236 results about "Single entity" patented technology

The invention provides methods of nucleic acid analysis. Such methods entail forming a population of gel microdrops encapsulating a population of biological entities, each entity comprising a nucleic acid, whereby at least some microdrops in the population each encapsulate a single entity. The population of gel microdrops is then contacted with a probe under conditions whereby the probe specifically hybridizes to at least one complementary sequence in the nucleic acid in at least one gel microdrop. At least one gel microdrop is then analyzed or detected. The biological entities can be cells, viruses, nuclei and chromosomes.

Displaying a hierarchy. A method includes identifying a set of nodes representing sites in a hierarchy. The set of nodes share one or more common characteristics not shared by any other nodes in the hierarchy. The method further includes determining that the set of nodes, as a set, meet a predetermined condition. As a result of the nodes sharing the one or more common characteristics not shared by any other nodes in the hierarchy and as a result of the set meeting the predetermined condition, the method further includes aggregating at least a portion of the set of nodes. The method further includes displaying in a graphical user interface a representation of the hierarchy including displaying the aggregated portion as a single entity in the hierarchy.

A migration set list generator specifies a physical topology of a deployed software solution, wherein the software solution comprises a plurality of software components and data associated with said plurality of software components integrated into a single entity. The migration set list generator specifies at least one solution change to the deployed software solution to meet at least one business requirement and specifies at least one migration strategy for migrating the deployed software solution, wherein the at least one migration strategy comprises at least one of a product level strategy specified for a particular software component of the plurality of software components and at least one solution level strategy specified for the plurality of software components, wherein the product level strategy overrides the solution level strategy for the particular software component. The migration set list generator generates a plurality of migration tasks for making the at least one solution change to the deployed software solution specified in the physical topology based on the at least one migration strategy and generates a recommended physical topology yielded for the software solution if the physical topology is updated according to the plurality of migration tasks.

Provided are systems and methods related to converting unlabeled data into structured and labeled data for answering one or more single-entity-single-relation questions. The systems and methods automates the labeling of data to generate training data for machine learning. The systems and methods identify and import question and answer pairs from an user generated discussion platform and access a knowledge base questions to extract questions by supervised extraction. The extracted questions are further filtered to remove mislabeled questions. When a question is posed, it is parsed for entity and relation, and an answer is identified by searching through the knowledge base.

The present invention provides methods for sending a digital message from a sender (606) to a recipient (608) in a public-key based cryptosystem comprising an authorizer (606). The authorizer can be a single entity (606) or comprise a hierarchical or distributed entity (602, 604a-604b). The present invention allows communication of messages by an efficient protocol, not involving key status queries or key escrow, where a message recipient (608) can decrypt a message from a message sender (606) only if the recipient (608) possesses up-to-date authority from the authorizer. The invention allows such communication in a system comprising a large number (e.g. millions) of users.

A method for acquiring and distributing entertainment items, information representative of monetary funds, and/or commercial products, some or all which maybe combined or bundled in a single package. Goods and services are first identified. Advertising is provided for at least one commercial product. The advertising includes a predetermined code associated with the commercial product. The commercial product is sold and, upon acceptance of the predetermined code, a second commercial product or an entertainment item or a medium containing information representative of monetary funds is provided as a single entity or transaction.

A user interface to display and manage a plurality of entities as if a single entity is provided. The user interface includes a representation of the collection of entities as a whole, and a representation of members associated with the entity. If an action is performed on the representation of the entities as a whole, then the action is propagated to the collection of entities, if the action is performed on the representation of the member associated with the entity, then the action is directed to the member.

The present invention provides an effective way to create a virtual MIMO transmission system using mobile terminals that have only one transmit path and antenna. This is accomplished by assigning mobile terminals to a group and assigning certain shared resources and user-specific resources to those mobile terminals in the group. In a synchronized fashion, the mobile terminals will provide uplink transmission in concert, as if they were a single entity having multiple transmission paths and antennas. Preferably, the shared resources bear on how the data is transmitted, and the user-specific resources relate to pilot signals. The data transmitted may be encoded in any number of ways, and in one embodiment, the mobile terminals may relay their information to each other, such that uplink transmissions can incorporate STTD decoding or other space-time codes. The invention is applicable to virtually any multiple access technology, including OFDM, TDMA, and CDMA, preferably synchronous CDMA.

An Adaptive Positioning System provides a method for directing and tracking position, motion and orientation of mobile vehicles, people and other entities using multiple complementary positioning components to provide seamless positioning and behavior across a spectrum of indoor and outdoor environments. The Adaptive Positioning System (APS) provides for complementary use of peer to peer ranging together with map matching to alleviate the need for active tags throughout an environment. Moreover, the APS evaluates the validity and improves the effective accuracy of each sensor by comparing each sensor to a collaborative model of the positional environment. The APS is applicable for use with multiple sensors on a single entity (i.e. a single robot) or across multiple entities (i.e. multiple robots) and even types of entities (i.e. robots, humans, cell phones, cars, trucks, drones, etc.).

A system and method is provided for gathering and aggregating operational metrics (e.g., performance metrics, process events, health monitor state, server state) for a plurality of members as a single entity and for a plurality of entities as a singular entity. The system and method provides for operational metrics of members and entities to be aggregated and retrieved as a single result set, such that entity wide operational metrics can be acquired, monitored and displayed as a single entity.

Preferred examples of a system and method for rapid collection and distribution of taxes are disclosed. The disclosed embodiments of the present invention provide a system and a method for point-of-sale collection and distribution of sales taxes on a frequent, regular basis, such as daily or weekly, or other periodic time intervals, that can be used for face-to-face, e-commerce, telephone or other transactions. The disclosed embodiments provide a system and a method for transferring funds from numerous merchants to numerous taxing authorities in an efficient manner, with each merchant seeking to transfer funds to perhaps several taxing authorities and each taxing authority seeking to receive funds from many merchants. According to other examples of the invention, a centralized distribution feature allows the merchants and the taxing authorities to each communicate with a single entity or other in transferring the funds. Therefore, efficient tax collection and distribution may be achieved without overburdening either individual merchants or individual taxing authorities

A method and system for providing an interactive gaming system is disclosed. At least one interactive social gaming community allows a plurality of users to engage in a wagering contest against a single entity. An initial amount of gaming units associated with an initial user investment is allocated to each user. A payout table is dynamically generated and includes at least one threshold amount of gaming units associated with rewards available to the user. A bet request signal received from a user is automatically reconciled with an outcome of at least one type of contest occurring during an active gaming period. A user account is updated by modifying an amount of gaming units in a user account based on a result of the at least one type of contest and determines if user has earned the reward associated with the at least one threshold.

System and method for creating a database of user media and associated user comments wherein the user's comments are collected, collated, stored, and made available to users through a Commenting Theater that allows for the simultaneous representation of and access to the entirety of an archived complex group conversation without reliance upon text. The present invention provides a method for creating electronic collections of media with associated user comments contained and collated into a single entity “VoiceThread Media Player” that has an integral capacity to host a complex electronic conversation and allows content owners to manage a group conversation wherein all of the comments and referenced media remain separate and repurposable data entities and yet both the media content and the resulting conversation are presented in a unified, coherent and casually accessible manner.

An adjunct processor controls an inter-fabric service link (IFSL) coupled to at least two independent SAN switching networks. The inter-fabric service link is coupled between multiple switching fabrics to allow the attached switching fabrics to be logically managed as a single entity while still being physically independent of each other. The IFSL does not transmit nor receive data being transmitted from a storage device to a host; rather, only management data is transmitted along the IFSL. The IFSL includes an inter-fabric adjunct processor, and a plurality of connections to the attached switching fabrics on which the IFSL communicates with IFSL agents operating on various switching elements within the attached switching fabrics. IFSL agents generate management data corresponding to the particular switching element on which the agent operates. This management data is intermittently transmitted to the IFSL for processing. Upon receipt of this management data, the IFSL updates a fabric map containing the corresponding switching element according to the received management data. As a result, the IFSL has a current snapshot of the status and functionability of each of the switching elements within the attached switching fabrics. Additionally, the IFSL may respond to the received management data by transmitting operation requests to a switching element.

A system for establishing connection between at least two electronic devices, through wireless communication data network, wherein each electronic device is associated with a single entity and at least one of the entities is a human user which participates in at least one social network. The system includes: a connection module supported by a short range communication protocol, integrated within at least one electronic device, wherein the module includes an identifying field uniquely associated with said electronic device and associated entity, the identification field is exposed as BT identity to other electronic devices located at proximity to said first device, wherein the identification field includes at least one unique code corresponding to said electronic device and at least one code associated with ID number of the entity in a social network, at least one repository of a cellular social network members, each member record including the identifying field, user profile and user connections to other entities, and wherein the connection module support handling the handshaking process of establishing social connection between two entities.

An approach for arriving at a shared secret key in a multicast or broadcast group environment is disclosed. The key exchange protocol permits nodes within a multicast or broadcast group to compute a shared secret key in a binary fashion, whereby a shared secret key is generated for a pair of nodes at a time. Once the shared secret key is computed by the pair, the nodes within the pair is viewed as a single entity by a node that is to be joined. This process is iteratively performed until all the nodes within the multicast group attain a common shared secret key. Under this approach, the number of messages exchanged between the nodes for establishing the secured channel is significantly reduced.

The present invention is a method for analyzing large volumes of network information for the purpose of identifying particular patterns of behavior in a plurality of connections. It enables identifying unique digital fingerprints of particular users, be it individuals, groups or organizations, and tracks their activities in large scale information networks such as corporate wide area networks or the public internet despite attempts on the part of the users to hide their identity. By recognizing unique identifiers and distinguishing patterns of behavior the method may differentiate between different users all using a single connection, or identify a single entity across multiple connections. The method may be applicable for tracking hostile entities inside an organizational network. Advertisers may uniquely and anonymously track the activities of users. The method may also be used to track and identify suspicious activities by law enforcement agencies via lawful interception of network data.

One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that logs the use of privileges in a distributed computing environment. The distributed computing environment includes a database system, one or more client applications, and a unified security management layer between the database system and the one or more client applications. During operation, the system receives a request from a client application to execute a business function in the distributed computing environment. The system determines a privilege associated with the requested business function, and logs that the request is associated with the privilege. The system then checks, in the unified security management layer, whether a user associated with the request is associated with a role that has the privilege. If the user is associated with a role that has the privilege, the system performs the requested business function. By checking and logging privilege access in the unified security management layer, the system facilitates tracking privilege use for the database system and the client applications in a single entity, thereby enabling security managers to more easily audit privileged operations in the distributed computing environment.