24th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 66 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140163986 | VOICE-BASED CAPTCHA METHOD AND APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is a voice-based CAPTCHA method and apparatus which can perform a CAPTCHA procedure using the voice of a human being. In the voice-based CAPTCHA) method, a plurality of uttered sounds of a user are collected. A start point and an end point of a voice from each of the collected uttered sounds are detected and then speech sections are detected. Uttered sounds of the respective detected speech sections are compared with reference uttered sounds, and then it is determined whether the uttered sounds are correctly uttered sounds. It is determined whether the uttered sounds have been made by an identical speaker if it is determined that the uttered sounds are correctly uttered sounds. Accordingly, a CAPTCHA procedure is performed using the voice of a human being, and thus it can be easily checked whether a human being has personally made a response using a voice online | 2014-06-12 |
20140163987 | SPEECH RECOGNITION APPARATUS - In accordance with alphabet input method information for each user, a word formed of an alphabet string is registered in a word dictionary, in a state where “dotto” being added before each alphabet and one of a set of alphabets difficult to distinguish from each other like “M and N” and “B and P” is repeated twice. For example, a word “PAM” and a feature of time series corresponding to “dotto P P doddo A dotto M” are registered in association with each other. When a user performs a speech input of “PAM”, in accordance with the user's alphabet input method information, the user utters “dotto P P dotto A dotto M”. A speech recognition is performed on this sound data using the word dictionary corresponding to the user's alphabet input method information. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163988 | Recognizing the Numeric Language in Natural Spoken Dialogue - A system and a method are provided. A speech recognition processor receives unconstrained input speech and outputs a string of words. The speech recognition processor is based on a numeric language that represents a subset of a vocabulary. The subset includes a set of words identified as being for interpreting and understanding number strings. A numeric understanding processor contains classes of rules for converting the string of words into a sequence of digits. The speech recognition processor utilizes an acoustic model database. A validation database stores a set of valid sequences of digits. A string validation processor outputs validity information based on a comparison of a sequence of digits output by the numeric understanding processor with valid sequences of digits in the validation database. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163989 | INTEGRATED LANGUAGE MODEL, RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS - An integrated language model includes an upper-level language model component and a lower-level language model component, with the upper-level language model component including a non-terminal and the lower-level language model component being applied to the non-terminal. The upper-level and lower-level language model components can be of the same or different language model formats, including finite state grammar (FSG) and statistical language model (SLM) formats. Systems and methods for making integrated language models allow designation of language model formats for the upper-level and lower-level components and identification of non-terminals. Automatic non-terminal replacement and retention criteria can be used to facilitate the generation of one or both language model components, which can include the modification of existing language models. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163990 | TENNIS UMPIRE - A system for communicating game information in real time by audibly announcing game information in human speech and in a preferred embodiment also visually displaying game information, the system comprising an electronic umpire unit that receives game change information transmitted by an electronic point transmitter that may be worn by a game player or spectator. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163991 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SOURCE SIGNAL SEPARATION - A method of processing a signal, including taking a signal formed from a plurality of source signal emitters and expressed in an original domain, decomposing the signal into a mathematical representation of a plurality of constituent elements in an alternate domain, analyzing the plurality of constituent elements to associate at least a subset of the constituent elements with at least one of the plurality of source signal emitters, separating at least a subset of the constituent elements based on the association and reconstituting at least a subset of constituent elements to produce an output signal in at least one of the original domain, the alternate domain and another domain. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163992 | WIRELESS SERVER BASED TEXT TO SPEECH EMAIL - An email system for mobile devices, such as cellular phones and PDAs, is disclosed which allows email messages to be played back on the mobile device as voice messages on demand by way of a media player, thus eliminating the need for a unified messaging system. Email messages are received by the mobile device in a known manner. In accordance with an important aspect of the invention, the email messages are identified by the mobile device as they are received. After the message is identified, the mobile device sends the email message in text format to a server for conversion to speech or voice format. After the message is converted to speech format, the server sends the messages back to the user's mobile device and notifies the user of the email message and then plays the message back to the user through a media player upon demand. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163993 | FACILITATING TEXT-TO-SPEECH CONVERSION OF A DOMAIN NAME OR A NETWORK ADDRESS CONTAINING A DOMAIN NAME - To facilitate text-to-speech conversion of a username, a first or last name of a user associated with the username may be retrieved, and a pronunciation of the username may be determined based at least in part on whether the name forms at least part of the username. To facilitate text-to-speech conversion of a domain name having a top level domain and at least one other level domain, a pronunciation for the top level domain may be determined based at least in part upon whether the top level domain is one of a predetermined set of top level domains. Each other level domain may be searched for one or more recognized words therewithin, and a pronunciation of the other level domain may be determined based at least in part on an outcome of the search. The username and domain name may form part of a network address such as an email address, URL or URI. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163994 | METHOD OF IDENTIFYING CONTACTS FOR INITIATING A COMMUNICATION USING SPEECH RECOGNITION - A method and system on an electronic device which uses speech recognition to initiate a communication from a mobile device having access to contact information for a number of contacts. The method includes: receiving through an audio input interface a voice input for initiating a communication, extracting from the voice input a type of communication and at least part of a contact name, and outputting, to an output interface, a selectable list of all contacts from the contact information which have the part of the contact name and which have a contact address associated with the type of communication. The mobile device may also be configured to access remote contact information from a remote server. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163995 | VOICE CONTROLLED WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE SYSTEM - A wireless communication device that accepts recorded audio data from an end-user. The audio data can be in the form of a command requesting user action. The audio data is reduced to a digital file in a format that is supported by the device hardware. The digital file is sent via wireless communication to at least one server computer for further processing. The command includes a unique device identifier that identifies the wireless communication device. The server computer determines required additional processing for the command based on the unique device identifier. The server computer constructs an application command based on the processed command, and transmits the application command to the wireless communication device. The application command includes at least one instruction that causes a corresponding application on the wireless communication device to execute the application command. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163996 | CONTROLLING A SET-TOP BOX VIA REMOTE SPEECH RECOGNITION - A device may receive over a network a digitized speech signal from a remote control that accepts speech. In addition, the device may convert the digitized speech signal into text, use the text to obtain command information applicable to a set-top box, and send the command information to the set-top box to control presentation of multimedia content on a television in accordance with the command information. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163997 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CHANGING DYNAMIC DISPLAY EFFECT OF MOBILE PHONE APPLICATION BY WAY OF VOICE CONTROL - This disclosure relates to methods and devices for changing dynamic display effect of mobile phone application by way of voice control. The method includes a recording step, recording an audio file of a voice external to a mobile phone; a judgment step, calculating a voice energy value linearly dependent upon sound volume in the audio file, comparing the voice energy value to a pre-set noise threshold value and performing a rate calculation step when it is greater than the pre-set noise threshold value; a rate calculation step, calculating a corresponding changing rate according to the voice energy value; and an application display step, setting the changing rate of the current application as a calculated changing rate and displaying same for the current application. This disclosure increases the approaches whereby a user controls the dynamic application changing effect and it can be applied to a mobile phone without a touch screen. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163998 | PROCESSING IN THE ENCODED DOMAIN OF AN AUDIO SIGNAL ENCODED BY ADPCM CODING - A method for processing an encoded audio signal in a binary stream by MICDA predictive coding. The method includes the following steps: determining a signal assessed from quantification indices of the binary stream; determining unencoded parameters representative of the audio signal from the assessed signal; and processing the encoded audio signal using the determined parameters. Also provided is a device implementing the method. | 2014-06-12 |
20140163999 | METHOD OF ENCODING AND DECODING AUDIO SIGNAL AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING AUDIO SIGNAL - Exemplary embodiments may provide a method of encoding an audio signal. The method includes: segmenting the audio signal into a plurality of frames, wherein each of the frames includes M samples and M is a natural number greater than one; applying a first window, a second window, and at least one third window to the frames, wherein a length of the second window is longer than a length of the first window, and a length of the third window is longer than the length of the first window and shorter than the length of the second window; time-frequency transforming the frames to which the first window, the second window, and the at least one third window have been applied; and generating a bitstream including the time-frequency transformed frames. | 2014-06-12 |
20140164000 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AND DECODING A SIDE CHANNEL SIGNAL TRANSMITTED WITH A MAIN CHANNEL SIGNAL - For generating a signal to be transmitted original information is encoded into a main channel and a side channel, wherein the side channel is more robust against channel influences than the main channel. On the receiver side, when the receive quality is above a threshold, which is necessitated to execute a successful decoding of the main channel, the main channel is reproduced. If the receive quality falls below this threshold, however, the side channel is reproduced which may have less bits than the main channel and which is a correspondingly lower quality representation of the original information than the main channel. | 2014-06-12 |
20140164001 | Method for Inter-Channel Difference Estimation and Spatial Audio Coding Device - Methods and devices for a low complex inter-channel phase difference estimation are provided. A method for the estimation of inter-channel phase differences (IPDs), comprises applying a transformation from a time domain to a frequency domain to a plurality of audio channel signals, calculating a plurality of IPD values for the IPDs between at least one of the plurality of audio channel signals and a reference audio channel signal over a predetermined frequency range, each IPD value being calculated over a portion of the predetermined frequency range, calculating, for each of the plurality of IPD values, a weighted IPD value by multiplying each of the plurality of IPD values with a corresponding frequency-dependent weighting factor, and calculating an IPD range value for the predetermined frequency range by adding the plurality of weighted IPD values. | 2014-06-12 |
20140164002 | JOINT DECODING APPARATUS AND METHOD, NECESSITY JUDGING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND RECEIVER - A Joint Source-Channel Decoding (JSCD) apparatus, method, necessity judging method, and a receiver includes: a source coding rate change judging unit configured to judge whether a source coding rate of the current frame is the same as the previous frame; a source coding rate eligibility judging unit configured to judge whether the source coding rate of the current frame is less than a predetermined source coding rate threshold; a current frame SIR eligibility judging unit configured to judge whether an SIR of the current frame is lower than a predetermined SIR threshold, a necessity result determining unit configured to determine that a JSCD is necessary, when the source coding rate of the current frame is the same as the previous frame, the source coding rate of the current frame is less than the source coding rate threshold, and the SIR of the current frame is lower than the SIR threshold. | 2014-06-12 |
20140164003 | METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING MANAGED HEALTHCARE ADMINISTRATION AND ACHIEVING OBJECTIVE QUALITY STANDARDS - Healthcare is administered to members/enrollees of a healthcare plan according to objective quality standards. A patient population of eligible members/enrollees is identified and for each member/enrollee, medical information is aggregated via a web-based compilation of medical data from multiple sources that is continuously updated so as to provide an accurate, up-to-date and readily accessible compilation of a member/enrollee past diagnoses, healthcare history, medical procedures, medications and the like. Such member/enrollees are continuously tracked, on an individual basis, and monitored to ensure healthcare is delivered for a variety of specific medical conditions pursuant to objective health program quality criteria. | 2014-06-12 |
20140164004 | METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING MANAGED HEALTHCARE ADMINISTRATION AND ACHIEVING OBJECTIVE QUALITY STANDARDS - Healthcare is administered to members/enrollees of a healthcare plan according to objective quality standards. A patient population of eligible members/enrollees is identified and for each member/enrollee, medical information is aggregated via a web-based compilation of medical data from multiple sources that is continuously updated so as to provide an accurate, up-to-date and readily accessible compilation of a member/enrollee past diagnoses, healthcare history, medical procedures, medications and the like. Such member/enrollees are continuously tracked, on an individual basis, and monitored to ensure healthcare is delivered for a variety of specific medical conditions pursuant to objective health program quality criteria. | 2014-06-12 |
20140164005 | HEALTHCARE ADMINISTRATION METHOD FOR COMPLEX CASE AND DISEASE MANAGEMENT - The present invention discloses substantially more efficient and effective methods for delivering healthcare whereby patient care can be coordinated effectively and efficiently through changes in different physical settings and levels of care. Coordinated care helps ensure that patients seeking healthcare, and in particular chronically ill patients, with comorbidities get timely care to avoid unnecessary ER visits and admissions. Through risk and disease stratification, member profiling, inter disciplinary team follow-up and patient education, the methods of the present invention are operative to effectively allocate available resources, formulate and execute individualized care plans and successfully manage high risk members. | 2014-06-12 |
20140164006 | HEALTHCARE ADMINISTRATION METHOD FOR COMPLEX CASE AND DISEASE MANAGEMENT - The present invention discloses substantially more efficient and effective methods for delivering healthcare whereby patient care can be coordinated effectively and efficiently through changes in different physical settings and levels of care. Coordinated care helps ensure that patients seeking healthcare, and in particular chronically ill patients, with comorbidities get timely care to avoid unnecessary ER visits and admissions. Through risk and disease stratification, member profiling, inter disciplinary team follow-up and patient education, the methods of the present invention are operative to effectively allocate available resources, formulate and execute individualized care plans and successfully manage high risk members. | 2014-06-12 |
20140164007 | METHODS FOR ADMINISTERING PREVENTATIVE HEALTHCARE TO A PATIENT POPULATION - Methods for administering preventative healthcare measures to a patient population are disclosed. A patient population eligible to receive certain healthcare benefits is defined and thereafter multiple sources of healthcare data are compiled and analyzed to create health profiles for each individual. An objective set of criteria for providing preventative care is provided to eligible members within the patient population and appropriate healthcare is administered to the degree necessary to make sure a sufficient percentage of the population receives adequate healthcare treatment consistent with the recognized, objective healthcare standards. Patients remaining non-compliant are sought for further administration of healthcare until requisite compliance standards are met. | 2014-06-12 |
20140164008 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND LICENSING AND COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE - Systems and method for making intelligent business development and licensing decisions are disclosed. The present invention generally relates to an analytical tool that combines multiple data and content sets based on user selected factors and presents the data in the form of manipulatable visualizations to facilitate decision making to address a specific business problem. More specifically, this invention relates to providing a single portal for access to a decision support system that enables the visualization of data from multiple content and data sets to facilitate decision making related to opportunities analysis, asset acquisition, and intellectual property licensing. | 2014-06-12 |
20140164009 | System and Method for Patient Attribution in a Healthcare Setting - Disclosed herein is a method and system for attributing patients to a physician panel in a healthcare setting. Attribution can occur either implicitly, through the use of claims data or an inference based on clinical encounters, or explicitly by way of manual entry of supplemental data into a system. | 2014-06-12 |
20140164010 | System and Method for Displaying and Analyzing Data - Disclosed is a system and method for analyzing and displaying quantitative information in a healthcare setting. Specifically, the present disclosure teaches a method of assessing provider performance and patient compliance, both prospectively and retrospectively. | 2014-06-12 |
20140164011 | METHOD FOR FACILITATING COMMUNICATION, DATA ACCESS AND WORKFLOW IN A HEALTHCARE ENVIRONMENT/FACILITY - A method and system of facilitating communication within a healthcare environment is disclosed. The healthcare environment has a directory of providers and a patient census system having patients and patient events. The method and system include a database server configured and arranged to receive and store patients and patient events from the patient census system and providers from the directory, the providers automatically mapped to patients based on predetermined criteria. Patient events are recorded in the patient census system and automatically pushed to the providers mapped to the respective patient in real-time. Preferably, the patient events are pushed to mobile device carried by providers, wirelessly and in real-time. Providers may manage, create and assign patient events via the mobile device, which assigned providers receive and may act on or complete. | 2014-06-12 |
20140164012 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR SIMULATING FUTURE MEDICAL EPISODES - Computer-based systems and methods for managing individuals with respect to medical episodes are provided. In the systems and methods, affinity groups for a population and the connections between such affinity groups are identified. Based on the groups associated with a medical episode, recommendations can be provided to individuals in order to avoid or spread the effect of medical episodes to other individuals. | 2014-06-12 |
20140164013 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REWARDING USERS FOR CHANGES IN HEALTH BEHAVIORS - A system and method for generating and sending reward messages to users accomplishing goals related to a personalized health behavior plan. Rewards may be issued for reasons such as achieving an ultimate goal, reaching an intermediate goal, or completing a suggested activity such as eating a suggested meal or performing a suggested physical activity. A reward may be a coupon for use at an establishment such as a restaurant, a clothing store, or a fitness center. Rewards may also be checks sent through postal mail or coupons for printing on a personal printer. Reward messages are generated by an expert system based on a user's personalized diet, exercise, or other health plan, goals associated with the plan, and specified preferences. Reward messages are sent to user's portable devices. Current location information may be used to send a user a reward for use at a nearby establishment. | 2014-06-12 |
20140164014 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING HEALTH CARE SERVICE FOR PROVIDING SELF-AWARE REMINDER FOR HEALTH CARE MOTIVATION - The present specification provides a health care service or system for enabling a user of the health care service to receive efficient health care motivation by displaying, on the screen of a terminal, a self-aware reminder (or indicator) even if an application related to the health care service is not activated. To this end, a method for providing the health care service by means of a terminal, according to one embodiment of the present application, comprises the steps of: obtaining information related to the health care of the user from an application related to the health care service from among a plurality of applications stored in a memory unit of the terminal; on the basis of the information, determining whether or not the health care of the user is carried out correctly; and displaying an indicator illustrating instructions for the health care of the user on the screen of the terminal when the health care of the user is not carried out correctly, wherein the indicator can be displayed on the screen of the terminal when the application related to the health care service is not activated. | 2014-06-12 |
20140164015 | CLINICAL TRIAL ADVERSE EVENT DATA CHANGE REPORTING SYSTEM - A system is provided that sends data changes to a safety compliance management system. The system defines at least one data field as a significant data field. The system further monitors data, and identifies a change to the data. The system further determines whether the change to the data includes a change to at least one significant data field. The system further sends the data to the safety compliance management system when the change to the data includes a change to at least one significant data field. | 2014-06-12 |
20140164016 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING MEDICAL INFORMATION - A method, computer readable medium and apparatus for processing medical information are disclosed. For example, the method receives the medical information associated with a customer, processes the medical information that is received to identify an event relating to a medication, updates a schedule in accordance with the event that is identified, determines if a time for executing the event on the schedule has arrived, and provides a reminder to perform the event, if the time for executing the event has arrived. | 2014-06-12 |
20140164017 | HEALTHCARE ADMINISTRATION METHOD FOR COMPLEX CASE AND DISEASE MANAGEMENT - The present invention discloses substantially more efficient and effective methods for delivering healthcare whereby patient care can be coordinated effectively and efficiently through changes in different physical settings and levels of care. Coordinated care helps ensure that patients seeking healthcare, and in particular chronically ill patients, with comorbidities get timely care to avoid unnecessary ER visits and admissions. Through risk and disease stratification, member profiling, inter disciplinary team follow-up and patient education, the methods of the present invention are operative to effectively allocate available resources, formulate and execute individualized care plans and successfully manage high risk members. | 2014-06-12 |
20140164018 | METHODS FOR ADMINISTERING PREVENTATIVE HEALTHCARE TO A PATIENT POPULATION - Methods for administering preventative healthcare measures to a patient population are disclosed. A patient population eligible to receive certain healthcare benefits is defined and thereafter multiple sources of healthcare data are compiled and analyzed to create health profiles for each individual. An objective set of criteria for providing preventative care is provided to eligible members within the patient population and appropriate healthcare is administered to the degree necessary to make sure a sufficient percentage of the population receives adequate healthcare treatment consistent with the recognized, objective healthcare standards. Patients remaining non-compliant are sought for further administration of healthcare until requisite compliance standards are met. | 2014-06-12 |
20140164019 | METHODS FOR ADMINISTERING PREVENTATIVE HEALTHCARE TO A PATIENT POPULATION - Methods for administering preventative healthcare measures to a patient population are disclosed. A patient population eligible to receive certain healthcare benefits is defined and thereafter multiple sources of healthcare data are compiled and analyzed to create health profiles for each individual. An objective set of criteria for providing preventative care is provided to eligible members within the patient population and appropriate healthcare is administered to the degree necessary to make sure a sufficient percentage of the population receives adequate healthcare treatment consistent with the recognized, objective healthcare standards. Patients remaining non-compliant are sought for further administration of healthcare until requisite compliance standards are met. | 2014-06-12 |
20140164020 | METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING MANAGED HEALTHCARE ADMINISTRATION AND ACHIEVING OBJECTIVE QUALITY STANDARDS - Healthcare is administered to members/enrollees of a healthcare plan according to objective quality standards. A patient population of eligible members/enrollees is identified and for each member/enrollee, medical information is aggregated via a web-based compilation of medical data from multiple sources that is continuously updated so as to provide an accurate, up-to-date and readily accessible compilation of a member/enrollee past diagnoses, healthcare history, medical procedures, medications and the like. Such member/enrollees are continuously tracked, on an individual basis, and monitored to ensure healthcare is delivered for a variety of specific medical conditions pursuant to objective health program quality criteria. | 2014-06-12 |
20140164021 | EMERGENCY CONTACT CODED ITEM SYSTEM AND METHOD - The present invention involves a coded item based system and method which allows an individual to control access to medical records while providing for emergency access to those medical records. | 2014-06-12 |
20140164022 | Patient Directed Healthcare System - The present invention provides a system allowing an individual to actively manage, oversee, direct, and interact with their healthcare. Specifically, the present invention provides a system that allows for the continuous input of updated information from the team of healthcare providers and the patient with full access to the patient history all with real time continuous analysis to provide feedback of likely critical data to consider in the decision of next best steps to provide the only participant whose only motive is to get better as expeditiously as possible with the knowledge necessary to actively manage, oversee and direct their own healthcare. In particular, the present invention provides a system whereby the individual's personal health records are selectively inputted and shared with others and compared with databases of stored information, and the information returned is used by the individual, or others to provide efficient healthcare and manage public health emergencies. | 2014-06-12 |
20140164023 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR APPLYING USER CORRECTIONS TO MEDICAL FACT EXTRACTION - Techniques for applying user corrections to medical fact extraction may include extracting a first set of one or more medical facts from a first portion of text documenting a patient encounter. A correction to the first set of medical facts may be received from a user. The correction may identify a fact that should be associated with the first portion of the text. A second set of one or more medical facts may be extracted from a second portion of the text based at least in part on the user's correction to the first set of medical facts. Extracting the second set of facts may include extracting one or more facts similar to the identified fact from the second portion of the text. | 2014-06-12 |
20140164024 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCED INSURANCE SELECTION - Disclosed is a system and computer based method to provide an intuitive interface that educates users about risk management needs, and/or assists users in selecting proper risk management instruments. In a preferred embodiment, the system include a tool that allows customers to easily plan for key events in life, such as buying a home, starting a family, educating their kids, retiring; exposes customers to some of the risks in life, such as health problems, accidents, income loss and unexpected costs; and provides risk management product recommendations and personal quotes. | 2014-06-12 |
20140164025 | INSURANCE CLAIM PAYMENT CARD SYSTEM - A system for the adjudication of insurance claims, such as automobile repair claims, by an insurance provider is provided. A claim submitted by a policyholder is received is received by the insurance provider. The claim is assigned to an insurance adjuster. The insurance provider receives a determination of a dollar value of the claim from the adjuster, and uses this information to determine how much money to disburse to the policyholder. The insurance provider then issues an account funded with the dollar value of the claim to the policyholder, accessible by the policyholder through a card. As the card is used, the insurance provider collects purchase information, such as information relating to the date, place, and amount of each purchase made on the account. The insurance provider may then collate the purchase information in a database and analyze the data for mathematically significant trends and relationships. | 2014-06-12 |
20140164026 | 271 Embedded Alerts - Normalizing codified data in an eligibility response and proactively identifying insurance eligibility and benefit documentation issues is provided. Data in an eligibility response may be mapped with other data including data received from healthcare providers, payers, data from inquiries, etc. The data may be stored in tables, and/or in internal and external databases. If there are any determined issues discovered, an alert of the issue found is embedded in the response or the determined issue may be automatically corrected. The alert may provide an instruction on how to rectify the issue to a healthcare provider administrative user. The formatting and structure of the eligibility response may be normalized such that message segments relating to a same service type are grouped together, providing a consistently formatted normalized response. Accordingly, an end user may be able to more easily find information in the normalized eligibility response. | 2014-06-12 |
20140164027 | Benefits Contract Providing a Bundle of Benefits - According to one embodiment of the invention, a benefits contract includes an agreement to provide a plurality of benefits for at least one person. The agreement provides for an account including a plurality of units. Each unit is associated with multiple benefits. For example each unit may be associated with multiple benefits such as life insurance, health insurance, supplemental health insurance, long-term care insurance, short-term disability insurance, long-term disability insurance, prescription drug insurance, a plurality of income payments, a withdrawal benefit, an annuity, a property and casualty benefit, or other similar benefits. The agreement is such that a person associated with the benefits contract may choose to exercise a particular unit, or fraction thereof, to receive only one of the three or more benefits; and such that the benefits account (or plurality of units) may be purchased tax-free using funds from a tax-deferred retirement account. | 2014-06-12 |
20140164028 | COMPUTER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING OF DATA RELATED TO GENERATING INSURANCE QUOTES - This invention relates generally to a computer system and method for integrating insurance policy underwriting. In one aspect it integrates the older legacy insurance policy generating systems to on line systems where users access the system through browsers. The computer system to perform the process of underwriting, rating, quoting, binding, and booking an insurance policy includes browsers, data bases, processors and a dispatcher that parses the information to select an insurance process. Suitable software programs review messages received from users to determine if certain messages are less than a prescribed limit. If a message is greater than the limit, then the message is parsed into a header information and one or more data fields whereby the header information is provided to a legacy processor and to policy generation software for further creation of policy related information and documentation. | 2014-06-12 |
20140164029 | CHECK-IN APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING VISIT TO SHOP IN REAL TIME AND PROVIDING REWARD - Disclosed herein are a check-in apparatus and method. The apparatus includes a sound wave signal reception unit and an information processing unit. The sound wave signal reception unit receives a sound wave signal from a customer's mobile communication device, and restores an ID from the received sound wave signal. The information processing unit extracts customer information and check-in date and time information from the ID restored by the sound wave signal reception unit, generates check-in information by combining the extracted information with shop information and apparatus information stored in the check-in apparatus, and transmits the generated check-in information to a check-in server. | 2014-06-12 |
20140164030 | DEVICE FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION, METHOD FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION, PROGRAM FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR SAME - An information providing device ( | 2014-06-12 |
20140164031 | PAYMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM - A method and system for communicating over a telecommunications network between a service provider and one or more users, wherein the service provider can have access to multiple distinct addresses I the telecommunications network and each user is identified by an address, more specifically, where a first message can be sent over at least a portion of the telecommunications network to a user's address and based on a response from the user determining the message to which the response is a reply. | 2014-06-12 |
20140164032 | CLADISTICS DATA ANALYZER FOR BUSINESS DATA - An analyzer system may include a computer-apparatus to collect traces from a pool of business traces, and to assign an unique vector value to each trace. The system may also include an assembler to create a tree based upon the unique vector value of each trace. The system may further include an analyzer to detect sub-trees within the tree to identify similarities among the traces based upon the traces inclusion within a given sub-tree. | 2014-06-12 |
20140164033 | BUSINESS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH PREDEFINED ALERTS - A system and method for managing a consumer financial services business, including predefined alerts and reports. The system includes a database module, having dimension tables and fact tables, structured to contain data related to the consumer financial services business. An alert module is predefined to alert a user to conditions of importance to a consumer financial services business, and a report module, linked to the database module. The method predefines business alert conditions to identify alert conditions regarding information required by specific users of information in a consumer financial services business | 2014-06-12 |
20140164034 | Method and System for Determining Total Cost of Ownership - Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a total cost of ownership method and system for technology components, applications or business units. The system provides financial reporting costs in information technology terms in order to build a bridge between technology and finance organizations. The method and system utilize data from systems of record for assets and charges, extract this data and deliver output reports and visualizations on the data processing and analysis in order to drive a Total Cost of Ownership for technology components, applications or business units. The method includes bringing data from disparate sources into the computer processor accessing at least one storage medium, validating the data by a Data Quality Engine, processing the data by matching the at least one charge to the at least one asset and performing data analytics and reporting on the Total Cost of Ownership. | 2014-06-12 |
20140164035 | CLADISTICS DATA ANALYZER FOR BUSINESS DATA - An analyzer system may include a computer-apparatus to collect traces from a pool of business traces, and to assign an unique vector value to each trace. The system may also include an assembler to create a tree based upon the unique vector value of each trace. The system may further include an analyzer to detect sub-trees within the tree to identify similarities among the traces based upon the traces inclusion within a given sub-tree. | 2014-06-12 |
20140164036 | Program Sentiment Analysis, Systems and Methods - Sentiment-based program management systems and methods are presented. A sentiment analysis engine obtains a set of terms (e.g., words, phrases, etc.) from a semantic terminology database where the terms are associated with a target capital program (e.g., large scale construction, etc.). The engine uses a semantic model related to the target program to analyze a set of program status documents term-by-term, especially analyzing documents related to a performance metric (e.g., milestones, etc.). Each term in the document found in the set of terms can be assigned a connotation or other sentiment value according to the model, possibly based on a context. The engine compiles a complete program sentiment from documents and presents the program sentiment with respect to one or more related performance metrics. | 2014-06-12 |
20140164037 | GAMIFIED PROJECT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - Gamified computerized project management system and method which harnesses the innate human desire for playful competition and continual skill advancement to improve organizational productivity. The system allows team member bidding on project tasks, where they accumulate points according to various criteria including how well their work product meets previously established criteria, as well as an opportunity to acquire additional points from mastering various task related learning material. Other factors, such as providing assistance to other team members, evaluating work product, and the like are also awarded points. Competition is fostered by allowing team members to see where their point score ranks versus other players, while teamwork and member skill growth is also encouraged. Gamified project management files containing comprehensive project records may be saved, converted to standard project management files, or constructed by translation process that gamifies standard project management files. Standard prefabricated gamified project files may also be used. | 2014-06-12 |
20140164038 | Alignment of Territories for Marketing and Sales and a Method Thereof - A system allows a user to reassign and/or assign territories, geographical territories for marketing and sales purposes. The system displays a geographical area that have assignable, bounded areas. The user selects an area and, by moving a finger or cursor, may add additional areas to the selected area or territory. By also using a function key at the same time, the user can limit the areas added to the territory to other larger geographically defined areas. | 2014-06-12 |
20140164039 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INSPECTION OF STRUCTURES - Systems and methods of the invention relate to identifying a structure and a corresponding inspection for a portion of the structure and managing an appointment to perform the inspection with one or more inspectors. An evaluate component can analyze a set of inspection rules (e.g., user-defined, regulation-defined, defined by a type of structure, among others) for one or more structures, wherein a manager component can select one or more inspectors to perform the inspection. | 2014-06-12 |
20140164040 | SCALABLE TRAINING - Methods and apparatus are disclosed that utilizes voice mail messages to direct personalized employee training. Voice mail messages instruct an employee to perform various tasks. Employee actions are monitored to determine whether the various tasks were performed as instructed. | 2014-06-12 |
20140164041 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MULTIMEDIA CONTACT ROUTING - A system and method may include processing a task assignment request comprising a task type corresponding to a task and querying a database based on the task assignment request and on the task type to identify an agent profile and agent status information for the identified agent profile, the agent profile comprising identification information to identify an agent workstation. The system and method may further include determining whether to generate assignment information for assigning the task to the agent workstation based on the agent status information. | 2014-06-12 |
20140164042 | NETWORK-BASED SCHEDULING APPLICATION - A computer program or application for scheduling shift employees. The program is network-based, preferably we-based and utilizes any or all of mobile devices (e.g., Smart Phones or tablets), social media, email and text messages to communicate the schedule to the employee. The program provides the employer with easy schedule organization and an easy tool for collaboration and communication with the employee. The program provides the employee with an ability to monitor, access and acknowledge the schedule, and even alter the schedule, pending approval from the employer. | 2014-06-12 |
20140164043 | Methods, Systems, and Apparatus for Scheduling Appointments - Methods, systems, and apparatus for scheduling appointments between a user and a provider are described. In one aspect, a requested appointment including an requested appointment location and information defining at least one period of time is received from a user. Computer processor instructions are executed to identify at least one current appointment and location during the period. Still more computer processor instructions are executed to determine an interval of time between the current appointment and the requested appointment based at least in part on the location of the current appointment and the requested appointment location, and further to determine at least one available time option for scheduling the requested appointment based at least in part on the interval of time. The available time option(s) is (are) then returned to the user. | 2014-06-12 |
20140164044 | USE OF ENHANCED USER STATUS TO FACILITATE DOCUMENT WORKFLOW SOLUTIONS - A document workflow management system monitors progress of a document as it moves between various personnel to whom workflow actions have been assigned. When the system identifies that one of the personnel is causing a delay, or is likely to cause a delay, it will identify an alternate person who may perform the action. It may send the document to the alternate person and then return the document to the original workflow when the alternate person has completed the action. | 2014-06-12 |
20140164045 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING OPTIMAL ASSET CONFIGURATIONS WHILE MINIMIZING DISRUPTION TO EXISTING BUSINESS OPERATIONS IN A SERVICE DELIVERY ENVIRONMENT - A system for determining asset configuration in a service delivery environment, comprises a simulation module developing a simulation model reflecting features of the service delivery environment, a search module using the simulation model and constraint data to determine a plurality of asset configurations for evaluation, a first evaluation module determining a value of each of the asset configurations, and determining the asset configuration of the plurality of asset configurations that yields a value meeting a predetermined objective, and a second evaluation module determining a deviation from a current configuration that would be caused by each of the asset configurations, and determining the asset configuration that yields a lowest deviation of the plurality of asset configurations, wherein the second evaluation module uses the value meeting the predetermined objective from the first evaluation module as a constraint when determining the asset configuration that yields the lowest deviation. | 2014-06-12 |
20140164046 | INTEGRATED FOOD AND BEVERAGE MANAGEMENT, INVENTORY AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - A method and system for ordering a food or beverage from an on-site inventory local to a food and beverage customer via a graphical user interface and a network is provided. The on-site inventory is associated with at least one off-site inventory. The method includes providing a user interface to a purchaser, wherein the user interface is capable of displaying at least a portion of the on-site inventory to the purchaser. The method also includes receiving instructions from the purchaser via the interface relating to the selection of a first food and beverage from the on-site inventory, delivering the first food or beverage from the on-site inventory to the purchaser, accounting for the cost of the first food or beverage with the purchaser, and determining whether the on-site inventory quantity of food or beverages of the first food or beverages is below a pre-determined minimum quantity. The method also includes the automatic generation of a draft renewal order for transmittal to one or more pre-determined distributors of a sufficient quantity of the first food or beverage to replenish the on-site inventory quantity above the minimum. | 2014-06-12 |
20140164047 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING CALL REQUEST AGGREGATION OVER A NETWORK - In accordance with one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, a method for facilitating electronic commerce over a network includes identifying input dependencies for a call request based on information passed with the call request, identifying state dependencies for the call request based on information passed with the call request, parallelizing calls from the call request based on at least one of the identified input dependencies and the identified state dependencies, developing a service execution map by grouping calls in an execution order including parallelized calls, and processing the service execution map by executing grouped calls in the execution order including parallelized calls. | 2014-06-12 |
20140164048 | SCALABLE WEIGHT-AGNOSTIC MULTI-OBJECTIVE QOS OPTIMIZATION FOR WORKFLOW PLANNING - Disclosed is a method and system for optimizing a workflow planning via the selection of service providers and data centers according to various QoS (Quality of Service) metrics. The algorithm handles multiple QoS parameters and does not require an a priori weighting of their importance, a typical requirement of other approaches to this problem. This is accomplished by using an algorithm that will guarantee that no alternative solution will be strictly better in all QoS criteria than the chosen solution. A variant of the algorithm to specify the preference order among the QoS parameters is also disclosed. | 2014-06-12 |
20140164049 | PROVIDING WORKFLOW PROCESSES TO CROWDSOURCED PRODUCT LISTINGS - Systems and methods to provide a set of qualifying steps for a crowdsourced project during creation of the project, where the steps are coupled with cost calculators, medal awards, partner identification, and third party auditing. The systems and methods allow an efficient project entry method while also scoring the completeness of the project to potential funding users. The inclusion of stretch goals, added at any time during the creation or funding of a project allows dynamic adjustment of target funding levels and awards, providing incentives for increased funding. Described herein is a system and method to create crowdfunded projects along with quality control checks visible to funders and incentives to induce more funders and greater funding levels, at the same time as creating a higher project success rate. | 2014-06-12 |
20140164050 | Process Model Visualization Methods - A method of comparing process models at least two process models to determine differences and similarities in the at least two process models. The process models include at least two states and a transition. The method includes comparing the state and the transition of the at least two process models, identifying differences in the state and the transition of the at least two process models, and visually representing the at least two process models in a user interface, wherein the differences in the state and the transition of the at least two process models are indicated in a first format different from a second format that indicates similarities in the transition and state of the at least two process models. | 2014-06-12 |
20140164051 | Recommending a Next Step to Take in a Case - A flow model of an activity flow that is based on cases is provided. The flow model is annotated with information from the cases. A matching step in the activity flow that matches a given step of a particular case is identified, and a next step is recommended based on the matching step in the activity flow of the flow model. | 2014-06-12 |
20140164052 | System and Method for Managing and Displaying Company Policy Data - A management system for administering and managing corporate policy data in an intranet based graphical user environment is disclosed. The intranet based graphical user environment communicates with a policy management data server to provide policy data to employees and third party vendors. The system selectively formats and displays policy content customized for each user requesting the data. | 2014-06-12 |
20140164053 | Method, Software Program, And System For Ranking Relative Risk Of A Plurality Of Transactions - A method for ranking relative risk of a plurality of transactions, wherein each of the transactions has associated therewith a plurality of variables. In one embodiment the method includes assigning a value to each of the variables associated with each of the transactions, aggregating the values assigned to each of the variables on a transaction by transaction basis to produce an aggregate risk level for each transaction, and ranking each of the transactions relative to one another based upon the aggregate risk level corresponding to each transaction. A corresponding software program and system are also disclosed. | 2014-06-12 |
20140164054 | OPERATING A SERVER COMPUTER - A method of operating a server computer system, which is configured to communicate with a plurality of remote devices. The remote devices are operated by lone workers who are exposed to hazardous environments. The method comprises receiving location data identifying a work location from a transmitting remote device, receiving hazard data relating to hazards in the vicinity of said work location, processing said hazard data to produce an assessment of risk, and conveying an indication of said assessment of risk to a receiving remote device. | 2014-06-12 |
20140164055 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING IMPLICIT FOLLOW AND AUTOMATIC UNFOLLOW - Disclosed is an approach for implementing implicit follow and automatic unfollow of objects in an enterprise application system. Automated following and unfollowing can be provided for objects in a CRM application, such as objects pertaining to sales opportunities. | 2014-06-12 |
20140164056 | Biosensitive response evaluation for design and research - Biosensitive response evaluation improves both design and marketing research by combining eye tracking information with time-coded biosensor information to determine the relative brain state of various market research respondents at the precise moment they are exposed to a stimulus. Areas of interest (AOI) are demarcated on detected objects. Relative physiological effects associated with each demarcated AOI are identified as part of biosensor response data and may be directly statistically correlated with a subsequent action. | 2014-06-12 |
20140164057 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING CONSUMER PURCHASING BEHAVIOR - Systems and methods are disclosed for analyzing and predicting spending behaviors of consumers. A financial service system configures a financial service account for a user associated with a merchant. The financial service system, after receiving notification of purchase transactions made by the user with the account, may collect information relating to the transactions. The financial service system may determine other merchants that “co-occur” with the first merchant—in other words, where else are the first merchant's customers shopping and who are their true competitors? The financial service system may then compile this data and provide it to the merchant, who may modify their business practices based on the information. | 2014-06-12 |
20140164058 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A MULTILATERAL TRANSACTION DATA MART - Systems and methods include multilateral transaction data mart, including one or more institutions, a central party, and a centralized database. Additionally, example embodiments may receive information from a one or more institutions, store the information in a centralized database, and provide information to one or more institutions upon request. Further, a system and method in accordance with example embodiments may include sending information to a centralized database, sending a request to the centralized database for information regarding one or more users, and receiving information regarding one or more users. | 2014-06-12 |
20140164059 | Heuristics to Quantify Data Quality - Various embodiments provide an ability to detect an input associated with an element for which a cascading operation has been defined. Some embodiments apply the cascading operation to the element, and further apply one or more cascading operations to less than all ancestral elements in an associated tree for which cascading operations have been defined. In some cases, the one or more cascading operations can be applied to one or more respective ancestral elements after a predefined waiting period. | 2014-06-12 |
20140164060 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FORECASTING DISCOUNTS USING CROWD SOURCE INFORMATION - Systems and methods for forecasting discounts are described herein. In some embodiments, the systems and methods utilize marketplace information to calculate an initial probability that an item will be subject to a discount within a specified time period. The systems and methods may then utilize relevant crowd source information to weight the marketplace information and output a weighted probability of sale. | 2014-06-12 |
20140164061 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR IDENTIFYING PRODUCTS ASSOCIATED WITH POLARIZED SENTIMENTS - A content intelligence module implementing a unique polarization algorithm may operate to identify products with polarized sentiments in user-generated content. The module may be configured to, at a first computer:
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20140164062 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING SOCIO-GRAPHIC CONSUMER SEGMENTATION FOR TARGETED ADVERTISING - Systems and methods are disclosed for determining the financial characteristics of socio-graphic segments of social media users. A financial service system links a customer's social network profile to a financial service account associated with the customer. The financial service system may receive information relating to the social network profile, and identify one or more characteristics of the customer based on the information. The financial service system may proceed to associate the customer with one or more socio-graphic groups, or “clusters,” comprising customers sharing the same characteristic. The financial service system may then generate a spending model associated with the clusters, and provide it to advertisers for purposes of generating more useful, targeted advertising and incentives to the customers. | 2014-06-12 |
20140164063 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING AFFLUENCE - A system and method for determining affluence is provided. A plurality of accounts associated with a first geographic area are identified with each account has a number of transactions in a historical spend database associated with it that exceed a frequency of use threshold. The average income of the geographic area exceeds a predetermined income threshold. A total spend for each account from transactions in the historical spend database is associated with a spending range. The discretionary portion of the total spend for each account from transactions in the historical spend database is determined. An affluence category is associated with each account based on the total spend and the discretionary portion of the total spend of each account. | 2014-06-12 |
20140164064 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SERVING ELECTRONIC CONTENT - A system and methods are provided for serving content in response to content queries or requests. When a request is received, for content to be presented to a specified user, candidate content items are identified, possibly based on matches between attributes of the user and attributes of the items' target audiences. For each item, a history indicating the frequency (e.g., total number) and/or recency with which impressions of the candidate item were previously presented to the user is retrieved and used to determine a modifier value, which is applied to a calculated or generated probable click-through-rate (pCTR) to produce a modified probability that the user would act on the item if it is served to him or her. Each item's estimated value is computed by multiplying a bid associated with the item and the modified probability; the results are ranked and the top-ranked item(s) are served. | 2014-06-12 |
20140164065 | Strategic Business Objectives Based Program Management Systems and Methods - Systems and methods are presented for program management based on strategic business objectives (SBO) of an organization. One aspect of the inventive subject matter includes a method of tracking SBOs of a program including providing access to a SBO database that stores SBO objects, which are representative of the SBO's. The method further includes providing access to an SBO analysis engine coupled with the SBO database. The SBO analysis engine can be configured to identify one or more stakeholders responsible for achieving or assessing an objective associated with one or more SBO objects and retrieve SBO perception attributes from the stakeholders for the one or more SBO objects. The method can further include deriving a SBO perception drift for the SBO object as a function of the stakeholder's SBO perception attributes and the SBO attributes of the SBO object and presenting the SBO perception drift on an output device. | 2014-06-12 |
20140164066 | Determining Efficient Assortments of Products - A plurality of efficient assortments may be determined for a plurality of products. One of the efficient assortments may be identified based on a strictly decreasing convex function. | 2014-06-12 |
20140164067 | SEQUENCING OF BUSINESS OBJECT LOGIC EXTENSIONS TO ENSURE DATA CONSISTENCY ACROSS LAYERS - In one aspect, there is provided a method. The method may include performing, by a sequencer, one or more validations of a plurality of extensions to a core service of a business system; controlling, by the sequencer, execution of a sequence including the plurality of extensions and the core service to enable an action to be performed at the business system; and performing, by the sequencer, one or more post-processing checks of the plurality of extensions. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also disclosed. | 2014-06-12 |
20140164068 | PROCESS TOOL - A process tool is described that comprises a data input application implemented by a computing device and arranged to facilitate definition of business process information by a user. The process too includes a plurality of user selectable industry value maps, each industry value map defining a library of metric information and graphical representations relevant to a particular industry. The process tool is arranged to facilitate selection using the computing device of an industry value map by a user and to use information and graphical representations associated with the industry value map to define a framework to support a business conversation. The process tool is also arranged to produce materials using the business process information defined by the user according to the framework at least partly populated using the industry value map. | 2014-06-12 |
20140164069 | Generating Global Optimized Strategies For Information Requests, Proposals, And Statements of Work Within a Time Period Across Hierarchical Entity Boundaries - A method, system and computer program product for determining a response to a sales event within a time period with information which spans across hierarchical entity boundaries of a company. The method detects a sales event and determines requirements of the sales event, parties involved and resource area of the sales event. If the resource area is not supported by the company, return to detecting another sales event without responding to the sales event. If the area is supported by the company, initiating a sales resource optimization to determine an optimized resource package to respond to the sales event and determining a likelihood of the company being awarded the sales event based on the optimized resource package. If the likelihood of the company being awarded the sales event based on the optimized resource package is greater than a predetermined probability, responding to the sales event with the optimized resource package. | 2014-06-12 |
20140164070 | PROBABILISTIC CARBON CREDITS CALCULATOR - A probabilistic carbon credits calculator may be used to calculate carbon credit monetary values for specified geographical areas, time periods, land uses, climate scenarios and other factors. For example, different land use scenarios may be assessed in terms of carbon credit monetary value to aid decisions about whether to return pasture to forest, whether to deforest an area and other such land use decisions. In various embodiments, predictions of terrestrial carbon amounts and certainty of those predictions are obtained from a carbon model and the predictions may be compared with comparison data and combined with carbon credit market data or other financial estimates of carbon value. In various examples the comparison data comprises empirical data and/or carbon model predictions. In various embodiments, certainty of predictions and/or comparison data is used to assess certainty of calculated carbon credit monetary values. | 2014-06-12 |
20140164071 | System and Methods for Analyzing Business Data - Disclosed are a system and methods for analyzing business data. The system and methods may present users with a number of platforms that allow users to analyze aggregated business data, to view forecasts provided by the system, and to collaborate with other users. Analyzing business data may involve running queries and customizing visuals based on the business data, which may be aggregated in a comprehensive database or several databases. Forecasting may involve the use of linear regression lines that can be computed according to customized queries, visuals, and other user input. Further, users may collaborate over the system by sharing visuals, sharing queries, discussing hot topics, blogging, joining groups, and the like. | 2014-06-12 |
20140164072 | System and Method for Quantified Quality Analysis and Benchmarking for Building Information Modeling - A system and method for providing reliable means of benchmarking quality for BIM models. The system and method can provide a concrete measurable means to the quality of a BIM model. The system also provides mechanism to see how a BIM model is in terms of its quality relative to other similar BIM models. | 2014-06-12 |
20140164073 | Systems and Methods for Analyzing Recognition Data for Talent and Culture Discovery - Embodiments of the invention provide tools for creating recognition moments in real-time and generating recognition network graphs that represent the recognition connections throughout organizations. Recognition network graphs are utilized to transmit recognition announcements throughout the organization, which, in turn, promotes a positive organizational climate and the values of the organization and aides managers in determining employees who are critical to the prior and future success of their business initiatives even when those employees are not within their traditional organizational hierarchies or span of control. The recognition network graph highlights connections between employees that are not self-evident within traditional organization charts. The recognition network graph may depict how business objectives are achieved via both formal and informal employee connections. Embodiments further provide managers and others with dynamic user interfaces containing recognition network graphs, reports and other analytics that facilitate the assessment of employee performance, influence, impact and other employee metrics. | 2014-06-12 |
20140164074 | ONLINE VOTING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Embodiments described herein attempt to provide a resolution mechanism to people who believe they have a lawful grievance against another, so that a person can bring a claim with any of the complications associated with going to court. Embodiments attempt to avoid the use of the courts, avoid the need for lawyers, and allow a worldwide pool of voters to submit votes rather than relying upon a pre-selected jury. If a person believes that he/she has a claim against another person, he/she can bring an action. The system can more efficiently render a verdict based upon basic issues, the facts, the genuineness of the claim, and fairness of the award. During registration, the parties agree to the terms and conditions for participating in the process. One of the terms is may be agreement that the majority vote of the website will be binding upon each of them, and that neither will bring the issue to a court, mediation, or alternative dispute resolution. | 2014-06-12 |
20140164075 | Sports Voting System - The present disclosure relates to an internet based system for individuals that want to be able to voice their opinion about all aspects of a judged event in the form of a vote and/or score for who should have won and other aspects of the event. The votes have no bearing on the outcome of the judged event. However votes counts are tabulated by the present invention and made available to members and are optionally available to the public and for media syndication. Income is generated by charging members fee and making sponsorships available to other businesses. | 2014-06-12 |
20140164076 | Systems, Methods, and Interfaces for Generating and Sampling a Mailing Service Campaign - Integrated printed product design, production, and mailing services systems, methods and user interfaces which allow businesses and consumers to quickly design a product for a mailing campaign, provide/select/purchase a mailing list, and simply order an integrated mailing services product which includes the production, addressing, application of postage, and mailing of the printed advertisement product to the set of desired recipients. | 2014-06-12 |
20140164077 | IMAGE CONTENT AND ADVERTISEMENT DATA PROVIDING METHOD, SYSTEM, AND APPARATUS - To provide an image content providing method capable of promoting advertisement effect by dynamically inserting an advertisement image to a distributed image content, an image content reproducing apparatus requests an image content providing apparatus to distribute the image content. Then, the image content is distributed to the image content reproducing apparatus and a viewer can utilize the image content. At this occasion, the image content providing apparatus distributes the image content, detects an advertisement inserting position and requests an advertisement image providing apparatus to distribute an advertisement image. Then, the advertisement image providing apparatus selects the advertisement image to be inserted to the image content and transmits thereof to the image content providing apparatus. Thereafter, the image content providing apparatus inserts the advertisement image to a position of the image content for inserting the advertisement and distributes thereof to the image content reproducing apparatus. | 2014-06-12 |
20140164078 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EPISODIC ADVERTISEMENT TRACKING - Methods and systems for an interactive media guidance application to prevent a user from experiencing an episodic advertisement out of order. Each episodic advertisement includes a plurality of advertisements intended to be viewed in an ordered sequence, and each advertisement of the sequence is part of a story that the episodic advertisement tells. The interactive media guidance application determines whether the user's viewing activity may cause the user to experience a particular advertisement of an episodic advertisement out of order, identifies an alternative advertisement of the episodic advertisement to present in place of the particular advertisement, and presents the alternative advertisement so as to prevent the user from experiencing the particular advertisement out of the ordered sequence of advertisements. | 2014-06-12 |
20140164079 | SOCIAL INCENTIVES FOR COMMERCE - In an example embodiment, a method of validating an electronic incentive provided to users is provided. An electronic incentive can be distributed to a first user. The electronic incentive provides a first discount amount for an item or service. A first indication that the electronic incentive has been redeemed at a merchant point of sale terminal can later be received. Validation may then occur to ensure that the electronic incentive referred to in the first indication is the electronic incentive distributed to the first user. Then, the first discount amount can be dynamically altered into a second discount amount different than the first discount amount, so that a redemption of the electronic incentive by the first user provides a discount equal to the second discount amount. | 2014-06-12 |
20140164080 | ORGANIZATIONAL TOOLS AND OR A COLLABORATION SYSTEM UTILIZING THE SAME THEREIN - A method of organizing revenues for user shares of information regarding applications configured for use on a server hosted collaboration system accessible by a network. | 2014-06-12 |
20140164081 | ORGANIZATIONAL TOOLS AND OR A COLLABORATION SYSTEM UTILIZING THE SAME THEREIN - A method of organizing revenues for user shares of information regarding applications configured for use on a server hosted collaboration system accessible by a network. | 2014-06-12 |
20140164082 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SOCIAL MEDIA REFERRALS BASED REWARDS - Systems and methods are disclosed for providing social media referrals based rewards to a customer. The systems and methods may provide incentives to customers of financial-service providers (“FSP”) based on their referrals to the FSP. Customer referrals may be determined for the customer by gathering data regarding referrals received from messages distributed by the customer via social media. Based on the referrals, an amount of rewards may be provided for business transactions initiated by the customer. | 2014-06-12 |
20140164083 | FINANCIAL PAYMENT SYSTEMS LINKED TO CUSTOMER ACCOUNTS - A computer-implemented method and system for linking a financial payment system to a customer account. A customer account may be created that includes an identifier for a financial payment system, such as a credit or debit card. During a transaction between the customer and a merchant, the identifier may be received by a payment processor. The processor correlated the identifier with a customer using stored customer account information. An electronic message including an incentive offered by the merchant is generated and sent to the customer. The offer may include a condition that the customer must complete in order to receive the incentive. The condition may be, for example, a requirement that the customer provide predetermined information to the merchant or as a posting on a social network. The incentive may be provided to the customer as a refund directly applied to the financial payment system. | 2014-06-12 |
20140164084 | SKU-LEVEL CARD LINKED OFFER PLATFORM - A system and method to provide item level purchase incentives directly to consumers are fully disclosed. Item level offers may include brand or product SKU-specific offers and rewards. In some embodiments, incentives may be credited directly to the consumer's card or bank account without any action required from the consumer subsequent to purchasing the product. The platform will evaluate potential offers and incentives according to a rules engine. The platform also maps the brand's authorized dealers by location so that offers can be targeted to consumers shopping at that location or who live within a certain distance of that location, for example, in addition to targeting by demographic, household income, past spending patterns, etc. Typically, the platform integrates directly with credit card issuer's systems sending the validated transaction information to the card issuer with an amount to be credited on that card or account. | 2014-06-12 |
20140164085 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING SEARCH ENGINE WITH COST PER ACTION REVENUE MODEL - The inventive technology enables the search engine operator to charge the advertisers who place their links on the search engine only if the user uses the search results to visit the advertiser's web portal(s) and generates revenue for the advertiser. This concept is especially attractive to the advertisers because it eliminates the risk, which the advertisers face in conventional search engines, when they are changed by the search engine per user click irrespectively of whether the user's visit resulted in advertiser's revenue. | 2014-06-12 |