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An interactive system and methods of instruction and administration using virtual reality or other technology to create a simulated learning environment of multi-dimensional graphical representations of participants, who interact through individual and collaborative, task-based exercises, via an artificial intelligence engine utilizing an input/output arrangement over a network such as the Internet. This system facilitates synchronous or asynchronous, individual or group instruction to anyone with access to the Internet, measures the efficacy and retention of instruction, and automates faculty processes of grading, scheduled postings, feedback, generating quantitative and qualitative reports, generating adaptive lessons that adjust to participant input, and the like, with exportable and importable academic, financial, and demographic data to address the needs of faculty, administrative staff, including registrars, admissions officers, and counselors, as well as other interested parties such as parents and guardians.

Internet-based Pedagogical and Andragogical Method and System Using Virtual Reality

In one embodiment, a method includes identifying, by a search engine of an online social network, web domains external to the online social network. The method includes accessing domain-quality signals associated with each web domain. At least one of the domain-quality signals includes a measure of activations of social plug-ins of the online social network available on webpages of each web domain, a social plug-in being an executable script providing an activable user-interface element for interacting with the online social network from the webpage. The method includes calculating, for each web domain, a domain ranking based at least in part on the domain-quality signals associated with the web domain. The method includes identifying, by the search engine, some of the web domains as low-quality web domains to avoid accessing based at least in part on the domain rankings of the web domains not satisfying a threshold domain ranking.

Social-Based Optimization of Web Crawling for Online Social Networks

An Internet-based search system and method of use. The system in its various embodiments includes an electronic database. The database includes one or more topical categories of information and wherein the categories are further divided into datasets of one or more pre-selected web locations. The invention also includes an Internet remote in communication with the database. The Internet remote includes in its various embodiments, a title bar, one or more advertising windows, a channel selector, a navigation palette, a navigation panel, and an optional set of additional links. In operation, a user selects a channel from the channel selector, which then causes the display of one or more categories in the navigation palette. Upon selection of the desired category, one or more subcategory bars appear in the navigation panel, the selection of which causes the display of one or more links to either a website, or a particular page within a website. Alternatively, the user may enter a search term and, upon selection of a web site, that search term is passed to the selected site employing its own search function. In either circumstance, when the user selects a link, that link displays in a separate companion web browser such that both the remote and companion browser are simultaneously viewable.

Internet-based search system and method of use

Method and system for online network based debate forums by using opinion trading exchange. Discussions are conducted in a format of challenges, wherein, in order to open the challenge or/and comment to it, participants are required to make an investment (bet) in their views in a forum currency; wherein the starting capital can be granted, bought with real currency or earned by participation in forum activities. After a predetermined time the challenge is decided as true or false, and participants earn or lose their investment depending upon the position they selected. Objectivity of the moderators can be challenged as well. User's position is defined by the amount of the forum currency owned. The system maintains searchable database with the history of previous challenges. The invented opinion trading algorithm invokes debates to gravitate toward conclusions based upon verifiable facts and logic.

Network Based Discussion Forum System and Method with Means for Improving Post Positioning and Debater Status by Trading Arguments, Purchasing, Acquiring and Trading Points

A method and system for searching for employment opportunities. The method includes searching a plurality of webpages on websites for the employment opportunities and processing the webpages to determine semantic information about the employment opportunities including at least an employer for each of the employment opportunities. The method also includes identifying social network connections of a user and searching information from one or more social network websites to identify at least one of a current or previous employer of one or more of the social network connections of the user. Additionally, the method includes, in response to receiving a query from a user, returning a list of potential employment opportunities including information about one or more of the social network connections of the user identified as currently or previously employed or associated with a current or previous employee of an employer of one or more of the potential employment opportunities.

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEMANTIC PROCESSING OF PERSONALIZED SOCIAL DATA AND GENERATING PROBABILITY MODELS OF PERSONAL CONTEXT TO GENERATE RECOMMENDATIONS IN SEARCHING APPLICATIONS

An interactive system and methods of instruction and administration using virtual reality or other technology to create a simulated learning environment of multi-dimensional graphical representations of participants, who interact through individual and collaborative, task-based exercises, via an artificial intelligence engine utilizing an input/output arrangement over a network such as the Internet. This system facilitates synchronous or asynchronous, individual or group instruction to anyone with access to the Internet, measures the efficacy and retention of instruction, and automates faculty processes of grading, scheduled postings, feedback, generating quantitative and qualitative reports, generating adaptive lessons that adjust to participant input, and the like, with exportable and importable academic, financial, and demographic data to address the needs of faculty, administrative staff, including registrars, admissions officers, and counselors, as well as other interested parties such as parents and guardians.

Internet-based Pedagogical and Andragogical Method and System Using Virtual Reality

In one embodiment, a method includes identifying, by a search engine of an online social network, web domains external to the online social network. The method includes accessing domain-quality signals associated with each web domain. At least one of the domain-quality signals includes a measure of activations of social plug-ins of the online social network available on webpages of each web domain, a social plug-in being an executable script providing an activable user-interface element for interacting with the online social network from the webpage. The method includes calculating, for each web domain, a domain ranking based at least in part on the domain-quality signals associated with the web domain. The method includes identifying, by the search engine, some of the web domains as low-quality web domains to avoid accessing based at least in part on the domain rankings of the web domains not satisfying a threshold domain ranking.

Social-Based Optimization of Web Crawling for Online Social Networks

An Internet-based search system and method of use. The system in its various embodiments includes an electronic database. The database includes one or more topical categories of information and wherein the categories are further divided into datasets of one or more pre-selected web locations. The invention also includes an Internet remote in communication with the database. The Internet remote includes in its various embodiments, a title bar, one or more advertising windows, a channel selector, a navigation palette, a navigation panel, and an optional set of additional links. In operation, a user selects a channel from the channel selector, which then causes the display of one or more categories in the navigation palette. Upon selection of the desired category, one or more subcategory bars appear in the navigation panel, the selection of which causes the display of one or more links to either a website, or a particular page within a website. Alternatively, the user may enter a search term and, upon selection of a web site, that search term is passed to the selected site employing its own search function. In either circumstance, when the user selects a link, that link displays in a separate companion web browser such that both the remote and companion browser are simultaneously viewable.

Internet-based search system and method of use

Method and system for online network based debate forums by using opinion trading exchange. Discussions are conducted in a format of challenges, wherein, in order to open the challenge or/and comment to it, participants are required to make an investment (bet) in their views in a forum currency; wherein the starting capital can be granted, bought with real currency or earned by participation in forum activities. After a predetermined time the challenge is decided as true or false, and participants earn or lose their investment depending upon the position they selected. Objectivity of the moderators can be challenged as well. User's position is defined by the amount of the forum currency owned. The system maintains searchable database with the history of previous challenges. The invented opinion trading algorithm invokes debates to gravitate toward conclusions based upon verifiable facts and logic.

Network Based Discussion Forum System and Method with Means for Improving Post Positioning and Debater Status by Trading Arguments, Purchasing, Acquiring and Trading Points

A method and system for searching for employment opportunities. The method includes searching a plurality of webpages on websites for the employment opportunities and processing the webpages to determine semantic information about the employment opportunities including at least an employer for each of the employment opportunities. The method also includes identifying social network connections of a user and searching information from one or more social network websites to identify at least one of a current or previous employer of one or more of the social network connections of the user. Additionally, the method includes, in response to receiving a query from a user, returning a list of potential employment opportunities including information about one or more of the social network connections of the user identified as currently or previously employed or associated with a current or previous employee of an employer of one or more of the potential employment opportunities.

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEMANTIC PROCESSING OF PERSONALIZED SOCIAL DATA AND GENERATING PROBABILITY MODELS OF PERSONAL CONTEXT TO GENERATE RECOMMENDATIONS IN SEARCHING APPLICATIONS

An interactive system and methods of instruction and administration using virtual reality or other technology to create a simulated learning environment of multi-dimensional graphical representations of participants, who interact through individual and collaborative, task-based exercises, via an artificial intelligence engine utilizing an input/output arrangement over a network such as the Internet. This system facilitates synchronous or asynchronous, individual or group instruction to anyone with access to the Internet, measures the efficacy and retention of instruction, and automates faculty processes of grading, scheduled postings, feedback, generating quantitative and qualitative reports, generating adaptive lessons that adjust to participant input, and the like, with exportable and importable academic, financial, and demographic data to address the needs of faculty, administrative staff, including registrars, admissions officers, and counselors, as well as other interested parties such as parents and guardians.

Internet-based Pedagogical and Andragogical Method and System Using Virtual Reality

In one embodiment, a method includes identifying, by a search engine of an online social network, web domains external to the online social network. The method includes accessing domain-quality signals associated with each web domain. At least one of the domain-quality signals includes a measure of activations of social plug-ins of the online social network available on webpages of each web domain, a social plug-in being an executable script providing an activable user-interface element for interacting with the online social network from the webpage. The method includes calculating, for each web domain, a domain ranking based at least in part on the domain-quality signals associated with the web domain. The method includes identifying, by the search engine, some of the web domains as low-quality web domains to avoid accessing based at least in part on the domain rankings of the web domains not satisfying a threshold domain ranking.

Social-Based Optimization of Web Crawling for Online Social Networks

An Internet-based search system and method of use. The system in its various embodiments includes an electronic database. The database includes one or more topical categories of information and wherein the categories are further divided into datasets of one or more pre-selected web locations. The invention also includes an Internet remote in communication with the database. The Internet remote includes in its various embodiments, a title bar, one or more advertising windows, a channel selector, a navigation palette, a navigation panel, and an optional set of additional links. In operation, a user selects a channel from the channel selector, which then causes the display of one or more categories in the navigation palette. Upon selection of the desired category, one or more subcategory bars appear in the navigation panel, the selection of which causes the display of one or more links to either a website, or a particular page within a website. Alternatively, the user may enter a search term and, upon selection of a web site, that search term is passed to the selected site employing its own search function. In either circumstance, when the user selects a link, that link displays in a separate companion web browser such that both the remote and companion browser are simultaneously viewable.

Internet-based search system and method of use

Method and system for online network based debate forums by using opinion trading exchange. Discussions are conducted in a format of challenges, wherein, in order to open the challenge or/and comment to it, participants are required to make an investment (bet) in their views in a forum currency; wherein the starting capital can be granted, bought with real currency or earned by participation in forum activities. After a predetermined time the challenge is decided as true or false, and participants earn or lose their investment depending upon the position they selected. Objectivity of the moderators can be challenged as well. User's position is defined by the amount of the forum currency owned. The system maintains searchable database with the history of previous challenges. The invented opinion trading algorithm invokes debates to gravitate toward conclusions based upon verifiable facts and logic.

Network Based Discussion Forum System and Method with Means for Improving Post Positioning and Debater Status by Trading Arguments, Purchasing, Acquiring and Trading Points

A method and system for searching for employment opportunities. The method includes searching a plurality of webpages on websites for the employment opportunities and processing the webpages to determine semantic information about the employment opportunities including at least an employer for each of the employment opportunities. The method also includes identifying social network connections of a user and searching information from one or more social network websites to identify at least one of a current or previous employer of one or more of the social network connections of the user. Additionally, the method includes, in response to receiving a query from a user, returning a list of potential employment opportunities including information about one or more of the social network connections of the user identified as currently or previously employed or associated with a current or previous employee of an employer of one or more of the potential employment opportunities.

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEMANTIC PROCESSING OF PERSONALIZED SOCIAL DATA AND GENERATING PROBABILITY MODELS OF PERSONAL CONTEXT TO GENERATE RECOMMENDATIONS IN SEARCHING APPLICATIONS

An interactive system and methods of instruction and administration using virtual reality or other technology to create a simulated learning environment of multi-dimensional graphical representations of participants, who interact through individual and collaborative, task-based exercises, via an artificial intelligence engine utilizing an input/output arrangement over a network such as the Internet. This system facilitates synchronous or asynchronous, individual or group instruction to anyone with access to the Internet, measures the efficacy and retention of instruction, and automates faculty processes of grading, scheduled postings, feedback, generating quantitative and qualitative reports, generating adaptive lessons that adjust to participant input, and the like, with exportable and importable academic, financial, and demographic data to address the needs of faculty, administrative staff, including registrars, admissions officers, and counselors, as well as other interested parties such as parents and guardians.

Internet-based Pedagogical and Andragogical Method and System Using Virtual Reality

In one embodiment, a method includes identifying, by a search engine of an online social network, web domains external to the online social network. The method includes accessing domain-quality signals associated with each web domain. At least one of the domain-quality signals includes a measure of activations of social plug-ins of the online social network available on webpages of each web domain, a social plug-in being an executable script providing an activable user-interface element for interacting with the online social network from the webpage. The method includes calculating, for each web domain, a domain ranking based at least in part on the domain-quality signals associated with the web domain. The method includes identifying, by the search engine, some of the web domains as low-quality web domains to avoid accessing based at least in part on the domain rankings of the web domains not satisfying a threshold domain ranking.

Social-Based Optimization of Web Crawling for Online Social Networks

An Internet-based search system and method of use. The system in its various embodiments includes an electronic database. The database includes one or more topical categories of information and wherein the categories are further divided into datasets of one or more pre-selected web locations. The invention also includes an Internet remote in communication with the database. The Internet remote includes in its various embodiments, a title bar, one or more advertising windows, a channel selector, a navigation palette, a navigation panel, and an optional set of additional links. In operation, a user selects a channel from the channel selector, which then causes the display of one or more categories in the navigation palette. Upon selection of the desired category, one or more subcategory bars appear in the navigation panel, the selection of which causes the display of one or more links to either a website, or a particular page within a website. Alternatively, the user may enter a search term and, upon selection of a web site, that search term is passed to the selected site employing its own search function. In either circumstance, when the user selects a link, that link displays in a separate companion web browser such that both the remote and companion browser are simultaneously viewable.

Internet-based search system and method of use

Method and system for online network based debate forums by using opinion trading exchange. Discussions are conducted in a format of challenges, wherein, in order to open the challenge or/and comment to it, participants are required to make an investment (bet) in their views in a forum currency; wherein the starting capital can be granted, bought with real currency or earned by participation in forum activities. After a predetermined time the challenge is decided as true or false, and participants earn or lose their investment depending upon the position they selected. Objectivity of the moderators can be challenged as well. User's position is defined by the amount of the forum currency owned. The system maintains searchable database with the history of previous challenges. The invented opinion trading algorithm invokes debates to gravitate toward conclusions based upon verifiable facts and logic.

Network Based Discussion Forum System and Method with Means for Improving Post Positioning and Debater Status by Trading Arguments, Purchasing, Acquiring and Trading Points

A method and system for searching for employment opportunities. The method includes searching a plurality of webpages on websites for the employment opportunities and processing the webpages to determine semantic information about the employment opportunities including at least an employer for each of the employment opportunities. The method also includes identifying social network connections of a user and searching information from one or more social network websites to identify at least one of a current or previous employer of one or more of the social network connections of the user. Additionally, the method includes, in response to receiving a query from a user, returning a list of potential employment opportunities including information about one or more of the social network connections of the user identified as currently or previously employed or associated with a current or previous employee of an employer of one or more of the potential employment opportunities.

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEMANTIC PROCESSING OF PERSONALIZED SOCIAL DATA AND GENERATING PROBABILITY MODELS OF PERSONAL CONTEXT TO GENERATE RECOMMENDATIONS IN SEARCHING APPLICATIONS

An interactive system and methods of instruction and administration using virtual reality or other technology to create a simulated learning environment of multi-dimensional graphical representations of participants, who interact through individual and collaborative, task-based exercises, via an artificial intelligence engine utilizing an input/output arrangement over a network such as the Internet. This system facilitates synchronous or asynchronous, individual or group instruction to anyone with access to the Internet, measures the efficacy and retention of instruction, and automates faculty processes of grading, scheduled postings, feedback, generating quantitative and qualitative reports, generating adaptive lessons that adjust to participant input, and the like, with exportable and importable academic, financial, and demographic data to address the needs of faculty, administrative staff, including registrars, admissions officers, and counselors, as well as other interested parties such as parents and guardians.

Internet-based Pedagogical and Andragogical Method and System Using Virtual Reality

In one embodiment, a method includes identifying, by a search engine of an online social network, web domains external to the online social network. The method includes accessing domain-quality signals associated with each web domain. At least one of the domain-quality signals includes a measure of activations of social plug-ins of the online social network available on webpages of each web domain, a social plug-in being an executable script providing an activable user-interface element for interacting with the online social network from the webpage. The method includes calculating, for each web domain, a domain ranking based at least in part on the domain-quality signals associated with the web domain. The method includes identifying, by the search engine, some of the web domains as low-quality web domains to avoid accessing based at least in part on the domain rankings of the web domains not satisfying a threshold domain ranking.

Social-Based Optimization of Web Crawling for Online Social Networks

An Internet-based search system and method of use. The system in its various embodiments includes an electronic database. The database includes one or more topical categories of information and wherein the categories are further divided into datasets of one or more pre-selected web locations. The invention also includes an Internet remote in communication with the database. The Internet remote includes in its various embodiments, a title bar, one or more advertising windows, a channel selector, a navigation palette, a navigation panel, and an optional set of additional links. In operation, a user selects a channel from the channel selector, which then causes the display of one or more categories in the navigation palette. Upon selection of the desired category, one or more subcategory bars appear in the navigation panel, the selection of which causes the display of one or more links to either a website, or a particular page within a website. Alternatively, the user may enter a search term and, upon selection of a web site, that search term is passed to the selected site employing its own search function. In either circumstance, when the user selects a link, that link displays in a separate companion web browser such that both the remote and companion browser are simultaneously viewable.

Internet-based search system and method of use

Method and system for online network based debate forums by using opinion trading exchange. Discussions are conducted in a format of challenges, wherein, in order to open the challenge or/and comment to it, participants are required to make an investment (bet) in their views in a forum currency; wherein the starting capital can be granted, bought with real currency or earned by participation in forum activities. After a predetermined time the challenge is decided as true or false, and participants earn or lose their investment depending upon the position they selected. Objectivity of the moderators can be challenged as well. User's position is defined by the amount of the forum currency owned. The system maintains searchable database with the history of previous challenges. The invented opinion trading algorithm invokes debates to gravitate toward conclusions based upon verifiable facts and logic.

Network Based Discussion Forum System and Method with Means for Improving Post Positioning and Debater Status by Trading Arguments, Purchasing, Acquiring and Trading Points

A method and system for searching for employment opportunities. The method includes searching a plurality of webpages on websites for the employment opportunities and processing the webpages to determine semantic information about the employment opportunities including at least an employer for each of the employment opportunities. The method also includes identifying social network connections of a user and searching information from one or more social network websites to identify at least one of a current or previous employer of one or more of the social network connections of the user. Additionally, the method includes, in response to receiving a query from a user, returning a list of potential employment opportunities including information about one or more of the social network connections of the user identified as currently or previously employed or associated with a current or previous employee of an employer of one or more of the potential employment opportunities.

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEMANTIC PROCESSING OF PERSONALIZED SOCIAL DATA AND GENERATING PROBABILITY MODELS OF PERSONAL CONTEXT TO GENERATE RECOMMENDATIONS IN SEARCHING APPLICATIONS

An interactive system and methods of instruction and administration using virtual reality or other technology to create a simulated learning environment of multi-dimensional graphical representations of participants, who interact through individual and collaborative, task-based exercises, via an artificial intelligence engine utilizing an input/output arrangement over a network such as the Internet. This system facilitates synchronous or asynchronous, individual or group instruction to anyone with access to the Internet, measures the efficacy and retention of instruction, and automates faculty processes of grading, scheduled postings, feedback, generating quantitative and qualitative reports, generating adaptive lessons that adjust to participant input, and the like, with exportable and importable academic, financial, and demographic data to address the needs of faculty, administrative staff, including registrars, admissions officers, and counselors, as well as other interested parties such as parents and guardians.

Internet-based Pedagogical and Andragogical Method and System Using Virtual Reality

In one embodiment, a method includes identifying, by a search engine of an online social network, web domains external to the online social network. The method includes accessing domain-quality signals associated with each web domain. At least one of the domain-quality signals includes a measure of activations of social plug-ins of the online social network available on webpages of each web domain, a social plug-in being an executable script providing an activable user-interface element for interacting with the online social network from the webpage. The method includes calculating, for each web domain, a domain ranking based at least in part on the domain-quality signals associated with the web domain. The method includes identifying, by the search engine, some of the web domains as low-quality web domains to avoid accessing based at least in part on the domain rankings of the web domains not satisfying a threshold domain ranking.

Social-Based Optimization of Web Crawling for Online Social Networks

An Internet-based search system and method of use. The system in its various embodiments includes an electronic database. The database includes one or more topical categories of information and wherein the categories are further divided into datasets of one or more pre-selected web locations. The invention also includes an Internet remote in communication with the database. The Internet remote includes in its various embodiments, a title bar, one or more advertising windows, a channel selector, a navigation palette, a navigation panel, and an optional set of additional links. In operation, a user selects a channel from the channel selector, which then causes the display of one or more categories in the navigation palette. Upon selection of the desired category, one or more subcategory bars appear in the navigation panel, the selection of which causes the display of one or more links to either a website, or a particular page within a website. Alternatively, the user may enter a search term and, upon selection of a web site, that search term is passed to the selected site employing its own search function. In either circumstance, when the user selects a link, that link displays in a separate companion web browser such that both the remote and companion browser are simultaneously viewable.

Internet-based search system and method of use

Method and system for online network based debate forums by using opinion trading exchange. Discussions are conducted in a format of challenges, wherein, in order to open the challenge or/and comment to it, participants are required to make an investment (bet) in their views in a forum currency; wherein the starting capital can be granted, bought with real currency or earned by participation in forum activities. After a predetermined time the challenge is decided as true or false, and participants earn or lose their investment depending upon the position they selected. Objectivity of the moderators can be challenged as well. User's position is defined by the amount of the forum currency owned. The system maintains searchable database with the history of previous challenges. The invented opinion trading algorithm invokes debates to gravitate toward conclusions based upon verifiable facts and logic.

Network Based Discussion Forum System and Method with Means for Improving Post Positioning and Debater Status by Trading Arguments, Purchasing, Acquiring and Trading Points

A method and system for searching for employment opportunities. The method includes searching a plurality of webpages on websites for the employment opportunities and processing the webpages to determine semantic information about the employment opportunities including at least an employer for each of the employment opportunities. The method also includes identifying social network connections of a user and searching information from one or more social network websites to identify at least one of a current or previous employer of one or more of the social network connections of the user. Additionally, the method includes, in response to receiving a query from a user, returning a list of potential employment opportunities including information about one or more of the social network connections of the user identified as currently or previously employed or associated with a current or previous employee of an employer of one or more of the potential employment opportunities.

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEMANTIC PROCESSING OF PERSONALIZED SOCIAL DATA AND GENERATING PROBABILITY MODELS OF PERSONAL CONTEXT TO GENERATE RECOMMENDATIONS IN SEARCHING APPLICATIONS

An interactive system and methods of instruction and administration using virtual reality or other technology to create a simulated learning environment of multi-dimensional graphical representations of participants, who interact through individual and collaborative, task-based exercises, via an artificial intelligence engine utilizing an input/output arrangement over a network such as the Internet. This system facilitates synchronous or asynchronous, individual or group instruction to anyone with access to the Internet, measures the efficacy and retention of instruction, and automates faculty processes of grading, scheduled postings, feedback, generating quantitative and qualitative reports, generating adaptive lessons that adjust to participant input, and the like, with exportable and importable academic, financial, and demographic data to address the needs of faculty, administrative staff, including registrars, admissions officers, and counselors, as well as other interested parties such as parents and guardians.

Internet-based Pedagogical and Andragogical Method and System Using Virtual Reality

In one embodiment, a method includes identifying, by a search engine of an online social network, web domains external to the online social network. The method includes accessing domain-quality signals associated with each web domain. At least one of the domain-quality signals includes a measure of activations of social plug-ins of the online social network available on webpages of each web domain, a social plug-in being an executable script providing an activable user-interface element for interacting with the online social network from the webpage. The method includes calculating, for each web domain, a domain ranking based at least in part on the domain-quality signals associated with the web domain. The method includes identifying, by the search engine, some of the web domains as low-quality web domains to avoid accessing based at least in part on the domain rankings of the web domains not satisfying a threshold domain ranking.

Social-Based Optimization of Web Crawling for Online Social Networks

An Internet-based search system and method of use. The system in its various embodiments includes an electronic database. The database includes one or more topical categories of information and wherein the categories are further divided into datasets of one or more pre-selected web locations. The invention also includes an Internet remote in communication with the database. The Internet remote includes in its various embodiments, a title bar, one or more advertising windows, a channel selector, a navigation palette, a navigation panel, and an optional set of additional links. In operation, a user selects a channel from the channel selector, which then causes the display of one or more categories in the navigation palette. Upon selection of the desired category, one or more subcategory bars appear in the navigation panel, the selection of which causes the display of one or more links to either a website, or a particular page within a website. Alternatively, the user may enter a search term and, upon selection of a web site, that search term is passed to the selected site employing its own search function. In either circumstance, when the user selects a link, that link displays in a separate companion web browser such that both the remote and companion browser are simultaneously viewable.

Internet-based search system and method of use

Method and system for online network based debate forums by using opinion trading exchange. Discussions are conducted in a format of challenges, wherein, in order to open the challenge or/and comment to it, participants are required to make an investment (bet) in their views in a forum currency; wherein the starting capital can be granted, bought with real currency or earned by participation in forum activities. After a predetermined time the challenge is decided as true or false, and participants earn or lose their investment depending upon the position they selected. Objectivity of the moderators can be challenged as well. User's position is defined by the amount of the forum currency owned. The system maintains searchable database with the history of previous challenges. The invented opinion trading algorithm invokes debates to gravitate toward conclusions based upon verifiable facts and logic.

Network Based Discussion Forum System and Method with Means for Improving Post Positioning and Debater Status by Trading Arguments, Purchasing, Acquiring and Trading Points

A method and system for searching for employment opportunities. The method includes searching a plurality of webpages on websites for the employment opportunities and processing the webpages to determine semantic information about the employment opportunities including at least an employer for each of the employment opportunities. The method also includes identifying social network connections of a user and searching information from one or more social network websites to identify at least one of a current or previous employer of one or more of the social network connections of the user. Additionally, the method includes, in response to receiving a query from a user, returning a list of potential employment opportunities including information about one or more of the social network connections of the user identified as currently or previously employed or associated with a current or previous employee of an employer of one or more of the potential employment opportunities.

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEMANTIC PROCESSING OF PERSONALIZED SOCIAL DATA AND GENERATING PROBABILITY MODELS OF PERSONAL CONTEXT TO GENERATE RECOMMENDATIONS IN SEARCHING APPLICATIONS

Techniques, systems, and graphical user interfaces for presenting an interactive profile of a second entity to a first entity in an electronic communication (e.g., email, instant messaging, chat-room, etc.) application are disclosed herein. Data associated with a second entity is extracted from one or more non-dedicated sources external to the electronic communication. The extracted data is presented to a first entity as the interactive profile of the second entity in the electronic communication application. The interactive profile is also capable of acting as an electronic communication channel through which the first and second entities may communicate.

INTERACTIVE PROFILE PRESENTATION

A mechanism is provided in a data processing system for solving a textual logic problem. A logic problem solution engine in the data processing system receives an input text containing a logic problem. A parser executing in the data processing system parses the input text to identify entities in the input text. The logic problem solution engine performs cognitive processing on the input text to discover relationships between the entities. A statistical analysis component executing in the data processing system determines statistical relationships between pairs of entities in the input text to form a set of statistical relationships. The logic problem solution engine determines whether a given statistical relationship within the set of statistical relationships fits as a solution to the logic problem. Responsive to determining that the given statistical relationship within the set of statistical relationships fits as a solution to the logic problem, the mechanism presents the given statistical relationship to the user.

Solving Textual Logic Problems Using a Statistical Approach and Natural Language Processing

A vehicle personal assistant to engage a user in a conversational dialog about vehicle-related topics, such as those commonly found in a vehicle owner's manual, includes modules to interpret spoken natural language input, search a vehicle knowledge base and/or other data sources for pertinent information, and respond to the user's input in a conversational fashion. The dialog may be initiated by the user or more proactively by the vehicle personal assistant based on events that may be currently happening in relation to the vehicle. The vehicle personal assistant may use real-time inputs obtained from the vehicle and/or non-verbal inputs from the user to enhance its understanding of the dialog and assist the user in a variety of ways.

VEHICLE PERSONAL ASSISTANT

A self-organizing personal file system is disclosed that evaluates the "importance" of terms and phrases in a document in a personal corpus relative to usage in a reference corpus. A personalized term weighting scheme assigns a weight to terms or phrases based on the frequency of occurrence of the corresponding term or phrase in a reference corpus. Documents are positioned in a visual file space associated with a personal corpus by storing each of the documents with an indication of the term weight for terms appearing in the corresponding document. A singular value decomposition is performed based on the term weights to position a given document in the visual file space based on a relative frequency distribution of terms of the document compared to the occurrence of such terms in a reference corpus.

Method and apparatus for maintaining and navigating a non-hierarchical personal spatial file system

A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for generating map geometry based on a received image and probe data. A method is provided including receiving a first image and probe data associated with the first image, categorizing pixels of the first image based on the probe data, and generating a map geometry based on the pixel categorization of the first image.

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING MAP GEOMETRY BASED ON A RECEIVED IMAGE AND PROBE DATA

An interactive system and methods of instruction and administration using virtual reality or other technology to create a simulated learning environment of multi-dimensional graphical representations of participants, who interact through individual and collaborative, task-based exercises, via an artificial intelligence engine utilizing an input/output arrangement over a network such as the Internet. This system facilitates synchronous or asynchronous, individual or group instruction to anyone with access to the Internet, measures the efficacy and retention of instruction, and automates faculty processes of grading, scheduled postings, feedback, generating quantitative and qualitative reports, generating adaptive lessons that adjust to participant input, and the like, with exportable and importable academic, financial, and demographic data to address the needs of faculty, administrative staff, including registrars, admissions officers, and counselors, as well as other interested parties such as parents and guardians.

Internet-based Pedagogical and Andragogical Method and System Using Virtual Reality

In one embodiment, a method includes identifying, by a search engine of an online social network, web domains external to the online social network. The method includes accessing domain-quality signals associated with each web domain. At least one of the domain-quality signals includes a measure of activations of social plug-ins of the online social network available on webpages of each web domain, a social plug-in being an executable script providing an activable user-interface element for interacting with the online social network from the webpage. The method includes calculating, for each web domain, a domain ranking based at least in part on the domain-quality signals associated with the web domain. The method includes identifying, by the search engine, some of the web domains as low-quality web domains to avoid accessing based at least in part on the domain rankings of the web domains not satisfying a threshold domain ranking.

Social-Based Optimization of Web Crawling for Online Social Networks

An Internet-based search system and method of use. The system in its various embodiments includes an electronic database. The database includes one or more topical categories of information and wherein the categories are further divided into datasets of one or more pre-selected web locations. The invention also includes an Internet remote in communication with the database. The Internet remote includes in its various embodiments, a title bar, one or more advertising windows, a channel selector, a navigation palette, a navigation panel, and an optional set of additional links. In operation, a user selects a channel from the channel selector, which then causes the display of one or more categories in the navigation palette. Upon selection of the desired category, one or more subcategory bars appear in the navigation panel, the selection of which causes the display of one or more links to either a website, or a particular page within a website. Alternatively, the user may enter a search term and, upon selection of a web site, that search term is passed to the selected site employing its own search function. In either circumstance, when the user selects a link, that link displays in a separate companion web browser such that both the remote and companion browser are simultaneously viewable.

Internet-based search system and method of use

Method and system for online network based debate forums by using opinion trading exchange. Discussions are conducted in a format of challenges, wherein, in order to open the challenge or/and comment to it, participants are required to make an investment (bet) in their views in a forum currency; wherein the starting capital can be granted, bought with real currency or earned by participation in forum activities. After a predetermined time the challenge is decided as true or false, and participants earn or lose their investment depending upon the position they selected. Objectivity of the moderators can be challenged as well. User's position is defined by the amount of the forum currency owned. The system maintains searchable database with the history of previous challenges. The invented opinion trading algorithm invokes debates to gravitate toward conclusions based upon verifiable facts and logic.

Network Based Discussion Forum System and Method with Means for Improving Post Positioning and Debater Status by Trading Arguments, Purchasing, Acquiring and Trading Points

A method and system for searching for employment opportunities. The method includes searching a plurality of webpages on websites for the employment opportunities and processing the webpages to determine semantic information about the employment opportunities including at least an employer for each of the employment opportunities. The method also includes identifying social network connections of a user and searching information from one or more social network websites to identify at least one of a current or previous employer of one or more of the social network connections of the user. Additionally, the method includes, in response to receiving a query from a user, returning a list of potential employment opportunities including information about one or more of the social network connections of the user identified as currently or previously employed or associated with a current or previous employee of an employer of one or more of the potential employment opportunities.

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEMANTIC PROCESSING OF PERSONALIZED SOCIAL DATA AND GENERATING PROBABILITY MODELS OF PERSONAL CONTEXT TO GENERATE RECOMMENDATIONS IN SEARCHING APPLICATIONS

Techniques, systems, and graphical user interfaces for presenting an interactive profile of a second entity to a first entity in an electronic communication (e.g., email, instant messaging, chat-room, etc.) application are disclosed herein. Data associated with a second entity is extracted from one or more non-dedicated sources external to the electronic communication. The extracted data is presented to a first entity as the interactive profile of the second entity in the electronic communication application. The interactive profile is also capable of acting as an electronic communication channel through which the first and second entities may communicate.

INTERACTIVE PROFILE PRESENTATION

A mechanism is provided in a data processing system for solving a textual logic problem. A logic problem solution engine in the data processing system receives an input text containing a logic problem. A parser executing in the data processing system parses the input text to identify entities in the input text. The logic problem solution engine performs cognitive processing on the input text to discover relationships between the entities. A statistical analysis component executing in the data processing system determines statistical relationships between pairs of entities in the input text to form a set of statistical relationships. The logic problem solution engine determines whether a given statistical relationship within the set of statistical relationships fits as a solution to the logic problem. Responsive to determining that the given statistical relationship within the set of statistical relationships fits as a solution to the logic problem, the mechanism presents the given statistical relationship to the user.

Solving Textual Logic Problems Using a Statistical Approach and Natural Language Processing

A vehicle personal assistant to engage a user in a conversational dialog about vehicle-related topics, such as those commonly found in a vehicle owner's manual, includes modules to interpret spoken natural language input, search a vehicle knowledge base and/or other data sources for pertinent information, and respond to the user's input in a conversational fashion. The dialog may be initiated by the user or more proactively by the vehicle personal assistant based on events that may be currently happening in relation to the vehicle. The vehicle personal assistant may use real-time inputs obtained from the vehicle and/or non-verbal inputs from the user to enhance its understanding of the dialog and assist the user in a variety of ways.

VEHICLE PERSONAL ASSISTANT

A self-organizing personal file system is disclosed that evaluates the "importance" of terms and phrases in a document in a personal corpus relative to usage in a reference corpus. A personalized term weighting scheme assigns a weight to terms or phrases based on the frequency of occurrence of the corresponding term or phrase in a reference corpus. Documents are positioned in a visual file space associated with a personal corpus by storing each of the documents with an indication of the term weight for terms appearing in the corresponding document. A singular value decomposition is performed based on the term weights to position a given document in the visual file space based on a relative frequency distribution of terms of the document compared to the occurrence of such terms in a reference corpus.

Method and apparatus for maintaining and navigating a non-hierarchical personal spatial file system

A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for generating map geometry based on a received image and probe data. A method is provided including receiving a first image and probe data associated with the first image, categorizing pixels of the first image based on the probe data, and generating a map geometry based on the pixel categorization of the first image.

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING MAP GEOMETRY BASED ON A RECEIVED IMAGE AND PROBE DATA

Systems and methods are provided for detecting and ranking entities identified in screen content displayed on a mobile device. For example, a method includes receiving an image captured from a mobile device display for a mobile application and determining a window that includes a chronological set of images, the images each representing a respective screen captured from a display of a mobile device and having an associated timestamp. The method also includes identifying entities appearing in images in a first portion of the window using text for images in a remaining portion of the window as context to disambiguate ambiguous entity references.

Detection and ranking of entities from mobile onscreen content

A system, method, and computer-readable storage medium configured to model and predict consumer cellular mobile carrier switching intentions of a payment cardholder based on transaction payment card purchases.

MODELING CONSUMER CELLULAR MOBILE CARRIER SWITCHING METHOD AND APPARATUS

In one embodiment, a device in a network receives one or more packets that are part of a traffic flow. The device provides a sample packet to a path computation element (PCE) that includes a signature that uniquely identifies the traffic flow. The device receives a traffic flow policy for the traffic flow from a policy engine and enforces the traffic flow policy for the traffic flow.

LIGHTWEIGHT FLOW REPORTING IN CONSTRAINED NETWORKS

Systems, and associated apparatus, methods, or computer program products, may use ontologies to provide improved word recognition. The ontologies may be applied in word recognition processes to resolve ambiguities in language elements (e.g., words) where the values of some of the characters in the language elements are uncertain. Implementations of the method may use an ontology to resolve ambiguities in an input string of characters, for example. In some implementations, the input string may be received from a language conversion source such as, for example, an optical character recognition (OCR) device that generates a string of characters in electronic form from visible character images, or a voice recognition (VR) device that generates a string of characters in electronic form from speech input. Some implementations may process the generated character strings by using an ontology in combination with syntactic and/or grammatical analysis engines to further improve word recognition accuracy.

Word recognition using ontologies

A computer implemented method of deriving performance from a local model having a plurality of model inputs, comprising identifying a key model input affecting model output for a predetermined model environment, obtaining a prediction of a future key model input value and inputting the future key model input value to the local model to derive predicted performance

A COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHOD OF DERIVING PERFORMANCE FROM A LOCAL MODEL

An information processing apparatus for determining an appropriate processing parameter of a predetermined process and obtaining processing time of the predetermined process, in a shorter period of time is provided. A learning support apparatus 500 includes an input unit 540 and an identifying unit 550. The input unit 540 receives input of new learning data. The identifying unit 550 identifies and outputs at least one of a value of a processing parameter and a value of processing performance of a learning process for the new learning data using history of processing performance of the learning process performed for learning data.

INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM

Systems and techniques for determining and displaying risk indicators are described. A set of event logs occurring in a time interval and associated with a user account retrieving may be retrieved from an event log database. For individual event logs in the set of event logs, a context may be determined. A resource associated with the individual log may have an associated classification. An activity risk associated with the individual event log may be determined based at least in part on the first context and, if applicable, on the associated classification. For individual event logs in the set of event logs, a risk indicator may be determined based at least in part on the activity risk. In some cases, a cumulative risk indicator may be determined for the particular time interval based on the risk indicators associated with the individual event logs.

DETERMINING A RISK INDICATOR BASED ON CLASSIFYING DOCUMENTS USING A CLASSIFIER

System for automatic distribution of attention area content supplied by different suppliers (2) via a network (1) and a mediator (3) to different users (4). The mediator (3) comprises means (5) for distribution of an attention area content supplied by a preferred supplier, and accounting means (6) for recording a distribution price. The mediator also comprises means (7) for processing response data referring to responses of the users to the attention area content, as well as means (8) for transmitting the processed response data and the distribution price to the suppliers. Finally, the mediator comprises means (9) for (periodically) receiving, from the suppliers, a price bid for the distribution of a new attention area content, replacing the attention area content supplied by the preferred supplier, as well as means (10) for mutually comparing each received price bid and the actual distribution price and for selecting as new preferred supplier, the supplier offering the best price.

Method and system for automated marketing of attention area content

In one step of a method for infusing an infusion fluid, the infusion fluid is pumped through a fluid delivery line of an infusion system. In another step, measurements are taken with at least one sensor connected to the infusion system. In an additional step, an air determination is determined with at least one processor. The air determination is related to air in the fluid delivery line. The air determination is based on the measurements taken by the at least one sensor. The air determination is further based on: (1) medication information regarding the infusion fluid or infusion information regarding the infusion of the infusion fluid; or (2) multi-channel filtering of the measurements from the at least one sensor or non-linear mapping of the measurements from the at least one sensor; and statistical process control charts applied to the multi-channel filtered measurements or applied to the non-linear mapped measurements.

INFUSION SYSTEM WHICH UTILIZES ONE OR MORE SENSORS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO MAKE AN AIR DETERMINATION REGARDING THE INFUSION SYSTEM

An item recommendation device includes a context information generator and a ranker. The context information generator generates and outputs context information including user intention by performing semantic analysis on a natural language request which is input. The ranker ranks candidates of items to be presented to a user based on the context information, user information representing an attribute of the user, and history information representing item usage history of the user.

ITEM RECOMMENDATION DEVICE, ITEM RECOMMENDATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT

An object detection apparatus includes an image acquisition unit that acquires image data, a reading unit that reads the acquired image data in a predetermined image area at predetermined resolution, an object area detection unit that detects an object area from first image data read by the reading unit, an object discrimination unit that discriminates a predetermined object from the object area detected by the object area detection unit, and a determination unit that determines an image area and resolution used to read second image data which is captured later than the first image data from the object area detected by the object area detection unit, wherein the reading unit reads the second image data from the image area at the resolution determined by the determination unit.

Object detection apparatus and object detection method

Techniques and systems for selecting advertisements for dissemination over a network are disclosed. In one embodiment, an advertisement service stores information indicative of offers from merchants, including information indicating an amount of revenue that the offering merchant would be willing to share with the advertisement service if a consumer consummates a transaction with the merchant based on the good or service advertised in the offer. The service computes predicted conversion rates for these offers, and uses the predicted conversion rates and the revenue sharing information to select an advertisement for dissemination according to which advertisement is expected to generate the greatest amount of revenue for the advertisement service. The predicted conversion rate can be based on various features, including physical location of the consumer, the consumer's preferences on a third-party information sharing service, amount of discount reflected in the offer, the customer service rating of the merchant, etc.

WEB AND MOBILE DEVICE ADVERTISING

A method of automatically assigning class labels to objects is provided. The method uses object data indicative of a plurality of parameters associated with each object. The method comprises (i) identifying, from the object data or from a lower-dimensional encoding of the object data a plurality of cluster centres in a d-dimensional space, each cluster centre corresponding to one of the class labels; (ii) for respective cluster centres, determining a surrounding region based on a nearest neighbour cluster centre, and assigning the respective class label to objects within the surrounding region; (iii) generating a predictive model using the object data, or the lower-dimensional encoding of the object data and the class labels of the assigned objects; and (iv) assigning class labels to unassigned objects using the predictive model. A corresponding system for performing the above method is also provided.

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY ASSIGNING CLASS LABELS TO OBJECTS

A system, method, and a computer program product are provided for evaluating an analogical pattern by applying natural language processing to an information source to identify analogical pattern terms in a first analogical pattern, applying deep analysis to refine the analogical pattern terms based on semantic analysis to form metadata for the first analogical pattern, generating interpretations of different combinations of the first analogical pattern terms and the metadata, and then scoring each interpretation for each of the different combinations to select a first interpretation exceeding a predetermined threshold for interpretation of the analogical pattern, thereby evaluating the first analogical pattern.

System and Method for Analogy Detection and Analysis in a Natural Language Question and Answering System

A mechanism is provided in a data processing system for identifying a logic problem to be solved in an input text. A parser executing in the data processing system parses the input text to identify entities in the input text. A statistical analysis component executing in the data processing system determines statistical relationships between pairs of entities in the input text to form a set of statistical relationships. A logic problem detection engine executing in the data processing system determines whether the set of statistical relationships includes a high density of standard relationships and one or more outlier relationships. Responsive to determining that the set of statistical relationships includes a high density of standard relationships and one or more outlier relationships, the mechanism presents an indication that the input text includes a logic problem to a user.

Identifying Logic Problems in Text Using a Statistical Approach and Natural Language Processing

A method of combinatorial multimodal optimization uses a genetic algorithm to find simultaneous global optimal solutions to combinatorial problems. Each individual within the population is associated not only with a fitness value but with a fitness vector, using which the persistence of all of the best individuals into the next generation can be guaranteed. Phenotype as well as genotype analysis is an integral part of the method.

Method of combinatorial multimodal optimisation

A map intuition system and method that involves machine learning techniques to analyze data sets and identify mappings and transformation rules as well as machine-human interactions to leverage human intuition and intelligence to rapidly complete a map.

Map Intuition System and Method

The motion of a robot is switched from a first motion, which the robot is currently performing, to a second motion. Postures of the robot in both the motions are pre-defined with a plurality of frames at a plurality of different time points. When switching from the first motion to the second motion, information is acquired on the frames corresponding to the second motion, and the posture of the robot is after the switching is controlled based on the acquired information.

Stable motion control system and method for a legged mobile robot

In an object detection apparatus 1, a window definer 11 defines a window relative to the location of a pixel in an input image 20. A classification value calculator 13 calculates a classification value indicative of the likelihood that a detection target is present in the window image contained in the window based on the feature data of the detection target. A classification image generator 14 arranges the classification value calculated from the window image according to the pixel location to generate a classification image. An integrator 15 integrates the classification image and a past classification image 42 generated from a past input image input prior to the input image 20 to generate an integrated image 45. A determiner 16 determines whether the detection target is present in the input image 20 based on the integrated image 45.

OBJECT DETECTION APPARATUS

A signal processing system and method for breaking a time series into piece-wise discrete trends and determining whether new data represents the continuation of a trend. The method identifies and utilizes at least one set of trend determination parameters, which have favorable trend fit characteristics relative to other possible sets of parameters. In a semi-automated embodiment, the error and trend length characteristics are cross-plotted for multiple sets of possible parameters, and one or more of the parameter sets is selected from the graph. In an automated embodiment, an objective function is formulated from the characteristics, and an optimization technique is applied to identify one or more good parameter sets.

Method and system to identify discrete trends in time series

A system and method is provided for recognizing a pattern in queries and using the recognized pattern to categorize queries under existing query categories. An entity text that represents a real-world object is detected in a query. The entity text is categorized into an entity category. The query is then rewritten as an annotated query by replacing the entity text with a placeholder for any entity matching the entity category. The annotated query is compared to other queries that are associated with query categories to find a query category that is frequently associated with the annotated query. The query category frequently associated with the annotated query is used to generate a rule. The rule indicates that any query matching the annotated query is likely to fit into the query category. The rule can be used to assign categories to queries or correct incorrectly categorized queries.

System for automatically categorizing queries

The disclosure describes systems and methods for utilizing data collected and stored on multiple devices in order to improve the performance of the network via a markup language for addressing and delivering communications. The markup language invokes W4COMN operations through a free-form, natural language syntax which enables completely personalized user-defined designations for real-world entities (RWEs) or information objections (IOs) utilizing names or functional tags. Desired network operations including addressing network resources, entities or users are activated when the markup language is augmented via processing with W4 contextual data into an actual W4COMN circuit, process or event.

System and method for addressing communications

The present disclosure relates to characterization of biological samples. By way of example, a biological sample may be contacted with a plurality of probes specific for targets in the sample, such as probes for immune markers and segmenting probes. Acquired image data of the sample may be used to segment the images into epithelial and stromal regions to characterize individual cells in the sample based on the binding of the probes. Further, the biological sample may be characterized by a heterogeneity of the characterized cells.

Quantitative in situ characterization of heterogeneity in biological samples

The disclosure relates to method and device for determining at least a portion of an anatomy from a set of medical images. Thereafter, the image acquisition protocol associated with the medical images is determined automatically based on the determined anatomy. The image acquisition protocol is automatically determined by extracting one or more features associated with the medical images characterizing the acquisition protocol. Thereafter, the medical images are classified based in the features. Further, the medical images are assigned with an acquisition protocol label based on the classification of the medical images. The medical images are displayed with the respective protocol labels. Further, medical images acquired with an identified image acquisition protocol at different time instances are displayed for comparative analysis.

AUTOMATIC DETECTION OF MEDICAL IMAGE ACQUISITION PROTOCOL

A method for performing data processing through a pipeline of components includes receiving a set of training observations, each including partial user feedback relating to error in data output by the pipeline for respective input data. Some pipeline components commit errors for at least some of the input data, contributing to an error in the respective output data. A prediction model models a probability of a pipeline component committing an error, given input data. Model parameters are learned using the training observations. For a new observation which includes input data and, optionally, partial user feedback indicating that an error has occurred in processing the new input data, without specifying which pipeline component(s) contributed to the observed error in the output data, a prediction is made as to which of the pipeline components contributed to the error in the output (if any).

Error prediction with partial feedback

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for speech recognition. In one aspect, a method comprises receiving audio data encoding one or more utterances; performing a first speech recognition on the audio data; identifying a context based on the first speech recognition; performing a second speech recognition on the audio data that is biased towards the context; and providing an output of the second speech recognition.

DYNAMICALLY BIASING LANGUAGE MODELS

A method and system for simulating patient-specific cardiac electrophysiology including the effect of the electrical conduction system of the heart is disclosed. A patient-specific anatomical heart model is generated from cardiac image data of a patient. The electrical conduction system of the heart of the patient is modeled by determining electrical diffusivity values of cardiac tissue based on a distance of the cardiac tissue from the endocardium. A distance field from the endocardium surface is calculated with sub-grid accuracy using a nested-level set approach. Cardiac electrophysiology for the patient is simulated using a cardiac electrophysiology model with the electrical diffusivity values determined to model the Purkinje network of the patient.

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REAL-TIME SIMULATION OF PATIENT-SPECIFIC CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY INCLUDING THE EFFECT OF THE ELECTRICAL CONDUCTION SYSTEM OF THE HEART

A method includes acquiring user data of candidate users; mining a social business characteristic user in some of the candidate users according to the first social attribute data; training a classifier by using second social attribute data and second business object attribute data of the social business characteristic user; and inputting first social attribute data and first business object attribute data of a neighboring user to the classifier, and outputting a result of whether the neighboring user, in a period of time after the first period of time, is a social business characteristic user, wherein the neighboring user is a candidate user other than the social business characteristic user. The present disclosure increases the volume of associated data, and improves the accuracy of the classifier, thus improving the accuracy of identification, so that potential social business characteristic users in the first period of time can be identified.

IDENTIFYING SOCIAL BUSINESS CHARACTERISTIC USER

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for speech recognition. In one aspect, a method comprises receiving audio data encoding one or more utterances; performing a first speech recognition on the audio data; identifying a context based on the first speech recognition; performing a second speech recognition on the audio data that is biased towards the context; and providing an output of the second speech recognition.

Dynamically biasing language models

A technique for resolving entities provided in a question includes creating respective entity context vectors (ECVs) for respective entities in an applicable knowledge graph (KG). A question is received from a user. A first entity is identified in the question. The first entity is associated with a matching one of the entities in the KG. An ECV for the matching one of the entities in the KG is modified. An answer to the question is generated based on the modified ECV.

TECHNIQUES FOR RESOLVING ENTITIES IN RECEIVED QUESTIONS

A network packet management server, a network packet management method and a computer readable medium thereof are provided. The network packet management server runs a packet management program which includes a graphical user interface (GUI) to execute the packet management method. The network packet management server receives internet of things (IoT) device information through a network, generates header field analysis information in response to an operation on the GUI, and generates a packet processing prediction message according to the header field analysis information and the IoT device information. Accordingly, the network packet management server is able to generate at least one control message based on the packet processing prediction message so as to send the at least one control message to at least one of a network control device and a gateway via the network.

NETWORK PACKET MANAGEMENT SERVER, NETWORK PACKET MANAGEMENT METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM THEREOF

A user context system and method are provided. The system may define a user context and then one or more rules based on that device and those connected on the context of the user. The system may also have an orbit user interface that displays the users who context has been distributed by the system.

USER CONTEXT NETWORK SYSTEM AND METHOD

A thermodynamic RAM apparatus includes a physical substrate of addressable adaptive synapses that are temporarily partitioned to emulate adaptive neurons of arbitrary sizes, wherein the physical substrate mates electronically with a digital computing platform for high-throughput and low-power neuromorphic adaptive learning applications. The physical substrate addressable adaptive synapses can be configured as a part of a memristor-based physical neural processing unit.

CORTICAL PROCESSING WITH THERMODYNAMIC RAM

The present invention relates to Assistant Software Modules (ASMs) providing services to users of e.g. a mobile phone. The ASMs are becoming learned (or skilled) by the user modifying the behaviour of the ASMs. Adding rules to a configuration file of the ASM preferably performs the modifications, but the modification may also be implemented as a neural network being trained. The invention relates in particular to management of the ASM, which management comprising uploading an ASM from a user who has modified the functionality of the ASM and downloading the ASM to a new user The uploading, downloading and terms for acquiring an ASM is regulated by rules prescribed by a manager of the ASMs.

Reselling Experienced Agents

A method and computer program product are disclosed for use in classifying an input pattern into one of a plurality of output classes. A plurality of modular classifiers each represent a set of at least one associated output class. The modular classifiers are capable of being trained separately from the system. The classifiers select one of the associated output classes as a classification result and compute an associated confidence value. This confidence value possesses common significance across the plurality of modular classifiers. A processing stage processes the confidence values from the plurality of modular classifiers. As a result of this processing, the processing stage selects an associated classification result.

Modular classification architecture for a pattern recognition application

A system and method for electronically monitoring audience attentiveness and receptiveness including: collecting user data concerning a running of and interaction with, media content received via the first network interface by a user of the network terminal; converting the collected user data into user metrics; and analyzing the data to create at least one user Brand Affinity Index (BAI) score for the network terminal user.

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ELECTRONICALLY MONITORING AUDIENCE ATTENTIVENESS AND RECEPTIVENESS

An apparatus and method for automatic recognition and identification of concealed objects and features thereof, such as contraband in baggage or defects in articles of manufacture, is disclosed. The apparatus uses multiple energy X-ray scanning to identify targets with a spectral response corresponding to a known response of targets of interest. Detection sensitivity for both automatic detection and manual inspection are improved through the multiple-energy, multispectral technique. Multichannel processing is used to achieve high throughput capability. Target identification may be verified through further analysis of such attributes as shape, texture, and context of the scan data. The apparatus uses a statistical analysis to predict the confidence level of a particular target identification. A radiograph, CT image, or both may be reconstructed and displayed on a computer monitor for visual analysis by an operator. Finally, the apparatus may receive and store input from the operator for use in subsequent target identification.

Apparatus and method for automatic recognition of concealed objects using multiple energy computed tomography

A perfusion assessment system is proposed. The system includes means for providing an echo-power signal indicative of a perfusion of a contrast agent in a body-part under analysis, the contrast agent being administered as a bolus and undergoing a significant destruction during a passage of the contrast agent in the body-part, means for associating the echo-power signal to a model function including the product between a bolus function indicative of the passage of the contrast agent without said destruction and a reperfusion function indicative of a reperfusion of the contrast agent in the body part following the destruction corresponding to a substantially constant inflow of the contrast agent, and means for estimating at least one perfusion indicator from the bolus function and/or the reperfusion function.

Perfusion assessment method and system based on bolus administration

Systems and methods are provided for monitoring health of a process control system. The system includes a device configured to receive diagnostic alarm data that relates to the health of the process control system, group the diagnostic alarm data into a plurality of groups, and identify a problem associated with each group of diagnostic alarm data in the plurality of groups.

System and Method for Monitoring Process Control System Health

The present invention discloses a method for detecting whether cells are infected with human papillomavirus (HPV), and the method includes: (a) capturing a contour of a cell of a cell image, wherein the contour has a contour pixel thereon; (b) identifying a tangent of the contour pixel on the contour to define in relation to the tangent a first side and a second side opposite to the first side, wherein the first side indicates the intracellular region of the cell and the second side indicates the extracellular region of the cell; (c) calculating an optical parameter average of the plurality of pixels on both of the first side and the second side; and (d) determining whether the cell is infected with HPV based on whether the optical parameter average on the first side is smaller than that on the second side.

Apparatus For Detecting Cells Being Infected With Human Papillomavirus (HPV) And A Detection Method Therefor

The present invention provides an automatic integral forming method for a double-curvature plate of a ship, comprising: a) constructing a loading system for integral forming; b) establishing relationship between basic forming data and processing data of the plate according to a requirement for a forming process; c) making prototyping software according to the relationship between the basic data and the processing data, installing the prototyping software on the control device, starting the prototyping software to load the plate so that the plate is plastically deformed in double curvature. The present invention features easy operation, high intelligence, high precision and wide application range, and thus is especially applicable for automatic forming of large-curvature plates such as saddle-shaped plates, sail-shaped plates, twisted plates, plates combining shapes thereof and so on.

AUTOMATIC INTEGRAL FORMING METHOD FOR DOUBLE-CURVATURE PLATE OF SHIP

A method is provided for activating at least one vehicle component of a vehicle in a braking situation of the vehicle. The method includes, but is not limited to raking of the vehicle to a halt and monitoring of at least one second vehicle component take place, and the second vehicle component can be actuated by a vehicle occupant. In addition, actuation of the at least one first vehicle component after a predetermined time takes place in the event that the second vehicle component is not actuated by the vehicle occupant within the predetermined time.

Method and device for activating at least one vehicle component of a vehicle

PCT No. PCT/EP94/00655 Sec. 371 Date Nov. 2, 1995 Sec. 102(e) Date Nov. 2, 1995 PCT Filed Mar. 5, 1995 PCT Pub. No. WO94/22073 PCT Pub. Date Sep. 29, 1994A dual-line system of controlling or monitoring processes or industrial plants employing a dual-line fuzzy unit is presented in which due allowance can be made for both positive and negative rules. These are rules issuing "positive recommendations" and "warnings" or "prohibitions" for the selection of the values of the output variables for the fuzzy unit. The dual-line system enables logical compromises to be made between these "recommendations" and "warnings" or "prohibitions". Along with the possibility of drawing on positive empirical knowledge, use of this dual-line system also creates the possibility of utilizing negative empirical knowledge with the same degree of transparency with which positive empirical knowledge has previously been used in conventional fuzzy units. The warnings serve to protect the plant or resources or to prevent undesirable control behavior. The inclusion of warnings or, more especially, prohibitions is also of interest for warranties of operational reliability.

System of controlling or monitoring processes or industrial plants employing a dual-line fuzzy unit

A system and method for efficient delivery of radio frequency (RF) energy includes a backplane. At least a single channel card is removably coupled to the backplane for controlling the amount of RF power delivered through a single channel via an electrical coupling to at least one ablation electrode or a catheter. The at least one channel card provides a gradual increase in RF power calculated in real-time during an initial ramp-up phase, and to limit the delivery of RF power through the electrical coupling based on a received temperature of cardiac tissue in contact with the at least one ablation electrode, thereby reducing the likelihood coagulum formation.

System and method for multi-channel RF energy delivery with coagulum reduction

A method and system for analyzing continuous bit segments taken from a general data channel and classifying the sampled data by type, such as: voice, audio or data. B contiguous bits are converted to plus and minus deltas. The B-replaced values are then padded with B contiguous zeroes and the Fourier Transform of the padded sequence is computed. A power spectral density is derived from the Fourier Transform. In addition to the Fourier Transform, compression and entropy algorithms are performed on strings of bits within the message. The first B terms of the power spectral density and the results of the compression and entropy algorithms are used to differentiate and classify the data types, based on the premise that the combination of power spectral density, compression and entropy results yields parameters indicative of distinct types of data messages.

Method and system for classifying digital traffic

A language model is modified for a local speech recognition system using remote speech recognition sources. In one example, a speech utterance is received. The speech utterance is sent to at least one remote speech recognition system. Text results corresponding to the utterance are received from the remote speech recognition system. A local text result is generated using local vocabulary. The received text results and the generated text result are compared to determine words that are out of the local vocabulary and the local vocabulary is updated using the out of vocabulary words.

LANGUAGE MODEL MODIFICATION FOR LOCAL SPEECH RECOGNITION SYSTEMS USING REMOTE SOURCES

A method and system for dynamic and interactive navigation is presented. A navigation request is received from a user. The navigation request comprises an originating location description, a destination location description, and at least one criterion to be satisfied by a desired route. Dynamic condition information associated with at least one route between the originating location and the destination location is retrieved. Based on the dynamic condition information, a desired route between the originating location and the destination location is determined.

Method and system for dynamic and interactive route finding

The present invention relates to a method for determining a selected machining quality of components in a manufacturing process, particularly during metal cutting, having at least the following method steps of determining process-relevant variables by sensors and/or from the data stream in the machine controller, extracting variable curves characteristic for the respective machining process, selecting a number of different characteristics of the extracted variable curves, the linking of which enables a clear assignment to the selected machining quality, and multivariate linking of the selected characteristics to a characteristic pattern correlating with the selected machining quality.

Method for determining the machining quality of components, particularly for metal cutting by NC machines