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The invention relates to a microfabricated device for the rapid detection of DNA, proteins or other molecules associated with a particular disease. The devices and methods of the invention can be used for the simultaneous diagnosis of multiple diseases by detecting molecules (e.g. amounts of molecules), such as polynucleotides (e.g., DNA) or proteins (e.g., antibodies), by measuring the signal of a detectable reporter associated with hybridized polynucleotides or antigen/antibody complex. In the microfabricated device according to the invention, detection of the presence of molecules (i.e., polynucleotides, proteins, or antigen/antibody complexes) are correlated to a hybridization signal from an optically-detectable (e.g. fluorescent) reporter associated with the bound molecules. These hybridization signals can be detected by any suitable means, for example optical, and can be stored for example in a computer as a representation of the presence of a particular gene. Hybridization probes can be immobilized on a substrate that forms part of or is exposed to a channel or channels of the device that form a closed loop, for circulation of sample to actively contact complementary probes. Universal chips according to the invention can be fabricated not only with DNA but also with other molecules such as RNA, proteins, peptide nucleic acid (PNA) and polyamide molecules.

A system and method for implementing an electronic programming guide that allows a television viewer to access and interact with television scheduling information. The electronic programming guide provides the viewer with a grid which lists channels, titles and show times. To help the viewer locate information about shows the viewer is interested in, the guide can filter the data prior to display. Only the data that meets certain filter criteria will be displayed. The filter criteria are set by the viewer. The filter criteria can be changed by manipulating a variable selection element such as a slider.

A system and method for implementing an electronic programming guide that allows a television viewer to access and interact with television viewing information. The electronic programming guide provides the viewer with a grid which lists channels, titles and show times. One format for presenting the grid shows an entire week of programming. Each row contains a show that is to be broadcast one or more times during the week. The first column lists the name of the show and the second column indicates the length of the show. The next seven columns represent the days of the week. For each time that a show is to be broadcast, the show time and channel are displayed in the appropriate column. The grid can be sorted many ways including by title, category, actors or search terms.

Disclosed is a computer-assisted method for finding duplicate or near-duplicate documents or text spans within a document collection by using high-discriminability text fragments. Distinctive features of the documents or text spans are identified. For each pair of documents or text spans with at least one distinctive feature in common, the distinctive features of each document or text span are compared to determine whether the pair is duplicates or near-duplicates. An apparatus for performing this computer-assisted method is also disclosed.

A computer implemented meta search engine and search method. In accordance with this method, a query is forwarded to one or more third party search engines, and the responses from the third party search engine or engines are parsed in order to extract information regarding the documents matching the query. The full text of the documents matching the query are downloaded, and the query terms in the documents are located. The text surrounding the query terms are extracted, and that text is displayed.

Methods and apparatus for positioning electrodes in a skull. In some embodiments of the invention multiple measurements are made and a desired location is determined or estimated from the results of the measurements.

A method and system for searching contact lists quickly, that provides searching of a contact list by user defined group names, attributes, and/or system defined metadata regarding contacts, groups and/or attributes. A user of a communication system is allowed to organize their contacts in their contact list within a number of contact groups and to associate attributes with contact groups and/or individual contacts. The visual display of contacts within the user's contact list user interface display may be configured to visually organize contacts into the groups they belong to, and/or to display the attributes associated with groups and/or contacts within the top level contact list display. Group and/or contact attributes may alternatively be accessed by selecting (e.g. clicking on) a group or contact. A quick search feature is provided that allows the contact list to be searched based on group name, attribute, and/or contact name, as well as based on group, contact and/or attribute metadata.

A method of matching a vehicle with a vacant parking space in a parking facility having numerous parking spaces. The method includes storing identifying characteristics of each of the parking spaces in a database. To request a parking space, a garage customer inputs data concerning his or her preferences for parking. The inventive method then determines which of the plurality of parking spaces are vacant, matches the data inputted by the user with the data identifying characteristics of each of the parking spaces determined to be vacant, and determines which of the parking spaces determined to be vacant most closely matches the data inputted by the user. The closest parking space is reserved for parking by the user.

Disclosed is a computer-implemented method of presenting data which has been automatically extracted from a digital representation of a document to a curator for review, the extracted data comprising annotation entity data concerning one or more instances of entities which have been identified in the digital representation of a document, the annotation entity data comprising data specifying the location of the identified instances of entities within the digital representation of a document, the method comprising the steps of (i) displaying in a first region of a display screen a user selectable portion of the digital representation of a document with said instances of entities which are specified by the annotation entity data as being located within the displayed portion of the digital representation of a document highlighted at the location specified by the annotation entity data; (ii) displaying in a second region of the display screen a list of a plurality of instances of entities which have been identified in the digital representation of a document, at least one of the listed instances of an entity having a user selectable user interface element associated therewith; and (iii) responsive to a user selecting the user selectable user interface element associated with an instance of an entity, adjusting the portion of the digital representation of a document which is displayed in the first region to include the location within the digital representation of a document where the instance of an entity associated with the selected user interface element is located.

The system for controlling and tracking medical items (830) includes one or more computers and associated data stores including information concerning authorized users, patients, medical items that have been prescribed for patients, medical items available, storage locations for medical items and events associated with receiving, dispensing, taking and returning medical items for patients. Authorized users taking medical items from storage locations are enabled to provide inputs through a display terminal (880) to indicate the taking of medical items for patients. Medical items are enabled to be taken from a plurality of storage cabinets (878). Storage cabinets are operative so that users may be guided to find a selected medical item for which corresponding information is input at an associated display terminal. Alternatively, users are enabled to gain access to the interior of the cabinet and indicate through appropriate inputs, the types and quantities of items that are being taken.

An interactive wagering application is provided that assists users in finding races on which the users desire to wager on and that assists users in placing wagers on the desired races. The application may provide a search feature that allows the user to search for races based on user inputted search criteria such as favorite jockey, trainer, runner, or any suitable combination thereof. The application may also provide a next hour feature that searches for upcoming races that start within a certain time period. The application may also display an interactive overlay that contains information to assist users in creating a wager. The interactive overlay may be displayed when a user highlights or points to information. The interactive overlay may contain, for example, an estimated current payout for a specific wager amount, the total amount of the wager, the weather conditions at a racetrack, or any other suitable information. The application may be implemented using platforms based on set-top boxes, personal computers, handheld computing devices, cellular telephones, or other suitable devices.

The disclosed embodiment provides a method and a device for displaying notification messages, which are applied to terminal equipment. The method comprises the following steps: receiving the notification messages; classifying the notification messages according to the preset classification rule; displaying the notification messages in notification bars according to the classification. In the method provided by the embodiment, the terminal equipment such as a mobile phone can classify the notification messages according to the preset classification rule after receiving the notification message of a system or each APP (application); for example, the notification messages with the same source are classified into the same class, and then the notification messages are displayed in the notification bars according to the classification, thus an interface of each notification bar is concise and not disordered; a user can rapidly find out concerned message; the reading speed of the user is improved; the operation efficiency of the terminal equipment is improved; the user experience is also optimized.

The invention discloses a parking management system and method based on the Internet of things. The system comprises a cloud platform, a graphical parking lot management platform, a first mobile terminal and a second mobile terminal; the graphical parking lot management platform comprises a parking lot entity graphical interface display module, parking stall locks and a parking stall monitoring assembly, the parking stall locks upload state information of parking stalls automatically, and the parking stall monitoring assembly issues parking stall information to the cloud platform; and the cloud platform manages parking stall information, transaction and users, and provides a navigation service. When an owner of a certain parking stall issues vacancy information of the parking stall via the first mobile terminal, a user reserves the parking stall via the second mobile terminal, the parking stall is locked by the unique user after reservation succeeds, when the user arrives at the parking lot and enters parking lot after identity recognition, the user is autonomously or automatically navigated to the preserved offline parking stall, and the system carries out electronic settlement automatically after use. Thus, the value of limit resources is maximized.

A method for providing an application list depending on an external device connected to a mobile device is provided. The method includes displaying a plurality of first shortcut keys for executing a plurality of first applications, on a display of the mobile device, determining whether the mobile device is connected to an external device, if the mobile device is connected to the external device, displaying on the display at least one second shortcut key for executing at least one second application, with which the external device can be used, among the plurality of first applications, determining whether the second shortcut key displayed on the display is selected, if the second shortcut key is selected, executing a second application corresponding to the selected second shortcut key in the mobile device, and displaying execution results of the second application on the display.

A work management apparatus generates a temporary shift table in which scheduled work times of employees are temporarily set, based on an employee information file and work management file stored in a file memory. The work management apparatus sends the generated temporary shift table to a plurality of portable terminals over a network. When receiving, over the network, response information sent from the plurality of portable terminals in response to the sent temporary shift table, the work management apparatus generates a settled shift table in which scheduled work times of employees are settled, based on the received response information. The work management apparatus automatically sends the generated settled shift table to the plurality of portable terminals over the network.

A portable device for planning a vacation/business travel itinerary, which begins with customizable itinerary templates that utilize a stored database of destination information, including a country's regions/cities, tourist sites, and other sites of interest located therein, and a corresponding photographic library. One such template returns itineraries based upon: duration, arrival/departure cities, total number of cities to be visited, and intensity of touring. The software assists users during travel by providing cueing of itinerary segments, along with directions, and on-demand pre-recorded audio tours to enhance site tour experiences. En route detours from planned sites are supported for spontaneous additions/substitutions. Country-specific information includes city/regional maps, public transportation information, key word/phrase language translation capability, and yellow/white page phone listings. Password protected device-to-device linking permits family members to track each other by GPS location of the other's device. Internet capability permits inclusion, within itineraries, of reservation-specific information for air-travel, hotels, and events.

An online communications network connects consumers with service providers from an unlimited number of different business sectors. The service providers include event organizers. The network allows consumers and event participants to maintain a profile of biographical data on the system. The single profile is available to either purchase services or register for events in a single electronic marketplace. A computerized method of arranging information about the service providers includes assigning codes, such as SIC and NAICS codes, to categories of services and arranging individual service providers, including event organizers, within their respectively assigned categories. Consumers and service providers communicate over the website to contract for work, rate each other's performance of the contract, provide referrals for other business. In the events section, event participants and event organizers share registration information. The system includes a social networking component for better relationships between service providers and their customers.

The invention is applicable for the technical field of classification processing, and provides an application program display and classification method, an application program display and classification and a mobile terminal. The display method comprises the following steps of: presetting classifications to which application programs belong in an application program management setting interface; and displaying the at least one preset classification and application program icons in the classifications on the display interface. The classification method comprises the following steps of: when a user touches an application program iron, displaying a classification file folder; acquiring a command of dragging the application program icon to a corresponding file folder by the user; and classifying a dragged application program to the classification corresponding to the corresponding file folder. By the method and the system, the user can conveniently classify the application programs rapidly and can rapidly search desired application programs and enter an operation interface of an application program.

The invention discloses an interactive remote expert cooperation maintenance system and a method based on an augmented reality technology. An on-site client side carries out video acquisition or image shooting on equipment to be detected and maintained, and transmits to a remote server side; the remote server side receives a video or an image sent by the on-site client side, receives drawing processing on the video or the image carried out by an expert, and sends the drawn target area image to the on-site client side; after receiving the drawn target area image, the on-site client side completes recognition, location and tracking of a target area in the target area image and an on-site video image through an object tracking algorithm; a detector finds out the target area image; a tracker tracks a target; the detection accuracy of the detector is improved continually through P-N Learning; a marked pattern or a text comment, and current equipment state information are overlapped at the position of the target area in the on-site video image, and an augmented reality image video is generated; the augmented reality technology is utilized to synthesize the augmented reality video, and the fault diagnosis and the maintenance of on-site equipment are completed with the cooperation of the expert.

By installing an emitter unit emitting signals in direction of a parking place and a responder unit corresponding to this parking place responding to the emitter signal by a response signal in case no car is parked on the respective parking place, and detecting the response signal or the lack of it, one can get information on the location of available parking places.

The invention discloses a method and a device for generating a word selecting searching result based on browsing content. The method comprises the steps of acquiring text content selected by the user from the current browsing content; generating searching keyword according to the text content selected by the user; sending the generated searching keyword to a searching engine for searching; generating different classification labels according to the searching result; and displaying a searching result of different contents in the classification labels. According to the scheme of the invention, as the searching keyword is directly formed according to the content selected by the user, manual typing of the user is not needed; in addition, after the user selects the content, the searching operation can be triggered directly without copying/pasting operation or jumping to a searching page, thereby greatly simplifying the operation of the user, and reducing the network accessing load of the searching page.