20th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 61 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140136235 | PATIENT AND PHYSICIAN GATEWAY TO CLINICAL DATA - In a system for remote storage of clinical data, the system includes a server, a database in communication with the server, wherein clinical data is stored and cataloged as records within categories in the database. The system includes a communication link between the server and a network. The server executes software to securely generate, receive, store, catalog, update, provide access to and/or transmit the clinical data between and among patients, healthcare providers and other authorized parties including members and administrators of the system. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136236 | PATIENT AND PHYSICIAN GATEWAY TO CLINICAL DATA - In a system for remote storage of clinical data, the system includes a server, a database in communication with the server, wherein clinical data is stored and cataloged as records within categories in the database. The system includes a communication link between the server and a network. The server executes software to securely generate, receive, store, catalog, update, provide access to and/or transmit the clinical data between and among patients, healthcare providers and other authorized parties including members and administrators of the system. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136237 | HEALTHCARE DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - Efficient computer distribution of healthcare information is achieved by computer aggregating the healthcare information directly from multiple sources, namely, computers of healthcare providers, including EHR vendors, and patients. Financial incentives to share information are provided to the sources. Healthcare information may de-identified by removing some specific information about the patient and the provider, and inserting generalized information about each. Healthcare providers and patients may prohibit use of their information, limit the content of their information, and control to whom their information is sold. Compensation and distribution of information among purchasers may be controlled to ensure fairness. The healthcare information may be analyzed, reordered and filtered to generate data or reports in response to a purchase request. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136238 | VIDEO ARCHIVING FOR ON-LINE SERVICES - An on-line physician care system having a system server and an archive storage device. A patient connects to the system with a patient computing device and is placed in a queue until a receptionist can be connected to the patient via a connection between the patient computing device and the receptionist computing device. An audio and video connection is provided to the receptionist for obtaining data is entered into the system server. The receptionist places the patient in a queue until a doctor is connected via a connection to a doctor computing device, providing an audio and visual connection. A diagnosis can be made, prescription issued, and the exchange captured in the archive storage device. An on-line system for archiving exchanges between a user and a service representative is also provided. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136239 | System for Electronically Recording and Sharing Medical Information - A system for electronically recording and sharing medical data is provided, the system comprising an electronic source document, wherein the electronic source document comprises a database. In one particular embodiment, the medical data comprise clinical study data, and in another the medical data comprise patient specific data. In some embodiments, the system includes means for defining data parameters and storing the data parameters within the electronic source document, as well as a browser-based means for entering data into the electronic source document and storing the data therein. In a further embodiment, the system comprises means for one or more users of the system to view stored data. In a still further embodiment, means for one or more users to amend data stored in the electronic source document is provided, and in yet another embodiment the system comprises means for creating and maintaining an audit trail when one or more of the users amends data stored in the electronic source document. In other embodiments, the system further comprises an application specific navigation tool; in some embodiments, the application specific tool comprises a graphical user interface. Appropriate methods of using the system are also provided. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136240 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADMINISTRATION OF PRESCRIPTION DRUG BENEFITS - The invention relates to the administration of prescription drug formulary information. A list of drugs that a particular prescription drug plan will pay for in whole or in part is called a formulary. The invention involves the use of information and customizable rules associated with formularies, combined with information from patient medical records, to generate custom, dynamic formularies applicable to specific patients, groups of patients, or both. Depending on the choice of rules and the other information, this may help payers control prescription drug costs by encouraging the use of less-expensive drugs when medically appropriate, but without impairing the freedom of prescribers to prescribe specific drugs according to their professional judgments. Some embodiments may also be adapted to generate and store data about the use and functioning of the embodiments or aspects of them and to generate reports containing some or all such data in response to queries. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136241 | COMPUTER-BASED SYSTEM TO OPTIMIZE MEDICAL TREATMENT BASED ON CONSUMER CHOICE AND COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF TREATMENT DATA - Apparatus and methods relating to a memory storing, for a population having different medical treatments, each member of the population's medical treatment data for at least one of a disease, an ailment, and a disability and corresponding cost data for the medical treatment; a digital computer, which: accesses the memory to obtain the stored data and then processes the stored data, including: grouping the data according to types of the medical treatments received to produce groupings for each said at least one of the disease, the ailment, and the disability; computing, from the groupings of the types of treatments received, to produce a measure of comparative cost effectiveness of the medical treatments; and applying the measure to the population produce a comparative effectiveness of the medical treatments; generating output which includes the produced the comparative effectiveness of the medical treatments; and an output device which disseminates the output. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136242 | HOME SENSOR DATA GATHERING FOR INSURANCE RATING PURPOSES - In a computer-implemented method of incentivizing low-loss behaviors, in-home data is received. The in-home data is generated by, or based on information generated by, a device located at a residence of an individual, and is indicative of one or both of (i) a utilization of the device and (ii) a condition monitored by the device. The method also includes determining, based on the received in-home data, an insurance premium adjustment for the individual, and providing an indication of the determined insurance premium adjustment. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136243 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOSS ANALYSIS - According to some embodiments, loss data may be received. The received loss data may be used to populate cells in a pivot data worksheet in a spreadsheet application workbook. At least one pivot table in at least one pivot table worksheet of the spreadsheet application workbook may be automatically created based on the pivot data worksheet. According to some embodiments, the pivot table includes cells that summarize the loss data associated with the insurance claims submitted under an insurance policy. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136244 | SYSTEM FOR MANAGING A STABLE VALUE PROTECTED INVESTMENT PLAN - Method and system to track, reconcile and administer the values of life insurance policies in separate accounts, including Stable Value Protected funds. Accordingly, targeted returns are translated into unit values on a daily basis for each fund. Additionally the system tracks restrictions (e.g., timing, amount of withdrawal and amount of reallocations) on a premium-by-premium basis, and tracks the book value, market value, duration and targeted return on a client-by-client basis. The system calculates and tracks the payments and credits applicable to a withdrawal or reallocation request, in addition to the liquidation schedules for each fund based on the payment amounts and credits of specific funds. Additionally, daily unit values are calculated given a periodic targeted return (i.e., a quarterly targeted return). | 2014-05-15 |
20140136245 | Method for Offering a Protection Policy for a Mobile Device - One embodiment includes a method for offering a protection policy for a mobile device, the method comprising the steps of providing an application, conducting a test of the mobile device, calculating the risk of protecting the mobile device, and offering an protection policy. The application is configured to operate on the mobile device and to test at least one function of the mobile device. The test is conducted by the application and verifies at least one function of the mobile device through the application. The risk of protecting the mobile device is based upon at least one result of the test. The protection policy for the mobile device is based upon the calculated risk, has a cost, and is offered for purchase to a user of the mobile device an. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136246 | Method of Stimulating Digital Sales - A method of stimulating digital media sales is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of stimulating digital sales is provided, comprising selling a ticket to a mass entertainment event to a customer; generating a unique voucher code; coupling the voucher code to the ticket; coupling goods or services to the unique voucher code; and making the goods or services available for redemption via an electronic application. In another embodiment method of stimulating digital sales is provided, comprising selling a ticket to a mass entertainment event to a customer; generating a unique voucher code; coupling the voucher code to the ticket; coupling goods or services to the unique voucher code; making the goods or services available for redemption via an electronic application; and directing the customer to a vendor where the goods or services can be redeemed. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136247 | USE OF GROUP MATERIALIZATION RATE TO RELEASE INVENTORY SPACE - A method, apparatus and program product utilize a materialization rate of a group booking to reduce the potential underutilization of travel provider inventory due to cancelations associated with the group booking. In particular, a group quantity associated with a group booking for a particular travel segment is distributed to one or more individual booking classes for that travel segment, and the availability of the individual booking classes is thereafter adjusted based on the materialization rate associated with the group booking. As such, the availability of the individual booking classes may effectively be increased to account for the likelihood of cancelations associated with group booking, and thereby open the individual booking classes to additional bookings. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136248 | TICKET TRANSFER FINGERPRINTING, SECURITY, AND ANTI-FRAUD MEASURES - A method facilitates the purchase of a first ticket by way of a ticketing application. The ticketing application assigns a first fingerprint to the first ticket and stores it on a server. The first ticket is transferred to a recipient, and the first fingerprint is removed from the server. A second ticket with a second assigned fingerprint is issued to the recipient by way of the ticketing application. The second fingerprint is stored on the server. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136249 | Method and Apparatus for Improved Listings of Branch Locations for Booking Rental Vehicle Reservations On-Line - Disclosed herein are techniques for permitting users to efficiently identify a desired branch location for a rental vehicle reservation. For example, a user-selectable link can be provided on a website page that, upon user selection, restricts a list of available branch locations in an area to only airport branch locations in that area. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136250 | INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD, INFORMATION PROVIDING PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information providing apparatus caches, based on a number of reservation remains which is periodically acquired from a management apparatus managing numbers of reservation remains of services, a number of remains of a reservation target in a cache means for each reservation target identified by a combination of a service and a time of providing the service; estimates, for each of a plurality of reservation targets corresponding to a request of a user, a probability that information related to a reservation target is browsed by the user; acquires the number of remains of a reservation target where the probability is greater than or equal to a threshold value from the management apparatus and acquires the number of remains of a reservation target where the probability is smaller than the threshold value from the cache means; and provides a state of remains of each of the plurality of reservation targets, the state of remains corresponding to the number of remains. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136251 | AUTOMATED APPLICATION DISCOVERY AND ANALYSIS SYSTEM AND METHOD - An application modeling system for automating the discovery, mapping and monitoring of a plurality of elements within an IT Infrastructure that supports specific applications and business services, spanning not only network elements, hosts, and software, but also users, company structures and business processes they support. The system includes: collector modules for collecting relationship, modeling and status information from both IT and non-IT specific sources, creating data objects representing application components in the modeling database and gathering pertinent data about activities occurring in the end-to-end IT infrastructure; a modeling database for consolidating information gathered by the collector modules; correlator modules for automating determination of complex relationships between data objects stored in the modeling database to create application models of individual applications in the context of business process and IT service delivery; visualizer modules for viewing application structures end-to-end and predicting the impacts of element failures on the delivery of business services. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136252 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SPLITTING SCHEDULING PROBLEMS INTO SUB-PROBLEMS - A computing system receives user input of scheduling problem data. The scheduling problem data relates to a scheduling problem and includes one or more stations and tasks to be performed by at least one station. The computing system constructs a graph problem using the scheduling problem data. The graph problem includes a graph. The computing system cuts the graph into sub-graphs using a cut algorithm to create a cut result that satisfies a threshold and identifies one or more task exceptions from the sub-graphs in the cut result. The one or more task exceptions are tasks that can be assigned to more than one sub-graph. The computing system creates scheduling sub-problems pertaining to the one or more task exceptions using the cut result. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136253 | DETERMINING WHETHER TO USE CROWDSOURCING FOR A SPECIFIED TASK - An embodiment of the invention, directed to a method, is associated with a workflow process comprising one or more discrete tasks. The method includes the step identifying a specified one of the tasks that may be performed by crowdsourcing. The method further includes defining a specified metric, which comprises a measure of benefit provided by using crowdsourcing to perform the specified task, or comprises a cost of using crowdsourcing to perform the specified task, selectively. The method further includes determining whether at least a given criterion has been met, wherein the given criterion is related to the specified metric. The specified task is then performed using crowdsourcing, only after determining that the given criterion has been met. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136254 | DETERMINING WHETHER TO USE CROWDSOURCING FOR A SPECIFIED TASK - An embodiment of the invention, directed to a method, is associated with a workflow process comprising one or more discrete tasks. The method includes the step identifying a specified one of the tasks that may be performed by crowdsourcing. The method further includes defining a specified metric, which comprises a measure of benefit provided by using crowdsourcing to perform the specified task, or comprises a cost of using crowdsourcing to perform the specified task, selectively. The method further includes determining whether at least a given criterion has been met, wherein the given criterion is related to the specified metric. The specified task is then performed using crowdsourcing, only after determining that the given criterion has been met. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136255 | Dynamic Task Management - Dynamic task management processes and systems are provided, whereby tasks are assigned to workers discretely, in response to worker-originated requests, on a real-time basis. Tasks are extracted from an aggregate thereof, scheduled into one or more queues, then “pulled” by workers for execution. Comprehensive data for performing each task are monitored, as are worker skills and availability. Each task is matched to an appropriate worker, the assignment being adjusted or modified automatically, to the extent required, to satisfy certain predefined temporal and/or spatial criteria. When a worker signals completion of an assigned task, the next discrete task in the queue matching the worker's skills and/or availability is pulled from the queue and assigned. The invention is useful for managing warehouse and inventory operations, and specifically, the scheduling and assignment of pick tasks among warehouse pickers, for example, in connection with e-commerce order fulfillment. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136256 | Methods for Identifying Subject Matter Expertise Across An Organization Hierarchy - Methods for creating, arranging, and leveraging an ad-hoc collection of organization components are provided. In one example, a method includes the steps of receiving a support request and identifying an organization process associated with the support request. The method includes the additional steps of identifying an organization member associated with the identified organization process and displaying a list of organization members with the highest ranking expertise in the identified organization process. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136257 | IN-MEMORY ANALYSIS SCENARIO BUILDER - In an embodiment, artifacts are received from one or more user interfaces in a development tool. The artifacts are associated with data stored in an in-memory database. Tasks associated with the artifacts are received from the one or more user interfaces in the development tool. Selection of one or more users associated with the analysis scenario is received from the one or more user interfaces. Each user is associated with a role and the one or more tasks. Generate an analysis scenario, based on the received artifacts, the received tasks and the received selection of users. Generate a deployment package by including deployment information to the generated analysis scenario. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136258 | PT2776 - The current invention is a feedback system for monitoring the efficiency of an organization (factory, industrial company or even service company) and down to the level of a worker in real-time manner, includes a supervisory and monitoring system. A database for storing data and an application program for analyzing it, giving reports in a real time manner, showing the efficiency, the total time of stoppage, and the reasons for these stoppages. The system can collect data through many types of physical sensors (temperature sensors, current sensors, electric pulse sensors and many others) which can be used for controlling different set of devices turning them on or off according to the needed scenario, also the system works through a LAN providing a communication system between all the workers attached to this system together with their direct supervisors and managers. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136259 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR THE SALE OF CONSUMER SERVICES - Computer-implemented systems and methods for the sale of consumer services. Predictions are made based on the behaviors, preferences, assets, identifying characteristics, and other attributes associated with customers and merchants. In one implementation, a prediction is made as to whether a customer is likely to request a service and whether a merchant is likely to be selected by the customer to provide the service. In another implementation, the calendars of a merchant and customer are automatically updated to account for the customer's late arrival to an appointment at the merchants location. In yet another implementation, a customer purchases an appointment for a service from another customer that has the appointment scheduled with a merchant providing the service. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136260 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATIONAL QUALITY AWARE STAFFING REQUIREMENTS IN SERVICE SYSTEMS - A system and method of determining operational quality aware staffing requirements in service delivery systems. Optimum staffing requirements are determined by workload based simulation and optimization. Operational quality metrics are periodically measured against benchmarks to determine quality scores based upon the level of performance. The staffing requirements and quality scores are used to perform a population distribution and correlation analysis to devise an operational quality to staffing relationship. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136261 | SELECTING COLLABORATORS FOR PROJECTS - A method, computer program product, and system for selecting collaborators is described. A set of candidates for collaboration with an initiator is received. Initial contact scores for one or more member of the set of candidates are determined based upon, at least in part, one or more of initial availability and initial willingness. An initial ranking order for the set of candidates is determined. A member is selected from the set based upon, at least in part, the initial ranking order. An invitation to collaborate is provided to the selected member. If the invitation is accepted, a communication channel connection is established between the initiator and the selected member. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136262 | SERVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING ON-DEMAND SERVICES - A streamlined reservation and logistics system for providing convenient on-demand services is described. The streamlined reservation system integrates mobile technology, and enhanced routing and tracking to provide a unique and scalable reservation system. The on-demand services provided can be any on-demand services such as, for example, on-demand barbershop and/or salon services. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136263 | USER EQUIPMENT AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING EVENT USING CALENDAR PROTOCOL AT USER EQUIPMENT - A user equipment that enables a user to transmit and receive an event using a calendar protocol in a calendar application is provided. The user equipment includes a calendar unit configured to store calendar data and display a calendar at a request of a user, an event managing unit configured to manage an event on the calendar, and an event transmitting/receiving unit configured to transmit an event of the user equipment to an external apparatus and receive an event from the external apparatus by using a certain calendar protocol. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136264 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR THE SALE OF CONSUMER SERVICES - Computer-implemented systems and methods for the sale of consumer services. Predictions are made based on the behaviors, preferences, assets, identifying characteristics, and other attributes associated with customers and merchants. In one implementation, a prediction is made as to whether a customer is likely to request a service and whether a merchant is likely to be selected by the customer to provide the service. In another implementation, the calendars of a merchant and customer are automatically updated to account for the customer's late arrival to an appointment at the merchants location. In yet another implementation, a customer purchases an appointment for a service from another customer that has the appointment scheduled with a merchant providing the service. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136265 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR THE SALE OF CONSUMER SERVICES - Computer-implemented systems and methods for the sale of consumer services. Predictions are made based on the behaviors, preferences, assets, identifying characteristics, and other attributes associated with customers and merchants. In one implementation, a prediction is made as to whether a customer is likely to request a service and whether a merchant is likely to be selected by the customer to provide the service. In another implementation, the calendars of a merchant and customer are automatically updated to account for the customer's late arrival to an appointment at the merchants location. In yet another implementation, a customer purchases an appointment for a service from another customer that has the appointment scheduled with a merchant providing the service. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136266 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR THE SALE OF CONSUMER SERVICES - Computer-implemented systems and methods for the sale of consumer services. Predictions are made based on the behaviors, preferences, assets, identifying characteristics, and other attributes associated with customers and merchants. In one implementation, a prediction is made as to whether a customer is likely to request a service and whether a merchant is likely to be selected by the customer to provide the service. In another implementation, the calendars of a merchant and customer are automatically updated to account for the customer's late arrival to an appointment at the merchants location. In yet another implementation, a customer purchases an appointment for a service from another customer that has the appointment scheduled with a merchant providing the service. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136267 | SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING PRESENCE OF AND AUTHORIZING A QUORUM TO TRANSACT BUSINESS OVER A NETWORK - A system for determining presence of and authorizing a quorum to transact business over a network includes a first set of machine-readable instructions resident on a digital medium accessible to a computing machine, the instructions causing the machine to monitor a network for active presence of individual ones of communications devices associated with members of an authorized team of individuals from which the quorum may be determined, a second set of machine-readable instructions resident on the medium for causing the computing machine to make a confirmation of the quorum against a set of rules, and to authorize one or more of the individual communications devices making up the quorum to perform one or more tasks based on quorum consensus, and a user configuration, scheduling, and notification application resident on the digital medium for enabling a user to configure, schedule, and notify team members of a pending quorum event. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136268 | Validating Feasibility of Proposed Contract Provisions - Validating feasibility of proposed contract provisions includes obtaining a job request with a proposed contract provision at a validation engine, obtaining at the validation engine status information from a production monitoring engine that monitors production resources for completing the job request, and determining with the validation engine whether the proposed contract provision is feasible for executing the job request with the production resources. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136269 | DYNAMIC RECOMMENDATIONS TAKEN OVER TIME FOR RESERVATIONS OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES - Embodiments are directed towards providing dynamic recommendations of reserving information technology resources over time that may be visually displayed over that time. In one embodiment, the recommendations may be determined based on an analysis of actual usage data obtained over a prior time period and used to predict future resource demands. The subject innovations enable a user to dynamically perform various ‘what-if’ analysis to determine optimum purchase times, and configurations. In some embodiments, the user is further provided information about currently purchased resource under-utilizations to enable the user to redistribute work, release resources, or take other actions directed towards improving management of their IT budget. While subject innovations are may be directed towards managing IT resources obtained through one or more cloud computing service providers, some embodiments further allow the user to perform make/buy decisions such as when to use in-house resources versus using cloud-based resources. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136270 | ACQUISITION ROADMAPPING TOOL - Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method of developing a cost estimate for a requirement applicable to one or more acquisition programs. The method may include receiving an indication of a requirement time frame, one or more applicable acquisition programs, and one or more work locations; documenting a source of the requirement; documenting a funding source for the requirement; generating one or more plans based on the time frame, applicable acquisition programs, and work locations, each plan requesting a non-cost estimate and information to support the estimate; receiving input into each of the generated plans; generating a plurality of cost entry sheets based on the time frame, applicable acquisition programs, and the received plan input; receiving cost estimates from the cost entry sheets; and generating an estimate of expenses applied to the funding source during the time frame. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136271 | ASSORTMENT PACK BUILDER - A first set of a plurality of assortment packs that include a plurality of different versions of an item to be sold at a plurality of retail stores is determined based at least in part on forecasted sales of the item at each of the plurality of retail stores. Each retail store is associated with an assortment pack based at least in part on the forecasted sales of the item at the retail store such that the plurality of retail stores is grouped into a plurality of clusters of retail stores. The distribution of the different versions of the item of at least one of the plurality of assortment packs is changed based at least in part on the forecasted sales of the item at each retail store of the cluster of retail stores with which the at least one of the plurality of assortment packs has been associated. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136272 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING GANTT-TREND CHART IN A SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENT - A system and method support a supply chain management platform for a supply chain management environment. The supply chain management platform can provide a graphical representation of one or more material inventory trends in the supply chain management environment. Additionally, the supply chain management platform can using one or more tokens to display one or more activities on the graphical representation of the one or more material inventory trends, wherein the one or more activities contribute to inventory change in the supply chain management environment. Furthermore, the supply chain management platform allows a user to perform one or more supply chain scheduling operations in the supply chain management environment based on the graphical representation. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136273 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT - Systems and methods are directed to supply chain management. In particular, the tracking, tracing, authenticating, and reporting of supply chain events for products, is disclosed. Various embodiments can store, analyze, and track supply chain events and help to coordinate and maintain trading partner connections. Various embodiments also help to enhance patient safety, secure the supply chains for pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and other healthcare products, and help users to follow regulatory requirements. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136274 | PROVIDING MULTIPLE LEVEL PROCESS INTELLIGENCE AND THE ABILITY TO TRANSITION BETWEEN LEVELS - The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer implemented methods for providing process intelligence by allowing analysis of running business processes at multiple levels of detail. One computer-implemented method includes identifying a first data layer, a second data layer, and a third data layer associated with a business process management system, the third data layer derived from the second data layer and including at least one reference to the second data layer and the second data layer derived from the first data layer and including at least one reference to the first data layer, presenting at least a portion of one of the first data layer, the second data layer, or the third data layer as a first presented data layer, identifying a request to present a data layer different than the first presented data layer, the request identifying at least a portion of the data included in the first presented data layer, and presenting at least a portion of the requested data layer associated with the identified data included in the first presented data layer as a second presented data layer. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136275 | BEHAVIORAL DATA DRIVEN RECOMMENDATION - A method and computer readable medium for a fully integrated IT recommendation system, comprising receiving contextual data comprising information regarding what a user is currently viewing; receiving relational data information regarding the user's previous interaction with an online community related to IT administrators; receiving market view data comprising industry trend information related to IT, the industry particular to the user's industry. The contextual data, the relational data, and the marketing data make up the workflow context. The workflow context is passed to a recommendation engine which evaluates the workflow context and selects one or more of a set of outcomes, the outcome(s) are directly related to the workflow context; and presenting said one or more selected outcomes to said user. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136276 | QUANTITATIVE RISK ASSESSMENT METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR RENEWABLE AND NON-RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS - A quantitative based risk assessment process is disclosed. The process includes the identification of parameters and sub-parameters relating to socio/economic, environmental and project construction risks in providing a quality risk assessment of a region and/or project for renewable and non-renewable energy projects. Risks parameters are variable and can be selected from a number of predetermined categories as needed for each project and can be weighted differently based on the needs and/or goals of the project and the impact thereof. Systems, storage devices and mediums and outputs of same are also provided. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136277 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO DETERMINE DEFECT RISKS IN SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS - A method is implemented in a computer infrastructure having computer executable code tangibly embodied on a computer readable storage medium having programming instructions. The programming instructions are operable to receive one or more risk factors, receive one or more contexts, identify one or more context relationships and associate the one or more contexts with the one or more risk factors. Additionally, the programming instructions are operable to map the one or more risk factors for an associated context to a software defect related risk consequence to determine a risk model and execute a risk-based testing based on the risk model to determine a defect related risk evaluation for a software development project. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136278 | COMPETITIVE PRICE ALERT SYSTEM WITH COMPETITIVE PRICE RULES ENGINE - Price alerts relating to competitor products are transmitted to a user. A user provides product information, which is used to generate a product set. The products in the product set are used to generate a competitor set, which includes competitors that offer products in the product set. A rule set is generated that includes rules applied to the products and the competitors. A search is performed for the products against the competitors to determine if a rule has been broken. If so, an alert is transmitted to the user. In some implementations, instructions are also transmitted to correct the broken rule. Steps to correct the broken rule may include lowering the price offered by the user for the product. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136279 | OneClue Software System and Method - OneClue Software Process & Method captures single clue non-intrusively and use it in analysis to identify the customer (user) experience problem areas. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136280 | Predictive Tool Utilizing Correlations With Unmeasured Factors Influencing Observed Marketing Activities - Methods and apparatus for a predictive tool utilizing correlations with unmeasured factors influencing marketing activities are described. A method comprises determining a set of measurable factors with which decisions to perform a type of marketing activity are correlated, and a set of measurable factors with which a category of entity results is correlated. The method includes generating, using the sets of measurable factors, a model configured to predict probabilities of results of the category of results. The prediction is based on a correlation determined between unmeasured factors represented in the model as influencing the category of results, and one or more unmeasured factors represented in the model as influencing decisions on implementing the type of marketing activity. The method comprises using the model to predict the probability of a particular entity result. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136281 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING A NATURAL GAS OR OTHER ALTERNATE FUEL REFUELING STATION NETWORK - A method for creating an alternate fuel vehicle refueling network includes receiving first location data and first alternate fuel refueling station interest data from a first remote device; receiving second location data and second alternate fuel refueling station interest data from a second remote device; and using the first location data, first alternate fuel refueling station interest data, second location data and second alternate fuel refueling station interest data to permit creation of a first alternate fuel refueling station. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136282 | Method and Apparatus for Consumer Procurement Aggregation - A method, system and computer program for accumulating information relating to product demand and consumption for each of a plurality of end users by a buying group representing a single purchase in bulk to disintermediate the supply chain, accumulating the received product demand into a predictive demand schedule by an expert service provider, and transmitting the accumulated predictive product demand schedule to a manufacturer/original source of the product by the expert service provider. Product availability information based upon the accumulated predictive product demand is received from the manufacturer/original source of the product, and is provided to the plurality of end users. One or more product orders are received, the product is ordered from the manufacturer/original source of the product, all aspects of the supply chain being managed by the expert service provider, and the product is shipped to one or more of the plurality of end users. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136283 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPETITIVE PRODUCT ASSORTMENT - A product assortment system includes a crawler obtaining product information from one or more domains and storing the product information in a database. A user interface determines one or more product categories associated with one or more products of a customer. A keyword module determines criteria for associating one or more products of one or more competitors with the product categories. The user interface generates a display indicating overlap of the one or more products of the customer with the one or more products of the competitors. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136284 | Determining Strategies for Increasing Loyalty of a Population to an Entity - A method and system is disclosed that provides: (a) a theoretical framework for designing psychological research that uncovers individual decision-making networks, both in terms of sampling requirements and questioning methods, (b) an implementation interface to schedule and administer the appropriate question sequences between an interviewer and a given individual, in real-time, via a web-based system, and (c) a coding and analysis system to summarize and quantify the potential of alternative decision structures to be used to optimize the development of marketing and communication strategies. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136285 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLASSIFYING RELEVANT COMPETITORS - Competitors are classified in terms of products the competitors offer. A product set is generated from product information received from a user. Also, a competitor set is generated, where the competitor set comprises at least one competitor determined to be relevant to one or more products in the product set. A target price rule is generated that is operative to change a price offered by the user for the at least one product. A competitors relevancy can be determined by considering factors such as: (1) unique visitors to the competitor's website, (2) reviews on the competitor's website (3), ratings on the competitor's website, (4) absolute number of products common to the user's website and the competitor's website, (5) percentage number of products common to the user's website and the competitor's website, and (6) number of products offered by the competitor that comprise the product set. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136286 | VISUAL INFORMATION SYSTEM AND COMPUTER MOBILITY APPLICATION FOR FIELD PERSONNEL - A system for providing visual crop data to a mobile device includes at least one server computer in communication with a mobile device. The at least one server computer is configured to receive location data relating to a geographical position of the mobile device; retrieve topographical data associated with at least a portion of the location data; generate shape data based at least partially on the topographical data; and transmit at least a portion of the shape data to the mobile device, such that at least one shape is visually displayed on at least a portion of a map image displayed on the mobile device. Also disclosed is a computer-implemented method and computer program product for providing and/or interacting with visual crop data, including appropriately communicatively connected hardware components. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136287 | USING GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION TO DETERMINE ELEMENT AND AREA INFORMATION TO PROVIDE TO A COMPUTING DEVICE - A database has a plurality of elements, where each element is associated with a location and at least one set of different attribute values, wherein each set includes a timestamp when the attribute values in the set were determined. A determination is made of a reference geographical location, an element having a geographical location within a geographical region including the referenced geographical location, a most recent set of the attribute values for the element having a most recent timestamp, a previous set of attribute values for the determined element comprising the set of attribute values having a previous timestamp prior to the most recent timestamp, and whether a condition with respect to at least one of the most recent set of attribute values and the previous set of attribute values of the determined element is satisfied. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136288 | REAL ESTATE ANALYSIS SYSTEM - A real estate analysis system that provides an integrated approach for gathering available real estate data and synthesizing the real estate data for various uses by various users. The real estate data may be real time data, historical data, and/or most recent data. The processing of the data utilizes cloud resources in a cloud computing architecture. In addition, cloud resources are used to store various accumulated real estate data in a manner such that the cloud resources can quickly process calculations and have the results returned to an end user who requested the data. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136289 | AUTOMATED PRICES - A method and system for tracking how well a product is selling and whether the price of a product should be raised or lowered. In an embodiment, a method for automating prices is provided by setting an initial pricing point for an item, and setting a time interval. The method also includes determining whether the item was purchased during the time interval, and determining whether the price of the item should be modified. The price is sent to a client machine as a sales price of the item. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136290 | VENDOR MANAGEMENT AND MAINTENANCE SYSTEM - A computer system establishes partner relationships between vendors in a vendor management and maintenance system. The computer system receives a request from a first computing device associated with a first vendor to establish a relationship with a second vendor. The computer system generates a unique relationship key associated with the second vendor. The computer system receives one or more signals comprising information relating to a copy of the unique relationship key from the first computing device associated with the first vendor. Based on receiving the copy of the unique relationship key, the computer system establishes the relationship between the first vendor and the second vendor. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136291 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT - Systems and methods are directed to supply chain management. In particular, the tracking, tracing, authenticating, and reporting of supply chain events for products, is disclosed. Various embodiments can store, analyze, and track supply chain events and help to coordinate and maintain trading partner connections. Various embodiments also help to enhance patient safety, secure the supply chains for pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and other healthcare products, and help users to follow regulatory requirements. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136292 | Method of Providing Accessible Remodeling Services through a Franchise Arrangement - A method of disability remodeling services for adapting a home or other building, structure, or location for accessibility to the disabled is disclosed. A franchisor having a brand is established to conduct product development and testing, develop uniform practices for product recommendation and installation, and train franchisee employees in recommending and deploying products according to the uniform practices. A plurality of franchisees under the brand provide consultation, installation, and remodeling services to customers. A primary goal of the franchisor's marketing is to associate the brand with a high level of knowledge and skill at understanding and addressing the facility needs of disabled individuals. Existing services within the generally delineated category of aging-in-place remodeling generally specialize in one particular type of facility, such as wheelchair lifts, elevators, stair lifts, accessible tubs and showers, or accessible cabinets. Existing services generally do not provide a full range of products or planning expertise. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136293 | RELATIVE TREND ANALYSIS OF SCENARIOS - To perform a relative trend analysis of a business scenario, a graphical illustration of a trend for a business scenario under analysis is displayed on a user interface. The user interface renders and receives a user selection of one or more parameters associated with the business scenario under analysis. Based on the user selection, a database is queried to determine trend-splits of the business scenario under analysis. The trend-splits of the business scenario under analysis are matched with one or more gradient-splits of other business scenarios residing in a database. Based on the matching, the related business scenarios are determined and the gradient-splits of the related business scenarios are retrieved from the database. A graphical illustration of the trend of business scenario under analysis and gradient of the related business scenarios is rendered on the user interface. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136294 | COMPREHENSIVE QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE MODEL FOR A REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for providing a user interface for specifying details of a development project, receiving, through the user interface, user-input specifying a type for the development project, a location for development project, and a financing structure for the development project, determining one or more projected outcomes for the development project based on data for the specified type, location, and financing structure of the development project, and, providing, through the user interface, an analysis of each of the one or more projected outcomes. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136295 | DYNAMIC RECOMMENDATIONS TAKEN OVER TIME FOR RESERVATIONS OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES - Embodiments are directed towards providing dynamic recommendations of reserving information technology resources over time that may be visually displayed over that time. In one embodiment, the recommendations may be determined based on an analysis of actual usage data obtained over a prior time period and used to predict future resource demands. The subject innovations enable a user to dynamically perform various ‘what-if’ analysis to determine optimum purchase times, and configurations. In some embodiments, the user is further provided information about currently purchased resource under-utilizations to enable the user to redistribute work, release resources, or take other actions directed towards improving management of their IT budget. While subject innovations are may be directed towards managing IT resources obtained through one or more cloud computing service providers, some embodiments further allow the user to perform make/buy decisions such as when to use in-house resources versus using cloud-based resources. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136296 | System and Method for Providing Real Estate Referrals - The present invention discloses a system and method for providing agent referrals for real estate transactions. The system and method provides buyers and/or sellers with a real estate agent referral based on the type of real estate involved in the transaction and/or preferences of the buyer/seller. The real estate agent provided through the referral will be the highest performing real estate available with the performance of the real estate agent based on criteria received from the seller/buyer and transaction history of the real estate agent. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136297 | INCREMENTALLY DEVELOPING BUSINESS PERFORMANCE INDICATORS - A method, system and computer program product for developing a business performance indicator for an organization comprises receiving from a first member of the organization a first metric formula M | 2014-05-15 |
20140136298 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING DATA VISUALIZATION DASHBOARDS - An aspect of the technology described relates to a dashboard creation system for generating dashboards displaying key performance indicator (KPI) information. The dashboard creation system includes: a business database comprising a plurality of business values; an intermediate table comprising intermediate data; and at least one KPI record. In some implementations, the intermediate data includes: an intermediate value corresponding to a selected plurality of the business values; and an intermediate link identifying the corresponding selected plurality of business values. Also, the KPI record may include: a KPI value corresponding to the intermediate value; a KPI link corresponding to the intermediate link and identifying the corresponding selected plurality of the business values; and a KPI format corresponding to a desired graphical format for depicting the KPI value. A processor may be provided to render the KPI value in the KPI format. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136299 | PREDICTION DEVICE, PREDICTION METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - For a plurality of items allowed to serve as variable factors of the prediction object, for each item, a factorial effect value is derived that represents the SN ratio of the prediction object to each data including the data of the item relative to the SN ratio of the prediction object to each data excluding the data of the item. The strength of the SN ratio of the comprehensive estimated value to the data of a plurality of items selected in descending order of the derived value is calculated for each value of the number of items. On the basis of the SN ratio of the comprehensive estimated value, the number of items is determined. In descending order of the derived factorial effect value, items in the determined number of items are selected. The selected items are outputted as a prediction result. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136300 | AUTHORIZED TRANSACTION INCENTED BY MERCHANT DONATION - A merchant incentivizes an account holder to make an authorized transaction by terms and agreement to auditably donate to the account holder's affinity entity. To incent desirable commerce with locals, the merchant's terms may limit its donation by a derivation of navigation time between account holder and merchant, and/or by date and time of the transaction. The account holder can direct the donation to one of more affinity entities within their own community, and/or within a community where the transaction was physically conducted. An account holds can also donate at the time of transaction where the donation is paid by the account's issuer for reimbursement as a debit to the account holder's account statement. Other payment system participants may donate (the merchant's acquirer, issuer, and transaction handler for the issuer and acquirer), by way of favorable interchange rates, can also make audible donations to account holder directed affinities entities. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136301 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VALIDATION AND RELIABLE EXPIRATION OF VALUABLE ELECTRONIC PROMOTIONS - A validation, redemption and reliable expiration system for valuable electronic promotional items provides an electronic promotion system without the need for merchant hardware. The electronic promotion system utilizes customer devices to scan one or more merchant tags to validate and redeem electronic promotional items. Once redeemed, the electronic promotional items are expired or invalidated locally on the customer device to prevent subsequent use. In this way, a full-featured promotion, loyalty card, and check-in system can be quickly and easily deployed at low or no hardware cost to the merchant, while preventing unauthorized use of valuable electronic promotional items. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136302 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A SMART SERVICE ROBOT - The present invention relates to a system and method for operating a smart service robot. The system comprises: an integrated control server for storing and managing a plurality of service applications and providing a relevant service application according to a service application request from an intelligent service robot; and the intelligent service robot for requesting a specific service application from the integrated control server and downloading the application in order to provide a corresponding service. Accordingly, according to the present invention, when a user using the intelligent service robot needs an application which is related to the operation of the intelligent service robot and which is for a specific purpose, the application for the specific purpose may be easily downloaded online in order to be applied to the intelligent service robot of the user. Thus, the services that the robot provides may be optimized for certain purposes and used. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136303 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LINKING TERRESTRIAL MAIL OVER A NETWORK - A system and method for linking terrestrial mail to the global computer network, e.g., the Internet, are provided. The system and method of the present disclosure will enable a user, e.g., a sender and/or recipient of a document, to link all types of terrestrial mail to the global computer network, e.g., the Internet, so that they can digitally access, reply and/or utilize the content of the mail. The system and method provides for receiving an identifier associated with a terrestrial document; accessing an electronic version of the terrestrial document using the received identifier; creating a reply to the accessed document; and forwarding the reply to a sender of the terrestrial document. The reply document can be forwarded by e-mailing the reply to the sender, faxing the reply to the sender and/or printing the reply and delivering the printed reply by a terrestrial delivery service. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136304 | AD RENDERING PARAMETERS, SUCH AS SIZE, STYLE, AND/OR LAYOUT, OF ONLINE ADS - Ad rendering parameters for a set of two or more ads may be determined by (a) accepting, for a set of two or more ads, ad information including at least one ad feature having a value that depends on ad rendering parameters, and (b) determining ad rendering parameters for at least one ad from the set of two or more ads using the accepted ad information. Ad rendering parameters may be determined using accepted ad rendering constraints. The ad rendering constraints may include space available and/or a maximum number of ads permitted to be rendered. The act of determining ad rendering parameters may include maximizing a value associated with serving at least one ad from the set of two or more ads with ad rendering parameters subject to the ad rendering constraints. The ad rendering parameters may include sizes of the served ads, and/or a layout of the served ads. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136305 | QUALITY CONTROL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - The present invention relates to systems and methods for providing quality review of products and services using computer implemented technology. A wireless mobile device can be used to access information regarding products and services and enables the user to provide quality review data regarding those products and services. The reported user information regarding the quality of goods or services can be provided in real or near-real time and stored in a database or data warehouse to provide business intelligence for enrolled businesses. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136306 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A PROMOTION - A system and method for providing a promotion over a computer network includes determining a potential promotion for an item, determining a threshold number of uncommitted endorsements required to unlock the potential promotion, and displaying the potential promotion and the threshold number of uncommitted endorsements to at least one potential buyer over the computer network before the threshold number is reached. The method further includes receiving endorsement data including an actual number of uncommitted endorsements made over the computer network, tracking the actual number of uncommitted endorsements, and unlocking the potential promotion for the item when the actual number of uncommitted endorsements reaches the threshold number, thereby converting the potential promotion to an actual promotion. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136307 | USER MAP FOR EVENT OFFERS - A user is presented with locations on a map of where the user can redeem offers at an event venue. The locations may show the closest locations to the user's seat, the locations with the shortest or fastest lines, locations that have a user's size or favorite color in stock for apparel, and/or locations that provide the user more specific information than just where an incentive can be used. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136308 | ONLINE E-COMMERCE PORTAL FOR RETAILING OF PRODUCT/SERVICE - Novel method and system for selling product/service in an online store is disclosed. Points are awarded for customer for customer loyalty and which can be used to reduce the price of a product on future purchases. The price will reduce every time a user uses the points to know the current price of the product. The purchase has to be completed within one or more time limits failing which the price will return to the original selling price. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136309 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING CARD USAGE IN A PAYMENT TRANSACTION - Systems and methods for enabling a user to use a single financial card in a payment transaction for optimizing card rewards are disclosed. A database having a plurality of payment instruments such as credit cards, debit cards and stored value cards associated to the user's provided single financial card is provided. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136310 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SEAMLESS INTERACTION AND CONTENT SHARING ACROSS MULTIPLE NETWORKS - A system and method for communication between a plurality of users in a communication network are disclosed. Each of the plurality of users is associated with at least one communication device. The method includes receiving a message from a sender intended for at least one recipient in the communication network wherein the sender has initiated sending of the message using the associated communication device. The message may be selected from a group comprising text, audio, video and multimedia. The method further includes customizing the message for at least one communication device associated with the at least one recipient based on a set of rules. Additionally, the method includes delivering the customized message to the at least one communication device associated with the at least one recipient based on the availability of the at least one recipient on the at least one communication device. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136311 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TRADE FEE AND REBATE COMPUTATION AND ORDER ROUTING - Systems and methods for determining a trade fee charged by a trading venue to a market participant, or a rebate credited by a trading venue to a market participant are disclosed. The method may include a computer accessing and storing one or more order information parameters in memory, as well as accessing and storing one or more of market characteristics in memory. The method may further include calculating a trade fee or rebate that is based on at least one of the order information parameters and at least one of the market characteristics stored in memory. A system may include a memory containing instructions for calculating a trade fee or rebate and a processor in communication with the memory, the processor configured to execute the instructions according to the method set out above. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136312 | LOCATION-BASED CONTENT DELIVERY - This disclosure describes systems and methods related to location-based content delivery. Data from one or more indoor position system (IPS) beacons may be received. A location for a user device may be determined based at least in part on the received data. Content, such as advertisements, may be retrieved based at least in part on the location of the user device. A notification generated based at least in part on the content may be transmitted to the user device. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136313 | CATEGORIZING CONTENT SELECTIONS - An example method includes receiving, from a computing device, a request for a sponsored content item. The method also includes providing the sponsored content item and associated interstitial content for presentation on a user interface. The interstitial content is for presentation after user selection of the sponsored content item. The method includes receiving first interaction data indicative of user selection of the sponsored content item and second interaction data indicative of a navigation input during presentation of the interstitial content. The method also includes, based on the second interaction data, categorizing the user selection indicated by the first interaction data as either an accidental selection or an intentional selection; and taking an action based on the categorizing. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136314 | Interactive Technology for Conversational Marketing in Mobile Devices - An apparatus and method that give users the opportunity to identify which ad content is interesting and report information about these interested users to advertisers. The apparatus delivers digital visual advertising on the user's mobile device as part of an App's function. When the advertising message window appears, the user can dismiss the advertising message by touching the ad with a finger and swiping it left or right, depending on whether the user finds the ad content interesting or not. If interested, the user swipes the ad message to the right, and if not interested, swiping to the left; both action dismisses the ad and the user can resume activity prior to the ad message. The apparatus records the user's interest when the ad is swiped to the right and communicates this interest to the advertiser for future retargeted ads of similar content to the user. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136315 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR TAILORING ADVERTISEMENTS TO A USER BASED ON ACTIONS TAKEN USING A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method of advertising tailored based on usage patterns of a portable electronic device includes determining if a portable electronic device has entered an area associated with a local area network (LAN). A link is established between the portable electronic device and the LAN if it is determined that the portable electronic device has entered the area associated with the LAN. User services are established between the portable electronic device and a remote server using the established link based on a user profile associated with the portable electronic device. Devices associated with the remote server communicatively coupled to the LAN are controlled using the portable electronic device. Actions and/or behaviors of a user are tracked based on use of the portable electronic device. Advertisements are displayed and/or played on at least one of the controlled devices based on the tracked user actions and/or behaviors. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136316 | INDIVIDUALIZED MARKETING TO IMPROVE CAPACITY UTILIZATION - Suppliers of goods and/or services subject to shifts in capacity utilization design and implement marketing campaigns around utilization forecasts, targeting marketing expenditures on periods of excess capacity rather than periods without excess capacity, and in some embodiments also to alter variables such as pricing, consumer targeting, or even the intensity of the campaign itself on a dynamic basis in response to changing market conditions. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136317 | ADVERTISEMENT INFORMATION PROVIDING DEVICE AND ADVERTISEMENT INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD - An advertisement information providing device, includes: an advertisement content storing unit configured to store impression-guaranteed type advertisement content and pay-per-click type advertisement content; an advertisement content type determining unit configured to determine which type of advertisement content between the impression-guaranteed type advertisement content and the pay-per-click type advertisement content to deliver when a page browsing request is received from a terminal device of a user; and an advertisement content delivery unit configured to determine advertisement content of the type determined by the advertisement content type determining unit among advertisement content stored in the advertisement content storing unit and deliver the advertisement content determined to an advertisement space included in a page for which the page browsing request is received from the terminal device of the user. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136318 | Systems and Methods for Advertising to a Group of Users - Systems and methods are provided for targeting advertisements to a group of proximate electronic devices. According to certain aspects, an electronic device determines ( | 2014-05-15 |
20140136319 | Customized VCards - Methods and systems provide customized electronic cards, such as customized vCards. Each vCard can be customized, such as with respect to a particular recipient. Thus, desired specific information can be provided to the recipient and not provided to anyone else who receives a vCard from a user. In this manner, a unique communication between the user and the recipient can be defined. Different vCards, each containing some common information and some unique information, can be communicated to different recipients. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136320 | METHOD FOR PUBLISHING CONTENT IN MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS ACROSS DIGITAL MEDIA IN ONLINE ADVERTISING - An improved system and method for publishing content in marketing communications across digital media is provided. Marketing communications, including marketing emails, may include information about offers and advertising information for using the offers in online advertising such as advertising channel information, monetization information, and social sharing information. Upon receiving the marketing communications, offer information and advertising information may be extracted from the marketing communications. Offers may be generated from the offer information extracted from the marketing communications, and the offers and advertising information may be stored in persistent storage. A request may be received, for instance from an advertisement server or advertisement exchange network, to serve an advertisement for an advertising channel to the user. And an offer extracted from the marketing communications sent to the user may be served as an advertisement to a device operated by the user for display. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136321 | SYSTEM FOR PUBLISHING CONTENT IN MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS ACROSS DIGITAL MEDIA IN ONLINE ADVERTISING - An improved system and method for publishing content in marketing communications across digital media is provided. Marketing communications, including marketing emails, may include information about offers and advertising information for using the offers in online advertising such as advertising channel information, monetization information, and social sharing information. Upon receiving the marketing communications, offer information and advertising information may be extracted from the marketing communications. Offers may be generated from the offer information extracted from the marketing communications, and the offers and advertising information may be stored in persistent storage. A request may be received, for instance from an advertisement server or advertisement exchange network, to serve an advertisement for an advertising channel to the user. And an offer extracted from the marketing communications sent to the user may be served as an advertisement to a device operated by the user for display. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136322 | SYSTEM TO CROSS INCENTIVIZE FOOD AND ENTERTAINMENT SALES - Methods and systems for the cross incentivizing of food and entertainment sales. In one aspect, a method includes receiving an entertainment selection from a user. In response to the received entertainment selection, presenting to the user information concerning at least one sponsoring food, wherein a sponsoring food when selected covers a cost of the selected entertainment. Then receiving from the user a sponsoring food selection and retrieving the selected entertainment from a location differing from the location of where the selected sponsoring food is prepared. Afterwards, delivering the selected entertainment and the selected sponsoring food to the user. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136323 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR ADVERTISING BASED ON USER INTENTION DETECTION - System and methods are disclosed for advertising based on user intention detection. The methods include performing linguistic analysis of user expressions, identifying grammatical or semantic attributes associated with terms in the expression, and their relationships, and determining a relevance score for one or more terms in the expression that are associated with the name of a product or service. Based on the relevance score, an advertisement can be displayed to the user who produced the expression within a given period of time. The user can be a social network user, or an email user, or a text messaging user, or a user of other text communication media. Furthermore, electronic advertising space or time can be sold or auctioned to advertisers based on the relevance score in contrast to the conventional method of being based on keywords. Furthermore, based on the number of users having produced an expression indicating an intention to purchase a similar product or service, an advertiser can determine a group purchase price based on the number of users having indicated such an intention. Furthermore, dynamic user profiles can be created or updated based on the detection of user interest, and suggestions and recommendations can be made to users of social networks and other media channels accordingly. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136324 | INTERACTIVE COMMUNICATION RELATED TO USAGE DATA PROGRESSION DATA - According to an aspect of the presently disclosed subject matter there is provided a method of interactive communication, comprising: receiving a first usage data communication including user data, a first usage progression data and a product data; processing the first usage data to determine a corresponding first usage state based at least on the first usage progression data and at least one of the user data or the product data; selecting a first action based on the first usage state; providing a first interactive communication to a user that is associated with the first usage data, the first interactive communication can be configured to enable the user to execute the selected first action. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136325 | System for Data Management and On-Demand Rental and Purchase of Digital Data Products - A system for handling data and transactions involving data through the use of a virtual transaction zone, which virtual transaction zone removes the dependency of such transaction on the delivery medium of the product. The invention may reside and operate on a variety of electronic devices such as televisions, VCRs, DVDs, personal computers, WebTV, any other known electronic recorder/player, or as a stand alone unit. The transaction zone also provides a mechanism for combining mediums, data feeds, and manipulation of those feeds. The transaction zone also provides a mechanism for controlling the content, delivery, and timing of delivery of the end consumer's product. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136326 | INTERNET ADVERTISEMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTING COMMERCIAL SAMPLE THROUGH MEMBERSHIP-BASED OFF-LINE SHOP BASED ON AUTHENTICATION KEY ISSUED TO TARGET CUSTOMER ON-LINE - An Internet advertisement method and system that issues an authentication key for enabling selected target customers to receive a commercial sample at a membership-based offline store by performing an advertisement in the form of a banner on a web page of an online market, such as an Internet shopping mall, such that an advertiser can conveniently satisfy needs of customers desiring to purchase goods after receiving the sample without delivering the sample, a targeting goods advertisement can be effectively performed, membership-based offline stores can be publicized, and increasing visits from customers can lead to an increase in sales. The Internet advertisement method includes providing an advertisement including information on providing a sample, and generating an authentication key for enabling a customer terminal selecting the advertisement and requesting a sample of advertised goods to receive the sample at an offline store. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136327 | METHOD FOR USING SMART PHONE FOR TARGETING POTENTIAL CUSTOMERS - An electronic for-sale sign mobile based application is disclosed. The mobile application provides a platform for dynamic linking between users configured with the application to perform mobile commerce. The technology utilizes Global Positioning System tracking and stored cloud databases of available merchandise and services for connecting sellers and potential buyers. The invention is meant for targeted audience and is highly convenient, considering the application requires the use of a mobile device such as a smart phone. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136328 | IMMEDIATE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN NEIGHBORING USERS SURROUNDING A SPECIFIC GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION - A system and methods for providing users with timely information including a geographic location, a description and information related to the marketing of goods associated with the news story are disclosed. A contact database is searched to select users whose geographic locations indicate a proximity to the geographic location of the news story. The information about the news story is generated to the selected users. An interface is created enabling an interested user to form an immediate communication in the form of an online interview with a neighboring user surrounding the specific geographic location of the news story. A contact information including an email address, an instant message identification and a telephonic contact number of users is generated. Other users can to access the contact information of the user when the user makes a submission in order to permit immediate communication between the other user and the submitter user. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136329 | User Interface For Vehicular-Based Mobile Payment System And Method - A user interface for a vehicular-based mobile payment system, the vehicular-based mobile payment system comprising: a merchant system for sending and receiving information; a vehicle detection system connected to the merchant system; a vehicle comprising a mobile payment extension system, wherein the mobile payment extension system is adapted to communicate with the merchant system via the vehicle detection system; and a mobile device for sending and receiving information, wherein the mobile device is adapted to communicate with the mobile payment extension system of the vehicle, where a user communicates with the mobile device via the user interface displayed on the mobile device. Also, a method and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium related to the user interface for the vehicular-based mobile payment system. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136330 | System And Method For Batching Content For Playback On An Electronic Device - A system is disclosed for providing advertising (AD) content to a radio system of a vehicle. A smartphone may have a stored application thereon related to a specific broadcast station. A utility application may be associated with the radio system (RS) and used to inform the smartphone when the RS is tuned to the specific broadcast station. The RS may have a processor for detecting a start maker and a stop marker in a broadcast signal being received from the specific broadcast station, and to inform the smartphone when the start marker is detected. The start marker and the stop marker define a time interval where at least one advertisement is present in the broadcast signal. The smartphone may provide AD content to the RS which is inserted for playback during the time interval. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136331 | USING WIRELESS DEVICE CALL LOGS FOR SOLICITING SERVICES - A processor-based method for composing an electronic service solicitation using mobile device call logs. The service, when delivered to a mobile device, can be a promotion of a third-party mobile device application, the presentment of a coupon, or the administration of a caller experience survey. The service is delivered in connection with the user making a call to a particular number on the mobile device. The method for composing the solicitation includes selecting a business number, selecting a group of wireless subscribers, sending an information request to the mobile devices of the selected wireless subscribers, receiving affirmative responses from the selected wireless subscribers who recently called the selected business number, counting the affirmative responses, and using the count for composing the solicitation. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136332 | PROVIDING SOCIAL CONTEXT FOR PRODUCTS IN ADVERTISEMENTS - A social networking system provides a social plug-in that enables advertisers to utilize relevant social context information available for advertising purposes. An advertiser adds the social plug-in next to an ad, where the plug-in is provided with a list of items that are relevant to the ad. The social plug-in communicates with the social networking system to retrieve social context information to provide to a particular viewing user based on the list of items relevant to the ad. The social plug-in also communicates with the social networking system to determine placement of an overlay of the social context information over the ad. A social plug-in may also enable web publishers to allow the social plug-in to serve advertisements alongside other social networking system features, such as recommendations, comments and content sharing. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136333 | Cross Device Identity Generator - Systems and methods for providing effective and targeted advertisements to consumers through the generations and use of personas and family identities. A persona relates to a user and a contextual environment associated with the user. The personas allow advertisers to provide advertisements related to the contextual environment of a persona. A family identity relates to a set of users associated with at least one device. The family identities allow advertisers to provide advertisements applicable to a set of users. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136334 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MARKETING OVER AN ELECTRONIC NETWORK - A method, and system for implementing the method, comprising the steps of providing an object browser user supporting at least speech communication with the user, permitting user-controlled browsing of objects received through a computer communication network; downloading an object through the computer communication network in dependence on a user input, the object having an associated data file defining a predetermined vocabulary and a predetermined grammar; presenting the downloaded object through the object browser, wherein speech information received from the user is interpreted in conjunction with both the predetermined vocabulary and the predetermined grammar; and selectively generating at least one communication through the computer communication network, in dependence on the interpreted speech information. | 2014-05-15 |