The packaging method also isolates elements of array transducers. Post processing of wafers consisting of transducers only on the top few microns of the wafer surface can be used to create a wafer scale packaging solution. By spinning or otherwise depositing polymeric and metallic thin and thick films, and by lithographically defining apertures and patterns on such films, transducers can be fully packaged prior to the final dicing steps that would separate the packaged transducers from each other. In the case of microfabricated ultrasonic transducers, such packaging layers can also enable flexible transducers and eliminate or curtail the acoustic cross-coupling that can occur between array elements. | 12-25-2008 |
20090080292 | Microfabricated acoustic transducer with a multilayer electrode - In a capacitive membrane ultrasound transducer, one or more electrodes include multiple layers of conductive or semiconductive material. The layers may be positioned adjacent an insulator or cavity in an arrangement to reduce electrical degradation. For example, a conductive layer with less work function and less resistivity is spaced from an insulator by a conductive layer with more work function and more resistivity. The different layers of electrode material may provide for less electrical degradation due to the type of material used and relative location. | 03-26-2009 |
20090092306 | Apparatus for Two-Dimensional Transducers used in Three-Dimensional Ultrasonic Imaging - A single chip transducer apparatus that includes on-chip electronic circuitry which, when connected properly to a two-dimensional matrix of ultrasonic transducer elements, provides enough information to an external imaging system to form three-dimensional images of the subject of interest. In a preferred embodiment, the circuitry provides an amplifier for each transducer element, and then conditions the output of the amplifier in several ways. In one embodiment of the invention, the elements' analog voltages are stored in a sample and hold circuit, and time multiplexed into a high speed line driver that sends many elements data down the interconnect to the system's high speed Analog to Digital converters. In another embodiment, the gain of the amplifiers can be controlled in time to provide aperture translation and time based expansion for translating and focusing image slices in the elevation direction. | 04-09-2009 |
20090105586 | Apparatus for Two-Dimensional Transducers used in Three-Dimensional Ultrasonic Imaging - A single chip transducer apparatus that includes on-chip electronic circuitry which, when connected properly to a two-dimensional matrix of ultrasonic transducer elements, provides enough information to an external imaging system to form three-dimensional images of the subject of interest. In a preferred embodiment, the circuitry provides an amplifier for each transducer element, and then conditions the output of the amplifier in several ways. In one embodiment of the invention, the elements' analog voltages are stored in a sample and hold circuit, and time multiplexed into a high speed line driver that sends many elements data down the interconnect to the system's high speed Analog to Digital converters. In another embodiment, the gain of the amplifiers can be controlled in time to provide aperture translation and time based expansion for translating and focusing image slices in the elevation direction. | 04-23-2009 |
20090105590 | Apparatus For Two-Dimensional Transducers Used In Three-Dimensional Ultrasonic Imaging - A single chip transducer apparatus that includes on-chip electronic circuitry which, when connected properly to a two-dimensional matrix of ultrasonic transducer elements, provides enough information to an external imaging system to form three-dimensional images of the subject of interest. In a preferred embodiment, the circuitry provides an amplifier for each transducer element, and then conditions the output of the amplifier in several ways. In one embodiment of the invention, the elements' analog voltages are stored in a sample and hold circuit, and time multiplexed into a high speed line driver that sends many elements data down the interconnect to the system's high speed Analog to Digital converters. In another embodiment, the gain of the amplifiers can be controlled in time to provide aperture translation and time based expansion for translating and focusing image slices in the elevation direction. | 04-23-2009 |
20100322452 | CONTAMINATION RESISTANT PORTS FOR HEARING DEVICES - An in-canal hearing device includes a receiver, battery, and microphone assembly with a housing. The housing has an air and sound opening which is covered with a structure to inhibit the entry of cerumen and moisture. The structure may be in the form of an end cap having passages with walls which are both hydrophobic and oleophobic to prevent the entry of water, cerumen and other liquids. The structure may also include a flexible tube or a rigid perforated shell surrounding the passages that inhibit the deposition of solid cerumen and other debris onto the passages. | 12-23-2010 |
20130125387 | CANAL HEARING DEVICES AND BATTERIES FOR USE WITH SAME - Hearing devices configured to fit within the bony portion of the ear canal and batteries that may be used with same. | 05-23-2013 |
20130129127 | CANAL HEARING DEVICES AND BATTERIES FOR USE WITH SAME - Hearing devices configured to fit within the bony portion of the ear canal and batteries that may be used with same. | 05-23-2013 |
20130129128 | CANAL HEARING DEVICES AND BATTERIES FOR USE WITH SAME - Hearing devices configured to fit within the bony portion of the ear canal and batteries that may be used with same. | 05-23-2013 |
20130130097 | CANAL HEARING DEVICES AND BATTERIES FOR USE WITH SAME - Hearing devices configured to fit within the bony portion of the ear canal and batteries that may be used with same. | 05-23-2013 |
20140254846 | CANAL HEARING DEVICES AND BATTERIES FOR USE WITH SAME - Hearing devices configured to fit within the bony portion of the ear canal and batteries that may be used with same. | 09-11-2014 |
20150045746 | VALVED ENTERAL ADMINISTRATION ASSEMBLY - An enteral administration assembly for administering fluids through an enteral device. The administration assembly comprising an inlet, an outlet, and a valve mechanism between the inlet and outlet. The inlet is configured to interlock with only an enteral device to form a sealed connection allowing the passage of fluid between the enteral device and the inlet. The assembly may include a valve or turbulating mechanism comprising a valve and at least one turbulator adapted to change the direction of fluid flowing through the assembly to prevent clogging and flocculation of administered substances. | 02-12-2015 |
20150290425 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR ASEPTIC IRRIGATION, URINE SAMPLING, AND FLOW CONTROL OF URINE FOR A CATHETERIZED BLADDER - A connector system includes a catheter connector port to attach to a urinary catheter, a urine exit port to connect to a urine collection device, an irrigation port to receive an irrigation syringe, and an internal valve. The irrigation port includes a pliable membrane that has a self-sealing opening to allow a tip of the syringe to extend therethrough. The internal valve cooperates with the syringe to shut off flow of fluid to the urine exit port when the syringe is inserted and allow for flow of fluid to the urine exit port when the syringe is removed. A distance between a proximal surface of the membrane and a distal end of the internal valve is such that the tip of the syringe can extend from a proximal end of the self-sealing opening to the distal end of the internal valve. | 10-15-2015 |
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20140258219 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING RECOMMENDATIONS TO USERS BASED ON THEIR RESPECTIVE PROFILES - A method and system for providing recommendations to multimedia content elements of interest to a user. The method comprises receiving at least one multimedia content element; generating at least one signature for the received multimedia content element; querying a user profile of the user to determine a user interest; searching, by means of the at least one generated signature, through a plurality of data sources for multimedia content elements matching the determined user interest; and returning the matching multimedia content elements to the user node as recommendations. | 09-11-2014 |
20140258328 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VISUAL DETERMINATION OF THE CORRELATION BETWEEN A MULTIMEDIA CONTENT ELEMENT AND A PLURALITY OF KEYWORDS - A method and system for determining the correlation of at least one keyword to a multimedia content element. The method comprises generating at least one signature to a received multimedia content element; searching for at least one potentially correlative keyword respective of the at least one generated signature; and determining the correlation of each of the at least one keywords to the multimedia content element. | 09-11-2014 |
20140297255 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SPEECH TO SPEECH TRANSLATION USING CORES OF A NATURAL LIQUID ARCHITECTURE SYSTEM - A method and system for speech to speech translation using a plurality of computational cores of a natural liquid architecture are provided. The method includes receiving an audio signal; identifying a first concept related to the received audio signal; identifying a first language based on the first concept identified for the received audio signal; and determining a match between of the first concept and at least a second concept, wherein the at least second concept represents a target second language. | 10-02-2014 |
20140297682 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CHARACTERIZATION OF MULTIMEDIA CONTENT SIGNALS USING CORES OF A NATURAL LIQUID ARCHITECTURE SYSTEM - A method and system for characterization of multimedia content inputs using cores of a natural liquid architecture are provided. The method comprises receiving at least one multimedia content signal; generating at least a signature respective of the multimedia content signal; matching the generated at least a signature respective of the multimedia content signal to at least a signature from a Signature Database (SDB); identifying a cluster respective of the generated at least a signature; and identifying in a Concept Database (CDB) a concept respective of the cluster. | 10-02-2014 |
20140310020 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING A PATIENT BASED ON AN ANALYSIS OF MULTIMEDIA CONTENT - A method for diagnosing a patient based on analysis of multimedia content is provided. The method includes receiving at least one multimedia content element respective of the patient from a user device; generating at least one signature for the at least one multimedia content element; generating at least one identifier respective of the at least one multimedia content element using the at least one generated signature; searching a plurality of data sources for possible diagnoses respective of the one or more identifiers; and providing at least one possible diagnoses respective of the at least one multimedia content element to the user device. | 10-16-2014 |
20140310825 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFICATION OF INAPPROPRIATE MULTIMEDIA CONTENT - A system and method for identification of inappropriate multimedia content elements are provided. The method includes receiving a request to identify a multimedia content element from a user device; generating at least one signature respective of the received multimedia content element; matching between the at least one of generated signature respective of the multimedia content element and at least one signature of each concept designated as inappropriate; determining whether a match is identified between the at least one of signature generated respective of the multimedia content element and the at least one signature of an inappropriate concept; and preventing the display on a user device of the multimedia content element, upon identification of a match. | 10-16-2014 |
20140324840 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LINKING MULTIMEDIA DATA ELEMENTS TO WEB PAGES - A method and system for linking a multimedia data element (MMDE) and a webpage are provided. The method includes receiving a MMDE from a source; generating a signature representative of the MMDE using a plurality of computational cores; matching the generated signature with a plurality of signatures stored in a database to find at least one matching signature, wherein at least one of the stored signatures has at least one corresponding universal resource locator (URL) of a web page stored therein as metadata of the at least one of the stored signatures; and providing to the source at least a URL that is a metadata of a matched signature upon determination of a match between the generated signature and at least one of the plurality of signatures stored in the database. | 10-30-2014 |
20140330828 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SIGNATURE-BASED UNSUPERVISED CLUSTERING OF DATA ELEMENTS - A method and system for signature-based unsupervised clustering of data elements. The method comprises receiving a plurality of clusters; generating a triangular matrix respective of the clusters; generating a signature for each of the clusters; generating a match score between each of two different clusters; storing the match score in a cell of the triangular matrix corresponding to the two clusters; determining whether any of the match scores is above a predefined threshold value; clustering every two clusters that are determined to have a score above a predetermined threshold; and repeating the generation of a triangular matrix respective of the clusters until a single cluster is reached. The system comprises an interface; a processor; a memory for storing at least one cluster; and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory containing instructions that, when executed by the processor, configure the system to perform the steps of the method. | 11-06-2014 |
20140330830 | METHOD FOR UNSUPERVISED CLUSTERING OF MULTIMEDIA DATA USING A LARGE-SCALE MATCHING SYSTEM - A method and system for unsupervised clustering of multimedia content are provided. The method includes generating a plurality of clusters, each cluster containing at least a data element; generating for each of the plurality of clusters a corresponding signature; matching each of the signatures to all other signatures; determining a clustering score for each match; clustering multimedia data elements of each pair of clusters of the plurality of clusters that are determined to have a clustering score above a threshold value to create at least a first cluster; and storing the at least a first cluster in a storage unit. | 11-06-2014 |
20150019586 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SHARING TAGGED MULTIMEDIA CONTENT ELEMENTS - A system and method for sharing tagged multimedia content elements. The method comprises: receiving a request to analyze at least one multimedia content element that exists on at least a first user device; generating a signature for at least a portion of each of the at least one multimedia content element; generating at least one tag that is searchable by a second user device respective of each of the generated signatures; sending the at least one searchable tag to be stored, wherein the at least one searchable tag is stored such that, responsive to a query received from the second user device, at least one multimedia content element is shared with at least the second user device respective of a match between at least one portion of the query and at least one of the at least one tag. | 01-15-2015 |
20150026113 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFICATION OF DEVIATIONS FROM PERIODIC BEHAVIOR PATTERNS IN MULTIMEDIA CONTENT - A method and system for identification of a deviation from a periodic behavior pattern in a sequence of multimedia content segments are provided. The system comprises receiving the sequence of multimedia content segments; generating at least one signature for each multimedia content segment of the sequence of multimedia content segments; comparing at least two signatures generated for at least two consecutive multimedia content segments to detect a periodic behavior pattern; upon detecting the periodic behavior pattern, comparing at least one signature generated for at least a subsequently received multimedia content segment to at least one signature representing the detected multimedia content segment to identify a deviation from the periodic behavior pattern; and upon identifying the deviation from the periodic behavior pattern, generating a notification with respect to the at least one deviation. | 01-22-2015 |
20150026177 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING THE CONTEXT OF MULTIMEDIA CONTENT ELEMENTS - A method and system for determining a current context of a multimedia content element are provided. The method includes receiving at least one multimedia content element from a user device; receiving at least one environmental variable related to the at least one multimedia content element; generating at least one signature for the multimedia content element; determining a context of the at least one multimedia content element based on the at least one contextual parameter; and determining the current context of the at least one multimedia content element based on at least one contextual parameter and the determined context. | 01-22-2015 |
20150026182 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATION OF SEARCHABLE STRUCTURES RESPECTIVE OF MULTIMEDIA DATA CONTENT - Methods and systems for generating concept structures from signature reduced clusters (SRCs) are provided. The method includes retrieving at least one SRC including a cluster of signatures respective of a plurality of multimedia data elements (MMDEs); generating at least one metadata for each signature of the cluster of signatures; identifying a number of repetitions of a metadata of the at least one generated metadata; and determining whether the number of repetitions of the metadata exceeds a predefined repetition threshold; upon determining that the number of repetitions of the metadata exceeds the predefined repetition threshold, identifying the metadata as representative of the SRC; comparing the representative metadata to metadata that is representative of at least one previously generated SRC to determine a metadata match; and upon determining the metadata match, identifying the retrieved SRC and the matching previously generated SRC as a concept structure. | 01-22-2015 |
20150032781 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATION OF SIGNATURES FOR MULTIMEDIA DATA ELEMENTS - A system and method for generating signatures of an input multimedia data element (MMDE) are provided. The method includes identifying low-level characteristics of the input MMDE; identifying a plurality of portions of the input MMDE, wherein each portion of the plurality of portions of the input MMDE comprises an identified low-level characteristic of the input MMDE; partitioning the input MMDE into a plurality of minimum size MMDEs, wherein each minimum size MMDE comprises a portion of the plurality of portions of the input MMDE; generating a signature for each minimum size MMDE of the plurality of minimum size MMDEs; assembling at least a complex signature comprising a plurality of signatures of the minimum size MMDEs; and storing the signatures of each of the minimum size MMDEs and the complex signature in association with the multimedia data element and the plurality of minimum size MMDEs in a storage. | 01-29-2015 |
20150052086 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING A TARGET AREA IN A MULTIMEDIA CONTENT ELEMENT - A system and method for detecting a target area of user interest within a multimedia content element are provided. The method includes receiving the multimedia content element from a user computing device; partitioning the multimedia content element into a number of partitions, each partition having at least one object therein; generating at least one signature for each partition of the multimedia content element, wherein each of the at least one signatures for each partition represents a concept; determining a context of the multimedia content element based on the concepts; and identifying at least one partition of the multimedia content as a target area of user interest based on the context of the multimedia content element. | 02-19-2015 |
20150052142 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATION OF SIGNATURES FOR MULTIMEDIA DATA ELEMENTS - A method and system for generating a complex signature respective of a multimedia data element (MMDE) are provided. The method includes partitioning the MMDE into a plurality of different minimum size MMDEs; generating, for each of the different minimum MMDEs, at least one signature, wherein generation of each at least one signature is performed by a plurality of computational cores, each computational core having at least one configurable property characterizing the core, and wherein configuration of the at least one configurable property respective of each core results in statistical independence among the plurality of cores; and assembling at least a complex signature for the MMDE comprised of a plurality of the generated signatures. | 02-19-2015 |
20150052155 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RANKING MULTIMEDIA CONTENT ELEMENTS - A method and system for ranking and providing at least one multimedia content element respective of a query are disclosed. The method includes receiving at least one query from a user device; generating a matching score for each tagged multimedia content element stored in a data warehouse respective of a match level to the at least one query; ranking each multimedia content element based on its respective matching score; and returning at least one multimedia content element to the user device respective of the ranking. | 02-19-2015 |
20150052166 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CACHING OF CONCEPT STRUCTURES - A method and system for caching concept structures in a cache memory of a computing device are provided. The method includes collecting metadata related to the user of the computing device; fetching at least one concept structure that matches the collected metadata, wherein each concept structure comprises a concept metadata; and, storing the at least one fetched concept structures in the cache memory, such that responsive to a request to analyze at least one multimedia content element, a cached concept structure matching the at least one multimedia content element is provided. | 02-19-2015 |
20150102948 | MULTI-LAYER SYSTEM FOR SYMBOL-SPACE BASED COMPRESSION OF PATTERNS - A method and apparatus for symbol-space based compression of patterns are provided. The method comprises generating an output sequence responsive of an input sequence, the input sequence being of a first length and includes a plurality of symbols, by extraction of all common patterns, wherein a common pattern includes at least two symbols and the output sequence is of a second length that is shorter than the first length; and storing in a memory the output sequence as a data layer. | 04-16-2015 |
20150125833 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRACKING USER ACTIVITIES RESPECTIVE OF A RECIPE AND MULTIMEDIA SEGMENTS CAPTURED BY A USER DEVICE - A system and method for identification of a deviation from an expected activities sequence are provided. The method includes receiving at least one recipe as an input from a user device; generating, by a signature generator system, a sequence of expected signatures respective of the at least one recipe; receiving a sequence of multimedia segments from the user device; generating, by a signature generator system, at least one signature for each multimedia segment of the sequence of multimedia segments; matching each of the at least one signature to at least a portion of the expected sequence of signatures; and providing a notification to the user device upon identification of a deviation from an expected match. | 05-07-2015 |
20150128024 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MATCHING CONTENT TO MULTIMEDIA CONTENT RESPECTIVE OF ANALYSIS OF USER VARIABLES - A system and method for matching content to a multimedia content element are provide. The method includes receiving a request to display a webpage on a user node; receiving at least one personal variable related to a user of the user node; extracting at least one multimedia content element from the webpage; generating, by a signature generator system, a signature for each multimedia content element of the at least one multimedia content element; searching for at least one content item based on each signature and the at least one personal variable; and causing the display on the user node of the at least one content item within a display area of the webpage. | 05-07-2015 |
20150128025 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CUSTOMIZING MULTIMEDIA CONTENT OF WEBPAGES - A method and system for customizing a webpage for display on a user device are provided. The system includes receiving a request to display the webpage on the user device; generating at least one signature for each multimedia content data element (MMDE) of a plurality of MMDEs associated with the webpage; determining, for each signature of the at least one signature, at least one concept structure; identifying at least one characteristic of a user of the user device; determining an alternate MMDE based on at least one of: the at least one characteristic, the at least one signature, and metadata associated with the at least one concept structure; and sending, to the user device, the webpage comprising the alternate MMDE. | 05-07-2015 |
20150139569 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING THE DIMENSIONS OF AN OBJECT SHOWN IN A MULTIMEDIA CONTENT ITEM - A method and system for determining at least a size dimension of objects shown in multimedia content items are presented. The method includes receiving an input multimedia content item; identifying objects shown in the multimedia content item; generating at least a first signature for at least a first object of the plurality of objects and at least a second signature for at least a second object; identifying at least one concept that matches the at least a first object; determining an actual size of the first object respective of the match to the at least one concept; determining a size scale between the first object and the second object using the at least a first signature and the at least a second signature; and determining the at least size dimension of the second object respective of the size scale and the actual size of the first object. | 05-21-2015 |
20150154189 | SIGNATURE GENERATION FOR MULTIMEDIA DEEP-CONTENT-CLASSIFICATION BY A LARGE-SCALE MATCHING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - A method and system for generating a large-scale database of heterogeneous speech are provided. The method includes transcribing a plurality of multimedia signals retrieved from a large text database and a speech database; randomly selecting a plurality of speech segments from the plurality of multimedia signals, wherein each speech segment of the plurality of speech segments is of a random length; generating a plurality of signatures based on the plurality of speech segments; and populating the large-scale database with the plurality of signatures respective of the plurality of multimedia signals | 06-04-2015 |
20150154204 | SIGNATURE-BASED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATION OF PERSONALIZED MULTIMEDIA CHANNELS - A system and method for generating personalized channels of multimedia content are presented. The method comprises receiving a captured multimedia content from a user; generating a signature based on the captured multimedia content; searching for additional multimedia content that match the captured multimedia content based on the generated signature and at least one compared signature, wherein each compared signature of the at least one compared signature is associated with an additional multimedia content; and generating a personalized channel to be displayed on a web-browser of a user device, wherein the personalized channel comprises the captured multimedia content and at least one multimedia content of the additional multimedia content. | 06-04-2015 |
20150161213 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A PUPILLARY RESPONSE TO A MULTIMEDIA DATA ELEMENT - A method for determining a pupillary response to a multimedia data element viewed through a user computing device. The method comprises receiving a first image of a viewer's pupil captured prior to display of the MMDE over the user computing device; receiving a second image of a viewer's pupil captured after the display of the MMDE over the user computing device; determining, using the first image and the second image, if the viewer's pupil has been dilated; querying a deep-content-classification system to find a match between at least one concept structure and the at least second image of the user's pupil; upon identification of at least one matching concept, receiving a first set of metadata related to the at least one matching concept structure; determining the viewer's attention to the displayed MMDE respective of the first set of metadata; associating the at least one MMDE with the determined user attention. | 06-11-2015 |
20150161243 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING SIGNATURES TO THREE-DIMENSIONAL MULTIMEDIA DATA ELEMENTS - A method and system for generating signatures for three-dimensional multimedia data elements. The method comprises receiving by a three-dimensional multimedia data element; projecting the received three-dimensional multimedia data element on at least one two-dimensional plane, wherein the projection results in two-dimensional graphic representations of the received three-dimensional multimedia data element; generating by a signature generator at least one signature for each of the plurality of two-dimensional graphic representations; assembling by an assembler unit the plurality of signatures generated for each of the plurality of two-dimensional graphic representations to generate a complex signature, wherein the complex signature is the signature representing the three-dimensional multimedia data element; and storing the signatures of each of the two-dimensional graphic representations of the at least one three-dimensional multimedia data element and the complex signature in association with the three-dimensional multimedia data element in a storage unit. | 06-11-2015 |
20150161653 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AN ADVERTISEMENT EFFECTIVENESS PERFORMANCE SCORE - A system and method for generating an advertisement effectiveness performance score of a multimedia content element displayed in a webpage are provided. The method includes determining an advertisement context of an advertisement; analyzing metadata associated with at least one prior advertisement to determine a prior advertisement success score; determining a multimedia context of the multimedia content element displayed in the webpage; matching the advertisement context to the multimedia context to determine a context matching score; and generating an advertisement effectiveness score at least based on the prior advertisement success score and the context matching score | 06-11-2015 |
20150186405 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR GENERATION OF A CONCEPT BASED DATABASE - A system and method for generating a concept database respective of a plurality of multimedia data elements (MMDEs). The method comprises: generating a plurality of items from a received MMDE of the plurality of MMDEs; determining the items that are of interest for signature generation; generating at least one signature responsive to at least one item of interest of the received MMDE; clustering a plurality of signatures received from the signature generator responsive of the plurality of MMDEs; reducing the number of signatures in each cluster to a create a signature reduced cluster (SRC) of the cluster; associating metadata with the SRC to a concept structure comprised of a plurality of SRCs and their associated metadata; and generating at least one index for mapping the received MMDE to at least one concept structure, wherein the concept database includes concept structures and the generated indices for the plurality of MMDEs. | 07-02-2015 |
20150199336 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING CHARACTERS IN MULTIMEDIA CONTENT - A system and method for recognizing characters embedded in multimedia content are provided. The method includes extracting at least one image of at least one character from a received multimedia content item; identifying a natural language character corresponding to the at least one image of the at least one character, wherein the identification is performed by a deep content classification (DCC) system; and storing the identified natural language character in a data warehouse. | 07-16-2015 |
20150199355 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING A CORRECT ORIENTATION OF A MULTIMEDIA CONTENT ITEM - A method and system for identifying a correct orientation of a multimedia content item are presented. The method includes receiving from a user device the multimedia content item; identifying at least one object shown in the multimedia content item; generating by a signature generator system (SGS) at least one signature for the at least one object shown in the multimedia content item; querying, using the at least one generated signature, a deep-content-classification (DCC) system to find at least one concept that matches the at least one object, wherein the querying of the DCC system is performed using the at least one signature generated for each object shown in the multimedia content item; determining a correct orientation of the at least one matching concept; and comparing an orientation of the at least one object to the determined correct orientation to determine if the at least one object is correctly oriented. | 07-16-2015 |
20150215385 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OVERLAYING CONTENT ITEMS OVER MULTIMEDIA CONTENT ELEMENTS RESPECTIVE OF USER PARAMETERS - A method and system for overlaying content items over multimedia content elements are provided. The method includes receiving a request to overlay at least one content item over at least one portion of a multimedia content element from a first user device; receiving permissions data for viewing the at least one content item from the first user device; overlaying the at least one content item over the at least one portion of the multimedia content element to produce an overlaid multimedia content element; storing the overlaid multimedia content element with the respective permissions data in a storage; receiving a request from a second user device to provide the stored overlaid multimedia content element; checking that the second user device is authorized to display the stored overlaid multimedia content element based on the permissions data; and providing the respective overlaid multimedia content element if the first user device is authorized. | 07-30-2015 |
20150234851 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONCEPTS CACHING USING A DEEP-CONTENT-CLASSIFICATION (DCC) SYSTEM - A method and system for caching concept structures in a cache memory of a user computing device are provided. The method includes collecting at least one environmental variable related to a user of the computing device; retrieving at least one concept structure matching the at least one received environmental variable, each concept structure comprises a concept metadata associated with a plurality of multimedia content elements; and caching the at least one matching concept structure in the cache memory. | 08-20-2015 |
20150235142 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFICATION OF MULTIMEDIA CONTENT ELEMENTS - A system and method for identifying multimedia content elements are presented. The method includes generating a signature for an unknown multimedia content element (MMCE), wherein the unknown MMCE is a portion of a multimedia content item; comparing a signature of the unknown MMCE to a signature cluster of at least one concept to determine whether each of the at least one concepts is proximate to the unknown MMCE; for each proximate concept, determining a probability that the at least one proximate concept identifies the unknown MMCE; and identifying the MMCE based on the determined probabilities of the at least one proximate concept. | 08-20-2015 |
20150331859 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING MULTIMEDIA CONTENT TO USERS BASED ON TEXTUAL PHRASES - A method and system for searching for multimedia content elements respective of a textual query are provided. The method includes receiving at least one textual query from a web browser; identifying at least one concept matching the at least one textual query; searching for at least one multimedia content element respective of the matching concept; and causing a display of the at least one multimedia content element on the web browser upon determination of a match. | 11-19-2015 |
20150331949 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING CURRENT PREFERENCES OF A USER OF A USER DEVICE - A method and system for determining current preferences of a user of a user device respective of a metadata to a user device are provided. The method includes receiving at least one input multimedia content element from the user device; receiving at least one query; generating at least one signature respective of the at least one input multimedia content element; searching a storage unit for a multimedia content element matching the at least one input multimedia content element, wherein the matching is performed respective of the at least one generated signature and the at least one query; retrieving metadata associated with the matching multimedia content element, wherein the metadata implies the current preferences of the user; and displaying the metadata on a display of the user device. | 11-19-2015 |
20150332154 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING SOCIAL TRENDS - A method and system for identifying social trends are provided. The method includes collecting multimedia content from a plurality of data sources; gathering environmental variables related to the collected multimedia content; extracting visual elements from the collected multimedia content; generating at least one signature for each extracted visual element; generating at least one cluster of visual elements by clustering at least similar signatures generated for the extracted visual elements; correlating environmental variables related to visual elements in the at least one cluster; determining at least one social trend by associating the correlated environmental variables with the at least one cluster. | 11-19-2015 |
20150332321 | METHOD FOR IDENTIFICATION OF MULTIMEDIA CONTENT ELEMENTS AND ADDING ADVERTISING CONTENT RESPECTIVE THEREOF - A method and system for adding advertising content to multimedia content elements. The method comprises receiving a request from a user device to identify a multimedia content element, the request including the multimedia content element; generating at least one signature respective of the multimedia content element; identifying at least one concept matching the at least one signature; determining at least one identifier associated with the multimedia content element respective of the at least one matching concept; searching a database to identify at least one advertising content item associated with the at least one identifier; and sending the at least one advertising content item together with the at least one identifier upon determination that the at least one advertising content item is associated with the at least one identifier. | 11-19-2015 |
20150332342 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CONTENT ITEMS TO USERS RESPECTIVE OF PRODUCTS OR SERVICES - A method and system for searching for content items of an interest to a user are provided. The method includes receiving a request including at least one multimedia content element from a user device associated with the user; identifying at least one identifier related to the user device; generating at least one signature for the at least one multimedia content element; searching for at least one concept matching the at least one generated signature; searching for content items based on the at least one matching concept and the at least one identifier, wherein each content item found through the search is related to at least a product of interest to the user; and providing the content items to the user device. | 11-19-2015 |
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