07th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 42 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110040640 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING A FINANCIAL TRANSACTION WITH A DYNAMICALLY GENERATED IDENTIFIER - Instead of a PIN which is associated with an account and provides access to an account, a dynamically generated card identifier (dynamic CID) is used to verify that the consumer currently possesses the transaction card at the time of purchase and/or is the true card owner. At the time of purchase, a token generates a dynamic CID, which changes with each transaction. A consumer enters the dynamic CID into a pre-existing CID field in an electronic order form. The merchant then sends the dynamic CID to a card authorization system within an authorization request. The card authorization system issues a response to a merchant system via a pre-existing authorization message indicating that the transaction card and dynamic CID have been validated, thereby adjusting the fraud risk associated with the transaction. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040641 | Apparatus and Method for POS Processing - An apparatus and method for configuring, altering, controlling, securing, and extending the processing capability and functionality of PCs and POS devices using a non-volatile memory device using software and data carried within the apparatus. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040642 | METHOD FOR AGGREGATED LOCATION-BASED SERVICES - A method for operating an aggregated web service to display location-based items and services and allow for their remote purchase and pick-up or delivery. Algorithms provided to vendors allow for automated pricing adjustments to encourage purchase in competitive geographical locations. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040643 | Order Fulfillment and Content Management Systems and Methods - An order fulfillment and content management system and method configured to fulfill a product order for a customized adhesive cover (“skin”). In various embodiments, an order can be placed for a skin in an on-demand nature. In other words, a user can select and customize a skin over a network and the resulting skin is manufactured in accordance with that order. Furthermore, various processes can be integrated and moved in concert with one another to provide an efficient and timely fulfillment of the order. The system can also have several stake holders that can quickly review and identify any problems in an order and arrive at a quick resolution path. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040644 | ANNOTATING CONTENT - Content can be annotated with indications that contextually-related content associated with the annotation is available to a user in order to allow a user to more easily locate and access contextually-related content, particularly where hypertext links are unsuitable, such as for graphic and/or audio content. The location of the annotation within the content can indicate the portion of the content to which the contextually-related content pertains, and can be associated with a summary of the contextually-related content, such as a summary of the content, a brief explanation of the relatedness of the related content, and/or an indication of the source or the contextually-related content. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040645 | VIRTUAL WORLD INTEGRATED AUCTION - An auctioning environment integrated into a virtual world system includes a computing platform that provides a virtual world environment and the integrated auctioning element. The system interfaces to a third party system to receive auctioning data representative of an auction that is taking place in the real world and in real time. The auctioning data is then used to formulate or augment a user interface for presenting an environment to a user of the virtual world system to participate in the auction. The environment can be presented in a variety of manners and in one embodiment includes an avatar for the auctioneer, the item being auctioned and any bidders present and participating at the live auction event. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040646 | Method and system for online sales and purchases - Internet-based commercial network connects multiple qualified participant buyers and sellers. Items are made available for defined periods of time, referred to as an event ( | 2011-02-17 |
20110040647 | FRAUD PREVENTION TRADING AND PAYMENT SYSTEM FOR BUSINESS AND CONSUMER - A code system for preventing fraud in trading and at the same time a safe payment method for business and consumer. The code system of the present invention ensures security and control for the contracting parties regarding the previously defined attributes of the goods and the payment including all decisional steps of the transactions as well as of the reverse transactions in case of complaint. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040648 | System and Method for Incorporating Memorabilia in a Brand Affinity Content Distribution - An engine, system and method for a delivery tracking software engine for tracking metrics associated with delivery of at least one endorsed advertisement to at least one consumer over at least one computing network. The engine, system and method may include a plurality of inputs parallel to at least one output of the at least one endorsed advertisement, wherein the plurality of inputs receives at least a number of impressions and click throughs by ones of the consumer responsive to the at least one endorsed advertisement upon the delivery, and at least compliance rules for the delivery of the at least one endorsed advertisement, and at least one feedback loop that associates the plurality of inputs with at least one recommendation engine, wherein the recommendation engine recommends ones of the at least one endorsed advertisement for the delivery to the consumer, and wherein the recommendation by the recommendation engine is modified responsive to the plurality of inputs, and wherein said at least one feedback loop includes a monitor of compliance of the delivery with the compliance rules. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040649 | System and Method for an Electronic Gift Key - A system and method for a physically-based gift key enabling a purchaser to deliver a single, fully-integrated gift item to a recipient and including an electronic greeting card and store credits redeemable online is presented. The method includes the steps of activating a gift key, customizing an electronic greeting card associated with the gift key at a host site via physical or wireless linkage of a gift key to a first local computer, accessing the greeting card at the host site via linkage of the gift key to a second local computer, and redeeming a store credit associated with the gift key at a retail website accessible from the host site. The system includes a gift key and a host computer system directly or indirectly controlling a host site. The gift key has a housing, an integrated circuit within the housing, and a connector or wireless interface extending from the housing so as to allow linkage of the gift key with a computer remotely located with respect to the host and retailer sites. The local computer automatically launches a website at the host or retailer levels when the gift key is linked to the local computer. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040650 | eDropship: Methods and Systems for Anonymous eCommerce Shipment - A method of enabling anonymous shipment of a package containing goods purchased by a customer from a vendor for delivery to an address unknown to the vendor includes steps of receiving a request for a package code for the package from the vendor, sending the package code to the vendor, the package code being devoid of delivery address information and sending a shipping identifier and an associated address to the shipper. The shipper, after picking up the package for shipment from the vendor, matches the package code sent to the vendor with the shipping identifier and identifies the associated address as the delivery address of the package. A shipping label may then be printed out and affixed to the package. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040651 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING ORDERS MADE VIA A COMPUTER NETWORK - A system and method for allowing a user to schedule pickup of an ordered item provides a user interface having user interface elements for allowing a user to specify a frequency with which an order is it to be picked up, for informing a user as to availability of the item for pickup, and/or for allowing a user to request that an item be held in reserve for pickup within a given period of time, such as 24 hours. Frequency options provided to the user for selection when scheduling an order for pickup may include a one-time frequency, a daily frequency, a weekly frequency, a monthly frequency, and user specified dates. The information as to availability of the item for pickup is determined considering a time of order and real-time stocking information for the item. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040652 | E-business items assignment management method and system - An e-business items assignment management system includes a plurality of e-business platforms; a work platform; and a plurality of web page servers. Each e-business platform includes a platform server and is connected to the Internet so that one of a plurality of remote terminals may access to the Internet for operating the e-business platform. The platform servers and the web page servers are interconnected via the work platform. E-business items assignment management methods are also provided. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040653 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING CUSTOMER'S TASTE - A system and method for managing customer's preference information, the system including: a first storage device which stores first information of first clothes which a customer carries to a dressing room to try on; a second storage device which stores second information of second clothes purchased by the customer, and a processing device which processes and reports the first information and the second information. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040654 | MULTI-DEVICE DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING OF ORDERS FROM A REFERRAL SERVICE - Method and apparatus regarding referral services are described. Further embodiments are described. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040655 | System and Method for Improving the Accuracy of Marketing to Consumers Based on the Geographic Position of the Consumer as Determined Using GPS Recognition and a Consumer Profile Built From Specified Consumer Preferences and Purchases - A real time management system for marketing to customers and vendors with customer purchasing and preference data in specific consumer markets including restaurant, retail, travel, hospitality, entertainment, and combinations thereof. The management database allows the consumer to make Precision Purchasing™ transactions, reservation transactions, and Precision Gifting™ transactions via a web-based interface, POS based touch screen interface, and mobile device-based interface. The consumer profile database is comprised of mainly consumer inputted preference and consumer purchase data which is stored into each customer profile and can be accessed/verified with a GPS recognition of the customer's phone, biometric hand or finger scan, access card, retinal scan, password, key fob, or other terminal kiosk, touch screen, or mobile application of the like. Consumers may also gift dollars to each other's account using the customized, consumer authorized Precision Gifting™ system. All data inputted into the Precision Marketing™ system will be stored in each consumer's personal/business account. Only consumer-authorized parties may access the account holder's personal preference information for the purposes of Precision Gifting™ and Precision Purchasing™, but he/she may never access the customer's confidential information. All changes made to each profile and the purchase preference information will be updated in real-time. All reservations, fund transfers, purchases, and other transactions are stored in the central database system and used for the purposes of Precision Marketing™ and Precision Gifting™. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040656 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING PREDICTIONS OF PRICE AND AVAILABILITY OF EVENT TICKETS ON SECONDARY MARKETS - A system and method is provided for predicting future price and availability of event tickets on the primary and secondary market and providing buyers with a recommendation as to when to purchase the event tickets at the lowest possible cost or, for sellers, when to sell the tickets at the highest possible price. Data is collected and used to generate statistics about the historical price and availability of event tickets. This data is further used to provide forecasts about the future price and availability of event tickets, including the probability of a sell out for events currently on sale and events not yet on sale. The system makes predictions by differentially weighing factors, both economic and non-economic, that influence the price trajectory and availability of event tickets. The system further includes a self-training mechanism that evolves behaviors based on previous price predictions thereby increasing the systems ability to accurately predict future event ticket prices. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040657 | Temporal and Geographic Presentation and Navigation of Linked Cultural, Artistic, and Historic Content - Collections of music and other items, related by time, location, genre, and artist, are registered in a data model to provide a foundation for their curatorship, discovery, and procurement. A series of choices, where a choice is a combination of time, place, genre, and artist, represents a map through the history and culture of music. Both expert and regular individual curators define the maps. Animated murals depicting a fundamental combination of time, place, genre, and artist provide a user interface for the navigation of music, its history, and culture. Integration with hand held GPS enabled devices provides users with knowledge of music events and history relative to their present location. A network view presents the user with an interactive diagram of connections between elements in the tunesmap database used as a dynamic filter construction device. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040658 | Network-Based Purchase and Distribution of Media - Methods and systems for network-based purchase and distribution of media are disclosed. The purchase and distribution of media by these methods and systems are not only secure but also controlled. The security restricts access to media within media files during downloads as well as while stored at a server and/or client. For example, a potential purchaser can search and browse through numerous media items on-line that are available for purchase. The potential purchaser can thereafter purchase one or more media items on-line with great ease. Upon purchasing a media item, the content for the media item can be downloaded over the network to the purchaser. The content for the media item is then encrypted for the purchaser's use and stored on the purchaser's machine. Thereafter, the purchaser can make use of the media item (e.g., play the media item). Improved graphical user interfaces suitable for reviewing, browsing, previewing and/or purchasing numerous media items are also disclosed. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040659 | TRANSPORTATION PLANNING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE SAME - A transportation planning system comprises a first transportation mode and a second transportation mode having a longer transportation time than the first transportation mode. The transportation planning system determines a first transportation amount transported by the first transportation mode and, after the first transportation amount has been determined, determines a second transportation amount transported by the second transportation mode, wherein: the first transportation amount is an amount obtained by subtracting, from a demand amount prediction value at a future time point when the transportation time from a supply source to a supply destination by the first transportation mode elapses, a stock plan amount at the future time point and an amount of goods arriving at the supply destination by the second transportation mode; and the second transportation amount is a base demand amount that is part of a demand amount prediction value at a future time point when the transport time by the second transportation mode elapses. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040660 | Monitoring And Management Of Lost Product - A waste monitoring system includes a portable device to monitor product wastage. The portable device includes a processor and a memory in communication with the processor. The memory stores processor-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to control operation of the portable device to generate a graphical user interface (GUI) to collect quantity data relating to respective quantities of a plurality of types of wasted products, and to calculate cost data as a function of the quantity data. A display device displays the GUI. A server is in communication with the portable device and is configured to receive the quantity data and the cost data from the portable device. A computing device is in communication with server and is configured to receive the quantity data and the cost data from the server and to display at least one of the quantity data and the cost data. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040661 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FACILITATING A CONTEXT-BASED ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION REGARDING A FINANCIAL TRANSACTION - Method and system providing context-based electronic communication regarding a financial transaction. One system includes a database configured to store data pertaining to a financial transaction involving an investment fund. The system further includes a display application configured to create a display for displaying the financial transaction and one or more transaction parameters. The transaction parameters are based on data pertaining to the financial transaction stored in the database. The system further includes a communication application configured to create a communication interface. The communication interface enables a first user to initiate a communication with a second user regarding the financial transaction. The communication interface further automatically embeds at least a portion of the transaction parameters in the communication displayed to the second user. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040662 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATION OF NEW CHANNELS IN A CONSULTATION SYSTEM - In exemplary embodiments, an apparatus and method for creating a new channel on a consultation system is provided. In exemplary embodiments, a selection to create a new channel is received from a device of a creator. Data directed to creating the new channel is also received. The data may include category information for the new channel. The new channel is created based on the received data. In one embodiment, the new channel is a new category. In another embodiment, the new channel is an affiliate relationship. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040663 | CENTRALIZED CHARGING SYSTEMS FOR OFFLINE CHARGING AND ONLINE CHARGING - Centralized charging systems and methods are disclosed for providing offline charging and online charging for a plurality of network elements. The centralized charging system is implemented in a communication network between the network elements and offline/online charging systems. A network element interface of the centralized charging system receives charging request messages from CTFs in the network elements. An accounting data forwarding function processes charging data in the charging request messages to determine if offline or online charging is invoked for the services. For offline charging, the accounting data forwarding function generates offline accounting request messages that include the charging data. For online charging, the accounting data forwarding function generates online accounting request messages that include the charging data. The charging system interface then transmits the offline accounting request messages to the offline charging system, and transmits the online accounting request messages to the online charging system. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040664 | Home Asset Value Enhancement Notes (HAVENs) - Financial instruments to protect the value of residential homes are described. A method for generation of publicly traded notes backed by ownership of single family homes to allow financial markets to provide instruments for investors and home owners to profit from price changes in the value of single family homes. A fraction of the title to the land and dwelling of many single family homes are bundled, separately from that of the traditional mortgages, creating the equivalent of mortgage-backed-securities such as Ginnie Maes, which are marketed to public investors. These securities, herein referred to as home asset value enhancement notes (HAVENs), can be used by individual homeowners as a hedge against any declines in value of their individual homes. They can also be purchased by the general public as a direct investment in the aggregate value of residential real estate. Analogous to exchange traded funds (ETFs), they can be held as long or short positions, and thus are suitable for capitalizing on long-term appreciation in residential housing, or protecting house values over short or intermediate term declines in home prices, as might be done by home builders or individual home owners who are not able to hold the real estate assets over longer periods of time. HAVENs are intended to serve purposes similar to those of commodity contracts available to producers and consumers of commodities other than houses, such as precious metals, agricultural products or livestock. HAVENs differ from traditional insurance, in that no up-front payment is necessary to secure protection; instead a portion of ownership is pledged. In addition, this greatly broadens the public participation and thus spreads the risk. Traditional insurance resources based on homeowner premiums could be overwhelmed in a depression environment, increasing the risk that the homeowner would not be covered for his losses on sale of the property. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040665 | FIXED INCOME SECURITIES RATINGS VISUALIZATION - An arrangement is provided for enabling online retail fixed income. A fixed income online retail enabling mechanism analyzes a request received from a user to determine the requested operation related to online retail fixed income. If the request is for visualizing information related to securities in one or more fixed income capital markets, visual representations are constructed using color codes and real value ratings converted from corresponding ratings issued from different sources and presented to the user. If the request is for managing account information, the fixed income online retail enabling mechanism facilitates the needs of managing accounts. If the request is related to conducting a transaction related to fixed income securities, the fixed income online retail enabling mechanism performs operations to trade securities in one or more fixed income capital markets. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040666 | Dynamic pricing system and method for complex energy securities - A dynamic pricing system for complex energy securities, comprising a communications interface executing on a network-connected server and adapted to receive information from a plurality of iNodes, an event database coupled to the communications interface and adapted to receive events from a plurality of iNodes via the communications interface, a pricing server coupled to the communications interface, and a statistics server coupled to the event database and the pricing server, is disclosed. According to the invention, the pricing server, on receiving a request to establish a price for an energy security, requests at least one statistical indicia of risk from the statistics server, the statistical indicia of risk being computed by the statistics server based on a plurality of historical data obtained from the event database, and the pricing server computes a price for the security based at least in part on the statistical indicia of risk. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040667 | EXCHANGE TRADING SYSTEM AND METHOD HAVING A MODIFIED PARTICIPATION ENTITLEMENT - A system and method of determining a participation entitlement for orders for the purchase or sale of securities or derivatives in an exchange configured for trading securities or derivatives is provided. One method includes determining a first participation entitlement based on a presence of a first-in-time public customer order at an executable price and determining a second participation entitlement in an absence of a public customer order on the electronic book. The system includes an electronic trade engine with electronic book configured for receiving orders from market makers on and away from the trading floor. The system also includes executable instructions for determining participation entitlements according to the method noted above. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040668 | AUTOMATED SPREAD TRADING SYSTEM - An automated spread trading terminal receives from a user a selection of a spread trade indicative of a set of trading contracts and transmits to an electronic trading exchange a first set of messages including an order message relating to the user selection such that an initial set of more working orders are rendered operative. The terminal receives from the electronic trading exchange a first fill confirmation message confirming at least partial completion of a first working order, and in response transmits to the electronic trading exchanges both second and third sets of messages such that a completing set of working orders are rendered operative and additional working orders corresponding to the trading contracts are rendered operative, the third set of messages being transmitted before the set of working orders is completed. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040669 | AUTOMATED SPREAD TRADING SYSTEM - An automated spread trading terminal receives from a user a selection of a spread trade indicative of a set of trading contracts defined in relation to the spread trade, and transmits to an electronic trading exchange a first set of messages including an order message such that an initial set of working orders corresponding to one of the trading contracts are rendered operative in the electronic trading exchange. The terminal receives from the electronic trading exchange a first fill confirmation message confirming the partial completion of a first working order in the initial set of working orders, and current market data indicating quantities of current bids and/or offers in relation to the trading contracts. in response to the first fill confirmation message, the terminal transmits to the electronic trading exchange a second set of messages such that a completing set of working orders are rendered operative in the electronic trading exchange. A quantity is reduced on order at a given price level from a first non-zero quantity to a second non-zero quantity for a trading contract on the basis of a bid or offer quantity in the current market data. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040670 | System and Method for Price-Based Annotations in an Electronic Trading Environment - A system and method for generating and displaying annotations in relation to one or more prices corresponding to trader-related or market related events are described. In one embodiment, a trader may enter an annotation to be displayed in relation to one or more price levels. Alternatively, a trader may configure a dynamic annotation to be dynamically displayed in relation to some price level(s) upon detecting a predetermined event related to one or more tradeable objects. Also, a trader may configure one or more alarms to be displayed or played in combination with the annotations. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040671 | Settling Over-The-Counter Derivatives Using Synthetic Spot Benchmark Rates - Techniques and systems for settling over-the-counter financial instruments includes sampling over a periodic interval are disclosed. A volume weighted average price of the sampled process may be calculated and forward points may be applied to the volume weighted average priced to determine an associated spot exchange rate. Such a synthetic spot FX exchange rate may be published to subscribers. Over-the-counter financial instruments may establish delivery obligations according to the spot exchange rate. In the event where a number of transactions during the sampling period is less than a threshold, a midpoint of bids and asks associated with orders for the exchange traded financial instrument may be used to determine an average of the midpoint, to which the forward points may be applied to determine the spot exchange rate. Alternatively, the time-weighted average of the bid and ask orders during a periodic interval may be used in computing the volume-weighted average price. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040672 | System and Method for Dynamic Quantity Orders in an Electronic Trading Environment - A system and method for dynamic quantity orders in an electronic trading environment are described. According to one method, a dynamic quantity order includes a price, a desired order quantity and a percentage associated with an estimated order quantity that will be filled in an order queue. When the order is received at an electronic exchange, the order is sorted into a pro-rata order queue, and the exchange may estimate a potential order quantity that will be filled in the order queue at the price based on the defined percentage. Subsequently, the exchange may then increase the order quantity of the dynamic quantity order so that if the estimated number of fills occurs, the order quantity of the dynamic quantity order will be filled. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040673 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LINKING ORDERS IN ELECTRONIC TRADING SYSTEMS - Systems and methods for linking orders in electronic trading systems are provided. These systems and methods enable a trader to select two or more items that are to be linked and specify linking parameters for those items. Any desired set of items may be linked, and the linking parameters may include price adjustments, order sequencing instructions, automatic/manual execution controls, execution delays commands, and update frequency limits. Upon detecting a bid or offer for a linked item, the systems and methods may then determine a size and a price for each linked item based upon the size and the price of the bid or offer for the first linked item. In this way, the sizes and the prices for the other linked items may be propagated from the size and the price for the first item. Once the size and the price for each item is determined, the systems and methods may submit orders for the items in accordance with the linking parameters. In the case where orders for linked items may only be submitted in designated lot sizes, the systems and methods may round the sizes of the orders to the designated lot sizes, and then submit remainder orders to make up for the rounding. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040674 | System and Method for Quick Quote Configuration - A method and system are described for providing a trader with the ability to quickly configure the quoting side of a trading tool, without experiencing the normal delays associated with conventional methods of quoting. In spread trading, an automated spread trading tool may automatically work an order to buy or sell a tradeable object. A user may configure the trading tool to work an order in a certain tradeable object first. The system allows the user to essentially on-the-fly configure the trading tool to work a second order in another tradeable object, and in response to the change, the system can take specific actions such as deleting the order in the first tradeable object and automatically entering the second order in the other tradeable object. This allows the trader to trade quickly and efficiently. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040675 | System and Method for Linking and Managing Linked Orders in an Electronic Trading Environment - A system and method for linking and managing linked orders are described. According to one method, a trader may first link two or more orders into a linked order, and then one or more parameters associated with one of the orders may be dynamically changed based on user inputs or information being received from an exchange. For example, a trader may link any two orders as an order cancel order, and each linked order may be associated with the same or different tradable objects, order quantities, and may be submitted to one or more exchanges. The order quantities may be then dynamically updated based on updates being received from the one or more exchanges and further based on a quantity ratio between the two orders. Further, the linked order may be submitted upon detecting a fill for another order. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040676 | Order Chronicle Process and Method - A process for chronicling a portion of an electronic market includes a record process for recording an activity relating to a security interest in an order book in main memory of a computer system and another record process for recording the activity in a persistent store. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040677 | System And Method For Regulating Order Entry In An Electronic Trading Environment - A system and method are provided for defining slop parameters to an individual spread order or a customized group of orders. The system and method may be used to, for example, define inside slop, outside slop, and/or adjustable range parameters to one or more orders. The inside slop, outside slop, and/or adjustable range parameters may be input by a trader, and, among other things, allow a trader to prioritize orders, set parameters so that some orders are re-priced more aggressively than other spread orders. Alternatively, slop parameters associated with a spread order may also apply more restrictive slop parameters to orders within the same adjustable range. Slop parameters associated with a spread order can also be configured and modified by a trader based on the trader's preferences. Other features and advantages are described herein. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040678 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING CROSS TRADING - Information regarding the current state in the market is used to prevent orders from crossing. In an example provided herein, when an order is entered into a market, information regarding current positions in the market is taken into account to determine whether the order will cross with other orders. If the orders would cross, appropriate action is taken to prevent the crossing of orders in a way suitable for the person or persons trading. The teachings described herein may be used for any reason to prevent orders from crossing. Moreover, they may be used in other areas of trading to assist the trader in obeying any other rule or regulation that might involve analyzing current positions in the market before taking action. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040679 | System and Method for Improved Order Entry Using Market Depth - Market depth information pertaining to the hedging side is utilized to intelligently break a non-hedging order into multiple orders, such that the orders rest at cascading price levels. This way, the trader can benefit from sweeps in the book and still properly account for the market depth on the hedging side. Further, there is a greater probability of receiving “partials” on the spread order. In addition, hedge orders may be sent at multiple price levels, or sent to the market in pieces over time. By applying a more intelligent process to hedge orders (as opposed to “fire and forget”) an alternative beyond limit orders that can be legged or market orders is provided. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040680 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND INTERFACE FOR TRANSACTION TOGGLING - A method for submitting transactions from an automated trading tool to an electronic exchange. The method includes defining a proximity limit and automatically generating a transaction for a tradeable object. The method further includes applying the proximity limit to the transaction. When the transaction falls within the defined proximity limit, the transaction is submitted to the exchange. An apparatus and interface for transaction toggling based on proximity limits are also provided. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040681 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACQUIRING, COMPARING AND EVALUATING PROPERTY CONDITION - A system and method for acquiring, collecting, comparing and evaluating the condition of rental property at several time periods during a lease or rental agreement. A first image is compared to a second image, a deposit amount remaining is calculated based on the image comparison. The remaining deposit amount is paid using an electronic format. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040682 | AUTOMATED FUNDING FOR PREPAID CARD - Systems and methods for funding prepaid cards or prepaid accounts in a prepaid account payroll program are presented. In one embodiment, a payroll program having employers who pay into employees' prepaid card accounts is presented. An additional prepaid account is provided for the employer, and the employer transfers funds into the additional prepaid account before the funds are disbursed from the additional prepaid account into the employees' prepaid card accounts. This transfer can be accomplished entirely within a network of a payment processing company so as to avoid interchange and merchant fees charged by banks. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040683 | Interbank Process - In transactions between a consumer and a merchant where a merchant requires a deposit for participation, a method and system are provided for intermediating the transaction. The system enables a consumer to secure the required deposit amount for the transaction with funds deposited in one of a bank account or a special deposit account. Fees are generated based on a percentage of the deposit amount secured with the deposited funds and/or by providing an interest rate on funds deposited in the special deposit account with a fixed spread from a bank interest rate. The system assures merchants that deposit funds have been reserved for a particular transaction, and enables consumers to participate in such transactions without requiring an actual transfer of funds. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040684 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR SELLING TRANSACTION INSTRUMENTS - The present invention generally relates to a system and method for distributing an open transaction instrument. The system includes the steps of: accessibly offering for sale, in a retail environment, the open transaction instrument; selling a selected open transaction instrument; and enabling the use of the open transaction instrument. The transaction instrument may be, for example, an open pre-paid card. Furthermore, accessibly offering the open pre-paid card for sale, in one exemplary embodiment, is performed by hanging the pre-paid card on a rack. The distribution of the open transaction instrument may also comprise the step of sending a message, in substantially real time, causing the pre-paid open transaction instrument to be funded but not activated. Also, in accordance with further exemplary embodiments of the present invention, an issuer system is suitably configured to leverage existing infrastructure for inventory and related processes. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040685 | TRANSACTIONAL SECURITY OVER A NETWORK - A system and method facilitates purchase transactions over a computer network, including the purchase of electronically storable items. The embodiments herein encrypt “customer information” in an encryption stream and cause the encryption stream to be transferred from the customer to a merchant in the purchase transaction. A verification entity receives the encryption stream which is sent by the merchant for identity verification and payment authorization. Then, the verification entity verifies the identifiers contained in the encryption stream and transfers an identity verification and payment authorization from the verification entity to the merchant. The encryption stream or unique transaction identifier can be added, by the merchant, to a purchased electronic item to create a personalized electronic item. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040686 | MOBILE PAYMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD USING ALIAS - Methods and systems are disclosed for allowing financial transactions to be conducted using mobile phones. A payer initiates a transaction by sending a payment request message from a mobile phone which specifies the payee and amount to be paid. Payees are identified by unique aliases, which are maintained in a database. Methods for assembling the enrollment and alias database are included. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040687 | Method for future payment transactions - A method for the online modification, submission and approval processing of a future payment request to afford a user the ability to renegotiate established loan agreement debt terms in which network communications are established between a user, such as a debtor, and a server is presented. The method comprises receiving information, at the server, regarding the loan agreement debt terms, presenting received information to a debtor, providing an interactive environment enabling a debtor to modify existing terms, submitting modified terms, processing data from the available information using a rules based engine, and processing a future payment request based on at least one decision made by the rules based engine. While online, the user/debtor may engage in revising a rejected future payment request in an attempt to reach a satisfactory renegotiation of debt terms. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040688 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR THE DECENTRALIZED DISTRIBUTION OF DIGITAL CONTENT - A method for the decentralized distribution of digital content via a network includes providing content with a tag configured to allow at least one of an operator of a download portal and a content provider to track distribution of the content so as to collect data about a number of downloads of the content and about distributors of the content. A distributor downloads the content via the download portal and selects a content consumer for further distribution of the content. The content consumer receives the content and, at least in the case of a first-time utilization of the content by the content consumer, transmits information from the tag about utilization of the content to a server specified by the tag. At least one of the operator of the download portal and the content provider receives the information from the tag about the utilization of the content from the server. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040689 | PREPAYMENT SYSTEM FOR ENERGY METERS USING CONTACTLESS INTELLIGENT CARDS WITH AUTOMATIC DEVICE OF ENERGY SHUT OFF - The present invention refers to the use of a meter completely integrated on a single piece, totally covered and without contact with the exterior that incorporates a prepayment system and a more efficient method to control the electric energy supply and obtains excellent information from the meter by means of contactless intelligent cards. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040690 | System and Methods for Ordering and Presenting Custom Electronic Advertisements - A system for ordering electronic advertisements includes a first interactive interface executable to run on a computing appliance connected to a network for configuring constraints relative to an advertisement service, and a second interactive interface executable to run on the computing appliance for displaying electronic advertisements from one or more advertisement stores connected to the network and associated with the advertisement service. A user operating the computing appliance inputs into the first interactive interface the types of goods and services desired and what pricing associated with those goods and services is acceptable and wherein the second interactive interface displays advertisements served to the computing appliance over the network that fit the user's input criteria. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040691 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VERIFIED PRESENCE MARKETPLACE - A system and method for a verified presence data marketplace. Offers for verified location data are received wherein each offer comprises an identification of at least one target user, at least one data granularity level and data reliability level and at least one offer payment term. Location data relating to the target users is retrieved from a plurality of location data sources and the reliability of the data is then verified and the data is then stored on a computer readable medium. At least one bid for verified location data from an entity is received wherein the bid relates to the offers for verified location data. An acceptance of the bid is then processed. The verified location data relating to the bid is then retrieved and is transmitted over the network to the bidding entity and the target users are paid according to the terms of the bid payment offer. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040692 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACQUIRING, COMPARING AND EVALUATING PROPERTY CONDITION - A system and method is provided for acquiring, collecting, comparing and evaluating the condition of rental property at several time periods during a lease or rental agreement. A deposit amount that is returned to a rentee or owed by the rentee is determined by a computer or individual based on a comparison of the documentation provided by the rentee and/or renter at the start of the rental period to the documentation that is provided the end of the rental period. The documentation provided by the rentee and renter is time-stamped and imprinted with geo-location information if it is available. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040693 | WEBSITE INCLUDING BID FILTERING - Systems and methods for improving social networking websites, such as dating websites, are disclosed. An owner of the website can capitalize on the quality of the user base. A bidding process can be used to limit access to highly desirable users. In some cases revenue generated from the bidding process will belong to the website owner, while in other cases, the revenues may be shared with the highly desirable users. Revenue need not be entirely financial, as the bidding process may operate with anything of value. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040694 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EXPERT QUALITY CONTROL - In exemplary embodiments, an apparatus and method for providing expert quality control on a consultation system is provided. Feedback is received for an expert. The feedback may be from users of the consultation system, other experts on the consultation system, or third-parties with relevant expertise and may comprise direct and indirect feedback. Adjustment factors are recorded for the expert. The adjustment factors comprise public and non-public actions associated with the expert. The expert is then evaluated using the feedback and the adjustment factors. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040695 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTIZING HUMAN CAPITAL LABOR EMPLOYMENT POSITIONS/JOBS - A method includes configuring a human-capital-management (HCM) master taxonomy and a HCM language library. The HCM master taxonomy includes a plurality of levels that range from more general to more specific, each level of the plurality of levels comprising a plurality of nodes. The plurality of levels include a job-species level and a job-family level, the job-species level including a level of greatest specificity in the plurality of levels, the job-family level including a level of specificity immediately above the job-species level. In addition, the method includes transforming human-capital information via the HCM language library. Further, the method includes classifying the transformed human-capital information into a job-family node selected from the plurality of nodes at the job-family level. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040696 | Systems, Methods, and Computer Program Products for Generating Reference Geocodes for Point Addresses - Systems and methods are provided for generating a reference location data set, such as a reference longitude and latitude point, for each of a plurality of point addresses. A reference location data set can be determined for a point address based on a history of prior geocode samples, such as GPS readings, that have been obtained using a portable computing device during a prior delivery to or pickup from the point address. A location data service collects such geocode samples and processes the samples to generate a reference location data set, such as a reference longitude and latitude and a zone of confidence around the reference longitude and latitude, for each unique point address. To determine whether an item is being delivered to a wrong address, current location data obtained during a delivery can be compared against the reference location data generated by the location data service for the delivery address. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040697 | REASSIGNMENT AND RECONCILIATION FOR MULTI-DIMENSIONAL SALES TERRITORIES - Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for using multi-dimensional modeling techniques to handle gaps, overlaps, and reassignments of opportunities for sales territory management. Embodiments use multi-dimensional modeling to define territories in such a way that accounts for applicable territory criteria as sets with logical boundaries, rather than as a defined rule-based architecture (e.g., as dimensions in a territory hypercube). The multi-dimensional model is de-normalized to capture the multi-dimensional nature of the sales territory definitions while, for example, flattening hierarchical trees and minimizing or eliminating the need for ordinal processing of the data. In some embodiments, the de-normalized territory definitions are used to facilitate efficient and reliable gap and/or overlap processing (e.g., detection, reconciliation, etc.). In other embodiments, the de-normalized territory definitions are used to optimize identification of territory regions where reassignment of opportunities is appropriate and/or to reassign opportunities in those regions. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040698 | SANDBOXING AND WHAT-IF ANALYSIS FOR MULTI-DIMENSIONAL SALES TERRITORIES - Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for using multi-dimensional modeling techniques to handle territory proposals for sandboxing territory changes, for performing what-if analyses, etc. In some embodiments, a staging environment allows the creation of a proposed territory model (e.g., a proposed territory hypercube) based on a production territory model or some other baseline territory model version. The territory proposal is associated with a name, owner, activation trigger event, and the proposed territory model. The owner can modify the proposed territory definitions in the staging environment, and the modifications may be published to subordinates, audited for errors, etc. When the proposed territory model is as desired, the owner may request activation of the territory upon occurrence of the activation trigger event occurs. Activation may involve promotion of the proposed territory model (e.g., or the modifications) to the production environment, for example, including realignment, reconciliation, auditing, and/or any other processing. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040699 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING EXPOSURE OF AN INVESTMENT FUND TO AN ISSUER OF FINANCIAL ASSETS - Method and system providing integration of investment fund data. One system includes a database configured to store financial data pertaining to financial assets. The system further includes a display application configured to create a display for displaying financial data pertaining to the financial assets. The display includes a first view adapted to display a list of financial transactions related to the financial assets. The display further includes a second view adapted to display asset metrics associated with the financial assets. The display application enables a user to select via the first view a particular financial transaction that is associated with a particular financial asset. The display application further presents via the second view an asset metric associated with the particular financial asset and one or more asset metrics associated with other financial assets held by the investment fund that were issued by an issuer of the particular financial asset. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040700 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AGGREGATING CONTEXT ASSOCIATED WITH A FINANCIAL TRANSACTION - Method and system providing aggregation of context associated with a financial transaction. One system includes a transaction collector that collects transaction attribute data related to attributes of a financial transaction. The system further includes an event data collector that collects transaction event data indicative of an event associated with the financial transaction. The system further includes communication data collector that collects electronic transaction communication data indicative of a communication between two or more parties regarding the financial transaction. The system further includes a computer system that aggregates the transaction attribute data, the transaction event data and the transaction communication data. The computer system further associates the transaction attribute data, the transaction event data and the transaction communication data with the financial transaction. The computer system further generates a transaction report regarding the financial transaction. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040701 | Method and System for High Speed Options Pricing - A high speed technique for options pricing in the financial industry is disclosed that can provide both high throughput and low latency. Parallel/pipelined architectures are disclosed for computing an option's theoretical fair price. Preferably these parallel/pipelined architectures are deployed in hardware, and more preferably reconfigurable logic such as Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) to accelerate the options pricing operations relative to conventional software-based options pricing operations. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040702 | Rate of Return Stops and Capital Return Transactions - A method and system for managing and selling investments via electronic means. An investor can establish sell order criteria based upon a preset desired rate of return. The broker thereby monitors the investment and automatically sells it on behalf of the investor once the prescribed sell order criteria are met. The investor can effectively lock in a rate of return prior to its sale without monitoring. Also provided is a method and system for returning to the investor a portion of the initial investment. Once the investment reaches a predetermined value, three simultaneous events occur. A portion or all the initial invested capital is returned to the investor for purposes of reinvestment. The investment instrument is transferred to the broker as collateral, given that its value appreciated relative to the initial purchase amount. Yet the investor still owns the “rights” to the capital appreciation for the life of the investment. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040703 | System, Method and Program Product to Estimate Cost of Integrating and Utilizing Heterogeneous Data Sources - System, method and program product for estimating a cost of reconciling heterogeneous data sources. A transition cost for integrating together a first program to identify semantic conflicts, a second program to classify semantic conflicts and a third program to reconcile semantic conflicts is estimated. A steady state cost for managing and maintaining the integrated first, second and third programs is estimated. Another system, method and program product for estimating a cost of integrating heterogeneous data sources. A steady state cost of managing and maintaining a first program which identifies semantic conflicts between a cross data source query and schema elements in a data source is estimated. A steady state cost of managing and maintaining a second program which classifies semantic conflicts between the cross data source query and schema elements in the data source is estimated. A steady state cost of managing and maintaining a third program which reconciles semantic conflicts between the cross data source query and schema elements in the data source is estimated. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040704 | REAL-TIME CHARGE CALCULATION SYSTEM - The above objects can be attained by a system that creates system-created events at an optimal time independent of the billing process, and performs a continuous pricing process so that as events become available to the system they can be priced and summarized in real-time, allowing the billing process to be performed more efficiently. Usage and one-time events become available for pricing as soon as they are delivered to the system. System-created events, such as recurring, minimum charge summary, and maximum charge summary events, are created by the system based on a schedule defined by a subscription to which a customer has subscribed. Charges for events are re-calculated, if necessary, when information in the system, which impacts the charge of an event, changes. On demand pricing is performed when a charge for summary event, such as, a tiered discount plan summary, minimum charge summary, or maximum charge summary, is to be displayed or billed. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040705 | ENSURING HIGH AVAILABILITY OF SERVICES VIA THREE PHASE EXCEPTION HANDLING - Described herein are systems and methods for three phase exception handling ensuring high availability of services. Via unified application program interface (API), one or more inspector instances are observing the behavior one or more services. The three phase exception handling is triggered upon observing an abnormal service behavior. Phase one comprises executing one or more commands from the unified API by the one or more inspector instances in attempt to resolve the abnormal service behavior and notifying a centralized inspector engine. Phase two comprises executing one or more predefined rules according to the current service state by the centralized inspector engine in attempt to resolve the abnormal service behavior and notifying an administrator. Phase three comprises abnormal service behavior analysis by the administrator and executing customized by the administrator rules to resolve the abnormal service behavior. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040706 | SCALABLE TRAFFIC CLASSIFIER AND CLASSIFIER TRAINING SYSTEM - A traffic classifier has a plurality of binary classifiers, each associated with one of a plurality of calibrators. Each calibrator trained to translate an output score of the associated binary classifier into an estimated class probability value using a fitted logistic curve, each estimated class probability value indicating a probability that the packet flow on which the output score is based belongs to the traffic class associated with the binary classifier associated with the calibrator. The classifier training system configured to generate a training data based on network information gained using flow and packet sampling methods. In some embodiments, the classifier training system configured to generate reduced training data sets, one for each traffic class, reducing the training data related to traffic not associated with the traffic class. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040707 | INTELLIGENT MUSIC SELECTION IN VEHICLES - A method of intelligent music selection in a vehicle includes learning user preferences for music selection in the vehicle corresponding to a plurality of driving conditions of the vehicle. Input is received that is indicative of a current driving condition of the vehicle. And, music is selected and played based on the learned user preferences for music selection in the vehicle corresponding to the current driving condition. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040708 | MULTIPLE ENTRY POINT NETWORK FOR STREAM SUPPORT IN A RULE ENGINE - Some embodiments of a multiple entry point network for stream support in an exemplary rule engine have been presented. In one embodiment, a stream of events is asserted into a working memory of a rule engine, which supports event processing. The rule engine, running on a server, processes the stream of events against a set of rules retrieved from a rule repository of the rule engine. To process the events, the rule engine may construct a network having multiple root nodes, each being an entry point into the network, through which the events may enter the network and propagate through the network. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040709 | PATTERN BEHAVIOR SUPPORT IN A RULE ENGINE - Some embodiments of pattern behavior support in a rule engine have been presented. In one embodiment, a behavior builder registry is stored on a computer-readable storage device in a server. The behavior builder registry includes a set of behaviors supported by a rule engine and a set of builders associated with the behaviors. A compiler running on the server may compile a set of rules using the behavior builder registry to generate a network having a set of nodes. In response to a data object asserted propagating into a node of the network, the rule engine may first check one or more behaviors at the node before applying one or more regular constraints at the node on the data object asserted. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040710 | STRUCTURED DIFFERENTIAL LEARNING - A method and information processing system train a control system using structured differential learning. A set of features extracted from a set of input data is analyzed by a plurality of analyzing components. An output response is generated by each analyzing component in the plurality of analyzing components for each feature regarding whether the each feature has an acceptable value associated therewith relative to a value of the parameter associated with the each analyzing component. A confidence score is associated with the each output response. Each output response and each confidence score is combined into a single final output response and single final confidence score. An analyzing component is identified from the plurality of analyzing components that is a strongest candidate for generating an incorrect final output response based at least on the confidence score. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040711 | TRAINING A CLASSIFIER BY DIMENSION-WISE EMBEDDING OF TRAINING DATA - A classifier training method and apparatus for training, a linear classifier trained by the method, and its use, are disclosed. In training the linear classifier, signatures for a set of training samples, such as images, in the form of multi-dimension vectors in a first multi-dimensional space, are converted to a second multi-dimension space, of the same or higher dimensionality than the first multi-dimension space, by applying a set of embedding functions, one for each dimension of the vector space. A linear classifier is trained in the second multi-dimension space. The linear classifier can approximate the accuracy of a non-linear classifier in the original space when predicting labels for new samples, but with lower computation cost in the learning phase. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040712 | Extensions to Semantic Net - A semantic network includes a number of nodes are interconnected to one another through links (e.g., in a subject/verb/target form) representing relationships between the nodes and one or more of the links have one or more variants representing qualifications of the relationships between the nodes. For each link having one or more variants, the variants may be ordered in configurations. Such ordering of the variants in the configurations may be self-described within the semantic network and may determine precedence of those links belonging to the variants. Some of the links of the network may be nodes of others of the links. The interconnection of at least some of the nodes may define a meta-meta model that defines terms in which particular meta models can be defined, each meta model comprising meta facts regarding the nodes of the semantic network. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040713 | MEDICAL SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD - There is provided a method of generating a pulmonary index value of a patient, which includes receiving two or more measured patient parameters, wherein at least one of the measured parameters originates from a pulmonary sensor; and computing the pulmonary index value based on the two or more measured patient parameters. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040714 | KNOWLEDGEBASE PARTITIONING - Some embodiments of knowledgebase partitioning for implementing parallelization in a rule engine have been presented. In one embodiment, a compiler divides a knowledgebase into a set of virtual partitions. The knowledgebase includes a network constructed according to rules added to the knowledgebase. A rule engine may execute the virtual partitions of the partitioned knowledgebase in parallel using threads obtained from a pool of threads. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040715 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CALCULATING A DISTRIBUTION - Systems and methods are provided for calculating a distribution of a quantity over a number of receiver objects. In one implementation, a data processing system is provided that comprises a number of application programs, each of the application programs being adapted to generate a distribution request, storage means for storing a number of rules, each rule being adapted for distribution of at least a portion of the quantity over the receiver objects and for storing an assignment of a sub-set of the rules to each application program, each rule within one of the sub-sets of rules having an assigned priority of execution and each sub-set of rules having an assigned identifier. The data processing system may also comprise distribution calculation means for receiving the distribution request from one of the application programs, the distribution request comprising the identifier of the sub-set of rules assigned to the one of the application programs, the quantity to be distributed, and the identifiers of receiver objects over which the quantity is to be distributed, the distribution calculation means being adapted to access the storage means for execution of the sub-set of rules assigned to the one of the application programs in the order of the priorities assigned to the rules within the sub-set of rules. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040716 | INFORMATION TERMINAL DEVICE AND FUNCTION USE METHOD - An information terminal apparatus generates and holds, for each operation of the user, operation record information which is representative of an association between information indicating operating states of the information terminal apparatus which correspond to operations of the user, information indicating functions of the information terminal apparatus which are to be shifted from the operating states by the user, and information indicating the number of times that the functions are executed. When the user carries out an operation, the information terminal apparatus extracts operation record information which matches the operating state of the information terminal apparatus corresponding to the operation, and displays operation candidate information that comprises the extracted operation record information. When either of the operation record information items is selected from the displayed operation candidate information, the information terminal apparatus executes a process based on the function corresponding to the selected operation record information. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040717 | PROCESS FOR RANKING SEMANTIC WEB RESORUCES - Disclosed is a process for ranking semantic web resources, comprising the steps of; establishing an RDF knowledge base using diverse tools that support the establishment of ontologies; setting, by class, object and subject weights for an object type attribute and a weight for a data type attribute on the schema composed of classes that constitute a domain and of attributes that describe relationships between these classes; extracting from the RDF knowledge base an RDF triple composed of three portions, i.e., a subject, a predicate and an object; creating a weight matrix of class-oriented attributes based on a set weight and the extracted RDF triple; and operating the created weight matrix of class-oriented attributes to calculate a first eigenvector and obtain a vector for ranking scores of resources. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040718 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRECACHING INFORMATION ON A MOBILE DEVICE - A system and method for precaching information on a mobile device. A precaching strategy is built for a mobile device The strategy defines a forecast of data types a user is predicted to request after the occurrence of one or more data refresh conditions. The precaching strategy is built by recognizing data usage patterns in data requested by the user or a group of users over a time period. The data usage pattern comprises data types and events that are correlated to the usage of the data. The events are used to define at least one refresh condition within the precaching strategy. The precaching strategy is executed. When the occurrence of the data refresh condition is detected, data is then retrieved from a data source, wherein the data is retrieved according to the precaching strategy. The retrieved data is transmitted to a user device cache. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040719 | FAILURE DETECTION SYSTEM RISK REDUCTION ASSESSMENT - A process includes determining a probability of a failure mode of a system being analyzed reaching a failure limit as a function of time to failure limit, determining a probability of a mitigation of the failure mode as a function of a time to failure limit, and quantifying a risk reduction based on the probability of the failure mode reaching the failure limit and the probability of the mitigation. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040720 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAKING DECISIONS - Systems and methods are disclosed that assist in making decisions, valuing a choice or action, promoting creative solutions, and reducing risks. Among other situations, the systems and methods consider situations where the user or users are evaluating a possible single choice or several alternative choices. The criteria to evaluate the decisions are input into a grid, and the user or users rate the one or more alternatives against the different criteria. Given several alternative choices or options, the system and method provides the probability each alternative is the right selection. In one embodiment, the system implements a Bayesian approach. The systems and methods may estimate the value of an option or choice, where the value might be financial or other metric, and may estimate the value of a risk, opportunity or factor that might influence the result. The systems and methods may estimate the amount the chance of being surprised or missing some relevant consideration has been reduced by the analysis. The possibility of black or gray swans can also be estimated, in the phraseology of Nassim Taleb. Systems and methods so disclosed may be employed in financial analyses, project or strategy selection, betting, resolution of disagreements, intelligence analysis, and so on. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040721 | MODIFICATION OF RELATIONAL MODELS - Described herein is a system that facilitates modifying a relational model. The relational model is modified based at least in part upon an identity of a user, and the modified relational model is used to predict queries or advertisements that are of interest to the user. Examples of relational models that are modifiable include a Markov Logic Network, a probabilistic relational model, a BLOG relational model, a structural logistic regression relational model, a relational dependency network, or a probabilistic entity relationship model. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040722 | PREDICATE SELECTION IN EVENT FILTERING - An apparatus, method and computer program for evaluating an event in a data processing system, wherein the event comprises a plurality of predicates, the apparatus comprising: a receive component operable for receiving the event; an analyze component, operable for analyzing a plurality of first relationships between the plurality of predicates and a plurality of first values; an order component, operable for ordering the plurality of predicates; an evaluate component, responsive to the order component identifying that one of the plurality of predicates is a primary predicate, operable for evaluating the event for the primary predicate and for determining a result, wherein the result indicates whether the event is true or false for the primary predicate; and an update component, responsive to the evaluate component evaluating the event for the primary predicate, operable for updating the plurality of first values. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040723 | Apparatus and Method for Trend Analysis Based Upon Derived State Tables - A computer readable storage medium includes executable instructions to analyze a query associated with a report to identify query clauses. The query is applied against a data source that does not have a specified time dimension. An optimized audit log is formed from an existing audit log to store data changes of interest at the data source and temporal values associated with the data changes, where each data change corresponds to a query clause. A state table is constructed to specify the state of each query clause. Records in the optimized audit log are processed by temporal value to produce updated state tables. Transition tables are derived from the updated state tables to associate temporal values with data changes at the data source that impact a result produced by the query. Trend data is then supplied from the transition tables. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040724 | System and Method for Intelligence Gathering and Analysis - A computing system for intelligence gathering and analysis includes a computer-based remote avatar rendering and maintenance module, a self-directed data gathering and communication module, a remote personalized data stream analysis module, and a database. The avatar rendering and maintenance module provides an indicator for users to select targeted data streams presented as weapon icons that includes user-selected analysis priorities and threshold attributes of the targeted data. The self-directed data gathering and communication module provides administration programs that coordinate and control the timing and execution of commercially available web search, crawler, and messaging applications. The personalized data stream analysis module provides administration programs that coordinate and control the timing and execution of data consolidation, workflow and scoring programs related to the analysis module. The database stores and manages electronic data related to administrative control of all other system applications and to hold all user gathered data and analysis records as defined specific to the system requirements. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040725 | DATABASE MANAGEMENT METHOD, DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND PROCESSING PROGRAM THEREFOR - A method of increasing a processing performance by setting a suitable upper limit of a resources count for each processing request according to an arrangement of hardware such as a storage device or to contents of the processing request. A processing request acceptor accepts the processing request as a data query. An auxiliary storage device forms a storage area where a database is stored. A data operation executor analyzes the accepted processing request and executed the data operations on the basis of the analyzed result. A resource manager manages the respective data operations allocated to generated processes or threads. A buffer manager caches data of the data operations upon execution of the data operations from the auxiliary storage device to a memory, and determines whether or not the data as the target of the data operations are present in the cache. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040726 | Layout Manager - A computer-implemented system for creating or managing layouts, comprising a browser application and one or more display clients for rendering data-oriented views. The browser application is user-operable to select or locate data sources and to select data-oriented views and thereby to control the browser application to control the display clients to render the selected data-oriented views based on the selected data sources. The browser application may include an icon module for generating increment icons, the increment icons being user-operable to select the data sources and the data-oriented views. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040727 | MINIMIZING STALENESS IN REAL-TIME DATA WAREHOUSES - Data tables in data warehouses are updated to minimize staleness and stretch of the data tables. New data is received from external sources and, in response, update requests are generated. Accumulated update requests may be batched. Data tables may be weighted to affect the order in which update requests are serviced. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040728 | REPLICATION OF DEDUPLICATED DATA - Various embodiments for replicating deduplicated data using a processor device are provided. A block of the deduplicated data, created in a source repository, is assigned a global block identification (id) unique in a grid set inclusive of the source repository. The global block id is generated using at least one unique identification value of the block, a containing grid of the grid set, and the source repository. The global block id is transmitted from the source repository to a target repository. If the target repository determines the global block id is associated with an existing block of the deduplicated data located within the target repository, the block is not received by the target repository during a subsequent replication process. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040729 | HIERARCHICAL MANAGEMENT STORAGE SYSTEM AND STORAGE SYSTEM OPERATING METHOD - The storage system eliminates inconsistency between a stub, and a file data storage location indicated by the stub. In a storage system that executes HSM using stubs, information relating to a higher tier, which is a data migration source, is recorded during data migration. The stub in the higher tier is correctly restored using the higher-tier information thus recorded. The stub is restored, and inconsistency between information in the HSM layers is resolved. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040730 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BACKING UP AND RESTORING EMAIL DATA - A software and/or hardware facility for backing up and restoring email data. In some embodiments, the facility includes an input component configured to receive emails, a storage component configured to store the received emails non-hierarchically and an ftp component. The ftp component is configured to accept a connection from an ftp client and provide a hierarchical structure to the ftp client that enables access to the stored emails on an individual email basis. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040731 | PROVISIONING CONFIGURATION CHANGES TO A CONTENT PLAYER DEVICE - A device may include a network interface for communicating with another device over a network, a storage unit to store content, and a processor. The processor may be configured to receive a request from a user to change usable storage space on the storage unit, send a message that describes the request to a service provider, receive a reply allowing the user to change the usable storage space from the service provider, provide at least one option to the user in response to the reply, receive information from the user selecting a first one of the at least one option, and set a size of the usable storage space to a value corresponding to the first option. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040732 | APPROACH FOR SECURING DISTRIBUTED DEDUPLICATION SOFTWARE - The various embodiments of the present invention include techniques for securing the use of data deduplication activities occurring in a source-deduplicating storage management system. These techniques are intended to prevent fake data backup, target data contamination, and data spoofing attacks initiated by a source. In one embodiment, one technique includes limiting chunk querying to authorized users. Another technique provides detection of attacks and unauthorized access to keys within the target system. Additional techniques include the combination of validating the existence of data from the source by validating the data chunk, validating a data sample of the data chunk, or validating a hash value of the data chunk. A further embodiment involves the use of policies to provide authorization levels for chunk sharing and linking within the target. These techniques separately and in combination provide a comprehensive strategy to avoid unauthorized access to data within the target storage system. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040733 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING STATISTICS FROM SEARCH ENGINE QUERY LOGS - A computer-implemented method includes calculating first statistics about a user-identified event within a first subset of a database of events; selecting a second subset of the database of events based on said first statistics; calculating second statistics about the user-identified event within the second subset of the database of events; merging the first and second statistics as statistics of the user-identified event within the entire database of events; and generating a result including at least a portion of the merged statistics of the user-identified event. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040734 | PROCESSING OF STREAMING DATA WITH KEYED AGGREGATION - Keyed aggregation is used in the processing of streaming data to streamline processing to provide higher throughput and decreased use of resources. The most recent event for each unique replacement key value(s) is maintained. In response to an incoming event having a same key as a previous event, the effect on an aggregation of the previous event is removed. The aggregation is then updated with one or more values from the arriving event and the updated aggregation is output. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040735 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPRESSING FILES - A system and method for compressing files obtains a file to be compressed, divides the file into different sections. The system and method further compresses each section with an image compression algorithm or a text compression algorithm according a type of each section, and connects all compressed sections to obtain a compressed file. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040736 | Personal Data Platform - Receive a plurality of data management policies from a user. Store in a memory the data management policies in association with a context and an identifier of the user. Receive personal data of the user collected in one or more contexts by one or more collection devices. Determine whether the personal data complies with one or more of the data management policies with respect to collecting personal data of the user. If the personal data complies with the data management policies with respect to collecting personal data on the user, then storing in the memory the personal data in association with the identifier of the user. Provide a centralized interface to the user for managing the personal data stored in the memory. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040737 | Data staging system and method - A data staging system comprises an inbound staging area, data conversion logic, and a graphical user interface. The inbound staging area is configured to receive data records from a data sending computer system, including being configured to receive different versions of the same record. The inbound staging area stores the different versions of the same record pending further processing. The data conversion logic is configured to perform the further processing. The further processing reduces the number of different versions of the same record. The graphical user interface logic is configured to generate a display showing the records in the inbound staging area. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040738 | PARALLEL NESTED TRANSACTIONS IN TRANSACTIONAL MEMORY - Various technologies and techniques are disclosed for supporting parallel nested transactions in a transactional memory system. Releasing a duplicate write lock for rollback is supported. During rollback processing of a parallel nested transaction, a write log entry is encountered that represents a write lock. If the write lock is a duplicate, a global lock is used to synchronize access to a global versioned write lock map. Optimistic read validation is supported. During validation, if a versioned write lock indicates a sibling conflict, consult information to determine if a parallel nested transaction should be doomed. Write lock acquisition is supported. Upon attempting to acquire a write lock for a parallel nested transaction, a transactional memory word is analyzed to determine if the write lock can be obtained. If the transactional memory word indicates a versioned write lock, retrieve a write log entry pointer from a global versioned write lock map. | 2011-02-17 |
20110040739 | Portable Browsing Interface for Information Retrieval - An integrated searching/browsing mechanism employs user-constructed information hierarchies that represent a cognitive framework for the organization of information. The hierarchies are independent of the information itself. This feature permits them to be shared among multiple users, and applied to any of a variety of different sources of information. The hierarchical organization that is provided by the framework gives the user the ability to browse around any available document database in a manner that is intuitive to the user. Two or more hierarchies can be combined to locate documents which match the criteria of both hierarchies, and thereby refine search results to an appropriate level. A relevance feedback mechanism further enhances the browsing experience, by concentrating the search results in areas that are most relevant to documents selected as being of particular interest. | 2011-02-17 |