38th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 195 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140278705 | Hierarchical Workflow Management System - Hierarchical workflow management systems and methods are provided that enable users in the building trades to coordinating workflows for projects having at least three levels. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278706 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING SUPPLY CHAIN REPRESENTATIONS - A computer implemented method for mining supply chain information to produce supply chain graphs includes receiving by a computer a set of data; identifying a supplier, a commodity, and a customer from the set of data; generating a query comprising the identified data; determining the absence of any of the supplier, the commodity, or the customer from the set of data; if any items are determined to be absent from the set of data, substituting a placeholder for the missing item from the data set; sending the query; receiving a set of supply chain graph information; generating a supply chain graph signal based upon the set of supply chain graph information; and transmitting the supply chain graph signal. A computing device or system includes a processor an electronic memory; and a program for mining supply chain information to produce supply chain graphs stored in the electronic memory. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278707 | Commodity Procurement System - A system and method include generating an indication regarding a need for a commodity from a manufacturing and resource planning system, estimating future prices of the commodity via a simulation tool as a function of current, historical, and simulated commodity prices, correlating the estimated future prices with a lead time to identify an optimal time to purchase the needed commodities, and generating a list of purchase orders via a computer system as a function of the correlation. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278708 | Resource Allocation and Risk Modeling for Geographically Distributed Assets - A risk exposure model is developed for network or moveable assets not specific to a single, fixed address or location. An asset map using a plurality of geographic representation points is used to identify the physical locations of the asset portions (or possible physical locations in the case of a moveable asset). Baseline geographic, geologic, political, and demographic data is similarly represented using geographic representation points. Meta-data associated with each geographic representation point is used to identify details related to the asset or baseline feature at that geographic location. Risk exposure values are then calculated using the geographic representation points specific to the asset portions that are subject to risks associated with the location of the asset portion. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278709 | Intelligent CCHP System - Co-generating energy sources are controlled using a control system that monitors local and remote data. The local and remote data allow for energy management both in the short and long term by comparing the cost of using the co-generating energy source with other available energy sources. Individual co-generating energy sources can have their data aggregated and combined with remote data to allow for predictions of gross demand for energy. The gross demand can be used by an energy utility to plan for future energy needs and to negotiate with energy providers based upon those needs. The energy utility may control the individual co-generating energy sources so as to most cost-effectively meet the needs of the user of the individual co-generating energy source. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278710 | COST MODEL GENERATION FOR IT SERVICES - In various implementations, a cost activity model may be generated based at least partially on information received, such as costs, and a predetermined framework. The cost activity model may be utilized to predict costs due to changes, to determine demand utilization, and/or to reconcile estimated and actual costs, for example. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278711 | Systems Engineering Lifecycle Cost Estimation - An engineering lifecycle cost estimation system, or EDGE System. The engineering lifecycle cost estimation system allows users to make engineering decisions based on graded evaluations of lifecycle costs (“EDGE”). Embodiments of the EDGE System allow users to analyze major design options during initial system development, optimize system details during final system development and construction, and manage system operation and maintenance over the life of the system. Embodiments of the EDGE System allow users to define a system in terms of the components included in the system, define alternative systems, calculate lifecycle costs for a system or component, and visualize the lifecycle costs, timelines, and other information for systems and components. The visualizations allow users to easily analyze and compare alternative systems or components and make informed decisions. A limited access portal allows clients to manage systems and obtain current lifecycle cost estimates while preserving the integrity of the underlying data. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278712 | ASSET TRACKING IN ASSET INTENSIVE ENTERPRISES - A method, system, and computer program product for asset service and maintenance lifecycle management and supply chain planning. Some embodiments commence upon receiving a database record corresponding to an individually identified asset to be individually tracked through a corresponding asset lifecycle. A supply chain ordering module generates a candidate order database entry for a component or supply as may be demanded by an asset specific scheduled maintenance plan. Having the asset specific scheduled maintenance plan, a module accesses maintenance depot database records to retrieve the asset specific scheduled maintenance plan for the individually identified asset, and the maintenance depot records are assessed to determine if the component or supply is present at the repair depot, and if so, the candidate order can be adjusted to account for the presence of the component or supply at the repair depot. The adjusted amount is forwarded to a supply chain management business application. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278713 | ASSET FORECASTING IN ASSET INTENSIVE ENTERPRISES - A method, system, and computer program product for asset service and maintenance lifecycle management and supply chain planning. Some embodiments commence upon receiving a database record corresponding to an individually identified asset to be individually tracked through a corresponding asset lifecycle. Each individually identified asset has an asset-specific scheduled maintenance plan. During the performance of activities pertaining to the asset-specific scheduled maintenance plan, observations are made and events are recorded to generate a series of observations that are in turn collected into a learning model. The learning model and a predictor based on the learning model is used to predict a future demand or a forecast for items in quantities that are not given in the asset-specific scheduled maintenance plan. In exemplary cases, the forecast comprises items and/or quantities that are not given in the scheduled maintenance plan. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278714 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING PROVISIONING IN A MIXED ENVIRONMENT OF LOCALES - A system, a computer program product, and a method capable of dynamically and flexibly support a plurality of locales upon provisioning are provided. A management server connected via a network to a plurality of processing resources each set with a locale includes a storage unit to store processing, a locale, and a set of instructions corresponding to the processing and the locale, and a selection unit to select a set of instructions associated with required processing and a required locale by referring to the storage unit, and it further includes a determination unit to dynamically determine the required processing and the processing resource by way of provisioning, and the storage unit stores the plurality of processing resources and each locale. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278715 | ESTIMATING REQUIRED TIME FOR PROCESS GRANULARIZATION - A method for estimating a time required to complete an atomic task, where the atomic task is one of a plurality of atomic tasks that collectively forms a molecular task, includes obtaining, for each of a plurality of molecular tasks including the molecular task, data including: a known time required to complete each of the plurality of molecular tasks and a known list of constituent atomic tasks forming each of the plurality of molecular tasks, and estimating the time required to complete the atomic task based on the data. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278716 | MANAGEMENT AND SHARING OF SEGMENTS FROM WORKFLOWS AND BUSINESS PROCESSES - Systems and method for sharing workflows are provided. In the various embodiments, trading partners make connections at an entity level associated with transaction flows. In particular, trading partners can share one or more segments of their respect workflows to allow another trading partner to share in visibility and management of a transaction through these states. In some embodiments, these workflows can be shared in a hub/spoke or hierarchical relationship, where a hub or parent entity can adjust and propagate changes in shared portions of a workflow as needed. In other embodiments, the workflows can be shared in a peer-to-peer basis, where different peers can gain access, as needed or allowed, to portions of another peer's workflow. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278717 | METHOD FOR GUIDED DATA COLLECTION MANAGEMENT - A method for collecting data includes receiving a request for a workflow from a remote device. The request includes information indicative of a goal for the workflow and an object associated with the workflow. The method also includes selecting the workflow. The workflow includes instructions for conducting a plurality of activities. The method also includes transmitting the workflow to the remote device, and receiving a workflow report comprising inputs received in response to plurality of activities of the workflow, from the remote device. The method further includes selecting one or more entities based on the workflow report, the goal, the object, or a combination thereof, and transmitting data based on the workflow report to the one or more potentially-interested entities that are selected. The method also includes receiving one or more responsive actions from at least one of the entities. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278718 | ENHANCED TIME-MANAGEMENT AND RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM - A set of to-do items may be obtained. A specified window of time may be received. A subset of the to-do items may be automatically prioritized as candidate tasks to be performed during the specified window of time. A prioritized subset of the to-do items may be presented. Based on one or more criteria, the mode of interaction with a user with respect to the to-do items may be in virtual universe. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278719 | ESTIMATING REQUIRED TIME FOR PROCESS GRANULARIZATION - Estimating a time required to complete an atomic task, where the atomic task is one of a plurality of atomic tasks that collectively forms a molecular task, includes obtaining, for each of a plurality of molecular tasks including the molecular task, data including: a known time required to complete each of the plurality of molecular tasks and a known list of constituent atomic tasks forming each of the plurality of molecular tasks, and estimating the time required to complete the atomic task based on the data. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278720 | WORKFLOW GENERATION SUPPORTING APPARATUS - A workflow generation supporting apparatus includes a unit extracting difference information between old and new work rules documents; a unit obtaining association information between configuration information of the old work rules document and steps of a workflow of the old work rules document; and a supporting unit supporting generation of a workflow of the new work rules document by presenting a step to be changed in the workflow of the old work rules document based on the difference information and the association information. When the difference information includes an added configuration, the supporting unit compares the layers in terms of the logical configuration of the added configuration and an immediately previous step, and, when the layer of the added configuration is lower than the layer of the immediately previous step, presents the immediately previous step as a step to be changed in the workflow of the old work rules document. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278721 | GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION STRATEGY SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE - The present invention relates to a software based system implemented on a standalone computer of over a network using computers for collecting global optimization related data, processing the country specific data, to objectively qualify, prioritize, and manage the information to formulate and implement a global optimization strategy for goods or services and the associated method of use therefore. The system operates by interfacing four modules with a database manager, a catalog (data storage and retrieval) module, an analytical (opportunity qualifier) module, a priority ranking module, and a reporting and mapping module. The software can be applied to geographically optimize existing or new products, product-lines, or services. For existing products or services the result may be to correct the priority generally obtained and ranked using non opportunity-based evaluations and rankings, or expand into additional countries. For new products or services, the results can be used to sequence country participation (order-of-entry, level of participation, etc.) for the company and/or partners. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278722 | CUSTOMIZABLE SAAS-BASED REDEMPTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - An example embodiment includes a method of fulfilling a redemption request. The method includes creating an offer for an entity. The offer is configured to incentivize a purchase of a good or a service of the entity. The method includes distributing the offer to customers via at least one e-commerce channel. The method includes collecting payment for a purchase of the good or the service from a customer. In response to collection of the payment, the method includes generating a redemption request. The method further includes tracking the redemption request according to a customized workflow process of the entity. The customized workflow process includes subroutines selected by the entity. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278723 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PREDICTING WORKFLOW PREFERENCES - A method of evaluating a workflow may include identifying a plurality of workflows. Each workflow may be associated with one or more users, and each workflow may represent a flow of data between a plurality of services via one or more execution paths. The method may include clustering, by a computing device, the execution paths associated with the plurality of workflows into a plurality of groups. The clustering may be based on the associated services. The method may include creating, by the computing device, a feature tree for each group, clustering, by the computing device, at least a portion of the users into a plurality of interest groups based on at least one of the feature trees, and for at least one of the interest groups, predicting, by the computing device, one or more preferences for one or more users in the interest group. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278724 | BUSINESS PROCESS COMPLIANCE VIA SECURITY VALIDATION SERVICE ON THE CLOUD - A computer-implemented method provides remote Security Validation as a Service (SVaaS) to one or more business process modeler clients. The method includes receiving on a cloud-based server, from a remote business process modeler client, a request for validation of a business process model and related information for a business process compliance problem including the business process work flow and security-related aspects of the business process. The method further includes sending the business process compliance problem from the server to a model checker for validation and receiving, at the server, validation results from the model checker and making the validation results available to the remote business process modeler client. The method can include enhancing the remote client with a connector module that is configured to collect information on the business process compliance problem and to communicate such information to the server. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278725 | ENTERPRISE PRODUCT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A comprehensive enterprise product management system to effectuate efficient product time to market. The system includes a process model and a data model. The process model consists of entities that represent typical concepts in a trade setting and relationships among these entities. The data model represents the complexity of a product, including defining the entities that comprise the product and the relationship among these entities. An input mechanism is provided to facilitate entry of a new product to the enterprise. The process model and the data model accommodate the dynamic characteristics associated with both product definition and channels of trade. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278726 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING WORKFLOW - The disclosed embodiments provide systems, methods, and articles of manufacture for managing workflow. Consistent with disclosed embodiments, a method may include receiving a communication from a customer, the communication being associated with a financial service account of the customer. The method may also include determining one or more document types associated with the communication, and comparing the one or more document types to at least one priority level hierarchy. Additionally, the method may include determining a document identification number for the communication based on the comparison, assigning the document identification number to at least one queue based on the document identification number, and providing access to a document associated with the communication to a first agent on a request for one or more document identification numbers from the queue. One or more second agents may additionally be denied access. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278727 | INTELLECTUAL ASSET FAMILY CREATION - An example embodiment includes a method for creating a family of related intellectual asset (IA) records. The method may include obtaining IA data for a current filing. The method may include creating an IA record for the current filing. The method may include obtaining IA data for one or more related filings. The current filing and the one or more related filings belong to a family of intellectual assets. The method may also include preparing for creation of a plurality of IA records for the one or more related filings based on the IA data for the current filing and the IA data for the one or more related filings. The method may further include creating a plurality of new IA records for the one or more related filings. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278728 | System and Methods For Determining Risk of Supply Chain Disruption - Methods and systems for determining risk in a supply chain and displaying risk to a user. A supply chain is defined in a database by linking one or more driver components to a monitored component. Each driver component is associated with one or more component indicators that provide an indication of an expected availability of the driver component. Each component indicator is assigned a risk score. An expected risk value and a worst case risk value are determined for each component indicator. A risk profile is then determined based on a ratio between the expected risk values of the component indicators and the worst case risk values of the component indicators. The risk profile may then be displayed on a web page through a database portal. If the risk profile exceeds a threshold, the database may transmit a notification to a subscriber to the database. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278729 | MULTIPLE RESOLUTION VISUALIZATION OF DETECTED ANOMALIES IN CORPORATE ENVIRONMENT - One embodiment of the present invention provides a user interface for presenting anomaly-detection outcomes associated with an organization to a user. The user interface includes a receiving mechanism configured to receive the anomaly-detection outcomes, a display that displays the anomaly-detection outcomes at a first resolution, and a command-receiving mechanism configured to receive commands from the user. In response to receiving a respective user command, the display is configured to display the anomaly-detection outcomes at a second resolution. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278730 | VENDOR MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VENDOR RISK PROFILE AND RISK RELATIONSHIP GENERATION - A vendor management system for calculating risks associated with registered vendors, the system including a processing device including a hardware processor configured to operate a risk calculation module to perform a risk analysis associated with a vendor of the registered vendors, a user terminal for accessing the processing device by a user, the user terminal configured to generate a user interface for the user to select a vendor from a list of registered vendors and to display a result of a risk analysis including a risk score performed by the risk calculation module; and a database access device configured to access data on the registered vendors including an access to a first database entry storing a vendor profile information including risk criteria associated with vendors, a second database entry storing personnel information of the vendors including information on at least one of employees and directors; and a third database entry storing weight factors associated with the risk criteria. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278731 | System and Method for Agricultural Risk Management - A system and method for applying risk analysis to identify optimal crop varieties for use in a particular field with particular environmental characteristics and soil techniques is disclosed herein. The method adapts financial portfolio analysis methods for use with agricultural production to take into account the variability of soil, environment, and crop management. A system for supporting the use of the method is also disclosed. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278732 | DYNAMIC RISK STRUCTURE CREATION SYSTEMS AND/OR METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME - A governance, risk management, and compliance (GRC) computer system is provided that includes at least one processor, a user input device, and a storage system that stores meta-model. The meta-model includes at least one process element, a plurality of dynamic risk elements, and a plurality of dynamic control elements. The risk meta-model is loaded from the storage system. Input is accepted from the user input device for creating a new dynamic risk model based on the loaded extended risk meta-model. At least one process element is added to the new dynamic risk model based on user provided input and the extended risk meta-model. A first dynamic risk element is added from the plurality of dynamic risk elements based on user provided input. A risk type of the first dynamic risk element is determined based on user provided input. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278733 | RISK MANAGEMENT METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ENTERPRISE PROCESSES - Methods and systems are provided to manage risk in an enterprise process by performing quantitative risk assessment for a plurality of enterprise resource categories, including a human resource category, that contribute to performance of the process. A plurality of risk values for the respective resource categories are thus determined. Risk assessment is performed based on a comparative analysis of the respective resource category risk values. Quantitative risk assessment for the human resource category comprises calculating an assessed knowledge metric value that indicates measured knowledge of people that contribute to the process, and quantifying a knowledge risk by correlating the assessed knowledge metric value with predefined knowledge metric thresholds. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278734 | RISK SCREENING TOOL - Systems and methods for computerized risk screening are provided. A plurality of facilities are identified for analysis of risk at each facility in the plurality of facilities. For each facility in the plurality of facilities, an answer set to a questionnaire is received. The answer set includes answers to questions for analysis of the risk at the facility. For each facility in the plurality of facilities, a predicted risk level of the risk at the facility is determined based on the answer set. A visual interface is provided. The visual interface includes: (i) a list of at least a portion of the facilities from among the plurality of facilities, (ii) a visual representation of at least one facility from among the plurality of facilities, and (iii) a visual indication of the predicted risk level of the risk for the at least one facility from among the plurality of facilities. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278735 | ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING DEVICE - An environmental monitoring device that monitors the operation of a legacy electronic device is described. In particular, a sensor in the environmental monitoring device provides sensor data that represents an environmental condition in an external environment that includes the environmental monitoring device. This environmental condition is associated with the operation of the legacy electronic device in the external environment. The environmental monitoring device analyzes the sensor data and provides feedback about the operation of the legacy electronic device based on the analyzed sensor data. Moreover, the sensor provides the sensor data without or excluding communication and/or electrical coupling between the environmental monitoring device and the legacy electronic device. In this way, the environmental monitoring device facilitates monitoring, analysis and feedback of the sensor data without directly interacting with the legacy electronic device. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278736 | UTILIZING SHARED CUSTOMER DATA - Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for utilizing shared customer data are presented. In some embodiments, a computing device may detect a mobile device that is linked to a user account. Subsequently, the computing device may identify a user of the mobile device, based on shared customer data associated with the user account. The computing device also may retrieve customer information associated with the identified user from the shared customer data. Then, the computing device may provide the retrieved customer information to at least one merchant device. In one or more embodiments, the shared customer data may be collected by at least two different commercial entities, and the shared customer data may be available for use by the at least two different commercial entities. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278737 | PRESENTING CHARACTERISTICS OF CUSTOMER ACCOUNTS - In general, the subject matter described in this disclosure can be embodied in methods, systems, and program products. Multiple customer accounts for which to display a graph that illustrates differences between characteristics of the multiple customer accounts are identified. A display of the graph that illustrates the differences between the characteristics of the multiple customer accounts is presented. User input that interacts with the displayed graph to select the user interface elements for a subset of the multiple customers is received. The selected user interface elements are presented in a different manner than the indication for those of the multiple customers that have not been selected. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278738 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UNIFIED SCORING - A scoring system and methodology thereof that is capable of combining quantitative and qualitative aspects to produce a composite score. A task can be performed and performance metrics can be recorded. The performance metrics can be scaled to facilitate their combination independent of units. Thereafter, an opinion evaluation can be provided to a user that performed the task. The user can provide feedback in subjective categories that is stored and/or converted to numerical values. The user can provide additional feedback relating to the relative importance of one or more of the subjective categories. The relative importance can be used to weight one or more subjective categories. Thereafter, the performance metrics and opinion evaluations can be combined to a unified composite score. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278739 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO MONITOR PRODUCTS IN STORES - Methods and apparatus are disclosed to audit products in stores. An example method includes receiving, at a collection entity, a first request from a first entity to audit a first product, the first request including a first instruction to determine information about a second product that competes with the first product, receiving, at the collection entity, a second request from a second entity to audit a third product, determining that the second request includes a second instruction to determine information about the second product identified in the first request, in response to the second request, generating a second question about the second product, in response to determining that a first question and the second question match, combining the first question and the second question to generate a combined question, and tagging the combined question with an identification of the first entity and an identification of the second entity. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278740 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING PAYMENT CARD TRANSACTION DATA - A method for analyzing payment card transaction data that includes storing transaction information, the transaction information including, for each transaction: an identifier of a physical terminal at which the transaction was conducted, an indicator of a time at which the transaction was conducted and an indicator of a cardholder account number to which the transaction is charged. The transaction information is analyzed to compute from the transaction information an indicator of a presumed acquaintance between a first cardholder with a first account number and any further cardholder with another account number in response to the cardholders conducting respective transactions within a period of time at a given terminal a plurality of times within a given interval with the interval being greater than the period of time. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278741 | CUSTOMER COMMUNITY ANALYTICS - A method, system and software for using customer community analytics for: (i) discovering relationships (for example, financial transactional relationships) between customers and other entities (such as companies); (ii) representing the customers, other entities and their relationships in the form of a machine readable graph; and (iii) using the graph to perform graph-based functions. These functions may include: up-selling, cross-selling, making personalized recommendations, discovering a financial products supply chain and/or facilitating social interactions between and among customers and other entities. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278742 | STORE-WIDE CUSTOMER BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS SYSTEM USING MULTIPLE SENSORS - A system for analyzing a customer's behavior in a store is provided. The system includes a data capturing unit, which has a first sensor configured to capture an image and an activity of the customer at a preset interval in the store during a first time period when the customer navigates a pre-defined area. The system also includes a data processing unit for processing the image and activity of the customer, which creates a behavior file for the customer from the image and the activity captured by the data capturing unit, and creates a statistics for activities of a plurality of customers in the store for a pixel or a predefined zone in the store for a pre-defined second time period wherein the statistics value is set at zero at the beginning of the pre-defined second time period. The system further includes a data reporting unit for presenting the statistics. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278743 | Consistent Interface for Lean Lead Business Object - A business object model, which reflects data that is used during a given business transaction, is utilized to generate interfaces. This business object model facilitates commercial transactions by providing consistent interfaces that are suitable for use across industries, across businesses, and across different departments within a business during a business transaction. In some operations, software creates, updates, or otherwise processes information related to a lead lean business object. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278744 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECOMMENDING COMPETITOR SETS - A computer system for recommending potential competitor merchants to a subscriber merchant and/or a market analyst is provided. The computer system includes a memory device in communication with a processor. The processor is programmed to receive transaction information for a plurality of cardholders from a payment network. The transaction information includes data relating to purchases made by the cardholders at a plurality of merchants. The processor may receive subscriber merchant preference information for at least one of the merchants input by the cardholder. The computer system determines a merchant rank for each merchant based on the received transaction information and/or the subscriber merchant preference information, and determines a neutral merchant rank and a merchant score for each merchant. After ranking, a ranked list of potential competitor merchants is generated for presentation to a subscriber merchant and/or a market analyst for further analysis. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278745 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING RETAIL PROCESS ANALYTICS INFORMATION BASED ON PHYSIOLOGICAL INDICATOR DATA - Systems and methods for providing retail process analytics information based on physiological indicator data are disclosed herein. According to an aspect, a method may include using a processor and memory for receiving physiological indicator data associated with a person. The processor and memory may also be used for determining a retail environment condition at a time associated with the physiological indicator data. Further, the processor and memory may be used for generating retail process analytics information for user presentation based on the physiological indicator data and the retail environment condition. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278746 | INTERACTIVE PRESENTATIONS WITH INTEGRATED TRACKING SYSTEMS - Systems and methods for tracking user interaction in a presentation may be provided. A presentation may be augmented to include user interaction tracking features, which facilitate tracking of a user's clickstream and browser session data generated during the playback of the presentation. A player may be configured to play the presentation and to track the user's browser session and clickstream data. The presentation player may be configured to dispatch this tracking data to a tracking server system. The server may be configured to facilitate calculation of an engagement score based on the tracking data, which indicates the user's level of engagement with the presentation. The engagement score and at least portions of the tracking data can be transmitted to a third party system, such as a marketing automation system, to trigger a responsive event. The responsive event may be generated based at least in part on the engagement score. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278747 | STRATIFIED SAMPLING APPLIED TO A/B TESTS - Embodiments provide techniques for testing a plurality of variations of a user experience, where each of the plurality of variations is distinct from other variations in the plurality of variations. For each permutation of a plurality of stratification factors that characterize users of the online site, embodiments generate a respective set of pseudorandom numbers. Additionally, user requests are assigned to variations in the plurality of variations, based on the generated sets of pseudorandom numbers. Embodiments also track user retention information relating to the user requests. At least one of the plurality of variations is rated, based on the user retention information. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278748 | UNIVERSAL TAG FOR PAGE ANALYTICS AND CAMPAIGN CREATION - A system for creating and using a universal tag to gather consumer data from a website for the purposes of targeted advertising is provided. The universal tag system has two main subsystems. The first subsystem is a configuration system that is used to define the consumer data to be collected from the website and to define taxonomy and transformation rules to be applied to the collected consumer data. The second subsystem is a runtime system that runs a universal tag client-side script, which is triggered when a consumer lands on a webpage of the website, for collecting the defined consumer data. The runtime system then applies the transformation rules to the collected data and updates a user profile corresponding to the consumer with the transformed data. As well, the runtime system applies the taxonomy rules to the collected data and categorizes the consumer for the purposes of subsequent targeted advertising. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278749 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING WEBSITE POLARIZATION AND FOR CLASSIFYING POLARIZED VIEWERS ACCORDING TO VIEWER BEHAVIOR WITH RESPECT TO POLARIZED WEBSITES - Websites and viewers are characterized for online advertising media campaigns, enabling online bidding capabilities for media campaigns, including pricing based on delivered Gross Rating Points (GRPs) instead of delivered impressions. GRPs for a campaign are estimated based on characterizing polarized Websites and then characterizing polarized viewers. A truth set of viewers having known characteristics is established and then compared with historic and current media viewing activity to determine a degree of polarity for different Media Properties (MPs), such as Websites offering ads, with respect to viewer characteristics such as gender and age bias. A broader base of polarized viewers is then characterized for age and gender bias, and their propensity to visit a polarized MP is rated. Based on observed and calculated parameters, bidding functionalities are enabled, including predicting a GRP total and pricing GRPs to a client and/or advertiser for an online ad campaign. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278750 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECLASSIFYING SMALL BUSINESS CUSTOMERS - In certain embodiments, a system includes one or more memory modules operable to store business transaction data for a plurality of customers of an enterprise, the business transaction data including a size classification for each of the plurality of customers. The system further includes one or more processing modules operable to determine, based on the business transaction data, a first list of customers comprising one or more of the plurality of customers that have a particular size classification. The one or more processing modules are further operable to access publicly-available financial information (including revenue information) for each of the one or more customers of the determined first list of customers and determine, based on the accessed publicly-available financial information, a second list of customers comprising one or more customers of the first list of customers that have revenue exceeding a predetermined amount. The one or more processing modules are further operable to store, in the one or more memory modules, a new size classification for each of the one or more customers of the second list. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278751 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING RAPIDLY-GROWING BUSINESS CUSTOMERS - In certain embodiments, a system includes one or more memory modules operable to store business transaction data for a plurality of current and former customers of an enterprise. The system further includes one or more processing modules operable to access publicly-available financial information (including revenue information) for each of a plurality of entities and determine, based on the accessed publicly-available financial information, a first list of entities comprising a subset of the plurality of entities whose revenue in a first time period exceeds revenue is a second time period by more than a predetermined amount. The one or more processing modules are further operable to determine, based on the business transaction data and the determined first list of entities, a second list of entities comprising one or more entities of the first list of entities that are a selected one of current and former customers of the enterprise. The one or more processing modules are further operable to store, in the one or more memory modules, the determined first and second lists of entities. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278752 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS - In certain embodiments, a system includes one or more memory modules operable to store business transaction data including expenditures and revenues for a plurality of customers of an enterprise. The system further includes one or more processing modules operable to determine, based on the business transaction data, a first customer having an amount of expenditures corresponding to an amount of revenue of a second customer. The one or more processing modules are further operable to access publicly-available financial information for the second customer that includes total revenue information for the second customer and determine, based on the accessed publicly-available financial information, whether the amount of revenue of the second customer exceeds a predetermined proportion of the total revenue of the second customer. The one or more processing modules are further operable to store, in the one or more memory modules, information linking the first customer to the second customer in response to determining that the amount of revenue of the second customer exceeds a predetermined proportion of the total revenue of the second customer. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278753 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS - In certain embodiments, a system includes one or more memory modules operable to store business transaction data for a plurality of customers of an enterprise, the stored business transaction data including expenditures for each of the plurality of customers of the enterprise. The system further include one or more processing modules operable to determine, based on the business transaction data, a first customer of the plurality of customers having an increase in expenditures and a second customer of the plurality of customers having an decrease in expenditures corresponding to the increase in expenditures of the first customer. The one or more processing modules are further operable to store, in the one or more memory modules, data associating the first with the second customer. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278754 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUSES FOR IMPLEMENTING PREDICTIVE QUERY INTERFACE AS A CLOUD SERVICE - Disclosed herein are systems and methods for implementing predictive query interface as a cloud service including means for exposing an interface to client devices operating remotely from a host organization, wherein the interface is accessible by the client devices via a public Internet; executing a predictive database at the host organization as an on-demand cloud based service for one or more subscribers; authenticating one of the client devices by verifying the client device is associated with one of the subscribers and based further on authentication credentials for the respective subscriber; receiving a request from the authenticated subscriber via the interface; executing a predictive query or a latent structure query against indices of the predictive database generated from a dataset of columns and rows on behalf of the authenticated subscriber, the indices representing probabilistic relationships between the rows and the columns of the dataset; and returning a predictive record set to the authenticated subscriber responsive to the request. Other related embodiments are further disclosed. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278755 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUSES FOR IMPLEMENTING CHANGE VALUE INDICATION AND HISTORICAL VALUE COMPARISON - Disclosed herein are systems and methods for implementing change value indication and historical value comparison at a user interface including means for storing records in a database, wherein updates to the records are recorded into a historical trending data object to maintain historical values for the records when the records are updated in the database; receiving input from a user device specifying data to be displayed at the user device; receiving historical filter input from the user device; querying the records stored in the database for the data to be displayed; querying the historical trending data object for the historical values of the data to be displayed; comparing the data to be displayed with the historical values of the data to be displayed to determine one or more changed values corresponding to the data to be displayed; and displaying a change value indication GUI to the user device displaying at least the data to be displayed and a changed value indication based on the one or more changed values determined via the comparing. Other related embodiments are further disclosed. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278756 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING AND PREDICTING THE IMPACTOF SOCIAL PROGRAMS - The present disclosure includes a method, system, and computer program for analyzing the impact of social programs. The analysis of the impact of a social program may be facilitated by one or more application program units residing on a service provider's server. The service provider server may include an outcomes taxonomy, evidence base, data collection unit, data evaluation unit, program rating unit, metric calculations unit, and a benchmark database. The analysis may result in the generation of a program scorecard that includes a plurality of metrics that may estimate the likelihood of success of a social program. Each of the one or more metrics may be utilized in order to predict the impact of a social program. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278757 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LEAD GENERATION - A non-transitory computer-readable medium including program code stored thereon is provided which, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to perform the operations of: receiving a request for an input form for display on an electronic interface, each input form including at least one information request and an associated data input field; and selecting the input form for display on the electronic interface from among a set of input forms, wherein each input form of the set of input forms differs from all other input forms of the set of input forms, and which input form of the set of input forms is selected in response to separate requests for input forms is varied based on a test instruction. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278758 | CUSTOMIZABLE DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - The invention relates to methods, systems, and computer-readable media related to a system having a plurality of users, designed to display a user-customized subset of item and/or provider information to the user. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278759 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LEAD DEVELOPMENT IN A BUSINESS TO BUSINESS MARKETPLACE - A combination of personal contact, digital tools, and focused means of communication to improve customer interaction, resulting in effective lead generation, nurturing, and development. The various embodiments of the present disclosure leverage hardware and software components in order to automate various aspects of lead capturing and nurturing processes based on a predetermined sequence of actions or steps and a set of predetermined rules with the purpose of triaging initial leads and identifying the “right” contacts who influence or impact the purchasing decisions, and routing of the triaged leads for follow-up and on-going managed pursuit involving various means of communication. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278760 | AUTOMATED CONSULTATIVE METHOD AND SYSTEM - A computer program facilitates a consultation between an authorized user and a human consultant. During the consultation, the human consultant maps a user need to one or more marketing objectives. The consultant interacts with the computer program to identify one or more tactics that are relevant to accomplishing the one or more marketing objectives. The consultant or the user selects from the one or more tactics identified by the computer program to cause the computer program to identify marketing packages available to implement a selected tactic. The consultant facilitates selection of a marketing package by the authorized user to implement a selected tactic. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278761 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DATA MATCHING AND INTEGRATION - Certain embodiments generally relate to data matching, such as, but not limited to systems, methods, apparatuses and computer program products for data matching and integration. For example, the method may include receiving data from a plurality of delivery channels in any channel. The method may also include matching cross-device user identifiers and profiles in near real-time. The method may further include synchronizing the received data in near real-time by server-to-server direct messaging to a plurality of integrated services. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278762 | Methods and systems for signal construction for distribution and monetization by signal sellers - Methods and systems for generating signals or indicators from distributed data sources controlled by a multiplicity of owners are also provided. Signals are indicators of data that are derived from data sources and abstracted to protect the underlying data. Each entity that sells data in the virtual marketplace first converts data into a “signal” or indicator that represents the data without disclosing it or providing it. The value of the signal cannot be determined separately from one or more buyers and their objectives. Sellers of signals determine if it wants to share information based upon buyer, price, and other rules. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278763 | Methods and systems for signals management - Methods and systems for managing signals by signal owners. Signals are indicators of data that are derived from data sources and abstracted to protect the underlying data. The signal owner first converts its own underlying data into a “signal” or indicator that represents the data without disclosing it or providing it. Signal sellers determine if they wants share signals based upon buyer, price, and other rules, including limitations on signal use. Signal buyers determine signal value based upon their objectives. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278764 | Methods and systems for a virtual marketplace or exchange for distributed signals including data correlation engines - Methods and systems for providing an automated virtualized signal marketplace or exchange for signals from distributed data sources that are controlled by a multiplicity of signal sellers or signal owners, including at least one data correlation engine that is operable for processing the signals to generate at least one correlation value relating to a specific objective for signal buyers corresponding to the behavior of the object and/or the activity and/or the event. Signals are indicators of data that are derived from data sources and abstracted to protect the underlying data. Each entity that sells data in the virtual marketplace first converts data into a “signal” or indicator that represents the data without disclosing it or providing it. Signal sellers determine if they wants share signals based upon buyer, price, and other rules, including limitations on signal use. Signal buyers determine signal value based upon their objectives. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278765 | Trend Analysis using Network-Connected Touch-Screen Generated Signals - A method of identifying and analyzing a trend is disclosed. A signal created on a network-connected touch-screen by actively filtering content is received by a programmed data processor. The processor creates a signal-vector by mapping the signal to two or more vector-dimensions, one being a location of origination of the signal. This is repeated for more signals. A trend is identified as a cluster of signal-vectors having a size that exceeds a predetermined threshold. One use of identifying and analyzing trends is to then influence the trend. Advertising is one form of influencing a trend. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278766 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING APPLICATION PROVISIONING - Methods and Apparatus are described herein for providing a provisioning platform on an electronic device. In some embodiments, a method includes receiving from an electronic device a request to download an access application. A code that is configured to cause the access application to be installed on the electronic device is sent to the electronic device. The access application is configured to provide a dynamic access point on a display of the electronic device. When selected by a user of the electronic device, the dynamic access point provides access to at least one of a website, an application previously downloaded on the electronic device, or an application store within the access application. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278767 | ADMINISTRATION AND CUSTOMIZATION PLATFORM FOR IN-VEHICLE-SERVICES - An approach to facilitating in-vehicle-services-related tracking of passengers is provided. A first set of information relating to a first carrier and a second set of information relating to a second carrier that is different from the first carrier may be obtained. The first set of information may include first identification information and one or more first trip details. The second set of information may include second identification information and one or more second trip details. The first set of information may be determined to relate to a first trip of a particular passenger with the first carrier. The second set of information may be determined to relate to a second trip of the particular passenger with the second carrier. Preference information of the particular passenger may be determined based on the one or more trip details and the one or more second trip details. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278768 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND APPARATUS TO SELECT STORE SITES - Methods and apparatus are disclosed to select retail store sites. An example method includes generating a list of first descriptor types associated with a plurality of existing store locations, calculating, with a processor, a set of analog principal components factors (PCFs) for corresponding ones of the plurality of existing store locations, calculating a set of candidate PCFs for corresponding ones of a plurality of candidate locations, calculating respective similarity values based on the PCFs associated with respective pairs of the plurality of existing store locations and the plurality of candidate locations, for corresponding ones of the plurality of candidate locations, calculating a sum of second descriptor types associated with the existing store locations based on the respective similarity value, and predicting the performance of the candidate store locations based on a ratio of a sum of second descriptor types and a sum of the similarity values for the corresponding existing store location. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278769 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING TREND ANALYSIS OF THEMES IN SOCIAL DATA - Disclosed is an improved method, system, and computer program product for performing trend analysis of themes from social media data. Semantic analysis is performed on content that appear on social media sites. The results of the semantic analysis can be used to identify themes within the social media data over a period of time. Trend analysis is performed over the identified themes. An enterprise or business can more effectively market to the consumers based upon this knowledge of the consumers' interests. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278770 | GENERATING ECONOMIC MODEL BASED ON BUSINESS TRANSACTION MESSAGES - A computer-implemented method, computerized apparatus and computer program product for generating economic model based on business transaction messages. The method comprising obtaining business transactions from a business collaboration network, wherein each business transaction is a business-to-business transaction; and automatically generating, by a processor, based on the business transactions, an economic simulator capable of simulating economic activity within the business collaboration network, wherein the economic activity is associated with a business transaction that is transmitted via the business collaboration network. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278771 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUSES FOR RENDERING SCORED OPPORTUNITIES USING A PREDICTIVE QUERY INTERFACE - Disclosed herein are systems and methods for rendering scored opportunities using a predictive query interface including means for receiving input from a user device specifying a dataset of sales data for a customer organization, in which the sales data specifies a plurality of sales opportunities; generating indices from rows and columns of the dataset, the indices representing probabilistic relationships between the rows and the columns of the dataset; storing the indices in a queryable database within the host organization; selecting one or more of the plurality of sales opportunities specified within the sales data; querying the indices for a win or lose predictive result for each of the selected one or more sales opportunities; and displaying the win or lose predictive result for each of the selected one or more sales opportunities to the user device as output. Other related embodiments are further disclosed. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278772 | LIVE BUYER DATABASE CONSTRUCTOR - A system and method for construction of live buyer database which identifies live buyer where the live buyer intends to purchase the targeted service or product within a particular time period, determining a reward for the live buyer based on the information received, pro-viding the reward to the live buyer within the particular time period based on the genuinity of the live buyer. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278773 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXHIBITING AT LEAST VISUAL CONTENT IN ONE OR MORE PHYSICAL RETAIL STORES - One embodiment of the present invention is directed to a system for exhibiting at least visual content in one or more physical retail stores. Another embodiment of the present invention is directed to a method for exhibiting at least visual content in one or more physical retail stores. Another embodiment of the present invention is directed to a programmed computer for exhibiting at least visual content in one or more physical retail stores. Another embodiment of the present invention is directed to a computer readable medium for exhibiting at least visual content in one or more physical retail stores. In one example, the visual content may comprise advertising and/or operating specifications and/or performance specifications and/or dimensions and/or price displayed on a television, a computer monitor, a laptop computer display, a notebook computer display and/or a netbook computer display. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278774 | IN THE MARKET MODEL SYSTEMS AND METHODS - One embodiment includes a system and method for identifying potential consumer candidates in the market for products or services is disclosed. The system and method may predict whether a consumer is likely to be “in the market” for a product or service can be achieved by utilizing an “in the market” system to determine which groups of consumers will likely respond to solicitation or be in need of a product or service. The system and method may provide data that allows businesses to quickly determine consumer groups that will likely utilize their services or purchase their products. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278775 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DATA CLEANSING TO IMPROVE PRODUCT DEMAND FORECASTING - A method for cleansing product demand data to improve product demand forecasting. The improved data cleansing methodology enhances product weekly demand forecast accuracy by adjusting stock-out week demand values, and employing separate outlier logic for regular and promotional demand periods. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278776 | Methods and systems for a virtual marketplace or exchange for distributed signals - Methods and systems for providing an automated virtualized signal marketplace or exchange for signals from distributed data sources that are controlled by a multiplicity of signal sellers or signal owners. Signals are indicators of data that are derived from data sources and abstracted to protect the underlying data. Each entity that sells data in the virtual marketplace first converts data into a “signal” or indicator that represents the data without disclosing it or providing it. Signal sellers determine if they wants share signals based upon buyer, price, and other rules, including limitations on signal use. Signal buyers determine signal value based upon their objectives. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278777 | Method and systems for distributed signals for use with advertising - Methods and systems for providing an automated virtualized signal marketplace or exchange for signals from distributed data sources for use in advertising. Systems and methods to automatically discover and recommend which of the signals controlled by multiple entities may be most effective toward a given objective associated with advertising campaigns. Signals are indicators of data that are derived from data sources and abstracted to protect the underlying data. Each entity that sells data in the virtual marketplace first converts data into a “signal” or indicator that represents the data without disclosing it or providing it. Signal sellers determine if they want share signals based upon buyer, price, and other rules, including limitations on signal use; signal buyers determine signal value based upon their objectives. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278778 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM FOR PREDICTING SALES VOLUME - An apparatus, computer-readable medium, and computer-implemented method for predicting sales volume includes receiving historical sales information corresponding to a plurality of stock keeping units (SKUs), the historical sales information including a sales volume, grouping the plurality of SKUs into a plurality of sales tiers, generating a feature vector for each SKU in the plurality of SKUs, generating a statistical model based at least in part on the plurality of SKUs and their corresponding assigned sales tiers and feature vectors, and determining one or more projected sales tiers corresponding to one or more new SKUs based at least in part on the statistical model. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278779 | CHURN PREDICTION AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A system and method for managing churn among the customers of a business is provided. The system and method provide for an analysis of the causes of customer churn and identifies customers who are most likely to churn in the future. Identifying likely churners allows appropriate steps to be taken to prevent customers who are likely to churn from actually churning. The system included a dedicated data mart, a population architecture, a data manipulation module, a data mining tool and an end user access module for accessing results and preparing preconfigured reports. The method includes adopting an appropriate definition of churn, analyzing historical customer to identify significant trends and variables, preparing data for data mining, training a prediction model, verifying the results, deploying the model, defining retention targets, and identifying the most responsive targets. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278780 | ESTIMATION OF UNOBSERVED DEMAND - A non-transitory machine-readable storage device comprising executable instructions that, when executed cause a processor to estimate a dependence vector ( | 2014-09-18 |
20140278781 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONDUCTING SURVEYS INSIDE VEHICLES - A survey system enabling one or more processors to output a survey in a vehicle while allowing a vehicle occupant to engage in the survey. The survey system may communicate with a vehicle computing system enabling one or more processors to receive input representing one or more occupants in a vehicle. They survey system may receive an input representing a current location. The system may determine a workload value for the one or more vehicle occupants and output a survey to the one or more vehicle occupants when the workload value is below a predefined threshold. The system may output a survey related to the one or more occupants and current location. The system may collect survey results and relay the survey results to a remote server for processing. The system may provide a digital reward to the one or more occupants participating in the survey. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278782 | System and Method for Statistically Determining Bias in Online Survey Results - A system, method, and computer program determine bias in survey results due to non-responsive and/or erroneous survey response data, assess the impact of bias introduced by non-responsive and/or erroneous survey data on the survey results, and analyze the survey results accordingly to provide a more accurate assessment of the impressions of viewers of content (e.g., advertisements) viewed by the persons being surveyed. The analysis allows an advertiser to modify an advertisement to better promote a product or service and enable the advertiser to increase the probability of success of an advertising campaign and the cost-effectiveness of the campaign. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278783 | REAL-TIME CUSTOMER ENGAGEMENT SYSTEM - What is disclosed is a system to enable real-time customer engagement with one or more customers utilizing one or more devices, implemented using one or more servers, said servers connected to said devices over at least one network, comprising a survey phase, wherein one of the one or more customers utilizes an interactive survey running on one of the one or more devices to send feedback to one of the one or more servers over the one or more networks; a post-survey phase, wherein the customer utilizes one or more devices to send feedback to one of the one or more servers over the one or more networks; and a closure phase. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278784 | RATING SYSTEM FOR WINE EXPLORATION - Some embodiments described herein generally relate to a rating system for wine exploration. A rating system including questions designed to determine a preference of the user regarding one or more specific characteristics of wine, such as, a taste characteristic. The rating system may be provided to a user, for example, by a web-based interface. Samples of wine may be provided to the user each of which is samples ranked for the at least one characteristic of wine. The user may respond to the questions about the wine, and those responses may be analyzed to determine the user's preference for the specific characteristics. A user profile may be created based on the analyzed responses and the profile may be used to select wines for the user. Such wines may be selected and shipped periodically, for example, as part of a wine club. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278785 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A SOCIAL CUSTOMER CARE SYSTEM - The present invention relates to social customer service and support systems integrated with social media and social networks. More particularly, the invention provides a social customer care platform system to allow customer care functions, and in particular to allow customer service agents to identify, prioritize, match and triage customer support requests that may arise through a social network and may be serviced using a social network. It manages and tracks a high-volume of customer interactions and provides for monitoring of Internet social network posts relevant to a business's products or services along with the ability to capture, monitor, filter, make sense of and respond to, in near real-time, tens of thousands of social interactions. It comprises role specific user-interface and functionality for social customer service and support environments, automated prioritization and matching for increased agent productivity, and an automated enterprise workflow to align social media support with existing business processes. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278786 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO SURVEY AND EVALUATE ITEMS ACCORDING TO PEOPLE'S PERCEPTIONS AND TO GENERATE RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON PEOPLE'S PERCEPTIONS - A perceptual evaluation system and method are disclosed that collects, categorizes, evaluates, connects and manages the primary market research of items and combines it with secondary market research to create perception profiles of people and their consumption behaviors, and generates recommendations based on people's perceptions. The system and method enable the perception evaluation of items by users via (click or touch) drag-and-drop mechanisms in a survey processes and applies a novel perception rating scale to categorize, evaluate and cohere the items. The items may include word text, audiovisuals and maps, and the system is deployable on Web and mobile browsers, Web and mobile devices and smart TV devices. The system's output includes recommendations presented as perception maps and other data visualizations. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278787 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING CUSTOMIZED, INDIVIDUALIZED COMMUNICATIONS - Customized, individualized communications to persons are generated based on a person's data available to a client instituting the systems and methods, based on previous data provided by the person in response to other contacts, based on product/services data of products/services purchased or used by the person, and based on personal data from transactions. The communications are based on such data within the context of marketing intervention parameters suggested by such data. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278788 | REAL-TIME SURVEY AND SCOREBOARD SYSTEMS - What is disclosed is a system to enable real-time engagement with one or more customers utilizing one or more customer devices, implemented using one or more servers, said servers connected to said customer devices over at least one network, comprising: a survey phase, wherein one of the one or more customers utilizes the one or more customer devices to send feedback to one of the one or more servers over the at least one network; a post-survey phase, wherein the one of the one or more customers utilizes the one or more customer devices to send feedback to one of the one or more servers over the one or more networks; and a closure phase. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278789 | System and method for business entities to receive product and brand related customer input and other data. - A system and method for business entities to solicit product and brand related feedback from the authenticated customers through use of browser run feedback application on the internet enabled mobile devices of customers, where customer opts to wirelessly connect their mobile device with the feedback software and the software: captures customer location; verifies customers as genuine user of products; initiates the feedback session; presents the identification and feedback forms to the mobile device; captures and relays the feedback data to the business in real-time; and offers reward coupon to the customer after successful submission of the feedback form. System includes custom tags encoded with product information and embedded in the product and related paraphernalia. Geographical co-ordinates and personal information obtained from participants are plotted on a grid or a map to provide macro analysis and micro analysis to businesses. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278790 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA ACQUISITION, DATA WAREHOUSING, AND PROVIDING BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE IN A RETAIL ECOSYSTEM - A method for providing consistently formatted data relating to the exchange of goods in a retail ecosystem. The method may generally include acquiring data relating to the exchange of goods from at least one supplier and at least one retailer, normalizing the acquired data and storing the normalized data in one or more structured databases, and providing business intelligence tools, accessible to the at least one supplier and at least one retailer for accessing the one or more structured databases. The business intelligence tools may provide consistently formatted data from the structured databases to each of the at least one suppliers and consistently formatted data from the structured databases to each of the at least one retailers. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278791 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VALIDATING LEADS IN AN INTERACTIVE DIGITAL ADVERTISING PLATFORM - An interactive digital advertising system and method may include an advertising component for generating qualified leads using interactive advertising units. The advertising system may provide “real-time” matching of leads, which may be validated based on a criteria defined by the lead requestor, to the services or products offered by the lead requestor. The advertising component may validate potential leads based in part on feedback from third-party validators. Validators may include individuals acquainted with a potential lead or other entities having a connection to the lead, which can provide references that further qualify the potential lead. The advertising component may obtain lead validation or endorsements by interacting with endorsers or validators via social media or electronic messaging services. The advertising component may also collect endorsements, references, or other information to further qualify a lead by automatically querying a third party database. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278792 | PASSIVE CANDIDATE MATCHING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING LEADS IN A DIGITAL ADVERTISING PLATFORM - An interactive digital advertising system and method may include an advertising component for generating qualified leads in response to a lead request using interactive advertising units. The advertising system may provide “real-time” matching of leads, which may be validated based on a criteria defined by the lead requestor, to the services or products offered by the lead requestor. Responders to the lead request may interact directly with the advertising unit to qualify themselves as a lead. Further, the advertising component may be configured to select responders that actively responded to a first lead request to present as leads to a lead requestor in response to a second lead request. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278793 | MOBILE SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CUSTOMER FEEDBACK - Computer-implemented methods, systems, and computer-readable media for collecting customer feedback are disclosed. In one embodiment, a merchant provides registration data, defines one or more surveys, and one or more customer deals to a database. Each survey is linked to a customer deal. A customer of the merchant is induced to participate in a survey using his or her mobile device by the promise of receiving a deal for discounted goods or services in return for completing the survey. Upon completion of the survey, a deal certificate is issued to the customer. Survey results, deal redemption statistics, and other statistical analysis are provided to the merchant to enable the merchant to timely assess the performance of his business. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278794 | Systems and Methods for Interfacing an Electrical Energy End User with a Utility - A system and method which allows end users of electrical energy to engage in, comply with, and otherwise make use of a smart grid program. The invention allows end users to engage with an entity running a smart grid program through such actions as sending notifications, agreeing to events, paying bills, reviewing contracts, and updating information. The invention receives data from and sends messages to any smart meters, AMI or HAN, the end user has in their service location necessary to comply with the smart grid program. The invention supports the use of any smart meters the end user employs for home automation network functionality, enabling the end user to activate, deactivate, or otherwise modulate any devices enabled with a smart meter at their service location. The invention receives data from and sends messages to any demand response system the entity running the smart grid program employs to support the smart grid program. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278795 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO PREDICT PURCHASING BEHAVIOR - Example methods, systems, and computer readable storage media to predict purchasing behavior are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes creating a model based on first purchase data and demographic information. The first purchase data and demographic information is associated with panelists. The first purchase data is collected via both a home scanning system and via a frequent shopper system. The example method includes applying the model to consumer data to predict second purchase data. The consumer data corresponds to consumers participating in the frequent shopper system who are not panelists of the home scanning system. The example method includes creating a report based on the second purchase data. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278796 | Identifying Target Audience for a Product or Service - A method for selecting potential customers for a product/service using a computer server is provided. The computer server collects information consumption activity data, conversion data, and demographic data from panelists that have agreed to share their data with the computer server. For each panelist, the computer server identifies a set of product/service keywords from the information consumption activity data associated with the panelist. For each keyword, the computer server aggregates the demographic data of the panelists associated with the keyword using their conversion data and generates a set of demographic attributes in order to characterize potential customers of the product/service. Subsequently, in response to a request from a client device for characterizing potential customers of a product/service, the computer server identifies product/service keywords and then generates a demographic characterization for the product/service by aggregating the demographic attributes associated with the keywords. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278797 | ATTRIBUTE-BASED-CATEGORICAL-POPULARITY-ASSIGNMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD - A system is disclosed for determining the popularity of elements within categorized data according to a category to which they pertain based on the popularity of element attributes. The categorized data may be a list of products, where the elements may be products classified by product categories and the attributes may be brand names. Key words may be associated with such brands and/or their products. The key words may be words used when referring to the brands and/or their products with respect to their product category. These key words may be applied to additional data from an external source providing an on-line service, where service user-text is recorded in the additional data. Popularity scores may then be assigned to the products based on indications of references to the brands and/or their products, with respect to their product category, derived from the application of the key words to the additional data. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278798 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING CUSTOMER LIFETIME VALUE WITH LIMITED HISTORICAL DATA AND RESOURCES - The present invention generally relates to estimating a customer's lifetime value to a company. The customer's lifetime value to the company can be based on remaining value of existing products and one or both of new purchase value and historic profitability. The remaining value and new purchase value for the customer may be estimated based on the customer's current customer segment and the customer's predicted future migration to a different customer segment. In addition, the remaining value may be estimated based on expected customer attrition, and the new purchase value may be estimated based on expected individual customer purchases. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278799 | AUTOMATED IDENTIFICATION OF MARKETING OPPORTUNITIES BASED ON STORED MARKETING DATA - A computer system for identifying one or more marketing opportunities for a target product, based on stored marketing data, comprises a processing unit programmed for defining a target product having one or more characteristics, defining at least one existing comparable product that matches one or more characteristics of the target product, reading social media data and sales data for the target and comparable products, calculating one or more marketing opportunities for the target product based on the data that was read, ranking the one or more marketing opportunities for the target product based on the stored marketing data, which comprises consumer behavior data, such that a ranking score is generated for each marketing opportunity, and displaying the one or more marketing opportunities and the corresponding rankings scores for each marketing opportunity. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278800 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR GENERATING LOCATION ESTABLISHMENT SEVERITY IDENTIFICATION - A computer system for real-time generation of location establishment severity profile alert based on aggregated quality-data corresponding to a plurality of location establishments is provided herein. A computer system provides for the electronic intake, and aggregate analysis of quality-data for establishment locations. Quality-data is accessed from one or more sources, and corresponds to multiple establishment locations. The system stores quality-data events identifying received quality-data, with a stored representation of a quality-data event's severity level. The system aggregates the stored quality-data events for example by calculating aggregate severity values associated with groups of establishment locations. In some embodiments, quality-data and/or aggregate severity values are normalized according to one or more factors, such as historic geographic data. Resulting aggregate data is then provided, such as through a graphical user interface that graphically codes regions according to their aggregate severity values. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278801 | Modular Complexing System for Deployment of Shelters - Expandable shelters housing displaceable cassettes configured to provide an allocated resource are disclosed. Techniques of complexing the expandable shelters housing displaceable cassettes are also disclosed. The displaceable cassettes may deploy from a stowed position in an interior of the expandable shelter to a use position removeably coupled in an expanded interior portion of a displaceable side of the expandable shelter. In the use position, the cassettes are configured to provide an allocated resource, and provide a hallway between other interconnected expandable shelters. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278802 | PRODUCING AND PROVIDING DATA FOR RENDERING A TRAVEL COST HEATMAP - The disclosed subject matter relates to computer implemented methods for producing and providing data for rendering a travel cost heatmap. In one example, a method includes receiving an origin location. The method further includes receiving one or more cost-constraints. The cost-constraint(s) is a maximum acceptable cost. The method further includes calculating a travel cost associated with travel from the origin location to each of a plurality of destination locations. The method further includes associating the calculated travel costs respectively with each of the plurality of destination locations. The method further includes comparing the respective calculated travel cost with the cost-constraint(s). The method further includes associating, based on the comparison, a visual indicator with the each of the plurality of destination locations. The method further includes providing, for rendering a travel cost heatmap, the data produced as a result of the techniques described above. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278803 | System and Method for Estimating Price Sensitivity and/or Price Aggregation for a Population Having a Collection of Items - Provided is a system for estimating price sensitivities and determining aggregate price adjustments for a population of items, the population comprising a plurality of sub-populations. More specifically, provided is a system comprising a computer executing a price sensitivity engine and a price aggregation engine, the price sensitivity engine receiving time-series information, determining covariate coefficients to estimate a population price sensitivity average, modeling a first set of vectors based on the covariate coefficients, modeling a second set of vectors based on the covariate coefficients and an indicator variable, and estimating sub-population price sensitivities based on the first and second sets of vectors; and the price aggregation engine comparing each of the sub-population price sensitivities to the population price sensitivity average and/or to other sub-population price sensitivities, ranking, ordering, and/or clustering the sub-populations, and determining aggregate price adjustments to items in the sub-populations. | 2014-09-18 |
20140278804 | DYNAMIC RE-PRICING OF ITEMS ON ELECTRONIC MARKETPLACES AND/OR ONLINE STORES - A method of dynamically re-pricing items, comprising:
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