33rd week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 45 |
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20150227792 | Methods and Devices for Object Detection - Object detection includes providing an image and determining at least one feature point. The at least one feature point defines a location of an image patch used for determining a feature descriptor, and the image patch defines an image area of the image. The feature descriptor is generated based on respective image intensities of a number of respective pairs of pixels with two dimensional coordinates located inside the image patch. An n-th component of the feature descriptor for an n-th pair of pixels is derived. A threshold is set depending on the number. The feature descriptor is generated by an arrangement of the M components. An indication signal is generated for a detected object when the feature descriptor is within a predefined distance to a reference feature descriptor. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227793 | MOTION TRACKING SYSTEM FOR REAL TIME ADAPTIVE IMAGING AND SPECTROSCOPY - This invention relates to a system that adaptively compensates for subject motion in real-time in an imaging system. An object orientation marker ( | 2015-08-13 |
20150227794 | IMAGE-BASED INDOOR POSITION DETERMINATION - In one implementation, a method may comprise: determining a topological representation of an indoor portion of a building based, at least in part, on positions or number of lines in an image of the indoor portion of the building; and comparing the topological representation to one or more stored topological representations, for example in a digital map of the building, to determine a potential position of the indoor portion of the building. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227795 | Object Outlining to Initiate a Visual Search - Methods and devices for initiating a search of an object are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method is disclosed that includes receiving video data from a camera on a wearable computing device and, based on the video data, detecting a movement that defines an outline of an area in the video data. The method further includes identifying an object that is located in the area and initiating a search on the object. In another embodiment, a server is disclosed that includes an interface configured to receive video data from a camera on a wearable computing device, at least one processor, and data storage comprising instructions executable by the at least one processor to detect, based on the video data, a movement that defines an outline of an area in the video data, identify an object that is located in the area, and initiate a search on the object. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227796 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMAGE-FEATURE-BASED RECOGNITION - Methods and systems are described herein that allow a user to capture a single image snapshot from video, print, or the world around him or her, and obtain additional information relating to the media itself or items of interest displayed in the snapshot. A fingerprint of the snapshot is used as a query and transmitted to the server. Image Feature-Based Recognition, as described herein, uses a feature index to identify a smaller set of candidate matches from a larger database of images based on the fingerprint. Novel methods and systems using a distance metric and a radical hash table design exploit probabilistic effects and allow distinct image features to be preferred over redundant ones, allowing only the more distinctive data points to remain resident within the index, yielding a lean index that can be quickly used in the identification process. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227797 | SMART CAMERA USER INTERFACE - Implementations of the present disclosure include actions of receiving image data, the image data being provided from a camera and corresponding to a scene viewed by the camera, receiving one or more annotations, the one or more annotations being provided based on one or more entities determined from the scene, each annotation being associated with at least one entity, determining one or more actions based on the one or more annotations, and providing instructions to display an action interface including one or more action elements, each action element being selectable to induce execution of a respective action, the action interface being displayed in a viewfinder. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227798 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - The present invention relates to an image processing device, an image processing method, and a program, which combine an image with less sense of incongruity. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227799 | TRAVEL LANE BOUNDARY LINE DETECTION APPARATUS - A travel lane boundary line detection apparatus includes: a determination unit configured to distinguish and determine a composite line region and a non-composite line region from a travel road surface image of a road surface; a calculation unit configured to calculate a candidate point of a central point of the composite line in a travel lane width direction; an extraction unit configured to detect a travel lane boundary line segment of the travel lane boundary line in the non-composite line region, and to extract a travel lane boundary point from the travel lane boundary line segment; an integration unit configured to create an integrated travel lane boundary point group based on the candidate point and on the travel lane boundary point; and an estimation unit configured to estimate a travel lane boundary line parameter representing the travel lane boundary line based on the integrated travel lane boundary point group. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227800 | MARKING LINE DETECTION SYSTEM AND MARKING LINE DETECTION METHOD - A marking line detection system includes an imaging device and an ECU. An information extraction unit of the ECU is configured to extract depth distance information from the imaging device to an imaging object based on image information in an imaging area captured by the imaging device. A road surface area identification unit of the ECU is configured to identify a distant road surface area based on the depth distance information, the distant road surface area being a road surface area that excludes an immediately-preceding road surface area of the vehicle in the image information and is more distant from the vehicle than the immediately-preceding road surface area. A marking line detection unit of the ECU is configured to detect a marking line in the distant road surface area based on image information corresponding to a position of the distant road surface area. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227801 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING A DISTANCE OF A VEHICLE FROM A TRAFFIC-REGULATING OBJECT - A method is provided for determining a distance of a vehicle from a traffic-regulating object, including the following steps:
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20150227802 | IMAGE PROCESSING USING CELLULAR SIMULTANEOUS RECURRENT NETWORK - A method of image processing using a cellular simultaneous recurrent network (CSRN) is provided. In particular, the method includes a processor that sets initial parameters of the CSRN and generates a target image based on the initial parameters. Then, a training process is executed to learn an image processing task. The training process performs an image processing task on one of a plurality of sub-images of an input image and then the sub-image is stored after the training process. The training process is then repeated until the image processing task has been performed on each of the plurality of sub-images of the input image. Once the training process is complete, an image transformation is performed on the input image and an output image is displayed based on the transformed input image. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227803 | NOTEBOOK AND METHOD FOR DIGITIZING NOTES - Notebook comprising a plurality of pages ( | 2015-08-13 |
20150227804 | CHARACTER READER AND CONTAINER INSPECTION SYSTEM USING CHARACTER READER - A character reader | 2015-08-13 |
20150227805 | IMAGE PROCESSING BASED ON SCENE RECOGNITION - Digital image processing is described that enables live prevention of recording and/or displaying of unwanted images. A device for processing a time sequence of images is provided. The device is configured to: retrieve an image of the time sequence of images from a memory; perform scene recognition on the retrieved image; and perform an action on the retrieved image, based upon the result of the scene recognition, before the images of the time sequence of images are recorded, displayed, and/or stored. The retrieval of the image, the performance of the scene recognition, and the performance of the action can be performed in real-time. The action can include at least one of adapting at least a part of retrieved image, modifying the retrieved image, preventing storage of the retrieved image, preventing a display of the retrieved image, erasing the retrieved image, or encrypting the retrieved image. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227806 | OBJECT INFORMATION EXTRACTION APPARATUS, OBJECT INFORMATION EXTRACTION PROGRAM, AND OBJECT INFORMATION EXTRACTION METHOD - An object information extraction apparatus ( | 2015-08-13 |
20150227807 | AIRBORNE MINE COUNTERMEASURES - An airborne mine countermeasure system includes a processor coupled to a memory having stored therein software instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform a series of image processing operations. The operations include obtaining input image data from an external image sensor, and extracting a sequence of 2-D slices from the input image data. The operations also include performing a 3-D connected region analysis on the sequence of 2-D slices, and extracting 3-D invariant features in the image data. The operations further include performing coarse filtering, performing fine recognition and outputting an image processing result having an indication of the presence of any mines within the input image data. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227808 | Constructing Contours from Imagery - Systems and methods for identifying contours of objects depicted in imagery are provided. A contour of an occluded object can be reconstructed based on a source contour extracted from an image and/or other geographic data. The source contour can be analyzed to identify a main contour direction for one or more points on the source contour. A plurality of rays can be extended from each of the one or more points based on the main contour direction associated with the point. A graph model can be constructed from the plurality of rays extended from the plurality of points. A path can be determined through the graph model and the contour can be constructed based at least in part on the determined path. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227809 | ANOMALY DETECTION IN MEDICAL IMAGERY - A method comprising using at least one hardware processor for computing a patch distinctiveness score for each of multiple patches of a medical image, computing a shape distinctiveness score for each of multiple regions of the medical image, and computing a saliency map of the medical image, by combining the patch distinctiveness score and the shape distinctiveness score. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227810 | VISUAL SALIENCY ESTIMATION FOR IMAGES AND VIDEO - Methods and apparatus for deriving a saliency measure for images and video are described. In an embodiment, a process includes decomposing, by a processor, an image into elements, wherein elements cluster the image and each element consists of spatially connected pixels. The processor then calculates a first image measure indicative of each element's uniqueness in the image on a per element basis, and calculates a second image measure indicative of each element's spatial distribution in the image on a per element basis. The processor then provides a per element saliency measure by combining the first image measure and the second image measure. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227811 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - The invention provides an image processing device, an image processing method, and an image processing program capable of maintaining estimation accuracy even when an input image of a processing target includes a plurality of shape elements. The image processing device includes: a recognizing unit that recognizes one or more shape elements which are included in the input image from a feature amount included in the input image; a selecting unit that selects a desired shape element out of the recognized one or more shape elements; and an estimating unit that estimates a target shape element from information of a region corresponding to the selected shape element. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227812 | MAGNIFICATION FACTOR ESTIMATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SAME - A magnification factor is estimated for a magnified image. A generating means generates an image by removing a high frequency component from an input image. A first calculating means calculates a high frequency component greater than or equal to a prescribed frequency component in the spatial frequency component of the input image, as a spatial frequency component characteristic value. A second calculating means calculates the spatial frequency component of the input image, as a second spatial frequency component characteristic value. A determining means determines whether each pixel is block noise. A magnification factor estimating means removes pixels determined to be block noise by the determining means from summation target pixels and, estimates the magnification factor of the input image to be higher when the difference between the first spatial frequency component characteristic values and second spatial frequency component characteristic values of the remaining pixels is smaller. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227813 | System And Method For Displaying Contextual Supplemental Content Based On Image Content - An image-based content item is analyzed to determine one or more interests of a viewer of the content item. The analysis may include performing image analysis on the content item to determine geographic information that is relevant to an image of the content item. The one or more interests may be determined based on an assumption or probabilistic conclusion about a subject of the content item. Further, the one or more interests may be determined by applying one or more rules that utilize the geographic information. For some embodiments, a supplemental content item may be provided to the viewer based on the one or more interests. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227814 | SECURE AND PRIVATE TRACKING ACROSS MULTIPLE CAMERAS - A technique for multi-camera object tracking is disclosed that preserves privacy of imagery from each camera or group of cameras. This technique uses secure multi-party computation to compute a distance metric across data from multiple cameras without revealing any information to operators of the cameras except whether or not an object was observed by both cameras. This is achieved by a distance metric learning technique that reduces the computing complexity of secure computation while maintaining object identification accuracy. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227815 | DISTANCE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, IMAGING APPARATUS, DISTANCE MEASUREMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A distance measurement apparatus that calculates distance information based on a first and second images, including: a first calculation unit that calculates, for each pixel for distance calculation, distance information on the pixel on the basis of a local area in the first image including the pixel and a local area in the second image corresponding to the local area in the first image; a second calculation unit that calculates a non-similarity between the local area in the first image and the local area in the second image; a determination unit that determines whether the non-similarity is higher than a threshold; and a third calculation unit that calculates a ratio of the number of local areas for which the non-similarity is determined to be higher than the threshold in a predetermined area to the number of local areas in the predetermined area. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227816 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING SALIENT REGION OF IMAGE - The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for detecting a salient region of an image. Classification processing is performed on a test image according to an image feature vector of the test image by using a classifier obtained by means of pre-training, so as to obtain a classification label, where the classification label is used to indicate a salience detection algorithm for detecting a salient region of the test image. Salience detection is performed on the test image by using the salience detection algorithm indicated by the classification label, so as to obtain the salient region of the test image. Because a salience detection algorithm with the best detection effect is acquired by using the image feature vector of the test image, to detect the salient region of the test image, accuracy of salience detection is improved. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227817 | Category Histogram Image Representation - In techniques for category histogram image representation, image segments of an input image are generated and bounding boxes are selected that each represent a region of the input image, where each of the bounding boxes include image segments of the input image. A saliency map of the input image can also be generated. A bounding box is applied as a query on an images database to determine database image regions that match the region of the input image represented by the bounding box. The query can be augmented based on saliency detection of the input image region that is represented by the bounding box, and a query result is a ranked list of the database image regions. A category histogram for the region of the input image is then generated based on category labels of each of the database image regions that match the input image region. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227818 | METHODS FOR COMPARING A FIRST MARKER, SUCH AS FINGERPRINT, WITH A SECOND MARKER OF THE SAME TYPE TO ESTABLISH A MATCH BETWEEN THE FIRST MARKER AND SECOND MARKER - A method of comparing a first representation of an identifier with a second representation of an identifier, for instance two fingerprints is provided. The method includes selecting a plurality of features in the first representation of an identifier, such as minutia, and linking each feature to one or more of the other features. The information on the features, such as is the minutia type, and on the link or links, such as distance, can then be expressed as a vector. By comparing the vector for the first representation with a vector for the second representation information on the possibilities for them having a common source can be obtained. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227819 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS USING TRAINED DICTIONARY - The image processing method includes providing first dictionaries produced by dictionary learning and second dictionaries corresponding to the first dictionaries, performing, on each first dictionary, a process to approximate the first image by linear combination of elements of the first dictionary so as to produce a linear combination coefficient and thereby acquiring multiple linear combination coefficients, and calculating, for each linear combination coefficient, a ratio between a largest coefficient element and a second-largest coefficient element and selecting a specific linear combination coefficient in which the ratio is largest among the multiple linear combination coefficients. The method further includes selecting, from the multiple second dictionaries, a specific dictionary corresponding to the first dictionary for which the specific linear combination coefficient is produced, and producing the second image by using linear combination of the specific linear combination coefficient and elements of the specific dictionary. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227820 | SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING PRINTER INFORMATION - A system includes a printer including a plurality of functional modules and a controller configured to control the print process, a storage device configured to store information regarding supporting an operator to interact with a functional module of the plurality of functional modules other than the local user interface of the printer, a presence detection system configured to detect a presence of an operator near or at the functional module, and an information presentation device configured to present information within a perception reach of the operator. The system includes a computer device connected to the presence detection system, the storage device, the printer and the information presentation device. The computer device is configured to retrieve, upon detection of a presence of an operator near or at the functional module by the presence detection system, status information of the status of the functional module of the printer from the controller and support information regarding supporting an operator to interact with the functional module from the storage device, and to select part of the support information taking into account the status information, and to provide the selected information to the information presentation device in order to present the selected information to the operator within the perception reach of the operator. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227821 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - Provided is an image processing apparatus including a print image generation section that generates print image data to be supplied to a printing device by executing a rasterizing process and an additional process for printing on print data, and an image density calculation section that executes the rasterizing process on the print data without the additional process and calculates image density information used in control of an image forming process in the printing device from raster image data generated through the rasterizing process to process the print data at a speed higher than a speed in print image generation section, wherein a difference in a processing speed between the print image generation section and the image density calculation section causes image density information of a page prior to a page of the print image data printed by the printing device to be supplied to the printing device. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227822 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THAT DETECTS OVERLAP OF COLOR MATERIAL, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording material by a plurality of color materials, the apparatus includes: a determination unit configured to determine, based on converted data that are converted from image data corresponding to each image formed by the plurality of color materials, values each relating to an area of a respective color material caused to adhere to a recording material; and a detection unit configured to detect, based on the values each relating to the area of the respective color material that the determination unit determines, an overlapping of color materials. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227823 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes: a printing unit configured to print at a plurality of linear velocities; an image preparing time determination unit configured to determine a print image preparing time necessary for developing print data to a print image to be printed by the printing unit; a linear velocity determination unit configured to determine the linear velocity according to the print image preparing time determined by the image preparing time determination unit; and an engine control unit configured to operate the printing unit at the linear velocity determined by the linear velocity determination unit. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227824 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - Provided is an image processing apparatus including a print image generation section that generates print image data to be supplied to a printing device by executing a rasterizing process with a resolution for printing on print data, and an image density calculation section that executes the rasterizing process on the print data with a resolution lower than the resolution for printing and calculates image density information used in control of an image forming process in the printing device based on raster image data which is generated through the rasterizing process and has a resolution lower than the resolution for printing, wherein a difference in a processing speed between the print image generation section and the image density calculation section causes the image density information of a page prior to a page of the print image data being printed by the printing device to be supplied to the printing device. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227825 | IMAGE ADJUSTING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND MANAGING APPARATUS - Provided is an image adjusting apparatus, including an acceptable adjustment factor acquisition unit that acquires acceptable adjustment factors which are factors for adjusting an image forming unit and adjustment factors accepted to a user who performs an image adjustment, an examination result acquisition unit that acquires an examination result of an image formed by the image forming unit, and a real adjustment factor selection unit that selects real adjustment factors which are factors for actually performing an image adjustment with respect to the image forming unit among the acceptable adjustment factors based on the acquired examination result. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227826 | PRINT INSTRUCTION APPARATUS, PRINTER, PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINT INSTRUCTION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A print instruction apparatus includes a group information acquisition unit that acquires information identifying a feeder unit included in a group including two or more feeder units, from among a plurality of feeder units mounted on a printer to feed paper sheets, where if one feeder unit in the group runs out of paper sheets during printing, another feeder unit in the same group is configured to feed paper sheets, and a display that acquires information related to a remaining amount of paper sheets each of the feeder units in the group, and displays information related to a total remaining amount of paper sheets in the group. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227827 | PORTABLE INFORMATION TERMINAL AND BARCODE DISPLAY METHOD - In accordance with one embodiment, a portable information terminal comprises a display section having a resolution configured to display information; a storage section configured to store barcode data; and a control section configured to acquire the resolution of the display section, calculate the number of pixels in the longitudinal direction and the number of pixels in the lateral direction of a barcode to be displayed based on the acquired resolution, generate a barcode to be displayed based on the calculated number of pixels in the longitudinal direction and the number of pixels in the lateral direction, and then display the generated barcode on the display section. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227828 | CONTACTLESS PAYMENT INTEGRATED IN COSMETIC PACKAGING - A contactless payment chip is integrated in cosmetic packaging for a cosmetic product. The chip integrated in the cosmetic packaging allows for various transactions as capable by any contactless chip and associated system. In some embodiments, the contactless payment chip is removable. A plug or tray may be configured to removably snap, slide, twist, or otherwise be inserted into a corresponding recess of a cosmetic packaging. In other embodiments, the contactless payment chip is non-removable and is embedded or molded into a portion of the cosmetic packaging. Depending on the type of cosmetic packaging, the chip may be positioned in various locations, such as a base portion, a lid portion, a cap, or a side recess. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227829 | LAMINATES FOR SECURITY DOCUMENTS - Secure inlays for secure documents such as a passport comprising an inlay substrate may have laser-ablated recesses within which a chip module is installed. The inlay substrate may include two layers, and the antenna wire may be between the two layers. A moisture-curing polyurethane hot melt adhesive may be used to laminate a cover layer and the additional inlay substrate layers. The adhesive layer may be used (i) as a sealant, to protect the interconnections, (ii) as a fixing mechanism for the chip module, and (iii) as an adhesive for joining the two substrates (inlay and leadframe substrates) together. Method and apparatus are disclosed. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227830 | ELECTRONIC INTERFACE APPARATUS AND METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - A method for manufacture of an electronic interface card including defining a pair of apertures in a substrate layer, associating an antenna with the substrate layer such that opposite ends of the antenna terminate at the apertures, placing a metal element in each of the apertures, connecting the ends of the antenna to the metal elements, laminating the substrate layer together with a top layer and a bottom layer, forming a recess in the top layer and the substrate layer, attaching ends of connection wires to the metal elements, attaching opposite ends of the connection wires to a chip module and sealing the chip module in the recess. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227831 | SYNTHETIC GRASS IMPLANT WITH RFID TAG FOR GROUND-MARKING IN GRASSED AREAS - A synthetic grass implant/marker that serves as a surface mounted visual marker for a feature or device located nearby or underground and has all the features and advantages of such a synthetic grass implant, and that additionally includes an internally mounted RFID device such as an RFID tag or chip that can programmed with information concerning the feature or device it is marking, and which information can be obtained by utilizing an RFID reader to obtain the stored information from the implant/marker. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227832 | RFID INTEGRATED CIRCUITS WITH ANTENNA CONTACTS ON MULTIPLE SURFACES - Embodiments are directed to a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) integrated circuit (IC) having a first circuit block electrically coupled to first and second antenna contacts. The first antenna contact is disposed on a first surface of the IC and the second antenna contact is disposed on a second surface of the IC different from the first surface. The first and second antenna contacts are electrically disconnected from each other. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227833 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - Provided is an information processing apparatus including a processing rule management section that manages plural continuous setting operations, which are set as processing rules for completing processing, by applying identification numbers to the processing rules at least some of which are changed, an executed operation information acquisition section that acquires executed operation information relating to operations executed for completing the processing in an order in which the executed operations are performed, and a determination section that determines if the executed operation information based on comparison between the acquired executed operation information and each of the setting operations in the plural processing rules managed by the processing rule management section is true or false. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227834 | Ontological Concept Expansion for SHOQ Description Logic and the Like - In one embodiment, prior to similarity measure computation, concept expansion is applied to an original ontology to generate an expanded ontology having the original concepts plus one or more pseudo-concepts, wherein at least one original concept is defined using a hierarchy of (possibly transitive) properties. As a result, the similarity measure computation can produce results that are better than those produced using conventional techniques. In one implementation, the similarity measure computation involves combining two similarity results: a first similarity result corresponding to common semantics found in the two concepts and a second similarity result corresponding to dissimilar semantics found in the two concepts. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227835 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH AUTOMATIC MODE SWITCHING - An electronic device for predicting or anticipating a user's operational desires. The electronic device is ready to perform the anticipated function without input from the user by using sensors to sense environmental attributes. The sensors can include an ambient light sensor, a force sensor, a temperature sensor, an ambient noise sensor, and a motion sensor. The electronic device also includes a control mechanism for switching between modes for the device. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227836 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING NEUROSCIENCE IN GROUP DECISIONS - Human decision-making is enhanced by defining decision criteria, then presenting data responsive to the criteria in a manner that is optimized based on the neuroscience of human information processing. For example, data is displayed in a uniform format along with a list of criteria; data responsive to a selected criterion is highlighted as hot data; and a scoring window is displayed for a user to score the conformance of the hot data to the selected criterion. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227837 | SYSTEM MONITORING - A method of monitoring a system such as a machine, industrial system, or human or animal patient, to classify the system as normal or abnormal, in which a time-series of measurements of the system are regarded as a function to be compared to a model of normality for such functions. The model of normality can be constructed as a Gaussian Process and test functions compared to the model to derive the probability that they are drawn from the model of normality. A probability distribution for the expected extrema of sets of functions drawn from the model can also be derived and the probability of any extremum of a plurality of test functions being an extremum of a set derived from the model of normality can be obtained. The system can be classified as normal or abnormal based on the extreme probability distribution. Test functions with fewer data points can be compared to the model of normality by marginalisation with respect to the missing data points. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227838 | LOG-BASED PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE - A method of building a model for predicting failure of a machine, including parsing ( | 2015-08-13 |
20150227839 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SEMANTIC INFERENCE AND REASONING - A method and system for analyzing a corpus of data artifacts is disclosed. The method comprises obtaining, by a computer, a semantic representation of the data artifacts, where the semantic representation indicates (1) entities identified in the data artifacts, and (2) semantic relationships among the entities as indicated by the data artifacts. The method further comprises clustering the data artifacts into clusters of semantically related data artifacts based on the semantic representation and inferring additional semantic relationships between pairs of the entities. The inferring comprises applying, on a cluster-by-cluster basis, a multi-tiered network of inference engines to a portion of the semantic representation corresponding to the cluster, where the multi-tiered network of inference engines includes a domain-independent inference tier and a domain-specific inference tier. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227840 | Social Media Event Detection and Content-Based Retrieval - Techniques for detecting an event via social media content. A method includes obtaining multiple images from at least one social media source; extracting at least one visual semantic concept from the multiple images; differentiating an event semantic concept signal from a background semantic concept signal to detect an event in the multiple images; retrieving one or more images associated with the event semantic concept signal; grouping the one or more images associated with the event semantic concept signal; annotating the group of one or more images with user feedback; and displaying the annotated group of one or more images as a visual description of the detected event. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227841 | CONTROL VARIABLE DETERMINATION TO MAXIMIZE A DRILLING RATE OF PENETRATION - A computing device configured to determine an optimal value for a control of a drilling operation is provided. An event stream processing engine (ESPE) instantiated. The ESPE is instantiated to execute an objective function model determined using historical drilling data. The objective function model maximizes a rate of penetration for a previous drilling operation. The historical drilling data includes a plurality of values measured for each of a plurality of drilling control variables during the previous drilling operation. Measured drilling data that includes current drilling data values for a current drilling operation is received by the ESPE. The received, measured drilling data is processed through the ESPE instantiated to execute the objective function model to determine an optimal value for a control of the current drilling operation. The determined optimal value is output by the ESPE for the control of the current drilling operation. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227842 | System and Method for Remote Activity Detection - A system and method is disclosed for a remote activity detection process using an analysis of data streams of an entity such as an end user and/or a customer. In an embodiment, the detection process uses the data stream analysis to evaluate an entity's potential involvement in an activity based on individual measures for the entity such as comparison of the entity's data stream to the entity's peers, comparison of the entity's data stream to historical information for the entity, and/or comparison of the entity's data stream to data streams for a known second entity involved in the activity. The detection process may also use other information available which may impact the data points in a data stream, such as premises attributes associated with an entity, demographic attributes for the entity, financial attributes for the entity, and system alerts. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227843 | GENERATING DEPORTMENT AND COMPORTMENT COHORTS - A computer implemented method, system, and/or computer program product generates deportment and comportment cohorts. Digital sensor data, which is derived by analyzing multimodal sensor data, comprises event metadata which describes a set of events associated with an individual. Descriptive data about the individual is retrieved by data mining a combination of online sources and off-line sources. A set of conduct analysis models is selected based on event metadata and available description data. The event metadata and the description data are analyzed in the set of conduct analysis models to form a deportment and comportment cohort, where the deportment and comportment cohort comprises attributes identifying a demeanor and manner of the individual. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227844 | Utilizing semantic analysis to determine how to process measurements of affective response - Disclosed herein are Systems, methods, and computer program products for utilizing semantic analysis to set a processing level of a processor processing measurements of affective response. A semantic analyzer receives a segment of content, analyzes it utilizing semantic analysis, and outputs an indication regarding whether a value related to a predicted emotional response to the segment reaches a threshold. Based on the indication, a controller selects a processing level, from among at least first and second processing levels, for a processor to process the measurements. The processor is configured to utilize significantly fewer computation cycles to process data operating at the first processing level, compared to the number of computation cycles it utilizes to process data operating at the second processing level. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227845 | Techniques for Inferring the Unknown Intents of Linguistic Items - Functionality is described herein for determining the intents of linguistic items (such as queries), to produce intent output information. For some linguistic items, the functionality deterministically assigns intents to the linguistic items based on known intent labels, which, in turn, may be obtained or derived from a knowledge graph or other type of knowledge resource. For other linguistic items, the functionality infers the intents of the linguistic items based on selection log data (such as click log data provided by a search system). In some instances, the intent output information may reveal new intents that are not represented by the known intent labels. In one implementation, the functionality can use the intent output information to train a language understanding model. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227846 | BEHAVIORAL DEMAND RESPONSE DISPATCH - The subject disclosure relates to computer-implemented methods that include steps for receiving a reduction request, the reduction request indicating a desired amount of a consumable resource for which consumption is to be reduced, receiving a population indicator, the population indicator defining a set of consumers associated with the reduction request, and determining, using a behavioral demand dispatch (BDD) model, one or more target users from among the set of consumers. In certain aspects, the steps can further include providing a demand reduction communication to each of the one or more target users. Systems and computer readable media are also provided. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227847 | Predictive Analysis of Event Patterns in Machine Data - Embodiments are directed towards the visualization of machine data received from computing clusters. Embodiments may enable improved analysis of computing cluster performance, error detection, troubleshooting, error prediction, or the like. Individual cluster nodes may generate machine data that includes information and data regarding the operation and status of the cluster node. The machine data is received from each cluster node for indexing by one or more indexing applications. The indexed machine data including the complete data set may be stored in one or more index stores. A visualization application enables a user to select one or more analysis lenses that may be used to generate visualizations of the machine data. The visualization application employs the analysis lens to produce visualizations of the computing cluster machine data. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227848 | OBJECTIVE WEIGHING AND RANKING - A method comprising using at least one hardware processor for: receiving a multi-objective optimization problem; projecting a Pareto frontier of candidate solutions for said multi-objective optimization problem to a hyperplane; decomposing said hyperplane into multiple Voronoi regions each associated with a candidate solution of said candidate solutions; determining a robustness degree for each candidate solution of said candidate solutions, by computing a hypervolume for each region of said multiple Voronoi regions; and ranking said candidate solutions based on the robustness degree. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227849 | Method and System for Invariant Pattern Recognition - An adaptive pattern recognition system optimizes an invariance objective and an input fidelity objective to accurately recognize input patterns in the presence of arbitrary input transformations. A fixed state or value of a feature output can nonlinearly reconstruct or generate multiple spatially distant input patterns and respond similarly to multiple spatially distant input patterns, while preserving the ability to efficiently evaluate the input fidelity objective. Exemplary networks, including a novel factorization of a third-order Boltzmann machine, exhibit multilayered, unsupervised learning of arbitrary transformations, and learn rich, complex features even in the absence of labeled data. These features are then used to classify unknown input patterns, to perform dimensionality reduction or compression, | 2015-08-13 |
20150227850 | Data Processing Method and Device Applicable to Network Application - A data processing method and a device applicable to network application are provided. The data processing method includes: receiving a network application participating operation; executing network application based on the network application participating operation; determining whether the network application wins a network application participating result draw; and adjusting the probabilities of obtaining the remaining application participating results if the network application wins the network application participating result draw. The present disclosure can correlate network applications in network application. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227851 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CROWD DETECTION - A computer implemented method, computer program product and computer system for crowd detection. The computer system ( | 2015-08-13 |
20150227852 | DATA PROCESSING DEVICE - The data processing device includes a display unit, a touch panel unit that detects a touch operation and outputs detection information, a flick detection unit, a label determination unit, and a teacher data generation unit. The flick detection unit detects a flick direction from the detection information of the touch panel unit. The label determination unit determines a label representing a category to which content belongs, based on the flick direction. The teacher data generation unit displays the content on the display unit, and generates teacher data including the displayed content and the label determined by the label determination unit. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227853 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TEMPORARILY ASSIGNING ACCESS TO ASSETS IN RESPONSE TO RESERVATION REQUESTS - A method and system for allocating temporary assignments of access to nonhomogeneous assets to a plurality of parties is provided. The assets are each designated as being of a certain type of at least two value types. Assets and asset access requests (“request”) are further designated as having one or more particular distinguishing features. The requests are generally ordered according to a value ranking The assets are then assigned by first assigning lower typed assets to the lower ranked requests. When all assets of a lower type are assigned, the remaining unassigned requests are assigned to unassigned assets of the next higher type. When all assets of the highest type are assigned, selected assets may be then reassigned to insure that higher valued requests are assigned to assets and permitting lower valued requests to (a.) be assigned to lower valued assets; or (b.) be unassigned and thereby denied. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227854 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TEMPORARILY ASSIGNING ACCESS TO ASSETS IN RESPONSE TO RESERVATION REQUESTS - A method and system for allocating temporary assignments of access to nonhomogeneous assets to a plurality of parties is provided. The assets are each designated as being of a certain type of at least two value types. Assets and asset access requests (“request”) are further designated as having one or more particular distinguishing features. The requests are generally ordered according to a value ranking The assets are then assigned by first assigning lower typed assets to the lower ranked requests. When all assets of a lower type are assigned, the remaining unassigned requests are assigned to unassigned assets of the next higher type. When all assets of the highest type are assigned, selected assets may be then reassigned to insure that higher valued requests are assigned to assets and permitting lower valued requests to (a.) be assigned to lower valued assets; or (b.) be unassigned and thereby denied. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227855 | AUTHENTICATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An authentication processing system includes: a portable communication terminal which is used by a user; and an authentication processing server which authenticates the use of a facility by the user. The authentication processing server compares a first authentication information and a second authentication information received from the portable communication terminal with a first authentication information and a second authentication information stored in the authentication processing server, and when the comparison match each other or are within a predetermined range, determines that the user is using the facility. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227856 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EVENT PLANNING - An interactive website enables a user to search for, price out, and/or compare event venues and vendors and associated prices based on multiple criteria and options selected, without having to contact the venues directly. An exemplary event is a wedding, and the venue and its vendors may offer event related services. The criteria used may be based on multiple considerations and may be dictated by, for example, a user, a venue, and/or a system or device. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227857 | BOOKING METHOD AND SYSTEM - The invention relates to a method and system for booking reservations in a booking system and synchronizing bookings among several booking systems. The system comprises at least one booking system; at least one service provider; a mediator service; a client, and at least one client terminal device that can be a mobile device and that includes a dialogue. The client uses the dialogue to enter information into the system and the mediator receives inquiries and answers from the at least one booking system, the at least one service provider, and the at least one client. The mediator transfers and adapts information between them. The method and system are particularly suited for use with mobile phone users by Small Message Service messages. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227858 | FLIGHT SAVER SYSTEM - A fare searching system that includes a receiver configured to receive a fare request from a user device, the fare request including at least a source location, a destination location, and a time of departure. A transmitter that is configured to process the fare request and transmit a request for fare information regarding the fare request to an airline fare information system. A processor that is configured to process and compile a first list of fares received from the airline fare information system, wherein the processor is also configured to generate a second list of fares including fares in which an intermediate location is the source location and/or the destination location, and the processor generates a combined list of fares based on the first and second lists. The transmitter transmits the combined list to the user device. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227859 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATING A FORECAST UTILIZING AN ENSEMBLE FORECAST MODEL - Included are embodiments for creating a forecast utilizing an ensemble forecast model. These embodiments include receiving a selection of a plurality of model families to utilize for forecasting, receiving a selection of a plurality of models to utilize for forecasting, and determining a variable of each of the plurality of models. Some embodiments include substantially simultaneously optimizing the variable of each of the plurality of models, combining each of the plurality of models into an ensemble model, the ensemble model comprising a plurality of ensemble model variables, and weighting each of the plurality of models according to a predetermined criterion. Still some embodiments may be configured to optimize the plurality of ensemble model variables and run the ensemble model to create a forecast. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227860 | DEFECT TURNAROUND TIME ANALYTICS ENGINE - In an approach for generating defect turnaround time metrics for assessing project status, a computer retrieves defect turnaround time criteria. The computer imports defect turnaround time data. Based, at least in part, on the defect turnaround time criteria, the computer analyzes the defect turnaround time data. The computer generates defect turnaround time metrics. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227861 | COLLABORATIVE CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT METHODS AND SYSTEMS - A computing system may comprise a customer relationship management (CRM) database and a server that hosts an electronic forum. The computing system may generate a case study based on contents of the CRM database, and may post the case study to the electronic forum. The case study may be generated in response to a change in the contents of one or more first selected fields of one or more records of the CRM database. The case study comprises the content of one or more second selected fields of the one or more records of the CRM database. The one or more first selected fields and/or second selected fields may be selected based on one or more user-defined rules stored in memory of said computing system. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227862 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUPERVISING INDUSTRIAL VEHICLES VIA ENCODED VEHICULAR OBJECTS SHOWN ON A MOBILE CLIENT DEVICE - The embodiments described herein relate to systems and methods for showing information from a management server on a mobile client device to facilitate the management of industrial vehicles. Embodiments of the system can include a plurality of industrial vehicles communicatively coupled to the management server, and a mobile client device communicatively coupled to the management server. The mobile client device can include a display, a wireless communication circuit, and one or more client processors. Encoded objects, vehicular objects, or combinations thereof can be shown upon the display of the mobile client device to show information from the management server. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227863 | ANALYTICAL SYSTEM WITH ITERATIVE METHOD OF ANALYZING DATA IN WEB-BASED DATA PROCESSOR WITH RESULTS DISPLAY DESIGNED FOR NON-EXPERTS - A method of analysis, analysis system, apparatus, program product and method of supplying analysis of value that incorporates at least one data acquisition device, a central processor which may be located in the cloud with storage capacity and user-friendly interface on any web-enabled device with a communication link between the data acquisition device and the central processor and the central processor and the user interface on a web-enabled device. In the central processor, models of calibration predict values of the properties of interest; a classifier interrogates data to minimize errors in cases that the response variable is nonlinear by writing equations to follow each data segment; and a quantifier associates a data class with a specific pre-determined calibration model to compute specific parameters of interest. Results of analysis can be determined on the user interface at multiple stages of the analysis. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227864 | Systems and Methods for Simulating Home Loss Prevention - A method and computer system executes a home loss prevention simulation to provide a user with information on home loss prevention. The method and system may allow the user to select and place one or more home sensors on items and/or in locations within a simulated home environment. Once the user has finished selecting and placing the home sensors in the simulated home, the method and system may begin the home loss prevention simulation by applying different loss-related simulation scenarios to the simulated home. Based the different loss-related scenarios, the method and system may evaluate the placement of the home sensors in the simulated home to determine one or more losses (e.g., fire, water or burglary) and any associated financial costs. At the end of the simulation, the method and system may provide instructional information regarding the simulation results in order to educate the user on how to improve or optimize home loss prevention. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227865 | CONFIGURATION-BASED REGULATORY REPORTING USING SYSTEM-INDEPENDENT DOMAIN MODELS - A set of declarative, domain-specific logical models are mapped to one or more different data sources. The declarative, domain-specific logical models are also mapped to an electronic reporting file structure. Changes in the electronic reporting file structure definition are accommodated using declarative inputs to modify the mappings between the declarative, domain-specific logical models and the revised electronic reporting file structure. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227866 | COLLABORATIVE FORECAST SYSTEM AND METHOD - A computerized system is described. The system has a set of client terminals for respective users, an enterprise resource planning server, a collaboration server, means for receiving from a plurality of client terminals and for storing a plurality of forecast data values, means for setting rules relating to said values, means for detecting lack of compliance between said values and said rules, and a collaborative consensus engine for launching a collaborative consensus session accessible by client terminals corresponding to users involved in the lack of compliance. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227867 | APPARATUS, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD, FOR GENERATING AN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INCIDENT REPORT - Apparatus, and an associated method, for generating a trouble ticket related to an IT incident. When an IT incident occurs, a worklog is formed by a reporter that enters information associated with the incident. Successive inputs, made by appropriate personnel, are made to update the status of the incident. A table-of-contents is formed, associated with the collection of entries of information. And, each entry of information is categorized, to identify the entry by an associated category. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227868 | RISK SELF-ASSESSMENT PROCESS CONFIGURATION USING A RISK SELF-ASSESSMENT TOOL - A method for using a risk self-assessment tool may include soliciting risk information from a business unit about a process subject to a risk, communicating the risk information to a risk assessment system, and/or performing a risk self-assessment process by selecting one or more parameters for inclusion on one or more user interface templates. The risk assessment system may determine a risk score associated with the process based on the risk information received from the business unit, and communicate the risk score to a user for approval. After approval, the risk self-assessment tool may communicate information about an approved risk management project to a second user, the risk management project including at least one control designed to mitigate a risk identified by the risk assessment system. The method may include creating, via the user interface device, a risk self-assessment questionnaire for soliciting information about a business process subject to risk. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227869 | RISK SELF-ASSESSMENT TOOL - A method for using a risk self-assessment tool may include soliciting risk information from a business unit about a process subject to a risk, communicating the risk information to a risk assessment system, and/or performing a risk self-assessment process by selecting one or more parameters for inclusion on one or more user interface templates. The risk assessment system may determine a risk score associated with the process based on the risk information received from the business unit, and communicate the risk score to a user for approval. After approval, the risk self-assessment tool may communicate information about an approved risk management project to a second user, the risk management project including at least one control designed to mitigate a risk identified by the risk assessment system. The method may include creating, via the user interface device, a risk self-assessment questionnaire for soliciting information about a business process subject to risk. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227870 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONETIZING AND PRIORITIZING BUILDING FAULTS - A fault parameter of an energy consumption model is modulated. The energy consumption model is used to estimate an amount of energy consumption at various values of the fault parameter. A first set of variables is generated including differences between a target value of the fault parameter and the various values of the fault parameter. A second set of variables is generated including differences between an estimated amount of energy consumption with the fault parameter at the target value and the estimated amounts of energy consumption with the fault parameter at the various values. The first set of variables and second set of variables are used to develop a regression model for the fault parameter. The regression model estimates a change in energy consumption based on a change in the fault parameter. Regression models are developed for multiple fault parameters and used to prioritize faults. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227871 | ROAMING TRANSPORT DISTRUCTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A roaming transport distribution management apparatus and method are provided. A controller selects transports within a defined service zone in response to customer transit requests from customer locations for customer pick-up and delivery inbound or outbound directions from the hub. A hub manager varies the position and/or the size of an exclusive coverage area of each transport within the overall service zone to insure a dense accumulation of transports over the entire service zone and alters the position of other transports in response to the movement of a transport inbound or outbound from the hub with a passenger. The hub manager can vary the size of the exclusive coverage area of each transport to account for population and request call densities and the number of available transports. In addition, the transport system may be used to transport goods from a delivery source to a customer designated location within the service zone as well as coupling the goods with the customer at a central hub when the customer arrives at the central hub. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227872 | Method of Color Wheel Mapping for Scheduling - A method of using color mapping to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of resource allocation and scheduling is provided. The method allows for efficient scheduling and coordinating the minute-by-minute access and allocation of a pool of resources such as, but not limited to, equipment, devices or people, to accommodate both planned and unplanned needs or events in the immediate to foreseeable future requires a comprehensive view of the available resources, their current and future planned locations, the current and future point of need, and available unscheduled time for each resource, among other factors. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227873 | REAL-TIME CROP PROCESSING MANAGEMENT - A real-time crop processing management system is disclosed. In one embodiment, a yield description of a load of harvested crop and a location of the load of harvested crop is received at a computer system. An indication of the capacity to process the load of harvested crop by a receiving facility is also received by the computer system. A message conveying a delivery assignment for the load of harvested crop is then generated by the computer system. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227874 | Intervention Recommendation For Well Sites - Implementations include actions of receiving a set of well-sites including one or more well-sites, receiving data associated with each well-site of the set of well-sites, receiving a set of intervention techniques, the set of intervention techniques including one or more intervention techniques, providing the data and the set of intervention techniques to an analytics engine, the analytics engine processing, for each well-site of the set of well-sites, respective data and intervention techniques to provide respective measure values for each intervention technique with respect to the well-site, providing the measure values to an optimization engine, the optimization engine processing the measure values to provide one or more optimized sets based on one or more parameters, and receiving the one or more optimized sets, each optimized set providing well-sites of the set of well-sites and one or more respective intervention techniques recommended for the respective well-site. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227875 | Systems and Methods to Determine Competitiveness of a Long Term Service Agreement - Embodiments of the disclosure relate to analyzing costs, and more particularly, to analyzing costs associated with a power plant asset. In one embodiment, a system can include a first sensor and a first computer communicatively coupled to the first sensor. The first computer can be configured to automatically obtain via the first sensor, a first set of performance parameters of the first power plant asset over a period of time. The first computer can be further configured to compute from the first set of performance parameters, a first cost factor that is defined, at least in part, on the basis of an amount of electric power generated by the first power plant asset over the period of time. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227876 | System and Method for Providing Buffer Inventory Profile in a Discrete Time Supply Chain Planner using a Nested Bucketization Structure - A system and method is disclosed for providing nested bucketization in a supply chain network. The system includes a server coupled with a database and configured to access data describing a time horizon of a specified time interval. The server is further configured to create an on-hand inventory profile which comprises a set of (day, quantity) pairs, stored in a linked list within a data structure involving nested buckets, wherein the on-hand inventory profile points to an empty link list when first created and store the on-hand inventory profile in the database. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227877 | Processing Jobs in a Laboratory Management System - Systems and methods for processing jobs in a Laboratory Management System (LMS) are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method may include identifying, by a user operating an LMS interface provided via one or more computer systems, an electronic record related to one of a plurality of manufacturing orders, determining, by the user, that the identified manufacturing order is being temporarily suspended from production, and adding the electronic record to a hot jobs queue in the LMS interface. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227878 | Interactive Marketing Simulation System and Method - An interactive web-based marketing simulation game relying on a proprietary body of knowledge (BoK), techniques and methods allows marketing business leaders to simulate the likely outcomes arising from strategic choices made by the user or by management. A tool enabling modification to create evidence-based, objectively validated modified user data to increase the confidence in the predictability of the outcomes arising from strategic choices enables anonymous conversations between users through comments, questions and feedback. The result is a management planning and decision support tool capable of suggesting to the user that the user activate certain specific initiatives in a specific order to achieve desired outcomes within a desired timeframe. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227879 | SPECIALIST PRESENTATION USING A SOCIAL NETWORKING ACCOUNT - Embodiments of the invention provide a specialist presentation tool that presents a specialist from an institution to a user. The specialist may be presented to the user based on triggers that occur when the user takes actions, or when actions are taken with respect to a user account. The determination of the one or more specialists to present to a user from a group of specialists that satisfy a trigger may be based on one or more conditions that match the specialists with the user. At least one condition used to match the specialist with the user is the social networking contacts of the user that have a relationship with the specialists. Additional conditions may include, but are not limited to, locations of the user and specialists, social networking profile information of the user and specialists, or other like account profile information for the user and specialists. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227880 | Vehicle Repair Software Application - A module of a software application that allows customers to schedule service appointments for their vehicle, so that when the customer brings his vehicle into a vehicle repair shop or dealership, the dealer can register the customer's vehicle into a software database to allow the dealer to chat with the customer and send media (pictures, video, sound). The dealer can also alert the customer of the status of the vehicle's repair progress. The customer can see a status bar indicating the progress of his vehicle service and the expected completion time of the repairs. There is also an option to pay for the vehicle repair service through the VSM feature. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227881 | SYSTEM FOR MANAGING AND COORDINATING HEALTH AREA STAFFS THAT WORK UNDER ON-DUTY REGIME AND EQUIPMENT TO IMPLEMENT A SYSTEM FOR MANAGING AND COORDINATING HEALTH AREA STAFFS THAT WORK UNDER ON-DUTY REGIME - System for managing and coordinating health area staffs that work under on-duty regime and equipment to implement a system for managing and coordinating health area staffs that work under on-duty regime, wherein the present patent purposes a system for managing and coordinating professional staffs, preferably of health area, that work in on-duty regime. The system described herein aims to make more efficient, less arduous and totally transparent the access and participation of professionals that act under on-duty regime in the work scales that are organized for this means. The present patent purposes yet a hardware environment in which this created system is stored for allowing managing and coordinating health area staffs that work in an on-duty regime. The system described herein adopts a computer that is called as server (SERV), in which the software (S) is installed; the server (SERV) is connected to the internet, that constitutes the virtual environment where the system concerned, indicated by reference (SIS) may be accessed, under the many conditions, be it by the Administrator (A), or by Coordinator(s) (C) also and yet by health area professionals—doctors (P). | 2015-08-13 |
20150227882 | MOBILE PICKUP LOCATIONS - A mobile pickup location is provided that may be associated with a vehicle such as a public bus. A user may choose to have items delivered to a mobile pickup location on a public bus which the user takes every day travelling from the office to home, or which stops at a bus stop that is convenient for the user. Also, in regions where carriers for delivering items are rare or prohibitively expensive, a mobile pickup location may be utilized to deliver items, such as to a rural village. The coordinates of a mobile pickup location may be tracked, such as with GPS, and a user may be provided with a notification when a mobile pickup location with an ordered item is approaching, such as with a text message sent to a cell phone. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227883 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATING AND DELIVERING DIGITAL ASSETS - Systems and methods may create and deliver digital assets associated with a product. In one implementation, a method may include receiving, by a processor, a digital asset, wherein the digital asset includes data associated with a product. The method may also include linking, by the processor, the digital asset to the product. The linking may include associating a unique identifier associated with the digital asset to a unique identifier associated with the product. The method may include preparing, by the processor, the digital asset for delivery. The preparation may include determining a destination device associated with a user. The method may further include transmitting, by the processor, the digital asset to the destination device associated with the user, and the transmission may be triggered by a predetermined set of rules. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227884 | RANGED ITEM INDICATOR - Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with ranged item indicators are described. In one embodiment, a method includes identifying a transaction associated with an item and a location. The item has an indicator. The value of the indicator describes a range relationship between the item and the location. When the indicator has a value of incidental, the item is not stocked by the location. When the indicator has a value of intentional, the item is stocked by the location. The indicator of the item is not set when a range relationship has not been established between the item and the location. The method also includes determining if the transaction has been labeled as incidental or intentional when the indicator of the item has not been set. The method includes setting the value for the indicator of the item to the label of the transaction. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227885 | Robotic Ordering and Delivery System Software and Methods - Systems, methods and devices for the automated delivery of goods form one to another using a robotic tug and accompanying cart. A computer within the tug or cart stores an electronic map of the building floor plan and intended paths for the tug to take when traversing from one location to the next. During the delivery, a variety of different sensors and scanners gather data that is used to avoid obstacles and/or adjust the movement of the tug in order to more closely follow the intended path. The system preferably includes both wired and wireless networks that allow one or more tugs to communicate with a tug base station, a primary network located at the site of the delivery and a remote host center that monitors the status and data collected by the tugs. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227886 | REVERSE LOGISTICS SHIPPING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PASSIVE THERMAL CONTROL SHIPPING CONTAINERS - A reverse logistics shipping system | 2015-08-13 |
20150227887 | Logistic Transport System for Nutritional Substances - A preservation system for storage and logistic transport of nutritional substances. The preservation system obtains information about the nutritional substance to be preserved, senses and measures the external environment to the preservation system, senses and measures the internal environment to the preservation system, senses and measures the state of the nutritional substance, and stores such information throughout the period of preservation. Using this accumulated information, the preservation system can measure, or estimate, changes in nutritional content (usually degradation) during the period of preservation. Additionally, the preservation system can use this information to dynamically modify the preservation system to minimize detrimental changes to the nutritional content of the nutritional substance, and in some cases actually improve the nutritional substance attributes. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227888 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING PREPARATION AND DELIVERY OF GOODS - A method and a system for managing preparation and delivery of goods. The method may include: receiving a plurality of orders via the orders receiving unit, each order may include one or more requested goods and a point of delivery. Each of the requested goods may require at least one preparation stage; calculating estimated traveling time from a preparation facility to at least two points of delivery of at least two of the plurality of orders; estimating at least a traveling time between the at least two points of delivery received for the at least two of the plurality of orders; determining optional sets of orders from the plurality of orders, wherein each of said set of orders comprises at least one order; selecting a first set of orders from the optional sets of orders based at least on the calculated traveling time and the estimated traveling time between the points of delivery; determining arrival time at the preparation facility, of each courier from a plurality of available couriers, the arrival time is determined based on information received from the plurality of mobile devices; selecting a first courier from the plurality of available couriers based on the determined arrival time at the preparation facility; assigning the first set to the first courier, wherein selecting of the first set of orders, selecting the first courier and assigning the first set to the first courier minimize an average time for a delivery of the first set of orders; and determining a timing for the at least one preparation stage of the requested good in the first set of orders according to the selection of the first set and the first courier. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227889 | CONTRACT MANAGEMENT USING IN-MEMORY DATABASE SYSTEMS - One example of contract management using in-memory database systems includes an in-memory database computer system which receives an input including pricing parameters associated with a future contract for future purchases of an item. The system accesses an in-memory database storing a history of transactions associated with past purchases of the item under an existing contract. The system retrieves, from the in-memory database, the history of transactions including multiple past instances. A quantity of the item at a price was purchased at each past instance. The system determines a first purchasing value that represents the past purchases of the item. The system determines, using the pricing parameters associated with the future purchases of the item, a second purchasing value that represents the future purchases of the item. The system compares the first purchasing value and the second purchasing value, and provides a result of the comparing to the client computer system. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227890 | COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM AND SMART DEVICE APPS SUPPORTING SEGMENTED ORDER DISTRIBUTED DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - The communication hardware of the system is controlled by software processes that are preferably grouped as engines that also retrieve process and store data using system hardware. The engines control the communication system hardware to send and receive signals to and from users of the system. The communication signals may include data and control signals for exchanging information and also control signals for remote hardware that, for example, generate displays on user hardware such as smart devices. The communications system allows coordination of segmented order deliveries in a segmented order distributed distribution system. The infrastructure described supports efficient communication to a network of couriers and smart device APPS. Systems, methods and applications for using electronic lists to facilitate commerce, excursion organization and political discourse are also described. Lists stored within the system may be used to facilitate a distributed distribution system using trusted drivers and authorized affiliates. | 2015-08-13 |
20150227891 | AUTOMATIC JOB APPLICATION ENGINE - An online social networking service maintains a profile of a member. The service also receives requirements from an employer for an employment position. The service compares the profile of the member to the requirements for the employment position. When the profile of the member matches or exceeds the requirements for the employment position, the service transmits a message to the employer containing the profile of the member. The service receives a response from the employer regarding the member and the employment position. When the employer exhibits an interest in the member for the employment position, the service transmits a message to the member informing the member of the employer's interest. | 2015-08-13 |