#$%^&*AU2009243424B220141023.pdf#####-19ABSTRACT A computer-implemented method for analyzing a physiological signal includes selecting a first time interval containing a pattern of interest in a recording 5 of the physiological signal. Respective values of a characteristic of the physiological signal are computed in a plurality of time segments within the first time interval. The computed values are concatenated to form a signature of the pattern of interest. A further occurrence of the pattern of interest is identified in the physiological signal during a second time interval by matching the signal in the second time interval to 10 the signature. 13/08/14.jml 83 70 speci.19CD/ 00 0 [~] -~ 0 0 0 0 0 z CACA Cl -0c I~4b. CI I CC) w CC) CA CC) CC))