| 06th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 52 |
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| 20120035958 | Method And System For Managing Patient Healthcare - Methods and systems are provided for managing patient healthcare, which include creating a patient profile for a patient, screening and assessing the patient with respect to a disease and updating the patient profile, determining a health management status of the patient with respect to the disease based on a comparison of the updated patient profile to at least one predefined criterion regarding progression of the disease, and providing a recommended action based upon the health management status and updated patient profile. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035959 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR AN INTELLIGENT MEDICAL PRACTICE SYSTEM EMPLOYING A LEARNING KNOWLEDGE BASE - An intelligent care provider medical practice system which learns the care provider's preferences and historical diagnosis for predicting and treating patients based on provided information. The system makes use of one or more medical knowledge bases and utilizes artificial intelligence and reasoning to learn the provider's preferences and tendencies. The system also automatically generates the provider's notes, treatment plans, and other medical practice actions for treating, billing, and processing the patient after an exam or visit. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035960 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A PERSONALIZED EXCHANGE MARKET - The present invention relates to systems and methods for providing a personalized exchange market, and more specifically, to systems and methods for establishing personalized pledge agreements for uncertain future events or occurrences. In one embodiment, the invention includes a method including the steps of facilitating a pledge offer via a network, the pledge offer specifying an outcome of an uncertain future occurrence, the uncertain future occurrence being independently definable; facilitating an acceptance of the pledge offer over via the network, the acceptance forming a pledge agreement; determining the outcome; and facilitating performance of the pledge agreement based on the outcome. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035961 | HEALTHCARE INFORMATION SYSTEM WITH CLINICAL INFORMATION EXCHANGE - A system for distributed computing in a health care environment includes at least one clinical exchange server programmed to maintain a separate patient record for each patient. Each patient record includes an event registry indicating the application that recorded the event and event summary data. When a query is received including information usable to identify an event in the event registry, the query and the event registry are used to identify the event and an application that recorded the event. A second query is generated that specifies the identified event, and the second query is transmitted to the identified application. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035962 | COMPUTERIZED MEDICAL SELF-DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT ADVICE SYSTEM INCLUDING MODIFIED DATA STRUCTURE - A system for providing computerized, knowledge-based medical diagnostic and treatment advice. The medical advice is provided to the general public over a digital network via interactive dialogue. Software authoring languages, interactive voice response and speech recognition are used to enable expert and general practitioner knowledge to be encoded for access by the public. “Meta” functions for time-density analysis of a number of factors regarding the number of medical complaints per unit of time are an integral part of the system. A semantic discrepancy evaluator routine along with a mental status examination are used to detect the consciousness level of a user of the system. A dynamic data structure is used to record and save new patient data over time. A symptom severity analysis helps to respond to the changing conditions. System sensitivity factors may be changed at a global level or other levels to adjust the system advice as necessary. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035963 | SYSTEM THAT AUTOMATICALLY RETRIEVES REPORT TEMPLATES BASED ON DIAGNOSTIC INFORMATION - When generating radiology reports, image findings and/or clinical information is automatically mapped to an appropriate standardized structured report template. The report template contains placeholders for information such as case-specific images and measureable values, and the placeholders are filled in by either the radiologist or by automatic procedures such as image processing algorithms, text extraction algorithms, or the like. In this manner, the radiologist is assisted in effectively generating a reader-independent high-quality diagnostic report. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035964 | COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED INSURANCE SELECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Disclosed herein are selection systems and methods for selecting a disability insurance package from a plurality of disability insurance packages, and for recommending the selected disability insurance package to a client. A selection system can include a query unit, a scoring unit and a recommendation unit. The query unit can present two or more prompts related to disability insurance, each prompt being associated with two or more response choices. A client can select a response choice for each prompt, and the query unit can receive the selected response choices. The scoring unit can associate point values with each of the selected response choices and can calculate a response score by combining the point values. The recommendation unit can select a disability insurance package corresponding the response score resulting from the user's responses to the prompts. Other embodiments of selection systems are also disclosed herein. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035965 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND MACHINE-READABLE STORAGE MEDIA FOR INTERFACING WITH A COMPUTER FLIGHT SYSTEM - Provided herein are systems, methods and machine-readable media for interfacing with computer flight systems. For example, one embodiment is described wherein an unknown and/or changing inventory of aircraft, potentially including aircraft owned or operated by third parties, is managed to provide flight schedules, fare structures, and reservation inventories to computer flight systems. Another embodiment is described wherein aircraft inventory is allocated dynamically and/or adjusted in real-time in response to bookings of seats on aircraft flights in the flight schedule. Another embodiment is described wherein aircraft inventory may be changed by suppliers of aircraft, including changes to costs for using a portion of the inventory (e.g., using an aircraft for a day), and a management system may modify booking class inventories on one or more flights in the flight schedule in response. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035966 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND MACHINE-READABLE STORAGE MEDIA FOR INTERFACING WITH A COMPUTER FLIGHT SYSTEM - Provided herein are systems, methods and machine-readable media for interfacing with computer flight systems. For example, one embodiment is described wherein an unknown and/or changing inventory of aircraft, potentially including aircraft owned or operated by third parties, is managed to provide flight schedules, fare structures, and reservation inventories to computer flight systems. Another embodiment is described wherein aircraft inventory is allocated dynamically and/or adjusted in real-time in response to bookings of seats on aircraft flights in the flight schedule. Another embodiment is described wherein aircraft inventory may be changed by suppliers of aircraft, including changes to costs for using a portion of the inventory (e.g., using an aircraft for a day), and a management system may modify booking class inventories on one or more flights in the flight schedule in response. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035967 | SOFTWARE TO PROVIDE GEOGRAPHICALLY RELEVANT WEBSITE CONTENT - Internet based software application that identifies the geographic location of each a website visitor by their IP address to provide geographically relevant content to each individual visitor in a customized web page. In an embodiment, content can be further customized by web page viewing patterns of users in similar geographic locations. In an embodiment the software application matches the visitor's location to likely travel departure points with offerings likely to interest a visitor from said location and displays likely attractive offers dynamically to that visitor. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035968 | Business Process Diagram Visualization Using Heat Maps - System and method for displaying information regarding a business process. A diagram of the business process may be displayed on a display. The diagram may include a plurality of icons connected by lines, where each of the icons represents a respective step in the business process and the lines indicate flow paths between the steps. Historical data regarding the business process may be received. The historical data may be analyzed to determine information regarding steps and/or flow paths in the business process. Graphical indications associated with one or more icons and/or lines in the diagram may be displayed. The graphical indications may visually indicate characteristics of corresponding steps and/or flow paths in the business process. For example, the graphical indications may indicate lengths of time, costs, or other characteristics associated with various ones of the steps. The graphical indications may indicate path traversals of ones of the flow paths. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035969 | Context-Conditional Recommendation Receipt System - A computer-implemented context-conditional recommendation receipt method, system, and device conditionally enable receipt of recommendations that are based on inferred preferences, given a sufficient contextual basis. The contextual basis may include factors such as location, supplier contextual information, and/or product attributes. The recommendations may be generated by another processor-based device, and may comprise one or more products and a corresponding price. Information as to why the recommendation was delivered to a recommendation recipient may be provided to the recommendation recipient. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035970 | Context-Conditional Recommendation Delivery System - A computer-implemented context-conditional recommendation delivery method, system, and device conditionally enable delivery of recommendations that are based on inferred preferences, given a sufficient contextual basis. The contextual basis may include factors such as location, customer contextual information and/or supplier contextual information. The recommendations may be delivered to another processor-based device, and may comprise one or more products and a corresponding price. Information as to why the recommendation was delivered to a recommendation recipient may be provided to the recommendation recipient. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035971 | GENERATING CANDIDATE INCLUSION/EXCLUSION COHORTS FOR A MULTIPLY CONSTRAINED GROUP - A computer implemented method, program product, and/or system allocate human resources to a cohort. At least one attribute held by each member of a group of human resources is identified. A request is received, from a planned cohort, for multiple human resources that collectively possess a set of predefined attributes, wherein no single human resource possesses all of the predefined attributes. The set of human resources that satisfies the request is identified and assigned to the planned cohort. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035972 | Optimizing Resources Allocation for Global Service Delivery - Techniques for optimizing resource allocation are provided. The techniques include identifying one or more communication needs for each of one or more communications needed for execution of a project, identifying one or more members of each of the one or more communications and member information for each of the one or more members, using the one or more communication needs and member information to estimate one or more communication costs for each of the one or more communications needed for execution of the project, and comparing the one or more communication costs for each of the one or more communications to optimize resource allocation for executing the project. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035973 | COMPUTERIZED DYNAMIC CAPACITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A computerized system and method facilitates the collection, calculation, and analysis of supplier capacity data. Using portal technology, communications between the manufacturer and suppliers related to capacity data are facilitated. The system and method accommodate numerous supplier manufacturing processes and their unique configurations so that consistent “standard’ and “maximum” capacity values may be calculated. The portal supports data entry to quickly, efficiently, and accurately identify capacity constraints at the process and part number levels, create solutions, and monitor the implementation of solutions to increase capacity. Using dynamic calculation logic, fluctuating demand values for parts are considered in determining probable capacity values. The impact of various investments on production capacity may also be assessed. The manufacturer may further use capacity constraint data to adjust production to sales or market changes and to align production with capacity. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035974 | TRANSFORMING A PRIORITIZED PROJECT HIERARCHY WITH WORK PACKAGES - A software and/or hardware facility to improve the management of project schedules containing prioritized tasks. The project management facility allows a user to create one or more work packages by selecting tasks from one or more existing projects. Each work package is a collection of tasks that are to be executed out of order from the project or projects from which the tasks were selected. At the same time, the facility maintains the prioritization of the tasks in the original project or projects from which the tasks were selected. When tasks are added to a work package, the facility recalculates the work package schedule and any impacted project schedules to reflect the re-prioritization of the task. In some embodiments, the facility generates a link between each task that is contained in a work package and the project from which the task was selected. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035975 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING WORK PLAN - Creation of detailed work plan related to works of assembling a large scale structure, such as plant construction, is aided by enabling parallel works on plural components in a work area and avoiding spatial interference between works. A method for creating detailed work plans includes step of generating component groups by dividing plural components for large scale structure into work assignment units, step of assigning the respective component groups to one or more work teams assigned in an outline process plan, step of creating each detailed work plan by determining the execution sequences of detailed works on component-by-component basis in a corresponding work team, using work sequence restriction and a work priority rule, and step of avoiding work interference that revises the execution sequence of the detailed works such as to avoid overlapping between work spaces among the determined detailed works if spatial overlapping is present among detailed works. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035976 | Expertise-Responsive Adaptive Workflow System and Method - A computer-implemented system and method for expertise-responsive adaptive workflow delivers workflow step recommendations based, at least in part, on inferences from behavioral information and a level of expertise. Experts may be designated manually or automatically, and may inform the generation of the recommendations. The degree to which behavioral information of designated experts influences recommendations may be tuned by recommendation recipients. Variations of the system and method include generating the recommendations in accordance with physiological responses and/or monitored physical locations. Information as to why recommendations were delivered to recommendation recipients may be provided to the recommendation recipients. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035977 | Enterprise Consumer Complaints Program - A method and system are provided for identifying, tracking and reporting customer complaints across multiple lines of business of an organization. Each line of business of the organization utilizes a system of record configured to identify an issue received from a customer as a “complaint” based on the same set of criteria and then collect data associated with the complaint. A centralized complaint portal of the organization extracts complaint data from each of the systems of record, processes the data to identify one or more lines of business and/or individuals responsible for or capable of handling the complaints, and routes the complaint data to the identified lines of business and/or individuals for resolution. The complaint portal also analyzes the extracted data to identify trends in the complaints, specific complaint escalations, stages of resolution for complaints, and other similar types of issues related to the complaints, and generates one or more summary reports based on the analyzed data. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035978 | System for and Method of Determining Relative Value of a Product - A system for and a method of determining relative value of a product. In accordance with an embodiment, a value is obtained that is representative of purchasing activity directed toward a product. This value is stored in a computer-readable storage medium. A value is obtained that is representative of non-purchasing activity that is directed toward the product. This value is also stored in computer-readable memory. The value representative of purchasing activity and the value representative of non-purchasing activity are combined and the result is displayed on a display screen. A result of the combining can be scaled and rounded so that the result is a whole number between 0 and 99. This number is referred to herein as a “Community Value” that reflects the relative value placed on the product by members of a community. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035979 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING CUSTOMER SERVICE WITH MODELS FOR SOCIAL SYNCHRONY AND HOMOPHILY - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for managing resources. A system for managing resources is configured for categorizing users according to at least one of common user characteristics and common user behaviors with respect to at least a first domain to yield a group of users. The system is also configured for identifying at least one user behavior during a first time interval for at least one user in the group of users and associated with an event in a second domain different than the first domain. The system is further configured for providing a response associated with the second domain for at least other users in the group of users during a second time interval after the first time interval. In the various embodiments, the response is based on the event and the at least one user behavior associated with the event. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035980 | Using Commercial Share of Wallet to Compile Marketing Company Lists - Commercial size of spending wallet (“CSoSW”) is the total business spend of a business including cash but excluding bartered items. Commercial share of wallet (“CSoW”) is the portion of the spending wallet that is captured by a particular financial company. A modeling approach utilizes various data sources to provide outputs that describe a company's spend capacity. Marketing companies that sell lists compile those lists by searching one or more databases for names and/or businesses that match certain criteria. Those marketing companies can use the CSoW/CSoSW modeling approach to show predicted spend and/or revenues for each company on a list. This makes the list more valuable to list buyers. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035981 | System and Method for an Electronic Product Advisor - A system and method operates on a client device and acquires a suspect list of user products based on information derived from the client device. The system normalizes the list, and the user confirms the accuracy of the product list. The user product list is sent to a server where the user product list is compared to other lists using collaborative filtering techniques. The collaborative filtering techniques determine products of interest for the use and the level of interest of the user. The system computes a similarity measure based upon the number of similar products that match the user's product list and rankings provided by the user and others. Demographic and behavioral data may also be used in performing the comparison and the similarity measure. The system acquires editorial rankings of products from other users and provides a ranked list of recommended products based upon the editorial rankings. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035982 | System For Providing Retail Store Information - A system for providing retail store information is described. Specifically, the system enables store inventory and sales data to be delivered to a mobile device in retail stores. The system may comprise a data warehouse, a data access object, a web service, a data transmission server, and a mobile device. The data warehouse may store and process store inventory and sales data. The data access object may provide an interface to the data warehouse. The web service may format data for transmission to an internet network. The data transmission server may transmit data to the mobile device. The mobile device may display requested store inventory and sales data. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035983 | Method and system to compare business metrics - A method and system provide information by which an audience made of one or more prospects or customers of payroll and benefits processing may compare its human capital metrics with human capital metrics of other customers. A customer database is maintained for each customer that includes demographic data, employee data and financial data for that customer. Each customer database is updated based on periodically processing payroll and benefits transactions for that customer. A benchmark database is created by aggregating selected fields of data from databases of customers of interest so that the benchmark database represents a sample of customers of interest. An audience database is created for the one or more prospects or customers forming the audience by retrieving the selected fields of data from the customer databases for the one or more customers forming the audience. The audience database is compared to the benchmark database, and results of the comparison are reported to the audience. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035984 | Novel Methods for Supply Chain Management Incorporating Uncertainty - A robust method for solving in a computer, optimization problems under uncertainty including the steps of: specifying the uncertainty as a hierarchical series of sets of constraints on parameters, with the parameters restricted to each constraint set forming an ensemble, and the hierarchy of constraints, represented as mathematical sets forming a hierarchy of ensembles, said hierarchy being based on subset, intersection or disjoint relationships amongst them; utilizing optimization techniques to create effective identify minimum and maximum bounds on the each objective function, said bounds depending on the constraints comprising each ensemble of parameters and being computed for each of the assumptions about the future; estimating a volume of candidate ensembles and relating the volume to one or more information theoretic measures; and utilizing information theoretic measures to analyze and improve the candidate iteratively refine the ensembles and associated by changing a specificity of the bounds on the objective function. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035985 | Adaptive Pricing System and Method - A computer-implemented system and method for adaptive pricing determines a price that is associated with one or more recommended products and/or product configurations based, at least in part, on inferences from behavioral information. The price may be further determined in accordance with factors such as location, product costs, inventory levels, a physical site, and/or a bidding process. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035986 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THE SKILL ACQUISITION AND DEMONSTRATION OF SKILL - A system for the management of skill acquisition and demonstration of skill mastery, in one example embodiment, comprises an interface between a learner and a skill acquisition and demonstration of skill mastery system, a display module to display, via the interface, one or more skills to be acquired by the learner, a training module to provide training material to the learner, a testing module to test acquisition of the one or more skills by the learner, a status module to determine, based on the testing, a status indicative of the acquisition of and thus demonstration of mastery of the one or more skills by the learner, a statistics module to collect statistics associated with the acquisition of and thus demonstration of mastery of the one or more skills, and a report module to report the acquisition of and thus demonstration of mastery of the one or more skills. The training material may include multimedia. The testing module may provide questions related to the multimedia. Correctly answering the questions may result in the automatic change of status associated with the one or more skills. The system may also comprise a statistics module to provide statistics accessible by clicking on a point in a graph associated with the skill acquisition and demonstration of skill mastery. The demonstration of skill mastery may be provided by a support staff while assessing the mastery of a specific skill. The system may operate in substantially real time. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035987 | PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - Systems and methods for managing and evaluating the performance of an employee in an organization are described herein. In one implementation, the method includes receiving a query to initiate a performance management process and providing at least one performance measures based on the query received. Further, a rating is received for at least one performance measures. The performance measures are analyzed based on a rating received for the at least one performance measures to generate an assessment score. The assessment score indicates the performance of the employee in an organization. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035988 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING DISTRIBUTED RECURSIVE VOTING - A recursive voting method: creating an original initiative which requires a vote response, transmitting the original initiative to first tier recipient(s); transmitting the initiative by at least one first tier recipient to at least one second tier recipient to provide selected second tier recipients; receiving by each first tier recipient a tabulation of vote responses from the selected second tier recipients to provide a second tier vote tabulation; providing a first tier vote tabulation for each first tier recipient according to the second tier vote tabulation and a vote response from the first tier recipient; sending a first tier vote tabulation for each first tier recipient to the creator of the original initiative to provide an originator total tabulation, submitting a petition according to the originator total tabulation, wherein a preponderance of support responses is needed for the initiative to be submitted for petition; transmitting a vote update. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035989 | PERSONALIZATION OF A MOBILE COMMUNCATION DEVICE - An accessory for personalizing a mobile communication device includes an accessory body that is configured to adorn the mobile communication device and at least partially cover its exterior. At least one graphic design is disposed on the exterior surface of the accessory body to convey a theme. A data tag is secured to the accessory. The data tag stores data that facilitates personalization of at least one functionality of the mobile communication device in support of the theme. The data tag being configured so that the data is accessible via a short-range wireless protocol such as the Near-Field Communication (NFC) protocol. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035990 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REWARDING APPLICATION INSTALLS - In a system and method for monitoring application installations, a reference to download an application is transmitted to a client device. Communication between the client device and an application server providing the application downloadable by the client device is facilitated. Execution of the application by the client device is detected, and a determination of the installation history of the application on the client device is performed. Reward data is associated with the client device for a first installation of the application on the client device. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035991 | BEVERAGE CONTAINER CROSS-PROMOTION - A beverage container may include a promotional token that can be redeemed for credit at a gambling facility. The token may need to be authenticated to prevent fraud. Redemption of the token may include an exchange of personal information or may require a purchase of a service and/or good, e.g. from a gambling facility, or a commitment to make such a purchase. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035992 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRESENTING INFORMATION BASED ON INTELLIGENT BUSINESS CARDS - Methods and apparatus are provided for presenting information based on an intelligent business card. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving presentation data for a customer, the presentation data including an identification number associated with an intelligent business card, and receiving a request for presentation data associated with the identification number of the intelligent business card from the customer, wherein the request is generated based on executable code stored in the intelligent business card. The method may further include transmitting presentation data for the customer associated with the intelligent business card to the customer based on the request. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035993 | METHOD OF PROVIDING BRAND PROMOTION VIA MOBILE TERMINAL AND THE SYSTEM THEREOF - A method of providing brand promotion via mobile communication terminal comprising a memory unit for storage of data, a display screen for viewing of images comprising the steps of: receiving advertisement image data from a WAP server; storing the advertisement multimedia contents as well as images and voice data in the memory unit; and outputting the advertisement stored in the memory on a predefined application of the mobile phone. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035994 | Methods for Transmitting Multimedia Files and Advertisements - In one implementation a process is provided that upon a server determining that the playing of all or part of an obligatory advertising portion is attempting to be avoided by a multimedia player, the server sends to the multimedia player a message with data storage medium control information for the purpose of inhibiting advertising-sponsored content stored in a data storage medium from being played by multimedia player. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035995 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING TARGETED ADVERTISEMENTS FROM SUBSCRIBERS OF DIRECTORY SERVICES - Disclosed are systems, computer-readable medium and a method for delivering advertisements to user devices. The method includes storing first data associated with online and physical activity of plurality of customers, storing second data associated with current status of plurality of advertisers, matching a customer with an advertiser based on analysis of the first data and the second data and delivering an advertisement to a device associated with the matched customers online and physical activity. The on-line and physical activity is captured by a plurality of devices including a mobile device via a plurality of sensors. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035996 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR INCENTIVIZED SUPERDISTRIBUTION OF CONTENT - Apparatus and methods for providing an incentive-based system for the superdistribution of content, which include one or more communications devices transmitting one or more referral messages relating to the content. Further, the apparatus and methods include the communications devices ordering content from across the network based on the referral messages, where a reward is generated for one or more referring devices based on the one or more referral messages. Additionally, the application of privacy and authentication mechanisms protects the privacy and verifies the identities of the parties involved in the trans action. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035997 | CONSUMER OFFER REDEMPTION METHODS AND SYSTEMS - A computer-implemented offer redemption method includes the steps of: (a) storing information on a consumer and a payment account associated with the consumer in a computer storage system; (b) receiving activation of an offer from the consumer covering a product or service or a purchase from a retailer; (c) linking the offer to the consumer's payment account; (d) monitoring transactions in the consumer's payment account; and (e) when the consumer has purchased the product or service or made a purchase from the retailer covered by the linked offer using the consumer payment account, making payment for offer settlement to a payment processor managing the consumer's payment account to be credited to the consumer's payment account. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035998 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING LOYALTY REWARDS AS CURRENCY - The present invention involves spending loyalty points over a computerized network to facilitate a transaction. With this system, a loyalty program participant is able to use an existing transaction card to purchase an item over a computerized network, while at the same time offsetting the cost of that transaction by converting loyalty points to a currency value credit and having the credit applied to the participant's financial transaction account. Currency credit from converted loyalty points may also be applied to stored value cards, online digital wallet accounts and the like. Further, currency credit may also be applied to other accounts to effect a gift or donation. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120035999 | e-COMMERCE VOLUME PRICING - A system and method that facilitates e-commerce volume pricing is provided. According to one aspect of the present invention, the system includes an offers and orders component that receives and aggregates orders for a product from a plurality of buyers. The system also includes a logistics component that determines a shipping price for the product for a subset of the plurality of buyers. The shipping price is determined at least in part upon the subset of buyers sharing a shipping method. According to another aspect of the present invention, a method is provided in which buyers within an aggregated purchasing group may be subject to different pricing structures for the same product. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120036000 | DAS PREDICTIVE MODELING AND REPORTING FUNCTION - A system and method facilitating the management of current and prospective customers and customer information is provided. The invention includes an aggregation system adapted to provide management and generation of current and prospective customers. The invention further provides management of current and prospective customer information. Additionally, the aggregation system provides for generating advertisements based at least in part upon market information. Finally, the present invention also includes a printstream aggregation method facilitating the printing of print orders. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120036001 | HOSTED DEMAND AGGREGATION - The demand aggregation system includes deal room sponsored by a third party host. The third party host facilitates commercial transactions between a plurality of buyers and at least one seller. In exchange for sponsorship of such a deal room, the third party host can receive an incentive such as a percentage of sales, seller discount or the like. Furthermore, mechanisms are provided to aid discovery of sellers and/or offers that can be included in a group buying event for a buying group. The buying group receives a greater discount as the total purchase amount in the group buying event increases. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120036002 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A COMPUTER AUTOMATED CREATION AND DEPLOYMENT OF A COUPON - A process, system and computer implemented method for making and deploying a coupon through a network to a client achieved by first entering coupon data into a plurality of fields by an advertiser; transmitting the coupon data through the network to a web server device where it is then transmitted to a application server device, the application server device transforms the data into the coupon which is stored in a database, where it is stored until retrieved. The application server device retrieves the coupon when parameters defined by the web server device, application server device, or advertiser computer are met. The coupon is then deployed to the web server device where it is then deployed through the network to the client. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120036003 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REWARDING APPLICATION ACTIONS - A system and method for tracking performance of an action in an application is disclosed in which a link to perform the application action is transmitted to a client device. In response to receiving an indication of the selection of the link, the performance of the action in the application by the client device is detected. Based on the detected performance of the application action, reward data is associated with a user of the client device. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120036004 | NEURO-RESPONSE EVALUATED STIMULUS IN VIRTUAL REALITY ENVIRONMENTS - A system presents stimulus materials such as products, product packages, displays, services, offerings, etc., in virtual reality environments such as market aisles, store shelves, showroom floors, etc. Sensory experiences output to the user via the virtual reality environment elicit user interactivity. User activity and responses are used to modify marketing materials and/or virtual reality environments. Neuro-response data including electroencephalography (EEG) data is collected from users in order to evaluate the effectiveness of marketing materials in virtual reality environments. In particular examples, neuro-response data is used to modify marketing materials and virtual reality environments presented to the user. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120036005 | LOCATION AWARE PRESENTATION OF STIMULUS MATERIAL - A system identifies the location of a user and presents location aware stimulus material to the user. Discounts, promotions, and advertising can be delivered to the user on a wireless device based on location and path information. Stimulus material on in store monitors, billboards, and displays are modified based on information about individuals near the monitors and displays. In particular embodiments, neuro-response data is collected using a portable electroencephalography (EEG) headset while a user is exposed to stimulus materials to allow the effectiveness of the stimulus material to be determined. Stimulus materials presented can also be evaluated for neuro-response effectiveness prior to presentation to users in a location aware and personalized manner. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120036006 | ADVERTISING MEDIA TRACKING - A system tracks the effectiveness of advertising across both on-line and off-line media. Users define advertisements that are part of an advertising campaign and include in the definition tracking identifiers such as telephone numbers and URL's. The system tracks inputs that are subsequently received in response to and generated by the various advertisements. The inputs contain tracking identifier information. The system correlates the tracking identifier information from the received user inputs with tracking identifier information entered upon definition of advertisements in the system. Thereafter, the system generates reports that illustrate the relative effectiveness of the advertisements in driving inputs. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120036007 | Creating, Managing and Optimizing Online Advertising - Systems and methods for creating, managing and optimizing online advertising campaigns include groups of independent human resources working through a marketplace to suggest and optimize appropriate choices for how, where and how much to pay for online advertising. Optimization is achieved through the use of market-based incentives that pay participants based on the quality, quantity and efficiency of the results of their suggestions. The systems and methods enable a marketplace that leverages the inherent knowledge of a large group of people to come up with all search terms, placements, targeting and advertisements that might be relevant to a product, and determine the optimal auction prices for these search terms, placements, targeting and ads on the search engine systems. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120036008 | Creating, Managing and Optimizing Online Advertising - Systems and methods for creating, managing and optimizing online advertising campaigns include groups of independent human resources working through a marketplace to suggest and optimize appropriate choices for how, where and how much to pay for online advertising. Optimization is achieved through the use of market-based incentives that pay participants based on the quality, quantity and efficiency of the results of their suggestions. The systems and methods enable a marketplace that leverages the inherent knowledge of a large group of people to come up with all search terms, placements, targeting and advertisements that might be relevant to a product, and determine the optimal auction prices for these search terms, placements, targeting and ads on the search engine systems. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120036009 | METHOD FOR EFFICIENTLY ALLOCATING AN ADVERTISING BUDGET BETWEEN WEB ADVERTISING ENTITIES - A method for allocation of an advertisement budget of an advertisement campaign between a plurality of advertisement entities. The method comprises receiving for each of the plurality of advertisement entities a corresponding optimal value of its target frontier function respective of an advertising cost; receiving at least a budget constraint for the advertisement budget; creating a global target frontier function that is a sum of each of the target frontier functions of each of the plurality of advertisement entities, each of the target frontier function is multiplied by a binary inclusion variable; and optimizing the global target frontier function to determine a marginal equilibrium to determine at least the advertising cost value for each of the advertisement entities, the sum of the advertising cost values determined for each of the plurality of advertisement entities meets the budget constraint. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120036010 | MOBILE ADVERTISEMENT SYNDICATION - Improved mobile advertisement syndication capabilities are disclosed for mobile communications facilities, such as cell phones. These and other capabilities are employed to improve delivery of mobile advertisements and their syndication, such as associating advertising content with websites or applications, to appropriate or desirable mobile communication facilities. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120036011 | Search Personalization Using Identifiers and Authentication State - Systems, methods, and computer media for personalizing a web page and for personalizing user search query results are provided. A request to view a web page, such as a user search query that produces a search result web page, is received from a computing device. A computing device identifier is detected. Device-specific data corresponding to the detected computing device identifier is accessed. Upon detecting at least one user identifier having an authentication state, user-specific data corresponding to the detected user identifier and authentication state is accessed. The web page is personalized based on at least one of the accessed device-specific data and the accessed user-specific data. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120036012 | VARIOUS METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR INTEGRATING DATA BETWEEN ADVERTISING AND COMMERCE SYSTEM - Certain embodiments of the present invention are directed to a real-time system that integrates data between an advertising system and an ecommerce system. The real-time system includes a distributed commerce platform that receives ecommerce data from the ecommerce system, delivers an ecommerce application to the ecommerce system, and that receives requests from a third party advertisement delivery platform. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120036013 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A CONSUMER'S LOCATION CODE FROM PAYMENT TRANSACTION DATA - A system, apparatus, and method for determining a consumer's location code/zip code based on data from payment transactions in which the consumer has participated. Payment transaction data for a consumer is processed to determine the location code/zip code corresponding to the locations in which the majority of transactions occurred. From this information, the most likely location code/zip code for the residence of the consumer is inferred. Based on the inferred location code/zip code for the consumer, demographic data may be accessed and used to infer characteristics of the financial situation or status of the consumer. Such financial situation or status information may include the average net worth, range of income, spending habits, etc. for a consumer residing in the identified location code/zip code. Based on the demographic data, products or services that may be of most interest to a person in the consumer's presumed financial situation may be marketed to the consumer. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120036014 | SYSTEM FOR AND METHOD OF LOCATION AWARE MARKETING - A system for and method of location aware retail may include receiving, via a network, a location of a mobile user device, generating, using at least one programmed processor, one or more search results based at least in part on the location of the mobile user device and price preference data and proximity preference data of a user of the mobile user device, and providing, via the network, information to the mobile user device based at least in part on the one or more search results. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120036015 | RELEVANCY OF ADVERTISING MATERIAL THROUGH USER-DEFINED PREFERENCE FILTERS, LOCATION AND PERMISSION INFORMATION - The present invention provides methods to improve the relevancy of rendered advertising material to one or more consumers based on user-defined preferences, geolocation, and user-granted permission. The present invention achieves this through the presentation of exemplary methods for: i) the consolidation of advertisement information to include description, inventory, price, quantity and geolocation information of one or more merchants in a commerce network; ii) the delivery of relevant advertising material to one or more consumers using preference filters that can specify one or more merchants, merchant locations, products and services, and/or regions of interest at any time; and, iii) the presentation of location-based advertisements that are based on consumer-based permission and preference filters. These methods improve the user-targeting, geographic and time relevancy of advertisements by connecting merchants with relevant consumers who are looking to purchase items at that point in time. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120036016 | VEHICULAR INFORMATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A mobile system and method of operation thereof, comprising a radio frequency system, adapted to derive information relating to a position within an environment, based on communications with at least one terrestrial or extraterrestrial transmitter, and remotely transmit to and receive radio frequency information-bearing communications; a memory adapted to store at least a vehicle itinerary or position-related information; a controller, receiving the derived information and controlling a communication of the information-bearing communications relating to at least the stored itinerary or position related information; and a user interface, having a functionality defined by the controller, adapted to interface a user for receipt or presentation of information relating at least one of the itinerary or position-related information and the communicated information. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120036017 | DIGITAL VOUCHER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - The invention concerns a method of distributing one or more digital vouchers to the communications device of a user comprising: identifying, based on a user input to the communications device ( | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120036018 | DYNAMIC, INTERACTIVE ACTIVITY TRACKING VIA A SOCIAL MEDIA SYSTEM INTEGRATED WITH A PRODUCT MARKETING AND/OR ESTABLISHMENT ADVERTISING SYSTEM - A method, a system and a computer program product enables directed product advertising to users of an interactively-configured social environment/media that enables real time tracking and reporting of social activities and related information associated with usage/consumption of specific products or patronization of the social establishment by the user. An interactive stock exchange (ISE) utility pre-selects temporary target/bid prices to apply to a product during a “crash”/sales event and dynamically adjusts the standard item price towards the temporary target price, according to sales volume and/or other conditions. The ISE utility triggers an item price crash, and registered patrons are encouraged to use electronic devices to purchase items particularly at crash prices and to interact with other patrons. The ISE utility links transactions and interactions detected on the electronic devices to a member's account to track/report/advertise/market the patron's activities related to the consumption of specific products or promotion of the establishment. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120036019 | PRIVACY CONSCIOUS QUALIFICATION OF OPT-IN ADVERTISER OPPORTUNITIES - In a system and method for flexibly offering on-line promotions to visitors of a website hosted by a server, when a user signs up with the website, the server collects a plurality of user data from the visitor. If a user's data matches predetermined criteria from an advertiser, then online promotions from this advertiser are included in an opt-in window displayed to the user. In some aspects, a bifurcated client/server scripting approach isolates personally identifiable information until or unless a user opts-into an offer or offers. The server dynamically generates pricing information for each advertiser according to a flexible algorithm. The flexible algorithm depends on the type and quality of user requested by the advertiser. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120036020 | System and Method for Adaptive Games - A system and method for computer-implemented adaptive games selects and arranges game objects in game instances in accordance with inferred preferences based, at least in part, on usage behaviors. Variations of the system and method include automatically selecting and/or arranging the game objects in accordance with the contents of the game objects, physical location, and physiological responses. Soundtracks may be selected in accordance with selected game objects. Information as to why game objects were selected for inclusion in game instances may be provided to game instance recipients. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120036021 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DELIVERING ADVERTISMENTS AS RINGBACK TONES - A system and method of delivering an advertisement as a ringback tones (RBT) for telephone, mobile phone, or voice over internet protocol (VOIP) systems may include providing data exchanging means between a telephone exchange system or a mobile switching center through use of an web service coded in extendable markup language (XML), simple object access protocol (SOAP), or binary data for playing of the advertisement as ringback tones, reconciliation against an advertising campaign, and payment to subscribers of the advertisement as ringback tones. A subscriber may sign up for delivery of the advertisement as ringback tones, may choose one or more types of the advertisement as a ringback tone, and may place and enable the one or more types of the advertisement as a ringback tone in a jukebox or a playback lineup. The subscriber can store any of the advertisements as ringback tones, whereby calling parties placing calls to the subscriber hear the advertisements as a ringback tone. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120036022 | OPERATING SYSTEM BASED EVENT VERIFICATION - A system and method for tracking beacon execution using event verification capability of an operating system. Displaying targeted advertisements during content viewing and web browsing and tracking the rendered and displayed advertisements for payment based on completion of viewing using means for keeping count, with verifiable IDs, of beacon execution using the operating system capability to verify application activity. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120036023 | SYSTEM FOR CONDUCTING DEMAND-SIDE, REAL-TIME BIDDING IN AN ADVERTISING EXCHANGE - A method for conducting demand-side, real-time bidding includes: constructing an exchange graph (G) of nodes representing publishers and third-party advertisers that provide third-party ads, the graph including directed edges connected between the nodes that represent bilateral business agreements; receiving an opportunity for displaying an ad to a user that is associated with a publisher node; exploring the graph to identify third-party ads reachable from the publisher node through a valid path of the exchange graph with which corresponding third-party advertisers are thereby eligible to bid on the opportunity; retrieving statistics from the memory associated with historical selectivity of demand predicates for the third-party ads; and initiating, before beginning graph exploration on at least some paths to the third-party ads, a call out for bids from at least some of the third-party advertisers for the corresponding third-party ads that are unlikely to be discarded during the graph exploration based on the historical selectively of the demand predicates corresponding thereto, thereby reducing latency in time to execute an auction to fill the opportunity. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120036024 | MIXED AUCTIONS - In general, first bids associated with an ad request are identified, where the first bids have an auction value that is set at a bidding time. Second bids associated with the ad request are identified, where the second bids have an auction value that is unknown at the bidding time. One or more predicted auction values for the second bids are determined, and an auction is run to identify one or more winning bids from the first and second bids for satisfying the ad request. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120036025 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AN ALTERNATIVE PRODUCT RECOMMENDATION - A method and system for automatically generating a self-updating naturally-reading narrative product summary including assertions about a selected product. In one embodiment, the system and method includes evaluating an existing narrative product summary, comparing an existing attribute name, attribute value, attribute unit, and assertion model, respectively, to a current attribute name, attribute value, attribute unit, and assertion model to determine if one of the comparisons shows a change. The system and method further determines a new attribute associated with the selected product, selects an alternative product, retrieves a new assertion model with assertions that describe the selected product and identify an alternative product in a natural manner. The system and method then generates a naturally-reading narrative product summary by combining the new attribute with the new retrieved assertion model, and by combining the selected alternative product with another retrieved assertion model to recommend the selected alternative product in the narrative. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120036026 | Novel system for digital content publishing, distribution, and management - The present invention provides all necessary tools and procedures to a) automatically create fully functional Websites in place of Parked domains, b) allow bloggers and other Publishers to create and distribute content across such Websites. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120036027 | Interactive Graphical Interface Including A Streaming Media Component and Method and System of Producing the Same - A multiphase interactive advertisement includes a first phase having a first graphical interface and a second phase having a second graphical interface including at least a streaming media component space. In an exemplary embodiment, the second phase has a dimension that is greater than a dimension of the first phase. The multiphase interactive advertisement further includes a streaming media component incorporated into the streaming media component space of the second phase. The multiphase interactive advertisement, and specifically, the streaming media component, is generated using a software player engine that includes a core set of player variables and controls. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120036028 | METHOD OF AND SYSTEM FOR GROUP MEAL ORDERING VIA MOBILE DEVICES - A ordering food method using mobile devices includes initiating, by an organizer, a food ordering application on at least one mobile device of a plurality of mobile devices, selecting, by the organizer, a restaurant for ordering the food and creating, by the organizer, a single group meal order by inviting a plurality of individuals to order food from the selected restaurant. The method further includes accepting, by the plurality of individuals, the invitation, reviewing, by the organizer and the plurality of individuals on the plurality of mobile devices, a menu of the selected restaurant and selecting a plurality of food items from the menu. The method further includes combining, by the food ordering application, the plurality of selected food items into the single group meal order and forwarding, by the food ordering application, the single group meal order to the selected restaurant. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120036029 | System And Method For Managing Wireless Point-Of-Sale Transactions - A system that enables a wireless point-of-sale transaction. In one embodiment the system comprises an account module, an account selection module, a display, an input interface, and a wireless transmitter. The account module stores account information corresponding to a plurality of payment accounts. The account selection module selects a payment account from the plurality of payment accounts as a default payment account for a wireless point-of-sale transaction based on one or more predetermined criteria. The display displays the default payment account to a user. The input interface enables the user to accept the default payment account by the account selection module. The wireless transmitter that wirelessly transmits payment information to a point-of-sale device, wherein the payment information comprises account information associated with the default account when the default payment account is accepted via the input interface. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120036030 | METHOD OF LICENSING FUNCTIONALITY AFTER INITIAL TRANSACTION - Methods for licensing functionality after an initial transaction are provided. One such method is directed to licensing after an initial transaction of a customer obtaining a supply item including the step of prompting the customer to acquire a usage license for the supply item. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120036031 | e-COMMERCE VOLUME PRICING - A system and method that facilitates e-commerce volume pricing is provided. According to one aspect of the present invention, the system includes an offers and orders component that receives and aggregates orders for a product from a plurality of buyers. The system also includes a logistics component that determines a shipping price for the product for a subset of the plurality of buyers. The shipping price is determined at least in part upon the subset of buyers sharing a shipping method. According to another aspect of the present invention, a method is provided in which buyers within an aggregated purchasing group may be subject to different pricing structures for the same product. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120036032 | Method to Provide Liquid Funds in the Online Auction and Marketplace Environment - A method, apparatus, and computer readable storage to implement a lending system for use with electronic commerce web sites such as auction sites. A seller may receive a cash loan for items placed for sale but not yet purchased by a buyer. The seller can be required to pay back the loan after a predetermined amount of time or as soon as the item for sale is sold and payment is received from the buyer. The lender would charge interest or commission for the loan. In this manner, sellers can receive cash for items listed on auction sites before those items are actually sold, generating additional cash flow for the seller. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120036033 | USED AUTOMOBILE TRANSACTION FACILITATION FOR A SPECIFIC USED AUTOMOBILE - A system, methods, and apparatus for performing used automobile transactions are disclosed. In an example embodiment, automobile market data representative of current automobile market characteristics is stored. The automobile market data may include pricing and consumer interest information received from consumers, dealers, and manufacturers. A consumer seller or manufacturer off-lease seller may provide a request for a response regarding a specific used automobile with a specific a vehicle identification number. Automobile market data may be provided to a used automobile buyer based on the request. Bids to purchase the specific used automobile may be requested from used automobile buyers based on the request. Buyer bids may be provided to the consumer seller or manufacturer off-lease seller with prices and a delivery options. The consumer seller or manufacturer off-lease seller may select a bid to sell the specific used automobile based on the bid. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120036034 | CELL-ALLOCATION IN LOCATION-SELECTIVE INFORMATION PROVISION SYSTEMS - Systems and methods for allocating cells within a virtual grid to content providers according to various priority and selection schemes are used to target content delivery to information playback devices in a geographically and/or application selective manner. The priority schemes, geographical selectivity, and application selectivity of the system and methods of the invention allow a content provider to specifically target a desired demographic with high cost efficiency and flexibility. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120036035 | Flexible Communication Systems and Methods - A method of initiating a telecommunication session for a communication device include submitting to one or more telecommunication carriers a proposal for a telecommunication session, receiving from at least one of the one or more of telecommunication carriers a bid to carry the telecommunications session, and automatically selecting one of the telecommunications carriers from the carriers submitting a bid, and initiating the telecommunication session through the selected telecommunication carrier. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120036036 | PHOTOBOOK ENGINE POWERED BY BLOG CONTENT - A computer system for creating a design for an image product includes servers that can identify a blog page that includes an image, text, or designs, automatically incorporate at least one of the image, text, or the design object in the blog page into the design of an image product, and allow a user to review the design of the image product. The servers communicate with a printing finishing facility that makes a physical image product according to the design of the image product. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120036037 | Product reccommendation system - Product recommendation is disclosed, including retrieving user behavior data associated with a predetermined statistical period; sorting the user behavior data into one or more groups of data corresponding to one or more types of products based at least in part on associated product identifiers; determining a plurality of interest levels associated with the predetermined statistical period for at least one or more groups of data; determining a plurality of purchase peak probabilities using at least the plurality of interest levels, wherein a purchase peak probability is associated with a predicted likelihood of user interest in receiving recommendations associated with a type of product; ranking at least a portion of the plurality of purchase peak probabilities in response to receipt of an indication to present recommendation information; and presenting recommendation information based at least in part on the ranked at least portion of the plurality of purchase peak probabilities. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120036038 | AUTOMATED CONSUMER TO BUSINESS ELECTRONIC MARKETPLACE SYSTEM - An automated consumer to business electronic marketplace system is presented, wherein various aspects of user status, user behavior or operation of a vehicle associated with user are monitored and reported to an electronic marketplace. Suppliers of insurance products and other suppliers of automobile or personal products or services may offer users prices for products or services based on the data reported. The system may further allow the user to choose monitoring and reporting options based on discounts offered for certain reporting options. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120036039 | Method for Electronically Ordering Journals and Publications by a Consortium - A method for handling the entry and audit of new and renewal orders for all formats of content. The method assists with automatically populating library discovery tools, providing pre-financing, and prompt payment, tracking individual package components, providing automatic detailed invoice loads to integrated customer systems and automatically auditing package contents, and bringing efficiencies to the renewal process by ensuring a consortium's renewal order complies with the publisher license commitments. The method ensures compliance with regard to licensing terms, price caps, minimum spend, titles added, titles sold, and titles deleted. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120036040 | VIRTUAL REALITY SHOPPING EXPERIENCE - A solution is provided for a method for a user to shop online in a three dimensional (3D) virtual reality (VR) setting by receiving a request at a shopping server to view a shopping location, having at least one store, and displaying the shopping location to the user's computer in a 3D interactive simulation view via a web browser to emulate a real-life shopping experience for the user. The server then obtains a request to enter into one of the stores and displays the store website to the user in the same web browser. The store website has one or more enhanced VR features. The server then receives a request to view at least one product and the product is presented in a 3D interactive simulation view to emulate a real-life viewing of the product. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120036041 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A PERSONAL MULTIMEDIA CONTENT ARCHIVE - The embodiments provide for legally transferring multimedia content stored on a medium to a personal content archive device. The device is configured to consolidate a user's content into a single device or secured storage that allows easy access to the content while preserving the digital rights of the content. When a content medium has been provided, the device queries a registration service over a network, such as the Internet, to register the content and indicate that it was legitimately obtained. The device may then be authorized to download and store an authorized version of the content into its secured storage. The authorized version may be the same or a variation of the registered content. The content may then be downloaded from one or more content sources. The registration process may be based on several criteria, such as an authenticity check of the medium, a fee payment, and the like. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120036042 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CHECKOUT AND CUSTOMER DATA CAPTURE IN COMMERCE APPLICATIONS - A commerce checkout and customer data capture system for merchants to deliver commerce functionalities to consumer computing devices for completing purchase and payment transactions includes a commerce application and a commerce gateway server comprising a checkout application and a secure payment application. A plurality of merchants are configured to provide product offers to the consumer computing device via the commerce application, to process purchase transactions with the checkout application, and to receive payments via the secure payment application. The checkout application provides responses to purchase transaction requests including “CreateCheckout” for setting up and capturing purchase transaction data, and consumer related data, “Checkout” for calling a checkout transaction user interface, and “GetCheckoutStatus” for checking status of a checkout transaction. The checkout application further captures additional data used to provide fulfillment capabilities, tax calculation, risk management, fraud control, and targeted marketing analytics. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120036043 | SOCIAL BUSINESS TO BUSINESS MARKETPLACE SYSTEM AND METHOD - A social business to business (B2B) marketplace and method are provided that provides a business to business network marketplace and facilitates social interactions between the participants in the plurality of B2B marketplace. The social business to business (B2B) network marketplace and method provide both public and private marketplaces and social interactions and allows to conduct business by ordering from storefront. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120036044 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO FACILITATE A PAYMENT IN SATISFACTION OF ACCUMULATED MICROPAYMENT COMMITMENTS TO A VENDOR - Methods and systems for facilitating payments between payors and payees are presented. In an example, a plurality of payment commitments made to a payee is accessed. The plurality of payment commitments are made by a plurality of payors to the payee and contribute to a total commitment receivable value of the payee. The total commitment receivable value is calculated based on the plurality of payment commitments made to the payee. A priority of the total commitment receivable value of the payee relative to other total commitment receivable values of other payees is determined. A payment process is initiated based at least in part on the priority of the total commitment receivable value of the payee. The payment process includes a transfer of the total commitment receivable value from one of the payors to the payee. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120036045 | Methods and Systems for Reserving and Completing Purchases - A method of reserving and completing purchases includes transmitting, by a first computing device, a payment authorization code to a second computing device, the payment authorization code associated with an order placed by a user of the second computing device. The method includes receiving, by a transaction management component executing on a third computing device, the payment authorization code from the second computing device. The method includes requesting, by the transaction management component, from the user, a payment to complete the order within a time period. The method includes determining, by the transaction management component, that the user provided the requested payment within the time period. The method includes instructing, by the transaction management component, a retailer transaction management component executing on the first computing device to fulfill the order, responsive to the determination. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120036046 | Decorating System for Edible Products - A system for decorating edible media with licensed and non-licensed digital images is disclosed. The system includes a printer, a user interface element, a central control device hosting a number of licensed digital images for decorating edible media by authorized users. The licensed digital images are protected from unauthorized usage and unauthorized user access. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120036047 | SERVICE PROVIDING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present invention relates to a service providing system, an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program. An information processing apparatus (base unit) | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120036048 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING MULTIMEDIA CONTENT - A system and method for distribution of multimedia content over a computer communications network using a portable web widget, the web widget adapted for viral distribution and execution in a web browser on a client device, the client device having a processor and a memory and the web widget having at least an active operational mode and an inactive operational mode. The web widget includes a content retrieval component communicatively coupled to an application server over the computer communications network, a content retrieval component configured to retrieve a multimedia content file and associated metadata from a storage resource to the memory of the client device after the web widget enters the active operational mode, a content preview component configured by the client device processor to execute a portion of the retrieved multimedia content file, and a transaction processing component operative to initiate a commercial transaction pertaining to the multimedia content file. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120036049 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SOFTWARE INTEGRATION AND FACTORY DEPLOYMENT - A software management database contains data structures supporting computer software provisioning for a range of CTO/BTO variations, language variations, region variations, and operating system variations. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120036050 | STRUCTURING METHOD AND ASSOCIATED MODELING SOFTWARE FOR TAX CREDIT INVESTMENTS THAT WILL GENERATE POSITIVE EARNINGS BEFORE INCOME TAX DEPRECIATION AND AMORTIZATION (EBITDA) UNDER GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPALS (GAAP) - Low-income housing projects generate federal low-income housing tax credits. Previously, due to numerous impediments, investing in tax credits results in a negative, or at best a neutral effect on the investor's EBITDA for financial accounting purposes. The present invention relates a method that allows for a more efficient syndication of the available tax credits that generates positive EBITDA to investors at a lower cost. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120036051 | APPLICATION ACTIVITY SYSTEM - A data connection method for establishing a data connection between a bandwidth user (an application user) of a network connected access device and target content on a network connected target device over a communication network where the application user's bandwidth consumption activities incur a bandwidth usage charge from the network operator providing the bandwidth connection, and may comprise providing a subsidized application to the bandwidth user that is capable of utilizing subsidized bandwidth as paid for by the application provider as it accesses such target content on a target device, as well as comprise an identification code associated with both the subsidized application and the provider of such subsidized application; further allowing the application user access to at least one specified online data address to access target content hosted on at least one target device pre-determined by the application provider; and monitoring and recording the online access activity of such subsidized application and providing to a registry the recorded online activity as well as the identification code associated with the subsidized application and the identification code associated with the access device. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120036052 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UPDATING MERCHANT PAYMENT DATA - A system for updating merchant on file payment data at a payment processor is provided. The system includes a merchant processing selection system receiving selection data for one of two or more types of on file payment data update processing. A merchant account update system receives the selection data and processes account update data based on the selection data. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120036053 | Tax Liability And Deductions Verification System - A computer implemented method and system for verifying tax liability and tax deductions reported by taxable entities. A tax monitoring platform comprising a database management system dynamically generates one or more tax forms specific to each taxable entity based on characteristic information of the taxable entities. The tax monitoring platform acquires tax information filled into the tax forms by the taxable entities via a user interface, extracts tax elements from the tax information, and transforms the tax elements to conform to a predetermined template. The tax monitoring platform determines an association between a first taxable entity and a second taxable entity based on the tax elements of each of the taxable entities, and compares the tax elements of the first taxable entity with the tax elements of the second taxable entity based on the association using the database management system, for determining the accuracy of reporting of tax information. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120036054 | Method for tagging documents and communications with filing and billing information - A method for tagging documents and communications with filing and billing information in the context of an online social network. As the documents and communication are created an automatic tagging tool associates the created document or communication with a preselected set of information that corresponds to the document or communication, the social network member who made the creation, and the client for whom the work was performed. The information to be associated with each document and communication can be customized to include categories most applicable to the business of the user. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120036055 | Methods and Systems for Multi-Credit Reporting Agency Data Modeling - Provided are methods and systems by which a data sample can be generated in order to create a true multi-Credit Reporting Agency model, eliminating the biases and variability in traditional multi-CRA models by allowing the creation of a single multi-CRA method which requires neither alignment nor translation to be applicable on all CRAs. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120036056 | Hedge Fund Risk Management - A computerized method and system for managing risk associated with a Hedge Fund is disclosed. Information relating to Hedge Funds is gathered and stored as data in preparation for a risk inquiry search relating to a Hedge Fund. Documents and sources of information can also be stored. A subscriber, such as a Financial Institution, can submit a Hedge Fund descriptor for which a risk inquiry search can be performed. The risk assessment or inquiry search can include data retrieved resultant to augmented retrieval methods. Scrubbed data as well as augmented data can be transmitted from a risk management clearinghouse to a subscriber or to a proprietary risk system utilized by a subscriber, such as a risk management system maintained in-house. Risk inquiry searches can be automated and made a part of standard operating procedure for any transaction conducted by the subscriber in which a Hedge Fund is involved. | 2012-02-09 |
| 20120036057 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZATION OF A FINANCIAL TRANSACTION - A method of determining a structure for financing a consumer product through a computer implemented process according to one embodiment comprising the steps of: receiving one or more fixed inputs including a monthly payment value and a down payment value; calculating a plurality of potential financial structures for the consumer product based upon the monthly payment value and the down payment value; and determining from the plurality of potential financial structures, a financial structure that provides a greatest profit for a seller of the consumer product. | 2012-02-09 |
