40th week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 59 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160292523 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING A PERSON BY MEASURING BODY PART DISTANCES OF THE PERSON - A method is described that includes capturing a pixelated depth image of a person with a depth camera. The method also includes identifying body parts from the image. The method also includes forming a vector of distances between the body parts. The method also includes comparing the vector against a database of respective body distance vectors for a plurality of people to identify the person. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292524 | BIOMETRIC METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ENROLLMENT AND AUTHENTICATION - Biometric methods for enrollment and authentication of a person. During authentication, a previously stored enrollment image is presented on a display to the person. A candidate person is instructed to present a body part to a camera while the person is holding the body part unsupported in free space with respect to the camera. Using the camera, a candidate image of the body part is captured and presented with the previously stored enrollment image. The candidate person aligns the candidate image with the previously stored enrollment image. On alignment, the candidate image is verified as an authentic image of the person and the candidate person is authenticated as the person previously enrolled. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292525 | IMAGE ANALYZING APPARATUS AND IMAGE ANALYZING METHOD - An image analyzing apparatus includes a display, a camera, and a processor. A camera is configured to shoot an image of a subject located in front of the display. A processor is configured to estimate a shape of the subject whose image has been shot by the camera. The processor is configured to establish a display region on the display according to the shape of the subject. The processor is configured to calculate a guidance direction for the subject according to the shape of the subject. And the processor is configured to display on the display region a guidance instruction that is based on the guidance direction. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292526 | IMAGE INSPECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND INK JET PRINTING APPARATUS - Provided are image inspection method and apparatus, and an ink jet printing apparatus that can highly accurately detect a stripe defect. An inspection image obtained by an imaging device imaging a printed matter printed by an ink jet printing apparatus including a line head is acquired. Each of at least one non-scanning direction linear structural element that is a linear structural element in a direction not parallel to a direction of scanning by the line head relative to a medium is used to execute morphology processing of a grayscale image to thereby smooth the inspection image to create a first smoothed inspection image (S | 2016-10-06 |
20160292527 | COMPARING EXTRACTED CARD DATA USING CONTINUOUS SCANNING - Comparing extracted card data from a continuous scan comprises receiving, by one or more computing devices, a digital scan of a card; obtaining a plurality of images of the card from the digital scan of the physical card; performing an optical character recognition algorithm on each of the plurality of images; comparing results of the application of the optical character recognition algorithm for each of the plurality of images; determining if a configured threshold of the results for each of the plurality of images match each other; and verifying the results when the results for each of the plurality of images match each other. Threshold confidence level for the extracted card data can be employed to determine the accuracy of the extraction. Data is further extracted from blended images and three-dimensional models of the card. Embossed text and holograms in the images may be used to prevent fraud. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292528 | CHARACTER SEGMENTATION DEVICE, CHARACTER RECOGNITION DEVICE AND CHARACTER SEGMENTATION METHOD - A character recognition device may include an image sensor to acquire image and a data processor configured to segment a character string from the image data. The data processor may be configured to detect positions to segment the characters; set an area to detect a position for segmenting characters; create a first projection of pixel values arranged in the character arrangement direction along which characters are arranged and a second projection of pixel values arranged in an orthogonal to said character arrangement direction; calculate a synthetic threshold value of a first threshold, acquired by applying a discriminant analysis method on said first, X-axis projection, and a second threshold, acquired by applying said discriminant analysis method on said second, Y-axis projection, and take it as a binary threshold for said setting area; and acquire character segmenting positions based on said binary threshold. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292529 | IMAGE COLLATION SYSTEM, IMAGE COLLATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - This image collation system has: a contour extraction means ( | 2016-10-06 |
20160292530 | COMPUTING HIERARCHICAL COMPUTATIONS FOR COMPUTER VISION CALCULATIONS - Methods, systems, computer-readable storage media, and apparatuses for efficiently computing a computer vision operation are presented. In certain aspects, techniques are disclosed for receiving values from one or more pixels from a pixel array and representing those values for facilitating computer vision operations, such as Haar-like feature computations. In one implementation, the pixel values are represented as a hierarchy of computations; each level above the lower level of the hierarchy of computations comprises one or more values representing a computation of the values from a lower level of the hierarchy. The computation can include a simple sum of the values for the lower level of the hierarchy, a weighted sum of the values for the lower level of the hierarchy, an average of the values for the lower level of the hierarchy, a local binary pattern based on the values for the lower level of the hierarchy, a histogram of oriented gradients based on the values for the lower level of the hierarchy, or other computer vision feature computation based on the values for the lower level of the hierarchy. In such an implementation, the computer vision operations, such as Haar-like feature computations, may be performed using the hierarchy of averages. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292531 | COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A first area, which includes a group of pixels with a first color, is specified. The first color corresponds to a color of an outline of a hole image in an image represented by image data. A second area corresponding to the hole image is determined. The second area is the first area larger than a first size when the first area is separated from four ends of the image. The second area is the first area larger than a second size when the first area is in contact with at least one of the four ends of the image. The second size is smaller than the first size. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292532 | COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Image data representing an image are obtained. A quadrangular area, which is defined by a quadrangle including a group of pixels with a first color, is specified. The first color corresponds to a color of an outline of a hole image in the image. A hole orientation is specified based on positions of the group of pixels with respect to the quadrangular area. The hole orientation represents a direction that the outline of the hole image occupies. When the hole orientation is specified, a candidate area is specified by extending the quadrangular area in an extension direction. The extension direction corresponds to a direction opposite to the hole orientation and extending along one of sides of the quadrangular area. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292533 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING THREE-DIMENSIONAL POSITION OF OBJECT AND METHOD THEREFOR - An image processing apparatus includes a holding unit configured to hold a positional relationship of a plurality of image capturing units, an acquisition unit configured to detect objects from respective images captured by the plurality of image capturing units and acquire positions of the objects on the captured images and geometric attributes of the objects, an associating unit configured to associate the detected objects, based on the positional relationship, the positions and the geometric attributes, and an estimation unit configured to estimate a three-dimensional position of the objects based on the positional relationship and the positions of the detected objects. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292534 | Dispenser - Dispenser with a frame which comprises a dispensing mechanism with filling for the purpose of dispensing a predetermined quantity of the filling, wherein the dispenser further comprises a camera, a processor and a memory, wherein the camera can form an image of at least a portion of the filling, wherein a predetermined reference image is stored in the memory, and wherein the processor is provided for the purpose of determining a similarity between image and reference image, wherein the processor is further provided for the purpose of stopping the dispensing mechanism when said similarity lies below a predetermined value. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292535 | AN EMOTION BASED POWER EFFICIENT SELF-PORTRAIT MECHANISM - A system and method include determining predicted emotional events associated with an emotional response by a subject; forming a timeline based on the predicted emotional events; and acquiring image data associated with the subject to be acquired based on the timeline. Determining the predicted emotional events may include identifying emotional images, identifying prior emotional events associated with the emotional images, and determining the predicted emotional events based on the prior emotional events. Determining the predicted emotional events based on the prior emotional events may include: identifying digital content associated with a prior emotional event, determining an attribute of the digital content, identifying other digital content associated with the attribute, and determining the predicted emotional events based on the other digital content. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292536 | INDIVIDUAL IDENTIFICATION DEVICE, AND IDENTIFICATION THRESHOLD SETTING METHOD - Provided is an individual identification device including: a biometric information storage unit; a biometric information acquisition unit; an identification unit which calculates a similarity of the biometric information on the subject and the registrant and performs identification of the subject according to whether or not the calculated similarity is equal to or higher than an identification threshold; an identification result storage unit which stores identification result information constituted by the calculated similarity and a correct identification result; and a threshold setting unit which sets the identification threshold such that at least either one of a false rejection rate and a false acceptance rate fulfils a predetermined condition in the identification result information stored in the identification result storage unit. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292537 | Feature Interpolation - Feature interpolation techniques are described. In a training stage, features are extracted from a collection of training images and quantized into visual words. Spatial configurations of the visual words in the training images are determined and stored in a spatial configuration database. In an object detection stage, a portion of features of an image are extracted from the image and quantized into visual words. Then, a remaining portion of the features of the image are interpolated using the visual words and the spatial configurations of visual words stored in the spatial configuration database. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292538 | Object Classification Through Semantic Mapping - There are provided systems and methods for performing object classification through semantic mapping. Such an object classification system includes a system processor, a system memory, and an object categorizing unit stored in the system memory. The system processor is configured to execute the object categorizing unit to receive image data corresponding to an object, and to transform the image data into a directed quantity expressed at least in part in terms of semantic parameters. The system processor is further configured to determine a projection of the directed quantity onto an object representation map including multiple object categories, and to associate the object with a category from among the multiple object categories based on the projection. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292539 | METHOD FOR ASSOCIATING OBJECTS WITH OBJECT CLASSES AND DEVICE FOR SORTING OBJECTS - A method associates objects with object classes. In order to render an association efficient, an object is optically captured, object characteristics describing the object are created from the optical data obtained there from, and the object characteristics are compared with a plurality of class characteristics, each of which is characteristic of one of a plurality of object classes. The object is then associated with an object class in accordance with the result of the comparison. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292540 | ANTI SKIMMING AND ANTI SHIMMING CARD FEED UNIT, KERNEL ELEMENT, READ OUT UNIT, TRANSACTION MACHINE AND METHOD - The present invention relates to a Card feed unit for transferring a data carrier for card information of a multi-services card, such as a bank card or credit card, to a reading ahead of a reading unit for at least reading out card information, the card feed unit comprising: —a card receipt position for receipt of the card, —a transfer assembly, preferably comprising a channel, in which: —the card feed unit is suitable for, during insertion of the card in the receipt position, receiving the card in the receipt position by means of an insertion operation with a direction of movement that, at least as seen in one direction, is substantially perpendicular to the readout direction of the card for preventing that the card is readable during the insertion operation. The card feed unit preferably comprises a kernel element and a separate cover element. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292541 | Recording Medium and Label Producing Apparatus - The disclosure discloses a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a label production process program for executing steps on a computing portion of a terminal. The terminal is connected to a label producing apparatus that produces a label. The label includes an information print part having information printed thereon, and a winding part connected to the information print part and to be wound on an adherend. The steps comprises a position determination step, a mark data generation step, and a mark data output step. In the position determination step, a position of a mark to be a guidepost for a position to wind the winding part on the adherend, is determined. In the mark data generation step, mark data to form the mark at the position determined, is generated. In the mark data output step, the mark data generated is outputted to the label producing apparatus. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292542 | Multicore Printer Definition Language Processing - The disclosure is directed towards a system and method for using a multicore processor to process a printer definition language (PDL). The system improves efficiency by supporting parallel processing of many commonly used PDLs, while also supporting serial processing of many legacy PDLs. When processing a PDL, the system relies on several stages, including a parsing stage, a printer drawings services stage, and a graphic services stage, which includes order generation. The system provides flexibility by permitting function calls of common PDLs to be either asynchronous requests or blocking synchronous requests. Because legacy PDLs are executed serially, legacy PDL requests are considered to be blocking synchronous requests. The system provides a level of abstraction at the PDL level by allowing multiple requests to be combined into a compound asynchronous request. The system also improves accuracy by notifying the original caller of a request about an error during error handling. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292543 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING INSTRUCTIONS FOR PRINT CONTROL - An information processing device is connected to a printing device, and has a storage device. Multiple pieces of application-generated data corresponding to multiple documents are generated by an application program. When a piece of application-generated data is obtained, it is temporarily stored in a storage device every time. When a particular print instruction is received, multiple pieces of application-generated data stored in the storage device are combined to generate a single piece of combined print data. The combined print data representing a combination of the multiple pieces of application-generated data respectively corresponding to multiple documents. The pages of images represented by the combined print data are continuously arranged, and is output to the printing device. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292544 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM STORING INSTRUCTIONS TO BE EXECUTED BY THE IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS - In an image recording apparatus, when an advance notification about execution of interrupt recording is accepted at a first time point that is a middle of creation of raster data on a first processed page of a first job and when an instruction for execution of the interrupt recording is accepted at a second time point that is a middle of creation of raster data on a second processed page of the first job, a controller continues creation of the raster data on the first job and storing of the created raster data until the second time point. The controller stores yet-to-be-recorded raster data that is a portion of the raster data on the first job and that corresponds to at least one page before the second processed page. The controller releases a storage area storing the raster data created for the first job. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292545 | PRINT DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - Provided is a print data processing apparatus including an intermediate data acquisition section that acquires intermediate data which is generated from document data described in a page description language and includes plural image elements, an extraction section that extracts image elements of a watermark from among the image elements of the intermediate data acquired by the intermediate data acquisition section, a deformation section that deforms each of the image elements of the watermark extracted by the extraction section into a shape that does not include an overlapping portion between the image elements of the watermark, and an output section that outputs an image element group of the watermark deformed by the deformation section, to an image data generation device that generates image data for a printing device from the intermediate data. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292546 | PRINTING DEVICE AND PRINTING METHOD - A printing device includes: a set unit on which a print medium can be set; a projection unit (projector) capable of projecting a first image onto the print medium set on the set unit; a printing unit capable of printing a second image on the print medium set on the set unit; and a control unit configured to modify a printing specification of the second image to be formed on the print medium based on modification information regarding a modification made to a projection specification of the first image projected onto the print medium by the projection unit. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292547 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus performing a rasterization process with a scanline method interprets a received printing job and generates objects. In an objecting combining process, the reception objects are spooled, the generated objects are interpreted, and it is subsequently determined whether or not the objects are vertically long objects to be combined into a single object. If the objects are determined to be the vertically long objects, an object combining process is performed to render the vertically long objects respectively in a longitudinal direction to form the single object. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292548 | Image Reading Apparatus that Outputs One or More Files in Which is Stored Generated Image Data - When acquired information contains setting information indicating to output first format file, a first output process is executed, wherein a reading process is performed and an inquiry is executed as to whether to continue reading. Every time when receiving an instruction to continue reading, a reading process is performed and the inquiry is executed. A first format file, in which is stored image data that has been generated until when an instruction not to continue reading is received, is outputted. When the acquired information contains setting information to output second format file, a second output process is executed, wherein a reading process is performed, and one or more second format files, whose number is equal to a number of sets of image data generated through the reading process, is outputted such that each set of image data is stored in a corresponding second format file. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292549 | RENDERING AND OUTPUTTING NON-STANDARD COLORANT - A system for rendering and outputting a non-standard colorant comprises a print driver for accepting identification of a document for output via a print operation, accepting identification of overlay data for use in the print operation, converting the overlay data into grayscale data, and generating a page description language document including data from the document divided into standard colorspace channels and an overlay colorspace channel, the overlay channels made up of the grayscale data and identified by a colorspace keyword; and a multifunction peripheral device for rendering the standard channels in standard buffers as directed by the page description language document, identifying the overlay channels using the color name keyword within the page description language document, rendering the overlay channel in an overlay buffer, and completing the print operation by outputting the contents of the standard buffers using standard colorants and the overlay buffer using an overlay colorant. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292550 | Image Recording Apparatus, Server, and Communication System - An image recording apparatus includes a controller configured to control an image recorder to execute a recording processing in a first mode or a second mode. In the first mode, the controller controls the image recorder to execute the recording processing when a specific-type cartridge has not been connected to a connecting portion and controls the image recorder not to execute the recording processing when the specific-type cartridge has been connected to the connecting portion. In the second mode, the controller controls the image recorder to execute the recording processing in any of a case where the specific-type cartridge has not been connected to the connecting portion and a case where the specific-type cartridge has been connected to the connecting portion. The controller stores first recording information relating to the recording processing executed when the specific-type cartridge has been connected to the connecting portion. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292551 | PRINT SYSTEM, PRINTING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - If it is determined that a sheet on which image data of the front cover is to be printed is the particular sheet, a printing apparatus prints on sheets the image data of the body in an order from an end of the body toward a head of the body, discharges the printed sheets without reversing, finally prints image data of the front cover on the particular sheet, and discharges the particular sheet without reversing by the reversing unit, or firstly prints a mirror image of the image data of the front cover on the particular sheet, discharges the particular sheet without reversing, next prints on sheets the image data of the body in an order from the head of the body toward the end of the body, reverses these printed sheets and discharges these printed sheet. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292552 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A jam detection section detects a sheet jam on a conveyance path based on results of detection by a sheet detection sensor. A printing stop section stops an image formation operation upon the sheet jam detection by the sheet jam detection section. Upon detection of completion of an operation of resolving the sheet jam by a user by a resolving operation detection section, a sheet breakage confirmation section judges, for the sheet taken out from the conveyance path by the user in the operation of resolving the sheet jam and then loaded on a document stand, whether or not there is any sheet lacking portion, based on image data generated by an image reading section. The stopping release section, upon judgment by the sheet breakage confirmation section that there is no sheet lacking portion, permits execution of image formation. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292553 | MOBILE TERMINAL, PROGRAM, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A mobile terminal operated in cooperation with an information processing device capable of setting an authentication mode relating to user authentication to one mode selected from two kinds of modes of an authentication request mode requiring the user authentication, and a non-authentication request mode not requiring the user authentication, the mobile terminal including: a display unit configured to display a confirmation message inquiring a user of the mobile terminal whether to perform authentication operation; and a control unit configured to control display operation for displaying the confirmation message, acquiring, from the information processing device, authentication mode information being information representing whether the authentication mode is the authentication request mode or the non-authentication request mode, and displaying the confirmation message on the display unit, on condition that the authentication mode information is acquired, the authentication mode information representing that the authentication mode is the authentication request mode. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292554 | BARCODED INDICATORS FOR QUALITY MANAGEMENT - A barcoded indicator operative to provide a machine-readable indication of exceedance of at least one threshold by at least one product quality affecting parameter, the barcoded indicator including a first barcode including a first plurality of barcode bars and at least a first colorable area, at least a second barcode including a second plurality of barcode bars and at least a second colorable area, and at least one interposed line extending between the first barcode and the second barcode, the interposed line being capable of preventing a barcode reader from reading parts of the first barcode and of the second barcode as part of a single barcode. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292555 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING AT LEAST ONE MATRIX CODE ON A SCREEN TO SEND DATA TO ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT PROVIDED WITH MEANS FOR READING THE MATRIX CODE(S) - A display method displays at least one matrix code on a screen of an electronic display device, to send data to electronic equipment including a mechanism reading the matrix code. The display device includes the screen and a mechanism displaying information on the screen. The display method includes: generating at least one two-dimensional matrix code from data to be sent; displaying the matrix code on the screen, matrix codes being displayed successively when plural matrix codes are generated; partitioning a primary image corresponding to a generated matrix code into at least two secondary images, dimensions of the primary image being equal to dimensions of the matrix code and dimensions of the secondary image being smaller than or equal to resolution of the screen, the corresponding matrix code being displayed as secondary images during the display, and the secondary images being displayed successively on the screen. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292556 | DUAL FREQUENCY HF-UHF IDENTIFICATION DEVICE, IN PARTICULAR OF THE PASSIVE TYPE - The dual frequency RF identification device comprises an HF antenna for receiving an HF electromagnetic field, an HF interface, an UHF antenna for receiving an UHF electromagnetic field, an UHF interface, non-volatile memory means formed by a first non-volatile memory and a second non-volatile memory. The first non-volatile memory can be in an active state without the second non-volatile memory being powered and consumes substantially more power than this second non-volatile memory. The first non-volatile memory comprises all data needed for a device configuration allowing this device to carry out at least a communication mode of an UHF protocol, this communication mode having access to the first non-volatile memory but not to the second non-volatile memory. The first non-volatile memory further comprises all attributes needed for a configuration of this communication mode. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292557 | MULTI-FREQUENCY TRANSPONDER - The invention concerns a multi-frequency transponder for communicating at a first frequency according to a first communication protocol and at a second different frequency according to a second communication protocol. The transponder comprises a first physical memory for storing a first data of the first communication protocol; a second physical memory for storing a second data, different from the first data, of the second communication protocol; and a logic unit for accessing the first and second physical memories. The logic unit comprises a first control unit for handling communications according to the first protocol, and a second control unit for handling communications according to the second protocol. The transponder comprises a mapping memory to store a logical memory map of the first or second physical memories. The logical memory map comprises mapping information for the first or second control unit to access data items in first and second physical memories. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292558 | ELECTRONIC TICKET-IN TICKET-OUT VOUCHER AND SYSTEM - An electronic Ticket-In Ticket-Out voucher and system for use in the transfer of credit between a gaming machine in a gaming establishment. The system eliminates the cost of continual printing and labor costs while decreasing the environmental impact. Each electronic ticket-in ticket-out (e-TITO) voucher contains a reprogrammable electronic display that displays mandatory information to operate within a gaming machine along with a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag to connect to the gaming establishment's servers. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292559 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND ARTICLE PROVIDED WITH COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A wireless communication device includes a loop antenna that wirelessly communicates with a device of another party through an occurrence of an eddy current, a parallel inductor connected in parallel to the loop antenna, and a wireless IC element that is connected to the parallel inductor and that processes a transmission/reception signal. At least the parallel inductor and the wireless IC element provide a predetermined resonant frequency. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292560 | ANTENNA APPARATUS AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Disclosed is an antenna apparatus and a wireless communication system. According to one implementation, the antenna apparatus includes, a near field communication antenna and a cable that is connected to the near field communication antenna. The cable of the antenna apparatus is connected to a communication transceiver. The antenna apparatus further comprises a matching circuit that is connected to the cable and the communication transceiver circuit. The matching circuit matches impedances and tunes the resonance frequency of the near field communication antenna. The communication circuit exchanges signals. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292561 | MICROCIRCUIT CARD CONTAINING MULTIPLE PRE-CUTOUT CARDS HAVING ONE AND THE SAME SPAN OF CONTACTS - A microcircuit card including an overall span of contacts including at least individual contact surfaces connected to this microcircuit while defining two parallel columns situated in proximity to two edges of the overall span, in a card body having a format at least equal to the 2FF format, in which there is made a pre-cutout in the 4FF format surrounding the overall span of contacts and a pre-cutout in the 3FF format surrounding the pre-cutout in the 4FF format, these pre-cutouts being such that the individual contact surfaces have, with respect to each of the pre-cutouts, positions and dimensions such that they encompass the theoretical contact zones defined by the standards defining these 4FF, 3FF and 2FF formats, the upper edge of the pre-cutout in the 3FF format being situated at a distance at least equal to 400 micrometers from the upper edge of the pre-cutout in the 4FF format. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292562 | TOY - A non-limiting example toy is a toy of a soft toy type, and includes an outer cover and filler that is filled inside the outer cover. A buttock portion of a stuffed toy is formed with a flat surface or approximately flat surface, and an ornament member is sewn on a surface side of the outer cover. A reinforcing member is adhered on a back side of the outer cover in a position corresponding to the ornament member. An IC tag is stuck on this reinforcing member. A user passes the stuffed toy over a reader/writer by bringing the buttock portion (hips portion) of the stuffed toy providing with the ornament member into contact to the reader/writer or by putting (sitting down) the stuffed toy on the reader/writer. Accordingly, tag information is read or tag information is rewritten. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292563 | SMART RING - Systems and methods are described herein for pairing at least one smart ring with a primary device. The primary device receives one or more identification signals having information relating to an identity of one or more smart rings. Each identification signal received from an associated one of the one or more smart rings based on motion of the associated one of the one or more smart rings with respect to the primary device. The processor of the primary device identifies the one or more smart rings based on the one or more identification signal. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292564 | Cross-Channel Content Translation Engine - An embodiment according to the present invention addresses reusability and alignment of content across channels in a multi-channel virtual assistant, by allowing users to define content on one channel and then have the content fully or partially translated for the other channels using a mix of pre-defined static rules, dynamic rules or machine learning. Content translation is provided based on communications channels, and content translation is performed from one to many formats, optionally in real time. Performing content translation using machine learning provides an advantage that as users work, content translation becomes more precise and covers more elements. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292565 | TRANSFORM ARCHITECTURE FOR MULTIPLE NEUROSYNAPTIC CORE CIRCUITS - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for feature extraction using multiple neurosynaptic core circuits including one or more input core circuits for receiving input and one or more output core circuits for generating output. The method comprises receiving a set of input data via the input core circuits, and extracting a first set of features from the input data using the input core circuits. Each feature of the first set of features is based on a subset of the input data. The method further comprises reordering the first set of features using the input core circuits, and generating a second set of features by combining the reordered first set of features using the output core circuits. The second set of features comprises a set of features with reduced correlation. Each feature of the second set of features is based on the entirety of said set of input data. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292566 | SIGNAL PROCESSING MODULE, ESPECIALLY FOR A NEURAL NETWORK AND A NEURONAL CIRCUIT - A signal processing module comprises at least one operational unit incorporating computation units, input and output interfaces able to be linked to a bus and a memory storing data destined for the computation units, the memory being organized so that each data word is stored column-wise over several addresses according to an order dependent on the application, a column having a width of one bit, the words being transferred in series to the computation units. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292567 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING DATA EXPLANATIONS FOR NEURAL NETWORKS AND RELATED SYSTEMS - A method for generating data explanations in a recursive cortical network includes receiving a set of evidence data at child feature nodes of a first layer of the recursive cortical network, setting a transformation configuration that directs messaging of evidence data and transformed data between layers of the network, performing a series of transformations on the evidence data according to the transformation configuration, the series including at least one forward transformation and at least one reverse transformation, and outputting the transformed evidence data. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292568 | SELECTING REINFORCEMENT LEARNING ACTIONS USING GOALS AND OBSERVATIONS - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for reinforcement learning using goals and observations. One of the methods includes receiving an observation characterizing a current state of the environment; receiving a goal characterizing a target state from a set of target states of the environment; processing the observation using an observation neural network to generate a numeric representation of the observation; processing the goal using a goal neural network to generate a numeric representation of the goal; combining the numeric representation of the observation and the numeric representation of the goal to generate a combined representation; processing the combined representation using an action score neural network to generate a respective score for each action in the predetermined set of actions; and selecting the action to be performed using the respective scores for the actions in the predetermined set of actions. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292569 | RECONFIGURABLE AND CUSTOMIZABLE GENERAL-PURPOSE CIRCUITS FOR NEURAL NETWORKS - A reconfigurable neural network circuit is provided. The reconfigurable neural network circuit comprises an electronic synapse array including multiple synapses interconnecting a plurality of digital electronic neurons. Each neuron comprises an integrator that integrates input spikes and generates a signal when the integrated inputs exceed a threshold. The circuit further comprises a control module for reconfiguring the synapse array. The control module comprises a global final state machine that controls timing for operation of the circuit, and a priority encoder that allows spiking neurons to sequentially access the synapse array. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292570 | ENHANCING NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING QUERY/ANSWER SYSTEMS USING SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS - Methods and a system are provided. A method includes optimizing, by a natural language processing based response optimizer having a processor, responses in an online question and answer session using natural language processing. The optimizing step includes deriving a candidate answer to a question posed in natural language and gathering support for the candidate answer by accessing a social network. The support is weighted by at least one of degree centrality, betweenness centrality, closeness centrality, Eigenvalue, hub, and authority of nodes in the social network that are associated with the support. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292571 | A SEMANTIC METHOD FOR TERMINAL DEVICES OF INTERNET OF THINGS - The present invention relates to the technical field of terminal devices of the Internet of Things, more specifically to a semantic method for terminal devices of the Internet of Things capable of analyzing the application characteristics of terminal devices of the Internet of Things, setting down the rules for building ontology base; analyzing and building initial ontology base by using the ontology base building tool; pre-processing information from network and sensors; collecting information uploaded by sensors, updating the initial ontology base, and expanding the ontology base by collecting information searched by network. The method establishes program plan by object-oriented mode, analyzes implementing results by using existing test data or simulated data, and realizes domain updating and expansion of sensor ontology according to specific applications. The whole development and evolution of sensor ontology is increasing gradually in a spiral form. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292572 | REMOTELY AGGREGATING DATA RELATING TO INFANT EMOTIONAL STATES - A system is provided for aggregating data relating to infant emotional states. Measurement data is obtained from multiple infant monitoring systems, each including an infant monitoring device and an infant monitoring hub. The infant monitoring device is configured to gather measurement data for an infant and the monitoring hub is configured to process the measurement data. A development model is generated at a remote infant developmental analysis platform. The development model reflects a relationship between measurement data and desirable emotional states for infants at various developmental ages. The development model may be sent to a first infant monitoring system. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292573 | A METHOD FOR DETECTION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF TECHNICAL EMERGENCE AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - The present invention is a method for constructing a knowledgebase that can provide analysis and trend prediction of emerging technologies. Metadata and full text are gathered from collections of documents, which can include more than 10 million documents, and are used to build a heterogeneous network of elements related to themes such as technical emergence. Indicators and models are selected that identify network characteristics and trends of interest. The indicators can be derived by applying a combination of citation analyses, natural language processing, entity disambiguation, organization classification, and time series analyses. A metric can be used to evaluate indicator utility. A framework can be sued to generate and validate the indicators. The models can be derived using an automated process. Upon receipt of a query, the indicators and models can be used to apply a scoring process to extracted features to predict a future prominence of an entity. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292574 | AUTOMATIC DETERMINATION AND JUST-IN-TIME ACQUISITION OF DATA FOR SEMANTIC REASONING - An aspect of the present disclosure aims to reduce problems associated with data acquisition of a rule set. Systems and methods enabling a semantic reasoner to stage acquisition of data objects necessary to bring each of the rules stored in the knowledge base to a conclusion are disclosed. To that end, a dependency chain is constructed, identifying whether and how each rule depends on other rules. Based on the dependency chain, the rules are assigned to difference epochs and reasoning engine is configured to perform machine reasoning over rules of each epoch sequentially. Moreover, when processing rules of each epoch, data objects referenced by the rules assigned to a currently processed epoch are acquired according to a certain order established based on criteria such as e.g. cost of acquisition of data objects. Such an approach provides automatic determination and just-in-time acquisition of data objects required for semantic reasoning. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292575 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR CAPTURING AND GENERATING USER EXPERIENCES - Embodiments of apparatus and methods for capturing and generating user experiences are described. In embodiments, an apparatus may include a processor. The apparatus may also include a data storage module, coupled with the processor, to store sensor data collected by a plurality of sensors attached to one or more devices. The apparatus may further include an experience correlation module, coupled with the data storage module, to associate at least a portion of the sensor data with a user experience based at least in part on one or more rules identifying the user experience, to enable regenerating at least a part of the user experience for a user based at least in part on the portion of the sensor data. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292576 | INFANT LEARNING RECEPTIVITY DETECTION SYSTEM - Provided are mechanisms and processes for more effectively monitoring infants to enhance caregiving and infant development. A system may include an infant monitoring device and a monitoring hub. The infant monitoring device includes sensors that gather measurement data. The monitoring hub receives the measurement data and analyzes the measurement data in relation to a learning receptivity model obtained from a remote platform. The measurement data is analyzed to predict a time and duration when an infant associated with the infant monitoring device will be receptive to learning. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292577 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PREDICTION OF AN ENERGY BROWN OUT - A method for predicting when energy consumption on a grid will exceed normal production capacity for buildings within the grid including retrieving a plurality of baseline energy use data sets for the buildings from a baseline data stores; generating data sets for each of the buildings, each set comprising energy consumption values along with corresponding time and outside temperature values, where the energy consumption values within each set are shifted by one of a plurality of lag values relative to the corresponding time and outside temperature values, and where each lag value is different; performing a regression analysis on each set to yield corresponding regression model parameters and a corresponding residual; determining a least valued residual indicating a corresponding energy lag for each of the buildings; and using outside temperatures, regression model parameters, and energy lags for all of the buildings to estimate a cumulative energy consumption for the buildings, and to predict the time when energy consumption on the grid will exceed normal production capacity. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292578 | PREDICTIVE MODELING OF DATA CLUSTERS - The present disclosure pertains to a system and method for predictive modeling of data clusters. The system and method include creating a dataset from a data source comprising data points, identifying a number of clusters based at least in part on a similarity metric between the data points, generating a model for each of the number of clusters based at least in part on identifying the number of clusters, visually displaying the number of clusters, receiving an indication of selection of a particular cluster, and replacing the visual display of the identified number of clusters with a visual display of the model corresponding to the particular cluster in response to receiving an indication of selection of a model icon. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292579 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NAVIGATING MULTI-DIMENSIONAL DECISION TREES USING ACCEPTABLE ALTERNATE NODES - A decision tree analysis system and method for navigating a multi-dimensional decision tree uses acceptable alternative child nodes of a target child node to select an end child node for a parent node, where the parent node and the final child node define a single step of a navigation path for the multi-dimensional decision tree. The acceptable alternative child nodes are based on an acceptance delta parameter for a particular attribute, which defines a value range about an attribute value of the target child node within which a child node is determined to be an acceptable alternative child node of the target child node. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292580 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO IMPROVE DECISION TREE EXECUTION - Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to improve decision tree execution. An example method includes retrieving, with a processor, a decision tree logic expression in a sum-of-products (SOP) form, the decision tree logic expression consuming a first duration to evaluate a dataset, eliminating, with the processor, redundant variables of the decision tree logic expression by transforming the decision tree logic expression into a product-of-sums (POS) form, and evaluating, with the processor, the data set with the decision tree logic expression in the POS form, the decision tree logic expression in the POS form consuming a second duration to evaluate the data set that is less than the first duration. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292581 | MINIMIZED PROCESSING OF STREAMING CHANGES INTO A SEMANTIC REASONER - An aspect of the present disclosure aims to reduce or eliminate the problems associated with processing quickly changing large sets of data. To that end, systems and methods are disclosed, enabling a semantic reasoner to identify and process incremental changes to a rules base rather than re-processing the entire rules base. Such incremental stream reasoning (i.e., only reasoning upon pushed object changes) provides an efficient and fast manner for reacting to quickly changing data. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292582 | ENHANCING NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING QUERY/ANSWER SYSTEMS USING SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS - Methods and a system are provided. A method includes optimizing, by a natural language processing based response optimizer having a processor, responses in an online question and answer session using natural language processing. The optimizing step includes deriving a candidate answer to a question posed in natural language and gathering support for the candidate answer by accessing a social network. The support is weighted by at least one of degree centrality, betweenness centrality, closeness centrality, Eigenvalue, hub, and authority of nodes in the social network that are associated with the support. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292583 | ANALYZING DISTRIBUTED GROUP DISCUSSIONS - Techniques are described for analyzing user-supplied information and/or predicting future aspects of additional information that will be supplied by users. The analyzed information may include distributed group discussions involving numerous users, occurring via user comments and other content items supplied to social networking site(s) and/or other sources. Analysis of user-supplied information may, for example, include determining particular topics and/or categories of interest during one or more time periods and quantifying corresponding amounts of user interest; determining trends for, relevant terms and attributes for, and inter-relationships between the topics and categories; predicting future amounts of user interest in the topics and categories; tracking user interactions with information about the topics and/or categories; and taking further actions based on the analyzed and/or predicted information. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292584 | Inferring User Sleep Patterns - Methods, computer systems, and computer storage media are provided for inferring sleep-related aspects for a user based, in part, on sensor data reflecting user activity detected by one or more sensors. In an embodiment, a user sleep model is trained using a dataset that includes previously-sensed data, descriptive information associated with the previously-sensed data, and/or interpretive data extracted from the previously-sensed data describing circumstances surrounding users when the data was acquired. In an embodiment, services providing time-sensitive recommendations personalized for a user's sleeping pattern using the inferred sleep-related aspects. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292585 | COGNITIVE MONITORING - A method for operating a cognitive monitor includes measuring a cognitive tone of a user, determining a categorization of the cognitive tone of the user, selecting an effector using the categorization of the cognitive tone of the user, wherein the effector is selected to achieve a predicted future cognitive tone in the user, and applying the at least one effector using a feedback mechanism of the cognitive monitor | 2016-10-06 |
20160292586 | OPERATING A MULTI-DIMENSIONAL ARRAY OF QUBIT DEVICES - In some aspects, a quantum computing system includes a multi-dimensional array of qubit devices. Coupler devices reside at intervals between neighboring pairs of the qubit devices in the multi-dimensional array. Each coupler device is configured to produce an electromagnetic interaction between one of the neighboring pairs of qubit devices. In some cases, each qubit device has a respective qubit operating frequency that is independent of an offset electromagnetic field experienced by the qubit device, and the coupling strength of the electromagnetic interaction provided by each coupler device varies with an offset electromagnetic field experienced by the coupler device. In some cases, readout devices are each operably coupled to a single, respective qubit device to produce qubit readout signals that indicate the quantum state of the qubit device. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292587 | Housing Qubit Devices in an Electromagnetic Waveguide System - In some aspects, a quantum computing system includes an electromagnetic waveguide system. The waveguide system has an interior surface that defines an interior volume of intersecting waveguides. Qubit devices are housed in the waveguide system. In some cases, the intersecting waveguides each define a cutoff frequency, and the qubit devices have qubit operating frequencies below the cutoff frequency. In some cases, coupler devices are housed in the waveguide system; each coupler device is configured to selectively couple a pair of neighboring qubit devices based on control signals received from a control source. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292588 | A METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR EFFICIENT DATA PROCESSING - The subject of the invention is a method and an apparatus for efficient data processing, using principles of Quantum Mechanics. A method of evolving a quantum register from an initial state ψ to a desired final state ψ | 2016-10-06 |
20160292589 | ULTRA-HIGH COMPRESSION OF IMAGES BASED ON DEEP LEARNING - A system for machine learning model parameters for image compression, including partitioning image files into a first set of regions, determining a first set of machine learned model parameters based on the regions, the first set of machine learned model parameters representing a first level of patterns in the image files, constructing a representation of each of the regions based on the first set of machine learned model parameters, constructing representations of the image files by combining the representations of the regions in the first set of regions, partitioning the representations of the image files into a second set of regions, and determining a second set of machine learned model parameters based on the second set of regions, the second set of machine learned model parameters representing a second level of patterns in the image files. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292590 | STREAMING ANALYTICS - In some examples, a computing system may gathering, from a machine learning unit associated with the computing system, data as a training data, label the data to identify the labeled data as the training data, which may be then recirculated for each of one or more analytics modules of the machine learning unit. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292591 | STREAMLINED ANALYTIC MODEL TRAINING AND SCORING SYSTEM - A computing device creates and stores a state of an analytic model. A first indicator of a dataset is received. A second indicator of an analytic model type of a plurality of analytic model types to train using the dataset is received. An analytic engine of an analytic model of the analytic model type is instantiated. The analytic model of the analytic model type is trained using the dataset and the instantiated analytic engine. A third indicator to save a state of the analytic model is received. The state of the trained analytic model is generated. The generated state of the trained analytic model is written to an output file. The generated state includes a reentry point name of a function of the analytic model type called to instantiate the trained analytic mode. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292592 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING MACHINE LEARNING CLASSIFICATIONS - Disclosed is a system, method, and computer program product for implementing a log analytics method and system that can configure, collect, and analyze log records in an efficient manner. Machine learning-based classification can be performed to classify logs. This approach is used to group logs automatically using a machine learning infrastructure. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292593 | QUESTION ANSWERING SYSTEM-BASED GENERATION OF DISTRACTORS USING MACHINE LEARNING - Generating distractors for text-based MCT items. An MCT item stem is received. The stem is transmitted to a QA system and a plurality of candidate answers related to the stem is received from the QA system. Incorrect answers in the plurality of candidate answers are identified. Textual features are extracted from the stem. A set of semantic criteria associated with the extracted textual features is generated. Based on the generated semantic criteria, a subset of the incorrect candidate answers is selected. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292594 | FACILITATING TRANSPORTATION PROVIDERS TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PASSENGERS AT DIFFERENT STAGES RELATED TO JOURNEYS - An aspect of the present disclosure facilitates transportation providers to make recommendations for passengers at different stages related to journeys. In one embodiment, a recommendation system determines a current stage of a passenger on a current journey, the current journey containing a sequence of stages including the current stage. The recommendation system then identifies a set of recommendations for the current stage based on activities of the passenger in a first set of stages preceding the current stage according to the sequence and then provides the set of recommendations to the passenger. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292595 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MUSIC DISCOVERY, LIVE EVENT NOTIFICATION, AND FAN ENGAGEMENT - A system and method for providing live event notification for fan engagement, including a user database for accessing a plurality of user preferences, a play database for accessing a plurality user's music habits, a third party database for accessing other media platforms, an activity database for accessing a plurality of activities that a user may attend, an analytics engine operably configured to generate a user profile, a search engine operably configured to select at least one musical event from the activity database, and a notification system operably configured to present the at least one musical event. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292596 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SCHEDULING A SHARED RIDE AMONG COMMUTERS - Methods and systems for scheduling a shared ride among commuters are disclosed. A shared ride may be created by first receiving a destination area and ride input factors from a rideshare subscribed entity, then generating a unique URL associated with the destination area. The unique URL is then transmitted to potential commuters. Users who access the URL input their commuter registration information, which may include commuter travel information, work schedule, home address, and whether the commuter currently drives or carpools to a destination location. A rideshare group is formed by applying a group formation algorithm with the processor to the commuter registration information, the destination area, and the at least one ride input factor to generate an output representing identity information for the rideshare group of commuters, at which point a shared ride is scheduled. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292597 | ENERGY SERVICES INTERFACE - An energy services bridge interposed between one or more energy service providers and an energy distribution network operator manages a plurality of diversified energy consumer service plans so as to be compliant with the physical and technical constraints of the transmission/distribution gird. The energy services bridge further conveys real-time information regarding the state of the transmission/distribution grid to the plurality of energy service providers enabling active management of the service plans and correspondingly active management of the transmission/distribution grid. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292598 | Analytics Virtualization System - Analytics Virtualization is a system and method for bridging data and readily usable autonomous computational model based applications using one to many, many to one and many to many relationship. A generalized system is created that allows any data contained virtualized folder to utilize any number of computational model application via a centralized facilitator framework. Framework could be standalone or comprising of network of devices. Devices include but not limited to computers, notebook, tablet, handhelds, smartphones or a custom electronic device. The centralized facilitator framework, acting as a bridging and controlling agent carries all the logistical information that helps connect appropriate data carrying virtual folder with relevant computational model application. This creates an analytics virtualization system that connects right data silos to the right computation model without having them present at the same physical location. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292599 | ANALYZING AND REMEDIATING OPERATIONAL RISKS IN PRODUCTION COMPUTING SYSTEMS - Methods and apparatuses are described for analyzing and remediating operational risks in production computing systems. A risk mitigation modeler of a server computing device receives risk input data from a plurality of data sources. The modeler selects a risk scenario to be applied to the input data from a plurality of risk scenarios. The modeler analyzes the input data using the selected risk scenario to identify one or more risks present in the input data. The modeler determines a risk remediation plan based upon the selected risk scenario if at least one of the identified risks meets or exceeds a risk tolerance associated with the selected scenario, where the remediation plan comprises instructions to change data elements based upon the identified risk. The modeler transmits the remediation plan to a target production computing system. The target system executes the risk remediation plan to remediate the identified risks. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292600 | GENERATION OF SOCIAL BUSINESS INSIGHTS BY FRACTAL ANALYSIS - Generating a social business insight is provided. An analysis parameter is selected. The analysis parameter represents a characteristic of a plurality of entities. A first data stream is retrieved. The first data stream is associated with a first entity of the plurality of entities and includes data from at least a CRM platform, a media platform, or a company asset database. A second data stream is retrieved. The second data stream is associated with a second entity of the plurality if entities and includes data from the media platform. A fractal analysis is performed based on the first data stream, the second data stream, and the analysis parameter. A fractal map is generated, where the fractal map depicts a relationship between the first data stream and the second data stream. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292601 | DELEGATION OF TASKS TO OTHER PERSONNEL IN AN ERP APPLICATION - Aspects of the present disclosure provide for delegating tasks, where an administrator specifies a first set of tasks that can be delegated and a class of permissible delegatees to whom the first set of tasks can be delegated. The first set of tasks and the class of delegatees are added to a permitted delegations list. A request is received from a delegator to delegate a task to a delegatee. The request is examined in view of the permitted delegations list to determine whether the request is permitted, and if permitted, the task and delegatee are added to a delegated list. A second request is received from a first user to operate as a delegatee for a second user. The request is examined in view of the delegated list, and if permitted, the first user is enabled to operate as delegatee for a set of tasks assigned to the second user. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292602 | CALENDAR MANAGEMENT WITH FLEXIBLE DURATION MEETINGS - A flexible duration meeting invite is provided to allow and assist a meeting chairperson using prompt messages to unblock the calendars for rooms, resources, and/or people as soon as they are not required. Such flexible meeting scheduling allows and assists the individual participant to mark the meeting as completed with respect to his involvement and to unblock his calendar even though the meeting is still in progress. Such flexible duration meetings also allow the others to take informed decision and plan the best case scenarios. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292603 | Capturing Notes From Passive Recording With Task Assignments - Systems and methods, and computer-readable media bearing instructions for carrying out methods of capturing notes from passive recording of an ongoing content stream and assigning a task to a target user regarding the captured/generated note are presented. Passive recording comprises temporarily recording the most recent content of the ongoing content stream. An ongoing content stream is passively recorded in a passive recording buffer. The passive recording buffer is configured to store a limited amount of recorded content corresponding to the most recently recorded content of the ongoing content stream. Upon indication by the user, a note is generated from the recorded content in the passive recording, assigned to a target user, and stored in a note file for the user. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292604 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING PROSPECTS - A method includes establishing predefined communications criteria and generating priority for a series of email, text, recorded dealership employee voice, or direct mail communications with an existing client, and determining if the predefined communications criteria are met for a first communication of the series of communications, the first communication having a first priority. The method also includes determining if the predefined communications criteria are met for any other communication of the series of communications having a higher priority than the first priority and, if one is so found, delaying the first communication, and if not sending the first communication to the existing client. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292605 | PROVIDING DATA ANALYSIS IN EVALUATING PROJECT OPPORTUNITIES - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for generating graphical representations based on aggregated data associated with project opportunities. For each project opportunity in a set of project opportunities to be evaluated, project opportunity data, a set of organization criterion scores, and a set of partner criterion scores are received. An organization preference score is determined, based on combining the organization criterion scores. A partner preference score is determined, based on combining the partner criterion scores. A graphical representation of the project opportunity is generated, based on the project opportunity data that corresponds to aspects of the project opportunity. The graphical representation of the project opportunity is presented among graphical representations of other project opportunities, based on the organization preference score and the customer preference score. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292606 | OPTIMAL ALLOCATION OF HARDWARE INVENTORY PROCUREMENTS - In various embodiments, methods, computer-storage media, and systems for generating optimal allocation of hardware inventory procurements are provided. An adjusted total cost, based on assessment properties for hardware providers is determined. Assessment properties can be classified as assessment-property-metrics and assessment-property-data, where the assessment-property-metrics are computed using the assessment-property-data. At least two cost assessment-property-metrics that correspond to hardware providers of a hardware requestor having hardware inventory procurements, are identified to determine the adjusted total cost. Optimal allocation results of the hardware inventory procurement for the hardware providers are generated based on a total addressable market simulation, where the total address addressable market simulation indicates, based at least in part on the adjusted total cost and an exponential probability of loss cost, a total cost of ownership that includes exponential liability assumption of over-allocation. The optimal allocation results are communicated in tabular or graphical representations that indicate the optimal allocation solution. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292607 | Utility Pole Staking System and Method - Aspects of the invention include methods and systems for staking utility poles for a job. The methods and systems may comprise a central facility server; a network; and a mobile device adapted to transmit data to the central facility server using the network and including a processor and computer memory. The mobile device may be configured to: i) receive data for a circuit; ii) receive data regarding a plurality of poles for the circuit; iii) receive data regarding one or more assemblies for the poles of the circuit; iv) take and store photographs of the plurality of poles; v) receive notes for the job; vi) plot locations of the plurality of poles; vii) plot the circuit using the plotted locations for the plurality of poles; and viii) upload the data to the central facility server. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292608 | MULTI-CLUSTER MANAGEMENT METHOD AND DEVICE - The embodiments of the present invention provide a method and a device for multi-cluster management. The method includes acquiring historical operating data of multiple clusters; determining future demand information of the multiple clusters based on the historical operating data; and determining cluster configuration information of the multiple clusters based on the future demand information. Compared with other solutions, the embodiments of the present invention obtain future demand information of the multiple clusters by processing and analyzing acquired historical operating data of the multiple clusters, and determine cluster configuration information of the multiple clusters based on the future demand information. Based on the cluster configuration information, the embodiments can, in a cross-regional multi-cluster and large-scale data processing environment, realize reasonable distribution and configuration of multi-cluster resources, achieve balancing and optimization of global resources, and can also, in the case that resource conditions between the clusters permit, efficiently implement cross-cluster data access. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292609 | OPTIMIZATION OF WORKLOAD PLACEMENT - A computer manages methods for determining workload placement in a computing environment. The computer receives a plurality of workloads with associated information, wherein the associated information for each workload contains at least: contract information, billing information, and resource availability information. The computer determines a profitability factor for each workload of the plurality of workloads, wherein the profitability factor is at least based on the billing information. The computer determines a penalty factor for each workload of the plurality of workloads, wherein the penalty factor is at least based on the contract information. The computer determines a preference factor for each workload of the plurality of workloads, wherein the preference factor is at least based on the resource availability information. The computer assigns a priority ordering for each of the workloads from the plurality of workloads. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292610 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REAL TIME PREDICTION OF TIMELY DELIVERY OF TELECOM SERVICE ORDERS - The present disclosure relates to a method and a prediction device for predicting timely delivery of telecom service orders in real time. In one embodiment, the method receives order data of historical time period and processes the order data to derive one or more variables and add missing values in the order data. Based on the processed order data, one or more models are generated and a model having least model generation error rate is identified. Using the model thus identified, prediction of timely delivery of telecom services is predicted in real time using real time data. By way of identifying factors that influence the timely delivery in each stage, helps to improve the probability of timely delivery by correcting the identified factors, thus improving customer experience and revenue realization to the telecom service providers. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292611 | System Monitoring with Key Performance Indicators from Shared Base Search of Machine Data - An automatic service monitor in an information technology environment has its operation controlled by information that, in part, define entities that perform services and define key performance indicators (KPIs) that indicate measures of performance of the services. KPIs are defined in terms of search queries applied against machine data by or about the entities that perform the services. The search query aspects of multiple KPI definitions may be tied to a shared base search. Implementation of the shared base search may permit improved performance of the service monitor and may permit a reduction in administrative burden. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292612 | FORECAST TOOL FOR FINANCIAL SERVICE PROVIDERS - A method includes presenting visually, on an interactive user interface, information representing one or more historical metrics and projected performance for a particular provider of a financial service. The method also includes receiving, via the interactive graphical user interface, one or more inputs from a user. The method also includes updating the projected performance of the particular provider based on the inputs received from the user, and presenting visually, on the interactive user interface, the updated projected performance of the particular provider. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292613 | Skill Identification System - A computer system searches a network for information about a person. The computer system also identifies a skill for the person from the information found in the network. Further, the computer system identifies evidence of the skill that meets a policy that identifies when the skill is valid. Still further, the computer system adds the skill to a group of skills for the person in a database of skills for people in the organization when the skill is valid, enabling performing an operation for the organization based on the skills for the people in the organization for which the evidence is present that meets the policy. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292614 | Skill Shift Visualization System - A method for analyzing skills for people in an organization. A computer system identifies a change in the skills over time for a group of the people in the organization. The computer system identifies a trend in the skills over time based on the changes in the skills identified. The computer system displays a visualization of the trend in a graphical user interface on a display system. The visualization is a graphical representation of the trend enabling performing an operation to meet a metric for the organization. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292615 | DATA DRIVEN RELATIONSHIP ADVISOR APPARATUS AND METHOD - A data driven relationship advisor apparatus and method generates relationship factors based on an individual's trait assessment. The apparatus and method enable an administrator to compare the traits of two individuals based on different trait assessments for the two individual to illustrate differences and similarities between the two individuals. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292616 | SUPPORT PERSON SELECTION DEVICE, SUPPORT PERSON SELECTION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A support person selection device ( | 2016-10-06 |
20160292617 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A method includes: first creating determination information on whether or not the second file is derived from the first file based on a file name or file content of a first file to which writing is performed by a first job and a file name or file content of a second file from which reading is performed by a second job; second creating predecessor-successor information indicating a predecessor-successor relationship between the first job and the second job based on the determination information; and outputting the predecessor-successor information in a manner that allows an administrator to keep track of the predecessor-successor relationship between the first job and the second job. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292618 | MANDATING TASKS AT RUN-TIME FOR CASE MANAGEMENT - A method for governing task completion. A unit of work to be completed is identified. The unit of work includes at least one task and a status of the task indicates that the task is optional. Additional information is retrieved that indicates at least one circumstance associated with the at least one optional task. It is determined whether the circumstance warrants promotion of the task to a status that indicates that the task is mandatory. In response to a determination that the circumstance warrants promotion, the task is promoted. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292619 | System for Tracking Hauling Operations - A method of tracking a hauling operation is provided. The method includes the steps of: mounting a beacon to a hauler, the beacon including a transmitter configured to emit a low energy transmission including a unique identification, the unique identification code corresponding to the beacon; providing at least a first receiving unit at the loading site, the first receiving unit configured to detect the low energy transmission emitted by the beacon mounted to the hauler; detecting with the first receiving unit the low energy transmission emitted by the beacon when the hauler and mounted beacon are within range of the first receiving unit; analyzing the detected transmission emitted by the beacon mounted to the hauler with the at least first receiving unit to determine the unique identification code transmitted by the beacon; and identifying the hauler based on the embedded unique identification code of the detected transmission. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292620 | VISUAL TASK ASSIGNMENT SYSTEM - A system is provided that visualizes task assignments. The system displays a project plan timeline within a user interface. The system further displays a first resource indicator and a second resource indicator within the project plan timeline. The system further displays a task indicator within the first resource indicator. The system further defines a side-area region of the task indicator, where the defining the side-area region designates the task as a multi-resource enabled task. The system further assigns the task to the second resource in response to a drag of the side-area region of the task indicator and a drop within the second resource indicator, where the task is assigned to both the first resource and the second resource. The system further displays a first task part indicator and a second task part indicator within the project plan timeline in place of the display of the task indicator. The first task part indicator is displayed within the first resource indicator and the second task part indicator is displayed within the second resource indicator. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292621 | AUTOMATICALLY IDENTIFYING A PROJECT'S STAFFING-AVAILABILITY RISK - A method and associated systems for automatically identifying a risk that a staffing resource identified by a proposed project-staffing plan will be unavailable. A computerized project-management tool, in response to receiving a proposed project plan, requests, receives, and aggregates information about other past, present, and expected projects and about expected supplies of, and competing demands for, staffing resources required by the proposed plan. The tool infers patterns, business rules, and trends from the received information, with which it adjusts the proposed project's planned start date, expected availabilities of required staffing resources, and expected competition for staffing resources. The tool then determines a likelihood that a sufficient supply of each of the plan's required staffing resources, as adjusted, will be available at the required times, as adjusted. If the risk is too high, the user may fine-tune the proposed plan by repeating the preceding steps with varying project parameters. | 2016-10-06 |
20160292622 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INDEXING RESOURCES TO A PROJECT SCHEDULE - A system and method for capturing and/or retrieving activity information in association with corresponding tasks and/or projects are disclosed. Activity information regarding an activity may be associated with a task ID identifying a task with which the activity is associated. Each of the task IDs may be associated with one or more corresponding projects, indicating the task identified by the task ID is associated with the project. This may facilitate users to obtain activity information and index the obtained activity information to corresponding task(s) and/or project(s). This may facilitate report generation that may acquire project information by obtaining activity information indexed to the project. | 2016-10-06 |