08th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 59 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110047040 | ALIAS IDENTITY AND REPUTATION VALIDATION ENGINE - Methods and system for determining reputation information are provided. The method includes analyzing transactional and non-transactional information for an alias associated with an entity and determining reputation information for that alias. The reputation information is transferable across multiple domains. A user can request the reputation information about an entity prior to doing business with that entity. The reputation information is generated for merchants as well as users. The system can generate transaction risk score for every transaction to be conducted between two or more aliases. The system includes an alias identity and reputation validation server computer that receives inputs from various external systems and generated reputation information based on the inputs. Additionally, every individual user/merchant can manage his profile within the reputation database and enter some information manually. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047041 | Licensed Content Purchasing and Delivering - A content server enables one user to purchase licensed content for another user and, in response to the purchase, automatically delivers the content to the other user's device. The content server further configures the other user's device to receive and utilize the licensed content, thus enabling the other user to consume the content. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047042 | AUTOMATED HIGH-THROUGHPUT SEED PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An apparatus and method for automated high-throughput processing seed requests or orders includes an autonomous single seed counter and packager which operates by pre-programmed criteria. Optional features can include a thresher, a spiral separator, and a label applicator. A conveyance path, controlled automatically, can move the seed to appropriate and desired stations during the processing while maintaining segregation from subsequent seed being processed. Validation of the seed request matching the sample requested occurs prior to processing and information about the seed to process or having been processed can be derived and stored for further use. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047043 | AUTOMATED VENDING OF PRODUCTS CONTAINING CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES - The present invention provides for devices and methods for vending regulated products, particularly controlled substances, including those containing pseudoephedrine. The present invention allows for the identification of consumers through reliable log-in-procedures, allows the consumer to select items, validates whether the purchase request complies with regulations, to facilitate the delivery of the requested product to a consumer. Other embodiments include a vending machine that is placed into a retail environment in which software enforces validation of the purchasers' identities, limits the amount of pseudoephedrine for each purchaser within the regulations of local, state and federal agencies. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047044 | Method and Apparatus for Evaluating Fraud Risk in an Electronic Commerce Transaction - Transaction information is received and applied to multiple fraud risk mathematical models that each produce a respective raw score, which are transformed with respective sigmoidal transform functions to produce optimized likelihood of fraud risk estimates to provide to a merchant. Respective fraud risk estimates are combined using fusion proportions associated with the respective risk estimates, producing a single point risk estimate, which is transformed with a sigmoidal function to produce an optimized single point risk estimate. The sigmoidal functions approximate a relationship between risk estimates produced by fraud risk detection models and a percentage of transactions associated with respective risk estimates; the relationship is represented in terms of real-world distributions of fraudulent and non-fraudulent transaction. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047045 | System and method for paying a merchant by a registered user using a cellular telephone account - A system and method allows users to make purchases by charging or funding a prepaid debit card with their cell phone accounts by simulating a user roaming with their mobile device. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047046 | Methods and devices for providing fashion advice - Fashion advice is easily and readily made available using a fashion application or “tool”. The advice may be based on stored images of a user's wardrobe and/or from images retrieved from clothing retailers. The advice may be communicated to the user via one or more fashion avatars, or by a linked fashion consultant or through the users involvement in virtual fashion shows. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047047 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A MARKET ENVIRONMENT - The system provides two-sided local markets that enable local and/or intermittent resource allocation through a market model. The system provides a method for defining goods, services or assets are to be exchanged among a large but limited number of participants (e.g. between 10 and 100). In one embodiment, all participants may have both needs and endowments of the goods, services and assets to be traded and who may at times want to simultaneously buy and sell multiple units. Alternatively the market may have participants who are either sellers or buyers. The system provides a market mechanism where participants can submit orders (through limit orders and market orders) in user defined time frames. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047048 | INTEGRATED SOLAR AGENT BUSINESS MODEL - A method of delivering a solar system and related services from a solar system vendor to a customer is provided. The method includes estimating the customer's solar system requirements, delivering the estimated requirements to the customer, providing a sales lead that includes the estimated requirements to a contractor, the contractor contacting the customer to perform a sales close, ordering the solar system products from the solar system vendor, and issuing a payment for the products to the solar system vendor. The method of delivering solar services further includes supplying a first set of solar system components from the solar system vendor and a second set of solar system components from a third-party vendor, configuring all or a portion of the solar system components in accordance with the solar system requirements, shipping the solar system to the customer's site, and installing the system on the customer's site. The method for delivering solar services further includes financing the solar system by providing a loan from a financial institution to the customer, providing periodic payments from the customer to the financial institution, and providing payments from the financial institution to the contractor and from the contractor to the solar system vendor. An optional network monitoring service may also be provided. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047049 | Business operation service system and method thereof - In a business operation service system and a method applied in an environment of a video phone service platform, a middleware of software/hardware of a Fixed-Mobile Convergency (FMC) handheld communication device is provided for users to enter a telephone number to enter a specific interactive screen by dialing a telephone number and/or a string of numbers and/or a string of words to connect a telephone to complete a connection. Users can use a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) of the FMC handheld communication device to browse the specific interactive screen containing business information, a commercial service and/or a product trading provided by the system and the method of the invention to purchase a product, inquire business information and/or obtain a commercial service. Since the business operation service system and its method only provide a specific licensed service, a service charge can be collected from users through the dialing registration process. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047050 | Apparatus, System And Method For A Brand Affinity Engine Using Positive And Negative Mentions And Indexing - An apparatus, system and method of implementing a computerized brand affinity engine. The apparatus, system and method include at least a plurality of computerized access points having accessible thereto a plurality of sites mentioning at least one sponsor, a categorized, hierarchical database of keywords, wherein at least the keywords falling in at least one category of the hierarchy correspond to a sponsor category of the at least one sponsor, and a tracker, wherein the tracker tracks positive ones of the mentions of the at least one sponsor on ones of the plurality of sites and negative ones of the mentions of the at least one sponsor on ones of the plurality of sites, in accordance with positive and negative keywords of the categorized, hierarchical database in the sponsor category, and wherein the tracker issues an rating with regard to the at least one sponsor in accordance with the positive ones and the negative ones of the mentions. An assessment of optimal sponsors for particular markets and/or in particular geographies that additionally increases sponsorship opportunities in particular markets and/or in particular geographies is thereby provided. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047051 | DONATION METHOD - A method of donating to a beneficiary is disclosed. The method includes presenting online, using computational means of an administrator, a product donated by a donor. The product is associated with at least one beneficiary. The administrator receives payment for the product from the buyer, a beneficiary or an intermediary for the sale of the product. The administrator, when payment is received from the buyer or the intermediary, sends a donation deducted from the payment to the beneficiary. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047052 | Method and process for an energy management system for setting and adjusting a minimum energy reserve for a rechargeable energy storage device - An energy management system which will allow the owner to set a minimum energy reserve or charge for an energy storage device (ESD), such ESD being coupled to an asset that is further connected to the electric utility grid. A plurality of sensors may be utilized to provide data, including ESD health and ambient conditions, so that, along with other owner data inputs and profile information, an appropriate amount of energy may be charged to and maintained in the ESD to enable the associated asset to perform anticipated tasks. The energy management system may be either directly or remotely programmed via secure communications, and will further provide the owner with the ability to discharge energy back to the grid during demand events, or to discharge to other owner specified assets, at the owner's discretion. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047053 | METHOD AND SMART CARD FOR PROVIDING LOCATION BASED SERVICE - A method and a smart card for providing location based services are provided. The smart card connectable to a mobile terminal has a card-dedicated GPS module for receiving radio signals from one or more satellites to extract navigation data contained in the radio signals; a card-dedicated communication module for transceiving data related to the location-based services (LBS) in an interworking relationship with the mobile terminal; a card-dedicated storage module for storing map data related to the location based services and indoor map data; a card-dedicated indoor module for providing the LBS using the indoor map data; and a card-dedicated LBS platform for providing the LBS through extracting a current location of the mobile terminal using the navigation data and controlling the card-dedicated indoor module to be switched into an active state if the card-dedicated GPS module fails to receive the radio signals from the satellite. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047054 | Trusted Infrastructure Support Systems, Methods and Techniques for Secure Electronic Commerce Electronic Transactions and Rights Management - An integrated, modular array of administrative and support services are provided for electronic commerce and electronic rights and transaction management. These administrative and support services supply a secure foundation for conducting transaction-related capabilities over electronic networks, and can also be adapted to the specific needs of electronic commerce value chains. In one embodiment a Distributed Commerce Utility having a secure, programmable, distributed architecture provides these administrative and support services. The Distributed Commerce Utility may comprise a number of Commerce Utility Systems. These Commerce Utility Systems provide a web of infrastructure support available to, and reusable by, the entire electronic community and/or many of its participants. Different support functions can be collected together in hierarchical and/or networked relationships to suit various business models or other objectives. Modular support functions can be combined in different arrays to form different Commerce Utility Systems for different design implementations and purposes. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047055 | Dynamic Computer-Based Information Management System - The invention is directed to a computer readable medium having computer readable instructions adapted and configured to instruct a computer to perform a method comprising: receiving values from any information transmission device; recording a near-immediate transition of any number of values between any number of system elements, using a float of electronically produced schedule keepers of value quantifying a change in any variables with respect to users in an application; and at least one of correcting and transmitting information to assist with delivering useful information to achieve a desired outcome. In some aspects, the variable is currency. In still other configurations, the application is a financial application. Values can be selected from the group consisting of single or multivariable, as desired or preferred. Moreover, the system elements are identified by contextual information disclosed by a user. Furthermore, the method can also comprise the step of: reducing a payment to a vendor by an amount of one or more of a fee for a transaction and a tax. In some cases, the method can further comprising: deducting an additional fee by an amount of one or more of a fee for a transaction and a tax. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047056 | CONTINUOUS MEASUREMENT AND INDEPENDENT VERIFICATION OF THE QUALITY OF DATA AND PROCESSES USED TO VALUE STRUCTURED DERIVATIVE INFORMATION PRODUCTS - One embodiment of the present invention relates to a system for measurement and verification of data related to at least one financial derivative instrument, wherein the data related to the at least one financial derivative instrument is associated with at least a first financial institution and a second financial institution, and wherein the first financial institution and the second financial institution are different from one another. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047057 | Simultaneous real-time access to financial information - The present invention is defined by the following claims, and nothing in this section should be taken as a limitation on those claims. By way of introduction, the preferred embodiments describe below include a method of simultaneously presenting user specific real-time financial information includes authenticating a user, for example by using a user-id and password. Then receiving an input from the user indicating the shareholder of interest. The user is then presented with a list of the shareholder's account information. The shareholder account information can be retrieved from several different record keeping systems. The record keeping systems can be maintained by different entities and can store the respective account information in different formats. The shareholder account information can be retrieved by broadcasting an account inquiry to the record keeping systems or by using a cross-reference table that indicates which record keeping systems the shareholder has accounts with. A combination of the broadcast and cross-reference table can be used. Once the shareholder account information is presented, the user can select an account, for example by a hyperlink tag, and receive detailed information about that account. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047058 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MODELING LOAN ATTRIBUTES - A method, system, and computer program product for generating a model for predicting loan behavior, including receiving loan data for a plurality of loans; preparing the loan data for analysis; grouping the loans into a plurality of hierarchical segments based on shared characteristics; generating a logistic regression model for each segment; and generating an overall prediction model for at least one of prepayment, delinquency, and default across the plurality of segments. Grouping the loans into a plurality of segments based on shared characteristics may include grouping the loans based on loan type, change in Housing Price Index (HPI) since origination, and loan age. Generating a logistic regression model for each segment may include generating a regression model for the probabilities of each of prepayment, default, and delinquency for each of the segments. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047059 | Residential mortgage exchange and borrower trading platform - R-M-X is an online platform design and utility to allow borrowers to search for and execute mortgage loan alternatives across a pool of lenders. R-M-X will allow borrowers and lenders to enter into standardized loans through R-M-X rather than directly as bilateral agreements. Each mortgage will be bifurcated into a credit and funding component. Borrowers and lenders can each separately manage the credit and funding components of the loan. Also, R-M-X will act as a primary and secondary trading exchange and clearing entity for collateral and funding lenders providing trading, clearing and standardization for retail liabilities including residential mortgages. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047060 | APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A MARGINAL CONTRIBUTION TO PERFORMANCE PLATFORM - The APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A MARGINAL CONTRIBUTION TO PERFORMANCE PLATFORM (“MCP PLATFORM”) brings about significant advances in the utility and efficacy of algorithmic trading. In one embodiment, the MCP Platform facilitates optimized trading of financial instruments by employing an optimization framework that extends down to the order-placement level. The MCP Platform may minimize a total, generalized cost associated with a trade by separating the overall optimization problem into current order placement decisions and future order placement decisions. Future order placement decisions may then be evaluated analytically and the current order placement decisions evaluated numerically to effectively reduce the dimensionality of the optimization problem and allow optimization to be performed in a relatively short period of time. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047061 | Method for detecting abnormal transactions of financial assets and information processing device performing the method - A method for detecting abnormal transactions of a financial asset and an information processing device performing the method are disclosed. The method is used for detecting whether a plurality of account data have a abnormal transaction, and the method comprises the steps of: receiving historic information, wherein the historic information comprises the account data and each number of trades made on each transaction day of each account within a period; establishing a plurality of information matrixes; choosing two of the plurality of information matrixes for making an inner product operation and acquiring an inner product value; constructing the threshold of the inner product value; determining whether the inner product value is greater than the threshold of the inner product value; and if yes, determining the two corresponding accounts of the information matrixes having the abnormal transaction. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047062 | PRECIOUS METAL BULLION ARBITRAGE RETAIL KIOSK AND ASSOCIATED METHODS OF USE AND MANUFACTURE - Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards a bullion arbitrage kiosk portal device that enables a customer to buy and/or sell precious metal bullion. A price for the bullion is dynamically determined based at least in part on a plurality of real-time market quotes, an operational markup, and an inventory determination of bullion at a single or multiple number of kiosk portal device(s). The kiosk portal device is further configured such that bullion purchased by the kiosk portal device may be resold by the same kiosk portal device, thereby integrating the buy/sell of bullion, even by the same customer. The kiosk portal device further enables a customer to exchange bullion for differing configurations and/or amounts of other bullion, as well as other forms of payment, such as cash, credit, or alternative denominations of bullion. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047063 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING MARKET INFORMATION AND ORDER PLACEMENT IN AN ELECTRONIC TRADING ENVIRONMENT - A system and method are provided for displaying a trading screen and placing an order in an electronic trading environment. The system and method may be used to assist a trader in selecting an item of interest, such as the inside market (best bid and best ask) to be displayed relative to a user configured location on the trading screen, such as the center of the trading screen. In a preferred embodiment, the inside market will stay located relative to center of the trading screen and the price levels associated to the inside market will move as the market conditions fluctuate. Other features and advantages are described herein. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047064 | DISTRIBUTION OF DATA TO MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS - In a trading system market data from a matching engine is distributed by a broker to a plurality of trading floors repeatedly every T seconds, typically one second. This one second distribution period is divided into a plurality of time slots and each trading floor is randomly assigned to a slot. Data for a given trading floor is calculated and distributed during the time slot assigned to that floor. The position of a trading floor relative to others is varied by swapping a pair of adjacent time slots every J distribution periods. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047065 | System and Method for Modifying Trading Strategies Based on Message Usage - A system and method are provided for implementing an electronic exchange-based transaction message policy. One example method includes defining a message usage threshold to be used in relation to a client entity that utilizes one or more trading strategies and sends transaction messages to an electronic exchange. The method further includes dynamically monitoring the message usage at the client entity and comparing it to the defined message usage threshold. If the message usage exceeds the threshold limit, the method includes adjusting one or more trading strategies at the client entity in attempt to not violating the exchange-based transaction message policy. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047066 | SPECIAL MATURITY ASR RECALCULATED TIMING - An system for and method of repurchasing stock is presented. The system and method improve upon prior art techniques by limiting risk to an investment bank that enables an accelerated stock repurchase. More particularly, such risk is reduced in the event that the repurchasing company announces higher than expected dividends on the stock during the term of the accelerated repurchase transaction. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047067 | 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. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047068 | ELECTRONIC SECURITIES MARKETPLACE HAVING INTEGRATION WITH ORDER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS - An electronic trading marketplace (ETM) communicates with interfacing modules interfacing directly with order management systems (OMS's) at trading institutions. The interfacing modules automatically transmit orders from the OMS databases to the ETM and update the OMS databases in response to orders executed at the ETM. Traders can communicate with the ETM to anonymously negotiate trades of securities. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047069 | System and Method for Risk Assessment - A computer program product, including a computer readable program code to implement a method for assessing a financial institution's capital risk. The method including the steps of receiving financial information, processing the financial information to obtain a scenario for capital risk, and displaying the scenario on a display device. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047070 | Financial Collaboration Networks - The disclosed system and method for providing financial collaboration networks generally includes a data processing system adapted to permit a plurality of group collaborators to perform financial transactions with a plurality of users or network participants. Representative embodiments of the present invention generally provide web-based financial collaboration systems that may be adapted to permit a plurality of borrowers, for example, to negotiate more favorable terms with a lender for subsequent loans made to the borrower members of the collaborative group. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047071 | TOTAL STRUCTURAL RISK MODEL - The present invention generally relates to financial data processing, and in particular it relates to credit scoring, consumer profiling, consumer behavior analysis and modeling. More specifically, it relates to risk modeling using the inputs of credit bureau data, size of wallet data, and, optionally, internal data. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047072 | Systems and Methods for Propensity Analysis and Validation - In one aspect, a computing apparatus includes: a transaction handler to process transactions; a data warehouse to store transaction data recording the transactions processed at the transaction handler; and a portal to receive a request from a client device over a network, the request including user data identifying at least one user. The client device has activity data recording activities of the user, and has the capability to determine from the activity data a first value for a first propensity score of the user. The computing apparatus further includes a score evaluator coupled to the data warehouse and the portal to determine a second value for the first propensity score based on transaction data recording payment transactions of the at least one user identified by the user data. The portal is configured to provide information based on the second value in response to the request. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047073 | DIRECT CURRENCY CONVERSION - This invention concerns direct currency conversion, that is automatic currency conversion at point of payment for card transactions. In particular it concerns a method for operating equipment associated with a financial transaction. The method includes the steps of: Presenting a card related to a customer's account. Recording a card number from the card. Applying all or part of the card number to a tree structure, and automatically processing that number by the tree one bit at a time to arrive at an end node of the tree coded with information related to the currency of the customer's card account. Determining the currency of the customer's card account. Comparing the currency of the customer's card account with one or more currencies predetermined for the equipment. Where the comparison indicates different currencies, providing direct currency conversion services. In other aspects it concerns the equipment itself, and a method of preparing a tree structure for use by the equipment. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047074 | One card system - This invention relates to a novel system which includes a new device (the DEVICE) and a new business process (the PROCESS) that combines multiple cards (for both financial and non-financial transactions) into one card in a secured manner. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047075 | LOCATION CONTROLS ON PAYMENT CARD TRANSACTIONS - Geographical location information provided by a mobile device is used as a control on the use of a payment card as described. Mobile device identification is linked to a payment card account such that when a payment card authorization request is received, information about the geographic location of the origination of the request is checked against the geographic location provided by the mobile device, and if there is a match, the transaction can further processed for authorization or directly authorized. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047076 | ALIAS REPUTATION INTERACTION SYSTEM - Systems and method for generating reputation information for an alias are provided. The alias is associated with an entity. Payment transaction information related to a first alias associated with a first entity is received. The payment transaction information includes payment transactions performed by the first entity. In addition, non-payment transaction information related to the first alias is also received. The non-payment transactions include transaction between the first alias and one or more objects. The payment transaction information and the non-payment transaction information is analyzed to associate the one or more objects with the first alias. Thereafter, reputation information for the first alias is generated based at least in part on the payment transaction information and the non-payment transaction information. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047077 | Trusted Infrastructure Support Systems, Methods and Techniques for Secure Electronic Commerce Electronic Transactions and Rights Management - An integrated, modular array of administrative and support services are provided for electronic commerce and electronic rights and transaction management. These administrative and support services supply a secure foundation for conducting transaction-related capabilities over electronic networks, and can also be adapted to the specific needs of electronic commerce value chains. In one embodiment a Distributed Commerce Utility having a secure, programmable, distributed architecture provides these administrative and support services. The Distributed Commerce Utility may comprise a number of Commerce Utility Systems. These Commerce Utility Systems provide a web of infrastructure support available to, and reusable by, the entire electronic community and/or many of its participants. Different support functions can be collected together in hierarchical and/or networked relationships to suit various business models or other objectives. Modular support functions can be combined in different arrays to form different Commerce Utility Systems for different design implementations and purposes. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047078 | Trusted Infrastructure Support Systems, Methods and Techniques for Secure Electronic Commerce Electronic Transactions and Rights Management - An integrated, modular array of administrative and support services are provided for electronic commerce and electronic rights and transaction management. These administrative and support services supply a secure foundation for conducting transaction-related capabilities over electronic networks, and can also be adapted to the specific needs of electronic commerce value chains. In one embodiment a Distributed Commerce Utility having a secure, programmable, distributed architecture provides these administrative and support services. The Distributed Commerce Utility may comprise a number of Commerce Utility Systems. These Commerce Utility Systems provide a web of infrastructure support available to, and reusable by, the entire electronic community and/or many of its participants. Different support functions can be collected together in hierarchical and/or networked relationships to suit various business models or other objectives. Modular support functions can be combined in different arrays to form different Commerce Utility Systems for different design implementations and purposes. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047079 | DIGITAL CONTENT PUBLICATION - A method and system for receiving digital content and metadata associated with the digital content. In an embodiment, the method and system inputs publication information associated with the digital content, produces protected digital content, stores the protected digital content, and sends a message including the metadata and the publication information. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047080 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DRM CONTENT MANAGEMENT - A system for managing a Digital Rights Management (DRM) content includes a content providing server for providing an environment, through which a DRM content and a digital right of the DRM content can be registered, a service providing server for issuing a license serving as a usage authority for each of DRM content files provided from the content providing server, generating a license revocation execution value in a specific field of the issued license, encrypting the generated license revocation execution value for transmission to a user terminal, and the user terminal for inspecting the license of the DRM content file transmitted from the service providing server, and extracting and storing the license and the license revocation execution value to use a corresponding DRM content file according to the license, and upon receiving a revocation request, transmitting a revocation result of the corresponding license to the service providing server. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047081 | SECURE REPORTS FOR ELECTRONIC PAYMENT SYSTEMS - A system, device, and method for generating and transmitting secure reports or documents in a retail environment or payment system comprising both secure and unsecure portions, where users of the unsecure portions may require access to sensitive information stored by the secure portions for various purposes, such as reporting, accounting, or reconciliation. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047082 | Remote Electronic Payment System - The invention concerns a remote electronic payment system comprising an authentication device ( | 2011-02-24 |
20110047083 | COMPUTER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NEGOTIATING A PRICE OF A RENTAL PROPERTY - A system for negotiating pricing for a rental property includes a first client device in communication with a global communications network to be used by a prospective leasee of the rental property and a second client device in communication with the global communications network to be used by a leasor of the rental property. The system also includes a server in communication with the first and second client devices via the global communications network, and a database stored on a memory of the server having information stored thereon. The server is adapted to receive information from the first and second client devices to be stored on the database and to be transmitted between the first and second client devices via the global communications network. The server is also adapted to compare the information transmitted by the first and second client devices with the information stored on the database, and provide an indication of compatibility or non-compatibility of the information with the information stored on the database. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047084 | DISTRIBUTED SERVICE FRAMEWORK - A system for executing services in a distributed way, the execution of each service involving the processing of a plurality of tasks of predetermined types, each task type to be processed being represented by a corresponding type of tuples of data relating to the task type, wherein: the system includes a plurality of peer entities; each peer entity being adapted to store and execute a plurality of worker modules, each worker module being adapted to process at least one task type; each peer entity including tuple handling modules that, for a tuple of a type T, are adapted: a) to check if at least one of the plurality of the worker modules in the peer entity is adapted to process the task represented by the tuple, b) in the positive case of a), to take charge of the processing of the task represented by the tuple, and c) in the negative case of a), to execute a forwarding procedure for forwarding the tuple to another peer entity of the plurality of peer entities of the system. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047085 | Method and system for minimizing the risks associated with printing and affixing intellectual property indicia upon a commercial ready product - The instant invention relates to a method and system for addressing the increasing risk of litigation and huge payouts that patent holders face with regards to marking of intellectual property indicia, particularly patent markings, upon a commercial ready product. For companies that maintain large patent portfolios and/or produce large numbers of products, the methods and systems in accordance with the instant invention provide assurance that the company can obtain the benefits of patent marking while not becoming the subject of quick payout seeking plaintiffs. Moreover, the methods and systems of the instant invention can be used to harmonize the company's efforts of compliance of the false marking statutes. The system generally includes one or more databases containing one or more intellectual property status related data factors associated with one or more commercial ready products, at least one programmable device that receives, stores, manipulates, and outputs data and is coupled with one or more database, and a printer in operable connection with the at least one programmable device for printing the intellectual property indicia. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047086 | Evaluating Environmental Sustainability - A system and method may automatically receive an electronic lease or other agreement document for property and parse the document to identify provisions provided therein. The lease may then be evaluated for various types of provisions to determine an overall quality score. In one example, the quality score may correspond to an environmental sustainability score and include considerations such as sub-metering, water-saving fixtures, LEED certification and the like. In one or more arrangements, provisions may be identified by generating and providing an electronic questionnaire through which a user may specify the applicable terms of the lease. Approval of the lease may be conditioned on a minimum environmental sustainability score as determined by the lease provisions. A system may further suggest ways to improve the environmental sustainability score. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047087 | System and Method for Conducting Threat and Hazard Vulnerability Assessments - A system and method for conducting threat and hazard vulnerability assessments. The system uses a software program to conduct interviews which determine the appropriate parameters of site surveys for the facilities to be assessed and creates a customized site survey for each facility. The customized site surveys implemented using mobile computing devices that site surveyors use to record the responses to the site survey questions. The survey responses are then analyzed by the system and a vulnerability assessment report and corrective action plan are generated. The system transmits the components of the corrective action to various corrective actors that implement the corrective action plan and report their activities. The system then uses the reports from the corrective actors to determine a facility's continued vulnerability. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047088 | Method and System For Documenting And Validating Carbon Credits Associated With Crop Production - Carbon credits associated with crop production may be validated. Location data and associated crop production data may be received. The validity of the carbon credit may be determined based on the location data and the associated crop production data. A carbon credit validation may be outputted based on the determination of the validity of the carbon credit. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047089 | Record-keeping system for transmission and production of content - A method is provided for producing content, the content to be produced depicting at least one person and being subject to a federal record-keeping requirement. The method includes the steps of providing to a computer system information pertaining to a person to be depicted in at least a portion of the content in accordance with a federal record-keeping requirement; associating by the computer system the information with the content to be produced by storing the information together with an identification of the content to be produced in a storage medium independent of a medium to be used to store the content; determining by the computer system that the stored associated information complies with the federal record-keeping requirement; and producing the content based on the determination of compliance. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047090 | System and apparatus to increase efficiency in matching candidates to job offers while keeping candidate privacy - System and apparatus to send candidate resume to job offers published in any of the medias while keeping candidate privacy and increasing effectiveness in finding the best candidate for job offer. The system is based on the ability to compare candidate results from third parties matching systems and increased effectiveness in tracking candidates in recruitment process. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047091 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MAINTAINING CUSTOMS COMPLIANCE WHEN IMPORTING AND EXPORTING GOODS - A system and method which utilize current, updated classification of goods and parties when relevant documents are prepared and printed and further updates relevant classification data contained in various records either periodically or as changes are received. This updating and utilization of the current, updated classification minimizes delays which would occur because of improper characterization or classification information. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047092 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING AND MANAGING TRANSPORTATION OF SPECIMENS - The invention provides a system and method for tracking and managing transportation of specimens from a first location such as a medical office to a second location such as a testing lab for processing. A courier using a portable computing device can receive information when a specimen is ready for pick up from a first location. The courier will travel to a first location and enter specimen identification information into the portable computing device as well as first location information. Therefore, the portable computing device will have a record that the specimen has been picked up from the first location. The specimen is then carried to a second location and the courier enters the status of the specimen to show that it has been delivered to the second location for processing and a record exists to show that the specimen has been delivered to the second location. Lab results can be sent via the invention from the second location to the first location. A chain of custody and tracking system is therefore provided to reduce the risk of mishandled or even lost specimens and processing results. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047093 | Closed-End Fund with Hedging Portfolio - A computer implemented system and method for administering a closed-end-fund (CEF) includes configuring the CEF to have a plurality of units available for sale to the public, the units being configured for trading on one or more secondary markets, and the fund having a predetermined fund maturity date. A fund portfolio of assets are identified, which are liquidatable, substantially coincidentally with the fund maturity date, and that have a predetermined monetary value. The fund portfolio of assets is purchased and held within the fund. A hedge portfolio is identified, configured to substantially offset financial risk associated with the fund, and published. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047094 | COMPOUND REDEMPTION PROCESSOR - The present invention provides methods and apparatus one or more of: creating, issuing and redeeming Compound Redeemable Instruments. Apparatus can include a computerized system with executable software that is executable upon demand to process Redemption Instances as well as create and issue Compound Redeemable Instruments. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047095 | Systems and Methods for Order Analysis, Enrichment and Execution - A preferred embodiment of the invention provides an interface providing a model-driven projection of various order execution statistics based on the exact strategy (channel, algorithm, and parameters) that is selected by a user. In at least one embodiment, the interface is linked to at least order execution system and comprises an order execution display. In one embodiment, the invention comprises a computer system operable to display a graphical user interface comprising (a) a pre-trade analysis component for displaying market intelligence information regarding one or more specified securities; and (b) a strategy selection component for displaying order execution strategies for selection by a user and that comprises (i) an order execution component for routing a selected order execution strategy to an order execution system; (ii) an interface for enabling a user to specify trading strategies and strategy requirements; and (iii) a display for displaying projected order completion information. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047096 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING MARGIN REQUIREMENTS - The present invention provides for a system and method of applying value-at-risk determination of a financial portfolio to a performance bond requirement and comparing the value-at-risk determination with a traditional scenario-based performance bond requirement. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047097 | 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. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047098 | Apparatus and Method for Component Analysis of Pooled Securities - A system for valuation of pooled financial products contracts comprises receiving or extracting or generating data elements regarding financial products contracts, determining valuations of the financial products contracts data elements by calculation or comparison methods, creating a data report in a standard data format, storing the data report in the one or more data storage devices, receiving new data items relating to nonfinancial risk or financial risk affecting quality or risk of one or more of the financial products contracts, performing calculations with respect to the new data items to determine an updated valuation of the financial products contracts; and adding to or modifying the data report to create a risk updated data report incorporating updated financial products contracts valuation, and storing the updated data report in the one or more data storage devices. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047099 | Beta Adjustment For Leveraged Index Products - A technique to provide a return from an aggregate of an investment in a cash equivalent account and a leveraged index product account over a time period that is substantially equivalent to a multiple of the return of a theoretical position in an underlying index for the period of time is provided by calculating in a computer system a benchmark exposure of the theoretical position in the underlying index corresponding to the index used in the leveraged index fund; and based on the benchmark exposure, determining whether to initiate a transaction to re-allocate funds from the leveraged index product to a cash equivalent account or from the cash equivalent account to the leveraged index product according to the determined daily benchmark exposure. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047100 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING AN ADDRESS BLOCK MOVE UPDATE BARCODE - The present subject matter generally relates to techniques and equipment to apply move update address information to mailpieces based on move update requirements. More particularly, the present subject matter relates to a pre-print move update process that updates addresses for moves without affecting stored address data while meeting postal authority standards for move update and pre-sort mailpiece groupings. The move update process is applied to the address data before print and preserves the initial stored address data. The move update address information and initial address information are both printed. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047101 | Internet Digital Mail System Printer - This invention relates to a printer that can feed, seal, and print an indicia (Postage Stamp) on a linerless label and/or standard lined label, cut or tear the label (if needed) and apply the printed label to a mailpiece as it is transported all in one pass. Printer will be capable of feeding mailpieces either by hand, semi-automatically or a stack of mailpieces automatically; sealing each mailpiece if needed, and printing an indicia (Postage Stamp) and adhering it to the mailpiece using Internet Based USPS approved software. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047102 | VEHICLE BATTERY CHARGING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A vehicle may include at least one controller and a battery configured to be selectively charged with energy from an off-board energy source. The at least one controller may be configured to receive user input specifying a cost minimization mode of battery charging. The at least one controller may be further configured to, in response to the input, determine a time period available for charging the battery, determine when, during the time period, a cost of energy from the off-board energy source is at a minimum or below a threshold cost, and cause the battery to be charged during at least a portion of the time period when the cost is at the minimum or below the threshold cost to minimize the cost of charging the battery. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047103 | ANTI-ANGIOGENESIS THERAPY FOR THE TREATMENT OF PREVIOUSLY TREATED BREAST CANCER - This invention concerns in general treatment of diseases and pathological conditions with anti-VEGF antibodies. More specifically, the invention concerns the treatment of human patients susceptible to or diagnosed with cancer using an anti-VEGF antibody, in combination with one or more additional anti-tumor therapeutic agents in previously treated metastatic breast cancer. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047104 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ALLOCATING AN INCOMING ORDER TO STANDING ORDERS - A method of allocating a quantity of an incoming order to a plurality of standing orders, wherein the plurality of standing orders are contra to the incoming order and have an identical price is disclosed. The method includes allocating a first portion of the quantity of the incoming order to a first subset of the plurality of standing orders, wherein each order comprising the first subset is designated with a priority; allocating a second portion of the quantity of the incoming order to a second subset of the plurality of standing orders, wherein each order comprising the second subset was submitted by a preferred trader; allocating a third portion of the quantity of the incoming order to a third subset of the plurality of standing orders in accordance with when each order comprising the third subset was received; and allocating a fourth portion of the quantity of the incoming order to a fourth subset of the plurality of standing order proportionally. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047105 | Use of Machine Learning for Classification of Magneto Cardiograms - The use of machine learning for pattern recognition in magnetocardiography (MCG) that measures magnetic fields emitted by the electrophysiological activity of the heart is disclosed herein. Direct kernel methods are used to separate abnormal MCG heart patterns from normal ones. For unsupervised learning, Direct Kernel based Self-Organizing Maps are introduced. For supervised learning Direct Kernel Partial Least Squares and (Direct) Kernel Ridge Regression are used. These results are then compared with classical Support Vector Machines and Kernel Partial Least Squares. The hyper-parameters for these methods are tuned on a validation subset of the training data before testing. Also investigated is the most effective pre-processing, using local, vertical, horizontal and two-dimensional (global) Mahanalobis scaling, wavelet transforms, and variable selection by filtering. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047106 | CONSTUCTION OF TARGETED ADAPTIVE DESIGNS AND MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD LEARNING FOR ADAPTIVE DESIGNS - In one embodiment, a method for targeted adaptive design processing is provided. The method comprises: determining data for a first stage of an adaptive design, each stage of the adaptive design being a set of experiments that are adapted based on a design mechanism, the data for a stage including data for the set of experiments for that stage; determining an estimator based on the data for the first stage; and analyzing the data using the estimator to adapt the design mechanism for a next stage of the adaptive design, the adaptive design mechanisms sign mechanism being considered more optimal to yield data for estimating a target parameter; and outputting the design mechanism for use in a second stage of the experiment. The method further comprises determining a second estimator for the adaptive design usable to estimate the target parameter of the adaptive design based on the analysis. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047107 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RECOGNIZING STATE OF NOISE-GENERATING MACHINE TO BE INVESTIGATED - A statistical basic classification model of acoustic features generated for at least one reference object is automatically adapted by a data processing unit based on acoustic features of a noise generated by an object to be investigated to obtain an individually adapted statistical classification model. The data processing unit then classifies the state of the noise-generating object based on the individually adapted statistical classification model. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047108 | Method for Managing Obesity, Diabetes and Other Glucose-Spike-Induced Diseases - Disclosed is a method for managing obesity, diabetes, hair loss, aging, cardiovascular, or other blood glucose-spike-induced diseases by reducing the post-prandial blood glucose spike, or the glucose shock. The blood glucose spike, or the glucose shock is reduced by generating a person-specific glucose profile for at least one significant meal to tune or train a blood glucose model (kinetic, artificial intelligence or hybrid), and then using the tuned or the trained model embedded in a computation-capable electronic device to compute and recommend a person-specific meal plan and an exercise plan, including semi-continuous meal ingestion and post-meal exercise while sitting at home or office. Advantages over prior art are that the method uses less strenuous exercise with no or less medicine, is person-specific, quantitative and more suitable for use by an individual, a dietician, or a health care practitioner. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047109 | Brain-Based Device Having a Cerebellar Model for Predictive Motor Control - A mobile brain-based device (BBD) includes a mobile platform with sensors and effectors, which is guided by a simulated nervous system that is an analogue of the cerebellar areas of the brain used for predictive motor control to determine interaction with a real-world environment. The simulated nervous system has neural areas including precerebellum nuclei (PN), Purkinje cells (PC), deep cerebellar nuclei (DCN) and an inferior olive (IO) for predicting turn and velocity control of the BBD during movement in a real-world environment. The BBD undergoes training and testing, and the simulated nervous system learns and performs control functions, based on a delayed eligibility trace learning rule. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047110 | OVERCODING-AND-PARING: A BUFFERLESS CHUNKING PROCESS AND USES THEREOF - The invention provides a computer-implemented chunking process (named “OP”) to assign and physically associate unique spatial representations (“chunk codes”) in one representational (coding) space (“chunk coding space”) with unique temporal sequences of spatial codes (“items”) in another coding space (“item coding space”). OP differs from all prior chunking processes in that, for any particular item sequence, it activates a unique chunk code for that sequence during presentation of that sequence's first item, even if other sequences from the input domain may begin with the same item. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047111 | USE OF NEURAL NETWORKS FOR ANNOTATING SEARCH RESULTS - A system for generating annotations of a document, including a plurality of neurons connected as a neural network, the neurons being associated with words, sentences and documents. An activity regulator regulates a minimum and/or maximum number of neurons of the neural network that are excited at any given time. The neurons are displayed to a user and identify the neurons that correspond to sentences containing a predetermined percentage of document meaning. The annotations can be also based on a context of the user's search query. The query can include keywords, documents considered relevant by the user, or both. Positions of the neurons relative to each other can be changed on a display device, based on input from the user, with the change in position of one neuron changing the resulting annotations. The input from the user can also include changing a relevance of neurons relative to each other, or indicating relevance or irrelevance of a document or sentence. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047112 | Method for Detecting Airplane Flight Events, Mobile Communication Device, and Computational Unit Therefor - A method for detecting airplane flight events using at least one acceleration sensor associated with a mobile communication device includes obtaining at least one acceleration signal from the at least one acceleration sensor; pre-processing the obtained at least one acceleration signal to remove redundant information present in the at least one acceleration signal; performing a feature extraction on the pre-processed at least one acceleration signal; and classifying airplane flight events based on an acceleration pattern represented by the extracted acceleration features. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047113 | Method and apparatus for the prediction of order turnaround time in an information verification system - A method and apparatus for the prediction of order turnaround time in an information verification system is disclosed. An information verification order comprises several and diverse instances of different types of elementary verification/validation/search services. Each of these services is characterized by its own turnaround time (TAT) statistical distribution function which is used in the prediction of order turnaround time. A Monte Carlo algorithm is used to determine the order turnaround time. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047114 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR ENABLING MANAGEMENT OF RISK AND/OR OPPORTUNITY - The invention relates to a method for enabling management of at least one opportunity having a maximum opportunity level and to which one or more exploits that realise the opportunity can be applied, the method comprising: (i) determining the total opportunity improvement of all exploits applicable to at least one opportunity assuming that all said exploits are fully applied to realise the opportunity and that all said exploits are independent of each other; (ii) determining the contribution of the or each said exploit to said total opportunity increase; (iii) determining the level of actual opportunity increase from each said exploit taking into account, for each of said exploits, the contribution of the or each exploit to said total opportunity increase, the dependency of the exploit on other exploits applicable to said opportunity, and the degree to which the exploit is applied to realise said opportunity; and, (iv) determining from said levels of actual opportunity increase from each said exploit the total actual result improvement applied to said result. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047115 | Expert System Integrated with Remote Performance Management - The disclosure relates to troubleshooting process issues using an Expert System. Remote Performance Management (RPM) data based on Distributed Control System (DCS) information is transmitted to an Expert System and subsequently translated. The Expert System determines a solution along with an associated confidence level. The Expert System may prioritize the solution an in so doing, signal the DCS to automatically implement the transmitted solution. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047116 | UTILIZING PRESENCE IN CONJUNCTION WITH OTHER INFORMATION TO DETERMINE AN APPROPRIATE COMMUNICATIONS MODALITY - Even with SIP and the varied communications options available to users, the monitoring of presence itself may not provide sufficient information to determine a most appropriate contact modality for a communication. Therefore, there is a need for a more complete method of generating a landscape of recent activity from which a preferred communication modality can be determined, with a corresponding solution provided that allows a contactor to contact a contactee via that modality. For example, a network of bearer channels or feeds can be established as input to a presence determination module. The inputs can include not only presence information, but also feeds from one or more blogs, micro blogs, social networking sites, etc., that allow a more complete picture of recent activity to be determined. Based on this input a preferred contact modality can be determined that may enhance the ability of a contactor to contact a contactee. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047117 | SELECTIVE CONTENT BLOCK OF POSTS TO SOCIAL NETWORK - Mechanisms are provided herein which are directed toward monitoring a user's interaction with a website when the user is utilizing an enterprise device to conduct the interaction. The monitoring of the interaction can lead to the generation of one or more automated responses to control the interaction in accordance with enterprise policy or rules. The types of interactions which can be controlled include interactions where the user is attempting to post data on the website. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047118 | SECURE VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK UTILIZING A DIAGNOSTICS POLICY AND DIAGNOSTICS ENGINE TO ESTABLISH A SECURE NETWORK CONNECTION - A secure virtual private network (VPN) is described herein. The secure VPN implements standard VPN software with diagnostics to ensure a client device coupling to the VPN is secure. The diagnostics include a policy, a library and an engine where the policy determines what the requirements are for permitting the client device to couple to the VPN. The library stores programs for checking if the client device has any problems. The engine gathers information related to the client device and executes the programs stored within the library. When a user attempts to couple to the VPN with a client device, the server initiates the policy, library and engine to check for issues, and then the user is informed of the issues and/or a mechanism automatically fixes the issues. After the client device is verified as secure, it is able to couple to the VPN for data transfers. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047119 | COMPUTER REPUTATION-BASED MESSAGE BOARDS AND FORUMS - System and method for operating reputation-based communication or content service. Method includes obtaining metric related to first user contributor reputation; identifying communication or content having association with first user contributor; and processing communication or content to generate processed communication or content based on the obtained objective contributor reputation. Service is broadly defined and may be selected from bulletin board, message board, chat room, forum, information provision service, content delivery service, email service, information provision service, search engine service, content delivery service, communication or content screening service, communication or content screening service, or other. System for providing reputation processed based on-line communication or content. Communication or content provided or generated by the inventive system or method. Business method for operating a communications or content provision service. Computer program and computer program product stored either on a tangible media or in an electronically accessible and readable form to implement method. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047120 | Anticipated Query Generation and Processing in a Search Engine - A search system monitors the input of a search query by a user. Before the user finishes entering the search query, the search system identifies and sends a portion of the query as a partial query to the search engine. Based on the partial query, the search engine creates a set of predicted queries. This process may take into account prior queries submitted by a community of users, and may take into account a user profile. The predicted queries are be sent back to the user for possible selection. The search system may also cache search results corresponding to one or more of the predicted queries in anticipation of the user selecting one of the predicted queries. The search engine may also return at least a portion of the search results corresponding to one or more of the predicted queries. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047121 | ANALYSIS OF THE MIRROR NEURON SYSTEM FOR EVALUATION OF STIMULUS - The human mirror neuron system includes neurons that fire both when an individual performs an action and when the individual observes the action being performed by another. Neuro-response data involving the mirror neuron system is collected as a subject is exposed to stimulus material. The stimulus material may include individuals performing actions such as making a purchase, accepting an offer, participating in an activity, etc. Neuro-response data involving the mirror neuron system of the subject is analyzed to determine the propensity of the subject to act. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047122 | ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT CALLBACK TRIGGER CREATION - Systems and methods relating to callback triggers for mobile or electronic documents are provided. In general, a callback trigger defines a triggering event and a callback action to be performed in response to an occurrence of the triggering event during consumption of the electronic document by an end user. As such, when the triggering event defined by a callback trigger is detected during consumption of the electronic document by an end user, a corresponding callback action is performed. In some embodiments, the callback triggers for the electronic document are created at a user device of a user other than the end user or a central system via a manual or automatic process. In another embodiment, one or more callback triggers for the electronic document are created at a user device of an end user via an automatic process. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047123 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BUILDING AND MERGING A RULEBASE WITH OBJECT ORIENTED SOFTWARE - A method for building a rulebase includes receiving a plurality of rulebase components. The method also includes merging the rulebase components to create a consolidated rulebase. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047124 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - According to an aspect of the invention, an information processing apparatus includes a sub information providing unit, a sub information adding unit, and a display unit. The sub information providing unit gives, to a first electronic file including first main information, first sub information that is manipulatable independently from the first main information. The sub information adding unit adds a second sub information to the first electronic file, the first main information and a second main information being at least partially identical to each other. The display unit displays the first main information, the first additional information, and the second additional information which are included in the first electronic file. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047125 | CONFIGURATION ITEM MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND CONFIGURATION ITEM MANAGEMENT METHOD - A configuration item management method includes receiving, from a logical-physical configuration database that manages a correspondence relationship between a logical configuration item database that manages a configuration item including an operation policy of an operation target device for each user and a physical configuration item database that is a physical implementation of the logical configuration item database, an input of a relevant operation policy of a user who changes the operation policy, generating a change policy by which the operation policy of the user received at the receiving is changed, and evaluating an influence that is given to an operation policy of another user by the change policy of the user generated at the generating, to determine whether to execute the change policy and to output the influence to the operation policy of the other user. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047126 | USER-INPUT SCHEDULING OF SYNCHRONIZATION OPERATION ON A MOBILE DEVICE BASED ON USER ACTIVITY - Data is synchronized between a mobile device and a computing device over a wireless link. Synchronization operations are scheduled according to a synchronization schedule that is based on a current time of day. In one embodiment, the day can be divided into different time periods by the user. The user can also specify the frequency with which synchronization operations are to be performed during each specified period. Further, the user can specify an override schedule which overrides the ordinary synchronization schedule established by the user when override criteria are present. For instance, if the mobile device is roaming, the synchronization schedule will be dictated by the override schedule, which may sync much less often, or not until a specific user synchronization request has been received. The present invention can be embodied both as a method and as a apparatus. Also, the user interface associated with the present invention provides for user input to specify time periods during the day, synchronization frequency information, and an override schedule. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047127 | APPLICATION NETWORK COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS - A method and apparatus is provided to discover and integrate applications in an application router framework. The discovery operation includes receiving a registration notification for an application on a network, adding information describing the application to a repository into a data structure and publishing the data structure onto an application router. The association operations include querying one or more application routers on an application network for meta-data and other information on applications, exchanging the meta-data and other information between the application routers and associating the applications together automatically using their respective application protocols. Routing operations include receiving application information in an application protocol format, converting the application information in the application protocol format into a neutral protocol format and forwarding the application information in the neutral protocol format along with state information to other application router devices on the network. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047128 | Automatic Connection to an Online Service Provider from a Backup System - A software application is provided for a user to select a backed up data file and specify a task to be performed by an online service provider on the selected file. The application automatically connects to the online service provider and uploads the selected file for the online service provider to perform the task. Tasks that can be performed include printing, sharing, viewing, playing and archiving the selected file. Task preferences, user settings and user information can also be specified by the user and uploaded to the online service provider. Automatic connection to the online service provider can be via default setting, selected file type, or specified task. Alternatively, the user can designate which service provider is to perform the task. Payment for the task can be accomplished via bundled credits or by other payment mechanisms. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047129 | BACKUP AND RECOVERY OF SYSTEMS INCLUDING BOOT CONFIGURATION DATA IN AN EXTENSION FIRMWARE INTERFACE PARTITION - Various embodiments includes at least one of systems, methods, and software for backup and recovery of systems including boot configuration data in an extension firmware interface partition. Generating a backup, in some embodiments, includes copying Boot Configuration Data (BCD) from a registry of an operating system executing on a computer into a file and storing the file. These and other embodiments may include a system restore process that consumes this file. Such a process may operate to identify an Extension Firmware Interface (EFI) hard disk partition on a hard disk of a system to be restored, temporarily assign a drive letter to the identified EFI hard disk partition, and copy files common amongst all installations an operating system to be restored on the system along with BCD data from the BCD file to the EFI hard disk partition according to the assigned drive letter. The system may then be rebooted. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047130 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COLLECTING EVIDENCE - Method and apparatus for collecting evidence are provided. An exemplary embodiment enhances accuracy and efficiency of collecting evidence by analyzing link information in the target computer and collecting collection target file. And the exemplary embodiment can collect evidence from a target computer as well as from a remote computer through analyzing the link information in the target computer, identifying the path of collection target file and extracting the target file. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047131 | MEDIA PLAYBACK METHOD FOR A PORTABLE DEVICE AND PORTABLE DEVICE THEREOF - Before a portable device playbacks the media files or during the playback of one media file, a rule of generating a playlist is selected first by operating a user's interface of the portable device or by the portable device's default setting. The playlist including some multiple media files is then generated according to an anchor file and the selected rule. A rule for how to play the media files in the playlist is selected (or by system's default setting if not selected) to decide the playing sequence of the media files in the playlist from the anchor file. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047132 | CONSISTENT RETENTION AND DISPOSITION OF MANAGED CONTENT AND ASSOCIATED METADATA - Consistent retention and disposition of managed content and associated metadata is disclosed. An indication that a retention policy is to be applied to a selected item of content comprising a body of managed content is received. The selected item of content and its associated metadata are retained automatically in parallel in accordance with the retention policy. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047133 | Systems and Methods Involving Virtual Machine Images - A method comprises receiving a first virtual machine image, processing the first virtual machine image with a Mirage transformation, and generating a first manifest including a mapping of hierarchical names of content of the first virtual machine image to content identifiers. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047134 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING MEDIA PLAYING AND METADATA EXECUTION UNIT - A method and a system for controlling media playing and a metadata execution unit are provided. The metadata execution unit obtains metadata provided by a metadata providing unit, and executes corresponding metadata according to trigger information for executing metadata. The metadata execution unit generates media content control indication information according to an execution result, and sends the media content control indication information. A media content control unit then controls media content playing correspondingly according to the media content control indication information. By using the method and apparatus, metadata is distributed to a suitable network entity to be executed for controlling media playing. In this way, decentralized execution of a policy is achieved. Therefore, processing efficiency is improved. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047135 | MOBILE APPLICATION FOR MONITORING AND REPORTING LAB RESULTS - The invention provides a mobile application for monitoring and/or reporting laboratory data. The mobile application may be an iPhone application that may provide a user with access to renal, medical, or laboratory data. The mobile application may provide a user with access to a full-sized laboratory data management software application. In some embodiments, the mobile application may share information with the laboratory data management application. The mobile application may include alert categories such as critical results, ICD-9 errors, and reminders. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047136 | Method For One-Click Exclusion Of Undesired Search Engine Query Results Without Clustering Analysis - Techniques to permit a search engine's users to refine query results without prior assignment of the results to clusters are provided. After the user identifies a particular result as undesirable, the words present in the result are tabulated. A subset of these words that also occur with unusually high frequency within the other query results is selected for exclusion. The user's initial query is automatically repeated with these words excluded, thus increasing the proportion of results that the user judges as desirable. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047137 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATED SEARCHING - The present invention provides systems and methods for automating a search over a network such as the Internet. A user selects data such as text from within an application. The selected data is activated and a search is performed without the user having to leave the application. The search is performed while the user is continuing within the application. When the search is complete, the search results are made available to the user within the application from which the search was initiated. In one embodiment, the data is pre-searched and the results are cached such that the results are already available should the user desire. The present invention is particularly suited to integration with an operating system such that the methods of the present invention are thereby available to all applications. Alternatively, the present invention can be specific to a particular application. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047138 | Method and Apparatus for Identifying Synonyms and Using Synonyms to Search - A method and an apparatus for identifying synonym and utilizing such synonym to conduct search is disclosed. The disclosed method includes: obtaining arbitrary two words to be identified; determining whether a shortest edit distance between the two words less than or equal to an edit distance threshold; determining whether the two words to be identified exist in a preset knowledge database, and if an answer is yes then searching a smallest granularity type with highest weight value for each word in the knowledge database; and if the two word have the same smallest granularity type with highest weight value, then determining such two words are synonyms, or non-synonym otherwise. The disclosed techniques greatly improve accuracy of synonym identification and guarantee effect of synonym identification. | 2011-02-24 |
20110047139 | Business Listing Search - A method of operating a voice-enabled business directory search system includes receiving category-business pairs, each category-business pair including a business category and a specific business, and establishing a data structure having nodes based on the category-business pairs. Each node of the data structure is associated with one or more business categories and a speech recognition language model for recognizing specific businesses associated with the one or more businesses categories. | 2011-02-24 |