74 results about "Tangible computing" patented technology

System and method in tangible computer-readable media are disclosed for facilitating community interaction with a playlist. A host system communicates with a plurality of portable devices to transmit information about the items in the playlist. Users of the portable device queue additional selections or vote on media items in the playlist. Based on user voting the playlist is rearranged to accommodate the preferences of the community. Both registered and guest users participate in managing the playlist. Such a system and method can be particularly useful in a variety of social gathering situations.

Disclosed are methods, apparatus, systems, and non-transitory, tangible computer-readable media associated with generating bids for multi-channel advertising environments, including in embodiments, generating a multi-channel advertising model. A multi-channel advertising model may be generated and used to estimate the effect of various advertisements and / or events that occur to an individual advertisee across various modeled advertising channels. An advertisee may be tracked across multiple channels, such as, for example, by using one or more cookies as the advertisee visits various web sites. Embodiments may calculate marginal contributions to a conversion event by various advertising events that have occurred along the sales funnel. Various revenue attributions may be generated as a function of a marginal contribution that an event had on the final conversion. Embodiments may provide an advertiser with estimates of the advertisee's value through time as well as how the advertisee's value evolves based on events taken by the advertisee and / or by changing exposure levels across multiple channels. From these estimates, a bidding strategy directing bids for advertising events may be generated for use by an advertiser.

Embodiments of systems, program products, and methods to enhance and more effectively manage media content are provided. An embodiment of a program product stored in a tangible computer medium, for example, can include instructions to perform the operation of providing an industry generic framework to thereby provide a content management program product adapted to define metadata related to media content and to manage content relationships. The instructions can also include those to perform the operations of providing a code generator adapted to generate program code for the industry generic framework, and providing a plurality of media industry specific core reusable modules adapted to provide a plurality of media industry specific functions to enhance digital file management and allow a plurality of media content management services to be performed.

A new robust human authentication system, device, and instructions, embeddable in a physical and tangible computer readable medium, for determining if at least one test image obtained using an imaging device matches at least one training image in an enrollment database, are disclosed. This invention applies the concepts of appearance (PCA or PCA+LDA) and holistic anthropometrics that include head, face, neck, and shoulder linear and non-linear geometric measurements. The appearance (“eigen”) coefficients and holistic anthropometric measurements selected may be used as feature vectors. A boosting algorithm ranks features as “weak learners” and combines their outputs for “strong” recognition.

A system, method, and tangible computing apparatus is disclosed for the detection of anomalies in an integrated data network. Said system, method and apparatus comprises the creation and construction of a mathematical model that utilizes multi-dimensional mutual information to detect interactions and interrelationships between pairs of data streams and among pluralities of data streams. Real-time analysis of the operations of an integrated data network is enhanced and expedited via use of locality sensitive hashing that relies on density determinations of clusters of data.

A method is provided for fabricating a 3D integrated circuit structure. According to the method, a first active circuitry layer wafer that includes active circuitry is provided, and a first portion of the first active circuitry layer wafer is removed such that a second portion of the first active circuitry layer wafer remains. Another wafer that includes active circuitry is provided, and the other wafer is bonded to the second portion of the first active circuitry layer wafer. The first active circuitry layer wafer is lower-cost than the other wafer. Also provided are a tangible computer readable medium encoded with a program for fabricating a 3D integrated circuit structure, and a 3D integrated circuit structure.

A tangible computer-readable storage device storing computer-executable program instructions that generate a user interface for displaying workflow information associated with a tissue specimen in a pathology laboratory. The program instructions may be configured to perform a method including displaying a virtual laboratory component representing a physical pathology laboratory having one or more laboratory stations for processing the tissue specimen, wherein the tissue specimen is processed by the one or more laboratory stations according to a workflow, and displaying a specimen indicator that indicates a current specimen state based on a current relationship of the tissue specimen to the workflow. The method may further include enabling a first active component associated with the virtual laboratory component, wherein the first active component is configured to receive a user selection of a laboratory station and generating a supplemental view component of the selected laboratory station in response to the user selection, wherein the supplemental view provides supplemental information on processing by the selected laboratory station of the tissue specimen.

A system stores file system metadata in a manner that scales to a large number of entries per “capture,” where a capture is metadata of all of the files and their associated directories contained in a logical file system at a given time. The file system metadata is stored, in tangible computer readable media, in data structures that are optimized to the unique characteristics of file system metadata and, particularly, how it is desired to access and process file system metadata. Thus, the technical effect is that processing storing and processing of the file system metadata is highly optimized, such that time, storage and processing power to process the file system metadata is drastically reduced.

An embodiment includes a data structure embodied in a tangible computer readable medium comprising a data section encoding at least one data item and an identification map having a plurality of bits, each bit corresponding to an entry in an external table. Another embodiment includes a system of data structures embodied in a tangible computer readable medium comprising at least one data structure, each data structure encoding at least one data item and an identification map having a plurality of fields indicating the presence of a data item. Another embodiment includes a system of structures comprising a data structure including a previously encoded data item, a deletion list, and an addition list.

The present disclosure relates to system, method and apparatuses for identifying load volatility of a power customary and a tangible computer readable medium therefor. In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the system comprises at least one processor; and at least one memory storing computer executable instructions. The at least one memory and the computer executable instructions are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the system to determine boundary points for splitting a load curve of a power customer automatically, through performing density-based spatial clustering on data points of the load curve of the power customer; and detect tendency turning points of the load curve by means of the determined boundary points, so as to identify the load volatility of the power customer. With embodiments of the present disclosure, the boundary points for splitting the load curve may be determined automatically based on load data of each power customer instead of using a predetermined threshold and thus the load volatility of the load curve, which could provide a solution of self-adapted auto-identification for load volatility.

A method is presented to address quantitative assessment of facial emotion nulling of a subject, where the method comprises the steps of: (1) presenting at least one scene, comprising a single facial expressions and a background, to a subject on a display; (2) adjusting the facial expression on the scene; (3) receiving feedback from the subject via at least one input device; (4) quantitatively refining the received feedback; (5) modulating the adjusted facial expression relative to the accuracy of the quantitatively refined feedback; (6) transforming the modulated facial expression; (7) calculating a critical threshold parameter; and (8) recording a critical threshold parameter onto a tangible computer readable medium. An apparatus for quantitative assessment of facial emotion nulling of a subject comprising a display device, an input device, a control device, and a tangible computer readable medium. In its simplest sense, a quantitative assessment profile of facial emotion nulling by psychophysical responses is generated on a tangible computer readable medium.

Programs for creating a set of behaviors for lip sync movements and nonverbal communication may include analyzing a character's speaking behavior through the use of acoustic, syntactic, semantic, pragmatic, and rhetorical analyses of the utterance. For example, a non-transitory, tangible, computer-readable storage medium may contain a program of instructions that cause a computer system running the program of instructions to: receive a text specifying words to be spoken by a virtual character; extract metaphoric elements, discourse elements, or both from the text; generate one or more mental state indicators based on the metaphoric elements, the discourse elements, or both; map each of the one or more mental state indicators to a behavior that the virtual character should display with nonverbal movements that convey the mental state indicators; and generate a set of instructions for the nonverbal movements based on the behaviors.

The invention provides systems and methods that process text message content from a user device. The user device is assigned a routing character string. The system is in the form of a tangibly embodied computer. The system inputs an electronic text message from the user device, the electronic text message including text message content and the routing character string. The text message content may be constituted by data generated as a result of, and representative of, characters keyed in to the user device by the user. The text message content including a trig, and the trig including a trick, a command and a bin label. The system includes a processor portion that maintains a bin collection for the user, and performs processing on the text message content relating to a bin in the bin collection.

Systems, methods and non-transitory, tangible computer readable storage mediums encoded with processor readable instructions to scan files for malware are disclosed. An exemplary method includes writing, via a communication pathway, a first file to a storage medium that is utilized by the computer, requesting access to the first file so as to enable the first file to be scanned for malware, and delaying, when the first file resides on the storage medium, access to the first file while there is at least one I / O operation relative to the storage medium that has a higher priority level than a priority level of the request to access the first file. In addition, except to enable the first file to be scanned for malware, access to the first file is prevented until the first file has been scanned for malware.

A system stores file system metadata in a manner that scales to a large number of entries per “capture,” where a capture is metadata of all of the files and their associated directories contained in a logical file system at a given time. The file system metadata is stored, in tangible computer readable media, in data structures that are optimized to the unique characteristics of file system metadata and, particularly, how it is desired to access and process file system metadata. Thus, the technical effect is that processing storing and processing of the file system metadata is highly optimized, such that time, storage and processing power to process the file system metadata is drastically reduced.

A method is presented for partitioning a simulation model into a plurality of subdomains that may each be assigned to one of a plurality of processors. The method includes creating a representation of a topology graph of a simulation model in a tangible, computer readable medium. The topology graph includes a plurality of computational elements and a plurality of connections between those elements. Each of the plurality of connections is weighted to create a plurality of weights, and each of the plurality of weights is scaled. Optionally, the weights can be mapped to different interval of values. Based on the weights information the topology graph is partitioned into two or more subdomains, wherein a partition boundary follows a local topographical minimum in the topology graph. A subdomain is assigned to each of the plurality of processors.

A tangible computer readable storage medium storing instructions which when executed on a programmed processor carry out a process for navigation of menu options available to a user of an audio / visual (AV) system has instructions that enter a graphical user interface (GUI) in a menu system that is displayed on a video display; instructions that generate a signal for displaying a first navigable list of menu options on the video display, the first navigable list of menu options having a plurality of fields arranged in a first linear configuration that overlays the AV content currently playing on the video display with one of the menu options shown at a location of the video display that is highlighted; and instructions responsive to a navigation command from a remote controller, that move the first navigable list of menu options of the GUI to cause another field of the plurality of fields to move to the location that is highlighted, and thus highlight the another field while continuing to display the AV content currently playing on the television video display

Management of congestion level, in a computer-related context, is disclosed. Also disclosed is a system generating a plurality of computer network-related tables during system operation. A number of the tables are each separately indexed by a different index. The system includes at least one tangible computer-readable medium adapted to store, at each indexed location, a swap count providing an indication of the congestion level of the indexed location. The system also includes insert logic stored as instructions on the at least one medium for execution. When executed, the insert logic is operable to: i) insert, when a predetermined condition has been satisfied, a new entry by overwriting the current entry stored in the indexed location having the lowest swap count; and ii) update the swap counts in each of the indexed locations in a manner that maintains the total swap count at least substantially constant over time.

An individual's fine-motor skills can be assessed using a force-feedback haptic unit that includes an end-effecter and programmable settings. To assess these skills, a tangible computer readable medium initializes the programmable settings with a set of initial settings. It then presents a 3-D representation of a character or characters to a user. The user in turn is prompted to mimic the character(s) on a work space. While the user is attempting to mimic the character(s) using the end-effecter on the work space, timed stroke data are collected from the force-feedback haptic unit. Using the timed stroke data, an analysis is then generated to determine the user's precision and accuracy of mimicking the character.

Non-transitory, tangible, computer-readable storage media may contain a program of instructions that enhances the performance of a computing system running the program of instructions when segregating a set of data into subsets that each have at least one similar characteristic. The instructions may cause the computer system to perform operations comprising: receiving the set of data; applying an iterative clustering algorithm to the set of data that segregates the data into the subsets in iterative steps; during the iterative steps, injecting perturbations into the data that have an average magnitude that decreases during the iterative steps; and outputting information identifying the subsets.

A computer implemented method, a tangible computer storage medium, and a data processing system generate a non-real-time image snapshot in a virtual world. A backend rendering system receives a scene description from a virtual world server. The backend rendering system then retrieves a high fidelity graphics from a visual database. The visual database contains both the high fidelity graphics and a lightweight graphics. The lightweight graphics are utilized to render the virtual world at a virtual world client application. The backend rendering system then renders the non-real-time image snapshot, and processes the non-real-time image snapshot into the desired format. The non-real-time image snapshot can then be delivered to a client.

A method is presented to address quantitative assessment of verbal memory of a subject, where the method comprises the steps of: (1) presenting at least one scene to the subject on a display, the scene comprising a plurality of symbols and a background; (2) moving the plurality of symbols relative to the scene, the movement being tracked by the subject via at least one input device; (3) adjusting the saliency of the plurality of symbols relative to the tracked movement; (4) receiving feedback from the subject via said input device; (5) quantitatively refining the received feedback; (6) modulating the movement of the plurality of symbols relative to the accuracy of the quantitatively refined feedback; (7) calculating a critical threshold parameter; and (8) recording a critical threshold parameter onto a tangible computer readable medium. An apparatus for quantitative assessment of verbal memory of a subject comprising a display device, an input device, a control device, and a tangible computer readable medium. In its simplest sense, a quantitative assessment profile of verbal memory by psychophysical responses is generated on a tangible computer readable medium.

A tangible computer readable medium of a vehicle includes object code referencing a plurality of variables, the object code for: identifying sets of possible target values based on air and exhaust setpoints for an engine; generating predicted parameters based on a model of the engine and the sets of possible target values, respectively; selecting one of the sets of possible target values based on the predicted parameters; setting target values based on the selected one of the sets of possible target values, respectively; and controlling opening of a throttle valve based on a first one of the target values. The tangible computer readable medium also includes calibration data stored separately and that includes predetermined values for the variables referenced in the object code, respectively. At least one processor executes the object code using the predetermined values to perform the identifying, the generating, the selecting, the setting, and the controlling.

Various embodiments provide solutions to assist in the classification of products in a procurement system. The tools provided by various embodiments include, without limitation, methods, systems, and / or software products. Merely by way of example, a method might comprise one or more procedures, any or all of which are executed by a computer system. Correspondingly, an embodiment might provide a computer system configured with instructions to perform one or more procedures in accordance with methods provided by various other embodiments. Similarly, a computer program might comprise a set of instructions that are executable by a computer system (and / or a processor therein) to perform such operations. In many cases, such software programs are encoded on physical and / or tangible computer readable media (such as, to name but a few examples, optical media, magnetic media, and / or the like).

The present disclosure relates to real-time data management for a power grid and presents a real-time data management system, a system, method, apparatus and tangible computer readable medium for accessing data in a power grid, a system, method, apparatus and tangible computer readable medium for controlling a transmission delay of real-time data delivered via a real-time bus, and a system, method, apparatus and tangible computer readable medium for delivering real-time data in a power grid. In the real-time data management system of the present disclosure, a unified data model covering various organizations and various data resource is designed and a management scheme for clustered data is used to provide a transparent and high speed data access. Besides, multi-bus collaboration and bus performance optimization approaches are utilized to improve efficiency and performance of the buses. The real-time data management system may also include an event integration and complex event process component to provide a credible prediction on status of the power grid. With embodiments of the present disclosure, it may efficiently manage the high volume of real-time data and events, provide data transmission with a low latency, provide flexible extension of both the number of data clusters and the number of databases to ensure high volume data storage, and achieve a high speed and transparent data access, Additionally, it also enable the rapid design and development of analytical applications, and support the near real-time enterprise decision-making business.