28th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 54 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120179586 | COMPUTER BASED SYSTEM FOR SPEND ANALYSIS SOLUTION THROUGH STRATEGIES FOR MINING SPEND INFORMATION - A computer based system for spend analysis solution through strategies for mining spend information, the system comprises a processor unit; and a computer readable medium storing instructions executable by the processor unit comprising classification means adapted to classify spend data in accordance with pre-determined parameters of classification; categorization means adapted to categorize classified spend data based on pre-defined parameters; input means adapted to input pre-defined fields in relation to category of spend data, supplier information, payment terms, contracts or contract terms, and other pre-defined dimensions; saving strategy analysis engine adapted to analyze classified and categorized spend data based on pre-determined strategies, said saving strategy analysis engine further comprising category based saving strategy analysis engine adapted to output saving strategy per identified category inputs; and supplier based saving strategy analysis engine adapted to output saving strategy per identified supplier inputs. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179587 | PREMIUM ACCESS TO OPEN APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A method and system for granting premium access to a service application stored within a service provider (SP) computer system through an open API platform is provided. The method includes receiving a request for premium access to the service application from a developer of a developer application wherein the developer application is configured to request data from the service application, assigning a production key to the developer application, sending an electronic message to a service owner (SO) associated with the service application requesting premium access to the service application, granting premium access to the service application by the SO for the developer application, updating the production key at the open API platform to include premium access to the service application, and notifying the developer of the granting of the premium access to the service application for the developer application. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179588 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR QUANTAL BILLING OF DIGITAL PRODUCTS - A method and apparatus for quantal billing of digital products are presented. An astonishing and subtle aspect of this invention is that it permits initially free distribution of digital products with no limitation of features, and in such a way to not rush a user into trying a product before some time limit, but rather rewards the user for quick and extensive evaluation, a behavior likely to lead to eventual sales. In one aspect, it breaks the heretofore insoluble paradox of making money from initially free goods by a counter-intuitive link between per-usage and per-time period payments, whereby the user is gently transitioned from a free trial to a source of recurring revenue. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179589 | METHOD OF IDENTIFYING A MORTGAGE INTEREST RATE - A method of identifying a mortgage interest rate is provided that allows a user to identify, using a computing device processor, a more precise interest rate for a mortgage given limited information. In an embodiment, the method allows the user to identify the interest rate given only the original balance, the loan term, and two consecutive balances. The method provides for iterative comparisons between principle and interest (PAI) amounts calculated using different methods. When the two PAI amounts are about equal, the interest rate used to calculate both PAI amounts is the interest rate of the mortgage. The method utilizes constants derived based on the PAI amount to amortize a predetermined amount, such as $1, over the loan term of the mortgage. A method of offering refinancing using the interest rates determined by the method is also provided. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179590 | ALGORITHMIC TRADING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method for allowing market participants to evaluate the likelihood of finding hidden volume. The model can predict hidden volume and assess the probability that a market order will be executed within the spread and better than the mid-quote. The cost per immediate execution can be assessed. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179591 | PREPAID CARD FRAUD AND RISK MANAGEMENT - A method of monitoring fraud associated with prepaid devices includes configuring fraud platform parameters which comprise one or more limits defined by one or more values, each limit associated with a particular platform parameter, one or more thresholds defined by one or more values, each threshold associated with a particular platform parameter, and one or more rules that define restrictions for certain prepaid device activities. The method further includes applying the fraud platform parameters to prepaid device production data and determining whether to issue the prepaid device depending on whether any parameters were triggered by the production data. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179592 | FINANCIAL TRADING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENTERING MAXIMUM SIZED ORDERS - A buying power limited financial products order entry system includes or more databases including data identifying currently implemented buying power limits, currently held positions and currently open orders. The system further includes an input command component adapted to receive a command to calculate a maximum order size for a selected financial product based, at least in part, on the currently implemented buying power limits, currently held positions and currently open orders. A method of calculating a maximum order size in a buying power limited financial products order entry system includes the steps of: providing an input command component adapted to receive a command to calculate a maximum order size for a selected financial product; and in response to the command being triggered, calculating a maximum order size for the selected financial product based, at least in part, on currently implemented buying power limits, current open orders and any currently held positions. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179593 | FINANCIAL TRADING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RESOLVING ORDER CONFLICTS - A buying power limited financial products order entry system includes an order resolution component configured to apply one or more automatic resolution actions when there exists at least one order that, if executed, would result in a condition in which a presently implemented buying power limit is exceeded. A method of resolving order size conflicts in a buying power limited financial products order entry system, the method includes the steps of: applying one or more automatic resolution actions when there exists at least one order that, if executed, would result in a condition in which a presently implemented buying power limit is exceeded. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179594 | CREDIT ALLOCATION IN AN OPEN ORDER MANAGER - The technology described in this application allows a system to manage entities/users and associated Financial Articles of Trade (“FAT”) with different trading systems, institutions and entities. In particular, an Open Order Manager (“OOM”) manages a plurality of users in a user group, and preferably in real-time, monitors FAT transactions initiated and executed by the users. The OOM enables allocation and dynamic reallocation of the FAT amounts between and among “nodes” (e.g., a financial system or financial institution) which can include any subcomponent arrangement that has internal permission privileges which are not shared among other nodes but all of which are under control or ownership of a common party in interest. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179595 | Regulating Order Entry in an Electronic Trading Environment to Maintain an Actual Cost for a Trading Strategy - Techniques for regulating order entry based on an acceptable slop range for a trading strategy are described. According to one example embodiment, a trader may define an acceptable slop range for a trading strategy as a percentage. Using a spread trading algorithm, a spread price axis is generated and the trader may place an order for the trading strategy at a desired price, comprising placing an order in one leg market dependent on the market conditions of another leg market. Using the acceptable slop range, the system keep the net cost to the trader within the acceptable slop range, by regulating orders in the leg markets. Defining an acceptable slop range as a percentage allows the trader to monitor and regulate their profits and loss, regardless of the type of spread trading algorithm used or the placement of an order on the spread price axis. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179596 | POWER RESERVE MARGIN TRADING SYSTEM AND POWER RESERVE MARGIN TRADING METHOD - A power reserve margin trading system according to one embodiment includes a reserve margin trading unit, a determination unit, and a trading consideration distribution unit. The reserve margin trading unit acquires a power reducible amount of a customer, trades the reducible amount as a reserve margin for demand adjustment, and acquires a consideration. The determination unit determines a rank of each customer by giving a higher rank to a customer having a smaller difference between a predicted power demand amount and a power consumption amount. The trading consideration distribution unit distributes a consideration to customers so that a portion of the consideration to be distributed varies depending on whether or not the power reduction request is transmitted. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179597 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR ADAPTIVE TRANSACTION COST ESTIMATION - A system, method and computer program product are provided for forecasting the transaction costs of a trade using empirical data and user-defined modeling constraints based on real-time data regarding changes in market conditions. In preferred embodiments, the invention acts as a forecaster whereby it accepts inputs from customers and identifies real-time market analytics, and provides dynamically adjusted ex ante cost estimates and metrics for the prevailing market conditions. Specific cost estimation and optimization algorithms can be provided to model transaction costs of a specific trade based on empirical data and real-time variables. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179598 | Systems and Methods for Assessing Metrics of Loans, Financial Instruments and Financial Entities - A method, system and computer program product for assessing performance metrics of loans, financial instruments and financial entities based on score values and/or characteristic models. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179599 | Non-Credit Account Credit Rating - A consumer's credit rating is derived from non-credit transactions on an account. Each transaction was a purchase by the consumer from a merchant using a pre-paid card. The derived consumer's credit rating can use a total of all of the transactions, totals for each merchant and/or for categories thereof. Here, the account is issued by an issuer to the consumer. Each merchant submits each non-credit transaction to an acquirer for processing by a transaction handler who requests the issuer to obtain payment for the transaction from the account. The issuer forwards the payment to the transaction handler who forwards the payment to the acquirer to pay the merchant for the purchase of the transaction. The derived credit rating can also consider prior credit ratings based upon prior credit transactions. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179600 | Transfer Station and End to End Process - A system and method for processing ACH transactions is disclosed. In particular embodiments, a method includes receiving one or more files from a client sender, each of the one or more files including a transaction request for one or more ACH transactions. The method also includes storing the one or more files in a memory. The method further includes selecting a file from the received one or more files stored in the memory. The method also includes selecting an ACH processor from a plurality of ACH processors to receive the selected file. The method further includes translating the selected file into a format processable by the selected ACH processor and transmitting the translated file to the selected ACH processor. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179601 | OFFSITE FINANCIAL ACCOUNT ONBOARDING - Offsite financial account onboarding is provided which creates a more streamlined process for a customer. The customer accesses a money services businesss business electronic system to request financial account setup. The onboarding system establishes account access to a pooled custodial account managed by the money services businesss business based on preliminary identification (ID) data from the customer. With only preliminary ID data, account access limits are assigned which reduces the risk of fraud or criminal activity with the customer's account access. Because account access is established with just the preliminary ID data, the customer may fully obtain account access directly from a mobile device. The money services businesss business provides additional graduated access levels depending on additional ID data provided by the customer. Thus, depending on the type of ID data provided by the customer, the customer's account access will have corresponding access level rights to the custodial account. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179602 | Automated Kiosk Transaction Function and Monitoring System - An automated kiosk system comprises a host server station, at least one automated kiosk, and a communications interface. The host server station receives, stores, and transmits transactional data, monitoring data, and functional data. The at least one automated kiosk facilitates transactions with a consumer and has a user interface, at least one peripheral device, a digital input-output (I/O) board configured to receive the peripheral device(s), and a control system for storing the transactional data, monitoring data, and functional data, and for communicating with the I/O board, the user interface, and the host server station. The communications interface exchanges the transactional data, monitoring data, and functional data between each automated kiosk and the host server station via a network. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179603 | PURCHASER-SPECIFIC CURRENCY CONVERSION - Methods and systems for conducting online payments using a currency other than a base currency of a webpage are described. An indication of a purchaser's currency may be received. A plurality of prices on a webpage in a base currency may be identified. A request for a conversion rate between the base currency of the webpage and the purchaser's currency may be transmitted to a host computer system. The identified plurality of prices on the webpage listed in the base currency may be converted to a plurality of prices in the purchaser's currency using the conversion rate received from the host computer system. Purchase information and an identifier linked to the purchase information may be transmitted to a merchant computer system to conduct the online payment. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179604 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ALLOWING A USER TO CONTROL THE ORDER IN WHICH TRANSACTIONS ARE POSTED - A method and system is provided that allows a banking customer to access their bank account via an online banking interface and manage the order in which transactions are posted against their account in a manner that allows them to minimize or eliminate the occurrence of an overdraft condition. Should the monetary balance within the account fall below zero, creating a potential overdraft condition, the customer is notified that such a zero or negative balance condition exists. The customer, using the user interface, can then access the account to arrange the various posted items in any order they want. Further, the customer is provided with the option of returning items to avoid the overdraft condition entirely. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179605 | SYSTEM FOR ALLOWING A USER TO CONTROL THE MANNER AND AMOUNT PAID TO SETTLE ACCOUNT TRANSACTIONS - A method and system is provided that allows a banking customer to manage repayment of larger bills by breaking them into a series of smaller more manageable payments that are repaid over a number of payments that are spread over a longer period of time. As bills are presented to the bank account customer, the customer, using the user interface can select one of the bills due for payment and request that they be allowed to break the bill into smaller payments. Once approved the larger bill is broken into a predetermined number of smaller repayments that are then more easily managed by the customer in a manner that eases their cash flow. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179606 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING SECURE DOCUMENT DELIVERY AND MANAGEMENT INCLUDING SCHEDULING - Systems and methods for integrated management and scheduling of events associated with both physical and digital mail are provided. A print stream processor utilizes recipient preferences to determine that a mail piece should be delivered by physical mail. The server then processes the mail piece print stream to extract time sensitive data such as a payment amount and due date. The server utilizes the identity of the physical mail piece recipient and the time sensitive data to provide a scheduling message to the recipient. Here, the scheduling message includes injecting a calendar entry to a centralized mail management system having an account for the recipient. Additionally, reminder messages are provided to the recipient based upon recipient and/or sender preferences. Similarly, entries relating to physical coupons or other offers sent to the recipient are placed on the recipient's calendar including offer deadline entries. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179607 | MULTI-MERCHANT / ITEM STORED VALUE ACCOUNT TRANSACTIONS - The current subject matter provides techniques in which stored value from a stored value account can be redeemed at two or more backend stored value account processors in either a single transaction or multiple transactions. Techniques are also described for redeeming stored value from stored value accounts that correspond to bundled items. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179608 | OFFSITE FINANCIAL ACCOUNT ONBOARDING - Offsite financial account onboarding is provided which creates a more streamlined process for a customer. The customer accesses a money services businesss business electronic system to request financial account setup. The onboarding system establishes account access to a pooled custodial account managed by the money services businesss business based on preliminary identification (ID) data from the customer. With only preliminary ID data, account access limits are assigned which reduces the risk of fraud or criminal activity with the customer's account access. Because account access is established with just the preliminary ID data, the customer may fully obtain account access directly from a mobile device. The money services businesss business provides additional graduated access levels depending on additional ID data provided by the customer. Thus, depending on the type of ID data provided by the customer, the customer's account access will have corresponding access level rights to the custodial account. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179609 | AUTOMATIC IMAGE ANALYSIS AND CAPTURE - In general terms, some embodiments of the present invention relate to methods and apparatuses for automatically analyzing and/or capturing an image of a deposit item for use in a deposit transaction. In some embodiments, a method is provided that includes: (a) generating, by a remote capture device, an image of a deposit item, where the generating the image is based at least partially on the deposit item being exposed to the remote capture device; (b) determining, automatically by the remote capture device, that the image is satisfactory for reading deposit item information from the image, where the deposit item information is associated with the deposit item; and (c) performing, automatically by the remote capture device, a predetermined action, where the performing the predetermined action is based at least partially on the determining that the image is satisfactory for reading deposit item information from the image. In some embodiments, the performing the predetermined action includes capturing, automatically by the remote capture device, the image of the deposit item. In other embodiments, the performing the predetermined action includes prompting, automatically by the remote capture device, a user of the remote capture device to capture the image. In some embodiments, the method occurs in substantially real-time and/or while the deposit item is being exposed to the remote capture device. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179610 | ELECTRONIC PURCHASING AND FUNDS TRANSFER SYSTEMS AND METHODS - An electronic transaction method, funds transfer apparatus and method for facilitating a funds transfer. The methods comprise sending information from a purchaser or payor to a funds transfer system separate from a vendor system or payee, validating and confirming personal financial information at the funds transfer system, and transferring funds from a purchaser or payor account to the vendor or a payee account without exposing either party's financial and account information to the other. Additionally, a funds transfer apparatus is disclosed comprising connections to a payor and payee system and mechanisms for receiving and validating party and transaction information and a mechanism for transferring funds from one party to the other. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179611 | Digital Content Vending, Delivery, And Maintenance System - A digital content vending machine in which a client on a personal computer, contains an infrastructure and an inventory. The infrastructure and inventory may both be stored in a hard drive, or the inventory may instead be stored on a removable media The infrastructure presents a graphical user interface on the client which metaphorically resembles a village containing a plurality of stores operated by vendors. Customers shop in the stores by selecting assets, constituting the inventory, and sending money and an identifier to a clearing house via a communications system such as telephone, private network, or the Internet. The clearing house returns a key used to at least partially remove a digital wrapper protecting the asset from unauthorized use. A master server may also be provided to update the infrastructure and inventory, and to provide additional keys used to remove the digital wrappers. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179612 | Method and apparatus for critical evaluation of products and services - A product and service evaluation system having a center ( | 2012-07-12 |
20120179613 | CERTIFICATION OF CRYOGENICALLY TREATED ARTICLES - Embodiments validate cryogenic processing of metal-matrix validation articles according to destructive and/or non-destructive testing of witness articles. For example, validation can certify that the validation article has undergone a particular cryogenic treatment protocol, resulting in validated and/or certified enhancements in wear characteristics, resistance to corrosion, increases in electrochemical bonding of surface treatments, increases in theoretical useable lifespan, etc. According to some embodiments, processing results are validated by generating witness results from destructive and/or non-destructive testing of the witness articles subsequent to deep-cryogenic treatment. The processing (e.g., including witness results and/or analysis thereof) may then be entered into a computer-controlled, parametric analysis system that generates absolute and comparative validation and/or certification of the validation articles. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179614 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCT AUTHENTICATION - A method for use in a process to authenticate a consumer product includes receiving a serial number from a device through a network, wherein the device is configured to detachably couple to the consumer product, determining a validity of the serial number, transmitting a number to the device through the network, using the number to generate a reference verification number in accordance with a predetermined algorithm, receiving a calculated verification number from the device through the network, and comparing the calculated verification number with the reference verification number to determine whether the consumer product is authentic. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179615 | RECYCLING OF PRODUCT AUTHENTICATION DEVICES - A method that involves product authentication includes associating a serial number of a device with a first consumer product, thereby allowing an authenticity of the first consumer product to be verified using the device, determining whether the first consumer product is authentic using the serial number, and associating the serial number of the device with a second consumer product after the first consumer product is sold and after the device has been returned for recycling, thereby allowing an authenticity of the second consumer product to be verified using the device. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179616 | PROCESS TO TRANSFORM A SOCIAL SYSTEM INTO A MORE VITAL, MORE SUSTAINABLE LIVING SYSTEM - A vitality ratio is disclosed to monitor the well-being of nation-systems and other social systems. In an example, V=R:N (economic vitality [V] is determined by the natural resources [R] available to a social system, in relation to the system's resource needs [N]). With definitions of products, natural resources, social systems, and other related terms, said ratio can be programmed into a system-wide computer network, accepting input relating to needs and resources from throughout the system and issuing an alert in the event of a negative ratio (i.e., in which needs for any specific resource exceed the system's access to that resource). | 2012-07-12 |
20120179617 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR FILLING JOB ORDERS - A method, system and program product are disclosed for filling job orders, the method comprising: creating electronically a respective commitment reservation for each of a plurality of workers, with each respective commitment reservation comprising a commitment for the respective worker to work on a prospective job not yet created, with the prospective job having one or more job parameters; receiving electronically a job order subsequent to the creation of one of the commitment reservations, the job order specifying a job with one or more job parameters; matching the job parameters of the job in the job order to the job parameters in one or more of the commitment reservations to obtain a reservation-job match; and, securing automatically based on the results of the matching step the job in the job order to one of the workers with a commitment reservation. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179618 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMPROVING K-12 EDUCATION - The educational model according to aspects of the present invention reengineers fundamental structures of education and provides rigorous, standards-driven, small-group instruction continuously for every student within a school system. The, model uses resources including time, talent and technology more efficiently to achieve better outcomes for faculty and students and systems of schools, and allows teachers more time with fewer students, increases the instructional year for students without increasing the work year for teachers, adding roughly 30% more instructional time for students without increasing the work year for teachers, and in fact includes more than 20 days of professional development into the teachers' regular work year. The model operates to improve education without increasing costs. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179619 | Method for Recouping Tuition Discounts - A tuition advantage program incorporating an award offered to students via a promissory note, and having an original principal balance that replaces a small part of the institutional tuition discount that the institution extends to the student. The principal is a reduction against tuition, and it is not delivered to students in the form of a payment. Extension of the principal therefore results in no direct expense to the institution, as it is merely a transformation of a discount that otherwise would have been granted to the student in the form of institutional aid award. Repayment of the tuition advantage funds is not required until after the student separates from the institution, such as by graduation. Upon separation and timely repayment of the first 75% of the original principal balance, the remaining 25% of the original principal is forgiven, resulting in an effective annual percentage rate of under 1.0%. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179620 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TIMED MOBILE DELIVERY OF VIRTUAL GOODS AND PHYSICAL GOODS - A method for timed mobile delivery of goods comprises providing a user interface to a mobile device. The user interface allows the user of the mobile device to input a data file that provides log-in data, creates a new timed deliverable, selects a delivery format, template, and recipient for the deliverable, inputs a message to accompany the deliverable, and selects a gifting option and delivery date and time. The user interface sends the data file from the mobile device to a computer at a remote location. The method further comprises receiving the data file from the mobile device at the remote computer, storing and processing the data, and creating a timed mailer using the data. The method checks to determine if the delivery time and date is reached; and if so, triggers the timed mailer sending the timed deliverable to the designated recipient. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179621 | HAZARDOUS SHIPMENT TRACKING AND MONITORING - System, methods, and computer program products are provided for enhanced freight tracking and monitoring. The system may track the location of a freight shipment within a carrier's transportation network from the time it is picked up by a carrier from a consignor until it is delivered to a consignee, provide for weight determinations and shipping re-classifications of the freight shipment during transport, and provide real-time status information and reports to the carrier, consignor, and/or consignee. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179622 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDELIVERY NOTIFCATION USING MAIL IMAGE - Methods and systems are provided for filtering of a mail item addressed to a recipient. In accordance with an embodiment, preference information about mail items form the recipient is obtained. The preference information is compared with information on the mail item and based on the comparison, it is determined whether the mail item should be delivered. The preference information may include at least one of a size of the mail items, a type of the mail items, a classification of the mail items, a weight of the mail items, and preference information about senders. In accordance with another embodiment, the preference information of a recipient may be provided to a sender so that the sender can determine whether the recipient wants mail items from the sender. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179623 | Data processing system intended to facilitate confronting an offer and a demand - A data processing system (X) is adapted to confront an offer (O) and a demand (D), in particular in the field of transportation of travelers or goods. The system (X) receives requests corresponding to new offers/demands, formulated by users (C | 2012-07-12 |
20120179624 | MODULE SUPPLY CHAIN - A system and method of fabricating and assembling of large-sized modules remote from a heavy industrial hydrocarbon processing plant site, and overland transportation thereof to the plant site. The method may rely on a computer-based heavy-haul transportation logistics system. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179625 | Dynamic Workflow for Remote Devices - A dynamic workflow system and process for use in logistic support and management. The dynamic workflow system includes a central server that maintains all of the customer's requirements for each of its orders. The central server can generate unique workflows to follow to meet the requirements for each order submitted by the customers. The central server creates instructions from the workflows that it transmits to a remote device for an individual to follow in order to fulfill the customer's order. The remote device includes a shell program application which generates the workflows based upon the instructions received from the central server. The shell program application replaces the need for the remote device to store profiles for each customer that reflect their requirements. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179626 | SYSTEMS FOR STRUCTURED INVESTMENT SEEDING - The disclosure provides an investment structure and corresponding arrangement which involves methods and systems whereby the asset manager directly or indirectly makes a seed investment in the new fund and hedges its risk, while obtaining financing on its investment. Additionally, in another embodiment, the financial institution or asset manager may actually make an investment into the fund and hedge itself by trading with the fund. The financial institution would require little collateral as the methods and systems of the disclosure are designed to recognize offsetting positions and early detect any hedging mismatches. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179627 | UPSIDE INVESTING METHOD AND SYSTEM - An economic security, saving, spending, and investing financial planning method and system are disclosed, to calculate the smoothest possible living standard floor for a household, which does not necessitate borrowing or spending out of risky investments; and to show the extent to which the household's living standard floor may rise once risky investments are converted to safe investments. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179628 | Systems and Methods for Controlling Portfolios - Systems and methods are disclosed which relate to the management of asset invested in a fund. The system includes a computer connected to a network which has constantly updated fund data available to compare a current fund with a plurality of possible new funds. The system automatically transfers from one fund to another according to user predetermined criteria. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179629 | CONTROLLING AN ORDER SLICER FOR TRADING A FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT - In one aspect, the present invention provides an order slicer that receives an order that to trade a financial instrument. The order associates a trading strategy with said order. The trading strategy is replaceable. In another aspect, an interface accepts a trading strategy of an order to trade a financial instrument. A transmitter transmits the trading strategy to an order slicer. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179630 | METHODS FOR MEASURING HEDGING VALUE-AT-RISK AND PROFITABILITY - Methods for measuring value-at-risk and profitability of hedging in relation to BMA debt obligations are provided using rigorous, statistical solutions that address problems associated with municipalities involved in swap hedging face. Various embodiments permit users to quantify POL hedging basis risk through a VAR-style loss measurement and statistics measuring the profitability of a hedge, those statistics including gain durability and gain/loss ratio. Various aspects introduce significant innovation to risk management practices, particularly for tax-exempt issuers of debt. Certain embodiments of this disclosure facilitate better management of hedging risk, analysis of hedges using POL vs. BMA and provide guidance for analyzing the risk existing in an existing portfolio of POL swap hedges to better inform decision-making regarding use of hedging risk for profit or to lay off risk. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179631 | METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR RESPONSIVE LOAD MANAGEMENT USING FREQUENCY REGULATION CREDITS - A method, device and system for responsive load management using frequency regulation credits. The method includes using an AC frequency measuring device, measuring a current AC frequency on an AC power line; using a power consumption measuring device, measuring a current power consumption on the AC power line over a period of time equal to a sampling interval; calculating a power consumption moving average of a last N power current power consumptions measured, where N is a positive integer greater than 1; generating credits or debits based on the current power consumption, the current AC frequency and the power consumption moving average; adding the credits or debits to a frequency regulation credit; and for each next sampling interval repeating measuring the current AC frequency, measuring current power consumption, calculating the power consumption moving average, generating the credits or debits, and adding the credits or debits to the frequency regulation credit. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179632 | Core Storage and Management System - A system and method for receiving, handling and storing used rolls following unwinding of sheet material therefrom includes: | 2012-07-12 |
20120179633 | IDENTIFICATION OF ATTRIBUTES AND VALUES USING MULTIPLE CLASSIFIERS - A body of text comprises a plurality of unknown attributes and a plurality of unknown values. A first classification sub-component labels a first portion of the plurality of unknown values as a first set of values, whereas a second classification sub-component labels a portion of the plurality of unknown attributes as a set of attributes and a second portion of the plurality of unknown values as a second set of values. Learning models implemented by the first and second classification subcomponents are updated based on the set of attributes and the first and second set of values. The first classification sub-component implements at least one supervised classification technique, whereas the second classification sub-component implements an unsupervised and/or semi-supervised classification technique. Active learning may be employed to provide at least one of a corrected attribute and/or corrected value that may be used to update the learning models. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179634 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR FINDING HIDDEN TOPICS OF DOCUMENTS AND PREFERENCE RANKING DOCUMENTS - Systems and methods are disclosed to perform preference learning on a set of documents includes receiving raw input features from the set of documents stored on a data storage device; generating polynomial combinations from the raw input features; generating one or more parameters; applying the parameters to one or more classifiers to generate outputs; determining a loss function and parameter gradients and updating parameters determining one or more sparse regularizing terms and updating the parameters; and expressing that one document is preferred over another in a search query and retrieving one or more documents responsive to the search query. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179635 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MULTIPLE DATASET GAUSSIAN PROCESS MODELING - A method of computerised data analysis and synthesis is described. First and second datasets of a quantity of interest are stored. A Gaussian process model is generated using the first and second datasets to compute optimized kernel and noise hyperparameters. The Gaussian process model is applied using the stored first and second datasets and hyperparameters to perform Gaussian process regression to compute estimates of unknown values of the quantity of interest. The resulting computed estimates of the quantity of interest result from a non-parametric Gaussian process fusion of the first and second measurement datasets. The first and second datasets may be derived from the same or different measurement sensors. Different sensors may have different noise and/or other characteristics. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179636 | Method and System for Automatically Classifying and Identifying Vestibulo-Ocular Responses - Stabilizing the visual system for any sighted mobile system increases immunity of the mobile system's gaze and reduces information processing task complexity. Two human reflexes are the optokinetic reflex and vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR). The VOR stabilizes retinal images during head movement by producing eye movements in the opposite direction. Improved analysis of the VOR in humans would improve the diagnosis/treatment of patients, provide improvements in visual prosthesis performance for patients, and also vision systems performance for mobile robotic systems. However, an important issue for prior art mathematical analysis techniques is the requirement to classify the nystagmus segments before applying any analysis techniques, wherein this classification should be preferably performed non-subjectively. Accordingly the inventors overcome these limitations by performing classification, i.e. segmentation of the data record into multiple modes (including possible artifacts or outliers), and identification of mode dynamics concurrently and objectively in a manner suitable for multi-input systems. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179637 | Prediction of User Response to Invitations in a Social Network System Based on Keywords in the User's Profile - A social networking system selects a subset of keywords from a set of master keywords found in user profiles. The method includes selecting a first and second group of user profiles including one or more keywords and computing the number of occurrences of each of the master keywords in the first and second group of profiles. A value may be computed for each of the master keywords based on a comparison of the number of occurrences in the first group of profiles and the number of occurrences in the second group of profiles. The computed value may be used for selecting the subset of keywords from the master keywords and/or ranking the master keywords. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179638 | RELATIVE VARIABLE SELECTION SYSTEM AND SELECTION METHOD THEREOF - The present invention discloses a relative variable selection system and a selection method thereof. In the present invention, the receiving module receives a plurality of variables. Based on a correlation coefficient of variables, a first selection module sequentially selects variables with a correlation coefficient greater than a first threshold value. Based on the variables selected by the first selection module, a first calculating module selects a regression value and a weighted value corresponding to the foregoing variables. Based on the weighted values, a second selection module sequentially selects variables with a weighted value smaller than a second threshold value. Based on the variables selected by the second selection module, a second calculating module calculates analyzed values of the foregoing variables. Based on the analyzed values of the variables, a third selection module selects analyzed values which are greater than the target value. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179639 | Automated Metadata Generation of Learning and Knowledge Objects - A novel system for automated metadata generation of learning and knowledge Objects are presented. Such system automates the processes of adding descriptive and contextual information to digital learning content, digital documents, and other objects used in learning and knowledge management. It also automates the process of creating associations among higher level objects and classifications systems used to organize content, and it does so in a way that improves the functionality of existing technologies, that can be tuned to meet the needs of a particular organization or community of practice, and that can be extended and refined to take advantage of new information retrieval technologies. It includes methods that handle aggregate digital objects composed of a plurality of other objects and that improves efficiency by caching data and recognizing the relationships among aggregate objects and their components. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179640 | TASK RELIABILITY ANALYSIS METHOD AND APPARATUS - The embodiment of the invention relates generally to the methods and systems to determine the reliability of human-computer interactions for achieving a mission task in an automated system using a Task Reliability Analysis Tool (TRAT). In some examples, the TRAT can capture the details of human computer interactions while performing operator actions, allocating time-on-action distribution and conducting task evaluations. The allocated time-on-action distribution to the operator actions and to each task can be used subsequently to predict time to complete a task, and likelihood of failure for an infrequently performed task. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179641 | CONTENT CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM, CONTENT GENERATION CLASSIFICATION DEVICE, CONTENT CLASSIFICATION DEVICE, CLASSIFICATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A content classification system provided with a content generating device for generating contents in sequence, the content classification system comprising: a detection unit operable to repeatedly detect a state of the content generating device, the state being a first state in which the content generating device is present at a predetermined position, or a second state in which the content generating device is not present at the predetermined position; and a classification unit operable to perform a classification process to classify two contents into different groups when there is a change in the state detected by the detection unit during a period between generations of the two contents by the content generating device, and classify the two contents into a same group when there is no change in the state detected by the detection unit during the period. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179642 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING A KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION TO PROVIDE INFORMATION BASED ON ENVIRONMENTAL INPUTS - There is disclosed a system and method for using a knowledge representation to provide relevant information based on environmental inputs. In an embodiment, the system and method considers environmental information from members in a crowd to generate a pool of interests based on the semantic relevance concepts associated with those interests. The most prominent concepts of interest may then be the basis for presenting content to the crowd as a whole. In another embodiment, environmental inputs and other surrounding inputs are considered as a user context. The concepts may be identified as relevant from the environmental context and used to present information relevant to the user given his or her surroundings. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179643 | Hyper-Lattice Model for Optimized Sequencing of Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) Operations on Data Warehouses - Systems and methods are provided for Online Analytical Processing of data included within data warehouses. According to one example, a method for adding a dimension to a hyper-lattice structure is provided and includes adding a new base cuboid to a hyper-lattice that describes functionality of the data warehouses. According to another example, a method for determining an optimal path through an existing hyper-lattice by which to generate a destination cuboid from a source cuboid is also provided. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179644 | Automatic Synthesis and Presentation of OLAP Cubes from Semantically Enriched Data Sources - This system comprises methods that simplify the creation of multidimensional OLAP models from one or more semantically enabled data sources. The system also comprises methods enabling interoperability between existing OLAP end-user interfaces, the system's representation of OLAP and the underlying data sources. This includes web-enabled OLAP interfaces. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179645 | TRANSACTION SUPPORT FOR DISTRIBUTED DATA - A distributed system with transaction support may have a transaction component and one or more data components. The transaction component may manage a transaction using a log sequence number for each operation, and then transmit operations to one or more data components with log sequence numbers. The data components may perform the data operations in an idempotent manner and return a reply. The transaction component may then write the operation, its log sequence number, and information from the reply message to its log. The transaction component is able to commit a transaction, as well as retry or undo portions of a transaction, by using the information stored on its log. This may be possible even when a single transaction uses multiple data components, which may be located on different devices or manage separate and independent data sources. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179646 | Multi-tenant audit awareness in support of cloud environments - A cloud enablement aggregation proxy (CEAP) receives and processes audit data from audited resources before such data is stored in a database. The CEAP manages log data for resources hosted in a multi-tenant shared pool of configurable computing resources (e.g., a compute cloud). A method for managing log data begins by the proxy aggregating and normalizing log information received from a plurality of the resources. The aggregated and normalized log information is then parsed to identify a tenant associated with each of a set of transactions. For each of the set of transactions, the CEAP annotates log data associated with the tenant and the particular transaction to include a tenant-specific identifier. An optional tenant separation proxy (TSP) separates the annotated log data on a per tenant basis prior to storage, and the tenant-specific log data may be stored in per tenant data structures or dedicated tenant log event databases to facilitate subsequent compliance or other analysis. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179647 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTI-PARTY DOCUMENT REVISION - A system and method providing a multi-party document revision capability. A master electronic document (MED) may be established on a central computer platform. The MED is embedded with an unalterable document identification code (DIC) which clearly identifies the single instance of the MED. Parties having permission to access, modify, and approve the MED on the central computer platform are each provided with a unique identifier code (UIC) which is associated with the DIC and, therefore, the MED. Any permitted party having an assigned UIC may access the MED and enter proposed changes to the MED on the central computer platform. However, each party associated with the MED has to approve any proposed change before the proposed change is automatically entered as a formally accepted change into the MED. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179648 | RECORDS DECLARATION FILESYSTEM MONITORING - Techniques for managing records on a filesystem to enforce a record disposition protocol. Embodiments identify records on the filesystem using one or more record definitions. Each record definition may contain a conditional statement which, if satisfied by a particular file on the filesystem, indicates the particular file as a record. Embodiments may then monitor file activity for each of the identified records and upon detecting the file activity, may enforce the record disposition protocol for the record. Such enforcement may include preventing the file activity, and may further include logging information related to the file activity. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179649 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONFIGURING AND VISUALIZING AN EXTRUDER - An extruder configuration system is disclosed. The system includes an extruder information database including details of extruders, extruder elements and extruder barrels, a user interface configured to receive user inputs including user choices of extruders, extruder elements or extruder barrels from the extruder information database, the user interface further configured to receive extruders, extruder elements or extruder barrels for addition to the extruder information database, an element positioning engine including a database of incompatible elements and configured to review user choices and prevent positioning of incompatible extruder elements adjacent to each other on an extruder, a processor configured to create an extruder configuration based on user inputs and a display module configured to display the extruder configuration. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179650 | ASYNCHRONOUS ASSERTIONS - A snapshot of an application executing on a processor is taken in response to detecting an assertion in a running application. The assertion is evaluated based on the snapshot asynchronously while allowing the application to continue executing. The results of the assertion evaluation are returned to the application. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179651 | Electronic Space And Method For Providing Resources To Facilitate Ideation - A method and system are provided for organizing and assembling information and resources for display as part of an electronic space supported on a network. The electronic space preferably resembles a room. The room is decorated with selected images that may be iconic representations that activate links to specific resources such as databases, technical information, word processing applications, etc., that are user selected to support idea conception and evaluation to promote creativity, innovation and improved problem solving. The electronic space enables a user to customize an on-line workplace with decorations as well as active links to selected resources which may include human resources such as colleagues, co-workers or experts | 2012-07-12 |
20120179652 | Systems and Methods for Management of Subscriber Databases Within Mobile Communications Networks - Systems and methods system for managing data objects that support the personalization of mobile communications services are provided. The system includes one or more databases that contain subscriber data, such as, for example profile, usage or state information related to the subscriber. For one or more of the databases within the system, a database federator and a distributed object repository having multiple nodes is provided. The nodes are used to store data objects and duplicate data objects. Data objects may be distributed to the nodes based on, for example, a hashing algorithm. Additionally, a method for graceful redundancy degradation of stored duplicate objects is provided. In another embodiment, a method for time-based triggering of duplicate objects stored within separate nodes is provided. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179653 | DATA SYNCHRONIZATION SYSTEM AND DATA SYNCHRONIZATION METHOD - [PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED] To reduce a server load when synchronizing data between a client and a server. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179654 | RESOLVING CONFLICTS IN CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS - A conflict resolution system is described for reducing false conflicts among entities synchronized within a content management system. A typical content management system maintains a version for an entity that is incremented each time an endpoint modifies the entity, including changes that affect the metadata rather than the content of the entity. The conflict resolution system adds a new content version that is updated when the content of the entity changes. By comparing content version information, endpoints can automatically resolve false conflicts that occur when an endpoint has modified the metadata of the entity. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179655 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF PERFORMING INCREMENTAL SQL SERVER DATABASE BACKUPS - A system, method, and medium for performing incremental backups of a Microsoft SQL server database. A snapshot of the database is created, and then a map identifying the changed extents is retrieved from the snapshot. The changed extents are then retrieved from the snapshot and stored in a backup storage device. For a restore operation, a full database backup file is written to a storage device and then the changed extents from a stored incremental backup file may be merged with the full backup file. Next, the database server is notified of the reconstructed file and then the reconstructed file is mounted by the database server as a live instance of the database. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179656 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATING COPIES OF DATA, SUCH AS ARCHIVE COPIES - A system and method of creating archive copies of data sets is described. In some examples, the system creates an archive copy from an original data set. In some examples, the system creates an archive copy when creating a recovery copy for a data set. In some examples, the system creates a copy without redundant data, and then encrypts the data set. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179657 | HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD INCLUDING PERSONNEL CHANGE REQUEST PROCESSING - A method for processing personnel change requests (PCRs), the method including: identifying a wizard configured for a particular PCR of the PCRs, the PCR having multiple steps; invoking the wizard for guiding a user through first ones of the steps, the first ones of the steps prompting the user for a first set of data associated with the PCR; storing the first set of data in a temporary storage device; invoking the wizard for guiding another user through second ones of the steps, the second ones of the steps prompting the another user for a second set of data associated with the PCR; storing the second set of data in the temporary storage device; monitoring a status of the PCR; and transferring the first and second sets of data from the temporary storage device to a database in response to detecting a particular status of the PCR. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179658 | Cleansing a Database System to Improve Data Quality - According to one embodiment of the present invention, a system controls cleansing of data within a database system, and comprises a computer system including at least one processor. The system receives a data set from the database system, and one or more features of the data set are selected for determining values for one or more characteristics of the selected features. The determined values are applied to a data quality estimation model to determine data quality estimates for the data set. Problematic data within the data set are identified based on the data quality estimates, where the cleansing is adjusted to accommodate the identified problematic data. Embodiments of the present invention further include a method and computer program product for controlling cleansing of data within a database system in substantially the same manner described above. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179659 | INTELLIGENT CLIENT ARCHITECTURE COMPUTER SYSTEM AND METHOD - A collision detection and data synchronization mechanism operates to expand the speed and capability of distributed applications. The execution environment employs collision detection and data synchronization to distribute data objects to appropriate network nodes to support local processing. The collision detection and data synchronization mechanism defines the set of processes and algorithms used to track distributed data objects and to manage changes to the distributed objects throughout a network of intelligent computing devices. Data and code are distributed to local computing devices necessitating tracking and synchronizing updates. The system and method ensures that data updates received during the course of a local transaction do not unwillingly affect the results of other transactions by notifying the local computing devices of changes to the data that are subject of the transaction. These conflicts are then resolved in the applications, and notification of the resolution is sent to the remaining intelligent computing devices. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179660 | BASE STATION ALMANAC ASSISTED POSITIONING - A database provides base station almanac information pertaining to more than one network mode of communication. A wireless device accesses this database through a centralized server or network, or via the base station, base station controller or the like, with which it is currently communicating. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179661 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTEGRATING A PBX-EQUIPPED CLIENT AND AN ON-DEMAND DATABASE SERVICE - In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for integrating a private branch exchange (PBX)-equipped client and an on-demand database service. These mechanisms and methods for integrating a PBX-equipped client and an on-demand database service can enable embodiments with additional infrastructure at the client that is better equipped to leverage the on-demand database service. The ability of embodiments to provide such client side infrastructure can enable additional enhanced services in conjunction with telephone calls, etc. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179662 | Mobile Application Search Method and System Using Human Activity Knowledge Database - Disclosed is a mobile application search method and system using a human activity knowledge database. The mobile application search system includes a user interface unit that provides an input environment to allow a user to input a user query and displays a mobile application search result related to the user query and a mobile application search engine that receives the user query from the user interface unit and searches for a mobile application related to the user query using an activity knowledge database in which a list of elements involved in achieving a plurality of goals that people desire in daily life is stored. The present invention increases the user's satisfaction by solving a word mismatching problem between a user query and a mobile application and improves mobile application search performance using a human activity knowledge database. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179663 | SCALABLE COMPUTER ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD - A scalable computer arrangement and method accesses certain stored information using algorithms. The validity of the algorithms and retrieved data are determined by validity management modules. If the algorithm or the retrieved data is determined to be invalid, the algorithm or retrieved data may be updated to self-correct dynamically over time with changing stored information. In another embodiment, the computer arrangement includes standardized database access systems having hyper objects for accessing information across the network in a standardized manner, even though the networked databases may employ different schema and formats. Each computer system operates independently, and yet is able to dynamically self correct when invalid algorithms or data is determined. New computer systems can be added or removed without requiring adjustments to its database schema or formats and without synchronizing with the existing networked computer systems. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179664 | Methods And Systems For Processing Media Files - Systems and methods for processing media files are described. In one embodiment, one or more events are captured having associated event data and associated with a client device, wherein each event is associated with an article and at least one of the articles is a media file, wherein at least one of the events is captured in real time upon the occurrence of the event, at least some of the event data and articles associated with the events are indexed and stored, a search query is received, and the at least one media file is determined as relevant to the search query. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179665 | HEALTH MONITORING SYSTEM - A health monitoring system can include an intake tracker, an output tracker, a personal monitor, and a recommender. The health monitoring system can track food, exercise, and personal characteristics in order to provide health assessments and recommendations. The intake tracker can include a camera for capturing images of products. A data acquisition system can be used to acquire data about products that are photographed using a variety of methods. The data can be entered into a database with a picture of the product for later look-up. The data acquisition system can include a user-assisted segmentation method of an image to identify the product. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179666 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MONITORING AND TRACKING VIDEOS ON THE INTERNET - Method and system for discovering and identifying a video object. The method includes crawling at least one predetermined website, discovering at least one video link at the predetermined website, processing information associated with a first database for storing one or more video links, and determining whether the discovered video link was already discovered before based on at least information associated with the first database. Additionally, the method includes, if the discovered video link is determined not to have been discovered before, updating the first database based on at least information associated with the discovered video link, downloading at least one video object based on at least information associated with the discovered video link, and processing information associated with the downloaded video object. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179667 | SEARCHING THROUGH CONTENT WHICH IS ACCESSIBLE THROUGH WEB-BASED FORMS - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates searching through content which is accessible though web-based forms. During operation, the system receives a query containing keywords. Next, the system analyzes the query to create a structured query. The system then performs a lookup based on the structured query in a database containing entries describing the web-based forms. Next, the system ranks forms returned by the lookup, and uses the rankings and associated database entries to facilitate a search through content which is accessible through the forms. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179668 | SEARCH INDEX FORMAT OPTIMIZATIONS - A search index structure which extends a typical composite index by incorporating an index which is optimized for fast retrieval from storage and which eliminates data which is specific to phrase searching. Other data is represented in a manner which allows it to be calculated rather than stored. Associating variable length entries with logical categories allows their length to be inferred from the category rather than stored. Using delta values between document IDs rather than the ID itself generates a compact, dense symbol set which is efficiently compressed by Huffman encoding or a similar compression method. Using an upper threshold to remove large, and thus rare, delta values from the symbol set prior to encoding further improves the encoding performance. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179669 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SEARCHING A SEARCH SPACE OF A QUERY - One example discloses a database management system that can comprise a memory for storing computer executable instructions and a processing unit for accessing the memory and executing the computer executable instructions. The computer executable instructions can comprise a compiler to amortize the execution resource cost of searching a search space corresponding to a received query over a plurality of searches. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179670 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING NON-STANDARD-COMPLIANT IMAGES - Provided is a method of converting a medical image used in a network at a patient care facility, the network including an enterprise network storage solution optionally dedicated for storing medical images in a standardized medical imaging format that are to be retrieved over the network. The method includes us a computer system to search a portable computer-readable medium for an indication that the medical image is stored in a proprietary format on the portable computer-readable medium. The proprietary format of the medical image is identified, using the computer system, based on the indication. The medical image is converted into a format that is compliant with a standardized medical-imaging format, transmitted in the standardized medical-imaging format to be: (i) subsequently displayed by a display device without requiring prior storage of the medical image in an enterprise storage solution for medical images, and/or (ii) stored in the enterprise storage solution. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179671 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING COMPOUND SUGGESTIONS USING ENTITY ELIGIBILITY MODELS - A computer-implemented method and system for generating a compound suggestion to a user of a suggestion platform application, based on a range of locality and contextual factors. The method comprises selecting an applicable set of suggestion templates based at least partly on a determined location of the client device at which a suggestion application platform is accessed via the user interface; applying a plurality of eligibility models to generate a set of suggestions for each suggestion template of the set of suggestion templates selected; scoring the plurality of entities to determine a subset of best fit entities; compiling at least one compound suggestion by filling each suggestion template of the set of suggestion templates with the subset of best fit entities; ranking the respective compound suggestions associated with the plurality of suggestion templates; and presenting, at the user interface of the client device, at least a subset of the ranked compound suggestions. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179672 | SHARED VIRTUAL AREA COMMUNICATION ENVIRONMENT BASED APPARATUS AND METHODS - Improved systems and methods for navigating and interacting in virtual communication environments. At least some of these systems and methods provide a framework that includes one or more virtual areas and supports realtime communications between the communicants. At least some of these systems and methods provide an interface that includes navigation controls that enable a user to navigate virtual areas and interaction controls that enable the user to interact with other communicants in the one or more virtual areas. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179673 | PROFITABILITY BASED RANKING OF SEARCH RESULTS FOR LODGING RESERVATIONS - Method and apparatus for dynamic information connection search engine. User actions may be detected on at least one client system. Determination may be made whether the user is searching for supported information. When the user is searching for supported information, information may be extracted electronically from, e.g., third party websites, direct supplier connections, and/or intermediate databases. Suppliers may be automatically selected in response to the user search. Queries may be formulated from the user search and transferred to one or more selected suppliers over a network coupling (e.g., the Internet and/or intranet). Queries may include one or more requests for information. One or more responses may be received from suppliers, and responses may be used to generate results for the user. Results may include information and/or query status information. An electronic link may be provided to a website of one or more suppliers from which information was derived. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179674 | HARDWARE ACCELERATED SHORTEST PATH COMPUTATION - The non-negative single-source shortest path (NSSP) problem is solved on a graph by using a preprocessing phase and then, in a query phase, computing the distances from a given source in the graph with a linear sweep over all the vertices. Contraction hierarchies may be used in the preprocessing phase and in the query phase. Optimizations may include reordering the vertices in advance to exploit locality, performing multiple NSSP computations simultaneously, marking vertices during initialization, and using parallelism. Techniques may be performed on a graphics processing unit (GPU). This makes applications based on all-pairs shortest-paths practical for continental-sized road networks. The applications include, for example, computing graph diameter, exact arc flags, and centrality measures such as exact reaches or betweenness. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179675 | DATA MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL USING DATA IMPORTANCE LEVELS - Data management and control, including obtaining an importance level associated with a data item, identifying a data entry interface as a source of the data item, associating the importance level with the data entry interface, and performing an action corresponding to the association of the importance level with the data entry interface. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179676 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANNOTATING IMAGE IN DIGITAL CAMERA - A method and apparatus for annotating an image of a digital camera are disclosed. The method includes taking a photograph, transmitting a message including an image and an identifier of the photograph to a mobile terminal, receiving a response message including metadata and the identifier, determining an image file to be updated by using the identifier, and updating at least one metadata area of the image file with the metadata of the response message. The apparatus includes a message transmitting/receiving unit which transmits to a mobile device a message including an image and an identifier, and receiving a response message from the mobile terminal including metadata and the identifier. An annotation unit determines an image file to be updated based on the response message received from the message transmitting/ receiving unit by using the identifier. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179677 | INTEGRATED CUSTOMER COMMUNICATIONS COMPUTER SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR IMPLEMENTING SAME - An integrated customer communications computer system is configured to provide outbound customer communications. The communications computer system generates documents associated with the communications in a predefined format, in real-time or in batch, by merging templates comprising static data received from a template repository, dynamic data received from at least one component of an account opening system, and static content for the templates received from a content repository. The communications computer system includes a communication manager, a plurality of transmission channels, an interface for managing the templates and the content, and a document repository. Various embodiments are described, including a computer implemented method of providing customer communications using an integrated customer communications component and/or module. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179678 | METADATA COLLECTING DEVICE - A metadata collecting device efficiently acquires metadata from one or more metadata providing devices that hold contents and metadata of the contents distributed from one or more content distribution services, and accumulates the acquired metadata. The metadata collecting device includes a cache system determining unit that determines for each service an accumulation system that accumulates the metadata, a service/metadata information accumulating unit that stores for each accumulation system accumulation system information which includes at least a start condition to start acquiring the metadata, a search condition to select the metadata to be acquired, and a finish condition to finish acquiring the metadata, and a metadata acquiring/update requesting unit that acquires the metadata according to the accumulation system information. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179679 | Autonomically Regulating Information Transfer When Accessing Database Resources - A database access facility for accessing databases includes a monitoring function which monitors accesses by requestors of database data. The monitoring function tracks which database fields are requested to dynamically determine the fields which the application needs. Once sufficient tracking data is obtained, subsequent accesses to the database on behalf of an application are automatically modified by the application server to request only the fields which are likely to be needed. Preferably, the database access facility is an application server for one or middle tier applications which access the database on behalf of multiple clients in a three-tier client-server environment. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179680 | SEMANTIC ASSOCIATIONS IN DATA - Methods and apparatus teach providing semantic associations between data available on one or more computing devices, including grouping together related files and creating an association between the related grouped files and at least one anchor file to provide a semantic association for the grouped files. Also is taught configuring an agent on the one or more computing devices to undertake the grouping and to create the association without a user request. Also is taught triggering an evaluation of current files against related grouped files, and creating an association between the current files and at least one of the related grouped files and the at least one anchor file. Information may be added to the created association to create additional semantic associations for one or more of the grouped files and the current files. In turn, computer program products and computing systems for accomplishing the foregoing are provided. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179681 | DATA CLASSIFICATION - A method for managing data in an enterprise by identifying data of interest from among a multiplicity of data elements in an enterprise, the method including characterizing data of interest at least by at least one non-content based data identifier thereof and at least one access metric thereof, the at least one access metric being selected from data access permissions and actual data access history and selecting data of interest by considering only data elements from among the multiplicity of data elements which have the at least one non-content based data identifier thereof and the at least one access metric thereof. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179682 | WORD PAIR ACQUISITION APPARATUS, WORD PAIR ACQUISITION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Conventionally, it has been impossible to appropriately acquire word pairs having a prescribed relationship. Such word pairs can be appropriately acquired with a word pair acquisition apparatus including: a word class information storage unit in which word class information can be stored; a class pair favorableness degree storage unit in which a class pair favorableness can be stored; a seed pattern storage unit in which can be stored one or more seed patterns; a word pair acquisition unit that acquires one or more word pairs co-occurring with the seed pattern from sentence groups; a class pair favorableness degree acquisition unit that acquires a class pair favorableness degree; a score determination unit that uses the class pair favorableness degree to determine a score of each of the word pairs; and a word pair selection unit that acquires one or more word pairs having a high score. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179683 | Method and System for Attribute Management in a Namespace - A computer-based method and system for managing attributes of objects in a namespace and for allowing multiple views into the namespace. The namespace system allows the objects identified by the names of the namespace to be hierarchically organized. The namespace system allows for attributes of various objects, including directory objects and data objects, to be dynamically defined after creation of an object. The namespace system also allows for the querying of objects based on their dynamically defined attributes. When the namespace system receives a query specification that includes a newly defined attribute, it identifies the objects that match that query specification that includes a newly defined attribute, it identifies the objects that match that query specification. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179684 | SEMANTICALLY AGGREGATED INDEX IN AN INDEXER-AGNOSTIC INDEX BUILDING SYSTEM - A computer program product for an indexer-agnostic index building system includes a computer readable storage medium to store a computer readable program, wherein the computer readable program, when executed on a computer, causes the computer to perform operations for creating a semantically aggregated index. The operations include: extracting documents from a data source, wherein each document includes a data object; distributing the documents to a plurality of processing nodes within the system; for each node: indexing the data objects for each document into fields using semantic rules; and grouping indexed data objects for related fields by: classifying the documents into logical groups based on the semantic rules; and creating a searchable index shard for related logical groups. | 2012-07-12 |
20120179685 | INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS AND METHOD, TERMINAL APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present invention is associated with an information providing apparatus and method, a terminal apparatus and an information processing method, and a program that are configured to provide users with registered information without locational restrictions. A recognition device | 2012-07-12 |