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20130204743 | MOBILE SHOPPING TOOLS UTILIZING COLOR-BASED IDENTIFICATION, SEARCHING AND MATCHING ENHANCEMENT OF SUPPLY CHAIN AND INVENTORY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS - A mobile-enabled system, methods and interfaces for merchants and consumers to identify, search for and match products based on color. The mobile platform provides a number of additional features to enhance shopping experiences, including features which display and/or direct a user to products within a store, by color or other user preferences. These features are enabled by accessing and downloading a combination of store schematics, planogram data, and inventory management systems data. | 08-08-2013 |
20130249934 | COLOR-BASED IDENTIFICATION, SEARCHING AND MATCHING ENHANCEMENT OF SUPPLY CHAIN AND INVENTORY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS - A color-based system, methods and interfaces to gather, identify, search for and match products using color as a primary indicator. The system, methods and interfaces are preferably implemented as an enhancement of proprietary merchant inventory management systems (IMS) and supply chain management systems (SCM) which enable the effective codification and evaluation of color-based data received and transformed from a number of different merchant IMS and SCM feeds. The system architecture further enables dynamic color processing, pattern recognition and a robust set of features for enhancing commercial experiences of and interactions between consumers and merchants. | 09-26-2013 |
20130262228 | Digital Marketing Platform With Formatted Advertising Feature Coupled To Normalized Inventory Management System and Supply Chain Management System Feeds - A marketing platform enhancement to generate and transmit formatted advertisements and digital catalogs by utilizing user demographics and preferences to generate targeted and micro-targeted marketing materials. The customized advertisements and digital catalogs that are created draw upon up-to-date information maintained by merchant supply chain management systems (SCM) and/or inventory management systems (IMS) to more effectively and more frequently advertise merchant products based on user preferences. | 10-03-2013 |
20130266217 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NORMALIZATION AND CODIFICATON OF COLORS FOR DYNAMIC ANALYSIS - A system and method for normalizing and codifying divergent color systems into a single universal color system. The middleware engine receives a data feed comprising a plurality of color swatches or images from one or more merchant system and normalizes the data feed into a common format. The dominant processor extracts the product images from the normalized data, segments each product image into segments, determines a dominant color for each segment, and determines the dominant product color for each product image based on prevalence of the dominant product color in each segment. The matched color processor converts the determined dominant product color into a digital value of the universal color system based on the color component intensity values. | 10-10-2013 |
20140052584 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING, SEARCHING AND MATCHING PRODUCTS BASED ON COLOR - A system and method for searching and matching products based on color using a universal color system comprises a plurality of processor based client devices, each client device uniquely associated with a user, a database engine comprising a plurality of products reverse mapped and organized in accordance with the hexadecimal color codes of the universal color system, and a processor based server. The server receives a color-based search query comprising user's color selection from a client device associated with a user over a communications network. The user's color selection comprises at least one hexadecimal color code of the universal color system. A color engine of the server searches the database engine for products having the hexadecimal color codes with a predetermined range of the hexadecimal color code of the user's color selection, and transmits the search result to the client device associated with the user over the communications network. | 02-20-2014 |
20150106235 | SYSTEM FOR NORMALIZING, CODIFYING AND CATEGORIZING COLOR-BASED PRODUCT AND DATA BASED ON A UNIVERISAL DIGITAL COLOR LANGUAGE - A system for normalizing, codifying categorizing divergent color systems into a universal color language. A server connected to a communications network receives, processes, codifies and categorizes divergent color data from a merchant system. A middleware engine of the server receives a data feed comprising a plurality of color swatches or images from the merchant system, and normalizes the data feed into a common format. A server processor extracts image data comprising a plurality of product images from the normalized data feed, identifies and converts at least one dominant product color in each product image to a digital value based on color component intensity values, and assigns a hexadecimal code of the universal color language to each product image that is closest to the digital value of each product image. A product categorization engine categorizes each product image into one of a plurality of product categories. | 04-16-2015 |
20150110390 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NORMALIZATION AND CODIFICATON OF COLORS FOR DYNAMIC ANALYSIS - A system and method for normalizing and codifying divergent color systems into a single universal color system. The middleware engine receives a data feed comprising a plurality of color swatches or images from one or more merchant system and normalizes the data feed into a common format. The dominant processor extracts the product images from the normalized data, segments each product image into segments, determines a dominant color for each segment, and determines the dominant product color for each product image based on prevalence of the dominant product color in each segment. The matched color processor converts the determined dominant product color into a digital value of the universal color system based on the color component intensity values. | 04-23-2015 |
20150332479 | SYSTEM FOR NORMALIZING, CODIFYING AND CATEGORIZING COLOR-BASED PRODUCT AND DATA BASED ON A UNIVERISAL DIGITAL COLOR LANGUAGE - A system for normalizing, codifying and categorizing divergent color systems into a universal color language. A server connected to a communications network receives, processes, codifies and categorizes divergent color data from a merchant system. A middleware engine of the server receives a data feed comprising a plurality of color swatches or images from the merchant system, and normalizes the data feed into a common format. A server processor extracts image data comprising a plurality of product images from the normalized data feed, identifies and converts at least one dominant product color in each product image to a digital value based on color component intensity values, and assigns a hexadecimal code of the universal color language to each product image that is closest to the digital value of each product image. A product categorization engine categorizes each product image into one of a plurality of product categories. | 11-19-2015 |
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20090292649 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF AUTOMATIC FINANCIAL-INSTRUMENT MANAGEMENT - Devices, systems, and methods of automatic Financial-Instrument (FI) management. In some embodiments, a system includes, a memory having stored thereon financial-instrument-based (FI-based) management instructions; and a processor to execute the FI-based management instructions resulting in a FI-based management application, wherein the FI-based management application may receive portfolio data corresponding to a plurality of financial-instrument portfolios associated with a plurality of clients, wherein the FI-based management application may automatically identify one or more portfolios of the plurality of portfolios satisfying at least one criterion, wherein, for each identified portfolio, the FI-based management application may receive client-specific management data corresponding to a client associated with the identified portfolio, wherein the client-specific management data includes at least client-specific destination information defining at least one destination, and wherein, for each identified portfolio, the FI-based management application may automatically communicate portfolio-related data corresponding to the identified portfolio to the destination defined by the management data. | 11-26-2009 |
20090307123 | DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF GENERATING A CUSTOMIZED TRADE ARTICLE - Some embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of generating a customized trade article. In one embodiment, a trade-article generator application is to receive trade information including a plurality of values of one or more trade-related parameters defining at least one trade with respect to at least one financial instrument, and to automatically generate a customized electronic trade article corresponding to the trade based on a predefined trade-article layout. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 12-10-2009 |
20100241554 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRICING FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES - A method for providing a bid price and/or an offer price of an option relating to an underlying asset, the method including the steps of receiving first input data corresponding to a plurality of parameters defining the option, receiving second input data corresponding to a plurality of current market conditions relating to the underlying value, computing a corrected theoretical value (CTV) of the option based on the first and second input data, computing a bid/offer spread of the option based on the first and input data, computing a bid price and/or an offer price of the option based on the corrected TV and the bid/offer spread, and providing an output corresponding to the bid price and/or the offer price of said option. | 09-23-2010 |
20110167023 | DEVICE, METHOD AND SYSTEM OF PRICING FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS - Some demonstrative embodiments include methods, devices and systems of pricing financial instruments. In one embodiment, a pricing module may be configured to receive first input data corresponding to at least one parameter defining a first option on an underlying asset and second input data corresponding to at least one current market condition relating to said underlying asset, and, based on said first and second input data, to determine a price of the first option according to a volatility smile satisfying a first criterion relating to a sum of a first correction corresponding to the first option and a second correction corresponding to a second option representing a position opposite to a position of a the first option and having substantially a same absolute delta value as the first option, wherein the first correction relates to a difference between a theoretical price of the first option and the price of the first option according to the volatility smile, and wherein the second correction relates to a difference between a theoretical price of the second option and the price of the second option according to the volatility smile. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 07-07-2011 |
20110270734 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRADING OPTIONS - Device, system and method of trading an option. A method may include executing, by a computing device, at least one transaction of an option on an underlying asset using at least one of a bid price and an offer price, wherein a bid/offer spread between the bid price and offer price is the result of a calculation using first data corresponding to at least one parameter defining the option and second data corresponding to at least one current market condition relating to the underlying asset. | 11-03-2011 |
20120041895 | DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF AUTOMATIC FINANCIAL-INSTRUMENT MANAGEMENT - Devices, systems, and methods of automatic Financial-Instrument (FI) management. In some embodiments, a system includes, a memory having stored thereon financial-instrument-based (FI-based) management instructions; and a processor to execute the FI-based management instructions resulting in a FI-based management application, wherein the FI-based management application may receive portfolio data corresponding to a plurality of financial-instrument portfolios associated with a plurality of clients, wherein the FI-based management application may automatically identify one or more portfolios of the plurality of portfolios satisfying at least one criterion, wherein, for each identified portfolio, the FI-based management application may receive client-specific management data corresponding to a client associated with the identified portfolio, wherein the client-specific management data includes at least client-specific destination information defining at least one destination, and wherein, for each identified portfolio, the FI-based management application may automatically communicate portfolio-related data corresponding to the identified portfolio to the destination defined by the management data. | 02-16-2012 |
20130006835 | DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF GENERATING A CUSTOMIZED TRADE ARTICLE - Some embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of generating a customized trade article. In one embodiment, a trade-article generator application is to receive trade information including a plurality of values of one or more trade-related parameters defining at least one trade with respect to at least one financial instrument, and to automatically generate a customized electronic trade article corresponding to the trade based on a predefined trade-article layout. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 01-03-2013 |
20130103613 | DEVICE, METHOD AND SYSTEM OF PRICING FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS - Some demonstrative embodiments include methods, devices and systems of pricing financial instruments. In one embodiment, a pricing module may be configured to receive first input data corresponding to at least one parameter defining a first option on an underlying asset and second input data corresponding to at least one current market condition relating to said underlying asset, and, based on said first and second input data, to determine a price of the first option according to a volatility smile satisfying a first criterion relating to a sum of a first correction corresponding to the first option and a second correction corresponding to a second option representing a position opposite to a position of a the first option and having substantially a same absolute delta value as the first option, wherein the first correction relates to a difference between a theoretical price of the first option and the price of the first option according to the volatility smile, and wherein the second correction relates to a difference between a theoretical price of the second option and the price of the second option according to the volatility smile. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 04-25-2013 |
20130204772 | DEVICE, METHOD AND SYSTEM OF AUTOMATICALLY DEFINING A FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT - Devices, systems and methods of automatically defining financial derivative instruments. For example, a computer-based method may include receiving, by a computing device, an input sequence including a sequence of a plurality of input tokens; and based on the input sequence, defining, by the computing device, a financial derivative instrument by determining, based the plurality of input tokens, values of a plurality of parameters configuring the financial derivative instrument. | 08-08-2013 |
20130218742 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF PRICING FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS - Some demonstrative embodiments of the invention include a method and/or system of pricing a financial instrument. The method may include receiving trade information of a plurality of traded financial instruments, the trade information including trade information related to a plurality of market prices corresponding to the plurality of traded financial instruments; determining at least one set of market parameter values based on a predefined criterion that relates to a plurality of sets of one or more of the plurality of market prices and to a plurality of sets of one or more model prices that are calculated for the at least one set of market parameter values by a pricing model using the trade information; and estimating a price of the financial instrument using the pricing model based on the at least one set of market parameter values. | 08-22-2013 |
20130275337 | DEVICE, METHOD AND SYSTEM OF TESTING FINANCIAL DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS - Devices, systems and methods of testing financial-derivative instruments. For example, a method may include receiving input information defining a tested financial derivative instrument and one or more testing parameters defining at least a back-testing period; simulating results of a plurality of simulation scenarios corresponding to a plurality of points of time within the back-testing period, each scenario including a modification of the tested financial derivative instrument with respect to a point of time within the back-testing period; and providing an output, which is based on the results of the plurality scenarios. | 10-17-2013 |
20130282622 | DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF AUTOMATIC FINANCIAL-INSTRUMENT MANAGEMENT - Devices, systems, and methods of automatic Financial-Instrument (FI) management. In some embodiments, a system includes, a memory having stored thereon financial-instrument-based (FI-based) management instructions; and a processor to execute the FI-based management instructions resulting in a FI-based management application, wherein the FI-based management application may receive portfolio data corresponding to a plurality of financial-instrument portfolios associated with a plurality of clients, wherein the FI-based management application may automatically identify one or more portfolios of the plurality of portfolios satisfying at least one criterion, wherein, for each identified portfolio, the FI-based management application may receive client-specific management data corresponding to a client associated with the identified portfolio, wherein the client-specific management data includes at least client-specific destination information defining at least one destination, and wherein, for each identified portfolio, the FI-based management application may automatically communicate portfolio-related data corresponding to the identified portfolio to the destination defined by the management data. | 10-24-2013 |
20140136387 | DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF GENERATING A CUSTOMIZED TRADE ARTICLE - Some embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of generating a customized trade article. In one embodiment, a trade-article generator application is to receive trade information including a plurality of values of one or more trade-related parameters defining at least one trade with respect to at least one financial instrument, and to automatically generate a customized electronic trade article corresponding to the trade based on a predefined trade-article layout. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 05-15-2014 |
20140172670 | DEVICE, METHOD AND SYSTEM OF PRICING FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS - Some demonstrative embodiments include methods, devices and systems of pricing financial instruments. In one embodiment, a pricing module may be configured to receive first input data corresponding to at least one parameter defining a first option on an underlying asset and second input data corresponding to at least one current market condition relating to said underlying asset, and, based on said first and second input data, to determine a price of the first option according to a volatility smile satisfying a first criterion relating to a sum of a first correction corresponding to the first option and a second correction corresponding to a second option representing a position opposite to a position of a the first option and having substantially a same absolute delta value as the first option, wherein the first correction relates to a difference between a theoretical price of the first option and the price of the first option according to the volatility smile, and wherein the second correction relates to a difference between a theoretical price of the second option and the price of the second option according to the volatility smile. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 06-19-2014 |
20140188687 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRICING FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES - A method for providing a bid price and/or an offer price of an option relating to an underlying asset, the method including the steps of receiving first input data corresponding to a plurality of parameters defining the option, receiving second input data corresponding to a plurality of current market conditions relating to the underlying value, computing a corrected theoretical value (CTV) of the option based on the first and second input data, computing a bid/offer spread of the option based on the first and input data, computing a bid price and/or an offer price of the option based on the corrected TV and the bid/offer spread, and providing an output corresponding to the bid price and/or the offer price of said option. | 07-03-2014 |
20140258080 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRADING OPTIONS - Device, system and method of trading an option. A method may include executing, by a computing device, at least one transaction of an option on an underlying asset using at least one of a bid price and an offer price, wherein a bid/offer spread between the bid price and offer price is the result of a calculation using first data corresponding to at least one parameter defining the option and second data corresponding to at least one current market condition relating to the underlying asset. | 09-11-2014 |
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20140305499 | PROTECTIVE INSULATING LAYER AND CHEMICAL MECHANICAL POLISHING FOR POLYCRYSTALLINE THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS - A method for forming a photovoltaic device includes forming an absorber layer with a granular structure on a conductive layer; conformally depositing an insulating protection layer over the absorber layer to fill in between grains of the absorber layer; and planarizing the protection layer and the absorber layer. A buffer layer is formed on the absorber layer, and a top transparent conductor layer is deposited over the buffer layer. | 10-16-2014 |
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20160035917 | Techniques for Perovskite Layer Crystallization - Vacuum annealing-based techniques for forming perovskite materials are provided. In one aspect, a method of forming a perovskite material is provided. The method includes the steps of: depositing a metal halide layer on a sample substrate; and vacuum annealing the metal halide layer and methylammonium halide under conditions sufficient to form methylammonium halide vapor which reacts with the metal halide layer and forms the perovskite material on the sample substrate. A perovskite-based photovoltaic device and method of formation thereof are also provided. | 02-04-2016 |
20160035927 | Tandem Kesterite-Perovskite Photovoltaic Device - Tandem Kesterite-perovskite photovoltaic devices and techniques for formation thereof are provided. In one aspect, a tandem photovoltaic device is provided. The tandem photovoltaic device includes a bottom cell having a first absorber layer comprising copper, zinc, tin, and at least one of sulfur and selenium and a top cell connected in series with the bottom cell, the top cell having a second absorber layer comprising a perovskite material. A method of forming a tandem photovoltaic device is also provided. | 02-04-2016 |
20160040303 | Techniques for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Generation - Techniques for photocatalytic hydrogen generation are provided. In one aspect, a hydrogen producing cell is provided. The hydrogen producing cell includes an anode electrode; a photocatalytic material adjacent to the anode electrode; a solid electrolyte adjacent to a side of the photocatalytic material opposite the anode electrode; and a cathode electrode adjacent to a side of the solid electrolyte opposite the photocatalytic material. A solar hydrogen producing system including at least one solar concentrating assembly having the hydrogen producing cell, and a method for producing hydrogen using the hydrogen producing cell are also provided. | 02-11-2016 |