46th week of 2008 patent applcation highlights part 53 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20080281549 | Test Apparatus for Control Unit, Pattern Signal Creating Apparatus, and Test Program Generating Apparatus - An apparatus for assisting the creation of a test program, to be run on a simulator that automatically tests an electronic unit, to thereby reduce the number of preparatory steps and enhance the reliability of the automatic testing. The apparatus is a test apparatus including: a simulating unit for simulating a target to be controlled by a control unit; and a testing unit for testing the operation of the control unit based on a relationship between a pattern signal input to the control unit and an output signal output from the simulating unit in response to the pattern signal, wherein the testing unit tests the operation of the control unit at predetermined timing and, if a decision is not obtained that the control unit is operating properly, retries the decision a predetermined number of times. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281550 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CHARACTERIZING BALANCE FUNCTION - The present invention relates to systems and methods for characterizing balance function. In particular, the present invention provides systems and methods for monitoring balance function (e.g., in a single individual and/or plurality of individuals), generating one or more databases comprising balance function data, processing and/or analyzing databases comprising balance function data, and characterizing balance function (e.g., in a single individual and/or plurality of individuals (e.g., utilizing databases comprising balance function data)). Systems and methods of the present invention find use in, among other things, research, diagnostic and therapeutic applications. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281551 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEASUREMENTS - An apparatus and method for measuring the physical quantities of a data center during operation and method for servicing large-scale computing systems is disclosed. The apparatus includes a cart that supports a plurality of sensors. The cart is moveable within the data center. The sensors capture temperature or other physical parameters within the room. The sensor readings, along with position and orientation information pertaining to the cart are transmitted to a computer system where the data is analyzed to select the optimum temperature or other system environmental parameters for the data center. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281552 | Method for the Detection of the Loading of a Motor Vehicle - A method for the detection of the loading of a motor vehicle determines a loading condition of the vehicle using an analysis of the rotational behavior of the wheels. In a frequency analysis, it determines the natural frequencies of the wheels and looks at the amplitudes of the tire noise around those frequencies, which amplitudes change when the loading condition changes. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281553 | Object-Tracking and Situation-Analysis System - A situation analysis system for detecting and tracking moving objects within a limited space over a predetermined time period and for analyzing object combinations and episodes in relation to time as well as situations during the period of time, includes at least one tracking unit which has at least one sub-unit which is arranged and oriented to detect the limited space and moving and stationary objects disposed therein, | 2008-11-13 |
20080281554 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REPAIRING COMPOSITE PARTS - A composite repair system and method for assisting in the repair of a cured composite part in which a damaged portion has been cut out and removed, exposing a plurality of composite plies and their corresponding composite ply edges. The composite repair system may comprise a light source to illuminate the ply edges, an image capturing device to obtain an image of the ply edges, and a computing device for processing the image of the ply edges and creating a map of the ply edges based on the image. The map may be used to manufacture filler plies having peripheral edges shaped to correspond with the composite ply edges for replacing the damaged portion of the composite part. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281555 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING A SUBSTANTIALLY INVARIANT ROTATION AXIS - A method for detecting a substantially invariant rotation axis of a motion of a mobile body equipped with at least one inertial or magnetic sensor with three sensitive axes that includes acquiring physical measurements with respect to the three sensitive axes of the sensor, the physical measurements including at least three samples at different times, estimating a substantially invariant rotation axis in the physical measurements space, and identifying the estimated axis as the substantially invariant rotation axis of the motion. In one aspect, the method is applicable for estimating the motion of a mobile body rotating about a substantially invariant axis. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281556 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING OPTICAL SYSTEM - An apparatus is for evaluating optical characteristics of an optical system based on an image forming position of a point image formed through the optical system. The apparatus includes a point image producing unit that forms a point image through the optical system in each point light source; an imaging unit that images the point images to produce a point image distribution image; and a moving unit that changes relative distance between the optical system and the point light source or the imaging unit in an optical axis direction. The apparatus also performs processing of detecting an image forming position in each different relative distance of the point image based on image information of the point image distribution images, the processing including calculating a regression expression for the detected image forming positions to obtain a shape parameter of the image axis in each of the point images. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281557 | Method and system of using inferential measurements for abnormal event detection in continuous industrial processes - The present invention is a method and system for detecting an abnormal on-line analysis or laboratory measurement and for predicting an abnormal quality excursion due to an abnormal process condition. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281558 | Methods and Systems for Self-Improvement - A system and method of assessing an individual's chance for success is disclosed. The method includes taking a test, the test including questions that measure a plurality of characteristics of the individual. A score associated with each of the measured plurality of characteristics of the individual in accordance with the pre-selected field is weighted. Then a final score is determined from the weighted scores, the score being indicative of the chance for success in the pre-selected field. A movie representing an individual's progress may be generated. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281559 | Method for Reconstructing an Electrical Signal - A method for reconstructing an electrical signal in which the signal and a second signal, which is related to the first signal according to a predefined function, are sampled at a predefined sampling rate. The occurrence of aliasing in a downstream digital low-pass filter may be substantially reduced if missing sampling values of the first signal are calculated from the sampling values of the second signal with the aid of the known function. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281560 | Methods and Systems for Automatic Accommodation of Multiple Measurement Types by Shared Acquisition Hardware - Embodiments of the present invention comprise systems and methods for determining measurement apparatus acquisition parameters and related processing. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281561 | Internet Enabled Consultation System, Method and Service for Interior Design of Real and Virtual Spaces - The present invention is directed to provide a system for providing design consultancy for a client. This system includes at least one database containing at least one set of design criteria; at least one input interface for receiving data pertaining to: the plan of the space for which design consultancy is required; the furnishing needs for said space; and the design preferences of the client; a data processing unit for selecting at least one set of design criteria in accordance with the design preferences of the client and calculating positions of furniture within said space based upon said design criteria, and at least one output interface for displaying design advice according to said positions calculated for said furniture. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281562 | METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING PARAMETERS OF GAS TURBINE ENGINE COMPONENTS - Methods for optimizing at least one operating parameter of an engine component using an experimentally measured 3D flow field involving providing a magnetic resonance imaging machine, providing a model of an engine component, placing the model into the magnetic resonance imaging machine with a fluid flow source for applying an external fluid flow, applying the external fluid flow to the model, collecting data related to the external fluid flow about the model, and optimizing at least one operating parameter of the component using the data. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281563 | MODELING AND VERIFICATION OF CONCURRENT SYSTEMS USING SMT-BASED BMC - A computer implemented method for modeling and verifying concurrent systems which uses Satisfiability-Modulo Theory (SMT)-based Bounded Model Checking (BMC) to detect violations of safety properties such as data races. A particularly distinguishing aspect of our inventive method is that we do not introduce wait-cycles in our symbolic models for the individual threads, which are typically required for considering an interleaved execution of the threads. These wait-cycles are detrimental to the performance of BMC. Instead, we first create independent models for the different threads, and add inter-model constraints lazily, incrementally, and on-the-fly during BMC unrolling to capture the sequential consistency and synchronization semantics. We show that our constraints provide a sound and complete modeling with respect to the considered semantics. One benefit of our lazy modeling method is the reduction in the size of the BMC problem instances, thereby, improving the verification performance in both runtime and memory. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281564 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR FORECASTING THE DEMAND ON COMPUTER RESOURCES - An automated system and method for predicting a future resource utilization tendency by analyzing a change in resource usage on the basis of a real operation condition in a computer system. A CPU utilization estimating unit acquires a resource log and a transaction log, and estimates utilization for each transaction, and information on the number of executions for each transaction, a processing amount predicting unit performs a statistical time-series analysis on the basis of time-series data of the number of executions for each transaction included in the transaction log and predicts an amount of processing for each type of a transaction, and a resource utilization predicting unit predicts the computer resource utilization or demand on from the estimated resource utilization for each transaction and the future predicted amount of processing for each transaction. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281565 | Stabilizing solutions to output feedback pole placement problem with parameter drift and automated alerting of system parameter changes - Output feedback pole placement problems with parameter drift are solved with stabilizing solutions. Changes in system parameters trigger alerts in an automated manner. A representative method includes determining a set of solutions for an output feed pole placement problem, based on parameters of a physical system. The solutions are stable and well-conditioned for monitoring changes to the parameters of the physical system. The physical system is adjusted, or controlled, based on the solutions determined. Updated parameters of the physical system are acquired. A set of updated solutions for the output feedback pole placement problem are determined based on the updated parameters. The physical system is then adjusted, or controlled, based on the updated solutions determined. A system manager may also be notified of the updated parameters and/or the updated solutions. Furthermore, changes within the system may be monitored, and/or potentially critical changes within the system may be detected. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281566 | Semiconductor yield management system and method - A system and method for yield management are disclosed wherein a data set containing one or more prediction variable values and one or more response variable values is input into the system. The system can process the input data set to remove prediction variables with missing values and data sets with missing values based on a tiered splitting method to maximize usage of all valid data points. The processed data can then be used to generate a model that may be a decision tree. The system can accept user input to modify the generated model. Once the model is complete, one or more statistical analysis tools can be used to analyze the data and generate a list of the key yield factors for the particular data set. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281567 | Gearbox Simulation Test Bench - The invention relates to a test bench that reproduces the performance of a gearbox. The invention consists of: at least one gearshift module ( | 2008-11-13 |
20080281568 | Gene Expression Profiling for Identification of Prognostic Subclasses in Nasopharyngeal Carcinomas - mRNA transcript profiling can be used to formulate molecular predictors of distant metastasis for primary NPCs. The predicted results are highly correlated with short metastasis-free and overall survival. Predictions are made using 52-genes based and 12-genes based predictors. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281569 | Method For Creating a Model of a Structure - A method for creating a model of a part of the anatomy from the scan data of several subjects is described. The method comprises the steps of collecting scan data; applying a feature detector to the scan data; converted the output of the feature detector into a common reference system; and accumulating the converted data to generate the model. It is therefore possible for the method to generate a model from the scan data of several subjects automatically. The method may also include an optional step of receiving user input to select which of the accumulated data should be included in the final model. This user input requires much less effort than manual contouring and is substantially independent of the number of subjects used to create the model. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281570 | Closed-Loop Modeling of Gate Leakage for Fast Simulators - A method for circuit simulation using a netlist in which a first device having an unmodeled, nonlinear behavior is modified by inserting a second device which has a nonlinear response approximating the unmodeled nonlinear behavior. The first device may be for example a first transistor and the second device may be a variable current source, in particular one whose current is modeled after a floating transistor template which represents gate leakage current of the first transistor (gate-to-source or gate-to-drain). During simulation of the circuit a parameter such as a gate-to-source voltage of the second transistor is controlled to model gate leakage. The model parameters can be a function of an effective quantum mechanical oxide thickness value of a gate of the first transistor technology. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281571 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND PROGRAM PRODUCT SUPPORTING SEQUENTIAL LOGIC IN SIMULATION INSTRUMENTATION OF AN ELECTRONIC SYSTEM - According to a method of simulation processing, a collection of files including one or more HDL source files describing design entities collectively representing a digital design to be simulated is received. The HDL source file(s) include a statement specifying inclusion of an instrumentation entity not forming a portion of the digital design but enabling observation of its operation during simulation. The instrumentation entity includes sequential logic containing at least one storage element, where the instrumentation entity has an output signal indicative of occurrence of a simulation event. The collection of files is processed to obtain an instrumented simulation executable model. The processing includes instantiating at least one instance of each of the plurality of design entities and instantiating the instrumentation entity. The processing further includes instantiating external instrumentation logic, logically coupled to each instance of the instrumentation entity, to record occurrences of the event. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281572 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT (IC) DESIGN METHOD AND METHOD OF ANALYZING RADIATION-INDUCED SINGLE-EVENT UPSETS IN CMOS LOGIC DESIGNS - A logic design tool, a tool for analyzing soft error sensitivities in logic, and a program product for logic design. A particle generator simulates events likely to occur for a given operating environment. A pre-characterizer provides circuit block responses to simulated events. A circuit response simulator simulates events in a logic design and provides an indication of soft error sensitivity for the design. Based on the soft error sensitivity indication, the design may be modified to reduce the overall soft error sensitivity. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281573 | Digital design ecosystem - Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture consistent with the present invention provide a digital design environment in which model information is delivered to a plurality of analysis programs that simultaneously provide real-time feedback to the user and to each other. An administrator/orchestrator program obtains a building information model and outputs a copy of at least a part of the building information model to at least two of the analysis programs. The administrator/orchestrator program receives an analysis result, which is based on an analysis of the copy of the at least part of the building information model, from each of the at least two analysis programs. The at least two analysis programs perform a respective analysis simultaneously to each other. At least two of the received analysis results are simultaneously displayed, such that effects in the received analysis results are simultaneously displayed in real-time responsive to changes in the building model. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281574 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GLITCH ANALYSIS IN CIRCUITS - A system and method for analyzing power glitch in circuits includes simulating a circuit to provide waveform responses at positions of interest in the circuit. Each waveform response is processed to determine glitch power by comparing optimal energy to actual energy for the waveform. The circuit is adjusted to reduce loss due to the glitch power. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281575 | SIMULATION DEVICE FOR PROGRAMMABLE CONTROLLER - A simulation device for a programmable controller is formed by realizing by software on a computer a virtual PLC for emulating operations of a real PLC, a tool that functions as a development aid device for the virtual PLC and an error simulator for emulating an error that occurs in the virtual PLC. The virtual PLC and the error simulator are structured such that the simulation device is adapted to set, without any operations by the tool, a specified condition at a corresponding address in an error memory of the virtual PLC by carrying out a specified error selection operation and a specified operation regarding presence and absence of error generation, based on a list display of error items on the computer screen, after causing desired PLC type data stored in a PLC type memory in the virtual PLC through the tool. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281576 | INTERFACE BOARD, SIMULATOR, SYNCHRONIZATION METHOD, AND SYNCHRONIZATION PROGRAM - There is provided an interface board which synchronizes processings between a CPU board mounting a CPU and peripheral hardware models of peripheral hardware components modeled on a computer. The interface board connects a CPU board and a peripheral hardware simulator with each other. The CPU board has at least one CPU, and the peripheral hardware simulator simulates operation of at least one peripheral hardware component by a peripheral hardware model. The interface board includes: a wait instruction unit that receives an interruption notification from the CPU, then notifies the peripheral hardware model of the interruption notification, and sets the CPU into a wait state; and a release unit that releases the wait state in which the CPU has been set by the wait instruction unit, upon reception of an instruction to release the wait state from the peripheral hardware model which has been notified of the interruption notification. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281577 | Language Identification Equipment, Translation Equipment, Translation Server, Language Identification Method, and Translation Processing Method - In some preferred embodiments, a language identification apparatus, comprises a storing means | 2008-11-13 |
20080281578 | DOCUMENT TRANSLATION SYSTEM - A document translation system is described. In various embodiments, the document translation system improves translations of text or speech (“documents”) that are performed by computing devices (“machine translations”). Upon translating a document into a target language, the system can provide a user interface containing both the original document and a translated document. The translated document can include portions that are translated automatically by a machine translation service, and other portions that have been amended or modified by users. Upon providing the translated document, the system may receive input from a user describing portions of the translated document that should be modified. These modifications may then be stored in corpora that the document translation system can employ during future requests to translate the document. When multiple modifications are stored, the system may select one of the stored modifications during translation, such as based on the document type, reputation of the user who provided the modification, and so forth. The stored corpora can then be employed to improve future machine translations. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281579 | Method and System for Facilitating The Learning of A Language - A method for facilitating the learning of a language, involves concurrently displaying a video and subtitles corresponding to the video, where the displayed subtitles include selectable sentences, obtaining a selection from a user, including a selected sentence of the selectable sentences, subsequently displaying the selected sentence for selection of a word, obtaining a word selection of the selected sentence from the user, searching for and displaying at least one description including the user selected word. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281580 | DYNAMIC PARSER - The subject disclosure pertains to systems and methods for dynamic parsing. A dynamic parser can perform syntactic analysis or parsing of input data consisting of a set of tokens based upon a provided grammar including conditional tokens. While the parser grammar can be fixed, the dynamic parser can utilize an independent transform function at parse time to translate or replace particular tokens, effectively performing dynamic parsing. The transform function can be utilized in conjunction with conditional tokens to selectively activate and deactivate particular grammar rules. Additionally, systems and methods for automatically generating a dynamic parser from a grammar description are described herein. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281581 | METHOD OF IDENTIFYING DOCUMENTS WITH SIMILAR PROPERTIES UTILIZING PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS - The present invention generally provides methods and systems for characterizing texts, for example, for identifying textual documents by language, topic, author, or other attributes. In some embodiments, a method of the invention can include creating an n-gram frequency spectrum for a document under analysis, preferably selecting a subset of the n-gram frequency spectrum, transforming the n-gram frequency spectrum into principal component space, and identifying one or more attributes of the document according to its similarity to (or distinction from) reference documents in the principal component space. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281582 | Input system for mobile search and method therefor - An input system for mobile search and a method therefor are provided. The input system includes an input module receiving a code input for a specific term and a voice input corresponding thereto, a database including a glossary and an acoustic model, wherein the glossary includes a plurality of terms and a sequence list, and each of the terms has a search weight based on an order of the sequence list, a process module selecting a first number of candidate terms from the glossary according to the code input by using an input algorithm and obtaining a second number of candidate terms by using a speech recognition algorithm to compare the voice input with the first number of candidate terms via the acoustic model, wherein the second number of candidate terms are listed in a particular order based on their respective search weights, and an output module showing the second number of candidate terms in the particular order for selecting the specific term therefrom. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281583 | CONTEXT-DEPENDENT PREDICTION AND LEARNING WITH A UNIVERSAL RE-ENTRANT PREDICTIVE TEXT INPUT SOFTWARE COMPONENT - A system and method for supporting predictive text entry in software applications by sharing a common, predictive, software text-entry widget within a consumer device across multiple software applications and input contexts. The method comprises: a software application invoking an instance of a text-entry widget in a particular input context, the application optionally providing the widget a description of allowed symbols and a dictionary of expected symbol strings associated with the current context, the widget modifying a virtual keyboard display and predictive algorithm data according to the allowed symbols and dictionary, the user entering text via the widget, the widget returning the entered text to the application, and the application optionally including information derived from entered text in the associated dictionary to enhance the predictive capability of the widget on future invocations. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281584 | FAST ACOUSTIC CANCELLATION - A speech enhancement system improves the perceptual quality of an aural signal. A receiver detects and receives an unvoiced signal, a fully voiced signal, or a mixed voice remote signal. A coherence processor identifies the similarities or differences between a local signal and the remote signal. A cancellation processor or controller dampens reflected signals that may be part of the local signal. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281585 | Voice, location finder, modulation format selectable Wi-Fi, cellular mobile systems - Voice and location finder Analog to digital (A/D) converted signal is processed and provided to Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM), Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA), Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA), Global Mobile System (GSM), spread spectrum and Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) baseband processor, filter, modulation format selectable modulator and transmitter. Receiver and modulation format selectable demodulator for location finder satellite and ground based location finder, Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi), world wide web (www) and cellular network provided signals. Modulator and a transmitter for modulation and transmission of selected or combined signal having two distinct transmitters operated in separate radio frequency (RF) bands. Receiver with two antennas for receiving transmitted signal, a demodulator, receive filter and receiver processor for demodulation, filtering and processing of received TDMA signal. Receive filter for filtering of the TDMA signal is mismatched to the transmit TDMA baseband filter. Receive processor provides received baseband mis-match filtered cross-correlated in-phase and quadrature-phase TDMA signal. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281586 | REAL-TIME DETECTION AND PRESERVATION OF SPEECH ONSET IN A SIGNAL - A “speech onset detector” provides a variable length frame buffer in combination with either variable transmission rate or temporal speech compression for buffered signal frames. The variable length buffer buffers frames that are not clearly identified as either speech or non-speech frames during an initial analysis. Buffering of signal frames continues until a current frame is identified as either speech or non-speech. If the current frame is identified as non-speech, buffered frames are encoded as non-speech frames. However, if the current frame is identified as a speech frame, buffered frames are searched for the actual onset point of the speech. Once that onset point is identified, the signal is either transmitted in a burst, or a time-scale modification of the buffered signal is applied for compressing buffered frames beginning with the frame in which onset point is detected. The compressed frames are then encoded as one or more speech frames. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281587 | Audio Encoding Apparatus, Audio Decoding Apparatus, Communication Apparatus and Audio Encoding Method - An audio encoding apparatus and the like are disclosed which can improve the sound quality of encoded audio signals even in a case of scalable CELP encoding the audio signals in sections that vary with time. In this apparatus, an enhancement layer extended adaptive codebook generating part ( | 2008-11-13 |
20080281588 | SPEECH PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND SPEECH SYSTEM - A speech processing apparatus includes a spectrum envelope extracting unit which extracts the spectrum envelope of an input speech signal, a spectrum envelope deforming unit which applies deformation to the spectrum envelope to generate a deformed spectrum envelope, a spectrum fine structure extracting unit which extracts the spectrum fine structure of the input speech signal, a deformed spectrum generating unit which generates a deformed spectrum by combining the deformed spectrum envelope with the spectrum fine structure, and a speech generating unit which generates an output speech signal on the basis of the deformed spectrum. This apparatus emits a disrupting sound based on the output speech signal to prevent a third party from eavesdropping on a conversation. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281589 | Noise Suppression Device and Noise Suppression Method - There is disclosed a noise suppression device capable of improving the noise suppression accuracy while reducing the audio distortion. In this device, a suppression unit suppresses a noise component from the audio power spectrum by using the detection result of the audio-existing band and the noise band in the audio power spectrum including the noise component. A pitch harmonic structure extracting unit ( | 2008-11-13 |
20080281590 | Method of Deriving a Set of Features for an Audio Input Signal - The invention describes a method of deriving a set of features (S) of an audio input signal (M), which method comprises identifying a number of first-order features (f | 2008-11-13 |
20080281591 | METHOD OF PATTERN RECOGNITION USING NOISE REDUCTION UNCERTAINTY - A method and apparatus are provided for using the uncertainty of a noise-removal process during pattern recognition. In particular, noise is removed from a representation of a portion of a noisy signal to produce a representation of a cleaned signal. In the meantime, an uncertainty associated with the noise removal is computed and is used with the representation of the cleaned signal to modify a probability for a phonetic state in the recognition system. In particular embodiments, the uncertainty is used to modify a probability distribution, by increasing the variance in each Gaussian distribution by the amount equal to the estimated variance of the cleaned signal, which is used in decoding the phonetic state sequence in a pattern recognition task. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281592 | Method and Apparatus for Annotating Video Content With Metadata Generated Using Speech Recognition Technology - A method and apparatus is provided for annotating video content with metadata generated using speech recognition technology. The method begins by rendering video content on a display device. A segment of speech is received from a user such that the speech segment annotates a portion of the video content currently being rendered. The speech segment is converted to a text-segment and the text-segment is associated with the rendered portion of the video content. The text segment is stored in a selectively retrievable manner so that it is associated with the rendered portion of the video content. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281593 | Apparatus for Reducing Spurious Insertions in Speech Recognition - Techniques for improving an automatic baseform generation system. More particularly, the invention provides techniques for reducing insertion of spurious speech events in a word or phone sequence generated by an automatic baseform generation system. Such automatic baseform generation techniques may be accomplished by enhancing the scores of long-lasting speech events with respect to the scores of short-lasting events. For example, this may be achieved by merging competing candidates that relate to the same speech event (e.g., phone or word) and that overlap in time into a single candidate, the score of which may be equal to the sum of the scores of the merged candidates. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281594 | Autoscriber - The Autoscriber invention pertains to a system of inserting a printed SMPTE timecode into a textual representation of the spoken portion of a media recording. The system includes a user-supplied computer with Autoscriber (voice recognition) software, a printer and a user-supplied media recorder/player with SMPTE timecode reader and RS-422 data output. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281595 | VOICE RECOGNITION APPARATUS AND METHOD - According to an embodiment, voice recognition apparatus includes units of: acoustic processing, voice interval detecting, dictionary, collating, search target selecting, storing and determining, and voice recognition method includes processes of: selecting a search range on basis of abeam search, setting and storing a standard frame, storing an output probability of a certain transition path, determining whether or not the output probability of a certain path is stored. Number of times of calculation of the output probability is reduced by selecting the search range on basis of the beam search, calculating the output probability of the certain transition path only once in an interval from when the standard frame is set to when the standard frame is renewed, and storing and using thus calculated value as an approximate value of the output probability in subsequent frames. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281596 | CONTINUOUS ADAPTATION IN DETECTION SYSTEMS VIA SELF-TUNING FROM TARGET POPULATION SUBSETS - The present invention provides a system and method for treating distortion propagated though a detection system. The system includes a compensation module that compensates for untreated distortions propagating through the detection compensation system, a user model pool that comprises of a plurality of model sets, and a model selector that selects at least one model set from plurality of model sets in the user model pool. The compensation is accomplished by continually producing scores distributed according to a prescribed distribution for the at least one model set and mitigating the adverse effects of the scores being distorted and lying off a pre-set operating point. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281597 | Information processing system and storage medium storing information processing program - A plurality of input devices each includes a speaker, operation data transmitting means, voice data receiving means, and voice controlling means. An information processing apparatus includes voice storing means, object displaying means, operation data acquiring means, pointing position determining means, object specifying means, voice reading means, and voice data transmitting means. The pointing position determining means specifies, for each of the input devices, a pointing position on a screen based on operation data transmitted from the operation data transmitting means. The voice reading means reads voice data corresponding to the pointing position for each of the input devices. The voice data transmitting means transmits the voice data to each of the input devices. The voice controlling means outputs voice from the speaker based on the voice data. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281598 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROMPT CONSTRUCTION FOR SELECTION FROM A LIST OF ACOUSTICALLY CONFUSABLE ITEMS IN SPOKEN DIALOG SYSTEMS - A method (and system) of determining confusable list items and resolving this confusion in a spoken dialog system includes receiving user input, processing the user input and determining if a list of items needs to be played back to the user, retrieving the list to be played back to the user, identifying acoustic confusions between items on the list, changing the items on the list as necessary to remove the acoustic confusions, and playing unambiguous list items back to the user. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281599 | PROCESSING AUDIO DATA - A method of processing audio data including obtaining ( | 2008-11-13 |
20080281600 | DIGITAL PROCESS AND ARRANGEMENT FOR AUTHENTICATING A USER OF A DATABASE - Digital process for authentication of a user of a database for access to protected data or a service reserved for a defined circle of users or for the use of data currently entered by the user, wherein a voice sample currently enunciated during an access attempt by the user is routed to a voice analysis unit and, herein, a current voice profile is computed and this is compared in a voice profile comparison unit against a previously stored initial voice profile and, in response to a positive comparison result, the user is authenticated and a first control signal enabling access, but in response to a negative comparison result a second control signal disabling access or triggering a substitute authentication procedure is generated. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281601 | USER SPEECH INTERFACES FOR INTERACTIVE MEDIA GUIDANCE APPLICATIONS - A user speech interface for interactive media guidance applications, such as television program guides, guides for audio services, guides for video-on-demand (VOD) services, guides for personal video recorders (PVRs), or other suitable guidance applications is provided. Voice commands may be received from a user and guidance activities may be performed in response to the voice commands. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281602 | Coding Reverberant Sound Signals - The invention relates to an audio encoder and decoder and methods for audio encoding and decoding. In the encoder an audio signal is split into an anechoic signal part and information regarding a reverberant field associated with the audio signal, preferably by a representation using only few parameters such as reverberation time and reverberation amplitude. The anechoic signal is then encoded using an audio codec. At the decoder the anechoic signal part is restored using the audio codec, and the restored anechoic signal part is transformed into the substantially original audio signal by applying reverberance according to the information regarding the reverberant field, preferably by convolution with a room impulse response generated on the basis of the reverberant field information. According to the invention the audio codec involved needs only be capable of encoding anechoic audio signals, thus solving the problem of parametric audio codecs providing poor performance on reverberant audio signals. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281603 | Sound encoder and sound decoder - A sound encoder multiplexes a plurality of codes into a sound code in an order determined by a multiplexing order determination unit ( | 2008-11-13 |
20080281604 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO ENCODE AND DECODE AN AUDIO SIGNAL - A method and apparatus to encode and decode an audio signal. In the encoding method and apparatus, one or more important frequency components may be detected from an audio signal, the frequency components may be encoded, and then an envelope of the audio signal may be encoded. In the decoding method and apparatus, an audio signal may be decoded by adjusting envelopes at one or more bands containing one or more important frequency components in consideration of the energy values of the frequency components. Accordingly, it is possible to maximize the coding efficiency without degrading the sound quality of the audio signal even if the audio signal is encoded or decoded using a small amount of bits. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281605 | Consultants - instrumentation loop logic diagrams - The intent of the Process Loop Sheet is to convey information regarding how various pieces of equipment interact with a variable process design. For Instance, all Water and Wastewater Plants are designed to accommodate influent flow rates that are not consistent from one hour to the next. These flow rates are generally expressed as low flow rate, average daily flow rate, and maximum flow rate. In both types of plants there are generally pump stations, screenings and grit removal, clarifiers, filters, odor control, various types of chemical injections, and storage tanks. In addition there are typically local control panels communicating information about a particular process to a Central Control Room. Generally the major local control panels are provided with programmable logic controllers that interface through software with operator work stations that are located in the Central Control Room. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281606 | IDENTIFYING AUTOMATED CLICK FRAUD PROGRAMS - Methods and systems for identifying automated click fraud programs are provided. Upon receiving a request for presentation of a web page, the probability that the user is robotic is determined. The determined probability, along with historic behavior, if available, related to the requesting user, is used to determine a score that may be utilized to select advertisements for presentation to the user. If the score indicates a high likelihood that the user is robotic, an advertisement designed to solicit user behavior known to be associated with robots may be selected to confirm the suspicion. Alternatively, if the likelihood that the user is robotic is high enough, advertisement presentation may be largely suppressed. If, on the other hand, the score indicates a high likelihood that the user is human, a standard advertisement and/or an advertisement designed to solicit user feedback related to advertisements and/or publishers may be selected. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281607 | System, Method and Apparatus for Managing a Technology Infrastructure - The present invention provides a system, method and apparatus for managing a technology infrastructure having two or more technology elements by collecting data from the technology elements using one or more interface rules and a metadata dictionary stored in a data repository, analyzing the collected data and initiating one or more automated processes based on the analyzed data, one or more thresholds and one or more management rules stored in the data repository. Note that this invention can be implemented using a computer program embodied on a computer readable medium wherein the steps are preformed by one or more code segments. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281608 | Providing Collaboration services to Business Applications to correlate user collaboration with the business application - An aspect of the present invention provides collaboration services to business applications and such a service is provided by a mediator and a collaboration application. The collaboration service offers a user of the business application the ability to collaborate with other users of the business application or one or more responders such that any collaboration that occurs between the user and the responder is correlated to the business application and to the corresponding actions performed by the user with respect to the business application, thus maintaining the context of the collaboration. Another aspect of the present invention provides a collaboration service wherein the user of the business application is provided with at least part of a history of collaboration that occurred between the user and one or more responders. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281609 | Web-based system and method for collection and management of real estate open house data - A system and method for management of real estate open house data includes a database and a web portal configured to provide access to information from the database. At least one user identification device, in the form of a portable data storage device configured for storage of user identification data, is distributable to at least one user. A data collector, located at a real estate open house, is configured to collect the user identification data from the user identification device. A processing device communicably coupled with the data collector, is configured to transmit the user identification data from the data collector to the database. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281610 | Method and system for integrating idea and on-demand services - A method and system is provided having a webpage for posting ideas integrated with on-demand customer relationship management. The website associated with the page may be stored in a tenant area of a multitenant database to facilitate maintaining multiple websites for different tenants. A webpage may be sent to a client that includes a plurality of sections, each including at least one idea related to an improvement of a product. Votes may be received for at least one of the plurality of sections. A determination may be made of a Total Qualitative Management Criterion (TQMC) for each section of the website, by applying an increasing function of time to newer votes to enable relative weightings of older votes to diminish over time without requiring computing a decaying time function to determine weightings for each vote. A product modification may be determined based on the TQMC for each section. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281611 | USING A SOFTWARE APPLICATION TO CONFIGURE A FOAM SPRING MATTRESS - An aspect of the present invention relates to a method and system of receiving information of a user's support facility comfort requirements; using a software application to determine a proper support facility firmness configuration to match the user's requirement; selecting foam springs with the proper user required firmness as determined by the software application; and configuring the selected foam springs within the support facility to match the user's firmness requirements. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281612 | USING A SOFTWARE APPLICATION TO CONFIGURE A FOAM SPRING MATTRESS - An aspect of the present invention relates to a method and system of receiving information of a user's support facility comfort requirements; using a software application to determine a proper support facility firmness configuration to match the user's requirement; selecting foam springs with the proper user required firmness as determined by the software application; and configuring the selected foam springs within the support facility to match the user's firmness requirements. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281613 | USING A SOFTWARE APPLICATION TO CONFIGURE A FOAM SPRING MATTRESS - An aspect of the present invention relates to a method and system of receiving information of a user's support facility comfort requirements; using a software application to determine a proper support facility firmness configuration to match the user's requirement; selecting foam springs with the proper user required firmness as determined by the software application; and configuring the selected foam springs within the support facility to match the user's firmness requirements. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281614 | INTERNET CONTEXTUAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - This invention relates to a system and method for presenting to a user relevant areas of distributed computer network sites. In particular, the invention disclosed infers and cross reference user mind sets with data store of potential user goals. The user mind sets indicate a navigational goal of a user over the distributed computer network. In addition, the invention cross-references indicated user goals with data stores of service and service providers providing those services. The invention presents targeted service and service providers to the user across the distributed computer network thereby enabling the user to navigate towards the user goal. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281615 | JURISDICTIONAL COMPLEXITY MANAGER FOR ENVIRONMENTALLY RELEVANT ITEMS - The present invention provides methods and systems for facilitating exchange of rights associated with environmentally relevant items. The methods and systems may include identifying an environmentally relevant item recognized by a first jurisdiction, identifying an environmentally relevant item recognized by a second jurisdiction and providing a software-based module by which a user can manage actions related to the environmentally relevant items recognized by the first jurisdiction and the second jurisdiction. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281616 | Innovation system - A method and system for encouraging innovation is described that includes conducting innovation contests and ranking innovators. The process allows high-level innovators to be identified, thereby improving the efficiency of finding innovative solutions and/or innovative employees. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281617 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR WEB SITE MANAGEMENT - Disclosed is a remotely hosted browser based software as a service (SaaS) application for allowing users to create and customize a web space over a network from a computer connected with the network. The application includes an account creation module for creating a space with a service provider of the application. There is also a space management module for customizing the space and a monetization sub-module for defining one or more fee based subscription plans for subscribers. An access control sub-module defines a level of access (reader, commenter, author) that a subscriber will have with respect to the space that is linked with the one or more fee based subscription plans. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281618 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THE TRACKING OF ARTICLES - Detecting whether an article has been loaded or unloaded for example from a ship by tracking the movements of a transducer such as an RFID tag attached to the article in space, and comparing the tracked movements with a trajectory envelope characterizing the movements associated with a load or unload action, and in the case where the movements of the article are found to comply with the trajectory envelope, registering the article as present in the predetermined volume. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281619 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FACILITATING USER REGISTRATION IN AN ON-LINE AUCTION ENVIRONMENT - A method and apparatus for facilitating user registration in a network-based transaction facility are described. According to one embodiment, a user associated with a registration process in the network-based transaction facility is identified, and a verification rating is assigned to the user based on the accuracy of the registration information submitted by the user during the registration process. If the verification rating exceeds a predetermined threshold, the user is registered with the network-based transaction facility. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281620 | Multi-Modal Automation for Human Interactive Skill Assessment - A method for screening applicants includes remotely accessing a screening entity's web page by a potential candidate. The candidate is asked, via the pre-screening web page, to input responses to a set of queries tailored to the screening entity and the candidate's responses to the queries are stored. A phone call is automatically initiated to the candidate in response to at least one of the candidate's responses. An interactive information gathering process is started with the candidate using both the telephone and the computer. In the process, audio prompts to the candidate are generated via the telephone and the candidate's verbal responses are recorded via the telephone. A profile of the candidate is stored in a database including the verbal responses from the candidate for later access and analysis by the screening entity. The recorded responses are analyzed by the screening entity to make quality judgments about the candidate. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281621 | PEER-TO-PEER COMMUNICATION CHARGING METHOD, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND CHARGING DEVICE - A peer-to-peer communication charging method for charging instant messaging services in a peer-to-peer network, includes the steps of: a) sending, by a service application server to a charging system, an application layer charging message including application layer charging information, a subsystem layer charging correlation identifier and/or a bearer layer charging correlation identifier; b) sending, by a subsystem layer to the charging system, a subsystem layer charging message including subsystem layer charging information, the subsystem layer charging correlation identifier and the bearer layer charging correlation identifier; c) sending, by a bearer layer to the charging system, a bearer layer charging message including bearer layer charging information, the subsystem layer charging correlation identifier and the bearer layer charging correlation identifier; and e) associating, by the charging system, the received charging messages with one another and performing charging. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281622 | Social Networking System - The invention provides a method of managing an online social network for peer interactions, the method comprising: a) creating at least one sphere for users to associate over a common interest; b) identifying patterns associated with activity indicative of the common interest; c) monitoring the online actions of at least one user of the social network; d) evaluating the online actions taken by the at least one user; and e) comparing the online actions to the identified patterns associated with interest in the sphere category. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281623 | METHOD FOR CREATING AN EDUCATIONAL SUPPLEMENTAL PLAN - A computer-implemented method provides illustrations of college expense funding for a plurality of college students who attend an institution of higher education and who pay at least some college expenses using proceeds from parental college-related loans. The payments on the loans are reimbursed by the institution only if the student does not drop out of the institution. A computer-implemented apparatus administers a financial aid program for the students based on this methodology. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281624 | Data transmission system and data transmitting method - A data transmission system is provided that enables a user to move away before the completion of data transmission regardless of whether a refund is made in association with occurrence of a communication error when a data transmitting apparatus performs data transmission and collects a consideration. The data transmitting apparatus includes a consideration receiving portion that receives a consideration of FAX data transmission, a report destination input portion that inputs a report destination of a user, and a FAX transmission error detecting portion that detects a communication error at the time of the FAX data transmission. In case the FAX transmission error detecting portion detects a communication error, the system including the data transmitting apparatus transmits refund information for refunding the consideration of the FAX data transmission with the communication error to the report destination input through the report destination input portion. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281625 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, LICENSE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, LICENSE INFORMATION SERVING APPARATUS, LICENSE INFORMATION PROVIDING PROGRAM, LICENSE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A disclosed substrate processing apparatus that processes a wafer under control of software includes a license information reception portion that periodically receives license information related to the software from a license information serving apparatus connected to the substrate processing apparatus via a network; a license information analysis portion that analyzes the license information to extract address information of the license information serving apparatus on the network from the license information; and a license determination portion that compares the extracted address information with the address information that is of the license information serving apparatus and stored in advance in the substrate processing apparatus. When the two pieces of the address information are mismatched, at least part of functions of the software is restricted. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281626 | Enabling Interoperability Between Participants in a Network - Interoperability is enabled between participants in a network by determining values associated with a value metric defined for at least a portion of the network. Information flow is directed between two or more of the participants based at least in part on semantic models corresponding to the participants and on the values associated with the value metric. The semantic models may define interactions between the participants and define at least a portion of information produced or consumed by the participants. The determination of the values and the direction of the information flow may be performed multiple times in order to modify the one or more value metrics. The direction of information flow may allow participants to be deleted from the network, may allow participants to be added to the network, or may allow behavior of the participants to be modified. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281627 | System and method for improving the performance of electronic media advertising campaigns through multi-attribute analysis and optimization - Automated system, methods, algorithms, procedures, and computer software programs and computer program products for improving and optimizing the performance of messaging campaigns, particularly for marketing campaigns in which advertisements or other messages are distributed over an interactive measurable medium such as the Internet. Analysis and Optimization method and procedure, an automated system, and system and method that exploit the underlying multi-attribute structure, as well as other features and advantages. Optimization procedures allocate the ad alternatives or other message to the customer population to optimize business objectives such as maximizing the number of positive responses received. Procedure for generating message allocations that improve and attempt to optimize the campaign performance. Methods ensure that campaign constraints are not violated. Methods can be implemented on a computer that is programmed to retrieve message performance information and to generate recommended message allocations for each stage in a multi-stage messaging campaign to achieve messaging goals. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281628 | Method And Software Product For Establishing Informed Consent - A method and software product by which a medical practitioner ( | 2008-11-13 |
20080281629 | Method and System for Processing Medical Billing Records - A computer implemented method, system, and computer program product are provided for processing professional and technical billing records relating to medical care provided to patients at a medical facility. The method includes (a) providing at a computer system a mapping of a set of professional billing codes and corresponding technical billing codes; (b) receiving at the computer system a professional billing record provided by a professional medical provider relating to medical services provided by the professional medical provider to a patient, the professional billing record comprising one or more professional billing codes; (c) identifying one or more technical billing codes corresponding to the one or more professional billing codes received in step (b) using the mapping, and providing the one or more technical billing codes to a user entering technical charges to a technical billing record to facilitate entry of technical charges relating to the medical care provided to the patient; (d) receiving at the computer system the technical billing record provided by the user, the technical charges comprising one or more technical billing codes; and (e) automatically reconciling the professional billing record and the technical billing record at the computer system to facilitate identification of errors or omissions in the one or more technical billing codes or the one or more professional billing codes. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281630 | PRESCRIPTION COMPLIANCE MONITORING SYSTEM - A method for monitoring patient compliance to medical therapy that includes repeatedly measuring therapy compliance of a patient, uploading the therapy compliance measurements to a personal computer, connecting a central server using the personal computer, sending the uploaded therapy compliance measurements from the personal computer to the central server, providing a number of predetermined compliance threshold amounts, comparing the sent therapy compliance measurements with the number of predetermined compliance thresholds corresponding to the patient, determining a need and level of intervention based on the result of the comparing and reporting the determined need for intervention to a health professional corresponding to the patient and determined level. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281631 | Health Information Management System - A novel healthcare data management system is provided which brings together various types of healthcare related data for enhanced patient care and overall patient data management. In one aspect of the invention a relational database is utilized for merging and managing healthcare provider demographic data, patient healthcare data, and administrative data. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281632 | PREDICTIVE BILLING AND COLLECTION FOR MEDICAL SERVICES - A historical analysis of collections derived from professional services is undertaken to determine an average collected value for each particular type of service. Each type of collection is categorized by a plurality of criteria placed into a separate repository or category. Each repository is identified with a particular service code and further categorized by the provider of the service and the payer of the service. From that repository, an average amount of collected fees is determined. Prior to displaying this average value, the present invention determines whether the data is reliable by comparing non-zero entries in the repository to zero entries in the repository. Once the ratio of zero entries to non-zero entries is below a certain value, the average collection amount is released for viewing. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281633 | PERIODIC EVALUATION AND TELEREHABILITATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - The present invention relates to a system and method for periodic evaluation and telerehabilitation in which a portable device is adapted to be held or coupled to a body part. For example, the portable device can be a cell phone. The body part can be, for example, the hand, ankle, torso, forearm or upper arm. An animated or virtual reality sequence forming a videogame runs or the portable device. Upon interaction of the user with the videogame, movement of the body part is captured as exercise data. The exercise data can be forwarded and stored at a remote clinical server. The system provides monitoring and scheduling of a therapy session by a clinician/doctor/therapist to control the exercises, length and/or difficulty of the exercises based on recorded data. In one embodiment, vital signs or body temperature are monitored by sensors on the portable device or by vital sign monitors associated with the user. The vital sign data can be synchronized with the exercise data at the remote clinical server, and used to improve patient safety during home therapy sessions. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281634 | MEDICAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS - A medical information management apparatus is provided which enables the person in charge of the medical services to easily keep track of the amount of services. In a medical information management apparatus according to the present invention, a task information storing unit stores the information indicating the completion of task execution or the progress of task to be executed for the task generated in a plurality of the medical services. A task number counting unit counts for each medical service the number of the tasks to be executed, and a display control unit displays for the respective medical service the number of the counted tasks on a display apparatus. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281635 | METHOD OF ADMINISTERING A BENEFICIARY MEDICAL PROCEDURE - A beneficiary medical procedure administration process is disclosed. The process includes entering a test administrator identity into a testing device. The testing device is also configured to take a biometric sample of the test administrator. A biometric sample may also be taken of the beneficiary. Such a scenario contemplates that the beneficiary may conduct the procedure without the presence of the test administrator during the entire procedure. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281636 | Compliance data for health-related procedures - Exemplary embodiments provide a verification technique that facilitates administration of a health-related procedure to an intended recipient patient or group of patients. An interface template or signal protocol may be configured to establish suitable matching between the patient and various types of objects used to administer the health-related procedure. In some embodiments real-time monitoring data regarding administration of a health-related procedure to a recipient patient is posted to a patient data record that has restricted read/write access. In some instances the monitoring data is processed to determine compliance or non-compliance based on comparison of the health-related procedure with a predetermined benchmark standard. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281637 | System and Method of Automatically Displaying Patient Information - Systems and methods of automatically or semi-automatically loading patient chart information onto a patient room computer system. The systems and methods involve using the patient room computer system to obtain patient identifying information, then requesting the patient chart from a primary computer system. Upon receiving the patient chart from the primary computer system, the invention relates to displaying the patient chart on the patient room computer system. Obtaining the patient information may occur in several ways. For instance, since a patient is typically associated with a specific room within the healthcare facility, the act of obtaining patient information may involve determining the room identification for the patient and using the room identification, requesting the patient chart associated with the room. In an embodiment, the room identification information is transmitted to the patient room computer system automatically upon entering the room, e.g., by using cellular telephone technology. In another embodiment, the patient room computer system has bar-code reading capabilities and thus reads a bar-code, either as part of the room providing room information as part of the patient providing patient identification information independent of room information. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281638 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRACKING, DOCUMENTING, AND PREDICTING FALL-RELATED ACTIVITIES - The system and methods disclosed enable health-care providers to more accurately predict, monitor, report, and organize health-care events for a plurality of patients. Each patient is provided a fall-detecting device configured to transmit a message indicative of a patient status to a host device maintained by a health-care provider. When the host device receives such a message, the host device creates and stores new patient status data and suitably communicates the information contained in the message to a user. Additionally, the host device generates and automatically populates certain data fields in a report. This automatic generation of reports enables health-care providers to more easily comply with government and local health-care reporting requirements. Based on the accumulated data received from fall-detecting devices and external sources, the system and methods disclosed calculate fall-risk assessments for each patient, enabling the health-care provider to more accurately predict falls to prevent such fall-related activities and/or minimize resulting injuries. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281639 | REAL-TIME EVIDENCE- AND GUIDELINE-BASED RECOMMENDATION METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PATIENT CARE - A system and method for providing feedback to a patient caregiver is provided that receives information on a periodic basis, such as every hospital shift, performs a parametric analysis on the treatment given with known standards that are stored in a database, and generates a report that identifies whether the care that is being given is consistent or inconsistent with the guidelines. A source of the guidelines is provided so that a physician can consult with the source information, if desired. The patient data may be entered in by the caregiver, and the feedback may be provided to the caregiver, via a portable device, such as a mobile telephone or PDA (personal digital assistant). | 2008-11-13 |
20080281640 | Method For Linking Borrowers And Investors - The present invention provides a method for linking borrowers and investors. The method comprises the step of receiving requests for loans and investments associated with borrowers and investors respectively. The method also comprises that step of associating at least one request for a loan or investment with more than one request for investment or loan, respectively, in a manner such that a loan or investment amount can be split between the investors or borrowers respectively. A condition of each loan or investment is at least to some extent determined by at least one of the borrowers and the investors. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281641 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADMINISTERING A GROUP BENEFIT PLAN - A system and method for administering a group benefits plan having a processor configured to receive data for enrolling a participant in a group benefits plan self-administered by an employer, receive a claim submission for the participant, transmit the claim submission to a plan supervisor terminal for review, and receive electronic notification to deny or reimburse the participant's claim submission. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281642 | Business method for insurance, warranty or mutual company coverage on concrete, asphalt, brick, stucco, block and stone - This is a business method for concrete coverage insurance and warranty or service contracts for home or business owners calculated by figuring the square footage of an area. The premium is figured by demographics with deductibles in place for high or low loss. Policy duration will be determined by experience of loss, but for the time being, will last for five (5) years and will be transferable. This is possible using all the technology an insurance company has to offer in the industry today with inspections on an annual basis. This will be coverage that is not now written by any company. It is a valuable business asset to a concrete company in the business of repair and new and replacement concrete. The trained inspector will catch problems before they become major structural problems. At the same time, the company will be training property owners on loss prevention and maintaining their concrete. This business method of calculating a premium with fixed deductibles will leave a customer knowing his costs and will show how insurance companies can figure premiums. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281643 | Competitive Availability Tools - A competitive, availability prediction system for predicting relative, competitive availability of seating on an airline flight is described. The system includes an availability predictor that predicts seating availability on a competitive flight, an availability system that produces an actual availability response for a flight and decision logic that compares the predicted answer from the availability predictor and the potential answer from the availability system to establish a decision with respect to actual availability. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281644 | Seat selection method for event tickets - A method is provided for assisting users select seats for an event using a user interface to select a seat. The user interface includes at least one of, a price range slider, a number of seat selector, a seat ranking selector, a table of available seats and a venue map. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281645 | Computerized Protection System and Method for Automatically Identifying and/or Characterizing Risk Parameters - The invention concerns a computerized protection system and method for automatically identifying and/or characterizing risk parameters. The invention is characterized in that it comprises a look up table ( | 2008-11-13 |
20080281646 | System and method for automated release tracking - A real estate transaction and release tracking system ensures deeds of trust, liens and other encumbrances are released in a timely manner after a specified (or statutory) period of time following settlement of a real estate transaction. Based on information provided by an agent, such as an escrow agent or a settlement agent, the system creates a unique electronic record for each real estate transaction entered by the agent. The system tracks lien status information, either automatically from other computers or via manual input from searchers, and uses this status information to track each real estate transaction. The system monitors the records and indicates when a lien holder has failed to release their lien after a statutory time period that begins after the passing of the settlement date. When the statutory time period has passed, the system can generate a number of forms, including a demand letter as controlled optionally by the system or the user. The demand letter can be sent to the lien holder demanding them to release the lien. If the lien is not thereafter released, further legal documents can be generated and sent to a law firm or enforcement agent for legal action to be taken against the delinquent lien holder. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281647 | System and method for automated release tracking - A real estate transaction and release tracking system ensures deeds of trust, liens and other encumbrances are released in a timely manner after a specified (or statutory) period of time following settlement of a real estate transaction. Based on information provided by an agent, such as an escrow agent or a settlement agent, the system creates a unique electronic record for each real estate transaction entered by the agent. The system tracks lien status information, either automatically from other computers or via manual input from searchers, and uses this status information to track each real estate transaction. The system monitors the records and indicates when a lien holder has failed to release their lien after a statutory time period that begins after the passing of the settlement date. When the statutory time period has passed, the system can generate a number of forms, including a demand letter as controlled optionally by the system or the user. The demand letter can be sent to the lien holder demanding them to release the lien. If the lien is not thereafter released, further legal documents can be generated and sent to a law firm or enforcement agent for legal action to be taken against the delinquent lien holder. | 2008-11-13 |
20080281648 | System and method for automated release tracking - A real estate transaction and release tracking system ensures deeds of trust, liens and other encumbrances are released in a timely manner after a specified (or statutory) period of time following settlement of a real estate transaction. Based on information provided by an agent, such as an escrow agent or a settlement agent, the system creates a unique electronic record for each real estate transaction entered by the agent. The system tracks lien status information, either automatically from other computers or via manual input from searchers, and uses this status information to track each real estate transaction. The system monitors the records and indicates when a lien holder has failed to release their lien after a statutory time period that begins after the passing of the settlement date. When the statutory time period has passed, the system can generate a number of forms, including a demand letter as controlled optionally by the system or the user. The demand letter can be sent to the lien holder demanding them to release the lien. If the lien is not thereafter released, further legal documents can be generated and sent to a law firm or enforcement agent for legal action to be taken against the delinquent lien holder. | 2008-11-13 |