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20130012174 | 13616419 | 0 | 1. A computer-implemented method of presenting information to a user in which a computer system initiates execution of software instructions stored in memory, the computer-implemented method comprising: receiving one or more ambiguous characters via a reduced-entry keypad of a wireless phone, the one or more ambiguous characters received as a sequence of numbers input through the reduced-entry keypad, each respective ambiguous character being a number that represents one of at least two disambiguated letters; exchanging at least one of the ambiguous characters with a host by transmitting the sequence of numbers to the host across a wireless network, exchanging the at least one of the ambiguous characters including exchanging the sequence of numbers upon receiving an amount of numbers in the sequence that meets an initial predetermined threshold amount of numbers, and exchanging subsequently received numbers, received as part of the sequence of numbers, after receiving an amount of the subsequently received numbers above a second predetermined threshold amount of numbers; receiving, from the host, results that represent disambiguated terms corresponding to the ambiguous characters exchanged with the host; rendering the results in a display of the wireless phone in a manner that enables identification of which of the disambiguated terms will be used upon a received selection of a displayed result; receiving, from the host, updated results that represent disambiguated terms corresponding to the subsequently received numbers exchanged with the host; rendering the updated results in the display of the wireless phone; and in response to receiving a selection of one of the disambiguated terms, displaying information corresponding to the selection. |
20120296879 | 13110246 | 0 | 1. A computer implemented method for correcting records in a database comprising: generating, using a processor, respective candidate replacement entries for multiple inconsistent records of the database; grouping the candidate replacement entries to provide multiple groups of related candidate updates for the database; ranking the groups according to a loss function to quantify database quality; receiving input for a selected group; sorting candidate replacement entries in the selected group; and applying updates from the selected group to the database to correct entries of the inconsistent records. |
10129156 | 14675670 | 1 | 1. A system for creation and management of feedback instances operable in a cloud computing environment, comprising: a processing unit; and a memory unit that stores instructions that, when executed by the processing unit, cause the processing unit to perform operations comprising: receiving a policy request from a policy requestor, determining that none of a plurality of policies within a policy repository are to be activated in response to the policy request, in response to determining that none of the plurality of policies within the policy repository are to be activated in response to the policy request, determining that at least one feedback instance should be utilized to satisfy the policy request, receiving a feedback instance creation request that is generated in response to the policy request, examining the feedback instance creation request to determine an objective to be met by a new feedback instance model, building a specification for the new feedback instance model, wherein the specification identifies actors, input for the new feedback instance model, and operational parameters, creating the new feedback instance model in accordance with the specification for the new feedback instance model, providing the new feedback instance model to a non-active feedback instance model storage of a feedback instance model repository that communicates with the memory unit, wherein the new feedback instance model is in a non-active state until being retrieved from the non-active feedback instance model storage, and activating a new feedback instance based upon the new feedback instance model that is in accordance with the operational parameters, wherein a model identifier of the new feedback instance model is moved to an active feedback instance model storage. |
20130144608 | 13757534 | 0 | 1. A computer implemented method comprising: receiving an abstract phrase comprising a text phrase and a variable at a particular position in the text phrase; receiving a text value for the variable; combining the text phrase of the abstract phrase and the text value according to the particular position of the variable; applying, by a computer system, an integration rule at a boundary of the text phrase of the abstract phrase and the text value to produce an integrated phrase, the integration rule based on a language rule, wherein the integration rule modifies a portion of the text phrase of the abstract phrase or a portion of the text value. |
20120226574 | 13038925 | 0 | 1. A computer-implemented data processing system comprising: a database, an offering module comprising an offering user interface for a pawner to enter an indication of an item to be pawned into the database, a bidding module comprising a bidding user interface for at least one bidder to enter at least one bid into the database, a selection module for selecting one of the at least one bid as a winning bid and the bidder of the winning bid as a pawnee, a release declaration module for declaring a release of the item if the release declaration module receives a release remark, and a release notification module for notifying the pawnee that the item was released if the release declaration module declares a release of the item. |
9774730 | 14718486 | 1 | 1. A method for telephone interaction, comprising: establishing a voice channel for voice calls completely in a circuit switched domain with a telephone agent system; establishing, via a third-party service platform, a data channel completely in a packet switched domain with the telephone agent system if the telephone agent system is detected to be in a busy state after the voice channel is established; acquiring information provided by the telephone agent system via the data channel, the information being associated with an entertainment service; and providing the entertainment service to a user based on the information, wherein acquiring the information and providing the entertainment service include: sending a version acquisition request to the telephone agent system via the data channel; receiving a newest version number of entertainment interaction information returned by the telephone agent system via the data channel in response to the version acquisition request; judging, according to the newest version number, whether a newest version of the entertainment interaction information is cached; if the newest version of the entertainment interaction information is not cached, acquiring the entertainment interaction information provided by the telephone agent system via the data channel; and if the newest version of the entertainment interaction information is cached, providing the entertainment service based on the cached newest version of the entertainment interaction information. |
20090255988 | 12491150 | 0 | 1. A method for managing a plurality of applications on a smartcard comprising: receiving a personal identification number from an input device of a client card system, wherein the smartcard is inserted into the client card system, and wherein the client card system comprises a computer having an interface for communication with the smart card; obtaining a chip information number from the smartcard; using the chip information number to obtain a user profile; transmitting the user profile to a graphical user interface; displaying data contained within the user profile on the graphical user interface, wherein the data contained within the user profile corresponds to the plurality of applications, wherein the graphical user interface depicts the plurality of applications that are operable to be modified, and wherein the graphical user interface depicts, for each of the plurality of applications, an application name, an application status, available user actions, and additional information related to each of the plurality of applications; receiving at least one user command for at least one of the plurality of applications, wherein a set of available user actions is determined for each of the plurality of applications, wherein a user command performs an available user action from a set of available user actions corresponding to one of the plurality of applications; and responsive to receiving the at least one user command, updating the user profile by executing the at least one user command to perform at least one corresponding available user action for the at least one of the plurality of applications, wherein updates to the user profile are installed on the smartcard. |
7499956 | 11166583 | 1 | 1. A method for processing annotations present in a file, comprising method operations of: receiving the file; identifying an annotation present in the file; identifying factories available for processing annotations; determining annotations supported by each of the available factories; arranging each of the available factories in a determined order such that conflicts between factories having different versions of a processor supporting the annotation present are resolved through the determined order; and assigning one of the available factories to process the annotation based on the annotation present in the file being supported by the one of the available factories. |
9822321 | 14572860 | 1 | 1. Gasoline fuel comprising paraffinic hydrocarbons originating from biological oils, fats, or derivatives or combinations thereof as a concentration ranging from 5 to 20 vol.-%, and oxygenates as a concentration ranging from 5 to 25 vol.-% calculated from the total volume of the fuel, wherein a bioenergy content of the fuel is at least 14 Energy equivalent percentage (Eeqv-%), said Energy Equivalent percentage being calculated based on the heating values given in the European Renewable Energy Directive 2009/28/EC. |
9979733 | 14863981 | 1 | 1. A method for autoprovisioning a user account based on detected attribute patterns comprising: receiving a user request via a network from a requesting user for access to a first target; determining that the access will require a creation of a new account on the first target; retrieving a set of existing account information belonging to respective user accounts of other users; performing pattern matching, by an attribute pattern discovery component, on the retrieved set of existing account information to discover attribute patterns in the retrieved set of existing account information, wherein a first pattern matching process extracts user attribute information in the retrieved set of existing account information and a second pattern matching process discovers at least a first attribute pattern within the extracted user attribute information and wherein the attribute pattern discovery component is a software module resident in a computer memory; generating an account template according to the first discovered attribute pattern, wherein generating an account template includes generating an expression for determining a value for a respective account attribute using the first discovered attribute pattern; and using the generated account template to create a new account on the first target, wherein the expression is evaluated at run time to provide an account value for the respective account attribute in the new account, and granting the user access to the first target using the created new account. |
9177141 | 13817577 | 1 | 1. An active defense method based on cloud security, comprising: recording a black/white list in a database, which black/white list including different program features and corresponding program behaviors; receiving at least one program behavior and a program feature of a program from a client; comparing the received program feature/program behavior with the recorded program feature/program behavior in the database, and making a determination on the program based on the comparison result; feeding back the determination result to the client; wherein, said method further comprising based on the program features and the corresponding program behaviors thereof in the black/white list, performing an analysis of unknown program features and program behaviors of a first program and a second program to update the black/white list comprising establishing an associated relationship between the first program and the second program based on their program features and their program behaviors; when a program behavior of the first program is included into the black/white list, updating the black/white list by: adding a program feature of the first program that corresponds to the program behavior of the first program to the black/white list, and adding a program behavior and a program feature of the second program into the black/white list based on the associated relationship between the first program and the second program; and/or when a program feature of the first program is included into the black/white list, updating the black/white list by: adding a program behavior of the first program that corresponds to the program feature of the first program to the black/white list, and adding the program behavior and the program feature of the second program to the black/white list based on the associated relationship between the first program and the second program. |
20170004352 | 15189055 | 0 | 1. A computer-implemented method of processing a fingerprint image, comprising: acquiring a present fingerprint image from a fingerprint sensor and computing a plurality of first feature vectors of the present fingerprint image; retrieving a plurality of second feature vectors of an enrolled fingerprint image from a storage; applying a similarity measure to compute a plurality of similarity values that represents a degree of similarity between a set of first feature vectors and second feature vectors; performing first classification of at least a portion of the plurality of similarity values to generate a first signal indicative of whether the present fingerprint image falls within a class defined from enrolled images; performing second classification of at least a portion of the plurality of similarity values to generate a second signal indicative of whether the present fingerprint image falls within a class of fingerprints from live fingers or a class of fingerprints from imitated fingers; and generating an authentication signal from the first signal and the second signal. |
8533038 | 09777614 | 1 | 1. A computer implemented method for managing and distributing offers, the method comprising: producing a plurality of marketing campaigns each comprising a plurality of offers selected from a set of offers to send to multiple targeted individuals; selecting by one or more computers the offers to send for each of the plurality of marketing campaigns according to a determined channel allocation of such offers specified by offer data processing rules executed by the one or more computers, from which one or more of the offers are identified for targeting specific individuals; and delivering the offers over channels to specific, targeted individuals of the multiple targeted individuals, with the channels and time of delivery of the offers based on execution of offer data processing rules and the allocation of the offers to the channels based on the determined allocations in each of the marketing campaigns with the channels being one of a plurality of different types of delivery channels. |
8676866 | 13423471 | 1 | 1. A computer-implemented method of providing a canonical hierarchical schema (CHS) based on a plurality of source hierarchical schemas, the method being executed using one or more processors and comprising: receiving the plurality of source hierarchical schemas, each source hierarchical schema being stored as a computer-readable document in computer-readable memory; processing, using the one or more processors, the source hierarchical schemas to generate a merged graph, the merged graph comprising a plurality of merged nodes, each merged node being provided based on one or more nodes from at least two of the source hierarchical schemas; determining, using the one or more processors, that the merged graph includes one or more conflicts and, in response, resolving each conflict of the one or more conflicts to generate a conflict-free merged graph, wherein resolving comprises splitting one or more merged nodes into respective sub-sets of merged nodes; defining a constraints satisfaction problem (CSP) that includes a plurality of constraints associated therewith based on the conflict-free merged graph; processing, using the one or more processors, the CSP to generate a plurality of mediated hierarchical schemas (MHSs), each MHS being a solution to the CSP; identifying an MHS of the plurality of MHSs as an optimum MHS, wherein the CHS is provided as the optimum MHS; and storing the CHS as a computer-readable document in the computer-readable memory. |
20130125216 | 13735195 | 0 | 1. A method for network management, the method comprising: in a system managed via Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF), authenticating operations performed during opaque management data operations in a network device via Common Information Model (CIM) data model access profiles. |
8154600 | 12099301 | 1 | 1. A method for distributed tracking of multiple targets using a variational Expectation-Maximization (EM) algorithm in a surveillance system, the surveillance system comprising a plurality of trackers tracking the multiple targets, the method comprising: estimating a motion state variable of each of the plurality of trackers, the estimation being performed in the E-step of the variational EM algorithm; estimating a data association variable of each of the plurality of trackers based on a graph-based discrete optimization algorithm, the estimation being performed in the M-step of the variational EM algorithm; tracking the multiple targets based on the motion state variable and the data association variable of each of the plurality of trackers; and wherein the data association variable of each of the plurality of trackers is estimated as a maximum a posteriori (MAP) estimate in the M-step of the variational EM algorithm. |
9846887 | 14015506 | 1 | 1. A computer-based system comprising: a plurality of electronic location sensors that capture time-stamped location data indicative of the location that venue visitors visit over time; a computer database system that stores derived venue check-in data based on the time-stamped location data captured by the plurality of electronic location sensors, wherein the venue check-in data comprise venue check-in data from the multiple venue visitors for multiple venues in a geographic region; a host computer system that comprises one or more processors that are in communication with the computer database system, wherein the one or more processors are programmed to: generate a check-in intensity vector for each of the multiple venues based on the venue check-in data, each check-in intensity vector comprising a plurality of elements, each element corresponding to one or more venue visitors of the multiple venue visitors, and wherein values for the elements of the check-in intensity vector for a venue is based on at least a measure of intensity of check-ins of the corresponding one or more venue visitors to the venue over a predetermined period of time; generate elements of a pairwise venue similarity matrix for the multiple venues, each generated element comprising a similarity score indicative of a similarity between a different pair of the multiple venues, wherein the similarity score for a pair of the venues is determined, by the one or more processors, based on at least a measure of the similarity between the check-in intensity vectors for each of the pair of venues; and determine boundaries for two or more geographic clusters of venues in the geographic region, wherein the geographic clusters of venues are determined based on at least the generated elements of the pairwise venue similarity matrix, wherein each of the two or more geographic clusters of venues comprises a mix of one or more of the multiple venues; and an analytics server system in communication with the host computer system, wherein in the analytics server system comprises one or more servers that are programmed to receive data about the two or more geographic clusters determined by the host computer system and provide analytics using the two or more geographic clusters determined by the host computer system. |
20030050912 | 10079305 | 0 | 1. A communication data format for use in communicating data between applications for storage and retrieval, comprising: a data field for conveying a data item; and a plurality of attributes associated with said data field, said plurality of attributes including, a data type identifier for use in determining an executable procedure to be used in processing said data item, and at least one other attribute used in determining particular operations to be applied in processing said data item by said executable procedure. |
20150193567 | 14665884 | 0 | 1. A computerized method of generating a traffic simulation respective of at least one content storing server, the content storing server operative for caching popular content, comprising: sniffing traffic between at least a first portion of a network and at least a second portion of the network; identifying, from the sniffed traffic, at least a source of content and at least a destination of the content; determining if the content is stored on a cache; simulating a notification respective of the content; and generating a simulation of traffic respective at least of: the content and the simulated notification. |
6032121 | 08856854 | 1 | 1. A computer-implemented method for proactive planning comprising: 1) employing a planning engine comprising processes for generating an executable plan for a known period of execution; 2) inputting to the planning engine real time planning data, said planning data being derived by an automated process from real enterprise data; 3) monitoring said input planning data; 4) utilizing said input ping data selectively for determining if and/or when the executable plan is to be revised during said period of execution by said planning engine, such that depending upon a magnitude of change, as represented by said input planning data, to said executable plan, said planning engine is selectively employed; and 5) allocating resources based on said determining. |
10049656 | 14033346 | 1 | 1. A system comprising: a computer-readable memory storing executable instructions; and one or more processors in communication with the computer-readable memory, wherein the one or more processors are programmed by the executable instructions to at least: obtain natural language processing personalization data associated with a user, the natural language processing personalization data comprising data regarding items in a user-specific content catalog associated with the user; generate a personal language model using at least the data regarding items in the user-specific content catalog, wherein the personal language model is specific to the user, wherein the personal language model includes a first subset of items in a general language model, and wherein the general language model is not associated with any specific user; determine, using at least the data regarding items in the user-specific content catalog, a plurality of user-specific predicted items about which the user is predicted to make a future utterance, wherein the plurality of user-specific predicted items are not in the user-specific content catalog; generate a predictive language model based at least on the plurality of user-specific predicted items, wherein the predictive language model is associated with the user, and wherein the predictive language model includes a second subset of items in the general language model; generate a weighting factor for the general language model, wherein the weighting factor, when applied to the general language model, reduces probabilities associated with individual items in the general language model that are determined to be acoustically confusable with at least portion of the user-specific predicted items; and subsequently: process an utterance using the personal language model, the predictive language model, the general language model, and the weighting factor, wherein the utterance includes a first item of the plurality of user-specific predicted items; recognize the first item based at least on the personal language model, the predictive language model, and the general language model, wherein the first item is recognized based at least partly on a first probability for the first item being higher than a second probability for a second item and a third probability for a third item, wherein a value of the first probability comprises a probability value from the personal language model, wherein a value of the second probability comprises a probability value from the predictive language model, and wherein a value of the third probability comprises a product of the weighting factor and a probability value from the general language model; and play, on a user computing device, audio content associated with the first item. |
20120004956 | 13182930 | 0 | 1. A method of sharing an event with members of a social network, comprising: announcing to one or more members of a social network an invitation to participate in said event; operating a device accompanying said participant during the event to track positions of said participant during the event; communicating said positions to a social media server associated with said social network; subscribing to said event on said social network by said one or more invited members; and viewing said event by said one or more members wherein at least one view is a perspective view from a participant position communicated to said social media server and includes an augmented reality (AR) message. |
9911093 | 15142352 | 1 | 1. A method, in a data processing system, for dynamically determining one or more automation levels for a set of work orders identified for a set of tasks in a workflow, comprising: identifying two or more tasks and task attributes associated with each task in the two or more tasks in the workflow, wherein the workflow is within an environment in which the workflow is to be performed and wherein identifying the two or more work orders from the two or more tasks in the workflow comprises: comparing the each task within the two or more tasks in the workflow to a set of predefined task templates in order to identify a task template associated with the task; utilizing the identified two or more task templates for the corresponding two or more tasks to thereby define the workflow based on the identified two or more task templates from the set of predefined task templates; and converting the each task in the identified two or more task templates to a work order thereby creating the two or more work orders that conform to the identified two or more task templates; applying one or more automation rules to context information of the environment and state information of the environment as well as the task attributes associated with the each task in the two or more tasks identified from the workflow to generate an individualized automation level setting for each work order of two or more work orders generated from the two or more tasks in the workflow, wherein applying the one or more automation rules to the context information, the state information, and the task attributes to generate the individualized automation level setting for each of the two or more work orders comprises evaluating the context information and the state information according to conditions specified in the one or more automation rules and setting each individualized automation level setting to a first setting based on the context information and the state information satisfying the conditions specified in the one or more automation rules and setting each individualized automation level setting to a second setting based on the context information and the state information not satisfying the conditions specified in the one or more automation rules; and performing the each of work order of the two or more work orders in the environment in which the workflow is to be performed in accordance with its associated individualized automation level setting, wherein the individualized automation level setting specifies a degree of automation to be used when performing the work order. |
8370949 | 12958145 | 1 | 1. A method comprising: identifying, by one or more processors of one or more server devices, an advertisement; determining, by one or more processors of the one or more server devices, that one or more terms, associated with the advertisement, include a potential violation of intellectual property rights; and providing, by one or more processors of the one or more server devices and to an advertiser associated with the advertisement, an option for the advertiser to request further review of the advertisement when the one or more terms, associated with the advertisement, include the potential violation of intellectual property rights. |
10070283 | 14208278 | 1 | 1. A telecommunication system comprising: one or more processors; and a computer readable memory storing program code which, when executed by the one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to at least: after a communication is established by a first electronic communication device and a second electronic communication device, receive, at the telecommunication system, from the first electronic communication device, digital auditory data corresponding to an ongoing conversation between a first person using the first electronic communication device and the second person using a second electronic communication device, the conversation including a plurality of words spoken by the first person and the second person during the ongoing conversation; while the conversation is ongoing between the first person using the first electronic communication device and the second person using the second electronic communication device, process the digital auditory data to identify mention of specific entities including one or more of telephone numbers, email addresses, dates, times, locations and proper names, the processing of the digital auditory data including: identifying high priority of the specific entities; facilitating disambiguation of the identified high priority specific entities; identifying an utterance of a first entity in the plurality of words, and determining one or more actions possible to perform with respect to the identified first entity, the one or more actions determined based on context and relevance of the identified first entity with respect to the plurality of words of the conversation; annotate the identified first entity to create an annotated entity with text listing the one or more actions possible to perform with respect to the identified first entity; and while the conversation is ongoing between the first person using the first electronic communication device and the second person using the second electronic communication device, cause a display device of the first electronic communication device to display the annotated entity such that the first electronic communication device, while the conversation is ongoing between the first person using the first electronic communication device and the second person using the second electronic communication device, obtains, via an input device of the first electronic communication device, a user interaction from the first person, the user interaction is associated with a selection of an action included in the displayed annotated entity; and responsive to the user interaction, perform the selected action with respect to the identified entity. |
20080170623 | 11910568 | 0 | 1. A signal processing system adapted for sparse representation of signals, said system comprising: (i) one or more training signals; (ii) a dictionary containing signal-atoms; (iii) a representation of each training signal using a linear combination of said dictionary's signal-atoms; (iv) means for updating the representation of the training signal; (v) means for updating the dictionary one group of atoms at a time, wherein each atom update may include all representations referring to said updated atom; and (vi) means for iterating (iv) and (v) until a stopping rule is fulfilled. |
10127515 | 15790952 | 1 | 1. A method comprising: receiving digital vessel data for a global fleet of vessels, the digital vessel data being one or more of automatic identification system (AIS) data, image data or radar data retrieved at least in part from one or more of a satellite, a ground based receiver, from a respective vessel of the global fleet of vessels, or other receiver; combining, via a processor, one or more of the digital vessel data, historical vessel location data, vessel location data, vessel physical characteristics data, port physical characteristics data associated with a port and known patterns of maritime trade flows, to yield first combined data; inferring, based on the first combined data, a loaded/empty status of at least one of a vessel or a type of cargo in the vessel; combining, via the processor, one or more of the digital vessel data, the vessel location data, the historical vessel location data, the vessel physical characteristics data, the port physical characteristics data, the type of cargo and the loaded/empty status of the vessel to yield second combined data; receiving data regarding one or more of supply, demand, and amount of available cargo to yield third combined data; and generating, based on one or more of the first combined data, the second combined data and the third combined data, information relating to a supply of vessels available to load at a specified port and/or deliver a cargo to a specified port, in each case within a specified period of time; and generating suggestions for one or more vessels regarding future routes based on one or more of the first combined data, the second combined data and the third combined data. |
20110265066 | 13091347 | 0 | 1. A method comprising: executing code of a first type in a multitenant environment, the code having a plurality of reference types, wherein the multitenant environment includes data for multiple client entities, each identified by a tenant identifier (ID) having one of one or more users associated with the tenant ID, users of each of multiple client identities can only access data identified by a tenant ID associated with the respective client entity, and the multitenant environment is at least a hosted database provided by an entity separate from the client entities, and provides on-demand database service to the client entities; identifying a value type reference from the plurality of reference types; unboxing the value type; performing an operation associated with the value type to generate a result; boxing the result; and generating code of a second type comprising at least the boxed result. |
9516272 | 14463506 | 1 | 1. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing executable instructions comprising instruction when executed cause a programmable device to: determine automatically an interaction between a first conferee and a second conferee of a plurality of conferees of a continuous presence videoconference; employ a layout for a continuous presence video image for a first endpoint responsive to the interaction between the first conferee and the second conferee; assign a first video image corresponding to the first conferee to a first segment of the layout; and assign a second video image corresponding to the second conferee to a second segment of the layout relative to the first video image in the continuous presence video image, responsive to the interaction between the first conferee and the second conferee; and compose the continuous presence video image responsive to information related to the layout and the assignment of the first video image and the assignment of the second video image by an editor for presentation by the first endpoint. |
20070198478 | 11354774 | 0 | 1. A meta data management system for use with a surveillance system, comprising: a user interface that allows users to define rules to manage meta data from distributed devices; an application programming interface providing an application access to system data and control information; and a mechanism allows the application to transparently and seamlessly integrate with different types of databases by transparently allocating and searching the data that are physically distributed at different devices. |
20110112698 | 12996727 | 0 | 1. A method of performing energy estimations operations in an intensive energy consuming site or system environment, the method comprising the steps of: (a) inputting a series of energy, emission and influencing data variables related to the intensive energy consuming site or system environment; (b) performing a first energy use prediction operation utilising a first prediction technique; (c) performing a second similar energy use prediction operation utilising a second different prediction technique; (d) correlating the results of the two techniques and; (e) providing an output signal indicative of the level of correlation between the two techniques. |
20140297491 | 13855590 | 0 | 1. A method, comprising: receiving at a cloud service provider a first set of information from an Internet service provider that provides an Internet service, wherein the first set of information relates to expected user behavior of a representative user of the Internet service provider; identifying one or more computing resources employed by the Internet service provided by the Internet service provider; analyzing the first set of information to determine a cycle, wherein the cycle is a function of the computing resources expected to be employed by the representative user of the Internet service provider; computing a service fee for each instance of the cycle; and in response to detecting an actual cycle at a computing device assigned by the cloud service provider to the Internet service provider, allocating the service fee to the Internet service provider. |
20020144211 | 09817299 | 0 | 1. A method of verifying a logic design for proper operation of tri-state buses specified in the design, the method comprising: for each bus in the circuit design, performing an exhaustive analysis on a min-cut set of logic controlling the bus and designating each said bus as either conclusively conflict-free and float-free or as inconclusive. |
9996845 | 12715956 | 1 | 1. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving, at a first time, at a server a request from an advertiser to target an ad for display by a computer-implemented social network to users of the computer-implemented social network, the request comprising data representing characteristics of the users that the advertiser desires to target; ranking, by the server and in response to receiving the request to target an ad to users, the users based on i) how similar the users' characteristics are to the received characteristics and ii) an influence score for each user that indicates how influential the user is within the computer-implemented social network; determining, by the server and in response to the ranking of the users, a score for the advertiser's request based on at least i) a bid price from the advertiser for an opportunity to display the ad to one or more of the users targeted by the advertiser and ii) a determined level of quality for the ad that indicates how likely the ad is to be selected when the ad is presented to the one or more users; assigning, by the server and to the advertiser, the opportunity to display the ad to a plurality of users, each of the plurality of users targeted by the advertiser based on a correlation between the score of the advertiser's request and one or more rankings of each of the plurality of the one or more users; receiving, at a second time that is after the first time and from a computing device that is associated with a first user, a request for content of the social network; determining, in response to receiving the request, that the first user is one of the plurality of users who have been assigned the opportunity to display the ad; outputting, by the server to the computing device associated with the first user and in response to determining that the first user is one of the plurality of users, the requested content of the social network and the ad for presentation in an application that is installed on the computing device; identifying, by the application that is installed on the computing device, the first user as a propagating user; and recursively propagating the ad, by the application that is installed on the computing device, including: identifying multiple related users that are each connected to the propagating user in the social network; identifying an influence score of the propagating user; for each given related user of the related users: identifying an influence score of the given related user, wherein at least some of the related users have a higher or equal influence score as compared to the propagating user and at least some of the related users have a lower influence score than the propagating user; determining whether the influence score of the given related user is less than the influence score of the propagating user; propagating the ad to the given related user in response to determining that the influence score of the given related user is less than the influence score of the propagating user; providing a substitute ad to the given related user in response to determining that the influence score of the given related user is not less than the influence score of the propagating user; determining whether an end condition has been met; and stopping the recursive propagation of the ad in response to determining that the end condition has been met. |
20100191500 | 12594390 | 0 | 1. A method of determining the positions and orientations of the base and platform of a parallel manipulator, using an iterative calculation in which successive iterations calculate estimates of said positions and orientations, each estimate being determined from the previous estimate using an inverse of a derivative of an error function, that function also being used to determine error values for each estimate, wherein: when, for one of said iterations, at least one of a) the absolute magnitude of said error values are less than a predetermined maximum, b) the RMS of said error values is less than a further predetermined maximum, and c) the error convergence rate is less than a predetermined value, the subsequent one of said iteration uses unchanged said inverse of said derivative of said function; and when for said one of said iterations, at least one of a) the absolute magnitude of said error values is greater or equal to said predetermined maximum, b) the RMS of said error values is greater than or equal to said further predetermined maximum and c) said error convergence rate is greater or equal to said predetermined value, a revised inverse of said derivative of said function is calculated, using the estimate of positions and orientations determined in said one of said iterations, and said revised inverse is used instead of said inverse in the subsequent one of said iterations. |
20110264282 | 13107271 | 0 | 1. A system for optimized decision-making for water supply grids and/or water supply operations, the system comprising: at least one central data processing device; a control system having at least one integration device; and at least one functional unit configured to at least one of determine and process state information concerning at least one of the grids and operations, respectively; wherein the integration device is configured to prompt at least one of integration and incorporation of the functionality of the at least one functional unit into the control system such that at least one of (i) functionality of the control system is extended by functionality of the respective functional unit and (ii) the control system and the at least one functional unit interact such that individual functions and/or the functionality of the respective functional unit is at least one of called, executed and used by means of at least one of the integration device, the control system at least one further functional unit, and wherein the integration device is configured to enable, through integration with the control system and the at least one functional unit, state information to be obtained and provided for decision-making concerning at least one of a technical task and a technical problem. |
20090254912 | 12370524 | 0 | 1. A method for creating an application configured to be executed by a mobile device, the method comprising: providing two or more plugin modules, wherein the plugin modules include executable code configured to: receive a request to perform a task via a mobile device; display data via a user interface presented by the mobile device; and communicate with a server associated with the plugin module to cause the server to perform a transaction that enables the mobile device to perform the requested task; providing a container module that houses configurable portions of the two or more plugin modules, wherein the container module is configured to: enable a shared functionality across the two or more plugin modules; enable a configuration of global settings across the two or more plugin modules; and enable navigation between the two or more plugin modules; configuring global settings for the provided two or more plugin modules and for the provided container module; and generating an application to be executed by the mobile device, wherein the generated application includes the provided two or more plugin modules, the provided container module, and the configured global settings. |
9582943 | 14172797 | 1 | 1. A driving data collection device, comprising: a vehicle interface adapted to interface with an on-board diagnostics system of a vehicle and retrieve vehicle parameters of the vehicle from the on-board diagnostics system while the driving data collection device is physically connected to the vehicle; an output interface adapted to output data by near field communication; a processor adapted to execute computer program instructions; and a non-transitory computer readable medium storing executable computer program instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to: analyze the vehicle parameters to generate verification information indicating whether the driving data collection device is in a correct vehicle; generate driving data describing how the vehicle is driven responsive to the vehicle parameters; detect when the driving data collection device is physically connected to and disconnected from the vehicle; generate a log identifying the connections and disconnections; generate a data file containing a summary of the driving data, the log, and the verification information and smaller than a predetermined file size, wherein generating the data file comprises: generating a compressed summary of the driving data; adding the compressed summary of the driving data to the data file; and adding raw driving data to the data file to which the compressed summary was added until the data file reaches the predetermined file size; and output the data file to an external user device by the output interface. |
20070180383 | 11733126 | 0 | 1. A hand-held electronic device comprising: a media database that stores media content; a display device that is capable of displaying a user interface, the user interface presenting at least one menu, the at least one menu having a plurality of menu items; a user input device capable of receiving a user input pertaining to a selection of at least one of the menu items in the at least one menu; a memory that stores audio files, the audio files being associated with the menu items of the at least one menu; and a user interface control module that plays one of the audio files in response to the user input pertaining to a selection of at least one of the menu items in the at least one menu. |
9916396 | 13771020 | 1 | 1. A computer-implemented method comprising: providing content for display on a display screen of a user device; receiving gesture data from a user, wherein the gesture data is associated with a user selection of a portion of the displayed content; identifying, in response to receiving the gesture data, a plurality of objects in the selected portion of the display content, wherein the plurality of objects includes a first object having a first object type and a second object having a second object type; determining one or more search queries, wherein determining the one or more search queries includes: identifying one or more first topics from the first object and one or more second topics from the second object, determining a respective first weight for each of the first topics and a respective second weight for each of the second topics based on a plurality of criteria including the respective object types of the first object and the second object, and determining the one or more search queries based on the one or more first topics, the one or more second topics, the respective first weights, and the respective second weights; and providing, in response to the one or more search queries, one or more search results for display on the display screen of the user device. |
20100049593 | 12550287 | 0 | 1. A method for a controlling party to award a contract to a bidding party selected from a panel of predetermined bidding parties, the method conducted over a computer network which comprises at least one controlling party computer, an administrator computer and at least two bidding party computers, the method involving a competitive auction event conducted to result in said contract award, the method comprising: in advance of said auction event, establishing key contract parameters to be provided to the at least two bidding party computers; applying a weighting process with respect to said parameters for each bidding party of the panel of predetermined bidding parties, to calculate a rating for each said bidding party; and during said auction event, receiving respective bids from the respective bidding party computers, adjusting said bids by applying said ratings for the respective bidding parties, and using said ratings to provide to each bidder an indication of a current bid to win (CBTW) in respect of said contract, the CBTW calculated by said administrator computer to dynamically indicate to a bidding party the offer that that particular party must submit to compete with the best previous bid. |
20080177791 | 11657346 | 0 | 1. A method for auditing a knowledge-based project for a first subscriber, the first subscriber having at least one first user participating in the knowledge-based project, the method comprising the steps of: d. obtaining data relating to at least one additional knowledge-based project from at least one additional subscriber, the obtained data forming community data; e. obtaining data relating to the knowledge-based project from the first subscriber, the obtained data forming subscriber data; and f. comparing the community data with the subscriber data to predict the outcome of the knowledge-based project. |
9218748 | 14113822 | 1 | 1. A system for providing an exercise to a user in playing a music instrument, the system comprising: a database containing converting information; a device that provides i) a music playing exercise to the user in a form of a first ensemble of notes, intervals and chords displayed on a display of the device, the music playing exercise being based on music playing exercise data of events comprised of the notes, the intervals and the chords, and ii) feedback to the user when, responsive to the displayed first ensemble, the user plays the music instrument and creates an acoustical sound; means for i) mapping the events of the music playing exercise data, to mapped notes in accordance with the converting information in the database, the mapped notes having frequency components, and ii) further mapping the mapped notes to the frequency components of the mapped notes, said mapping defining a first ensemble of said mapped frequency components; a microphone that i) receives the acoustical sound created by the user and ii) forms electrical signals of a second ensemble of the notes, the intervals and the chords corresponding to the acoustical sound created by the user; means for transforming the electrical signals of the second ensemble formed by the microphone into transformed frequency components defining a second ensemble of said transformed frequency components; means for recognizing parameters of the electrical signals, from the transformed frequency components, wherein said means for recognizing parameters are arranged to recognize as the parameters of the electrical signals: i) at least one of the group consisting of a) a frequency value of a frequency component, and b) an amplitude value of each frequency component, and ii) at least one of the group consisting of a) timing of play for each said frequency component, b) duration of play for each said frequency component, and c) frequency components from a note of a corresponding ensemble or sub-ensemble of transformed frequency components and amplitudes of the ensemble or sub-ensemble of transformed frequency components, said means for recognizing parameters, for recognition of at least one of a melody and a rhythm, recognizing the frequency value of frequency components, the duration and timing in respect to other frequency components, said means for recognizing parameters, for recognition of tempo of the playing, recognizing intermediate timing of the notes, the intervals and the chords; means for comparing the second ensemble of said transformed frequency components to the first ensemble of said mapped frequency components to obtain at least one parameter of at least one playing characteristic; a configuration of the system defining a skill level of the user according to the at least one parameter of the one playing characteristic, wherein the system is configured to train the user's playing in accordance of the at least one playing characteristic; means for providing instant feedback to the user on the user's playing of the exercise during the played exercise on the basis of the at least one playing characteristic; means for providing cumulative feedback to the user on the user's playing on the basis of the at least one playing characteristic; means for selecting a further exercise on the basis of the at least one playing characteristic; and means for gathering data from plural users' skills and advancements for collecting and analyzing performance of the plural users and experiences of the plural user, in order to find a weighted exercise to help a certain user in a certain item in said certain user's learning, and adapting an exercise plan of the certain user via seeking from the users' experiences in accordance to said certain user's skills to find, in the database, similar users' learning patterns similar to the certain user. |
9368021 | 14475299 | 1 | 1. A computer-implemented method of providing a device notification, the method comprising: under control of one or more computer systems configured with executable instructions, receiving an alert for delivery to an account associated with a first computing device, associated with a second computing device, and associated with a third computing device; receiving from the first computing device first contextual information including at least one of head tracking data, facial recognition data, or gaze determination data; sending a first alert to the first computing device based at least in part on the first contextual information, the first alert including first data to cause a visual output and a first audio output from the first computing device; receiving from the second computing device second contextual information including first proximity data indicating that the second computing device is within a threshold distance relative to the first computing device; and sending a second alert to the second computing device based at least in part on the second contextual information, the second alert lacking second data to cause second audio output from the second computing device; receiving from the third computing device third contextual information including second proximity data indicating that the third computing device is beyond the threshold distance relative to the first computing device; and sending a third alert to the third computing device based at least in part on the third contextual information, the third alert including third data to cause third audio output from the third computing device. |
20130332479 | 13490779 | 0 | 1. A computer-implemented method executed using one or more processors, the method comprising: receiving a search query; identifying a plurality of search results that are responsive to the search query, the plurality of search results comprising a plurality of items of digital content distributed using one or more social networking services; and determining that one or more terms provided in the search query is an active keyword and, in response: defining a first sub-set of items, the first sub-set of items comprising items of the plurality of items of digital content and being responsive to the active keyword; and providing items in the first sub-set of items for display as a discussion stream within search results. |
20020053978 | 09732175 | 0 | What is claimed is: 1. A method for generating an automated response to a fire emergency comprising the following steps: (a) receiving as input fire threat condition data for a facility; (b) analyzing the fire threat condition data to determine a matrix of possible responses to a fire emergency; and (c) selecting a response from the matrix of possible responses to minimize human casualties. |
20070279431 | 11738668 | 0 | 1. A program for causing an information processing apparatus to execute the steps of: assigning an operating element of an operation input device to a search term having been input; displaying an information image containing the search term on a screen, the information image being obtained on the basis of search processing using the search term; and indicating a position of the search term in the information image, the search term being assigned with the operating element in the assigning step, when operation information on the operating element assigned to the search term is input while the display of the displaying step is being performed. |
4642780 | 06667644 | 1 | 1. A computer implemented method comprising the steps of: forming and displaying on a color screen an affinity matrix, and operating in a priority color mode to cause the screen to show (i) a column of rows each identifying a respective department to which a portion of a multi-story building is to be allocated and the space requirements and relative priority of the department, wherein the priority is indicated by a block of a priority color, and the priority colors range from warmer for higher priority to cooler for lower priority, and (ii) a rectangular matrix of affinity elements, wherein each element indicates the affinity between two respective departments, and the affinity level of each element is indicated by a block of an affinity color which is at the matrix position of the element and wherein the affinity colors range from green for high affinity to paler greens for lower affinity, white for neutral affinity and red for negative affinity; selecting a department and selectively operating in an affinity color mode to cause the column block for that department to change to blue and the column blocks for the other departments to change to the respective affinity colors of the other departments relative to the selected department, to thereby facilitate determining at a glance the respective degrees of affinity of the other departments to the selected department, and selectively switching between the priority and affinity color display modes for the affinity matrix display and selectively assigning and reassigning priority and affinity colors to selected departments; forming and displaying a stacking diagram on the screen, said stacking diagram showing a stack of floors in the form of blocks related in size to the available floor areas and a column of rows each identifying a respective department, its relative priority and its space requirements, and selectively operating in a priority color mode to cause the stacking diagram to show, at the respective floor block of a selected floor, an allocation block sized in relation to the space requirements of a selected department and colored in the respective priority color of the department, and an affinity color mode to cause the allocation block for that department to be colored blue and any other allocation blocks of other departments to be shown in their respective affinity colors relative to the department with the blue allocation color, to thereby facilitate the determination at a glance of the affinities between and the relative sizes of departments allocated to the stack of floors, and switching between the priority and affinity color modes for the stacking diagram and selectively creating and moving allocation blocks; and forming and displaying on the screen a blocking diagram showing a selected floor as a block sized and shaped in accordance with the floor area thereof and a column of rows each identifying a respective department, its relative priority and its space requirements, and selectively operating in a priority color mode to cause the blocking diagram to show, at the floor block, a department allocation block sized in relation to the space requirements of a selected department and colored in the respective priority color of the department, and in an affinity color mode to cause the allocation block for that department to be colored blue and any other allocation blocks of other departments to be shown in their respective affinity colors relative to the department with the blue allocation color, to thereby facilitate the determination at a glance of the affinities between and relative sizes of departments allocated to the floor block. |
20160338030 | 14712872 | 0 | 1. A spectrum-efficient secondary users grouping method for two-tier cognitive radio networks, comprising the steps of: grouping femtocell base stations (FBSs) and macrocell secondary users (MSUs) into non-interfering groups based on their location information, the grouping being performed by a cognitive base station (CBS); and serving the FBSs/MSUs within each of the groups using a common channel, the common channel being purchased by the CBS. |
20040078778 | 10681409 | 0 | 1. A computerized method for resource handling within a Workflow Management System or a computer system with comparable functionality (WFMS), said WFMS administrating execution of a process-model of a business-process and said process-model comprising at least a first activity and a second activity, and said method comprising a first step of determining whether said process-model is comprising a first resource-specification associated with said second activity, said first resource-specification comprising at least one first resource-identification of a first resource required for execution of said second activity, and, in the affirmative case, said method comprising a second step requesting allocation of said first resource on behalf of and in advance of starting execution of said second activity, and said method comprising a third step of starting execution of said first activity followed by said second activity. |
8688819 | 13786404 | 1 | 1. A computer implemented method for optimizing a query on a parallel computer system comprising the steps of: receiving a query to a database; checking a plan cache statistics table for information on networks involved in the query; wherein the plan cache statistics are selected from the following: query identification (ID), execution time, nodes involved, and estimated number of bytes for the query; when the query can be divided, checking other networks for availability and splitting the query to move a portion of the query to an available network; optimizing the query to split the query to use multiple networks using plan cache statistics from previously executed queries to determine whether to use multiple networks to optimize the query; and executing the optimized query. |
7831490 | 10786023 | 1 | 1. A computer-implemented method for conducting financial transactions over a network of payment networks, comprising: associating a unique identifier with one or more payment addresses of an account and a holder of said account, said account residing at a financial institution and said associated payment addresses of said account configured to allow withdrawals by said account holder only and to allow a plurality of deposits to be made at different times; making said unique identifier available to users of an Internet portal or search engine without requiring a password or log-in; receiving data over said network of payment networks identifying one or more non-repudiable deposits to be made to said account; assigning said one or more non-repudiable deposits to said account using any one of said payment addresses associated with said unique identifier; and notifying on a real-time basis a depositor of said deposit of said assigning of said one or more non-repudiable deposits to said account, wherein said unique identifier is registered by a plurality of registrars, each associated with a different payment network in said network of payment networks; said computer-implemented method further comprising using at least one directory for associating the account holder with the unique identifier: wherein the directory functions as a root directory for real-time synchronizing content with other directories containing a plurality of unique identifiers associated with a plurality of accounts residing at a plurality of financial institutions. |
9853927 | 14011528 | 1 | 1. A method executed on a computing device for enforcing a resource quota in a mail transfer agent (MTA) within a multi-tenant environment, the method comprising: detecting an email associated with a tenant and an excess email volume indicator; deriving a first decision based on evaluating the email against a queue quota associated with the tenant; deriving a second decision based on evaluating an association between attributes of the email and attributes of an email storm; deriving a third decision based on evaluating the email against a processing quota associated with the tenant by: determining, through a processor resource associated with the processing quota, a first percentage of available threads assigned to the tenant and a second percentage of the available threads assigned to at least one user of the tenant, and keeping the email within a queue in response to determining the first percentage to be less than the second percentage; and managing the email based on a cross MTA aggregate of usage information associated with the first decision, the second decision, and the third decision, wherein the available threads are dynamically adjusted based on a number of tenants using the available threads through the processor resource, and the first percentage and the second percentage of the available threads is multiplied by an increase factor to allocate additional resources for both the tenant and the at least one user of the tenant using the processing quota. |
9058358 | 13240316 | 1 | 1. A merging apparatus comprising: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the memory includes a first database that store therein, as records, each of attribute values that is classified under one or a plurality of attributes and that is associated with each other, in which a plurality of attributes including a key attribute that is set in advance as a key for merging is set; a second database that store therein, as records, each of the attribute values, in which one or a plurality of attributes excluding the key attribute is set; and the processor is configured to execute a process comprising checking the attribute that is set in the first database against the attribute that is set in the second database and extracting a common attribute that is set, in common, in both the first database and the second database; and merging the first database with the second database by determining whether attribute values classified under the common attribute that is extracted in the extracting match, wherein the merging, when a plurality of common attributes are extracted, merges the first database with the second database by using a common attribute which is selected from the plurality of common attributes, the common attribute is selected based on first record numbers and second record numbers, each of the first record numbers corresponding to one of the plurality of attributes stored in the first database and being the number of records in which an attribute value classified under the one of the plurality of attributes does not match any of the attribute values contained in the other records and classified under the one of the plurality of attributes, each of the second record numbers corresponding to one of the plurality of attributes stored in the first database and being the number of records containing the attribute value classified under the one of the plurality of attributes. |
7917498 | 11959109 | 1 | 1. An apparatus, comprising: at least one computer processor; and program code configured upon execution by the at least one processor to monitor a query during runtime, wherein the query involves a plurality of join operations, wherein the plurality of join operations include a first join that includes a first table and a second table and a second join that includes the first table and a third table, and wherein the program code is configured to monitor the query by: running the query according to a first join order; generating a first portion of a result set for the query while running the query according to the first join order, including adding to the result set a first record that matches the plurality of join operations in the query; concurrent with running the query, collecting performance statistics about each of the join operations; dynamically changing the first join order, during running of the query, to a second join order based on the statistics; where said dynamically changing the first join order, during running of the query, to a second join order based on the statistics comprises: determining respective fan-in statistics for the first join and second join; and dynamically changing the first join order to the second join order if the respective fan-in statistics indicate that the second join is more likely to cause fan-in than the first join; and generating a second portion of the result set for the query while running the query according to the second join order, including adding to the result set a second record that matches the plurality of join operations in the query such that the result set includes at least the first and second records, the first and second portions of the result set generated for the same execution of the query. |
20030198688 | 10128326 | 0 | 1. A colostrum-derived dietary supplement for human or veterinary use, comprising: a sprayed-dried preparation of pasteurized and homogenized first milking colostrum; said preparation administered orally at a concentration which enhances an immune response. |
8046387 | 12839865 | 1 | 1. A system to provide portals accessible through web browsers, wherein the system for providing the portals is configured to allow privileged users to set up and configure the portals through which visitors access content, the system comprising processing circuitry configured to operate on instructions stored in a memory to provide: a content repository configured to store electronic content and metadata in a computer-readable storage medium and to associate the stored electronic content with the metadata and with potential audience types for the stored electronic content; a communication portal developer configured to provide browser accessible interfaces usable by the privileged users to create a plurality of customizable portals and configured to provide templates usable by the privileged users to create the plurality of customizable portals without software code development, wherein the browser accessible interfaces provided by the communication portal developer includes an audience interface, a portal content interface and a user interface, wherein for each portal created by the privileged users, the audience interface is configured to provide a list of potential audience types for the portal and enable selection of an audience type for the portal from the list, the portal content interface is configured to provide a list of electronic content associated with the selected audience for potential publication to the portal and enable selection of electronic content from the list to be published for the selected audience type, wherein the portal content interface is usable by the privileged users to search through the electronic content using metadata, and a user interface is usable to add selected visitors to the portal who are authorized to view the published content; and a real-time or near real-time analytic engine configured to provide a browser accessible interface for the privileged users to analyze use of the published electronic content on the customizable portals and visitor behavior while logged into their customizable portal, wherein the analytic engine includes an interface configured to present a list of selectable reports, wherein each customizable portal is accessible to the selected visitors, and each customizable portal is configured to enable the selected visitors to view the published electronic data. |
20160381557 | 14749678 | 0 | 1. A method for controlling access to a mobile device with a paired device, comprising: pairing the paired device with the mobile device; defining a security profile for the mobile device, wherein the security profile includes a plurality of actions capable of being executed by the mobile device, a threshold minimum signal strength for each of the plurality of actions and an authorization level associated with each of the plurality of actions; receiving a user access request for a desired action via the mobile device; determining a signal strength between the paired device and the mobile device; based on a determination that the signal strength is greater than one of the threshold minimums, authorizing the execution of the desired action up to the authorization level associated with a highest threshold minimum signal that exceeds the signal strength; and based on a determination that the signal strength is not greater than one of the threshold minimums: denying the user access request; and transmitting an exception request by the mobile device to the paired device requesting permission to execute the desired action. |
9662580 | 14313973 | 1 | 1. A control method for a computer network, comprising: storing, by a memory for storing information related to a game in which a plurality of players can participate, information defining a plurality of groups to which said players belong, a reward providing condition, rewards, and reward box information for a plurality of reward boxes each associated exclusively with a respective one of said groups, as part of the information related to the game; and by an arithmetic processor, performing computation on the game, and displaying images of the game on terminal devices operated by the players allocating at least one reward out of the rewards to at least one of the reward boxes, determining whether the reward providing condition is met based on match-up situations or match-up results between the players and first game characters in the game, and displaying, on the terminal devices, a screen for providing the reward allocated to at least part of one of the reward boxes to at least one player in the group associated with the one of the reward boxes based on the determination results. |
8095536 | 12652643 | 1 | 1. A computer-implemented search method, comprising: identifying a plurality of lodging reservations in response to receiving a request for lodging from a client; determining for each identified lodging reservation a measure of popularity and a measure of profitability of the lodging reservation to an entity that received the lodging request from the client; calculating a ranking score for each lodging reservation based on a multiplication of the measure of popularity and the measure of profitability determined for the lodging reservation; determining an order in which to present the identified lodging reservations to a user using the ranking score calculated for each lodging reservation; and transmitting the identified lodging reservations to the client to present the lodging reservations to the user according to the determined order. |
7496917 | 10670835 | 1 | 1. A computer-implemented method for using a processor as a virtual device, said method comprising: loading data from a first processor to a first location in a common memory in a computer system; loading software code that processes the data in a second location in the common memory; writing an instruction block from the first processor to a third location in the common memory, wherein the instruction block includes the addresses of the first and second locations; sending a message from the first processor to a second processor that includes the address of the third location, the second processor included in a plurality of processors included in the computer system, wherein the plurality of processors share the common memory, wherein each of the processors have a local memory, and wherein at least two of the processors are dislike and heterogeneous; in response to receiving the message, retrieving, by the second processor, the instruction block from the third location; in response to retrieving the instruction block from the third location, copying, by the second processor, the data from the first location in the common memory to the second processor's local memory; in response to retrieving the instruction block from the third location, copying, by the second processor, the software code from the second location in the common memory to the second processor's local memory; and processing the data by the second processor using the software code stored in the second processor's local memory. |
20030172065 | 10113901 | 0 | 1. A computer-implemented system for analyzing relatedness comprising: an expandable database for storing a plurality of hierarchical trees; a first user interface for creating a plurality of data fields within at least one tree of said plurality of hierarchical trees; a second user interface for adding genetic data to at least one data field of said plurality of data fields; analytical programming for relating and alterably categorizing each data field of said plurality of data fields; executable programming for describing a genetic pattern for a first tree of said plurality of hierarchical trees; means for correlating said genetic pattern with a genetic pattern for at least a second tree of said plurality of hierarchical trees; and executable programming for predicting an antecedent genetic pattern in said first tree. |
20120330629 | 13332400 | 0 | 1. A method for computationally simulating fluid flow through a microvascular network having one or more fluid inlets and one or more fluid outlets comprising: a) creating a computational mesh representing the geometric features and connectivity of the microvascular network to generate a computational microvascular network; b) specifying fluid, flow/pressure conditions at the one or more inlets and one or more outlets; and c) solving for flow velocities and pressures using one or more mathematical models. |
20040229632 | 10607539 | 0 | 1. A method for providing information associated with a location of a target user in a location service arrangement comprising a plurality of location service entities, the method comprising the steps of: sending a request for information associated with a location of a target user from a first location service entity to a second location service entity; informing the second location service entity of a role performed by the second location service entity when processing the request; and processing the request at the second location service entity. |
20090023432 | 11864202 | 0 | 1. A method for handling data in wireless devices, the method comprising: tagging data, generated and/or maintained in a wireless mobile communication device, with context data tags based on user preference information. |
9832087 | 14155971 | 1 | 1. A method comprising: facilitating a connection between a cloud networking platform and a unified communication system, wherein the cloud networking platform hosts communication services including real-time communications for client devices, and the unified communication system hosts communication services including real-time communications for on-prem devices that are associated with the unified communication system; monitoring events associated with the cloud networking platform at the unified communication system, via a cloud connector device of the unified communication system, wherein events are associated with users who are registered with client devices and on-prem devices, and the events include real-time communications; providing a notification to one or more client devices registered to a first user in response to an on-prem device also registered to the first user receiving a real-time communication request from a device of another user; facilitating a real-time communication session between a plurality of users that is hosted via a bridging service over the cloud networking platform, wherein each user engages in the real-time communication session via at least one of a client device and an on-prem device, and at least one user is the first user; in response to the first user making a first selection to engage in the real-time communication session on a first client device or a first on-prem device, establishing a connection to the real-time communication session with the first client device or the first on-prem device; and in response to the first user making a second selection after the first selection to make a switch from one or the other of the first client device and the first on-prem device during the real-time communication session, facilitating a switch of the connection to the real-time communication session by the first user from the first client device to the first on-prem device or from the first on-prem device to the first client device; wherein connections to the real-time communication session facilitate the following: both the first client device and the first on-prem device engage at the same time in the real-time communication session such that each of the first client device and the first on-prem device sends and receives audio content and/or sends and receives video content for the real-time communication session; or one device selected from the group consisting of the first client device and the first on-prem device sends and receives audio content for the real-time communication session while the other device selected from the group consisting of the first client device and the first on-prem device sends and receives video content for the real-time communication session. |
20040172172 | 10482021 | 0 | 1. A driver information collecting apparatus, comprising: a load-on-driver detector to detect a load on a driver; a question outputter to output a question on the driver when a low-load state is detected by said load-on-driver detector; and an information obtainer to obtain driver information based on a reply by the driver to the question by said question outputter. |
20080172645 | 11623541 | 0 | 1. A glyph-based processing system, comprising: a system for defining variable patterns using a pattern description language to create a glyph layout; and a graph-based pattern matching system for identifying potential matches amongst variable patterns in the glyph layout. |
20130307918 | 13952913 | 0 | 1. A system for delivering medical examination, diagnosis, and treatment services from a health care practitioner to a patient over a network, the system comprising: a plurality of health care practitioner terminals, each of the plurality of health care practitioner terminals including a display device; a plurality of patient terminals in audiovisual communication over the network with any of the plurality of health care practitioner terminals; a call center in communication with the patient terminals and the health care practitioner terminals, the call center routing a call from a patient at one of the patient terminals to an available health care practitioner at one of the health care practitioner terminals, so that the available health care practitioner may carry on a two-way conversation with the patient and visually observe the patient; and a protocol database resident on a digital storage medium, accessible to each of the health care practitioner terminals, the protocol database containing a plurality of protocol segments such that a relevant segment of the protocol may be displayed in real time on the display device of the health care practitioner terminal of the available health care practitioner for use by the available health care practitioner in making an assessment of the patient. |
8990236 | 13499926 | 1 | 1. A computer implemented method for analysis of data, the method comprising: extracting without manual intervention a concise representation of a content a sample of a first dataset, wherein the extracting is executed without being based on a-priory knowledge of the content of the sample of the first dataset; wherein the first dataset is either a biological dataset or a textual dataset; wherein when the first dataset is a biological dataset it comprises least one out of sequence out of a DNA sequence and a RNA sequence; wherein when the first dataset is a textual dataset then the sample of the first dataset comprises multiple words; querying without manual intervention a queried dataset using at least a portion of the concise representation of the content of the sample of the first dataset, to provide query results; and generating without manual intervention a concise representation of a content of the query results. |
20030083719 | 10039743 | 0 | 1. An implantable cardiac therapy device comprising: cardiac therapy circuitry configured to perform at least one of (1) monitoring cardiac activity or (2) administering stimulation therapy; communication circuitry to enable high frequency communication; and a casing to house both the cardiac therapy circuitry and the communication circuitry, while isolating the communication circuitry from the cardiac therapy circuitry. |
8539438 | 12558260 | 1 | 1. A method implemented in a computer infrastructure having computer executable code tangibly embodied on a computer readable storage medium having programming instructions operable to: create a macro plan for a test project; create a micro plan for the test project, wherein the micro plan and the macro plan are based on at least one common parameter; and reconcile the macro plan and the micro plan by identifying deviations between the macro plan and the micro plan based on the at least one common parameter, wherein: the at least one common parameter includes orthogonal defect classification (ODC) triggers and activities; and the creating the macro plan includes: estimating an effort distribution over a set of the triggers and a set of the activities; estimating a defect distribution over the set of the triggers and the set of the activities; and generating a schedule of the test project based on the effort distribution and the defect distribution. |
9247272 | 13627048 | 1 | 1. A web-based system for providing audience centric instant micro forums for sharing media and communications, the system comprising: a multimedia gathering module comprising computer-executable code stored in non-volatile memory; a control module comprising computer-executable code stored in non-volatile memory; a communications means; and a processor, wherein said multimedia gathering module, said control module, said communications means and said processor are operably connected; and wherein said multimedia gathering module, said control module, said communications means and said processor are configured to collectively: receive commands from one or more users to form said audience centric instant micro forum; generate said micro forum comprising a local social cluster of a plurality of local computing devices, wherein a plurality of said micro forums define a network of micro forums; receive multimedia content from one or more participants in said micro forum, wherein said content is associated with a past, present, or future event, product, show, or topic, wherein said content includes photos, audio, video, and text information, wherein said control module is configured to vary content from display screen to display screen in said micro forum based on at least one of: user access privileges, user age, display screen type, and display screen selection; aggregate said content into a first content based on said association, wherein said first content is presented to an audience by said web-based system, and said web-based system is further configured to present multiple events, products, shows, or topics simultaneously, wherein aspects of presentation of said multimedia content received from said micro forum participants are controlled by a designated moderator, wherein control of said multimedia content presentation is accomplished by said moderator issuing one or more commands to said control module for processing, wherein said commands include content selection, display selection, display format, display permission settings, show permission settings, show start settings, show stop settings, user administration, moderator administration, automated display settings, automated content processing settings, and archival journal settings, wherein content posted on a third-party social network can be automatically captured by the system for use in said first content when a unique identifier associated with said event, product, topic, or show is posted on the third-party social network; transmit said first content to one or more screens; and display said first content on said one or more screens, wherein said system includes controls that allow the moderator to start an interactive dialog (multi-way broadcast), or a monolog (one-way broadcast) with the micro forum participants, wherein participants can chat, post messages, photos, or other content in said instant micro forum, wherein an event, product, show, or topic associated with a particular user can be discovered by other users of the system who are acquainted with said user, wherein users can discover other users of the system outside his/her social circle when said other users follow the same event, product, topic or show followed by said user. |
20050166204 | 11084142 | 0 | 1. A CPU usage time counting method for counting an actual usage time of each CPU in a computer system using a plurality of computers for distributed processing of jobs, characterized by: counting a CPU usage time used for each job, counting a processing wait time in memory access of each CPU whenever executing a job, and setting a corrected CPU usage time, calculated by subtracting a processing wait time of each CPU from the CPU usage time for every job, as an actual CPU usage time. |
9954879 | 15653354 | 1 | 1. A system that mitigates digital fraud and abuse threats, the system comprising: an application program interface (API) that: receives digital event type data that define attributes of a digital event type that is susceptible to digital fraud; receives digital fraud policy that defines a plurality of digital processing protocols enabling automated decisioning of a disposal for digital event data classified as the digital event type; transmits, via a network, the digital event type data and the digital fraud policy to a remote digital fraud mitigation platform; at the remote digital fraud mitigation platform comprising one or more computing servers that comprise one or more computer processors and a memory storing computer-executable instructions that when executed by the one or more computer processors perform the steps of: using the digital event type data to configure a first computing node comprising an events data application program interface (API) or an events data computing server to detect digital events data, incoming from a plurality of digital events data sources, that classify as the digital event type; using the digital fraud policy to configure a second computing node comprising a decisioning API or a decisioning computing server to automatically evaluate and automatically select one digital event processing outcome of a plurality of digital event processing outcomes that indicates a disposal of the detected digital events data classified as the digital event type, wherein the digital fraud policy defines a digital fraud type and a digital threat score for the digital fraud type at each of a plurality of ordered sub-nodes of the second computing node, wherein the digital threat score at each of the plurality of sub-nodes is different, and wherein only when attribute values of the digital event data and/or a digital actor associated with the digital event data satisfy the digital threat score for the digital fraud type of one of the plurality of ordered sub-nodes, the digital event data and/or the digital actor data traverses the second computing node with a computed disposal; and implementing the digital fraud policy to evaluate one or more digital events, wherein implementing the digital fraud policy includes generating a disposal decision and disposing each of the one or more digital events according to the generated disposal decision, wherein the generated disposal decision includes one or more of automatically approving, holding, and cancelling an activity or transaction associated with the one or more digital events. |
20170118283 | 14923539 | 0 | 1. A computer-based method for on-demand workload management between a first deployment model of a computing infrastructure and a second deployment model of a computing infrastructure, the method comprising: executing one or more software components of at least one application receiving transaction requests on at least one processing node accessing at least one file server with persistent data, the one processing node is managed by at least one controller in a first deployment model of a computing infrastructure, the controller, the processing node and the file server each include instrumentation for tracking which files in the file server are being requested; parsing the transaction requests tracked by the instrumentation into a set of common structures for analysis; creating a map of transaction requests received by the controller to data resources in the file server by analyzing the set of common structures; and using the map to identify which of the software components and corresponding data resources in the file server to move over to a processing node in a second deployment model of a computing infrastructure. |
20040260692 | 10464081 | 0 | 1. A system that facilitates data retrieval, comprising: a query component that receives a query to a first dataset; and a projection component that executes the query across a second dataset, and analyzes properties of results of the query on the first dataset and results of the second dataset to generate a refined version of the query to run on the first dataset to facilitate responding to the query across the first dataset. |
9558631 | 15231446 | 1 | 1. A method for use with a controller connected to a plurality of gaming devices via a network, the method comprising the steps of: facilitating a play of a first game in which a player can wager an amount of credits on an outcome of the first game; detecting an occurrence of a trigger event during the play of the first game; facilitating a play of a second game in response to detecting the occurrence of the trigger event; determining an outcome of the second game; identifying one of a plurality of separate jackpot prizes to be awarded to the player based on the outcome of the second game; wherein the occurrence of the trigger event is based on a predefined turnover value and the amount of credits wagered on the first game, and the predefined turnover value is an expected turnover of the gaming machine between a first occurrence of the trigger event during play of the first game and a subsequent consecutive second occurrence of the trigger event during play of a subsequent first game. |
20140126890 | 14127985 | 0 | 1. A method for searching a program for automatic recording, said method comprising steps of: enabling input of a first entry and an associated first priority from a user, wherein said first entry is one of following categories: keyword, channel, and genre; automatically entering by a television receiver, a second entry in said one category according to a recording habit of said user; automatically assigning by said television receiver, a second priority to said second entry; and searching program information of programs in an electronic program guide having a match on one of said first and second entries. |
8831983 | 13051520 | 1 | 1. A point of care testing device comprising: an analysis component configured to perform at least one sample analysis; and a time indicator configured to: provide a first code or signal associated with the device that indicates a first time when the device is transferred from a controlled main inventory to an ambient temperature subinventory; and provide a second code or signal associated with the device that indicates a second time prior to the device performing said at least one sample analysis, wherein a comparison between a predetermined ambient shelf life of the device and a time difference between said first time and said second time provides an indication of whether the device has expired; and said predetermined shelf life provides a usable lifetime of the device at ambient temperature. |
9075951 | 14564649 | 1 | 1. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, which when executed by one or more processors of a computer system, causes the system to implement the method of: preparing for display a graphical user interface comprising a plurality of input fields corresponding to the plurality of actuators and the plurality of mechanical elements, and a graphical representation of output response data of the machine using parameters; receiving a plurality of parameters into the plurality of input fields, wherein the plurality of parameters are associated with the plurality of actuators and the plurality of mechanical elements; emulating a mechanical operation of the machine using the plurality of parameters inputted into the plurality of input fields by simulating the programmable logic control code; generating the output response data based on the emulation of the mechanical operation of the machine; calculating one or more predicted product values based at least in part on the output response data provided to the a product model comprising a mathematical model comprising computer readable program code configured to calculate one or more predicted product values based at least in part on the output response data; and, preparing for display the one or more predicted product values. |
10007240 | 14451655 | 1 | 1. A method in a data processing system, the method comprising: monitoring a value of a data point associated with a device in an automation system using a set of pairs of event enrollment objects and notification class objects configuring and communicating an alarm, for each pair of objects, the first of the pair defined according to a first protocol, and the second of the pair corresponding to one of a set of offsets defined according to a second protocol; writing property values of the pairs of objects for different alarm monitoring modes using a set of command objects; and in response to detecting the value for the data point meeting conditions in at least one of the event enrollment objects, generating and communicating an alarm according to a notification class object paired with the at least one event enrollment object, wherein the first protocol and the second protocol are different building automation communication protocols, wherein the first protocol is building automation and controls network (BACnet) protocol, wherein the second protocol is a proprietary protocol for configuring and communicating alarms, and wherein writing the property values of the pairs of objects for the different alarm monitoring modes comprises, in response to a change in which of the alarm monitoring modes is active, changing one or more of the property values of the pairs of objects using the set of command objects. |
20120331391 | 13410999 | 0 | 1. A method comprising: receiving of a plurality of query parameters via a user interface of a social media Q&A manager, wherein said plurality of query parameters comprise at least a user-entered question; querying a plurality of social media data sources for data related to the user-entered question, wherein a social media data source maintains a plurality of data representing a collection of knowledge from its members, wherein said knowledge represents at least one of a textual phrase, a textual sentence, a textual paragraph, a hyperlink, a list, an audio file, a video file, and an image; when knowledge related to the user-entered question exists in at least one social media data source, organizing and presenting the existing related knowledge in the user interface, wherein the existing knowledge is organized in accordance with a determined answer quality, wherein said answer quality quantitatively represents a completeness and reliability of the knowledge with respect to the user-entered question; when knowledge related to the user-entered question is at least one of non-existent in at least one social media data source and deemed unsatisfactory by a user, automatically submitting the user-entered question to at least one applicable social media data source, wherein said submission is performed by the social media Q&A manager on behalf of the user; monitoring a status of the user-entered question submitted to the at least one applicable social media data source, wherein said status comprises at least an unanswered status, an answered status, and a new answer status; and when the status of the submitted user-entered question changes to at least one of the answered status and the new answer status, re-executing the querying of the plurality of social media data sources. |
20120066254 | 13199862 | 0 | 1. A point in phasetime system and method thereof for reporting an element's effort on an end product from a group including art, industry, and nature by its point in phasetime within its appropriate phase of development, whereby the point in phasetime method reports efforts for past, present, and future projects by their phasetime macro, micro, and nano points in phasetime views, said point in phasetime method comprising a master computer housing a relational phasetime database for receiving and storing points in phasetime data on the development event efforts of elements as they relate to the project development of an end product, receiving and storing element effort data and their phasetime data in the phasetime database as to their phase of development, receiving and storing general profile data on elements having development event efforts in the project development of a product, structuring effort and phasetime data as to the number and types of phases in the project development of a product, and for reporting said phasetime data in a phasetime report, a mode of communication, including a computerized device, for scientifically gathering phasetime effort data for elements having project development event efforts on an end product, a client machine electronically linked to the master computer for submitting points in phasetime effort data for elements having project development event efforts, a search system whereby element development efforts and phasetime data are queried by the client machine, retrieved from the master server's phasetime database by a phasetime report generator module, and dynamically reported to the client machine, a client machine at least electronically linked to the master computer for querying the phasetime database and receiving a search return report from the phasetime database with a link to a selected element's phasetime matrix report. |
9420276 | 14854493 | 1 | 1. A method for calibrating microlens positions for a light-field image capture device having a plurality of microlenses, the method comprising: in a data store, receiving a calibration light-field image captured by the light-field image capture device, the calibration light-field image comprising a plurality of microlens portions, each of which comprises microlens light-field data received through a single microlens of the plurality of microlenses; in a processor, identifying a plurality of interstitial spaces between the microlens portions to obtain a plurality of interstitial space locations; and in the processor, using the interstitial space locations to generate a model that is indicative of the microlens positions, wherein the model can be applied in generating projected images from light-field data captured by the light-field image capture device. |
8978016 | 13916571 | 1 | 1. A method performed by at least one computer processor, said method comprising: searching an error database to identify a first error related to tracing a first function, said first function being called during execution of an application with a tracer; updating a tracer list with an entry related to said first function, said tracer list being referenced by said tracer during execution of said application with said tracer; said entry identifying said first function and causing said tracer to not trace said first function based on said entry. |
20150121290 | 13635274 | 0 | 1. A computing system comprising: one or more processors; one or more computer readable media maintaining instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform acts comprising: displaying a user interface of an application including an input area; receiving, by an input method editor (IME), a query, the IME to insert a completion candidate of one or more completion candidates into the input area of the application; and displaying the one or more completion candidates, at least one of the completion candidates being selected for display based on a semantic label. |
20060036400 | 11221555 | 0 | 1. A web-site performance analysis system comprising: a memory configured to contain data relative to visits to web-pages that are associated with a web-site, the data including: an identification of traversals corresponding to each visit to the web-pages, the identification of traversals having one of (i) an identification of an incoming link from which each visit originated and (ii) an identification of an outgoing link to which each visit terminated; a time duration measure corresponding to each visit; and a chart of a statistical distribution of pages-per-visit of the identified traversals; a database configured to provide efficient long-term storage of the data; and a performance analysis modifier block, operably coupled to the database and memory, that is configured to periodically: (i) modify the data in the memory based on the traversals and time duration measures corresponding to the visits, (ii) transfer the data from the memory to the database, and (iii) produce performance measures corresponding to each visit to the web-pages based on the data in the database. |
6081789 | 09227723 | 1 | 1. A method for exchanging information between providers and users of products and services, said method comprising the following steps: establishing an information management system, said information management system being computer based and having information processing and storage capabilities and electronic communication connections that permit buyers and sellers to electronically connect with said information management system for information exchange; granting limited electronic access to said information management system to approved sellers of products and services, each such seller, after approval, being enabled to access inventory information of that seller for amendment purposes; granting limited electronic access to said information management system to approved buyers of products and services and providing a searching capability to such an approved buyer to search a compilation of a plurality of seller's inventory information using criteria specified by that approved buyer; and compiling a buyer's listing of products and services from said compilation of said seller's inventory information for that buyer based on that buyer's search criteria and in which duplicate inventory items are removed therefrom. |
20030208638 | 10206579 | 0 | 1. A digital production services architecture comprising: a services and/or applications layer; a storage area network layer; a digital asset management layer; an enterprise applications integration and/or business process automation layer; and a network connecting the layers and allowing for transmission of digital video and/or metadata. |
5583103 | 08212311 | 1 | 1. A method of inhibiting an activity of TGF.beta., comprising contacting TGF.beta. with an effective amount of purified decorin. |
20090271308 | 12110900 | 0 | 1. A method for executing a financial transaction to trade a complex order comprising the steps of: receiving a complex order, the complex order including a first order to purchase or sell a first quantity of a first financial instrument and a second order to purchase or sell a second quantity of a second financial instrument; identifying a first market on which to purchase or sell the first instrument; identifying a second market on which to purchase or sell the second instrument; halting trading on the first market; executing the purchase or sale of the second instrument on the second market while trading on the first market is halted; determining that the whole of the second quantity of the second instrument was purchased or sold; and executing the purchase or sale for the first quantity of the first instrument on the first market, wherein the first quantity and the second quantity represent a predetermined ratio. |
20150047008 | 13964543 | 0 | 1. A system for restricting access to a network, the system comprising: a plurality of network access points; a plurality of network security appliances, each coupled between at least one of the plurality of network access points and the network; a monitoring module coupled between the plurality of network access points and the network and configured to monitor transmissions between the plurality of access points and the network via the plurality of network security appliances; and a blocking module coupled to the monitoring module and to the plurality of network security appliances, wherein the monitoring module is further configured to identify a potential bad actor based on a transmission from the potential bad actor to the network via a first one of the plurality of network access points and a first one of the plurality of network security appliances and provide information related to the potential bad actor to the blocking module, and wherein the blocking module is configured to confirm that the potential bad actor should be blocked from accessing the network and in response, to automatically configure each one of the plurality of network security appliances to block the potential bad actor from accessing the network. |
8380679 | 12366052 | 1 | 1. A method of handling transactions for one or more organizations implementing a service oriented architecture (SOA) in their business interactions, the method comprising: receiving a registration request from at least one user application registering for a transaction context corresponding to a transaction sought to be invoked by the at least one user application, wherein the transaction context comprises one or more services associated with the transaction; invoking the transaction, wherein invoking comprises: identifying one or more data elements required by one or more of the user applications to invoke the transaction; specifying a transaction compromise level for one or more of the user applications, wherein the transaction compromise level defines transaction isolation of the one or more data elements required by the corresponding user applications; recognizing and determining, by a processor, availability of services associated with the registered transaction context, wherein the recognized services provide functionality required by the user applications; identifying operations required for providing each of the recognized services; executing the operations required by each of the recognized services; and revoking the transaction by rolling back the executed operations of the respective recognized services when at least one of the identified operations of the recognized services encounters an error during the transaction. |
20120259474 | 13084158 | 0 | 1. A method for recommending energy usage, comprising: receiving weather information for a first plurality of geographical locations; receiving energy demand information; receiving economic information related to energy cost; based at least in part on the weather information, the energy demand information, and the economic information determining at least one of: weather information, energy demand, or economic status, at a geographical location of interest; and generating at least one energy usage pattern for recommending energy usage behavior for the geographical location of interest. |
20140365787 | 13914799 | 0 | 1. A method for dynamically applying a power policy to a computing environment, comprising: performing a scenario evaluation for a computing environment, the scenario evaluation comprising evaluating status information provided by one or more activity components of the computing environment to determine whether the status information satisfies a scenario definition for a scenario; responsive to satisfaction of the scenario definition, identifying a proposed power policy assigned to the scenario; and responsive to the proposed power policy being different than a current power policy, applying the proposed power policy to the computing environment as the current power policy. |
20050133848 | 10738256 | 0 | 1. A method for fabricating a lateral metal-insulator-metal capacitor comprising: selecting a predetermined number of metal layers for an integrated circuit process; selecting a subset of layers, said subset comprising a first layer, from the predetermined number of metal layers for use in fabricating a lateral metal-insulator-metal capacitor; imparting an active interdigitated finger pattern on the selected subset of layers, said interdigitated finger pattern having a first terminal and a second terminal; defining a first consistent dummy pattern on said first layer within the confines of the active interdigitated finger pattern; imparting the first consistent dummy pattern on the first metal layer; and imparting the first consistent dummy pattern on the remaining metal layers. |