24th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 44 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150161251 | TRIGGERING MUSIC ANSWER BOXES RELEVANT TO USER SEARCH QUERIES - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for triggering music answer boxes. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a query, obtaining a plurality of search results responsive to the query, the search results being results from a search of web resources on the Internet, and determining from the plurality of search results that the query is a music query. Music data for a song responsive to the query is obtained, where the music data comprises a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of song content of the song on the Internet. A music answer box is generated for the query, where the music answer box comprises the music data and a link to the URL of the song content, and the music answer box is provided in addition to search results. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161252 | VIDEO RETRIEVAL - An example processor-implemented method for retrieving multimedia data in accordance with the present disclosure is determining whether each of a plurality of still frames satisfies at least one trigger qualification process for a trigger generation process, presenting for selection still frames from the plurality of still frames if the still frames satisfy the at least one trigger qualification process for a trigger generation process, receiving a selection of a still frame from among the presented still frames, and performing the trigger generation process on the selected still frame to generate a trigger for the selected still frame. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161253 | CONTEXTUAL DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHODS - Embodiments of apparatus and methods for contextual display are described. In embodiments, an apparatus for contextual display may include a processor, a communication module, and a contextual display module. The contextual display module may be configured to retrieve contextual information of a user having permission to view a file, and select a device among multiple devices associated with the user to display the file based at least in part on the contextual information of the user. The communication module may be configured to receive and send the file to the user. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161254 | PRESENTATION OF SEARCH RESULTS USING MODE-SPECIFIC PRESENTATION TEMPLATE - In general, the subject matter described in this disclosure can be embodied in methods, systems, and program products. A computing system identifies first resources. The computing system identifies one or more search modes. The computing system provides first information for causing a first user interface to present first search results, and a search mode selector for each of the identified search modes. The computing system receives an indication that a user has selected a search mode. The computing system identifies second resources that are responsive to the search query and that are associated with the selected search mode. The computing system provides second information for causing a second user interface to present second search results that identify at least a portion of the second resources, each of the second search results being formatted for presentation according to a presentation template that is specific to the selected search mode. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161255 | Systems and Methods for Deriving and Using an Interaction Profile - Systems and methods for deriving and using an interaction profile are described. In one described method, a plurality of metrics indicating a level of satisfaction for search results is determined. The metrics comprise at least one of click-duration data, multiple-click data, and query-refinement data. The values of the metrics for a plurality of instances of an object, such as search results from a search engine, are determined. An interaction profile for the object, based at least in part on the values of the metrics for a plurality of instances of the first object, is then determined. This interaction profile may be used in a variety of ways, such as determining the quality of ranking algorithms and detecting undesirable search results. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161256 | Method, System, and Graphical User Interface for Providing Personalized Recommendations of Popular Search Queries - A method, system, and graphical user interface for providing personalized recommendations of popular search queries are disclosed. One aspect of the invention involves a graphical user interface on a computer that includes a plurality of queries recommended by a search engine for a computer user. The plurality of queries are determined by the search engine based on Internet usage data for the computer user and submission popularity data for search queries submitted by a plurality of users. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161257 | WEB CRAWLER OPTIMIZATION SYSTEM - Techniques for optimizing the performance of a webpage crawler are described. According to various embodiments, historical web crawler performance data is accessed, the data describing a performance of a web crawler during various time periods in one or more prior days. A capacity of the web crawler to fulfil uniform resource locator (URL) crawl requests for an upcoming given time period is then estimated, based on the historical web crawler performance data. Thereafter, a plurality of URL crawl requests are distributed to the web crawler during the upcoming given time period, based on the estimated capacity of the web crawler. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161258 | CUSTOMIZING IMAGE SEARCH FOR USER ATTRIBUTES - Systems, method, and apparatus including computer program products for providing image search results. In some implementations, a method is provided. The method includes receiving from a user a query for images including static images, moving images, and images within multimedia content, identifying at least one of a language attribute and a locale attribute of the user, generating multiple search results, each result corresponding to an image content item that satisfies the query, ordering the search results based at least on click data for image content items that satisfy the query, the click data gathered from users having at least one of the language attribute and the locale attribute, and presenting the ordered search results to the user, including presenting representations of the corresponding image content items. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161259 | Method and Apparatus for Web Page Content Categorization - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus, including at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following: detecting a listing of web content elements provided by a web search engine, the web content elements relating to web pages retrieved by the web search engine; analyzing one or more web content elements of the detected listing; and categorizing the content of one or more web pages on the basis of the analysis. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161260 | MANAGING A SEARCH - A method and system for managing a search is disclosed. The method and system can include receiving a set of first results from a first query. A set of categories can be identified based on the set of first results. The method and system can include generating a set of second results using a second query having at least a portion of the first query, at least a portion of the first results, and at least a portion of the set of categories. The method and system can also include scoring the set of second results based upon a relationship of the first query, the second query, and the set of second results. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161261 | Displaying Stylized Text Snippets with Search Engine Results - Systems, software, and computer implemented methods can be used to present stylized text snippets with search results received from a search query. A search query is received and at least one web-addressable document responsive to the search query is identified. At least a portion of the text associated with the at least one responsive document and including at least a portion of the search term is retrieved. Further, style information associated with the retrieved portion of text is also retrieved. The style information is then applied to the associated portion of text to create a stylized portion of text associated with the at least one responsive document. A set of search query results including a listing of responsive documents and, for at least one of those documents, a stylized portion of text, is presented. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161262 | PROVIDING REMEDIAL SEARCH OPERATION BASED ON ANALYSIS OF USER INTERACTION WITH SEARCH RESULTS - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for assisting users in performing searches. In one aspect, a query for a search session is received from a user device. A first set of search results responsive to the query is provided to the user device. Search results interaction data are received from the user device that identifies actions that are in response to the search results and taken at the user device. The search results interaction data are analyzed to determine that a remedial search operation should be performed, the remedial search operation determining a second set of search results responsive to the query and providing the second set of search results to the user device for presentation to the user. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161263 | Search Method, Search Apparatus and Search Engine System - Techniques for performing searches using models generated from data mining. These techniques may include receiving a query including a search string. If a portion of the search string matches with a category of relationship data, the portion of the search string may be replaced with a label of the category to generate a modified query. Based on the modified query and models generated from mining historical search data, intent of the query may be determined, and searches may be then performed. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161264 | TECHNIQUES FOR INCLUDING COLLECTION ITEMS IN SEARCH RESULTS - Techniques are provided for including collection items in the ranked set of search results that are returned to a user in response to a search query. Collection scoring techniques are also provided for generating relevance scores for collection items in a different manner than relevance scores are generated for base items that are not collections. The collection scoring techniques may be applied to non-base collection items, base collection items, or both. Items that match the search query, including base items and collection items, are ranked in a unified ranking based on their respective relevance scores, thereby allowing searches to readily determine the relevance ranking of matching collection items relative to matching base items. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161265 | MULTI-LAYER SEARCH-ENGINE INDEX - Subject matter described herein includes a multi-layer search-engine index. Accordingly, the search-engine index is divided into multiple indexes, each of which includes a respective set of information used to serve (i.e., respond to) a query. One index includes a term index, which organizes a set of terms that are found among a collection of documents. Another index includes a document index, which organizes a set of documents that are searchable. A computing device is used to serve the search-engine index (i.e., to analyze the index when identifying documents relevant to a search query). For example, a solid-state device might be used to serve the multi-layer search-engine index. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161266 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MORE EFFICIENT SOURCE CODE SEARCHING - Systems and methods are disclosed for searching a corpus using regular expressions. The method includes determining whether a received query has parameters that include a regular expression and creating an automaton representation of the regular expression, the automaton having a starting node, a number of termination nodes, and at least one edge between nodes. The method further includes traversing the automaton from the termination nodes to the starting node to determine a suffix array range for the starting node and using the suffix array range to identify documents in the corpus. The method may also include determining whether the query parameters match parameters for a stored high-cost recurring query and identifying documents associated with prepared results for the high-cost recurring query. The method may generate search results including the documents associated with the prepared results and at least some documents identified using the suffix array range. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161267 | Deduplication in Search Results - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for identifying a plurality of search results that will be provided in response to a search query received from a user device. Two or more of the search results may reference at least two different resources that are responsive to the search query. It may be determined that the user device will be served a same set of content in response to user interaction with each of the two or more search results. In response to the determination, a replacement search result may be generated, including a reference to a resource serving the same set of content. In response to receiving the search query, a search page may be presented that includes the replacement search result and does not include at least one of the two or more identified search results. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161268 | IMAGE DISPLAY WITHIN WEB SEARCH RESULTS - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for displaying search results referencing resources of two different types. In an aspect, a search system receives a search query for a search of a first resources. The search system determines a second resource score for the search query. The second resource score is measure of relatedness of the query to the second resources and is independent of a search property ratio of the query. If the second resource score meets a threshold, then the search system conducts a full search of second resources in addition to the search of the first resources. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161269 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NAVIGATING DOCUMENTS - Embodiments of this invention allow a user to navigate through previously viewed documents. These documents may be associated with a key, e.g. a search or a document. In response to re-entering the search or detecting subsequent interaction with the document, the navigation may be provided. In certain embodiments, the navigation is provided through a button on a toolbar or through a menu listing. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161270 | COMPUTER ECOSYSTEM IDENTIFYING SURPRISING BUT RELEVANT CONTENT USING ABSTRACT VISUALIZATION OF USER PROFILES - Pixel abstractions are generated from elements of a user's profile and used to populate an image template, which is compared against the templates of other users to find otherwise surprising similarities. When a match is found, favorite content associated with the user of the matching template can be recommended to the user of the matched template, and user feedback regarding the worth of the recommendation received to adjust the abstraction process. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161271 | User Retrieval Enhancement - Systems and methods are described for performing a travel search and presenting search results to a user. A computing device may retrieve multiple travel documents and analyze the travel documents to identify points of interest. The computing device may analyze the subset of the travel documents that have points of interest or significant information regarding points of interest. The computing device is configured to calculate a POI relevance score based on text associated with the identified POIs. The POI relevance score indicates how likely the text is relevant to a travel search and rank the subset of the travel documents based on the POI relevance score. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161272 | Graphical User Interface With Dynamic Stopwatch For Decedent Management Systems And Methods - A graphical user interface with dynamics stopwatch for decedent management systems and methods are provided herein. More specifically, provided herein is a method of managing decedents comprising electronically receiving at a decedent management computer system a decedent query, electronically searching a database for an electronic decedent record set corresponding to the decedent query and that has a plurality of electronic decedent records, the plurality of electronic decedent records including a plurality of electronic decedent records, each with a decedent burial date and an electronic dynamic stopwatch having a time zero calibrated to the decedent burial date, and electronically transmitting, by the decedent management computer system to the user computer system, the electronic decedent record set for displaying at least a portion thereof with at least one of the electronic dynamic stopwatches shown to be incrementally ascending. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161273 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SENSING AND RESPONDING TO SERVICE DISCOVERIES - A system and method of sensing and responding to service discoveries on a consumer's machine and, more particularly, to a system and method of sensing (discovering) service needs on a consumer's machine using a resident Daemon, and responding to the service discoveries using an extension of UDDI. The method comprises receiving a keyword from a local machine, locating a service associated with the keyword, and notifying the local machine about the service that matches the keyword. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161274 | PROVIDING TOPIC BASED SEARCH GUIDANCE - Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for providing topical search suggestions are provided. Topical search suggestions allow a user to receive search results related to the designated topic or subject matter. Multiple topics may be generated based on search input provided by a user. The search input may be a search prefix that includes one or more words entered into the search query box before the completed search query is submitted to the search engine. A search interface may then present the topics derived from the search prefix to a user before the user submits the query. In another embodiment, the user designates multiple search inputs. Search results may be generated based on the search inputs and then present topics extracted from the search results. In one embodiment, the topics are extracted by performing a natural language analysis of search result metadata. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161275 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRESENTING SOCIAL NETWORK SEARCH RESULTS AD STORAGE MEDIUM - A method for presenting social network search results, includes: obtaining a keyword, and obtaining search results according to the keyword; obtaining a social attribute type; obtaining information corresponding to the social attribute type in the search results according to the social attribute type, and statistically analyzing the information according to the social attribute type to obtain an analysis result; presenting the analysis result according to the social attribute type. In addition, a device for presenting social network search results and a storage medium are also provided. The method and the device for presenting social network search results and the storage medium can make operations of a user more convenient. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161276 | Navigational Resources for Queries - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for identifying navigational resources for queries. In an aspect, a candidate query in a query sequence is selected, and a revised query subsequent to the candidate query in the query sequence is selected. If a quality score for the revised query is greater than a quality score threshold and a navigation score for the revised query is greater than a navigation score threshold, then a navigational resource for the revised query is identified and associated with the candidate query. The association specifies the navigational resource as being relevant to the candidate query in a search operation. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161277 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ONE BROWSER VERSION TO USE A RENDERING ENGINE OF ANOTHER BROWSER VERSION FOR DISPLAYING INFORMATION - Methods and systems for enhancing functionality of a browser application are discloses. In an embodiment, a method enhances browser functionality using a browser add-on which enables the browser application to render web pages and other mark-up language documents or browser-rendered documents, images, audio or multimedia files that are at least in part incompatible with the current generation of browser. The add-on uses the rendering engine of prior versions of the browser and overlays their rendered image of the current generation of browser. In this way, enterprises do not have to update or upgrade web-based applications and websites do not have to necessarily upgrade the website to meet or be compatible with the current generation of browsers. In another embodiment, an enhanced browser module renders requested resources based on a DOCTYPE, inherent and/or derived properties, or metadata present within a document or related to the resource's location or its delivery stream. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161278 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING WEBPAGE TYPE - Various embodiments provide a method and an apparatus for identifying webpage type. The method includes: judging whether a web address to be classified matches with a webpage classification rule in at least two webpage classification rules; and determining the type of the webpage to be a type corresponding to a webpage classification rule which matches with the web address. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161279 | Displaying Local Site Name Information with Search Results - The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer-implemented methods for populating a local site name index using click log data. One example process includes operations for generating values of metrics associated with a set of search results associated with a search term. In response to determining that a generated value exceeds a predetermined threshold criteria, a local site name is created by associating the search term with a host name portion of a URL associated with the search result to identify the term as the local site name associated with the host name portion of the URL, and adding the local site name to the local site name index. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161280 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CENTRALIZED ISSUE TRACKING - In one embodiment, a method for facilitating centralized issue tracking. The method includes receiving information on a case from an issue tracking system (case information). The method facilitates executing a tagging method stored in a memory device that reads the case information, determines whether a part of the case information is desired information, and then tags the desired information. Finally, the method facilitates communicating the tagged information to a centralized database, where the centralized database stores the tagged information, and where the tagged information is accessible to the issue tracking system and at least one other issue tracking system. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161281 | SITELINKS BASED ON VISUAL LOCATION - A computing device may receive a request for sitelinks corresponding to a document and identify a plurality of hyperlinks corresponding to the document. Each hyperlink, of the plurality of hyperlinks, may include a hyperlink object within the document. The computing device may determine a visual location corresponding to each hyperlink of the plurality of hyperlinks corresponding to the document, and assign a score to each hyperlink, of the plurality of hyperlinks, based on the visual location corresponding to the hyperlink. The computing device may provide a sitelink, corresponding to a hyperlink, of the plurality of hyperlinks, based on the score assigned to the hyperlink. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161282 | Method and System for Smart URL Shortening Service - Method, system, and programs for retrieving resources. In one example, a request associated with a first location identifier is received from a client. A set of location identifiers associated with the first location identifier is retrieved. A response is sent that includes one or more location identifiers from the set of location identifiers and additional information to facilitate selection of one location identifier from the one or more location identifiers. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161283 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which a video on a webpage can be watched conveniently and easily. The present disclosure includes a wireless communication unit configured to access a webpage including a video, a touchscreen configured to display the webpage, and a controller extracting an address information of the video from the webpage, and the controller configured to extract address information of the video from the webpage, create an execution file for the video to which the extracted address information is linked, and if an execution command for the execution file is inputted, control the video indicated by the address information to be played by streaming. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161284 | DISTRIBUTION DEVICE FOR WEB CONTENT - The present invention provides a distribution device for web content capable of quickly distributing a multi-domain web page in response to a request from a client. A unit | 2015-06-11 |
20150161285 | PREDICTIVE CONTENT DELIVERY - A method of predictive content delivery to a mobile device over a wireless network is provided. The method includes sending, by a mobile device, a search query for content stored at a computing device, receiving search results from the computing device, wherein the search results are for selection by a user of the mobile device, and receiving selected content corresponding to certain of the search results, wherein the content corresponding to the certain of the search results is not delivered to the mobile device among the certain search results but is to be pre-loaded on the mobile device before being requested by the user of the mobile device. The content corresponding to the certain of the search results is selected according to network performance of the wireless network; | 2015-06-11 |
20150161286 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTEGRATING XML SYNDICATION FEEDS INTO ONLINE ADVERTISEMENT - A system for providing XML syndication content to an Internet advertisement panel rendered in a web browser is disclosed. The system includes a web content server, an Internet advertisement server, and a XML syndication content feed site server. Both the web content server and the Internet advertisement servers are in communications with the web browser. The web content server is configured to respond to requests from the web browser for a web page and to deliver the web page to the web browser. The Internet advertisement server is configured to choose and deliver an Internet advertisement panel, having embedded XML syndication content, to the web browser. The XML syndication content feed site server is in communications with the Internet advertisement server and is configured to send XML syndication content updates to the Internet advertisement server. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161287 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING WEBPAGES - Displaying a webpage includes: receiving a first request message from a client requesting to browse a webpage; sending a second request message to the client requesting for a screen resolution adopted by the client; receiving, form the client, information indicative of the screen resolution adopted by the client; selecting a font size corresponding to the screen resolution adopted by the client according to the screen resolution adopted by the client and a predetermined correlation between screen resolutions and font sizes; generating the webpage in a scale corresponding to the screen resolution adopted by the client and the selected font size; and sending the webpage to the client. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161288 | EVALUATING REFERENCE BASED OPERATIONS IN SHARED NOTHING PARALLELISM SYSTEMS - Embodiments are included for methods, systems, and computer program products in which evaluating operations using an electronic computing device are presented including: receiving the operation on a first database partition in a shared nothing parallelism system, where the operation is non-collocated, reference based operation; generating a correlation sequence, where the correlation sequence includes a sequence of references pointing to input data required for the operation; receiving one of the references on a first table queue operator on a second database partition, where the second database partition includes input data corresponding with the received reference, and where the table queue operator is configured for providing communication between the first database partition and the second database partition; and processing the input data on the second database partition corresponding with the operation. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161289 | RECOGNIZING OPERATIONAL OPTIONS FOR STREAM OPERATORS AT COMPILE-TIME - A source code that includes an operator graph that includes a plurality of processing elements, each processing element having one or more stream operators is received. A metadata tag describing a customization of at least one of the one or more stream operators having a windowing processing operation is parsed from the source code. The source code of the streaming application having the windowing processing operation based on the metadata tag is compiled. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161290 | Automatically Generating Suggested Queries in a Social Network Environment - In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, at a query form associated with a social network environment, a request from a first user of the social network environment, the request comprising a character string entered by the first user, identifying objects associated with the social network environment matching at least in part the character string of the request, and sending, to the query form for display to the first user, one or more suggested queries responsive to the request, wherein each suggested query comprises the character string of the request and references to one or more of the identified objects. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161291 | ENHANCED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STATIC QUERY GENERATION AND ENTRY - A system and method for static query generation and input, comprising a set of auto-complete and auto-suggest rules, based on a template derived from at least one of an initial user input and context, is used to elicit a more complete query from said user, said auto-complete and auto-suggest values being offered in the form of widgets that offer a visual indicia receptive for user interaction, and wherein depending on at least one of context and status and user input, more than one such widget may be offered concurrently. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161292 | METHOD FOR RECOMMENDING DOCUMENT - A method for recommending document is revealed. First give respective first document an interest score or arranged the respective first document in order by a first device. According to the interest score or an interested list generated by the first device, the first servers arranged the respective first document in a specific set to get a recommendation list. Then search a piece of second document by a second device. When the second document is included in the specific set, the first server sends the first document in the specific set into the second device according to the order recorded in the recommendation list. Thus the document included in the specific set and other users are interested in is actively recommended to the user of the second device. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161293 | DETERMINATION OF GEODETIC INTERACTIONS THROUGH PROJECTION ONTO AN AUXILIARY SPHERE - Methods, computer-readable storage media, and apparatuses for determining interactions between geometric shapes on a geoid may be described. In embodiments, queries about geometric shapes on a geoid may be received. Various interaction tests, such as point-point or point-segment intersection tests, may be identified that need to be determined to satisfy the query. Points for the geometric shapes may be projected onto an auxiliary sphere that is associated with the geoid. The tests may be performed using these projected points, and from the results of these tests, a response may be provided to the query. Approximate computations, such as limited-precision CPU-based computations, may also be utilized to reduce computational complexity during test performance. An error value may be determined during performance of these tests, and, if the error value is greater than a pre-determined error bound, the test may be performed using higher-precision computations. Additional embodiments may be described and claimed. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161294 | Laser Scan Re-Engineering of 3D CAD Models - A 3D CAD model of a facility, city or multi-asset grouping is re-built from laser scan data of the facility/city/multi-asset grouping. Through a rules-based analysis, CAD model objects are identified in the laser scan data. The rules map laser scan data to CAD model objects based on shape, size and/or sequence of connection of objects in the facility/city/multi-asset grouping. Design logic of equipment and process facilities are also utilized by the rules. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161295 | CAE ANALYSIS METHOD AND CAE ANALYSIS APPARATUS - A CAE analysis method is provided in which a computer is caused to perform modeling in which: a model formed by solid elements is applied for each of the plurality of members, based on given data representing a region to be analyzed of the plurality of members;
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20150161296 | SECTIONLESS ADDENDUM DESIGN - A method is provided for the creation of an addendum for use in the design and production of sheet metal formed components, which method uses a sectionless approach. In a preferred approach, elevation curve (EC) lines are established relating to the component (ECc) and binder (ECb), and it is these lines which are used to design the addendum. Additional EC lines (EC1, EC2, EC3, etc.) can be added to modify or optimize the addendum design. The spaces between the EC lines are filled using various parameterized filling techniques so as to provide the addendum design. Optimization of the addendum can be achieved by modification of the various EC lines, so as to modify or control the various design parameters, in accordance with various quality or design criteria. A more rapid, and less complicated approach to addendum design is provided. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161297 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING SHAPE DATA - A shape data generation apparatus includes a detection unit and a generation unit. With reference to model information indicating the thicknesses and the positions of both ends of a plurality of elements each having a cylindrical surface, the detection unit detects a connection point where two or more elements are connected to each other, on the basis of the positions of both ends of the elements. The generation unit generates a curved surface collectively covering the connecting ends of the two or more elements, on the basis of the thicknesses and the positions of both ends of the two or more elements connected at the connection point. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161298 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REAL-TIME DC MICROGRID POWER ANALYTICS FOR MISSION-CRITICAL POWER SYSTEMS - Systems and methods for performing power analytics on a microgrid. In an embodiment, predicted data is generated for the microgrid utilizing a virtual system model of the microgrid, which comprises a virtual representation of a topology of the microgrid. Real-time data is received via a portal from at least one external data source. If the difference between the real-time data and the predicted data exceeds a threshold, a calibration and synchronization operation is initiated to update the virtual system model in real-time. Power analytics may be performed on the virtual system model to generate analytical data, which can be returned via the portal. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161299 | CUSTOM BRACES, CASTS AND DEVICES AND METHODS FOR DESIGNING AND FABRICATING - A custom brace and method for fabricating the custom brace includes marking a body with reference points and/or other indicators. Multiple images of the body from multiple angles are then obtained. The images are used to determine the contours of the body and the other markings are located and used to design the custom brace. Fenestrations can be added to the brace design. The custom brace can be fabricated with the fenestrations as a single piece structure or in multiple pieces that are assembled to complete the custom device. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161300 | Estimation of Three-Dimensional Models of Roofs from Spatial Two-Dimensional Graphs - The present invention overcomes the limitations of the prior art by exploiting properties of the projection of a three-dimensional building structure (such as a roof) onto the ground. This projection is a two-dimensional spatial graph, which can be constructed for example by a user or by an image recognition algorithm. The spatial graph is processed to recreate a three-dimensional model of the building structure. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161301 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO MAP SCHEMATIC ELEMENTS INTO A DATABASE - A method for mapping an element of an engineering schematic into a schematic element database is provided. The method electronically scans a schematic to recognize a plurality of elements visually represented in the schematic, wherein each of the plurality of elements is associated with predefined schematic element visual attributes; and maps each of the plurality of recognized elements to any one of a plurality of saved database elements, based on common visual attributes. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161302 | INTEGRATED MASK-AWARE LITHOGRAPHY MODELING TO SUPPORT OFF-AXIS ILLUMINATION AND MULTI-TONE MASKS - A method and apparatus of a novel modeling scheme for performing optical lithography simulation for a multi-tone mask with a plurality of mask tones is described. The method generates a transmission function matrix based on a setting of the multi-tone mask. The method applies the transmission function matrix to transform a formula for calculating light intensity from Abbe's form to Hopkins' form while maintaining the accuracy of Abbe's form. The method then computes the light intensity using the transformed formula. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161303 | Method for Automated Rock Physics Modeling - A computer-implemented method for automated rock physics modeling. The method includes the steps of (a) pre-processing data obtained from a suite of logging tools over a range of depths; (b) using an automated, computer-implemented procedure to determine a solution to an inverse problem associated with the rock physics model using the data from step (a), the solution including a list of optimal parameters; (c) performing a forward run of the rock physics model; and (d) computing a set of rock mechanical properties using the optimal parameters obtained in step (b). A computer program product for automated rock physics modeling is also provided. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161304 | FLOW CONTROL DEVICE SIMULATION - Methods and systems simulate hydrocarbon production from a reservoir and predict impact of flow control devices on production for such reservoir simulation. The methods may transform equations capturing properties that describe flow of fluids through the flow control devices into input parameters desired for use with reservoir simulators. The equations may be determined based on physical properties of the flow control devices or fitted to match experimental or computational fluid dynamics data. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161305 | SIMULATION METHOD AND DEVICE - A processor calculates, in accordance with a convex hull configuration algorithm, an interface of a fluid model expressing the fluid as a collection of particles according to an input boundary condition and initial condition. The processor calculates surface energy of the calculated interface. The processor calculates surface tension of the interface according to the calculated surface energy. The processor outputs, for each predetermined time interval, a state of the fluid according to the calculated surface tension. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161306 | FAULT INSERTION FOR SYSTEM VERIFICATION - A computer implemented method of modifying a compiled design of an electronic circuit is disclosed. The method includes accessing a stored compilation representing the design, and causing the computer to generate a modified version of the stored compilation in response to an indication of a change to a portion of the design. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161307 | Method of Designing Semiconductor Device, Designing Assistance Program, Designing Apparatus, and Semiconductor Device - The present invention provides a method of designing a semiconductor device capable of executing a DVFS control which minimizes consumption energy. A consumption power profile P(t) when a known operating voltage and a clock of a known frequency are given to a logic circuit as a DVFS target and a process as a DVFS target is executed is obtained. The obtained power profile is converted to a function related to a clock cycle q(t), and a load capacity of the target logic circuit is obtained as a function of the clock cycle q(t). An operating voltage and an operating frequency are calculated as functions (V(q), f(q)) for a clock cycle so as to satisfy a condition using, as a constant, a product (C(q)·(dq/dt){circle around ( )}3) of the load capacity function and cube of time differentiation of the clock cycle. The calculated functions of the operating voltage and the operating frequency are solutions of the Euler equation according to the calculus of variations, and consumption energy is minimized. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161308 | Method and Apparatus for Use in Design of a System - A method is disclosed for use in design of a system, the system to include a plurality of sources contributing to a variable system effect. The method includes determining a plurality of functional units to form the system, obtaining a plurality of constant functional unit source informations, determining at least one variable quantity, associating each functional unit with one of the at least one variable quantity, obtaining variable functional unit source information by combining the constant functional unit source information with the variable quantity associated with the functional unit, and deriving the variable system effect based on combining the variable functional unit source informations. Further a device for use in design of a system is disclosed and also a tangible computer-readable medium storing instruction code thereon, that when executed causes one or more processors to perform steps for design of a system. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161309 | GLITCH-AWARE PHASE ALGEBRA FOR CLOCK ANALYSIS - A design tool can implement phase algebra based design evaluation to evaluate a circuit design with a compact representation of numerous waveforms without simulating the individual waveforms. The design tool can determine an input sequence of signal transition representations associated with an input net of a component in a register transfer level circuit design, where each signal transition representation represents a nondeterministic transition from a previous signal state to one or more possible signal states. Determining the input sequence of signal transition representations includes determining that a subsequence of the input sequence of signal transition representations indicates at most one transition within the subsequence of the input sequence. The design tool can determine, based on the indicated component and on the determination that the subsequence indicates at most one transition, an output sequence of signal transition representations derived from the input sequence of signal transition representations. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161310 | CLOCK-GATING PHASE ALGEBRA FOR CLOCK ANALYSIS - A design tool can implement phase algebra based design evaluation to evaluate a circuit design with a compact representation of numerous waveforms without simulating the individual waveforms. The design tool can determine an input sequence of signal transition representations associated with an input net of a component in RTL circuit design, where each signal transition representation represents a nondeterministic transition from a previous signal state to possible signal state(s). Determining the input sequence of signal transition representations includes determining that the input sequence of signal transition representations indicates an input gated clock waveform. The design tool also can determine, based on the indicated component and on the input gated clock waveform, an output sequence of signal transition representations derived from the input sequence of signal transition. Determining the output sequence includes determining whether signal transition representation(s) of the output sequence indicate an output gated clock waveform. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161311 | CONDITIONAL PHASE ALGEBRA FOR CLOCK ANALYSIS - A design tool can implement phase algebra based design evaluation to evaluate a circuit design with a compact representation of numerous waveforms without simulating the individual waveforms. The design tool can determine two or more input sequences of signal transition representations associated with an input net of an indicated component in an RTL circuit design, where the two or more input sequences of signal transition representations are associated with a mode element. Each signal transition representation represents a nondeterministic transition from a previous signal state to possible signal state(s). The mode element indicates a selection between two or more output sequences of signal transition representations. It is determined, based on the indicated component and the mode element, two or more output sequences of signal transition representations derived from the input sequence(s) of signal transition representations. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161312 | STATIC CHECKING OF ASYNCHRONOUS CLOCK DOMAIN CROSSINGS - A circuit design checker receives a circuit design. The circuit design can include a first set of one or more logic components in a first clock domain and a second set of one or more logic components in a second clock domain. The clock domain checker identifies a first subset of the second set of one or more logic components that receive one or more asynchronous clock domain crossings. The circuit design is traversed to determine whether a subset of the one or more asynchronous clock domain crossings does not pass through a signal having an attribute indicating that the signal is intended to be part of the one or more asynchronous clock domain crossings. If such a crossing exists, an error is indicated for the circuit design. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161313 | CIRCUIT DESIGN EVALUATION WITH COMPACT MULTI-WAVEFORM REPRESENTATIONS - A design tool can implement phase algebra based design evaluation to efficiently evaluate a circuit design with a compact representation of numerous waveforms without simulating the individual waveforms. Instead of individual waveforms, the phase algebra based design evaluation employs compact representations of a group or set of waveforms. Phase algebra based evaluation constructs representations of a set of waveforms based on relationships among a devised set of functions that account for the various states of a signal over time, including transitions and glitches. A memorized-transition function, referred to herein as an M-function, indicates signal transitions over time. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161314 | LAYOUT DESIGN SYSTEM AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE FABRICATED USING THE SYSTEM - A layout design system includes; a storage unit storing first and second standard cell designs, and a displacement module that arranges the first and second standard cell designs to generate an intermediate design in accordance with the chip design requirement, wherein the first area for the first standard cell design and a second area for the second standard cell design are separated in the intermediate design by a filler design having no active area. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161315 | VERIFICATION OF ASYNCHRONOUS CLOCK DOMAIN CROSSINGS - Various implementations of a method, system and computer program product receive a circuit model that can include an asynchronous crossing between a first set of one or more logic components in a first clock domain and a second set of one or more logic components in a second clock domain. A shadow network can be constructed that corresponds to the asynchronous crossing, where the shadow network includes at least one of an asynchronous transition detector, an asynchronous sample detector, and a metastability timer. The shadow network can include shadow network signals corresponding to signals of the asynchronous crossing. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161316 | MEMORY CELL LAYOUT FOR LOW CURRENT FIELD-INDUCED MRAM - Embodiments of the present invention disclose an MRAM cell layout for 32 nm, 45 nm, and 65 nm CMOS process technology. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161317 | MULTI-DIMENSIONAL PHYSICAL ARRANGEMENT TECHNIQUES USING BIN-PACKING WITH PER-BRANCH COMBINATION TRIES - A recursive solution to a bin-packing algorithm provides efficient placement of objects in a physical layout. The algorithm determines requirement vectors for the objects that specify requirement for placement of the object in multiple dimensions, thereby forming a multi-dimensional bin-packing problem. The algorithm assigns the objects to physical partitions or “bins” by recursively exploring partial solutions that place the objects in the partitions by extending the partial solutions via recursion until the objects are placed. The bin-packing algorithm tests requirements vectors for remaining unassigned ones of the objects for both assignment and non-assignment to a current partition in a current partial solution until the current partial solution becomes a complete solution that satisfies the requirement vectors for the plurality of objects. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161318 | METHOD OF MAKING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING THE SAME - A method of making a semiconductor device includes determining, by a processor, a first pattern density of a first region, determining a second pattern density of a second region, determining a pattern density gradient from the first region to the second region, determining whether the pattern density gradient exceeds a pattern density gradient threshold and performing a placement or a routing of the semiconductor device if the pattern density gradient is less than or equal to the pattern density gradient threshold. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161319 | GENERATING DATABASE FOR CELLS ROUTABLE IN PIN LAYER - A method of wire routing is provided. The method comprises obtaining data of cell layouts, generating a first database for the cell layouts, identifying, for each cell in the first database, whether the cell and another cell in the first database are routable in a pin layer, and generating a second database for routable cells. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161320 | SCATTERING BAR OPTIMIZATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A computer-implemented method is disclosed for optimizing one or more sub-resolution assist features for use in a photolithographic process. The method may include incorporating a sub-resolution assist feature within a virtual photomask. The virtual photomask may then be modeled to produce a virtual print. One or more intensity values corresponding to the sub-resolution assist feature may be collected from the virtual print. Based on the one or more intensity values, a probability of having been printed may by assigned to the sub-resolution assist feature. In an iterative process, the probability may be used to optimize at least one of a location and size of the sub-resolution assist feature. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161321 | POLYGON-BASED OPTICAL PROXIMITY CORRECTION - Methods and systems for design of integrated circuits including performing OPC are discussed. In one embodiment, design data having a geometric feature is provided. A base feature is formed from the geometric feature, which has a substantially linear edge. A pseudo dissection point is determined on the base feature. Add or trim a polygon from the base feature to form a modified feature. An OPC process is performed on the modified feature to generate an output design. The output design is used to fabricate a semiconductor device on a semiconductor substrate. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161322 | DESIGN SUPPORT APPARATUS AND METHOD - A design support apparatus searches, by using back tracing, for combination of input signals, to be input to an analysis circuit, that causes transition of a level of a signal in an aggressor wire by switching a level of one input signal among input signals that determine a level of a signal in the aggressor wire. The design support apparatus calculates a delay time of a transition path connecting an input terminal of the analysis circuit and an output terminal connected to the aggressor wire. Also, the design support apparatus generates an input vector for shifting, by the delay time, switching of a level of an input signal to be input to a first transition path connected to a first aggressor wire included in the analysis circuit in such a manner that the levels of the signals in the first aggressor wire and a second aggressor wire transition simultaneously. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161323 | METHOD FOR CHECKING A HARDWARE-CONFIGURABLE LOGIC CIRCUIT FOR FAULTS - A method is described for checking a hardware-configurable logic circuit including circuit areas and including a configuration memory having different subareas for faults, a respective configuration of hardware elements of one of the circuit areas being defined by configuration data stored in an associated subarea of the configuration memory, and when at least one checking requirement in regard to an output signal which is provided by the hardware-configurable logic circuit is met, a fault check of the configuration data being carried out only in those subareas of the configuration memory of the hardware-configurable logic circuit which are involved in generating the output signal. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161324 | HIGH-FREQUENCY VLSI INTERCONNECT AND INTENTIONAL INDUCTOR IMPEDANCE EXTRACTION IN THE PRESENCE OF A MULTI-LAYER CONDUCTIVE SUBSTRATE - Embodiments of methods, apparatus, and systems for extracting impedance for a circuit design are disclosed herein. Some of the disclosed embodiments are computationally efficient and can accurately compute the frequency-dependent impedance of VLSI interconnects and/or intentional inductors in the presence of multi-layer conductive substrates. In certain embodiments, the resulting accuracy and CPU time reduction are a result of a Green's function approach with the correct quasi-static limit, a modified discrete complex image approximation to the Green's function, and a continuous dipole expansion to evaluate the magnetic vector potential at the distances relevant to VLSI interconnects and intentional inductors. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161325 | METHOD OF PREPARING A LAYOUT AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING THE SAME - A method of preparing a layout for manufacturing an integrated circuit chip according to a circuit design, the method includes generating a pattern for the layout based on the circuit design, determining, by a processor, if at least one layout rule is violated by including the generated pattern in the layout and modifying the layout if the at least one layout rule is violated. The at least one layout rule includes a constraint on a relationship between a power line pattern and a device pattern in the layout. The at least one layout rule is specified by comparing a predetermined threshold value with one of an estimated voltage drop along a signal path in a second layout different than the layout or an estimated current density on the signal path in the second layout. The constraint includes a minimum number of contacts per device or power vias per device. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161326 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PATIENT-SPECIFIC MODELING OF BLOOD FLOW - Embodiments include a system for determining cardiovascular information for a patient. The system may include at least one computer system configured to receive patient-specific data regarding a geometry of the patient's heart, and create a three-dimensional model representing at least a portion of the patient's heart based on the patient-specific data. The at least one computer system may be further configured to create a physics-based model relating to a blood flow characteristic of the patient's heart and determine a fractional flow reserve within the patient's heart based on the three-dimensional model and the physics-based model. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161327 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING BIOLOGICAL FEATURES - A computer having a memory stores instructions for receiving data. The data comprises one or more characteristics for each cellular constituent in a plurality of cellular constituents that have been measured in a test organism of a species or a test biological specimen from an organism of the species. The memory further stores instructions for computing a model in a plurality of models, wherein the model is characterized by a model score that represents the likelihood of a biological feature in the test organism or the test biological specimen. Computation of the model comprises determining the model score using one or more characteristics for one or more cellular constituents in the plurality of cellular constituents. The memory also stores instructions for repeating the instructions for computing one or more times, thereby computing the plurality of models. The memory also stores instructions for communicating computed model scores. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161328 | METHODS FOR REMOTELY ACCESSING ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS WITHOUT HAVING PRIOR AUTHORIZATION - Methods are provided for allowing patients, health care practitioners and other service providers to have remote access to electronic medical records of a patient stored on a first computer network by the remote user requesting access to the electronic medical record from a second computer network and providing a first and second piece of patient derived information to the second computer network; the second computer network transferring the first and second piece of patient derived information to a third computer network; the third computer network authorizing the remote user through the first and second piece of patient derived information and dependent on a patient specific authorization protocol; the third computer network confirming a patient specific consent protocol; and the third computer network disclosing the electronic medical record to the remote user dependent upon an authorization and a confirmation received from the third computer network. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161329 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MATCHING PATIENT INFORMATION TO CLINICAL CRITERIA - The exemplary embodiments are related to systems and methods for automatically selecting one or more suitable medical imaging protocols based on a patient's clinical information. Exemplary embodiments relate to methods and systems for collecting clinical information for a current patient, generating an encoded description of a plurality of imaging protocols in a computer-processable format including medical concepts, converting the collected clinical information into the computer-processable format, and recommending or providing at least one suitable imaging protocol based on the encoded description and the converted clinical information for the current patient. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161330 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING AND/OR PROVIDING HEALTHCARE INFORMATION AND/OR HEALTHCARE-RELATED INFORMATION WITH OR USING AN ELECTRONIC HEALTHCARE RECORD AND INFORMATION REGARDING AND/OR OBTAINED WITH OR FROM ELECTRONIC INTERACTIVE ACTIVITY, INFORMATION, CONTENT, OR MEDIA - A computer-implemented method, including processing information regarding an individual or patient containing information regarding a symptom, examination finding, or observation, or information regarding the individual's or the patient's engagement in, use of, performance of, or participation in, an electronic interactive activity, generating a treatment plan containing information regarding a prescribed electronic interactive activity, storing the treatment plan in an electronic healthcare record or file of the individual or the patient, storing information, a link, or a hyperlink, to the electronic interactive activity in the electronic healthcare record or file, and transmitting the treatment plan to a first communication device associated with a provider of the individual or the patient, to a second communication device associated with the individual or the patient or a caregiver of same, or to a third communication device associated with an insurer or a payer of the individual or the patient. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161331 | COMPUTATIONAL MEDICAL TREATMENT PLAN METHOD AND SYSTEM WITH MASS MEDICAL ANALYSIS - The present disclosure is directed toward global medical data analysis methods, systems, and computer program products for analyzing, classifying, and matching mass amounts of medical information from many sources and across different regions. The global medical data analysis system includes a medical main server that contains an intelligent medical engine, which is communicatively coupled to a central database, a confidential electronic medical records database, and further communicatively coupled through a network to hospitals, clinics, and other medical sources. The intelligent medical engine receives voluminous medical record, potentially from different countries, regions, and continents. Electronic Medical records are sourced from hospitals, clinics, and other medical sources, which are fed into the intelligent medical engine for large-scale analysis and correlation of patients' medical records globally. The analysis starts by degrouping (classifying) medical records into multiple levels of subgroups according to patient clinical parameters, disease templates, treatments and outcomes. When a new patient enters the system, that patient's parameters and disease template are matched against the closest subgroups to suggest treatments with potentially favorable outcomes. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161332 | MULTI-PATIENT DATA VISUALIZATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method for displaying patient data is described. Such patient data includes a list of patients with a plurality of clinical variables associated with each patient. The patient data is displayed in a manner that enables a clinical user to quickly and easily identify patients from an entire follow-up cohort based on visual evaluation. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161333 | CLINICAL INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM - When pieces of clinical-data registered on registration-dates, respectively, and the registration-dates are stored for each clinical-item, and clinical-data for each of the clinical-items are displayed on a display screen, a latest registration-date or a date on which the clinical-data are displayed on the display screen is set, as an initial-display-base-date, and initial display of the clinical-data is performed. A user's input of selecting one of the registration-dates is received, and the selected-registration-date is set, as a selected-display-base-date. A rank corresponding to a degree of abnormality is given to each of the pieces of clinical-data registered on the selected-display-base-date. Clinical-data for each of the clinical-items registered on registration-dates including the selected-display-base-date are displayed on the display screen by arranging the clinical items in descending order of the degrees of abnormality corresponding to the ranks given to the pieces of clinical data registered on the selected-display-base-date. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161334 | DISTRIBUTION OF MEDICAL REPORT - An approach for distribution of medical records and reports between medial offices with a distribution server that makes the medical records available to one or more requesting servers. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161335 | Providing Secure and Seamless Authentication and Workflow for Medical Records and Affiliated Systems - Methods and systems are provided that are related to electronic health records (EHRs). A first EHR system can receive a request to report information to a second EHR system. Responsive to the request, the first EHR system can generate an EHR report that includes one or more EHR identifiers. The one or more EHR identifiers can include an EHR-user identifier, an EHR-patient identifier, and a behavior identifier. The first EHR system can send the EHR report to the second EHR system. The second EHR system can: access information based on the EHR-user identifier and/or the EHR-patient identifier, generate an output based on the accessed information, and provide the output. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161336 | Aggregated Electronic Health Record Based, Massively Scalable and Dynamically Adjustable Clinical Trial Design and Enrollment Procedure - Adequate patient enrollment and participation in different design stages of a clinical trial is facilitated and scaled by dynamically adjusting clinical trial criteria relative to characteristics and conditions of massive numbers of patients whose medical records have been aggregated in databases in compliance with patient privacy and confidentiality laws and regulations. Patient participation results without intervention by multiple providers of healthcare services, and by directly identifying and communicating with qualified patients while maintaining patient privacy and compliance requirements as required by law. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161337 | INTERFACE DEVICES AND METHODS FOR STORING AND MANAGINGINFORMATION COLLECTED FROM MEDICAL DEVICES - A system for the collection, management, and dissemination of information relating at least to a medical procedure is disclosed. The system includes a user interface adapted to provide raw data information at least about one of a patient, the medical procedure, and a result of the medical procedure. A medical device communicates with the user interface, receives the raw data information from the user interface, and generates operational information during use. A central database communicates at least with the medical device and receives data from the medical device. The central database is used to create related entries based on the raw data information and the operational information and optionally transmits the related entry to the medical device or the medical device user. The related entry includes information that provides guidance based on previously tabulated, related medical procedures. A system for the iterative analysis of medical standards is also disclosed along with methods for the evaluation of medical procedures and standards. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161338 | NAVIGABLE PRESENTATION OF A VARIETY OF SOLUTIONS FOR THERAPY PLANS - The present invention includes a method for representing a plurality of pre-calculated solutions in radiation therapy that are stored in a database and displayed in a manner controllable by a user. Arrays of DVH curves provide the user with essential information on the ‘quality of a plan’. A DVH diagram is displayed as a main diagram, wherein only one of the solutions is visually represented at a time. By selecting a first starting point on a selected DVH curve as the main diagram, a first straight axis extending through the first starting point is placed. A first region, located around the first starting point and on the first straight axis, is highlighted as a first control region for controllable visualization of the plurality of currently non-displayed solutions stored in the database, the DVH curves of which correspond to the selected DVH curve and intersect the first straight axis. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161339 | MEDICAL SYSTEM - The invention refers to a medical device for supporting health control. In order to provide safe access to a dose helper functionality, the device has a first storage means arranged to store an initial data matrix with at least one initial parameter set containing at least two initial data entries for one parameter of the dose helper functionality; receiving means arranged to receive initialization data and/or security data, preferably from a second storage means, for example provided by a hardware key; selecting means operable to select based at least in part on the initialization data one data entry for each initial parameter set as initial data or one initial parameter template containing a reference to one data entry for each initial parameter set as initial data; and first activation means arranged to activate, preferably based at least in part on the security data, execution of the dose helper functionality based on the selected initial data. The invention further refers to a respective medical system, a method for providing such information, a respective computer program and a respective computer program product. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161340 | Medical Scanner Optimized Workflow System - A medical workflow system is provided that includes at least one database configured to store one or more programs that operate a patient imaging device, patient data corresponding to one or more patients, medical procedure data corresponding to a type of patient medical procedure, and user data identifying a user to conduct a medical procedure using the medical procedure data. The medical workflow system includes a workflow processor configured to determine which of the one or more programs to provide to the user based on at least one of the patient data, the medical procedure data and the user data. The medical workflow system also includes at least one user interface configured to provide a plurality of user selectable options comprising the determined one or more or programs. The workflow processor is further configured to execute a selected program that is selected from the one or more provided programs. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161341 | MEDICATION MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND METHOD - The present invention relates to a medication management device and a corresponding medication management method. The proposed device comprises an imaging unit ( | 2015-06-11 |
20150161342 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, an information processing system includes a biological sensor device to be worn by a patient and an electronic apparatus. The biological sensor device includes a measurement processor to continuously measure biological information of the patient. The electronic apparatus includes a first acquisition processor, a generator, a calculator and a scheduler. The scheduler schedules medical consultations for the patient based on a time when the patient visited a medical facility and a deviation. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161343 | Health Care Communication Systems - A method and system for enabling communication between a health care professional and a patient are disclosed. In an embodiment, the method includes authenticating a health care professional on the health care platform implemented in a mobile communication device and recording a memo associated with a patient by the authenticated health care professional via said health care platform, memo including health care related information associated with the patient. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161344 | CLOUD SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING HEALTH-RELATED SERVICES IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK AND METHODS THEREOF - A cloud system for providing health-related services in a communication network includes an electronic device, at least one user device, at least one third-party device, and a cloud server. The electronic device performs a measurement to obtain health-related data. The user device sends an invitation. The third-party device receives the invitation from the user device and establishes a companion relationship with the user device in response to the invitation. The cloud server provides a platform to the third-party device for interacting with the user device therewith, wherein the user device transmits or uploads the health-related data obtained from the electronic device to the cloud server via the communication network to interact with the third-party device, such that the third-party device retrieves or receives the transmitted or uploaded data from the cloud server through the platform and performs a respective health-related operation based on the retrieved or received data. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161345 | SECURE MESSAGING SERVICES - A device receives, from a first user device associated with a user, a request to access a secure messaging service provide by the device, authenticates the user based on credentials provided in the request, and receives a search request for users of the secure messaging service. The device identifies authentic users of the secure messaging service based on the search request; provides, to the first user device, information associated with the authentic users; receives a message addressed to a particular user of the authentic users; analyzes the message to determine whether the message includes information for identifying the user or the particular user; stores the information for identifying the user or the particular user; formats the message into a format that is understood by a second user device associated with the particular user; encrypts the formatted message; and provides the encrypted and formatted message to the second user device. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161346 | PATIENT RISK STRATIFICATION BY COMBINING KNOWLEDGE-DRIVEN AND DATA-DRIVEN INSIGHTS - A system and method for patient stratification include determining a first set of patient groups from patients in a patient similarity graph based on a similarity structure of the patient similarity graph. A second set of patient groups is identified based on expert domain knowledge associated with the patients. Patients in the first set and the second set are aligned using a processor to stratify patients. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161347 | PHYSIOLOGIC SIMULATOR SYSTEM | 2015-06-11 |
20150161348 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PATIENT-SPECIFIC MODELING OF BLOOD FLOW - Embodiments include a system for determining cardiovascular information for a patient. The system may include at least one computer system configured to receive patient-specific data regarding a geometry of the patient's heart, and create a three-dimensional model representing at least a portion of the patient's heart based on the patient-specific data. The at least one computer system may be further configured to create a physics-based model relating to a blood flow characteristic of the patient's heart and determine a fractional flow reserve within the patient's heart based on the three-dimensional model and the physics-based model. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161349 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE FOR SOCIAL ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS - In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, a method for exchanging personalized electronic health records for a viewing user of a social network is disclosed, the method comprising: (1) storing patient health information by one or more users of a social network; (2) accessing relationship data for the one or more users, the relationship data specifying medical links between users in the social network; (3) associating at least one medical link with at least one user to produce consolidated medical data; (4) aggregating consolidated data having one or more common medical links to produce aggregated consolidated data, wherein the aggregated consolidated data identifies at least one medical link, a user of the social network with the medical link, and one or more other users of the social network who also have the same medical link; and (5) creating social networking links based on the aggregated consolidated data. | 2015-06-11 |
20150161350 | SELECTABLE MESSAGE BARCODE FOR HEALTHCARE - A device, method, and optical machine-readable code for providing context-aware guidance for healthcare. The device includes: a wireless communication module configured to receive contextual information pertaining to a user's health from one or more devices; an optical code reader to read an optical code encoded with a plurality of healthcare guidance messages; a processor to decode the optical code encoded with the plurality of healthcare guidance messages into a selected context-aware healthcare guidance message using the received contextual information pertaining to the user's health; and a screen for providing the selected context-aware healthcare guidance message to the user. The optical machine-readable code including: an optical code storing a plurality of healthcare guidance messages and encoded in a manner that one of the plurality of healthcare guidance messages can be selected using a decode key, wherein the optical code is provided on a container for medication. | 2015-06-11 |