51st week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 54 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090313128 | Patronage incentive saving system and method for retail businesses - A method of doing business in a retail environment employs a patronage incentive system incorporating a rounding up saving software program which provides a customer making a purchase at a point-of-sale terminal of participating retailers with an option to round up the price of purchase to the nearest dollar (or higher), to credit the difference between the rounded and the retail price to an account once the purchase is made, and to invest the savings into a single predetermined mutual fund. The rounding up program establishes a personal account for each customer, establishes a cumulative account with the single mutual fund, interacts with the customer, and, upon the request of customer, provides the customer with the information regarding his/her account current and/or prospective. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313129 | System and method for verifying user identity information in financial transactions - A system and method for verifying a user's identity during a point-of-sale transaction are provided. The system and method provide for applying for, receiving and verifying a financial services provider card; providing a plurality of requested biometric identification data to a financial services provider; uploading the plurality of biometric identification data of a user requested by the financial services provider via a network connected computing device to a preselected website; storing the plurality of biometric identification data in a remote server coupled to the preselected website; and using the plurality of requested biometric identification data to execute a point-of-sale transaction, wherein a merchant can verify the financial services card with the biometric identification data provided by the remote server or provided by the user via a point-of-sale terminal. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313130 | Credit card signature inspection system and method capable of enhancing security for transaction - A credit card signature inspection system includes a card-sliding device and a credit card server. The card-sliding device produces a signature authentication request including credit card data and produces a bill to be signed. The credit card server includes a credit card database pre-stored with data of credit cards. Data of each credit card corresponds to an authentication signature of a credit card holder. The credit card server receives the signature authentication request and searches the credit card database based on the credit card data in the signature authentication request to produce an authentication signature corresponding to the credit card data. The authentication signature is transferred to the card-sliding device and displayed on the card-sliding device to check whether the authentication signature on the card-sliding device corresponds to the signature of the consumer for the bill, so as to determine whether to approve the proceeding of the transaction. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313131 | Systems and/or methods for simplifying payment systems, and payment instruments implementing the same - The exemplary embodiments described herein relate to systems and/or methods for simplifying payment systems, and payment instruments implementing the same. In particular, certain exemplary embodiments relate to a single payment device (e.g., a card) with multiple magnetic strips, a single payment device being linked to multiple accounts, a single payment device having a button required before transmission of payment information and/or a single payment device being linked to a sub-account (e.g., a petty cash account). | 2009-12-17 |
20090313132 | HANDLING PAYMENT RECEIPTS WITH A RECEIPT STORE - A receipt store may be provided as a service. Electronic payment receipts generated in any type of transaction may be delivered to the receipt store. A customer may subscribe to a particular receipt store, to be used as a repository for that customer's receipts. The customer may carry a device that is used to communicate payment information (such as a credit card number) to a device reader when purchases are made. The device may also identify the customer's receipt store. A commercial establishment that accepts the customer's payment may generate an electronic receipt, and may deliver it to the receipt store specified by the customer's device. The establishment may also deliver the receipt to the customer's device, and the customer's device may send the receipt along to the receipt store. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313133 | AUCTION SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM - The present invention has an object to offer an auction system or the like which also plays the role of a supplementary function for the realization of commodity idea. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313134 | RECOVERY OF TRANSACTION INFORMATION - Online transaction processing over a communication network involves receiving a transaction input comprising an authorization request message for a transaction conducted over a communication network between a consumer and a merchant using a portable consumer device having a memory, wherein the authorization request message contains data comprising a transaction total amount for the transaction and additional information not stored in the memory of the portable consumer device and related to the transaction. Issuer authorization processing is performed in response to the authorization request message data, and a decision output is produced in response to the transaction input and the issuer authorization processing. Thus, a decision output is produced in an efficient manner using additional information for the issuer authorization processing, and the additional information reduces the likelihood of declining a transaction that should otherwise be authorized. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313135 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING TRANSACTIONS ON MULTIMEDIA STREAMS BEING PRODUCED OVER A CHAIN OF CONTRIBUTING PRODUCERS - Method for performing transactions on multimedia streams being produced over a chain of contributing producers in a ICT network environment, wherein for every transaction from one party to another party a target multimedia stream is generated with a number of contributing streams, wherein for every intended transaction of a target multimedia stream digital transaction data for said transaction is generated and associated with the target multimedia stream, wherein the digital transaction data of every transaction is managed centrally in the ICT network environment so that the chain of contributing producers can be traced. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313136 | Stateless Methods for Resource Hiding and Access Control Support Based on URI Encryption - An apparatus and method are disclosed for enabling controlled access to resources at a resource provider server. The invention may encrypt or decrypt a portion of a uniform resource identifier (URI), according to a stateless method for hiding resources and/or providing access control support. Upon receipt of a URI having an encrypted portion, the invention decrypts the encrypted portion using a predetermined key to obtain a decrypted segment, extracts additional information from the decrypted segment and forms a decrypted URI, before the decrypted URI is forwarded to a resource producer server. The invention may also encrypt a URI from a resource provider server before it is sent to a client in response to a client request. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313137 | Trading System Based on Display of Information on Goods or Services - A trading system based on display of information, by which a customer may to access information on broad goods or services, and trade with a treating company directly or through an intermediate company, based on the information. The trading system based on display of information on a goods or services, includes providing a display shelf or display panel having divided areas and capable of displacing the divided areas in individual shops, stores, in each divided area, a document and/or an input recording medium for a computer according information on goods or services, and information for explaining a method for trading with treating companies of treating the goods or services, and attaching an identification display to individually identify each divided area, and a customer may acquire the information in a section selected through the identification display, and execute the trading method explained in the information. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313138 | Method, System and Apparatus for Display of Contact Information on Communication Device - Present invention discloses a method, system, and apparatus for display of contact information on communication device. It comprises of first product database containing seller information, seller product information, and product location; second product database containing buyer product request; first application in mobile device having means to determine mobile device location at pre determined intervals and having means to automatically communicate mobile device location to second application; second application having means to match first and second product databases and mobile device location at pre determined intervals events to generate local matching products database; mobile device having display means for products contained in local matching product database; and mobile device having means to display contact information of sellers and buyers. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313139 | PRODUCT PROVIDING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING GUI USING THE SAME - A product providing apparatus and a method for providing a GUI using the same are provided. The product providing apparatus includes a display unit, a payment unit, and a control unit which determines the form of payment and controls images corresponding to products to be displayed. Therefore, it is possible to provide a user with a menu field more conveniently and more intuitively. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313140 | System And Method For Creating Individualized Product and Color Palettes - A system and method for creating individualized color and product palettes for fabrication and sales of window coverings. The system includes a unique product palette processor interacting with a product palette database to specify requested goods in terms of a manufacturer product design palette when an order is created using a unique product palette created for and used by a single retailer or designer. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313141 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND PROGRAM FOR PROVIDING PREVIEW IMAGES, AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING OBJECTS WITH IMAGES THEREON - A preview image providing method for providing a preview image of an object having an image thereon includes the steps of: estimating the user's needs from information unique to the user; determining an image and an object based on the results of estimation; and providing a preview image of the determined object, which is synthesized with the determined image. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313142 | INFORMATION PROVIDING DEVICE, COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, AND STORE SYSTEM - An information terminal displays a coordinate screen acquired from a coordinate database on a liquid crystal display, acquires data of an article code of clothes coordinated in the coordinate image from the coordinate database, acquires data of inventory status and display status associated with the acquired article code from an inventory database which stores and saves an article code of an individual article in association with inventory status of the article in a warehouse and display status of the article in a sales floor, and displays an inventory screen which reports a place where the article exists as an article inventory list on the liquid crystal display. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313143 | DELIVERY PAYMENT SYSTEMS - Various embodiments of the invention are directed to computer systems for facilitating payment for an item that is sent from a consignor to a consignee. In particular embodiments, the computer system facilitates an automatic, electronic transfer of payment for the item at a designated time that, for example, may be defined in relation to the delivery of the item to the consignee. For example, payment for the item may be electronically transferred to the consignor's bank account via a clearinghouse server at a designated time after delivery of the item, by a common carrier, to the consignee. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313144 | Limited Risk Wagering Environment - Disclosed herein is a computer implemented method and system for rendering returns to users on an online platform. The online platform allows users to wager stakes for an event. The wagered stakes are pooled in a combined pot. Stake groups of users are created based on predetermined outcomes of the event. A winning stake group is determined out of stake groups at completion of a predetermined period of time. Time frame groups are identified from the winning stake group based on time of entry into the event. The time value appreciated returns to be rendered to the time frame groups are calculated. If the allotment of the time value appreciated return is possible, winning stakes and the time value appreciated returns are rendered to time frame groups. If the allotment of time value appreciated returns is not possible, the winning stakes are returned to the time frame groups. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313145 | ALLOCATING CARBON OFFSETS FOR PRINTING TASKS - Methods, services, program products and devices are provided for correlating carbon offsetting and printing. Methods comprise a requester initiating a print job on a printing device; analyzing the print job; identifying at least one print job metric relevant to the print job as a function of the analyzing, the metric associated with a carbon offset value; calculating a total amount of carbon offset from the identified at least one metric; printing the print job; and transferring the carbon offset total amount to a carbon offsetting entity for debiting or crediting against a printing entity as a function of the printing. Systems and devices and articles of manufacture comprising a computer usable medium having a computer readable program in said medium are provided. Service methods comprise deploying applications for correlating carbon offsetting and printing. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313146 | PRIVATE SECTOR COIN CONSORTIUM - Apparatus and methods for distributing coins in a coin distribution system. Coins may be distributed among members of a coin consortium. Coins may be shipped from a first coin consortium member to a second coin consortium member based on a requirement to adjust a first coin inventory of the first consortium member and a second coin inventory of the second consortium member, respectively. Neither the first consortium member nor the second consortium member is the U.S. Federal Reserve Branch. Coins may be shipped from the second coin consortium member to the first coin consortium member based on a second requirement to adjust the first and second coin inventories. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313147 | ALTERNATIVE PAYMENT IMPLEMENTATION FOR ELECTRONIC RETAILERS - A method of processing a transaction between a merchant and a buyer over a communication network is provided. The transaction is processed using one of a plurality of alternative payment options and each of the alternative payment options are provided by one of a plurality of alternative payment providers. Each of the alternative payment providers uses a different alternative payment implementation. The method includes: obtaining transaction information from the merchant; returning a redirection URL and an order identifier to the merchant; obtaining a transaction message from the merchant, where the transaction message specifies the type of operation; performing the operation type specified in the transaction message with the appropriate alternative payment provider; and returning a processing message to the merchant containing the results from performing the operation type specified in the transaction message. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313148 | SYSTEM FOR HANDLING NETWORK TRANSACTIONS - The present invention relates to a method of enabling a computer network transaction for a product being purchased by a buyer from a seller, comprising the steps of generating a once-only transaction identification means associated with the transaction, providing the transaction identification means to a transaction acquirer, together with a buyer identification means which identifies the buyer to the transaction acquirer, and providing the once-only identification means to the seller, whereby the seller may provide the transaction identification means to the transaction acquirer and the transaction acquirer can match the transaction identification means received from the seller with the transaction identification means they have been provided with and, if they match, can enable settlement of the transaction. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313149 | BUDGETARY LEDGER - A system and method for maintaining budget related transactions in a financial management system. A financial management system may include a general ledger to maintain account balances and a budgetary ledger to maintain account balances only for budget related transactions. The budgetary ledger may generate a budgetary ledger document, which contains budget related transactions. The budgetary ledger may further include a core to enable generation of the budgetary ledger document, and an extension to define rules associated with generation of the budgetary ledger document. The budgetary ledger may then post the budgetary ledger document to the general ledger. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313150 | Methods associated with projection billing - The present disclosure relates to systems and methods that are associated with billing one or more fees that are related to projection. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313151 | Methods associated with projection system billing - The present disclosure relates to systems and methods that are associated with billing one or more fees that are related to projection. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313152 | Systems associated with projection billing - The present disclosure relates to systems and methods that are associated with billing one or more fees that are related to projection. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313153 | Systems associated with projection system billing - The present disclosure relates to systems and methods that are associated with billing one or more fees that are related to projection. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313154 | JOB EXECUTION APPARATUS, BILLING AND REFUNDING METHOD THEREOF AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A job execution apparatus having the function of billing and refunding by electronic money, determines before job execution, an amount of money required for job execution, and bills before job execution, the determined amount of money to a payment medium having the payment function, which is set to a billing apparatus. And the job execution apparatus can transfer a refund to the payment medium set to the billing apparatus if a refund needs to be transferred. The job execution apparatus also can transfer a refund by a method other than the method of refunding to the payment medium by using the billing apparatus. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313155 | DATA CHARGING SYSTEM, CONTENT GENERATOR, DATA CHARGING APPARATUS, AND DATA CHARGING METHOD - The present invention is directed to a system and method of charging the user for his/her use of digital contents in an easy and reliable manner. More particularly, the present invention provides a server machine | 2009-12-17 |
20090313156 | Adaptive daily spending limits - A computer-implemented system and method are provided for adapting the spending limit of a debit instrument in a networked computer system, particularly a daily spending limit. The method comprises determining or receiving notification of whether an electronic request to approve a debit instrument transaction was declined for exceeding a withdrawl limit or a spending limit, determining transactional risk associated with the debit instrument transaction using computer-implemented criteria, and adapting the spending limit of the debit instrument after the determination of transactional risk. Computer-implemented criteria are used to assess the transactional risk associated with a particular debit instrument transaction. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313157 | Systems and methods for general aggregation of characteristics and key figures - Computer-implemented methods, computer systems, and computer programs product are provided for automated generic and parallel aggregation of characteristics and key figures of unsorted mass data being of specific economic interest, particularly associated with financial institutions, and with financial affairs in banking practice. The parallel aggregation may reduce the amount of data for a customer defined granularity for the purpose of facilitating the handling of raw data related to all areas of credit risk management in banking practice. Moreover, the computing power of software and the software performance run time, respectively, may be improved in the case of mass data. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313158 | ONLINE CLOSING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method for processor-enabled interactive real estate deals, the system comprising storing, on one or more processor readable media that are operatively coupled to one or more processors. The database includes electronic deal information including information representing at least one real estate transaction, buyer information representing at least one buyer associated real estate transaction(s), seller information representing seller(s) respectively associated with real estate transaction(s), broker information including information representing buyer broker(s) and seller broker(s), deal point information representing deal point(s) associated with the real estate transaction(s), management company information representing management company/companies and deal point information representing at least one deal point associated with the real estate transaction(s). At least one contract is provided as a function of selection(s) of the deal information, the buyer information, the seller information, the broker information, the broker information, the deal point information, the management company information, the deal point information and the contract template information for a real estate transaction. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313159 | Document Processing System Using Full Image Scanning - A system for tracking currency bills comprises a currency scanning device. The scanning device includes a sensor that retrieves currency identification characteristic information of each bill processed. The currency identification characteristic information permits the unique identification of each bill processed. The system further comprises a customer identification means and means for associating each processed bill with the customer depositing the bill. Means for identifying the customer (or customer account) associated with a particular processed bill after the deposit transaction has been completed is also included in the system. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313160 | Hardware accelerated exchange order routing appliance - A system for processing a trading order message comprises a hardware device logically linked to a general purpose processor. The hardware device comprises multiple exchange line handlers each of which is associated with a market exchange, multiple parsing modules each of which is associated with one of the exchange line handlers, and a message router that receives the message from the general purpose processor, determines a particular market exchange to which the message is directed, and communicates the message to a particular one of the parsing modules that is associated with a particular one of the exchange line handlers that is associated with the particular market exchange. The particular one of the parsing modules transforms the message into a protocol specified by the particular market exchange and communicates the transformed message to the particular one of the exchange line handlers for communication to the particular market exchange. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313161 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC TRADING AND DELIVERY OF A COMMODITIZED PRODUCT - The present invention provides a system and method for trading of a commoditized product through a distributed network of computers, and for delivering the commoditized products after the trade. The system includes an order matching routine, a payment routine, a product qualification routine, and a distribution routine. The invention provides for secure electronic trading of a commoditized product through a hub centric platform that provides for a real order exchange in a real time environment, allows individual buyers and sellers to remain anonymous to each other, eliminates size or volume as a means of discrimination for transaction, and maximizes distribution efficiency. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313162 | Utilizing Cash Flow Contracts and Physical Collateral for Energy-Related Clearing and Credit Enhancement Platforms - In accordance with the present invention, a financial instrument for the energy market is created. The financial instrument comprises a derivative instrument related to accounts receivable or accounts payable or both. In a preferred embodiment, the derivative instrument normally consists of two sets of linked swaps. In the first set, the seller exchanges two things with a third party: (i) the right for payment of accounts receivable within a month from the buyer is exchanged for the right to payment of such accounts receivable within a week from the third party; and (ii) the obligation to deliver energy to the buyer is exchanged for the obligation to deliver to the third party. The buyer exchanges the mirror image of those with a third party, to with: (i) the obligation to pay within a month to the seller is exchanged for the obligation to pay within a week to the third party, but the buyer receives financing to offset the cash flow ramifications; and (ii) the obligation to take delivery from the seller is exchanged with the obligation to take delivery from the third party. The swap can further be utilized to net payment obligations under multiple cash and forward commodity transactions between the buyer and the seller. Physical collateral is utilized as margin. In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, the process takes place on a ‘clearing platform’ for such energy transactions. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313163 | Credit line optimization - In a system for assigning a credit line to a credit card application, the system receives a plurality of credit card applications each having applicant information. For each application, the system retrieves credit bureau information. The applicant information and the credit bureau information are used to model the likely behavior of the corresponding applicant. The applications are clustered into one or more clusters according to the modeled behavior. For each cluster of applications, financial measures are forecasted and analyzed to determine the optimal credit line to assign to the cluster. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313164 | METHOD OF ESTABLISHING AN ENDOGENOUS FUTURES MARKET FOR POLLUTANT EMISSION FEES - The method of reducing emissions of a pollutant by relying on a novel endogenous futures market to set the pollutant emission fees. The individual marginal cost (m | 2009-12-17 |
20090313165 | TRANSACTION AUTHORISATION SYSTEM & METHOD - A transaction authorisation system for allowing a customer to authorise transactions relating to an institution account, the system including a data storage for enabling access to identification data associated with the customer and a remote communication device (RCD) of the customer, and security identifier data associating the customer account with the identification data. The system also includes a communication device for receiving an authorisation request, which is referenced to the security identifier data, in relation to the transaction from the institution and for enabling communication with the customer via the RCD to authorise a transaction on the customer account. A system data processor identifies the customer and RCD using the identification data and determines if the transaction is authorised by the customer. The communication device provides an indication, which is referenced to the security identifier data, to the institution of whether or not the transaction is authorised by the customer. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313166 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FACILITATING FUNDRAISING VIA A COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A funding facilitator hosts a web site that allows an entity seeking funding to create a funding request and either forward the request to preselected individuals, or entities, or make the request publicly available. If a potential funder wishes to contribute, it establishes an account and login credentials with the funding facilitator and authorizes a transfer of funds from its account to a payment processor account associated with a fundee at the funding facilitator. The funding facilitator receives information from the payment processor related to the fundee's transactions, and makes the information available to respective funders that enter their already-established login credentials through the hosted web site. The funding facilitator initiates repayments to funders who are lenders according to a repayment schedule and to proportions that they contributed to the funding amount. The repayment schedule may also reflect interest. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313167 | SYSTEMS FOR ELECTRONIC DEPOSIT OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - Aspects of the present invention are directed to embodiments that include system and methods for electronic deposit of a financial instrument. In one embodiment the system and method are configured to receive a financial transaction document associated with a user, wherein the financial transaction document is received at a location remote from the user; obtain an electronic image of the financial transaction document at the location; determine identification information about the user based upon data from the electronic image of the financial transaction document; receive handling instructions from the user regarding the financial transaction document; and, electronically deposit the financial transaction document with financial institution for application to an account associated with the user, the financial institution being remote from the user and remote from the location. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313168 | System and Method for Authorizing Financial Transactions with Online Merchants - A system for authorizing a financial transaction of a financial presentation device such as a credit or debit card being presented from a customer to an online merchant. The system includes a peripheral device having a processor configured to generate a dynamic verification value for the card which changes for each financial transaction, and to transmit the dynamic verification value to a user computer via an I/O interface during an online transaction. The system also includes an authentication computer having a memory for storing information used to generate a comparison verification value, a communication device for receiving the dynamic verification value originating from the peripheral device, a processor and an authentication module executable by the processor adapted to generate the comparison verification value using information stored in memory. The authentication computer determines whether to authorize the financial transaction based on whether the comparison verification value matches the received dynamic verification value. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313169 | PRODUCTS AND PROCESSES FOR UTILIZING ORDER DATA AND RELATED DATA - In an embodiment, an apparatus comprises a processor, and a memory that stores a program. The program, when executed by the processor, directs the processor to perform a method including the following steps: receiving an encrypted query, in which the query indicates at least one security, and at least one price; determining whether the encrypted query corresponds to any order in an encrypted data set that represents orders; outputting a response to the query, in which the response indicates whether the encrypted query corresponds to any order in an encrypted data set that represents orders; receiving order data that represents the orders; and encrypting the order data to yield the encrypted data set that represents orders. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313170 | Agent for Medical Image Transmission - A downloadable agent facilitates medical image transmission in accordance with a clinical trial protocol. The agent includes program code for obtaining or receiving a medical image from a computer storage device or a DICOM-compliant diagnostic instrument, program code for accepting textual information about the patient or medical image and associating the textual information with the medical image to prevent dissociation of the textual information and the medical image, program code for executing a data compliance protocol, program code for encrypting the image and textual information and for compressing at least the image, and program code for transmitting the encrypted image and textual information across a wide area network to a remote translator for decompressing, de-encrypting and viewing of the image and textual information. The data compliance process prohibits inclusion of patient identity information in the associated textual information and medical image. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313171 | ELECTRONIC TRANSACTION VERIFICATION - Product registration of an electronic good (e.g., software) over the telephone is made easier by reducing the length of code that is communicated to the electronic good provider (e.g., software provider). More particularly, an electronic goods provider provides a product ID comprising a message and digital signature to a client purchasing their electronic good. The electronic good is registered over a telephone by providing only the digital signature portion of a product ID to a telephone registration server having the electronic good provider's private key. The telephone registration server computes a message from the digital signature and private key. If the message has an expected structure (e.g., zeros in certain places) the software is authentic. Therefore, the verification method ensures software authenticity using only a portion of the product ID and thereby reducing the amount of information that needs to be transferred over the telephone to perform the registration process. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313172 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LINKING AN ANONYMOUS ELECTRONIC TRADE ORDER TO AN IDENTITY OF A TRADER - A method for automatically linking an anonymous electronic trade order having an order quantity (q) to an identity of a trader by providing an identity marker (s) of the trader; embedding the identity marker (s) by splitting the anonymous trade order into a number (n) of trade orders each having a corresponding order quantity x (i) to generate a trade order set; and placing the generated trade order set in an electronic order book. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313173 | Dynamic Negotiation System - The present invention is a software-based dynamic negotiation system that walks an individual or team through a preparation process so they are prepared to enter negotiations. To accomplish this goal, the system solicits feedback from key stakeholders and completes conjoint analysis to understand how team members weigh particular issues and options while also formulating scenarios to test weightings, offers an understanding of possible alternatives, and create equally weighted offers for use in delivering multiple equivalent simultaneous offers. The system provides a framework for effective negotiation that permeates negotiation strategy best practices throughout an organization, as all employees will undertake the same preparation process and utilize similar strategies. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313174 | Approving Energy Transaction Plans Associated with Electric Vehicles - A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product for approving energy transaction plans for managing electric vehicle charging transactions. In one embodiment, an energy transaction plan and an identification of a set of principals associated with the energy transaction plan are received from an energy transaction planner. In response to a determination that the energy transaction plan is pre-approved by the set of principals, an energy transaction plan approval service sends a notification to the energy transaction planner indicating that the energy transaction plan is approved to form an approved energy transaction plan. In response to a determination that the energy transaction plan requires express approval from a subset of principals in the set of principals, the transaction plan approval service sends a request for approval of the energy transaction plan to each principal in the subset of principals. In response to receiving an approval from the each principal in the subset of principals, the transaction plan approval service sends the notification to the energy transaction planner indicating that the energy transaction plan is approved to form the approved energy transaction plan. The approved energy transaction plan is sent to an execution engine for implementation. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313175 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXPOSURE MANAGEMENT - A system, method, and computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon to implement a method for risk exposure management allowing an exposure record to influence one or more risk exposures. In an embodiment, an exposure record is received, at least one data element of the received exposure record being mapped to one or more subexposures. At least one of the one or more subexposures are mapped to one of one or more exposure positions, wherein each exposure position corresponds to exactly one of the one or more risk exposures. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313176 | FUND TRANSACTION PLATFORM AND METHOD OF AUTONOMOUS INTEREST RATES OF CAPITAL POOL - A fund transaction method of autonomous interest rates of a capital pool is applied in a fund transaction platform. A clearing member applies to join the fund transaction platform. A fund flow and an information flow are established between the fund transaction platform and the clearing member. A customer of the clearing member registers with the fund transaction platform to become a member. The member enters a bidding amount. A successful bidding amount and a number of successful bidders are determined according to a fund balance of the fund transaction platform and borrowing interest rates. A management server clears a successful bidding amount and a deposit bid bond. The fund transaction platform performs a clearance and settlement for the clearing member. The clearing member clears and settles the successful bidding amount, the total successful bidding amount, the deposit amount, or the refunding amount for the customer. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313177 | SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING AND BALANCING ACTUAL ASSET ALLOCATION - A system for determining and balancing actual asset allocation including a server, software executing on the server for receiving asset data pertaining to amounts of each of a plurality of assets owned by a client, wherein a portion of the assets are divisible assets, software for receiving a desired asset allocation from the client, software for parsing the asset data into amounts of two or more component assets, a database of component assets, each of the component assets assigned an asset type, software executing for returning from the database an asset type for each of the two or more component assets, software for calculating at least a partial actual asset allocation from the amounts and types of the two or more component assets, and software for comparing the actual asset allocation to the desired asset allocation and reporting to the client. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313178 | HEDGING EXCHANGE TRADED MUTUAL FUND OR OTHER PORFOLIO BASKET PRODUCTS - A system for pricing and/or determining a basket of financial instruments for hedging investment risk in actively managed traded funds is described. The system uses a trusted computer system and includes a computer storage medium storing a computer program product. The product determines a basket of hedging instruments by applying statistical or economic based factor analysis to estimate the NAV or provide a hedging basket to track actual NAV of an actively managed traded fund. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313179 | COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED AND/OR ASSISTED METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING, TRACKING AND RESPONDING TO TOXIC, OR LIKELY TOXIC, ORDERS IN AN EQUITIES ORDER FLOW USING TOXICITY AND/OR PROFIT ANALYZERS - Methods and systems are provided which enable equities broker-dealers to execute an equity trade order while simultaneously eliminating (or at least reducing) exposure to the negative consequences associated with toxic (or likely toxic) orders in the equities market. By using toxicity and/or profit analyzers, for example, to detect, track and respond to the level of toxic (or likely toxic) orders present in an equities order flow, a broker dealer can reduce the level of risk inherent in serving as counter-party to order flows, such as anonymous equities order flows. Various alternative embodiments are also disclosed. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313180 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND FRAMEWORK FOR GENERATING SCENARIOS - System, method and framework for generating scenarios used in risk management applications. The present invention is based on a generic framework that provides levels of abstraction, segregates risk factors and models, and structures a scenario generation process. In one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a framework for scenario generation for use in a risk management application, where the framework defines a plurality of components associated with a scenario set, where each component is represented by at least one of a set of data structures, and where the set of data structures comprises: at least one first data structure defining a group of risk factors with similar statistical properties; at least one second data structure defining the future distribution or evolutionary process of a risk factor in the group of risk factors; a third data structure defining a calibrated model for generating scenarios, where relationships between risk factors of the group of risk factors are defined therein, and where the calibrated model associates each second data structure with a first data structure; and a fourth data structure specifying how the first, second, and third data structures are to apply to a user-specified risk management problem. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313181 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERNATIONAL PARTNER COLLABORATION - A system and associated method for gathering data necessary for exchanging a product between at least two partners. Each partner in said at least two partners resides in a different country. The method provides for gathering information regarding the product being exchanged and more specifically a delivery location, a returning date and returning location if the product is being returned to said sending partner, a single valuation for said product being exchanged, a lot number for said product, clean-room requirements for said receiving partners, a product history, and a genealogy of said product being exchanged. After collecting the information, the method formats said information according to the specific receiving partner's requirements. The method further determines the appropriate method of transmission according to each receiving partner's requirements. Finally, the method sends each receiving partner their specifically formatted version of the information regarding the product being exchanged. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313182 | MAIL TRANSPORTATION PROCESSING - The present teachings described herein pertain to mail preparation systems, and more specifically to the processing of mailings to obtain destination entry discounts. The teachings herein also pertain to the processing of mailings by various document processing systems, such as sorters, inserters or vision systems attached to document processing systems, to enable processing of mail articles to maximize destination entry discounts. Still further, the teachings pertain to schemes for the enablement of delivery and logistics information to be arranged respective to a mailing during mail processing to obtain destination entry discounts. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313183 | METHOD OF REDUCING PRODUCT DISTRIBUTION COSTS - A method for reducing product distribution costs includes the steps of acquiring a site placement right for a product staging structure from a retailer of the product, placing a product staging structure at the site, storing product in the product staging structure and reducing product distribution costs by delivering more product to the retailer during each delivery trip. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313184 | METHOD OF COMMUNITY SERVICE AND DISASTER RELIEF - A method of community service includes the steps of establishing a network of structures holding emergency relief supplies in anticipation of a possible disaster, equipping the structures with electronic display devices and displaying an emergency message on the electronic display devices in event of an actual disaster. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313185 | Method of marketing a product - A marketing method includes the steps of acquiring site placement rights from retailers of a product at different locations, providing staging structures for the product at those different locations and promoting sales of the product by transmitting promotional information about the product over a radio frequency at the different locations. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313186 | METHOD OF STAGING PRODUCT - A method of promoting a product includes steps of placing a storage structure adjacent a retailer of the product, staging the product in the storage structure and advertising the product on the storage structure. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313187 | DATA PATTERN GENERATION, MODIFICATION AND MANAGEMENT UTILIZING A SEMANTIC NETWORK-BASED GRAPHICAL INTERFACE - A plurality of pattern components is presented to a user. Each of the pattern components describe events and/or sub-events that, when combined, create emergent information that indicates the occurrence of a primary event. The user builds and then transmits a customized graphical event pattern, composed of one or more pattern components, rules and other emergent information artifacts to a server, which generates an underlying database file that describes the customized graphical event pattern and/or data pattern. The data pattern is then transmitted to an intelligent sensor, server, or other detection device. If a set of event data inputs, from an interlinked array of intelligent sensors or other detection devices, meet a predetermined threshold requirement of one or more of the pattern components, the data patterns then intercommunicate and vote as to the degree to which they have collectively each detected a primary event, using the sub-events as criteria. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313188 | Computationally Efficient Signal Classifier - Methods provided by this description may include receiving input signals for classification, and deriving specified signal parameters from the input signals. These methods may also compare the specified signal parameter to signal parameters derived from training signals, with the training signals being associated with predefined signal classes. These methods may also classify the input signals based on this comparison of the signal parameters, as derived respectively from the input signals in the training signals. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313189 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR ASSEMBLING AND USING BIOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE - Disclosed are methods, systems and apparatus for constructing assemblies of biological knowledge constituting a biological knowledge base, and for subsetting and transforming life sciences-related data and information into biological models to facilitate computation and electronic reasoning on biological information. A subset of data is extracted from a global knowledge base or repository to reconstruct a more specialized sub-knowledge base or assembly designed specifically for the purpose at hand. Assemblies generated by the invention permit selection and rational organization of seemingly diverse data into a model of any selected biological system, as defined by any desired biological criteria. These assemblies can be mined easily and can be logically reasoned with great productivity and efficiency. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313190 | COGNITIVE OPERATING SYSTEM - An operating system configured to support cognitive capable environments is described. The system comprises a memory structure and an I/O process configured to update inputs and outputs. The operating system further includes a process to determine changes to symbols within the symbol space due to the stimulus and create STM images of the inputs. Additional processes are configured to pass stimulations between connecting symbols, measure temporal and spatial properties of images, filter the STM images based upon the properties, and propagate stimuli through hereditary structures. Further processes analyze propagated symbol groups of STM images for novel distinctions, create new symbols, connect novel stimuli together for symbol groupings, update existing symbols to include connections to the new symbols, and assign weights to the connections. Additional processes form stimulus-response pairs from received images, provide time-based erosion of connection weights of symbols and adapt learned responses to long term memories. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313191 | Hardware design using evolution algorithms - The design of a hardware component such as a digital filter is optimized by taking an initial population of filter designs and encoding them as chromosomes. The fitness of each chromosome is then evaluated and parent chromosomes are then selected based on the fitness criteria. Offspring chromosomes are then generated using genetic operations such as mutation and cross-over from the pool of offspring, and optionally, parents. Individuals are selected to survive using a combination of Pareto fronts based on non-dominated individuals and clustering. The process is repeated or until a termination criteria is satisfied. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313192 | EVOLUTIONARY FACIAL FEATURE SELECTION - An evolutionary feature selection system and method that determines a feature space for a dataset. A system is disclosed that includes: a system for generating a plurality of chromosomes; an agglomerative K-means clustering system for clustering data into clusters, wherein each of the cluster spaces is associated with a different one of the chromosomes; a linear discriminant analysis system for scoring each of the cluster spaces; and an evolutionary mating system that genetically mutates and mates at least two of the chromosomes associated with the highest scoring cluster spaces, and generates a final chromosome. The final chromosome can thereafter be used to define a feature space in a matching system that attempts to match inputted biometric data with entries in a biometric dataset. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313193 | HIERARCHICAL TEMPORAL MEMORY SYSTEM WITH HIGHER-ORDER TEMPORAL POOLING CAPABILITY - A temporal pooler for a Hierarchical Temporal Memory network is provided. The temporal pooler is capable of storing information about sequences of co-occurrences in a higher-order Markov chain by splitting a co-occurrence into a plurality of sub-occurrences. Each split sub-occurrence may be part of a distinct sequence of co-occurrences. The temporal pooler receives the probability of spatial co-occurrences in training patterns and tallies counts or frequency of transitions from one sub-occurrence to another sub-occurrence in a connectivity matrix. The connectivity matrix is then processed to generate temporal statistics data. The temporal statistics data is provided to an inference engine to perform inference or prediction on input patterns. By storing information related to a higher-order Markov model, the temporal statistics data more accurately reflects long temporal sequences of co-occurrences in the training patterns. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313194 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATED IMAGE CLASSIFICATION - A system for automated classification of an image of an electronic document such as a facsimile document. The image is converted to a textual representation, and at least some of the terms in the textual representation may be associated with one or more predefined classification types, thereby enabling the document to be classified, and for multi-page documents, determining boundaries used to split the document into sections. The development of associations between terms and classification types may result from providing, to the system, a training set of manually-classified documents. A training module analyzes the training set to calculate probabilities that particular terms may appear in documents of a particular classification type. Probabilities established during training are used during automated document processing to assign a classification type to the document. A confidence score associated with the assigned classification type provides a metric for assessing the accuracy of the automated process. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313195 | Artificial neural network architecture - An artificial neural network apparatus comprising an array of neural units, each comprising a router, at least one neuron device and at least one synapse unit. The routers of respective neural units communicate with one another using data packets. The synapse units receive and create analogue signals, the routers converting these signals from or into packet form for communication between neural units. The use of routers in this way simplifies the required interconnectivity between neural units in the array and so facilitates the creation of large artificial neural networks. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313196 | EXTERNAL SCOPING SOURCES TO DETERMINE AFFECTED PEOPLE, SYSTEMS, AND CLASSES OF INFORMATION IN LEGAL MATTERS - When creating exhaustive, affected lists within a request scope, any legal risk due to failure to identify or leverage existing knowledge of a company about custody of evidence related to a legal matter is minimized. Accurate affected lists are constructed for an ongoing or impending litigation. Affected people, systems, or record types are included at first, and the list is modified over time once their exact association to the litigation context is clarified (new ones are added, not required are removed). Automation of data capture eliminates the risk of human error during data entry. Conflict resolution is applied when the same person, system, or record type is identified in the request scope, as part of multiple affiliations and associations. Overlapping lists are automatically merged to enable simple and efficient processing, without having to cull different lists. Affected elements in the request scope that could otherwise be missed are tracked and added. A relevant list of all affected elements based on multiple likely inconsistent sources of knowledge dispersed throughout a company is created, with a high degree of confidence in the context of an ongoing litigation or an impending litigation. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313197 | APPLICATION CUSTOMIZABLE TO ENABLE ADMINISTRATORS OF LOYALTY PROGRAMS TO CONTROL COMMUNICATIONS TO MEMBERS - Application customizable to enable administrators of various reward/loyalty programs to control communications to members. In one embodiment, an administrator is enabled to configure various rules corresponding to an event with the application of the rules to a member information identifying which ones of multiple contents is to be sent to which of the members using which one of different channels. The rules are then stored in a non-volatile memory. On identifying the occurrence of the event, the rules, and the member information are examined to determine that a first and a second content are to be sent respectively to a first and a second member using a first and second channel. Accordingly, the first content is sent to the first member using the first channel and the second content is sent to the second member using the second channel. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313198 | Methods and systems for performing root cause analysis - A root cause analysis engine uses event durations and gradual deletion of events to improve analysis accuracy and reduce the number of required calculations. Matching ratios of relevant rules are recalculated every time notification of an event is received. The calculation results are held in a rule memory in the analysis engine. Each event has a valid duration, and when the duration has expired, that event is deleted from the rule memory. Events held in the rule memory can be deleted without affecting other events held in the rule memory. The analysis engine can then re-calculate the matching ratio of each rule by only performing the re-calculation with respect to affected rules related to the deleted event. The calculation cost can be reduced because analysis engine processes events incrementally or decrementally. Analysis engine can determine the most possible conclusion even if one or more condition elements were not true. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313199 | DECISION MAKING UNIT FOR AUTONOMOUS PLATFORM - A decision making unit suitable for an autonomous platform. The decision making unit includes a receiving module configured to receive at least one ability request and a preconditioning module configured to precondition the received ability request. A filter is configured to filter the preconditioned ability request. A first generator is configured to generate a set of behaviour instructions associated with the filtered ability request. A priority processor is configured to priority process the filtered ability request. A second generator is configured to generate at least one control signal depending upon the priority processing of the filtered ability request, wherein the control signal includes information about the generated set of behaviour instructions. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313200 | Immigration application management apparatus, systems, and methods - Application management apparatus, systems, and methods to process government agency forms and applications such as, for example, immigration forms, petitions and applications to increase the likelihood of acceptance. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313201 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CAPTURING BUSINESS RULES FOR AUTOMATED DECISION PROCESSION - A rule packaging system and method to define and/or package parameters, attributes, enumerations of a prime rule in a reduced canonical form suitable for propositional logic manipulation using, for example, zero-suppressed binary decision diagrams. The reduced form of the prime rule is subsequently used by applying a series of user inputs to determine a result that preferably includes conflict and selection advice to guide the user to satisfaction. Elective events, such as but not limited to the display of messages or the performance of calculations, may optionally be packaged along with the prime rule or components thereof, and presented during execution to help guide an end user to satisfaction or compliancy when choosing among possible configuration parameters. The apparatus automates determination of a complex rule having a combinatorial exploded number of rule components, or a combinatorial number of possible outcomes, exceeding computational capacity of present day computing systems. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313202 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED SEARCH-BASED PROBLEM DETERMINATION AND RESOLUTION FOR COMPLEX SYSTEMS - Systems and methods are provided to implement automated search-based problem determination and resolution systems in which a domain-specific data model for a class of complex systems, which is representative of structural relationships of entities within the class of complex systems, is utilized to provide enhanced domain-specific content searching and search results ranking for problem determination and resolution for complex systems. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313203 | PREDICTIVE WIKI OPTIMIZATION SOFTWARE APPLICATION - A method, system, and device readable medium for running a predictive wiki optimization application is disclosed. The optimization application provides an improved decision-making or valuation method for formalizing and systematizing the decision-making or valuation process. The application leverages collective knowledge about a field of endeavor in order to yield better decisions or more accurate valuations. In some embodiments, the application represents an application of predictive markets within a wiki-style wrapper. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313204 | SAMPLE-BASED ROBUST INFERENCE FOR DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM - The present invention deals with sampling-based robust inference for decision support systems (DSS). The invention relates to a method of operating a decision support system comprising at least one Bayesian network, to a decision support system and to a computer program product for implementing the system. The system comprising at least one Bayesian network ( | 2009-12-17 |
20090313205 | TABLE STRUCTURE ANALYZING APPARATUS, TABLE STRUCTURE ANALYZING METHOD, AND TABLE STRUCTURE ANALYZING PROGRAM - A table structure analyzing apparatus extracts first row data and second row data in table data. Similarity between the data is computed based on Levenshtein distance or the number of characters. Further, similarity between the first row and the second row as a whole is determined. When the similarity is equal or less than a predetermined threshold value, it is determined that the boundary between the first and second rows is the boundary between a header part and a substantive part. A similar determination is made in the direction of columns. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313206 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PARSING OF EXTENSIBLE MEDIA - The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for parsing of extensible media. In the present invention, neo-data including additional media are extracted from meta data of the extensible media by analyzing the extensible media, and a neo-data track is extracted from the extensible media and transmitted to a means for controlling the extensible media. According to the present invention, it is advantageous to maximize an extensible media service effect by providing a method for more effectively parsing extensible media having a new structure that can add device control for a realistic service and synchronization information to general media. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313207 | IDEA TRACKING AND MANAGEMENT - Disclosure is related to idea tracking and management. The disclosure invokes a method and system for displaying and tracking ideas from a database. The invention accesses a data repository via a data connection, displays the data from the data repository, and allows the displayed data to be characterized as scheduling data, statistical data, action items, current status, and listing of individuals. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313208 | SORTABLE HASH TABLE - A method for providing symbolic access to a plurality of objects stored in a data storage is provided. An associative array comprising a plurality of associative array keys and a plurality of associative array values may be generated. A data array comprising a plurality of data array elements may be generated, such that each object stores a sortable property value of the object and an original offset of the object. A mapping table to map original offsets to modified offsets is generated. The mapping table includes a plurality of mapping table elements, and each associative array value is used as an offset into the mapping table, and each mapping table element storing a modified offset, each modified offset is a numeric value used as an offset into the data array. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313209 | MAIL MERGE INTEGRATION TECHNIQUES - Various technologies and techniques are disclosed for integrating a customer relationship management application with a mail merge operation on a client-side word processor. Mail merge settings are received from a user, including a record set to use in a mail merge operation. A new mail merge document is created. The record set is added to the mail merge document. A link is added to a template that will control the mail merge operation on a client-side word processor. The linked template gets attached to the new mail merge document when opened on the client-side word processor. Techniques for beginning a mail merge operation on a client-side word processor are described. A downloaded mail merge document is validated. The record set contained in the downloaded mail merge document is separated into one or more separate files. A mail merge wizard is started and advanced to a proper stage. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313210 | ENCODED MATRIX INDEX - A method, apparatus, and program product are provided for creating an Encoded Matrix Index for a column in a database table. An element of the column for all rows in the database table is compared to a corresponding reference value in a reference data structure, and in response to at least one value for the element of the column not matching the reference value, indicating a variation in a variation data structure and creating a value data structure. Queries executed using the Encoded Matrix Index include terms associated with a sub-column defined in a column of a database table. The variation data structure is accessed to determine whether any variation exists between rows belonging to a sub-column of the database table. If no variation exists, a value is accessed from the reference data structure; otherwise, a value for each row of the sub-column is accessed from a value data structure. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313211 | PUSHING JOINS ACROSS A UNION - Selecting a join plan for a query containing a join and a union block includes determining whether to propose a join plan with the join pushed across the union block. A selection is made between a join plan in which the join is not pushed across the union block and any proposed join plan in which the join is pushed across the union block. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313212 | RELATIONAL DATABASE WITH COMPOUND IDENTIFIER - A relational database system. The system includes a relational database configured to store and present data in a plurality of tables and a database application operatively coupled with the relational database. The system is configured to execute in an intermediate language runtime environment that supports native treatment of user data type definitions, and the database application and the relational database are configured to populate the plurality of tables with records that are each uniquely identified by a key. For each record, the key is constructed in accordance with a compound user-defined data type, such that the key includes: identification of an originating table and additional record-identifying information for the record. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313213 | JOINS OF RELATIONS IN AN OBJECT RELATIONAL DATABASE SYSTEM - A database system includes object relational tables having at least one complex attribute. The database system also includes an optimizer module that selects a join plan for a given query that specifies a join of multiple tables. If the query includes a function selected from the group consisting of a selection predicate applied on a complex attribute, a projection applied on a complex attribute, and a user-defined data type method, then a join path for the join query is determined based in part on a cost associated with application of the function. Application of the function is performed on one of a base table and a join table depending on which has a lower cardinality. The join table is a result of a join of the base table and another table. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313214 | COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - A communications system ( | 2009-12-17 |
20090313215 | System for Integrated Utilization of Data to Identify, Characterize, and Support Successful Farm and Land Use Operations - Computer configurations, search processors ( | 2009-12-17 |
20090313216 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BEST-FIT LOOKUP OF MULTI-FIELD KEY - A system and associated method for looking up a best-fit record identified by a multi-field key. The multi-field key comprises multiple fields that are hierarchically organized in an order of significance in identifying a record. The system generates a set of key values that is used for a best-fit lookup of a search key value. Each value in the set of key values is specified in contiguous fields from the most significant field to a distinctive respective field. In looking up a record for the search key value, the most specific key value in the set is first compared with the search key value, and one-level less specific in the least significant field is next compared with the search key value, until the best-fit record for the search key value is found. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313217 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CLASSIFYING SEARCH QUERIES - Systems and methods for approximating a query classification are disclosed. The systems and methods may include an input interface that receives a textual input, an extractor that extracts at least one concept from the textual input, a database having a plurality of concepts stored therein, each concept associated with at least one classification, a classifier that associates the at least one concept with at least one category, a computational unit that determines a category of the textual input based on the at least one classification of the at least one concept from the database and the at least one category of the at least one concept from the classifier, and an output interface to store and transmit the category of the at least one concept in response to the textual input. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313218 | VIRTUALLY APPLYING MODIFICATIONS - A first data set having a first hierarchical structure is identified. A second data set that represents a modification of at least a portion of the first data set is also identified. A query is performed over at least a portion of the first data set and at least a portion of the second data set, thereby generating a query results set. A representation of at least a portion of the first data set and at least a portion of the second data set is provided, based upon, at least in part, the query results set. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313219 | METHOD FOR ASSOCIATING CONFIGURATION ITEMS TO INCIDENTS - Techniques for automatically associating at least one configuration item (CI) to an incident are provided. The techniques include parsing an incident, wherein parsing the incident comprises annotating the incident with zero or more annotations and extracting at least one keyword from the incident, and associating each of the zero or more annotations and the at least one keyword with at least one configuration item (CI), wherein associating the zero or more annotations and at least one keyword with at least one CI comprises keyword searching and relationship traversal. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313220 | Expansion of Search Result Information - Generally speaking embodiments that dynamically expand the amount of information displayed with search or query results are disclosed. Some embodiments comprise a method for viewing information of a search that includes presenting a number of search results in response to a search, enabling a user to select one or more of the search results for a period of time, and dynamically expanding an amount of information associated with the selected search result based upon the period of time. Further embodiments comprise apparatuses haying a display and a selection sensor to sense when a user selects one of the results and measure a period of time that the user selects the result. These embodiments also include a result expander to expand the amount of information displayed for a selected result as the period of time increases. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313221 | PATENT TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION CLASSIFICATION METHOD - A patent technology association classification method includes the steps of inputting a search data, searching for patent specifications matched with the search data, retrieving subject matter classification codes from each patent specification, creating an association classification code group for the subject matter classification codes corresponding the patent specifications, comparing the subject matter classification codes common to the association classification code group two by two, creating a common classification code group for the subject matter classification codes corresponding to the patent specifications in two association classification code groups, and determining an association level of each patent specification according to the quantity of the common subject matter classification codes in each common classification code group, so as to provide a method of analyzing the association level (or similarly) of the patent specifications. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313222 | COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING DATA PROCESSING PROGRAM RECORDED THEREON AND DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS - A data processing program generates a layered list structure which is a data structure formed of a plurality of layers. The layered list structure includes a data element layer which includes a plurality of data elements, each including a substance of predetermined data or information indicating a position on a memory storing the substance of the predetermined data, and is a layer in which the data elements are included as a linked list; and a relay node layer positioned above the data element layer and including a plurality of relay nodes, each associated with one element in a layer immediately below. The relay node layer is further divided into layers; in each relay node layer, the relay nodes are ordered in accordance with the order of the elements in the layer immediately below, and in each relay node layer, the relay nodes ordered adjacent to each other are associated together. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313223 | DATA RETRIEVAL - To facilitate obtaining up-to-date data over a slow connection, reference search results are stored on a requesting side and on a responding side, and only changes to reference searches are transmitted. To achieve this, the requesting side indicates in a data request an applicable reference search or reference searches to be used, and the responding side retrieves up-to-date data, compares it with search results of corresponding applicable reference search(es) and sends only changes to the requesting side. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313224 | Method, System, and Computer Program Product for Managing Information in a Computer Network - From respective web sites of multiple contributors, via a computer network: at least one information handling system receives and stores content, automatically and repeatedly, so that the stored content contemporaneously includes updates thereof from the web sites of the contributors. The receiving and storing of the content occurs under first license agreements that permit redistribution of the content. From a distributor, via the computer network: the at least one information handling system receives and stores a specification of a portion of the content and of a manner in which the portion is to be displayed in a web site of the distributor. To the web site of the distributor, via the computer network: the at least one information handling system outputs the portion of the content in accordance with the specification, automatically and repeatedly, so that the output portion of the content contemporaneously includes updates thereof from the web sites of the contributors. The outputting of the portion of the content occurs under a second license agreement that governs redistribution of the content. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313225 | INFORMATION MANAGEMENT OF RIGHTS CLEARANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING THE SAME - The current invention provides an interactive system or platform suitable for performing a research project by individuals associated with a research company and a client company seeking the research. The interactive system provides a centralized electronic exchange for managing the research project and enhancing interaction between individuals carrying out the research and individuals associated with the client. Further, the current invention provides a method for using the interactive system which improves the research process. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313226 | CREATIVE WORK REGISTRY - A search engine server supports crawling of third party servers communicatively coupled to the search engine server to gather vectors to web content, wherein the search engine server delivers a report to registered creative work owners by identifying vectors to web content that contain similarities to their works and by providing protection to the copyrighted creative works. The search engine server has components that identify similarities to the works of the registered owners of the creative works and provide protection by reporting to the registered owners as well as host third party servers, in case of textual, image, audio and video creative works. This service is an added value based service of the search engine server to the registered owners of the creative works upon service charge basis. The search engine server also provides additional services that include reporting to the host third party servers that contain web content having similarities to that of creative works of registered owners and assisting the third party servers to delete the content upon consideration. | 2009-12-17 |
20090313227 | Searching Using Patterns of Usage - In various embodiments, the present invention relates disparate objects based on user behavior, thus enabling search engines to provide more comprehensive and accurate results. According to various embodiments of the present invention, multiple kinds of interactions by users with multiple classes of objects can be analyzed. The result is that disparate classes of objects can be related. Derived relations between text and objects can be used to implement search-like functionality or to extend a conventional text retrieval system. | 2009-12-17 |