15th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 43 |
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20130090931 | MULTIMODAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention, in various embodiments, comprises systems and methods for providing a communication system. In one embodiment, the system is an assistive technology (AT) in a single, highly integrated, multimodal, multifunctional, multipurpose, minimally invasive, unobtrusive, wireless, wearable, easy to use, low cost, and reliable AT that can potentially provide people with severe disabilities with flexible and effective computer access and environmental control in various conditions. In one embodiment, a multimodal Tongue Drive System (mTDS) is disclosed that uses tongue motion as its primary input modality. Secondary input modalities including speech, head motion, and diaphragm control are added to the tongue motion as additional input channels to enhance the system speed, accuracy, robustness, and flexibility, which are expected to address many of the aforementioned issues with traditional ATs that have limited number of input channels/modalities and can only be used in certain conditions by a certain group of users. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090932 | VEHICULAR APPARATUS - A hands-free conversation vehicular apparatus coupling with a communication terminal includes: a communication device; a sound output device; a sound input device inputting a transmission speech sound; a vehicle information acquisition device; a first sound extraction device setting a first direction for a directionality of the sound input device, and extracting a first sound along the first direction; a sound recognition device; a second sound extraction device specifying a second direction for the transmission speech sound recognized by the sound recognition device, and extracting a second sound along the second direction; a sound quality comparison unit comparing a sound quality of the first and second sounds; a changeover device for selecting one of the first and second sounds as the transmission speed sound; and a control device for allowing the changeover device to perform a changeover when a determination condition is fulfilled. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090933 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING AN INPUT AUDIO SIGNAL USING CASCADED FILTERBANKS - An apparatus for processing an input audio signal relies on a cascade of filterbanks, the cascade having a synthesis filterbank for synthesizing an audio intermediate signal from the input audio signal, the input audio signal being represented by a plurality of first subband signals generated by an analysis filterbank, wherein a number of filterbank channels of the synthesis filterbank is smaller than a number of channels of the analysis filterbank. The apparatus furthermore has a further analysis filterbank for generating a plurality of second subband signals from the audio intermediate signal, wherein the further analysis filterbank has a number of channels being different from the number of channels of the synthesis filterbank, so that a sampling rate of a subband signal of the plurality of second subband signals is different from a sampling rate of a first subband signal of the plurality of first subband signals. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090934 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A SYNTHESIS AUDIO SIGNAL AND FOR ENCODING AN AUDIO SIGNAL - An apparatus for generating a synthesis audio signal using a patching control signal has a first converter, a spectral domain patch generator, a high frequency reconstruction manipulator and a combiner. The first converter is configured for converting a time portion of an audio signal into a spectral representation. The spectral domain patch generator is configured for performing a plurality of different spectral domain patching algorithms, wherein each patching algorithm generates a modified spectral representation having spectral components in an upper frequency band derived from corresponding spectral components in a core frequency band of the audio signal. The spectral domain patch generator is furthermore configured to select a first spectral domain patching algorithm from the plurality of patching algorithms for a first time portion and a second spectral domain patching algorithm from the plurality of patching algorithm for a second different time portion in accordance with the patching control signal to obtain the modified spectral representation. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090935 | DISTRIBUTED RENEWABLE ENERGY METERING - A distributed renewable energy system includes a renewable energy generating module having an array of renewable energy generators connected to a population of distributed power inverters. The distributed renewable energy system also includes a distributed energy metering module having a data aggregating unit that receives output energy data from the population of distributed power inverters and a data processing unit that calculates a revenue grade output energy from the output energy data based on a tolerance probability characteristic of the output energy data. The distributed renewable energy system additionally includes a distributed energy reporting module that reports the revenue grade output energy. A method of measuring distributed renewable energy is also provided. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090936 | Configurable Visibility of Electric Vehicle Charging Stations - In one embodiment, an electric vehicle charging network server provides an interface for electric vehicle charging station owners to selectively configure whether their electric vehicle charging station(s) are displayable on a charging station locator application to a specific set of one or more electric vehicle operators. For example, the interface may allow an electric vehicle charging station owner to specify that one or more of its charging stations are capable of being displayed on a charging station locator application to only a group of one or more electric vehicle operators (those charging station(s) will not be displayed on a charging station locator application used by other electric vehicle operators). | 2013-04-11 |
20130090937 | System and method for facilitating patient compliance with prescription medication regimen - The method, system and user-interface facilitates patient compliance with healthcare provider instructions for prescription medication after discharge from a healthcare facility by analyzing patient current medication, canceling open prescriptions no longer used by the patient, aligning verified patient current prescriptions with patient discharge prescriptions, thus limiting the number of occasions on which a customer must visit the pharmacy to retrieve refills of the aligned prescriptions, and providing follow-up education at multiple occasions after discharge, decreasing the likelihood that the patient will be re-admitted to the hospital for the same ailment or complications from that ailment and increasing the likelihood that the customer will comply with the recommended medication regimen. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090938 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR REMOTE DIAGNOSIS AND PRESCRIPTION - A method of enabling remote medical diagnosis of a medical condition comprising: providing a software application for a mobile device designed to: provide a graphical user interface on a display of the mobile device wherein the graphical user interface is designed to allow a patient to collect data for use in the medical diagnosis of the medical condition; communicate the data from the mobile device to a medical professional; and receive a medical diagnosis from the medical professional. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090939 | SYTEM AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING HEALTHCARE FRAUD - The present invention provides a method for reducing healthcare fraud potentially committed by a healthcare worker and possibly the client as well. The method includes the steps of capturing and storing a first biometric signature received of the healthcare worker. A first geographical location is provided based on the client location. During a visit to the client location, a second biometric signature of the healthcare worker is captured. A second geographical location is then captured via a device from which the second biometric signature was captured and received. This is followed by the step of comparing the first biometric signature to the second biometric signature to determine the eligibility of the healthcare worker in billing insurance provider for services purported to have been rendered. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090940 | Wellcare management methods and systems - Methods and systems related to wellcare management are disclosed. The methods comprise enrolling wellcare providers and consumers, offering wellcare plans, and providing automated payment processing and collection in connection with the wellcare plans. The methods also allow the wellcare management systems to interface with the wellcare provider's practice management software administered by a third party. Preferably, the wellcare plan providers are veterinarians, particularly independent veterinarians. Systems employing the methods over one or more computer networks are also disclosed, as are articles comprising computer readable media. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090941 | METHOD OF PROVIDING COMPLICATION INSURANCE AND DISCOUNTS ON MEDICAL SPECIALTY TREATMENTS - The present invention is a method for providing consumers with complication insurance and discounts on medical specialty treatments, products, and services through a membership program. More specifically, the method provides consumers with insurance for complications that might be experienced through specialty medical treatments and discounts on the actual specialty medical treatments. The invention requires the participation of the customer (patient and/or intended parents), the specialty medical provider, an insurance agency/provider, and a third party administrator. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090942 | SYTEM AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING HEALTHCARE FRAUD - The present invention provides a method for reducing healthcare fraud potentially committed by a healthcare worker and possibly the client as well. The method includes the steps of capturing and storing a first biometric signature received of the healthcare worker. A first geographical location is provided based on the client location. During a visit to the client location, a second biometric signature of the healthcare worker is captured. A second geographical location is then captured via a device from which the second biometric signature was captured and received. This is followed by the step of comparing the first biometric signature to the second biometric signature to determine the eligibility of the healthcare worker in billing insurance provider for services purported to have been rendered. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090943 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HEALTH CARE PRODUCT SELECTION - Systems, methods and computer-readable media for assisting consumers to enroll in a health plan in an online environment. Data comprising residence information, date of birth information and gender information of a consumer is received. Data comprising a type of health insurance product selected by the consumer is received. Data comprising physician information selected by the consumer is received. Result information is retrieved from one or more databases. The result information includes one or more health insurance plans of the type selected by the consumer, and information describing whether physicians associated with the physician information selected by the consumer are included within a network of each of the health insurance plans. The result information is displayed to the consumer. A request from the consumer to enroll in one of the health insurance plans is received. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090944 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING A LENS PRESCRIPTION - Methods for dispensing eyeglasses are disclosed. The methods involve making a subjective refraction and an objective refraction and Sending the information to a calculation computer to combine both retractions to calculate the person's prescription. The person's prescription is subsequently sent to a manufacturing location separate from the calculation computer for manufacture of the lenses. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090945 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLLECTION OF COMMUNITY HEALTH AND ADMINISTRATIVE DATA - A health care patient document system and method which enable patients to enter clinical, administrative, and financial information normally completed on a clipboard in a medical office into a computerized system that stores the information. The patient is then enabled to direct the stored information to any health care provider whether the provider is enabled to receive the data electronically nor not. For those provider clinicians and organizations not enabled to receive the information electronically, the system completes the paper-based forms already in use within the organization and sends the completed form by facsimile or mail delivery. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090946 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMAGING WORKFLOW - An imaging workflow system includes a workstation for acquiring patient information and requesting a patient scan. The request for a patient scan includes scan information for performing the scan. A registration module receives the scan information and the patient information. The registration module automatically schedules the patient scan based on the scan information and the patient information. The registration module determines an imaging protocol based on the patient information and the scan information. An imaging module within an imaging system receives the imaging protocol. The imaging module automatically sets scan parameters based on the imaging protocol. The imaging system scans the patient based on the scan parameters to acquire image data. A user interface controls the patient scan. The user interface includes a display to display images generated from the acquired image data. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090947 | PHARMACEUTICAL DATABASE AND OPERATIONAL METHOD - A system and method for prescribing, filling and dispensing a prescription with reference to a universal prescription database is provided. Every patient is assigned a unique patient identifier in the universal prescription database, and preferably, every prescription dispensed to a patient is recorded in the database regardless of whether the patient uses a universally accepted insurance card, and regardless of which pharmacy is used by the patient for previous or current prescriptions. Drug allergies, negative drug-disease state interactions, negative drug-drug interactions, duplicate therapies, early refills (overuse of a medication), and other potential negative problems not previously identifiable by pharmacists are identified and preferably rated according to severity. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090948 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HEALTHCARE PRODUCT ENROLLMENT - Systems, methods and computer-readable media for use in connection with healthcare product enrollment. Data describing health profile information from a consumer is received. This data may be based on historical claims information or on responses to survey questions received from the consumer. The data may be for the individual alone, or for his dependents as well. Data describing cost of care information is determined based on the data describing the health profile information. At least one recommended health care coverage product for the consumer is determined based on the cost of care information. In some embodiments, a consumer cost associated with each of the recommended health care coverage product is conveyed to the consumer. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090949 | THERAPY MANAGEMENT, COMMUNICATION AND INTERACTION SYSTEM - The present disclosure relates to a computerized system which provides a patient/client treatment management tool, with communication capability, patient therapy assignment and tracking, and game-oriented content and function, as well as an analytics platform for care providers. The present disclosure is unlimited in regard to what type of mental health care provider or other counselor may benefit from the use of the system disclosed herein, and the system is intended to be used by any person providing, managing or receiving mental health counseling or treatment. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090950 | POLICY EVENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a method and technique for policy event management is disclosed. The method includes: receiving by a broker an electronic communication from an insurance provider of an event related to a policy of a consumer serviced by the insurance provider; responsive to receiving the notice, automatically determining whether the event meets at least one event criteria monitored by the broker; and responsive to determining that the event corresponds to at least one event criteria monitored by the broker, automatically initiating an action related to the event. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090951 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREMIUM FINANCING - The present invention is a system and method for financing insurance policy premiums on behalf of an insured via a premium financing loan. The present invention creates a plurality of contractual relationships of premium financing transactions and a computer-method of monitoring thereof between the insurance policy provider, insured, and premium finance company. The present invention provides a premium financing system and method that promotes long-term and permanent policies at origination, reduces the cost of insurance and/or policy loads, maximize the policyholder's cash surrender value, eliminates restrictive industry net worth and credit, increases business for agencies and carriers, creates a virtually unlimited capital, transfers interest rate risk from the insured to the fixed income investor, and provides a longer in-force holding period, thereby resulting in larger profits for the premium finance company and insurance carrier. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090952 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSFER CONTROL - Systems, methods and computer-readable media for transferring control over input of data to electronic forms. An electronic insurance application form including a plurality of form fields for receiving input data is displayed to a consumer. Control over input of data to the form fields is associated with an identifier of the consumer in an access control table for the electronic insurance application form. A request to transfer control over input of data to the form fields to an insurance agent is received from the consumer. The access control table for the electronic insurance application form is updated to associate control over input of data to the form fields with an identifier of the insurance agent. Data describing the electronic insurance application form is transferred to the insurance agent. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090953 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING LIFE EXPECTANCY - The subject matter disclosed pertains to a computer-implemented method for determining a life insurance premium. The premium is based on a theoretical adult lifespan (τ | 2013-04-11 |
20130090954 | MISTAKEN CONVICTION INSURANCE PRODUCT AND RELATED SYSTEM AND METHODS - An insurance product is presented that may cover the risk of compensating an exoneree for damages resulting from mistaken conviction The mistaken conviction insurance product may include a coverage amount, a premium amount, and a trigger of coverage payout. The trigger of coverage payout may be the overturning of a mistaken conviction. The coverage amount may compensate the exoneree for damages such as injury and expenses resulting from incarceration. The premium amount may be calculated based on factors that may include coverage payout elections and triggering event likelihood. The insurance product may be of the liability policy type to cover the person or entity liable to an exoneree, or of a first-person type to cover an insured's risk of mistaken conviction. A business method for offering and issuing a mistaken conviction insurance policy, and a computer-based system for facilitating the same, are also disclosed. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090955 | MANAGING AN INSURANCE PLAN - A method of managing an insurance policy uses at least one computer to execute software stored on non-volatile memory. The software is configured for accessing at least one benefit amount data to be paid out to the insured person on the occurrence of an insured event defined under the policy; receiving premium related data relating to a premium paid by the insured person for the at least one benefit amount; storing the benefit amount data and premium data in a database; defining an additional benefit amount to be paid in addition to the benefit amount if an insured event occurs within a predetermined future period of time; zeroing an additional premium amount for the predetermined period of time; processing health data and/or safety data, the health data relating to the use of a plurality of health related facilities and/or services by the insured person for the predetermined period of time and the safety data relating to the compliance of an individual with a safety program; and calculating, using the health data and/or safety data and the benefit amount and premium data, an additional premium amount to be paid for an additional benefit cover to be payable if an insured event occurs after the predetermined period of time. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090956 | PROACTIVE DELIVERY OF RELATED TASKS FOR IDENTIFIED ENTITIES - A search engine database is utilized to identify “entities”, or things for which there exists associated discrete, objective information. For hosted information that is independently available, the entity detector independently accesses such information and identifies entities. For information that has defined potential entities, such as entertainment or lifestyle information such defined potential entities are provided to the entity detector to verify, with reference to the search engine database, whether they are entities. Once entities have been identified, a related task generator, with reference to the search engine database, identifies tasks that are related to the identified entities. Such tasks include informational tasks, economic tasks, time-sensitive and location-sensitive tasks. The identified entities and related tasks are provided to applications, with metadata quantifying confidence, relationship, importance, location and time sensitivity, and the like, thereby enabling those applications to proactively provide selects ones of that information to users. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090957 | WAITING LINE TRANSACTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - An automated waiting line transaction management system that provides customers the option of queuing up and waiting in the standard venue line for goods and/or services or purchasing a pass to bypass the normal line. A merchant sets pass prices, and at the point of purchase, a time sensitive code is sent to the customer for use at the venue to gain priority access thereto. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090958 | MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE INTERACTIVE APPLICATION METHOD AND MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE INTERACTIVE APPLICATION SYSTEM - The present invention provides a mobile electronic device interactive application method and a mobile electronic device interactive application system. The mobile electronic device interactive application method comprises: broadcasting at least an information on a display device; utilizing a mobile electronic device to generate at least a signal according to the at least an information, wherein the mobile electronic device at least has a telecommunication function or a wireless network function; and utilizing an interactive device to receive the at least a signal and to perform an interactive operation according to the at least a signal via a network. The mobile electronic device interactive application system comprises: a display device, a mobile electronic device, and an interactive device, wherein the interactive device comprises: a broadcasting module and an interactive module. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090959 | RESTAURANT MANAGEMENT AND RESERVATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A system and method for offering and managing reservations for restaurant or other reservation-based services is provided. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving reservation data regarding available reservations for restaurants, and receiving a search request and payment information from the user. A subset of the available reservations matching the search request is determined using the open reservation data. The method further includes receiving a request from a user to make a reservation corresponding to an available reservations matching the search request, storing data indicating that the requested reservation is assigned to the user, and receiving a change in status for the reservation during fulfillment of the reservation. The method also includes receiving data regarding items ordered during fulfillment of the reservation, and providing the data regarding items ordered during fulfillment of the reservation for display to the consumer on a mobile device during fulfillment of the reservation. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090960 | WEB BROWSER-BASED BUSINESS ACTIVITY MONITORING - A system including: at least one computing device adapted to monitor business activities, by performing actions including: collecting business activity data at a first web browser, the business activity data indicating at least one aspect of a business transaction conducted at a second, distinct web browser; sorting the business activity data according to one or more sorting parameters; and providing a report including the sorted business activity data at a uniform resource locator (URL) accessible to both the first web browser and the second, distinct web browser. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090961 | System for a data supply chain to enable data suppliers to contribute data collection questions to data collection protocols and post data into said data collection protocols aligned with said data collection questions and compensate data suppliers and collect fees from data consumers and advertisers associated with the data supply chain. - The present invention introduces a marketing platform for a data supply chain applying crowd-sourced, pervasive computing and social networking to data collection and distribution including exchange of fees for data suppliers who make contributions to data research protocols and subscriptions and other fees for data access and utilization by data consumers. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090962 | PROVIDING VARIABILITY AND MATERIALIZATION OVER LINKS CONNECTING PRODUCT LINE RESOURCES - A system for providing variability and materialization over links connecting product line resources is disclosed herein. The system may include a user interface configured to issue a request for a product-line resource given in a specified product configuration context, responsive to a user selection, wherein the product configuration contains one or more features of the feature model, wherein the product line resources are stored on one or more databases and are further connected between themselves via links, each associated with a respective variability, based on the feature model and the product line resources connected via the links; and a resources fetcher configured to retrieve the resources requested in view of the specified product configuration by providing the links associated with the variability of the specified product configuration. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090963 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZING DISPATCH WORKFLOW INFORMATION - An approach for enabling a service provider to dispatch workforce for fulfilling a plurality of service requests based on a common property identifier is described. A workforce dispatch platform determines a property identifier associated with a customer based on a service request. A determination is then made as to whether the property identifier corresponds to one or more property identifiers corresponding to a plurality of other service requests. The workforce dispatch platform generates workflow information for dispatch of workforce to satisfy the request and the other requests based on the determination. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090964 | Time on Site and Point of Interest Tracker with Privacy Block - System converts GPS signals from worker's GPS-enabled device into task related time-location data by excluding private geo-data. Database holds task data, worker-device data. A web-based server captures and stores GPS data as task-related data when (a) contemporaneous GPS data is within predetermined distance of assigned task locations, (b) GPS data is in a task drive corridor (pre-approved geo), and (c) GPS data is vendor location (pre-approved). Enterprise templates are used to map trackable territories. GPS data not captured or stored is discarded or immutably filter-blocked. In a distributed system with the server and a supplemental computer, an im-filter at the supple-computer is controlled by the server. If not filtered, the server effects the storage of cleared GPS data into supple-computer storage by transfer of cleared GPS data to the supplement. The worker can turn OFF the GPS capture with temporary temporal controls. Enterprise templates are used to map trackable territories. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090965 | REAL TIME CUSTOMER ACCESS TO LOCATION, ARRIVAL AND ON-SITE TIME DATA - The method provides real time task-related data to customers seeking services by a vendor's task person (T-P) at a customer location. The T-P has a GPS-enabled phone-tablet-device linked by a the network to a task collection database which includes data on task, customer, location, T-P, and current location. The customer is permitted to access the database showing location, the time and/or distance of T-P, the projected time of arrival, duration, and time of completion. The customer selects a communications channel for call ahead time and delay notice. Additionally, the system and method may be deployed over a distributed computed system which includes a supplemental computer and a supplemental database. The web based server forwards to the supplemental computer and supplemental database the customer selected communications channel, mode, call ahead and delay data. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090966 | Method and System to Analyze Time Stamp Location Data to Produce Movement and Idle Segments - The method converts GPS signals from a GPS-enabled phone-tablet-device into time-on-site data. A database includes unique task data and data on task person (T-P), task situs, time-on-site, and assignment. Server determines when the GPS is in an idle mode defined by a territory about a current GPS data by a threshold or other algorithm. Processor determines whether the GPS moves by applying an “idle to movement” algorithm, movement by positional data or velocity and “movement to idle.” A time-on-site is determined when idle ON and current-GPS matches task situs. Method transforms GPS data into travel time indicator data and time-on-site data for quality assurance, billing and accounting. The method automatically identifies and divides the movements of a person or apparatus into types of actions (including the non-action, idle mode). The method analyses, identifies and divides it into sequential segments. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090967 | Method and System for Dynamic Project Management and Capacity Management - Described herein are systems and methods for dynamic project management and capacity management. Specifically, the systems and method include a management tool for performing project management, capacity management, and time and cost creation across systems and departments for the lowest levels of data. The management tool include a computer readable storage medium including a set of instructions that are executable by a processor, the set of instructions being operable to store projected time information and projected cost information for a project, store actual time information and actual cost information for the project, and display a correlation between i) the projected time information and actual time information, and ii) the projected cost information and the actual cost information. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090968 | METHODS OF EMPLOYEE SCHEDULING AND MANAGEMENT - Organizations must manage employee schedules to ensure that adequate personnel are present as required, regulatory requirements met, and costs tracked/minimized. Prior art systems are taught as internal to an organization and hence do not address part-time or temporary employees who have multiple conflicts on their time. An employee scheduling software system is taught that accesses multiple extrinsic databases hosting schedules relating to an employee allowing scheduling to avoid external conflicts for the employer and allowing employees to respond to schedules as well as trade/auction with other employees with confidence. Further, by associating a portable electronic device to the employee and hosting a scheduling application on these devices the employees are able to review/modify/trade/auction shifts with increased flexibility and employers are provided with a more accurate clocking in/out process to verify the employee's attendance and completion of their shift. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090969 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO DEFINE IMPLEMENT AND ENFORCE WORKFLOW OF A MOBILE WORKFORCE - The computer program manages a mobile workforce with task persons and GPS-enabled devices by using the GPS time-based location data. A database is populated with task situs location data, event time data and task person data and task person contact data. The database is coupled to the web-based processor, telecommunications network and GPS-enabled device. The system operator programs temporal (time) based rules and location-based rules unique to the task situs. Some rules are both time and location based. When the temporal or territorial rules are violated, first and second comm-events are generated by the system, for example, a text or IVR message to the task person. When associated time-and-territorial rules are violated, a third communications event arises. The time based rules may be associated or correlated with the event time for the task. The event time may be a “time of arrival.” Further, rules may be for approach, entry, or on-location. Territorial rules may proximal, intermediate and distal territories. Designated persons for the comm-notice may be hierarchically related to the task person. The comm-notice may be dynamically created from a designated persona as a content provider. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090970 | Automated Electronic Telecommunications Order Translation and Processing - Systems and method for processing orders for telecommunications services are disclosed. Generally a telecommunications transaction set of an electronic data interchange standard is received, the telecommunications transaction set corresponding to a telecommunications product or service for a customer. An order for the telecommunications product or service is then generated based on processing of the telecommunications transaction set. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090971 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES IN AN AGILE ENVIRONMENT - A computer-implemented method is provided for optimizing allocation of resources across stories for a release within an Agile development environment. The method includes receiving (i) resource information representing a plurality of resources available for allocation to the stories, (ii) one or more story definitions, each story definition comprising a unique identifier and one or more story-level constraints corresponding to a story, (iii) release information, (iv) iteration information, and (iv) one or more optimization criteria. The method also includes generating a plurality of story-level allocation scenarios and determining one or more optimized story-level allocation scenarios from the plurality of story-level allocation scenarios. Each story-level allocation scenario satisfies the one or more story-level constraints associated with each story definition. Each optimized story-level allocation scenario optimizes assignment of iterations or allocation of resources to the stories to satisfy the one or more optimization criteria. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090972 | SYSTEM FOR ASSESSING AN ENVIRONMENTAL LOAD OF BUILDING DURING LIFE CYCLE - The present invention relates to an environmental load assessment system, which is capable of efficiently and simply assessing an environmental load of a building in all stages (e.g., a planning stage, a design stage, a construction stage, and a use stage after construction) in doing executing a business by subdividing an assessment process, such as simple assessment in the design stage, detailed assessment in the start stage, and site assessment in the construction stage according to the progress of a construction project. The system of the present invention includes a DB server for storing material information, environmental load information, and itemized material information about a construction work and storing environmental load information about an energy source; a management server for assessing environmental loads based on simple assessment, a detailed assessment, and site assessment according to the progress of a target assessment construction project; and a UI server for providing user terminals with an execution environment so that the management server can be operated. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090973 | Enterprise Interaction Management Methods and Apparatus - A system for managing interactions within an enterprise includes a network-connected server, and software executing on the server from a non-transitory physical medium, the software providing a first function for establishing a recorded instantiation of a reoccurring event and assigning a unique identifier to that event, a second function for creating an abstract conversation entity object representing the reoccurring event and for creating an executable conversation instance entity object to represent specific meetings or collaboration events under the reoccurring event, a third function for matching any incoming or outgoing interactions or interaction requests that materialize within the enterprise domain to the conversation instance entity tied to the conversation entity, and a fourth function for managing and archiving the interaction records and results thereof as searchable interaction records tied to the conversation instance entity. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090974 | DETERMINING A POSSIBLE LOT SIZE - The invention provides methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for of determining a possible lot size of units with respect to a fixed date for a chain of at least two process steps, each process step requiring a respective assigned resource, and consuming a respective time per unit for being performed by the respective assigned resource, where the process steps are sequentially dependent on each other. This is achieved by the following: (a) determining, for each resource, a respective time interval of availability during which the respective resource is continuously available, each time interval being limited by the fixed date, (b) calculating, for each determined time interval of availability, a respective largest possible number of times the respective process step can be performed by the respective resource, and (c) selecting the lot size of units to the minimum of the largest possible numbers. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090975 | Method for Managing a Cellulosic Biomass Harvest - A method for managing a cellulosic biomass harvest comprises providing one or more harvest locations, receiving at a processor a set of harvest location data associated with the one or more harvest locations, generating at a processor one or more work orders for harvesting cellulosic biomass from the one or more harvest locations based on the set of harvest location data, and storing in a database a cellulosic biomass harvest data set associated with the one or more harvest locations. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090976 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING ENHANCED TROUBLE TICKET STATUS CONTENT - An approach is provided for online trouble ticket servicing. As part of a workflow, one or more activities, which are associated with a trouble ticket corresponding to a service, are monitored, wherein the one or more activities are tracked by a workflow engine. Status information is repeatedly acquired for the one or more activities until a predetermined milestone is reached according to the workflow. The status information is stored for presentation to a subscriber of the service. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090977 | Collaboration Tool for Compliance Processing - A computer system is described which facilitates the collaboration of participants involved in regulation/policy compliance. The system comprises two systems: a central regulation compliance system; and a collaboration forum. The central regulation compliance system is integrated with the collaboration forum to facilitate the assessment/survey process in order to attend to issues relating to actual or potential occurrences of non-compliance with regulatory/policy requirements. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090978 | RISK-BASED EVALUATION OF FINANCIAL ADVISORS - A particular method includes selecting a financial advisor from a plurality of financial advisors. The selected financial advisor has a plurality of financial advising relationships with a plurality of clients. The financial advising relationships are automatically evaluated based on a plurality of risk assessment rules. A relationship risk score for each of the financial advising relationships is computed. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090979 | Relationship prediction system using external databases - A Relationship Prediction System Using External Databases for providing a relationship prediction based on the correlation of personal characteristics and the analysis of genetic characteristics is disclosed. In one embodiment, a first person supplies descriptions of their own personal characteristics, as well as descriptions of the personal characteristics of their ideal match, to a website. The first person also furnishes an odor, tissue or fluid sample to a test facility, where genetic characteristics are analyzed and determined. A relationship match is then generated based on both a combination of both a positive correlation of the personal characteristics of the first person and second person, and a measured dissimilarity between the sequence of genetic characteristics of the first person and second person. In one embodiment, personal characteristics are obtained from one or more external webpages. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090980 | SYSTEM & METHOD FOR TRACKING MEMBERS OF AN AFFINITY GROUP - A system and method for affinity groups to enable peer-to-peer engagement, raise the relationship state of their membership and increase the probability of members making a purchase combined with a vehicle to accept a payment for a purchase. The system and method also allows an affinity group to capture and solicit a member while he/she is in a higher state before, at or subsequent to an engagement activity. The system and method include a central server or group of servers that the affinity group operates. The server includes software that enables the management of an electronic network of both peer-to-peer interaction and central-based interactions. The system and method uses data collected about the members, including historical data of previous affinity group activities and events to make predictions on when and what to offer members the opportunity to make purchases or donations related to the affinity group. Such offers are referred to as “Asks”. The system and method also provide for creating meetups for members, both planned and impromptu. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090981 | Location and Time Specific Mobile Participation Platform - A mobile participation platform enables a wireless network operator or third party to solicit response data related to a specific time and location specific event by signaling multiple mobile device users that meet predefined qualifications. The qualifications include presence at the specific location at the specific time, and may include other characteristics, such as prior consent to receive solicitations, and particular device type or data collection functionality. The platform locates mobile devices that may qualify for participation, and generates and transmits a solicitation. Mobile devices receiving the solicitation may activate a participation client to acknowledge the solicitation and to contribute by submitting the requested response data, which may include photos, text, sensor data, audio, video and the like. The qualifications are verified, the response data is validated, and anonymity and privacy are maintained by associating the mobile device and other pertinent non-identifying information with an encrypted identifier. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090982 | INSTITUTIONAL PROVIDED DATA SHARE PLATFORM - Embodiments of the invention are directed to a system, method, or computer program product for an institution provided data share platform. The institution provided data share platform allows customers and commercial partners to access data the institution may have. Specific platform data access may be limited and/or monitored by the institution to ensure customer safety and privacy compliance. Allowing access to the institution data provides a customer the means to create customized applications utilizing the data in combination with data provided by the customer. In return for access to the platform, the institution may recover assessments based on the application the customer creates. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090983 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TIERED OFFER FORECASTING - A tiered offer forecasting process is performed on a system executing code contained on a computer-readable storage medium. The process includes receiving purchase records for a product, each of the purchase records including a basket count identifying a quantity of the product purchased and a unit price identifying a purchase cost for the product. Pricing for a tiered offer is received. The pricing includes a first offer price for the product at a first tier, a second offer price for the product at a second tier, and a tier breakpoint differentiating the first tier from the second tier. Consumer acceptance of each of the first and second offer prices is ascertained. The consumer acceptance is utilized to forecast quantities of sales of the product at each of the first and second offer prices. This forecast of sales is provided to a user for implementation in the tiered offer. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090984 | CROWD-SOURCES SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC MODELING OF SUPPLY-CHAIN AND OWNERSHIP INTERDEPENDENCIES THROUGH NATURAL LANGUAGE MINING OF MEDIA DATA - According to some embodiments, natural language processing may be employed on media data to discover events pertaining to—and, including changes in—ownership (including mergers and acquisitions) and supplier/client relationships between corporations (and other entities) in such a manner that the system may maintain and automatically update a computerized model of the events and the attendant relationship between the entities, including but not limited to monitoring risk to corporate reputation across the supply chain. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090985 | System and Method for Assessing Viability and Marketability of Assets - Systems and methods for assessing viability and marketability of an asset are provided. In exemplary embodiments, an asset assessment system receives disclosure information for the asset. The disclosure information comprises information indicating at least one taxonomy segment associated with the asset. An attribute grade may then determined based on the disclosure information, while a market grade may be determined based on market data for the at least one taxonomy segment. A final grade based on the attribute grade and the market grade is then calculated. This final grade provides an indication of the viability and marketability of the asset. The final grade may then be output. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090986 | System for and Method of Monitoring Viewer Advertisement Content - A system for and a method of monitoring viewer advertisement content is disclosed. A method of evaluating a level of user understanding of video content including receiving information characterizing a video content item and selecting a validation prompt based on the information characterizing the video content item. The method also includes providing the validation prompt for presentation to the user and receiving user input in response to the validation prompt. The method further includes evaluating the user input against predetermined evaluation criteria corresponding to the validation prompt and recording a result of the evaluation of the user input. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090987 | METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT OF SALES OPPORTUNITIES - The embodiments relate to tracking some or all of the sales opportunities at a particular firm through an active business cycle. An active business cycle is representative of the progression of sales opportunities from beginning to end. Within an active business cycle, a sales opportunity may be categorized according to the stage through which the opportunity has progressed. Sales opportunities in the active business cycle are tracked and segmented according to their age, such as when they became active. The sales information may then be queried and graphically displayed with a representation of a plurality of opportunities according to their age. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090988 | DEFINING A MARKDOWN EVENT USING STORE CLUSTERING METHODOLOGY - A markdown definition process is performed on a system executing code contained on a computer-readable storage medium to define a markdown event for a plurality of stores. The markdown definition process includes computing initial markdown schedules for products eligible for a markdown event, where an initial markdown schedule is computed for each store. The stores are categorized into store clusters in accordance with the initial markdown schedules so that stores having the greatest degree of commonality are grouped together. Final markdown schedules are determined for the markdown event, where a final markdown schedule is determined for each store cluster. Each final markdown schedule includes optimized markdown solutions specific to one of the store clusters for the products eligible for the markdown event. The final markdown schedules are provided to the stores, so that each of the stores categorized into one of the store clusters receives the same final markdown schedule. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090989 | FRAMEWORK FOR REALIZATION OF A WEB 2.0 FEATURES - A method to shape one or more features of Web 2.0 in the form of Web 2.0 solutions, using Web 2.0 realization framework, to the plurality of enterprises is disclosed. The method includes identifying the respective enterprises computing infrastructure and a business application needs of the respective enterprises. The respective enterprises current support system is also measured to find the feasibility of implementing the features of the Web 2.0. The method further comprises offering one or more Web 2.0 features to the respective enterprises based on the business activity. The method includes providing the Web Realization Cycle (WRC) for controlled implementation of Web 2.0 features to the respective enterprises. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090990 | Quality Assurance Management - A quality assurance system allows employees to receive performance scores. Data representative of a loan application processed by an employee may be received. Data representative of a first auditor determined loan processing score below an acceptable score may be received. Such data may be based upon the data representative of the loan application processed by the employee. A request initiated from the employee requesting reevaluation of the loan processing score below the acceptable score may be received. A first notice to a manager of the employee may be generated automatically. A response to the generated first notice may be received, the response representative of a determination by the manager to have a second auditor reevaluate the loan processing score. In response, a second notice to the second auditor may be generated automatically, that is representative of the response from the manager to reevaluate the loan processing score. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090991 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR TOLL PAYMENT VIA SMART PHONE - An approach is provided for providing a toll payment apparatus, system, and method via smart device. A determination is made, on a user device, regarding proximity of the user device to a toll collection location, and payment of a toll is provided using the user device when the user device is within a predetermined distance of the toll collection location. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090992 | EZ - coupon - EZ Coupon is an integrated system that enables consumers to benefit from manufacturer and retail discounts without the need to scan coupons, or input coupon code(s) at checkouts. EZ Coupon accredits applicable discounts automatically for authorized customers. Authorization is given to customers by linking their existing or newly created accounts to EZ Coupon. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090993 | METHOD OF PROVIDING DISCOUNTED PRODUCTS AND SERVICES - The present invention is a method for managing and providing discounts for fertility pharmaceutical medications and services. Specifically, the invention is method for providing discounts for medications and services by using a discount card that: (1) provides cash-paying patients with access to pharmaceutical and medical discounts; (2) provides pharmaceutical companies an opportunity to brand and market themselves; and (3) provides participating pharmacies a source of new and dedicated customers. The cost of the discount card, which is typically purchased by the customer directly, is reimbursed at equal cost to the customer through a gift card, which must be redeemed in a participating pharmacy or retail store. The card may be provided to the customer by doctors, fertility centers, pharmacies, self insured groups, insurers and retail stores, rather than being purchased directly. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090994 | XQARD-Dynamic Consumer Focused Real-Time Purchase Discounting Process - The Dynamic Consumer Focused Real-Time Purchase Discounts System is a process/system for generating, authorizing, issuing, transmitting Dynamic Consumer Focused Real-Time Purchase Discounts for individual consumers that provide a plurality of types and quantities of third-party funded real-time purchase discounts. The process gives any individual, group, association, organization, employer, etc. the ability to provide (any amount of prepositioned or secured discount funds, prior to a consumers purchase) sponsored purchase discounts for any specific purchases of a member of a previously specified group, creating a plurality of unique, one-time, dynamic consumer lifestyle focused purchase discounts, occurring only at the time of the consumers purchases, in real-time. Through its very existence, the Dynamic Consumer Focused Real-Time Purchase Discounts System also deploys dynamic consumer focused micro-marketing, dynamic consumer focused nano-marketing, and independently incentivized dynamic consumer focused impulse purchase marketing, integrated within the nexus of third party lifestyle purchase discount funding and the Discount Matrix. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090995 | Advertisement finder - The invention relates to advertisements finder, a new medium for advertising, employing a computer system and a plurality of portable devices, for providing advertisements on a constant basic to consumers of products and services, in a convenient and easy to handle form. Advertisements finder portable devices is for use in place of paper for daily advertising, by providing a device suitable for easy handling which will provide displayed advertisements information on a day to day basic, and will further provide options such as providing credits on memory cards for consumers to take advantage of advertised credits for products and services. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090996 | INTERACTIVE VIDEO SHELVING SYSTEM - A shelving system and method are disclosed. The shelving system includes: a plurality of shelves; at least one display screen; at least one camera, for optically detecting the contents of each one of the shelves; and at least one computing device in communication with the display screen and the at least one camera for presenting sales and promotional information on the display screen in dependence on the contents of the compartments as sensed by the sensors. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090997 | CONDITIONAL PURCHASING AND VENDING SYSTEMS - A device may receive a request from a purchaser device indicating that a participant will purchase a product associated with a first conditional sales offer, at a first discount price, on a condition that a total number of participants requesting to purchase the product at the first discount price reaches a first threshold number. The device may also determine whether the first conditional sales offer is still open; determine whether the condition that the total number of participants requesting to purchase the product at the first discount price reaches the first threshold number has been satisfied when the first conditional sales offer is determined to be closed; and complete a sale of the product to the participant at the first discount price when the condition is satisfied. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090998 | Social Platform Ecommerce System and Method of Operation - A social platform ecommerce system, method and computer-readable medium to engage in real-time communication through real time announcements or blogging are provided. The social platform ecommerce system, method and computer-readable medium may include a selling module for implementing social selling and determining a preferred selling method for an item, and a shipping module for determining the preferred method of shipping and the cost of shipping an item to a location designated by a buyer. Such methods and systems are socially conscious and may further include a giving application for providing a charitable contribution. A fraud checking module may also be included to check for, determine and prevent fraud by interrupting the sale and shipping process to ensure both the buyer and seller are protected during the ecommerce transaction. | 2013-04-11 |
20130090999 | COUPON-DRIVEN ETAILING - Systems, methods and program products for facilitating etailing, one method, comprising: accessing coupon data for one or more coupons; serving, a consumer registration page to obtain a consumer fulfillment address and payment account information for the consumer, and to issue a passcode; receiving data requesting purchase of a product and/or service with an associated coupon; serving data listing one or more etailers for the product and/or service, with a price for the product and/or service for the one or more etailers; receiving data indicating that an ecommerce transaction has occurred or is occurring to purchase the product and/or service from one of the one or more etailers; and initiating and/or authorizing provision of a credit for the coupon. | 2013-04-11 |
20130091000 | Systems and Methods to Provide Discount at Point of Sales Terminals - A system and method includes a transaction handler configured to modify the transaction amount, in the authorization request or the authorization response of a transaction, in accordance with an offer that is applicable to the transaction to apply the benefit of the offer to the transaction. | 2013-04-11 |
20130091001 | Behavior-Based Online Deal Transactions - A system and method are provided for offering product deals to users based on the online behavior and other information of groups of users. This information associated with multiple users within groups and individuals having common interests in products to be purchased online and information associated with a finite set of data elements in the computer application are analyzed to determine a configuration of the data elements such that user access to relevant information and shopping deals is improved. In some embodiments, deals are offered to “swarms” of individuals with common interest and are made active upon acceptance of the deal by a minimum number of buyers. Deals may be automatically generated based on parameters defined by a vendor. | 2013-04-11 |
20130091002 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COUPON VALIDATION - Systems and methods are provided for verifying the validity of a coupon to facilitate coupon redemption. A coupon is provided with a coupon code. The coupon code has at least an encoded URL and an encrypted unique coupon identifier. A scanner scans the encrypted unique coupon identifier on the coupon. The scanner accesses a verification server via the URL. The verification server decrypts the encrypted unique coupon identifier and determines whether the decrypted unique coupon identifier is a valid coupon identifier. | 2013-04-11 |
20130091003 | SHOPPING APPARATUS AND METHODS - Methods and apparatus related to enabling a shopper to utilize a mobile electronic device to check-in to a physical store while at the store. A shopper may utilize the mobile electronic device to check-in at a location proximal to an entrance of a physical store. A pecuniary reward may be provided to the shopper upon checking-in and the shopper may be notified of such reward via the mobile electronic device. | 2013-04-11 |
20130091004 | System and Method for Generating Electronic Combined Source Promotions - In exemplary embodiments of a system and method for generating electronic combined source promotions, a server is typically provided in communication between at least a user and a merchant. A graphical user interface allows a user to submit a video content item which includes a personal review or recommendation by the user relevant to a product, service or business of the merchant. A graphical merchant interface allows the merchant to review the video and elect to incorporate it in a promotion, which combines the video with offer parameters entered by the merchant for the sale of a redeemable voucher. The promotion is then electronically published in a manner allowing a consumer to view the promotion and purchase the associated voucher. The user who uploaded the content item may be rewarded with cash, discounts or status points. A portion of the purchase price of the voucher is disbursed to the merchant. | 2013-04-11 |
20130091005 | DISTANCE-BASED COLLECTIVE DISCOUNT APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PORTABLE TERMINAL - A distance-based collective discount apparatus and method of a portable terminal. The method includes receiving, from a server, a range of a first specific region and information of a purchase item purchasable if a user terminal is located within the first specific region or a second specific region included in the first specific region. The method also includes receiving an input of an interested item among the information on the purchase item, and transmitting information of the interested item to the server. The method further includes receiving update information on the interested item from the server, and transmitting a confirmation intention about the interested item to the server. | 2013-04-11 |
20130091006 | Communication System For Controlling Network Access Through Access Point By Using Advertisement - Provided is a communication system and method that may control a network access through an access point (AP) using an advertisement. The communication system may include an advertisement server to maintain an advertisement database (DB), and an internet sharer to control an access by a terminal to a network. The internet sharer may receive an advertisement from the advertisement server so as to provide the advertisement to the terminal when a request for a network access is received from the terminal, and may allow the terminal to access the network when the advertisement is executed in the terminal. | 2013-04-11 |
20130091007 | Method and Apparatus for Automated Impact Analysis - A method and system for automatically analyzing the impact of a treatment of interest is disclosed. Data related to a treatment of interest and a population including a treated group and a non-treated group is received. Propensity scores are estimated for the treated group and the non-treated group. Subgroups of the treated group and the non-treated group are matched based on the propensity scores. An outcome model is generated for each subgroup of the non-treated group, and an impact of the treatment on the treated group is generated for each subgroup of the treated group using the outcome model generated for the matching subgroup of the control group. Outcome models may be generated for the treated group and the non-treated group, and an impact of the treatment on the population may be generated based on the propensity scores and the outcome models for the test group and the non-treated group. | 2013-04-11 |
20130091008 | System and method of interaction - A computer implemented method of interaction between first user working at the first computer system and second user, working at the second computer system, said first and second computer systems can intercommunicate with each other by means of communication modules, said method comprising the following steps: obtaining information, at a first computer system, about first user interaction with one or more computer programs and with corresponding data, stored at the first computer system; sending to the second computer system, all or part of the information about the first user interaction with one or more programs and corresponding data; receiving, all or part of the information about the first user interaction with one or more programs and corresponding data; analyzing all or part of the received information; choosing one of the preliminarily created scenarios or politics of further promotion or development of products or services on the base of performed analysis. | 2013-04-11 |
20130091009 | IDENTIFYING USERS LIKELY TO PERFORM FOR A SPECIFIC ADVERTISER'S CAMPAIGN GOALS - Refining a target audience for an advertising campaign, includes: obtaining a seed list of customers; defining the target audience as the customers from the seed list who share key characteristics of a desired customer; formulating an audience model; using the audience model, generating a client-specific segment of the defined target audience for targeting; and optimizing the client-specific segment using conversion data. | 2013-04-11 |
20130091010 | Audience and Performance Guarantees using a Statistical Model for Risk Assessment - A risk management system enables users to assess various probabilities of achieving certain audience and advertising delivery guarantees by computing levels of risk associated with various levels of audience guarantees. Statistical theory is applied to actual currency level audience estimation systems to support an application that implements a guarantee tool so that users may examine the specific risk levels for specific advertising schedules. In one illustrative example, both sellers and buyers of magazine advertising may utilize the risk management system to negotiate guarantees at specific ad-audience levels. | 2013-04-11 |
20130091011 | CATEGORY RECOMMENDATION METHODS AND SYSTEMS - Methods and systems provide suggestions for additional categories (and also keywords, phrases, etc.), for advertisers and information providers, and publishers, to bid on, based on conditional probabilities. The conditional probabilities are based on consumer conversions at target web sites of advertisers and information providers, associated with a category, keyword, phrase etc. The category suggestions are subject to a further trimming process, before being recommended to the advertisers and information providers, and publishers. | 2013-04-11 |
20130091012 | CONFERRING HEALTH RELATED SERVICES OR ITEMS IN EXCHANGE FOR PARTICIPATION IN OPT-IN ADVERTISING - In one scenario, an electronic payment system receives health related information from a user. The health related information includes an indication that the user is initiating participation in opt-in advertising sent from the electronic payment system in exchange for health related services. The user may have a digital device and a mobile wallet account at the electronic payment system, and the mobile wallet account is accessible via a mobile wallet application. The electronic payment system sends interactive advertisements to the user's mobile wallet application for presentation to the user and receives inputs from the user that provide interaction with the presented interactive advertisements. The electronic payment system determines that the user's interactions with the presented advertisements warrant conferring a health related benefit to the user, and indicates to the user that the benefit is available for subsequently purchased health related items. | 2013-04-11 |
20130091013 | Presenting Targeted Social Advertisements - Techniques for providing targeted social advertisements in a social network are described. A targeted social advertisement application detects a commercial intent of a user and retrieves input from friends in the social network. In an implementation, a user interface includes a pane to display a comment with the commercial intent submitted by the user in the social network, the commercial intent being detected for a potential product. The user interface also includes a voting pane to display a plurality of candidate products targeted towards the commercial intent of the user for the potential product. One or more command buttons are on the voting pane to prompt voting as recommendations for the plurality of candidate products from friends of the user. | 2013-04-11 |
20130091014 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR INTERFACING SOFTWARE ENGINES - A system, method and computer program product for interfacing a decision engine and a marketing engine in order to provide vendor-related data in response to decision-related data is disclosed. In at least one embodiment, the system and method may include providing a decision engine on a user-accessible network; interfacing a marketing engine with the decision engine on the network; receiving a plurality of user inputs with the decision engine; processing decision-related data with the decision engine in accordance with the plurality of user inputs; sharing the decision-related data with the marketing engine; processing the decision-related data with the marketing engine; and transmitting vendor-related data via the network. | 2013-04-11 |
20130091015 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR VIRTUAL VENDOR HAWKING USING DIRECTIONAL ADVERTISING - Techniques are provided for use in targeting potential customers that may be travelling near a vendor. A set of one or more potential customers travelling in a predetermined direction within a predetermined distance from a vendor's geographic location may be detected substantially in real time. The vendor may specify one or more criteria to target the potential customers. The set of potential customers may be reduced based at least in part on the one or more criteria to create a subset of potential customers. One or more advertisements may be transmitted to the subset of potential customers such that the advertisements may be viewed or displayed or played back on the vehicle's sound system and/or on the occupants' smartphones. | 2013-04-11 |
20130091016 | Method and System for Providing Location Targeted Advertisements - A system for providing an advertisement is disclosed. The system comprises a processor and an advertisement database. The advertisement database includes data representing at least one predefined restricted advertising area including a location of a predefined restricted advertising area. An advertising program executed on the processor is configured to obtain a position of a mobile device, determine whether the position of the mobile device is located within the predefined restricted advertising area, and block providing an advertisement message to the mobile device that is located within the restricted advertising area. | 2013-04-11 |
20130091017 | Method And System for User Connections and Advertising Using Geographic Index of Affinity - A system for managing a geographic index of affinity (GIA), defined as a distance a user is willing to find/connect with other users, specific to a particular shared interest. The GIA includes a degree of distance (Affinity) based on their geographic location and can be used in conjunction with free online Web services to deliver a steady and relevant pool of meaningful connections based on interest-specific GIAs. This provides an advantage of capitalizing on blind spots and shortfalls in current social networking platforms by building sites where users build communities of trust, and, in the process, make themselves open to relevant local advertising. As desired, user demographic databases are built that include specific interests, approximate location, age and gender of the users using the GIA. | 2013-04-11 |
20130091018 | METHOD, SERVER AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR PROVIDING SOCIAL-COMMERCE DEAL WITH ROUTE INFORMATION - Disclosed herein are a method, a server, and a computer readable recording medium for providing social-commerce deals with route information. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing social-commerce deals with route information executed by a social-commerce server, method including receiving route request information from a user terminal and calculating route information based on the received route request information, extracting recommendation social-commerce deal information based on the calculated route information, and providing the calculated route information and the extracted recommendation social-commerce deal information to the user terminal. | 2013-04-11 |
20130091019 | System for Serving Advertisements - A computer-implemented method serves advertisements. The method includes identifying a first advertising opportunity for a user. The advertising opportunity includes an opportunity to display an advertisement to the user. A threshold exposure value is determined. The advertisement is served to the user during the first advertising opportunity. An exposure duration is tracked through the use of at least one processor. The exposure duration represents a total length of time that the advertisement is displayed to the user. The exposure duration is compared to the threshold exposure value. A second advertising opportunity for the user is identified. The method also includes serving the advertisement to the user during the second advertising opportunity when the exposure duration is less than the threshold exposure value, and not serving the advertisement to the user during the second advertising opportunity when the exposure duration is not less than the threshold exposure value. | 2013-04-11 |
20130091020 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING REVENUE FROM ADVERTISERS TO PUBLISHERS IN AN AD NETWORK - A system and method for publisher controlled contextual commerce is disclosed. A particular embodiment includes obtaining publisher information corresponding to a plurality of publisher content items from a plurality of publisher sites; obtaining merchant information including value information corresponding to the plurality of publisher content items; using a processor, the publisher information, and the merchant information to generate a set of listings for transfer to the plurality of publisher sites, the set of listings each being ranked taking into account the value information of the merchant information; and allocating a merchant portion of revenue to publishers of the plurality of publisher sites, where the merchant portion of revenue corresponds to the value information of the merchant information. | 2013-04-11 |
20130091021 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING MULTI-THREADED CONVERSATIONS - Method and system for managing multi-threaded conversations to provide relevant posts to a user. Conversation fragments that relate to or exactly match a user interest are identified wherein each includes a set of branches of the conversation that connect to one another or are separated from one another by a distance below a threshold and each branch is a set of all posts about a common, preceding post and the common, preceding post. Identified fragments are ranked to form a list of fragments. Advertisers form individual conversation threads including a widget that transfers or redirects a user to a website associated with the advertiser such that fragments of advertiser-formed threads are identified. When fragments from the list of ranked fragments are presented to the user, execution of the widget in causes transfer or redirection of the user to the website. | 2013-04-11 |
20130091022 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BROKERING PREFERENCE SHIELDS - Systems, methods, and media for brokering preference shields are described herein. An exemplary method may include executing instructions by a processor to receive a request to obtain a preference shield zone from a computing system, the preference shield zone being created by an author, select a preference shield zone from a database of preference shield zones that corresponds to the request, incorporate the preference shield zone into a main preference shield of the consumer, and authorize payment to an author of the preference shield zone. | 2013-04-11 |
20130091023 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY VISUALIZING AND DESCRIBING THE LOGIC OF A VARIABLE-DATA CAMPAIGN - As set forth herein, computer-implemented methods and systems facilitate providing an approach for using defined patterns of variable-data campaigns to enable a marketing service provider to express a non-expert user's desired campaign intent, using natural language and campaign intent terms, as well as to accurately capture the non-expert user's intent by communicating using non-technical campaign terminology. Communication of semantically robust campaign intent to variable-data campaign graphic designers and developers is facilitated by the described systems and methods, as is automated creation of a variable-data logic (plan) file based on semantic campaign intent. The described systems and methods facilitate the creation of variable data publishing (VDP) marketing campaigns by the non-expert, including verification and validation of the variable-data logic. | 2013-04-11 |
20130091024 | DIGITAL BILLBOARD ADVERTISING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method allows consumers to post media on a digital billboard. The present invention allows consumers to visit a website, choose an available date and time, purchase a span of time (typically from 15 seconds to 1 minute), and upload media to be displayed on the digital billboard. The present invention reserves and schedules space and guarantees that the media will be displayed at the selected time. The present invention may be designed for individuals and, during the purchased span of time, the consumer's media will dominate the screen entirely and not compete with a sponsor brand. The present invention may stream a live feed of the digital billboard on the internet for the consumer (or others) to view. The present invention may also allow people to select various web platforms (such as Facebook, Twitter and the like) on which their experience is shared. | 2013-04-11 |
20130091025 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MEASURING ADVERTISEMENT EFFECTIVENESS - Methods and systems are disclosed which allow determining the effect of advertising on users' online activity. A tracking pixel may be placed on a merchant's website (e.g., on a welcome page) which allows an advertisement provider to receive identification information for each user who visits the webpage, and allows the advertisement provider to provide or receive cookie information to a user's browser application. The advertisement provider may create a list of users comprising at least part of the cookie information and the corresponding identification information for each user. The advertisement provider may select at least two groups of users from the list of users, wherein a first group of users is served advertisements relating to the merchant, and a second group of users, different from the first group, is not served advertisements relating to the merchant. | 2013-04-11 |
20130091026 | Photo Sharing with Digital Album - A user runs an album application on a digital device to generate a digital album and share the album with others. The album application creates a message with a first copy of the album and a link to a second copy of the album on a website hosted by a photo sharing provider. The first copy of the album is a small file because it contains low resolution versions of the photos and it uses a compact file format (e.g., Adobe Flash or HTML5). After the message is sent, the album application uploads high resolution versions of the photos to the photo sharing provider. A recipient of the message may view the first copy of the album in the message or click on the link to access the second copy of the album from the website hosted by the photo sharing provider. The recipient may order prints of the album from the photo sharing provider or a print provider working with the photo sharing provider. The recipient may further share the album by forwarding the message or the link to others. | 2013-04-11 |
20130091027 | ADVERTISING CAPTCHA SYSTEM AND METHOD - An advertising CAPTCHA system in accordance with the present invention is used in a designated display with at least one user and comprises a CAPTCHA server connected to the designated display, stores multiple advertising CAPTCHAs, comprises a CAPTCHA module and transmits the advertising CAPTCHAs to the designated display, wherein each advertising CAPTCHA comprises a guiding zone and an advertisement comprising a responding zone corresponding to the guiding zone, the CAPTCHA module has a clicking threshold, determines whether or not the user clicks the responding zone and determines if the user achieves the clicking threshold, the user passes the advertising CAPTCHA if the user achieves the clicking threshold, and the CAPTCHA server transmits another advertising CAPTCHA to the designated display if the user does not achieve the clicking threshold. | 2013-04-11 |
20130091028 | SECURE PAYMENT CARD TRANSACTIONS - Payment card transactions at a point of sale (POS) are secured in certain embodiments by intercepting, with a POS security layer installed on a POS terminal, payment data from the POS terminal, transmitting the payment data from the POS security layer to a server security application installed on a POS server, and providing false payment data from the POS security layer to a POS terminal application installed on the POS terminal. The false payment data in various embodiments is processed as if it were the payment data, such that the POS terminal transmits an authorization request to the POS server using the false payment data. In addition, the authorization request may be transmitted from the POS server to a payment gateway. | 2013-04-11 |
20130091029 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING PERSONALIZED PRODUCTS, GIFTS AND SOUVENIRS - The present invention relates to a system, method and computer-readable storage medium for online merchandising. The system comprises an online marketplace and/or a mobile marketplace and a mobile application. The online marketplace provides a marketplace for selling products created by a user. The mobile application is configured to be installed on a hand-held device and associate the user with the online marketplace. The mobile application receives an image from local storage on the hand-held device. The mobile application receives images of physical products for selection by the user. The mobile application provides an interface to superimpose the photo onto the product and receives gestures from the user manipulating the interface. The mobile application is also configured to provide an option to automatically publish the created product to the online marketplace. | 2013-04-11 |
20130091030 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MARKETPLACE LISTINGS USING A CAMERA ENABLED MOBILE DEVICE - Computer-implemented systems and methods for generating marketplace listings using a camera enabled mobile device are described in which a request is received via a camera enabled mobile device to list one or more sale items. An image taken by the camera enable mobile device and depicting the one or more sale items is received. Image recognition is performed on the received image to identify the one or more sale items. Based on the identification of the one or more sale items depicted in the image, a set of descriptive data is automatically generated. The one or more sale items are listed on a marketplace using the image and the automatically generated set of descriptive data. | 2013-04-11 |