18th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 73 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100114628 | Validating Compliance in Enterprise Operations Based on Provenance Data - Techniques are disclosed for validating compliance with enterprise operations based on provenance data. For example, a computer-implemented method for validating that an enterprise process is in compliance with a rule comprises the following steps. Provenance data is generated, wherein the provenance data is based on collected data associated with an actual end-to-end execution of the enterprise process and is indicative of a lineage of one or more data items. A provenance graph is generated that provides a visual representation of the generated provenance data, wherein nodes of the graph represent records associated with the collected data and edges of the graph represent relations between the records. A correlation is generated between one or more entities in the rule and one or more record types in the provenance data. One or more control points are generated in accordance with the generated correlation. A validation is performed as to whether the enterprise process is in compliance with the rule using the one or more control points. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114629 | Extracting Enterprise Information Through Analysis of Provenance Data - Techniques are disclosed for extracting information through analysis of provenance data. For example, a computer-implemented method of extracting information regarding an execution of an enterprise process comprises the following steps. Provenance data is generated, wherein the provenance data is based on collected data associated with an actual end-to-end execution of the enterprise process and is indicative of a lineage of one or more data items. A provenance graph is generated that provides a visual representation of the generated provenance data, wherein nodes of the graph represent records associated with the collected data and edges of the graph represent relations between the records. At least a portion of the generated provenance data from the graph is analyzed so as to extract information about the execution of the enterprise process based on the analysis. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114630 | Influencing Behavior of Enterprise Operations During Process Enactment Using Provenance Data - Techniques are disclosed for influencing behavior of enterprise operations during process enactment using provenance data. For example, a computer-implemented method of influencing a behavior of an enterprise process comprises the following steps. Provenance data is generated, wherein the provenance data is based on collected data associated with at least a partial actual execution of the enterprise process and is indicative of a lineage of one or more data items. A provenance graph is generated that provides a visual representation of the generated provenance data, wherein nodes of the graph represent records associated with the collected data and edges of the graph represent relations between the records. At least a portion of the generated provenance data from the graph is analyzed to generate an execution pattern corresponding to the at least partial actual execution of the enterprise process. The execution pattern is compared to one or more previously stored patterns. A determination is made as to whether or not to alter the enterprise process based on a result of the comparison. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114631 | MANAGING REUSABLE BUSINESS PROCESS MODELING (BPM) ASSETS - A method for managing reusable BPM assets can be provided. The method can include selecting a process in a process model in a process modeling tool, retrieving a list of BPM assets in a repository of reusable BPM assets dependent upon the selected process and selecting individual ones of the BPM assets for importation into the process modeling tool in association with the selected process. Finally, the method can include importing into the process modeling tool the selected individual ones of the BPM assets from the repository of reusable BPM assets over a computer communications network. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114632 | Pattern-based process optimizer - The present invention provides a method, system and computer program product for optimizing business processes in an organization. Each business process to be optimized is characterized by one or more performance indicators. One or more process characteristics are identified corresponding to each of the performance indicators. For each of the process characteristics, at least one transformation pattern is identified. Thereafter, one or more transformation patterns are selected from the identified transformation patterns, for optimizing the process characteristics, and thereby optimizing the business processes. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114633 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PLANNING/REPLANNING COLLISION FREE FLIGHT PLANS IN REAL OR ACCELERATED TIME - A system and method for planning/replanning collision free flight plans in real-time (or accelerated-time) including planning individual flight plans for each flying asset, executing (or simulating) the planned individual flight plans, detecting violations of safety zones of each of the flying assets by negotiation and by other assets monitoring (radar sensing), and repairing the individual flight plans by real-time replanning. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114634 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ASSESSING, MANAGING, AND MONITORING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY RISK - A method for information technology and information asset risk assessment of a business relationship between a client and a third party. The method includes establishing a database. The database includes a plurality of IT information risk factors stored in the database are associated with certain risks the client may be exposed to based on an action the client follows or based upon who the client uses as their third party provider. The database is configured to receive IT risk information. The IT risk information is associate with the plurality of IT information risk factors. The database is also configured to receive updated risk information for storage thereon. The method includes receiving risk information corresponding to the subset of relationship risk factors. The method continues with generating a relationship risk score. The relationship risk score is determined in response to evaluating the subset of relationship risk factors using the IT risk | 2010-05-06 |
20100114635 | CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS VISUALIZATION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF VISUALIZING CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS - A construction progress visualization system, comprising of a scaffolding model creating-unit for creating an area and a form of scaffolding required for a construction operation based on a 3D CAD model and a construction schedule data; a scaffolding schedule extracting-unit for extracting scaffolding schedule data regarding the scaffolding from the construction schedule data; a scaffolding display form determining-unit for determining a completion rate of the scaffolding on a visualization-target date based on a relationship between the visualization-target date and the scaffolding schedule data, and obtaining a display form of the scaffolding; and a display process unit for displaying, concurrently with the CAD model, the scaffolding area based on the obtained display form of the scaffolding. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114636 | Method and System of Multidimensional Attribution Analysis - Embodiments are directed to a method, medium, and system for generating a distribution attribution value to analyze distribution of telecommunications services. The method including compiling values for at least three variable elements associated with the distribution of telecommunication services. A first total value being defined as a product of first element values associated with the at least three variable elements. A second total value being defined as a product of second element values associated with the at least three variable elements. The method also including generating an attribution value representing an amount of influence at least one of the at least three variable elements has on a difference between the first and the second total values. The attribution value being calculated using the first and second total values. Also, the attribution value being adapted to at least one of verify and adjust the distribution of telecommunication services. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114637 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING DUE-TO REPORTS FOR ACTIVITIES THAT MAY NOT HAVE REFERENCE VALUE - Methods and apparatuses for computing a variance for the difference between two business metrics. In one embodiment, the method accesses a response model and a plurality of activities with start and end values for each of the plurality of activities. Furthermore, the method computes a variance for the difference between the first and second business metrics for each of the plurality of activities using the response model by setting that activity to one of the corresponding starting and ending values and setting others of the plurality of activities to the value state opposite of that activity, wherein the variance for an activity is the change in contribution for that activity between the start and end sales volumes. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114638 | Method and Software for the Measurement of Quality of Process - The invented method and software consolidate and automate the mechanism of quality of process (QoP) measurement in software development projects, and in any other business activity. Quality policy is defined as a collection of quality requirements, with software modules, that automatically calculate the value of each quality metric. Weighted average of all quality metrics is a QoP indicator, which can be used for project monitoring, team motivation and business feasibility study. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114639 | ARRANGEMENT COMPRISING MEDICAL TREATMENT UNITS AND PERIPHERAL DEVICES AS WELL AS A PERIPHERAL DEVICE AND TREATMENT UNIT FOR USE IN SUCH AN ARRANGEMENT - An assembly includes at least two medical treatment units, each of which can be allocated to a patient and at least two peripheral devices, each of which can be allocated to a patient. The peripheral devices and the treatment units have means for allocating a peripheral device to a treatment unit and means for verifying the allocation of a peripheral device to a patient. To allocate a peripheral device to a treatment unit, the peripheral device is placed by operators in a receiving unit belonging to the treatment unit. Said receiving unit is preferably designed as a charging station for the battery of the peripheral device. In the event of a successful allocation of peripheral device and patient, confirmed by the receipt of physiological data of the patient, the operators verify the correct allocation of a peripheral device to the patient and must confirm the correct allocation by confirmation means. The peripheral device is only released if the operator has confirmed the correct allocation, preferably within a predefined time period. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114640 | System and Method of Parallelizing Order-By-Order Planning - A system and method is disclosed for parallelizing order-by-order planning in a supply chain network. The system includes a database configured to store data describing a demand priority sequence, each demand priority sequence comprising at least one demand of an end-item and data describing the supply chain network comprising a plurality of network components, each network component configured to supply one or more items to satisfy demand. The system further includes a server coupled with the database, the server accesses the data describing the demand priority sequence and accesses the data describing the supply chain network. The server further creates mapping tables for each end-item, generates a dependency map for each end-item, generates a list of demand levels, and generates an order plan of end-items for planning in parallel comprising the orders planned for the demands at each demand level. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114641 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING WORK REQUESTS - The disclosure is directed to a method and system for processing work requests, preferably prototype operations work requests (POWR). In one of the embodiments the method is an automated method to be performed in a computing environment for processing a work request. The method comprises the steps of receiving the work request, inputting the work request into an electronic database, creating electronic work request instructions, linking the electronic work request instructions to multiple networked computers, transmitting between the networked computers electronic notifications relating to the work request instructions, and providing service reports filtered on specific data of interest relating to history and completion of the work request. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114642 | OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT SOLUTION FOR MEDIA PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION - A method for managing tasks and user operations on media using a model of resources management dealing with the complexity of situation which occur in a production/distributions system is provided. The method is based on a workplace infrastructure, a task-oriented user interface and a work package management system. The method optimizes operations in media production/distribution environment through a workflow-based user interface that handles Work packages, Workplaces, Tasks, Assets and Contents. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114643 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPROVED SCHEDULING OF PERFORMANCES IN A DIGITAL CINEMA SYSTEM - The presentation start times of digital cinema presentations can be controlled by a method initiated by first matching a delay condition to at least one of a set of rules specifying presentation start time adjustments for the digital cinema presentations for particular delay conditions. The presentation start times in the digital cinema system then undergo an adjustment in accordance with the at least one rule matching the delay condition. The digital cinema presentations are then played out at the adjusted presentation start times. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114644 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SCHEDULING CONTACT CENTER AGENTS - Systems and methods for scheduling workforces are provided. In this regard, a representative method includes: generating a forecast requirement related to a volume of work to be handled by a first workforce and a second workforce, wherein the second workforce is remote from the first workforce; generating work schedules for personnel of the second workforce based on the forecast requirement and skills of the personnel of the second workforce; receiving information corresponding to the work schedules and the skills of the personnel of the second workforce that share work with the first workforce, wherein the work schedules comprise activities; correlating the skills contained in the information with skills that are to be used for scheduling personnel of the first workforce; correlating the activities contained in the information with activities that are to be used for scheduling the personnel of the first workforce; and generating work schedules for the personnel of the first workforce based, at least in part, on a correlation between the skills of the personnel of the second workforce and the first workforce and a correlation between the activities of the personnel of the second workforce and the first workforce. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114645 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATIC SCHEDULING OF A WORKFORCE - Systems and methods are disclosed for scheduling overtime and time-off for a workforce. In one embodiment, a method of workforce scheduling to handle an expected workload comprises, in an instruction execution system, receiving a first workforce schedule describing existing assignments of a plurality of workers to a plurality of shifts, each of the shifts being associated with a time range and a day; in response to a variance in the expected workload, selecting a modification to the first workforce schedule required to handle the variance in the expected workload during the day; and producing a second workforce schedule that modifies the length of at least one of the plurality of shifts to accommodate the modification to the first workforce schedule. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114646 | Method and System for Segmenting Customers for Marketing and Other Projects - A customer segmentation technique automatically selects a customer score for customers from a plurality of predetermined customer scores during a daily processing sequence, allowing customer segmentation and performing marketing activities based on the customer score in the same daily processing sequence responsive to the customer score. The customer score encodes one or more customer status conditions that can be used by later functions in the daily processing sequence to guide marketing activities. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114647 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FOR GRANULAR INVENTORY FORECASTING OF ONLINE ADVERTISEMENT IMPRESSIONS - An improved system and method for granular inventory forecasting of online advertisement impressions is provided. An impression forecast data integrator may be provided that generates forecasted impression pools of advertisements by integrating impression pools of advertisements that share the same attributes and trend forecast data for web pages and advertisement placements on the web pages. Using the trend forecast data, an inventory forecast for a category may be calculated and an inventory forecast for an impression pool may be calculated. A daily forecasted inventory may then be produced for each impression pool by minimizing an objective function of squared errors of the difference between the daily forecasted inventory for each category and the sum of the daily forecasted inventory for each impression pool. The daily inventory forecast for each pool may be output. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114648 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INCORPORATING QUALITATIVE INPUTS INTO ECONOMETRIC MODELS - Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for incorporating qualitative factors into an econometric model. Time series data describing the financial performance generated by corresponding marketing investments that are made as a function of time is provided to configure an econometric model. The econometric model includes linear coefficients that define a linear relationship between the financial performance and the corresponding marketing investments. The linear coefficients are adjusted in accordance with the qualitative factors received as inputs from experts, thereby enabling the qualitative factors to be quantified into the econometric model. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114649 | Buffer Analysis Model For Asset Protection - Methods, systems, and computer-readable media provide for determining an optimum buffer width for an above ground or buried asset. According to the method, a restorability measurement and a revenue measurement for the asset are determined. The restorability measurement indicates an ability for a technician to restore the asset when the asset becomes damaged. The revenue measurement indicates a value of a service provided through the asset. The optimum buffer width is determined based on the restorability measurement and the revenue measurement. The optimum buffer width includes a width of a buffer indicating an approximate location of the asset. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114650 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED, AUTOMATED MEDIA PLANNING METHOD AND SYSTEM - An automated computer system for media planning is provided. The automated computer system includes functionality for determining geographically-localized estimated sales data for use in generating media plans. The automated computer system also includes functionality for determining the relative value of a localized geography to a media plan. The automated computer system further includes functionality for a media buyable unit (MBU) score for use in generating a geographically-localized media plan. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114651 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED, AUTOMATED MEDIA PLANNING METHOD AND SYSTEM - An automated computer system for scoring the effectiveness of a number of number of media options for purposes of media planning is provided. The system implements the following functions: receiving a client objective for a media plan for advertising a number of products and/or services and a consumer purchasing frequency for the number of products and/or services; receiving a number of media product options; and scoring the effectiveness of each of the number of media product options based on the client objective and the consumer purchasing frequency to obtain a value for each of the number of media product options. The client objective may be selected from a number of discrete objectives and the consumer purchasing frequency may be selected from a number of consumer purchasing frequency options. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114652 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED, AUTOMATED MEDIA PLANNING METHOD AND SYSTEM - An automated computer system for generating a geographically-localized media plan including a number of selected media buyable units (MBUs) is provided. The system implements the following functions: receiving client-defined information and a number of business rules; receiving a number of MBUs each having a relative value and including a first and second MBU associated with a first media product option and a third and fourth MBU associated with a second media product option; applying an optimization algorithm to the client-defined information, the number of business rules and the number of MBU relative values to obtain a number of selected MBUs included in a geographically-localized media plan; and outputting the geographically-localized media plan for use by a client in media planning. The first MBU associated with a first geography. The second MBU is associated with a second geography and the first geography, with the first geography being larger than the second geography and the first geography substantially covering the second geography. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114653 | Publishing System with Partner Matching - Systems and methods are described for publishing a document. In one example, a user interface, configured for profiling a document, a publisher of the document, a plurality of document consumers and a plurality of ad buyers, is displayed. The system may remove from the plurality of ad buyers those ad buyers whose goods or services are found to overlap areas of goods or services offered by the publisher. The removal may be performed in an automated manner, and as a backup, in a manual manner by a user operating the user interface. The document consumers are matched with the plurality of ad buyers to find ad buyers that are compatible with the document. Content provided by the publisher and ads provided by ad buyers found to be compatible with the content are then combined to form the document. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114654 | LEARNING USER PURCHASE INTENT FROM USER-CENTRIC DATA - A method of predicting user purchase intent from user-centric data includes applying a classification model to a user-centric clickstream, where the classification model predicting a likelihood of a future user purchase by a user within one or more product categories, and customizing content displayed to the user based on the likelihood of future user purchase. A system of predicting user purchase intent from user-centric data includes a computer programmed to record a user's clickstream data as a user accesses a plurality of different websites. The computer is also loaded with a classification model configured to predict a likelihood of a future user purchase by the user within one or more product categories based on the clickstream data. A method of predicting user purchase intent from user-centric data includes, with a user's own computer, recording user-centric clickstream data based on visits to a plurality of different websites; and storing a smart cooked based on the clickstream data on the user's own computer. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114655 | Systems and methods for association-based electronic message communication - A system for association-based electronic message communication is provided. The system contemplates including advertisement databases having a plurality of advertising content representing at least one tier of advertising. The system may also include a computer system communicatively coupled to the advertisement databases and to an input mechanism. The computer system may be configured to receive information indicative of an electronic message, one or more intended recipients of the electronic message, and supplemental content. The supplemental content may be advertising content selected from the advertising content in the advertisement databases. The computer system may be also configured to format an electronic shell including the electronic message and the selected advertising content such that the electronic message is displayed with the selected advertising content. The computer system may be also configured to transmit the electronic shell to the one or more intended recipients. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114656 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING VALUE-ADDED CONTENT IN AN ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS ENVIRONMENT - In various exemplary embodiments, a system architecture and associated method to provide value-added content in an electronic communications environment occurring over a communications link between a first electronic system provider and a third-party cloud provider is disclosed. The system architecture comprises an electronic communications interface to allow translation between the first electronic system provider, additional electronic system providers, and an end-user to the third-party cloud provider. The electronic communications interface further provides the first electronic system provider with at least a portion of the content within communications streams from the additional electronic system providers and the end-user via the communications link. A visual generator provides display regions to the end-user with the value-added content from the first electronic system provider that is related to the at least a portion of the content of at least one of the communications streams. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114657 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONFIGURABLE MODEL-INDEPENDENT DECOMPOSITION OF A BUSINESS METRIC - Methods and apparatuses for decomposing a business metric based on a plurality of activities and a response model are described. In one embodiment, the method accesses the response model and the plurality of activities, the plurality of activities each having a reference and executed value. The method computes a contribution to the business metric based on setting one of the plurality of activities to one of the corresponding reference and executed value and setting the other activities to the value state opposite of that activity. Furthermore, the method computes each of the contributions independent of the response model type. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114658 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING A CONSISTENT HIERARCHY OF DECOMPOSITION OF A BUSINESS METRIC - Methods and apparatuses for computing an atomic decomposition level and a set of different decomposition levels based on the atomic decomposition level for a business metric are described. In one embodiment, the method accesses a response model and a first plurality of activities that are used to compute an atomic decomposition level. The atomic decomposition level is a base level of the set of different decomposition levels using different pluralities of activities. Furthermore, the set of different decompositions is consistent with the atomic decomposition level. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114659 | MINING PUBLIC MEDIA FOR CONSUMER RESPONSE INFORMATION - Systems and methods for inferring the success or failure of a third-party Marketing Effort Assays (MEAs) from the marketing efforts of that third party which follow up on the MEA are provided. The system may involve identifying Initial MEA Marketing Efforts (IMEs) by the use of keyword analysis, maintaining a database of such marketing efforts, and comparing those IMEs to later-observed follow-up marketing efforts. The system may further involve establishing geographically or demographically similar peer groupings and applying the inferred success or failure of the MEAs in one such peer group member to another such peer group member. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114660 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAKING AN INFERENCE BASED ON CUMULATIVE DATA - A method for making an inference based on cumulative data. The method utilizes video, audio, and biometric devices to observe a retail environment for the presence of a customer. Once a customer is present, the method identifies every cohort to which the customer corresponds. Next, the method observes the customer as they peruse aisles in the retail environment. When the customer selects a product, the method identifies the selected product and searches the cohorts for alternate products to offer the customer. The method offers one alternate product to the customer and records to the cohorts whether the customer thereinafter accepts the method's offer and selects the alternate product or rejects the method's offer and continues perusing the retail environment aisles. The method continues observing the customer and offering alternate product until the customer leaves the retail environment. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114661 | Implementing a Promotional Campaign Across a Plurality of Rewards Programs - Disclosed are methods, computer-program products, and systems for running a promotional campaign across a plurality of rewards programs offered by rewards-program owners. Each rewards program is associated with a rewards currency. In such a method, transactions of members of the rewards programs are monitored to identify a subset of members that performed a desired action. Then, the rewards currency of respective rewards programs is distributed to respective rewards-program owners for the subset of members that performed the desired action. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114662 | Real-world profile data for making virtual world contacts - A method and system provides arrangements creating a relationship between a real-world entity and a virtual world environment. A virtual world patron can participate in various virtual world activities and transactions. Feedback may be provided and records kept regarding the virtual world activities and transactions. The virtual world patron may be a possible recipient of a real-world consequence or benefit based on a virtual world occurrence. In some instances confirmation of an awarded real-world benefit may be provided via a communication interconnection. Real-world profile data for a targeted virtual world patron may be used in connection with promoting or offering or awarding a real-world benefit in a virtual world environment. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114663 | HYBRID PREDICTION MODEL FOR A SALES PROSPECTOR - Systems and methods provide a system for generating a sales prospect recommendation that uses demographic data to make a sales prospect recommendation that includes a product recommendation with a probability that the sale will close, and may include an estimated time to close the sale and projected revenue. The system imports customer data including past purchasing data and demographic data for a plurality of customers. The system can then generate a predictive model by training the model using the past purchasing data and the demographic data. When queried for a sales prospect recommendation, the system responds to the query with at least one sales prospect recommended by the predictive model. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114664 | Method And System For Developing And Evaluating And Marketing Products Through Use Of Intellectual Capital Derivative Rights - Method and system for developing and marketing valuable products, advertisements, games and other creative realizations. The present invention relies on participants collectively taking stakes in the development of these realizations. Using databases of intellectual capital items, a promoter requests participant contributions that explore desired outcomes by relying on their knowledge and insights while evaluating, proposing or rating alternative items or making selections from proposed alternatives. Compilations, based on participants' contributions, are prepared by sorting and reassembling alternatives using valuation criteria. The intellectual capital valuation mechanism resembles collaborative auctions however, value is created by the adaptive and predictive ability of the present invention to coordinate submissions of knowledge and collective insights and to evaluate relative levels of insightfulness of intellectual capital contributions. Participants are offered contribution related rights as incentives. Participants are compensated according to the relative level of insightfulness of their contributions by timely exercising or selling these rights. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114665 | CUSTOMER REFERENCE GENERATOR - A system generates a customer reference recommendation based on similarity to other customers. The system includes a customer data file including demographic data and purchasing pattern data for a plurality of customers, a first cluster model trained on the demographic data, and a second cluster model trained on the purchasing pattern data. A customer reference generator produces a customer reference recommendation based on cluster membership in the first and second cluster models in response to a query from a user interface. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114666 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SCREENING AND EVALUATION OF RESEARCH PANEL MEMBERS - System and method for optimizing composition of a pool from which members are selected to serve on market research panels are described. In one embodiment, the system includes a database comprising a plurality of member profiles and survey data associated with the members and a datamart for periodically scanning the database to discover events and subsequently logging each of the discovered events in an event log. The system further includes an offense module for periodically evaluating the event log to determine whether one of the discovered events comprises an offense committed by one of the members and logging the offense in an offense log and an audit module for performing an audit of the one of the members and logging results of the audit in an audit log. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114667 | Fast Planning Heuristic for Batch and Interactive Planning - A system and method is disclosed for incremental planning using a list based heuristic. The system includes a database storing supply chain entity data and a server system coupled with the database. The server system receives demand for one or more end items from one or more of the supply chain entities within a supply chain network and collapses the supply chain network into one or more flowpaths for each of the one or more end items. The server system also sorts the one or more flowpaths based on one or more rules or parameters stored in the database and reduces the one or more flowpaths using constraints stored in the database. The server system further generates a supply chain plan by solving the received demand using a list based heuristic stored in the database and communicates the generated supply chain plan to the one or more supply chain entities. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114668 | Determining Relative Effectiveness Of Media Content Items - The effectiveness of advertisements with respect to a group of panelists is measured. Based on the results of such analysis, advertisements and/or variants thereof are selected for presentation to consumers. Effectiveness of advertisements is measured, in one embodiment, by detecting exposure to advertisements, and then monitoring panelist behavior following exposure to an advertisement. In one embodiment, the group of panelists is a representative sample of a larger population, so that observations of panelist behavior can be used as a basis for making decisions regarding presentation of advertisements to a larger audience having characteristics similar to those of the panelists. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114669 | Optimized Deployment of Parts in a Distribution Network - A method for deploying parts is disclosed. Locations that include supply locations and demand locations are defined. A supply location supplies parts to a demand location. A demand is computed for each part at each location. An availability lead-time is estimated for each part at each location. A lead-time demand is computed for each part at each location using the availability lead-times for the part. A stock level is computed for each part at each location. A completely filled demand is determined from the lead-time demands and the stock levels, and a partially filled demand is determined from the lead-time demands and the stock levels. A coverage function for the parts at the locations is generated from the completely filled demand and the partially filled demand. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114670 | METHOD AND TOOL FOR SYSTEMATIZING INTRODUCTION OF PROCESS MODIFICATION - The present invention relates to a method and tool for systematizing introduction of a change to a process. The method and tool provide a virtual representation of the process, which includes at least one method having a plurality of steps. Then, the method and tool identify an input required, an output produced and corresponding control logic of at least one intervening resource involved in at least one of the steps. Finally, the method and tool evaluate, based on the input require, output produced and the control logic of the at least one intervening resource, impact of the change to the at least one intervening resource. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114671 | CREATING A TRAINING TOOL - Techniques for creating a training technique for an individual are provided. The techniques include obtaining video of one or more events and information from a transaction log that corresponds to the one or more events, wherein the one or more events relate to one or more actions of an individual, classifying the one or more events into one or more event categories, comparing the one or more classified events with an enterprise best practices model to determine a degree of compliance, examining the one or more classified events to correct one or more misclassifications, if any, and revise the one or more event categories with the one or more corrected misclassifications, if any, and using the degree of compliance to create a training technique for the individual. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114672 | Employee Talent Review Management Module - Systems for reviewing talent of a number of employees of an organization are described herein. In one of several embodiments, a talent review module comprises a mechanism for gathering information from one or more sources within an organization. In particular, the information is related to talent characteristics of one or more employees of the organization. The talent review module in this embodiment also include a mechanism for graphically displaying one or more of the talent characteristics of the one or more employees. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114673 | MEASURING THE RESPONSIVENESS OF INDIVIDUALS IN A SPECIFIED COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENT - In a collaborative environment wherein persons use a specified system to communicate with one another, and a first person receives a request for information from one or more other persons, embodiments of the invention are used to provide a comprehensive measurement of collaboration that indicates the effectiveness of the first person in collaborating with one or more other persons in the environment. In an embodiment directed to a method, the embodiment includes, for each response made by the first person to one of the received requests, determining the value of at least one metric that represents the value of the response. The method further includes deriving one or more additional measurement values, wherein each additional measurement value represents the value of the participation of the first person in each of one or more additional measurable collaborative activities. The method further comprises selectively combining each of the metric values with each of the additional measurement values, and also with a prespecified policy, in order to produce the comprehensive measurement of collaboration. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114674 | Auditable method and system for generating a verifiable vote record that is suitable for electronic voting - The invention relates to an auditable method and system for generating a verifiable vote record that is suitable for electronic voting. The inventive method is characterized in that a voting module, an audit module and a verification module perform the following steps in which: voting options are selected by the voter in the voting module; the voting options are sent from the voting module to the audit module; a vote record is generated in the verification module which contains the voting options selected by the voters in the voting module; the voter confirms that the vote record contains the voting options that s/he selected in the voting module by direct verification of the vote record; and audit information is generated in the audit module in order to secure the electronic vote and/or the associated vote record which are both generated from the voting options selected and confirmed by the voter. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114675 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR BILLING TOLLS - Billing tolls accumulated during a rental period comprises a third party entity, a toll authority, and a toll rental entity coupled to the third party entity and to the toll authority, wherein the third party entity sends a request for service to the toll rental entity, wherein the toll rental entity sends the request for service during the rental period to the toll authority, wherein the toll authority stores the request, wherein the toll authority sends toll data to the toll rental entity based on the request, wherein the toll rental entity sends toll rental data to the third party entity based on the toll data, and wherein the third party entity generates a bill based on the toll rental data. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114676 | DYNAMIC DISCOUNTING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method for dynamically discounting trade debt through the use of a forward auction is provided. In one example, a system that allows a seller to auction inventory to a plurality of bidders. According to this embodiment, the system may determine eligibility for acceptance of bids submitted by the bidders and a plurality of bids may be determined to be eligible for acceptance. Further, a margin by which the bids are acceptable may be determined and a representation of the margin may be communicated. In another example, a method is provided for discounting debt using an auction system. According to this embodiment, a seller may configure an auction event with auction parameters, such as hurdle rates, that will best serve the goals of the auction. The seller may alter event parameters while the event is ongoing, thus further enhancing the ability of the seller to meet auction objectives. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114677 | SYSTEM INCLUDING AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINE WITH DATA BEARING MEDIUM - Embodiments of the present invention relate to systems and methods of providing customized offers to a consumer at an automated teller machine. The automated teller machine comprises a processor, a computer readable medium coupled to the processor, an output device coupled to the processor, and a reader coupled to the processor. The computer readable medium comprises code for receiving data from a portable ATM device and code for receiving a customized offer after receiving data from the portable ATM device. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114678 | Compensation Distribution Using Quality Score - Among other disclosed subject matter, a computer-implemented method for compensation distribution includes analyzing first content from a publisher with regard to a quality criterion. The method includes associating the first content with a quality score based on the analysis. The method includes providing second content to the publisher to be published with the first content. The method includes distributing a compensation to the publisher relating to the second content, the compensation based at least in part on the quality score. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114679 | PROGRAMMABLE ADVERTISING PANEL POWERED BY SOLAR CELLS AND COMMUNIATION MEANS THEREOF - A programmable display apparatus powered by solar cells is disclosed. The apparatus is with high portability and may be deployed to render advertising messages at isolated locations outdoor. Multiple solar cells are arranged on the device either underneath a transparent or a semi-transparent display panel and/or in areas uncovered by the panel. The solar cells arranged underneath the display panel may have a larger area than the panel, which allows the solar energy is collected with an enlarged solar cell arrays while maintaining the portability of the device. A communication device is integrated with the display system to provide means to communicate with an external device or a communication network. According to one embodiment, visible light communication is employed to deliver updated advertising messages and control data to the display system outdoor. According to one implementation of the embodiment, at least one solar cell connected to a voltage or a current sensing circuit is used as a photo detector to receive the modulated visible light beam and to convert the signals into electrical ones. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114680 | On-site barcode advertising - A display that may be actually or virtually presented at a televised event venue. The display including at least one advertisement, advertising to the in-person attendees at the televised event or virtually inserted into the televised event venue as if advertising to the in-person attendees at the televised event, and at least one identifying marker coupled to the at least one advertisement, wherein the at least one identifying marker is suitable to provide identification of the at least one advertisement when the at least one advertisement is included within the broadcast of the televised event. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114681 | SECURE AUTHENTICATION AND PAYMENT SYSTEM - A transaction and payment and processing system securely conducts transactions over the public telephone network. The transactions may be between and among entities of any type such as individuals, merchants, utilities, banks, etc. Nothing more than access to a telephone is required after initial registration of a user. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114682 | Systems and Methods for Advertising on Content-Screened Web Pages - According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a method is provided for advertising on a content-screened web page. The method includes receiving an impression request for a URL for which an advertising impression is desired; screening HTML content of a web page identified by the URL; generating a rating for the URL based on the HTML content of the web page; assigning the rating to the impression request; and serving an advertising impression on the web page based on the rating. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114683 | METHOD FOR GENERATING AN ELECTRONIC COUPON, COUPON HOLDING DEVICE, SYSTEM FOR GENERATING AN ELECTRONIC COUPON, ELECTRONIC COUPON AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A method is provided for generating an electronic coupon comprising generating coupon identification data; generating coupon metadata; and generating the electronic coupon based on the coupon identification data and based on the coupon metadata. Further, a coupon holding device is provided including a coupon receiving unit configured to receive a first electronic coupon; a coupon metadata generation unit configured to generate coupon metadata for the first electronic coupon; and a coupon generation unit configured to generate a second electronic coupon based on the first electronic coupon and the coupon metadata. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114684 | CHAT ROOMS SEARCH ENGINE QUERYER - A system and methods that enable a user to perform real time search of chat rooms discussion information defined by one or more keywords, provide the user with a list of chat rooms that are currently discussing the information and enable the user to selectively join the discussion in a particular chat room. An aspect of the present invention is to provide a link to each chat room, and thereby enable a user to enter the chat room without having to login. Another aspect of the present invention is to enable a user to submit a query directly from the search engine to a particular participant of a particular chat room. According to such variation of the present invention, the user can chat with a particular participant of a particular chat room, without having to log into that chat room. Optionally, a user can be self registered as a relevant user. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114685 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGEMENT OF FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGNS - The present invention pertains to systems and methods for managing, creating, and conducting online personal fundraising campaigns. An exemplary embodiment of the present invention sets forth a system, method and computer program product for creating and managing online personal fundraising campaigns. In an exemplary embodiment, the method may include, e.g., but not limited to, receiving a request to establish a personal fundraising campaign from an initiator for benefit of a beneficiary at a central controller; receiving a plurality of donations at the controller; and disbursing at least a portion of the funds to the beneficiary. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114686 | REAL-TIME STATEMENT CREDITS AND NOTIFICATIONS - One embodiment of the invention is directed to a server computer comprising a processor and a computer readable medium coupled to the processor. The computer readable medium comprises code for receiving transaction data indicating that a payment transaction associated with a primary account number has occurred and matches a trigger record, code for determining whether the payment transaction qualifies for a credit, code for initiating a credit to an account associated with the primary account number, if the payment transaction qualifies for a credit, and code for sending an electronic notification message to a consumer associated with the primary account number substantially contemporaneously with receiving the transaction data. The electronic notification message includes information about a first offer and that the primary account was credited the amount of the first offer. For example, transaction data is received indicating that a consumer made a purchase with his credit card. If the purchase was in accordance with a previously sent offer, the consumer's account associated with the credit card is credited and the consumer is immediately notified that the account was credited. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114687 | SYSTEM FOR USE IN DEFINING PRODUCTS AND BILLING FOR THE SAME - A system for defining products and billing for the same includes a server and an associated database. The server has programming to provide an interactive wizard which is used define and modify: a first data set including data indicative of a plurality of products to be offered to a customer; a second data set including data indicative of product bundles including selected ones of the plurality of products to be offered to a customer; a third data set including data indicative of prices associated with the plurality of products and product bundles; a fourth data set including data indicative of how the plurality of products and product bundles are to be billed to a customer; and a fifth data set including data indicative of how the plurality of products and product bundles are offered to a customer for purchase. The database stores the data sets and a mapping therebetween. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114688 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF IMPLEMENTING A CARDLESS REWARDS PROGRAM - A method and system of operating a customer rewards program that uses mobile phone networks via short messaging system as a medium of transaction of customer loyalty points between system points host, the end user and the merchant. The system also uses the mobile phone number of the end user as the loyalty card identification number. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114689 | SYSTEM FOR DISPLAY ADVERTISING OPTIMIZATION USING CLICK OR CONVERSION PERFORMANCE - An advertisement impression distribution system includes a data processing system operable to generate an allocation plan for serving advertisement impressions. The allocation plan allocates a first portion of advertisement impressions to satisfy guaranteed demand and a second portion of advertisement impressions to satisfy non-guaranteed demand. The data processing system includes an optimizer, the optimizer to establish a relationship between the first portion of advertisement impressions and the second portion of advertisement impressions. The relationship defines a range of possible proportions of allocation of the first portion of advertisement impressions and the second portion of advertisement impressions. The optimizer generates a solution in accordance with maximizing guaranteed demand fairness, non-guaranteed demand revenue and click or conversion value, where the solution identifies a determined proportion of the first portion of advertisement impressions to serve and a determined proportion of the second portion of advertisement impressions to serve. The data processing system outputs the allocation plan including the solution to control serving of the advertisement impressions in the determined proportions. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114690 | System and method for metricizing assets in a brand affinity content distribution - An engine, system and method for a delivery tracking software engine for tracking metrics associated with delivery of at least one endorsed advertisement to at least one consumer over at least one computing network. The engine, system and method may include a plurality of inputs parallel to at least one output of the at least one endorsed advertisement, wherein the plurality of inputs receives at least a number of impressions and click throughs by ones of the consumer responsive to the at least one endorsed advertisement upon the delivery, and at least compliance rules for the delivery of the at least one endorsed advertisement, and at least one feedback loop that associates the plurality of inputs with at least one recommendation engine, wherein the recommendation engine recommends ones of the at least one endorsed advertisement for the delivery to the consumer, and wherein the recommendation by the recommendation engine is modified responsive to the plurality of inputs, and wherein said at least one feedback loop includes a monitor of compliance of the delivery with the compliance rules. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114691 | MANAGING A MARKETING TEMPLATE USED IN AN E-MAIL MARKETING CAMPAIGN - Embodiments of systems, methods, and software applications, which are configured to manage marketing templates that are to be used in e-mail marketing campaigns, are described in the present disclosure. According to one embodiment, among many, a computer readable medium is configured to store instructions that are executable by a processing device. The computer readable medium includes logic adapted to enable a user to create a marketing template and logic adapted to enable the user to publish the marketing template on one or more social networks. The computer readable medium also includes logic adapted to enable the user to incorporate the marketing template into an e-mail marketing campaign. Furthermore, the computer readable medium comprises logic that is adapted to track statistics related to recipients' responses to the e-mail marketing campaign. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114692 | System and method for brand affinity content distribution and placement - An endorsed advertising engine, system and method, which includes at least one vault having media assets, a recommendation engine that matches the media assets from the vault with at least one available placement, and a delivery engine that integrates the available placement with the matched media assets from the vault. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114693 | System and method for developing software and web based applications - A widget composition engine is described. The engine includes a vault, which includes a plurality of media assets associated with different brand categories, a plurality of rule assets, associated with the vault and governing use of ones of the plurality of media assets and ones of the media assets returned responsive to searches in accordance with the different brand categories, and at least one widget template associated with the vault, where ones of the plurality of media assets are placed into the at least one widget template to form the widget, in accordance with the governance by ones of the plurality of rule assets. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114694 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSOCIATION-BASED ELECTRONIC MESSAGE COMMUNICATION - A system for association-based electronic message communication is provided. The system contemplates including advertisement databases having a plurality of advertising content representing at least one tier of advertising. The system may also include a computer system communicatively coupled to the advertisement databases and to an input mechanism. The computer system may be configured to receive information indicative of an electronic message, one or more intended recipients of the electronic message, and supplemental content. The supplemental content may be advertising content selected from the advertising content in the advertisement databases. The computer system may be also configured to format an electronic shell including the electronic message and the selected advertising content such that the electronic message is displayed with the selected advertising content. The computer system may be also configured to transmit the electronic shell to the one or more intended recipients. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114695 | PRICING ACROSS KEYWORDS ASSOCIATED WITH ONE OR MORE ADVERTISEMENTS - Helping advertisers by simplifying the management of interactive advertising. Such simplification can by achieved by allowing an advertiser to specify a single bid for multiple keywords associated with an advertisement. When used in conjunction with a maximum cost bid, advertisers are not penalized with higher costs for such simplification. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114696 | METHOD OF PROGRAMMED ALLOCATION OF ADVERTISING OPPORTUNITIES FOR CONFORMANCE WITH GOALS - An advertising server allocates advertising impressions to meet advertisers' demands for opportunities to run advertising, for example ad content inserted into Web pages for payment. Supplies of advertising impressions are paired by their characteristics with demands that the supplies could meet. For paired eligible supplies and demands, an ideal allocation is determined, between zero and a maximum. The ideal allocations for all pairs are the coordinates of a utopia point in multidimensional space, although meeting all these ideals is likely to be impossible because of practical constraints. Using optional weighting, candidate allocations are tested or compared. Each candidate allocation produces coordinates in the multidimensional space. The candidate allocations are compared, based on the relative proximity of their coordinates to the potentially-impossible utopia point in multidimensional space. A ranking is stored or the selected allocation is executed, under control of a programmed processor. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114697 | REAL-TIME DISTRIBUTION OF TARGETED ADVERTISEMENT AND SPONSORED CONTENT - A method and system for serving advertisement or sponsored content information is provided. The method employed by the system may include receiving a request to communicate advertisement or sponsored content information to ad serving devices that match a selection criteria, locating ad serving devices that match the received selection criteria, and serving advertisements or sponsored content information to located ad serving devices. Economic terms associated with the ad serving devices may also be received. Advertisers may be charged and the revenue generated distributed among a carrier network owner, ad serving device owners, and/or the owner of the ad serving system. A request to display the advertisement or sponsored content information and instructions for displaying the advertisement or sponsored content information may be communicated to individuals in control of the ad serving devices and an acceptance of the request to display the advertisement may be received. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114698 | ADVERTISING META-KEYWORDS - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for generating advertisements from advertising templates. In one implementation, a method includes receiving a meta-keyword and a list of one or more keywords that are associated with the meta-keyword. An advertisement template that includes the meta-keyword is received. An advertisement is generated from the advertisement template. The generated advertisement includes one of the keywords in the list of keywords associated with the meta-keyword. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114699 | CONTENT IDENTIFICATION EXPANSION - Content of a first type, such as web pages, are identified in response to a query. One or more correlated entities are identified based on the content of the first type. Content of a second type, such as advertisements, are identified based on the one or more of the correlated entities. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114700 | System and method for synchronizing delivery of messages in multiple communications channels - A system and method synchronize delivery of messages in multiple communications channels by generating mailing information regarding a first message to be delivered through a first communications channel to a customer. The mailing information includes an identifier of the first message and is embedded into an intelligent mail barcode. The first message is then tracked using the mailing information by scanning the intelligent mail barcode to obtain tracking information. Based on the tracking information, the system and method coordinate delivery of a second message the content of which is related to the first message through a second communications channel to a group of people including the customer. Delivery of the first message through the first communications channel and delivery of the second message through the second communications channel is synchronized. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114701 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BRAND AFFINITY CONTENT DISTRIBUTION AND OPTIMIZATION WITH CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS - An endorsed advertising engine, system and method, including at least one vault stored in at least one computerized memory location, said at least one vault comprising media assets, wherein at least one of the media assets is directly related to at least one charitable institution, a recommendation engine including at least one database that matches the charitable at least one media asset from the vault with at least one requested creative, and a delivery engine that at least partially electronically prepares for integration and/or integrates the requested creative with the matched, charitable at least one media asset from the vault. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114702 | ASK/RESPOND AFFINITY GROUP REFERRAL METHOD AND APPARATUS - An ask/respond affinity group referral method and apparatus comprises a community of individuals having an implied social contract, where the individuals are affiliated with each other to provide assistance and help to each other. In such community, the individuals do not know each other, but are joined together to help each other around a common interest. In such community, any individual may ask everybody else a question and the others can each respond. The community is specifically directed to mothers in every phase of their relationship, i.e. grandmothers, single mothers, mothers with husbands in Iraq, mothers with children, mothers without children, et cetera and is, therefore, directed to all kinds of phases and special needs of mothers. An interactive timeline tool serves to record information about their children, to anticipate future child development needs, and to collaborate with other members of the ask/respond affinity group having similar parenting experiences. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114703 | System and method for triggering development and delivery of advertisements - A creative campaign placement engine for placing at least one creative campaign is described. The engine includes a vault, which includes a plurality of assets correspondent to one or more endorsers, a trigger assessment, where the trigger assessment monitors for occurrence of one or more offline triggers, and a creative campaign generator that modifies placement of the at least one creative campaign correspondent to the one or more endorsers in accordance with a detection by the trigger assessment, where the modification includes a variation in at least one of the plurality of assets. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114704 | System and method for brand affinity content distribution and optimization - An endorsed advertising engine, system and method, which includes at least one vault having media assets, a recommendation engine that matches the media assets from the vault with at least one requested creative, and a delivery engine that integrates the requested creative with the matched media assets from the vault. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114705 | METHOD OF REACTIVE TARGETED ADVERTISING - In one inventive aspect, a method of reactive targeted advertising provides for display of advertising, via the internet, to computers of users. In a particular example, a plurality of keywords are stored in a memory. The method comprises determining whether one or more of those keywords are used in a web page, and for any keywords determined to be used, an advertisement is selected using those keywords. The advertisement is for display on the computer of the user who is accessing the web page. A request is received for the selected advertisement, and the advertisement is provided, from an advertising server and over the internet, for display on the computer of the user. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114706 | Linked Hierarchical Advertisements - A computing device may receive a request for a first advertisement. The request for the first advertisement may include one or more parameters referencing a given subject matter. Responsive to the request for the first advertisement, a first ad may be selected and delivered to a requesting entity. The computing device may receive an indication of an expression of interest in the first ad. The expression of interest may include one or more parameters referencing the first ad. Responsive to the expression of interest, and based on the one or more parameters referencing the first ad, a second, child ad may be selected and delivered to the requesting entity. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114707 | REAL-TIME DISTRIBUTION OF TARGETED ADVERTISEMENT AND SPONSORED CONTENT - A method and system for serving advertisement or sponsored content is provided. The method employed by the system may include receiving information that describes the capabilities of an ad serving device, matching advertisement and/or sponsored content to the ad serving device, and serving the advertisement and/or sponsored content. Instructions may be communicated to an individual in possession of the ad serving device, instructing the individual on a time and place for serving the advertisement or sponsored content. Confirmation that the instructions have been followed may be communicated to the system. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114708 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING ROAD-TRAFFIC INFORMATION USING ROAD-TO-VEHICLE COMMUNICATION - According to one embodiment, a system is provided, which provides moving picture data representing a road-traffic state. This system synthesizes the moving picture data with additional data such as advertisement data, generating output data. The system distributes the output data to the facilities built along the road and the vehicles running on the road. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114709 | REAL-TIME DISTRIBUTION OF TARGETED ADVERTISEMENT AND SPONSORED CONTENT - A method and system for serving advertisement or sponsored content information is provided. The method employed by the system may include receiving information that describes the capabilities of an ad serving device, receiving information that enables sensing the presence of individuals in a vicinity of the ad serving device, matching advertisement and/or sponsored content information to the ad serving device, and serving the advertisement and/or sponsored content information. Receiving presence information, matching, and serving of the advertisement and/or sponsored content information may occur in real-time. The ad serving device may be located at a fixed location or be portable and carried by an individual. Behaviors of individuals with portable devices may be determined and the advertisement and/or sponsored content information served may be related to the determined behavior. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114710 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FORECASTING AN INVENTORY OF ONLINE ADVERTISEMENT IMPRESSIONS FOR TARGETING IMPRESSION ATTRIBUTES - An improved system and method for forecasting an inventory of online advertisement impressions for targeting profiles of attributes is provided. An index of advertisement impressions on display advertising properties may be built for a targeting profile of attributes from forecasted impression pools. Impression pools of advertisements sharing the same attributes and trend forecast data for web pages and advertisement placements on the web pages may be integrated to generate the forecasted impression pools. An index of several index tables may be generated from forecasted impression pools. A query may be submitted to obtain an inventory forecast of advertisement impressions for targeting profiles of attributes and the index may be searched to match forecasted impression pools for the targeted profile of attributes. Then the inventory forecast of advertisement impressions on display advertising properties may be returned as query results for the targeting profile of attributes. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114711 | Social-professional website system - A social-professional website Internet system for licensed or registered professionals which: a first website and at least one host server hosting the website and providing Internet access thereto, the first website having at least sufficient software to provide: a first level of use that is a professional member level that enables a professional to use the first website to become a verified member, and, once verified as a member, and, thus, a first level user, to input personal data and professional data; a second level of use for a second level user that includes viewing features and at least some read only features for a user who is not a verified member, and, thus, a second level user; a professional information center providing at least one feature selected from the group consisting of a knowledge base, a blog, a chat room, a one-on-one chat room within the first level, a one-on-one chat room that includes the first level and the second level; means for verifying professional members approval by matching a submitting professional's data with data from a second website; and, the second website, being independent of the first website, the second website having a list of all registered or licensed professionals. Instead of a second website, stored verification data from a third party source may be used. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114712 | System and Method for Web-Based Advertising Using a Cost-Per-Time Scheme - A method for web-based advertising using a cost-per-time scheme includes providing a web page to a browser, the web page containing functionality to enable data to be uploaded to a web server, sending an advertisement to the browser for display on the web page, wherein the browser displays the advertisement at least while an upload of data is in progress, determining a time of an upload of data to the web server, and storing the time of the upload of data wherein the stored time is associated with the advertisement, such that an advertiser is able to be charged for the display of the advertisement based on the time of the upload of data. The advertiser can then be charged for the display of the advertisement on a cost-per-time basis, i.e., charged an amount determined by a cost-per-time rate and how long the advertisement was displayed to the user during the upload. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114713 | CUSTOMIZED FINANCIAL TRANSACTION PRICING - Enabling innovative merchant transaction pricing capability, while improving pricing process efficiency, is disclosed. When a merchant submits financial transaction account records to a payment processor for payment, the payment processor utilizes granular transaction data to calculate complex merchant transaction pricing rules. The system accesses individual transaction data, aggregate transaction data, transaction history, customer data, merchant data and product data to enable flexible, innovative and dynamic pricing capabilities that increase revenue and increase customer satisfaction. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114714 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SHARING REVENUE OF AN APPLICATION PLATFORM - A method and system for sharing revenue of an application platform that includes the steps of providing a platform for managing a plurality of applications developed by a plurality of developers, collecting revenue through usage of the platform, tracking usage of the plurality of applications, and distributing revenue according to the tracked usage of the plurality of applications. The system including a client application included in a device platform for the operation of a plurality of applications, a tracking system that generates usage data for the plurality of applications, and a revenue engine that generates revenue and distributes revenue to platform contributors based on the usage data. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114715 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTEGRATED, AUTOMATED INVENTORY MANAGEMENT AND ADVERTISEMENT DELIVERY - A management and delivery method and system for a distributed marketing network. Access to one or more network service gateways associated with a distributed marketing network can be authorized, if particular criteria are satisfied. A business transaction may be coordinated with the distributed marketing network through network service gateways in a near real time fashion and without manual intervention, in response to authorizing the access to the network service gateways. The network service gateways may include a partner interface, a centralized hub that communicates with the partner interfaces, and/or a local market integrated service layer that communicates with the centralized hub and the partner interface. The distributed marketing network may be, for example, a network of radio stations. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114716 | NETWORK PROXY BIDDING SYSTEM - Methods, systems and computer program products for submitting a network proxy bid and replacing the network proxy bid with an actual bid associated with advertisement placement are described. In some implementations, instead of submitting a static bid, an advertiser can submit a network proxy bid to an advertising exchange. A network proxy bid can indicate to the advertising exchange that the advertiser wishes to receive a call back from the advertising exchange when an impression matching targeting criteria specified by the advertiser becomes available. The advertiser then can calculate and submit an actual static bid to replace the network proxy bid in response to the call back. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114717 | SECONDARY CONTENT DELIVERY SYSTEM - Systems and methods for content (e.g., advertisements) delivery. An initial advertisement received by a user can include instructions for requesting a secondary advertisement. A user can follow the instructions to respond to the initial advertisement. A response to the initial advertisement can include a device identification. A secondary advertisement addressed to the device identification can be provided responsive to receiving a response from the user to the initial advertisement. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114718 | Function-Based Embedded Advertising in Software - A computer-implemented method executes a function of a software application that includes a plurality of functions. Respective functions of the plurality of functions correspond to respective commands of a plurality of commands associated with the software application. In the method, a respective command of the plurality of commands is received. In response to the received respective command, an advertisement is displayed and the respective function corresponding to the received respective command is performed | 2010-05-06 |
20100114719 | Engine, system and method for generation of advertisements with endorsements and associated editorial content - An apparatus, system and method for generating endorsed advertisements with editorial content is disclosed. The system may include an endorsements database including endorsements associated with endorsers; a news database including news stories associated with endorsers; a recommendation engine configured to match at least one endorsement from the endorsement database and at least one news story from the news database with at least one advertisement template, the matched news story and endorsement both pertaining to the same endorser; and an integration engine configured to integrate the matched endorsement, the news story, and the advertisement template to generate an advertisement, the generated advertisement including a first link associated with the content of the advertisement template that when selected redirects a web browser to a website of the advertiser and a second link associated with the news story that when selected redirects a web browser to a website presenting the news story. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114720 | DYNAMIC IN-PAGE ADVERTISING - Advertisements displayed in a web page are enabled to be changed as a context of the web page changes without reloading the web page. A first set of one or more advertisements may be displayed on a web page. One or more of the displayed advertisements may be replaced with one or more alternative advertisements. Selection of the alternative advertisements is triggered based on the occurrence of one or more events that cause a change in a context of the web page. The display of the alternative advertisements is performed dynamically, without the web page needing to be reloaded. In this manner, the advertisements displayed on a web page may be changed based on the change in web page context, to provide advertisements to users that correspond to the changing context. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114721 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRICING OF OVERLAPPING IMPRESSION POOLS OF ONLINE ADVERTISEMENT IMPRESSIONS FOR ADVERTISING DEMAND - An improved system and method for pricing of overlapping impression pools of online advertisement impressions for advertising demand is provided. An inventory of online advertisement impressions may be grouped in impression pools according to attributes of the advertisement impressions and advertisers' requests for impressions targeting specific attributes may be received. An optimal price may be computed for each of the impression pools of the inventory of online advertisement impressions using dual values of an optimization program. The values of a dual variable for prices of impression pools on the supply constraints of an objective function for allocating the impression pools may be extracted and iteratively increased on those impression pools which have a dual value greater than the book rate value. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114722 | ADVERTISEMENT INFORMATION MANAGING METHOD, ADVERTISEMENT INFORMATION MANAGING SYSTEM, CALL RECEIVING METHOD AND CALL RECEIVING SYSTEM - An advertisement information managing method includes generating a plurality of identification information, generating a plurality of advertisement information that respectively indexes the plurality of identification information by combining the plurality of identification information with basic advertisement information respectively, and cross-checking the plurality of identification information with input information in a call that is made according to one of the plurality of advertisement information, so as to judge according to which one of the plurality of advertisement information the call is made | 2010-05-06 |
20100114723 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A POINT OF SALE NETWORK WITHIN A LAN - A data control system defines within a local area network ( | 2010-05-06 |
20100114724 | BANK CARD AUTHORIZATION WITH BALANCE INDICATOR - Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for providing a consumer with information about the balance of the consumer's credit or debit account after a transaction, such as a purchase transaction, is made using the credit or debit account. In one embodiment, the issuing bank attaches a number representing the balance of the consumer's credit or debit account and/or other information about the balance to the authorization code when authorizing a purchase transaction so that, when a vendor provides the consumer with a purchase receipt that has the authorization code on the receipt, the balance information is automatically included on the receipt with the authorization code. In this way, the consumer can keep track of spending by knowing the total balance of the consumer's credit and/or debit account and/or other balance information after each credit or debit card purchase. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114725 | Electronic self-service terminal for point of sale - The invention relates to an electronic self-service terminal for point of sale, preferably intended for recharging of mobile telephones. The terminal presents certain characteristics permitting the operations proper to a self-service terminal or point of sale to be individualized with other functions such as messages and/or publicity. Structurally, the terminal includes two screens ( | 2010-05-06 |
20100114726 | SOCIAL DISCOVERY OF DIGITAL CONTENT - Shopping for digital content may be facilitated by offering to a shopper a plurality of digital content items available for acquisition via a network-accessible virtual storefront. Further, for a digital content item selected within the network-accessible virtual storefront, one or more shopper-confirmed friends having a usage history with the selected digital content item can be identified. | 2010-05-06 |
20100114727 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING E-COMMERCE TRANSACTION - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, an avatar engine having a controller to retrieve a user profile of a user, present the user an avatar having characteristics that correlate to the user profile, detect one or more responses of the user during a communication exchange between the avatar and the user, identify from the one or more responses a need to engage in an e-commerce transaction, engage in a commercial exchange with a merchant system according to the e-commerce transaction, identify a commercial status of the e-commerce transaction from the commercial exchange with the merchant system, and present the user by way of the avatar the commercial status of the e-commerce transaction. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2010-05-06 |