24th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 65 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110144924 | COMPUTATIONAL METHOD FOR LOAD ENHANCEMENT FACTORS - The computation of a Load Factor, a Life Factor or a Load Enhancement Factor using Modified Joint Weibull Analysis may include retrieving a test data set from at least one database and analyzing the data retrieved for fit with a Weibull distribution model for the data. The test data may be analyzed to determine if at least two coupons have been tested and if both the applied loads and duration of testing at the component-level were varied. At least one shape parameter may be calculated for the Weibull distribution model after which the shape parameter may be stored. At least one scale parameter may be calculated for the Weibull distribution of the data after which the scale parameter may be stored. A stress to life cycle relationship may also be calculated to account for scatter in the data through the Weibull distribution data. At least one of the Life Factor, the Load Factor and the Load Enhancement Factor may be calculated based on the stress to life cycle relationship to account for scatter in the Life Factor, the Load Factor or the Load Enhancement Factor. | 2011-06-16 |
20110144925 | System and Method for Detecting Clutch-Related Faults in an Automatic Transmission - A fault diagnostic method for an automatic transmission may include monitoring an operating state of a trim system configured to selectively supply clutch engagement pressure and exhaust to at least one clutch control valve, determining an expected operating state of the trim system based on current operating conditions of the transmission, and generating a fault signal if the monitored operating state of the trim system is different from the expected operating state of the trim system. | 2011-06-16 |
20110144926 | Process for Predicting the Emergence of Longitudinal Cracks During Continuous Casting - A process for predicting longitudinal cracks during continuous casting of steel slabs. The local strand temperature is measured by thermocouples distributed in the mould wall. In this process, the risk of the strand rupturing as a result of longitudinal cracking is assessed statistically taking into account the current temperature values measured by the thermocouples arranged in the mould and the temperature values determined when no cracks are present. | 2011-06-16 |
20110144927 | Method for real time capability simulation of an air system model of an internal combustion engine - The present invention relates to a method for determining at least one air system variable in an air supply system ( | 2011-06-16 |
20110144928 | Vortex extraction apparatus, method, program storage medium, and display system - A vortex extraction apparatus includes: a first numerical data calculation section calculating, for each vertex of each of voxels into which the inside of a fluid space is split, first numerical data indicating whether the vertex is located inside or outside a vortex region in a fluid; and a text data creation section determining the size of the vortex region around a center line of the vortex based on the first numerical data, and creating text data indicating the center line and the size. The apparatus further includes a polygon count reduction processing section counting the number of polygons defining a surface of the vortex region and each including an isosurface of the first numerical data, and integrating the voxels with new voxels into which the fluid space is roughly split until the number of polygons is not more than a set value, to decimate the first numerical data. | 2011-06-16 |
20110144929 | TORSIONAL RESONANCE FREQUENCY MEASURING DEVICE AND METHOD - The invention provides a torsional resonance frequency measuring device and method applicable to a large-scale power generating equipment or a traction motor equipment with a rotating shaft, such as a large power grid-tied wind turbine. The invention is characterized by employing a machine-side converter existing in the grid-tied wind turbine to output direct currents to a three-phase PMSG (permanent magnet synchronous generator), such that a pulse torque is generated to mechanically excite a rotor of the three-phase PMSG. Afterwards, a control circuit of the machine-side converter acquires back electromotive force generated by the mechanically excited rotor so as to calculate the torsional resonance frequency of the overall drive-chain system according to the frequency spectrum of the back electromotive force. | 2011-06-16 |
20110144930 | PASSIVE ACOUSTIC UNDERWATER INTRUDER DETECTION SYSTEM - A portable threat detection apparatus and method is disclosed which may comprise a plurality of acoustic emission sensors arranged in a cluster, forming a polygon defining at least two axes of alignment between respective pairs of acoustic emission sensors; a computing device in cooperation with a non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising computer readable instructions for performing: receiving a first signal produced by a first acoustic emission sensor within a respective pair of acoustic emission sensors, in response to the first acoustic emission sensor detecting an acoustic emission from a source, and receiving a second signal produced by a second acoustic emission sensor within the respective pair of acoustic emission sensors, in response to the second acoustic emission sensor detecting the acoustic emission; determining a cross-correlation factor between the first signal and the second signal; and, determining a bearing to the source based on the cross correlation factor. | 2011-06-16 |
20110144931 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HIGH-SPEED FAULT DETECTION IN DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS - A method and apparatus for high-speed fault detection of circuits in power distribution networks utilizing protective relay devices ( | 2011-06-16 |
20110144932 | Power Monitoring and Analysis System for Identifying and Tracking Individual Electrical Devices - The invention is a method for measuring and processing a plurality of electrical parameters of a common alternating current (AC) service that supplies multiple different electrical devices such that the power use rate and total power used by each of multiple devices is determined. Sensors provide high resolution signals corresponding to the current and voltage of the AC power supplied to the service panel typical of those used in residential construction. Analog-to-digital conversion and processing circuits determine multiple electrical parameters with high resolution at a sampling rate sufficient to determine the electrical parameters for approximately each AC cycle. The electrical parameters are stored as a large data set in a memory with sufficient capacity to store several months of electrical parameters representing each AC cycle. The data set is processed to extract complete on-off cycles of the devices. The on-off cycles are represented by instance structures. The characteristics of the instance structures are used to determine device structures. Each device structure characterizes one of the multiple devices. The contributions associated with the extracted instance structures are subtracted from the data set, making is possible to extract additional instance structures from the residual information in the data set. Information from the device structures are used to help extract instances structures that are partially obscured by overlapping instance structures. The newly extracted instances structures are subtracted from the data set and processing continues until no more instance structures can be extracted. Information from the extracted instance structures and device structures are further grouped and processed to provide useful information reports to a consumer. As the electrical parameters are determined and added to the data set, they can be incrementally processed so that near real time information can be provided to the consumer. The cost of operating each device and other information enables the consumer to make informed decision regarding energy use and conservation. | 2011-06-16 |
20110144933 | VITAL CURRENT SENSOR - A system for sensing current, comprising: a processor; a current sensor coupled to the processor and including a sensor threshold value; and a current generator coupled to the current sensor; wherein the current generator is operable to generate a test current signal defined by a time-varying linear function, the current sensor is operable to be coupled to an external current source, the current sensor is operable to output a sensor output signal based on a detected current to the processor, and the processor is operable to determine a magnitude of the sensor threshold value based on the sensor output signal. | 2011-06-16 |
20110144934 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR SAMPLING RATE CONVERSION - Re-sampling of a signal represented by a plurality of input samples is described. An output sample value is calculated for a desired time instant, t | 2011-06-16 |
20110144935 | ULTRASONIC INSPECTION USING ACOUSTIC MODELING - Configuration of an ultrasonic inspection system is facilitated using an ultrasound response predicted by a simulation tool. In one embodiment, estimated material properties of an object to be inspected are input to the simulation tool. Also input to the simulation tool is at least one estimated property of an ultrasonic transducer of the ultrasonic inspection. The simulation tool predicts the response of the object to ultrasound from the ultrasonic transducer. This response is dependent upon the estimated material properties of the object to be inspected and the at least one estimated property of the ultrasonic transducer. The ultrasonic inspection system is then configured dependent upon a feature of the predicted response. The system may be configured, for example, by setting the position of a time gate, selecting an appropriate ultrasonic transducer, selecting the position of the transducer to achieve good focus, or selecting parameters for signal processing. | 2011-06-16 |
20110144936 | PHOTOELECTRIC SMOKE SENSOR - Provided is a photoelectric smoke sensor capable of correcting a sensitivity according to a state of contamination. The photoelectric smoke sensor includes: a storage section ( | 2011-06-16 |
20110144937 | DEVICE AND METHOD OF SENSING TEMPERATURE OF A ROTATING ELECTROMAGNETIC MACHINE - A system and method of determining the temperature of a rotating electromagnetic machine, such as an electric motor or generator. A temperature calibration parameter is calculated based on the temperature of an object situated close to the motor, such as a motor drive connected to the motor, and a first resistance value of the winding. In exemplary embodiments, the motor drive and first resistance value are determined only after the motor has been idle for some predetermined time period. Once the calibration parameter is calculated, the processor uses it along with subsequent resistance measurements to calculate the temperature of the motor. | 2011-06-16 |
20110144938 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DIRECTING THE USE OF A CORIOLIS FLOW METER - A method and apparatus is disclosed that guides a user through a sequence of steps that will allow the user to complete a predefined task using the flow meter. The steps include: selecting a predefined task, displaying a sequence of steps that directs the user through a process for using the Coriolis flow meter to complete the predefined task, and operating the Coriolis flow meter in response to the sequence of steps to complete the predefined task. | 2011-06-16 |
20110144939 | COMPUTERISED STORAGE SYSTEM COMPRISING ONE OR MORE REPLACEABLE UNITS FOR MANAGING TESTING OF ONE OR MORE REPLACEMENT UNITS - A method, apparatus and software is disclosed, for use in a computerised storage system comprising one or more replaceable units, for managing testing of one or more replacement units, where the storage system is automatically placed in a testing mode in response to a given unit being replaced and if testing fails the storage system automatically fails back to a service mode. | 2011-06-16 |
20110144940 | Sensor and Method for the Detection of Local Displacements and Rotations | 2011-06-16 |
20110144941 | POSITION DETERMINATION BASED ON PROPAGATION DELAY DIFFERENCES OF MULTIPLE SIGNALS RECEIVED AT MULTIPLE SENSORS - Methods and systems to determine at multi-dimensional coordinates of an object based on propagation delay differences of multiple signals received from the object by each of a plurality of sensors. The signals may include optical signals in a human visible spectrum, which may be amplitude modulated with corresponding frequency tones. An envelope may be detected with respect to each of the sensors, and signals within each envelope may be separated. A phase difference of arrival may be determined for each of the signals, based on a difference in propagation delay times of the signal with respect to multiple sensors. The phase differences of arrival may be converted to corresponding distance differences between a corresponding transmitter and the corresponding sensors. A linear distance and a perpendicular offset distance may be determined from a combination the distance differences, a distance between the corresponding transmitters, and a distance between the corresponding sensors. | 2011-06-16 |
20110144942 | METHOD OF USING TELEMETRY TO DETECT AT LEAST ONE SUSPENDED THREADLIKE OBJECT, THE OBJECT LYING IN THE DETECTION FIELD OF A TELEMETER MOUNTED ON BOARD A VEHICLE - A method of detecting at least one suspended threadlike object by telemetry, the object lying in the detection field of a telemeter on board a vehicle. The method wherein in step iii), for each vertical plane taken into consideration, and for each set of at least four candidate points close to the vertical plane in question, using the least squares method to calculate the values of three parameters a, b, and c of a catenary having an equation of the form: | 2011-06-16 |
20110144943 | Localized Substrate Geometry Characterization - A system for evaluating the metrological characteristics of a surface of a substrate, the system including an optical substrate measurement system, a data analyzing system for analyzing data in an evaluation area on the substrate, applying feature-specific filters to characterize the surface of the substrate, and produce surface-specific metrics for characterizing and quantifying a feature of interest, the surface-specific metrics including a range metric for quantifying maximum and minimum deviations in the evaluation area, a deviation metric for quantifying a point deviation having a largest magnitude in a set of point deviations, where the point deviations are an amount of deviation from a reference plane fit to the evaluation area, and a root mean square metric calculated from power spectral density. | 2011-06-16 |
20110144944 | COMPRESSOR DIAGNOSTIC AND PROTECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method is provided and may include generating a high-side signal indicative of an operating condition of a high-pressure side of a refrigeration circuit and generating a low-side signal indicative of an operating condition of a low-pressure side of the refrigeration circuit. The method may further include processing by a processor the high-side signal and the low-side signal to determine a non-measured system condition and determining by the processor an efficiency of the refrigeration circuit based on the non-measured system condition. | 2011-06-16 |
20110144945 | RADIATION MEASURING DEVICE AND DIAGNOSTIC METHOD THEREOF - A radiation measuring device includes a computing unit that receives an input of a count value of a count portion configured to receive an input of a digital pulse from a pulse height discriminator and count the digital pulse in a fixed cycle and an integrated value of an adder-subtractor accumulation portion configured to add the digital pulse and subtract a feedback pulse and finds a first current rate on the basis of the count value and the integrated value and a second count rate on the basis of the integrated value, so that soundness of the adder-subtractor accumulation portion is diagnosed and outputted by comparing the first count rate with the second count rate. A radiation measuring device of a simple configuration and a diagnosis method thereof enabling a high-accurate self-diagnosis online on the count rate measurement that is the keystone of the radiation measurement can be thus obtained. | 2011-06-16 |
20110144946 | WELLHEAD HIPS WITH AUTOMATIC TESTING AND SELF-DIAGNOSTICS - A method for diagnostics of a high integrity protection system (HIPS) for protection of a pipeline downstream of a wellhead includes: monitoring for initiation of an automatic trip or manual safety shutdown or full shut-off test; determining the process safety time (PST) that elapses between the time at which the upstream pressure reached the trip setpoint and the time at which the upstream pressure reaches the maximum allowable piping pressure (MAPP) of the downstream pipeline; and verifying that the safety critical isolation valves stroked to the fully closed position within ½ PST and that the downstream pressure did not exceed the MAPP. If the verification is successful, no action is required, whereas if the verification shows that either of those parameters are not met, then the HIPS signals an alarm to operators, and in the case of a manual safety shutdown or full shut-off test, resets the pressure trip setpoint to a lower level. | 2011-06-16 |
20110144947 | Online Diagnostic Method and Online Diagnostic System for Geothermal Generation Facility - An online diagnostic system for a geothermal generation facility is discloses that includes: an automatic steam measurement device for measuring a characteristic of steam to be supplied to a steam turbine from a steam-water separator at the geothermal generation facility that outputs analysis data. A monitor•control device controls an operation of the geothermal generation facility while monitoring the geothermal generation facility. A diagnostic device performs at least one of an evaluation of a steam characteristic at the geothermal generation facility, an evaluation of the steam-water separator, and an evaluation of pulsation and confluence of a production well based on the analysis data from the automatic steam measurement device and performance data of the geothermal generation facility from the monitor•control device. An operating status of the geothermal generation facility is diagnosed. | 2011-06-16 |
20110144948 | DIAGNOSTIC AID DEVICE - A diagnostic aid device is configured to aid diagnosis of an operating efficiency of an air conditioner. The diagnostic aid device includes an obtaining section, a specifying section, a screen generating section and a measure information providing section. The obtaining section obtains an operating data of the air conditioner. Using the operating data obtained by the obtaining section, the specifying section specifies a state value of the air conditioner including air conditioning load factor, COP, power consumption or frequency. The screen generating section generates either a first screen or a second screen based on the state value specified by the specifying section. The first screen represents an operating status of the air conditioner. The second screen represents the operating status and single or plural sets of information related to a measure used to improve the state value. | 2011-06-16 |
20110144949 | SYSTEM FOR REAL TIME SUPERVISION OF COMPONENT WEAR IN A WIND TURBINE POPULATION - A system for scheduling maintenance of a component in a wind turbine. The system receives signals from each of the wind turbines in a population of wind turbines. From the signals, the system detects a failure of the component in one of the wind turbine. In response to the detect failure, the system calculates a new life value for the component. The life value is then compared to a threshold value. If the life value is within a specified parameter compared to the threshold value, the system schedules a change of the component in all of the wind turbines in the population. | 2011-06-16 |
20110144950 | MONITORING MEMORY MODULE PARAMETERS IN HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTERS - Monitoring parameters of memory modules is described. According to certain embodiments, one or more parameters on respective memory modules are monitored. Corresponding parameter information is transmitted away from the respective memory module to a device that is external to the respective memory modules. | 2011-06-16 |
20110144951 | MONITORING MEMORY MODULE PARAMETERS IN HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTERS - Monitoring parameters of memory modules is described. According to certain embodiments, one or more parameters on respective memory modules are monitored. Corresponding parameter information is transmitted from the respective memory module to a device that is external to the respective memory modules. | 2011-06-16 |
20110144952 | MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RAPID VERIFICATION OF CRITICAL RADIOLOGICAL LEVELS IN MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC, TREATMENT AND NONINVASIVE SCREENING EQUIPMENT - A portable measurement apparatus and method for independent in situ analysis of emitted radiation, the patient or subject's total radiological dosage and spectral component levels of radiation for a specific radiation emission machine is disclosed. Said apparatus uses a plurality of electromagnetic emission detectors as a means to separate and analyze the electromagnetic spectral output signals emitted by an individual X-ray, CT, MRI, PET, metal detecting, or foreign object screening machine, etc., into key radiological component intensities. | 2011-06-16 |
20110144953 | COMPENSATION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERING FIELDS - A system for compensating electromagnetic interfering fields is provided that includes two triaxial magnetic field sensors for outputting real sensor signals; six compensation coils, which are arranged as a cage around an object to be protected, and may individually be actuated; a control unit having six inputs, and six outputs, and a digital processor receiving the sensor signals on the input side, and processing the signals to control signals for the compensation coils. The real sensor signals are converted to virtual sensor signals by a first matrix multiplication for mapping the interfering fields at the location of the object. The virtual sensor signals are made to modified signals by an operator describing the controller structure. The modified signals are converted to real control signals by a second matrix multiplication, which control signals are individually fed to the six compensation coils. | 2011-06-16 |
20110144954 | GEOSPATIAL MODELING SYSTEM USING SINGLE OPTICAL IMAGES AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A geospatial modeling system includes a display, a geospatial database, and a processor. The processor generates a model based upon a single optical image and a digital elevation model (DEM), and without registration of multiple optical images. The processor also generates time-lapsed models based upon single time-lapsed optical images and the DEM, and without registration of multiple time-lapsed optical images. Regions of interest are user selected from the time-lapsed models, and are displayed along with the model. | 2011-06-16 |
20110144955 | SYSTEM FOR MODELING DYNAMIC RESPONSE CHANGES IN AN ANTHROPOMORPHIC DUMMY - A system and method for designing a crashworthiness system is taught. The system utilizes computer models of anthropomorphic dummies having material properties which change as a function of time. | 2011-06-16 |
20110144956 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPORTING DATA INTO PROGRAM CODE - The present invention relates to a method for designing a system. This method includes obtaining a visual representation of one or more components of the ventilation system. One or more property values are assigned to each of the components of the system, which may be achieved using first program code. Geometrical information representing the visual representation and the property values of each component are exported to a data file using the first program code. Standards information relating to the property values are stored. The data file is then imported into a second software application and the data tile and the standards information is used to generate a final design using the second software application. | 2011-06-16 |
20110144957 | METHOD FOR THE DESIGNING OF TOOLS - The invention concerns a method for the creation of addendums ( | 2011-06-16 |
20110144958 | DETECTION OF DESIGN REDUNDANCY - Augmented-domain simulation, such as ternary-based simulation may be utilized to approximate a reachability analysis of a model being model checked. The approximated reachability analysis may be utilized to detect design redundancies and modify the model to remove such redundancies. Design redundancies may include unobservable variables, mergeable variables and utilization of surplus domains. | 2011-06-16 |
20110144959 | FAST ANALYSIS METHOD OF STEADY-STATE FIELDS, FAST ANALYSIS PROGRAM OF STEADY-STATE FIELDS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A fast analysis method of steady-state fields performs arithmetic processing over plural time steps, performs transient analysis on the basis of an equation having a time derivative term, obtains a physical quantity of an analysis object, and includes the steps of reading input data including a time average width necessary to perform time averaging on the physical quantity, a phase width of a fundamental wave corresponding to the time average width, or a time step width necessary to perform the time averaging, and finite element modeling data of the analysis object by the arithmetic device; obtaining a time-averaged physical quantity using the time average width, the phase width of the fundamental wave, or the time step width by the arithmetic device; and obtaining a steady-state field of the physical quantity through a correction of the physical quantity using the time average quantity by the arithmetic device. | 2011-06-16 |
20110144960 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING CHARACTERISTICS OF TUBING DEPLOYED IN A WELLBORE - A method for determining characteristics of a tubing deployed in a wellbore includes positioning a first sensor within the wellbore, wherein the first sensor generates a first feedback signal representing a downhole parameter measured by the first sensor, positioning a second sensor adjacent a surface of the formation in which the wellbore is formed, wherein the second sensor generates a second feedback signal representing a surface parameter measured by the second sensor, generating a simulated model representing a simulated surface weight indicator of the tubing, wherein the simulated model is derived from at least the first feedback signal, generating a data model representing a measured weight indicator of the tubing, wherein the data model is derived from the second feedback signal, comparing the data model to the simulated model, and adjusting a parameter of the simulated model to substantially match the simulated model to the data model. | 2011-06-16 |
20110144961 | PROCESSING SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR MODELING SYSTEM - A processing system, method, and program for a modeling system. A math equation including a differential equation is prepared. A CAS solves the differential equation normally and by using an interval coefficient in accordance with an interval analysis technique. A coefficient vector of the two solutions are compared to determine if a distance between the vectors is equal to or less than a preset value, and if so, the CAS solves the math equation including a differential equation with the target coefficient set to zero. The coefficient vectors of the solution thus obtained and the normally solved solution are compared to determine if the distance between the vectors is equal to or less than a preset value, and if so, the differential equation is simplified by omitting a term of the target coefficient from the differential equation. | 2011-06-16 |
20110144962 | GEOSPATIAL MODELING SYSTEM PROVIDING ENHANCED FOLIAGE VOID REGION INPAINTING FEATURES AND RELATED METHODS - A geospatial modeling system may include a geospatial model database and a processor cooperating with the geospatial model database. The processor may be configured to determine void regions in a geospatial data set including foliage data points and bare earth data points, where each void region has a boundary and at least one bare earth data point therein. The processor may also be configured to inpaint additional bare earth data points into each void region based upon bare earth data points outside the boundary and the at least one bare earth data point therein. | 2011-06-16 |
20110144963 | Method and System for Reducing Carbon Emissions Arising from Vehicle Travel - Methods and systems for facilitating efficient travel management in a manner such that the carbon emissions produced by vehicle travel are reduced are disclosed. Simulations can be performed on vehicle travel plans and bodies of vehicles within various types of fleets to estimate their environmental impact. Based on such estimations, travel managers can adopt travel programs that employ a judicious selection of vehicle travel modes to carry out vehicle travel plans in a manner that benefits the environment. | 2011-06-16 |
20110144964 | Special Treatment on Circular Ring Part of the OLED Bank Structure with Surface Evolver - Systems and methods for representing a surface with faces. Defining a face with inner and outer concave constraint lines. Representing the face with five initial vertices spread equidistant on each of the inner and outer concave constraint lines. Using a triangulation refinement method to transform the initial set of vertices into a first set of representative vertices. | 2011-06-16 |
20110144965 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR MODELING PRODUCTION SYSTEM NETWORK UNCERTAINTY - Embodiments of the present disclosure include a method that includes creating a deterministic model representing a production system. The model may include one or more inputs and parameters that are not deterministically known, and one or more outputs. A prior probability density function may be used to determine a prior uncertainty, and a measurement related to a first of the outputs may be obtained. The method may also include determining a posterior probability density function using the prior probability density function, the measurement, and a conditional probability density function. Embodiments of the present disclosure also include a computer-readable medium having a set of computer-readable instructions residing thereon that, when executed, perform acts comprising the foregoing method. Embodiments of the present disclosure further include a computing device that includes a memory, one or more processors operatively coupled to the memory, and functionality operable by the processors to perform the foregoing method. | 2011-06-16 |
20110144966 | METHODS FOR PREDICTION OF BINDING POSES OF A MOLECULE - A method for prediction of binding poses of a binding molecule to a target molecule is provided. The method involves a step of providing, clustering, and evaluating binding poses of the binding molecule. The providing and clustering of the poses is performed by a single or multiple iteration procedure. The evaluation of the poses is determined from interaction energies between particular poses and the target molecule. | 2011-06-16 |
20110144967 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC CARDIAC ANALYSIS, DETECTION, PREDICTION, AND RESPONSE USING CARDIO-PHYSIOLOGICAL MATHEMATICAL MODELING - A system and a method for evaluating the cardiac status of a heart by evaluating a plurality of cardio-physiological parameters, and in particular, to such a system and method in which a plurality of cardio-physiological mathematical models are evaluated to produce a user specific cardiac model. | 2011-06-16 |
20110144968 | SIMULATION PARAMETER EXTRACTING METHOD OF MOS TRANSISTOR - A simulation parameter extracting method of a MOS transistor according to an exemplary aspect of the present invention includes evaluating a measured value that includes a true gate-overlap capacitance by measuring a capacitance between the gate and the drain in each of a plurality of layout patterns at a predetermined bias voltage, only the number of contact plugs being different for each layout pattern, evaluating a gate-overlap capacitance calculation value of each layout pattern by subtracting a contact parasitic capacitance between the contact plug and the gate from the measured value, the contact parasitic capacitance being obtained by a simulation with varying a model parameter for evaluating a parasitic capacitance between the contact plug and the gate, and extracting the gate-overlap capacitance calculation value as the true gate-overlap capacitance at the model parameter when the gate-overlap capacitance calculation value is about constant regardless of the number of the contact plugs. | 2011-06-16 |
20110144969 | High-Frequency Entropy Extraction From Timing Jitter - A method for creating entropy in a virtualized computing environment includes waking one or more samplers, each sampler having a sampling frequency; sampling a sample source with each of the one or more samplers; placing each of the samplers in an inactive state when not sampling; determining a difference between an expected value and a sampled value at each sampler; and providing a function of the difference from each of the one or more samplers to an aggregator. | 2011-06-16 |
20110144970 | Apparatus and method for partitioning a display surface into a plurality of virtual display areas - A method and apparatus that partitions a single display's viewable area into at least two virtual viewable areas, and emulates the at least two virtual viewable areas as at least two emulated physical displays with an operating system such that the operating system behaves as if interfacing with at least two actual independent physical displays. The method provides the operating system with generated display identification data (such as “EDID”) for each of the emulated physical displays in response to a query from the operating system. The method and apparatus also receive notification of an interrupt (where the interrupt corresponds to the single physical display), and reports to the operating system with at least two sets of interrupt reporting information, corresponding to the at least two emulated physical displays, as if two interrupts were received. The operating system is thereby “faked” into acting as if two physical displays are in operation. | 2011-06-16 |
20110144971 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SENTIMENT ANALYSIS - A system includes one or more computer processors that are configured to receive data relating to a composition of a target group, receive logged communications of the target group, extract textual information from the logged communications, analyze the textual information using statistical and linguistic sentiment analysis techniques, identify an individual or sub-group from the target group as a function of the analysis of the textual information, and display on a user interface or transmit to another processor the identified individual or sub-group of the target group and to display on the user interface or transmit to another processor a sentiment assessment of the identified individual or sub-group as a function of the statistical and linguistic sentiment analysis. | 2011-06-16 |
20110144972 | Method and System for Generating a Localized Software Product - A method for generating a localized software product includes identifying textual elements in a software product and verifying that the textual elements comply with a set of restrictions of a controlled language. The method also includes translating the textual elements from the controlled language into a target language using a set of translation rules from a database and embedding the translated textual elements into a localized version of the software product. | 2011-06-16 |
20110144973 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMBINING GEOGRAPHIC METADATA IN AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION LANGUAGE AND ACOUSTIC MODELS - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for a speech recognition application for directory assistance that is based on a user's spoken search query. The spoken search query is received by a portable device and portable device then determines its present location. Upon determining the location of the portable device, that information is incorporated into a local language model that is used to process the search query. Finally, the portable device outputs the results of the search query based on the local language model. | 2011-06-16 |
20110144974 | FOREIGN LANGUAGE WRITING SERVICE METHOD AND SYSTEM - A foreign language writing service method includes: recognizing, when a mixed text of foreign language portions and mother tongue portions is entered by a learner, the mother tongue portions from the mixed text; translating the mother tongue portions; combining a mother tongue translation result with the foreign language portions of the mixed text to generate a combined text; and providing the learner with the combined text of the mother tongue translation result and the foreign language portions of the mixed text. | 2011-06-16 |
20110144975 | TYPEWRITER SYSTEM AND TEXT INPUT METHOD USING MEDIATED INTERFACE DEVICE - Disclosed is a typewriter system and a text input method capable of accurately recognizing words by correcting words input using a mediated interface device based on a dictionary. A plurality of texts are combined by referencing a text recognition order set in which recognition results of texts are arranged according to a recognition order from texts input through the mediated interface device and the combined text is filtered using part index maps formed of part words that are an accumulated set of texts forming complete words. The part words passing through the part index maps is again filtered using a dictionary including context information formed of a set of words in a specific category, thereby making it possible to accurately recognize the words. The part words that cannot form words in a dictionary are removed in advance using the part index maps, thereby improving the recognition efficiency. | 2011-06-16 |
20110144976 | APPLICATION USER INTERFACE SYSTEM AND METHOD - The application user interface system and method enables users to give instructions to business software applications by simply entering text in an interface bar in the most intuitive verbal or written human way for carrying out a particular task. The business application, in turn, processes the instruction and presents the summary for review to the users. Upon approval by user, the particular task or request gets executed. | 2011-06-16 |
20110144977 | WRITTEN EXPRESSION DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM - A system is disclosed for developing writing skills, and more particularly, developing written expression skills. The system may include various types of instruction sheets arranged in order of increasing complexity to aid the user in written expression and creative writing skill development. | 2011-06-16 |
20110144978 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADVANCEMENT OF VOCABULARY SKILLS AND FOR IDENTIFYING SUBJECT MATTER OF A DOCUMENT - A system and method for providing vocabulary information includes one or more computer processors that, for each of a plurality of words of a text, determine a relevance of the word to the text, and, for each of at least a subset of the plurality of words, output an indication of the respective determined relevance of the word to the text, where, for each of the plurality of words, the determination includes comparing a frequency of the word in the text to a frequency threshold. | 2011-06-16 |
20110144979 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ACOUSTIC COMMUNICATION - Disclosed is an acoustic communication method that includes filtering an audio signal to attenuate a high frequency section of the audio signal; generating a residual signal which corresponds to a difference between the audio signal and the filtered signal; generating a psychoacoustic mask for the audio signal based on a predetermined psychoacoustic model; generating a psychoacoustic spectrum mask by combining the residual signal with the psychoacoustic mask; generating an acoustic communication signal by modulating digital data according to the acoustic signal spectrum mask; and combining the acoustic communication signal with the filtered signal. | 2011-06-16 |
20110144980 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UPDATING INFORMATION IN ELECTRONIC CALENDARS - Systems and methods for updating electronic calendar information. Speech is received from a user at a vehicle telematics unit (VTU), wherein the speech is representative of information related to a particular vehicle trip. The received speech is recorded in the VTU as a voice memo, and data associated with the voice memo is communicated from the VTU to a computer running a calendaring application. The data is associated with a field of the calendaring application, and stored in association with the calendaring application field. | 2011-06-16 |
20110144981 | CONTINUOUS PITCH-CORRECTED VOCAL CAPTURE DEVICE COOPERATIVE WITH CONTENT SERVER FOR BACKING TRACK MIX - Techniques have been developed to facilitate (1) the capture and pitch correction of vocal performances on handheld or other portable computing devices and (2) the mixing of such pitch-corrected vocal performances with backing tracks for audible rendering on targets that include such portable computing devices and as well as desktops, workstations, gaming stations, even telephony targets. Implementations of the described techniques employ signal processing techniques and allocations of system functionality that are suitable given the generally limited capabilities of such handheld or portable computing devices and that facilitate efficient encoding and communication of the pitch-corrected vocal performances (or precursors or derivatives thereof) via wireless and/or wired bandwidth-limited networks for rendering on portable computing devices or other targets. | 2011-06-16 |
20110144982 | CONTINUOUS SCORE-CODED PITCH CORRECTION - Vocal musical performances may be captured and continuously pitch-corrected at a mobile device for mixing and rendering with backing tracks in ways that create compelling user experiences. In some cases, the vocal performances of individual users are captured in the context of a karaoke-style presentation of lyrics in correspondence with audible renderings of a backing track. Such performances can be pitch-corrected in real-time at the mobile device in accord with pitch correction settings. In some cases, such pitch correction settings code a particular key or scale for the vocal performance or for portions thereof. In some cases, pitch correction settings include a score-coded melody sequence of note targets supplied with, or for association with, the lyrics and/or backing track. In some cases, pitch correction settings are dynamically variable based on gestures captured at a user interface. | 2011-06-16 |
20110144983 | WORLD STAGE FOR PITCH-CORRECTED VOCAL PERFORMANCES - Techniques have been developed to facilitate the capture performances on handheld or other portable computing devices and, in some cases, the pitch-correction and mixing of such vocal performances with backing tracks for audible rendering on such devices. Captivating visual animations and/or facilities for listener comment and ranking are provided in association with an audible rendering of a performance, e.g., a vocal performance captured and pitch-corrected at another similarly configured mobile device and mixed with backing instrumentals and/or vocals. Geocoding of captured vocal performances and/or listener feedback may facilitate animations or display artifacts in ways that are suggestive of a performance or endorsement emanating from a particular geographic locale on a user manipulable globe. In this way, implementations of the described functionality can transform otherwise mundane mobile devices into social instruments that foster a unique sense of global connectivity and community. | 2011-06-16 |
20110144984 | VOICE CODER WITH TWO MICROPHONE SYSTEM AND STRATEGIC MICROPHONE PLACEMENT TO DETER OBSTRUCTION FOR A DIGITAL COMMUNICATION DEVICE - The present invention provides a voice coder for voice communication that employs a multi-microphone system as part of an improved approach to enhancing signal quality and improving the signal to noise ratio for such voice communications, where there is a special relationship between the position of a first microphone and a second microphone to provide the communication device with certain advantageous physical and acoustic properties. In addition, the communication device can have certain physical characteristics, and design features. In a two microphone arrangement, the first microphone is located in a location directed toward the speech source, while the second microphone is located in a location that provides a voice signal with significantly lower signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). | 2011-06-16 |
20110144985 | Method for Transporting Low-Bit Rate Information - A method is presented that uses steganographic codeword(s) carried in a speech payload in such a way that (i) the steganographic codeword(s) survive compression and/or transcoding as the payload travels from a transmitter to a receiver across at least one diverse network, and (ii) the embedded steganographic codeword(s) do not degrade the perceived voice quality of the received signal below an acceptable level. The steganographic codewords are combined with a speech payload by summing the amplitude of a steganographic codeword to the amplitude of the speech payload at a relatively low steganographic-to-speech bit rate. Advantageously, the illustrative embodiment of the present invention enables (i) steganographic codewords to be decoded by a compliant receiver and applied accordingly, and (ii) legacy or non-compliant receivers to play the received speech payload with resultant voice quality that is acceptable to listeners even though the steganographic codeword(s) remain in the received speech payload. | 2011-06-16 |
20110144986 | CONFIDENCE CALIBRATION IN AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION SYSTEMS - Described is a calibration model for use in a speech recognition system. The calibration model adjusts the confidence scores output by a speech recognition engine to thereby provide an improved calibrated confidence score for use by an application. The calibration model is one that has been trained for a specific usage scenario, e.g., for that application, based upon a calibration training set obtained from a previous similar/corresponding usage scenario or scenarios. Different calibration models may be used with different usage scenarios, e.g., during different conditions. The calibration model may comprise a maximum entropy classifier with distribution constraints, trained with continuous raw confidence scores and multi-valued word tokens, and/or other distributions and extracted features. | 2011-06-16 |
20110144987 | USING PITCH DURING SPEECH RECOGNITION POST-PROCESSING TO IMPROVE RECOGNITION ACCURACY - A method of automated speech recognition in a vehicle. The method includes receiving audio in the vehicle, pre-processing the received audio to generate acoustic feature vectors, decoding the generated acoustic feature vectors to produce at least one speech hypothesis, and post-processing the at least one speech hypothesis using pitch to improve speech recognition accuracy. The speech hypothesis can be accepted as recognized speech during post-processing if pitch is present in the received audio. Alternatively, a pitch count for the received audio can be determined, N-best speech hypotheses can be post-processed by comparing the pitch count to syllable counts associated with the speech hypotheses, and the speech hypothesis having a syllable count equal to the pitch count can be accepted as recognized speech. | 2011-06-16 |
20110144988 | EMBEDDED AUDITORY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING VOICE SIGNAL - An embedded auditory system includes a voice detecting unit for receiving a voice signal as an input and dividing the voice signal into a voice section and a non-voice section; a noise removing unit for removing a noise in the voice section of the voice signal using noise information in the non-voice section of the voice signal; and a keyword spotting unit for extracting a feature vector from the voice signal noise-removed by the noise removing unit and detecting a keyword from the voice section of the voice signal using the feature vector. A method for processing a voice signal includes receiving a voice signal as an input and dividing the voice signal into a voice section and a non-voice section; removing a noise in the voice section of the voice signal using noise information in the non-voice section of the voice signal; and extracting a feature vector from the voice signal noise-removed by the noise removing unit and detecting a keyword from the voice section of the voice signal using the feature vector. | 2011-06-16 |
20110144989 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUDIBLE TEXT CENTER SUBSYSTEM - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for sending a spoken message as a text message. The method includes initiating a connection with a first subscriber, receiving from the first subscriber a spoken message and spoken information associated with at least one recipient address. The method further includes converting the spoken message to text via an audible text center subsystem (ATCS), and delivering the text to the recipient address. The method can also include verifying a subscription status of the first subscriber, or delivering the text to the recipient address based on retrieved preferences of the first subscriber. The preferences can be retrieved from a consolidated network repository or embedded within the spoken message. Text and the spoken message can be delivered to the same or different recipient addresses. The method can include updating recipient addresses based on a received oral command from the first subscriber. | 2011-06-16 |
20110144990 | RATING SPEECH NATURALNESS OF SPEECH UTTERANCES BASED ON A PLURALITY OF HUMAN TESTERS - A method that includes: generating an utterance-specific scoring model for each one of a plurality of obtained speech utterances, each scoring model usable to estimate a level of speech naturalness for a respective one of the obtained speech utterances; presenting a plurality of human-testers with some of the obtained speech utterances; receiving, for each presented speech utterance, a plurality of human tester generated speech utterances being at least one human repetition of the presented speech utterance; updating the scoring model for each presented speech utterance, based on respective human-tester generated speech utterances; and obtaining a speech naturalness score for each presented speech utterance by respectively applying the updated utterance-specific scoring model to each presented speech utterance. | 2011-06-16 |
20110144991 | Compressing Feature Space Transforms - Methods for compressing a transform associated with a feature space are presented. For example, a method for compressing a transform associated with a feature space includes obtaining the transform including a plurality of transform parameters, assigning each of a plurality of quantization levels for the plurality of transform parameters to one of a plurality of quantization values, and assigning each of the plurality of transform parameters to one of the plurality of quantization values to which one of the plurality of quantization levels is assigned. One or more of obtaining the transform, assigning of each of the plurality of quantization levels, and assigning of each of the transform parameters are implemented as instruction code executed on a processor device. Further, a Viterbi algorithm may be employed for use in non-uniform level/value assignments. | 2011-06-16 |
20110144992 | UNSUPERVISED LEARNING USING GLOBAL FEATURES, INCLUDING FOR LOG-LINEAR MODEL WORD SEGMENTATION - Described is a technology for performing unsupervised learning using global features extracted from unlabeled examples. The unsupervised learning process may be used to train a log-linear model, such as for use in morphological segmentation of words. For example, segmentations of the examples are sampled based upon the global features to produce a segmented corpus and log-linear model, which are then iteratively reprocessed to produce a final segmented corpus and a log-linear model. | 2011-06-16 |
20110144993 | Disfluent-utterance tracking system and method - A disfluent-utterance tracking system includes a speech transducer; one or more targeted-disfluent-utterance records stored in a memory; a real-time speech recording mechanism operatively connected with the speech transducer for recording a real-time utterance; and an analyzer operatively coupled with the targeted-disfluent-utterance record and with the real-time speech recording mechanism, the analyzer configured to compare one or more real-time snippets of the recorded speech with the targeted-disfluent-utterance record to determine and indicate to a user a level of correlation therebetween. | 2011-06-16 |
20110144994 | Automatic Sound Level Control - In one or more embodiments, one or more methods and/or systems described can perform determining two or more words of a written language from first data, determining at least one of a noise level external to a mobile device and a location of the mobile device, determining a sound output level based on the at least one of the noise level external to the mobile device and the location of the mobile device, and generating sound data based on the two or more words of the written language and the sound output level. The first data can include, for example, portable document format data that can include first text and/or an image that can include second text. In one or more embodiments, the location can be determined by using at least one of a global positioning system receiver and a location of an access point communicating with the mobile device. | 2011-06-16 |
20110144995 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TIGHTLY COUPLING AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION AND SEARCH - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for performing a search. A system configured to practice the method first receives from an automatic speech recognition (ASR) system a word lattice based on speech query and receives indexed documents from an information repository. The system composes, based on the word lattice and the indexed documents, at least one triple including a query word, selected indexed document, and weight. The system generates an N-best path through the word lattice based on the at least one triple and re-ranks ASR output based on the N-best path. The system aggregates each weight across the query words to generate N-best listings and returns search results to the speech query based on the re-ranked ASR output and the N-best listings. The lattice can be a confusion network, the arc density of which can be adjusted for a desired performance level. | 2011-06-16 |
20110144996 | ANALYZING AND PROCESSING A VERBAL EXPRESSION CONTAINING MULTIPLE GOALS - Disclosed is a method for parsing a verbal expression received from a user to determine whether or not the expression contains a multiple-goal command. Specifically, known techniques are applied to extract terms from the verbal expression. The extracted terms are assigned to categories. If two or more terms are found in the parsed verbal expression that are in associated categories and that do not overlap one another temporally, then the confidence levels of these terms are compared. If the confidence levels are similar, then the terms may be parallel entries in the verbal expression and may represent multiple goals. If a multiple-goal command is found, then the command is either presented to the user for review and possible editing or is executed. If the parsed multiple-goal command is presented to the user for review, then the presentation can be made via any appropriate interface including voice and text interfaces. | 2011-06-16 |
20110144997 | VOICE SYNTHESIS MODEL GENERATION DEVICE, VOICE SYNTHESIS MODEL GENERATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION TERMINAL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR GENERATING VOICE SYNTHESIS MODEL - A voice synthesis model generation device, a voice synthesis model generation system, a communication terminal device, and a method for generating a voice synthesis model all of which are capable of preferably acquiring a user's voice. A voice synthesis model generation system is configured to include a mobile communication terminal device and a voice synthesis model generation device. The mobile communication terminal device includes a characteristic amount extraction portion that extracts a characteristic amount of input voice, and a text data acquisition portion that acquires text data from the voice. The voice synthesis model device includes a voice synthesis model generation portion that generates a voice synthesis model based on the characteristic amount and the text data that are acquired by a learning information acquisition portion, an image information generation portion that generates image information based on a parameter based on the characteristic amount and the text data, and an information output portion that transmits the image information to the mobile communication terminal device. | 2011-06-16 |
20110144998 | EMBEDDER FOR EMBEDDING A WATERMARK INTO AN INFORMATION REPRESENTATION, DETECTOR FOR DETECTING A WATERMARK IN AN INFORMATION REPRESENTATION, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An embedder for embedding a watermark to be embedded into an input information representation comprises an embedding parameter determiner that is implemented to apply a derivation function once or several times to an initial value to obtain an embedding parameter for embedding the watermark into the input information representation. Further, the embedder comprises a watermark adder that is implemented to provide the input information representation with the watermark using the embedding parameter. The embedder is implemented to select how many times the derivation function is to be applied to the initial value. | 2011-06-16 |
20110144999 | DIALOGUE SYSTEM AND DIALOGUE METHOD THEREOF - A dialogue system and a method for the same are disclosed. The dialogue system includes a multimodal input unit receiving speech and non-speech information of a user, a domain reasoner, which stores a plurality of pre-stored situations, each of which is formed by a combination one or more speech and non-speech information, calculating each adaptability of the pre-stored situations on the basis of a generated situation based on the speech and the non-speech information received from the multimodal input unit, and determining a current domain according to the calculated adaptability, a dialogue manager to select a response corresponding to the current domain, and a multimodal output unit to output the response. The dialogue system performs domain reasoning using a situation including information combinations reflected in the domain reasoning process, current information, and a speech recognition result, and reduces the size of a dialogue search space while increasing domain reasoning accuracy. | 2011-06-16 |
20110145000 | Apparatus, System and Method for Voice Dialogue Activation and/or Conduct - An apparatus, a system and a method for voice dialogue activation and/or conduct. The apparatus for voice dialogue activation and/or conduct has a voice recognition unit, a speaker recognition unit and a decision-maker unit. The decision-maker unit is designed to activate a result action on the basis of results from the voice and speaker recognition units. | 2011-06-16 |
20110145001 | AUTOMATED DETECTION AND FILTERING OF AUDIO ADVERTISEMENTS - A data stream is filtered to produce a filtered data stream. The data stream is analyzed based on an acoustic parameter to determine whether a predetermined condition is satisfied. At least one extraneous portion of the data stream, in which the predetermined condition is satisfied, is determined. Thereafter, the at least one extraneous portion is deleted from the data stream to produce the filtered data stream. | 2011-06-16 |
20110145002 | AUTOMATIC DETECTION OF AUDIO ADVERTISEMENTS - A method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for editing a data stream based on a corpus are provided. The data stream includes stream words. A sequence includes a predetermined number of sequential words of the stream words. The method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium determine whether the sequence exists in the corpus at least at a predetermined minimum frequency. When the sequence exists in the corpus at least at the predetermined minimum frequency, the sequence is edited in the data stream. | 2011-06-16 |
20110145003 | Simultaneous Time-Domain and Frequency-Domain Noise Shaping for TDAC Transforms - A frequency-domain noise shaping method and device interpolates a spectral shape and a time-domain envelope of a quantization noise in a windowed and transform-coded audio signal. In the method and device, transform coefficients of the windowed and transform-coded audio signal are split into a plurality of spectral bands. For each spectral band, a first gain representing a spectral shape of the quantization noise at a first transition between a first time window and a second time window is calculated, a second gain representing a spectral shape of the quantization noise at a second transition between the second time window and a third time window is calculated, and the transform coefficients of the second time window are filtered based on the first and second gains, to interpolate between the first and second transitions the spectral shape and the time-domain envelope of the quantization noise. | 2011-06-16 |
20110145004 | BITRATE CONSTRAINED VARIABLE BITRATE AUDIO ENCODING - A hybrid audio encoding technique incorporates both ABR, or CBR, and VBR encoding modes. For each audio coding block, after a VBR quantization loop meets the NMR target, a second quantization loop might be called to adaptively control the final bitrate. That is, if the NMR-based quantization loop results in a bitrate that is not within a specified range, then a bitrate-based CBR or ABR quantization loop determines a final bitrate that is within the range and is adaptively determined based on the encoding difficulty of the audio data. Excessive bitrates from use of conventional VBR mode are eliminated, while still providing much more constant perceptual sound quality than use of conventional CBR mode can achieve. | 2011-06-16 |
20110145005 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC BUSINESS CONTENT DISCOVERY - A system and method for automatic business content discovery are described. In various embodiments, a system includes modules to bind business terms to data validation rules and search data sources for data matching data validation rules. In various embodiments, the system binds matching data to data validation rules. In various embodiments, a user interface is provided for creating and managing business terms and data validation rules. In various embodiments, a method for profiling and monitoring data via graphical controls is presented. | 2011-06-16 |
20110145006 | APPARATUS AND PROCEDURE FOR IDENTIFYING PATIENTS AND MARKING CONTAINERS FOR BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES OF SAID PATIENTS - An apparatus is described for identifying the patient and marking the laboratory test tubes associated with said patient during the sampling of biological material to be analysed, comprising a high-security portable hardware device ( | 2011-06-16 |
20110145007 | System and method for automated payment of insurance claims via real-time exchange of information - A system for real-time provider reimbursement of insurance claims is provided and includes an insurance system server for storing information regarding a member, and for receiving information regarding reimbursement of insurance claims. The information regarding reimbursement of insurance claims is received from a computer associated with a member. The system further includes a first financial institution server for generating information regarding a health savings account, a second financial institution computer for receiving electronic funds from the health savings account, and for receiving funds from a credit card account of or associated with the member. The system determines whether the insurance claim is selected for reimbursement, and determines whether the insurance claim meets pre-determined criteria, where the system initiates an electronic funds transfer from the health savings account to the second financial institution if the insurance claim is selected for reimbursement and the insurance claim meets the predetermined criteria. | 2011-06-16 |
20110145008 | INFLUENZA VACCINE ADMINISTRATION PAYMENT DEVICE PROCESSING - A payment device has identifiers, read in a magnetic strip or visual indicia by a healthcare provider, for an influenza vaccine and an account issued by an issuer to a party (e.g.; a governmental entity) upon which a transaction can be conducted that is limited to administering the influenza vaccine. The healthcare provider sends an authorization request for the transaction for delivery through its acquirer and a transaction handler to the issuer. The issuer uses the identifiers to authorize the healthcare provider to administer the influenza vaccine and to conduct the transaction, and sends an authorization response to the authorization request back through the transaction handler and the acquirer. After the receiving of the authorization response, the healthcare provider administers the influenza vaccine and conducts the transaction on the account for the sale of the service of the administering of the influenza vaccine. | 2011-06-16 |
20110145009 | Methods and systems related to transmission of nutraceutical associatd information - The present disclosure relates to methods and systems related to transmission of nutraceutical associated information. | 2011-06-16 |
20110145010 | DYNAMIC USER-DEFINABLE TEMPLATE FOR GROUP TEST - An information processing system, a method and a computer-readable storage medium are provided. The information processing system can include instructions which are executable by the processor to perform a method which includes defining a template containing information usable to generate a computer-displayable table. The table can have collection prompts for collecting data which results from or is associated with medical testing. For example, the method can include defining each of a plurality of result elements for which data is to be collected based on input received from a user in response to a plurality of first prompts, and can include defining the names of result elements and types of input required in response to the collection prompts. Defining the template can further include defining at least one parameter for displaying the table in response to the collection prompts. In such way, the template can be used, for example, to restrict the collection of input according to the types of input required by the template. | 2011-06-16 |
20110145011 | System and Methods for Submitting Medication Claims by a Point-Of-Care Physician - A method for submitting a claim form for a dispensed medication to a patient by a point-of-care physician including determining the dispensed medication and payor for the patient by the point-of-care physician; acquiring a national provider identifier number and a non-pharmacy dispensing number for the point-of-care physician; displaying to a user a selection of data fields to the claim form; inputting into the data fields data relating to the claim including the payor and at least one of the national provider identifier number and the non-pharmacy dispensing number; transmitting to a logic switch the claim form including the payor and the at least one of the national provider identifier number and the non-pharmacy dispensing number identifying the point-of-care physician for determining the processor for the claim form; determining the pathway for the claim form based on the payor; processing the claim form by the payor; and transmitting an adjudication. | 2011-06-16 |
20110145012 | GENERATING A HEALTHCARE TIMELINE - Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for generating healthcare timelines are provided. In embodiments, healthcare timelines are generated based on a clinical condition identified for a patient and a patient care plan associated with the clinical condition. Evidence-based best practice standards are evaluated to generate the healthcare timeline as well as a patient history that may affect the healthcare timeline and best practice standards that are appropriate for the patient. The healthcare timeline includes an onset time of the clinical condition, one or more tasks to complete for the clinical condition, and a timer that illustrates an amount of time remaining to complete the one or more tasks before expiration of the timer and administration of a critical treatment. | 2011-06-16 |
20110145013 | Integrated Electronic Health Record (EHR) System with Transcription, Speech Recognition and Automated Data Extraction - An integrated health record system comprises a platform including a processor coupled to a medical application. The system includes at least one input device coupled to the processor. The input device receives patient information of a patient via an electronic form and receives vital signs of the patient. The medical application integrates the patient information and the vital signs into an electronic health record (EHR) that corresponds to the patient. The medical application receives a sound file that includes information resulting from an examination of the patient, and translates the sound file into a document that comprises a clinical document architecture (CDA). The medical application parses the document and identifies a plurality of data components based on a correspondence to a plurality of data fields of the HER. The medical application populates each of the plurality of data fields with each of the data components. | 2011-06-16 |
20110145014 | INTERNATIONAL LIFE-SAVING RAPID RETRIEVING TOOL - A method for maintaining medical records online, with the nursing perspective, comprises of receiving medical records and converting the data to electronic form from any format received. Login information is received by a reviewer for allowing review of the medical records. The reviewed and un-reviewed medical records are securely stored for the rapid retrieval of data needed in emergent and standard healthcare situations, thereby saving lives internationally. This tool can be used for all living and/or inanimate entities on the planet. | 2011-06-16 |
20110145015 | HEALTH-CARE E-COMMERCE SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A virtual health-care electronic commerce community includes a network to communicate information relating to the community; one or more patients coupled to the network; one or more treating professionals coupled to the network; and a server coupled to the network, the server storing data for each patient and performing patient data visualization in response to a user request. | 2011-06-16 |
20110145016 | SECURE DATA CARD - An apparatus for storing information has a input device to allow a user to communicate with the apparatus and to allow the apparatus to output information to said user; a storage portion including a compression device to compress information stored in the storage portion; and a cipher to perform multilayered encryption and decryption to allow the passing and receiving of the information stored on the apparatus in a secure manner. | 2011-06-16 |
20110145017 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION REGARDING A MEDICATION - A system and method for providing information regarding a medication comprising the steps of, retrieving data, associated with the medication, generating a checklist on the basis of the retrieved data, wherein the checklist is arranged with at least one item for checking with a patient. | 2011-06-16 |
20110145018 | DRUG AND MEDICAL DEVICE SAFETY AND SUPPORT INFORMATION REPORTING SYSTEM, PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD - A reporting system, including a processing device, and method provides drug and medical device safety and support information during a workflow of a healthcare provider. The system and method electronically acquires, maps, generates, compiles, verifies and transfers in real time critical information regarding particular drugs and medical devices required by healthcare providers, such as a prescriber, at the optimum time in which the healthcare provider needs the information. In an embodiment, the drug and medical device safety information is accessed from an associated healthcare website, such as an Electronic Health Record (EHR) web site, during a prescription stage in the healthcare providers workflow for a particular patient. The system and method also includes an adverse reporting system that allows for the drug and medical device safety information to be updated and accurately reported in an efficient and up to date manner. In an embodiment, a healthcare provider reports an adverse event or reaction to a drug by a patient during a workflow at a EHR web site. The adverse event information is forwarded to the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) and the particular drug manufacturer which may update the corresponding drug information. The updated drug information may then be reported by the system to insure that healthcare providers receive the most current, accurate and complete safety information during a workflow. In embodiments, the updated drug and medical information may be provided to malpractice insurance carriers to further ensure safety. | 2011-06-16 |
20110145019 | SYSTEM FOR FUNDING THIRD-PARTY-ADMINISTERED LOSSES - A computerized system for funding third-party-administered insurance claims includes at least one processor configured to provide a claim data throughput module for receiving at least one claim transaction from at least one third party administrator, an administrative services module for receiving at least one bank transaction from at least one third party administration, for passing at least one bank transaction to a bank, and for receiving at least one paid file from a bank, and a transactions matching engine for validating at least one bank transaction based upon at least one claim transaction, and for determining completion of at least one bank transaction based upon at least one paid file. | 2011-06-16 |
20110145020 | Method and system of combining money transfer services with life insurance - The present invention is a new business method that intends to reduce the risk, help, and protect the economic security of the foreign families who are dependants from the income that come from the foreign workers inside the U.S.A. territory. The invention helps by offering protection through a life insurance by combining the Money Transmission Service and the Life Insurance Service. The invention cares for both the worker residing inside the U.S.A. territory and the family members inside foreign territory. | 2011-06-16 |
20110145021 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING MEDICAL CLAIMS - The system is an advanced, web-enabled, clearinghouse that facilitates efficient and effective claim routing, monitoring and report retrieval. A claim status summary is displayed that links directly to a rejected claim listing, wherein each rejected claim listed is a link to associated detailed claim information. The detailed claim information display has fields to edit the associated detailed claim information. During the editing process, a rules verification is performed against the edited claim information to ensure the edit comply with the known rules for the associated payer. Upon successfully completing the rules verification, the edited claim is submitted to a payer. | 2011-06-16 |
20110145022 | INSURANCE PRODUCT MODEL-BASED APPARATUS AND METHOD - An insurance product model comprising insurance policy metadata is provided ( | 2011-06-16 |
20110145023 | System and Method for Incentivizing Insurance Participation Utilizing Social Networking Systems - A computer-implemented method is provide to incentivize a policy holder of an insurance company to increase membership in the insurance company. This method includes the act of, using a processing device, generating a unique code and associating the unique code to each policy holder in a memory associated with a database of policy holders. The method also includes the acts of receiving, in association with a first policy holder, a unique code associated with a second policy holder and, using the processing device or another processing device, associating the unique code of the first policy holder with the unique code of the second policy holder in the memory associated with the database. The method also includes the act of determining, using the processing device or the another processing device, if either of or both of the new policy holder and the another policy holder are entitled to a benefit responsive to the new association between the policy holders. | 2011-06-16 |