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20150039419 | KEYWORD PRICE RECOMMENDATION - An system can include a server that includes or is associated with a keyword price recommendation module. The module can be configured to recommend an optimal price for a keyword, per referral event, in a search engine marketing campaign. For making such a recommendation, the module can be configured to determine revenue generated per referral event for the keyword according to a number of referral events for the keyword for a plurality of users and revenue generated for the keyword by the plurality of users. It can also be configured to select a return on investment percentage for the keyword, and determine the optimal price for the keyword according to the revenue generated per referral event and the return on investment percentage. Additionally or alternatively, the keyword price recommendation module can be configured to calculate the return on investment percentage for the keyword according to at least one market condition. | 02-05-2015 |
20150039432 | KEYWORD RECOMMENDATION - An example system can include a server that includes or is associated with a keyword recommendation module. The keyword recommendation module can be configured to select keywords for a search engine for use in a search engine marketing campaign, wherein the search engine provides more traffic to Internet content of a publisher than other search engines, for the keywords. The module can also be configured to determine, per keyword, user engagement with the Internet content resulting from the traffic provided by the search engine for the keywords, according to one or more of time spent viewing the Internet content, page views of the Internet content, and dwell times. The module can also be configured to score, per keyword, the keywords according to the determined user engagement with the Internet content, and generate keyword recommendations according to the scoring of the keywords. | 02-05-2015 |
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20110123083 | ATTENUATION CORRECTION FOR PET OR SPECT NUCLEAR IMAGING SYSTEMS USING MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPIC IMAGE DATA - When correcting for attenuation in a positron emission tomography (PET) image, a magnetic resonance (MR) image ( | 05-26-2011 |
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20130267830 | RADIATION THERAPY PLANNING AND FOLLOW-UP SYSTEM WITH LARGE BORE NUCLEAR AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING OR LARGE BORE CT AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING - A radiation therapy planning and follow-up system ( | 10-10-2013 |
20130336564 | MR SEGMENTATION USING NUCLEAR EMISSION DATA IN HYBRID NUCLEAR IMAGING/MR - When generating a magnetic resonance (MR) attenuation map (39), an MR image is segmented to identify a patient's body outline, soft tissue structures, and ambiguous structures comprising bone and/or air. To distinguish between bone and air in the ambiguous structures, a nuclear emission image (e.g., PET) of the same patient or region of interest is segmented. The segmented functional image data is correlated to the segmented MR image data to distinguish between bone and air in the ambiguous structures. Appropriate radiation attenuation values are assigned respectively to identify air voxels and bone voxels in the segmented MR image, and an MR attenuation map is generated from the enhanced segmented MR image, in which ambiguity between air and bone has been resolved. The MR attenuation map is used to generate an attenuation-corrected nuclear image, which is displayed to a user. | 12-19-2013 |
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20160026962 | CHAT ANALYZER - The present invention is directed to a software-based system for providing instantaneous and productive feedback to an associate (an agent, a customer service specialist, a teller, a virtual assistant, an online banking chat person, or the like) on a recent chat conversation with a customer (e.g., an account holder, an investor, a potential customer, or the like). A user (e.g., a supervisor, an administrator, a customer service manager, or the like) utilizes the system of the present invention to analyze a chat conversation transcript between the associate and the customer. Analysis of the chat conversation transcript includes a variety of processing features such as detecting of dead air or delays in the chat conversation, spell checking, detecting non-listed or unapproved phrases used by the associate in the chat conversation, and instantaneous documenting of feedback based on the analysis of the chat conversation transcript. | 01-28-2016 |
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20120239168 | VIRTUAL COMMUNICATION RELATIONSHIP INFORMATION EXTRACTION, AVAILABILITY DETERMINATION AND VALIDATION FROM FOUNDATION FIELDBUS DEVICE DESCRIPTION FILES - A method for virtual communication relationship extraction, availability determination and validation from a foundation fieldbus device descriptor file can include obtaining a number of virtual communication relationships for fieldbus and linking devices coupled to a host system, identifying types of the virtual communication relationships for the fieldbus and linking devices, configuring function blocks related to the fieldbus and linking devices, reporting a count of consumed virtual communication relationships and available virtual communication relationships for the fieldbus and linking devices, determining an availability of a total number of virtual communication relationships and in response to no availability of virtual communication relationships, generating a message on the host system. | 09-20-2012 |
20120290114 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CYCLE TIME VISUALIZATION - The embodiments described herein include a system and a method. In one embodiment, an industrial process control system includes a processor and a link active scheduler. The link active scheduler is configured to schedule execution of a macrocycle. The macrocycle includes an application timeslot and an asynchronous timeslot. The link active scheduler is further configured to schedule execution of scheduled instructions for a plurality of field devices of the industrial process control system in the application timeslot. The link active scheduler is further configured to schedule execution of unscheduled instructions for the plurality of field devices of the industrial process control system in the asynchronous timeslot. The industrial process control system further includes a macrocycle viewer executable by the processor. The macrocycle viewer is configured to display the macrocycle in a visual format. | 11-15-2012 |
20120290991 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BLOCK INSTANTIATION - Systems and methods for block instantiation are provided. In one embodiment, a system includes a processor and a visual instantiation facility executable by the processor. The visual instantiation facility is configured to read a device definition (DD) file including at least one function block and to visually display function block instantiation information of the at least one function block in a visual display. The visual instantiation facility is further configured to instantiate the at least one function block in a field device. | 11-15-2012 |
20130282190 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURATION AND MANAGEMENT OF POWER PLANT ASSETS - Systems and methods for generating and maintaining configuration and management of power plant assets are described herein. A list of possible plant assets are received from a plant information model. One or more hardware assets describing a configuration of a particular power plant are selected, such as turbines, pumps, control interfaces, and so forth. Hierarchical relationships between at least a portion of the selected assets are defined. Asset configuration data is generated based at least in part on the selection and the defined relationships. | 10-24-2013 |
20130304717 | CONTROL SYSTEM ASSET MANAGEMENT - A control system asset management method includes calling a web service for at least one of persisting, reading, and saving an edited control system asset, receiving a data structure associated with the control system asset and control system asset information, in response to receiving the data structure, generating a message verifying receipt of the data structure and making a call to a database for at least one of persisting, reading and saving an edited control system asset, wherein the database is configured to store the data structure and relationships of the data structure to a plurality of data structures in the control system. | 11-14-2013 |
20140025186 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DEVICE COMMISSIONING AND DECOMMISSIONING - The embodiments described herein include a system and a method. In one embodiment, a system a system includes a commissioning system configured to operatively couple a field device to a control system. The system further includes a decommissioning system configured to operatively uncouple the field device from the control system. The system additionally includes a graphical user interface (GUI) configured to use the commissioning system, the decommissioning system, or a combination thereof, to operatively couple the field device to the control system, operatively uncouple the field device to the control system, or a combination thereof, by using a plurality of field device states. A linking device is configured to communicatively couple the field device to the control system. | 01-23-2014 |
20140067091 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED DEVICE COMMISSIONING AND DECOMMISSIONING - The embodiments described herein include a system and a method. In one embodiment, a system includes a commissioning system configured to operatively couple a field device to a control system. The system further includes a decommissioning system configured to operatively uncouple the field device from the control system. The system additionally includes a graphical user interface (GUI) configured to use the commissioning system, the decommissioning system, or a combination thereof, to operatively couple the field device to the control system, operatively uncouple the field device to the control system, or a combination thereof, by using a plurality of field device states comprising a mismatched state and a commissioned state, wherein the commissioning system is configured to transition the field device from the mismatched state into the commissioned state if the field device is determined to be in the mismatched state. | 03-06-2014 |
20140358509 | Systems and Methods for Presenting Data Associated with a Power Plant Asset - Certain embodiments may include systems and methods for presenting data associated with a power plant configuration tool. In one embodiment, a method may include creating configurations of inter-object relationships among a plurality of asset objects of a massive object model, loading the object model, changing values of data member attributes of at least one of the asset objects with a plant configuration tool without changing software code of plant configuration tool, saving the configurations in a permanent storage location, and retrieving the configurations for display to a user. | 12-04-2014 |
20140364970 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT AND DEPLOYMENT - An industrial control system is provided that includes an application module with machine-readable instructions in a first format. The instructions specify inputs, outputs, processing, or any combination thereof, relating to a process of the industrial control system. The industrial control system also includes a conversion server with a processor that creates a platform-specific application by converting the application module in the first format to a second format that is understandable by a common computing platform of the industrial control system. | 12-11-2014 |
20150161193 | DATA VALIDATION USING SCHEMA DEFINITION - A system includes a first processor configured to intake a schema definition file. The schema definition file defines a set of rules that a data document must follow. The processor extracts one or more data adherence rules from the schema definition file and stores the extracted data adherence rules. Accordingly, subsequent data generation, configuration and/or validation of one or more system data objects may occur without requiring the creation of the data document. | 06-11-2015 |
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20130077473 | PROTECTION SWITCHING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A MULTI-ROOTED POINT-TO- MULTI-POINT SERVICE IN A PROVIDER BACKBONE BRIDGE (PBB) NETWORK - The present invention relates to a protection switching method and system for a Multi-Rooted Point-to-Multi-point Service in a Provider Backbone Bridge (PBB) network. In one embodiment, this is accomplished by assigning at least one communication device as Root node, a plurality of intermediate nodes and Leaf nodes, receiving, on at least one of the edge nodes (i.e. Root or leaf), the data packets from a client network interfacing with the PBB network, configuring all the communication edge devices to create a MAC-in-MAC data packet from the received data packet, configuring the Root node to add ISID R and leaf nodes to add ISID L in the I-tag of MAC-in-MAC data packets, determining a fault, if integrity check messages are not received in a predetermined time period between the Root node and the Leaf Nodes and switching the traffic by changing the designated backbone destination MAC address of the MAC-in-MAC data packets from the present root node MAC address to other available superior root node MAC address; wherein switching is performed when integrity failure is detected, or upon network operator request. | 03-28-2013 |
20130343179 | ETHERNET CHAIN PROTECTION SWITCHING - The present invention relates to a protection switching method in a communication network, the communication network including plurality of communication devices forming a linear chain and at least one non-ERPS on the nodes ERPS (Ethernet Ring Protection Switching) device connecting terminal ports of the linear chain and thereby forming a ring. In one embodiment this is accomplished by instantiating ERPS on each communication device that forms a linear chain and on each non-terminal ports of the linear chain, identifying a node or link fault in the network, wherein the link or node fault is detected by Continuity Check Message (CCM), Loss of Light (LOL), Loss of Signal (LOS), Loss of periodic continuity check messages (IEEE 802.1 ag) or any other mechanisms thereof, blocking ports of the communication device in response to the detection of fault, periodically broadcasting a fault message by the blocked ports of the communication devices, wherein the message gets terminated at the ports of the communication device within the linear chain network without reaching the non-ERPS device, flushing the Media Access Control (MAC) table entry upon receipt of the fault message by all the communication device and unblocking of a root port link (RPL) of the linear for providing an alternate path to route network traffic after receipt of the fault message. | 12-26-2013 |
20140177432 | PROTECTION SWITCHING METHOD AND SYSTEM PROVISION BY A DISTRIBUTED PROTECTION GROUP - The present invention relates to a protection switching for use in a communication network, and more particularly, to a method and a system for protection switching provision by a distributed or extended protection group in a communication network. In one embodiment, this can be accomplished by defining a traffic bit (t-bit) on all the communication devices in the network, assigning at least one communication device as master node and other devices as slave node, determining a fault if continuity check message is not received in a predetermined time period between the master node and the traffic source, carrying of status information, reliably, between communication devices using existing protection or restoration methods, broadcasting by setting the bit ‘t’=1 (or ‘t’=0) by the master node to all other slave nodes thereby notifying about the fault (or clearance of fault) towards traffic source and receiving the traffic from the traffic source by the other available slave nodes when master node's link towards traffic source fails. | 06-26-2014 |
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20100069578 | Functional Hydrocarbon Polymers and Process for Producing Same - A method of synthesizing a compound of formula (IIIe), comprising a step of reacting a compound of formula (IIIc): A functional polymer of formula (XXXa): The variables in formulas (IIIc), (IIIe), and (XXXa) are defined herein. | 03-18-2010 |
20100166820 | COPOLYMERS HAVING POLYISOBUTYLENE AND BIODEGRADABLE POLYMER SEGMENTS - The present invention pertains to copolymers having one or more polyisobutylene segments and one or more biodegradable polymer segments, to methods of making such copolymers, to medical articles that contain such copolymers, and to methods of making such medical articles. According to certain aspects of the invention, copolymers are provided, which comprise a plurality of polyisobutylene segments and a plurality of biodegradable polymer segments. According to certain aspects of the invention, copolymers are provided, which comprise urethane linkages, urea linkages, amide linkages, ester linkages, anhydride linkages, carbonate linkages, linkages commonly described as “click” chemistry linkages, and combinations of two or more types of such linkages. | 07-01-2010 |
20100179298 | Polyisobutylene-Based Polyurethanes - An elastomeric polymer, comprising (1) a hard segment in the amount of 10% to 60% by weight of the elastomeric polymer, wherein the hard segment includes a urethane, urea or urethaneurea; and (2) a soft segment in the amount of 40% to 90% by weight of the elastomeric polymer. The soft segment comprises (a) at least 2% by weight of the soft segment of at least one polyether macrodiol, and/or at least one polycarbonate macrodiol; and (b) at least 2% by weight of the soft segment of at least one polyisobutylene macrodiol and/or diamine. | 07-15-2010 |
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20130079487 | POLYISOBUTYLENE-BASED POLYURETHANES - An elastomeric polymer, comprising (1) a hard segment in the amount of 10% to 60% by weight of the elastomeric polymer, wherein the hard segment includes a urethane, urea or urethaneurea; and (2) a soft segment in the amount of 40% to 90% by weight of the elastomeric polymer. The soft segment comprises (a) at least 2% by weight of the soft segment of at least one polyether macrodiol, and/or at least one polycarbonate macrodiol; and (b) at least 2% by weight of the soft segment of at least one polyisobutylene macrodiol and/or diamine. | 03-28-2013 |
20150203622 | Copolymers Having Polyisobutylene And Biodegradable Polymer Segments - The present invention pertains to copolymers having one or more polyisobutylene segments and one or more biodegradable polymer segments, to methods of making such copolymers, to medical articles that contain such copolymers, and to methods of making such medical articles. According to certain aspects of the invention, copolymers are provided, which comprise a plurality of polyisobutylene segments and a plurality of biodegradable polymer segments. According to certain aspects of the invention, copolymers are provided, which comprise urethane linkages, urea linkages, amide linkages, ester linkages, anhydride linkages, carbonate linkages, linkages commonly described as “click” chemistry linkages, and combinations of two or more types of such linkages. | 07-23-2015 |