32nd week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 51 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090198567 | Method of adaptive browsing for digital content - Providing adaptive visual browsing of digital content may be accomplished by presenting a scrolling ticker on a display for browsing of digital content available for viewing by a user of a processing system, the ticker having a plurality of items, each item including an image representing at least one of a content title and a content service provider; receiving a user input selection from a remote control device operated by the user, the user input selection selecting one of the ticker items to indicate the user's interest in the selected item; and changing at least one of the items in the ticker to another item in response to the user input selection, wherein the other item has metatags similar to or related to metatags of the selected item. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198568 | System and Method for Modeling and Applying a People Network Representation - A system and method for applying a people network representation to aid contact between a member of an organization and a target individual selects a contact path between the member and the target supported by analysis of the level of interaction between members of the organization based on network communications of the organization. Level of interaction is analyzed using network communications that take into account the recentness and frequency of interactions, such as email, ICQ, or phone interaction. To contact a targeted individual, for instance such as to obtain expertise in a desired area, the model of the people network allows determination of a contact path between the member and target which improves the likelihood of obtaining the target's expertise. A contact path from a member may include a suggestion to contact the target through one or more intervening organization members. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198569 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRESENTING ADVERTISEMENTS - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a controller to determine a behavioral profile of an end user from packet traffic generated by activities of the end user, and share the behavioral profile with a network element for distributing targeted advertisements to the end user according to the behavioral profile. Additional embodiments are disclosed. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198570 | METHODOLOGIES AND ANALYTICS TOOLS FOR IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL LICENSEE MARKETS - A method is disclosed for use with at least one initial document describing a technical concept suitable for licensing, the method comprising: retrieving a set of intellectual property documents from a data warehouse; partitioning the set of intellectual property documents into a plurality of document categories; classifying the set of intellectual property documents by an industry parameter; constructing a contingency table that includes a listing of industry classifications for each of the document categories, and identifying documents within a particular one of the document categories that have different industry classifications so as to identify at least one potential new licensee industry of the technical concept described in the initial document. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198571 | RELATED PRODUCT SYSTEM AND METHOD - Computer-implemented systems and methods for automatically creating a second customized product design incorporating information from a first customized product design. Information from a first custom product design is automatically combined with additional automatically selected content to create a new custom product to be promoted to the customer. When possible, information known about the customer, such as the customer's geographic location or business interests, is used to select the additional content for incorporation into the design. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198572 | System and method for rewards optimization in a computer system - A method of optimizing rewards earned by a customer of a financial institution comprises presenting data in an online banking computer system of rewards earned by a customer of a financial institution, and presenting data in the online banking computer system of rewards the customer of the financial institution could have earned. Methods for determining the rewards that the customer of the financial institution could have earned are described herein. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198573 | Advertisement Insertion System and Method - A method for presenting an advertisement during a video game. A rendering library used by the video game is renamed to a different name. A replacement library is named to the same name as the rendering library before the rendering library was renamed. The replacement library is coupled to the rendering library through an advertisement engine. Buffer data is retrieved from a video buffer and compared to predefined data that indicates a game state during which the advertisement can be presented. If the buffer data corresponds to the predefined data, then an advertisement is sent from the advertisement engine to the rendering library. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198574 | FLYING FOAM APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MAKING FLYING FOAM - The present invention is an apparatus for generating foam shapes that float in air having a container, a gas source, an aeration nozzle for aerating a gas from the gas source, an outlet, and a separator for separating extruded foam into individualized foam shapes. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198575 | SOFTWARE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ART AND ART OBJECTS OVER A CENTRALLY MANAGED COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK CONNECTING ART IDEA CREATORS AND ART IDEA IMPLEMENTERS/PRODUCERS IN A FORUM - The present invention provides a computer system running software with software implemented methods providing a secure private or virtual private communications network access for network users identified by the network as having permission for network access as either a member or guest and providing an enhanced way computer assisted production of art and art objects over the centrally managed network utilizing computer implemented methods for art idea creator network members to communicate with art idea implementers/producers in a forum to produce and sell art or art objects, wherein art idea creator end users and art idea implementer/producer end users receive one or more of prizes, a portion of sale proceeds for any art produced as a direct result of their contributions to the forum, or a portion of advertising proceeds for advertising that targets forum visitors, or viewers of posted art. In another aspect the invention provides an improved method for computer assisted production of art and art objects comprising a contest forum to evaluate the work of artists in a public forum to provide valuable feedback for artists to use to improve their art skills and the art's appeal to others. Payment by the network managers to art idea creators and art end users may be shared revenue, free or reduced service costs, gifts or awards, or some combination thereof. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198576 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BAND PROMOTION - Embodiments of the disclosure provide a game including a puzzle game interface pre-populated with alphanumeric characters or symbols, wherein interacting with the pre-populated alphanumeric characters or symbols of the puzzle game interface provides brand promotion. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198577 | BUSINESS PROCESS, METHOD, SYSTEM AND MODEL of COMMERCE between A UNIQUE BUSINESS ENTITY that PROCURES and DISTRIBUTES ANY PRODUCT and/or SERVICE & its CONSUMERS WHOM RECEIVE SAID PRODUCTS and SERVICES by PURCHASING A SUBSCRIPTION BASED MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM that INCLUDES a SELF EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM - The present invention relates to an exclusive method, system and model of commerce created between a unique business entity that offers, publishes, and/or distributes any product and/or service through a subscription based membership program purchased by its consumers and the unique business entities' consumers who receive said products and/or services electronically or via mail. The unique business entities' consumers simultaneously operate their own home based business program utilizing a unique viral marketing campaign and cross promotion sales process created by the unique business entity. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198578 | Auction Inverse System - In a traditional Auction, Auction of any item takes place at specific date and time and who so ever bids high wins. Here is totally revolutionary auction mechanism, I named it an “Inverse Auction System or Auction Inverse System”—In this system the items are listed by the auctioneer in the auction-store with no specific date and time of auction. The trigger/initiation of the auction event is in the hands of the bidders, not the auctioneer. When some prospective buyer/bidder likes the item, he/she will initiate the auction, and now we have right away a potential buyer for it. The starter of the auction, will get some rewards, like discounts in any form, may be a % x off or any number of rewards and best of all will be presented a onetime “Buy-it-now” and “Make-an-offer” options. In this way there is a better chance of auction as well as a race condition among bidders for the items. This will make the auction more fun, exciting and rewarding. Everyone will try to start the auction to get the rewards, in that way there would be a competition among bidders as well, that make this system more productive and robust. Complete Algorithm is explained in the [FIG. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198579 | KEYWORD TRACKING FOR MICROTARGETING OF MOBILE ADVERTISING - An end-to-end mobile advertising system characterizes user behavior with regard to a mobile communication device in order to select micro-targeted advertisements. In particular, “keyword” usage in mobile applications can serve as a basis or augment a user behavioral profile. The types of keywords monitored address the particular user interface limitations and uses of a mobile communication device, such as dialed telephone messages, applets, or triglets downloaded, RSS feeds selected, and search terms or navigation links used in a wireless WAP. A marketplace platform handles the formatting required for presentation suitable for mobile communication devices in accordance with negotiated tags for a desired audience (“reach”), for a suitable number of presentations (“frequency”) and for an effective duration (“time”) within a particular scheduled window. Effectiveness is gauged even in the instance of impression advertisements by monitoring user location and/or interaction with the communication device to see a change in behavior. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198580 | Distribution and Targeting of Advertising for Mobile Devices - Advertisements are selected according to user profiles and selected advertisements may be downloaded offline to mobile devices and stored. Each advertisement may be associated with an advertisement header or auxiliary file specifying parameters of the advertisement. Content may be separately provided to the mobile device. Each content may be associated with a content header containing requirements or restrictions regarding the advertisements that may be shown in association with selected content. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198581 | DIGITAL CREATIVE WORKS WIDGETS - A computer-implemented method includes generating a profile for a user, the profile having digital creative content associated therewith, and the user having rights in the digital creative content, selecting digital creative content associated with the profile from digital memory, generating a widget in a graphical user interface to advertise the digital creative content, and displaying the digital creative content within the widget based on a criteria selected from a plurality of criteria. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198582 | POS DEVICE - A POS device includes a rotation shaft vertically fixed, a rotary plate provided so as to be rotatable about the rotation shaft, a rotating portion placed on the rotary plate and having at least a barcode scanner and a receipt printer, and a display device for clerk and a display device for customer both provided at the top end of the rotation shaft. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198583 | Method for Paying Invoices - For an organization having a central station and a plurality of distributed outlets, each of the outlets having a cashier's terminal, each of the cashier's terminals coupled to a respective point-of-sale (POS) controller, a method of permitting a billee to pay an invoice issued by a biller is disclosed. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198584 | MANAGEMENT AND PUBLICATION OF IDEAS FOR INVENTIONS ACCUMULATED IN A COMPUTER DATABASE - Management in a database of inventions, ideas, and rights related to inventions including publication of ideas for inventions accumulated in a computer database. A computerized method includes establishing a contractual obligation by a prospective contributor of an idea contribution for the database to transfer property rights of a prospectively patentable invention. The contributor is enabled to view at least some other idea contributions accumulated in the database. The idea contribution is received for the database from the contributor. Ownership of a contractual benefit is provided to the contributor, wherein the contractual benefit is transferred from the owner of the contractual benefit to a new owner of the contractual benefit. The idea contribution from the database is published. Some of the property rights are transferred to a customer to allow the customer to file a patent application and/or remuneration is distributed to the new owner in exchange for the contractual benefit. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198585 | Vote up count down - An electronic commerce system of auctioning products on-line is provided. An auctioneer presents a list of available products to consumers. The products may be present to consumers using a web site. Customers are able to “vote up” as many products as they want. The product that the most customers have voted up will go to a “countdown” sale mode, where it gets progressively less expensive, for example one penny cheaper every second, until someone purchases the product. Once someone purchases the product, the next product with the most votes immediately replaced it and goes into countdown mode. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198586 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO FACILITATE PAYMENT OF SHIPPED GOODS - This disclosure describes methods and systems for facilitating shipment of goods. The method includes forwarding an invoice for a purchase agreement made between a seller and a buyer. The method includes receiving a service selection indicating that the invoice is to be paid using an escrow system. The service selection includes a token for verification of a buyer's signatory. The method receives funding confirmation that the buyer has deposited funds into an escrow account. Based on funding confirmation, notification to ship the goods is sent. The method receives shipping confirmation confirming that the goods have been shipped. Upon receipt of the goods, a receiver is authenticated as the authorized signatory using the verification system. This authentication is based on the stored token matching a provided token. Based on verification of the receiver, the goods are released and the deposited funds from the escrow account are deposited into the seller's account. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198587 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTHENTICATING CUSTOMER IDENTITIES - This disclosure describes, generally, methods and systems for authenticating the identities of customers. For example, a method comprising receiving a service request from a customer and retrieving customer profile information related to the customer is described. The method further comprises generating questions based on the customer profile information and receiving answers to the questions from the customer. Furthermore, the method comprises analyzing the answers by comparing the answers with the customer profile information and calculating an authentication score based on the analysis of the answers. The method further authenticates the customer based on the authentication score being greater than a threshold score level. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198588 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING MEDIA CONTENT - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a registration system having a controller to register a purchase of media content housed in a physical medium with one or more media sources to authorize a consumer of the purchased media content to electronically access from the one or more media sources at least a portion of media content that is similar to or a replica of the purchased media content. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198589 | SEEDED CARRIER AND CUSTOMIZED FUNDRAISING ITEMS INCLUDING THE SAME - A carrier for use in conducting a fundraiser is presented. The carrier including a first layer having a plurality of seeds disposed therein or thereon, a second layer disposed over the plurality of seeds and at least a portion of the first layer, and customizable postage indicia disposed on the first layer. The plurality of seeds and the customizable postage indicia have relevance to the fundraiser. In one embodiment, the first layer is comprised of a biodegradable material that gradually disintegrates when exposed to moisture. When the biodegradable material disintegrates the plurality of seeds germinate over time and develop into a desired organic matter. In one embodiment, the desired organic matter includes at least one of plants bearing flowers, fruit, vegetables, herbs, trees and the like. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198590 | INDUSTRIAL-DESIGN-RESOURCES OPERATING PLATFORM - An industrial-design-resources operating platform locates at a server end for connecting buyers and designers at client ends via the internet. The industrial-design-resources operating platform comprises a primary storage module for storing at least one first industrial design draft sent by the designer; a resource depository module for depositing an industrial design work which is an evaluated classification generated by having the first industrial design draft evaluated by at least one evaluator; a pricing module for giving a price to the industrial design work according to the evaluated classification; a displaying module for showing the priced industrial design work to a plurality of said buyers; and a purchasing module for accepting purchase fees paid by the buyers. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198591 | Methods and systems for providing auctions and related broadcast communications - A computer-implemented method for conducting an auction of an item associated with an event. The method includes the steps of receiving registration information from charitable organizations, donor organizations, and bidders through a network, storing the registration information on a server, matching one or more of the charitable organizations to one or more of the donor organizations and to an event based on the registration information stored on the server, conducting an auction of an item associated with the event concurrently with the event by receiving bids submitted by the bidders through the network, and securely collecting a payment for the winning bid through the network and automatically transferring at least a portion of the payment to one or more of the charitable organizations. Bidding in the auction is open during the event and closes after the event ends, and the value of the item is directly affected by occurrences during the event. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198592 | SMS gifting - A SMS gifting system including a computer of a commercial business in communication with a network; the computer generates a purchase authorization code (“PAC”) and an indicia that describes a purchase by a purchaser of goods, services, and gift amounts relating to the commercial business; the computer transmits the generated PAC and indicia to a recipient; a communications device operable by the purchaser receives the information relating to the goods, services, and gift amounts and displays the information to the purchaser, a wireless communications device in communication with the network operable by the recipient to receive and display the generated PAC and indicia; and a store providing the goods, services, and gift amounts of the commercial business, the store receives the generated PAC and indicia and compares the presented PAC to the generated PAC for authorizing the provision at the store of the purchased goods, services, and gift amounts. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198593 | Method and apparatus for comparing entities - A method and apparatus for comparing entities, such as companies or trademarks, based on available pricing and feature information regarding goods or services provided by the companies. Web services, e.g. price finding robots, are employed to obtain pricing and feature information for similar products from different companies. Products having similar features but derive from different companies can be grouped to clusters and be analyzed with respect to average pricing levels. Data formats for pricing and feature information stemming from different web services may be automatically retrieved and mapped into a common format. The method allows to evaluate systematic deviations in the company's pricing policies or to detect if companies do not have a matching product portfolio. One can also estimate the prestige or acceptance of a company or brand as a function of prices tolerated by the underlying market. This may facilitate marketing strategies. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198594 | AGGREGATION OF PRODUCT DATA PROVIDED FROM EXTERNAL SOURCES FOR PRESENTATION ON AN E-COMMERCE WEBSITE - Aggregation of product data provided from external sources of product data for presentation on an e-commerce website. A set of product data related to a product that is offered for sale in e-commerce is accessed and subjected to an aggregation process. The set of product data is mapped for aggregation with other sets of product data based on an existing mapping or on an absence of an existing mapping. Access is provided to an aggregated set of product data that includes the set of product data that is mapped for aggregation with other sets of product data, for presentation on an e-commerce website. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198595 | Hand-held web browser inventory checking system - This invention provides a system and a method for real-time checking and inputting business inventory. The business operations range from a single branch to a large chain of stores or branches. The application utilizes a hand-held web-browser based system which allows store and business operators to view and input inventory to a back-office server in real-time to assist in the management and security of businesses. The programming for the system resides in an out-of-store back office server. The hand-held device is simply a web browser with a bar code scanner. This system and method facilitates easy inventory checking for real-time theft and loss prevention. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198596 | Third-Party Certification Using Enhanced Claim Validation - Third party certification using enhanced claim validation, in which identification information uniquely identifying an item that has moved through a node in a supply chain is received and event data associated with the uniquely identified item is received from the node based on receiving the identification information. The process also includes performing a third party validation of an associated characteristic of the uniquely identified item based on the received event data, and providing a third party certification of the associated characteristic based on performing the third party validation. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198597 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REGISTRATION OF VALUABLE ITEMS - A system and method are provided for keeping track of the ownership of unique items in a system including a server computer connected to a database and at least one client computer connected to the server computer over a network. In operation information concerning the item is entered into the client computer. This information, includes at least a description of the item and its owner, is uploaded from the client computer to said server computer where the information is stored in the database. In response, the system provides from the server to the client computer a transaction identification number related to the information and an item number related to the item. A user at the client computer can use the transaction identification number to access the uploaded information at the database to determine the current owner of the item. Upon a transfer of ownership, the new owner can use at least one client computer to enter the transaction identification number and new owner information to update the information in the database to indicate the new owner and to indicate the prior owner as a seller of the item. In response a new transaction identification number is provided from the server computer to the client computer. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198598 | Optimizing Inventory In Accordance with a Constrained Network - In one embodiment, optimizing inventory includes accessing service level band sets. Each service level band set is associated with a policy group, and includes service level bands. Each service level band of a service level band set has a service level priority with respect to any other service level bands of the same service level band set. An inventory band set is determined for each service level band set. Each inventory band set includes inventory bands, where each inventory band satisfies a corresponding service level band assuming an unconstrained network. Each inventory band of an inventory band set has an inventory priority with respect to any other inventory bands of the same inventory band set. A feasible supply chain plan that satisfies the inventory band sets is generated in order of the inventory priorities until a constrained network is depleted. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198599 | Enhanced Automated Capture of Invoices into an Electronic Payment System - The recognition of invoices for multiple issuers and multiple recipients is automated. In one approach, many invoices are received. The received invoices are compared to a database of distinguishing features. These distinguishing features are for known templates of invoices from different issuers. Templates are selected for the invoices based on the comparisons to the distinguishing features. This also identifies the issuers for the invoices. Data is extracted from the invoices based on the selected templates. In this way, invoice capture can be automated. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198600 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THE PREVENTION OF EXTENDED UTILITY THEFT - Notification systems and methods are provided for identifying utility theft for an entity associated with a premise under a Continuous Service Agreement with at least one utility service provider, where utility service is never turned off such that the entity may legally use utility services while a premise is vacant. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198601 | EXPENSE RECOVERY SYSTEM FOR MULTI-FUNCTION DEVICE WITH SMART DATA ENTRY - An expense recovery system for a digital MFD in the form of a modification to the application program interface of the MFD to allow input of identifiers for the user, the client and the job and to transmit this information and other transaction data to a host computer for billing purposes. Data entry is made faster and more accurate by minimizing keystrokes. The information is transmitted over a network and, optionally, the host computer may be located remote from the MFD. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198602 | RANKING COMMERCIAL OFFERS BASED ON USER FINANCIAL DATA - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that ranks commercial offers for a user in a set of users. During operation, the system receives financial data for the set of users, wherein the financial data includes spending data for the set of users across a set of categories. Next, for a given user, the system computes an individual-strength vector based on financial data specific to the given user, wherein each entry in the individual-strength vector represents an amount of spending in a respective category for the given user. The system additionally computes a relative-strength vector for the given user based on the financial data for the set of users, wherein the relative-strength vector represents a relative-spending strength across the set of categories for the given user relative to the set of users. The system then ranks the commercial offers for a user based on both the set of individual-strength vectors and the set of relative-strength vectors for the set of users. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198603 | Flexible time-based disablement of equipment - Disclosed is a system and method for assuring the payment according to a repayment schedule of an obligation for using equipment by a device on the equipment. A subset of a plurality reference codes is selected. The current time and date and time are maintained. Reference codes in the subset are assigned to a specific time interval, wherein the specific time interval is a portion of a time period corresponding to repayment schedule of the obligation for using the equipment. The subset of the plurality of codes, the specific individual time interval to which each code is assigned, and the time period is stored. A user code is received via an interface. The received user code is compared to the subset of reference codes, the current time, current date, and time period corresponding to repayment schedule of the obligation. Based on the results of the comparison the equipment is disabled. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198604 | Tracking a participant loss in a virtual world - Embodiments include an apparatus, device, system, computer-program product, and method. In an embodiment, a system includes a virtual world in which a participant may participate. The system also includes a covered-loss detection module operable to identify an occurrence of a defined loss in the virtual world suffered by the participant. The defined loss is described in an agreement that includes an obligation of a protection entity to provide a benefit to the participant upon an occurrence in the virtual world of the defined loss. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198605 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, A METHOD OF INITIATING A TRANSACTION, A BASE STATION AND A TRANSPONDER - A communication system ( | 2009-08-06 |
20090198606 | REAL TIME FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT IMAGE EXCHANGE SYSTEM AND METHOD - A real time financial instrument image exchange system and method deliver a digital image of a financial instrument (for example, a bank check) very quickly through an image exchange network to a payor institution by promptly forwarding the digital image when it is created at a depositing institution. This may expedite pay or return decisions to be made by payor institutions, which may enable banks to truncate checks, to reduce fraud and its costs, and to facilitate compliance with banking regulations. Such image capture, as well as related data capture, and real-time transfer enable emulation to an item processing system of the payor institution whereby the payor's item processing system processes the image and data as if it did the original capture actually performed at the depositing institution. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198607 | ONLINE MAP ADVERTISING - Systems and methods for selecting advertisements for presentation in a map space are disclosed. Map requests are received, map spaces identified, advertisement bids are received for advertisement space within the map spaces, and advertisements are selected for presentation in the map space based on the advertisement bids. The advertisement bids can be selected through an auction. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198608 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUCTIONING WIRELESS DEVICE ASSETS AND PROVIDING WIRELESS DEVICES WITH AN ASSET ALLOCATION OPTION - An auction bidding system is provided. The system allows media content providers, such as advertisers, to define bidding constraints for a targeted audience and bid on wireless device assets, such as wireless device memory, application, ringtone, wallpaper and the like, if a biddable wireless device asset is defined. Additionally, the system provides to wireless device users with an option to participate in the allocation of their respective wireless device assets, such as memory, application, ringtone, wallpaper and the like and define conditions, such as content type, time period, and the like, which is to be met in order for the allocation of the wireless device asset to occur. In one or more aspects, wireless device users may be compensated in some form based on their willingness to opt-in to the asset allocation plan. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198609 | FACILITATING MULTI-PHASE ELECTRONIC BID EVALUATION - A computer implemented approach to facilitate multi-phase bid evaluation. In one embodiment, a digital processing system receives information packets (corresponding to bids) from different suppliers containing information elements associated with one of a sequence of phases. On receiving an indication (from a buyer) that a specific phase of the bidding is to be evaluated starting at a time instance, the system allows the buyer access of elements associated with the specific phase only after the time instance, while allowing access to elements associated with a previous phase (occurring prior to the specific phase in the sequence of phases) even before the time instance. In a scenario where the suppliers who have successfully qualified in the previous phase are received, the system allows access of elements associated with the specific phase corresponding only to the qualified suppliers in response to the indication. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198610 | Credit Risk Prediction And Bank Card Customer Management By Integrating Disparate Data Sources - A future behavior prediction system includes a scoring engine to generate a final prediction score for a credit account holder from a combination of two or more variable summaries. Each variable summary is a summary of variable data from one of a number of data sources. The number of data sources include at least a master billing data source and an authorization transaction data source. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198611 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SCORE CONSISTENCY - Provided are methods and systems for determining score consistency. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198612 | 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. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198613 | Method and apparatus for group decision making - A method and apparatus are provided for group decision making. In one example, the method includes receiving bids from group members on choices, calculating a choice winner based on the bids, calculating a pot based on the bids, redistributing the pot based on the bids, and displaying results to the group members. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198614 | Controlling the Value of a Plurality of Transactions Involving Payment Token - A method of controlling the value of at least one on-line transaction involving a token associated with an authorized user comprises the steps of: prior to the at least one proposed transaction, receiving at a pre-transaction authorisation station, pre-transaction authorisation data. The authorisation data comprises first time data relating to a time window within which the at least one proposed transaction must take place and first amount data relating to an amount with which a value of the at least one proposed transaction must comply. Substantially at the time of a proposed transaction, transaction data comprising second time data relating to a time instant of the proposed transaction and second amount data relating to a value of the proposed transaction is received at the authorisation station. The authentication data and transaction data are compared in real time at | 2009-08-06 |
20090198615 | Method, Device, and System for Completing On-Line Financial Transaction - A method for conducting a secure transaction over a network includes the steps of receiving a price and a transaction identifier from a merchant, the transaction identifier identifying a purchase selection made by a user, receiving a user identifier from a user, receiving a financial institution selection from the user, initiating a communication session with the selected financial institution, receiving a financial-institution user-identifier from the user, communicating the financial-institution user-identifier to the selected financial institution, communicating to the selected financial institution a request to transfer funds, receiving the funds from the selected financial institution, and sending the funds to the merchant. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198616 | Method and System for Transferring Money in Business-to-Business Internet Transactions - A method for enabling two businesses to complete a transaction that includes payment from one business (the buyer) to another business (the seller). A payment enabler operates the money transfer service over a computer network of nodes, such as the Internet. Typically, the buyer and the seller use the money transfer service of the payment enabler to consummate a transaction that they have arranged over the computer network through a business-to-business transaction facilitator that enables businesses to arrange deals over the computer network. During registration with the payment enabler, a buyer typically provides information about a bank account from which the seller will be paid, and the seller typically provides information about a bank account for receiving the funds from the buyer. The payment enabler facilitates payments for transactions between businesses by enabling the employees of a business registered with the payment enabler to direct the various phases of the payment process on behalf of the business for which those employees work. A super user employee, identified by the business during registration with the payment enabler, has the power to register other employees of the business with the payment enabler and to specify the privileges that the payment enabler should grant each employee to act on behalf of the business. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198617 | Method and apparatus for performing delegated transactions - A computer implemented method for enabling a third party by a user to execute a transaction on behalf of the user, said method comprising:
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20090198618 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR LOADING MANAGING AND USING SMARTCARD AUTHENTICATION TOKEN AND DIGITAL CERTIFICATES IN E-COMMERCE - Device, system, and method for loading, managing and using smartcard authentication token and digital certificates in e-commerce. System for making and accepting payments in on-line transaction between parties including transaction server coupled with storage device in which subscriber data structure is defined and stores transaction subscriber information and configured to communicate via network with certificate issuer and with card issuer. Computer implemented method for making and accepting payments in online transaction. Computer implemented method of issuing authentication certificate. Authentication token (smart card or SIM card) apparatus. Device for performing reading and/or writing operation to dual media smart card and SIM cards. Device, system, and method for using unique digital values to prevent fraudulent access or use of authentication token embedded with security digital certificate. System and method and business model for enabling payments to be made using Internet on secure basis using certificates and transaction facilitator payments portal. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198619 | AGGREGATED HASH-CHAIN MICROPAYMENT SYSTEM - Disclosed are a system and method for aggregating micropayment hash chains. An end user (the “payer”) cryptographically signs “commitments” and transmits then to a vendor. The commitments include an “accumulated count” field which tracks the total number of micropayments made thus far in the payment transaction between the payer and the vendor. The payer can also transmit payment tokens to the vendor. These payment tokens include micropayments verified by a hash chain. When the vendor seeks reimbursement from a broker, the vendor tells the broker the total number of micropayments in the payment transaction and sends verification information to the broker. The broker checks this information against a verification system established with the payer. If the information is verified to be correct, then the broker reimburses the vendor for the services provided and charges the payer. The verification information ensures that the payer and vendor cannot cheat each other. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198620 | Mobile commerce receipt system - A mobile commerce receipt system and method providing a user of a mobile telecommunications terminal with a reliable electronic proof of reservation, purchase and/or payment made. By e-commerce means, the user places an order with a vendor or merchant and makes electronic payment. The vendor issues an electronic contract, sending the contract to a Trusted Third Party (TTP) receipt server. The TTP validates the contract, generates an electronic, digital receipt which is to sent the vendor. The vendor sends the receipt to the mobile terminal of the user, the mobile terminal storing the receipt for subsequent presentation at the point of delivery of the ordered goods or services. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198621 | Energy price protection system and method - Protection is provided against increases in the price of energy. As an example, the protection may be provided for an agreed in advance quantity of energy and/or for an agreed in advance duration. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198622 | Interactive System And Method For Transacting Business Over A Network - A method of doing business includes allowing an individual to start a group, or Swarm, for the purpose of influencing a sale before purchasing a desired product or a service. The group is recorded in a searchable computer database such that additional individuals may join the group, and potential sellers can search the computer database to determine which groups seek products or services they have for sale. Sellers then submit offers for products or service to the group, the offer being recorded in the computer, where individuals of the group may view and may accept the offer. Once an offer is accepted, a transaction is consummated between the individual and the seller based on the accepted offer. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198623 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXECUTING AND AUTHENTICATING AN ACTIVITY AT A REMOTE LOCATION - Provided is a system and a method for executing a desired activity at a remote location, wherein said activity is ordered by individual in need thereof and is executed by a person incidentally occurring within a short range of the location who owns a Location-Aware Mobile Internet Device (LAMID), and who is ready to execute such activity and to verify its execution by sending evidence from the location using the LAMID. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198624 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SCHEDULING TRAVEL ON A CHARTER TRANSPORT - A method is disclosed for scheduling travel on a charter transport. The method can include obtaining from a traveler a passenger accommodation request identifying an origin-destination-pair. The method can also include automatically identifying one or more charter transports having an available passenger accommodation. Moreover, the method can include notifying the traveler of the available passenger accommodation. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198625 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING SUPPLEMENTARY PRODUCT SALES AT A POINT-OF-SALE TERMINAL - A point-of-sale terminal determines an upsell to offer in exchange for a round-up amount in connection with a purchase. In one embodiment, the point-of-sale terminal preferably maintains a database of at least one upsell price and a corresponding upsell to offer a customer in exchange for a round-up amount (e.g., change due the customer). | 2009-08-06 |
20090198626 | ELECTRONIC AUCTION METHOD - The invention relates to carrying out electronic auctions in a real-time mode. The time-limited rights of physical and/or legal persons, whose rights are based on the international applications for intellectual property protection under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) filed by said persons in one of the PCT member states, are selected as items for the auction. The use of the inventive method makes it possible to draw the attention of potential buyers to novel technical solutions at early stages of the development thereof, to obtain several lots from one application (up to one hundred or more lots according to the number of PCT member states), to determine the market prices for traded intellectual property rights and to extend the intellectual property market. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198627 | Multi-Leveled Graphical Representation Business Listing and Investment Portfolio Evaluation Method - A method of graphically representing and evaluating various business portfolios and listings. The method graphically depicts various user defined stages of use as “arrays” about a central pivot point, graphically depicts various user defined focus areas as “threads” about a central pivot point and graphically depicts various user defined listing capabilities as “fibers” created by segmenting threads. Information concerning these arrays, threads and fibers is conveyed to users by the presence or absence of various colors, shades or patterns within the various arrays, threads and fibers. Also, additional information about the threads and arrays may be conveyed to users by introducing movement of these arrays and threads. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198628 | METHOD FOR PRICING AND PROCESSING DISTRIBUTED TASKS - A system is described for interchange of problems and solutions by a human or computer which system has the capability to use market forces to determine a price of the solutions. The system comprises a client subsystem for solving problems, a client subsystem for submitting problems, an API by which to access the centralized exchange system, data storage, an administration subsystem, and a primary processing subsystem. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198629 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMPOUND RISK FACTOR SAMPLING WITH INTEGRATED MARKET AND CREDIT RISK - Systems and methods for generating an integrated market and credit loss distribution for the purpose of calculating one or more risk measures associated with a portfolio of instruments are disclosed. In at least one embodiment, compound risk factor sampling is performed that comprises conditionally generating multiple systemic credit driver samples for each market risk factor sample generated per time step of a simulation. There are also disclosed systems and methods for determining an optimal number of sample values for each of the market risk factors, systemic credit drivers, and optionally, idiosyncratic risk factors that would be required in order to obtain an acceptable amount of variability in the calculated risk estimates and/or to satisfy an available computational budget. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198630 | Systems and methods for investing - The present invention provides unique systems and methods for investors to invest in a new start-up, potential high growth or other company or business entity, and potentially make a substantial return on their investment while minimizing the risk of a loss of invested capital (i.e., having a maximized risk/investment return ratio), using a unique combination of various investment vehicles and insurance and annuity products, including in force non-variable (or other) life insurance policies held on individuals preferably ranging in age from about 70 to about 80 years, Single Premium Immediate Annuities, and LIBAC | 2009-08-06 |
20090198631 | System and Method for Selecting Securities for an Investment Portfolio - Methods and systems for selecting and weighting securities for an actively managed exchange-traded fund. An initial selection of stocks includes domestic or international stocks, which are selected based at least in part on market capitalization. Each stock is scored using a plurality of growth and value factors to generate one or more growth scores and one or more value scores. A selection score is determined for each stock, and the stocks are ranked according to selection scores. A predetermined amount of stocks are eliminated from the stock portfolio based on selection score ranking, and the remaining stocks are split into a plurality of sub-groups. A stock portfolio is generated by weighting the remaining stocks according to the sub-groups they are in, with each stock being equally weighted within its sub-group. An exchange-traded fund is offered to consumers based on the stock portfolio. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198632 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO WITH FRACTIONAL AND VIRTUAL SHARES - Embodiments of the invention include a method for investor directed allocation of funds among a plurality of investments. The method includes allocating an investor's funds among investments according to a predefined allocation plan. An order processing system receives information from a reservoir of investments relating to the investments in the reservoir. An investor's order is executed by using an investment from a reservoir of investment vehicles. The investor's order is also executed by receiving an investment vehicle from a financial marketplace. The investment vehicle is received in response to a request by the order processing system to purchase at least one investment not available in the reservoir. This order execution is done at the time the investor's order for allocating of funds is received. The investment received from the reservoir and the investment purchased from the financial marketplace are combined to execute the investor's order. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198633 | INVESTMENT CLASSIFICATION AND TRACKING SYSTEM USING DIAMOND RATINGS - The present invention is directed to an asset classification system based on investment strategy. The system determines a diamond rating for peers within a selected investment strategy. The diamond ratings are based, in one configuration, on a combination of an extent to which a security or manager is outperforming or attempting to outperform a benchmark and how successful the security or manager has been based on historic performance data. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198634 | MODELING FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS USING BID AND ASK PRICES - A method for modeling an investment significant parameter of a financial instrument, using a computer. At least one series of historical bid prices of the financial instrument or historical ask prices of the financial instrument is provided. A financial model type that has at least one variable parameter is selected. The variable parameter(s) of the selected financial model type is initialized. The series of historical bid prices and/or historical ask prices is applied to the initialized financial model type to estimate the variable parameter(s). The resulting model of the financial instrument may be used to predict future values of the investment significant parameter of the financial instrument. These predicted future values may be used to determine whether to perform automated trades of the financial instrument. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198635 | OPTICAL METROLOGY OF STRUCTURES FORMED ON SEMICONDUCTOR WAFERS USING MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEMS - A structure formed on a semiconductor wafer is examined by obtaining a first diffraction signal measured using a metrology device. A second diffraction signal is generated using a machine learning system, where the machine learning system receives as an input one or more parameters that characterize a profile of the structure to generate the second diffraction signal. The first and second diffraction signals are compared. When the first and second diffraction signals match within a matching criterion, a feature of the structure is determined based on the one or more parameters or the profile used by the machine learning system to generate the second diffraction signal. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198636 | Method and apparatus for a responsive learning program - A method for a responsive learning program in which a skills and knowledge base of an employee to successfully perform at his/her employment are utilized to determine various criteria of steps by which to manage, and improve the quality and efficiency of the employee's skill set and knowledge is presented. Utilizing commonalities of the skill and knowledge set and reusable components of the criteria steps throughout the methodology allows for linkages as between the criteria steps to be identified and utilized. Course programs containing varying modules, each having an independent number of lessons therein, are based upon the skill and knowledge set and the criteria steps, can be created for any business. Identification of the common elements and linkages between the employee skill sets and employment criteria allows for creation of a responsive learning program to be implemented in any business. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198637 | METHODS AND PROGRAMS FOR USE CASE MANAGEMENT ACROSS DOMAINS - A method for generating a repository of use cases for developing a solution or evaluating a solution, or both, in a first domain includes the steps of obtaining a first plurality of use cases for the first domain, obtaining a second plurality of use cases for a second domain, and determining a relationship between the second plurality of use cases and the first domain. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198638 | PRESENCE COMBINING APPARATUS AND PRESENCE COMBINING METHOD - A presence combining apparatus comprising collecting means for collecting the items of presence information managed in formats of the individual presence sources by connecting individually to a plurality of different presence sources that manage items of presence information indicating states of elements;
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20090198639 | BUSINESS PROCESS ANALYZER - A system and method for analyzing enterprise applications driven by business processes is provided. The method for analyzing business processes comprises the steps of obtaining process data, serializing the process data, identifying patterns in the serialized process data, creating analyzed process data based on the identified patterns, and publishing the analyzed process data. In addition, the patterns can be identified using one or more of user-defined algorithms, rules, and reference process models, and the user-defined algorithms can be plug-ins. Also, information regarding the analyzed process data can be displayed. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198640 | FUZZY-LEARNING-BASED EXTRACTION OF TIME-SERIES BEHAVIOR - Systems and methods for extracting or analyzing time-series behavior are described. Some embodiments of computer-implemented methods include generating fuzzy rules from time series data. Certain embodiments also include resolving conflicts between fuzzy rules according to how the data is clustered. Some embodiments further include extracting a model of the time-series behavior via defuzzification and making that model accessible. Advantageously, to resolve conflicts between fuzzy rules, some embodiments define Gaussian functions for each conflicting data point, sum the Gaussian functions according to how the conflicting data points are clustered, and resolve the conflict based on the results of summing the Gaussian functions. Some embodiments use both crisp and non-trivially fuzzy regions and/or both crisp and non-trivially fuzzy membership functions. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198641 | System and method for forecasting real-world occurrences - A method of predicting the occurrence of crime is provided, where information relating to prior transactions is provided, and where each transaction is a past incident where law enforcement units were involved. A set of analysis parameters relating to details associated with the incident may be selected and conditions associated with respective analysis parameters are selected. Further, at least one pivot variable may be selected, each pivot variable corresponding to one or more analysis parameters, and a frequency of the occurrence of the past incidents in relation to the pivot variables may be computed. Thus, a probability of a future incident occurring may be determined based on existence of a condition related to the pivot variable. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198642 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING AN ONTOLOGY - A method of generating an ontology includes determining plural concepts from a data set by using a first predetermined pattern, using a second predetermined pattern to determine a relationship between the plural concepts, and between a concept and a concept token in the plural concepts, and generating the ontology based on the relationship. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198643 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR UTILIZING DENSITY METADATA TO PROCESS MULTI-DIMENSIONAL DATA - A computer readable storage medium includes a data analyzer to build population sets for dimensions of a multi-dimensional data source and to identify intersections of population sets so as to form density metadata. A query processor accesses the density metadata while processing a query. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198644 | LEARNING QUERY REWRITE POLICIES - A blended query rewrite provider takes as an input a search query and produces a list of query rewrite suggestions. The blended query rewrite provider generates suggestions by applying a number of individual query rewrite providers in series to a query. The sequence in which query rewrite providers are applied to a query is encoded in a query rewrite policy. Policies differ between query types. A policy application engine component selects which policy to apply to a given query based on the cluster to which a query belongs. The policy application engine uses a machine learning algorithm to assign a query to a cluster based on query features. The policy generation engine generates policies and trains the clustering algorithm used by the policy application engine offline based on training data sets and query logs. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198645 | METHOD FOR EXPLOITATION OF SOCIAL NETWORKS TO DERIVE A LOCATION OF EMPLOYEES - A method is provided for exploitation of a social network to derive a location of an employee in a corporation utilizing instant messaging or automatic telephone calls. A search request is received for a location of an employee. A social network or acquaintance list of the employee is looked up in a corporate database. A list of contacts of the employee is extracted from the social network or acquaintance list in the corporate database. The list of contacts is presented, in response to the search request. The list of contacts is polled to locate the employee via instant messaging and/or automatic telephone calls. The location of the employee is received, in response to polling the list of contacts. The list of contacts is alerted that the employee has been located. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198646 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR AN ALGEBRAIC APPROACH TO RULE-BASED INFORMATION EXTRACTION - Systems, methods and computer program products for an algebraic approach to rule-based information extraction. Exemplary embodiments include a method for rule-based information extraction, the method including specifying an annotator using algebraic operators, wherein each algebraic operator describes annotations identification from text documents. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198647 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING LOCALE-SPECIFIC DATA BASED ON A TOTAL ORDERING OF SUPPORTED LOCALES - A computer readable storage medium includes executable instructions to extract a first language from a first target locale in response to failing to match the target locale to a list of supplied locales, where the list of supplied locales includes all supported locales for which locale-specific data is available. The computer readable storage medium further includes executable instructions to identify a substitute locale within the list of supplied locales based on a total ordering of all supported locales, where the substitute locale includes the first language if the list of supplied locales includes at least one locale within the first language. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198648 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADAPTIVELY RETRIEVING PARAMETER TREND DATA FROM A SUPERVISORY CONTROL MANUFACTURING/PRODUCTION DATABASE - A database client for retrieving and presenting steams of time stamped data points for tagged variables is disclosed herein that supports a set of retrieval styles that are adaptively applied within a trending application in accordance with a pre-specified configuration of the trending application that supports assigning a retrieval style to a set of tags within a query on an individual tag basis. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198649 | EXTENSIBLE DATA PROVIDER QUERYING AND SCHEDULING SYSTEM - Embodiments provide an independent layer between an application user interface and various data sources so that both the user interface and data sources can be added to, removed, or modified without affecting the other. The independent layer provides scalability to allow data sources and data providers to be plugged into a system in an easy manner. In one or more embodiments, the independent layer provides a common set of query APIs that can be used by client applications to make queries on one or more data sources. The independent layer then communicates the queries to one or more data providers associated with individual data sources. Queries are executed on the data sources and results are returned back up through the data providers and independent layer for consumption by a client application. In at least some embodiments, the client application comprises a web browser that makes use of the independent layer. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198650 | MEDIA LIBRARY MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD - Embodiments of methods and systems comprise collecting data associated with a library or library components and storing the collected data in repository. By collecting data associated with a library or library components and storing the collected data in a repository, the degradation of library components can be monitored and the reliability of library components determined, allowing unreliable components to be bypassed or replaced, enhancing the reliability of the library and preventing data loss. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198651 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING DATA RELATED TO AN EVENT - A system and method for analyzing data from a plurality of computer environments. A user may search for computer environments that meet a certain criterion. The computer environments are authenticated and data is copied from the computer environments to a memory location. The data may be marked so that a user may determine which computer environment provided the data. The user may add notations to the data during a review. Changes to data on the computer environments may be provided to a user using a syndication feed. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198652 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SELECTING A COMMUNICATION MEANS - A method and system for selecting communication means are provided. The method includes receiving a request for communication ( | 2009-08-06 |
20090198653 | System And Method For Device Profiling Using Cascaded Databases - A system for device profiling using cascaded databases includes a client configured to deliver data to a device, and a plurality of databases accessible by the client, each of the plurality databases containing information relevant to the device, such that the plurality of databases are queried in a prioritized order to obtain information relevant to the device. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198654 | DETECTING RELEVANT CONTENT BLOCKS IN TEXT - A system that facilitates detecting a targeted topic in a document is described herein. The system includes a receiver component that receives a document. The system additionally includes a topic model component trained using a plurality of training documents including the topic and a plurality of training documents that do not include the topic. The topic model component analyzes the document and automatically determines which portions of the document include the topic and which portions of the document do not include the topic. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198655 | SEMANTIC CLIENT, SEMANTIC INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SERVER, METHOD OF GENERATING SEMANTIC INFORMATION, METHOD OF SEARCHING SEMANTIC INFORMATION, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM RECORDING MEDIUM FOR PERFORMING THE METHODS - A semantic client, a semantic information management server, a method of generating semantic information, a method of searching semantic information, and a computer program recording medium for performing the methods, the semantic client including: an identification (ID) generator to generate an ID of a target content; and a descriptor generator to generate a descriptor that defines correlations between the target content and one or more other contents. Furthermore, the semantic information management server includes: a semantic information database (DB) to store a descriptor including information about an ID of contents and correlations among the contents and other contents related to the contents; and an agent to search semantic information of the related contents with reference to the semantic information DB. Therefore, since contents have their own IDs, a user can easily search the contents. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198656 | IPTV collecting content information from content providers, and method and system for providing IPTV with content information - An Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) which collects content information from content providers and a method and system for providing the IPTV with the content information are provided. The IPTV includes a connection unit which enables the IPTV to be connected to the Internet for data transmission or reception over the Internet, a content information collection unit which collects information about content created by IPTV content providers over the Internet, a content information processing unit which creates standard metadata by processing the collected content information, a storage unit which stores the standard metadata, and an output unit which displays the content information of at least one channel by using the standard metadata. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198657 | COORDINATION SERVER, DATA ALLOCATING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - In a structure where a table is partitioned into multiple databases according to a certain partitioning method, a coordinator server changes allocation information that is used to determine a database into which each of data records should be registered when an allocation change command is issued. The coordinator server stores therein allocation history information, which is the allocation information used before the change. When an entry request to make an entry of a new data record from a client, a database to enter the new data record is determined based on the stored allocation history information and the changed allocation information, and an entry request is sent to a database server having the determined database. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198658 | METHOD FOR GENERATING DATA ENABLING THE SEARCH FOR CONTENT, SYSTEM, TERMINAL, AND SERVER COMPLEMENTS TO IMPLEMENT THE METHOD - The invention pertains to a method for generating data enabling searching for content complements intended for terminals of a telecommunication network ( | 2009-08-06 |
20090198659 | Methods and Systems for Fast Scan Location Identification - An unknown named territory encloses a known physical target location that is specified by a target longitude and a target latitude. An operation is performed to identify a number of rectangular-shaped terrestrial areas that each enclose both the target longitude and the target latitude. Each of the identified rectangular-shaped terrestrial areas respectively encloses a polygonal-shaped named territory. Each polygonal-shaped named territory is defined by a respective circumscribing set of contiguously positioned vectors. An operation is performed to evaluate the circumscribing sets of contiguously positioned vectors of the polygonal-shaped named territories to determine if a given polygonal-shaped named territory includes both the target longitude and the target latitude. When both the target longitude and the target latitude are found to reside within a given polygonal-shaped named territory, the identity of the given polygonal-shaped named territory is conveyed. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198660 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED MEDIA IDENTIFICATION IN A STORAGE DEVICE - Systems and methods are provided for improved identification of removable storage media. A scanner may be used to read an identifier, such as a barcode, on a removable storage media. In the event that the scanner reads the identifier incorrectly due to a defect in the barcode, such as a damaged label, misaligned identifier, or because the scanner is incapable of reading the identifier type or the scanner's field of view is incorrect, a media management component receives the scanned identifier data and matches it to a known set of media identifiers to create a subset of matching identifier data. A closest matching media identifier may be identified from the subset of matching identifier data. An index may be updated with information indicating the closest matching media identifier and a location of the removable storage media. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198661 | TIME-SHIFT IMAGE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, TIME-SHIFT IMAGE DISTRIBUTION METHOD, TIME-SHIFT IMAGE REQUESTING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE SERVER - A time-shift image distribution system includes an image server and a time-shift image requesting apparatus. The image server includes a first communication unit configured to carry out communications with the time-shift image requesting apparatus, an image database configured to store image data of captured images in association with meta information for image data of a captured image matching search-condition information, and an image providing unit configured to provide the image data of the captured image detected by the searching unit to the time-shift image requesting apparatus. The time-shift image requesting apparatus includes a second communication unit configured to carry out communications with the image server, and a unit configured to send a search request including information representing an imaging time and information for identifying a subject image as search-condition information to the image server via the second communication unit. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198662 | Techniques for Crawling Dynamic Web Content - An automated form filler and script executor is integrated with a web browser engine, which is communicatively coupled to a web crawler, thereby enabling the crawler to identify dynamic web content based on submission of forms completed by the form filler. The crawler is capable of identifying web pages containing forms that require submission, and JavaScript code that requires execution, respectively, for requesting dynamic web content from a server. The form filler systematically completes the form based on various combinations of search parameter values provided by the web page for requesting dynamic content. Duplicate forms are detected, so that the crawler does not unnecessarily re-process forms that are similar to forms that have already been processed. The crawler may also determine which JavaScript links in a page are relevant for execution, so as to avoid unnecessary execution of irrelevant JavaScript links. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198663 | DEFINING SUB-CUBE SCOPE BASED UPON A QUERY - Technologies are described herein for defining the scope of a sub-cube based upon a database query. A request is received to perform a query of a multi-dimensional database, such as a cube, stored at a server computer. In response to the request, the scope for a sub-portion, called a sub-cube, of the multi-dimensional database is determined based upon the query. The scope of the sub-cube may be determined by identifying the minimum sub-portion of the cube necessary to perform the query. Once the scope has been determined, the sub-cube is generated at the server computer and transmitted to a client computer. The client computer stores the sub-cube locally and performs the requested database query on the sub-cube stored at the client computer. A user interface may be provided through which a user can modify the scope of the sub-cube determined based upon the query. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198664 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MERGING DISPARATE VIRTUAL UNIVERSES ENTITIES - A migration tool for merging disparate virtual universes by selecting a source region or source account, selecting a destination edge or destination account, retrieving and storing virtual universe information for the source region or account, inserting the virtual universe resources of the source region or account into the destination region or account, activating the inserted resources, and deleting the source resources from the source region or account. | 2009-08-06 |
20090198665 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - Method for generating information processing Systems wherein informative Containers and Contents are created, identified, stored, modeled, communicated, modified and deleted by creating, modifying or deleting Links ( | 2009-08-06 |
20090198666 | Affinity matching system and method - An affinity matching system and method for identifying nearby users with shared affinities including a data processing system comprising a computer program tangibly embodied on a memory device. The computer program includes an affinity user group preprocessing module configured to define at least one affinity user group, each affinity user group comprising a plurality of user profiles of users having matching affinities. The preprocessed affinity user groups are available for processing by the affinity matching system in response to match queries in real-time. The user profile includes an affinity profile of a user. The computer program also includes a request module configured to accept an affinity request, the affinity request comprising a match query. The computer program also includes an affinity matching module coupled to the request module and configured to process the affinity request to determine at least one matching user profile within the at least one preprocessed affinity user groups based on the match query. The match query may further incorporate weight factors expressing the importance of affinities, geographic proximity, and match time for matched users. A rendering module is coupled to the affinity matching module and configured to present the at least one matching user profile. | 2009-08-06 |