01st week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 50 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120004907 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BIOMETRIC ACOUSTIC NOISE REDUCTION - Embodiments of the invention provide a communication device and methods for generating enhanced audio signals. An audio signal comprising a speech signal and a noise signals is acquired at the communication device. A noise processor of the communication device detects a pitch estimation of the audio signal. Thereafter, the audio signal is processed based on the pitch estimation and processing parameters of the audio signals to remove noise signals and generate an enhanced audio signal. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004908 | VOICE RECOGNITION TERMINAL - A voice recognition terminal executes a local voice recognition process and utilizes an external center voice recognition process. The terminal includes: a voice message synthesizing element for synthesizing at least one of a voice message to be output from a speaker according to the external center voice recognition process and a voice message to be output from the speaker according to the local voice recognition process so as to distinguish between characteristics of the voice message to be output from the speaker according to the external center voice recognition process and characteristics of the voice message to be output from the speaker according to the local voice recognition process; and a voice output element for outputting a synthesized voice message from the speaker. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004909 | SPEECH AUDIO PROCESSING - A speech processing engine is provided that in some embodiments, employs Kalman filtering with a particular speaker's glottal information to clean up an audio speech signal for more efficient automatic speech recognition. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004910 | System and method for speech processing and speech to text - Systems and method for processing speech from a user is disclosed. In the system of the present invention, the user's speech is received as input audio stream. The input audio stream is converted text that corresponds to the input audio stream. The converted text is converted to an echo audio stream. Then, the echo audio stream is sent to the user. This process is performed in real time. Accordingly, the user is able to determine whether or not the speech to text process was correct, or that his or her speech was corrected converted to text. If the conversion was incorrect, the user is able to correct the conversion process by using editing commands. The corresponding text is then analyzed to determine the operation which it demands. Then, the operation is performed on the corresponding text. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004911 | Method and Apparatus for Identifying Video Program Material or Content via Nonlinear Transformations - A system for identification of video content in a video signal is provided via a sound track audio signal. The audio signal is processed with filtering and non linear transformations to extract voice signals from the sound track channel. The extracted voice signals are coupled to a speech recognition system to provide in text form, the words of the video content, which is later compared with a reference library of words or dialog from known video programs or movies. Other attributes of the video signal or transport stream may be combined with closed caption data or closed caption text for identification purposes. Example attributes include DVS/SAP information, time code information, histograms, and or rendered video or pictures. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004912 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR USING INPUT SIGNAL QUALITY IN SPEECH RECOGNITION - A method and system for using input signal quality in an automatic speech recognition system. The method includes measuring the quality of an input signal into a speech recognition system and varying a rejection threshold of the speech recognition system at runtime in dependence on the measurement of the input signal quality. If the measurement of the input signal quality is low, the rejection threshold is reduced and, if the measurement of the input signal quality is high, the rejection threshold is increased. The measurement of the input signal quality may be based on one or more of the measurements of signal-to-noise ratio, loudness, including clipping, and speech signal duration. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004913 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION OF PORTABLE TERMINAL USING MICROPHONE - A method for controlling an operation of a portable terminal using a microphone includes detecting an operation mode of the portable terminal and driving an audio recognition mode according to the detected operation mode to activate the microphone, converting a signal, inputted through the microphone, into digital data and detecting audio characteristics from the digital data to extract audio analysis data for recognition of a type of the input signal, and determining whether there is UI setting information corresponding to the extracted audio analysis data type and performing a relevant function of the UI setting information. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004914 | AUDIO HUMAN VERIFICATION - A system generates an audio challenge that includes a first voice and one or more second voices, the first voice being audibly distinguishable, by a human, from the one or more second voices. The first voice conveys first information and the second voice conveys second information. The system provides the audio challenge to a user and verifies that the user is human based on whether the user can identify the first information in the audio challenge. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004915 | CONVERSATIONAL SPEECH ANALYSIS METHOD, AND CONVERSATIONAL SPEECH ANALYZER - The invention provides a conversational speech analyzer which analyzes whether utterances in a meeting are of interest or concern. Frames are calculated using sound signals obtained from a microphone and a sensor, sensor signals are cut out for each frame, and by calculating the correlation between sensor signals for each frame, an interest level which represents the concern of an audience regarding utterances is calculated, and the meeting is analyzed. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004916 | SPEECH SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE - A speech signal processing device is equipped with a power acquisition unit, a probability distribution acquisition unit, and a correspondence degree determination unit. The power acquisition unit accepts an inputted speech signal and, based on the accepted speech signal, acquires power representing the intensity of a speech sound represented by the speech signal. The probability distribution acquisition unit acquires a probability distribution using the intensity of the power acquired by the power acquisition unit as a random variable. The correspondence degree determination unit determines whether a correspondence degree representing a degree that power acquired by the power acquisition unit in a case that a predetermined reference speech signal is inputted into the power acquisition unit corresponds with predetermined reference power is higher than a predetermined reference correspondence degree, based on the probability distribution acquired by the probability distribution acquisition unit. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004917 | Audible post-it system - An audible post-it system includes a post-it note printed with an index and an optical reading and recording device having an optical module, a switch, a storage device, an audio recording device, an audio playing device and a processor. The optical reading and recording device reads an image of the index. When the optical reading and recording device is at a recoding state, the processor receives the image of the index and obtains the index, then receives a digital audio outputted by the audio recording device to match the index with the digital audio, and stores the digital audio based on the index. When the optical reading and recording device is at a playing state, the processor receives the image of an index and retrieves the index, then reads a digital audio based on the index, and sends the digital audio to the audio playing device for playing. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004918 | Full-Band Scalable Audio Codec - A scalable audio codec for a processing device determines first and second bit allocations for each frame of input audio. First bits are allocated for a first frequency band, and second bits are allocated for a second frequency band. The allocations are made on a frame-by-frame basis based on the energy ratio between the two bands. For each frame, the codec transform codes both frequency bands into two sets of transform coefficients, which are then packetized based on the bit allocations. The packets are then transmitted with the processing device. Additionally, the frequency regions of the transform coefficients can be arranged in order of importance determined by power levels and perceptual modeling. Should bit stripping occur, the decoder at a receiving device can produce audio of suitable quality given that bits have been allocated between the bands and the regions of transform coefficients have been ordered by importance. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004919 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL GLASSES WITH BLUETOOTH AUDIO DECODE - Audio associated with three-dimensional image content is enabled to be heard by a user without interfering with other users. A device network includes a display system (master) and a wearable device (slave). The wearable device includes a glasses frame, earphones, and left and right eye shuttering lenses. The wearable device receives from the display system a frame sync signal and audio content associated with three-dimensional image content displayed by the display system as alternating left and right images. The audio content is played using the earphone. The left and right eye shuttering lens are shuttered in synchronism with the alternating left and right images according to the frame sync signal to enable a wearer of the wearable device to perceive the alternating left and right images as a three-dimensional image. Additional wearable devices may join the device network to be delivered independent audio and three-dimensional content in a similar manner. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004920 | DATA EMBEDDING SYSTEM - A data hiding system is described for hiding data within an audio signal. The system can be used for watermarking, data communications, audience surveying etc. The system hides data in an audio signal by adding artificial echoes whose polarity varies with the data to be hidden. In one embodiment, each data value is represented by a positive and a negative echo having different delays. A receiver can then remove the effects of natural echoes and/or periodicities in the audio signal by differencing measurements obtained at the different delays. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004921 | METHOD FOR RETRIEVING AUDIO SIGNAL STORED ON PHOTOGRAPH - A method of decoding coded data provided on a photograph using a reader includes steps of irradiating an image-side of the photograph from a first end thereof to an opposing second end thereof with infra-red illumination; receiving infra-red illumination reflected from the image; processing the reflected infra-red illumination to locate within the photograph a first target boundary; processing the reflected infra-red illumination received after location of the first target boundary to obtain audio data; storing the audio data in a memory; processing the reflected infra-red illumination to locate within the image a second target boundary downstream of the first target boundary; ceasing the processing of the reflected infra-red illumination to obtain coded data upon location of the second target boundary; and decoding the audio data stored in the memory to obtain an audio signal. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004922 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING SEARCH ENGINE RESULTS BY CORRELATING RESULTS WITH FEE - Search engine methods and systems are disclosed wherein search results presented in response to a search request include, in a single series, search results known to be relevant to the search request and search results whose relevance to the search request are not known, the latter being included based on a submission to the search engine. In a preferred form, a fee or payment is provided to the search engine operators in exchange for including, for a trial basis, the submission in the search results. Beyond the trial, the submission must demonstrate search user approval to be maintained in the search results for the searched query. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004923 | ELECRONIC IMAGE DISPLAY FLAG - The disclosed electronic image display flag for a microphone includes an electronic image display screen for displaying images and electronics for driving the electronic image display screen, wherein the electronic image display screen is viewable substantially 360° around the axis of an aperture into which a microphone slips, and wherein said electronics for driving the electronic image display screen includes an image orientation circuit orienting the image displayed on the electronic image display screen to be consistently oriented in a particular direction relative to a given reference. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004924 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING IMPROVED OUTCOMES OF COMMUNICATIONS INTENDED TO IMPROVE BEHAVIORS OF THE RECIPIENT - A method for providing targeted messaging for improved outcomes of communications intended to improve behaviors may include determining a profile category of an entity based at least on a correlation of personal information of the entity to characteristics of at least one of a plurality of profile categories, selecting a communication plan defining communication attributes to be employed in communicating with the entity regarding a patient care protocol based at least on the profile category determined, and directing communication of at least one message to the entity in accordance with the communication plan. A corresponding computer program product and apparatus are also provided. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004925 | HEALTH CARE POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND EXECUTION - Technology is described for developing health care policies for use in a health care facility. In one example method, a health care policy can be applied in a health care software application and stored in a health care database. A correlated feature set can be correlated to the health care policy being developed. A selection of health care cases can be obtained from the health care database for testing the health care policy. A model can predict a defined effect of the health care policy based on the correlated feature set. A cost of implementing the health care policy on a defined percentage of patients can be predicted using the defined effect by the model and a specified predictor by applying statistical analysis. The system can guide the allocation of resources in a patient-specific manner. The policies can also be applied in conjunction with user models to guide alerting. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004926 | AUTOMATED METHOD OF REPORTING PAYMENTS MADE TO PATIENTS FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION IN A CLINICAL STUDY IN A BLINDED MANNER TO THE SPONSOR OF THE CLINICAL STUDY - An automated method and computer program product are provided for reporting payments made to patients for their participation in a clinical study in a blinded manner to the sponsor of the clinical study. The clinical study has a plurality of investigative sites which perform activities in accordance with the protocol of the clinical study. Each patient has patient ID information and is assigned a subject ID that de-identifies the patient. Payment requests are received at a software application from the investigative sites associated with patient activity. The software application includes for each patient that is participating in the clinical study, the patient ID information, and the de-identified subject ID. The payment requests are associated with the patient ID information. The payment requests are processed at the software application, and payments that conform to predefined compensation guidelines for the clinical study are approved. The software application generates blinded payment reports for electronic delivery to the sponsor. The payment reports show at least the de-identified subject ID for each approved payment, the payment amounts for each approved payment, and a date associated with the payment. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004927 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND APPARATUS FOR CLINICAL TRIAL MANAGEMENT OVER A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - A centralized, online clinical study system configured to coordinate aspects of a clinical study can include a training module configured to evaluate whether users have completed training for selected workflows for the clinical study that are available from the clinical study system, and to provide training to registered users for the selected workflows. The system also can include a financial engine configured to determine when a participating site meets or exceeds a milestone of the clinical study and to initiate a payment to the participating site. Further, the system can include a module configured to receive and verify clinical research data and to designate the verified clinical research data as official source data for the clinical study. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004928 | System and method for most rapidly procuring diagnoses - A system and method for computer server rapidly attaining and procuring diagnoses and related unique elements from clicked or touched individual interactive unique elements uniquely related to individual diagnoses or syndromes in individual adaptable interactive hierarchies of individual interactive unique elements and related individual interactive diagnoses or syndromes in the viewing screens submitted by individual physicians and patients. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004929 | Method and System for Aligning a Plurality of Prescription Refills to Multiple Alignment Dates - The method, system and user-interface allows alignment of refill dates associated with a plurality of prescriptions to a plurality of alignment dates, such that a plurality of selected prescriptions require refills on each of the plurality of alignment dates, thus limiting the number of occasions on which a customer must visit the pharmacy to retrieve refills of the aligned prescriptions, and increasing the likelihood that the customer will comply with the recommended medication regimen. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004930 | Managing and Providing Healthcare Services - A method, computer program product, and apparatus for managing healthcare services are provided. A processor unit receives medical information about a patient. The processor unit generates a group of providers containing a number of providers based on the medical information received about the patient. A number of matches from the number of providers are identified for the patient using the number of providers and based on a number of criteria. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004931 | System and Method for Form Record Processing - A method and system for providing a form record and for processing the same. For example, a medical record form in a clinical or hospital environment is provided based on user input and is processed upon the user's filling in of the form. In some aspects, a user indicates by way of a user interface a type of patient complaint and selects a type of medical record form that is to be used in conjunction with examining the patient. The system guides the user and accepts the user's inputs and provides a suitable medical record form from a plurality of form types. The selected form is printed, and used by the medical staff in the examination of the patient. The filled form is then returned to a processing station for scanning, where information in the filled form may be extracted and where the filled form may be added to a patient medical record or archive, or shared with another person or organization. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004932 | Diagnosis-Driven Electronic Charting - A computer-implemented method for producing healthcare data records from graphical inputs by computer users includes receiving, on a graphical user interface of a computer system, a user identification of a diagnosis for a patient, the user identification produced by user selection on the graphical user interface; identifying one or more parameters that characterize the diagnosis; displaying on the graphical user interface a plurality of selectable values for particular ones of identified parameters; receiving sequential user selections representations of particulars ones of the values; and generating an electronic medical record representation that represents the identified diagnosis having the selected values for the one or more parameters. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004933 | System And Method For The Collection And Monitoring Of Vehicle Data - A method for brokering variable rate insurance premiums from an insurance carrier includes collecting driving information relating to a vehicle, generating a report based on the driving information, providing the driving report to the insurance carrier, receiving a revised premium based on the driving report and transmitting the revised premium to a customer. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004934 | COMPUTER SYSTEM AND COMPUTERIZED METHOD FOR PROCESSING ACCOUNT DATA - The present invention is embodied in an online-like transaction processing method and system for processing account information contained in batch process files, the method including: reading at least one batch file containing a plurality of records, each of the plurality of records being related to an associated one of a plurality of accounts; identifying which of the plurality of records relate to same ones of the plurality of accounts; identifying one of the accounts; and, processing all of the records identified as relating to the one of the accounts together and independent of processing any of the records relating to any other of the plurality of accounts. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004935 | AUTOMATIC INSURANCE ADJUSTMENTS USING REAL WORLD AWARENESS - An electronic product code information service (EPCIS) interface is provided that allows accessing applications residing on a variety of systems to receive EPC-related data. In setting up an insurance policy, the EPC-related data may be used to determine objects covered by the insurance policy and to valuate the covered objects. An insurance premium may be generated for the insurance policy based on this valuation. In addition, changes to the covered objects may be detected based on the EPC-related data and may be used to automatically adjust the insured value and/or insurance premium. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004936 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FACILITATING ANCILLARY SERVICES - Methods, systems and computer-readable mediums are provided for facilitating ordering ancillary services while implementing various policies and business rules and providing granular reconciliation of data. Travel information associated with a user is received from a computer reservation system. The method requests ancillary service content based upon the travel information. The ancillary service content is associated with the travel information. The system presents travel information and ancillary service content to the user and receives an ancillary service order from the user based upon the ancillary service content. The user receives confirmation of the service order and travel data is matched and associated enable detailed reconciliation and visibility into services ordered. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004937 | Reservation System with Graphical User Interface - Techniques for providing a reservation system are provided. The techniques include displaying a scalable visualization object, wherein the scalable visualization object comprises an expanded view element of the reservation system depicting information in connection with a selected interval of time and a compressed view element of the reservation system depicting information in connection with one or more additional intervals of time, maintaining a visual context between the expanded view and the compressed view within the visualization object, and enabling a user to switch between the expanded view and the compressed view to facilitate use of the reservation system. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004938 | Means for incorporating sustainability metrics and total cost benefit analysis in decision-making - Methods are disclosed for the simplification and integration of data from a diverse set of sources for environmental costs and societal benefit data. The methods allow for the computation of five basic metrics: material use, water use, energy use, toxics emitted, land use and overall pollutants emitted. Further, they facilitate the computation of complementary metrics, as well as the estimation of net present value of costs of unrealized environmental impacts. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004939 | SPECIFIED BUSINESS FUNCTION SCORING TOOL - A system for determining a level of optimality for countries in which to perform a specified business function includes a data storage unit, a mapping engine and a mapping generator. The data storage stores a composite business environment index, a composite input resources index, and an innovation index. The mapping engine receives the specified business function and input factors related to the specified business function and selects at least two of the composite business environment index, the composite input resources index, and the innovation index based on the input factors. The matrix generator determines the level of optimality indicating a measure of success in achieving the specified business function for each of the countries based on scores in the at least two selected indices. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004940 | Enhanced Management of a Web Conferencing Server - A method for enhanced management of a web conference server includes evaluation a web conference server to ascertain resources of the web conference server. The resources of the web conferencing server are partitioned into rooms, each room having an allocated portion of the resources of the web conferencing server and at least one room providing different capabilities from other rooms hosted on the web conferencing server. Access to the rooms is provided based on at least one user criterion. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004941 | CYCLE PLANNING TOOL WITH EVENT CONFLICT RESOLUTION FOR TERRITORY MANAGEMENT - Electronically creating a schedule plan of events which replicates one or more previously scheduled events. A source date range is acquired into a memory of a machine A set of previously scheduled events within the source date range is identified. A target date range is received through a user interface. At least a portion of the previously scheduled events is assigned to a date within the received target date range to create the schedule plan. The schedule plan is posted to a calendar. Another method creates a schedule plan on the basis of one or more search criteria used for identifying any match from a database. At least a portion of any matches are assigned a time slot within a target date range of a calendar program. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004942 | Conflict Resolution in a Computerized Calendaring System - Conflict resolution in a computerized calendaring system executed by a processor includes: with the processor, receiving a request to schedule a new event that conflicts with a previously scheduled event; determining with the processor that the previously scheduled event has priority over the new event based on historical event data; and imposing with the processor a constraint on scheduling the new event according to a defined priority policy. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004943 | System and Method for Online Marketing, Scheduling and Booking of Services - Disclosed are systems, methods and computer program products for online marketing, scheduling and booking of service appointments. In one example, the system for scheduling and booking of service appointments includes an inventory database containing schedules of booked and available service appointments associated with a plurality of service providers. The system further includes a calendar-based service provider interface for creating a schedule of services provided by the service provider and storing the schedule in the inventory database. The system further includes a calendar-based service user interface for displaying schedules of available service appointments and booking one or more service appointments. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004944 | METHOD AND COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR SETTNG INVENTORY CONTROL LEVELS FROM DEMAND INTER-ARRIVAL TIME, DEMAND SIZE STATISTICS - A method or a machine determines minimum (s) and maximum (S) inventory control levels (s, S) for inventory items based upon a demand history of the inventory items, such as demand inter-arrival times (IA) and demand requisition sizes (RS). An expected cost is computed including two or more inventory item cost components of expected cost of ordering, expected cost of carrying inventory, or expected cost of outstanding backorders for the inventory control levels (s, S), directly from frequency statistics of different demand IA and demand RS on an inventory item basis. An optimal inventory control level (s, S) of an inventory item is searched that minimizes the cost of ordering, carrying inventory, and/or backorders, based upon the generated expected cost. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004945 | GOVERNANCE, RISK, AND COMPLIANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD - An automated system and method is provided for conducting governance, risk management, and/or regulatory compliance audits within an organization. In embodiments, a regulatory compliance unit probes one or more computing devices on an organization's network in an attempt to identify non-compliant assets, including security vulnerabilities, unprotected or improperly-stored data, misconfiguration, outdated software, malware, missing or corrupted data, and the like. The disclosed system includes the capability to collect information from non-digital assets in an organization, including automatically conducting surveys among one or more persons within an organization to confirm such person's knowledge is in compliance with applicable requirements. The disclosed system also includes the ability to automatically discover target devices for further analysis. The regulatory compliance unit includes a data collection unit, a compliance scanning unit, a reporting unit, and a user console unit. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004946 | Integrated Operational Risk Management - Systems, methods, and software are described that may be used to integrate assessments of certain types of operational risks, including forecasted emerging (future) risks, current risks, and/or historical realized risks. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004947 | INTEGRATED DATA MANAGEMENT FOR NETWORK SERVICE PROVIDERS AND CUSTOMERS - A system receives, from a user device, a request for a joint business and services tracking tool. The system obtains business data associated with the customer and retrieve service management data associated with the customer. The system generates, in response to the request, a user interface, where the user interface includes a time-based graphical representation of the business data, a time-based graphical representation of the service management data, and a linking object to link the business data and the service management data over a particular time period. The system further provides a service management dashboard, associated with the linking object, to present the customer business data and the service management data within the particular time period. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004948 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING AND OPTIMIZING DISTRIBUTION OF WORK FROM A PLURALITY OF QUEUES - A method and system for analyzing and optimizing the distribution of work from a plurality of queues includes storing historical data in a database. The historical data may include sets of different types of data items, each of the data items having an associated monetary value. The method further includes assigning a relative score to each of the data items within the sets and calculating a cumulative monetary value for each relative score, the cumulative monetary value being the summation of the monetary values for all items having relative scores up to and including the relative score. The method further includes determining the maximum cumulative monetary value calculated and its corresponding relative score. In one embodiment, the corresponding relative score is then used to determine which items to work in a set of queues that has not yet been worked. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004949 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR USING A BAYESIAN BELIEF NETWORK TO ENSURE DATA INTEGRITY - The present invention relates to a method and system for assessing the risks and/or exposures associated with financial transactions using various statistical and probabilistic techniques. Specifically, the present invention relates to a method and system for identifying plausible sources of error in data used as input to financial risk assessment systems using Bayesian belief networks as a normative diagnostic tool to model relationships between and among inputs/outputs of the risk assessment system and other external factors. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004950 | System and method for integrated offline audience validation - A method and system is presented for the integration of offline media tracking and measurement with an online audience validation system. In one embodiment, the system builds on the existing audience validation system functionality and enables advertisers and marketers to better track attendance and the consumption of offline media that is displayed at event for which tickets must be procured. In another embodiment, the system allows Advertisers and Marketers to track attendance and the exposure of ticket holders to specific media during the event and to subsequently use this information to target survey and offers to event attendees. In another embodiment, the ability to track online, mobile, and offline media affords the additional benefit to perform full conversion funnel tracking across those media that further enables CPA advertising as well. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004951 | TRACKING METRICS, GOALS AND PERSONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS USING ELECTRONIC MESSAGES - A method for tracking metrics, goals and personal accomplishments may include receiving, by a processing device, each electronic message tagged by the employee as a personal accomplishment. The method may also include storing each tagged electronic message, by the processing device, in a database associate with a personal accomplishments tracking system. The method may additionally include providing, by the processing device, each tagged electronic message to the employee for sorting and analysis. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004952 | OPERATION SUPPORT APPARATUS, OPERATION SUPPORT METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - For each of tasks performed in an operation of manufacturing equipment, a proficiency of a worker with respect to a task to be performed is obtained from a proficiency DB ( | 2012-01-05 |
20120004953 | VOTING SYSTEM - A voting system having a controller connected to a plurality of voting stations and a public display. The controller stores, edits, and displays resolutions that are voted on. The controller also records, tallies and displays the results of the votes. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004954 | Crowd-Sourced Shopping List Augmentation - A method for receiving shopping recommendations is provided. In response to adding, by a client device, an item to a current shopping list of a customer, the client device sends the current shopping list with the added item to a server device for a shopping recommendation. In response to receiving, from the server device, a recommendation for a new item not found in the current shopping list of the customer, the client device displays the recommendation for the new item in the current shopping list of the customer. It is also determined whether a purchase incentive is associated with the new item recommended by the server device. In response to determining that a purchase incentive is associated with the new item recommended by the server device, the client device displays the purchase incentive with the new item recommended by the server in the current shopping list of the customer. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004955 | Single Order Method For Independent Sales Representative As Used In The Party Plan Direct Marketing Method Of Selling Products - A business method and system for executing the method that involves gathering merchandise orders at a show in the home of a hostess. The method compiles the merchandise orders while maintaining a relationship between each individual order and information pertaining to the guest making the order. The guest information maintains an association with the order throughout the method such that each order made at the show may be individually packaged and labeled, obviating the need for the hostess to sort the ordered items upon receiving them from a warehouse. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004956 | System and Method for Creating and Sharing an Event Using a Social Network - A system and method for creating and viewing artificial reality (AR) messages at an event, such as a sporting event, and sharing the event on a social network thereby enhancing and expanding the participant and spectator experience. The AR messages include geo-referenced artificial reality words or symbols to indicate distances, tips, targets or other information to the participant. The event is shared with spectators, such as friends or a subset of friends in the participant's social network. In addition to creating an active gallery for an event, messages can be exchanged among participants and spectators and virtual goods, money, and donations exchanged. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004957 | FORECASTING SUPPLY FOR ADVERTISEMENTS ACCORDING TO A NON-PARAMETRIC SUPPLY MODEL - Methods, systems, and apparatuses for generating supply forecasts for advertisement impressions are provided. Supply forecasts for future advertisement inventory are enabled to be determined that match attribute values received from a requester in a query or “contract.” Such supply forecasts may be determined based on cumulative or non-cumulative supply forecast values, and may be determined based on time series of supply forecast values for individual impressions or for blocks of impressions. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004958 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF TRACKING VIDEO ADVERTISEMENTS - Systems and methods of tracking multimedia content transmitted over at least one network to one or more mobile devices that may be employed to verify delivery of the multimedia content to the respective mobile devices, and to determine the perceptual quality (also referred to herein as “quality of experience” or “QoE”) of the multimedia content at the respective mobile devices. The systems and methods employ content identification techniques in conjunction with objective quality measures to allow mapping of the quality of experience or QoE to specific multimedia content, which may include audio content, imagery content, textual content, and/or video content. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004959 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEASURING CONSUMER AFFINITY AND PREDICTING BUSINESS OUTCOMES USING SOCIAL NETWORK ACTIVITY - Systems and methods for identifying and quantifying user activities within a social network and for generating affinity scores for activities that result in a desired outcome are described. One embodiment of the method of the invention includes receiving activity information at a server from user devices, building streams of activity information using the server, relating the streams of activity information to topic data using the server, assigning weights to specific types of activity information that are associated with an advertising campaign using the server, and calculating an affinity score with respect to the advertising campaign based upon the streams of activity information and the weights using the server. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004960 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EFFICIENT STREAMING VIDEO DYNAMIC RATE ADAPTATION - A streaming media system employs dynamic rate adaptation. The method includes a file format compatible with legacy HTTP infrastructure to deliver media over a persistent connection. The method further includes the ability for legacy client media players to dynamically change the encoded delivery rate of the media over a persistent connection. The method provided works transparently with standard HTTP servers, requiring no modification and leverages standard media players embedded in mobile devices for seamless media delivery over wireless networks with high bandwidth fluctuations. A system is also specified for implementing a client and server in accordance with the method. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004961 | System and Method for Delivering Advertising Information to Transportation Users - A computer-implemented system for providing targeted advertising information based on the content of provided transportation information. The system includes a transportation information system configured to receive a request for transportation information based on one or more user provided vehicle selection criteria and generate transportation information including location tracking information for a vehicle selected based on the vehicle selection criteria. The system further includes an advertising selection system configured to select one or more targeted advertisements based on at least the location tracking information for the selected vehicle and an advertising system configured to transmit a transportation message including the transportation information and the targeted advertisement. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004962 | BROKERING AN INCENTIVIZED COMMERCIAL TRANSACTION - An apparatus and associated method for a processor based computing system having logic stored in the computing system in the form of computer-readable instructions stored in memory that are executable so that a business subscriber can create a coupon to incentivize a commercial transaction, the coupon identifying the business subscriber and a consumer subscriber that created the coupon, the apparatus and method operably calculating and accounting for a first financial incentive to the redeemer of the coupon, via a consumer incentive derived by predefined rules stored in the apparatus, and for a second financial incentive to the consumer subscriber, via at least one of an advertising distributor incentive and a system administrator incentive derived by predefined rules stored in the apparatus. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004963 | METHODS OF ESTABLISHING CREDIT - A method for enhancing credit of a cardholder of a pre-paid card may include issuing a pre-paid card to a cardholder. The cardholder may be charged a fee to establish a credit instrument associated with an account and the pre-paid card. The cardholder may be billed a portion of the credit instrument that includes the fee on a periodic basis, where the billing may be independent of billing for purchases of goods and services with the pre-paid card. A determination as to whether the cardholder timely paid the bill. If the cardholder timely paid the bill, then the payment may be recorded as being timely paid. Otherwise, a recording may be made that the bill was not timely paid. A reporting as to the timeliness of the payment may be made to affect a credit rating of the cardholder. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004964 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FINANCIAL INSTITUTION- AND MERCHANT-DRIVEN SAVINGS OPPORTUNITY MATCHING - A system and method for financial institution- and merchant-driven savings opportunity matching includes gathering transaction data from a user's financial account, wherein the user's financial account is a financial institution account that is maintained on behalf of the user and analyzing the transaction data for a savings opportunity indication. A filter may be applied to a database of savings opportunities prior to matching one to the user based on the savings opportunity indication. The savings opportunity is displayed in association with a statement of a user's financial account. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004965 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USER-DRIVEN SAVINGS OPPORTUNITY MATCHING - A system and method for user-driven savings opportunity matching includes gathering transaction data from a user's financial account, wherein the user's financial account is a financial institution account that is maintained on behalf of the user and analyzing the transaction data for a savings opportunity indication. A savings opportunity from a database of savings opportunities is matched to the user based on the savings opportunity indication. The savings opportunity is displayed in association with a statement of a user's financial account, and the user is allowed to interact with the savings opportunity. The interaction data may be used to drive a subsequent match of a savings opportunity. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004966 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING REWARDS THROUGH A USER FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT - A system and method for providing rewards through a user financial instrument includes gathering transaction data from a user's financial account, wherein the user's financial account is a financial institution account that is maintained on behalf of the user and analyzing the transaction data to determine a reward level. The savings opportunity from the merchant may be matched to the user based on the reward level. The user is enabled to redeem the savings opportunity during a subsequent transaction with the merchant. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004967 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A FUTURE REWARD THROUGH A USER FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT - A system and method for providing a future reward through a user financial instrument includes gathering transaction data from a user's financial account, wherein the user's financial account is a financial institution account that is maintained on behalf of the user and analyzing the transaction data to determine a future savings opportunity accessible to the user after completion of a goal. Systems and methods track progress towards completing the goal. The user is enabled to obtain the future savings opportunity when the goal is completed. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004968 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SOCIALLY ENABLED REWARDS THROUGH A USER FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT - A system and method for providing socially enabled rewards through a user financial instrument includes gathering transaction data from a user's financial account and analyzing the transaction data for a savings opportunity indication. A savings opportunity from a database of savings opportunities is matched to the user based on the savings opportunity indication, wherein the savings opportunity can be shared with other users or a social network. The savings opportunity is displayed in association with a statement of a user's financial account and the user is allowed to share the savings opportunity, wherein sharing causes a shared savings opportunity to be generated. A second user, one who received the shared savings opportunity, can redeem the shared savings opportunity. The sharing and redemption of the shared savings opportunity is tracked, such as to improve targeting users who are influential based on the number of redemptions of the shared savings opportunity. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004969 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A GEO-ENHANCED SAVINGS OPPORTUNITY IN ASSOCIATION WITH A FINANCIAL ACCOUNT - A system and method for providing a geo-enhanced savings opportunity in association with a financial account includes gathering transaction data from a user's financial account and analyzing the transaction data for a savings opportunity indication. A savings opportunity from a database of savings opportunities is matched to the user based on the savings opportunity indication. The savings opportunity is displayed in association with a statement of a user's financial account. A response to the savings opportunity is tracked in order to receive an indication of whether or not the savings opportunity has been accepted. If it was not accepted, an additional incentive to accept the savings opportunity may be made when the user is in a geographic location set by a merchant offering the savings opportunity. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004970 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A SAVINGS OPPORTUNITY MATCHED TO A SPEND PATTERN IN ASSOCIATION WITH A FINANCIAL ACCOUNT - A system and method for providing a savings opportunity matched to a spend pattern in association with a financial account includes gathering transaction data from a user's financial account and analyzing the transaction data for a spend pattern. A savings opportunity from a database of savings opportunities is matched to the user based on the spend pattern. The savings opportunity is displayed in association with a statement of a user's financial account. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004971 | System and method for providing endorsed advertisements and testimonials between communication devices - A system and method are disclosed for distribution of advertisements between communication devices. The system and method provides for accounting and distribution of incentives related to distribution of the advertisements. The system further provides for association of testimonials from advertising recipients related to the advertisement and for distribution of the testimonials to communication devices. A bi-directional selection between subscribers and advertisers using the system is created whereby both advertisers and subscribers agree to participate in the distribution of advertisements and testimonials. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004972 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTEGRATING NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION DEVICES WITH LEGACY CUSTOMER LOYALTY SERVICES - A tag correlation server enables customer loyalty services to be provided to consumers using near field communication (NFC) devices. The tag correlation server receives a tag ID of an NFC tag fixed to a mobile device of a consumer from a point-of-sale device of a business as part of a transaction between the consumer and the business. The tag correlation server identifies a loyalty card ID of the consumer for the business based on the tag ID and provides the loyalty card ID to a loyalty server of the business to determine loyalty information for the consumer to complete the transaction. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004973 | REWARD EXCHANGE SYSTEM WITH AUTOMATIC LOGIN AND REGISTRATION - A transaction system implemented with an exchange computer that interconnects with a user computing device, a data linking service, a plurality of transactional databases, and a plurality of information databases. The exchange computer receives, from a user computing device, customer identification data that identifies a customer, uses the customer identification data to access a customer database and retrieve from the customer database a customer record set, which includes a plurality of account information records, each of which is suitable for logging into an associated database. The exchange computer then uses each of the account information records to communicate with the database associated with the account information record and retrieve customer information. The retrieved customer information is then collated into an account web page, which is sent to the user computing device for display by the user computing device. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004974 | Computer self-support management - A computer based technique for providing a list of selectable computer solutions in a self-support environment. The technique includes sending a computer solution to the client computer in response to a request from the client computer for the computer solution from the list. The computer solution includes at least an automated solution. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004975 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PLATFORM-DRIVEN SAVINGS OPPORTUNITY MATCHING - A system and method for platform-driven savings opportunity matching includes gathering transaction data from a user's financial account, wherein the user's financial account is a financial institution account that is maintained on behalf of the user and analyzing the transaction data for a psychographic inference. A savings opportunity from a database of savings opportunities is matched to the user based on the psychographic inference. The savings opportunity is displayed in association with a statement of the user's financial account. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004976 | Dynamic Internet Advertising System - Methods and apparatus are provided for the dynamic placement, management and monitoring of Internet advertising. A provider of Internet content distributes the Internet content by embedding an advertisement placeholder in the Internet content; and provides the Internet content to an aggregator web site. The aggregator web site presents the Internet content to at least one end user with at least one advertisement in the advertisement placeholder. The advertisement placeholder is processed by a third party agent to automatically share revenue from the at least one advertisement with the provider of the Internet content and a provider of the aggregator web site. The advertisement placeholder can optionally be embedded in the Internet content using one or more templates. The third party agent also evaluates the content and at least one policy of multiple parties to identify at least one advertisement to present in the advertisement placeholder. The advertisement placeholder embodies a three party agreement between the provider of the Internet content, the provider of the aggregator web site and at least one advertiser. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004977 | Online Customer Service Technology - A system and method is disclosed for providing subscription-based products to a merchant's customers which are managed by a third party provider. The merchant sells a subscription-based product to a customer and sends customer information for that customer to the provider. The provider creates a subscription program account for the customer and periodically sends instructions to the merchant for servicing the customer's account. Any instructions, such as an instruction to bill the customer for the subscription, may be branded by the merchant before being sent to the customer so that the provider is unseen by the customer. Dynamic offers for products or services may be created for a customer based on a predetermined set of factors. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004978 | Call Tracking For Online Content Items - This specification relates to tracking phone calls related to online content items. In general, one aspect of the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods that include the actions of determining a probability that a call to a phone number resulted from a first interaction of a set of interactions. In general, another aspect of the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods that include the actions of determining a rank score for an online content item, including for each call of a plurality of phone calls to the phone number, attributing the call to an online content interaction of a set of online content interactions; determining, using the rank score, whether to provide the online content item to a client device; and providing the online content item to the client device upon determining to do so using the rank score. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004979 | INTRASTRUCTURE FOR BUCKET TESTING IN GUARANTEED DELIVERY OF ONLINE ADVERTISING - Techniques are provided relating to conducting bucket testing in connection with guaranteed delivery online advertising associated with an online advertising marketplace. Techniques are provided in which advertising supply, demand, or both are partitioned into buckets. Operating policies are established for each of the buckets, in which the operating policies for each of the buckets differ. Following serving of advertisements in accordance with the operating policies, difference is measured in at least one outcome, between buckets. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004980 | INVENTORY MANAGEMENT AND SERVING WITH BUCKET TESTING IN GUARANTEED DELIVERY OF ONLINE ADVERTISING - Techniques are provided to facilitate bucket testing in connection with guaranteed delivery online advertising associated with an online advertising marketplace. Operating policies are established for each of the buckets, in which the operating policies for each of the buckets differ. Bucket controller programming logic is used in implementation of the operating policies. Allocation and serving of advertisements is facilitated in accordance with the operating policies. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004981 | ADVERTISEMENT AND CAMPAIGN EVALUATION WITH BUCKET TESTING IN GUARANTEED DELIVERY OF ONLINE ADVERTISING - Techniques are provided relating to conducting bucket testing, relating to advertisement performance or advertisement campaign performance, in connection with guaranteed delivery online advertising associated with an online advertising marketplace. Techniques are provided in which advertising supply, demand, or both are partitioned into buckets. Differing allocation policies are established for each of the buckets. Following serving of advertisements in accordance with the operating policies, difference is measured, between the buckets, and the difference is used to evaluate differing advertisement performance or differing advertisement campaign performance between the buckets. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004982 | Method And System For Automated Selection And Generation Of Video Advertisements - A method for publishing video ads inside Web pages, including enabling a publisher using a publisher computer to specify a first video ad, and instructions for generating a second video ad from the first video ad, generating a playlist for the first video ad, uploading the playlist to a video ad server along with the instructions for generating a second video ad, in response to a request to play the first video ad from a smart media player that executes in a viewer computer, processing the instructions to generate a second video ad thereby generating by the video ad server a playlist that corresponds to the second video ad, and providing the playlist corresponding to the second video ad to the smart media player. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004983 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING THE EFFICACY OF ADVERTISING - A computer-implemented method for determining effectiveness of content includes receiving, by a computing device, a plurality of attributes relating to rendered content, the plurality of attributes including at least one attribute that characterizes a consumer response to the rendered content and at least one attribute that characterizes a creative strength of the rendered content, generating, by a computing device, an index score indicative of an effectiveness of the content using a statistical analysis of the collected attributes, and storing the index score in memory. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004984 | SYSTEM FOR TARGETING ADVERTISING CONTENT TO A PLURALITY OF MOBILE COMMUNICATION FACILITIES - A system for targeting advertising content includes the steps of: (a) receiving respective requests for advertising content corresponding to a plurality of mobile communication facilities operated by a group of users, wherein the plurality includes first and second types of mobile communication facilities with different rendering capabilities; (b) receiving a datum corresponding to the group; (c) selecting from a first and second sponsor respective content based on a relevancy to the datum, wherein each content includes a first and second item requiring respective rendering capabilities; (d) receiving bids from the first and second sponsors; (e) attributing a priority to the content of the first sponsor based upon a determination that a yield associated with the first sponsor is greater than a yield associated with the second sponsor; and (f) transmitting the first and second items of the first sponsor to the first and second types of mobile communication facilities respectively. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004985 | SYSTEM FOR TARGETING ADVERTISING CONTENT TO A PLURALITY OF MOBILE COMMUNICATION FACILITIES - A system for targeting advertising content includes the steps of: (a) receiving respective requests for advertising content corresponding to a plurality of mobile communication facilities operated by a group of users, wherein the plurality includes first and second types of mobile communication facilities with different rendering capabilities; (b) receiving a datum corresponding to the group; (c) selecting from a first and second sponsor respective content based on a relevancy to the datum, wherein each content includes a first and second item requiring respective rendering capabilities; (d) receiving bids from the first and second sponsors; (e) attributing a priority to the content of the first sponsor based upon a determination that a yield associated with the first sponsor is greater than a yield associated with the second sponsor; and (f) transmitting the first and second items of the first sponsor to the first and second types of mobile communication facilities respectively. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004986 | SYSTEM FOR TARGETING ADVERTISING CONTENT TO A PLURALITY OF MOBILE COMMUNICATION FACILITIES - A system for targeting advertising content includes the steps of: (a) receiving respective requests for advertising content corresponding to a plurality of mobile communication facilities operated by a group of users, wherein the plurality includes first and second types of mobile communication facilities with different rendering capabilities; (b) receiving a datum corresponding to the group; (c) selecting from a first and second sponsor respective content based on a relevancy to the datum, wherein each content includes a first and second item requiring respective rendering capabilities; (d) receiving bids from the first and second sponsors; (e) attributing a priority to the content of the first sponsor based upon a determination that a yield associated with the first sponsor is greater than a yield associated with the second sponsor; and (f) transmitting the first and second items of the first sponsor to the first and second types of mobile communication facilities respectively. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004987 | SYSTEM FOR TARGETING ADVERTISING CONTENT TO A PLURALITY OF MOBILE COMMUNICATION FACILITIES - A system for targeting advertising content includes the steps of: (a) receiving respective requests for advertising content corresponding to a plurality of mobile communication facilities operated by a group of users, wherein the plurality includes first and second types of mobile communication facilities with different rendering capabilities; (b) receiving a datum corresponding to the group; (c) selecting from a first and second sponsor respective content based on a relevancy to the datum, wherein each content includes a first and second item requiring respective rendering capabilities; (d) receiving bids from the first and second sponsors; (e) attributing a priority to the content of the first sponsor based upon a determination that a yield associated with the first sponsor is greater than a yield associated with the second sponsor; and (f) transmitting the first and second items of the first sponsor to the first and second types of mobile communication facilities respectively. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004988 | SYSTEM FOR TARGETING ADVERTISING CONTENT TO A PLURALITY OF MOBILE COMMUNICATION FACILITIES - A system for targeting advertising content includes the steps of: (a) receiving respective requests for advertising content corresponding to a plurality of mobile communication facilities operated by a group of users, wherein the plurality includes first and second types of mobile communication facilities with different rendering capabilities; (b) receiving a datum corresponding to the group; (c) selecting from a first and second sponsor respective content based on a relevancy to the datum, wherein each content includes a first and second item requiring respective rendering capabilities; (d) receiving bids from the first and second sponsors; (e) attributing a priority to the content of the first sponsor based upon a determination that a yield associated with the first sponsor is greater than a yield associated with the second sponsor; and (f) transmitting the first and second items of the first sponsor to the first and second types of mobile communication facilities respectively. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004989 | SYSTEM FOR TARGETING ADVERTISING CONTENT TO A PLURALITY OF MOBILE COMMUNICATION FACILITIES - A system for targeting advertising content includes the steps of: (a) receiving respective requests for advertising content corresponding to a plurality of mobile communication facilities operated by a group of users, wherein the plurality includes first and second types of mobile communication facilities with different rendering capabilities; (b) receiving a datum corresponding to the group; (c) selecting from a first and second sponsor respective content based on a relevancy to the datum, wherein each content includes a first and second item requiring respective rendering capabilities; (d) receiving bids from the first and second sponsors; (e) attributing a priority to the content of the first sponsor based upon a determination that a yield associated with the first sponsor is greater than a yield associated with the second sponsor; and (f) transmitting the first and second items of the first sponsor to the first and second types of mobile communication facilities respectively. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004990 | SYSTEM FOR TARGETING ADVERTISING CONTENT TO A PLURALITY OF MOBILE COMMUNICATION FACILITIES - A system for targeting advertising content includes the steps of: (a) receiving respective requests for advertising content corresponding to a plurality of mobile communication facilities operated by a group of users, wherein the plurality includes first and second types of mobile communication facilities with different rendering capabilities; (b) receiving a datum corresponding to the group; (c) selecting from a first and second sponsor respective content based on a relevancy to the datum, wherein each content includes a first and second item requiring respective rendering capabilities; (d) receiving bids from the first and second sponsors; (e) attributing a priority to the content of the first sponsor based upon a determination that a yield associated with the first sponsor is greater than a yield associated with the second sponsor; and (f) transmitting the first and second items of the first sponsor to the first and second types of mobile communication facilities respectively. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004991 | SYSTEM FOR TARGETING ADVERTISING CONTENT TO A PLURALITY OF MOBILE COMMUNICATION FACILITIES - A system for targeting advertising content includes the steps of: (a) receiving respective requests for advertising content corresponding to a plurality of mobile communication facilities operated by a group of users, wherein the plurality includes first and second types of mobile communication facilities with different rendering capabilities; (b) receiving a datum corresponding to the group; (c) selecting from a first and second sponsor respective content based on a relevancy to the datum, wherein each content includes a first and second item requiring respective rendering capabilities; (d) receiving bids from the first and second sponsors; (e) attributing a priority to the content of the first sponsor based upon a determination that a yield associated with the first sponsor is greater than a yield associated with the second sponsor; and (f) transmitting the first and second items of the first sponsor to the first and second types of mobile communication facilities respectively. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004992 | SYSTEM FOR TARGETING ADVERTISING CONTENT TO A PLURALITY OF MOBILE COMMUNICATION FACILITIES - A system for targeting advertising content includes the steps of: (a) receiving respective requests for advertising content corresponding to a plurality of mobile communication facilities operated by a group of users, wherein the plurality includes first and second types of mobile communication facilities with different rendering capabilities; (b) receiving a datum corresponding to the group; (c) selecting from a first and second sponsor respective content based on a relevancy to the datum, wherein each content includes a first and second item requiring respective rendering capabilities; (d) receiving bids from the first and second sponsors; (e) attributing a priority to the content of the first sponsor based upon a determination that a yield associated with the first sponsor is greater than a yield associated with the second sponsor; and (f) transmitting the first and second items of the first sponsor to the first and second types of mobile communication facilities respectively. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004993 | SYSTEM FOR TARGETING ADVERTISING CONTENT TO A PLURALITY OF MOBILE COMMUNICATION FACILITIES - A system for targeting advertising content includes the steps of: (a) receiving respective requests for advertising content corresponding to a plurality of mobile communication facilities operated by a group of users, wherein the plurality includes first and second types of mobile communication facilities with different rendering capabilities; (b) receiving a datum corresponding to the group; (c) selecting from a first and second sponsor respective content based on a relevancy to the datum, wherein each content includes a first and second item requiring respective rendering capabilities; (d) receiving bids from the first and second sponsors; (e) attributing a priority to the content of the first sponsor based upon a determination that a yield associated with the first sponsor is greater than a yield associated with the second sponsor; and (f) transmitting the first and second items of the first sponsor to the first and second types of mobile communication facilities respectively. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004994 | SYSTEM FOR TARGETING ADVERTISING CONTENT TO A PLURALITY OF MOBILE COMMUNICATION FACILITIES - A system for targeting advertising content includes the steps of: (a) receiving respective requests for advertising content corresponding to a plurality of mobile communication facilities operated by a group of users, wherein the plurality includes first and second types of mobile communication facilities with different rendering capabilities; (b) receiving a datum corresponding to the group; (c) selecting from a first and second sponsor respective content based on a relevancy to the datum, wherein each content includes a first and second item requiring respective rendering capabilities; (d) receiving bids from the first and second sponsors; (e) attributing a priority to the content of the first sponsor based upon a determination that a yield associated with the first sponsor is greater than a yield associated with the second sponsor; and (f) transmitting the first and second items of the first sponsor to the first and second types of mobile communication facilities respectively. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004995 | SYSTEM FOR TARGETING ADVERTISING CONTENT TO A PLURALITY OF MOBILE COMMUNICATION FACILITIES - A system for targeting advertising content includes the steps of: (a) receiving respective requests for advertising content corresponding to a plurality of mobile communication facilities operated by a group of users, wherein the plurality includes first and second types of mobile communication facilities with different rendering capabilities; (b) receiving a datum corresponding to the group; (c) selecting from a first and second sponsor respective content based on a relevancy to the datum, wherein each content includes a first and second item requiring respective rendering capabilities; (d) receiving bids from the first and second sponsors; (e) attributing a priority to the content of the first sponsor based upon a determination that a yield associated with the first sponsor is greater than a yield associated with the second sponsor; and (f) transmitting the first and second items of the first sponsor to the first and second types of mobile communication facilities respectively. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004996 | SYSTEM FOR TARGETING ADVERTISING CONTENT TO A PLURALITY OF MOBILE COMMUNICATION FACILITIES - A system for targeting advertising content includes the steps of: (a) receiving respective requests for advertising content corresponding to a plurality of mobile communication facilities operated by a group of users, wherein the plurality includes first and second types of mobile communication facilities with different rendering capabilities; (b) receiving a datum corresponding to the group; (c) selecting from a first and second sponsor respective content based on a relevancy to the datum, wherein each content includes a first and second item requiring respective rendering capabilities; (d) receiving bids from the first and second sponsors; (e) attributing a priority to the content of the first sponsor based upon a determination that a yield associated with the first sponsor is greater than a yield associated with the second sponsor; and (f) transmitting the first and second items of the first sponsor to the first and second types of mobile communication facilities respectively. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004997 | SYSTEM FOR TARGETING ADVERTISING CONTENT TO A PLURALITY OF MOBILE COMMUNICATION FACILITIES - A system for targeting advertising content includes the steps of: (a) receiving respective requests for advertising content corresponding to a plurality of mobile communication facilities operated by a group of users, wherein the plurality includes first and second types of mobile communication facilities with different rendering capabilities; (b) receiving a datum corresponding to the group; (c) selecting from a first and second sponsor respective content based on a relevancy to the datum, wherein each content includes a first and second item requiring respective rendering capabilities; (d) receiving bids from the first and second sponsors; (e) attributing a priority to the content of the first sponsor based upon a determination that a yield associated with the first sponsor is greater than a yield associated with the second sponsor; and (f) transmitting the first and second items of the first sponsor to the first and second types of mobile communication facilities respectively. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004998 | SYSTEM FOR TARGETING ADVERTISING CONTENT TO A PLURALITY OF MOBILE COMMUNICATION FACILITIES - A system for targeting advertising content includes the steps of: (a) receiving respective requests for advertising content corresponding to a plurality of mobile communication facilities operated by a group of users, wherein the plurality includes first and second types of mobile communication facilities with different rendering capabilities; (b) receiving a datum corresponding to the group; (c) selecting from a first and second sponsor respective content based on a relevancy to the datum, wherein each content includes a first and second item requiring respective rendering capabilities; (d) receiving bids from the first and second sponsors; (e) attributing a priority to the content of the first sponsor based upon a determination that a yield associated with the first sponsor is greater than a yield associated with the second sponsor; and (f) transmitting the first and second items of the first sponsor to the first and second types of mobile communication facilities respectively. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004999 | SYSTEM FOR TARGETING ADVERTISING CONTENT TO A PLURALITY OF MOBILE COMMUNICATION FACILITIES - A system for targeting advertising content includes the steps of: (a) receiving respective requests for advertising content corresponding to a plurality of mobile communication facilities operated by a group of users, wherein the plurality includes first and second types of mobile communication facilities with different rendering capabilities; (b) receiving a datum corresponding to the group; (c) selecting from a first and second sponsor respective content based on a relevancy to the datum, wherein each content includes a first and second item requiring respective rendering capabilities; (d) receiving bids from the first and second sponsors; (e) attributing a priority to the content of the first sponsor based upon a determination that a yield associated with the first sponsor is greater than a yield associated with the second sponsor; and (f) transmitting the first and second items of the first sponsor to the first and second types of mobile communication facilities respectively. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005000 | SYSTEM FOR TARGETING ADVERTISING CONTENT TO A PLURALITY OF MOBILE COMMUNICATION FACILITIES - A system for targeting advertising content includes the steps of: (a) receiving respective requests for advertising content corresponding to a plurality of mobile communication facilities operated by a group of users, wherein the plurality includes first and second types of mobile communication facilities with different rendering capabilities; (b) receiving a datum corresponding to the group; (c) selecting from a first and second sponsor respective content based on a relevancy to the datum, wherein each content includes a first and second item requiring respective rendering capabilities; (d) receiving bids from the first and second sponsors; (e) attributing a priority to the content of the first sponsor based upon a determination that a yield associated with the first sponsor is greater than a yield associated with the second sponsor; and (f) transmitting the first and second items of the first sponsor to the first and second types of mobile communication facilities respectively. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005001 | SYSTEM FOR TARGETING ADVERTISING CONTENT TO A PLURALITY OF MOBILE COMMUNICATION FACILITIES - A system for targeting advertising content includes the steps of: (a) receiving respective requests for advertising content corresponding to a plurality of mobile communication facilities operated by a group of users, wherein the plurality includes first and second types of mobile communication facilities with different rendering capabilities; (b) receiving a datum corresponding to the group; (c) selecting from a first and second sponsor respective content based on a relevancy to the datum, wherein each content includes a first and second item requiring respective rendering capabilities; (d) receiving bids from the first and second sponsors; (e) attributing a priority to the content of the first sponsor based upon a determination that a yield associated with the first sponsor is greater than a yield associated with the second sponsor; and (f) transmitting the first and second items of the first sponsor to the first and second types of mobile communication facilities respectively. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005002 | SYSTEM FOR TARGETING ADVERTISING CONTENT TO A PLURALITY OF MOBILE COMMUNICATION FACILITIES - A system for targeting advertising content includes the steps of: (a) receiving respective requests for advertising content corresponding to a plurality of mobile communication facilities operated by a group of users, wherein the plurality includes first and second types of mobile communication facilities with different rendering capabilities; (b) receiving a datum corresponding to the group; (c) selecting from a first and second sponsor respective content based on a relevancy to the datum, wherein each content includes a first and second item requiring respective rendering capabilities; (d) receiving bids from the first and second sponsors; (e) attributing a priority to the content of the first sponsor based upon a determination that a yield associated with the first sponsor is greater than a yield associated with the second sponsor; and (f) transmitting the first and second items of the first sponsor to the first and second types of mobile communication facilities respectively. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005003 | SYSTEM FOR TARGETING ADVERTISING CONTENT TO A PLURALITY OF MOBILE COMMUNICATION FACILITIES - A system for targeting advertising content includes the steps of: (a) receiving respective requests for advertising content corresponding to a plurality of mobile communication facilities operated by a group of users, wherein the plurality includes first and second types of mobile communication facilities with different rendering capabilities; (b) receiving a datum corresponding to the group; (c) selecting from a first and second sponsor respective content based on a relevancy to the datum, wherein each content includes a first and second item requiring respective rendering capabilities; (d) receiving bids from the first and second sponsors; (e) attributing a priority to the content of the first sponsor based upon a determination that a yield associated with the first sponsor is greater than a yield associated with the second sponsor; and (f) transmitting the first and second items of the first sponsor to the first and second types of mobile communication facilities respectively. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005004 | SYSTEM FOR TARGETING ADVERTISING CONTENT TO A PLURALITY OF MOBILE COMMUNICATION FACILITIES - A system for targeting advertising content includes the steps of: (a) receiving respective requests for advertising content corresponding to a plurality of mobile communication facilities operated by a group of users, wherein the plurality includes first and second types of mobile communication facilities with different rendering capabilities; (b) receiving a datum corresponding to the group; (c) selecting from a first and second sponsor respective content based on a relevancy to the datum, wherein each content includes a first and second item requiring respective rendering capabilities; (d) receiving bids from the first and second sponsors; (e) attributing a priority to the content of the first sponsor based upon a determination that a yield associated with the first sponsor is greater than a yield associated with the second sponsor; and (f) transmitting the first and second items of the first sponsor to the first and second types of mobile communication facilities respectively. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005005 | SYSTEM FOR TARGETING ADVERTISING CONTENT TO A PLURALITY OF MOBILE COMMUNICATION FACILITIES - A system for targeting advertising content includes the steps of: (a) receiving respective requests for advertising content corresponding to a plurality of mobile communication facilities operated by a group of users, wherein the plurality includes first and second types of mobile communication facilities with different rendering capabilities; (b) receiving a datum corresponding to the group; (c) selecting from a first and second sponsor respective content based on a relevancy to the datum, wherein each content includes a first and second item requiring respective rendering capabilities; (d) receiving bids from the first and second sponsors; (e) attributing a priority to the content of the first sponsor based upon a determination that a yield associated with the first sponsor is greater than a yield associated with the second sponsor; and (f) transmitting the first and second items of the first sponsor to the first and second types of mobile communication facilities respectively. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005006 | SYSTEM FOR TARGETING ADVERTISING CONTENT TO A PLURALITY OF MOBILE COMMUNICATION FACILITIES - A system for targeting advertising content includes the steps of: (a) receiving respective requests for advertising content corresponding to a plurality of mobile communication facilities operated by a group of users, wherein the plurality includes first and second types of mobile communication facilities with different rendering capabilities; (b) receiving a datum corresponding to the group; (c) selecting from a first and second sponsor respective content based on a relevancy to the datum, wherein each content includes a first and second item requiring respective rendering capabilities; (d) receiving bids from the first and second sponsors; (e) attributing a priority to the content of the first sponsor based upon a determination that a yield associated with the first sponsor is greater than a yield associated with the second sponsor; and (f) transmitting the first and second items of the first sponsor to the first and second types of mobile communication facilities respectively. | 2012-01-05 |