25th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 73 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140172463 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CARDIOVASCULAR TESTING - A system includes a test device at a test location, a recipient computer at a diagnosis center, and a server operatively connected to the test device and the recipient computer remote from the test location and diagnosis center at a different facility. The test device can generate test data. The recipient computer is configured to receive the patient data from the test device and display the test data to a medical specialist for entry of a diagnosis. The server can send a signal to the recipient computer after the test device produces test data, and further transmit input indicative of the diagnosis to the computer at the test location. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172465 | System and Method For Dynamically Evaluating an Insurance Program of an Entity - Described is a system having a system server and a user device. The system server as part of the system and individually stores a database of insurance related information for each of a plurality of entities and further includes tool algorithms that perform analysis of the insurance related information to generate insurance related analytical information for each of the entities. The user device as part of the system and individually executes a tool application that includes a plurality of display screens, wherein to display each display screen the user device sends a selection of a subset of the insurance related information and insurance related analytical information corresponding to each display screen to the system server and receives the corresponding subset of the insurance related information and insurance related analytical information from the system server and displays the corresponding display screen via the tool application. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172466 | Shared Medical Data Platform for Insurance Underwriting - Methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media for implementing a shared medical data platform are provided. A shared medical data platform may be implemented by effecting processing of a medical file to generate a medical report. Data regarding the medical report is distributed to a plurality of insurance underwriters, wherein the data is used to facilitate a bidding or quotation process between the plurality of insurance underwriters to offer insurance underwriting services to a client associated with the medical report. A fee is determined for effecting processing of the medical file, and payment of the fee by at least one of the plurality of insurance underwriters is facilitated based on whether the bidding or quotation process results in an offer of insurance underwriting services to the client associated with the medical report. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172467 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO ADJUST INSURANCE RATE BASED ON REAL-TIME DATA ABOUT POTENTIAL VEHICLE OPERATOR IMPAIRMENT - The method, system, and computer-readable medium facilitates monitoring a vehicle operator, the environment ahead of the vehicle, and/or forces acting on the vehicle during the course of vehicle operation to determine whether the vehicle operator is impaired (e.g., distracted, drowsy), log data relating to vehicle operator impairment for further analysis, and send the data to a server for analysis. The method, system, and computer-readable medium may monitor the vehicle operator, the environment ahead of the vehicle, and/or forces acting on the vehicle using either or both of optical sensors or accelerometers. In particular, one optical sensor may monitor the vehicle operator to detect eye blinks, head nods, head rotations, and/or gaze fixation. Another optical sensor may monitor the road ahead of the vehicle to detect lane deviation, lane centering, and time to collision. The accelerometers may detect acceleration in the direction of vehicle travel and/or lateral acceleration. The data gathered by the various sensors may be scored to determine whether to change a property and casualty insurance rate charged to vehicle operator and/or vehicle owner and/or vehicle policy. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172468 | Method for Determining Hazard Detection Proficiency and Rating Insurance Products Based on Proficiency - A method for determining an insurance premium based at least in part of a vehicle driver's proficiency at detecting hazards, having steps including: visually presenting at least one driving module that comprises at least one hazard; recording where within the visual presentation the driver looks to detect hazards during the visual presentation; determining the driver's hazard detection proficiency by evaluating whether the driver looked at hazards during the visual presentation; and calculating an insurance premium based at least in part on the driver's hazard detection proficiency. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172469 | METHOD FOR EVALUATING INSURANCE PRODUCTS - A method for evaluating and scoring insurance products by interfacing with illustration engines relating to insurance products. The method includes calculating a series of cash flows for the proposed policy by applying a decrement factor to the set of values; calculating an internal rate of return for the proposed policy from the series of cash flows, and a statistical distribution of a plurality of internal rate of returns of a proposed policy for each of the one or more insurance products; determining a value for a quantitative scoring component for the proposed policy based on a comparison of the internal rate of return for the proposed policy to a quantitative factor; and obtaining an over score for the proposed policy by combining a plurality of values for each of a plurality of scoring components. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172470 | Systems, Computer-Implemented Methods, and Computer Medium to Determine Premiums for Supplemental Crop Insurance - Provided are systems, machines, non-transitory computer medium having computer program instructions stored thereon, and computer-implemented methods for providing a premium for a supplemental crop insurance policy. The methods include identifying policy information for the policy (including a crop type, expected yield, a selected coverage level, and one or more discovery periods), generating simulated potential price trajectories for the crop type over a given time period that includes the one or more discovery periods, determining simulated prices based on the simulated potential price trajectories, generating simulated correlated price-yield realizations for the crop type over the given time period, determining simulated yields based on the simulated correlated price-yield realizations, determining a premium rate as a function of the expected yield, the selected coverage level, the simulated prices and the simulated yields, and providing the premium rate for use in determining a premium amount for the policy. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172471 | COVERAGE FOR TRANSMISSION OF DATA METHOD AND APPARATUS - The present invention provides systems and methods which afford a technical application for insuring, bonding, and underwriting a transmission of a data set, streaming data, and/or document over the Internet through TCP/IP and all other electronic media such as WAP, VOIP, fiber optic channels, microwave channels, and through standard electrical switches, electrical outlets and power lines. The present invention includes a computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions to cause a system perform a method for insuring, bonding, and/or underwriting data transmission. The method includes enabling a first remote client coupled to a communications network to insure, bond, and/or underwrite a transmission of an electronic data set, streaming data, and/or document, with a selected coverage type for a selected coverage amount, from the first remote client to one or more second remote clients. The method includes charging a fee to an appropriate account for the selected coverage type and amount. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172472 | SECURED PAYMENT TRAVEL RESERVATION SYSTEM - Methods, systems, and computer program products to securely pay for a travel booking. A travel booking may be generated at a reservation system based on booking data received from a reservation device for a customer. Issuance of a ticket for the travel booking may be held pending a confirmation of payment from a payment processor. A customer device of the customer may be interfaced with the payment processor via the reservation system to authenticate payment information for paying for the travel booking, and a payment confirmation may communicated to the reservation system. The ticket may be issued by the reservation system responsive to receiving the payment confirmation. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172473 | VEHICLE MANAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A vehicle managing system controlling a number of access controls of a parking lot comprises a storage unit and an assigning unit. The storage unit stores a reservation list and a parking space list. The reservation list registers identifiable information and a reserved parking area comprising at least one parking space. The parking space list registers an occupied state or an empty state of each parking space. The identifiable information is stored in a unique identifier and can be obtained by the access control when the vehicle enters or leaves the parking lot. The assigning unit determines whether there are any available parking spaces in the reserved parking area, and assigns a parking space to the vehicle if there is an empty parking space. A vehicle managing method applied to the vehicle managing system is also provided. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172474 | Methods and Systems for Automatic Registration Using Previously Used Credentials - Methods and systems for providing a user with re-registration for an event by presenting a previously used credential to a preceding occurrence of the event. The method includes: providing a registrant with a credential relating to an authorization for a first event from a microprocessor based computer system; and terminating the credential's ability to authorize the registrant for the first event. The microprocessor based computer system then receives a representation of the credential issues to the registrant and automatically registers the participant for a second event. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172475 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FACILITATING TRANSACTIONS USING BADGES - In various embodiments, a system and method for facilitating transactions using a badge are provided. In example embodiments, codes for a badge to be displayed on a web page of a web site are generated. The codes for the badge are embedded in the web page prior to an occurrence of an event external to the web site. In response to an indication of the event, the embedded codes are activated to display the badge on the web page. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172476 | TECHNIQUES FOR GENERATING A HEAT MAP OF A RETAIL LOCATION - Methods and systems for generating a heat map for a retail location are disclosed herein. The method includes monitoring a plurality of regions of a retail location and determining a plurality of crowd sizes based on the monitoring. Each crowd size of the plurality of crowd sizes corresponds to one of the plurality of regions. Furthermore each crowd size may be indicative of an amount of people in its corresponding region at a given time. The method further includes generating a heat map based on the plurality of crowd sizes, the heat map being indicative of the amount of people in each of the regions. The heat map and crowd sizes can be used by a customer while shopping at the retail location, to optimize a shopping route of the customer, and/or to estimate wait times at particular regions of the retail location. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172477 | TECHNIQUES FOR USING A HEAT MAP OF A RETAIL LOCATION TO DEPLOY EMPLOYEES - A computer-implemented method is disclosed herein. The computer-implemented method includes the step of monitoring, at a processing device, regions of a retail location. The computer-implemented method also includes the step of determining, at the processing device, a crowd size for each region based on the monitoring step and indicative of an amount of people in the region when the monitoring step is executed. The computer-implemented method also includes the step of generating, at the processing device, a heat map based on the crowd sizes in each region, the heat map being indicative of the amount of people in each of the regions. The computer-implemented method also includes the step of altering a distribution of employees available for service to customers in the retail store in response to the identification of the over-crowded region. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172478 | METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC WORK LOGGING AND TRACKING - A computer system for automated work logging having a processor, an automatic data capture module for capturing computer usage data, a task list having one or more tasks, a task matching unit which is configured and arranged to match a task in the task list to the computer usage data, and a work log data storage for storing matched computer usage data. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172479 | Integrated Customer Profiling, Service Provider Matching and Smart Order, Creation System and Method - A computer-implemented home maintenance and service system and method provide automated, integrated user profiling, service provider matching, and work order creation. The system and method facilitate the computer-implemented, automatic creation of service transactions, in the form of actionable work orders that can be utilized by service providers. These service transactions are established in a vendor-provided transaction brokering system that includes a home profile database, a service request match processor, and a service order processor. The system also houses and uses a comprehensive database repository for all home related information. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172480 | GOAL TRACKING SYSTEM AND METHOD - In a computer-implemented method for goal tracking goal tracking information is accessed, wherein the goal tracking information comprises user activities and contact information associated with said the activities. Goal tracking information is automatically correlated. A report comprising the goal tracking information is periodically and automatically generated. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172481 | BUSINESS ACTIVITY INFORMATION MANAGEMENT - A business activity information management and control system and method distributes, collates and tracks automated assurance questions and answers directly from key stakeholders to enable faster decision making, higher quality results and lower delivery costs. Additional features include a question-handling system, an exception reporting system and a social community area. The system also provides a graphical representation in a form of a dashboard on the graphical user interface to assist the management of the facility in managing the facility. Function-specific content, incorporates client and industry best practices. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172482 | TECHNICIAN CONTROL SYSTEM - Technician control, in which a control system is configured to control scheduling and dispatch operations for work orders being handled by technicians. Multiple technician devices are each associated with one or more technicians, are configured to communicate, over a network, with the control system, and also are configured to provide output in response to communications that are received from the control system and that are related to the scheduling and dispatch operations performed by the control system. A set of scheduling configuration options may be pre-defined and user input weighting at least one of the scheduling configuration options relative to other of the scheduling configuration options may be received. A scheduling application used by the control system to perform scheduling operations may be configured based on configuration data that reflects the weighting and scheduling operations may be performed using the configured scheduling application. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172483 | EVENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - Event management systems, methods, and computer program products. The event management system receives data defining participants and dates for an event, such as a business meeting. The system may determine the availability of the participants on the proposed dates based on data received from one or more calendar applications, if available. The system may then generate a plurality of event options based on participant availability and option costs. An event organizer may then select options from the plurality of options, and cause the selected options to be sent to the participants. The participants classify the received options as preferred, acceptable, or unacceptable. Based on these classifications, the system determines acceptable options which may include a “best option”. The event organizer selects one or more acceptable options for confirmation by the participants. In response to the participants confirming an option, the option may be booked by the event management system. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172484 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND WORK HANDOVER METHOD - An electronic device connects to a cloud server. The cloud server stores information of a first worker and a second worker. The second worker does work handover with the first worker. When it is time to do work handover by the second worker, the second worker uses the electronic device to touch the electronic device of the first worker. The information of the second worker of the electronic device is compared with the information of the second worker stored in the cloud server. When the information of the electronic device is the same as the information stored in the cloud server, a display device connected to the cloud server displays job contents stored in the cloud server. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172485 | METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING AN ENERGY MAP - A method for providing an energy map may include receiving an indication of status for each of a plurality of individual entities with respect to corresponding priorities defined for each respective individual entity, correlating received indications of status to respective group priorities, providing a representation of a plurality of the group priorities, and mapping an amount of energy associated with the group priorities by providing a graphical representation of a respective amount of resources associated with the group priorities based on the received indications. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172486 | ROLE-BASED APPLICATION CONFIGURATION - A role action framework allows for comprehensive control of various objects, data, and behaviors within a procurement and requisitioning application. This framework can be extended to be used by various transactions. A common and central mechanism that makes a supplier relationship management application highly configurable can be provided. This mechanism can allow organizations to customize the application in a manner that is most suitable for the different types of those organizations' users. For example, using this mechanism, users having defined roles within the organization can be limited to appropriate interactions with various facets of the application, such as objects, data, and behaviors. Using the mechanism, an organization can define customized roles, and for each role, the organization can define, for each facet of the application, interactions that users assigned to that role can have relative to that facet. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172487 | SCHEDULE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND SCHEDULE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM - A schedule management system comprises a long-term goal receive means; a long-term goal storage means for storing the long-term goals to be linked with the deadlines thereof; a mid-term goal receive means; a mid-term goal storage means for storing the mid-term goals to be linked with the deadlines thereof; a separate display means for separately displaying the mid-term goals and the daily tasks, in which the mid-term goals and daily tasks are respectively displayed separately in at least two categories depending on remaining time to the deadlines; and a mid-term-goal priority-sort means for sorting the separately displayed mid-term goals in the order of deadlines, and sorting the separately displayed daily tasks in the order of deadlines next to the mid-term goals displayed in the order of deadlines. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172488 | SYNTHESIS OF A SCHEDULE REPRESENTATION FROM A PROCESS MODEL - Synthesizing a schedule representation from a process model includes: defining a process model for a project plan by capturing model parameters and process flow; performing quantitative analysis on the process model, such as, for example, stochastic and queuing analysis; and synthesizing a schedule representation from the process model. In an exemplary embodiment, a discrete event simulation engine is used to synthesize a schedule representation from a process model. In an exemplary embodiment, the synthesized schedule is exported to a project viewer capable of interacting with one or more users. The system and method may include receiving one or more plan change and/or decision inputs, modifying the process model based on such inputs, performing quantitative analysis on the modified process model, and synchronizing the modified process model and the schedule representation. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172489 | TECHNIQUES FOR USING A HEAT MAP OF A RETAIL LOCATION TO DISPERSE CROWDS - A computer-implemented method is disclosed herein. The computer-implemented method includes the step of monitoring, at a processing device, regions of a retail location. The computer-implemented method also includes the step of determining, at the processing device, a crowd size for each region based on the monitoring step and indicative of an amount of people in the region when the monitoring step is executed. The computer-implemented method also includes the step of generating, at the processing device, a heat map based on the crowd sizes in each region, the heat map being indicative of the amount of people in each of the regions. The computer-implemented method also includes the step of promoting a reduction in the crowd size in at least one of the regions. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172490 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING AND PERFORMING GEOGRAPHICALLY DISTRIBUTED CELL-BASED MANUFACTURING AND/OR ASSEMBLY - The present invention relates in general to a computer implemented system, method, and apparatus for a geographically distributed, advanced cell-based manufacturing system, method, and apparatus that utilizes modular work benches and moveable parts racks. Also included are integrated computer hardware/software components, such as, machine code scanners, touch screens, barcode printers, PCs, tablets, communications capabilities, network gear, etc., in order to provide maximum flexibility, throughput, and profitability for various types of product mixes. This system increases profit margins by increasing inventory turns, reducing capitalization costs, and reducing hourly per square foot burden rates for production areas, and reducing non-productive management personnel, and by having the ability to place production equipment in near proximity to the end-user. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172491 | ON-DEMAND CLOUD SERVICE MANAGEMENT - A plurality of traditional software applications are packaged as custom composite solutions, and are stored as custom composite solution deployable images. Customer input is obtained from a customer. At least one of the custom composite solution deployable images is deployed into a management cloud in response to the customer input. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172492 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROVIDING CNG FILLING STATION OPTIMIZATIONS AND PROPOSALS - Systems, methods, computer programs, and user interfaces are provided to receive a traffic profile from a user, where the traffic profile includes a CNG vehicle profile and an associated filling frequency profile, calculate an overall fill rate based on the CNG vehicle profile and the associated filling frequency profile, and generate a filling station configuration having a station fill rate greater than the overall fill rate, where the filling station configuration includes a compressor component, a storage component, a piping component, and a dispenser component. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172493 | MANAGING AN INVENTORY OF SERVICE PARTS - An inventory of service parts may be managed by assessing a company's capability, optimizing the inventory and implementing a management program based on the assessment and optimization. Optimizing target stock levels for the inventory of parts may be accomplished by calculating an inventory baseline for understanding information about the currently held inventory; developing a service strategy for a set of segments; quantifying a service level for each of the segments; analyzing the segments and their service levels for identifying at least one logistically distinct business; assigning each of the segments to a “best-fit” planning model for indicating each segment's deployment, replenishment, forecasting and review characteristics; identifying a probability distribution function for estimating a demand process of each of the segments; and calculating a target stock level for each segment. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172494 | MULTI-BASE INVENTORY DEPLOYMENT COMPUTATION DEVICE - The invention displays multiple inventory period combinations, as multiple multi-base inventory deployment proposals having assessed values for items such as cash flow and inventory value, each of said assessed values being within a range entered by an inventory deployment decision-maker. For each product included in request information, the invention finds a minimum period (the total lead time from when a given item leaves the applicable warehouse until the item reaches the base that sells the applicable product) and a maximum period (the total lead time needed for all component parts configuring the item to reach the warehouse, added to the minimum period), for each item configuring said product and each warehouse base. The invention computes product-specific inventory period combination information for each warehouse base, and creates inventory period combination information by combining said product-specific inventory period combination information for each product type. The invention performs an inventory management calculation for the inventory period combination information, computes the value of an assessment index, and compares said value to the maximum value thereof. The invention selects an inventory period combination having an assessment index value within a permitted range, as a candidate display proposal. For the candidate display proposal, the invention computes a display evaluation value for each display proposal evaluation item by multiplying a display evaluation coefficient by an inventory value. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172495 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED BRAND PROTECTION - Brand threat information is identified relating to potential threats to one or more brands of one or more organizations. A characteristic of one or more operating environments is identified and a relation is determined between a particular one of the potential threats and the characteristic. The determined relation is used to determine risk associated with a particular brand of an organization. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172496 | Automatic Management of Accidents Using Rules for Starting Post-Accident Procedures - Implementations of the present disclosure are directed to automatically monitoring occurrence and initiating actions in response to accidents in operations of an enterprise with actions including receiving a plurality of vehicle data sets, each vehicle data set corresponding to a vehicle of a plurality of vehicles that support the operations of the enterprise, receiving a set of accident rules from a data repository, processing a vehicle data set based on the set of accident rules, and determining that a vehicle corresponding to the data set was in an accident, and in response: determining one or more remedial actions to be performed, identifying one or more entities, each entity performing at least one remedial action of the one or more remedial actions, and transmitting a plurality of instruction data sets to the one or more entities, each entity of the one or more entities receiving at least one instruction data set. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172497 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING RISK BASED ON PREDICTION ON SOCIAL WEB MEDIA - An apparatus for managing risk in social web media in a prediction-based manner is provided, and includes a risk vocabulary management unit, which extracts and manages vocabulary to be managed as pertaining to risk from social web content, a risk issue prediction analysis quality extraction unit, which performs language analysis and sensitivity analysis, a risk prediction modeling unit, which models risk prediction analysis, a risk detection and notification unit, which automatically detects and notifies the risk, a risk situation monitoring unit, which monitors in real time a risk state of a risk entity when an alarm is raised with respect to the detected risk, and a risk history management unit, which receives user feedback for monitored risk information and manages a record of a terminated risk situation. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172498 | Relationship prediction system using external databases - A Relationship Prediction System Using External Databases for providing a relationship prediction based on the correlation of personal characteristics and the analysis of genetic characteristics is disclosed. In one embodiment, a first person supplies descriptions of their own personal characteristics, as well as descriptions of the personal characteristics of their ideal match, to a website. The first person also furnishes an odor, tissue or fluid sample to a test facility, where genetic characteristics are analyzed and determined. A relationship match is then generated based on both a combination of both a positive correlation of the personal characteristics of the first person and second person, and a measured dissimilarity between the sequence of genetic characteristics of the first person and second person. In one embodiment, personal characteristics are obtained from one or more external webpages. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172499 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS PROVIDING CONTENT RATINGS BASED ON ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS - Methods and systems for tracking user ratings based on release date and rerelease date of a media asset in an interactive media guidance application for display on a device. Methods and systems are provided to compute and store, in a first data structure, a plurality of initial ratings of a media asset made available to a plurality of users for a threshold period of time. After the media asset is rereleased, methods and systems are provided to independently compute and store, in another data structure, rereleased user ratings of the media asset made available to users after the threshold period of time has passed. Methods and systems are provided to generate a simultaneously independent display of the initial rating and retransmission rating of the media asset. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172500 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD AND PROCESS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR DYNAMICALLY ADAPTING PROCESSES - Certain example embodiments relate to a computer-implemented method for adapting at least one process defined as a base model in a process management system. In the process management system, at least one adaptation layer is defined separate, from the base model. The adaptation layer includes at least one definition of an adaptation of the base model. The at least one adaptation layer is applied on the base model in accordance with at least one aggregation rule to generate an adapted model of the at least one process. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172501 | System Apparatus Circuit Method and Associated Computer Executable Code for Hybrid Content Recommendation - Disclosed are systems, apparatuses, circuits, methods and computer executable code sets for generating and providing hybrid content recommendations. One or more recommendation engines are collaboratively arranged based on the conditions of a recommendation request. The collaborative recommendation engine arrangement is used for generating a set of content recommendations for the request. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172502 | CONSUMER WALKER REPORTS - A computer system identifies merchandise that has high loyalty at a retailer. The computer system determines a repeatability value of an item in a product category in an inventory at a retailer, wherein the repeatability value indicates how frequently a customer purchases the item out of a plurality of items in the product category. The computer system also determines an exclusivity value of the item, wherein the exclusivity value indicates how frequently the customer purchases the item instead of an alternative item out of the plurality of items in the product category. The computer system further generates a report related to the inventory of the retailer that is at least partially based upon the repeatability value and the exclusivity value of the item. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172503 | TRANSACTIVE CONTROL AND COORDINATION FRAMEWORK AND ASSOCIATED TOOLKIT FUNCTIONS - Disclosed herein are representative embodiments of methods, apparatus, and systems for facilitating operation and control of a resource distribution system (such as a power grid). For example, embodiments of the disclosed technology can be used to improve the resiliency of a power grid and to allow for improved consumption of renewable resources. Further, certain implementations facilitate a degree of decentralized operations not available elsewhere. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172504 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROCESSING AND MANAGING COMMUNICATIONS - An online and offline communication processing and tracking using data processing and data/voice networks is described. A phone address from a phone address number pool is automatically assigned to a first entity. A call quality rating is determined and recorded. A call from a caller directed to the phone address is received at a call bridging system coupled to at least one network, wherein the call is associated with call signaling information. Based at least in part on the call quality associated with the caller call, the caller call is assigned to a first location in a call queue. An outbound call is generated from the call bridging system and the inbound and the outbound calls are bridged. One or more parameters of the bridged call are compared to the call quality rating. An indication is recorded regarding the successful bridging of the calls in association with an entity identifier. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172505 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ONLINE SUPPORT AND PROMOTION OF AUTHORS - Provided are methods and systems for online support and promotion of authors. Upon allocation of creations to various categories, an author may be supported and promoted by an audience. The audience comprising multiple unregistered users may provide their assessment by viewing and listening to the creations of the author, leaving their comments or making votes. The assessment of the audience may increase a rating of the author or his creations. A high rating may prompt investors to provide a financial support to the author or his creations. The investors may provide the financial support in any amount and within any time period. Based on the financial support, an interest or a fixed amount from future income of the author or his creations may be provided to the investors and a service provider associated with online support and promotion of authors. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172506 | CUSTOMER SEGMENTATION - Systems, methods, and products are provided for customer segmentation. Embodiments include offline storage of predetermined segmentation values for customers. Such offline storage typically provides upon request to event processing servers a predetermined segmentation value for a customer. In typical example embodiments, the event processing servers are operatively coupled to the offline storage, and the event processing servers generate, in real time based upon a customer action stream and the predetermined segmentation value, a current segmentation value for the customer. Example embodiments also include online storage operatively coupled to the event processing servers, the online storage receiving from the event processing servers current segmentation values, storing the current segmentation values, and exposing the current segmentation values through an interface for use in servicing customer requests. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172507 | MERCHANT ATTRITION PREDICTIVE MODEL - A method for predictive modeling of merchant attrition in a payment network. The method includes registering a plurality of merchants in the payment network, each merchant associated with at least one merchant acquirer; standardizing merchant registration information for the plurality of merchants to identify duplicate entries; assigning a unique merchant identification to each merchant; receiving transactional data from at least one merchant, the transactional data including at least a transaction amount and a transaction date; building a time series data set for the merchant from the transactional data; determining a merchant category for the merchant based on the primary industry group in which the merchant operates; and calculating a probability for the merchant to switch to a different acquirer based on one of a plurality of attrition models. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172508 | System and Method For Generating Student Mirror Maps In A University - An educational institution (also referred as a university) is structurally modeled using a university model graph. A key benefit of modeling of the educational institution is to help in an introspective analysis by the educational institute. The analysis of the various activities performed on the university campus by the various entities (such as students) of the university leads to the generation of student specific activity maps. These maps play a role in counseling students in organizing and planning of their activities in the context of the university. A system and method for automated generation of mirror maps involves the combined analysis of a set of activity maps of a set of students to measure their similarities. Such similarities help, for example, in the process of formation of teams, and identification of meeting times and venues. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172509 | SALES MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An sales management apparatus of the present invention for managing sales data transmitted from a sales terminal device via a communication network includes a receiving section which receives sales data and position data of a sales venue transmitted from the sales terminal device placed on a mobile sales vehicle side when sales are being conducted at the sales venue by the mobile sales vehicle, a totalizing section which totalizes the sales data by mobile sales for each sales venue based on the sales data and the position data received by the receiving section, an analyzing section which analyzes the totalization results obtained by the totalizing section according to an analysis condition for analyzing the totalization results obtained by the totalizing section, and an output section which develops and outputs the analysis results obtained by the analyzing section on a map. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172510 | Enterprise Content Management (ECM) Solutions Tool and Method - A computer-implemented tool provides enterprise content management solution information. The computer-implemented tool includes: a set of templates stored in computer-implemented data storage, each template corresponding to an industry group, and including a set of organization segments, sub-segments, or both, and a set of enterprise content management solutions. A processor is configured to determine a first template associated with an identified organization from the set of templates and to determine enterprise content management organization information associated with the identified organization. The processor is also configured to generate a quantitative indicator based on the set of enterprise content management solutions implemented by the identified organization in the industry group, the organization segment, or the organization sub-segment, in comparison to the set of the enterprise content management solutions associated with the respective industry group, organization segment, or the organization sub-segment. The processor is configured to transmit display data. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172511 | System and method for sales performance improvement by identifying isotonic architecture - Disclosed herein is a method and system for improving performance of a sales person by generating appropriate suggestions. When the sales person has to approach a client organization to do business, the system collects information related to the client organization and builds a people map. Information in the people map is processed to identify parameters such as power centre, power play and power centre in the client organization. Further, based on the identified power centre, power play and power centre information, suggestions are made so as to help the sales person to improve knowledge about the client organization and to strategize sales approach accordingly. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172512 | EFFICIENTLY GENERATING TEST CASES - Techniques, an apparatus and computer program product for generating test cases for covering enterprise rules and predicates are disclosed by receiving data associated with at least one of a business requirement and a business scenario as input, wherein the data comprise at least one of a set of predefined rules; based on the data, generating at least one or more test cases as output without any human intervention, wherein the output comprises a test script for the business requirement or the business scenario, and wherein the data associated with the at least one of a business requirement and a business scenario comprise at least one of a business rule, business requirement and predicate, the data associated with the at least one of business requirement and business scenario are stored as a linked graph in a repository, and wherein each node of the linked graph is mapped to previously stored data in the repository, wherein the repository comprises either one of a structured or unstructured data, and the data are obtained from the requirement specifications. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172513 | ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A system and method facilitating review, communication and monitoring of regulatory compliance on a utility or project and in particular a computerized, web-based, environmental compliance system (ECS) which monitors, evaluates and displays environmental compliance (or non-compliance) information for any utility or construction project. This includes receiving, storing, communicating and displaying compliance data and information extending over the life of the project from (a) project development phase, through (b) the construction phase, (c) operation phase, and finally (d) project decommissioning phase. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172514 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CALCULATING PERFORMANCE INDICATORS - A method and apparatus for generating performance indicators and improving performance based on metrics is disclosed. During work on a user story (project) for completion, teams and individuals perform work. This work on the user story is tracked and based on the tracking of the work, the system generates or receives metrics that define the team and individual actions. These metrics are used to calculate performance indicators which are provided to a manager, the team, or an individual. The calculation may include use of a weighting value and comparison of the performance indicator to a threshold. Responsive to the performance indicators various actions may occur including: providing training, moving an individual from the team to a different team, changing one or more physical processes by which work on a user story occurs, and terminating employment of an individual on a team. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172515 | Feed Creation For Use With Sales Force Automation And Collaboration Solutions - Business users of a sales force automation solution can be enabled to receive updates and other relevant and timely information relating to key performance indicators (KPI) and other metrics via a news feed approach. A business user who is not directly registered to receive notifications about status changes in a particular data structure or business process can nonetheless be provided, via a feed bot service, with a feed content item generated upon detection of a status change in one or more data structures underlying one or more business processes of a customer organization using the sales force automation solution. The feed content item can relate to progress toward or achievement of a key performance indicator of the customer organization. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172516 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STREAMLINING DATA COMPILATION AND REPORT GENERATION - The systems and methods for streamlining data compilation and report generation include storing one or more academic categories having one or more performance indicators in an electronic database, each performance indicator forming part of a sentence. A metric associated with each performance indicator forms another part of the sentence. The academic categories are displayed on a screen with the performance indicators and metrics associated therewith for selection by a user. Student information is then received and processed along with the selections of the academic categories, the performance indicators and the metrics from an interactive computer medium over a communication network. The received performance indicators are combined with each of the received metrics, and based on the student information, to create at least one complete sentence presentable in a student report measuring the academic performance of a student for one or more academic categories. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172517 | RANDOM SAMPLE ELECTIONS - A novel method allows a random sample of a large population of voters to cast votes and for both the unpredictability/un-manipulability of the sample selection and the integrity of the tally to be verified by any interested parties using public information. The problem of vote selling is addressed. Also, a variant allows voters to remain substantially anonymous. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172518 | PARKING METER COMMUNICATIONS FOR REMOTE PAYMENT WITH UPDATED DISPLAY - A parking meter receives data indicative of a remote payment being completed and displays an amount of time purchased by the remote payment for a parking session. The parking meter determines an amount of time remaining in the parking session and powers down at least a portion of a meter communication subsystem subsequent to receiving the data indicative of the remote payment being completed. The parking meter wakes up the powered down portion of the communication subsystem upon determining that the amount of time remaining is below a threshold time, and can receive an indication of additional time being paid for remotely, and can update the displayed time remaining to reflect the additional time. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172519 | Controlling Use of Parking Spaces Using Cameras and Smart Sensors - Tracking use of a destination location is disclosed. Based on a first vehicle image showing a first vehicle at a first location and on the first location of the first vehicle received based on a sensor located within the first vehicle, it is determined that the first vehicle is occupying the destination location at the first time. Next, based on a second vehicle image showing the first vehicle at a second location and on the second location of the first vehicle received based on the sensor located within the first vehicle, it is determined that the first vehicle has left the destination location at the second time. Finally, it is indicated that the first vehicle began use of the destination location at the first time and that the first vehicle completed use of the destination location at the second time. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172520 | INDICATOR FOR AUTOMATED PARKING SYSTEMS - Indicating payment for use of a destination location is disclosed. First, it is determined that a vehicle has approached the destination location. In response, it is determined that that the destination location is associated with automated parking services. In response, a first activation signal is forwarded to an indicator. Next, it is determined that the vehicle is within the destination location at a first time. In response, it is determined that an account associated with the vehicle is configured to make payment for parking of the vehicle within the destination location. Then, payment for the parking of the vehicle within the destination location is activated. Finally, in response, a second activation signal that differs from the first activation signal is forwarded to the indicator. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172521 | Traffic Control System, Congestion Control Method, Information Processing Apparatus, and Control Method and Storage Medium Therefor - A traffic control system ( | 2014-06-19 |
20140172522 | TRANSACTION METHOD AND APPARATUS - A method of facilitating transactions between a first party and a second party. The method comprises, receiving from the first party a first indication of interest for the transaction subject, generating a response and an response reveal date in response to receiving the first indication of interest, and transmitting the response to the first party on or after the response reveal date. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172523 | Hand/Surface-Sanitizing Kiosk with Ad Space - A vertical elongated kiosk with a floor-engaging portion is equipped with a handle and optional wheels adjacent a rear surface to facilitate is mobility. A deck region has a dispenser which may include a spout from which hand/surface sanitizer is dispensed in response to a motion sensor. Electrical power is provided alternatively by a storage battery which may be recharged by a solar panel or an ac outlet plug. A wireless receiver/transmitter communicates with a remote base computer to control and monitor the operation of the kiosk. Informational displays, both video and placard, can be accommodated and a business card dispenser provided. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172524 | ANALYSIS AND PREDICTION OF COUPON EFFECTIVENESS - Coupons may be analyzed in order to determine the relationship between a coupon's content and the coupon's performance. In one example, a service delivers coupons to users, and receives feedback on the coupons' performance. For example, the service may receive information on how often users print a given coupon, or how often a coupon results in a conversion. The service may build a model of how a coupon's features, and external events such as the weather, correlate with a coupon's performance. The service may offer a portal that businesses use to design and disseminate coupons. The portal may suggest particular types of coupons, or particular coupon dissemination strategies, based on the models that have been built from analysis of prior coupons. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172525 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ISSUING, EVALUATING, AND MONITORING CARD-LINKED OFFERS - Methods and systems are disclosed for issuing, evaluating, and monitoring offers and incentives linked to various consumer financial accounts. Financial service account providers, merchants, card-linked offer providers, and/or service providers may collect transaction information relating to the redemption of card-linked offers. From the data, informative metrics may be determined relating to the offer, its redemption rate, and the consumers who redeemed it. The metrics may be used to evaluate the relative success of the offer, and can trigger revenue sharing processes derived from the offer. In certain aspects, incentive offers may be modified based on the metrics. In further embodiments, the metrics may also be used to determine a metric score that provides further information about the card-linked offer campaign. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172526 | Transaction tax collection system and method - A system and method for sale and use tax collection rate by providing a system and method including a mechanism to incent taxpayers comprising three major components: Merchants (Data Capture devices), Processors/Acquirers and the Aggregator. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172527 | SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING A NETWORK-BASED USER REFERRAL PROGRAM - A system for implementing a referral program includes a referral tracking system capable of tracking referrals of users from participant sites to a merchant site, and capable of determining whether such referrals result in purchases. The referral program participants may select particular catalog items to recommend, and may provide encoded links on their sites to the corresponding catalog pages of the merchant site. The system may include a report generation system that provides the participants with activity reports regarding the referral and purchase activity attributable to such links. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172528 | PROVIDING FUTURE ACCESS TO REWARD DISTRIBUTION IN A PURCHASE OFFER AND REWARD SYSTEM - Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods and computer program products for managing the distribution of rewards in a purchase offer and reward program. Specifically, embodiments of the present invention provide for applying a monetary reward to a designated account that is only available to the customer in the future based on occurrence of a triggering event. In specific embodiments of the invention, the triggering event may be a future date or an account amount threshold, such that when the date occurs or when the threshold amount is accumulated in the account, the account becomes accessible to the customer. Moreover, the account may be any type of account, such as a savings account or the like. In specific embodiments, the account is associated with a pre-paid credit card or a similar product, such that once the triggering event occurs the pre-paid credit card is issued to the customer. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172529 | CHASING REWARDS ASSOCIATED WITH ACCOUNTS - The present invention is directed to a method for linking accounts corresponding to different products together to create a group so that group processing can be performed at the group level while independent processing of the accounts is performed at the account level. The method links the accounts into a group by linking a financial record for each account to group master data for the group. The group master data includes information about the group, including group control settings, aggregate data, and a group identifier. A group typically includes a key account and one or more dependent accounts. The relationship between a dependent account and the group is specified by a dependent strategy. A dependent strategy specifies group level processing options for the account. The relationships between the accounts and the group are flexible to accommodate changes in the status of the group cardholders. Alternative embodiments will be apparent to those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains without departing from its spirit and scope. Accordingly, the scope of the present invention is described by the appended claims and is supported by the foregoing description. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172530 | Real time on-demand coupon delivery during shopping - The present invention provides a method, system and program product for real time on-demand coupon delivery during shopping. Consumers use built-in cameras or NFC-reader functionalities of their mobile devices to act on the tags of products they are interested in. The coupon client applications in their mobile devices capture, save and process data in the tags of products, create requests for coupons, send requests with data in the tags of products to coupon servers, fetch responses from coupon servers, save coupons in their mobile devices, and present coupons for products during checkout. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172531 | PERFORMING TRANSACTIONS USING QR CODES - Embodiments are directed to performing transactions using a quick response (QR) code, and to directly purchasing items from a seller using a QR code. In one scenario, a computer system receives, from a purchaser, an indication of items that are to be purchased using a mobile wallet application, and determines a total price for those items. The computer system then receives a tokenized QR code that includes embedded account information for the purchaser. The computer system generates a second tokenized QR code that includes encrypted account information for the seller, along with encrypted account information for the purchaser and the determined total price for the items that are to be purchased, and sends the second tokenized QR code to a transaction processing node where the money is transferred. The computer system then receives an electronic receipt indicating that the money was transferred from the purchaser's account to the seller's account. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172532 | OPTIMAL UTILIZATION OF COUPONS - The disclosure is related to optimally utilizing coupons stored in user equipment. Information on coupons stored in the user equipment may be collected by scanning memory sectors of the user equipment. A representative coupon code that represents the coupons stored in the user equipment may be generated to include the obtained coupon information with device identification (ID) information, authentication information, and service server information. Such a generated representative coupon code may be outputted upon a predetermined event. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172533 | LOYALTY ACCOUNT IDENTIFICATION - Using identifiers on user payment instruments to identify user loyalty accounts comprises a method to store a loyalty account list associated with a user, the loyalty account list comprising one or more user loyalty accounts; associate an identifier with the loyalty account list; receive information identifying a user loyalty account associated with a merchant, the information comprising an account number for the user loyalty account and an identity of the merchant; associate the user loyalty account with the loyalty account list; receive a request for information identifying a user loyalty account associated with a merchant, the request comprising the identifier received by the merchant from a user payment instrument and an identity of the merchant; determine the user loyalty account associated with the merchant; and provide the information identifying a user loyalty account associated with a merchant. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172534 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO FACILITATE PROGRAMMING OF AN OFFER CAMPAIGN - A computing apparatus configured to represent offer rules based on requirements for the detection of predefined types of events and actions scheduled to be performed in response to the detection of each occurrence of the events. At least some of the events can include the actions of providing punches on virtual punch cards in the offer programs in which a user is enrolled. One of the event types is configured to be matched/triggered in response to recording punches in the virtual punch cards. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172535 | LOYALTY SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A loyalty system and/or method comprising a mobile computing device and a server wherein the mobile computing device communicates with the server to obtain a loyalty code for use in a loyalty program. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172536 | ALTERNATIVE DISTRIBUTION OF REWARDS IN A PURCHASE OFFER AND REWARD SYSTEM - Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods and computer program products for alternative means for rewards distribution in a purchase offer and rewards program, such as a cash-back merchant offer program implemented by a financial institution. In present embodiments of the invention, rewards distribution is not limited to accounts held at the entity implementing the purchase offer and rewards program, but rather, rewards may be applied to accounts that are external from the entity implementing the purchase offer and rewards program. Further, rewards distribution is not limited to accounts held by the customer, but rather, rewards may be applied to accounts, both internal and/or external, held by individuals or entities other than the customer. In addition, rewards distribution may provide for the rewards to be applied to an account associated with a pre-paid credit card or the like. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172537 | TRANSACTION COST RECOVERY DISCOUNT OFFERING - Apparatus and methods for determining a transaction cost recovery amount are provided. The transaction cost recovery amount may be determined for each of a plurality of locations. The locations may include point-of-sale terminals and/or checkout lanes. The transaction cost recovery amount may be determined based on Merchant Category Code (“MCC”) information. When a customer leaves a first location associated with a first MCC, the customer may be informed of a transaction cost recovery amount at a second location. The second location may be associated with a second MCC. The transaction cost recovery amount may be determined based on a product inventory. The transaction cost recovery amount may be imposed to maintain an inventory level above a critical level. The transaction cost recovery amount may be based on a decrease and/or increase in an inventory level. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172538 | OFFER INSERTION SYSTEM - The invention provides a computer system and method for managing electronic transactions. A plurality of consumer and merchant accounts are stored in a data store. Each consumer account has a first consumer account identifier. Each merchant account has a merchant account identifier. A merchant offer is stored in the data store in association with the merchant account having the respective merchant account identifier. A push module associates the merchant offer with the consumer account identifier. A communication and routing module receives a charge request over the network interface device, the charge request including an amount and a second consumer account identifier and identifies a selected one of the consumer accounts by associating one of the first consumer account identifiers with the second consumer account identifier. A transaction processing system that processes the charge request based on an account detail of the selected consumer account. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172539 | MEDIA STATION WITH CUSTOM BUMPER - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for providing a custom bumper within a media station. A custom bumper can be created using gathered bumper creation data and a bumper template. Bumper creation data can be any data regarding the media station and can be used to populate an appropriate bumper template. The populated template is a completed custom bumper customized based on the bumper creation data. Further, rewards can be awarded to encourage desired user interactions. Upon a determination that a desired user interaction has occurred a predetermined number of times, a reward can be awarded. The reward can be making available a previously unavailable media item. Bumper creation data indicating the remaining number of times the user interaction has to be performed to achieve the reward to be awarded can be used to create a custom bumper. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172540 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING ADVERTISING EFFECT - An apparatus for measuring advertising effect includes a content providing unit configured to provide content including one or more advertisements according to a request of one or more fixed terminals, and an effect measuring unit configured to receive an advertisement reproduction/view log from the fixed terminal receiving the content from the content providing unit, and measure the advertising effect in cooperation with another system which provides advertisement-related information or sells an advertised product or service. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172541 | Generating Metrics Based on Client Device Ownership - A social networking system generates metrics for one or more advertisements based on client device ownership. Social networking system users are identified as owners of client devices. For example, a social networking system user is identified as owning a client device if the user's user account was accessed using a native software application or a web browsing application associated with the client device. Exposures to one or more advertisements by the identified owners are determined and used to generate advertising metrics with respect to the client devices owned by the owners. The metrics may be segmented or organized based on various client device types. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172542 | EVENT BASED ADVERTISEMENT SELECTION - A method for selecting an advertisement (ad) to display in an ad spot, comprising: accessing a database documenting categories, each including at least one event item having geographical coordinates, an event occurrence time parameter and at least one descriptive parameter; receiving at least one theme definition selected for an advertising campaign; matching between the theme definition and at least one relevant category from the categories; assigning an ad from the advertising campaign to the relevant category according to the matching; receiving a message indicative of a location of a user at a specific time from a client terminal associated with the user; finding an event item corresponding to the location and time; selecting an ad from the relevant category which includes the corresponding event item; and sending the client terminal a response to the message, comprising instructions to present the ad on a display of the client terminal. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172543 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATIC CONTROL OF MARKETING ACTIONS - A method for automatically performing marketing actions. The method includes receiving consumer input relating to a product and/or service (“Product/Service”) from a service information display, receiving contextual input associated with the consumer input, placing the received consumer and contextual input into one or more segmented data groups, wherein each segmented group includes consumers data and associated contextual data having similar characteristics, and wherein each segmented group has sufficient consumers data and associated contextual data to enable statistical analysis. The method further includes computing for the Product/Service a projected marketing effectiveness corresponding to a change to one or more marketing attributes of the Product/Service, where the change to one or more marketing attributes defines a marketing action specified in a rule associated with one of the one or more segmented groups, and applying the rule in response to the projected effectiveness being equal or exceeding a corresponding pre-defined value. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172544 | USING NEGATIVE FEEDBACK ABOUT ADVERTISEMENTS TO SERVE ADVERTISEMENTS - A social networking system stores a plurality of objects and displays advertisements related to the objects to users of the system. If a user dislikes an advertisement, the user may provide explicit negative feedback for the advertisement. When the social networking system receives the negative feedback, a list of reasons for the user's dislike is presented to the user, who may select one or more of the reasons. If the user selects a user-specific reason, the object represented by the advertisement is added to a negative interests list for the user. If the user selects an advertisement-specific reason, the negative feedback is used to determine a quality score for the advertisement. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172545 | LEARNED NEGATIVE TARGETING FEATURES FOR ADS BASED ON NEGATIVE FEEDBACK FROM USERS - An online system stores profiles describing characteristics of a plurality of users. An advertisement is presented to a first group of users. A subset of the first group, comprising a second group of users, provides explicit negative feedback for the advertisement. The negative feedback indicates the users' lack of interest in the advertisement. The online system identifies characteristics of the second group of users and determines a cluster of users other than the users in the first group. For each user in the cluster, the online system determines whether to provide the advertisement to the user based at least in part on the user's inclusion in the cluster. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172546 | DIGITAL PERSONALIZATION SCHEMA FOR OFFERS - An offer identifier is generated when an end user purchases an online offer via an application module on the end user's remote client device. An offer receipt comprising the offer identifier is communicated to the purchaser, and the offer identifier is stored on the purchaser's remote client device. The offer identifier is communicated to a merchant payment system when redeeming the offer offline at the merchant's store and then communicated to the offer redemption recording system. The offer redemption recording system lists the offer identifier received from the merchant payment system as redeemed. The offer redemption recording system uses the listed offer identifiers to identify previous purchasers of online offers by searching for the matching offer identifiers on the purchaser's remote client device when the purchaser uses the application module on the remote client device to access web sites associated with an ad server. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172547 | Scoring Online Data for Advertising Servers - Systems and methods for using online activity data in implementing a marketing strategy are provided. A system and method can include generating, on a computing device, variables using signature data that includes historic clickstream data and current clickstream data associated with an entity. A subset of the variables can be identified using a covariance matrix for the variables. Scores can be generated by applying the subset of the variables to models. Weighted scores can be generated by associating weights with the scores. The weighted scores can be used for selecting online advertisements. Target data can be received that includes online advertisement click data associated with the entity. New scores of the current data can be generated using the models. The weights associated with the new scores can be modified using the target data. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172548 | PROVIDING NOTIFICATIONS OF USER SELECTION OF ADVERTISEMENTS - The present invention is generally directed to providing notifications when a user selects an advertisement. The advertisements can be displayed in an interface such as a webpage that provides password management. The advertisements can be related to goods or services provided by an entity that sponsors the webpage. When the user selects an advertisement, one or more notifications can be generated and sent to the entity and/or the user. These notifications can be used to increase the likelihood that the user will purchase the goods or services advertised, as well as to evaluate the effectiveness of an advertisement. The present invention also extends to rotating the source of advertisements that are displayed in a webpage. The present invention further extends to verifying user credentials that are provided for logging in to a website, and automatically logging a user out of a website once the user credentials have been verified. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172549 | E-COMMERCE NETWORKING WITH DEPTH AND SECURITY FACTORS - An online interactive communication and chatting system and method for providing information to a web site having different levels of user interactions, with the provided information being available to or shareable with registered users of the system at specific levels thereof. The provided information is keyed to the different levels of user interaction, with different Key Phrases being respectively linked to the different levels. The correct entry of a Key Phrase provides access to a linked level with communication, chatting and information available therein to registered users correctly entering the Key Phrase. Incorrect entry of a Key Phrase provides access to incorrect information generated by the system. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172550 | ENGAGEMENT-BASED DYNAMIC PAYMENT AMOUNTS FOR PPC (PAY-PER-CLICK) ADVERTISEMENTS - A plurality of advertisements are associated with PPC (pay-per-click) payment amounts paid to third-party publishers for referrals. The PPC payment amount is based on a level of engagement for a particular user with a particular advertisement. As a result, each instance of an advertisement impression can lead to a varying PPC payment amount. The PPC payment amounts are accumulated by the publisher that successfully induces user interactions with the plurality of advertisements through a social media platform. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172551 | Using Transaction Data and Platform for Mobile Devices - Systems and methods for using historical and current financial transaction data in implementing a marketing strategy are provided. A system and method can include updating stored signature data using current data associated with an entity. The signature data includes historic data including credit card transactions or debit card transactions associated with the entity. One or more model variables are generated using the updated signature data associated with the entity. A marketing score for the entity is determined by applying one or more model variables to a marketing model. The marketing score indicates a likelihood that the entity will respond to an offer. Whether the marketing score exceeds a predetermined marketing threshold is determined. Based upon determining that the marketing score exceeds the predetermined marketing threshold and determining that the entity is within the geographic area, an indication for triggering transmission of the offer to the entity is generated. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172552 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLICK FRAUD PROTECTION - A system and method for preventing click fraud and/or determining invalid clicks are provided to measure click related data, decide according to target URL defined conditions whether to present an Intelligent interstitial, decide according to target URL defined conditions how to populate the interstitial and then measure Search user interaction with the interstitial. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172553 | TECHNIQUES FOR USING A HEAT MAP OF A RETAIL LOCATION TO PROMOTE THE SALE OF PRODUCTS - A computer-implemented method is disclosed herein. The computer-implemented method includes the step of monitoring, at a processing device, regions of a retail location. The computer-implemented method also includes the step of determining, at the processing device, a crowd size for each region based on the monitoring step and indicative of an amount of people in the region when the monitoring step is executed, including identifying at least one over-crowded region. The computer-implemented method also includes the step of generating, at the processing device, a heat map based on the crowd sizes in each region, the heat map being indicative of the amount of people in each of the regions and displaying the over-crowded region. The computer-implemented method also includes the step of offering for sale a product promotion positioned at the over-crowded region identified in the heat map. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172554 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTING A PREFERRED MESSAGE - A computer-implemented method is described and includes, in a computerized server, receiving a candidate message from each of a plurality of designers. The candidate message is sent to a plurality of target recipients, and actions of the target recipients are monitored in response to the candidate message, including compiling metrics associated with the actions of the target recipients. The metrics for the candidate messages are compared, and one of the candidate messages is selected as a preferred message based upon the comparing. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172555 | TECHNIQUES FOR MONITORING THE SHOPPING CART OF A CONSUMER - A computer-implemented method is disclosed herein. The method includes the step of receiving, at a processing device of a commerce server, one or more signals from a head mountable unit associated with each of a plurality of products physically placed in a shopping cart by a consumer. The method also includes the step of identifying, with the processing device, each of the plurality of products in response to the corresponding one or more signals received from the head mountable unit. The method also includes the step of correlating, with the processing device, each of the plurality of products with a price. The method also includes the step of maintaining, with the processing device, a summation of the prices of the plurality of products. The method also includes the step of transmitting, with the processing device, the summation to the head mountable unit. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172556 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO PROVIDE ADVERTISEMENT DATA BASED ON DEVICE INFORMATION AND OPERATIONAL INFORMATION OF APPARATUSES - A method provides advertisement data including obtaining device information and operational information from one or more user apparatuses, transmitting the obtained device information and the obtained operational information to an advertisement data providing server, receiving advertisement data selected by the advertisement providing server on a basis of the obtained device information and the obtained operational information transmitted to advertisement providing server, and transmitting the received advertisement data to an advertisement data display device, wherein the obtained operational information is information on a use pattern of the one or more user apparatuses. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172557 | INTERACTIVE DISPLAY SYSTEM - A computerized interactive display system configured to function through a window such as a window of a storefront and to be fully interactive with a person standing on an exterior side of the window. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172558 | PURCHASE TRANSACTION CONTENT DISPLAY - Systems and methods of providing information via a computer network are provided. An indication of a transaction with a first merchant can be received via a computer network by a data processing system. The data processing system can create an index representing an inventory of a second merchant which is independent of the first merchant, and can identify a product from the inventory of the second merchant using the index and data associated with the indication of the transaction. The data processing system can provide content corresponding to the product for display at a computing device prior to completion of the transaction. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172559 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING LOCATION-BASED GOAL BALANCE INFORMATION - Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for providing a notification to a consumer based on the location of the consumer. The system includes a computer apparatus including a processor and a memory; and a software module stored in the memory. The software module includes executable instructions that cause the processor to receive a goal corresponding to a specific product a consumer desires to purchase; determine a location associated with a mobile device of the consumer; identify a merchant that is located at or near the location associated with the mobile device of the consumer; determine whether the merchant offers for sale the specific product associated with the goal; provide a notification to the mobile device associated with the consumer based at least in part on determining that the merchant offers for sale the product, the notification comprising information related to the user's progress towards the goal. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172560 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROFITABILITY ANALYTICS - Disclosed herein is a method to guide savings opportunities provided through a financial institution to their customers. The method comprising: analyzing financial transactions of customers to identify financial usage patterns, comparing usage patterns to available savings opportunities, reviewing available savings opportunities, identifying which savings opportunities are to be offered through the financial institution to customers and which are to have restricted access and enabling offered savings opportunities and restricted access savings opportunities for customers through the financial institution. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172561 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRESENTING ADVERTISEMENT INFORMATION - A method and device for allowing an electronic device to output advertisement information while the electronic device is being charged by an external charging device is provided. A method of controlling the electronic device for presenting advertisement information includes operations of connecting with the external charging device for data communication; in response to an external charging device charging of a battery installing an application in the electronic device; in response to the external charging device being connected for the data communication; and outputting the advertisement information to the electronic device by using the application. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172562 | QUERY-REFINEMENT ADVERTISEMENTS BASED ON QUERY-COMPLETION SUGGESTIONS - Methods, computer systems, and computer storage media are provided for presenting query-refinement advertisements based on query-completion suggestions. At least a portion of a search query is received, and one or more query-completion suggestions are provided. An indication of interaction with at least one of the query-completion suggestions is received. Based on the interaction, a query-refinement advertisement is provided. | 2014-06-19 |
20140172563 | Targeting Objects to Users Based on Search Results in an Online System - Advertisements in a social networking system may be targeted to searching users in relation with a real-time search engine operated by a social networking system. Ads are targeted to users based in part on social information included in a structured search query and/or search results on a page. In a typeahead search, a user of the social networking system may receive prefix search results of objects in the search box. The prefix search results are ranked by relevance to the user, and advertisers may bid for particular objects to increase their ranking in the results list. An option may be provided to a viewer of search query results to buy an ad that would be seen by other users who performed the same search query, received a targeted search result, or based on targeting criteria as determined by the viewer bidding on the ad. | 2014-06-19 |