06th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 59 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150039295 | NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSOR - Disclosed is a method for converting a plurality of words or sign language gestures into one or more sentences. The method involves the steps of: obtaining a plurality of words; assigning a part of speech tag to each of said words; assigning a sentence structure tag to said plurality of words; and parsing said words into one or more sentences based on a predefined sentence structure. The method can be implemented by a computer to provide a translator that more accurately reflects the natural language of the original text. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039296 | PREDICATE TEMPLATE COLLECTING DEVICE, SPECIFIC PHRASE PAIR COLLECTING DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM THEREFOR - A predicate template collector allowing efficient and automatic recognition of predicate templates is adapted to include: a noun pair collector | 2015-02-05 |
20150039297 | Guided Article Authorship - A method includes, determining a target publication, identifying one or more content suggestions associated with the target publication, and causing a user to be prompted to input content. The input content satisfies at least a portion of the one or more content suggestions. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039298 | INSTANT COMMUNICATION VOICE RECOGNITION METHOD AND TERMINAL - The present disclosure discloses a speech recognition method and a terminal, which belong to the field of communications. The method comprises: receiving speech information inputted by a user; acquiring the current environment information, and judging whether the speech information needs to be played according to the current environment information; and recognizing the speech information as text information, when it is judged that the speech information needs not to be played. The terminal comprises an acquisition module, a judgment module and a recognition module. The present disclosure provides the speech receiver with a speech recognition function, when the speech information of the instant messaging is received by the terminal, it can help the receiver to normally acquire the content to be expressed by the speech sender under an inconvenient situation. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039299 | CONTEXT-BASED SPEECH RECOGNITION - A processing system receives an audio signal encoding a portion of an utterance. The processing system receives context information associated with the utterance, wherein the context information is not derived from the audio signal or any other audio signal. The processing system provides, as input to a neural network, data corresponding to the audio signal and the context information, and generates a transcription for the utterance based on at least an output of the neural network. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039300 | VEHICLE-MOUNTED COMMUNICATION DEVICE - An in-vehicle communication device includes: a noise removal filter and a noise suppressor which are configured to remove running noise superimposed on a voice signal collected by a microphone; a band energy ratio corrector for correcting a band energy ratio reduced by the noise removal filter and the noise suppressor; and a variable bitrate encoder for transmitting a speech voice to the other party via a telephone network, the variable bitrate encoder compressing the speech voice corrected by the band energy ratio corrector. This can reduce the possibility that a voice classifier of the variable bitrate encoder erroneously determines voiced sound as voiceless sound and the voiced sound is erroneously compressed by voiceless sound-use low bitrate encoding. Consequently, even in low average bitrate communications, the speech voice in the in-vehicle environment can be provided to the other party at high quality. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039301 | SPEECH RECOGNITION USING NEURAL NETWORKS - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for speech recognition using neural networks. A feature vector that models audio characteristics of a portion of an utterance is received. Data indicative of latent variables of multivariate factor analysis is received. The feature vector and the data indicative of the latent variables is provided as input to a neural network. A candidate transcription for the utterance is determined based on at least an output of the neural network. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039302 | SPATIAL AUDIO SIGNALING FILTERING - An apparatus comprising: an analyser configured to analyse at least one input to determine one or more expression within the at least one input; and a controller configured to control at least one audio signal associated with the at least one input dependent on the determination of the one or more expression. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039303 | SPEECH RECOGNITION - A speech recognition system comprises: an input, for receiving an input signal from at least one microphone; a first buffer, for storing the input signal; a noise reduction block, for receiving the input signal and generating a noise reduced input signal; a speech recognition engine, for receiving either the input signal output from the first buffer or the noise reduced input signal from the noise reduction block; and a selection circuit for directing either the input signal output from the first buffer or the noise reduced input signal from the noise reduction block to the speech recognition engine. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039304 | Voice Activity Detection Using A Soft Decision Mechanism - Voice activity detection (VAD) is an enabling technology for a variety of speech based applications. Herein disclosed is a robust VAD algorithm that is also language independent. Rather than classifying short segments of the audio as either “speech” or “silence”, the VAD as disclosed herein employees a soft-decision mechanism. The VAD outputs a speech-presence probability, which is based on a variety of characteristics. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039305 | CONTROLLER FOR VOICE-CONTROLLED DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - A controller for a voice-controlled device is provided. The controller includes a setting module and a recognition module. The setting module generates a threshold according to an environmental parameter. The recognition module compares a confident score of speech recognition with the threshold to accordingly execute voice control. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039306 | System and Method of Automated Evaluation of Transcription Quality - Systems and methods automatedly evaluate a transcription quality. Audio data is obtained. The audio data is segmented into a plurality of utterances with a voice activity detector operating on a computer processor. The plurality of utterances are transcribed into at least one word lattice with a large vocabulary continuous speech recognition system operating on the processor. A minimum Bayes risk decoder is applied to the at least one word lattice to create at least one confusion network. At least conformity ratio is calculated from the at least one confusion network. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039307 | INTERFACING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING SPEECH DIALOGUE SERVICE - An interfacing device and method to support a speech dialogue service based on a multi-modal input are provided. The method includes executing an interface for the speech dialogue service, receiving a user input, through the executed interface, including a voice input and a non-voice input, transmitting, as a request signal to a server, at least one of the voice input or a text extracted from the voice input when the received user input is the voice input, transmitting, as the request signal to the server, a text extracted from the non-voice input when the received user input is the non-voice input, receiving a result of dialogue recognition in response to the request signal from the server, and executing a response to the received user input on the basis of the received result of dialogue recognition. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039308 | APPARATUS, SERVER, AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CONVERSATION TOPIC - A conversation topic providing method includes: converting voice data, of a conversation of a user who is on a phone, into text; selecting a keyword, indicating an intention of the user, from the text; obtaining information of interest with respect to the keyword; and determining topics relating to the keyword based on user information. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039309 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IDENTIFYING ERRORS IN A SPEECH REGONITION SYSTEM - Methods are disclosed for identifying possible errors made by a speech recognition system without using a transcript of words input to the system. A method for model adaptation for a speech recognition system includes determining an error rate, corresponding to either recognition of instances of a word or recognition of instances of various words, without using a transcript of words input to the system. The method may further include adjusting an adaptation, of the model for the word or various models for the various words, based on the error rate. Apparatus are disclosed for identifying possible errors made by a speech recognition system without using a transcript of words input to the system. An apparatus for model adaptation for a speech recognition system includes a processor adapted to estimate an error rate, corresponding to either recognition of instances of a word or recognition of instances of various words, without using a transcript of words input to the system. The apparatus may further include a controller adapted to adjust an adaptation of the model for the word or various models for the various words, based on the error rate. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039310 | Method and Apparatus for Mitigating False Accepts of Trigger Phrases - An electronic device includes a microphone that receives an audio signal, and a processor that is electrically coupled to the microphone. The processor detects a trigger phrase in the received audio signal and measure characteristics of the detected trigger phrase. Based on the measured characteristics of the detected trigger phrase, the processor determines whether the detected trigger phrase is valid. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039311 | Method and Apparatus for Evaluating Trigger Phrase Enrollment - An electronic device includes a microphone that receives an audio signal that includes a spoken trigger phrase, and a processor that is electrically coupled to the microphone. The processor measures characteristics of the audio signal, and determines, based on the measured characteristics, whether the spoken trigger phrase is acceptable for trigger phrase model training. If the spoken trigger phrase is determined not to be acceptable for trigger phrase model training, the processor rejects the trigger phrase for trigger phrase model training. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039312 | CONTROLLING SPEECH DIALOG USING AN ADDITIONAL SENSOR - Methods and systems are provided for managing speech dialog of a speech system. In one embodiment, a method includes: receiving information determined from a non-speech related sensor; using the information in a turn-taking function to confirm at least one of if and when a user is speaking; and generating a command to at least one of a speech recognition module and a speech generation module based on the confirmation. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039313 | Speech-Based Speaker Recognition Systems and Methods - The illustrative embodiments described herein provide systems and methods for authenticating a speaker. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving reference speech input including a reference passphrase to form a reference recording, and receiving test speech input including a test passphrase to form a test recording. The method includes determining whether the test passphrase matches the reference passphrase, and determining whether one or more voice features of the speaker of the test passphrase matches one or more voice features of the speaker of the reference passphrase. The method authenticates the speaker of the test speech input in response to determining that the reference passphrase matches the test passphrase and that one or more voice features of the speaker of the test passphrase matches one or more voice features of the speaker of the reference passphrase. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039314 | SPEECH RECOGNITION METHOD AND APPARATUS BASED ON SOUND MAPPING - A method and system for speech recognition defined by using a microphone array that is directed to the face of a person speaking. Reading/scanning the output from the microphone array in order to determine which part of a face sound is emitting from. Using this information as input to a speech recognition system for improving speech recognition. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039315 | System & Method for Controlling Access to Resources with a Spoken CAPTCHA Test - Systems and methods for controlling access to resources using spoken Completely Automatic Public Turing Tests To Tell Humans And Computers Apart (CAPTCHA) tests are disclosed. In these systems and methods, entities seeking access to resources are required to produce an input utterance that contains at least some audio. That utterance is compared with voice reference data for human and machine entities, and a determination is made as to whether the entity requesting access is a human or a machine. Access is then permitted or refused based on that determination. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039316 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING DIALOG CONTEXT IN SPEECH SYSTEMS - Methods and systems are provided for managing spoken dialog within a speech system. The method includes establishing a spoken dialog session having a first dialog context, and receiving a context trigger associated with an action performed by a user. In response to the context trigger, the system changes to a second dialog context. In response to a context completion condition, the system then returns to the first dialog context. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039317 | SYSTEM WITH MULTIPLE SIMULTANEOUS SPEECH RECOGNIZERS - A speech recognition system interprets both spoken system commands as well as application commands. Users may speak commands to an open microphone of a computing device that may be interpreted by at least two speech recognizers operating simultaneously. The first speech recognizer interprets operating system commands and the second speech recognizer interprets application commands. The system commands may include at least opening and closing an application and the application commands may include at least a game command or navigation within a menu. A reserve word may be used to identify whether the command is for the operation system or application. A user's cadence may also indicate whether the speech is a global command or application command. A speech recognizer may include a natural language software component located in a remote computing device, such as in the so-called cloud. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039318 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SELECTING CONTROL OBJECT THROUGH VOICE RECOGNITION - There are provided an apparatus and a method for selecting a control object through voice recognition. The apparatus for selecting a control object according to the present invention that is an apparatus for selecting a control object through voice recognition includes one or more processing devices, in which the one or more processing devices are configured to obtain input information on the basis of a voice of a user, to match the input information to at least one identification information obtained based on a control object, to obtain matched identification information matched to the input information among the identification information, and to select a control object corresponding to the matched identification information. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039319 | Command Handling Method, Apparatus, and System - A command handling method, apparatus, and system. The method includes receiving multiple voice instructions sent by a voice parsing server, where the multiple voice instructions are generated after the voice parsing server parses source voice commands that are from different voice control devices; separately determining whether any two voice instructions in the multiple voice instructions are similar instructions, where the similar instructions are voice instructions corresponding to source voice commands that are obtained by the different voice control devices by collecting same voice information; and when two voice instructions that are similar instructions exist in the multiple voice instructions, discarding one voice instruction in the two similar voice instructions. The embodiments of the present invention further provide a command handling apparatus and system. The embodiments eliminate a control error caused by repeated execution of a command. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039320 | Systems Apparatus and Methods for Encoding/Decoding Persistent Universal Media Codes to Encoded Audio - Apparatus, system and method for encoding and/or decoding persistent universal media identification (ID) codes embedded in audio. For encoding, a persistent identifier code is generated or received from a registry database, where the code includes data for uniquely identifying a media object. Audio code components including frequency characteristics are generated to represent symbols of the persistent identifier code and the audio code components are psychoacoustically embedded into an audio portion of the media object to include the persistent identifier code within one or more of a plurality of encoding layers. Such embedded audio may be subsequently decoded by transforming the audio data into a frequency domain and processing the transformed audio data to detect the persistent identifier code. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039321 | Apparatus, System and Method for Reading Codes From Digital Audio on a Processing Device - Apparatus, system and method for reading ancillary code embedded into digital audio, where a processing device executes a decoder application that includes a decoder application interface that is communicatively coupled to a media player application within one or more frameworks of the processing device. As digital audio is received and sampled, the decoder application is configured to transform the digital audio from a time domain to a frequency domain and to process frequency characteristics to determine the presence of ancillary audio codes. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039322 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MERGING CODE LAYERS FOR AUDIO ENCODING AND DECODING - Apparatus, system and method for encoding and decoding ancillary code for digital audio, where multiple encoding layers are merged. The merging allows a greater number of ancillary codes to be embedded into the encoding space, and further introduces efficiencies in the encoding process. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039323 | ENCODING AND DECODING SYSTEM, DECODING APPARATUS, ENCODING APPARATUS, ENCODING AND DECODING METHOD - An encoding and decoding system includes: a characteristic determining unit which determines whether a sound signal is a speech signal or an audio signal; an encoder which encodes the sound signal into an encoded signal, based on a determination by the characteristic determining unit; a transmitting unit which transmits the encoded signal; a receiving unit which receives the encoded signal; a decoder which decodes the encoded signal; and a packet loss detecting unit which detects a loss of data of the encoded signal and transmits a notification indicating the loss of the data to the characteristic determining unit. Upon receiving the notification indicating the loss of the data, the characteristic determining unit causes the encoder to encode the sound signal portion into a signal portion composed of independently decodable frames. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039324 | MANAGING A RISK OF A LIABILITY THAT IS INCURRED IF A SUBJECT TREATED FOR A CONDITION IS RETREATED WITHIN A SPECIFIED TIME PERIOD - An embodiment of a risk-management method includes determining a risk that a subject treated for a condition will be retreated within a time period, and calculating, in response to a determined risk, a fee for taking an action if the subject is retreated within the time period. For example, such an embodiment may aid in managing a risk of a liability that may be incurred if a subject treated for a condition is retreated for the condition, for a complication arising from the condition or from the treatment of the condition, or for another reason, within a specified retreatment time period. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039325 | Assessing Pharmaceuticals - Among other things, data is stored for each of several pharmaceuticals that are associated with a given indication. The data is representative of elements of value of the pharmaceutical including elements within the domains of clinical efficacy, safety and use, and economics. A computer is used to calculate a drug score for each of the pharmaceuticals based on the data that is representative of the elements of value. Through a user interface, the relative scores and the basis on which they were calculated are displayed to enable decisions about the pharmaceuticals. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039326 | Measure Calculations Based on a Structured Document - A method and system for calculating a measure result includes a specification loader that receives a measurement specification including a representation of a measure and identifies, based on a measure schema, one or more components in the measurement specification. The system also includes a specification compiler that generates, based on the identified one or more components, executable code. The system further includes an analytics engine that receives one or more parameters to apply to the measurement specification, executes the executable code using the one or more parameters to extract data from a data set, and stores a result set of the executed code in a database. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039327 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING PATIENT RESEARCH DATA - The disclosure is directed to a process and system for managing the end-to-end process of obtaining research data from patients and/or participants in a Clinical Trial. The process enables collection of appropriate informed consent from patient/participants via electronic devices such as smart phones and tablets. Additionally, the system uses biometric information such as finger prints, face pictures, digital signature to provide additional information concerning a participant. This helps to make the whole informed consent process effortless, paperless and transparent. An aspect of the disclosure enables investigators to reach out to a wider patient/participant population irrespective of their physical location. Thus the platform enables investigators to collect and transfer real time data, seamlessly from across the world. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039328 | Dynamic Optimal Connectivity Path - Dynamically determining an optimum connectivity path is provided. Default paths to connectivity sources associated with a payer may be determined and ranked based on various metrics, such as availability, content, and cost. When a connection to a primary connectivity source is determined to be down or unresponsive, a request may automatically be routed to a next connectivity source, wherein the next connectivity source is determined to be a next highest ranking connectivity source based on the various metrics. Data associated with availability, content, cost, and other attributes may be collected, stored in a database, and utilized to rank connectivity sources. Accordingly, as new information about a payer or connectivity source is discovered, default paths and rankings of connectivity sources may change. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039329 | METHOD FOR TRIGGERING AN ACTION OF A DEVICE AUTHORIZED BY A PAPER DOCUMENT - The present disclosure relates to a method for triggering an action of a device authorized by a paper document. In the method, the paper document is placed in a receptacle, an application device applies a first unique identifier to the paper document and generates an electronic image of the paper document, wherein a second identifier is uniquely assigned to the first identifier, and an electronic document is generated from the electronic image and is linked to the second identifier. An image of the electronic document is then displayed to a second, remote location of a person authorized to sign and the electronic document is signed by the authorized. The electronic document, which is linked to the second identifier and signed, is then stored in a secure memory. Once this process is complete, the authorized action is executed by the device. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039330 | EPISODE OF CARE BUILDER METHOD AND SYSTEM - The Episode Builder according to exemplary embodiments of the present invention is a web-based computer application and its associated architecture that allows health care professionals to define and describe episodes of care. The Episode Builder provides a unique tool for these purposes. Using industry-standard code sets, the Episode Builder describes and defines an episode of care so that the health care professional can create and modify episodes for a variety of purposes. The three main components of the Episode Builder are a configurable and extensive code set management system, a suite of display panels that define the episodes themselves based upon the code sets, and a means to export the episode definition tables thus created to be used as inputs into an analytic program or a claims adjudication engine. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039331 | ASSESSING PHARMACEUTICALS - Among other things, data is stored for each of several pharmaceuticals that are associated with a given indication. The data is representative of elements of value of the pharmaceutical including elements within the domains of clinical efficacy, safety and use, and economics. A computer is used to calculate a drug score for each of the pharmaceuticals based on the data that is representative of the elements of value. Through a user interface, the relative scores and the basis on which they were calculated are displayed to enable decisions about the pharmaceuticals. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039332 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HEALTH DELIVERY SYSTEMS - The present invention includes techniques for providing multilevel simulations for healthcare delivery systems. Computational methods may be used to transform the healthcare delivery market to a more efficient model. Multilevel simulations may provide the means to explore a wide range of possibilities, enabling the early identification of good ideas and the discarding of bad ones. This enables simulating the behavior of, among other things, health care policies, strategies, plans, and management practices prior to roll out to avoid, for example, higher-order and unintended consequences. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039333 | CLAIM-CENTRIC GROUPER ANALYSIS - Computer implemented systems and methods of health care claim data analysis are provided by storing a claim data set in a computer database, including patient information and a DRG assignment based on at least primary and secondary diagnosis codes. A nominal DRG weight is determined for the claim data set, using a processor in communication with the computer database. An alternate DRG weight is determined for the claim data set by swapping the primary and secondary diagnosis codes. A claim rating is generated for the claim data set, based at least in part on a difference between the nominal and alternate DRG weights. The claim rating is output to a user interface in communication with the processor. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039334 | CLAIM-CENTRIC GROUPER ANALYSIS - Computer implemented systems and methods of health care claim analysis are provided by storing a claim data set in a computer database, including patient information and a DRG assignment based on at least a primary diagnosis code and one or more associated procedure codes. A nominal DRG weight is determined for the claim data set, using a processor in communication with the computer database. The processor looks up an alternate procedure code in the database, and determines an alternate DRG weight for the claim data set by swapping the associated procedure code with the alternate procedure code. A claim score is output to a user interface in communication with the processor, based at least in part on a difference between the nominal and alternate DRG weights. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039335 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEDICAL PATIENT INTERACTION - The present invention is a system and method communication dental information and selecting a dentist whereby said system has a program placed on a computing device, a central database whereby individual dentist offices are able to register their dental office and information; | 2015-02-05 |
20150039336 | METHOD, PLANNING UNIT AND SYSTEM TO PLAN A MEDICAL EXAMINATION - A method to plan at least one examination of an examination subject with at least one medical imaging apparatus by means of a planning unit, includes the following steps. The planning unit is connected with the at least one medical imaging apparatus. At least one input parameter of a database of the planning unit and at least one input parameter of a database of a subset of the at least one medical imaging apparatus are detected. The database of the planning unit and the database of the subset of the at least one medical imaging apparatus are filtered depending on the at least one detected input parameter. At least one item of output information is determined that includes a selection from medical imaging apparatuses available for the examination of the examination subject. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039337 | MANAGING A RISK OF A LIABILITY THAT IS INCURRED IF ONE OR MORE SUBJECTS EACH TREATED FOR A RESPECTIVE CONDITION ARE RETREATED WITHIN A RESPECTIVE SPECIFIED TIME PERIOD - An embodiment of a risk-management method includes determining a risk that one or more subjects each treated for a respective condition by a respective provider will be retreated within a respective retreatment time period, and calculating, in response to a determined risk, a fee for taking a respective action for each of the one or more subjects that is retreated within the respective retreatment time period. For example, such an embodiment may aid in managing a risk of a liability that may be incurred if one or more subjects each treated for a respective condition is retreated for the respective condition, for a complication arising from the respective condition or the treatment of the respective condition, or for another reason, within a respective specified retreatment time period. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039338 | DIGITAL AND COMPUTERIZED INFORMATION SYSTEM TO ACCESS CONTACT AND MEDICAL HISTORY DATA OF INDIVIDUALS IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION - A digital information system that any individual may join through a terminal with Internet access, to provide a participating user with a special service in the event of an accident and a need for the user to receive emergency assistance. The system provides access to the user's most important emergency data by an intervening professional assistant, who may inform the assisted user's contacts regarding the accident. The system includes a combination of resources that are functionally and mutually linked, including a QR code, a user, a central administration, and an emergency assistant. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039339 | Method and System for Collection and Management of Perioperative Data - Methods and systems for collecting and managing anesthesia perioperative data of a patient are provided. More particularly, a method of the present disclosure can include presenting a dashboard view of a user interface on a display of a computing device. The dashboard view can display a plurality of modules corresponding to the various perioperative periods of a procedure. In response to a user input, the method can access a module in the plurality of modules if it is determined that the user has access to the module, and can present a corresponding module interface. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039340 | GENERATING VISUALIZATION IMAGES TO AID WITH MEDICATION ORGANIZATION BASED ON ELECTRONIC PRESCRIPTION RECORDS - In generating visualization images to aid with medication organization, a request for one or more medication organizer pages for a patient is received. The request includes a style of the patient's medication organizer. In response, the patient's electronic prescription records are retrieved from one or more prescription databases. Using the electronic prescription records, images for the medications in the prescription records are retrieved from a medication image database. Page layouts for the medication organizer pages are selected based on the style of the patient's medication organizer. The images and prescription information from the electronic prescription records are assembled into the page layout for the medication organizer pages. The medication organizer pages may be returned for displaying or printing. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039341 | Invention includes the Process, Method and System for cloud-based critical Emergency and Discharge medical Information through the Capturing, Maintaining, Accessing, Integrating and Communicating said information - The invention brings together a new process to alert emergency personnel of a person's medical information and how to gain access to it. Access to the medical information is secure, requiring self-identification and biometrics. The invention facilitates communication of this medical information in many scenarios. The person's medical information must flow from the patient to the medical resources when an emergency situation exists; this could be an firefighter/paramedic or emergency room personnel. The medical information must also flow from the medical resource to the patient/caregiver or to the next medical organization taking responsibility for the continuing care of the patient. The invention also facilitates the communication of a child's allergies when they are in an adult moderated group setting (i.e. classrooms, team sports, etc.). The invention includes an integrated calendar and automated email process to ensure all concerned parties can coordinate ongoing care. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039342 | TRACKING OF PHYSIOLOGICAL OR MEDICINAL SAMPLES - A tracking device captures biometric and other data for a sample matched to a patient from whom biometric data has been stored. The sample can proceed to subsequent steps only if there is identity between the captured biometric data and the stored biometric data. Where there is identity, a first processing operation is performed. A tracking device captures biometric data, other data concerning the sample and the first processing operation; the captured biometric data is compared with biometric data in the data repository. The sample can proceed only if there is identity between the captured biometric data and the stored biometric data; where there is identity, a further processing operation is performed. A tracking device captures biometric data, other data concerning the sample and the further processing operation; the captured biometric data is compared with biometric data in the data repository. These steps are repeated as many times as needed. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039343 | SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING AND LINKING CARE OPPORTUNITIES AND CARE PLANS DIRECTLY TO HEALTH RECORDS - A method and system for improving care and reducing adverse events and cost by identifying patent care opportunities and integrating them directly into electronic hospital records and the provider's routine workflow. The invention enables clinicians, care managers and users to improve care and efficiency by assembling data from disparate sources, identifying care opportunities and integrating them directly into the EHR system and their routine workflow, while tracking that the recommended action was taken. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039344 | AUTOMATIC GENERATION OF EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT MEDICAL CODES - The current document is directed to methods and systems for automated generation of evaluation and management medical codes (“E/M codes”). In one implementation, a series of processes are applied to a medical document in order to generate annotations and concepts, extract metadata, and, using the annotations and concepts, and, in certain cases, the extracted metadata, to generate a set of feature/feature-value pairs that parametrically represent the contents of the medical document. Models for E/M codes and E/M-code components are generated to contain sets of weights, each weight corresponding to a feature for which a feature-value is automatically generated from medical documents. These weights are used as multipliers, in certain implementations, of the feature values generated for a medical document. Multiplication of feature values by corresponding weights produces terms that are used to generate scores for each of various different E/M codes. The generated scores provide a basis for selecting one or more E/M codes for the medical document. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039345 | GENERATING VISUALIZATION IMAGES TO AID WITH MEDICATION ORGANIZATION BASED ON ELECTRONIC PRESCRIPTION RECORDS - In generating visualization images to aid with medication organization, a request for one or more medication organizer pages for a patient is received. The request includes a style of the patient's medication organizer. In response, the patient's electronic prescription records are retrieved from one or more prescription databases. Using the electronic prescription records, images for the medications in the prescription records are retrieved from a medication image database. Page layouts for the medication organizer pages are selected based on the style of the patient's medication organizer. The images and prescription information from the electronic prescription records are assembled into the page layout for the medication organizer pages. The medication organizer pages may be returned for displaying or printing. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039346 | NEUROIMAGING DATABASE SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Systems for and methods of utilizing a neuroimaging database are presented. The systems and methods include techniques for analyzing the pathophysiological basis of a chronic brain disease and/or the effectiveness of a treatment for a chronic brain disease, obtaining data for research of a chronic brain disease, searching for chronic brain disease symptoms identified in a clinical patient, searching a database by comparing the brain scan images of patients with suspected indications of chronic brain disease with other patients in the database to identify sets of patients with similar indications in their brain scan images, displaying brain scan information regarding a person, and using image pattern matching to analyze the pathophysiological basis of a chronic brain disease and/or the effectiveness of a proposed or previously administered treatment for a chronic brain disease. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039347 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING PROACTIVE MONITORING, INTERVENTION, AND INSURANCE COVERAGE SERVICES IN A PACKAGE DELIVERY NETWORK - Various embodiments provide a system for proactively managing intervention activities associated with the delivery of at least one package and the settlement of costs incurred thereby. The system comprises one or more computer processors configured to receive new PLD data, the new PLD comprising at least an indication of a jeopardy delivery condition triggering the predefined condition associated with and impacting the delivery of the at least one package; determine and identify one of the one or more actions to be taken by the service provider in response to the jeopardy delivery condition, the determination and identification being based at least in part upon a portion of the intervention data; receive an indication of costs incurred due to the identified action being taken; and in response to receiving the indication, determine an appropriate settlement procedure for the costs, the determination being based at least in part upon the insurance data. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039348 | VEHICLE OPERATIONS MONITORING - During operation of a vehicle, usage data is received from one or more data collectors related to operation of the vehicle. A driving score is determined based on the one or more data collector inputs. A remote computer is queried for data relating the driving score to an insurance policy. During operation of the vehicle, a message is provided via a user interface based on the data relating the driving score to an insurance policy. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039349 | Methods, Devices and Systems for Automatically Triggering Data Collection Events and Collecting Insurance Rating Data - The devices, methods, systems and computer-readable mediums of the present disclosure provide automatic data collection for insurance rating purposes. In particular, a battery powered Bluetooth device may be attached to a personal item of an insured individual. The Bluetooth device may automatically trigger a mobile telephone to begin storing data related to use of the personal item when the mobile telephone is proximate the Bluetooth device. The mobile telephone may periodically transmit the stored data to a remote server. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039350 | VEHICLE OPERATIONS MONITORING - A computer in a vehicle is programmed to determine that the vehicle has entered an intersection zone; gather data related to operation of the vehicle in the intersection zone; determine that the vehicle has departed the intersection zone; and determine a current driving score based at least in part on the operation of the vehicle in the intersection zone. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039351 | Categorizing Life Insurance Applicants to Determine Suitable Life Insurance Products - Methods and apparatuses, including computer program products, are described for categorizing a life insurance applicant to determine one or more suitable insurance products. A computing device receives data associated with the applicant. The computing device determines a risk level for one or more insurance risk factors, an insurance need factor, and an insurance probability factor associated with the applicant based on the received data. The computing device combines the risk level, the insurance need factor, and the insurance purchase probability to generate an insurance suitability profile associated with the applicant. The computing device identifies one or more insurance products available to the applicant based on the insurance suitability profile. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039352 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BLIND-RATING OF RISK TO COLLATERAL IN A SECURED TRANSACTION - A method for insuring against collateral or property damage in a secured transaction includes monitoring the insurance status of each individual loan or lease. If insurance is not maintained as agreed by the borrower or lessee, an insurance policy is obtained with the premium for said insurance determined using a blind rating method. Information known about the collateral, as well as other criteria, are weighted and calculated to determine a blind rating score. The blind rating score is then used to determine the premium for replacement insurance policy. A system for implementing a Method includes a property database and a blind rating criteria database. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039353 | Wireless Device to Enable Data Collection for Insurance Rating Purposes - The devices, methods, systems and computer-readable mediums of the present disclosure provide automatic data collection for insurance rating purposes. In particular, a battery powered Bluetooth device may be attached to a personal item of an insured individual. The Bluetooth device may automatically trigger a mobile telephone to begin storing data related to use of the personal item when the mobile telephone is proximate the Bluetooth device. The mobile telephone may periodically transmit the stored data to a remote server. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039354 | SELF-SERVICE SYSTEM AND METHOD OF TAGGING BAGGAGE - A self-service system and method of tagging baggage which reduces passenger wait time. An example method includes establishing an on-line session to facilitate check-in of a passenger, providing passenger identifying information during the on-line session, providing passenger baggage information during the on-line session, receiving, during the on-line session, an image of a baggage tag, and printing the image of the baggage tag for attachment by the passenger to baggage of the passenger. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039355 | CONTRACT NUMBER ALLOCATION FOR TRAVEL INDUSTRY TRANSACTIONS - Methods, systems, and computer program products for defining subcategories and associated contract number ranges within a standard issuance context category for a travel product. A stock allocation module includes a stock index table having a plurality of stock indexes each associated with an issuance context and at least one range of numbers. In response to a traveler purchasing a travel product, an issuance platform sends an allocation request to the stock allocation module. In response to receiving the allocation request, the stock allocation module identifies a stock index matching the issuance context of the pending transaction. The matching stock index is then used to identify the range of numbers corresponding to the issuance context. An available number is selected from the identified range of contract numbers and used to define a contract number. The contract number is then returned to the issuance platform. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039356 | JOURNEY DATA RE-EVALUATION - Methods, systems, and computer program products for processing a transaction request associated with a travel record, where the travel record includes at least one previously-booked segment. The transaction request may be received at an inventory system, where the transaction request identifies at least one requested segment for the travel record. The inventory system analyzes the at least one previously-booked segment of the travel record and the at least one requested segment of the transaction request to identify at least one particular previously-booked segment as a candidate for re-evaluation segment based at least in part on whether the at least one particular previously-booked segment and the at least one requested segment correspond to a particular journey. Availability may be computed for the at least one requested segment and the at least one candidate for re-evaluation segment, and a sell decision may be generated based at least partially on the computed availability. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039357 | Systems and Methods for Providing on Demand Business Resources - Techniques for on demand business resource management are disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for on demand business resource management including receiving, from a requester, a request via a network for a business resource. The method may further include authenticating the requestor, determining, using at least one computer processor, whether one or more available business resources match the request, providing an interactive graphical user interface indicating available business resources, wherein the interactive graphical user interface is configured to update the interactive graphical user interface to indicate available business resources meeting the business resource criteria, and displaying via the graphical user interface indications of one or more people associated with the available business resources. The method may also include receiving from the requester a reservation request for at least one of the available business resources, reserving the at least one available business resource. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039358 | DATA PERSISTENCE TECHNOLOGY CONFIGURATOR - A computer system receives data persistence requirements necessary for a system architecture. The computer system identifies one or more data persistence technology attributes corresponding to the received data persistence requirements. The computer system determines one or more data persistence technology products having one or more of the identified data persistence technology attributes. The computer system, based on a priority of data persistence requirements, determines at least one data persistence technology product from the one or more determined data persistence technology products for the system architecture. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039359 | Component Based Mobile Architecture with Intelligent Business Services to Build Extensible Supply Chain Ready Procurement Platforms - The present invention is a tool for managing spend analysis, reverse auctions, sourcing, contracts, procure-to-pay processes, requests for proposals, supplier assessment and settlement processes. It employs hardware architecture and a software framework to provide a platform as a service that allows the user to create, store, report and manage bids, requests for proposals, contracts, bid data, spend analysis, and supplier scoring information from any of a number of mobile devices of various form factors. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039360 | DEPENDENCY MANAGEMENT FOR ENTERPRISE COMPUTING - Briefly, embodiments disclosed herein may relate to managing dependencies among software components executed in enterprise computing environments, for example. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039361 | Techniques for Managing Snow Removal Equipment Leveraging Social Media - Techniques that leverage social media to proactively respond to inclement weather conditions such as snow that affect road conditions and, for example, coordinate snow removal from the roads are provided. In one aspect, a method for sharing road condition information is provided. The method includes the following steps. Data is collected from vehicles related to road conditions at various locations. The data is stored in an off-vehicle system. The data is processed to determine what type of maintenance activity is needed based on the road conditions. The maintenance activity and the locations are provided to dispatchers to enable routing of municipal vehicles to the locations to address the road conditions. A system for sharing road conditions is also provided. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039362 | ALLOCATION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DEPLOYING RESOURCES - A system and method for allocating drivers to procure targets, such as automobiles. These targets are then transported to a desired drop-off destination. The entire system is automated, such that a requestor may hire drivers that are certified by the system and would satisfy requirements associated with the target, such as proper driver's license and location of the driver relative to the target. The system is powered by an internet based mobile application that is designed to match individual drivers to auto dealers, auction houses, driving transport companies and other businesses and individuals (“requestors”) seeking to move automobiles, goods, services, tasks, etc. from one location to another. The system has been designed to find, organize, and manage drivers and all aspects of the trip on a real time basis and reduce the cost of the existing system. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039363 | REAL-TIME PREDICTION AND CORRECTION OF SCHEDULED SERVICE BUNCHING - A method includes: a computer receiving historical data from at least one service vehicle; the computer receiving network definitions for the least one service vehicle; the computer receiving dynamic data from the at least one service vehicle; and the computer developing predictions and corrective actions to prevent service bunching, based upon the historical data, the network definitions, and the dynamic data. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039364 | OPTIMIZING EMERGENCY RESOURCES IN CASE OF DISASTER - A method and system for planning relocation of people from disaster locations to safe locations. Received are an identification of: a disaster locations at which a respective disaster is predicted to occur, numbers of persons to be evacuated during a specified range of time at each disaster location, safe locations available for relocating the persons to be evacuated, vehicles available to transport the persons from the disaster locations to the safe locations, each vehicle's capacity of a maximum number of people that can be simultaneously transported, and each vehicle's current location. An optimal plan is generated for (i) evacuating the identified number of persons from the disaster locations during the respective specified ranges of time and (ii) transporting the evacuated persons to the safe locations, utilizing the received identifications. All persons evacuated from the disaster locations have been relocated at the safe locations by elapse of the N time intervals. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039365 | DIGITAL VEHICLE TAG AND METHOD OF INTEGRATION IN VEHICLE ALLOCATION SYSTEM - A system and method for allocating drivers to procure targets, such as automobiles. These targets are then transported to a desired drop-off destination. The entire system is automated, such that a requestor may hire drivers that are certified by the system and would satisfy requirements associated with the target, such as proper driver's license and location of the driver relative to the target. The system is powered by an internet based mobile application that is designed to match individual drivers to auto dealers, auction houses, driving transport companies and other businesses and individuals (“requestors”) seeking to move automobiles, goods, services, tasks, etc. from one location to another. The system has been designed to find, organize, and manage drivers and all aspects of the trip on a real time basis and reduce the cost of the existing system. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039366 | Mobile application for automobile business to manage driver-based transporting of vehicles - A method and system of web hosting platform is provided based on an internet based mobile application that is designed to match individual DRIVER(S) to auto dealers, auction houses, driving transport companies and other businesses and individuals (REQUESTORS) seeking to move automobiles, goods, services, tasks etc. from one location to another. The system has been designed to find, organize, manage DRIVERS and all aspects of the trip on a real time basis and reduce the cost of the existing system. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039367 | QUALITY ASSURANCE AND CONTROL TOOL - Disclosed is a program and project management system that is configured to engage in quality assurance and quality control. The program and project management system typically includes a processor, a memory, and a program module stored in the memory. The program and project management system is typically configured for: prompting a user to complete predefined program plan phase tasks; based on the predefined program plan phase tasks being completed, conducting program plan phase quality assurance; based on successful completion of program plan phase quality assurance, initiating a program plan tollgate; based on successful completion of program plan tollgate, prompting the user to complete predefined program execution phase tasks; and conducting program execution phase quality assurance. The program and project management system is also typically configured for conducting program plan phase quality control and program execution phase quality control. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039368 | Social Event Scheduler - An online event scheduler system for allowing users to find events of interest in which the users can participate and to allow users to set up impromptu meeting with nearby users. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039369 | AUTOMATED EARPIECE CACHE MANAGEMENT - Many types of earpiece include a memory to which media items stored on a second device, such as music, audiobooks, and podcasts, may be transferred as requested by a user. However, it may be advantageous to configure the earpiece and/or the to fill the memory automatically with media items of predicted interest to the user in the manner of a cache. In such earpieces, interruption of the connection between the earpiece and the second device does not interrupt a currently streaming media item, and the earpiece is capable of playing additional media items of predicted interest to the user even if the user has not requested transfer to the earpiece. Other uses of the cache include adding appointments from a calendar of the second device for presentation by the earpiece as reminders during disconnection, and storing notes on the earpiece that are automatically transferred back to the second device. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039370 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMMUNICATING SCHEDULING DATA - A method or system for communicating scheduling data to a user is disclosed herein. The scheduling system may have an automatic “switch.” The switch changes a default, or adds a supplementary, appointment communication method during periods of high demand on the user's attention. For example, a restaurant reservation system may normally communicate reservations via e-mail until a shift occurs. Then the system switches to communicating new reservation information relevant to that shift additionally or alternatively by telephone. Telephone messages may be more preferred and easily handled by the restaurant staff while working the busy shift. Non-relevant reservation information (e.g., reservations falling outside the shift time block) may continue to be communicated by the default e-mail method. The switch may also be triggered by an event, such as by issuance of a consolidated shift report including all the reservations in a shift. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039371 | SYSTEM FOR MANAGING SCHEDULING CONFLICTS - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a proactive scheduler having a controller element to determine a scheduling conflict between a called party and a calling party according to calendar information of the called party and presence information of the called party. Additional embodiments are disclosed. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039372 | REAL-TIME PREDICTION AND CORRECTION OF SCHEDULED SERVICE BUNCHING - A method includes: a computer receiving historical data from at least one service vehicle; the computer receiving network definitions for the least one service vehicle; the computer receiving dynamic data from the at least one service vehicle; and the computer developing predictions and corrective actions to prevent service bunching, based upon the historical data, the network definitions, and the dynamic data. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039373 | Method and Apparatus for Material Requirements Planning Adjustments - A method and apparatus provide material requirements planning adjustments. A system generated future material requirements planning value can be generated for at least one material for a product. An estimated future lifecycle requirements planning value can be determined for the at least one material. The system generated material requirements planning value can be compared with the estimated future lifecycle requirements planning value. The system generated future material requirements planning value can be adjusted based on comparing the system generated material requirements planning value with the estimated future lifecycle requirements planning value. A material requirements planning signal representing the adjusted system generated future material requirements planning value can be output. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039374 | PLANNING PERIODIC INSPECTION OF GEO-DISTRIBUTED INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS - An optimization framework to find the periodic inspection interval over an infinite time horizon for geo-distributed infrastructure systems subject to hidden failures. The unit's failure can only be rectified at periodic inspection, at which point a failed unit will be considered as being “perfectly” repaired. For geo-distributed infrastructure systems, for example, fire hydrants in a city, water and power supply networks in urban areas, firstly, the units of a system are clustered into groups. Then, the optimal inspection interval is calculated for each group based on the expected cost per cycle. Finally, the best schedule for inspection is determined. This schedule: (i) minimizes the global system inspection and maintenance cost; and (ii) meets the applicable labor and budget resource constraints. An integer nonlinear programming formulation together with a heuristics deals with the inspection schedule. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039375 | SUPPLY CHAIN OPTIMIZATION METHOD AND SYSTEM - A computer-implemented method for managing a supply chain including a plurality of supply chain entities is disclosed. The method may include determining a plurality of input parameters for modeling the supply chain. Each input parameter has a plurality of input parameter values within a plausible range. The method may also include determining a plurality of candidate network structures, and determining a business goal value for each candidate network structure based on a plurality of possible input combinations of the input parameter values. The method may further include determining a statistical distribution of the business goal values for each network structure. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039376 | Real Time Allocation Engine For Merchandise Distribution - A system includes an allocation table configured for use in a push-driven retail allocation business. The configuration for the push-driven retail allocation business includes a centrally organized headquarter office and a plurality of distribution points. The merchandise is procured by the centrally organized headquarter office and distributed under guidance of the centrally organized headquarter office to the plurality of distribution points. The system also includes an allocation engine processor logically coupled to the allocation table, and an in-memory database logically coupled to the allocation engine processor. The system procures the merchandise from a vendor and distributes the merchandise to the plurality of distribution points by identifying an article of merchandise, determining a current stock status of the article of merchandise, determining one or more distribution points for the article of merchandise, and determining an allocation strategy to the one or more distribution points for the article of merchandise. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039377 | INFORMATION OUTPUT APPARATUS, INFORMATION OUTPUT SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION OUTPUT METHOD - An information output apparatus includes a replacement information storage part storing first information and second information for each of replacements of a plurality of devices. The first information and the second information are associated with each other. The first information indicates a use condition of each of the devices before replacement. The second information indicates each of the devices after replacement. A use condition storage part stores third information indicating a use condition of each device. A selection part selects one of the replacements for which information is stored in the replacement information storage part based on the third information stored in the use condition storage part with respect to the one of the devices for which replacement is requested. The output part outputs the second information that indicates one of the devices after replacement and is stored in the replacement information storage part with respect to the selected replacement. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039378 | LICENSE MANAGEMENT SOLUTION FOR CENTRAL- MANAGEMENT PRODUCTS - A license manager running on a central-management server receives a license request for licensing a managed node as a client of a central-management product running on a central-management server. The license manager proposes a solution involving applying respective licenses for plural distinct central-management products. In response to a unified command, implementing said solution. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039379 | SEGMENTED BUSINESS PROCESS ENGINE - A method and system for providing a segmented business process engine for generating a result in response to an event message. A process instance identification component of the segmented business process engine identifies a process instance associated with the event message and provides the process instance message to a selected process execution component of the segmented business process engine. The selected process execution component identifies a process definition in view of the process instance message and obtains state information associated with the event from a consistent image store component of the segmented business process engine. The selected process execution component generates a result associated with the event in view of the state information and the process definition and provides the result to at least one of the client application or another process instance identification component. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039380 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONVERTING SALES OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVICE TICKETS, SALES ORDERS, AND PROJECTS - Systems and methods of the present disclosure facilitate managing a sale via a sales management system. In some embodiments, the system includes a sales opportunity module and a service ticket translation module. The sales opportunity module may be configured to receive a sales leads data structure comprising at least one sales lead. Based on at least one qualification criterion, the system may be configured to identify a sales lead of the sales lead data structure as a sales opportunity. The service ticket translation module may be configured to select data of the sales opportunity for inclusion in a service ticket. By maintaining the selected data of the sales opportunity, the service ticket translation module may be configured to translate the selected data of the sales opportunity into the service ticket. The service ticket translation module may be configured to provide the service ticket to a service board. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039381 | CUSTOMER REQUEST WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods and computer program products for enrolling for electronically generating, submitting, transmitting, or processing a request. In practice, an associate may electronically input information associated with a received customer service request. Inputting this information into an electronic system may generate a formal internal request for a particular service to be completed. Specifically, the present invention may address at least four types of services: rushing a replacement bank card to the customer; opening a processing closure account; reporting a non-working automatic teller machine; or a financial data entry system request. The formal internal request and information associated with the request may then be automatically submitted to a queue in which customer account information is masked, and the request may also be transmitted to a second user. Once the request is received by the FLM, the FLM may complete or deny the service request. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039382 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EXECUTING WORKFLOW - A cluster-based workflow system is provided which has the advantage of executing a workflow created by a non-IT researcher in a way that is suitable for computing resources in a cluster environment. The user can quickly analyze workflows using third-party applications, such as a large-scale bio data analysis workflow, a weather forecast data analysis workflow, or a customer relationship management (CRM) data analysis workflow, by using a large-scale computing cluster. In addition, third-party applications not optimized for a cluster environment can be automatically distributed and executed in parallel by preliminary analysis so that they run properly in the cluster environment. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039383 | Methods and Systems for a Product Selection Tool - A computer-implemented method for determining a desired product for performing a workflow is provided. The method includes receiving a selection of a desired workflow from a user. The desired workflow includes a set of steps including at least one step. The method includes receiving a selection of a step from the set of steps from the user, then displaying a plurality of product categories associated with the selected step. The method further includes receiving a selection of a product category of the plurality of product categories from the user, then displaying a plurality of products associated with the selected product category, and a plurality of associated metrics associated with each of the products of the plurality of products. At least one of the associated metrics is determined from input from a plurality of users. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039384 | PROGRAM AND PROJECT RISK TOOL - Disclosed is a program and project management system. The program and project management system typically includes a processor, a memory, and a program module stored in the memory. The program and project management system is typically configured for: prompting a user to complete predefined program plan phase tasks; receiving risk information regarding the program, rigor level information regarding the program, and one or more defined business outcomes for the program; calculating a program risk score; determining a rigor level; based on the program risk score not exceeding a predefined risk score threshold and each defined business outcome including one or more associated metrics, initiating a program plan tollgate; based on successful completion of program plan tollgate, prompting the user to complete predefined program execution phase tasks; and determining whether the metrics associated with each defined business outcome have been satisfied. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039385 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LIQUIDATION MANAGEMENT OF A COMPANY - The present disclosure relates to a tool for identifying the probability of liquidation of a company. The system may be configured to collect indicators of liquidation data from a plurality of companies. The system may analyze the indicators of liquidation data to determine placement of a company of the plurality companies along a bankruptcy timeline. The system may mitigate a downside risk to a financial institution based on the placement. The computer based system may be configured to determine if a company has entered a bankruptcy proceeding. Term data may be scraped from a website, such as PACER, comprising legal proceeding data associated with the company for targeted terms. The computer based system may be configured to collect financial indicators pertinent to the bankruptcy proceeding from financial reports, analyze based on the identified targeted terms, the financial indicators. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039386 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RISK ASSESSMENT ANALYSIS - An engineering management system including one or more processors configured to receive input defining one or more requirements for a product. The engineering management system may generate a first risk prevention document based on one or more of the product requirements and receive risk parameter input related to the first risk prevention document. The engineering management system may initiate a problem solver analysis tool based on the first risk prevention document and receive problem parameter input related to the problem solver analysis tool. The engineering management system may determine one or more outputs using the problem solver analysis tool. The engineering management system may populate one or more aspects of the first risk prevention document with the determined outputs based on one or more defined associations between the first risk prevention document and the problem solver analysis tool. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039387 | BUSINESS SUPPORT METHOD AND SYSTEM - A business support method and system includes a terminal and a server. The terminal displays marketing activity data delivered from the server and acquires details of the marketing activity data; transmits to the server a calculation request including the details and obtains a calculation result when the details acquired include certain predetermined items; applies a predetermined calculation algorithm to the details to obtain a calculation result when the details do not include the predetermined items; stores the calculation result obtained at the server or the calculation result acquired at the terminal in a storage unit in association with the client's identification information; and displays the calculation result. The server receives a calculation request including the details from the terminal, applies a predetermined calculation algorithm to the details, and returns the obtained calculation result to the terminal. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039388 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING CONSUMER PROFILES FOR TARGETED MARKETPLACE ACTIVITIES - A system and method implemented by a computing system is provided for determining consumer economic profiles to form selected virtual marketplace communities. The created communities provide benefits to consumers, such as leveraging purchasing power for increased return on goods and services desired by the consumers. The system and method comprise three primary components or aspects, namely (1) a data gathering component in which consumer spending data is obtained, validated, analyzed, and categorized; (2) profiles created for each consumer regarding their spending history taking into account calculated spend scores and spend categories corresponding to each of the consumers; and (3) virtual marketplace communities created from the profiles for matched consumers and vendors enabling consumers to conduct commerce with the vendors in an e-commerce environment. An exchange pod can be created to provide an object in which consumers offer to purchase pre-designated amounts and categories of goods/services over pre-defined time periods. Vendors bid to obtain the right to offer the goods/services for sale. The bids are made with discount offers and consumers are able to select the most favorable bid. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039389 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR METERING MEDIA FEEDS IN A MARKET - Methods and apparatus for metering media feeds in a market are disclosed. An example method includes determining if a media distribution ambiguity exists for a time period associated with received media metering data, when the media distribution ambiguity does not exist, combining, via a processor, the media metering data with previously received media metering records to generate a first model for media presentation for a first regional network and a second regional network, and when the media distribution ambiguity exists, crediting, via the processor, the first regional network for a first portion of media presentation identified in the media metering data and crediting the second regional network for a second portion of the media presentation based on the first model. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039390 | MOBILE MARKETING AND TARGETING USING PURCHASE TRANSACTION DATA - A method for making a targeted offer by a telecommunication entity to an audience is provided. The method involves receiving from the telecommunication entity a first set of information including billing activities attributable to the telecommunication entity and payment activities attributable to the audience, by a financial transaction processing entity; retrieving by the financial transaction processing entity a second set of information including billing activities attributable to the financial transaction processing entity and purchasing and payment activities attributable to the audience; and generating one or more predictive behavioral models based at least in part on the first set and second set of information. The method also involves identifying activities and characteristics attributable to the audience based on the predictive behavioral models, and conveying those to the telecommunication entity. A system for making a targeted offer by a telecommunication entity to an audience is also provided. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039391 | ESTIMATION AND MANAGEMENT OF LOADS IN ELECTRIC VEHICLE NETWORKS - Methods and systems are presented for predicting demand for battery services in an electric vehicle network. The predicted demand may be used for managing the electric vehicle network, for example, by adjusting battery policies in order to provide improved battery services to users of electric vehicles. The battery policies can be adjusted by increasing or decreasing battery charging rates within the electric vehicle network, and recommending alternative battery service locations to users of vehicles who might otherwise choose a congested battery service location. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039392 | TECHNIQUES FOR RETAIL LOCATION-AWARE SERVICES - Techniques for retail location-aware services are provided. A consumer defines parameters in which it is acceptable to the consumer to receive an offer for a good or service. When the parameters are achievable for an enterprise and when the consumer is in a configured proximity to the desired good or service, the mobile device of the consumer is notified of the offer. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039393 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INCREASING USER ENGAGEMENT BY DETERMINING THE MODE OF TRANSPORT OF THE USERS - Systems and methods for detecting geolocation data associated with a traveler and detecting geolocation data associated with a plurality of routes of public conveyances. Detecting a match between the geolocation data associated with the traveler and the geolocation data associated with one of the plurality of routes of public conveyances provides a signal responsive to which the traveler may be engaged electronically. The match between the geolocation data associated with the traveler and the geolocation associated with one of the plurality of routes of public conveyances indicates that the traveler is traveling on a public conveyance and may have time to respond to electronic notifications. A match between an IP address from the user and an IP address associated with a public conveyance indicates that the traveler is traveling on the public conveyance. | 2015-02-05 |
20150039394 | GOLF SCORING, MARKETING, AND REPORTING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATION - A system and method automatically report electronically recorded golf scores and other information to a golfer during or upon completion of a round of golf. A golfer operates a mobile terminal during play of a round of golf. The mobile terminal displays at least an electronic score card on its display. The mobile terminal may optionally display other information, such as advertisements, that may be of interest to the golfer. During play, the mobile terminal receives inputs from the golfer to record the golfer's scores. Other inputs may include selection of a displayed advertisement or purchase of a displayed product or service. Once the scores have been entered, the mobile terminal wirelessly transmits the scores and/or other information to a central server via a wireless subsystem. The scores and/or other information are then automatically communicated from the server to an email account and/or personal web portal account of the golfer. | 2015-02-05 |