| 22nd week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 63 |
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| 20100138288 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ACCEPTING OFFERS VIA CHECKS - In accordance with one or more embodiments, a method and system are provided for facilitating the processing of at least one check in accordance with an offer which the account holder may accept, in one example, via a check being presented by the account holder as payment for a transaction. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138289 | Point-of-Sale Method, Terminal, and Computer-Readable Medium - There is disclosed a method, a point-of-sale terminal, and a computer-readable storage medium. The point-of-sale terminal may generate transaction information for a commercial transaction, the transaction information including customer information and purchase information. The point-of-sale terminal may generate nutritional information based on the purchase information. The point-of-sale terminal may send the customer information, the purchase information, and location information identifying a location of the POS terminal to an advertising server, and may receive responsive advertising content from the advertising server. The point-of-sale terminal may print a receipt including the transaction information, the nutritional information, and the advertising content. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138290 | System and Method for Auctioning Avails - A system and method is provided for use in connection with auctioning delivery spots (e.g., ad spots) or commercial impressions in a broadcast network. The system provides ( | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138291 | Adjusting Bids Based on Predicted Performance - A predicted performance metric of a candidate advertisement in an advertising slot can be received and compared to a baseline predicted performance metric for the candidate advertisement. A target bid associated with the candidate advertisement can be adjusted based upon the comparison, and the adjusted bid can be submitted to an auction for the advertising slot. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138292 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING AND SEARCHING INFORMATION KEYWORD AND INFORMATION CONTENTS RELATED TO CONTENTS AND SYSTEM THEREOF - Provided is a method of providing and searching information keyword/information content related to content, and a system thereof. The present invention provides content to a user terminal accessing via a network and also provides an information keyword associated with the complete content or a portion of the content. Also, when the information keyword is selected, the present invention provides information content associated with the information keyword, and particularly, provides advertisement content among the information content. Through this, it is possible to further improve the information providing effect and the advertising effect. The information keyword and the information content may be directly set, added, corrected, and deleted by a plurality of users. It is also possible to enable a user to easily identify an information keyword and content by displaying a portion corresponding to the information keyword to be discerned from a portion that does not correspond to the information keyword in corresponding content. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138293 | User Characteristic Influenced Search Results - Improved mobile content presentation capabilities are disclosed for mobile communications facilities, such as cell phones. Information relating to the user characteristics associated with a mobile communication facility and other capabilities are employed to improve the presentation and relevance of mobile content to appropriate or desirable mobile communication facilities. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138294 | PROVISION OF LOCATION-BASED ADVERTISING - The provision of location-based advertising services is disclosed. One disclosed embodiment provides a method of operating a location-based advertising server. The method comprises receiving from each of a plurality of advertising publishers an item of advertising content associated with a bounded area defined in a geographic region, and also receiving from each advertising publisher a bid for payment for distributing the advertising publisher's item of advertising content to devices. The method then comprises receiving from a device a request for advertising content associated with the bounded area, and sending an item of advertising content associated with a highest bid to the device. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138295 | MOBILE WIDGET DASHBOARD - The present invention is a method and system for the display of information on a mobile device that overcomes the difficulties such as the small screen size. The information is displayed via widgets having multiple levels of display and interaction. At a first dashboard level the widgets may be represented by live icons that have an information display area capable of displaying a first level of information relevant to said widget while remaining in iconic form. User interaction with the widget may result in multiple levels of data being aggregated and displayed by the widget in multiple levels of screens. The widgets may also display advertising, that may be targeted, in, for instance, a banner. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138296 | MANAGING SPONSORED CONTENT BASED ON USAGE HISTORY - Improved search capabilities are disclosed for mobile communications devices such as cell phones, as well as improved techniques for delivering sponsored content in a mobile communication environment. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138297 | API FOR AUXILIARY INTERFACE - Embodiments of the present invention include a primary access interface where messages are in an auxiliary interface area, where a user can see/hear the message without having to log in (that is, when they normally would have to have logged in to access the message). Included in various embodiments are types of messages output, emergency messages, advertising messages and conditions for outputting messages. Also provided is allowing for user input through an auxiliary interface triggering services or features normally requiring login (before they can be used). What is further provided is an application programming interface for independent or third party applications. What is also provided is an advertising server system integrated with a front-end interface. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138298 | SYSTEM FOR ADVERTISING INTEGRATION WITH AUXILIARY INTERFACE - There is provided a system for managing advertisement using an auxiliary user interface to a provided electronic device, the system comprising a provided user device and an advertising data server configured to communicate with the provided user device through the communication link. The advertising data server may be configured to communicate with the provided user device through the communication link, and the advertising data server further comprises a user information database and an advertising server database wherein the advertising data server is configured to transmit advertising information to the provided user device; and wherein the provided electronic device is configured to: present an advertising message within the auxiliary interface without requiring authentication of the user through the primary access interface; and accept input from a user through the auxiliary interface to access a service available from the provided electronic device, wherein the user may access the service without first being authenticated through the primary access interface. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138299 | DELIVERING TARGETED ADVERTISING TO MOBILE DEVICES - A method of delivering advertising items to a client at a portable device is provided. A client ID is sent to a host server. A downloaded advertising item is produced relative to a product or service from the host server. The downloaded advertising item is parsed and stored. In response to the parsing and storing, displaying the advertising item is displayed to the client at the mobile device. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138300 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROMOTING PRODUCTS OR SERVICES - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a system having a controller to receive an acceptance from a user to opt into an advertisement program, receive from the user a plurality of calendar events associated with personal information of the user, share the plurality of calendar events with a plurality of advocates, receive from the plurality of advocates a corresponding plurality of advertisements, each advertisement indicating an association with one of the plurality of calendar events, and transmit to a communication device of the user the plurality of advertisements for updating the plurality of calendar events at the communication device. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138301 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING OR ACCESSING DIGITAL CONTENT - A method of controlling digital content ( | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138302 | UE AND ADVERTISEMENT SERVICE SERVER FOR BIDIRECTIONAL PERSONALIZED ADVERTISEMENT, AND BIDIRECTIONAL PERSONALIZED ADVERTISEMENT METHOD - A user equipment and an advertisement service server for a bidirectional personalized advertisement, and a bidirectional personalized advertisement method are provided. The UE receives user setting information and advertisement meta-information from the advertisement service server, stores the received user setting information and advertisement meta-information, searches for advertisement contents corresponding to the user setting information from the stored advertisement meta-information and selects the found advertisement contents when an advertisement event occurs, and displays the selected advertisement contents. Accordingly, the dependence of an online advertisement service on a particular media service can be prevented. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138303 | DELIVERING TARGETED ADVERTISING TO MOBILE DEVICES - A method for loading a layout with advertising item data is provided. Layout header data is parsed. A layout item object is then built. Global layout variables are replaced with values. Local layout variables are replaced with data from content objects. Displayed data is then created. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138304 | ITEM ASSESSMENT SYSTEM - A system that uses an essentially stationary device to scan barcodes or the like associated with items such as retail goods and services, library books, and so on. The system further includes an interactive graphical user interface that enables consumers to obtain a wealth of information about the scanned items and items similar in kind and/or different in kind but related in purpose to the scanned items, as well as promotional events and selling opportunities associated with the scanned items. The system allows a consumer to involve social knowledge in the decision making process of borrowing or purchasing a particular item. In an instant, the consumer can get a sense of an item's benefit to him or her based on the publicly available opinions of others. The system may be used to instantly check out items, communicate with staff, function as digital signage or to locate items in a facility. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138305 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCT TRIALS IN A SIMULATED ENVIRONMENT - A system and method to enable product trials and, in particular, to dynamically collect information relating to the product trials. The system includes a tagging engine configured to tag one or more products, which are part of a product trial in a virtual universe. The system also includes a tracking engine configured to track information on the one or more products via a tag and a storage unit configured to collect the tracked information for marketing and/or advertising purposes. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138306 | Method of Promotion and Advertisement Via the Background of a Website - A method for bloggers or social network users to monetize their use of these websites is presented. A social network website user can sell use of their website's background space or status updates to advertisers, which generates revenue for the website user. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138307 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUCTIONING ADVERTISING PACKAGES - A system and method for auctioning multiple advertising units assembled as one or more advertising packages are provided. The method includes the steps of identifying at least one group of potential purchasers of at least one advertising package, notifying one or more potential purchasers about the advertising packages, receiving a bid from a potential purchaser for the advertising packages and indicating one or more winning bids. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138308 | BANKNOTE COUNTER AND BANKNOTE COUNTING SYSTEM - There is provided a banknote counter | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138309 | MONEY TRANSFER PAYMENTS FOR MOBILE WIRELESS DEVICE POSTPAID SERVICES - Systems and methods for facilitating money transfer payments for mobile wireless device postpaid services include receiving, from a vendor location, a money transfer payment for mobile wireless device postpaid services fulfillment request including a mobile wireless device phone number and a corresponding payment amount. A destination wireless service provider that serves the mobile wireless device is identified based on the phone number, and the payment for mobile wireless device postpaid services request or a formatted version thereof is delivered to a billing system of the destination wireless service provider. A fulfillment confirmation or denial associated with the payment for mobile wireless device postpaid services fulfillment request is thereafter received, and when a fulfillment confirmation is received, payment is provided to the destination wireless service provider. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138310 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING REQUISITIONS - A method and system for making a requisition for one or more items including providing a requisition module written as a service, using the requisition module to place one or more orders for one or more items, and monitoring the status of the one or more orders or the one or more items. When one or more orders is placed by a user of the module, an instant message or an email is provided to the user, wherein the instant message or email specifies the status of the one or more orders to the user. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138311 | Software Escrow Service - A system and a method provide for perpetual software escrow services. A services management computer system is operated by a services management company and a trust computer system is operated by trust company. The perpetual provisioning of the software escrow service is ensured by the trust. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138312 | NETWORK ACCESSIBLE FUNDS TRANSFER SYSTEM - A funds transfer system is disclosed that is responsive to a receipt of a payment request by performing a risk management assessment of an associated payer and payee. If the risk management assessment produces an adverse indication, the payment request is declined. Otherwise, the payment request may be processed by causing funds to be transferred between the payer and payee. The risk management assessment may be performed on the basis of credit and/or authentication information derived from customer information received with or prior to the payment request. Such customer information may, for example, include credit card account information and/or bank account information. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138313 | METHOD FOR SELECTIVELY VERIFYING OR BLOCKING REMOTE PURCHASE REQUESTS - A method for partially verifying the legitimacy of a remote purchase request based on a card number from a card issuing financial institution. The method includes receiving and storing a first purchase request information set including an origin and a card number. Further, the origin and the card number are sent to the card issuing financial institution to determine if the origin matches an origin on file for the card number at the card issuing financial institution. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138314 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING MICRO BILLING FOR GENERIC INTERNET SERVICE IN AN ACCESS NETWORK - The method for providing micro-billing for internet services includes establishing a micro-billing agent (MBA) within a user's access point (i.e., Internet Service Provider—ISP). The MBA contains the user's billing information and keeps that information exclusive to the MBA. By retaining the user's information with their access point, the user can conduct more secure online transactions, particularly for low cost transactions, without the inconvenience of inputting or transferring personal purchasing information to the online store. According to one aspect, the purchase page may be previously encoded with a micro-billing option which would enable the MBA to obtain user authorizations in online transactions in a more streamlined and secure manner. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138315 | CONTROLLING PRODUCT INFORMATION - Methods, computer readable media, and systems including program instructions are provided for use with virtual product showrooms. A method embodiment includes providing a website with product information for a number of products offered by a distributor to a reseller. The embodiment also includes receiving a price control input, for a particular product from among the number of products, from the reseller, through the website. The embodiment further includes displaying product information, for the particular product, on the website, to a potential purchaser, based on the price control input. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138316 | Financial Gadgets - Methods, computer program products, and systems, related to providing financial gadgets to users. In one implementation, a method includes receiving gadgets and receiving a notification that one or more gadgets has been certified. A web page with an interface through which users can select gadgets is generated and provided to a user computer. A user selects a gadget, and the selected gadget is run, including providing the user-specific financial information to the gadget. Content based on the output of the gadget is provided to the user. User-specific financial information can be collected, and modified by the gadget. A notification can be received that a financial institution has authorized one or more of the certified gadgets and the web page can only allow users to select authorized gadgets. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138317 | METHOD TO CREATE A CUSTOMIZED E-COMMERCE STORE - An electronic commerce system includes a host with two-way communication to a plurality of distributors. Each of these distributors offers an addressable inventory of merchandise that consists of discrete items. The host sorts the discrete items according to a class designation such that members of a same class are assigned a unique tag. A store builder may electronically request at least one of the unique tags. The host then creates a customized store with a unique name, look and feel, and product selection for the store builder. This store provides a consumer with access, via said distributor, to items assigned that unique tag. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138318 | Method For Estate Transaction By Network of Member Store - Since conventional real estate portal sites are one-directionally provided by real estate portal site operators, wrong information may be provided. Also, since a large amount of real estate information must be frequently provided and changed, material and human resources must borne. Also, customers must visit corresponding real estate agents in order to obtain detailed information on the real estate they want after obtaining information on real estate through the Internet unless direct dealings are performed. It is an object of the present invention to provide a real estate information providing method through the network of member stores capable of letting sellers of real estate select whether to directly deal in the real estate through the Internet or to deal in the real estate through real estate agents connected to each other by network and of letting purchasers of real estate obtain detailed information on the real estate for sale through accessible member stores to deal in the real estate when the purchasers deal in the real estate through the member stores. It is another object of the present invention to provide a method of providing real estate information through the network of member stores in which member stores are classified by levels or regions to provide real estate information restricted by the levels or the regions of the member stores when the real estate for sale is requested to be searched. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138319 | CONTEXTUAL PRESENTATION ON ELECTRONIC CATALOG PAGES OF INFORMATION REFLECTIVE OF PRIOR ORDERS - An electronic catalog system, which may be implemented as a web site or another type of interactive system, presents context-sensitive information to customers reflective of their prior orders. In one embodiment, when a customer requests an item detail page for a particular item, the system may supplement the item detail page with information reflective of one or more related orders previously placed by the customer. This information may include, for example, an indication that the customer previously ordered this item or a related item, and may include information, such as status information, regarding such previously placed order(s). If the customer previously ordered a related item, the information provided on the item detail page may include an indication of whether the previously ordered item is compatible or interoperable with the item being viewed. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138320 | USER INTERFACE AND METHODS FOR ENABLING USERS TO EFFICIENTLY TRACK ITEM SELECTIONS IN AN ELECTRONIC CATALOG - An electronic commerce system provides various features for assisting customers in browsing and generating orders from an electronic catalog. One such feature enables customers to efficiently keep track of the items and item quantities currently selected for purchase. For example, when a customer requests a page corresponding to a particular item category, the system may supplement the category page with an indication of which of the items on the page (if any) are currently selected for purchase. This may be accomplished by supplementing the page with selection quantity values that are displayed in customer-editable fields. Search results pages may be supplemented in a similar manner. Another feature enables the customer to save, under a user-specified name, a record of the items and item quantities currently selected for purchase, and to subsequently make this record active (e.g., to generate a repeat order). | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138321 | METHOD OF POSTAL FRAUD DETECTION FOR STAMPS ACTIVATED AT POINT OF SALE - A method of paying for postage stamps, that involves offering a postage stamp for sale by a distributor to a consumer, wherein the stamp has a unique identification code and is initially inactive; distributing the postage stamp to the consumer; activating the stamp for use; and accounting with the distributor for postage associated with the stamp after the stamp has been distributed to the consumer. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138322 | ELECTRONIC SHELF LABEL AND PRODUCT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - An electronic shelf label includes a display unit and a display control unit. The display unit is configured and arranged to display product information pertaining to a product corresponding to the electronic shelf label. The display control unit is configured to control the display unit to display on-order information when the display control unit receives a first prescribed signal from outside the electronic shelf label. The on-order information indicates that the product corresponding to the electronic shelf label is on order. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138323 | FLEXIBLE CORRESPONDENCE SOLUTION ENHANCING STRAIGHT-THROUGH PROCESSING IN TREASURY SYSTEMS - A system and method for sending and receiving data between a treasury system and a partner/recipient. In an embodiment, the sending system selects an outgoing channel and an outgoing message format based on the data and a predefined profile associated with the recipient, creates an outgoing message by using predefined mapping rules associated with the profile to map the data to the outgoing message format, and transfers the outgoing message to the outgoing channel through an adapter corresponding to the outgoing channel, which is programmed to perform predefined sending functions corresponding to the outgoing message format. In an embodiment, the receiving system receives the data into a messaging interface within the treasury system, extracts the logical messages from the received data, selects an incoming message format based on the received data, creates an incoming message from each logical message by using predefined mapping rules associated with the incoming message format to map the logical message from the incoming message format to a predefined treasury system format, and performs a function based on each incoming message. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138324 | METHOD OF PROVIDING SECURE PAYMENT AND TRANSACTION RECONCILIATION - A method of paying a merchant for a transaction associated with a program. The method including the steps of receiving a request from a merchant for a payment associated with a purchase, generating a payment identifier, generating a payment number having a predetermined limit amount and a predetermined expiration date, associating the payment identifier with the payment number and transmitting the payment number to the merchant for payment of the request. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138325 | METHODS AND ARRANGEMENTS INVOLVING ADAPTIVE AUDITING AND RATING FOR DISPARATE DATA PROCESSING - Electronic transactions are audited using a processing system to interact with each of a multitude of entity-specific processor circuits to process transaction data sets. In connection with an example embodiment, a processor circuit communicates with entity-specific processor circuits to receive electronic transaction data sets therefrom, each set of transaction data pertaining to an electronic account. The processor circuit executes processing functions to audit the transaction data set and generate evaluation information for use by the entity-specific processor, respectively using auditing rules defined for the entity-specific processor and evaluation criteria available to the processor circuit. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138326 | Apparatus and method for providing transaction history information, account history information, and/or charge-back information - A computer-implemented method, including receiving information regarding an individual and information involving an account involved in a transaction, wherein the information regarding the individual is received by a receiver prior to a processing, a completion, a consummation, or a cancellation, of the transaction, processing the information regarding the individual with a processing device, generating a report or a message in response to the processing of the information regarding the individual, wherein the report or the message contains information regarding a charge-back regarding a previous transaction involving the individual, and transmitting the report or the message to a communication device associated with a merchant, vendor, or provider, of a good, product, or service. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138327 | System And Method For Facilitating Unified Trading And Control For A Sponsoring Organization's Money Management Process - An embodiment of the present invention provides a system, method, process, software and standards that enable a unified trading and control process utilized by sponsoring organizations and asset managers (money managers) for sub advised or externally managed investment portfolios as to increase control over the trading process by a sponsoring organization, enhance regulatory compliance, substantially lower trading costs and improve investment performance on a recurring basis for the shareholders and beneficiaries investing in registered and non registered mutual funds and institutional investment portfolios. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138328 | CHECK PROCESSING AND CATEGORIZING SYSTEM - A method for processing checks includes capturing check data from a check with a capture device of a check processing system, where the check data includes payee information. A category of the check is identified based at least in part on the payee information. A user account is updated with the category and at least a portion of the check data. A first edit to the check data is received from a user. A handwriting profile of the user is updated based on the first received edit. The handwriting profile is used to improve the accuracy of subsequently captured check data. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138329 | Table Driven Accounting Method and System - The described embodiments of the invention include a method for maintaining accounting records for a portfolio of investments, comprising accounting records stored on a computer readable medium and providing a table for each event type affecting an investment for generating an account entry, each line of the table designating which accounting record receives the account entry and at least one key designating a data source for the account entry and an operation on the data source to determine the amount of the account entry. In an alternate embodiment of the invention, a data processing system for maintaining accounting records for a portfolio of securities comprises a plurality of accounting records stored on a computer readable medium, the accounting records including tax accounts, a plurality of defined security types and, for each security type, a plurality of tables for each transaction affecting a security for generating an account entry, each line of the table designating which accounting record receives the account entry and a key designating a data source for the account entry and an operation on the data source to determine the amount of the account entry. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138330 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR DETERMINING VARIABLE BILLING INFORMATION FOR CONTENT AS A COMMUNICATION SERVICE - In a criterion module, variable billing information for content stored in a storage module in the communications network is formed in accordance with specified criteria. These criteria can be, for example, the age of the content, the distance of the subscriber terminal from the relevant location of location-related content, or the number of subscriber terminals to which the content is transmitted. This variable billing information is then transmitted via a communications module to a billing system. A substantial advantage of the method and the system relates to the fact that the charges for content transmitted via communications networks to subscribers can be billed according to variable criteria in a flexible way. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138331 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC MONEY SYSTEM - The present invention relates to an information processing method and an electronic money system that achieve contribution to the realization of a global or social objective, such as protection of global environment, by using the characteristics of electronic money, which is money, a point, or a right of use represented by electronic data. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138332 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING AND MARKETING EMPLOYEE STOCK OPTION MIRROR IMAGE WARRANTS - A warrant on company stock that is used to determine value of employee options for U.S. accounting purposes on company stock. The warrant comprises an amortization factor, an exercise term that is the same or substantially similar to an exercise term of the employee options, and a strike price that is the same or substantially similar to a strike price of the employee options. The warrant also comprises a provision to periodically determine the amortization factor based on early forfeiture and/or early exercise of the employee options, a provision to apply the amortization factor to the warrants; and a provision to determine an intrinsic value of the warrants. Value of the employee options for U.S. accounting purposes is determined using market value of the warrants at issue. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138333 | ELECTRONIC TRADING SYSTEM - An anonymous trading system comprises one or more matching engines, one or more market distributors and one or more trader terminals for input of orders from institutions trading on the system. The trader terminals are connected to the system through bank nodes. A broker terminal is connected through a bank node and enables voice brokers to trade on the system on behalf of client traders. The voice brokers terminal can be configured for any client trader and will display the market view for that trader. Trades in which the broker terminal participates are not concluded until a manual credit check has been performed. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138334 | EXCHANGE ORDER PRIORITY RETENTION FOR ELECTRONIC TRADING USING AUTOMATIC BOOK UPDATES - The present invention involves providing a computer based platform for allowing a user to establish a target trading book; evaluating the user's unmatched exchange trades to determine an actual trading book at a point in time; determining a differential between the target trading book and the actual trading book; and identifying at least one exchange trade action to transition from the actual trading book to the target trading book, wherein the exchange trade action is based on preserving at least one unmatched order with the oldest possible entry time stamp. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138335 | Trading Tools for Electronic Trading - Tools for trading and monitoring a commodity on an electronic exchange using a graphical user interface and a user input device. The tools will aid the trader in determining the status, trends in the market, and the trader's position in the market. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138336 | PROCESS AND ARCHTECTURE FOR STRUCTURING FACILITIES REVENUE BOND FINANCING - In accordance with at least one embodiment of the invention, a process and architecture may be implemented to structure bond financing or refinancing for any municipally owned transportation facilities construction and/or renovation to improve economic and business terms for involved or interested parties. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138337 | MEDIA PURCHASE FROM WITHIN A VIDEO GAME ENVIRONMENT - In one example, a media purchase system is provided. The media purchase system includes: a media manager module that selectively coordinates a media file with an operating scenario in a video game; a selection manager module that manages a selection of the media file for purchase in the video game; and a media purchase module that manages a purchase of the selection in the video game. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138338 | INTELLIGENT ALERT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method for generating an intelligent alert message is disclosed. A user enrolls in the messaging service. Information that the user provides during the enrollment process are sent into a database. the user performs a transaction using a portable consumer device. Transaction data are sent to a computer apparatus. The computer apparatus accesses the database containing alert customization data. An intelligent alert message is generated based on the transaction data and the alert customization data. The intelligent alert message is sent to a user device. For example, after a user uses a portable consumer device to buy gas at a fuel dispenser in a gas purchase transaction, an alert message that is received by a user's phone may be “This is a gas purchase transaction. The amount may vary.” In this example, the amount of the purchase is not known until after the user buys gas. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138339 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AN ONLINE-LIKE ACCOUNT PROCESSING AND MANAGEMENT - The present invention is embodied in an online-like transaction processing method and system for processing account information contained in batch process files, the method including: reading at least one batch file containing a plurality of records, each of the plurality of records being related to an associated one of a plurality of accounts; identifying which of the plurality of records relate to same ones of the plurality of accounts; identifying one of the accounts; and, processing all of the records identified as relating to the one of the accounts together and independent of processing any of the records relating to any other of the plurality of accounts. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138340 | SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSACTION FRAUD PROCESSING - A system for processing transaction data is provided. The system includes a fraud policy system that provides merchant fraud policy data. An order information data system receives order information data and the merchant fraud policy data and generates order information fraud score data, such as by modifying the order information data using the merchant fraud policy data and then scoring the modified order information data. A transaction authorization system receives the order information fraud score data and the merchant fraud policy data and generates client authorization data. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138341 | Method and system for saving money with a group of mobile devices - A plurality of users have a savings goal, and a plurality of mobile devices each belong to a user. An electronic message from a user's mobile device is received. The electronic message comprises a description of a service or product not purchased and the amount of money not spent because it was not purchased. The description and amount are stored and a running total of the amount of money not spent is computed. A second electronic message is transmitted to all of the plurality of mobile devices except the first mobile device. The second electronic message comprises the description, amount, and an identifier of the user of the first mobile. Receiving, storing, computing, and transmitting are repeated until the savings goal is reached. A system includes the plurality of mobile devices, at least one communication network, and a computer in communication with the communication network. The system may also include a bank. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138342 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXECUTING CASH PAYMENT VIA A COMPUTER NETWORK - The invention presented comprises a system and method for executing a cash payment via a computer network. A payor computing device communicates over a computer network with payee computing devices via a P2P server. The P2P server is operative to receive a payment request from the payor computing device and process the payment by debiting a financial instrument specified by a payor utilizing the payor computing device. The payment request is transmitted from the P2P server to a cash payment server operative to receive the payment request and translate the request into the native format of an ATM control server, the native format of the P2P server and ATM control server not being interoperable. The ATM control server is operative to generate a PIN code, which is transmitted along with the received payment instructions to an ATM. The ATM receives the payment instructions and dispenses the payment upon receipt of the PIN code. Receipt data is also generated by the ATM control server, translated into the native format of the P2P server by the cash payment server, and delivered to the payor and payee via the P2P sever. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138343 | DYNAMIC HOLD DECISIONING - Embodiments of the present invention relate to methods and apparatuses for determining, communicating, and/or executing hold decisions for deposit items. For example, a method is provided that includes: (a) receiving information associated with a deposit item; (b) determining a deposit amount for the deposit item; (c) determining a payee account to receive the deposit item; (d) determining a hold limit for the payee account; and (e) determining a hold decision for the deposit item based at least partially on a comparison of the deposit amount to the hold limit. In some embodiments, the hold limit is based at least partially on (a) an account balance associated with the payee account, and (b) one or more other characteristics associated with the payee account. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138344 | MOBILE BARCODE GENERATION AND PAYMENT - An application on user's mobile device (having a display screen) generates a one-time use and time-limited barcode on the display when the user enters a PIN. The barcode can be scanned to make purchases at a point of sale (POS). | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138345 | FINANCIAL TRANSACTION SYSTEM HAVING LOCATION BASED FRAUD PROTECTION - A financial transaction authorization server comprises a database of records of fixed-location transaction participants, and transaction authorization means in communication with the database of records. Each record of the database of records is associated with a respective one of the fixed-location transaction participants and identifies a physical location of the associated fixed-location transaction participant. The transaction authorization means is configured to (i) receive a request from one of the fixed-location transaction participants for completion of a financial transaction; (ii) receive current location information of a mobile-location transaction participant associated with the financial transaction; and (iii) authorize the transaction in accordance with a correlation between the received current location information and physical location of the fixed-location transaction participant. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138346 | Automatic Savings Program - A computer implemented method of processing a financial transaction executed by first person includes determining an automatic savings amount from the financial transaction by rounding up the amount of the financial transaction to the nearest dollar. The method further includes debiting the calculated savings amount from an account of the first person and crediting the savings amount to an account of a second person. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138347 | Account Transaction Management Using Dynamic Account Numbers - A method and a system for managing account transactions aim to effectively prevent account information from being compromised. The system generates a dynamic account number corresponding to a true account number of an account of a user and sends the dynamic account number to the user. The system stores the corresponding relationship between the true account number and the dynamic account number. The system conducts an account transaction requested by the user according to the dynamic account number supplied by the user and the corresponding relationship. The account can be a bank account, and the dynamic account number may be valid for a one-time use or set to expire after a certain period of time or a certain number of uses. The method and the system can make account transactions more reliable and safer, and effectively prevent user account information from malicious access. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138348 | PROVIDING RESOURCE-RELATED INFORMATION USING A STANDARDIZED FORMAT - A standardized format is described for representing resource-related information associated with different utility entities. The standardized format can be expressed using three files. A usage file expresses the consumption of resources, an invoice file expresses invoices associated with the consumption of resources, and a rate file expresses different rates which have a bearing on the cost of the resources at different locations. The files are governed by three respective schemas. Functionality is also described which enables a resource management facilitator to interact with the different utility entities and receive the resource-related information therefrom. In one illustrative approach, a utility entity sends a message which indicates that one or more files are available for downloading. The resource management facilitator then retrieves the files and processes the files in an appropriate manner, as specified by information within the message. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138349 | Commission Payment Preclusion In Property Sale - Disclosed herein is a computer implemented method and system for negating payment of a commission to one or more real estate professionals by a property owner on sale of a property of the property owner over an electronic environment. The property owner sets a first list price for the property. The real estate professional sets a second list price. The property owner and the real estate professional enter into a sales agreement to list the property to a buyer at the set second list price over the electronic environment. The real estate professional negotiates a sale of the property at the second list price between the buyer and the property owner based on the sales agreement. The property is sold based on the negotiation. A return of the difference between the second list price and the first list price is remitted to the real estate professional. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138350 | METHOD OF FACILITATING VALUE-BASED BARTERING OVER THE INTERNET - A method, apparatus, and system of facilitating value-based bartering over the internet are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system of e-commerce includes a computer network, a server to host a market place website, a listing module to enable an entity to assign a specified value to a good and to list the good for trade on the market place website such that the listing of the good will expire after being posted for a specified period of time, a trade module to enable an entity to trade the good for an other good of an other entity on the market place website, a search module to enable the entity to search a list of goods on the market place website. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138351 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING RIGHTS EXPRESSIONS BY STAKEHOLDERS OF AN ITEM - A system and method for controlling a rights expression specifying a manner of use of an item, including specifying by a provider of an item a rights expression indicating a manner of use of the item by a recipient of the item and a condition for use of the item by the recipient, the condition indicating that the use by the recipient of the item is subject to control; associating the rights expression with the item; and controlling the use by the recipient of the item based on the condition in the rights expression. In further exemplary embodiments, the use by the recipient of the item is subject to control by a stakeholder and/or a provider of the item and can be used to provide consumer protection based on parameters of use. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138352 | Resolving, Protecting Against and/or Defending an Employer Liability Claim Based on Historically Archived Locked Notes - A system and method are disclosed to resolve, protect against and/or defend an employer liability claim. Input notes are received as formatted text and are stored in a database, wherein the stored text, after submission, are editable for a pre-determined time period and, after expiration of the pre-determined time period, the submission being non-editable and being locked in the database for historical archival. The locked notes are output as part of a judicial proceeding associated with the employer liability claim initiated by said employee, wherein the employer liability claim is resolved, protected against and/or defended based on the locked notes. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138353 | COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN OPTIMIZED SUSTAINABLE LAND USE PLAN - Briefly, in accordance with one embodiment of the invention, the computer implemented method evaluates the sustainability of land development plan. The computer implemented method applies sustainability data to the land planning and engineering design elements of a land development plan to generate sustainability measures. These sustainability measures may include environmental impacts such as carbon footprints, energy consumption, and increased storm water runoff. In addition, the computer implemented method estimates the costs involved in investing in sustainable land development and construction, provides a cost benefit analysis, compares the sustainability of numerous land development plans, and calculates the near and long term effects of sustainable land development on a land site. This real time analysis will allow developers, municipalities, and residents to quantify land planning decisions without expending significant time and money in a cumbersome land planning process. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138354 | Construction Industry Risk Management Clearinghouse - Systems, methods, apparatus, computer program code and means for gathering, organizing and presenting on a real time basis information pertinent to Risks associated with subjects related to the Construction Industry. Risks associated with the Construction Industry can be managed by gathering data relevant to the Construction Industry from multiple sources and aggregating the gathered data according to one or more Risk variables. An inquiry relating to a Risk subject can be received and portions of the aggregated data can be associated with the Risk subject. The associated portions of the aggregated data can be transmitted to an entity placing the inquiry or other designated destination. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138355 | NEXT GENERATION VISIBILITY PACKAGE TRACKING - The present invention involves systems and methods for tracking one or more shipped items that are shipped via a carrier. A set of expected occurrences are established for each item shipped. The items are then shipped and the shipment of the one or more shipped items is monitored for an occurrence of the set of expected occurrences, the occurrence of any non-expected event, and a non-occurrence of any of the set of expected occurrences. If there is the occurrence of any non-expected event or the non-occurrence of any of the set of expected occurrences, then such an event is made available to at least the shipper. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138356 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING AND VALUATING FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS USING CUMULATIVE SUBPOSITIONS - A system, method, and data structure for managing hedging relationships among stored transaction data. In an embodiment, the system opens a position associated with a valuation area, identifies a quantity of position assets to be hedged, and splits the position into a pair of subpositions, wherein the first subposition stores the quantity of position assets to be hedged and the second subposition stores a remaining quantity of position assets. In an embodiment, the system stores the subpositions, wherein it applies a first set of accounting rules to the first subposition and a second set of accounting rules to the second subposition. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138357 | TRADING SYSTEM - Systems and methods for facilitating trade idea utilization. In one embodiment, the method comprises creating a plurality of data grouping for new trade ideas, where each trade idea is associated with one or more financial products that are identified by an identifier in a financial product taxonomy. The trade idea is presented to an investor via a computer-based user interface. The investor may make the trade through the user interface. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138358 | Springing Interests Flowing from Benefits that Run with the Land - Methods, systems and kits are described for transmuting ownership interests in real property by generating springing interests flowing from benefits that run with land. A method includes before a first transfer from an original value-adding owner to a second owner conferring a benefit that runs with at least one piece of real estate; and then attaching a covenant to the at least one piece of real estate, the covenant granting a springing interest that shall vest at a time of one or more subsequent transfers of the at least one piece of real estate in, consideration of the benefit. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138359 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING BUSINESS & INSURANCE AND/OR ESTATE PLANNING - A tangible computer-readable medium having stored thereon, computer-executable instructions that, if executed by a system, cause the system to perform a method including: receiving information indicative of a plurality of financial related plans; receiving information indicative of a plurality of future events; and presenting a visual matrix including additional information about each of the plurality of financial plans, based at least in part upon a product of a probability of at least one of the plurality of future events occurring and a return of each of the financial related plans if the at least one of the future events occurs. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138360 | Financial market replicator and simulator - A financial market replicator, simulator, and trainer/annotator (FMRS) intermixes and records data streams of real time financial market data from a variety of sources. The FMRS replays such recorded data to simulate the real time financial market(s) in a manner that represents substantially the entirety of information relating to the financial market(s) such that an observer would have difficulty differentiating between the simulator playback of the data and real time data. A user may employ the playback of the recorded market data stream as a research and training tool for developing and executing trading strategies. For example, a user may input simulated trades of securities to test a trading strategy. The simulator would apply those trades to the recorded data to generate simulated trades and simulated profit and loss results. A user may then determine if the trading strategy would have been successful. In addition, a user may alter the recording and playback parameters to provide various opportunities for studying market activity and/or altering the level of challenge of the simulation. A user may also freeze the simulator playback in order to explore the interactive and collective behaviors of the market's participants and the securities they trade. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138361 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SECURITY PRICING FOR PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A portfolio pricing system and method can include a database receiving multiple feeds, an analytics server in communication with the database, and an accounting server. The analytics server can include a pricing algorithm that assigns prices to the analytics server and the accounting server according to a hierarchy that selects the most reliable source for each type of security. The reliability may be determined within a date range or according to the source of the price. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138362 | Methods and Systems For Commoditizing Interest Rate Swap Transfers - A method, system, and financial products for trading a commoditized claim. The claim obligates one party to pay on demand to a second party an amount, for value rolling spot, transparently determined with reference to a market quote for spot-starting benchmark interest rate swap contracts of pre-specified tenor. The claim is denominated in terms of the sensitivity of present value to a one basis point yield change (“PV01”). The claim may be a debt obligation of a third-party and may be open-ended. Embodiments of the claim closely replicate interest rate swap risk profiles and permanently track benchmark quotes, and do so within a simplified operational framework. There is a linear intra-day and index-linked overnight relationship between (i) the market rate for the pre-specified grid-point constant maturity swap and (ii) the payment obligation. Securitized, bilateral, OTC and futures contract embodiments are disclosed. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138363 | SMART GRID PRICE RESPONSE SERVICE FOR DYNAMICALLY BALANCING ENERGY SUPPLY AND DEMAND - A “Smart Grid Pricer” enables automated balancing of the supply and demand of energy supply and consumption, such as the generation and consumption of electricity between electricity providers and electricity consumers. The Smart Grid Pricer automatically computes and delivers real-time energy pricing information to consumers on behalf of energy retailers (e.g., electricity utilities) to help drive the balance of demand with supply. In various embodiments, real-time pricing is determined by using various probabilistic models to estimate overall consumer demand as a function of factors such as energy price, time of day, region, weather, etc. to compute a price that will result in an energy demand that is closely balanced to the available supply. On the consumer side, various components of the Smart Grid Pricer automatically respond to such pricing information to optimize energy consumption in accordance with a variety of automated and/or user defined rules and preferences. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138364 | Intelligent Control Toolkit - A neuro-fuzzy controller is provided. The neuro-fuzzy controller includes a predictor that receives inputs and makes prediction inputs. The prediction inputs are passed to a fuzzy cluster module that includes a neural network fuzzifing said prediction inputs and passing the result to an inference engine. The output of the inference engine is defuzzified and provided as an output of the controller. The fuzzifier and defuzzifier preferably represent a neural network employing a trigonometrical series. The inference engine preferably employs rules that are determined using genetic programming. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138365 | PORTABLE WIRELESS ENABLED DIGITAL MEDIA FRAME - A wireless enabled digital media frame that can communicate over a wireless wide area network (WWAN) is provided. The wireless enabled digital media frame comprises an internal or external WWAN modem (e.g. GPRS/EDGE/UMTS/HSPA/LTE) such that the one or more media is transferred to the media frame using a wireless connection (e.g. 2G/3G/3.5G/4G). The wireless enabled digital media frame displays the received media files on a display screen. Further, broadcast alerts received over the WWAN and/or calculated current signal strength is also displayed on the display screen. Furthermore, setting information is received by the WWAN modem and accordingly applied to modify or update media frame functions. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138366 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING AND MOTOR CONTROL - The present invention relates to a system and method for information process and motor control using artificially constructed apparatus. More specially, the present invention provides a system and method that can process nature language and other informational input including visual, audio and other sensory inputs and respond intelligently. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138367 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR GENERATING NON-DETERMINISTIC FINITE AUTOMATON NOT INCLUDING e-TRANSITION - An initial setting unit receives from an input device a syntax tree generated from a regular expression, and initializes an NFA and an NFA converting section that applies five conversion patterns to each node of the syntax tree to directly convert the node into an NFA not including ε-transition. When the conversion is finished, the NFA converting section outputs the NFA generated to an output device. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138368 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SELF-IMPROVING REASONING TOOLS - Implementations that integrate data-driven modeling and knowledge into self-improving reasoning systems and processes are described. For example, an implementation of a method may include determining at least one recommended action using a reasoning component having a data-driven modeling portion and a knowledge-based portion. Such determining includes integrating one or more determination aspects determined by the data-driven modeling portion, and one or more additional determination aspects determined by the knowledge-based portion. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138369 | LEARNING APPARATUS, LEARNING METHOD, INFORMATION MODIFICATION APPARATUS, INFORMATION MODIFICATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A content modification unit modifies an input image in accordance with a user operation, and generates modification information necessary for outputting a resulting output image. A modification information recording unit accumulates a plurality of pieces of modification information corresponding to the number of times an operation is performed by a user. A learning unit uses the plurality of pieces of modification information accumulated in the modification information recording unit as student data, and performs learning using teacher data acquired by a teacher data acquisition unit to calculate a prediction coefficient representing the feature of the user operation, and stores the prediction coefficient in a user algorithm recording unit. The present invention can be applied to, for example, an image processing apparatus. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138370 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MACHINE-LEARNING BASED PROFILING - A method and system for profiling a user based upon a user's previous on-line actions is provided. The profile provides a characterization of the user's preferences based upon a received user event. The user event identifying event identification information and a user identifier. A look-up in a cached web map is performed to retrieve classification information associated with the event identification information. A user profile is retrieved or created for the user identifier. Profile update information is generated based upon the retrieved classification information for the user event, to identify how the user is to be updated based upon the retrieved classification information and defined profiling rules. The user profile is updated and stored for access by an external advertising server. The classification information provides a text-score record comprising a text string and a score defined in relation to a lexical ontology comprising a hierarchy of categories. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138371 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND UPDATE INFORMATION OBTAINMENT METHOD - An information processing apparatus includes an obtainment section that obtains, via a network, information updated at a distribution origin on the network; and a determination section that determines an obtainment rule relating to a timing of the obtainment by the obtainment section of update information for the distribution origin, wherein the obtainment section obtains update information based on a predetermined learning rule for a first distribution origin for which obtainment rule has not been determined by the determination section, the determination section determines an obtainment rule for the first distribution origin based on a result of the obtainment by the obtainment section of update information from the distribution origin based on the learning rule, and the obtainment section, in response to the determination of the obtainment rule by the determination section, obtains update information from the first distribution origin based on the obtainment rule. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138372 | COGNITIVE PATTERN MATCHING SYSTEM WITH BUILT-IN CONFIDENCE MEASURE - Artificial neural systems are very powerful tools for pattern matching, classification, feature extraction and signal analysis. Systems to date lack an essential feature of their biological counterparts, a measure of confidence that the network response has actually been trained and is not an artifact. In the proposed artificial neural system one output is a produced (trained) measure of confidence in the remaining outputs i.e. a measure of certainty that the inputs match the training data. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138373 | Maximizing Diversity in a Subset of Elements Utilizing GRASP With Path Relinking - Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for maximizing diversity in a subset of elements selected from a set of elements are provided. An algorithm that combines the GRASP and path relinking heuristics is utilized to find an approximate solution to a max-min diversity problem modeled from the set of elements. The GRASP heuristic is applied to the set of elements for a number of iterations to generate a set of feasible solutions, and a best solution is determined from the set. The path relinking heuristic is then applied between a pair of solutions in the set of feasible solutions to generate a candidate solution. If the candidate solution is better than the best solution, then the best solution is replaced with the candidate solution, and the process is repeated until the path relinking heuristic has been applied between each pair of solutions in the set of feasible solutions. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138374 | AUTOMATED DECISION SUPPORT FOR ASSOCIATING AN UNKNOWN BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN WITH A FAMILY - Three methods of predicting whether an unknown biological specimen of a missing person originates from a member of a particular family comprise an initial automated decision support (ADS) algorithm for determining a list of relatives of the missing person for DNA typing and which typing technologies of available technologies to use for a listed relative. The ADS algorithm may be implemented on computer apparatus including a processor and an associated memory. The ADS method comprises determining a set of relatives of available family member relatives for DNA typing via a processor from a stored list of family member relatives according to one of a rule base, a table of hierarchically stored relatives developed based on discriminatory power or by calculating the discriminatory power for available family relatives to type. The ADS method may further comprise comparing at least one set of DNA typing data for the unknown biological specimen to DNA typing data from biological specimens from the determined set of relatives; calculating by the processor a likelihood function that the person is related to the family; and outputting a decision whether or not the person is related to the family. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138375 | Graph-Based Data Search - Computer based systems and methods for searching data transiting a network using a graph-based search model. A set of rules that describe strings or patterns of data to be identified in the data set, is expressed as a graph. As blocks of the data set are obtained for processing, the state of the graph is updated based upon the value of the received data block. The transition to the next state depends upon both the current state and the received data block. As blocks of data are received and processed, the graph is traversed until one of the rules is identified. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138376 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SEARCHING FOR PATTERNS IN DATA - Methods and systems for searching by computer for patterns in data are disclosed. These have particular, but not exclusive application to searching for target nucleotide sequences within a gene database. In the method can be performed by a computer that computer includes a central processing unit (CPU) that has one or more processing core, main memory accessible for read and write operations by the CPU, one or more graphics processing unit (GPU), and graphics memory accessible for read and write operations by the GPU. The method includes a step in which data to be processed as part of the pattern matching algorithm are transferred to the graphics memory, the GPU is operated to perform one or more processing step on the data. Following completion of the processing step, processed data are transferred from the graphics memory to the main memory. Algorithms that can be implemented using the invention include deterministic algorithms (e.g., Smith-Waterman) and non-deterministic algorithms (e.g., BLAST). | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138377 | Systems and Methods for Detecting and Coordinating Changes in Lexical Items - Systems and methods for efficiently detecting and coordinating step changes, trends, cycles, and bursts affecting lexical items within data streams are provided. Data streams can be sourced from documents that can optionally be labeled with metadata. Changes can be grouped across lexical and/or metavalue vocabularies to summarize the changes that are synchronous in time. The methods described herein can be applied either retrospectively to a corpus of data or in a streaming mode. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138378 | System and Method for Auto-Adaptive Network - An auto-adaptive system is provided that includes a template builder that allows weighted templates to be created for computing auto-adaptive features, an auto-adaptive event locator that analyzes a data set to identify events, an event extractor that locates and extracts identified events and provides events for review by an event analyzer (operator or programmed module) to distinguish clutter data from target data, and an auto-adaptive risk analyzer that processes data related to hit rates, false alarm rates, alarm costs, and risk factors to determine return on investment information and receiver operator characteristic curves. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138379 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CIRCADIAN PHYSIOLOGY PREDICTIONS - Systems and methods are provided for predicting a circadian state of an individual. The methods comprise: providing a model representative of the response of the circadian state to light stimulus, the model comprising at least one model variable representative of a probability distribution function (PDF) of a phase offset of the circadian state of the individual; and using the model to estimate an updated PDF of the phase offset, wherein using the model to estimate the updated PDF of the phase offset comprises performing a Bayesian estimation process commencing with an initial PDF of the phase offset and iterating toward the updated PDF of the phase offset. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138380 | Action Agenda Determining Apparatus - In one embodiment of the present invention, an action agenda determining apparatus for determining an agenda of action to be taken with reference to surrounding situation is provided. An action agenda determining apparatus includes a matching model storage unit for storing an action agenda determining model that has learned in advance relation between time-sequence of prescribed feature information related to human motion extracted from surrounding images and action agenda to be taken, and a model reference unit for forming the time-sequence of prescribed feature information from the surrounding motion images and referring to the action agenda determining model stored in the matching model storage unit, for determining the action agenda to be taken. Sound may be included as part of the feature information. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138381 | Method and system for providing improved answers - Disclosed is a method and system for ranking answers supplied by user authors in an online database. A first author enters a first answer under a question. The answer is ranked #1 for output under that question. Then a second author enters a second answer under the same question. The second author also enters a bet claiming that her answer is better than the first answer. If the first author declines the bet, the second answer becomes ranked #1 for output under the question. If the first author accepts the bet, the bet is decided by a judge. The judge enters her decision into the answer database system. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138382 | COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT METHOD AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL DEVICE - A communication management system includes a terminal which has a peer to peer connection to communicate with a node conducting peer to peer communication, a content detector which, when the terminal receives from the node a content of which distribution should be controlled, detects identification information of the content, and a communication control apparatus which refers to the detected identification information to control transmission of the content of which distribution should be controlled. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138383 | Data Maintenance System - Maintaining data in a data management system including at least one processor and a storage system includes accessing a first data source providing one or more source elements of data; accessing a storage system storing one or more subsets of data, each subset including at least one element of data, and storing one or more descriptors identifying a data source for a subset and identifying a data source for each of one or more elements of the subset; and processing rules that determine if, according to the descriptors, an element in the storage system is allowed to be changed. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138384 | Policy-based management of a redundant array of independent nodes - An archive cluster application runs in a distributed manner across a redundant array of independent nodes. Each node preferably runs a complete archive cluster application instance. A given nodes provides a data repository, which stores up to a large amount (e.g., a terabyte) of data, while also acting as a portal that enables access to archive files. Each symmetric node has a set of software processes, e.g., a request manager, a storage manager, a metadata manager, and a policy manager. The request manager manages requests to the node for data (i.e., file data), the storage manager manages data read/write functions from a disk associated with the node, and the metadata manager facilitates metadata transactions and recovery across the distributed database. The policy manager implements one or more policies, which are operations that determine the behavior of an “archive object” within the cluster. The archive cluster application provides object-based storage. Preferably, the application permanently associates metadata and policies with the raw archived data, which together comprise an archive object. Object policies govern the object's behavior in the archive. As a result, the archive manages itself independently of client applications, acting automatically to ensure that all object policies are valid. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138385 | SUPPORTING MEDIA CONTENT REVERT FUNCTIONALITY ACROSS MULTIPLE DEVICES - Both an edited version of a first image and an original version of the first image are stored at a first computing device. In response to a user request to synchronize images across multiple computing devices, both the edited version of the first image and the original version of the first image are synchronized with a second computing device. A user is allowed to revert to the original version of the first image regardless of on which of the multiple computing devices the edited version was changed. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138386 | Auditing of Wireless Network Node Databases - Synchronizing database files of a central node with database files of a local node in which the central node is coupled to the local node via a communication link. The communication link performance being continuously monitored via a periodic signal sent back and forth between the central node and local node. Information indicative of the files of the central database are integrated with the monitoring signal portion sent from the central node to the local node and a determination is made whether the files integrated with the monitoring signal corresponds with files of the local database via indications in the monitoring signal portion returned from the local node. | 2010-06-03 |
| 20100138387 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR SUB-FILE LEVEL SYNCHRONIZATION - An apparatus for providing sub-file level synchronization may include a processor configured to receive an indication of a change to a portion of a file, generate a file identifier in response to the receipt of the indication, the file identifier including a sub-file identification indicative of the portion of the file, and enable synchronization of the portion of the file based on the sub-file identification. A corresponding method and computer program product are also provided. | 2010-06-03 |
