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1. A method of organizing an index of municipalities comprising: forming a hierarchically layered data structure that includes a first set of municipalities, and for each municipality in the first set of municipalities, indicating one or more other municipalities as having an affinity relationship for the municipality ...
20030042288
10264833
0
1. A welding and network information system, comprising: a welder operatively coupled to a network interface, the network interface communicates to at least one of a local database and a remote database; and at least one welding information broker to determine whether welding information in the at least one of the loca...
8717164
13066382
1
1. A wind-articulated, secure warning system responsive to oblique wind currents acting external to surfaces of its exposed, non-flat-sheet and non-fabric structural elements which does not provide any wind-velocity indications and which provides a functional-airfoil-cross-section surface configured to display and prov...
8583584
12907928
1
1. A computer-implemented method for identifying events of interest in web analytics data, comprising: at a computer server having one or more processors and memory for storing programs to be executed by the one or more processors: storing web analytics data for a web page in a device, wherein the web analytics data co...
8396842
13052220
1
1. A method of validating data, said method comprising: a computer receiving a data item input to a first software application included in a plurality of software applications; said computer receiving metadata specifying a type of said received data item; based on said received metadata, said computer determining a met...
9720388
14459605
1
1. A method for controlling an electrical system, the method comprising the acts of: determining a first characteristic value of the electrical system; for the first characteristic value, determining a suitable first group of optimizing variables; determining a first group of command variables suitable for the first gr...
20170284897
15087439
0
1. A control system imbedded within an engine having at least one combustion chamber and a piston associated with the at least one combustion chamber, the control system comprising: at least one sensor configured to generate a signal indicative of a combustion process occurring inside the at least one combustion chambe...
9836343
14217030
1
1. A computer-readable storage medium storing computer-executable instructions for controlling a computing device to generate a crash report when an application crashes, the application being organized as a module with functions, the computer-executable instructions comprising instructions that: install a crash handler...
20160042182
14453851
0
1. A method for dynamic verification of a computer software application execution path, the method comprising: detecting, by one or more processors, execution of a target instruction of a computer software application, wherein the computer software application is configured to generate a token at an instruction near a ...
9264557
13896417
1
1. A computer-implemented method in a node of a telecommunications charging system comprising one or more processors, the one or more processors performing the steps of: associating plural telecommunications services with a product and creating a product instance, the product instance being available to a subscriber en...
20170167347
14964680
0
1. A system comprising: a model predictive control (MPC) module that: generates a set of possible target values for an actuator of an engine; predicts an operating parameter for the set of possible target values, wherein the predicted operating parameter includes at least one of an emission level and an operating param...
20110029370
12762556
0
1. A method for transmitting a presence indicator, comprising: creating an identifier, wherein the identifier is associated with a location; and transmitting the identifier in an open-air environment using an ultrasonic signal transmitter.
20100011361
12171463
0
1. A method of managing a task request, the method comprising: receiving, from a requester, a request to perform a task with respect to an object within an organization; extracting a requested task and requested object from the request; analyzing the requested task and requested object to determine whether the requeste...
20150047034
13963674
0
1. A method for use in analyzing executable content within at least one network of an enterprise, the method comprising: receiving executable content at a central analysis server over at least one network of an enterprise; extracting, by a processor of the central analysis server, one or more characteristics from the e...
7653657
11215299
1
1. A method for discovering media resources, the method comprising: receiving at a computing device, a request from a client input device for information pertaining to one or more media resources; identifying by the computing device, a particular node for consideration (PNC) from a collection of media information assoc...
20090083262
12233812
0
1. A method comprising: (a) receiving an input query including one or more keywords and one or more entity types; (b) searching a database that indexes keywords and instances of entities having entity types in a collection of documents, the searching including searching for documents having the keywords and entities wi...
10048748
14077821
1
1. A method comprising: accessing, by a processor of a hand-held user device comprising a display screen, an audio-visual assistant being executed on the hand-held user device, the audio-visual assistant comprising an optical detection function executable on the hand-held user device for receiving visual input of a use...
8930258
13088022
1
1. A method for order entry comprising: displaying, by a computer device, a trading screen having a display of a trading tool, wherein the trading tool has a trading tool element that is configured to perform at least one trade action and has a value and a location that are determined according to market data received ...
9601106
13968154
1
1. A prosody editing apparatus comprising: a storage configured to store attribute information items of phrases and one or more first prosodic patterns corresponding to each of the attribute information items of the phrases; a search unit configured to search the storage for one or more second prosodic patterns corresp...
4439161
06301090
1
1. A learning aid comprising: control means having defined therein a response data set and a set of messages, said control means having means for selecting a first response data from said set of response data in response to an operator generated problem, and for selecting a second response data from said set of respons...
8694491
13043400
1
1. A system comprising at least one server, wherein the at least one server includes: memory; and one or more processors to execute one or more programs stored in the memory, wherein the system is configured to: access Internet usage data for a particular individual computer user, wherein the usage data include a plura...
8803461
12976309
1
1. A method for synchronous machine health monitoring comprising: receiving a plurality of phase voltage values and a plurality of phase current values; computing a plurality of voltage phasors based on the plurality of phase voltage values; computing a negative sequence voltage (Vn) based on the plurality of phase vol...
9898738
14078987
1
1. A computer system for managing electronic transactions, comprising: a server computer system including: a processor; a computer-readable medium connected to the processor; a network interface device connected to the processor; and a set of instructions on the computer-readable medium, the set of instructions being e...
9395712
14607011
1
1. An improved computer implemented method to forecast energy usage in 15-minute periods in a commercial building with an installed heating and cooling plant and a building management system, wherein, for said building of interest, the computer performs the following steps: a) determining a building's natural thermal l...
9875090
13721031
1
1. A device that analyzes program packages of applications, the device comprising: at least one processor, and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, provide a static program analysis system comprising: a program acquirer that stores a program package comprising: a set of progr...
8589157
12329406
1
1. A method for automatically generating a text message from an arbitrary speech input, comprising steps for: receiving a statistical language model trained using one or more sets of real-world text messages as training input; receiving a text message database constructed using a subset including some or all of the tex...
8983926
13661628
1
1. A method for tagging original data generated by things in the Internet of Things (IoT), comprising: identifying, by a computer, based on keyword searching, one or more social media messages on a network server related to an event of interest; filtering, by the computer, the identified one or more social media messag...
20150208120
14161304
0
1. A method comprising: determining, by a server device, content prediction parameters associated with a plurality of content; generating, by the server device, respective content prediction aggregate scores for each of the plurality of content, a particular content prediction aggregate score, associated with a particu...
9166891
14456307
1
1. A method, for managing communications network resources using a policy management framework, comprising: communicating, by the policy management framework having a processor, a policy condition, stored at a policy repository of the policy management framework, from the policy management framework to a deep packet in...
8150754
12342601
1
1. A method comprising: storing, by a computer-based system for interfacing a merchant processor with a card issuer database, and in a global merchant database, a merchant profile that includes customer information; determining, by the computer-based system and based upon a transaction history of a customer, that the c...
9059954
13558212
1
1. A computer-implemented method for extracting indirect relational information from email correspondence, the method comprising: analyzing a set of email communications addressed to a first user to identify a subset of email communications within the set that each have a primary communication addressed to the first us...
20170185627
14998079
0
1. A system for a distributed repository, comprising: an input interface to receive a request to change a portion of code; and a processor to: determine a change reference and an existing reference; indicate to lock one or more repositories; determine whether swapping references is approved by a vote; in the event that...
20120136791
13367025
0
1. A method for clearing financial instruments through an electronic clearing system in which a cost of clearing an instrument varies with a time of day, comprising: receiving over a network electronic files of items including data from scanned financial instruments including an amount of each of said instruments, said...
8271409
12061218
1
1. A computer implemented method for indexing a data stream having attribute values, comprising: parsing the data stream; forming a Stream Approximate Onion (SAO) index of tuples for a subset of attribute values of the data stream, the index being configured for retrieving top-K tuples that optimize linearly weighted s...
9032298
12127873
1
1. A Web-based system for accessing development components, which include an online video clip library and an online music clip library, and enabling online production of custom-integrated media products, said system comprising at least one computer server connected to a computer network, said server including: an uplo...
7567867
12069611
1
1. A device for diagnosing a crankcase ventilation of an internal combustion engine, having at least two cylinder banks to which the crankcase ventilation is supplied, comprising: an actuator, whose position influences a distribution of the crankcase ventilation to the at least two cylinder banks, and in which in a fir...
20110167113
13063934
0
1. A management method for an object-based storage system, the object-based storage system comprising a client, an Object-Based Storage Device (OBSD), a metadata server and an interconnect network, wherein the interconnect network connects the client, the OBSD, and the metadata server; wherein the OBSD comprises a root...
20170103317
15389345
0
1. A method for generating a respective neural network output for each of a plurality of inputs, wherein the generating comprises processing each input through each of a plurality of neural network layers to generate the respective neural network output for the input, wherein the neural network layers are arranged in a...
20100102625
12257553
0
1. A vehicle power control system, comprising: a power supply configured to supply a first quantity of power to at least one device configured to consume the first quantity of power based on a first power demand; an intelligent device, the intelligent device being configured to determine a second power demand for the i...
20130212473
13612015
0
1. A system to view and manipulate artifacts at a temporal reference point, comprising: one or more artifact drafts associated with each of a plurality of artifacts, each of said one or more artifact drafts representing a state of the associated artifact at a point in time and one or more commands in a command stack th...
8102839
12070873
1
1. A method comprising: forming a session initiation protocol (SIP) INVITE at a first user equipment (UE-A) to establish a SIP dialog associated with originating a call in the CIS domain with a second user equipment (UE-B), the SIP INVITE message including a session description protocol (PSTN) payload comprising: a) a ...
9188977
12565465
1
1. A method for management of maintenance information items in an aircraft comprising a centralized maintenance system, the method comprising: receiving at least one maintenance message concerning a fault in the aircraft that does not have an impact on flight safety of the aircraft; determining a value of an impact att...
20060129818
11280453
0
1. A method of transmitting content to a user device from a home server in a home network, the method comprising: transmitting the content, which is encrypted by using a predetermined content key, and transmitting the predetermined content key, which is encrypted by using a pair of a predetermined session public key an...
20090254638
12343087
0
1. A method of assigning a plurality of client systems to a set of servers, comprising: calculating a network cost for assigning a first client system to each of the set of servers; and determining an optimal rule set effective to reduce a total network cost of serving the plurality of client systems, the optimal rule ...
7792660
11925511
1
1. A method for generating at least one alert for a system process, said method comprising: obtaining raw channel data over a time duration of information of at least one monitored channel of said system process; processing said raw channel data to form time dependent signals based on at least one user specified proces...
20120243469
13074839
0
1. A method of operating a media gateway supporting location based services, the method comprising: receiving, from a mobile device of a user, topological information identifying one or more electronic devices in a premise environment; receiving, from the mobile device for transmission to a server, a message identifyin...
7882444
12264071
1
1. A system, comprising: a storage module configured to store at least one user-displayed visual stimulus observable through a browser-based interface; and a processing module coupled to the storage module and configured to execute code capable of reconstructing data relating to the previously stored user-displayed vis...
20130343541
13926245
0
1. A method of secure communication in a transmitter, the method comprising: determining a method of generating a training sequence that is shared with a receiver; generating the training sequence based on the method of generating the training sequence, and secret information; and communicating with the receiver based ...
8386188
13014850
1
1. A system for determining cardiovascular information for a patient, the system comprising: at least one computer system configured to: receive patient-specific data regarding a geometry of at least a portion of an anatomical structure of the patient, the anatomical structure including at least a portion of a pluralit...
8938799
11597486
1
1. An apparatus associated with an endpoint and configurable between a network and a host of the endpoint, comprising computational resources, the computational resources at least comprising one processor, wherein the computational resources are not accessible by the host, are accessible over a secure connection by a m...
20120158733
13160856
0
1. An article of manufacture comprising a non-transitory computer-readable data storage medium including computer-readable instructions stored thereon for causing a processor to perform a method of managing an information network by providing an interface between a social network and a content network, the method compr...
9233218
13542858
1
1. A system for controlling the delivery of medical gases during respiratory support of a patient, the system comprising: a breathing circuit including a patient connection adapted to deliver respiratory support to the patient; a mixer pneumatically connected to the breathing circuit, the mixer configured to provide at...
9450974
14220444
1
1. A computer implemented method for network intrusion management, the method comprising: monitoring, by an intrusion management system, a set of nodes of a computer network; determining, by the intrusion management system, a node workload for the set of nodes; classifying, by the intrusion management system, in respon...
9739843
13371949
1
1. An arrangement for characterizing magnetic systems based on an initialized set of input parameters of the magnetic system, the arrangement comprising: a magnetic field sensor for measuring the magnetic field distribution of the magnetic system of a magnet, means for determining an optimal expected magnetic field dis...
20050137718
10741404
0
1. A method for rendering at least one state diagram for an enterprise architecture, comprising: defining a plurality of objects, wherein each of the objects represents an element of the enterprise architecture; defining a plurality of relationships, wherein each of the relationships is between one of the plurality of ...
8027540
12014193
1
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a computer, an image of a handwritten item; performing, by said computer, a word segmentation process on said image to produce a set of sub-images; extracting, by said computer, a set of feature vectors from each sub-image using said computer; computing, by said computer, a first l...
9886364
14588089
1
1. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing computer instructions stored therein for causing a computer processor to perform a method providing a technical solution to the technical problem of evaluating the performance of a software application without affecting overall system performance, the method compr...
8455028
12115892
1
1. A method for operating a cooking process based on a multiple number of entered parameters, the method comprising: entering parameters through an input device of the cooking appliance, the entered parameters including (i) at least one of a multiple number of cooking products and a multiple number of cooking programs,...
8886521
13206068
1
1. A non-transitory computer readable medium with an executable program stored thereon, wherein the program instructs a microprocessor to perform the following steps to use speech commands to produce a formatted report of a predetermined type, comprising: identifying a set of phrases frequently used to complete discret...
20090248270
12408189
0
1. A vehicle drive assist system comprising: front-environment recognition means for recognizing a running environment in front of a subject vehicle; preceding-vehicle recognition means for recognizing a preceding vehicle on the basis of the running environment recognized by the front-environment recognition means; and...
20140282309
13868954
0
1. A computer program product embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium, comprising: code for receiving one or more parameters, at least one of which corresponds to an interface protocol; code for constructing a data flow based on the one or more parameters; code for receiving an indication of one or more c...
20070079205
11224249
0
1. A circuit simulation method comprising: (a) defining for a circuit a first set of non-linear equations of the time-varying electrical responses of the devices of the circuit; (b) defining for the circuit a second set of non-linear equations of the time-varying temperature responses of the circuit devices; (c) determ...
8893109
13195917
1
1. A computer-implemented method for distributing product updates from a configuration device to one or more handheld medical device(s), comprising receiving, by the configuration device, a request to download a product update to a requesting medical device, retrieving, by the configuration device, a dependency that mu...
9112975
13669384
1
1. A method for connecting a website user to a contact center agent, the method comprising: monitoring, by a processor remote from the website user, an interaction of the website user with a website; receiving, by the processor, a call request from the website user via the website; identifying, by the processor, an age...
20110160941
12872673
0
1 - A multifunction airborne radar device operating in active and passive modes, comprising a plurality of antenna modules fixed relative to the aircraft, which are placed substantially on the surface of the aircraft and form transmit and receive beams of width adapted to the aimed direction, allowing detection of targ...
20130073653
13619054
0
1. A system to manage instant messages, the system comprising: an input interface configured to receive instant messages created by or on behalf of one or more message sources for delivery to an intended recipient; a screening component configured to identify, from among the received instant messages, qualifying instan...
8868598
13586711
1
1. One or more computer storage media storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, configure the one or more processors to perform acts comprising: detecting a search gesture from a user, the search gesture defining and substantially bounding a region of content that is displa...
7496639
11466453
1
1. A method for controlling messaging outputs in a messaging session, said method comprising the steps of: receiving a plurality of message entries intended for a particular recipient and each associated with a particular topic from among a plurality of topics within a particular channel of an instant messaging session...
20120173904
13311475
0
1. A processor to conserve power, comprising: a plurality of domains including a core domain and a non-core domain, an interrupt generator to generate a first interrupt in response to the non-core domain entering a power saving state and a second interrupt in response to the non-core domain exiting the power saving sta...
10031991
15221820
1
1. An electronic design process comprising: receiving, using at least one processor, an electronic design environment including both a design under test (“DUT”) to be fabricated and a System Verilog testbench; simulating an electronic design associated with the electronic design environment; generating a coverage datab...
20070038561
11424802
0
1. A method for real-time enrollment in a system for transferring funds, said method comprising: enrolling a customer having a customer account on-line in a banking system for transferring funds; and permitting the customer to add counterparty accounts immediately after enrolling the customer.
20150354474
14729716
0
1. A transmission system for use with an engine, comprising: a plurality of gear sets; an input member configured to be powered by the engine and to drive the plurality of gear sets; an output member driven by the plurality of gear sets; at least one clutch configured to selectively engage select gears of the plurality...
20090094216
12061742
0
1. A method for transforming a concept-based query into SQL query statements, comprising the steps of: transforming an inputted concept-based query into logic rules; checking validity of said logic rules; optimizing logic rules that are valid; and translating optimized logic rules into SQL query statements.
8676717
11512419
1
1. A computer-implemented method for reducing a renege rate of an application, the computer including a processor and memory and the method comprising steps performed by the computer of: collecting and storing renege data, by the processor, from a plurality of reneges; determining, by the processor, one or more renege ...
9910666
15243849
1
1. An apparatus for implementing system locale management including application and task oriented live locale object update in a computer system comprising: a processor, a Locale-Object Management Daemon (LOMD) tangibly embodied in a non-transitory machine readable medium used to implement live locale object update; sa...
8548699
12787022
1
1. A control system for a transmission, comprising: a pressure control module that: determines a first learned pressure based on a first torque range of a predetermined steady-state of said transmission and a first transmission turbine speed of said predetermined stead-state, and a second learned pressure based on a se...
9250104
11569823
1
1. A patient monitoring system comprising: a plurality of self-contained sensors which acquire physiological signals from a patient and a remote device which wirelessly communicate with the sensors, wherein each of the plurality of sensors includes: a communication module which provides direct and independent wireless ...
20140156238
14174643
0
1. A method of optimizing production of a plurality of wells using a control mechanism, the method comprising: generating, for each well of the plurality of wells, an intermediate solution to optimize the production of each well of the plurality of wells using, an offline model comprising a mixed-integer non linear pro...
20140129569
13667205
0
1. A method, comprising: receiving a communication from a sender comprising a plurality of words; assigning, via a computing apparatus, a score to each of the words; determining, via the computing apparatus, a respective total sum for each of a plurality of word sequences in the communication, the respective total sum ...
7949951
11624162
1
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving text to compose, the text including a plurality of paragraphs; composing the text using paragraph composition, the paragraph composition determining a layout for the lines of each paragraph according to a line break scheme that determines line breaks for the paragr...
8719117
10873000
1
1. A method for managing return-processing of a product of a manufacturer, the method comprising: receiving, at a return-processing server separate from the manufacturer, via a network, information from a database regarding the manufacturer's return procedures for the product; receiving, at the return-processing server...
8332122
12669902
1
1. A control apparatus for a vehicle drive unit achieving demands related to various types of capabilities of the vehicle drive unit by coordinately controlling a plurality of actuators related to operations of the vehicle drive unit, the control apparatus having a control structure of a hierarchical type, the control ...
20080052214
10461866
0
1. A system for conducting securities transactions, comprising: a hub in electronic communication with a distributed network, at least a first participating firm in electronic communication with the hub via the distributed network, wherein the hub comprises a message tier configured to intercept a firm request received...
8452415
11591187
1
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a programmer, a patient-specific patient anatomy data set that describes at least one characteristic of patient tissue proximate to an electrical stimulation lead having a complex electrode array geometry implanted within a patient, wherein the stimulation lead comprises a pluralit...
7943879
11628142
1
1. A method for sorting unaddressed mail items stored in a number of batches, the method comprising: providing a number of the batches, each of the batches being defined by respective identical unaddressed mail items; registering each batch by recording at least one pictorial reference feature of at least one of the ma...
20090013216
12146951
0
1. A data processing system including modules that execute on a computer for troubleshooting computer system problems using a master taxonomic structure which classifies the computer system problems, the master taxonomic structure comprising a plurality of symptom pathways, said modules comprising: an opening module wh...
7711457
11577321
1
1. A navigation aid method for an aircraft comprising the steps of: positioning an execution order in a flight plan then in a flight path, wherein the order is for deferred execution, a condition comprising the steps of: estimating the position of the aircraft when the condition associated with the order is satisfied, ...
9460632
13911706
1
1. A method for incentivizing physical activity, comprising: in a computing system that includes one or more processors; tracking a person's physical activity over a period of time; comparing the person's physical activity to a threshold for the period of time; identifying a reward corresponding to the threshold, the r...
8214290
12484517
1
1. A system for monitoring plurality of electronic self-service devices, the system comprising: a receiver module configured to receive from each of the electronic self-service devices information regarding a fault-related event that occurred in a corresponding one of the electronic self-service devices; a database mod...
20110164820
12853927
0
1. A records management system, comprising: one or more electronic files that represent each page of each document in a project; a description module configured to create a description of said each representation of a page; a location designation module configured to designate an electronic storage location for said ea...
20030135349
10332007
0
1. A system for diagnosing a facility apparatus characterized by having: facility state detecting means mounted on the facility apparatus for detecting a state of the facility apparatus; a facility management data processing section for signal-processing and outputting facility state detecting information detected by s...
9257009
13454742
1
1. A jackpot triggering method for use with a gaming system having a jackpot controller and a plurality of gaming devices, each gaming device having a credit input mechanism configured to accept a physical item associated with a monetary value for establishing a credit balance, the credit balance being increasable and ...
20130346233
13913768
0
1. A method for providing location-aware group recommendations, the method comprising: receiving, at a network-based system, a group recommendation request from a mobile device associated with a first user, the group recommendation request including identification of a second user and information identifying a current ...
8930286
13281115
1
1. An information processing apparatus which creates a classifier for classifying an attribute of a pattern image using a plurality of nodes consisting of a tree structure, comprising: an input unit configured to input a plurality of learning pattern images to each of the plurality of nodes, each of the plurality of le...
7953815
12138602
1
1. A computer readable storage medium for controlling a client wireless component for providing location dependent information to a user for selective colleague assistance, a computer readable medium comprising instructions for: receiving location data from a location tracking device; transmitting the location data to ...
20080270086
12168469
0
1. A system, said system comprising: means for importing a design netlist containing one or more components; means for computing one or more output functions for said one or more components; means for generating one or more output equivalent state sets from said one or more output functions; means for identifying one o...
20130339280
13523574
0
1. A method of learning in a neural network, comprising: determining an uncertainty associated with a first pre-synaptic spike time of a first neuron model for a pattern to be learned; and determining a delay based on the uncertainty, such that the delay added to a second pre-synaptic spike time of the first neuron mod...
9865092
15151322
1
1. A system for predictive processing and delivering virtual reality content, the system comprising: one or more computer servers comprising one or more processors and one or more storage devices; and executable software stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices and executable on demand, the software op...
20150212920
13840697
0
1. A method comprising: identifying data representing a path of a transaction, wherein the path comprises a plurality of transaction fragments associated with a plurality of software components, the transaction is to return a particular value, and the particular value is returned by a first one of the plurality of soft...
20140325617
13928215
0
1. A system, comprising: a memory storing a list of common credentials; a network interface component, configured to receive a credential associated with a user authentication attempt; and one or more processors configured to: determine if the received credential is correct; compare the received credential to a list of...