Abstract:
Disclosed is an Internet-based method that enables users to search and browse for information (such as price) about a plurality of items (such as books) available for sale on the Internet, compare prices for the items individually or considered as a package, and optimize the package price. In a preferred embodiment, the invention searches for the lowest price and second lowest price for the desired items from Internet Web sites and databases, records the data in two matrices, and employs algorithms that implement certain set operations, including Cartesian product and set union, to optimize the result for all items.
Abstract:
The systems and methods manage thermal states of a device through user configuration of a client application on the device. The systems and methods set thermal thresholds associated with the device. The systems and methods infer the thermal thresholds from information gathered by a client application running on the device. The systems and methods implement a stored policy associated with a violation of one of the thermal thresholds by one of the monitored thermal states.
Abstract:
Systems, devices, media, and methods are presented for releasing an application feature in incremental stages while monitoring the application for anomalies. The feature includes a package of code and an action setting. The methods in some implementations include identifying active devices on which the application has been installed, monitoring the application according to a set of metrics, activating the feature by changing its action setting for a first segment of the active devices, pausing the feature if an anomaly is detected among the set of metrics, and generating a repair ticket. As long as no anomaly is detected, the activating step proceeds for subsequent segments of the active devices, iteratively, until the release is completed. A feature rank may be used to process and release a plurality of features in order of priority.
Abstract:
Systems, devices, media, and methods are presented for testing the capability of a mobile device to run a particular feature of an application. Each feature may include a package of code, a call, a state, and a condition; each condition correlated with a specific state. The call is a query that includes instructions to evaluate whether the application will run successfully if a particular feature is running. If the call fails, the feature condition remains Off, resulting in a rollback of the feature. If the call succeeds, the feature condition is changed to On. The system may include an experimentation framework on each mobile device for registering features, executing calls, logging results, and maintaining states and conditions.
Abstract:
Systems, devices, media, and methods are presented for throttling (i.e., adjusting) the workload of an application (e.g., number of task requests) in order to improve processor core usage within a heterogeneous multiprocessor system. When high-performance processing is beneficial to the application, the number of task requests may be increased in order to have high-performance processor cores within the heterogeneous multiprocessor system core processor perform the tasks. On the other hand, when high-performance processing is not beneficial, the number of task requests may be decreased in order to have low-performance processor cores within the heterogeneous multiprocessor system perform the tasks. Processor core usage is monitored, and the number of tasks being performed are adjusted to match the processor core usage to a target processor core usage for functions the application is performing.
Abstract:
Disclosed here in are compounds and methods of diagnosing Alzheimer's Disease or a predisposition thereto in a mammal, the method comprising administering to the mammal a diagnostically effective amount of a radiolabeled compound, wherein the compound is selected from the group consisting of radiolabeled carbazoles and derivatives thereof and triazoles derivatives, allowing the compound to distribute into the brain tissue, and imaging the brain tissue, wherein an increase in binding of the compound to the brain tissue compared to a normal control level of binding indicates that the mammal is suffering from or is at risk of developing Alzheimer's Disease.
Abstract:
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, that can include receiving from an advertiser a request for billing based on a first measure of services, determining from quality data related to the advertiser whether the first measure of services can be converted with sufficient confidence to a second measure of services, providing services according to the first measure of services, monitoring stability data indicative of the stability of the relationship between the first measure of services and the second measure of services, and automatically switching from one to another mode of determining a price to be charged the customer for services provided.
Abstract:
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, that can include receiving from an advertiser a request for billing based on a first measure of services, determining from quality data related to the advertiser whether the first measure of services can be converted with sufficient confidence to a second measure of services, providing services according to the first measure of services, monitoring stability data indicative of the stability of the relationship between the first measure of services and the second measure of services, and automatically switching from one to another mode of determining a price to be charged the customer for services provided.
Abstract:
The present application discloses methods for identifying inhibitors with high binding-affinity for the carbonic anhydrase-IX (CA-IX) enzyme using click chemistry and uses the candidates thereof as positron emission tomography (PET) imaging agents.