19th week of 2019 patent applcation highlights part 60 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20190138938 | TRAINING A CLASSIFIER USED TO DETECT NETWORK ANOMALIES WITH SUPERVISED LEARNING - In one embodiment, a service receives relevancy feedback regarding anomalies detected in a network by one or more unsupervised learning-based anomaly detectors. The service generates a set of rules based on those of the anomalies deemed relevant by the relevancy feedback. The service uses the set of rules to trigger collection of data features from the network. The service trains a supervised learning-based classifier using the data features collected from the network. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138939 | REMOTE CONTROL SIGNAL PROCESSING IN REAL-TIME PARTITIONED TIME-SERIES ANALYSIS - Machine logic (for example, software) for automatic detection of a probable error in the output of a stream processing model. The detection of this probable error leads to the taking of a responsive action, which, generally speaking, may be one of two types of responsive action: (i) automatically notifying a human individual of the probable error; and/or (ii) automatically taking corrective action (for example, retraining of the model, automatically switching to a redundant backup sensor) without substantial human intervention. In some cases, the probable error is caused by a faulty sensor, which means that retraining will not fix the detected error. In some cases, the probable error is caused by a new trend in the data, which means that retraining on newer data can fix the detected error. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138940 | Incognito Mode for Personalized Machine-Learned Models - The present disclosure provides systems and methods for on-device machine learning. In particular, the present disclosure is directed to an on-device machine learning platform and associated techniques that enable on-device prediction, training, example collection, and/or other machine learning tasks or functionality. The on-device machine learning platform can include a mode controller that allows a user to provide data input indicating whether to operate one or more applications on the device in a first collection mode (e.g., permission mode) for storing training examples or a second collection mode for (e.g., incognito mode) for not storing training examples. The training examples can be generated based on user interaction with the one or more applications and used to personalize one or more machine-learned models used by the application(s) by retraining the models using the user-specific training examples. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138941 | AUGMENTING INCOMPLETE TRAINING DATASETS FOR USE IN A MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEM - Systems and methods for augmenting incomplete training dataset for use in a machine learning system are described herein. In an embodiment, a server computer receives a plurality of input training datasets including one or more incomplete input training datasets and one or more complete datasets which contain one or more failure training datasets, the incomplete input training datasets comprising a plurality of parameters. Using the one or more failure training datasets, the server computer generates temporal failure data describing a likelihood of failure of an item as a function of time. Using the one or more complete training datasets, the server computer generates parameter specific likelihoods of failure of an item. The server computer augments the one or more incomplete input training datasets using the temporal failure data and/or the parameter specific likelihoods of failure to create one or more augmented training datasets. The server computer uses the one or more augmented training datasets as input for training a machine learning model that is programmed to generate a probability of failure of a particular item represented by an input dataset. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138942 | EFFICIENT DECISION TREE EVALUATION - A model optimization system can reduce the delays caused by cache misses and page faults by converting a model of one or more decision trees into machine code that is optimized to avoid these memory faults. The model optimization system can convert a model into machine code by converting each tree of the model into a series of nested if/then statements and converting each series of nested if/then statements into optimized machine code. In some implementations, the model can be converted into optimized machine code only when an amount of processing required to convert the model into the optimized machine code is less than the expected cost savings of using the optimized machine code, instead of an unmodified version of the model, over the life of the model. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138943 | COGNITIVE VISUAL CONVERSATION - The disclosed embodiments include a computer-implemented method executed by a cognitive system. In one embodiment, the computer-implemented method includes the step of receiving a first image as part of a visual communication session. The method identifies metadata associated with the first image. The method identifies objects and their surroundings depicted in the first image. The method identifies properties associated with the objects and their surroundings depicted in the first image. The method retrieves information associated with the objects and their surroundings depicted in the first image based on the metadata and the properties associated with the objects and their surroundings. The method interacts with a user based in part on the information associated with the objects and their surroundings depicted in the first image. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138944 | MODELING TIME TO OPEN OF ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS - The present disclosure relates applying a survival analysis to model when a particular recipient will view an electronic message. For example, one or more embodiments train a survivor function to model the time that will elapse, on a continuous scale, before a recipient will open an electronic message. For example, one or more embodiments involve accessing analytics training data and extracting a first set of features affecting the time that elapsed before past recipients opened an electronic message and a second set of features affecting whether the recipients opened the electronic message at all. The system then generates a mixture model modified survivor function and determines the effect of each feature set on its corresponding outcome to learn parameters for the mixture model modified survivor function. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138945 | SELF-LEARNING CONTEXTUAL MODALITY SELECTION FOR COGNITIVE SOLUTION DELIVERY - A problem context is computed from an input at an application. The problem context includes a set of problem factors, the input including a problem to be solved using a cognitive system. A user context is computed from the input at the application, the user context including a set of user factors. A type of media is determined corresponding to a complexity of a cognitive solution received from the cognitive system, where the cognitive solution is in response to the problem. Using a problem factor from the set of problem factors, using a user factor in the set of user factors, and the complexity, a mode of communication is determined. A communication apparatus is adjusted to cause a data communication to occur and deliver the cognitive solution in the type of media using the mode of communication. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138946 | AUTOMATIC MACHINE LEARNING MODEL GENERATION - A system may automatically generate a predictive machine learning model by automatically performing various processes based on an analysis of the data as well as metadata associated with the data. The system may accept a selection of data and a prediction field from the data. The system may automatically generate a set of features based on the data and may automatically remove certain features that cause inaccuracies in the model. The system may balance the data based on a representation rate of certain outcomes. The system may train and select a model based on several candidate models. The system may then perform the predictions based on the selected model and send an indication of the predictions to a user. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138947 | KNOWLEDGE-TRANSFER-BASED LEARNING FRAMEWORK FOR AIRSPACE SITUATION EVALUATION - A sector situation (SS) evaluation framework is based on knowledge transfer and is specifically applicable for small-training-sample environment. The SS evaluation framework is able to effectively mine knowledge hidden within the samples of both target and non-target sectors, and properly handle the integration between the knowledge derived from different sectors. This framework includes three main steps: (1) sufficiently mine the knowledge within the samples of the target sector using the strategies of multi-factor subset generation and multi-base evaluator construction, and build target base evaluators; (2) precisely learn the knowledge in the samples of the non-target sectors using similar strategies for the target sector, together with a sample transformation, and build non-target base evaluators; and (3) efficiently integrate the target and non-target base evaluators based on evaluation confidence analysis of those base evaluators. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138948 | Reinforcement learning for autonomous telecommunications networks - Systems and methods include obtaining performance monitoring data from a network which operates and generates the performance monitoring data which reflects a current state of the network; responsive to a predetermined reward which quantifies minimizing or maximizing an aspect in the network for Reinforcement Learning, causing one or more actions to be performed in the network, wherein the one or more actions are based on the predetermined reward; obtaining updated performance monitoring data from the network subsequent to the one or more actions to determine an updated state of the network; and continuing the causing the one or more actions to be performed in the network based on the current state and the updated state. The causing the one or more actions to be performed in the network is performed to maximize or minimize a total discounted accumulated reward. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138949 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTERACTIONS BETWEEN TICKET HOLDERS AND SELF SERVICE FUNCTIONS - Ticket information, such as an airline boarding pass may be stored on a mobile device. The presence of a geolocation device such as a Bluetooth beacon is detected by the mobile device in a departure location such as an airport. On detection by the mobile device of a further geolocation device when the mobile device is proximate a self-service function an application on the mobile device is triggered which directs the mobile device to a self-service function such as a bag drop and instructs the mobile device user how to use the self-service function. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138950 | DYNAMIC TRAVEL INSTALLMENT SYSTEM IN AN ONLINE MARKETPLACE - Systems and methods are provided for analyzing a cancellation policy for a trip item to determine payment parameters set for the trip item, and for each of a plurality of predetermined number of installment payments, calculating a payment period for each payment parameter set for the trip item based on a time period before payment is due to meet each payment parameter and the predetermined number of installments. The systems and methods further provide for selecting a number of predetermined installment payments of the plurality of predetermined number of installment payments that comprises an optimal payment period between a final installment payment and the start date of the trip item, generating an installment plan based on the selected number of predetermined installment payments, the installment plan comprising a date and amount for each installment payment, and causing the installment plan to be presented via the computing device. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138951 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING MULTI-CONTRIBUTOR CONTENT POSTS FOR EVENTS - Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can receive event information for an event. A determination can be made that a first user is attending the event. The first user can be provided with access to an event-related content user interface based on the determining that the first user is attending the event. The first user can use the event-related content item user interface to create and submit one or more event-related content items for potential inclusion in an event story associated with the event. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138952 | APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING VEHICLE SHARING SERVICE, SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHOD THEREOF - An apparatus for providing a vehicle sharing service, a system including the same, and a method thereof, may include setting a vehicle sharing service mode through a vehicle terminal or a user terminal to protect private information and provide a user customized vehicle sharing service. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138953 | Vehicle Test Drive Management Platform - A vehicle test drive system is disclosed, which allows a dealership's customers to test drive vehicles without travelling to the dealership. A customer interface allows a customer to request a test drive, which is approved or denied by the dealership. A sales agent then brings the requested vehicle to the customer's location, where the sales agent accompanies the customer on a test drive and tracks the vehicle's location through a mobile app. Support for groups of associated dealerships, such as a parent dealership with multiple child dealerships, is provided through a mult-tier account system including roles for managers and sales agents. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138954 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EFFICIENT TRAVEL TIME AND ROUTE COMPUTATION - A system and method efficiently computes travel times between an origin and destination, minimizing expensive calls to a third party service by first geographically expanding both origin and destination and then searching a cache of previously computed or obtained travel times for any route satisfying the expanded origin and destination. A further embodiment concerns a system and method to prepare an optimized routing sequence to travel to a set of geographical task sites, in satisfaction of applicable conditions for one or more of the task sites. Advantageously, optimized routing may employ the disclosed method of computing travel times between origin and destination. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138955 | ENFORCING CONTEXT MODEL BASED POLICIES WITH FORWARD CHAINING - A method for enforcing a number of context model based policies with forward chaining comprising applying a policy set including a plurality of policies to an instantiated context model which includes a set of referenced instance documents in XML format, determining whether the instantiated context model should be updated, if the instantiated context model should be updated, executing an updating operation, re-generating a new instantiated context model according to the updated instance documents and the instantiated context model, and applying the policy set to the new instantiated context model, and wherein the policies include a condition part and an action part. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138956 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR SCHEDULING INTERVENTIONS ON ALLOCATED RESOURCES WITH MINIMIZED CLIENT IMPACTS - A system, method and program product for applying interventions to allocated resources intervention impacts identified and minimized. After receiving a change request requesting changes involving shared resources, elements affected by implementing the requested change are identified. Individual impacts to elements in each layer are determined moment by moment during a selected time frame, and overall impact to client activity is determined from individual impacts for the entire time frame. From the overall impact, a time may be identified within the time frame that has a minimum overall impact for implementing the requested change. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138957 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING AND MANAGING HIGH VOLUME PROCESSES HAVING DISCRETIZED AND ATOMIZED TASKS AND COMPONENTS - Systems, methods, and devices for optimizing and managing high volume processes by atomizing the work into discrete elements, tasks and components and batching similar elements, and then tracking, pushing, gating, automating and monitoring in real time task element groupings for just-in-time assignment, and then reassembled into a finished product to which quality control standards are enforced uniformly throughout via a network, as elements and tasks are completed on network connected user devices. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138958 | CATEGORY IDENTIFIER PREDICTION - A system may predict a category identifier for a work item to improve inefficiencies and errors in assigning work items to particular teams or team members. The system may predict a category for the work item based on receiving a text description of the work item, an identifier associated with a team category, and an identifier associated with a product tag category. For example, a prediction model may be selected based upon any one or more of the received input, and the prediction model may predict the category identifier for the work item. Because the category identifier may be predicted based on the input received, a wide range of category identifiers may be predicted, resulting in a more streamlined and accurate system for assigning work items. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138959 | MANAGEMENT DEVICE, CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND POSITION INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD - A management device includes a ticket issuance unit that issues a ticket indicating work related to a construction site, a position information acquisition unit that acquires position information of a communication terminal acquiring the ticket, and an output unit that outputs the position information of the communication terminal selecting the ticket regarding the same construction site among the position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138960 | Information System with Embedded Insights - A method, a computer system, and a computer program product for digitally presenting a potentially competitive resource allocation for an organization. A computer system identifies employee data for a set of employees. The computer system determines a corresponding business function of a set of business functions for each employee of the set of employees by applying a normalized business function model to the employee data. The computer system determines an aggregate allocation for each business function based on a cumulative compensation of a subset of the set of employees in the corresponding business function. The computer system determines a resource distribution for the organization based on the aggregate allocations for each of the set of business functions. The computer system compares the resource distribution for the organization to a set of benchmark distributions to determine the competitive resource allocation for the organization. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138961 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE - A method and system can include a program management system configured to receive inputs for variables for a digital project which include project types, resources, distribution platforms, and scope of the digital project, and to generate at least the timeline and the cost based on the received inputs for variables for the digital project, and receive a modification of at least one of the variables or receive a modification of the estimated timeline or the cost and dynamically modify the timeline or cost in response to receiving the modification of at least one of the variables or dynamically modify at least one of the variables in response to receiving the modification to the timeline or the cost. The method and system can further present timeline and the cost for the digital project after receiving the modification of at least one of the variables. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138962 | HYBRID SEED SELECTION AND SEED PORTFOLIO OPTIMIZATION BY FIELD - Techniques are provided for generating target success group of hybrid seeds for target fields include a server receiving agricultural data records that represent crop seed data describing seed and yield properties of hybrid seeds and first field geo-location data for agricultural fields where the hybrid seeds were planted. The server receives second geo-locations data for target fields where hybrid seeds are to be planted. The server generates a dataset of hybrid seed properties that include yield values and environmental classifications for hybrid seeds and then a dataset of success probability scores that describe the probability of a successful yield on the target fields based on the dataset of hybrid seed properties and the second geo-location data. The server generates target success yield group of hybrid seeds and probability of success values based on success probability scores and a yield threshold. The server causes display of the target success yield group. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138963 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SELF LEARNING LOCATION SELECTION AND TIMING PREDICTION - A self-learning system, a method, and a non-transitory computer readable medium having computer executable instructions stored thereon, where each assist in determining a total time prediction for a potential project involving heavy equipment and heavy equipment information. Each may include calculating a prediction for a heavy equipment number, a well density number, how long a heavy equipment will take to move from well to well, a well quantity, and how long a total project will take given a specific area of land and the geological properties thereof. The self-learning system, method, and non-transitory computer readable medium involve a recursion step, wherein the calculation of a prediction is updated when new information is attained. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138964 | DETERMINING OPTIMAL DEVICE REFRESH CYCLES AND DEVICE REPAIRS THROUGH COGNITIVE ANALYSIS OF UNSTRUCTURED DATA AND DEVICE HEALTH SCORES - Approaches for device refresh determinations utilizing cognitive, machine learning, and predictive techniques are provided. A computer-implemented method includes: obtaining, by a computer device, structured data associated with at least one user device; obtaining, by the computer device, unstructured data associated with the at least one user device; classifying, by the computer device, the unstructured data into categories; determining, by the computer device, a device health score for the at least one user device based on the structured data and the classified unstructured data; and generating, by the computer device, a user interface that displays the device health score. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138965 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING END-TO-END INTEGRATIONS USING INTEGRATOR EXTENSIBLE MARKUP LANGUAGE - The present invention provides an integrator as a service (IaaS) in an extensible markup language (XML) format for unifying multiple business processes, products and solutions to deliver comprehensive value to customers. The present invention provides software as a service (SaaS) based integration engine, pluggable modules for information technology management services, decision patterns based on business rules and process templates, business analytics and reporting. The present invention provides an integrator extensible markup language. The integrator extensible markup language is used for integration of applications, products, solutions, and processes. The present invention enables the integrator extensible markup language to include information regarding end-to-end integrations for a target end-deployment and infrastructure. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138966 | CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute a process, the process includes receiving an input of load information of work for handling an inquiry or an incident in association with each of a plurality of pieces of reference information, and controlling a degree of priority of reference information to be output according to retrieval relating to the inquiry with respect to each of the plurality of reference information in accordance with the load information input relating to the reference information. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138967 | WORKSPACE ACTOR COORDINATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Workspace coordination systems and methods are presented. A method can comprise: accessing in real time respective information associated with a first actor and a second actor, including sensed activity information; analyzing the information, including analyzing activity of the first actor with respect to a second actor; and forwarding respective feedback based on the results of the analysis. The feedback can includes an individual objective specific to one of either the first actor or the second actor. The feedback includes collective objective with respect to the first actor or the second actor. The analyzing can include automated artificial intelligence analysis. Sensed activity information can be associated with a grid within the activity space. It is appreciated there can be various combinations of actors (e.g., human and device, device and device, human and human, etc.). The feedback can be a configuration layout suggestion. The feedback can be a suggested assignment of a type of actor to an activity. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138968 | VENDOR MATCHING ENGINE AND METHOD OF USE - A vendor matching engine and method of use, which may be used by a prospective bidder on a government contract or another prospective selectee in order to determine which bids or applications are most worthwhile to pursue. The engine may perform steps of retrieving transactional or vendor registry information, such as Federal Procurement Data System data or System for Award Management data, and may then use this data to generate matchability scores characterizing the compatibility between the selector and selectee. To generate these scores, the distances between selector and selectee coordinates in n-dimensional space may be used in order to determine how similar the prospective selectee is to the selector's desired selectee, allowing a vendor to prioritize government contracts for which they may be best suited. The system may also be used for other pairings of applicants and awarding parties, such as universities and research granting organizations. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138969 | EMPLOYING REAL-TIME PERFORMANCE FEEDBACK TO MANAGE RESOURCE COLLECTION - Embodiments are directed to executing one or more campaigns. Initialization identifiers may be provided to campaign agents associated with campaign owners. The campaign agents may be associated with campaigns based on the initialization identifiers. Resource collection requests may be provided to sources based on source information provided by the campaign agents. Metrics may be provided based on monitoring actions of the sources. Outlier characteristics associated with the resource collection requests may be identified based on a comparison of the metrics to other campaigns. The resource collection requests may be modified based on predicted metrics associated with the outlier characteristics. The modified resource collection requests may be provided to the sources associated with the outlier characteristics. Resources provided from the sources may be distributed to the campaign owners. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138970 | CONTEXTUAL DIGITAL TWIN - The example embodiments are directed systems and methods for managing a contextual digital twin. In one example, the method may include executing a digital twin which includes a virtual representation of an asset, and which is executed based on data associated with the asset, determining an operational event that has occurred with respect to the asset based on the execution of the digital twin, identifying previous operational events that have occurred and that are related to the determined operational event, generating context for the determined operational event based on the previous operational events, and outputting information for display about the generated context of the determined operational event to a display device. The context can provide information about operations of the asset as well as insight into how to handle the operations based on similar occurrences to the asset or other related assets. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138971 | AUTOMATED WORK CHART SYSTEMS AND METHODS - The systems and methods provide an action recognition and analytics tool for use in manufacturing, health care services, shipping, retailing and other similar contexts. Machine learning action recognition can be utilized to determine cycles, processes, actions, sequences, objects and or the like in one or more sensor streams. The sensor streams can include, but are not limited to, one or more video sensor frames, thermal sensor frames, infrared sensor frames, and or three-dimensional depth frames. The analytics tool can provide for automatic creation of work charts. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138972 | WEARABLE DEVICE FOR MONITORING WORK-RELATED CONDITIONS - A system for gathering and displaying data related to a wearer's performance and satisfaction in performing a job includes a wearable device to be worn by the wearer while performing the job. The wearable device includes sensors and is configured to collect and store data elements with values pertaining to one or more conditions associated with the ambient environment and/or the wearer. The wearable device also includes input and output devices to collect feedback data element regarding the wearer's job satisfaction. A server stores and analyzes the data elements to determine a job satisfaction score for the wearer and a correlation score that indicates a correlation between the job satisfaction values and one or more data elements pertaining to the ambient environment and/or the wearer. A reporting interface reports the job satisfaction and the correlation scores. A control interface allows an administrator to control settings related to operation of the system. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138973 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATIC JOB ASSIGNMENT - Embodiments of the present invention provide a machine and continuous data set including process data, quality data, specific actor data, and ergonomic data (among others) to create more accurate job assignments that maximize efficiency, quality and worker safety. Using the data set, tasks may be assigned to actors based on objective statistical data such as skills, task requirements, ergonomics and time availability. Assigning tasks in this way can provide unique value for manufacturers who currently conduct similar analyses using only minimal observational data. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138974 | SYSTEMS AND DEVICES FOR PARCEL TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT - Subject matter disclosed herein may relate to storage and/or processing of signals and/or states representative of parcel transportation management content in a computing device. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138975 | INVENTORY CONTROL - The discussion relates to inventory control. In one example, a set of ID sensors can be employed in an inventory control environment and subsets of the ID sensors can collectively sense tagged items in shared space. Data from the subset of ID sensors can indicate when a user has taken possession of an individual tagged item in the shared space. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138976 | AUTOMATED INVENTORY REPLENISHMENT - Automated item replenishment for a plurality of items is accomplished by associating each item with one or more tags, which may in turn be associated with a particular consumption level of the item. One or more tag detection units are positioned to monitor an entry and/or an exit point of a monitored location. An inventory database maintains an inventory of the items currently present at the location and tracks consumption levels and exhaustion dates associated with each item. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138977 | AUTOMATED INVENTORY REPLENISHMENT - Modifying item packaging according to determined replenishment times. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, a method for modifying item packaging is described herein. An order is received from a user for an item. An exhaustion time for the item is calculated according to an inventory database for the user. An initial replenishment time for the item is calculated. A package quantity is calculated according to the exhaustion time, shipment time, initial replenishment time, and inventory database. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138978 | ORDER GROUPING IN WAREHOUSE ORDER FULFILLMENT OPERATIONS - A method for grouping a plurality of orders in an order queue of a warehouse management system, each order including one or more items and each item being associated with a physical location in a warehouse. The method includes determining a physical location in the warehouse of each item in the plurality of orders. For each order, the method also includes establishing at least one cluster region, each cluster region including at least one item from the respective order. The method further includes grouping the plurality of orders based on the physical locations of the cluster regions in the warehouse to form at least one order set. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138979 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTEGRATING INTERMEDIARY AND END-USER ONLINE RETAIL EXPERIENCES - A network connected system for inventory management is disclosed including an intermediary module, including providing sales and inventory management functions for intermediaries such as wholesalers and retailers and an end-user module, including providing sales to end-users using an end-user identifier which is associated with a wholesaler or retailer. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138980 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR MACHINE READING - Methodologies, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for reading machine readable features of objects. A local terminal generates a temporary object number corresponding to an unreadable object and captures an image of the unreadable object. A message is sent to a number of portable devices requesting that a duplicate of the unreadable object be located and that a machine readable feature on the duplicate object be read. Once a duplicate object is located, one of the portable devices reads a machine readable feature on the duplicate object, and the portable device calls a service offered by a server to retrieve a data value corresponding to the duplicate item from a database. This data value is then sent to the local terminal invoking a service offered by the terminal to replace the temporary object number with the data value corresponding to the duplicate item. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138981 | AUTOMATED ASSET MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH MULTIPLE SENSING TECHNOLOGIES - An automated asset management system includes a plurality of storage locations for storing objects, and first and second sensing subsystems each configured to sense presence or absence of the objects in the plurality of storage locations. The first and second sensing subsystems are used to sense the presence or absence of a same particular object using different respective sensing modalities. In operation, a first scan of the storage locations is performed using the first sensing subsystem, and the presence or absence of the particular object is determined using the first sensing modality. In turn, a second scan of the storage locations is performed using the second sensing subsystem, and the presence or absence of the particular object is confirmed using both the result of the determination made using the first sensing modality and a determination of the presence or absence of the particular object using the second sensing modality. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138982 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING AIRPORT LOUNGES - Systems and methods allow flyers to determine which airport lounges they may access. A flyer specifies an airport and access rules for lounges at the airport are applied to user data of the flyer to identify accessible lounges. A listing of the identified lounges is then displayed to the flyer. Systems and methods further allow management of airport lounge inventory. Inventory can be managed to increase occupancy, as well as to evenly distribute flyers within and across airport lounges. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138983 | DELIVERY ASSISTANCE DEVICE, DELIVERY ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE COMPUTER MEDIUM STORING DELIVERY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM - A delivery assistance device assists in an operation of a delivery service in which the inside of a vehicle, a building, or a facility that is used by a purchaser is designated as a delivery destination of one or more products purchased via a predetermined website regarding electronic commerce. The delivery assistance device includes a controller configured to transmit delivery destination information on the vehicle, the building, or the facility for designating the inside of the vehicle, the building, or the facility that is used by the user as a delivery destination of the product to an external device or a terminal at which the user browses the website when the controller receives user information indicating that the user intends to order the one or more products in the website from the external device operating the website. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138984 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING AND MANAGING DELAYED DELIVERIES - A sensor-based dynamic delivery system for a facility is provided. The system includes a computing system communicatively coupled to at least one location-based sensor associated with one or more carriers. The computing system is configured to execute a demand engine that when executed receives location data determined with respect to the location-based sensor. The demand engine identifies, using modeled delivery projections, at least one delayed delivery of one or more inventory items to the facility. The demand engine detects a potential inventory issue with respect to one or more items due to the at least one delayed delivery. The demand engine determines an expiration deadline until the facility runs out of the one or more inventory items based on the projected demand. The demand engine creates at least one of an order for, or a schedule for, a delivery with a servicing distribution center based on the determined expiration deadline. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138985 | DELIVERY ASSISTANCE DEVICE, DELIVERY ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE COMPUTER MEDIUM STORING DELIVERY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM - A delivery assistance device assists in an operation of a delivery service in which an inside of a vehicle, a building, or a facility used by a user is designated as a delivery destination of luggage. The delivery assistance device includes a storage unit, a registration unit configured to register, in the storage unit, a plurality of candidates as delivery destinations of the luggage and priorities for the candidates, and a delivery destination decision unit configured to decide an alternative delivery destination from among the candidates based on the priorities when a deliverer is not able to deliver a delivery destination with the highest priority among the delivery destinations, the delivery destination with the highest priority being designated by the user. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138986 | TRANSITIONING ITEMS FROM A MATERIALS HANDLING FACILITY - This disclosure describes a system for automatically transitioning items from a materials handling facility without delaying a user as they exit the materials handling facility. For example, while a user is located in a materials handling facility, the user may pick one or more items. The items are identified and automatically associated with the user at or near the time of the item pick. When the users enters and/or passes through a transition area, the picked items are automatically transitioned to the user without affirmative input from or delay to the user. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138987 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENABLING DELIVERY OF COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS TO CUSTOMERS - In some embodiments, systems and methods are provided herein useful to enable delivery of commercial products to customers. In some embodiments, the system comprises an autonomous ground vehicle on a delivery route to deliver commercial products to a person of interest. The AGV comprises control circuits communicatively coupled to sensors. The control circuits, using sensor data, determines whether a person positioned within a threshold distance relative to the AGV is the PoI; allow the PoI to designate an intention of a second person positioned within the threshold distance as being friendly or adverse relative to the PoI; determine the intention of the second person; receive a command from the PoI overriding the determination that the second person's intention is adverse to the PoI; and allow the PoI to take possession of the commercial products when the designated intention is friendly relative to the PoI and the command is received. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138988 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING CONTENT WITH DELIVERY VEHICLE - Systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided herein for providing delivery vehicle content display. A system for delivery vehicle content display comprises an unmanned delivery vehicle, a display device on an exterior of the unmanned delivery vehicle, a sensor configured to collect data for determining context information associated with the unmanned delivery vehicle during a delivery trip, and a control circuit coupled to the display device and the sensor. The control circuit being configured to cause the display device to display content comprising a content item selected from a plurality of content items based on the context information during the delivery trip and update the content displayed on the display device based on a change in the context information associated with the unmanned delivery vehicle during the delivery trip. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138989 | TECHNICAL SPILLOVER EFFECT ANALYSIS METHOD - Provided is a technical spillover effect analysis method. The technical spillover effect analysis method according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: obtaining technical co-classification information from a patent concurrently technically classified into two or more technical categories from patent data formed of a plurality of patents classified into preset technical categories; calculating the degree of the relationship between the technical categories from the technical co-classification information; and deriving a technical spillover effect for the technology classification using the degree of the relationship between the technical categories. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138990 | MAINTAINING FLEET VEHICLE RECORDS - A system and method are described. A method may include: receiving, from a requesting computer, a current transaction request for use of at least one vehicle in a fleet; determining that each of a plurality of stakeholder systems approves the request; generating a new record indicating approval of the use by cryptographically linking the new record to a previous record associated with a different transaction request; and sending an indication of approval to the requesting computer. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138991 | Consolidated Healthcare and Resource Management System - A technical procedure and information enhancement system comprising a multi-function colored display; a computing device having memory and processors; a touch-free gesture-responsive computer input device; computer-readable media containing computer instructions for displaying a plurality of electronic pages selected from the group consisting of a pre-procedural page, a procedure preparation page, an intra-procedural page and a post-procedural page; connection to the internet; a backup memory; a microphone; one or more video cameras situated to record the medical procedure, speakers, and an electronic signature pad. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138992 | Avoiding a Redundant Display of a Notification on Multiple User Devices - A user having multiple electronic devices may receive notifications at each of the devices. When it is determined that a first device is in an active state and that a notification has been viewed on that device, an indication that the notification has been viewed may be communicated by the first device to a synchronization server. It may then be determined whether the viewed notification is also present on one or more of the user's other devices. Based on the determination, an indication that the notification has been viewed may be sent from the synchronization server to each of the user's devices on which the notification is present. Upon receipt of the indication from the synchronization server, the viewed notification may be removed from each of the devices, thereby avoiding a redundant display of the notification on multiple devices. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138993 | Document Event Brokering and Audit System - A system for managing business to business communications may include an event generation unit configured to create a first event based on receiving a purchase order from a client. The system may also include an event detection unit in communication with the event generation unit, the event detection unit configured to detect the first event. The system may also include an action unit in communication with the event generation unit. The action unit may be configured to determine a first action to perform based on the detection of the first event, and perform the first action. The event generation unit may be further configured to create a second event based on the performance of the first action. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138994 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING AN INTEGRATED B2B DIGITAL MOBILE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE - In one aspect, a computerized method useful for implementing an integrated B2B digital mobile customer experience includes the step of, at a mobile device ordering stage, triggering a mobile device enrollment for a mobile device owned by a customer enterprise. The method includes the step of managing a set of application programming interface (API) micro services that enables a continuous integration of mobile device services for the mobile device. The method includes the step of setting up a mobile device profile-based ordering system that enables a mobile-device service provider to: add a custom catalog of mobile-devices service products for the customer enterprise. An administrator within the customer enterprise is enabled to define a product eligibility for the mobile device. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138995 | ADVANCED INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT - Advanced infrastructure management. In an embodiment, infrastructure domain(s) are imported. Each domain comprises representations of infrastructure asset type(s), activity type(s) related to the asset type(s), and standards and compliance parameters related to the asset type(s). A plurality of representations of infrastructure assets of the asset type(s) are stored. Each of the representations of infrastructure assets comprises location information representing a geolocation of the asset, and updated location information is continually received for infrastructure asset(s), such that the location information for those infrastructure asset(s) is continually updated. In addition, at least one rating is generated for each of the infrastructure assets based on the standards and compliance parameters, and workplan(s) comprising activity(ies) to be performed on infrastructure asset(s) may be generated. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138996 | Automated Intelligent Assistant for User Interface with Human Resources Computing System - An automated intelligent assistant receives user input including free-form text entered into a user interface (UI). The automated intelligent assistant can parse the free-form text to identify an intent of the user. The intent can be a request for employee data, employer data, and execution of tasks relating to employment of the employee by the employer. The automated intelligent assistant can deploy an extensible markup language (XML) file corresponding to the identified intent. The XML file can define a parameter and an application program interface (API) each required for implementation of that intent. The deploying can include the automated intelligent assistant prompting the user to enter the parameter defined by the XML file into the UI, calling the API defined by the XML file and passing the entered parameter thereto, and receiving an output from the API. The automated intelligent assistant can generate a response based on the API output. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138997 | Network Competitive Resource Allocation System - A method, computer system, and computer program product for digitally presenting a human resource competitive model for an organization. A computer system identifies organizational data for the organization, including business metrics. The computer system determines a most similar group among a set of flexible comparison groups in each of a set of comparator categories by applying a set of comparison models to the organizational data. The computer system identifies a metrics distribution for the flexible comparison group based on benchmark metrics for a subset of benchmark organizations that has been grouped into the flexible comparison group. The computer system compares the business metrics for the organization to the metrics distribution for the flexible comparison group to determine a human resource competitive model for the organization across a set of business functions. The computer system digitally presents the human resource competitive model for the organization across the set of business functions. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138998 | SETTING PERMISSIONS FOR LINKS FORWARDED IN ELECTRONIC MESSAGES - A permission manager detects when the message including the link is forwarded and sends a notification to the author indicating that the message was forwarded to another recipient. A notification may also be sent to the recipient who received the forwarded message indicating that the author has been notified that the recipient is not authorized to access the linked content within the forwarded message. The author may set the permissions for accessing the linked content from permission options that are displayed with the notification message sent by the permission manager. Once the permissions are set, the permission manager may send a notification to the recipient of the forwarded message with information relating to the set permissions. | 2019-05-09 |
20190138999 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF AUTHENTICATING CANDIDATES FOR JOB POSITIONS - A system and method of verifying a candidate for a job position. The system and method include a database and a web server having access to the database. Multiple clients may access the web server over a communications network, such as a telecommunications network, the Internet and the like. The clients use the web server to conduct interviews of the candidates, record and save the interviews to the database, and verify the identity of the candidates by comparing the recorded interviews. | 2019-05-09 |
20190139000 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING ON-DEMAND RECRUITMENT, HIRING AND STAFFING - A method and system for enabling at least one transactional service between a plurality of transacting parties comprises at least one communication device, a user interface and a transactional service system. The user interface is configured to the at least one communication device receives a plurality of user inputs that initiates the at least one transactional service. The transactional service system is in communication with the at least one communication device via a network. The transactional service system includes a transactional service server residing on a central computer having installed on a processor with a transactional service application and coupled with a memory unit integrated with a central database. The transactional service system in which one or more transactions involving the recruitment, hiring, employment and retention of workers by an employer directly with an employee or with an intermediary agent are executed. | 2019-05-09 |
20190139001 | AN ONLINE SYSTEM FOR EMPLOYMENT OF TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES - An online system for employment of temporary employees using communication systems with time and location controlled access activating the communication device according to a timer for a pre-determined limited period to receive hack communications from respective employees in a collection area in the predetermined time period only; and limiting communication of offer of employment to the first prospective employee in the received order to within the predetermined short period; wherein offer and acceptance of employment is time restricted by control of communications within a predetermined short period. | 2019-05-09 |
20190139002 | AUTOMATIC REMOTE COMMUNICATIONS SESSION CREATION - Disclosed in some examples are methods, systems, and machine-readable media that reserve remote meeting resources and update meetings with remote meeting connection information in response to a user indicating an availability status that signifies that the user is away from a location of the meeting. In response to this indication, the system interfaces with the user's calendar and searches for in-person meetings for the period in which the user is out of the office. For in-person meetings that are found, the system may automatically schedule remote meeting resources for a remote meeting session and update in-person meetings with remote meeting connection information. | 2019-05-09 |
20190139003 | CALENDAR REPAIR ASSISTANT - Calendar repair may be provided. Calendar events, such as appointments and meetings, may be created and copied to a plurality of attendee calendars. A first copy of the event may be compared to a second copy of the event, and an event property of the second event may be updated to match a corresponding event property of the first event. | 2019-05-09 |
20190139004 | INTELLIGENT SELF-SERVICE DELIVERY ADVISOR - The present invention provides a method, system, and computer program product of an intelligent self-service delivery advisor. In an embodiment, the present invention includes, in response to receiving computer system service data, identifying, by a second computer system, a computer system service category among a plurality of computer system categories, identifying, by the second computer system, one or more computer system service tasks, based on the computer system service data and the computer system service category, selecting, by the second computer system, a catalog among a plurality of catalogs, based on the one or more computer system service tasks and the computer system service data, generating, by the second computer system, one or more suggestions based on the catalog and the one or more computer system service tasks; and displaying, displaying by the second computer system, the one or more suggestion on a display logically coupled to the computer system. | 2019-05-09 |
20190139005 | ACH TRANSACTION AUTHENTICATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - An authentication computing device, including a processor in communication with a memory, for authenticating an ACH transaction processed over an ACH network is provided. The processor is programmed to register a payee with the authentication computing device, and to receive an authentication request for an electronic ACH transaction to transfer funds from a payor account to a payee account. The request is received from a first client computing device and includes an account identifier associated with the payor account. The processor is also programmed to transmit an authentication challenge to a second client computing device based on account data associated with the account identifier. The processor is further programmed to receive a response to the authentication challenge, determine whether the account data has been authenticated based on the received challenge response, and transmit an authentication response to the payee based on the determination. | 2019-05-09 |
20190139006 | CHARITABLE GIFTING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE - A method of giving a charitable gift includes making a selection of one or more items from a computing device, the selection being associated with an online platform; receiving a printed receipt, the printed receipt having an identification code associated therewith; transferring the printed receipt to an individual; and providing the individual with the selection of one or more items from a brick and mortar store; the identification code is associated with the selection of one or more items. | 2019-05-09 |
20190139007 | METAL-BACKED DIGITAL CURRENCY - Disclosed is a system and method for managing and administering an base non-ferrous metal-backed digital currency comprising an issuing entity, a warehousing entity, and a control entity, the issuing entity enabled to issue and redeem digital tokens representing a set quantity of said metals, the warehousing entity enabled to receive and dispense said metals and the control entity enabled to direct the issuing and redemption of tokens by the issuing entity and the receiving and dispensing of said metals by the warehousing entity. | 2019-05-09 |
20190139008 | Reducing Complexity When Integrating Services Functionalities - Systems and methods for simplifying the often technically complicated process of managing a service are described. The systems and methods may provide a set of simplified Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) that allow an account manager to provide service information. For example, the systems and methods described herein may allow a non-technical user to create and/or manage services used in an electronic payment ecosystem. The systems and methods described herein provide a unified and systematic review of services information a user provides in order to simplify the often hyper-technical process of error checking service management. | 2019-05-09 |
20190139009 | MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A management system manages, for each of a plurality of users who use a social network service, account information, identification information associated with biological information, and a public key; sends, in accordance with an instruction related to money transfer to another user, a demand of authentication processing to the terminal of the user; receives, as a response to the demand, the identification information associated with the biological information and signature data created using a private key held in a storage unit having a tamper resistance in the terminal when the authentication processing using the biological information of the user succeeds; verifies, using the public key corresponding to the received identification information, the received signature data; and generates, based on a result of the verification, a message about the instruction. | 2019-05-09 |
20190139010 | GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES FOR FACILITATING END-TO-END TRANSACTIONS ON COMPUTING DEVICES - Methods and systems for facilitating group payment are disclosed. In one embodiment, a group payment system is configured to execute instructions to perform operations that include receiving, from a first computing device, a request to create a group payment event and, in response, providing to the first computing device a first interface associated with the group payment event. The operations further include receiving, from a second computing device, a request to join the group payment event and, in response, providing a second interface to the second computing device. The operations further include receiving, from the first and/or second computing devices, messages associated with the group payment event and modifying the first and second interfaces to display the messages. The operations further include receiving, from the first and/or second computing devices, financial contributions for the group payment event and modifying the first and second interfaces to display the financial contributions. | 2019-05-09 |
20190139011 | RELEASEE CASH-RELEASE TOOL AND METHODS OF USE - Disclosed is cash-release system and methods of use for releasing a cash balance of an account associated with a releasee from a secure facility. One embodiment includes a ticket/card printer/dispenser and a cash-release station operating at the secure facility and a network operations center operating remotely to the secure facility. The network operations center may include an operations processor that is coupled with the ticket dispenser and the cash-release station via a secure communications network, wherein the operations processor implements a cash-release management module to retrieve identity information for and the account balance of the releasee from an accounts-management and records system associated with the secure facility, to dispense an encoded ticket/card providing or linking to the identity information and the account balance, and to operate a cash-release station to read the encoded ticket, verify the identity information, and dispense the account balance to the releasee. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2019-05-09 |
20190139012 | System and method for billing healthcare services - The present disclosure provides a system. In an embodiment, a system for billing healthcare services is provided and includes one or more computing devices. The one or more computing devices include a memory module, an interface, and a processing module. The processing module includes a billing module and an integration module. The memory module stores (i) patient historical data, (ii) a universal charge master database, (iii) a medical billing code database, (iv) a payor fee schedule database, and (v) an entire health encounter (EHE) database. The EHE database includes a unique identifier for each EHE. For each EHE, the unique identifier includes a custom code, a procedure name, a description of EHE services, a list of EHE-related medical billing codes, and a contract rate for the EHE. Receipt of the custom code by the billing module triggers the integration module to perform the following functions: (vi) calculate a universal charge rate for the EHE based on the EHE-related medical billing codes and the universal charge master; (vii) attach the custom code to the contract rate for a specified payor; (viii) apply a discount for the difference between the universal charge rate and the contract rate; and (ix) generate a bill for healthcare service for the specified payor. The bill has a 1-line entry with the custom code, the procedure name, and the contract rate. | 2019-05-09 |
20190139013 | KIOSK FOR RECEIVING AND DELIVERING PACKAGES - A computer server for a network-based transaction system is coupled to a kiosk via a data communications network. The kiosk includes a computer processor, an input device, an electronic display unit, a plurality of compartments, and a data communications port. The computer server receives input from a seller of an item. The input includes a listing of the item for sale on the network-based transaction system. The server identifies an available compartment from the plurality of compartments based on the size of the item for sale. The available compartment is configured to receive the item for sale from the seller. The server transmits an identification of the available compartment to the seller via the electronic display unit, and enables access to the available compartment by the seller. | 2019-05-09 |
20190139014 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CONSUMER TIP ASSISTANCE AS PART OF PAYMENT TRANSACTION - Systems, apparatuses, and methods for conducting payment transactions are disclosed. In exemplary embodiments, a consumer may wish to add a tip or gratuity when paying for a good or service, such as a meal at a restaurant. Exemplary systems may generate an alert or other form of message based on the transaction, where the alert or message may include a suggested amount for a tip and/or provide the consumer with information that may be used to determine an amount for the tip. In some embodiments, the systems, apparatuses, and methods may automatically generate an estimated amount for the tip based on previously established user preferences, with the estimated amount being added to the underlying cost of the good or service when authorization is sought for the transaction. | 2019-05-09 |
20190139015 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A REDUNDANT MULTI-PANEL ELECTRONIC DISPLAY - A system and method for redundant multi-panel display is provided. A first system control board is electrically connected to the first electronic display and a first video player. A second system control board is electrically connected to the second electronic display, the first video player, and a second video player. The second system control board is configured to begin utilizing the first video player upon failure of the second video player. Order information is received from a point of sale data output and transmitted to at least one of the first system control board and the second system control board. The first and second video players are configured to cause background images to blended with the order information and displayed on the respective electronic display. | 2019-05-09 |
20190139016 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PAYMENT PROCESSING - A computer server and method for payment processing are described herein. A server has a module for forming an encrypted connection with a payment terminal, and pairs a merchant sales terminal with the payment terminal. Communications between the payment terminal and merchant sales terminal are carried out through the server, which converts messages into the appropriate format for each terminal. After the transaction is carried out, the server returns receipt information to the sales terminal for receipt generation. | 2019-05-09 |
20190139017 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTERACTIONS BETWEEN TICKET HOLDERS AND SELF SERVICE FUNCTIONS - Ticket information, such as an airline boarding pass may be stored on a mobile device. The presence of a geolocation device such as a Bluetooth beacon is detected by the mobile device in a departure location such as an airport. On detection by the mobile device of a further geolocation device when the mobile device is proximate a self-service function an application on the mobile device is triggered which directs the mobile device to a self-service function such as a bag drop and instructs the mobile device user how to use the self-service function. | 2019-05-09 |
20190139018 | REGISTRATION APPARATUS, REGISTRATION SYSTEM AND REGISTRATION METHOD - In accordance with an embodiment, a registration apparatus comprises an information acquisition section configured to acquire commodity information of a commodity; a residual quantity acquisition section configured to acquire remaining battery level; and a communication section configured to transmit the commodity information input by the information acquisition section to a server if the remaining battery level is equal to or less than a first threshold value. | 2019-05-09 |
20190139019 | MOBILE WALLET COGNITIVE REWARDS RECOGNITION SYSTEM AND METHOD - The present invention provides a method and system for cognitive rewards recognition in a mobile wallet of a user. A cognitive rewards recognition software application installed in the mobile wallet for each purchase opportunity: determines payment options and associated rewards; determines cognitive factors linking and relating the user, the payment options, and the rewards to purchases; and generates a ranked list of the payment options in response to the cognitive factors, wherein the rewards are distributed between purchases to maximize benefits to the user in response to the related cognitive factors. The ranked list is presented for each purchase opportunity to the user on his mobile wallet. | 2019-05-09 |
20190139020 | SYSTEM, DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING HAPTIC FEEDBACK RESPONSIVE TO TRANSFER OF DIGITAL CONTENT - A system, method, and device for providing haptic feedback is presented. The system comprises a first device, a second device, and a third device. The first device has a first haptic output device, a first processor, and a first wireless communication unit. The second device has a second haptic output device, a second processor, and a second wireless communication unit. The third device has a third processor and a third wireless communication unit configured to transfer digital content between the third device and at least the first device. At least one processor of the first processor, second processor, and third processor is configured, when digital content is transferred or is being transferred between the third device and the first device, to cause the first haptic output device to output a first haptic feedback and to cause the second haptic output device to output a second haptic feedback. | 2019-05-09 |
20190139021 | CURRENCY TRANSFER PLATFORM - A currency transfer platform is disclosed. A currency amount and a first location is received at a server from a first computing device where a transaction is initiated. A first transaction code and a geographic boundary are generated based at least in part on the first location. The first transaction code is provided from the server to the first computing device. A second transaction code and a second location is received at the server from a second computing device. The second transaction code is validated based at least in part on the first transaction code and the second location is validated based at least in part on the geographic boundary information. On validation, a transfer of the currency amount from an account associated with the first computing device to an account associated with the second computing device is executed. | 2019-05-09 |
20190139022 | CURRENCY TRANSFER PLATFORM RECEIVER DEVICE - A receiver device included in currency transfer platform is disclosed. A first application interface is generated at the receiver device to receive a transaction code. Location information corresponding to a geographic location of the receiver device associated with an input of the transaction code is received. The transaction code and the location information are provided to a remote server. One of a first notification that a currency amount was transferred and a second notification that the currency amount was not transferred are received from the remote server. | 2019-05-09 |
20190139023 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS GENERATING ELECTRONIC TOKENS IN RESPONSE TO USER LOCATION - A system, including: a non-transitory memory; and one or more hardware processors coupled to the non-transitory memory and configured to read instructions from the non-transitory memory to cause the system to perform operations including: determining a first physical location of a user; comparing the first physical location to data indicative of network availability; and in response to comparing the first physical location to data indicative of network availability, generating a first electronic token and a second electronic token for a mobile computing device associated with the user. | 2019-05-09 |
20190139024 | MULTI-FACTOR AUTHENTICATION OF ON-LINE TRANSACTIONS - A fraudulent online payment transaction involving a stolen account number is prevented via a multiple factor authentication of the transaction. When an online payment transaction is initiated from a computing device, a mobile device that is associated with the account is employed as a physical token, and the online payment transaction is authorized based on possession of the mobile device. Real-time information associated with the user initiating the online payment transaction and real-time information associated with the mobile device are employed to verify user identity and user location. User identity is verified by comparing the name associated with the online payment transaction with the name that is currently registered as the user name for a mobile device. User location is verified by comparing the location at which the online payment transaction is initiated with the current location detected for the mobile device. | 2019-05-09 |
20190139025 | SECURING A SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT VIA A SHARED TRANSACTION - A mobile application provides mutually selected users with half of a coupon for use at a public location, such as a local restaurant. The application on each user's mobile device then enables the coupon for use at the public location only when the mutually selected users are in the location, and near each other. Once the coupon is enabled, the users can present the coupon at the location, obtain a discount, and participate in the agreed activities. | 2019-05-09 |
20190139026 | MOBILE PAYMENT METHOD, SYSTEM ON CHIP, AND TERMINAL - This application relates to the field of communications technologies, and discloses a mobile payment method. The method is applied to a system on chip SOC, where the SOC includes a secure element SE integrated into the SOC, and the method includes: receiving, by the SE, a transaction request; obtaining, by the SE, a first check value from an external memory; performing a security check on the external memory according to the first check value and a second check value that is stored locally in the SOC; and if the external memory passes the security check, obtaining, by the SE, first transaction data from the external memory, and processing the transaction request based on the first transaction data. This application is applied to a mobile payment process. | 2019-05-09 |
20190139027 | DYNAMIC TRANSACTION CARD OPTIMIZATION - The present disclosure relates to devices and methods relating to an optimized electronic transaction card where various data inputs associated with a dynamic transaction card optimize operational configurations and/or a user experience of the dynamic transaction card to extend an energy storage life of the dynamic transaction card, promote various behaviors, and/or detect system and/or device defects. A dynamic transaction card may include a dynamic transaction card with various configuration and/or functionality that use the power components (e.g., printed circuit board (PCB), energy storage component, battery, and/or the like) of the dynamic transaction card. The configuration and/or functionality data may include, for example, sensor input, connection data, transaction data, display data, and/or the like. The configuration and/or functionality data may then be used to determine optimal configuration settings. | 2019-05-09 |
20190139028 | MOBILE DEVICE CONTAINING CONTACTLESS PAYMENT DEVICE - An apparatus such as a mobile phone includes a contactless smart card or payment device, where the smart card is intended for use in both commerce transaction payment and transit fare payment (or other venue access) environments. The payment device may function as both an electronic wallet for commerce transactions and as a transit system card, for access to and fare payment of transit services. Implementation of both functions may be achieved by use of a dynamic memory management system that permits data for both the payment and transit applications to be stored on the card, with the transit data and storage locations isolated from those used to store data intended for use in paying for commerce transactions. The transit application specific data may include access control data (keys, passwords, identification data) or data required for fare calculations (rates, historical data on system use), for example. | 2019-05-09 |
20190139029 | Computer System and Computer-Implemented Method for Authenticating a Contactless Payment Transaction - An application system for authenticating a contactless payment transaction is described, the application system comprising: (i) a verification module configured to receive, from an operating system, a cipher if a customer is authenticated; and (ii) an access module configured to: (a) instruct the operating system to use the cipher to decrypt a transaction personal identification number (PIN) which is stored in a local database in an encrypted form; (b) receive the transaction PIN once decrypted; and (c) use the transaction PIN to access a token, the token being associated with payment details for processing the payment transaction. | 2019-05-09 |
20190139030 | Method for Replacing Traditional Payment and Identity Management Systems and Components to Provide Additional Security and a System Implementing Said Method - An electronic wallet system that protects payment accounts, identification and other personal information found within a typical wallet with a secure electronic vault (first) device that can be part of a physical wallet, insert to a wallet, or in other embodiments, wearable/portable devices. A unique biometrically enabled multi-factor authentication process ensures only owners of the information can copy the information to the device or retrieve it thereafter. Authenticated users may then select payment, identification, medical or virtually any private information via touch display or voice command on the vault or on another (second) device that operates in conjunction with the vault. The second device comprises, for example, a programmable card with dynamic magnetic stripe, cell phone, or other wearable technology, that initiates and processes a payment and/or transfer of private information. | 2019-05-09 |
20190139031 | IMPLEMENTING LOGIC GATE FUNCTIONALITY USING A BLOCKCHAIN - The invention presents a solution in which blockchain Transactions are created to implement the functionality of a logic gate. The invention may be implemented on the Bitcoin platform or an alternative blockchain platform. The transaction includes a locking script which comprises instructions selected so as to implement the functionality of a logic gate, such as the XOR gate. When the script is executed (because a second transaction is attempting to spend the output associated with the locking script) the inputs will be processed by the conditional instructions to provide an output of TRUE or FALSE. The inputs are pre-processed by one or more computing agents so that they are evaluated to TRUE or FASLE prior to being used as inputs to the script. The second transaction is transmitted to the blockchain network for validation and, if determined to be valid, it will be written to the blockchain. Validation of the second transaction can be interpreted as a TRUE output. Thus, the locking script of the first transaction provides the functionality of the desired logic gate. The invention provides numerous advantages and can be used in a wide variety of applications, such as for the implementation of control systems and unit. | 2019-05-09 |
20190139032 | TRANSPARENT CROWD SOURCING FOR PROJECTS - Methods and systems are provided for crowdsourced funding via a blockchain system. A token contract, associated with a token issuer, is generated on a blockchain system. Tokens are issued to a plurality of token holders. Each of the plurality of token holders is allowed access to a feedback mechanism associated with the token issuer. A performance of the token issuer in an associated field is monitored to provide at least one performance metric. A dividend is paid to each token holder proportional to a number of tokens held by the token holder after a predetermined amount of time based on the at least one performance metric. | 2019-05-09 |
20190139033 | METHOD FOR REAL-TIME CONVERSION OF CRYPTOCURRENCY TO CASH AND OTHER FORMS OF VALUE AT THE POINT OF USE - Systems and methods move money from a crypto currency to a fiat currency in real-time using a mobile wallet or debit card to allow a customer to use the funds instantly. The process for such movement of money is secured using distributed ledger technology and smart contract services. The funds are available to the customer in real-time and the customer is able to use those funds substantially anywhere credit cards are accepted and at substantially any automatic teller machine (ATM). A multi-layered distributed ledger and reconciliation method may be used as a transaction settlement system. The multi-tiered authentication and distributed identification method may be used to prevent fraud and theft. A retail transactional value of a portfolio of digital currencies may be determined by taking into account asset market liquidity and volatility. | 2019-05-09 |
20190139034 | CURRENCY TRANSFER PLATFORM GIVER DEVICE - A giver device of a currency transfer platform is disclosed. A first application interface is generated to receive a currency amount to be transferred. A location information corresponding to a geographic location of the giver device associated with an input of the currency amount is determined. The currency amount and the location information are provided to a remote server and in response thereto a transaction code is received. A second application interface is generated and the transaction code is output to the second application interface. One of a first notification that the currency amount was transferred and a second notification that the currency amount was not transferred is received from the remote server. | 2019-05-09 |
20190139035 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ELECTRONIC PAYMENT USING PAYEE PROVIDED TRANSACTION IDENTIFICATION CODES - Computerized payment method using short, temporary, transaction ID (TID) symbols. Payees (merchants) register their unique ID telecommunications devices (e.g. Smartphone and phone number), and financial institution with a payment server. When a payee initiates a financial transaction by requesting a TID from the server for that amount. The server sends a TID to the payee, which the payee then communicates to the payer (customer). The payer turn relays this TID to the server, which validates the transaction using the payer device. The server then releases funds to the payee. The server can preserve audit records, but security is enhanced because the merchant never directly accesses the customer's financial account. GPS coordinates and/or payer provided Group IDs may also be used to reduce the number of symbols used in the TID. For use case convenience, phone numbers may be used as a type of globally unique Group identification (GroupID). | 2019-05-09 |
20190139036 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM FOR SECURELY PERFORMING DIGITAL ASSET TRANSACTIONS - An apparatus, method and computer-readable medium for performing digital asset aid transactions comprising receiving a beneficiary code associated with a beneficiary from a merchant computing device, the beneficiary code comprising a beneficiary identifier, converting the beneficiary identifier into an instance of a beneficiary data structure, the beneficiary data structure comprising a beneficiary address in a distributed ledger, transmitting biographical information corresponding to the beneficiary to the merchant computing device, receiving a confirmation message from the merchant computing device confirming an identity of the beneficiary and indicating physical assets for transfer to the beneficiary, generating transactions transferring digital assets corresponding to the physical assets from the beneficiary address to a merchant address in the distributed ledger. | 2019-05-09 |
20190139037 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SCALING BLOCKCHAIN NETWORKS WITH SECURE OFF-CHAIN PAYMENT HUBS - A system, method, method for manufacturing, apparatus, and computer-readable and executable product and program code having an off-chain payment hub. Dynamic payments and signatures can be effected. Multiple smart contract payment hubs are interconnected with efficient transmission routes. Off-chain payment enactment fees can be nullified at no security cost. Registration with a payment hub server comes at no on-chain cost for a user. Collateral costs for trustless operation are marginally reduced to that covering at a fixed time period of operation rather than the whole lifespan of operation. | 2019-05-09 |