36th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 45 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120226593 | Method and System for Exchange Traded Funds Request Management - A server includes a memory that stores a plurality of Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) request forms, and a processor communicatively coupled to the memory. The processor is operable to provide a graphical user interface (GUI) to a user in which to create an ETF request, receive the ETF request created using the GUI, determine, based on a ticker symbol of the ETF request, an ETF request form to use to process the ETF request, and populate the determined ETF request form using parameters of the ETF request. The processor is further operable to transmit the populated ETF request form to a placement agent associated with the populated ETF request form and indicate, using the GUI, that the ETF request has been processed after the ETF request form has been transmitted to the placement agent. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226594 | Quotes wanted in competition - Methods and systems that facilitate the bulk execution of credit derivative transactions such as “bids wanted in competition” portfolios are disclosed. The methods include accepting from an initiating counterparty an identification of a plurality of credit default swap (CDS) contracts to be priced, providing to a plurality of dealers the identified CDS contracts to be priced, accepting bids or offers from the dealers for one or more of the identified CDS contracts, and accepting from the initiating counterparty an indication to execute one or more of the bids or offers. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226595 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FINANCING AND PRODUCING ENTERTAINMENT MEDIA - A web-based financing system for financing entertainment media production companies implemented by a computer or personal digital assistant, comprising a member database for storing registration information wherein the user has access to a social network service and registers as member-producers or as member-investors to form communities; an alternative trading system in communication with said member database, enabling said member-producers and said member-investors to list, quote, buy, sell and trade in initial public offerings or secondary trading of equity shares of said entertainment media companies, and an electronic communications network in communication with said alternative trading system, that matches buy and sell orders of said entertainment media companies selling equity stocks with member-investors purchasing said stocks; and related methods of producing entertainment media and selling and investing in entertainment media companies using an alternative trading system. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226596 | Electronic Trading System - An anonymous trading system comprises one or more matching engines, one or more market distributors and one or more trader terminals for input of orders from institutions trading on the system. The trader terminals are connected to the system through bank nodes. A broker terminal is connected through a bank node and enables voice brokers to trade on the system on behalf of client traders. The voice brokers terminal can be configured for any client trader and will display the market view for that trader. Trades in which the broker terminal participates are not concluded until a manual credit check has been performed. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226597 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING RISK DATA IN AN ELECTRONIC TRADING ENVIRONMENT - An example graphical interface and method for displaying risk related data are described. One example graphical interface includes a data structure comprising a plurality of data nodes and at least one risk data point associated with each node, and further comprises a display grid. The display grid includes one or more cells that are used for displaying selected data nodes and risk data points. Each cell may be associated with a single data node, and may include one or more identifiers corresponding to risk data points of the data node. In one example embodiment, the identifiers are aligned along a single axis, and risk related data corresponding to each identifier is aligned with respect to each corresponding identifier. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226598 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RISK MANAGEMENT - A margin requirement is computed while trading. The margin requirement may be calculated while trading because the preferred system takes into account working orders to generate the margin requirement. The on the fly possibility allows the preferred system to provide pre-trade risk calculations, but can also be used to provide post-trade calculations. A generic spread number and the maximum number of outright positions are determined. Using the spread positions and the maximum number of outright positions, a spread margin and an outright margin are calculated, which when summed provide a total margin requirement. Limits based in part on the total margin requirement may be imposed on one or more traders. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226599 | Computerized Extension of Credit to Existing Demand Deposit Accounts, Prepaid Cards and Lines of Credit Based on Expected Tax Refund Proceeds, Associated Systems and Computer Program Products - Systems, computer programs encoded on non-transitory memory, and computer-implemented methods to make available new credit or additional credit to demand deposit accounts, prepaid cards, and existing lines of credit of a customer based on expected tax refund amounts. The new or additional credit being, for example, based on a computerized estimate of the tax refund of the customer. The existing line of credit, for example, is adjusted based on the expected refund and/or actual tax refund determined to be available, which can serve as an additional source of repayment for the line of credit. One or more of several adjustments may then be made to an existing line of credit: the line of credit may be increased; fees reduced; or the terms of payment adjusted. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226600 | COMPUTERIZED INTEGRATED AUTHENTICATION/DOCUMENT BEARER VERIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHODS USEFUL IN CONJUNCTION THEREWITH - A computerized document bearer authentication system operative in conjunction with a document bearer verifying functionality operative to check at least one aspect of a document bearing individual, the system comprising a computerized document authenticator operative to ascertain that a presented computerized document is valid including reading data from the computerized document and using a processor to find, within the data, validation information useful in ascertaining that the presented computerized document is valid; and a document bearer verifying functionality initiator operative to initiate operation of the document bearer verifying functionality including finding, within the data, bearer verification information useful in checking the at least one aspect and providing the verification information to the document bearer verifying functionality. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226601 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF INDIVIDUAL FINANCING WITH REPAYMENT ENFORCEMENT - A system and method to allow individual financing of a purchase or lease of an apparatus with enhanced repayment is described. The system provides an interface and services for individual financing. Repayment is enhanced through the coupling of a payment protection system with the apparatus. A tamper protection system is also coupled with the apparatus to prevent tampering with the payment protection system. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226602 | Online Marketplace for Content Licensing Using Geopositional Data - Systems, methods, and computer program products for facilitating an online marketplace portal that enables content publishers and content creators to integrate geopositional considerations into their process for identifying licensing partners are disclosed. In an embodiment, such online marketplace portal allows users to consider geopositional data associated with content and content pitch proposals. Users may also consider geopositional data associated with other users when vetting and selecting possible licensing partners. Then, users may further use such online marketplace portal to propose and consummate content licensing arrangements with other users. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226603 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRANSACTIONS AND REWARDS IN A SOCIAL NETWORK - An ecommerce system includes both redeemable and non-redeemable points. Cash can be converted to non-redeemable points. Redeemable can be converted to cash. A transaction may transfer redeemable points from a first user to a second user with points converted from non-redeemable points to redeemable points in limited circumstances. The ecommerce system may be used in a social network environment. Additionally, the ecommerce system may be used with a systems and methods that provide customized multimedia surveys in a social network environment. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226604 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING GIFT CARDS - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for enabling gift card recipients to redeem gift card amounts using existing accounts such as a credit/debit card. A system practicing the method identifies a giver and recipient of a gift card amount and associated accounts. A policy is established which governs how the gift card is redeemed, such as a specific merchant or item. When the recipient makes a purchase using an existing credit/debit card according to the policy, the gift card amount is applied to the transaction. No special codes, separate physical gift cards, or printable coupons are necessary for redemption. The recipient makes purchases using their normal purchasing credit/debit card via a qualifying purchase according to the policy, and the gift card is applied automatically. The recipient credit/debit card becomes a combination of an open-looped card and a closed-loop card. Thus, no money is wasted or lost. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226605 | Systems and Methods for Processing Bill Payments with a Utility Meter - Systems and methods allowing bill payment processing to be initiated from a utility meter are provided. An example system may include a utility meter for paying a utility bill that is operable to: measure utility usage; output data associated with the utility usage; receive user instructions to issue utility bill payment instructions associated with the measured utility usage over the communications network; authenticate the user according to the user authentication information; and transmit the utility bill payment instructions and the payment information over the communications network for processing. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226606 | Method and system for protecting domain names - A method and system for protecting domain names. A permanent registration certificate for providing a permanent registration of a domain name can be issued. The permanent registration certificate provides a permanent registration of a domain name including perpetually determining, paying and verifying current and future renewal fees for the domain name at a public domain name registrar. A permanent web-site accessible via the Internet and associated with a domain name registration from an issued permanent registration certificate is perpetually hosted. The method and system help prevent a domain name owner from ever losing valuable domain name rights, reduce the burden and administrative overhead placed on domain name owners and more fully utilize existing and new rights associated with a domain name registration. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226607 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTABLE FUNDING OF ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS - A system for transferring funds to pay bills and to and from selected accounts on an optimized is provided. A mediation engine may manage the payments made to selected payees, including by scheduling the payments and selecting sources for funds. A rules-based optimizer may automatically select the least-cost or other most efficient or desirable transaction, given the customer's available funds, types of funds and payment date. All payment providers and payees may manipulated using one seamless view. A customer service representative may also view the transfers. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226608 | Systems, Methods and Computer Program Products for Wirelessly Preprocessing a Transaction While in a Queue for a Point-of-Transaction - A transaction is preprocessed wirelessly in response to a wireless transaction preprocessing user device being in a queue for a point-of-transaction. The transaction that was preprocessed is then completed in response to the wireless transaction preprocessing user device reaching the point-of-transaction. Financial transactions and/or purchase of goods and/or services may thereby be preprocessed wirelessly and then completed at a point-of-transaction. Related devices and computer program products are also disclosed. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226609 | Remote Deposit Capture Method and Apparatus - A remote deposit capture system is provided that includes the means for human evaluation of financial transactions. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226610 | CONTACTLESS AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINE - In general, apparatuses, methods and computer program products for receiving a contactless transmission from an external apparatus to an automated teller machine (ATM) are disclosed. An ATM machine is provided that has been equipped with a contactless interface for interacting with an external apparatus such as a debit/credit card, mobile device, and/or contactless transmission equipped stickers. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226611 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONDUCTING A MONETARY TRANSACTION USING A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A method and system for facilitating a secure monetary transaction by using a mobile communication device. In one aspect, the present invention provides a convenient and secure mechanism for conducting a monetary transaction by using OpenID, Open Authorization, and information residing on the SIM token of the mobile device to facilitate the transaction. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226612 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING AN ON-LINE TRANSACTION - A system and method for processing an order from a user. The system comprises an entry field displayed on a user's computer operable to receive a single code string having first and second portions and a transaction processor circuit in communication with the user's computer being configured to capture a single code string inputted by the user into the entry field and to separate the single code string into the first portion and the second portion and a database containing a plurality user's account each having a corresponding password. The method comprises, at the transaction processor circuit, separating the single code string into first and second portions, confirming that the first portion corresponds to a user's account, authenticating the identity of the user by comparing the second portion to a password corresponding to the user's account and causing a status code to be displayed on the user's display. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226613 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADAPTIVE IDENTIFICATION OF SOURCES OF FRAUD - A fraud detection engine is provided that analyzes transactions for fraudulent transactions. The transactions may include credit card or debit card transactions. The fraud detection engine may identify possible sources of fraud. The fraud detection engine may identify possible phony acceptors that masquerade as genuine merchants. The fraud detection engine may identify compromising points where accounts become compromised and are prone to fraudulent transactions thereafter. The fraud detection engine may receive and analyze transaction data in real-time or in batch mode. The fraud detection engine may use fuzzy logic. The fraud detection engine may use artificial intelligence such as case-based reasoning or business rules. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226614 | Group Electronic Purchase - Payment for a purchase is facilitated wherein members of a group contribute to the payment. A memory can store account information for a plurality of contributing users and for a purchasing user. A processor can be operable to receive a communication indicating an agreement of each of the contributing users to participate in a group purchase transaction. The participation can include transferring money from the contributing users to the purchasing user. The processor can be further operable to access accounts of the contributing users and the purchasing user, transfer money from the accounts of the contributing users into the account of the purchasing user, and authorize the group purchase transaction with a merchant for the purchasing user. In this manner, a more expensive item may be purchased, such as for a gift, than may be purchase by an individual member of the group. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226615 | CARD-LESS FINANCIAL TRANSACTION - Systems (and corresponding methodologies) that facilitate card-less financial transactions are provided. The innovation enables card-less ATM (automated teller machine) transactions such as cash withdrawals, transfers, balance inquiries, etc. In aspects, customers can set up an ‘electronic wallet’ account based upon a pre-set range or otherwise. Accordingly, access to the ‘electronic wallet’ is granted or denied based upon responses to challenges presented. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226616 | VIRTUAL GOODS INCENTIVE SYSTEM - Virtual goods, such as Facebook credits or Farmville animals, are offered as an incentive to acquire new customers or reacquire former customers. Using a simple click-through process, a customer may receive a given number of virtual credits, or a particular virtual item, upon satisfying a given requirement, such as a purchase above a given amount, a subscription to a mailing list, submission of a preference profile, and so on. Initial tests have indicated that a substantial number of customers prefer receiving such virtual items in lieu of a cash rebate or other cash-based discount, even when the actual cost associated with the virtual item is the same as, or lower than the amount of the cash-based discount. In a preferred embodiment, a third-party campaign manager facilitates the execution and management of the incentive campaign. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226617 | PROJECT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND TEMPLATE - A project management system is described, including (i) a people database storing profiles of individuals; (ii) a project processor configured to: display a project template on a graphical user interface for an initial project; enter parameter values into fields of the project template based on inputs from a user; identify individuals to work on the initial project by comparing the profiles of the individuals stored in the people database with the parameter values in the project template; modify the performance evaluation of an individual based on feedback from at least one of realized outcomes; modify at least one of the expected outcomes based on feedback from at least one of the profiles; modify at least one of the expected outcomes based on feedback from at least one of the realized outcomes; and display at least one of the parameter values entered into the project template on the graphical user interface. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226618 | PROJECT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A project management system is described, including (i) a people database storing profiles of individuals; (ii) a project processor configured to: display a project template on a graphical user interface for an initial project; enter parameter values into fields of the project template based on inputs from a user; identify individuals to work on the initial project by comparing the profiles of the individuals stored in the people database with the parameter values in the project template; modify the performance evaluation of an individual based on feedback from at least one of realized outcomes; modify at least one of the expected outcomes based on feedback from at least one of the profiles; modify at least one of the expected outcomes based on feedback from at least one of the realized outcomes; and display at least one of the parameter values entered into the project template on the graphical user interface. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226619 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AFTER-SALES SERVICE TO ELECTRONIC DEVICES VIA A MOBILE DEVICE - A system and method for providing an After-Sale service (AS) to an electronic device via a mobile device are provided. The method includes receiving, by a mobile device, state information from the electronic device, transmitting, by the mobile device, the state information regarding the electronic device to a cloud server, determining, by the cloud server, whether the electronic device is experiencing a fault, via the received state information, determining, by the cloud server, whether the cloud server has fault fixing firmware for fixing the fault, transmitting, when the cloud server has the fault fixing firmware, the fault fixing firmware to the mobile device, transmitting, by the mobile device, the fault fixing firmware to the electronic device, and installing the fault fixing firmware in the electronic device. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226620 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENABLING PURCHASERS OF PRODUCTS TO OBTAIN RETURN INFORMATION AND TO INITIATE PRODUCT RETURNS VIA AN ON-LINE NETWORK CONNECTION - An electronic registration system facilitates authorized product returns. A retailer sales associate is prompted to enter individual product identification information such as an individual serial number. This individual product identification information is stored in a database, along with the date on which the product was sold and an appropriate UPC code, SKU number, or manufacturer code. A check digit algorithm may be used to verify the serial number prior to storage. A sales receipt may be imprinted with at least the date of the transaction and the serial number. When a product is returned, the retailer may cross-reference the serial number on the product with that on the receipt to verify the sales receipt. Otherwise, the database may be searched for sales information. A customer may also access a return authorization engine via the Internet to obtain return approval, an authorization number, return instructions, etc. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226621 | MODELING RISK OF FOODBORNE ILLNESS OUTBREAKS - A foodborne illness risk model determines a relationship between health department inspection data and various factors known to contribute to the risk of foodborne illness. The model may identify a comparative risk value for foodborne illness outbreaks for one or more pathogens at a food establishment based on the food establishment's inspection data. The model may also identify a set of indicative violations more likely to be recorded at outbreak restaurants than non-outbreak restaurants. The model may also develop an outbreak profile continuum based on the number of indicative violations. The model may further determine a position on an outbreak profile continuum for a particular food establishment based on the food establishment's inspection data. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226622 | Location And Profile Based System Service - A method and a system for providing location and profile based system and services. A system may includes a plurality of data sources disposed within a network for providing location and identity information associated with objects disposed within the network and a concentrator bridge, operatively coupled to the plurality of data sources, the concentrator bridge including a receiver associated with each of the plurality of data sources, wherein the concentrator bridge receives location and profile data associated with the objects from the plurality of data sources and provides the identity and location of the objects disposed within the network for viewing on a user interface. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226623 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR EXPLORING CAREER OPTIONS - Techniques for presenting career information are described. Consistent with some embodiments, the profile data of members of a social network service is analyzed to generate a set of probabilities for use in predicting career transitions. Based on some profile data (e.g., academic major, academic degree, desired industry, etc.) provided by a user, the derived probabilities are used to predict a set of job titles likely to be of interest to the user. By repeating this process, the user can generate a career path, which is displayed in a visual and interactive manner, enabling the user to explore various aspects of different careers, industries and jobs. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226624 | OPTIMIZATION SYSTEM OF SMART LOGISTICS NETWORK - The present invention relates to an optimization system of a smart logistics network capable of providing an optimal plan in terms of an architecture of a logistics network of a shipper, the number and capacity of logistics centers, a transport network, a router, etc., in order to be able to minimize distribution cost and CO | 2012-09-06 |
20120226625 | SHIPMENT EVALUATION SYSTEM - A system and method for receiving scheduled shipping information, including information on scheduled package delivery time and billing information, receiving actual shipping information including actual delivery time, and actual billing information for said package, comparing the schedule information to actual information, and reporting the results including billing discrepancies or late deliveries. Certain embodiments may check climate conditions on the route of travel and determine if any shipping refund is due. Certain embodiments may also identify other carrier service anomalies and apply for and mage refunds. Indicia are used to display the status of a shipment, the status of a refund. Shipping information from multiple carriers may be aggregated into a single comprehensive system. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226626 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE DASHBOARD MOCKUPS - In accordance with one embodiment of present disclosure, a system and a method for creating business intelligence dashboard mockups are provided. The system includes a questioning module, a dashboard generating module and a display module. The questioning module is capable of receiving an input data, from a user. The dashboard generating module includes a data source and a dashboard generating module that includes a data generator module. The data generator module is configured to calculate one or more random measures by analyzing one or more values from the input data. Further, the data generator module is configured to generate one or more reports based on the one or more random measures and the input data. Further, the display module is configured for enabling the user to view the one or more reports. Furthermore, the system facilitates the user to modify the data source to modify the reports. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226627 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BUSINESS REPUTATION SCORING - The present invention generally relates to online business reputations. Specifically, this invention relates to a system and method for analyzing, determining, reporting and modifying an online reputation of a business, professional or individual. The online reputation of a business, professional or individual being comprised of a numeric value, calculated at least in part on positive reviews of the business, professional or individual, negative reviews of the business, professional or individual and the types of websites the positive or negative reviews reside upon. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226628 | Mathematical model of holographic natural K-line and its application to technology analysis for securities - The present invention relates to the stock and securities technology analysis field and discloses a mathematical model of holographic natural K-line and its graph technology index. It takes the closing price of yesterday as comparison reference, and is relatively stable and well connected, which is a scientific stock price changing expression that follows the order of nature, traditional culture and thinking habit. It scientifically defines the yin and yang nature of K-line relative to the closing price of yesterday, correctly reflects the gaming process and power change of buyer and seller. It solves the problem of illegibility, loose, and misguidance of the traditional K-line with opening price as reference, expands the definition and theory of the traditional K-line, and is easy to learn and operate with more abundant information concise graph and more dynamic sense. It provides scientific core stock price graph index and good foundation for stock technology analysis, and can widely applied to the analysis for securities such as stock and futures. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226629 | System and Method For Multiple Frozen-Parameter Dynamic Modeling and Forecasting - A system and method is disclosed for determining multiple frozen-parameter dynamic modeling and forecasting of future data values from data values in a data set. Model parameter values are dynamically updated utilizing a time-varying system property, and an updated model is optimally evolved that takes into account the structural changes that may have influenced the actual process, thereby yielding a superior modeling capability. The resultant model is updated in a closed-loop manner. In one exemplary embodiment, the data set comprises financial portfolio data. In another exemplary embodiment, the data set comprises seismic data. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226630 | COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE AND PROCESS FOR PROTECTIVE INCOME MANAGER - Computer systems and computer implemented methods are provided for issuing and administering a variable annuity product that maximizes income for covered person(s) by distributing substantially all annuity contract value by the maximum annuity date, and for implementing allocation adjustment in conjunction with the variable annuity product or another insurance product. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226631 | Method of Administering an Investment Fund - A method of administering an investment fund using a computer. The method includes the steps of creating shares for sale, providing a managed distribution schedule identifying a number of payments to be provided during each of consecutive periods, providing an investment strategy for investing in assets to provide funds sufficient to meet the managed distribution schedule, issuing a share to an investor in exchange for funds received from the investor, investing the received funds according to the investment strategy, calculating the value of each of the payments to be provided according to the managed distribution schedule in a period to the investor, and providing each of the payments to the investor during the period. Mutiple embodiments relate to methods for calculation and sourcing of each payment. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226632 | STOCK PURCHASE INDICES - A method and system for determining investor participation driven stock purchase indices. Raw customer trading data is received from an accounting system. The raw customer trading data is then aggregated to generate daily transaction total counts for all stocks (that is, total shares bought and sold, total market value, etc.) as well as daily transaction total counts for each individual stock. Aggregation of the raw customer data also addresses customer privacy concerns. The aggregated data is processed to produce moving averages, stock purchase indices, and stock rankings. The stock purchase indices are based on a diffusion index technique of segregating buyers from sellers, and with these relative counts, measures the breadth of investor purchasing participation. The stock purchase indices are then displayed to a graphical user interface. The display includes stock buy and sell ranking lists. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226633 | STOCK PURCHASE INDICES - A method and system for providing a stock purchase index is provided. The system receives raw customer trading data. The raw customer trading data is segregated into buy and sell data per CUSIP to determine a number of buy CUSIP shares, a number of sell CUSIP shares, a total buy CUSIP market value, a total sell CUSIP market value, a total number of buy accounts, and a total number of sell accounts. The sorted data is processed to produce a stock purchase index report, wherein the stock purchase index report is a sell weighted index. The sell weighted index is then displayed in the stock purchase index report. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226634 | Automatic Mapping And Allocation Of Beneficial Interests In Trusts For Portfolio Analysis - The present invention relates to analysis of trusts that have multiple beneficiaries whose interests mature in different time periods or under different conditions. In particular, we disclose automatic mapping of interests in one or more trusts, optionally subject to user confirmation, to long and short positions in financial or derivative interests that have expected payouts and costs that can be offset against underlying trust assets. The underlying assets and long and short positions in the mapped instruments can be attributed to various beneficiaries and subjected to various risk and investment analyses. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226635 | POWER METADATA TRANSFER OVER POWER LINES - The transfer and usage of a modulated carrier signal within a power signal on a power line communication system is described. The modulated signal comprises metadata which is transmitted at a different frequency than the transmitted power. The metadata, including such elements as energy costs, providers, renewable source status and originating location, may be used by consumers to make subsequent purchasing decisions. Additionally, the energy costs of any given computer node commonly distributed in a grid architecture may be collected by a workload dispatcher in order to make more accurate cost and energy source based dispatch decisions. The consumer may be able to communicate directly back to the power provider. The use of computer-readable medium and product containing instructions that are implemented on a computer is also covered. Finally, the invention may be deployed on behalf of the consumer by a third party service provider. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226636 | Tug-barge offshore cargo transport - Disclosed is a tug-barge offshore cargo transport device and method, comprised of two separate elements which are removably attached: a barge and a tug boat. The barge includes a bow shaped to cut through and deflect waves, a rectangular cargo deck protected by a bulwark, compartments below the cargo deck, means for maneuvering the barge, and means at the stern of the barge for removably attaching the barge to a tug boat. The tug boat includes means at the bow to removably attach to the barge, and means to control the means for maneuvering the barge from the tug boat. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226637 | CONTINGENT LABOR MANAGEMENT - A process for managing contingent labor costs includes, following occurrence of a predetermined event indicative of a point at which a staffing firm has earned a threshold revenue from a contingent worker recruited by the staffing firm, causing the contingent worker to become an employee of a maintenance firm; providing a labor consumer with services generated by said employee; and receiving revenue from said labor consumer for said services | 2012-09-06 |
20120226638 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PAIRING SECURITY DEVICES WITH RETAIL PRODUCTS - The invention relates to a security container formed to receive a cassette which visually indicates to a user what type or style of good is contained therein. The cassette may be of a general solid block type in one color or having one visual characteristic, or the cassette may have multiple inserts or slides which may be moved within the cassette to change the outwardly facing color or visible characteristic. The invention furthermore relates to a merchandising system and method for paring the appropriate security device with the correct high-theft piece of merchandise and for return of a previously used security device to the correct department of a retail establishment. In some configurations, a scan device can be used to scan a product and then display a color label associated with a security device to be used with that product. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226639 | Systems and Methods for Processing Machine Learning Algorithms in a MapReduce Environment - Systems and methods for processing Machine Learning (ML) algorithms in a MapReduce environment are described. In one embodiment of a method, the method includes receiving a ML algorithm to be executed in the MapReduce environment. The method further includes parsing the ML algorithm into a plurality of statement blocks in a sequence, wherein each statement block comprises a plurality of basic operations (hops). The method also includes automatically determining an execution plan for each statement block, wherein at least one of the execution plans comprises one or more low-level operations (lops). The method further includes implementing the execution plans in the sequence of the plurality of the statement blocks. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226640 | Behavior and information model to yield more accurate probability of successful outcome - A report indicating a user-reported probability of a successful outcome is received. A behavior and information model is estimated based on the report. The behavior and information model includes a behavior model component having a bias parameter and a consistency parameter. The behavior and information model includes an information model component having a first user-believed probability of a successful outcome and a second user-believed probability of a successful outcome. The behavior and information model is used to yield a model-determined probability of a successful outcome that more accurately reflects a probability of a successful outcome than the user-reported probability of a successful outcome does. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226641 | TRAINING A SEARCH QUERY INTENT CLASSIFIER USING WIKI ARTICLE TITLES AND A SEARCH CLICK LOG - Techniques are described herein for training a search query intent classifier using wiki article titles and a search click log. Titles of wiki articles that correspond to links that are associated with a specified wiki article and/or titles of wiki articles that are included in a category that includes the specified wiki article are extracted and included with the title of the specified wiki article in an initial set. Each title in the initial set is correlated with respective clicked URI(s) using a search click log. The initial set is expanded to include search terms that are correlated to the clicked URIs based on the search click log to provide an expanded set. The search query intent classifier is trained to classify search queries with respect to a query intent that is associated with the title of the specified wiki article based on the expanded set. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226642 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONSIDERING MULTI-USER PREFERENCE BASED ON MULTI-USER-CRITERIA GROUP - A method and apparatus for decision making considering a multi-user preference based on a multi-user-criterion group are provided. The method includes determining user information using ontology, determining an appointed area and an appointed category based on the user information, determining appointed candidate places belonging to the appointed area and appointed category, and determining a final appointed place among the appointed candidate places based on a user preference. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226643 | EMPIRICAL DATA MODELING - Methods, apparatuses and systems directed to pattern identification and pattern recognition. In some particular implementations, the invention provides a flexible pattern recognition platform including pattern recognition engines that can be dynamically adjusted to implement specific pattern recognition configurations for individual pattern recognition applications. In some implementations, the present invention also provides for a partition configuration where knowledge elements can be grouped and pattern recognition operations can be individually configured and arranged to allow for multi-level pattern recognition schemes. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226644 | Accurate and Fast Neural network Training for Library-Based Critical Dimension (CD) Metrology - Approaches for accurate neural network training for library-based critical dimension (CD) metrology are described. Approaches for fast neural network training for library-based CD metrology are also described. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226645 | Predicting the Performance of a Financial Instrument - Systems and methods are disclosed for predicting the performance of a financial instrument by extracting influential features and emotional sentiment data from received data values, common features, and internet sources, each corresponding to a financial instrument, building multiple predictive models using random selections of the data values and combining the predictive models to create a combined prediction model. The combined prediction model provides a combined predicted data value where the combined predicted data value is a performance indicator, such as a classification count or percentage, of data values that correspond to the financial instrument and classify correctly via the prediction models. Further, the combined prediction model may be iterated over new or test data values to constantly select the most influential common features to build new prediction models and a resulting new combined prediction model for reducing a classification predictive error and updating the combined predicted data value. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226646 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CERTIFICATION OF FACTS - A method and apparatus for certification of facts introduces a certifier and a fact certificate into the fact-exchange cycle that enables parties to exchange trustworthy facts. Certification is provided to a fact presenter during the first part of the fact-exchange cycle, and verification is provided to the fact receiver during the last part of the cycle. To request a certification, a fact presenter presents the Certifier with a fact. In return, the certifier issues a fact certificate, after which the fact presenter presents the fact certificate to the fact receiver instead of presenting the fact itself. The receiver inspects the received certificate in order to evaluate the fact's validity and trustworthiness. For some facts and notions of verification, the certificate is sufficient and its inspection does not require any communication. For others, the receiver requests a verification service from the Certifier in order to complete the verification. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226647 | FLIGHT ITINERARY DELAY ESTIMATION - A system includes a processor and a memory communicatively coupled to the processor. The memory stores instructions causing the processor, after execution of the instructions by the processor, to: receive a first flight itinerary of a user; receive condition data and weather forecast data for airports, estimate a likelihood for a delay of the first flight itinerary based on the condition data and the weather forecast data for airports associated with the first flight itinerary, identify a second flight itinerary as an alternative for the first flight itinerary, estimate a likelihood for a delay of the second flight itinerary based on the condition data and the weather forecast data for airports associated with the second flight itinerary, and notify the user of the estimated likelihood for a delay for the first flight itinerary, the second flight itinerary, and the estimated likelihood for a delay for the second flight itinerary. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226648 | MANAGING LOCAL ENVIRONMENT USING DATA TRAFFIC INFORMATION - A method for managing a local environment using data traffic information is provided in the illustrative embodiments. According to the invention, an data traffic on a data network associated with the local environment is monitored at a networking device. The local environment includes one or more devices. A device from the one or more devices is controllable using the data network. A condition in the local environment is inferred from the data traffic. An action to cause a change in the local environment is determined. A command corresponding to the action is sent to a subset of devices in the set of devices in the local environment to perform the action. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226649 | Content delivery network (CDN) cold content handling - A method of content delivery in a content delivery network (CDN), where the CDN is deployed, operated and managed by a content delivery network service provider (CDNSP). The CDN comprises a set of content servers and a domain name system (DNS). For a given content provider, a determination is first made whether the content provider has “cold content” delivery requirements by evaluating one or more factors that include: total content size, size of content objects expected to be served, uniqueness of content, total number of content objects, and a percentage of the total content size that is expected to account for a given percentage of traffic. Upon a determination that the content provider has cold content delivery requirements, a subset of the CDN content servers are configured to implement a set of one or handling rules for managing delivery of the cold content from the CDN content servers. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226650 | Black Box Innovation, Systems and Methods - An innovation expert system is presented. The expert system can include one or more reasoning engines capable of generating a hypothesis representing a possible path for innovation between a concept and a technological class. The hypothesis can be validated to some extent by analysis or simulation. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226651 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECOMMENDING ITEMS IN MULTI-RELATIONAL ENVIRONMENTS - A system, method, and computer program product for making a recommendation to a user of a social network to associate an existing tag with a social media entity instance are provided. The method includes generating a random walk model that includes the social media entity instance for at least a portion of the social network, determining weighted values for the random walk model, generating a weighted random walk model based on the random walk model and the weighted values, performing a random walk on the weighted random walk model starting at the social media entity instance, and recommending an existing tag to the user based on the random walk. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226652 | Event prediction - A selected set of one or more first events that have occurred within current data is received. An episode set of which the selected set is a subset, the episode set including one or more second events that have occurred within historical data related to the current data is identified. One or more third events that occurred within the historical data within a predetermined time horizon after the one or more second events of the episode set occurred within the historical data are identified. The one or more third events are predicted to likely occur within the current data as a result of the one or more first events having occurred within the current data. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226653 | METHOD OF CONTAMINANT PREDICTION - Disclosed is a method of selectively predicting hydrocarbon concentration in a sample of unknown hydrocarbon concentration (the unknown sample). The method comprises the steps of: (i) separately subjecting two or more samples of known hydrocarbon concentration to infrared (IR) radiation; (ii) separately detecting an IR signal from the samples of known hydrocarbon concentration; (iii) analysing the IR signals using a multivariate chemometric technique to produce a training data set; (iv) generating a predictive model for hydrocarbon concentration based on the training data set; (v) subjecting the unknown sample to infrared (IR) radiation; (vi) detecting an IR signal from the unknown sample; (vii) applying the predictive model to the IR signal from the unknown sample; and thereafter (viii) selectively predicting hydrocarbon concentration in the unknown sample. Also disclosed is a method for generating a model to selectively predict hydrocarbon concentration in a sample of unknown hydrocarbon concentration and a software program for selectively predicting hydrocarbon concentration from inputted IR signal data of an unknown sample. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226654 | GENERATING A SET OF SOLUTIONS TO A MULTI-OBJECTIVE PROBLEM - A method of generating a set of solutions to a route-planning problem includes iteratively applying a Probability Collective (PC) method, each iteration including sampling from a probability distribution defined over a set of decision variables relating to a route-planning problem and using an archive set of decision variables and a set of the sampled decision variables to update the probability distribution for use in a subsequent PC method iteration. A set of solutions, each including at least one decision variable with an associated objective function result evaluated by the PC method iterations, is output. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226655 | Systems and Methods for Record Linkage and Paraphrase Generation Using Surrogate Learning - A method of using unlabeled data to train a classifier is disclosed. In one embodiment related to record linkage, the method entails retrieving a set of candidate data records from a master database based on a least one update record. Next, a surrogate learning technique is used to identify one of the candidate data records as a match for the one update record. Lastly, the exemplary method links or merges the update record and the identified one of the candidate data records. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226656 | SCALABLE MECHANISM FOR RESOLVING CELL-LEVEL ACCESS FROM SETS OF DIMENSIONAL ACCESS RULES - Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for resolving cell-level access in a multi-dimensional data structure based on one or more sets of dimensional access rules. A business hierarchy is provided with nodes arranged in a tree structure. An online analytical processing database has several data cubes, where at least some have the business hierarchy as one of their dimensions. One or more rule-based access tables are provided for controlling access to cells of each data cube. Groups of nodes with identical access settings are identified in the business hierarchy. A single access block is generated per node group. Each access block is a serializable access specification object that contains information for generating a complete cell-level mask of access settings for a single node of the business hierarchy. The mask is generated based on the information in the access blocks for each node in the hierarchy. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226657 | GENERATING BPEL CONTROL FLOWS - Generating Business Process Execution Language (‘BPEL’) control flows to populate a data warehouse for analysis of data of an operational system including identifying source tables in the operational system and one or more corresponding target tables in the data warehouse; creating BPEL steps to represent links between each source table in the operational system and each corresponding target table in the data warehouse; determining a sequence for the BPEL step; and adding the BPEL steps to a BPEL control flow according to the determined sequence. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226658 | DATA MODEL VERSIONING FOR DOCUMENT DATABASES - A data model versioning method may read a first version tag associated with a document database. The method compares the first version tag to a second version tag associated with a current document template of an application. If the first version tag does not match the second version tag, the method performs a version migration operation to update a document format of the document database. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226659 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING ELEMENTS AND CATEGORIZING USERS WITHIN A NETWORK - Systems and methods for monitoring user interactions with keywords associated with a brand or words and phrases within the brand, present within a network resource and for enhancing user experience related to access of a network resource are described. A first computing device maintains a network resource and provides the resource and an agent to a second computing device. The agent monitors user interactions with the network resource when the network resource is displayed on the second computing device. The user interactions include implicit interaction. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226660 | SYNCHRONIZATION OF SEQUENTIAL ACCESS STORAGE COMPONENTS WITH BACKUP CATALOG - Subsequent to a storage operation performed on the source instance by a source component, a synchronization message is sent to a replicated component for the replicated instance. The synchronization message is stored locally in a persistent storage location associated with the source component along with an indicator representative of a time the storage operation was performed. Pursuant to receipt of the synchronization message by the replicated component, the replicated component is updated to a dirty state to indicate a lack of full synchronization between the source and replicated instances. Receipt of the synchronization message is acknowledged by the replicated component by sending a dirty state acknowledgement. If, during a subsequent recovery process, the dirty state is not yet cleared, the replicated component is deemed ineligible for participation in a full restoration operation. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226661 | INDEXING FOR LIMITED SEARCH SERVER AVAILABILITY - Documents are replicated among servers comprising a search engine based on the value of each document by approximating its value as one of the top search results for one or more exemplary queries. Documents are allocated among servers comprising a search engine by calculating a relevance value for each document and then distributing the documents evenly to the servers. A subset of servers are selected from among a plurality of servers comprising a search engine using term-based, server-specific histograms reflecting the number of instances of the term in each document allocated to each server, and then selecting servers to service a query based on the documents on those servers. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226662 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FILE MANAGEMENT - Embodiments of the invention provide, among other things, an improved system and method for building logical associations (links) between files and for assigning attributes to the files and/or links. In embodiments of the invention, such attribute data is indexed in a data store according to Universally Unique Identifiers (UUIDs) in each file header. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226663 | PRECONFIGURED MEDIA FILE UPLOADING AND SHARING - A client application may be utilized to enter a user's media storage settings, to store media files locally, and to upload the media files to a cloud-based platform. The cloud-based platform may facilitate storage of the uploaded media files in accordance with an appropriate one of the media storage settings, and further facilitate sharing at least a portion of the uploaded media files to a social media network in accordance with an appropriate one of the media storage settings. This Abstract is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226664 | PARALLEL DATABASE BACKUP AND RESTORE - Embodiments are directed to simultaneously backing up data from multiple locations to a single location and to restoring data from a single location to multiple locations simultaneously. In an embodiment, a computer system receives a backup command from a user which indicates that various specified portions of data are to be backed up. The data portions are stored in multiple different locations in a parallel database. The computer system generates multiple backup commands specific for each location in which the data is stored. The backup commands initiate a parallel backup from the various locations to a single location in a data store. The computer system also executes the generated backup commands in parallel, so that the data from each of the different locations is backed up in the data store. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226665 | METHOD FOR PRESENTING FILES UPON SWITCHING BETWEEN SYSTEM STATES AND PORTABLE TERMINAL - Methods for presenting files upon switching between system states and portable terminals are provided. The portable terminal comprising a first system platform and a second system platform, a state in which the presentation of the file is controlled by the first system platform being a first state, and a state in which the presentation of the file is controlled by the second system platform being a second state. The method comprising: detecting, by the first system platform in the first state, that a status of the file satisfies a preset condition; backuping, by the first system platform, the file for the second system platform; and switching to the second state, and continuing, by the second system platform, the presentation of the file based on the backup file. With the portable terminal of hybrid system architecture according to embodiments of the present invention, if the system state is switched while a file is being played, the switched-to system can continue presenting the file based on the backup file, according to the presentation progress before the system switching. In this way, it is possible to achieve a seamless presentation of the file before and after the switching, and thus improve user's experience. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226666 | System and Methods for Remotely Recovering and Purging Data From a Wireless Device in a Communications Network - A system and methods are provided for remotely recovering and purging data from a wireless device in a communications network. The system includes a wireless device capable of executing a data recovery/purge application program for receiving a message from a communications device in the network. The application program retrieves the data in the wireless device, purges the data from the wireless device, and sends a return message, including the data retrieved from the wireless device, to the communications device. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226667 | DETERMINING A STALENESS STATE OF A DISPERSED STORAGE NETWORK LOCAL DIRECTORY - A method begins by a processing module determining a state of a dispersed storage network (DSN) local directory to be an unknown staleness state. When in the unknown staleness state, the method continues with the processing module comparing a local revision level of one of one or more local DSN directory files with a global revision level of a corresponding global DSN directory file. When the local revision level compares unfavorably to the global revision level, the method continues with the processing module updating the state of the DSN local directory to a stale state. When the local revision level compares favorably to the global revision level, the method continues with the processing module updating the state of the DSN local directory to a not-stale state. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226668 | MANAGING DATABASE RECOVERY TIME - Managing database recovery time. A method includes receiving user input specifying a target recovery time for a database. The method further includes determining an amount of time to read a data page of the database from persistent storage. The method further includes determining an amount of time to process a log record of the database to apply changes specified in the log record to a data page. The method further includes determining a number of dirty pages that presently would be read in recovery if a database failure occurred. The method further includes determining a number of log records that would be processed in recovery if a database failure occurred. The method further includes adjusting at least one of the number of dirty pages that presently would be read in recovery or the number of log records that would be processed in recovery to meet the specified target recovery time. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226669 | MERGING A STORAGE CLUSTER INTO ANOTHER STORAGE CLUSTER - A method for merging a source electronic memory storage cluster into a destination electronic memory storage cluster may include designating a source storage cluster having a first configuration; designating a destination storage cluster having a second configuration; receiving a configuration database including mapping information associated with the first configuration of the source storage cluster; merging the configuration database for the source storage cluster into the destination storage cluster; identifying a conflict between the source storage cluster configuration and the destination storage cluster configuration by comparing mapping information for the imported configuration database for the source storage cluster to mapping information for a configuration database associated with the second configuration of the destination storage cluster; resolving the identified conflict between the source storage cluster configuration and the destination storage cluster configuration; and merging the configuration database for the source storage cluster into the destination storage cluster after resolving the identified conflict. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226670 | IMPLEMENTING CONTINUOUS CONTROL MONITORING FOR AUDIT PURPOSES USING A COMPLEX EVENT PROCESSING ENVIRONMENT - A method of providing True Continuous Control Monitoring (CCM) of business processes for audit purposes is provided herein. The method includes the following steps: consolidating data from multiple sources, in case the transactional data is located in more than one source, to a single self contained and comprehensive source; identifying, in the single data source, data elements that are required for detection and reporting for each audit rule; translating and streaming, in case required, the transactions data into events, so that every change in a transaction is immediately reflected and identifiable; eliminating duplicate events for the same single transaction; applying the event processing engine to the events, based on event audit patterns derived from audit rules, possibly entered by non-programmers; and generating alert data in audit-style notation, to be reported back to the system, based on alert notifications derived from the event processing engine. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226671 | EFFICIENT SIZE OPTIMIZATION OF VISUAL INFORMATION OR AUDITORY INFORMATION - A file, including visual information or auditory information may be uploaded to a processing device. Respective portions of content of the file may be identified for compressing and saving at respective bit rates. A number of component files may be created, compressed and saved, at the respective bit rates, based on the identified respective portions of content of the file. A network page, including a reference to the uploaded file, may be created. The reference to the uploaded file, in the network page, may be replaced with references to the compressed, saved component files and the network page may be saved. A processing device of a user may request the network page and the compressed, saved component files. A reasonable facsimile of the file may be reproduced based on an aggregate of the compressed, saved component files. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226672 | Method and Apparatus to Align and Deduplicate Objects - In deduplicating data including objects, the system obtains information of the location of the objects and uses the information in calculating the hash value. The hash value calculation program divides data from the boundary location to chunks to match the boundary location of the objects subject to deduplication and the hash value is calculated from each chunk. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226673 | CONFIGURATION-LESS NETWORK LOCKING INFRASTRUCTURE FOR SHARED FILE SYSTEMS - A network-based method for managing locks in a shared file system (SFS) for a group of hosts that does not require any configuration to identify a server for managing locks for the SFS. Each host in the group carries out the steps of checking a predetermined storage location to determine whether there is a host ID written in the predetermined location. If there is no host ID written in the predetermined location, the first host to notice this condition writes its host ID in the predetermined location to identify itself as the server for managing locks. If there is a host ID written in the predetermined location, the host ID of the server for managing locks is maintained in local memory. When the host needs to perform IO operations on a file of the SFS, it communicates with the server for managing locks over the network using the host ID of the server for managing locks to obtain a lock to the file. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226674 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO SUPPORT CODEC DELIVERY MODELS FOR IMS NETWORKS - An architecture (system) and method is provided for transcoding codec information to be sent in a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) signaling stream for rendering rich digital media content. The method is implemented on a computer infrastructure and includes: determining a codec associated with content to be sent to one or more requesting devices; determining that at least one of the one or more requesting devices do not have the codec associated with the content to be sent to the one or more requesting devices; providing codec information to the at least one of the one or more requesting devices; and sending the content to the one or more requesting devices. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226675 | Systems and Methods of Identifying Chunks within Multiple Documents - A computer identifies multiple resource identifiers in accordance with a first set of predefined criteria for selecting a respective document that satisfies user-specified search keywords from a user. Each resource identifier corresponds to a document at a respective data source. For at least one of the resource identifiers, the computer retrieves the corresponding document from the respective document source; identifies within the retrieved document a chunk by applying a second set of predefined criteria to the retrieved document; and provides the identified chunk and a link to the identified chunk within the document for display to the user. The first set of predefined criteria requires that at least a first subset of the search keywords be found within an identified respective document, and the second set of predefined criteria requires that at least a second subset of the search keywords be found within an identified chunk. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226676 | SYSTEM AND METHODS THEREOF FOR ADAPTATION OF A FREE TEXT QUERY TO A CUSTOMIZED QUERY SET - A method for adaptation of a free text query to a customized query. The method comprises selecting at least one resource from a plurality of resources of information for responding to a query received from a user device; performing an analysis of the received query; performing at least one of: customizing the query to meet an input query format of a selected at least one resource, or and providing an input query that is transformed to meet an input requirement of the selected at least one resource; and sending the customized query to the selected at least one resource, wherein each of the selected at least one resource receives an appropriately customized query format. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226677 | METHODS FOR DETECTING SENSITIVE INFORMATION IN MAINFRAME SYSTEMS, COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIA AND SYSTEM UTILIZING SAME - Examples of methods, systems, and computer-readable media for detection of sensitive information are described using multiple techniques. The techniques may include applying pre-defined field structure layouts to records, applying simple template structure to records as a single field, and inferring data structure by building a map of potential packed decimal locations. The resulting information may then be analyzed for detection of sensitive information. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226678 | OPTIMIZATION OF SOCIAL MEDIA ENGAGEMENT - Methods for optimizing social media are disclosed. Such methods may include identifying at least one keyword utilized for at least one webpage, identifying social media correspondence referencing the at least one keyword, analyzing content collected from the social media to determine a frequency of references to the at least one keyword and generating at least one report including information based on the analysis. The report may include recommendations for optimizing social media by, for example, increasing visibility by using high-performing keywords. Systems for performing the methods are also disclosed. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226679 | FULFILLING QUERIES USING SPECIFIED AND UNSPECIFIED ATTRIBUTES - A query is received and processed to determine one or more specified and unspecified attributes in the query. The specified and unspecified attributes may correspond to attributes of one or more items. A graph is generated for the items and includes a node for each item and an edge between each unique pair of nodes. Each node is assigned a cost based on a distance between the specified attributes of the query and the attributes of the item associated with the node. Each edge is assigned a weight based on a distance between the unspecified attributes associated with the nodes of the node pair corresponding to the edge. A set of nodes from the graph is selected by minimizing a total cost of the nodes while maximizing a dispersion of the nodes based on the edge weights. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226680 | IMAGE SEARCH ENGINE EMPLOYING IMAGE CORRELATION - Searching of images by correlating a search image with a plurality of images hosted in Internet based servers by an image search server. The image search server supports delivery of search result pages to a client device based upon a search string or search image, and contains images from a plurality of Internet based web hosting servers. The image search server delivers a search result page containing images upon receiving a search string and/or search image from the web browser. The selection of images in the search result page is based upon: (i) word match, that is, by selecting images, titles of which correspond to the search string; and (ii) image correlation, that is, by selecting images, image characteristics of which correlates to that of search image. The selection of images in the search result page also occurs on the basis of popularity. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226681 | FACET DETERMINATION USING QUERY LOGS - Previously received queries from a search log are analyzed to determine a category of structured data associated with each query. For example, the categories may correspond to consumer product categories such as televisions, digital cameras, etc. For each category, the terms of the queries associated with the category are correlated with the attributes and attribute values of the structured data tuples associated with the category. The attributes may be ranked based on the correlation. When a subsequent query is received, the category of the query is determined and the ranked attributes associated with the category are used to select facets that are displayed to the user along with the search results. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226682 | PROVIDING SEARCH INFORMATION - Providing search information is disclosed, including: receiving one or more user input search keywords; automatically determining a plurality of search channels based at least in part on the one or more user input search keywords; searching the determined plurality of search channels for information that is relevant to the one or more user input search keywords; and returning relevant information associated with the determined plurality of search channels. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226683 | COMPUTERIZED INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR CREATING PATENT DATA SUMMARIES AND METHOD THEREFOR - A system and method for generating patent data summary reports for target entity identified by user. The information system contains database with patent document records. After user selects target entity, system issues query to database to identify all entities having association with patent documents associated with specified target entity. For example, user may wish to receive report on all clients of specific attorney. The system would search database to locate all assignees of all patents prosecuted by that attorney and return ranked list of such assignees to user. Optionally, system may generate graphical representation of information in report and provide it to user. Report provided to user may be interactive in a sense that various items of information within report may be connected by links to additional reports with more specific information. Additionally, system may automatically update patent document database with new records as they become available. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226684 | USER INTERACE AND PROCESSING FUNCTIONALITY FOR PATENT EXAMINER INFORMATION SYSTEM - A patent Examiner information accessing system is disclosed for accessing patent Examiner information from a Patent and Trademark Office, or other, database. A search system is provided so that a user can search information aggregated by the Examiner information accessing system. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226685 | System for User Driven Ranking of Web Pages - Linked documents are ranked by observing link selections for referred documents from referring documents and counting such selections. The counts for each of the link selections are stored at various computer systems of a distributed network, a centralized collection of computers connected through a local network, or a hybrid system (collectively, the “system”) consisting of combinations of distributed and centralized systems, and processed (e.g., using a discrete probability distribution defined by the counts of the link selections) to obtain page ranks for the referred documents. The link selections may be observed by a browser extension running on individual ones of the computer systems of the distributed network and the counts of the link selections may be stored at locations within the system determined by a distributed hash table. Search request results may be displayed in a ranked order as determined by the page ranks. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226686 | PRIORITIZING SEARCH FOR NON-EXACT MATCHING SERVICE DESCRIPTION IN SERVICE ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE (SOA) SERVICE REGISTRY SYSTEM WITH ADVANCED SEARCH CAPABILITY - A system and associated method for advanced searching of a service registry for a service description that is most closely matches a service name provided by a user. A Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) service registry system receives the service name and searches the service registry for the service description that is an exact match of the service name. Upon determining that the exact match does not exist in the service registry, the SOA service registry system generates an alternative service name list by use of a name parser, a dictionary, and a name composer of the SOA service registry system and calculates respective ranks of alternative service names. The service registry is searched pursuant to respective ranks of the alternative service names and the SOA service registry system returns the service description that is searched by a highest ranked alternative service name from the ranked alternative service name list. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226687 | Query Expansion for Web Search - Systems, methods, and devices are described for retrieving query results based at least in part on a query and one or more similar queries. Upon receiving a query, one or more similar queries may be identified and/or calculated. In one embodiment, the similar queries may be determined based at least in part on click-through data corresponding to previously submitted queries. Information associated with the query and each of the similar queries may be retrieved, ranked, and or combined. The combined query results may then be re-ranked based at least in part on a responsiveness and/or relevance to the previously submitted query. The re-ranked query results may then be output to a user that submitted the original query. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226688 | Computing systems and methods for electronically displaying and ranking one or more objects with object information - The present invention relates to computing systems and methods for electronically displaying and ranking one or more objects. Systems and methods may include receiving or providing a rating of an object, as well as other parts of object information, from or by a user. Further aspects may include calculating an object rating and user ratings based on the rating, the previous object rating, and the previous user rating. Further aspects may include calculating an object rating and user ratings based on the rating, one or more previous user ratings of the user, one or more other user ratings of one or more other users that previously provided one or more previous object ratings of the object, and the one or more previous object ratings of the object. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226689 | METHOD FOR MANAGING MAINFRAME OVERHEAD DURING DETECTION OF SENSITIVE INFORMATION, COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIA AND SYSTEM UTILIZING SAME - Examples of methods, systems, and computer-readable media for managing mainframe overhead during detection of sensitive information are described using multiple techniques. The techniques may include manipulating a scan definition, defining scan parameters and limitations, utilizing user-supplied scan filters, and using a redrive operation. The redrive operation may include halting one or more analysis requests associated with scan definitions, storing a redrive position for each analysis request, and resuming the servicing of analysis requests at the redrive position for each request. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226690 | OPTIMIZATION OF OUTPUT DATA ASSOCIATED WITH A POPULATION - Embodiments of the present invention relate to systems, methods and computer program products for allowing a user to define output data to be optimized for a population, define one or more input constraints based on which the output data is to be optimized, and optimizing the output data for the population by selecting an object based on a selection routine. Embodiments of the present invention allow fast and accurate optimization of output data associated with large populations. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226691 | SYSTEM FOR AUTONOMOUS DETECTION AND SEPARATION OF COMMON ELEMENTS WITHIN DATA, AND METHODS AND DEVICES ASSOCIATED THEREWITH - A data interpretation and separation system for identifying data elements within a data set that have common features, and separating those data elements from other data elements not sharing such common features. Commonalities relative to methods and/or rates of change within a data set may be used to determine which elements share common features. Determining the commonalities may be performed autonomously by referencing data elements within the data set, and need not be matched against algorithmic or predetermined definitions. Interpreted and separated data may be used to reconstruct an output that includes only separated data. Such reconstruction may be non-destructive. Interpreted and separated data may also be used to retroactively build on existing element sets associated with a particular source. | 2012-09-06 |
20120226692 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MATCHING AND ASSEMBLING RECORDS - A system and method for matching and assembling records is provided. One embodiment of the invention assembles records by applying a method for grouping records based on matching fields, assembling a new record as a composite of the matched records, and then repeating the grouping, matching and assembly steps in a cascade where the matching, grouping and assembly steps are modified as a function of the cascade step and the assembled records created in earlier steps. This Abstract is provided for the sole purpose of complying with the Abstract requirement rules that allow a reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the disclosure contained herein. This Abstract is submitted with the explicit understanding that it will not be used to interpret or to limit the scope or the meaning of the claims. | 2012-09-06 |