31st week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 64 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100198584 | SERVER FOR AUTOMATICALLY SCORING OPINION CONVEYED BY TEXT MESSAGE CONTAINING PICTORIAL-SYMBOLS - A server is disclosed for computing a score of an opinion that a message in a text file is expected to convey regarding a subject to be evaluated, wherein the message is written using literal strings and pictorial symbols. In this server, by the use of a pictorial-symbol dictionary memory storing a correspondence between designated pictorial-symbols to be rated and scores of opinions expressed by the respective pictorial-symbols, at least one of the used pictorial-symbols in the message which is coincident with at least one of the designated pictorial-symbols stored in the pictorial-symbol dictionary memory, is extracted from the message, at least one of the opinion scores which corresponds to the at least one extracted pictorial-symbol is retrieved within the pictorial-symbol dictionary memory, and an aggregate net opinion score for the message is calculated, based on an aggregate opinion score for the at least one extracted pictorial-symbol. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198585 | QUANTIZATION AFTER LINEAR TRANSFORMATION COMBINING THE AUDIO SIGNALS OF A SOUND SCENE, AND RELATED CODER - The invention relates to a method for quantifying components, wherein certain components are each determined based on a plurality of audio signals and can be calculated by the application of a linear conversion on the audio signals, said method comprising: determining a quantification function to be applied to the components by testing a condition relative to an audio signal and depending on a comparison made between a psycho-acoustic masking threshold relative to the audio signal and a value determined based on the reverse linear conversion and quantification errors of the components by the function. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198586 | AUDIO TRANSFORM CODING USING PITCH CORRECTION - A processed representation of an audio signal having a sequence of frames is generated by sampling the audio signal within first and second frames of the sequence of frames, the second frame following the first frame, the sampling using information on a pitch contour of the first and second frames to derive a first sampled representation. The audio signal is sampled within the second and third frames, the third frame following the second frame in the sequence of frames. The sampling uses the information on the pitch contour of the second frame and information on a pitch contour of the third frame to derive a second sampled representation. A first scaling window is derived for the first sampled representation, and a second scaling window is derived for the second sampled representation, the scaling windows depending on the samplings applied to derive the first sampled representations or the second sampled representation. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198587 | Bandwidth Extension Method and Apparatus for a Modified Discrete Cosine Transform Audio Coder - A method includes defining a transition band for a signal having a spectrum within a first frequency band, where the transition band is defined as a portion of the first frequency band, and is located near an adjacent frequency band that is adjacent to the first frequency band. The method analyzes the transition band to obtain a transition band spectral envelope and a transition band excitation spectrum; estimates an adjacent frequency band spectral envelope; generates an adjacent frequency band excitation spectrum by periodic repetition of at least a part of the transition band excitation spectrum with a repetition period determined by a pitch frequency of the signal; and combines the adjacent frequency band spectral envelope and the adjacent frequency band excitation spectrum to obtain an adjacent frequency band signal spectrum. A signal processing logic for performing the method is also disclosed. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198588 | SIGNAL BANDWIDTH EXTENDING APPARATUS - A signal bandwidth extending apparatus including: a bandwidth extending section configured to extend a frequency bandwidth of a target signal, the target signal included in an input signal; a calculating section configured to calculate a degree of the target signal included in the input signal; and a controller configured to change a method of extending the frequency bandwidth by the bandwidth extending section according to a result of the calculating section. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198589 | AUDIO CODING APPARATUS, AUDIO DECODING APPARATUS, AUDIO CODING AND DECODING APPARATUS, AND TELECONFERENCING SYSTEM - The delay in a multi-channel audio coding apparatus and a multi-channel audio decoding apparatus is reduced. The audio coding apparatus includes: a downmix signal generating unit ( | 2010-08-05 |
20100198590 | VOICE AND DATA EXCHANGE OVER A PACKET BASED NETWORK WITH VOICE DETECTION - A signal processing system which discriminates between voice signals and data signals modulated by a voiceband carrier. The signal processing system includes a voice exchange, a data exchange and a call discriminator. The voice exchange is capable of exchanging voice signals between a switched circuit network and a packet based network. The signal processing system also includes a data exchange capable of exchanging data signals modulated by a voiceband carrier on the switched circuit network with unmodulated data signal packets on the packet based network. The data exchange is performed by demodulating data signals from the switched circuit network for transmission on the packet based network, and modulating data signal packets from the packet based network for transmission on the switched circuit network. The call discriminator is used to selectively enable the voice exchange and data exchange. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198591 | PORTABLE TERMINAL AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A portable terminal having an audio pickup means that acquires sound, an absolute position detection unit that detects the absolute position of the portable terminal, a relative position detection unit that detects the relative position of the portable terminal, and a speech recognition and synthesis unit that recognizes the audio acquired by the audio pickup means as speech, is achieved with a simple configuration. A portable terminal ( | 2010-08-05 |
20100198592 | Method for recognizing and interpreting patterns in noisy data sequences - This invention maps possibly noisy digital input from any of a number of different hardware or software sources such as keyboards, automatic speech recognition systems, cell phones, smart phones or the web onto an interpretation consisting of an action and one or more physical objects, such as robots, machinery, vehicles, etc. or digital objects such as data files, tables and databases. Tables and lists of (i) homonyms and misrecognitions, (ii) thematic relation patterns, and (iii) lexicons are used to generate alternative forms of the input which are scored to determine the best interpretation of the noisy input. The actions may be executed internally or output to any device which contains a digital component such as, but not limited to, a computer, a robot, a cell phone, a smart phone or the web. This invention may be implemented on sequential and parallel compute engines and systems. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198593 | Speech Enhancement with Noise Level Estimation Adjustment - Enhancing speech components of an audio signal composed of speech and noise components includes controlling the gain of the audio signal in ones of its subbands, wherein the gain in a subband is reduced as the level of estimated noise components increases with respect to the level of speech components, wherein the level of estimated noise components is determined at least in part by (1) comparing an estimated noise components level with the level of the audio signal in the subband and increasing the estimated noise components level in the subband by a predetermined amount when the input signal level in the subband exceeds the estimated noise components level in the subband by a limit for more than a defined time, or (2) obtaining and monitoring the signal-to-noise ratio in the subband and increasing the estimated noise components level in the subband by a predetermined amount when the signal-to-noise ratio in the subband exceeds a limit for more than a defined time. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198594 | MOBILE PHONE COMMUNICATION GAP RECOVERY - Mobile phone signals may be corrupted by noise, fading, interference with other signals, and low strength field coverage of a transmitting and/or a receiving mobile phone as they pass through the communication network (e.g., free space). Because of the corruption of the mobile phone signal, a voice conversation between a caller and a receiver may be interrupted and there may be gaps in a received oral communication from one or more participants in the voice conversation forcing either or both the caller and the receiver to repeat the conversation. Transmitting a transcript of the oral communication along with a voice signal comprising the oral communication can help ensure that voice conversation is not interrupted due to a corrupted voice signal. The transcript of the oral communication can be used to retrieve parts of the oral communication lost in transmission (e.g., by fading, etc.) to make the conversation more fluid. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198595 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTERACTIVELY ACCESSING HOSTED SERVICES USING VOICE COMMUNICATIONS - In a system comprising a voice recognition module, a session manager, and a voice generator module, a method for providing a service to a user comprises receiving an utterance via the voice recognition module; converting the utterance into one or more structures using lexicon tied to an ontology; identifying concepts in the utterance using the structures; provided the utterance includes sufficient information, selecting a service based on the concepts; generating a text message based on the selected service; and converting the text message to a voice message using the voice generator. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198596 | MESSAGE TRANSCRIPTION, VOICE QUERY AND QUERY DELIVERY SYSTEM - A message transmission system accepts a telephone call from a user who wishes to send an e-mail message, send an SMS message, perform an Internet query or retrieve his or her electronic mail. The voice call is transcribed and the message is sent, or the question in the voice call is transcribed and answered by an agent. Any number of agents connect to a central site over an Internet connection and transcribe messages or answer queries in an assembly line like fashion. In addition, a Web query delivery system accepts a query or statement from a user; the query is transcribed, classified, and then broadcast over any medium to any number of experts or web sites that desire to answer the particular type of query received. The entire query is delivered to an expert or web site who provides a full answer to the user. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198597 | DYNAMIC PRUNING FOR AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION - Methods, speech recognition systems, and computer readable media are provided that recognize speech using dynamic pruning techniques. A search network is expanded based on a frame from a speech signal, a best hypothesis is determined in the search network, a default beam threshold is modified, and the search network is pruned using the modified beam threshold. The search network may be further pruned based on the search depth of the best hypothesis and/or the average number of frames per state for a search path. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198598 | Speaker Recognition in a Speech Recognition System - A method for recognizing a speaker of an utterance in a speech recognition system is disclosed. A likelihood score for each of a plurality of speaker models for different speakers is determined. The likelihood score indicating how well the speaker model corresponds to the utterance. For each of the plurality of speaker models, a probability that the utterance originates from that speaker is determined. The probability is determined based on the likelihood score for the speaker model and requires the estimation of a distribution of likelihood scores expected based at least in part on the training state of the speaker. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198599 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - In a display apparatus, a text code input section outputs externally-supplied text code information to a font conversion section and a voice synthesizer section. The font conversion section converts the input text code into a corresponding font, and transmits the font to a display drive section via a video signal input section, and the display drive section causes a display section to display the font. Meanwhile, the voice synthesizer section converts the input text code into corresponding voice data, and transmits the voice data to a voice device where the voice data is outputted. With this structure, superior convenience is ensured for a display apparatus which serves only as an individual displaying apparatus and relies on an external device (server) for the major functions of the system. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198600 | Voice Conversion System - A voice conversion training system, voice conversion system, voice conversion client-server system, and program that realize voice conversion to be performed with low load of training are provided. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198601 | AUDIO ENCODING AND DECODING METHOD AND ASSOCIATED AUDIO ENCODER, AUDIO DECODER AND COMPUTER PROGRAMS - The invention relates to a method for ordering spectral parameters of ambisonic components to be encoded (A | 2010-08-05 |
20100198602 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR DECODING AN AUDIO SIGNAL - The present invention relates to an apparatus for processing an audio signal and method thereof. The present invention includes receiving a downmix signal comprising plural objects, and a bitstream including object information and downmix gain information, obtaining level guide flag information for all frames indicating whether level guide information is present in the bitstream, obtaining the level guide information representing a limitation of object level applied to at least one object of the plural objects, from the bitstream, based on the level guide flag information, receiving mix information, generating modified mix information by modifying the mix information based on the level guide information and the downmix gain information, and generating at least one of downmix processing information and multi-channel information based on the modified mix information and the object information, wherein the mix information is estimated using object level for at least one object of the plural objects, and wherein the object information and the downmix gain information are determined when the downmix signal is generated. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198603 | SUB-BAND PROCESSING COMPLEXITY REDUCTION - A sub-band processing system that reduces computational complexity and memory requirements includes a processor and a local or distributed memory. Logic stored in the memory partitions a frequency spectrum of bins into a smaller number of sub-bands. The logic enables a lossy compression by designating a magnitude and a designated or derived phase of each bin in the frequency spectrum as representative. The logic renders a lossless compression by decompressing the lossy compressed data and providing lost data based on original spectral relationships contained within the frequency spectrum. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198604 | GENERATION OF CONCEPT RELATIONS - Given a situation, an interest in a first object of interest can be determined. In the given situation, interest in a first object of interest is initially unknown and interest in a second object of interest is known. Data is obtained. The obtained data can, for example, include documents from the Internet or other forms of information from a network and/or database. The number of joint occurrences of the first object of interest and the second object of interest in the data is determined. Based on this number, at least one correlation value is determined. Based on the at least one correlation value, an interest value is determined. The interest value indicates the interest in the first object of interest in the given situation. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198605 | Method for Structuring Balanced and Varied Meals - The present invention relates to a method for structuring balanced and varied meals, and this method is characterized in that a database is constructed comprising all the varieties of dishes available during a given period, as well as the characteristics of their constituents, in that those dishes complying with the food restrictions relating to this user and constituting a balanced meal are selected from this database, for each meal, from among the available dishes, and in that the user chooses from among these dishes those that he or she prefers. The database consists of references of ingredients, of recipes, of dishes and of meals that are pre-established. These references are characterized in that each of the constituents of this database is coded as a function of its nutritional, therapeutic, budgetary properties, target consumers, etc. The filter of the database is formulated dynamically on the basis of the prior information and with the aid of the codes of the dishes (or meals). Stated otherwise, the inputting of the prior information serves to define requests. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198606 | Remote control system and method of the infringement to the traffic regulations - A control system for monitoring violations to circulation rules includes a detector and recording device of the position of a vehicle, installed on the same vehicle, and electronic equipment that compares data detected and recorded by the device with data contained in a centralized data base, which contains information relative to traffic rules, allowing in this manner the imposition of fines. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198607 | METHOD FOR OPTIMIZATION OF BRA FIT AND STYLE FOR ALL BODY SIZES AND TYPES AND FOR WEARING WITH A VARIETY OF CLOTHING STYLES - A method for custom bra fitting to obtain optimal physical fit and optimal style including selecting bras for a woman based on an analysis of the size and shape of her body and breasts and determining the six fitting tips, or style tips, of youthful, uplift, coverage, proportionate, centered, and definition. A further aspect of this invention includes selecting bras to round out a women's bra wardrobe by supplementing her wardrobe with various bra styles including T-Shirt, plunge, classic lace, sexy date and convertible bras. A further aspect of this invention includes selecting a variety of bra shapes including demi, semidemi, balcony and full to complete a woman's bra wardrobe. A further aspect of the custom bra fitting includes consideration of information contained in a questionnaire completed by the woman. A further aspect of this invention includes designing bras that implement the six style tips. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198608 | Home health point-of-care and administration system - A home health point-of-care and administration system and method that has at least one mobile device that is adapted to establish bi-directional communication with a server system is provided. Tracking and data communication software are associated with the mobile device in various embodiments. One or more input components of the mobile device allow for input of information from a user (such as a visiting home healthcare staff member) and the mobile device is adapted for receipt of instructional and other information from the server system to build a dynamic visit record. The record provides detailed information related to off-site visits such as tasks performed by the visiting staff member using the mobile device. Start and finish times of the visit may also be recorded. A global positioning system (GPS) application operating in conjunction with the communication device and server system may be employed to monitor the actions of the visiting staff member. Such information is provided in individual visit records transmitted to the remote server system and may be used for administrative purposes. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198609 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR PREDICTING CAPACITY OF RESOURCES IN AN INSTITUTION - A method, apparatus, system and computer program product are provided for determining one or more current or future conditions regarding capacity and allocation of resources in an institution. The apparatus enables personnel to utilize predictive tools to identify in real-time or in the near future areas of capacity constraints within the institution. The apparatus includes a processor configured to analyze data which includes information associated with the institution. A portion of the data is generated in real-time during an actual time in which events occur. The processor is capable of using at least a portion of the data to identify current conditions or generate one or more predictions regarding conditions to occur in the future that are associated with resources and capacity of the institution. Also, the processor is capable of analyzing results of the predictions and allocating resources of the institution on the basis of the predicted results. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198610 | FAULT SPLITTING ALGORITHM - The present application relates to a method of splitting a fault condition including receiving evidence observations of a monitored system from monitors connected in a many-to-many relationship to the failure modes, generating a fault condition, computing a relative probability of failure for each failure mode in the fault condition. When there is more than one failure mode in the fault condition, the method includes computing a relative probability of each pair of failure modes in the fault condition, ranking the computed relative probabilities of the individual failure modes and the computed relative probabilities of the pairs of failure modes. If the highest ranked failure mode is a pair of failure modes, the fault condition is split based on the failure modes in the highest ranked pair of failure modes are split. If the highest ranked failure mode is an individual failure mode, a failure is isolated based on the ranking. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198611 | PERSON CENTRIC INFECTION RISK STRATIFICATION - Invoking of one or more clinical orders for a particular patient is driven by an infection risk stratification. According to an associated method, infection risk factors for a patient are assessed. The method also includes determining correlations between patient data and two or more particular categories of infection risk associated with the infection risk factors, stratifying infection risk for the patient based on the correlations determined, and determining specific clinical orders relevant for the particular patient based on the stratification. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198612 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTERFACING WITH A MULTI-LEVEL DATA STRUCTURE - The present invention provides a method and system for interfacing with a multi-level data structure by selecting a concept object stored in the multi-level data structure, displaying a first image representing the selected concept object, displaying one or more second images generally above the first image, and displaying a first connector connecting each second image to the first image. Whenever the selected concept object has one or more child concept objects, one or more third images are displayed generally below the first image, and a second connector is displayed connecting each third image to the first image. Whenever the selected concept object has one or more lateral concept objects, one or more fourth images are displayed generally on one or both sides of the first image, and a third connector is displayed connecting each fourth image to the first image. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198613 | Computer System - A computer system ( | 2010-08-05 |
20100198614 | MEDICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONERS - A medical communication system for use in connection with providing medical care to patients at a health care facility. The system includes a central server, a database accessible by the server, and a plurality of mobile stations each carried by a health care practitioner for use within the facility. Each of the mobile stations are accessible within the health care facility by the server via wireless communication. The database provides storage of task information associated with patients receiving medical care at the facility, wherein the task information comprises information associated with a task, including identification of the task, task status, task priority, task assignment or any combination of these. Task information can be shared and updated on each of the mobile devices of the practitioner associated with the patient. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198615 | System and Software of Enhanced Pharmaceutical Operations in Long-Term Care Facilities and Related Methods - A system, software and related methods of enhanced pharmaceutical operations in long term care facilities are provided. An embodiment of a system includes a long-term care facility pharmacy group management server, long-term care facility pharmacy management software associated with the long-term care facility pharmacy group management server to manage pharmacological operations in a plurality of long-term care facilities, a plurality of pharmaceutical storage and electronic dispensing carts each positioned in a long-term care facility remote from the long-term care facility pharmacy group management server and in communication therewith, a remote pharmacy group server in communication with the long-term care facility pharmacy group management server, and a plurality of pharmaceutical prescription document processors each positioned in a long-term care facility and in communication with the remote pharmacy group server or the long-term care facility pharmacy group management server. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198616 | Computerized system and method for rapid data entry of past medical diagnoses - The present invention relates to a system and method for electronic and algorithmic data mining of an individual physician's prescribing history to determine the approximate distribution of diseases within their practice population for optimizing pharmaceutical sales and marketing. Rapid and large-scale determination of specific clinical safety and efficacy attributes of a marketed drug which are most pertinent and relevant to a given physician, when compared to a competitor's drug, are defined and tabularized. Major clinical characteristics taken into account include a drug's safety, efficacy, cost, dosing convenience, formulary insurance coverage, side effect profiles, and FDA approval for the intended use. A symbolic representation of knowledge is employed in which the marketed drug and each competitor's drug are compared algorithmically against each other with a scoring system that is based upon machine analysis of each major clinical characteristic. The score is further refined according to the number and severity of safety interactions which are relevant to the comparison, and also based upon predicted prevalence of such interactions within a specific physician's practice. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198617 | Template Based Filtering and Summations Flowsheet - A system and method are provided for providing a moveable summary column for a patient based medical flow sheet. The summary column can provide various summations of the patient's data records for any time period depending on where the moveable summation column is placed. The summation of the various patient data depends on the summation parameters defined in the medical flow sheet. The summary column can be moved by the user to any spot in the patient data portion of the medical flow sheet to sum up different intervals of data. The moveable summation column will present summary data for each of the patient parameters as designated by the medical flow sheet developers depending on the placement of the summation column. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198618 | DIALYSIS INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A server device, and related systems and methods for managing dialysis patient information. The patient information includes information relating to stages of data collection including baseline characteristics, eligibility for treatment modalities, and outcomes. A remote terminal is configured for displaying in the remote terminal a first user interface for receiving the patient information for the subject patient. The server is configured to receive from the remote terminal the patient information for the subject patient and store said patient information in a patient record in the memory, and determine, based on medical logic rules, whether the patient information is consistent with the patient record in order to proceed to a next stage of data collection, and if so permitting displaying in the remote terminal a second user interface for receiving patient information relating to the next stage of data collection. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198619 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR GENERATING PATIENT TIMELINES - An apparatus and system are provided for generating one or more patient timelines corresponding to a patient(s). The apparatus includes a processor configured to receive medical information, associated with a patient(s), from one or more different computer systems and store the received medical information in a memory. The processor is configured to examine the received medical information stored in the memory and identify whether data in the medical information indicates the medical information corresponds to a patient(s). The data may include a unique identifier(s) (ID(s)) associated with a patient(s). The processor is also configured to determine if content in the received medical information is designated for inclusion in at least one graphical representation. The content may include one or more unique codes. The processor is also configured to generate a graphical representation(s) corresponding to a chronological sequence of medical events associated with a patient(s) during a period of time. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198620 | TISSUE TRACKING - A tissue tracking system is disclosed that provides tissue tracking, for example, at medical facilities. The tissue tracking system may be incorporated with a supply chain, billing, inventory, and/or order systems. In some embodiments, the tissue tracking system may also track environmental conditions of the tissue during reception, storage and issuance. Tissue sequestration methods are also disclosed. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198621 | WORKFLOW-BASED CREATION OF A PATIENT CD - A method, a mobile data medium and a system are disclosed for transferring medical findings data in configured form as configured data to a client. In at least one embodiment, findings data together with further data is configured here such that it is stored specifically for the respective application on a data medium as configured data. The configured data is created as a function of the analysis of a workflow and/or as a function of metadata relating to a patient examination. The configured data is written to the data medium. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198622 | Presentation of Critical Patient Data - A computer-implemented patient information presentation method is disclosed. The method includes extracting, from records maintained for a patient under care in a healthcare facility, a subset of data points for that patient that are determined to represent data points of highest relevance to a subset of potential caregivers for the patient. The method also includes grouping the subset of data points into a plurality of groups based on a determined relatedness among data points in each of the plurality of groups, and generating a display for presentation to a caregiver that shows at least some of the subset of data points arranged in the groups. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198623 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING PERSONAL/INDIVIDUAL HEALTH RECORDS - A system and method for generating and/or updating a personal/individual health record. Inputs of data to the system may come from diverse sources including, but not limited to, patient questionnaires, insurance company (or other payor) claims data, hospitals, clinics and other institutional providers, and individual physicians and physicians' offices. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198624 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING COVERAGE FOR TRANSMISSION OF DATA - The present invention provides systems and methods which afford a technical application for insuring, bonding, and underwriting a transmission of a data set, streaming data, and/or document over the Internet through TCP/IP and all other electronic media such as WAP, VOIP, fiber optic channels, microwave channels, and through standard electrical switches, electrical outlets and power lines. The present invention includes a computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions to cause a system perform a method for insuring, bonding, and/or underwriting data transmission. The method includes enabling a first remote client coupled to a communications network to insure, bond, and/or underwrite a transmission of an electronic data set, streaming data, and/or document, with a selected coverage type for a selected coverage amount, from the first remote client to one or more second remote clients. The method includes charging a fee to an appropriate account for the selected coverage type and amount. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198625 | METHOD OF DELIVERING AT LEAST ONE PHARMACEUTICAL TO A CLIENT - A method of delivering at least one pharmaceutical to a client, the method comprising the steps of providing a travel itinerary of the client to an order management system, the itinerary including at least one destination; providing a prescription for the at least one pharmaceutical to the order management system; the order management system matching the travel itinerary and the prescription together and then issuing at least one order to at least one pharmaceutical supplier for delivery of the pharmaceutical to the destination before the arrival of the client for collection by the client. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198626 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ACCESSING SHOPPING CENTER SERVICES USING A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - This is directed to systems and methods for enhancing a user's experience at a shopping center. In some embodiments, an integrated application available on an electronic device can provide information for promotional and available sales of goods and services, allow a user to browse and search through available content providers of the shopping center, such as parking, restaurants, and clothing stores, to purchase content based on the personal needs of a user. In some embodiments, an application available on an electronic device can check for the availability of particular items and show ratings or reviews for stores carrying the items. In some embodiments, In particular, the integrated application can provide a “heat map” to indicate popular areas of or items in a mall. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198627 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING BIBLE BASED TRAVEL - A system, method and device is provided for enabling Biblical based travel planning, comprising a web portal engine, a Biblical travel server, a Biblical database, a travel database, and a communications network, wherein the Biblical database includes data relating to Biblical sources. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198628 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRESENTING PRICING INFORMATION FOR ONLINE TRAVEL PRODUCTS AND SERVICES - In an online search environment, embodiments described herein provide an interface that presents or provides a summary view of a search result for products or services. The summary view summarizes products or services that match search criteria by provider. In particular, the summary view identifies (i) individual providers that offers products or services that match the search criteria, and (ii) aggregates information that is descriptive of all (or many) products or services that match the search criteria of each identified provider. The aggregated information may be presented in visual association with the provider (e.g. tabular form), and may list price ranges and/or counts of the number of products/services of the provider that match the criteria. Other features may be incorporated into the summary view, such as a visual marker that enables the user to view supplemental information without navigating away from the view. Still further, a programmatic element or robot may trigger search input and criteria, in lieu of a person providing input via a user interface. As another alternative, a community information service enables individuals to view and exchange communications with others in their community. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198629 | Motor vehicle valuation system and method with data filtering, analysis, and reporting capabilities - A motor vehicle valuation system and method with data filtering, analysis, and reporting capabilities is provided. For example, motor vehicle registration data, pricing data, and auction data may be processed in order to identify one or more types of motor vehicles (e.g., by make, model, year, and trim) for which a particular dealership is likely to generate a gross profit within that dealer's territory. The system may report this information to the dealership electronically, for example, within an interactive interface such as a web page. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198630 | SUPPLIER RISK EVALUATION - Evaluating the risks posed by a supplier of goods and services, wherein the supplier subcontracts the production of the goods or services to a third entity, offshores the production of the goods or services, or uses an offshore subcontractor to provide the goods or services. In at least some embodiments, the invention comprises gathering answers to a series of multiple choice questions regarding characteristics of the goods or services provided by the supplier and calculating a risk score therefrom. An embodiment can be implemented via a stand-alone computing system or such a system interconnected with other platforms or data stores by a network, such as a corporate intranet, a local area network, or the Internet. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198631 | SUPPLIER STRATIFICATION - Provided is a method and system of assigning a level of risk presented to an enterprise by a supplier of goods or services. In at least some embodiments, a tier level and/or a composite supplier risk index (CSRI) is calculated for the supplier based on answers provided to a series of multiple choice questions, wherein the questions are used to provide a measure of the risk elements presented by a supplier. In some embodiments, the risk elements comprise business continuity risk, information security risk, finance risk, operational risk, and supply chain risk. An embodiment can be implemented via a stand-alone computing system or such a system interconnected with other platforms or data stores by a network, such as a corporate intranet, a local area network, or the Internet. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198632 | Method, System, and Apparatus for Categorizing and Presenting Risk Based Analytical Results - A system for computing, categorizing and presenting risk based analytical results to a human user for a cargo port security is presented. The system computes analytical results and presents that to the human user in a variety of configurable displays, allowing the user to evaluate the transaction on particular subset of data elements (also called aspect or facet) and a particular viewpoint (also called perspective or intelligence source). The system also enables the human user to compare the transaction to similar transactions (by allowing the user to define “similar”) from relevant past time periods (by allowing the user to define “relevant” periods). | 2010-08-05 |
20100198633 | Method and System for Obtaining Social Network Information - A method and system for obtaining social network information are provided. The method includes capturing a social environment at a given time including capturing a set of identities in a predefined proximity to a monitored identity at the given time, wherein an identity is an identity of a real person or a virtual identity, and recording parameters of the social environment. The method then combines the captured social environments in a time range for a monitored identity and analyses the combined captured social environments in the time range to provide a social network for the monitored identity including weightings of the relationships between the monitored identity and the captured identities. The monitored identity and the captured identities may be avatars and the predefined proximity may be a proximity to a virtual location. Alternatively or additionally, the monitored identity and the captured identities may be identities of real people or groups of people, and the predefined proximity may be a proximity to a real location. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198634 | Dynamic Calculations in an Employee Compensation System - Systems and methods for setting up dynamic calculations within compensation software are described in the present disclosure. According to one embodiment among many, a compensation module for managing compensation for a number of employees includes a dynamic calculation set-up module allowing a user to set up a dynamic calculation. The dynamic calculation includes a calculation for one column of a worksheet based in part on a value in another column. The compensation module also includes a condition builder allowing a user to enter a condition and a result as part of a dynamic calculation. In particular, a column associated with the result receives a calculated value when the condition is met. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198635 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCT DEPLOYMENT AND IN-SERVICE PRODUCT RISK SIMULATION - Methods and systems are provided for predicting the reliability of a plurality of products that will be deployed during a product deployment period comprising a plurality of time intervals. The method comprises retrieving historical product removal data from a product removal data source, retrieving historical product shipment data from a product shipment data source, identifying a plurality of Weibull parameters based on at least a portion of retrieved product removal data and product shipment data, and performing a plurality of product deployment simulations, wherein each product deployment simulation includes predicting a lifespan for each of the plurality of products and determining reliability metrics for uniform time intervals during the product deployment period. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198636 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUDITING GOVERNANCE, RISK, AND COMPLIANCE USING A PLUGGABLE CORRELATION ARCHITECTURE - Described herein is a system and method for auditing governance, risk, and compliance using an event correlation architecture. In particular, the event correlation architecture may include a solution designer for defining a solution pack that enforces one or more specific governance, risk, or compliance controls, and a solution manager for deploying the solution pack within the event correlation architecture to configure the architecture for enforcement of the one or more controls. Thus, a collection of content defined in the solution pack may be used to enrich one or more events received at the event correlation architecture, and a correlation engine may then correlate the events using the content in the solution pack to enforce the one or more governance, risk, or compliance controls. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198637 | Systems and Methods for Integrated Claims Processing - Systems and methods, such as may be executed by a computer or computer network, for the management of claims related to vehicles owned by an owner of a fleet of vehicles. The systems and methods allow for a single claim record to be accessed by a vehicle repair (VR) division, which is responsible for getting the vehicle repaired and a loss control (LC) division which is responsible for allocating the costs associated with the repair. Each of the divisions works with the same record to provide for an enhanced integrative environment and improved intercommunication. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198638 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE PROPERTIES OF HYDROCARBON RESERVOIRS FROM GEOPHYSICAL DATA - A hydrocarbon exploration method is disclosed for developing a model of at least one effective material property of a subsurface reservoir as a function of the composition and structure of the reservoir rock. In one embodiment, the method comprises: obtaining a 3D image ( | 2010-08-05 |
20100198639 | WORK MANAGEMENT SUPPORT METHOD AND WORK MANAGEMENT SUPPORT SYSTEM WHICH USE SENSOR NODES - A sensor net system including: a plurality of sensor nodes, where each sensor node is held on a person of a differing worker, and each sensor node includes; a sensor which obtains sensor data of a worker; a radio frequency circuit which notifies a server of the sensor data; and a server which includes: a unit for storing a relation list for correlating the sensor data with a work category of the worker; a unit for confirming location of the worker based on the obtained sensor data; and a unit for confirming a work category in which the worker is engaged based on the confirmed location and the relation list. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198640 | ELECTRIC-POWER-GENERATING-FACILITY OPERATION MANAGEMENT SUPPORT SYSTEM, ELECTRIC-POWER-GENERATING-FACILITY OPERATION MANAGEMENT SUPPORT METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR EXECUTING OPERATION MANAGEMENT SUPPORT METHOD ON COMPUTER - An electric-power-generating-facility operation management support system includes an analyzing unit that calculates operation plan creating basic information based upon received information with regard to lifespan calculating expressions, present electric-power market information, and operation-history information with regard to electric power generation, and an operation plan creating unit that calculates and outputs operational conditions of electric power generating facilities as created operation planning based upon said operation plan creating basic information calculated by said analyzing unit. The analyzing unit includes a lifespan-consumption-costs calculating unit that calculates lifespan consumption costs of said electric power generating facilities, a reserve-electric-power-price estimating unit that estimates the market price of reserve electric power, and a reserve-electric-power supply-probability estimating unit that estimates probability of supply of reserve electric power. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198641 | ECOMMERCE MARKETPLACE INTEGRATION TECHNIQUES - Various technologies and techniques are disclosed for integrating ecommerce marketplaces. An ecommerce integration framework has definitions for common data entities that are commonly used by multiple ecommerce marketplaces for listing items. Definitions for common operations that can manipulate the common data entities are provided. An application programming interface is provided that uses the common data entities and common operations to enable enterprise resource planning systems to exchange data in a standardized format with ecommerce marketplaces. Catalogs of items to be sold in ecommerce marketplaces can be created and managed using a customizable structure. The customizable structure enables catalogs to be created in a hierarchical manner with at least one parent catalog and zero or more child catalogs. Data values specified in a respective child catalog override data values specified in the parent catalog. A method for communicating with a particular ecommerce marketplace using an ecommerce integration framework is described. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198642 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING ONE OR MORE PROCESSES IN AN ORGANIZATION - The present invention provides a method, system and computer program product for managing one or more processes in an organization. The system enables a user to define various process clusters. The process clusters include various associated processes that are made compliant with a predefined set of standards. Further, the system integrates various process clusters and enables interaction among various processes. Furthermore, the system provides a common access to the process clusters and the associated processes. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198643 | DRINKS MACHINE WITH NETWORK DRINK ORDERING - One or more drinks machines are used for preparing or providing drinks using a computers' network, and an adapter connected in between. The users can order drinks through a graphic interface and monitor the status of the drinks and of the machines. The orders can be managed using a queue and each user can be notified through the computer when the drink is ready or can he prepared. The adapter can he connected to an existing machine or provided with one. Another possibility is that the adapter would include wireless communication support. It may he possible that the adapter would also monitor the drink machine as well as sending commands for preparing ordered drinks. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198644 | System and method for computer-aided coordination of presentation events - A system and method for the automated scheduling, coordination, and management of meetings, briefings, and other presentations. The meeting coordination application described herein is a centralized system for meeting planning. The meeting coordination application receives data from a customer database, a human resources database, and a scheduling database. On the basis of this data, the meeting coordination application proposes or selects presenters for the meeting. The meeting coordination application selects the presenters on the basis of their personal availability and their knowledge base as compared to the topics proposed by the customer for the meeting. The meeting coordination also acts as a logistical tool for scheduling the meeting, coordinating tasks relating to reserving the meeting space, generating catering instructions, arranging and confirming transportation for meeting attendees, conducting a post-meeting survey, and collecting survey responses and other information to update a historical database describing organizational meetings. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198645 | COMPREHENSIVE COORDINATED COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and system for a first party providing a comprehensive coordinated communication system by enabling initiation of a communication interaction between a first party and a second party, presenting a plurality of communication channels from which one of the parties can make a selection, displaying an interface for using the selected communication channel for a communication interaction between the two parties, and creating a record of the communication interaction, wherein either of the two parties can retrieve the record. The invention can be implemented via a stand-alone computing system or such a system interconnected with other platforms or data stores by a network, such as a corporate intranet, a local area network, or the internet. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198646 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR BROADCASTING AN ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL - A mobile device of a user may provide an Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA) of the user to other participants of a scheduled meeting. In providing the ETA, the mobile device may retrieve meeting information associated with the scheduled meeting, location information associated with the location of the user, and environmental condition information associated with an intended path of the user to the scheduled meeting. The mobile device may calculate the ETA to the scheduled meeting based on the meeting information, the location information, and the environmental condition information. The calculated ETA may then be transmitted to the other participants. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198647 | TECHNICAL HOTLINE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM - A technical hotline resource management method and system provides a business solution for contact centers which receive contacts both through telephone-based inquiries and web-based inquiries. The disclosed method and system provides, among other things, intelligent calculation of projected resource requirements, a common schedule template for all groups engaged in providing technical assistance, simple input and maintenance screens, a readily-viewed calendar of employee schedules, detailed employee profiles (which identify employee skills), and options for scheduling different work types during given increments of time. Having such information readily available the technical hotline resource manager can thus readily review lists of available employees, groups, and technical requests and can route the inquiries efficiently and quickly. Using the disclosed method and system the resource manager is able to schedule different work types over the contact information, thus enabling employees to be assigned to various work types, including responsibility for different types of inquiries (telephone-based and web-based) as well as for training and meetings, avoiding unnecessary work beyond standard work schedules. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198648 | DYNAMIC MEETING GROUP ORGANIZER - A Dynamic Meeting Group Organizer automatically creates sub-groups from a group of responders to a meeting invitation sent by email by determining a number of subgroups and a subgroup size parameter; determining a question and a criteria associated with the question to create a survey; determining a list of invitees and a response date by which an invitee is to return a completed survey; sending a plurality of invitations with the survey attached to each invitee on the list; accumulating a plurality of responses to the questionnaire in a response file; and accessing the response file and automatically processing the plurality of responses by organizing the list of invitees into a plurality of subgroups according to each invitee's response to the question and the subgroup size parameter. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198649 | ROLE TAILORED DASHBOARDS AND SCORECARDS IN A PORTAL SOLUTION THAT INTEGRATES RETRIEVED METRICS ACROSS AN ENTERPRISE - A user can log into an organization portal. An organizational role can be determined for the user. For a decision maker, a set of metric driven portlets can be graphically presented within the organization portal. The metrics driven portlets can include at least one scorecard and at least one dashboard, each tailored for the determined organizational role. The scorecard and the dashboard can be dynamically updated based upon metrics provided by a plurality of discrete services. The discrete services can obtain the metrics from a set of geographically distributed data sources. The discrete services can be functionally independent of each other and can be responsible for federating data in a portlet and role specific manner. Online collaboration capabilities can be provided through collaboration and alerting portlets of the organization portal, and which can be tailored for the determined organizational role. The collaboration and alerting portlets provide the ability for action takers and decision makers to effectively share information. The organizational role based portal, providing users with appropriate metrics, near real time and/or cumulative data, and collaboration capabilities to trigger effective sharing of information and decision making is the overarching theme and embodiment of this invention, which enables action takers with the ability to raise awareness of potential issues to appropriate decision makers. With such awareness, decision makers can leverage scorecard metrics to determine appropriate courses of action and to communicate directives back to action takers. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198650 | Method of providing game tracking data - A method for tracking game comprising the steps of fixing tracking devices to the game, receiving data transmitted by the tracking devices, storing the data in the database, providing the web page as a user interface, registering users through the web page, issuing user credentials to authenticate users, and displaying information via the web page. The tracking devices can be configured to gather and to transmit a variety of data, such as weather or water conditions, location, species of game, and many others. Data is processed and stored according to categories of information contained therein. The user accesses the stored data by a web page, which can be configured to display certain categories of data, to provide access to certain electronic features, or to provide certain features corresponding to a user-selected membership level. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198651 | Integrated infrastructure operations management system and method - A business computing system and method for integrated management of operations and infrastructure of a business is disclosed. The system architecture contains data stored in one or more relational databases, web-based, and/or non-web based user interfaces provided by an aggregation of software, automated processes, and a transaction processing system. A standardized interface is defined for modular components to be incorporated. A specialized business process description and control language is utilized to support flexibility, configuration, and modeling of processes. Persistent messaging is utilized for inter-process communication. Various other processes and components provide automation and integration with external systems/subsystems. The purpose of this combination of applications and business processes is to provide a robust and flexible enterprise management platform for managing infrastructure (including facilities, cabling, security, furniture, etc.) and information technology (IT) services (including network, voice, platform management, printing, etc.). | 2010-08-05 |
20100198652 | System for the Management of Construction Projects - A computer-based system for managing construction repair project that includes an input device coupled to a processor, an output device coupled to the processor, wherein the processor is programmed to perform certain actions based on user input. The processor is programmed to determine material requirements for the repair project, determine the labor requirement for the repair project, and to generate a cost estimate for the repair project. The processor is also programmed to generate purchase orders for materials based on the material requirements, generate a work crew schedule base on the labor requirements, generate a project schedule that provides a timeline for work to be performed on the repair project, while regularly providing status updates to the user regarding the work performed on the repair project. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198653 | OBJECT ORGANIZATION BASED ON USER INTERACTIONS WITHIN A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT - Embodiments of the invention provide techniques for arranging virtual objects within an immersive virtual environment. In one embodiment, avatar characteristics, viewport/display characteristics, and object/location characteristics may be analyzed to determine a degree of visibility of various locations within a virtual space to a user. Further, past user interactions within the immersive virtual environment may be analyzed to determine which portions of the user's viewport, when including virtual objects that are offered for sale, are most likely to result in a sale to the user. A set of virtual objects may then be assigned to locations within the virtual space based on the determined visibility to the user, past purchases by the user, and characteristics of the virtual objects. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198654 | Personalized Content Delivery and Analytics - Systems and methods are provided that record details and analytics about a sales call presentation. Presentation materials are stored in the form of digital content in a memory. A first user interface is provided to allow a presenter to select a presentation, and a second user interface is provided to allow a presenter to enter details about the sales call. Analytical data of the presentation is recorded in real-time and the analytical data is stored in a memory, wherein the analytical data is used in part to assess the success of the presentation. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198655 | ADVERTISING TRIGGERS BASED ON INTERNET TRENDS - Among other things, a computer-implemented method for presenting an ad. The method includes receiving from an advertiser a predetermined level of online interest in a specified topic. The method further includes determining whether a current level of online interest meets or exceeds the predetermined level, and selectively presenting the ad based on the determination. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198656 | Electronic digital direct-mail collateral - An electronic digital direct-mail collateral. In an embodiment, the device comprises a card stock mailer similar to a CD case, center hinged and printed with branded advertising information and graphic. The device may further comprise video, audio and cell phone operations. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198657 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PLANNING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A MANUNFACTURING BUSINESS - A method for planning the establishment of a business comprising the steps of providing partner characteristic information representing objective representations of characteristics of potential suppliers of goods and/or services, providing location characteristic information representing objective representations of characteristics of potential business locations, providing a minimum profit desired for the operation of said business, determining constraints for optimizing potential partners and potential locations to be used for determining profits according to a selected partner and selected locations; and determining a set of results wherein each member of said set of results contains at least one potential partner and at least one potential location according to said constraints. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198658 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ONLINE AUCTIONS AND MARKET-PLACES UTILIZING PROGRAM TERMS - An on-line market-place includes an auction wherein one or more predefined terms, qualities, incentives, or other such indicia (generally, “Program Terms”) are associated with the particular product and/or service which is the subject of the auction. Customers rank or otherwise designate their preference for these Program Terms (e.g., by selecting a “Preferred Program Term”), and the system then partitions the customers into “pools” in accordance with the selected Program Terms. Merchants then compete to obtain that pool of customers by bidding on the Preferred Program Term. Customers may be pooled according to demographic or other customer characteristics (“Characteristic Pooling”), or according to level of commitment to purchase (“Commitment Pooling”). | 2010-08-05 |
20100198659 | Methods for matching and managing mentors and mentees and systems thereof - A method, computer readable medium, and system that matches and manages mentors includes determining whether one or more evaluation scores in a plurality of evaluation reports for one or more entities are below a lower threshold and whether one or more of the evaluation scores in the one or more evaluation reports for the one or more entities are above an upper threshold. The one or more of the entities with the one or more evaluation scores determined to be above the upper threshold are matched as a mentor for the one or more of the entities with the corresponding one or more evaluation scores determined to be below the lower threshold based on at least one demographic criteria. One or more review scores are obtained for the one or more of the entities matched as the mentor based on one or more criteria after a first period of time. Recognition is provided to the one or more entities matched as the mentor with one or more of the review scores above a corresponding recognition threshold. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198660 | SUBCONTRACTOR COMPLIANCE MEASUREMENT - A subcontractor compliance measurement system and methods are disclosed. Tiering criteria are applied to each subcontractor from among a plurality of subcontractors. The tiering criteria are indicative of situational risk. The tiering criteria are used to calculate a risk score for the subcontractor. The subcontractor is then assigned to a tier using a numerical value of the risk score, wherein the tier is indicative of a compliance risk monitoring posture for the subcontractor. Contractors in a high-risk tier are then monitored with tools such as a heat map and a validation tool so that risk can be mitigated. Contract compliance metrics for subcontractors can be displayed, and scoring for the primary contractor can be derived from heat map data for the subcontractors. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198661 | SUPPLIER PORTFOLIO INDEXING - Supply chain management using a supplier portfolio index (SPI) is disclosed. A single risk and performance metric for a supplier can be used across portfolios at both the business unit and enterprise level. The SPI can be produced by stratifying suppliers to obtain a plurality of risk element scores, which in turn are used to obtain a composite supplier risk index. A supplier performance scorecard metric can also be determined by combining a plurality of individual performance metrics. The composite supplier risk index, the supplier performance scorecard metric, and an indication of supplier manager certification can be aggregated to produce SPI. Percentage weights can be applied to the composite supplier risk index, the supplier performance scorecard metric, and the indication of supplier manager certification status so that the SPI is indicated on a 100-point scale. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198662 | WEB SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OUTCOME BASED ASSESSMENTS - A system and method provides outcome based assessments utilizing a web server system and database. The system collects evidence forming the basis of an assessment, ties a graded assessment to the underlying evidence and correlates the assessment with profile information of an institution, one or more groups within the institution, the assessor and the assessee and to a set of outcomes to generate aggregate and disaggregate reports so that performance at various levels within an institution relative to a set of outcomes can be determined. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198663 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR OVERLAYING ELECTRONIC MARKING INFORMATION ON FACILITIES MAP INFORMATION AND/OR OTHER IMAGE INFORMATION DISPLAYED ON A MARKING DEVICE - A marking device for a marking operation to mark a presence or an absence of one or more underground facilities is configured to access and display facilities map information, and/or other image information, as a visual aid to facilitate the marking operation. In various aspects, methods and apparatus relate to: selection of an appropriate “base” facilities map, or information from a database of facilities map data, relating to a given work site/dig area; selection of an appropriate pan and/or zoom (resolution) for displaying facilities map information; appropriately updating displayed facilities map information while a marking device is used during a marking operation (e.g. changing pan, zoom and/or orientation); overlaying on the displayed facilities map information marking information and/or landmark information relating to the marking operation; and storing locally on the marking device, and/or transmitting from the marking device, facilities map information and/or overlaid marking/landmark information (e.g., for further processing, analysis and/or subsequent display). | 2010-08-05 |
20100198664 | VARIABLE ROAD TOLL PREDICATED ON INSTANTANEOUS POINT-TO-POINT TRAFFIC VOLUME CALCULATION - A method, a system and a computer program product are directed towards determination of a variable toll for a particular target vehicle using a particular point-to-point travel segment of a particular toll road. The variable toll is calculated predicated upon a deviation of an instantaneous point-to-point traffic volume for the particular target vehicle exiting the toll road in comparison with an arbitrarily determined baseline point-to-point traffic volume. The instantaneous point-to-point traffic volume includes vehicles traveling at least a portion of the same point-to-point travel segment as the target vehicle during an effective time interval when the target vehicle traveled the point-to-point travel segment. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198665 | ROAD TOLL SYSTEM - A road toll system comprises a vehicle-mounted unit having a satellite navigation receiver. A first data processing means determines a route taken | 2010-08-05 |
20100198666 | INTERNET ADVERTISING SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH AUTHENTICATION PROCESS THROUGH A MOBILE PHONE NETWORK - An Internet advertising system is disclosed. A commercial project database stores a commercial, a questionnaire related to the commercial and a predetermined answer to the questionnaire. A user database stores a cellular phone number correlated to a user. A server is arranged to transmit the commercial and the questionnaire related to the commercial to a user equipment used by the user via the Internet network. An inputted answer from the user equipment via the Internet network is received and verified. The server transmits an authentication code via a cellular phone network based on the cellular phone number. An inputted code from the user equipment via the Internet network is verified for consistence. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198667 | ALTERNATIVE OUTDOOR ADVERTISING METHOD - A storage method includes the steps of delivering a storage container to a customer, leaving the storage container at a site selected by the customer and marketing advertising space on the storage container (see FIG. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198668 | Method for Promoting a Product or Service - A method of promoting a product or service is disclosed, the method comprising the steps of identifying an object representative of a competing product or service, identifying an undesirable natural attribute and an unnatural attribute associated with the object, simultaneously applying the natural attribute and unnatural attribute to the object, and presenting the object having the natural and unnatural attributes to a user via the user interface so as to convey to the user that the competing product or service is inferior to the product or service being promoted. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198669 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONDUCTING TRANSACTIONS WITH OLIGOPOLISTIC ENTITIES - A method for conducting a business transaction using a payment processing network is disclosed. The method includes sending an authorization request message including an authorization request to an issuer, where the authorization request message originates from a business consumer purchasing goods or services from an oligopolistic business entity. The issuer sends an authorization response message indicating that the authorization request is approved or not approved. Economic incentives associated with the business transaction is provided to the oligopolistic business entity or the business consumer for conducting the business transaction, wherein the incentive would not be available in a transaction between a non-oligopolistic business entity and the business consumer. A method for encouraging use of electronic payment methods is also disclosed, wherein an oligopolistic entity and a group of business consumers in an industry vertical are identified based on sales information, and an economic incentive is provided to the oligopolistic business entity after it agrees to accept electronic payment transactions for conducting business with the group of business consumers. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198670 | AFFILIATE SYSTEM AND AFFILIATE DEVICE - An affiliate system in which it is possible to form customers on the initiative of advertising clients is provided. Affiliate System | 2010-08-05 |
20100198671 | RECYCLING REWARD SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - Systems and methods are provided for incentivizing and rewarding consistent and repeated recycling of recyclable materials. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198672 | METHODS, APPARATUSES AND ARTICLE OF MANUFACTURES FOR INCENTIVIZING PARTICIPANTS TO TRADE ON A MARKETPLACE - A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for incentivizing a plurality of participants to exchange goods or services on a marketplace. In one embodiment, at least one warrant is issued a participant who trades on the marketplace. The warrant is issued in accordance to an agreement among the plurality of participants. The warrant provides the participant with a right for converting the warrant into at least one ownership share of the marketplace. The right is conditioned on the participant's performance on the marketplace. The participant's performance on the marketplace is determined by the system, and is used to determine a quantity of warrants that may be converted into the at least one ownership share of the marketplace. The quantity of warrants that may be converted is outputted and communicated to the participant. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198673 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROCESSING REBATES - The invention provides efficient and convenient rebate systems and methods which facilitate application of the value of a rebate redeemed by a purchaser to additional purchases by the purchaser prior to termination of a rebate redemption session. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198674 | Brand Experience System - A brand experience system includes a management server that receives data captured by a capture device over a network. The data received by the management server includes a locator ID identifying a location at which the data is captured and a user ID identifying a user account associated with the user of the capture device. The management server looks up matching services, such as a brand experience service, social networking service, or other third party services, using the user ID and the locator ID. Additional information, such as product data, date and time of data capture, in the received data can also be used for determining the matching services. The management server provides the user with links to the matching services and advertisements relating to the matching services. The management server also forwards the received data to the matching services to update user accounts. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198675 | METHOD FOR INTERACTION BETWEEN A USER AND A RECEIVER OF A PRINTED PRODUCT - The invention relates to a method for interaction between a user ( | 2010-08-05 |
20100198676 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REWARD AUDITING - A computer system and method for managing customer rewards, such as automobile rebates, incentives, money back, and percentage rates. The system accesses a manufacturer data processing system that includes a reward information associated with a product, determines whether a reward is available for a product from the reward information, and notifying a customer when the reward is available. The system may also claim the reward. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198677 | Method of Selling and Activating Consumer Products and Services - A business method for products and services. The business model provides for retail purchase of a product or service. The product or service is then transported from the retail point of purchase to a professional. The professional then activates the product or service for the consumer. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198678 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SHARING OFFERS - A method for stimulating commerce includes the steps of presenting an offer to a consumer, receiving from the consumer an identifier of a mode for sharing the offer, dynamically generating a unique URL, and placing the dynamically-generated URL in the selected mode for sharing the offer, where the dynamically-generated URL is selectable by a user. The unique URL includes at least an identifier of the consumer, the identifier of the mode for sharing the offer, and/or an identifier of the offer. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198679 | ONLINE SEARCH ADVERTISING AUCTION BID DETERMINATION TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES - A machine-controlled method can include estimating expected conversion rates for ads by applying an estimated conversion rate statistical model to each ad, estimating an expected AOV for each ad by applying an estimated AOV statistical model to each ad, applying an inference algorithm, and determining auction bids based on the estimated expected conversion rate and the estimated expected AOV for the ads. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198680 | Conversion Crediting - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for processing events related to presented content. In one aspect, a method includes determining a time window count of a number of advertising events associated with an advertisement during at least one time window before a conversion event; and determining a credit that represents a strength of an association between the advertisement and the conversion event, wherein determining a credit includes selecting a weighting model for the at least one time window count. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198681 | Dynamic bidding and expected value - A system and computer-implemented method for positioning targeted sponsored content on a mobile communication facility includes the steps of: (a) receiving data corresponding to a transaction event having occurred via the interaction of a user with the mobile communication facility, wherein the transaction event includes transmission of data representative of a first product or a first service being purchased by the user; (b) selecting advertising content based at least upon a relevance between an advertisement for a second product or a second service and the purchased first product or first service in the transaction event, wherein the relevance is further based on information relating to compatibility of the advertising content, second product, or second service with the mobile communication facility; and (c) presenting the selected advertising content on a display of the mobile communication facility. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198682 | SENSITIVE SKIN PRODUCT MARKETING ARTICLES - Sensitive skin product marketing articles that are designed to communicate to consumers of sensitive skin products the relevance and/or characteristics of the sensitive skin product are provided. | 2010-08-05 |
20100198683 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SIMULATED PRODUCT EVALUATION VIA PERSONALIZING ADVERTISEMENTS BASED ON PORTRAIT IMAGES - Advertising method and system for creating a personalized advertisement, and for recommending a product being advertised. An uploaded facial photograph is received, the facial photograph including a plurality of facial features. At least one facial feature of the plurality of facial features is detected. Personal information may be extracted by analyzing the at least one detected facial feature. A product being advertised may be recommended, wherein the recommended product applies to a treatment related to the extracted personal information. | 2010-08-05 |