08th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 42 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130046484 | DATA PROCESSING FOR HYPERPOLARIZED XENON MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN THE LUNG - Embodiments quantify gas exchange in a lung using a model that results in two related expressions, which account for normalized amplitudes of two dissolved-Xenon signals in the lung at a given gas-exchange time. One of the two dissolved-Xenon signals is from Xenon in lung tissue and blood plasma, which resonates at about 197 ppm from the free-Xenon frequency in the air space. The other is from Xenon in the red blood cells, which resonates at about 217 ppm for human but is species dependent. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046485 | MULTI-DETECTOR GAS IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM - A novel gas analysis system and method of identifying analytes in a gas sample are provided. The system uses multiple gas analysis technologies and uses the combined qualitative and quantitative data obtained from the multiple gas analysis technologies to analyze a gas sample. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046486 | SPEED RATE ERROR REDUCTION IN A PULSE DISPLACEMENT CONVERTER SYSTEM - A method for determining a duty cycle in a pulse displacement system, includes generating an analog waveform indicative of an angular displacement of a reference wheel from a wheel; generating a pulse waveform of the analog waveform; generating a duty cycle waveform responsive to the generating of the pulse waveform; accumulating a first count of high states of the duty cycle waveform; accumulating a second count of low states of the duty cycle waveform; determining a first average for the first count and a second average for the second count; and calculating a duty cycle of the pulse waveform as a function of the first average and the second average. Also, the first count includes an additional high state over the low state. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046487 | VISCOELASTICITY MEASURING METHOD AND VISCOELASTICITY MEASURING APPARATUS - [Problem] A viscoelasticity measuring method and a viscoelasticity measuring apparatus are provided which can measure viscoelasticity of a sample substance even when the quantity of the sample substance is minute. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046488 | Circuits and Methods for Automatically Adjusting a Magnetic Field Sensor in Accordance with a Speed of Rotation Sensed by the Magnetic Field Sensor - A magnetic field sensor and a method used therein provide a measured signal representative of an angular speed of rotation of a target object. The magnetic field sensor, in accordance with the measured speed of rotation, can automatically change various characteristics of the magnetic field sensor. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046489 | MAGNETOMETER BIAS AND ANOMALY DETECTOR - The computer implemented method, system or computer program product comprises collecting magnetometer data from the device; and calculating a center of a shape of the magnetometer data as a result of minimization. The minimization of calculating the center of the shape further comprises calculating a plurality of running sums of the magnetometer data; storing the plurality of running sums; storing a count of the number of terms in each of the running sums; and calculating the center of the shape and setting the estimated magnetometer bias to the center of the shape. The radius of the sphere is calculated to ensure accuracy in the estimator of the magnetometer bias. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046490 | TWO-WIRE PROCESS CONTROL LOOP CURRENT DIAGNOSTICS - A process variable transmitter controls a signal on a communication loop. A diagnostic component on the transmitter compares an expected signal level on the communication loop with an actual value to detect on-scale errors. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046491 | IN-LINE ANALYZER FOR WAVELET BASED DEFECT SCANNING - A method and system for providing simultaneous localization of defects in both the time and frequency domain. A high frequency repeating pattern is written on media, and the pattern is read to generate a readback signal, which is converted into ADC samples. The ADC samples are analyzed, in-line, to determine the type of wavelet, level of decomposition, and threshold level for a wavelet transform of the particular readback signal. The wavelet transform provides details and/or approximations (wavelet coefficients) that are analyzed to determine the type, location, and duration of any identified defects. Any noise in the details and/or approximations (wavelet coefficients) is removed by a wavelet based denoising operation. Flags indicating the type, location, and duration of any defects are generated so that the defects may be mapped. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046492 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FORECASTING WIND ENERGY - A method for forecasting wind energy production is disclosed. The method includes collecting power data indicative of power output from a set of wind energy installations with a first wind energy installation at a first site and a second wind energy installation at a second site, and estimating the available power output at a forecasting site located at a geographic position. The estimating is based on power data from the set of wind energy installations by projecting the power data towards the future and/or the geographic position of the forecasting site. Further disclosed is a method for scheduling wind energy production for an electricity grid and a wind energy production forecasting system configured for forecasting output power of a wind energy installation. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046493 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DATA ANOMALY DETECTION - Systems and methods for performing data anomaly detection and/or removal are usable to accurately assess baseline power consumption. According to one embodiment of the invention, a system can be provided. The system can be operable to receive energy consumption data of a location; select, based at least in part on a collection period of the energy consumption data, an algorithm for detecting anomalies in the energy consumption data; perform the algorithm on the energy consumption data to detect the anomalies in the energy consumption data; and determine an energy consumption baseline for the location based at least in part on a result of the algorithm. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046494 | METER HAVING A FIBER OPTIC INTERFACE - Described herein are embodiments of meters, systems and methods of a meter having a fiber optic interface. One embodiment of the meter comprises one or more metrology sensors; a non-isolated power supply; a processor; and a network interface having a section of fiber optic cable, wherein the processor is operably connected to the one or more metrology sensors and the network interface having a section of fiber optic cable, wherein the non-isolated power supply provides any power used by the processor, the one or more metrology sensors, and the network interface, and wherein the section of fiber optic cable is used to connect the meter to a network. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046495 | BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZING VOLTAGE AND CURRENT OF BATTERY - A controller of a power storage system includes a voltage measuring device configured to be electrically coupled to at least one cell and to generate first voltage data, the first voltage data comprising a first voltage value and a first voltage measurement time of a voltage of the at least one cell, and a current measuring device configured to be electrically coupled to the at least one cell and to generate first current data, the first current data comprising a first current value and a first current measurement time of a current through the at least one cell, the first voltage measurement time corresponding to the first current measurement time in a first measuring period, a battery management system configured to generate a clock signal transmitted to the voltage measuring device and the current measuring device to synchronize the first voltage data and the first current data in a first transmission period of the first measuring period. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046496 | PREDICTING LED PARAMETERS FROM ELECTROLUMINESCENT SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER TESTING - A diode model and conductive-probe measurements taken at the wafer lever are used to predict the characterization parameters of a semiconductor device manufactured from the wafer. A current-voltage curve (I-V) model that expresses a current-voltage relationship as a function of resistance, ideality factor, and reverse saturation current is fitted to a number of conductive-probe measurement data. The current-voltage curve (I-V | 2013-02-21 |
20130046497 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BUILT IN SELF TEST FOR TIMING MODULE HOLDOVER - Aspects of the embodiments include a method for synchronizing a device having an oscillator to a reference signal. A correction signal can be determined based on the reference signal. A mathematical model of the oscillator can be trained based at least upon the correction signal. A predicted correction signal for the trained mathematical model can be determined. A time error using the predicted correction signal can be generated to assess suitability of the trained mathematical model for disciplining drift in the oscillator and synchronizing the device when the reference signal is not available. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046498 | MULTI-TESTING PROCEDURE MANAGEMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM - A multi-testing procedure management method tests on a testing platform a plurality of function units of a plurality of devices under testing (DUTs) by a test schedule management list enumerating a plurality of schedule items. The method includes determining, by comparing the schedule items on the test schedule management list, whether the schedule items are directly applicable to testing the function units; keeping the schedule items in case of affirmative determination; and deleting the schedule items in case of negative determination. The method further includes selecting existing built-in items from a test library or creating and adding new test items to the test schedule management list to eventually produce a revised version of the test schedule management list for testing the DUTs. A multi-testing procedure management system is further provided. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046499 | System and Method Utilizing Time-Slice-Eradication to Eliminate the Effects of Wavelength Non-Linearities from Swept-Wavelength Testing of Optical Components for Sources with Non-Linearities - A system and method for correcting non-linearities in the output of a tunable laser over a sweep range. Electromagnetic radiation is directed over a range of wavelengths to a measurement system from the tunable laser source, wherein the measurement system collects data over the range of wavelengths. The electromagnetic radiation emitted over the range of wavelengths is monitored. A non-linearity in one or more wavelengths over the range of wavelengths is determined. A signal is transmitted to the measurement system to cease collecting data when the one or more wavelengths having the non-linearity is output from the tunable laser source or the data is ignored. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046500 | METHOD FOR CORRECTING THE STACKING PHENOMENON APPLIED TO X-RAY SPECTRUMS ACQUIRED USING A SPECTROMETRIC SENSOR - A method correcting a measured spectrum of X radiation, according to a number of channels Nc, each channel i corresponding to an energy range between E | 2013-02-21 |
20130046501 | Measuring system - A measuring system including: at least one sensor module having a measuring transducer and an electronics module. The electronics module has a data memory, and a superordinated control unit, connected to the at least one sensor module via an interface module. The interface module has a signal processing, and communication, electronics, which converts received signals from a control unit into signals processable by the sensor module and outputs these signals to the sensor module. The control unit is embodied to execute an operating program; the operating program is embodied to read out sensor specific data and, based on the data read out, to provide to a user a guiding through a sequence of steps for performing at least one calibration procedure associated with the sensor module and to operate the sensor module for performing the calibration procedure. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046502 | MOTHERBOARD TEST DEVICE - A test device for testing a motherboard includes a connector, a processor, and a controller. The motherboard includes a slot including a sleep unit and a wake port. The connector is inserted into the slot to make an electrical connection with the motherboard. The processor includes a first pin connected to the wake port, a second pin connected to the sleep unit, and a control port sending control signals to the first pin and the second pin. The controller includes a first control module, a second control module, and a timer. The timer is programmed with at least two time points. Wherein the first control module and the second control module respectively send signals to the control port at each time point, to control the motherboard to enter the sleep mode and wake mode by turns. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046503 | TESTING SYSTEM AND METHOD HAVING WIRELESS DATA TRANSMISSION CAPABILITY - Testing system and method with wireless transmission tested data function are provided. An electronic device performs self-testing by a testing program or a testing instrument so as to generate tested data and transmits the tested data to a server via a wireless network. A processing device linked to the server via the wireless network obtains and processes the tested data so as to generate processed data. The processing device further transmits the processed data to the server via the wireless network. Accordingly, the processing device immediately and remotely monitors the electronic device, which is located on a production line, thereby effectively reducing manpower and costs. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046504 | COMPUTING DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND METHOD FOR TESTING INTEGRITY OF SIGNALS TRANSMITTED FROM HARD DISK INTERFACES - In a method for testing integrity of signals transmitted from hard disk interfaces using a computing device, the computing device connects to an oscilloscope and a mechanical arm that is equipped with a test fixture. The mechanical arm controls the test fixture to make contact with one of the hard disk interfaces to be tested. The method adjusts an intensity grade of the signals through the hard disk interface, and controls the hard disk interface to produce a signal corresponding to the adjusted intensity grade. The test fixture obtains the signal from the hard disk interface, and the oscilloscope measures one or more test parameters of the signal. The method analyzes values of the test parameters to find an optimal signal, determines an intensity grade of the optimal signal as a driving parameter of the hard disk interface, and generates a test report of the hard disk interfaces. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046505 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR USE IN CLASSIFYING A MOTION STATE OF A MOBILE DEVICE - Methods and apparatuses are provided that may be implemented in a mobile device to establish an orientation invariant reference frame based, at least in part, on measurement values from a three-dimensional accelerometer fixed to the mobile device; transform subsequent inertial sensor measurements to the reference frame; and classify a motion state of the mobile device relative to the reference frame based, at least in part, on the transformed inertial sensor measurements. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046506 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEASUREMENT METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A three-dimensional measurement apparatus includes a detection unit configured to detect, in an image captured by a capture unit, position information of a pattern on a capture pixel surface, which is projected to a plurality of pattern detection areas preset on the same plane in a measurement space, and a corresponding relationship calculation unit configured to calculate, using the position information, a corresponding relationship between the pattern on a projection pixel surface of a projection unit detected in advance before measurement and the pattern on the projection pixel surface of the projection unit at the time of measurement. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046507 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ANALYSIS OF TURBOMACHINERY - A method and a system for analyzing turbomachinery are provided. In one embodiment, a system for analyzing turbomachinery is provided. The system includes an intelligent turbomachinery filter (ITF) system configured to analyze a historical sensor data for one or more components of a turbomachine to produce a filtered trend. The system further includes a detection and diagnostic system configured to determine a root cause of a turbomachine performance based on the filtered trend. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046508 | PATTERN RECOGNITION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE DETECTION OF STUCK FLUID DROPLETS IN A FLUID DELIVERY LINE OF AN INFUSION SYSTEM - An infusion system includes a pump, a fluid delivery line, a sensor, a processor, and a memory. The fluid delivery line is connected to the pump for delivering fluid. The sensor is connected to the fluid delivery line for emitting and receiving signals to detect whether there is air in the fluid delivery line. The processor is in electronic communication with the pump and the sensor. The memory is in electronic communication with the processor. The memory includes programming code for execution by the processor. The programming code is configured to analyze the signals to determine if a stuck fluid droplet is stuck within the fluid delivery line at a location of the sensor. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046509 | MULTI-CORE PROCESSOR TEST SYSTEM AND METHOD - Systems and methods for testing a multi-core processor may include comparing electromagnetic energy radiated from the multi-core processor while executing a specified set of instructions to reference values associated with multi-core processors having known numbers of operable cores. In various embodiments, average radiated power at a plurality of selected frequencies is compared to corresponding reference values to determine the number of functioning cores. In one embodiment, similarity between a test node and one or more reference nodes is determined using a Euclidean distance. The number of operable cores is determined according to a known number of operable cores associated with the closest reference node. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046510 | Systems and Methods for Controlling the Collection of Vehicle Use Data Using a Mobile Device - A mobile device may include at least one sensor that detects a characteristic of the mobile device selected from distance traveled, location, time, and g-force dynamics; a processor; and a tangible non-transitory computer readable storage medium containing instructions that, when executed on by the processor, are programmed to automatically detect that a wireless connection has been established between the mobile device and a vehicle, and in response to detecting the wireless connection between the mobile device and the vehicle, automatically start collecting vehicle operation data via the at least one sensor. The mobile device may automatically stop collecting the vehicle operation data in response to the vehicle being turned off. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046511 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR SIMPLIFYING A REPRESENTATIVE OF A COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN MODEL - A method for simplifying a representation of a computer-aided design model may include determining cavities within a three-dimensional computer-aided drawing model and closing the cavities with a closing feature where the closing feature is disposed at a pre-defined depth below the cavity opening. Determining cavities may include calculating the number of cavities within the model. Calculating the number of cavities within the model may include checking the number of internal loops present on the model. The method may further include generating a surface extract including an outer skin of the model, closing the outer skin, and filling the skin to create a filled solid body. The method may still further include generating a set of two-dimensional views of the model, each two-dimensional view from a respective viewpoint, where the set of viewpoints encircles the three-dimensional model. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046512 | System and Methods Facilitating Interfacing with a Structure Design and Development Process - A computer-implemented system for designing a structure based on an initial depiction is disclosed. The system includes a design engine that receives the depiction and various other inputs and produces a structure design therefrom. The depiction is analyzed to determine a representation, and cells instantiated to populate the representation. Cells are configured to be assembled together with other cells to form the structure design, including systems of the design. An initial proposed design may be iteratively improved using one or more measures of the proposed structure design's goodness, such as conformance to the depiction's shape, style, volume, etc. Creation of the depiction may be in the context of the building site, from which additional information may be derived in the process of creating a proposed structure design. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046513 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING NETWORK - A method for creating an electric vehicle charging network includes receiving first location data from a first remote device; providing electric vehicle charger data to the first remote device as a function of the first location data; receiving second location data from a second remote device; providing the electric vehicle charger data to the second remote device as a function of the second location data; and, in response to the electric vehicle charger data, receiving interest data from the first and second remote devices to permit creation of a first electric vehicle charger. Further methods and systems are provided. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046514 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ARRANGING EQUIPMENT IN A DATA CENTER - A system and method for providing a layout of equipment in a data center, the equipment including a plurality of equipment racks, and at least one rack-based cooling provider. In one aspect, the method includes receiving data regarding airflow consumption for each of the plurality of equipment racks and cooling capacity of the at least one cooling provider, determining a layout of the data center, displaying the layout of the data center. In the method determining a layout can include pairing each equipment rack of the plurality of equipment racks with another equipment rack of the plurality of equipment racks based on airflow consumption of each of the plurality of equipment racks to create a plurality of pairs of equipment racks, arranging the pairs of equipment racks to form a two-row cluster of equipment racks based on the airflow consumption value of the equipment racks. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046515 | Determining a next value of a system-simulation parameter in response to representations of plots having the parameter as a dimension - An embodiment of an apparatus includes a simulator, a generator, and a determiner. The simulator is configured to simulate a system and to propagate at least one state of the simulated system through time in response to a value of a parameter. The generator is configured to generate a representation of a region of a first plot having dimensions that respectively correspond at least to the parameter and to a characteristic of a state of the simulated system, and a representation of a region of a second plot having dimensions that respectively correspond at least to the parameter and to another characteristic of a state of the simulated system. And the determiner is configured to determine a next value of the parameter in response to the representations of the regions of the first and second plots. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046516 | Determining a next value of a parameter for system simulation - An embodiment of an apparatus includes a simulator and a determiner. The a simulator is configured to simulate a system and to propagate at least one state of the simulated system through time in response to a value of a parameter, and the determiner is configured to determine a next value of the parameter in response to a characteristic of another state of the model and a representation of at least one level set. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046517 | Determining a next value of a system-simulation parameter in response to a representation of a plot having the parameter as a dimension - An embodiment of an apparatus includes a simulator, generator, and determiner. The simulator is configured to simulate a system and to propagate at least one state of the simulated system through time in response to a value of a parameter, and the generator is configured to generate a representation of a region of a plot having dimensions that respectively correspond at least to the parameter and to a characteristic of a state of the simulated system. And the determiner is configured to determine a next value of the parameter in response to the representation of the region. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046518 | MULTITHREADED PHYSICS ENGINE WITH IMPULSE PROPAGATION - A circuit arrangement and method implement impulse propagation in a multithreaded physics engine by assigning ownership of objects in a scene to individual threads and propagating impulses between objects that are in contact with one another by passing inter-thread impulse messages between the threads that own the contacting objects, while locally propagating impulses through objects using the threads to which such objects are assigned. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046519 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MODELING A POWER PLANT - A method of modeling a power plant including a plurality of major components including at least one of a Heat recovery Steam Generator (HRSG), a steam turbomachine, a condenser, and a cooling system includes establishing a desired power plant output criteria, selecting a plurality of major components to form the power plant, running a model module to create thermodynamic model of the major components to form a power plant model, running an equation module to develop a set of equations for the power plant model, running a performance module to solve the set of equations for the power plant model, running a cost module to determine a cost of the power plant model, determining whether the power plant model meets the desired power plant output criteria, and generating a result that indicates the performance and cost of the power plant. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046520 | ADAPTIVE MULTIPLE SHOOTING OPTIMIZATION METHOD FOR DETERMINING OPTIMAL SPACECRAFT TRAJECTORIES - Disclosed herein is a method for determining a trajectory for a transfer of a spacecraft from a starting space body to a target space body with respect to a given central space body, wherein the determined trajectory is optimal with respect to a given space mission requirement to be met by the transfer of the spacecraft. The method comprises providing, according to the Pontryagin maximum principle, a physical-mathematical model relating model quantities and physical quantities representing the transfer of the spacecraft with respect to the given central space body. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046521 | METHOD OF OPTIMIZING PARAMETERS IN THE ENTIRE PROCESS OF ANALYSING A DNA CONTAINING SAMPLE AND METHOD OF MODELING SAID PROCESS - A method of optimizing one or more parameters in a process for considering a DNA containing sample using a method of modeling and a method of modeling itself are provided. The method of modeling the process for considering a DNA containing sample uses a graphical model. The model seeks to provide one or more optimized parameters for the consideration process. The methods aim to consider the whole process, for instance, the number of cells required for the process and/or the extraction efficiency and/or the sub-sample volume relative to the sample volume and/or the amplification efficiency and/or the optimum number of amplification cycles and/or the effect of degradation on the amount of amplifiable DNA in the sample. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046522 | PHYSICS-INSPIRED UP SAMPLING FOR CLOTH SIMULATION - A technique for physically-based cloth simulation uses linear upsampling operators. The upsampling operators enrich the appearance of a coarse mesh physical cloth simulation. The technique starts by pre-computing the upsampling operators using a pair of coarse and fine training simulations aligned with tracking constraints using harmonic test functions. Then the upsampling operators are trained using a novel regularization technique that enables mid-scale detail learning without over-fitting. Oscillatory modes may be introduced to add dynamic details not captured by the coarse mesh simulation alone. Trained upsampling operators can then be advantageously applied to coarse mesh simulations of cloth to add realistic detail to the cloth in real-time three-dimensional applications. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046523 | Endoscope Simulator - The Invention provides a method of determining a position of an object in a virtual environment and for assessing a performance in the movement of said object. Preferred embodiments provide an improved endoscope simulator and means for assessing performance in the use of an endoscope. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046524 | METHOD FOR MODELING A RESERVOIR BASIN - A methodology improves the modeling of a geologic region, such as a hydrocarbon-bearing basin. The methodology comprises processing data to create a heterogeneous earth model based on a variety of data on material properties across the geologic region. The heterogeneous earth model is employed in combination with a stratigraphic model in a manner which creates a high resolution geologic-stratigraphic model. The high resolution geologic-stratigraphic model is useful for improving the analysis of hydrocarbon-bearing basins and other geologic regions. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046525 | Use Adaptation of Schedule for Multi-Vehicle Ground Processing Operations - A method of controlling outdoor ground processing operations of two or more work vehicles ( | 2013-02-21 |
20130046526 | Selecting a Vehicle to Optimize Fuel Efficiency for a Given Route and a Given Driver - The present invention is an apparatus and method for optimizing fuel consumption. A physical dynamics model may be used to simulate a vehicle being driven by a driver along a virtual route, possibly under specified weather conditions. A score for the vehicle may be calculated from estimations, based on the simulation, of fuel efficiency, vehicle drivability, and/or time for completing the route. Simulated (“virtual”) vehicles may be configured from components through a user interface. Scores for the vehicles may be compared to select an optimum vehicle. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046527 | NUMERICAL ANALYSIS DEVICE, ELEMENT GENERATION PROGRAM, AND NUMERICAL ANALYSIS METHOD - A numerical analysis device executes: Step | 2013-02-21 |
20130046528 | CRYPTOGRAPHIC APPROACH TO MICRORNA TARGET BINDING ANALYSIS - A cryptographic approach to miRNA:mRNA binding analysis is presented. Coded miRNA and mRNA sequences may be split into a plurality of subsequences and encrypted using an encryption algorithm. The encrypted subsequences may then be decrypted, analyzed using vector analysis, evaluated, and scored accordingly. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046529 | Method and System for Classification of Clinical Information - A method of translating clinical information into one or more standardised systems of coding or nomenclature processes received clinical information ( | 2013-02-21 |
20130046530 | ENCODING AND ADAPTIVE, SCALABLE ACCESSING OF DISTRIBUTED MODELS - Systems, methods, and apparatus for accessing distributed models in automated machine processing, including using large language models in machine translation, speech recognition and other applications. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046531 | PSYCHO-LINGUISTIC STATISTICAL DECEPTION DETECTION FROM TEXT CONTENT - An apparatus and method for determining whether a text is deceptive may comprise analyzing a body of textual content known to be one of text containing true content and text containing deceptive content; identifying psycho-linguistic cues that are indicative of a text being deceptive; statistically analyzing, via a computing device, a given text based upon the psycho-linguistic cues to determine if the text is deceptive. The apparatus and method may further comprise weighting the psycho-linguistic cues and statistically analyzing based on the weighted psycho-linguistic cues. The statistically analyzing step may be performed using one of a cue matching analysis, a weighted cue matching analysis, a Markov chain analysis, and a sequential probability ratio testing binary hypothesis analysis. The psycho-linguistic cues may be separated into categories, including increasing trend cues and decreasing trend cues and analyzed according to presence in a category from within the categories. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046532 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING DEFINITIONS - A system and method for providing definitions is described. A phrase to be defined is received. One or more documents, which each contain at least one definition, are determined. The phrase is matched to at least one of the definitions. One or more definitions for the phrase are presented. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046533 | IDENTIFYING FEATURES IN A PORTION OF A SIGNAL REPRESENTING SPEECH - Methods, systems, and machine-readable media are disclosed for processing a signal representing speech. According to one embodiment, processing a signal representing speech can comprise receiving a region of the signal representing speech. The region can comprise a portion of a frame of the signal representing speech classified as a voiced frame. The region can be marked based on one or more pitch estimates for the region. A cord can be identified within the region based on occurrence of one or more events within the region of the signal. For example, the one or more events can comprise one or more glottal pulses. In such cases, cord can begin with onset of a first glottal pulse and extend to a point prior to an onset of a second glottal pulse. The cord may exclude a portion of the region of the signal prior to the onset of the second glottal pulse. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046534 | MECHANISM FOR DYNAMIC SIGNALING OF ENCODER CAPABILITIES - The present disclosure provides systems and methods for dynamically signaling encoder capabilities of vocoders of corresponding communication nodes. In one embodiment, during a call between a first communication node and a second communication node, a control node (e.g., base station controller or mobile switching center) for the first communication node sends capability information for a voice encoder of a vocoder of the first communication node to a control node for the second communication node. As a result, the second communication node is enabled to select and request a preferred encoder mode for the voice encoder of the vocoder of the first communication node based on the capabilities of the voice encoder of the vocoder of the first communication node. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046535 | Method, System and Computer Program Product for Suppressing Noise Using Multiple Signals - In response to a first envelope within a kth frequency band of a first channel, a speech level within the kth frequency band of the first channel is estimated. In response to a second envelope within the kth frequency band of a second channel, a noise level within the kth frequency band of the second channel is estimated. A noise suppression gain for a time frame n is computed in response to the estimated speech level for a preceding time frame, the estimated noise level for the preceding time frame, the estimated speech level for the time frame n, and the estimated noise level for the time frame n. An output channel is generated in response to multiplying the noise suppression gain for the time frame n and the first channel. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046536 | Method and Apparatus for Performing Song Detection on Audio Signal - Methods and apparatuses for performing song detection on an audio signal are described. Clips of the audio signal are classified into classes comprising music. Class boundaries of music clips are detected as candidate boundaries of a first type. Combinations including non-overlapped sections are derived. Each section meets the following conditions: 1) including at least one music segment longer than a predetermined minimum song duration, 2) shorter than a predetermined maximum song duration, 3) both starting and ending with a music clip, and 4) a proportion of the music clips in each of the sections is greater than a predetermined minimum proportion. In this way, various possible song partitions in the audio signal can be obtained for investigation. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046537 | Systems and Methods for Providing an Electronic Dictation Interface - Some embodiments disclosed herein store a target application and a dictation application. The target application may be configured to receive input from a user. The dictation application interface may include a full overlay mode option, where in response to selection of the full overlay mode option, the dictation application interface is automatically sized and positioned over the target application interface to fully cover a text area of the target application interface to appear as if the dictation application interface is part of the target application interface. The dictation application may be further configured to receive an audio dictation from the user, convert the audio dictation into text, provide the text in the dictation application interface and in response to receiving a first user command to complete the dictation, automatically copy the text from the dictation application interface and inserting the text into the target application interface. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046538 | VISUALIZATION INTERFACE OF CONTINUOUS WAVEFORM MULTI-SPEAKER IDENTIFICATION - A method implemented in a computer infrastructure having computer executable code having programming instructions tangibly embodied on a computer readable storage medium. The programming instructions are operable to receive a current waveform of a communication between a plurality of participants. Additionally, the programming instructions are operable to create a voiceprint from the current waveform if the current waveform is of a human voice. Furthermore, the programming instructions are operable to determine one of whether a match exists between the voiceprint and one library waveform of one or more library waveforms, whether a correlation exists between the voiceprint and a number of library waveforms of the one or more library waveforms and whether the voiceprint is unique. Additionally, the programming instructions are operable to transcribe the current waveform into text and provide a match indication display (MID) indicating an association between the current waveform and the one or more library waveforms based on the determining. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046539 | Automatic Speech and Concept Recognition - A method, an apparatus and an article of manufacture for automatic speech recognition. The method includes obtaining at least one language model word and at least one rule-based grammar word, determining an acoustic similarity of at least one pair of language model word and rule-based grammar word, and increasing a transition cost to the at least one language model word based on the acoustic similarity of the at least one language model word with the at least one rule-based grammar word to generate a modified language model for automatic speech recognition. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046540 | Restoration of high-order Mel Frequency Cepstral Coefficients - A method for estimating high-order Mel Frequency Cepstral Coefficients, the method comprising initializing any of N-L high-order coefficients (HOC) of an MFCC vector of length N having L low-order coefficients (LOC) to a predetermined value, thereby forming a candidate MFCC vector, synthesizing a speech signal frame from the candidate MFCC vector and a pitch value, and computing an N-dimensional MFCC vector from the synthesized frame, thereby producing an output MFCC vector. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046541 | APPARATUS FOR ASSISTING VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS TO IDENTIFY PERSONS AND OBJECTS AND METHOD FOR OPERATION THEREOF - An apparatus for assisting visually impaired persons includes a headset. A camera is mounted on the headset. A microprocessor communicates with the camera for receiving an optically read code captured by the camera and converting the optically read code to an audio signal as a function of a trigger contained within the optical code. A speaker communicating with the processor outputs the audio signal. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046542 | Periodic Ambient Waveform Analysis for Enhanced Social Functions - Client devices periodically capture ambient audio waveforms, generate waveform fingerprints, and upload the fingerprints to a server for analysis. The server compares the waveforms to a database of stored waveform fingerprints, and upon finding a match, pushes content or other information to the client device. The fingerprints in the database may be uploaded by other users, and compared to the received client waveform fingerprint based on common location or other social factors. Thus a client's location may be enhanced if the location of users whose fingerprints match the client's is known. In particular embodiments, the server may instruct clients whose fingerprints partially match to capture waveform data at a particular time and duration for further analysis and increased match confidence. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046543 | INTERACTIVE VOICE RESPONSE (IVR) SYSTEM FOR ERROR REDUCTION AND DOCUMENTATION OF MEDICAL PROCEDURES - Interactive voice response (IVR) systems and methods for delivery of healthcare services (e.g., by one or more medical professionals, such as, for example, in a hospital or clinic). In some embodiments, the present systems can be configured to: prompt one or more users for a plurality of voice inputs with information associated with at least one of a patient and a user; and determine whether each of the plurality of voice inputs is consistent with records related to the patient or the one or more users. In some embodiments, the present systems can be configured to: during performance of a procedure on a patient, prompt one or more users to provide a plurality of voice inputs with information related to progress of the procedure or characteristics of the patient; and/or prompt the user to perform each of a plurality of steps of the procedure. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046544 | MULTIMODAL TEXT INPUT SYSTEM, SUCH AS FOR USE WITH TOUCH SCREENS ON MOBILE PHONES - A system and method for entering text from a user includes a programmed processor that receives inputs from the user and disambiguates the inputs to present word choices corresponding to the text. In one embodiment, inputs are received in two or more modalities and are analyzed to present the word choices. In another embodiment, a keyboard is divided into zones each of which represents two more input characters. A sequence of zones selected by the user is analyzed to present word choices corresponding to the zone selected. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046545 | DIGITAL BROADCAST RECEPTION DEVICE - A digital broadcast reception device, provided with a first audio decoder for expanding and outputting a compressed digital audio signal included in the transport stream of a received digital broadcast; an encoder for encoding at least the digital audio signal outputted by the first audio decoder; and a second audio decoder for decoding the compressed digital audio signal outputted by the encoder. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046546 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MODIFYING AN INPUT AUDIO SIGNAL - An apparatus for modifying an input audio signal has an excitation determiner, a storage device and a signal modifier. The excitation determiner determines a value of an excitation parameter of a subband of a plurality of subbands of the input audio signal based on an energy content of the subband. Further, the storage device stores a lookup table containing a plurality of spectral weighting factors. A spectral weighting factor of the plurality of spectral weighting factors is associated to a predefined value of the excitation parameter and a subband of the plurality of subbands. The storage device provides a spectral weighting factor corresponding to the determined value of the excitation parameter and corresponding to the subband, the value of the excitation parameter is determined for. Further, the signal modifier modifies a content of the subband of the audio signal, the value of the excitation parameter is determined for, based on the provided spectral weighting factor to provide a modified subband. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046547 | Processing System Using Metadata For Administering A Business Transaction - Administering a business transaction, including: receiving a request for a business transaction, the request containing data to be processed by the business transaction and metadata describing the data and the request; creating, in dependence upon classification rules, the data to be processed by the business transaction, and the metadata describing the data and the request, a business object representing the business transaction; selecting, in dependence upon workflow selection rules and attributes of the business object, one or more workflows to process the data to be processed by the business transaction; processing the data to be processed by the business transaction with the workflows, thereby creating a resultant business object and resultant data; and routing, in dependence upon content routing rules and the attributes of the resultant business object, the resultant data to a destination. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046548 | PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE TOOLS - Computer-implemented architectures and interfaces for automating aspects of parliamentary procedures provide dynamic context-sensitive information and/or guidance to group members so that even a limited understanding of the parliamentary procedure can be sufficient to participate in a meeting. Additionally, automated recordation of parliamentary actions, including metadata and links to external data, facilitates records research and informs future parliamentary action decisions. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046549 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SOCIAL ENTERPRISE PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT - Systems and methods are provided for social enterprise portfolio management. A database system can use subscription information for project portfolio records to enable system users to subscribe to receive timely updates of these records, in contrast to the system users waiting for periodic project reports when projects meet various milestones. The database system can provide updates about any modifications of specified portfolio records to subscribed system users via feeds to display devices, enabling these system users to respond promptly to these updates. For example, subscribed system users can request and receive updates for portfolio records for viewing in one location, which enables subscribed system users to prioritize responses to updates. A system user can select to subscribe to updates of portfolio records, thereby relieving some of a project manager's responsibility for providing every subscription detail for the project manager's project. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046550 | Tracking Status of Service Providers Across Plural Provider Practices - A computer-implemented method includes identifying, by one or more computers, information pertaining to provider practices that a service provided is enrolled in, including status information of the service provider in the provider practices and information specifying consumers waiting for the service provider in waiting rooms of the provider practices; and generating, by the one or more computers, a graphical user interface for display of the information pertaining to the provider practices, and with the graphical user interface when rendered on a display device rendering, for a provider practice: a visual representation of status information of the service provider in the provider practice; and a visual representation of information specifying consumers waiting for the service provider in a waiting room of the provider practice. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046551 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PATIENT ORDER MANAGEMENT - Methods and apparatus for facilitating a referral between healthcare providers associated with a practice management system. An order facilitation service hosted by the practice management system enables a healthcare provider the ability to interactively search for and select a provider based on a search request. The practice management system may store detailed information about one or more of the healthcare providers associated with the practice management system to facilitate a provider selection process. Providers may also specify preferences for referrals and the preferences may be used during a consult order generation process to ensure that the consult order includes information that a particular receiving provider may require. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046552 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A HEALTH-RELATED SURVEY USING PICTOGRAM ANSWERS - In some embodiments, a non-transitory processor-readable medium includes code to cause a processor to send a signal representing a first question and a set of pictogram answers associated with the first question and a second question, different from the first question, and a set of pictogram answers associated with the second question. The first question and the second question can define a health-related survey such as a health-risk assessment. The non-transitory processor-readable medium includes code to receive a user selection of a pictogram answer associated with the first question and receive a user selection of a pictogram answer associated with the second question. The non-transitory processor-readable medium includes code to define a health-related user profile based on the user selection to the first question and the second question. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046553 | MEDICAL TREATMENT INFORMATION INPUT DEVICE, COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND MEDICAL TREATMENT INFORMATION INPUT METHOD - A technology disclosed in the application which receives a reexamination appointment date as an input through a display screen displaying medical treatment information of a patient. The technology disclosed unit which refers to a storage unit which stores information representing an availability of the reexamination appointment date as an examination appointment date for the respective categories of a plurality of examinations including an examination which is granted to the patient is received, and determines an availability of the reexamination appointment date received by the execution unit as the examination appointment date, in a case where a display request for an appointment screen for the examination. The technology disclosed which outputs the appointment screen in a format in which the reexamination appointment date is available as the examination appointment date, in a case where the determination unit determines that the reexamination appointment date is available as the examination appointment date. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046554 | Methods For Delivering A Drug To A Patient While Restricting Access To The Drug By Patients For Whom The Drug May Be Contraindicated - Methods for delivering a drug to a patients in need of the drug, while restricting access to the drug by patients for whom the drug may be contraindicated are disclosed. The methods are of the type in which prescriptions for the drug are filled by a pharmacy only after a computer readable storage medium has been consulted to retrieve a prescription approval code. Embodiments are provided wherein the patients are assigned to risk groups based upon the risk that taking the drug will lead to an adverse side effect, and certain additional information, such as periodic surveys and diagnostic tests probative of the ongoing risk of the side effect developing are obtained before prescriptions for the drug are approved. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046555 | Devices and methods for recording information on a subject's body - Embodiments disclosed herein relate to methods, devices, and computer systems thereof for visibly or non-visibly indicating a subject has received a medical treatment. In certain embodiments, a subject receives an information mark in conjunction with a medical treatment. In certain embodiments, the information mark includes unique information relating to the subject. In certain embodiments, devices, computer systems, and methods relate to reading an information mark on a subject, and optionally determining if further medical treatment of the subject is warranted. In certain embodiments, receipt of an information mark entitles a subject to a reward. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046556 | MEDICAL PRESENTATION CREATOR - An example computer-implemented method for creating a medical presentation. The method includes accessing a medical exam, presenting the medical exam for review by a user, and marking at least a portion of the medical exam according to a criterion identified by the user. The method includes collecting the marked portion of the medical exam to be included in a presentation according to the criterion, and preparing, automatically, a presentation for the user as the user continues exam review, the presentation including the marked portion of the medical exam, wherein the marked portion of the medical exam is anonymized, the presentation to be dynamically updated as the user continues review. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046557 | PERSON REPORTED OUTCOME REPORT GENERATION - A method and programmable circuit generates a medical report on a single page from data reported by a person. In one possible configuration and by non-limiting example, a method and a programmable circuit generate a single page outcome report based on characteristics perceived by a person, such as a patient receiving care. In another possible embodiment, a method or programmable circuit generate a medical report in one language based on responses to a survey that is in another language. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046558 | System and Method for Identifying Inconsistent and/or Duplicate Data in Health Records - A method of identifying information in electronic medical records includes receiving one or more electronic medical records extracted from at least one source. Each of the one or more electronic medical records has medical information of at least one medical patient. The method also includes analyzing, via a processor, the medical information by comparing different portions of data in the medical information. The method further includes identifying, via the processor, at least one of: (i) the different portions of data in the medical information as inconsistent data; and (ii) the different portions of the data in the medical information as duplicate data. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046559 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPUTING AND SCORING THE COMPLEXITY OF A VEHICLE TRIP USING GEO-SPATIAL INFORMATION - Systems and methods are disclosed herein for pricing an insurance premium based on route complexity. The system includes a computer memory and a processor in communication with the computer memory. The computer memory stores telematics data received from a sensor within a vehicle. The telematics data includes at least one of geo-position information of the vehicle and vehicle kinematics data. The processor is configured to compute a complexity score of the trip based on the telematics data. The processor is also configured to determine a price for automobile insurance for the driver based on the complexity score of the at least one trip. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046560 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINISTIC AND PROBABILISTIC MATCH WITH DELAYED CONFIRMATION - Some embodiments may be directed to matching users, such as employees, with insurance records in an integrated database, wherein the integrated database includes a plurality of insurance records, each record being associated with a unique employee and having a plurality of fields. According to some embodiments, new employee information may be received and it may be determined that the new employee information does not qualify as a strong match with any insurance record in the integrated database. Moreover, it may be determined, based on a probabilistic pattern match of the new employee information with values in the fields of the integrated database, that the new employee information qualifies as a weak match with a particular insurance record in the integrated database. Subsequent to the determination of a weak match, supplemental employee information may be received, and, responsive to the supplemental employee information, the match between the new employee information and the particular insurance record in the integrated database may be upgraded from a weak match to a strong match. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046561 | PERSON-TO-PERSON LENDING PROGRAM PRODUCT, SYSTEM, AND ASSOCIATED COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHODS - An individual consumer borrower accessing a person-to-person lending website is provided an opportunity to have a loan request wholly or partially satisfied by a financial institution at loan terms from the financial institution. The financial institution, for example, can receive information about a person-to-person loan request, determine whether to authorize a financial institutional loan, offer a loan to the individual on terms determined by the financial institution, and issue the loan to an individual consumer borrower responsive to approval of the terms. Prior to an auction, the individual consumer can choose an immediate loan offer having financial institution terms or choose to solicit individual consumer loan offers with more favorable terms through the person-to-person lending website. The financial institution can also offer a gap filling loan for a deficiency amount so that the loan request can be partially satisfied by individual consumer loan offers. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046562 | METHOD FOR GATHERING, PROCESSING, AND ANALYZING DATA TO DETERMINE THE RISK ASSOCIATED WITH DRIVING BEHAVIOR - A system and method for gathering, processing, and analyzing data to determine the risk associated with driving behavior is disclosed. A crash risk factor can be assigned to a driver behavior in a database ( | 2013-02-21 |
20130046563 | Program for Alternative Funding of Employee and Retiree Benefits - An insurance program for funding benefits by maintaining assets in the insurance program that includes an employer or employee owned trust account and at least one life insurance contract or non-cancelable accident and health insurance contract obtained directly or indirectly from a captive insurance company. The life insurance contract or non-cancelable accident and health insurance contract is purchased with assets from the trust account and the captive insurance company is at least partially owned by the employer. When paying or reimbursing benefits, the employer or the trust may pay the benefit and if the employer pays the benefit, the trust may reimburse the employer. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046564 | SEPARATION INSURANCE SYSTEM - Described is a computerized system for offering financing to applicants seeking financing for the purchase of real estate. The system comprises gathering information from the applicants regarding the applicants and the real estate; calculating, with computerized software, a separation insurance policy premium for the applicants based upon this and other information; determining the insurance policy price with the mortgage financing; offering the mortgage financing, coupled with the insurance premium, to the applicants; if the applicants accept, entering into a legally binding agreement memorializing the separation insurance policy; periodically and regularly charging the calculated periodic amount to the applicants; and administering the separation insurance in such a manner that, upon divorce or legal separation of the applicants, payments are made on behalf of the applicants for the real estate. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046565 | Method and Apparatus for Improved Customer Profiling for Rental Vehicle Reservations - Disclosed herein is a reservation booking website for rental vehicle reservations wherein the customer profiles include “favorite” or “preferred” branch locations for rental vehicle reservations to expedite the customers' rental vehicle reservation booking experiences. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046566 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR FINANCING AND MARKETING A CREATIVE WORK - The present invention is directed to a system and method for raising financing and/or revenue by artist for a project, where the project may be a creative work of the artist. The method including registering, by at least one artist, with a centralized database, at least one or more projects, offering, by the at least one artist, an entitlement related to the artist in exchange for capital for the project of the artist. The method and system may also include searching, by an interested party, the centralized database, for the least one artist, registering, by the interested party, with the centralized database and accepting the offer by the interested party for the entitlement related to the project. The capital may then be forwarded to the artist and the entitlement provided to the interested party. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046567 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE IN EVALUATING WORK ESTIMATION - A method for use in evaluating work estimation is provided. The method includes selecting a plurality of work units associated with a time and a level of effort. Each work unit includes one or more tasks. A total estimated duration associated with each work unit is determined based on estimated durations associated with the tasks included in the work unit. An estimation trend corresponding to the level of effort is determined. The estimation trend represents a change over time in the total estimated durations associated with the level of effort. The estimation trend is provided for presentation to a user. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046568 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED NOTIFICATION - Systems and methods are provided which make use of outbound calling systems to automate notification campaigns. Automated campaigns using outbound calling systems can provide a number of significant advantages over the traditional notification campaign, potentially resulting in faster, more efficient, more accurate, and more cost-effective notification campaigns. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046569 | Multidimensional digital platform for building integration and analysis - A system is provided for qualifying and analyzing data for at least one business intelligence. A platform receives source data. A data management system transforms raw data and stores it. An analytic engine is included. In operation the data management system receives first, second, and third streams of source data. The first stream is client source data, the second stream is public source data and the third stream is acquired by the data management system. The data management system organizes the first, second and third streams of data into items and their attributes. The analytic engine receives the items with their attributes from the data management system and applies logic to provide multi-dimensional analysis relative to a scale for at least one business intelligence. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046570 | Multidimensional digital platform for building integration and analysis - A method is provided for qualifying and analyzing business intelligence. At a first part of a data management system receives first, second and third streams of data. The first stream is client provided source data, the second is public source data and the third is data management system internal data previously collected and managed source data in the data management system. The three streams of data are organized into items and their attributes at the data management system. The source data is transformed at a data warehouse where it becomes normalized. Logic is applied to provide multi-dimensional analysis of transformed source data relative to a scale for at least one business intelligence. The data warehouse includes updated data from the multi-dimensional analysis. A user interface communicates with the data management system to create statistical information that illustrates impact over time and value. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046571 | METHOD FOR PROACTIVELY PREDICTING SUBJECT MATTER AND SKILL SET NEEDED OF SUPPORT SERVICES - A service center receives information representing user interaction of a user with a presentation while navigating the presentation at a remote device, where the presentation describes a possible solution to a problem related to a product supported by the service center. The service center provides support services for various products on behalf of various product providers. A subject matter of the product is predicted that the user is likely interested in based on the user interaction and one or more skill sets are identified that are required to provide support services for the subject matter of the product, while the user is navigating the presentation. In response to a request received from the remote device requesting a live support, a communications session is established between the user and an agent who qualifies the skill sets to enable the agent to provide live support services to the user. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046572 | Computer-Implemented Method for Auditing Media Content - A computer-implemented method for auditing media content is implemented using a host computer. In this method, the host computer is configured to define a task according to a piece of media content, to transmit the piece of media content to a user computer, to receive a message corresponding to completion of the task associated with the piece of media content and transmitted from the user computer after the user computer has completed playback of the piece of media content, and to grant a reward to an account associated with the user computer based on the message. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046573 | Computer-Implemented Systems and Methods for Financial Close Management - Systems and methods are provided for the management and automation of a financial reporting process. A system includes a database that includes data for tracking each of a plurality steps required to perform a financial close for an organization, where steps are either general account tasks required to be completed for the financial close, accounting tasks that constitute accounting controls, or accounting tasks that represent a creation of a journal entry. A graphical user interface provides each user with visibility of steps they are required to perform as part of the financial close and allows that user to record when they have completed a task. The graphical user interface further provides a status of other steps that may be relevant to that user's ability to perform their tasks. A computer program provides monitoring data for financial department management to monitor progress of each of the steps. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046574 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSMISSION OF GOODS THROUGH A DISTRIBUTION NETWORK - A system and method for replenishing product in an inventory of a distribution network having a plurality of levels, wherein the system and method may include determining an independent quantity demanded of a product at a first-level entity of the distribution network associated with customer demand directly from the first-level entity; determining a dependent quantity demanded of the product at the first-level entity associated with overall demand from the distribution network apportioned to the first-level entity; summing the quantities demanded in the preceding steps to determine a total quantity demanded for the first-level entity; repeating the preceding actions for levels of the distribution network eligible for processing up to a highest-level entity of the distribution network, thereby generating a plurality of quantity-demanded sums for the respective entities; and calculating a total quantity demanded of the product for the distribution network by summing the quantity-demanded sums of the respective entities. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046575 | Broadcast display guide - Embodiments of the invention relate to methods for collecting, providing and displaying information related to at least one broadcast. The method comprises collecting information about a plurality of broadcast providers and collecting information about at least one broadcast station provided by each of the broadcast providers. The method further comprises collecting information about advertising related to the broadcast. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046576 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR BRAND PAIRING - A computer-implemented method for performing marketing research using social and information analytics. The computer is specifically programmed for performing the steps of collecting user-generated content that is associated with a user; and determining if the user-generated content contain a predetermined topic and if it does, storing the user-generated content and user information associated with the user in an audience database associated with the predetermined topic. The method may further includes receiving from a researcher computer a master topic; determining a master user list of user information associated with the master topic and for each of the plurality of the predetermined topics except for the master topic, determining the correlation between the user associated with the master topic and the users associated with each of the other predetermined topics to provide a ranked list of interests for users interested in the master topic. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046577 | Method and System for Determining Audience Response to a Sensory Stimulus - The present invention is directed to a method and system for measuring the biologically based responses of an audience to a presentation that provides sensory stimulating experience and determining a measure of the level and pattern of engagement of that audience to the presentation. In particular, the invention is directed to a method and system for measuring one or more biologically based responses of one or more persons being exposed to the presentation in order to determine the moment-to-moment pattern and overall level of engagement. Further, the invention can be used to determine whether the presentation or the content in the presentation is more effective in a population relative to other presentations (or content) and other populations and to help identify elements of the presentation that contribute to the high level of engagement and the effectiveness and success of the presentation for that population. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046578 | Trading system on user commitments to participate in questionnaires and other interactions - A questionnaire network makes it possible to create, disseminate, conduct questionnaires or surveys on mobile handsets and to collect results for processing and storage. The questionnaire network is powered by a questionnaire creation tool and a questionnaire trading system. A questionnaire trading system for QTime makes it possible for producers of QTime, such as carriers, and consumers of QTime, such as product manufacturers and advertising companies, to buy or sell QTime in bulk and to trade in QTime as a commodity. In one embodiment, supplementary information and preambles that are part of a questionnaire are captured in audio form using the questionnaire creation tool and are stored selectively along with the questionnaire in a carrier's questionnaire repository or separately at a hosted repository. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046579 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ADAPTIVE LOGISTICS PLANNING - A system and method of logistics planning. The method includes storing configuration parameters related to time period planning and reorder point planning in a supply chain. The method further includes receiving demand data corresponding to a demand measurement for an item in the supply chain. The method further includes comparing the demand data and the configuration parameters. The method further includes selecting one of time period planning and reorder point planning for the item as a result of the comparison. In this manner, reordering for items may be adaptively selected between time period planning and reorder point planning in accordance with the actual (measured) demand for the items. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046580 | COMPUTERIZED, PULL BASED, EVENT SCHEDULING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A computerized apparatus and method may “pull” an event to a city rather than it being “pushed” by promoters. The system manages athletic matches, concerts, and other entertainment events requiring performers (the talent or act), a venue at a city, and ticket sales to attendees who pay the box office or “gate,” processing suggestions, voting, weighting of votes based on previous histories of customers purchasing and preference information. Later purchases substitute for votes in engaging customers to attend proposed events, which may still be cancelled if projected threshold sales are not met. If insufficient attendance is determined by the computer at a pre-determined deadline, the system cancels the event and issues refunds in cash, kind, discounts, or the like. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046581 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR STRATEGICALLY RANKING AND ALLOCATING RESULTS OF WEB-BASED INQUIRIES - Systems and methods are provided to present leads to users based on multiple selection strategies. In response to a user query, a plurality of leads are received from a leads generating source. At least some of the plurality of leads are selected for presentation to the user using a plurality of selection strategies. The various selection strategies are fined-tuned to select leads based on various considerations, including profitability for the leads generating service and fit to the user's needs and demographics. Leads can be presented to the user on a multipart user interface where different parts of the interface are each associated with a separate lead selection strategy. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046582 | REALTIME SURVEYING WITHIN MOBILE SPONSORED CONTENT - In embodiments, the present invention provides a method and system for associating a survey question with an interactive sponsored content, selecting the interactive sponsored content based at least in part on a mobile subscriber characteristic associated with a mobile communication facility, presenting the interactive sponsored content to the mobile communication facility, receiving a response to the survey question from the mobile communication facility, analyzing a plurality of user responses to the survey question, and presenting a survey analytic to the mobile communication facility based at least in part on the analysis. | 2013-02-21 |
20130046583 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENTERPRISE AUDIT - Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a method and system for auditing an enterprise that involves creating an Internal Audit Plan. The method is to define the scope of such Internal Audit engagement under the Audit Plan Workflow and create Process Notes that detail out processes followed during an audit engagement. A Verifying Evidence module records all test templates by users and process owners and a final report is generated for Internal and External Audit Engagements. The system is capable of seeing management response and also implements the status of Internal and External Audit engagements on due dates with appropriate reminders. In this manner the present invention increases transparency, reduces time & efforts associated with accessing the audit information. | 2013-02-21 |