21st week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 58 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110125510 | FEMTOCELL BASE STATION, AND A METHOD OF CONTROLLING A FEMTOCELL BASE STATION - A femtocell base station is provided. The base station is switchable in use between a first mode of operation and a second mode of operation. In the first mode of operation only user terminals that are registered with the femtocell base station are connectable to the femtocell base station. In the second mode of operation a user terminal that is not registered with the femtocell base station is connectable to the femtocell base station. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125511 | DEAL GENERATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - The present invention generally relates to systems and methods for identifying potentially successful transactions and matching two or more businesses based on a plurality of objective and subjective data points related to each individual business. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the two or more businesses are matched in a manner that maximizes potential success of one or more transactions between the two or more businesses. Transactions may include, but are not limited to, mergers, acquisitions, strategic alliances and joint ventures. One of ordinary skill in the art would appreciate that the system and methods of the present invention could be used to maximize the potential success of any type of transaction, and embodiments of the present invention are contemplated for use with any type of transaction. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125512 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING DIGITAL PUBLICATIONS - A digital publication platform has a publication server for providing a digital publication to a reader through a reader interface. The publication server monitors and records the reader's instructions to the reader interface. The instructions provide reader activity data. The platform has a publication creation and management subsystem in communication with the publication server. The subsystem is configured to obtain a digital publication, receive requests and payment for creation of interactive elements in the digital publication from a user, create interactive elements within the digital publication, provide the digital publication to the publication server, receive the reader activity data from the publication server, and determine an amount for payment for the interactive elements from the user based on the reader activity data. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125513 | REAL-TIME METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING HEALTHCARE DELIVERY PROCESSES WITHIN A CLINICAL ENVIRONMENT - A real-time method and system for controlling healthcare delivery processes within a clinical environment is provided. The clinical environment is monitored by real-time locating apparatus including auto-ID tags. The method includes providing a set of rules which are predefined so as to be representative of a combination of event data and subject data values occurring when the healthcare delivery processes are performing optimally. The method further includes collecting real-time event data which represents the locations of mobile tag-wearing subjects within the environment and events which occur within the facility. The method still further includes collecting subject data which is directly or indirectly related to the tag-wearing subjects and evaluating in real-time the event data and subject data based on the set of predefined rules to measure performance of the processes. The method finally includes performing at least one corrective action to improve the performance of at least one of the processes if a measured performance is less than optimal and unacceptable. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125514 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PATIENT DESTINATION PREDICTION - A system and method of predicting telemetry signal dropout creates a prediction of patient destination. The method includes defining a telemetry coverage area, receiving a location of a monitored patient, recording the received location, calculating a trajectory and speed, and comparing the location, trajectory, and speed of the patient to historical patient movement trends to predict patient destination. The system includes a remote unit worn by a patient and at least one telemetry receiver, a location services computer, a patient location database, a location prediction computer, and a graphical display. The location services computer receives the location information and computes a location, speed, and trajectory of the patient. The location prediction computer compares the computed location, speed, and trajectory of the patient to previously acquired locations, speeds, and trajectories to predict a patient destination. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125515 | GENERATION AND SHARING OF A CUSTOM MODE OF A MEDICAL INSTRUMENT THROUGH A SOCIAL COMMUNITY - A computer-implemented method of a mode server is disclosed. The method includes authenticating a medical instrument based on an identifier associated with the medical instrument using a processor. The method includes authenticating a user of the medical instrument based on a password using the processor. The method also includes generating a graphical representation of the medical instrument, and providing a set of rules associated with the medical instrument based on the identifier and the user. In addition, the method includes generating a custom mode of operation of the medical instrument based on a response of the user and creating a name associated with the custom mode of operation. The method further includes automatically programming the medical instrument based on the custom mode, and sharing the custom mode with other users and other medical instruments based on the set of rules. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125516 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PURCHASE AND DISTRIBUTION MANAGING OF HOSPITAL ARTICLES - There are provided a purchase and distribution management system and method for purchasing articles used in a hospital by proxy and managing the distribution of the articles, the purchase and distribution management system including: an interface part connecting an exclusive management device of the hospital, the device computerizing the articles in the hospital, to the purchase and distribution management system to be compatible with each other in such a way that a user is able to use the purchase and distribution management system by using only the exclusive management device without downloading a new program; a purchase application reception part receiving a purchase application for hospital articles from the user; a contract check part retrieving whether there exists a contract between the user and a provider for the articles; a contract generation part generating the contract between the user and the provider when there is no contract for the hospital articles for which purchase application is received as a result of the retrieving of the contract check part; a purchase order management part generating and sending a purchase order for the articles to the provider when there is the contract for the articles for which purchase application is received as the result of the retrieving of the contract check part or the contract is generated by the contract generation part; a distribution management part checking an amount of each article in stock in the hospital, generating a purchase application according to a result of the checking, and managing a delivery process of the article in the hospital; and a consignment stock management part allowing a certain amount of warehoused articles for consignment stock to be consigned to the provider to be stored and changing an amount of interim warehoused articles consigned to the provider according to a use of the user. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125517 | APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A MOBILE HEALTHCARE MANAGER - The APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A MOBILE HEALTHCARE MANAGER (“MHM”) may provide an elegant and consistent multimedia interactive reference standard to maximize personal understanding of health information and coach individuals toward better health outcomes. In some implementations, the MHM may provide solutions for improved Continuing Medical Instruction (“CMI”) of a user following diagnosis of a medical condition of the user and/or prescription of a treatment plan for the user. In some implementations, the MHM may confirm user understanding and compliance via interactive user feedback, reward mechanisms, and/or the like. In some implementations, the MHM may aggregate and analyze user data, characteristics, CMI tutorial adoption, user interactive feedback, system usage, user behavior(s) and/or the like, and structure pay-for-performance incentives based on the intelligence for various entities participating in providing healthcare products and/or services for system users. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125518 | APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A MOBILE HEALTHCARE MANAGER-BASED PATIENT COMPREHENSION VALIDATOR - The Apparatuses, Methods and Systems for a Mobile Healthcare Manager (“MHM”) Based Patient Comprehension Validator may provide an elegant and consistent multimedia interactive reference standard to maximize personal understanding of health information and coach individuals toward better health outcomes. In one embodiment, a prescription comprehension validation processor-implemented method is disclosed, comprising: obtaining a coordinated patient management trigger; identifying via a processor a prescription media object to provide for a user based on the obtained trigger; providing the identified prescription media object for the user; providing a request for user feedback to the provided prescription media object; obtaining the user feedback to the provided prescription media object; analyzing the obtained user feedback to the provided prescription media object; and validating, based on the analysis, user comprehension of information included in the provided prescription media object based on the obtained user feedback to the provided prescription media object. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125519 | APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A MOBILE HEALTHCARE MANAGER-BASED PATIENT FEEDBACK DRIVEN PRESCRIPTION OPTIMIZER - The APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A MOBILE HEALTHCARE MANAGER (“MHM”) BASED PATIENT FEEDBACK DRIVEN PRESCRIPTION OPTIMIZER may provide an elegant and consistent multimedia interactive reference standard to maximize personal understanding of health information and coach individuals toward better health outcomes. In one embodiment, a prescription optimization processor-implemented method is disclosed, comprising: obtaining a coordinated patient management trigger for a user; obtaining a medical history record of the user using the obtained trigger; analyzing, via a processor, the obtained medical history record of the user; identifying, based on the analysis of the medical history record, a current treatment plan for the user; generating a user feedback request based on the identified current treatment plan; providing the user feedback request to a user device of the user; obtaining user feedback in response to providing the user feedback request; analyzing the obtained user feedback based on the current treatment plan for the user; generating a modified treatment plan for the user based on the analysis of the obtained user feedback; and providing the modified treatment plan for the user. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125520 | APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A MOBILE HEALTHCARE MANAGER-BASED PATIENT ADHERENCE MONITOR - The APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A MOBILE HEALTHCARE MANAGER (“MHM”) BASED PATIENT ADHERENCE MONITOR may provide an elegant and consistent multimedia interactive reference standard to maximize personal understanding of health information and coach individuals toward better health outcomes. In one embodiment, a patient adherence processor-implemented method is disclosed, comprising: obtaining a medical history record of a user; analyzing the obtained medical history record; identifying, based on the analysis of the medical history record, a treatment plan for the user; analyzing, via a processor, the treatment plan for the user; identifying, based on the analysis of the treatment plan for the user, milestones included in the treatment plan for the user; identifying a media prescription object to provide for the user based on the determined progress of the user towards the milestone; providing the identified media prescription object for the user; providing a user feedback request; obtaining user feedback in response to providing the user feedback request; analyzing the obtained user feedback; and determining whether one of the milestones included in the treatment plan for the user has been achieved based on analyzing the obtained user feedback. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125521 | APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A MOBILE HEALTHCARE MANAGER-BASED HEALTHCARE CONSULTATION MANAGER - The APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A MOBILE HEALTHCARE MANAGER (“MHM”) BASED HEALTHCARE CONSULTATION MANAGER may provide an elegant and consistent multimedia interactive reference standard to maximize personal understanding of health information and coach individuals toward better health outcomes. In one embodiment, a healthcare consultation processor-implemented method is disclosed, comprising: obtaining a medical history record of the user; identifying, via a processor, based on analyzing the medical history record, a need for user consultation with a provider of a healthcare service; obtaining responses from providers of the healthcare service to the provided indication of the identified need for user consultation; providing, for the user, information on the responsive providers of the healthcare service based on the obtained responses; obtaining a user selection of one of the responsive providers of the healthcare service for user consultation; and upon obtaining the user selection of one of the responsive providers of the healthcare service for user consultation, providing an indication to establish a communication between a user device of the user and the user-selected provider of the healthcare service for user consultation. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125522 | PHYSICIAN ACCREDITATION SYSTEM WITH MECHANISM FOR AUTOMATED RECORDS EXTRACTION - A system for accrediting physicians based on pre-determined best practices by examining the records for a subset of the physician's patients as measured against a set of criteria for the desired accreditation. The system provides a mechanism for automatically extracting patient records from a physician's electronic health records (EHR) system, thus minimizing the risks of data entry error and minimizing the risk of physician falsification of data. The system also provides security and privacy in order to avoid the malicious theft or accidental disclosure of patient records. The system further allows physicians to review and approve a submission before it is finally copied into the review system, allowing for correction of a submission where, for example, the wrong patient was included. The system also isolates patient data so that no user of the system has access to confidential information, apart from the physician. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125523 | MEDICINE EXAMINATION SUPPORT SYSTEM - A medicine inspection support system, which provides a reliable inspection of medicine preparation, includes a person authentication unit, a preliminary inspection unit, an inspection unit, and an inspector check unit. The person authentication unit identifies a preliminary inspector who performs a preliminary inspection of medicine preparation, and an inspector who performs an inspection of the medicine preparation. The preliminary inspection unit certifies that the preliminary inspector has performed the preliminary inspection of the medicine preparation. The inspection unit certifies that the inspector has performed the inspection of the medicine preparation. The inspector check unit permits the inspection unit to certify completion of the inspection when determined that the inspector is a different person from the preliminary inspector. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125524 | CONTEXT-AWARE METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FACILITATING THE DELIVERY OF HEALTHCARE TO PATIENTS WITHIN A CLINICAL ENVIRONMENT MONITORED BY REAL-TIME LOCATING APPARATUS - A context-aware method and system for facilitating the delivery of healthcare to patients within a clinical environment monitored by real-time locating apparatus including auto-ID patient tags where patients having tags are located within the environment in real time by the apparatus are provided. The system includes a plurality of self-service units where one or more of the units is configured to store a plurality of auto-ID patient tags and where the one or more of the units includes a dispensing mechanism to dispense stored tags. The system further includes a control computer subsystem coupled to the at least one of the units and including at least one user interface. The subsystem still further includes a processor operable to execute software instructions and a memory operable to store software instructions accessible by the processor. The subsystem still further includes a set of software instructions stored in the memory to at least partially perform the steps of: identifying an incoming patient; assigning a stored auto-ID patient tag to the identified patient to obtain a tag assignment; transmitting a signal over a communication channel to an electronic medical record subsystem to link the tag assignment to a medical record of the patient whereby the patient becomes a linked patient; and controlling the dispensing mechanism to dispense a stored tag to the linked patient. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125525 | METHOD OF ANTICIPATING AN EPIDEMIC IN A POPULATION, AND A SYSTEM THEREOF - A monitoring system is described comprising client computers | 2011-05-26 |
20110125526 | MULTIPLE MODALITY MAMMOGRAPHY IMAGE GALLERY AND CLIPPING SYSTEM - A system and method for analyzing and retrieving images of breast tissue abnormalities obtained from multiple sources. Providing a tool for a radiologist that includes a convenient region-of-interest association of mammogram, or other anatomical images, of an individual patient. One embodiment provides an efficient collection of all of the mammogram abnormalities for a patient. In yet another embodiment, the region-of-interest abnormalities in a single location in a patient's tissue are correlated across a variety of imaging modalities including X-rays, mammogram, CT, ultrasound, MRI, or other imaging technologies. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125527 | SYSTEMS, APPARATUS, AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING PATIENT-TO PATIENT RELATIONSHIPS - An example method for identifying patient-to-patient relationships among patient electronic medical data includes examining electronic patient information for one or more identifiers related to a first patient. The method includes matching, using a processor, the one or more identifiers related to the first patient with one or more identifiers from electronic patient information related to a second patient. The method includes identifying, using a processor, the second patient for connection to the first patient based on a relationship between the first patient and the second patient. The method includes linking electronic patient information for the first patient to electronic patient information for the second patient pending approval. The method includes providing electronic access to linked electronic patient information for the second patient when reviewing the electronic patient information for the first patient. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125528 | SYSTEMS, APPARATUS, AND METHODS FOR DEVELOPING PATIENT MEDICAL HISTORY USING HIERARCHICAL RELATIONSHIPS - An example apparatus provides access to electronic health information for a first patient and one or more patients connected by relationship to the first patient. A first patient indicator represents a first patient and provides a link to electronic health information for the first patient. A second patient indicator represents a second patient and provides a link to electronic health information for the second patient. A connection provides a graphical indication of a relationship between the first patient and the second patient and connects electronic health information for the second patient for access in connection with electronic health information for the first patient. The connection is to provide a graphical indication of a priority of the relationship between the first patient and the second patient based on a defined relationship hierarchy. A graphical indication of a type of relationship between the first patient and the second patient is provided. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125529 | System and Method for Disease State Marketing - A system and method may transmit and display marketing information to a customer based on a diagnosed or a probable disease of the customer. One or more databases may store disease state progression data including one or more disease records each including a disease state and each disease state including a symptom. The database may also store healthcare product data including marketing data and a tag corresponding to the marketing data, the tag including one or more elements describing a relationship between the marketing data and a disease record. Customer data may also be stored including health history data corresponding to one or more symptoms. A tag corresponding to the marketing data may then be matched to each symptom of the customer's health history data and the marketing data corresponding to each matched tag may then be transmitted to the customer's web-enabled computing device. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125530 | CENTRAL SERVER SYSTEM FOR COLLECTING PATIENT HEALTH CONDITION MANAGEMENT DATA - A measurement module for glucose testing includes a glucose testing measurement module housing, a test strip receptacle formed in the housing, and a connector portion formed in the housing and shaped to permit mechanical removable attachment of the housing to a hand-held computer. Electronics determine the amount of glucose present in a sample of body fluid, when the test strip is positioned in the receptacle and the body fluid is placed on a test strip, and communicate the glucose amount to the hand-held computer via the connector portion. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125531 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING STATISTICALLY-BASED MEDICAL PROVIDER UTILIZATION PROFILES - A method and system for analyzing historical medical provider billings to statistically establish a normative utilization profile. Comparison of a medical provider's utilization profile with a normative profile is enabled. Based on historical treatment patterns and a fee schedule, an accurate model of the cost of a specific medical episode can be created. Various treatment patterns for a particular diagnosis can be compared by treatment cost and patient outcome to determine the most cost-effective treatment approach. It is also possible to identify those medical providers who provide treatment that does not fall within the statistically established treatment patterns or profiles. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125532 | REMOTE MONITORING SYSTEM FOR AMBULATORY PATIENTS - The monitoring device incorporates a memory device that is programmed with a set of question hierearchies. Each question hierarchy corresponds to a symptom and is composed of a set of questions. The question hierarchies may contain a logical structure so that certain questions will not be asked, depending upon a patient's answer to a preceeding question. A question hiearchy is invoked by a symptom identifier transmitted to the monitoring device by a remote computer. The remote computer may transmit a plurality of symptom identifiers to the monitoring device to cause the monitoring device to ask questions related to a plurality of symptoms. The set of symptoms inquired about may vary based upon the chronic disease afflicting the patient. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125533 | Remote Scribe-Assisted Health Care Record Management System and Method of Use of Same - The invention disclosed herein describes a health care records management system and method of use that utilizes a scribe located in a remote location separate from an examination room. The remote location is electronically connected through a network to a monitor located within the examination room. A caregiver communicates auditorily with the scribe and directs the scribe to manipulate the patient's electronic medical record consistent with the examination in real-time. The caregiver verifies all changes and modifications to the patient's medical record during the examination and can further order tests, diagnostics, prescriptions and referrals electronically at the conclusion of the examination. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125534 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING PARTICIPANT INTERACTION - A system and method for optimizing contacts with participants in a disease management and wellness program. The system includes a computer-readable memory means for storing at least one participant profile, input means for receiving data regarding the effectiveness of a contact attempt with the plan participant, and processing means for modifying the participant profile based on the data regarding the effectiveness of a contact attempt with the plan participant, wherein the data regarding the effectiveness of the contact attempt comprises statistical aggregates. The method includes the steps of making an initial contact attempt with the plan participant via a first communications means; determining an effectiveness of the first communications means; and making a subsequent contact attempt with the plan participant via a second communications means, the second communications means selected based on the determination of effectiveness of the first communications means, wherein the effectiveness of the contact attempt is determined from statistical aggregates. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125535 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A PATIENT IDENTIFICATION BEACON FOR PATIENT WORN SENSORS - A bracelet beacon device ( | 2011-05-26 |
20110125536 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADMINISTERING INSURANCE POLICIES ISSUED BEFORE COMPREHENSIVE UNDERWRITING - A computer system for administering applications for life insurance has a processor and a memory storage device in communication with the processor. The processor is configured to receive data indicative of an application and an initial premium payment from a proposed insured for life insurance; based on the received data, determine whether the proposed insured is eligible for life insurance issued before completion of comprehensive underwriting; responsive to a determination that the proposed insured is eligible, generate an output signal having data indicative of a decision to respond to the application by issuing a policy and by commencing a comprehensive underwriting process. The processor may be configured to receive data indicative of a result of the comprehensive underwriting process and based on the result of the comprehensive underwriting process, provide an output signal indicative of policy changes. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125537 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR APPLICATION PROCESSING AND POLICY ADMINISTRATION FOR INSURANCE POLICIES ISSUED BEFORE COMPREHENSIVE UNDERWRITING - A computer system for administering applications for life insurance has a processor and a memory storage device in communication with the processor. The processor is configured to receive data indicative of application data and data indicative of a health of a proposed insured; based on the received data, determine whether the proposed insured is eligible, and generate an output signal to cause a policy to be generated and comprehensive underwriting to commence. Upon completion of comprehensive underwriting, additional policy documents may be determined. Calculations of commissions and reinsurance premiums may be made upon issue of a policy and recalculated upon completion of comprehensive underwriting. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125538 | Apparatus and method for selling a ticket to an event and/or to a portion of an event or venue - A computer-implemented method, including receiving and storing, with a first computer, information regarding an available ticket for a portion of an event prior to a start, completion, or conclusion, of the event or when an individual is leaving a venue of the event or leaving during the event, wherein the individual or another individual initiates or establishes a communication link with the first computer or a second computer using a first communication device, processing information regarding a ticket request or a ticket option request using the information regarding an available ticket, generating a ticket availability message or ticket option availability message, and transmitting the ticket availability message or ticket option availability message to a second communication device associated with a second individual before a completion or a conclusion of the event. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125539 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTI-RESOURCE SCHEDULING - Systems and methods are provided to schedule clinical tasks involving multiple sub-tasks and multiple resources in a clinical enterprise. An example method includes identifying a slot for a task defined by a task duration and one or more resources, the task including a plurality of sub-tasks, each sub-task having a sub-task duration utilizing one or more of the one or more resources, wherein each sub-task to be performed consecutively based on resource constraints; selecting a time slot for the task based on resource availability, the plurality of sub-tasks in the task, and a duration associated with each sub-task, wherein resource availability information is obtained from a clinical information system, and wherein each resource is scheduled only for one or more sub-tasks in which the resource is involved; displaying the schedule including the task and the plurality of sub-tasks; and facilitating access to view and modify the schedule. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125540 | SCHEDULE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM USING INTERACTIVE ROBOT AND METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM THEREOF - An interactive robot may audibly communicate with a user, determine whether reasoning is performed according to a reasoning weight of a schedule if there is a schedule to be recommended by the interactive robot during conversation between the interactive robot and the user, perform reasoning using information collected in a database if reasoning is necessary, and provide schedule information to the user. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125541 | Using Alerts to Bring Attention to In-Store Information - A method and system is provided that uses alerts to bring in-store information that is of interest to the attention of team members working in a retail store. To send an alert to a team member logged in to a device data, data from a source is evaluated against business rules. An event is generated when a piece of data satisfies the business rules. The event indicates that the piece of data is of interest. A task is activated for the event and assigned to the team member acting in a role associated with the source of the event. An alert is sent to the device that the team member is logged in to indicating that the team member has been assigned the task. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125542 | DEMAND RESPONSE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A demand response management system which may be implemented with demand response logic. The system may be used by utilities, independent system operators, intermediaries and others to manage operations of demand response programs relative to customers, clients, participants, and users of outputs from the utilities, independent system operators, and the like. Demand response logic of the demand response management system may provide demand signal propagation and generation from demand response events. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125543 | SUPPLY CHAIN OPTIMIZATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING SUPPLY CHAIN - Provided is a supply chain optimization system and a method for optimizing a supply chain that can prevent a production delay due to the lack of materials and a shipment delay due to the lack of stock products even if a sales plan fluctuates on an increase in sales of the supply chain as a whole and that can optimize the stocks of the products and materials and a physical distribution route of product supplies. The supply chain optimization system and the method for optimizing the supply chain calculate through a simulation in which a supply chain model is used so that a total sum of stock costs for products and materials and logistics costs therefor are minimized with respect to the number of stock products and materials which do not cause product defects at a fluctuation time of a sales plan on a condition in which the stock products increased in accordance with the fluctuation of the sales plan are set to factory stocks. Further, number of the stocks, costs for the stocks and logistics costs are set to a KPI of the supply chain to be managed. In addition, a physical distribution route from a factory increased in the stock products is optimized through the simulation. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125544 | DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR PROJECT MANAGERS AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - A decision support system is presented for generating data pertaining to solutions to constrained project management scenarios. The system comprises: a scenario generator for generating project management scenarios, a feasible solution generator for generating solutions to constrained project management scenarios, a scenario simulator for interactively simulating project management scenarios in a stochastic environment, and a database for storing historical data generated by the scenario simulator. Methods are presented for using the decision support system as a tutorial mechanism and as a data gathering mechanism for supporting project managers. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125545 | COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR INTEGRATING SERVICES IN A CALENDAR APPLICATION VIA MEETING REQUEST E-MAILS - The invention relates to a method for integrating services in a calendar application via the meeting request functionality of calendar programs comprising:
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20110125546 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER-USABLE MEDIUM FOR GENERATING FINANCIAL DATA BASED ON LONG TERM DEMAND DATA - A method and system for generating a multi-year variable priced outsourcing contract based on a long term demand forecast utilizing a diffusion model. Historical data comprising print requirements associated with a business process can be determined. The Bass diffusion model can be developed from such historical data in order to forecast a future print demand by estimating a number of customers migrated to an electronic presentment process. A capacity planning approach can be invoked to determine a capacity requirement that matches a projected estimate of the future print demand based on the diffusion model when the outsourcing contract is being developed. An outsourced operation cost can then be developed utilizing the capacity requirement and incorporated into the outsourcing contract. Such an approach can lead to a more optimal contract and therefore improve competitiveness of a vendor associated with such contract. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125547 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING STRESS FROM TEMPORAL WORK PATTERNS - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for estimating a number of stress factors related to a worker. During operation, the system records a sequence of work steps of the worker for a predetermined period of time, and extracts a number of temporal patterns (T-patterns) from the sequence of work steps. Based on the extracted T-patterns, the system calculates T-pattern statistics, and applies a classification method on the calculated T-pattern statistics to produce a classification result. The system then estimates one or more of the stress factors based on the classification result. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125548 | BUSINESS SERVICES RISK MANAGEMENT - A business service model includes a description of a topology of interconnections between configuration items that implement a business service. Each of the configuration items is associated with a respective vulnerability score and a respective type classification. Based on the vulnerability scores and the type classifications, the following values are determined for each of the configuration items: a respective activity level value indicating a probability of the configuration item being active in the business process, a respective vulnerability probability value indicating a probability of the configuration items being compromised and damaged in the business process, and a respective business process risk value indicating a probability of a failure of the business process resulting from damage of the configuration item. The business process is scored based on the activity level values, the vulnerability values, and the business process risk values. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125549 | LONG-TERM MOVING AVERAGE WEEKLY FORECAST TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES - A method of determining a long-term forecast for a particular week can include identifying a week type of the particular week, identifying a number of prior weeks having the same week type as that of the particular week, retrieving driver data for each of the prior weeks, and averaging the retrieved driver data. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125550 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING CUSTOMER VALUE AND POTENTIAL FROM SOCIAL MEDIA AND OTHER PUBLIC DATA SOURCES - A system can determine the value of a customer that uses social media. An enterprise can provide an identity of a customer, identities of customers, or a profile of one or more customers. The enterprise can also provide one or more criteria in which to base the customer value calculation. The criteria can include the number of friends for a social media site, the number posts the user creates, the number of responses to the user's postings, the tenor of the user's postings, etc. Resources of information, including historic and current activity on social media sites, public resources, and other sources, are examined to provide a score for each criteria. A customer value score may then be generated from the criteria scores. The value score may then be used to modify the interactions of a contact center with the customer. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125551 | Method and System for In-Store Media Measurement - A system and method for determining the value of an in-store marketing program is disclosed. The invention combines household panel data and aisle traffic data to provide a statistically significant value determination of a in-store marketing program. In some embodiments the aisle traffic data is collected using GPS units or RFID tags. In some embodiments, the invention accounts for the value based on a specific demographic or specific target product usage. In further embodiments, the invention is configured to generate the value using a computer and software executing on the computer. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125552 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REAL-TIME UPDATING SERVICE PROVIDER RATINGS - Service providers are evaluated and rated according to criteria that includes customer satisfaction with the services provided by the service provider. If the service provider meets and/or exceeds certain predetermined criteria, the service provider is certified, and a list of certified companies together with a satisfaction rating, can be posted on an website maintained by the rating company for access by the consuming public. A member using the service of a certified company, may register his/her credit card with the Rating Company. When the service is rendered, and paid for by the registered credit card, the payment is detected to trigger the sending of Internet e-mail to the consumer to solicit information as to the consumer's satisfaction with the service. A response to the Internet e-mail by the Rating Company is used to update on a real-time basis the customer satisfaction of the service provider that provided the service. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125553 | Determining Impact of Change in Specification on Services of Enterprise - Methods, models, apparatus and systems for determining impact of a change in a specification on one or more services to be used by an enterprise are presented. For example, a method for determining impact of a change in a specification on one or more services associated with an enterprise includes obtaining the change in the specification associated with the enterprise, obtaining enterprise elements, obtaining structural rules stating relationships among the enterprise elements, obtaining one or more pre-defined impact rules indicating one or more possible changes associated with the enterprise, and determining the impact of the change in the specification on the enterprise. The one or more pre-defined impact rules have been pre-defined independent of the one or more services to be used by the enterprise. The impact is determined according to the change in the specification, the enterprise elements, the structural rules and the one or more pre-defined impact rules. One or more of obtaining the change in the specification, obtaining the enterprise elements, obtaining the structural rules, obtaining the one or more pre-defined impact rules, and determining the impact are implemented as instruction code executed on a processor device. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125554 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING A DYNAMIC MARKET - A method and system for implementing a dynamic market system includes registering buyers and vendors of products and components associated with products. Buyers may send purchase requests to a dynamic vending engine, which may forward the purchase requests to vendors. Vendors may respond with sales offers. Buyers and vendors may organize into groups to obtain certain market advantages. When a purchase request for a product sub-system is received, the dynamic vending engine may automatically generate a number of purchase requests for product components included in the product sub-system. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125555 | FORMING ASSOCIATIONS WITHIN ONLINE COMMUNITY - A method for suggesting associations between at least two subscriber/users or WWW surfers, in which compatibility between users is calculated based upon at least compatibility of subscriber/users. Such a compatibility is calculated based upon at least one compatibility parameter. One notable parameter is a satisfaction level (SL) parameter. The SL parameter is derived in a typical case from the dwell time of the subscriber/users, associated with specific web objects. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125556 | Voting System And Method - Systems and methods are disclosed for enabling a voter to vote at any single official polling place in the state (jurisdiction) even if it lies outside the boundaries of his local voting location (division of the jurisdiction). The systems and methods disclosed also prevent voter fraud, including a single voter voting more than once, at any polling place anywhere in the jurisdiction. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125557 | METHOD OF OPERATING AN ELECTION BALLOT PRINTING SYSTEM - A method includes receiving a voter list which includes a key identifier, and receiving a plurality of different types of ballot images. A control program, which operates a computer, is used to form a side file which associates the ballot images with the voter list, wherein the control program selects a ballot image, in response to the key identifier, which corresponds to a selected voter of the voter list. A print job, which includes the selected ballot image, is formed. The print job is printed to form an unused ballot. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125558 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING TOLL INFORMATION IN A ROAD-TOLL SYSTEM - A method for generating toll information for vehicle devices in a road-toll system with a toll center and geographically distributed radio beacons. The method includes providing a set of location data of toll-requiring geo-objects from the respective local environment of a beacon in this beacon, recording a sequence of position data of a vehicle device in this vehicle device, if the aforementioned vehicle device is in the transmitting/receiving range of a beacon: receiving the location-data set from this beacon in the vehicle device, comparing the position-data sequence with the received location-data set in the vehicle device in order to generate toll information therefrom, and if the above-mentioned vehicle device is in the transmitting/receiving range of a beacon: transmitting the toll information from the vehicle device via the beacon to the toll center. The invention further relates to a vehicle device, a beacon and a monitoring device for such a road-toll system. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125559 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING TRAVEL TIME INFORMATION - Location technologies are combined with other information systems to provide augmented information for individuals such as a traveler in an automobile. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125560 | AUGMENTING A SYNCHRONIZED MEDIA ARCHIVE WITH ADDITIONAL MEDIA RESOURCES - Systems and methods allow collaboration based on media archive based systems. Collaboration events are processed within media archive based systems. End user collaborations are improved and the overall content of the original media archive is enhanced. The collaborative content is modified via the addition of user notes and targeted user notes and further collaborations are encouraged via the disclosed event notification system coupled with the user federations and collaboration network of federated users. User notes can comprise one or more media resources, media archive, or other form of computer readable data. Media resources of user notes are synchronized with the media resources of the media archive. The increase of collaborative content improves the overall body of knowledge on a subject and therefore provides improved knowledge transfer solutions. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125561 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ELECTRONICALLY VERIFYING REQUIRED PROOF-OF-PERFORMANCE TO SECURE PROMOTIONAL REWARDS - A proof-of-performance verification system may include a receipt processing facility that receives a receipt image, wherein the receipt processing facility optionally enhances the receipt, converts the receipt image to text, and matches the text to a product or service description in accordance with a terminology database, a proof processor that electronically matches a user-selected reward offer against the product or service description to facilitate offer redemption, and at least one of a payment facility that distributes the offer redemption funds and a rewards facility that communicates incentive rewards to a central location. Related user interfaces, applications, and computer program products are disclosed. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125562 | Methods of Arranging Contracts for Wedding-Related Goods and/or Services - A method of arranging contracts for wedding-related goods and/or services through an Internet-based platform wherein advertising vendors pay a fee only if a contract is entered into with customers of the advertising vendors. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125563 | Systems and Methods for Reducing Environmental Impact Using Filtered Water Alternatives - A method of reducing environmental impact by providing filtered water alternatives at various locations within grounds of an institution is provided. The method includes providing a branded filtered water system to an institution. The branded filtered water system including a plurality of portable, reusable water containers and a network of point-of-use water filtration devices to be placed at various locations within the institution. The point-of-use water filtration devices are interrelated by branding the point-of-use water filtration devices to provide a visual association with the filtered water system. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125564 | ACCOUNT LEVEL LIQUIDITY SURCHARGE DETERMINATION - Methods, computer readable media, and apparatuses for measuring, calculating, analyzing, and using account level profitability metrics are presented. Various statistics may be collected and compiled into a table, and profitability of one or more financial accounts may be determined at the account level. A prediction model may be created and used to determine the probability of an early balance payoff. An account-level liquidity surcharge may be imposed in anticipation of or as a result of an early balance payoff. Financial accounts may be classified on a variety of bases, and the results may be presented in a report. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125565 | Systems and Methods for Multi-Channel Offer Redemption - In one aspect, a system includes a transaction handler, a data warehouse to store transaction data recording transactions processed at the transaction handler and to store account data identifying an account of the user, and a portal to receive a user selection of a first portion of an advertisement and, in response, to present a user interface. The advertisement provides an offer and includes a second portion which when selected directs the user to a website of an advertiser. The data warehouse is to store data associating the offer with the account data of the user in response to a request made in the user interface. The system is to monitor transactions processed at the transaction handler to identify a purchase paid via the account and eligible for the redemption of the offer. The transaction handler is to provide statement credits to the user, if the payment transaction is identified. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125566 | Systems and Methods to Implement Point of Sale (POS) Terminals, Process Orders and Manage Order Fulfillment - Systems and methods to integrate point of sale processing, online order processing, and supply chain and store management over the Internet. In one aspect, a central server provides point of sale, online order processing, and supply chain and store management functions via browser based interfaces. The system enables users to enter orders from remote locations for order fulfillment at brick and mortar retail locations, where the POS terminals configured based on the browser based interfaces can be changed into a self service mode to allow customers to place orders for themselves at the retail locations. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125567 | ACCOUNT LEVEL INTERCHANGE PROFITABILITY DETERMINATION - Methods, computer readable media, and apparatuses for measuring, calculating, analyzing, and using account level profitability metrics are presented. Various statistics may be collected and compiled into a table, and profitability of one or more financial accounts may be determined at the account level. Interchange costs may be accounted for. Financial accounts may be classified on a variety of bases, and the results may be presented in a report. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125568 | Shared-Benefit Reward System and Method - A method and apparatus for allocating a portion of a purchase-based member reward to a third party beneficiary thereby to enable a shared benefit membership reward in a computer system. The method comprise the steps of receiving a member card at a merchant point of sale, identifying data indicative of a member and a third party beneficiary associated with the member card, calculating a defined benefit in respect of a purchase value, apportioning a percentage of the defined benefit to the member, and apportioning a remaining portion of the defined benefit contributed toward the third party beneficiary. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125569 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTEGRATING ONLINE COMMERCE EXPERIENCES WITH SOCIAL MEDIA EXPERIENCES - Systems and methods are disclosed for integrating a user's purchase experience at an online merchant with a user's social media account and, separately, with a user group. When a user makes a purchase representation through a social media service about a merchant or a purchase choice to be made with the merchant, upon verification, the user is offered a merchant benefit. When a user can enlist a purchase group of users to each make a purchase from a merchant, upon meeting a group requirement, the purchase group is provided a group benefit. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125570 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTING CONTENT - Presently disclosed is a method and apparatus for selecting advertisement slot labels at a recommendation engine. Market research data is compared with multimedia content metadata. Advertisement slot labels are selected for advertisement slots of the multimedia content based on the comparison of the market research data and the multimedia content metadata. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125571 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SPEED EFFICIENT AND RELEVANCY EFFICIENT ADVERTISING THROUGH A WEB ENABLED ELEMENT - An example of a method comprises receiving a search query initiated by the user and transmitted from the user terminal to the server and identifying, by using server software that communicates with the user terminal, an area of interest in the interface. The method also comprises identifying a context based on at least one of the area of interest and the search query. The method further comprises obtaining, by using server software that communicates with the user terminal. Furthermore, the method comprises extracting, based on the one or more browser parameters and a plurality of predetermined preferences and also extracting advertisements from the database based on the set of rules and the context. The method comprises communicating the advertisements to the user terminal and rendering the advertisements on a display based on the context, the one or more browser parameters and the set of rules. Other embodiments disclose a system. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125572 | OPTIMIZATION OF SPONSORED SEARCH SYSTEMS WITH REAL-TIME USER FEEDBACK - Search and advertising systems may be optimized through the use of user feedback. Selected parameters such as ranking, filtering, placement, and pricing may be optimized to achieve certain objectives. The optimization may include real-time user monitoring of multiple configurations with various parameters. In one embodiment, a subset of user queries may be assigned to a particular configuration for monitoring and measuring the real-time performance of that configuration. The performance for multiple configurations may be used to identify optimal settings. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125573 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR OPTIMIZING ADVERTISEMENT ALLOCATION - In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a weight module, a performance module and an allocator module. The weight module calculates a weight for each segment from a set of segments of potential advertisement placements matching a criterion. The weight for a segment is based at least partially on (1) a budget score for an advertisement campaign and (2) a number of potential placements for the segment. The performance module calculates a performance score for the advertisement campaign at each segment from the set of segments. The performance score of the segment is based on a success metric for an advertisement at the segment and a number of impressions for the segment. The allocator module presents the advertisement at a placement associated with the segment if the weight for the segment is greater than a first threshold and the performance score for the segment is greater than a second threshold. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125574 | ANALYZING TRANSACTIONAL DATA - A system and method for measuring or at least detecting the effect of at least implicit communication on transactions within a social group, optionally such as consumer purchases for example. The group may optionally comprise a social network, a pair, 3 or more individuals and so forth. By “implicit communication” it is meant communication for which there is no record, for example in a database. The aftereffects of such communication may optionally be determined, detected and/or measured through detection and/or measurement of influence, as described in greater detail below. For example, if a first consumer performs purchase of an item and a second consumer later purchases the same or similar item within a given time period, the two purchases may optionally be linked through influence which may in turn have optionally occurred through implicit communication. Optionally, the system and method may also measure or at least detect the effect of explicit communication, for which there is a record, for example in a database that describes the communication itself. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125575 | Method and Apparatus for Providing Multiple Advertisers' Offers in a Single Banner - One or more embodiments of the present invention relate to method and apparatus for displaying multiple Advertisers' offers within a single banner Ad Unit, and for collecting consumers' responses and self-reported personal information within that Ad Unit. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125576 | SERVING DYNAMIC ADVERTISMENTS BASED ON USER INTEREST OF A PRODUCT - In a method and system for serving dynamic advertisements, tracking data identifying a consumer computer system is placed on the consumer computer system. A user interaction with a first webpage viewed using the consumer computer system is recorded. A request for an advertisement to be displayed with a second webpage viewed using the consumer computer system is received. The request includes the tracking data. An advertisement containing content including at least a product, a service, or a brand is created. The content of the advertisement is selected for the consumer computer system identified by the tracking data. The content is selected based on the recorded user interaction. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125577 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONETIZING WEB ADS BASED ON ENGAGEMENT - In a method and system for delivering and monitoring web-based ads, a request is received for an advertisement to be displayed in a webpage. An advertisement is generated based on tracking data and user profile data. The tracking data identifies a consumer computer system accessing the webpage. At least one engagement event between the consumer computer system and the advertisement is recorded. An amount owed by an advertiser associated with the advertisement for the at least one engagement event is calculated using a dynamic pricing model. The amount owed is based on a type of the at least one engagement event. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125578 | FILTERING SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING PERSONALIZED INFORMATION IN THE ABSENCE OF NEGATIVE DATA - Systems and methods are provided for personalizing advertising for a user. In accordance with certain implementations, information is accessed indicating which documents were selected by a user and which documents were not selected by a user. At least one positive word vector is generated using words contained in at least one of the selected documents, and at least one negative word vector is generated using words contained in at least one of the unselected documents. Document word vectors are generated, and a document rank order is established based on a vector space relationship analysis. Categories associated with the documents are ranked based on the document rank order, and the ranked categories are sent to an ad server. Advertising material associated with the ranked categories may then be received from the ad server in a selected context. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125579 | Apparatus, Methods, and Computer Program Products for Facilitating Dynamic Search Engine Service Competition - Apparatus, methods and/or computer program products are provided that facilitate selecting a search engine for performing a search request by soliciting bids from a plurality of search engine services. The search request is awarded to a search engine service that submits a bid that best satisfies user criteria, such as search engine preference, search results format preference, and price. Apparatus, methods and/or computer program products also are provided that facilitate submitting a bid for the right to provide search results for a user search request. The search engine service with the winning bid performs a search using the search request, acquires advertising to be displayed with the search results, and provides the search results and advertising to the user. The search engine service pays the user and/or a network service provider a portion of advertising revenue. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125580 | METHOD FOR DISCOVERING CUSTOMERS TO FILL AVAILABLE ENTERPRISE RESOURCES - The provided contact center can locate customers that may be willing to buy goods or services, wherein those goods or services may have shelve lives or pending disposal dates. A profile for a customer is created in a dialog data structure; the customer is a likely purchaser of the goods or services. Social media messages are analyzed to determine if a poster is of a type that would be willing to buy a certain product. If the social media user is such a type, the contact center can contact the social media user and offer the product or service to that customer. As such, the enterprise receives a service that quickly locates customers that may be willing to products and allows them to dispose of the products that have certain shelve lives. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125581 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING E-COMMERCE WITH ON-DEMAND ADVERTISING - A system and method for the searching of electronic ads. The present invention pertains to a registry accessible to disparate ad entities to allow for the registration of their electronic ads. Additionally, the present invention pertains to a search module that an ad entity may employ to enable the searching of electronic ads maintained at an associated server. Furthermore, the present invention pertains to a mechanism for gathering advertising content data published via a network to enable the searching of published electronic ads. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125582 | Maintaining Advertisements - A list of advertisements, products, or services for which an impression is generated during the course of a digital environment session (e.g., a video game) may be imported to a list that may be viewed at the conclusion of the digital session. The user may then visit advertiser web sites and/or view/purchase products at their leisure instead of while immersed in the digital experience. Similarly, a list of all advertisements through which an interaction occurred during the course of a video game experience (e.g., physical encounter, purchase of an in-game product, utilizing a sponsored product) may be imported to a list that may be viewed at the conclusion of a game session. The user may then visit the advertiser web sites and/or view/purchase products at their leisure instead of while immersed in the digital environment. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125583 | TRAFFIC DATA DISTRIBUTION IN A NAVIGATIONAL SYSTEM - A server identifies areas of traffic congestion and generates traffic objects associated with the identified areas of traffic congestion. The server receives, from a mobile device, a request for traffic objects, where the request includes a current geographic location of the mobile device and a destination geographic location to which the mobile device plans to travel. The server determines a length of travel based on the current geographic location and the destination geographic location, identifies a particular traffic object based on the length of travel, the current geographic location, and the destination geographic location, and provides information regarding the particular traffic object to the mobile device to permit the mobile device to generate navigational directions based on the particular traffic object. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125584 | AUDIO-VISUAL POINT-OF-SALE PRESENTATION SYSTEM AND METHOD DIRECTED TOWARD VEHICLE OCCUPANT - An audio-visual presentation system delivering a presentation to a vehicle passenger compartment is provided that includes a video display mounted external to a vehicle passenger compartment and viewable from within the compartment. A controller provides a video signal to the display and an audio signal. The audio signal is broadcast by an antenna coupled to the controller as a radio frequency is received by a vehicle radio and discernable to a vehicle sound system. The audio-visual presentation system is particularly well suited as a method of education and sale regarding vehicle service products. Rather than providing a discernable audio signal through a vehicle sound system, it is appreciated that a portable radio set is readily placed within a vehicle passenger compartment or the audio signal delivered via a wireless network. A still further advantage is realized by providing a technician servicing the vehicle with a microphone operative to interrupt the audio signal of the presentation so as to convey vehicle service information regardless of whether the presentation is viewed within the vehicle compartment or in a remote waiting room. The audio-visual presentation is readily tailored to the past viewing and/or purchase history of a potential customer. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125585 | CONTENT RECOMMENDATION FOR A CONTENT SYSTEM - A computer-implemented system and method for enabling content recommendation in a content browsing and recommendation system are disclosed. The system and method in an example embodiment includes: gathering available content information related to particular items of content from a plurality of content sources via a data network; receiving user behavior information from a user platform via a clickstream processing system; processing the content information, using a data processor, to provide a searchable database of processed content information, the processed content information including a recommendation for processed content information that is likely of interest to a user based on the user behavior information received from the user platform; providing a service, accessible via the data network, to enable the user platform to request the recommendation for processed content information and to identify a selected content item; and directing at least one content source to provide the selected content item directly to the user platform. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125586 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPUTER-CREATED ADVERTISEMENTS - The invention relates to a computerized method for a user to create an advertisement by displaying a plurality of advertising formats for selection by a user; displaying a template corresponding to a selected advertising format; displaying a plurality of product references for selection by the user; displaying on the template a selected product reference to create a proposed advertisement; and creating a preview of the proposed advertisement, all of which may be implemented using the Internet. The invention further relates to a computerized system for creating an advertisement that comprises a template database for storing advertising formats; a product database for storing product references; and a computer to access the databases. Preferably, the user has a network interface such as Internet access that permits access via a remote location, software to permit a user to specify specifications such as quantity, printing information, ship date, paper type, pricing information, and payment information, and may be configured to receive images and text for new products. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125587 | Automated Monitoring and Verification of Internet Based Advertising - Method for automatically monitoring and verifying advertising content during a campaign, delivered over a data network. Accordingly, one or more advertisers submit, via a user interface, a list (that may be generated manually or by the mapping crawlers) of sites or of sections per site, on which the advertising content should be placed according to a desired insertion order (the insertion order information may modified at any time point). In addition, one or more mapping crawlers are activated to visit these sites and locate pages with advertisements that belong to required sections, pages that do not belong to the required sections or pages with high probability for incidents. A list of pages to visit per every site is generated and autonomous or Plug-in visual crawlers are allowed to visit the list of pages, according to a predetermined site visiting plan. A crawlers' manager allocates the pages between visual crawlers, for obtaining required adequate incident coverage and load on the visual crawlers. An incident identifier compares the insertion orders with the delivery data and whenever an insertion order and its corresponding delivery data do not match, an incident report is generated. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125588 | AUTOMATED TRAFFIC CONTROL AND BILLING FOR BILLBOARD ADVERTISING - An automated traffic control and billing system for billboard advertising searches a relational database having contract terms for billboards having powered features (such as illumination), and establishes one or more approval conditions for a specific billboard based on its corresponding contract terms. An approval condition may be payment of an invoice by a due date. The system monitors compliance with the approval condition, and generates a control signal when non-compliance is detected. A local signage control unit co-located at the billboard disables operation of the powered feature in response to the control signal. In those cases where the billboard has multiple powered features, the local signage control unit can selectively disable only one of the powered features associated with the non-paying customer. The powered feature is disabled according to different means depending on its nature; in an illustrative embodiment electricity to the feature is simply turned off. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125589 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GATHERING, MANAGING, AND ANALYZING PATIENT RECRUITMENT - A system and method for gathering, managing, and analyzing patient recruitment contains logic configured to receive patient marketing material from a source and logic configured to determine whether the patient marketing material is approved for use by a system administrator. The system also contains logic configured to provide the patient marketing material to a sponsor of a clinical study requiring patient recruitment, where the patient marketing material is provided to the sponsor for approval by the sponsor, and the system contains logic configured to determine if regulatory approval of the patient marketing material is required. Further, the system contains logic configured to make the patient marketing material available to a patient investigatory site for use in recruiting a patient for the clinical study. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125590 | System and method for managing and optimizing advertising campaigns managed on the internet - The system of the present invention is used to optimize the returns of advertising campaigns on the internet. The system allows to create portfolios of keywords and to optimize these portfolios. Moreover, the system allows to classify the keywords in the portfolios according to their past data and to agitate the keywords which held a stagnant position over a pre-set period of time. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125591 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC LAYOUT INTELLIGENCE - Methods, systems, and computer readable media for of automatically rendering an advertisement element on an advertisement are disclosed. The method includes the steps of obtaining an advertisement element to be rendered on the advertisement, comparing the advertisement element to a set of stored markup records, determining which stored markup record is closest in at least one attribute to the advertisement element, rendering the advertisement element in accordance with the closest markup record, and displaying the rendered advertisement element on the advertisement. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125592 | DAS PREDICTIVE MODELING AND REPORTING FUNCTION - A system and method facilitating the management of current and prospective customers and customer information is provided. The invention includes an aggregation system adapted to provide management and generation of current and prospective customers. The invention further provides management of current and prospective customer information. Additionally, the aggregation system provides for generating advertisements based at least in part upon market information. Finally, the present invention also includes a printstream aggregation method facilitating the printing of print orders. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125593 | ONLINE MARKETING PAYMENT MONITORING METHOD AND SYSTEM - A method of collecting and correlating information about user interactions with a plurality of websites including adding a first cookie from a first website, the first cookie recording information concerning interactions of a user with the first website; adding a second cookie from a second website, the second cookie recording information concerning interactions of the user with the second website; initiating a tracking pixel on a third website; capturing information from the first and second cookie; and determining a first contribution of the first website and a second contribution of the second website to interests in the third website. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125594 | Fixed Position Multi-State Interactive Advertisement - Computer-based systems and methods for a multi-state advertisement displayed at a fixed position on a primary display space of a display device. The fixed position advertisement remains in its fixed position in view of the user as the user scrolls the web page in various directions. A plurality of events trigger a change in the state of the multi-state advertisement, with the change in state resulting in a change of the advertisement content, shape, size, style and appearance. An embodiment deploys an initial video in combination with a billboard. When the interstitial video ends, the fixed position advertisement is sized down to a less obtrusive size, with the billboard and the interstitial video replaced with a navigation bar. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125595 | FIRST PARTY ADVERTISEMENT SERVING - Adservers with the ability to access advertiser cookies and vice versa when both are serving from the advertiser's domain are provided, thereby avoiding the overhead and delay in backend cookie synchronization efforts. Further, advertising cookie data can be gathered regardless of whether a user is browsing a publisher's web site with an advertisement served by an adserver, or browsing the advertiser's web site, because the cookies were previously set when the user visited the advertiser's web site in the context of a first-party cookie. Even if the user has configured his or her browser to limit the setting of third-party cookies, the cookies can still be read by the adserver. By making cookie and advertising data immediately available in real time to both the advertiser and the adserver, the solution also provides for instantaneous and accurate targeting of web advertising to allow an educated ad selection process by either party. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125596 | Promotion Method - Disclosed is a method and/or system of using mentions and/or advertisements as a means to provide incentive or compensation for potential promoters to introduce end users to an offering entity, where mentions and/or advertisements for the benefit of the promoter are included in communications between the offering entity and end users. An additional function that enables promoters to send communications to the end users is disclosed as well. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125597 | SECURE PAYMENT CARD TRANSACTIONS - Payment card transactions at a point of sale (POS) are secured in certain embodiments by intercepting, with a POS security layer installed on a POS terminal, payment data from the POS terminal, transmitting the payment data from the POS security layer to a server security application installed on a POS server, and providing false payment data from the POS security layer to a POS terminal application installed on the POS terminal. The false payment data in various embodiments is processed as if it were the payment data, such that the POS terminal transmits an authorization request to the POS server using the false payment data. In addition, the authorization request may be transmitted from the POS server to a payment gateway. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125598 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING ELECTRONIC RECEIPTS OF SALES TRANSACTIONS USING MOBILE DEVICES - A system and method for managing electronic receipts of sales transactions utilizes a receipt capture device that generates receipt data using information from a point-of-sales (POS) terminal and a mobile device that receives the receipt data from the receipt capture device using short range communication. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125599 | Social License for Interactive Applications and Content - To encourage purchases and use, licenses to certain interactive applications and/or content are able to be given as gifts to others as part of a user purchasing a license for herself. In one implementation, each purchase of a license to an application includes the right to give a license to up to a predefined limit of other people. For example, the purchasing user buys a license for herself and the right to name a number of other people to also receive licenses to the same interactive application or content. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125600 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING FUEL - Disclosed is a computer implemented method comprising the steps of calculating a fuel entitlement price, which is valid for a first order time period; receiving within the first order time period an order signal representing a first order by a customer for a fuel entitlement volume at the entitlement price, and accepting the first order, wherein the entitlement volume entitles the customer to take delivery from one or more of a plurality of filling stations, within a first entitlement time period, of a volume of fuel, in the aggregate, up to the entitlement volume, the first entitlement time period extending beyond the first order time period; updating a fuel entitlement balance of the customer to reflect the first order and the first entitlement time period; and updating the fuel entitlement balance of the customer in response to receipt of data indicating that the customer has taken delivery of a volume of fuel from a filling station. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125601 | INVOCATION OF ACCESSORY-SPECIFIC USER EXPERIENCE - An accessory-specific user experience can be invoked at a mobile host device attached to an accessory device. The mobile device can receive accessory device information from the accessory and transmit the accessory device information to an online marketplace. The mobile device can receive information indicating accessory-specific goods or services available from the online marketplace and display the received information as part of the invoked user experience. The accessory device information can comprise accessory usage categories as well as additional information about the accessory. A marketplace can select accessory-specific goods or services based on the received accessory device information based on matching between accessory attribute values associated with the goods and services and accessory attributes values contained in the received accessory device information. The accessory device can be a docking station connected to additional accessories and the accessory device information can comprise information pertaining to the additional accessories. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125602 | MOBILE INFORMATION TERMINAL DEVICE, STORAGE, SERVER, AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING STORAGE REGION - A user-dedicated storage area ( | 2011-05-26 |
20110125603 | On-Line Auction Method Across Multiple Auction Sites - A computerized system and method for conducting electronic online auctions, which creates a perception of scarcity in the marketplace enhancing the demand for and marketability of the goods while minimizing the exposure time of the goods in the marketplace. The present invention improves the efficiency for conducting the liquidation sale of goods by directing the goods to auction venues having specific market parameters that will generate the highest bid. The present invention also provides suppliers with a dynamic market for expeditiously liquidating merchandise without undue exposure of their goods to the general market. The present invention is easily scalable on both its supply and demand end. The liquidation sale of merchandise is controlled by limiting the amount of available merchandise supplied to each auction venue. Furthermore, the metering of the auction merchandise is controlled as a function of both the product characteristic and the auction parameters. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125604 | Auction Method Involving Pre-Sale of Auction Currency Drafts - A computerized system and method for conducting electronic online auctions, which includes the presale of auction currency drafts for subsequent use at a specific auction site. The system includes a centralized controller which confirms the purchase of the auction credits and credits the bidder's account for use at a specific auction website. The auction credits are subsequently assigned to a specific auction venue. The system supplies inventory to the auction venue based upon a percentage of the total presale credits assigned to each specific auction venue through its affiliated auction sites. In addition, external and historical data may be considered by the system in its analysis regarding the correlation of the inventory characteristics with the venue design parameters. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125605 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING AUCTIONS ON SOCIAL NETWORK PLATFORMS - A system platform and associated methods are provided for implementing online reverse auctions in a social network platform (SNP). A fully-automated, live, reverse-auction based system is integrated into an SNP to enable buyers to initiate desired transactions and take advantage of a subscribers' network of friends, colleagues, co-workers, family members and connections by connecting buyers and sellers in a non-intrusive, targeted fashion. Sellers compete for buyers' business by providing dynamic, real-time seller-specific pricing while simultaneously optimizing the seller's target parameters such as price, inventory levels, profit, revenue and volume. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125606 | PRODUCT EXCHANGE SYSTEM - An exchange system for facilitating the purchase of products is described. The system is coupled, in one embodiment, to a communications link. Potential product purchasers and sellers may access the exchange system via the network, and submit offers and/or pricing requests to such system. In response to the requests, the system processor retrieves the stored data from the respective databases, and causes such data to be transmitted to the local site for display. The exchange systems also executes certain functions in response to commands and data transmitted from buyer sites, seller sites and institution sites. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125607 | Multi-pack gift card system and methods - Gift card distribution systems and methods are described for distributing a card issuer's or a plurality of card issuer's gift cards to consumers who are potential gift givers. The gift cards can be contained within a gift card multi-pack that features a plurality of gift card packages. Each gift card package can feature one of the gift cards, a mailing envelope, a greeting card, and an instruction sheet. The gift card package may also feature an advertisement. The gift giver can then mail or deliver one of the gift cards as well as other components of the gift card package to a gift recipient. The gift card multi-pack can include several shrink-wrapped gift card packages that can be mailed to a gift giver inside of a first class postage billing envelope. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125608 | OPEN, NEUTRAL ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM FOR DIGITAL CONTENT PROVIDING DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL SUPPORT TO PUBLISHERS AND RETAILERS AND ABSTRACT FULFILLMENT FOR PUBLISHERS - An online service and system are provided through which digital content publishers can package, protect, market and sell their content through on-line retailers, and through which on-line retailers can both build a unique inventory of digital content with all associated marketing metadata to sell through their on-line stores and seamlessly integrate the digital content into their on-line shopping cart. The system provides publishers with abstract fulfillment such that they only have to upload the content for that product one time to a server or other device configured as an open, neutral electronic distribution platform that can provide third party verification to the publisher of a transaction between the retailer and the consumer for that publisher's product. Content selected from the server by different retailers is dynamically rebranded using the retailer-specific information corresponding to those respective retailers. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125609 | Distribution channel management for wireless devices and services - A system and method for distribution channel management for devices and services in the wireless telecommunications industry are disclosed. A product ordering software module is integrated with an activation and credit scoring software module, a commissions management software module, and a coop management software module, wherein the software modules are optionally integrated with additional software modules for product and service management, and report generation. A plurality of geographically distributed dealer agents who operate retail interfaces with customers use a web-based interface with the software modules and a data link with one or more distribution centers for delivery of wireless devices from a plurality of wireless device manufacturers, and with one or more carriers providing the subscription services activated for the customers via the activation and credit scoring software module. | 2011-05-26 |