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| 20090063866 | USER AUTHENTICATION VIA EVOKED POTENTIAL IN ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHIC SIGNALS - Techniques are disclosed for authentication and identification of a user by use of an electroencephalographic (EEG) signal. For example, a method for authenticating a user includes the following steps. At least one electroencephalographic response is obtained from a user in accordance with perceptory stimuli presented to the user. The user is authenticated based on the obtained electroencephalographic response. The authenticating step may be based on detection of an event-related potential in the obtained electroencephalographic response. The event-related potential may be a P300 event-related potential. The method may also include the step of enrolling the user prior to authenticating the user. The enrolling step may include a supervised enrollment procedure or an unsupervised enrollment procedure. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090132230 | MULTI-HOP NATURAL LANGUAGE TRANSLATION - Illustrative embodiments provide a computer implemented method and apparatus, in the form of a data processing system, and a computer program product for optimizing a natural language translation. In one illustrative embodiment, the computer implemented method comprises receiving a request from a requester, wherein the request comprises source language data, an indication of a source language and a destination language, and determining whether a translation between the source language and the destination language is needed. Identifying a mapping between the source language and the destination language includes a set of hops, the method, responsive to a determination that the translation is needed, translates the source language data into a destination language data associated with each successive hop in the set of hops in the mapping and returns the destination language data to the requester at a destination hop. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090190767 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A DEVICE SOUND INTERFACE MANAGER - A system for regulating the volume and frequency content of audio producing devices, the system includes: one or more noise making objects (NMO) configured with individual sound control devices in electrical communication with a noise management server and one or more audio producing devices configured with individual sound control devices; wherein the sound control devices have electronic logic processing, storage, and communication capabilities; wherein the noise management server utilize the sound control devices to: determine whether the NMO are producing noise in the audible range of one or more audio producing devices; determine a noise characteristic of the one or more NMO; command the one or more NMO to send the noise characteristic to the one or more audio producing devices; and wherein the volume and frequency content of audio produced by the one or more audio producing devices is adjusted in response to the received noise characteristic. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090192798 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CAPABILITIES LEARNING - A method for task execution improvement, the method includes: generating a baseline model for executing a task; recording a user executing a task; comparing the baseline model to the user's execution of the task; and providing feedback to the user based on the differences in the user's execution and the baseline model. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090254496 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING PATTERN RECOGNITION OF NON-GAUSSIAN PARAMETERS - A method of optimizing a function of a parameter includes associating, with an objective function for initial value of parameters, an auxiliary function of parameters that could be optimized computationally more efficiently than an original objective function, obtaining parameters that are optimum for the auxiliary function, obtaining updated parameters by taking a weighted sum of the optimum of the auxiliary function and initial model parameters. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090265770 | SECURITY SYSTEM BASED ON QUESTIONS THAT DO NOT PUBLICLY IDENTIFY THE SPEAKER - A method and system for authenticating a user seeking access to a secured system in a public area. Access is granted when a user demonstrates sufficient knowledge of the user's personal characteristics stored in the system. The user initiates the access process by tapping into the stored characteristics without overtly stating information that may be overheard. The user statements reflect an awareness about the categories of user uniqueness without divulging details. The system response statements act to elicit further information from the user for response and the response statements are scored. After a cumulative score threshold is met, the user is granted access. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090310939 | SIMULATION METHOD AND SYSTEM - A simulation method and system. A computing system receives a first audio and/or video data stream. The first audio and/or video data stream includes data associated with a first person. The computing system monitors the first audio and/or video data stream. The computing system identifies emotional attributes comprised by the first audio and/or video data stream. The computing system generates a second audio and/or video data stream associated with the first audio and/or video data stream. The second audio and/or video data stream includes the data without the emotional attributes. The computing system stores the second audio and/or video data stream. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20090313015 | MULTIPLE AUDIO/VIDEO DATA STREAM SIMULATION METHOD AND SYSTEM - A multiple audio/video data stream simulation method and system. A computing system receives first audio and/or video data streams. The first audio and/or video data streams include data associated with a first person and a second person. The computing system monitors the first audio and/or video data streams. The computing system identifies emotional attributes comprised by the first audio and/or video data streams. The computing system generates second audio and/or video data streams associated with the first audio and/or video data streams. The second audio and/or video data streams include the first audio and/or video data streams data without the emotional attributes. The computing system stores the second audio and/or video data streams. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20100073559 | VERBAL DESCRIPTION METHOD AND SYSTEM - A verbal description method and system. A computing system broadcasts first audio data and video data associated with the first audio data. The computing system determines that the video data comprises a graphic without a description in the first audio data. The computing system receives audible description data associated with the graphic. The computing system generates second audio data comprising the first audio data and the audible description data. The computing system synchronizes portions of the second audio data with associated portions of the video data. The computing system generates synchronized audio/video data comprising the portions of said second audio data aligned with the associated portions of said video data. The computing system broadcasts the synchronized audio/video data. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20110077934 | Language Translation in an Environment Associated with a Virtual Application - Methods and apparatus for language translation in a computing environment associated with a virtual application are presented. For example, a method for providing language translation includes determining languages of a user and a correspondent; determining one or more sequences of translators; determining a selected sequence of selected translators from the one or more sequences of the translators; requesting a change in virtual locations, within the computing environment associated with the virtual application, of one or more selected translator virtual representations of the selected translators to a virtual meeting location within the computing environment associated with the virtual application; and changing virtual locations of the one or more selected translator virtual representations to the virtual meeting location. One or more of determining languages, determining one or more sequences, determining a selected sequence, requesting a change in virtual locations, and changing virtual locations occur on a processor device. | 03-31-2011 |
