43rd week of 2008 patent applcation highlights part 62 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20080262792 | Method for Outputting Measured Values and Display Device - The invention relates to a method for emitting measuring values on a display ( | 2008-10-23 |
20080262793 | Identification of Outlier Semiconductor Devices Using Data-Driven Statistical Characterization - Systems and methods for identification of outlier semiconductor devices using data-driven statistical characterization are described herein. At least some preferred embodiments include a method that includes identifying a plurality of sample semiconductor chips that fail a production test as a result of subjecting the plurality of sample semiconductor chips to a stress inducing process, identifying at least one correlation between variations in a first sample parameter and variations in a second sample parameter (the sample parameters associated with the plurality of sample semiconductor chips) identifying as a statistical outlier chip any of a plurality of production semiconductor chips that pass the production test and that further do not conform to a parameter constraint generated based upon the at least one correlation identified and upon data associated with at least some of the plurality of production semiconductor chips, and segregating the statistical outlier chip from the plurality of production semiconductor chip. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262794 | Computer program product, method, and apparatus for reliability evaluation - Information of an action of fact confirmation performed between nodes that are objects relating to fact confirmation in an application procedure is read from a predetermined storage unit that previously stores whether an action of fact confirmation is an action of operating information or an action of confirming information, and based on the read information of the action, when a fraud is committed in an action of operating information, reliability of the application procedure is calculated based on a probability of a detection of a fraud in an action of confirming information performed in a node connected to the action of operating information. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262795 | Process Equipment Monitoring - A system and method for monitoring process equipment includes collecting information from the process equipment. The collected information is statistically analyzed. One or more signatures indicating the overall status or health of one or more pieces of equipment can be developed. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262796 | Method for predictive maintenance and/or method for determining electrical conductivity in a magneto-inductive flow-measuring device - A method for predictive maintenance for a magneto-inductive flow-measuring device and/or to a method for determining electrical conductivity of a medium flowing through a magneto-inductive flow-measuring device, wherein the magneto-inductive flow-measuring device includes a magnet system, which produces a magnetic field passing through the measuring tube essentially transversely to a measuring tube axis; at least two measuring electrodes coupled with the medium, having a defined rest potential and being arranged in a region of the measuring tube lying essentially perpendicularly to the magnetic field; and a control/evaluation unit, which delivers information concerning volume- or mass-flow of the medium on the basis of measurement voltage induced in the measuring electrodes. A first exciting signal with a first frequency (f | 2008-10-23 |
20080262797 | Method and System for Monitoring Performance of Distributed Applications - Method and a corresponding system for performance monitoring of distributed applications. A sensor intercepts every request of service for a server that is generated on a client. If the request meets a filtering condition (for example, defined by the address of the server, the web page from which the request is originated and/or the selected link) the measuring of a corresponding transaction on the client is enabled; at the same time, the request is updated by inserting a correlator. The request is then transmitted to the server. If the request includes the correlator, the measuring of a sub-transaction originating from the request is also enabled on the server. The parameters measured on the client and on the server are then associated with the correlator. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262798 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING DISTRIBUTED VERIFICATION WITH RESPECT TO MEASUREMENT DATA IN SENSOR NETWORK - A method and system for performing a distributed verification with respect to measurement data in a sensor network. The method of performing the distributed verification with respect to measurement data in a sensor network includes: verifying, by an aggregator, the measurement data received from each of a plurality of sensors; generating, by the aggregator, verification request data by using the verified measurement data; transmitting the verification request data to a verifier; and verifying, by the verifier, the aggregator via a predetermined number of sensors of the plurality of sensors and the verification request data. The method of performing a distributed verification with respect to measurement data in a sensor network further includes transmitting, by the aggregator, an aggregation result with respect to the measurement data to a base station when the aggregator is verified; and verifying, by the base station, the aggregation result. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262799 | Welding Deformation Computing Method, Welding Deformation Computing Device, and Computer Program Product - A region for which nonlinear analysis should be carried out is extracted and welding deformation of only the extracted region is computed by nonlinear analysis. Specifically, the displacement and reaction force at the limit surface are computed by linear analysis of the object to be welded, the reaction force at the limit surface is computed by nonlinear analysis of the region for which nonlinear analysis is necessary, an amount of correction of the displacement at the limit surface is computed and the above processing is repeated when it is judged that a difference between the two reaction forces is larger than a predetermined value, and welding deformation of the object to be welded is computed based on the computed displacement if it is judged that the difference between the reaction forces is smaller than the predetermined value. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262800 | Construction Method - A method for construction of structures from blocks of building material, such as quarried rocks, which includes scanning irregularly or randomly shaped blocks of building material, the blocks having no pre-existing required arrangement, to obtain scan data representing the respective size and shape of each of the blocks. Each scanned block is uniquely identified and associated with the corresponding scan data. A virtual structure is determined, representing the size and shape of the structure to be constructed. Scan data is processed according to at least one predetermined criterion to choose at least one scanned block and determine a desired orientation and position of the at least one scanned block within the virtual structure; and build data is output, representing instructions regarding the desired position of the scanned block in the structure. Build data may be used to construct the structure one block at a time, or in batches of blocks. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262801 | Tower of numeric types - Various technologies and techniques are disclosed for providing a numeric tower that represents a structure supporting statically defined numeric data types. The numeric data types each are operable to implement a different but accurate representation of a particular value. Numeric operations are supported for the numeric tower that can be performed with any of the statically defined numeric data types. The numeric tower is extensible, and allows for additional statically defined numeric data types to be added, as well as operations. The numeric tower is also operable to detect overflow situations. For example, suppose a result of an operation will result in an overflow situation because the operation does not fit within a range supported by the particular numeric type. The system converts the numeric type to a different one of the numeric data types when the result does not fit within a range supported by the first one. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262802 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OILFIELD PRODUCTION OPERATIONS - The invention relates to a method of performing production operations. The method includes identifying a plurality of simulators from a group consisting of a wellsite simulator for modeling at least a portion of the wellsite of the oilfield and a non-wellsite simulator for modeling at least a portion of a non-wellsite portion of the oilfield, defining a first strategy template comprising a first condition defined based on a first variable of the plurality of simulators and a first action defined based on a control parameter of the plurality of simulators, wherein execution of the first action during simulation is determined based on the first condition in view of a logical relationship, developing a first strategy for managing the plurality of simulators during simulation, wherein the first strategy is developed using the first strategy template, and selectively simulating the operations of the oilfield using the plurality of simulators based on the first strategy. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262803 | Method and Apparatus for Modeling Systems - A method and apparatus is disclosed for processing a Potts model which uses random walk (RW) algorithms to improve the efficiency of the processing of the simulation data. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262804 | System and Method for Automated Population Splitting to Assist Task Management Through Analytics - Task management supported by analytics has enhanced effectiveness through automated population splitting for generating models that predict task associated outcomes. Subpopulations are automatically analyzed for adequate sample size and selectively recombined based on characteristics of the subpopulations, such as to combine homogeneous subpopulations or to optimize a subpopulation characteristic. As an example, outbound calling campaign models are generated for time periods by splitting a sample population into time period subpopulations and combining subpopulation time periods having inadequate sample size so that combined subpopulations have a minimized total time period or greater similarity relative to other subpopulations. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262805 | Method for online modeling illumination design - A method for online modeling illumination design is applied to communicate an illumination modeling system with a user end via an Internet so as to provide for a user to execute an online operation of the modeling illumination design. The method comprises the steps of: pre-writing an illumination modeling program; pre-storing at least one illumination device with at least one device parameter thereof; inputting at least one environment parameter to establish a modeling space; selecting and inputting at least one illumination device from the pre-stored illumination device; inputting an installation position for installing the illumination device; inputting an illumination position; and using the illumination modeling program, according to the environment parameter and the device parameter, to calculate a modeling illumination value of that the illumination device provides to the illumination position when the illumination device is installed to the installation position. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262806 | FREQUENCY RESPONSE OPTIMISATION OF A MOVEMENT SIMULATOR BY ADAPTIVE SINUSOIDAL REFERENCE TRACKING - The control device of a movement simulator, between its input formed of a control signal and its output formed of a measured magnitude among its speed, its position and its acceleration, by a transfer function B(z | 2008-10-23 |
20080262807 | Cmos Model Generating Apparatus and Method, Program of the Method and Recording Medium - A CMOS model generating apparatus | 2008-10-23 |
20080262808 | METHOD FOR DIMENSIONING INDUSTRIAL INSTALLATIONS WHERE A TWO-PHASE GAS-LIQUID MIXTURE FLOWS IN AN INTERMITTENT REGIME - Method for dimensioning industrial installations where a two-phase gas-liquid mixture flows in an intermittent regime. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262809 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MODELLING PETROLEUM MIGRATION - A method for modelling the migration of reactant in a subsurface petroleum system is described. The method comprises in part generating a mesh for an area of the petroleum system. The mesh comprises a plurality of nodes, with each node representing a point in space in the area. The method also comprises calculating one or more variables representing one or more physical characteristics at each node in the area and determining the migration of reactant in the petroleum system based on the one or more variables. The method can also handle multiple reactant phases and non-static meshes. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262810 | NEURAL NET FOR USE IN DRILLING SIMULATION - A method of optimizing a drilling tool assembly including inputting well data into an optimization system, the optimization system having an experience data set and an artificial neural network. The method further including comparing the well data to the experience data set and developing an initial drilling tool assembly based on the comparing the well data to the experience data, wherein the drilling tool assembly is developed using the artificial neural network. Additionally, the method including simulating the initial drilling tool assembly in the optimization system and creating result data in the optimization system based on the simulating. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262811 | Crystal Structure of Haemophilus Influenzae Nad Dependent Dna Ligase and Uses Thereof - The present invention relates crystals of LigA and computer-assisted methods for screening, identifying, and designing inhibitors and allosteric modulators of LigA. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262812 | Implant Planning Using Captured Joint Motion Information - The description relates to surgical computer systems, including computer program products, and methods for implant planning using captured joint motion information. Data is captured representative of a range of motion of a joint associated with a particular individual, where the joint includes a first bone and a second bone. The first bone of the joint is represented and a first implant model is associated with the representation of the first bone. Based on the captured data, a relationship is determined between the first implant model and a representation of the second bone through at least a portion of the range of motion of the joint. Information is displayed representative of the determined relationship. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262813 | Generating Simulated Neural Circuits in a Voxel Space - A three-dimensional voxel space is generated in which to generate a simulated neural circuit. The voxel space includes a plurality of voxels that store localized information. After the voxel space is generated, a plurality of simulated branched neurons, each of which has one or more input and/or output branches that occupy at least one of the voxels, are embedded in the voxel space. One or more of the branches of the plurality of simulated neurons then are generated in a manner that changes the voxels occupied by the grown branches, and the localized information stored in the voxels is updated to reflect the changes in the voxels occupied by the grown branches. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262814 | Method and system for generating a four-chamber heart model - A method and system for building a statistical four-chamber heart model from 3D volumes is disclosed. In order to generate the four-chamber heart model, each chamber is modeled using an open mesh, with holes at the valves. Based on the image data in one or more 3D volumes, meshes are generated and edited for the left ventricle (LV), left atrium (LA), right ventricle (RV), and right atrium (RA). Resampling to enforce point correspondence is performed during mesh editing. Important anatomic landmarks in the heart are explicitly represented in the four-chamber heart model of the present invention. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262815 | Processing logic modeling and execution - Provides processing logic modeling and executing methods, systems and apparatus. These facilitate collaboration between business analyst and IT staff for process modeling and maintenance of the consistency between business level design and IT implementation design. A task is decomposed into sub-tasks and is represented by a tree. Annotations to the nodes of the tree are used to represent the relations between the sub-tasks. A processing logic is thus completed. When executing the processing logic, traversing the tree follows according to the annotations. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262816 | Method and system for testing a building control system - A building control system comprises a central control station and at least one control panel connected to the central control station over a network. At least one loop is connected to at least one control panel. The at least one loop comprises a plurality of installed building control devices connected in an electrical circuit. A simulator is also connected to the network and configured to simulate the operation of a plurality of uninstalled building control devices for the building control system. The simulator is further configured to communicate over the network with the plurality of installed building control devices. Simulation of the operation of the uninstalled building control devices occurs simultaneously with the communication between the installed building control devices and the simulator. Accordingly, the simulator may be used to test the entire building control system during the process of installation at a facility. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262817 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMANCE AND POLICY ANALYSIS IN DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING SYSTEMS - One embodiment of the present method and apparatus for performance and policy analysis in distributed computing systems includes representing a distributed computing system as a state transition model. A queuing network is then superimposed upon the state transition model, and the effects of one or more policies on the distributed computing system performance are identified in accordance with a solution to the queuing network. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262818 | Creation of Clock and Data Simulation Vectors with Periodic Jitter - Methods for generating simulation vectors incorporating periodic jitter, or phase-shifted periodic jitter are disclosed. Periodic jitter, such as sinusoidal jitter, is preferably represented by a mathematical equation which defines the amount of jitter experienced at each cycle of a clock or data signal. The calculated periodic jitter for each cycle is used to form a new multi-cycle vector incorporating the jitter. If a particular signal to be simulated additionally needs to travel a particular distance such that it would experience a time delay, that time delay may also be incorporated into the jitter equation as a phase shift. So incorporating the time delay into the jitter equation allows for the easy simulation of circuits receiving the vectors without the need to actually design or “lay out” the circuits that imposing the time delay. This technique is particularly useful in efficient modeling, or optimization of, the clock distribution network and sample circuits used to receive data in a SDRAM integrated circuit. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262819 | Programmable Logic Array for Schedule-Controlled Processing - The electronic data processing circuit targets the emulation of a logic function. The circuit includes a single clock providing time unit signals, a programmable synchronous logic array for processing values on a time unit basis, detection of internal or external value state changes known as events, programmer for state changes or event signals, processor for a series of scheduled times providing the logic array with scheduled time signals depending on the signals from the detection or the event programmer and the signals from the clock. The processor can determine subsequent scheduled times having delayed deadlines programmed by the programmer, depending on the signals from the detection or the programmer. The processing performed by the logic array is thus dependent on the series of scheduled times triggered by internal or external value state changes and by determination of the series of scheduled times. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262820 | REAL-TIME PREDICTIVE SYSTEMS FOR INTELLIGENT ENERGY MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT OF ELECTRICAL POWER NETWORKS - A system for intelligent monitoring and management of an electrical system is disclosed. The system includes a data acquisition component, a power analytics server and a client terminal. The data acquisition component acquires real-time data output from the electrical system. The power analytics server is comprised of a real-time energy pricing engine, virtual system modeling engine, an analytics engine, a machine learning engine and a schematic user interface creator engine. The real-time energy pricing engine generates real-time utility power pricing data. The virtual system modeling engine generates predicted data output for the electrical system. The analytics engine monitors real-time data output and predicted data output of the electrical system. The machine learning engine stores and processes patterns observed from the real-time data output and the predicted data output to forecast an aspect of the electrical system. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262821 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DYNAMICALLY MANAGING SIMULATED ADDRESSES - A method, apparatus, and computer program product are provided for dynamically generating and managing addresses in a simulation environment. Address parameters and requests for addresses for performing commands from multiple simulation components are received. The multiple simulation components are associated with address maps. The requests include configuration parameters. Addresses are provided for performing the commands at the multiple simulation components based on the address parameters and the configuration parameters. Address generation is centrally managed such that when an address map for one simulation component changes, address maps associated with other simulation components and access to the other simulation components are not affected. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262822 | Simulation using resource models - Operational resource modeling is usable to analyze application and computer system performance over a wide range of hypothetical scenarios. Operational resource modeling involves creating and training one or more resource models, and/or simulating hypothetical scenarios using resource models. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262823 | Training of resource models - Operational resource modeling is usable to analyze application and computer system performance over a wide range of hypothetical scenarios. Operational resource modeling involves creating and training one or more resource models, and/or simulating hypothetical scenarios using resource models. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262824 | Creation of resource models - Operational resource modeling is usable to analyze application and computer system performance over a wide range of hypothetical scenarios. Operational resource modeling involves creating and training one or more resource models, and/or simulating hypothetical scenarios using resource models. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262825 | ARRANGEMENT FOR TRANSMITTING INFORMATION - Arrangement for bidirectionally transmitting information between a unit configured to emulate a data processing system and a data processing unit, wherein the data processing unit has a data input device and a data output device, the emulating unit is configured to generate emulator information, and the emulator information relates to a power budget for the emulated data processing system. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262826 | Method for building parallel corpora - A method for identifying documents for enriching a statistical translation tool includes retrieving a source document which is responsive to a source language query that may be specific to a selected domain. A set of text segments is extracted from the retrieved source document and translated into corresponding target language segments with a statistical translation tool to be enriched. Target language queries based on the target language segments are formulated. Sets of target documents responsive to the target language queries are retrieved. The sets of retrieved target documents are filtered, including identifying any candidate documents which meet a selection criterion that is based on co-occurrence of a document in a plurality of the sets. The candidate documents, where found, are compared with the retrieved source document for determining whether any of the candidate documents match the source document. Matching documents can then be stored and used at their turn in a training phase for enriching the translation tool. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262827 | Real-Time Translation Of Text, Voice And Ideograms - A system and method translate a statement in real time. Artificial intelligence translates text, speech or ideograms from a first language to a second language. The translated statement may be edited by a person at the source of the message and/or a person receiving the statement. Edits are used to train the artificial intelligence in the proper translation of the language. The system learns the language, or a vernacular thereof, and translates future messages in accordance with the edits received. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262828 | Encoding and Adaptive, Scalable Accessing of Distributed Models - Systems, methods, and apparatus for accessing distributed models in automated machine processing, including using large language models in machine translation, speech recognition and other applications. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262829 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A TRANSLATION AND MACHINE TRANSLATION - The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for generating a translation and machine translation. According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for generating a translation, wherein a sentence of a first language to be translated is split into a plurality of fragments, an aligned bilingual example corpus comprises a plurality of example sentence pairs of the first language and a second language and alignment information between each sentence pair, and comprises at least one translation fragment of the second language corresponding to each of said plurality of fragments of the first language; the method comprising: selecting an optimum translation fragment combination of the second language from a plurality of possible translation fragment combinations of the second language corresponding to said sentence of the first language based on an integrated score obtained from a plurality of feature functions on a translation fragment combination; and generating the translation of the second language based on said optimum translation fragment combination. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262830 | Bidirectional Network Language Support - A method and apparatus for displaying bi-directional text using a browser program on a computer ( | 2008-10-23 |
20080262831 | Method for the Natural Language Recognition of Numbers - A method for the natural language recognition of numbers, in particular, for use in a voice recognition system. The recognition method is as the follows: a spoken numeral is detected and digitized, the numeral is broken down into number-related word components, the mutual position of the word components is determined within the numeral, the numerical values corresponding to the word components are compared and recognized using word component-number value pairs maintained in a digital dictionary, and the individual numerical values are strung together and/or added and/or multiplied according to the type and positions thereof of the corresponding word components in the numeral such that the numerical value corresponding to the input numeral is obtained. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262832 | Document Processing Device, and Document Processing Method - A technique is provided for adding an annotation to a document described in a markup language. Upon acquisition of a document described in a markup language, a document processing apparatus | 2008-10-23 |
20080262833 | Document Processing Device and Document Processing Method - A technique is provided for adding an annotation to a document described in a markup language. Upon the document processing apparatus | 2008-10-23 |
20080262834 | Sound Separating Device, Sound Separating Method, Sound Separating Program, and Computer-Readable Recording Medium - A sound separating apparatus includes a converting unit that respectively converts signals of two channels into frequency domains by a time unit, the signals representing sounds from sound sources. The apparatus also includes a localization-information calculating unit that calculates localization information regarding the frequency domains and a cluster analyzing unit that classifies the localization information into clusters and respectively calculates central values of the clusters. Finally, the apparatus further includes a separating unit that inversely converts, into a time domain, a value that is based on the central value and the localization information, and separates a sound from a given sound source included in the sound sources. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262835 | Encoding Device, Decoding Device, and Method Thereof - There is disclosed an encoding device capable of improving similarity between the high frequency band spectrum of the original signal and a new spectrum to be generated while realizing a low bit rate when encoding a wide-band signal spectrum. The encoding device has sub-band amplitude calculation units ( | 2008-10-23 |
20080262836 | PITCH ESTIMATION APPARATUS, PITCH ESTIMATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - In a pitch estimation apparatus, a function estimation part estimates a fundamental frequency probability density function of an audio signal by repeating a weight calculation process and an estimated shape specification process. The weight calculation process calculates a weight of each tone model of each fundamental frequency based on an estimated shape of each tone model of each fundamental frequency. The estimated shape indicates a degree of dominancy of a corresponding tone model in a total harmonic structure of the audio signal. The estimated shape specification process specifies each estimated shape of each tone model based on an amplitude spectrum of the audio signal, the harmonic structure of each tone model and the weight of each tone model. A similarity analysis part calculates a similarity index value indicating a degree of similarity between each tone model and corresponding estimated shape. A weight correction part reduces a weight of a tone model of a certain fundamental frequency having the similarity index value indicating that the tone model and the corresponding estimated shape are not similar to each other. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262837 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTING A SPEECH OUTPUT RATE TO MATCH A SPEECH INPUT RATE | 2008-10-23 |
20080262838 | Method, apparatus and computer program product for providing voice conversion using temporal dynamic features - An apparatus for providing voice conversion using temporal dynamic features includes a feature extractor and a transformation element. The feature extractor may be configured to extract dynamic feature vectors from source speech. The transformation element may be in communication with the feature extractor and configured to apply a first conversion function to a signal including the extracted dynamic feature vectors to produce converted dynamic feature vectors. The first conversion function may have been trained using at least dynamic feature data associated with training source speech and training target speech. The transformation element may be further configured to produce converted speech based on an output of applying the first conversion function. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262839 | Processing Control Device, Method Thereof, Program Thereof, and Recording Medium Containing the Program - A processor | 2008-10-23 |
20080262840 | Method Of Verifying Accuracy Of A Speech - A method for verifying the accuracy of speech is provided. The speech is pre-loaded into a dialog system. A medium is provided to verify the accuracy of the pre-loaded speech in the dialog system by comparing the test content with a predetermined speech script. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262841 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RENDERING CONTENTS, CONTAINING SOUND DATA, MOVING IMAGE DATA AND STATIC IMAGE DATA, HARMLESS - A method of rendering multimedia contents harmless is described. The method includes: reading out a predetermined word and the contents from a recording apparatus; replacing the predetermined word in transcript data with a different word, and setting the transcript data including the different word, and the predetermined word, respectively, as transcript data of harmless contents, and as transcript data of unique information; replacing the predetermined word with the different word, and setting the sound data including the different word and the predetermined word according to a time when the predetermined word appears in the firstly mentioned transcript data, respectively, as sound data of the harmless contents, and as sound data of the unique information; replacing the predetermined word in the presentation data with the different word, and the predetermined word, respectively, as presentation data of the harmless contents, and as presentation data of the unique information; recording the harmless contents; and recording the unique information. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262842 | PORTABLE COMPUTER WITH SPEECH RECOGNITION FUNCTION AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING SPEECH COMMAND THEREOF - A portable computer with a speech recognition function and the method for processing a speech command thereof is disclosed. In the method of a speech command, the speech command has Y command character strings, wherein Y is a positive integer and which is greater than or equal to one. The method includes a step: providing a plurality of speech recognition databases and loading a corresponding speech recognition database responding to execute the X-th command string of the speech command, wherein X is a positive integer and is greater than or equal to one and is less than or equal to N. When the string corresponding to the X-th command character string is found in the loaded speech recognition database, an operation designated by the X-th command string is executed, and when X is not equal to Y, one is added to X. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262843 | SPEECH RECOGNITION APPARATUS AND METHOD - An apparatus and method for recognizing paraphrases of uttered phrases, such as place names. At least one keyword contained in a speech utterance is recognized. Then, the keyword(s) contained in the speech utterance are re-recognized using a phrase including the keyword(s). Based on both recognition results, it is determined whether a paraphrase could have been uttered. If a paraphrase could have been uttered, a phrase corresponding to the paraphrase is determined as a result of speech recognition of the speech utterance. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262844 | Method and system for analyzing separated voice data of a telephonic communication to determine the gender of the communicant - A method and system for determining the gender of a communicant in a communication is provided. According to the method, at least one aural segment corresponding to at least one word spoken by a communicant is identified. The aural segment is then analyzed by applying a gender detection model to the aural segment, and gender detection data is generated based on the application of the gender detection model. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262845 | METHOD TO TRANSLATE, CACHE AND TRANSMIT TEXT-BASED INFORMATION CONTAINED IN AN AUDIO SIGNAL - A method, system and computer-readable medium for generating, caching and transmitting textual equivalents of information contained in an audio signal are presented. The method includes generating a textual equivalent of at least a portion of a speech-based audio signal in one device into a textual equivalent, storing a portion of the textual equivalent in first device's memory and transmitting the stored textual equivalent to a another device. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262846 | Wireless server based text to speech email - An email system for mobile devices, such as cellular phones and PDAs, is disclosed which allows email messages to be played back on the mobile device as voice messages on demand by way of a media player, thus eliminating the need for a unified messaging system. Email messages are received by the mobile device in a known manner. In accordance with an important aspect of the invention, the email messages are identified by the mobile device as they are received. After the message is identified, the mobile device sends the email message in text format to a server for conversion to speech or voice format. After the message is converted to speech format, the server sends the messages back to the user's mobile device and notifies the user of the email message and then plays the message back to the user through a media player upon demand. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262847 | USER POSITIONABLE AUDIO ANCHORS FOR DIRECTIONAL AUDIO PLAYBACK FROM VOICE-ENABLED INTERFACES - The present invention discloses a concept and a use of audio anchors within voice-enabled interfaces. Audio anchors can be user configurable points from which audio playback occurs. In the invention, a user can identify an interface position at which an audio anchor is to be established. The computing device can determine an anchor direction setting, with values that include forward playback and backward playback. Interface items can then be audibly enumerated from the audio anchor in a direction indicated by the anchor direction setting. For example, if a set of interface items are alphabetically ordered items and if an audio anchor is set at a first item beginning with a letter “G” and an anchor direction is set to indicate backward playback, then the interface items beginning with letters “A-F” can be audibly played in reverse alphabetical order. Additionally, a rate of audio playback can be user adjustable. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262848 | Applications Server and Method - A speech applications server is arranged to provide a user driven service in accordance with an application program in response to user commands for selecting service options. The user is prompted by audio prompts to issue the user commands. The application program comprises a state machine operable to determine a state of the application program from one of a predetermined set of states defining a logical procedure through the user selected service options, transitions between states being determined in accordance with logical conditions to be satisfied in order to change between one state of the set and another state of the set. The logical conditions include whether a user has provided one of a set of possible commands. A prompt selection engine is operable to generate the audio prompts for prompting the commands from the user in accordance with predetermined rules. The prompt selected by the prompt selection engine is determined at run-time. Since the state machine and the prompt selection engine are separate entities and the prompts to be selected are determined at run-time, it is possible to effect a change to the prompt selection engine without influencing the operation of the state machine, enabling different customisations to be provided for the same user driven services, in particular this allows multilingual support, with the possibility of providing rules to adapt the prompt structure allowing for grammatical differences between to languages to be taken into account thus providing higher quality multiple language support. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262849 | VOICE CONTROL SYSTEM - A voice control system allows a user to control a device through voice commands. The voice control system includes a speech recognition unit that receives a control signal from a mobile device and a speech signal from a user. The speech recognition unit configures speech recognition settings in response to the control signal to improve speech recognition. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262850 | Adaptive Bit Allocation for Multi-Channel Audio Encoding - The invention provides a highly efficient technique for encoding a multi-channel audio signal. The invention relies on the basic principle of encoding a first signal representation of one or more of the multiple channels in a first encoder ( | 2008-10-23 |
20080262851 | Method and Apparatus for Signal Processing and Encoding and Decoding Method, and Apparatus Therefor - An apparatus for processing a signal and method thereof are disclosed. Data coding and entropy coding are performed with interconnection, and grouping is used to enhance coding efficiency. The present invention includes the steps of obtaining a number of data corresponding to a pilot reference value and if a number of data bands meets a predetermined condition, obtaining the pilot reference value and a pilot difference value corresponding to the pilot reference value and obtaining the data using the pilot reference value and the pilot difference value. The number of the data is obtained using the number of the data bands in which the data are included. The present invention includes the steps of deciding one of a plurality of data coding schemes using a number of data and decoding the data according to the decided data coding scheme, wherein a plurality of the data coding schemes include a pilot coding scheme at least. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262852 | Method and Apparatus For Signal Processing and Encoding and Decoding Method, and Apparatus Therefor - An apparatus for processing a signal and method thereof are disclosed. Data coding and entropy coding are performed with interconnection, and grouping is used to enhance coding efficiency. The present invention includes the steps of obtaining a difference value and index information and entropy-decoding the index information and identifying an entropy table corresponding to the entropy-decoded index information and entropy-decoding the difference value using the identified entropy table and obtaining data using a reference value corresponding to a plurality of data and the decoded difference value. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262853 | Method for Encoding and Decoding Multi-Channel Audio Signal and Apparatus Thereof - Methods and apparatuses for encoding and decoding a multi-channel audio signal are provided. In the encoding method, spatial information is calculated based on a multi-channel audio signal and a down-mix signal, and a compensation parameter that compensates for the down-mix signal is calculated based on the multi-channel audio signal and the down-mix signal. Thereafter, a bitstream is generated by encoding the spatial information, the compensation parameter, and the down-mix signal and combining the results of the encoding. Therefore, it is possible to prevent deterioration of the quality of sound regarding a multi-channel audio signal by compensating for the multi-channel audio signal using a compensation parameter that compensates for a down-mix signal. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262854 | Method for Encoding and Decoding Multi-Channel Audio Signal and Apparatus Thereof - Methods and apparatuses for encoding and decoding a multi-channel audio signal are provided. In the encoding method, spatial information that is calculated based on a multi-channel audio signal and a downmix signal is encoded, and additional configuration information is generated based on information that is selected from the encoded spatial information. The downmix signal is encoded, and then, a bitstream is generated by combining the encoded downmix signal with the encoded spatial information. Thereafter, the additional configuration information is inserted into the bitstream. Therefore, it is possible to configure an optimum bitstream according to the circumstances by retransmitting all or part of information included in a header. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262855 | ENTROPY CODING BY ADAPTING CODING BETWEEN LEVEL AND RUN LENGTH/LEVEL MODES - An audio encoder performs adaptive entropy encoding of audio data. For example, an audio encoder switches between variable dimension vector Huffman coding of direct levels of quantized audio data and run-level coding of run lengths and levels of quantized audio data. The encoder can use, for example, context-based arithmetic coding for coding run lengths and levels. The encoder can determine when to switch between coding modes by counting consecutive coefficients having a predominant value (e.g., zero). An audio decoder performs corresponding adaptive entropy decoding. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262856 | Method and system for enabling audio speed conversion - The present invention provides a method and system for processing an audio signal. According to an exemplary method, an audio signal such as a digital voice signal is received and divided into one or more individual unit cycles. An audio speed conversion operation is enabled by repeating or removing one or more of the individual unit cycles. In particular, repeating one or more of the individual unit cycles decreases audio speed, and removing one or more of the individual unit cycles increases audio speed. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262857 | Reducing the Cost of Distributed Electricity Generation Through Opportunity Generation - A new disposition of energy use and electricity cogeneration facilities at a customer's premises that enables even a small customer to choose one or more forms of primary energy from among available energy sources, so as to reduce the overall capital and operating costs of meeting own load requirements. Takes into consideration opportunities to save money by way of reducing own load and/or opportunities to earn money by exporting electricity to the mains grid whenever electricity market prices are high, and/or benefiting from payment for network support and ancillary services where such schemes apply. For operations requiring a high level of reliability, opportunity is provided to achieve a desired level of reliability for operations at the premises without recourse to extra cost of duplicate electricity supply connecting lines or expensive stand-by power generation facilities. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262858 | Methods for Establishing Brand-Centric Websites From Bi-Directionally Linked Content - Computer implemented methods and systems for generating a brand site for an internet website is provided. The method includes defining the internet website to include a plurality of modules, and each of the plurality of modules for the internet website being directed toward a brand. Further included, is identifying one or more instance sites where content components related to the brand are presented and linking the content components, from the identified one or more instance sites, to selected ones of the plurality of modules. The method further includes presenting the plurality of modules on the internet website to promote the brand, and the presenting is configured to integrate the content components from the instance sites into the internet website, such that the presenting further enables user interactivity with the plurality of modules and the user interactivity feeds data regarding one or more of module popularity, usage or revenue generating potential. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262859 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A VIDEO RESUME - Methods and systems of providing a video resume are disclosed. An indication of a video resume template that is preferred by the recruiter is received. The video resume template can be indicative of at least one required characteristic to be present in the video resume. A video resume is received from a jobseeker. The video resume received from the jobseeker is formatted in accordance with the video resume template. The video resume is provided to the recruiter. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262860 | System and Method for Supporting Software - This disclosure provides various embodiments of software for supporting a business application. In one aspect, the software receives error information and dynamic context information from a remote business application, where the dynamic context information may partially identify the particular execution point of the business application and a portion of the business data associated with that execution point, present a search interface to a support user utilizing search criteria that is automatically populated using the received information, and, upon request of the support user, generates an execution environment that simulates the remote business application execution using the received information. In some implementations, the software is farther operable to retrieve static context information related to the remote business application from a static context information repository. In those instances, the execution environment for the support user may be generated using at least a portion of the retrieved static context information. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262861 | USER IDENTIFICATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method, system and computer program product for providing user identification to multiple destinations in a business transaction are disclosed. A user registers with a processing center and communicates a request for providing identification information to multiple destinations thereto. Identification message attributes required by each of the multiple destinations are determined, and user identification information is retrieved by the processing center. The user identification information is combined with the identification message attributes to generate identification messages to the respective destinations. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262862 | Systems and Methods for Sharing Customer Assets - In one embodiment, a system or method for sharing customer assets includes receiving with a first regional service universal login information provided by a customer, the first regional service comprising one of multiple regional services that each comprises a distinct version of a network-based service, wherein each regional service is specific to a particular geographical region in which it is operated, accessing a central database with the first regional service to verify the universal login information, wherein the central database is accessible to each of the multiple regional services, and accessing the central database with the first regional service to access shared customer assets stored in the central database, wherein the shared customer assets stored in the central database are accessible to each of the multiple regional services. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262863 | Integrated, Rules-Based Security Compliance And Gateway System - Processes which enable regulated enterprises to efficiently manage regulatory compliance of computer networks and their users. One computer-implemented process involves providing a query database having information representing a plurality of queries, each query being associated in the query database with one or more of a plurality of specific industry regulations; receiving a selection of one or more of the plurality of specific industry regulations and displaying one or more of the queries associated with the selected industry regulations to a user of a computer network under the control of a regulated enterprise; receiving and storing one or more answers provided by the user to the one or more queries displayed; providing a report-writing database having information indicative of one or more statements, each of the statements being associated in the report-writing database with at least one answer provided by the user to at least one query displayed to the user; and generating from the report-writing database a compliance report with one or more of the statements associated with the stored answers. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262864 | MOBILE EVENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A mobile event management system comprises a portable case openable to form a command workstation at an event having an event zone. The system includes at least one mobile tracking device housed within the portable case during transport and storage of the case and removable from the case during use of the mobile tracking device at the event. The command workstation includes badging equipment to create credentials badges for event personnel and a computer system. Additionally, the mobile tracking device is operable to wirelessly communicate with the computer system. The system further includes event management software loaded on the command workstation and the mobile tracking device. The event management software is preprogrammed to maintain a database of information input into the command workstation and the mobile tracking device to facilitate tracking of objects and people associated with the event with respect to the event zone. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262865 | ENHANCED TRANSACTION FULFILLMENT - A unified online marketplace storefront may be used to sell items from multiple vendors. Managing a multi-vendor online sales channel may involve receiving, from each of a number of sellers, information describing one or more items for sale. The items for sale may be presented to potential buyers through a unified storefront on an online marketplace. The unified storefront can mask identities of the sellers and present a consistent interface to the potential buyers. The managing of the online sales channel also may involve receiving an order from a buyer to purchase an item through the unified storefront, and taking flash title to the sold item prior to fulfilling the buyer's order. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262866 | Methods for Improving the Clinical Outcome of Patient Care and for Reducing Overall Health Care Costs - The current invention is directed to improve methods for providing health care and for reducing the cost of health care. Additionally, the methods of the current invention are designed to improve the clinical outcome for the patient. The methods of the current invention provide financial incentives to both the patient and the medical service provider in an integrated manner that create appropriate checks and balances which encourages patient empowerment as well as patient and medical practitioner accountability. The method of the current invention incorporates evidence-based medicine treatment guidelines and content, and dispenses information therapy and other similar types of content through an Internet application or by other means to improve the standard of health care treatment which leads to better clinical outcomes, healthier behavior, and a reduction in the overall cost of health care. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262867 | PATIENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A patient management system and method are provided. The method of patient management may include receiving appointment data regarding an appointment for a patient with a selected clinician at a predetermined time, inserting an appointment entry on an electronic calendar of the selected clinician, attaching patient data to the appointment entry on the electronic calendar, providing a first electronic link on the appointment entry to medical records of the patient, providing a second electronic link on the appointment entry to a map showing an address of the patient, partially pre-filling a patient visit form using the attached patient data, receiving patient visit data electronically entered by the selected clinician on the patient visit form during the appointment, and storing the patient visit data into a patient database. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262868 | Process for gathering and sharing personal medical data - A process designed to gather and make efficient use of personal medical data wherein all facets of healthcare are now able to share a common database system. The database system is divided into three individual databases where the varied users would have limited user-appropriate access to one or more databases so as to make their function possible. A swipe card system and online access are the key to database entry. Limitations are placed as to what data is inputted and retrieved from the databases. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262869 | Automated System and Method for Medical Care Selection - Provided herein is a computerized method of managing medical care through communication between a Digital Board of Medical Experts (DBME), a physician, a health insurance carrier, one or more medical facilities, and a patient and providing a diagnostic and/or therapeutic recommendation, the method comprising the following steps: i) providing a DBME core comprised of modules and algorithms for processing medical data and providing diagnostic and/or therapeutic recommendations; ii) providing a Physician Action Module (PAM) whereby a physician provides a clinical index of suspicion (CIS) through a clinical index of suspicion selection algorithm (CISSA) of the PAM to the DBME—for obtaining a recommendation for hi tech diagnostic studies and/or treatment; and iii) processing through the DBME information from the CISSA and providing a diagnostic recommendation from the diagnostic recommendation algorithm (DRA) of the Diagnostic Module (DM) of the DBME for hi tech diagnostic studies and/or a therapeutic recommendation from the therapeutic recommendation algorithm (TRA) of the Therapeutic Module (TM) of the DBME for treatment. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262870 | Computerized Treatment Order and Associated Alert Processing System - A system enables users to identify alert checking performed, identify treatment orders and allergies associated with alerts, link medications and allergies with alert descriptions, and preview pending results of various alert resolution actions. A computerized treatment order and associated alert processing system employs a repository including information identifying candidate treatments for order and associated corresponding related order parameters. A user interface processor uses information from the repository for providing data representing an alert preview single display image in response to user selection of candidate treatments for order. The single display image identifies multiple candidate treatment orders including multiple related order parameters as well as multiple alert messages indicating potential adverse health consequences to a particular patient from administering the multiple candidate treatments to the particular patient. The single display image also associates individual alert messages with candidate treatment orders enabling a user to identify individual alert messages associated with an individual treatment order of the multiple candidate treatment orders. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262871 | Electronic commerce method over wireline/wireless network environments - Disclosed is an electronic commerce method over wireline/wireless networks and, more particularly, a shopping mall operating system accessible over the wireline and wireless Internet. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262872 | Method For Delivering Subjective Surveys Linked to Subjective and Objective Data - A patient interaction apparatus | 2008-10-23 |
20080262873 | PATIENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A patient management system and method are provided. The patient management system may include portable computers for the clinicians making house calls, a centralized database for storing patient medical records, and an office system for communicating with the portable computer to provide the clinician with patient medical information by accessing the database and receive patient visit medical information from the physician. The operating system may also update the database with the patient visit information House calls may be made to single family/person residences, congregate care facilities or communities, and others. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262874 | MEDICAL REPORT GENERATING SYSTEM AND A MEDICAL REPORT GENERATING METHOD - A device for generating a medical report by referencing contents that include at least a medical image, to which is attached information indicating attributes of the medical image, the device comprising a storage configured to store a processing for the contents associated with a keyword to be employed in said medical report and the attributes related to contents, wherein the device designates a range of a string descried in the medical report; designates all or a portion of the contents associated with the designated range of the string; by searching the storage part, specifies a processing that corresponds to the keyword indicated by the designated range of the string and the attributes of all or portion of the designated contents; and performs the specified processing on all or a portion of the contents. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262875 | NOVEL ARCHITECTURE AND METHODS FOR SOPHISTICATED DISTRIBUTED INFORMATION SYSTEMS - Certain embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for distributed information systems and architectures. Certain embodiments provide a distributed healthcare information system. The distributed information system includes a back-end subsystem providing content including services, applications, and workflows for healthcare execution. The content is configured for generally application to a plurality of domains. The system also includes a platform subsystem providing domain specific extensions to customize the content of the back-end subsystem for particular domains. The platform subsystem is in communication with the back-end subsystem to access the content. The system further includes a front-end subsystem providing a graphical user interface for a user to access functionality and information based on the content as customized by the domain specific extensions. The front-end subsystem is in communication with the platform subsystem to access the content. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262876 | CREDENTIALER MEDICAL MALPRACTICE INSURANCE COLLABORATION - A method for underwriting insurance in between recredentialing periods is disclosed, the method including obtaining a release of associated credentialing information, wherein the associated credentialing information is released from an associated credentialing entity to an associated insurance entity, providing the associated insurance entity access to the associated credentialing information, and updating the associated credentialing information with updated associated credentialing information, the updated associated credentialing information being collected from the associated credentialing entity by the associated insurance entity. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262877 | Interactive credential system and method - An interactive credential system and method is provided. The system comprises a database containing employee-employer-applicant surveyed information, industry specific criteria such as insurance loss history and account performance, an authorization code for authorizing access to the database and a control device, operatively associated with the database, for presenting weighted scores. The system further includes a surveyed party processor operatively associated with the control device, and wherein the surveyed party processor is capable of transmitting the authorization code to view the surveyed information. The system further comprises a participant processor that is capable of requesting authorization to download the employee-employer-applicant information, including weighted scores computed from the system's algorithms processed from industry specific parameters. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262878 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR GENERATING AND UPDATING A CACHE OF PRICE AND AVAILABILITY INFORMATION FOR TRAVEL PACKAGES AND COMPONENTS - Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for generating, updating, and managing a cache of price and availability information for a plurality of travel packages and components. The cache of price and availability information may then be searched by an online travel planning service to provide customers with a list of available travel products. More particularly, embodiments of the present invention provide a cascading cache system including a cache of price and availability data related to travel components and a cache of price and availability data related to travel packages. Changes made to the component cache can affect information stored in the package cache, and changes made to the package cache can affect information stored in the component cache. Furthermore, the cache system updates the package and component caches based on information received from a purchase of a package or component, as well as by proactively polling one or more travel reservation systems. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262879 | SHORT-TERM HOUSING RENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - As will be discussed in greater detail herein, a short-term housing rental management system and method provides tools for housing property managers, owners, renters, and others to better facilitate processes involved with offering and renting housing on a short-term basis. The system adds a more dynamic nature to pricing to be adaptive to changing conditions regarding such factors as timing and demand for particular short-term rental properties. Among other things, the system uses yield management to establish proper margins in rental pricing to increase returns from a rental event while seeking to increase occupancies. The system allows for short-term housing inventory to be offered simultaneously under more than one approach. For instance, the system could offer the short-term housing opportunity for a no commission approach, a merchant approach, and an agent approach. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262880 | OPTIMIZED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FINDING BEST FARE - The present invention provides a method, apparatus and system for processing fare queries to find the best fares. In one embodiment of this invention a query server utilizes a branching and bounding based technique to implicitly enumerate possible solutions to arrive at best fare solutions. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262881 | LOGICALLY CENTRALIZED SCRAP MANAGEMENT USING PLANNING OPERATIONS - The present disclosure relates to methods, systems, and software for processing or otherwise managing scrap information in a business application. For example, the software can instantiate a planning business object using production model data for production activities. The business object data and scrap information may be used to calculate requirements for a production planning model. The calculations may include adding an activity yield to activity scrap and fixed resource scrap to generate a component quantity. The component quantity can be multiplied by a component scrap ratio to generate additional component requirements. The component quantity may be added to the additional component requirements to determine a total quantity. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262882 | Providing and correlating clinical and business performance measures and benchmarks relating to medical treatment - Methods and systems for providing and correlating clinical and business performance measures and benchmarks for medical practitioners are provided. Clinical and business data is collected from a plurality of medical practitioners. The clinical data may pertain to one or more clinical metrics that relate to treatment offered to patients by medical practitioners. The business data may pertain to one or more business metrics that relate to commercial performance of the medical practitioners. Several benchmarking reports are prepared based on this data and provided to different medical practitioners showing them where they stand in comparison to other practitioners within their practice, specific or general discipline or industry. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262883 | Systems and methods for compliance and announcement display and notification - Systems and methods are provided for compliance and announcement display and notification. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262884 | METHODS FOR DETERMINING VALUE AT RISK - A preferred embodiment comprises a method for determining value-at-risk based on tick-by-tick financial data. Major steps of the method comprise the following: (1) financial market transaction data is electronically received by a computer; (2) the received financial market transaction data is electronically; (3) a time series z is constructed that models the received financial market transaction data; (4) an exponential moving average operator is constructed; (5) an operator is constructed that is based on the exponential moving average operator; (6) a causal operator Ω[z] is constructed that is based on the iterated exponential moving average operator; (7) values of predictive factors are calculated; (8) the values calculated by the computer are stored in a computer readable medium, and (9) value-at-risk is calculated from the values stored in step (8). | 2008-10-23 |
20080262885 | FLOW METERING OF VEHICLES USING RTLS TRACKING - A system and method optimizes throughput of tracked assets as work-in-progress (WIP) within a monitored environment such as a manufacturing establishment with off-line processing areas. A plurality of assets such as vehicles have a tag transmitter associated therewith and operative for transmitting a wireless RF signal that includes data relating to the identification of the asset to which the tag transmitter is associated. A real-time location system (RTLS) infrastructure tracks the location of the plurality of assets to various containment, staging, and processing task areas within the monitored environment as WIP. A processor is operative with the RTLS infrastructure for determining an asset input rate into WIP at an origin to the WIP for optimizing asset flow rate as WIP through different containment, staging, and processing areas within the monitored environment. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262886 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING TECHNOLOGY MATURITY - A method for measuring technical maturity index (TMI) for oilfield operations of an oilfield, the oilfield having a subterranean formation with geological structures and reservoirs therein. The method includes sending an assessment including a listing of a number of capabilities to at least one user associated with a first oilfield operation, where each of the number of capabilities is associated with a technology for the oilfield operations, and receiving a first number of responses in response to the assessment for the first oilfield operation, where each of the first number of responses specifies one of the number of capabilities and a level of adoption corresponding to the one of the number of capabilities. The method further includes obtaining a TMI for the first oilfield operation using the first number of responses and presenting the TMI for the first oilfield operation. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262887 | Automated Methods and Apparatus for Analyzing Business Processes - A method of identifying losses in a transactional environment is described. The method includes collecting transactional information related to a business process that has an intended outcome. The transactional information includes transactions involving the use of a computing resource. These transactional information can be resolved into individual components. Losses are identified from the transactional information. Those losses are categorized into a plurality of loss categories. Thereafter, an efficiency metric defining performance of the business process is determined, where the business process is based on the at least one goal and the losses. The efficiency metric is included in a transactional command length map that describes efficiency of the business process. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262888 | Method and system for analytical recruitment - Analytical recruitment by tracking stage, disposition, and time. A recruitment module tracks a stage and disposition of a candidate for a recruitment project as the candidate proceeds through the hiring process. Stages are sequential parts of the recruitment process and dispositions indicate the status of the candidate within the stages. The recruitment module also tracks time spent by recruiters in the recruitment process, by recruitment project and by the type of activity performed. Tracking of this level of detail of time, stage, and disposition provides accuracy in status reporting and recruitment project management. Reports can be generated to reflect various metrics important to the recruitment process, including the hours per candidate presented to the client, and a current status of a project compared to the goal. Finally, data can be stored and tracked for use in invoicing, payroll, forecasting, and other analysis. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262889 | BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION MANAGEMENT - A solution for managing a business transformation is provided. The invention obtains an impact of a business solution for the business transformation on a business concern for an enterprise and relationship information for the business concern with one or more other business concerns and/or value (business) metrics. The impact of the business solution is propagated to a set of business concerns and/or value metrics based on the relationship information. The impact can include a time delay factor, which can be used during evaluation to perform numerous financial related metrics (e.g., return on investment). The relationship information and/or impact can be derived from empirical data using regression analysis or the like. In order to facilitate evaluation of the business transformation, various improved graphical interfaces can be generated that highlight the changes caused by the business transformation for use by a user. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262890 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTING AND SCHEDULING CORRECTIVE ACTIONS FOR AUTOMATED STORAGE MANAGEMENT - Disclosed is a storage management framework that integrates corrective action plans output from multiple different types of planning tools, sorts the different corrective action plans based on utility and risk values and outputs a time-based schedule for implementing one or more of the corrective action plans to resolve identified current and anticipated workload service level objective (SLO) violations. | 2008-10-23 |
20080262891 | POLICY BASED DISTRIBUTION MODELING VIA INFORMATION MODELS - The method by which an information distribution system distributes information to subscribers is controlled by user profiles. A user profile is automatically generated by a profile generator based on information known about the user and a plurality of policies detailing what kind of users is eligible to receive what kind of information. User information and policy definitions are found on a user record store and a policy store connected to the profile generator, and the generated user profile is stored on a user profile store. | 2008-10-23 |