15th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 46 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120089407 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FILTERING TRIP ITINERARIES - A system, a computer-readable storage medium including instructions, and a computer-implemented method for filtering trip itineraries is described. Trip itineraries are received. A position of a first time slider on a time axis of a time graph displayed in a user interface of a computer system is determined, wherein the first time slider is configured to be moved across the time axis of the time graph. A first set of the trip itineraries is identified based on the position of the first time slider on the time axis. Graphical representations of the first set of the trip itineraries are displayed on the time graph, wherein a graphical representation of a trip itinerary indicates a departure time and duration of the trip itinerary. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089408 | Method and System for Providing a Fueling Solution for Electric Vehicle Owners - This invention relates generally to a method and system for providing a fueling solution for electric vehicle owners; and, more particularly, to integrating processes for home and away from home electric vehicle charging and billing into a single solution that does not require installation of a separate electric meter for the electric vehicle and enables the electric vehicle owner to understand and manage their total fueling costs. The invention utilizes a device to measure electricity usage, control access to electricity and transmit electricity usage data to enable an electricity provider to compensate an electric vehicle owner for the electricity used across a network of home and away from home chargers. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089409 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND SYSTEM TO TRACK GOODS AND SERVICES - Embodiments herein describe an apparatus, method, and system to track goods and services. The tracked information is provided dynamically and in real-time to an end-user of the tracking system. The tracked information can be centrally managed by a server, or can be managed in a distributed network (e.g., cloud), or by a smart device (e.g., smart-phone, tablet PC). The method comprises: storing information in a database, the information corresponding to the good or service being tracked for an end-user; determining an update to the information stored in the database; determining whether a time attribute associated with the good or service exceeds a predetermined threshold; and generating an electronic message for the end-user of the good or service in response to determining the update or when the predetermined threshold exceeds the time attribute. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089410 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND ARTICLE OF MANUFACTURE FOR ENHANCED VISIBILITY DURING INSTALLATION MANAGEMENT IN A NETWORK- BASED SUPPLY CHAIN ENVIRONMENT - A system, method and article of manufacture are provided for interacting with a client user in a network-based environment during installation management in order to enhance visibility. A user is identified and information about the user is collected, wherein the information relates to the installation of a service. A profile of the user is built based on the collected information and a plurality of different contents are managed. The profile and the contents are analyzed in order to match attributes of the profile of the user and attributes of the contents. The contents which have attributes that match the attributes of the profile of the user are then selected and delivered to the user. The user is allowed to manually select which of the delivered contents are depicted on a display. The user is also allowed to selectively position the delivered contents on the display. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089411 | STANDARD-COMPLIANT LABEL AND METHOD OF PROVIDING A STANDARD COMPLIANT LABEL - Provided is a label generated on-demand for identifying a medicinal substance to be administered to a patient. The label includes a content surface on which label content is printed on-demand by a computer printer. The label content includes information required by a medical labeling standard. An adhesive surface is provided to be applied against a container for storing the medicinal substance and adhering the label to the container. A color code is visible when viewing the content surface. The color code is specified by the medical labeling standard for conveying information about the medicinal substance to be stored in the container, and the label content and color code render the label compliant with the medical labeling standard. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089412 | Computer-Implemented System And Method For Facilitating Patient Advocacy Through Online Healthcare Provisioning - A computer-implemented system and method for facilitating patient advocacy through online health care is provided. A patient advocacy database is maintained. General physicians and specialist physicians are listed in database records, as well as a diagnostic criteria for health disorders for each specialist. A patient referral tree is built with each general physician associated with specialists. A medical service network includes the referral tree as designating health care and medical service providers. A patient is enrolled in the network. Medical data provided by the patient is evaluated against the diagnostic criteria of each of the specialists for medical concerns. Each specialist in the referral tree corresponding to findings made under their respective diagnostic criteria is identified. The patient is referred for care to the specialist associated with the patient's general physician. Throughout, the patient is provided with information to make an informed decision with respect to the specialist care received. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089413 | Health Tracking and Management - A consumer-centric health portal for individuals to track quantitative health data, receive a health grade and receive qualitative feedback. An individual's health data is measured, compared and graded providing a deep understanding of their health, how their health relates to similar individuals and key factors correlating to their health grade. Health grades, in conjunction with qualitative feedback, promote motivation and learned optimism promoting individuals to improve their health. In turn, health grades are targetable by and service providers, while protecting an individual's privacy. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089414 | Specialty Stents with flow control features or the like - Methods and systems are described for receiving a parameter relating to a specific patient and for configuring a stent with a flow occlusion portion in response to receiving the parameter relating to the specific patient. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089415 | NURSING HOME EVALUATION SYSTEM - Methods, systems, and devices are described for determining resource allocation in a resident care facility, like a nursing home facility. Embodiments of the invention provide assessment questions to an assessor via a computer interface. The assessment questions may be based on a base assessment model having questions relating to a number of resident care areas. Responses to the assessment questions may be received, some relating to answers provided to the assessor by respondents (e.g., residents or staff of the resident care facility). The responses may be processed to generate an assessment dataset, which may then be used to generate quality scores for the various resident care areas. The quality scores may indicate likelihoods of citation in the resident care areas as a function of data derived from the base assessment model. The quality scores and/or assessment results may then be graphically displayed and used to formulate a resource allocation determination. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089416 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MATRIX-BASED DOSAGE SCHEDULING - A system for scheduling tablet dosage is described. The system comprises an application hosted on a computing device. The application comprises a user interface configured to receive a designation of a tablet to be ordered. The user interface is further configured to display a scheduling matrix comprising a plurality of cells. Each cell of the matrix is configured to receive a tablet quantity designation. The application is further configured to generate a dosing schedule based on the tablet quantities entered into the scheduling matrix. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089417 | Computer-Implemented System And Method For Mediating Patient-Initiated Physiological Monitoring - Access to key diagnostic medical devices requires pre-approval by a screening physician. A computer-implemented system and method for mediating patient-initiated physiological monitoring and ensuring appropriate follow up, bypassing the need for a screening physician, are provided. A request for a medical monitoring device from a patient at a point of prescriptive medicine dispensing is entered. The patient is enrolled in a medical service network that includes healthcare providers and medical services, and one or more on-call prescribing physicians. The patient is interfaced in real time with one of the prescribing physicians. Upon physician approval, the monitoring device is dispensed to the patient at the point of dispensing. Following monitoring, data from the monitoring device is retrieved for the medical service network. The retrieved data is evaluated for medical concerns. Based on findings from the evaluation made, the patient is referred for medical care through the healthcare providers and medical services. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089418 | INTEGRATED INTERACTIVE SYSTEMS AND METHODS WITH SINGLE TRANSACTIONAL DATABASE AND REPORTING APPLICATION FOR eCLINICAL TRIALS - The present invention relates to a fully integrated systems and methods to offer end-to-end solution in designing, managing, recording, analyzing, mining and reporting of traditional as well as adaptive clinical trials with single transaction database. Particularly, the present invention relates to a system and method for clinical trial which will help pharmaceuticals/biotech/medical device companies and clinical research organizations (CROs) to manage various activities as per the business flow of a clinical trial, right from protocol design to submission of clinical study reports through their various functionalities/modules. Specifically, the present invention is suitable for adaptive clinical trials where the clinical plans are modified based on the results obtained in the single or multiple interim data analysis. More specifically, the present invention offers a closed loop feedback control of trial parameters and expectations to enhance trial success and addresses safety and efficacy concerns without compromising blinding and statistical validity. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089419 | HOSPITAL BED WITH GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE HAVING ADVANCED FUNCTIONALITY - A patient support apparatus, such as a hospital bed, communicates with an electronic medical record (EMR) system in healthcare facility. The hospital bed includes a patient support structure to support a patient, a graphical user interface coupled to the patient support structure, and control circuitry coupled to the graphical user interface. The graphical user interface displays at least one input that may be used by a caregiver to chart data into an electronic medical record (EMR) of a patient supported by the patient support structure. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089420 | MULTI-SITE CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT - Methods are provided for the surveillance and monitoring of a patient's medical care when the patient is treated at two or more medical organizations having different medical record systems. Patient information is received from a first medical organization and populated into an active risk assessment array that monitors the patient's risk for developing a particular disease or condition. Patient information is then received from a second medical organization and populated into the array. It is determined that actionable criteria have been met, and in response, a notification or alert is sent to the medical organizations indicating that the patient is at risk. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089421 | MULTI-SITE CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT FOR SEPSIS - Methods are provided for the surveillance and monitoring of a patient's medical care when the patient is treated at two or more medical organizations having different medical record systems. Patient information is received from a first medical organization and populated into an active risk assessment array that monitors the patient's risk for developing Sepsis. Patient information is then received from a second medical organization and populated into the array. It is determined that actionable criteria have been met, and in response, a notification or alert is sent to the medical organizations indicating that the patient is at risk for developing Sepsis. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089422 | GRAB-N-GO Emergency Portfolio for Critical Documents/Photos - The GRAB-N-GO Emergency Portfolio for Critical Documents/Photos is a highly visible, comprehensive, organized and portable emergency portfolio containing your most critical documents and photos backed-up by a USB flash drive. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089423 | TRAFFIC INFORMATION SYSTEM - A method of evaluating the driving behavior in a vehicle. The method includes determining values of a plurality of parameters of the operation of a first vehicle in a first road segment, determining values of the plurality of parameters for one or more second vehicles in a second road segment having similar properties to those of the first road segment, comparing the determined values of the first vehicle and the one or more second vehicles and providing an evaluation of the driving behavior of the first vehicle, responsive to the comparison. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089424 | TRAVEL INFORMATION SYSTEM - An electronic travel booking system is disclosed, wherein the booking system is configured to display locations of interest on an electronic map. An input analysis module | 2012-04-12 |
20120089425 | Trip monitoring and inferential location based services - Techniques for trip monitoring and inferential location based services are provided. Itineraries for trips of a customer are monitored. As transactions complete in the itineraries, inferences are made to infer the geographical locations for the customer. The inferred geographical locations are used along with preferences for the customer to deliver customized content to the customer and to perform one or more automated actions on behalf of the customer associated with next transactions of the itineraries. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089426 | Techniques for automated profile-based transaction processing - Techniques for automated profile-based transaction processing are provided. A customer uses a cloud-based service to establish one or more transaction profiles. When that customer subsequently accesses a self-service device to perform a transaction, the cloud-based service is automatically contacted and the transaction is automatically completed on behalf of the customer at the self-service device using a particular one of the customer's transaction profiles. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089427 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GROUPING TRIP ITINERARIES - A system, a computer-readable storage medium including instructions, and a computer-implemented method to group trip itineraries is described. A plurality of trip itineraries is obtained by a client computer system from a server, wherein the plurality of trip itineraries is obtained in response to a search query received from a user of the client computer system. A dominating trip itinerary and a dominated trip itinerary from the plurality of trip itineraries is identified by the client computer system, wherein the dominating trip itinerary satisfies a predetermined domination criterion with respect to the dominated trip itinerary. A user interface to be displayed on the client computer system is generated by the client computer system, wherein the user interface is generated to present details of the dominating trip itinerary to the exclusion of details of the dominated trip itinerary. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089428 | PEN Analysis for Quantified Perspectives in Decision Making - Organisations make decisions based on its Perspectives. These Perspectives exist within an environment with ever changing variables. It is of utmost importance that those Perspectives are relevant and valid in the current environment. Perspectives which are outdated or invalid, causes decisions and business activities which are inefficient for the Organisation. They will lead to business processes which are not integrated with the main thrust of the Organisation's workings. Hence, Perspectives need to be validated constantly, to ensure that all business processes are well integrated and exist in accordance to the objectives of the Organisation. However, there is no Analysis Technique which exists for Organisations to validate their Perspectives for Decision Making. In this paper, a Statistics based Analysis technique called PEN Analysis, is introduced. Using this technique, Organisations can validate their Perspectives for Decision Making and cumulative business process integration. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089429 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GATHERING AND ANALYZING SOCIAL MEDIA DATA - Systems and methods are provided for gathering and analyzing social media data, business platform data, and/or gatekeeper data. Priorities are assigned to a plurality of strategic outcomes and business platforms. Scores and recommendations associated with the plurality of strategic outcomes and business platforms are generated. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089430 | DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING SYSTEM, OPERATION DEVICE, OPERATION CONTROL DEVICE, OPERATION CONTROL METHOD, METHOD OF CALCULATING COMPLETION PROBABILITY OF OPERATION TASK, AND PROGRAM - A distributed processing system includes a plurality of operation devices that perform an operation using power derived from natural energy; and an operation control device that includes a task assigning unit that assigns the same operation task to the plurality of operation devices, and an operation control unit that controls the plurality of operation devices to perform the operation task assigned by the task assigning unit. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089431 | Decisioning Framework - A system and method of determining a recommended location for performing a work function is provided. In some examples, the system and method may include receiving a plurality of process criteria, such as hours of operation associated with the work function, type of work performed, skill set desired, language skills desired, etc. The system and method may further include receiving a plurality of provider attributes, such as languages spoken, knowledge base/skill set, flexibility of staffing, etc. One or more recommended locations for performing the work function may be determined based on the business and provider attributes. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089432 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ASSESSING PENALTIES ASSOCIATED WITH AN EMPLOYEE WITHOUT A JOB ASSIGNMENT - A method for managing the application of penalties to employees of a company. The method comprises executing software encoded on a machine readable storage medium by a CPU to implement a job assignment monitoring function, the job assignment monitoring function monitoring events occurring in the course of a job assignment procedure during which a server arrangement communicates with a remote client over a data network to present an employee at the remote client with a job proposal, detecting among the monitored events a penalty triggering event and in response to the detecting, determining a penalty to be applied to the employee on the basis of the penalty triggering event. The method further comprises recording in an employee record stored in a database, data derived from the determining to register the penalty applied to the employee. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089433 | METHOD OF PROVIDING USER INFORMATION AND DEVICE ADOPTING THE METHOD - A method of providing user information and a device adopting the method are provided. In the method, a user list, in which a plurality of users are listed, and user cards of some of the plurality of users listed in the user list are displayed according to the users. Therefore, a user easily checks and applies a network of users even in a complicated network environment. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089434 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CHEMICAL DATA REPOSITORY - The invention provides a method of efficiently determining the effectiveness of managing a chemical or industrial facility. The method involves identifying various industrial site assets and recording various specs of those assets over time. The various assets are grouped according to some hierarchy such as location, problem to be solved, or just asset type. The specs are compared to acceptable ranges and are scored positively or negatively. The system allows a user to determine trends by asset type, spec type, or by position within the hierarchy. This system allows both small scale and large-scale perspective, and can be used for both reactive and preemptive decision making. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089435 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZING PROCESS MODELS - Within methods and systems for computer-aided optimization of process models, defined specifications and associated release criteria (quality gates) are available for every work stage. The specifications include service documents, result features that are to be generated in a work stage, and budget details and the latest end time for a work stage. The release criteria (quality gates) can identify the results of a work stage as successful and can assess the fulfillment of a work stage. A reference for all work stages simulates the model based on a fictitious sample project, interference variables are introduced, the project implementation is simulated for each interference variable, respectively, the deviations from the reference run are automatically determined, respectively, for each interference variable, and an analysis of the influence of the release criteria (quality gates) regarding compliance with the budget and the schedule is performed based on the determined deviations from the reference run. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089436 | MAPPING ANALYTICS SYSTEM FOR ACTIVITY GROWTH - Systems and methods are described for transforming actual aggregated data (e.g., transaction and terminal data) from a large number of POS terminals into market trend reports. For example, POS datasets are aggregated from POS terminals distributed across many merchant outlet locations, each POS dataset including location data and transaction data for its respective POS terminal. A reporting request is received for a market trend report corresponding to a designated market. A market dataset is identified from the portion of the aggregated POS data. Market trend data is calculated and graphical report data is output as a function of the market trend data in response to the reporting request. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089437 | Interest Profiles for Audio and/or Video Streams - A method includes receiving at least one criterion to identify at least one media item. The method includes determining one or more media items that satisfy the at least one criterion. The method includes determining a group interest profile for each of the one or more media items. A particular group interest profile indicates a portion-varying level of group interest toward the at least one media item. The particular group interest profile is based on a plurality of ratings input by a plurality of members of a group for a plurality of portions of the at least one media item. The method includes determining a plurality of high-interest portions of the at least one media item based on the plurality of group interest profiles. The method also includes creating a high-interest media item that combines the plurality of high-interest portions. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089438 | POINT-OF-SALE-BASED MARKET TRACKING AND REPORTING - Systems and methods are described for transforming actual aggregated data (e.g., transaction and terminal data) from a large number of POS terminals into market trend reports that include macro-level trend data and analyses. For example, POS datasets are aggregated from POS terminals distributed across many merchant outlet locations, each POS dataset including location data and transaction data for its respective POS terminal. A reporting request is received for a market trend report corresponding to a designated market over a designated timeframe. A market dataset is identified from the portion of the aggregated POS data corresponding to the designated timeframe and market. Unreliable portions of the data may be discarded. Market trend data is then calculated as a function of the reliable portion of the market dataset, and graphical report data is output as a function of the market trend data in response to the reporting request. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089439 | MARKET DESIGN FOR A RESOURCE EXCHANGE SYSTEM - Providing a market design for a peer-to-peer resource exchange system. Prices for a plurality of resources such as storage space, upload bandwidth, and download bandwidth are calculated and balanced based on previous resource prices, a supply of the resources, and a demand for the resources. Further, prices for operations such as storage and retrieval are determined such that a total of the payments to resource suppliers equals a total of the payments received from the resource consumers. In some embodiments, incoming data operation requests are allocated to the peers such that equilibrium among the peers is achieved. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089440 | System and Method of Penalty Data Compilation, Analysis and Report Generation - The present invention relates generally to a system and method for reviewing and evaluating performance. In particular, the present invention relates to a system and method for reviewing and evaluating performances of an official or group of officials at an event or events. Even more specifically, according to embodiments of the present invention, the system and method can involve reviewing and evaluating a referee's performance during a football game or games. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089441 | IMAGING PRODUCT LAYOUT METHOD - A method of providing communications to groups of people includes forming a group of people, communicating a product offering to each person in the group, each communication including response information for purchasing the product, using a processor and communication network to identify people in the group that purchased the offered product without using the response information, and using a processor to count the number of persons in the group, the number of product purchases in response to the communication using the response information, and the number of identified people in the group to determine a communication favorability score. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089442 | DRIVING WHILE DISTRACTED ACCOUNTABILITY AND REWARDS SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A system for driving while distracted accountability and rewards, in one example embodiment, comprises a user interface between an administrator and an accountability and rewards service, a communication module to receive, from the administrator via the user interface, parameters to establish an accountability and rewards policy for a user associated with a mobile device, with the parameters including a mobile device identifier, a policy enforcement module to apply the accountability and rewards policy to the user associated with the mobile device, with the policy enforcement module determining whether or not the user is complying with the accountability and rewards policy by detecting an attempt to use the mobile device while driving a vehicle at a speed exceeding a predetermined threshold speed. The policy enforcement module may determine, using an accelerometer native to the mobile device, that an orientation of the mobile device is face down, and, based on the determination, establish that the user is complying with the accountability and rewards policy. Alternatively, the compliance is established based on whether a mobile application associated with the policy is running in the foreground or background. The system may further include a reward module to selectively submit reward amounts to a reward center in exchange for the ability of the user to redeem the reward amounts through the reward center, based on the compliance for a predetermined period of time. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089443 | Method of Delivering Goods and Services Via Media - A method for distributing a prescription pharmaceutical product includes recording a unique identifier in a database that identifies a medium and a prescription pharmaceutical product associated with the medium. The database is provisioned with criteria that establish different potential values for the medium. Thus, the medium has a variable value that varies according to the criteria provisioned in the database. A holder of the medium then presents the medium to a provider of the prescription pharmaceutical product. Upon receipt the medium, the provider communicates the unique identifier associated with the medium. Based on the unique identifier of the medium and the variable value criteria provisioned in the database, the value of the medium is determined and communicated to the provider. The holder then utilizes the determined value to purchase the prescription pharmaceutical product associated with the medium. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089444 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ENHANCED RESOURCE ALLOCATION - A computer based system manages the collection and analysis of data on promotions and commerce supported by the promotions. The system in one arrangement includes a first web portal for harvesting promotion based data relating to commerce and a second web portal for bringing sellers of media channel inventory into communication with buyers of media channel space. The first portal includes a first programmed processor for collecting an identifier key associating a user with a selected promotion. Engagement is facilitated by one or more tools to actively build user specific data that characterizes the effectiveness of the promotion. A tracking methodology is implemented to further collect data associated with the user and the promotion in assessing promotion impact on commerce. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089445 | TRAFFIC LIGHT ELECTRONIC DISPLAY INTERFACE SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method and system for safely providing electronic advertising to viewers at controlled traffic intersections. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089446 | Publishing Commercial Information in a Social Network - A publishing engine captures commercial information associated with a first user and automatically notifies other users in the first user's social network of this commercial information. The first user authorizes an e-commerce system to access his or her social network and to publish commercial information about the first user's commercial activity (e.g., a purchase or other commercial transaction) to users in the social network. By this automated notification, the notified users in the first user's social network can learn that the first user has completed a commercial transaction pertaining to a particular product or service. If a notified user is interested in a similar product or service, he or she can contact the first user to inquire about the first user's experience and information with the product or service. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089447 | Method and System for Promoting Products and Projects - A computer-implemented system and method comprise obtaining from a potential user a favorite selection of viewed presentations. User registration information is obtained from the potential user. Registration confirmation that the potential user has been accepted as a registered user and the registered user is entered into a contest is received. A message inviting potential users to view a presentation, become a registered user and participate in the contest, at least one contact name and an address for the contact name is obtained from the registered user. The message is sent to the contact name at the address. Status information at least indicating contacts accepting the invitation, points awarded in the contest for the acceptances and prizes available in exchange for points is received. A selection of at least one prize to be redeemed with the registered user's points is received from the registered user. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089448 | SEARCHER CALL BACK REQUEST SYSTEM AND METHOD - A search based call back request system enables a user to request a follow up contact from a seller. The system provides search functionality and stores seller information such that when search results appear for sellers that have requested to offer call back service to a buyer, the system formats the search results screen to include a call back request indicator for the seller. The system includes functionality for the user to enter custom call back data. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089449 | System and Method for Providing a Promotion - A system and method for providing a promotion over a computer network includes determining a potential promotion for an item, determining a threshold number of uncommitted endorsements required to unlock the potential promotion, and displaying the potential promotion and the threshold number of uncommitted endorsements to at least one potential buyer over the computer network before the threshold number is reached. The method further includes receiving endorsement data including an actual number of uncommitted endorsements made over the computer network, tracking the actual number of uncommitted endorsements, and unlocking the potential promotion for the item when the actual number of uncommitted endorsements reaches the threshold number, thereby converting the potential promotion to an actual promotion. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089450 | LOYALTY OFFER - Loyalty offer techniques are described. In one or more implementations, data is received from a plurality of merchants via a network, the data describing transactions for goods or services initiated at physical locations of respective said merchants and including identifiers that uniquely identify mobile communication devices that were used to initiate the transactions. Information is updated that describes participation in one or more loyalty offers associated with the plurality of merchants using the identifiers that uniquely identify the mobile communication devices and the data that describes the transactions. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089451 | Fixed Location Kiosk Device and Method for Updating a Social Networking Profile - Embodiments of the disclosed technology comprise a method and system for remotely uploading to a data feed of a user's social networking profile information about the user's physical location and goods or services associated with that location, and providing incentives to users to utilize such a system. The method and system uses personal identification cards which are recognizable by a wireless communication reader of a kiosk upon presentation of the card by a user. The user is identified based on a unique identifier on the card, and the user's social networking profile is updated with data specific to that particular kiosk. Upon identification of the user, credits may be transferred to the user's account via the kiosk. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089452 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO MANAGE MULTIPLE PARTY REWARDS USING A SINGLE ACCOUNT AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE - Systems and methods for storing a transaction history with respect to a business entity, and an incentive regarding a business entity, previously offered to an account. A desired transaction involving a holder of the account and the business entity may be generated based on the transaction history and a metric. An incentive may be generated based on an artificial intelligence program (AIP), the transaction history, and the metric. The desired transaction and the incentive may be transmitted for presentation to a holder of the account. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089453 | SYSTEM FOR MARKETING CAMPAIGN SPECIFICATION AND SECURE DIGITAL COUPON REDEMPTION - Product vendors are provided with a system for performing a marketing campaign to mobile communication device users, providing offers as instruments, such as digital coupons, to a selected group of users of the mobile communication devices and validating the integrity of the instruments. The invention has two phases: the selection of the components of the instrument from a menu provided by a social networking organization; and validating the instrument upon redemption from the product vendor. In the first phase, the product vendor selects elements from the menu relevant to the campaign, such as timing, nature of the offer, targeting of the recipients, etc. In the second phase, the instrument is encoded as to the marketing campaign and an arbitrary designation which initiates a pattern as the instrument is redeemed. The product vendor inspects the instrument to ensure that the encoding is correct during the redemption process. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089454 | NETWORK BASED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING AND IMPLEMENTING ONLINE COMMERCE - The disclosed computer system provides a selectively programmed Web architecture that implements a procedure and method for selectively serving to a Web page one or more electronic ads wherein the selection process is governed in part by application of a statistical algorithm. In a preferred embodiment of the inventive technology, the system manages and serves electronic ads for affiliated Web page publishers and advertisers. A computer-implemented method in accordance with the disclosed technology receives a request for an electronic advertisement for a Web page, wherein the Web page is associated with a Web page publisher, one or more electronic ads are selected using a statistics based approach, and the one or more electronic ads are communicated to the Web page for display. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089455 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REAL-TIME ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN ADAPTATION - A technique for adapting an advertising campaign based on real-time campaign metrics, such as a composition of the target audience among advertising recipients or an impact on brand metrics. As the advertising campaign runs, parameters of the campaign are updated to boost performance of a portion of the advertising campaign determined to be particularly effective by the campaign metrics. The campaign metrics utilize real-time, single-question surveys across segmented portions of the target audience, and then adapt the advertising campaign to target a particular segment based on desired brand and audience metrics. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089456 | SYSTEM FOR SEARCH BID TERM SELECTION - A system is disclosed for selecting bid terms for search advertising. A bid term selection tool includes a processor to execute an algorithm to provide suggested bid terms. The algorithm includes a cosine similarity function, a modified cosine similarity function, a penalty factor function, and an expected revenue function. The bid term selection tool aggregates the function of the algorithm for potential bid terms and compares the totals for the potential bid terms to select a relevant bid term. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089457 | Search Container - Particular embodiments identify a search result in response to a search query issued by a user; select a web-based application based on the search query; construct a web page dynamically, the web page comprising: the search result; and a search container comprising an interface of the web-based application; and transmit the web page to a network device associated with the user for presentation to the user. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089458 | MANAGEMENT OF VIDEO DATA FOR ADVERTISING OVER A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - A method on a server for creating and managing video for use as advertising over a communications network can be provided. The method can include providing a graphical user interface (GUI) to a user over the communications network and receiving, via the GUI, descriptive information pertaining to the user's business, at least one image pertaining to the user's business and video preferences of the user. The method can further include generating a profile for the user's business and a video, both of which are based on data which was received via the GUI and indexing the profile and the video based on the descriptive information. The method can further include providing a second GUI to consumers over the communications network, wherein the second GUI allows consumers to search for the profile and the video based on search parameters and allows consumers to view the profile and the video. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089459 | HYBRID ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN - Keywords and placement criteria related to a campaign are received. An advertisement request that specifies a web property, e.g., a web page, is received, and keywords and placement criteria that are satisfied by the web property are identified. Based on the identified keywords and placement criteria, an advertisement to be provided with the web property is selected. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089460 | Method of Generating a Referral Website URL Using Website Listings in a Cookie - A closed loop referral system and method is disclosed. According to one embodiment, a computer-implemented method, comprises embedding a tracking code into a first website. The tracking code communicates with a referral system. A user interface is provided on a browser for the first website. The browser is directed from the first website to a second website. Upon performance of a user action on the second website, the tracking code is executed. The tracking code communicates with the referral system to direct the browser to a third website determined by the referral system. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089461 | METHOD FOR IMPROVED ADVERTISING ON A MOBILE DEVICE - A first embodiment includes a method for providing targeted promotional offers from an advertiser to an advertisee that includes receiving location information of a mobile device belonging to the advertisee, searching through a promotional offer database, selecting a promotional offer using the location information of the mobile device as a selection criterion, sending the promotional offer to the mobile device, receiving a redemption notification indicating that an advertisee has applied the promotional offer to a completed purchase transaction, and charging the advertiser a promotional offer fee after receiving the redemption notification. In a second embodiment, an advertising system is integrated with a payment system, such as the one disclosed in related U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/641,071, using credit cards, debit cards, gift credit, social credit, or any suitable payment method. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089462 | TRAFFIC LIGHT ELECTRONIC DISPLAY INTERFACE SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method and system for safely providing electronic advertising to vehicle occupants in several regions proximate a controlled traffic intersection. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089463 | Method and System for Inserting Advertisements in Unified Messaging Solutions - A method and an apparatus for inserting an included message into an e-mail message, wherein the e-mail message is transferred through a unified messaging solution have been provided. In one embodiment, the unified messaging solution detects transmission of a voice mail message as the e-mail attachment. The voice mail message is received by a system that facilitates the transfer of the e-mail message. The system associates the included message with the voice mail message. The included message is inserted into the e-mail message. The system sends the e-mail message along with the included message and the attached voice mail message to an intended user. In a preferred embodiment, the included message is an advertising message. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089464 | System and Method for Leisure & Entertainment Merchandising by Attraction Providers - An attraction provider, such as an attraction operator or attraction agency, is using a system for merchandising commercial attractions to a community of subscribers. The system includes an attraction provider server and an encounter generator server, both cooperating to merchandise the commercial attractions to subscribers, by presenting commercial attractions to subscriber terminals, picking ensembles of subscribers for encounters, assigning an attraction to each ensemble, and booking for the picked ensembles their assigned attractions. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089465 | Activity based mobile ad system and internet business model - An activity based mobile application system and Internet business model is described. The ABMAS harnesses a diverse set of mobile device apps sensing mobile user activity with a sponsor ad auction engine. The disclosed mobile ad system allows sponsors to identify and bid on mobile ad placement to motivated buyers in need of sponsor products or services as perceived to exist from performance of specific activates. The bid winning ads are sent to mobile users located within a selected range from sponsor fulfillment station within an auction site region, whereby mobile app users in performance of some activity become motivated, triggering needs for vendor ad offerings while the user's need initiation and motivation is temporally and geographically proximate to the vendor for fulfillment of the mobile app user's needs. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089466 | Ranking and display of stackable mobile banner ads - A mobile device capable of receiving groups of ads for displaying, storing, and retrieving and from a mobile app, providing the app user to interactively navigate through, store, retrieve, view and select a received set of stackable banner ads in mobile apps. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089467 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CAPTURING POINT-OF-SALE DATA AND PROVIDING REAL-TIME ADVERTISING CONTENT - A tap device is provided that monitors data communications with a point-of-service terminal device and communicates with remote servers that are associated with an external network, a local server that is associated with an internal network and a display for displaying point-of-purchase promotional media. The tap device includes a monitoring device that monitors communication lines of the point-of-service terminal device for data packets having sales transaction data. The tap device includes a trigger database having entries with pre-stored digital message trigger data elements and a processor that communicates with the monitoring device to receive the sales transaction data. The processor generates instructions to search the entries of the trigger database for a match between the pre-stored digital message trigger data elements and the sales transaction data. The tap device includes an engine that releases selected digital messages to the display upon receiving a signal from the processor identifying a match. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089468 | Lottery Ticket Purchase Apparatus And Method - A mobile communication device configured with an application and short-range wireless hardware to create a temporary connection with a lottery point-of sale ticket system in order for a player to purchase a lottery game ticket at a remote, but proximate location local to an authorized lottery retailer. A method by which a lottery ticket may be purchased is disclosed. The apparatus and method readily applies to remote purchase of goods or services while a buyer is local to a store having a terminal offering goods or services for sale. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089469 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC FOB SYNCHRONIZATION AND PERSONALIZATION - A system generally for personalizing and synchronizing fob data in the context of a distributed transaction system is disclosed. A dynamic fob synchronization system may comprise point of service (POS) devices configured with transponder-readers to initiate a transaction in conjunction with a fob, an enterprise data collection unit, and a fob object database update system. In an exemplary embodiment, a dynamic synchronization system (DSS) may comprise a personalization system and an account maintenance system configured to communicate with a fob object database update system (FODUS). Personalization of multi-function fobs may be accomplished using a security server configured to generate and/or retrieve cryptographic key information from multiple enterprise key systems during the final phase of the fob issuance process. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089470 | LOCATING A PRODUCT OR A VENDER USING A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - Systems and methods of using a mobile communication device to locate a product or a vender within a shopping facility. The method comprises receiving, via an input associated with the mobile communication device, a request to locate the product or the vender within the shopping facility, transmitting the request to a remote computer system, and receiving at the mobile communication device from the remote computer system an indication of whether the product or vender is located within the shopping facility, and, if the product or the vender is located within the shopping facility, an indication of the location of the product or the vender within the shopping facility. The remote computer system is configured to determine whether the product or the vender is located within the shopping facility and determine a location of the product or the vender within the shopping facility. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089471 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CAPTURING POINT-OF-SALE DATA AND PROVIDING REAL-TIME ADVERTISING CONTENT - A tap device is provided for mobile device payment at a point-of-sale (POS) terminal. The tap device monitors at least one communication line of the POS terminal and detects at least one data packet having transaction data. The tap device includes a trigger database having entries including pre-stored trigger data elements. A first processor compares the pre-stored trigger data elements with the transaction data. The tap device transmits the transaction data when at least a portion of the transaction data corresponds to at least one pre-selected trigger data element. The tap device includes a first receiver receiving a Quick Response (QR) code generated by a remote server in response to the transaction data. The QR code includes an encoding of the transaction data. The tap device includes a display displaying the QR code for image capture by a mobile device that decodes the captured QR code into the transaction data. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089472 | METHOD FOR VEHICLE ACQUISITION AND EXCHANGE - Disclosed herein is a method of vehicle acquisition and exchange. The method includes assigning a predetermined number of units for a first vehicle and a predetermined number of units for a second vehicle, providing at least one customer with a customer unit pool representing an amount of available product units, receiving a first request from the at least one customer for the first vehicle, determining whether to approve the first request based upon the at least one customer's customer unit pool and the predetermined number of units for the first vehicle using a processor; and if the first request is approved: receiving a second request from the at least one customer to exchange the first vehicle for the second vehicle and determining whether to approve the second request based upon the at least one customer's customer unit pool and the predetermined number of units for the second vehicle. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089473 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HISTORICAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT - A networked computer system is provided for collecting and displaying historical content comprising a plurality of digital objects associated with a historical period or event. The computer system is comprised of one or more networked servers for processing the historical content. The servers are configured to access a database of host historical content input by an operator and user historical content input by a user, and display the historical content. One or more software applications running on the servers facilitate collection, integration and display of historical content. The software applications provide a template accessible to a user via a computer in communication with the network. The template is configured to allow the user to input the user historical content and relate a portion of the host historical content to create a user website integrating the user historical content with a portion of the host historical content. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089474 | AUTOMATED AUTOMOBILE MAINTENANCE USING A CENTRALIZED EXPERT SYSTEM - A system includes a database that stores an expert knowledgebase, and one or more servers configured to implement an expert system. The one or more servers receive sensor data associated with sensors from automobile maintenance systems associated with respective ones of multiple automobiles, and analyze the sensor data, using the expert system and the expert knowledgebase, to diagnose whether the multiple automobiles require maintenance and/or repair. The one or more servers send, via a network, results of the analysis of the sensor data to service stations for scheduling maintenance and/or repair of the multiple automobiles. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089475 | Method and Apparatus for Assessing Residential Customer Pre-Installation Criteria - A method and apparatus for assessing residential customer pre-installation criteria for installation of an electrical appliance. The method includes providing a user with a variable set of questions and options concerning the location and environment in which the electrical appliance is to be installed. The questions may vary depending on the responses provided by the user. The response provided by the user is interpreted to provide the user with an estimation of the cost, time, and/or feasibility of installing the electrical appliance in a location specified by the user through the responses given to the questions and options. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089476 | Conditional Purchase Offer Management System - A conditional purchase offer (CPO) management system is disclosed for receiving CPOs from one or more customers, such as airline passengers, and for evaluating the received CPOs against a number of CPO rules defined by a plurality of sellers, such as airlines, to determine whether any seller is willing to accept a given CPO. A CPO rule is a set of restrictions defined by a given seller, such as an airline, to define a combination of restrictions for which the seller is willing to accept a predefined price. The CPO rules may be securely stored by one or more servers. The CPO management system permits a seller to correct for forecasting errors, if necessary, or other competitive forces which have produced excess capacity, by providing inventory for sale to CPO customers. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089477 | Efficient Method And System For Customized Manufacture Of Shoes - Customized articles of footwear are produced by defining options that can be selected by a customer when submitting a custom order. These options typically include model options, functional options, and aesthetic options. These options are created by a design source, such as a shoe designer within a particular market, and presented to the customer when making the order. Upon a customer selecting one or more of the options at a user interface, the selected options are converted to specifications associated with the order. A work-load engine is employed to generate, based on the specifications, a work order that includes a dataflow for selecting appropriate stations on a manufacturing floor to participate in a manufacturing process, and a workflow for instructing each of the appropriate stations to perform a sequence of operations, within the manufacturing process, that result in fabricating individual components of the article of footwear according to the order. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089478 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR USING STORED CONJOINT ANALYSIS SOFTWARE ITERATION DATA IN CONJOINT ANALYSIS OF DIFFERENT PRODUCT OR SERVICE COMBINATIONS - The subject matter described herein includes methods, systems, and computer readable media for using stored conjoint analysis software iteration data in conjoint analysis of different product or service combinations. A method for using stored conjoint analysis software iteration data in conjoint analysis of different product or service combinations is provided. The method includes, storing, in memory accessible by a computer, conjoint analysis software iteration data from an iteration of the conjoint analysis software against a first set of product or service combinations and using the stored conjoint analysis software iteration data as input to conjoint analysis software being executed. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089479 | Electronic system and method for providing beauty solutions - The present invention is directed to an electronic system and method for providing beauty solutions and/or treatments, when trying to cure beauty problems. The electronic system and method can provide useful information on hair solutions and recommend products, allowing a user to select a beauty treatment regime based on the user's present beauty problems and a variety of additional selection criteria. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089480 | ONLINE PURCHASING SYSTEM AND METHODS WITH BUYER'S AGENCY - A method of operating an online purchasing system for use by a plurality of buyers includes receiving product information from a client system including a buyer-observed price of a product that is input by one of the plurality of buyers, using a server system to execute a multi-input search algorithm and to determine a sales price for the product, wherein the sales price is a lowest price available from at least one online search tool and the buyer-observed price, and transmitting the sales price to a client system for display to one of the plurality of buyers. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089481 | SECURING SENSITIVE INFORMATION WITH A TRUSTED PROXY FRAME - A system and method for secure transmission of sensitive end user information from an Internet portal operated by a publisher to a third party data processor. The publisher provides a content portal such as an e-commerce or healthcare information site. A third party data processor such as a bank or healthcare organization requires the sensitive information for a data processing function. In response to the requirement for sensitive information, a trusted proxy frame is invoked from a secure server operative to securely communicate the sensitive information. The trusted proxy frame is displayed in a secure context in the end user's browser and receives input of the sensitive information. The sensitive information is encrypted and communicated through the secure server to the third party data processor. Results of this processing are transmitted to the publisher through a novel callback process that enables the publisher to execute its data processing functions, as if it was in possession of the sensitive information, but without actual access to the sensitive information. The third party data processor returns an acknowledgement of processing of the sensitive information. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089482 | LAST-ROOM-AVAILABLE SEARCH APPARATUS AND METHOD - A system and method for customer-oriented searching and purchasing of goods and services relies on a database having records corresponding to purveyors, products and services, and purchasers and maintained by a third party independent from all the foregoing. Searches may obtain information with or without cooperation of purveyors (vendors). Filtering before presentation to a user, according to specific needs or requirements eliminates inapplicable vendors, products, or services. Particularly, if quality rating, features, or actual availability is lacking, the system does not waste a user's time to evaluate. Deal-killer parameters and values punish vendors lacking disclosure. Rather than publish what the seller wants to advertise, the system retrieves for a user the information on items that meet criteria of, and according to their importance to, a user, especially deal-killer parameters. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089483 | ESCROW PAYMENT TO FACILIATE ON-LINE TRANSACTIONS - A system and method enables sellers to define a secret shared with an on-line payment provider when listing an item or service for purchase. Consumers deposit funds into an on-line escrow or holding account before committing to a financial on-line transaction or purchase. Once an item is located, the consumer may contact the seller for additional information. By placing funds in escrow, the seller may be more willing to spend the time and effort to deal with the consumer. The consumer, in turn, receives more information to make a purchasing decision. If the transaction is to be completed, the consumer instructs the payment provider maintaining the escrow account to release the funds to the seller's account. The seller is notified by the payment provider, where the notification includes the secret. This enables the seller to authenticate the confirmation message. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089484 | Methods, Devices, and Computer Program Product for Offering Media Content Based on User Preferences - Media content is offered upon indication of receipt of a communication from a first communication device to a second communication device. A sample of media content is transmitted to the first communication device or the second communication device based on at least one preference of a user of the first communication device or the second communication device. A selection is received from the first communication device or the second communication device, indicating whether a user of the first communication device or the second communication device desires to download the media content based on the sample. If the received selection indicates that the user of the first communication device or the second communication device desires to download the media content, the media content is transmitted to the first communication device, the second communication device, or another designated device | 2012-04-12 |
20120089485 | PRODUCT BROWSER FOR SOFTWARE PRODUCTS - A computer usable storage medium having computer readable program code embedded therein for a product browser. The program code comprising, a product browser with a user interface at a device configured for receiving a user selection of a product from a source, the source comprising a plurality of products, for execution at the device, wherein the product is a self-contained file resolvable by the product browser and wherein the device comprises an operating system comprising a registry and a file system. The product browser further comprising, searching code for discovering the product at the source based on metadata associated with the product responsive to a user input at the product browser; and displaying code for displaying information related to the product at the device via the product browser. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089486 | MANAGING PROCESS REQUESTS IN A DISTRIBUTED ORDER ORCHESTRATION SYSTEM - A fulfillment workbench of a distributed order orchestration system is provided. A distributed order orchestration system can include a fulfillment workbench that provides a user interface for order fulfillment administrators, users and supervisors to monitor and manage order fulfillment processes through the distributed order orchestration system. The fulfillment workbench can receive a process request from a user to modify an ongoing order fulfillment process, where the process request includes one or more line requests, transmit the process request to one or more fulfillment systems, and provide a process request status to the user. The fulfillment workbench can provide a process request status to the user even though the process request interacts with one or more fulfillment systems, and the timing of the response to the process request may not be known. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089487 | MANAGEMENT OF PREFERRED ITEMS LIST - Systems and methods of generating a list of preferred items are disclosed herein. A uniform resource identifier that references a listing web service is provided. A call to the listing web service is received from a linking website. The call to the listing web service includes an item identifier corresponding to an item that the consumer is willing to purchase. The call can be executed as a result of the consumer selecting a listing icon that references the uniform resource identifier. The listing icon is displayed on the linking website hosted at a linking domain. The listing web service can be executed to add the item to the list of preferred items associated with the consumer. The list of preferred items is displayed on a listing website. The listing website can be hosted at a listing domain which is different from the linking domain. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089488 | Virtual reality system including smart objects - Embodiments of the invention include a virtual reality system that includes an instrumented device used to present a virtual shopping environment to a simulation participant. The participant's interactions with the virtual shopping environment may be used to conduct market research into the consumer decision making process. The virtual shopping environment may include one or more smart objects configured to be responsive to participant interaction. The virtual shopping environment may recreate a real-world shopping environment. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089489 | COMPONENT SAFETY INVENTORY AMOUNT CALCULATING METHOD, PROGRAM FOR EXECUTING SAME, AND DEVICE FOR EXECUTING SAME | 2012-04-12 |
20120089490 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR LABELING LABWARE - The present invention includes a system for marking labware. The system includes an instruction set with markings to be applied to pieces of labware and the order in which the markings are to be applied to the labware. The system also includes a marking device that receives the instruction set and then places the non-toxic marks on the pieces of labware. The invention also includes methods tracking chain of custody of biological material in a facility. The methods include assigning a unique marking for biological materials, storing that marking in a database, applying a non-toxic marking to a piece(s) of labware and then scanning the marking. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089491 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING ENHANCED TRANSACTION DATA - A system and method is provided for processing financial transactions performed by an employee using an employer provided financial presentation device. The system includes a memory, a processor coupled to the memory; and a processing module executable by the processor. The processing module is adapted to process an authorization request from the merchant for approval of the financial transaction. The processing module receives the financial transaction data together with the related enhanced data during the authorization process, stores the financial transaction data and the related enhanced data in the memory, and sends the financial transaction data and the related enhanced data to a reporting computer so as to make them available for access by the employer on a timely, accurate and convenient basis. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089492 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING AND MANAGING A PERSONALIZED WEB INTERFACE FOR MONITORING LOCATION INFORMATION ON INDIVIDUALS AND OBJECTS USING TRACKING DEVICES - A personalized format webpage is generated to monitor location information. A management dashboard module is disclosed to provide a user access to location information of a tracking device associated with an object or an individual. An account services module provides menu options to the user. A wizard menu enables the user to enter billing information, identification settings of the tracking device, and coverage zones. Alert messages associated with the tracking device are generated in accordance with selected coverage zones and provided to the user. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089493 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRE-POPULATING JOB ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSIONS - A method for pre-populating an end of shift submission by an employee of a transportation company. The method comprises executing software encoded on a machine readable storage medium by a CPU at a client associated with the employee to implement a Graphical User Interface (GUI) to supply particulars relating to a work shift for a member of a crew during a particular transportation trip. The GUI including a plurality of information capture fields for displaying particulars of the shift. The method comprises identifying among a plurality of data records, a data record associated with the particular trip, receiving data elements at the client derived from the record associated with the particular trip and pre-populating the information display fields with the respective data elements. Allowing the employee to edit one or more of the pre-populated information display fields. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089494 | Privacy-Preserving Metering - Privacy protecting metering is described such as for electricity, gas or water metering, metering use of cloud computing resources, traffic congestion charging and other metering applications. In examples, fine grained user consumption data is kept private and not disclosed to a provider of a resource consumed by the user. In examples, a bill generator receives certified meter readings and a certified pricing policy and generates a bill which omits fine grained user consumption data. For example, the bill generator generates a zero knowledge proof that the bill is correct and sends that proof to a provider together with the bill. In examples a provider is able to check that the bill is correct using the zero knowledge proof without finding out the user's private consumption data. In an embodiment the pricing policy is stored as signed rows of a table to enable efficient generation of the zero knowledge proof. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089495 | SECURE AND MEDIATED ACCESS FOR E-SERVICES - A system for providing secure access for a user to network accessible services. The system comprises a client software agent to generate a services request that is determined by a user. A services software agent is included and the service software agent is in electronic communication with the client software agent, to receive and fulfill the services request. A permissions software agent has a listing of user permissions for the network accessible services. The permission software agent is in communication with the services software agent and the services software agent requests user permissions from the permissions services agent so as to enable activation of the network accessible services selected by the user. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089496 | Method and Apparatus for High-Speed Processing of Financial Market Depth Data - A variety of embodiments for hardware-accelerating the processing of financial market depth data are disclosed. A coprocessor, which may be resident in a ticker plant, can be configured to update order books based on financial market depth data at extremely low latency. Such a coprocessor can also be configured to enrich a stream of limit order events pertaining to financial instruments with data from a plurality of updated order books. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089497 | Method and Apparatus for High-Speed Processing of Financial Market Depth Data - A variety of embodiments for hardware-accelerating the processing of financial market depth data are disclosed. A coprocessor, which may be resident in a ticker plant, can be configured to update order books based on financial market depth data at extremely low latency. Such a coprocessor can also be configured to generate a quote event in response to a limit order event being determined to modify the top of an order book. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089498 | Bail Bonds Agency Manager - Systems, methods, and computer-readable media having stored instructions for managing operations of a bail bond company are disclosed. A system includes one or more data storage devices which store a defendant module that includes one or more defendant profiles. Each defendant profile is associated with a defendant and includes information relating to each of one or more items of collateral that are associated with one or more bail bonds issued to the corresponding defendant. The data storage devices also include an administration module that is linked to the defendant module and that includes one or more administration sub-modules. The system further includes one or more client devices that communicate with the one or more data storage devices. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089499 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND PROCESSES FOR THE DESIGN AND CREATION OF RICH-MEDIA APPLICATIONS VIA THE INTERNET - Rich-media applications are designed and created via the Internet. A host computer system, containing processes for creating rich-media applications, is accessed from a remote user computer system via an Internet connection. User account information and rich-media component specifications are uploaded via the established Internet connection for a specific user account. Rich-media applications are created, deleted, or modified in a user account via the established Internet connection. Rich-media components are added to, modified in, or deleted from scenes of a rich-media application based on information contained in user requests. After creation, the rich-media application is viewed or saved on the host computer system, or downloaded to the user computer system via the established Internet connection. In addition, the host process monitors the available computer and network resources and determines the particular component, scene, and application versions, if multiple versions exist, that most closely match the available resources. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089500 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DELEGATING AUTHORITY - A delegated authority system allows an account holder to delegate authority to one or more individuals, such as financial advisors through a third party service. An individual receives authority to access financial accounts and/or access aggregated financial data. The individual may then retrieve account information from the individual accounts or from the aggregated financial data. In on exemplary system, the account information is accessed via the Internet or another data communication network. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089501 | Method for Sharing Ownership and Revenue with Customers - A new ownership and revenue sharing method where the customers have an opportunity to gain part ownership of the business, nurturing competition among the customers. In this method, Native Owners are the actual owners and/or stakeholders who have all the rights and initial majority of ownership. This could be the Founders, Investors and other primary stakeholders. The customers as a group would become the Secondary Stakeholders in the business. The total percentage of ownership given or dedicated or declared to the customers is at the discretion of the Native Owners/Primary Stakeholders. The maximum allowable secondary ownership is defined by the Primary stakeholders. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089502 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ROUTING IOI'S AND TRADE ORDERS - Embodiments of the present invention include systems for linking routed orders to IOI's. Broker/dealers and buyside clients may be connected to the system through system interfaces or via standard FIX protocols. A broker/dealer may submit an order to the system, which verifies and forwards the order to an ATS to be matched with an authorized buyside order. The system constructs an actionable IOI (ATX-IOI) and sends the ATX-IOI to the buyside. The buyside may send responsive orders to the system, which verifies, creates, and submits a buy order to the ATS, preserving the anonymity of the buyside. If a trade is executed, the ATS delivers notice to the system, which may generate and send fill reports to the broker/dealer and buyside, at which point identifying information of the buyside may also be provided. The system may generate compliance and regulatory reports further to the completion of the trade. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089503 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRADING A TRADE LIST IN FINANCIAL MARKETS - Systems and methods are provided for maintaining neutrality while trading a list of securities using an algorithmic trading facility coupled with at least one destination. This destination includes at least one alternative trading system (ATS). This facility is coupled, via an electronic data network, to a plurality of trading clients, and configured to receive a trade request to trade a list of securities from a trading client. This request includes user defined trading constraints that are used to generate and transmit trade orders to at least one ATS. The orders are transmitted based on trading data related to the destinations, the trade list, and the trading constraints. The facility can identify each executed trade corresponding to the trade orders and calculate a trade imbalance. The facility can determine whether the trade imbalance exceeds the trading constraints, and reallocate one or more of said submitted orders based on this determination. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089504 | ALGORITHMIC TRADING - Systems and methods of evaluating rules. Other embodiments are also described. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089505 | Methods and Systems for Managing Transaction Card Accounts - Methods and systems for managing transaction card accounts in which cardholders are permitted to incur transaction charge balances on existing transaction card accounts and substituting the existing transaction card for each of at least a portion of the plurality of cardholders with a different transaction card product upon an occurrence of one of termination of a private label or co-branded agreement and a predetermined level of inactivity on the transaction card account which has significant additional features and benefits absent from the existing transaction card product. | 2012-04-12 |
20120089506 | CREDIT CARD IMAGING FOR MOBILE PAYMENT AND OTHER APPLICATIONS - A mobile payment device includes a contactless payment module, a processing module, and a display module. The contactless payment module is coupled to execute a credit payment transaction. The processing module is coupled to detect the executing of the credit payment transaction and retrieve credit image data based on the detecting. The display module is coupled to process the credit image data into a displayed credit image. | 2012-04-12 |