40th week of 2017 patent applcation highlights part 63 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20170286826 | REAL-TIME DEEP LEARNING FOR DANGER PREDICTION USING HETEROGENEOUS TIME-SERIES SENSOR DATA - A computer-implemented method and a system are provided for, in turn, providing driver assistance for a vehicle. The method includes forming, by a processor, a deep High-Order Long Short-Term Memory (HOLSTM)-based model by applying, to a HOLSTM, high-order interactions captured between global pattern distribution probabilities and local feature representations of an input sensor signal vector at each of a plurality of time steps. The input sensor signal vector is formed from multiple time series. Each of the multiple time series corresponds to a different one of a plurality of driving related sensors. The method further includes generating, by the processor, one or more predictions of impending dangerous conditions related to driving the vehicle based on the deep HOLSTM-based model. The method also includes informing, by an operator-perceptable warning device, an operator of the vehicle of the one or more predictions of impending dangerous conditions. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286827 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR A DIGITAL NEUROMORPHIC PROCESSOR - An apparatus and method are described for a neuromorphic processor design in which neuron timing information is duplicated on a neuromorphic core. For example, one embodiment of an apparatus comprises: a first neurosynaptic core comprising a plurality of neurons and a synapse array comprising a plurality of synapses to communicatively couple the plurality of neurons, each synapse connecting two neurons having a weight associated therewith, wherein a first neuron is to generate an output spike based on the weights of synapses over which inputs are received from the other neurons; a second neurosynaptic core also comprising a plurality of neurons and having at least one counter to maintain a count value indicative of spike timing for a second neuron, wherein a spike output of the second neuron in the second neurosynaptic core is communicatively coupled over a first synapse to the first neuron in the first neurosynaptic core; and a duplicate counter maintained within the first neurosynaptic core and synchronized with the counter from the second neurosynaptic core, the first neuron to use a first value from the duplicate counter to adjust the weight of the first synapse coupling the second neuron to the first neuron. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286828 | Cognitive Neural Architecture and Associated Neural Network Implementations - A spiking neural network in which communication and computation is performed on data represented as points in actual time. Such neural networks provide new ways of performing computation in human-engineered computing systems that employ the same basic paradigm as the mammalian neocortex. Information is encoded based on the relative timing of individual voltage spikes produced, consumed, and computed upon by groups of neurons. Component and interconnection delays are an integral part of the computation process. Multi-connection paths between pairs of neurons are modeled as a single compound path. Multi-layer networks are trained from the input layer proceeding one layer at a time to the output layer. Training involves a computation that is local to each synapse, and synaptic weights are determined by an averaging method. The action of inhibitory neurons is modeled as a bulk process, rather than with individual neurons. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286829 | Event-driven Learning and Reward Modulation with Spike Timing Dependent Plasticity in Neuromorphic Computers - Systems and methods for event-driven learning with spike timing dependent plasticity in neuromorphic computers are disclosed. A neuromorphic processor includes a synapse coupled to a pre-synaptic neuron and coupled to a post-synaptic neuron, the synapse including a synapse memory to store a synapse weight and synapse spike timing dependent plasticity (STDP) circuit coupled to the synapse memory. The pre-synaptic neuron includes a pre-synaptic neuron memory to store a pre-synaptic neuron spike history and a pre-synaptic neuron STDP circuit coupled to the pre-synaptic neuron memory, the pre-synaptic neuron STDP circuit to, in response to the pre-synaptic neuron firing, initiate performing long term potentiation. The post-synaptic neuron includes a post-synaptic neuron memory storing a post-synaptic neuron spike history and a post-synaptic neuron STDP circuit coupled to the post-synaptic neuron memory to, in response to the post-synaptic neuron firing, initiate performing long term depression. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286830 | QUANTIZED NEURAL NETWORK TRAINING AND INFERENCE - Training neural networks by constructing a neural network model having neurons each associated with a quantized activation function adapted to output a quantized activation value. The neurons are arranged in layers and connected by connections associated quantized connection weight functions adapted to output quantized connection weight values. During a training process a plurality of weight gradients are calculated during backpropagation sub-processes by computing neuron gradients, each of an output of a respective the quantized activation function in one layer with respect to an input of the respective quantized activation function. Each neuron gradient is calculated such that when an absolute value of the input is smaller than a positive constant threshold value, the respective neuron gradient is set as a positive constant output value and when the absolute value of the input is smaller than the positive constant threshold value the neuron gradient is set to zero. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286831 | Analyzing Concepts Over Time - A method and apparatus are provided for automatically generating and processing first and second concept vector sets extracted, respectively, from a first set of concept sequences and from a second, temporally separated, concept sequences by performing a natural language processing (NLP) analysis of the first concept vector set and second concept vector set to detect changes in the corpus over time by identifying changes for one or more concepts included in the first and/or second set of concept sequences. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286832 | Analyzing Concepts Over Time - A method and apparatus are provided for automatically generating and processing first and second concept vector sets extracted, respectively, from a first set of concept sequences and from a second, temporally separated, concept sequences by performing a natural language processing (NLP) analysis of the first concept vector set and second concept vector set to detect changes in the corpus over time by identifying changes for one or more concepts included in the first and/or second set of concept sequences. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286833 | Analyzing Concepts Over Time - A method and apparatus are provided for automatically generating and processing first and second concept vector sets extracted, respectively, from a first set of concept sequences and from a second, temporally separated, concept sequences by performing a natural language processing (NLP) analysis of the first concept vector set and second concept vector set to detect changes in the corpus over time by identifying changes for one or more concepts included in the first and/or second set of concept sequences. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286834 | BIDDING METHOD OF DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCE IN MICRO-GRID BASED ON ARTIFICIAL IMMUNITY - The present invention discloses a micro-grid distributed energy resource bidding method based on artificial immunity including the following steps: processing the collected information by a bidding unit agent to form artificial immune antigen of quotation environmental; performing solving based on artificial immune algorithm to obtain antibody meeting the interest of a distributed energy resource; and decoding the antibody to obtain a bidding scheme of the distributed energy resource. The present invention utilizes artificial immune intelligent algorithm with strong ability of information processing and self-adaption, thus solving the problem of uncontrollable bidding under complicated environment. Uncertainty problem resulted by the intermittent power supply is overcomed by the capability of self-adaption and defect tolerance of artificial immunity during bidding process. In addition, the coordination of entire micro-grid MAS is improves by coordinated evolution of artificial immunity. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286835 | Concept Hierarchies - A method and apparatus are provided for generating concept hierarchies in response to a user request to produce a hierarchy of concepts from a first concept set by performing a natural language processing (NLP) analysis comparison of the vector representations of the concepts in the first concept set to determine a similarity measure for each pair of distinct concepts Ci and Cj in the first concept set, and to construct therefrom a concept hierarchy based on one or more specified hierarchy parameters and the similarity measure for each pair of distinct concepts Ci and Cj in the first concept set. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286836 | Living Machine for the Manufacture of Living Knowledge - Living Machine for the manufacture of living knowledge by living individuals through the practice of the knowledge creation process in knowledge creation process cycles wherein living knowledge economics operates. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286837 | METHOD OF AUTOMATED DISCOVERY OF NEW TOPICS - The present disclosure relates to a method for performing automated discovery of new topics from unlimited documents related to any subject domain, employing a multi-component extension of Latent Dirichlet Allocation (MC-LDA) topic models, to discover related topics in a corpus. The resulting data may contain millions of term vectors from any subject domain identifying the most distinguished co-occurring topics that users may be interested in, for periodically building new topic ID models using new content, which may be employed to compare one by one with existing model to measure the significance of changes, using term vectors differences with no correlation with a Periodic New Model, for periodic updates of automated discovery of new topics, which may be used to build a new topic ID model in-memory database to allow query-time linking on massive data-set for automated discovery of new topics. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286838 | PREDICTING SOLAR POWER GENERATION USING SEMI-SUPERVISED LEARNING - A method for predicting solar power generation receives historical power profile data and historical weather micro-forecast data at a given location for a set of days. Based on power output features for the days, clusters are generated. A classification model that assigns a day to a generated cluster according to weather features is created. For each cluster, a regression model that takes as input weather features and outputs predicted solar power is built. A system includes a sensor for collecting meteorological data at a solar farm, a meter for measuring photovoltaic power output of the solar farm, and a computer processor for executing instructions to predict solar power generation at the solar farm according to the method disclosed, based on data from the sensor and the meter, for a predefined time period. Further instructions predict solar power generation at the solar farm based on a micro-forecast for the solar farm. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286839 | SELECTION OF MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHMS - Systems and methods of selecting machine learning models/algorithms for a candidate dataset are disclosed. A computer system may access historical data of a set of algorithms applied to a set of benchmark datasets; select a first algorithm of the set of algorithms; apply the first algorithm to an input dataset to create a model of the input dataset; evaluate and store results of the applying; and add the first algorithm to a set of tried algorithms. The computer system may select a next algorithm of the algorithm set via submodular optimization based on the historical data and the set of tried algorithms; apply the next algorithm to the input dataset; capture a next result based on the applying; add the next result to update the set of tried algorithms; and repeat the submodular optimization. The procedure may continue until a termination condition is reached. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286840 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF PROBABILITY FORECAST - A method and system for probability distribution forecast evaluation are disclosed. The present disclosure is directed to embodiments of a system that evaluates probability distribution forecasts by acquiring one or more of a probability distribution forecast, a probability distribution realization, and a prior knowledge of the probability distribution forecast. The system disclosed herein may then compute an accuracy score and an information score based on the acquired forecast, realization, and prior knowledge. In evaluating the forecast, a performance score may also be computed based on the accuracy score and the information score. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286841 | MONITORING DEVICE AND MONITORING METHOD THEREOF, MONITORING SYSTEM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM IN WHICH COMPUTER PROGRAM IS STORED - This invention provides a monitoring device and the like which exhibit high capability of detecting a state related to a system even when the system allows a plurality of objects to be monitored to complexly cooperate with each other. A monitoring device | 2017-10-05 |
20170286842 | LEAVE OF ABSENCE PREDICTION SYSTEM, PREDICTION RULE LEARNING DEVICE, PREDICTION DEVICE, LEAVE OF ABSENCE PREDICTION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - Provided are a leave of absence prediction system and the like capable of predicting whether an employees, etc. will take a leave of absence in a predetermined time. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286843 | DATA DRIVEN FEATURIZATION AND MODELING - Computer-implemented systems and methods are disclosed for automatically generating predictive models using data driven featurization. The systems and methods provide for obtaining data associated with a target event, annotating the data to identify a target event and establishing one or more limits on the data, censoring the data based on the annotations, determining features of the censored data, and analyzing the features to determine a predictive model. In some embodiments, the systems and methods further provide for converting the features into a binary representation and analyzing the binary representation to produce the predictive model. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286844 | DECISION SERVICE - A computer implemented method comprising accessing a decision service, determining a subset of the decision logic, inserting a causal probe into the decision service, receiving a query at the interface of the decision service, executing the decision logic to determine the one or more outputs for the decision service for the received query, and outputting the one or more outputs and the causal history from the decision service for the received query. The causal history can be accessed at a later date and used to generate a causal model that can be used to determine an explanation for the original decision. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286845 | AUTOMATIC EXTRACTION OF USER MOBILITY BEHAVIORS AND INTERACTION PREFERENCES USING SPATIO-TEMPORAL DATA - A user trajectory graph may be constructed based on spatio-temporal data and mobility pattern extracted from trajectory graph. Users may be clustered into groups, wherein the users in a same group posses similar feature values in the mobility pattern, and the users in different groups have different feature values, to identify personas and location sets. A distribution model may be constructed that models user timing and location preference, wherein an outcome indicates a preference for a particular time bin on a particular day for a particular location. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286846 | FEEDBACK MECHANISMS IN SEQUENCE LEARNING SYSTEMS WITH TEMPORAL PROCESSING CAPABILITY - Embodiments relate to a first processing node that processes an input data having a temporal sequence of spatial patterns by retaining a higher-level context of the temporal sequence. The first processing node performs temporal processing based at least on feedback inputs received from a second processing node. The first processing node determines whether learned temporal sequences are included in the input data based on sequence inputs transmitted within the same level of a hierarchy of processing nodes and the feedback inputs received from an upper level of the hierarchy of processing nodes. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286847 | NESTED DEVICE FOR EFFICIENT FACT CHECKING - An efficient fact checking system analyzes and determines the factual accuracy of information and/or characterizes the information by comparing the information with source information. The efficient fact checking system automatically monitors information, processes the information, fact checks the information efficiently and/or provides a status of the information. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286848 | FOLDABLE DEVICE FOR EFFICIENT FACT CHECKING - An efficient fact checking system analyzes and determines the factual accuracy of information and/or characterizes the information by comparing the information with source information. The efficient fact checking system automatically monitors information, processes the information, fact checks the information efficiently and/or provides a status of the information. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286849 | FACT CHECKING METHOD AND SYSTEM UTILIZING A CURVED SCREEN - An efficient fact checking system analyzes and determines the factual accuracy of information and/or characterizes the information by comparing the information with source information. The efficient fact checking system automatically monitors information, processes the information, fact checks the information efficiently and/or provides a status of the information. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286850 | FACT CHECKING CALENDAR-BASED GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE - An efficient fact checking system analyzes and determines the factual accuracy of information and/or characterizes the information by comparing the information with source information. The efficient fact checking system automatically monitors information, processes the information, fact checks the information efficiently and/or provides a status of the information. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286851 | FACT CHECKING PROJECTION DEVICE - An efficient fact checking system analyzes and determines the factual accuracy of information and/or characterizes the information by comparing the information with source information. The efficient fact checking system automatically monitors information, processes the information, fact checks the information efficiently and/or provides a status of the information. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286852 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SOLVING A MINIMUM CONNECTED DOMINATING SET PROBLEM USING QUANTUM ANNEALING FOR DISTANCE OPTIMIZATION - A method is disclosed for determining a minimum connected dominating set in a graph, the method comprising obtaining an indication of an input graph, the input graph comprising a plurality of nodes and a plurality of edges; generating a distance table comprising for each node of the input graph, an indication of a distance between the given node and each of the other node of the plurality of nodes; generating a corresponding constrained binary quadratic programming problem using the generated distance table; providing the corresponding constrained binary quadratic programming problem to a quantum annealing solver; obtaining at least one approximate solution from the quantum annealing solver; post-processing the at least one approximate solution and providing the post-processed at least one approximate solution. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286853 | INTENT-BASED SCHEDULING VIA DIGITAL PERSONAL ASSISTANT - Techniques are described herein that are capable of performing intent-based scheduling via a digital personal assistant. For instance, an intent of user(s) to perform an action (a.k.a. activity) may be used to schedule time (e.g., on a calendar of at least one of the user(s)) in which the action is to be performed. Examples of performing an action include but are not limited to having a meeting, working on a project, participating in a social event, exercising, and reading. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286854 | AUTOMATIC REVISION OF A PREDICTIVE DAMAGE MODEL - A method for automatic revision of a predictive damage model that assess a physical system and provides maintenance recommendations to a user platform includes evaluating the predictive model at periodic intervals, identifying alternate parameters for the model that satisfy real-world physical constraints, determining an impact of the alternate parameters on an accuracy of the predictive model, forecasting performance of a predictive model modified with the alternate parameters, optimizing data driven terms of the predictive model by deploying the alternate parameters, and providing updated maintenance recommendations to a user platform display based on the modified predictive model. The method can also include comparing the one or more maintenance recommendations to actual maintenance experiences on the physical system, and also performing a heuristic parameter search for the data-driven terms. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing executable instructions and a system for implementing the method are also disclosed. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286855 | DETERMINING A PROBABILITY OF A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LAYERS OF GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM DATA - A device may receive first data items and second data items that may have been output by sensor devices. The device may add, to a node in a data structure, at least some of the first data items. The device may divide the node to create subnodes that correspond to subregions of a geographic region. The device may add, to at least one of the subnodes, at least some of the second data items. The device may generate a probability of a first relationship, between the first data items and the second data items, based on determining subnodes that include a first data item and determining subnodes that exhibit a predefined second relationship with a second data item. The device may send, to another device, the probability of the first relationship to support location-based services. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286856 | TREND ANALYSIS FOR A NEURO-LINGUISTIC BEHAVIOR RECOGNITION SYSTEM - Techniques are disclosed for detecting changes in a neuro-linguistic model. According to one embodiment, detecting changes in a neuro-linguistic model comprises receiving a first neuro-linguistic model, wherein the first neuro-linguistic model provides a set of statistical descriptions generated from a first set of input data received from one or more sensor devices during a first time period receiving a second neuro-linguistic model having a second set of statistical descriptions for second input data, wherein the second neuro-linguistic model provides a set of statistical descriptions of the second input data transmitted from the one or more sensor devices during a second time period, comparing the second set of statistical descriptions to the first set statistical descriptions to determine a set of matching statistical descriptions and generating a similarity score based on the matching statistical descriptions, and upon determining a trend change based on a comparison between the similarity score and a threshold, outputting an alert indication of trend change. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286857 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DYNAMICALLY GENERATING REAL-TIME RECOMMENDATIONS - Systems and methods are provided herein for generating personalized timeline-based feeds to a user. A computer-implemented method for generating feeds to a user may be provided. The method may include generating a timeline comprising a plurality of milestones and needs associated with an event, and providing the feeds based on community wisdom. The feeds may be provided for each milestone on the time-line specific to the user, and may be configured to address the user's needs at each milestone. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286858 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EMULATION OF A QUANTUM COMPUTER - A universal quantum computer may be emulated by a classical computing system that uses an electronic signal of bounded duration and amplitude to represent an arbitrary initial quantum state. The initial quantum state may be specified by inputs provided to the system and may be encoded in the signal, which is derived from a collection of phase-coherent coherent basis signals. Unitary quantum computing gate operations, including logical operations on qubits or operations that change the phase of a qubit, may be performed using analog electronic circuits within the quantum computing emulation device. These circuits, which may apply a matrix transformation to the signals representing the initial quantum state, may include four-quadrant multipliers, operational amplifiers, and analog filters. A measurement component within the quantum computing emulation device may produce a digital signal output representing the transformed quantum state. The gate operation(s) performed may be selected from among multiple supported operations. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286859 | QUANTUM PROCESSOR WITH INSTANCE PROGRAMMABLE QUBIT CONNECTIVITY - In a quantum processor some couplers couple a given qubit to a nearest neighbor qubit (e.g., vertically and horizontally in an ordered 2D array), other couplers couple to next-nearest neighbor qubits (e.g., diagonally in the ordered 2D array). Couplers may include half-couplers, to selectively provide communicative coupling between a given qubit and other qubits, which may or may not be nearest or even next-nearest-neighbors. Tunable couplers selective mediate communicative coupling. A control system may impose a connectivity on a quantum processor, different than an “as designed” or “as manufactured” physical connectivity. Imposition may be via a digital processor processing a working or updated working graph, to map or embed a problem graph. A set of exclude qubits may be created from a comparison of hardware and working graphs. An annealing schedule may adjust a respective normalized inductance of one or more qubits, for instance to exclude certain qubits. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286860 | MULTIPLE-ACTION COMPUTATIONAL MODEL TRAINING AND OPERATION - A processing unit can determine a first feature value corresponding to a session by operating a first network computational model (NCM) based part on information of the session. The processing unit can determine respective second feature values corresponding to individual actions of a plurality of actions by operating a second NCM. The second NCM can use a common set of parameters in determining the second feature values. The processing unit can determine respective expectation values of some of the actions of the plurality of actions based on the first feature value and the respective second feature values. The processing unit can select a first action of the plurality of actions based on at least one of the expectation values. In some examples, the processing unit can operate an NCM to determine expectation values based on information of a session and information of respective actions. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286861 | STRUCTURED MACHINE LEARNING FRAMEWORK - Disclosed is a computing device. The computing device can include a processor and a memory. The memory can store instructions that, when executed by the processor, can cause the processor to perform operations. The operations can comprise determining a computational burden for a component of an application, developing a cost model, and generating resource provisioning set points. The component of the application can execute at a specified performance level. The cost model can specify a cost to execute the component of the application over a range of performance levels. The range of performance levels can include the specified performance level. Each of the resource provisioning set points can indicate a quantity of compute nodes assigned for each phase of the component of the application. The quantity of compute nodes can be based on the specified performance level and the cost to execute the component of the application. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286862 | SYSTEM FOR MIRRORING HUMAN MEMORY AND GENERATING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL CLONE OF PERSONALITY - A computing and logic system for mirroring human memory involved in everyday role play, and printing a 3D clone of personality as an algorithm of prediction for feelings, thought patterns and behaviors in different situations of life. A user's computing device and mobile application installed on the user's device provide interaction between the user's device and a remote server running a server application, and a database, and aims to to help the user know themselves better through everyday situations. The server application is operatively coupled to the mobile application, which is adapted and configured to relay tailor-fitted text, audio and video content between the user and the server application via a web browser or the user's device. The server application and mobile application are adapted and configured to permit the user to interact anonymously with the server via a web site or the mobile application. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286863 | ANOMALY SCORE ADJUSTMENT ACROSS ANOMALY GENERATORS - Techniques are disclosed for generating an anomaly score for a neuro-linguistic model of input data obtained from one or more sources. According to one embodiment, generating an anomaly score comprises receiving a score indicating how often a characteristic is observed in the input data. Upon receiving the score, comparing the score with an unusual score model to determine an unusualness score and comparing the unusualness score with an anomaly score model based on one or more unusual score models to generate the anomaly score indicating an overall unusualness for the input data. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286864 | BATCHING INPUTS TO A MACHINE LEARNING MODEL - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for batching inputs to machine learning models. One of the methods includes receiving a stream of requests, each request identifying a respective input for processing by a first machine learning model; adding the respective input from each request to a first queue of inputs for processing by the first machine learning model; determining, at a first time, that a count of inputs in the first queue as of the first time equals or exceeds a maximum batch size and, in response: generating a first batched input from the inputs in the queue as of the first time so that a count of inputs in the first batched input equals the maximum batch size, and providing the first batched input for processing by the first machine learning model. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286865 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO IDENTIFY JOB TITLES FOR CONNECTIONS ON A SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM - Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media are configured to determine scores regarding suitability of connections of a user for employment with an organization with which the user is employed based on a first machine learning model. Job titles for which the connections are suited are determined based on a second machine learning model. A user interface for presenting in real time information relating to the connections and associated job titles determined for the connections is generated. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286866 | MERGING FEATURE SUBSETS USING GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION - A system, method and computer program product provides improved performance in machine learning, decision making and similar processes. In one example method, a plurality of individual subsets of features of a dataset comprising multiple features are received. The subsets may be provided by applying one or more feature selection methods to the dataset. Each subset is represented as a graph based on a predefined graph template. The example method merges the graphs of the plurality of individual subsets by overlaying the graphs on each other to form a merged feature graph. The merged feature graph may be used for identifying a single subset of features for use in machine learning, decision making and similar processes. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286867 | METHODS TO DETERMINE LIKELIHOOD OF SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNT DELETION - A method for determining the likelihood of a modification of a social media account based upon the algorithmic review of preselected features including, but not limited to, a combination of profile, behavior, language, affect, and network features form the basis for highly accurate (0.82 accuracy) prediction of the deletion of an account. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286868 | PREFERENCE CLUSTERING USING DISTANCE AND ANGULAR MEASUREMENT - Systems methods and media for preference clustering are provided. In one example, a clustering system for analyzing a cluster comprises processors and a memory storing instructions that cause the system to calculate a Distance Angular Measure (DAM) for the cluster, the (DAM) comprising a distance component and an angular component of the cluster. In one example, the distance component of the (DAM) includes one of a cluster variation and a cluster radius. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286869 | Self-Service Classification System - Systems, technologies and techniques for generating a customized classification model are disclosed. The system and technologies, such as THOMSON REUTERS SELF-SERVICE CLASSIFICATION™, employ part machine learning and part an user interactive approach to generate a customized classification model. The system combines a novel approach for text classification using a smaller initial set of data to initiate training, with a unique workflow and user interaction for customization. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286870 | MACHINE LEARNING BASED PROCUREMENT SYSTEM USING RISK SCORES PERTAINING TO BIDS, SUPPLIERS, PRICES, AND ITEMS - A machine learning based procurement system comprises a machine learning classifier to classify bids. The procurement system determines a price risk score and a supplier risk score for each of the bids based on the classifications, and determines if any of the bids are associated with a high-risk procurement based on comparing the price risk score and the supplier risk score to the respective threshold. The procurement system includes a graphical user interface that can display bid evaluation links, which are accessible to provide information explaining high-risk procurements. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286871 | Method and Electronic Device for Buying Movie Ticket Online - The present disclosure discloses a method and device for buying a movie ticket online. The method for buying a movie ticket online includes the following steps of: an acquisition step for acquiring attribute information of the movie ticket which a user intends to buy; an identification step for identifying a behavior that the user adds the desired movie ticket commodity into a shopping cart; and a settlement step for carrying out settlement on a movie ticket amount paid by the user. According to the present disclosure, by putting the desired movie ticket into the shopping cart and then carrying out settlement, a commodity settling system of a shopping website can be simplified and no additional settling system needs to be added for settlement of virtual commodities, such as movie tickets and the like, so that labor of a background maintenance worker is greatly saved. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286872 | COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, SEARCH METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A computer performing a travel plan search is disclosed. In the travel plan search, a term corresponding to an entered keyword is specified by referring to a first storage part which stores a correspondence relationship between keywords and terms, in response to receiving a search request based on the entered keyword. A region, for which a period corresponding to the specified term is recorded as an observation period, is specified by referring to a second storage part which stores the observation period of living things for each of regions. The travel plan corresponding to the specified term or the keyword, and the specified region, is specified by referring to a third storage part which stores the travel plan corresponding to the regions, and periods or keywords respectively. The specified travel plan is output. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286873 | ELECTRONIC TICKET MANAGEMENT - A method for providing an electronic ticket by a security element associated with a mobile terminal. The ticket is stored in the mobile terminal and designed to access a service via an access control device. The method includes the following acts by the security element: receiving the electronic ticket originating from the mobile terminal; temporarily storing the electronic ticket in the security element; providing the electronic ticket for the access control device; authenticating taking into account at least one item of data contained in the ticket and one item of data linked to the security element; and deleting the ticket from the memory of the security device. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286874 | PRE-BOARDING AUCTION SYSTEM FOR AIRLINE SEAT UPGRADES - A system for upgrading airline seats during an online pre-boarding auction that is accessible through travelers' mobile devices. The auction starts at or after check-in but prior to the boarding of a flight. During the auction, travelers that have confirmed reservations for an airline flight are permitted to bid on one or more seat upgrades through their mobile devices. For example, the travelers may be bidding on upgrades from economy to first class, and the bids may be submitted through bidding applications installed on the travelers' mobile devices. The auction can be a live auction that updates the travelers on the status of the auction and receives bids from the travelers throughout the auction. The auction ends prior to boarding, and the winning travelers are sent upgrade confirmations, such as scannable boarding codes that can be used as boarding passes when boarding the flight. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286875 | SEAT INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD AND DEVICE - A method and an apparatus for providing seat information are disclosed. The method includes: receiving, by a server, a request uploaded by a client terminal for booking a seat in a current site; querying a preset seat information database to determine preference level information of seats in the current site, preference level information of seats in target sites being stored in the seat information database; determining seat information to be recommended from remaining vacant seats of the current site according to the preference level information of the seats; and returning the seat information to be recommended to the client terminal. By using the method, an operation time for seat selection can be reduced for a user, thus improving the efficiency of booking a seat through a client terminal. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286876 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR GENERATING A ROUTE FOR RELOCATING OBJECTS - Methodologies, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for generating routes for relocating objects. A computational device retrieves from a database object relocation data and relocation capacity data for each of a plurality of objects identified by an electronic scanning device at a first geographical location. The objects at the first geographical location are intended for relocation, and the object relocation data indicates possible geographical locations for receiving each of the objects. The relocation capacity data indicates an available capacity for each of the possible geographical locations. The computational device computes a relocation destination for each of those objects based on the relocation capacity data of each of the possible geographical locations. The computational device also generates a relocation route for relocating the objects based on the relocation destinations and transmits the relocation route to a mobile electronic device configured to interactively display the relocation route to a user. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286877 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RESOURCE PLANNING WITH SUBSTITUTABLE ASSETS - A computer system utilizes substitutable assets as substitutes to fulfill orders for specific assets. The computer system includes a memory and a semiconductor-based processor forming one or more logic circuits. The logic circuits are configured to predict acceptability of different asset types of the substitutable assets as substitutes for the specific assets requested in each of the orders, select a pool of to-be-allocated assets including acceptable substitutable assets for the orders, and allocate selected assets from the pool to fulfill each of the orders according to a multi-objective vector optimization solution. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286878 | REAL TIME MAP RENDERING WITH DATA CLUSTERING AND EXPANSION AND OVERLAY - Systems and methods are provided for the organization, management, and graphical display of multiple logically related entities. In some embodiments, the systems and methods provide the real-time display of status and location information for a fleet of tracked vehicles. In some embodiments, the systems and methods permit the automatic clustering of assets based on a user's view of an underlying map. In some embodiments, the assets are vehicles that are a part of a managed fleet. In some embodiments, the assets are logically arranged into clusters of like assets. In some embodiments, the clusters provide graphical indications of status or class information of their underlying assets. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286879 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA FOR HORIZONTAL WELL DEVELOPMENT PLANNING - Methods and systems for identifying potential simultaneous operational conflicts among a plurality of assets in a project. One method includes storing operational scheduling data for a project having one or more project assets, the project assets able to perform a plurality of operational activities at defined coordinates, in a scheduling database, and storing project-specific variables for the project in an external data source. A database query is then performed of the scheduling database and the external data source using a computer, returning all possible combinations of the operational activities, including defining a common reference, calculating distances from each defined coordinate to each other defined coordinate, and filtering the calculated distances to filter out potential operational conflicts, for example distances greater than one or more user-defined buffer distances. Potential simultaneous operational conflicts may be displayed in tabular or graphical form on a user interface electronically connected to the computer. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286880 | System and method of a requirement, compliance and resource management - A system and/or a method based on a scalable requirement, compliance and resource management methodology for designing a product/service, optimizing relevant processes and enhancing real time and/or near real time collaboration between many users is disclosed. Utilizing, a learning (self-learning) computer, a requirement, compliance and resource management methodology is further integrated with (a) a machine learning/fuzzy/neuro-fuzzy logic algorithm and/or (b) statistical algorithm and/or (c) weighting logic algorithm and/or (d) game theory algorithm and/or (e) a blockchain and enhanced with a graphical user interface. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286881 | Business Services Dashboard - Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing a business services dashboard. In some embodiments, a method might comprise defining relationship(s) between at least one technology service and at least one business service provided by an enterprise, and receiving data associated with real-time technical events corresponding to changed conditions in one or more technology services utilizing at least one technology asset. Each defined relationship might indicate a dependence on the one or more technology services by one or more business services. The method might further comprise identifying, based on the defined relationship(s), one or more business events that impact the one or more business services of the enterprise, as a result of the changed condition. Business user views and technical user views might be generated and sent to user devices associated with respective business and technical group users. Corresponding system and apparatus may be provided. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286882 | CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ECONOMICAL OPTIMIZATION OF AN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for economically optimal control of an electrical system. Some embodiments employ generalized multivariable constrained continuous optimization techniques to determine an optimal control sequence over a future time domain in the presence of any number of costs, savings opportunities (value streams), and constraints. Some embodiments also include control methods that enable infrequent recalculation of the optimal setpoints. Some embodiments may include a battery degradation model that, working in conjunction with the economic optimizer, enables the most economical use of any type of battery. Some embodiments include techniques for load and generation learning and prediction. Some embodiments include consideration of external data, such as weather. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286883 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF CONTROLLING QUANTITIES OF DENOMINATIONS OF CURRENCY AT A RETAIL SHOPPING FACILITY - In some embodiments, systems and methods are provided to forecast denomination needs at one or more retail shopping facilities. The system comprises a control circuit configured to determine a predicted optimized quantity of each of multiple different denominations of currency to be available for use at a retail shopping facility over a future period of time as a function of historic needs; select for each of the multiple denominations one of multiple different models; forecast a quantity of each of the multiple denominations to be present at the termination of the first future period of time by applying the selected one of the models; and determine, for each of the multiple denominations, whether the forecasted quantity of the denomination is greater than a threshold quantity of that denomination of the currency. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286884 | System and Method for Transportation - A computer-implemented method that, in an embodiment, includes receiving a travel request from a traveler that includes a pickup and destination location and a number of travelers and analyzing the travel request and calculating routes for vehicles that are partially based on the pickup and destination location, the number of travelers, destination locations of travelers located in the vehicles, traffic conditions, minimizing a waiting time for the traveler, minimizing a travel time for the traveler, minimizing a travel time for the travelers located in the vehicles, and optimizing an aggregation of travelers on each of the plurality vehicles. In an embodiment, the plurality of vehicles includes 5 vehicles or more and based on the calculating, the method includes supplying a selected route to a selected vehicle and supplying to the traveler, identification information related to the selected vehicle thereby resulting in transportation of the traveler to the destination location. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286885 | PERMITTED ASSIGNMENT USER INTERFACE - Systems, apparatuses, and methods for displaying a visual task board comprising a permitted assignment user interface are disclosed. Displaying a permitted assignment user interface may comprise generating a first card representing a first record, wherein the first record comprises an information element that has a first value of a visualization metric, generating an output for display, the output comprising a first lane representing the first value of the visualization metric and comprising the first card, and, in response to operator input indicating a primary context and on a condition that an association between the primary context and the first record is prohibited, updating the output by generating an updated first card representing the first record and indicating that the association between the first record and the primary context is prohibited, and generating an updated output for display omitting the first card and comprising the updated first card. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286886 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WORKSITE MANAGEMENT - A method of managing a worksite is provided. The method includes tracking a position of a machine travelling on the worksite. The method includes segmenting a route of the machine on the worksite into at least two topographic segments based on the tracked position of the machine. The method includes receiving at least one operational parameter of the machine along the route. Further, the method includes generating a feedback based, at least in part, on the at least one operational parameter and the segmented route. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286887 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ALLOCATING AGENT RESOURCES IN A CONTACT CENTER - Allocating agent resources in a contact center including receiving a new contact at the contact center and instantiating a contact object corresponding to the new contact. A first set of information is received by the contact center, and a first unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is selected for deployment to a target destination. At least one characteristic of the first UAV is associated with the contact object; an additional set of information related to at least one of the contact object or the first UAV is received by the contact center during a travel period of the first UAV to the target destination; and a dynamic prediction is made regarding a particular agent of the contact center to connect to the contact object. The contact object is then connected to an agent device associated with the particular agent. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286888 | Technician Timer - An example method includes receiving a first service procedure for servicing a vehicle, determining an expected pace of performance of the first service procedure, receiving at least one input signal during performance of the first service procedure, determining, based on the at least one input signal, a current pace of performance of the first service procedure, and providing for display of a first pace indicator on a display interface of the computing device, where the first pace indicator is representative of the current pace of performance of the first service procedure relative to the expected pace of performance of the first service procedure. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286889 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NONINTRUSIVE COMMISSIONING OF ELEMENTS TO AN INDOOR POSITIONING SYSTEM - A system for commissioning a smart luminaire ( | 2017-10-05 |
20170286890 | Method for Arranging and Managing Employment Contracts - A method for arranging and managing employment contracts that is carried out through a software application operated on a plurality of personal computing devices and a back-end system. A contract request is sent from a contractor account to the back-end system in order to seek the employment of a skilled worker associated with a worker account. The contract request is accepted or declined through the worker account; if accepted, a live worker calendar is updated with a project timeline, wherein the days of the project timeline are marked as unavailable dates on the live worker calendar. Once a project is completed, the contractor may provide a review of the skilled worker through the contractor account, while the skilled worker may provide a review of the contractor through the worker account. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286891 | System and Method of Workforce Optimization - A method of workforce optimization includes acquiring video data. The video data is obtained from a plurality of video cameras in a facility comprising a plurality of departments. A customer load for each of the plurality of departments is identified. A location of each of a plurality of employees in the facility is identified. A customer-to-employee ratio is determined for each department. The determined customer-to-employee ratio for each department is provided to a computing device. At least one employee deployment notification is provided from the computing device to another computing device. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286892 | UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE DELIVERY SYSTEM - Disclosed are systems, mediums, and methods of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) delivery system. The system controls and manages UAVs for delivering packages. The system receives a drop off location for a package and instructs a UAV to navigate to the drop off location with the package. The system notifies a recipient of the package delivery through a device of the recipient, and in response to receiving one or more responses to the notification, causes the UAV to allow access to the package being delivered. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286893 | STORE ITEM DELIVERY SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A system for delivering store items to a selected destination comprises a store computer that receives selected store item data including a delivery request; a delivery request database that stores the delivery request; and a delivery request application processor that provides a rule that includes criteria for selecting at least one delivery driver and generates a result that identifies a delivery driver of the at least one delivery driver satisfying the criteria of the generated rule. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286894 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR MANAGING AND PROVIDING FORMULAIC RATES - An apparatus is provided for generating formulaic rates. The apparatus may include at least one memory and a processor(s) configured to define a first formula(s) in a row(s) of a database to calculate a first shipping rate value for a first type of shipping rate, among plural types of shipping rates, associated with a first rate identifier. The processor is further configured to define content in the row to analyze a predecessor rate identifier(s) of a previously generated source. The processor is also configured to detect a second shipping rate value corresponding to the predecessor rate identifier. The second shipping rate value is associated with a second type of shipping rate. The processor is further configured to determine the first shipping rate value for the first type of shipping rate based on calculating the formula using the second shipping rate value. Corresponding computer program products and methods are also provided. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286895 | PHYSICAL DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND PRICE DETERMINATION METHOD USING SAME - Disclosed herein is a price determination method using a physical distribution management system, the price determination method including: when the identification information and production information of a product are received from a production management device, determining the basic price of the product based on the production information; when the warehousing and shipping information of the product is received from a warehousing and shipping device provided at each of one or more distribution nodes included in the distribution process of the product, determining a distribution price, determined by renewing the basic price of the product, based on the warehousing and shipping information; and, when the identification information of the product is received from a sales device, determining the final distribution price of the product or a final price calculated by renewing the final distribution price of the product, and providing the final distribution price or final price to the sales device. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286896 | LOGISTICS SUPPORT METHOD, SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM - A logistics information system stores transportation information. The transportation information includes package identification information, delivery destination identification information of the package, and transportation-related information of the package. The logistics information system compares sets of the transportation information so as to search for sets of transportation information for packages that: have the same delivery destination identification information; and stay in the same transportation depot at the same moment or are expected to stay in the same transportation depot at the same moment, based on the transportation-related information. Then, the logistics information system transmits the pieces of the package identification information to a transportation depot terminal so as to consolidate the packages specified by the searched-out sets of transportation information in one consignment. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286897 | SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZING STORAGE LOCATION ARRANGEMENT - This disclosure is directed to a system for optimizing storage area arrangement. A system control device may manage location control devices in various locations. Each location may comprise storage areas accessible to trackable targets. At least a portion of the storage areas may be arranged in parallel to form aisles that may be monitored by aisle monitoring equipment. The monitoring equipment may comprise at least two sensing devices capable of capturing data such as, for example, a count of trackable objects accessing an aisle or a storage area, time spent within the aisle or proximate to a storage area, characteristics of the trackable object (e.g., gender, age, etc.), etc. The captured data may then be analyzed by the system control device to determine whether a change in arrangement is necessary. A change in arrangement may help to alleviate bottlenecks, improve the efficiency of paths taken through the aisles/storage areas, etc. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286898 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO ALERT INVENTORY CHANGES ON RETAIL DISPLAYS - The present invention is a system and method for determining product movement using a sensor. Through the interaction of items placed on an array of sensors connected to a circuit board controller, the apparatus is configured to detect a change in capacitance caused by the interaction and thereby associate it with an item or groups of items. Detection and association of such signals recorded in a database with items displaced in a storage location permits a user to keep track of said items remotely through a computing device. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286899 | INTER-STORE INVENTORY TRANSFER - Examples of techniques for generating an inter-store inventory transfer are disclosed. In one example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure, a computer-implemented method may include defining a subset of stores of a plurality of stores to fulfill inter-store inventory transfer request for a product category of a plurality of product categories. The method may further include, responsive to determining that an order for a product of the product category cannot be fulfilled by one of the stores of the subset of stores of the plurality of stores, determining, by a processing device, an alternate store of the subset of stores to fulfill the order. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286900 | Material Harmonization Disposition System for Electronic Inventories - A material harmonization disposition system is provided to harmonize disparate material databases by identifying volumes of common database inventory parts and operating as a database authorizing tool for declaring and recording common inventory parts in categorized manner for disposition. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286901 | System and Method for Locating, Identifying and Counting Items - A system for building a product library without requiring a planogram includes an image capture unit operated to provide images of items. Taking data from a shelf label detector and depth map creation unit, a processing module can be used to compare detected shelf labels to a depth map, define a product bounding box, and associate the bounding box with an image provided by the image capture unit to build image descriptors. The system can include one or more autonomous robots for supporting and moving the image capture unit and other components. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286902 | INFORMATION PRESENTATION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM BASED ON ELECTRONIC WAYBILL - An information presentation method includes: obtaining attribute information of order information according to the order information, based on information of at least one of a receiver or a provider in the attribute information, filtering out, in a preset information system, presentation information corresponding to at least one of the receiver or the provider, and displaying the presentation information on an electronic waybill. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286903 | RFID READ SYSTEM FOR VERIFYING THE CONTENTS OF ITEMS IN TRAY POCKETS - An inventory tracking system to determine the location of an article labeled with an RFID tag in a pocket of a container having a plurality of pockets. The system includes an antenna device that transmits a radiation beam into a pocket to read data from tagged articles. The antenna device includes a first antenna that transmits a beam at the pocket and a second antenna co-located with the first antenna. The second antenna transmits a beam with a predetermined null area oriented to overlap the first antenna's beam at the pocket. In another embodiment, the antenna device includes an antenna that transmits a beam through an antenna gateway device having openings switchable to operable or inoperable states aligned with each pocket. An RFID reader receives the read data from responding tagged articles, and a processor uses the read data to determine whether an article is in a particular pocket. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286904 | Material Tracking System - A system monitors the distribution of a disinfectant having an expiration. The system has distribution containers and use containers, each having a volume for dispensing the disinfectant. A reader of the system can read identifiers associated with the containers, and a database of the system can associate the volumes and the expiration of the disinfectant contained in each of the containers. During monitoring, processing equipment of the system tracks each of the volumes of the disinfectant, the expiration of the disinfectant, and the identifiers of the containers. For example, the processing equipment can log the dispensing of the disinfectant from the distribution container to the use containers and can log any amount of the dispensed disinfectant in the use containers that was noted used. Additionally, the processing equipment can determine that the distribution container or any of the user containers have disinfectant past the expiration. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286905 | PARCEL BOX - A parcel box includes a weather resistant housing, a temperature control system, a communication module, and electrical circuitry. The weather resistant housing includes a lockable door for providing access to a protected cavity configured for receiving a parcel for temporary secure storage of the parcel. The temperature control system selectively controls a temperature inside the protected cavity. The communication module receives delivery data including an estimated delivery time for the parcel. The electrical circuitry operates the temperature control system to adjust the temperature of the protected cavity to within a preferred temperature range prior to the estimated delivery time of the parcel and maintains the temperature for at least a specified period of time. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286906 | COORDINATED TRANSPORT OF GOODS - A computer-implemented method includes identifying a return item associated with a return item location; identifying a first profile associated with the return item and a social return availability database; and determining one or more return suggestions based on the return item location and one or more additional profiles of the social return availability database. The one or one or more return suggestions suggest returning the return item by the one or more additional profiles. The computer-implemented method further includes presenting, to the first profile, the one or more return suggestions. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286907 | PRODUCT MOVEMENT AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Some embodiments provide systems, apparatuses, and methods to direct the consolidation of products in fulfilling a product order for a retail shopping facility. In some embodiments, a system is configured to identify a shipment order for products to be delivered to a shopping facility and that includes a request for a full pull pallet of a first product and additional products; define the full pull pallet as an enhanced case intended to be treated by an orderfiller worker as less than a full pull pallet; generate a pallet assembly list identifying the enhanced case and the items of a plurality of the additional products; and communicate the pallet assembly list to a user interface unit to be accessible by an orderfiller worker and directing the orderfiller worker to retrieve and cooperate the enhanced case and the additional products as an assembled pallet. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286908 | CROSS-DOCK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is a cross-dock management system comprises: a plurality of movable platforms configured to hold one or more pallets or parcels; at least one barcode or RFID tag positioned on each of said movable platforms, pallets, or parcels, wherein the barcode readers are configured to read the barcodes and RFID readers are configured to read the RFID tags. The data scanned by the barcode readers and RFID readers is stored in a local warehouse database and is used to determine an optimized placement and load for each movable platform in the warehouse. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286909 | Configure-Price-Quote Systems For Partner Networks - An apparatus and method for configuration-price-quoting in a shareable manner across multiple sites with multiple users is presented. Some embodiments include a multiuser site on a global computer network. Embodiments may generate or receive product models for a multiuser site. The product models may be shareable amongst users of the multiuser site. Embodiments may enable the users to setup access rights of other users to the product models, such that different users have access rights to different product models of other users. Embodiments may enable some users to modify or extend the shared product models, or include them in models of their own. Each product model may relate to one or more respective manufacturable products. Each product model may include: product data of the manufacturable product, configuration rules, and prices for the manufacturable product. A user with access rights to shared product models may execute the product model to produce a certain price quote for a user-selected configuration of the corresponding manufacturable product. Users may create price quotes for configured products from multiple manufacturers. Users may create configurations of systems that include configurable products from multiple manufacturers. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286910 | CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR LARGE-SCALE CAPITAL PROJECTS - A configuration management system more efficiently and effectively manages template configuration information across a plurality of large-scale capital projects that execute multiple applications at a plurality of project sites. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286911 | Electronic Project Management System - An electronic project management system is configured to prepare a map including a plan having multiple activities distributed over a geographic area and link a parameter characterizing a project feature from a portable electronic device in the field to an activity of the plan. The parameter is linked to the activity using a determined coordinate location from the portable electronic device. Reports can then be transmitted in real-time, from the project site, to a centralized computer system, along with precise location data provided by the device. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286912 | INTELLIGENT REMINDER METHODS, SYSTEMS AND APPARATUSES - In an intelligent reminder method and system, the system includes: message reception means for receiving push messages associated with predetermined accounts; detection means for examining the push messages based on classification-related feature data therein to obtain reminder messages and for labelling the reminder messages into different categories, wherein reminder messages in each of the categories are associated with at least one action; and reminder means for reminding a user based on the reminder messages. This invention can obtain reminder messages effectively from push messages and classify the reminder messages based on classification-related feature data in the push messages and carry out actions based on categories of the reminder messages, thereby achieving intelligent reminding and improved user experience. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286913 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Provided is an electronic device, and a displaying method and a displaying system that are applicable to the electronic device. According to an embodiment, the displaying method includes obtaining a display resource, and associating the display resource with a first application. The embodiment enriches a display effect of the electronic device and improves a user's experience. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286914 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO DEVELOP TRAINING SET OF DATA BASED ON RESUME CORPUS - Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media are configured to acquire a resume corpus. The resume corpus is processed to generate resume tokens. A machine learning model is trained based on the resume tokens. The machine learning model is applied to recommend a job classification based on evaluation data. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286915 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - [Object] To provide an information processing device, a control method, and a program that can estimate a leisure time of a user, and provide information to the user at right timing. [Solution] The information processing device includes an estimation unit configured to extract an information input cycle within a predetermined period on the basis of a history of an information input operation performed by a user on an Internet, and to estimate a leisure time of the user, and a notification control unit configured to perform control to issue a predetermined notification during the estimated leisure time. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286916 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS FOR MULTI-SOURCE ROBOT CONTROL - A service robot may be autonomous, with respect to a portion of a customer service task, and coordinated, with respect to another portion of a customer service task. A resource, such as another robot or an agent (human or automated), may monitor or interact with the robot and, in such a combination, perform a customer service task. The robot may be instructed to pause or delay initiation of a robot portion to allow for a resource to become available at a common time that the interaction portion is to be performed to minimize delay and promote better customer service. Should the delay be beyond an acceptable threshold, the robot may engage in a delay task (e.g., slow down, pause, etc.). The delay task may include a social interaction with a human at a service location. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286917 | DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING AUDIT SCHEDULES FOR PRIVACY CAMPAIGNS - Data processing systems and methods for retrieving data regarding a plurality of data privacy campaigns and for using that data to assess a relative risk associated with the data privacy campaign. In various embodiments, the system may be adapted to: (1) display one or more visual summaries of one or more data flow diagrams that visually depicts key features of the data flow, such as whether data is confidential and/or encrypted; (2) allow for multiple users to be assigned responsibility for populating different respective questions that are required to define the data flow; (3) automatically assess and display a relative risk associated with each campaign; and (4) automatically set, monitor, and facilitate the timely completion of an audit schedule for each campaign. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286918 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING REPLACEMENT PARTS FOR A HEARING AID - A hearing aid service system includes a personal communication device ( | 2017-10-05 |
20170286919 | QUALITY MANAGEMENT SERVER FOR RECYCLABLE WASTE PAPER AND METHOD FOR SAME - Provided is a quality management server for recyclable waste paper and a method for the same. The quality management server for recyclable waste paper according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a storage and release registration unit at which storage information or release information of bales of the recyclable waste paper is registered via an administrator or a business operator terminal; an inspection registration unit at which inspection information including the moisture content of a bale selected from among registered bales is registered via the administrator or business operator terminal; a moisture management unit for determining, on the basis of the registered moisture content, the average moisture content and the total reduction rate corresponding thereto; and a management DB in which the storage information or release information, and the inspection information are saved. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286920 | WIRELESS-ENABLED KIOSK FOR RECYCLING CONSUMER DEVICES - Wireless-enabled kiosk systems and associated methods for recycling and performing other processes with mobile phones and other electronic devices are described herein. In various embodiments, the present technology includes systems and methods for wirelessly connecting a consumer-operated kiosk with an electronic device to facilitate processing (e.g., purchasing) the device. In some embodiments, the present technology includes using a wireless link to identify a device, evaluate a device, resolve device issues to enable purchase of the device, locate a device, etc. Various other aspects of the present technology are described herein. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286921 | APPLICATION FOR DEVICE EVALUATION AND OTHER PROCESSES ASSOCIATED WITH DEVICE RECYCLING - Software application systems and associated methods for recycling, purchasing, and/or performing other processes with mobile phones, tablet computers, laptop computers, and/or other electronic devices at a kiosk are described herein. In various embodiments, the present technology includes systems and methods associated with an electronic device to facilitate a consumer-operated kiosk processing (e.g., purchasing) the electronic device. In some embodiments, the present technology includes using a mobile app to identify an electronic device, evaluate the electronic device, resolve device issues to enable purchase of the electronic device, etc. Various other aspects of the present technology are described herein. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286922 | VEHICLE TITLE TRANSFER AND LIEN PAYOFF - A title transfer and lien payoff system may communicate with various parties and perform functions associated with vehicle title transfer and lien payoff processes. A vehicle title transfer and lien payoff system may receive user and vehicle information from various parties, and may store lien payoff and title transfer records. The system may allow authorized users for various parties to perform functions based on the user's role and permissions, and based on the status of the lien payoff and title transfer processes for associated vehicles. After performing functions within these processes, the system may identify and initiate communications with one or more addition parties involved in the lien payoff and title transfer processes. Communication preferences may also be stored and applied for various parties and users within the title transfer and lien payoff system. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286924 | EVENT INFORMATION PRESENTING DEVICE AND EVENT INFORMATION PRESENTING METHOD - A portable terminal device includes an event information acquiring unit configured to analyze text information which is present over the Internet and to acquire event information; an event specifying information extracting unit configured to extract event specifying information for specifying an event which is held on the basis of the acquired event information; an additional information acquiring unit configured to acquire additional information including an image corresponding to the event from a specific web site via the Internet by designating the extracted event specifying information; and a proposal information providing unit configured to create proposal information using the event information and the additional information and to provide the created proposal information to a user. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286925 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACCUMULATING FUNDS INTO AN AGGREGATE ACCOUNT FOR TRANSACTING TRIGGERED PURCHASES - A system and method used to pay for items in a future transaction by accumulating excess funds from an initial transaction. Funds from the initial transaction are rounded up to a predetermined monetary unit, and the difference between the cost and the rounded up amount is stored in an aggregate account. The account may then be used to pay for future transaction. In this manner, a user may accumulate funds in a transaction to pay for a future transaction at a more convenient time, and also accumulate funds in an easy convenient manner, apart from payroll deductions or rigid budgeting. Future transactions are triggered by an event, such as a preset date, a specific fund amount in aggregate account, or a time limit to complete future transactions. The items transacted in the future transaction are items that the user has designated for purchase with the funds in the account. | 2017-10-05 |
20170286926 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE INCLUDING MULTI-PART ALIAS IDENTIFIER - Methods and systems are disclosed for allowing financial transactions to be conducted using consumer devices. In some embodiments, the consumer device is a mobile communication device, such as a mobile phone. A payer initiates a transaction by sending a payment request message from a mobile phone which specifies the payee and amount to be paid. Payees are identified by unique aliases, which are maintained in a database. The aliases, in turn, are comprised of multiple parts. Each pail of the alias may identify a relevant aspect of the transaction. For example, one pad of the alias may identify the payee and another part of the alias may identify the financial institution of the account of the payee. Methods for assembling the enrollment and alias database are included. | 2017-10-05 |