24th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 58 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130151223 | SIMULATION AND CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD USING CONTACT, PRESSURE WAVES AND FACTOR CONTROLS FOR CELL REGENERATION, TISSUE CLOSURE AND RELATED APPLICATIONS - A description of a device and method of use are provided for a containment chamber, accompanying sensing and monitoring instrumentation, and method of creation of a physical force wave that would be capable of mimicking physiologic waves such as pulse pressure, muscle contraction, peristalsis, acoustic waves and other desired waves to be studied. This device allows for the use of various biologic or biologically comparable fluids—alone or in combination—that would allow for the analysis of the passage of these waves through these media. Singularly, this device also allows for the manipulation of the external constraints that mimic the containment of that media in vivo. This allows for the analysis of the effects on the nature of the wave, its reflections, potential augmentation or dampening that occur in conjunction with various selected external and internal (baffle) constraints that mimic those found in nature or in therapeutic interventions. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151224 | Method for Simulating the Electrical Behaviour of an Integrated Diode and Corresponding Computerized System - The diode is modelled using a compact model comprising modelling of the well resistance for negative values of the current by a curve which increases steeply from an initial resistance value corresponding to a zero value of current up to a plateau. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151225 | AUTOMATED VERIFICATION FLOW - A method for verifying a circuit is provided. A first portion of a simulation of the circuit is executed within a hardware description language (HDL) environment so as to generate a first data set. A tool (which is external to the HDL environment) is called using a system task within the HDL environment. The tool is then executed on the first data set to generate a second data set, and a second portion of the simulation of the circuit is executed within the HDL environment using the second data set. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151226 | CIRCUIT SIMULATION METHOD - By considering a Deep Nwell diffusing into a Pwell region, accuracy of a substrate parasitic-resistance extraction is improved. A well region of a semiconductor integrated circuit where a Pwell and a Deep Nwell are formed in a substrate is divided into two or more meshes each including two or more resistor segments and a substrate noise is analyzed based thereon. In this regard, parallel components of resistors coupling the Pwell with the substrate are deleted in accordance with a state of the Deep Nwell diffusing into the Pwell region, so that an arithmetic processing unit executes a process for expressing a rise in the resistance value. By deleting the parallel components of the resistors coupling the Pwell with the substrate, the rise in the resistance value caused by the Deep Nwell can be reflected in the substrate parasitic-resistance extraction. Therefore, the accuracy of the substrate parasitic-resistance extraction can be improved. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151227 | APPARATUS FOR SIMULATING BATTERY SYSTEM - A battery system simulation apparatus that enables a battery system to be stably driven by using simulation data. The battery system simulation apparatus includes a voltage simulator that outputs an imaginary simulation voltage corresponding to a battery included in a battery system, to a battery management unit for controlling the battery, and a simulation verification unit that receives control results of the battery which is generated in dependence upon the imaginary simulation voltage. The control results are transmitted by the battery management unit. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151228 | POWER CONSUMPTION PREDICTION METHOD FOR CLOCK GATING INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICES - A power consumption prediction method for an integrated circuit device is provided. The power consumption prediction method includes detecting a clock gating cell of the integrated circuit device to extract clock gating domains of the integrated circuit device, extracting a power consumption model of the integrated circuit device according to clock gating based on the extracted clock gating domains, and estimating power consumption of the integrated circuit device based on the extracted power consumption model. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151229 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SIMULATING RISK TOLERANCE AND ASSOCIATED ADVERSARY COSTS IN A DISTRIBUTED BUSINESS PROCESS - Methods and apparatus for simulating risk tolerance and associated adversary costs in a distributed business process are disclosed. The methods and apparatus simulate an interdependent business process, such as a financial transaction system, in a secure distributed manner. Each business entity that is part of the interdependent business process models itself on a local client device at any chosen level of detail. A simulation server connects the separate client based simulations into one large simulation. Details of each local simulation may be hidden from other simulation participants. However, interruptions in business flow caused by simulated disruptions introduced at the simulation server and/or a client device are propagated to all of the effected simulation participants via the simulation server. In addition, the simulation server receives inputs from users indicative of risk tolerance levels and associated response actions. If the operational costs imposed by a selected response action are greater than a deterrence threshold associated with a particular adversary, the adversary is not deterred from causing a certain disruption to the simulated competitive market environment. If the operational costs imposed by a selected response action are greater than the deterrence threshold the adversary is deterred. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151230 | TECHNIQUES FOR ASSISTING A HUMAN TRANSLATOR IN TRANSLATING A DOCUMENT INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE TAG - A computer-implemented method technique includes receiving, at a server, a document including at least one tag. The technique replaces each tag of the document with a placeholder to obtain a modified document. The technique obtains a machine translation of the modified document to obtain a first translated document. The technique provides the first translated document to a human translator at a computing device. The technique receives, at the server, one or more manual translations of the document having been previously generated by one or more other human translators and having had any tags replaced by placeholders. The technique generates a probability score for each of the one or more manual translations based on a level of similarity between portions of text and placeholder association. The techniques then provide the one or more manual translations and the corresponding one or more probability scores to the human translator at the computing device. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151231 | MULTI-LINGUAL KNOWLEDGE BASE - Mechanisms and methods for enabling customers to manage multi-lingual knowledge bases, so that end users can access articles based on a language the end user chooses, while also providing publishers with tools to manage articles in different languages and to translate them, either using an external vendor or leveraging in house translators, and providing administrators (knowledge managers) with the ability to setup or choose which languages are available in the knowledge base, as well as default language assignments for translations. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151232 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENRICHING SPOKEN LANGUAGE TRANSLATION WITH DIALOG ACTS - Disclosed herein are systems, computer-implemented methods, and tangible computer-readable media for enriching spoken language translation with dialog acts. The method includes receiving a source speech signal, tagging dialog acts associated with the received source speech signal using a classification model, dialog acts being domain independent descriptions of an intended action a speaker carries out by uttering the source speech signal, producing an enriched hypothesis of the source speech signal incorporating the dialog act tags, and outputting a natural language response of the enriched hypothesis in a target language. Tags can be grouped into sets such as statement, acknowledgement, abandoned, agreement, question, appreciation, and other. The step of producing an enriched translation of the source speech signal uses a dialog act specific translation model containing a phrase translation table. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151233 | AUTOMATIC LANGUAGE SENSITIVE, EVENT BASED ACTIVITY FEEDS - A post is generated that identifies different types of activity in a computer system, such as changes to the data in the computer system. The post is generated in a language-neutral way. An activity feed generator generates a language-specific post and distributes it, in an activity feed, to a set of users, based on user preferences. The activity feed generator can also access a security model so that only users with sufficient privileges receive the post in their activity feed. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151234 | TECHNIQUES FOR INPUT OF A MULTI-CHARACTER COMPOUND CONSONANT OR VOWEL AND TRANSLITERATION TO ANOTHER LANGUAGE USING A TOUCH COMPUTING DEVICE - A technique is presented for fast input of multi-character compound consonants and vowels on a touch computing device. The technique provides for fast input of multi-character compound consonants and vowels by enabling a user to touch an initial character on a first layout of characters, then slide his/her finger in different directions and/or different distances according to a second layout of characters. The second layout of characters can be based on the first touched character and therefore can have a limited set of characters, e.g., fewer characters in comparison to the first layout of characters. A syllable formed after input of both a consonant and a vowel, represented as one character set, e.g., in the Roman alphabet, can then be transliterated into another language, e.g., Chinese. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151235 | LINGUISTIC KEY NORMALIZATION - Systems, methods, and apparatuses including computer program products are provided for training machine learning systems. In some implementations, a method is provided. The method includes receiving a collection of phrases, normalizing a plurality of phrases of the collection of phrases, the normalizing being based at least in part on lexicographic normalizing rules, and generating a normalized phrase table including a plurality of key-value pairs, each key value pair includes a key corresponding to a normalized phrase and a value corresponding to one or more un-normalized phrases associated with the normalized key, each un-normalized phrase having one or more parameters. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151236 | COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED SEMANTIC SEARCH METHODOLOGY, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DETERMINING INFORMATION DENSITY IN TEXT - A method, computer program product and system are disclosed for determining the semantic density of textualized digital media is (a measure of how much information is conveyed in a sentence or clause relative to its length). The more semantically dense text is, the more information it conveys in a given space. Users input a topic, a timeline, and one or more target web media sources for analysis. Text in the target media sources is deconstructed to determine density, and a density rating assigned to the web media source. Over time, users can track trends in the density of text media relative to a given topic, and determine how much information is being conveyed in connection with the topic, such as a political campaign. Line graphs, pie charts, and other time-elapsed output graphic representations of the semantic density are generated and rendered for the user. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151237 | DYNAMIC METHOD FOR EMOTICON TRANSLATION - A vehicle communication system is provided and may include at least one communication device that audibly communicates information within the vehicle. A controller may receive a character string from an external device and may determine if the character string represents an emoticon. The controller may translate the character string into a face description if the character string represents an emoticon and may audibly communicate the face description via the at least one communication device. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151238 | Generation of Natural Language Processing Model for an Information Domain - Embodiments relate to a method, apparatus and program product and for generating a natural language processing model for an information domain. The method derives a skeleton of a natural language lexicon from a source model and uses it to form a dictionary. It also applies a set of syntactical rules defining concepts and relationships to the dictionary and expands the skeleton of the natural language lexicon based on a plurality of reference documents from the information domain. Using the expanded skeleton of the natural language lexicon, it also provides a natural language processing model for the information domain. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151239 | ORTHOGRAPHICAL VARIANT DETECTION APPARATUS AND ORTHOGRAPHICAL VARIANT DETECTION PROGRAM - Provided is an orthographical variant detection apparatus which detects orthographical variant candidates with a high precision. The orthographical variant detection apparatus includes a term extraction unit that extracts terms from document data, a similarity computation unit that computes similarity of an arbitrary pair of the extracted terms, an orthographical variant candidate determination unit that determines, based on the similarity, whether or not the terms in the pair of terms are orthographical variant candidates, and a group classification unit that groups the orthographical variant candidates based on a character string commonly included in pair of terms as the orthographical variant candidates. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151240 | INTERACTIVE FACT CHECKING SYSTEM - A fact checking system is able to verify the correctness of information and/or characterize information by comparing the information with one or more sources. The fact checking system automatically monitors, processes, fact checks information and indicates a status of the information. The fact checking system is able to be interactive with a user, so that a user is able to respond to a fact check result and receive additional information. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151241 | METHOD OF EMBEDDING DIGITAL INFORMATION INTO AUDIO SIGNAL MACHINE-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM AND COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - A method for embedding digital information into an audio signal, is provided. The method includes dividing the digital information into low-priority data and high-priority data; dividing the audio signal into first and second signal parts; embedding at least one echo signal into the first signal part; embedding a communication signal modulated with low-priority data, which has a spectrum according to psychoacoustic analysis of the second signal part, into the second signal part; and combining the embedded first and second signal parts. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151242 | Method to Select Active Channels in Audio Mixing for Multi-Party Teleconferencing - An apparatus comprising an ingress port configured to receive a signal comprising a plurality of encoded audio signals corresponding to a plurality of sources; and a processor coupled to the ingress port and configured to calculate a parameter for each of the plurality of encoded audio signals, wherein each parameter is calculated without decoding any of the encoded audio signals, select some, but not all, of the plurality of encoded audio signals according to the parameter for each of the encoded audio signals, decode the selected signals to generate a plurality of decoded audio signals, and combine the plurality of decoded audio signals into a first audio signal. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151243 | VOICE MODULATION APPARATUS AND VOICE MODULATION METHOD USING THE SAME - A voice modulation apparatus is provided. The voice modulation apparatus includes an audio signal input unit which receives an audio signal from an external source; an extraction unit which extracts property information relating to a voice from the audio signal; a storage unit which stores the extracted property information; a control unit which modulates a target voice based on the extracted property information; and an output unit which outputs the modulated target voice. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151244 | HARMONICITY-BASED SINGLE-CHANNEL SPEECH QUALITY ESTIMATION - Speech quality estimation technique embodiments are described which generally involve estimating the human speech quality of an audio frame in a single-channel audio signal. A representation of a harmonic component of the frame is synthesized and used to compute a non-harmonic component of the frame. The synthesized harmonic component representation and the non-harmonic component are then used to compute a harmonic to non-harmonic ratio (HnHR). This HnHR is indicative of the quality of a user's speech and is designated as an estimate of the speech quality of the frame. In one implementation, the HnHR is used to establish a minimum speech quality threshold below which the quality of the user's speech is considered unacceptable. Feedback to the user is then provided based on whether the HnHR falls below the threshold. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151245 | Method for Determining Fundamental-Frequency Courses of a Plurality of Signal Sources - The invention relates to a method for establishing fundamental frequency curves of a plurality of signal sources from a single-channel audio recording of a mix signal, said method including the following steps: | 2013-06-13 |
20130151246 | ADAPTIVE VOICE ACTIVITY DETECTION - Encoding audio signals with selecting an encoding mode for encoding the signal categorizing the signal into active segments having voice activity and non-active segments having substantially no voice activity by using categorization parameters depending on the selected encoding mode and encoding at least the active segments using the selected encoding mode. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151247 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SUPPRESSING RESIDUAL ECHOES - The present invention discloses a method and a device for suppressing residual echoes. The method comprises: performing adaptive filtering on M transmitter signals respectively to obtain M adaptive filtered signals; performing array-filtering on the M−1 adaptive filtered signals other than the first adaptive filtered signal to obtain M−1 array-filter output signals; subtracting each of the M−1 array-filter output signals from the first adaptive filtered signal respectively to obtain M−1 difference signals, performing time-domain/frequency-domain conversion on the M−1 difference signals respectively and selecting one of the frequency-domain signals that has the least energy; performing time-domain/frequency-domain conversion on the first adaptive filtered signal and the M | 2013-06-13 |
20130151248 | Apparatus, System, and Method For Distinguishing Voice in a Communication Stream - An apparatus for distinguishing a voice is described. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a server with a communication interface, a frame generator, and a sound analyzer. The communication interface processes an incoming communication stream with an echo canceller to cancel echo in the communication stream. The frame generator operates on a processor and generates a plurality of frames from the communication stream. Each of the plurality of frames contains data for a period of time from the communication stream. The frame generator also assigns a frame value to each of the plurality of frames. The sound analyzer determines a status of the communication stream by analyzing the frame values of the plurality of frames. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151249 | INFORMATION PRESENTATION DEVICE, INFORMATION PRESENTATION METHOD, INFORMATION PRESENTATION PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - An information presentation device includes an audio signal input unit configured to input an audio signal, an image signal input unit configured to input an image signal, an image display unit configured to display an image indicated by the image signal, a sound source localization unit configured to estimate direction information for each sound source based on the audio signal, a sound source separation unit configured to separate the audio signal to sound-source-classified audio signals for each sound source, an operation input unit configured to receive an operation input and generates coordinate designation information indicating a part of a region of the image, and a sound source selection unit configured to select a sound-source-classified audio signal of a sound source associated with a coordinate which is included in a region indicated by the coordinate designation information, and which corresponds to the direction information. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151250 | HYBRID SPEECH RECOGNITION - Described is a technology by which speech is locally and remotely recognized in a hybrid way. Speech is input and recognized locally, with remote recognition invoked if locally recognized speech data was not confidently recognized. The part of the speech that was not confidently recognized is sent to the remote recognizer, along with any confidently recognized text, which the remote recognizer may use as context data in interpreting the part of the speech data that was sent. Alternative text candidates may be sent instead of corresponding speech to the remote recognizer. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151251 | AUTOMATIC DIALOG REPLACEMENT BY REAL-TIME ANALYTIC PROCESSING - An automated method and apparatus for automatic dialog replacement having an optional I/O interface converts an A/V stream into a format suitable for automated processing. The I/O interface feeds the A/V stream to a dubbing engine for generating new dubbed dialog from said A/V stream. A dubber/slicer replaces the original dialog with the new dubbed dialog in the A/V stream. The I/O interface then transmits the A/V stream that is enhanced with a new dubbed dialog. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151252 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STANDARDIZED SPEECH RECOGNITION - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for selecting a speech recognition model in a standardized speech recognition infrastructure. The system receives speech from a user, and if a user-specific supervised speech model associated with the user is available, retrieves the supervised speech model. If the user-specific supervised speech model is unavailable and if an unsupervised speech model is available, the system retrieves the unsupervised speech model. If the user-specific supervised speech model and the unsupervised speech model are unavailable, the system retrieves a generic speech model associated with the user. Next the system recognizes the received speech from the user with the retrieved model. In one embodiment, the system trains a speech recognition model in a standardized speech recognition infrastructure. In another embodiment, the system handshakes with a remote application in a standardized speech recognition infrastructure. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151253 | System and Method for Targeted Tuning of a Speech Recognition System - A system and method of targeted tuning of a speech recognition system are disclosed. A particular method includes detecting that a frequency of occurrence of a particular type of utterance satisfies a threshold. The method further includes tuning a speech recognition system with respect to the particular type of utterance. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151254 | SPEECH RECOGNITION USING SPEECH CHARACTERISTIC PROBABILITIES - A speech recognition module includes an acoustic front-end module, a sound detection module, and a word detection module. The acoustic front-end module generates a plurality of representations of frames from a digital audio signal and generates speech characteristic probabilities for the plurality of frames. The sound detection module determines a plurality of estimated utterances from the plurality of representations and the speech characteristic probabilities. The word detection module determines one or more words based on the plurality of estimated utterances and the speech characteristic probabilities. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151255 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR EXTENDING BANDWIDTH OF SPEECH SIGNAL - A method for extending a bandwidth of a speech signal received, according to an embodiment of the present invention, includes: transforming the received speech signal into a frequency domain by decoding the received speech signal; normalizing the transformed speech signal; differentiating a voiced sound period or unvoiced sound period from the received speech signal; extracting, from the normalized speech signal, a first period including a harmonic component of the voiced sound period on the basis of the voiced sound period; extracting, from the normalized speech signal, a second period on the basis of correlation between the unvoiced sound period and the normalized speech signal; generating a high-band speech signal on the basis of the first period and the second period; and synthesizing the generated high-band speech signal and the transformed speech signal to output a wideband speech signal. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151256 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SINGING SYNTHESIS CAPABLE OF REFLECTING TIMBRE CHANGES - Herein provided is a system for singing synthesis capable of reflecting not only pitch and dynamics changes but also timbre changes of a user's singing. A spectral transform surface generating section | 2013-06-13 |
20130151257 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING EMOTIONAL CONTEXT TO TEXTUAL ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION - An apparatus and method for including emotional context in textual electronic communication transmissions. The emotional context is conveyed symbolically through standardized alternations in the manner in which the text is displayed without the inclusion of additional graphics, thereby increasing the communicative value of textual electronic communication. An important advantage of this method of embedding emotional context is that the recipient is made aware of the mental and emotional state of to the originator while the textual electronic message is being received and interpreted and therefore is able to interpret the message in light of the emotional context. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151258 | Context Based Online Advertising - A software and/or hardware facility for inferring user context and delivering advertisements, such as coupons, using natural language and/or sentiment analysis is disclosed. The facility may infer context information based on a user's emotional state, attitude, needs, or intent from the user's interaction with or through a mobile device. The facility may then determine whether it is appropriate to deliver an advertisement to the user and select an advertisement for delivery. The facility may also determine an appropriate expiration time and/or discount amount for the advertisement. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151259 | USER INTERFACE THAT REFLECTS SOCIAL ATTRIBUTES IN USER NOTIFICATIONS - Arrangements described herein relate to providing an audio message. A calendar event can be detected. A voice relating to the detected calendar event can be automatically selected. A background sound relating to the detected calendar event can be automatically selected. The audio message can be generated using the automatically selected voice and background sound relating to the calendar event. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151260 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUDIO ENCODING - A method and apparatus provides for encoding an audio signal. A bit rate value is received. A set of energy thresholds based on the bit rate value is selected. The set of energy thresholds is one of a plurality of sets of energy thresholds. The energy thresholds of each set of energy thresholds correspond on a one-to-one basis with a set of sub-bands of the audio signal. The audio signal is received. The energy of each sub-band of the set of sub-bands is determined. A highest frequency sub-band that has an energy exceeding the corresponding threshold is determined. A selected bandwidth of the audio signal is encoded. The selected bandwidth includes only those frequencies of the audio signal that are in the highest frequency sub-band that has an energy exceeding the corresponding threshold, as well as the lower frequencies of the audio signal that are above a high-pass cut-off frequency. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151261 | Analog Signal Transfer System, Variable Compressor, and Variable Expander - An analog signal transfer system includes a transmission apparatus including a variable compressor that variably compresses input signals exponentially according to the amplitudes of the input signals; and a reception apparatus including a variable expander that variably expands the compressed signals exponentially according to the amplitudes of the compressed signals. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151262 | RESAMPLING OUTPUT SIGNALS OF QMF BASED AUDIO CODECS - An apparatus for processing an audio signal includes a configurable first audio signal processor for processing the audio signal in accordance with different configuration settings to obtain a processed audio signal, wherein the apparatus is adapted so that different configuration settings result in different sampling rates of the processed audio signal. The apparatus furthermore includes an analysis filter bank having a first number of analysis filter bank channels, a synthesis filter bank having a second number of synthesis filter bank channels, a second audio processor being adapted to receive and process an audio signal having a predetermined sampling rate, and a controller for controlling the first number of analysis filter bank channels or the second number of synthesis filter bank channels in accordance with a configuration setting. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151263 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING AUDIO SIGNALS - The present invention provides a method for processing audio signals, and the method comprises the steps of: receiving input audio signals corresponding to a plurality of spectral coefficients; obtaining location information that indicates a location of a particular spectral coefficient among said spectral coefficients, on the basis of energy of said input signals: generating a shape vector by using said location information and said spectral coefficients; determining a codebook index by searching for a codebook corresponding to said shape vector; and transmitting said codebook index and said location information, wherein said shape vector is generated by using a part which is selected from said spectral coefficients, and said selected part is selected on the basis of said location information. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151264 | Processing of Business Object Identifiers in Master Data Integration Scenarios Involving Non-Local Identifiers - Disclosed is a mechanism to process business object IDs in inbound and outbound processing. The mechanism takes into account a mapping table, matching capabilities, number ranges, inbound error and conflict handling, inbound processing, outbound processing, initial load, and data migration. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151265 | AUTOMATED MEDICAL BILLING SYSTEM FOR RADIATION THERAPIES - An integrated radiation therapy charge capture system utilizes DICOM RT plan information for automatically generating medical billing codes. The system suggests billing codes based on analysis of the treatment plan and the work done. Users are allowed to change the codes and are reminded of implicit items that should be billed. Once a course of treatment is approved and initiated, the codes are generated automatically based on patient ID from the exported DICOM plan. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151266 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMMUNICATING AND MANAGING PATIENT PHYSIOLOGICAL DATA AND HEALTHCARE PRACTITIONER INSTRUCTIONS - Systems and methods for communicating and managing patient physiological data and healthcare practitioner instructions are disclosed. An example method may be implemented at a first electronic device for receiving patient physiological data. The first electronic device may also communicate the patient physiological data to a second electronic device of a healthcare practitioner. Further, the first electronic device may receive, from the second electronic device, healthcare practitioner instructions for communication to a third electronic device of a patient. The first electronic device may also communicate the healthcare practitioner instructions to the third electronic device. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151267 | SYSTEM TO ALLOW FOR A PHARMACIST TO STORE A FILLED PRESCRIPTION IN AN ELECTRONIC LOCKBOX FOR SUBSEQUENT RETRIEVAL BY A CUSTOMER AFTER IDENTITY VERIFICATION - A system that is used at pharmacies where the identity of the individual purchasing medication needs to be verified. The system incorporates magnetic swipe cards that have refillable monetary amounts that are deducted every time the patient is dispensed medication. The system also incorporates fingerprint verification and facial and retinal information to insure the correct patient's identity and whether the patient's authorization to acquire the medication has not expired. The prescription is placed in an electronic lockbox which opens when the individual has been properly identified. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151268 | Medication Management System - An apparatus comprising an input interface configured to obtain information regarding a plurality of medications associated with a patient, and a processor coupled to the receiver and configured to determine whether any of the medications interact with each other. An apparatus comprising a processor configured to associate with a pharmacy or a doctor's office, obtain information regarding a medication for a patient, and send the information regarding the medication to a mobile device associated with the patient. A medication management application comprising instructions that cause a mobile device to obtain information regarding a medication associated with a patient, and display the information regarding the medication on a display screen on the mobile device. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151269 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A NETWORK ANALYZER TOOL - The present solution provides a new tool to assist clients and prospects in evaluating and optimizing their use of PPO networks. The interactive analysis tool of the present solution allows you to rapidly see the impact of different network configurations based on actual experience measured against a comprehensive bill review database. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151270 | Genetic Based Health Management Systems for Weight and Nutrition Control - Systems have been devised for health management based upon genetic markers. Specifically, systems are arranged to compute genetic risk for several factors relating to metabolism and weight gain in view of various genotypes at particular markers in an individual's genome. An algorithm which depends upon these risk calculations and in further view of the presence of additional variants in the genome under test is executed to arrive at a diet type selection for the particular user. In additions to diet type selections, specific supporting diet related recommendations related to eating behaviors, food reactions and nutritional needs, based upon markers found in the genetic profile, are additionally included in a diet action plan. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151271 | SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR CARE COORDINATION IN HEALTHCARE - A system and a method are provided for care coordination in healthcare. The system consists of a network of one or more kiosks or one or more mobile devices and one or more backend healthcare information systems. The method works by retrieving the patient information from backend systems, by identifying and prioritizing any gaps in care, and messaging to the patient and/or the provider with specific care coordination steps. The system verifies whether a gap in care has been addressed by asking the patient during an automatic call made to the patient to make an appointment to address a gap in care, a check in, a check out and/or listening to the claims data for the patient at the payer. Our invention is useful for care coordination for addressing patients' gaps in care, especially when multiple parties and/or diseases exist. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151272 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SCHEDULING DEMAND-RESPONSE TRANSIT SERVICE - A method and system for scheduling home health care visits are provided. Client data for a set of clients, home health care professional data for a set of home health care professionals, and a resource schedule for the set of clients and the set of home health care professionals are stored in storage of a computer system. The resource schedule is determined to have become unsuitable. A change to the resource schedule in response to the determining is identified. The change to a transit-scheduling server to make a revision to a transit schedule is automatically communicated. Confirmation of the revision of the transit schedule is received. The resource schedule is revised in response to the receipt of the confirmation. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151273 | MOBILE SAMPLING - Providers may use mobile devices to access mobile drug sampling services from a drug sample promotional ecosystem. The drug sample promotional ecosystem includes a promotional orchestration engine which comprises a services engine that provides transactional responses to a provider's request, such as informational results being returned to the provider or request for further actions that will be forwarded. An analysis engine stores data and provides tactical and strategic level analysis. The learning engine is a mechanism by which the promotional orchestration engine adapts itself to changing conditions. The learning engine preferably customizes various components of the services engine and components of the analysis engine. From a provider's standpoint, the learning engine allows components of the services engine to be personalized to the particular provider. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151274 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCING HOME HEALTHCARE - A home healthcare system includes a patient monitoring device, a therapy delivery device, a local storage device, and a communication device. The patient monitoring device monitors a physiological condition of a patient in a home or home-like environment. The therapy delivery device holds a prescribed therapy for medical treatment of the patient in the home or home-like environment and selectively delivers a prescribed dosage of the prescribed therapy to the patient. The local storage device stores information associated with the patient. The communication device provides a user interface to the patient and a communication interface with a communication network outside the home or home-like environment to enable establishment of a communication session to/from another communication device associated with another party. Various methods for using the system to enhance home healthcare include monitoring a physiological condition of the patent and delivering a prescribed dosage of a prescribed therapy to the patient. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151275 | DYNAMIC GEOGRAPHICAL DISPLAY OF RESEARCH CAPACITY - The invention provides systems and methods that allow a trial planner to visualize clinical capacity available in different geographic locations in the form of icons arranged according to geography. In certain aspects, the invention provides a display including icons depicting research capacity in a plurality of geographical areas. Each icon has an aspect that depicts an aggregate capacity of a plurality of research centers that are located in the geographical region. The capacity can relate to available patient population, clinical capabilities, or local environment, and is queryable by disease. Preferably, only anonymous, aggregate statistical patient population data is included. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151276 | PROFILE RENDERING FOR CLINICAL RESEARCH ENTITIES - The invention uses a database of clinical research centers to allow a trial planner to view profiles of those centers to pre-qualify centers for inclusion in a prospective clinical trial. Systems and methods of the invention operate to display clinical research capacity by using a computer system for receiving, from a trial planner, a subject disease and a selection of a research center and retrieving a plurality of clinical capacities that are associated with the subject disease for the research center. A profile of the research center that includes the plurality of clinical capacities associated with the subject disease is rendered. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151277 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING AND MARKETING CLNIICAL RESEARCH CENTERS - The invention generally relates to computer-based systems for evaluating and marketing clinical trial research centers. In certain aspects, the invention provides computer-based systems for collecting information about clinical research centers. Systems include a tangible, non-transitory memory coupled to a processor operable to retrieve, based on a user's input, an identity of a clinical research center and prompt the user for information relating generally to the center. The system can collect disease-specific information by prompting the user for a selection of a disease and then collecting from the user information identifying an ability of the center to perform one or more tests relating to the disease. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151278 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLINICAL RESEARCH CENTER ANALYTICS - The invention generally relates to computer-based systems for evaluating and marketing clinical trial research centers. In certain aspects, the invention provides computer-based systems for collecting information about clinical research centers. Systems include a tangible, non-transitory memory coupled to a processor operable to retrieve, based on a user's input, an identity of a clinical research center and prompt the user for information relating generally to the center. The system can collect disease-specific information by prompting the user for a selection of a disease and then collecting from the user information identifying an ability of the center to perform one or more tests relating to the disease. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151279 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLINICAL RESEARCH CENTER LOCATION PROFILING - The invention generally relates to computer-based systems for evaluating and marketing clinical trial research centers. In certain aspects, the invention provides computer-based systems for collecting information about clinical research centers. Systems include a tangible, non-transitory memory coupled to a processor operable to retrieve, based on a user's input, an identity of a clinical research center and prompt the user for information relating generally to the center. The system can collect disease-specific information by prompting the user for a selection of a disease and then collecting from the user information identifying an ability of the center to perform one or more tests relating to the disease. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151280 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLINICAL RESEARCH CENTER NETWORK BUILDING AND USE - The invention generally relates to computer-based systems for evaluating and marketing clinical trial research centers. In certain aspects, the invention provides computer-based systems for collecting information about clinical research centers. Systems include a tangible, non-transitory memory coupled to a processor operable to retrieve information identifying global networks of clinical trial capacity. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151281 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING PRESCRIPTION LIABILITY - Methods and systems for managing prescription liability are described. In one embodiment, a reimbursement request for filling of a prescription drug on behalf of a worker is received. The reimbursement request is identified as being associated with a claim assumer. A determination that workers' compensation patient eligibility information is available for the worker is made. A modification notification including workers' compensation patient eligibility information associated with the worker is transmitted to a pharmacy administrative device. A replacement reimbursement request for filling of the prescription drug on behalf of the worker is received. The replacement reimbursement request is routed to a benefit manager device based on receipt of the replacement reimbursement request. Additional methods and systems are disclosed. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151282 | Medical of Increasing Efficiency in a Medical Claim Transaction, and Computer Program Capable of Executing Same - A method of adjudicating a medical claim includes providing a requirements for a first claim and a second claim, receiving a medical claim for a medical procedure, setting a first score for the first claim and a second score for the second claim to an initial value, comparing components of the medical claim to the requirements of the first and second claims, changing the first and second scores for each one of the components that match one of the requirements and for each one of the requirements that is missing from the components, and selecting the first or second claim based upon predetermined criteria applied to their respective scores to determine either a monetary value of the medical procedure for a medical service provider associated with the medical procedure or a monetary value of medical coverage for a patient associated with the medical procedure. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151283 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING DATA RELATED TO GROUP BENEFIT INSURANCE HAVING CRITICAL ILLNESS COVERAGE - A computer system for processing data related to a group benefit insurance policy issued to a policyholder to extend coverage to individual insureds who are members of a group and having a critical illness benefit includes a data storage device storing data indicative of: a plurality of categories of medical diagnoses; a plurality of diagnoses associated with each of the categories; a first occurrence value; a second occurrence value; and history of insureds related to the critical illness benefit by the insured. The system is configured for payment of a claim in the first occurrence value for a first diagnosis of an insured in a category, and the second occurrence value, which may be not more than the first occurrence value, for a second diagnosis of the insured in the same category. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151284 | ASSIGNING CASES TO CASE EVALUATORS BASED ON DYNAMIC EVALUATOR PROFILES - A method includes assigning, via a processor, cases to be evaluated by one or more case evaluators based on corresponding case profiles for the cases and a plurality of dynamic evaluator profiles for the one or more evaluators, wherein a dynamic evaluator profile for an evaluator includes information mined from a current set of case evaluation reports produced by the evaluator. A system includes a case profile repository ( | 2013-06-13 |
20130151285 | SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY POPULATING MEDICAL DATA - Techniques for managing a patient monitoring worksheet accessible by mobile devices are supported. A system may include a central medical information management system that maintains information regarding ongoing treatment of patients. Medical professionals may use mobile devices to access and display information in a worksheet that can facilitate the tracking of various categories of medical information such as drugs, fluids, vital signs, physiological data, events, and laboratory information. The worksheet may be separated into display sections to support tracking of the various categories of medical information over time. The system can permit the automatic population of values for one or more categories of medical information. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151286 | Teleradiology System - Prior studies associated with a patient are pre-fetched from multiple institutions and made available to a radiologist while the radiologist is viewing a series. Intelligent report generation is template driven with templates based on modality, body part, and radiologist. The template provides access to macros specific to the study as well as previously dictated entries for particular fields, to enable re-use of standard text in a contextual manner. Likewise, entry of text in one field of the report may cause related text to be propagated to other fields, such as from the findings to the impression, automatically as specified by the radiologist. Billing codes are automatically applied based on the report content. Communication by the radiologist with other physicians and institutions is implemented via the reporting system. Since communication instances pass through the radiology system, it is possible to associate and log communication instances with the studies. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151287 | INSURANCE CLAIM PROCESSING USING CONTAINERIZED PROCESSING LOGIC - A system and method for processing insurance claims using a set of adjudication rules. The method and system comprises receiving a claim for processing, such that the received claim having claim content including a claim date. Also provided is a database configured for accessing the set of adjudication rules appropriate to the received claim, the set of adjudication rules structured in containers including a primary rule container and secondary rule containers, each of the secondary rule containers being coupled to the primary rule container by a respective container reference, each of the secondary rule containers containing one or more adjudication rules adapted for processing the claim content of the received claim, each of the one or more adjudication rules being coupled to their respective secondary container by a respective rule reference, the set of adjudication rules defining a rule hierarchy. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151288 | Methods Using a Mobile Device to Provide Data for Insurance Premiums to a Remote Computer - A method for providing vehicle operation data to a remote computer or server for calculation of a vehicle insurance premium for a period of time based at least in part on collected vehicle operation data, wherein the method includes steps of: collecting vehicle operation data via a mobile device while the mobile device is associated with an operating vehicle, wherein the vehicle operation data has insurance risk predictive power; and transmitting the collected vehicle operation data from the mobile device to a remote computer. The remote computer or server receives collected vehicle operation data, stores the collected vehicle operation data in a database, a determines a vehicle insurance premium via a rating engine based at least in part on collected vehicle operation data. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151289 | System and Method for Providing Enhanced Information at the Inventory - A computer-implemented travel reservation and booking system includes a reservation system and an inventory system coupled to an output of the reservation system to receive notifications from the reservation system. The inventory system has an output coupled with an inventory display system. The reservation system includes at least one data processor operating under control of software instructions stored in at least one memory to receive passenger name records (PNRs) associated with a particular segment and date and, for each received PNR, to determine if the received PNR has been priced or not. If the received PNR has been priced, then considering the actual price. If the received PNR has not been priced then the at least one data processor estimates a price and further operates to prorate the actual price or the estimated price to obtain prorated prices for each segment and date. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151290 | Computer-Implemented Method and System to Respond to an Availability Computation Inquiry - A computer-implemented method to generate travel-related data includes steps of, in response to receiving an inquiry for a multi-segment travel solution at an Inventory System of a reference travel provider, sending a request to an Inventory System of an operating travel provider, the request including Revenue Control data of the reference travel provider; receiving from the operating travel provider a response to the request, the response including Revenue Control data of the operating travel provider and being formulated in accordance with the Revenue Control data of the operating travel provider and the Revenue Control data of the reference travel provider; and formulating a response to the inquiry at the Inventory System of the reference travel provider using at least the Revenue Control data of the reference travel provider, the response received from the operating travel provider and the Revenue Control data received from the operating travel provider. The Revenue Control data is real-time data that includes one or more of Bid Prices, Yields, Fares and Inventory Controls and is conveyed within interactive cascaded messages. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151291 | System and method for building on-demand aviation trip - A method and a system for building an on-demand aviation trip are provided. The system automatically identifies a set of service requirements and clearance requirements for a given trip, and handles tasks involved in arranging service providers for the set of service requirements to allow scheduler to self-build the trip. The system further obtains necessary information to automatically populate necessary forms to obtain the required clearances for the trip. Service requests and confirmation for the service requests are archived with reference to the service requirement of the trip and the parties relevant to the requests and confirmation are provided with real-time notification for receipt of such communications. The system also employees an online auction scheme to promote competition among the service providers to provide the schedulers with higher quality of service at lower price. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151292 | FUNCTIONAL PORTABLE DEVICE FOR EVENT ACCESS AND DELIVERY - The utility of a portable consumer device is extended by allowing account holders the ability to gain entry into access-controlled venues using a portable consumer device that is associated with an account that was used to purchase the admission or tickets to the event at the access-controlled venue. Merchandise or other goods and services may be pre-purchased by the consumer. Pre-purchasing may occur at the time that the price of admission is paid or before entry into the venue. The portable consumer device may be validated at the entrance to the access-controlled venue. After the consumer's entry into the venue, an arrival notification alert may be triggered to provide additional goods or services. For example, when a consumer successfully enters the venue using the consumer portable device, the pre-purchased items may be delivered to the consumer location at a specific time. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151293 | RESERVATION SYSTEM FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME - Some embodiments include a reservation system for electric vehicle charging station and method of using the same as disclosed herein. Other embodiments of related systems and methods are also disclosed. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151294 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COMPUTER AIDED EVENT AND VENUE SETUP AND MODELING AND INTERACTIVE MAPS - Described are systems and methods for designing certain aspects of an event venue and for communicating information regarding the event and the event venue to others. Certain embodiments provide a dynamic seat map via which an operator can assign certain characteristics to specific seats and/or seating sections. Certain embodiments generate interactive maps for users, via which information from a plurality of sources may be integrated and visually displayed. The user may specify certain criteria, and the interactive map may identify to the user seats and/or sections that match such criteria. Certain embodiments provide an interactive seat map via which users can select seats and share information. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151295 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COMPUTER AIDED EVENT AND VENUE SETUP AND MODELING AND INTERACTIVE MAPS - Described are systems and methods for designing certain aspects of an event venue and for communicating information regarding the event and the event venue to others. Certain embodiments provide a dynamic seat map via which an operator can assign certain characteristics to specific seats and/or seating sections. Certain embodiments generate interactive maps for users, via which information from a plurality of sources may be integrated and visually displayed. The user may specify certain criteria, and the interactive map may identify to the user seats and/or sections that match such criteria. Certain embodiments provide an interactive seat map via which users can select seats and share information. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151296 | ASSIGNING AND MANAGING PATRON RESERVATIONS FOR DISTRIBUTED SERVICES USING WIRELESS PERSONAL COMMUNICATION DEVICES - A system and method for assigning and managing patron reservations to one or more of a plurality of attractions receive reservation requests at personal communication devices (PCDs). Reservation requests are transmitted to a computer associated with the selected attraction, which determines a proposed reservation time based on information describing the attraction, the patron, previously-made reservations maintained in a virtual queue, and the current state of a physical queue associated with the attraction. Proposed reservation time is transmitted to the PCD for confirmation or rejection by the patron. Confirmed reservations are entered in the virtual queue. Patrons are alerted by the PCD when their reservation time is approaching. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151297 | Urban Computing of Route-Oriented Vehicles - Techniques for analyzing effectiveness of an urban area based on traffic patterns collected from route-oriented vehicles. A process collects sequences of global positioning system (GPS) points in logs and identifies geographical locations to represent the urban area where the route-oriented vehicles traveled. The process models traffic patterns by: partitioning the urban area into regions based at least in part on major roads, segmenting the GPS points from the logs into time slots, and identifying the GPS points associated with transporting a passenger in the route-oriented vehicles. The process models traffic patterns by projecting the identified GPS points onto the regions to construct transitions of the identified GPS points travelling between the regions. Then the process builds a matrix of the regions for each time slot in each day based on a number of the transitions. Each item in the matrix represents an effectiveness of a connection between two regions. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151298 | ACQUIRING AND DISTRIBUTING TASKS - Technology is described for acquiring a task and distributing the task to a service provider. The technology may include obtaining a task purchase from a customer and assigning the task to a service provider using a statistical method that considers weightings placed upon a task and weightings placed upon a plurality of service providers. Alternatively, a service provider may purchase a task at a fixed price. A fixed price may be determined by calculating a task acquisition cost using an average customer conversion cost. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151299 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZING THE DELIVERY OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT TRAINING - A method and system that optimizes the delivery of training materials to an organization that seeks to implement an environmental management system (EMS) meeting the requirements of a standard (such as ISO 14001-2004). The system generates an optimized set of training materials for an organization based on two analyses. The system presents gap analysis questions pertaining to the elements of the standard. Responses received to the gap analysis questions are used to calculate a gap analysis score with respect to each of the elements. The system also presents aspects and impacts questions in a cascaded fashion, meaning that certain aspects and impacts questions are presented based at least in part on responses received to previous aspects and impacts questions. The system generates optimized training materials for the organization by filtering a set of training modules based on the gap analysis scores and the aspects and impacts responses. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151300 | Time Based Data Visualization - An education digital reading platform collects time based user activity data and time based instruction data to generate time based views displaying a user's progress. User activity data includes any activity performed by a user on a web application displaying content from the education digital reading platform such as reading, taking notes, or answering questions. Time based instruction data includes a syllabus, due dates, and deadlines associated with a user's class. An interface system aggregates the user activity data from one or more users along with the instruction data to generate views of a user's progress. The views may be displayed, for example, as a timeline or a calendar. The views may enable a comparison between the activities of multiple users or a comparison of one or more user's activities to a syllabus. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151301 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENABLING COLLABORATION BETWEEN ADVISORS AND CLIENTS - A common collaboration tool enables advisors, their clients and other participants to interact in a coordinated manner in various areas of interest. A client authorizes selected advisors as well as other participants to view, discuss, modify and perform other operations in response to the client's request for services. A client defines the scope of authorization for advisors and/or other participants for security and confidentiality reasons. Advisors (and/or participants) access information submitted (or authorized) by the client to collaborate as a cohesive team in sharing information, devising a plan, addressing client's concerns, drafting (or modifying) a document and performing other services for the client. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151302 | CREATING FOLLOW ME MEETINGS IN AN ELECTRONIC CALENDAR - A relationship is established between scheduled events in an electronic calendaring application. A first event is scheduled on the electronic calendaring application and at least a second event is scheduled at a user designated time interval relative to the first event. The at least a second event is automatically changed when the user initiates a change to the first event. The user designated time interval is automatically maintained between the first event and the at least a second event. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151303 | CARBON FOOTPRINT RESTRICTION IN SEQUENCING PROCESS - An example system defines a carbon footprint restriction type in a manufacturing process. The system may comprise a carbon equivalent computation module and a carbon footprint computation module. The carbon equivalent computation module may define a carbon equivalent base attribute for each component unit of the manufacturing process and a carbon equivalent production attribute for the manufacturing process. The carbon footprint computation module may compute a carbon footprint value of an assembled product produced from the manufacturing process of the component units based on the carbon equivalent base attribute of each component unit and the carbon equivalent production attribute of the manufacturing process. An indicator associated with the carbon footprint value of the assembled product is displayed. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151304 | Methods, Systems, And Computer-Readable Media For Generating A Report Indicating Job Availability - Methods, systems, and computer-readable media provide for generating a report indicating job availability. According to embodiments, a method for generating a report indicating job availability is provided. According to the method, a selected assignment group is displayed. A number of status messages received by a technician in the selected assignment group is displayed. The status messages indicate that no jobs are available for the technician. An amount of lost time associated with the technician in the selected assignment group is determined. The lost time includes a difference between a time at which the technician received one of the status messages and a time at which the technician is dispatched to a next job. The amount of lost time associated with the technician in the selected assignment group is displayed. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151305 | Method and Apparatus for Business Drivers and Outcomes to Enable Scenario Planning and Simulation - A driver tree model represents relationships among different levers of a business and desired outcomes. The driver tree may be connected to actual data from operational systems in the business in order to capture a realistic current status of the business. Changes to the drivers in the tree may enable managers and other decision-makers to assess, analyze, and otherwise understand the impact of those changes to various aspects of the business. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151306 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PERFORMING AN ENGINEERING-BASED SITE DEVELOPMENT AND RISK ASSESSMENT PROCESS - A system and method is provided for on-site site risk assessment and to encourage collaboration between professional disciplines related to land development and construction projects. A graphical risk analysis system is provided based on answers to interdisciplinary questions related to risks. Use of the system promotes a complete checklist of interdisciplinary and informational consultation which, when completed for a project, assesses the risk related to construction site development and allows for reduction in risk as the project progresses. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151307 | DERIVING MARKET INTELLIGENCE FROM SOCIAL CONTENT - Methods and arrangements for deriving market intelligence. Guidelines for deriving mercantile intelligence are input, and social content data is mined. A map is generated which reconciles the social content data with the guidelines, and elements related to mercantile intelligence are extracted from the map. A mercantile intelligence report is output. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151308 | Lifecycle Obsolescence Forecasting Tool - A lifecycle obsolescence forecasting system. The system may include a data integrator configured to receive part information for a plurality of parts. The system may include a sustainability optimizer configured to receive one or more sustainability requirements for a part in the plurality of parts. The system may include a forecaster coupled to the data integrator and the sustainability optimizer, wherein the forecaster may be configured to analyze the part information and the one or more sustainability requirements to establish a component stock-out date for the part, wherein the component stock-out date may comprise a date when a last spare of the part is forecast to be removed from stock, and wherein the component stock-out date may be established as a function of at least the part usage rate and a corresponding failure rate of the part. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151309 | DERIVING MARKET INTELLIGENCE FROM SOCIAL CONTENT - Methods and arrangements for deriving market intelligence. Guidelines for deriving mercantile intelligence are input, and social content data is mined. A map is generated which reconciles the social content data with the guidelines, and elements related to mercantile intelligence are extracted from the map. A mercantile intelligence report is output. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151310 | CATTLE MANAGEMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM - An automated method and system for individual animal electronic identification, measurement, and management of cattle in a feedlot. Through the use of a computer system integrated with individual animal identification, multiple measurement and remeasurement systems, and a handling and sorting system, animals are individually identified and measured. The computer system calculates optimum slaughter weight, economic end point and marketing date for shipment to a packing plant. Individual animals are sorted by the computer in response to calculations from the measurements. The computer system stores individual animal measurement, performance and location data, which is used to select animals for shipment to slaughter at the optimum time. At the slaughter facility, the animal's identification is used to correlate the live animal physical characteristics and performance data to the carcass characteristics data and build a-database to more accurately identify and measure value-based characteristics in subsequent animals for more effective selection and management. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151311 | PREDICTION OF CONSUMER BEHAVIOR DATA SETS USING PANEL DATA - Embodiments of the invention combine information from different data sets, such as social networks, vendor systems, and/or panels, each data set comprising statistics about past consumer behavior (e.g., product purchases). The result of the combination is a model that, when applied to statistics about purchases of a particular product, produces predicted consumer behavior statistics about the particular product that are more accurate than the data of any given one of the different data sets when taken in isolation. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151312 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR COLLABORATIVE SALES CAMPAIGN - An apparatus, method, and computer program product are disclosed for a collaborative sales campaign system. An organization contact module is configured to register an organization contact on a website. The organization contact represents the organization. A supporter module is configured to register supporters at the website for a product sales campaign associated with an organization such that the total number of the supporters meets a predetermined threshold. Further, a sales module is configured to initiate the product sales campaign in response to registering the organization contact and in response to registering the supporters. Finally, a product module is configured to signal a manufacturer of the product to produce the product when the number of committed purchases by supporters exceeds the predetermined threshold. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151313 | SALES AND OPERATIONS PLANNING INTERFACE TOOL - A method, in one embodiment, can include establishing a demand hierarchy associated with sales and operations planning data of an organization. Note that any item of the demand hierarchy is not assigned to another hierarchy group. Additionally, the method can include establishing a supply hierarchy associated with the sales and operations planning data of the organization. It is noted that any item of the supply hierarchy is not assigned to another hierarchy group. Furthermore, the method can include utilizing one of the demand hierarchy and the supply hierarchy to generate a metric based at an item level. The metric can be output as part of a graphical user interface. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151314 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR LEAD MANAGEMENT - A system, method, and computer program product uses an application that allows people who have websites including a webform for making inquiries to manage communications between prospective customers and one or more sales agents. When a webform is submitted, it is routed to a special address (e.g., as an email address, an SMS address, or a social media address such as a Facebook address, a LinkedIn address, a Twitter address or the like) and one or more sales agents are called and prompted to call the prospective customer at a callback number. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151315 | Representing Business Drivers and Outcomes to Facilitate Collaborative Planning - A driver tree represents a model that models relationships between the various drivers of a business. The driver tree and the corporate outcomes computed from the driver tree may be presented in graphical display. The driver tree model may enable managers at any level of the organization to immediately see the impact of any changes they make on all parts of the corporate performance. Embodiments enable delegation of parts of the driver tree to persons with the nearest level of authority and oversight in corresponding parts of the business. The various branches of the driver tree may then be reassembled to create a more accurate view of ongoing strategies of the corporation as seen (and negotiated) by various layers of management. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151316 | Methodology for Restoring the Sustainable Profitability of a Business Unit through Operational and Process Re-Engineering (Operational Turnaround) - A methodology for restoring the sustainable profitability of a business unit through operational and process re-engineering (operational turnaround), which includes the following stages: an initial assessment (i.e. financial sustainability in the absence of any operational turnaround action or infusion of funds, evaluation and prioritization of urgent needs, etc.), planning and pre-work (i.e. key performance indicators and goal setting, resource and documentation planning, transitional maps, etc.), execution (i.e. the actual operational and process re-engineering, deployment of customer-centric strategies, restructuring, downsizing, performance management, etc.), and stabilization (i.e. implementing control measures to prevent future losses, growth strategy design and implementation, measurements of performance sustainability, periodic data reviews, etc.). | 2013-06-13 |
20130151317 | Model and System for Service Provisioning Lifecycle Management - Implementations of the present disclosure include methods for lifecycle management of services provisioned in a business network that include actions of defining a service package associated with a service, the service package being a logical representation of the service and including a plurality of artifacts, storing the service package in computer-readable memory, defining a service lifecycle model associated with the service, the service lifecycle model including a plurality of states, storing the service lifecycle model in the computer-readable memory, determining that the service is in a first state, determining that a first set of provisioning activities has occurred, in response to determining that the first set of provisioning activities has occurred, transitioning the service lifecycle model from the first state to a second state, and updating the service lifecycle model in the computer readable memory. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151318 | TRANSIT BILLING NETWORK - A transit billing network is described. All commuter accounts are initially blacklisted at all entry transit readers within a transit operator system. A commuter is provided with a transit pass, linked to a mobile device. Individual commuter accounts are unblacklisted when a commuter transmits an SMS with an account number printed on the transit pass, a phone number is extracted from the SMS and the commuter increases a stored value of the commuter account. A list of unblacklisted accounts is pushed to all entry transit readers to allow access to select commuters. The stored value can then be used to pay for a fare amount using the transit pass. When the stored value has dropped below a minimum value, a communication process provides for warning messages to be transmitted using the phone number, and optionally automatically retrieve funds by transmitting Multiple Premium Messages. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151319 | Predictable Method for Reducing Power Consumption during Peak Demand - System and method for reducing electricity consumption during peak demand period is disclosed. The power distribution system comprises a power grid, a control unit and a plurality of consumption units. The consumption unit further comprises a power limiter. The control unit sends instructions through a communication network to consumption units to activate the power limiters. Power consumptions for appliances in the units are then adjusted to meet the power limitation. Implementations of AC and DC power limiters are disclosed. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151320 | PAYMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM - A payment system enables making purchases for a token fee. A customer is offered a choice of making a purchase at a regular price or taking a chance to make the purchase for an additional nominal fee. The nominal purchase or participation fee is determined based on the purchase price and a probability, which is calculated according to rules. The rules get established with a specific business and provide that the collected participation fees cover the cost of purchases. A random number generator system is programmed according to the rules of the method and system is used by the business. Based on the value of the random number, the system will determine if the customer was ‘lucky’ and needs to pay only the participation fee, nothing, or if the customer needs to pay the price of the goods plus the participation fee. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151321 | CUSTOMER INCENTIVE REWARD CARD MATCHING METHOD - A customer incentive reward card matching method that allows a merchant or affiliation of merchants to create incentive, retention,, and marketing methods for a customer by providing the customer with a reward card that has a matching value to the customer's initial purchase price. The reward card is designed to incentivize the customer to return to the merchant for future business and also generate profits for the merchant by charging premium prices for products and services, requiring minimum price purchases, charging a small administrative fee, and other prerequisites. The customer incentive reward card matching method further utilizes a point of sale device connected to a remote computer to download, view, analyze, edit, and process customer transaction history data. | 2013-06-13 |
20130151322 | Incentive Manager During Online Checkout - Described is a technology by which an incentive manager uses a portion of an interactive window associated with online commerce to provide incentives related to user of payment instruments. Upon detecting interaction with a set of displayed incentives corresponding to user-indicated payment options, an information input mechanism for collecting information related to the user-indicated option is expanded on the interactive window. Detection of interaction with an interactive mechanism may be used to expand the displayed incentive set. | 2013-06-13 |