43rd week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 60 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140316763 | MACHINE BASED SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETER - A computer implemented method for performing sign language translation based on movements of a user is provided. A capture device detects motions defining gestures and detected gestures are matched to signs. Successive signs are detected and compared to a grammar library to determine whether the signs assigned to gestures make sense relative to each other and to a grammar context. Each sign may be compared to previous and successive signs to determine whether the signs make sense relative to each other. The signs may further be compared to user demographic information and a contextual database to verify the accuracy of the translation. An output of the match between the movements and the sign is provided. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316764 | CLARIFYING NATURAL LANGUAGE INPUT USING TARGETED QUESTIONS - A dialog assistant embodied in a computing system can present a clarification question based on a machine-readable version of human-generated conversational natural language input. Some versions of the dialog assistant identify a clarification target in the machine-readable version, determine a clarification type relating to the clarification target, present the clarification question in a conversational natural language manner, and process a human-generated conversational natural language response to the clarification question. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316765 | PREVENTING FRUSTRATION IN ONLINE CHAT COMMUNICATION - Monitoring an internet chat in which a text transcript is generated by at least two chat participants, by: (i) performing a simple check on the text transcript for existence of a potential frustration precondition; and (ii) on condition that a frustration precondition is found, performing text analytics type analysis on the text transcript to determine whether potential frustration is evidenced by the text transcript. If it is determined that potential frustration is evidenced by the chat transcript then responsive action is taken to prevent and/or stem the frustration. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316766 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATION OF FLEXIBLE SENTENCES IN A SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM - A method and system for providing flexible sentences are disclosed. The system includes a developer interface for providing options to define actor, edge, target and aggregation of a flexible sentence syntax. In one embodiment, tokens are provided to define property expressions of the edge and/or target of the flexible sentence syntax. Based on the defined edge and target, the developer interface may generate a plurality of flexible sentence syntaxes for a developer to select. In some embodiments, the developer can add additional property expressions to further define the edge and/or target of the flexible sentence syntax. In some instances, the plurality of flexible sentence syntaxes may be prioritized based on a percentage coverage, which is determined by the impressions received over a given time frame. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316767 | PREVENTING FRUSTRATION IN ONLINE CHAT COMMUNICATION - Monitoring an internet chat in which a text transcript is generated by at least two chat participants, by: (i) performing a simple check on the text transcript for existence of a potential frustration precondition; and (ii) on condition that a frustration precondition is found, performing text analytics type analysis on the text transcript to determine whether potential frustration is evidenced by the text transcript. If it is determined that potential frustration is evidenced by the chat transcript then responsive action is taken to prevent and/or stem the frustration. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316768 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING - Methods, systems and computer programs for automatic, highly accurate machine comprehension of a plurality of segments of free form unstructured text in a natural language. The system answers a plurality of complex, free-form questions asked in a natural language, based on the totality of input text. The system further uses a multi-dimensional data model to measure the total effects of actions/verbs acting on various unique nouns present in the input text. The system may convert the questions into another multi-dimensional data model and may then compare the two data models in program memory to derive the answers to the posed questions. The system may then automatically detect unknown words and optionally look them up in digital information sources, such as online dictionaries and encyclopedias, to fill in the gaps in knowledge to answer the questions with expert-like reliability. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316769 | GAME PLAY FACT CHECKING - A fact checking system is able to verify the correctness of information and/or characterize information by comparing the information with one or more sources. The fact checking system automatically monitors, processes, fact checks information and indicates a status of the information. Fact checking results are able to be validated by re-fact checking the fact check results. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316770 | PROCESSING A REPORT - A system for processing a report, comprising a natural language processing unit ( | 2014-10-23 |
20140316771 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SOURCE SIGNAL SEPARATION - A method includes receiving an input signal comprising an original domain signal and creating a first window data set and a second window data set from the signal, wherein an initiation of the second window data set is offset from an initiation of the first window data set, converting the first window data set and the second window data set to a frequency domain and storing the resulting data as data in a second domain different from the original domain, performing complex spectral phase evolution (CSPE) on the second domain data to estimate component frequencies of the first and second window data sets, using the component frequencies estimated in the CSPE, sampling a set of second-domain high resolution windows to select a mathematical representation comprising a second-domain high resolution window that fits at least one of the amplitude, phase, amplitude modulation and frequency modulation of a component of an underlying signal wherein the component comprises at least one oscillator peak, generating an output signal from the mathematical representation of the original signal as at least one of: an audio file; one or more audio signal components; and one or more speech vectors and outputting the output signal to an external system. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316772 | Verification of Extracted Data - Facts are extracted from speech and recorded in a document using codings. Each coding represents an extracted fact and includes a code and a datum. The code may represent a type of the extracted fact and the datum may represent a value of the extracted fact. The datum in a coding is rendered based on a specified feature of the coding. For example, the datum may be rendered as boldface text to indicate that the coding has been designated as an “allergy.” In this way, the specified feature of the coding (e.g., “allergy”-ness) is used to modify the manner in which the datum is rendered. A user inspects the rendering and provides, based on the rendering, an indication of whether the coding was accurately designated as having the specified feature. A record of the user's indication may be stored, such as within the coding itself. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316773 | METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR EVALUATING INTELLIGIBILITY OF A DEGRADED SPEECH SIGNAL - The present invention relates to a method of evaluating intelligibility of a degraded speech signal received from an audio transmission system conveying a reference signal. The method comprises sampling said reference and degraded signal into frames, and forming frame pairs. For each pair one or more difference functions representing a difference between the degraded and reference signal are provided. A difference function is selected and compensated for different disturbance types, such as to provide a disturbance density function adapted to human auditory perception. An overall quality parameter is determined indicative of the intelligibility of the degraded signal. The method comprises determining a switching parameter indicative of audio power level of said degraded signal, for performing said selecting. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316774 | Method, Apparatus, and System for Processing Audio Data - A method, an apparatus, and a system for processing audio data are provided that pertain to the field of communications technologies. The method includes: obtaining a noise frame of an audio signal, and decomposing the current noise frame into a noise low-band signal and a noise high-band signal; and encoding and transmitting the noise low-band signal by using a first discontinuous transmission mechanism, and encoding and transmitting the noise high-band signal by using a second discontinuous transmission mechanism. According to the present invention, different processing manners are used for the high-band signal and the low-band signal, calculation loads and encoded bits may be saved under a premise of not lowering subjective quality of a codec, and bits that are saved may help to achieve an objective of reducing a transmission bandwidth or improving overall encoding quality. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316775 | NOISE SUPPRESSION DEVICE - A probability density function controller determines a probability density function dependent upon whether an input signal appears to be a sound or noise, i.e., a probability density function that is suited to a distribution state of a sound signal in a sound section and that in a noise section, and a suppression amount calculator 8 calculates a spectrum suppression amount by using the probability density function. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316776 | VOICE RECOGNITION CLIENT SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING ONLINE VOICE RECOGNITION, VOICE RECOGNITION SERVER SYSTEM, AND VOICE RECOGNITION METHOD - A voice/speech recognition client system, a voice recognition server system, and a voice recognition method. The voice recognition system indicates a result of voice recognition in a voice signal inputted from a starting time for voice recognition to an ending time. The voice recognition client comprises: a communication unit that transmits a unit voice signal input at intervals from the starting time to the ending time, to the voice recognition server system at the intervals and receives an intermediate result of voice recognition from the voice recognition server system; and a display unit that displays the intermediate result received between the starting time and the ending time. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316777 | USER DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - A user device having a voice recognition function and an operation method thereof are provided. The operation method includes detecting whether there is an input from at least one sensor in response to execution of an application which may use voice recognition and activating or inactivating the voice recognition in response to the detection of the input. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316778 | NOISE CANCELLATION FOR VOICE ACTIVATION - Devices, methods, and systems for noise cancellation for voice activation are described herein. For example, one or more embodiments include determining, with a computing device, whether a background noise received with the computing device is recognized, creating a stored noise cancellation filter based on the background noise when the background noise is not recognized, receiving a signal that includes the background noise and a voice command at the computing device, filtering out the background noise from the signal with the stored noise cancellation filter, and processing the voice command. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316779 | OBSERVATION PLATFORM FOR USING STRUCTURED COMMUNICATIONS - Observation platform for using structured communications. A signal from a first communication device is received at a second communication device associated with a computer system, wherein a first characteristic of the signal corresponds to an audible source and a second characteristic of the signal corresponds to information indicative of a geographic position of the first communication device. A first user associated with the first communication device is recognized at the computer system. Context information for the signal is derived at the computer system associated with the second communication device. A copy of at least one characteristic of the signal is stored in a storage medium, wherein the copy of at least one characteristic of the signal is available for developing performance metrics. The signal is relayed to a destination derived from the context information. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316780 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING AN AUTOMATED WEB TRANSCRIPTION SERVICE - A system, method and computer readable medium that provides an automated web transcription service is disclosed. The method may include receiving input speech from a user using a communications network, recognizing the received input speech, understanding the recognized speech, transcribing the understood speech to text, storing the transcribed text in a database, receiving a request via a web page to display the transcribed text, retrieving transcribed text from the database, and displaying the transcribed text to the requester using the web page. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316781 | WIRELESS TERMINAL AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD OF THE WIRELESS TERMINAL - The present invention relates to a wireless terminal, an information processing method and a recording medium. The wireless terminal according to the present invention comprises a short-range communication section for connecting a short-range communication channel with a communication apparatus included in a vehicle; a checking section for checking whether the wireless terminal is positioned in the vehicle, based on connection information of the short-range communication channel through the short-range communication section; a first converting section for converting text information received through one of N applications for transceiving text information into speech information, the applications being included in the wireless terminal, in the case that the wireless terminal is positioned in the vehicle, according to a result of the checking by the checking section; a processing section for outputting the converted speech information through a speaker of the wireless terminal; an input section for receiving speech information from a user of the wireless terminal; and a second converting section for converting the received speech information into text information. The processing section transmits the converted text information through the application for transceiving text information. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316782 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING DIALOG OF SPEECH SYSTEMS - Methods and systems are provided for managing speech dialog of a speech system. In one embodiment, a method includes: receiving a first utterance from a user of the speech system; determining a first list of possible results from the first utterance, wherein the first list includes at least two elements that each represent a possible result; analyzing the at least two elements of the first list to determine an ambiguity of the elements; and generating a speech prompt to the user based on partial orthography and the ambiguity. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316783 | VOCAL KEYWORD TRAINING FROM TEXT - Systems and methods for vocal keyword training from text are provided. In one example method, text is received via keyboard or a touch screen. The text can include one or more words of language known to a user. The received text can be compiled to generate a signature. The signature can embody a spoken keyword and include a sequence of phonemes or a triphone. The signature can be provided as an input to automatic speech recognition (ASR) software for subsequent comparison to an audible input. In various embodiments, a mobile device receives the audible input and the text, and at least one of the compiling and ASR functionality is distributed to a cloud-based system. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316784 | UPDATING POPULATION LANGUAGE MODELS BASED ON CHANGES MADE BY USER CLUSTERS - Technology for improving the predictive accuracy of input word recognition on a device by dynamically updating the lexicon of recognized words based on the word choices made by similar users. The technology collects users' vocabulary choices (e.g., words that each user uses, or adds to or removes from a word recognition dictionary), associates users who make similar choices, aggregates related vocabulary choices, filters the words, and sends words identified as likely choices for that user to the user's device. Clusters may include, for example, users in a particular location (e.g., sets of people who use words such as “Puyallup,” “Gloucester,” or “Waiheke”), users with a particular professional or hobby vocabulary, or application-specific vocabulary (e.g., word choices in map searches or email messages). | 2014-10-23 |
20140316785 | SPEECH RECOGNITION SYSTEM INTERACTIVE AGENT - A speech recognition system includes distributed processing across a client and server for recognizing a spoken query by a user. A number of different speech models for different languages are used to support and detect a language spoken by a user. In some implementations an interactive electronic agent responds in the user's language to facilitate a real-time, human like dialogue. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316786 | Creating statistical language models for audio CAPTCHAs - Methods for creating statistical language models (SLMs) for audio Completely Automated Turing Tests for Telling Computers and Humans Apart (CAPTCHAs) are disclosed. In these methods, candidate challenge items including one or more words are automatically selected from a document corpus. Selected ones of the challenge items are articulated by a machine text-to-speech (TTS) system as candidate articulations. Those articulations are ranked based on a human listener score indicating whether a candidate articulation originated from a machine. The SLM is then trained to recognize machine TTS articulations according to those rankings, by using a subset of the plurality of candidate challenge items identified as machine articulations as a seed set. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316787 | Systems and Methods for Recognizing Sound and Music Signals in High Noise and Distortion - A method for recognizing an audio sample locates an audio file that closely matches the audio sample from a database indexing a large set of original recordings. Each indexed audio file is represented in the database index by a set of landmark timepoints and associated fingerprints. Landmarks occur at reproducible locations within the file, while fingerprints represent features of the signal at or near the landmark timepoints. To perform recognition, landmarks and fingerprints are computed for the unknown sample and used to retrieve matching fingerprints from the database. For each file containing matching fingerprints, the landmarks are compared with landmarks of the sample at which the same fingerprints were computed. If a large number of corresponding landmarks are linearly related, i.e., if equivalent fingerprints of the sample and retrieved file have the same time evolution, then the file is identified with the sample. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316788 | QUALITY IMPROVEMENT TECHNIQUES IN AN AUDIO ENCODER - An audio encoder implements multi-channel coding decision, band truncation, multi-channel rematrixing, and header reduction techniques to improve quality and coding efficiency. In the multi-channel coding decision technique, the audio encoder dynamically selects between joint and independent coding of a multi-channel audio signal via an open-loop decision based upon (a) energy separation between the coding channels, and (b) the disparity between excitation patterns of the separate input channels. In the band truncation technique, the audio encoder performs open-loop band truncation at a cut-off frequency based on a target perceptual quality measure. In multi-channel rematrixing technique, the audio encoder suppresses certain coefficients of a difference channel by scaling according to a scale factor, which is based on current average levels of perceptual quality, current rate control buffer fullness, coding mode, and the amount of channel separation in the source. In the header reduction technique, the audio encoder selectively modifies the quantization step size of zeroed quantization bands so as to encode in fewer frame header bits. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316789 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING CROSS-FADING, INTERSTITIALS AND OTHER EFFECTS DOWNSTREAM - Systems and methods are presented for cross-fading (or other multiple clip processing) of information streams on a user or client device, such as a telephone, tablet, computer or MP3 player, or any consumer device with audio playback. Multiple clip processing can be accomplished at a client end according to directions sent from a service provider that specify a combination of (i) the clips involved; (ii) the device on which the cross-fade or other processing is to occur and its parameters; and (iii) the service provider system. For example, a consumer device with only one decoder, can utilize that decoder (typically hardware) to decompress one or more elements that are involved in a cross-fade at faster than real time, thus pre-fetching the next element(s) to be played in the cross-fade at the end of the currently being played element. The next elements(s) can, for example, be stored in an input buffer, then decoded and stored in a decoded sample buffer, all prior to the required presentation time of the multiple element effect. At the requisite time, a client device component can access the respective samples of the decoded audio clips as it performs the cross-fade, mix or other effect. Such exemplary embodiments use a single decoder and thus do not require synchronized simultaneous decodes. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316790 | PRICING AND DISTRIBUTION OF MEDICAL DIAGNOSTICS - In one embodiment, a method of pricing a diagnostic test includes receiving data associated with the diagnostic test and setting a price of the diagnostic test. The data associated with the diagnostic test includes an indication of one of a first result of the diagnostic test and a second result of the diagnostic test. The price of the diagnostic test is set based on the indication included in the data associated with the diagnostic test. In another embodiment, a method of pricing a diagnostic test includes receiving data associated with the diagnostic test and charging a first price or a second price for the diagnostic test. The data associated with the diagnostic test includes an indication of one of a first result of the diagnostic test and a second result of the diagnostic test. The first price and/or the second price can be charged based on the indication. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316791 | COMPUTERIZED SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CAPTURING AND REPORTING PHYSICIANS' TIME - A computerized system and method for capturing and reporting physician time in a manner that complies with reimbursement regulations. The system eases the difficulty of collecting physician time, thereby solidifying reimbursement revenue. The system has integrated rules to ensure compliance with time allocations. Moreover, a structured work flow for review of time entries is disclosed. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316792 | PROACTIVE AND PREVENTATIVE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM USING REMOTE MONITORING AND NOTIFICATIONS - A health status monitoring and reporting device, system and method, comprising an user-wearable armband, a power source coupled with the armband, either or both of a positional sensor and a movement sensor coupled with the armband, a vital signs measurement device coupled with the armband, and a transmitter operably coupled with the power source, the transmitter being configured to receive from either or both of the accelerometer and the vital signs measuring device a signal including an indicator of a condition of the user, and further including a gateway device to transmit data from a ULP network to a Wide Area Network. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316793 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECRUITING AND MATCHING PATIENTS FOR CLINICAL TRIALS - Systems and methods provide for recruiting and matching patients for clinical trials using a network-based software platform which publicizes clinical trials, recruits patients for participation in the clinical trials, and obtains patient profile information to match patients with appropriate clinical trials based on medical and behavioral compatibility. Patients may be recruited to join clinical trials through online networking and referrals using social media and other electronic communication managed by the software platform. The software platform provides a user interface where patients can input profile information, search for clinical trials and view interactive clinical trial information pages. Patient profile information and clinical trial information may be used to generate a match score which indicates a patient's compatibility with a particular clinical trial and a compliance score which indicates a patient's likelihood of success in participating in the clinical trial. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316794 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING SAFETY CHECKLISTS - When optimizing a medical workflow to balance throughput and safety, a customizable checklist is generated by identifying tasks adherent to the selected workflow, and populating a checklist template with tasks as a function of a user tendency to forget the task and a severity of potential harm to a patient if the task is omitted. Reminders are added to the checklist for tasks that can harm the patient if omitted, and evaluation prompts are added for tasks that will not harm the patient if omitted and therefor can be verified by the user after performance as opposed to before performance. Pause points are inserted into the populated checklist, at which points the user is presented with the reminders and evaluation tasks, and in a manner that does not disrupt the workflow so that throughput is maximized while safety is improved. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316795 | METHOD FOR MANAGING FIRST AND SECOND AUTHENTICATORS LOADED IN A DEVICE FOR INFORMING ABOUT AND MONITORING THE TAKING OF A SPECIALITY BY A PATIENT - Method for managing a first and second authenticator in a device for informing about and monitoring a taking of a speciality by a patient, the method comprising the steps of: using the first authenticator to verify the patient data, to take from a database the second authenticators linked to the first authenticator containing a list of specialities, adapting the speciality and the dosage thereof, sending a set of data containing the adapted list of second authenticators to the management unit, preparing a sequence of alerts on the basis of the second authenticators and by the management unit. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316796 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA FOR LIMITED DISTRIBUTION OF SPECIALTY DRUG USING A COMPUTER HUB OPERATING AT A SINGLE ACCESS POINT - Embodiments of the present invention provides systems, methods, and computer-readable media for distributing a specialty drug, such as an omega conopeptide, using a computer hub that facilitates reimbursement assistance, higher expertise in handling, better care of the product, and reduced patient cost. For example, responsive to a prescription, if the patient is currently enrolled in a commercial insurance plan, a patient out-of-pocket requirement can be compared to a capped payment amount. If the patient out-of-pocket requirement exceeds the capped payment amount, a total invoice amount of the specialty drug can be divided by a total invoice amount of the prescription to obtain a percentage of the total invoice attributable to the specialty drug, that percentage multiplied by the patient out-of-pocket requirement to obtain an initial patient obligation for only the specialty drug, and the initial patient obligation for only the specialty drug reduced to the capped payment amount. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316797 | Methods and system for evaluating medication regimen using risk assessment and reconciliation - Computer-based and network-based methods and system that provide for evaluating medication regimen using medication-related risk assessment in an automated medication reconciliation process can comprise, without limitation, collecting comprehensive information with respect to a patient that can fill in gaps typical of claims, EHR, or HIE-based data sets, based on curated clinician review and annotation or tagging of data. Various embodiments introduce flexible use of a variety of accurate and efficient methods for capturing and characterizing medications in point-of-care settings, including structured interviews, bar code scanning, and image recognition. Embodiments of the invention can further provide for harmonizing and reconciling data from disparate sources, calculating risk based on a more comprehensive assessment and annotation of the data sets and comparing risk to create a risk offset or differential, with a subsequent tailoring of interventions based on the risk offset or differential. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316798 | HEALTH CARE ELIGIBILITY VERIFICATION AND SETTLEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Devices, systems, and methods for processing healthcare and financial transactions are provided. A point-of-care terminal for processing a healthcare transaction by a healthcare provider includes a reader configured to read information from a healthcare eligibility and settlement presentation instrument associated with a patient, and a processor configured to process a healthcare transaction based on the information, wherein the healthcare transaction includes at least one of a healthcare eligibility verification transaction and a healthcare settlement transaction. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316799 | CONTROLLED INVENTORY REFRIGERATED DISPENSING SYSTEM - A vending refrigerator for dispensing pharmaceutical products, such as vials, bottles, syringes, and the like, at a point of distribution, e.g., a doctor's office or pharmacy. The vending refrigerator comprises a first product dispenser for one type of packaging and a second product dispenser for a second type of packaging. The product can be removed from a dispenser drawer but cannot be placed back into the dispenser through the drawer. The product dispensers are filled through openings that are not accessible during normal operations, but that are accessible during refilling procedures. The refrigerator may include a shelf where products that are mistakenly pulled from the product dispenser or that contain multiple doses of their contents can be placed for temporary storage. In some embodiments, the refrigerator comprises a chilled compartment and a freezer compartment. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316800 | Physician Regional Access Networking Agent - A medical communication system provides efficient messaging and communications services with physicians. The medical communication system permits physicians to define contact preferences so that they may receive messages in an efficient way based on various criteria, such as urgency, type, and time of a message. The medical communication system provides status for each of its physicians so that requestors that wish to contact the physicians can immediately know if a physician is available and the best way to reach the physician at a particular time and for a particular circumstance. The medical communication system protects the privacy of physician's personal contact information and provides tracking of communications for the purpose of patient records. In addition, the medical communication system may be configured to meet various regulatory requirements, including HIPAA regulations. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316801 | Increasing User Engagement with Health - A health-program system and method provides health programs for users to select, receives data related to users' progress in a selected health program and determines users' status in the program which is provided for display to the users. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316802 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING HEALTHCARE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - A method for evaluating a healthcare information system includes first determining a first specification for the healthcare information system. The first specifications may include healthcare profile data for specifying a profile of a healthcare provider, technology profile data for specifying a profile of technology resources, and performance data for measuring the benefits associated with performance indicators of the healthcare information system. Then, an evaluation is determined from the first specification, which may include system performance values. Additionally, characteristic values for performance indicators may be presented to the user. Next, a second specification is then determined by specifying to the user that at least some values of the first specification may be changed. Then, an evaluation for the healthcare information system is determined for the second specification. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316803 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING DRUG USAGE - Methods and systems for managing drug usage are provided. In an embodiment, reminder data associated with a drug treatment plan of a patient is accessed. The reminder data includes a reminder time indicia and a patient identifier associated with the patient. The drug treatment plan is associated with a drug to be taken by the patient. A determination of whether a reminder criterion of the prescription drug treatment plan has been met is made based on the reminder time indicia. A patient messaging configuration is accessed based on the patient identifier. A notification is generated based on a determination that the reminder criterion has been met and the patient messaging configuration. Additional methods and systems are disclosed. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316804 | MEDICAL STAFF MESSAGING - A method for communicating with relevant medical staff members about identified medical procedures in real time, comprising mapping at least one dataset of medical roles; monitoring a plurality of physiological measures of a patient; automatically identifying, according to an analysis of the plurality of physiological measures and according to the at least one dataset, when a first of the plurality of medical procedures is required in real time; generating a message containing data indicative of the first medical procedure and one or more physiological measures; acquiring scheduling data indicative which of a plurality of medical staff members currently man the plurality of medical roles; selecting at least one of the plurality of medical staff members for the medical procedure according to the scheduling data; and sending the message to the selected at least one medical staff member. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316805 | HEALTH MANAGEMENT METHOD - A health management method is used in a health management system that manages health of animals. The health management method includes the following steps. First, biological information of each of the animals is measured by a corresponding animal measurement terminal among measurement terminals to generate pieces of biological information of the animals. Then, the generated pieces of the biological information of the animals are obtained. Then, animal health information indicating a standard health condition of the animals is generated based on the obtained pieces of the biological information of the animals. Then, for each of the animals, the generated animal health information is compared to the biological information measured, thereby assessing a health condition of the animal. Then, a result of the assessing of the health condition of the animal is displayed on a display unit. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316806 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HYGIENIC INTERACTION WITH A POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS HEALTHCARE ENVIRONMENT - Disclosed herein is a portable power source and computing device (collectively herein “mobile subsystem”) that accompany a healthcare professional as he or she treats or examines a patient before moving to another patient in another room. The mobile subsystem provides an interface to a receiving docking device (“stationary subsystem”) located at or near a relatively immobile site of healthcare delivery so that access can be afforded to an electronic medical records system for updating and observation. The disclosure includes a system and method for clinicians to access protected health information from an electronic medical record at different locations with a mobile subsystem that reduces risk of transmitting infection and reduces the need for repeated authentication for secure access. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316807 | Cross-Enterprise Electronic Healthcare Document Sharing - A method of submitting a non-DICOM electronic healthcare document to an electronic repository according to another example embodiment includes receiving, at a web service interface, the non-DICOM electronic healthcare document to be submitted and metadata associated with the non-DICOM electronic healthcare document. The electronic healthcare document is converted from an object format of the web service interface to XDS object format. The converted electronic healthcare document is sent to the electronic repository and the associated metadata is sent to an electronic registry. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316808 | Cross-Enterprise Electronic Healthcare Document Sharing - A computer system according to one example embodiment includes a web service interface configured to receive a non-DICOM electronic healthcare document and metadata associated with the non-DICOM electronic healthcare document, to convert the electronic healthcare document from an object format of the web service interface to XDS object format, and to submit the converted electronic healthcare document to an electronic repository and the associated metadata to an electronic registry. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316809 | Apparatus and Method for Assessment of Patient Condition - A medical information system. In one embodiment, the medical information system includes: a learning engine; a user interface in communication with the learning engine; and a data warehouse in communication with the learning engine, wherein the learning engine will generate a report on a patient in response to patient data. In another embodiment, the data warehouse includes at least one data mart comprising summarized and indexed aggregated data that are pre-calculated and pre-joined. In one embodiment, the learning engine filters requests for aggregated data based on parameters supplied by the user interface. In another embodiment, a user may query medicine treatment statistics in response to diagnostics. In yet another embodiment, some of the plurality of preferences of the physician are predetermined by selection by the physician. In still yet another embodiment, some of the plurality of preferences of the physician are predetermined by actions taken by the physician. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316810 | INTEGRATED HEALTH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A computer implemented method of integrating and managing electronic healthcare related records includes providing a digital computer having processing, data storage and data communications capabilities. A healthcare provider set of records is provided that is generated from a first population of persons, and a plurality of healthcare providers. The healthcare providers set of records is forwarded to the digital computer. A third party payor set of healthcare related records is provided that is generated from a population of persons and a plurality of third party payors. The third party payor set of health records are forwarded to the digital computer. A pre-adjudicated healthcare claims set of record is provided from a population of persons including a plurality of third party payors. The pre-adjudicated healthcare claims are forwarded to the digital computer. The healthcare provider set of records, third party payor set of records and pre-adjudicated healthcare claims set of records are processed to provide a report on a patient's health condition and treatment history that includes information from each of the healthcare provider, third party payor and pre-adjudicated claims set of records. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316811 | AUTOMATED HEALTH DATA ACQUISITION, PROCESSING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A unique health score computation method is disclosed which masks underlying health statistics, yet provides a benchmark for a variety of applications. A system and method for collecting health related information, processing the information into a composite numerical value, and publishing the value is provided. The system includes a computer having a processor, memory, and code modules executing in the processor for implementation of the method. Information concerning a plurality of intrinsic and extrinsic parameters of a user is collected. Weighting factors are applied to the parameter in order control the relative affect each parameter has on the user's calculated numerical. The health score is computed using the processor by combining the weighted parameters in accordance with an algorithm. The numerical value is published to a designated group via a portal, while the underlying parameters remain private. In one implementation, the portal is an internet based information sharing forum. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316812 | Patient Intake E-Registration - Disclosed is a method of streamlining the intake registration of a patient at a healthcare provider facility. A secure, online database is provided via web-based interface portal for a patient to enter and store the patient's private health information (PHI) data. A unique readable scanning code, such as a QR code, is assigned to the patient's stored data. The scanning code is placed on items that may be carried by the patient, such as, wallet-sized cards, pendants, stickers, or via display on the patient's mobile devices or PC devices. The healthcare provider facility is provided with a scanner to read the QR code. The patient controls access to the PHI data via levels of security set by the patient. Upon entering the healthcare provider facility, the patient's QR code is scanned, and the permitted level(s) of PHI data are automatically populated into the facility's electronic health record system(s). | 2014-10-23 |
20140316813 | Healthcare Toolkit - A patient-centered Healthcare Toolkit includes a set of identification (ID) devices to uniquely identify each of a set of patients, a set of electronic tablets having wireless connectivity configured to read the set of ID devices, at least one of the set of electronic tablets being a patient intake tablet to collect patient self-knowledge of their problems. A set of medical measurement devices with wireless connectivity operate with one of the set of electronic tablets to gather at least one of physiologic, radiographic and bio-chemical data, and a local manager station to wirelessly connect with the set of electronic tablets and including an enterprise management system that uses a physician “mental model” of exam flow to create an patient-centered encounter form and any test requisitions for each of the medical measurement devices, and provides correct and consistent guidelines to operators of each of the set of electronic tablets. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316814 | Health Data Management Method And Apparatus - A health data management method and apparatus are provided. The health data management method includes: extracting heterogeneous health data, and generating at least one intermediate document in a key-value form, where at least one field in the heterogeneous health data corresponds to a key in the intermediate document, and one field corresponds to one key; transforming the intermediate document into a clinical document architecture (CDA) document; and outputting the CDA document. The technical solution provided by the present invention can effectively increase the degree of health data sharing. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316815 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DISEASE MANAGEMENT CARE COORDINATION - Methods and systems for disease management care coordination are described. In one embodiment, claim data associated with a prescription drug is integrated with additional health data from a plurality of data feeds received from a client device, a care coordination device, and a health management vendor device. The integrated data is targeted to identify a member. The integrated data associated with the member is transmitted to a patient evaluator device. The integrated data is updated using additional member information received from the patient evaluator device. Other methods and systems are described. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316816 | PATIENT PORTAL - A computer-implemented includes receiving, from one or more contributing channels, medical data; assigning the received medical data to one or more data silos; and generating a graphical user interface that when rendered on a display device renders a visual representation of a patient portal, with the patient portal including: one or more visual representations of the one or more data silos for data associated with a user that requested the patient portal. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316817 | METHODS, APPARATUSES AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR FACILITATING LOCATION AND RETRIEVAL OF HEALTH INFORMATION IN A HEALTHCARE SYSTEM - An apparatus is provided for retrieving information associated with one or more patients. The apparatus includes at least one memory and at least one processor configured to receive queries from devices of health care systems. The queries include data requesting information associated with patients that corresponds to specified items of information indicated in the queries. The processor is further configured to analyze stored patient information to determine items of the patient information that correspond to the specified items of the information. The processor is further configured to detect a subset of the items of the patient information related to health data that is determined to correspond to a respective patient(s) based on a determined value that equals or exceeds a predetermined threshold. Corresponding computer program products and methods are also provided. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316818 | ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS IN CLINICAL TRIALS - A method for collecting self-reported data from an individual for use in a clinical trial is provided. The method includes providing a web site allowing the individual to store, organize, and access personal health records associated with the individual and sharing selected personal health records associated with the individual with a clinical trial sponsor. A system for electronic health records includes a web server programmed to provide a secure web-based interface to the electronic health records, means to collect self-reports from an individual participating in a clinical trial, means to disseminate the self-reports from the individual to a clinical trial sponsor, and means to collect health care records from a health care provider of the individual. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316819 | MODULE AND SYSTEM FOR MEDICAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT - A computer module for managing medical information is described. Aspects of the invention provide a “binding” or association process for mapping information from a patient, including at the bedside, to medical devices and/or locations containing medical devices. This may advantageously allow combining all patient-bound device data in a single repository and effectively enable viewing of all patient data in one location. Accordingly, numerous discrete device data with respect to a single patient may be captured, including from among differing medical device types, and conveniently stored together as part of an intelligent data warehouse for efficient retrieval, updating, processing, including with respect to data analytics, display and/or other advantageous features. A medical device communication system is also described. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316820 | HIERARCHICAL CONDITION CATEGORIES PROGRAM - Systems and methods of recording patient's medical documents and training programs for improving medical document recordation. The system includes a computer readable medium capable of storing medical data obtained from patients, including disease codes, a computer with software capable of evaluating the data stored on the computer readable medium for completeness, and a notification system capable of presenting to the user of the system a warning if any of the data is found to be incomplete or incorrect. The training includes evaluating the healthcare provider's current medical documentation process, training the healthcare provider in methods of recording medical documents, providing a system for recording medical documents, and training the healthcare provider in use of the system. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316821 | IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO DECISION SUPPORT - A computer-implemented method which comprises outputting by a server device a clinical decision interface, the decision interface for display by a client device; receiving by the server device information comprising: patient information and patient treatment information; processing the information to identify a preferred treatment option and recommending at least one such treatment option. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316822 | AUTOMATIC CREATION OF CLINICAL STUDY REPORTS - An apparatus ( | 2014-10-23 |
20140316823 | Systems and Methods To Promote Computerized Insurance Premium Quotes for losses suffered by Crowd Funding Website Subscribers - A system and method for selling insurance products through crowdfunding websites is described. The system and method allow a provider to sell insurance products covering the risk of loss to a crowdfunding website subscriber, either directly or through a broker or aggregator, whereby a single GUI is used for the insurance and pledge or investment and the customer only has to enter their personal details once. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316824 | INVENTORY AND PRICING METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - Methods for processing a claim between a claimant and an administrator divide the claim process into a series of discrete actions. The users may produce an itemized inventory of all property related to the claim by documenting the property and categorizing it based on a hierarchical organization system. Once the itemized inventory is produced, the users may generate pricing data to associate monetary values with the property items. In the context of an insurance claim, the parties may thereafter negotiate a compensation amount to be delivered to the insured claimant, who may use the compensation amount to repurchase the various property items listed in the itemized inventory. In the context of a bankruptcy or other matter, the itemized inventory and pricing data provide information as to potential debt payoff and asset valuation. A computer program product is disclosed with a program module having instructions for running the aforementioned methods. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316825 | IMAGE BASED DAMAGE RECOGNITION AND REPAIR COST ESTIMATION - An apparatus and method for generating a repair cost estimate for a damaged vehicle from an image of the damaged vehicle. The image is provided to a processor that operates in accordance with instructions that perform the steps of identifying an area of the damaged vehicle that is damaged, associating at least one part with the identified damaged area, and generating a repair estimate utilizing the associated part. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316826 | WIRELESS CARRIER PLATFORM FOR SERVICE APPLICATIONS - A method for providing customized service applications relating to specific transactions with merchants to users of mobile devices includes: receiving and storing a service application template corresponding to a merchant; receiving a manifest including information relating to a specific transaction between the merchant and a user of a mobile device; extracting the information relating to the specific transaction from the manifest; generating a customized service application for the user based on the service application template and the extracted information; and transmitting the customized service application to the mobile device corresponding to the user. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316827 | Method, System and Program Product for a Linked Dispatch System - A method, system and program product comprises placing a reservation request for a service for a recipient. The reservation request is communicated to a server. The server is configured to be operable to select a provider from a group of providers associated with the recipient. The server is further configured to determine that a selected provider satisfies guidelines of the reservation, communicate the reservation request to a selected provider satisfying the guidelines, select another provider upon rejection of, or a failure to accept, the reservation request by the selected provider, and provide notification of acceptance of the reservation request. The notification is received from the server. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316828 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXCHANGING AN ELECTRONIC TICKET - A computing device exchanges electronic tickets between a first client device and a second client device. The computing device notifies the first client device and the second client device to confirm match success information when first ticket information of the first client device matches second ticket information of the second client device, and second ticket information of the first client device matches first ticket information of the second client device. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316829 | System for Implementing a Travel Network with Trip Planning and Social Media Capabilities - A system and methodology through which users can access various features and functionality relative to travel and collaborative and informational aspects thereof. This functionality is accessed through a website available to users through various devices such as tablets, PCs, laptops, smartphones and other similar devices. The system and methodology provides trip planning features such that users can upload, view and modify content associated with trips taken or planned as well as view trip information of others subject to appropriate authorization. Further, the system of the present invention may include interfaces and interoperability with social media services so that activity occurring through one of these services can be shared with other services and the services of the present invention and vice versa. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316830 | Synchronized Resource Planning - Various implementations described herein are directed to a non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions which, when executed by a computer, may cause the computer to receive an inbound message from a resource planning software application that is a member of a set of resource planning software applications. The computer may determine whether the inbound message conflicts with local data used by the set of resource planning software applications. The computer may determine whether the inbound message conflicts with outbound messages that are to be transmitted to at least one resource planning software application in the set of resource planning software applications. The computer may generate an outbound message configured to modify the local data used by the set of resource planning software applications in response to the data contained within the inbound message. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316831 | DYNAMIC INTERFACE BETWEEN BPSS CONVERSATION MANAGEMENT AND LOCAL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT - The present invention relates to devices and methods that coordinate an external conversation process between entities with an internal workflow of one of the entities. More particularly, it relates to devices and methods that are compliant with an inter-enterprise conversation process standard for routing electronic commerce documents between enterprises. Particular aspects of the present invention are described in the claims, specification and drawings. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316832 | Recruiting Management System - The present disclosure relates to a recruiting management system that acts as a computer network portal for recruiters, or recruiting coordinators, such as college and professional scouts/recruiters/coaches to disseminate, analyze and critique information related to prospects (e.g., high school, collegiate and/or professional athletes). In some embodiments, the recruiting management system enables recruiters and prospects real-time, up-to-date and on-line access to information related to recruiting events and/or statistical data. The management system facilitates recruiters the ability to communicate, search, select and screen the entire pool of athletes in a particular sport, based on customized and flexible criteria. The management system further enables recruiters the ability to adjust, update and view information related to prospects tangible attributes, event participation and performances, among other analytics associated with prospects. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316833 | FEEDBACK BASED MODEL VALIDATION AND SERVICE DELIVERY OPTIMIZATION USING MULTIPLE MODELS - An approach for modeling a service delivery system is presented. Data from the service delivery system is collected. Discrete event simulation, queueing, and system heuristics models are constructed from the collected data. Based on the constructed models, a first utilization error indicating first variations among measures of utilization of staffing by the service delivery system is determined. Based on the first utilization error, a problem that causes the first variations is determined and in response, adjustments to the models to correct the problem are determined. A second utilization error is determined. The second utilization error indicates second variations among other measures of the utilization of staffing by the service delivery system which are based on the adjustments. Based on the second utilization error, a consistency among the adjusted models is determined, and in response, an initial recommended model of the service delivery system is derived. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316834 | Milestone Management - Various implementations described herein are directed to a non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions which, when executed by a computer, may cause the computer to receive information describing an event. The computer may perform a hierarchical fetch to retrieve a set of rules corresponding to the event. The computer may use the set of rules to create an interface. The computer may display the interface. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316835 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VISUALIZING FIXED AND FLEXIBLE DAILY CALENDAR EVENTS ON A MAP - An approach is provided for visualizing a flow of fixed and flexible daily calendar appointments on a mapping user interface including time, location, and/or transportation information associated with the appointments. A mapping platform determines one or more flexible parameters of at least one flexible appointment based, at least in part, on one or more fixed parameters of at least one fixed appointment. The mapping platform causes, at least in part, a presentation of at least one mapping user interface depicting the one or more flexible parameters, the at least one flexible appointment, the one or more fixed parameters, the at least one fixed appointment, or a combination thereof, wherein the one or more flexible parameters, the one or more fixed parameters, or a combination thereof include, at least in part, one or more location parameters, one or more time parameters, one or more transportation parameters, or a combination thereof. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316836 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING CUSTOMIZED GROUP PLANS - Systems for generating customized group (social) plans based on corresponding creator plans, external data, user preferences, and matching logic are disclosed. Creator plans are available for selection by users. The system may propose creator plans to user(s) as well as potential plan participants based on specific user attributes or group associations. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316837 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MANAGEMENT - A method of construction project management is disclosed. In one embodiment, parameters of a construction project design are provided to an asset at a construction site. Geospatial information is then collected by the asset while the asset is implementing parameters of the construction project design at the construction site. The geospatial information is provided to a construction management computing system in real-time. The construction management computing system is remote from the asset. Progress on the construction site design is then dynamically updated in real-time by the construction management computing system based on the geospatial information to create a real-time, as constructed model of the construction project. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316838 | DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM (DSS) FOR MAINTENANCE OF A PLURALITY OF RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATORS IN A RENEWABLE POWER PLANT - The invention relates to a decision support system (DSS, | 2014-10-23 |
20140316839 | METHOD FOR GENERATING A LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS SUPPLY CHAIN DESIGN - A method for generating an LNG supply chain design. An LNG supply chain is modeled using a plurality of optimization models. Input data relevant to the modeled LNG supply chain is accepted. The input data is input into the optimization models. One or more solution algorithms are interfaced with the optimization models. The optimization models are nm using the interfaced solution algorithms to create an optimized supply chain design. The optimized supply chain design is outputted. Uncertainty is accounted for in the input data. The size, number, and design of ships, the number of berths and storage capacity at each LNG regasification terminal and LNG liquefaction terminal, and any other design decisions are treated as variables in the plurality of optimization models. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316840 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EVALUATION OF ENGINEERING LEVEL - To provide a technology for assisting selection of a supplier that can guarantee appropriate quality with ease, provided is an engineering level evaluation apparatus, including: a storage unit which stores: device information in which information on a part and an apparatus relating to manufacturing of the part are associated with each other; and apparatus owning information in which information identifying a supply entity of the part and the apparatus used by the supply entity are associated with each other; a part information reception section which receives an input of the information on the part; an engineering level calculation section which identifies a degree to which the apparatus relating to the manufacturing of the part received by the part information reception section is usable, and uses the degree to calculate an engineering level of each supply entity; and an output unit which outputs the supply entities in order of the engineering level. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316841 | LOCATION-BASED WORKFLOWS AND SERVICES - A method for leveraging location-based information to influence business workflows includes initiating a workflow, performing at least one operation within the workflow using a processor of a mobile device; receiving location information pertaining to the workflow; and influencing at least a portion of the workflow based on the location information. The workflow is configured to facilitate a business process. In some embodiments, the method includes determining location information corresponding to the mobile device, prompting a user to capture and image of a document, associating the location information with the captured image as location metadata, and storing the location metadata and captured image to a memory of the mobile device. Exemplary systems and computer program products are also described. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316842 | Systems and Methods for Identifying and Delivering Tailored Content Based Upon a Service Dialog - The present disclosure identifies and/or delivers tailored content based upon a service dialog. For example, the systems may receive a request for tailored content, facilitate a service dialog to obtain information related to the request, and communicate a plurality of tailored content based upon the information related to the request. Further, the systems may identify tailored content based upon a consumer profile, communicate the tailored content to a web client, and/or receive a selection of the tailored content. Further still, the systems may modify a magazine (e.g., content that is presented electronically) based upon tailored content. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316843 | AUTOMATICALLY-GENERATED WORKFLOW REPORT DIAGRAMS - A facility for providing a workflow report document for a number of instances of a business process is described. In connection with information specifying the display of an arrangement of shapes each representing a constituent action of the business process, the facility provides information specifying the display in connection with shapes of the arrangement of at least one business process measure aggregated across all of the instances of the process. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316844 | MESSAGING ENGINE - A supply chain management system comprising: a system server comprising a central processor and a database; a plurality of user computers communicating with the system server over a network; the system server running a software process defining: an interface layer configured to communicate messages and business transactions bi-directionally between the user computers and the system server; and a services layer configured to apply business logic to the messages and business transaction and process them according to a predefined workflow of the supply chain management system, the services layer comprising a messaging engine module configured to send and receive messages triggered by the business transactions, the messages composed according to predefined system rules. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316845 | Business Services Dashboard - Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing a business services dashboard. In some embodiments, a method might comprise defining relationship(s) between at least one technology service and at least one business service provided by an enterprise, and receiving data associated with real-time technical events corresponding to changed conditions in one or more technology services utilizing at least one technology asset. Each defined relationship might indicate a dependence on the one or more technology services by one or more business services. The method might further comprise identifying, based on the defined relationship(s), one or more business events that impact the one or more business services of the enterprise, as a result of the changed condition. Business user views and technical user views might be generated and sent to user devices associated with respective business and technical group users. Corresponding system and apparatus may be provided. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316846 | ESTIMATING FINANCIAL RISK BASED ON NON-FINANCIAL DATA - A method for estimating a risk associated with a project includes preparing a plurality of data models, where each of the plurality of data models examines a different dimension of the project, classifying each of the plurality of data models to produce a plurality of prediction models, where each of the plurality of prediction models is defined by a plurality of quality metrics, and where the plurality of quality metrics includes a preliminary estimate of the risk and a measure of confidence in the preliminary estimate, and computing a refined estimate of the risk based on a quality of the plurality of quality metrics. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316847 | OPERATIONAL RISK BACK-TESTING PROCESS USING QUANTITATIVE METHODS - Methods, computer-readable media, and apparatuses are disclosed for quantifying risk and control assessments. The risk includes both residual risk and direction of risk. Various aspects of the invention quantitatively compare the risk and control assessments against step-ahead losses using special regression models that are particularly applicable to this kind of data. The empirical comparison may be performed on both loss event frequency and severity in two different and separate dimensions. The empirical comparison may also be performed using losses extracted by even occurrence and event settlement dates in two separate dates. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316848 | Cross-Channel Analytics Combining Consumer Activity on the Web and in Physical Venues - Machines, systems, products and methods for cross-referencing a consumer's shopping activities in a physical venue to the consumer's online activities, the method comprising: uniquely identifying a consumer based on a unique ID associated with the consumer's mobile communication device; monitoring speed and location of the consumer in one or more zones in a physical venue by detecting and processing communication signals broadcasted by the consumer's mobile communication device; determining level of interest of the consumer in one or more products positioned in the one or more zones in the physical venue based on speed with which the consumer moves through the one or more zones; and equating a first level of interest in a first product in the physical venue to a page view on a webpage that promotes the first product or group of products. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316849 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING ITEM SPECIFIC USER INTEREST - A method for determining item specific user interest includes rendering a tag on top of a content item of a website, activating an e-commerce application from the tag related to the content item, and rendering a second item related to the content item on the e-commerce application. The method also includes monitoring one or more actions performed by the user related to the item on the e-commerce application. The method further includes assigning scores to the one or more actions performed by the user related to the item. In addition, the method includes determining a level of interest value of the user for the item based on scores assigned to the one or more actions. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316850 | Computerized System and Method for Determining an Action's Importance and Impact on a Transaction - The present invention is a computerized method of determining the importance of an action performed by an action person to the occurrence of a transaction. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316851 | PREDICTING CUSTOMER RECEPTIVITY FOR COMMERCIAL ENGAGEMENT - In an exemplary embodiment of this disclosure, a computer-implemented method includes storing in a rules database one or more rules related to customer receptivity. A first subset of the rules is processed, by a computer processor, to determine a computed level of customer receptivity (LOCR) for each of one or more customers. One or more observed LOCRs are received for the one or more customers. Each observed LOCR may be based on contact with a corresponding customer of the one or more customers. One or more predicted LOCRs are predicted for the one or more customers, using one or more predictive models. Each predicted LOCR is based at least in part on an observed LOCR associated with the corresponding customer of the one or more customers. The rules in the rules database are then modified, repeatedly, to reflect the predicted LOCRs and additional predicted LOCRs after they are predicted. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316852 | USING COMMERCIAL SHARE OF WALLET TO RATE BUSINESS PROSPECTS - Commercial size of spending wallet (“CSoSW”) is the total business spend of a business including cash but excluding bartered items. Commercial share of wallet (“CSoW”) is the portion of the spending wallet that is captured by a particular financial company. A modeling approach utilizes various data sources to provide outputs that describe a company's spend capacity. Research analysts can use CSoW/CSoSW to provide a comprehensive and robust indication of the business prospects of a rated company. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316853 | Determine a Product from Private Information of a User - A user agent of a user obtains private information that is restricted from being disclosed to third parties except the user and the user agent. This private information is analyzed to predict a product that the user desires to purchase. An identity of the user and an identity of the product are provided to a third party without disclosing any of the private information to the third party. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316854 | INTEGRATED PRE-TAIL, E-TAIL AND RETAIL PLATFORM - An online pre-tail, e-tail and re-tailing platform that facilitates various commercial transactions between buyers and sellers is disclosed herein. The platform has ability to display products that are submitted by sellers, validate and generate demands for the products, arrange manufacturing and fulfill orders. The manufacturing of the product is funded at least in part by funds from the preorders received prior to the manufacturing. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316855 | DETERMINING COMMERCIAL SHARE OF WALLET - Commercial size of spending wallet (“SoSW”) is the total business spend of a business including cash but excluding bartered items. Commercial share of wallet (“SoW”) is the portion of the spending wallet that is captured by a particular financial company. Commercial SoW is a modeling approach that utilizes various data sources to provide outputs that describe a company's spend capacity. These outputs can be appended to data profiles of customers and prospects and can be utilized to support decisions involving prospecting, new account evaluation, and customer management across the lifecycle. Company financial statements are utilized to identify and calculate total business spend of a company that could be transacted using a commercial credit card. A spend-like regression model may then be developed to estimate annual commercial SoSW value for customers and prospects within a credit network. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316856 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONDUCTING A DEDUCTIVE SURVEY - A method for conducting real-time dynamic consumer surveys is disclosed. The method includes providing a set of user-defined topics of interest related to a specific good or service and providing a processor configured for beginning a consumer survey by providing an open-ended question to the consumer of the specific good or service regarding the consumer's experience with said good or service, receiving the consumer's response to said open-ended question, analyzing the text of said response to the open-ended question to identify the presence of members of the set of user-defined topics within the response, and providing at least one closed-ended question with respect to any member of the set of user-defined topics not identified in the consumer's response. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316857 | HOUSING PRICE ESTIMATOR - A method of valuing real estate properties includes the steps of calculating a premium or discount to rental parity for a historically stable time period and the current time period. Another method of timing a real estate market is also disclosed. Another method of searching for relevant property based on the personal income and/or expense of the buyer is also disclosed. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316858 | VIRTUAL BUSINESS PROCESS - A virtual process system includes a processor, a first physical business process coupled to the processor, and a second physical business process coupled to the processor. The processor is configured to execute a virtual business process according to a virtual business process definition. The processor is further configured to receive a first event relating to the first physical business process and a second event relating to the second physical business process. The processor is further configured to execute a first state transition in response to receiving the first event at the processor and execute a second state transition in response to receiving the second event at the processor and execute a behavior in response to a received event. The received event includes one of the first event or the second event. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316859 | Setting up Milestones for Desired Performance - Various implementations described herein are directed to a non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions which, when executed by a computer, may cause the computer to receive a desired uptime for one or more pieces of equipment. The computer may receive a set of supplies used in maintaining the one or more pieces of equipment. The computer may determine a plurality of actions for achieving the desired uptime based on a probability analysis of one or more maintenance records for the one or more pieces of equipment. The plurality of actions includes ordering one or more supplies in the set of supplies. The computer may create one or more milestones from the plurality of actions. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316860 | COMMON CONDITIONS FOR PAST PROJECTS AS EVIDENCE FOR SUCCESS CAUSES - A processor-implemented method, system, and/or computer program product identifies a cause of a level of success in multiple projects from a set of past projects. Multiple artifacts describe conditions associated with each project from a set of past projects, where a cause for a level of success in the past projects is initially unknown. Logic identifies a set of common artifacts in multiple projects from the set of past projects, where the set of common artifacts describes common conditions that are common to all of the multiple projects. Additional logic identifies a level of success experienced by each of the multiple projects. In response to a particular set of projects having a same level of success, common conditions identified by the set of common artifacts are identified as the cause for the same level of success experienced by all of the projects in the particular set of projects. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316861 | Trust Rating Metric for Future Event Prediction of an Outcome - In at least one embodiment, a trust rating system and method provide a precise and accurate, structured (yet adaptable and flexible), quantifying way of expressing historical trustworthiness so the user or decision maker can make more informed decisions on the data or information being evaluated. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316862 | PREDICTING CUSTOMER SATISFACTION - Systems and methods for predicting customer satisfaction are disclosed. An example method includes identifying business factors related to customer satisfaction. The method also includes translating the business factors to measurable metrics. The method also includes predicting for a user, variations in performance leading to lower customer satisfaction, based on the measurable metrics. | 2014-10-23 |