38th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 48 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150262039 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus has an image acquisition unit that acquires an image that is to be subjected to processing, a learning sample extraction unit that extracts data of a plurality of learning samples from the image, a classifier learning unit that performs learning of a plurality of classifiers using the plurality of learning samples, a strong classifier generation unit that generates a strong classifier by combining the plurality of learned classifiers, and a saliency map generation unit that generates a saliency map of the image using the strong classifier. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262040 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECOGNIZING INFORMATION IN OBJECTS USING A MOBILE DEVICE - The systems and methods of the present disclosure use a mobile device equipped with a camera to capture and preprocess images of objects including financial documents, financial cards, and identification cards, and to recognize information in the images of the objects. The methods include detecting quadrangles in images of an object in an image data stream generated by the camera, capturing a first image, transforming the first image, binarizing the transformed image, recognizing information in the binarized image, and determining the validity of the recognized information. The method also includes communicating with a server of a financial institution or other organization to determine the validity of the recognized information. The mobile device may include a camera, a display to display an image data stream and captured images, a memory to store a configuration file including parameters for the preprocessing and recognition functions, captured images, and software, and a communication unit to communicate with a server of the financial institution or other organization. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262041 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There are provided a printing apparatus which holds a job, determines whether attribution information of a sheet to be used by the stored job is registered for a sheet storage unit, judges whether a sheet exists in a sheet storage unit to be used by the job, and notifies a result of the determination and a result of the judgment. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262042 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes an acquiring unit that acquires a first instruction and a second instruction, the second instruction corresponding to the first instruction, being expressed in a character code different from a character code of the first instruction, and having added thereto a character string generated from the first instruction; a generating unit that generates a character string from the first instruction; and a canceling unit that cancels the second instruction if the character string added to the second instruction does not correspond to the character string generated by the generating unit. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262043 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing apparatus includes: a first drawing unit that draws graphic data of a predetermined format as a bitmap image in a temporary drawing area; and a second drawing unit that performs drawing processing based on the graphic data of the predetermined format to generate print data, and uses, as a drawing result with respect to a drawing element of a particular type that has been predetermined, the particular type being of types of drawing elements defined in the predetermined format, an image at coordinates where the drawing element is to be arranged, the image being of the bitmap image drawn in the temporary drawing area by the first drawing unit. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262044 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus for generating drawing data by using a print job including setting information and print data. The information processing apparatus includes a plurality of drawing data generation units that generate drawing data; a selection unit that selects one of the plurality of drawing data generation units that is compliant with a print instruction for the print data; and a print job output unit that outputs the print job to the drawing data generation unit selected by the selection unit. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262045 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit, a first detection unit, a first determination unit, a second detection unit, a second determination unit, a correction unit, and a transmitting unit. The acquisition unit acquires image information having multiple pixels. The first detection unit detects sub-scanning-direction boundary pixels in accordance with the image information. The first determination unit determines whether or not a development-related defect occurs in a preset number of pixels downstream of the sub-scanning-direction boundary pixels in the sub-scanning direction. The second detection unit detects an end pixel in the main scanning direction. The second determination unit determines whether or not each of sub-scanning-direction boundary pixels arranged in the main scanning direction is close to the end pixel in the main scanning direction. The correction unit corrects the image information. The transmitting unit transmits the image information corrected by the correction unit to an image forming apparatus. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262046 | PRINT DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A print data processing apparatus includes the following elements. A spot color memory stores a spot color element. A flattening section performs, when a new image element is input in accordance with a rendering order, flattening processing for separating the new image element into a basic color element having only a basic color component and a spot color element having only a spot color component, for updating a configuration of each spot color element stored in the spot color memory to a configuration from which a portion hidden by a configuration of a newly separated spot color element is removed, and for storing the new spot color element in the spot color memory. An output section outputs, when spot color elements obtained by separating all image elements included in each unit of output are stored in the spot color memory, the spot color elements stored in the spot color memory. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262047 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An information processing apparatus includes: an object aggregating unit configured to aggregate spot color objects that are object to be printed in respective spot colors, for each of types of the spot color objects based on drawing information indicating the spot colors or methods of printing in the spot colors, to place the spot color objects on spot color layers corresponding to the types. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262048 | PRINTING USING COLOR CHANGEABLE MATERIAL - Systems and methods for printing data on a substrate including a color-changeable material are provided. One system includes a processing circuit and a device including an energy source. At least a portion of a printed publication is printed on the substrate using a commercial printing press based on fixed data. The device including the energy source is configured to add variable data to the substrate. The processing circuit is configured to receive the variable data and to control the energy source to change a color of the color-changeable material based on the variable data to provide at least a portion of the printed publication. The processing circuit is configured to control the energy source to change the color of the color-changeable material in-line with a flow of the substrate through one of a printing line, a finishing line, or a packaging line of the commercial printing press. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262049 | IMAGE OUTPUT SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image output system is configured by including an image forming apparatus provided with a print engine that performs a saddle stitch printing, a stapling portion that performs a saddle stitching process and a cutting portion that cuts an end portion of printed matter, and an information processing apparatus having a function of instructing an outputting process to the image forming apparatus. The print engine has a function of performing a top/bottom borderless printing, the cutting portion has a function of cutting one side as a fore edge side of the printed matter subjected to the saddle stitching process, and the image forming apparatus cuts the one side as the fore edge side of the printed matter subjected to the saddle stitching process after the top/bottom borderless printing, in response to instructions from the information processing apparatus. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262050 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus operable in a first power state and a second power state in which power consumption is lower than in the first power state includes a return notification unit that outputs a return notification aggregating return factors in a case where at least one of a plurality of predetermined return factors causing the image forming apparatus to return to the first power state from the second power state has occurred in the second power state, a retaining unit that retains a return factor, and a control unit that returns the image forming apparatus to the first power state from the second power state according to the return notification and acquires the return factor retained by the retaining unit. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262051 | DOT PATTERN, DOT PATTERN FORMATION MEDIUM, PROGRAM GENERATING IMAGE DATA OF DOT PATTERN, DOT PATTERN FORMATION DEVICE, OPTICAL DEVICE, OPTICAL READING DEVICE, INFORMATION INPUT/OUTPUT DEVICE, DOT PATTERN READING DEVICE - A dot pattern that defines information based on, not an arrangement position of a dot, but a distance and direction between two dots. The dot pattern includes at least one set of a starting-point information dot that is an information dot to be a starting point, and an end-point information dot that is an information dot to be an end point are provided, and the two or more information dots are arranged while an interval between information dots which adjoin each other in a prescribed order from the starting-point information dot has a prescribed distance value or prescribed distance value of a prescribed direction interval, and codes are encoded based on the prescribed distance value or prescribed distance value of a prescribed direction interval. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262052 | OMNI SMART CARD - In an embodiment, a method includes receiving, by an electronic processor of a smart card device, user inputs including unique user authentication information. Also, it includes storing transaction instrument information associated with transaction instrument(s). It also includes presenting transaction instrument information associated with each transaction instrument(s). The method also includes receiving a user input selecting a transaction instrument for use in connection with a transaction. It further includes determining the selected transaction instrument based at least in part on the user inputs. It also includes encoding the transaction instrument information associated with the transaction instrument selected by the user. And it includes providing the transaction instrument information associated with the selected transaction instrument for use in connection with the transaction. In various embodiments, the electronic processor may control a component, for example a programmable magnetic strip or EMV chip, for encoding, in real time, parameter(s) of a user-selected transaction instrument. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262053 | RFID Chip Module - A chip module comprises a carrier, having a first main surface and a second main surface opposite to the first main surface. A first recess structure is arranged in the carrier in the first main surface, and a chip is arranged in the first recess structure of the carrier. A patterned metallization layer is deposited on the second main surface of the carrier, the metallization layer having a first metallization structure and a second metallization structure, the first metallization structure being electrically isolated from the second metallization structure. The chip is electrically connected to the first metallization structure and the second metallization structure. The chip module comprises in particular an RFID chip and is suited to be connected to a textile substrate by way of laser reflow soldering. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262054 | ANALOG SIGNAL RECONSTRUCTION AND RECOGNITION VIA SUB-THRESHOLD MODULATION - Certain aspects of the present disclosure support a method and apparatus for analog signal reconstruction and recognition via sub-threshold modulation. The analog waveform recognition in a sub-threshold region of an artificial neuron of the artificial nervous system can be performed by providing a predicted waveform in parallel to an input associated with the artificial neuron. The predicted waveform can be compared with the input and the signal can be generated based at least in part on the comparison. The signal can be a detection signal that detects matching and mismatching between the input and the predicted waveform | 2015-09-17 |
20150262055 | NEUROMORPHIC EVENT-DRIVEN NEURAL COMPUTING ARCHITECTURE IN A SCALABLE NEURAL NETWORK - An event-driven neural network includes a plurality of interconnected core circuits is provided. Each core circuit includes an electronic synapse array has multiple digital synapses interconnecting a plurality of digital electronic neurons. A synapse interconnects an axon of a pre-synaptic neuron with a dendrite of a post-synaptic neuron. A neuron integrates input spikes and generates a spike event in response to the integrated input spikes exceeding a threshold. Each core circuit also has a scheduler that receives a spike event and delivers the spike event to a selected axon in the synapse array based on a schedule for deterministic event delivery. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262056 | UNIVERSAL, ONLINE LEARNING IN MULTI-MODAL PERCEPTION-ACTION SEMILATTICES - In one embodiment, the present invention provides a method for interconnecting neurons in a neural network. At least one node among a first set of nodes is interconnected to at least one node among a second set of nodes, and nodes of the first and second set are arranged in a lattice. At least one node of the first set represents a sensory-motor modality of the neural network. At least one node of the second set is a union of at least two nodes of the first set. Each node in the lattice has an acyclic digraph comprising multiple vertices and directed edges. Each vertex represents a neuron population. Each directed edge comprises multiple synaptic connections. Vertices in different acyclic digraphs are interconnected using an acyclic bottom-up digraph. The bottom-up digraph has a corresponding acyclic top-down digraph. Vertices in the bottom-up digraph are interconnected to vertices in the top-down digraph. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262057 | SYNAPTIC, DENDRITIC, SOMATIC, AND AXONAL PLASTICITY IN A NETWORK OF NEURAL CORES USING A PLASTIC MULTI-STAGE CROSSBAR SWITCHING - Embodiments of the invention provide a neural network comprising multiple functional neural core circuits, and a dynamically reconfigurable switch interconnect between the functional neural core circuits. The interconnect comprises multiple connectivity neural core circuits. Each functional neural core circuit comprises a first and a second core module. Each core module comprises a plurality of electronic neurons, a plurality of incoming electronic axons, and multiple electronic synapses interconnecting the incoming axons to the neurons. Each neuron has a corresponding outgoing electronic axon. In one embodiment, zero or more sets of connectivity neural core circuits interconnect outgoing axons in a functional neural core circuit to incoming axons in the same functional neural core circuit. In another embodiment, zero or more sets of connectivity neural core circuits interconnect outgoing and incoming axons in a functional neural core circuit to incoming and outgoing axons in a different functional neural core circuit, respectively. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262058 | HIERARCHICAL SCALABLE NEUROMOPHIC SYNAPTRONIC SYSTEM FOR SYNAPTIC AND STRUCTURAL PLASTICITY - In one embodiment, the present invention provides a neural network circuit comprising multiple symmetric core circuits. Each symmetric core circuit comprises a first core module and a second core module. Each core module comprises a plurality of electronic neurons, a plurality of electronic axons, and an interconnection network comprising multiple electronic synapses interconnecting the axons to the neurons. Each synapse interconnects an axon to a neuron. The first core module and the second core module are logically overlayed on one another such that neurons in the first core module are proximal to axons in the second core module, and axons in the first core module are proximal to neurons in the second core module. Each neuron in each core module receives axonal firing events via interconnected axons and generates a neuronal firing event according to a neuronal activation function. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262059 | MULTI-COMPARTMENT NEURONS WITH NEURAL CORES - Embodiments of the invention provide a neural core circuit comprising a synaptic interconnect network including plural electronic synapses for interconnecting one or more source electronic neurons with one or more target electronic neurons. The interconnect network further includes multiple axon paths and multiple dendrite paths. Each synapse is at a cross-point junction of the interconnect network between a dendrite path and an axon path. The core circuit further comprises a routing module maintaining routing information. The routing module routes output from a source electronic neuron to one or more selected axon paths. Each synapse provides a configurable level of signal conduction from an axon path of a source electronic neuron to a dendrite path of a target electronic neuron. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262060 | System and Method for Calculating Remaining Useful Time of Objects - An aspect of the present invention is to provide a system and method for predicting the remaining useful time of mechanical components such as bearings. Another aspect of the present invention is to provide a system and method for predicting the remaining useful time of bearings based on available condition monitoring data. Another aspect of the present invention is to provide a system and method for automatically deciding which columns of input information are the most significant for predicting the remaining useful life of bearings. Another aspect of the present invention is to provide a system and method for performing an analysis of both test bearings and training bearings and determining which training bearings are most similar to a given test bearing. Another aspect of the present invention is to provide a system and method for training an artificial neural network. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262061 | CONTEXTUAL REAL-TIME FEEDBACK FOR NEUROMORPHIC MODEL DEVELOPMENT - A method includes generating contextual feedback in a neuromorphic model. The neuromorphic model includes one or more assets to be monitored during development of the neuromorphic model. The method further includes displaying an interactive context panel to show a representation based on the contextual feedback. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262062 | DECISION TREE THRESHOLD CODING - Disclosed herein are systems and methods for coding decision trees, such as for execution on a decision tree scorer system. A computing system determines, for a particular feature of a plurality of features included in one or more decision trees, a list of unique threshold values associated with the particular feature in the one or more decision trees. The computing system determines a plurality of threshold index values for the list of unique threshold values, and represents the one or more decision trees such that decision nodes of the one or more decision trees associated with the particular feature include ones of the threshold index values. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262063 | DECISION TREE PROCESSORS - Disclosed herein are systems, on-chip processors, and methods for executing decision trees. Decision tree circuitry retrieves a plurality of decision trees, which include feature locations and threshold values. A subset of the decision nodes includes next node data. The decision tree circuitry executes the decision nodes and determines next decision nodes to be retrieved and executed based on outcomes of the execution of the decision nodes. First outcomes of decision tree node executions result in determining the next decision nodes of the plurality of decision nodes based on the next node data. Second outcomes of the decision tree node executions result in determining the next decision nodes that are adjacent to currently executing nodes of the plurality of decision nodes. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262064 | PARALLEL DECISION TREE PROCESSOR ARCHITECTURE - Disclosed herein is a decision tree multi-processor system. The system includes a plurality of decision tree processors that access a common feature vector and execute one or more decision trees with respect to the common feature vector. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262065 | Auxiliary Analysis System Using Expert Information and Method Thereof - An auxiliary analysis system using expert information comprises a user interface and a determination module. The user interface includes a plurality of analysis items which can be triggered by a user. The determination module coupled with the user interface includes a plurality of preliminary results corresponding to the analysis items. Each of the analysis items corresponds to at least one of the preliminary results. The user selects a plurality of analysis items to generate multiple preliminary results, and the preliminary results further generate a final judgment result by an operation process. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262066 | Digital Human Generation Method and System - A digital human generation method and system, where the method includes: defining a digital human model, where the digital human model includes multiple dimensions of user profile models; acquiring multiple dimensions of data of a specific user that is from multiple data sources; and processing, based on the multiple dimensions of user profile models included in the digital human model, the multiple dimensions of data of the specific user that is from the multiple data sources, to generate multiple dimensions of user profiles corresponding to the specific user, where the multiple dimensions of user profiles of the specific user form a digital human corresponding to the specific user. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262067 | Behavioral Analysis for Securing Peripheral Devices - The various aspects configure a mobile computing device to efficiently identify, classify, model, prevent, and/or correct the conditions and/or behaviors occurring on the mobile computing device that are related to one or more peripheral devices connected to the mobile computing device and that often degrade the performance and/or power utilization levels of the mobile computing device over time. In the various aspects, the mobile computing device may obtain a classifier model that includes, tests, and/or evaluates various conditions, features, behaviors and corrective actions on the mobile computing device that are related to one or more peripheral devices connected to the mobile computing device. The mobile computing device may utilize the classifier model to quickly identify and correct undesirable behaviors occurring on the mobile computing device that are related to the one or more connected peripheral devices. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262068 | EVENT DETECTION APPARATUS AND EVENT DETECTION METHOD - An event detection apparatus determines the occurrence of an abnormal event based on input data without predefining and learning normal or abnormal patterns. A first data obtaining unit obtains first data. A feature quantity classifying unit obtains a feature quantity corresponding to the first data, generates a plurality of clusters for classifying the obtained feature quantity, and classifies the feature quantity into a corresponding one of the clusters. A learning unit learns a plurality of identifiers using feature quantities classified into the clusters. A second data obtaining unit obtains second data. An identifier unit inputs a feature quantity corresponding to the second data into the plurality of learned identifiers, and receives an identification result from each identifier. A determination unit determines whether the second data includes an identification target event based on the obtained identification result. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262069 | AUTOMATIC TOPIC AND INTEREST BASED CONTENT RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM FOR MOBILE DEVICES - Disclosed are techniques for automatically performing topic and interest based content recommendation for mobile devices, which can help the users of mobile computing devices (e.g., smart phones) discover more of the information they want by delivering educated recommendations that are personalized to their interests, in ways that are more natural and comprehensible. More specifically, in some embodiments, techniques described herein include a topic and interest based content recommendation system, which may include several components, such as an automated recommendation server for content available on the Internet (e.g., webpages, applications, and events), and a mobile personalization application which may retrieve various types of data and user inputs from a mobile device, and may present content recommendation to the user (e.g., upon receiving such recommendation from the server). | 2015-09-17 |
20150262070 | CLASSIFICATION RELIABILITY PREDICTION - A method, apparatus and product useful for classification reliability prediction. The method being a computer-implemented method performed by a processor, the method comprising: obtaining a prediction of a label for a dataset made by a classifier tool, wherein the classifier tool is aimed at predicting the label based on a classification model and in view of a set of features defining the dataset; obtaining a reliability prediction of a reliability label relating to the prediction of the classifier tool based on a reliability classifier tool, wherein the reliability classifier tool is aimed at predicting the reliability label based on a classification model and in view of a second set of features; and outputting to a user the label prediction and an associated reliability prediction. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262071 | IMPLEMENTING STOCHASTIC NETWORKS USING MAGNETIC TUNNEL JUNCTIONS - Embodiments of the invention relate to implementing a probabilistic graphical model (PGM) using magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs). One embodiment comprises a memory array of magnetic tunnel junctions and a driver unit for programming the memory array to represent a probabilistic graphical model. The magnetic tunnel junctions are organized into multiple subsets of magnetic tunnel junctions. The driver unit selectively applies an electrical pulse to a subset of magnetic tunnel junctions to program information representing a probabilistic belief state in said subset of magnetic tunnel junctions. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262072 | CREATION OF A MAXIMALLY ENTANGLED QUANTUM STATE - Embodiments are directed to engineering a structure, comprising: measuring energy eigenstates of a Hamiltonian, predicting a time evolution of a combination of two energy eigenstates based on the measurement, and creating an entangled quantum state for two coefficients of the two energy eigenstates such that an associated wavefunction is encouraged to undergo the predicted time evolution. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262073 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REMOVING UNWANTED INTERACTIONS IN QUANTUM DEVICES - Systems, devices, articles, methods, and techniques for advancing quantum computing by removing unwanted interactions in one or more quantum processor. One approach includes creating an updated plurality of programmable parameters based at least in part on a received value for the characteristic magnetic susceptibility of the qubit in the at least one quantum processor, and returning the updated plurality of programmable parameters. Examples programmable parameters include local biases, and coupling values characterizing the problem Hamilton. Also, for example, a quantum processor may be summarized as including a first loop of superconducting material, a first compound Josephson junction interrupting the first loop of superconducting material, a first coupler inductively coupled to the first loop of superconducting material, a second coupler inductively coupled to the first loop of superconducting material, and a second loop of superconducting material proximally placed to the first loop of superconducting material inductively coupled to the first coupler and the second coupler. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262074 | SOLVING DIGITAL LOGIC CONSTRAINT PROBLEMS VIA ADIABATIC QUANTUM COMPUTATION - A constraint problem may be represented as a digital circuit comprising at least one gate and at least one constrained input or at least one constrained output, or a combination of at least one constrained input and at least one constrained output. A matrix may be generated for each of the at least one gates. A constraint matrix may be generated for the at least one constrained input, the at least one constrained output, or the combination of at least one constrained input and at least one constrained output. A final matrix comprising a combination of each matrix for each of the at least one gates and the constraint matrix may be generated. The final matrix may be translated into an energy representation useable by a quantum computer. The energy of the energy representation may be minimized to generate a q-bit output, and a result of the constraint problem may be determined based on the q-bit output. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262075 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FEATURE EXTRACTION OF SURFACE MANIFOLDS - Methods and systems for feature extraction of LIDAR surface manifolds. LIDAR point data with respect to one or more LIDAR surface manifolds can be generated. An AHAH-based feature extraction operation can be automatically performed on the point data for compression and processing thereof. The results of the AHAH-based feature extraction operation can be output as a compressed binary label representative of the at least one surface manifold rather than the point data to afford a high-degree of compression for transmission or further processing thereof. Additionally, one or more voxels of a LIDAR point cloud composed of the point data can be scanned in order to recover the compressed binary label, which represents prototypical surface patches with respect to the LIDAR surface manifold(s). | 2015-09-17 |
20150262076 | Ambulation Prediction Controller for Lower Limb Assistive Device - Embodiments of the systems and methods described herein relate to a control unit comprising a memory having stored thereon a feature database that includes feature data, a portion of which is labeled with a transition from an ambulation mode and a memory having stored thereon a pattern recognition controller that is trained using the labeled feature data, wherein the pattern recognition controller is configured to predict the ambulation mode of an assistive device and the control unit is configured to communicate with sensors coupled to the assistive device. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262077 | ATTRIBUTION OF ACTIVITY IN MULTI-USER SETTINGS - The claimed subject matter includes a system and method for attribution of search activity in multi-user settings. The method includes training a classifier to distinguish between machines that are single-user and multi-user based on activity logs of an identified machine. The identified machine is determined to be multi-user based on the classifier. A number of users is estimated for the identified machine. Activity of the users is clustered based on the number of users estimated. A similarity function is learned for the number of users estimated. The method also includes assigning new activity to one of the users based on the clustering, and the similarity function. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262078 | WEIGHTING DICTIONARY ENTITIES FOR LANGUAGE UNDERSTANDING MODELS - A dictionary used by a spoken language understanding (SLU) system is improved by providing weightings for entities in the dictionary that represent the likelihood each entity belongs to an entity class represented by the dictionary. A classifier model may be trained using a seed list containing sample entities that belong in the entity class and a background entity list containing samples that do not belong in the entity class. Clicked URLs from search logs, search result URLs, and attributes from an entity graph may be used as features of the sample entities to train the classifier model. The classifier model may be used to weight entities from a candidate dictionary. The entity weightings are used to generate an improved dictionary for use in the SLU system. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262079 | PROGRAM BOOSTING INCLUDING USING CROWDSOURCING FOR CORRECTNESS - The subject disclosure is directed towards crowd-based approach to boosting the correctness of a computer program. Results from candidate programs obtained from a first crowd and which may be blended with one another into synthesized programs are sent to a second crowd for evaluation. Based upon the results, a training set evolves and programs are filtered based upon fitness. The process of blending and fitness evaluation with an evolved training set may be iteratively repeated to find a most fit program. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262080 | AUTOMATIC PRE-PROCESSING OF MODERATION TASKS FOR MODERATOR-ASSISTED GENERATION OF VIDEO CLIPS - A method includes defining multiple moderation tasks, which originate from respective textual articles that are to be automatically converted into respective video clips following moderation by human moderators. The moderation tasks are pre-processed, so as to predict success measures of the corresponding video clips. Delivery of the moderation tasks to the human moderators is prioritized based on the predicted success measures. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262081 | ESTIMATING REPUTATION SCORES IN REPUTATION SYSTEMS - The disclosed embodiments provide a reputation system. The reputation system includes a statistical model associated with a set of items and a set of dimensions of the items in the reputation system, wherein the statistical model is trained using a positive class and a negative class. The reputation system also includes a scoring apparatus that applies the statistical model to a set of features for each of the items to estimate a set of reputation scores for the items. Finally, the reputation system includes a ranking apparatus that enables use of the set of reputation scores in the reputation system. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262082 | Systems And Methods For Learning And Identification Of Regulatory Interactions In Biological Pathways - Contemplated systems and methods provide for machine learning and identification of regulatory interactions in biological pathways using a probabilistic graphical model, and especially for identification of interaction correlations among the regulatory parameters. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262083 | Proximal Gradient Method for Huberized Support Vector Machine - The Support Vector Machine (SVM) has been used in a wide variety of classification problems. The original SVM uses the hinge loss function, which is nondifferentiable and makes the problem difficult to solve in particular for regularized SVMs, such as with l | 2015-09-17 |
20150262084 | METHODS FOR DEFENDING STATIC AND DYNAMIC REVERSE ENGINEERING OF SOFTWARE LICENSE CONTROL AND DEVICES THEREOF - The technique relates to a method for defending static and dynamic reverse engineering of software license control and devices thereof. To defend static reverse engineering of software license control the licensed application is wrapped with encryption wrapper, wherein the encryption wrapper encrypts the application with a first password. Then, at the time of executing the application, a password prompt is generated. Upon receiving the first password the application is decrypted. At the time of closing the application after execution, another password prompt is generated to create the second password and then the application is re-encrypted with the second password. To defend dynamic reverse engineering of software license control one or more licensing conditions of the licensed application is tested based on control file information, a random number generation or verification point rules. If any license condition violation is detected during testing then the application gets auto-locked by applying self-encryption technique. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262085 | INTEGRATED USE OF INFORMATION GENERATED IN ASSOCIATION WITH SERVICING PATRONS WITHIN A VENUE - The disclosures made herein are directed to systems and methodologies that assist in the management and operations of a venue, such as a movie theater or arena. Such assistance is provided by integrating data/information from distinct systems and/or sources into a single system. Advantages of such a system include, but are not limited to, sensing the presence of patrons at designated locations within the venue (e.g., patrons, visitors and the like), determining unauthorized seating, allowing patrons to request service at the venue and provide an overall improved patron experience in the interest of improving revenue through repeat visits, and increasing patron spending during each visit to the venue. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262086 | MANAGING PATRON SERVICING RESOURCES WITHIN A VENUE - The disclosures made herein are directed to systems and methodologies that assist in the management and operations of a venue, such as a movie theater or arena. Such assistance is provided by integrating data/information from distinct systems and/or sources into a single system. Advantages of such a system include, but are not limited to, sensing the presence of patrons at designated locations within the venue (e.g., patrons, visitors and the like), determining unauthorized seating, allowing patrons to request service at the venue and provide an overall improved patron experience in the interest of improving revenue through repeat visits, and increasing patron spending during each visit to the venue. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262087 | Apparatus and Method for Managing User Chat Experiences with Businesses - A computer-implemented method of managing a chat experience of a user desiring to chat with a selected one of a plurality of businesses or chat hosts utilizes in various aspects a chat management server running computer processes for communicating with user devices. In another aspect, a computer-implemented method of providing a chat experience to a user having a user device and desiring to chat with a selected one of a plurality of businesses utilizes computer processes running on the user device. Corresponding embodiments similarly provide an apparatus performing any of the foregoing methods. Other corresponding embodiments similarly provide a computer readable medium storing instructions, which when loaded into a computer, perform processes corresponding to any of the foregoing methods. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262088 | INTELLIGENT TICKET SUGGESTION ENGINE - A method for providing intelligent ticket suggestions using a transaction device for transit fare purchases includes receiving an input from a fare media. The input includes an identifier associated with a user of the fare media. The input is communicated to a data store to identify a usage history and a purchase history for the user of the fare media. The usage history and purchase history are associated with the user of the fare media based on the identifier. The usage history and the purchase history for the user are received from the data store and a geographically closest transit stop relative to the transaction device is determined. Transit timetables and transit products available for purchase based on the geographically closest transit stop are identified. Transit product suggestions are generated based on one or more of the usage history, purchase history, transit timetables, or transit fares available for purchase. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262089 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ONE-CLICK BOOKING OF A SERVICE EVENT FOR A USER - A system and method for automated reservation management are provided. For example, automated reservation management may comprise predicting the need for a next service event for a user and a date and time during which the user and a vendor are available for the next service event, providing information related to a potential reservation for the next service event to the user, including the reservation on the calendars of the user and the vendor responsive to acceptance of the reservation from the user, and/or associating payment information with the reservation. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262090 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ONE-CLICK BOOKING OF A SERVICE EVENT THAT INCLUDES SERVICE TRANSACTION INFORMATION - A system and method for automated reservation management are provided. For example, automated reservation management may comprise predicting the need for a next service event for a user and a date and time during which the user and a vendor are available for the next service event, providing information related to a potential reservation for the next service event to the user, including the reservation on the calendars of the user and the vendor responsive to acceptance of the reservation from the user, and/or associating payment information with the reservation. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262091 | TRAVEL MANAGEMENT DEVICE OF TRANSPORT VEHICLE - Travel management is adapted to perform of transport vehicle at working areas which are widely different in geographical conditions to ensure operation in a facilitated manner with high efficiency of exhaust gas and at high running efficiency. A signal processor ( | 2015-09-17 |
20150262092 | EQUIPMENT CONTROL FOR LIGHT ELECTRIC VEHICLE - The present invention discloses a system for fleet management of light electric vehicles which monitors capabilities of the light electric vehicles within the fleet. The capabilities of the light electric vehicle may include equipment and/or personnel associated with the vehicle. The capabilities may be monitored either through automatic mechanisms or manual entry of information. The system dispatches vehicles to locations to complete jobs based upon the capabilities of the vehicles. The dispatching system may be managed centrally or in a distributed manner. In a centrally managed system, the information relating to the capabilities of a vehicle is transmitted to a central station for fleet control. In a distributed system, each vehicle includes a controller for determining a status of a vehicle based upon the job requested and the capabilities of the vehicle. A vehicle is self-selected for dispatch based upon its status relative to other vehicles. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262093 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTED GENERATOR LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT - A method and apparatus for distributed generator (DG) planning. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a computing system, comprising at least one processor, for generating a plurality of different user-interactive interfaces for visually depicting a plurality of DG lifecycle stages of at least one DG, wherein each user-interactive interface of the plurality of different user-interactive interfaces respectively displays manipulatable information regarding: A) managing a sales lead for a potential DG; B) designing the potential DG; C) managing installation information for installation of a DG based on the potential DG; D) activating, following completion of the installation of the DG, the DG; and E) monitoring and displaying at least one performance characteristic of the DG; wherein each user-interactive interface of the plurality of different user-interactive interfaces is selectable from a dashboard to display the manipulatable information related to each DG lifecycle stage in the plurality of DG lifecycle stages. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262094 | AUTOMATICALLY INSTANTIATING AN ORGANIZATIONAL WORKFLOW ACROSS DIFFERENT GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS - Disclosed is a novel system and method for continual simulation of the optimal deployment of selecting one or more geographic locations for production of a good or service. Synthetic nodes and hypothetical configurations may be introduced into the mapping, or existing nodes removed, and the estimated communication, and thus performance, cost of these changes automatically and continuously calculated. The energy of the resultant composite order embedding algorithm is measured with the addition of one or more collections of instantiated or synthetic test nodes. In a case when the energy of the order embedding algorithm is sufficiently lower in one configuration than another, a decision module (DM) may be used to automatically determine whether the nodes corresponding to the test nodes should be planned. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262095 | Intelligent Decision Synchronization in Real Time for both Discrete and Continuous Process Industries - A composite technology system RETINA that enables intelligent decision synchronization in real time for continuous, discrete and batch process industries is disclosed. RETINA generates and synchronizes the intelligent decisions that affect the performance and profitability of business operations in real time and helps in analysis that are essential for any successful business operations in any manufacturing industries. RETINA combines the real time integration capability; Predictive analytics capability and adaptive real time process modeling capability to generate intelligent risk-reduced business decisions for continuous, discrete and batch manufacturing processes. RETINA unifies the data from disparate sources or in silos, collates, comprehends and analyses the data, and then convert them into actionable information in real time. Correct decisions are generated, streamlined and shared at the appropriate instant of time with right amount of data to the pertinent personnel to eliminate inefficiencies in operations and performance resulting in tangible profitability. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262096 | METHOD OF ENHANCING MANAGERIAL EFFECTIVENESS AND ORGANIZATIONAL SUSTAINABILITY - Cognitive topology is a business methodology enhancing managerial effectiveness and organizational sustainability. It is a system of cognitive indicators, which enables an organization to form managerial goals, initiate strategic changes and optimize managerial/organizational performance. This is achieved by determining the level of compatibility between the activities going in three main managerial perspectives human relations, work environment and managerial processes, on the one hand, and the particulars of the business situation, on the other hand. Behavioral features and characteristics are assigned a key place in creating Cognitive topology. They are the methodological nucleus, which enables the formation of managerial competencies and approaches that lead to optimal behavior and sustainable outcomes in business. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262097 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MODELLING AND SIMULATING A DECISION MAKING PROCESS OF AN ENTERPRISE - System and method for modelling and simulating a decision making process of an enterprise is disclosed. Data corresponding to a plurality of units in the enterprise is received. For each unit, a unit configuration may be determined. The unit configuration comprises goals of the unit, a set of internal properties of the unit, a set of functions of the unit, events to be handled by the unit, and a composition structure of one or more units to interact with other units of the plurality of units participating to perform a task. Further, a plurality of tuples is specified for the unit configuration. The plurality of tuples of the unit configuration is translated into an executable programming language. Subsequently, the unit configuration is simulated using the executable programming language to analyze decision making of the enterprise corresponding to the plurality of units for the unit configuration. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262098 | UNIFIED DIGITIZATION OF COMPANY ESSENTIALS WITH REMOTE ACCESSIBILITY - The present invention is a system that is an online company portal for includes, but is not limited to the following, managing, recording information, prepare reports, prompt sales associates to offer sales to customer, accounting, operations, and sales processes. It may be 100% permission based and remotely securely accessible online via just about any web browser and mobile device. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262099 | ADVANCED MATERIAL TRACKING SYSTEM - A method for tracking and reporting material movements and responding to material movements. Tracked-components are assigned a component identifier which can be associated with a location. The identifier is associated with a first location, and in response to a movement trigger, the location associated with the identifier is updated to a second location. A component can be comprised of multiple sub-components, each of which itself is a tracked component. When the location of the component is updated, the location of each sub-component is similarly updated. Each update of the location of a component can trigger reports or other actions within the system. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262100 | USE OF POLYGON LOADING AREAS FOR INCREASING EFFICIENCY OF FIELD DISPATCH IN A TELECOMMUNICATIONS SETTING - A dispatch system and method for a dispatch coverage region including a set of dispatch assignment areas (DAAs), wherein the shape of the DAAs are based on at least a first aspect of the dispatch coverage region, e.g. the physical wiring distribution. The system includes a geographic zone where the shape of the geographic zone is based on at least a second aspect of the dispatch coverage region different from the first aspect, e.g. special authorized access or logistical continuity. The geographic zone overlaps a DAA to define an overlapping area. The system also includes a set of technician profiles, where a first technician profile identifies a preferred geographic zone and a second technician profile identifies a preferred DAA. The system or method recommends assigning a job request that includes a location residing in the overlapping area to the first technician profile when the preferred geographic zone matches. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262101 | OPERATION SCHEDULE EVALUATION APPARATUS AND OPERATION SCHEDULE PROCESSING SYSTEM - A technique which comprehensively optimize passengers' convenience and a power consumption amount. An operation schedule evaluation apparatus has a passenger flow calculator and a power consumption amount calculator. The passenger flow calculator creates passenger flow information related to a passenger flow generated by transportation of a train, based on operation schedule information of each train and passenger information related to an entry and an exit of a passenger at a station. The power consumption amount calculator calculates the number of passengers or a car occupancy of each train based on the passenger flow information created by the passenger flow calculator, the operation schedule information and car information of each train, and calculates a power consumption amount of each train per unit time which reflects car weight corresponding to the number of passengers or the car occupancy. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262102 | CLOUD-BASED DATA PROCESSING IN ROBOTIC DEVICE - According to embodiments of the present invention, a computer-implemented method for deriving a robotic action from data measurements received from a robotic device is presented. The method may include sensing first information from one or more sensors in the robotic device, transmitting the first information from the robotic computing device to a computing device and receiving processed information from the computing device. The processed information includes a hardware instruction to be performed by the robotic device. The robotic device performs an action based on the hardware instruction and stores the action. In some embodiments, the robotic device updates a training dataset based on the action. The training dataset may include past data inputs and/or training data associated with the robotic device. In certain embodiments, the robotic device may communicate feedback to the computing device that the action was performed successfully. In one embodiment, the robotic device may also communicate an updated training dataset to the computing device. In some embodiments, the computing device may then communicate the feedback of the action and the updated training dataset to one or more additional robotic devices. The action and the updated training dataset may be stored in the additional robotic devices. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262103 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING SHOP USING LIGHTING NETWORK AND VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATION - A shop management apparatus and method are disclosed therein. The apparatus includes an input unit, a product information management unit, a communication unit, and a shop management unit. The input unit receives product information and discount event information within a shop. The product information management unit compares the product information and the discount event information with previously stored information, sends changed product information and changed discount event information, acquired based on a result of the comparison, to a lighting control scheduler, and receives a corresponding reception Ack message. The communication unit receives VLC data and illuminance information for each light ID, corresponding to the product information and the discount event information, from a portable manager device. The shop management unit checks an error of the VLC data, checks the illuminance of a corresponding LED light within the shop based on the illuminance information, and then manages the shop. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262104 | RESOURCE PLANNING METHOD AND SYSTEM - The invention is generally related to operations support systems and more specifically, to a method of and system for managing and planning future use of resources. One embodiment of the invention comprises an operations support system which displays multiple visits across a timeline, each visits being associated with a set of resource requirements. The system tabulates, in real-time, the total level of resources required for all of the visits, for each given day, comparing these totals against nominal available resource levels. If there is a shortfall, the system displays a number associated with the short-fall, such as the number of additional technicians that would be required. This provides the user with feedback so he/she can amend visits and tasks within visits to resolve short-falls in resources. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262105 | WORKFLOW SOFTWARE STRUCTURED AROUND TAXONOMIC THEMES OF REGULATORY ACTIVITY - The present disclosure is directed towards systems and methods for facilitating regulatory compliance, which comprises receiving a signal related to at least one topic and associating the at least one topic with a predefined theme. The systems and methods of the present disclosure then use the predefined theme to associate the at least one topic with an entity and subsequently associate the at least one predefined theme with a set of predefined workflow tasks. A regulatory workflow routine is created by aligning at least two predefined workflow tasks in an order, said at least two predefined workflow tasks selected from the set of predefined workflow tasks and the regulatory workflow routine is executed by the central server. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262106 | SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENT IMPACT MODELING FOR SERVICE ENGAGEMENT - A method for predicting an impact of a service level agreement including collecting workload data and effort data and constructing a cost model for the service level agreement, defining a baseline service parameter corresponding to the code model of the service level agreement, and calibrating the cost model of the service level agreement, by calibrating a workload volume from the workload data and an effort time from the effort data to match the baseline service parameter, to output a service level agreement impact model. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262107 | CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM - A system and method for measuring customer experience levels across various phases of customer journey comprising a web server, a client device, a database and a network are described. The customer experience levels are obtained by collecting data from the organization around products, processes and personnel. Metrics may be defined to measure and track performance of same. The metrics may be categorized as core and secondary based on the impact to organization's cost, revenue and/or operating efficiency. The metrics may be aligned along the dimensions of digital, interaction and product experience types and may also be aligned to numerous touch-points with which the customer may interact during the customer journey. The weighted average of all the constituent metrics gives measure of total experience index which helps the organization to measure and monitor the state of customer experience and improve the levels of customer experience for the business profitability. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262108 | MANAGED ASSESSMENT OF SUBMITTED DIGITAL CONTENT - Methods and systems for managing assessment of media content electronically submitted to a network-based media distribution system. A submitter can prepare a media package that is associated with a particular media asset (e.g. media title), and then electronically submit the media package to the media distribution system. The media distribution system can then process the media package to produce various components that are used by the media distribution system to electronically distribute media content of the media asset. According to one aspect, the media distribution system can manage a review process on the various components so that the components can be individually approved or rejected. According to another aspect, embodiments pertain to a reviewer's workspace that can assist a user in reviewing the submitted media content. According to still another aspect, embodiments can utilize a plurality of reviewers to review various media assets that have been submitted. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262109 | GAMIFICATION BASED PERFORMANCE TRACKING - A method for gamification based performance tracking is described. The method accesses a leaderboard having a set of participants. The leaderboard is updated to provide motivation to each of the participants in the set of participants. In addition, mobile device notifications are provided to one or more of the participants as the leaderboard is updated. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262110 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UTILITY CREW FORECASTING - A system includes a utility analytics system having a memory configured to store an event forecaster. The utility analytics system also includes a processor communicatively coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to receive or access data related to weather conditions, vegetation conditions, and historical events along the power grid, and the processor is also configured to execute instructions of the event forecaster to identify one or more potential events in the power grid based at least in part on the data related to weather conditions, vegetation conditions, and historical events along the power grid. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262111 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EFFICIENT TASK ALLOCATION IN CROWDSOURCING - A method and apparatus are proposed for allocating a plurality of human intelligence tasks (HIT) to corresponding human workers. An optimization problem is formulated which incorporates the objectives of reducing the time taken for the HITs to be completed, and of improving the quality of HIT results. The method and apparatus are able to provide solutions to the optimization problem in polynomial time, and to provide theoretical guarantees on the optimality of the solution. The optimization problem is formulated using a measure of a target workload for each worker and a measure of each worker's current situation. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262112 | MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A monitoring system and method that enables a manager to monitor a mobile employee carrying a communication device. The exact location and time worked by the employee while performing the job helps the manager formulate compensation. The communication device includes a smart phone having a positioning system and a camera for the manager to view and track the employee while performing the job. The manager downloads a positioning system, such as a global positioning system, into a communication device. The employee carries the communication device in proximity while performing a job. The manager sets parameters for the employee and the job. The parameters include location, and at what durations the employee works. The manager is alerted if the employee works outside the parameters. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262113 | WORK STATUS MONITORING AND REPORTING - Systems, methods, and computer program products for work status monitoring and reporting are provided. Embodiments of the invention involve a memory device; and a processing device operatively coupled to the memory device, wherein the processing device is configured to connect to a work status tracking application, at a predetermined time interval to obtain a current work status for a plurality of financial institution associates, retrieve a last-in-time work status log entry for each of the one or more financial institution associates, determine that one or more financial institution associates has a change in work status, create a current work status log entry for the one or more financial institution associates determined to have the change in work status, and generate a report that indicates work status of at least one of the financial institution associates over a predetermined time period. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262114 | WORKS TIMING - The system and/or processes described herein are configured to help an entity operating one or more service facilities manage the timing of service jobs across work stations. The entity manages the timing based on receiving, and tracking, job status information received from the work stations. For instance, after receiving the job status information, the entity may implement timing mechanisms to estimate or predict a time when a service job is likely to begin. The entity may also use the timing mechanisms to estimate or predict a time when the service job is likely to be completed. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262115 | INTERACTIVE ORDER FULFILLMENT SYSTEM - Embodiments disclose an interactive order fulfillment system, as well as a corresponding method and computer-readable storage medium, in which indications of order fulfillment status are displayed onto a surface of a receptacle used for fulfilling the order. The interactive order fulfillment system may operate as a virtual receipt with which an employee may interact to more efficiently fulfill the order. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262116 | MACHINE VISION TECHNOLOGY FOR SHELF INVENTORY MANAGEMENT - A system, method and computer program product for maintaining shelf inventory data on a shelf. The system includes a camera for capturing shelf images of items on the shelf. An inventory database stores a product name, type, barcode, image and inventory data. An image-count correlation database stores historical product inventory images and product shelf inventory counts associated with the products in the historical images which are read from the product inventory database. A computer processor segments the shelf images into product inventory images, matches the inventory images with the historical images, and updates the shelf inventory data in the inventory database based on the product shelf inventory counts associated with the matched historical images in the image-count correlation database. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262117 | AUTOMATIC LOCATION BASED DISCOVERY OF EXTENDED INVENTORY - In various example embodiments, systems and methods for automatic location based discovery of variations of displayed items in a store are presented. In some embodiments, a beacon ID associated with a beacon device located at a store is received. In other embodiments, at least one product identifier associated with the beacon ID and representing one or more of store displayed items available for sale by the store is determined. In further embodiments, product variations of the one or more store displayed items available for sale by the store are identified associated with the at least one product identifier. In another embodiment, display information representing the product variations of the one or more store displayed items available for sale by the store is provided. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262118 | System and Methods for Automatic Reorganization of Pick Slot Assignments in a Warehouse - Systems and methods for automatic reorganization of pick slot assignments in a warehouse are described. Replenishments of products from storage slots to pick slots are used to perform product relocation to new pick slots for active items, along with traditional relocation moves for inactive items to establish open pick slots. By use of replenishments, the blocking of product relocations to new pick slots due to order picking activity is reduced or eliminated, enabling product relocation for improved slotting to be performed during normal warehouse operations. A dynamic slotting method is described where each item is assigned to a zone having a designated set of slots and each item is replenished to any new slot, as compared to an originally assigned slot, in the zone as stock is depleted by picking. Inactive items may be proactively relocated to temporary slots to reduce or eliminate the blocking of relocations of active items. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262119 | SOFTWARE APPLICATION FOR THE AUTOMATED DROP-OFF AND PICK-UP OF A SERVICE ITEM AT A SERVICE FACILITY - A software application system for the automated drop-off and pick-up for repair, return or exchange of service items including a secure drop-off/pick-up area for the items, a software application that is integrated with a stat system server of a service provider, the software application creating a unique identifier for secure access and retrieval of a service item and the software application having a notification interface to facilitate automated notification for responsive communication between the user and the service provider to describe service or repair required, provide quotations, request and receive additional information and notify the customer on completion of the service and scheduled maintenance using automated voicemail recording, and/or text messaging through a cellular telephone, email, PDA or iPhone using a web-based or mobile based applet. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262120 | Systems and Methods for Displaying the Location of a Product in a Retail Location - Systems and methods for providing product search and location searches to a user in a retail location using a personal user device of such user. The systems and methods generate store maps from retail and planogram data, which are downloaded to the user device and the location of products sought by the user is indicated on the map using a location visualization. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262121 | ORDER DELIVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method and system for tracking of a delivery of a menu item. The method includes receiving an order for the menu item from a customer interface, the order identifying a selected menu item and an address for the delivery; sending a request for preparation of the menu item; identifying an available delivery vehicle among a plurality of delivery vehicles; receiving a preparation completion notification indicating that preparation of the menu item has ended; dispatching the order for delivery, including an identification of the available delivery vehicle and the address; receiving a displacement notification indicating that the menu item is being displaced by the available delivery vehicle; retrieving geopositional data representing a geographical position of the available delivery vehicle; sending a displacement notification to the customer interface including an indication of the geographical position of the available delivery vehicle. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262122 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC RECEIPT OF POSTAL MAIL - A system and method for providing electronic notification to a user concerning the delivery of postal mail. The system and method for electronic notification employs a transmitting station which is deployed by a user in the receptacle in which the user receives postal mail and a computer device that provides the primary user interface for the system and method for electronic notification. The transmitting station is oriented in the postal mail receptacle so that when postal mail is inserted therein, an integrated notification lever is moved from its resting position to a second position. When the notification lever is moved from its resting position a notification of mail signal is generated and transmitted to the computer device. Upon receipt of the notification of mail signal, the computer device displays a mail delivered message on its display and provides an interface to view such messages. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262123 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR TRACKING A SHIPMENT USING A WIRELESS TRACKER - Embodiments of the present disclosure include systems, methods, and devices for tracking a shipment using a wireless tracker. In such embodiments, the wireless tracker determines a location of the wireless tracker device and regulates battery usage of wireless tracker based on the location. In addition, the wireless tracker is configured to determine a current location of the wireless tracker device at one or more intervals such that the one or more intervals are based on a delivery route of the shipment. Moreover, the wireless tracker is configured to receive and verify one or more codes to for a chain of custody of the shipment. Also, the wireless tracker is configured to determine a trigger event based on the location of the wireless tracker device and/or sensor information as well as send a notification to a computer server based on the trigger event. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262124 | ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING MULTILEVEL BILLS OF MATERIALS - A bill of material (BOM) management system is provided using artificial intelligence for processing a product data or configuration change of a product between a plurality of functional domains using a dynamic link and a semantic network having product knowledge about the change via a network. A Decompose/Recompose/Multi-arrange (DRM) process module manages product configuration information of the product by performing a decompose process, a recompose process, and a multi-arrange process, wherein the decompose process performs grouping of the product elements based on the product knowledge of the semantic network, the recompose process performs regrouping of the product elements in a selected domain context, and the multi-arrange process performs rearranging of the product elements to facilitate a different product structure of the BOM in the different functional domain. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262125 | DETERMINING ALTERNATIVE DELIVERY DESTINATIONS - Systems, methods, apparatus, and computer program products are provided for determining alternative delivery destinations. For example, in various embodiments, a method may be provided comprising receiving shipping information/data for an item indicating the item to be delivered to an original consignee by a carrier and comprising at least a default delivery location, determining whether the original consignee has indicated a first priority alternative consignee among one or more alternative consignees, and in an instance in which a determination is made that the original consignee has indicated the first priority alternative consignee among the one or more alternative consignees, delivering the item to the first priority alternative consignee. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262126 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AGGREGATING RECORDS FOR A PROJECT FROM DISPARATE DATABASES - A system and method for project information management are shown involving collecting multiple records from disparate databases through the network, where the records relating to project information, normalizing the collected records to a predetermined format, analyzing fields of each normalized record to identify a record type and search values for searching for a related record. For each related record, associate the record with the related record, store the records and their association, and provide an interface to display a selected record and its relationship to associated records. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262127 | GENERATION AND OPTIMZATION OF IN-MEMORY DATABASE BUSINESS RULE LOGIC - An example computer implemented method comprises receiving a business rule function in a business rule management application, wherein the business rule function defines one or more rules defined to act on one or more database objects to obtain one or more business rule function results and one or more expressions to be called within a respective rule, wherein an expression is a self-contained operation unit defining a result object, receiving a selection of one or more in-memory database objects of an in-memory database to be processed by the business rule function and providing to an application server of the in-memory database at least a part of the business rule function in the in-memory database for execution on at least a portion the selected one or more in-memory database objects, wherein execution of the at least a part of the business rule function includes receiving only a portion of the selected one or more selected in-memory database objects onto on an application server of the in-memory database, wherein the portion of the one or in memory database objects is determined in response to an evaluation of the business rule function. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262128 | ASSIMILATING BUSINESS RULES - Methods, systems, and machine-readable and executable instructions are provided for assimilating business rules. Assimilating business rules can include storing a definition of a business rule based on a policy for an operation as a set of instructions in a machine readable medium. Assimilating business rules can include receiving an input regarding the operation and causing a display of the business rule as textual language within a graphical user interface in response to the input. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262129 | System and Method for Providing Information Regarding Persons Having Online Profiles - Embodiments of the invention include an online profile system for a user related to building and accessing an online profile and process a verification report of a first user. In some embodiments, the verification report can be distributed to an internet service interface based on the user's judgment of the accuracy, an administrator. In some embodiments, the verification report can be distributed based on a renewal date of the verification. In some embodiments, the online profile system can process dispute information from the first user, and initiate a secondary search of the first user to produce a verification report of the user. In some embodiments, the user can be verified using knowledge based questions including timed answers. In some further embodiments, the system can flag a user account of the first user for a deactivated or hidden profile. In some embodiments, the internet service interface includes an internet dating service. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262130 | AUTOMATIC INTERVIEW QUESTION RECOMMENDATION AND ANALYSIS - Described herein are methods and systems for interview question or prompt recommendation and analysis to improve the quality and efficacy of subsequent evaluation campaigns by combining data sets are described herein. In one method, processing logic selects a first prompt from a first data set of a first candidate evaluation campaign and a second prompt from a second data set of a second candidate evaluation campaign. The processing logic determines whether a degree of similarity between the first prompt and the second prompt exceeds a threshold and combines data from the first data set with data from the second data set to create a combined data set associated with the first prompt and with the second prompt based on the determination. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262131 | SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING PEOPLE AND ENTITIES TO MEET AND METHODS OF ITS USE - The herein method involves electronically searching for people and entities with a certain characteristic. Once these people and entities are identified, there is a search of to see if there is a commonly available time for a meeting, both with respect to time and location. Meetings scheduled for commonly available times are automatically inserted into electronic calendars curated by at least one of the meeting parties. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262132 | USER WORK SCHEDULE IDENTIFICATION - One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for determining a user work schedule. A user may seldom update actual work hours, such as within a calendar, to reflect an actual schedule of the user, which may result in erroneous information being exposed to services that may notify other users as to when the user is inside or outside work hours. Accordingly, user signals (e.g., a current device location, execution of a work-related app, access to a work VPN, participation in a conference call from home, etc.) may be evaluated to generate a set of user activity patterns that may be indicative of recurring work patterns of the user. A user work schedule for the user may be determined based upon the set of user activity patterns. The user work schedule may be used to modify user interfaces (e.g., a conferencing website, a phone app, etc.) exposed to other users. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262133 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING AN ASSESSMENT OF EQUIPMENT IN AN EQUIPMENT FLEET - A method for providing an assessment of equipment in an equipment fleet. The method includes receiving an equipment assessment request. The method also includes transmitting fleet summary information representative of equipment in the equipment fleet. The method also includes receiving an input selecting a piece of equipment from the fleet. The method also includes transmitting equipment summary information representing categories of available summary data for the piece of equipment. The method further includes receiving a second input selecting a category of available summary data. The method further includes transmitting detailed data corresponding to the selected category of available summary data. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262134 | Wireless Communications Methods and Systems for Juvenile Products - Wireless communications methods and systems for juvenile products include a juvenile product and a mobile application for monitoring and/or controlling a juvenile product. The juvenile product includes at least one communication device and at least one sensor configured to sense at least one type of sensor data on at least one of the juvenile product, a juvenile using the juvenile product, and an environment of the juvenile product. A processor is configured to receive data from at least one user device; receive the at least one type of sensor data from the at least one sensor; and determine at least one state of at least one of the juvenile product, the juvenile using the juvenile product, and the environment of the juvenile product based on at least one of the data received from the at least one user device and the at least one type of sensor data. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262135 | COMMUNICATION PROTOCOLS TO ALLOCATE AND APPLY RESOURCES IN A COMPUTING SYSTEM HAVING MULTIPLE COMPUTERS CONNECTED VIA COMMUNICATION NETWORKS - A computer system having a plurality of computers, including a centralized router and a data storage stores data linking a time limit and multiple destination accounts. Within the time limit, in response to a first authorization request associated with a first destination account, the data storage stores data linking an account identifier provided in the first authorization request with the time limit; in response to a second authorization request identifying the account identifier and being associated with a second destination account, the data storage stores data increases an allocated resource of the account identifier; and in response to a third authorization request identifying the account identifier and being associated with a third destination account, the centralized router applies the allocated resource of the account identifier to generate a fourth authorization request replacing the third authorization request and routes a response to the fourth authorization request. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262136 | CROSS BORDER IMAGE EXCHANGE - In some embodiments, one or more processors receive a financial instrument via an interface. The financial instrument indicates attributes of a financial transaction. The processors determine, based on one or more of the attributes, whether the financial transaction involves a cross border exchange. If the financial transaction involves a cross border exchange, the processors flag the financial instrument accordingly, perform a currency conversion, and communicate an electronic image associated with the financial instrument to computing resources configured to complete the financial transaction electronically without having to transport a paper copy of the financial instrument between financial institutions. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262137 | OFF-BLOCK CHAIN TRANSACTIONS IN COMBINATION WITH ON-BLOCK CHAIN TRANSACTIONS - A system and method for transaction bitcoin is described. Bitcoin can be sent to an email address. No miner's fee is paid by a host computer system. Hot wallet functionality is provided that transfers values of some Bitcoin addresses to a vault for purposes of security. A private key of a Bitcoin address of the vault is split and distributed to keep the vault secure. Instant exchange allows for merchants and customers to lock in a local currency price. A vault has multiple email addresses to authorize a transfer of bitcoin out of the vault. User can opt to have private keys stored in locations that are under their control. A tip button rewards content creators for their efforts. A bitcoin exchange allows for users to set prices that they are willing to sell or buy bitcoin and execute such trades. | 2015-09-17 |
20150262138 | TIP BUTTON - A system and method for transaction bitcoin is described. Bitcoin can be sent to an email address. No miner's fee is paid by a host computer system. Hot wallet functionality is provided that transfers values of some Bitcoin addresses to a vault for purposes of security. A private key of a Bitcoin address of the vault is split and distributed to keep the vault secure. Instant exchange allows for merchants and customers to lock in a local currency price. A vault has multiple email addresses to authorize a transfer of bitcoin out of the vault. User can opt to have private keys stored in locations that are under their control. A tip button rewards content creators for their efforts. A bitcoin exchange allows for users to set prices that they are willing to sell or buy bitcoin and execute such trades. | 2015-09-17 |