International Business Machines Corporation

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Nuance Communications, Inc.

Robert Lee Angell

James R Kraemer

Robert R Friedlander

Joanna Lynn Fueyo

Richard D Hennessy

David W Cosby

Timothy Durniak

William Philip Shaouy

Sergio Borger

Yashodhara M Patnaik

Edward Stanely Suffern

Jeffrey Thomas Kreulen

James J Rhodes

David Charles Martin

James William Cooper

Tapas Kanungo

Stephen Kane Boyer

Vinod A Bijlani

W Scott Spangler

Herschel J R Weintraub

Le Gang Wu

Richard J Dalle-Molle

Jack Chen

A computer implemented method modifies a unit of medical equipment based on never-event cohorts, where a never-event is a preventable error experienced by a patient while receiving medical care. One or more processors process patient care data to form digital patient care data. The processor(s) analyze the digital patient care data using cohort criteria to identify a set of never-event attributes from the set of patient care patterns. The processor(s) receive, from a set of sensors, facility event data that describe an electrical fault in a unit of medical equipment used on patients in the patient care facility in order to modify the digital patient care data, and then modify the unit of medical equipment in order to correct the electrical fault based on the modified digital patient care data.

Controlling equipment in a patient care facility based on never-event cohorts from patient care data

An invention for comparing utility and warranty of services in an information (IT) stack is provided. Embodiments of this invention are directed to comparing utility and warranty of services in an information technology (IT) stack comprising a plurality of layers, at least one of the plurality of layers having a set of services. In these embodiments, a utility and warranty tool provides this capability. Specifically, the utility and warranty tool comprises a determination component configured to determine, at each layer of the IT stack, a required utility and warranty (RUW) value for each of the set of services, wherein the RUW value represents a desired solution for implementing a business process; and determine, at each layer of the IT stack, an available utility and warranty (AUW) value for each of the set of services, wherein the AUW value is a measure of an ability of each of the set of services to satisfy the RUW at each layer of the IT stack. The utility and warranty tool further comprises a comparison component configured to compare the RUW value against the AUW value at each layer of the IT stack to determine whether each of the set of services satisfies the desired solution for implementing the business process.

Comparing utility and warranty of services

A computer implemented method, system, and/or computer program product generates deportment and comportment cohorts. Digital sensor data, which is derived by analyzing multimodal sensor data, comprises event metadata which describes a set of events associated with an individual. Descriptive data about the individual is retrieved by data mining a combination of online sources and off-line sources. A set of conduct analysis models is selected based on event metadata and available description data. The event metadata and the description data are analyzed in the set of conduct analysis models to form a deportment and comportment cohort, where the deportment and comportment cohort comprises attributes identifying a demeanor and manner of the individual.

Generating deportment and comportment cohorts

A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for generating customized marketing messages using automatically generated customer identification data. In one embodiment, real-time data for a customer is received from a set of cameras associated with a retail facility to form detection data. The customer is automatically identified using the detection data to form customer identification data. Automatically identifying the customer occurs without human input. A customized marketing message is generated for the customer using the customer identification data.

Generating customized marketing messages using automatically generated customer identification data

A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program product for creating a labor standard for a task. The process automatically detects event data derived from a continuous video stream, wherein the event data comprises metadata describing a sequence of motions for performing the task, and parses the event data to identify appropriate event data describing a discrete set of motions from the sequence of motions. The process then analyzes, using an analysis server, the discrete set of motions to form a labor standard, wherein the labor standard specifies an optimal manner of performing the discrete set of motions. Thereafter, the process generates a set of recommendations for performing the task efficiently according to the labor standard.

Automatically generating labor standards from video data

A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program product for generating an optimized marketing strategy for improving sales. The process parses event data to identify patterns of events associated with a selection of a selected item by each customer in a plurality of customers and selection of at least one item in a set of items related to the selected item. The process identifies events in the patterns of events that result in a purchase of at least one item in the set of related items by the customers to form optimized events. The process then generates a marketing strategy using the optimized events. The marketing strategy comprises a set of strategies for increasing purchases of items in the set of related items by the customers.

Automatically generating an optimal marketing strategy for improving cross sales and upsales of items

A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for customizing digital media marketing messages. In one embodiment, external data is received from a set of detectors located externally to a retail facility to form external data. The external data is processed to form dynamic data. The set of dynamic data is analyzed using a data model to identify personalized marketing message criteria for the customer. A customized marketing message for the customer is generated using the personalized marketing message criteria. The customized marketing message is delivered to a display device associated with the customer for display.

Providing customized digital media marketing content directly to a customer

A system and method for processing a document to generate a set of related documents. A system is provided that includes a textual analytics system that analyzes unstructured data contained in a source document and extracts a set of structured information about the source document; and a compare system that identifies a set of related documents by comparing the set of structured information with metadata indexed from a set of publications.

System and method for using text analytics to identify a set of related documents from a source document

An invention for comparing utility and warranty of services in an information (IT) stack is provided. The invention determines, at each layer of the IT stack, a required utility and warranty (RUW) value for each of a set of services, wherein the RUW value represents a desired solution for implementing a business process; determines, at each layer of the IT stack, an available utility and warranty (AUW) value for each of the set of services, wherein the AUW value is a measure of an ability of each of the set of services to satisfy the RUW at each layer of the IT stack; and compares the RUW value against the AUW value at each layer of the IT stack to determine whether each of the set of services satisfies the desired solution for implementing the business process.

A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product of determining mechanisms of action for therapies. A first set of brain scans for each subject in a plurality of subjects generated at a first time period and a second set of brain scans for each subject generated at a second time period are received. Each subject is diagnosed with a given condition and received a given therapy. A set of changes in the set of brain scans is identified for the each subject based on a comparison of a first set of regions of interest in the first set of scans for each subject with a second set of regions of interest in the second set of scans for each subject. A set of typical changes attributable to the given therapy is identified. A mechanism of action for the given therapy is generated based on the set of typical changes.

Determination of neuropsychiatric therapy mechanisms of action

A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product for analyzing neurological images. A set of brain scans for a patient is compared to a set of baseline control scans to automatically identify regions of interest in the set of patient scans. A region of interest is an area in a scan that shows an indication of a potential abnormality. A set of electronic medical literature sources is searched for medical literature relevant to the regions of interest in the set of patient scans. The relevant medical literature is correlated to the medical literature describing the regions of interest in the set of patient scans to the regions of interest in the set of patient scans. A result is generated. The result comprises the regions of interest and a set of links to the correlated portions of the relevant medical literature are outputted.

Mapping of literature onto regions of interest on neurological images

A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program product for automatically determining a marketing status for a customer. Biometric readings for the customer are received from a set of biometric devices associated with a retail facility to form biometric data describing a set of physiological responses of the customer. The biometric data is analyzed to identify a set of marketing initiation factors that indicate a degree of receptivity of the customer to marketing messages. In response to the set of marketing initiation factors indicating initiation of marketing to the customer, a customized marketing message is generated for the customer. The customized marketing message is transmitted to a display device for display to the customer in real-time as the customer is shopping.

Preferred customer marketing delivery based on biometric data for a customer

A computer-implemented method, system and/or computer program product manages data in a webpage. A processor receives an input to an input box located in a first webpage on a first network. This input is analyzed to determine whether there is match between a subject topic of the entered data and a first interest window on the first webpage, where the first interest window is reserved for data entries that are described by the subject topic. In response to a processor being unable to determine the subject topic of the entered data in the text entry box, the processor creates a new interest window in the first webpage.

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Robert Lee Angell