48th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 49 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150339726 | ADVERTISING FOR SENSOR-ENABLED CLOTHING - A system, computer program product, and method for advertising that include coupling a body-worn sensor device associated with an article of clothing to a receiver, and retrieving data from the sensor device. The retrieved data includes one or more measures indicating a state of wear of the article of clothing. The method further includes generating an advertisement based on the retrieved data. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339727 | PROMOTION CONTENT DELIVERY WITH MEDIA CONTENT - The present application discloses a method for providing promotion content. A server provides to a client device media content and a sequence of closed caption (CC) messages that are synchronized with the media content. Two consecutive CC messages are separated by a blank duration that is marked by a blank mark and lasts for a predetermined length of time. The client device is configured to detect the blank mark and generate a request for promotion content that includes at least a user identification for identifying a user of the client device. Upon receiving the promotion content request, the server determines user preferences associated with the user identification, and further identifies a promotion content item according to the user preferences. The promotion content item is provided to the client device for concurrent display with the media content during the blank duration between the corresponding two consecutive CC messages. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339728 | AD SERVING AND INTELLIGENT IMPRESSION THROTTLING TECHNIQUES IMPLEMENTED IN ELECTRONIC DATA NETWORKS - Various aspects are disclosed for enabling an advertising server to improve profitability by selectively and dynamically discriminating between the various ad server resources which are to be allocated towards servicing different incoming impressions. The ad server may be configured or designed to dynamically evaluate the parameters of each incoming impressions in order to assess the likelihood of that incoming impression being successfully filled by demand partners and/or advertising networks. At various times when conditions warrant, the ad server may selectively and dynamically choose to throttle or drop the servicing of selected incoming ad requests/impressions in order to minimize losses which may occur as a result of servicing ad requests/impressions which result in defaults. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339729 | ONLINE ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN CONTROLLER TO ORCHESTRATE ALLOCATION OF ADS - Ad segments on a Web page are filled with ads that are served by a service provider operating between a user computer and publisher on one end and multiple ad serving entities on the other. The ads include those served by publisher ad server and also real time bidding. An offline campaign controller orchestrates the allocation of guaranteed and real time bidding by monitoring performance of the direct sold campaigns and generating updates to targeting parameters of UOE ad campaign and rules for an edge server. When a direct sold campaign is on track, the updates on UOE campaign permits an ad segment to be considered for real time bidding. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339730 | REAL TIME DEBUGGING IN ONLINE VIDEO ADVERTISEMENT SYSTEM - Techniques for monitoring an online video advertisement system include receiving a request for insertion of an online video advertisement, determining, selectively based on presence of a debug suffix, whether the request includes a debug request, performing a bidding auction to select a winning bid, and sending debug information, in response to the request, upon determination that the request includes the debug request. The debug data includes bid data received during the bidding auction. In one advantageous aspect, the use of hypertext transfer protocol headers to communicate debug information allows for activation and deactivation of the debugging operation transparently, e.g., without changing the underlying application layer workflow. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339731 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING CUSTOM DESIGNS USING VECTOR-BASED IMAGES - A custom design system is provided that allows real-time design of products by a user and improves the design experience for designing custom products. In one implementation, a system is provided that is capable of scaling vector-based images for various outputs (e.g., printing, display, etc.) without human intervention and without appreciable image degradation. In another implementation, it would be beneficial to allow real-time editing of design data in relation to custom product creation within a client's web browser application. It is appreciated that if a custom product may be designed within a web browser experience, a more seamless design experience may be created for the user. In particular, if design processing were offloaded to the client (e.g., within the web browser), delays in performing certain operations such as saves and updates would be reduced. To this end, a system that provides such capability using vector-based design image formats may be used. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339732 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING ADVERTISEMENT, DISPLAY DEVICE, MOBILE DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDABLE MEDIUM - A method for providing an advertisement for a display device is provided, which includes generating a color identification code which includes a plurality of pieces of advertisement information, encoding the generated color identification code into an advertisement image, and displaying the advertisement image encoded with the color identification code. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339733 | DYNAMIC PROMOTIONAL LAYOUT MANAGEMENT AND DISTRIBUTION RULES - Systems, methods and computer readable products are provided for enabling dynamic loading of one or more digital image branding functions associated with one or more distribution rules. A distribution rule is used to target a group of end users that are selected from a dataset mapping a plurality of end-users according to one or more distribution rules. Instructions are forwarded to present an indication the digital image branding function to each member of the end users group. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339734 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTITY-PROTECTED ADVERTISING NETWORK - Systems and methods are disclosed for protecting consumer privacy in an online advertising environment. A request may be received from a browser for a webpage along with a unique browser identifier. The browser may be provided a first portion of the webpage that is locally available. The unique browser identifier may be provided to at least one advertising entity, wherein the advertising entity determines an advertisement based, at least in part, on the unique browser identifier. The advertisement may be received from the advertising entity, and provided to the browser as a second portion of the webpage. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339735 | PROVIDING SOCIAL ENDORSEMENTS WITH ONLINE ADVERTISING - Third-party publishers (such as websites) provide online advertisements combined with social endorsement information to users. A request for an advertisement is received from a viewing user via a third-party publisher system. A particular advertisement is selected in response to this request, and one or more advertisement tags associated with the advertisement are retrieved. The advertisement tags comprise information related to the advertisement. Social networking system data for users related to the viewing user is retrieved. Social endorsement information is obtained using the social networking system data and the advertisement tags associated with the advertisement. The social endorsement information and the advertisement are then combined and transmitted to the third-party publisher system, or are transmitted individually for combination by the third-party publisher system. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339736 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE POST-SALE SUPPORT SYSTEM - A system comprises a device under test, a testing device coupled to said device under test via a direct connection, and a post-sales support server communicatively coupled to said testing device via a wide area network connection. The testing device is operable to collect, from said device under test via said direct connection, responses to test stimuli generated in accordance with test code. The testing device is operable to provide said responses to said post-sale support server. The post-sale support server is operable to generate a valuation of said device under test based on said responses, and make said valuation available to a user of said device under test. The valuation may comprise a monetary value based offer associated with third party repair, resale and recycling. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339737 | COMPUTER PROGRAM, METHOD, AND SYSTEM FOR INTERACTIVE FUNDRAISING - A computer program, method, and system for facilitating fundraising. The method comprises the initial step of receiving a digital image. An additional step includes receiving fundraising data, with the fundraising data comprising a total amount of funds to be raised for a fundraising campaign. An additional step includes partitioning the digital image into a plurality of tiles, with a number of tiles in the plurality being based on the fundraising data. A further step includes presenting on a graphic display the partitioned digital image. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339738 | METHOD TO VALIDATE SHIPPING RATES - An actual shipping rates table and a stored shipping rates table are retrieved. A first aggregate value from the sum of all values in the actual shipping rates table and a second aggregate value from the sum of all values in the stored shipping rates table are computed. The first aggregate value is compared with the second aggregate value. A third aggregate value along a field with the most number of values of the actual shipping rates table, and a fourth aggregate value along a field with the most number of values of the stored shipping rates table are computed. The third aggregate value is compared with the fourth aggregate value. The stored shipping rates table is validated when the first aggregate value matches the second aggregate value, and the third aggregate value matches the fourth aggregated value. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339739 | CORPORATE BILL SELLING SYSTEM WITH ANTI-COUNTERFEITING VERIFICATION - The invention relates to an automation technology. The invention solves existing problems of insufficient flexibility, convenience and low security in purchasing corporate bills, and provides a corporate bill selling system with anti-counterfeiting verification, the technical solution thereof can be summarized as follows: a corporate bill selling system with anti-counterfeiting verification comprises a corporate bill selling center platform and at least one front-end corporate bill self-service terminal, the corporate bill selling center platform is connected with the at least one front-end corporate bill self-service terminal; the corporate bill selling center platform is used for providing entry of system basic platform building information, data storage, equipment monitoring, optical character recognition (OCR), interface with an external system and system data inquiry statistics management; and the front-end corporate bill self-service terminal is used for storing corporate bills, achieving interaction with users, and acquiring and identifying key information of corporate bills. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339740 | Bill Calculation and Payment System - A network of computer tablets connected to a central router and an existing Point of Sales system. An Attachment affixed to each tablet and in electronic communication with the tablet allows customers to pay bills by, for example, swiping credit cards, and use coupons by, for example, scanning coupon bar codes. An Application interface installed on each tablet presents an itemized bill and offers choices for allocating portions of the bill amongst multiple payers. The Application interface also facilitates bill payment, coupon redemption, and receipt delivery. A Database in communication with the router aggregates customer information that can be used to distribute targeted coupons. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339741 | LOTTERY SYNDICATE SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a lottery syndicate system. The system includes a server for receiving confirmation of a lottery syndicate member, with a mobile internet device, being at a geographic location to qualify as a member of a lottery ticket syndicate. Typically, the geographic location is a store which has increased patronage by virtue of the lottery syndicate members being at that location. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339742 | SOCIAL PRODUCT PROMOTION - Methods and apparatus are disclosed regarding an e-commerce system having social networking aspects. The e-commerce system leverages such social networking aspects to help promote the sale of products. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339743 | SYSTEM FOR RELATIONSHIP-BASED SYSTEM FOR FACILITATING TRANSACTIONS - A method and system for a Posting User to communicate a Transaction Proposal to potential Viewing Users in relation to an Item includes creating an Availability Schedule which contains at least one Rank including a Relationship Credential and a Reserve Value; creating a Transaction Proposal; assigning the Availability Schedule to the Transaction Proposal; and submitting the Transaction Proposal to an Inventory Database in which the a Transaction Proposal is assigned a posting date and becomes a Posted Transaction Proposal. The Inventory Database is searchable by potential Viewing Users having a Relationship Credential that is in the Availability Schedule. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339744 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REQUESTING A QUOTE OR PROCESSING AN ORDER - A system is adapted to request or quote or process an item order request. The system comprises a first database stored with drawings of at least one machine; a second database stored with customer data; and a user interface providing access to the first database adapted for a user to select from a drawing an item to be ordered and then providing access to the second database to either store or select customer data. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339745 | INSTANT GENERATION AND USAGE OF HTTP URL BASED UNIQUE IDENTITY FOR ENGAGING IN MULTI-MODAL REAL-TIME INTERACTIONS IN ONLINE MARKETPLACES, SOCIAL NETWORKS AND OTHER RELEVANT PLACES - A System with mechanisms is provided that allows anyone or any entity to signup with basic identity information along with any service description resulting in an instant HTTP URL as a means for outside parties to contact this provider of the service and engage in multi-modal interactions involving voice, video, chat and media sharing. A single user or a group of users can signup with this system and provide optionally some contact information such as phone numbers. A HTTP URL is instantly generated that can be advertised as hyperlinks directly by the users to the outside environment such as on a website, email or any other means. The providers, who have signed-up for the service, can also remain signed-in into the system so as to engage with users wishing to contact them via the published URL. Any user with an internet connection upon clicking this URL will be directed to this proposed system and will be provided with a conversation window through which they can start engaging with the provider via chat, voice and video (webcam) and start sharing with each other any media information such as pictures and videos. The provider if not signed-in into the system can also engage with the user via SMS and email. The HTTP URL is being used as a starting point for users to engage with the providers of any service behind that URL. This URL can be advertised by the proposed system in various online marketplaces or social networks of the provider as well as on the web to be identified by search engines. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339746 | CONFIGURING A LIFE OCCURRENCE CONTAINER - A method is disclosed herein in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. The method may include deriving at a mobile transaction platform a multi-dimensional context from one or more user transactions and determining at least one life occurrence based, at least in part, on the multi-dimensional context. The one or more user transactions may be conducted through the mobile transaction platform. The one or more user transactions may be stored on a third-party source. In an aspect, the at least one life occurrence has yet to occur. In another aspect of the invention, the life occurrence has already occurred. The multi-dimensional context may include at least one of user location information and life occurrence location information. The multi-dimensional context may include at least one of a time of life occurrence and a current time. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339747 | Commercializing Manufacturer-Direct Products Under a Common Brand - An intermediary company markets products under its own brand name, but where the orders are between customers and the manufacturers, rather than with the intermediary company. In one implementation, the intermediary company operates primarily online. Its web site or other online presence is used to advertise the products and to take orders, and possibly also payment. The intermediary company authorizes third party operators to operate physical showrooms to display sample products. In return for their investment in the showrooms, the operators receive some commission on relevant sales. Since orders are primarily placed online, each operator's “territory” may include an online region. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339748 | RADIO CHANNEL CONTROL METHOD, TRAFFIC PACKAGE TRADING AND RECOMMENDING METHODS, AND RELATED DEVICE - A radio channel control method includes: collecting a real-time user experience index for access to a media service by a user terminal, and collecting a media service transmission parameter of the media service provided by a server; determining whether the real-time user experience index is less than a user experience index defined in a user experience level of an ordered traffic package of the user terminal, and if the real-time user experience index is less than the user experience index defined in the user experience level of the ordered traffic package of the user terminal, calculating, by using the real-time user experience index and the media service transmission parameter, a radio channel parameter that is required by the user experience index; and transmitting the radio channel parameter to a core network device. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339749 | CUSTOMER-SPECIFIC SMART INNOVATION DISCOVERY SERVICE - The present disclosure describes methods, systems, and computer program products for innovation discovery. One computer-implemented method includes receiving a request from a customer for usage data, the request received at a request interface for a service marketplace, upon a determination that usage data exists for the customer, initiating a request for usage data, routing the request for usage data though an external and internal process integration server system interface to a business information system, extracting usage data for the customer from the business information system, and return usage data to the requesting customer. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339750 | METHOD FOR RETRIEVING AND PRESENTING TRAVEL RELATED INFORMATION - A method to intuitively and quickly retrieve travel related information and gain access to providers of travel related services. The method is especially suitable for quickly finding non-stop airplane flights and connecting to airline reservation systems in as few as two clicks to access an airline reservation system to book a non-stop airplane flight. A user selects points such as airports on map-based displays and is presented with information pertaining to travel between, and services near, the selected points, such as airlines, lodging, car rentals, etc. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339751 | DYNAMIC PRICING MODEL - A system to provide a dynamic pricing model is described. An item listing in an on-line trading platform may be designated as being a subject to dynamic pricing functionality. When an item listing, that has a dynamic pricing option enabled, is selected for inclusion into the search results, a dynamic pricing system determines whether the search results are to be ordered according to respective prices associated with the listings and whether the listing is at the top of the list of the search results. If the original price associated with the listing is such that the listing would not be placed at the top of the list of the search results, the dynamic pricing system may reduce the price associated with the listing such that, based on the reduced price value, the listing can be positioned at the top of the search results list. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339752 | Deriving Dynamic Consumer Defined Product Attributes from Input Queries - Methods and systems of defining product attributes may involve receiving a search query and extracting a user expectation from the search query. In addition, an attribute may be defined for a product based on the user expectation. In one example, consumer generated content such as forum content, review content, blog content and social networking content, is used to define the attribute. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339753 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ORGANIZATION OF INFORMATION - A method of organizing information on products available at virtual stores on the Internet is described. Lists of prices may be displayed to the user in the form of a comparative table, one of the columns in the table including product prices. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339754 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CUSTOMIZING SEARCH RESULTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS - A recommendation system can be configured to customize search results and/or recommendations of content (e.g., customized products, products, advertising, layouts, etc.) using online and/or offline activity captured on a user population. The system can be configured to customize the content returned to users to achieve specific behaviors and/or influence the current user's behavior, responsive to modeling previous users. For example, the system can capture and aggregate user behavior/activity and score content based on the actions taken with respect to the content. In some examples, the scoring can be filtered or augmented by matching current user characteristics to characteristics of the previous users. The scoring can be generated independent of the language in which the activity/user behavior occurred. According to one embodiment, the system is configured to generate language independent models and utilize the language independent modeling to deliver customized content (e.g., recommendations and/or search results) without conventional constraints. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339755 | Using Status of Sign-On to Online Services for Content Item Recommendations - An SSO provider—i.e., a provider of user accounts that a number of other online services accept as a sign-on technique—identifies the online services to which its users sign on, as well as the digital content items that those users access. The SSO provider uses this information to associate particular content items with particular online services, or combinations of online services. The SSO provider can then use the associations to make recommendations of content items to users based on the services to which the users have signed on. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339756 | PERSONALIZING ALTERNATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS USING SEARCH CONTEXT - Aspects of the present disclosure include a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program and a computer-implemented method for providing alternative recommendations using search context. Consistent with some embodiments, the method may include receiving a user search query and receiving a request to view an item included in a set of search results retrieved in response to the search query. The method may further include determining an alternative item recommendation using the search query and attributes of the item, and causing presentation of the item and the alternative item recommendation in response to receiving the request to view the item. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339757 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR GENERATING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PRODUCTS AND TREATMENTS - The present invention is a method, system and computer prod act operable to receive one or more images and/or video and to utilize such images/video to generate an analysis that is the basis tor recommendations for products and/or treatments provided to a user. The invention generates statistical analysis particular to person shown in the images/video. The statistical information may be displayed to a user. This statistical analysis may be utilized by the invention to generate recommendations for products and/or treatments for the person shown in the images/video. The invention may further generate an image showing the result of an application of a product or treatment to the person shown in the video. The invention may be provided to a user on a computing device, such as, for example as an App on a mobile device. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339758 | COMBINED CONSUMER TARGETED INFORMATION AND POINT OF SALE SYSTEM - A combination mobile payment-information delivery system. The system can include a point of sale (POS) device having a mobile payment chip and antenna. The POS device can also have a first near field communication (NFC) device. The POS device with the mobile payment chip and antenna is operable as a mobile payment portal. In addition, the POS device with the first near field communication (NFC) device is operable as a consumer/end-user targeted information (CTI) portal. In this manner, the use of NFC technology for delivering in real-time consumer/end-user targeted information (CTI) is combined with POS devices that can execute mobile payment transactions. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339759 | DETECTING PRODUCT ATTRIBUTES ASSOCIATED WITH PRODUCT UPGRADES BASED ON BEHAVIORS OF USERS - A system may use search refinements to identify new product trends. These product trends may be associated with attributes or product features that may previously have been available, but are newly of interest to a users. The system may compare search refinements used by users during an earlier time period with search refinements used during a more recent time period to identify search refinements that are used more often during the later time period. Based on this comparison, the system can identify a product feature that is of interest to users during the later time period, but not the earlier time period. The system can then recommend products with the product feature to potential customers. Further, if the product feature was not available during the earlier time period, the system can identify to potential customers that the product feature is newly available in relation to the earlier time period. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339760 | INTERNATIONAL E-COMMERCE SYSTEM - The present invention is an electronic commerce system that includes a virtual mall server for implementing mirror websites of stores offering products through and affiliated with the virtual mall. The mirrored product data can be viewed by purchasers using a remote computer or wireless device. The system also includes a tariff database including tariff or importation tax information for at least one country. The tariff of tax information is displayed to the user so that the user knows the expense of importing a purchased product into the users country. The virtual mall server also provides to the user's remote computer real-time information of product price in a currency of choice as well as shipping fee information. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339761 | LOCATING PRODUCTS IN STORES USING VOICE SEARCH FROM A COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A user can locate products by dialing a number from any phone and accessing an automatic voice recognition system. Reply is made to the user with information locating the product using a store's product location data converted to automatic voice responses. smart phone and mobile web access to a product database is enabled using voice-to-text and text search. A taxonomy enables product search requests by product descriptions and/or product brand names, and enable synonyms and phonetic enhancements to the system. Search results are related to products and product categories with concise organization. Relevant advertisements, promotional offers and coupons are delivered based upon search and taxonomy elements. Search requests generate dynamic interior maps of a products location inside the shoppers' location, assisting a shopper to efficiently shop the location for listed items. Business intelligence of product categories enable rapid scaling across retail segments. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339762 | Systems and Methods for Generating an Online Solar Energy Marketplace - Computer-implemented systems and methods are disclosed for providing an online solar marketplace. In an embodiment, a geolocation may be received corresponding to a property. Available equipment, installation, and financing offerings may be retrieved from a marketplace repository. The marketplace repository may store a plurality of service and equipment offerings from one or more equipment providers, installation providers, or financing providers. An integrated solar energy offering may be generated based on the retrieved equipment, installation or financing offerings, and a solar energy simulation may be performed for the solar energy offering to estimate energy production over a predetermined time period. The solar energy offering and energy production estimates may then be presented to a user of the solar marketplace. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339763 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAY PRODUCT INFORMATION - A method of displaying information in an easy to understand and use method is disclosed. Groups of product can be displayed on a screen of a mobile device. Selection of a group allows a family of products within the group to be displayed in a perspective view. Selection of a family allows for additional details regarding the family to be displayed. The active family, prior to selection, can be highlighted and can be changed by swiping the screen with a finger. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339764 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REVERSE AUCTIONING OR BIDDING ON HEALTHCARE SERVICES - A method and system for reverse auctioning or bidding by user (s) or patient(s) on healthcare services or medical facilities or medical products. Wherein, a user (s) or patient (s) can submit information on a particular disease or symptom, procedure or any health related facilities, product and an input price variable willing to pay for these services and products. This allows the user (s) or patient(s) to initiate a bid by providing specific price as a primary input along with restrictions and conditions, which are forwarded to the plurality of the healthcare service providers and allowing the service providers to confirm the bid. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339765 | LIQUIDITY FORECASTING AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system for processing liquidity forecasting decisions includes one or more processors configured to execute one or more program modules. The modules are configured to receive, via the one or more processors, a forecast for an account at a forecast timestamp. The modules are also configured to identify, via the one or more processors, a forecast rule using attributes from the forecast. Responsive to the forecast rule having a milestone associated therewith, the modules are configured to retrieve, via the one or more processors, a milestone time associated with the milestone, compare, via the one or more processors, the forecast timestamp to the milestone time, and apply, via the one or more processors, a forecast decision based on the comparison of the forecast timestamp and the milestone time. Applying the forecast decision includes determining a confidence level that a transaction associated with the forecast will occur by a given time. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339766 | INFORMATION PROTECTION SYSTEM - A method and a system to protect information are provided. For example, a system comprises a parser to parse user interface information to be included within a user interface to be displayed to a user by an information display application. The parser also identifies at least one field, within the user interface, to receive user information from a user. A detection module is provided to determine whether the user interface information is associated with fraudulent activity. A form fill module, in response to determining that the user interface is associated with fraudulent activity, provides a warning indicia in or over the at least one field, when the user interface is presented to a user by the display application. The form fill module may also disable the functionality of a user display application to automatically form fill the identified fields. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339767 | UNIFIED PAYMENT ACCOUNT ESTABLISHMENT AND INCORPORATION IN A MAIN PAYMENT ACCOUNT - There is provided systems and method for unified payment account establishment and incorporation in a main payment account. A service provider, such as a payment provider, may offer merchants with a development kit that unifies payment methods between various merchants and the service provider so that users are provided with more easily established payment accounts with the merchants. The development kit may include an account establishment interface that may be utilized in a merchant ordering and payment application for a merchant. The interface may provide for establishment of a payment account with the merchant. When initially establishing the payment account, the user may generate a provisional account, which may be synchronized to a payment account the user has with the service provider. When synchronizing the two accounts, the user may transfer information to the merchant, which may be redacted to prevent the merchant from receiving sensitive information. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339768 | Methods and Systems for Accessing Account Information Electronically - Methods and systems for accessing customer account information involve, for example, binding a computing device with a customer's profile via one or more attributes of the computing device and an encrypted token stored on the computing device and thereafter receiving an authentication request consisting at least in part of the computing device attributes and the encrypted token stored on the computing device. A determination is made as to whether or not entry of a customer credential was received within a pre-determined preceding interval of time, and predefined customer account information is displayed on the computing device without requiring entry of the customer credential when a determination is made that entry of the customer credential was received within the pre-determined preceding interval of time. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339769 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENFORCING DATA INTEGRITY AND LOAN APPROVAL AUTOMATION BY MEANS OF DATA AGGREGATION AND ANALYSIS - Systems and methods permit the efficient and accurate aggregation and analysis of loan application data as well as the convenient display of the loan application data to a financial service provider. In one embodiment, a computing device associated with a financial service provider receives a loan application containing loan application data. The computing device performs a compliance and underwriting analysis and a verification analysis to validate inputs, authenticate customer identity, ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, and evaluate the risk posed by a loan application, among other features. If the verification analysis indicates that supplemental loan application data is required, the provider computing device generates an application status message identifying the required supplemental data. Following the compliance and underwriting analysis and the verification analysis, the provider computing device creates an electronic credit authorization document and generates an application decision message indicating approval or disapproval of the loan application. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339770 | DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM FOR COMMERCE - A distributed system for commerce including a merchant system with a communication system for receiving, processing and transmitting data. The system further includes an intermediate server system in communication with the merchant system, and this intermediate server system includes a data storage system for storing data transmitted thereto, as well as a communication system for receiving, processing and transmitting data. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339771 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING ORDER EXECUTION - An embodiment of the present invention is directed to a Trader Workstation that includes a user interface accessible by various users over a network communication link. The user interface of an embodiment of the present invention provides complex customized visualizations of fast moving real-time data and historical time series. The Trader Workstation increases trading efficiency and availability of data for traders by enabling traders to better monitor, analyze and plan trades. For example, using configurable views, filters and visualizations, traders may track and monitor orders in real time. An embodiment of the present invention may provide a trade analysis interface and a trade planning interface. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339772 | SYSTEM FOR BUYING AND SELLING SECURITIES OVER A DISTRIBUTED COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - There are a myriad of Federal and State Securities Regulations governing the raising of investment capital from potential investors. As such there exists a need for a Regulatory Compliance Software that ensure potential investors into a Securities Offering dos not violate any Securities laws. This innovation details a system for buying and selling Securities over a distributed communication network. The Security is stored in a database containing information pertaining to available investment offers in conjunction with Federal and/or State Securities Regulatory threshold requirements; A computer coupled to said network, providing buyers of said investments units access to said database over said network, whereby said buyers may invoke a search feature into a search engine and receive search results indicating particular investment offers where their investment in said investment offer would not violate any regulatory Securities laws. And further upon bidding on an investment opportunity, the system validates their bid in said investment opportunity does not violate any applicable regulatory Securities laws. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339773 | METHODS FOR MARKET RESERVATION - Methods for market reservation include proposing a solution to a societal or other issue; reservation shares for this solution are created; these reservation shares are placed in an actively traded marketplace defined by bid price, time-in-market, and “benching” among other variables; investors reserve shares in the proposed solution; the proposed solution is refined by input from various sources; and the investors capitalize in the event that the solution is selected for implementation to resolve the issue. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339774 | System and Method for Electronic Spread Trading in Real and Synthetically Generated Markets - A system and method are provided to analyze synthetic and real markets that offer interchangeable tradeable objects to find market opportunities that a trader may capitalize on. A synthetic market is an electronic market created out of real markets by a computer terminal or gateway. A real market is an electronic market that is offered by an electronic exchange. If a desirable market opportunity is found, the preferred embodiments can take action such as by sending orders to either one of the markets, or by sending orders to both markets. An advantage of the preferred embodiments, among many others, is that they can make “invisible” trading opportunities more readily apparent. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339775 | Investment portfolio performance presentation method - A method of displaying statistically distributed investment portfolio return rate emphasizing the statistical nature of the return rate, its relation to the portfolio holdings and the method of avoiding the misrepresentation caused by systematic errors is described. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339776 | FACILITY-INVESTMENT-SCENARIO PROVIDING DEVICE AND METHOD - To provide the information showing when the production facility is to be added or changed in order to obtain a larger income, a facility-investment-scenario providing device includes a facility-investment-scenario storage unit for storing a facility investment scenario having a facility investment pattern associated with each of periods obtained by dividing a total period for producing a product by every predetermined interval, and acquires the facility investment scenario corresponding to a selecting-input-received condition from the facility-investment-scenario storage unit and displays the facility investment pattern corresponding to each of the periods based on the acquired facility investment scenario. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339777 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR STACKING INSURANCE DEDUCTIBLES - Systems, apparatus, methods, and articles of manufacture provide for facilitating management of insurance claims, including determining a stacked deductible amount based on a deductible associated with coverage of an insured's property and a deductible associated with liability coverage against damage to third parties. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339778 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSESSING HEALTHCARE RISKS - A system and method for receiving demographic data on a patient and data on at least one pharmacy service prescribed for the patient; assigning a unique drug class to each pharmacy service; using the unique drug classes for ordering the pharmacy services according to a predetermined hierarchy of classes; and providing a risk score for the patient using the ordered pharmacy services. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339779 | Receiving and Processing Transaction Requests Using a Distributor Portal - A method of initiating and processing an annuity transaction request according to a messaging protocol that uses entirely electronic forms of communication is provided. Upon receiving an annuity transaction request at a distributor portal associated with an annuity distribution entity, from an individual associated with the annuity, the distributor portal collects information relevant to the annuity transaction request, such as details about the annuity contract and the particular type of transaction request, and transmits the transaction request to a carrier of the annuity. The receiving, collecting, processing and transmitting is conducted entirely by the distributor portal, which facilities the exchange of electronic communications between the different parties involved. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339780 | INSURANCE VERTICAL MARKET SPECIALIZATION - Vertical insurance market specialization is provided where policies can be created based on granular information related to actual usage of an object. The information can be received in real time or near real time, and specific market definitions can be created based on the information. Insurance companies can bid on specific market definitions, and an owner of the object can select coverage. In cases of automobile insurance, route information or other sensed parameters (such as driving behavior) can be provided to define an insurance market for a specific driver. Allowing companies to bid on the specific instances allows for increased competition and lower cost than current blanket solutions. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339781 | Financial Product Risk Mitigation System and Method - Automated methods for managing risk associated with investment products is disclosed. A logic engine executes portfolio realignment and contract benefit calculations according to timing rules or event-based triggers. The investment product may provide a guaranteed withdrawal benefit option that allows for a variety of investment, payment, withdrawal, fee and termination options. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339782 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLASSIFYING A PLURALITY OF CUSTOMER ACCOUNTS - Disclosed is a method and system for classifying a plurality of customer accounts based on a recoverable amount from a customer account. The method includes receiving historical data of the customer account and a user input indicating a selection of a predictive analytics algorithm from a set of predictive analytics algorithms, and building a predictive data model by executing the predictive analytics algorithm on the historical data. The building includes computing a contact index for the customer account and a payment index for the customer account. The building further includes computing a recoverability index based on the contact index, the payment index, and the outstanding amount. The recoverability index denotes the recoverable amount. The method further includes classifying the customer account based on the recoverability index. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339783 | Integrated system for calculating savings at several stages of procurement cycle by auto-fetching spend data into savings tracker system - An integrated system and method is described for calculating savings at several stages of the procurement cycle by auto-fetching spend data into a savings tracker system. The system includes: an integrated spend data input system adapted for auto-fetching of baseline spend data from a respective integrated system at each stage of the procurement cycle; a savings computing system adapted for computing savings at several stages of the procurement cycle by comparing auto-fetched baseline spend data and spend information at each stage of the procurement cycle by general formula: (auto-fetched baseline spend data)−(spend data at a specific stage of the procurement cycle)=(savings at the respective stage of the procurement cycle); and a display system adapted for displaying savings at the respective stages of the procurement cycle. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339784 | Avatar Service for Multi-Channel Systems With Full-Scale Business Context Sensitivity - Handling changes in business context for a plurality of users in a multi-channel interactive information environment having a business context manager, an avatar service having a plurality of avatar service instances associated with the plurality of users, and a user information manager managing user preferences associated with the plurality of users. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339785 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ACCESSING THIRD PARTY DATA ON WEBSITES - Systems and methods are provided for accessing and/or aggregating data from third party web sites. An aggregated candidate profile may be created and displayed based on information from a plurality of social networking profiles from various third party web sites. The social networking profiles may be identified based on automated analysis. The aggregated candidate may be created and/or displayed using a browser plug-in. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339786 | FORENSIC SYSTEM, FORENSIC METHOD, AND FORENSIC PROGRAM - A forensic system including: a determination acquiring unit that acquires, as performance information, at least one of result information indicating a result of determination of relevance of plural pieces of document data included in digital information to a lawsuit performed by a user and progress information indicating information relating to a progress speed of the determination of relevance performed by the user; a recording unit that records the performance information acquired by the determination acquiring unit; a prediction information generating unit that generates prediction information relating to at least one of the result information and the progress information; an information comparing unit that compares the performance information with the prediction information; and an icon generating unit that generates an icon for presenting an evaluation of the determination of relevance performed by the user based on a comparison result by the information comparing unit. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339787 | Methods and Systems for Conducting an Online Contest - The invention relates to executing an online contest. The contest comprises use of a brand key. The brand key has an owner and is associated to at least one item of a brand key group. A brand key group may comprise a brand, a trademark or servicemark, an indicia of source of origin, a product or good, a place, a person, an event, a character, and a business. A user is provided a user key for tagging an occurrence in a multimedia file of said at least one item. The user key is combined with a brand key to create a unique identifier to mark at least one occurrence of at least one item by a user in a multimedia file. The unique identifier is associated with a discrete time within a multimedia file and tracked as part of the online contest. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339788 | ABSTRACTION LAYER FOR DEFAULT Encryption WITH ORTHOGONAL ENCRYPTION LOGIC SESSION OBJECT AND AUTOMATED AUTHENTICATION with A METHOD FOR ONLINE LITIGATION - Embodiments herein provide methods, apparatus, computer program products, software and means for (1) an abstraction layer for default encryption, (2) with orthogonal encryption logic session object, and (3) automated authentication, (4) with a method for online litigation. In some cases subject matter disclosed herein relates to default data encryption; use a user's registration data to generate an encryption logic and related executable code, including servers and client applications; encryption as an automatic background task occurring through variable encryption logic, with authentication; embodiments are also described for conducting online litigation through pleadings formed as meta-tiles that trigger litigation related algorithms in order to automate and coordinate litigation. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339789 | APPARATUS, LICENSE DETERMINING METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus for executing an application constituted by one or more program modules, includes a license target identification information generating unit configured to generate license target identification information used for identifying which of the program modules are targets of license management, and to store the license target identification information in a storage device, wherein the license target identification information is generated based on one or more program module information items each being associated with one of the program modules to indicate whether the corresponding program module is a target of license management, and a license determination unit configured to determine, in response to an input of a usage request to use the application, whether a license is present, wherein the determination is made only for one or more of the program modules identified as being the targets of license management based on the license target identification information. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339790 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING COMMUNICATION SERVICES - Systems for providing network-based communication services are provided, such systems comprising a platform configured to facilitate interaction between users requesting interpretation/translation services and individuals capable of fulfilling such requests. Both the content submitted through the system for interpretation/translation and the resulting interpretation/translation may be prerecorded, which facilitates the accuracy of the end-product. Methods for facilitating communication services over a network are also provided, such methods comprising the steps of receiving a request for interpretation/translation, receiving acceptance of the request from an interpreter/translator, receiving a response that corresponds with an interpretation/translation of the content, and making the response available to one or more users via a server. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339791 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE RISK OF A CARDIAC PATIENT - A method for monitoring a patient after release from a health care facility includes: monitoring, using a control module, at least one characteristic of the patient in an outpatient setting; based on the one or more characteristics, determining a risk of readmission; and when the risk of readmission is above a certain threshold, automatically generating a notification to a healthcare provider to provide intervention. A system for monitoring the patient includes: a sensor configured to measure at least one characteristic of the patient in an outpatient setting; and a control module in communication with the sensor, the control module configured to: monitor the at least one characteristic via the at least one sensor; based on the one or more characteristics, determine a risk of readmission; and when the risk of readmission is above a certain threshold, automatically generate a notification to a healthcare provider to provide intervention. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339792 | SLEEP AND ACTIVITY AMOUNT DISPLAY PROGRAM, DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD - Provided is a sleep and activity amount display program that allows easy checking of sleep data along with activity amount data for each time period of a certain day. The sleep and activity amount display program includes a step of obtaining sleep data of a user from a sleep measurement device; a step of obtaining activity amount data of a user from an activity measurement device; a step of creating a time display image divided into time slots that each indicate a predetermined range of time; and a step of plotting a getting-up time and a bedtime included in the sleep data as well as the activity amount data on the time slots of the time display image. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339793 | MEDICINE DISPENSING SYSTEM - A medicine dispensing system capable of reliably managing the lot of medicines and the expiration period of medicines is provided. A dispensation data preparation section includes a lot change determination section and a data changing section. The lot change determination section determines, based on lot information, whether or not the lot of the medicines to be used may be changed while medicine dispensing apparatuses are in operation. The dispensation data preparation section is provided with an expiration period determination section to determine with reference to the unpacking date, rather than the dispensation date, whether or not medicines are effective for use. This reliably prevents medicines that were taken out of the medicine packing container from being provided to patients after a number of days have passed. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339794 | INTERNET BASED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WAGERING ON AN ARTIST - Examples of systems and methods for wagering on an artist are disclosed. In one example according to aspects of the present disclosure, a computer implemented method for wagering on an artist includes: obtaining, by an electronic exchange of a wagering system server, an initial value for a metric related to the artist from a popularity profiling system server; receiving, by the electronic exchange, a transaction request from a client computer, wherein the transaction request relates to a wager on a future value of the metric related to the artist; generating, by the electronic exchange, a wager metric related to the transaction; and predicting, by a prediction engine of a wagering system server, the future value of the metric related to the artist based on the initial value of the metric and the wager metric. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339795 | Portable Nutrition Bar and Method of Diseminating Information Using Portable Nutrition - A method of disseminating information to a target group can include selecting a target group, selecting information for the target group, and providing a nutrition bar having a wrapper comprising the selected information. The information can be selected to include telephone numbers and/or location of publicly available services for the target group, for example, when the target group is homeless individuals. The nutrition bar can provide at least ⅓ of the recommended dietary allowance of at least one nutrient. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339796 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VIDEO OUTPUT OF AUDIO VIDEO NAVIGATION SYSTEM - The present invention provides an apparatus for controlling a video output of an audio video navigation (AVN) system, including: a display unit which displays a video in the AVN system; a signal dividing unit which divides an input first signal, transmits the video to the display unit using a second signal obtained by dividing the first signal and senses a user input on the display unit using a third signal obtained by dividing the first signal; and a video output control unit which controls an output of a video which conforms with a predetermined standard, using the first signal and controls an output of a video corresponding to the user input. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339797 | LANGUAGE TRANSLATION USING PREPROCESSOR MACROS - A method is provided for providing consistent logical code across specific programming languages. The method incorporates preprocessor macros in a source computer program code to generate a program control flow. The preprocessor macros can be used to describe program control flow in the source programming language for execution in the source computer program code. The preprocessor macros can also be used to generate control flow objects representing the control flow, which converts the source computer program code into a general language representation. The general language representation when executed is used to output computer programming code in specific programming languages representing the same logical code as that of the source computer program code. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339798 | Graphics Processor with Non-Blocking Concurrent Architecture - In some aspects, systems and methods provide for forming groupings of a plurality of independently-specified computation workloads, such as graphics processing workloads, and in a specific example, ray tracing workloads. The workloads include a scheduling key, which is one basis on which the groupings can be formed. Workloads grouped together can all execute from the same source of instructions, on one or more different private data elements. Such workloads can recursively instantiate other workloads that reference the same private data elements. In some examples, the scheduling key can be used to identify a data element to be used by all the workloads of a grouping. Memory conflicts to private data elements are handled through scheduling of non-conflicted workloads or specific instructions and/or deferring conflicted workloads instead of locking memory locations. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339799 | TECHNIQUES FOR OPTIMIZING STENCIL BUFFERS - One embodiment sets forth a method for associating each stencil value included in a stencil buffer with multiple fragments. Components within a graphics processing pipeline use a set of stencil masks to partition the bits of each stencil value. Each stencil mask selects a different subset of bits, and each fragment is strategically associated with both a stencil value and a stencil mask. Before performing stencil actions associated with a fragment, the raster operations unit performs stencil mask operations on the operands. No fragments are associated with both the same stencil mask and the same stencil value. Consequently, no fragments are associated with the same stencil bits included in the stencil buffer. Advantageously, by reducing the number of stencil bits associated with each fragment, certain classes of software applications may reduce the wasted memory associated with stencil buffers in which each stencil value is associated with a single fragment. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339800 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC EXTRAPOLATION OF DESIGNS ACROSS APPAREL AND ACCESSORY SIZES AND TYPES - This invention solves the problem of porting a custom design to different sizes of apparel, or between different types of products without losing the key shape or form of the design. Using existing methods, a direct scaling of the design or image between sizes or product types is not possible because the apparel sizes vary widely between sizes and vary more horizontally than vertically. In such cases, the design loses aspect ratio and the image is distorted or partly cut off on the end manufactured product. That makes it necessary to design individually for each size or type of product. This invention describes a computer implemented method that solves the problem of automating the extrapolation of designs from one size to another and from one product type to another, without losing the visual essence of the original design. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339801 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY METHOD - A display device comprises a display, a display control circuit for causing operation screens, for selection of setting items to be used from among a plurality of provided setting items, to be displayed on the display, and causing switching from the operation screen to another operation screen to be displayed, and an operation member for operating in order to switch from the operation screen to another operation screen, wherein the display control circuit causes display of change in display appearance of the setting items, when there is a switch from the operation screen to another operation screen. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339802 | RESOLUTION ENHANCEMENT TECHNIQUES BASED ON HOLOGRAPHIC IMAGING TECHNOLOGY - Systems and techniques for performing resolution enhancement on target patterns based on holographic imaging technique (HIT) are described. During operation, an electronic design automation (EDA) tool can compute an in-line hologram of the target patterns based on parameters associated with a photolithography process that is used in a semiconductor manufacturing process, wherein the semiconductor manufacturing process is to be used for printing the target patterns on a semiconductor wafer. Next, the EDA tool can determine the mask patterns based on the in-line hologram. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339803 | LENS AND COLOR FILTER ARRANGEMENT, SUPER-RESOLUTION CAMERA SYSTEM AND METHOD - A lens and colour filter assembly contains lens units, and each lens unit is assigned to a single-colour colour filter unit. The lens and colour filter assembly may be combined with pixel units such that a plurality of monochromatic, low-resolution images can be obtained, and the monochromatic images refer to shifted versions of the same image object. By a super-resolution technique comprising shift-compensation a mosaicked image is obtained which is then demosaiced. In the resultant image only few artefacts appear. Simple colour filter arrays allow a simplified fabrication process and provide less chromatic aberrations at less computational effort. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339804 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING DISPLAY - A display operating electronic device is provided. The display operating electronic device includes a display configured to include a first output area and a second output area, a sensor module configured to detect whether the display rotates, and a processor configured to output an execution screen in the first output area and output at least one item in the second output area, and configured to replace the at least one item with at least one new item in the second output area if a pre-defined amount of rotation is detected. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339805 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An imaging device includes a first camera and a second camera and shoots the same object under different shooting conditions. A shot-image data acquirer of an image analyzer acquires data of two images simultaneously shot from the imaging device. A correcting section aligns the distributions of the luminance value between the two images by carrying out correction for either one of the two images. A correction table managing section switches and generates a correction table to be used according to the function implemented by the information processing device. A correction table storage stores the correction table showing the correspondence relationship between the luminance values before and after correction. A depth image generator performs stereo matching by using the two images and generates a depth image. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339806 | IMAGE DENOISING METHOD AND IMAGE DENOISING APPARATUS - The present invention provides an image denoising method and an image denoising apparatus. The image denoising method includes performing preliminary denoising processing to an acquired image to be processed, so as to obtain a preliminarily denoised image; calculating a residual quantity corresponding to a central pixel of each unit area in the image to be processed according to numerical values of specific energy parameters to which the image to be processed and the preliminarily denoised image correspond, respectively; and using the residual quantity to calculate a weight matrix corresponding to each unit area, and performing non-local mean value calculation to the image to be processed according to the weight matrix, so as to realize the denoising processing of the image to be processed. The image denoising method is able to denoise effectively, and make a denoised image more visually natural. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339807 | VIDEO CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT WITH SUB-SEGMENTS - A system and method for image contrast enhancement using sub-segments. A coarse piecewise linear transform is formed based on the intensity distribution in an image, the segments of the piecewise linear transform selected to produce, when the piecewise linear transform is applied to the image, an improved intensity distribution, e.g., one approximating a Rayleigh distribution. A fine piecewise linear transform is formed by forming sub-segments at each of the breakpoints of the coarse piecewise linear transform. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339808 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - In an image processing apparatus, maximum values and minimum values of the classes of respective color components are calculated; the largest value among the maximum values of the color components is found as an all-color maximum value, color correction curves are generated, on the basis of the maximum and minimum values of the respective color components and the all-color maximum value, for color components other than the color component whose maximum value is equal to the all-color maximum value, and the color correction curves are used to perform corrections on the respective color components of the image signal. The color correction curves are generated for performing corrections such that, after the corrections, the maximum value of each color component is approximately equal to the all-color maximum value. Alternatively, the color correction curves are generated for performing corrections such that, after the corrections, the minimum value of each color component is approximately equal to an all-color minimum value. Color casts arising from lighting effects at the time of imaging are corrected, and image contrast can be heightened. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339809 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes a display and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry generates second image data by subtracting first image data before and after contrast enhancement. The processing circuitry removes information indicating a structure from pieces of the second image data to generate third image data. The processing circuitry correct misalignment of the third image data based on characteristics of the shape of the subject represented in at least any one of the first to third image data. The processing circuitry obtains a variation index between the third image data after alignment correction, and generates fourth image data base on the variation index. The processing circuitry displays a medical image based on the fourth image data on the display. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339810 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING A DAMAGED COMPONENT OF A MACHINE - A method and system for detecting a damaged machine component during operation of the machine are provided. The damaged machine component detection system includes one or more processors, one or more memory devices communicatively coupled to the one or more processors, an image capture device configured to generate a stream of temporally-spaced images of a scene including a machine component of interest, the images generated in real-time, and a grouping model configured to compare features of a current image of the stream of images to features of previously captured images sorted into a plurality of groups of images having similar features, generate an alert if predetermined features of the current image deviate from corresponding features of the grouped images by a predetermined amount, and update the groups with the current image if the predetermined features of the current image are similar to corresponding features of the grouped images by a predetermined amount. The system also includes an output device configured to output at least one of the alert and the current image. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339811 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HAZINESS DETECTION - A method performed by an electronic device is described. The method includes determining a haziness confidence level based on multiple modalities. The method also includes determining whether to perform an action based on the haziness confidence level. The method may include performing the action, including performing haziness reduction based on the haziness confidence level. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339812 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING FOR MACHINE-VISION ANALYSIS - A computer-implemented method for designating a portion of a machine-vision analysis to be performed on a worker. A set of machine-vision algorithms is obtained for analyzing a digital image of a product. An overall time estimate is determined that represents the processing time to analyze the digital image using the entire set of machine-vision algorithms. If the overall time estimate is greater than a threshold value, then an algorithm time estimate for each of two or more algorithms of the set of machine-vision algorithms is obtained. A rank associated with each of the two or more algorithms is computed based on the algorithm time estimates. A designated algorithm to be performed on the worker is selected based on the rank associated with each of the two or more algorithms. The digital image may then be analyzed on the worker using the designated algorithm. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339813 | IDENTIFYING AND MEASURING RETICULOCYTES - Methods and systems for identifying reticulocytes in a blood sample deposited on a substrate include: illuminating the sample with incident light at two different wavelengths, obtaining a two-dimensional image of the sample corresponding to a first one of the wavelengths, and obtaining a two-dimensional image of the sample corresponding to a second one of the wavelengths; analyzing the images to identify a set of representative red blood cells; determining an area of each of the red blood cells in the set; determining a color value of each of the red blood cells in the set; and, for each one of the red blood cells in the set, identifying the red blood cell as a reticulocyte if the area of the red blood cell exceeds an area cutoff value and the color value of the red blood cell is less than a color cutoff value. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339814 | OBJECT INFORMATION ACQUIRING APPARATUS - An object information acquiring apparatus is used that has a receiver receiving acoustic waves propagating through an object at a plurality of measurement positions; and a processor acquiring on a two-dimensional flat surface projection image data obtained by projecting a distribution of property information relating to a measurement target within the object, wherein the processor acquires intensity-dependent three-dimensional image data within the object and non-intensity-dependent three-dimensional image data within the object, based on the acoustic waves, determines voxel coordinates projected onto the two-dimensional flat surface, based on the intensity-dependent three-dimensional image data, and acquires the projection image data, based on values of the non-intensity-dependent three-dimensional image data. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339815 | IRON QUANTIFICATION OF BRAIN MICROBLEEDS - An automatic method for detection and quantification of localized sources of magnetic susceptibility in images using a computer with instructions for a parameter module; an image input and filtering module; a second image filtering module; and a pattern quantification module. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339816 | A METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ASSESSING FIBROSIS IN A TISSUE - A method for assessing fibrosis in a tissue is proposed. The method uses a test image which is an image of the tissue and comprises identifying, from the test image, a portal collagen area, a septal collagen area and a fibrillar collagen area respectively comprising pixels representing portal collagen, septal collagen and fibrillar collagen of the tissue, obtaining quantitative values of one or more features for each identified area based on characteristics of the identified area in the test image and assessing fibrosis using the quantitative values obtained for all the identified areas. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339817 | ENDOSCOPE IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE DEVICE - An endoscope image processing device includes an image acquisition section, a distance information acquisition section, a concavity-convexity determination section that performs a concavity-convexity determination process that determines a concavity-convexity part of an object that agrees with characteristics specified by known characteristic information based on distance information and the known characteristic information that represents known characteristics relating to a structure of the object, a mucous membrane determination section that determines a mucous membrane area within the captured image, and an enhancement processing section that performs an enhancement process on the mucous membrane area based on information about the concavity-convexity part determined by the concavity-convexity determination process. The concavity-convexity determination section excludes a structure that is more global than a local concavity-convexity structure having a desired size from the distance information based on the known characteristic information to extract the local concavity-convexity structure having the desired size as the concavity-convexity part. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339818 | Method and Apparatus for Image Scoring and Analysis - Methods and systems for image scoring and analysis are provided. Scored and analyzed images may include digital pathology images. Image scoring and analysis methods may include techniques to identify nuclei and determine membrane staining extent through the use of a priori models. Image scoring and analysis methods may include techniques for membrane intensity determination. Images may be scored based on an extent of membrane staining and membrane intensity. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339819 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING LOCAL INFORMATION - A method for processing local information acquired by a virtual representation and a device having an inertial unit and an image sensor. At least one image of a real environment of the device is captured. The localization of the device in the virtual representation, corresponding to the localization of the device in the real environment, is obtained by correlating the portions of the captured image and portions of the virtual representation, The inertial unit determines the displacement of the device. The localization of the device in the virtual representation is modified as a function of the displacement so that the real position of the device corresponds, during the displacement, to the localization of the device in the virtual representation. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339820 | Method for synchronized navigation of sets of two or more biomedical images - A method for concurrent navigation of sets of a plurality of biomedical images includes visualizing, side-by-side or in overlay, sets of two biomedical images that include a reference image A and a comparison image B. The method for visualizing comparison image B is based only on the rigid component of the non-rigid transformation applied to comparison image B. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339821 | MOTION COMPENSATION IN IMAGE PROCESSING - Methods and systems for processing a set of images are described. In accordance with this disclosure, images are registered and an analysis is performed in view of one or more constraints (such as constraints based upon anatomical or physiological considerations). Weighting factors are determined based on the analysis. The weighting factors are used in subsequent processing of the registered (and/or unregistered) images and/or to formulate a visualization that conveys the degree of confidence in the motion estimation used in the registration process. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339822 | IMAGE GENERATING DEVICE AND IMAGE GENERATING METHOD - To enable accurate stitching of images in generating a panoramic image by performing position adjustment of an image group with few characters, an image processing device includes: a calculation unit that calculates degrees of correlation between a plurality of images; a second calculation unit that calculates character amounts of a plurality of images; and an order determination unit that determines an order of performing position adjustment of the plurality of images for generating a panoramic image generated by stitching the plurality of images based on calculation results of the calculation unit and the second calculation unit. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339823 | SUPPORTING AND ENHANCING IMAGE-BASED POSITIONING - A method in a radio communications network is described of using image data for positioning a first wireless device. The method comprises obtaining image data comprising at least two image objects and an angle between lines formed between each of the objects and a reference point. The method further comprises extracting the at least two image objects from the obtained image data, determining, from the obtained image data, the angle between the lines formed between each of the objects and the reference point, and using the at least two image objects and/or the image data for positioning the first wireless device based on the determined angle. The method is performed by at least one of: a network node, the first wireless device, a camera device, a second wireless device, an image processing node and a server, each operating in the radio communications network. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339824 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DEPTH ESTIMATION - In an example embodiment, a method, apparatus and computer program product are provided. The method includes computing a first cost volume for a light-field image. A first depth map comprising depth information of the plurality of sub-images of the light-field image is computed based on the first cost volume. A first view image comprising reconstruction information is reconstructed based on the depth information of the plurality of sub-images. A second cost volume corresponding to the first cost volume is computed based on the reconstruction information. The second cost volume is filtered based on the first view image to generate an aggregated cost volume. A second depth map is generated based on the aggregated cost volume. The second depth map facilitates generation of a second view image that is associated with a resolution higher than a resolution of the first view image. | 2015-11-26 |
20150339825 | Stereo Camera Apparatus - A stereo camera apparatus which carries out distance measuring stably and with high accuracy by making measuring distance resolution variable according to a distance to an object is provided. A stereo camera apparatus 1 takes in two images, changes resolution of a partial area of each image that is taken in, and calculates a distance from a vehicle to an object that is imaged in the partial area, based on disparity of the partial area of each image in which resolution is changed. Thus, even when the object exists at a long distance and is small in size, distance measuring processing can be carried out stably. | 2015-11-26 |