10th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 78 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150066757 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INSTANT DELIVERY OF VIRTUAL GIFT CARD ON MOBILE PLATFORM - A method for processing a gift card request includes: receiving, by a receiving device, a gift card request, wherein the gift card request includes at least a merchant identifier, a gift amount, a payment account identifier, and a recipient; processing, by a processing device, a payment transaction for the gift amount from a payment account associated with the payment account identifier to a merchant account associated with the merchant identifier; identifying, by the processing device, a gift card number; associating, in a database, the identified gift card number with the merchant identifier and the gift amount such that payment transactions involving the identified gift card number are charged to the merchant account; and transmitting, by a transmitting device, the identified gift card number to the recipient. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066758 | PAYMENT CARD SYSTEMS AND METHODS - According to some embodiments, a payment device having a first and a second account number may be provided. The first account number may be associated with a near field communication (“NFC”) feature of the payment device and the second account number may be associated with a magnetic stripe and/or a memory of the payment device. The first and second account numbers may be associated with a primary payment account of a cardholder, and at least a first authorization parameter associated with the first account number may be established. The payment device might be associated with, for example, a payment card, a payment card formed as a key fob, a mobile phone, and/or a portable computer. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066759 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GAUGING NETWORK TRAFFIC FLOW FOR SOFTWARE DEFINED NETWORKS WITHIN A SOFTWARE DEFINED CLOUDd - Method and Apparatus for rapid scalable unified infrastructure system management platform are disclosed by discovery of compute nodes, network components across data centers, both public and private for a user; assessment of type, capability, VLAN, security, virtualization configuration of the discovered unified infrastructure nodes and components; configuration of nodes and components covering add, delete, modify, scale; and rapid roll out of nodes and components across data centers both public and private. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066760 | AMPLIFYING RADIO FREQUENCY SIGNALS - The present disclosure is directed to a system and method for amplifying Radio Frequency (RF) signals. In some implementations, a system includes a first interface, a second interface, secure memory, a user-interface module, a processing module, and am amplification module. The first interface connects to a microSD slot of a mobile host device. The second interface includes an internal antenna for wirelessly communicating with retail terminals. The secure memory stores user credentials and a payment application used to execute financial transactions with the retail terminals. The processing module executes the payment application using the user credentials in response to at least a transaction request received by the RF module and transmits at least one transaction response to the retail terminal based, at least in part, on the executed payment application. The amplification module connected to a lead of the antenna and is configured to amplify at least received RF signals. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066761 | SELF-SERVICE MACHINE AND OPERATING METHOD OF SELF-SERVICE MACHINE - Provided is a self-service machine and operating method of the self-service machine, the self-service machine including a communication unit to receive, from a video communication server, video information on an agent terminal to be connected, in response to a video advice request, and a display unit to provide an interface including a video area in a first area divided on a screen, and display the video information executed by video communication software through the video area. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066762 | AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM - Systems and methods for providing authentication include receiving an authentication passcode input through an input device of a user device from a first user. The first user is authenticated in response to the authentication passcode input matching at least one user authentication passcode in a database, and an authentication time period is associated with the authentication of the first user and allows the first user access to at least one application on the user device. A plurality of authentication factors are then detected using the user device, and plurality of authentication factors are not an authentication passcode input received through the input device. The plurality of authentication factors are then determined to match the at least one authentication profile in the database and, in response, the authentication time period is extended such that the first user is allowed continued access to the at least one application on the user device. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066763 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CROSS CHANNEL MONITORING - Methods and apparatuses for detecting nefarious activity by providing to others false information and tracking the use of the false information to determine in what way unlawfully taken information is used across several banking channels are presented. An example system can be configured to introduce certain predetermined markers into account data when it is determined that a user's account has been compromised, for example, during an online banking session. In this way, when a party unlawfully takes the user's account information, that party will also copy the markers from the user's account data. Therefore, when the party attempts to use the user's account data, the party will also include the markers added to the user's account. The markers can be information that is added that does not affect the transaction so the transaction can be conducted, and the system can recognize that the transaction may be nefarious. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066764 | MULTI FACTOR AUTHENTICATION RULE-BASED INTELLIGENT BANK CARDS - System, method, and computer program product to implement four factor authentication rule-based intelligent bank cards, by receiving valid authentication information for a card associated with an account, verifying that a captured image of a person presenting the card matches an image of an authorized user of the account, analyzing the captured image to detect an emotion of the person, and performing a predefined operation to control access to the account upon determining that the detected emotion satisfies an emotion rule associated with the account. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066765 | PAYMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD - A method for performing a payment from a payer to a payee, wherein the method includes receiving a payment request for the payment, the payment request being generated in response to the payee requesting funds from the payer; generating a transaction code and payment details using the payment request, the transaction code being obtained by the payer; receiving the transaction code from the payer; and, in response to receiving the transaction code, providing at least some of the payment details to the payer including a payment amount and an indication of the payee, thereby allowing the payer to authorise the payment. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066766 | Secure Generation of a User Account in a Service Server - A method for providing user identification data in order to generate a user account containing user identification data in a service server that provides an electronic service, makes use of a user account. The user is registered in an intermediary agency and, on the basis of the registration of the user, the intermediary agency transmits to the service server, the user identification data as well as a request for the generation of the user account. This is done in such a way that the service server generates the user account, making use of the user identification data. The intermediary agency can serve as a trusted web platform for users and service providers, and can allow users to access services anonymously. The subject innovation also relates to an intermediary agency that is suitable to carry out the method, and it also relates to a computer program for carrying out the method. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066767 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING SUBSCRIPTIONS - A subscription system allows a customer to establish a subscription to a product with one or more retailers (e.g., by establishing the subscription through a controller or central system). In one embodiment, a subscription may be established after receiving information that identifies a product. Terms of a subscription for the product are established, such as a frequency and a duration of the subscription. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066768 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR VERIFYING CARDHOLDER AUTHENTICITY WHEN PROVISIONING A TOKEN - A computer-implemented method for verifying cardholder authenticity when provisioning a token is provided. The method uses an authentication server system having a processor and a memory. The method includes receiving, by the processor, a payment card account identifier provided by a payment requestor. The payment card account identifier for identifying a payment account associated with a cardholder. The method also includes determining a plurality of authentication data associated with the payment requestor, and performing an authentication process using the plurality of authentication data. The authentication process is configured to determine if the payment requestor is the cardholder. The method further includes determining an assurance level associated with the authentication process. The assurance level represents a level of confidence in the authentication process. Moreover, the method includes generating a token for the payment account, and storing the token with the payment card account identifier and the assurance level. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066769 | Method, Apparatus and System for Confirming Off-Line Customer Transactions - A method, apparatus or system confirms a customer transaction by using a computer having a processor, a memory and a communications interface. A transaction data generated by a point-of-sale device physically located at a merchant is received via the communications interface. The transaction data includes a merchant identifier, a first customer identifier, a transaction amount and a first date/time. A customer location data generated by a customer mobile device physically located at the merchant is received via the communications interface. The customer location data includes a second customer identifier, a location information and a second date/time. A customer transaction confirmation is generated whenever the transaction data matches the customer location data, and one or more actions are performed based on the customer transaction confirmation. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066770 | UNATTENDED RETAIL SYSTEMS, METHODS AND DEVICES FOR LINKING PAYMENTS, LOYALTY, AND REWARDS - Methods for generating a consumer profile. The method may include receiving a purchase authorization request including a card number from a consumer, generating, with a key module, a hash value of the card number and generating, at the server, a card identifier. The method may also include associating the generated card identifier with the generated hash value, storing, at a server database, the associated card identifier, and associating, with a processor, the card identifier with the consumer profile. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066771 | FAST ACCESS VECTORS IN REAL-TIME BEHAVIORAL PROFILING - An artificial intelligence fraud management system comprises real-time analytics process for analyzing the behavior of a user from the transaction events they generate over a network. An initial population of smart agent profiles is stored in a computer file system and more smart agent profiles are added as required as transaction data is input. Vectors are assigned to point to a run of profile data that all share the same atomic time interval. The vectors are rolled around to point to newer time intervals as they occur, retiring vectors to expired time intervals, and reassigning those vectors to point to the newer atomic time intervals. Vectors correspond to particular smart agent profiles (P) and are collected into lists stored in profile blocks with a meta-data header. Transactions that involve a particular entity are made quickly accessible and retrievable by such vectors. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066772 | INTEGRATED RISK ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present invention relate to systems, apparatus, methods and computer program products for integrated risk assessment and management. More specifically, embodiments of the present invention provide for a risk database that collects and/or receives transaction data. In other embodiments of the present invention, the risk database collects and/or receives asset data and liability data associated with multiple financial institutions. The data is accessed to monitor customers' risk and one or more risk management actions are initiated based on the monitored customer risk. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066773 | CLAIM RATE BLACK BOX - Apparatus for electronically modifying a rule-based relationship between bank and a merchant is provided. The apparatus may comprise a receiver configured to receive information relating to a plurality of merchant transactions and a plurality of claims associated with at least a portion of the merchant transactions. The apparatus may further comprise a processor configured to calculate a first value, the first value corresponding to a sum of the plurality of claims divided by a sum of the plurality of merchant transactions. The processor may be further configured to electronically divide the first value by an industry benchmark value. In the event that the resultant value is greater than a predetermined threshold value, the processor may be further configured to electronically modify a database storing data corresponding to rules defining the relationship between the bank and the merchant. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066774 | TRAVEL INFORMATION COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Embodiments of the invention are directed to apparatus, methods, and computer program products for a travel flag communication system. In some embodiments, an apparatus is configured to: receive a first status associated with a user account; receive information from a user associated with the user account, wherein information comprises at least a start date of travel, an end date of travel, and at least one destination of travel; change status of the user account from the first status to a second status based on at least the start date of travel and the destination of travel; and revert status of the user account to the first status based on at least the end date of travel. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066775 | Transferring Funds Using Mobile Devices - Aspects of this disclosure relate to a method for transferring funds involved in a financial transaction of a customer by utilizing the mobile device of the customer, including determining device identification data for a mobile device, associating the device identification data to a financial account of a customer, receiving a fund transfer request that includes data identifying the mobile device and an amount of funds to transfer from the financial account of the customer to a financial account of the seller, verifying the fund transfer authorization based on the device identification data, and initiating the fund transfer between the customer's financial account and the financial account of the seller. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066776 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENHANCING CONTENT SECURITY - A method and apparatus for enhancing content security including a content corruptor module having an input for encoded content, a content parameter modifier coupled to the input and having outputs for modified content and fixer data, a content encoder coupled to the output for modified content and having an output for encoded modified content and a fixer data encoder coupled to the output for fixer data and having an output for encoded fixer data. The modified encoded content discourages copying as it is not usable with the corrector data. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066777 | VALUE ADD SERVICE FOR MOBILE POINT OF SALE - The present invention provides a method and system for validating the authenticity of products in which a known payment network infrastructure is used to convey messages for applications other than effecting financial transactions. In particular, the invention provides a method of allocating an identification number to a product manufacturer that may be processed in the same manner as a Personal Account Number (PAN). Standard network messages from the payment network infrastructure may then be used to record an action for example verifying the authenticity of the product. Conveniently, such standard network messages may be translated by an application, for example running on a mobile point of sale (MPOS) device or a suitably enabled smart device, into a more MPOS-user readable format more associated with a warranty action (e.g. a given standard network message may be translated into a “warranty activated” message). | 2015-03-05 |
20150066778 | DIGITAL CARD-BASED PAYMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - Disclosed is a digital card-based payment system and method. A digital card-based payment system includes a seller terminal configured to acquire a token from a purchaser terminal desiring to purchase a product and a card management server configured to store and manage one or more pieces of card information and one or more pieces of token information corresponding to the card information and, upon receipt of the token information and payment information for the product from the seller terminal, make payment for the product using card information corresponding to the received token. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066779 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, A METHOD AND A DEVICE FOR REAL TIME MANAGEMENT, DATA ANALYSIS, TRACKING AND GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION OF BUSINESS DEALS - Disclosed is a communication system, a method and a device for real time management, data analysis and geographic location of business deals. In one implementation, a system ( | 2015-03-05 |
20150066780 | Developing Music and Media - Among other things, contributors (also called teammates) can form teams to cooperatively create original media using electronic communication with a server. The cooperative creation of the original media occurs as a project and as working sessions within a project, defined within a user interface accessible to each of the contributors of the team. The contributors can communicate through the user interface. Security is provided against access by any other party to the original media and the process of cooperatively creating it. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066781 | Prognostics-Based Estimator - Described herein are methods and devices for determining estimate information related to at least one potential vehicle fix for a vehicle based on vehicle information and content of a vehicle repair database. According to an example method, a computing device can receive vehicle information that includes a vehicle identifier and vehicle-usage data for a vehicle. The computing device can then determine repair information that relates to the vehicle from the vehicle repair database based on the vehicle information. The repair information can include at least one potential vehicle fix to a given malfunction. The example method can further involve determining estimate information related to the at least one potential vehicle fix and providing the estimate information to a communication network. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066782 | COMPUTER MONITORING, SERVICING, AND MANAGEMENT OF REMOTE EQUIPMENT AND ASSETS - An asset such as a machine equipped with sensors which are connected to a local computer operative to process the sensor signals and transmit current processed signals to a remote central computer running an EPR system. The asset can also be marked with a QR code which may be scanned by a cell phone or mobile computer to connect to a website with a connection to the remote central computer and store and provide information about the asset. The remote central computer comprises a database of information related to the asset and may contain an historic record of past asset sensor signals, service records for the asset, and the like. Based on the received signals and the database information, the central computer maintains information about the asset and determines the asset's needs for operation, maintenance and servicing and sends appropriate messages to service personnel and the like. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066783 | MEDIA SEARCH AND LICENSE SYSTEM AND METHOD - An automated music industry solution for aggregated search and licensing of diverse music catalogs through the use of metadata and algorithmic search technologies connecting the diverse supply of music available for synchronization licenses and the daily demands of music and media professionals. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066784 | AUTOMATED CLICKWRAP AND BROWSEWRAP SYSTEM - The present invention involves methods, systems, and apparatus for providing an automated clickwrap and browsewrap agreement system. In one aspect, a method includes providing an electronically securable agreement management system; allowing access to a client; associating websites with the client; storing client agreements; receiving and recording end-user identifiers; receiving and responding to client queries; and transmitting the client agreement to the client in response to the client queries. Other aspects include collecting end-user identifiers; transmitting the end-user; populating the client agreement; transmitting identifiers, queries, and agreements through an API; collecting identifiers and populating client agreements through a system module; running the system on the same server as the client website; performing statistics and analytics on stored data; and populating a client historical agreement webpage. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066785 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING DIGITAL EVIDENCE - A method and apparatus for controlling digital evidence comprising creating a case record comprising information about an investigative case, electronically storing at least one piece of digital evidence into memory, and associating the stored at least one piece of evidence with the case record. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066786 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF PRESENTING A REAL ESTATE AGENT TO A LEAD IN A REAL ESTATE COMPUTING PLATFORM - In one exemplary embodiment, with at least one processor, a computerized real estate platform. With the computerized real estate platform, at least one web page document is provided. The web page document includes real estate content. A request from a user computing device for the web page document is received. The request includes a referring real estate agent identifier. A referring real estate agent is identified based on the referring real estate agent identifier. The user computing device is associated with the referring real estate agent. The web page document is modified into include an information about the referring real estate agent and instructions to display the information in a display of the web page document in a web browser of the user computing device. A time period countdown is initiated. The time countdown period indicates a remaining time before the web page document is no longer modified to include the information about the referring real estate agent. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066787 | REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A system for the management of real estate. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066788 | SOCIAL MEDIA INTEGRATION PLATFORM - Techniques for using a social media integration platform include receiving a request from a business system to interact with a social media system executing on a social media platform; integrating, using the social media integration platform, the request between the business system and the social media system by translating the request from the business system to a social media request compliant with the social media platform, wherein the social media integration platform is configured to translate requests between at least one type of business system and a plurality of different types of social media platforms; and sending the social media request to the social media system. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066789 | INTERPERSONAL AFFINITY IDENTIFICATION - A person, registered at an affinity system, is associated with characteristics describing him/herself, and with at least one set of characteristics describing other persons of interest to the registered person (“desired match descriptions”). The desired characteristics may include that a person is looking for a characteristic. Some of the characteristics may be provided by an expertise system including expertise ratings and rarity ratings. The expertise system determines a characteristic via its own methodology, such as tests or other verifications. The expertise system can be internal or external to the affinity system, and there can be more than one expertise system. When a person checks-in at a location, physically or virtually, the affinity system identifies persons of mutual interest. If each of the registered persons agrees, they both are enabled to contact each other. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066790 | PLATFORM FOR IMAGE FEED AND CHARITABLE DONATION - Disclosed is a network user action-driven support computation method and system that receives, from a first user, a user image that may then be supplied as a feed on a social network, receives a designation associating a charitable fund with the user image, obtains automatically, as a first value, a number of network user actions entered in response to the user image, for example, by users selecting “like” or sharing the user image, and computes and reports a donation amount to the charitable fund based on the first value. The user images may be electronic photo albums, image albums, or videos of the first user, and may be displayed to users connected on the social network to the first user as an electronic feed that includes an identification of the charitable fund adjacent to or juxtaposed with the user image. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066791 | MINING OF USER EVENT DATA TO IDENTIFY USERS WITH COMMON INTERESTS - A computer-implemented matching service matches users to other users, and/or to user communities, based at least in part on a computer analysis of event data reflective of user behaviors. The event data may, for example, evidence user affinities for particular items represented in an electronic catalog, such as book titles, music titles, movie titles, and/or other types of items that tend to reflect the traits of users. Event data reflective of other types of user actions, such as item-detail-page viewing events, browse node visits, search query submissions, and/or web browsing patterns may additionally or alternatively be considered. By taking such event data into consideration, the matching service reduces the burden on users to explicitly supply personal profile information, and reduces poor results caused by exaggerations and other inaccuracies in such profile information. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066792 | MATCHING PROFESSIONAL SERVICE PROVIDERS WITH EMPLOYERS HAVING WORK ASSIGNMENTS - A method is disclosed for matching service providers with employers who have work assignments. The method is suitable for implementation on an Internet website. The method provides a mechanism for service providers and employers to negotiate the terms on which service providers and employers enter into contract with each other. The identities of a prospective employer and a potentially interested service provider are kept confidential from each other until both are interested in negotiating. Certain information input to the website is verified by the operator of the website in order to weed out persons who misrepresent their credentials or their identities. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066793 | CORRELATION ENGINE FOR GENERATING ANONYMOUS CORRELATIONS BETWEEN PUBLICATION-RESTRICTED DATA AND PERSONAL ATRIBUTE DATA - A correlation engine apparatus includes a network interface and a processor, wherein the correlation engine is configured to receive publication-restricted data and non-publication-restricted data and generate correlations useable for predictive models, wherein no trace of any personal identifying information (PII) in the publication-restricted data exists in the correlations. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066794 | LIQUID COLOR MANAGEMENT USING LIQUID COLOR CONTAINER HAVING READ-WRITE MEMORY - A method and apparatus for managing the supply of liquid color to a process machine utilizes an electronic memory device connected permanently to a container of liquid color and an electronic memory controller that interacts with the electronic memory device, preferably wirelessly over the Internet. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066795 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR PROVIDING A CUSTOMIZED CONTENT EXCHANGE PLATFORM BETWEEN TWO OR MORE PARTIES - According to various embodiments, systems, methods and computer program products are configured for providing a customized content exchange platform between a third party and a consignor shipping one or more packages to one or more consignees. Within such, one or more computer processors are configured to: receive at least a portion of customized content from the third party; compare the one or more components of the received portion of customized content with at least the one or more consignor-defined parameters so as to identify one or more correlations there-between; in response to identifying at least one correlation, generate a match notification; and based at least in part upon approval of the match notification by the consignor, generate at least one customized communication containing thereon at least a portion of the customized content provided by the third party. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066796 | System and Method for Providing Information to a Recipient of a Physical Mail Object - A system and method is provided for transmitting information over a wide area network, such as the Internet, in response to receiving at least a portion of mail data. In one embodiment of the present invention, information is stored in a memory. Mail data is then affixed to a mail object. The mail object is then manually delivered to a recipient. The mail data is then provided to a reception device. The reception device then uses the mail data to retrieve the information from a mail device in communication with the memory. In a preferred embodiment, the mail data includes data corresponding to the recipient of the mail object, and the information includes data that identifies the recipient of the mail object and data that corresponds to a content of the mail object. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066797 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCING DELIVERY SECURITY AND PREVENTING FRAUD - A system and method that authenticates a shipment to a particular address. A cellular telephone application allows total control of who can be the recipient. The telephone number of a particular cellphone is associated by the carrier with the tracking number of a parcel. The carrier, upon receipt of the parcel for shipping sends an authorization code, which may comprise an expiration date, and/or biometric information, and which may be presented as an electronic barcode image, or presented in other ways (e.g., Bluetooth, infra-red communication) by an application in the telephone. The telephone can securely store this information in its memory, in association with the tracking number. To receive or pickup the parcel, the recipient must present this authentication code (e.g., as a barcode) with their telephone, for scanning by the carrier's delivery agent. Only after authentication code is verified is the parcel released. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066798 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR PROVIDING CUSTOMIZED COMMUNICATION CONTENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH TRANSPORT OF A PLURALITY OF PACKAGES - According to various embodiments, system, methods and computer program products are configured for providing at least one customized communication to a recipient of one or more packages shipped by a consignor via a common carrier. One or more computer processors are configured to: receive at least a portion of customized content; retrieve at least a portion of consignee data, the portion comprising one or more parameters established by the recipient; compare the one or more components of the customized content with the one or more parameters established by the recipient so as to identify one or more correlations there-between; in response to identifying at least one correlation, generate at least one customized communication for provision to the recipient, the at least one customized communication containing at least a portion of the customized content; and in response to identifying no correlations, generate at least one standard communication containing no customized content. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066799 | CHECK-IN FOR DELIVERY - Methods and systems for facilitating delivery of a package to a customer are described. The methods include receiving a delivery order, the order including a signature requirement; requesting a visual identification of an authorized receiver of the package from a user; receiving the visual identification from the user; and transmitting the visual identification to a shipping carrier. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066800 | TURBO BATCH LOADING AND MONITORING OF DOCUMENTS FOR ENTERPRISE WORKFLOW APPLICATIONS - Embodiments of the invention are directed to a system, method, or computer program product for providing customer document indexing and presentment for expedited loading, inserting, updating, and presenting documents within a database framework. The documents include customer documents based on customer interaction with the entity. Specifically, the invention receives electronic documents from sources within the entity. The invention expedites the loading/inserting of large quantities of documents to database tables for storage. Initially received data for loading is processed, via partitioning, onto temporary tables. The documents are staged and subsequently pointed to a destination base table for storage. In this way, a massive amount of data loading from the temporary table to a base table may occur. Once loaded, notification of the documents availability for customer access is then provided to the customer. The documents are then either sent to the customer or accessible by the customer via application. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066801 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VARIANT CONTENT MANAGEMENT - A machine implemented method and system for managing variation and customization of content or touchpoints for customer communications management. The touchpoint has a plurality of message zones able to receive messages from variants. Variants are selected from a database by a variant selector operating on a document composition server. The variants are selected based on selector data. The messages of the selected variant are placed into the message zones of the touchpoint and rendered for distribution to customer devices. When a variant at a higher level in the hierarchy is edited by the content creator, the system automatically updates dependent variants. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066802 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS TO FACILITATE MESSAGING TO CUSTOMERS - Techniques for providing notifications to a customer shopping at a brick and mortar store are disclosed. The techniques include providing a wireless network in a brick and mortar store, using a customer mobile electronic device to detect network identification data of the wireless network, and using a communications module to determine, from the network identification data, the location of the mobile electronic device within the brick and mortar store. The techniques also include a server selecting, based on the location of the mobile electronic device within the brick and mortar store, a notification which is related to a location within the brick and mortar store and transmitting the notification to the mobile electronic device. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066803 | QUANTITATIVE PRODUCT FEATURE ANALYSIS - Providing product review related information to a product review user by: (i) determining a plurality of products having a common product type; (ii) determining a plurality of product features of the plurality of products of the common product type; and (iii) determining, independently of any input from the product review user, a plurality of feature clusters, with each feature cluster including at least two features of the plurality of product features. This software-defined clustering of product features can help review users find the most suitable products and/or services. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066804 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A CUSTOMER SURVEY FOR AN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A method and system for generating a customer survey for an image forming apparatus is disclosed, which includes generating an e-mail on the image forming apparatus addressed to one or more customers; forwarding the generated e-mail to the one or more customers, wherein each of the one or more customers is requested to complete a customer satisfaction survey; receiving answers to the customer satisfaction survey from the one or more customers; tabulating the answers to the customer satisfaction survey from the one or more customers to determine if the image forming apparatus has one or more complaints associated therewith; selecting a temporary solution for each of the one or more complaints on the image forming apparatus having a complaint ratio greater than a predetermined ratio; and implementing the temporary solution on the image forming apparatus. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066805 | LOCATION-BASED ADAPTATION OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - Location-based adaptation of financial management system. Crowdsourced feedback regarding financial management system content is tagged with location data such as an IP address and/or geographic location data. Location-specific counters track feedback received from different locations and may involve different languages, dialects, phrases or other manners of expression associated with different countries, states or regions thereof. When pre-determined criteria is satisfied, e.g., a threshold number of counts associated with a particular location, associated location-based feedback is analyzed and identified feedback patterns are used to selectively modify previously presented financial management system content and adapt the financial management system is adapted to different locations by presenting first modified content based at least in part upon a first identified pattern to users at a first location and second modified content based at least in part upon a second identified pattern to users at a different, second location. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066806 | QUANTITATIVE PRODUCT FEATURE ANALYSIS - Providing product review related information to a product review user by: (i) determining a plurality of products having a common product type; (ii) determining a plurality of product features of the plurality of products of the common product type; and (iii) determining, independently of any input from the product review user, a plurality of feature clusters, with each feature cluster including at least two features of the plurality of product features. This software-defined clustering of product features can help review users find the most suitable products and/or services. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066807 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING A VIRTUAL GUESTBOOK - A system and method are disclosed for accessing, by a computing device, a database that includes: business information representing a plurality of respective businesses that sell products and/or services to customers and customer information representing a plurality of respective customers, that purchase the products and feedback information representing submissions from the respective customers regarding experiences of the customers in connection with the respective businesses. Information associated with a sale of a product and/or service is processed including to associate a code with the sale. The customer is prompted to submit feedback information associated with the business and/or the sale of the product and/or service, and the feedback information is processed to store the feedback in the database and to provide the feedback information in a virtual guestbook associated with the business. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066808 | Determining Income Replacement Rates - A computer-implemented method, including executing a plurality of simulations on a retirement account in a retirement plan to produce a plurality of potential retirement account balances at a retirement age and associated confidence levels specifying a predicted level of accuracy of corresponding account balances; selecting, from the range, a particular potential account balance that has a confidence level that exceeds a confidence level threshold; and calculating, by one or more processing devices, a constant periodic withdrawal amount of funds from the retirement account. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066809 | COLLECTIVELY ANALYZING HOLDINGS ACROSS MULTIPLE FIXED INCOME PRODUCTS - Systems, methods, and computer-readable mediums (i.e., utilities) for use in enabling corporate treasurers, money managers, and other investors to view and analyze consolidated credit risk on individual investments across multiple money market products (MMPs) and/or multiple accounts. In one aspect, the utilities may generate a database of MMP and related holding information that may be used to research and analyze one or more MMPs and/or underlying securities even if the same MMP or security is associated with different identifiers. In another aspect, the securities or holdings of the MMPs of actual or sample accounts may be aggregated (e.g., by common identifier, sponsor, issuer, etc.) either within MMPs and/or across multiple MMPs and subsequently analyzed to generate inferences and to obtain numerous types of information which may be presented to corporate treasurers and/or other users on a display (e.g., text, charts, graphs, etc.) for use in gauging a company's or other entity's credit exposure and in making decisions based on what is displayed. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066810 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OBTAINING A DETERMINISTIC VALUE FOR ONE OR MORE FINANCIAL PRODUCTS - The invention relates to a system and method for obtaining a deterministic value for one or more financial products. This invention defines one or more rules to obtain the deterministic value for the one or more financial products. The one or more rules include an interest rule, a principal rule and a currency rule. The one or more rules are attached to the one or more financial products and executed at the time of cash flow event calculation to obtain the deterministic value of the interest, the mode of payment and the currency of payment for the one or more financial products. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066811 | Determining Income Replacement Rates - A computer-implemented method, including executing a plurality of simulations on a retirement account in a retirement plan to produce a plurality of potential retirement account balances at a retirement age and associated confidence levels specifying a predicted level of accuracy of corresponding account balances; selecting, from the range, a particular potential account balance that has a confidence level that exceeds a confidence level threshold; and calculating, by one or more processing devices, a constant periodic withdrawal amount of funds from the retirement account. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066812 | ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREFOR, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - There is provided a system including a reference consumption calculator and a load shift determining unit. The calculator calculates a reference consumption being a statistic for an energy consumption based on a history of the energy consumption of a demander. The determining unit determines whether or not load shift was performed based on and the reference consumption and a target energy consumption being the energy consumption in a period including a target time period in the history of the energy consumption, the load shift including at least one of a first operation and a second operation by the demander. The first operation is to charge energy in an energy accumulating device. The second operation is to shift an energy consumption operation to be made in a time period other than the target time period so as to be made in the target time period. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066813 | OUTAGE WINDOW SCHEDULER TOOL - An apparatus for determining a future outage window in which to perform work on a server may include an input for receiving historical performance data about at least one server, a non-transitory memory and a processor communicatively coupled to the input and the memory. The processor may be configured to use instructions stored in the memory to predict one or more likely future time windows to be recommended as possible outage windows in which to perform work on the server. The processor may analyze historical performance data about the at least one server to determine one or more historical time windows corresponding to low CPU utilization of the at least one server. In some cases, the processor may then predict one or more future time windows to be recommended for use as the outage window using, at least in part, the determined historical time windows. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066814 | Sentiment Analysis of Data Logs - An approach is provided to use natural language processing (NLP) to analyze data logs. In the approach, a data log is analyzed with the data log including a number of entries. The analysis performed includes performance of a sentiment analysis of the entries using natural language processing. The result of the sentiment analysis results is a sentiment score. Entries from the data log are then visually highlighted based on their corresponding sentiment scores. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066815 | System and Method for a Revolutionary Development Platform and Management System using Intelligent Control Rooms - A system and method for a revolutionary development platform and management system using intelligent control rooms, hereafter referred to “the system”, that implements a generic intelligent control room concept in any information system using a groundbreaking framework for the design, build, control and operation of an enterprise's management data and human reporting. It provides both operational knowledge and quality assurance by pragmatically defining the gathering and flow of information in one or all organization units and allows for seamless knowledge dissemination into and within the organization. To meet the mantra of no programming required all new object domains and expert subject rules are added via the base code and database design functionality without requiring any additional programming. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066816 | BUSINESS PROCESS BEHAVIOR CONFORMANCE CHECKING AND DIAGNOSTIC METHOD AND SYSTEM BASED ON THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL PROCESS MODELS BUILT USING PROBABILISTIC MODELS AND FUZZY LOGIC - The present invention generally relates to systems and methods for checking the conformance of a process behavior against a theoretical process model, and for further providing a detailed diagnostic regarding the process behavior's expectedness and frequency. The provision of this detailed diagnostic includes discovering the empirical models generated by the system's business processes, and matching the defined process model to its corresponding empirical model. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066817 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VIRTUAL ASSISTANTS WITH SHARED CAPABILITIES - A virtual assistant platform (“VAP”) provides a self-supporting and expandable architectural framework for virtual assistants (“VAs”) to communicate with a user via an electronic device. VAs may communicate with other devices, software programs, and other VAs. VAs may include intelligent agents configured to perform particular tasks. The VAP may include an execution environment that provides an interface between the VA and the electronic device and a framework of services for the intelligent agents. A VA may participate in or coordinate a group of VAs in which knowledge and tasks can be shared and cooperatively executed. The execution environment may include an agent store for registering agents for use on the VAP, storing agent code and data, and distributing agents to requesting users. Through the agent store, new VAs and agents may be distributed to users to expand their use of the VAP. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066818 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING LOCATION, ONSET, AND/OR CHANGE OF CORONARY LESIONS - Systems and methods are disclosed for predicting the location, onset, or change of coronary lesions from factors like vessel geometry, physiology, and hemodynamics. One method includes: acquiring, for each of a plurality of individuals, a geometric model, blood flow characteristics, and plaque information for part of the individual's vascular system; training a machine learning algorithm based on the geometric models and blood flow characteristics for each of the plurality of individuals, and features predictive of the presence of plaque within the geometric models and blood flow characteristics of the plurality of individuals; acquiring, for a patient, a geometric model and blood flow characteristics for part of the patient's vascular system; and executing the machine learning algorithm on the patient's geometric model and blood flow characteristics to determine, based on the predictive features, plaque information of the patient for at least one point in the patient's geometric model. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066819 | PERIODIC TRAINING FOR UNMATCHED SIGNAL RECEIVER - I/O parameters are adjusted based on a number of errors detected in a received training signal. A controller device sends the training signal while a memory device is in a training mode. The memory device samples the training signal and the system causes an adjustment to at least one I/O parameter based on a detected number of errors. Either the controller or the memory device can perform the error detection, depending on the configuration of the system. Either an I/O parameter of the controller or an I/O parameter of the memory device can be adjusted, depending on the configuration of the system. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066820 | Feature Extraction and Machine Learning for Evaluation of Image-Or Video-Type, Media-Rich Coursework - Conventional techniques for automatically evaluating and grading assignments are generally ill-suited to evaluation of coursework submitted in media-rich form. For courses whose subject includes programming, signal processing or other functionally expressed designs that operate on, or are used to produce media content, conventional techniques are also ill-suited. It has been discovered that media-rich, indeed even expressive, content can be accommodated as, or as derivatives of, coursework submissions using feature extraction and machine learning techniques. Accordingly, in on-line course offerings, even large numbers of students and student submissions may be accommodated in a scalable and uniform grading or scoring scheme. Instructors or curriculum designers may adaptively refine assignments or testing based on classifier feedback. Using developed techniques, it is possible to administer courses and automatically grade submitted work that takes the form of media encodings of artistic expression, computer programming and even signal processing to be applied to media content. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066821 | OBSERVATION VALUE PREDICTION DEVICE AND OBSERVATION VALUE PREDICTION METHOD - A prediction device includes an observation unit configured to obtain an observation value of a target object, a learning unit configured to learn a transition probability and a probability distribution of a model, including the transition probability between a plurality of states and the probability distribution of the observation value which corresponds to each state, from time series data of the observation value, a prediction unit configured to predict a state at a predetermined time based on the transition probability and to predict an observation value corresponding to the state at the predetermined time based on the probability distribution using the time series data of the observation value before the predetermined time. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066822 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTHENTICATING A USER THROUGH AN UNOBSERVABLE RE-AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM - Systems and methods for authenticating a user through an unobservable re-authentication process are disclosed. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066823 | Activating Applications Based on Accelerometer Data - In some implementations, a computer-implemented method includes storing a plurality of acceleration profiles in a mobile device; receiving accelerometer data from an accelerometer in the mobile device; correlating the accelerometer data with one accelerometer profile in the plurality of accelerometer profiles; and activating a user application of the mobile device that is associated with the correlated accelerometer profile. Each acceleration profile can correspond to a sequence of acceleration forces a mobile device would be subjected to when carried with a user during an activity that corresponds to the correlated acceleration profile. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066824 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENOMIC ANALYSIS - A computer-implemented method for processing and/or analyzing nucleic acid sequencing data comprises receiving a first data input and a second data input. The first data input comprises untargeted sequencing data generated from a first nucleic acid sample obtained from a subject. The second data input comprises target-specific sequencing data generated from a second nucleic acid sample obtained from the subject. Next, with the aid of a computer processor, the first data input and the second data input are combined to produce a combined data set. Next, an output derived from the combined data set is generated. The output is indicative of the presence or absence of one or more polymorphisms of the first nucleic acid sample and/or the second nucleic acid sample. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066825 | SIMULATED INFRARED MATERIAL COMBINATION USING NEURAL NETWORK - Mipping systems and methods are disclosed. For example, a mipping system can include processing circuitry configured to receive combinations of a plurality of pixels N at a time, each pixel having material codes directed to respective materials of the pixels, where the material codes relate to infrared properties of the respective materials, and N is a positive integer greater than 1; and train an artificial neural network having a classification space by providing respective neurons for each unique combination of material codes, and condition the artificial neural network so that the respective neurons activate when presented with their unique of material code combinations in order to create a combined set of material code parameters for accurate rendering of the mipped pixels. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066826 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING A BREAKPOINT DETERMINATION UNIT IN AN ARTIFICIAL NERVOUS SYSTEM - Methods and apparatus are provided for using a breakpoint determination unit to examine an artificial nervous system. One example method generally includes operating at least a portion of the artificial nervous system; using the breakpoint determination unit to detect that a condition exists based at least in part on monitoring one or more components in the artificial nervous system; and at least one of suspending, examining, modifying, or flagging the operation of the at least the portion of the artificial nervous system, based at least in part on the detection. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066827 | Method of Using Graphical Index Maps to Provide Automated Relationship Discovery and Impact Analyses - A method, system and computer-usable medium are disclosed for understanding and discovering relationships within infrastructure systems via an infrastructure management system. In certain embodiments, the infrastructure systems comprise water and/or transportation systems. Such an infrastructure management system enables accidents to be prevented, traffic to flow normally, water to be conserved, cleaned and delivered safely. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066828 | CORRECTING INCONSISTENCIES IN SPATIO-TEMPORAL PREDICTION SYSTEM - An apparatus, method, and computer program product are disclosed for correcting inconsistencies in a spatio-temporal prediction system. A data module receives event-prediction data comprising a plurality of prediction probabilities. The plurality of prediction probabilities includes one or more ordering inconsistencies. A ranking module calculates one or more event-prediction rankings based on the event-prediction data while adjusting for the one or more ordering inconsistencies. A probability-ordering module orders the prediction probabilities based on the one or more event-prediction rankings. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066829 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR QUERY ANSWERING OVER PROBABILISTIC SUPPLY CHAIN INFORMATION - A method predicts a derivable event in a logistic network. The method includes generating a Bayesian network describing a structure of at least a part of a logistic network. A query is received for the derivable event that depends on a combination of base events in the logistic network. The Bayesian network is instantiated for a plurality of points in time. A prediction of the derivable event is deduced from the instantiated Bayesian network by use of complex event processing. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066830 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON COLLABORATIVE AND/OR CONTENT-BASED NODAL INTERRELATIONSHIPS - In selected embodiments a recommendation generator builds a network of interrelationships between venues, reviewers and users based on their attributes and reviewer and user reviews of the venues. Each interrelationship or link may be positive or negative and may accumulate with other links (or anti-links) to provide nodal links the strength of which are based on commonality of attributes among the linked nodes and/or common preferences that one node, such as a reviewer, expresses for other nodes, such as venues. The links may be first order (based on a direct relationship between, for instance, a reviewer and a venue) or higher order (based on, for instance, the fact that two venue are both liked by a given reviewer). The recommendation engine in certain embodiments determines recommended venues based on user attributes and venue preferences by aggregating the link matrices and determining the venues which are most strongly coupled to the user. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066831 | RULE-BASED INFERENCE SYSTEM AND AN INFERENCE METHOD - A computer-implemented method for processing rules in an inference system in order to determine the value of a target variable by an inference engine, wherein: the value of the target variable is determined on the basis of a set of rules to define conclusions depending on premises, the premises being functions of values of variables, wherein the variables can be: source variables, having values defined by costs stored in a database, or regulated variables, having values dependent on conclusions of the rules; and wherein the operation of the inference engine ( | 2015-03-05 |
20150066832 | System and Method of Semi-Automated Velocity-Based Social Network Moderation - A method and system of detecting the activity of “bots” in an online community, by measuring the time elapsed between user actions and comparing this time to a timespan established as normal for users performing the same user actions without the assistance of bots. The timespan may be adjusted when other suspicion characteristics are detected. When detecting actions suspected to be bot-assisted, the method and system respond by executing one or more response instructions against the user suspected of using the bot, with the aim of preventing further bot activity. The response instructions are stored by associating them with a type of user action and a total number of suspect user actions. As a result, the response instructions may be set to increase in severity with each additional suspect act by a user. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066833 | METHOD FOR MAKING INTELLIGENT DATA PLACEMENT DECISIONS IN A COMPUTER NETWORK - A method for making data placement decisions in a computer network uses multiple factors comprising social rules (rules, factors and criteria common to all participating nodes and intended to benefit the community of nodes), as well as rules, factors and criteria driven by individual self-interest of the participating nodes. The method calls for each node to act in a semi-autonomous manner, without the need for a central coordinating node. By considering multiple factors fully, and not eliminating factors by a sequence of True/False decisions, the method may arrive at optimal decisions and may generate a ranked list of node candidates. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066834 | DATA SYSTEMS PROCESSING - A method, article comprising machine-readable instructions and apparatus that processes data systems for encoding, decoding, pattern recognition/matching and data generation is disclosed. State subsets of a data system are identified for the efficient processing of data based, at least in part, on the data system's systemic characteristics. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066835 | Computational Tools For Genomic Sequencing and Macromolecular Analysis - A four valued parallelized simulation with the ability to implement computer systems with the ability to combine a mixture of computer intensive techniques in DNA analysis and molecular crystallography. Disclosed systems and methods aid in the design of drugs, pharmaceutical research, genetically modified organisms and the detection of genetic sequences for gene therapy. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066836 | Methods and Systems of Four-Valued Simulation - A system for the dynamic encoding in a semantic network of both syntactic and semantic information into a common four valued logical notation. The encoding of new information being benign to prior syntactic constructions, tests for N conditionals in time O(C) and allows for the proper quantification of variables at each recursive step. The query/inference engine constructed from such an implementation is able to optimize short term memory for maximizing long term storage in the automaton. In a parallel context this can be viewed as optimizing communication and memory allocation between processes. Disclosed embodiments of a four valued encoding achieve efficiencies in minimizing the run time stack and maximizing heap size especially in a parallel architecture. Disclosed embodiments are useful in simulation and search engine implementations. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066837 | METHOD FOR PREDICTING CHARGING PROCESS DURATION - A method for predicting the duration of a future charging process for a vehicle battery. The method comprises estimating a future charge amount of the battery corresponding to the start of the future charging process. The method further comprises estimating a future temperature of the battery. The method still further comprises determining a future charging power or a characteristic thereof to be applied to the battery during the future charging process, wherein the future charging power or characteristic thereof is based on the estimated future charge amount and the estimated future temperature and is representative of a charging amount or characteristic thereof that will maintain the temperature of the battery at or below a threshold temperature during the future charging process. The method still further comprises predicting a duration of the future charging process based on the estimated future charge amount and the determined future charging power or characteristic thereof. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066838 | Annotation of Data in an Operating Plan Data Aggregation System - In an embodiment a method is provided. The method includes receiving forecast information in a computer from a first group of users. The method also includes integrating the forecast information into a database and corresponding OLAP cube accessible by the computer. The method further includes receiving comments on specific entries of the forecast information in the computer from a second group of users. The method also includes receiving changes of the forecast information in the computer from a second group of users The method further includes integrating comments and changes into the database and OLAP cube. Moreover, the method includes providing a display of the comments and the changes to the first group of users in an interface to the computer. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066839 | REPORTING TOOLS FOR OBJECT-RELATIONAL DATABASES - A view schema is generated from a view definition, wherein the view schema includes one or more relational views that are created by translating one or more object queries in the view definition into one or more relational queries. A report design schema is generated from the view definition by: creating one or more report tables that correspond to the one or more relational views of the view schema and extending the one or more report tables with one or more primary key constraints and one or more foreign key constraints. A reporting model is generated by reverse engineering the report design schema, wherein the reporting model includes the one or more primary key constraints and the one or more foreign key constraints. A report is generated using the reporting model, wherein the report includes the one or more primary key constraints and the one or more foreign key constraints. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066840 | ANALYSIS SYSTEM - An analysis system | 2015-03-05 |
20150066841 | TABLE-FORM PRESENTATION OF HIERARCHICAL DATA - Various embodiments herein each include at least one of systems, methods, and software for table-form presentation of hierarchical data. Some such embodiments include aggregating a hierarchical dataset as it may be stored in several rows of each of one to many tables or other similar data storage structures, grouping data according to the hierarchy, and writing the data in hierarchical groups to a table structure. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066842 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRIOR ART ANALYSIS - Systems and methods for prior art analysis are provided. An example method comprises maintaining a patent matter database including, for at least one patent matter, a claim set or statement of invention, and a priority date. The method also includes maintaining a database of prior art documents and associating a prior art document with a first patent matter in the patent matter database. An automatic keyword analysis is performed on both the first patent matter and associated prior art document and a keyword pool is identified. Combined information is provided at a user interface information including at least identification of the first patent matter, the keyword pool, at least one keyword occurring uniquely in the first patent matter, and a timeline representing the priority date of the first patent matter and the priority or publication date of the prior art document. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066843 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING RESETTABLE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS FOR SYNCHRONIZING DATA IN A DISTRIBUTED DATA GRID - A system and method can support resettable acknowledgements for synchronizing data between clusters in a distributed data grid. The system can use one or more unique identifiers (IDs) to support message passing between different clusters in the distributed data grid. A first cluster can receive a first replication message from a second cluster, wherein the replication message indicates that the replication message is from a new cluster. Then, the system can reset the first cluster to preserve idempotence in possessing one or more replication messages that are received from the second cluster, following the first replication message. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066844 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A VIRTUALIZED REPLICATION AND HIGH AVAILABILITY ENVIRONMENT - The system and method described herein may provide a virtualized replication and high availability environment. In particular, a virtualized production server may run one or more virtual machines in one or more child partitions and have a replication and high availability engine installed in a parent partition. The replication and high availability engine may automatically discover the virtual machines running in the child partitions and automatically synchronize all files associated with the virtual machines to a virtualized replica server. Furthermore, the replication and high availability engine may continuously replicate subsequent changes to the files associated with the virtual machines running in the child partitions to the virtualized replica server, which may then create on-demand virtual machines from the synchronized and replicated files to handle switchover, failover, switchback, and failback events associated with the virtualized production server or the virtual machines running in the child partitions associated therewith. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066845 | ASYNCHRONOUSLY MIGRATING A FILE SYSTEM - A system for migrating data from a source file system to a destination file system, in a manner that is transparent and seamless to clients of the source file system. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066846 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASYNCHRONOUS REPLICATION OF A NETWORK-BASED FILE SYSTEM - A system for migrating data from a source file system to a destination file system, in a manner that is transparent and seamless to clients of the source file system. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066847 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MIGRATING DATA FROM A SOURCE FILE SYSTEM TO A DESTINATION FILE SYSTEM WITH USE OF ATTRIBUTE MANIPULATION - A system for migrating data from a source file system to a destination file system while the source file system is in active use, in part by transitioning the client's use of the source file system to that of the destination file system without unmounting the client from the source file system | 2015-03-05 |
20150066848 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING PARTITION LEVEL JOURNALING FOR SYNCHRONIZING DATA IN A DISTRIBUTED DATA GRID - A system and method can support partition level journaling for synchronizing data between clusters in a distributed data grid. The system can associate a journal cache with one or more user caches in a local cluster, wherein said one or more user caches are split into a plurality of partitions. Furthermore, the system can capture one or more data changes that are applied to different partitions of said one or more user caches, and can store said one or more data changes in the journal cache that supports synchronization with remote clusters. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066849 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING PARALLEL ASYNCHRONOUS SYNCHRONIZATION BETWEEN CLUSTERS IN A DISTRIBUTED DATA GRID - A system and method can support parallel asynchronous synchronization between autonomous clusters in a distributed data grid. The system can track one or more data changes, which are applied on one or more user caches in a source cluster, at a partition level. Furthermore, one or more cluster members in the source cluster can send one or more replication messages to one or more destination clusters, wherein said one or more replication messages include the one or more data changes. Then, the one or more destination clusters can process the received one or more data changes. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066850 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING FAILOVER DURING SYNCHRONIZATION BETWEEN CLUSTERS IN A DISTRIBUTED DATA GRID - A system and method can support failover during synchronization between autonomous clusters in a distributed data grid. The system allows a cluster member in a source cluster to take over as an owner of a partition in a source cluster, when another cluster member in the source cluster becomes unavailable. Then, a cluster member in the destination cluster can receive one or more replication messages from said cluster member in the source cluster, wherein said one or more replication messages include one or more data changes. Furthermore, the cluster member in the destination cluster may ignore said one or more replication messages, if said one or more replication messages have already been received and successfully processed in the destination cluster. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066851 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A COMPUTER BASED FORMS LANGUAGE - A computational platform and related methods that generally combines the object model and the programming model into a single set of constructs (e.g. Forms, relations, entities, relationships). These constructs provide the characteristics of inheritance, linkage, immutability, versioning, and substitution in a single structure that can store the objects, processes, and instructions/programs, and provide for convergence and divergence of information in information streams, a database graph, or a database web distributed across a set of nodes. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066852 | DETECTING OUT-OF-BAND (OOB) CHANGES WHEN REPLICATING A SOURCE FILE SYSTEM USING AN IN-LINE SYSTEM - Examples described herein include a computer system, positioned in-line with respect to a plurality of clients that actively use a source file system, to replicate a source file system on a target memory in presence of out-of-band events which alter the source file system. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066853 | TEMPLATES AND MAPPINGS FOR USER SETTINGS - A cloud-based computer system changes the modern paradigm from being device-centric to being person-centric. The system makes all user data, settings, and licensed content for a user available in the cloud. Multiple templates provide mapping information from physical devices to a master template that serves as a central repository for all of a user's settings for all of a user's devices. The templates also provide mapping information that allow for mapping settings between different physical devices, between physical devices and other templates, and between templates. A user settings mechanism uses the mapping information to propagate user settings stored in one template to other templates and to one or more physical devices, and to propagate user settings stored in a physical device to multiple templates, including a master template that serves as the central repository for all of a user's settings. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066854 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND ITS CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM - A data processing apparatus has: a generation unit for generating a sync signal related to a frame period of moving image data; a plurality of processing units each for executing a processing in accordance with the sync signal; a memory; and a memory control unit for accepting access requests to the memory from the plurality of processing units and control a data transfer between each of the plurality of processing units and the memory in accordance with the access request. The memory control unit sets a first period to mask the access request from a predetermined processing unit among the plurality of processing units in accordance with the sync signal and does not accept the access request from the predetermined processing unit in the first period. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066855 | OUTCAST INDEX IN A DISTRIBUTED FILE SYSTEM - An outcast index in a distributed file system is described. A first server can receive an indication that a first replica stored on the first server is to be modified in view of a second replica stored on a second server. The first replica and the second replica are replicas of a same file. The first server updates metadata associated with the first replica to indicate an outcast state of the first replica. The first server receives an indication that the modification of the first replica is complete. The first server updates the metadata associated with the first replica to remove the outcast state of the first replica. | 2015-03-05 |
20150066856 | FLOW STATE TOTALS AND AUTO FLOW WAREHOUSING - A computing device can automatically generate a flow diagram showing statuses that objects in a system can possess, and the possible transitions between these statuses. Using snapshots of database data, the device can determine how the statuses of these objects have changed over time. The device can analyze the data to suggest which database fields likely represent object status. The device can render the flow diagram to illustrate system states at different selected times. Each rendered flow diagram can indicate, for the selected time point, the quantity of objects that possessed each status at that time, and, for a selected time interval, the quantity of objects that changed from each status to each other status during that time interval. The statuses can be represented in the flow diagram as status bubbles having sizes that are based on the quantities of objects have those bubble's statuses at the selected time point. | 2015-03-05 |