2458 results about "Data selection" patented technology

Methods for determining statistical models for predicting disease risks of a population are provided. Two types of data associated with members of the population are collected. The data may include both genetic and non-genetic types of data. A candidate statistical model is selected for calculating the disease risk. The model has a plurality of parameters and is a function of only one of the two types of data. A data weight is determined for each member of the population. Members having like data of the other type have like weights. The parameters of the model are optimized by fitting the collected data to the model taking into account of the weights.

Content servers are directed to send messages to network nodes which are used to obtain IP addresses and to receive responses from the network nodes. The responses provide network service information. The content servers collect data based on the responses and feed the data to a routing server. Based on the data fed to the routing server, respective choices of content servers are selected and provided to the network nodes to respond to clients requesting content server addresses from the network nodes.

An advertising system and method for a communication system that delivers advertisements to subscribers based on the respective subscriber data. The advertisers, through the provider of the system, have advertisements selected and delivered to the subscriber based on the subscriber data. The advertiser pays for advertisement delivery such that the provider can offer reduced rates or free communication services to the subscribers. The provider is capable through the system to update the subscriber data in real time including personal profile, purchase history, financial condition, and location. The provider through the system is capable of establishing advertisement delivery priority by evaluating the subscriber data in real time just prior to triggering advertisement delivery. The advertisement can be delivered in place of ring tones, at the end of the conversation, and while waiting for the other party to answer.

A system is described for generating smart advertisements based on a dynamic file and a configuration file over a network. The smart advertisements may adapt to a specific user profile information and available advertising campaign information. The system may select a deal associated with a smart advertisement campaign based on user profile data and create a dynamic file containing specific information related to the deal. The configuration file may contain advertiser specific graphical information to create a tailored and uniform look and feel for each smart advertisement generated for a particular advertiser. The system may select an appropriate graphical template relating to the smart advertisement campaign and create the smart advertisement by applying the dynamic file and the configuration file to the graphical template to create an advertisement tailored to both the user and the advertiser.

A method of planning a drilling operation IS provided that comprises selecting a set of targeted regions based on data from a three-dimensional shared earth model and generating at least one targeted segment within each one of the set of targeted regions The method further comprises defining at least one application agent for the purpose of evaluating the at least one targeted segment within each one of the set of targeted regions based on a potential payout in terms of production of hydrocarbons The exemplary method additionally comprises identifying at least one well trajectory through the at least one targeted segment within each one of the set of targeted regions And the method comprises employing the at least one application agent to evaluate well trajectories based on the potential payout in terms of at least one of production of hydrocarbons, drilling complexity, cost or stability of well planning

Techniques to collect data indicative of viewer habits and preferences relating to television viewing and/or use of a user interface (e.g., an interactive program guide) provided at the terminal. Various types of information may be collected to identify and track the habits and preferences of the viewers. For example, the viewers' interaction with the terminals, selections made by the viewers, requests for particular programming, demographic information, and others, may be collected for the viewers. These various types of information (i.e., "trend" data) may be continually collected by an application executing at the terminal, temporarily stored in a storage unit, and thereafter reported (e.g., periodically, or upon request) to a head-end of an information distribution system. The head-end may analyze the trend data, and may select and provide programming, advertisements, and other contents targeted to the terminals based on the analyzed data.

A method for dynamically personalizing transportation in a vehicle comprises the steps of providing a vehicle including a messaging device for displaying messages, providing a central dispatch system for managing passenger allocation to the vehicle, receiving passenger specific information at the dispatch system, providing data relating to the passenger specific information from the dispatch system to the messaging device, and selecting and displaying a message based on the data for display. Further, a method is disclosed in which messages depending on passenger specific information, and messages independent form passenger specific information are selected and displayed. The messaging device is in communication with a video display unit or with a printing device for displaying messages received.

A point-and-send user interface is disclosed wherein a user can point a handheld unit at one of a plurality of electronic devices in a physical environment to select the electronic device and send data to it. Physical feedback can be provided to inform the user of the success and/or other status of the selection and data transfer process. A computer implemented method includes providing a handheld unit adapted to be contacted and moved by a user within a ubiquitous computing environment; receiving sensor data indicating whether the handheld unit is substantially pointed at an electronic device within a ubiquitous computing environment; determining whether an electronic device within the ubiquitous computing environment has been selected by a user based at least in part on the sensor data; and providing the user with physical feedback through the handheld unit upon determining that an electronic device within the ubiquitous computing has been selected.

In an exemplary method, mobile device attribute data is received from a plurality of mobile devices over a network. The mobile device attribute data includes location data representative of a plurality of geographic locations associated with the mobile devices. The method further includes selectively aggregating the mobile device attribute data and generating traffic condition data based at least in part on the mobile device attribute data. The traffic condition data is representative of at least one traffic condition. In certain embodiments, the mobile devices include mobile telephones and the network includes a mobile telephone network. In certain embodiments, the traffic condition data is real time data. In certain embodiments, at least a portion of the traffic condition data is provided for access over the network.

A method of enabling assisted visual development of workflow for an application task. A workflow wizard provides a tasking page from which a user selects a desired one of a plurality of candidate tasks. The workflow wizard then provides a data selection page from which the user selects a desired set of data components from a plurality of candidate data components. A target selection page is then provided, from which the user can select a desired one of a plurality of candidate objects. Finally, an assignment page is provided, to enable the user to specify a detailed assignment relationship between the selected set of data components and fields of the selected target. The workflow wizard then auto-generates code that, when executed, will implement the selected task using the selected set of data components, the selected target and the specified assignment.

Broadly speaking, the present invention fills the need of selecting correlated advertisements for displaying to users by utilizing the advertisement-viewing data collected on users of a web site. The advertisement-viewing (ad-viewing) data of users of a web site can be correlated to extract similarities and patterns of ads being viewed by users of the web site. The correlated ad-viewing data of all users of the web site, along with URLs (Uniform Resource Locators) of ads viewed by a particular user, can be used to select advertisements that are likely to be interests to the particular user. Ad-viewing data correlation allows the web site to select ads to display to users in real-time based on users' latest ad-viewing data. Since selection of ads to display is based on mathematical calculation using a correlation table of ad-viewing that has been generated ahead of time, the method can be scaled to meet demands of a large amount of users, such as millions. In addition to ad-viewing correlation table and users' latest ad-viewing data, advertisement pool of advertisements paid by advertisers is also taken into consideration during the ad-selection process.

A device (1) for data entry into an electronic device such as a computer, personal digital assistant (PDA) or mobile phone is provided, comprising thumb and finger touch pads (5,3), arranged on the device in a pattern corresponding to the natural thumb and finger tip positions of the thumb and fingers when relaxed; each finger pad (3) extending in backward and forward directions; the thumb pad (5) extending in left and right directions; position detecting means to detect the position of the thumb and each finger tip along each of the thumb and finger pads (5,3); finger data selection means to select for each finger a character or instruction corresponding to the detected position of a finger tip when in contact with a finger pad (3); thumb option selection means to select an option corresponding to the detected position of the thumb when in contact with the thumb pad (5); selection display means to display the character or instruction selected on each finger pad (3) according to the option selected on the thumb pad (5); and data entry detecting means to detect lifting of a finger from a finger pad (3) and enter a character or instruction into the electronic device based on the character or instruction selected on the finger pad (3) for which lifting is detected and based on the option selected on the thumb pad (5). Instead of touch pads, pressure cups can be used.

A method of selecting a set of questions to display comprises receiving a request from a user to access a frequently asked questions (FAQ) page. Account data for the user is retrieved. A set of questions is selected to display to the user based on the account data.

A programmable processor and method for improving the performance of processors by incorporating an execution unit operable to decode and execute single instructions specifying a data selection operand and a first and a second register providing a plurality of data elements, the data selection operand comprising a plurality of fields each selecting one of the plurality of data elements, the execution unit operable to provide the data element selected by each field of the data selection operand to a predetermined position in a catenated result.