| 06th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 44 |
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| 20130035998 | DEVICE, METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR MANAGING FEEDBACK FROM VIEWERS REGARDING DISTRIBUTED CONTENT - An apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention is connected to and capable of communication with a plurality of information processing terminals through a network, the apparatus including: distribution means for distributing digital content to at least one of the plurality of information processing terminals; providing means for providing, to the at least one of the plurality of information processing terminals, one or more content constituent elements associated with the digital content and an input form that allows inputting feedback information using the content constituent elements in the at least one of the plurality of information processing terminals; reception means for receiving, from the at least one of the plurality of information processing terminals, feedback information input using the input form; and feedback information storage means for accumulating the feedback information to allow browsing from the plurality of information processing terminals through the network if the feedback information includes at least one of the content constituent elements. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130035999 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING QUANTITY TIERS USING ATTRIBUTES IN AN ONLINE STATIONERY DESIGN SYSTEM - A computer-implemented system and method are described in which an appropriate pricing structure for a new design of a print product is identified by automatically comparing attributes of the print product design with attributes of existing print product designs which have assigned pricing structures. In one embodiment, the attributes are prioritized such that certain attributes are weighted more than other attributes when determining an appropriate price structure. If a match is not found, then the least significant attribute is removed from the set of search criteria and another search is performed. This process continues until an existing pricing structure of a print product which shares the most significant attributes of the new print product is identified. Once the pricing structure is identified, the designer has the option to modify the pricing structure and create a new pricing category, which is then stored in a database with other pricing categories. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036000 | FINANCIAL TRANSACTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for conducting mobile and online financial transactions. Methods include receiving financial transaction instructions, wherein the instructions comprise a first alias and a second alias; associating the first alias with at least one payment account, and the second alias with at least one recipient account; and communicating a financial transaction notification to a recipient associated with the at least one recipient account. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036001 | SYSTEM FOR AN INTEGRATED MULTI-VENDOR CUSTOMER LOYALTY AND TARGETED MARKETING PROGRAM AND METHOD FOR ITS USE - A system for an integrated multi-vendor customer loyalty and personalized marketing program and a method for its use are disclosed. The system comprises at least one database server operably connected to a plurality of external vendor servers and a plurality of devices at many disparate points of sale, whereby sales transactions are processed and communicated to the system's on-line transaction processing database, reward and eligibility determinations are made, consumers are credited immediately for various factors relating to the sales transactions by each participating vendor (i.e., merchant or CPG) involved in the transaction, and separate credit balances are maintained in vendor-specific subaccounts for that particular consumer. The method involves the creation of a single, centralized consumer account to which the system automatically allocates and applies credits to individual vendor-specific subaccounts by dividing and segregating the credits for any given sales transaction. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036002 | Web based system and method for conducting business - The inventive concept of the web based system and method for conducting business (the system) an Internet platform that allows a seller to upload his/her materials, such as, for example, outlines and class notes. The seller may identify the outlines and noted by categorizing the same by college name and professor name and by a topic, such as math, history, algebra, etc. A buyer can locate the outlines and notes by a school or college, by the name of the professor and by the topics. The system allows the seller either scan the notes in a format that will allow the buyer to scan the entire document in search for specific words or use an option wherein the seller will index at least five words, i.e. search tags wherein the buyer will be able to search through in order to decide whether to purchase the outline or to continue searching for other products. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036003 | INPUT DEVICE WITH AN ACCELEROMETER - Methods, devices, and systems are described for bumping a mobile device, such as a smart phone, against a fixed poster board display at a store to initiate a download of coupons, advertisements, or other benefits to the mobile device. Products can be rated by a user's up/down bump or other bump patterns. Using accelerometer-based inertial measurements, multiple users can control multiple mouse cursors on a large display with their mobile devices in order to select information to be downloaded to their mobile devices. The multiple users can bump the display in order to select their items simultaneously. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036004 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING AD IMPRESSION UTILITY - Various systems and methods for measuring ad impression effectiveness are provided. A method is provided comprising selecting, by an ad impression processor, a target consumer for an ad impression, delivering the ad impression to the target consumer, determining, by the processor, a behavior of the target consumer after a time period elapses, wherein the determining comprises analyzing internal data relating to the target consumer. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036005 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A WEB BROWSER HOMEPAGE AS A MEANS FOR INCREASING TARGET GROUP WEBSITE TRAFFIC AND GENERATING CONSUMER INCOME - A system and method of displaying a website as the homepage for a computer web browser. The method includes the steps of identifying the computer, selecting a web page to be displayed as the browser's homepage (“Selected Web Page”), displaying the Selected | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036006 | ADVERTISEMENT MATCHING - A computer-implemented method comprises of processing data for a source video to determine representative topics of the video, determining multiple topics of interest for respective ones of multiple market segments, using the representative topics and the multiple topics to determine a target audience for the video from the market segments, using the topics of interest for the target audience to determine a set of keywords for an advertisement, using the set of keywords to provide multiple candidate advertisements for the target audience, generating a ranked list from the multiple candidate advertisements, and selecting an advertisement for the source video from the ranked list of candidate advertisements. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036007 | CROSS-PLATFORM COLLECTION OF ADVERTISING METRICS - Systems and methods for integrating supplemental advertising content between both network advertisements and television advertisements are described. A central server connected to a network accesses a database containing supplemental advertising content that is paired with a specific serial identifier, allowing users to retrieve the content by utilizing a network-connected device to send the server a request containing the serial identifier. The network-connected device also connects to a different server that accesses a database containing user profiles that keep track of which content requests the user has sent, allowing the user to access the requested content from any other network-enabled device. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036008 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR SUPPORTING ADVERTISING - A method and arrangement for supporting advertising activities directed to one or more inhabitants of a residence. An RFID tag or bar code is attached to consumer products that can be detected and read by an electronic identity reader when each consumer product is brought into the residence. The RFID tag or bar code contains information relating to, e.g., the type or characteristics of the detected consumer product. The product information is then sent to a profile server, which creates a consumer profile for the residence inhabitant(s) based on the received information. Thereby, advertisements can be delivered which are adapted to the needs and preferences of one or more inhabitants of a residence based on their presumed purchase and usage of consumer products or appliances which have entered the residence. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036009 | Personalized consumer advertising placement with social networking - The subject personalized consumer advertising/ad placement system provides the ability for advertisers, ad agencies, and any other applicable organization to determine and electronically present their “ideal” consumer profile and have their advertisement/promotion placed in front of all consumers who match the profile based on the anonymous mining of the consumers actual spending across a broad base of spending categories. Additionally, customer-to-bank communication is facilitated via a social network application that permits a customer to communicate with a bank employee while being presented with highly targeted content by the bank via a third party advertisement presenter. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036010 | RECEIVING LOCATION BASED ADVERTISEMENTS ON A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A geographic-based communications service system has a mobile unit for transmitting/receiving information, and access points connected to a network. The access points are arranged in a known geographic location and transmit and receive information from the mobile unit. When one of the access points detects the presence of the mobile unit, it sends a signal to the network indicating the location of the mobile unit and the information requested by the mobile unit. Based on the signal received from the access point, the network communicates with information providers connected to the network and provides data to the mobile unit through the access point corresponding to the location of the mobile unit. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036011 | Targeted Advertisement Content Presentation Methods and Systems - An exemplary method includes a media content presentation system detecting a presentation of a media content instance by way of a primary media content access device, determining that a secondary media content access device is located within a detection zone associated with the primary media content access device during a time period associated with the presentation of the media content instance, selecting, in accordance with a course correction heuristic, advertisement content related to the media content instance and configured to target a user of the secondary media content access device, and presenting the advertisement content to the user by way of the secondary media content access device during the presentation of the media content instance by the primary media content access device. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036012 | LOCATION-BASED SERVICE SYSTEM - A computer-implemented method of managing location-based advertising in a location-based service system between a server side and client sides, said method comprising storing member accounts registered in the location-based service system in first database on the server side; storing advertisement files in second database on the server side; and selecting a first member account from the member accounts on the server side, distance between member coordinate corresponding with the selected first member account and advertisement coordinate corresponding with specified one of the advertisement files is smaller than or equal to first distance; transmitting at least one of the specified one of the advertisement files or link corresponding with the specified one of the advertisement files to a first client side corresponding with the selected first member account from the server side; and increasing value of points of the selected first member account by first amount on the server side. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036013 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMICALLY PROVIDING ADVERTISEMENTS - In some embodiments, a non-transitory processor-readable medium stores code representing instructions to cause a processor to receive a user defined advertisement rule associated with a set of products listed within an inventory database. The user defined advertisement rule has at least one dynamic field associated with a field within the inventory database including a product title field, a brand name field, a website address field, a description field, etc. The code also represents instructions to cause the processor to resolve the at least one dynamic field for each product using a datum stored within the field to define a different advertisement for each product. The code further represents instructions to cause the processor to provide the different advertisement for each product to a search engine such that each advertisement can be displayed by the search engine in response to one or more search requests at the search engine. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036014 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING AD IMPRESSION UTILITY - Various systems and methods for measuring ad impression effectiveness are provided. A method is provided comprising selecting, by an ad impression processor, a target consumer for an ad impression, delivering the ad impression to the target consumer, determining, by the processor, a behavior of the target consumer after a time period elapses, wherein the determining comprises analyzing internal data relating to the target consumer. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036015 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING AD IMPRESSION UTILITY - Various systems and methods for measuring ad impression effectiveness are provided. A method is provided comprising selecting, by an ad impression processor, a target consumer for an ad impression, delivering the ad impression to the target consumer, determining, by the processor, a behavior of the target consumer after a time period elapses, wherein the determining comprises analyzing internal data relating to the target consumer. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036016 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SHARING CONTENT ON THIRD-PARTY MOBILE APPLICATIONS - Methods and systems are provided for allowing users to recommend advertisements displayed in a third-party application running on a user device while not granting the third-party application privileges to send such recommendations on behalf of the user. A social network application installed on the user device, and separate from the third-party application, acts as a proxy for advertisement recommendation requests (e.g., indications that a user wishes to recommend an advertisement displayed), and a user is required to confirm all such recommendation actions. In this manner, a third-party application (e.g., a “malicious third-party application) cannot send advertisement recommendation requests, and/or requests to undo such recommendations, on its own as if it were the user. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036017 | Financial card for online fund transfer and method therefor - Disclosed is a financial card comprising of at least a user identification means including but not limited to a fingerprint recognition scanner and at least a data transfer protocol, and optionally an iris pattern scanner. Also disclosed is a method for transferring funds from a first financial card to a second financial card comprising (a) activating at least one of said first and second financial cards by an user identification means including but not limited to a provided finger print recognition scanner, and upon successful verification of the user's identity; (b) engaging the data transfer protocol. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036018 | CUSTOM DESIGNED ARTICLE VENDING MACHINE - A method of providing customized articles can include providing a kiosk. The kiosk can include a housing, a first user interface, an inventory, a printer, a drawer, and a computer, which can communicate with the first user interface, the inventory, the printer, and the drawer. The method further comprises the steps of receiving an order for a customized article, processing the order with the computer, transferring at least one article from the inventory to the printer, printing the user-selected design on the at least one article, and transferring the customized article to the drawer. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036019 | Transaction Processing Platform for Facilitating Electronic Distribution of Plural Prepaid Services - A transaction processing platform capable of facilitating the distribution to consumers of various types of prepaid products is disclosed. The transaction processing platform is configured to interface with one or more providers of such prepaid products in order to facilitate the procurement or activation of the products. The platform includes a conduit interface through which service request messages are received and respectively utilized to generate transaction requests for corresponding types of prepaid services. A supply interface arrangement, operatively coupled to the conduit interface, is configured to route a first of the transaction requests through a first supply interface associated with a first type of prepaid service. The supply interface arrangement also routes a second transaction request through a second supply interface associated with a second type of prepaid service. The platform is also configured to provide supplier response information received through the supply interfaces to the conduit interface. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036020 | Computerized method and system for conducting an auction on the internet - A method and system for conducting an auction on the internet whereby a participant is required to establish an account for bidding on auction items that are listed for bid for a time period of one hour. All items listed on the site are displayed with a countdown timer. Items are only up for auction and open for bidding for a period of one hour commencing when the countdown timer displays sixty minutes (60 min.) remaining. A user may initiate a live auction by selecting an item that has a countdown timer displaying a time greater than one-hundred-twenty minutes (120 min.). A user may only initiate one live auction during a sixty minute period. If an auction is won, a user must pay for the item promptly or lose their bidding privileges. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036021 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INVESTOR SOCIAL NETWORK, FORUM AND VIRTUAL MARKETPLACE - A computer implemented system and method for conducting and disseminating financial research products and services among users in an investment community includes a social network module configured to store electronic user files for each of the users, and to generate a network user interface configured to enable communication among the users via the users' client computers in real time and/or asynchronously. A forum module stores and displays selected media including selections of the communication among the users. A virtual auction module enables users to generate proposals for desired financial research products or services, view the proposals, bid on the proposals, and collaborate on the proposals, in real-time and/or asynchronously. A dashboard module is configured to generate an electronic dashboard configured to track and selectively display status of the electronic user files, including enabling users to selectively access the social network, forum and virtual auction modules in real-time. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036022 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING PURCHASED MEDIA - An archiving system is provided for archiving a user's media collection and refining recommendations made to the user by an e-commerce service, such as an e-commerce website, based on the archive of the user's media collection. In general, a central archiving system interacts with a user system to archive a user's media collection. Thereafter, while the user is interacting with the e-commerce service, a list of recommended media for the user is generated and provided to the archiving system. The archiving system refines the list based on the archive of the user's media collection. Optionally, the list of recommended media may be further refined based on a user profile and play history of the user. The refined list of recommended media is returned to the e-commerce service and presented to the user. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036023 | System And Method For Facilitating A Transaction Between An Enterprise And A Person Using A Mobile Device - A system and method for a transaction between a person using a mobile device and an enterprise is disclosed. A computing system, application program interface, and data storage, and network connectivity is provided. Data files can be presented to the mobile device. A system and method for conducting a transaction structured between a merchant and a customer with a mobile device involving the interchange of information is also disclosed. Data is presented to the mobile device of the customer by a push notification, messaging, text messaging, SMS, multimedia messaging, MMS, internet communication, mobile web communication, mWeb, application program communication, mobile application program, mApp, electronic mail and/or e-mail. The transaction may comprise a session; session data is available for a specified use or time. Information may comprise personally-identifiable information (PH), private health-care information (PHI), private credit information (PCI) and/or enterprise secure data (ESD). | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036024 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ONLINE PRE-PURCHASE VISUAL BUNDLING - Methods for online pre-purchase visual bundling including a “builder” that combines a pre-defined image window matrix (a.k.a. “matrix”), scrolling textual list (a.k.a. “list”, selection panel, cart snapshot and control bar for building, editing, saving, sharing, printing and purchasing the bundle, for relating the bundle to a material world appositional analogue by predefining an image window designation to an image and/or additionally a proportional analogue, providing an “above the fold” visualization with the matrix combined with the list, for switching items from the list to the matrix, for linking multiple “builders” via a singular key, for moving or removing the item to the shopping cart snapshot and removing the item from the builder window from the matrix or the list, and for adding a predefined bundle to the matrix and the list with a number of predefined item bundles from a submenu of the selection panel. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036025 | AUTOMATICALLY PURCHASING A GIFT FROM A WISH LIST - A facility for providing a gift is described. In one embodiment, the facility receives information identifying a first person that will give a gift and a second person that will receive the gift given by the first person. The facility then automatically chooses a gift to be given to the second person by the first person. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036026 | Method to regularize and to stimulate the solidary transport of passengers - The present invention refers to a method to allow and to stimulate the solidary transport of passengers, in the common way called hitchhiking or carpool. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036027 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING A SINGLE-USE FINANCIAL ACCOUNT NUMBER - A device for facilitating financial account transactions is described which includes a processing unit including a cryptographic processor. The device also includes an input unit, a display unit and a memory device connected to the processing unit. The memory device contains a private cryptographic key, a first data element and a second data element. The processing unit encrypts the first data element using the private cryptographic key and the second data element, modifies the second data element, combines the encrypted first data element and the second data element to generate a single-use financial account identifier, and displays the single-use financial account identifier. This identifier is then transmitted to a central processor for authorization of the transaction. The central processor extracts and decrypts data elements from the transmitted identifier using the private cryptographic key, compares those data elements with data elements stored in a memory, and verifies the single-use financial account identifier in accordance with the comparison. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036028 | MARKETPLACE LISTING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A method and system generate and manage marketplace listings. In some embodiments, the method receives product information from a catalog service. The method also receives a product listing request from the catalog service that identifies a product contained in the product information. The product listing request is generated by a distributor associated with the catalog service. The method accesses distributor data associated with the distributor initiating the product listing request and accesses a listing template associated with the product information. A marketplace listing is generated based on the product, the distributor data, and the listing template. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036029 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING MARKETPLACE LISTINGS - A method and system generate and manage marketplace listings. In some embodiments, the method receives a product listing request from a catalog service that identifies a product associated with the catalog service. The product listing request is initiated by a distributor associated with the catalog service. The method identifies current listings for the product in a network-based marketplace and identifies completed listings for the product in the network-based marketplace. A price recommendation is generated for the product listing request based on the current listings and the completed listings. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036030 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS OVER A NETWORK - Systems and methods for facilitating financial transactions over a network include a merchant device, a client device and a payment processing device. The merchant device is adapted to allow a merchant to provide items for purchase via the network. The client device is adapted to allow a user to access the merchant device via the network and view the items for purchase. The client device is adapted to provide a payment mechanism to the user. The user generates a purchase request for an item by selecting the one item, dragging the item to the payment mechanism, and dropping the item over the payment mechanism. The payment processing device is adapted to receive the purchase request from the client device via the network and authorize the user to purchase the item from the merchant based on information passed with the purchase request. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036031 | System for monitoring land use activities - A land use activities system for monitoring and management of properties and property modifications located within each one of a plurality of jurisdictions. The system has a central database for storing information about each property, the central database enabling each jurisdiction to retrieve, write and modify the information about objects within the jurisdiction and create a jurisdiction database. The information pertains to land use activities in conjunction with a particular geographic location of the selected jurisdictions are any of: permit application for, and review of land use modification, plan review and approval for land use modification, and requests for, and inspection of land use modification for compliance with ordinances and regulations within the selected jurisdictions, as well as address verification and address management of properties within the jurisdiction. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036032 | SERVICE PLAN NEGOTIATIONS WITH END USERS FOR POLICY AND CHARGING CONTROL (PCC) - Systems and methods are disclosed for negotiating service plans with an end user for Policy and Charging Control (PCC) in a packet core network, such as an LTE network. A system in one embodiment communicates with an end user that has a predefined service plan. The predefined service plan is used for a PCC decision when the end user requests a service. The system receives a request from the end user offering a proposed service plan that differs from the predefined service plan, and processes the proposed service plan to determine whether to accept the offer from the end user. If the determination is to accept the offer, then the system implements the proposed service plan for the end user in a PCC decision for a service requested by the end user instead of the predetermined service plan. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036033 | DETERMINING COMMERCIAL SHARE OF WALLET - Commercial size of spending wallet (“SoSW”) is the total business spend of a business including cash but excluding bartered items, Commercial share of wallet (“SoW”) is the portion of the spending wallet that is captured by a particular financial company. Commercial SoW is a modeling approach that utilizes various data sources to provide outputs that describe a company's spend capacity. These outputs can be appended to data profiles of customers and prospects and can be utilized to support decisions involving prospecting, new account evaluation, and customer management across the lifecycle. Company financial statements are utilized to identify and calculate total business spend of a company that could be transacted using a commercial credit card. A spend-like regression model may then be developed to estimate annual commercial SoSW value for customers and prospects within a credit network. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036034 | Method and System for Distributed Network Accounting - This disclosure relates to a method and system for storing beneficiary allocation preferences and processing financial transactions across a multiplicity of independent media publishers and socially responsible advocates operating over a distributed computer network wherein subscribers elect varying levels of support for geographically diverse beneficiaries having dissimilar accounting, accrual, legal and organizational structures, and wherein proceeds from subscriber-initiated financial transactions are allocated among the beneficiaries according to subscriber preference. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036035 | System And Method For Automation Of Law Firms - According to an embodiment, a computer automated system for automating a law firm comprises a processor and a memory. The processor and the instructions encoded in the memory enable the system to control user access by means of a user interface. The system further generates user-specific parameters for allowing a user access to specific files, manages a specific user's time and control a document generator, a conflict resolver, a service resolver, the time keeping manager and a plurality of servers for registering and resolve a case for a judge in a court room for hearing and presenting judgments. In one embodiment, a method for a computer automated system comprises the steps of controlling user access via a user interface, generating user-specific parameters, a court room, managing a specific user's time and controlling a document generator, a conflict resolver, a service resolver, the time keeping manager, and a plurality of servers. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036036 | MULTIPLE FUNDING ACCOUNT PAYMENT INSTRUMENT ANALYTICS - A system and method for multiple funding account payment instrument analytics is disclosed. A payment instrument profile is generated for a payment instrument that characterizes past activity on the payment instrument and past activity across one or more funding accounts associated with the payment instrument. Current activity on the payment instrument and current activity across one or more funding accounts associated with the payment instrument are monitored to detect an abnormality against the payment instrument profile. A fraud score for the current activity on the payment instrument and current activity across one or more funding accounts associated with the payment instrument is generated. The fraud score is based on a quantified extent of the abnormality. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036037 | FRAUD ANALYSIS FOR A LOCATION AWARE TRANSACTION - The disclosed subject matter provides for fraud analysis for a location aware transaction. In an aspect, location information can be associated with historical fraud events. The location of user equipment can be analyzed against historical fraud information to facilitate determination of a fraud factor value. The fraud factor value can reflect a determination related to the likelihood of fraud occurring in the present transaction based on the historic fraud events at the same or similar location as the present location of the user equipment. The determination can be based on fraud rules. Further aspects provide for abstraction of the fraud factor to limit exposure of personal information associated with wireless carrier subscribers in fraud analysis for a location aware transaction. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036038 | FINANCIAL ACTIVITY MONITORING SYSTEM - The present subject matter discloses a system and a method for monitoring financial activities such as transactions performed by a customer. In one implementation, the method includes retrieving customer attributes pertaining to a customer and retrieving transaction attributes pertaining to at least one transactions performed by the customer. The method further includes monitoring the at least transactions based on at least one transaction monitoring rules retrieved from rules data and generating a normalized risk index, indicative of the risk exposure of a financial institution, for the at least one transaction. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036039 | SYSTEM FOR MARKET HEDGING AND RELATED METHOD - A system includes a data collection module that collects data for a plurality of fuels. A selection module selects fuels from the plurality of fuels based on the properties of the fuels to generate sets of fuels. A benchmark generating module that generates fuel commodity benchmarks indicating aggregate qualities of the sets of fuels. A fuel commodity benchmark for a set of fuels is generated based on weighted averages of the properties of the fuels in the set of fuels. A communication module communicates the fuel commodity benchmarks to traders and that receives orders for derivatives contracts from the traders based on the fuel commodity benchmarks. An order processing module processes an order for derivatives contracts based on differences between actual properties of the fuel to be physically delivered under the terms of an operative derivatives contract and the aggregate qualities indicated by an operative fuel commodity benchmark. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036040 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FINANCING THE GRADUAL ACQUISITION OF QUOTAS OF AN ESTATE - A method for implementing a gradual acquisition plan on the part of a purchaser of an estate which is registered in the name of a legal entity represented by quotas; the quotas are transferred by the bank, owner of the legal entity holder of the estate, to the purchaser, according to a certain gradual reacquisition plan; the method includes reacquisition phases on the part of said purchaser of quota or portions of it through the payment, to the bank, of monthly installments, each including the quota value and relative interest; said quotas can be exchanged by an electronic system in order to exchange the estate with another property by mean their respective legal entity. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036041 | System and Method for Order Placement in an Electronic Trading Environment - A system and associated methods are provided for intelligent placement and movement of orders in an electronic trading environment. According to one example method, in addition to submitting a leg order at a calculated price level, additional orders, queue holder orders, are submitted for the leg order at prices either below or above the calculated price level. Based on this configuration, if the conditions change such that it is necessary to re-price the leg order, there will be already an order resting in the exchange order book at the re-calculated price that can be used in the strategy. Upon re-pricing the leg order, one or more additional queue holder orders will be placed in the market. Other tools are provided as well. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036042 | FACILITATING THE OWNERSHIP OF SOLAR-POWERED ELECTRICITY-GENERATING SYSTEMS - Methods of facilitating a party's purchase of an electricity-generating solar power system are disclosed. The methods may comprise entering into, by the lender, an agreement with the party whereby, in exchange for a payment amount paid by the lender to a seller of the solar power system, the lender owns and is to sell up to 100% of the electricity generated by the party's solar power system after installation for a contract time period defined by the agreement. The methods may also comprise paying, by the lender, the payment amount to the seller for the solar power system. The contract time period may extend, for example, until sales of the electricity by the lender after installation generate an aggregate payment amount that meets or exceeds a specified level. The contract time period or unit quantity might also be fixed. The lender may also receive environmental attributes from the party. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036043 | IMAGE-BASED PRODUCT MAPPING - Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for image-based product mapping are presented. In some embodiments, a server computer may receive, from a first computing device, a first image and information identifying a first location at which the first image was captured. The first image may include a first product. Subsequently, the server computer may receive, from a second computing device, a second image and information identifying a second location at which the second image was captured. The second image may include a second product, and the second location may be different from the first location. The server computer then may analyze the first image to identify the first product and the second image to identify the second product. Thereafter, the server computer may store, in at least one database, first information associating the first product with the first location, and second information associating the second product with the second location. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036044 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE FOR CONTACTING A BUSINESS - A communication device for contacting a business is provided. The device can be a stand-alone communication device that is capable of connecting to a business over a wireless network. The device includes a microphone, a speaker, a single control to activate the device, and contact information related to a business. Once activated, the device utilizes the contact information and connects to the business to facilitate communication between the business and a consumer who activates the device. The speaker and microphone allow the user to communicate and relay information through the communication device. The device may further contain a means to collect payment information and transmit that information to the business entity for automatic billing. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036045 | Systems and Methods Involving Processing of Payments Using Handheld Devices - Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for allowing merchants to perform remote credit card transactions by facilitating non-CNP transactions via a package delivery service. A non-CNP transaction includes a credit card transaction where the card is physically presented to the merchant and a receipt may be signed. Various embodiments may also include transactions in which an imprint of the card is taken. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036046 | Payment Platform for Online Service Providers - Payment providers interact with an online service provider using a standard interface provided by the online service provider for different payment providers. A payment provider can invoke the interface of the online service provider to add credits for a user of the online service provider. The online service provider allows users to make purchases using credits. The online service provider authorizes purchases made by the user based on credits available for the user or based on a history of payments from the user. The online service provider sends an invoice based on the purchases to the payment provider. The payment provider can be any system that can invoke the interface provided by the online service provider. For example, the payment provider can be a financial institution, another user, or a business that provides credits to the user for performing actions that benefit the business. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036047 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR CENTRALIZED MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL OF A BUDGET AND ELECTRONIC MASS DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS - A computer-implemented centralized budgeting system and method can include a central budget account containing a quantity of electronic funds housed in a computer system of a financial institution. A plurality of cards can be distributed to account holders to provide access to the funds in the central budget account. A control database can be provided and stored in a server computer system. The control database can include one or more sets of rules for controlling the approval or denial of card requests to access the funds in the central budget account. A web-interface can be provided to enable a client to establish and/or modify the one or more sets of rules for controlling the approval or denial of card requests. Secondary account holders can be provided access to the funds in the central budget account upon one or more different sets of rules than the primary account holder(s). | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036048 | System for Payment via Electronic Wallet - A method includes receiving a request to process, against an electronic wallet, a portion of a transaction, an electronic wallet optionally comprising a sub-wallet, the transaction processed against the wallet and/or sub-wallet. The method further includes identifying one or more electronic value tokens in the e-wallet and/or sub-wallet that, when used together, will cover the portion of the transaction. The method further includes applying the electronic value tokens to the portion of the transaction. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036049 | DISTRIBUTED TRANSACTION SYSTEM - A distributed transaction system for enabling users to conduct transactions using services from third party service providers includes a central processing center with one or more communications interfaces to facilitate transactions initiated by users at a plurality of kiosks wherein each of the kiosks includes a user interface enabling a user to access a user selected service and a data store for storing configurations associated with services provided by the third party service providers, whereby a user interfaces with one or more of physical system resources of the kiosk to open a user identity session such that the kiosk is operative to facilitate at least one first user action with the physical resources to initiate a financial transaction and the central processing center is operative to execute at least a second action to facilitate the transaction and to communicate with a financial institution. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036050 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING A NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION DEVICE TO CONDUCT A TRANSACTION WITH AN ALIAS - A system and method for using a static or dynamically-generated alias to conduct financial transactions via a Near Field Communication Device at a merchant is provided. The system and method allows a user to provide an alias identifying the user in order to conduct transactions via a near field communication device without needing to transfer the user's account number. The method associates the alias with an account of the user. The alias may be a static alias or a dynamic alias. A dynamic alias is generated for a transaction based in part on a characteristic of the transaction. The method determines the account number associated with the alias and completes the transaction using the alias. The method may also evaluate the transaction to determine whether pre-determined rules are complied with and provide confirmation to the user and/or merchant that the transaction has completed. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036051 | NON-NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION POINT OF SALE EXPERIENCE - System, method, and computer program product are provided for a user to provide payment for a transaction via non-near field communications at the point-of-sale. Once a user enters a merchant, the user may purchase products from the merchant through a P2P mobile payment. The user may identify himself/herself on a mobile phone and access the P2P mobile payment system. The user then selects the merchant that he/she is purchasing from and the financial institution providing the user with a payment PIN. The PIN is a randomly generated numbers or letters set that the user inputs at the point-of-sale to provide payment for a transaction at the merchant. This invention allows a user to receive and provide payments for any type of transaction utilizing the security, accuracy, and convenience without having to disclose personal data such as an account number, routing number, or the like. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036052 | CREDIT TRANSACTION SYSTEM, APPARATUS, TERMINAL CAPABLE OF GRADING CREDIT AND METHOD THEREOF - A credit transaction system, apparatus, and method are capable of grading credit to other people. The credit transaction system includes a relay unit, a user terminal, and a seller terminal. The relay unit stores credit information including at least one of credit card information and account information of a credit owner, user information and terminal information on a user designated by the credit owner, and credit limit information on a limit usable by the user. The user terminal transmits the user's terminal information to a seller terminal corresponding to the seller. The seller terminal transmits billing records on the goods or service purchased by the user in response to the received user's terminal information. Here, the relay unit performs an authentication process for the user corresponding to the user terminal, and then relays to process payment regarding the billing records via the credit information within the credit limit information. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036053 | Centralized Identification and Authentication System and Method - A Central-Entity centralizes users' personal and financial information in a secure environment in order to prevent the distribution of user's information in e-commerce. This information is then used to create digital identity for the users. The digital identity of each user is dynamic, non-predictable and time dependent, because it is a combination of a user name and a dynamic, non-predictable and time dependent secure code that will be provided to the user for his identification. The user provides his digital identity to an External-Entity such as merchant or service provider. The External-Entity is dependent on Central-Entity to identify the user based on the digital identity given by the user. The External-Entity forwards the user's digital identity to the Central-Entity for identification and authentication of the user and the transaction. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036054 | OFFSITE FINANCIAL ACCOUNT ONBOARDING - Offsite financial account onboarding is provided which creates a more streamlined process for a customer. The customer accesses a money services businesss business electronic system to request financial account setup. The onboarding system establishes account, access to a pooled custodial account managed by the money services businesss business based on preliminary identification (ID) data from the customer. With only preliminary ID data, account access limits are assigned which reduces the risk of fraud or criminal activity with the customer's account access. Because account access is established with just the preliminary ID data, the customer may fully obtain account access directly from a mobile device. The money services businesss business provides additional graduated access levels depending on additional ID data provided by the customer. Thus, depending on the type of ID data provided by the customer, the customer's account access will have corresponding access level rights to the custodial account. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036055 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A FINANCIAL TRANSACTION INSTRUMENT WITH USER-DEFINABLE AUTHORIZATION CRITERIA - Authorization limits on the use of a financial transaction instrument, such as a credit card and the like, may be set by an owner of a financial account corresponding to the financial transaction instrument. The owner provides information identifying the owner, the financial account, and the financial transaction instrument corresponding to the financial account to a computer, and also provides an owner-defined authorization limit on use of the financial transaction instrument to the computer. The authorization limit is stored in a database, which is accessed when there is a request to authorize a purchase to be made with the financial transaction instrument. The owner may communicate with the computer via a Web site, an automated call program, a kiosk, or the like. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036056 | CASH PAYMENT FOR REMOTE TRANSACTIONS - Methods coordinate payment for a remote transaction with a first party. An identification of the first party is received at a host system. Acknowledgment of receipt of a cash payment from a second party is received. The cash payment is associated with the identification of the first party. A money transfer corresponding to the cash payment to the control of the first party is executed with a request for the first party to perform on previously agreed terms of the remote transaction. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036057 | WEB-BASED ELECTRONIC CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE TRANSFER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A Web-based Electronic Controlled Substance (CS) Transfer Management System and Method designed to fully comply with the DEA requirements for a prescription of controlled substances. The system and method allows the buyer to securely order and confirm the receipt of the controlled substances over an existing Internet infrastructure of the buyer such as a Web browser as the buyer's software, thus avoiding the necessity of any additional proprietary software or hardware to be built and installed onto the buyer's computer. The system and method further utilizes various validation functions, related to signing the controlled substance prescription with the utilization of the PKI certificate therefore, completely eliminating the necessity of the paper DEA 222 Form. The transfer of the controlled substances is managed through a secured database server, wherein signed validated orders are posted for fulfillment and reporting to the DEA. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036058 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SECURELY PROCESSING TRANSACTIONS - This disclosure includes a system, method, and article of manufacture for securely processing a transaction. The method may comprise performing a three factor authentication, communicating and/or generating, to a web client, a token in response to a transaction request and based upon the three factor authentication, comparing the token to a received token, and authorizing the transaction request based upon the comparing. Three factor authentication may comprise authenticating a web client to a transaction account associated with an individual, authenticating a web client to a payment network associated with the transaction account, and authenticating an individual to the transaction account based upon a biometric sample. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036059 | ELECTRONIC PRICE-PROPOSING SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC PRICE-PROPOSING DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC PRICE-PROPOSING METHOD - An electronic price-proposing server is provided with: a secret-key recording means for recording identification codes assigned individually to multiple user terminals and calculation values thereof, in association with each of the users as secret keys thereof, an encrypting means for generating encryption data with the chaotic encryption method, a price-data recording means for recording the encryption data in association with the corresponding item and user, a searching means for searching for and reading encryption data corresponding to requests from user terminals, and a transmitting means for transmitting the result thereof to the user terminals. Meanwhile, the user terminals are provided with: a decrypting means for decrypting the received encrypted data, using an identification-code value read out from an identification-code value reading means, and generating the original price data, and a displaying means for displaying the decrypted price data. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036060 | FRAMEWORK FOR MANAGING PROJECTS IN AN ORGANIZATION - The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a framework for managing lifecycle of a project in an organization. The framework comprises a project management module configured to provide plurality of guidelines to execute a project in a global context, a behavior module configured to provide a plurality of skill sets required for the effective execution of the project, a focus module configured to generate efficient outcomes in the project performance and a support module configured to provide integrated project management. The framework provides multiple levels of project management certifications to address the competency needs as per various roles requirement in an organization. The disclosure also provides a method of implementing project management certifications which are mapped as per various roles requirements in an organization. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036061 | PRODUCT RECALL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT - An approach to providing relevant product safety information. Product recall information is aggregated from Internet sources into a database of product recall information. Product identification is gathered from products in the consumer's possession. The product identification may be gathered by having a computing device communicate with the products and store the product information in a data structure such as a table in a database. The product identification for the products is compared with the product recall information, and the consumer is notified of product recall information that is associated with one or more of the products. A computer implementing the system may cause the products themselves to notify the consumer. The consumer may also be notified by text message or email. The consumer may also set a sensitivity indicator that specifies conditions to be met before the consumer receives a notification. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036062 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING CUSTOMER SERVICE EFFICIENCY - The disclosed embodiments relate to a method for improving customer service efficiency. The method preferably comprises receiving information from a customer, identifying an issue based on the information received from the customer, and determining, by a computing device, whether a solution resolving the identified issue exists in a knowledge database that associates customer issues with known solutions, wherein the knowledge database includes information based on historical data, expert knowledge, one or more diagnostic techniques, and one or more language models. The disclosed embodiment also relates to a system and computer-readable code that can be used to implement the exemplary methods. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036063 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING AN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY TRANSACTION - A comprehensive platform for merchandising intellectual property (IP) and conducting IP transactions is disclosed. A standardized data collection method enables IP assets to be characterized, rated and valuated in a consistent manner. Project management, workflow and data security functionality enable consistent, efficient and secure interactions between the IP Marketplace participants throughout the IP transaction process. Business rules, workflows, valuation models and rating methods may be user defined or based upon marketplace, industry or technology standards. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036064 | Detached Economy in Online Game - Methods, systems, and computer programs for generating revenue in an online game are presented. One method includes an operation for creating, in the online game, a first virtual currency and a game score, where the amount of the first virtual currency can be increased in exchange for real currency. The first virtual currency can be traded for advancement in the online game. Further, a game module, that is an autonomous game within the online game, is started, and a second virtual currency and a module score are created in the game module. The amount of the second virtual currency can be increased in exchange for real currency, where the second virtual currency can be traded for advancement in the game module and cannot be traded for advancement in the online game outside of the game module. Advancement in the game module increases the module score and does not increase the game score. In addition, at least one form of advancement in the game module can be obtained with the second virtual currency and cannot be obtained with the first virtual currency. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036065 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING JOB CANDIDATES, SOCIAL NETWORKS, AND RECRUITERS TO FACILITATE THE RECRUITING PROCESS - In general, the invention relates to a method for identifying a job candidate. The method includes determining new job characteristics for the new job using a job record corresponding to the new job, identifying an old job using the new job characteristics and old job characteristics, where the old job is similar to the new job and where a similarity between the old job and the new job is quantified using a job similarity factor. The method further includes selecting a job candidate, where the job candidate has applied for the old job, determining a candidate matching factor for the job candidate based on the old job, determining a rating for the job candidate using the job similarity factor and the candidate matching factor for the job candidate, and identifying the job candidate to contact about the job based on the rating. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036066 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR ONLINE CAREER NETWORKING - A method and computer program product for career networking is provided. A career networking apparatus may receive a request to create a job opening and associate it with a desired level of competency, job hierarchy, prerequisite, and organization profile. A method for searching for and displaying a job opening is also provided. An applicant may create a profile and assign different levels of privacy to profile information. Profiles may be viewed by recruiters according to profile privacy levels and clearance levels of the recruiter. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036067 | PROGRAM FOR ALTERNATIVE FUNDING OF EMPLOYEE AND RETIREE BENEFITS - An insurance program for funding benefits by maintaining assets in the insurance program that includes an employer or employee owned trust account and at least one life insurance contract obtained directly or indirectly from a captive insurance company. The life insurance contract is purchased with assets from the trust account and the captive insurance company is a least partially owned by the employer. When paying or reimbursing benefits, the employer or the trust may pay the benefit and if the employer pays the benefit, the trust may reimburse the employer. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036068 | LOGISTICAL MANAGEMENT OF CARGO SHIPMENTS - The present application is directed to systems and methods for logistical management of a cargo shipment. An exemplary method comprises receiving input data related to the cargo. An analysis of the input data may then be performed, and a logistical or movement protocol for the cargo shipment may be modified based on the results of the input data analysis. Various embodiments of the methods may also include comparing the input data to at least one predetermined standard and modifying the logistical or movement protocol if the input data deviates from the standard by at least a predetermined amount. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036069 | Quality Control Utilizing Automated And Manual Determinations - A reputation quality control environment and methodology utilizes periodic automated product scoring and timely manual product reviews to ensure the accuracy of product rankings. The reputation quality control environment has a reputation scale that is divided into one or more reputation bands with product placement within each successively higher band signifying a more desirable product. Products included within the quality control environment are periodically automatically scored based on one or more product characteristic values. Products whose reputation score renders them eligible for a new, higher reputation band are manually reviewed prior to being allowed into the higher band. Products whose product reputation score is on a trajectory that indicates the product will likely attempt to enter a new, higher reputation band within a predetermined timeframe are timely manually reviewed so that acceptable products can be instantaneously allowed into the new band when their reputation score provides for it. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036070 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANALYZING A STOCK - A system for analyzing a security includes a processor; an input module configured to cause a graphical user interface to be rendered on a user's client machine, the interface including a graph of stock price versus trading dates, with price being indicated on a first axis and trading dates being indicated on a second axis, the interface being configured to input a first trading date by a user interacting with the graph and actuating on the graph in a location, along the second axis, representing the first trading date, the interface being configured to input a second trading date by a user interacting with the graph and actuating on the graph in a location, along the second axis, representing the second trading date; a return decomposition module configured to compute, using the processor, shareholder return between the first trading date and second trading date, and to decompose the shareholder return into: zero growth earnings yield, earnings and yield growth, capital needs for growth, change in price-earnings ratio, and timing differences; and an output module configured to display the decomposition on the user's client machine in the form of a chart. Other systems and methods, and computer readable media are disclosed. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036071 | DYNAMIC COMMODITY INDEX METHODOLOGY - A rules-based commodity index methodology which is based on the performance of a fully margined or collateralized portfolio of 14 futures contracts with equal weights from six commodity sectors: energy, precious metals, industrial metals, grains, softs and livestock. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036072 | Method and System for Structuring The Ownership of an Investment - A method of structuring ownership of an invention including the steps of receiving an investment commitment and a capital contribution from at least one investor, investing the capital contribution in a portfolio company, assigning a set of securities to the at least one investor based upon the capital contribution, the set of securities comprising a plurality of strips, and providing one or more of the plurality of strips to the at least one investor, wherein each of the plurality of strips is defined as a portion of the capital contribution and wherein at least one of the strips is dedicated for donation by the investor to at least one charity. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036073 | System and Method for Management of Financial Advisor Records - An interactive system for managing records of a financial advisor by a service provider on behalf of the financial advisor. The system includes a financial advisor management application that provides a user interface displayed on the financial advisor computer, which receives, stores, and provides information regarding clients, the financial advisor and the financial advisor practice via multiple system tools. One system tool, in particular, the regulatory compliance tool, monitors the information and creates and stores client files for complying with various financial audit requirements. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036074 | UNSTEADINESS COMPENSATION IN VALUATION SYSTEM AND METHODS - There is provided a data processing system and method for valuing a bundle of constructs that may individually fail, in case of a separation event causing the bundle of constructs to separate a failing construct from the bundle. A present value determination unit applies a predefined model to determine a present value of the bundle of constructs after having separated the failing construct from the bundle. Further, a static value determination unit determines a static value by reducing a static base number each time a separation event occurs. Furthermore, a calculation unit calculates a value of the bundle of constructs based on the determined present value and the determined static value. The calculation unit is adapted to calculate a sum of the determined present value and the determined static value. In an embodiment, the bundle of constructs is a basket of credit default swaps. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036075 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TREATING PATIENTS IN ANY HEALTHCARE SETTING WITH PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS BASED ON A DISEASE STATE AND A FEE STRUCTURE ADJUSTED FOR A FIXED PERIOD OF TIME - A method and system to treat a patient with a specific disease state, based on ICD coding, with prescription medications approved by the FDA for that disease state without regard to dosage, quantity or schedule, and calculating a cost to treat the primary or secondary ICD coding based on a fee structure adjusted for a fixed period of time, and which factors in drugs being excluded and be reflected in the cost offered to the patient or health plan. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036076 | METHOD FOR KEYWORD EXTRACTION - Presented is a method of extracting keywords. The method includes obtaining a corpus of documents, determining a first set of words that appear as keywords in a document present in the corpus of documents, determining a second set of words that appear in the corpus of documents but not necessarily appear as keywords in the document, and determining a final set of keywords for the document by combining the first set of words with the second set of words. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036077 | NEURAL NET FOR USE IN DRILLING SIMULATION - A method of optimizing a drilling tool assembly including inputting well data into an optimization system, the optimization system having an experience data set and an artificial neural network. The method further including comparing the well data to the experience data set and developing an initial drilling tool assembly based on the comparing the well data to the experience data, wherein the drilling tool assembly is developed using the artificial neural network. Additionally, the method including simulating the initial drilling tool assembly in the optimization system and creating result data in the optimization system based on the simulating. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036078 | DEVICE AND METHOD RESPONSIVE TO INFLUENCES OF MIND - V An anomalous effect detector ( | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036079 | DETERMINING INVARIANTS IN A MODEL - A method, apparatus and product for determining invariants in a model. One exemplary embodiments is a computer-implemented method performed by a computerized device, comprising: obtaining a set of candidates of invariants with respect to a model, the model comprising a transition relation axiom and an initial axiom; for substantially each candidate, adding to the model a first auxiliary variable, the first auxiliary variable is defined to be implied from the candidate being held in a predetermined cycle; iteratively trying to prove an inductive step with respect to a subset of the candidates, wherein in response to determining that a candidate is not held inductively removing the candidate from the subset of the candidates, wherein determining which candidate is not held inductively is performed based on values of the first auxiliary variables. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036080 | Method And Apparatus For A Predictive Tracking Device - A predictive tracking method and apparatus utilizing objective and subjective data in order to predict user states is provided herein. For example, some such embodiments may allow a user to track their mood or health symptoms in relation to retrieved data regarding their environmental in order to reveal patterns that can help forecast and proactively manage mood or health symptoms. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036081 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Provided is a n information processing device including a collection unit configured to collect meta feedback that is feedback on a combination including a content, a user, and feedback on the content of the user, and a prediction unit configured to obtain a predicted acceptance degree that is a prediction value of a degree to which an active user that is a target user accepts a combination including at least one of the content, the user, and the feedback, based on the collected meta feedback. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036082 | MULTIPLE IMPUTATION OF MISSING DATA IN MULTI-DIMENSIONAL RETAIL SALES DATA SETS VIA TENSOR FACTORIZATION - A system, method and computer program product provides for multiple imputation of missing data elements in retail data sets used for modeling and decision-support applications based on the multi-dimensional, tensor structure of the data sets, and a fast, scalable scheme is implemented that is suitable for large data sets. The method generates multiple imputations comprising a set of complete data sets each containing one of a plurality of imputed realizations for the missing data values in the original data set, so that the variability in the magnitudes of these missing data values can be captured for subsequent statistical analysis. The method is based on the multi-dimensional structure of the retail data sets incorporating tensor factorization, that in a preferred embodiment can be implemented using fast, scalable imputation methods suitable for large data sets, to obtain multiple complete data sets in which the original missing values are replaced by various imputed values. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036083 | System and Method for Storing Lookup Request Rules in Multiple Memories - In one embodiment, a system includes a data navigation unit configured to navigate through a data structure stored in a first memory to a first representation of at least one rule. The system further includes at least one rule processing unit configured to a) receive the at least one rule based on the first representation of the at least one rule from a second memory to one of the rule processing unit, and b) processing a key using the at least one rule. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036084 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING SPARSE SIGNAL, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECOVERING SPARSE SIGNAL VIA BELIEF PROPAGATION AND BAYESIAN HYPOTHESIS TEST - Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for transmitting a sparse signal, and a method and an apparatus for recovering the sparse signal. The method for recovering a sparse signal by using a sparse signal recovering device that recovers a target signal from a received signal includes receiving a measurement signal with a noise signal from a sparse signal transmitting device which scans a target signal based on a measurement matrix, performing a mutual update procedure in which a likelihood probability is calculated by using a posterior probability of the target signal based on a relation between the target signal and the measurement signal, and the posterior probability is updated by using the likelihood probability, and recovering the target signal by performing maximum a posterior estimation for a final posterior probability output through the mutual update procedure. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036085 | METHOD FOR SOLVING LINEAR PROGRAMS - The invention provides for a computer-implemented method for solving a linear program (LP), the method comprising the steps of:
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| 20130036086 | APPLICATION UPDATE SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for storing documents that are being tracked in an on-demand service. These mechanisms and methods for storing documents in an on-demand service can enable embodiments to provide the sharing of documents and the storing of the documents in association with a tag. The ability of embodiments to provide the sharing of documents and the storing can enable an efficient searching for a shared document. In an embodiment, the shared document is categorized upon being stored. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036087 | VISIBILITY AND MANAGEMENT OF PROJECT DATA - An integrated system for facilitating visibility and management of projects in a Content Management Application (CMA) is provided. A Project Application Server PAS is enabled to coordinate and associate with a CMA and to identify projects, project data, and project task lists associated with the projects processed by the CMA. The PAS may import the projects, the associated project data, and project task lists, into a central database managed by the PAS. The PAS database may also provide a centralized framework for displaying projects and enabling a user to view the projects in order to see activity and content related to a particular project in the centralized PAS framework. The PAS and the CMA may be continuously synchronized in order to maintain current versions of project content as projects are modified by users in the CMA and/or the PAS framework. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036088 | Metadata management for fixed content distributed data storage - An archival storage cluster of symmetric nodes includes a metadata management system that organizes metadata objects. Each metadata object may have a unique name, and metadata objects are organized into regions. A region is selected by hashing one or more object attributes and extracting a given number of bits of the resulting hash value. The number of bits may be controlled by a configuration parameter. Each region is stored redundantly. A region comprises a set of region copies. In particular, there is one authoritative copy of the region, and zero or more backup copies. The number of backup copies may be controlled by a configuration parameter. Region copies are distributed across the nodes of the cluster to balance the number of authoritative region copies per node, and the number of total region copies per node. Backup region copies are maintained synchronized to their associated authoritative region copy. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036089 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASYNCHRONOUS DISTRIBUTED DATABASE MANAGEMENT - Embodiments of the present disclosure include systems and methods for asynchronous distributed database management. In one embodiment, the systems and methods wait to execute or update a database transaction or command until specific conditions are satisfied, essentially divorcing the read-time from update-time in evaluation of a single expression. Accordingly, the systems and methods described herein can, in some instances, resolve the temporary inconsistencies without aborting and/or otherwise terminating a database transaction that would otherwise be aborted. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036090 | DATABASE UPDATE CONTROL APPARATUS, DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - When update information with respect to a first database or a second database is received, a database update control apparatus updates the first database or the second database on the basis of the update information. When updating the first database or the second database, the database update control apparatus associates pre-update data with an identifier that is added to the update information and retains them for each database. The database update control apparatus extracts, for each database from among the retained identifiers, an identifier that indicates the latest update information and specifies, from the extracted identifiers, an identifier that is the oldest updated identifier. The database update control apparatus reflects pre-update data associated with an identifier that is newer than that specified in a corresponding database out of the first database and the second database. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036091 | INCREMENTAL COPY PERFORMANCE BETWEEN DATA STORES - Systems and methods are disclosed for copying a data object to a target storage pool using a hybrid of storage pools, in which at least one of the storage pools is particularly efficient at identifying data that should be used for copying the data object to the target storage pool, and at least one of the storage pools is particularly efficient at retrieving the data that should be sent to the target storage pool. The system comprises a performance storage pool for storing data and having relatively high performance for retrieving stored data; a deduplicating storage pool for storing deduplicated data and storing metadata about data objects in the system and which has relatively high performance for identifying and specifying differences in a data object over time; and a controller for causing the performance storage pool to retrieve differences and provide the data to the target storage pool. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036092 | Method and System to Maintain Strong Consistency of Distributed Replicated Contents in a Client/Server System - A method and a system for maintaining consistency of replicated files distributed over a plurality of independent processing slave nodes part of an application tier of a multi-tier client/server data processing system are described. The replicated files are distributed from a master node of a master tier. Upon reception of an update request to update a master database a new version of a replicated file is first generated and stored in a shared file system. A notification of availability of the new version is forwarded to a synchronizing slave node and broadcasted to all slave nodes. Each slave node preloads the new version of the replicated file from the shared file system and acknowledges successful completion. Upon reception of all acknowledgments in the synchronization slave node a notification of preloading achievement is forwarded to the master server which updates the master database. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036093 | Reliable Writing of Database Log Data - The invention concerns reliable writing of database log data, In particular, the invention concerns a computer system, methods and software to enable database log data to be written to recoverable storage in a reliable way. There is provided a computer system ( | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036094 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING A SUPPORTED CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN APPLICATIONS - A computer-implemented system and method that analyzes metadata of the first application to identify a first data object and one or more first fields of the first data object, the first data object and the first fields being part of the metadata of the first application, identifies one or more second applications having a second data object with one or more second fields, and determines, for at least one of the second applications, a supported connectivity with the first application and whether the supported connectivity is a point-to-point connectivity or a connectivity through a central design time repository. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036095 | DISCOVERY OF NON-STANDARD FOLDERS FOR BACKUP - The identifying folder paths for backup techniques include a method, a system, and/or a computer software product. In some embodiments of these techniques, the method includes scanning a client device for folders. The method further includes identifying one or more folder paths on a client device according to a pre-defined criteria associated with a backup policy for the client device. The method further includes consolidating the one or more folder paths into a consolidated list of folder paths. The method further includes presenting the consolidated list of one or more folder paths to a user. This Abstract is provided for the sole purpose of complying with the Abstract requirement rules. This Abstract is submitted with the explicit understanding that it will not be used to interpret or to limit the scope or the meaning of the claims. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036096 | MECHANISM FOR FACILITATING DYNAMIC CLONING OF DATA RECORDS IN AN ON-DEMAND SERVICES ENVIRONMENT - In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for facilitating dynamic cloning of data records in an on-demand services environment. In one embodiment and by way of example, a method includes receiving a request for cloning of a data record. The cloning request contains instructions relating to the cloning of the data record. The method may further include examining one or more existing data records associated with the data record, and cloning, at a computing device, the data record into one or more data records based on the information contained within the cloning request and the examination of the one or more existing data records. | 2013-02-07 |
| 20130036097 | DATA FINGERPRINTING FOR COPY ACCURACY ASSURANCE - Systems and methods are disclosed for efficiently creating a data fingerprint to identify or characterize contents of a data object by using a selection function to select a plurality of non-contiguous regions from the data object, the selected regions each having a small number of bytes relative to the number of bytes in the data object and being distributed throughout the data object so that the selected regions comprise a sparse subset of the data of the data object yet provide a significant probability of including bytes that change if the data object were modified; and performing a hash operation on the data to produce a fingerprint based on the sparse subset of the data object. The data fingerprint thereby efficiently provides an indication of the contents of the data object, so that comparing data fingerprints can determine if the data objects are different if the corresponding fingerprints are different. | 2013-02-07 |
