05th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 59 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130030829 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING STATE DATA OF A PATIENT - A method for processing state data of a patient includes: acquisition of a time of a reception of an acoustic or optical signal of the patient, the acoustic or optical signal representing a signal with which the patient can express his state; a transmission step in which a data file that represents the acoustic or optical signal and that is provided with an item of information about the time is transmitted to a management device via a transmit interface of an input device; a receive step in which the data file is received via a receive interface of the management device; and a step of storing the data file, in the form of a text data file or image data file, in a register which is assigned to the patient and which includes a multiplicity of text data files or image data files. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030830 | System and method for controlling a data transmission to and/or from a plurality of medical devices - The invention relates to a system for controlling a data transmission to and/or from a plurality of medical devices, said plurality of medical devices being divided into individual groups, each of which comprises at least one medical device. Each group of medical devices on a first data transmission level is directly connected via a respective first network to a communication device for transmitting, storing, and controlling data, said communication device being on a second transmission level, and a plurality of said communication devices exchange data with a common central server device for storing, controlling, and data transmission, said server device being on a third data transmission level. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030831 | System and method for real time viewing of critical patient data on mobile devices - A data-processing tool for displaying real-time patient data on remote and/or mobile devices. The tool renders graphical data on the screen of the remote device in a manner that makes it practical for the health care provider to review the data. Charting components provide landscape support, an ability to overlay patient data and patient images, zoom in/zoom out, custom variable speed scrolling, split screen support, and formatting control. The methodology operates as an asynchronous application, allowing patient data to be streamed in real-time to the handheld device while conserving enough CPU power to simultaneously allow the end user to interact at will with the responsive display application. Finally, the methodology implements an IT management console that allows system managers to monitor the exchange of data between hospital systems and the primary database, including all patient data packets, notifications and alerts, connected remote devices, etc. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030832 | Method for On-line Prediction of Medical Diagnosis - In a method of generating a diagnosis of a medical condition, a list of symptoms is received at a server from a patient computer. The list of symptoms is presented to a plurality of participants. A list of diagnoses corresponding to the list of symptoms is presented to the plurality of participants. An input is received from each of the plurality of participants in which the input indicates a likelihood of each of the potential diagnoses being correct. The input from each of the plurality of participants is averaged, thereby generating a ranking of the potential diagnoses from highest likelihood of being correct to lowest likelihood of being correct, which is transmitted to the patient. An indication of which diagnosis was found to be correct is received from the patient. A reward is paid to each participant based on how likely the participant indicated that the correct diagnosis was correct. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030833 | Wireless Tracking System And Method For Analyzing An Interaction Between Objects - The present invention provides a solution to determining an interaction between objects through wireless tracking The present invention utilizes communication devices attached to objects that transmit signals for reception by sensors stationed throughout a facility which forward the signals to an information engine for analysis. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030834 | HEALTH CARE ASSESSMENT AND ONLINE PROVIDER COMMUNICATION - A graphical user interface provides clinical information in the form of a first health feed, patient-generated information in the form of a second health feed, and health care assessments in a third health feed. The graphical user interface may provide improved access to patient-generated information to the provider and improved access to clinical information to the patient or caretaker for the patient. Additional health feeds may include data from peripheral devices, third-party sponsored applications, or other forms of health feedback. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030835 | HEALTH CARE BIOMETRIC SURVEILLANCE AND ONLINE PROVIDER COMMUNICATION - A graphical user interface provides clinical information in the form of a first health feed, patient-generated information in the form of a second health feed, and biometric surveillance from a peripheral device in a third health feed. The graphical user interface may provide improved access to patient-generated information to the provider and improved access to clinical information to the patient or caretaker for the patient. Additional health feeds may include data from peripheral devices, third-party sponsored applications, or other forms of health feedback. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030836 | THIRD-PARTY SITE CONNECTIONS FOR ONLINE HEALTH CARE COMMUNICATION - A graphical user interface provides clinical information in the form of a first health feed and patient-generated information in the form of a second health feed. The graphical user interface also provides third party generated information and assessments in the form of a third health feed. The graphical user interface may provide improved access to patient-generated information to the provider and improved access to clinical information to the patient or caretaker for the patient. Additional health feeds may include data from peripheral devices or other forms of health feedback. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030837 | ONLINE PATIENT AND HEALTH CARE PROVIDER COMMUNICATION - A graphical user interface provides clinical information in the form of a first health feed and patient-generated information in the form of a second health feed. The graphical user interface may provide improved access to patient-generated information to the provider and improved access to clinical information to the patient or caretaker for the patient. Additional health feeds may include data from peripheral devices, third-party sponsored applications, or other forms of health feedback. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030838 | Unified Medical Record Retrieval - A system and methods for accessing patient medical records from national and non-national healthcare system records databases are disclosed. A patient's medical record identifier is used to match medical records in a national healthcare system records database and in a non-national healthcare system records database. The matched records are returned to the requesting healthcare provider so that the provider may review the patient's complete healthcare history. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030839 | MAPPING PATIENT DATA INTO A MEDICAL GUIDELINE - The invention relates to a system ( | 2013-01-31 |
20130030840 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTELLIGENT MANAGEMENT OF MEDICAL CARE - A computerized medical care system provides validation of a diagnosis of a medical condition and requested medical services for treating the medical condition. The medial care system invokes multiple filters to determine the appropriateness of the diagnosis and medical service. Real time feedback is provided based on the determination. If the medical care cannot be validated, the feedback includes the reasons for the failure to validate, and any supporting materials for the lack of validation. The feedback may also prompt the requesting entity to provide additional information to help support the medical provider's position as to why the requested medical care is appropriate. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030841 | System and Methods for Improved Diabetes Data Management and Use Employing Wireless Connectivity Between Patients and Healthcare Providers and Repository of Diabetes Management Information - Methods, devices and a system for disease management are provided that employ diagnostic testing devices (e.g., blood glucose meters) and medication delivery devices (e.g., insulin delivery devices) for providing data to a repository in real-time and automatically. Repository data can be analyzed to determine such information as actual test strip use, patient health parameters to outside prescribed ranges, testing and medication delivery compliance, patient profiles or stakeholders to receive promotional items or incentives, and so on. Connected meters and medication delivery devices and repository data analysis are also employed to associate a diagnostic test to a mealtime based on timing of a therapeutic intervention performed by an individual. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030842 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DRUG DISEASE MATCHING - A computer implemented system and method for matching drugs and diseases involves matching drugs identified in a specific patient's prescription claim records with diseases identified in the patient's medical claims. A weighted relationship is generated between the matched drugs and diseases by calculating a link weight in accordance with a preprogrammed formula for each of the diagnosis codes identified in the patient's medical claims that is identified as associated with the disease identified and the drug. The link weight provides a statistical match association value to each of the matched diseases identified by way of a diagnosis code in the patient's medical claim and the drug identified in the prescription claim. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030843 | Connecting Consumers with Service Providers - A request is received from a consumer of services to consult with a service provider having a service provider profile that satisfies at least some attributes in a set of attributes that define a suitable service provider; an available service provider satisfying at least some of the attributes in the set of attributes is identified; and a communication channel is provided to establish a communication between the consumer of services and the identified service provider. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030844 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING PAYROLL-RELATED EMPLOYEE AND INSURANCE DATA - A computer system accesses payroll-related insurance premium data at an individual employee level and provides the data at the individual employee level, including cost of insurance at the individual employee level, on a client device. A computer system compares stored data with payroll data and identifies employees lacking occupation classification information for payroll-based premium determination. The computer system provides a fillable form on a user device for the user to provide occupation classification data, and receives the occupation classification data. The computer system provides fillable forms on a user device for a user to provide payroll data for receipt by the system, runs business rules on the received payroll data, determines premiums for payroll-based insurance coverage. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030845 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSESSING A CONDITION OF AN INSURED PROPERTY AND INITIATING AN INSURANCE CLAIM PROCESS - A system and method for assessing a condition of property for insurance purposes includes a sensor for acquiring a spectral image. In a preferred embodiment, the spectral image is post-processed to generate at least one spectral radiance plot, the plot used as input to a radiative transfer computer model. The output of the model establishes a spectral signature for the property. Over a period of time, spectral signatures can be compared to generate a spectral difference, the difference attributed to a change in the condition of the property, such as a fire or flood. In response to the change, an insurance company initiates an insurance-related action such as processing a claim. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030846 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING INVESTMENT RISK IN SATELLITE OPERATOR COMPANIES - In order to mitigate risk of satellite investment loss, a satellite loss event or failure event for a satellite that will be operated by a satellite operator company is identified. Actuarial data corresponding to prior satellite loss events or failure events substantially corresponding to the satellite loss event or failure event are identified. An investment loss mitigation insurance policy based at least in part on the identified actuarial data is developed. The investment loss mitigation insurance policy includes a salvage provision. The investment loss mitigation insurance policy is offered to the identified financial investors. The investment loss mitigation insurance policy is placed with an underwriting pool. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030847 | Method and Apparatus for Expedited Rental Vehicle Reservation Creation Following a Previous Reservation - A method and apparatus are disclosed for expediting the ability of a customer to book a new rental vehicle reservation after booking a previous rental vehicle reservation. A link can be provided on a screen such as a confirmation page for a previous rental vehicle reservation that, upon customer selection, causes a new reservation transaction to be automatically loaded with data from the previous rental vehicle reservation. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030848 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING AN OPTIMAL LOW FARE FOR A TRIP - A method for determining an optimal fare for a trip comprising a departure location, an arrival location, the method comprises the following steps: sending a request for the trip wherein the request comprises a departure location, an arrival location and a corresponding fare for the trip; automatically modifying the request by searching in a predetermined database to determine a set of additional requests wherein each comprises at least one of the departure location, the arrival location or one or more additional locations which may form at least a part of the requested route wherein the predetermined database comprises said additional requests and a corresponding fare for each additional request; selecting one or more additional requests to form one or more alternative requests which include at least on of the departure location or the arrival location as the request; calculating the up to date fares for each alternative request in order to determine a resulting fare for each alternative request; comparing the fare and the resulting fares in order to determine the lowest resulting fare for the trip. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030849 | PORTABLE VACATION/TRAVEL PLANNER, AND FAMILY TOUR GUIDE DEVICE - A portable device for planning a vacation/business travel itinerary, which begins with customizable itinerary templates that utilize a stored database of destination information, including a country's regions/cities, tourist sites, and other sites of interest located therein, and a corresponding photographic library. One such template returns itineraries based upon: duration, arrival/departure cities, total number of cities to be visited, and intensity of touring. The software assists users during travel by providing cueing of itinerary segments, along with directions, and on-demand pre-recorded audio tours to enhance site tour experiences. En route detours from planned sites are supported for spontaneous additions/substitutions. Country-specific information includes city/regional maps, public transportation information, key word/phrase language translation capability, and yellow/white page phone listings. Password protected device-to-device linking permits family members to track each other by GPS location of the other's device. Internet capability permits inclusion, within itineraries, of reservation-specific information for air-travel, hotels, and events. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030850 | CREATING A DATA GOVERNANCE ASSESSMENT - For creating a data governance assessment, a response module receives responses to an automated questionnaire. A scoring module computes a data governance assessment comprising a maturity level describing organizational adoption of data governance, a data governance model describing a data centralization level, and a framework describing a tier of data governance by calculating the maturity level, the data governance model, and the framework from the responses. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030851 | PROJECT CLUSTERING AND RELATIONSHIP VISUALIZATION - Methods, computer-readable media, and systems are provided for displaying project relationships. One method for displaying project relationships includes providing a plurality of nodes ( | 2013-01-31 |
20130030852 | Associative Memory-Based Project Management System - A method and apparatus for managing information for projects is provided. Information for the projects is stored as data entities in an associative memory. The associative memory includes a plurality of data having a plurality of associations in which the data entities are included in the plurality of data. The associative memory further includes a content-addressable structure. The associative memory is configured to be queried based on at least one relationship selected from a group that includes direct relationships and indirect relationships among the plurality of data. The data entities stored in the associative memory are grouped to form a number of clusters. A report is generated using the number of clusters. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030853 | ENHANCING AND STORING DATA FOR RECALL AND USE - A personal computing device user may see an item of interest. The user captures data (e.g., a digital image, an audio recording, etc.) of the item of interest (e.g., anything user can see, hear or touch) and submits the captured data to a the memory enhancement service. The memory enhancement service submits the captured data to a human interaction task system for enhancement. The human interaction task system distributes the captured data to one or more human workers to identify the subject of the captured data, determine the user's interest in the item subject of the captured data, and provide information regarding the item that may be relevant to the user based on the determined interest. The enhanced data returned from the human interaction task system is stored by the memory enhancement service for subsequent recall by the user and possible use by the user or others. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030854 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING CONTACTS IN A CONTACT CENTER - A computer-implemented method of handling contacts at a contact center. The method includes the steps of identifying a characteristic associated with a contact received at the contact center, and labeling a contact entity representing the contact with a label identifying the characteristic. In response to receipt of a request from an agent of the contact center to handle the contact based on the label of the contact entity, the contact is assigned to the agent and in response to the agent successfully handling the contact, an agent record associated with the agent, is updated to indicate a proficiency in handling contacts associated with the characteristic. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030855 | Collective Tracking of Availability Information - A computer-implemented method includes receiving, by one or more computers, a request for aggregation of availability status information for provider practices; retrieving, by the one or more computers, the availability status information for service providers for which the request was received; collectively tracking the retrieved availability status information; and generating, by the one or more computers, a graphical user interface that when rendered on a display device renders: a visual representation of the collectively tracked availability status information arranged by provider practice. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030856 | System and Method for Customer Discount Management - A method comprises receiving a customer's service cancellation request associated with a selected service, generating and moving a ticket to a service queue, determining a discount amount to offer to the customer, updating a ticket with the discount offer, notifying the customer of the discount offer, receiving an acceptance of the discount offer from the customer, assigning the accepted discount amount to at least one billing item associated with the selected service, receiving a confirmation of the assigned discount by the user, updating the ticket with the confirmed discount assignment, receiving an approval of the discount assignment by a user, generating and storing a billing item record including the approved discount assignment for each of the at least one billing item, updating the ticket with the approved discount assignment, closing the ticket, and generating a customer invoice for a reduced invoice amount in response to the approved discount assignment. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030857 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DYNAMICALLY FACILITATING PROJECT ASSEMBLY - Methods and arrangements for dynamically facilitating project assembly. A project plan with a chosen set of plan components is submitted and a cloud portal is queried for information on chosen plan components. Information on the chosen plan components is received from the cloud portal. Plan recommendations are generated based on the received information, and a recommended plan is selected. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030858 | DYNAMICALLY FACILITATING PROJECT ASSEMBLY - Methods and arrangements for dynamically facilitating project assembly. A project plan with a chosen set of plan components is submitted and a cloud portal is queried for information on chosen plan components. Information on the chosen plan components is received from the cloud portal. Plan recommendations are generated based on the received information, and a recommended plan is selected. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030859 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DEPLOYING A SERVICE WORKFLOW IN A HYBRID CLOUD ENVIRONMENT - A service workflow including ordered services is received, and a heuristic utility value is calculated for each service. A best node having a smallest heuristic utility value for a service is selected, and a best node identifier is placed in a node list. If the best node includes a parallel sub-workflow, potential next nodes are identified by generating potential next nodes from a data center that can perform a service associated with the best node with a minimum run-time value. Otherwise, potential next nodes are generated based on a data center associated with the service. A heuristic utility value is determined for each potential next node, and a new best node is selected based on the heuristic utility values. The identifying, determining, and selecting operations are repeated until the best node contains only the last ordered service. Data centers for each ordered service are identified based on the best node. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030860 | MANAGING INSPECTION, TEST, ANALYS, AND ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA (ITAAC) ACTIVITIES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS - An construction workflow tracking system is presented where the tracking system is capable of tracking component-level information associated with achieving closure for an Inspection, Tests, Analyses, and Acceptance Criteria (ITAAC) under 10 CFR Part 52 for licensing of new nuclear power reactors. Disclosed systems include an estimation engine configured to analyze workflow data points to estimate one or more compliance metrics, especially compliance dates (e.g., inspection dates, test dates, acceptance dates, etc.). A reporting engine can present estimated compliance dates with a confidence level or recommendations on improving confidence or reducing risk. Compliance dates can also include compromise dates indicating when a closed ITAAC is likely to be compromised. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030861 | DETERMINING ACTIVITY OUTLIERS FROM AMONGST A PEER GROUPING OF EMPLOYEES - Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for identifying activity outliers from amongst employees/associates within a predetermined peer group of employees. The inventive concepts herein disclosed require establishing consistent peer groupings of employees/associates. In specific embodiments, the peer groupings may be defined by combining one or more and, typically two, line of business hierarchies and job title. Once the peer grouping is established, monitoring of pre-determined activities within designated applications is performed to determine the number of occurrence of the predetermined activities over a designated period of time. Activity outliers are subsequently determined based on the number of occurrence of the predetermined activities over the designated period of time. In specific embodiments, such determination of activity outliers includes determining peer group averages, an employee/associate's variance from the average, the employee/associate's standard deviation and the employee/associate's z-score. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030862 | TREND-BASED TARGET SETTING FOR PROCESS CONTROL - Determining a suitable target for an entity (such as a product) in a process control environment, based on observed process control data. A preferred embodiment organizes data in a hierarchical structure designed for automating the target-setting process; derives target “yardsticks” for various components based on this data structure; employs techniques to estimate proportions using sample-size-based trimming in conjunction with bias-correction techniques (where appropriate); and derives targets based on combining yardsticks and confidence regions for parameters that characterize component quality | 2013-01-31 |
20130030863 | TREND-BASED TARGET SETTING FOR PROCESS CONTROL - Determining a suitable target for an entity (such as a product) in a process control environment, based on observed process control data. A preferred embodiment organizes data in a hierarchical structure designed for automating the target-setting process; derives target “yardsticks” for various components based on this data structure; employs techniques to estimate proportions using sample-size-based trimming in conjunction with bias-correction techniques (where appropriate); and derives targets based on combining yardsticks and confidence regions for parameters that characterize component quality | 2013-01-31 |
20130030864 | Vehicle Desirability and Stocking Based on Live Markets - Systems and methods for determining one or more vehicles that are desirable for stocking an inventory of a dealer may include receiving one or more vehicle purchasing parameters from a dealer; receiving one or more behavior metrics associated with one or more consumers of at least one of the dealer, a vehicle wholesaler, or a vehicle retailer; determining, based at least in part on the vehicle purchasing parameters and the behavior metrics, one or more vehicles; determining, based at least in part on the vehicle purchasing parameters and the behavior metrics, a justifiable purchase price for the vehicles; determining a location of the vehicles; and determining, based at least in part on the justifiable purchase price and the location of the vehicles, at least a portion of the vehicles for restocking an inventory of the dealer. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030865 | METHOD OF CONSTRUCTING A LOYALTY GRAPH - Offers for goods or services are targeted more efficiently to potential consumers by using a loyalty graph having nodes that correspond to users and edges that correspond to relationships between the users. The offers are transmitted to only superusers, corresponding to supernodes in the loyalty graph. By targeting only the superusers, the number of invitations transmitted as part of the promotion is reduced. The superusers are determined by calculating a weighted score for each node. Each weighted score corresponds to a number of directed connections between a node and its leaf nodes, with the supernodes determined as the subset of nodes having a weighted sum above a pre-determined threshold. After identifying superusers, subgraphs can be generated corresponding to each superuser. The subgraphs can be selected according to different criteria. In this way, promotions can be targeted to superusers in only selected subgraphs or to all the users in selected subgraphs. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030866 | MARKET SEGMENTATION AND SALES POTENTIAL MODEL FOR ANIMAL RELATED PRODUCTS - A method, system, and apparatus for estimating potential sales of animal products based on estimated animal population determined from a transaction history of sentinel products associated with particular animals. A set of sentinel products is determined that is associated with a specific type of animal. A number of the type of animal in a geographic region is estimated based on a transaction history associated with the set of sentinel products. A potential sales estimate for the geographic region is determined based on the estimated number of the particular type of animal in the geographic region. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030867 | MANAGING CONSISTENT INTERFACES FOR CAMPAIGN RESPONSE OPTION, SALES TARGET PLAN, SALES PRICE LIST AND SALES SPECIFICATION BUSINESS OBJECTS ACROSS HETEROGENEOUS SYSTEMS - A business object model, which reflects data that is used during a given business transaction, is utilized to generate interfaces. This business object model facilitates commercial transactions by providing consistent interfaces that are suitable for use across industries, across businesses, and across different departments within a business during a business transaction. In some operations, software creates, updates, or otherwise processes information related to a campaign response option, a sales target plan, a sales price list and a sales specification business object. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030868 | Scheduled Split Testing - A set of enrollment buckets are allocated to a business unit and are subdivided such that a portion of the enrollment buckets are allocated to at least one test. A user ID can be hashed using a first hash function to map the user to one of the enrollment buckets. A set of test buckets are also subdivided such that a portion of the buckets are allocated to one or more test groups and a portion of the test buckets are allocated to the control group. If the user was mapped to a bucket that is allocated to test in the set of enrollment buckets, the user ID will again be hashed using a second hash function to map the user to one of the test buckets. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030869 | METHODS OF TREATING SUBTERRANEAN FORMATIONS - The method comprises determining an internal factor of the oilfield operation representing a cost analysis of an oilfield service; determining an external factor of the oilfield operation representing a price analysis and/or a market analysis of the oilfield service; determining a price of the oilfield operation to be performed in the well for a customer, wherein the price is determined based on the internal factor and the external factor, and wherein determining the price comprises utilizing a data processing system; transmitting the price of the oilfield operation to the customer; completing a sale of the oilfield operation; and performing the oilfield operation in the well. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030870 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANALYSIS AND PRESENTATION OF USED VEHICLE PRICING DATA - Systems and methods for the aggregation, analysis, and display of data for used vehicles are disclosed. Historical transaction data for used vehicles may be obtained and processed to determine pricing data, where this determined pricing data may be associated with a particular configuration of a vehicle. The user can then be presented with an interface pertinent to the vehicle configuration utilizing the aggregated data set or the associated determined data where the user can make a variety of determinations. This interface may, for example, be configured to present the historical transaction data visually, with the pricing data such as a trade-in price, a list price, an expected sale price or range of sale prices, market low sale price, market average sale price, market high sale price, etc. presented relative to the historical transaction data. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030871 | Systems, Methods, and Media for Automatically Adjusting the Prices of Products and Services Based on Consumer Demand - In some embodiments, a method for automatically adjusting the price of an offer, the method comprising: receiving a request to create the offer at one or more hardware processors; receiving an opening price and a minimum price for the offer; setting a current price of the offer based at least in part on the opening price; making the offer available to one or more consumers; automatically adjusting the current price of the offer based at least in part on demand for the offer, wherein demand for the offer is based at least in part on one or more variables that each reflect the measured or interest in the offer by the one or more consumers; and determining whether any of the one or more consumers has purchased the offer. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030872 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING A CLOSED LOOP MARKETING APP - Methods and systems for selling in a multi-tenant database system are provided. A sales information packet including sales material, daily schedule, and customer information are stored in the multi-tenant database. Sales personnel may download the sales information packet to a portable device. Sales personnel may present prospective clients with the sales material in text, image, and video formats. The sales personnel may provide feedback on the information packet, and/or collect feedback from the clients regarding the information packet. The portable user system may send geographical coordinates of the sales session, information about interactions with the input device of the portable device, along with the feedback, to the server system. The server may analyze the feedback and generate a report which may be used to determine the quality of the information packet, efficiency of sales schedules and the performance of the sales personnel. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030873 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSESSING MOBILE ASSET EFFICIENCIES - Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to an asset management computer system for assessing operational data indicative of the movement of one or more mobile assets within a work environment. The mobile assets may be, for example, employees, packages, or vehicles moving through a work environment. According to various embodiments, the asset management computer system may be configured for analyzing the operational data and segmenting it into a plurality of position segments representing periods of time classified according to the mobile asset's position in relation to one or virtual work areas. In addition, the asset management computer system may be further configured to determine operational characteristics for each of the position segments, generate a graphical representation of the position segments, and provide operational statistics based on the position segments, which can be used to assess asset behavior and the efficiency of a work environment's design. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030874 | System and Method of Measuring Service Time Intervals - A system and method of measuring order fulfillment times for fast food incorporate video cameras to generate sequences of images of the fulfillment process. Time intervals to fulfillment are determined and stored. Average time intervals to fulfillment, based on multiple fulfillment records, are automatically generated. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030875 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SITE ABNORMALITY RECORDING AND NOTIFICATION - Method of notifying a user of site abnormalities via an application configured to access an event server having a first sensor abnormality detector connected to a first sensor, for detecting first abnormal behavior of first sub-events sensed by the first sensor, the first abnormal behavior corresponding to a first abnormal behavior value, a second sensor abnormality detector connected to a second sensor, for detecting second abnormal behavior of second sub-events sensed by the second sensor of a type different from the first sensor, the second abnormal behavior corresponding to a second abnormal behavior value, a correlator for correlating the first and second abnormal behavior values and logging correlated values as a composite event, a data store, the application having a viewer configured to show, on the device, data associated with a plurality of composite events, the viewer further configured to display the plurality of composite events in a temporal order. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030876 | ASSET INFORMATION REPORTING - A computer-implemented method for asset operation information services is described. In one example embodiment, the method can comprise receiving data related to operation of an asset, the data including positional data and at least one machine operational data, interpreting the positional data with the machine operational data to accurately determine an operational characteristic of the machine, performing analysis of the operational characteristic in view of a stored target to produce a performance output, and providing a report that includes the operational characteristic and the performance output. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030877 | Interactive Navigation System to Selectively Decompose Quality of Service (QoS) Scores and QoS Ratings into Constituent Parts - An interactive method for operating a server to trace the origin of data which results in a display of unsatisfactory Quality of Service for a plurality of wireless communication devices. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030878 | Intra-entity collaborative information management - A method is provided for implementing collaborative information management. Information collaboration entities are authorized to allow a plurality of entity members thereof access, to a collaborative information data structure. Each information collaboration entity is a different business entity than each other information collaboration entity. An entity member of each information collaboration entity is authorized to maintain business process information associated therewith in the collaborative information data structure. The business process information of each information collaboration entity is generated through a business process thereof. The business process information of each information collaboration entity is useful as quality control information for a manufactured product of a particular information collaboration entity. An entity member of a first information collaboration entity is authorized to access the business process information of a second information collaboration entity that is maintained within the collaborative information data structure. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030879 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING DATA POINTS COLLECTED FROM A CUSTOMER TO PROVIDE CUSTOMER SPECIFIC OFFERINGS - A retailer computer system receives from a first computing device a shopping recap having data indicative of one or more products that were shown to a customer by the sales associate while the customer was within a retail establishment. The received shopping recap is stored within a data repository where it is linked to a customer identifier that is associated with the customer and an associate identifier that is associated with the sale associate. If the customer later purchases a product, data indicative of the product being purchased is compared against data within any shopping recap that is linked to that customer to determine if a sales associate that is also linked to any shopping recap linked to that customer is to be awarded a commission for the product being purchased. The purchase of the product by the customer may further generate a digital receipt where the digital receipt includes a notice that the customer is being awarded an incentive, such as a coupon. The incentive may be automatically linked to a rewards account of the customer whereupon, if the customer purchases a product that is associated with the incentive, the incentive will be automatically redeemed for the customer. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030880 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING AND USING A DIGITAL PASS - A system, method, and article of manufacture for generating a digital pass is disclosed. The method may comprise retrieving a plurality of identity attributes, and grouping a subset of identity attributes in the plurality of identity attributes to generate at least one digital pass. The method may further comprise grouping a subset of static identity attributes and a subset of dynamic identity attributes to generate a digital pass. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030881 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS - A radio frequency identification device includes an integrated circuit including a receiver, a transmitter, and a microprocessor. The receiver and transmitter together define an active transponder. The integrated circuit is preferably a monolithic single die integrated circuit including the receiver, the transmitter, and the microprocessor. Because the device includes an active transponder, instead of a transponder which relies on magnetic coupling for power, the device has a much greater range. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030882 | Devices, Systems and Methods for Identifying and/or Billing an Individual in a Vehicle - Devices, systems, and methods are disclosed for identifying a driver versus a passenger within a smart vehicle. This involves a determination of the relative positions of the wireless communication devices within the smart vehicle using near-field communication (NFC) or GPS, AGPS, etc. The wireless communication device detected closest to the driver seat is assumed to be the device owned by the driver. Once identified, the driver can be billed for tolls and other road services, based on the location of the smart vehicle. For instance, as the smart vehicle approaches a toll, a notification can be sent to all of the wireless communication devices. A response from a particular wireless communication device will result in the corresponding user's account being billed for the toll. Further, the smart vehicle can communicate with near-field transceivers placed, for instance, alongside a High-Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lane. A driver of the vehicle can be billed, fined, or ticketed based upon a determination of an absence of passengers in the smart vehicle. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030883 | Public transit system fare processor for multi-balance funding - An implementation of a system and method for processing transfer rides associated with at least one public transit network is provided. The system and method preprocess transactions to consolidate or eliminate unnecessary transactions with a financial institution clearing and settlement network. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030884 | EDUCATION BASED ON COMMERCIAL CREDIT POINT AWARD - Apparatus and methods are disclosed including client and/or server computing devices, such as smartphones, laptop computers, servers, and the like, having application software thereon configured to award credit points towards the purchase of goods and services from third parties upon meeting predefined milestones associated with the taking of online tests, educational courses or modules. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030885 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GLOBAL GROUP PURCHASE SERVICE ON FIRST-COME-FIRST-SERVED BASIS - A system and method provide a group purchase service in which a discount rate is applied differentially depending on the group purchase volume on first-come-first-served basis. In the group purchase service, a central server determines a discount policy such that each local server applies differential discount rates in group purchase rounds depending on group purchase volumes of an item in a purchase process performed by buyer devices. When each of the buyer devices accesses the local server in each service area and performs the purchase process for the item through the local server, the local server applies the differential discount rates to the rounds depending on the group purchase volumes of the item. When the sales deadline arrives or when all the items sold out, the central server applies a final discount rate according to a totalization of the group purchase volumes in all the service areas | 2013-01-31 |
20130030886 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO TRANSLATE MODELS FOR EXECUTION ON A SIMULATION PLATFORM - Methods and apparatus are disclosed to translate a model. An example method includes applying an independent variable and a dependent variable to the model and estimating a value for a model parameter, generating predicted best fit data points based on the model parameter, values associated with the independent variable, and values associated with the dependent variable, estimating coefficients based on the best fit data points, and generating a spline comprising a plurality of polynomial functions based on the coefficients. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030887 | CUSTOMER REWARD AND LOYALTY SYSTEM - Embodiments of the invention relate to systems, methods, and computer program products for implementing a customer loyalty rewards program by assigning point values to a customer's completion of certain activities, monitoring the customer's activities to determine when the customer has completed an activity, crediting the customer the assigned value of points for the completed activities, correlating points to one or more rewards and facilitating the exchange of rewards. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030888 | SYSTEM FOR ALLOWING CUSTOMERS TO CHOOSE REWARDS - Embodiments of the invention relate to systems, methods, and computer program products for allowing a customer to choose rewards as part of a customer incentive program by receiving a first customer input, wherein the first customer input is a characteristic of the customer, receiving a second customer input, wherein the second customer input is a category of reward in which the customer is interested, correlating the first customer input to a plurality of activities to be completed by the customer, correlating the second customer input to rewards to be provided to the customer for completing an activity, monitoring the customer's activities to determine when the customer has completed an activity and providing a reward to the customer corresponding to the completed activity. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030889 | Methods and Systems for Providing a Rewards Program - A system and method for providing a rewards program for a plurality of rewards accounts is disclosed that promote the adoption, retention, and the desirable usage of credit cards, prepaid cards, debit cards, and other transactional products and that induce the development and improvement of consumer behavior through education and rewards. Embodiments of the invention provide a rewards program by associating a financial product with a rewards account of the plurality of rewards accounts and detecting rewardable actions associated with the financial product. Any type of actions may be deemed rewardable actions including the participation in educational programs related to features of the financial product, financial responsibility, health, professional development and others. For completing rewardable actions, participants may be rewarded with points that they may then use to enter into sweepstakes in order to win prizes. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030890 | SYSTEM FOR COLLABORATIVE TRANSACTIONS - An online time-based collaborative contribution system for the purchase of good(s) or service(s) includes a database, a server, a plurality of user devices, and a user interface provided at each user device. The database stores information related to the goods or services, a predetermined amount, and a designated target contribution amount. The server is coupled to the database. The plurality of user devices are connected to the server and the database via a network. The user interface allows a respective user to make a contribution of the predetermined amount towards the designated targeted contribution amount. The server initiates the transfer of the good(s) or service(s) as a function of the contributions made by the user and the designated target contribution amount. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030891 | VALUE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A value management system which facilitates substantially real-time exchange of loyalty value during transactions. The value management system includes an exchange computer for acting as an intermediary between a loyalty member computer and a loyalty system on behalf of a loyalty member. The exchange computer is for storing login information of the loyalty member, for accessing a loyalty account of the loyalty member within the loyalty system using the login information, for determining a loyalty value associated with the loyalty account, for performing a transaction with the loyalty member involving a change in the loyalty value in exchange for other value, and for charging a fee from the loyalty member in return for the transaction. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030892 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A MOBILE DEVICE - The present invention provides a mobile device including: a power receiver for wirelessly coupling with a power transmitter to receive power wirelessly from the power transmitter; and a function that automatically initiates upon the power receiver wirelessly coupling with the power transmitter. Also provided is a transmitter apparatus including a power transmitter for wirelessly coupling with a power receiver in a mobile device to provide power wirelessly to the power receiver, wherein, upon the power receiver wirelessly coupling with the power transmitter, data is transferred between the power transmitter and the power receiver and a function of the mobile device automatically initiates. The mobile device and transmitter apparatus together form a system for operating the mobile device. Methods and computer-readable media storing executable application programs associated with the system are also provided. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030893 | ONLINE SYSTEM FOR SHARING INFORMATION ABOUT ITEMS, PURCHASING PRODUCTS AND REWARDING PARTICIPANTS - The system operates through a computer platform connected to an internet social network. A user can share information about an item through the network by providing it to the platform using a communications device connected to the network. If a similar or identical product corresponding to the item is available for purchase through the system, a link is created between the item and the product and the item is shared on the platform in digital media, such as an image of the item, selected by the sharing user. Other users can access the platform through the network using a communications device, view the image of the shared item, and purchase the available product. The sharing user is rewarded for sharing the item, regardless of whether or where the product is purchased. Both the sharing user and the purchasing user are rewarded if the product is purchased using the system. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030894 | SYSTEM FOR CUSTOMER REFERRAL PROGRAM - A system and related methods for a proprietary system, or a business or merchant, to track purchases by customers, and associate those purchases with one or more other customers who referred, directly or indirectly, the purchasing customer to that business or merchant. The purchasing customer also may be rewarded for purchases made by other customers that the purchasing customer has referred to the business or merchant, directly or indirectly, through social media sites or networks. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030895 | UNLOCKING COUPON OFFERS - In an embodiment, a method comprises receiving an indication that a user selected social network data that is displayed, on a client device, concurrently with offer data that indicates a coupon offer; wherein prior to receiving the indication, the user of the client device is incapable of accessing the coupon offer; in response to receiving the indication that the user selected the social network data, allowing the user to access the coupon offer, and causing a message to be sent to each user of a plurality of users that are identified, in a social network, as connected to the user, wherein the message includes data about the coupon offer or a coupon provider that initiated the coupon offer; wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030896 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING AND DISTRIBUTING DIGITAL CONTENT - A method for providing an enriched version of a creation, the method comprising: receiving a creation from an author, and storing the creation in a creation database; receiving through a computerized communication channel a suggested addition to the creation from one or more contributors and providing the suggested addition to the author; receiving approval for the suggested addition from the author, and storing the suggested addition in the creation database; displaying to a reader indications to the suggested addition; receiving a selection from a reader, the selection indicating a selected addition from the suggested additions; retrieving the creation and the selected addition from the creation database, and compiling an enriched version of the creation, the enriched version comprising the creation and the at selected addition, the enriched version adapted to be viewed on a reading digital platform; and providing the enriched version to the reader. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030897 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING AND USING A DIGITAL PASS - A system, method, and article of manufacture for generating a digital pass is disclosed. The method may comprise retrieving a plurality of identity attributes, and grouping a subset of identity attributes in the plurality of identity attributes to generate at least one digital pass. The method may further comprise grouping a subset of static identity attributes and a subset of dynamic identity attributes to generate a digital pass. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030898 | COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING PRODUCT DATA - A computer system is located at a retail premises for executing a point of sale transaction comprising: a point of sale terminal having an interface for receiving product data from at least one product purchased by a customer, the product data including a first price for the product; a processor arranged to execute a computer program which receives from the point of sale terminal first price data including at least said first price and second price data pertaining to the product, the second price data being from a remote source, compares the first price data with the second price data and issues a voucher request based on the comparison of the first and second price data; and a voucher issuing unit arranged to receive the voucher request and to automatically provide a voucher to the customer responsive to the voucher request. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030899 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING TERMINATION OF ONLINE TRANSACTION - Programming a hidden area of a web page in the path of exit from the web page or browser, and activating a hyperlink to provide a user incentive to complete an online transaction when the user pointing device enters the hidden area and before a termination event. The hidden area can move with scrolling of the web page. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030900 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INFLUENCING CUSTOMER BEHAVIOR - A computer-implemented system and method of influencing customer behavior. The customer is offered a price-per-unit (PPU) discount for fuel as a reward for performing a predefined action. A point-of-sale (POS) system at a merchant determines that the customer performed the predefined action, and stores the PPU discount and a customer identifier in a Discounts-Earned database. When the customer initiates a subsequent purchase of fuel, at the merchant or a different retail fueling merchant, a fuel dispenser controller retrieves the PPU discount from the database, discounts the posted price of the fuel by the PPU discount, and causes the dispenser to dispense fuel to the customer at the reduced price. A redeemed discounts calculator multiplies the PPU discount by the number of units purchased in the fueling transaction, and a clearing mechanism allocates the redeemed discount between the merchant and the retail fueling merchant | 2013-01-31 |
20130030901 | COUPON SOCIAL NETWORKING PLATFORM - In an embodiment, a method comprises receiving, at a social network coupon platform, a request to display coupon data regarding a particular coupon that is provided by a coupon provider, wherein a user that is registered with a social network provider initiated the request; in response to receiving the request, sending, from the social network coupon platform, the coupon data to be displayed to the user; receiving, at the social network coupon platform, from the social network provider, profile data that includes profile information of the user; in response to receiving the profile data, allowing the user access to the particular coupon; wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030902 | System and method for providing real-time discount merchant offers - A method for providing consumer discount offers from a merchant using a central computer host system including defining a discount offer associated with a merchant and prescribing consumer parameters for the discount offer. Consumer demographic parameters stored in the central computer host system are analyzed with the prescribed consumer parameters to identify those consumers to whom the merchant discount offer is applicable to. The identified consumers are provided in real-time the discount offer. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030903 | SIMULATED ENVIRONMENTS FOR MARKETPLACES, GAMING, SPORTING EVENTS, AND PERFORMANCE EVENTS - Systems and methods of simulated objects in simulated environments for marketplaces, gaming, sporting events and/or performance events are disclosed herein. In one aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure include a method to control a simulated object that is associated with a physical location in a real world environment. One embodiment includes enabling access of the simulated object in a simulated environment by a user via a device responsive to determining that a location data or timing data satisfies a criterion. The simulated environment can include a marketplace associated with the physical location in the real world environment where the simulated object represents virtual goods or real goods associated with the marketplace. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030904 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING AND USING A DIGITAL PASS - A system, method, and article of manufacture for generating a digital pass is disclosed. The method may comprise retrieving a plurality of identity attributes, and grouping a subset of identity attributes in the plurality of identity attributes to generate at least one digital pass. The method may further comprise grouping a subset of static identity attributes and a subset of dynamic identity attributes to generate a digital pass. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030905 | User-Initiated Boosting of Social Networking Objects - Methods, apparatuses and systems directed to allowing users of a social networking system to promote specific social networking objects in exchange for payment. In particular embodiments, promoted social networking objects may be exported to a sponsored story system for display in a sponsored story area of the promoting user's friends' home pages. In particular embodiments, the promoted social networking objects may be pinned for a predetermined amount of time, clicks, or impressions at the top of the news feeds for the first degree connections of the promoting user. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030906 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A SERVICE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE VIEWING OF AN ADVERTISEMENT USING DRM - Methods and apparatus for providing a multimedia service are provided. A first request message is transmitted from the device to a rights issuer requesting a first right object required to execute an advertisement. A first request response message having the first right object is transmitted from the rights issuer to the device. The advertisement is executed at the device using the first right object. A report message having an advertisement consumption specification is transmitted from the device based on execution of the advertisement. A report response message having an advertisement consumption certificate is received at the device. A second request message is transmitted from the device to the rights issuer requesting a second right object required to execute the content. A second request response message having the second right object is transmitted from the rights issuer to the device, when the second request message includes the advertisement consumption certificate. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030907 | CLUSTERING OFFERS FOR CLICK-RATE OPTIMIZATION - A computerized method is provided for receiving data for a plurality of offers, wherein the data includes a number of impressions and a number of clicks associated with each offer in the plurality of offers. The method comprises determining a click-through rate for each offer in the plurality of offers using the received data for the plurality of offers and partitioning offers into a first offer group and a second offer group based on a value of performance data associated with each offer. A predetermined number of offers with highest values are assigned to the first offer group, and the rest of the offers are assigned to the second offer group. The method comprises serving offers from both groups, calculating a response rate and confidence level for the first group, calculating a response rate and confidence level for the second group and determining that the performance data of the first and second groups has diverged by a predetermined threshold. The method further comprises serving the offers based at least in part on the determining. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030908 | Conversion Path Comparison Reporting - Methods, systems, and apparatuses, including computer programs encoded on computer-readable media, for obtaining information regarding a plurality of conversion paths that each end with a conversion interaction, wherein each conversion path includes one or more user interactions that include a plurality of dimensional data related to the user interaction. For each conversion path, it is determined if the conversion path includes a particular user interaction, a first position of the particular user interaction, and the number of user interactions of the conversion path. The conversion paths are grouped based upon if the conversion path includes the particular user interaction. For each conversion path group, an average position of the particular user interaction and an average path length based upon the path length of the conversion paths is computed. Data regarding the average position of the particular user interaction and the average path length is provided. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030909 | CUSTOMIZABLE SOCIAL CAMPAIGNS - Managing social network-based marketing campaigns includes obtaining, using one or more computer processors, a social media network-based marketing campaign and configuration information associated with the social media network-based marketing campaign; and publishing the plurality of selected publishable elements on the social media platform, according to the configuration information. The social media network-based marketing campaign comprises a plurality of selected publishable elements that are selected from a collection of master publishable elements. The master publishable elements are publishable on a social media platform. The configuration information at least includes information on how the plurality of selected publishable elements are to be published on the social media platform. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030910 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING AND USING A DIGITAL PASS - A system, method, and article of manufacture for generating a digital pass is disclosed. The method may comprise retrieving a plurality of identity attributes, and grouping a subset of identity attributes in the plurality of identity attributes to generate at least one digital pass. The method may further comprise grouping a subset of static identity attributes and a subset of dynamic identity attributes to generate a digital pass. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030911 | PUBLIC INTERACTIVE PERSONALIZED RADIO NETWORK - An interactive radio network enables users to interact with the content of a radio broadcast, including commercials or messages, and to selectively save, store, review, fast forward, rewind, pause, forward, and respond to the radio programs and/or the commercials. The interactive radio network provides a widespread, international, and economical access to the radio stations, and reduces the need for advertisement billboards. It provides the users with an opportunity to selectively inquire about the products or services being advertised. Furthermore, the interactive radio network allows the users as well as various sectors of the advertisement industry to interact with the content of the radio broadcast. The advertisements are no longer limited to audio messages, but can further include elaborate video, text, and data information. The interactive radio network enables the users to communicate and interact with each others, based on the broadcast content. It also provides a widely accessible and affordable avenue for mass marketing and broadcasting of commercials to mobile users. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030912 | METHOD FOR UPDATING ADVERTISEMENT CONTENT USING DRM - The present invention relates to a content update method, comprising the steps of: receiving, by a terminal, a specific-formatted data from a server, the specific-formatted data including a container and a variable information box, wherein the container includes a header, the variable information box includes a new advertisement content, the header includes a field which contains information on first advertisement content, and the field indicates that the new advertisement content is used for updating the first advertisement content; checking whether the terminal includes information matched with the information on the first advertisement content, wherein the first advertisement content is included in the specific-formatted data together with a non-advertisement content; and if a matching information is found as a result of the check, replacing the first advertisement content within the specific formatted data with the new advertisement content. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030913 | Deriving Ads Ranking of Local Advertisers based on Distance and Aggregate User Activities - A system and method are disclosed including determining structured information sources that a local business participates in based on a common set of features that identify the business, collecting user interaction information from the structured information sources, aggregating the collected user interaction information into a set of attributes that are common across the structured information sources, storing local business location and the aggregated user interaction information for the set of attributes into a local business database, receiving a request from a mobile device for an ad including a geographic location, determining a geographic region that contains the geographic location, retrieving a set of local businesses from the local business database having locations within the region, determining distance values between the geographic location and the business locations, retrieving a subset of attributes for the aggregate user interaction information from the database, constructing feature vectors including the distance values and values for the attributes, calculating scores corresponding to feature vectors, and providing an ad in response to the ad request. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030914 | SERVER CONFIGURATION TO FACILITATE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TARGETED ADVERTISING - A parcel advertising system and method for providing a targeted advertisement on a package wherein the advertisement is specifically directed towards a recipient to whom to the package is being delivered. The system includes an image server located remotely from a warehouse management system and adapted to communicate with the warehouse management system via a communications network. The image server includes a computer system including at least one processor and at least one datastore, wherein the computer system is operative and configured to select an advertisement for a package in response to an advertisement request for a parcel from a warehouse management system. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030915 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ENHANCED IN-STORE SHOPPING SERVICES USING MOBILE DEVICE - Apparatus and methods are provided for offering shopping assistance tools. The tools may be used by developers to create enhanced in-store customer shopping applications. The shopping assistance tools provide in-store navigation, customer assistance, and inventory management services. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030916 | AFFILIATE INVESTIGATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - Given an advertisement placed by a rogue affiliate that takes steps to hide its affiliate ID from affiliate investigators, the affiliate ID may be identified using a step-wise link follower to process the advertisement's target URIs. For each redirection step inclusively between the original target URI and the ultimate destination URI, the current URI is analyzed and requested according to either a trusted request method or a non-trusted request method depending on whether the resource to which the URI refers is known to be a trusted resource. The non-trusted request method is designed to thwart the rogue affiliate's efforts to identify an affiliate investigator as the source of the request. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030917 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING AND USING A DIGITAL PASS - A system, method, and article of manufacture for generating a digital pass is disclosed. The method may comprise retrieving a plurality of identity attributes, and grouping a subset of identity attributes in the plurality of identity attributes to generate at least one digital pass. The method may further comprise grouping a subset of static identity attributes and a subset of dynamic identity attributes to generate a digital pass. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030918 | System and Method for Providing Indications of Participating Advertisers to a Portable User Device - A method of providing indications of participating advertisers to a portable user device including detecting a plurality of participating advertisers in a vicinity of the portable user device; determining a relative proximity of the portable user device to each of the plurality of the participating advertisers; rendering an indication of the participating advertisers on the portable user device to convey the determined relative proximity of each of the plurality of the participating advertisers; detecting a change in the relative proximity of the participating advertisers; and changing the rendering of the participating advertisers on the portable user device to convey the detected change in the relative proximity of the participating advertisers. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030919 | Targeting Listings Based on User-Supplied Profile and Interest Data - Technologies for targeting listings based on user-supplied profile and interest data are presented herein. In one aspect, user-supplied profile and interest data is received from a user. Targeted business listings are generated for the user based on the user-supplied profile and interest data. The targeted business listings are then provided to the user. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030920 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND ARTICLE FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION REGARDING AVAILABILITY OF POWER STORAGE DEVICES AT A POWER STORAGE DEVICE COLLECTION, CHARGING AND DISTRIBUTION MACHINE - A network of collection, charging and distribution machines collect, charge and distribute portable electrical energy storage devices (e.g., batteries, supercapacitors or ultracapacitors). Availability of charged portable electrical energy storage devices available at a collection, charging and distribution machine are communicated to or acquired by a mobile device of a user or a user's vehicle. Once the mobile device of a user or a user's vehicle comes within close proximity of the collection, charging and distribution machine or within a particular area surrounding the collection, charging and distribution machine, the collection, charging and distribution machine or a collection, charging and distribution machine management system communicates an alert (e.g., over a cellular network, short range wireless signal or wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) network) to the mobile device or vehicle indicating how many portable electrical energy storage devices are available at the distribution machine. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030921 | Serving advertisements based on user data - A method, system, and computer-readable storage device for serving advertisements based on user data using a computer network are provided. In at least one embodiment, a method may comprise receiving a request from a publisher for at least one advertisement, wherein the request comprises user context data. The method may also comprise receiving a permission profile from the publisher corresponding to the user context data, wherein the permission profile defines permissive use of the user context data. The method may also comprise supplementing previously stored data with the user context data and determining at least one advertisement based on the supplemented data and the permission profile. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030922 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SYNDICATING A CONVERSATION - A system and method for syndicating comments received by a gadget that is embedded on different websites using a conversation application. The conversation application includes an authorization module, a code generator, an identity generator, a profile engine, a content parser, a syndication module, an analysis engine, an advertising engine and a newsletter engine. The content parser receives a comment posted by a user from a gadget embedded on a website and identifies the user and the website identifier. The syndication module identifies other websites that include the gadget. The syndication module then syndicates the content on the gadget embedded on the other websites. The analysis engine determines an interest of the user. The advertising engine provides advertisements to the website based on the interest of the user. The newsletter engine generates and sends newsletters to the user based on the interest of the user. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030923 | Method and System for Document Generation from Projected Financial Aid Award - A computer system and method that enables the customization and personalization of marketing material for potential students utilizing existing systems to provide students with net price information on the cost of attending an academic institution and supplements the financial information with marketing information that is customized and created for the potential student. The marketing material is unique to each potential student and is generated for each student based on their financial circumstances, personal interests and academic goals. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030924 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING AND USING A DIGITAL PASS - A system, method, and article of manufacture for generating a digital pass is disclosed. The method may comprise retrieving a plurality of identity attributes, and grouping a subset of identity attributes in the plurality of identity attributes to generate at least one digital pass. The method may further comprise grouping a subset of static identity attributes and a subset of dynamic identity attributes to generate a digital pass. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030925 | CONTEXT-AWARE MOBILE BANKING SOLUTION - A context-aware mobile banking system determines a location of a user of the mobile device, identifies at least one product of interest to the user based at least in part on the determined location of the user, determines based on the determined product of interest, information corresponding to the product of interest, and presents the information corresponding to the product of interest to the user. In some embodiments, the system retrieves user budgeting information including a plurality of budget categories each having an associated budget amount and an associated remaining amount indicating an amount remaining in from the budget amount, determines a budget category from the plurality of budget categories associated with the product of interest, and determines the budget amount and remaining amount associated with the determined budget category. The system then may present information corresponding to the remaining amount and the budget amount to the user. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030926 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING AND USING A DIGITAL PASS - A system, method, and article of manufacture for generating a digital pass is disclosed. The method may comprise retrieving a plurality of identity attributes, and grouping a subset of identity attributes in the plurality of identity attributes to generate at least one digital pass. The method may further comprise grouping a subset of static identity attributes and a subset of dynamic identity attributes to generate a digital pass. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030927 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING AND USING A DIGITAL PASS - A system, method, and article of manufacture for generating a digital pass is disclosed. The method may comprise retrieving a plurality of identity attributes, and grouping a subset of identity attributes in the plurality of identity attributes to generate at least one digital pass. The method may further comprise grouping a subset of static identity attributes and a subset of dynamic identity attributes to generate a digital pass. | 2013-01-31 |
20130030928 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ELECTRONICALLY MARKETING A PRODUCT THROUGH AFFILIATE SPONSORSHIPS VIA A COMPUTER NETWORK - One or more purchasers among a group of purchasers that compose a market base can be redirected to an online store for purchase of products, in response to a selection of a unique sponsorship link associated with a particular user. One or more purchases made through the online store by the purchaser(s) can be automatically tracked via the unique sponsorship link. Thereafter a commission can be automatically transmitted to an account associated with the particular user, when the purchase(s) is made through the online store by the purchaser(s). The particular user can thus be paid automatically (e.g., once a month, periodically, etc) for any purchases made from anyone who visits the online store via the unique sponsorship link and purchases products via the online store. | 2013-01-31 |