System and method for continuous multimodal speech and gesture interaction

Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for processing multimodal input. A system configured to practice the method continuously monitors an audio stream associated with a gesture input stream, and detects a speech event in the audio stream. Then the system identifies a temporal window associated with a time of the speech event, and analyzes data from the gesture input stream within the temporal window to identify a gesture event. The system processes the speech event and the gesture event to produce a multimodal command. The gesture in the gesture input stream can be directed to a display, but is remote from the display. The system can analyze the data from the gesture input stream by calculating an average of gesture coordinates within the temporal window.

Applied automatic demographic analysis

A system for managing a data stream that is transmitted to an environment is provided. The system includes a receiver that receives the data stream. The data stream includes a first program, with the first program configured to be displayed in the environment. An input receives information of an individual in the environment. A processor analyzes the information, determines a demographic descriptor of the individual based on the information, and correlates the demographic descriptor of the individual with a content of the first program to determine whether a predetermined condition is satisfied. The processor further determines a second program based on the demographic descriptor of the individual and modifies the first program based on the second program when the predetermined condition is satisfied.

System and method of sentiment modeling and application to determine optimized agent action

The present invention is a system and method of continuous sentiment tracking and the determination of optimized agent actions through the training of sentiment models and applying the sentiment models to new incoming interactions. The system receives conversations comprising incoming interactions and agent actions and determines customer sentiment on a micro-interaction level for each incoming interaction. Based on interaction types, the system correlates the determined sentiment with the agent action received prior to the sentiment determination to create and train sentiment models. Sentiment models include agent action recommendations for a desired sentiment outcome. Once trained, the sentiment models can be applied to new incoming interactions to provide CSRs with actions that will yield a desired sentiment outcome.

System and method for automatic identification of key phrases during a multimedia broadcast

An Internet Protocol television system includes a user profile agent, a keyword detection agent, and an information search agent. The user profile agent is in communication with a multimedia device, and generates a user profile based on information received from the multimedia device. The keyword detection agent is in communication with the user profile agent, and searches text associated with a multimedia video stream transmitted to the multimedia device for keywords associated with the user profile. The information search agent is in communication with the keyword detection agent, and connects to an information source associated with the keywords detected by the keyword detection agent, and provides additional information associated with the keywords to the multimedia device.

MERCHANDISE DISPLAY HOOK HAVING PIVOTABLE LOCKING BASE

A merchandise display hook includes a display rod and a locking base pivotally attached to the display rod for locking the display hook on a display support. The locking base is configured to pivot relative to the display rod inwardly towards the display support from an unlocked position to a locked position and outwardly from the display support from the locked position to the unlocked position. The display hook includes a first attachment member configured to engage a front surface of the display support and a second attachment member configured to engage a rear surface of the display support. The locking base defines a contact surface configured to engage the front surface of the display support in the locked position. When the locking base is in the locked position, the locking base and the display rod define a first angle therebetween. When the locking base is in the unlocked position, the locking base and the display rod define a second angle therebetween that is less than the first ...

METHODS FOR PACKAGING AND PRESERVING CUT MUSHROOM PRODUCTS

Methods and packages are provided for storing and preserving a cut mushroom product such as mushroom crumble or cut mushroom, preferably so as to extend shelf life of the same. In one optional method, a cut mushroom product is placed in a product containing space (14) of a storage container (10) atop a platform of a support structure. The storage container includes an internal compartment (12) having the product containing space. The support structure defines the platform for supporting the cut mushroom product. The internal compartment further includes a reservoir (18), configured to retain liquid, below the platform. The platform and/or support structure are configured to direct liquid exuded from the cut mushroom product to the reservoir. Optionally, the reservoir comprises an absorbent material (20) for absorbing liquid in the reservoir.

System and method of sentiment modeling and application to determine optimized agent action

The present invention is a system and method of continuous sentiment tracking and the determination of optimized agent actions through the training of sentiment models and applying the sentiment models to new incoming interactions. The system receives conversations comprising incoming interactions and agent actions and determines customer sentiment on a micro-interaction level for each incoming interaction. Based on interaction types, the system corelates the determined sentiment with the agent action received prior to the sentiment determination to create and train sentiment models. Sentiment models include agent action recommendations for a desired sentiment outcome. Once trained, the sentiment models can be applied to new incoming interactions to provide CSRs with actions that will yield a desired sentiment outcome.

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEVELOPING A COMMON INQUIRY RESPONSE

The present application includes a method and system for developing a common inquiry response. The system receives at least one customer contact formed by an inquiry and its response, analyzes the customer contact to determine the content of the inquiry and the response, and stores the inquiry and the response in a corresponding inquiry-response sub-database in an inquiry-response database. After analyzing at least one of the sub-databases, the system assigns a common inquiry-response (CIR) knowledge document to that inquiry-response sub-database for future use involving similar inquiries and responses. This allows a user to respond more quickly to inquiries with a reduced risk of incorrect or inconsistent information in the response.

Automated workflow selection for agent within an electronic conversation system

Within an environment in which users converse at least partly with human agents to accomplish a desired task, a server assists the agents by identifying workflows that are most applicable to the current conversation. Workflow selection functionality identifies one or more candidate workflows based on techniques such as user intent inference, conversation state tracking, or search, according to various embodiments. The identified candidate workflows are either automatically selected on behalf of the agent, or are presented to the agent for manual selection.

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING MARKUP-LANGUAGE BASED EXPRESSIONS FROM MULTI-MODAL AND UNIMODAL INPUTS

When using finite-state devices to perform various functions, it is beneficial to use finite state devices representing regular grammars with terminals having markup-language-based semantics. By using markup-language-based symbols in the finite state devices, it is possible to generate valid markup-language expressions by concatenating the symbols representing the result of the performed function. The markup-language expression can be used by other applications and/or devices. Finite-state devices are used to convert strings of words and gestures into valid markup-language, for example, XML, expressions that can be used, for example, to provide an application program interface to underlying system applications.

Recovery of virus from cell culture using a hypertonic salt solution

A process of harvesting a herpesvirus from a cell culture infected therewith comprises treating said culture with a hypertonic aqueous salt solution to yield a virus suspension, e.g. to give improved yield of virus for live virus vaccine where otherwise cell-disruption might be used to harvest the virus by disrupting virus-infected cells. The harvesting step can be followed e.g. by nuclease treatment, diafiltration and lyophilisation.

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING SPEECH RECOGNITION ACCURACY USING TEXTUAL CONTEXT

Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for improving speech recognition accuracy using textual context. The method includes retrieving a recorded utterance, capturing text from a device display associated with the spoken dialog and viewed by one party to the recorded utterance, and identifying words in the captured text that are relevant to the recorded utterance. The method further includes adding the identified words to a dynamic language model, and recognizing the recorded utterance using the dynamic language model. The recorded utterance can be a spoken dialog. A time stamp can be assigned to each identified word. The method can include adding identified words to and/or removing identified words from the dynamic language model based on their respective time stamps. A screen scraper can capture text from the device display associated with the recorded utterance. The device display can contain customer service data.

Systems and methods for aggregating related inputs using finite-state devices and extracting meaning from multimodal inputs using aggregation

When using finite-state methods to represent inputs, it is beneficial to combine related inputs and to represent combinations of related inputs in the finite-state device. In multimodal recognition systems and methods that integrate different recognized modes, combining related inputs helps the unification process.

System and method for speech-enabled access to media content by a ranked normalized weighted graph using speech recognition

Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for generating a speech recognition model for a media content retrieval system. The method causes a computing device to retrieve information describing media available in a media content retrieval system, construct a graph that models how the media are interconnected based on the retrieved information, rank the information describing the media based on the graph, and generate a speech recognition model based on the ranked information. The information can be a list of actors, directors, composers, titles, and/or locations. The graph that models how the media are interconnected can further model pieces of common information between two or more media. The method can further cause the computing device to weight the graph based on the retrieved information, wherein the weighted graph is further normalized to yield a normalized weighted graph to help with speech query searching of media content using speech recognition ...

Systems, methods, and computer program products for location salience modeling for multimodal search

Computational models of dialog context have often focused on unimodal spoken dialog or text, using the language itself as the primary locus of contextual information. But as spoken unimodal interaction is replaced by situated multimodal interaction on mobile platforms supporting a combination of spoken dialog with graphical interaction, touch-screen input, geolocation, and other non-linguistic contextual factors, a need arises for more sophisticated models of context that capture the influence of these factors on semantic interpretation and dialog flow. The systems, methods, and computer program products disclosed herein address this need. A method for multimodal search includes, in part, determining an intended location of search query based upon information received from a remote mobile device that issued the search query.

HIERARCHICAL SPEECH RECOGNITION DECODER

A speech interpretation module interprets the audio of user utterances as sequences of words. To do so, the speech interpretation module parameterizes a literal corpus of expressions by identifying portions of the expressions that correspond to known concepts, and generates a parameterized statistical model from the resulting parameterized corpus. When speech is received the speech interpretation module uses a hierarchical speech recognition decoder that uses both the parameterized statistical model and language sub-models that specify how to recognize a sequence of words. The separation of the language sub-models from the statistical model beneficially reduces the size of the literal corpus needed for training, reduces the size of the resulting model, provides more fine-grained interpretation of concepts, and improves computational efficiency by allowing run-time incorporation of the language sub-models. 1. A computer-implemented method , comprising:receiving, over a computer network, an utterance of a user, the utterance having been accepted from the user at a client device as spoken input;storing the utterance, the storing comprising identifying a plurality of sub-expressions by applying a parameterized statistical model that determines likely n-grams of literal word tokens and concept placeholders included in the utterance and storing each of the sub-expressions in the data structure as either: a set of literal word tokens representing the sub-expression, or a concept placeholder representing the sub-expression and providing an indication of a language sub-model;determining likely textual representations of the sub-expressions stored as concept placeholders by applying the indicated language sub-models to the sub-expressions;generating a user-specific textual interpretation of the utterance, the textual interpretation being a combination of the literal word tokens and the determined likely textual representations of the sub-expressions.2. The computer- ...

AUTOMATIC CREATION AND EXECUTION OF A TEST HARNESS FOR WORKFLOWS

A computer implemented method for automatically creating and executing a test harness for a workflow includes creating a workflow package including a version identification and a workflow graph definition and creating a workflow instance as a copy of the workflow package. The workflow instance is executed to generate output data and the output data is saved into the workflow instance. The workflow instance is saved, with the output data, as a test archive. One or more components of an updated workflow package are tested with the test archive; and an indication of pass or fail of the testing of the updated workflow package is outputted.

Customized Interface Based on Viewed Programming

In one embodiment, a system generates a customized interface based on displayed programming. The system stores a program that a user displayed through a media device; searches through a network for information related to the displayed program; and extracts data associated with the information related to the displayed program. A custom interface is generated based substantially on the data associated with the information related to the displayed program. 1. A system comprising:a watched program log to store a plurality of locally displayed programs presented by a media device, wherein each of the plurality of locally displayed programs is provided by a video content server;a data extractor to provide a search query to a network of servers for content information related to each of the plurality of locally displayed programs, and to extract data associated with the content information related to each of the plurality of locally displayed programs;a database to store the data associated with the content information related to each of the plurality of locally displayed programs, wherein the data associated with the content information is stored in the database responsive to each of the plurality of locally displayed programs being displayed for at least a predetermined duration; anda custom interface generator, wherein an interface generated by the custom interface generator is accessible over a distributed data network, wherein the interface is customized according to the data associated with the content information related to each of the plurality of locally displayed programs, and wherein the interface is configured to display information identifying a locally displayed program from the watched program log and the data associated with the content information related to the locally displayed program that has been displayed for at least the predetermined duration.2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the interface is configured for display by the media device as a prompt ...

Microemulsion and sub-micron emulsion process and compositions

An oil in water microemulsion or sub-micron emulsion composition for dermal delivery of desonide is provided, along with a method of medical or cosmetic treatment of a dermal condition using the composition. The composition includes desonide; an oil phase dispersed throughout a water phase, the oil phase including at least one member selected from the group consisting of an animal oil, a mineral oil, a vegetable oil, a silane member, a siloxane, an ester, a fatty acid, a fat, a halogen compound, and an alkoxylated alcohol; and at least one lipophilic surfactant, the water phase including at least one hydrophilic surfactant and water; and a non-surfactant amphiphilic compound that is miscible in the water phase and added to the composition after formation of the microemulsion or sub-micron emulsion; wherein the desonide is in the water phase or both the water phase and the oil phase.

Automated demographic analysis by analyzing voice activity

A method of generating demographic information relating to an individual is provided. The method includes monitoring an environment for a voice activity of an individual and detecting the voice activity of the individual. The method further includes analyzing the detected voice activity of the individual and determining, based on the detected voice activity of the individual, a demographic descriptor of the individual.

HIERARCHICAL SPEECH RECOGNITION DECODER

A speech interpretation module interprets the audio of user utterances as sequences of words. To do so, the speech interpretation module parameterizes a literal corpus of expressions by identifying portions of the expressions that correspond to known concepts, and generates a parameterized statistical model from the resulting parameterized corpus. When speech is received the speech interpretation module uses a hierarchical speech recognition decoder that uses both the parameterized statistical model and language sub-models that specify how to recognize a sequence of words. The separation of the language sub-models from the statistical model beneficially reduces the size of the literal corpus needed for training, reduces the size of the resulting model, provides more fine-grained interpretation of concepts, and improves computational efficiency by allowing run-time incorporation of the language sub-models.

Recovery of virus from cell culture using a hypertonic salt solution

A process of harvesting a herpesvirus from a cell culture infected therewith comprises treating said culture with a hypertonic aqueous salt solution to yield a virus suspension, e.g. to give improved yield of virus for live virus vaccine where otherwise cell-disruption might be used to harvest the virus by disrupting virus-infected cells. The harvesting step can be followed e.g. by nuclease treatment, diafiltration and lyophilisation.

System and method for an N-best list interface

Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for providing an N-best list interface. A system practicing the method receives a search query formatted according to a standard language for containing and annotating interpretations of user input, the search query being based on a natural language spoken query from a user and retrieves an N-best list of recognition results based on the search query. The system then transmits the N-best list of recognition results to a user device, receives multimodal disambiguation input from the user, the input indicating an entry in the N-best list, and transmits to the user device additional information associated with the selected entry. The additional information can be a map indicating an address for the selected entry. The standard language can be XML-based Extensible MultiModal Annotation (EMMA) markup language from W3C.

System and Method for Enhancing Voice-Enabled Search Based on Automated Demographic Identification

Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for approximating responses to a user speech query in voice-enabled search based on metadata that include demographic features of the speaker. A system practicing the method recognizes received speech from a speaker to generate recognized speech, identifies metadata about the speaker from the received speech, and feeds the recognized speech and the metadata to a question-answering engine. Identifying the metadata about the speaker is based on voice characteristics of the received speech. The demographic features can include age, gender, socio-economic group, nationality, and/or region. The metadata identified about the speaker from the received speech can be combined with or override self-reported speaker demographic information. 1. A method comprising:receiving, from a speech recognition system, recognized speech;identifying information about a speaker of the recognized speech from the recognized speech; andsubmitting the recognized speech and the information to a question-answering engine which selects and outputs a response associated with the recognized speech based on the recognized speech and the information.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information comprises demographic features.3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the demographic features comprise one of age claim 2 , gender claim 2 , socio-economic group claim 2 , nationality claim 2 , and origin.4. The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying of the information is based on voice characteristics of the recognized speech.5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the question-answering engine is integrated with the speech recognition system.6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising storing the information for future use.7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the storing of the information is performed in accordance with a privacy policy.8. A system comprising:a processor; anda computer-readable storage medium having ...

System and method of context-sensitive help for multi-modal dialog systems

A method of presenting a multi-modal help dialog move to a user in a multi-modal dialog system is disclosed. The method comprises presenting an audio portion of the multi-modal help dialog move that explains available ways of user inquiry and presenting a corresponding graphical action performed on a user interface associated with the audio portion. The multi-modal help dialog move is context-sensitive and uses current display information and dialog contextual information to present a multi-modal help move that is currently related to the user. A user request or a problematic dialog detection module may trigger the multi-modal help move.

Interactions for Viewing Content in a Digital Magazine

A digital magazine server user interacts with a client device presenting one or more content items from the digital magazine server to access various content items identified by the digital magazine server. For example, the user interacts with a portion of a display device of the client device and traverses to an additional portion of the display device to view additional content items on the display device. Based on a rate at which the user traverses from the portion to the additional portion, a content update rate is determined and used to select an indication of modification that is presented. The indication of modification provides the user with a visual indication that the content items presented by the display device are modified, and may include a subset of content items from the digital magazine server if the content update rate does not exceed a threshold. 1. A method for displaying updates to one or more content items in a digital magazine , the method comprising:receiving one or more content items from a digital magazine server and instructions for displaying the content items on a client device to a user of a digital magazine server;displaying the one or more content items presented in display regions of a display device included on the client device;receiving an input from the user interacting with a portion of the display device and traversing to an additional portion of the display device;determining a content update rate based at least in part on a rate at which the user traverses from the portion of the display device to the additional portion of the display device; andresponsive to the content update rate exceeding a threshold, displaying an indication of a modification of content items being displayed.2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:responsive to the content update rate being less than or equal to the threshold, displaying a subset of content items included on one or more pages of the digital magazine other than a page including the ...

Flipping through content

Systems and methods for enabling users to rapidly flip through displayed pages of content in an intuitive manner are provided. Graphical animations for transitioning from one page to another can be executed so that portions of three or more pages can be simultaneously viewed. This enables a user to make snap judgments as to whether she wishes to explore anyone of those pages in more detail as she rapidly flips through the pages.

TOPICAL GLYCOPYRROLATE FORMULATIONS

Individually packaged topical formulations comprising about 0.25 to about 6% w/w of glycopyrrolate for the treatment of hyperhidrosis, wherein said wipe is contained within a pouch resistant to leakage. The formulations may further comprise ethanol, a buffering agent and water. In addition, the formulations may further comprise a polymer system comprising a hydrophobic polymer in combination with a hydrophilic polymer.

System and method for speech-enabled access to media content by a ranked normalized weighted graph using speech recognition

Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for generating a speech recognition model for a media content retrieval system. The method causes a computing device to retrieve information describing media available in a media content retrieval system, construct a graph that models how the media are interconnected based on the retrieved information, rank the information describing the media based on the graph, and generate a speech recognition model based on the ranked information. The information can be a list of actors, directors, composers, titles, and/or locations. The graph that models how the media are interconnected can further model pieces of common information between two or more media. The method can further cause the computing device to weight the graph based on the retrieved information, wherein the weighted graph is further normalized weighted graph to help with speech query searching of media content using speech recognition. The graph can further ...

Context-sensitive interface widgets for multi-modal dialog systems

A system and method of presenting widgets to a user during a multi-modal interactive dialog between a user and a computer is presented. The system controls the multi-modal dialog; and when user input would help to clarify or speed up the presentation of requested information, the system presents a temporary widget to the user to elicit the user input in this regard. The system presents the widget on a display screen at a position that will not interfere with the dialog. Various types of widgets are available, such as button widgets, sliders and confirmation widgets, depending on the type of information that the system requires.

MEDIA CONTROL

Systems and methods to control media are disclosed. A particular method includes receiving a speech input at a mobile communications device. The speech input is processed to generate audio data. The audio data is sent, via a mobile data network, to a first server. The first server processes the audio data to generate text based on the audio data. Data related to the text is received from the first server. One or more commands are sent to a second server via the mobile data network. In response to the one or more commands, the second server sends control signals based on the one or more commands to a media controller. The control signals cause the media controller to control multimedia content displayed via a display device.

DIGITAL ARTIFACT MARKETPLACE

In an approach for storage, search, acquisition, and composition of a digital artifact, a processor obtains the digital artifact in a digital marketplace platform. The digital artifact is a collection of digital data with automatically generated and verifiable provenance and usage data. A processor transforms the digital artifact to define an access privilege. A processor shares the digital artifact in the digital marketplace platform by providing a view of a catalogue including the digital artifact. A processor authorizes a usage request based on the access privilege. A processor rewards a source of the digital artifact based on the usage of the digital artifact.

System and method of handling problematic input during context-sensitive help for multi-modal dialog systems

A method of presenting a multi-modal help dialog move to a user in a multi-modal dialog system is disclosed. The method comprises presenting an audio portion of the multi-modal help dialog move that explains available ways of user inquiry and presenting a corresponding graphical action performed on a user interface associated with the audio portion. The multi-modal help dialog move is context-sensitive and uses current display information and dialog contextual information to present a multi-modal help move that is currently related to the user. A user request or a problematic dialog detection module may trigger the multi-modal help move.

SYSTEM AND METHOD OF HANDLING PROBLEMATIC INPUT DURING CONTEXT-SENSITIVE HELP FOR MULTI-MODAL DIALOG SYSTEMS

A method of presenting a multi-modal help dialog move to a user in a multi-modal dialog system is disclosed. The method comprises presenting an audio portion of the multi-modal help dialog move that explains available ways of user inquiry and presenting a corresponding graphical action performed on a user interface associated with the audio portion. The multi-modal help dialog move is context-sensitive and uses current display information and dialog contextual information to present a multi-modal help move that is currently related to the user. A user request or a problematic dialog detection module may trigger the multi-modal help move.

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTIMODAL INTERACTION USING ROBUST GESTURE PROCESSING

Disclosed herein are systems, computer-implemented methods, and tangible computer-readable media for multimodal interaction. The method includes receiving a plurality of multimodal inputs associated with a query, the plurality of multimodal inputs including at least one gesture input, editing the at least one gesture input with a gesture edit machine. The method further includes responding to the query based on the edited gesture input and remaining multimodal inputs. The gesture inputs can be from a stylus, finger, mouse, and other pointing/gesture device. The gesture input can be unexpected or errorful. The gesture edit machine can perform actions such as deletion, substitution, insertion, and aggregation. The gesture edit machine can be modeled as a finite-state transducer. In one aspect, the method further includes generating a lattice for each input, generating an integrated lattice of combined meaning of the generated lattices, and responding to the query further based on the integrated ...

Learning edit machines for robust multimodal understanding

A system and method are disclosed for processing received data associated with a grammar. The method comprises receiving input data having a characteristic that the input data cannot be assigned an interpretation by a grammar, translating the input data into translated input data and submitting the translated input data into the grammar. The transducer coerces the set of strings encoded in a lattice resulting from recognition (such as speech recognition) to the closest strings in the grammar that can be assigned an interpretation.

System and method of handling problematic input during context-sensitive help for multi-modal dialog systems

A method of presenting a multi-modal help dialog move to a user in a multi-modal dialog system is disclosed. The method comprises presenting an audio portion of the multi-modal help dialog move that explains available ways of user inquiry and presenting a corresponding graphical action performed on a user interface associated with the audio portion. The multi-modal help dialog move is context-sensitive and uses current display information and dialog contextual information to present a multi-modal help move that is currently related to the user. A user request or a problematic dialog detection module may trigger the multi-modal help move.

System and method for improving speech recognition accuracy using textual context

Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for improving speech recognition accuracy using textual context. The method includes retrieving a recorded utterance, capturing text from a device display associated with the spoken dialog and viewed by one party to the recorded utterance, and identifying words in the captured text that are relevant to the recorded utterance. The method further includes adding the identified words to a dynamic language model, and recognizing the recorded utterance using the dynamic language model. The recorded utterance can be a spoken dialog. A time stamp can be assigned to each identified word. The method can include adding identified words to and/or removing identified words from the dynamic language model based on their respective time stamps. A screen scraper can capture text from the device display associated with the recorded utterance. The device display can contain customer service data.

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTINUOUS MULTIMODAL SPEECH AND GESTURE INTERACTION

Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for processing multimodal input. A system configured to practice the method continuously monitors an audio stream associated with a gesture input stream, and detects a speech event in the audio stream. Then the system identifies a temporal window associated with a time of the speech event, and analyzes data from the gesture input stream within the temporal window to identify a gesture event. The system processes the speech event and the gesture event to produce a multimodal command. The gesture in the gesture input stream can be directed to a display, but is remote from the display. The system can analyze the data from the gesture input stream by calculating an average of gesture coordinates within the temporal window. 1. A system comprising:a processor;a gesture recognition module;a speech recognition module; and receiving, at the speech recognition module, speech from a person within a predefined space;', 'identifying, by the gesture recognition module, a gesture from the person; and', 'generating a command based on the speech and the gesture, wherein a temporal window associated with processing the speech is either modified or unmodified from an original temporal window associated with the speech based on the gesture., 'a computer-readable storage medium storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the predefined space comprises a medical room.3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the gesture relates to a medical procedure.4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the temporal window associated with processing the speech is either modified or unmodified from the original temporal window associated with the speech based a type of the gesture.5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the gesture is associated with parameters describing specific three-dimensional characteristics of the gesture. ...

System and Method for Creating a Presentation Using Natural Language

The invention provides for a system, method, and computer readable medium storing instructions related to controlling a presentation in a multimodal system. The method embodiment of the invention is a method for the retrieval of information on the basis of its content for incorporation into an electronic presentation. The method comprises receiving from a user a content-based request for at least one segment from a first plurality of segments within a media presentation preprocessed to enable natural language content searchability; in response to the request, presenting a subset of the first plurality of segments to the user; receiving a selection indication from the user associated with at least one segment of the subset of the first plurality of segments and adding the selected at least one segment to a deck for use in a presentation.

Systems and methods for flipping through content

Systems and methods for enabling users to rapidly flip through displayed pages of content in an intuitive manner are provided. Graphical animations for transitioning from one page to another can be executed so that portions of three or more pages can be simultaneously viewed. This enables a user to make snap judgments as to whether she wishes to explore any one of those pages in more detail as she rapidly flips through the pages.

Workflow pipeline optimization based on machine learning operation for determining wait time between successive executions of the workflow

Embodiments are provided for providing workflow pipeline optimization in a computing environment. Execution of a workflow containing dependencies between one or more subject nodes and one or more observer nodes may be dynamically optimized by determining a wait time between successive executions of the workflow for the one or more observer nodes.

SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SENTIMENT MODELING AND APPLICATION TO DETERMINE OPTIMIZED AGENT ACTION

The present invention is a system and method of continuous sentiment tracking and the determination of optimized agent actions through the training of sentiment models and applying the sentiment models to new incoming interactions. The system receives conversations comprising incoming interactions and agent actions and determines customer sentiment on a micro-interaction level for each incoming interaction. Based on interaction types, the system correlates the determined sentiment with the agent action received prior to the sentiment determination to create and train sentiment models. Sentiment models include agent action recommendations for a desired sentiment outcome. Once trained, the sentiment models can be applied to new incoming interactions to provide CSRs with actions that will yield a desired sentiment outcome.

System and method for enhancing voice-enabled search based on automated demographic identification

Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for approximating responses to a user speech query in voice-enabled search based on metadata that include demographic features of the speaker. A system practicing the method recognizes received speech from a speaker to generate recognized speech, identifies metadata about the speaker from the received speech, and feeds the recognized speech and the metadata to a question-answering engine. Identifying the metadata about the speaker is based on voice characteristics of the received speech. The demographic features can include age, gender, socio-economic group, nationality, and/or region. The metadata identified about the speaker from the received speech can be combined with or override self-reported speaker demographic information.

Perforated roller cover and methods of manufacture thereof

The invention discloses a method of manufacturing a perforated roller cover and includes placing a roller cover having a core portion and an application medium on a support member, positioning a perforating station having a perforating device near the support member, exposing the core portion, moving the perforating device from a non-piercing position to a piercing position to pierce the core in a first location and a second location and removing the roller cover from the support member. The invention also discloses an apparatus for piercing roller covers having an application medium adhered to a core and includes at least one perforating station having at least one piercing device, at least one application medium separation device and a heat source, a mandrel having a plurality of openings to support the roller cover, and an actuator to move the perforating station between a piercing position and a non-piercing position.

Accelerating agent performance in a natural language processing system

A computer-implemented method for providing agent assisted transcriptions of user utterances. A user utterance is received in response to a prompt provided to the user at a remote client device. An automatic transcription is generated from the utterance using a language model based upon an application or context, and presented to a human agent. The agent reviews the transcription and may replace at least a portion of the transcription with a corrected transcription. As the agent inputs the corrected transcription, accelerants are presented to the user comprising suggested texted to be inputted. The accelerants may be determined based upon an agent input, an application or context of the transcription, the portion of the transcription being replaced, or any combination thereof. In some cases, the user provides textual input, to which the agent transcribes an intent associated with the input with the aid of one or more accelerants.

WORKFLOW PATCHING

Various embodiments are provided for patching of workflows in a computing environment by one or more processors in a computing system. One or more patches may be extracted from a source workflow. The target workflow in a plurality of nodes may be statically or dynamically modified by applying the one or more patches to the target workflow. The one or more of the plurality of nodes may be added, removed, or modified in the target workflow while the target workflow is active according to applying the one or more patches. 1. A method for patching of workflows in a computing environment by one or more processors comprising:applying one or more patches extracted from a source workflow to a target workflow in a plurality of nodes;restricting any scheduling for additional nodes to the plurality of nodes while applying the one or more patches, even when upstream dependency nodes of the additional nodes are satisfied for execution, wherein tasks of existing nodes of the plurality of nodes, having already been scheduled for execution, continue to be scheduled; andadding, removing, or modifying one or more of the plurality of nodes in the target workflow while the target workflow is active according to applying the one or more patches.2. The method of claim 1 , further including extracting the one or more patches from the source workflow.3. The method of claim 1 , further including dynamically or statically applying the one or more patches to the target workflow.4. (canceled)5. The method of claim 1 , further including identifying one or more splice points to apply the one or more patches claim 1 , wherein a splice point is a node in the target workflow providing an input to nodes identified in the one or more patches.6. The method of claim 1 , further including:identifying any conflicts between metadata defined in the one or more patches and those of the plurality of nodes in the target workflow; andgenerating one or more resolution actions to resolve any identified conflicts ...

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INFORMATION GATHERING GAMES FOR CUSTOMER QUEUES

The present application includes a method and system for gathering customer information through games. The system transmits offers to play games over the contact medium used by the customer. The games are selected to elicit information from the customer; information ranging from the customer's mood to marketing information to security information. The information so obtained can be used to update client profiles.

SYSTEM-LEVEL REDUNDANCY IN PCI EXPRESS EQUIPMENT

A data processing system is implemented with a backup PCI Express system, which is able to take over as the primary PCI Express system for ensuring that the endpoint devices continue to function in a desired manner when the initial primary root complex is no longer functioning correctly. Each of the endpoint devices is coupled to the initial primary root complex and a backup root complex through a multiplexer. When a failure of the initial primary root complex is detected, the backup root complex signals each multiplexer to switch the communication of data from occurring between the initial primary root complex and the endpoint devices to then occur between the backup root complex and the endpoint devices.

System and method for continuous multimodal speech and gesture interaction

Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for processing multimodal input. A system configured to practice the method continuously monitors an audio stream associated with a gesture input stream, and detects a speech event in the audio stream. Then the system identifies a temporal window associated with a time of the speech event, and analyzes data from the gesture input stream within the temporal window to identify a gesture event. The system processes the speech event and the gesture event to produce a multimodal command. The gesture in the gesture input stream can be directed to a display, but is remote from the display. The system can analyze the data from the gesture input stream by calculating an average of gesture coordinates within the temporal window.

System and method of sentiment modeling and application to determine optimized agent action

The present invention is a system and method of continuous sentiment tracking and the determination of optimized agent actions through the training of sentiment models and applying the sentiment models to new incoming interactions. The system receives conversations comprising incoming interactions and agent actions and determines customer sentiment on a micro-interaction level for each incoming interaction. Based on interaction types, the system correlates the determined sentiment with the agent action received prior to the sentiment determination to create and train sentiment models. Sentiment models include agent action recommendations for a desired sentiment outcome. Once trained, the sentiment models can be applied to new incoming interactions to provide CSRs with actions that will yield a desired sentiment outcome.

System for Centralized Data Collection in a Distributed Service-Oriented System

A system, method, apparatus and electronic control unit are provided for centralized data collection at a single controller device () in a distributed service-oriented system () by applying one or more classifiers (-) to a message traffic packet () received at the Ethernet switch () of the single controller device to selectively identify service update information from service-oriented traffic messages in the message traffic packet without generating additional message traffic packets on the network system bus, and by mirroring each message traffic packet () containing service update information to a processing element () in the single controller to identify and extract specified data from the identified service update information for storage in a centralized database which is updated as services publish new information on the network system bus. 1. A method for centralized data collection at a single controller device in a distributed service-oriented system of networked devices which provide services over a network system bus which connects the networked devices , comprising:receiving a message traffic packet at an Ethernet switch of the single controller device, where the message traffic packet is formatted with a distributed service-oriented communications protocol;applying one or more classifiers to the message traffic packet at the Ethernet switch of the single controller device to selectively identify service update information from service-oriented traffic messages in the message traffic packet without generating additional message traffic packets on the network system bus; andmirroring each message traffic packet containing service update information to a processing element in the single controller to identify and extract specified data from the identified service update information for storage in a centralized database which is updated as services publish new information on the network system bus.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein applying one or more ...

Microemulsion process and composition

An oil-in-water microemulsion or sub-micron emulsion composition for dermal delivery of at least one pharmaceutically active ingredient, comprising: a first part including at least one occlusive agent and one or more lipophilic surfactants dispersed throughout a second part including water and at least one hydrophilic surfactant, and a non-surfactant amphiphilic type compound, pharmaceutically active ingredient, and water. It has been found that if a non-surfactant amphiphilic type compound is added together with the second part as would conventionally be the case, a microemulsion or sub-micron emulsion is not formed, by adding the so called third part, phase assembly occurs at a lower temperature than would be expected and moreover, this phase appears to assist in maintaining the microemulsion or sub-micron emulsion characteristics of the formulation during storage at normal temperatures.

SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITIES REPORT INITIATION

There are serious concerns about the links between; terrorism, crime and money laundering that various Money Laundering Directives have come into being as well as other pieces of legislation. The outcome of investigating a SAR/Consent can be; seizure of assets, individuals being arrested, companies being subject to legal proceedings etc . . . Once the System has one or more SARs; then these SARs must be prioritised and worked to completion in a timely fashion. This present invention is a system and product to allow submitted SARs to be prioritised and worked to completion in a timely fashion using many different types of criteria. The system caters for the broad SAR user community; SAR Reporters such as Financial Service Providers (FSP), the Fraudulent Information gathering and coordinating Unit (FIU), law enforcement and other agencies. This user community may be using the system in a centralised or in a federated fashion or a combination of both.

Applied automatic demographic analysis

A method for managing a data stream that is transmitted from a stream transmitter to a stream receiver disposed in an environment that includes at least one individual is provided. The method includes detecting an action of the individual in the environment and determining a demographic descriptor of the individual based on the detected action. The method further includes correlating the determined demographic descriptor and a content of the data stream to determine whether a predetermined condition is satisfied, and, in response to the correlating the demographic descriptor of the individual and the content of the data stream satisfying the predetermined condition, automatically modifying the data stream.

METHODS OF PACKAGING AND PRESERVING MOLLUSKS

Methods are provided for storing and preserving comestible mollusk material, preferably so as to extend shelf life of the same. In one optional method, comestible mollusk material is placed in a product containing space of a storage container atop a platform of a support structure. The storage container includes an internal compartment having the product containing space. The support structure defines the platform for supporting the comestible mollusk material. The internal compartment further includes a reservoir, configured to retain liquid, below the platform. The platform and/or support structure are configured to direct liquid exuded from the comestible mollusk material to the reservoir. Optionally, the reservoir comprises an absorbent material for absorbing liquid in the reservoir. 1. A method of packaging and preserving comestible mollusk material comprising: placing comestible mollusk material in a product containing space of a storage container atop a platform of a support structure , the storage container comprising an internal compartment having the product containing space , the support structure defining the platform for supporting the comestible mollusk material , the internal compartment further comprising a reservoir below the platform , the reservoir being configured to retain liquid , the platform and/or support structure being configured to direct liquid exuded from the comestible mollusk material to the reservoir.3. The method of packaging and preserving comestible mollusk material of claim 2 , the support structure and/or platform comprising a liquid permeable surface made from a nonwoven material.4. The method of packaging and preserving comestible mollusk material of claim 1 , comprising an absorbent material in the reservoir.5. The method of packaging and preserving comestible mollusk material of claim 4 , wherein the absorbent material comprises a gel-forming polymer.6. The method of packaging and preserving comestible mollusk material of ...

Microemulsion and sub-micron emulsion process and compositions

An oil in water microemulsion or sub-micron emulsion composition for dermal delivery of at least one pharmaceutically active ingredient, is provided. The composition includes an oil phase dispersed throughout a water phase, the oil phase including at least one member selected from the group consisting of an animal oil, a mineral oil, a vegetable oil, a silane member, a siloxane, an ester, a fatty acid, a fat, a halogen compound, and an alkoxylated alcohol; and at least one lipophilic surfactant, the water phase including at least one hydrophilic surfactant, water and optionally a non-surfactant amphiphilic compound, the weight ratio of the at least one hydrophilic surfactant to the at least one lipophilic surfactant being approximately 9.0:1.0 to 2.0:3.0.

System and method for improving speech recognition accuracy using textual context

Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for improving speech recognition accuracy using textual context. The method includes retrieving a recorded utterance, capturing text from a device display associated with the spoken dialog and viewed by one party to the recorded utterance, and identifying words in the captured text that are relevant to the recorded utterance. The method further includes adding the identified words to a dynamic language model, and recognizing the recorded utterance using the dynamic language model. The recorded utterance can be a spoken dialog. A time stamp can be assigned to each identified word. The method can include adding identified words to and/or removing identified words from the dynamic language model based on their respective time stamps. A screen scraper can capture text from the device display associated with the recorded utterance. The device display can contain customer service data.

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING PROSODY FOR VOICE-ENABLED SEARCH

Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for approximating relevant responses to a user query with voice-enabled search. A system practicing the method receives a word lattice generated by an automatic speech recognizer based on a user speech and a prosodic analysis of the user speech, generates a reweighted word lattice based on the word lattice and the prosodic analysis, approximates based on the reweighted word lattice one or more relevant responses to the query, and presents to a user the responses to the query. The prosodic analysis examines metalinguistic information of the user speech and can identify the most salient subject matter of the speech, assess how confident a speaker is in the content of his or her speech, and identify the attitude, mood, emotion, sentiment, etc. of the speaker. Other information not described in the content of the speech can also be used. 1. A method of processing speech , the method comprising:receiving a word lattice generated by an automatic speech recognizer based on a user speech representing a query;receiving a prosodic analysis of the user speech;generating a reweighted word lattice based on the word lattice and the prosodic analysis;approximating based on the reweighted word lattice at least one relevant response to the query; andpresenting to a user one of the at least one relevant response to the query.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the prosodic analysis examines metalinguistic information of the user speech based on at least one of tonality claim 1 , rhythm claim 1 , volume claim 1 , stress claim 1 , intonation claim 1 , and speed of the user speech.3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the prosodic analysis identifies a most salient subject matter of the user speech.4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the prosodic analysis assesses how confident a speaker who originated the user speech is in a content of the user speech.5. The method of claim 2 , wherein the prosodic ...

System and method for accessing and annotating electronic medical records using multi-modal interface

A system and method of exchanging medical information between a user and a computer device is disclosed. The computer device can receive user input in one of a plurality of types of user input comprising speech, pen, gesture and a combination of speech, pen and gesture. The method comprises receiving information from the user associated with a medical condition and a bodily location of the medical condition on a patient in one of a plurality of types of user input, presenting in one of a plurality of types of system output an indication of the received medical condition and the bodily location of the medical condition, and presenting to the user an indication that the computer device is ready to receive further information. The invention enables a more flexible multi-modal interactive environment for entering medical information into a computer device. The medical device also generates multi modal output for presenting a patient's medical condition in an efficient manner.

OPTIMIZATION OF WORKFLOWS WITH DYNAMIC FILE CACHING

A computer implemented method for optimizing performance of workflow includes associating each of a plurality of workflow nodes in a workflow with a data cache and managing the data cache on a local storage device on one of one or more compute nodes. A scheduler can request execution of the tasks of a given one of the plurality of workflow nodes on one of the one of more compute nodes that hosts the data cache associated with the given one of the plurality of workflow nodes. Each of the plurality of workflow nodes is permitted to access a distributed filesystem that is visible to each of the plurality of compute nodes. The data cache stores data produced by the tasks of the given one of the plurality of workflow nodes.

Device for generating THz radiation

A device for generating terahertz radiation. The device comprising a dipole generating layer, a coupling block and an extraction block. The coupling block is transparent to laser light and is in contact with the surface of the dipole generating layer to couple light from a laser to the surface of the dipole generating layer, when the device is in use. The extraction block is located in contact with the surface of the dipole generating layer to provide an emission extraction surface. The refractive indices of the dipole forming layer, the coupling block and the extraction block are substantially equal. In this way, the dipole which is generated upon illumination of the dipole generating layer by a laser, has an axis which is not perpendicular to the emission.

System and method for speech-enabled access to media content by a ranked normalized weighted graph

Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for generating a speech recognition model for a media content retrieval system. The method causes a computing device to retrieve information describing media available in a media content retrieval system, construct a graph that models how the media are interconnected based on the retrieved information, rank the information describing the media based on the graph, and generate a speech recognition model based on the ranked information. The information can be a list of actors, directors, composers, titles, and/or locations. The graph that models how the media are interconnected can further model pieces of common information between two or more media. The method can further cause the computing device to weight the graph based on the retrieved information. The graph can further model relative popularity information in the list. The method can rank information based on a PageRank algorithm.

WORKFLOW TRANSFORMATION FRAMEWORK

In an approach for transforming workflows based on goals and constraints, a processor receives a workflow definition and one or more events for a workflow output by a workflow orchestrator, wherein the one or more events are at least one of a parsing event and a scheduling event. A processor determines, using one or more transformers, one or more transformations to the workflow based on a set of goals and constraints, wherein the one or more transformations is at least one of addition of a new node, addition of a new graph, modification of at least one existing node, modification of at least one existing graph, removal of at least one existing node, and removal of at least one existing graph. A processor dynamically applies, using one or more enforcers, the one or more transformations to the workflow based on the set of goals and constraints.

System and method for querying information using a flexible multi-modal interface

A system and method of providing information to a user via interaction with a computer device is disclosed. The computer device is capable of receiving user input via speech, pen or multi-modally. The device receives a user query regarding a business or other entity within an area such as a city. The user query is input in speech, pen or multi-modally. The computer device responds with information associated with the request using a map on the computer device screen. The device receives further user input in speech, pen or multi-modally, and presents a response to the user query. The multi-modal input can be any combination of speech, handwriting pen input and/or gesture pen input.

Context-sensitive interface widgets for multi-modal dialog systems

A system and method of presenting widgets to a user during a multi-modal interactive dialog between a user and a computer is presented. The system controls the multi-modal dialog; and when user input would help to clarify or speed up the presentation of requested information, the system presents a temporary widget to the user to elicit the user input in this regard. The system presents the widget on a display screen at a position that will not interfere with the dialog. Various types of widgets are available, such as button widgets, sliders and confirmation widgets, depending on the type of information that the system requires.

System and method for creating a presentation using natural language

The invention provides for a system, method, and computer readable medium storing instructions related to controlling a presentation in a multimodal system. The method embodiment of the invention is a method for the retrieval of information on the basis of its content for incorporation into an electronic presentation. The method comprises receiving from a user a content-based request for at least one segment from a first plurality of segments within a media presentation preprocessed to enable natural language content searchability; in response to the request, presenting a subset of the first plurality of segments to the user; receiving a selection indication from the user associated with at least one segment of the subset of the first plurality of segments and adding the selected at least one segment to a deck for use in a presentation.

Microemulsion and sub-micron emulsion process and compositions

An oil in water microemulsion or sub-micron emulsion composition for dermal delivery of at least one pharmaceutically active ingredient, is provided. The composition includes an oil phase dispersed throughout a water phase, the oil phase including at least one member selected from the group consisting of an animal oil, a mineral oil, a vegetable oil, a silane member, a siloxane, an ester, a fatty acid, a fat, a halogen compound, and an alkoxylated alcohol; and at least one lipophilic surfactant, the water phase including at least one hydrophilic surfactant, water and optionally a non-surfactant amphiphilic compound, the weight ratio of the at least one hydrophilic surfactant to the at least one lipophilic surfactant being approximately 9.0:1.0 to 2.0:3.0.

SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SENTIMENT MODELING AND APPLICATION TO DETERMINE OPTIMIZED AGENT ACTION

The present invention is a system and method of continuous sentiment tracking and the determination of optimized agent actions through the training of sentiment models and applying the sentiment models to new incoming interactions. The system receives conversations comprising incoming interactions and agent actions and determines customer sentiment on a micro-interaction level for each incoming interaction. Based on interaction types, the system correlates the determined sentiment with the agent action received prior to the sentiment determination to create and train sentiment models. Sentiment models include agent action recommendations for a desired sentiment outcome. Once trained, the sentiment models can be applied to new incoming interactions to provide CSRs with actions that will yield a desired sentiment outcome.

System and method for controlling presentations using a multimodal interface

The invention provides for a system, method, and computer readable medium storing instructions related to controlling a presentation in a multimodal system. The method embodiment of the invention is a method for the retrieval of information on the basis of its content for real-time incorporation into an electronic presentation. The method comprises receiving from a presenter a content-based request for at least one segment of a first plurality of segments within a media presentation and while displaying the media presentation to an audience, displaying to the presenter a second plurality of segments in response to the content-based request. The computing device practicing the method receives a selection from the presenter of a segment from the second plurality of segments and displays to the audience the selected segment.

System-level redundancy in PCI express equipment

A data processing system is implemented with a backup PCI Express system, which is able to take over as the primary PCI Express system for ensuring that the endpoint devices continue to function in a desired manner when the initial primary root complex is no longer functioning correctly. Each of the endpoint devices is coupled to the initial primary root complex and a backup root complex through a multiplexer. When a failure of the initial primary root complex is detected, the backup root complex signals each multiplexer to switch the communication of data from occurring between the initial primary root complex and the endpoint devices to then occur between the backup root complex and the endpoint devices.

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SENTIMENT ANALYSIS OF CHAT GHOST TYPING

The present invention allows for the capture and sentiment analysis of text the customer inputs into a chat, but never actually sends to the customer service representative (ghost text). The system captures this ghost text with a ghost capture system (GCS) software module. The GCS module analyzes the ghost text to generate metadata. The ghost text and metadata are used by a sentiment analysis engine to apply appropriate sentiment to the ghost text. The sentiment and ghost text are routed to a customer service representative (CSR). This provides the customer service agent with additional detail and information about a customer's emotions during a text chat conversation, allowing the CSR to determine a court of interaction not only based on the customer's response, but also based on the ghost text and the sentiment from the ghost text. 1. A method for capturing and analyzing ghost text , comprising:capturing a ghost text from outside a customer engagement center (CEC) system;performing an analysis of the ghost text using a ghost capture service (GCS) software module on a GCS unit;generating ghost text metadata for the captured ghost text based on the analysis of the GCS software module;passing the ghost text and the ghost text metadata to a sentiment analysis engine (SAE);performing an analysis of the ghost text using a SAE software module based on at least one sentiment criteria;assigning at least one sentiment to the ghost text based on the analysis of the SAE software module;passing the at least one sentiment to a routing engine;passing the ghost text to the routing engine;passing the ghost text metadata to the routing engine determining at least one customer service representative (CSR) to receive the at least one sentiment based on the determination of the routing engine software module;passing the at least one sentiment to the at least one customer service representative (CSR) determined to receive the sentiment; anddisplaying the sentiment on a CEC desktop.2. ...

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Axle assembly

An axle assembly serves as a primary structural member for a motor vehicle and comprises an axle tube having a first end and a second end and with an opening located near the first end and a mounting module formed as a unitary extension of the axle tube. At least one steel insert is positioned near the first end, and the steel insert is adapted to be welded to a differential carrier to secure the axle tube to the differential carrier. The axle assembly may also have an axle tube formed unitary with the differential carrier.

System and method of transaction settlement and supply chain financing

In a system and method for obtaining financing to fund transaction settlements in a supply chain, the financing is obtained with a note, the proceeds of which are used to pay for purchase of one or more accounts receivable. The note is issued in one of the capital markets, and is secured by a substantially absolute obligation of only a single buyer to pay.

Flipping Through Content

Systems and methods for enabling users to rapidly flip through displayed pages of content in an intuitive manner are provided. Graphical animations for transitioning from one page to another can be executed so that portions of three or more pages can be simultaneously viewed. This enables a user to make snap judgments as to whether she wishes to explore anyone of those pages in more detail as she rapidly flips through the pages.

Topical glycopyrrolate formulations

Individually packaged topical formulations comprising about 0.25 to about 6% w/w of glycopyrrolate for the treatment of hyperhidrosis, wherein said wipe is contained within a pouch resistant to leakage. The formulations may further comprise ethanol, a buffering agent and water. In addition, the formulations may further comprise a polymer system comprising a hydrophobic polymer in combination with a hydrophilic polymer.

Topical glycopyrrolate formulations

Individually packaged topical formulations comprising about 0.25 to about 6% w/w of glycopyrrolate for the treatment of hyperhidrosis, wherein said wipe is contained within a pouch resistant to leakage. The formulations may further comprise ethanol, a buffering agent and water. In addition, the formulations may further comprise a polymer system comprising a hydrophobic polymer in combination with a hydrophilic polymer.

System and method of sentiment modeling and application to determine optimized agent action

The present invention is a system and method of continuous sentiment tracking and the determination of optimized agent actions through the training of sentiment models and applying the sentiment models to new incoming interactions. The system receives conversations comprising incoming interactions and agent actions and determines customer sentiment on a micro-interaction level for each incoming interaction. Based on interaction types, the system correlates the determined sentiment with the agent action received prior to the sentiment determination to create and train sentiment models. Sentiment models include agent action recommendations for a desired sentiment outcome. Once trained, the sentiment models can be applied to new incoming interactions to provide CSRs with actions that will yield a desired sentiment outcome.

System and method of sentiment modeling and application to determine optimized agent action

The present invention is a system and method of continuous sentiment tracking and the determination of optimized agent actions through the training of sentiment models and applying the sentiment models to new incoming interactions. The system receives conversations comprising incoming interactions and agent actions and determines customer sentiment on a micro-interaction level for each incoming interaction. Based on interaction types, the system correlates the determined sentiment with the agent action received prior to the sentiment determination to create and train sentiment models. Sentiment models include agent action recommendations for a desired sentiment outcome. Once trained, the sentiment models can be applied to new incoming interactions to provide CSRs with actions that will yield a desired sentiment outcome.

System and method for improving speech recognition accuracy using textual context

Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for improving speech recognition accuracy using textual context. The method includes retrieving a recorded utterance, capturing text from a device display associated with the spoken dialog and viewed by one party to the recorded utterance, and identifying words in the captured text that are relevant to the recorded utterance. The method further includes adding the identified words to a dynamic language model, and recognizing the recorded utterance using the dynamic language model. The recorded utterance can be a spoken dialog. A time stamp can be assigned to each identified word. The method can include adding identified words to and/or removing identified words from the dynamic language model based on their respective time stamps. A screen scraper can capture text from the device display associated with the recorded utterance. The device display can contain customer service data.

System and method for controlling presentations using a multimodal interface

The invention provides for a system, method, and computer readable medium storing instructions related to controlling a presentation in a multimodal system. The method embodiment of the invention is a method for the retrieval of information on the basis of its content for real-time incorporation into an electronic presentation. The method comprises receiving from a presenter a content-based request for at least one segment of a first plurality of segments within a media presentation and while displaying the media presentation to an audience, displaying to the presenter a second plurality of segments in response to the content-based request. The computing device practicing the method receives a selection from the presenter of a segment from the second plurality of segments and displays to the audience the selected segment.

System and method of context-sensitive help for multi-modal dialog systems

A method of presenting a multi-modal help dialog move to a user in a multi-modal dialog system is disclosed. The method comprises presenting an audio portion of the multi-modal help dialog move that explains available ways of user inquiry and presenting a corresponding graphical action performed on a user interface associated with the audio portion. The multi-modal help dialog move is context-sensitive and uses current display information and dialog contextual information to present a multi-modal help move that is currently related to the user. A user request or a problematic dialog detection module may trigger the multi-modal help move.

Virtual assistant architecture for natural language understanding in a customer service system

A virtual assistant system for communicating with customers uses human intelligence to correct any errors in the system AI, while collecting data for machine learning and future improvements for more automation. The system may use a modular design, with separate components for carrying out different system functions and sub-functions, and with frameworks for selecting the component best able to respond to a given customer conversation.

Merchandise display hook having pivotable locking base

A merchandise display hook includes a display rod and a locking base pivotally attached to the display rod for locking the display hook on a display support. The locking base is configured to pivot relative to the display rod inwardly towards the display support from an unlocked position to a locked position and outwardly from the display support from the locked position to the unlocked position. The display hook includes a first attachment member configured to engage a front surface of the display support and a second attachment member configured to engage a rear surface of the display support. The locking base defines a contact surface configured to engage the front surface of the display support in the locked position. When the locking base is in the locked position, the locking base and the display rod define a first angle therebetween. When the locking base is in the unlocked position, the locking base and the display rod define a second angle therebetween that is less than the first ...

Context-sensitive interface widgets for multi-modal dialog systems

A system and method of presenting widgets to a user during a multi-modal interactive dialog between a user and a computer is presented. The system controls the multi-modal dialog; and when user input would help to clarify or speed up the presentation of requested information, the system presents a temporary widget to the user to elicit the user input in this regard. The system presents the widget on a display screen at a position that will not interfere with the dialog. Various types of widgets are available, such as button widgets, sliders and confirmation widgets, depending on the type of information that the system requires.

Device for generating thz radiation

A device for generating terahertz radiation. The device comprising a dipole generating layer, a coupling block and an extraction block. The coupling block is transparent to laser light and is in contact with the surface of the dipole generating layer to couple light from a laser to the surface of the dipole generating layer, when the device is in use. The extraction block is located in contact with the surface of the dipole generating layer to provide an emission extraction surface. The refractive indices of the dipole forming layer, the coupling block and the extraction block are substantially equal. In this way, the dipole which is generated upon illumination of the dipole generating layer by a laser, has an axis which is not perpendicular to the emission ...

Systems and methods for abstracting portions of information that is represented with finite-state devices

When using finite-state methods to capture multimodal integration, it is desirable to abstract over certain aspects of the gestural content. For abstraction, the gestural input is represented as a transducer which relates the specific content of the gestures to the gesture symbols. After multimodal integration, a projection is taken of the resulting finite state machine and it is composed with the transducer representing the gestural input in order to reincorporate the specific contents that were left out of the finite-state process.

System and method for improving speech recognition accuracy using textual context

Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for improving speech recognition accuracy using textual context. The method includes retrieving a recorded utterance, capturing text from a device display associated with the spoken dialog and viewed by one party to the recorded utterance, and identifying words in the captured text that are relevant to the recorded utterance. The method further includes adding the identified words to a dynamic language model, and recognizing the recorded utterance using the dynamic language model. The recorded utterance can be a spoken dialog. A time stamp can be assigned to each identified word. The method can include adding identified words to and/or removing identified words from the dynamic language model based on their respective time stamps. A screen scraper can capture text from the device display associated with the recorded utterance. The device display can contain customer service data.

PACKAGE CONFIGURED TO HOLD PRODUCTS AND HAVING ACTIVE MEMBER ATTACHED TO AN INTERIOR SURFACE THEREOF, AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME

A package for containing liquid-exuding product is formed of a single sheet of film that is folded and sealed at certain locations. The package can include an active member, optionally in the form of absorbent, that is heat staked or otherwise attached to a portion of the sheet of film such that the active member is located on an interior surface of a bottom of the folded and sealed package.

System and method of handling problematic input during context-sensitive help for multi-modal dialog systems

A method of presenting a multi-modal help dialog move to a user in a multi-modal dialog system is disclosed. The method comprises presenting an audio portion of the multi-modal help dialog move that explains available ways of user inquiry and presenting a corresponding graphical action performed on a user interface associated with the audio portion. The multi-modal help dialog move is context-sensitive and uses current display information and dialog contextual information to present a multi-modal help move that is currently related to the user. A user request or a problematic dialog detection module may trigger the multi-modal help move.

System and Method for Automatic Identification of Key Phrases during a Multimedia Broadcast

An Internet Protocol television system includes a user profile agent, a keyword detection agent, and an information search agent. The user profile agent is in communication with a multimedia device, and generates a user profile based on information received from the multimedia device. The keyword detection agent is in communication with the user profile agent, and searches text associated with a multimedia video stream transmitted to the multimedia device for keywords associated with the user profile. The information search agent is in communication with the keyword detection agent, and connects to an information source associated with the keywords detected by the keyword detection agent, and provides additional information associated with the keywords to the multimedia device.

Methods of measuring levels of phosphorylated neuronal nitric oxide synthase

The present invention relates to the field of biomarkers. More specifically, the present invention relates to biomarkers useful in diagnosing brain injuries. In a specific embodiment, a method for diagnosing perinatal brain injury in a patient comprises the steps of (a) determining the ratio of phosphorylated nNOS to unphosphorylated nNOS in a sample collected from the patient using an ELISA; and (b) comparing the ratio with predefined ratios of the same proteins that correlate to a patient having perinatal brain injury and predefined ratios of the same proteins that correlate to a patient not having perinatal brain injury, wherein a correlation to one of the predefined ratios provides the diagnosis.

System and method of sentiment modeling and application to determine optimized agent action

The present invention is a system and method of continuous sentiment tracking and the determination of optimized agent actions through the training of sentiment models and applying the sentiment models to new incoming interactions. The system receives conversations comprising incoming interactions and agent actions and determines customer sentiment on a micro-interaction level for each incoming interaction. Based on interaction types, the system correlates the determined sentiment with the agent action received prior to the sentiment determination to create and train sentiment models. Sentiment models include agent action recommendations for a desired sentiment outcome. Once trained, the sentiment models can be applied to new incoming interactions to provide CSRs with actions that will yield a desired sentiment outcome.

Dialog management using knowledge graph-driven information state in a natural language processing system

Systems and methods are disclosed for determining a move driven by an interaction. In some embodiments, a processor determines an operational state of an interaction with a user based on parameter values of a data structure. The processor identifies a plurality of candidate moves for changing the operational state by determining a domain in which the interaction is occurring, retrieving a set of candidate moves that correspond to the domain from a knowledge graph, and adding the set to the plurality of candidate moves. The processor encodes input of the user received during the interaction into encoded terms, and determines a move for changing the operational state based on a match of the encoded terms to the set of candidate moves. The processor updates the parameter values of the data structure based on the move to reflect a current operational state led to by the move.

METHODS FOR PACKAGING AND PRESERVING ZUCCHINI SPIRALS

Methods are provided for storing and preserving zucchini spirals, preferably so as to extend shelf life of the same. In one optional method, zucchini spirals are placed in a product containing space of a storage container atop a platform of a support structure. The storage container includes an internal compartment having the product containing space. The support structure defines the platform for supporting the zucchini spirals. The internal compartment further includes a reservoir, configured to retain liquid, below the platform. The platform and/or support structure are configured to direct liquid exuded from the zucchini spirals to the reservoir. Optionally, the reservoir comprises an absorbent material for absorbing liquid in the reservoir. 1. A method of packaging and preserving zucchini spirals comprising: placing zucchini spirals in a product containing space of a storage container atop a platform of a support structure , the storage container comprising an internal compartment having the product containing space , the support structure defining the platform for supporting the zucchini spirals , the internal compartment further comprising a reservoir below the platform , the reservoir being configured to retain liquid , the platform and/or support structure being configured to direct liquid exuded from the zucchini spirals to the reservoir , the storage container further comprising a lid enclosing the zucchini spirals within the product containing space , wherein the lid comprises an oxygen permeable material.3. The method of packaging and preserving zucchini spirals of claim 1 , the support structure and/or platform comprising a liquid permeable surface made from a nonwoven material.4. The method of packaging and preserving zucchini spirals of claim 1 , wherein the reservoir comprises an absorbent material.5. The method of packaging and preserving zucchini spirals of claim 1 , wherein the reservoir comprises an absorbent material comprising a gel-forming ...

Hierarchical speech recognition decoder

A speech interpretation module interprets the audio of user utterances as sequences of words. To do so, the speech interpretation module parameterizes a literal corpus of expressions by identifying portions of the expressions that correspond to known concepts, and generates a parameterized statistical model from the resulting parameterized corpus. When speech is received the speech interpretation module uses a hierarchical speech recognition decoder that uses both the parameterized statistical model and language sub-models that specify how to recognize a sequence of words. The separation of the language sub-models from the statistical model beneficially reduces the size of the literal corpus needed for training, reduces the size of the resulting model, provides more fine-grained interpretation of concepts, and improves computational efficiency by allowing run-time incorporation of the language sub-models.

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FAST STATE MODIFICATION OF AT LEAST A PORTION OF NON-VOLATILE MEMORY

A method is provided for reducing the number of writes in a non-volatile memory (122). The method involves writing data in the non-volatile memory and determining a set of data from the data in the non-volatile memory to be written to a removable memory (126) that is operatively coupled to the non-volatile memory (e.g., a NAND memory). The method also involves writing the set of data to the removable memory (e.g., a hard disk) from the non-volatile memory. The method further involves writing a delineation marker (e.g., a sequence number) to the non-volatile memory specifying that the set of data has been written to the removable memory. Notably, the metadata of the data in the non-volatile memory comprises at least one marker set as a specific marker type (e.g., a valid marker and a dirty marker).

System and method for accessing and annotating electronic medical records using a multi-modal interface

A system and method of exchanging medical information between a user and a computer device is disclosed. The computer device can receive user input in one of a plurality of types of user input comprising speech, pen, gesture and a combination of speech, pen and gesture. The method comprises receiving information from the user associated with a medical condition and a bodily location of the medical condition on a patient in one of a plurality of types of user input, presenting in one of a plurality of types of system output an indication of the received medical condition and the bodily location of the medical condition, and presenting to the user an indication that the computer device is ready to receive further information. The invention enables a more flexible multi-modal interactive environment for entering medical information into a computer device. The medical device also generates multi-modal output for presenting a patient's medical condition in an efficient manner.

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCING VOICE-ENABLED SEARCH BASED ON AUTOMATED DEMOGRAPHIC IDENTIFICATION

Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for approximating responses to a user speech query in voice-enabled search based on metadata that include demographic features of the speaker. A system practicing the method recognizes received speech from a speaker to generate recognized speech, identifies metadata about the speaker from the received speech, and feeds the recognized speech and the metadata to a question-answering engine. Identifying the metadata about the speaker is based on voice characteristics of the received speech. The demographic features can include age, gender, socio-economic group, nationality, and/or region. The metadata identified about the speaker from the received speech can be combined with or override self-reported speaker demographic information. 1. A method of enhancing voice-enabled search , the method comprising:recognizing, via a processor, received speech from a speaker to generate recognized speech;identifying metadata about the speaker from the received speech; andfeeding the recognized speech and the metadata to a question-answering engine which selects and outputs at least one response to the speaker based on the recognized speech and metadata.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the metadata comprises demographic features.3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the demographic features comprise at least one of age claim 2 , gender claim 2 , socio-economic group claim 2 , nationality claim 2 , and region.4. The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying the metadata about the speaker is based on voice characteristics of the received speech.5. The method of claim 1 , wherein recognizing the received speech and identifying the metadata occur in parallel.6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the metadata identified about the speaker from the received speech supplements self-reported speaker demographic information.7. A system comprising:a processor;a first module controlling the processor to receive a ...

USER PROFILE AND ITS LOCATION IN A CLUSTERED PROFILE LANDSCAPE

Delivering targeted content includes collecting, via at least one tangible processor, user activity data for users during a specified time period. questions asked by the users during the specified time period are extracted from the user activity data, via the at least one tangible processor, and stored in user profiles for the users. The user profiles are clustered, via the at least one tangible processor, based on the questions asked. Targeted content is delivered, via the at least one tangible processor, to a subset of the users based on the clustering. 1. A method of delivering targeted content , comprising:collecting, via at least one tangible processor, user activity data for users during a specified time period;extracting from the user activity data, via the at least one tangible processor, questions asked by the users during the specified time period and storing the questions asked in user profiles for the users;clustering, via the at least one tangible processor, the user profiles based on the questions asked; anddelivering, via the at least one tangible processor, targeted content to a subset of the users based on the clustering.2. The method according to claim 1 ,wherein a subset of the user profiles are dynamic user profiles.3. The method according to claim 1 ,wherein a subset of the user profiles are static user profiles.4. The method according to claim 1 ,wherein the user activity data includes details of purchasing items via an entity.5. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:extracting from the user activity data, via the at least one tangible processor, speech characteristics based on a speech analysis of a portion of the user activity data,wherein the clustering is further based on the speech characteristics.6. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:extracting from the user activity data, via the at least one tangible processor, geolocation data for at least one user,wherein the clustering is further based on the ...

Personal customer care agent

Aggregating information includes configuring, by at least one processor, a user profile that indicates user preferences for aggregated information. The at least one processor monitors information sources including the World Wide Web, business websites of interest, and online social media, based on the user preferences. Data obtained from the information sources is presented, based on the monitoring, by the at least one processor, in accordance with a presentation format, as the aggregated information, based on the user preferences. The at least one processor triggers updating of the presented aggregated information based on a change to the data at least one of the information sources and a change to the user profile.

Systems and Methods for Extracting Meaning from Multimodal Inputs Using Finite-State Devices

Multimodal utterances contain a number of different modes. These modes can include speech, gestures, and pen, haptic, and gaze inputs, and the like. This invention use recognition results from one or more of these modes to provide compensation to the recognition process of one or more other ones of these modes. In various exemplary embodiments, a multimodal recognition system inputs one or more recognition lattices from one or more of these modes, and generates one or more models to be used by one or more mode recognizers to recognize the one or more other modes. In one exemplary embodiment, a gesture recognizer inputs a gesture input and outputs a gesture recognition lattice to a multimodal parser. The multimodal parser generates a language model and outputs it to an automatic speech recognition system, which uses the received language model to recognize the speech input that corresponds to the recognized gesture input. 131-. (canceled)32. A method of recognizing an utterance comprising:receiving an utterance comprising a first portion having a first mode and a second portion having a second mode;generating a first mode recognition lattice and a first finite-state transducer based on the first mode; and relating the first portion of the utterance to the second portion of the utterance using the first finite-state transducer; and', 'generating a second finite-state transducer, the second finite-state transducer comprising a gesture and speech recognition model finite-state transducer, based on the first mode recognition lattice and the first finite-state transducer., 'generating a recognition model comprising33. The method of claim 32 , further comprising:recognizing the second mode using the recognition model.34. The method of wherein the first mode is a gesture mode.35. The method of wherein the second mode is a speech mode.36. The method of further comprising:generating the first mode recognition lattice based on a first mode feature lattice.37. A method of ...

Systems, Methods, and Computer Program Products for Location Salience Modeling for Multimodal Search

Computational models of dialog context have often focused on unimodal spoken dialog or text, using the language itself as the primary locus of contextual information. But as spoken unimodal interaction is replaced by situated multimodal interaction on mobile platforms supporting a combination of spoken dialog with graphical interaction, touch-screen input, geolocation, and other non-linguistic contextual factors, a need arises for more sophisticated models of context that capture the influence of these factors on semantic interpretation and dialog flow. The systems, methods, and computer program products disclosed herein address this need. A method for multimodal search includes, in part, determining an intended location of search query based upon information received from a remote mobile device that issued the search query. 1. A method for multimodal search , the method comprising: [ (a) precise location information;', '(b) ambiguous location information; and', '(c) no location information;, '(I) a search query text string comprising a search topic component and a location component, the location component comprising one of, '(II) map state information comprising boundary information of a map displayed on the remote mobile device and a zoom level of the map when the search query text string was issued;', '(III) touch input information when the search query text string was issued;', '(IV) prior query location information, if available;, 'receiving, at a multimodal search system, a query information package from a remote mobile device, the query information package comprisingparsing, at the multimodal search system, the search query text string into the search topic component and the location component; [ a first specific location defined by (II) the map state information when the search query text string was issued;', 'a second specific location defined by Op the touch input information when the search query text string was issued; and', 'a third specific location ...

FINGER LOCK

The present invention presents a novel security access device, wherein finger movements define a validation code to unlock entryway access in a system comprising an electronic controller directing a servomechanism. Security is enhanced by the finger movements, which are rendered virtually undetectable to an observer, and by the mathematical augmentation of the number of choices for code selection. Alternative embodiments present both a novel system and a novel method for validating access. 1. A security access device for an electronically-controlled lock , comprising:a plurality of pods arrayed essentially in a line to receive fingertip's of a person's hand, each pod having sidewalls defining an interior space, said interior space configured to receive one of the fingertips to a depth whereby the direction of movement of said fingertip inside the pod is not discernable to an observer;a housing enclosing the plurality of pods;a means for detecting fingertip movement in a preferred direction within each pod; anda means for communicating data representing said fingertip movement to an electronic controller;whereby the electronic controller is enabled to issue a pass command to the lock when a preferred sequence of movements selected from the universe of possible permutations of preferred directions and pods is entered into the device by concealed fingertip movement within the pods.2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the number of pods is four.3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the preferred directions number five and are defined claim 1 , in terms of an orthogonal reference system with the z-axis aligned with the fingertip claim 1 , as x+ claim 1 , x− claim 1 , y+ claim 1 , y−and z−.4. The device of claim 3 , wherein the means for detecting fingertip movement is a tactile sensor located within the housing and placed along each of the preferred directions in each pod within reach of the fingertip.5. The device of claim 4 , wherein the means for communicating is wired ...

ORTHODONTIC BRACE SYSTEM AND METHOD

An orthodontic brace system includes brackets having a diamond-shaped tie-wing configuration that defines two parallel, horizontal slots, each of which is adapted to receive an archwire. Each slot is angled with respect to the base of the bracket to produce a specific, maximum torque value, and generally, the maximum torque value of the gingival slot is less than the maximum torque value of the incisal slot. The brackets provide multiple force vectors in different directions simultaneously, which decreases the amount of time required for a patient to wear braces, reduces the number of costly and time consuming visits to an orthodontist, and reduces time and effort required of an orthodontist for installation and adjustment of the braces on a per visit basis. 1. An orthodontic brace system comprising:a plurality of brackets, wherein each said bracket is adapted to be adhered to a patient's tooth, and wherein at least one of said brackets includes a base member and four tie-wings in a diamond-shaped configuration, including a single upper tie-wing, a single lower tie-wing, and a left and right tie-wing disposed therebetween, and wherein said diamond-shaped tie-wing configuration defines a pair of parallel, horizontal slots including an upper slot and a lower slot; andan archwire that is adapted to be received and secured within said diamond-shaped bracket, either through said upper slot, said lower slot, or a combination thereof.2. The orthodontic brace system set forth in claim 1 , further comprising a plurality said brackets having said diamond-shaped tie-wing configuration.3. The orthodontic brace system in claim 1 , wherein said upper slot and said lower slot are each angled to provide a maximum torque value for said bracket.4. The orthodontic brace system set forth in claim 3 , wherein said upper slot is angled to provide a first maximum torque value claim 3 , and wherein said lower slot is angled to provide a second maximum torque value.5. The orthodontic brace ...

MERCHANDISE DISPLAY SECURITY DEVICE INCLUDING REMOVABLE AND MOVABLE CABLE COLLECTION TUBE

A merchandise display security device for displaying and protecting an article of merchandise includes a mounting element adapted to be mounted on a support surface with the mounting element defining an opening over a hole formed through the support surface. A base having a cable collection tube is configured to be received within the opening of the mounting element and passed through the hole to a location beneath the support surface. The base is releasably attached to the mounting element so that the base can be detached from the mounting element and the collection tube passed through the hole to provide access to the collection tube above the support surface. The collection tube may be movably disposed on the base so that the cable collection tube can be positioned at any desired angular location beneath the support surface relative to the base. 1. A merchandise display security device for displaying and protecting an article of merchandise comprising:a mounting element adapted to be mounted on a support surface with the mounting element defining an opening over a hole formed through the support surface; anda base having a cable collection tube configured to be received within the opening of the mounting element and passed through the hole of the support surface to a location beneath the support surface, the base being releasably attached to the mounting element so that the base can be detached from the mounting element and the collection tube passed through the hole of the support surface from the location beneath the support surface so as to provide access to the collection tube above the support surface.2. A security device according to claim 1 , wherein the collection tube comprises a generally hollow body for receiving a cable assembly that extends between a sensor configured to be removably supported on the base and a free end of the collection tube.3. A security device according to claim 2 , wherein the cable assembly comprises an elastic cable containing ...

MULTIMODAL REMOTE CONTROL

A method and system for operating a remotely controlled device may use multimodal remote control commands that include a gesture command and a speech command. The gesture command may be interpreted from a gesture performed by a user, while the speech command may be interpreted from speech utterances made by the user. The gesture and speech utterances may be simultaneously received by the remotely controlled device in response to displaying a user interface configured to receive multimodal commands. 1. A remote control method , comprising:detecting an audio input including speech content from a user;detecting a motion input representative of a gesture performed by the user;performing speech-to-text conversion on the audio input to generate a speech command;processing the motion input to generate a gesture command;synchronizing the speech command and the gesture command to generate a multimodal command; andexecuting the multimodal command at a processor.2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising displaying multimedia content specified by the multimodal command.3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the multimedia content is a television program.4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the detecting of the motion input includes receiving an infrared signal generated by a remote control.5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the motion input is indicative of movement of a source of an infrared signal.6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the motion input is representative of multiple gestures.7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the detecting of the motion input and the detecting of the audio input occur in response to displaying a user interface configured to accept the multimodal command.8. A remotely controlled device for processing multimodal remote control commands claim 1 , comprising:a processor configured to access memory media;an infrared receiver; anda microphone; capture a speech utterance from a user via the microphone;', 'capture a gesture performed by the user via the ...

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROTECTING RETAIL DISPLAY MERCHANDISE FROM THEFT

Security systems and methods configured for use with an item of merchandise for retail display include a housing, at least one sensor carried by the housing and at least one output device carried by the housing. The security system further includes a controller carried by the housing and operably coupled to the sensor and to the output device. The controller is operable to determine a distance traveled by the item of merchandise from a retail display “home” position based upon a sensor input from the sensor, and to activate the output device based upon the distance traveled by the item of merchandise exceeding a threshold distance. The controller may utilize the at least one sensor in conjunction with an inertial navigation system (INS) and motion processing algorithms or techniques to determine the distance traveled by the item of merchandise from the retail display “home” position. 1. A security system configured for operation with an item of merchandise for retail display , the security system comprising:at least one sensor;at least one output device; and to determine a distance traveled by the item of merchandise from a retail display “home” position based upon a sensor input from the at least one sensor; and', 'to activate the at least one output device based upon the distance traveled by the item of merchandise exceeding at least one threshold distance from the retail display “home” position., 'a controller operably coupled to the at least one sensor and to the at least one output device, said controller operable'}2. The security system according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one sensor comprises an accelerometer.3. The security system according to claim 2 , wherein the at least one sensor further comprises a digital compass.4. The security system according to claim 2 , wherein the at least one sensor further comprises a gyroscope.5. The security system according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one output device comprises at least one of an audio output ...

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXTRACTING MEANING FROM MULTIMODAL INPUTS USING FINITE-STATE DEVICES

Multimodal utterances contain a number of different modes. These modes can include speech, gestures, and pen, haptic, and gaze inputs, and the like. This invention use recognition results from one or more of these modes to provide compensation to the recognition process of one or more other ones of these modes. In various exemplary embodiments, a multimodal recognition system inputs one or more recognition lattices from one or more of these modes, and generates one or more models to be used by one or more mode recognizers to recognize the one or more other modes. In one exemplary embodiment, a gesture recognizer inputs a gesture input and outputs a gesture recognition lattice to a multimodal parser. The multimodal parser generates a language model and outputs it to an automatic speech recognition system, which uses the received language model to recognize the speech input that corresponds to the recognized gesture input. 131-. (canceled)32. An apparatus for recognizing an utterance comprising:means for receiving an utterance, the utterance comprising a first portion having a first mode and a second portion having a second mode;means for generating a first mode recognition lattice and a first finite-state transducer, based on the first mode;means for relating the first portion of the utterance to the second portion of the utterance based on the first finite-state transducer; andmeans for generating a second finite-state transducer, the second finite-state transducer comprising a gesture and speech recognition model finite-state transducer, based on the first mode recognition lattice and the first finite-state transducer.33. The apparatus of claim 32 , further comprising:means for recognizing the second mode based on the second finite-state transducer.34. The apparatus of wherein the first mode is a gesture mode.35. The apparatus of wherein the second mode is a speech mode.36. The apparatus of wherein the generating the first mode recognition lattice is further based ...

Automated demographic analysis by analyzing voice activity

Methods, systems, and media for determining a response to be generated in an environment are provided. The methods, systems, and media monitor the environment for a voice activity of an individual. The voice activity of the individual is detected and analyzed. A content descriptor of the voice activity is determined based on the voice activity of the individual. A demographic descriptor of the individual is determined based on the voice activity of the individual. The content descriptor, the demographic descriptor, and known information are correlated to determine the response to be generated in the environment.

Mobile Truck-Mounted Performance Stage on a Hydraulic Lift

The present invention is a mobile performance stage mounted on a hydraulic lift truck for enabling a quick and easy performance setup in a location that does not already have a dedicated stage. The lift truck supports a hydraulic lift mechanism, which supports the stage and enables the stage to be elevated to a desired height. The stage is a rectangular cuboid resembling a cargo hold of most cargo trucks, with doors at each of the four lateral sides that open to reveal a performance area. The perimeter of the stage is outlined by short sidewalls except for the side of the stage between the performers and the audience. The stage comprises trusses outlining the vertical sides and roof of the stage for mounting lighting and other performance equipment. The stage also comprises a digital display, a safety railing, and a utility platform. 1. A mobile truck-mounted performance stage on a hydraulic lift comprises ,a lift truck;a stage;the lift truck comprises a lifting mechanism, a truck frame, a lift support frame, and a plurality of stabilizing feet;the lift truck being mobile; andthe stage comprises a stage platform, a roof, a plurality of sidewalls, a plurality of supports, a plurality of doors, a plurality of door operation mechanisms, a plurality of lighting trusses, a digital display, and a utility platform.2. The mobile truck-mounted performance stage on a hydraulic lift as claimed in comprises claim 1 ,the plurality of stabilizing feet being positioned under the truck frame;the plurality of stabilizing feet being connected to the truck frame;the lift support frame being positioned adjacent the truck frame opposite the plurality of stabilizing feet;the lifting mechanism being positioned between the lift support frame and the stage; andthe lifting mechanism being connected to the truck frame by the lift support frame.3. The mobile truck-mounted performance stage on a hydraulic lift as claimed in comprises claim 1 ,the lifting mechanism comprises a hydraulic scissor ...

ORTHODONTIC BRACE SYSTEM AND METHOD

An orthodontic brace system includes brackets having a diamond-shaped tie-wing configuration that defines two parallel, horizontal slots, each of which is adapted to receive an archwire. Each slot is angled with respect to the base of the bracket to produce a specific, maximum torque value, and generally, the maximum torque value of the gingival slot is less than the maximum torque value of the incisal slot. The brackets provide multiple force vectors in different directions simultaneously, which decreases the amount of time required for a patient to wear braces, reduces the number of costly and time consuming visits to an orthodontist, and reduces time and effort required of an orthodontist for installation and adjustment of the braces on a per visit basis. A self-ligating bracket with a sliding door is disclosed in another embodiment. 1. An orthodontic brace system comprising:a plurality of brackets, wherein each said bracket is adapted to be adhered to a patient's tooth, and wherein at least one of said brackets includes a base member and four tie-wings in a diamond-shaped configuration, including a single upper tie-wing, a single lower tie-wing, and a left and right tie-wing disposed therebetween, and wherein said diamond-shaped tie-wing configuration defines a pair of parallel, horizontal slots including an upper slot and a lower slot;said bracket further defining a channel extending at least partially through said tie-wings;a first sliding door positioned within said channel, so that said sliding door may slide between a closed configuration over at least one of said slots and an open position that provides access to said at least one of said slots; andan archwire that is adapted to be received and secured within said diamond-shaped bracket, either through said upper slot, said lower slot, or a combination thereof.2. The orthodontic brace system set forth in claim 1 , further comprising a plurality said brackets having said diamond-shaped tie-wing ...

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FLIPPING THROUGH CONTENT

Systems and methods for enabling users to rapidly flip through displayed pages of content in an intuitive manner are provided. Graphical animations for transitioning from one page to another can be executed so that portions of three or more pages can be simultaneously viewed. This enables a user to make snap judgments as to whether she wishes to explore any one of those pages in more detail as she rapidly flips through the pages. 1. A method , implemented in a device having touch hardware , for enabling a user to flip through a plurality of pages , the method comprising:receiving a plurality of gesture inputs via the touch hardware within a predetermined period of time; andexecuting a flip transition animation in response to each received gesture input, wherein execution of each transition animation sends a page inflight along a flight path, wherein viewable portions of the inflight page and a different page change as the inflight page progresses along its flight path, and wherein the predetermined period of time is such that at least two pages are simultaneously inflight.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein each page comprises first and second halves separated by an axis.3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the flight path of each flip transition animation comprises flipping the first half about the axis on top of the second half or flipping the second half about the axis on top of the first half.4. The method of claim 2 , wherein a half of the inflight page is mated to a half of the different page claim 2 , and as the inflight page progresses along its flight path claim 2 , the mated halves of the inflight and different pages flip about the axis claim 2 , and a position of the mated halves within the flight path dictates the viewable portions of the inflight page and the different page.5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:determining inflight characteristics for each transition animation based on the received gesture input responsible for triggering a ...

System and method for continuous multimodal speech and gesture interaction

Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for processing multimodal input. A system configured to practice the method continuously monitors an audio stream associated with a gesture input stream, and detects a speech event in the audio stream. Then the system identifies a temporal window associated with a time of the speech event, and analyzes data from the gesture input stream within the temporal window to identify a gesture event. The system processes the speech event and the gesture event to produce a multimodal command. The gesture in the gesture input stream can be directed to a display, but is remote from the display. The system can analyze the data from the gesture input stream by calculating an average of gesture coordinates within the temporal window.

Systems and Methods for Extracting Meaning from Multimodal Inputs Using Finite-State Devices

Multimodal utterances contain a number of different modes. These modes can include speech, gestures, and pen, haptic, and gaze inputs, and the like. This invention use recognition results from one or more of these modes to provide compensation to the recognition process of one or more other ones of these modes. In various exemplary embodiments, a multimodal recognition system inputs one or more recognition lattices from one or more of these modes, and generates one or more models to be used by one or more mode recognizers to recognize the one or more other modes. In one exemplary embodiment, a gesture recognizer inputs a gesture input and outputs a gesture recognition lattice to a multimodal parser. The multimodal parser generates a language model and outputs it to an automatic speech recognition system, which uses the received language model to recognize the speech input that corresponds to the recognized gesture input. 131-. (canceled)32. A method for recognizing an utterance comprising:receiving an utterance comprising a first portion having a first mode and a second portion having a second mode;generating a first mode recognition lattice and a first finite-state transducer, based on the first mode;relating the first portion of the utterance to the second portion of the utterance based on the first finite-state transducer;generating a second finite-state transducer, comprising a gesture and speech recognition model finite-state transducer, based on the first mode recognition lattice and the first finite-state transducer; andoutputting a recognition result based on the utterance and the second finite-state transducer.33. The method of claim 32 , further comprising:recognizing the second mode based on the second finite-state transducer.34. The method of wherein the first mode is a gesture mode.35. The method of wherein the second mode is a speech mode.36. The method of wherein the generating the first mode recognition lattice is further based on a first mode ...

EMI SHIELDING MEMBER, PARTICULARLY SUITABLE FOR SHIELDING OF MODULE CAGES

A receptacle assembly includes a hollow conductive cage with a front end and an opening to an interior portion of the cage. The opening is configured to receive a module assembly therein. The cage has a bottom with a bottom opening communicating with the interior portion, and the bottom is configured to be joined to a circuit board. A layered EMI shield member is provided between the bottom of the cage and the circuit board and the shield member extends completely around the bottom opening of the cage. The EMI shield member is formed as a flexible, low-cost assembly that utilizes a pair or insulative layers that flank a conductive layer. 1. A receptacle assembly , comprising:a hollow cage having a front end with an opening communicating with a hollow interior portion thereof, the opening being configured to receive a module therein, the cage having a plurality of walls, the walls including at least two opposing sidewalls, and opposing top and bottom walls, the bottom wall including a bottom opening disposed therein sized to receive a connector therein which is mounted to a circuit board, said bottom wall being configured to be joined to the circuit board; anda flexible layered, EMI shield member provided along said bottom wall and extending completely around the bottom wall opening, the shield member having a generally horizontal body portion with a plurality of contact points extending out of the plane of said shield member, said shield member being held between said cage and said circuit board when said cage is mounted to said circuit board, said shield member forming a shielded interface between said cage and said circuit board and completely encompassing said bottom opening.2. The receptacle assembly of claim 1 , wherein said shield member is formed from an ESD bag material.3. The receptacle assembly of claim 1 , wherein said shield member is a multilayered material including at least one conductive layer sandwiched between two insulative layers.4. The ...

Baiting method and composition

The present invention provides a delivery device for use in the control of a target animal species, the delivery device including: (a) a core containing a control agent for the target animal species, and (b) an impermeable coating enclosing the core, the coating being selected to provide exposure of the core in the gastrointestinal tract of the target animal species; wherein the coating of the delivery device has a hardness such that the coating is not readily breached upon mastication by a target or non-target animal species and further wherein the delivery device will not pass through a Tyler 5 mesh.

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING MARKUP-LANGUAGE BASED EXPRESSIONS FROM MULTI-MODAL AND UNIMODAL INPUTS

When using finite-state devices to perform various functions, it is beneficial to use finite state devices representing regular grammars with terminals having markup-language-based semantics. By using markup-language-based symbols in the finite state devices, it is possible to generate valid markup-language expressions by concatenating the symbols representing the result of the performed function. The markup-language expression can be used by other applications and/or devices. Finite-state devices are used to convert strings of words and gestures into valid markup-language, for example, XML, expressions that can be used, for example, to provide an application program interface to underlying system applications. 1. A method comprising:generating an input lattice representing input data;using a finite-state device to perform a function using the input lattice, the finite-state device having symbols based on markup-language semantics, wherein performing the function comprises mapping a first markup-language expression to a second markup-language expression using a transducer relating the first-markup-language expression to the second-markup-language expression;generating a result finite-state device representing a result of the function, wherein the result finite-state device relates a set of input symbols to a set of output symbols;concatenating output symbols in the set of output symbols of the result finite-state device, to yield a markup-language expression; andoutputting the markup-language expression.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the finite-state device uses extensible-markup-language-based symbols.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the input data comprises a command received via one of a speech input subsystem claim 1 , a pen input subsystem claim 1 , a computer vision input subsystem claim 1 , a haptic input subsystem claim 1 , a gaze input subsystem claim 1 , and a body motion input subsystem.4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the input data comprises a ...

Microemulsion & sub-micron emulsion process & compositions

An oil in water microemulsion or sub-micron emulsion composition for dermal delivery of at least one pharmaceutically active ingredient, is provided. The composition includes an oil phase dispersed throughout a water phase, the oil phase including at least one member selected from the group consisting of an animal oil, a mineral oil, a vegetable oil, a silane member, a siloxane, an ester, a fatty acid, a fat, a halogen compound, and an alkoxylated alcohol; and at least one lipophilic surfactant, the water phase including at least one hydrophilic surfactant, water and optionally a non-surfactant amphiphilic compound, the weight ratio of the at least one hydrophilic surfactant to the at least one lipophilic surfactant being approximately 9.0:1.0 to 2.0:3.0.

Multimodal Portable Communication Interface for Accessing Video Content

A portable communication device has a touch screen display that receives tactile input and a microphone that receives audio input. The portable communication device initiates a query for media based at least in part on tactile input and audio input. The touch screen display is a multi-touch screen. The portable communication device sends an initiated query and receives a text response indicative of a speech to text conversion of the query. The portable communication device then displays video in response to tactile input and audio input. 113-. (canceled)14. A method for accessing media comprising:receiving a query for video media at a multimodal portal, the query based on a first tactile input received at a portable communication device and parsed text based on a first audio input received at the portable communication device;querying a database based on the query;sending a text response identifying video media, the text response based on results of querying the database; andreceiving a command to transmit video to a device in response to a second tactile input and a second audio input.15. The method of further comprising:receiving a request for information related to the text response based on a third tactile input received at the portable communication device; andtransmitting the information related to the text response based on the request for information related to the text response.16. The method of further comprising:receiving the first audio input; andtransmitting extensible markup language text to the portable communications device based on text conversion of the first audio input.17. The method of further comprising:converting the first audio input to extensible markup language text.18. The method of further comprising:receiving a command via the portable communication device to control display of video.19. The method of further comprising:transmitting video to the portable communication device in response to the command including an indication that video ...

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ATTENUATING ROTATIONAL ACCELERATION OF THE HEAD

In one embodiment, a system for attenuating rotation acceleration of the head includes a protective helmet adapted to be worn on the head of a user, the helmet including an outer shell having an inner surface, an inner liner provided within the shell, the liner comprising one or more pads, and means for enabling the shell to rotate relative to the user's head, the means excluding cell-based foam. 1. A protective helmet adapted to be worn on the head of a user , the helmet comprising:an outer shell having an inner surface;an inner liner provided within the shell, the liner comprising one or more pads; andmeans for enabling the shell to rotate relative to the user's head, the means excluding cell-based foam.2. The helmet of claim 1 , wherein the shell is made of an acrylonitrile butadiene styrene or polycarbonate alloy material.3. The helmet of claim 1 , wherein the means for enabling the shell to rotate comprise means for enabling at least one pad to slide within and relative to the shell.4. The helmet of claim 3 , wherein the means for enabling the at least one pad to slide comprise a raceway formed on the inner surface of the shell along which the at least one pad can slide.5. The helmet of claim 4 , wherein the raceway is defined by first and second ribs that confine the at least one pad to the raceway.6. The helmet of claim 5 , wherein one or both of the raceway and the at least one pad is provided with a low-friction material that facilitates sliding of the at least one pad relative to the raceway.7. The helmet of claim 4 , wherein the raceway is horizontally aligned within the shell so that the at least one pad can laterally slide from the front of the shell toward the back of the shell and vice versa.8. The helmet of claim 3 , wherein the means for enabling the at least one pad to slide comprise a rail that guides the at least one pad.9. The helmet of claim 8 , wherein the rail is provided on the inner surface of the shell and the at least one pad comprises a ...

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTINUOUS MULTIMODAL SPEECH AND GESTURE INTERACTION

Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for processing multimodal input. A system configured to practice the method continuously monitors an audio stream associated with a gesture input stream, and detects a speech event in the audio stream. Then the system identifies a temporal window associated with a time of the speech event, and analyzes data from the gesture input stream within the temporal window to identify a gesture event. The system processes the speech event and the gesture event to produce a multimodal command. The gesture in the gesture input stream can be directed to a display, but is remote from the display. The system can analyze the data from the gesture input stream by calculating an average of gesture coordinates within the temporal window. 1monitoring an audio stream associated with a non-tactile gesture input stream;identifying a speech event in an audio stream;determining a temporal window associated with a time of the speech event, wherein the temporal window extends forward and backward from the time of the speech event;analyzing, via a processor, data from the non-tactile gesture input stream within the temporal window to identify, based on the speech event, a non-tactile gesture event; andprocessing the speech event and the non-tactile gesture event to produce a multimodal command.. A method comprising: The present application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/875,105, filed Oct. 5, 2015, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/308,846, filed Dec. 1, 2011, now U.S. Pat. No. 9,152,376, issued Oct. 6, 2015, which was also filed as PCT Application No. PCT/US12/67309, filed Nov. 30, 2012, the contents of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.The present disclosure relates to human-computer interaction and more specifically to incorporating a continuous speech input stream and a continuous gesture input stream.Currently deployed ...

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROTECTING RETAIL DISPLAY MERCHANDISE FROM THEFT

Security systems and methods configured for use with an item of merchandise for retail display include a housing, at least one sensor carried by the housing and at least one output device carried by the housing. The security system further includes a controller carried by the housing and operably coupled to the sensor and to the output device. The controller is operable to determine a distance traveled by the item of merchandise from a retail display “home” position based upon a sensor input from the sensor, and to activate the output device based upon the distance traveled by the item of merchandise exceeding a threshold distance. The controller may utilize the at least one sensor in conjunction with an inertial navigation system (INS) and motion processing algorithms or techniques to determine the distance traveled by the item of merchandise from the retail display “home” position.

Topical glycopyrrolate formulations

Individually packaged topical formulations comprising about 0.25 to about 6% w/w of glycopyrrolate for the treatment of hyperhidrosis, wherein said wipe is contained within a pouch resistant to leakage. The formulations may further comprise ethanol, a buffering agent and water. In addition, the formulations may further comprise a polymer system comprising a hydrophobic polymer in combination with a hydrophilic polymer.

APPLIED AUTOMATIC DEMOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS

Systems, methods, and media for managing a data stream are provided. Data representing an input of an individual is received, with the individual being in an environment. Information of the environment is correlated with the data representing the input of the individual to determine a demographic descriptor. The demographic descriptor is correlated with a content of the data stream to determine whether a predetermined condition is satisfied. The content of the data stream is modified when the predetermined condition is satisfied to generate a modified data stream. The modified data stream is transmitted to a device disposed in the environment when the content of the data stream is modified. 1. A system for managing transmission of a data stream , the system comprising:a processor; and receiving data representing an input of an individual, the individual being in an environment;', 'correlating information of the environment with the data representing the input of the individual to determine a demographic descriptor;', 'correlating the demographic descriptor with a content of the data stream to determine whether a predetermined condition is satisfied;', 'modifying the content of the data stream when the predetermined condition is satisfied to generate a modified data stream; and', 'transmitting the modified data stream to a device disposed in the environment when the content of the data stream is modified., 'a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising2. The system of claim 1 , whereinthe environment includes a household, andthe information is of residents of the household.3. The system of claim 2 , the operations further comprising:determining one of the residents to which the individual corresponds based on the data representing the input of the individual,wherein the information of the environment with which the data representing the input of the individual is correlated to determine the ...

HEADBAND WITH PROTECTIVE INSERT

A headband with one or more protective inserts. The inserts may be strategically positioned to provide protection for specific areas of a person's head that are most vulnerable to impact, depending on the sport or other activity. The inserts may be directly attached to the headband, or may be enclosed in pouches which are directly attached to the headband. The headband may be worn with or without additional headgear, and may be configured to cooperate with the additional headgear as to form, fit, and functionality. 120-. (canceled)21. A protective headgear comprising:a headband configured to fit around a head of a person, the headband having an open top and a plurality of pouches attached to an outer surface of the headband; anda plurality of protective inserts each at least partially enclosed within the plurality of pouches respectively.22. The protective headgear of claim 21 , wherein the plurality of protective inserts comprise impact-resistant plastic.23. The protective headgear of claim 22 , wherein the plurality of protective inserts are aerated.24. The protective headgear of claim 23 , wherein each of the plurality of protective inserts are segmented.25. The protective headgear of claim 22 , wherein at least one of the pouches is detachable from the headband.26. The protective headgear of claim 25 , wherein each of the plurality of protective inserts are segmented.27. The protective headgear of claim 21 , wherein each of the plurality of protective inserts are segmented.28. The protective headgear of claim 22 , wherein each of the plurality of protective inserts are segmented.29. The protective headgear of claim 21 , wherein the plurality of protective inserts are aerated.30. The protective headgear of claim 21 , wherein the plurality of pouches includes a first pouch attached to the outer surface of the headband at a first primarily smooth location claim 21 , and a second pouch attached to the outer surface of the headband at a second primarily smooth ...

METHODS FOR PACKAGING AND PRESERVING BERRY PRODUCTS

Methods are provided for storing and preserving a cut or whole berry product, preferably so as to extend shelf life of the same. In one optional method, the berry product is placed in a product containing space of a storage container atop a platform of a support structure. The storage container includes an internal compartment having the product containing space. The support structure defines the platform for supporting the berry product. The internal compartment further includes a reservoir, configured to retain liquid, below the platform. The platform and/or support structure are configured to direct liquid exuded from the berry product to the reservoir. Optionally, the reservoir comprises an absorbent material for absorbing liquid in the reservoir 1. A method of packaging and preserving a cut or whole berry product comprising: placing the berry product in a product containing space of a storage container atop a platform of a support structure , the storage container comprising an internal compartment having the product containing space , the support structure defining the platform for supporting the berry product , the internal compartment further comprising a reservoir below the platform , the reservoir being configured to retain liquid , the platform and/or support structure being configured to direct liquid exuded from the berry product to the reservoir , the storage container further comprising a lid enclosing the berry product within the product containing space , wherein the lid comprises an oxygen permeable material.2. The method of packaging and preserving a cut or whole berry product of claim 1 , the support structure defining the platform located above the reservoir claim 1 , the support structure and/or platform comprising one or more of:a. a liquid permeable surface;b. one or more openings; andc. a ramp providing for liquid runoff from a side of the platform;wherein the one or more of the liquid permeable surface, the one or more openings and the ramp ...

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTINUOUS MULTIMODAL SPEECH AND GESTURE INTERACTION

Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for processing multimodal input. A system configured to practice the method continuously monitors an audio stream associated with a gesture input stream, and detects a speech event in the audio stream. Then the system identifies a temporal window associated with a time of the speech event, and analyzes data from the gesture input stream within the temporal window to identify a gesture event. The system processes the speech event and the gesture event to produce a multimodal command. The gesture in the gesture input stream can be directed to a display, but is remote from the display. The system can analyze the data from the gesture input stream by calculating an average of gesture coordinates within the temporal window. 1. A method comprising:monitoring an audio stream associated with a non-tactile gesture input stream;identifying a speech event in an audio stream;determining a temporal window associated with a time of the speech event, wherein the temporal window extends forward and backward from the time of the speech event;analyzing, via a processor, data from the non-tactile gesture input stream within the temporal window to identify, based on the speech event, a non-tactile gesture event; andprocessing the speech event and the non-tactile gesture event to produce a multimodal command.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein a non-tactile gesture in the non-tactile gesture input stream is directed to a display claim 1 , but is remote from the display.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein analyzing of the data from the non-tactile gesture input stream further comprises calculating an average of non-tactile gesture coordinates within the temporal window.4. The method of claim 1 , wherein processing of the speech event and the non-tactile gesture event further comprises:identifying a speech command from a first user in the audio stream;identifying clarifying information about the speech ...

System And Method For Enhancing Voice-Enabled Search Based On Automated Demographic Identification

Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for approximating responses to a user speech query in voice-enabled search based on metadata that include demographic features of the speaker. A system practicing the method recognizes received speech from a speaker to generate recognized speech, identifies metadata about the speaker from the received speech, and feeds the recognized speech and the metadata to a question-answering engine. Identifying the metadata about the speaker is based on voice characteristics of the received speech. The demographic features can include age, gender, socio-economic group, nationality, and/or region. The metadata identified about the speaker from the received speech can be combined with or override self-reported speaker demographic information. 1. A method comprising:receiving recognized speech;identifying information about a speaker of the recognized speech from the recognized speech; andsubmitting the recognized speech and the information to an engine which outputs a response associated with the recognized speech using the recognized speech and the information.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information comprises demographic features.3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the demographic features comprise one of age claim 2 , gender claim 2 , socio-economic group claim 2 , nationality claim 2 , and origin.4. The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying of the information is based on voice characteristics of the recognized speech.5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the engine is integrated with the speech recognition system.6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising storing the information for future use.7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the storing of the information is performed in accordance with a privacy policy.8. A system comprising:a processor; and receiving recognized speech;', 'identifying information about a speaker of the recognized speech from the recognized speech; and', ' ...

TETHER ASSEMBLY FOR A SECURITY DEVICE

Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a tether assembly for securing an item of merchandise. In one example, the tether assembly includes a tether configured to be secured to an item of merchandise and a housing configured to receive the tether. The tether is configured to be extended and retracted relative to the housing. The tether assembly also includes a motor coupled to the tether that is configured to extend and/or retract the tether relative to the housing. 1. A tether assembly for securing an item of merchandise from theft , the tether assembly comprising:a tether configured to be secured to an item of merchandise;a housing configured to receive the tether, the tether configured to be extended and retracted relative to the housing; andat least one motor coupled to the tether and configured to extend and/or retract the tether relative to the housing.2. The tether assembly of claim 1 , further comprising at least one rotatable element operably engaged with the motor and configured to engage the tether during extension and/or retraction of the tether.3. The tether assembly of claim 2 , wherein the at least one rotatable element comprises a wheel or a gear.4. The tether assembly of claim 2 , wherein the motor is configured to rotate the at least one rotatable element for extending and/or retracting the tether.5. The tether assembly of claim 1 , further comprising a fixed guide disposed within the housing configured to guide the tether into the housing when the tether is retracted therein.6. The tether assembly of claim 5 , wherein the fixed guide is not a rotatable reel.7. The tether assembly of claim 1 , wherein the tether is not wound about a rotatable reel during extension and/or retraction.8. The tether assembly of claim 1 , wherein the motor does not require a slip ring for electrically communicating with the tether.9. The tether assembly of claim 1 , wherein the tether is not coupled to a spring for retracting the tether within the housing. ...

System and method for speech-enabled access to media content by a ranked normalized weighted graph using speech recognition

Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for generating a speech recognition model for a media content retrieval system. The method causes a computing device to retrieve information describing media available in a media content retrieval system, construct a graph that models how the media are interconnected based on the retrieved information, rank the information describing the media based on the graph, and generate a speech recognition model based on the ranked information. The information can be a list of actors, directors, composers, titles, and/or locations. The graph that models how the media are interconnected can further model pieces of common information between two or more media. The method can further cause the computing device to weight the graph based on the retrieved information, wherein the weighted graph is further normalized weighted graph to help with speech query searching of media content using speech recognition. The graph can further model relative popularity information in the list. The method can rank information based on a PageRank algorithm.

STEM CELLS AS AN INDIVIDUALIZED MATERNAL THERAPY FOR PREVENTION OF PREMATURITY

The present invention relates to the field of premature birth. More specifically, the present invention provides methods and compositions useful for preventing premature birth. In one embodiment, a method for preventing preterm birth in a patient comprises the step of administering to the patient an effective amount of autologous mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) during the first or second trimester. 1. A method for preventing preterm birth in a patient comprising the step of administering to the patient an effective amount of autologous mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) during the first or second trimester2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the autologous MSCs are derived from adipose tissue.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the autologous MSCs are derived from bone marrow.4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the effective amount of autologous MSCs comprises about 2×10−1×10cells/kg.5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the MSCs are administered intravenously.6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the MSCs are administered via intrauterine injection.7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the patient has a history of preterm birth.8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the MSCs are collected prior to the pregnancy.9. A method for preventing pre-term birth in a patient comprising the step of administering to the patient an effective amount of autologous adipose tissue-derived MSCs during the first or second trimester.10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the effective amount of autologous MSCs comprises about 2×10−1×10cells/kg.11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the MSCs are administered intravenously.12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the MSCs are administered via intrauterine injection.13. The method of claim 9 , wherein the patient has a history of preterm birth.14. The method of claim 9 , wherein the MSCs are collected prior to the pregnancy.15. A method for preventing pre-term birth in a patient comprising the steps of:a. collecting adipose tissue from the patient prior to pregnancy;b. ...

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CALIBRATING A WIRELESS SECURITY RANGE

Security systems and methods for protecting portable electronic devices from theft are provided. For example, a security system includes a sensor configured to be secured to a portable electronic device, and a monitoring component configured to wirelessly communicate with the sensor and to removably support the sensor thereon, wherein the monitoring component and the sensor are configured to communicate with one another to determine a proximity of the portable electronic device relative to the monitoring component, wherein the monitoring component and/or the sensor is configured to initiate a security signal when the proximity between the monitoring component and the sensor is not within a predetermined range. The sensor and the monitoring component are configured to communicate with one another for initially setting the predetermined range. 1. A security system configured for securing a portable electronic device from theft , the security system comprising:a sensor configured to be coupled to a portable electronic device; anda monitoring component configured to wirelessly communicate with the sensor,wherein the monitoring component and the sensor are configured to communicate with one another to determine a proximity of the portable electronic device relative to the monitoring component,wherein the monitoring component and/or the sensor is configured to initiate a security signal when the proximity between the monitoring component and the sensor is not within a predetermined range, andwherein the sensor and the monitoring component are configured to communicate with one another for initially setting the predetermined range.2. The security system of claim 1 , wherein the sensor comprises a cable and a connector at the end of the cable claim 1 , wherein the connector is configured to removably engage an input port of the portable electronic device claim 1 , and wherein the monitoring component and/or the sensor is configured to initiate a security signal in response ...

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROTECTING RETAIL DISPLAY MERCHANDISE FROM THEFT

Security systems and methods configured for use with an item of merchandise for retail display include a housing, at least one sensor carried by the housing and at least one output device carried by the housing. The security system further includes a controller carried by the housing and operably coupled to the sensor and to the output device. The controller is operable to determine a distance traveled by the item of merchandise from a retail display “home” position based upon a sensor input from the sensor, and to activate the output device based upon the distance traveled by the item of merchandise exceeding a threshold distance. The controller may utilize the at least one sensor in conjunction with an inertial navigation system (INS) and motion processing algorithms or techniques to determine the distance traveled by the item of merchandise from the retail display “home” position. 120-. (canceled)21. A security system for retail display , the security system comprising: a housing;', 'a memory storing computer-executable instructions;', 'a controller;', 'wireless communications circuitry; and', 'an output device,', 'each of the memory, the controller, the wireless communications circuitry, and the output device carried within the housing; and, 'a mobile cellular device on display for sale in a retail store, the mobile cellular device comprisinga wireless device external to the mobile cellular device configured to wirelessly communicate with the wireless communications circuitry of the mobile cellular device, the mobile cellular device being moved beyond at least one threshold distance from a location of the wireless device, or', 'the mobile cellular device being moved beyond a zone defined relative to the wireless device., 'wherein the computer-executable instructions are configured to cause the controller to activate the output device based on22. The security system of claim 21 , wherein the wireless device is configured to monitor communication with the mobile ...

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ROBUST PERSONALIZATION OF SPEECH RECOGNITION

Personalization of speech recognition while maintaining privacy of user data is achieved by transmitting data associated with received speech to a speech recognition service and receiving a result from the speech recognition service. The speech recognition service result is generated from a general purpose speech language model. The system generates an input finite state machine from the speech recognition result and composes the input finite state machine with a phone edit finite state machine, to yield a resulting finite state machine. The system composes the resulting finite state machine with a user data finite state machine to yield a second resulting finite state machine, and uses a best path through the second resulting finite state machine to yield a user specific speech recognition result. 1. A method comprising:transmitting data associated with received speech to a speech recognition service;receiving a speech recognition result from the speech recognition service, wherein the speech recognition result is generated from a general purpose language model;generating an input finite state machine based on the speech recognition result;composing the input finite state machine with a phone edit finite state machine to yield a resulting finite state machine; andusing the resulting finite state machine with user specific data to generate a user-specific speech recognition result from the speech recognition result.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein composing the input finite state machine with a phone edit finite state machine further comprises assigning a cost to an operation that results in a manipulation of an input sequence in the input finite state machine to insert data.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein composing the input finite state machine with a phone edit finite state machine further comprises assigning a cost to an operation that results in a manipulation of an input sequence in the input finite state machine to delete data.4. The method of claim 1 , ...

APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR THE PRESERVATION, STORAGE AND/OR SHIPMENT OF LIQUID-EXUDING PRODUCTS

Apparatuses and methods are provided for storing and preserving product, such as to extend shelf life of the same. In one optional method, liquid-exuding product is placed in a product containing space of a container atop a platform of a support structure. The container can include an internal compartment having the product containing space. The structure can define the platform for supporting the product. The internal compartment can further include a reservoir, configured to retain liquid, below the platform. At least one of the platform or the support structure can be configured to direct liquid exuded from the product to the reservoir. Optionally, the reservoir comprises or contains an absorbent material for absorbing liquid in the reservoir. 1. A container configured to preserve , store or ship a liquid-exuding product in a product containing space within the container , the container comprising an internal compartment having a product containing space and a support structure defining a platform for supporting a liquid-exuding product , the internal compartment further comprising a reservoir below the platform , the reservoir being configured to retain liquid , at least one of the platform or the support structure being configured to direct liquid exuded from the product to the reservoir.2. The container of claim 1 , wherein the platform comprises a generally centrally disposed peak and two or more downwardly inclined ramps extending from the peak in order to provide for liquid runoff.3. The container of claim 1 , wherein the support structure is corrugated.4. The container of claim 3 , wherein the support structure comprises a plurality of spaced ribs extending across a base of the container from one end to an opposite opposing end claim 3 , and wherein the ribs comprise a plurality of peaks with a plurality of valleys disposed therebetween.5. The container of claim 1 , wherein the reservoir is provided as one single or uninterrupted compartment occupying ...

System and Method for Improving Speech Recognition Accuracy Using Textual Context

Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for improving speech recognition accuracy using textual context. The method includes retrieving a recorded utterance, capturing text from a device display associated with the spoken dialog and viewed by one party to the recorded utterance, and identifying words in the captured text that are relevant to the recorded utterance. The method further includes adding the identified words to a dynamic language model, and recognizing the recorded utterance using the dynamic language model. The recorded utterance can be a spoken dialog. A time stamp can be assigned to each identified word. The method can include adding identified words to and/or removing identified words from the dynamic language model based on their respective time stamps. A screen scraper can capture text from the device display associated with the recorded utterance. The device display can contain customer service data.

QUICK RELEASE SENSOR FOR MERCHANDISE DISPLAY

A sensor for a merchandise display security system for displaying and protecting an article of merchandise is provided. The security system includes a merchandise bracket configured to be secured to the article of merchandise and a sensor configured to releasably engage the merchandise bracket and to detect unauthorized removal of the merchandise bracket or the sensor from the article of merchandise. The sensor is configured to be releasably engaged with the merchandise bracket such that the sensor is removable from the merchandise bracket while the merchandise bracket remains secured to the article of merchandise. 1. A merchandise display security system for displaying and protecting an article of merchandise , the merchandise display security system comprising:a merchandise bracket configured to be secured to the article of merchandise; anda sensor configured to releasably engage the merchandise bracket and to detect unauthorized removal of the merchandise bracket or the sensor from the article of merchandise,wherein the sensor is configured to be releasably engaged with the merchandise bracket such that the sensor is removable from the merchandise bracket while the merchandise bracket remains secured to the article of merchandise,wherein the sensor and the merchandise bracket each comprises one or more engagement members for aligning and engaging the sensor and the merchandise bracket with one another.2. The merchandise display security system of claim 1 , wherein the sensor is configured to be rotated relative to the merchandise bracket for engaging and disengaging the merchandise bracket from the sensor.3. The merchandise display security system of claim 1 , wherein the sensor comprises a rotatable quick-release mechanism such that rotation of the rotatable quick-release mechanism is configured to engage and disengage the merchandise bracket from the sensor.4. The merchandise display security system of claim 1 , wherein the sensor is configured to slide ...

Evaporative Therapeutic Hypothermia Device

The present invention provides a low-cost, low-power therapeutic hypothermia device for use in developing nations. The device includes a first and second receptacle separated by a space filled with a porous material such as sand. A cooling chemical can also be added to the porous material in order to speed cooling. Water is added to the porous material and a neonate is placed into the device for therapeutic hypothermia treatment. The neonate is monitored carefully using temperature sensors and a feedback system integrated into the device. Cooling can be modulated and/or warming commenced by adding Styrofoam blocks to raise the neonate off the surface of the device. 1. A device for providing therapeutic hypothermia to a neonate comprising:a first receptacle, having a first wall defining a first inner volume;a second receptacle, configured to sit within the first inner volume of the first receptacle, wherein the second receptacle has a second wall defining a second inner volume, wherein the second inner volume is configured to receive the neonate;wherein a third inner volume is defined between the first wall of the first receptacle and the second wall of the second receptacle;a porous material disposed in the third inner volume;a first sensor configured to take a temperature of a skin of the neonate; anda second sensor configured to take a rectal temperature of the neonate.2. The device of wherein the first receptacle comprises a clay pot.3. The device of wherein the second receptacle comprises a clay pot.4. The device of wherein the second receptacle comprises a basket.5. The device of wherein the basket comprises a natural fiber.6. The device of wherein the porous material comprises sand.7. The device of wherein the porous material comprises sand and ammonium nitrate.8. The device of further comprising a water reservoir.9. The device of further comprising a biocompatible liner disposed in the second receptacle to form a layer of protection between the second ...

Systems and Methods for Generating Markup-Language Based Expressions from Multi-Modal and Unimodal Inputs

When using finite-state devices to perform various functions, it is beneficial to use finite state devices representing regular grammars with terminals having markup-language-based semantics. By using markup-language-based symbols in the finite state devices, it is possible to generate valid markup-language expressions by concatenating the symbols representing the result of the performed function. The markup-language expression can be used by other applications and/or devices. Finite-state devices are used to convert strings of words and gestures into valid markup-language, for example, XML, expressions that can be used, for example, to provide an application program interface to underlying system applications. 1. A method comprising:generating, via a processor, from an input lattice representing a speech modality of an input, a first markup-language expression;generating, via a finite-state transducer, a mapping, wherein the finite-state transducer uses the input lattice and a first finite-state machine having associated markup-language semantics to relate the first markup-language expression to a second markup-language expression representing a second modality based on a level of coincidence between the speech modality and the second modality, wherein the second modality is not speech;generating, using the input and a second finite-state machine representing the mapping, a third markup-language expression; andoutputting the third markup-language expression.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second modality is a haptic modality.3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising concatenating the mapping prior to generating of the third markup-language expression.4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the finite-state device uses extensible-markup-language-based symbols.5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the input data further comprises a command received via one of a speech input subsystem claim 1 , a pen input subsystem claim 1 , a computer vision input subsystem claim ...

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION OF KEY PHRASES DURING A MULTIMEDIA BROADCAST

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a process that determines information from a first media stream including a number of keywords associated with viewing habits of a user. A second media stream of a media program is scanned for one of a word or phrase corresponding to a keyword of the number of keywords. A second keyword is determined based on the one of the word or phrase, and additional information associated with the second keyword is identified. Results associated with the additional information are provided to a multimedia device. Other embodiments are disclosed. 1. A method , comprising:determining, by a system comprising a processor, information from a first media stream comprising a plurality of keywords associated with viewing habits of a user;scanning, by the system, a second media stream of a media program for one of a word or phrase corresponding to a keyword of the plurality of keywords;determining, by the system, a second keyword based on the one of the word or phrase;identifying, by the system, additional information associated with the second keyword; andproviding, by the system, results associated with the additional information to a multimedia device.2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:storing, by the system, the second keyword, wherein the second keyword is stored separately from content of the second media stream; andtransmitting, by the system, a signal to the multimedia device to display concurrently with the second media stream a selectable graphical user interface item, wherein the selectable graphical user interface item provides a textual user indication that the second keyword has been detected in the second media stream.3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:modifying, by the system, a user profile based on the information, wherein the user profile is stored in a user profile repository, wherein determining the information from the first media stream comprises detecting, by the system, the ...

BODY CONTACT LAYOUTS FOR SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURES

Body contact layouts for semiconductor structures are disclosed. In at least one exemplary embodiment, a semiconductor structure comprises: a plurality of gates disposed on a semiconductor layer, each gate extending parallel to a y-axis in a coordinate space; a source region disposed between two of the plurality of gates; a plurality of body contacts disposed in each source region; and wherein a portion of each source region, adjacent to the gate, has a width extending parallel to the y-axis that is greater than the width of the source region parallel to the y-axis at a distance on an x-axis from the gate. 1. A semiconductor circuit , comprising:a plurality of field-effect transistors (FETs);a first FET driver coupled to a first FET of the plurality of FETs; anda second FET driver coupled to a second FET of the plurality of FETs, a plurality of gates disposed on a semiconductor layer, each gate extending parallel to a y-axis in a coordinate space;', 'a source region disposed between two of the plurality of gates; and', 'a plurality of body contacts disposed in each source region, wherein each body contact has a width extending parallel to the y-axis that decreases as the body contact approaches a gate of the plurality of gates from approximately the center of the body contact., 'wherein at least one FET of the plurality of FETs includes2. The semiconductor circuit of claim 1 , wherein each body contact of the plurality of body contacts has sides that form the shape of a polygon or a modified polygon at a working surface of the semiconductor layer.3. The semiconductor circuit of claim 3 , wherein the polygon or modified polygon has a side that is canted from a side of a gate of the plurality of gates.4. The semiconductor circuit of claim 3 , wherein the polygon is one of the following: a square claim 3 , a rectangle claim 3 , a parallelogram claim 3 , a trapezoid claim 3 , a pentagon claim 3 , a hexagon claim 3 , an octagon claim 3 , a star or a quadrilateral.5. The ...

TOPICAL GLYCOPYRROLATE FORMULATIONS

Individually packaged topical formulations comprising about 0.25 to about 6% w/w of glycopyrrolate for the treatment of hyperhidrosis, wherein said wipe is contained within a pouch resistant to leakage. The formulations may further comprise ethanol, a buffering agent and water. In addition, the formulations may further comprise a polymer system comprising a hydrophobic polymer in combination with a hydrophilic polymer. 1. An individually packaged wipe for the treatment of hyperhidrosis comprising about 0.25 to about 6% w/w of a glycopyrrolate compound , wherein said wipe is contained within a pouch resistant to leakage.2. The individually packaged wipe of claim 1 , wherein the pouch comprises an inner lining of linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE).3. The individually packaged wipe of claim 1 , wherein the glycopyrrolate compound degrades by less than 1% when stored at 0 to 25° C. for 1 month claim 1 , 2 months claim 1 , 6 months claim 1 , or 1 year.4. The individually packaged wipe of claim 1 , further comprising an alcohol claim 1 , a buffering agent and water.5. The individually packaged wipe of claim 4 , wherein the alcohol is ethanol.6. The individually packaged wipe of claim 4 , further comprising propylene glycol.7. The individually packaged wipe of claim 4 , wherein the buffering agent comprises citric acid and sodium citrate to maintain a pH of about 3.5 to about 6.8. The individually packaged wipe of claim 4 , wherein the buffering agent comprises citric acid and tromethamine to maintain a pH of about 3.5 to about 6.9. The individually packaged wipe of claim 4 , wherein the buffering agent maintains a pH of about 4.5.10. The individually packaged wipe of claim 4 , wherein the alcohol and water is in the weight ratio of about 40:60 to about 60:40.11. The individually packaged wipe of claim 4 , wherein the alcohol is at about 53.7 to about 57.3% w/w claim 4 , the buffering agent is at about 0.2 to about 0.5% w/w and the water is added to 100% w/w.12. The ...

METHODS AND DEVICES FOR LYMPHATIC TARGETING

The present invention is directed to an implantable device comprising a biocompatible and biodegradable matrix impregnated with a bioactive complex suitable for selectively targeting the lymphatic system, wherein the bioactive complex comprises one or more particle forming materials and one or more bioactive agents. The invention is further directed to methods of using and the process of preparing, the implantable device. 135.-. (canceled)36. A method of treating or preventing a disease or condition comprising administering an implantable device to a subject in need thereof , the implantable device comprising an effective amount of a bioactive agent to treat the disease or condition;wherein the disease or condition is selected from neoplasia, bacterial infection, microbial infection, and viral infection;wherein the implantable device is biodegradable over a first time interval, and a plurality of bioactive complexes disposed throughout the biocompatible and biodegradable matrix and releasable therefrom when the matrix biodegrades;wherein each bioactive complex has sufficient size to selectively target and enter the lymphatic system upon release from the matrix, comprising at least one bioactive agent and at least one particle forming material; andwherein the at least one particle forming material releases an effective amount of the at least one bioactive agent within the lymphatic system over a second time interval.37. The method according to claim 36 , wherein the implantable device is administered by implantation into the subject.38. The method according to claim 37 , wherein the implantable device is implanted using laparoscopy or mediastinoscopy.39. The method according to claim 37 , wherein the implantable device is implanted during a diagnostic procedure.40. The method according to claim 39 , wherein the diagnostic procedure is a biopsy.41. The method according to claim 40 , wherein the biopsy is a lymph node biopsy.42. The method according to claim 37 , ...

System and method for using speech for data searching during presentations

There is provided for a system, method, and computer readable medium storing instructions related to controlling a presentation in a multimodal system. A method for the retrieval of information on the basis of its content for real-time incorporation into an electronic presentation is discussed. One method includes controlling a media presentation using a multimodal interface. The method involves receiving from a presenter a content-based request associated with a plurality of segments within a media presentation preprocessed for context-based searching; displaying the media presentation and displaying to the presenter results in response to the content-based request; receiving a selection from the presenter of at least one result; and displaying the selected result to an audience.

AUTOMATED REAL TIME INTERPRETER SERVICE

Aspects of the present disclosure relate to systems and methods that aid users with hearing and/or speech impediments to have a conversation with a remote phone number without human assistance. In one aspect, an application residing on a user's device, such as a smartphone, tablet computer, laptop, etc., may be used to initiate a phone call to a recipient. Upon initiating the phone call locally, a service residing on the server may receive a request to initiate a connection to the recipient. Once the recipient answers, the user may converse with the recipient by providing text input to their local app. The text input may be transmitted to the service. The service may use a text to speech converter to translate the received text to speech that can be delivered to the recipient. 120.-. (canceled)21. A method of a real-time communication initiated by a voice caller to a non-voice callee , the method comprising:receiving, by an interpreter application used by the non-voice callee, voice call initiation data from the voice caller, wherein the interpreter application communicates the voice call initiation data to the non-voice callee based on text data;establishing a voice phone call with the voice caller based on the voice call initiation data;receiving, by the interpreter application, speech data from the voice caller;converting, by the interpreter application, the speech data to text data; andproviding the text data to the non-voice callee.22. The method of claim 21 , wherein the interpreter application is associated with a service.23. The method of claim 21 , further comprising:analyzing the speech data to determine a gender of the voice caller; andproviding the text data to the non-voice callee with an indication of the gender of the voice caller.24. The method of claim 23 , wherein the indication of the gender is a font of the text data.25. The method of claim 21 , further comprising:analyzing the speech data to determine an identity of the voice caller; ...

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SPEECH-ENABLED ACCESS TO MEDIA CONTENT

Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for generating a speech recognition model for a media content retrieval system. The method causes a computing device to retrieve information describing media available in a media content retrieval system, construct a graph that models how the media are interconnected based on the retrieved information, rank the information describing the media based on the graph, and generate a speech recognition model based on the ranked information. The information can be a list of actors, directors, composers, titles, and/or locations. The graph that models how the media are interconnected can further model pieces of common information between two or more media. The method can further cause the computing device to weight the graph based on the retrieved information. The graph can further model relative popularity information in the list. The method can rank information based on a PageRank algorithm. 1. A method comprising:constructing, via a processor device, a media interconnection graph which models how media are interconnected by connecting disparate categories of the media;weighting the media interconnection graph based on a popularity of the media, to yield a weighted graph;normalizing the weighted graph, to yield a normalized weighted graph; andgenerating, via the processor device, a speech recognition model based on the normalized weighted graph.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the media interconnection graph links information comprising actors claim 1 , directors claim 1 , composers claim 1 , titles claim 1 , and locations.3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the constructing of the media interconnection graph is further based on common information in two media.4. The method of claim 2 , further comprising adjusting claim 2 , prior to the normalizing claim 2 , the weighted graph based on the information.5. The method of claim 2 , wherein the media interconnection graph further models relative ...

System and Method for an Iterative Disambiguation Interface

Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for an iterative disambiguation interface. A system practicing the method receives a search query formatted according to a standard XML markup language for containing and annotating interpretations of user input, the search query being based on a natural language spoken query from a user and retrieves search results based on the search query. The system transmits the search results to a user device and iteratively receives multimodal input from the user to change search attributes and transmits updated search results to the user device based on the changed search attributes. The search results can include a link to additional information, such as a video presentation, related to the search results. The standard XML markup language can be Extensible MultiModal Annotation (EMMA) markup language from W3C. The system can generate an iteration transaction history for each multimodal input and updated search result. 1. A method comprising:receiving, from a first user device, a first search query associated with videos available via mobile video-on-demand;receiving, from a second user device, a second search query associated with the videos;retrieving search results based on the first search query and the second search query;transmitting the search results to the first user device and the second user device; and updating a finite state edit machine based on multimodal input, wherein the multimodal input is iteratively received from the first user device to change search attributes of the search query, to yield changed search attributes; and', 'transmitting updated search results to the first user device and the second user device, wherein the updated search results are based on the changed search attributes., 'iteratively2. The method of claim 1 , the method further comprising:generating a transaction history of each iteration of receiving multimodal input and transmitting the updated search results ...

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROTECTING RETAIL DISPLAY MERCHANDISE FROM THEFT

Security systems and methods for protecting retail display merchandise from theft are provided. For example, a security system includes a sensor configured to removably engage an input port of an item of merchandise, and a monitoring component configured to wirelessly communicate with the sensor and to removably support the sensor thereon, wherein the monitoring component and the sensor are configured to communicate with one another to determine a proximity of the item of merchandise relative to the monitoring component, wherein the monitoring component and/or the sensor is configured to initiate a security signal when the proximity between the monitoring component and the sensor is not within a predetermined range, and wherein the monitoring component and/or the sensor is configured to initiate a security signal in response to the sensor being removed from the input port of the item of merchandise. 1. A security system configured for securing an item of merchandise from theft , the security system comprising:a sensor configured to removably engage an input port of an item of merchandise; anda monitoring component configured to wirelessly communicate with the sensor,wherein the monitoring component and the sensor are configured to communicate with one another to determine a proximity of the item of merchandise relative to the monitoring component,wherein the monitoring component and/or the sensor is configured to initiate a security signal when the proximity between the monitoring component and the sensor is not within a predetermined range, andwherein the monitoring component and/or the sensor is configured to initiate a security signal in response to the sensor being removed from the input port of the item of merchandise.2. The security system of claim 1 , wherein the sensor comprises a cable and a connector at the end of the cable claim 1 , and wherein the connector is configured to removably engage the input port of the item of merchandise.3. The security system ...

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROTECTING RETAIL DISPLAY MERCHANDISE FROM THEFT

Security systems and methods for protecting retail display merchandise from theft are provided. For example, a security system includes a sensor configured to removably engage an input port of an item of merchandise, and a monitoring component configured to wirelessly communicate with the sensor and to removably support the sensor thereon, wherein the monitoring component and the sensor are configured to communicate with one another to determine a proximity of the item of merchandise relative to the monitoring component, wherein the monitoring component and/or the sensor is configured to initiate a security signal when the proximity between the monitoring component and the sensor is not within a predetermined range, and wherein the monitoring component and/or the sensor is configured to initiate a security signal in response to the sensor being removed from the input port of the item of merchandise. 1. A security system configured for securing a portable electronic device from theft , the security system comprising:a sensor configured to be in electrical communication with the portable electronic device; anda monitoring component configured to wirelessly communicate with the sensor,wherein the monitoring component and the sensor are configured to communicate with one another to determine a proximity of the portable electronic device relative to the monitoring component,wherein the monitoring component and/or the sensor is configured to initiate a security signal based on the proximity between the monitoring component and the sensor, andwherein the monitoring component and/or the sensor is configured to initiate a security signal in response to the sensor being removed from the portable electronic device.2. The security system of claim 1 , wherein the sensor comprises a cable and a connector at the end of the cable claim 1 , and wherein the connector is configured to removably engage an input port of the portable electronic device.3. The security system of claim 2 , ...

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROTECTING RETAIL DISPLAY MERCHANDISE FROM THEFT

Security systems and methods configured for use with an item of merchandise for retail display include a housing, at least one sensor carried by the housing and at least one output device carried by the housing. The security system further includes a controller carried by the housing and operably coupled to the sensor and to the output device. The controller is operable to determine a distance traveled by the item of merchandise from a retail display “home” position based upon a sensor input from the sensor, and to activate the output device based upon the distance traveled by the item of merchandise exceeding a threshold distance. The controller may utilize the at least one sensor in conjunction with an inertial navigation system (INS) and motion processing algorithms or techniques to determine the distance traveled by the item of merchandise from the retail display “home” position. 120-. (canceled)21. A security system for retail display , the security system comprising: a controller; and', 'wireless communication circuitry operably coupled to the controller; and, 'an item of merchandise comprisinga security monitoring device configured to wirelessly communicate with the wireless communication circuitry,wherein the controller and/or the security monitoring device is configured to activate at least one output device based upon a time and/or a distance associated with motion of the item of merchandise in relation to a retail display “home” position,wherein the security monitoring device is configured to activate the at least one output device based upon a failure to receive a return signal from the wireless communications circuitry.22. The security system of claim 21 , further comprising a plurality of items of merchandise claim 21 , wherein the security monitoring device is configured to wirelessly communicate with each of the items of merchandise.23. The security system according to claim 21 , further comprising a security module configured for operation with the ...

SELF-LOCKING LOCK FOR MERCHANDISE SECURITY

Embodiments of the invention are directed to merchandise security devices, systems, and methods for protecting an item of merchandise from theft. For example, a merchandise security device may include a lock configured to be secured to a merchandise fixture and a strike plate configured to be secured to the merchandise fixture. The lock includes an actuator configured to extend into operable engagement with the strike plate in a locked state and to retract out of operable engagement with the strike plate in an unlocked state. In addition, the actuator includes a curved portion at its free end and a straight portion extending from the curved portion, and the strike plate is configured to receive the entire curved portion in the locked state. 1. A merchandise security device for protecting an item of merchandise from theft , the merchandise security device comprising:a lock configured to be secured to a merchandise fixture; anda strike plate configured to be secured to the merchandise fixture,wherein the lock comprises an actuator configured to extend into operable engagement with the strike plate in a locked state and to retract out of operable engagement with the strike plate in an unlocked state,wherein the actuator comprises a curved portion at its free end and a straight portion extending from the curved portion, and wherein the strike plate is configured to receive the entire curved portion in the locked state.2. The merchandise security device of claim 1 , wherein the straight portion of the actuator comprises a rectangular cross section.3. The merchandise security device of claim 2 , wherein the straight portion of the actuator is configured to extend outwardly from the merchandise fixture in the locked state.4. The merchandise security device of claim 1 , wherein the straight portion of the actuator is configured to extend at least between a bottom surface of the strike plate and a top surface of the merchandise fixture in the locked state.5. The merchandise ...

STEM CELLS AS AN INDIVIDUALIZED MATERNAL THERAPY FOR PREVENTION OF PREMATURITY

The present invention relates to the field of premature birth. More specifically, the present invention provides methods and compositions useful for preventing premature birth. In one embodiment, a method for preventing preterm birth in a patient comprises the step of administering to the patient an effective amount of autologous mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) during the first or second trimester. 1. A method for preventing preterm birth in a patient comprising the step of administering to the patient an effective amount of autologous mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) during the first or second trimester2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the autologous MSCs are derived from adipose tissue.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the autologous MSCs are derived from bone marrow.4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the effective amount of autologous MSCs comprises about 2×10−1×10cells/kg.5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the MSCs are administered intravenously.6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the MSCs are administered via intrauterine injection.7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the patient has a history of preterm birth.8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the MSCs are collected prior to the pregnancy.9. A method for preventing pre-term birth in a patient comprising the step of administering to the patient an effective amount of autologous adipose tissue-derived MSCs during the first or second trimester.10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the effective amount of autologous MSCs comprises about 2×10−1×10cells/kg.11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the MSCs are administered intravenously.12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the MSCs are administered via intrauterine injection.13. The method of claim 9 , wherein the patient has a history of preterm birth.14. The method of claim 9 , wherein the MSCs are collected prior to the pregnancy.15. A method for preventing pre-term birth in a patient comprising the steps of:a. collecting adipose tissue from the patient prior to pregnancy;b. ...

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONDUCTING A MONEY TRANSFER AND/OR PAYMENT TRANSACTION

The invention provides a method of conducting a money transfer transaction. The method comprises obtaining identification data from a customer at a point-of-sale terminal; verifying the obtained identification data by matching the identification data with customer data maintained in computer memory; obtaining transaction details from the customer, the transaction details including a transaction value and a recipient international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) associated with a mobile device; displaying a summary of the proposed money transfer transaction on a display device in communication with the point-of-sale terminal; obtaining confirmation of the money transfer transaction from the customer; obtaining payment from the customer representing the transaction value; and associating the transaction value with the recipient IMSI. Also provided are methods of conducting a payment transaction and related money transfer and payment transaction systems. 1. A method of conducting a money transfer transaction , the method comprising:obtaining identification data from a customer at a point-of-sale terminal;verifying the obtained identification data by matching the identification data with customer data maintained in computer memory;obtaining transaction details from the customer, the transaction details including a transaction value and a recipient international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) associated with a mobile device;displaying a summary of the proposed money transfer transaction on a display device in communication with the point-of-sale terminal;obtaining confirmation of the money transfer transaction from the customer;obtaining payment from the customer representing the transaction value; andassociating the transaction value with the recipient IMSI.2. The method of wherein the identification data includes a biometric identifier.3. The method of wherein the identification data includes customer name and customer date of birth.4. The method of wherein ...

SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PERFORMING AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION USING LOCAL PRIVATE DATA

A method of providing hybrid speech recognition between a local embedded speech recognition system and a remote speech recognition system relates to receiving speech from a user at a device communicating with a remote speech recognition system. The system recognizes a first part of speech by performing a first recognition of the first part of the speech with the embedded speech recognition system that accesses private user data, wherein the private user data is not available to the remote speech recognition system. The system recognizes the second part of the speech by performing a second recognition of the second part of the speech with the remote speech recognition system. The final recognition result is a combination of these two recognition processes. The private data can be such local information as a user location, a playlist, frequently dialed numbers or texted people, user contact list information, and so forth. 1. A method comprising:receiving speech from a user at a device communicating with a remote speech recognition system, wherein the device comprises an embedded speech recognition system that accesses private user data; andrecognizing a part of the speech with the embedded speech recognition system by accessing the private user data, wherein the private user data is not available to the remote speech recognition system.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the part of the speech comprises data associated with an identification of a person rather than words spoken by the user.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein recognizing the part of the speech further comprises:receiving from the remote speech recognition system an entity associated with options to use for speech recognition;evaluating the entity at the embedded speech recognition system in view of the private user data to yield an evaluation; andselecting a recognition result based on the evaluation.4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:receiving data from the remote speech recognition system ...

Flipping Through Content

Systems and methods for enabling users to rapidly flip through displayed pages of content in an intuitive manner are provided. Graphical animations for transitioning from one page to another can be executed so that portions of three or more pages can be simultaneously viewed. This enables a user to make snap judgments as to whether she wishes to explore any one of those pages in more detail as she rapidly flips through the pages. 1. A method comprising:receiving a gesture input by a user device, the gesture input having a touch down point corresponding to a location on a first page displayed on a display of the user device;identifying one or more gesture characteristics of gesture input;determining one or more inflight characteristics of the first page based on one or more of the identified gesture characteristics;executing a transition animation of the first page in accordance with one or more of the inflight characteristics of the first page, wherein execution of the transition animation sends the first page inflight along a flight path, the first page comprising first and second halves separated by an axis,wherein during the transition animation, a half of the first page is mated to a half of a second page, as the first page progresses along the flight path, the mated halves of the first page and the second page flip about the axis, and a position of the mated halves within the flight path dictates viewable portions of the first page and the second page, wherein the viewable portions of the first page and the second page change as the first page progresses along the flight path.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the flight path of the transition animation comprises flipping the first half of the first page about the axis on top of the second half of the first page or flipping the second half of the first page about the axis on top of the first half of the first page.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the inflight characteristics comprise a speed and direction in ...

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INITIATING MULTI-MODAL SPEECH RECOGNITION USING A LONG-TOUCH GESTURE

A system, method and computer-readable storage devices are disclosed for multi-modal interactions with a system via a long-touch gesture on a touch-sensitive display. A system operating per this disclosure can receive a multi-modal input comprising speech and a touch on a display, wherein the speech comprises a pronoun. When the touch on the display has a duration longer than a threshold duration, the system can identify an object within a threshold distance of the touch, associate the object with the pronoun in the speech, to yield an association, and perform an action based on the speech and the association. 1. A method comprising:receiving a multi-modal input comprising speech and a touch on a display; and identifying an object within a threshold distance of the touch;', 'associating the object with the pronoun in the speech, to yield an association; and', 'performing an action based on the speech and the association., 'when the touch on the display has a duration longer than a threshold duration2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the speech comprises a pronoun.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein a pronoun is implied in the speech.4. The method of claim 1 , wherein:the display is presenting a computer-aided design program; andthe action modifies a design within the computer-aided design program.5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:receiving a second touch on the display, wherein the action requires the second touch.6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the threshold duration is based on a context for the touch on the display.7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the threshold duration is based on a recognition certainty of a command recognized in the speech.8. The method of claim 2 , wherein the object is identified based claim 2 , at least in part claim 2 , on the pronoun.9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the speech of the multi-modal input is received simultaneously with initiation of the touch on the display.10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the speech of ...

Sand separator with gas vent

A separator for separating solid matter and gas from a fluid flow includes a vessel having an inlet, a fluid outlet, and a gas outlet. The fluid outlet is spaced below the inlet. The separator further includes an enclosure disposed between the inlet and the fluid outlet that redirects the fluid stream passing from the inlet to the fluid outlet. The enclosure defines an inner cavity above a lower edge of the enclosure, and the lower edge defines a fluid flow area. The fluid outlet is disposed within the inner cavity at a height that is above the lower edge of the enclosure and the gas outlet is disposed with a gas space defined by the enclosure.

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CALIBRATING A WIRELESS SECURITY RANGE

Security systems and methods for protecting portable electronic devices from theft are provided. For example, a security system includes a sensor configured to be secured to a portable electronic device, and a monitoring component configured to wirelessly communicate with the sensor and to removably support the sensor thereon, wherein the monitoring component and the sensor are configured to communicate with one another to determine a proximity of the portable electronic device relative to the monitoring component, wherein the monitoring component and/or the sensor is configured to initiate a security signal when the proximity between the monitoring component and the sensor is not within a predetermined range. The sensor and the monitoring component are configured to communicate with one another for initially setting the predetermined range. 1. A security system comprising:a wireless device; anda monitoring component configured to wirelessly communicate with the wireless device, the wireless device configured to be moved relative to the monitoring component,wherein the wireless device and the monitoring component are configured to communicate with one another for initially setting a proximity range between the wireless device and the monitoring component,wherein the monitoring component and the wireless device are configured to communicate with one another after initially setting the proximity range,wherein the monitoring component and/or the wireless device is configured to initiate a security signal when the wireless device is not within the proximity range.2. The security system of claim 1 , wherein the monitoring component is configured to be coupled to a remote power source for providing power to the wireless device.3. The security system of claim 1 , wherein the monitoring component and the wireless device are each configured to initiate a security signal when the wireless device is not within the proximity range.4. The security system of claim 1 , wherein the ...

QUICK RELEASE SENSOR FOR MERCHANDISE DISPLAY

A sensor for a merchandise display security system for displaying and protecting an article of merchandise is provided. The security system includes a merchandise bracket configured to be secured to the article of merchandise and a sensor configured to releasably engage the merchandise bracket and to detect unauthorized removal of the merchandise bracket or the sensor from the article of merchandise. The sensor is configured to be releasably engaged with the merchandise bracket such that the sensor is removable from the merchandise bracket while the merchandise bracket remains secured to the article of merchandise. 120-. (canceled)21. A merchandise display security system for displaying and protecting an article of merchandise , the merchandise display security system comprising:a merchandise bracket configured to be secured to the article of merchandise; anda sensor configured to releasably engage the merchandise bracket and to detect unauthorized removal of the merchandise bracket or the sensor from the article of merchandise,wherein the sensor is configured to be releasably engaged with the merchandise bracket such that the sensor is entirely removable from the merchandise bracket while the merchandise bracket remains secured to the article of merchandise, andwherein the sensor and the merchandise bracket each comprises a plurality of engagement members for aligning and engaging the sensor and the merchandise bracket with one another.22. The merchandise display security system of claim 21 , wherein the sensor is configured to be rotated relative to the merchandise bracket for engaging and disengaging the merchandise bracket from the sensor.23. The merchandise display security system of claim 21 , wherein the sensor comprises a rotatable quick-release mechanism such that rotation of the rotatable quick-release mechanism is configured to engage and disengage the merchandise bracket from the sensor.24. The merchandise display security system of claim 21 , wherein ...

REDUNDANCY IN A PCI EXPRESS SYSTEM

A data processing system is implemented with a backup PCI Express system, which is able to take over as the primary PCI Express system for ensuring that an endpoint device continues to function in a desired manner when a root complex in the primary PCI Express system is no longer functioning correctly or is deactivated for maintenance. The endpoint device is coupled to the primary root complex and a backup root complex through a multiplexer. When a failure or shutdown of the primary root complex is detected, the multiplexer is signaled to switch the communication of data from occurring between the primary root complex and the endpoint device to then occur between the backup root complex and the endpoint device. A PCI Express Link may be utilized to communicate such a failure or shutdown and/or to transfer information from the primary PCI Express system to the backup PCI Express system when the switch occurs. 1. A data processing system comprising:a first PCI Express root complex;a PCI Express endpoint device;a second PCI Express root complex;a first multiplexer coupling the first PCI Express root complex to the PCI Express endpoint device for communication of data between the first PCI Express root complex and the PCI Express endpoint device, wherein the first multiplexer includes circuitry configured to switch the communication of the data to occur between the PCI Express endpoint device and the second PCI Express root complex; anda PCI Express Link coupled between the first and second PCI Express root complexes.2. The data processing system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the PCI Express Link comprises one or more Lanes implementing full-differential signaling between the first PCI Express root complex and the second PCI Express root complex.3. The data processing system as recited in claim 2 , wherein each of the one or more Lanes comprises four wires wherein a first pair of the four wires transfers signals from the first PCI Express root complex to the second ...

METHOD AND COMPOSITIONS FOR SYNCHRONIZING TIME OF INSEMINATION IN GILTS

Methods and compositions for synchronizing the time of insemination in gilts are provided. More particularly, methods and compositions for synchronizing the time of insemination in gilts using a gonadotropin-releasing hormone and a hormone for synchronizing estrus are provided. 1. A method for synchronizing time of insemination in a gilt , the method comprising the steps of:administering to the gilt a hormone for synchronizing estrus;administering to the gilt a single dose of a gonadotropin-releasing hormone for synchronizing ovulation, without administration of any other hormone for synchronizing ovulation, wherein the gonadotropin-releasing hormone is administered on the fifth day after the last daily administration of the hormone for synchronizing estrus; andinseminating the gilt, without monitoring estrus, only one time on the sixth day after the last daily administration of the hormone for synchronizing estrus.3. The method according to wherein the gonadotropin-releasing hormone is selected from the group consisting of compounds of the formula of wherein{'sup': 1', '2', '5', '1, 'sub': 2', '2, 'a) Ris 1H-indol-3-yl-methyl, Ris hydrogen, X is CH(CO)NH; Ris hydrogen; and the configuration of the carbon to which Ris attached is R;'}{'sup': 1', '2', '5, 'sub': 2', '2, 'b) Ris hydrogen, Ris hydrogen, X is CH(CO)NH; and Ris hydrogen;'}{'sup': 1', '2', '5, 'c) Ris 1H-1-benzyl-imidazol-4-yl-methyl, Ris hydrogen, X is ethyl; and is hydrogen;'}{'sup': 1', '2', '5, 'd) Ris 2-methylpropyl, Ris hydrogen, X is ethyl; and Ris hydrogen;'}{'sup': 1', '2', '5, 'sub': 2', '2, 'e) Ris 2-naphthylmethyl, Ris hydrogen, X is CH(CO)NH; and Ris hydrogen;'}{'sup': 1', '2', '5', '1, 'f) Ris t-butoxymethyl, Ris hydrogen, X is ethyl; Ris hydrogen; and the configuration of the carbon to which Ris attached is R;'}{'sup': 1', '2', '5', '1, 'sub': 2', '2, 'g) Ris benzyl, Ris hydrogen, X is CH(CO)NH; Ris hydrogen; and the configuration of the carbon to which Ris attached is R;'}{'sup': 1', '2', ...

Systems and methods for protecting retail display merchandise from theft

Security systems and methods configured for use with an item of merchandise for retail display include a housing, at least one sensor carried by the housing and at least one output device carried by the housing. The security system further includes a controller carried by the housing and operably coupled to the sensor and to the output device. The controller is operable to determine a distance traveled by the item of merchandise from a retail display “home” position based upon a sensor input from the sensor, and to activate the output device based upon the distance traveled by the item of merchandise exceeding a threshold distance. The controller may utilize the at least one sensor in conjunction with an inertial navigation system (INS) and motion processing algorithms or techniques to determine the distance traveled by the item of merchandise from the retail display “home” position.

ENHANCED VIEW FOR CONNECTED CARS

Network connectivity is used to share relevant visual and other sensory information between vehicles, as well as delivering relevant information provided by network services to create an enhanced view of the vehicle's surroundings. The enhanced view is presented to the occupants of the vehicle to provide an improved driving experience and/or enable the occupants to take proper action (e.g., avoid obstacles, identify traffic delays, etc.). In one example, the enhanced view comprises information that is not visible to the naked eye and/or cannot be currently sensed by the vehicle's sensors (e.g., due to a partial or blocked view, low visibility conditions, hardware capabilities of the vehicle's sensors, position of the vehicle's sensors, etc.). 1. A system , comprising:a processor; and receiving first sensor data captured via a first sensor of a first vehicle, wherein the first sensor data represents a first image of an environment of the first vehicle,', 'in response to determining that the first sensor data fails to satisfy a defined quality criterion, generating enhanced view data based on augmenting the first sensor data with second sensor data representing a second image of the environment that is captured via a second sensor of a second vehicle, and', 'facilitating a presentation of the enhanced view data., 'a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:receiving the second sensor data via a network device of a wireless communication network.3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the receiving the second sensor data comprises receiving the second sensor data from the second vehicle via a wireless link.4. The system of claim 2 , wherein the receiving the second sensor data comprises receiving the second sensor data from a network server of a cellular communication network.5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the ...

PACKAGE FOR AND METHOD OF HEATING OR COOKING LIQUID-EXUDING PRODUCTS

A method of heating or cooking liquid-exuding product includes placing the liquid-exuding product onto a package (). The package includes a porous material (), an absorbent material () and a tray (). The porous material is attached to or contacts at least a portion of the tray. The absorbent material () is located between the porous material and the tray. The method includes heating or cooking the combined liquid-exuding product and package. At least some liquid exuded from the liquid-exuding product during heating or cooking travels through the porous material () and contacts at least some of the absorbent material (). 1. A method of heating or cooking liquid-exuding product , the method comprising:placing liquid-exuding product onto a package, the package including a porous material, an absorbent material and a tray, the porous material being attached to at least a portion of the tray, the absorbent material being located between the porous material and the tray; andheating or cooking the combined liquid-exuding product and package,wherein at least some liquid exuded from the liquid-exuding product during heating or cooking travels through the porous material and contacts at least some of the absorbent material.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of heating or cooking the combined liquid-exuding product and package is done in a microwave.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the tray includes at least one reservoir formed therein.4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the at least one reservoir contains the absorbent material claim 3 , the porous material being configured to confine the absorbent material in the at least one reservoir claim 3 , the absorbent material being configured to absorb at least one of grease or water exuded from the liquid-exuding product.5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least some liquid exuded from the liquid-exuding product flows through the porous material and interacts with the absorbent material to form a gel.6. The method ...

QUICK RELEASE SENSOR FOR MERCHANDISE DISPLAY

A sensor for a merchandise display security system for displaying and protecting an article of merchandise is provided. The security system includes a merchandise bracket configured to be secured to the article of merchandise and a sensor configured to releasably engage the merchandise bracket and to detect unauthorized removal of the merchandise bracket or the sensor from the article of merchandise. The sensor is configured to be releasably engaged with the merchandise bracket such that the sensor is removable from the merchandise bracket while the merchandise bracket remains secured to the article of merchandise. 1. A merchandise display security system for displaying and protecting an article of merchandise , the merchandise display security system comprising:a merchandise bracket configured to be secured to the article of merchandise; anda housing containing electronics configured to releasably engage the merchandise bracket,wherein the housing is configured to be releasably engaged with the merchandise bracket such that the housing is entirely removable from the merchandise bracket while the merchandise bracket remains secured to the article of merchandise,wherein the merchandise bracket is positioned at least partially between the housing and the article of merchandise when the merchandise bracket is secured to the article of merchandise,wherein the housing and the merchandise bracket each comprises a plurality of engagement members that are configured to align with and engage one another for securing the housing and the merchandise bracket to one another,wherein the housing comprises a top surface and a bottom surface, and wherein the plurality of engagement members of the housing are defined on the top surface, andwherein the merchandise bracket comprises a top surface and a bottom surface, wherein the top surface of the merchandise bracket is configured to be secured to the article of merchandise, and wherein the plurality of engagement members of the ...

RISK ASSESSMENT SYSTEM - EVIDENCE BASED

A system and method of evaluating risk to reoffend with criminal behavior. The system and method includes one or more tables of risk variables, and sources of information about an examinee, populating the tables with positive indications of risk variables, and weighing the sources of information of risk variables. Also included is a report of risk variables, conclusions, and recommendations. Each risk variable includes the sources and weighting of responses and sources that led to the conclusion or recommendation. 1. A method of evaluating risk of reoffending of criminal behavior , comprising the steps of:creating a comprehensive table of risk variables, said comprehensive table for use by an examiner for identifying applicable risk variables in a particular examinee;presenting questions useful in determining the presence of the risk variables in the said table of risk variables to said examinee, and obtaining responses to each question in order to determine the presence of risk variables, in an interview;collecting and analyzing collateral information on client behavior and history;populating a client table of risk variables for a particular examinee with positive indicators of risk variables, based on information from said interview and from collateral sources;analyzing each source of information for each risk variable identified from said interview, and from collateral sources, and assigning a weighting score that represents the importance or severity of each source of information;recording said weighting score for each source of information;consider all the weighting scores from each source of information for each respective risk variable and determining a cumulative ultimate weighting score for each risk variable;recording said ultimate weighting score for each risk variable;consider all ultimate weighting scores collectively for all risk variables to determine a client's risk to reoffend with the criminal behavior being analyzed; andpopulating a report with ...

APPLIED AUTOMATIC DEMOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS

A system for managing a data stream that is transmitted to an environment is provided. The system includes a receiver that receives the data stream. The data stream includes a first program, with the first program configured to be displayed in the environment. An input receives information of an individual in the environment. A processor analyzes the information, determines a demographic descriptor of the individual based on the information, and correlates the demographic descriptor of the individual with a content of the first program to determine whether a predetermined condition is satisfied. The processor further determines a second program based on the demographic descriptor of the individual and modifies the first program based on the second program when the predetermined condition is satisfied. 1. A system , comprising:a receiver that receives a data stream, the data stream including a first program, the first program configured to be displayed in an environment;an input that receives information of an individual in the environment;a processor; and analyzing the information of the individual and determining a demographic descriptor of the individual based on the information;', 'correlating the demographic descriptor of the individual with a content of the first program to determine whether a predetermined condition is satisfied; and', 'determining a second program based on the demographic descriptor of the individual and modifying the first program based on the second program when the predetermined condition is satisfied., 'a memory that stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor modifies the first program to include the second program claim 1 , each of the first program and the second program configured to be displayed in the environment.3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the second program is configured to be displayed along with the first ...

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCALIZED ERROR DETECTION OF RECOGNITION RESULTS

A system, method and computer-readable storage devices are disclosed for using targeted clarification (TC) questions in dialog systems in a multimodal virtual agent system (MVA) providing access to information about movies, restaurants, and musical events. In contrast with open-domain spoken systems, the MVA application covers a domain with a fixed set of concepts and uses a natural language understanding (NLU) component to mark concepts in automatically recognized speech. Instead of identifying an error segment, localized error detection (LED) identifies which of the concepts are likely to be present and correct using domain knowledge, automatic speech recognition (ASR), and NLU tags and scores. If at least concept is identified to be present but not correct, the TC component uses this information to generate a targeted clarification question. This approach computes probability distributions of concept presence and correctness for each user utterance, which can apply to automatic learning for clarification policies. 1. A method comprising:processing, via a speech recognizer, an utterance from a speaker to produce speech recognition output;identifying speech segments in the speech recognition output;generating a concept presence score and a concept correctness score for each speech segment using context that is unavailable to the speech recognizer;selecting one of the speech segments below a certainty threshold;generating, for the one of the speech segments and based on the concept presence score and the concept correctness score, a targeted clarification question associated with the utterance; andpresenting the targeted clarification question to the speaker in response to the utterance.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the context that is unavailable to the speech recognizer comprises one of dialog history claim 1 , concept co-occurrence probability claim 1 , domain history claim 1 , speech recognition confidence scores claim 1 , contextual features of the ...

WORKFLOW MEMOIZATION

Workflow memoization can include generating an embedding associated with a node in a workflow. The embedding can be generated by encoding at least the node's executable and input data to the node. A matching embedding can be retrieved from a database of embeddings, which matches the generated embedding according to a match criterion. The database of embeddings can store embeddings associated with previously run nodes. Output data associated with the matching embedding can be retrieved. The output data can be used as the node's output without having to run the node in the workflow. 1. A computer-implemented method comprising:generating an embedding associated with a node in a workflow, the embedding generated by encoding at least the node's executable and input data to the node;retrieving from a database of embeddings, a matching embedding that matches the generated embedding according to a match criterion, the database of embeddings storing embeddings associated with previously run nodes; andretrieving output data associated with the matching embedding, the output data for use as the node's output without having to run the node in the workflow.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the output data is retrieved from a storage storing output files and data associated with the embeddings in the database.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the match criterion includes identical matching.4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the match criterion includes fuzzy matching based on a configurable similarity threshold.5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the embedding is generated recursively.6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the embedding includes encoding of the node's metadata with the node's executable and the node's input.7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the node's metadata includes at least one of container image name claim 6 , container image hash and environment variables.8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the output data is retrieved from a remote storage.9. The method of ...

MERCHANDISE SECURITY SYSTEM

Embodiments of the present invention are directed to security systems for securing an item of merchandise from theft or unauthorized removal. For example, the security system may include a sensor configured to be coupled to the item of merchandise, wherein the sensor includes an electrical connector. The security system also includes a base configured to removably support the sensor thereon, wherein the base includes an electronics module having a connector. The connector of the sensor and the connector of the electronics module are configured to electrically connect with one another when the sensor is supported on the base, and the sensor is configured to detect unauthorized removal of the item of merchandise from the sensor. 1. A security system for securing an item of merchandise from theft or unauthorized removal , the security system comprising:a bracket configured to be attached to rear surface of an item of merchandise, the bracket comprising one or more electrical contacts;a plurality of bracket arms configured to engage the bracket and each configured to engage a respective side of the item of merchandise;a sensor configured to releasably engage the bracket, the sensor configured to be entirely removed from the bracket while the bracket and the plurality of bracket arms remain attached to the item of merchandise, the sensor comprising one or more electrical contacts for establishing an electrical connection with the one or more electrical contacts of the bracket when the sensor is engaged with the bracket; anda connector configured to removably engage an input port of the item of merchandise and configured to be in electrical communication with the sensor when the sensor is engaged with the bracket, wherein the sensor is configured to detect unauthorized removal of the sensor or the connector from the item of merchandise.2. The security system of claim 1 , wherein the sensor is configured to releasably engage the bracket with a lock mechanism for locking ...

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING AND SHARING PLANS THROUGH MULTIMODAL DIALOG

Methods, systems, devices, and media for creating a plan through multimodal search inputs are provided. A first search request comprises a first input received via a first input mode and a second input received via a different second input mode. The second input identifies a geographic area. First search results are displayed based on the first search request and corresponding to the geographic area. Each of the first search results is associated with a geographic location. A selection of one of the first search results is received and added to a plan. A second search request is received after the selection, and second search results are displayed in response to the second search request. The second search results are based on the second search request and correspond to the geographic location of the selected one of the first search results. 1. A method of creating a plan through search inputs , the method comprising:receiving a first search request by a device, the first search request comprising a first input received by the device via a first input mode and a second input received by the device via a second input mode different than the first input mode, the second input identifying a geographic area;displaying first search results on a display of the device in response to receiving the first search request, the first search results being based on the first search request and corresponding to the geographic area, each of the first search results being associated with a geographic location;receiving a selection of one of the first search results by the device;adding the one of the first search results to a plan;receiving a second search request by the device after receiving the selection; anddisplaying second search results on the display of the device in response to receiving the second search request, the second search results being based on the second search request and corresponding to the geographic location of the one of the first search results.2. The ...

FLUIDIC INTERFACE

A fluidic interface may include a fluidic needle of a first polymer based compound and a body wall that is to support the fluidic needle, the body wall of a second polymer based compound, different than the first polymer based compound. 1. A fluidic interface for a fluid ejection device , comprisinga fluidic needle to be inserted in a fluid supply outlet to transport fluid between a fluid supply and a printhead,a body including a body wall, whereina base of the needle is retained and supported by the body wall, andthe needle is made of a first polymer based compound and the body is made of a second polymer based compound, different than the first polymer based compound.2. The fluidic interface of wherein a base of the needle is surrounded by the body wall.3. The fluidic interface of wherein the base includes a flange.4. The fluidic interface of wherein a section of the base inside the body wall has a larger diameter than a section of the base at a front surface of the body wall claim 1 , as measured perpendicular to a central axis of the needle.5. The fluidic interface of wherein an entire interface between the needle and body is void of dried adhesives or weld rims.6. The fluidic interface of wherein the needle comprises at least three segments that includean insertion portion to be inserted in a fluid supply outlet,a boss downstream of the insertion portion, the boss having a wider diameter than the insertion portion,a flange downstream of the boss, the flange having a wider diameter than the boss.7. The fluidic interface of wherein a bulk resin used in the first and second compound is the same.8. The fluidic interface of wherein the first compound includes a first additive and the second compound includes a second additive different than the first additive.9. The fluidic interface of wherein the first additive is a carbon fiber.10. The fluidic interface of wherein the first compound has between approximately 12 and approximately 26 percent of carbon fiber by ...

System and Method for Controlling Presentations Using a Multimodal Interface

The invention provides for a system, method, and computer readable medium storing instructions related to controlling a presentation in a multimodal system. The method embodiment of the invention is a method for the retrieval of information on the basis of its content for real-time incorporation into an electronic presentation. The method comprises receiving from a presenter a content-based request for at least one segment of a first plurality of segments within a media presentation and while displaying the media presentation to an audience, displaying to the presenter a second plurality of segments in response to the content-based request. The computing device practicing the method receives a selection from the presenter of a segment from the second plurality of segments and displays to the audience the selected segment. 1. A method comprising:processing, prior to presentation of a media presentation, the media presentation to enable content searchability as part of a speech dialog;receiving from a presenter during presentation of the media presentation, at a computing device having a first display screen, a spoken request;while simultaneously displaying the media presentation to an audience on a second display screen that is physically separate from the first display screen, displaying to the presenter on the first display screen, and not to the audience on the second display screen, graphical views of each of a plurality of segments in response to the spoken request;receiving a selection of one of the graphical views, to yield a selected segment from the plurality of segments; andbased on the selection, displaying to the audience the selected segment on the second display screen.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second display is not capable of receiving audience interaction input.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the processing of the media presentation generates a grammar used to analyze the spoken request prior to the displaying of the graphical views to ...

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING AND SHARING PLANS THROUGH MULTIMODAL DIALOG

Methods, systems, devices, and media for creating a plan through multimodal search inputs are provided. A multimodal virtual assistant receives a first search request which comprises a geographic area. First search results are displayed in response to the first search request being received. The first search results are based on the first search request and correspond to the geographic area. Each of the first search results is associated with a geographic location. The multimodal virtual assistant receives a selection of one of the first search results, and adds the selected one of the first search results to a plan. A second search request is received after the selection, and second search results are displayed in response to the second search request being received. The second search results are based on the second search request and correspond to the geographic location of the selected one of the first search results. 1. A method of creating a plan through search inputs , the method comprising:receiving a first search request by a device, the first search request comprising a geographic area;displaying first search results on a display of the device in response to receiving the first search request, the first search results being based on the first search request and corresponding to the geographic area, each of the first search results being associated with a geographic location;receiving a selection of one of the first search results by the device;adding the one of the first search results to a plan;receiving a second search request by the device after receiving the selection; anddisplaying second search results on the display of the device in response to receiving the second search request, the second search results being based on the second search request and corresponding to the geographic location of the one of the first search results.2. The method according to claim 1 , whereinthe first search request comprises a first input received by the device via a ...

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROTECTING RETAIL DISPLAY MERCHANDISE FROM THEFT

Security systems and methods configured for use with an item of merchandise for retail display include a housing, at least one sensor carried by the housing and at least one output device carried by the housing. The security system further includes a controller carried by the housing and operably coupled to the sensor and to the output device. The controller is operable to determine a distance traveled by the item of merchandise from a retail display “home” position based upon a sensor input from the sensor, and to activate the output device based upon the distance traveled by the item of merchandise exceeding a threshold distance. The controller may utilize the at least one sensor in conjunction with an inertial navigation system (INS) and motion processing algorithms or techniques to determine the distance traveled by the item of merchandise from the retail display “home” position. 1. A security system for retail display , the security system comprising: a memory storing computer-executable instructions;', 'a controller;', 'an output device; and', 'wireless communication circuitry;, 'an item of merchandise comprisinga wireless security device configured to wirelessly communicate with the wireless communication circuitry,wherein the computer-executable instructions are configured to cause the controller to activate the output device based upon the item of merchandise being moved beyond at least one zone defined relative to the wireless security device.2. The security system of claim 1 , wherein the wireless security device is configured to monitor communication with the wireless communication circuitry.3. The security system of claim 1 , wherein the item of merchandise is configured to determine a location thereof in response to being moved beyond the at least one zone.4. The security system of claim 3 , wherein the location of the item of merchandise comprises coordinates of the geographical position of the item of merchandise.5. The security system of claim 3 , ...

WORKFLOW PIPELINE OPTIMIZATION

Embodiments are provided for providing workflow pipeline optimization in a computing environment. Execution of a workflow containing dependencies between one or more subject nodes and one or more observer nodes may be dynamically optimized by determining a wait time between successive executions of the workflow for the one or more observer nodes. 1. A method , by a processor , for providing workflow pipeline optimization in a computing environment , comprising:dynamically optimizing execution of a workflow containing dependencies between one or more subject nodes and one or more observer nodes by determining a wait time between successive executions of the workflow for the one or more observer nodes.2. The method of claim 1 , further including converting sequential tasks into one or more pipeline tasks for the one or more workflows.3. The method of claim 1 , further including scheduling one or more tasks of the one or more observer nodes in the workflow according to the wait time and a scheduling policy.4. The method of claim 1 , further including suggesting one or more wait times as the wait time for successive tasks of the one or more observer nodes according to a machine learning model claim 1 , state changes of a plurality of nodes or tasks of the workflow claim 1 , or a combination thereof.5. The method of claim 1 , further including maintaining state changes for each task in the workflow and each of a plurality of nodes claim 1 , wherein the plurality of nodes include the one or more subject nodes ad the one or more observer nodes.6. The method of claim 1 , further including collecting information between a plurality of nodes claim 1 , tasks claim 1 , and dependencies between the plurality of nodes claim 1 , wherein the plurality of nodes include the one or more subject nodes ad the one or more observer nodes.7. The method of claim 6 , further including initializing machine learning operation to learn and monitor behavior of each of the plurality of nodes and ...

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING OUTGOING CALL CONNECTION BASED ON ACTUAL LOCATION

A system and method for determining whether to connect an outgoing call are provided. A request is received to connect an outgoing call including a phone number of a device to receive the outgoing call. A location routing number (LRN) associated with the phone number is obtained, and an actual location is associated to the device based at least in part on the LRN. The actual location of the device is utilized in determining whether to connect the outgoing call. This can be in conjunction with evaluating one or more rules for connecting calls based on the actual location. 1. A method for determining whether to connect an outgoing call , comprising:receiving a request to connect an outgoing call comprising a phone number of a device to receive the outgoing call;obtaining a location routing number (LRN) associated with the phone number;associating an actual location to the device based at least in part on the LRN; anddetermining whether to connect the outgoing call to the device based at least in part on the actual location of the device.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the associating comprises associating a location of a telephone switch indicated in the LRN as the actual location of the device.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the associating comprises determining the actual location of the device based at least in part on querying a LRN database for location information associated with the LRN.4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the obtaining comprises obtaining the LRN from the LRN database based at least in part on the phone number.5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the location information comprises a location of a base station to which the device is connected.6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining comprises analyzing one or more rules specified in a rules database in view of the actual location of the device.7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the one or more rules specify a time period during which calls are permissible for a geographic area claim ...

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CALIBRATING A WIRELESS SECURITY RANGE

Security systems and methods for protecting portable electronic devices from theft are provided. For example, a security system includes a sensor configured to be secured to a portable electronic device, and a monitoring component configured to wirelessly communicate with the sensor and to removably support the sensor thereon, wherein the monitoring component and the sensor are configured to communicate with one another to determine a proximity of the portable electronic device relative to the monitoring component, wherein the monitoring component and/or the sensor is configured to initiate a security signal when the proximity between the monitoring component and the sensor is not within a predetermined range. The sensor and the monitoring component are configured to communicate with one another for initially setting the predetermined range. 1. A security system configured for securing a portable electronic device from theft , the security system comprising:a portable electronic device; anda monitoring component configured to wirelessly communicate with the portable electronic device,wherein the portable electronic device and the monitoring component are configured to communicate with one another for initially setting a predetermined range between the portable electronic device and the monitoring component,wherein the monitoring component and the portable electronic device are configured to communicate with one another after initially setting the predetermined range,wherein the monitoring component and/or the portable electronic device is configured to initiate a security signal when the portable electronic device is not within the predetermined range.2. The security system of claim 1 , wherein the monitoring component is configured to be coupled to a remote power source for providing power to the portable electronic device when the portable electronic device is supported on the monitoring component.3. The security system of claim 1 , wherein the monitoring ...

Food Container with Absorbent Bottom

A tray for supporting food products that exude liquid. The tray () includes a bottom panel () and side walls defining a liquid collection space (). A plurality of upwardly extending protrusions () are positioned in a pattern across and along the bottom panel. A liquid absorbent pad () is positioned in the liquid collection space and has seams () that match the pattern of the upwardly extending protrusions, so the protrusions of the tray support the seams of the absorbent pad over the bottom wall of the collection space. 1. A container for liquid exuding food products comprising:a tray, said tray including a bottom panel and a raised perimeter rim surrounding said bottom panel and forming a collection space over said bottom panel,a sloped perimeter wall extending from about said raised perimeter rim and sloped upwardly from said raised perimeter rim and forming with said bottom panel a basin for receiving liquids,a side wall structure including a lower portion connected to said sloped perimeter wall and extending upwardly from said sloped perimeter wall and including an upper portion,a rim extending outwardly from said upper portion of said side wall,a plurality of grooves extending continuously down through said side wall, said sloped perimeter wall and said raised perimeter rim and in communication with said collection space, said grooves facing inwardly of said tray and forming drains for liquids in said tray to pass to the collection space,a plurality of protrusions formed in the bottom panel and extending upwardly from the bottom panel and spaced from one another and forming between them an array of liquid collection spaces,an absorbent pad positioned in the tray on the bottom panel, the absorbent pad including an upper sheet, a middle sheet and a lower sheet, seams connecting the upper sheet, middle sheet and the lower sheet and forming an array of pillows positioned in the liquid collection spaces, the perimeter seams of the pad match the raised perimeter rim ...

QUICK RELEASE SENSOR FOR MERCHANDISE DISPLAY

A sensor for a merchandise display security system for displaying and protecting an article of merchandise is provided. The security system includes a merchandise bracket configured to be secured to the article of merchandise and a sensor configured to releasably engage the merchandise bracket and to detect unauthorized removal of the merchandise bracket or the sensor from the article of merchandise. The sensor is configured to be releasably engaged with the merchandise bracket such that the sensor is removable from the merchandise bracket while the merchandise bracket remains secured to the article of merchandise. 1. A merchandise display security system for displaying and protecting an article of merchandise , the merchandise display security system comprising:a merchandise bracket configured to be secured to the article of merchandise; anda sensor configured to releasably engage the merchandise bracket and to detect unauthorized removal of the merchandise bracket or the sensor from the article of merchandise,wherein the sensor is configured to be releasably engaged with the merchandise bracket such that the sensor is removable from the merchandise bracket while the merchandise bracket remains secured to the article of merchandise,wherein the sensor and the merchandise bracket each comprises one or more engagement members for aligning and engaging the sensor and the merchandise bracket with one another.2. The merchandise display security system of claim 1 , wherein the sensor is configured to be rotated relative to the merchandise bracket for engaging and disengaging the merchandise bracket from the sensor.3. The merchandise display security system of claim 1 , wherein the sensor comprises a rotatable quick-release mechanism such that rotation of the rotatable quick-release mechanism is configured to engage and disengage the merchandise bracket from the sensor.4. The merchandise display security system of claim 1 , wherein the sensor is configured to slide ...

SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PERFORMING AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION USING LOCAL PRIVATE DATA

A method of providing hybrid speech recognition between a local embedded speech recognition system and a remote speech recognition system relates to receiving speech from a user at a device communicating with a remote speech recognition system. The system recognizes a first part of speech by performing a first recognition of the first part of the speech with the embedded speech recognition system that accesses private user data, wherein the private user data is not available to the remote speech recognition system. The system recognizes the second part of the speech by performing a second recognition of the second part of the speech with the remote speech recognition system. The final recognition result is a combination of these two recognition processes. The private data can be such local information as a user location, a playlist, frequently dialed numbers or texted people, user contact list information, and so forth. 1. A method comprising:receiving speech from a user at a device communicating with a network-based speech recognition system, wherein the device comprises an embedded speech recognition system that accesses private user data local to the device;recognizing a first part of the speech by performing a first recognition of the first part of the speech with the embedded speech recognition system that accesses the private user data, wherein the private user data is not available to the network-based speech recognition system; andrecognizing a second part of the speech by performing a second recognition of the second part of the speech with the network-based speech recognition system.2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:outputting a recognition result associated with the first recognition or the second recognition, the recognition result comprising text representing the speech, the text being viewed on a display.3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:identifying a location of the device.4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising: ...

System and Method for Improving Speech Recognition Accuracy Using Textual Context

Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for improving speech recognition accuracy using textual context. The method includes retrieving a recorded utterance, capturing text from a device display associated with the spoken dialog and viewed by one party to the recorded utterance, and identifying words in the captured text that are relevant to the recorded utterance. The method further includes adding the identified words to a dynamic language model, and recognizing the recorded utterance using the dynamic language model. The recorded utterance can be a spoken dialog. A time stamp can be assigned to each identified word. The method can include adding identified words to and/or removing identified words from the dynamic language model based on their respective time stamps. A screen scraper can capture text from the device display associated with the recorded utterance. The device display can contain customer service data. 1. A method comprising:identifying words with a speech recognition model to yield identified words;removing a word of the identified words from the speech recognition model according to at least an end time stamp assigned to the word to yield a modified speech recognition model; andrecognizing an utterance using the modified speech recognition model.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the speech recognition model comprises a first recognition model that is modified by associating the identified words to yield the speech recognition model.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the identified words comprise information associated with a product or a service.4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the identified words are presented on a display of an agent interacting with a user to assist in a purchase of the product or service.5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the identified words are associated with social media content.6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the identified words represent a portion of a spoken dialog.7. The ...

ORTHODONTIC BITE CORRECTOR

A method and apparatus for correcting Class II and Class III malocclusions is disclosed. More specifically, the described orthodontic bite corrector may be installed on multiple points of attachment, including an archwire or an orthodontic band. Preferably, the bite corrector is comprised of a coil spring wrapped around a push rod, the coil spring and a portion of the push rod being contained within a spring housing. A mechanism of attachment is also provided on both the rod and the housing. The mechanism of action is such that the majority of corrective forces are the result of spring expansion, rather than spring compression. 1. An orthodontic bite corrector comprising:a housing including a first mechanism of attachment;a rod including a second mechanism of attachment, and whereby one end of said rod is telescopically inserted into said housing;a spring enclosed in said housing and longitudinally disposed about a portion of said rod inserted into said housing, whereby said spring and said rod move longitudinally within said housing; andwherein said spring is compressed when said orthodontic bite corrector is in an expanded condition, and said spring is expanded when said orthodontic bite corrector is in a compressed condition.2. The orthodontic bite corrector of claim 1 , whereby corrective forces are primarily supplied through expansion of a coiled spring.3. The orthodontic corrector of claim 1 , whereby said first mechanism of attachment is adapted to mount on an existing archwire.4. The orthodontic corrector of claim 1 , whereby said second mechanism of attachment is adapted to mount on an existing archwire.5. The orthodontic corrector of claim 3 , wherein said first mechanism of attachment comprises a ligating member and a U-shaped archwire connector for attachment to said archwire claim 3 , said archwire connector having a first arm and second arm claim 3 , said first arm including a slot for receiving said ligating member.6. The orthodontic corrector of ...

METHODS OF PACKAGING AND PRESERVING MOLLUSKS

Methods are provided for storing and preserving comestible mollusk material, preferably so as to extend shelf life of the same. In one optional method, comestible mollusk material is placed in a product containing space of a storage container atop a platform of a support structure. The storage container includes an internal compartment having the product containing space. The support structure defines the platform for supporting the comestible mollusk material. The internal compartment further includes a reservoir, configured to retain liquid, below the platform. The platform and/or support structure are configured to direct liquid exuded from the comestible mollusk material to the reservoir. Optionally, the reservoir comprises an absorbent material for absorbing liquid in the reservoir. 1. A method of packaging and preserving comestible mollusk material comprising:placing comestible mollusk material in a product containing space of a storage container atop a platform of a support structure, the storage container comprising an internal compartment having the product containing space, the support structure defining the platform for supporting the comestible mollusk material, the internal compartment further comprising a reservoir below the platform, the reservoir being configured to retain liquid, the platform and/or support structure being configured to direct liquid exuded from the comestible mollusk material to the reservoir, the reservoir comprising an absorbent material;enclosing the comestible mollusk material within the product containing space with a lid disposed over the product containing space, wherein the lid comprises an oxygen permeable material; andallowing the lid to provide a sufficient bidirectional exchange of oxygen to create an aerobic environment in the storage container for the comestible mollusk material, wherein a headspace is formed within a volume of the product containing space and beneath the lid that is not occupied by the comestible ...

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING A PRESENTATION USING NATURAL LANGUAGE

The invention provides for a system, method, and computer readable medium storing instructions related to controlling a presentation in a multimodal system. The method embodiment of the invention is a method for the retrieval of information on the basis of its content for incorporation into an electronic presentation. The method comprises receiving from a user a content-based request for at least one segment from a first plurality of segments within a media presentation preprocessed to enable natural language content searchability; in response to the request, presenting a subset of the first plurality of segments to the user; receiving a selection indication from the user associated with at least one segment of the subset of the first plurality of segments and adding the selected at least one segment to a deck for use in a presentation. 1. A method comprising: (1) a web-based form of each searchable presentation source file;', '(2) a listing of key phrases; and', '(3) a corpus of all sentences that appear in all the searchable presentation source files; and, 'updating a grammar based on a searchable plurality of presentation source files stored on a storage device connected to a presentation device via a network, to yield an updated grammar, wherein the searchable plurality of presentation source files is processed by extracting content from each searchable presentation source file to generatereceiving, from a user, a spoken natural language content request for a presentation source file from the searchable plurality of presentation source files;identifying possible presentation source files in the searchable plurality of presentation source files, wherein the possible presentation source files are identified by using the updated grammar;receiving, from the user, input identifying the presentation source file from the possible presentation source files, wherein the input is in a modality distinct from speech; andadding the presentation source file to a deck for use ...

Parallax Discrete Page Scrolling

An online content system, such as a digital magazine, provides scrollable content that can be advanced in discrete, full-page scrolling increments. Each page of the content may include text and one or more images. The online content system thus provides a page scrolling animation that minimizes the negative affect of fast-scrolling text on a user's experience. In the animation of a single page scroll, the text moves less than a full height of the page and the image(s) move the full height of the page (i.e., the current image moves completely off the page and the new image moves into position from a location completely off the page). During this animation, the image may pass over the text, covering the old text and revealing the new text as it moves into its final position. The old text may also fade out while the new text fades in. 1. A method for displaying content to a user on a display screen of a device , the method comprising:displaying a first page of content, the first page of content including text and at least one image;receiving a user input to scroll from the first page of content to a second page of content, the second page of content including text and at least one image; simultaneously moving the images of the first page of content off of the display screen while moving the text of the first page of content a portion of the display screen, wherein the images of the first page of content move faster than the text of the first page of content,', 'removing the text of the first page of content from the display screen,', 'adding the text of the second page of content on the display screen, and', 'simultaneously moving the images of the second page of content onto the display screen from off of the display screen while moving the text of the second page of content page of content a portion of the display screen, wherein the images of the second page of content move faster than the text of the second page of content., 'responsive to the received user input ...