13th week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 41 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160092792 | Method for Dynamically Assigning Question Priority Based on Question Extraction and Domain Dictionary - An approach is provided dynamically prioritizing question requests based on extracted question data. In the approach, performed by an information handling system, a number of question requests to a question and answering (QA) system are received from a computer network, and a plurality of question priority parameters are identified, including one or more question topics and a plurality question context parameters, by performing natural language processing (NLP) analysis of each question request. The approach determines a target priority value for each question request based on the plurality of question priority parameters identified for said question request. By evaluating the target priority values for the plurality of question requests, processing of the question requests is prioritized, such as by applying an artificial intelligence (AI) learned models and rule-based logic at the information handling system to evaluate the target priority values for the plurality of question requests. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092793 | PHARMACOVIGILANCE SYSTEMS AND METHODS UTILIZING CASCADING FILTERS AND MACHINE LEARNING MODELS TO CLASSIFY AND DISCERN PHARMACEUTICAL TRENDS FROM SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS - Systems and methods for utilizing filters to reduce an incoming stream of textual messages to a smaller subset of potentially relevant textual messages, and using trained machine learning models to analyze and classify the content of such textual messages. Analyzed messages that belong to a relevant class as determined by the machine learning model are stored in a database, giving users the ability to determine and analyze trends from the subset of messages, such as adverse side effects caused by pharmaceuticals or the efficacy of pharmaceuticals. Relationships between the side effects caused by different pharmaceuticals can be used to predict potential candidates for drug repositioning. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092794 | GENERAL FRAMEWORK FOR CROSS-VALIDATION OF MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHMS USING SQL ON DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS - A general framework for cross-validation of any supervised learning algorithm on a distributed database comprises a multi-layer software architecture that implements training, prediction and metric functions in a C++ layer and iterates processing of different subsets of a data set with a plurality of different models in a Python layer. The best model is determined to be the one with the smallest average prediction error across all database segments. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092795 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONFIGURING RESERVATION SPACE OF VENUES - Novel methods and systems for venue space reservation and configuration are disclosed. A venue can provide a list of options of space for use, while an organizer can provide constraints. An optimization is then carried out to find a suitable selection within the constraints and configure the space to meet the constraints of the organizer. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092796 | TICKETING SYSTEM WITH INTEGRATED PERSONALIZED DATA - Methods, systems, and computer program products for personalizing a ticket for a travel-related service by associating functional data entered by the traveler with electronic ticket files defining an electronic ticket for the travel-related service. A system for shopping for and booking travel services may receive functional data specified by a traveler to personalize a reservation associated with the trip. The functional data may be entered through a user interface and stored in or linked to a Passenger Name Record (PNR) associated with the itinerary. Functional data may be stored in a functional information database and linked to the PNR by a functional element stored in the PNR that identifies a location of the functional data in the functional information database. The functional data may be integrated with the electronic ticket so that both the functional data and technical data are provided to the traveler by the ticket. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092797 | ACCESS TO ATTRACTIONS - Methods and systems for improving access to an attraction are described. A user pays for a purchase using a service provider. The service provider generates a pass to an attraction associated with the purchase. The pass can designate a future time and an access code for accessing the attraction. When the user returns at the assigned future time, the right of the user to the attraction at the assigned time is validated with the pass, and the user is granted immediate access to the attraction. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092798 | ONLINE MARKETPLACE FOR PURCHASING SHARED OR EXCLUSIVE HOTEL RESERVATIONS - The present invention relates to generally to an online marketplace. More specifically, the invention relates to an online marketplace where individuals are able to list bookings or shared accommodation and accept offers at the listing individual's discretion. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092799 | ANALYTICS WORKBENCH - An article of manufacture may include a non-transitory computer storage medium having a computer program for determining a solution to a business problem selected by a user interacting with a graphical user interface (GUI) displayed on a display device. Determining the solution may include processing an input dataset including values corresponding to variables, the processing configured to identify a list of the variables from the input dataset. The computer program may be configured for receiving from the user via the GUI a selection variable, selectively displaying a business problem-specific parameter, displaying a list of candidate analytical methods associated with the selected business problem, wherein the GUI permits the user to select and/or confirm at least one of the candidate analytical methods, configuring the model according to user selections, and analyzing the input dataset according to the model to determine the solution to the business problem. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092800 | VOLUME IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM - “VOLUME IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM”, which has its application in the field of logistics of products collection and its shipment to the final recipients. The present patent application aims to provide a volume identification system useful in logistical procedures involved in the collection of miscellaneous and its shipment to the manufacturer or representative, as well as the return of such products to its point of origin, a software that allows the necessary control of the volume identification throughout its course being used. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092801 | USING COMPLEXITY PROBABILITY TO PLAN A PHYSICAL DATA CENTER RELOCATION - A method and associated systems for using complexity probability to plan a physical datacenter relocation. One or more processors receive descriptions of each entity to be relocated, each of which is identified by a classification and by a tier that is associated with a level of complexity. Normalized random numbers are generated for each classification/tier combination and are each associated with a relocation scenario in which random complexity has a distinct amount of effect on the duration of time needed to relocate entities of the corresponding classification and tier. These numbers are then used to identify probable relocation times, each associated with one scenario, one classification, and one amount of complexity effect. These probable relocation times are then organized by classification so as to identify complexity-compensated probabilities that relocating all entities of a particular classification will require a specific duration of time. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092802 | DELEGATED PRIVILEGED ACCESS GRANTS - A privileged account management system is provided that controls the management and access of resources within the organization. Resources may include target systems and accounts of the organization. In an embodiment, the privileged account management system is configured to enable the creation of one or more resource groups. A resource group includes a subset of a plurality of resources provided by the organization. In certain embodiments, the privileged account management system is configured to define one or more groups of administrative entities within the organization and assign to each administrative entity in a group of administrative entities, a set of privileges on a resource group. In certain embodiments, the privileged account manager system may be configured to enable an administrative entity from a group of administrative entities to delegate a subset of privileges associated with a resource group to a user entity not in the group of administrative entities. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092803 | CROSS-DOMAIN MULTI-ATTRIBUTE HASHED AND WEIGHTED DYNAMIC PROCESS PRIORITIZATION - In response to receipt of a process-level input request that is subject to business-level requirements, multiple sets of attributes are identified. The sets of attributes are each from one of multiple informational domains that represent processing factors associated with at least the process-level input request, contemporaneous infrastructure processing capabilities, and historical process performance of similar processes. The multiple sets of attributes from the multiple informational domains are hashed as a vector into an initial process prioritization. The attributes of the hashed vector of the multiple sets of attributes from the multiple informational domains are weighted in the initial process prioritization into a hashed-weighted resulting process prioritization. The process-level input request is assigned to a process category based upon the hashed-weighted resulting process prioritization. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092804 | APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING OPERATIONS OF INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND METHOD THEREFOR - The present invention provides an apparatus for improving operations that improves operations management and enhances usability of an information processing system. The operations improvement apparatus improves the operations of an information processing system that includes a management-target device ( | 2016-03-31 |
20160092805 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT - A workflow management system for managing the storage, retrieval, and transport of items in a warehouse includes a voice-directed mobile terminal. The system also includes a server computer in communication with the voice-directed mobile terminal. The server computer includes a tasking module for transmitting task data to the voice-directed mobile terminal. The server computer also includes a workflow-analysis module for generating, based at least in part upon an analysis of workflow dialog between the voice-directed mobile terminal and the user, performance data relating to the performance of tasks associated with the storage, retrieval, and/or transport of the items. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092806 | WORKFLOW CONTROL DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN WORKFLOW CONTROL PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING WORKFLOW REGARDING OPERATION ON ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A workflow control device includes a workflow management processing portion, a clumsiness detection processing portion, and a display processing portion. The workflow management processing portion manages a workflow for combining processes corresponding to specific operations on an electronic apparatus, in a specific order and performing execution instructions for the processes. The clumsiness detection processing portion detects clumsiness in an operation which has been performed by a user on the electronic apparatus and delayed from a threshold. The display processing portion causes an order of processes based on a workflow through which execution instructions for processes corresponding to operations of the user can be performed in order, to be displayed on a screen based on detection of the clumsiness. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092807 | Automatic Detection and Resolution of Pain Points within an Enterprise - Methods, systems, and computer program products for automatic detection and resolution of pain points within an enterprise are provided herein. A method includes collecting multiple items of pain point data from multiple individuals across multiple parts of an organization, wherein said pain point data comprise information pertaining to one or more issues negatively impacting operations within the organization; automatically validating the collected pain point data via one or more items of evidence; correlating two or more of the multiple items of pain point data across two or more of the multiple parts of the organization; and automatically outputting, to an individual within the organization, a recommendation for resolving a submitted query related to an item of pain point data based on said correlating. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092808 | PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE FOR CRITICAL COMPONENTS BASED ON CAUSALITY ANALYSIS - A maintenance data collector may be used to collect maintenance data characterizing maintenance events associated with maintaining operations of a plurality of components, and a critical component identifier may be used to identify, from the plurality of components and based on the maintenance data, critical components that contribute disproportionately to production losses caused by the maintenance events. A causality analyzer may then determine causal connections between the maintenance events, based on operational dependencies between pairs of the plurality of components, and a maintenance policy generator may generate a maintenance policy governing future maintenance events for the plurality of components, based on the identified critical components and the causal connections. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092809 | Method And System For Mitigating The Risk Of A Wrongful Burial - Methods and systems for managing cemetery operations are provided. More particularly, a method of the present disclosure can mitigate the risk of a wrongful burial at a cemetery by ensuring a blind check is performed by an eligible user. Specifically, the method can determine whether the user has access to a blind check module and can present a blind check module interface when it is determined that the user has access to the blind check module for a deceased's interment, entombment, or inurnment. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092810 | MULTI-DIMENSIONAL TARGET SETTING APPLICATION - Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable mediums having program instructions thereon, provide for creating, storing and utilizing planned target data with a target-setting graphical user application based a cloud-based system. The target-setting application can create multi-dimensional target settings for any HANA or non-HANA based data source. The target-setting application can store planned targets for entities of an organization across varying dimensions and time granularity. Also, the target-setting application generates data access protocol service links of the target data so the target data can be consumed by both HANA and non-HANA based applications. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092811 | BUSINESS RULES FRAMEWORK - A business rule framework may be used to provide a vendor agnostic interface to allow one or more business users to design, deploy, test and/or monitor an operation of one or more business rules using a common user interface. The business rule framework may allow a user access to a business rule management system (BRMS) using a common interface, regardless of a vendor or version of BRMS being used by a business organization. The business rule framework may include a business rule governance interface allowing the business user with the common user interface to the BRMS, regardless of the version or vendor of the BRMS product being used. The business rule framework may also include a BRMS interface capable of communicating with different BRMS products. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092812 | End-to-End Commodity and Commodity Marking Tracking - Embodiments of the invention relate to establishing commodity traceability across supplier, manufacturer, and customer processes via end-to-end commodity marking traceability. A manufacturer receives incoming material, such as an industry standard commodity, from a supplier and authenticates a marking affixed to the incoming material. After authenticating the supplier's marking for the incoming material, a second marking is affixed to the incoming material. The commodity is converted at manufacturing into a finished product and associated with finished product data. The supplier's marking and the manufacturer's markings for the incoming material are related, and the relationship is related to the finished product data. The stored and maintained relationships supports integration of the first marking data and the second marking data with product data, and supports end-to-end commodity marking traceability. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092813 | MIGRATION ESTIMATION WITH PARTIAL DATA - Access is obtained to raw historic information technology migration data, which data is transformed in accordance with a classification scheme to obtain classified key historic information technology migration data. A statistical model with conditional distributions of the key historic information technology migration data is built. Prior to a new information technology migration project, access is obtained to incomplete data characterizing the new information technology migration project. The statistical model is used to derive data missing from the incomplete data characterizing the new information technology migration project, to obtain derived data. At least one of a migration plan and an estimate for the new information technology migration project is created based on the incomplete data and the derived data. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092814 | TIRE PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM USING RFID TAG - Disclosed is a tire production management system, and more particularly to, a tire production management system using a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag, which may attach an RFID tag to a tire before producing a finished tire in tire manufacturing processes, recognize the tire tag attached to the tire in each of manufacturing processes, and thus manage information according to a manufacturing process on an individual tire. The tire production management system using an RFID tag comprises: an RFID tag attachment part; a plurality of RFID readers; a plurality of management terminals for respective processes; a lot management server; and a tire production management server. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092815 | MONITORING RESOURCES IN A PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM - Techniques for monitoring partnership programs are described herein. The techniques may determining, via a tracking module, a contra value indicating an amount spent by a first company on a partnership program in which the first company has partnered with a second company to market and sell products or services of the first company. The techniques may include determining, via an optimization module, an optimization value indicating a future amount to be allocated to the partnership program based on factors. The factors may include coefficients indicating a rate of change of revenue based on historical contra values, a historical contra value minimum, a historical contra value maximum, and a historical contra value median. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092816 | INTELLIGENT BUFFER REDUCTION AND BALANCING TO MORE EFFICIENTLY USE AVAILABLE RESOURCES AND PERCEIVE POTENTIAL SAVINGS - The present disclosure describes methods, systems, and computer program products for providing services for efficient use of existing resources. One computer-implemented method includes building a data model enhanced for efficient storage of a material, the enhancements permitting generation of optimization problem solutions related to storage of the material, wherein the enhancements include technical specifications and customizing data, enhancing one or more attributes of the enhanced data model with regulatory attributes or rules, performing, using the enhanced data model, demand planning related to the material, performing, using a dynamic optimization algorithm, material transfer planning to determine where to most effectively store the material, performing a simulation of various storage possibilities of the material, and balancing amounts of the material using results of the performed simulation by shifting quantities of the material to, from, or within a particular storage medium. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092817 | INTERFACE FOR EXPANDING LOGICAL COMBINATIONS BASED ON RELATIVE PLACEMENT - A method, apparatus, and system for an interface for expanding logical combinations based on relative placement are provided. Logical combinations are built using a consistent logical layout specifying logical operators and order of operations based on direction of expansion and relative positions. The interface allows the user to add or move objects at specific positions relative to existing objects to select the logical operators for integrating the objects into the logical combination. Based on the specific pathway that the direction follows, an associated logical operator is selected to connect an existing object to the new or moved object. The logical combinations that are built in Visual Information Builder (VIB) can be automatically translated into corresponding business rule code for evaluation and execution by a rules engine. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092818 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING AN ADAPTIVE DATA GOVERNANCE SYSTEM - Disclosed is a method, system, and computer program product for implementing adaptive business workflows, where the context is coordinated with a hierarchy. The adaptive workflow may include conditional stages that are also coordinated with the hierarchy. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092819 | ALLIANCE PARTNER DETERMINATION METHOD AND ALLIANCE PARTNER DETERMINATION APPARATUS - An alliance partner determination apparatus allows a certain one of organizations, supporting each other in the occurrence of a given situation, to determine an alliance partner as a support requestee in order to cope with the situation. The apparatus includes: a situation analysis result acquisition unit acquiring information including a type and scale of the situation; and a supporter capacity calculation unit performing, based on the information including the type and scale of the situation, processing of: acquiring a response capacity available in the certain organization, and a support capacity of a partner organization already having built a support provision cooperation relationship with the certain organization, and estimating a reduction in the support capacity of the partner organization due to the situation to calculate an actually available support capacity of the partner organization. The partner organization and the available support capacity are outputted together from an output-input unit. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092820 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING DATA ANALYTICS RESULTS - A system for providing data analytics results for a process performed in an industrial plant includes a knowledge model repository configured to store semantic knowledge models. The system also includes selection unit configured to select at least one analytics application describing semantically at least one process step and at least one parameter required for accomplishing an analytics task. The system includes a processing unit configured to process the selected analytics application and selected instantiated semantic knowledge models to infer at least one storage location of at least one data source of the industrial plant, and an execution engine configured to execute the selected data analytics application using accessed process data provided by the inferred data sources of the industrial plant to generate the data analytics results. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092821 | NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING INFORMATION PRESENTING PROGRAM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A non-transitory computer readable medium stores an information presenting program causing a computer to execute a process. The process includes: specifying a type of behavior of a working person within a structure; associating a customer within the structure with the working person; obtaining sales information concerning the customer; and registering the customer, the specified type of behavior of the working person, and the obtained sales information as information concerning the working person and presenting requested information from among the registered information. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092822 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR APPLYING A CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT PROCESS TO TALENT - A computer-implemented method includes assessing each of a plurality of workers, using an assessment test evaluating a plurality of performance characteristics. The method includes correlating each assessment with actual performance by each of the plurality of workers. The method includes identifying at least one highly-correlated leading indicator of performance. The method includes modifying a hiring process to incorporate the identified at least one highly-correlated leading indicator of performance. The method includes providing to a candidate for hire, an assessment test including at least one question aimed at determining whether the candidate for hire possesses the identified at least one highly-correlated leading indicator of performance. The method includes evaluating whether the candidate for hire demonstrates the identified at least one highly-correlated leading indicator of performance. The method includes determining whether to hire the candidate based on the evaluation. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092823 | PRIORITY BASED PERSONNEL ASSIGNMENT OPTIMIZATION - Method, system, and computer program product for assigning personnel to various operations. Priority rankings for each of the operations can be assigned, and each of the operations can include at least one personnel time limit criterion based on the priority ranking At least one personal time limit can be calculated for each person from among the personnel. Persons from among the personnel whose at least one personal time limit are less likely to be exceeded by the at least one personnel time limit criterion can be assigned to operations with the highest priority rankings | 2016-03-31 |
20160092824 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CASE MANAGEMENT INFORMATION ENTRY - A system and method for case management information entry provides a user interface for entry of case management events. Some embodiments provide a display showing events and determine deadlines or due dates for follow-up events/actions based on rules associated with an event entry. Other embodiments provide a quick populate feature that enters user defined pre-set entries for an associated case type. Other embodiments provide a translation feature for short hand entries that spells out the full length word or term for a short hand entry. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092825 | PREDICTIVE FATIGUE RISK MANAGEMENT - Method, system, and computer program product for predicting fatigue of personnel relative to a schedule for the personnel. A fatigue profile can be predicted for various personnel and an operations schedule can be arranged for each of the personnel that does not exceed the respective fatigue profiles. Past instances of the various operations can be analyzed to determine parameters for operations variances. In the event an operations variance occurs during a current operation, a likelihood that the operations variance will propagate to future vehicle operations can be determined. In the event that a current operations variance will result in variances to future operations and such future variances can cause a vehicle operator to exceed a fatigue point in time in his fatigue profile, a warning can be output to a vehicle scheduler. A recommendation for a personnel change can also be output to the vehicle scheduler. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092826 | AUTOMATED BUFFER SETTING - Method, system, and computer program product for assigning various operations to itineraries that can be assigned to personnel. Past instances of an operation are analyzed to determine at least one time variance associated with a reliability factor. A combination of operations, with the respective at least one predicted time variance, that does not exceed at least one personal limit of personnel can be identified. The identified combination can be assigned to an itinerary. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092827 | System, Method and Apparatus to Facilitate the Transfer of Items - In one embodiment, a system, method, and apparatus to facilitate the transfer of items between different establishment locations of an entity having a lost item database storing a record for each of a plurality of lost items, wherein, for each lost item, the record having at least a lost item description, a lost item establishment location, and a destination location; a found item database including a record for each of a plurality of found items, wherein, for each found item, the record having at least a found item description and a found item location; at least one server configured to search the found item database for a found item that matches a lost item in the lost item database; and a transfer manager configured to manage transfer of the found item from the found item establishment location to the destination location. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092828 | System and Method for Taking Inventory and Ordering - The present invention relates to an automated inventory and ordering system. The invention determines inventory needs (by item) based on historical usage of each item to predict how much of each inventory item is needed for a future period of time. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092829 | CONSIGNED INVENTORY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A system is provided that manages consigned inventory. The system consumes consigned inventory items. The system further generates a consumption advice in response to the consumption of the consigned inventory items, where the consumption advice references a consignment agreement, a consignment order and a receipt. The system further communicates the consumption advice to a supplier. The consumption advice includes at least one of: a consumption advice number; a business unit; an inventory organization; a supplier; a supplier site; a start date; or an end date. The consumption advice includes one or more consumption advice lines, and each consumption advice line includes one or more consumption transactions. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092830 | INVENTORY MANAGEMENT BASED ON GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION OF USERS - Example systems and methods for inventory management are described. In one implementation, a method may analyze user profiles to retrieve geographic information and user online activity information. The method may identity an offline store corresponding to the retrieved geographic information such that the method may cause inventory management associated with the offline store. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092831 | Methods And Systems For Prioritizing Stock-Keeping Units In Cost-Based Inventory Allocation - Various examples of methods and systems for prioritizing identifier in cost-based inventory allocation are described. In one implementation, a method may determine a shipping cost sensitivity of each identifier of a plurality of identifiers of a plurality of items in an inventory, the shipping cost sensitivity of each identifier related to sales volume, billable weight and shipping zone associated with the respective identifier. The method may also rank the plurality of identifiers based at least in part on the shipping cost sensitivity of each identifier. The method may further determine an order of allocation of the inventory of the plurality of items based at least in part on the ranking of the plurality of identifiers. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092832 | OBJECT ASSOCIATION USING DYNAMIC OBJECT LOCATION CORRELATION - A method of object association is disclosed. The method includes receiving object location information for a first object, receiving object location information for a second object, determining an existence of a correlation between a varying position of the first object and a varying position of the second object over for a predetermined amount of time and dynamically associating the first object with the second object based on the correlation. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092833 | REGISTER FOR COUNTING AND TRACKING ITEMS IN A BAG - A register for counting and tracking items in a bag comprises a manifest and an RFID reader. The RFID reader is used to query a plurality of RFID tags attached to items contained in the bag. The register creates reports counting and/or identifying changes to items contained in the bag while the bag is routed and/or items in the bag are processed for a customer. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092834 | CLOSED-LOOP CONTAINER INDENTIFICATION AND TRACKING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A closed-loop box identification and tracking system that includes a plurality of boxes for being moved by at least one box transport apparatus between an origination point and a destination point, each box containing an RFID tag. At least one RFID reader/transmitter is provided to interact with the at least one box transport apparatus, and is adapted to read the RFID tags when in proximity to the RFID reader/transmitter and transmit the identification of the RFID tag. An RFID receiver and associated digital computer is provided for receiving, storing and processing the transmitted RFID identification for determining the location of the boxes from the processed RFID identification. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092835 | ZONE CLEANING SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED METHOD OF INVENTORY MANAGEMENT - A restaurant cleaning mop includes a color label on the surface of the mop handle to identify the area of the restaurant in which the cleaning mop is to be utilized. The mop handle is detachable from a mop head and the handle bears the indicia. Moreover, since the indicia is provided on the detachable handle, the non-differentiated mop head can be easily replaced as needed and the mop handle remains in the designated area while the mop head is replaced. In another aspect, this invention is directed to an inventory management scheme in which a first detachable part of a cleaning tool, such as a mop handle, bears coded indicia to indicate a particular zone or area of a facility in which the tool is to be used. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092836 | Transportation Network Solution - The Transportation Network Solution “TNS” represents a major innovation to the current transportation management processes, technologies and networks that procure transportation based on carrier provided contract rates. The TNS Benchmark Rate Table, TNS Rule Engine and the TNS Transportation Providers Network comprise an integrated process to enable a Shipper to secure transportation capacity in a more cost competitive and comprehensive basis. The Transportation Network Solution “TNS” offers several compelling benefits to the Shipper. The TNS Benchmark Rate Table enables the Shipper to establish the rates they would like to pay for LTL and truckload transportation—manually or automatically. The net result is a predefined savings level on any tender accepted by the TNS Transportation Network Providers Network—lowering the Shipper's transportation costs. The Shipper can implement the Transportation Network Solution “TNS” without any modifications to their ERP or TMS. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092837 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SUPPLEMENTING JOB POSTINGS WITH SOCIAL NETWORK DATA - The present application present systems and methods for leveraging existing sources of information to supplement and enhance job opening postings and other types of business postings. A plurality of sources, including social network sites, talent profiles, and/or surveys and questionnaires are accessed in order to retrieve data relating to a business object. The retrieved data is transformed, such that it may be used to supplement job opening postings and other types of postings with job description data, work culture data, and other business-related data in order to build a social brand for the business. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092838 | JOB POSTING STANDARDIZATION AND DEDUPLICATION - Techniques for standardizing and deduplicating unpaid job postings obtained from third-party systems are described. An unpaid job posting is obtained by a social networking service from a third-party system. The title and description of the unpaid job posting are standardized and combined into a standardized unpaid job posting. A deduplication process is performed to prevent the standardized unpaid job posting from replacing a paid job posting within the social networking service, and to prevent the standardized unpaid job posting from replacing a more authoritative, unpaid job posting within the social networking service. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092839 | JOB POSTING STANDARDIZATION AND DEDUPLICATION - Techniques for standardizing and deduplicating unpaid job postings obtained from third-party systems are described. An unpaid job posting is obtained by a social networking service from a third-party system. The title and description of the unpaid job posting are standardized and combined into a standardized unpaid job posting. A deduplication process is performed to prevent the standardized unpaid job posting from replacing a paid job posting within the social networking service, and to prevent the standardized unpaid job posting from replacing a more authoritative, unpaid job posting within the social networking service. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092840 | FORECASTING JOB APPLICANT DATA FOR A JOB POSTING - Techniques for upselling a limited job posting to a premium job posting are described. A determination module can access job listing data from a limited job. Additionally, the determination module can access member data from a social network. Furthermore, the determination module can determine a value for the limited job posting based on the accessed job listing data and the accessed member data. Moreover, the determination module can generate a job application based on the accessed job listing data and the accessed member data, when the determined value is above a predetermined threshold. Subsequently, the determination module and an upsell module can upsell the limited job posting to a premium job posting by using the generated job application data. In some instances, the upsell module can market to the job poster in order to upsell the limited job listing, and fill empty job slots already paid by the job poster. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092841 | MOBILE JOB POSTING - A mobile computing device displays details of a job that is posted on a social networking service as an unpaid job posting together with an option for upgrading the unpaid job posting to a paid job posting with associated advantages in comparison to the unpaid job posting. The mobile computing device displays a fee for the upgrade and at least one of the associated advantages of the paid job posting. The mobile computing device displays a user interface option for requesting that other associated advantages of the paid job posting be presented. The mobile computing device displays a specified number of other associated advantages of the paid job posting if a user selects this option. If a user elects to upgrade an unpaid job posting to a paid job posting, the mobile computing device will present the user with an interface for payment of the fee for the upgrade. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092842 | Multiple-function planner and method of use - This invention is directed toward a calendar that can be used to track time in both the traditional sense with sequential days, and in the project-planning sense allowing a user to track progress on one or more tasks that require more than a day to complete. The invention can be produced in both physical versions, such as paper or cardstock calendars, or projected onto a wall, or created through software programmed for this purpose. The software version would be customizable to each individual user's preferences. By presenting both the time-tracking and project-tracking aspects of the invention on a single item—whether it is a physical calendar or one on a computer—the user is benefited by the close proximity of the two functions, which are normally found on two entirely different items. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092843 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD FOR MANAGING SCHEDULE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An electronic device, a method of managing a schedule, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are provided. The electronic device includes a processor configured to acquire schedule-related information, acquire parsed data by parsing the acquired schedule-related information, and transmit the parsed data to a plurality of applications, and an output unit configured to output a result of processing the parsed data through the plurality of applications. The method includes acquiring schedule-related information; acquiring parsed data by parsing the acquired schedule-related information; transmitting the parsed data to a plurality of applications; and processing the parsed data through the plurality of applications. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092844 | MEETING ATTENDANCE CONFIRMATION - In one embodiment, a method for confirming attendance in a meeting is implemented on a computing device and includes: presenting a request to confirm attendance of a scheduled meeting, where the presenting is performed at a confirmation time associated with the scheduled meeting, and the confirmation time is determined as a function of a scheduled start time for the scheduled meeting, receiving a confirmation response to the request, receiving details of other confirmation responses provided by expected attendees of the scheduled meeting; and displaying an attendee confirmation status report on the computing device, where the attendee confirmation status report includes at least the details of the other confirmation responses. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092845 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EFFICIENT SCHEDULING OF CLIENT APPOINTMENTS - A system and method for the efficient scheduling of client appointments is provided. Specifically, the system and method of the instant invention analyzes data points attributable to specific scheduled patients in order to predict the overall workload for service providers in a given period and then, if appropriate, recommendations are made for adding additional appointments to a schedule in an optimal manner in order to align the number of clients to be seen with the number of appointment slots available. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092846 | DUTY BLOCK TIME CONTROL VIA STATISTICAL ANALYSIS - Method and apparatus for statistically determining buffers for time variances for scheduled operations. Buffers for a particular operation can be based on a statistical analysis of past instances of the specific operation, and a buffer can be applied based on a selected statistical confidence interval. The statistical analysis can include determining a Gumbel distribution for time variances for a particular operation. Once buffers have been determined for the various operations, itineraries of operations can be prepared such that the scheduled times plus the buffer times for the operations in an itinerary do not exceed personnel limits of the personnel who may be assigned to the itineraries. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092847 | Systems and Methods to Faciliate Replacement of Depleted Batteries - In an embodiment, a method facilitates battery replacement in a smart-home system. The method includes measuring, by one or more smart-home devices, at least one characteristic of a first battery in one of the smart-home devices, and determining from the at least one characteristic, whether replacement of the first battery is warranted. If replacement is warranted, the method sends an electronic order to a supplier for a replacement battery. The method further includes reading, by one or more of the smart-home devices, a machine readable code that accompanies a shipment of the replacement battery, embodying information from which an identity of the first smart-home device can be determined; determining, based at least in part on the information, a location of the first smart-home device; and providing, by one or more of the smart-home devices, visual and/or audible information to guide a user to the first smart-home device. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092848 | SYSTEM AND SERVICE DETERMINATION METHOD - A system includes: an apparatus information acquiring unit to acquire, from an apparatus, apparatus information regarding the apparatus; an analysis unit to make an analysis based on the acquired apparatus information; and a service determining unit to determine, on the basis of a result of the analysis, which service of a plurality of services should be provided for the apparatus, the services including a first service of additionally performing maintenance based on the result of the analysis when next other maintenance is performed for the apparatus. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092849 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PRICING AND PERFORMING OTHER PROCESSES ASSOCIATED WITH RECYCLING MOBILE PHONES AND OTHER ELECTRONIC DEVICES - The present disclosure describes various embodiments of methods and systems for developing pricing and performing other processes associated with recycling mobile phones, other consumer electronic devices, and/or other goods and services. In some embodiments, the methods and systems disclosed herein can be employed by a user-operated kiosk to determine a price to offer the user for a mobile phone or other electronic device that cannot be sufficiently identified by the kiosk. In some embodiments, the price can be an adjusted price, such as a weighted average price. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092850 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INFORMATION RECORDING - Embodiments of the present application disclose a method and system for recording purchase data performed by a first terminal device and a second terminal device. During operation, the first terminal device receives a command to record purchase data. In response to receiving the command to record purchase data, the first terminal device scans a digital object identifier generated by the second terminal device. The digital object identifier includes purchase data acquired by the second terminal device. The first terminal device then extracts and records the purchase data from the digital object identifier. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092851 | BEVERAGE COMPOSITION SYSTEM - A beverage service system is described herein, and may include a payment facility adapted to receive a payment from a user and load the payment electronically, as a credit for cup units of a beverage, against a user profile created by the user, the user having a near field communication (NFC)-enabled device linked to their user profile, and a beverage dispenser connected to a computer processor. The system may further include a credit receipt circuit in operative communication with the processor and having at least one reader provided in an immediate vicinity of the beverage dispenser, wherein the system is configured to dispense a cup unit of a beverage into each of a plurality of cups respectively having an electronically detectable, unique identification tag on transmission to the at least one credit receipt reader of a request to redeem a cup credit. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092852 | ALLOCATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF PAYMENT FOR PODCAST SERVICES - Methods and arrangements are provided for podcast listeners to allocate and distribute payments to podcast content creators based on their engagement and enjoyment of the podcasts. An allocation system provides for monitoring of engagement metrics of listeners, including such metrics as percent of podcast consumed, frequency of consumption, whether the podcast is regularly listened to during a daily commute, and other signs of engagement with the content. Listeners provide a donation budget to the allocation system, representing the total amount of donation for all podcasts listened to. The allocation system then allocates a portion of the donation budget to each podcast according to the level of engagement represented by the engagement metrics that are monitored. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092853 | PAYMENT ACCOUNT - A system comprising a payment account generated by the payor and adapted to receive the payment from the payor and transfer the payment to the payee in at least one form of payment, a funding account to provide funds to a fund holding account which is adapted to provide the payment to the payment account, a payment processor to process the payment from the payor to the payment account and process the payment from the payment account to the payee, and a payee portal to be accessed by the payee and receive the payment from the payment account. The payment account is a dedicated account for only the payee, and the payee self-directs the transfer of funds and controls the form of payment made from the payment account. A method further comprising generating a payment account, providing funds to the payment account, and self-directing funds from the payment account. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092854 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING BOOK RECOGNITION TO FACILITATE A USER'S ACQUISITION OF E-BOOKS - An image of a physical book environment is obtained, and the image is associated with a user. The image is processed to detect one or more books in the physical book environment. A title is determined of at least a first book in the physical book environment. One or more operations are then performed to facilitate acquisition of an e-book version of the determined title for the user. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092855 | Token-Based Method for Enabling Second Sale of Content Associated with a Media-Bound Content to a Consumer - There is provided a server including a memory configured to store a user database, the user database including a list of entitlements of a user. The server further includes a processor configured to receive a first universally unique identifier (UUID) retrieved by a playback device of the user from a medium storing a media content having a title, determine that the first UUID is registered in a repository, and inquire from the user of the playback device, in response to determining, whether the user desires to purchase an entitlement to the title associated with the first UUID, receive a reply from the user that the user desires to purchase the entitlement to the title, add the title to the list of entitlements of the user, and record a second UUID as registered in the repository, for adding the title to the list of entitlements of the user. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092856 | DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING TRANSPORTATION FEES AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - An operating method of a distributed server includes downloading operating information from a central server, the operating information including information related to card transactions and terminal information on one or more card terminals, receiving a payment request for a card tagged on a card terminal from the card terminal, and performing an operation related to a payment requested by the card terminal based on the operating information. The operating method may further include receiving status information from the central server, the status information indicating whether or not the central server is overloaded, processing the payment requested by the card terminal if the status information indicates that the central server is overloaded, and transmitting a result of processing the payment to the card terminal. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092857 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR PAYMENT HANDLING - A method can include receiving a first payment from a first payment terminal in a first format, converting the first payment to a unified format, receiving a second payment from a second payment terminal in a second format different from the first format, and converting the second payment to the unified format. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092858 | RECOMMENDATION OF PAYMENT CREDENTIAL TO BE USED BASED ON MERCHANT INFORMATION - Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for providing a recommendation of a payment credential to be used by an electronic device in a commercial transaction based on merchant information received by the electronic device are provided. In one example embodiment, a method, at an electronic device that includes a secure element that includes at least one payment credential, includes, inter alia, accessing credential availability data indicative of the at least one payment credential, accessing merchant context data associated with a merchant subsystem, wherein the merchant context data is indicative of a preference for a first type of payment credential over a second type of payment credential, and presenting payment recommendation data based on the accessed credential availability data and the accessed merchant context data. Additional embodiments are also provided. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092859 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING A PURCHASE TRANSACTION USING BEACON EQUIPPED DEVICES - In a purchase transaction between a merchant and a customer, a merchant device sends transaction information to a payment gateway and sends a beacon signal containing a transaction identifier to a customer mobile device. The customer mobile device sends the transaction identifier and payment information corresponding to a customer payment account to the payment gateway. The payment gateway applies the transaction identifier to access the transaction information received from the merchant device and sends purchase information based on the transaction information to the customer mobile device. The customer mobile device displays the purchase information to the customer, obtains an indication of customer assent to pay for the item and sends a confirmation of customer assent to the payment gateway. Upon receiving the confirmation of customer assent from the customer mobile device, the payment gateway processes the purchase transaction based on the payment account information. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092860 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING A PURCHASE TRANSACTION USING A CUSTOMER DEVICE BEACON - In a purchase transaction between a merchant and a customer, a merchant device sends transaction information to a payment gateway and sends a beacon signal containing a transaction identifier to a customer mobile device. The customer mobile device sends the transaction identifier and payment information corresponding to a customer payment account to the payment gateway. The payment gateway applies the transaction identifier to access the transaction information received from the merchant device and sends purchase information based on the transaction information to the customer mobile device. The customer mobile device displays the purchase information to the customer, obtains an indication of customer assent to pay for the item and sends a confirmation of customer assent to the payment gateway. Upon receiving the confirmation of customer assent from the customer mobile device, the payment gateway Processes the purchase transaction based on the payment account information. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092861 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING A BEACON BASED PURCHASE TRANSACTION - In a purchase transaction between a merchant and a customer, a merchant device sends transaction information to a payment gateway and sends a beacon signal containing a transaction identifier to a customer mobile device. The customer mobile device sends the transaction identifier and payment information corresponding to a customer payment account to the payment gateway. The payment gateway applies the transaction identifier to access the transaction information received from the merchant device and sends purchase information based on the transaction information to the customer mobile device. The customer mobile device displays the purchase information to the customer, obtains an indication of customer assent to pay for the item and sends a confirmation of customer assent to the payment gateway. Upon receiving the confirmation of customer assent from the customer mobile device, the payment gateway processes the purchase transaction based on the payment account information. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092862 | SYSTEM FOR CONDUCTING TRANSACTIONS INDEPENDENT OF POINT OF SALE SYSTEM - A system that allows for conducting merchant transactions independent of a POS system. The system employs both a merchant venue-specific website and a mobile app. A customer at the merchant venue logs into the website with his or her mobile phone, and the mobile app is automatically notified of the login. The venue keeps track of the customer's total bill amount in any way, and enters it into the mobile app, which in turn updates the website with the total amount owed. The customer can then pay his or her bill through the website, via his/her phone. In this manner, a quick and easy payment system is implemented, allowing users to pay with the card or payment method of their choice, without need for a POS system and without need for downloading or installing any additional software on their mobile device. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092863 | ON-PREMISES DEVICE TRANSACTION COLLABORATION - Various embodiments herein each include at least one of systems, methods, and software for on-premises device transaction collaboration. Some embodiments include a method. The method of such embodiments includes identifying a mobile device present within a facility and associating the mobile device with an account holder. Such embodiments further include transmitting, to the mobile device, data representative of transaction options identified in stored data based on an identity of the facility and the account holder. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092864 | AUTOMATED SESSION CLOSING UPON LOCATION-SENSED DEPARTURE - Various embodiments herein each include at least one of systems, devices, methods, and software for automated session closing upon location-sensed departure. Some such embodiments may be implemented at retail outlets (e.g., restaurants, salons, stores, etc.) to automatically charge a customer account for ordered items upon an automated detection of a customer retail outlet departure. One embodiment, in the form of a method performed on a server-based system, includes receiving, via a network from a mobile device associated with a customer account, first data indicating the mobile device has departed a retail outlet. The method then generates, from stored retail session data, a final bill including an amount payable and then charges an amount payable from the final bill to a payment account associated with the customer account. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092865 | ADDING CARD TO MOBILE WALLET USING NFC - A user enables a communication, such as through a tap, between an NFC-enabled payment or funding card and a mobile device. Card information, such as the card number, type, and expiration date, are read by the mobile device. The user is then authenticated through the user device, such as by entering a CVV code, a PIN for the card, a cardholder name, and/or a billing address for the card. If confirmed, the card is added to the user's mobile/cloud wallet. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092866 | PROVIDING FRICTIONLESS PUSH PAYMENTS - A computer system is provided which determines that a mobile device associated with an identified customer is within a seller's store. The computer system further receives transaction information from a mobile wallet application associated with the customer which includes an indication of items that are to be purchased, an indication of the amount that is to be paid, and an indication that payment is to be made from a stored value account (SVA) associated with the customer. The computer system determines, based on the customer's identity, current location, and the received transaction information, that the customer has approved the transaction, processes the transaction using the customer's SVA, provides a credit to the seller in the amount debited from the customer's SVA and generates an electronic receipt for the customer, notifying the customer that the seller has received the specified amount of money from the customer's SVA. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092867 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADMINISTERING MOBILE APPLICATIONS USING PRE-LOADED TOKENS - The disclosed embodiments include computerized methods and systems that administer mobile application programs using tokens “pre-loaded” with data. For example, the disclosed embodiments may adaptively identify and pre-load mobile wallets with loyalty products of potential interest to customers. In one aspect, the disclosed embodiments may identify one or more loyalty products that may be of potential interest to a user, and further, that may be missing from the user's mobile wallet. The disclosed embodiments may determine that the user fails to hold a corresponding one of the missing loyalty products, and may transmit user information to an issuer system as a request to acquire the corresponding missing loyalty product from an issuer. Upon receipt of information confirming the acquisition of the corresponding missing loyalty product, the disclosed embodiments may generate a token based on the newly-acquired loyalty product and push the token to a user device. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092868 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING AND ADMINISTERING MOBILE APPLICATIONS USING PRE-LOADED TOKENS - The disclosed embodiments include computerized methods and systems that provide mobile application programs to devices of users and that administer these mobile application programs using tokens “pre-loaded” with data. In one aspect, the disclosed embodiments may generate a mobile payment product, such as a mobile wallet, that is “pre-loaded” with eligible financial products. For example, the disclosed embodiments may receive a request from a user device to obtain an application program that administers the mobile wallet, and in response to the received request, may obtain information identifying one or more financial products eligible for inclusion in the mobile wallet. The disclosed embodiments may generate a mobile wallet token based on the eligible financial product information and store the mobile wallet token in cloud-based storage. The user device may, upon authenticating the user, obtain the mobile wallet token and provision the mobile wallet with the eligible financial products. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092869 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADMINISTERING MOBILE APPLICATIONS USING PRE-LOADED TOKENS - The disclosed embodiments include computerized methods and systems that enable users to delegate a functionality of a mobile application through pre-loaded tokens. In one aspect, the disclosed embodiments may temporarily delegate or “loan” financial products loaded into a mobile wallet of a user to other eligible users. For example, the disclosed embodiments may receive, from a first user, a request to delegate a financial product to a second user to complete purchase transactions. In response to the received request, the disclosed embodiments may identify one or more temporal or financial conditions on the delegation, and may generate a corresponding mobile wallet token for transmission to a second user device. The second user device may, for example, process the mobile wallet token and establish the delegated financial provide in the second user's mobile wallet in accordance with the at least one of the temporal or financial conditions. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092870 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING AND ADMINISTERING MOBILE APPLICATIONS USING PRE-LOADED TOKENS - The disclosed embodiments include computerized methods and systems that provide mobile application programs to devices of users and that administer these mobile application programs using tokens “pre-loaded” with data. In one aspect, the disclosed embodiments may generate a mobile payment product, such as a mobile wallet, that is “pre-loaded” with eligible financial products. For example, the disclosed embodiments may receive a request from a user device to obtain an application program that administers the mobile wallet, and in response to the received request, may obtain information identifying one or more financial products eligible for inclusion in the mobile wallet. The disclosed embodiments may generate a mobile wallet token based on the eligible financial product information and store the mobile wallet token in cloud-based storage. The user device may, upon authenticating the user, obtain the mobile wallet token and provision the mobile wallet with the eligible financial products. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092871 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ASSET OBFUSCATION - Techniques for obfuscating and deploying digital assets (e.g., mobile applications) are provided to mitigate the risk of unauthorized disclosure. An asset can be received that is to be deployed to a plurality of mobile devices, each of the mobile devices associated with a corresponding account having account attributes. A deployment group of one or more mobile devices for deploying the asset can be identified based on a set of one or more obfuscation parameters, comprising account attributes shared among the one or more mobile devices within the deployment group. A customized obfuscation scheme to be applied to the asset can be determined based at least in part on the set of obfuscation parameters. The customized obfuscation scheme can be applied to the asset to generate an obfuscated asset. The obfuscated asset can be transmitted and/or updated over a network to the one or more mobile devices within the deployment group. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092872 | Transaction Risk Based Token - Embodiments of the invention provision multiple payment tokens on a communication device. The communication device may be provisioned with multiple limited use keys (LUK), each LUK being associated with a specific type of transaction. When the communication device is used for a transaction, the communication device automatically determines a type of the transaction and selects an appropriate LUK based on the determined transaction type. The selected LUK may be used to create a cryptogram, which can be used to verify the transaction. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092873 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING AND MONITORING REBATES - A computer-based method for processing and monitoring rebates associated with a cardholder is provided. The method includes storing data including a plurality of cardholder profiles each associated with a cardholder enrolled in a rebate monitoring service and a plurality of payment card identifiers each associated with one of the cardholders. The method also includes receiving a first authorization request message for a first payment transaction initiated by a first cardholder. The first authorization request message includes a first payment card identifier. The method further includes determining a first cardholder profile associated with the first cardholder for the rebate monitoring service based in part on the first payment card identifier and the stored data, determining at least a first rebate associated with the first payment transaction, generating a completed rebate form based in part on the first cardholder profile and the first payment transaction, and transmitting the completed rebate form. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092874 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONDUCTING PRE-AUTHORIZED FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS - A method and system for conducting a pre-authorized financial transaction is disclosed. A security gateway receives a pre-authorization token and a consumer alias from a merchant or an acquirer of the merchant. The token identifies a pre-authorized financial transaction and the token and alias have previously been provided to the merchant by a consumer. The alias is matched with a stored alias to identify an electronic device of the consumer. An authorization request is transmitted to the electronic device. A confirmation message or a denial message is received by the security gateway in response to the authorization request. Upon receiving a confirmation message, payment credentials associated with a selected payment instrument of the consumer and required for conducting the pre-authorized transaction are transmitted to the merchant or the acquirer of the merchant for use in completing the transaction. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092875 | PRODUCT AUTHENTICATION OVER A PAYMENT NETWORK - Systems and methods are provided for authenticating a product over a payment network. A product identifier associated with a product to be authenticated may be included or appended to a conventional authorization request message or clearing message during processing of a payment transaction. The product identifier can be verified at a verification entity to determine whether the product is real or counterfeit. Authorization or settlement of the payment transaction can be approved/processed if the product is determined to be real. Authorization or settlement of the payment transaction can be declined/withheld if the product is determined to be counterfeit. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092876 | ON-DEVICE SHARED CARDHOLDER VERIFICATION - A payment device includes an application storage device for storing a plurality of payment applications and a capture module for capturing user verification information. The payment device also includes a verification module. The verification module is interfaced to the capture module. The verification module is for receiving and verifying the captured user verification information and for outputting a user verification result. The payment device further includes a shared cardholder verification method (CVM) module, which is interfaced to the verification module. The shared CVM module receives the user verification result and also receives a reference to one of the payment applications. The shared CVM module responds to the verification result by outputting an application credential to the payment application to which it was referred. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092877 | SECURE USER AUTHENTICATION INTERFACE TECHNOLOGIES - Technologies for secure user authentication include a computing device with a touch screen display coupled to an electronic paper display, and a security engine isolated from a host processor. To process a payment transaction, the computing device invokes the security engine to generate a random virtual keypad layout that is not accessible by the host processor. The virtual keypad layout includes virtual keypad buttons that may be randomly positioned. The security engine displays the virtual keypad layout on the electronic paper display that overlays the touch screen display. The computing device detects touch input using the touch screen and transmits the touch input to the security engine. The security engine determines keypad input based on the touch input by mapping coordinates of the touch input to virtual buttons of the virtual keypad. The security engine authorizes the transaction based on the keypad input. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092878 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR STREAMLINED DIGITAL WALLET TRANSACTIONS - A method includes maintaining a digital wallet in a computer, and receiving a request for a transaction. The computer may receive and verify user authentication data, and then allow the user to access any payment card account in the digital wallet without requiring additional user authentication, regardless of the account selected for the transaction by the user. In some embodiments, cryptogram generation may be performed with an EMV server in association with the digital wallet, to enhance the level of security assurance for merchants, issuers and users. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092879 | Switch Server System Interoperable With Mobile Devices Providing Secure Communications For Transactions - Methods and systems for conducting a secure transaction over a network using one or more gateway servers. The methods include exchanging first cryptographic information with a user. The first cryptographic information adapted to encrypt and decrypt communications. The methods further include receiving, from the user, identifying information associated with the user. The methods also include validating the identifying information and converting the user to a participating user after the validating operation. The methods include exchanging second cryptographic information with the participating user. The second cryptographic information adapted to encrypt and decrypt communications. The methods also include receiving, from the participating user, encrypted personal data being encrypted using the second cryptographic information. The encrypted personal data being received via a data equity programmable user interface. The methods include performing a transaction with the user in accordance with an encrypted payment authorization. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092880 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING A PURCHASE TRANSACTION USING A MERCHANT DEVICE BEACON - In a purchase transaction between a merchant and a customer, a merchant device sends transaction information to a payment gateway and sends a beacon signal containing a transaction identifier to a customer mobile device. The customer mobile device sends the transaction identifier and payment information corresponding to a customer payment account to the payment gateway. The payment gateway applies the transaction identifier to access the transaction information received from the merchant device and sends purchase information based on the transaction information to the customer mobile device. The customer mobile device displays the purchase information to the customer, obtains an indication of customer assent to pay for the item and sends a confirmation of customer assent to the payment gateway. Upon receiving the confirmation of customer assent from the customer mobile device, the payment gateway processes the purchase transaction based on the payment account information. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092881 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO FACILITATE PRODUCT MANAGEMENT - Systems and methods for facilitating product management can associate a code with product information and a product life-cycle. The code can be associated with a product and affixed to the product, for example, by printing the code on the product or a packing of the product. Users of the product can initiate an action included in the product life-cycle by using an electronic device to take a picture of the code texting the picture to the disclosed system. The system will process the code and determine a next action in the product life-cycle. For example, a user can take an image of a code and text it to the system to initiate a product registration process. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092882 | SYSTEM, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A PRODUCT RECALL NOTICE TO A CONSUMER - Systems, devices, and methods for providing a product recall notice to a consumer are disclosed. Embodiments include receiving consumer identification information and product identification information from a mobile computing device at a computer server as well as storing and associating the product identification information in a consumer products database with the consumer identification information. Further, a request is transmitted and a response received from a third party database that includes a product recall notice. Based on the product recall notice message, a message is generated that notifies a consumer of the product recall notice. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092883 | TIMELINE-BASED VISUALIZATION AND HANDLING OF A CUSTOMER - A system and method for navigating a customer management application hosted on an electronic device is provided. Using the customer management application, a user may review data from a plurality of applications and data sources. In addition, the data may be arranged along one or more timeline displays. For example, the system and method may display a timeline having first and second timescales, display one or more entries along the timeline, each of the entries containing one or more corresponding events, detect a user input though an input detector of the electronic device, and upon detecting the user input, vary the timeline according to the user input. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092884 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONDUCTING SELF ASSESSMENT FOR REGULATORY COMPLIANCE - A system and method for self-assessing a company's compliance with a preset regulatory framework. The system presents a plurality of questions that are based on particular regulatory requirements. In response to each question, the system receives an answer to each question, a measure of inherent risk associated with each question for the company, and a measure of control risk associated with each question for the organization. The system is then configured to calculate the residual risk associated with each question based on at least the received inherent risk and control risk. The system also allows a user to delegate a question to a second user and track the status of a question. In addition to delegating questions, the system provides for local help and help through communicating with a compliance expert. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092885 | PRODUCT COMPLIANCE FULFILLMENT PORTAL SYSTEM AND METHOD - One embodiment may include a non-transitory, computer-readable medium that store instructions configured to cause a processor to execute, via a server configured to communicate within a client-server network, a product compliance fulfillment portal. The product compliance fulfillment portal may include a product compliance evaluation (PCE) tool, a product baseline compliance specification (PBCS) tool, and a transactional compliance plan (TCP) tool. The PCE tool may be configured to add compliance requirements for a product in a territory, the PBCS tool may be configured to identify compliance requirements for the product in the territory and assign a compliance status in the territory, and the TCP tool may be configured to receive a customer order incoming via a computing client communicatively coupled to the server, the customer order including products and a desired territory as input and to derive a compliance plan specifying fulfillment instructions to fulfill the customer order. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092886 | METHODS OF AUTHORIZING A COMPUTER LICENSE - Systems and methods use features of an inode's or file identifier's (id) assignment, uniqueness and randomness, to fingerprint an end user device or system for authorization of a license. During the installation process of an operating system on an end user device certain directories and files created, that remain in place for the life of the installation, result in inodes or file ids that will be largely random as they depend, for example, on which files are installed and in what order their installation takes place. Since a modern operating system will have several processes occurring in parallel during installation the order in which files are installed will vary more or less randomly from system to system. To fingerprint the system a group of files that is fixed during the operating systems lifetime, such as system directories, are used to determine the inodes associated with these directories as represented by their inode number. The numbers are combined and hashed to provide a unique identifier for that OS installation and the associated end user device. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092887 | APPLICATION LICENSE DISTRIBUTION AND MANAGEMENT - Embodiments of the disclosure are related to initiating deployment of applications to client devices in an enterprise environment. Embodiments of the disclosure interoperate with an application distribution environment from which applications are deployed to client devices and from which licenses for the applications may be obtained in bulk by the enterprise environment. Licenses can be assigned to user groups within the enterprise and then assigned to users who desire or require a particular application from the application distribution environment. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092888 | ELECTRONIC VIRTUAL CERTIFICATION BY DATA PROCESSING METHOD VIA A COMMUNICATION NETWORK - An on-line certification service accessible over a communication network. Data concerning members formed of service entities and individuals are stored in a member database. Certification records associated with the members, based on data representing a standard, are stored in a certification database. A controller connected to the databases and the communication network registers the members, collects certification data, processes audited information from the members and manages the certification records accordingly with respect to the standard, manages access rights to selected elements of the certification records, and reports the selected elements of the certification records to an authorized user. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092889 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING LEAD DISTRIBUTION - Systems and methods are provided for facilitating lead distribution. A method may include determining, by a service provider server that includes one or more processors, vehicle search information associated with one or more consumers. The method may include accessing lead preference information associated with a dealer. The method may also include aggregating vehicle search information associated with one or more consumers and generating, based at least in part on the vehicle search information, one or more vehicle leads. The method may also include comparing lead criteria information and the lead age information associated with a respective vehicle lead with the lead preference information and determining, based at least in part on the comparison, that the respective lead is to be provided to the dealer. Furthermore, the method may include transmitting the respective vehicle lead to a dealer device associated with the dealer. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092890 | MULTIDIMENSIONAL MONITORING AND ALERTING OF BUSINESS METRICS - Techniques for multidimensional monitoring and alerting of business metrics of an online system are described. According to various embodiments, a user specification of a business metric associated with operations of an online social networking system, and multiple dimensional values that are included in the business metric, are received. A revenue-impacting event corresponding to a change in a specific one of the dimensional values is then detected. Thereafter, it is determined that the revenue-impacting event is caused by a release of a particular online service associated with the online social networking system. A notification specifying the revenue-impacting event, and indicating that the revenue-impacting event was caused by the release of the particular online service, is then displayed. | 2016-03-31 |
20160092891 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLLECTING CONSUMER INFORMATION AND REWARDING CONSUMERS THEREFOR - A method and system is provided for obtaining, verifying, maintaining and using consumer information of interest including consumer demographic information and consumer transaction information. The information is obtained with the consent and participation of the consumers, which ensures that the resulting databases do not include redundant records, thus reducing the amount of database storage required for the databases and enhancing the ability to search and process the information stored therein. Because consumers provide the system and method with access to their transaction service providers, the system and method can provide the clients of the system with the ability to measure the success of their marketing campaigns using the system. | 2016-03-31 |