26th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 54 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150178599 | INK JET PRINTING APPARATUS, INK JET PRINTING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An ink jet printing apparatus and an ink jet printing method capable of suppressing the occurrence of the texture or the feeling of granularity at a joint part even in the case where a thinning ratio in a boundary region is adjusted in order to reduce a joint streak are provided. To achieve such purposes, one dot arrangement pattern is set from a plurality of dot arrangement patterns for each pixel in accordance with a gradation level and a position on a printing medium. At this time, in a pixel region located at the joint part, a second dot arrangement pattern whose number of dots is different from a first dot arrangement pattern, which is set in the pixel region located at apart other than the joint part, is arranged so that low frequency components are less than high frequency components. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178600 | JOB MANAGEMENT DEVICE - A job management device includes a display unit, an authenticating unit and a job display processing unit. The display unit displays information. The authenticating unit determines whether a user is previously authorized to use an image forming apparatus. The job display processing unit executes a job display processing by which the contents of print jobs to under execution and prior to execution among print jobs to accepted by the image forming apparatus are arranged in an execution order and displayed on the display unit, the job display processing unit configured to, in the job display processing, identifiably display the contents of the print job inputted by an authenticated user who is determined by the authenticating unit to have prior authorization to use the image forming apparatus and unidentifiably display the contents of the print jobs and inputted by users other than the authenticated user. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178601 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR RENDERING AN IMAGE - A method of rendering an image as a plurality of bands is disclosed. A plurality of edge tracking conditions for at least one of the bands is determined, the edge tracking conditions comprising waiting for at least one other band. A plurality of distinct rendering schedules is determined for the image, each rendering schedule specifying an edge tracking condition for each of the bands, the edge tracking condition for each band being selected from the corresponding plurality of edge tracking conditions for the band. A cost for a rendering schedule is determined. The rendering schedule cost is based on an edge tracking condition specified for each of the bands using a tracking cost of edges associated with the band through at least one intermediate band positioned between the band and the band specified in the edge tracking condition. The image is rendered in accordance with a selected rendering schedule, the rendering schedule being selected based on the cost determined for the rendering schedule. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178602 | CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A control apparatus, comprising a reception unit configured to receive image data, a setting unit configured to set an operation mode, an image processing unit configured to generate print data based on the image data, a print control unit configured to cause a printing unit to perform printing on a printing medium based on the print data, a determination unit configured to determine whether reception of all the image data is complete before the printing unit completes predetermined printing, and a change unit configured to change the set operation mode to another operation mode in a case where the set operation mode is an operation mode in which printing based on the print data starts if the image processing unit generates the print data. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178603 | Asynchronous group processing using z-banding - Methods, apparatus, and computer readable media are provided for generating an intermediate representation of a page description. The page description comprises graphic commands updating a graphics state. From graphic commands, a first sequence of graphic commands is determined. A graphics state is associated with at least one subsequent second graphic command being invariant under first sequence of graphic commands. A first display list representation is generated using first sequence of graphic commands. A second display list representation is generated using second graphic command concurrently with generating first display list representation. The second display list representation is generated independently from first sequence of graphic commands. The intermediate representation of the page description is generated using first display list representation and second display list representation. At least one portion in intermediate representation is affected by first sequence of graphic commands and second graphic command. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178604 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND MEDIUM - An object of the present invention is to provide an information processing apparatus capable of skipping printing of an appropriate margin area based on information on a header or footer at the time of performing printing. In the present invention, header/footer information including at least one of header information and footer information for a document, which is set to an application that creates the document, is acquired, and based on the acquired header/footer information, a margin area of the document is calculated. Then, a setting is performed to a printer driver capable of giving a printing apparatus instructions to perform printing by skipping printing of a margin area so that the printing apparatus skips printing of the margin area calculated in the calculation step. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178605 | METHOD OF DETECTING REGIONS IN AN EDGE-BASED REPRESENTATION - A method receives an intermediate graphical representation (IGR) of a document, the IGR comprising a plurality of non-intersecting edges and determines a plurality of vertices using the IGR. The vertices comprises endpoints of the edges and a split point, being determined by splitting a first edge into two or more portions using an endpoint of at least one second edge, wherein the first edge and the second edge are from the plurality of non-intersecting edges, associates vertices from the plurality of vertices with at least one edge from the IGR using endpoints of the one edge, wherein the associating comprises selecting, from the determined plurality of vertices, a plurality of neighbouring vertices to said one edge to define a region with the endpoints of the one edge. The method processes the region using at least the endpoints of said one edge and the associated neighbouring vertices. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178606 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - In some cases, automatic selection of two colors closer to those of a document may increase the amount of toner consumed, as compared to user's manual selection. Provided is a device to determine a color which forms the document and perform automatic switching between modes of setting of a specified color, in which the switching enables a mode of setting in which a region of a primary color is adopted in larger amounts than a region of a secondary color. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178607 | PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS, PRINTING CONTROL SYSTEM, PRINTING CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSISTORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A printing control apparatus includes a reception unit that receives a print instruction to print on a recording medium, a transfer unit that causes the print instruction received to be stored on a memory while transferring the print instruction to a printer having a storage region configured to store a plurality of print instructions, an acquisition unit that acquires information related to a process state of the print instruction, transferred to the printer, from among the print instructions stored on the memory, a detector unit that detects an occurrence of a fault in the printer, and an identifying unit that identifies the print instruction with a printing operation thereof completed on the printer at detection of the occurrence of the fault by the detector unit, based on the information related to the process state acquired by the acquisition unit and the print instruction stored on the memory. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178608 | Secure, Server-Less Print Release - A print release environment includes a client computing device, an imaging device and an active directory. The client stores an imaging job on a local hard disk. The client registers itself with the active directory indicating an existence of the job. Upon a user logging in to the imaging device to retrieve an imaged media corresponding to the imaging job, the imaging device queries the active directory for possible clients. The imaging device contacts client(s) and retrieves a list of jobs available to the user. The user selects their job and the client releases it direct to the imaging device. The client deletes the imaging job upon successful imaging of the media and undoes its registration with the active directory, unless further imaging jobs exist for the user. Encryption techniques are contemplated to secure the data of the imaging job end-to-end from the client to the imaging device. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178609 | Secure, Server-Less Print Release - A print release environment includes a client computing device, an imaging device and an active directory. The client stores an imaging job on a local hard disk. The client registers itself with the active directory indicating an existence of the job. Upon a user logging in to the imaging device to retrieve an imaged media corresponding to the imaging job, the imaging device queries the active directory for possible clients. The imaging device contacts client(s) and retrieves a list of jobs available to the user. The user selects their job and the client releases it direct to the imaging device. The client deletes the imaging job upon successful imaging of the media and undoes its registration with the active directory, unless further imaging jobs exist for the user. Encryption techniques are contemplated to secure the data of the imaging job end-to-end from the client to the imaging device. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178610 | TEST SENSOR WITH CODE INFORMATION AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention provides a test sensor with code information and a manufacturing method thereof. The manufacturing method of the test sensor with code information includes the following steps of: determining a corresponding relationship between code information of a test sensor and resistance or capacitance of an SMD resistor or SMD capacitor; and disposing the SMD resistor or SMD capacitor with a corresponding resistance or capacitance on a middle carrying plate or a base plate. The manufacturing method provided by the invention can solidify the code information into the test sensor by only two steps, and the manufacturing process is very simple. The production costs can be reduced greatly due to the SMD resistor or SMD capacitor. Further, this manufacturing method has extremely low requirements on manufacturing environment so that large-scale production can be achieved. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178611 | METHOD FOR ENCODING THE COLOR OF AN OBJECT IN MULTISPECTRAL FORM BY ADAPTIVE COMPRESSION, AND ASSOCIATED DECODING METHOD - A method for encoding the color of an object in multispectral form by adaptive compression, includes the following steps: determining an identifier of the color in the form of a logistics-dedicated code and having a European Article Numbering, Universal Product Code, or Domain Name System distributed management structure; inserting a marker at the beginning of the code indicating that it is a color code, and the type of storage; and creating a color encoding that can be interpreted by both a human being and a computer by being directly read, in the form of three elements, a sample of the color or texture, a name, and a barcode/chip, using the code and the marker, which provides access to the bidirectional spectral reflectance of the color stored either locally and/or on a network, and having a rendering model that is predetermined by the marker. The associated decoding method is also described. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178612 | OPTICAL MACHINE READABLE CODED LABELS - Optical machine readable coded labels are provided that are backward compatible with legacy optical readers and forward compatible with improved optical readers. The labels have symbols that are readable by the legacy optical reader to decode only a first set of information, but are readable by a second type of optical reader to decode both the first set of information and a second set of information. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178613 | TRANSPONDER LABEL RESISTANT TO HIGH TEMPERATURES - A transponder label resistant to high temperatures includes a transponder arrangement, an adhesive layer for adhesively attaching the transponder label to an electrically conductive substrate, and a spacer layer on which the transponder arrangement is disposed, to space it apart from the conductive substrate. The adhesive layer and the spacer layer each have a material that is temperature-resistant, in such a manner that the size of a surface area of the transponder label, which area covers the conductive substrate after the transponder label is adhesively attached to the conductive substrate, remains unchanged when the transponder label, after having been adhesively attached to the conductive substrate, is heated from a starting temperature below 125° C. to a higher temperature between 125° C. and 400° C., and, after having been heated, is cooled down to the starting temperature. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178614 | Security Label - A security label is provided, and the security label is configured to being read by a reader device. The security label comprises a substrate, an extending circuit, and a signal processor. The extending circuit is disposed on the substrate. The signal processor is disposed on the substrate. The signal processor further has an input terminal. The input terminal is connected to the extending circuit. When the electrical potential of the input terminal is changed, a status of one bit of the signal processor is reversed. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178615 | OFFSETTING SHIELDING AND ENHANCING COUPLING IN METALLIZED SMART CARDS - A dual-interface smart card having a booster antenna with coupler coil in its card body, and a metallized face plate having a window opening for the antenna module. Performance may be improved by one or more of making the window opening substantially larger than the antenna module, providing perforations through the face plate, disposing ferrite material between the face plate and the booster antenna. Additionally, by one or more of modifying contact pads on the antenna module, disposing a compensating loop under the booster antenna, offsetting the antenna module with respect to the coupler coil, arranging the booster antenna as a quasi-dipole, providing the module antenna with capacitive stubs, and disposing a ferrite element in the antenna module between the module antenna and the contact pads. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178616 | TRANSACTION CARDS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A transaction card having a first layer and a second layer, wherein the first layer is metal and the second layer is a polymer, polycarbonate, or carbon. The metal layer may be stainless steel plated with gold. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178617 | NEURAL WATCHDOG - A method of monitoring a neural network includes monitoring activity of the neural network. The method also includes detecting a condition based on the activity. The method further includes performing an exception event based on the detected condition. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178618 | NEURAL NETWORK - A non-biological asynchronous neural network system comprising multiple neurons to receive respective input signals representing an input stimulus for the network, supply an output signal representing a spatio-temporal sequence of rhythmic electric pulses to an external system, wherein respective ones of the multiple neurons are connected using multiple mutually inhibitory links. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178619 | NEURAL NETWORK CIRCUIT AND LEARNING METHOD THEREOF - In a neural network circuit element, a neuron circuit includes a waveform generating circuit for generating an analog pulse voltage, and a switching pulse voltage which is input as a first input signal to another neural network circuit element; a synapse circuit is configured such that the analog pulse voltage generated in the neuron circuit of the neural network circuit element including the synapse circuit is input to a third terminal of a variable resistance element of the synapse circuit, for a permissible input period, in the first input signal from another neural network circuit element; and the synapse circuit is configured such that the resistance value of the variable resistance element is changed in response to an electric potential difference between a first terminal and the third terminal, which occurs depending on a magnitude of the analog pulse voltage for the permissible input period. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178620 | ARTIFICIAL MEMORY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USE WITH A COMPUTATIONAL MACHINE FOR INTERACTING WITH DYNAMIC BEHAVIOURS - This invention relates to an artificial memory system and a method of continuous learning for predicting and anticipating human operator's action as response to ego-intention as well as environmental influences during machine operation. More specifically the invention relates to an architecture with artificial memory for interacting with dynamic behaviors of a tool and an operator, wherein the architecture is a first neural network having structures and mechanisms for abstraction, generalization and learning, the network implementation comprising an artificial hierarchical memory system. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178621 | COMPLEX SITUATION ANALYSIS SYSTEM - Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for generating a data set are provided. One method includes generating a data set based on input data using a plurality of brokers. The method further includes receiving a request from a user and determining whether the request can be fulfilled using data currently in the data set. When the request can be fulfilled using data currently in the data set, the data is accessed using broker(s) configured to provide access to data within the data set. When the request cannot be fulfilled using data currently in the data set, at least one new broker is spawned using existing broker(s) and additional data needed to fulfill the request is added to the data set using the new broker. The method further includes generating a response to the request using one or more of the plurality of brokers. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178622 | BALANCING PROVENANCE AND ACCURACY TRADEOFFS IN DATA MODELING - Generating a data model may include receiving a raw data set and generating a first repository based on a first set of features of the raw data set, a second repository having a second set of features based on an aggregation of features of the first repository, and a third repository having a third set of features based on the first and second features sets. The data model may be generated based on a tradeoff between accuracy and provenance of the model. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178623 | Automatically Generating Test/Training Questions and Answers Through Pattern Based Analysis and Natural Language Processing Techniques on the Given Corpus for Quick Domain Adaptation - A mechanism is provided in a data processing system for automatically generating question and answer pairs for training a question answering system for a given domain. The mechanism identifies a set of patterns of components in passages within a corpus of documents for the given domain. The mechanism identifies a set of rules that correspond to the set of patterns for generating question and answer pairs from the passages within the corpus of documents. The mechanism applies the set of rules to the passages to generate the question and answer pairs. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178624 | ELECTRONIC SYSTEM WITH PREDICTION MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of an electronic system includes: capturing an image; recording an input associated with the image; capturing an updated image; and invoking an agent, with a control unit, associated with the updated image based on the input associated with the image. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178625 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING TEST SCENARIOS FOR A SET OF BUSINESS RULES - A method for automatically generating test scenarios for a plurality of business rules created to form a ruleset for a business domain. A plurality of decision variables is extracted from a business object model associated with the business domain using a computer system. The plurality of business rules is parsed using a syntactic parser operating on the computer system to extract at least one condition expression and an assignment action. A collection of mutually exclusive constraint satisfaction problems is built from the decision variables, condition expressions, and assignment actions using a constraint problem generator operating on the computer system. A plurality of test scenarios is generated automatically from each identified constraint satisfaction problem in the collection using a constraint solver engine operating on the computer system. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178626 | METHOD FOR PREDICTING REACTIVENESS OF USERS OF MOBILE DEVICES FOR MOBILE MESSAGING - A method for predicting reactiveness of MMI users comprises:
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20150178627 | Method for Predicting Symmetric, Automated, Real-Time Arc Flash Energy Within a Real-Time Monitoring System - A system for making real-time predictions about an arc flash event on an electrical system comprises a data acquisition component communicatively connected to a sensor configured to acquire real-time data output from the electrical system; an analytics server communicatively connected to the data acquisition component and comprising a virtual system modeling engine configured to generate predicted data output for the electrical system using a virtual system model of the electrical system, an analytics engine configured to monitor the real-time data output and the predicted data output of the electrical system, and an arc flash simulation engine configured to use the virtual system model updated based in the real-time data to forecast an aspect of the arc flash event. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178628 | DETERMINING GENERAL CAUSATION - Examples of the disclosure are directed toward generating a causation score with respect to an agent and an outcome, and projecting a future causation score distribution. For example, a causation score may be determined with respect to a hypothesis that a given agent causes a given outcome, and the score may indicate the acceptance of that hypothesis in the scientific community, as described by scientific literature. A future causation score distribution, then, may indicate a probability distribution over possible future causation scores, thereby predicting the scientific acceptance of the hypothesis at some specific date in the future. A future causation score distribution can be projected by first generating one or more future publication datasets, and then determining causation scores for each of the one or more future publication datasets. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178629 | Collection and Analysis of Vital Signs - A system is disclosed having a storage, a communications module for interacting with a medical measurement device, an analysis controller, and a test module that allows for the testing and evaluating of decision-support algorithms. A method for testing decision-support algorithms is disclosed having the steps of receiving into storage of a ruggedized, compact computer at least one decision-support algorithm; detecting with a communications module the initiation of a vital-sign monitoring session; receiving and storing vital-sign information into storage by the communications module; pushing the stored vital-sign information by an analysis controller to a test module running the stored at least one decision-support algorithm; and providing at least one output from the decision-support algorithm to at least one of a database and a display. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178630 | FORGETTING TO TURN OFF POWER DETECTION APPARATUS, FORGETTING TO TURN OFF POWER DETECTION PROGRAM, FORGETTING TO TURN OFF POWER DETECTION METHOD AND DETECTION SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, a forgetting to turn off power detection apparatus includes an outgoing determination unit that creates a power usage pattern based on electric energy that is calculated from past electric energy data in a consumer equipment, and determines whether or not a consumer has gone outside based on the power usage pattern. The forgetting to turn off power detection apparatus of the embodiments includes a forgetting to turn off power detection unit that receives current electric energy data in the consumer equipment, and detects forgetting to turn off power of an electric equipment of the consumer equipment based on the received electric energy data when the outgoing determination unit determines that the consumer has gone outside. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178631 | PATTERN RECOGNITION SYSTEM - Methods, apparatuses and systems directed to pattern learning, recognition, and metrology. In some particular implementations, the invention provides a flexible pattern recognition platform including pattern recognition engines that can be dynamically adjusted to implement specific pattern recognition configurations for individual pattern recognition applications. In certain implementations, the present invention provides for methods and systems suitable for analyzing and recognizing patterns in biological signals such as multi-electrode array waveform data. In other implementations, the present invention also provides for a partition configuration where knowledge elements can be grouped and pattern recognition operations can be individually configured and arranged to allow for multi-level pattern recognition schemes. In other implementations, the present invention provides methods and systems for dynamic learning of patterns in supervised and unsupervised manners. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178632 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING INITIATION ITEMS - The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for identifying initiation items. The method for identifying an initiation item comprises: obtaining a description string of the initiation item to be identified; matching the obtained description string of the initiation item to be identified with a pre-stored fuzzy matching pattern for the description string of the initiation item in accordance with a preset matching rule to determine whether there is a successful match; and if there is a successful match, identifying the obtained description string of the initiation item to be identified with the matched fuzzy matching pattern. In accordance with the embodiments of the present invention, the identification of initiation items can be enhanced, the size of the configuration file storing the initiation items can be reduced, and the speed of reading the initiation items can be increased. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178633 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING THE UNCERTAINTY IN PARAMETERS OF AN ENERGY USE MODEL - Systems and methods for determining the uncertainty in parameters of a building energy use model are provided. A disclosed method includes receiving an energy use model for a building site. The energy use model includes one or more predictor variables and one or more model parameters. The method further includes calculating a gradient of an output of the energy use model with respect to the model parameters, determining a covariance matrix using the calculated gradient, and using the covariance matrix to identify an uncertainty of the model parameters. The uncertainty of the model parameters may correspond to entries in the covariance matrix. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178634 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDLING BUGS - Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method and apparatus for handling bugs of a target product by building a bug prediction model for the target product at least in part based on a field to which the target product is applied, the bug prediction model indicating a threshold associated with at least one performance parameter of the target product; and automatically predicting a potential bug associated with the target product based on the bug prediction model for the target product. Other embodiments are also disclosed. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178635 | DECIDING AN OPTIMAL ACTION IN CONSIDERATION OF RISK - A method and system for deciding an optimal action in consideration of risk. The method includes the steps of: generating sequentially, by way of a Markov decision process based on a Monte Carlo method, a series of data objects having states on a memory of a computer; computing a risk measure of a data object by tracking generated data from opposite order to generation order, where the risk measure is calculated from a value at risk or an exceedance probability that is derived from risk measures of a plurality of states transitionable from a state of the data object; and executing the step of computing the risk measure while tracking back to starting data, where at least one of the steps is carried out using a computer device. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178636 | System and Method for Mining Large, Diverse, Distributed, and Heterogeneous Datasets - A method for directed mining of a heterogeneous dataset with a computer comprising: populating a rule base with known rules, wherein each rule has a context and a situation; populating a case base with known cases, wherein each case has a context and a situation, and wherein the case base is partitioned from the rule base; ascribing a natural language semantics to predicates of the known cases and rules; randomly transforming the known rules and the known cases to form new rules by extracting a maximum number of common predicates; segmenting the rules and the cases on the basis of shared predicates without making distinction between context and situation predicates; abducing new knowledge from the dataset by fuzzily matching the context of a new rule to a situation the new rule does not cover; and issuing a query to a user to supply missing predicates of the fuzzy match. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178637 | SYSTEM RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON INCIDENT ANALYSIS - In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes obtaining incident data related to a plurality of servers, including a first server. Configuration data is obtained for each of the plurality of servers. The configuration data includes information about a set of one or more configuration items of the first server. A predictive modeler is trained to predict incident characteristics, based at least in part on the incident data and the configuration data. A modification is selected to the set of configuration items of the first server. Predicted incident characteristics of the first server are simulated, by a computer processor, based on the selected modifications. It is recommended that the selected modifications be made to the first server if predetermined criteria are met by the simulation. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178638 | DYNAMICALLY RETRAINING A PREDICTION MODEL BASED ON REAL TIME TRANSACTION DATA - Various embodiments of systems and methods to dynamically retrain prediction models based on real time transaction data are described herein. In one aspect, real time application data and status data associated with an entity are obtained. The obtained application data is inputted to a prediction model to produce an assessment of a risk. The obtained status data with the assessed risk are compared. When the obtained payment status data does not match the determined risk, the prediction model is retrained. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178639 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING BIOMARKER SIGNATURES WITH INTEGRATED BIAS CORRECTION AND CLASS PREDICTION - Described herein are systems and methods for correcting a data set and classifying the data set in an integrated manner. A training data set, a training class set, and a test data set are received. A first classifier is generated for the training data set by applying a machine learning technique to the training data set and the training class set, and a first test class set is generated by classifying the elements in the test data set according to the first classifier. For each of multiple iterations, the training data set is transformed, the test data set is transformed, and a second classifier is generated by applying a machine learning technique to the transformed training data set. A second test class set is generated according to the second classifier, and the first test class set is compared to the second test class set. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178640 | AUTOMATED VEHICLE PARKING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - An automated vehicle parking management system, including at least one image acquisition means configured to acquire a series of images over time of at least one parking bay having a designated parking rule; at least one sensor configured to detect presence of a vehicle parked in said at least one parking bay; a sensor module configured to derive arrival and departure triggers for the vehicle parked in the at least one parking bay from information from the at least one sensor indicative of the presence of said vehicle parked in said at least one parking bay; an image acquisition module configured to acquire a buffer of said images of the at least one parking bay upon receipt of said arrival trigger and/or said departure trigger from the sensor module for the vehicle parked in the at least one parking bay, whereby the buffer extends for an allocated series of said images acquired immediately before the arrival trigger and/or the departure trigger to a further allocated series of said images acquired immediately after the arrival trigger and/or the departure trigger, respectively; and a citation module configured to determine whether the vehicle parked in said at least one parking bay contravenes the designated parking rule based on the arrival and the departure triggers received from the sensor module, whereby a parking infringement notice can be issued to a registered owner of the vehicle based on a registration plate of the vehicle recognised from the buffer if the vehicle has been determined as contravening the designated parking rule. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178641 | CHECK-IN METHOD - A check-in method which streamlines the customer experience by automating many check-in steps. An example method involving passenger check-in for a flight includes wirelessly transmitting signals by a mobile communication device, receiving within a check-in area a response message from an airline system by the mobile communication device, sending check-in information to the airline system by the mobile communication device in response to the message, and receiving a mobile boarding pass from the airline system by the mobile communication device. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178642 | DYNAMIC TRAVEL PLANNER - Methods, systems and computer program products for determining at least one travel solution for a travel request. The travel request that indicates an origin, at least one destination, and at least one time constraint is received. Based on the travel request, travel paths that comprise the origin and the at least one destination are built based at least in part on the at least one time constraint. At least one candidate travel solution is determined for each travel path based at least in part on the at least one time constraint. At least one travel solution for the travel request is determined based at least in part on pricing and availability for the at least one candidate travel solution. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178643 | ELECTRONIC SHELF LABEL SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS METHOD THEREOF - An electronic shelf label system may include: a near field communications (NFC) card apparatus including an NFC chip having an identification (ID) and performing purchasing reservation through NFC communications; a plurality of electronic tags each including an NFC chip and wirelessly transmitting purchasing reservation information including the identification (ID) of the NFC card apparatus and product information when the purchasing reservation from the NFC card apparatus through the NFC communications is present; and a management apparatus providing the product information to each of the plurality of electronic tags, receiving the purchasing reservation information from the electronic tag, and managing the purchasing reservation information for each identification (ID) included in the purchasing reservation information. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178644 | RISK MANAGEMENT APPROACH TO OVERSIGHT OF INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARDS - A computer system receives, before a start of a trial of a medical therapy, data that configure the computer system to detect alert conditions indicative of occurrences of failure modes identified as being potentially associated with an institutional ethics committee such as an Institutional Review Board (IRB) that reviews the trial. Respective mitigation procedures are defined for the failure modes before the start of the trial. The mitigation procedures indicate procedures to mitigate occurrences of the failure modes. Furthermore, the computer system receives IRB activity data indicative of activities performed by the IRB. The computer system detects, based on the IRB activity data that one of the alert conditions has occurred. The alert condition is indicative of an occurrence of a given one of the failure modes. In response to detecting that the alert condition has occurred, the computer system outputs an alert. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178645 | DISCOVERING A BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP NETWORK, AND ASSESSING A RELEVANCE OF A RELATIONSHIP - There is provided a method that includes (a) examining records that describe transactions between entities, (b) constructing, in a database, a data structure that represents a relationship network, based on the transactions, where the relationship network represents (i) a first entity and (ii) a second entity that is separated from the first entity by N tiers, and where N is a whole number greater than or equal to 1, and (c) calculating a relevance of the second entity to the first entity as a function of, i.e., based on, a characteristic of the second entity. There is also provided a system that performs the method, and a storage medium that contains instructions for controlling a processor to perform the method. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178646 | INTEGRATED STRESS TESTING FRAMEWORK SYSTEM AND METHOD - Embodiments of the present invention may include an input interface, configured to receive a representation of a series of time horizons, the series of time horizons having at least two consecutive future time periods; a stress test scenario store, configured to receive an input representing stress test scenarios that have a stress test scenario frequency; a simulation scenarios generator, configured to generate a set of representations of random simulation scenarios, the random simulation scenarios having a simulation scenario frequency; a frequency adjuster engine, configured to synchronize the stress test scenario frequency and the simulation scenario frequency; a decision structure generator, configured to generate a decision data structure for the at least two consecutive future time periods, among other features. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178647 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROJECT RISK IDENTIFICATION AND ASSESSMENT - Disclosed herein is a system and method for project risk assessment. The system and method include collecting project identification information, receiving responses to a single comprehensive query about the project, using the responses to find specific characteristics of a coupled module for performing tasks related to the project, and determining a risk level of the module performing the tasks based on the specific characteristics of the coupled module. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178648 | PEER-TO-PEER NETWORKING - In one embodiment, a method of managing productivity with a peer-to-peer system is disclosed. The disclosed information handling system (IHS) may receive information from a particular user who may be a medical professional such as a doctor or other medical practitioner. In one embodiment, the IHS may include an information store, revenue tool, doctor referral tool, specialist referral tool, facility referral tool, consultation tool and a samples tool. The particular user may use the revenue tool of the IHS to view the predicted revenue of upcoming appointments in his or her schedule. The revenue tool of the IHS may predict the revenue of appointments by utilizing information from the information store of the IHS. These tools may automatically increase the revenue of the user by scheduling additional appointments and referring appointments to other medical professionals in the peer-to-peer network. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178649 | Intelligent and Interactive System For Routing and Scheduling - A system, including: a memory that stores computer executable instructions; and processing circuitry that executes the instructions in order to, generate a graphical user interface, which includes an intelligent Gantt chart that displays a working schedule of a task assigned to a resource, receive a command to change the working schedule, integrate the change into the working schedule, and update and display a performance metric based on the change. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178650 | ADAPTIVE CASE DESIGNING BASED ON CASE RUNTIME HISTORY - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for adaptively designing a case solution in a case management environment. A computer analyzes a plurality of completed cases to identify a subset of completed cases having a common, first set of attributes. The computer identifies at least one pattern in the subset of completed cases, wherein the at least one pattern comprises common decision making trends in the subset of completed cases. The computer determines that the first set of attributes in the subset of completed cases is substantially similar to a second set of attributes, wherein the second set of attributes is associated with a case solution. The computer generates a suggested modification to the case solution based, at least in part, on the at least one pattern. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178651 | SUPPLY CHAIN RISK ASSESSMENT - Disclosed is an apparatus that includes an identifying module, a survey module, an analytics module, and a ranking module. The identifying module identifies selected users, wherein the selected users are those users that have an awareness of factors that potentially affect a supply chain. The survey module administers a supply chain screening survey, which includes groups of intercorrelated questions, to the selected users and receives survey answers from the selected users. The analytics module performs a modified Cronbach-alpha analysis on the survey answers from the selected users in order to generate a response consistency rating for each of the selected users. The modified Cronbach-alpha analysis includes determining, for each one of the selected users, consistency between selected users of the survey answers within each group of intercorrelated questions. The ranking module assigns a reliability rank to each of the selected users based on their response consistency rating. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178652 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TARGETED ASSISTANCE ON USER CHECK-IN - There are provided systems and method for targeted assistance on user check-in. A service location may provide beacons at or near the location to determine if a user approaching or at the service location has any experience with the service location. For example, a merchant may place a beacon at the entrance to a store to determine if a user has shopped at the store. Thus, when a user is in proximity to the beacon, a user device of the user and the beacon may establish a check-in. Through a user identifier communicated to the beacon, the service provider at the location may determine a user history, such as a number of visits by the user to the service location. The service location may then provide targeted assistance, such as information, personal help, item searches, etc., based on the user's history with the merchant. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178653 | Delivery Prediction System and Delivery Prediction Method - A delivery server includes: a reception unit configured to receive a set of meter indication data of a gas meter from a mobile terminal; an update unit configured to update a remaining gas amount with use of the set of meter indication date; a prediction unit configured to predict a prospective remaining gas amount in accordance with a prospective daily gas usage predicted based on a daily gas usage consumed in a period from a previous meter reading date to a current meter reading date and a rate of change in a past daily gas usage obtained based on sets of meter indication data of a supply facility in a predetermined past period; and a determination unit configured to determine a date on which the remaining gas amount reaches a predetermined value as a delivery date of a gas cylinder. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178654 | Managed Inventory - Example methods and systems are directed to a managed inventory. A database may store information regarding items owned by a user. The information regarding an item may include a quantity owned and one or more triggering events. Based on the occurrence of a triggering event, an order for the item may be placed without user intervention. Data to the database may be provided by one or more sensors. Triggering events may be defined in terms of sensor data. The triggering event may be defined by a user or through machine learning. The order may be placed using a predetermined modality or a dynamically-determined modality based on one or more criteria, such as price, shipping speed, and the urgency of the order. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178655 | SYSTEM FOR USER GUIDANCE FOR CONNECTING BUSINESS FUNCTIONS - Disclosed herein is a framework to organize functions to scenarios in order to guide users to complete processes. In accordance with one aspect, the framework determines an initial scenario. Particular functions may be assigned to the initial scenario. The initial scenario may be performed and other scenarios that follow the initial scenario may be presented. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178656 | METHOD FOR THE OPTIMISATION OF PRODUCT PROPERTIES AND PRODUCTION COSTS OF INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES - A method for optimisation of product properties and production costs of industrial processes where a product is manufactured in several operations, Including the following steps:—establishing process chain models (1−m) for each process (1−n), altogether (m×n) models for the calculation of product properties and product production costs, —defining model inputs and outputs related to each of the (m×n) models for physical, chemical or biological parameters and costs of the product,—defining limitations or minimum requirements related to each of the (m×n) models of product properties or process capacity or ability,—providing an optimizing tool linked to the input and output steps and model limitations performing iterations and flow of data between said steps to optimize the product based on customer requirements. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178657 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INCIDENT QUEUE ASSIGNMENT AND PRIORITIZATION - Systems, methods and computer-readable media for incident queue assignment and prioritization are disclosed. An incident handling system may receive a request for a next highest priority incident. An incident requiring resolution may be identified. The incident may be associated with an incident queue based at least in part on a queue assignment rule. The incident queue may comprise one or more incidents. The incident queue may be processed based at least in part on a prioritization rule to identify, from the one or more incidents associated with the incident queue, the next highest priority incident. The incident handling system may transmit the next highest priority incident associated with the incident queue. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178658 | Onboarding by Analyzing Practices of Best Hiring Managers - A system is described for improving an onboarding process by analyzing the practices of hiring managers who are successful in onboarding. The system includes analyzing completed onboarding processes to determine which hiring managers have been effective in onboarding. Effectiveness can include measuring attrition, employee performance, employee time to productivity, and employee surveys. Once successful hiring managers have been identified, the onboarding process of the successful hiring manager can be analyzed to identify one or more onboarding activities that are likely correlated with effective onboarding. This can include identifying onboarding activities that commonly appear in the onboarding processes and also onboarding activities that are frequently assigned and completed. These identified onboarding activities can be fed back to an onboarding path generator so that other hiring managers can incorporate these activities into their onboarding practice, thus improving the onboarding performance of the organization. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178659 | Method and System for Identifying and Maintaining Gold Units for Use in Crowdsourcing Applications - Methods and systems for identifying and maintaining gold units in a crowdsourcing application are provided. Units of work are selected for inclusion in a gold set based on worker responses to the units of work and an accuracy associated with the workers responding to the unit of work. The gold set is dynamically updated to remove older gold units from the gold set and to remove gold units that are too subjective from the gold set. The optimum gold unit percentage for a given task can also be identified. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178660 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED OPTIMIZATION OF OPERATIONS IN A CONTACT CENTER - A skill finding system for automated administration of employee's skills in an enterprise is provided. The skill finding system includes a selection module configured to select at least one employee of the enterprise for skill mutation from an employee database. The skill finding system further includes a mutation module configured to mutate at least one attribute of skill of the selected at least one employee based on predefined mutation rules. The skill finding system further includes an update module configured to terminate or retain the mutated at least one attribute of skill from the employee database based on at least one performance feedback of the selected employee and level of mutation in the selected employee's at least one attribute of skill. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178661 | System And Method For Analyzing Performance Data In A Transit Organization - The present invention relates to a system and method for analyzing performance data in a transit organization. Accelerometer metrics are collected for a vehicle along a first axis. The metrics collected from the vehicle are summarized by unit measurement. The metrics summarized by unit measurement are then stored in storage. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178662 | ANALYZING AUTOMOTIVE INSPECTIONS - For analyzing automotive inspections, a recording module records a plurality of inspection results. Each inspection result comprises a technician identifier and an inspection item recommendation for each of a plurality of inspection items. Each inspection item comprises a target recommendation. The inspection item recommendation comprises one of a no service required recommendation and a service recommendation. An identification module identifies a recommendation bias in response to a function of first inspection item recommendations for a first inspection item of the plurality of inspection results exceeding a first target recommendation for the first inspection item. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178663 | Method and Apparatus For Vehicle Service System Operator Guidance and Performance Tracking - A method for providing performance tracking, operator guidance, and feedback by monitoring operator interactions with a vehicle service system. The operator's interactions with the service equipment during a vehicle service procedure which produce detectable effects are monitored. If an operator completes a vehicle service procedure correctly, a visual or audible announcement is provided, and an entry recorded in a system log. If an operator mistake is detected during the vehicle service procedure, a different visual or audible announcement is provided, and a suitable entry recorded in the system log. The system log is subsequently utilized to generate a performance score, either based on overall system usage, or upon the usage by a specific operator if operator-identifying information is available during each service procedure. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178664 | EVENT NOTIFICATION - A method of providing a service operation event notification is described. The method comprises: receiving at a management application an indication of a service event at a media terminal, where the indication includes (i) a service event type and (ii) a service event time; and updating the management application to record the type of event and a time associated with that event. The service event type may be an “engineer arrived” event, an “engineer left” event, or a replenishment scheduled event. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178665 | Equipment Management System - Systems are disclosed herein for the efficient management of building equipment. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178666 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING CONCURRENT STEPS IN PROCESSES AND COMMUNICATING STEP ATTRIBUTES TO PROJECT MEMBERS - Some embodiments include a novel system for managing concurrent steps in processes and communicating step attributes to project members. In some embodiments, the system includes a process that is implemented as a software application which each member of a project uses in managing and completing the project. In some embodiments, the software application accesses a web page to allow immediate connections and updates to the project by a mobile communication device app for the project. In some embodiments, updates are automatically pushed to one or more project members. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178667 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM OF UPDATING USER DATA - Method, apparatus, and communication systems of updating user data are provided. Business flow data and conversation flow data of a first user are obtained. Whether the first user has completed a preset first business task is determined according to the obtained business flow data, and whether the first user has completed a preset first conversation task is determined according to the obtained conversation flow data. After determining that the first user has completed the preset first business task and the preset first conversation task, a user data update volume corresponding to a first task group is obtained and updated. The introduction of the task group can help to prevent cheating behaviors, and can help to improve security of updating user data. The introduction of the conversation task can help to improve utilization of network resources, and help to promote business growth and better precipitation of user relationship chains. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178668 | METHODS, APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS FOR USER MANAGEMENT - Methods, apparatus, and communication systems for user management are provided. A batch operation request from a client is received. The batch operation request contains a first user identification (ID), a first user group ID, and a batch operation type ID. It is then determined whether a first user indicated by the first user ID has a batch operation authorization. When the first user is determined to have the batch operation authorization and according to a batch operation type indicated by the batch operation type ID, a batch operation is processed to users in a first user group indicated by the first user group ID or processed to users that request to join the first user group. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178669 | Secured Delivery - The current disclosure extends to delivery of one or more items secured within a tote to a customer at a selected location by a delivery associate who may not be granted immediate access to the secured items. Embodiments of the present disclosure include an order processing module for receiving and processing transactions, an application server for transmitting instructions to an item originator, thereby directing the item originator to place the item into the tote and lock or otherwise secure the tote, and one or more user devices for conducting a video call between a verifier and the recipient. By verifying that no intermediate carrier had access to the contents of the secure tote and by verifying the identity of the recipient via the video call, it may be presumed that the chain of custody of the secured item passed directly from the item originator to the recipient. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178670 | MEDIA REPLENISHMENT MANAGEMENT - A method of method of managing media replenishment at a media terminal, the method comprising: receiving a media event from a media terminal; retrieving a next scheduled media replenishment event for that media terminal; evaluating if the next scheduled media replenishment event is scheduled to occur within an acceptable delay period; and initiating an unscheduled replenishment event only if the next scheduled media replenishment event is scheduled to occur after the acceptable delay period. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178671 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REPLENISHMENT OF PRODUCTS IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS - In one embodiment, a system for replenishing inventory in a retail environment is disclosed, where the system comprises a memory, at least one processor coupled to the memory, an inventory management engine executed by the processor and adapted to track the quantity of at least one product available in at least one location within the retail environment, and a rule processing engine executed by the processor and adapted to execute at least one rule of a plurality of rules for picking the at least one product for replenishment in the at least one location within the retail environment. In some embodiments, the at least one location within the retail environment includes a selling location, a feature location, and a reserve location. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178672 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INCREASING COUNTING ACCURACY - Aspects and embodiments are directed to systems for determining counting accuracy of products, including retail products. The system for determining counting accuracy can interface with other inventory systems to access or receive information on inventory of the retail products. The inventory information can include, for example, numbers of units in inventory, shelf space accorded to respective products, package size (i.e., number of units available per package), retail value, margin value, among other options. The system can manage physical counts made on respective products. In some examples, the system can determine a value associated with physically counting inventory of respective product(s), for example, as a function of a number of units on-hand, time since the product has been counted, and a presentation value. Responsive to determining the value associated with physically counting the respective product, the system triggers a physical count or can prohibit a physical count of a product. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178673 | INVENTORY MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD - An inventory monitoring system and method for monitoring items stored in a pallet rack are described. The inventory monitoring system comprises a pallet rack comprising a plurality of construction elements for storing a plurality of pallets and a rail system mounted to the pallet rack and forming at least one track for guiding at least one vehicle for scanning the pallets, the rail system being located at least partly inside a space defined by outer construction elements. The at least one vehicle thereby is movably mountable to the rail system and adapted for moving over the rail system, the vehicle comprising detection means for detecting information of the pallets which are located in the vicinity of the rail system. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178674 | DRUG INSPECTION SUPPORT APPARATUS AND METHOD - A drug inspection support apparatus inspects drugs that are prepared based on prescription information and are packaged in a prescription bag. A drug database stores drug master images of drugs that can be prepared. A first drug determination section compares drug master images from the drug database with a captured image obtained by capturing an image of prepared drugs, and determines drugs present in the captured image and the number of drugs. A list creation section creates a list displaying drug master images of drugs, which are prepared according to a prescription, and drug area images, which are determined to be respective drugs in a captured image, so that the positions thereof are aligned with one another. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178675 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR PROCESSING PACKAGE DELIVERY EXCEPTIONS - Embodiments of the present invention provide methods, systems, computer program products, and apparatuses for processing package delivery exceptions. In one embodiment, a method for processing an item delivery exception for an item that is to be delivered by a carrier is provided. The method comprises receiving an exception request associated with the item; notifying a delivery vehicle driver of the exception request; receiving input indicating a unique RFID identifier, wherein the unique RFID identifier identifies an exception RFID tag attached to the item; associating the unique RFID identifier with the unique item identifier; after receiving a request to locate the item, activating an RFID reader array, wherein the RFID reader array is located at a facility associated with the carrier; and based at least in part on the detection of the item by at least one RFID reader of the RFID reader array, calculating an estimated location of the item. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178676 | Remote Delivery Systems And Methods - Example systems and methods for delivering products are described. In one implementation, a request is received from a user to deliver an order to a remote pick-up location. The order includes a first item requiring refrigeration and a second item that is temperature-independent. A method identifies multiple remote pick-up locations convenient to the user and communicates the identified locations to the user. A delivery of the order is scheduled for a particular remote pick-up location selected by the user. The user is notified of a pick-up time window to access the order at the particular remote pick-up location. An access code associated with the order is generated and communicated to the user. The access code allows the user to access the order at the particular remote pick-up location during the pick-up time window. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178677 | KIOSK FOR RECEIVING AND DELIVERING PACKAGES - A computer server for a network-based transaction system is coupled to a kiosk via a data communications network. The kiosk includes a computer processor, an input device, an electronic display unit, a plurality of compartments, and a data communications port. The computer server receives input from a seller of an item. The input includes a listing of the item for sale on the network-based transaction system. The server identifies an available compartment from the plurality of compartments based on the item for sale. The available compartment is configured to receive the item for sale from the seller. The server transmits an identification of the available compartment to the seller via the electronic display unit, and enables access to the available compartment by the seller. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178678 | PRODUCT DELIVERY SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Example systems and methods for delivering products are described. In one implementation, a parcel shipped from an online merchant is received by a local merchant. A customer identity affixed to the parcel is used to identify a particular customer. Based on customer contact information, the customer is notified of receipt of the parcel by the local merchant. Upon receipt of a request to deliver the parcel from the customer, a delivery is scheduled to deliver both the parcel and a grocery order to the customer. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178679 | Customer Management System and Customer Management Method - The present invention is a customer management system wherein a delivery server includes a storage device that manages a list that includes multiple customer data targeted for meter reading, and a receiver that receives cancellation data for a customer's gas contract. Moreover, the delivery server includes an update unit that, based on the cancellation data, deletes data for a cancelled customer from the multiple customer data included in the list to update the list. Furthermore, the delivery server includes a transmitter that transmits the updated list to communication terminals. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178680 | PATENT PORTFOLIO AGGREGATION, MAPPING AND COLLABORATION PLATFORM HAVING QUALITY ENHANCEMENT PETITION FEATURES - Systems, methods and software for aggregating and publishing innovations. In particular, users of this system may submit patent disclosures on various topics or technology areas. The system may then route the idea submissions through the patenting process to relatively rapidly develop a large patent portfolio. In some instances, the submissions may be published to be made accessible by others as part of a first to publish infrastructure. Further, the system may provide back end support for innovation cultivation and harvesting, innovation road mapping and brainstorming, and collaboration. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178681 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING STEP BY STEP PROJECTS - A system and method supporting the assisted creation of media content documenting the details of completing a step-by-step project by a consumer in an Internet-based, social networking/social e-commerce environment. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178682 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONFIDENTIALLY AND ANONYMOUSLY MATCHING JOB CANDIDATES WITH JOB OPPORTUNITIES - A method for matching job candidates with job requirements in a Confidential Resume System operating on a distributed computer-based network. A recruiter can identify a preselected number of first level candidates by performing one or more candidate searches on the system. The system provides candidate data, but that information is redacted to withhold information that personally identifies the candidate. Also, to provide adequate information security, each party determines whether it desires to identify itself to the other party. If a party does not desire to identify itself, the system redacts all information capable of individually identifying that party. On the other hand, if a party does desire to identify itself, the system conducts all communications without redaction. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178683 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO SELECT PARTICIPANTS IN A PROGRAM TO SUSTAINABLY EXIT POVERTY - A computer-implemented method for selecting participants from an applicant pool to participate in a program to exit poverty is described. The method implemented using a computing device in communication with a memory. The method includes storing a plurality of questions to ask each applicant from a pool of applicants, storing a plurality of ratings based on historical data wherein each rating is associated with each of one or more potential answers for each question of the plurality of questions, compiling by the computing device one or more scores for the applicant based on the applicant's answers to the plurality of questions and the plurality of ratings, calculating by the computing device the applicant's overall score based on the one or more scores, determining the applicant's ranking in comparison to the pool of applicants, and outputting the rankings of the applicants. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178684 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTING BENEFIT PLANS - A method, apparatus, system, and computer program product are disclosed to facilitate the selection of benefits plans. The method may include receiving user profile data. The user profile data may include information defining one or more user characteristics. The method may also include generating a user benefits profile using the user characteristics. The user benefits profile may include one or more properties indicating the appropriateness of at least one feature of at least one benefit plan for the user. The method may also include using the benefits profile to determine, using a processor, one or more benefits selections from a set of benefits offerings including a plurality of benefits plans. The benefits selections may include an instruction to enroll in at least one benefit plan of the plurality of benefits plans. The method may also include providing the one or more benefits selections for confirmation. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178685 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTING BENEFIT PLANS - A method, apparatus, system, and computer program product are disclosed to facilitate the selection of benefits plans. The method may include receiving user profile data. The user profile data may include information defining one or more user characteristics. The method may also include generating a user benefits profile using the user characteristics. The user benefits profile may include one or more properties indicating the appropriateness of at least one feature of at least one benefit plan for the user. The method may also include using the benefits profile to determine, using a processor, one or more benefits selections from a set of benefits offerings including a plurality of benefits plans. The benefits selections may include an instruction to enroll in at least one benefit plan of the plurality of benefits plans. The method may also include providing the one or more benefits selections for confirmation. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178686 | System for Scheduling Routing Rules in a Contact Center Based on Forcasted and Actual Interaction Load and Staffing Requirements - A system for scheduling resources and rules for routing includes a server connected to a network, a scheduling application executable from the server, and at least one programmable software agent for scheduling routing rules. The scheduling application receives statistics about forecast arrival rates for incoming interactions and current resource availability data and schedules resources and routing rules according to the forecast requirements the software agent propagating the portion of scheduling relative to the routing rules. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178687 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING RESOURCE UTILIZATION - A system and a computer-implemented method for notifying a party of an appointment status is provided. Information corresponding to an appointment between two or more parties is received, and a location of a first party of the two or more parties is retrieving. Additional data points relating to the first party is further retrieved from at least one datasource. An expected time of commencement of the appointment is determined based on the received information corresponding to the appointment, the retrieved location, and the retrieved additional data points. A notification to at least a second party of the two or more parties is provided based on the determined expected commencement time of the appointment. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178688 | APPOINTMENT SCHEDULING - A proposed appointment time may be selected by determining a timeframe for a proposed appointment, where the proposed appointment is at least one month from a current time. After a first period of time, a request to narrow the timeframe for the proposed appointment may be sent to a client device. A response to the request to narrow the timeframe may be received. After a second period of time, a proposed appointment may be selected within the narrowed time frame and a request including the proposed appointment time may be sent to the client. A response to the request may confirm the proposed appointment time or suggest an alternative appointment time. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178689 | INTERACTIVE TIME MANAGEMENT TOOL - There is described herein an interactive time management tool. A calendar view is presented showing scheduled events on a daily, weekly, monthly, and/or yearly basis. A visual representation, such as an icon, is available for selection in combination with a previously scheduled event to cause the event to automatically be moved from its original time slot to a time slot corresponding to an actual or present time slot. The calendar is therefore updated in real time using minimal effort in order to more accurately represent how a user's time was spent over a given period of time. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178690 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING HIERARCHICAL CALENDER EVENTS - An example disclosed method involves associating a second calendar event with a first calendar event as a hierarchical child of the first calendar event, and displaying the first and second calendar events at date and time locations on the same calendar view of a calendar program. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178691 | Method And Apparatus For Providing A User Device With Functionality Enabling Users To Provide Their Intention To Attend A Particular Destination Or Event - Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are described herein that are configured to provide, to a user, network based functionality enabling the user to convey their social intent, including an intent to attend a destination. One example embodiment may include a method for providing a first page associated with a destination, the first page comprising a visual link configured for display and selection, display of the visual link configured to convey an intention of the first user to attend the destination, the selection of the visual link configured to open a target page, the target page associated with the destination, in an instance in which the target page is associated with the destination, receiving a selection indicating the at least one of the time. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178692 | VALUABLE MEDIUM PROCESSING APPARATUS - A valuable medium processing apparatus is provided. The valuable medium processing apparatus includes an imaging unit that photographs images of valuable media that are depositing process target media, an input unit that inputs amount information on the valuable media based on image data of the valuable media photographed by the imaging unit, and a memory unit that saves the image data acquired by the imaging unit and the amount information inputted by the input unit in association with each other. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178693 | FINANCIAL SERVICES ECOSYSTEM - A financial services ecosystem for providing a collaborative worldwide payment system includes: a computer-based system configured to credit a merchant, by way of a merchant bank, for goods sold or services rendered to a consumer; and a payment process platform configured to receive data from a user application. The payment process platform is configured to generate a disposable bank identification number (BIN). The disposable BIN is converted from a BIN issued by a financial institution or credit card company. The disposable BIN is used by a biller as an authorization BIN to document that the consumer has paid a bill. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178694 | RF PAYMENT TERMINAL FOR SCRIPT FILE-BASED CREDIT CARD PROCESSING - The present invention relates to a method for controlling a terminal including a script engine which provides a credit card processing object. The method includes the steps of: loading a script including code for calling a credit card processing object; and controlling the device driver of the terminal by executing the script using the script engine. Here, the credit card processing object can include a function for controlling the device driver. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178695 | POINT TO MULTI-POINT ENERGY TRANSACTION PLATFORM AND RELATED METHODS OF USE - A method for processing on a computer point to multi-point energy transactions between users of energy networks includes receiving an energy packet from a sender at a sender point, identifying at least one recipient and at least one destination point for said energy packet according to characteristics provided therewith and in reference to a user database, and translating said energy packet into a second equivalent energy packet according to characteristics of said sender and recipient and in reference to a translation database. The method further includes applying rules to said second equivalent energy packet according to characteristics of said sender and recipient and in reference to a rules database, storing information relating to said energy transactions in a separate database, and transmitting said second equivalent energy packet to said recipient, and updating accounts of said sender and recipient according to said energy transactions. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178696 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING CALLBACKS IN AN AUTOMATED CLEARING HOUSE NETWORK - A system and method is provided for performing callbacks in a commercial transaction processing system. The system includes a transaction processor to receive a transaction request from a user. The transaction request includes an amount to be transferred between a user account and a first bank account associated with a first bank. A second bank is coupled to the transaction processor to transmit an instruction to the first bank to transfer the amount between the first bank account and the user account. The second bank receives a response from the first bank indicating whether the amount can be transferred, and selectively generates a callback message based on the response from the first bank. The transaction processor further determines whether to update the user account to reflect the amount to be transferred based, at least in part, on the callback message. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178697 | Operating a Self Service Terminal as a Virtual Teller - Approaches are disclosed for operating a self service terminal, such as an automatic teller machine, as a virtual teller in a branch office. A virtual teller terminal is connected to a secure banking network at a bank branch office and a virtual teller account is established between the automatic teller machine and a branch server operating the branch office. The virtual teller account is used by the automatic teller machine to process customer requests received by the automatic teller machine. | 2015-06-25 |
20150178698 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRANSPORTATION CHECK-IN AND PAYMENT USING BEACONS - There are provided systems and methods for transportation check-in and payment using beacons. A service provider, such as a transportation, payment, or other service provider, may utilize short range wireless beacons at or near a transportation service that provide automated check-in with a user device. When the user device is in proximity to the beacon, the user may be checked-in and provide payments for use of the transportation service, such as payment for a transportation fare. The user may receive scheduling and/or updates for the transportation service. Additionally, while the user is travelling with the transportation service, the user may purchase extra fare if the user realizes that current travel coverage of the purchased transportation fare does not cover an expected cost of the trip. The extra fare may be automatically purchased if the user device loses power or the user is unaware of the trip cost. | 2015-06-25 |