17th week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 43 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160117393 | Combinatorial Business Intelligence - Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure relate to systems and methods for providing information about a sector and geographic focus of a company and enables user to identify the top product/brands of a company. Trademark records can be leveraged and combined with other sources of data, which can be presented to a user in an integrated graphical user interface, to facilitate combinatorial business intelligence for one or more companies. Analytical data associated with trademark records corresponding to the company included in the search can be generated to provide a ranked list of trademarked names/brands for the company and a combined or integrated view can be generated in a graphical user interface that includes the ranked list of the trademarked names/brands for the company and also includes the recent news or other information related to the trademark names/brands. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117394 | CLIENT APPLICATION FINGERPRINTING BASED ON ANALYSIS OF CLIENT REQUESTS - Processes are disclosed for fingerprinting and identifying client applications based on the analysis of client requests. In an HTTP-based embodiment, a fingerprint is constructed based on the presence and order of HTTP headers included in a request from a client application or device. This fingerprint may then be compared to known fingerprints associated with particular client applications to identify the particular client application and/or to assess whether the client application is malicious. The results of this analysis may, for example, be used to determine how to respond to the current request and/or subsequent requests. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117395 | OPTIMIZED ONTOLOGY BASED INTERNET SEARCH SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Methods and apparatus for providing suggested completions to search results are disclosed which employ locating nodes in a stored ontology, wherein nodes consist of classes or instances of information, that correspond to the at least one search term, retrieving neighbors of located nodes in the stored ontology, and generating suggested completions in a format which separates homonymic terms. Methods and apparatus are disclosed for building ontologies and dynamically expanding ontologies. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117396 | NEED TO KNOW SEARCH RESULTS - Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for searching for assets in a resource. In response to determining that metadata associated with a received query for one or more assets in the resource fulfills a predetermined criterion, a response is provided to the query. The response includes one or more assets that are tagged in the resource as hidden assets. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117397 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING EXPERTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA - A system and method for identifying experts on social media and more specifically to systems and methods for identifying experts, topics and followers in social media networks that may be used to engage or track a wide and relevant audience for message targeting. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117398 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXTRACTING SIMILAR GROUP ELEMENTS - Techniques for extracting similar group elements are described. In one embodiment, a received communication is analyzed for repeating patterns in the elements within the communication. An input may be received via a user interface identifying a particular element of the received communication. A system may then identify a particular position within a repeating pattern that is associated with the particular element. Every element within the communication that is in the same position within the repeating pattern may then be identified, stored, or output in a specified or preselected format. Various embodiments may account for multi-page response communications, various pattern recognition techniques, and automated or user-assisted systems. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117399 | NEED TO KNOW SEARCH RESULTS - Apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for searching for assets in a resource. In response to determining that metadata associated with a received query for one or more assets in the resource fulfills a predetermined criterion, a response is provided to the query. The response includes one or more assets that are tagged in the resource as hidden assets. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117400 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC TOPIC RELEVANT CONTENT FILTERING FROM SOCIAL MEDIA TEXT STREAMS USING WEAK SUPERVISION - Presented are a system, method, and apparatus for automatic topic relevant content filtering from social media text streams using weak supervision. A computing device utilizes heuristic rules allowing topic filtering and a data stream data chunk identifier. A plurality of messages are transmitted as streaming message data from a social media network in real-time. The messages are split into a plurality of data stream data chunks according to the data stream data chunk identifier. A rule-based labeled data set L | 2016-04-28 |
20160117401 | NETWORK-BASED GATHERING OF BACKGROUND INFORMATION - A method of network-based query formulation on a plurality of computers networked together, the method comprising: obtaining a request from an end user, the request requiring predetermined information for fulfillment; obtaining seed information regarding said request in a primary search from an information source associated with said end user; using said seed information to build at least one query for said predetermined information; applying said at least one query to at least one additional information source to obtain secondary information relating to said request; and amalgamating said seed and secondary information to fulfill said request. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117402 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTEGRATING PERSONAL SOCIAL NETWORKS WITHIN AN ORGANIZATION - A method includes receiving, from a user device, a first signal, the first signal including an authorization indicator associated with a social network system profile of a first user. A second signal is sent, the second signal including a first request for social network information associated with the first user. The first request is based at least in part on the authorization indicator. A third signal is received, the third signal including social network information associated with the first user. The method further includes receiving, from a second user, a fourth signal, the fourth signal including a second request for social network information associated with the first user. One or more metrics is defined, based at least in part on the social network information associated with the first user. A fifth signal is sent, the fifth signal sent such that a visual element based at least in part on the one or more metrics is displayed at an output device. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117403 | Computer-Implemented System And Method For Filtering An Information Space - A computer-implemented system and method for filtering an information space is provided. A collection of entities is accessed. Each entity is associated with one or more attributes defining characteristics of that entity. Multiple displays of the entity collection are generated and each display is based on a different attribute of the entity collection. A status is assigned to one or more entities in the collection and each status reflects progress of a user with respect to that entity. A visualization is assigned to each different assigned status and is reflected on each attribute display. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117404 | IDENTIFICATION OF CONTENT BY METADATA - Systems and methods for identifying content in electronic messages are provided. An electronic message may include certain content. The content is detected and analyzed to identify any metadata. The metadata may include a numerical signature characterizing the content. A thumbprint is generated based on the numerical signature. The thumbprint may then be compared to thumbprints of previously received messages. The comparison allows for classification of the electronic message as spam or not spam. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117405 | Information Processing Method and Apparatus - Information processing method and apparatus relating to the field of communications and information processing technologies is presented. The method and apparatus can include acquiring a search criterion entered by a user, where the search criterion includes a name of an entity and selecting, according to the name of the entity, a target triplet including the name of the entity from a knowledge base that is created in advance, where the target triplet further includes an attribute of the entity and an attribute value of the attribute, and displaying the name of the entity, the attribute of the entity, and the attribute value of the attribute. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117406 | NAVIGATIONAL AID FOR ELECTRONIC BOOKS AND DOCUMENTS - Systems, methods, and computer storage media are provided for generating rich navigational study aids for electronic books. For a particular section of interest in a document, one or more related sections for providing additional context to the particular section are determined. The related sections are ranked based on a score indicating significance to the particular section. Based on a user's information processing preference, a set of ranked navigational links to each related section is presented to the user for additional context related to the particular section. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117407 | INTERACTIVE MIRROR DISPLAYS FOR PRESENTING PRODUCT RECOMMENDATIONS - Example embodiments of the present disclosure include a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program and a computer-implemented method for providing an interactive graphical user interface (GUI) on an interactive mirror display. Consistent with some embodiments, the method may include identifying an item based on an identification device affixed to the item and accessing product information for the item from a product database. The method may further include generating a recommendation for an additional item related to the item. The method may further include generating the interactive GUI using the product information and the recommendation and causing the interactive GUI to be presented on the interactive mirror display. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117408 | INDEXING APPLICATION PAGES OF NATIVE APPLICATIONS - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for indexing application pages of native applications that operate independent of a browser application on a user device. In one aspect, a method includes instantiating a virtual machine emulating an operating system of a user device; instantiating, within the virtual machine, a native application that generates application pages for display on a user device within the native application; accessing, within the virtual machine, application pages of the native application, and for each of the application pages: generating application page data describing content of the application page, the content described by the application page data including text that a user device displays on the application page when the user device displays the application page; and indexing the application page data for the native application in an index that is searchable by a search engine. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117409 | INTERACTIVITY ANALYSES OF WEB RESOURCES BASED ON RELOAD EVENTS - The initiation of a reload event by a user of a client-side application who requests a web resource from a server is an implicit indication that the user is dissatisfied with at least some aspect of the loading of the web resource by the client-side application. Information regarding the operational condition of the application at the time of a reload event may be instructive in identifying any issues or deficiencies exist regarding the web resource, the client-side application or the server. Code for displaying the web page may include one or more detection scripts which instruct the client-side application and/or the server-side application to detect a reload event, to capture the information upon the initiation of the reload event and to transfer the captured information back to the server, where the information may be compared against thresholds or tolerances to determine whether any such issues or deficiencies exist. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117410 | EXI FORMAT TO REPRESENT JSON DOCUMENTS - A method of encoding an Efficient XML Interchange (EXI) document to represent a JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) document without use of a binary-type JSON representation solution may include fetching a set of tokens associated with the JSON document. The method may also include determining one or more terminal types associated with the set of tokens. The method may also include determining one or more current names and one or more current distances for the set of tokens based in part on the terminal type for the tokens in the set. The method may also include encoding an EXI document representing the JSON document based on the one or more current names and the one or more current distances for the set of tokens associated with the JSON document. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117411 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEDICAL IMAGE VIEWER COMPATIBILITY DETERMINATION - Certain examples provide systems and methods to determine client compatibility. An example method includes receiving a request at an image viewer from a client browser for display of medical image data. The example method includes providing a temporary view to the client browser in response to the request. The example method includes determining client compatibility with the viewer and an associated server in the background at a client device executing the client browser while the temporary view is displayed at the client browser. The example method includes requesting the image data from the server based on the client compatibility determination. The example method includes rendering the image data and providing to the client browser based on the client compatibility determination, the rendering and presentation of the image data modified to enable or disable capability of at least one of the viewer and the server based on the client compatibility determination. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117412 | RECURSIVE EXTRACTION AND NARRATION OF NESTED TABLES - Machine logic (for example, software) that performs the following steps: (i) providing a parent table including a set of nested table(s) so that the parent table has N levels of nestedness, with N being an integer greater than one; and (ii) extracting a first nested table at the Nth level of nestedness where N is an integer equal to or greater than one, with a value of one representing the root table, and with greater values representing tables nested within the root table; and (iii) replacing the first nested table with equivalent narration text. Software is agnostic with respect to parent tables having different structural patterns, different file formats, and/or different cell layouts. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117413 | NODE RELEVANCE SCORING IN LINKED DATA GRAPHS - Technique to determine relative relevance of pairs of nodes in a linked data graph, such as an RDF graph, including calculation of raw relevance scores (which are based upon adjacency relations between nodes after edge filtering, the incoming and outgoing degrees of nodes in the graph after the edge filtering, and the distance (or weight) values of the edge(s)) and/or “refined relevance scores,” which take into account “complementary nodes.” | 2016-04-28 |
20160117414 | In-Memory Database Search Optimization Using Graph Community Structure - Database searching is optimized utilizing a graph community structure. A graph is created from transaction data based upon adjacent value occurrences. This may be done by scanning transaction data from top to bottom, and creating an edge between a current index value and a previous index value. Next, algorithms identify communities in the graph to create a graph community structure. These communities comprise blocks of patterns of similar value-ids distributed in the transaction data. Scanning and transition indices may be created with an eye toward reducing memory usage and enhancing performance. Query searching is then executed in an efficient manner on a per-community basis. For example, exact queries, range queries, and/or “AND” queries may be executed more efficiently upon communities of records, skipping those not belonging to the same community. Embodiments are suited to search an in-memory database having large volumes of column-oriented data stored in RAM. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117415 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO DISCOVER DEPENDENCIES IN DATASETS - A method of processing data stored in a database which comprises a plurality of rows and columns, the method comprising identifying a plurality of sets of column combinations, each set of column combinations comprising an identifier of at least one column allocating each set of column combinations to one of a plurality of nodes mapping the nodes to a lattice structure in which the nodes are connected in a superset or subset relationship according to the set of column combinations of each node selecting a current node processing the data in the set of columns of the current node to detect if the column combination is unique or non-unique traversing the lattice to a next node which is connected to the current node processing the data in the set of columns of the next node to detect if the column combination of the next node is unique or non-unique; and storing a record of whether each processed set of column combinations is unique or non-unique. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117416 | AUTOMATIC DETECTION OF QUERIES MISSING ORDER-BY VIA UNIT TEST - In one aspect, there is provided a method. The method may intercepting a result provided by a database in response to a query; modifying the intercepted result to enable detection of an order by problem; and detecting, based on the modified intercepted result, whether the query is missing an order by clause. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also disclosed. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117417 | DETECTION OF THE N-QUERIES VIA UNIT TEST - In one aspect, there is provided a method. The method may include intercepting a request including one or more select queries sent to a database; generating a parametric form for each of one or more select queries; processing the parametric form to determine whether the one or more select queries cause an n-query issue comprising multiple selects, when executed at the database; and indicating an exception, when the one or more select queries cause the n-query issue. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also disclosed. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117418 | RULE-BASED CONSTRAINT INTERACTION IN GEOMETRIC MODELS - Methods for constraining a geometric model and corresponding systems and computer-readable mediums. A method includes creating a rigid sketch group that includes some or all of the plurality of curves and receiving a user selection of first option rules or second option rules. The method includes editing the rigid sketch group according to the selected first option rules or second option rules. The method includes displaying the geometric model by the data processing system, including displaying the edited rigid sketch group. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117419 | AUTOMATICALLY INCORPORATING THIRD PARTY FEATURES INTO A COMPUTER DESIGN SCHEMATIC - Methods and systems for automatically incorporating third party components into an architectural design can include identifying an interface of a third party feature with at least one sub-component of the architectural design. The method can also include automatically incorporating a third party feature into the interface. Additionally, the method can include automatically resolving anomalies that the incorporation of the third party feature creates. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117420 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY MODELING DATA CENTER PARTITIONS - A method implemented in a computer infrastructure having computer executable code tangibly embodied on a computer readable medium having programming instructions operable to perform a thermal analysis of a data center and overlay the thermal analysis on a map of the data center to provide an overlaid thermal analysis. Additionally, the programming instructions are operable to receive a user selection of at least one modeled partition location based on the overlaid thermal analysis and dynamically model a modeled partition for each of the at least one modeled partition location in the data center to create a modeled data center region. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117421 | REGION-BASED SYNTHESIS OF LOGIC CIRCUITS - Techniques for synthesized circuit design are described herein. The techniques include identifying a region of a synthesized logical circuit design, and un-mapping gates of the identified region. A logical resynthesis is performed on the unmapped gates based on a predetermined optimization for the identified region. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117422 | REGION-BASED SYNTHESIS OF LOGIC CIRCUITS - Techniques for synthesized circuit design are described herein. The techniques include identifying a region of a synthesized logical circuit design, and un-mapping gates of the identified region. A logical resynthesis is performed on the unmapped gates based on a predetermined optimization for the identified region. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117423 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CORRECTING A MODEL-DERIVED VERTICAL STRUCTURE OF OCEAN TEMPERATURE AND OCEAN SALINITY BASED ON SEA SURFACE HEIGHT OBSERVATIONS - System and method for correcting the vertical structure of the ocean temperature and salinity can enable the use of sea surface height (SSH) measurements to correct ocean forecast models. In the present embodiment, three relations that can be precomputed are exploited: (1) the relation between temperature and salinity throughout a water column, (2) the relation between temperature/salinity and geopotential, and (3) the relation between geopotential and SSH. The relations are stored in a form that allows efficient application through a cross-correlation matrix. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117424 | STATISTICAL APPROACH TO INCORPORATE UNCERTAINTIES OF PARAMETERS IN SIMULATION RESULTS AND STABILITY ANALYSIS FOR EARTH DRILLING - A method for estimating a probability of a drilling dysfunction or a drilling performance indicator value occurring includes entering drilling-related data having a probability distribution into a mathematical model of a drill string drilling a borehole penetrating the earth and entering drilling parameters into the model for drilling the borehole. The method further includes performing a plurality of drilling simulations using the model, each simulation providing a probability of the drilling dysfunction occurring or a probability of a drilling performance indicator value occurring with associated drilling parameters used in the simulation, selecting a set of drilling parameters that optimizes a drilling objective using the probabilities of the drilling dysfunction occurring or the probabilities of a drilling performance indicator value occurring; and transmitting the selected set of drilling parameters to a signal receiving device. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117425 | System, Method and Apparatus for Refining RF Transmission System Models - Systems and methods for defining a refined RF model of an RF transmission path includes identifying a selected initial term in the RF model having a least significant impact on a goodness of fit of the RF model with the selected initial term removed from the RF model. The initial term having the least significant impact on the goodness of fit is removed from the RF model. A selected non-initial term having a most significant impact on the goodness of fit of the RF model is identified and added to the RF model. The non-initial term being selected from a set of terms describing corresponding elements of the RF transmission path. The initial terms and non-initial terms having the most significant impact of goodness of fit are selected for a refined RF model. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117426 | PULSE SHAPE CHANGE FOR INTERFACE DETERMINATION - A method of pulsed radar interface determination for a first and second material in a tank. An interface level determination model is provided including a transfer function that utilizes refractive indices for the materials and thickness of the second material. At least one actual radar pulse is transmitted into the tank and a resulting echo curve portion including a measured interface pulse(s) around the interface location is measured. The interface model is simulated with a reference pulse and an initial thickness value to generate an initial model generated interface pulse (initial MGIP). The measured interface pulse is compared to the initial MGIP pulse point-by-point to determine residuals. If the residuals sum >a predetermined threshold, the comparing is repeated with an updated interface model generated with an updated thickness value that provides an updated MGIP pulse. When the sum of residuals is ≦predetermined threshold, the thickness is determined. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117427 | METHOD FOR A VEHICLE - A method for providing a model for a part of a vehicle includes selecting at least one operation state, selecting at least one possible fault type for the vehicle part, simulating vehicle part performance for the at least one operation state during the occurrence of the at least one possible fault type, for each simulation creating a representation of the vehicle part performance in which each representation is associated with at least one operating parameter value, and storing the at least one representation. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117428 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MODELING A TARGET OBJECT BASED ON PARTICLES - Provided is a method of modeling a target object, the method including obtaining information about the target object including an arrangement of particles including target particles, generating coarse particles by down-sampling the target particles, modeling a movement of the target object based on the coarse particles, and redefining the target particles based on a result of the modeling. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117429 | SYSTEM FOR REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION OF INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A method for reducing dynamic power consumption of an integrated circuit design having flip-flops with an EDA tool that initiates clock gating by gating a clock signal received by the flip-flops. A first set of positive-edge triggered flip-flops and a second set of negative-edge triggered flip-flops, and a first set of OR-type clock gating cells and a second set of AND-type clock gating cells are selected from a technology library. The OR-type clock gating cells are connected to clock input terminals of the first set of positive-edge triggered flip-flops and the AND-type clock gating cells to clock terminals of the second set of negative-edge triggered flip-flops. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117430 | BASEBAND EQUIVALENT VOLTERRA SERIES FOR BEHAVIORAL MODELING AND DIGITAL PREDISTORTION OF WIDEBAND TRANSMITTERS - A method, system and apparatus for modelling a power amplifier and pre-distorter fed by one of a wideband signal and an intra-band carrier aggregated signal are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method includes receiving the one of the wide-band signal and the intra-band carrier aggregated signal and generating a discrete base band equivalent, BBE, Volterra series based on the received signal, where the series has distortion products grouped according to determined shared kernels. The shared kernels are determined based on a transformation of a real-valued continuous-time pass band Volterra series without pruning of kernels. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117431 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND METHOD OF DESIGNING LAYOUT OF THE SAME - A method of designing a layout of an integrated circuit (IC) includes: preparing a standard cell library that stores first and second standard cells, each of the first and second standard cells including a plurality of conductive lines that extend in a first direction, placing the first and second standard cells to be adjacent to each other in a first boundary parallel to the plurality of conductive lines, and generating a decoupling capacitor by using at least one first conductive line of the plurality of conductive lines when a same voltage is applied to a first pattern adjacent to the first boundary in the first standard cell and a second pattern adjacent to the first boundary in the second standard cell, the at least one first conductive line being adjacent to the first boundary. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117432 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ASSISTED METAL ROUTING - A method and apparatus for an assisted metal routing is disclosed. Embodiments may include: determining an initial block mask having a first inner vertex for forming a metal routing layer of an integrated circuit (IC); adding an assistant metal portion within the metal routing layer; and determining a modified block mask based on the assistant metal portion for forming the metal routing layer. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117433 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT TIMING VARIABILITY REDUCTION - As disclosed herein, a method, executed by a computer, for integrated circuit timing variability reduction includes loading a netlist that corresponds to a chip design, where the chip design includes one or more circuits and a plurality of post-fill features, traversing a portion of the netlist corresponding to a circuit, determining a post-fill environment for the circuit from a plurality of post-fill features, and modeling a timing variance for the circuit based on the post-fill environment. The method may also include changing one or more post-fill features to achieve a targeted delay. The method may include generating a report of circuit timing and timing variances. One or more circuits can be concurrently traversed. The timing variance can be modeled with the use of a scaling factor for a standard timing variance. A computer system and computer program product corresponding to the method are also disclosed herein. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117434 | NOVEL LOW POWER MINIMAL DISRUPTIVE METHOD TO IMPLEMENT LARGE QUANTITY PUSH & PULL USEFUL-SKEW SCHEDULES WITH ENABLING CIRCUITS IN A CLOCK-MESH BASED DESIGN - According to one general aspect, a method may include receiving a digital circuit model that includes models of a clock mesh and a plurality of logic circuits, each logic circuit associated with end-points of the logic circuit. The method may also include identifying a cluster of end-points, wherein the cluster is associated with a common version of the clock signal. The method may also include identifying an associated skew-schedule for each end-point. The method may include determining a timing slack and skew schedule for each end-point within the cluster. The method may include adjusting a clock-gater cell, based upon a common push/pull schedule associated with the cluster. The method may further include inserting, for at least one end-point of the cluster, a skew-buffer, wherein a variant of the skew-buffer for a respective end-point is based upon a difference between the end-point's skew schedule and the common push/pull schedule. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117435 | TIMING MATCHING METHOD OF TIMING ANALYZER AND METHOD OF DESIGNING INTEGRATED CIRCUIT USING THE SAME - A timing-matching method, executed by a timing analyzer, that includes computing a slew or load of a cell, determining whether the slew or load exists in an extrapolation region of a standard cell look-up table, and swapping the cell with a virtual standard cell of a virtual standard cell look-up table when the slew or load exists in the extrapolation region. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117436 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DESIGNING AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A system and method are provided for compiling an integrated circuit design are described. A web-based client accessible from a personal computer provides access for a user to a network-based server where the user is able to provide an integrated circuit design for compilation. The system propagates values into pertinent parameters for compilation of the circuit design, and further, provides strategies and suggestions based on analysis of past results for propagating values for a plurality of compilation sequences. Compilation of the integrated circuit design is carried out on server-based computing resources by way of parallel compilation of the plurality of compilation sequences, allowing for concurrent time-saving operation. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117437 | Electrostatic Damage Protection Circuitry Verification - Techniques for efficiently determining whether an interconnect line has an impedance component value below a maximum specified value. A specified maximum impedance component value is used to limit the number of interconnect lines that are analyzed by a parasitic extraction analysis process. An analysis window is created based upon the characteristics of the interconnect lines and the specified maximum impedance component value. The size of the window corresponds to the minimum length of the interconnect line that would have the specified maximum impedance component value. Once the analysis window has been created, the interconnect lines are examined to determine if any of them reaches to or beyond the analysis window, whereby interconnect lines that exceed the specified maximum impedance component value can be identified. If there are any remaining interconnect lines that have not been determined to exceed the specified maximum impedance component value through the use of the analysis window, then the impedance component values of these remaining interconnect lines can be specifically determined using a parasitic extraction process. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117438 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING COMPLEX PRODUCTS, IN PARTICULAR MOTOR VEHICLES - A method for producing a complex product, in particular a motor vehicle, wherein a component is constructed for the product. Data having a three-dimensional representation of the component is generated in a first data format for a first program and data having meta-information on the three-dimensional representation of the component is generated in an electronically searchable data format for a second program. Additionally, the data having the three-dimensional representation of the component in the first data format is embedded into the data in the second data format. A third program is provided for establishing communication between the first and the second program. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117439 | SUPERIOR BIOINFORMATICS PROCESS FOR IDENTIFYING AT RISK SUBJECT POPULATIONS - A bioinformatics method for determining a risk score that indicates a risk that a subject, in particular a human, will experience a negative clinical event within a certain period of time. The risk score is based on a unique combination of activities of two or more cellular signaling pathways in a subject, wherein the selected cellular signaling pathways are the TGF-β pathway and one or more of a PI3K pathway, a Wnt pathway, an ER pathway, and an HH pathway. The invention includes an apparatus with a digital processor configured to perform such a method, a non-transitory storage medium storing instructions that are executable by a digital processing device to perform such a method, and a computer program comprising program code means for causing a digital processing device to perform such a method. The bioinformatics invention allows for more accurate prognosis of specific negative clinical events in a patient with, for example, a tumor or cancer, such as disease progression, recurrence, development of metastasis, or even death. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117440 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED PREDICTION OF VULNERABILITIES IN BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES - In order to exploit vulnerabilities of cancer cells on the basis of homozygous deletion, a genomic profile of cancer cells in a biological sample is analyzed to identify homozygous deletions of one or more genes. The homozygous deletions, in turn, are analyzed in view of pathway data (e.g., metabolic, signaling, and/or cell-to-cell communication pathway data obtained from one or more databases) to determine a subset of homozygous deletions performing a function important to the viability of the cell. From this subset of homozygous deletions, cellular pathway data is analyzed to identify one or more partner genes (e.g., synthetic lethals) considered to facilitate or perform the same or similar function as the respective homozygous deletion. Drug annotations, in turn, may be reviewed to identify drugs that inhibit at least one of the synthetic lethal genes and/or gene products. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117441 | MATHEMATICAL PROCESSES FOR DETERMINATION OF PEPTIDASE CLEAVAGE - The present invention provides a bioinformatic methodology for prediction of peptidase cleavage sites based on principal component analysis and based on training sets obtained by experimental protein cleavage. This invention is not limited to training sets derived from CSL approaches, nor to any other experimental determination of cleavage site. Undoubtedly there will be new approaches to developed for experimental measurement of cleavage sites and these too may be the source of training sources for the present invention. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117442 | System for the Quantification of System-Wide Dynamics in Complex Networks - A device, method and system are provided for diagnosing a disease using a gene expression reader to analyze biological samples and output gene expression values to calculate a scaling factor using a computer by counting a number of link counts C | 2016-04-28 |
20160117443 | BIOINFORMATICS PROCESS FOR IDENTIFYING AT RISK SUBJECT POPULATIONS - A bioinformatics method for determining a risk score that indicates a risk that a subject will experience a negative clinical event within a certain period of time. The risk score is based on a combination of activities of two or more cellular signaling pathways in a subject, such as a human, wherein the specific cellular signaling pathways are the PI3K pathway and one or more of a Wnt pathway, an ER pathway, and an HH pathway. The invention also includes an apparatus with a digital processor configured to perform such a method, to a non-transitory storage medium storing instructions that are executable by a digital processing device to perform such a method, and to a computer program comprising program code means for causing a digital processing device to perform such a method. The invention achieves advanced prognosis of negative clinical events, for example, disease progression, recurrence, development of metastasis, or even death. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117444 | METHODS FOR DETERMINING ABSOLUTE GENOME-WIDE COPY NUMBER VARIATIONS OF COMPLEX TUMORS - Methods for interpreting absolute copy number of complex tumors and for determining the copy number of a genomic region at a detection position of a target sequence in a sample are disclosed. In certain aspects, genomic regions of a target sequence in a sample are sequenced and measurement data for sequence coverage is obtained. Sequence coverage bias is corrected and may be normalized against a baseline sample. Hidden Markov Model (HMM) segmentation, scoring, and output are performed, and in some embodiments population-based no-calling and identification of low-confidence regions may also be performed. A total copy number value and region-specific copy number value for a plurality of regions are then estimated. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117445 | TERM CLASSIFICATION BASED ON COMBINED CROSSMAP - Methods, systems, and computer storage media are provided for converting a source in a first terminology to a target in a different terminology. A source in a first terminology may be converted to a target in a second terminology using cross maps that map sources to all possible matching targets, probability data derived from frequency data illustrating a frequency of selection for targets in relation to specific sources, lexical matching algorithms indicating targets with highest lexical matches for specific sources, or a combination thereof. Any one, or a combination, of the data above may be used to identify a probabilistically most relevant target in a desired terminology. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117446 | Generating an Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Electronic Medical Record (EMR) - A computer-implemented method comprises: establishing, over a private network in an ambulatory surgical center (ASC), a communication channel between a medical device in the ASC and an ASC integration system that is connected to the Internet; receiving, by the established communication channel over the private network, real-time medical information from the medical device, during performance of a surgical procedure at the ASC; applying one or more notification rules to the received real-time medical information to detect the occurrence of a triggering event; determining, from the one or more notification rules, one or more entities to contact regarding the triggering event, with the one or more entities having one or more devices that are unconnected to the private network; and transmitting, by the ASC system over the Internet, one or more notification messages to the one or more devices that are unconnected to the private network. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117447 | METHOD OF MANAGING MEDICAL INFORMATION, APPARATUS OF PERFORMING THE SAME AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING THE SAME - A method of managing medical information may include receiving, from a user, and registering an association between at least one item being included in each of a plurality of medical record charts, a first item in a first medical record chart and a second item in a second medical chart being independent from each other. The method may also include receiving a request for an access for a first medical record chart from the user and checking (or determining) whether at least one second item associated with at least one first item in the first medical record chart exists, the at least one second item being included in the plurality of the medical record charts. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117448 | SYSTEM FOR MANAGING ACCESS TO MEDICAL DATA - The present application relates to a system for managing access to medical data, comprising a first module which displays data request information for requesting access to the medical data from the data provider, and a second module which obtains the data request information from the first module and requests access to the medical data from a data provider based on the obtained data request information. The first module can provide the data request information by Patient Physician displaying the data request information, for example as a quick-response (QR) code. The data request information may comprise a uniform resource locator (URL) linking to the data provider. The data provider can store the medical data locally or can retrieve the medical data from a remote source, such as a personal health record (PHR) server. In response to a data access request, the data provider may request user authentication from the patient to whom the medical data corresponds, and only provide the medical data to the second module in response to successful authorization. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117449 | MEDICAL DEVICE WITH CRYPTOSYSTEM AND METHOD OF IMPLEMENTING THE SAME - A medical device and a method of implementing a cryptosystem on the medical device include storing a data structure on a memory component of the medical device. An encryption key is stored in the data structure. Usage data related to usage of the medical device is provided. The encryption key is read from the data structure. The usage data is encrypted with the read encryption key. The encryption key is eliminated such that the encryption key is no longer present in the medical device. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117450 | HOSPITAL BED COMPUTER SYSTEM HAVING EMR CHARTING CAPABILITY - A point-of-care computer system is provided, including a display positioned in a point-of-care location. The point-of-care computer includes hardware coupled to a frame of a hospital bed. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117451 | Method For Determining Change In Condition For Soft Tissue Injury - A method for determining change in condition for soft tissue injury that utilizes a baseline test and a post-loss test. An individual, such as an employee, consents to having a baseline test performed on them. The results of the baseline test are not read/reviewed at the time of testing, but instead stored in a database along with information pertaining to the individual. When the individual later files a claim for compensation from an injury based on an injury reported, the post-loss test that is related to the baseline test is performed. The post-loss results are then compared with the baseline test results to determine the authenticity and extent of the claimed injury. The baseline test results are not read/reviewed until an injury is alleged, and then only the pertinent baseline test results are utilized, thereby insuring legal compliance. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117452 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRESCRIPTIONS FOR NONINVASIVE ELECTRICAL BRAIN STIMULATION - A computer-implemented method for managing a noninvasive electrical brain stimulation “NIEBS” prescription is provided, the method comprising: receiving data for a prescription for a patient associated with a patient ID at a computer system, wherein said prescription is created by a healthcare professional after examining said patient; validating said healthcare professional and said data for said prescription at said computer system; maintaining a database or library of NIEBS data programs for NIEBS treatments at said computer system; and authorizing a specific NIEBS data program for said patient at said computer system based on said prescription. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117453 | FULLY AUTOMATED MEDICAL CODING SOFTWARE - A computer program for assigning medical evaluation and management codes describing a physician-patient encounter may include code adapted to detect a clinical setting parameter set by an act of the examining physician. The program may be further adapted to determine a first set of elemental clinical data fields corresponding to the clinical setting parameter. An electronic clinical form containing known-relevant elemental clinical data fields requiring input by the examining physician may be rendered. The program may eliminate data fields determined to be irrelevant. Pharmacy orders, lab orders, referrals, and/or any act of the examining physician relevant to determination of a medical evaluation and management code characterizing the physician-patient interaction may be recorded. Based on the foregoing acts and according to quantified risk, physical examination, and complexity of the physician-patient encounter a medical evaluation and management code may be assigned. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117454 | AN ONLINE PORTAL FOR ALLOCATING PERSONNEL - There is provided an online portal specifically for allocating personnel. The portal includes a criteria matching module hosted on at least one computing device, the criteria matching module being configured for matching at least one personnel to a user's preference; a reservation module hosted on the at least one computing device, the reservation module being configured for the user to reserve at least one personnel provided for selection by the criteria matching module; and a payment module hosted on the at least one computing device, the payment module being configured for retrieving data from both the criteria matching module and the reservation module to determine a cost payable by the user. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117455 | CLINICAL DOCUMENT QUALITY REVIEW - Computerized systems and methods identify deficiencies in patient data that may impact payment for services rendered to a patient and facilitates collection/correction of patient data to address the deficiencies. The deficiencies occur in two main situations: (1) a physician has confirmed a diagnosis that impacts payment but the patient data does not satisfy clinical evidence, direct evidence, and treatment requirements to support the diagnosis; and (2) the patient data satisfies clinical evidence, direct evidence, and treatment requirements to support a diagnosis but a physician has not confirmed the diagnosis. When a deficiency is identified, an electronic notice is generated and delivered over a communication network to a clinician computing device. The notice may provide the clinician access to a user interface that allows the clinician to enter additional information or clarify information in the patient data to address the deficiency. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117456 | Criteria Conditional Override Based on Patient Information and Supporting Evidence - A method, system and computer-usable medium are disclosed for conditionally overriding strict criteria for a prospective medical treatment. Criteria for answering a question are received by a Question/Answer (QA) system, wherein the question is associated with a proposed medical treatment and the criteria are associated with a first condition. A second condition affecting the first condition is identified, which results in a modification to the first condition when it is determined that the second condition exceeds a predetermined threshold. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117457 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANALYZING PATIENT'S CONSTITUTIONAL PECULIARITY - A method of analyzing checkup data of a target object, using an apparatus including at least one processor, includes receiving checkup data of a target object associated with a first disease, the checkup data including checkup values for a plurality of onset factors of the first disease; determining whether the checkup data corresponds to a first disease statistic model obtained from checkup values of a plurality of objects associated with the first disease; and calculating, when the checkup data is determined not to correspond to the first disease statistic model as a result of the determination, a peculiarity value of the target object such that a sum of adjusted checkup values, the adjusted checkup values being obtained by adjusting checkup values for respective onset factors of the first disease of the target object based on the peculiarity value, is equal to a reference value. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117458 | Method and Apparatus for Managing Remote Devices and Accessing Remote Device Information - A method, apparatus, system, and computer program product are disclosed to track beacons utilizing a device management infrastructure. The method includes registering, by a device management server, at least a first detection device associated with a first location and a second detection device associated with a second location with a device management infrastructure, receiving a beacon identifier associated with a beacon detected by the first detection device, storing a first time stamp associated with detection of the beacon by the first detection device, receiving the beacon identifier associated with the beacon as detected by the second detection device, determining, based on the first time stamp and a second time stamp associated with detection of the beacon by the second detection device, an elapsed time between detection of the beacon by the first detection device and detection of the beacon by the second detection device, and reporting the elapsed time to a healthcare information system. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117459 | SEMANTIC MEDICAL DEVICES - A sematic medical technology is disclosed. In various embodiments, the technology organizes an initial data collection to collect data from the one or more sensors; processes the data to obtain an initial diagnosis wherein the initial diagnosis can be a syntax diagnosis or a semantic diagnosis; identifies an organization for a n additional data collection to collect additional data; analyzes the additional data to obtain a refined diagnosis; and repeats the identifying and analyzing until a stopping criterion is satisfied. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117460 | Verification of Medication Administration Adherence - A system and method of confirming administration of medication is provided. The method comprises the steps of receiving information identifying a particular medication prescription regimen, determining one or more procedures for administering such prescription regimen and identifying one or more activity sequences associated with such procedures. Activity sequences of actual administration of such prescription regimen are captured and then compared to the identified activity sequences to determine differences therebetween. A notice is provided if differences are determined. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117461 | ELECTRONIC SYSTEM WITH HEALTH MONITORING MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - An electronic system includes a control unit configured to generate a firmware register and store a system health information to the firmware register; and a communication unit, coupled to the control unit, configured to retrieve at least a portion of the system health information and communicate the portion of the system health information in response to a singular read request independent of an operational status of a host device. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117462 | Hand-Held Medical-Data Capture-Device Having Detection of Body Core Temperatureby a Microprocessor From a Signal From a Digital Infrared Sensor on a Separate CircuitBoard with No A/D Converter and Having Interoperation with Electronic MedicalRecord Systems Via an Authenticated Communication Channel - In one implementation, an apparatus estimates body core temperature from an infrared measurement of an external source point using a cubic relationship between the body core temperature and the measurement of an external source point is described, estimates temperature from a digital infrared sensor and determines vital signs from a solid-state image transducer, or determines vital signs from a solid-state image transducer and estimates body core temperature from an infrared measurement of an external source point using a cubic relationship between the body core temperature and the measurement of an external source point; after which the estimated and/or determined information is transmitted to an external database. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117463 | MEDICAL SENSOR PROVIDING AUDIO COMMUNICATION TONES - A device includes a sensor to detect a parameter related to a diagnostic test. A controller is coupled to the sensor to receive sensed information from the sensor and generate data representative of the parameter. A tone generator encodes the data and provides audio tones to couple to a communication device. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117464 | MEDICAL/CARE SUPPORT METHOD, MEDICAL/CARE SUPPORT SYSTEM, AND MEDICAL/CARE SUPPORT PROGRAM - A medical/care support method is provided, which enables medical or care workers having different special fields such as physicians and nurses to share the medical or care information of each patient or care-needing person while protecting the privacy of the patient or care-needing person, and to support the provision of better-quality medical or care service to the patient or care-needing person based on the medical or care information shared. A patient ID, a disease ID, and a medical facility ID are associated and stored, thereby generating a group G | 2016-04-28 |
20160117465 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CALCULATING AN OVERALL HEALTH QUALITY INDEX AND PROVIDING A HEALTH UPSIDE OPTIMIZING RECOMMENDATION - A method, non-transitory computer readable medium, and apparatus for method for calculating an overall health quality index (HQI) and providing a health upside optimizing recommendation are disclosed. For example, the method collects data associated with an individual from an external data source, filters the data to identify a plurality of features, divides each one of the plurality of features into one or more of six action classes, builds one or more models for each one of the six action classes, computes the overall HQI using the one or more models that are built for each one of the six action classes, identifies the health upside optimizing recommendation based on one or more important actionable features selected from the plurality of features and provides the overall HQI and the health upside optimizing recommendation to the individual. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117466 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RISK MANAGEMENT - This disclosure relates generally to methods and systems adapted for risk management. The system includes a processor and an analytics module. The analytics module is configured to receive, at the processor, a first result associated with a first behavior outcome based on first information related to an evaluee, second information related to a set of one or more people, and third information related to the evaluee different from the first information. The analytics module is configured to execute instructions, by the processor, to perform analytics to determine a second result associated with a second behavior outcome of the evaluee relative to the set of one or more people, based on at least the third information. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117467 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING A HISTORICAL HEALTH TREND GRAPH FOR A PATIENT - An application module configured to provide a historical graph report which plots a patient's diagnostic test result values over time, in which the historical graph is included in a customizable laboratory report. The historical graph is configured to show a patient or physician of any identifiable changes or trends that the patient has experienced with regard to his/her diagnostic text result values for one or more identified biomarkers. The application module may utilize unique graphical objects within the graph itself or with respect to individual cells in the chart to indicate the particular risk level that a corresponding test result value may be assigned to. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117468 | Displaying Predictive Modeling and Psychographic Segmentation of Population for More Efficient Delivery of Healthcare - A system and method for reducing adverse healthcare events for an ailment. First, data is processed from at least one source. The data is fed to a predictive model to obtain a set of predicted patients. These patients are predicted to experience an adverse healthcare event for an ailment within a specified time frame. Thereafter, a message is delivered to the predicted patients. The message relates to preventing future adheres healthcare events for an ailment. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117469 | HEALTHCARE SUPPORT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A healthcare support system for determining care for a patient and a corresponding healthcare support method are presented. The healthcare support system comprises a processor and a computer-readable storage medium, wherein the computer-readable storage medium contains instructions for execution by the processor, wherein the instructions cause the processor to perform the steps of obtaining patient data, assessing a clinical need of the patient, proposing a clinical outcome, and determining a service to be provided to the patient for said clinical need and said proposed clinical outcome based on a service-outcome-need model. Further, the present invention relates to a computer-readable non-transitory storage medium and a computer program. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117470 | PERSONALIZED MEDICINE SERVICE - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and machine readable media for implementing a knowledgebase for inferring relationships between biological categories such as patient conditions, drugs, medical groups, genes, and trials, and for flexibly querying that system to access relevant categories of results, such as drugs and ongoing clinical trials. The system may be a cloud-based system. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117471 | MEDICAL EVENT LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT - Methods and systems for managing the entire lifecycle of medication and other health events include observing or retrieving information from a switch exchange network, correlating events to the retrieved information, and/or with external information retrieved from the patient, the care giver, pharmacy, physician, manufacturer, medical or diagnostic device, regulatory agency, third party, or other source to provide an integrated holistic patient centric view to one or more entities in the health care continuum. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117472 | AUTOMATED EXCHANGE OF HEALTHCARE INFORMATION FOR FULFILLMENT OF MEDICATION DOSES - Automated healthcare information exchange. The healthcare information may comprise one or more dose orders corresponding to dose medications to be administered to a patient. The healthcare information may be received (e.g., from an EMR system such as a hospital information system (HIS) or the like) in the form of a healthcare information data stream. The information may then be standardized in to a standardized intermediate form. For instance, data may be parsed from the data stream and used to populate a staging table. In turn, data from the staging table may be transformed into an input format specific to a given dose fulfillment client to which the dose order is provided for fulfillment of the dose. Additionally, exception processing. logistical processing, and management functionality may be applied to the dose orders. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117473 | Verification of Medication Administration Adherence - A system and method of confirming administration of medication is provided. The method comprises the steps of receiving information identifying a particular medication prescription regimen, determining one or more procedures for administering such prescription regimen and identifying one or more activity sequences associated with such procedures. Activity sequences of actual administration of such prescription regimen are captured and then compared to the identified activity sequences to determine differences therebetween. A notice is provided if differences are determined. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117474 | Verification of Medication Administration Adherence - A system and method of confirming administration of medication is provided. The method comprises the steps of receiving information identifying a particular medication prescription regimen, determining one or more procedures for administering such prescription regimen and identifying one or more activity sequences associated with such procedures. Activity sequences of actual administration of such prescription regimen are captured and then compared to the identified activity sequences to determine differences therebetween. A notice is provided if differences are determined. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117475 | Verification of Medication Administration Adherence - A system and method of confirming administration of medication is provided. The method comprises the steps of receiving information identifying a particular medication prescription regimen, determining one or more procedures for administering such prescription regimen and identifying one or more activity sequences associated with such procedures. Activity sequences of actual administration of such prescription regimen are captured and then compared to the identified activity sequences to determine differences therebetween. A notice is provided if differences are determined. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117476 | VERIFICATION OF MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION ADHERENCE - A system and method of confirming administration of medication in a clinical trial is provided. The method comprises the steps of receiving information identifying a particular medication prescription regimen in accordance with the clinical trial, determining one or more procedures for administering such prescription regimen and identifying one or more activity sequences associated with such procedures. Activity sequences of actual administration of such prescription regimen are captured and then compared to the identified activity sequences to determine differences therebetween. A notice is provided if differences are determined. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117477 | MONITORING MEDICATION ADHERENCE - A system and method of a clinical trial is provided. The system comprises a summary page providing an overview of each clinical trial participant in a graphical format, each clinical trial participant being represented by a unique clinical trial participant identifier and one or more clinical trial participant identifier modifiers applicable to modify one or more of the clinical trial participant identifiers, each modifier indicative of a different status of the particular participant identifier to which it is applied. A zoom selector is provided for zooming in on a subset of the clinical trial participant identifiers included with the summary page. Upon selection of a particular level of zoom, a corresponding amount of detailed information related to the subset of the clinical trial identifiers is provided; the detailed information including at least an indication of the level of compliance of a clinical trial participant to a prescribed clinical trial protocol represented by a corresponding clinical trial participant identifier, and further information related to any particular clinical trial participant identifier modifiers applied to any one of the clinical trial participant identifiers included within the subset. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117478 | MONITORING MEDICATION ADHERENCE - A method and apparatus for monitoring medication adherence. The method includes the steps of determining a present adherence state of a patient, receiving video analysis information reporting on a medication administration session, and determining a next adherence state of a patient based upon the present adherence state of the patient and the video analysis information. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117479 | MONITORING MEDICATION ADHERENCE - A system and method of a clinical trial is provided. The system comprises a summary page providing an overview of each clinical trial participant in a graphical format, each clinical trial participant being represented by a unique clinical trial participant identifier and one or more clinical trial participant identifier modifiers applicable to modify one or more of the clinical trial participant identifiers, each modifier indicative of a different status of the particular participant identifier to which it is applied. A zoom selector is provided for zooming in on a subset of the clinical trial participant identifiers included with the summary page. Upon selection of a particular level of zoom, a corresponding amount of detailed information related to the subset of the clinical trial identifiers is provided; the detailed information including at least an indication of the level of compliance of a clinical trial participant to a prescribed clinical trial protocol represented by a corresponding clinical trial participant identifier, and further information related to any particular clinical trial participant identifier modifiers applied to any one of the clinical trial participant identifiers included within the subset. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117480 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING PATIENT ACCESS TO MEDICAMENTS - Systems and methods for detecting a likely misuse of a medicament by a user. The system includes a computer communicatively coupled with a dispensing device. The computer receives a usage pattern of a medicament by the user as indicated by the dispensing device and a result of a test correlating with an actual consumption of the medicament by the user. Based on the usage pattern, the computer computes an estimated result of a test corresponding to the at least one predetermined test. Based on a comparison between the estimated result and the test result, a determination is made as to whether the user has likely misused the medicament. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117481 | SUBCUTANEOUS OUTPATIENT MANAGEMENT - A method of administering insulin includes receiving subcutaneous information for a patient at a computing device and executing a subcutaneous outpatient program for determining recommended insulin dosages. The subcutaneous outpatient program includes obtaining blood glucose data of the patient from a glucometer in communication with the computing device, aggregating blood glucose measurements to determine a representative aggregate blood glucose measurement associated with at least one scheduled blood glucose time interval, and determining a next recommended insulin dosage for the patient based on the representative aggregate blood glucose measurement and the subcutaneous information. The method also includes transmitting the next recommended insulin dosage to a portable device associated with the patient. The portable device displays the next recommended insulin dosage. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117482 | VERIFICATION OF MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION ADHERENCE - A system and method of confirming administration of medication in a clinical trial is provided. The method comprises the steps of receiving information identifying a particular medication prescription regimen in accordance with the clinical trial, determining one or more procedures for administering such prescription regimen and identifying one or more activity sequences associated with such procedures. Activity sequences of actual administration of such prescription regimen are captured and then compared to the identified activity sequences to determine differences therebetween. A notice is provided if differences are determined. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117483 | Monitoring Medication Adherence - A system and method of a clinical trial is provided. The system comprises a summary page providing an overview of each clinical trial participant in a graphical format, each clinical trial participant being represented by a unique clinical trial participant identifier and one or more clinical trial participant identifier modifiers applicable to modify one or more of the clinical trial participant identifiers, each modifier indicative of a different status of the particular participant identifier to which it is applied. A zoom selector is provided for zooming in on a subset of the clinical trial participant identifiers included with the summary page. Upon selection of a particular level of zoom, a corresponding amount of detailed information related to the subset of the clinical trial identifiers is provided; the detailed information including at least an indication of the level of compliance of a clinical trial participant to a prescribed clinical trial protocol represented by a corresponding clinical trial participant identifier, and further information related to any particular clinical trial participant identifier modifiers applied to any one of the clinical trial participant identifiers included within the subset. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117484 | MONITORING MEDICATION ADHERENCE - A method and apparatus for monitoring medication adherence. The method includes the steps of determining a present adherence state of a patient, receiving video analysis information reporting on a medication administration session, and determining a next adherence state of a patient based upon the present adherence state of the patient and the video analysis information. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117485 | Criteria Conditional Override Based on Patient Information and Supporting Evidence - A method, system and computer-usable medium are disclosed for conditionally overriding strict criteria for a prospective medical treatment. Criteria for answering a question are received by a Question/Answer (QA) system, wherein the question is associated with a proposed medical treatment and the criteria are associated with a first condition. A second condition affecting the first condition is identified, which results in a modification to the first condition when it is determined that the second condition exceeds a predetermined threshold. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117486 | OUT-OF-BAND TOKENS FOR RIGHTS ACCESS - Access to content may be administered by storing content, the content comprising one or more selections, accessing a passive optical out-of-band token associated with the content, determining an access right for the content based on the passive optical out-of-band token, and enabling access to the content in accordance with the access right. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117487 | DYNAMIC BARCODE GENERATION FOR CONTENT LOCATION - A user can share digital content with another user or device using dynamically-generated barcodes. A user might request to share an electronic book (“e-book”), stored on a first device, with another user having a second device. The first device can generate a barcode that includes not only information about the identity of the e-book, but also information about the user or the first device, which can help to determine rights and/or access restrictions for the content. The second device can capture an image of the barcode generated on a display of the first device, and use information extracted from that image to attempt to obtain a copy of the e-book. Other types of barcodes can be generated based at least in part upon the context, such as where a user is attempting to locate a physical copy of a type of digital content in a retail location. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117488 | CONTROLLED APPLICATION DISTRIBUTION - An application sender can control the distribution and use of an application using an authorization token encapsulating distribution terms submitted by the application sender and the application license specification submitted by a developer of the application. The application sender can access an application store and perform various functions such as selecting one or more applications for use by an application receiver, combining one or more applications into a bundle for use by an application receiver, and/or combining several applications to form a new application for use by an application receiver. The application receiver can utilize the application in accordance with the authorization token generated by the distribution terms. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117489 | SUPPORTING SECONDARY USE OF CONTENT OF ELECTRONIC WORK - A technique for supporting secondary use of content of an electronic work. This technique includes receiving, from a user terminal, a use request requesting secondary use of the content of the electronic work, in which a secondary use policy of an author of the electronic work is associated with the electronic work; determining whether the use request satisfies the secondary use policy specified by the author; and transmitting, to the user terminal, together with a unique identifier associated with the use request, content of the electronic work based on the determination or edited content based on the determination. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117490 | AUTOMATIC ACTIVATION OF A SERVICE - A triggering mechanism may provide a user of a device the ability to send a multimedia message and/or capture multimedia information via the device without the user unlocking the device, without the user opening a messaging application and/or without the user opening an information capturing application on the device. In an example configuration, an emergency call button, or the like, on the device may provide a user several options for sending a message and/or capturing information. Upon selecting one or more of the options, applications for effectuating the selected option(s) may be automatically initiated without user intervention. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117491 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR VERIFYING USER IDENTIFICATION - A user verification method executed in an electronic device stores iris information of a user in a storage device of the electronic device. In response to a user request to access the electronic device, iris information of the user is captured. The captured iris information is compared with the stored iris information. If the captured iris information matches the stored iris information, the user is allowed to access the electronic device. | 2016-04-28 |
20160117492 | METHOD OF AUTHENTICATING A USER HOLDING A BIOMETRIC CERTIFICATE - The present invention concerns a method of generating a biometric certificate of a user performed by a data processing device of a certifying authority, comprising a step of generating (E | 2016-04-28 |