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20130174333 | Goggles with Facial Conforming Eyepieces - An adjustable goggle with eyepieces that are individually custom fitted over the user's eye sockets. The goggle includes a strap configured to extend around the user's head, two face conforming eyepieces affixed and configured on the strap so that they may be positioned over the user's eyes, and a three axis, adjustable nosepiece that extends between the two eyepieces. The nosepiece is made of one or more elastic strands that have the same or different resilient properties. The ends of the strands are affixed to the eyepieces to apply a resilient force thereon. During use, the user selects the desired nosepiece so that the eyepieces may be independently aligned themselves over the eye sockets and form a comfortable, watertight seal against the surrounding facial tissues when the goggles are worn. If needed, an optional sealing pad may be affixed to the inside surface of each eyepiece to provide a watertight seal against the surrounding facial tissues. | 07-11-2013 |
20140217672 | PAIRS CARD GAME - A card game in which players attempt to build the highest ranking two pairs of playing cards built in various rounds. Initially, one face down community card is dealt on the table, four face up public cards and one face down private card dealt to each player. Each player inspects his or her public cards to determine if there are two pairs of cards. The player with two pairs and having the highest ranking value may place a wager. If no player has two pairs, then one additional public card is dealt to each player until at least one player has two pairs of cards. Next, the community card is revealed to all players that may be combined with a player's public cards to make a second set of two pairs of cards. The player with the highest pair of cards in the second set may place a wager. Next, each remaining player may examine the private card and combine it with the community and public cards to make a third set of two pairs of cards. The player having at least two pairs and having the highest ranking value is declared the winner. | 08-07-2014 |
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20130019374 | GEL-BASED SEALS AND FIXATION DEVICES AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Gel and non-gel structures for interfacing with various portions of an organism's body are disclosed. A gel structure such as a web-like structure is configured to encircle a portion of the human body. The gel structure can be adapted to encircle virtually any exterior or interior portion of the human body. The gel structure can interface with an external medical device for delivery of medicine or for extracting substances and fluids from the human body. | 01-24-2013 |
20130261368 | NON-INVASIVE AND MINIMALLY INVASIVE AND TIGHTLY TARGETED MINIMALLY INVASIVE THERAPY METHODS AND DEVICES FOR PARATHYROID TREATMENT - Systems and method for treating organic tissue of a patient's body in precisely controlled regions of the body such as the parathyroid glands. The systems and methods include introducing an energy or substance into contact with target tissue to control functionality of the target tissue and preventing the energy or substance from contacting surrounding non-target tissues sufficiently that functionality of critical non-target tissues is substantially not affected. | 10-03-2013 |
20140288412 | LOCALIZATION OF THE PARATHYROID - Systems and methods are disclosed for locating the parathyroid. In one aspect, temporal variation among a plurality of images is evaluated and at least one image is enhanced according to the temporal variation. The image may be enhanced to one or both of reduce conspicuity of the thyroid gland and enhance conspicuity of the parathyroid gland. Some of the plurality of images may be adjusted in order to align representations of a target portions. Adjustments may be based locations of one or more organs or one or more artificial markers affixed to a living body in the plurality of images. A local positioning system (LPS), GPS, or other locating system may be used to position a living body, align the plurality of images, or to guide the positioning of objects relative to the living body. An elastomeric gel marker for imaging applications is also disclosed. | 09-25-2014 |
20150257811 | System And method For Providing Targeted Ablation Of Parathyroidal Tissue Through Adjuvant Therapy - Targeted ablation of parathyroidal tissue is provided through hyperthermia adjuvant therapy. An in situ localization of parathyroidal tissue is obtained. A temperature-sensitive adjuvant is instilled into the parathyroidal tissue. Hyperthermia is therapeutically induced within the parathyroidal tissue. Heat-inducing energy is targeted into the parathyroidal tissue, which selectively includes the temperature-sensitive adjuvant. Application of the heat-inducing energy to the parathyroidal tissue is continued over a therapeutic range. In a further embodiment, the targeted ablation of the parathyroidal tissue is provided through hypothermia adjuvant therapy with the targeted use of cold-inducing energy. | 09-17-2015 |
20150257925 | GEL-BASED SEALS AND FIXATION DEVICES AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A human female contraceptive device and a method for placing a human female contraceptive device are disclosed. The contraceptive device includes a lumen surface-conforming occlusive agent that is shaped to occlude a fallopian tube of a human female and a skeleton affixed to the occlusive agent. The skeleton further includes a cavity-conforming material that is shaped to fit at a junction of a uterus and the fallopian tube of the human female; and anchors affixable onto the skeleton and into the myometrium of the uterus of the human female. The method include the steps of fitting an occlusive agent sized to occlude at least a portion of the channel of a fallopian tube of the human female and placing a skeleton at a junction of a uterus and the fallopian tube of the human female as an anchor for the collusive agent. | 09-17-2015 |
20150351964 | Pair of Eye Goggles - A pair of eye goggles is described. The eye goggles include a nosepiece that can be fit over a wearer's nose, a strap that can be fit removably around the wearer's head, and a pair of eyepieces. Each eye piece includes a transparent lens that can be fit over one of the wearer's eyes, a frame that surrounds the transparent lens and which includes an inside-facing edge to which the nosepiece is attached and an outside-facing edge to which the strap is attached, a sealing pad, and a usage indicator. | 12-10-2015 |
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20090158245 | MODELING USER PERCEIVED USE CASE AFFINITY - A system, method and program product for creating a UML model of a user interface environment, such as a website. A UML design system is disclosed that includes: a system for defining use cases within the UML model; a system for associating an affinity representing a user-perceived relationship between use cases within the UML model; and a system for assigning a weight to the affinity within the UML model. | 06-18-2009 |
20110113381 | MULTIPLE CHECK BOX SUBSET SELECTION - A list of elements, each with an associated check box element, is displayed via a graphical user interface (GUI) component on a display. A first GUI event associated with one check box element is detected, where the first GUI event includes a GUI event selected from a group consisting of a check box selection event and a check box clear event. A second GUI event identical to the first GUI event and associated with a second check box element is detected, where at least one other check box element is displayed between the one check box element and the second check box element via the GUI component. A GUI selection control element is displayed. A GUI event identical to each of the first GUI event and the second GUI event for at least one other check box element is programmatically generated in response to detection of a selection of the GUI selection control element via a user input device. | 05-12-2011 |
20130132892 | METHOD FOR PRECISE NAVIGATION OF DATA - Disclosed is a scrolling system with adjustable granularity. The system includes a user interface that displays data on a display device. The scrolling system further includes a system for scrolling through data. The system detects a scroll command in a first direction from a user interface. A display area is configured to shift in the first direction when a user issues the scroll command. The system also detects a granularity setting command in a second direction. A scroll bar is configured to shift in the second direction when the user issues the granularity setting command. The system is configured to adjust a granularity setting corresponding to a position of the scroll bar on the display when the scroll bar crosses a threshold point. The granularity setting corresponds to various levels of response sensitivity to the scroll command. Other embodiments of the system and methods are also described. | 05-23-2013 |
20140215393 | TOUCH-BASED MULTIPLE SELECTION - Some embodiments of the inventive subject matter may include a method for selecting objects on a computing device having a touchscreen. The method can include initiating a marquee-selection mode on the computing device, wherein the initiating occurs in response to placing one or more fingers on the touchscreen. The method can include presenting a selection marquee on the touchscreen. The method can include detecting user input defining the selection marquee, wherein the selection marquee indicates at least one object for selection. The method can include determining the objects that are selected, as indicated by the selection marquee. | 07-31-2014 |
20140272909 | Results of Question and Answer Systems - Mechanisms are provided for modifying an operation of a question answering (QA) system. An input question is received and processed to generate at least one query to be applied to a corpus of information. The at least one query is applied to the corpus of information to generate candidate answers to the input question from which a final answer is selected for output. A training engine modifies, using a machine learning technique that compares the final answer to a known correct answer for the input question, at least one of logic or configuration parameters of the QA system for at least one of the processing of the input question to generate the at least one query, applying of the at least one query to the corpus of information to generate the candidate answers, or the selecting of the final answer from the candidate answers. | 09-18-2014 |
20140280087 | Results of Question and Answer Systems - Mechanisms are provided for answering questions about at least one previous execution of a question answering (QA) system on a previous input question. An input question is received that is directed to a previous execution of a QA system with regard to a previous input question. The input question is processed to generate at least one query for application to a corpus of information, which comprises information about the QA system and the previous execution of the QA system on the previous input question. The at least one query is applied to the corpus of information to generate candidate answers to the input question which are ranked according to confidence measure values associated with the candidate answers. A final answer for the input question is output based on the ranking of the candidate answers. | 09-18-2014 |
20150088998 | Automatic Question Generation and Answering Based on Monitored Messaging Sessions - Mechanisms are provided, in a first computing device, for sharing content of communication sessions. The mechanisms establish a first communication session between the first computing device and a second computing device. The first computing device is operated by a first user and the second computing device is operated by a second user. The apparatus establishes, in response to content of the first communication session indicating subject matter for which additional information is desired by at least one of the first user or the second user, a second communication session between the first computing device and a question and answer (QA) system. In response to an input by the first user requesting sharing of information, the first computing device automatically copies a portion of content of the first communication session to the second communication session as an input question submitted to the QA system. | 03-26-2015 |
20150261859 | Answer Confidence Output Mechanism for Question and Answer Systems - Mechanisms are provided for generating an output of confidence score for candidate answers of an input question. The mechanisms, implemented in a data processing system configured to answer an input question receive candidate answer information comprising confidence scores associated with candidate answers for the input question. The mechanisms categorize, for each candidate answer in the candidate answer information, the corresponding confidence score into one of a plurality of confidence score categories. For each candidate answer in the candidate answer information, a graphical representation of the confidence score category of the candidate answer is generated. A graphical user interface output comprising an entry for each candidate answer in the candidate answer information is generated where each entry comprises the corresponding graphical representation of the confidence score category of the candidate answer corresponding to the entry. | 09-17-2015 |
20160026378 | Answer Confidence Output Mechanism for Question and Answer Systems - Mechanisms are provided for generating an output of confidence score for candidate answers of an input question. The mechanisms, implemented in a data processing system configured to answer an input question receive candidate answer information comprising confidence scores associated with candidate answers for the input question. The mechanisms categorize, for each candidate answer in the candidate answer information, the corresponding confidence score into one of a plurality of confidence score categories. For each candidate answer in the candidate answer information, a graphical representation of the confidence score category of the candidate answer is generated. A graphical user interface output comprising an entry for each candidate answer in the candidate answer information is generated where each entry comprises the corresponding graphical representation of the confidence score category of the candidate answer corresponding to the entry. | 01-28-2016 |
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20090328134 | LICENSING PROTECTED CONTENT TO APPLICATION SETS - The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for licensing protected content to application sets. Embodiments of the invention permit a local machine to increase its participation in authorizing access to protected content. For example, an operating system within an appropriate computing environment is permitted to determine if an application is authorized to access protected content. Thus, the application is relieved from having to store a publishing license. Further, authorization decisions are partially distributed, easing the resource burden on a protection server. Accordingly, embodiments of the invention can facilitate more robust and efficient authorization decisions when access to protected content is requested. | 12-31-2009 |
20120174210 | Trusted Communications With Child Processes - A method to identify a child process to a parent process in an operating system includes obtaining a token and login identifier from the operating system. The parent process creates a remote procedure call communications endpoint to communicate with the child process. Thereafter, a child process is spawned by the parent process. A child-initiated request to communicate with the parent process is then received by the parent process. In order to verify the identity of the child-initiated request, the parent process impersonates the child process and receives as identifier that identifies the requestor child process. The requestor process identifier and the spawned child identifier are compared. Based on the comparison, the parent process responds to the child-initiated request. In another embodiment, process identifiers are used by the parent process to verify the identity of a child process the requests communication with the parent process. | 07-05-2012 |
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20080313703 | Integrating Security by Obscurity with Access Control Lists - Aspects of the subject matter described herein relate to providing and restricting access to content. In aspects, information (e.g., a URL) that identifies content and a user is provided to a user. In conjunction with providing the information to a user, a data structure (e.g., an access control list) is updated to indicate that the user has access to the content. The user may use the information to access the content and/or may send this information to other users. The other users may use the information (e.g., by pasting it into a browser) to access the content and may be added to the data structure so that they may subsequently access the content without the use of the information. Access to the content via using the information may be subsequently revoked. | 12-18-2008 |
20100137010 | IMPLICIT GROUP FORMATION AROUND FEED CONTENT FOR MOBILE DEVICES - A unique system and method that facilitates group-based mobile communication around external feed content is provided. The system and method involve adding external feed content to content generated within a group. Both types of content can be viewed on the mobile devices of the group. Updates to the feed content can be obtained and communicated to the group. When multiple feeds are subscribed to by a group, one or more group members can display such feed content in a selective manner. For example, splinter groups can be formed off of the original group for members who wish to receive a subset of feeds (feed content) to assist them in focusing on a topic of interest. Group members can also employ display filters to restrict feed content displayed on their mobile devices. Users can also search for available feeds and form new groups around such content or join an existing group. | 06-03-2010 |
20110247083 | INTEGRATING SECURITY BY OBSCURITY WITH ACCESS CONTROL LISTS - Aspects of the subject matter described herein relate to providing and restricting access to content. In aspects, information (e.g., a URL) that identifies content and a user is provided to a user. In conjunction with providing the information to a user, a data structure (e.g., an access control list) is updated to indicate that the user has access to the content. The user may use the information to access the content and/or may send this information to other users. The other users may use the information (e.g., by pasting it into a browser) to access the content and may be added to the data structure so that they may subsequently access the content without the use of the information. Access to the content via using the information may be subsequently revoked. | 10-06-2011 |
20120276883 | IMPLICIT GROUP FORMATION AROUND FEED CONTENT FOR MOBILE DEVICES - A unique system and method that facilitates group-based mobile communication around external feed content is provided. The system and method involve adding external feed content to content generated within a group. Both types of content can be viewed on the mobile devices of the group. Updates to the feed content can be obtained and communicated to the group. When multiple feeds are subscribed to by a group, one or more group members can display such feed content in a selective manner. For example, splinter groups can be formed off of the original group for members who wish to receive a subset of feeds (feed content) to assist them in focusing on a topic of interest. Group members can also employ display filters to restrict feed content displayed on their mobile devices. Users can also search for available feeds and form new groups around such content or join an existing group. | 11-01-2012 |
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20080201302 | USING PROMOTION ALGORITHMS TO SUPPORT SPATIAL SEARCHES - Computerized methods and systems for performing a search utilizing a spatial index are provided. Upon receiving a search query having a zoom level component (e.g., “Italian Restaurants in Seattle”), a search is initially conducted of the zoom level tags associated with the content items in the spatial index to determine if any of the content items include a zoom level tag indicative of the zoom level component of the search query (e.g., zoom level of city for Seattle). Subsequently, only those content items satisfying the zoom level search are grouped into a primary subset, whereby the primary subset may be filtered by selecting those returned content items with location-based tags that match a location-based component of the query (e.g., Seattle, Wash.). Next, the those content items satisfying the location-based filter are grouped into a location-based subset, which are filtered according to the parsed query components (e.g., category component Italian Restaurants). | 08-21-2008 |
20080319658 | LANDMARK-BASED ROUTING - Driving directions can be helpful if in addition to spatial information, landmark information is provided. Landmarks assist in adding context to directions as well as allowing for a greater likelihood of success of an operator following directions. There can be employment of physical identification of landmarks as well as processing regarding the utility of a landmark in regards to driving directions. Driving directions can be highly useful if integrated landmarks relate to knowledge possessed by an operator of a vehicle. Landmark based driving direction can be integrated with advertisements that relate to the directions. | 12-25-2008 |
20080319659 | LANDMARK-BASED ROUTING - Driving directions can be helpful if in addition to spatial information, landmark information is provided. Landmarks assist in adding context to directions as well as allowing for a greater likelihood of success of an operator following directions. There can be employment of physical identification of landmarks as well as processing regarding the utility of a landmark in regards to driving directions. Driving directions can be highly useful if integrated landmarks relate to knowledge possessed by an operator of a vehicle. Landmark based driving direction can be integrated with advertisements that relate to the directions. | 12-25-2008 |
20080319660 | LANDMARK-BASED ROUTING - Driving directions can be helpful if in addition to spatial information, landmark information is provided. Landmarks assist in adding context to directions as well as allowing for a greater likelihood of success of an operator following directions. There can be employment of physical identification of landmarks as well as processing regarding the utility of a landmark in regards to driving directions. Driving directions can be highly useful if integrated landmarks relate to knowledge possessed by an operator of a vehicle. Landmark based driving direction can be integrated with advertisements that relate to the directions. | 12-25-2008 |
20140180571 | OBTAINING AND DISPLAYING VIRTUAL EARTH IMAGES - Provided is a single repository for capturing, connecting, sharing, and visualizing information based on a geographic location, for example. Provided is a schema, repository, index, and APIs for any information, place, entity, attribute, service or person that can be referenced geographically. A system to provide real time image data includes an input component that receives image data associated with a specific geographic area, a splitter component that splits the image data into at least two quadrants, and a storage component that stores at least a portion of the at least two quadrants. Also provides is on-line or real-time advertising based on a user's mapped location and/or a user preference. | 06-26-2014 |
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20130212200 | MIGRATION PROJECT AUTOMATION, E.G., AUTOMATED SELLING, PLANNING, MIGRATION AND CONFIGURATION OF EMAIL SYSTEMS - Technology is generally described for automating the project management and execution of data migration from a source email system to a destination email system. In some examples, the technology can include receiving a domain name of a second computing system; obtaining domain name system (DNS) records for the received domain name; determining an email hosting provider for the second computing system; determining, by the processor, based on the obtained DNS records, an email system service type of the source email system on the second computing system; discovering mailboxes and message delivery rules of the source email system; displaying customization options for migrating discovered source email system mailboxes; migrating data items from the source email system to the destination email system; and managing migration of data from source email system client computing devices to the destination email system. | 08-15-2013 |
20150373106 | MIGRATION PROJECT AUTOMATION, E.G., AUTOMATED SELLING, PLANNING, MIGRATION AND CONFIGURATION OF EMAIL SYSTEMS - Technology is generally described for automating the project management and execution of data migration from a source email system to a destination email system. In some examples, the technology can include receiving a domain name of a second computing system; obtaining domain name system (DNS) records for the received domain name; determining an email hosting provider for the second computing system; determining, by the processor, based on the obtained DNS records, an email system service type of the source email system on the second computing system; discovering mailboxes and message delivery rules of the source email system; displaying customization options for migrating discovered source email system mailboxes; migrating data items from the source email system to the destination email system; and managing migration of data from source email system client computing devices to the destination email system. | 12-24-2015 |
20160098470 | AUTOMATED STAGED DATA MIGRATION - Systems, methods, and apparatuses can provide staged migration from one or more user accounts from a source system to a destination system using an application local to the source systems. The automated staged data migration can provide coordinated staged data migration of large amounts of data in a single automated process. The system can provide automated and remotely controlled staged migrations of data that may perform source system type detection and work with multiple types of systems. | 04-07-2016 |
20160099998 | OPTIMIZING DATA MIGRATION PROCESSES - Systems, methods, and apparatuses can present optimized data migration. Embodiments can provide improved data migration processes using a data migration assistant that executes on a source system to facilitate the migration of documents and data to a destination system. The migration assistant can communicate with a migration controller server to authenticate and identify the migration assistant and migration project that the migration assistant is to be used for. The migration controller server can use the identifier to determine commands corresponding to the migration project to send to the migration assistant to collect data and make changes to the source system. | 04-07-2016 |
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20130212200 | MIGRATION PROJECT AUTOMATION, E.G., AUTOMATED SELLING, PLANNING, MIGRATION AND CONFIGURATION OF EMAIL SYSTEMS - Technology is generally described for automating the project management and execution of data migration from a source email system to a destination email system. In some examples, the technology can include receiving a domain name of a second computing system; obtaining domain name system (DNS) records for the received domain name; determining an email hosting provider for the second computing system; determining, by the processor, based on the obtained DNS records, an email system service type of the source email system on the second computing system; discovering mailboxes and message delivery rules of the source email system; displaying customization options for migrating discovered source email system mailboxes; migrating data items from the source email system to the destination email system; and managing migration of data from source email system client computing devices to the destination email system. | 08-15-2013 |
20150373106 | MIGRATION PROJECT AUTOMATION, E.G., AUTOMATED SELLING, PLANNING, MIGRATION AND CONFIGURATION OF EMAIL SYSTEMS - Technology is generally described for automating the project management and execution of data migration from a source email system to a destination email system. In some examples, the technology can include receiving a domain name of a second computing system; obtaining domain name system (DNS) records for the received domain name; determining an email hosting provider for the second computing system; determining, by the processor, based on the obtained DNS records, an email system service type of the source email system on the second computing system; discovering mailboxes and message delivery rules of the source email system; displaying customization options for migrating discovered source email system mailboxes; migrating data items from the source email system to the destination email system; and managing migration of data from source email system client computing devices to the destination email system. | 12-24-2015 |