26th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 67 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120166296 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DATA COLLECTION AT A POINT OF RETURN - Systems and methods are described for collecting data at a merchant's point of return for use in processing a merchandise return transaction that is being requested by a customer. In various embodiments, the data may be collected using a wide variety of data collection technologies and may be used in conjunction with stored data, including data collected from other merchants, by a return authorization system to make a determination whether to accept or deny the requested merchandise return. The data may additionally or alternatively be used to determine whether to issue a warning to the customer about limitations on future return transactions presented by the customer. Examples of data categories that may be collected include, but are not limited to, information about: the merchant, the customer, the requested transaction, the merchandise being returned, one or more receipts, a clerk processing the transaction, and other general applicable information. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166297 | POWERING A POINT OF SALE PRINTER AND COUPON PRINTER FROM A SHARED POWER SUPPLY - A point of sale (POS) system includes primary and auxiliary printers powered by a shared power supply. A POS terminal includes the shared power supply, a user interface, and a host including a printer driver for dynamically generating primary print commands. A printer connection card connected to the POS terminal includes a Universal Serial Bus (USB) hub in communication with the host and having at least one USB connector powered by the shared power supply. The primary printer is connected to the USB hub for receiving power and the primary print commands through the USB hub from the POS terminal. An auxiliary printer has a power-only connection to the printer connection card, receiving independently generated auxiliary print commands from a separate host computer. A controller includes control logic for selectively blocking the primary print commands to the primary printer in response to the signal drawn by the auxiliary printer exceeding a threshold. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166298 | DIGITAL RECEIPT GENERATION APPARATUS, SOFTWARE AND METHOD - A retail terminal generates a digital receipt in the form of a two-dimensional barcode. The barcode encodes within it transaction details and ancillary information relating to purchases made by a customer in their receipted transaction. The barcode output in a form suitable for capture by a customer operated mobile device. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166299 | Methods and systems for viewing objects within an uploaded image - Methods and systems for accurately determining how art will appear in a particular setting. In one embodiment, a user uploads a photograph of the setting as a background for displaying an image of an object. The image of the object is disposed within the photograph and customizable to a preference of the user. In another embodiment, the image of the object is disposed into the photograph of a setting and proportionally scaled to fit a dimension of a feature within the particular setting of the photograph. A user measures the actual dimension (height and/or width, for example) of the feature within the real particular setting and applies the measurement to the image of the feature in the photograph. In response, the disclosed system automatically and proportionally resizes the image of the object to accurately represent how the object will appear in the actual setting. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166300 | MANAGEMENT OF SOFTWARE LICENSES IN A COMPUTER NETWORK - Management of software licenses in a client-server mode starts with a license policing based on clustering, nominally, into differently valued bundles many variegated applications to be licensed. Applications have an initial size which can be upgraded on request. The size may encompass a variable number of different entities. Two management processes run concurrently at the server side: a first one is dedicated to distribute licenses for new software applications and licenses for upgrading to new versions of previously licensed applications, and further checking any attempt to violate a software license; a second one, upon reception of specific requests by licensees, calculates the number of credits which are needed for upgrading the size previously licensed for applications, checks that available credits at the requesters be sufficient for upgrading, otherwise sends back a warning for insufficient credits. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166301 | ONLINE TRANSACTION METHOD AND ONLINE TRANSACTION SYSTEM - An online transaction method includes providing a network platform, providing a seller interface and providing a buyer interface. The seller interface is stored in the network platform for the sellers to set commodity data, selling price, quantity per unit and selling condition of at least one commodity. The selling price per unit is obtained from the result of dividing the selling price by the amount per unit. The selling condition includes the selling duration and minimal sell quantity per unit. The buyer interface is stored in the network platform for the buyers to connect for choosing the number of the corresponding units of to-buy commodity. When the number of the unit of the commodity is higher than or equal to the minimal sell quantity and the set selling duration ends, the bidding winner will be selected from those who purchase that unit of commodity. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166302 | BUYER-DRIVEN PURCHASING LOYALTY SYSTEM AND METHOD USING AN ELECTRONIC NETWORK - Disclosed is a method and system for effectuating a buyer-driven and buyer-executed commerce system. The system allows prospective buyers and sellers of goods and services to anonymously exchange conditional Requests For Bids and Conditional Sales Offers based on the buyer's guaranteed ‘purchasing loyalty’ for a self-defined minimum quantity of goods or services, and/or quality of goods of services and/or the length of time or price to which the buyer would agree to be bound or any combination of those condition's. That buyer guarantee permits a seller to easily pre-determine their offers based on the calculated value of ‘capturing’ that buyer's ‘guaranteed purchasing loyalty’. In a preferred embodiment, the method and system of the present invention includes a controller which receives Requests For Bids from prospective buyers and also receives, stores and displays to prospective buyers bindable sales proposals from a multitude of prospective sellers. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166303 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING TRANSACTIONS BETWEEN SELLERS AND BUYERS - Described are systems and methods for facilitating an on-line transaction. An information item is received from an on-line location. The information item is related to an available item. A potential recipient of the available item is identified. The potential recipient is qualified for notification of the available item by determining a physical proximity between the available item and an offeror of the item. The potential recipient is qualified for notification of the available item by determining a relationship between the offeror of the item and the potential recipient. An electronic notification is generated for the qualified potential recipient in response to the physical proximity determination and the relationship determination. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166304 | REAL-TIME MOBILE PAYMENT PROCESSING SYSTEM - A method, system, and device are disclosed. In one embodiment the method includes receiving a recipient phone number into an electronic gift phone module (EGPM). The EGPM also receives a set of gift data that includes a gift identification. The EGPM sends the recipient phone number and at least some gift data to an electronic gift processing server module (EGPSM). The EGPSM purchases a recipient gift by utilizing the gift identification. The EGPSM also sends notification of the recipient gift purchase to the recipient phone number. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166305 | SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING TASKS - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a communication device having a controller to present a plurality of selectable commodity items, detect one or more selections from the plurality of commodity items, generate a list from the one or more commodity items selected, and transmit the list to a system. The system can be adapted to receive the list from the communication device, determine a selection order for the items in the list based on a location of each item in a store and at least one characteristic of at least one of the items, update the list according to the selection order, and transmit the updated list to a device for conducting commodity shopping according to the adjusted list. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166306 | System and Method For Preprogrammed Purchasing of Television Offered Products - In one embodiment, the present invention relates to an improved method and system for preprogrammed purchase of a product. A user is prompted to input order information for a product prior to the product becoming available. When the product is available, a trigger is received and the order information is transmitted in response to the trigger. The system can accomplish this function unattended while the user is asleep or otherwise occupied. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166307 | DETERMINATION OF PERMISSIBILITY ASSOCIATED WITH E-COMMERCE TRANSACTIONS - Determining permissibility of a transaction includes: receiving new execution information associated with a transaction; determining specified characteristics in the new execution information; determining a plurality of similarity measures between the specified characteristics of the new execution information and specified characteristics of a set of stored execution information; selecting, based on the plurality of similarity measures, a set of similar execution information from the set of stored execution information; and determining permissibility associated with the new execution information based at least in part on computation that is based at least in part on permissible information and impermissible information of the set of similar execution information. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166308 | METHOD AND APPARATUS IN-APPLICATION PURCHASING - Techniques for purchasing items within an application on user equipment comprises determining at a network service store that a first message is received through a communications network from an application on user equipment. The message indicates a first item to purchase. A publisher different from the network service store has granted approval to use the application on the user equipment. The network service store determines whether payment is arranged from a user of the user equipment to pay for the first item. If payment is arranged, then the network service store causes, at least in part, actions that result in approval from the publisher to use the first item on the user equipment. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166309 | AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM AND AUTHENTICATION METHOD USING BARCODES - Disclosed is an authentication method using barcodes. the authentication method includes: converting into a first barcode and outputting, by a first user device, authentication related information provided from a service providing server; receiving, by a second user device, the first barcode; generating, by the second user device, signature information or authentication information on the authentication related information by using a signature key or a certificate; and providing, by the second user device, the signature information or the authentication information to the service providing server. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166310 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BROKERING INDUSTRIAL SERVICE CONTRACTS - A system and method for brokering industrial service contracts is described. The system registers customer users and service provider users. Further, customers may enter order data corresponding to a request for industrial service. Service provider users may enter qualification data corresponding to their ability or capacity to take on service contracts. The system implements a matching module based on the customer user-entered order data to generate a ranked list of suitable service provider users. Sequential offers are made to the qualified service providers in ranked order until an offer is accepted. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166311 | DEFERRED PAYMENT AND SELECTIVE FUNDING AND PAYMENTS - A user is able to change one or more payment options after payment has already been made to a merchant. A payment provider processes a payment request during a transaction with the merchant with default or selected payment options. After the transaction with the merchant is completed and the merchant has been paid, the user may change one or more of the payment options, such as funding source(s) and terms/conditions of payment (e.g., deferment period, installment period/amount, etc.). During the transaction, the user may make a purchase through the payment provider even if the user does not have an account with the payment provider by providing user information, such as name, address, phone number, email address, and date of birth, but not a social security number or funding source information. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166312 | MOBILE DEVICE THAT PRESENTS INTERACTIVE MEDIA AND PROCESSES USER RESPONSE - An electronic infrastructure comprising a plurality of client mobile devices, a distribution server and a media creator computer, wherein the client mobile devices present interactive media upon user request. The plurality of client mobile devices support dynamic screen display and, contain a plurality of soft keys. The distribution server supports delivery of interactive media to the client mobile devices. The media creator is a personal computer that generates interactive media and sends them to the distribution server for distribution. The electronic infrastructure is used to provide innovative group communication solutions for real-estate vendors and their customers. Vendors send real estate related information via the distribution server and the downloadable client components in the client mobile devices interactively send the user responses back to them via the distribution server. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166313 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR WEB-BASED INVENTORY CONTROL AND AUTOMATIC ORDER CALCULATOR - A method and system for providing order placement and inventory control, integrating customers and suppliers and using both real-time and historical data to provide an automated process for the management of inventory. Various embodiments of this invention can include such features as automatic order placement, usage factor analysis, waste factor analysis, inventory analysis and reconciling of inventory data. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166314 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ACTIVATING A CONTACTLESS TRANSACTION CARD - A method and system for issuing and activating a contactless transaction card is provided. The method uses a server system coupled to a database. The method includes providing a promotional transaction card including a proof of purchase identifier to a consumer, receiving a request message for ordering a contactless transaction card for the consumer wherein the request message includes the proof of purchase identifier and consumer registration data, validating the request message, issuing an inactive contactless transaction card to the consumer including a product identifier and an activation number, storing the product identifier and the activation number in the database, receiving the product identifier and the activation number from a client computer system, and activating the inactive contactless transaction card after the server system verifies that the received product identifier and activation number match the stored product identifier and activation number. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166315 | System and Method of Optimal Time for Product Launch and Withdraw in E-Commerce - The present disclosure introduces a technique for achieving the optimal time to launch or withdraw products on a webpage. In one aspect, a method includes: storing information to be collected from a webpage for one or more items corresponding to a first product; collecting data related to the one or more items in each time section of a plurality of time sections; calculating a respective value score for each time section of the plurality of time sections based on a respective number of occurrences of the one or more items in each time section; determining the optimal time to launch or withdraw the first product based on value scores of the first product for the plurality of time sections; and rendering launch or withdrawal of the first product on the webpage in the optimal time. Implementation of the technique will conveniently allow a merchant's product website to automatically complete a product launch or withdrawal in the optimal time. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166316 | Collective community Method of Integrated Internet-Based tools for Independent Contractors, their Collaborators, and Customers - The present invention is a web-based business method that provides its collective members with integrated tools and services to collaborate, produce, direct-market and monetize their skills, works and professional expertise to a direct-to-consumer or business-to-business market. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166317 | Auto-Suggesting IT Asset Groups Using Clustering Techniques - An information technology (IT) asset management system provides for logically grouping IT assets and performing actions on the logical groups. Cluster analysis techniques are used to analyze the configuration data corresponding to IT assets in the IT asset management system, generating proposed logical groups from the clusters determined by the cluster analysis techniques. A system administrator may be allowed to accept or reject the proposed logical groups. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166318 | Making an Availability Determination Regarding A Requested Ware - Among other disclosed subject matter, a computer program generating on a display device a graphical user interface for specifying an availability determination regarding a ware. The graphical user interface includes a critical part area configured for a user to (i) specify that a part identified in the critical part area is to be recognized as a critical part for providing a ware, and (ii) associate one of a plurality of supply scopes with the critical part for making a first availability determination regarding the critical part. The critical part area is configured so that a second availability determination regarding the ware takes into account the first availability determination regarding the critical part. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166319 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LANGUAGE-INDEPENDENT SEARCH WITHIN SCANNED DOCUMENTS - In some aspects, a system and method include receipt of a text file representation of an invoice associated with a supplier, receipt, from a database, of an invoice term associated with the supplier, determination, by a processor, of whether the invoice term is in the text file representation of the invoice. If is determined that the invoice term is in the text file representation of the invoice, an anchor term associated with the invoice term is determined. The invoice term and the anchor term are stored in a record associated with the supplier. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166320 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EFFICIENT HANDLING OF PRODUCT RETURN TRANSACTIONS - A method and apparatus for efficient handling of product returns to reduce associated costs. A computer system at a regional product return center scans a returned product for identifying information, accesses a manufacturer return approval computer system through the internet or the like, and then submits the identifying information to the manufacturer for return approval. The manufacturer computer system utilizes the identifying information to access an electronic registration database to determine whether the returned product satisfies applicable return criteria. If so, the product is approved for return to the manufacturer. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166321 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TAX COLLECTION - A processing apparatus is configured to automatically collect and distribute funds raised by a Business Levy which is imposed by a main government on the gross revenues of all business entities within the economy, subject to optional exemptions. Taxable entities are required to maintain a special account with a bank within jurisdiction into which they must deposit all taxable business revenues. Taxable entities may not access such revenue until after the bank has transferred the appropriate amount, corresponding to the Business Levy, from the gross receipts account to the main government account. Thereafter levy-paid balances are transferred to a general operating account maintained by the bank for the benefit of the taxpayer, which may be accessed freely by the taxation entity. Preferably, such a method of collecting revenues is used to finance governments' budgets on all levels of administration: federal, state or provincial and county and/or municipal, replacing all other taxes and fees imposed by all levels of governments. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166322 | Pet and People Care Management System - A pet or human care management system and method are provided. In one embodiment, the system includes a portable electronic device carried by a care service provider to scan a care customer bar code at the location of a care visit to indicate the start and/or end of the care visit. The portable electronic device also includes a GPS component and transmits its location at a plurality of times during the care visit, such as to indicate the path of a scheduled walk. A website is employed to administrate the care management system, including scheduling walks, licensing care providers, and creating customer and care provider accounts. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166323 | Information Technology Resource Allocation and Utilization Tracking in a Cloud-Based System - An apparatus for allocating and tracking utilization of information technology resources of a distributed virtual infrastructure comprises at least one processing platform associated with the distributed virtual infrastructure. The processing platform comprises at least one processing device having a processor coupled to a memory. The processing platform is operative to allocate at least a designated one of the information technology resources to a user responsive to a corresponding request, to track utilization of the designated information technology resource allocated to the user, and to generate one or more notifications if the utilization of the designated information technology resource by the user falls below a specified threshold. The distributed virtual infrastructure may comprise an enterprise private cloud infrastructure. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166324 | Method and Apparatus for Organising Financial Data - A method of organising financial data is described in which financial data is obtained from one or more data source and imported into a computer program. The data may, for example, be bank account data obtained from a bank via a wireless connection. The computer program modifies the data so obtained into a format suitable for presentation to a user. At least some of said electronic data is obtained without being manually entered by an operator. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166325 | ENHANCED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING FINANCIAL MARKET INFORMATION - A system and method are provided for managing financial market information. According to certain embodiments, the system includes a computer having a memory, processor, and display. The processor is capable of generating a graphical depiction of the financial market information on the display. The graphical depiction includes a multidimensional representation of a broad range of market information for at least two financial instruments. The graphical depiction resides in a single window on the display. The financial instruments may include multiple different classes of financial instruments, such as treasuries and futures. Different instruments may be selected and information, including basis information, relevant to the selected instruments may be displayed in a second window. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166326 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REBALANCING INVESTMENT VEHICLES - A computer-implemented method is provided for rebalancing an exchange-traded fund. The method is performed by a computer, and includes setting a daily target return for the exchange-traded fund based on a target base index. The method also includes monitoring an actual return of the exchange-traded fund over a time period. The method also includes setting a performance band for rebalancing the exchange-traded fund. The performance band is set based on the daily target return and a volatility of the target base index. The method further includes generating signals to rebalance the exchange-traded fund based on the performance band and the actual return. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166327 | DATA CAPTURE AND REAL TIME RISK CONTROLS FOR ELECTRONIC MARKETS - A distributed, transparent, in-line risk management and traffic capture system that solves securities trading compliance problems. A transparent cut-through sniffer device is coupled with a real-time packet processor to police traffic flows between trading clients | 2012-06-28 |
20120166328 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING RETURN OF COLLATERAL IN A SECURED TRANSACTION - In various embodiments, a system and method manages custody and mitigates counterparty credit risk exposure associated with a trade of a financial instrument. A custodian computer system receives an initial margin payment from a pledgor and electronically posts initial margin or collateral payment in a custody account record maintained in the database. A control agreement between the pledgor and a secured party includes agreement details stored in the database. The dual-custody control agreement gives control of the custody account to the pledgor if the secured party defaults on trade obligations, and gives control of the custody account to the secured party if the pledgor defaults on trade obligations based upon default rules. In the event of default, a waiting period is imposed in accordance with the control agreement before the margin payment/collateral is returned to the non-defaulting party and reports are provided to parties involved with the financial transaction. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166329 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING A MARKET MAP IN AN ELECTRONIC TRADING ENVIRONMENT - A market map interface displays market information and trader-related information associated with at least two tradable objects. In one embodiment, the at least two graphical interfaces may be linked, and a user may define one or more adjustment parameters to be used to adjust the view of information being displayed via the linked graphical interfaces. For instance, a user may initiate repositioning of one of the linked graphical interfaces, thus, effectively, causing other linked graphical interfaces to be repositioned according to the defined adjustment parameters. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166330 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING AUTOMATIC SPREAD TRADING - The present embodiments are provided to facilitate the automatic trading of spreads in a fast and accurate manner. One or more market data feeds that contain market information for tradeable objects are received at an exchange. A spread data feed is generated in response to the market data feeds and from one or more spread setting parameters, which can be entered by a user. The spread data feed is preferably displayed in a spread window as bid and ask quantities associated with an axis or scale of prices. The user can enter orders in the spread window and the legs will be automatically worked to achieve, or attempt to achieve, the spread. In addition, other tools disclosed herein may be utilized to assist the user in making such trades. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166331 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LINKING EXISTING WI-FI ACCESS POINTS INTO A SINGLE UNIFIED NETWORK - Disclosed is a system and method for providing a distributed wireless network. At least one information processor is coupled to a communication network. Network bandwidth is provided to a first user of at least two end users for a first fee and to a second user of the at least two end users for a second fee. At least two wireless gateway devices are configured to provide wireless access to the communication network within a transmission range and to communicate with the at one least information processor. At least two wireless receiving devices are provided that are operable to receive the respective bandwidth from the wireless gateway devices when in transmission range. Preferably, the first user is authorized to use the second bandwidth and the second user is authorized to use the first bandwidth via the wireless devices. Thus a system and method of sharing bandwidth is provided. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166332 | BILL SPLITTING SYSTEM - An embodiment of a method for splitting a bill includes displaying a primary bill that includes a plurality of items on a first payer device. A plurality of inputs are received from the first payer device that assign the plurality of items to a first payer and at least one second payer to generate a first secondary bill and at least one second secondary bill. Each at least one second secondary bill is then sent to a respective second payer device, and payments are sent for the first secondary bill from the first payer device and each at least one secondary bill from the respective second payer device. An image of a physical bill may be taken by the first payer device and optical character recognition may be performed on the image to produce the primary bill that is displayed on the display of a first payer device. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166333 | DIGITAL WALLET - A digital wallet that facilitates fast, convenient, and secure commerce using a mobile electronic device (or non-mobile electronic device) and stores information associated with transactions, such as purchase confirmations and receipts. The digital wallet can store information for use in transactions, including information associated with one or more financial accounts, user information, and shipping information. To complete an online purchase, the digital wallet can interact with a merchant's website to obtain information regarding the purchase. The digital wallet provides a user interface for the user to review and confirm the purchase information. The user interface also allows the user to select from multiple payment options, customize shipping information, or provide information requested by the merchant. The digital wallet can transmit user confirmation to the merchant's website and receive a receipt for the purchase. The digital wallet can store the receipt and synchronize the receipt with a remote storage location. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166334 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IDENTITY BASED TRANSACTIONS - Pursuant to some embodiments, methods, systems, apparatus, computer program code and means for conducting a transaction by a user are provided that include receiving, during a purchase transaction, transaction data and a unique user identity identifier associated with a payment card; providing the identity identifier and the transaction data to a payment network; requesting verification of the transaction data and identity identifier; receiving a reply to the verification request of the transaction data and the identity identifier; associating a payment account number with the identity identifier; and authorizing the purchase transaction based on the payment account number associated with the identity identifier. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166335 | TRANSACTION INTEGRITY - In one embodiment a secure controller comprises a memory module, and logic to receive one or more information components pertaining to a transaction initiated by a user on a controller separate from the secure controller, present, on a display device, a Turing test in combination with one or more information components associated with the transaction, receive a user input in response to the Turing test, authenticate the transaction when the user input corresponds to the answer to the Turing test and the personal identifier matches a personal identifier associated with the user. Other embodiments may be described. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166336 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREPAID ACCOUNT REPLENISHMENT - A system and method for replenishing prepaid account balances is disclosed. Consumers are issued a prepaid account card similar to a credit card. Funds are added to prepaid accounts at retail locations by providing cash or equivalent to a clerk along with the prepaid account card. The clerk swipes the prepaid account card in an authorization terminal and rings up the transaction in a manner similar to a normal credit card transaction. The transaction is transmitted to a bank which processes the transaction and notifies a replenishment system that the customer has added value to the prepaid account. The replenishment system provides the customer with a confirmation number associated with the transaction. The replenishment system notifies a prepaid engine for the prepaid account. The prepaid engine updates the user's prepaid account balance, thereby making funds available for future purchases by the user. The user may also add funds to the prepaid account via an automated teller machine (ATM), via the Internet or by dialing certain feature codes on a wireless telephone. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166337 | NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION TERMINAL FOR PERFORMING SECURE PAYMENT AND SECURE PAYMENT METHOD USING THE SAME - A Near Field Communication (NFC) terminal for performing secure payment includes an NFC unit and a control unit. The NFC unit communicates with an external payment terminal and the payment unit transmits results obtained by processing transaction information and an electronic signature value of the transaction information to the payment terminal using the NFC unit. The payment terminal requests an external payment server to perform payment. An authentication certificate applet included in the payment unit generates the electronic signature value of the transaction information. An electronic wallet applet included in the payment unit transmits the results obtained by processing the transaction information and the electronic signature value to the payment terminal. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166338 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR UNIVERSAL APPLICATION FOR TRANSACTION PROCEDURES WITH NFC TECHNOLOGY - The present invention relates to a method and a system for a universal application for transaction procedures with NFC technology. This application allows to realize an application distribution network for accessing services by means of mobile terminals provided with a proximity wireless communication technology or “proximity based communication protocol” (e.g. NFC, Bluetooth, RFID). The present invention envisages a “universal” mobile application, which is capable of modifying its function for each real application used, in terms of process and user interface (or “user experience”), e.g. menu layout, colors, logos, functionalities, commands. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166339 | PAYMENT SYSTEM, PURCHASING SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING A PLURALITY OF PAYMENT PROCESSES - A payment system which facilitates the payment of very small monetary amounts, making the payment more secure for the user. The payment system for at least one online shop is provided using an identification device for recording at least one identification number of a shopper system an interface device for receiving and confirming direct debit orders, a memory device for storing the direct debit orders and a processing device. The processing device is configured to monitor the total of the debit amounts in relation to the identification number and to request a user of the shopper system to register after a predetermined time interval and/or on exceeding a predetermined value of the total payable, in order to settle at least part of the total payable. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166340 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO AUTOMATE PAYMENT FOR A COMMERCE TRANSACTION - A method and system to automate payment for a network-based commerce transaction provide a buyer an option to enable an automatic payment service, wherein automatic payment service automatically provides payment to a seller upon a termination event of a network-based commerce transaction. Payment information of the buyer is provided to a network-based payment system upon the occurrence of the termination event. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166341 | DEVICE INCLUDING AUTHENTICATION GLYPH - A method is disclosed. It includes displaying, by a device, an authentication image including a plurality of image elements comprising a set of image elements, wherein the image elements in the set of image elements are located at a set of positions on a display screen. The method also comprises receiving, at the device, a glyph having a configuration corresponding to the set of image elements from a user while the authentication image is displayed. The method further comprises determining if the glyph is authentic, and initiating a payment transaction after receiving the glyph. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166342 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING CHECKS AND CHECK TRANSACTIONS - A method of processing paper checks that divides into two independent paths the processing of a data file representing a check and the digital image of the check. The data files and image files are separated both in time and in space, with the data files being used to promptly initiate the transfer of funds to and from appropriate accounts, while the paper checks, at a remote location and typically lagging in time, are scanned to create digital image files and deposited as an image or substitute check if deemed ACH ineligible. The method provides for the comparison of data files to image files, based on MICR information, to find any unmatching or mismatched items for exception processing and a process to manage ACH-ineligible items as an image or substitute check. A process for translating raw MICR data to a desired format, and for identifying the proper translation to be applied, is described. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166343 | FUEL DISPENSING PAYMENT SYSTEM FOR SECURE EVALUATION OF CARDHOLDER DATA - A system used in a retail environment for providing end-to-end encryption of payment cardholder data. An input device configured to receive cardholder data is operative to encrypt the cardholder data according to a first encryption method to produce first encrypted cardholder data. A cardholder data handling device is in electronic communication with the input device. A secure evaluation assembly (SEA) is operatively connected to the cardholder data handling device and comprises antitampering control electronics adapted to decrypt the first encrypted cardholder data to produce unencrypted cardholder data. The antitampering control electronics evaluate the unencrypted cardholder data to determine whether the unencrypted cardholder data is payment cardholder data or nonsensitive cardholder data. Finally, if the unencrypted cardholder data is payment cardholder data, the antitampering control electronics of the SEA are adapted to encrypt the unencrypted cardholder data according to a second encryption method to produce second encrypted cardholder data. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166344 | SECURE WIRELESS PAYMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - A secure wireless payment system and method thereof allow a consumer to acquire transaction information generated by a payment requesting unit of a seller with a handheld payment responding unit. The payment responding unit has a storage unit embedded with payment authentication data. After the consumer confirms that the transaction information is correct, a payment request is generated and transmitted to a banking unit releasing the payment authentication data through a secure wireless voice channel so that the banking unit can directly approve to pay. Accordingly, consumers need not present credit cards for sellers to charge and fully eliminate the risk of credit card piracy. Additionally, the payment responding unit of the present invention can be automatically connected with the banking unit releasing the payment authentication data for payment of a transaction. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166345 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERSONALIZED CUSTOMER SERVICE OBJECTS IN CONTACT CENTERS - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for providing customized customer service interactions between users and an enterprise. A method includes the steps of receiving a customer service request from a user terminal and generating a customer intimacy profile for the user associated with the user terminal based at least on user data associated with the user and available from at least one social media channel. The method also includes assembling customer service object for the user terminal based at least on the customer intimacy profile, where the customer service object identifying at least one customer service channel available for the user. The method further includes delivering a user interface to the user terminal, where a content of the user interface is based on the customer service object. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166346 | INTEGRATED METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLE INSPECTION REPORTING AND HOURS OF SERVICE COMPLIANCE - A system for electronic driver logs and electronic vehicle inspection reporting includes an onboard computer associated with a vehicle and operatively connecting to and configured to acquire data from a vehicle interface, a driver interface, and a geolocation device. The system has a first software component stored on a computer readable storage medium of the onboard computer providing instruction for receiving input from the user through the driver interface, receiving input from the vehicle interface, and receiving input from the geolocation device and determining compliance with driver regulations based on the data. The system also has a second software component stored on the computer readable storage media of the onboard computer providing instructions for receiving vehicle inspection input from the driver through the driver interface. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166347 | GEOSPATIAL INCONSISTENCIES IDENTIFICATION DATA SYSTEM BASED ON CONTRACTUAL RIGHTS AND GEOGRAPHICAL NETWORK ANALYSIS - An application document for a contractual right can be identified. The application document can be a new application seeking a contractural right or an existing one for which a contractual right has already been granted yet which is being verified herein. The contractual right can define a compensatory relationship between two entities for specified conditions. At least one address can be determined from the application document, where activities related to the contractual right are to be performed. The address can be converted into geospatial coordinates. A database of geospatially recorded items can be queried for activities proximate to the geospatial coordinates. A geospatial inconsistency score can be generated based on the results from the database and their level of incompatibility with conducting the activity for which the contractual right is related. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166348 | STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF DATA RECORDS FOR AUTOMATIC DETERMINATION OF ACTIVITY OF NON-CUSTOMERS - Data records of a service provider may be utilized to estimate data regarding to users who are customers of an alternative service provider, such as a competitor. The data records may indicate interaction between users. An estimated value of a selected user may be determined based on a statistical model. The statistical model may be built using training data. The statistical model may take into account social activity of the selected user, such as which users are socially proximate to him. The statistical model may take into account interactions of the selected user with users who are customers of the service provider. The statistical model may take into account demographic data. The statistical model may take into account data regarding users who are socially proximate to the selected user. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166349 | SOCIAL MEDIA COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT - An apparatus, system, and method and for social media communication and relationship management. The method includes providing a user with a user account on a web-based social networking platform. The user may own user content associated with the user account and the user content may be stored by the social networking platform. The method may also include charging one or more commercial entities in response to brokering communication between the one or more commercial entities and the user through the social networking platform. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166350 | Remote dating method - A method of establishing personal contact between an inquiring individual and a target individual, the inquiring and target individuals being members of an organization, includes the steps of identifying a target individual of interest to an inquiring individual, determining the location of the target individual and providing the location of the target individual to a central location, providing the target individual with a message that the inquiring individual is interested in establishing personal contact with the target individual, and providing the inquiring individual with authorization to establish personal contact with the target individual when the target individual provides a positive response to the central location. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166351 | CREATING A DYNAMIC ACCOUNT STORING AGGREGATED SOCIAL DATA TO ASSIST CUSTOMER KNOWLEDGE - A method for assisting customer knowledge using social media data. Responses to text-based posts regarding compatibility of an updated product with respect to other products/components in a complex product environment are aggregated and used to create what is referred to herein as a “dynamic account.” The dynamic account contains information regarding the compatibility of an updated product from a particular vendor/company with other products from other vendors/companies, where these products are used in combination in a complex product environment. This knowledge base may be used by users of a social network system who are customers of these companies to keep them informed regarding compatibility issues when an update to a product occurs. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166352 | BUILDING SOCIAL NETWORKS BASED ON COMMERCE - A social network relating consumers to a commerce system of interest is built. Weights are assigned for individual nodes of the social network based on predetermined criteria. The social network is navigated to identify customer leaders and define customer segments of the commerce system. The social network is also navigated to identify specific communication channels relative to the customer leaders. Effective marketing strategies are defined using the customer leaders and the specific communication channels. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166353 | ENTERPRISE CLASSIFIED DOCUMENT SERVICE - A method of maintaining a classified document labeling policy of an institution. One or more documents are received and document types are determined therefor. A determination is made as to whether the documents comply with the classified document labeling policy of the institution using one or more rules. The rules embody the classified document labeling policy of the institution in a computer interpretable form and are dependent upon document type. Corrective measures for ones of the documents determined to be non-compliant are taken. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166354 | CUSTOMIZED REVIEW SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method for providing a customized review may include receiving, by a processing device, a request for a customized review for a product or service from a requester. The method may also include receiving, by the processing device, a consumer profile associated with the request from the requester. The method may additionally include receiving, by the processing device, at least one review for the product or service and an associated profile for a provider of each review. The consumer profile associated with the request may be compared by the processing device to the profile associated with each review for the product or service. The method may further include providing, by the processing device, the customized review to the requester. The customized review may include any reviews by review providers with profiles that substantially match the consumer profile associated with the request. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166355 | MAINTENANCE OF MASTER DATA BY ANALYSIS OF OPERATIONAL DATA - First operational data produced during completion of a first instance of at least one of a first business activity and a second business activity of an organization can be accessed prior to execution of a second instance of the first business activity. The first and the second business activity can be modeled using master data having at least one master data attribute in common with the first business activity. The master data attribute can be derived based on at least the first operational data, and a second instance of the first business activity can be modeled using the derived master data attribute. Related systems, articles of manufacture, and computer-implemented methods are described. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166356 | INFORMATION TERMINAL AND SALES DATA DISPLAY METHOD - An information terminal, comprising: a store selection unit for selecting a specific store, a date and time appointment unit for appointing a date and time, and a display unit for displaying a sales data in a period of time including at least one of the date and time appointed by the date and time appointment unit according to the summed sales data of the commodities displayed in the store selected by the store selection unit in the form of a time-sequence graph. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166357 | COMPUTER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING OPTIMAL ASSET ALLOCATION - A computer system is provided for selecting an asset allocation for an investment portfolio intended to produce a target payout starting at a target date. The computer system is programmed to receive inputs that may relate to the target payout, the target date and a nominal rate of contributions to the investment portfolio. The computer system calculates a plurality of simulated investment outcomes based on assumed investment return rates and assumed inflation rates. The assumed investment return rates and assumed inflation rates are randomly selected in multi-year clusters from historical data. The computer system selects the asset allocation based on relative performance of the assumed asset allocations in the simulated investment outcomes. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166358 | Financial Instrument Selection and Weighting System and Method - A financial instrument formed by selecting and weighting securities according to selection and weighting criteria. A primary index may be constructed from a universe of securities meeting at least one selection criterion, and may optionally be weighted according to a selection criterion. Derivative indices may be constructed from the primary index. The derivative indices may be further screened and/or weighted according to the same or different selection criteria. Derivative indices may also be created from other derivative indices, again based on selection and/or weighting criteria. The primary index and any derivative indices may be ranked according to one or more selection criteria, either before or after derivative indices are constructed. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166359 | METHOD FOR DEFINED CONTRIBUTION DEFAULT BENCHMARK - A method for generating an integrated family of benchmarks representing portfolio allocations for a participant is described. At least two assets for a portfolio are identified. A current market rate for at least one of the assets and an expected inflation for a predetermined time period are determined via a computing device. The computing device determines a portfolio allocation to each asset based on the current market rate and the expected inflation so as to define a process for obtaining inflation-protected income for a predetermined number of years and then non-inflation protected income for subsequent years. The identified assets and the portfolio allocations are published via a network. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166360 | ROUTE OPTIMIZATION OF SERVICES PROVIDED BY ONE OR MORE SERVICE PROVIDERS FOR COMBINED LINKS - In one embodiment, two or more links, coupled to a first service provider (SP) that charges a price for utilization of services according to a first pricing structure, are combined to form a single virtual combined link. Each of the two or more links of the virtual combined link and one or more other links, coupled to a second SP that charges a price for utilization of services according to a second pricing structure, are monitored to obtain link data. The link data for the two of more links of the virtual combined link is merged to form link data for the virtual combined link. Data distribution among the virtual combined link and the one or more other links is optimized to distribute data among the virtual combined link and the one or more other links in a manner that minimizes cost. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166361 | CHARGE MANAGING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CHARGE MANAGING SERVER, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - A charge managing system including an image forming apparatus and a charge managing server is provided. The image forming apparatus includes plural applications each configured for executing a specific process on input data, a counter unit that counts a number of result items output as a result of executing at least one of the applications, a count value storage unit that stores a count value corresponding to the number of result items counted by the counter unit, and a storage area setting unit that secures a plurality of storage areas within the count value storage unit each of which storage areas is configured for storing a corresponding count value obtained for each of the applications. The charge managing server manages charging a fee for using the image forming apparatus based on the corresponding count value stored in each of the storage areas secured for each of the applications. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166362 | POSTAL SERVICE REVENUE PROTECTION WITH REAL-TIME PROCESSING - Methods and apparatus for weighing an article, such as a mail piece, while the article is moving at high speed, and for checking that the correct amount of postage has been paid for delivery of the article. An article ( | 2012-06-28 |
20120166363 | NEURAL NETWORK FAULT DETECTION SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A fault detection system for use with a solar hot water system may include a data acquisition module which may, in turn, include a plurality of sensors. Input data may include a sensed condition. The system may also include a neural network to receive the input data which may be a multi-layer hierarchical adaptive resonance theory (ART) neural network. The neural network may perform an analysis on the input data to determine existence of a fault or a condition indicative of a potential fault. The fault and the condition indicative of the potential fault are prioritized according to the analysis performed by the neural network. A warning output relating to the fault and the condition indicative of the potential fault is generated responsive to the analysis, and is displayed on the user interface. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166364 | Hierarchical Temporal Memory (HTM) System Deployed as Web Service - A web-based hierarchical temporal memory (HTM) system in which one or more client devices communicate with a remote server via a communication network. The remote server includes at least a HTM server for implementing a hierarchical temporal memory (HTM). The client devices generate input data including patterns and sequences, and send the input data to the remote server for processing. The remote server (specifically, the HTM server) performs processing in order to determine the causes of the input data, and sends the results of this processing to the client devices. The client devices need not have processing and/or storage capability for running the HTM but may nevertheless take advantage of the HTM by submitting a request to the HTM server. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166365 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TAILORING THE OUTPUT OF AN INTELLIGENT AUTOMATED ASSISTANT TO A USER - The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for tailoring the output of an intelligent automated assistant. One embodiment of a method for conducting an interaction with a human user includes collecting data about the user using a multimodal set of sensors positioned in a vicinity of the user, making a set of inferences about the user in accordance with the data, and tailoring an output to be delivered to the user in accordance with the set of inferences. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166366 | HIERARCHICAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM - The claimed subject matter provides a method for hierarchical classification. The method includes receiving a hierarchical structure with a first level comprising a parent node and a sibling node. The structure also includes a second level comprising two child nodes. The method further includes receiving training examples. Each training example may be associated with a class of the parent node, the sibling node, or the two child nodes. The method also includes generating a first classifier for the first level. The first classifier includes a first hyperplane distinguishing the parent and sibling nodes. A first vector is normal to the first hyperplane. Additionally, the method includes generating a second classifier for the second level. The second classifier includes a second hyperplane distinguishing the two child nodes. A second vector is normal to the second hyperplane. An orthogonality of the second vector in relation to the first vector is maximized. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166367 | LOCATING A USER BASED ON AGGREGATED TWEET CONTENT ASSOCIATED WITH A LOCATION - A user submitting a query from a computer at an unknown location is located using a language model. The language model is derived from an aggregation of tweets that were sent from known locations. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166368 | APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A PROBABILITY GRAPH MODEL USING A COMBINATION OF VARIABLES AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A COMBINATION OF VARIABLES - An apparatus and method for generating a probability graph model are provided. When generating a probability graph model using variable combinations, a variable combination that has a small amount of information may not generated, thereby reducing the amount of computation. The apparatus may acquire independent variables including a plurality of input variables corresponding to context information and an output variable corresponding to an inference result, and may determine a variable combination that is to be generated, based on the amount of information of each of variable combinations with respect to the output value, in which the variable combination is defined based on combining of the input variables. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166369 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING HARMFUL MULTIMEDIA CONTENT USING MULTIMEDIA CONTENT PLAYBACK CHARACTERISTICS - A method for determining harmful multimedia content by using multimedia content playback characteristics includes: determining a local harmfulness of each basic unit section of multimedia content to generate a local determination result; and generating global determination results to complement an error of the local determination result based on the multimedia content playback characteristics. The global determination results are generated by using a continuous determination value which has a meaning of harmful or harmless and is updated depending on each local determination result and the number of continuous determination results is counted or initialized depending on continuity of the local determination results. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166370 | SMART ATTRIBUTE CLASSIFICATION (SAC) FOR ONLINE REVIEWS - Techniques for identifying attributes in a sentence and determining a number of attributes to be associated with the sentence is described. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166371 | KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS INCORPORATING DATA CONSUMER MODELS AND PREFERENCES - Techniques for analyzing and synthesizing complex knowledge representations (KRs) may utilize an atomic knowledge representation model including both an elemental data structure and knowledge processing rules stored as machine-readable data and/or programming instructions. One or more of the knowledge processing rules may be applied to analyze an input complex KR to deconstruct its complex concepts and/or concept relationships to elemental concepts and/or concept relationships to be included in the elemental data structure. One or more of the knowledge processing rules may be applied to synthesize an output complex KR from the stored elemental data structure in accordance with context information. Methods of populating an elemental data structure and methods of synthesizing complex KRs from the elemental data structure may depend on user models, context information, preference information, and/or preference models. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166372 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR APPLYING STATISTICAL INFERENCE TECHNIQUES TO KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATIONS - Techniques for analyzing and synthesizing complex knowledge representations (KRs) may utilize an atomic knowledge representation model including both an elemental data structure and knowledge processing rules stored as machine-readable data and/or programming instructions. One or more of the knowledge processing rules may be applied to analyze an input complex KR to deconstruct its complex concepts and/or concept relationships to elemental concepts and/or concept relationships to be included in the elemental data structure. One or more of the knowledge processing rules may be applied to synthesize an output complex KR from the stored elemental data structure in accordance with context information. Methods of populating an elemental data structure and methods of synthesizing a complex KR from the elemental data structure may rely on statistical inference techniques. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166373 | KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS INCORPORATING INFERENCE RULES - Techniques for analyzing and synthesizing complex knowledge representations (KRs) may utilize an atomic knowledge representation model including both an elemental data structure and knowledge processing rules stored as machine-readable data and/or programming instructions. One or more of the knowledge processing rules may be applied to analyze an input complex KR to deconstruct its complex concepts and/or concept relationships to elemental concepts and/or concept relationships to be included in the elemental data structure. One or more of the knowledge processing rules may be applied to synthesize an output complex KR from the stored elemental data structure in accordance with context information. Methods of populating an elemental data structure and methods of synthesizing complex KRs from the elemental data structure may rely on linguistic inference rules and/or elemental inference rules. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166374 | ARCHITECTURE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK IMPLEMENTATION - Systems and methods for a scalable artificial neural network, wherein the architecture includes: an input layer; at least one hidden layer; an output layer; and a parallelization subsystem configured to provide a variable degree of parallelization to the artificial neural network by providing scalability to neurons and layers. In a particular case, the systems and methods may include a back-propagation subsystem that is configured to scalably adjust weights in the artificial neural network in accordance with the variable degree of parallelization. Systems and methods are also provided for selecting an appropriate degree of parallelization based on factors such as hardware resources and performance requirements. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166375 | POWER PLANT CONTROL DEVICE WHICH USES A MODEL, A LEARNING SIGNAL, A CORRECTION SIGNAL, AND A MANIPULATION SIGNAL - A gas concentration estimation device of a coal-burning boiler adapted to estimate the concentration of the gas component included in an exhaust gas emitted from a coal-burning boiler using a neural network, including: a process database section adapted to store process data of a coal-burning boiler; a filtering processing section adapted to perform filtering processing for extracting data suitable for learning of a neural network from the process data stored in the process database section; a neural-network learning processing section adapted to perform learning processing of the neural network based on the data extracted by the filtering processing section and suitable for learning of the neural network; and a neural-network estimation processing section adapted to perform estimation processing of the CO concentration or the NOx concentration in the exhaust gas emitted from the coal-burning boiler based on the learning processing of the neural-network learning processing section. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166376 | INFORMATION CLASSIFICATION DEVICE, INFORMATION CLASSIFICATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR CLASSIFYING INFORMATION - An information classification device of the present invention includes a classifying unit ( | 2012-06-28 |
20120166377 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON A RECOMMENDATION MODEL AND A CONTEXT-BASED RULE - An approach is provided for providing recommendations based on a recommendation model and a context-based rule. A recommendation platform receives a request for generating at least one recommendation, the request including at least one user identifier, at least one application identifier, or a combination thereof. Next, the recommendation platform determines at least one recommendation model associated with the at least one user identifier, the at least one application identifier, or a combination thereof. Then, the recommendation platform determines at least one context-based recommendation rule. Then, the recommendation platform processes and/or facilitates a processing of the at least one recommendation model, the at least one context-based recommendation rule, or a combination thereof for generating the at least one recommendation. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166378 | FORWARD CHAINING AS AN ORCHESTRATION MECHANISM FOR ANALYTICS - A method and system of using a forward chaining application on a computing device to monitor a semantic storage system and invoke computations on scientific data according to declarative rules, while capturing operational provenance data stored alongside the scientific data where all data is stored in a semantic graph is disclosed and described. As the provenance data is stored with the data as nodes in the semantic graph, it will stay with the data and may be searched and queried using the same methods as searching the underlying data. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166379 | CLUSTERING COOKIES FOR IDENTIFYING UNIQUE MOBILE DEVICES - Embodiments are directed towards clustering cookies for identifying unique mobile devices for associating activities over a network with a given mobile device. The cookies are clustered based on a Bayes Factor similarity model that is trained from cookie features of known mobile devices. The clusters may be used to determine the number of unique mobile devices that access a website. The clusters may also be used to provide targeted content to each unique mobile device. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166380 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING CLIENT-BASED USER BEHAVIORAL ANALYTICS - A method, system, and device for determining client-based user behavioral analytics includes monitoring for a predetermined behavioral event on a computing device. The predetermined behavioral event may be embodied as any event initiated by the user on the computing device such as the purchase of a product, selection of a web link, navigation to a website, etc. In response to an occurrence of the predetermined behavioral event, an affinity metric and an avidity metric are determined based on a frequency of the occurrences of the predetermined behavioral event. A behavioral index for the user is determined based on the affinity metric and the avidity metric. Additionally, in response to receiving a request for the behavioral index, the computing device may transmit the behavioral index to a content provider server or other remote computer and receive content from the content provider, which has been selected based on the user's behavioral index. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166381 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING RISKY SITUATIONS - An apparatus for detecting risky situations includes a detection unit for detecting a risky situation and reporting the detected risky situation, and a control unit for analyzing and assessing the risky situation reported from the detection unit to take measures to the assessed risky situation. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166382 | System and Method for Classifying Data Streams with Very Large Cardinality - An object and attributes that describe that object are identified. The attributes are grouped into attribute patterns, and classification classes are identified. For each identified class a sketch table containing a plurality of parallel hash tables is created. For the object to be classified, each attribute pattern is processed using the all of the hash functions for each sketch table, resulting in a plurality of values under each sketch table for a single attribute pattern. The lowest value is selected for each sketch table. The distribution of values across all sketch tables is evaluated for each attribute pattern, producing a discriminatory power for each attribute pattern. Attribute patterns having a discriminatory power above a given threshold are selected and added to the associated sketch table values. The sketch table with the largest overall sum is identified, and the associated class is assigned to the object belonging to the attribute patterns. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166383 | Annotation Of Data In An Operating Plan Data Aggregation System - In an embodiment a method is provided. The method includes receiving forecast information in a computer from a first group of users. The method also includes integrating the forecast information into a database and corresponding OLAP cube accessible by the computer. The method further includes receiving comments on specific entries of the forecast information in the computer from a second group of users. The method also includes receiving changes of the forecast information in the computer from a second group of users The method further includes integrating comments and changes into the database and OLAP cube. Moreover, the method includes providing a display of the comments and the changes to the first group of users in an interface to the computer. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166384 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO PROVIDE SERVER-SIDE CLIENT BASED CACHING - According to some embodiments, a system, method, means, and/or computer program code are provided to facilitate a display of information on a client device. For example, a server may retrieve first enterprise data from an enterprise database and store the first enterprise data into a first client based cache at the server, the first client based cache being associated with a first user. Similarly, the server may retrieve second enterprise data from the enterprise database and store the second enterprise data into a second client based cache at the server, the second client based cache being associated with a second user. Subsequent to the storing of the first enterprise data, the server may receive a display request from a first client device associated with the first user and transmit the first enterprise data to the first client device. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166385 | DATA LOADING METHOD FOR A DATA WAREHOUSE - Provided is a method of loading data in a data warehouse. Two types of work tables are generated, namely, a first work table and a second work table. The data is loaded into the first work table and prepared for loading, using the second work table as temporary table for data preparation. The prepared data is loaded into the data warehouse. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166386 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CROSS-PLATFORM REAL TIME DECISION MAKING - According to some embodiments, a system includes a business data provider, collaboration platform, a user client device, and a web application server interfacing with the business data provider, the user client device, and the collaboration platform. In some embodiments, the user client device communicates with the web application using a markup language to request and receive business data and collaboration data from the business data provider and the collaboration platform, respectively. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166387 | MEMBER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND MEMBER MANAGEMENT APPARATUS - A member management system | 2012-06-28 |
20120166388 | TECHNIQUE FOR CONFIGURING DAT SYNCHRONIZATION - A system is provided for configuring data synchronization between two devices. The first device generates a user configuration interface to be presented on the second device. The user interface elicits information from a user regarding a personal information manager (PIM) that is installed on the second device. This information is transmitted to the first device, which downloads to the second device a synchronization application package based on the PIM. The user interface installs the synchronization application on the second device, obtains information regarding data to be synchronized, and transmits that information to the synchronization application. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166389 | Computer product, server, and snapshot collection method - A non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing a program that causes a computer that controls data storage apparatuses respectively storing plural data, and a storing apparatus storing metadata that includes for each of the data, attribute information and storage location information, the process includes receiving a snapshot collection request for a given data group having specified attribute information; determining with respect to the data storage apparatuses and when the collection request is received, whether any of the data of the given data group is stored therein, based on the attribute information and the storage location information; and generating, with respect to each of the data storage apparatuses storing data of the given data group, a snapshot of the plural data stored therein, by controlling the data storage apparatus and further generating a snapshot of the metadata by controlling the storing apparatus. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166390 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAINTAINING REPLICA SETS - Provided are systems and methods for managing asynchronous replication in a distributed database environment, wherein a cluster of nodes are assigned roles for processing database requests. In one embodiment, the system provides a node with a primary role to process write operations against its database, generate an operation log reflecting the processed operations, and permit asynchronous replication of the operations to at least one secondary node. In another embodiment, the primary node is the only node configured to accept write operations. Both primary and secondary nodes can process read operations. Although in some to settings read requests can be restricted to secondary nodes or the primary node. In one embodiment, the systems and methods provide for automatic failover of the primary node role, can include a consensus election protocol for identifying the next primary node. Further, the systems and methods can be configured to automatically reintegrate a failed primary node. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166391 | Method and System for Data Synchronization in Content Delivery Network - The invention provides discloses a method for data synchronization in a content delivery network. The method includes: a data synchronization client requesting a data synchronization processing manager for obtaining a belonged data synchronization processing agent, establishing a heartbeat connection with the belonged synchronization processing agent to acquire operation status of the belonged data synchronization processing agent; and the data synchronization processing manager scanning a management side database, and if a synchronization task needing to be informed to the data synchronization client is scanned in the management side database, the data synchronization processing manager generating the synchronization task for the corresponding synchronization processing agent in an ability side database. The present invention also provides a system for data synchronization in a content delivery network, a data synchronization processing agent and a data synchronization processing manager. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166392 | Registering and Discovering Unique Identifiers - In general, the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods, systems, and program products for discovering information that is related to a unique object identifier from a decentralized collection of computing systems. A unique object identifier is identified. A first information request that includes the unique object identifier is forwarded to a first computing system. First information that the first computing system has stored in association with the unique object identifier is received from the first computing system. An identifier for a second computing system is received from the first computing system in response to the first information request. A second information request that includes the unique object identifier is forwarded to the second computing system based on the received identifier. Second information that the second computing system has stored in association with the unique object identifier is received from the second computing system. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166393 | SHADOW SYSTEM MIRRORING OF AN ORIGINAL SYSTEM DURING UPTIME OF AN UPGRADE PROCESS - A computer system can include a program database module configured to define, at a shadow system, a shadow program database having a structure defining an upgrade to a structure of an original program database on an original system, and having data defining an upgrade to data of the original program database on the original system. The computer system can include a customization upgrade module configured to select the data of the shadow program database based on a data customization implemented in the original program database of the original system, and configured to define an upgraded program state of the shadow program database based on a combination of the structure of the shadow program database and the data of the shadow program database. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166394 | DISTRIBUTED STORAGE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STORING OBJECTS BASED ON LOCATIONS - A distributed storage system and a method for storing objects based on locations. The distributed storage system may include a plurality of data nodes, at least one selection agent, a client, and a proxy server. The plurality of data nodes may be configured to be grouped into a plurality of zone groups based on locations of the plurality of data nodes and configured to store a target object and replicas of the target object. The at least one selection agent may be configured to select multiple target zone groups and select one target data node for each one of the selected multiple target zone groups. | 2012-06-28 |
20120166395 | CONTROLLING MIRRORING OF TABLES BASED ON ACCESS PREDICTION - A system for managing a plurality of storage devices that are configured to store a database. The system includes an access instruction acquiring unit configured for acquiring an access instruction to access the database. The system also includes a predicting unit configured for predicting a table to be accessed in response to the acquired access instruction. The system further includes a relocation unit configured for mirroring the table predicted by the predicting unit, the mirroring between the plurality of storage devices. | 2012-06-28 |