21st week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 69 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130132093 | System and Method for Generating Challenge Items for CAPTCHAs - Challenge items for an audible based electronic challenge system are generated using a variety of techniques to identify optimal candidates. The challenge items are intended for use in a computing system that discriminates between humans and text to speech (TTS) system. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132094 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VOICE ACTUATED CONFIGURATION OF A CONTROLLING DEVICE - A speech recognition engine is provided voice data indicative of at least a brand of a target appliance. The speech recognition engine uses the voice data indicative of at least a brand of the target appliance to identify within a library of codesets at least one codeset that is cross-referenced to the brand of the target appliance. The at least one codeset so identified is then caused to be provisioned to the controlling device for use in commanding functional operations of the target appliance. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132095 | AUDIO PATTERN MATCHING FOR DEVICE ACTIVATION - A system and method are disclosed for activating an electric device from a standby power mode to a full power mode. The system may include one or more microphones for monitoring audio signals in the vicinity of the electric device, and a standby power activation unit including a low-power microprocessor and a non-volatile memory. Audio captured by the one or more microphones is digitized and compared by the microprocessor against predefined activation pattern(s) stored in the non-volatile memory. If a pattern match is detected between the digital audio pattern and a predefined activation pattern, the electric device is activated. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132096 | Systems and Techniques for Producing Spoken Voice Prompts - Methods and systems are described in which spoken voice prompts can be produced in a manner such that they will most likely have the desired effect, for example to indicate empathy, or produce a desired follow-up action from a call recipient. The prompts can be produced with specific optimized speech parameters, including duration, gender of speaker, and pitch, so as to encourage participation and promote comprehension among a wide range of patients or listeners. Upon hearing such voice prompts, patients/listeners can know immediately when they are being asked questions that they are expected to answer, and when they are being given information, as well as the information that considered sensitive. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132097 | APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AN AUDIO SIGNAL AND METHOD THEREOF - An apparatus for processing an audio signal and method thereof are disclosed. The present invention includes receiving a downmix signal and side information; extracting extension type identifier indicating whether extension area includes a residual signal from the side information; when the extension type identifier indicates that the extension area includes the residual signal, extracting control restriction information for residual using mode from the side information; receiving control information for controlling gain or panning of at least one object signal; estimating modified control information based on the control information and the control restriction information; obtaining at least one of enhanced object signal and one or more regular object signals from the downmix signal using the residual signal; and, generating an output signal using the modified control information and at least one of enhanced object signal and one or more regular object signal, wherein the control restriction information for residual using mode relates to a parameter indicating limiting degree of the control information in case of the residual using mode. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132098 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CODING AND DECODING MULTI-OBJECT AUDIO SIGNAL WITH VARIOUS CHANNEL INCLUDING INFORMATION BITSTREAM CONVERSION - Provided is an apparatus and method for coding and decoding multi-object audio signals with various channels and providing backward compatibility with a conventional spatial audio coding (SAC) bitstream. The apparatus includes: an audio object coding unit for coding audio-object signals inputted to the coding apparatus based on a spatial cue and creating rendering information for the coded audio-object signals, where the rendering information provides a coding apparatus including spatial cue information for audio-object signals; channel information of the audio-object signals; and identification information of the audio-object signals, and used in coding and decoding of the audio signals. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132099 | CODING DEVICE, DECODING DEVICE, AND METHODS THEREOF - Provided are a coding device, a decoding device, and methods thereof, with which it is possible to implement high sound quality coding and decoding in layered coding (scalable coding or embedded coding) wherein each layer comprises a plurality of bit rates (multi-rate). In the coding device ( | 2013-05-23 |
20130132100 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CODEC SIGNAL IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a codec apparatus and method for coding/decoding speech and audio signals in a communication system. In accordance with the present invention, a speech and audio signal in a time domain is transformed into a speech and audio signal in a frequency domain and calculating frequency coefficients of the speech and audio signal, the frequency coefficients are split by a plurality of sub-bands and the sub-band coefficients of the respective sub-bands are calculated from the frequency coefficients, and the sub-band coefficients are quantized depending on a characteristic of the plurality of sub-bands and sub-band quantization indices are calculated by quantizing the sub-band coefficients. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132101 | System and Method for Improving Performance of a Behavioral Targeting Model - A system. The system includes a computing device and a combiner module. The computing device includes a processor. The combiner module is communicably connected to the processor, and is configured to combine a score generated by a behavioral targeting model with a score generated by an attitudinal targeting model. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132102 | SMART PARKING SPACE ALLOCATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - The present disclosure relates generally to parking space allocation systems and methods, and particularly, to parking space allocation systems and methods for use in connection with parking at a mall. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132103 | Quick-Fill - ‘Quick-Fill’ is a process, pathway, or means whereby appointment failures of other short-notice opportunities may be directed to desired parties via modern communication media/social networking. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132104 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A WORKFLOW BASED ON MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL PARAMETERIZATION - A system and method for generating a work flow are disclosed. In some embodiments, the workflow may be a radiology work flow comprising a plurality of radiology work lists. Radiology work studies may be received and assigned to at least one of the radiology work lists. In some embodiments, the radiology work lists may be based on parameters or characteristics of radiologists. As such, the assigning of the radiology work studies to the radiology work lists may be based on the parameters or characteristics of the radiologists. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132105 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSIGNING WORK STUDIES WITHIN A WORK LIST - A system and method for assigning work studies to be read within a work list are disclosed. In some embodiments, the systems and methods may relate to assigning a radiology work study such as a radiology image study to be read within a radiologist work list associated with at least one radiologist. The assigning of the radiology work study to be read within the radiologist work list may comprise assigning an order to the radiology work studies that are within the radiologist work list. The assigning of the radiology work studies may be based on a service level priority for the radiology work studies. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132106 | Medical Product Request and Replacement Information System - A computer-implemented method including receiving, from a health care provider client device, an electronic trigger signal, the trigger signal indicating a change in health care information stored in one or more electronic databases associated with the health care provider, obtaining, from the one or more electronic databases and in response to receiving the trigger signal, health care provider information, filtering, using one or more computer-processors, the health care provider information to identify a patient eligible for participation in a patient assistant program, generating a health care product request application for a patient identified as eligible for participation in the patient assistant program, and outputting the health care product request application. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132107 | BROWSING A COLLECTION OF FEDERATED CLINICAL DOCUMENTS - Embodiments of the inventive subject matter include systems, methods and computer program products for navigating clinical documents associated with health care visits. Clinical documents for a patient are obtained. The clinical documents are documents associated with a plurality of care visits by the patient. The clinical documents are analyzed in order to determine importance ratings for the care visits. A timeline is displayed where the timeline includes graphical elements representing the care visits. The graphical elements are displayed on the timeline in accordance with a time of the care visit and the importance rating of the care visit. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132108 | REAL-TIME CONTEXTUAL KPI-BASED AUTONOMOUS ALERTING AGENT - An example operation metrics collection and processing system is to mine a data set including patient and exam workflow data from information source(s) according to an operational metric for a workflow of interest. An example healthcare workflow performance monitoring system includes a contextual analysis engine to mine a data set to identify patterns based on current and historical healthcare data for a healthcare workflow and extract context information from the identified patterns and data mined information. The example system includes a statistical modeling engine to dynamically create contextual performance indicators based on the context and pattern information including a contextual ordering of events in the healthcare workflow. The example system includes a workflow decision engine to evaluate the contextual performance indicators based on a model and monitor measurements associated with the contextual performance indicators, the workflow decision engine to process feedback to update the context performance indicators. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132109 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTE MANAGEMENT OF MEDICAL DEVICES AND PATIENTS - A system for remote management of patients and medical devices is provided. The system comprises one or more medical devices configured to measure one or more patient's health parameters. Further, the system comprises a personal health gateway configured to receive the one or more measured patient's health parameters. The personal health gateway further comprises a management module. Furthermore, the system comprises a public network configured to connect the one or more personal health gateways to a managed patient services platform. The managed patient services platform is configured to facilitate remote management of the one or more medical devices and patients. The managed patient services platform further comprises a management module. The system comprises a hospital system configured to facilitate one or more functionality of a healthcare facility. The management module facilitates medical device management and remote health management by embedding a healthcare protocol with a device management protocol. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132110 | DEMENTIA CARE SUPPORT METHOD, DEMENTIA INFORMATION OUTPUT APPARATUS, AND DEMENTIA CARE SUPPORT SYSTEM - A plurality of kinds of questions related to a patient of dementia is displayed on a first communication apparatus, the answers to the questions are inputted to the first communication apparatus, and patient condition information based on the inputted answers is stored at a server. Further, a graphical representation chronologically representing a plurality of pieces of patient condition information and a graphical representation representing a plurality of kinds of patient condition information so as to be associated with each other are generated at the server. The generated graphical representations are displayed on a second communication apparatus. A caregiver, a doctor or the like grasps a symptom of the patient and a change of the symptom based on the displayed graphical representations. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132111 | Pharmaceutical Business Method for High Volume Low Risk Sales - A business method for pharmaceutical sales in which a single or multiple additional parties are introduced into the transaction such that a push market strategy results for the sales of pharmaceutical which are currently sold under patent licensing. The method promotes the widespread adoption of patented pharmaceuticals while reducing risk and increasing sales volume through guaranteed long term bulk purchase agreements. The resulting method lowers initial consumer prices of pharmaceuticals during the onset of early phase production while leveling prices toward the final phase of patent life. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132112 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CLINICAL PROTOCOL DEVELOPMENT - Various aspects relate to the development of clinical study (a.k.a. trial) protocols in drug development. Is some settings, the trial development process can be optimized by integrating and receiving feedback from a large number of participants (physicians, researchers, technicians, drug developers, patients, etc.). Some embodiments invoke the combined wisdom of the user population by targeting relevant audiences for feedback and input into clinical study protocol development. User input can be solicited and developed in an open format, allowing the system capture the largest knowledge base regarding protocol development. In some settings, a set of “protocol challenges” are presented by a protocol builder system to a global community of drug developers, scientists, physicians, and patients to develop and identify issues with a clinical study protocol. Protocol challenges can be used to identify the best set of criteria for a given clinical study protocol. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132113 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTING COMMUNITY-BASED HEALTH SERVICE INFORMATION - A method and system for distributing community-based health service information is provided. In one aspect, the method receives user information including a location and a health condition and determines a health issue that is related to the condition. Services are identified based on the health condition, the related health issue, and the user's location. The method also includes providing the user with the identified services. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132114 | NEUROPSYCHIATRIC TEST REPORTS - Methods and reports for presenting genetic information that is patient-specific and relevant to treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders, including treatment resistant psychiatric disorders, to aid in patient treatment in a phenotype, genotype or biomarker-specific manner. The methods and reports examine biomarkers for dysfunction of three axes relevant to treating neuropsychiatric disorders and provide interpretive comments to aid in treatment. Combining biomarker information from each of the three axes (the autonomic arousal axis, the emotional valence, attention, reward and executive brain function axis, and the long-term potentiation and long-term depression (LTP-LTD) function axis) provides an unexpectedly comprehensive and effective means for directing treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders, including particularly treatment resistant disorders (TRD). | 2013-05-23 |
20130132115 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR REDUCING THE BURDEN ON SCHEDULING SYSTEMS BY FORECASTING A DEMAND FOR MEDICAL RESOURCES - The present invention generates a forecast factor indicating an anticipated demand for a medical resource in a medical facility during a selected time period. The invention generates the forecast factor using billing data retrieved from one or more billing data systems wherein the retrieved billing data is from a prior time period that is comparable to the selected time period. The invention may also generate a schedule of the medical resource using the determined forecast factor such that the generated schedule may substantially correspond to the anticipated demand for the medical resource during the selected time period. In addition, the invention may also generate one or more displays of the determined forecast factor to a user and may also receive a user input for selecting and/or modifying the protocol used to determine the forecast factor. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132116 | WIRELESS PATIENT DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT BASED SYSTEM FOR INTEGRATED HEALTHCARE ROUNDING LIST AND SUPERBILL MANAGEMENT - A computerized client-server based comprehensive computerized method of health care administration that utilizes concepts from ICD codes, CPT codes, and superbills to both handle medical cost accounting, organize the activity of healthcare professionals, and improve communication of important aspects of the patient's medical record. The system is based on a wireless network client-server model in which healthcare professionals in all participating institutions and departments wirelessly communicate with a server using their respective handheld computerized devices such as smartphones and tablet computers. The software methods capture patient referral information, patient admission data, diagnosis, treatment, help organize the sign-off and rounding list process. The system also generates superbills, produces discharge reports, and ensures communication between all participating medical professionals. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132117 | GRAPHICAL TOOL FOR MANAGING A LONGITUDINAL PATIENT EPISODE - Systems and methods are disclosed for graphical-based management and documentation of longitudinal care episodes. As one example, a system to manage a longitudinal care episode for a patient can include a patient data aggregator, executable by a processor, to provide context data for the patient, at least a portion of the context data including patient data associated with multiple phases of the longitudinal care episode. A tool manager can translate user interactions with an associated graphical user interface (GUI) into corresponding discrete concepts. The corresponding discrete concepts can be stored in memory as part of longitudinal episode data for the patient, the longitudinal episode data being generated based on the context data and in response to user interactions with the GUI to facilitate documentation and management of the longitudinal care episode. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132118 | GENERATING, DELIVERING AND DISPLAYING PERSONALIZED HEALTHCARE INSTRUCTIONS - Personalized heath care instructions are created, delivered and displayed. These instructions may be displayed on one or multiple devices. The devices are not specialized devices. They may be any one of the many devices readily available in the marketplace such as a smartphones, tablet computers, laptops or other computers. Better and effective communication between a caregiver and a patient improves patient care. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132119 | REPORT GENERATOR FOR A MEDICAL IMAGE READING SYSTEM - A teleradiology processing system comprises a central reading station having a plurality of computer work areas, a plurality of transcriptionist stations each having a transcriptionist computer, a shared audio communication channel that facilitates audio communication between the centralized teleradiology location and each of the transcriptionist stations and a database that stores a plurality of medical case files, where the database is accessible by each of the plurality of transcriptionist computers. In operation, each transcriptionist computer takes control of a uniquely assigned one of the plurality of computer work areas to provide information from a pre-fetched medical case. Moreover, each transcriptionist computer prepares a report based upon the medical case file and a tech sheet containing a measurement of at least one feature of a medical image. Each report, once approved by the specialist at the centralized teleradiology location, is written to the database. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132120 | MEDICAL RECORD CARDS AND STORAGE SYSTEMS - A method and apparatus for obtaining and storing medical records of a patient from an entity covered by HIPAA in a form allowing quick disclosure of the patient's medical history to a third party without restriction or delay by HIPAA. The method comprises inducing a patient to obtain possession of his or her own medical record from a covered entity; acquiring the medical record from the patient in a storage format; and storing the medical record in a memory in a form from which it can be reproduced in the storage format as received from the patient. The memory used to store the medical record can be a hard drive in an Internet server, or be a portable medium, such as a CD or DVD, and can be small enough to fit in the patient's wallet, purse or pocket. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132121 | Flexible varying premium option for critical illness insurance - Flexible, varying critical illness insurance premium schedules are determined. Input variables such as issue age, targeted present value and year-to-year premium relationship are supplied, as are some members of a set of process variables. A non-supplied process variable is calculated based on the input variables and the supplied process variables. A premium schedule based on the supplied variables and the calculated process variable is then determined, such that the premium schedule increases (or alternatively decreases) over time to at least one leveling point, at which premiums become level. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132122 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING DATA RELATED TO EMPLOYER RETURN TO WORK PROGRAMS - A computer system for processing data related to return to work responsive to employee disability includes a return to work administration computer system, in communication via a network with user devices. The return to work administration computer system is configured to receive from the user devices, data related to employer return to work programs, including data indicative of designation of an individual employee to administer return to work programs, return to work policies, transitional job opportunities for employees to return to a workplace without resumption of full duties; access stored data indicative of business rules for comparing the received data related to employer return to work programs to benchmarks, and determine whether an employer has qualified for a benefit under a disability insurance policy issued to the employer. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132123 | Flexible Varying Premium Option for Long Term Care Insurance and Critical Illness Insurance - Flexible, varying long term care insurance programs are determined. Input variables such as issue age, targeted present value and year-to-year premium relationship are supplied, as are some members of a set of process variables. A non-supplied process variable is calculated based on the input variables and the supplied process variables. An insurance program based on the supplied variables and the calculated process variable is then determined, such that the premium schedule increases (or alternatively, decreases) over time to at least one leveling point, at which premiums become level. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132124 | SYSTEM FOR DELIVERING AND AGGREGATING BENEFICIARY VOTING TICKET HAVING FUNCTION FOR CONVERSION TO DEMERIT VOTE - Disclosed is a delivery and aggregation system for a charity beneficiary ballot which has a function for converting a vote to a demerit vote. The system is for polls for selecting charity beneficiaries which are carried out in conjunction with insurance policy for damage insurance or third field insurance, which includes medical insurance, cancer insurance and pet insurance. Votes which are/have been sent by an insured person who has caused an insurance accident, and are/have been sent in a specific period corresponding to each insurance accident covered by an individual policy, are converted to demerit votes, which is determined for each occurrence of an insurance accident. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132125 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INSURANCE - A system and method for providing post-operative insurance in a surgical procedure involving implantation of a foreign material into a human body includes underwriting an insurance policy to cover an adverse event resulting from the procedure that may occur from a completion date of the procedure up to at least one year from the completion date of the procedure from a completion date of the procedure. The method further includes determining eligibility for enrollment of a patient undergoing the procedure and providing the insurance policy to the patient if the patient is eligible to enroll. Upon receiving a policy claim for the event, the claim is evaluated and insurance coverage is provided for the patient if the event is covered by the policy. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132126 | FINANCIAL INSURANCE PRODUCT FOR HYDROCARBON RESERVES - A method and system for calculating and insuring the residual value of hydrocarbon reserves (such as oil, natural gas, and gas liquids) as of a specified date or series of dates for a specific oil and natural gas well, field, or combination of fields and/or petroleum properties. Geological data, production data and other types of engineering data are combined with financial data, capital expenditure data and commodity price data as inputs into an insurance transaction analysis and pricing system resulting in the generation of an expected loss profile and insurance premium for providing the insured with a minimum residual value for the covered reserves. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132127 | Spatial Database System For Generation Of Weather Event And Risk Reports - The present invention is a tool including a spatial database and a data warehouse used to track portfolio sites that are affected by weather events, such as hurricanes, earthquakes, wildfires, hail, tornados, or manmade events. A spatial database provides rich spatial geometry features using earth longitude and latitude as a 2-D reference system in spatial system. A insurer portfolio site, which is defined by longitude and latitude data, includes portions that are represented as a point. A weather event is represented as polygon in the spatial database. Based on user configured threshold values, it may be determined when a point falls inside, or on a boundary, of a polygon to identify a site that is affected by that weather event and corresponding reports may be generated, including maps identifying the affected sites and total insured value calculations for the affected sites, in order to gauge risk. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132128 | OVERBOOKING, FORECASTING AND OPTIMIZATION METHODS AND SYSTEMS - A computer based system for maximizing revenue by determining an optimal quantity of a product to be sold is disclosed. The system determines the optimal number of seats to be sold for a flight based upon the flight's capacity and forecasted costs associated with the flight. The forecasting is based upon probabilistic distribution models takes into account passenger itinerary data, passenger and market historical data, whether a passenger has flown on a previous leg of an itinerary, the ripple denied boarding effect of reaccommodating a denied passenger. The system evaluates the potential effect of double selling a unit of inventory (e.g., seats). Downstream inventory control, revenue management and reservations systems may use the optimization data to affect the operation of the airline. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132129 | NO-SHOW FORECAST METHODS AND SYSTEMS - A computer based system for maximizing revenue by determining an optimal quantity of a product to be sold is disclosed. The system determines the optimal number of seats to be sold for a flight based upon the flight's capacity and forecasted costs associated with the flight. The forecasting is based upon probabilistic distribution models takes into account passenger itinerary data, passenger and market historical data, whether a passenger has flown on a previous leg of an itinerary, the ripple denied boarding effect of reaccommodating a denied passenger. The system evaluates the potential effect of double selling a unit of inventory (e.g., seats). Downstream inventory control, revenue management and reservations systems may use the optimization data to affect the operation of the airline. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132130 | DYNAMIC COST ANALYSIS AND OVERBOOKING OPTIMIZATION METHODS AND SYSTEMS - A computer based system for maximizing revenue by determining an optimal quantity of a product to be sold is disclosed. The system determines the optimal number of seats to be sold for a flight based upon the flight's capacity and forecasted costs associated with the flight. The forecasting is based upon probabilistic distribution models takes into account passenger itinerary data, passenger and market historical data, whether a passenger has flown on a previous leg of an itinerary, the ripple denied boarding effect of reaccommodating a denied passenger. The system evaluates the potential effect of double selling a unit of inventory (e.g., seats), Downstream inventory control, revenue management and reservations systems may use the optimization data to affect the operation of the airline. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132131 | OVERBOOKING AND UPGRADE SOLUTION METHODS AND SYSTEMS - A computer based system for maximizing revenue by determining an optimal quantity of a product to be sold is disclosed. The system determines the optimal number of seats to be sold for a flight based upon the flight's capacity and forecasted costs associated with the flight. The forecasting is based upon probabilistic distribution models takes into account passenger itinerary data, passenger and market historical data, whether a passenger has flown on a previous leg of an itinerary, the ripple denied boarding effect of reaccommodating a denied passenger. The system evaluates the potential effect of double selling a unit of inventory (e.g., seats). Downstream inventory control, revenue management and reservations systems may use the optimization data to affect the operation of the airline. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132132 | OVERBOOKING AND COST MINIMIZATION METHODS AND SYSTEMS - A computer based system for maximizing revenue by determining an optimal quantity of a product to be sold is disclosed. The system determines the optimal number of seats to be sold for a flight based upon the flight's capacity and forecasted costs associated with the flight. The forecasting is based upon probabilistic distribution models takes into account passenger itinerary data, passenger and market historical data, whether a passenger has flown on a previous leg of an itinerary, the ripple denied boarding effect of reaccommodating a denied passenger. The system evaluates the potential effect of double selling a unit of inventory (e.g., seats). Downstream inventory control, revenue management and reservations systems may use the optimization data to affect the operation of the airline. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132133 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MOB BOOKING OF HOTEL ROOMS - A computer-implemented method for an online travel agent to book hotel rooms over a computer network may comprise generating at least one collection of hotels and presenting the generated at least one collection of hotels to potential guests over the computer network; accepting, over the computer network, bookings from at least some of the potential guests to a selected one of the presented at least one hotel collection; grouping potential guests having booked a selected collection of hotels and sharing at least one common guest characteristic into a mob; conducting a reverse auction with participating ones of the plurality of hotels of the selected collection of hotels for bookings of the mob, and awarding the bookings of the mob to the participating hotel of the selected collection of hotels having won the reverse auction. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132134 | Worldwide Billboard that includes a worldwide event search engine, a worldwide service search engine, a mechanism for posting and announcing events and services, a mechanism for uploading information regarding services and events, a mechanism for writing comments regarding services and events, a mechanism for making reservation for services and events, a mechanism for giving grades to the services and events - A Worldwide Billboard that includes a worldwide event search engine, a worldwide service search engine, a mechanism for posting and adding events, services, information regarding services and events, comments regarding services and events, a mechanism for making reservation for services and events, a mechanism for grading to the services and events. Basically, this invention functions based on time and location (place). The current invention performs a search for services and events based on their time of occurrence and place of occurrence. This is a search for what is happening in a specified time, and in a specified district, specified country or the world. Users have access to all required information around the world in one website, information such as events, available services, people's comments, and critique's reviews. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132135 | Kennel System - A kennel system to be used commercially at hotels, resorts or during travel of the pet owner. The purpose of the kennel system is to allow pet owners to bring their pets with them to a hotel, hostel, resort or similar place of travel. The kennel system is largely automated and is monitored and controlled by the owner so that the hotel owner would be able to maintain the facility with a minimum of staff involvement. The owner would have total control of the care of the pet, using the automated features of the unit and controlled through a remote computer system. The kennel system includes indoor and outdoor exercise areas and secure physical access to the pet by the owner, who can take the pet out of the unit at any time for additional exercise and play time with the pet. The kennel system can be composed of singular or multiple kennels and includes automated food and water dispensers, and an automated waste cleaning system. The kennel system includes an online booking system for advance booking of a kennel linked to an advance booking system for the owner's lodging. Such online booking system would provide kennel occupancy information and booking options either through an independent online booking system or available through existing commercial sites. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132136 | SPORTS AND CONCERT EVENT TICKET PRICING AND VISUALIZATION SYSTEM - A system and method for displaying seat inventory at a venue and facilitating planning of ticket prices for events at the venue is presented. Methods to predict total revenue for an event are described. Also presented are systems and methods for determining at what price and when to release so-called ‘flex’ price tickets during an on-sale using the sales velocity and sales/inquiry ratios. Determining demand of seats from secondary markets is also described with methods to use the demand for either repricing the seats in the primary market or presenting ‘best value’ seats to a prospective purchaser. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132137 | Online Registration and Block Tracking for Travel Wholesalers, Agencies and Hotels - A system and method for providing reservation capabilities to a reservation or property management system via a plurality of Internet web sites. Each booking party is directed to a web site containing common content and content specific to the type of booking party, such as a travel agent, wholesaler, or traveler. The system ensures the complete and accurate collection of data regarding a customer and the customer's reservation request through the use of distributed software components and association with customer profiles. Each booking party may create or modify customer profile information to be associated with reservations. The product or service provider may establish and maintain its own set of commission rates, fee amounts and discount values for each type of booking party, thereby allowing the provider to control accuracy and completeness of reservations, as well as revenue flow to the booking parties. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132138 | IDENTIFYING INFLUENCE PATHS AND EXPERTISE NETWORK IN AN ENTERPRISE USING MEETING PROVENANCE DATA - Techniques are disclosed for identifying influence paths and expertise networks in an enterprise using provenance data associated with one or more meetings. For example, a method for processing provenance data comprises the following steps: generating provenance data for each of one or more meetings that capture one or more aspects of each meeting, correlating the provenance data between the one or more meetings, identifying a main topic and one or more sub-topics of each of the one or more meetings to establish a relation between the one or more meetings on a basis of topic, and identifying a path of influence among one or more meetings based on the correlated provenance data and the topic relation of the one or more meetings, wherein a path of influence comprises a meeting that influences one or more subsequent meetings on a basis of provenance data and topic. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132139 | Method And System For Providing Business Intelligence Data - A machine implemented method for collecting business intelligence data including providing a master database table on a computer readable medium and accessible by an analytics server, accessing rows in the master database table by the analytics server, with each row in the master database table containing at least a partial set of measures for a plurality of dimensions, identifying by the analytics server a set of one or more dimensions from the plurality of dimensions subject to a query by one or more computing devices in communication with the analytics server, extracting the set of one or more dimensions and associated measures for each of the one or more dimensions from the master database table, and forming a baby fact table such that each row in the baby fact table contains the set of one or more dimensions subject to the query and the associated measures derived from the extracting step. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132140 | DETERMINING A LOCATION RELATED TO ON-DEMAND SERVICES THROUGH USE OF PORTABLE COMPUTING DEVICES - A method for determining a location relating to an on-demand service on a computing device is provided. One or more processors receiving a transport request from a user. The transport request specifies at least one of a pick-up region or a drop-off region. One or more locations of interests within the at least one of the pick-up region or the drop-off region are determined. Based on the at least one of the pick-up region or the drop-off region, one or more historical locations related to the user is determined. A likely location is determined based on the determined one or more locations of interest and the one or more historical locations. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132141 | METHODS AND A SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING BUSINESS PROCESS MANAGEMENT FOR LONG-TERM EXECUTION PROCESSES - In one embodiment, a method for executing long-term business process includes steps of: a) providing an interface to design or modify a BPM diagram for at least one business process; b) providing at least one data structure to store specification and/or requirements of the BPM diagram and state of at least one BPM case/instance; c) receiving an incremental change to the BPM diagram; d) implementing based on a first set of rules, the incremental change into the BPM diagram; and e) translating the state of the BPM case/instance from a first condition to a second condition based on: i) the BPM diagram incorporating the implemented at least one incremental change; and ii) a second set of rules. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132142 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REASSIGNING A WORK STUDY - A system and method for dynamically reassigning a work study is disclosed. In some embodiments, a radiology work study may be reassigned from a first work list to a second work list. The reassigning of the radiology work study may be based on a rate of progress of a first radiologist associated with the first work list as well as a service level agreement associated with the radiology work study. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132143 | MULTIPLE SIMULTANEOUS SESSION SUPPORT BY A REMOTE TECHNICIAN USING PRELIMINARY QUEUES - In a remote technical support system, a technical support controller receives an indication of a maximum number of support sessions to be serviced by a remote technician. Thereafter, the technical support controller receives a service request for a user device, which service request is classified into a category and added to a preliminary queue corresponding to the category. The technical support controller determines if handling of the service request by the remote technician would cause the number of support sessions currently being handled by the remote technician to exceed the previously-indicated maximum number of support sessions. If not, the service request is added to a work queue for the remote technician and removed from the preliminary queue. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132144 | MANAGING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SOLUTION CENTERS - The present disclosure describes methods, systems, and computer program products for managing an information technology (IT) solution center. One method includes determining a list of priorities about activities based on a set of properties related to the activities, optimizing the activities based on the list of priorities, and assigning the optimized activities with correlated actions. The correlated actions can include at least one of (i) appointing one or more entries of the activities to customer relationship management and (ii) transferring one or more entries of the activities to a notification user interface. The method may further include maintaining a database associated with an industry IT solution center, wherein the database includes the activities and the set of properties related to the activities, and displaying issues, technical incidents, and alerts grouped according to a set of definitions. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132145 | COMPUTER-BASED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING MEETING SCHEDULES - Computer-based systems and methods that optimize meeting schedules based on financial score metrics. The meetings may be optimized for, for example, research analysts that are conducting in-person meetings with contacts of a research department and/or corporate executives of a company who, along with an analyst, are meeting contacts of the research department. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132146 | MODEL PLANT CONSTRUCTION SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES - In methods for managing congestion points of a plant lifecycle, access can be provided to a project database, as well as a congestion engine coupled with the project database. The congestion engine can be used to analyze project designs, resources, and activities. At least one congestion object can be generated based at least in part upon the analysis of the congestion engine. A project interface can be configured to present the at least one congestion object. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132147 | MANAGING FRESH-PRODUCT INVENTORY - Freshness inventory control problem may be formulated as a stochastic dynamic program. In one aspect, a stochastic dynamic programming formulation takes as input inventory status, stochastic demand forecast and cost information associated with on-hand inventory. The stochastic dynamic programming formulation is maximized to determine order quantity and depletion quantity of the product per period. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132148 | METHOD FOR MULTI-OBJECTIVE QUALITY-DRIVEN SERVICE SELECTION - This invention relates to the field of multi-objective workflow optimization. Certain exemplary embodiments of the invention are applicable in cases where workflow descriptions contain choice variables relating for instance to the selection of a specific service provider out of several service providers that provide similar services, to the selection of human workers, or to the selection between alternative subworkflows. A binding represents a combination of choices, binding the choice variables to specific values. Bindings induce specific cost and/or quality properties to the workflow, a binding being Pareto-optimal if no other binding exists that is at least as good for every cost and/or quality property and better for at least one property. Certain exemplary embodiments relate to a system and/or computer-implemented method for computing an approximation of the set of Pareto-optimal bindings such that the computed approximation satisfies specified minimum precision requirements | 2013-05-23 |
20130132149 | METHOD FOR QUANTITATIVE RESILIENCE ESTIMATION OF INDUSTRIAL CONTROL SYSTEMS - A three-layer model of an engineering system is proposed for developing and evaluating a resilient industrial control system incorporated within the engineering system, the model based upon a group of metrics that are cyclically estimated, operated and evaluated to create a valid resilient arrangement. The layers in the model include a human/operator layer, an automation layer and a process layer, where the industrial control system resides in the automation layer. The metrics are based upon the identification of a number of undesirable incidents, as well a determination of the frequency of occurrence of these incidents, their impact on the performance of the engineering system and the financial loss of the engineering system based upon these undesirable incidents. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132150 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ASSESSING COMPLIANCE RISK OF REGULATED INSTITUTIONS - A system and method for assessing compliance risk of a regulated institution. Data on a plurality of regulated institutions is extracted from publicly available sources and stored in an extracted information database. A client questionnaire is created and separated into a plurality of role categories. A list of employees and their area of responsibility is obtained from a client regulated institution. The client questionnaire is distributed to the employees, each employee receiving questions from a role category based on their area of responsibility. Answers are stored in a client questionnaire database. Data on the client regulated institution is located in the extracted information database. Then, based on the questionnaire answers and extracted data, the risk that the client regulated institution will not be compliant with a set of regulations is assessed. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132151 | Automated Omnipresent Real-time Credibility Management System and Methods - Some embodiments provide a credibility management system that aggregates user posts from several social media sites contemporaneously with the posts being published to those sites. The system parses each of the aggregated posts to identify an entity that is targeted in each of the posts and presents the posts to the targeted entities in a real-time manner. The credibility management system computes a score to determine the impact that a user post would have on the credibility of a targeted entity. By presenting the computed scores and aggregated posts to the targeted entities, the credibility management system notifies the targeted entities about what is being said about them across social media, identifies the impact of those posts, and provides a platform whereby the targeted entities can reply in order to mitigate or improve the impact that the posts would have on credibility. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132152 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DETERMINE MEDIA IMPRESSIONS - Example methods and apparatus to determine media impressions are disclosed. An example method includes determining a tail of panelists associated with monitoring information received from a panel, determining that the tail is the cause of volatility in the monitoring information, and adjusting monitoring information associated with the tail to reduce the volatility. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132153 | PRODUCT PRICING OPTIMIZER - A system for determining product pricing for a product category receives a non-linear problem for the product category, in which the non-linear problem includes a demand model. For a plurality of pair of products in the product category, the system determines coefficients for a change in demand of a first product when a price of a second product is changed. The system then generates an approximate Mixed Integer Linear Programming (“MILP”) problem that includes a change of demand based on a sum of the determined coefficients. The system then solves the MILP problem to obtain a MILP solution, which provides the product pricing. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132154 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING ANALYSIS ON DOCUMENTS RELATED TO VARIOUS TECHNOLOGY FIELDS - A method and system for performing an analysis on documents related to one or more aspects of a technology field is provided. The method includes computing a plurality of coefficients from a patent landscape created based on the documents and the one or more aspects of the technology field. The method further includes computing weights for each of the plurality of coefficients using a predefined method. The method further includes calculating a probability score for the one or more aspects using the plurality of coefficients and the weights assigned to each of the plurality of coefficients. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132155 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING INSTALLATION SITES OF ALTERNATIVE FUEL STATIONS - A method and system to identify suitable installation sites for alternative fuel stations. The system uses geocoded data sets and other data pertaining to a particular geographic market to generate three models: (1) the system generates a market capacity model that indicates the total number of stations that could be sustained by the present and/or projected consumer demand for alternative fuel within the market; (2) the system generates a hotspot model that indicates the geographic variation of estimated demand for alternative fuel within the market; and (3) the system generates a trade area model that indicates which locations within the market are quickly accessible by a sufficiently high number of alternative fuel consumers. When combined, these three models permit a user of the system to identify and analyze those locations within the market that are most suitable as alternative fuel station sites. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132156 | REAL TIME CUSTOMER SURVEYS - A financial processing system for providing real-time consumer surveys. A financial processing system receives transaction information from a merchant and transmits an authorization request of the transaction to an issuer. The financial processing system transmits approval or denial of the authorization to the merchant. The financial processing system receives an electronic consumer survey from a survey provider based on consumer criteria and transmits the electronic consumer survey to a consumer via a mode of electronic messaging. The financial processing system can include a database to store consumer criteria, consumer account numbers, and consumer general and merchant-specific shopping and response characteristics. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132157 | Integrated Gourmet Item Data Collection, Recommender and Vending System and Method - Items—including gourmet products—are evaluated and rated by participants in a controlled event, which can be coordinated by software locally or at a dedicated website. Event data, including item scores and participant scores can be shared with vendors, merchants and other commercial entities associated with the products. Promotional incentives from such entities for the products (and related products) can then be directly targeted and provided to participants and other members of the public. The participant's activities can also be collected and disseminated to affiliates/friends of the participants through social networking sites, personalized web pages, etc. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132158 | COMPUTING EARLY ADOPTERS AND POTENTIAL INFLUENCERS USING TRANSACTIONAL DATA AND NETWORK ANALYSIS - The early adopters and potential influencers (EAPI) system, method and computer-readable medium provide a way to identify early adopters and potential influencers. The EAPI system obtains a list of purchases for customers of merchants and/or subscriptions from a transaction tracking system. The EAPI system creates a time-based transaction network, and using a scoring function, the EAPI system determines an early adopter and/or potential influencer ranking among customers in the network. The EAPI system may use one or more customer attributes to determine a customer's influence with respect to different dimensions. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132159 | Automated Price Management System - A price management system that is capable of automatically or manually determining price adjustments based on current competitor pricing, retail site sales and other price related factors, such as cost of the product, freight charges, state and federal laws and state and federal taxes. Once price adjustments are determined they are able to be instantaneously and automatically implemented at the point of sale. In one of the most relevant applications, retail automotive fuel pricing, the system is able to automatically adjust and display prices on the fuel pumps as well as the advertising signs in the vicinity of the retail site. This system and methods provide for a comprehensive and efficient means of determining price adjustments and implementing the price adjustments in real-time fashion at the point-of-sale. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132160 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING AND EVALUATING NETWORK COMMODITIES PURCHASING - One or more price metrics are generated by retrieving, from a database, one or more price data sets representing a specified time period. Each of the retrieved price data sets includes at least a parameter value, a quoted cost, and a selling unit of measure for at least one item, and is responsive to a product specification data set that includes at least one parameter value and a unit of measure for each of one or more items. In at least one embodiment, a combined item price total is divided by a combined item unit total to generate a metric price per unit for each item in the product specification data set. In another embodiment, a summed individual metric price per unit is divided by the number of individual metric prices to generate an overall metric price per unit for each item in the product specification data set. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132161 | Determining Maturity Status of An Organization In A Technology Area - Systems and methods for determining a maturity status of an organization in a technology area are provided. The system comprises a processor and a memory coupled to the processor. The memory comprises a definition module configured to define a Technology Service Maturity Model (TSMM). The TSMM comprises a set of maturity levels indicating at least one of an aspired proficiency level and a current proficiency level of the organization in the technology area. The TSMM further comprises a set of capability attributes for each of the maturity levels. The set of capability attributes comprises at least one of competency, asset, delivery, pre-sales, collaboration, and branding. The system further comprises an assessment module configured to determine the maturity status of the organization in the technology area based upon the set of capability attributes possessed by the organization in the each of the maturity levels. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132162 | Method and system for enabling collaboration in an enterprise - The method and system for effective adoption of collaboration within an enterprise is disclosed. The method discloses a Collaboration Adoption Module (CAM) that addresses all goals and needs of the enterprise from collaboration perspective. The CAM provides an integrated framework that performs quantitative and/or qualitative analysis of plurality of parameters. The CAM measures parameters such as collaboration maturity and As-Is collaboration (current state of collaboration) collaboration, identifies collaboration pains, identifies existing and To-Be collaboration (desired collaboration state) patterns, suggests collaboration roadmap in an automated fashion, calculates Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), predicts Return Of Investment (ROI) and ensures usage of best practices in the collaboration space. The CAM provides a generalized framework for collaboration that applies to a wide range of industry segments. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132163 | Automated risk transfer system - In computer-implemented methods, systems and program products for estimating financial modeling outcomes, financial data are segmented into a number of categories and scenario data for a set of model scenarios are processed to obtain an estimated model outcome distribution. The categories are mutually exclusive and collectively exhaustive of the financial data while the model may be developed by learning from the data. Multiple model tests are performed with samples of the financial data until a cumulative model outcome distribution is within a pre-determined acceptable tolerance limit from a distribution of fully assessed model outcomes obtainable by performing a single test of the scenarios using all of the financial data. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132164 | Assessment Exercise Second Review Process - A second review process comprises: recording a performance of a candidate in assessment exercises in an examination of the candidate and producing a candidate performance record; providing the candidate with a performance rating in the exercises and an opportunity to view the candidate performance record; providing the candidate with an option to request a second review of the performance in at least one of the assessment exercises; accepting a request from the candidate for a second review of the performance; convening a panel of assessors to perform the second review of the performance; performing the second review of the performance to produce a second review decision, wherein the second review decision addresses the performance rating; recording the second review decision by the panel of assessors; and providing a record of the second review decision to the candidate and to an administrator. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132165 | COMPUTER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CTQ-BASED PRODUCT TESTING, ANALYSIS, AND SCORING - A computer system and method for product testing, analysis and scoring wherein the method includes defining at least one critical to quality (CTQ) parameter for product performance, defining a product test plan to verify product performance against one or more CTQ parameters, conducting and monitoring product testing, determining relative index performance scores, constructing a scorecard for products tested, and optionally modifying the product scorecard. The system and method is useful for clients (i.e. store retailers or merchants), product vendors (i.e. product manufacturers or distributors of products), testing laboratories, customers (i.e. direct consumers of the products), and product performance intermediaries (i.e. testing coordinators and testing data analysts). This system and method allows these parties to interact, exchange information, and display information in tabular and graphical formats for determining how similar products perform relative to each other. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132166 | SMART TOLL NETWORK FOR IMPROVING PERFORMANCE OF VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS - A smart toll network system for “network-based” analysis via communication of relevant vehicle identifications among to stations (i.e., by forming a smart toll network) coupled with a probabilistic-based search is disclosed. Comparing vehicle identification data (such as license plate recognition and vehicle signatures) between toll stations improves the performance relative to point-based vehicle identification analysis. Of the vehicles unidentified by license plate recognition, vehicle signatures are used to link each of them to the corresponding vehicle at the opposite end of the tolling system. If license plate recognition fails on a vehicle at an exit station, vehicle signatures can be used to find the location where that vehicle entered the tolling system. If license plate recognition was successful at the entrance station, that same license plate number can be assigned to that vehicle at the exit station, on the basis of the vehicle signature matching, without requiring human intervention. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132167 | Cloud Based Parking Management System and Method - A system and method for many administrators to financially manage the parking of vehicles at parking locations where attendants record toll transactions with portable wireless devices, through a common, cloud-based central computer server. Each local transaction recording device, such as a hand-held PDA, stores the data for multiple toll transactions until confirming that a global communications connection meets a threshold level of quality, before transmitting the data batch-wise to the central server. In this way, data from hundreds if not thousands of toll transactions can be temporarily stored until reliably transmitted to the central server. The remote server is preferably under the control of a single service company that contracts with multiple parking management companies and operators to record transaction information and provide reports associated with an effectively unlimited number of parking lot locations and portals. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132168 | Technical Task Performance Techniques - One form of the present invention includes a computer network, an input device, and a computer server. The computer server is coupled to the network and input device, and is programmed to present a publicly accessible description over the network. This description includes a reward offer contingent on acceptable development of a technical task. The computer server is responsive to input from the input device to alter the description when it is determined that the task has been acceptably performed. In a further form, the task involves production of a chemical compound sample and chemical analysis equipment is included to evaluate the sample. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132169 | System and Method for an Electronic Gift Key - A system and method facilitating delivery of a fully-integrated physical item providing access to content is presented. The system includes a local system and a gift key facilitating access to an electronic greeting card, exclusive content, product information, marketing materials, donation, promotion, or credit after linkage between the local system and the gift key. The method includes enabling access to an electronic greeting card, exclusive content, product information, marketing materials, donation, promotion, or credit from a remote system after a gift key is linked to a local system. The gift key includes a cover with optional bar code, an integrated circuit, and a physical or wireless interface. The local system could be a personal, laptop or handheld computer, a mobile phone, a smartphone, a tablet computer, or a Smart TV. The gift key could be directly attached to a box, bag, ribbon, envelope, or gift wrapping or configured as a sticker with an adhesive backing. The gift key could also be directly attached to a product. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132170 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING PROOF OF PLAY LOGS IN A DIGITAL SIGNAGE ENVIRONMENT - An example method is provided and includes analyzing a digital advertisement configured for display on a digital sign; identifying a tag event that includes a keyword provided in the digital advertisement; identifying a time interval associated with the tag event; and recording the tag event and the time interval in a log. In more specific embodiments, the tag event further comprises an identification of a speaker in the digital advertisement. The digital advertisement can be identified by a token that may be associated with a hash having a time derived attribute. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132171 | CONTENT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM USING TRANSPORTABLE MEMORY DEVICES - A portable device includes solid-state memory, an Ethernet and/or wireless network connection, and an HDMI. The portable device receives content guide data from a first server and displays a content guide on a display. In response to a user's selection of a content item, the portable device requests the content item over the Internet from a second server. The portable device receives the content item, stores the content item in solid-state memory, generates display signals that represent the content item, and sends the display signals to a display. The second server may match the content item with relevant advertisements based on keywords associated with the content item and the advertisements. The second server may send selected advertisement URLs to the portable device. Using the URLs, the portable device may obtain the advertisements over the Internet and cause the display to display the advertisements in conjunction with the content item. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132172 | Method and Apparatus for Context Adjusted Consumer Capture - In a first illustrative embodiment, a computer implemented method includes obtaining the identities of one or more vehicle occupants. The method also includes obtaining data relating to a current vehicle environment. The method further includes selecting an advertisement for delivery based at least in part on data retrieved respective to identified occupants and data relating to the vehicle environment. Also, the illustrative method includes evaluating a driver cognitive load. The method additionally includes providing the selected advertisement for delivery based on the driver cognitive load being below a suitable threshold. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132173 | PROVIDING PRIZE IN PAYMENT PROCESS IN MOBILE SHOPPING - A shopping-payment management system and method applies pre-registered prize data of a manufacturer or retail store to payment information on condition that a specific item is contained in shopping information before completing payment, and may notify a mobile device of the result. The system encourages a customer to actively use the system. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132174 | SYSTEM FOR ATTRACTING CUSTOMERS - A system for attracting new customer comprises providing a coupon to an existing customer, the coupon identifying only the customer and when that coupon is redeemed by a second customer, the first customer receives value. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132175 | MOBILE DEVICE REBATE SYSTEM - A mobile rebate application (mobile rebate APP) to obtain a rebate related to a mobile device or service of the mobile device. The APP submits a rebate request form to a rebate control center which validates, approves and authorizes rebates. The rebate may be applied to the carrier billing system of the mobile device via a mobile application storefront and/or via a social gifting platform. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132176 | OFFER MANAGEMENT AND SETTLEMENT IN A PAYMENT NETWORK WITH PURCHASE CODE - A payment network for facilitating transactions involves management of offers and accounts associated with a consumer. During a transaction, the payment network can associate one or more offers and accounts in settling a transaction. Once the offer and accounts have been associated with the transaction, the payment network can adjust a transaction amount and/or identify amounts to be debited for each account associated with the transaction. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132177 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SHARING REWARDS - The present invention generally relates to social networking rewards. Specifically, this invention relates to a system and method for providing rewards to users of one or more social networks for performing certain specified tasks. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132178 | QUESTION AND ANSWER PROCESSING DEVICE, QUESTION AND ANSWER PROCESSING METHOD, QUESTION AND ANSWER PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A question and answer processing device receives question information, purchase history requirement information, and attribute requirement information from a questioner terminal device, acquires user identification information which has been searched for by a search means that searches for the user identification information of a user satisfying requirements indicated by the received purchase history requirement information and attribute requirement information, transmits the received question information to an answerer terminal device used by a user identified by the acquired user identification information, receives determined reward information, which indicates a reward determined by a questioner for answer information, from the questioner terminal device which receives the answer information transmitted from the answerer terminal device, and causes a storage means to store the received determined reward information in association with the user identification information of an answerer. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132179 | System and Method for Combining Group Buying with Regular Selling - A system and method of combining group buying with regular selling is provided. A group-buying company advertises a first product for sale from a group-buying website. The first product is a group-buying deal with deep discount offered for a short period of time. The group-buying websites also provides recommendation information on one or more products based on the first product. The one or more recommended products are supplied by another non-group-buying company. Consumers are able to purchase the one or more recommended products from the group-buying website. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132180 | PROVIDING PRIZE IN PAYMENT PROCESS IN MOBILE SHOPPING - A shopping-payment management system and method applies pre-registered prize data of a manufacturer or retail store to payment information on condition that a specific item is contained in shopping information before completing payment, and may notify a mobile device of the result. The system encourages a customer to actively use the system. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132181 | REMOTE TRANSACTION PROCESSING WITH MULTIPLE PAYMENT METHODS USING AUTHENTICATION - A method and system for conducting an online payment transaction through a point of sale device. The method includes receiving input from a user selecting an item for purchase through the point of sale device; calculating a total purchase amount for the item in response to a request from the user to purchase the item; and sending payment authorization for the total purchase amount from the point of sale device to a payment entity, in which the payment authorization is sent to the payment entity via a mobile communication device of the user. The method further includes receiving a result of the payment authorization from the payment entity through the mobile communication device; and completing the payment transaction based on the result of the payment authorization. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132182 | TRANSACTION REWARD SYSTEM - The present disclosure provides a transaction reward system comprising a reward and transaction processor system. The transaction reward system further comprises a reward interface for receiving reward redemption information from a purchaser and communicating the reward redemption information to the reward and transaction processor system. In addition, the transaction reward system comprises a transaction interface for receiving information concerning a purchase from a retail processor associated with a retailer. The transaction reward system is arranged such that the purchaser can select at least a portion of an available reward for a purchase and the reward and transaction processor system is arranged to offset the selected reward against a cost of the purchase in accordance with the reward redemption information. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132183 | PROVIDING, STORING, REDEEMING, AND MANAGING PROMOTIONS - Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for providing, storing, redeeming, and managing promotions. A promotion service can be called to save, manage, or redeem promotions. The promotion service can be called to generate or provide promotions based upon contextual information. The promotion service also can be accessed to save promotions as well as to view or redeem saved promotions. In some implementations, the promotions can be stored in a promotion locker or other data storage device that is accessible to the promotion service. Promotions can be redeemed at a point of sale such as a web site or a physical retailer. In one contemplated embodiment, a user accesses the promotion service via a smart phone, and a bar code or other information associated with the promotion is displayed on the smart phone in response to a user request. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132184 | Systems and Methods for Removing Point of Sale Processing From PCI Scope - The methods and systems described herein provide for processing payments at a retail location whose infrastructure has been significantly removed from PCI scope. A request for processing payments may be sent from a point of sale lane to a back office server in communication with a credit card terminal. A user may use the credit card terminal to enter in secure payment information which is securely transmitted to a remote authorization service for authorization. Through this method, the credit card terminal and sensitive payment information may be securely isolated from the remaining infrastructure at the retail location. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132185 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE REAL-TIME TRANSFER OF LOYALTY POINTS BETWEEN ACCOUNTS - The invention includes facilitating the substantially real-time transfer of loyalty points between accounts. The method and system include receiving a transfer request (e.g., consumer request, triggering event, etc) for a transfer of a certain number of loyalty points, accessing and analyzing the total number of loyalty points in the transferor account to determine if a sufficient number of points exist, analyzing the type/level of consumer and type/level of points to be involved in the transfer, deducting the requested loyalty points from the transferor account, determining if any rules exist for restricting or limiting the transfer of points, using a conversion engine to convert the point value to an appropriate point value in the transferee account and increasing the point balance in the transferee account. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132186 | Methods and apparatus for processing use of a computer system - A system rewards use of a software application in a computerized device during operation of the software application in the computerized device by identifying an amount of an input signal received from at least one input device in association with the software application and accumulating a total of the amount of the input signal received over time for the software application. The system provides a reward, such as airline miles or other credit, to a registered user associated with the software application based on the accumulated total of the amount of the input signal. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132187 | REWARD PROGRAM SYSTEM AND METHODS OF USING SAME - A reward program system is disclosed that comprises a server hosting a database of rewards, a user interface connected to the server, and an algorithm configured to present a reward purchase opportunity to a participant upon the participant's completion of a behavior objective, and the algorithm is configured to allow a participant to purchase one or more rewards from the database wherein the participant pays at least a first portion of the reward price and a sponsor pays at least a second portion of the price. The algorithm may be configured to allow the participant to select at least two rewards from the database prior to the completion of the objective and the algorithm may establish an expiration time by which the participant may purchase or forfeit the rewards from the database. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132188 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROCESSING REBATES - The invention provides efficient and convenient rebate systems and methods which facilitate application of the value of a rebate redeemed by a purchaser to additional purchases by the purchaser prior to termination of a rebate redemption session. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132189 | CONTENT CONVERSION TRACKING - The present technology allows reliable and accurate tracking of conversions of invitational content by storing token identifying items of invitational content presented to the user within a cookie jar of a local occurrence of an online-store application. When a purchase or download is made from the online store, the cookies are sent to the online store, which can match the purchase or download with the tokens. Thus, conversions can be tracked as they are completed. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132190 | IMAGE TAGGING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTEXTUALLY RELEVANT ADVERTISING - Computer-implement systems and methods for tagging digital images and providing contextually relevant advertisements on a digital content platform, such as a webpage. For example, in one embodiment, the systems and methods generally include: (a) collecting digital images from one or more digital content platforms (e.g., webpages); and (b) providing a subset of the digital images to a thematic tagging engine (e.g., a crowdsource network). The thematic tagging engine is provided with a pre-defined theme, and thereafter tags the digital images based on whether the images match the pre-defined theme. The systems and methods further include: (c) matching at least one ad creative to at least one tagged image based on the pre-defined theme; and (d) providing the ad creative(s) to the digital content platform for publication proximate to the tagged image. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132191 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING FEED-BASED ADVERTISEMENTS - A server computer receives data indicating a data feed to use to create a feed-based advertisement to represent content, which is to be advertised, of a content provider. The server computer receives the data feed that is associated with the content to be advertised and generates the feed-based advertisement using one or more data elements associated with an item in the data feed. The server computer provides the feed-based advertisement to a user device. | 2013-05-23 |
20130132192 | E-COMMERCE VALUATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide new systems and methods for e-commerce, or online product and service sales. These systems and methods allow for a vendor to list a product on which buyers can place puts. Vendors can then evaluate the puts, learning valuation information about their listed item, and respond to the puts with an offer or rejection. The buyers may then redeem offers at a merchant using a physical or virtual coupon. | 2013-05-23 |