26th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 68 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100169167 | Computer Implemented System for Determining a Distribution Policy for a Single Period Inventory System, Optimization Application Therefor, and Method Therefor, and Decision Support Tool for Facilitating User Determination of a Distribution Policy for a Single Period Inventory System - Computer implemented system for determining a distribution policy for a single period inventory system on the basis of the relative merit of allocating a draw unit of one of a multitude of different consumer items to one of a multitude of different locations in accordance with an allocation decision criterion subject to one or more constraints, an optimization application therefor, and method therefor, and including a Decision Support Tool for facilitating user determination of a distribution policy for a single period inventory system. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169168 | Categorization of Summarized Information - A system for categorizing transactions includes a collection function gathering information concerning transactions, including at least date, description and amount of the transactions, for a particular person or enterprise, and a processing function categorizing individual ones of the collected transactions according to at least part of the transaction description. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169169 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING TRANSACTION STATISTICS TO FACILITATE CHECKOUT VARIANCE INVESTIGATION - An approach that allows for facilitating checkout related fraud investigation is presented. In one embodiment, there is described a generating tool configured to generate a set of benchmark parameters based on results of a cumulative learning process; a normalizing tool configured to normalize said set of benchmark parameters; an establishing tool configured to establish a confidence time interval required for identifying normal variations; a recording tool configured to record a particular checker's transactions during said confidence time interval, and an identifying tool configured to identify transactions, recorded during said confidence time interval, that fail meeting said set of benchmark parameters. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169170 | MERCHANT OFFER PROGRAM - A value of an incentive in a loyalty program is debited from a funding balance and credited to an account used in a transaction that qualifies for the incentive. A computing device receives a plurality of transactions upon accounts issued to account holders by corresponding issuers. After the transactions that qualify for the incentive are cleared and settled, funds matching the value of the incentive is transferred from a funding balance of the sponsor of the incentive to the account used in the qualified transaction. The issuer's interchange fee remains intact after the credit is applied. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169171 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING SEARCH ENGINE WITH COST PER ACTION REVENUE MODEL - The inventive technology enables the search engine operator to charge the advertisers who place their links on the search engine only if the user uses the search results to visit the advertiser's web portal(s) and generates revenue for the advertiser. This concept is especially attractive to the advertisers because it eliminates the risk, which the advertisers face in conventional search engines, when they are changed by the search engine per user click irrespectively of whether the user's visit resulted in advertiser's revenue. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169172 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DIGITAL BROADCASTING SERVICE - A method and apparatus for a digital broadcasting service may allow direct and real-time control of a digital broadcasting receiver. A service providing server inserts a content control access criteria descriptor into a transport stream and transmits content and the content control access criteria descriptor to the receiver through the transport stream. The receiver receives the transport stream and processes the content according to the content control access criteria descriptor, which can contain lock control information and coupon provision information. The lock control information indicates whether a control function of the receiver is locked or unlocked for specific content. The coupon provision information indicates whether a coupon available for the purchase of pay content is granted depending on execution of specific content. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169173 | System and Method for Action-Based Advertising - A method for providing access for a terminal to content of a website and to a first and second advertising message, comprising: presenting the content and at least the first advertising message to a user by means of the terminal; detecting an action by the user of the terminal, which action relates to one of the first and second advertising messages; stopping the presentation of the second advertising message if the second advertising message has also been presented to the user, and presenting the second advertising message to the user if the second advertising message has not been presented to the user; generating an indication signal which forms an indication of this action; determining, on the basis of this indication signal, an advertisement impact value (AIM), which is a measure of the number of indication signals received compared to the number of first and second advertising messages sent. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169174 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DETERMINE THE EFFECTS OF TRADE PROMOTIONS ON COMPETITIVE PRODUCTS - Example methods and apparatus to determine the effects of trade promotions on competitive products are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes identifying a plurality of competitive products and calculating a weighting similarity index for each one of the plurality of competitive products based on the target product. The example method also includes selecting a competitive product subset of the plurality of competitive products, each of the competitive products within the subset having a target similarity index, and retrieving point of sale (POS) data related to the target product and the competitive product subset. Further, the example method includes calculating a competitive trade index based on sales activity of the competitive product subset, the competitive trade index indicative of the target product sales effect, and generating a report including the competitive trade index. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169175 | Optimization of Targeted Advertisements Based on User Profile Information - A system and method to facilitate optimization of targeted advertisements based on user profile information are described. A set of event keywords associated with an event or action performed by the user or an agent of the user is identified in a data storage module. User profile information, if available, is further retrieved from the data storage module. A set of profile keywords is further identified from the retrieved user profile information and the set of profile keywords is compared to the set of event keywords based on predetermined business rules to determine a set of resulting keywords. Advertising information related to the set of resulting keywords is further retrieved from an advertising storage module. The retrieved advertisements are ranked based on one or more parameters within one or more keyword/advertisement matrices based on user, segment, or time parameters, and, finally, top ranked advertisements are transmitted to the user or the agent of the user for further display in connection with the requested content. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169176 | METHOD FOR TRACKING USER BEHAVIOR AND TO DISPLAY ADVERTISEMENTS - The present invention relates generally to a method and system for displaying advertisements on a client computing device and specifically to a method and system for analyzing user behavior and targeting advertisements based on the user behavior. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169177 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ASSESSING BEHAVIOR OF A WEBPAGE VISITOR - A method and system for assessing behavior of a webpage visitor includes providing a mining tool that is embedded within a webpage, sending a link list from a controlled server to a browser accessing a webpage, capturing visit-evaluations of the website links of the link list by the browser, and generating a browsing profile of a webpage visitor from the visit-evaluations of the website links of the link list. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169178 | Advertising Method for Image Search - A method for advertising in response to an image search. One or more keywords may be received. The keywords may be for searching one or more images on the network. The images may be retrieved based on the keywords. One or more advertisements may be selected based on a first visual content of the images and a second visual content of the one or more advertisements. The one or more of the advertisements may be displayed. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169179 | Dynamic Bidding and Expected Value - A system for receiving data associated with a mobile content is configured to calculate an expected value of the mobile content based at least in part on the data received, and determine a bid amount for a sponsorship of the mobile content based at least in part on the expected value. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169180 | ON-LINE GARAGE SALE - One example embodiment relates to a method that comprises receiving a request from a user via a computer network to list of one or more items on the computer network that are part of a garage sale; and providing advertising to the user that indicates where the items in the garage sale may be found using the computer network. Another example embodiment relates to a system that comprises a communication module connected to a computer network; the communication module being adapted to receive a request from a user to list items that are part a garage sale; a multiple listing engine that receives data relating to the items from the user and lists the items for sale on the communication network; and an advertisement that includes information as to where buyers can view the items that are part of the garage sale on the communication network. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169181 | METHOD OF NETWORKING REAL ESTATE AGENTS AND ADVERTISERS - A method of networking real estate agents and advertisers of products and services of interest to home buyers, with an illustrative embodiment including the steps of an independent intermediary identifying, possibly by computerized social networking, real estate agents willing to utilize promotional paper for hard-copies of real estate listings; contracts obligate the real estate agents to use or permit placement of the promotional paper; the intermediary identifies advertisers and executes contracts with them; the promotional paper is printed with a layout of advertisements and real estate listing data on opposing sides; the promotional paper is given to the real estate agents or placed by the intermediary; and the promotional paper is distributed to consumers. The method can be highly automated and executed with computers or other processors. Although one embodiment is configured for the residential real estate trade channel, others may relate to commercial real estate. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169182 | MOBILE PAYMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM USING THE SAME - A system and method for authenticating a payment transaction. The system includes a transaction association source for providing an association code corresponding to a payment transaction, a transaction terminal in communication with the transaction association source for initiating the payment transaction by requesting and receiving the association code from the transaction association source, and a mobile terminal in communication with the transaction association source for transmitting the association code to the transaction association source. The mobile terminal is configured to receive data of the payment transaction from the transaction association source. The mobile terminal is configured to transmit a response message to the transaction association source to confirm or cancel the payment transaction, and the transaction association source is configured to transmit an approve or cancel message to the transaction terminal in response to receiving the response message. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169183 | WEB TRANSACTION SYSTEM AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A web transaction system and a controlling method thereof are provided. The controlling method of web transaction system includes the following steps. The translating information of a temporary unit is provided to a first service unit by a web transaction system. Whether the temporary unit has received a first transaction element of the first service unit is determined. The translating information of the first service unit is provided to a second service unit. Whether the first service unit has received a second transaction element is determined. If the first service unit has received the second transaction element and the temporary unit has received the first transaction element, then the first transaction element is sent to the second service unit from the temporary unit. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169184 | COMMUNICATION INTEGRATION BETWEEN USERS IN A VIRTUAL UNIVERSE - An invention for communication integration between users of a virtual universe is provided. In one embodiment, there is a communication integration interface tool that provides communication integration between users within the virtual universe. In this embodiment, there is a response component for identifying an object of interest in the virtual universe, the object of interest comprising at least one of the following: a first user, or an asset associated with the first user that is within the virtual universe, and generating a response from the object of interest in the virtual universe. The communication integration interface tool further includes a communication link component for establishing a communication link between a second user and at least at least one of the following: the first user, a representative of the first user, or a third user in the virtual universe associated with the asset based on the generated response. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169185 | Self-Designed Maquettes Using Rapid Prototyping - A method of creating self-designed maquette toys comprises an Internet-based system for downloading three-dimensional preformed virtual models and downloading editing modules that allow users to manipulate virtual models, add characteristics, modify existing characteristics an otherwise edit a model to create a personalized final product. The finished edited maquette file is exported to an off-site processing facility where the edited three-dimensional virtual model is sculpted into a three-dimensional model to be packaged and shipped to a user. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169186 | GOODS SELECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A goods selection apparatus for selecting goods on the basis of displayed goods information. The goods selection apparatus includes a display unit for displaying goods information, a detector for detecting individually a plurality of potential customers in front of the display unit, a control unit for controlling the display unit to display a plurality of display areas in the display unit, each of the display areas displaying information of respective one of the goods, the number of the plurality of display areas corresponding to the number of the plurality of potential customers detected by the detector, an input unit for receiving an input designating any one of the display areas by any of the potential customers; and a selector for selecting one of the goods corresponding to the one of display areas designated by the input unit. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169187 | Revenue raising auction processes for public goods - A computer system for a pricing and auction process allows private enterprise firms to establish an individual price for each consumer paying in to support delivery of the same units of a public good. The process solicits bids from individuals who value a public good, while reducing each individual's incentives to free ride, thereby increasing their incentives to bid or offer a payment that approaches their full value for each, successive unit of the good. Examples include farmers selling the services of land for wildlife habitat, farmers altering production processes to reduce pesticides and nutrients and increase local water quality, particularly during transition from technologically intensive farming to organic farming, or businesses established to help neighborhoods and communities become carbon neutral in a global economy. The process benefits profit or non-profit organizations supporting conservation such as wetland and salt marsh restoration or restoration of endangered species habitat. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169188 | CONVERSION OF NON-NEGOTIABLE CREDITS EARNED FROM A GAME OF CHANCE TO NEGOTIABLE FUNDS - Entertainment credits from a game of chance can be identified. The entertainment credits can be associated with an entity with which a user has previously interacted. The previous interactions can earning the entertainment credits, which are non-negotiable credits. Responsive to a user request, a conversion agency can convert a quantity of the entertainment credits to a quantity of negotiable funds, wherein the conversion agency is not directly associated with the entity. The user can be permitted to access the quantity of negotiable funds, wherein the quantity of negotiable funds are able to be applied to user specified purchases, wherein at least a portion of the user specified purchases involve at least one vender that does not honor the non-negotiable credits. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169189 | Method and Apparatus for Monitoring Inventory - A method for monitoring inventory on a self-adjusting shelf and apparatus for accomplishing the same. The invention describes a method for determining the number of packages on a shelf or hanger of a self-adjusting shelf. The number of packages on a shelf or hanger are determined by measuring the distance from the back end of a shelf to the package closest to the shelf with a sensor, ascertaining the thickness of the product, and by calculating the amount of space occupied on a shelf or hanger and consequently the number of packages on a shelf. In another embodiment, the product is identified by a product identifying means such as an SKU reader. Thus, the quantity and type of product located on a shelf or hanger is known. Such information allows a store to know the type and quantity of packages needed to restock a specific hanger. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169190 | Method and Apparatus for Monitoring Inventory - A method for monitoring inventory on a shelf and apparatus for accomplishing the same. The invention describes a method for determining the number of packages on a shelf or hanger. The number of packages on a shelf or hanger are determined by detecting the presence of a package on the shelf and adding all detections together to determine the number of product on a shelf. In another embodiment, the product is identified by an identifying device such as an SKU reader. Thus, the quantity and type of product located on a shelf or hanger is known. Such information allows a store to know the type and quantity of packages needed to restock a specific shelf. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169191 | TURBINE COMPONENT TRACKING SYSTEM - A turbine component tracking system is provided. The turbine component tracking system is advantageously adapted to determine the remaining life of individual turbine components based on how and where they are used as well as if and how they are repaired. The turbine system is also advantageously adapted to track and analyze design, manufacturing and repair changes or modifications performed on turbine components. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169192 | Detection Of Compromise Of Merchants, ATMS, And Networks - A system and method for detecting compromise of financial transaction instruments associated with a merchant or automated teller machine (ATM) are disclosed. Historical data representing a historical aggregate financial transaction instrument behavior history is stored in a computer memory. The historical data is received at the computer from one or more merchants and ATMs via a communications network. Authorization data representing authorization behavior of a plurality of financial transaction cards related to corresponding financial transactions at the same or a different one or more merchants and ATMs is received by the computer. Abnormal activity data representing an abnormal aggregate financial transaction instrument activity based on the authorization data is determined, and the historical data is compared with the abnormal activity data to generate a compromise profile for the plurality of financial transaction instruments. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169193 | Conversion engine and financial reporting system using the conversion engine - A computerized management system is provided. The system includes a routine for accessing journal entries stored in a memory and an automated journal entry generating routine for generating journal entries for a first set-of-books and for a second set-of-books based on the accessed journal entries. The journal entries for the first set-of-books are in accordance with a first reporting standard and the journal entries for the second set-of-books are in accordance with a second, different reporting standard. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169194 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FACILITATING ELECTRONIC DISPUTE RESOLUTION - A system for facilitating payment transaction disputes is provided. According to one aspect of the system, a user, such as an issuer, is allowed to use the system to resolve a disputed transaction. Based on information provided by a cardholder, the issuer is able to use the system to retrieve transactional information relating to the disputed transaction reported by the customer for review. When the issuer uses the system to retrieve information relating to the disputed transaction, a case folder is created. The case folder is a repository for storing all the relevant information and documentation relating to the disputed transaction. Using the information retrieved by the system, the issuer then determines whether to initiate a dispute. Alternatively, the system can also be used by an acquirer to respond to a dispute, usually on behalf of one of its merchant. If a dispute is responded to, a questionnaire is then created by the system. Alternatively, the issuer may decline to initiate a dispute and either seek additional information from the cardholder or deny the cardholder's inquiry. The case folder and the questionnaire are created for a specific disputed transaction. The questionnaire is designed to capture information from the cardholder and/or the issuer relating to the disputed transaction. The questionnaire may be pre-populated with previously retrieved transactional information which is stored in the case folder. Relevant documents in support of the disputed transaction may also be attached as part of the questionnaire. Various parties to the dispute may then provide relevant information (including supporting documentation) to the system. The relevant information provided by the parties is maintained in the case folder. The system then keeps track of the relevant timeframes for the case folder to ensure that each party to the dispute is given the correct period of time to respond during the processing of a dispute. Prior to filing the dispute for arbitration or compliance, the system permits the parties to resolve the dispute amongst themselves without the help of an arbiter through pre-arbitration and pre-compliance. If the parties to the dispute are unable to resolve the dispute on their own, the system also permits the parties to resolve the dispute via arbitration or compliance with the help of an arbiter. The system provides the arbiter with access to the case folder to allow the arbiter to render an informed decision on the dispute. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169195 | Preventing unauthorized distribution of content on computer networks - A method of interfering with unauthorized distribution of protected content via a computer network comprises receiving a query for content from a requesting device connected to the network; determining whether the query relates to the protected content; and in the event that the query relates to the protected content, automatically taking an interfering action in respect of the requesting device. An apparatus, computer program and system of network sentries is also provided. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169196 | Food Vending Machine System Incorporating a High Speed Stored Energy Oven - A novel vending machine system integrating a food storage container and a high speed stored energy cooking oven capable of cooking foods in under one minute such as that further described by U.S. Provisional Application 60/822,028 filed on Aug. 10, 2006 as well as co-pending application “Wire Mesh Thermal Radiative Element and Use in a Radiative Oven” filed on Dec. 30, 2008 by De Luca. The invention disclosing a novel configuration for the oven incorporating storage, a system allowing for the proper cooking of items and food positioning, an activation system, and an invoicing system. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169197 | CONSOLIDATING LEADS RECEIVED FROM POTENTIAL RENTERS FOR BILLING A LISTER - In some example embodiments, a system and method are illustrated to bill a lister using consolidated leads received from potential renters. The system and method include receiving from at least one potential renter, at least one lead directed to a property listing associated with a lister. The system and method include consolidating two or more leads received from the same potential renter into a lead group. The system and method further include billing the lister according to the number of distinct leads received from potential renters counting each lead group as a distinct lead. In some example embodiments, the system and method further include setting a specified listing period for the lister and checking whether the specified listing period has expired before counting a received lead. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169198 | BILLING A LISTER FOR LEADS RECEIVED FROM POTENTIAL RENTERS WITHIN A LEAD THRESHOLD - In some example embodiments, a system and method are illustrated to bill a lister for lead received from potential renters within a lead threshold. The system and method include setting a lead threshold for a lister. The lead threshold may specify a maximum number of leads relating to a property listing that will be communicated to the lister. The system and method include receiving a lead from potential renters. The lead may be related to the property listing associated with the lister. The system and method include automatically determining whether the lead threshold has been exceeded. The system and method include communicating the lead to the lister based on a determination that the lead threshold has not been exceeded. The system and method further include billing the lister according to a number of leads related to the property listing communicated to the lister. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169199 | Method for In-Cab Driver Operation - A method for transporting cargo using a truck is provided. Preferably, the method is used in connection with full truckload operations. The method generally includes powering up a communications module residing within a cab of the truck. The communications module comprises a vehicle navigation system, a modem for receiving telecommunications signals, a processing unit for associating instructions for cargo delivery locations with geo-positioning coordinates, and a user interface. The method further includes receiving a cargo delivery data set at the communications module. The data set is sent from a host trucking management system. The data set provides at least a first cargo delivery location for the driver. The method then includes the driver acknowledging receipt of the first cargo delivery location through the user interface. Acknowledgment of receipt of the first cargo delivery location causes a signal to be sent from the communications module to the host trucking management system. The method also includes driving the truck and cargo to the first cargo delivery location. Upon arrival, the host trucking management system is informed. This is done by sending a first arrival signal from the communications module. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169200 | Method for controlling feature upgrades - A method for controlling feature upgrades on a plurality of payment system devices, onsite, in a distributed network, involves a web service at each of the plurality of payment system devices. An upgrade utility program communicates with the web service at each of the plurality of payment system devices, and presents a list of available payment system devices to the user. The list of available payment system devices identifies each device by location. A group of payment system devices is selected for receiving feature upgrades, and for each payment system device in the selected group, at least one feature upgrade is selected. A request file is created that contains information indicative of the payment system devices selected for receiving feature upgrades and indicative of the at least one feature upgrade for each selected payment system device. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169201 | DUAL SOURCE BANK FLOAT - Bank float is assigned using a dual source bank float system by first determining which of a plurality of checks will be processed via a paper route and which will be processed via an image route. For the checks that will be processed via the paper route, a set of rules will be determined. For the checks that will be processed via the image route, a different set of rules will be determined. A bank float is applied to the paper checks using the paper set of rules and bank float is assigned to the image checks using the image set of rules. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169202 | SECURE PLATFORMS FOR FINANCIAL TRANSACTION APPLICATIONS - Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for a secure platform for conducting financial institution transactions. A game console platform is defined that provides for both individual customers and business customers to conduct financial transactions while ensuring higher integrity and confidentiality of the customer's transactions. Additionally, the platform provides for greater user-interface functionality and a heightened user experience. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169203 | Selecting Variables For A Treatment Optimization Model - A system and method for selecting variables for a treatment optimization model, to determine an optimal treatment from a number of treatments for a financial account, is presented. A number of variables are stored in a storage bin defined in a database, such that each variable has at least N samples. A measure of informativity (inf) is selected for each one of the number of variables. A measure of usefulness (Mu) is selected for each one of the number of variables. An equation (mInf=inf+Mu*coeff) is calculated for each variable in each bin, where the coeff defines a relative general importance of each one of the number of variables, to determine a set of best variables from the storage bins. The optimal treatment is selected based on the set of best variables. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169204 | RETAIL DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL PRODUCTS - The present invention describes the creation of derivative financial products such as options, futures, and other derivatives whereby the underlying asset of the derivative is based on a Third Party Data performance indicator, such as unit volume or market share, of one or more retail product(s). The invention further describes the creation of derivatives for retail products whereby non-investor consumers of retail products can participate in the market for said derivatives. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169205 | COLLATERALIZED LENDING USING A CENTRAL COUNTERPARTY - A collateralized lending system and method using a central counterparty is disclosed. Lenders place orders to enter into long contracts with a central counterparty obligating them to lend an asset, or portion thereof. Borrowers place orders to enter into short contracts with the central counterparty obligating them to borrow an asset or a substantial equivalent thereof. The net effect acts like a lending transaction between the lender and the borrower. The contracts, referred to below as “General Repo Futures” (“GRF”) and “Special Repo Futures” (“SRF”), may be characterized at least by the value, type or amount of an asset, the interest rate, the delivery/settlement date, i.e. when the loan begins, the term of the loan, or combinations thereof. The asset may be cash or one or more particular securities, such as Treasury securities. The central counterparty anonymously matches counter-orders from one or more borrowers and one or more lenders and facilitates, at the settlement/delivery date, the lending transaction by novating itself into the matched transaction between the borrower(s) and the lender(s), i.e. the lender(s) tenders the asset, or portion thereof, to the central counterparty, such as to a clearing entity operated by the central counterparty, and the central counterparty/clearing entity loans/delivers the asset, or portion thereof, or a substantial equivalent, to the borrower. In one embodiment, the central counterparty/clearing entity may collect collateral from the borrower in exchange for loan. Upon expiration of the loan, the central counterparty/clearing entity facilitates redemption of the loan, e.g. repayment by the borrower to the central counterparty, and return of the collateral, and repayment by the central counterparty to the lender, as well as collection and payment of interest, etc. As a result of the novation, the transactions between the central counterparty and the lender and borrower are independent and guaranteed. Thereby, the risk of loss due to borrower default is absorbed by the central counterparty encouraging lending activity by prospective lenders resulting in increased credit availability. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169206 | System and Method For A Trading Interface Incorporating A Chart - A graphical interface and method are provided for displaying market information corresponding to a tradeable object. One graphical interface includes a chart region for displaying historical market data in relation to a first value axis, and a market grid region in alignment with the chart region. The market grid region comprises a plurality of areas for receiving commands from a user input device to send trade orders, and the areas are displayed in relation to a second value axis. A plurality of values displayed along the second value axis is a subset of values displayed in relation to the first value axis, and can be modified to a new plurality of values that corresponds to a new subset of values on the first value axis. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169207 | Sovereign certificates issuance plan - This business method will enable me and my company to provide limited financing to the Federal government so that it can pay for certain expenditures without incurring debt. It consists of an actual business method which creates a public-private relationship to facilitate the funding process, as well as a new type of investment security that is sold into the capital markets to raise the needed funds. The security is a non-debt instrument whose sole purpose is capital appreciation. It is comprised of components to specifically raise and allocate the needed funds, and to control the sale and appreciation rates. The security must be sanctioned and backed by the full faith and credit of the Federal government. The securities will be sold and traded exclusively on a computerized exchange platform owned and operated by my business. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169208 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INFORMING A TRADER OF A DISTANCE FROM MARKET FOR A FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT BUNDLE - A trader of a financial instrument bundle is informed of a difference between the desired price of the financial instrument bundle and a currently available price for the financial instrument bundle. The price differential, displayed on the trader's trading screen, may be in the form of a numeric value. The numeric value and/or other indicator may have a variable property (such as color or dimension) to indicate the price differential. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169209 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERACTIVELY SIMULATING A CREDIT-WORTHINESS SCORE - A system and method is provided to allow a consumer to interactively explore his credit score by submitting hypothetical values based on his actual credit data. The system uses the consumer's real credit data and the submitted hypothetical values to calculate a simulated credit score based on a simulator scorecard. The consumer may then observe the changes in the resultant scores. The system and the scorecard may utilize fewer data elements than a complete credit-worthiness scorecard and may instead focus on the key elements affecting a consumer's credit score. The system may be implemented in part on a web server or as a stand-alone application. The system may also update the score dynamically as the consumer adjusts the hypothetical values or may require the consumer to affirmatively submit the new hypothetical data. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169210 | Methods and Systems for Protection of Identity - The present invention relates to a method to the creation and management of a secondary identification to avoid identify theft. Identity theft may occur over the internet, the purchase of goods and services by credit, and many other forms not yet known. The present invention creates a secondary identification for a person by creating one or more of the following secondary identifications which include a secondary email address, a secondary postal address, a secondary phone number, and any other identifying secondary information. The present invention describes methods and systems to create a secondary identification. Further, the present invention may be used to create a credit card containing the requestor's secondary identification. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169211 | Communication system and information processing method - A network transaction server apparatus manages virtual world privilege information that is issued for a transaction that a user has conducted in a virtual world by manipulating a personal computer. A settlement server apparatus manages real world privilege information that is issued for a transaction that the user has conducted in a real world. In response to a request from the personal computer, the settlement server apparatus converts virtual world privilege information that is managed by the network transaction server apparatus into real world privilege information using a prescribed conversion factor. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169212 | LOCATION-BASED MONEY TRANSFER - The invention provides various systems and methods for performing money transfers using location information. The method includes staging, at computer system, a money transfer transaction from a sender to a receiver. The method further includes providing the receiver's mobile number to the computer system, and tracking the receiver's location using a location tracking computer system. Further, the method includes determining if the receiver is within a proximity threshold to an agent location. The agent location is configured to distribute funds from the money transfer. The method then, in response to the receiver being within the proximity threshold to the agent location, notifies the receiver of the agent location's address, and dispenses the funds from the agent location. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169213 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DEPOSITING VALUE-BEARING INSTRUMENTS IN A FINANCIAL ACCOUNT, AND PRODUCTS THEREBY - Methods, systems and products thereby for depositing a value-bearing instrument in a financial account remotely from a financial institution are disclosed. The system may include a processor configured to receive an electronic image of the value-bearing instrument, determine a user's financial account information, and transmit the electronic image or a replica thereof to a financial institution for processing. The products include computer readable mediums for providing instructions to cause the processor to perform the operations above. As such, the methods, systems and products embodied in the present disclosure allow a user to deposit value-bearing instruments without traveling to their financial institution, and allow financial institutions to reduce in-person transactions and associated personnel costs while receiving timely deposits into their asset management control. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169214 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO INITIATE FUNDING OF MULTIPLE MERCHANT ACCOUNTS - A system to initiate funding of a plurality of merchant accounts may include one or more computers configured to receive input specifying at least one payment item having a payment amount, determine a convenience fee based on the at least one payment amount, select a first merchant account based on the at least one specified payment item, and select a second merchant account associated with the convenience fee. The one or more computers may also be configured to receive a single input specifying credit card information, link the payment amount, received credit card information and the first merchant account to form a first transaction, and link the convenience fee, received credit card information and second merchant account to form a second transaction. The one or more computers may further be configured to submit the first and second transactions to a credit card authorization network, receive response data from the credit card authorization network for the first and second transactions indicating whether the first and second transactions are authorized, and generate output representing a receipt for the first and second transactions if the first and second transactions are authorized. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169215 | UNIVERSAL MERCHANT PLATFORM FOR PAYMENT AUTHENTICATION - A method is provided for supporting processing of a transaction conducted between a first party and a second party. The first party accepts payment via a plurality of different payment options selectable by the second party, and the plurality of different payment options are associated with a plurality of different authentication protocols prescribed therefor. The method includes: receiving payment information over a communications network at a server operatively connected to the communications network, the payment information identifying a particular payment option used by the second party for the transaction, and the server being equipped to format and route messages over the communications network in different manners to accommodate the plurality of different authentication protocols; determining from the payment information received at the server which of the different authentication protocols is prescribed for the type of payment option identified in the payment information; selecting, in accordance with the determination, a particular authentication protocol from the plurality of different authentication protocols supported by the server; and, obtaining an authentication determination for the transaction in accordance with the selected authentication protocol, including formatting messages and routing the formatted messages over the communications network in accordance with one or more mandates of the selected authentication protocol. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169216 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING PAYMENTS WITH PAYMENT REVIEW FEATURES - Methods and systems of processing a plurality of payments. One method can include receiving the plurality of payments from a plurality of customers, the plurality of payments payable to at least one receiver, determining a first set of payments included in the plurality of payments to automatically accept based on validation parameters, determining a second set of payments included in the plurality of payments to reject based on the validation parameters, determining a third set of payments included in the plurality of payments to conditionally accept based on the validation parameters, and electronically prompting at least one user to accept or reject payments included in the third set of payments. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169217 | REGISTRATION OF A MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE FOR A SERVICE ON A WIRELESS NETWORK - A system and method are disclosed for registering a mobile computing device of a service on a wireless network. The method comprises receiving user information for a user of the mobile computing device and creating an account based on the user information. The method comprises receiving a first key and serial number from the mobile computing device at a network node and generating a second key based on an encryption of a stored serial number of the mobile computing device. Based on an evaluation of the first and second keys and received and stored serial numbers, the mobile computing device is registered on the wireless network for the service. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169218 | SECURE AUTHENTICATION OF LECTRONIC PRESCRIPTIONS - The invention relates to a system for authenticating electronic prescriptions, the system comprising an acquisition unit for acquiring an electronic prescription for authentication, the electronic prescription comprising a transaction number, a first pseudonym, and a signature of a first participant using a transaction pseudonym, the first pseudonym indicating the first participant's registration at a first privacy officer; a generation unit for generating the transaction pseudonym based on the first pseudonym, the transaction number and a registration key corresponding to the first pseudonym and being shared between the first participant and a second privacy officer; and a validation unit for verifying the first participant's registration at the second privacy officer and the authenticity of the signature based on the registration key and the transaction pseudonym. As the transaction pseudonym depends on registrations at two privacy officers and a transaction number for a real-time prescription, the participant's privacy can be well protected from each privacy officer. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169219 | PLUGGABLE HEALTH-RELATED DATA USER EXPERIENCE - A pluggable user experience (UX) system that enables users to access third party wellness applications and services that leverage centralized healthcare data is provided. The UX can be accessed by way of an employer's intranet, Internet or other suitable network. The system is capable of verifying user identity as well as authorization to third party wellness applications. These wellness applications can be used to leverage centralized healthcare data in accordance with permissions granted by the owner of the healthcare data/records. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169220 | WEARING HEALTH ON YOUR SLEEVE - The claimed subject matter provides systems and/or methods that effectuate accurate communication of health data. The system can include mechanisms that initiate data interchange with a records manager that controls personal health records, and that selectively causes a physicians portal to acquire and display the personal but circumscribed health records associated with the user of the system. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169221 | Method for Providing License Corresponding to Encrypted Contents to Client Apparatus and Digital Rights Management Conversion System Using the Method - Disclosed are a method for providing a license corresponding to encrypted contents to a client apparatus, which provides a license in response to a request of the license corresponding to contents super-distributed to a third person in a DRM conversion system, and a DRM conversion system using the same. First digital rights contents type first contents and a first license corresponding to the first contents are digital rights management converted to generate second digital rights contents type second contents and a second license corresponding to the second contents. A license request corresponding to the second contents super-distributed to a third person is received. A second license corresponding to the second contents super-distributed is requested from a server corresponding to the second digital right management. The second license corresponding to the second contents super-distributed is received and transmitted to the third person. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169222 | Method for Secure Storage and Delivery of Media Content - The memory device contains control structures that allow media content to be stored securely and distributed in a manner envisioned by the content owner, or service providers involved in the distribution. A wide variety of different avenues become available for distributing media content using such memory devices, such as where the devices contain one or more of the following: abridged preview media content, encrypted unabridged media content, prepaid content, rights and/or rules governing access to such content. The memory device has a type of control structures that enable a service provider (who can also be the content owner) to create a secure environment for media content distribution where end users and terminals register with the service provider, and gain access to the content in a manner controlled by the service provider. The various components to be loaded (e.g. abridged preview media content, encrypted unabridged media content, prepaid content, rights and/or rules governing access to such content) may be generated and loaded in a secure and efficient manner. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169223 | Payment System and Method Using an IC Identification Card - A payment system utilizes an IC identification card to identify a user, finds and verifies a bank account of the user. The system uses an IC identification card reader to read user identity information, and sends it along with user bank account information to an intermediary platform to be processed. The intermediary platform sends the received user identity information along with the other bank transaction information as part of a bank transaction request to a participating bank subsystem to be processed. The participating bank subsystem conducts the requested bank transaction with a user bank account determined according to the user identification either by the intermediary platform or by the participating bank subsystem based on a mapping relationship between the user identity and bank accounts. The decryption of the user identification information is done either by the IC identification card reader or at the intermediary platform. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169224 | PROTECTING PRIVACY OF PERSONALLY IDENTIFYING INFORMATION WHEN DELIVERING TARGETED ASSETS - Techniques are disclosed herein for protecting personally identifying information (PII) and behavioral data while delivering targeted assets. In one aspect, a profile is created based on a template and desired characteristics of users to receive one or more targeted assets. The template provides a framework for the user characteristics. One or more clients are provided the template. A manifest that identifies the targeted assets is encrypted based on the profile. The encrypted manifest is sent to the one or more clients. A user profile is generated at a client based on a template. The client attempts to decrypt the encrypted manifest based on the profile created at the client. The client sends a request for any targeted assets that were identified through the attempt to decrypt the encrypted manifest. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169225 | "SYSTEM FOR OUTSOURCING TECHNOLOGY SERVICES" - A system for contracting for the provision of outsourced technology services, includes a database of services and corresponding practices for performing at least some of the services. A module is provided which enable selection of services required by a client from the database and assignment of parties responsible for delivering the selected services. A further module is arranged to prepare a contract schedule in accordance with the selected services and responsible parties. The system may also enable definition of environments of the client and metrics governing the services required by the client. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169226 | METHOD FOR FACILITATING THE OUTSOURCING OF TECHNOLOGY SERVICES - The invention relates to an improved method of developing and monitoring performance of a technology outsourcing agreement. The invention provides a computer-implemented method of outsourcing technology services to a client where a client has a number of environments in which technology services are required. The method includes selecting the services which are required by the client and displaying a table where each intersection in the table is associated with a service and an environment. In each intersection is an indication of a supplier responsible for the associated service in the associated environment. Each intersection may also be associated with free-form textual information relating to the associated service in the associated environment. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169227 | ENERGY MANAGEMENT AND QUALITY OF SERVICE (QoS) - Under the present invention, users are provided with the capability to select how energy will be throttled in shortage conditions. For example, users can promise to throttle or cut energy to devices that they consider noncritical (e.g. television, toaster, stereo) in exchange for a promise that the energy company will continue to give them enough to run more essential devices (e.g. lights, well pump, etc.). As users agree to lower usage in response to a energy shortage, they are provided a higher QoS rating than users who do not offer to lower usage. As a shortage worsens, conserving users will be allocated energy before non-conserving users. Enforcement and fulfillment of obligations established in agreements may be automated to ensure compliance. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169228 | Integrated Negotiation Engine - A negotiation system and method for producing a set of transaction terms for a transaction between a purchaser and a supplier is presented. The negotiation system includes a negotiation tool adapted to receive and store supplier data and transaction data from one or more data sources via a communications network. The negotiation system further includes a simulation tool in communication with the negotiation tool to receive selected supplier data and selected transaction data from the supplier data and transaction data stored by the negotiation tool. The simulation tool is further adapted to generate, from the selected supplier data and selected transaction data, one or more simulations of the transaction, and to generate an interactive graphical representation of selected simulations of the one or more simulations in a graphical user interface for being displayed to a user | 2010-07-01 |
20100169229 | Business Processing System Using Remote PC Control System of Both Direction - The present invention relates to an integrated business processing system in which a conventional Internet web server-based unidirectional remote control system can be improved to a bidirectional PC remote control system in a one-to-one PC access state, a variety of functions, such as a table for writing letters and drawing figures, etc., can be added, and a variety of business processing can be smoothly performed through the association of a client PC system, a consultant PC system, a franchise head office system, an assistant business PC system in terms of a business task, a construction site business processing PC system, an custom-built and material development PC system, a company head office warehouse and factory PC system, and a developing country production factory and export/import management PC system, which are based on a unidirectional or bidirectional PC remote control business processing system. To this end, integrated business processing system using a bidirectional PC remote control base, wherein a client PC of an Internet PC remote control system including a PC main body and a general monitor connected to the PC main body, and a consultant PC of the Internet PC remote control system including a PC main body and multiple monitors of a main monitor and an auxiliary monitor having a liquid crystal tablet or a general tablet, which is connected to the PC main body and is capable of performing two or more writing and drawing functions, are connected using communication means of wired/wireless wires or satellite Internet, and a remote control client module, a remote FIP client module and a remote CHAT client module are constructed for the remote control, and are adapted to analyze a corresponding protocol and distribute and transmit each thread through a TCP/IP communication port, wherein the consultant PC first opens a consultant access administrator window of the PC remote control system, displays the consultant access administrator window on the monitor, and informs the client PC of a remote access request using a general telephone, so that the client PC can make access through a client adaptor or an access program through a website; and after a client is accessed through Internet remote control by clicking on a client access menu of the Internet remote control system base, the client PC remotely accesses the client PC and remotely accesses the consultant PC by manipulating the PC main body of the client PC under remote control authority. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169230 | METHOD OF DETERMINING APPLIANCE PARTS STATUS - A method identifies whether a component in an appliance is original with the manufacture of the appliance or replaced after manufacture of the appliance. The component will have one or more indicators. The method includes setting the indicator of each component when the components are made to indicate that the components are replacements, and setting the indicator of each component installed in the appliance when the appliance is made to indicate that the component is original. Thus, any component installed in the appliance after the appliance is made will have an indicator indicating it as a replacement. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169231 | Secondary Market And Vending System For Devices - A recycling kiosk for recycling and financial remuneration for submission of a mobile telephone is disclosed herein. The recycling kiosk includes an inspection area with at least one camera and a plurality of electrical connectors in order to perform a visual analysis and an electrical analysis of the mobile telephone for determination of a value of the mobile telephone. The recycling kiosk also includes a processor, a display and a user interface. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169232 | Arrangement and Method for Fundraising and a Server - The invention relates to an arrangement and a method for fundraising and a server that makes this possible. In the invention, an arrangement for fundraising is presented, which arrangement comprises a user, a teleoperator, an Internet-type network, a database and a data communications network operating between the user and the teleoperator such, that the arrangement additionally comprises a fundraising system, that receives donations made by the user to a virtual objective, and which fundraising system comprises a server for receiving donations and messages and additionally means to deliver and present to the user real-time information relating to the virtual objective. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169233 | SOFTWARE SYSTEM FOR MANAGING INFORMATION IN CONTEXT - A software system that uses the rigor and rules of business process automation to capture and structure organizational expertise, processes, and procedures—the non-automatable activities and actions of an organization—into a single, common, enterprise-wide, information framework. The capture function is engineered for usability and structured to reflect the patterns and semantics of business users rather than imposing software or process terminology. The produced framework generates a process-driven, centralized taxonomy of information and resources as business requirements are captured. The framework delivers users an organization-specific context to activities and information to be used for learning, training, reference, improvisation, collaboration, and operations. Said system has application in disseminating policies, procedures and compliance; business continuity; improved productivity and culture; training and learning; increasing the return on existing and requirements gathering for future IT investments; employee attrition, retention, and on boarding; capturing and managing knowledge and intellectual capital; and continuous improvement and process reengineering. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169234 | Method for Capturing the Essence of Product and Service Offers of Service Providers - A computer implemented method of constructing a computer implemented knowledge base, of evaluating a plurality of invoices, of knowledge refinement and generation, as well as a computer implemented knowledge base for analyzing a plurality of invoices. The methods comprise receiving the invoices, semantic and logically analyzing them to identify the invoice items (parameters and algorithms of service providers, billing plans, user profile, consumption pattern and debits) and relations connecting them and construct the knowledge base. The knowledge base comprises a hierarchic taxonomy of billing plans related to services of any domain (telecommunications services, banking, insurance, utilities etc.) and a computer implemented generic invoice constructed in reverse engineering logic for simulating debits. Debit simulations are done in order to achieve: | 2010-07-01 |
20100169235 | Real-Time Trade Forecaster - Forecasting financial market activity includes a host system and a graphical processing unit in data communication with the server. Forecasting financial market activity also includes a computer program product residing on the host system, the computer program product including instructions for causing the host system to send one or more financial models to the graphical processing unit; and a computer program product residing on the graphical processing unit for causing the graphical processing unit to: receive the financial models and a list of types of market data associated with each financial model; generate one or more engine instances; structure the received market data; receive instructions, from the host system, to run an identified financial model; clone at least part of the structured market data; run the engine instances; and generate, in real time, forecast data indicative of an expected market performance. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169236 | Multi-Level Leverage Account Structure - An investment structure for multiple classes of investors that combines the advantages of both the master feeder structure and the reverse master feeder structure with segregated accounts. In particular, an investment structure is formed in which investors invest in a common fund. The common fund, in turn, opens a common prime brokerage account, having at least three sub-accounts, for example: an unlevered account; one or more levered accounts and a general trading account. The prime broker provides class loans to the levered account and margin loans to the general trading account. To the extent class loans are provided to the levered account, levered investors will participate in the returns on the general account as if the levered investors invested capital plus the amount of any class loans to that levered account. The unlevered investors will participate in the returns on the general trading account on the basis of their capital contributions alone. The prime broker will have no recourse against any assets of any account other than the levered account as a result of a default or margin call of the levered account. In an alternative embodiment of the invention, the investment structure is structured as a fund of funds, in which multiple classes of investors invest, which, in turn, invests in multiple investment funds, or a fund that employs alternative investment strategies that overlay the basic trading strategies. In this embodiment, a credit facility is established with the equivalent of three sub-accounts as discussed above. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169237 | INVESTMENT CLASSIFICATION AND TRACKING SYSTEM USING DIAMOND RATINGS - The present invention is directed to an asset classification system based on investment strategy. The system determines a number for performance measures and strategy classifications. These measures indicate, in one configuration, an extent to which a security or manager is outperforming or attempting to outperform a benchmark and how successful the security or manager has been based on historic performance data. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169238 | ORDER MATCHING SYSTEM - A order matching system which allows users to define and modify buy/sell order schedules for execution within one or more transaction destinations. The system uses order schedules and associated evaluation heuristics to evaluate and update order characteristics such as price and quantity based on user-specified criteria. The matching system comprises a user interface which can be connected over the internet to various transaction destinations through a schedule manager and a transaction order interface. The user interface provides users with the ability to obtain information concerning the status of their order account as well as the ability to enter or modify their order schedules. The order manager uses a schedule supervisor server to maintain a database containing order schedules and order status information and to execute variable evaluations on the basis of these order schedules and associated evaluation heuristics. The order manager also uses a transaction supervisor server to monitor the status of order fills and to update the database periodically. The transaction order interface receives and communicates information messages between various transaction destinations and the schedule manager. In this way, the order matching system allows users to specify the ways that various terms and conditions at which they are willing to transact may change over time in an automated fashion while still retaining the ability to intervene at any time. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169239 | METHOD FOR PRODUCTS RE-PRICING - How to determine the price of a product, which includes any goods or services, is always a challenge task. One of the reasons is the difficulty of finding the prices of competitive products. Thus, most companies simply calculate the price by adding a markup to the cost. The markup is determined by experience, which could be inaccurate, or after an extensively manual survey of the prices of competitive products, which is time-consuming. The present invention allows sellers to automatically determine the price of a product by comparing the competitive products searched from the Internet. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169240 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FUNDS RECOVERY FROM AN INTEGRATED POSTAL SECURITY DEVICE - Systems and methods for providing funds recovery for mailing machines including integrated circuits such as those used in postal security devices are described, and in certain configurations, systems and methods for recovering data such as postal funds records from a partially disabled single integrated circuit in a postal security device are described. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169241 | MULTIPLE CARRIER MAILING MACHINE - Systems and methods including mailing machines having postage meters including multiple postal security devices are described. In one illustrative configuration, a postage meter having multiple postal security devices for use with different postal carriers is described. In another illustrative configuration, a postage meter is configured to apply two postage payment information indicia to a single mail piece using two separate postal security devices. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169242 | MULTIPLE CARRIER MAIL SORTING SYSTEM - Systems and methods including mailing machines configured to selecting a route and carrier or carriers for delivery of the mail and for finishing the mail according the selection are described. In one illustrative configuration, the mailing machine tags mail pieces according to the result of a carrier selection process and sorts the outgoing mail by carrier. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169243 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HYBRID TEXT CLASSIFICATION - A computer-implemented system and method for text classification is provided that applies a hybrid approach for text classification. The system and method includes a text pre-processor which prepares unclassified articles in a format which can be read by a two-stage classifier. The classifier employs a hybrid approach. A keyword-based model achieves machine-labelling of the articles. The machine-labelled articles are used to train a machine learning model. New articles can be applied against the trained model, and classified. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169244 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USING A DISCRIMINATIVE CLASSIFIER FOR PROCESSING A QUERY - A method and apparatus for using a classifier for processing a query are disclosed. For example, the method receives a query from a user, and processes the query to locate one or more documents in accordance with a search engine having a discriminative classifier, wherein the discriminative classifier is trained with a plurality of artificial query examples. The method then presents a result of the processing to the user. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169245 | Statistical Machine Learning - Statistical machine learning, in which an input module receives user input that defines a hypothesis associated with a particular Output. The hypothesis defines one or more starting criteria that are proposed as being correlated with the particular output, and a recommendation engine initially provides recommendations that include the particular output based on the one or more starting criteria defined by the hypothesis. An experience analytics system receives feedback data related to whether the recommendations provided based on the one or more starting criteria defined by the hypothesis were successful and modifies the hypothesis based on the feedback data. Subsequent to the experience analytics system modifying the hypothesis, the recommendation engine provides recommendations that include the particular output based on the modified hypothesis. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169246 | Multimodal system and input process method thereof - A multimodal system and an input processing method thereof are disclosed. The multimodal system includes a pre-constructed input combination constructing unit and an input combination selection unit for selecting an input combination corresponding to an input signal from a user or a sensor. The system performs learning for selecting an input combination from the pre-constructed input combinations. The system provides available input combinations due to this learning, resulting in high satisfaction with the processed result. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169247 | System and method for statistical measurment validation - An apparatus and method are disclosed for a measurement system that reports as a measurement result a confidence interval associated with a histogram bin into which a measurement value falls. The confidence interval is calculated from a subset of training values that also fall within the histogram bin. A training process may be performed in which a plurality of training values is obtained and a mean and standard deviation of the values determined. A plurality of histogram bins are defined from the mean and standard deviation and, for the subsets of training values that fall into each bin, confidence intervals calculated. A need to perform the training process may be determined from a plurality of measured values. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169248 | CONTENT DIVISION POSITION DETERMINATION DEVICE, CONTENT VIEWING CONTROL DEVICE, AND PROGRAM - A content division position determination device | 2010-07-01 |
20100169249 | System and Method for Determining Semantically Related Terms Using an Active Learning Framework - Systems and methods for determining semantically related terms using an active learning framework such as Transductive Experimental Design are disclosed. Generally, to enhance a keyword suggestion tool, an active learning module trains a model to predict whether a term is relevant to a user. The model is then used to present the user with terms that have been determined to be relevant based on the model so that an online advertisement service provider may more efficiently provide a user with terms that are semantically related to a seed set. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169250 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TRANSDUCTIVE DATA CLASSIFICATION - A system, method, data processing apparatus, and article of manufacture are provided for classifying data. Labeled data points are received, each of the labeled data points having at least one label indicating whether the data point is a training example for data points for being included in a designated category or a training example for data points being excluded from a designated category; receiving unlabeled data points; receiving at least one predetermined cost factor of the labeled data points and unlabeled data points; training a transductive classifier using MED through iterative calculation using the at least one cost factor and the labeled data points and the unlabeled data points as training examples; applying the trained classifier to classify at least one of the unlabeled data points, the labeled data points, and input data points; and outputting a classification of the classified data points, or derivative thereof. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169251 | MONITORING METHODS AND APPARATUS - A method of monitoring an evolving system, the method including the steps of: obtaining a plurality of sensor data streams relating to outputs from sensors monitoring said system, wherein at least one of said sensors monitors a condition of said system, and wherein at least one of said sensors monitors a causal agent for said condition; iteratively constructing a plurality of functional nests, each functional nest being a functional formed from a combination of selected functionals from a basic set of functionals; determining an output data stream for each functional nest by inputting said sensor data streams into said functional nests; selecting a functional nest from said plurality of functional nests based on said output data streams; and using said selected functional nest to monitor said system. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169252 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SCALABLE COST-SENSITIVE LEARNING - A method (and structure) for processing an inductive learning model for a dataset of examples, includes dividing the dataset of examples into a plurality of subsets of data and generating, using a processor on a computer, a learning model using examples of a first subset of data of the plurality of subsets of data. The learning model being generated for the first subset comprises an initial stage of an evolving aggregate learning model (ensemble model) for an entirety of the dataset, the ensemble model thereby providing an evolving estimated learning model for the entirety of the dataset if all the subsets were to be processed. The generating of the learning model using data from a subset includes calculating a value for at least one parameter that provides an objective indication of an adequacy of a current stage of the ensemble model. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169253 | ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK FOR BALANCING WORKLOAD BY MIGRATING COMPUTING TASKS ACROSS HOSTS - Methods and apparatuses for balancing computing workload via migrating computing tasks are disclosed. An artificial neural network (ANN) is trained based on the workload distribution over time for a host. The ANN predicts the workload for the host, and an indication may be sent to migrate at least one computing task away from the host. The indication is sent when the method is operating in a proactive mode and when the predicted workload is outside of a desired operating range. Some embodiments monitor the workload; and automatically switch the method to the proactive mode, when a difference between the monitored workload and the predicted workload is small. Other embodiments monitor the workload; and automatically switch the method to a reactive mode, when the monitored workload is outside of a failsafe operating range for the particular host. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169254 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CALIBRATING RADIO FREQUENCY POWER OF COMMUNICATION DEVICES - A radio frequency (RF) calibrating system and a method for calibrating RF power of communication devices are provided. The method collects RF signals transmitted from the communication devices, and generates a group of training samples by retrieving measurement data from the RF signals. The method further constructs a neural network according to the group of training samples, calibrate RF power of the communication devices using the neural network, and generate corresponding calibration results of the RF power. In addition, the method generates a frequency spectrum of the RF power according to the calibration results of the RF power, and displays the frequency spectrum on a display device of the RF calibrating system. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169255 | COATING COLOR DATABASE CREATING METHOD, SEARCH METHOD USING THE DATABASE, THEIR SYSTEM, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - The subject invention provides a method of creating a database for searching for a paint color having a desired texture, a search method using the database, and systems, programs, and recording mediums for carrying out the method and the search. The method for creating a database includes a step (S | 2010-07-01 |
20100169256 | Separate Learning System and Method Using Two-Layered Neural Network Having Target Values for Hidden Nodes - Disclosed herein is a separate learning system and method using a two-layered neural network having target values for hidden nodes. The separate learning system of the present invention includes an input layer for receiving training data from a user, and including at least one input node. A hidden layer includes at least one hidden node. A first connection weight unit connects the input layer to the hidden layer, and changes a weight between the input node and the hidden node. An output layer outputs training data that has been completely learned. The second connection weight unit connects the hidden layer to the output layer, changing a weight between the output and the hidden node, and calculates a target value for the hidden node, based on a current error for the output node. A control unit stops learning, fixes the second connection weight unit, turns a learning direction to the first connection weight unit, and causes learning to be repeatedly performed between the input node and the hidden node if a learning speed decreases or a cost function increases due to local minima or plateaus when the first connection weight unit is fixed and learning is performed using only the second connection weight unit, thus allowing learning to be repeatedly performed until learning converges to the target value for the hidden node. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169257 | TRANSPARENT PARALLELISM AMONG LINEAR SOLVERS - A model, which defines a mathematical problem, and multiple directives may be received. Each of the multiple directives may be mapped to a respective linear solver instance. The linear solver instances may be launched to execute in parallel. Each of the linear solver instances may use either a primal or a dual algorithm and may further use double arithmetic, exact arithmetic, or hybrid arithmetic, as specified by corresponding ones of the multiple directives. A linear solver instance that uses hybrid arithmetic may start by using double arithmetic and may use exact arithmetic after experiencing a numerical difficulty. After the numerical difficulty is resolved, the linear solver instance that uses hybrid arithmetic may restart and continue to solve the mathematical problem using double arithmetic. After one of the linear solver instances finds an optimal solution, others of the linear solver instances may be stopped and a report may be provided. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169258 | Scalable Parallel User Clustering in Discrete Time Window - Described is an internet user clustering technology, such as useful in behavioral targeting, in which users are clustered together based on MinHash computations that produce signatures corresponding to users' internet-related activities. In one aspect, users are clustered together based on commonality of signatures between each set of signatures associated with each user. The signature sets and/or clusters may be associated with timestamps, whereby clusters may be determined for a given discrete time window or set of discrete time windows. To facilitate efficient processing, existing, prior signature sets of a user may be incrementally updated (e.g., daily), and/or the MinHash computations for users are partitioned among parallel computing machines. The timestamps may be used to selectively determine a cluster within a continuous time, a time window or set of time windows. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169259 | Methods and systems for presenting an inhalation experience - Methods, computer program products, and systems are described that include accepting an indication of an individual's compliance with an artificial sensory experience and presenting an indication of an inhalation device-dispensed bioactive agent at least partially based on the indication of the individual's compliance with the artificial sensory experience. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169260 | Methods and systems for presenting an inhalation experience - Methods, computer program products, and systems are described that include accepting an indication of a schedule for administration of an inhalation device-dispensed bioactive agent to an individual and presenting an indication of an artificial sensory experience at least partly based on the accepting an indication of the schedule for administration of the inhalation device-dispensed bioactive agent to the individual. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169261 | Instantiating a Solution - Among other disclosed subject matter, a system for instantiating at least one solution includes a plurality of preconfigured templates representing operating systems and business systems and comprising preconfigured system images and data images, each of the preconfigured templates adapted for use in instantiating an instantiation system in any of multiple pools isolated from each other. The system includes an infrastructure service for customizing and configuring the instantiation system in one of the pools as instantiated using any of the preconfigured templates. The system includes a virtualization allocator that allocates the instantiation system to a selection from among physical servers and virtual servers. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169262 | Mobile Device for Pangenetic Web - A method, system and device for secure mobile web transactions are presented in which a user can, from a mobile device, authorize the comparison of pangenetic (genetic and epigenetic) data and request pangenetic based web searches, online recommendation of web items, and web item satisfaction prediction in which the user receives personalized results based on their pangenetic makeup. Data masking can be used to maintain privacy of sensitive portions of the pangenetic data. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169263 | INDIVIDUAL HEALTH RECORD SYSTEM AND APPARATUS - A system, apparatus, and related methods for the collection, processing, evaluation, transformation, and reporting of individual health care information from diverse information systems and sources. An individual health record (IHR) of the present invention provides a structure for individuals to participate in, and manage, their health and their medical care, while still meeting the needs of health care organizations and caregivers. An IHR object may be formed by obtaining information from diverse health care information systems and sources, and transforming and re-purposing into a coherent account of the individual's overall health and care using a comprehensive health care ontology. As information from various sources is updated or available, the IHR is dynamically updated on a continuous or periodic basis. In one embodiment, the IHR system is contained in a self-contained package or “appliance” designed to “plug and play” in existing health care information technology systems and networks, with minimal effort and intervention. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169264 | PREDICTING EMAIL RESPONSE PATTERNS - An email activity pattern of a user is analyzed. A time probability for the user to act on an email sent to the user is determined based upon, at least in part, the email activity pattern of the user. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169265 | Scoring Persons and Files for Trust in Digital Communication - A method, using trust software executing from a machine-readable medium on a computerized appliance operating as a trust authority, to assign to a person, a file, or an enterprise an indication of trustworthiness, includes steps of (a) assembling information concerning the person, file, or enterprise; (b) applying trust logic to the information assembled for individual ones of the persons, files or enterprises to assign a trust score; and (c) storing the score associated with at least an identity of the person, file or enterprise. | 2010-07-01 |
20100169266 | DATA-OVERLAP ANALYSIS FOR A DATA-WAREHOUSING SYSTEM - A computer system is used to manage content in a database system that stores data representing data elements defined by a logical data model. For at least one of multiple business functions to be carried out with the database system, the computer system (1) identifies a total amount of data elements required to carry out the business function, (2) identifies an amount of common data elements that are required to carry out both the business function and another of the multiple business functions, (3) creates information that indicates a percentage of the total amount of data elements that are also common data elements, and (4) delivers the information for presentation to a human user. | 2010-07-01 |