CPC Class H04N

Systems and methods provide a media guidance application that recognizes a plurality of natural language search queries for identifying a set of search results. For example, a user may want to determine when the Yankees are playing their next baseball game. The user may structure their query in multiple ways, such as, “When are the Yankees playing?” “What time is the Yankees game?” “When is the next Yankees baseball game?” The user would expect the same result, a description of when the Yankees are playing, regardless of how the query is structured. The systems and methods enable a user to use a plurality of search queries when searching for items or information to get desired results.

Composite materials and methods for their preparation are described herein. The composite materials can comprise a polyurethane and an absorptive filler. The polyurethane can be formed from the reaction of at least one isocyanate selected from the group consisting of diisocyanates, polyisocyanates, and combinations thereof, and one or more isocyanate-reactive monomers. The one or more isocyanate-reactive monomers can comprise at least one polyol and a first isocyanate-reactive monomer which includes one or more isocyanate-reactive functional groups and a moiety configured to associate with the absorptive filler.

A moment identification system automatically generates a playlist of conversations having a specified moment. A moment can be occurrence of a specific event or a specific characteristic in a conversation, or any event that is of specific interest for an application for which the playlist is being generated. For example, a moment can include laughter, fast-talking, objections, response to questions, a discussion on a particular topic such as budget, behavior of a speaker, intent to buy, etc., in a conversation. The moment identification system analyzes each of the conversations to determine if one or more features of a conversation correspond to a specified moment, and includes those of the conversations in the playlist having one or more features that correspond to the specified moment. The playlist may include a portion of a conversation that has the specified moment rather than the entire conversation.

A system and method for the caching of files streaming from at least one source-server towards at least one end-user via the internet; system characterized by at least one integrated circuit (IC) configured to manage and direct files to be cached in at least one storage-element, said ICs and storage elements interconnected by at least one high speed bus. The storage elements comprise different types of non-volatile memory, each characterized by its access speed. A protocol selects files and file fragments for caching. At least one database maintains data on each cached file or file fragment, the data comprising: caching status, data format characteristics, and relative end-user demand. A protocol continuously allocates or reallocates memory for the caching of the files and file fragments, from among the storage elements, as a function of the database data and respective amounts of memory available in the storage elements.

In some embodiments, systems, apparatuses, and methods are described herein including a shelf assembly that utilizes the accumulated weight of products stocked thereon to compress a compression member disposed within the assembly. An electronic imaging device can be mounted proximate to the assembly and can be oriented to capture an image of the compression member to determine whether a particular shelf needs to be restocked and avoid having to manipulate or remove products from a shelf to determine a current stock level.