| 51st week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 59 |
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| 20100324902 | Systems and Methods Document Narration - Disclosed are techniques and systems to provide a narration of a text in multiple different voices. In some aspects, systems and methods described herein can include receiving a user-based selection of a first portion of words in a document where the document has a pre-associated first voice model and overwriting the association of the first voice model, by the one or more computers, with a second voice model for the first portion of words. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324903 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DOCUMENT NARRATION WITH MULTIPLE CHARACTERS HAVING MULTIPLE MOODS - Disclosed are techniques and systems to provide a narration of a text in multiple different voices. Further disclosed are techniques and systems for providing a plurality of characters at least some of the characters having multiple associated moods for use in document narration. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324904 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTIPLE LANGUAGE DOCUMENT NARRATION - Disclosed are techniques and systems to provide a narration of a text in multiple different languages where the portions of the text narrated using the different voices associated with different languages are selected by a user. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324905 | VOICE MODELS FOR DOCUMENT NARRATION - Disclosed are techniques and systems to provide a narration of a text in multiple different voices. Further disclosed are techniques and systems for modifying a voice model associated with a selected character based on data received from a user. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324906 | METHOD OF SYNTHESIZING OF AN UNVOICED SPEECH SIGNAL - The present invention relates to a method of synthesizing a signal comprising the steps of
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| 20100324907 | ATTENUATION OF OVERVOICING, IN PARTICULAR FOR THE GENERATION OF AN EXCITATION AT A DECODER WHEN DATA IS MISSING - The invention proposes the synthesis of a signal consisting of consecutive blocks. It proposes more particularly, on receipt of such a signal, to replace, by synthesis, lost or erroneous blocks of this signal. To this end, it proposes an attenuation of the overvoicing during the generation of a signal synthesis. More particularly, a voiced excitation is generated on the basis of the pitch period (T) estimated or transmitted at the previous block, by optionally applying a correction of plus or minus a sample of the duration of this period (counted in terms of number of samples), by constituting groups (A′,B′,C′,D′) of at least two samples and inverting positions of samples in the groups, randomly (B′,C′) or in a forced manner. An over-harmonicity in the excitation generated is thus broken and the effect of overvoicing in the synthesis of the generated signal is thereby attenuated. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324908 | Learning Playbot - An enhanced chatbot, programed to learn from human-computer conversational exchanges. The process of learning automatically creates an expanded and updated statement/response database from input provided by users engaged in interactions with the chatbot. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324909 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING MESSAGES WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF AN INTEGRATED MESSAGE SYSTEM - A method and system for processing messages within the framework of an integrated message system. Recipients of messages in an integrated messaging system are provided with an authentic impression of the received message. In a first step, a message received within the framework of an integrated messaging system is automatically translated. Language detection and dictation system is provided. The message contents of the incoming message as well as its segments and parameters are simultaneously utilized to generate additional information regarding the sender and the information, which is suitable to give the recipient an impression of the received message in the most authentic form possible. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324910 | TECHNIQUES TO PROVIDE A STANDARD INTERFACE TO A SPEECH RECOGNITION PLATFORM - Techniques and systems to provide speech recognition services over a network using a standard interface are described. In an embodiment, a technique includes accepting a speech recognition request that includes at least audio input, via an application program interface (API). The speech recognition request may also include additional parameters. The technique further includes performing speech recognition on the audio according to the request and any specified parameters; and returning a speech recognition result as a hypertext protocol (HTTP) response. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324911 | CVSD DECODER STATE UPDATE AFTER PACKET LOSS - A system and method is described for updating the state of an audio decoder, such as a CVSD decoder, after a packet loss has occurred. In response to the loss of a packet, the system and method encodes audio samples produced by a packet loss concealment (PLC) algorithm and effectively passes the encoded audio samples through the audio decoder in lieu of the contents of the lost packet. This operation brings the state of the audio decoder into better synchronization with the state of a remote audio encoder, thereby reducing or minimizing the degrading effect of the packet loss on the perceived quality of an output audio signal produced by a voice processing system that includes the audio decoder. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324912 | Context-based arithmetic encoding apparatus and method and context-based arithmetic decoding apparatus and method - Disclosed are a context-based arithmetic encoding apparatus and method and a context-based arithmetic decoding apparatus and method. The context-based arithmetic decoding apparatus may determine a context of a current N-tuple to be decoded, determine a Most Significant Bit (MSB) context corresponding to an MSB symbol of the current N-tuple, and determine a probability model using the context of the N-tuple and the MSB context. Subsequently, the context-based arithmetic decoding apparatus may perform a decoding on an MSB based on the determined probability model, and perform a decoding on a Least Significant Bit (LSB) based on a bit depth of the LSB derived from a process of decoding on an escape code. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324913 | Method and System for Block Adaptive Fractional-Bit Per Sample Encoding - A method of encoding samples in a digital signal is provided that includes receiving a frame of N samples of the digital signal, computing a data value range L of the N samples, determining a first encoding block size for the frame, mapping the N samples to normalized data values, computing a first block polynomial value for a block of samples in the frame of the first encoding block size, and encoding the first block polynomial value. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324914 | Adaptive Encoding of a Digital Signal with One or More Missing Values - A method of encoding samples in a digital signal is provided that includes receiving a plurality of samples of the digital signal, and encoding the plurality of samples, wherein an output number of bits is adapted for coding efficiency when a value in a range of possible distinct data values of the plurality of samples is not found in the plurality of samples. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324915 | ENCODING AND DECODING APPARATUSES FOR HIGH QUALITY MULTI-CHANNEL AUDIO CODEC - Provided is an encoding apparatus for a High Quality Multi-channel Audio Codec (HQMAC) and a decoding apparatus for the HQMAC. The encoding/decoding apparatuses for the HQMAC may perform a High Quality Multi-channel Audio Codec-Channel Based (HQMAC-CB) encoding or an HQMAC-CB decoding in accordance with characteristics of inputted audio signals to provide compatibility with a lower channel. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324916 | REMOVING TIME DELAYS IN SIGNAL PATHS - The disclosed embodiments include systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable mediums for compensating one or more signals and/or one or more parameters for time delays in one or more signal processing paths. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324917 | Method and Apparatus for Encoding and Decoding - An encoding method includes extracting background noise characteristic parameters within a hangover period; for a first superframe after the hangover period, performing background noise encoding based on the extracted background noise characteristic parameters; for superframes after the first superframe, performing background noise characteristic parameter extraction and DTX decision for each frame in the superframes after the first superframe; and for the superframes after the first superframe, performing background noise encoding based on extracted background noise characteristic parameters of the current superframe, background noise characteristic parameters of a plurality of superframes previous to the current superframe, and a final DTX decision. Also, a decoding method and apparatus and an encoding apparatus are disclosed. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324918 | Continued Telecommunication with Weak Links - According to the invention a receiving end terminal (RET) enters a delay mode based on the detecting of the quality of the link being lower than a threshold. In this delay mode, the receiving end terminal provides a reception delay indicator (RDI) for a sending end terminal (SET). The sending end terminal (SET) receives the reception delay indicator (RDI) and provides an end of speech indicator (ESI) for the receiving end terminal (RET) at an end of a speech coding interval (SC). The receiving end terminal (RET) uses the reception delay indicator (RDI) and end of speech indicator (ESI) to define a first time interval (AL | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324919 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING A CUSTOM TRACK - A method and system for creating and editing video and/or audio tracks is described. The method includes providing at least one artist, venue, and track available for selection and providing at least one clip associated with the at least one artist, venue, and track. The method also includes allowing a user to create a custom track from the at least one clip. The system includes a plurality of video cameras for recording a live performance at a plurality of positions. The system also includes at least one server for storing a plurality of video clips created from the plurality of video cameras and an application stored on the at least one server for allowing a user to access the plurality of video clips via the Internet. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324920 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MARKETING - A method of manufacturing a layered image assembly and a marketing method are provided including a passive consumer behavior tracking method without requiring an “opt-in” process. The layered image assembly includes a base layer and a top layer with an inner area formed between. An opening is provided within a perimeter of the base layer to provide access to the inner layer. The inner layer is provided with a media that may comprise coupons, offers, advertisements, collapsible springs, animated collapsible springs having an image, etc. The media may include one or more symbols for conveying information. The layered image assembly may be attached to an item, such as a substrate, envelope, package, magazine, etc. The customer information relating to the item may be associated, or merged, with the information from the one or more symbols from the media. This merging of information may be used to track customer purchases, customer information, and the like. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324921 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING TRIP REQUESTS - A system and method for planning trips and for processing trip requests that utilizes a centralized network for facilitating travel reservations and/or services. The system includes multi-purpose point of service terminals that provide a plurality of modules for various travel related applications such as an integrated e-mail booking module, a computer telephony integration module, a super passenger name record database, a customer database, a trip planning module, a customer relationship management module, a workflow module, and a low fare search module. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324922 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MANAGING TIME SPENT FOR HEALTHCARE - A system and method of managing time spent for healthcare which provides patients with choices that can minimize time they spend attending to healthcare needs. The method includes establishing a record of patients which have checked-in at a healthcare facility by a server, storing times at which the patients received care from a healthcare provider by the server, storing patient wait time information by the server, and providing the patient wait time information to prospective patients through a web site by the server. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324923 | Method and System for Converting Credit Card Rewards Points to Dollars for Medical, Dental, and Pharmacy Expenses - A method for helping a purchaser of goods pay for health care services when the purchaser uses a credit/debit card that enables participation in such a monetary reward program. A credit/debit card reader, at the point of sale, reads the information recorded on the card. The information is sent to a processor of the issuer of the credit/debit card and a data bank is accessed to determine if the purchaser is qualified to receive points based on the dollar amount of the purchase where these points are to be used to pay a portion of a health care provider's bill for services when such an expense is generated by the credit/debit card user. Each qualifying dollar amount spent on the card is assigned a predetermined number of points which can be used to pay a health care provider for a health care service provided to the credit/debit card holder. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324924 | Medical Billing Systems and Methods - The invention relates to medical billing systems, software, and methods. In the methods, a patient is told how much he or she owes to a hospital prior to or after discharge. The hospital then sells the right to collect the patient debt to a billing service. The billing service establishes an ad hoc credit rating for the hospital by analyzing an existing credit rating scale and fitting the hospital's financial data to that rating scale, and also establishes the patient's credit rating, expected recovery index (ERI) or other scoring metric. The hospital is advanced an amount that depends on the hospital's credit rating and the patient's credit scoring metric, and the billing service collects the debt from the patient, typically by regular automatic transactions. The billing service may interact with patients and hospitals through automated interfaces, and in some embodiments, may act as an affiliate of a health insurer. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324925 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR EVALUATING A STATUS OF A PATIENT - A method for evaluating a status of a patient, the method includes: receiving a medical care schedule that comprises multiple medical care actions that should be taken and desired medical results; providing a desired event sequence that represents the medical care schedule; wherein the desired event schedule comprises at least one multi-meta-event; generating an actual event sequence by processing multiple events representative of the actual medical care action taken in relation to the patient and of at least one measured medical result obtained from a patient; wherein the actual event schedule comprises at least one multi-meta event; comparing the desired event sequence to the actual event sequence to provide a comparison result; and assisting in generating a comparison result indication; wherein a multi-meta-event is representative of an outcome of an appliance of a logic operation on multiple events. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324926 | Managing Patient Bed Assignments And Bed Occupancy In A Health Care Facility - An integrated health care delivery network with enabling software and network technology to maximize bed resources, manage varying census levels, and avoid patient diversions through real-time monitoring, automation and communication, is disclosed. Preferably, the present invention is embodied in a bed management system that interfaces with and complements existing Admission/Discharge/Transfer (ADT) systems. The bed management system is an easy-to-use business intelligence application that is designed to allow administrators, clinicians and managers to easily access, analyze and display real-time patient and bed availability information from ancillary information systems, databases and spreadsheets. It enables users to see trends and relationships in hospital (bed) management data directly from their desktop personal computers. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324927 | SENIOR CARE NAVIGATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING THE SAME - Senior care navigation systems and methods for using the same. In at least one exemplary system for utilizing and analyzing information to provide a desired outcome of the present disclosure, the system comprises an evidence repository comprising at least one item of evidence from each of at least two evidentiary sources, and a knowledge management and decision support system in communication with the evidence repository, the knowledge management and decision support system operable to retrieve the at least one item of evidence from the evidence repository and process the at least one item of evidence according to at least one reasoning approach, the knowledge management and decision support system further operable to generate at least one outcome. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324928 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR GROUPING MEDICAL CLAIMS BASED UPON CHANGES IN PATIENT CONDITION - A computer-implemented method for profiling medical claims to assist health care managers in determining the cost-efficiency and service quality of health care providers. The method allows an objective means for measuring and quantifying health care services. An episode treatment group (ETG) is a patient classification unit, which defines groups that are clinically homogenous (similar cause of illness and treatment) and statistically stable. The ETG grouper methodology uses service or segment-level claim data as input data and assigns each service to the appropriate episode. The program identifies concurrent and recurrent episodes, flags records, creates new groupings, shifts groupings for changed conditions, selects the most recent claims, resets windows, makes a determination if the provider is an independent lab and continues to collect information until an absence of treatment is detected. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324929 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING HEALTHCARE REVENUE CYCLE OUTCOMES AND CONTROLLING WORK FLOW - An outcome prediction model is generated and/or executed to predict an outcome of processing a healthcare patient account. As examples, these outcomes may relate to the payment of the healthcare patient account, to the timing of when payment of the healthcare patient account will be paid, to at least an initial denial of payment of the healthcare patient account, to payment of the healthcare patient account after a defined time period, and or to qualification of the patient for a government sponsored program regarding healthcare. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324930 | IMAGING MANAGEMENT APPARATUS FOR MEDICAL USE - Provided is an image management apparatus for medical use which allows a small-scale medical treatment facility such as a practitioner to easily and efficiently associate image data generated by an image generation apparatus with patient information. The image management apparatus for medical use is equipped with a storage section ( | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324931 | METHOD AND ARTICLE OF MANUFACTURE FOR PERFORMING CLINICAL TRIAL BUDGET ANALYSIS - An electronic method and article of manufacture is provided for analyzing clinical trial budgets. A clinical trial budget is input into a processor. The budget includes activities and associated activity costs of a clinical trial. The activities of the inputted clinical trial budget are classified into a set of standardized service categories. The processor is used to electronically allocate the associated activity costs with the respective standardized service category so that budget costs of the clinical trial can be objectively analyzed. A report of the associated activity costs with the respective standardized service category is outputted for use in analyzing budgets for clinical trials. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324932 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ADVISING PEOPLE WITH DIABETES - A method and system for advising a person with diabetes to perform a task based on the recommended therapy are disclosed. A library of one or more tasks is established, wherein each task in the library is related to a therapy recommended to the person with diabetes. Personal and real-time data related to the person's diabetic condition are recorded such that advice provided to the person to perform a task from the library is based on the recorded personal and real-time data. In this manner, the embodiments of the present invention simplify the ability of a person with diabetes to follow a recommended therapy. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324933 | Sequential Timing and Alarm System for Tracking Operating Room Procedures in Prevention of Wrong Site Surgery - An operating room procedure tracking device for tracking patients in surgery. The device employs a processor and user activated sequential switches to track the progress of the patient from their entry into the operating room to their departure. A time out protocol is tracked as well as the duration of the patient in the surgery as well is in the operating room. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324934 | Electronic Backbone for Medicine Infrastructure - Embodiments of the invention relate to the association of a non-guessable, unique ID with a user and the automatic or electronic referral of user ID to a medical service provider, without revealing private medical information. After the assignment of a unique ID to a User, the ID may then provide authentication by a certified health care source. In some embodiments, the delivery of a unique ID to a User can act as a token that can provide authentication for data entering a secure transmission system for medical referrals and tracking. In some embodiments, an electronic system compensates various parties by tracking activities associated with a unique user ID number without revealing any private medical information of a user also associated with the ID. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324935 | 12-LEAD ECG MEASUREMENT AND REPORT EDITING SYSTEM - The present invention provides a real-time interactive information system for measurement of 12-lead electrocardiogram waveforms and report editing, comprising a server providing cross-platform web page browsing for user to input commands or to review ECG reports and to edit or to measure information from patient further, a device for supporting internet interacting protocol which is a WEB SERVICE allowing for receiving commands issued by the server of cross-platform web page browsing and giving the server the feedback of processed ECG information by assistance from the database device, and a database device allowing for accessing patient's information to the internet interacting protocol. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324936 | PHARMACY MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION WITH BEDSIDE REAL-TIME MEDICAL EVENT DATA COLLECTION - Methods and systems for automatically establishing an enhanced electronic health record (EHR) for a patient include an automatic data collection facility that collects data of a medically related event in proximity to a patient upon occurrence of the event. The collected data may include medication administration data such as medication, time of administration, administration of a dosage of medication, reaction data, and the like. The collected data is communicated to a real-time data integration facility that automatically integrates the data with a patient's electronic health record to establish an enhanced electronic health record. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324937 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING CUSTOMIZED MEDICATION CHARTS - A method and system for creating customized medication chart is disclosed herewith. The method comprises: accessing medical information and patient information; and automatically generating a customized medication chart by interpreting the medical information and the patient information. The medication information includes medication information along with dosage and frequency, diagnostics and treatment plans. The patent information includes patient preferences, patient routines and lifestyle information, and patient or user preferences on medication chart display. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324938 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING RELATIONSHIPS IN DATA BASED ON TIME-DEPENDENT RELATIONSHIPS - A decision support apparatus ( | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324939 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING PRESCRIPTION BENEFITS - A system and method are disclosed for managing prescription benefits. Case records containing information regarding patients and prescription coverage activities for the patients are stored in the system. Users are allowed access to the system via an appropriate electronic communication network. The user can subsequently perform various tasks in order to maintain and review coverage activities. The user can also enter additional prescription coverage activities into the case records, as well as verify that information entered into the case records has been updated. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324940 | Methods, Systems, and Products for Processing Images - Methods, systems, and products process medical images. A notification is received that indicates a processed medical image is available and that indicates unprocessed medical images in a queue that have yet to be processed for display. The processed medical image is requested, received, and stored. The processed medical image and the notification are displayed. The processed medical image is visually distinguished in the notification from the unprocessed medical images in the queue that are yet to be processed. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324941 | PERSISTENT SALES AGENT FOR COMPLEX TRANSACTIONS - The present invention includes systems and methods employing branded virtual characters across multiple network platforms throughout various stages of complex transactions (eg, selling insurance). These characters initially engage prospective customers on a network platform, such as a social network, and persist over time across other network platforms (eg, university and company websites) to educate consumers until they are ready to purchase—from their “trusted advisor”—particular products and services offered by various providers. Even after completing transactions, these characters continue to provide various services, such as notifying a customer whose circumstances have changed of a relevant product or service, while remaining available to answer questions and provide information upon demand. By employing a semi-automated model, the system of the present invention can answer many questions via predetermined vignettes and automated answers generated by expert systems, while still utilizing live human experts (often transparently) when necessary. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324942 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING AND EVALUATING REQUESTS FOR INSURANCE PROPOSALS - A computer system for receiving and evaluating requests for quotes for insurance services includes a processor; and a memory storage device in communication with the processor. The processor is adapted to: receive via a communications interface data including a request for a quote to provide insurance services with respect to a first risk; verify and augment the received data with respect to one or more sources of data; determine based on the verified and augmented received data whether a quote will be provided with respect to the first risk; and provide an output signal including the received data and at least a portion of the augmented data to a third party server. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324943 | GENETICALLY PREDICTED LIFE EXPECTANCY AND LIFE INSURANCE EVALUATION - The present invention provides a system and methods for using a central database apparatus to evaluate a life insurance policy for a member of a population based on the genetically predicted life expectancy of the member. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324944 | INSURANCE CODE QUOTE RESOLUTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - An insurance code resolution system comprises a quotation module executable by a processor. The quotation module is configured to generate a quote request and submit the quote request to at least one insurance provider where the quote request comprises at least one code representing a parameter value for the quote. The quotation module is also configured to receive a response from the insurance provider associated with the quote request and, if the response indicates an inconsistency related to the at least one code, automatically initiate an action to modify the at least one code. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324945 | DATA INSURANCE SYSTEM BASED ON DYNAMIC RISK MANAGEMENT - A data insurance system with risk management, this risk management bases itself on a risk calculation algorithm targeted to digital data loss of computers and digital storage media. The risk is calculated using an algorithm based on S.M.A.R.T variables, O.S. variables, Anti-virus variables, Backup variables, S.N.M.P variables, Hardware variables and customer's behavior variables. The insurance coverage changes dynamically depending on the status of these variables, in addition, this data insurance system is able to create new rules of risk calculation in order to put the risk level of the customer's computer in red, orange or green, and it's able to auto-detects new trends based on the stats of the AIRC system. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324946 | TELECONFERENCE SUPPORT SYSTEM - A teleconference support system, establishing a teleconference among conference rooms, includes teleconference apparatuses, and a connection server including a conference venue information storage, a conference start judgment unit, and a teleconference apparatus connection unit. Each teleconference apparatus, disposed in each conference room, is provided with an image taking unit, a sound taking unit, a display unit, and an audio output unit. The connection server connects the teleconference apparatuses to transmit and receive information among the conference rooms. Each teleconference apparatus includes a person identification information acquisition unit to obtain person identification information identifying individual. The conference venue information storage stores conference information including person identification information of expected teleconference participant. The conference start judgment unit determines whether each teleconference satisfies a conference start condition using the person identification information. The teleconference apparatus connection unit connects teleconference apparatuses when the teleconference is determined to satisfy the conference start condition. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324947 | System and method for creating and using energy credits derived from the construction industry while maintaining green certificateion - A system and method for creating and using energy credits derived from the construction sector while maintaining green certification. The system and method uses buildings. The energy consumption of a building or buildings is first reduced by identifying and placing predetermined components in the buildings. That energy reduction is then designated as an energy credit derived from and associated with the construction sector. The credit is then marketed and sold. The remaining or residual energy consumption associated with use of the building is then offset through the purchase of outside energy credits. The building or buildings are then certified as green. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324948 | MANAGING EVENT TIMELINES - The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for managing event timelines. Embodiments of the invention can be used to generate a dynamic task list (or progress indicator) that shows what tasks have been completed, tasks that can be done now, and remaining tasks. Thus, the task list acts as a guide and a measure of progress. The task list also increases the chance that tasks are completed in the proper order. Accordingly, the configuration of a task list provides utility to both experienced, professional producers as well as the do it yourself producer. Users can use the task list to drive their event management or they can ignore it. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324949 | TRANSFORMING GENERIC BUSINESS MEASURE DEFINITIONS INTO EXECUTABLE MONITORING SPECIFICATIONS - A business process management (BPM) data processing system can be provided. The system can include a business process modeler executing in memory of a host server and a process generation engine coupled to the business process modeler and configured to generate an executable business process execution model from a business process model defined by the business process modeler. The system further can include a monitoring generation engine coupled to the business process modeler and configured to generate an executable monitoring model using business measures mapped to emittable events in the executable business process execution model and using logic enabled to compute metrics for the business measures from data in the events, both the business measures and logic being defined separately from and irrespective of the business process model. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324950 | OPTIMAL MAPPING OF A SPATIAL PRINT INFRASTRUCTURE - Disclose are embodiments for selecting an advantageous, feasible and suitable location for placing a selected printing device within a space. A mathematical formula identifies a most advantageous location for placing the selected printing device. Next, successive contour regions surrounding this most advantageous location are defined such that any inner contour region is considered more advantageous than any outer contour region. A mark representing the most advantageous location and contour lines indicating the successive contour regions are plotted onto a floor plan of the space. The edited floor plan is then evaluated (e.g., either visually by a user or automatically) to determine whether the mark overlaps any fixed shapes and/or restricted-use areas. If the mark overlaps a fixed shape or restricted-use area, a different location can be selected that is within a closest possible contour region without overlapping any other fixed shapes or restricted-use areas. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324951 | System and Method for Automated Compliance with Loan Servicing Legislation - A computer-based system, technology architecture design, business process model, method, computer readable medium comprising software, and associated set of business services, for automatically determining business resolutions to municipal, state, and federal compliance rules, guidelines and legislation relating specifically to Mortgage and Credit Servicing (“Servicing”). Generic resolutions and normalized legislative information will be provided in human readable form via the internet by proprietary web search and querying applications. Specific resolutions for a loan or loan portfolio will be provided in computer readable via system interfaces. Resolutions are determined by means of rule-based processing technologies. Business Rules evaluate factors such as the location of a property or person, the life-cycle phase, status and disposition of the loan (e.g. 30 days delinquent, in foreclosure, subject to a modification program, etc.), and such additional criteria as may be required to determine accurate resolution in compliance with legislation. Preliminary industry research has indicated that these services and technologies do not currently exist in support of the Servicing industry. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324952 | CONTINUOUS GOVERNANCE, RISK AND COMPLIANCE MANAGEMENT - A method for managing Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) within an integrated framework includes inventorying assets and relationships with business components of an organization structure ( | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324953 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING ENTITLEMENTS TO RESOURCES OF AN ORGANIZATION - The invention relates to a method and system for determining one or more valid entitlements for one or more persons or roles to one or more resources of an organization. Person classification data, role classification data, role constraint data and/or entitlement constraint data are supplied to an inference engine that provides an inference result set defining valid entitlements of a person or role to one or more resources. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324954 | COMPUTER - IMPLEMENTED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING QUALITY IN PRODUCT AND/OR SERVICE ASSOCIATED PROJECTS BY APPLICATION OF IMPROVEMENT IN SIX SIGMA METHODOLOGY - A computer-implemented method and system for monitoring quality in product and/or service associated projects by the application of improvement in Six Sigma methodology. The method involves accepting as input values associated with a product and/or service to be improved, subsequent to the completion of the project. Then, the values associated with the product or service to be improved are measured over a timeframe having a plurality of time segments, such that each value corresponds to one among the plurality of time segments. Subsequently, a set of values among the plurality of values are determined, corresponding to the plurality of time segments, which correspond to a predefined criterion. By applying predefined comparison criterion, a resultant parameter, whose variation indicates level of quality, is obtained. An output representing the resultant parameter is obtained in the form of a Capability Measurement Diagram and a Moving Loss table. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324955 | ASSET INFORMATION REPORTING - A computer-implemented method for asset operation information services is described. In one example embodiment, the method can comprise receiving data related to operation of an asset, the data including positional data and at least one machine operational data, interpreting the positional data with the machine operational data to accurately determine an operational characteristic of the machine, performing analysis of the operational characteristic in view of a stored target to produce a performance output, and providing a report that includes the operational characteristic and the performance output. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324956 | Automated pricing and/or "Green" indicating method and system - The present invention comprises a rapid and automated creation of a price schedule and/or a “green” schedule comprising steps and an implementation for providing a set of construction (or other) plans created with an architectural, civil, industrial or other software design tool, such as CAD, and optionally a palette of 2-dimensional and/or 3-dimensional architectural parametric symbols that correspond to respective construction plan elements, such as windows, doors, acrylic glass blocks and/or sky lights. At least one parametric symbol corresponding to a construction plan element is preferably inserted into the construction plans. A cost value and a statement indicating whether or not a parametric symbol is “green” for each of the inserted parametric symbols is calculated and/or determined corresponding to respective plan elements. A price schedule, a “green” schedule or both are then created, which can include the total cost for all of the inserted parametric symbols corresponding to respective plan elements, and a statement for each of the inserted symbols indicating whether or not they are certified as being energy efficient or rated “green.” | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324957 | System and Method for Program Management Using Systems Engineering Management Model - The present invention solves the problems associated with traditional systems engineering process using a Systems Engineering Management Model (SEMM) which takes in to consideration all of the systems engineering capabilities critical to success (technical solution, risk, requirements, IPTs and interfaces, etc.) and provides for these capabilities in a timely and relevant manner using a single user interface to promote informed program execution. The SEMM automates the data manipulation processes and provides a single user interface and focal point to facilitate timely and informed decision-making. Such contemporaneous insight can help focus activities and resources to prioritize current issues, address critical ones, and provide indications of impending risks. Hence, the marginal utility of all program control activities is maximized. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324958 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRAVEL, ASSET, AND PERSONNEL INFORMATION AND RISK MANAGEMENT - A system(s) and method(s) for providing travel, asset, and personnel information accumulation, analysis, and reporting for improved risk assessment and management are disclosed. In various embodiments methods and systems may provide travel information to a consumer, by for example, acquiring information from at least one information source, characterizing the acquired information by its pertinence to travel, transforming the characterized travel information into a useable format, applying rules to this transformed travel information in connection with the consumer-specific travel profile, and delivering a report to the consumer. In various embodiments, risk assessments(s) may be provided and may include receiving intelligence from at least one intelligence source, receiving information about one or more asset(s), and generating a risk assessment report. Various embodiments may also include receiving intelligence from at least one intelligence source, receiving asset information, and generating a risk assessment report based on the intelligence and a personnel or employee profile. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324959 | Processing Shipment Status Events - Disclosed are various embodiments for processing shipment status events. An instance of a first event is obtained from a carrier. The instance of the first event is associated with a shipment in transit with the carrier, and the first event is associated with a set of first events used by the carrier to describe shipment status. The instance of the first event is mapped to an instance of a second event. The second event is associated with a set of second events, each describing a shipment status and being normalized with respect to sets of first events associated with multiple carriers. At least one action based at least in part on the instance of the second event is implemented. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324960 | Predicative Recruitment Reporting and Management - Methods, computer-readable media, and apparatuses process data for an employee requisition, in which a contracted company may assume responsibility for supporting portions of the requisition process by filtering candidates. Consequently, only qualified candidates for a specified job assignment are interviewed by the contracting company (client). By looking at requisitions that are in process and focusing on whether or not they have achieved an expected threshold of activity, a requisition system can predict bottlenecks in the process before the requisition is filled. An interprocess report organizes and acts on data to provide a management team a prediction of how a recruitment team will perform by individual recruiter and requisition level. In addition, actions are identified that the manager can initiate to correct issues early in the requisition process in order to reduce an impact on the client as per a service level agreement. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324961 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF PROVIDING SERVICE ASSISTANCE USING A HIERARCHICAL ORDER OF COMMUNICATION CHANNELS - An approach provides service assistance using a hierarchical order of communication channels. Service requests are received from a user. A plurality of different modes of communication functionality can be made available for interactivity with the user. A hierarchical order of the modes can be established in relation to the respective degree of communication interactivity. The mode of least degree of communication interactivity in the hierarchical order can be selected for initial communication with the user in response to the request for service. After communicating with the user in accordance with the selected mode, communication with the user can be changed to a communication mode higher in the hierarchical order if the service request has not been resolved. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324962 | SMART BUILDING MANAGER - A building manager includes a communications interface configured to receive information from a smart energy grid. The building manager further includes an integrated control layer configured to receive inputs from and to provide outputs to a plurality of building subsystems. The integrated control layer includes a plurality of control algorithm modules configured to process the inputs and to determine the outputs. The building manager further includes a fault detection and diagnostics layer configured to use statistical analysis on the inputs received from the integrated control layer to detect and diagnose faults. The building manager yet further includes a demand response layer configured to process the information received from the smart energy grid to determine adjustments to the plurality of control algorithms of the integrated control layer. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324963 | TAG PRESENCE ALERTS FOR GROUPS AND MEETING - Architecture for enabling a group of contacts of a communications framework to be tagged for concurrent availability and participation in a communications session. The status of the contacts is monitored to detect availability of the contacts, and to determine when the contacts are available concurrently to participate in the communications session. A notification is sent to a tagging user of the concurrent availability of the contacts, at which time a meeting can be initiated. A context can be input that serves as a reminder as to the purpose of the communications session. The context can be presented in the notification with the availability status of the contacts. The status can be monitored by subscribing to presence information of the contacts. A contact list can be maintained to identify the contacts to be tagged and includes metadata related to each contact. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324964 | AUTOMATICALLY MONITORING WORKING HOURS FOR PROJECTS USING INSTANT MESSENGER - An automatic work monitoring system may be implemented in an instant messaging application so that employee hours can automatically be tracked and associated with projects. The work monitoring system can determine that an activity is associated with a project based on context of the activity and an employee's work profile. The work monitoring system can determine the amount of time spent on the activity and record the amount of time in a daily work record. The work monitoring system can also update the employee's presence information to indicate that the employee is working on the project to update the employee's instant messaging contacts about the employees work activity. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324965 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND ARTICLE TO EVALUATE AFFILIATE PERFORMANCE - An affiliate evaluation system rates the quality of affiliates' marketing efforts in electronic commerce. Such may employ information from a customer relationship management (CRM) program, tool or system, along with more traditional lead evaluation criteria, including lead evaluation by third party tools or systems. Individual leads may be assigned lead quality scores based on various criteria such as CRM criteria, and individual affiliates may be assigned affiliate quality scores based on the lead quality scores of leads generated by the affiliate. Affiliate compensation and status may be determined from these affiliate quality scores and transmitted to an affiliate network, advertiser's affiliate program software and/or individual affiliate. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324966 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCING CREDIT AND DEBT COLLECTION - A system and method for enhancing assignment of debtor accounts to a plurality of collection parties is presented. The preferred embodiment is capable of optimizing the way by which individual performance entities are assigned to collect on actionable individual debtor accounts by a creditor. An analysis solution uses algorithms to analyze gathered data and to provide a score to each collection party based upon the traits of the individual collection parties, debtor accounts, creditor, externally acquired data, and constraints upon all of the parties involved. The system and method are also capable of enhancing an individual borrower's credit score depending on the risk involved with providing credit to that particular borrower based upon the collectability upon default. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324967 | MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND ASSOCIATED METHODS AND APPARATUS, FOR DISPATCHING TICKETS, RECEIVING FIELD INFORMATION, AND PERFORMING A QUALITY ASSESSMENT FOR UNDERGROUND FACILITY LOCATE AND/OR MARKING OPERATIONS - An electronically generated locate request ticket identifying a dig area includes first image data associated with the dig area. The first image data includes one or both of: i) a marked-up image of a geographic area including the dig area, wherein the marked-up image includes at least one dig area indicator to provide an indication of the dig area; and ii) geographic information relating to the at least one dig area indicator. The locate request ticket is electronically transmitted to at least one entity associated with the locate operation. A completed locate request ticket is electronically received including second image data and/or non-image data relating to the locate operation as performed. The completed locate request ticket is electronically processed so as to provide a quality assessment of the locate operation. Information relating to the completed ticket and/or the quality assessment is electronically stored and/or transmitted so as to provide a searchable electronic record of the locate operation. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324968 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY RESTRUCTURING DATABASE ENTRIES BASED ON DATA OBTAINED AMONG A PLURALITY OF USERS - There are disclosed systems and methods which provide for an inter-action between unrelated databases such that information provided to a first database by a first provider can be pushed from the first database to a user based, at least in part, on data provided by that user to a second database unrelated to the first database. This then allows a user to have information pushed to him/her based upon information previously obtained from that user or about that user. In one embodiment, the data required from a provider is determined based upon data gathered from other providers for similar items. In another embodiment, the user enters his/her information into one or more databases and the entered information forms the basis for information to be pushed to that user from any database even if the pushed information resides in a non-related database. In some situations certain data is gathered without active participation from the provider. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324969 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING AN END OF ROUND IN A MULTIPLE ROUND AUCTION - A system and method for implementing End-Of-Round (EOR) calculations in computer implemented multiple round auctions. The EOR process allows for the adjustment of price, quantity, and other parameters, and also adjusts bids as necessary in accordance with the auction rules, parameter values, and constraints. Feasible starting points for the EOR process can be determined based on the post-EOR adjusted bids following the previous round, or based on bids submitted in the round just ended. Bid deviations based on switching and/or reductions in eligibility can be analyzed. Bid requests can be evaluated and granted based on auction rules, parameter values, and/or constraints. Bids can be rolled-back to realize a feasible solution. The EOR process can iteratively loop through the collection of bid deviations until all the bid deviations have been considered, or until an established time limit is reached. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324970 | System and Method For Intelligent Job Hunt - A system, computer readable storage medium, and computer-implemented method performs an intelligent job hunt to determine a sorted set of job openings relevant to a user's career goals. An intelligent job hunt engine uses user profile information to query a job openings index for job's relevant to the user. Results of the query are filtered and sorted according to their relevance to different career goals. A job readiness evaluator determines readiness scores indicative of the user's preparedness for reaching a career goal. Specific action items are generated based on the user's interaction with the sorted job openings and the user's job readiness scores. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324971 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLLECTING SURVEY INFORMATION FROM TARGETED CONSUMERS - In one embodiment, a method and system can be configured to collect survey information from targeted customers. The method and system can provide customer survey information to merchants such as retailers and service providers. The system and method can be configured to identify consumers to participate in a survey program. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324972 | REAL-TIME, DEMAND-BASED DYNAMIC PRICING SYSTEM AND METHOD - Systems and methods for providing real-time dynamic pricing information for a product based on receipt of a price queries from consumers at point-of-sale. The system receives price queries for a product provided by a consumer at point-of-sale by way of use of a mobile communicating device such as cellphone. The system maintains a database of received price queries. A preset price query threshold value associated with the product is retrieved in response to a received query. A price query count is extracted for the product, the price query count being the number of price queries generated in a predefined sample period. A product price is calculated in real time based on a comparison between the price query count and the threshold values. The consumer may be provided with discounts or coupons based on marketing campaign parameters derived from the price query. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324973 | Dynamic Webpage Generation Including Request-Time Auctioned Web Content - Embodiments include methods, apparatus, and systems associated with providing request-time auctioning of web content and web services. The auction may be performed by a request-time web content auctioning service, which may accept bids of content and/or services from content and/or service providers, and may auction these bids against offers of space on webpages in websites. The auction may, in various embodiments, be performed in real time, such as, for example, during generation of a webpage in response to a request to view a webpage from a visitor to the webpage. The auction service may, in various embodiments, also provide for the auctioning of web services for webpages, such as, for example, content filtering. Other embodiments may be described and claimed | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324974 | Multi-Attribute Web Content Auctions - Embodiments include methods, apparatus, and systems which may provide for multi-attribute auctioning. Bids and offers which comprise non-price attributes may be received by an auction service, such as web content bids and offers for space on webpages. The service may evaluate the various attributes of the bids and offers in a quantitative manner, developing a value for the bid and offer that includes both price information and other non-price attributes. This valuation may be performed through the use of one or more willingness-to-pay functions which, based on a knowledge of an agent, determine a numerical value for that agent's willingness to pay according to the non-price attributes. The result from evaluating this function may then be used to determine which auction bids and offers may be matched. The auction service may publish statistics about past performance of agents and the bid or offer can include one or more probability distributions for future performance, based on the published statistics. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324975 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROMOTING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY - A method and system for the online promotion of intellectual property includes providing an Internet host station with at least one database that is connectable via the Internet to consumer stations and industry stations. The database includes a plurality of intellectual property items and a description of each intellectual property item. At least one of the intellectual property items is selected by a consumer station and the description associated with the selected intellectual property item is viewed at the consumer station. Portions of the description may be confidential and therefore not normally viewed at the consumer station. Feedback data is sent from the consumer station to the host station. The feedback data includes consumer opinion information of the selected intellectual property item based at least in part on the description of the selected intellectual property item. The feedback data is then accessed from an industry station to thereby determine the interest in the selected intellectual property item based on the consumer opinion. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324976 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROMOTING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY - A method and system for the online promotion of intellectual property includes providing an Internet host station with at least one database that is connectable via the Internet to consumer stations and industry stations. The database includes a plurality of intellectual property items and a description of each intellectual property item. At least one of the intellectual property items is selected by a consumer station and the description associated with the selected intellectual property item is viewed at the consumer station. Portions of the description may be confidential and therefore not normally viewed at the consumer station. Feedback data is sent from the consumer station to the host station. The feedback data includes consumer opinion information of the selected intellectual property item based at least in part on the description of the selected intellectual property item. The feedback data is then accessed from an industry station to thereby determine the interest in the selected intellectual property item based on the consumer opinion. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324977 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING PROMOTIONAL INFORMATION TO A MOBILE ASSET - Systems, methods, and apparatus for providing promotion information to a mobile asset are provided by various embodiments of the invention. At least one triggering event for soliciting promotional information may be detected. Based on the detection, a request for promotional information may be communicated to a promotional information server and promotional information may be received in response to the request. At least a portion of the promotional information may be presented to a user by a designated asset. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324978 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING INCENTIVES TO PURCHASERS - A pre-sale offer system ( | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324979 | COMPUTER-BASED ANALYSIS OF AFFILIATE SITE PERFORMANCE - A performance analysis system analyzes the performance of affiliate sites that provide links to specific items in an electronic catalog, and identifies catalog items that can be listed by such affiliate web sites to improve performance. An association mining component analyzes transaction data attributable to specific categories or types of affiliate web sites to identify items that are frequently purchased in combination by users of such sites. The detected item associations are used to evaluate, for a given affiliate site, whether significant disparities exist between the expected and actual sales quantities of specific items. The results of the analysis are incorporated into affiliate-specific performance reports, which may include specific recommendations for improving performance. The disclosed methods may also be used to analyze the performance of, and provide recommendations to, online sellers within an online mall, online marketplace, or online auction system. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324980 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REVENUE SHARING - Disclosed herein is a method of sharing revenue contributions between a plurality of users. The method includes providing at least one prize pool, contributing revenue to the at least one prize pool based on at least one revenue source, providing drawing entries to the plurality of users, selecting at least one of a plurality of drawing entries and awarding a prize to at least one of the plurality of users from the at least one prize pool. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324981 | System and Method for Media Distribution on Social Networks - An apparatus and method for distributing media via an exchange club or social networking site effects or includes the process of identifying a member by authenticating a unique device identifier received from the user's computing device when accessing the social networking site, enabling the member to select one or more media for sharing or broadcasting to other members of the site using information obtained from the site, enabling members to select or enter contact information of friends with whom the user would like to share the media or information about the media, and rewarding the member for any purchase of the media resulting from the broadcasting. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324982 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO OFFER BEST PRICE DEAL AND SHARP TARGETED POINT OF PURCHASE ADVERTISEMENT IN E-RETAIL WEBSITE - A Unique E-Retail System for Customers of Branded Products and Services that Serves as a Point of Purchase Advertising Medium that identifies ‘interested’ Customers based on an uniquely tracked Brand Choice Behavioral Targeting software program and further inducing them to take buying decisions in a brand's favor by offering Brand wise Sales Incentives calculated based on a forward Action Algorithm in proportion to the Ad Spends by each brand on the site, which in effect leads to better Price Deals to Customers on these Branded Products and Services. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324983 | System and Method for Media Distribution - A method for media distribution executable on a computer readable medium that, if executed by a device, causes the device to perform steps for determining whether a usage license for a media is present on the device using a distribution application stored on the computer readable medium, soliciting for the purchase of the usage license based on the usage license determination, collecting financial information from a user of the device, generating a unique device identifier using one or more parameters of the device, sending the financial information, a media identifier, and a device identifier to a server, and receiving a license key that enables the media to be fully operational on the device. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324984 | VENDING MACHINE PRIZE REDEMPTION AND MARKETING SYSTEM - The present invention relates to bulk vending machines that sell items in combination with a redemption certificate for points that can be redeemed at a website for premium prizes by a customer, and for collection of marketing information by the seller. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324985 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECOMMENDATION ENGINE USING PAIR-WISE CO-OCCURRENCE CONSISTENCY - The invention, referred to herein as PeaCoCk, uses a unique blend of technologies from statistics, information theory, and graph theory to quantify and discover patterns in relationships between entities, such as products and customers, as evidenced by purchase behavior. In contrast to traditional purchase-frequency based market basket analysis techniques, such as association rules which mostly generate obvious and spurious associations, PeaCoCk employs information-theoretic notions of consistency and similarity, which allows robust statistical analysis of the true, statistically significant, and logical associations between products. Therefore, PeaCoCk lends itself to reliable, robust predictive analytics based on purchase-behavior. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324986 | PAY YOURSELF FIRST WITH REVENUE GENERATION - The system identifies a revenue producing opportunity for a user. The system obtains information related to the user's income, income sources, user's debts (e.g., bills) and user's goals. The system identifies a revenue producing opportunity for the user by matching user information with information regarding the opportunities. The system further provides recommendations related to the prioritization of paying certain bills and the amount to pay for each bill based upon, for example, savings goals, a community recommendation, minimizing penalties/fees associated with user's debts, minimum amounts due, due dates and available income. The system and/or the user may then determine a payment hierarchy which includes transferring funds to the user's savings account prior to paying all or a portion of certain bills, wherein the transfer of funds may include different funds transfer systems and methods. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324987 | Certified Email System and Method - A certified email system for providing a time stamp for a presented file, particularly when the presented file is an email. Preferably a demanding party receives the email; generates a unique HASH; digitally signs the unique HASH; and sends the signed HASH and a time-stamp request call to a web services time-stamp conduit (WSTC). The WSTC receives the request and signed HASH from the demanding party and obtains a time stamp. The WSTC sends the time stamp back to the demanding party, which sends a time-stamp notification to the original sender of the email and, optionally, the recipient(s) of the email. Multiple branded or customized demanding servers can efficiently run using one web services time-stamp conduit. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324988 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AGGREGATING AND REPORTING MULTI-PLATFORM ADVERTISING PERFORMANCE DATA - In an exemplary method, a computing system acquires advertising performance data from a plurality of independent advertising platform subsystems, aggregates the advertising performance data based on linking data to form a grouping of related advertising performance data, and transmits data representative of the grouping of related advertising performance data to an access device for presentation in a single graphical user interface view. In certain embodiments, the grouping of related advertising performance data comprises a subset of the advertising performance data aggregated across the plurality of independent advertising platform subsystems. In certain embodiments, the independent advertising platform subsystems are heterogeneous. In certain embodiments, the independent advertising platform subsystems distribute advertisement assets via a media outlet such as a subscriber television media outlet. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324989 | System and Method for Monitoring Efficacy of Online Advertising - A system for determining efficacy of online advertising includes a server connected to a computer network. The server is specially adapted to provide functions for communicating with a web resource that provides a web media that contains links or JavaScript calls for causing a client device to generate a device identifier in response to a user of the client device retrieving the web media, receiving the device identifier via a network, associating and caching any impressions, clicks or conversions by the user with the device identifier, calculating total cached impressions, total cached clicks and total cached conversions associated with each unique device identifier, and displaying, for each unique device identifier, at least one of the total cached impressions, the total cached clicks, and the total cached conversions. The device identifier may be derived from a combination of a user-configurable machine parameter and a non-user-configurable machine parameter. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324990 | Targeting Advertisements in a Social Network - A social networking website logs information about actions taken by members of the website. For a particular member of the website, the website presents targeted ads based on actions by the member and one or more characteristics of the member. The social networking website maintains a profile associated with the member which describes characteristics of the member, such as age, geographic location, employment, educational history and interests. The social networking website compares the member profile to targeting criteria for a plurality of advertising requests and determines the advertising requests that match the member profile and generate the most revenue for the social networking website. When presenting a member with an ad, the website may optimize advertising revenue by selecting an ad from the received ads that will maximize the expected value of the ad. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324991 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSOCIATING QUERIES AND DOCUMENTS WITH CONTEXTUAL ADVERTISEMENTS - A computer implemented method and system for associating advertisements with a web page comprises: obtaining advertisement keyword meanings associated with the advertisements; indexing the advertisements according to the keyword meanings; disambiguating the page to identify page keyword meanings; expanding the page keyword meanings; searching for matches between the advertisement keyword meanings and the expanded page keyword meanings to identify relevant advertisements; and providing the relevant advertisements in association with the web page. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324992 | DYNAMICALLY REACTIVE RESPONSE AND SPECIFIC SEQUENCING OF TARGETED ADVERTISING AND CONTENT DELIVERY SYSTEM - A system for rendering advertisements in accordance with a predetermined sequence. The system may include a centralized management system for disseminating advertisements to a plurality of electronic devices. The advertisements may be rendered on the electronic devices in accordance with the predetermined sequence for the advertisements. The advertisements may be targeted towards specific users of the electronic devices whose profiles match a target profile associated with the advertisements. The system may further provide a means for rendering a reactive response upon the occurrence of a triggering event. In particular, the system may monitor a content stream for an occurrence of the triggering event. Upon the occurrence of the triggering event, the system may begin monitoring a content stream for a placement opportunity for the reactive response. The reactive response may then be rendered in accordance with the placement opportunity. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324993 | PROMOTIONAL CONTENT PRESENTATION BASED ON SEARCH QUERY - In a computer-implemented method of providing digital content, a plurality of web pages is identified, where each of the identified web pages has an associated benefit to be accrued as a result of activity by a user on the identified web page. A search query that includes a search term is received, and one or more of the identified web pages is selected based on the benefits to be accrued as the result of the activity on the identified web pages and a relationship between the identified web pages and the search term. Representations of the selected one or more of the identified web pages are displayed on a display device. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324994 | LOCATION BASED SERVICE FOR DIRECTING ADS TO SUBSCRIBERS - In one embodiment, a method of providing a location based service (LBS), comprises: (i) receiving location information over a period of time by one or more software programs from a plurality of wireless devices belonging to a plurality of subscribers; (ii) processing the location information to detect that respective subscribers tend to spend time at one or more locations with one or more other specific subscribers; (iii) storing data indicative of a tendency of each such subscriber to spend time with the subscriber's one or more other specific subscribers; (iv) detecting whether subscribers are present at locations with one or more specific subscribers identified in the stored data subsequent to performance of (ii) and (iii); and (v) comparing ad parameters against subscriber data, to select ads for communication to subscribers, wherein the comparing differentiates in selection of ads for communication to subscribers in response to (iv). | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324995 | Method and System for Content Delivery using Delivery Report Message - The present invention relates to a data messaging system and method for transmitting content to a subscriber of telephony services which are provided by an operator, such as a mobile network operator. The method and system facilitates the transmission of content in a delivery report message sent to the subscriber device from a messaging centre. Such a system and method enables the use of the status/delivery report message mechanism associated with a data messaging services as a backwards communication channel. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324996 | ADVERTISING METHOD, SNS ADVERTISING SYSTEM AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Disclosed is an advertising method, and a Social Networking Service (SNS) advertising system and a recording medium for performing the same. The advertising method includes: analyzing a Call Data Records (CDR) system for storing therein phone call details of user terminals, and extracting groups; receiving advertising information; searching for a user profile matching with the advertising information, and selecting at least one particular person having the user profile; selecting a target group including the particular person; and providing an advertisement to the selected target group. Accordingly, it is possible to effectively provide advertisements to user terminals connected to a wired/wireless communication network. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324997 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMPUTER-CREATED ADVERTISEMENTS - The invention relates to a computerized method for a user to create an advertisement by displaying a plurality of advertising formats for selection by a user; displaying a template corresponding to a selected advertising format; displaying a plurality of product references for selection by the user; displaying on the template a selected product reference to create a proposed advertisement; and creating a preview of the proposed advertisement, all of which may be implemented using the Internet. The invention further relates to a computerized system for creating an advertisement that comprises a template database for storing advertising formats; a product database for storing product references; and a computer to access the databases. Preferably, the user has a network interface such as Internet access that permits access via a remote location, software to permit a user to specify specifications such as quantity, printing information, ship date, paper type, pricing information, and payment information, and may be configured to receive images and text for new products. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324998 | Flexible Advertiser Billing System with Mixed Postpayment and Prepayment Capabilities - A computer-implemented method of providing advertising to a client includes establishing a billing experience between a client and a provider, providing advertising opportunities to the client on at least one of a continual basis and a periodic basis, evaluating a credit risk associated with the client at least one of periodically and upon occurrence of an event, and modifying the billing experience automatically based on the credit risk associated with the client. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100324999 | ADVERTISEMENT PROXY SERVICE - An advertising proxy server enables limited-functionality web browsers, such as those commonly installed on mobile devices, to display web page content quickly, without incurring the delay normally associated with displaying web pages containing advertisements. When such a web browser requests a web page containing advertisements from a web server, the web server: (1) serves the main web page content to the web browser; and (2) instructs the advertising proxy server to retrieve the web page's advertising content. The web browser may render the main web page content while the advertising proxy server is retrieving the advertising content from a conventional advertising server. The web browser requests the advertising content from the advertising proxy server, which serves the advertising content, when available, to the web browser, which then renders the advertising content. The web browser may perform these functions without the need to execute JavaScript or other non-HTML code. | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100325000 | ORDERING METHOD AND ORDER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - An order management system includes a pen-shaped scanner a | 2010-12-23 |
| 20100325001 | SYSTEM AND KIOSK FOR COMMERCE OF OPTICAL MEDIA THROUGH MULTIPLE LOCATIONS - A kiosk dispenses and receives recorded optical media using an interconnected central server, through an Internet Service Provider. The central server has databases and processing capabilities and is connected to a credit verification system. The databases collect inventory administration information and customer data (e.g., credit card information and email addresses) from the kiosks. The central server initiates credit verification, sends receipts to customers via email and maintains databases for remote inventory-control and administration of the kiosk network. A kiosk may identify a recorded disk for automated restocking and perform quality assessment of a recorded disk. The kiosk may provide publishing-on-demand or act as a portal for remotely served advertisements. The kiosk preferably includes a rotatable carousel with a selection of DVDs. A digital camera captures a digital image of a disk barcode and internal software rotates the image to “read” the barcode, to control inventory and access issues. | 2010-12-23 |
