09th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 57 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140058916 | EXCEPTION NOTIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method for distributing prepaid cash alternatives and resolving exceptions related to the sale of prepaid cash alternatives such as traveler's cheques or prepaid cards. Reports of sales may be reviewed to identify exceptions, and information explaining the exceptions may be made available electronically. Sellers may be notified of exceptions by e-mail, which may include a link or address to information explaining the exceptions. The information may be provided in real time through a secure site on a network, such as the Internet. A company may contract with business partners to sell the prepaid cash alternatives to customers, and the business partners may report the sales to the company via reports. After being notified of exceptions, business partners may provide corrected information or new information to resolve the exceptions. | 2014-02-27 |
20140058917 | Method for trade and exchange of expert information, including prognosis or prediction opinions - System and method for providing a forum or platform for its users to share their own market analysis and predictions, and to receive the same sort of information from others. This exchange of information to be done electronically, via Internet, other information networks. The system to consist of a set of databases, storing and tracking each user's history of predictions, for its timing, accuracy, character; user profiles for their success rate, frequency of usage, safety and clearance from the insider trading. The system further to allow the users, with proven above-average success rate, to sell their predictions to the public, thus liberating the access to financial expert knowledge: both for the providers, who do not possess power to run their own consulting firm, and for the users of the content, who don't want to purchase expensive subscriptions from one analyst but would rather micro-purchase singular predictions from many providers. | 2014-02-27 |
20140058918 | STANDARDIZATION AND MANAGEMENT OF OVER-THE-COUNTER FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS - A method of managing financial products is disclosed. The method includes receiving transaction parameters associated with a financial transaction, determining a standardized financial product, wherein the standardized financial transaction reflects the transaction parameters associated with the financial position, calculating a net present value position between the financial position and the standardized financial product, and clearing the net present value position through a clearing party. | 2014-02-27 |
20140058919 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS REGARDING VOLATILITY RISK PREMIUM INDEX - An exemplary aspect comprises receiving data related to an underlying asset; calculating values corresponding to near-term implied volatility and realized volatility for the underlying asset; and transmitting data sufficient to describe an index based on a difference between the values corresponding to the near-term implied volatility and the realized volatility for the underlying asset. Another exemplary aspect comprises receiving electronic data related to an underlying asset; calculating data sufficient to describe a plurality of call options and a plurality of put options related to the underlying asset and written on a first settlement date; crediting an account with proceeds from selling the call and put options; and debiting the account to settle one or more of the options that are in-the-money on a second settlement date. Other aspects are apparent from the description and claims. | 2014-02-27 |
20140058920 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING A VIEW OF MARKET DEPTH ON A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE - A graphical interface and method are provided for displaying market information corresponding to a tradeable object. According to one example embodiment, a market depth indicator is displayed in relation to a value axis in a market overview interface. Then, detailed market depth is displayed in a market depth interface, and a plurality of market depth prices displayed in the market depth interface are adjustable based on a position of the market depth indicator in relation to the value axis. | 2014-02-27 |
20140058921 | Dynamic Functionality Based on Window Characteristics - A system and method are described for changing window's functionality upon detecting resizing events. According to one example method, a plurality of size thresholds is defined that are associated with a plurality of functional states for a window. Upon detecting that a size of a window reaches a first size threshold, a first functional state is applied to a window. Then, upon detecting another size threshold as the window is being increased or decreased in size, another functional state associated with the detected threshold is applied to the window. | 2014-02-27 |
20140058922 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY REGULATING ORDER ENTRY IN AN ELECTRONIC TRADING ENVIRONMENT - A system and method are provided for trading a trading strategy defined for at least one tradeable object in an electronic trading environment. More specifically, one example method includes using a first pay-up tick value to determine a first acceptable price level for an order associated with the trading strategy, automatically modifying the first pay-up tick to a second pay-up tick value in response to detecting a predefined condition, and using the second pay-up tick value to determine a second acceptable price level for the order associated with the trading strategy. | 2014-02-27 |
20140058923 | COMPOUND REDEMPTION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF USE - The present invention provides methods and apparatus relating to the creation and redemption of Compound Redeemable Instruments. Apparatus may a serve executing executable software to transmit information relating to Compound Redeemable Instruments and receive instructions to trade or redeem Compound Redeemable Instruments. | 2014-02-27 |
20140058924 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A CREDIT CARD WITH MULTIPLE CREDIT LINES - A system and method for providing a credit card with multiple lines of credit. One of the disclosed methods include, for example, analyzing credit information of a cardholder to determine a level of risk associated with the cardholder; establishing a general purpose credit line based on the determined level of risk associated with the cardholder, the general purpose credit line being set as a revolving credit line; establishing a private label credit line based on the determined level of risk associated with the cardholder, the private label credit line being set as a revolving credit line; and issuing the credit card to the cardholder with the established general purpose credit line and private label credit line. | 2014-02-27 |
20140058925 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND ARTICLE TO AUTOMATE AND MANAGE FORMULA OR ASSET-BASED LENDING IN A NETWORKED ENVIRONMENT - Systems and methods automate and manage electronic exchange in the asset-based lending industry, particularly between borrowers and lenders. Such include automated extraction or import of relevant data, normalization of same; application of various rules and parameters as part of intermediate calculations, and provision of results to the lender, and optionally the borrower. The borrower may review and modify data. Various checks are implemented to ensure data is accurate and lender-specified rules are consistently applied. Rules may be customized per lender, per borrower, per customer, per asset type, and even per asset. | 2014-02-27 |
20140058926 | USING COMMERCIAL SHARE OF WALLET TO MAKE LENDING DECISIONS - Commercial size of spending wallet (“CSoSW”) is the total business spend of a business including cash but excluding bartered items. Commercial share of wallet (“CSoW”) is the portion of the spending wallet that is captured by a particular financial company. A modeling approach utilizes various data sources to provide outputs that describe a company's spend capacity. Banks and lenders can use CSoW/CSoSW to determine who to lend to and who to deny credit to, as well as for pricing loans and other products in a dynamic way. Banks and lenders can also determine which customers should be retained, as well as identify loans which are likely to default. | 2014-02-27 |
20140058927 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF A PROVIDER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - Systems and methods for selecting a payment provider. A request for provider information is received. The request includes merchant information associated with a merchant. A provider is selected from one or more providers as a function of the merchant information. The merchant is registered with the selected provider. | 2014-02-27 |
20140058928 | Mobile Money Transfer - Method and system method for transferring funds in a mobile telephone based money transfer system comprising receiving a request for an amount of electronic funds. Debiting the amount of funds from the mobile telephone based money transfer system account, wherein the account is allowed to go or remain overdrawn following the debit. | 2014-02-27 |
20140058929 | PRE-PAID PAYMENT INSTRUMENT PROCESSING - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, in which a method includes attributing a value to a pre-paid payment instrument, determining an expiration time associated with the pre-paid payment instrument, and automatically return an un-used portion of value associated with the pre-paid payment instrument at the expiration time to the purchaser. | 2014-02-27 |
20140058930 | Financial Charge Rebate - Aspects of the disclosure relate to assisting credit account holders during economic hardship. More specifically, aspects of the disclosure relate to systems and methods for providing a rebate of at least a portion of a finance charge applied to a credit account. Unlike certain prior art systems and methods, embodiments disclosed herein may benefit both the credit account holder as well as the financial institution that extends the credit account. In one embodiment, it may be determined that several credit accounts meet a threshold of probability of having a charge-off. In certain embodiments, the number of accounts that receive a rebate may be limited to a certain percentage of credit accounts with a non-zero balance. | 2014-02-27 |
20140058931 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EFFECTING PAYMENT TO A MUNICIPALITY AND RECEIVING A CERTIFICATE OF PAYMENT - A real estate closing payment system and method for transferring funds of a closing party to a municipality, where the funds are associated with fees due with respect to a particular real estate property, is provided. The system includes a registration module configured to register the closing party and a funding source of which the funds will be transferred from, a calculation module configured to calculate an amount of the funds due to the municipality, a transfer module configured to transfer the funds from the funding source of the closing party to the municipality, and a certification module configured to generate a certificate of payment and deliver the certificate of payment to the closing party, municipality, and/or an appropriate recording institution. | 2014-02-27 |
20140058932 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EFFECTING PAYMENT TO A MUNICIPALITY AND RECEIVING A CERTIFICATE OF PAYMENT - A real estate closing payment system and method for transferring funds of a closing party to a municipality, where the funds are associated with fees due with respect to a particular real estate property, is provided. The system includes a registration module configured to register the closing party and a funding source of which the funds will be transferred from, a calculation module configured to calculate an amount of the funds due to the municipality, a transfer module configured to transfer the funds from the funding source of the closing party to the municipality, and a certification module configured to generate a certificate of payment and deliver the certificate of payment to the closing party, municipality, and/or an appropriate recording institution. | 2014-02-27 |
20140058933 | SMART STREET LAMP - A street lamp includes a lighting unit, an input unit configured to receive bill information, a communication unit configured to communicate with a server, a display unit, a cash receiving unit configured to receive payment and a controlling unit. The controlling unit controls the communication unit to send the bill information received by the input unit to the server. The communication unit receives a payment amount sent back by the server. The controlling unit controls the display unit to display the payment amount and controls the communication unit to send a finish signal to the server after the cash receiving unit receives full payment. The street lamp has payment function that enable user to pay various bills without any manual intervention of the branch officer. | 2014-02-27 |
20140058934 | Systems and Methods for the Payment of Customer Bills Utilizing Payment Platform of Biller - The present invention is directed to systems and methods providing payment into a pre-existing customer account with a provider of goods or services, the method facilitated between a customer, a provider of goods or services, and a processor. The method including steps such as receiving from the customer value, identifying information of the customer, and information sufficient to identify the provider and pre-existing account of the customer; accessing a payment platform of the provider; determining information required by the provider in order to provide payment into the customer account; communicating information required by the provider in order to provide payment into the customer account; and providing a value into the customer account. | 2014-02-27 |
20140058935 | MOBILE CONTACTLESS DIGITAL WATCH PAYMENT - A mobile contact-less wrist watch payment system for making secure payments. The mobile contact-less watch payment system uses Near Field Communications and Finger Print Security Technology to create a digital watch wallet for credit card and bank card payments through a watch. The user is able to wear the watch as a digital wallet, which is unlike current applications which focus solely on having the digital wallet in a cell phone platform. The watch features security safeguards before it can be accessed to provide payments. | 2014-02-27 |
20140058936 | MANAGING VIRTUAL WALLETS PROVIDED BY A MOBILE TERMINAL - A method for managing a plurality of virtual wallets provided by a mobile terminal for carrying out transactions with electronic devices. The plurality of virtual wallets receives different virtual objects and manages resources available via the different virtual objects. Each virtual wallet of the plurality of virtual wallets includes a respective security element connected to the mobile terminal used for identification in a transaction and a respective wallet application for controlling transactions and providing a user interface for a user of the mobile terminal. The plurality of virtual wallets are linked and displayed by a unitary wallet application. The method includes accessing, by the unitary wallet application, a security element of a virtual wallet for a transaction via a hardware control interface supported by the mobile terminal that is universal to the respective security elements of the plurality of virtual wallets. | 2014-02-27 |
20140058937 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR SECURING AND MANAGING APPLICATIONS ON SECURE ELEMENTS - Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for securing and managing applications on a secure element. Mobile wallet data is stored in at least one memory. Authentication data is received from a mobile wallet. A determination is made as to whether the authentication data is valid, based on a comparison of the authentication data and the mobile wallet data. If the authentication data is valid, processing of one or more commands is enabled. A first command is received from the mobile wallet. A determination is made as to whether processing of the first command is enabled, and if the first command is enabled, the first command is processed. | 2014-02-27 |
20140058938 | eWallet choice - Methods and systems for facilitating a choice by a consumer of one of a plurality of eWallets from an eWallet entity or from an eWallet provider; and, in certain aspects, each eWallet provider able to access a master account of a consumer; and in certain such methods, multiple entities bidding regarding price and/or incentive(s) in order to influence the consumer to choose a particular eWallet to effect a transaction, e.g., a sales or rental transaction or a transaction for services. Methods and systems for funding an account, in one aspect, a pension account, insurance account, or college fund; and computer applications for effecting such funding; in certain aspects using an electronic wallet. Methods and systems for providing a GIFTSURANCE (trademark) insurance policy to a person or persons; and, in certain aspects, a computer application for funding such a GIFTSURANCE (trademark) policy. This abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract which will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure and is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims, 37 C.F.R. 1.72(b). | 2014-02-27 |
20140058939 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING PAYMENT TRANSACTIONS FROM A CHAT APPLICATION INTEGRATED WITH A PAYMENT APPLICATION THAT LEVERAGES SOCIAL FEATURES FROM THE CHAT APPLICATION - A system for processing payment transactions and social features from a messaging or chat application with an integrated payment application. An example embodiment includes: integrating a payment application into a client messaging application; linking a payment button with the payment application; receiving a payment request through the client messaging application from a client user via the payment button; using the payment application to identify an account on a payment site that corresponds to the payment request; and performing a payment transaction with the identified account corresponding to the payment request at the payment site via the payment application. The embodiment is configured to facilitate social sharing functions including: inviting users to download the payment application, sharing a contact list among a plurality of payment application users, inviting users to chat from the payment application, and updating a user profile in the client messaging application by the payment application. | 2014-02-27 |
20140058940 | REMOTE DEPOSIT CAPTURE INTERNET DEPOSIT APPLICATION - A remote deposit capture system, comprising, a server adapted for centralized receipt of remote capture deposit transactions, a financial institution system adapted for receipt of remote capture deposit transactions information from said server and for crediting accounts based thereon, an internet deposit application adapted for communication with said server and for digital acquisition and processing of checks, and a digital acquisition device adapted for communication with said application and for capturing of checks. | 2014-02-27 |
20140058941 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INTERACTION INFORMATION BY USING IMAGE ON DEVICE DISPLAY - A method for providing interaction information, such as, for example, settlement information, by which a device provides the settlement information to a counterpart device, includes displaying an image which relates to an item to be used for performing the interaction, such as, for example, a credit card image of a credit card of a user of the device, on a lock screen of the device, and receiving a touch input from the user with respect to the credit card image. In the method, settlement information which corresponds to the touched credit card image is used for performing a settlement via the device. | 2014-02-27 |
20140058942 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTE DEPOSIT SYSTEM - Described is a method and system for a remote deposit system. The method comprises receiving facsimile data corresponding to facsimile of a plurality of checks, constructing digitized images of the checks as a function of the facsimile data, gathering check data from each of the digitized images, and processing the check data according to a check processing procedure to settle transactions referenced by each of the checks. | 2014-02-27 |
20140058943 | TRANSACTION FLOW - A method of encoding a transaction flow is described. The method comprises: receiving information from a user about a transaction type to be executed; creating a transaction flow comprising a sequence of states, where at least some states include text to be displayed and inputs to be enabled for that state; and encoding the transaction flow into a machine-readable code. | 2014-02-27 |
20140058944 | KIT, SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHOD AND SERVICE FOR PROVIDING A PLATFORM TO PREVENT FRAUDULANT FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS - A system and associated method and service for providing a platform that prevents fraudulent transactions by allowing for the deposit, withdrawal, transfer, and exchange of denomination, including cash, international currencies, digital currency, hard and soft commodities, and coupons to and from members and non-members, in a mobile telecommunications environment, without tendering a financial instrument, such as a credit card or a check. | 2014-02-27 |
20140058945 | ANONYMOUS PAYMENT BROKERING - A payment brokering request is received from a first entity corresponding to a particular payment requested of an anonymous user, the payment brokering request including banking information of the first entity. A payment partner is identified that is associated with the anonymous user and it is communicated, to the payment partner, that the particular payment from the anonymous user has been requested. Confirmation data is received from the payment partner confirming that the particular payment was authorized by the anonymous user and that the payment partner will transfer funds to the broker banking system. In some instances, the payment request is forwarded by the privacy broker from the first entity, the payment request including a user identifier paired to the anonymous user and the first entity. The user can be identified, for instance, by the payment partner, from the user identifier. | 2014-02-27 |
20140058946 | On Demand Self Checkout - A method and system provide on demand self checkout for users purchasing products from a store, according to an embodiment. When a user believes that lines at a conventional clerk operated checkout counter are too long or when the user merely wants to do a self checkout, the user can go to a designated area in the store. The user can open an app installed on the user's mobile device and can perform a self checkout by scanning the products with the mobile device. | 2014-02-27 |
20140058947 | PARALLEL AVAILABILITY CONTROL CHECKS IN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A rule set for an AVC system permits AVC operations to be performed at various levels of hierarchy within a governing budget data structure. A rule set contains a plurality of rules, each having an address field which relates an arbitrarily assigned control object to budget nodes in a budget data structure. Control objects typically are assigned to various units and aggregation levels within an organization and also across other dimensions. Rule arrays with several independent rule sets can be activated in parallel for checking an individual input data record against multiple budgetary requirements defined for the organization. This structure provides a comprehensive AVC control feature even for very large budget data structures and complex budgetary control environments. | 2014-02-27 |
20140058948 | USER ENHANCED AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM FOR ONLINE PURCHASES - Embodiments of the invention are directed to methods, systems, devices and computer-readable media. In embodiments of the invention, a user is authenticated using an authentication process that is capable of authenticating a user using an inline authentication form that can authenticate a consumer without transferring a session maintained by a merchant. The inline authentication form is used if the components of the authentication system are capable of supporting an inline authentication form. If the components of the system cannot support an inline authentication form, a different authentication process is used. In one embodiment, an inline authentication form is presented to the user asynchronously. This inline authentication form may be presented within an iFrame embedded in a merchant's checkout page after verifying that the components to be used during the authentication can support the inline authentication form. | 2014-02-27 |
20140058949 | AUTHENTICATION PROCESS USING SEARCH TECHNOLOGY - Systems and methods are presented for improved authentication and risk analysis processes using search engine technology. In one potential implementation, an authorization request message is received at a payment processing network as part of a transaction between a user and a merchant. The payment processing network analyzes risk based on a search history associated with the user involved in the transaction with the merchant. A response to the authentication request is made based in part on the risk associated with the user search history. In further embodiments, a user registers with a search engine as part of a service for improved authentication, where the user accepts privacy settings allowing storage of search and transaction data by a search engine server. The search engine server passes search and transaction data to a risk analysis server for creation of risk parameters which may be used to authenticate transactions. | 2014-02-27 |
20140058950 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR COMBINED CREDIT CARD AND STORED VALUE TRANSACTION ACCOUNTS - The present invention generally relates to a single transaction account identifier that can be used for in transactions with one of multiple transaction accounts. The method includes one or more of the following steps: establishing at least two transaction accounts, wherein the transaction accounts are respectively associated with transaction account identifiers; receiving, at a transaction processing system, a common account identifier; recognizing the common account identifier as being associated with more than one account; and determining, which of the at least two transaction accounts to access for processing the transaction. The determining step may be based on selection criteria and the selection criteria may be modified by a user. One of the first and second transaction account identifiers may be forwarded to the respective first and second transaction accounts based on the determining step; and the transaction may be processed via the selected transaction account. | 2014-02-27 |
20140058951 | MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND USE THEREOF FOR ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS | 2014-02-27 |
20140058952 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONDUCTING TRANSACTIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS USING A TRUSTED THIRD PARTY - Systems and methods are provided for performing transactions and managing communications using a trusted third party. In one embodiment, a sender transfers an encrypted version of a file (such as a digitally encoded audio track, movie, document, or the like) to someone who wishes to receive it. The receiver computes a first hash of at least a portion of the encrypted data content, and sends the first hash to a third party configured to compare at least a portion of the first hash to at least a portion of a second hash. The receiver receives a file decryption key from the third party, and decrypts at least the portion of the received encrypted data content with the decryption key. In some cases, multiple hashes of the encrypted data content may be computed, each using a different portion of the encrypted data content. | 2014-02-27 |
20140058953 | POS PAYMENT TERMINAL AND A METHOD OF DIRECT DEBIT PAYMENT TRANSACTION USING A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE, SUCH AS A MOBILE PHONE - A POS payment terminal ( | 2014-02-27 |
20140058954 | Searchable Matching System and Method with Customizable Profiles and Unique Pre-Interview Negotiation Method - A searchable matching system and method with customizable profiles and pre-interview negotiation bidding is provided. The system comprises a central website connected to a database of multimedia data related to end users customizable profiles and listings. Pre-matched searchable fields, used in profile creation facilitate matching of end users with the maximum relevancy of fields, and search results are ranked. The system includes communication, interviewing, and scheduling modules. End users negotiate terms of an agreement through placing and/or receiving bids upfront before interviewing, wherein bid terms limit the scope of the potential agreement, which can be accepted by end users making the terms of said bids binding for future negotiations. Only when users enter into a final agreement will final terms of negotiation bids become binding upon all users. Preferred industries include job placement services, landlord and tenant matching services, travel services, or real estate finding services. | 2014-02-27 |
20140058955 | READABLE INDICIA FOR PRODUCT REGISTRATION - Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods and computer program products for processing readable indicia for product registration. An exemplary system is configured to: receive information associated with readable indicia associated with a purchase; and process the readable indicia to initiate registration of a product associated with the purchase. As used herein, product registration may comprise product registration and user registration. | 2014-02-27 |
20140058956 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING VEHICLE PRICE VALUES - System and method for computing price values associated with vehicle history attributes including a vehicle history database with vehicle history records, a transaction database, a vehicle history knowledge determination module adapted to determine whether a sale transaction related to a transaction record occurred with buyer's knowledge of the vehicle history attributes associated with the vehicle of the transaction record and to classify each transaction record based on whether buyer possessed knowledge of the vehicle history attributes, and a price adjustment module adapted to determine price values for the vehicle history attributes based on the vehicle history datasets and classification of the plurality of transaction records. In accordance with one aspect, the present invention may be implemented as a computer readable medium with instructions. | 2014-02-27 |
20140058957 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE UTILIZATION OF PRICING MODELS IN THE AGGREGATION, ANALYSIS, PRESENTATION AND MONETIZATION OF PRICING DATA FOR VEHICLES AND OTHER COMMODITIES - Embodiments of systems and methods for the aggregation, analysis, display and monetization of pricing data for commodities in general, and which may be particularly useful applied to vehicles are disclosed. In certain embodiments, one or more models may be applied over a set of historical transaction data associated with a vehicle configuration to determine pricing data. Some models may leverage incremental data in various conditions, including cases where fewer than a desired number of historical transactions are present in the bin of a specified vehicle, where fewer than, equal to, or more than a certain number of list prices for the specified vehicle available, and where no historical transaction data for new models is available. | 2014-02-27 |
20140058958 | Method for Offering Lower Rent And Improved Service To Tenants In A Multi-Tenant Building that are Sharing a Data Center in the Multi-Tenant Building - A common area data center for a tenant suite in large scale commercial office properties built in situ having a dedicated space, at least one computer module in the space and a self-sustaining cooling system to maintain a cooling temperature for the computer module consistent 24/7/365. This provides significant value in services and cost savings to both landlord and tenant. Each tenant can access greater levels of technology, security, and energy efficiency. | 2014-02-27 |
20140058959 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENFORCING 3D RESTRICTED RIGHTS IN A RAPID MANUFACTURING AND PROTOTYPING ENVIRONMENT - A system and method of enforcing 3D restricted rights in a rapid manufacturing and prototyping environment may include, in response to receiving a 3D object data representative of a 3D object, performing at least one function on the 3D object data to determine a parameter set for each respective function. Business rule(s) may be applied to each parameter set for each respective function. At least one algorithm may be performed to determine whether at least a portion of the 3D object matches a rights restricted 3D object. In response to determining that at least a portion of the 3D object matches a restricted rights 3D object, an action may be caused to be taken, otherwise, in response to determining that at least a portion of the 3D object does not match a restricted rights 3D object, the 3D object may be enabled to be rapid manufactured or prototyped. | 2014-02-27 |
20140058960 | PREDICTIVE MODELING: LITIGATION DECISION ANALYSIS AND OPTIMIZATION - A method for analyzing a litigation case. The method comprises: receiving a request to analyze a litigation case of a legal matter type and retrieving, in response to the request, a template for the legal matter type including a plurality of legal questions corresponding to a plurality of scenarios associated with the legal matter type. The method also includes receiving, in response to prompting the plurality of questions, a plurality of probabilities and a plurality of estimated financial damages for the litigation case and calculating a case value for the litigation case based on the plurality of probabilities and the plurality of estimated financial damages. | 2014-02-27 |
20140058961 | PREDICTING REAL ESTATE AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS - A technique for estimating the relative likelihood that specific parcels or groups thereof will sell within a selected time, possibly including such steps as: Responsive to location of each parcel with respect to other parcels that have recently sold, including receiving a 1 | 2014-02-27 |
20140058962 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING A TRANSACTION, EFFECTING PAYMENT TO A MUNICIPALITY AND RECEIVING A CERTIFICATE OF PAYMENT - A system and method for processing a real estate closing transaction including receiving a notification associated with a transaction of a particular property; storing the notification in a database; determining if an existing transaction is pending for the particular property; notifying a recording institution of the notification received; determining if a closing notification has been received that indicates that the transaction is complete; delivering a reminder notification when it is determined that the closing notification has not been received; determining whether a confirmation has been received from the recording institution that includes an indication that documents associated with the transaction have been received; and delivering a reminder notification when it is determined that the confirmation has not been received. | 2014-02-27 |
20140058963 | FACILITY CONTROL SYSTEM (FCS-C2) (INTRODUCTION OF TRAVELER FORM) TO MANAGE ASSETS PLANNING, DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, FABRICATION, OPERATING, MAINTENCE AND PRODUCTS FABRICATION - A facility control system includes lab, field and construction equipment with a wireless transceiver to transmit machine generated actual initial measurement (AIM) data including GPS information from a field activity to a wide area network; a mobile computer with a wireless transceiver to transmit human generated data from an office, a remote lab, or a field test to the network; and a server coupled to the network, the server including a database to receive machine and human generated AIM data, wherein the server applies statistics and engineering methods to predict specification compliance and performance, wherein the AIM data is used with pre-formatted engineered designed data sheets, including checklist/traveler form, that reflect the exact location of the event and required standards including incorporating best construction practices for installation of construction items and materials quality to promote standardization, uniformity that insures contract compliance and minimizes non-conforming items in real time. | 2014-02-27 |
20140058964 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR POPULATING CONTENT WITHIN AN ELECTRONIC STATEMENT OF WORK TEMPLATE - A method may be used to generate a statement of work (SOW) between a first party and a second party. The first party may be an organization that provides goods or services to customers, and the second party may be one of a plurality of customers of the organization or one of a plurality of providers to the organization. The method may include storing templates and content associated with one or more parties, receiving the identification of the second party, and populating a template with information based on that identification. The method may further include receiving an indication of content that a third party requires to be inserted into one or more SOWs, determining that the SOW is one for which a third party requires content to be inserted, and populating the template with the content indicated by the third party. | 2014-02-27 |
20140058965 | Social Network System and Method of Operation - A method of forming unique, private, personal, virtual social networks on a social network system that includes a database storing data relating to corresponding user entities. The method includes: a first user entity sending an invitation to a second user entity, recording in the database the second user entity as a direct contact of the first user entity and determining that third user entities, directly connected to the second user entity, are indirect contacts. A unique, personal, social network formed from direct and indirect contacts is thereby created for each user entity. Each user entity is able to control privacy of its data with respect to other user entities depending on the connection factor to that other entity and/or that other entity's attributes. Each user entity is able to take the role of provider or participant in applications where the provider provides an item or service to the participant. | 2014-02-27 |
20140058966 | System and Method for Delivering Serialized Stories - A method of electronically delivering a story via self-renewing subscription in serial format to a reader. The reader subscribes to the story on the web through an application on her portable device, the reader chooses the form in which she would like to receive inter-narrative and super-narrative messages and provides the information for delivery of such messages, serial story segments are sent out via a content delivery system to the reader in regular intervals, with the delivery system tracking the time of delivery, and inter-narrative and super-narrative messages are sent to the reader. | 2014-02-27 |
20140058967 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING VISA APPLICATIONS FOR A PLURALITY OF COUNTRIES - The present invention discloses a method for assisting a traveller in the preparation of visa applications. The method includes a step of collecting data for visa applications for one or more countries. In addition, user data of a traveller is stored in a database. Moreover, a visa application selected by the traveller is displayed on a computer. Further the selected application is automatically populated with stored user data. | 2014-02-27 |
20140058968 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR AGGREGATING AND DISTRIBUTING CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS - The present invention is a method for aggregating individual charitable contributions to fund public-space improvement projects as defined by consensus of the contributors and approved by a designated government officer, and by which service providers may submit competing bids for completing such projects, all by means of a charitable foundation formed for purposes of funding such projects and a website incorporating functions that address the formation and performance of contracts relating to such projects. | 2014-02-27 |
20140058969 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR NETWORKED FUNDRAISING AND COMMUNICATION - A system, method and computer program product for networked fundraising and communication includes a platform for conducting regional and even global fundraising events in real-time. Individuals and/or groups from different geographic areas can participate in real-time in the events via the internet. For some events, the system enables normalized competition. Plural organizations sponsor and/or conduct events utilizing the system. The system is flexible allowing organizations to set participant entry requirements and event rules. The system functions to collect the event proceeds which are distributed following the event. | 2014-02-27 |
20140058970 | DYNAMIC CHANGE OF ADDRESS NOTIFICATION - A method is described that provides a notification to the sender or mailer of a mailpiece when the addressee of the mailpiece has changed address. One step in the method includes creation of an updated delivery code that may comprise both the forwarding address of the addressee, the sender's address information, and corresponding barcodes. The postal delivery system sends the mailed item to the forwarding address and provides the sender with the updated information for the addressee. The notification can occur by electronic message systems or delivery of a physical notification. | 2014-02-27 |
20140058971 | CROSS-BORDER SHIPPING SOLUTION - A cross-border shipping system is described. Information from a cross-border commercial transaction between a seller and a buyer for an item is accessed from an online marketplace. A virtual shipping carrier service is generated for the cross-border commercial transaction using at least one of the shipping carriers transparent to the seller and the buyer. A virtual tracking identifier is generated for the virtual shipping carrier service. The virtual tracking identifier identifies the cross-border commercial transaction and the corresponding shipping carriers. | 2014-02-27 |
20140058972 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A PRODUCT RETURN SYSTEM - A system and method for operating a product return system. One or more electronic devices are received from a carrier at a return provider. A determination is made whether the one or more electronic devices include customer personal information. The one or more electronic devices are quarantined in response to determining the one or more electronic devices include CPI. The one or more electronic devices are processed in response to determining the CPI has been removed. | 2014-02-27 |
20140058973 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A STATEMENT OF WORK USING AN ELECTRONIC STATEMENT OF WORK TEMPLATE - A computing device may be implemented to generate a statement of work (SOW) between a first party and a second party. The first party may be an organization that provides goods or services to customers, and the second party may be one of a plurality of customers of the organization or one of a plurality of providers to the organization. The computing device may receive a selection of an electronic template and an indication of the second party, and may then retrieve both the selected electronic template and a portion of the stored SOW content standardized for the second party. The computing device may populate the first portion of the template with content, at least some of which is standardized to the second party, and it may populate the second portion of the template with content, at least some of which is not standardized for the second party. | 2014-02-27 |
20140058974 | METHOD FOR EVALUATING CONSENSUS CREDIT SPREAD - A financial metric application running on a computational device has a client registration module, a market factor measure collection module, a synthesis module and a reporting module. A plurality of pre-qualified financial professionals submit to the financial metric application collection module market factor measures which they believe contribute to a fixed income financial instrument metric, and the synthesis module comprising the application operates to evaluate the metric against each of the submitted market factor measures to determine the contribution each measure makes to the financial metric. | 2014-02-27 |
20140058975 | DYNAMIC COMMODITY INDEX METHODOLOGY - A rules-based commodity index methodology which is based on the performance of a fully margined or collateralized portfolio of 14 futures contracts with equal weights from six commodity sectors: energy, precious metals, industrial metals, grains, softs and livestock. | 2014-02-27 |
20140058976 | COMPUTERIZED SALES TOOL FOR VISUALIZING THE IMPACT OF SELECTIVE FINANCIAL PRODUCTS ON RETIREMENT PLANNING - A computerized financial product sales system is disclosed. The system includes a customer profile calibration module, a product selection module, and a visualization module. The customer profile calibration module may be configured to allow selection of one or more customer parameters. The product selection module may be configured to allow selection of a financial product. The visualization module may be configured to graphically display an impact of the selected financial product on one or more of the selected customer parameters based on actual historical data over a specified time period. | 2014-02-27 |
20140058977 | Method, System, and Computer Program Product for Evaluating Securities Value - A computer-implemented method, system and computer program product for evaluating securities investment value, through using accounting based data to generate value factors and evaluation factors of at least one financial object, and then an expected price of the financial object in the last year of a plurality of predication years may be generated. A requested return rate may be selected, and then a fair value of the financial object may be generated. A fair ratio of the financial object may be determined and an expected return rate may be generated. Once the fair value or the expected return rate is obtained, it may be used as a basis to evaluate the investment value of the financial object. The value ratio or the expected return rate may be used as a basis to compare the relative investment value among financial objects in the plurality of securities. | 2014-02-27 |
20140058978 | FACILITATING GROWTH INVESTMENT DECISIONS - A technique for performing securable market analysis involves establishing an empirically-derived structure and evaluating market size using analytical techniques within that structure. Inputs to a system that incorporates the technique can include a functional job and related emotional and consumption jobs, if any; importance levels; satisfaction levels; job executors; and willingness-to-pay. | 2014-02-27 |
20140058979 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SELECTING SECURITIES FOR AN INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO - Methods and systems for selecting and weighting securities for an actively managed exchange-traded fund. An initial selection of stocks includes domestic or international stocks, which are selected based at least in part on market capitalization. Each stock is scored using a plurality of growth and value factors to generate one or more growth scores and one or more value scores. A selection score is determined for each stock, and the stocks are ranked according to selection scores. A predetermined amount of stocks are eliminated from the stock portfolio based on selection score ranking, and the remaining stocks are split into a plurality of sub-groups. A stock portfolio is generated by weighting the remaining stocks according to the sub-groups they are in, with each stock being equally weighted within its sub-group. An exchange-traded fund is offered to consumers based on the stock portfolio. | 2014-02-27 |
20140058980 | METHOD FOR FACILITATING BUSINESS NETWORKING - Embodiments of a method for efficiently and effectively facilitating introductions between individuals who can help each other professionally include promoting an event in a locally focused medium that appeals to business leaders, requiring advance registration, charging a fee, and limiting attendance. A list of expected attendees can be available for review upon arrival, and introductions can be made at the beginning of the event while cocktails are served. A guest speaker can makes a presentation of general interest, after which each attendee is required to briefly tell the group who they are, and what they are specifically seeking. Each attendee must also make a special offer that is only valid until the next event. Time is then provided for attendees to approach each other individually. In embodiments, attendees must provide to the host summaries of their presentations, which are circulated to all attendees after the event. | 2014-02-27 |
20140058981 | DISPOSABLE BODY TOWEL AND PACKAGING - Various embodiments are described herein relating to a device and method for a disposable body towel and its accompanying waterproof container. In alternate embodiments, the towel may comprise a textured section, a lotion section, perforated coupons, a pocket, a graphic section and a cut-away section. The towel may comprise inward and outward-facing adhesive sections that may be configured to removably attach to one-another, preventing a towel from falling off when wrapped around a user. The towel may be fabricated of a plurality of plies of cellulose and/or polymer/and/or viscose fabric having different properties of wet-strength, absorbency, softness and biodegradability. In a preferred embodiment the towel is fabricated of biodegradable materials. In a preferred embodiment the towel is packaged in an easily-opened, lightweight, recyclable waterproof container. In alternate embodiments, the towel may be shaped for use as a disposable robe or a disposable pillow case. | 2014-02-27 |
20140058982 | AUDIO BASED CONTROL OF EQUIPMENT AND SYSTEMS - A method for controlling a device responsive to an audio signal captured using an audio sensor. A data processor is used to automatically analyze the audio signal using a plurality of semantic concept detectors to determine corresponding preliminary semantic concept detection values, each semantic concept detector being adapted to detect a particular semantic concept. The preliminary semantic concept detection values are analyzed using a joint likelihood model based on predetermined pair-wise likelihoods that particular pairs of semantic concepts co-occur to determine updated semantic concept detection values. One or more semantic concepts are determined based on the updated semantic concept detection values, and the device is controlled responsive to identified semantic concepts. The semantic concept detectors and the joint likelihood model are trained together with a joint training process using training audio signals, at least some of which are known to be associated with a plurality of semantic concepts. | 2014-02-27 |
20140058983 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRAINING AND CLASSIFYING DATA - A mechanism for training and classifying data is disclosed. The method includes receiving a data set having at least a first annotation and at least a second annotation. The first annotation and the second annotation represent characteristics within the data set. The method also includes determining a first identifier from the first annotation and a second identifier from the second annotation and associating the first identifier to the second identifier to generate a joined identifier. The method also includes computing feature weights and transition weights for the annotated data set based on the at least a first identifier, at least a second identifier, and at least a joined identifier and transitions between each of the first, the second and the joined identifiers. The method further includes receiving a second un-annotated data set and classifying the second data set based on the computed feature weights and the transition weights. | 2014-02-27 |
20140058984 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A base word to be a base, a compound word in which the base word becomes a modifiee, classification items to classify the compound word, and feature information about a feature that provides a clue to classify the compound word are acquired (S | 2014-02-27 |
20140058985 | Method and Device for Synthesis of Network Traffic - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and device for synthesis of network traffic. The method includes extracting a first real traffic composition parameter sequence and a second real traffic composition parameter sequence from real traffic. A first synthetic traffic composition parameter sequence is generated. Relational coefficients between first traffic composition parameters and second traffic composition parameters are obtained. A second synthetic traffic composition parameter sequence is generated and synthetic traffic is generated according to the first synthetic traffic composition parameter sequence and the second synthetic traffic composition parameter sequence. | 2014-02-27 |
20140058986 | Enhanced DeepQA in a Medical Environment - A DeepQA engine is enhanced to provide a digital medical investigation tool which assists a medical professional in researching potential causes of a set of patient conditions, including clues, facts and factoids about the patient. The DeepQA engine provides one or more answers to a natural language question with confidence levels for each answer. If a confidence level falls below a threshold, the enhanced DeepQA engine performs a crowd sourcing operation to gather additional information from one or more domain experts. The domain expert responses are provided to the medical professional, and are learned by the enhanced DeepQA system to provide for better research of similar patient conditions in future queries. | 2014-02-27 |
20140058987 | MoRPE: a machine learning method for probabilistic classification based on monotonic regression of a polynomial expansion - The classification problem is commonly encountered when a finite sample of data is leveraged to determine the probabilistic relationship between a category label c and a multivariate coordinate x for an entire population. Solving this problem requires approximating the optimal classifier, a function of x that evaluates the conditional probability p(c|x) in an optimal way. This patent describes a new method, machine, and algorithm named MoRPE. MoRPE can be used to approximate optimal classifiers. MoRPE is a machine learning method for probabilistic classification based on Monotonic Regression of a Polynomial expansion. MoRPE can easily understood in terms of the differences between MoRPE and another commonly understood method known as Fisher's Quadratic Discriminant. MoRPE can approximate an optimal classifier with remarkable and unprecedented precision in common scenarios. | 2014-02-27 |
20140058988 | NEURAL SYSTEM OF ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR - Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatus for generating neural adaptive behavior, which may be based on neuromodulator-mediated meta-plasticity and/or gain control. In this manner, flexible associations between sensory cues and motor actions are generated, which enable an agent to efficiently gather rewards in a changing environment. One example method generally includes receiving one or more input stimuli; processing the received input stimuli to generate an output signal, wherein the processing is modulated with a first neuromodulation signal generated by a gain control unit; controlling the gain control unit to switch between at least two different neural activity modes, wherein at least one of a level or timing of the first neuromodulation signal generated by the gain control unit is determined based on the neural activity modes; and sending the output signal to an output unit. | 2014-02-27 |
20140058989 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING A CLASSIFICATION COMPONENT - Data processing apparatus operative to generate a classification component is disclosed. The data processing apparatus is configured to provide a template classifier bank comprising a plurality of classifier modules, each classifier module operative to receive training data comprising data elements having one of two or more known class affiliations and to output a class affiliation estimate value for each input data element. The data processing apparatus is further configured to derive a combination of the class affiliation estimate values providing a highest correlation to the two or more known class affiliations, and to generate a classification component formed of a resultant classifier bank comprising a combination of the plurality of classifier modules corresponding to the combination of estimate values providing the highest correlation. | 2014-02-27 |
20140058990 | TRUSTED DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM AND METHOD - Methods and apparatus for providing a comprehensive decision support system to include predictions, recommendations with consequences and optimal follow-up actions in specific situations are described. Data is obtained from multiple disparate data sources, depending on the information deemed necessary for the situation being modeled. The decision support system provides a prediction or predictions and a recommendation or a choice of recommendations based on the correlative analysis and/or other analyses. Also described are methods and apparatus for developing application specific decision support models. The decision support model development process may include identifying multiple disparate data sources for retrieval of related information, selection of classification variables to be retrieved from the data sources, assignment of weights to each classification variable, selecting and/or defining rules, and selecting and/or defining analysis functions. | 2014-02-27 |
20140058991 | METHOD FOR IMPROVING EFFICIENCY IN AN OPTIMIZING PREDICTIVE MODEL USING STOCHASTIC GRADIENT DESCENT - A method optimizes a predictive computation model efficiently. The method includes (i) selecting model parameters that are expected to take real values within a one-sided predetermined range; and (ii) iteratively: (a) receiving a set of input values; (b) executing the computation model based on the input values; (c) updating the values of the model parameters to minimize a loss function; and (d) examining each of the model parameters, such that, when the examined model parameter attains or moves past a value that is idempotent to the computation model, removing the model parameter from the computation model. In one embodiment, the predetermined range is either the range between a predetermined positive real value and positive infinity or the range between a predetermined negative real value and negative infinity. The predetermined positive real value or the predetermined negative real value may be an idempotent value to the model computation. | 2014-02-27 |
20140058992 | CHARACTERIZING MOTION PATTERNS OF ONE OR MORE AGENTS FROM SPATIOTEMPORAL DATA - Techniques are described to characterize motion patterns of a group of agents engaging in an activity. An analysis system receives input data associated with spatial and temporal information of at least one element of interest associated with the activity, where the object of interest may be a ball, person, animal or any other object in motion. The analysis system partitions the input data into a plurality of spatiotemporal segments and generates one or more representations of one or more sets of segments of the plurality of spatiotemporal segments based on one or more criteria. The analysis system computes a metric, such as an entropy value, for each of the one or more representations. Partial tracing data, such as ball movements in a sporting event, may be created using an inexpensive input device, such as a tablet computer, making the disclosed techniques available for a wide range of events and activities. | 2014-02-27 |
20140058993 | HIGH-SPEED DECISION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HARMFUL CONTENTS - A high-speed decision apparatus and method for harmful contents, capable of determining whether contents are harmful by performing a harmfulness determination operation on only some sections, rather than all sections, of the content, based on the content playback characteristic that when content having a harmful part is played, the harmful part continues to be played for a certain period of time. | 2014-02-27 |
20140058994 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTIVE SHARING OF SEMANTIC INFORMATION SETS - An approach is provided for selective sharing of semantic information sets in a smart space interoperable across platforms, devices, and equipment. A personal smart space application creates a personal information space for a user, wherein the personal information space includes a plurality of semantic information sets. Thereafter, the personal smart space application receives a request for selective sharing of the semantic information sets, and merges, in response to the request, a projection of the selected semantic information sets into a shared information space. | 2014-02-27 |
20140058995 | EFFICIENT RULE EXECUTION IN DECISION SERVICES - A method, system, and/or computer program product performs rule execution in decision services. One or more specialized rulesets classified by decision partitions are based on defined clustering predicates of decision service signatures for business rules. A decision request is received from a client, and one or more parameters of the decision request are input to a clustering predicate based on decision service signatures to produce a decision category. A specialized ruleset for the decision request is determined based on the decision category, and the decision request is forwarded for processing to the specialized ruleset. A decision input is then returned from the specialized ruleset. | 2014-02-27 |
20140058996 | RULE-BASED PLAYLIST ENGINE - A client device is enabled to access content by generating a request to access content residing on a host. A rule set associated with a user is accessed that includes one or more rules configured to identify content responsive to a predicted interest of the user. The rule set is used to identify content selections from a library of content selections available on the host. A first address corresponding to a first content selection and a second address for a second content selection identifying are identified from among the identified content selections. The first content selection is accessed from among the identified content selections by establishing a connection to the host at the address identified for the first content selection. In response to receiving a change instruction to change a content selection being rendered, the second content selection is accessed from the identified content selections at the second address. | 2014-02-27 |
20140058997 | DETERMINING AN ACTIVE ZONE MANAGER BASED ON DISRUPTION PREDICTION METRICS - Examples disclosed herein relate to determining an active zone manager based on disruption prediction metrics. Examples include providing a first disruption prediction metric of a first fabric to a second fabric, acquiring a second disruption prediction metric from a second fabric, and determining the active zone manager based on the first and second disruption prediction metrics. | 2014-02-27 |
20140058998 | REUSING REPORTING COMPONENTS IN CUSTOMIZED CUBES - Disclosed herein are representative embodiments of tools and techniques for reusing derived measures of cubes in customized cubes. According to one exemplary technique, a base cube of a customized cube is determined. Additionally, a footprint of a derived measure of the base cube is determined. Also, a report that uses the customized cube is generated using the derived measure of the base cube. | 2014-02-27 |
20140058999 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - The present disclosure relates to a mobile terminal, and more particularly, to a mobile terminal for updating data files stored in a memory on a database and a control method thereof, and a mobile terminal for updating data files on a database according to the media transfer protocol (MTP) may include a memory configured to store the data files, and a controller configured to divide the data files stored in the memory into a first group composed of files to which the priority order of update is given and a second group composed of files other than those of the first group, and sequentially update the first group and the second group on the database to implement an application using data files contained in the first | 2014-02-27 |
20140059000 | COMPUTER SYSTEM AND PARALLEL DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING METHOD - It is provided a computer system comprising a database server, a job execution server and a scheduling server. Each of the servers includes a processor executing a program and a memory storing the program. The database server divides a range of key values included in records stored in a database managed by the database server into a plurality of sections, and obtains distribution information of records in each divided section. The scheduling server holds database server configuration information showing ranges of key values included in records stored in the database, generates a plurality of divided ranges by combining a plurality of sections corresponding to the same range of key values based on the distribution information of records and the database server configuration information, and generates a record acquisition range parameter that shows, for each divided range generated, records in the divided range as records to be acquired. | 2014-02-27 |
20140059001 | CLOUD COMPUTING-BASED DATA SHARING SYSTEM AND METHOD - Aspects of the present disclosure relate to cloud computing-based data sharing system and method, the system including a plurality of industrial device management units configured to transmit a recent shared data to a cloud server by periodically communicating with the cloud server, to receive a recent shared data of other industrial device management units received from the cloud server and to synchronize the shared data by updating the recent shared data to its own shared data, and a cloud server configured to compare a received shared data with a pre-stored shared data, in a case a shared data is received form an industrial device management unit among the plurality of industrial device management units through a communication network, to update its shared data as a result of the comparison, and to transmit a notification message including the updated shared data to other industrial device management unit through the communication network. | 2014-02-27 |
20140059002 | SERVER SIDE TECHNIQUES FOR REDUCING DATABASE WORKLOAD IN IMPLEMENTING SELECTIVE SUBFOLDER SYNCHRONIZATION IN A CLOUD-BASED ENVIRONMENT - Techniques are disclosed for reducing database workload in implementing selective subfolder synchronization in a cloud-based environment. In one embodiment, a method comprises, in response to a selection, from a user, of a first synchronization state of a first folder in the workspace, synchronizing content of the first folder in the workspace with a corresponding folder on devices of a user (and collaborators) based on the first synchronization state. The workspace is shared among the user and one or more collaborators of the user. In some embodiments, the method further comprises determining the first synchronization state of the first folder based on synchronization states of one or more folders, other than the first folder, that are related to the first folder. The entries can be configured to identify hierarchical relationships between the one or more folders and the first folder on a per-user basis. | 2014-02-27 |
20140059003 | AUTOMATED MIGRATION TO A NEW TARGET VOLUME VIA MERGED BITMAPS TO MAINTAIN CONSISTENCY - Aspects of the present invention relate to data migration and/or disaster recovery. One embodiment enables merging of bitmaps to allow for automation of the process of switching to a different target volume on the same storage subsystem without major interruption of data recovery capability and limited interruption of host I/O to the source volumes during the migration. In one approach, the migration of data onto a new target volume within the same storage subsystem as the original target volume is automated, without requiring the user to manually create or remove any new copy relationships | 2014-02-27 |
20140059004 | EFFICIENTLY STORING AND RETRIEVING DATA AND METADATA - For efficiently storing and retrieving data and metadata in phases, in a first phase, metadata tokens, which are assigned to most active metadata-emitting entities, are used for storing the data and the metadata together in a single input/output operation while piggybacking the metadata of least active metadata-emitting entities onto one of the most active metadata-emitting entities having one of the metadata tokens. In a second phase, the metadata is re-written to a metadata delta journal for reclaiming the metadata tokens. In a third phase, the metadata journal is applied to a metadata structure containing the metadata of the storage system, the metadata delta journal is then cleared after successfully updating the main metadata structure with the metadata of the metadata journal. The metadata journal is swapped with an empty metadata journal for concurrently adding metadata while retaining the metadata journal until applying the metadata delta journal to the metadata structure. | 2014-02-27 |
20140059005 | GLOBAL INDEXING WITHIN AN ENTERPRISE OBJECT STORE FILE SYSTEM - A file system is disclosed that includes an application wide name space instantiated in a global index (Gindex) that is used for accessing objects related to an application. Using the Gindex, a method for cache coherency includes establishing one or more appliances, each defining a storage cluster; establishing one or more tenants spanning across appliances, wherein an application stores objects in file systems associated with the appliances and tenants; establishing a Gindex including metadata relating to objects stored in association with the application; replicating the Gindex to plurality of data centers supporting the tenants; storing an original object at a first data center; storing a cached copy of the object at a second data center; aligning the cached copy using metadata for the object from a local copy of the Gindex. | 2014-02-27 |
20140059006 | Minimizing Replication Search on Failover - A method, system, and program product are provided for minimizing replication when a new server is replicated with. A replication application for a client computer having a replica of a database thereon is executed by a processor in a computer to receive for a replication service comprising a plurality of servers containing replicas of the database, an indication of each healthy server in the replication service and a determined period of time within which replication is assured to have been completed for each healthy server. The replication application updates a replication history after successful completion of each replication by adding an entry comprising an identification for the server replicated with and a timestamp for the time of replication and by adding an entry for each other healthy server in the replication service containing an identification for the respective server and an imputed timestamp adjusted for the determined period of time. | 2014-02-27 |
20140059007 | USER INITIATED REPLICATION IN A SYNCHRONIZED OBJECT REPLICATION SYSTEM - A snapshot of selected objects in a source repository is created in response to the user-initiated replication. The snapshot is designated as a snapshot replication job. The snapshot replication job is added to the end of a replication queue to await execution for the synchronized object replication. Unsynchronized objects in a target destination are detected by comparing a state of the selected objects in the snapshot with a current state of the target destination at the time of execution of the snapshot replication job. The unsynchronized objects in the target destination are synchronized based upon the comparison of the state of the selected objects in the snapshot with the current state of the target destination at the time of execution of the snapshot replication job. | 2014-02-27 |
20140059008 | RESOURCE ALLOCATION ANALYSES ON HYPOTHETICAL DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS - A system and method for performing resource allocation analyses on hypothetical distributed computer systems uses a user-modified snapshot of a hypothetical distributed computer system to execute a resource allocation analysis. The user-modified snapshot includes configurations and resource usage information of at least some components of the hypothetical distributed computer system. | 2014-02-27 |
20140059009 | AUTOMATED MIGRATION TO A NEW COPY SERVICES TARGET STORAGE SYSTEM TO MANAGE MULTIPLE RELATIONSHIPS SIMULTANEOUSLY WHILE MAINTAINING DISASTER RECOVERY CONSISTENCY - In one embodiment, a method for switching a storage subsystem in a disaster recovery configuration includes receiving instruction to change from an original target storage subsystem in a disaster recovery configuration including: a source storage subsystem including one or more source volumes from which data is copied in first copy services relationships, the one or more source volumes being accessible to an application, and the original target storage subsystem including one or more original target volumes to which data is copied in the first copy services relationships; selecting a new target storage subsystem to replace the original target storage subsystem, creating second copy services relationships between one or more new target volumes on the new target storage subsystem and the one or more source volumes on the source storage subsystem using multi-target functionality, and terminating the first copy services relationships after all the second copy services relationships are full duplex. | 2014-02-27 |
20140059010 | OBTAINING, MANAGING AND ARCHIVING CONFERENCE DATA - Tools can be provided for conducting a conference/meeting and/or obtaining, managing and archiving conference/meeting data. For example, a meeting participation application and multi-layer presentation data (including a presentation document and an overlay layer) can be provided through a network to a participant. The meeting participation application allows the participant to make annotations which overlay the presentation document, and captures the user input as data in the overlay layer. Thereafter, processing may be performed to extract keywords from the captured annotations, and such extracted keywords can be archived along with meeting materials, documents, information and other content as meeting data in a meeting database. | 2014-02-27 |
20140059011 | AUTOMATED DATA CURATION FOR LISTS - A processor-implemented method, system, and/or computer program product identifies errant data in an initial data list. An initial data list is composed of multiple data entries, where each of the data entries is associated with a parent hypernym from a group of multiple parent hypernyms. The parent hypernym describes a common attribute of data entries in the initial data list that have a same parent hypernym. A plurality parent hypernym is identified as a parent hypernym that is common to more data entries in the initial data list than any other parent hypernym. Any datum entry in the initial data list that is not associated with the plurality parent hypernym is then flagged for eviction from the initial data list. | 2014-02-27 |
20140059012 | Management of Database Deployment - Apparatuses, computer readable media, methods, and systems are described for provisioning of databases, which may include processing a request to generate a database, wherein the request comprises a database parameter; determining a lease term for the database; generating the database based on the database parameter; and communicating a notification containing information regarding the database and the lease term. | 2014-02-27 |
20140059013 | Ensuring integrity of security event log upon download and delete - A cloud deployment appliance includes a mechanism to enable permitted users to move event records reliably from an internal event log of the appliance to a data store located external to the appliance while ensuring the integrity of event records. The mechanism ensures that the event records are not tampered with in storage or during download. Further, the approach ensures that no event records can be removed from the appliance internal storage before being successfully downloaded to the external data store. | 2014-02-27 |
20140059014 | VALIDATING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A computer reads an element information list from a file stored in a database of the computer, and generates first element identifiers according to the element information list. The computer marks a second element identifier in content of the file, in response to a determination that the first element identifier is different from the second element identifier corresponding to the first element identifier. | 2014-02-27 |
20140059015 | SELECTING CANDIDATE ROWS FOR DEDUPLICATION - The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for selecting candidate records for deduplication from a table. A table can be processed to compute an inverse index for each field of the table. A deduplication algorithm can traverse the inverse indices in accordance with a flexible user-defined policy to identify candidate records for deduplication. Both exact matches and approximate matches can be found. | 2014-02-27 |