Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090018723 | Driver/Vehicle Interface Combining Dynamic Function Modification of Vehicle Controls with Haptic Feedback - A vehicle control system including a vehicle and a vehicle controller for receiving information regarding the vehicle and its environment and vehicle control input via a vehicle control, applying control logic predefined for the vehicle control input and the information to determine an aspect of the vehicle to control and how to control the aspect, and sending a control directive to at least one vehicle subsystem to carry out the determined control of the aspect, where when the vehicle is in a first operational state the controller allows the vehicle control input to control the vehicle subsystem directly related to the vehicle control input without modification by the controller, and where when the vehicle is in a second operational state the controller uses the vehicle control input to determine a vehicle objective and sends the control directive to any of the vehicle subsystems in order to achieve the vehicle objective. | 01-15-2009 |
20090024520 | Detection of Check Fraud Using Multiple Check Images - A system and method for determining the validity of a check, the method including receiving from a payer an image of a check to a payee together with a personal identifier identifying the payer, where the payer is a customer of a financial institution, determining an account to which the check pertains, comparing the received personal identifier with a personal identifier maintained by the financial institution for the account, comparing the payer check image with an image of the check produced after the payee receives the check from the payer, designating the check as valid if the personal identifiers are the same and if the check images match within a predefined tolerance, and designating the check as invalid if the personal identifiers are not the same or if the check images do not match within a predefined tolerance. | 01-22-2009 |
20090089275 | USING USER PROVIDED STRUCTURE FEEDBACK ON SEARCH RESULTS TO PROVIDE MORE RELEVANT SEARCH RESULTS - The present invention discloses a solution of using user provided structure feedback to index electronic documents. In the solution, a search engine can serve search results based on an indexed store of electronic documents to at least user. Structure feedback can be received concerning the search results. The structure feedback can identify at least one structure element of an electronic document and at least one user specified semantic tag for the structure element. The indexed store can be changed to incorporate the structure feedback. The changed index store can be used when subsequently serving search results. The search engine can be a Web search engine and/or a desktop search engine. | 04-02-2009 |
20090106365 | CONDITIONAL REMINDERS FOR CONVEYED ELECTRONIC MESSAGES - The present invention discloses a solution for providing conditional reminders for electronic messages. The solution can identify an electronic message conveyed from a sender to a recipient, wherein the electronic message is an email message or text exchange message. A software program can determine a response time and a response condition for the electronic message. When the response time expires and when the response condition is unsatisfied, a software program can present a reminder to the sender and/or the recipient, where the reminder indicates that a response is due. When a software program detects a recipient action that satisfies the response condition before the response time expires, no reminder will be presented to either the sender or the recipient. | 04-23-2009 |
20090169106 | Method and Computer Program Product for Recognition Error Correction Data - A method for altering a recognition error correction data structure, the method includes: altering at least one key out of a set of semantically similar keys in response to text appearance probabilities of keys of the set of semantically similar keys to provide an at least one altered key; and replacing the at least one key by the at least one altered key. | 07-02-2009 |
20090189831 | AUTOMOBILE WINDSHIELD DISPLAY - An improved automobile. An exemplary automobile includes an engine, a set of wheels connected to the engine, a chassis connected to the engine, and an electrochromatic windshield connected to the chassis. The electrochromatic windshield is operable to darken and un-darken the electrochromatic windshield. A video projection system is also connected to the chassis. The video projection system is operable by a driver to project an overlay image on the electrochromatic windshield. The electrochromatic windshield can be darkened by activation of the video projection system and un-darkened by deactivation of the video projection system. The video projection system can be used to project a map onto the electrochromatic windshield. The video projection system can then be used to project a relative position of the driver's vehicle, other vehicles and obstructions on the map, as well as highlighting and tracking, via graphical markings, these objects as they enter the windshield's projection plane. | 07-30-2009 |
20090212929 | Verifying Vehicle Authenticity - A method for verifying authenticity of a vehicle, including programming a device to sequentially change a device element to an altered device element according to a change device element algorithm, and attaching the device to the vehicle. The method also includes generating the altered device element, and verifying that the altered device element matches an expected device element generated by the algorithm. | 08-27-2009 |
20090248615 | Method and System for Folder Recommendation in a File Operation - A method and system for folder recommendation in a file operation are provided. The method includes: receiving ( | 10-01-2009 |
20090273597 | USER INTERFACE SCREEN LAYOUT ANALYSIS USING HIERARCHICAL GEOMETRIC FEATURES - A technique is disclosed for the performance of application software “screen layout” testing analysis by designation of “fiduciary blocks” (e.g., words, boxes etc.) to serve as geometrical features for identification of data fields of interest viewed within a graphical user interface (GUI) screen. The set of designated “geometric fiduciary blocks” is then assembled into a “hierarchical structure” to analyze test results involving the data fields contained within each block. | 11-05-2009 |
20100074525 | Manipulating an Image by Applying a De-Identification Process - A method for manipulating an image, the method includes: capturing image information representative of an image that includes images of textual characters; recognizing the textual characters by applying Optical Character Recognition; identifying the layout of the image; and applying at least one de-identification process on textual characters of interest to provide de-identification process results. | 03-25-2010 |
20100082470 | METHOD FOR REMOTE CHECK DEPOSIT - A method and system for depositing a negotiable instrument, such as a check, using a cellular phone camera. The customer images the check for deposit by taking a photograph of the check with his cellular phone camera and sends the photograph as a MMS to the customer's bank. The system enables validating image quality, automatically recognizing code line, confirming geographical location of the deposit and verifying a courtesy amount of the check so that the check is deposited into the customer's bank account remotely. | 04-01-2010 |
20100274615 | Extendable Collaborative Correction Framework - A novel and useful system and method for a collaborative correction framework that allows external applications to interface to it in a manner that will serve specific correction goals. The framework is extendable, enabling registration of additional authorized applications to the framework. These additional registered applications are then available to other applications accessing the framework. The collaborative correction system maintains profiles for both corrective tasks and users. When assigning a task to a user the collaborative correction system finds an appropriate match by comparing their respective profiles. | 10-28-2010 |
20100293267 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING A WORKSTATION - A method and system for monitoring a workstation. The system includes a monitoring system for monitoring activity on a workstation and an analysis module for comparing a monitored activity to specified activities in a work profile. The system may include an alert generator for generating an alert if the monitored activity does not conform to the work profile. The work profile may be a user profile of specified activities allowed to be performed by a user, and/or a transaction profile of a sequence of specified activities to be performed in a transaction by a user. The monitoring system includes an inputs monitor for monitoring inputs by the user into the workstation, a screen monitor which extracts content from a screen display viewed by a user, and a physical presence monitor to determine if a user is at his workstation. | 11-18-2010 |
20110038542 | COMPUTER APPLICATION ANALYSIS - A method, system, and computer program product for computer application analysis are provided. The method for computer application analysis includes monitoring a computer system on which an application to be analyzed is executed and interacted with by a user of the computer system. The monitoring includes: capturing screen data of the application as displayed on a display screen of the computer system including interpreting the screen data using optical character recognition (OCR); and capturing user inputs to the application to input devices of the computer system. The method further includes analyzing the captured screen data and user inputs to generate a summary of the usage of the application. | 02-17-2011 |
20110270794 | ADAPTIVE BUSINESS PROCESS AUTOMATION - A method, system, and computer program product are provided for process automation. The method includes: monitoring one or more workstations including monitoring screen contents and user actions at the workstation; and analysing the screen contents and user actions into monitored functional events. The method further includes: providing multiple focal states as defined sequences of functional events with one or more facilitating scripts associated with a focal state, wherein a facilitating script provides one or more automatic actions; and matching a sequence of monitored functional events to a defined sequence of functional events of a focal state. The one or more automatic actions of a facilitating script associated with the matched focal state are then applied. | 11-03-2011 |
20120110459 | AUTOMATED ADJUSTMENT OF INPUT CONFIGURATION - A method and system for automatically adjusting input configuration are disclosed. The method may include monitoring information input by a user into a graphical user interface (GUI). The method may further include determining an input configuration state of the computing system set by the user for the information input into at least one field of the GUI at an initial input instance. The method may also include, at one or more subsequent input instances, automatically adjusting the input configuration state for the field to the determined input configuration of the initial input instance. A computer program product is also disclosed. | 05-03-2012 |
20130124450 | ADAPTIVE BUSINESS PROCESS AUTOMATION - A method, system and computer software product are provided for process automation. The method includes monitoring one or more workstations to obtain multiple sets of character and graphical information including user actions, times and durations associated with the user actions, user-entered data, and retrieved character and graphical screen data. The method further includes identifying functional events from the sets, defining focal states as respective historic patterns of the functional events, and generating a set of facilitating scripts associated with respective ones of the focal states. The facilitating scripts each provide one or more automatic actions in the workstations. At least a portion of the set of facilitating scripts are then executed. | 05-16-2013 |
20130311827 | METHOD and APPARATUS for automatic testing of automation software - A computer-implemented method and apparatus, the method comprising: receiving a test script indicating actions to be performed by automation software with regard to one or more elements of one or more processes; creating a simulation of the elements of the processes; activating the automation software; and testing activity of the automation software with regard to the simulation of the elements, thereby testing the automation software. | 11-21-2013 |
20130339836 | Compliance Verification Using Field Monitoring in a Computing Environment - Systems and methods for enforcing compliance in a computing environment, the method comprising concurrently and independently executing a monitoring application with a first application utilized by a user, wherein navigating beyond a first decision point in the first application requires the user considering values associated with one or more elements in the first application, wherein the monitoring application monitors elements presented to the user to determine which elements are presented to the user at a point in time; and notifying the user of at least a first element, in response to not having been able to confirm whether a value associated with the first element has been considered by the user prior to said first decision point. | 12-19-2013 |