08th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 46 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090048815 | Generalized constitutive modeling method and system - A method of modeling a material using a generalized constitutive model includes assembling a plurality of behaviors, the plurality of behaviors assembled without reference to a particular material to be modeled, and assembling a plurality of couplings, each of the plurality of couplings associated with at least one of the behaviors of the plurality of behaviors and defined without reference to a particular material to be modeled. The method also includes selecting at least one behavior from the plurality of behaviors to define a model for a particular material, performing simulations using the model for the particular material to define a simulation output, and making a determination regarding the material according to the simulation output. A system is also provided to carry out the method. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048816 | Method for on-line prediction of future performance of a fermentation unit - A method is disclosed for on-line prediction of performance of a fermentation unit, such as prediction of performance parameters like concentration of product, biomass, or sugar in the broth of a batch/fed-batch fermentation unit containing bacteria and nutrients. A computer model predicts a future product concentration based on current plant data. While a batch is in progress, model parameters are adjusted on-line based on plant data to reduce a mismatch between the plant data and model data. A method/fermenter model can be implemented as a software program in a PC that can be interfaced to a plant control system for on-line deployment in an actual plant environment. An on-line performance monitoring system can be used by plant operating personnel, to know the performance of the batch in advance for implementing corrective measures in advance to improve/maintain performance at desired level. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048817 | MOLECULAR STRUCTURE PREDICTION SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A molecular structure prediction method for predicting the most stable molecular structure of a molecule based on results obtained by a plurality of appraisal systems includes steps of: generating a plurality of data sets by re-sampling from a training data set, determining a parameter set for each data set that has been generated to obtain a plurality of parameter sets, using the plurality of parameter sets to calculate energy of a molecule for molecular data for prediction, taking a consensus based on the results of a plurality of energies or three-dimensional structures, and predicting the most stable molecular structure based on the results of consensus. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048818 | SIMULATION METHOD OF LOGIC CIRCUIT - A simulation method of a logic circuit is provided. The simulation method includes operations dividing the logic circuit into a plurality of divided circuits, determining the divided circuit constructing a path circuit of the logic circuit, determining an auxiliary divided circuit that is the divided circuit not constructing the path circuit and affects on a simulation result of the path circuit. The method also includes executing a simulation calculation of a part of the circuit including the divide circuit constructing the path circuit and the auxiliary divided circuit. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048819 | Multiple-type memory - A multiple-type memory is disclosed. The multiple-type memory includes memory blocks in communication with control logic blocks. The memory blocks and the control logic blocks are configured to emulate a plurality of memory types. The memory blocks can be configured into a plurality of memory planes that are vertically stacked upon one another. The vertically stacked memory planes may be used to increase data storage density and/or the number of memory types that can be emulated by the multiple-type memory. Each memory plane can emulate one or more memory types. The control logic blocks can be formed in a substrate (e.g., a silicon substrate including CMOS circuitry) and the memory blocks or the plurality of memory planes can be positioned over the substrate and in communication with the control logic blocks. The multiple-type memory may be non-volatile so that stored data is retained in the absence of power. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048820 | LANGUAGE TRANSLATION BASED ON A LOCATION OF A WIRELESS DEVICE - A method, information processing system, and wireless communication device that translate text within an image captured by a wireless device. At least one image ( | 2009-02-19 |
20090048821 | MOBILE LANGUAGE INTERPRETER WITH TEXT TO SPEECH - Embodiments are directed towards a language learning environment accessible from within virtually any website that enables a user to practice a language using tools such as translators, and text to speech capabilities. In one embodiment, the user may access a webpage in one language, and employ the language widget to select portions of content on the webpage, perform translation of the content, or perform a text to audio (speech) conversion of the selected portions. The text to speech conversion may be performed independent of translation, thereby allowing the user to hear a pronunciation of text within the website in a language associated with the website. The user may download an audio file of the converted text for use in later replay for mobile learning. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048822 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FAST AND MEMORY EFFICIENT MACHINE TRANSLATION USING STATISTICAL INTEGRATED PHASE LATTICE - A phrase-based translation system and method includes a statistically integrated phrase lattice (SIPL) (H) which represents an entire translational model. An input (I) is translated by determining a best path through an entire lattice (S) by performing an efficient composition operation between the input and the SIPL. The efficient composition operation is performed by a multiple level search where each operand in the efficient composition operation represents a different search level. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048823 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR OPINION MINING - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a system having a controller to identify from commentaries of an object or service one or more context-dependent opinions associated with one or more features of the object or the service, and synthesize a semantic orientation for each of one or more context-dependent opinions of the one or more features. Additional embodiments are disclosed. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048824 | ACOUSTIC SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS - An audible signal process method includes preparing, in at least one dictionary, a plurality of weighting factors each learned to optimize evaluation function established by a weighted learning audible signal and a target speech signal corresponding to the learning audible signal and used for weighting, estimating a noise component included in the input audible signal, calculating a feature quantity depending upon the noise component of the input audible signal, selecting a weighting factor corresponding to the feature quantity from the dictionary, and weighting the input audible signal using the selected weighting factor to generate a processed output audible signal. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048825 | System and method for providing internet based phone conferences using multiple codecs - A method of communicating digitized speech from a transmitting forum participant comprises the step of receiving a data structure that includes said digitized speech. The data structure is analyzed to determine whether the digitized speech is redundantly represented in a plurality of forms in the data structure. A portion of the data structure is forwarded to a receiving forum participant, thereby communicating the digitized speech from the transmitting forum participant. In this method, when the digitized speech is redundantly represented in the data structure in a plurality of forms, the forwarding step includes a step of selecting one or more forms, based on a function, from the plurality of forms in the data structure. Furthermore, the portion of the data structure that is forwarded to the receiving forum participant includes data in the data structure that corresponds to each of the selected one or more forms. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048826 | ENCODING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EFFICIENTLY ENCODING SINUSOIDAL SIGNAL WHOSE MAGNITUDE IS LESS THAN MASKING VALUE ACCORDING TO PSYCHOACOUSTIC MODEL AND DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DECODING ENCODED SINUSOIDAL SIGNAL - Provided are an encoding method and apparatus for efficiently encoding a sinusoidal signal whose magnitude is less than a masking value according to a psychoacoustic model, a decoding method and apparatus for decoding an encoded sinusoidal signal, and a computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the encoding method/the decoding method. By using a particular code indicating that the magnitude of a first sinusoidal signal is less than a masking value according to a psychoacoustic model to encode the first sinusoidal signal, difference coding for a third sinusoidal signal of a next frame, which is connected to the first sinusoidal signal, is performed using a sinusoidal signal or sinusoidal signals selected according to a method to use the particular code, and a decoding apparatus obtains a sum with a transmitted difference using the selected sinusoidal signal(s). | 2009-02-19 |
20090048827 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUDIO FRAME ESTIMATION - The disclosed systems and methods relate to estimating an audio frame. Aspects of the present invention may improve audio quality at the client side when a section of voice data is corrupted or delayed during transmission. The present invention may be suitable for decoding in, for example, circuit switched and packet switched digital voice applications. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048828 | GAP INTERPOLATION IN ACOUSTIC SIGNALS USING COHERENT DEMODULATION - Information is estimated to fill-in even relatively long gaps (e.g., up to 250 ms) that occur in a signal due to physical errors in media or transmission, where the omitted information causes signal distortion. The signal is first divided into a plurality of subbands, since the gaps in each subband are individually easier to interpolate. Coherent demodulation is then employed on each subband signal to reduce the time-varying signals to a collection of pairs of frequency-modulated carriers multiplied by complex-valued envelopes, or modulators. Standard interpolation is then separately applied to the modulators and carriers of these pairs to fill-in the gaps in each of the subbands, and the interpolated pairs are remodulated. The resulting interpolated signals from each of the subbands are recombined to form the final interpolated output signal in which the gaps are filled in with estimated data. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048829 | Differential Dynamic Content Delivery With Text Display In Dependence Upon Sound Level - Differential dynamic content delivery including providing a session document for a presentation, where the session document includes a session grammar and a session structured document; selecting from the session structured document a classified structural element in dependence upon user classifications of a user participant in the presentation; presenting the selected structural element to the user; streaming speech to the user from one or more users participating in the presentation; converting the speech to text; detecting a total sound level for the user; and determining whether to display the text in dependence upon the total sound level for the user. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048830 | Conceptual analysis driven data-mining and dictation system and method - A new approach to speech recognition that reacts to concepts conveyed through speech, which shifts the balance of power in speech recognition from straight sound recognition and statistical models to a more powerful and complete approach determining and addressing conveyed concepts. A probabilistically unbiased multi-phoneme recognition process is employed, followed by a phoneme stream analysis process that builds the list of candidate words derived from recognized phonemes, followed by a permutation analysis process that produces sequences of candidate words with high potential of being syntactically valid, and finally, by processing targeted syntactic sequences in a conceptual analysis process to generate the utterance's conceptual representation that can be used to produce an adequate response. Applications include improving accuracy or automatically generating punctuation for transcription and dictation, word or concept spotting in audio streams, concept spotting in electronic text, customer support, call routing and other command/response scenarios. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048831 | Scripting support for data identifiers, voice recognition and speech in a telnet session - Methods of adding data identifiers and speech/voice recognition functionality are disclosed. A telnet client runs one or more scripts that add data identifiers to data fields in a telnet session. The input data is inserted in the corresponding fields based on data identifiers. Scripts run only on the telnet client without modifications to the server applications. Further disclosed are methods for providing speech recognition and voice functionality to telnet clients. Portions of input data are converted to voice and played to the user. A user also may provide input to certain fields of the telnet session by using his voice. Scripts running on the telnet client convert the user's voice into text and is inserted to corresponding fields. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048832 | SPEECH-TO-TEXT SYSTEM, SPEECH-TO-TEXT METHOD, AND SPEECH-TO-TEXT PROGRAM - [Problems] To provide a speech-to-text system and the like capable of matching edit result text acquired by editing recognition result text or edit result text which is newly-written text information with speech data. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048833 | Automated Extraction of Semantic Content and Generation of a Structured Document from Speech - Techniques are disclosed for automatically generating structured documents based on speech, including identification of relevant concepts and their interpretation. In one embodiment, a structured document generator uses an integrated process to generate a structured textual document (such as a structured textual medical report) based on a spoken audio stream. The spoken audio stream may be recognized using a language model which includes a plurality of sub-models arranged in a hierarchical structure. Each of the sub-models may correspond to a concept that is expected to appear in the spoken audio stream. Different portions of the spoken audio stream may be recognized using different sub-models. The resulting structured textual document may have a hierarchical structure that corresponds to the hierarchical structure of the language sub-models that were used to generate the structured textual document. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048834 | Audio Signal De-Identification - Techniques are disclosed for automatically de-identifying spoken audio signals. In particular, techniques are disclosed for automatically removing personally identifying information from spoken audio signals and replacing such information with non-personally identifying information. De-identification of a spoken audio signal may be performed by automatically generating a report based on the spoken audio signal. The report may include concept content (e.g., text) corresponding to one or more concepts represented by the spoken audio signal. The report may also include timestamps indicating temporal positions of speech in the spoken audio signal that corresponds to the concept content. Concept content that represents personally identifying information is identified. Audio corresponding to the personally identifying concept content is removed from the spoken audio signal. The removed audio may be replaced with non-personally identifying audio. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048835 | FEATURE EXTRACTING APPARATUS, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND FEATURE EXTRACTION METHOD - A feature extracting apparatus includes a spectrum calculator that calculates a logarithmic frequency spectrum including frequency components obtained from an input speech signal at regular intervals on a logarithmic frequency scale of a frame; a function calculator that calculates a cross-correlation function between a logarithmic frequency spectrum of a time and a logarithmic frequency spectrum of one or plural times included in a certain temporal width before and after the time, from a sequence of the logarithmic frequency spectra calculated at each time; and a feature extractor that extracts a set of the cross-correlation functions as a local and relative fundamental-frequency pattern feature at the frame. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048836 | DATA-DRIVEN GLOBAL BOUNDARY OPTIMIZATION - Portions from segment boundary regions of a plurality of speech segments are extracted. Each segment boundary region is based on a corresponding initial unit boundary. Feature vectors that represent the portions in a vector space are created. For each of a plurality of potential unit boundaries within each segment boundary region, an average discontinuity based on distances between the feature vectors is determined. For each segment, the potential unit boundary associated with a minimum average discontinuity is selected as a new unit boundary. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048837 | Phonetic tone mark system and method thereof - A system and method that utilizes common symbols for marking the tones of alphabet letters of different languages. The marking system and method employs the symbols from the standard English typing keyboard to denote tones. There are seven phonetic tone marks. Each mark represents a unique tone. The system can be applied to any alphabetic writing letters of different languages to denote specific language tones. The method makes it possible for alphabetic writing of any kind of language and for people to effectively capture the tones of words in different languages. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048838 | System and method for client voice building - Provided is a system and method for building and managing a customized voice of an end-user, comprising the steps of designing a set of prompts for collection from the user, wherein the prompts are selected from both an analysis tool and by the user's own choosing to capture voice characteristics unique to the user. The prompts are delivered to the user over a network to allow the user to save a user recording on a server of a service provider. This recording is then retrieved and stored on the server and then set up on the server to build a voice database using text-to-speech synthesis tools. A graphical interface allows the user to continuously refine the data file to improve the voice and customize parameter and configuration settings, thereby forming a customized voice database which can be deployed or accessed. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048839 | SPEECH RECOGNITION APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - A speech recognition apparatus includes a first grammar storage unit configured to store one or more grammar segments, a second grammar storage unit configured to store one or more grammar segments, a first decoder configured to carry out a decoding process by referring to the grammar segment stored in the second grammar storage unit, a grammar transfer unit configured to transfer a trailing grammar segment from the first grammar storage unit to the second grammar storage unit, a second decoder configured to operate in parallel to the grammar transfer unit and carry out the decoding process by referring to the grammar segment stored in the second grammar storage unit, and a recognition control unit configured to monitor the state of transfer of the trailing grammar segment carried out by the grammar transfer unit and activate the both decoders by switching the operation thereof according to the state of transfer of the grammar segment. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048840 | DEVICE FOR CONVERTING INSTANT MESSAGE INTO AUDIO OR VISUAL RESPONSE - The conversion device is connected, by a wired or wireless means, to an input/output port of a computing device installed with an instant messaging software. As instant messages are exchanged, the conversion device is activated by the instant messaging software to produce audio and/or visual responses in accordance with specific texts, symbols, and graphical images contained in the messages received. The conversion device could have an appealing appearance such as a doll, a puppet, or a toy figure. The conversion device can further contain at least an actuation mechanism such that, when activated, the conversion device sends a specific signal to the instant messaging software which encodes and packages the signal into a message and delivers the message to a remote computing device. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048841 | Synthesis by Generation and Concatenation of Multi-Form Segments - A speech synthesis system and method is described. A speech segment database references speech segments having various different speech representational structures. A speech segment selector selects from the speech segment database a sequence of speech segment candidates corresponding to a target text. A speech segment sequencer generates from the speech segment candidates sequenced speech segments corresponding to the target text. A speech segment synthesizer combines the selected sequenced speech segments to produce a synthesized speech signal output corresponding to the target text. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048842 | Generalized Object Recognition for Portable Reading Machine - Techniques for operating a reading machine are disclosed. The techniques include forming an N-dimensional features vector based on features of an image, the features corresponding to characteristics of at least one object depicted in the image, representing the features vector as a point in n-dimensional space, where n corresponds to N, the number of features in the features vector and comparing the point in n-dimensional space to a centroid that represents a cluster of points in the n-dimensional space corresponding to a class of objects to determine whether the point belongs in the class of objects corresponding to the centroid. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048843 | SYSTEM-EFFECTED TEXT ANNOTATION FOR EXPRESSIVE PROSODY IN SPEECH SYNTHESIS AND RECOGNITION - The inventive system can automatically annotate the relationship of text and acoustic units for the purposes of: (a) predicting how the text is to be pronounced as expressively synthesized speech, and (b) improving the proportion of expressively uttered speech as correctly identified text representing the speaker's message. The system can automatically annotate text corpora for relationships of uttered speech for a particular speaking style and for acoustic units in terms of context and content of the text to the utterances. The inventive system can use kinesthetically defined expressive speech production phonetics that are recognizable and controllable according to kinesensic feedback principles. In speech synthesis embodiments of the invention, the text annotations can specify how the text is to be expressively pronounced as synthesized speech. Also, acoustically-identifying features for dialects or mispronunciations can be identified so as to expressively synthesize alternative dialects or stylistic mispronunciations for a speaker from a given text. In speech recognition embodiments of the invention, each text annotation can be uniquely identified from the corresponding acoustic features of a unit of uttered speech to correctly identify the corresponding text. By employing a method of rules-based text annotation, the invention enables expressiveness to be altered to reflect syntactic, semantic, and/or discourse circumstances found in text to be synthesized or in an uttered message. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048844 | Speech synthesis method and apparatus - A phoneme sequence corresponding to a target speech is divided into a plurality of segments. A plurality of speech units for each segment is selected from a speech unit memory that stores speech units having at least one frame. The plurality of speech units has a prosodic feature accordant or similar to the target speech. A formant parameter having at least one formant frequency is generated for each frame of the plurality of speech units. A fused formant parameter of each frame is generated from formant parameters of each frame of the plurality of speech units. A fused speech unit of each segment is generated from the fused formant parameter of each frame. A synthesized speech is generated by concatenating the fused speech unit of each segment. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048845 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR VOICE CHAT TRANSCRIPTION - An apparatus, system, and method to transcribe a voice chat session initiated from a text chat session. The system includes a chat server, a voice server, and a transcription engine. The chat server is configured to facilitate a text chat session between multiple instant messaging clients. The voice server is coupled to the chat server and configured to facilitate a transition from the text chat session to a voice chat session between the multiple instant messaging clients. The transcription engine is coupled to the voice server and configured to generate a voice transcription of the voice chat session. The voice transcription may be aggregated into a text chat history. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048846 | Method for Expanding Audio Signal Bandwidth - A method expands a bandwidth of an audio signal by determining a magnitude time-frequency representation |G(ω,t) for example audio signals g(t). A set of frequency marginal probabilities P | 2009-02-19 |
20090048847 | Method and Apparatus for Encoding/Decoding Multi-Channel Audio Signal - Methods of encoding and decoding a multi-channel audio signal and apparatuses for encoding and decoding a multi-channel audio signal are provided. The method of decoding a multi-channel audio signal includes an unpacking unit which extracts a quantized CLD between a pair of channels of a plurality of channels from a bitstream, and an inverse quantization unit which inverse-quantizes the quantized CLD using a quantization table that considers the location properties of the pair of channels. The methods of encoding and decoding a multi-channel audio signal and the apparatuses for encoding and decoding a multi-channel audio signal can enable an efficient encoding/decoding by reducing the number of quantization bits required. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048848 | Method And System For Media Processing Extensions (MPX) For Audio And Video Setting Preferences - Device independent Media Properties Extension (MPX) data, corresponding to media data, may be decoded by a media rendering device and may be utilized to determine and/or execute processing steps and/or processing parameters for processing the media data. During the processing and/or rendering, processing steps and/or parameters may be dynamically determined and/or adjusted. A user preference profile, media rendering device profile and/or media rendering environment profile may be utilized to generate, store and/or restore MPX data. Furthermore, MPX data that may be input by a user, manufacturer or a vendor, may be stored in a plurality of ways, for example, within a media data file, an external file and/or within an MTP or PTP object property associated the media data. The media data may comprise one or more of video data, still image data and audio data, for example. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048849 | AUDIO ENCODING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND AUDIO DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS, FOR PROCESSING DEATH SINUSOID AND GENERAL CONTINUATION SINUSOID - An audio encoding method and apparatus, and an audio decoding method and apparatus, for processing a death sinusoid and a general continuation sinusoid. Using the unique characteristic of a death sinusoid, in that the death sinusoid has a tendency such that an amplitude component of the death sinusoid is less than that of a previous sinusoid, a method of adding an encoding syntax by distinguishing a general continuation sinusoid from a death sinusoid is provided. That is, when difference coding of the amplitude component of a death sinusoid is performed, the number of bits used when a negative number is coded is less than the number of bits used when a positive number is coded, in a Huffman table. By using this method, a bit rate in an entire coding decreases. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048850 | Apparatus and method of processing an audio signal - In one embodiment, the method includes receiving an audio signal including a prediction residual of a block of digital audio data and coded coefficient values. Table index information is obtained from the digital audio data. The table index information identifies a table from a plurality of tables to select. A set of prediction coefficient value are reconstructed from the coded-coefficient values. This reconstruction includes selecting a table including offset values and entropy parameters from the plurality of tables based on the table index information, first entropy decoding the coded-coefficient values using entropy codes defined by the entropy parameters from the selected table, and calculating a set of prediction coefficient values based on the offset values from the selected table and the decoded coded-coefficient values. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048851 | Apparatus and method of encoding and decoding audio signal - In one embodiment, the method includes receiving an audio data frame having at least one channel. The channel is subdivided into a plurality of blocks, and at least two of the blocks are capable of different lengths. The embodiment further includes obtaining information from the audio signal indicating the subdivision of the channel into the blocks, and decoding the channel based on the obtained information. In one embodiment, the channel is subdivided into the plurality of blocks according to a subdivision hierarchy, the subdivision hierarchy has more than one level, and each level is associated with a different block length. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048852 | ENCODING AND/OR DECODING DIGITAL CONTENT - Embodiments of methods, apparatuses, devices and systems associated with encoding and/or decoding audio data are disclosed. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048853 | PERMISSION BASED FIELD SERVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - The embodiments of herein provide a permission based field service management system and method for field services using a permission slip. A technician allotted to perform a field service is authenticated by a client/server software system and provided with a work list. When the technician accepts a work list, a permission slip corresponding to a specific device is entered in a service key inserted by the technician into a client. Then the service key is removed and inserted into a specific device to execute a field service operation. After the completion of the field service operation, the permission slip is closed and a service log is created and stored on a service database. An auditing system accesses the service data to track and monitor the service operation. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048854 | TRIP IDENTIFICATION AND RECORDING SYSTEMS - Recording devices and methods are disclosed that allow a user to make a voice recording in association with a trip, such as a business trip driven in an automobile, while providing trip-specific control functionality of the recording. The current location of the user, corresponding in some embodiments to the location of the vehicle, is determined by a GPS sensor. The device may be operated on and off to record particular trips, for example business trips, that may also depend upon the further requirements of the user. Voice recording is also provided for recording and storing messages of the user that may relate to the trip. In some embodiments software is provided for loading upon a computer for communication of trip information and voice recording to a computer. The device may be powered by power adapters or other devices designed to provide mobile power to electronic devices, such as power adapters for inside a vehicle, or in some embodiments via USB connection to a device. The invention may be operated in various modes, recording all trip information or only selected trip information as well as voice recording. Once downloaded the trip information may be displayed with links to the voice recording, as well as other trip specific information such as internet links to maps, and text may be added to further describe trip information. In some embodiments, the invention is a media device providing for USB connectivity and may further be configured in a key format. Other functions and features are disclosed. Methods such as those corresponding to the devices are also disclosed, as are devices corresponding to the methods, as well as methods of doing business. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048855 | Distribution System for Data of a Service - A distribution system for providing data of at least one service between a first network unit and at least one second network unit over a communication network includes a receiver unit and a transmitter unit in the first network unit, and a processing unit in the first network unit. The processing unit is configured to compare a request to provide data of at least one service by the at least one second network unit with at least one stored policy, and to transmit the requested data of at least one service as a function of the comparison result to the at least one second network unit. The system includes further at least one memory unit configured to store the at least one policy and the data of a service. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048856 | System and method for managing vendor information of vendors that repair deficiencies at facilities - A system and method for managing vendor information to repair deficiencies at facilities may include storing vendor information of vendors. The vendor information may identify one or more deficiencies of which at least one of the vendors is capable of repairing. Site audit information of one or more facilities may be aggregated. Vendor information of one or more vendors capable of repairing a deficiency at the facilities may be displayed to enable selection of one or more vendors for repairing the deficiency at a facility. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048857 | Method and apparatus for a rule development process for inducement prizes - A method and apparatus for a rule development process for inducement prizes is presented. The rule development process comprises a number of sub-process threads allowing for the authoring, review, preview, approval and presentation of rules setting parameters for successful claiming of the inducement prize. The process also allows for sub-process threads for contributing to, submitting to, verification of, merger of, voting for, and revision of the inducement prize as well as the appointment of a prize administrator. The Inducement Prize Rule Development Process allows rules to be authored for the sake of creating a goal for claiming of a prize. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048858 | Integration Settlement Analyzing Methods of Value Added Service - Value added service integrated settlement methods: (1) Firstly setup the transaction model of the integration settlement, that is put the settlement participants as the attribute main body of interface layer: provide data interaction between the inside and the outside of the system; service logical layer: complete the data collection, pretreatment, rule generation application, settlement process operation and settlement result management during the settlement process; data layer: data store based on database technology. (2) The settlement functions of the whole value added services are divided into different settlement processes, according to different models of service operation, different service process various types (short message, downloading, and movies), and different billing elements and settlement references. The same participants will take part in several services. The settlement elements will be put into different settlement processes. The settlement results of different settlement processes will be collected together according to settlement participants to generate the final settlement results. (3) Except the basic service of core settlement operation is adoption loosing coupling settlement operation, all the services relevant calculation processes of settlement are put into independent settlement process. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048859 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SALES LEAD RANKING BASED ON ASSESSMENT OF INTERNET BEHAVIOR - Methods and systems are presented for assessing sales leads obtained through a lead generation product. One exemplary method comprises receiving consumer information from a potential consumer via a lead generation product; receiving activity information about the potential consumer's interaction with the lead generation product; using the received consumer information and received activity information to develop one or more category scores; and developing a sales lead quality score from the one or more category scores. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048860 | PROVIDING A RATING FOR DIGITAL MEDIA BASED ON REVIEWS AND CUSTOMER BEHAVIOR - Automatically determining pricing for at least one unit of content that can be selected and licensed or purchased over a network. Pricing is determined based on an initial price, and at least one of the following: a reviewer rating, content activity, or a customer offer price. Each of these factors may be weighted. The initial price may be a minimum price, a maximum price, a suggested price from a content owner, a pre-calculated market price, or other initial price. Content activity generally reflects user behaviors related to a content item, such as selecting a content item from a search results list, saving it as a favorite, returning to view it, placing it in a virtual shopping cart, or licensing it. Content activity combined with reviewer rating and/or offer price, indicates a “snappyness” score. A new price is dynamically calculated based on the initial price and snappyness score. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048861 | Retail center for designing and laser engraving simultaneously different sized products at varying locations on the products - A retail outlet for designing and producing laser engraved products. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048862 | DATA VISUALIZATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - The invention provides a data visualisation system comprising a data value memory in which is maintained a finite set of data values and display means arranged to display a contoured representation. One or more of the data values are displayed as contours around one or more data points and each data value is centred on a data point. The invention also provides a method of data visualisation and a data visualisation computer program. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048863 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEDICATION PRESCRIPTION CONSULTATION - A method and apparatus of providing a pharmaceutical consultation prevents a person from receiving a medication prescription if consultation is required, and enables a user to readily view the medication prescription information and convey information to the person. Methods and apparatus of providing a pharmaceutical consultation are provided herein. The methods and apparatus include receiving medication prescription data relating to the medication prescription, and displaying a consultation review screen having a medication prescription view with information relating to the medication prescription and a discussion view with information to be conveyed to the person. The medication prescription data includes a consultation requirement for the medication prescription. A transaction for the medication prescription is prevented if consultation is required, and permitted when data is received indicating the consultation is completed. The methods and apparatus of pharmaceutical, consultation also include remote consultation between a user and a person at different geographic locations. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048864 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THERAPEUTIC INTERCHANGE - A method and apparatus of interchanging a prescribed medication with a therapeutically equivalent replacement medication includes receiving medication prescription data relating to a medication prescription for a person identifying a therapeutically equivalent replacement medication for a medication associated with the medication prescription, generating an exception for the medication if a replacement medication is identified so as to prevent the medication from being dispensed to the person until the exception is resolved, transmitting a request to replace the prescribed medication with the therapeutically equivalent replacement medication to a medical provider, and resolving the exception based on the response from the medical provider. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048865 | Patient Tracking Systems and Methods - A computer-implemented method is disclosed, The method can include relating a transponder with a healthcare patient, identifying one or more locations of the patient using the transponder, and associating the one or more locations with one or more time values, and associating the one or more locations or time values with one or more billable events in the patient's care. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048866 | Rules-Based System For Routing Evidence and Recommendation Information to Patients and Physicians By a Specialist Based on Mining Report Text - One or more of the embodiments of the present invention provide a rules-based system for routing medical reports based on processing report data. Certain embodiments of the invention provide a medical report routing system including a report acquisition component, a language processing component, a routing rule component, and a report transmitting component. The report acquisition component is adapted to receive a medical report. The language processing component adapted to apply natural language processing techniques to the medical report. The routing rule component is adapted to apply at least one routing rule to said medical report | 2009-02-19 |
20090048867 | DIAGNOSTIC RECORD INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND DIAGNOSTIC RECORD INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD - The medical chart management system reads the paper medical charts made in the medical facilities with scanners installed in the medical facilities, converts them into image data and stores them in a paper medical chart information DB of a management server corresponding to the medical facilities. To search for image data including a certain medical term from the paper medical chart information DB, the management server obtains patterns for search which is a representation used in recording a medical term in a medical chart to be retrieved and which is inputted by hand with a pen tablet from the each medical facility and performs matching between the patters for search obtained and the image data on the paper charts stored in the paper medical chart information DB corresponding to the medical facilities at which the patterns for search are inputted. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048868 | Medication Related Task Notification System - A task management system for informing a clinician of medication administration related tasks to be performed, includes a repository of information. The repository of information associates data identifying multiple different medications with corresponding multiple post-administration alert messages. An individual alert message notifies a clinician of a particular post-administration task to be performed concerning a particular medication following administration of the particular medication to a patient. An input processor receives data indicating the particular medication has been administered to the patient. A workflow processor, in response to received data indicating the particular medication has been administered to the patient, uses the repository for identifying a post-administration task associated with the particular medication and automatically adds data indicating the post-administration task to be performed to a task list of a clinician. A reproduction device presents the post-administration task and task list of the clinician for viewing by a user. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048869 | AUTOMATED HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS - The present invention involves value-added applications (or middleware) that integrates and adds value to existing call system and medical software packages by leveraging the assets of telecommunications manager software and medical records software with further specialized software. The EXTENSION system provides a modular set of medical workflow based applications that tightly integrate with telephone, such as call manager systems, and information systems, such as medical software packages. This combination allows a greater level of productivity within the medical organization. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048870 | System and Apparatus for Medical Error Monitoring - An apparatus and system for providing improved monitoring errors in a medical setting. The apparatus includes a storage medium, display and scanner that allow medical personnel to quickly and reliably track and monitor samples collected from patients, such as information about the type, location, and timing of a collected sample. An unable to complete function labels incompletely collected samples or otherwise notifies the processing facility. Label sets and/or messages are generated to guide medical personnel when performing orders. Errors are linked to collection events for variance tracking. Temporary identifier labels are generated for containers and such when no order is pending. Order of draw procedures are communicated to medical personnel at the collection site. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048871 | MOBILE WIRELESS MEDICATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - The specification and drawing figures describe and show a system for medication management is disclosed, illustrated, and claimed that includes a mobile wireless communication instrument. A data processing system ( | 2009-02-19 |
20090048872 | Mental health expert system and method - An electronic solution which may be integrated into an existing patient database and billing system to provide risk assessments, clinical prompts, and treatment pathways in a behavioral healthcare environment. Furthermore, consultation and review features are provided to ensure leadership oversight and authorization of any activity. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048873 | Method and system to manage coronary artery disease care - A system and method updates the status of an individual care plan to be performed at different locations. Worksteps of the care plan may be performed at a number dispersed medical facilities and/or specialists. Data regarding a workstep may be locally entered at the facility that performs the workstep. A data base of the individual care plan may then be updated, and subsequently remotely accessed via a communications network by other medical facilities to view the current status of the care plan. For instance, before a current workstep is performed, medical personnel may view textual information detailing and images acquired during the performance of a previous workstep performed at a different facility. As a result, an effective and efficient means of transferring information regarding the patient and care plan among medical facilities is provided. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048874 | MEDICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - In a medical information processing apparatus having a display section for displaying a medical image, when examination order information disagrees with accompanying information of the medical image, a user can promptly recognize it. According to an image examining apparatus | 2009-02-19 |
20090048875 | Wedding insurance - A method and system of insuring a wedding and determine a premium is disclosed. Wedding insurance insures the events or products associated with the wedding of a couple. In order to administer this insurance the amount of coverage may be determined along with the time period of coverage, the trigger for payout of the insurance and payment schedule of the premium. The premium can be determined by the payment schedule, amount of coverage and the probability of divorce of the couple. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048876 | SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR A FUSION CLASSIFICATION FOR INSURANCE UNDERWRITING SUITABLE FOR USE BY AN AUTOMATED SYSTEM - A method and system for fusing a collection of classifiers used for an automated insurance underwriting system and/or its quality assurance is described. Specifically, the outputs of a collection of classifiers are fused. The fusion of the data will typically result in some amount of consensus and some amount of conflict among the classifiers. The consensus will be measured and used to estimate a degree of confidence in the fused decisions. Based on the decision and degree of confidence of the fusion and the decision and degree of confidence of the production decision engine, a comparison module may then be used to identify cases for audit, cases for augmenting the training/test sets for re-tuning production decision engine, cases for review, or may simply trigger a record of its occurrence for tracking purposes. The fusion can compensate for the potential correlation among the classifiers. The reliability of each classifier can be represented by a static or dynamic discounting factor, which will reflect the expected accuracy of the classifier. A static discounting factor is used to represent a prior expectation about the classifier's reliability, e.g., it might be based on the average past accuracy of the model, while a dynamic discounting is used to represent a conditional assessment of the classifier's reliability, e.g., whenever a classifier bases its output on an insufficient number of points it is not reliable. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048877 | INSURANCE CLAIM FORECASTING SYSTEM - A computer-implemented process of developing a person-level cost model for forecasting future costs attributable to claims from members of a book of business, where person-level data are available for a substantial portion of the members of the book of business for an actual underwriting period, and the forecast of interest is for a policy period is disclosed. The process uses development universe data comprising person-level enrollment data, historical base period health care claims data and historical next period claim amount data for a statistically meaningful number of individuals. The process also provides at least one claim-based risk factor for each historical base period claim based on the claim code associated with the health care claim and provides at least one enrollment-based risk factor based on the enrollment data. The process also develops a cost forecasting model by capturing the predictive ability of the main effects and interactions of claim based risk factors and enrollment-based risk factors, with the development universe data through the application of an interaction capturing technique to the development universe data. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048878 | SYSTEM FOR EXPEDITING PROCUREMENT OF DELIVERABLES FROM EXPEDITED SERVICE AREAS - A system for expediting procurement of one or more deliverables by a customer of one or more expedited service areas including one or more designated expedited service areas, the designated expedited service areas associated with, and located at, adjacent to, or in the vicinity of, one or more venues, and the venues providing one or more venue-available deliverables. At least some of the designated expedited service areas include a distinct physical location that scheduled-customers visit separate from non-scheduled customers configured to provide procurance of venue-available deliverables more quickly to scheduled-customers. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048879 | Systems and methods for enabling hospitality employees to share benefits in an online environment - The present invention relates to systems and methods for online procurement of hospitality-related benefits. More particularly, the present invention relates to systems, methods, and applications for enabling hospitality employees to request, purchase, reserve, share, and receive benefits in an online environment. According to certain embodiments of the present invention, such methods generally comprise (a) providing a website accessible by a plurality of hospitality vendors and a plurality of hospitality employees; (b) providing a listing portal within the website in which hospitality vendors may register an offer, wherein the offer represents an opportunity to reserve and purchase a hospitality package; and (c) providing a means for enabling a hospitality employee to accept the offer, wherein individuals who are not hospitality employees are unable to accept the offer. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048880 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AN ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - Disclosed is a method and system for receiving data from an enterprise application of an enterprise, converting the data into enterprise data based on an enterprise blueprint. The enterprise data is analyzed based on the enterprise blueprint to determine a state of the enterprise and an activity to be performed is determined based on the state of the enterprise. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048881 | Visualizers for Change Management System - A change management system may use a phased status indicator that may illustrate several phases of a change request and a current status for each phase of a change management lifecycle. Additionally, a group of change requests may be displayed in a linked manner showing various relationships between change requests. The status indicator and linked display may be used together or separately to illustrate the status of various change requests and within interactive displays of change request data. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048882 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR STRATEGIC PLANNING - A system for performing strategic planning. At least one processor and memory are configured to, based on user input, provide a plurality of roadmaps, and link a data point of a first roadmap to a data point of a second roadmap to integrate at least portions of the first and second roadmaps. “Intelligent” roadmapping can be provided wherein the system scans relationships in data from different sources and loads related categories and data points onto a combined roadmap. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048883 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FACILITATING INTRAGOVERNMENTAL TRANSACTIONS - A plurality of validated electronic trade documents, associated with a transaction between a government agency buyer and a government agency seller, are obtained. The electronic trade documents are logically linked in an intragovernmental transaction container, and periodically scanned to determine if conditions exist for at least partial settlement of the transaction. Responsive to the determination that the conditions for the at least partial settlement of the transaction exist, the at least partial settlement of the transaction is initiated. Capability for handling grants can also be provided. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048884 | MERCHANT BENCHMARKING TOOL - A benchmarking tool generates reports for delivery to a merchant illustrating a performance of the merchant as compared to the performance of the merchant's peers. The performance is illustrated through metrics that algorithmically combine data on transactions of consumers with the merchant or its peers, respectively. The metrics may be further subdivided into consumer groups such as new consumers, consumers that have shopped within the merchant in the past, consumers that no longer shop within the merchant, or consumers that use a commercial account to pay for purchases. The reports may be rendered in a graphical display for use by the merchant. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048885 | Systems and Methods for Facilitating Cost-Splitting Transactions - A financial account issuer facilitating transactions between accounts is disclosed. The invention provides sellers with an irrevocable method of receiving funds from a purchaser and for improving purchaser willingness to transact with an unknown party. The invention also includes the options of interest payments, the use of different account issuers, different financial accounts, budget transfers, spend compartmentalization, cost-splitting, adjusting credit limits, loans, gifting, intermediary facilitating the transaction, transaction tracking, rapid funds availability, confidential transfer of funds, immediate initiation of shipment by a seller, releasing funds to a seller only after approval of the goods, services, or other value, demonstrating proof of payment, and recourse against a remote seller. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048886 | Systems and Methods for Facilitating Gifting Transactions - A financial account issuer facilitating transactions between accounts is disclosed. The invention provides sellers with an irrevocable method of receiving funds from a purchaser and for improving purchaser willingness to transact with an unknown party. The invention also includes the options of interest payments, the use of different account issuers, different financial accounts, budget transfers, spend compartmentalization, cost-splitting, adjusting credit limits, loans, gifting, intermediary facilitating the transaction, transaction tracking, rapid funds availability, confidential transfer of funds, immediate initiation of shipment by a seller, releasing funds to a seller only after approval of the goods, services, or other value, demonstrating proof of payment, and recourse against a remote seller. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048887 | Systems and Methods for Facilitating Transactions Involving an Intermediary - A financial account issuer facilitating transactions between accounts is disclosed. The invention provides sellers with an irrevocable method of receiving funds from a purchaser and for improving purchaser willingness to transact with an unknown party. The invention also includes the options of interest payments, the use of different account issuers, different financial accounts, budget transfers, spend compartmentalization, cost-splitting, adjusting credit limits, loans, gifting, intermediary facilitating the transaction, transaction tracking, rapid funds availability, confidential transfer of funds, immediate initiation of shipment by a seller, releasing funds to a seller only after approval of the goods, services, or other value, demonstrating proof of payment, and recourse against a remote seller. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048888 | TECHNIQUES FOR CLAIM STAKING IN A PROJECT STAGE-BASED ENVIRONMENT - Techniques for claim staking in a project stage-based environment are provided. A stakeholder is assigned for a project as a whole or a sub portion of the project. Access permissions are defined in response to the stakeholder, the project, and/or the sub portion. The access permissions are dynamically enforced across processing environments, stages within a same project, and stages within different projects when attempted changes are made to the project or the sub portion. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048889 | Manufacturing portfolio flexibility planning - A method, computer program product, and system for manufacturing portfolio flexibility planning are provided. The method includes matching production needs to manufacture a plurality of products with manufacturing capabilities of plants in a manufacturing portfolio. The method also includes developing flexibility scenarios for a manufacturing portfolio flexibility plan. The flexibility scenarios include manufacturing related products at one or more identified plants in the manufacturing portfolio. The method further includes performing statistical analysis of the flexibility scenarios, and evaluating a result of the statistical analysis to determine whether the flexibility scenarios meet a success criterion. The method additionally includes updating the manufacturing portfolio per the manufacturing portfolio flexibility plan when the flexibility scenarios meet the success criterion, and outputting the manufacturing portfolio flexibility plan. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048890 | Delivery Management System for Quick Service Restaurants - A geographic database of the subject invention interfaces with the Point-of-Sale system in a Quick Service Restaurant to optimize the sequence and pairing of delivery orders based on customer location, driver availability and prioritized real-time information. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048891 | Message sequence management of enterprise based correlated events - A message sequence management of enterprise based correlated events incorporates the changing and unique business of a telecommunications service provider with minimal configurations. The design identifies and manages related service requests and ensures that related service requests follow a precise execution sequence as defined by the business logic. The design's robust features allows for simplified integration and management to changing business processes and needs. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048892 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - The embodiment discloses, in one form, multimedia communications, including remote publishing, mobile devices, network and on-line forms of communications. The embodiment also discloses a new electronic portfolio, communications, education commerce and fund raising platform, particularly useful for Community groups. In one form, it will enable Community groups to publish Community member-derived new-media content on a secure Community web page and make this content available, via a low cost subscription model and through any electronic communication device to interested and approved Community members. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048893 | System and Method of Role-based Calendaring - A method for calendaring an activity based on roles, including the steps of acquiring a request for calendaring the activity for a plurality of roles invited to attend the activity; acquiring data on existing activities which have been calendared for all the specific individuals in the plurality of roles invited to attend the activity; and determining the time interval for holding the activity based on the data on existing activities which have been calendared for all the specific individuals in the plurality of roles invited to attend the activity and the request for calendaring the activity. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048894 | TECHNIQUES FOR PROPAGATING CHANGES IN PROJECTS - Techniques for propagating changes in projects are provided. A first resource associated with a first project is modified in some manner. The modification is automatically and dynamically detected. A second project is identified for notification of that change. The notification is communicated to the second project in a custom manner. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048895 | QUALITY MODEL CERTIFICATION ASSESSMENT COST ESTIMATION AND OPTIMIZATION - A method includes determining a standard set of activities to perform an assessment and certification process, and identifying cost elements and cost drivers for each activity of the standard set of activities. Additionally, the method includes determining requirements for a particular assessment and certification project, and determining a cost estimation based upon at least one of the standard set of activities, the cost elements, the cost drivers, and the requirements. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048896 | Work management using integrated project and workflow methodology - In the preferred embodiment, the operational process management methodologies are used to orchestrate the individual activities and project management methodologies are used to manage the schedule, cost, resources and other task attributes of that activity. The system is implemented such that we can fully leverage all standard project management features and operation management features available in existing tools while enabling us manage activities using both the methodologies. This enables managers to fully leverage both process management and project management functionality simultaneously without having to choose one or the other. Using a process increases the quality and consistent of the end result as the same process is repeated consistently. In the preferred embodiment, operational process management methods helps coordinate and monitor the individual activities more effectively and project management methods enable us to manage various activities in an organization in one or more projects which in turn helps better manage the schedule, cost and resources of the individual activities. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048897 | COLLECTIONS PROCESSING SYSTEMS - Methods and systems for assigning work to account collectors and monitoring and tracking work performed by account collectors are provided. Files containing account information are parsed by a computer device to extract account data. A computer device then accesses a set of rules that govern assignments and priorities and processes the account information with the set of rules. The account information is then placed into a database with account collector assignments and priorities determined by the rules. Accountant collectors also provide status updates so that a variety of real time reports can be generated. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048898 | Method of Managing Schedule and Server and Program for Performing the Same - A schedule management server is provided with a transmitting means for transmitting information of the number of necessary staffs estimated in advance to terminal devices for transmitting desirable working schedules. A computer ( | 2009-02-19 |
20090048899 | Method and System for Managing Construction Projects - A method for construction project management includes providing a plurality of standard inspection lists that is suitable for use across multiple construction projects. At least one standard inspection list includes at least one inspection. The method tracks inspections associated with a spatial division in a construction project, wherein at least one room in the spatial division is associated with a corresponding standard inspection list. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048900 | Method and System For Tracking and Optimizing Advertisements on a Decentralized Network - A method and system for tracking and optimizing advertisements on a decentralized network. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving a request for a user from a user on a network. The method further comprises responding to the request by transmitting the file to the user, the file containing an identifier. The identifier is used to track the user's treatment of the file. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048901 | Energy usage prediction and control system and method - A controller and/or a gateway acts as a feedback-based energy estimator for controlling initial and refined estimates of energy usage of one or more buildings controlled by the controller or gateway. An initial estimate of a building's energy needs for a specified time in the future (e.g., a month or a week ahead) are calculated, and then over time, in conjunction with an energy company, the initial estimate (and subsequent estimates) is revised based on the costs of the energy predicted or quoted by the energy company. The controller may examine jobs to be performed at the time as well as predictive information that may affect the building's energy needs (e.g., the predicted temperature for the time of the predicted energy needs). As expectations change (or as predicted factors such as temperature change), the energy company may be informed of the additional energy that will be needed (e.g., if the predicted temperature is increasing and cooling will be needed) or the excess energy that is expected (e.g., if the predicted temperature is decreasing and less cooling will be needed). | 2009-02-19 |
20090048902 | Method And System For Dynamically Serving Targeted Consumer Clicks Through An Application Programming Interface Over A Network - Methods and systems are disclosed for analyzing consumer clicks (clicks) received from search engines from a listing, that includes at least one activatable link, associated with a target web site. The analysis is such that the analyzed clicks serve as the basis for targeting future clicks so that advertisers pay click aggregating bidders (click aggregators) for these fixture clicks at rates corresponding to the quality of the click. The click aggregators adjust the amounts they pay to the search engines that carry the listings corresponding to the requisite advertiser, based on amount they receive from the advertiser. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048903 | Method and system for universal life path decision support - A method for life path decision support. Methods or computer programs are used for collecting a person's true or prophetic biographical and goal-related data. Such data is used in the creation of a mathematical representation of a profile. Similar profiles are created by various goods or service providers. Methods or computer programs are used for creating mathematical, multi-axis objects that match a person's articulated or implied life path needs or goals to one or more goods or service providers. Polynomial matchmaking as well as heuristic matchmaking is employed. Matches are filtered, ranked and presented, typically using a computer screen. Support groups or industry-specific groups or other groups may be formed automatically based on the profiles or matches. Neither the patentee nor the USPTO intends for details set forth in this abstract to constitute limitations to claims not explicitly reciting those details. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048904 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING TOPICAL ON-LINE INFLUENCE OF AN ENTITY - A method and system for determining topical on-line influence of an entity are disclosed. An influence value of one social media outlet, such as a blog or social networking site, is calculated based on viral properties extracted from publications or posts by the entity through the social media outlet. When the entity has a number of social media outlets associated with it, the topical on-line influence value of the entity is determined based on the influence value of each of the associated social media outlets. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048905 | Methods for Grouping, Targeting and Meeting Objectives for an Advertisement Campaign - Targeted advertising is one of the major attractions of wireless handheld devices since it lends itself to focused delivery of advertisements to target groups selected based on multiple criteria. To do this it is necessary to identify the target groups from the large number of personal profile criteria that includes user profiles, demographics, response preferences, as well as the history of responses, and generating advertisements for each such group. The advertisements have to take into account the preferences of the group and the objective of the advertisement campaign. In one embodiment of the invention, target groups are identified based on preferences to define and organize advertising campaigns, resulting in personalized advertisements. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048906 | Scalable system and method for financially modeling organizational performance - A capacity based system of business-related building blocks is described that allows managers to efficiently and effectively model their current environment, to describe their organizational resources, to provide a uniform view of their workload, to communicate their organizational performance and value, and to assess the financial impact of any project. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048907 | Method and system for advertising and data mining as a part of a marketing and sales program for universal critical life stage decision support - A method for providing advertising and data mining as a part of a marketing and sales program for universal critical life stage decision support. Methods or computer programs are used for collecting a person's true or prophetic biographical and goal-related data. Such data is used in the creation of a mathematical representation of a profile. Similar profiles are created by various goods or service providers. Methods or computer programs are used for creating mathematical, multi-axis objects that match a person's articulated or implied life goals to one or more goods or service providers. Targeted advertisements are presented to the person, and the person's responses are recorded. Correlation between the presentation of advertisements and the recorded actions are included in reaction calculations. Neither the patentee nor the USPTO intends for details set forth in this abstract to constitute limitations to claims not explicitly reciting those details. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048908 | MEDIA DELIVERY SYSTEM - A media delivery system that may be used for tracking the number and type of human impressions of media content rendered by the system during the time the media was rendered is provided. The media delivery system includes a rendering device for rendering media content, an environmental sensor for sensing impressions and other environmental variables and a computing device configured to gather data related to the external states detected by the environmental sensor. The data may be provided to a backend server for correlating the data to the rendered media content. The system may include rules that interpret that data and may cause the system to custom select, tailor or control future playback of media on the system. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048909 | Method and Apparatus for integrated telephone and internet services - A system and method for providing integrated telephony and Internet services is described. An embodiment of the present invention comprises passively collecting incoming and/or outgoing call information from communications links communicatively coupled to a first party. The call information is extracted and customer information, such as demographic information, is retrieved. The customer information may be, for example, retrieved from a data provider or may have been previously collected or gathered. Thereafter, reports, charts, graphs, maps, and the like may be made available. In an embodiment, the reports, charts, graphs, maps, and the like are made available via a network such as the Internet. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048910 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING TARGETED BROADCAST BASED MOBILE ADVERTISEMENT - A method and system for facilitating targeted mobile advertisement, the system having: a mobile device having: a communication subsystem adapted to receive broadcast channels; a scan engine; and at least one application adapted to consume data, create data or consume and create data, the application registering with the scan engine; and a broadcast server, the broadcast server being adapted to broadcast channels to the mobile device, the channels including advertising content, wherein, the scan engine on the mobile device is adapted to accept or reject advertising content from the broadcast server. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048911 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING TARGETED MOBILE ADVERTISEMENT WITH SCANNING ENGINE ON COMMUNICATIONS PATH - A system and method for facilitating targeted mobile advertisement, the system having: a mobile device having: a communication subsystem adapted to send and receive data; and at least one application adapted to consume data, create data or consume and create data; an application server, the application server adapted to provide the at least one application with data and receive data from the at least one application; a scan engine, the scan engine being located on a communication path between the at least one application and the application server; a mobile advertising server, the mobile advertising server adapted to receive ad trigger alerts from the scan engine and to provide advertising content from an advertising content provider to the mobile device, wherein the ad trigger alert is created based on monitoring of communications between the application and the application server by the scan engine. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048912 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC CONFIGURATION OF SCANNING ENGINE - A method and system for facilitating targeted mobile advertisement, the system having: a mobile device having: a communication subsystem adapted to send and receive data; at least one application adapted to consume data, create data or consume and create data; a scan engine registered with the at least one application, the scan engine adapted to scan data consumed or created by the application, the scan engine further adapted to provide an ad trigger alert; and a configuration module within the scan module the configuration module adapted to store keywords, rules or keywords and rules; a mobile advertising server, the mobile advertising server adapted to receive ad trigger alerts from the scan engine; and an advertising content provider, the advertising content provider registering with the mobile advertising server and providing advertising content, wherein, the configuration module is adapted to dynamically be configured based on the information from advertising content provider. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048913 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING TARGETED MOBILE ADVERTISEMENT USING METADATA EMBEDDED IN THE APPLICATION CONTENT - A method and system for facilitating targeted mobile advertisement to a mobile device, the method having the steps of: inserting, at an application server, metadata associated with advertising content into application data; forwarding the application data and metadata to the mobile device; stripping the metadata from the application data at the mobile device; acquiring advertising content based on the metadata; and consuming the advertising content. | 2009-02-19 |
20090048914 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING TARGETED MOBILE ADVERTISEMENT USING PRE-LOADED AD CONTENT - A system and method for facilitating targeted mobile advertisement, the system having: a mobile device having: a communication subsystem; at least one application adapted to consume data, create data or consume and create data; a scan engine adapted to scan data consumed or created by the at least one application and to provide an ad trigger alert; and local storage adapted to store advertising content; and a mobile advertising server, the mobile advertising server adapted to receive ad trigger alerts from the scan engine and provide advertising content or advertising content identifiers to the mobile device. | 2009-02-19 |