41st week of 2019 patent applcation highlights part 44 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20190311371 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - [Object] To provide an information processing device and an information processing method capable of enabling third-party use of an emotion value serving as an index of a person's value to further improve convenience of emotion values. [Solution] An information processing device including: an accumulation unit configured to accumulate, in units of users, emotion values that are indices obtained by converting values of respective objects into numerical values on the basis of interaction between objects; a communication unit configured to perform communication and capable of receiving an emotion value request together with a purpose of use from a user, and returning the user's emotion value to the user; and a control unit configured to control the communication unit to return, when an emotion value request is received together with a purpose of use from a user, the user's emotion value to the user, and transmit, when an emotion value request is received together with a purpose of use from a third party that requests a user's emotion value, to the user that there has been an emotion value request from the third party together with the purpose of use, and transmit the user's emotion value to the third party when consent from the user is received. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311372 | Normalizing Ingested Personal Data, and Applications Thereof - To train models, training data is needed. As personal data changes over time, the training data can get stale, obviating its usefulness in training the model. Embodiments deal with this by developing a database with a running log specifying how each person's data changes at the time. When data is ingested, it may not be normalized. To deal with this, embodiments clean the data to ensure the ingested data fields are normalized. Finally, the various tasks needed to train the model and solve for accuracy of personal data can quickly become cumbersome to a computing device. They can conflict with one another and compete inefficiently for computing resources, such as processor power and memory capacity. To deal with these issues, a scheduler is employed to queue the various tasks involved. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311373 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF TAKING OVER CUSTOMER SERVICE - Example implementations are directed to systems and methods that involve obtaining, at a first service robot from a plurality of service robots, data regarding one or more types of services to be executed by one or more second service robots from the plurality of service robots, in response to a human interacting with the first service robot; selecting the one or more second service robots from the plurality of service robots to execute the one or more types of services; and instructing the selected one or more second service robots to execute the one or more types of services. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311374 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING AN INTELLIGENT CUSTOMER SERVICE QUERY MANAGEMENT AND ROUTING SYSTEM - An embodiment of the present invention is directed to an intelligent customer service and query management and routing system. The innovative system comprises a communications server that receives a query from a client; a predictive analytics engine that applies predictive analytics to the query including parsing keywords and phrases; classifying the keywords and phrases; and applying a tag to the query; a management platform dashboard that provides an interface to a customer service representative to provide feedback to the predictive analytics engine and further applies automatic routing and categorization into a plurality of communication inboxes; and a periodic model build processing component that builds, monitors, optimizes and deploys one or more predictive models executed by the predictive analytics engine. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311375 | ASSISTING ENTITIES IN RESPONDING TO A REQUEST OF A USER - A third-party service may be used to assist entities in responding to requests of users. A third-party service may receive, directly or indirectly, a request of a first user for assistance from a first entity. The third-party service may request information about the first user by sending a request to a computer of the first entity. The third-party service may use the request of the first user and the information about the first user to automatically generate a response to the request of the first user. The third-party service may then transmit, directly or indirectly, the response to the first user. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311376 | ASSET OWNERSHIP TRACKING SYSTEM WITH VIRTUAL TAGGING AND METHOD OF USE - A method and system of tracking ownership of an asset includes virtually tagging an asset through a smart device, wherein the virtual tagging assigns a unique identifier to the asset; receiving a first verification of ownership by receiving an identifying information of a first user; assigning the first verification of ownership to the virtual tag, thereby creating a log of ownership; receiving a second verification of ownership by receiving an identifying information of a second user; and assigning the second verification of ownership to the virtual tag, thereby adding to the log of ownership. Further, the method and system provides for a virtual notary system. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311377 | SOCIAL SECURITY FRAUD BEHAVIORS IDENTIFICATION METHOD, DEVICE, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - Disclosed are a social security fraud behaviors identification method, a social security fraud behaviors identification device and a social security fraud behaviors identification apparatus as well as a computer-readable storage medium. The method includes: establishing a relationship network of doctor-patient and drug diagnosis based on social security medical treatment data, wherein, the relationship network comprises kinds of nodes, the relationship between each node and any other node is different; analyzing group medical treatment behaviors of each node in the relationship network, to extract multiple-dimensional group medical treatment characteristics corresponding to each node; inputting each of the multiple-dimensional group medical treatment characteristics extracted into a preset classification model, to identify fraud rate of each node according to the classification model. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311378 | Non-abstract devices, systems, and processes for the display and furnishing of tangible benefits - A system and method for permitting an entity to more effectively make use of targeted benefits from a plurality of benefit providers; wherein the benefits are offered specifically to those entities qualified and eligible to receive said benefits. Various methods and systems for matching entities with benefits are also disclosed. An exemplary embodiment includes: (1) making available a plurality of benefits; (2) examining this plurality of benefits to determine which benefits entity is or may be qualified and eligible to receive; and (3) providing notification of said “entity-is-qualified-for” benefits. Entity information is compared to benefit information to determine those benefits, if any, to which the entity is or appears to be qualified to receive. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311379 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TARGETED ADVERTISING - Systems and methods for targeted advertising are described. The method may include receiving information regarding a future event. The information may include a time and a user identification. Receiving local additional information regarding the user from the one or more databases; requesting third party additional information regarding the user from one or more third party databases; accessing advertiser information from the one or more databases; selecting one or more advertisements based on the advertiser information, information regarding the future event, the local additional information, and the third party additional information; creating a communication template for the one or more selected advertisers; and sending the communication template. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311380 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONDUCTING A GIFT VALUE TRANSACTION - A system and method for conducting a gift value transaction is described herein. The method includes receiving a request for payment for a gift, wherein the request includes buyer-imposed conditions on use of the gift; notifying a gift recipient of the gift; and tracking the gift recipient's account balances at the different merchants with the buyer-imposed conditions. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311381 | Determining Streaming Content User Consumption - Confidence of attentiveness of a consumer of a media object on a media playback device is estimated by detecting a user action performed on a mobile computing device while or soon after the media objects are presented; responsive to the user action detection, retrieving descriptors for the media object; correlating the detected user action and the descriptors; if sufficiently correlated, determining a degree of confidence that the user is attentive to the media object; and recording the one user action, the media object descriptors, and the degree of confidence into digital results into computer memory. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311382 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND STORAGE MEDIA FOR CREATING A BOOK PRODUCT - Systems, methods, and storage media are disclosed. Quantitative and qualitative market data from a marketplace indicating consumer interest or demand in book-products are received. Quantitative and qualitative data characteristic data relating to characteristics of existing book-products in the marketplace are received. A formula based on the market data and the characteristic data, is applied to define an opportunity space for at least one potential new book-products. the results of the application of the formula are store the at least one formula in a database; and create a book product based on the formula. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311383 | Travel Price Optimization (TPO) - TPO is an industry-neutral price optimization solution that recommends optimal prices by performing simultaneous evaluation of all network-wide demand and supply considerations. TPO produces an optimal time-phased price profile designed to achieve the greatest return on inventory. An optimizer technique takes the baseline demand forecasts, competitive intelligence, inventory data, and other related parameters and data representing real-world objects, and determines the optimal prices at which the user will achieve the greatest return on inventory. The optimizer technique can be directed to maximize revenues, profits, or market share. TP produces a recommended price profile, that can be manipulated in an interactive graphical user interface, and illustrates what price must be charged now, and what prices must be charged later in the booking cycle. Using price sensitive forecasting to estimate how price impacts demand, TPO helps users to maximize revenues, profits, or market share. TPO recommends prices by dated- resources or dated DFUs. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311384 | PERCEPTION ANALYSIS - Computer-implemented consumer analytics logic accesses, in computer memory, data comprising user-authored text and includes sentic computing logic to identify, in the data, one or more lexical items in the text and determine a meaning for at least a subset of the one or more lexical items, where corresponding lexical units define the meaning determined for each of the subsets of lexical items. A determination is made by the consumer analytics logic as to whether each lexical unit maps to one or more factors in a set of factors of a model, the set of factors defined to include an attitudinal factor, a sociocultural factor, a personal factor, and a behavioral factor. A consumer sentiment is determined to be expressed in the text based on the model and the analysis. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311385 | DEMAND PREDICTION SYSTEM, DEMAND PREDICTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A collection unit of this demand prediction system collects a plurality of event information that have current or future events and location information indicating locations of the events. An extraction unit extracts event information indicating the event in a predetermined range, which includes the location of a shop from the plurality of event information collected by the collection unit based on the location information. A prediction unit predicts a demand of goods varying at the shop according to the event indicated by the event information extracted by the extraction unit, based on actual result information on a past event corresponding to the event indicated by the event information extracted by the extraction unit. An output unit outputs demand prediction information indicating the demand of goods predicted by the prediction unit. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311386 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INCENTIVIZING CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS - A method for gamification of charitable contributions on a computing platform includes: storing, in a memory of a computing device, program code for an application program executable by a processor of the computing device; receiving at least a selection of a charitable cause, a contribution amount, and payment information from a user of the computing device; transmitting the selection of the charitable cause, the contribution amount, and the payment information to a processing server; receiving contribution data from the processing server, the contribution data including at least a direct contribution amount and a referred contribution amount associated with the user of the computing device; generating a graphical illustration of the received contribution data; and displaying, by a display device interfaced with the computing device, the generated graphical illustration. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311387 | COMPUTER SYSTEM, VACANT SEAT DETECTING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A computer system for detecting vacant seats and providing a coupon acquires a camera image; detects vacant seats by performing an image analysis on the acquired camera image, issues a coupon based on a result of the detection, and provides the issued coupon. Further, the computer system issues the coupon in which a discount rate by the coupon changes according to a number of the vacant seats or a ratio of the vacant seats. Furthermore, the computer system issues the coupon in which a discount rate by the coupon changes according to a time it takes a customer who has been provided with the coupon enters a store. In addition, the computer system forecasts a number of vacant seats in a time period of a case where the coupon is provided and a sales amount changed by providing the coupon. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311388 | USER RECOGNITION BASED USER EXPERIENCE PLATFORM - A device may receive, from a camera device, an image that includes a person. The device may provide the image to a user recognition device and receive, from the user recognition device, a user identifier based on the person included in the image. In addition, the device may obtain user data based on the user identifier, the user data relating to prior activity relating to the person associated with the user identifier. The device may identify a user device based on a first physical location associated with the camera device and a second physical location associated with the user device, and provide the user data to the user device. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311389 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR USING LOCATION DATA FOR LOCATION BASED REWARDS - Providing a purchase incentive to a mobile device based for example the user's location, predicted route of travel, and prior transactions. A tracking server computer determines a number of locations of a mobile device as it travels along a route and an associated timeframe when it is at each of the locations. The tracking server computer records the locations and associated timeframes in a location log and analyzes the location log to predict a subsequent location and associated timeframe that the mobile device will be at that location. The tracking server computer then determines a merchant proximate to the predicted subsequent location of the mobile device and generates a purchase incentive for use at the merchant and delivers the purchase incentive to the mobile device. In the alternative, the incentive may be generated by a merchant computer or the mobile device. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311390 | Methods and Systems for Gathering and Display of Responses to Surveys and Providing and Redeeming Rewards - Systems and methods are described for selecting and presenting one or more surveys to a user based on a captured image or other information. Upon completion of the survey, a reward can be sent to the user. The reward can be redeemed by first clearing the reward using a captured image and location information of the user device to determine whether the redemption may be fraudulent. Manners for sharing surveys and creating new surveys and rewards are also described. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311391 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LINKING CONSUMERS AND MERCHANTS IN AN INTERCONNECTED ENVIRONMENT - The embodiments herein provide program, system and method for linking consumers and merchants in a marketing program. Accordingly, a marketing method for linking consumers and merchants in an inter-connected environment, the method comprising steps of receiving a request from a merchant outlet for entering membership with a club providing membership, registering a merchant member associated with the merchant outlet and creating a merchant member record, receiving a request from a consumer for entering membership with the club providing membership, the consumer being associated with the merchant member, registering a consumer member and creating a member record, the consumer member being associated with the merchant member, generating a membership identification for the consumer member so as to enable the consumer member for eligible discounts available in one or more merchant member outlets and crediting a revenue sharing amount to the merchant member by the club on a recurring basis. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311392 | REWARD POINT TRANSFERS USING BLOCKCHAIN - A reward points transfer system and process using blockchain is disclosed. Transaction account issuers may write reward transfer messages to the blockchain to initiate a transfer of reward points for a transaction account holders account to one or more rewards partners. Rewards partners may retrieve the reward transfer messages from the blockchain, and write a reward transfer response message to the blockchain to confirm receipt of the reward points transfer and to update the status of the transfer. The transaction account issuers and rewards partners may encrypt the messages and generate hashes based on the messages prior to writing to the blockchain, to ensure that the messages are not tampered with during the transfer process. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311393 | Wearable Device That Is Automatically Configurable Between Wearer Facing And Redemption Interfaces - Provided herein are method, apparatus, and computer program products for automatically outputting a wearer interface or a redemption interface. The wearer interface and the redemption interface may contain information related to a wearer of a wearable device and a provider respectively. The wearable device may reference a merchant redemption parameters database to facilitate the output of the redemption interface, and the wearable device my reference a wearer parameters database to facilitate the output of the wearer interface. Both the wearer interface and the redemption interface may be displayed on the wearable device by an interactive display. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311394 | MULTIVARIATE DIGITAL CAMPAIGN CONTENT TESTING UTILIZING RANK-1 BEST-ARM IDENTIFICATION - Methods, systems, and non-transitory computer readable storage media are disclosed for determining parameters for digital campaign content in connection with executing digital campaigns using a rank-one assumption and a best-arm identification algorithm. For example, the disclosed system alternately explores response data in the first dimension and response data in the second dimension using the rank-one assumption and the best-arm identification algorithm to estimate highest sampling values from each dimension. In one or more embodiments, the disclosed system uses the estimated highest sampling values from the first and second dimension to determine a combination with a highest sampling value in a parameter matrix constructed based on the first dimension and the second dimension, and then executes the digital campaign using the determined combination. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311395 | ESTIMATING CLICK-THROUGH RATE - A method of estimating a click-through rate is provided. According to the method of estimating a click-through rate, a click label is set for an exposure log based on a click log, wherein the exposure log records information of a page element presented to a user; an exposure weight corresponding to the exposure log is set based on the click label of the exposure log and a context similarity of the page element; click-through rate estimation is performed based on the exposure log set with the exposure weight. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311396 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DETERMINE INFORMED HOLDOUTS FOR AN ADVERTISEMENT CAMPAIGN - Methods and apparatus are disclosed to determine informed holdouts for an advertisement campaign. An example storage medium includes instructions that, when executed, cause a machine to retrieve user identifiers associated with purchase instances; determine households that correspond to the user identifiers; identify a first and a second group type, the first group type exhibiting a first threshold of purchase behaviors, and the second group type exhibiting a second threshold of purchase behaviors; identify a first holdout group and a second holdout group, reduce computational lift calculation resource consumption by constraining the first holdout group to a first percentage, constraining the second holdout group to a second percentage, the first percentage equal to the second, the first and the second holdout groups are not to be exposed to an advertisement campaign; and determine a lift calculation for the advertisement campaign based on the first and the second holdout groups. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311397 | MANAGEMENT OF MOVING OUTDOOR ADVERTISING - An advertising campaign may be carried out using moving outdoor advertising. Advertisers typically like to manage and track the success of their advertising campaigns. Aspects of the present application may be seen to assist with such management and tracking by providing impression analytics, location analytics, time analytics and frequency reports. Furthermore, aspects of the present application may be seen to provide an ability to augment a moving outdoor advertising campaign with a mobile device retargeting advertising campaign. Then, such metrics as return on investment, profit and gross profit may be tracked. In some aspects, Wi-Fi signals and Bluetooth signals may be collected from mobile devices that are in the range of a Moving Impression Analytics Tracking Device. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311398 | CONVERSION PATH PERFORMANCE MEASURES AND REPORTS - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for providing conversion path performance measures and reports. In one aspect, user interaction data are obtained, were the user interaction data specify user interactions for a plurality of conversions. User interactions that are associated with each conversion are selected from the user interaction data, where the associated user interactions for each conversion are user interactions with a converting user during the conversion cycle for the conversion. Using the user interaction data for the selected user interactions, a quantity of user interactions that are associated with each conversion and occurred during the conversion cycle for the conversion are determined. In turn, conversion path performance measures are computed and reports specifying the conversion path performance measures are generated. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311399 | GENERATING AND PROVIDING RETURN OF INCREMENTAL DIGITAL CONTENT USER INTERFACES FOR IMPROVING PERFORMANCE AND EFFICIENCY OF MULTI-CHANNEL DIGITAL CONTENT CAMPAIGNS - The present disclosure includes systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media that generate and provide return of incremental digital content user interfaces that improve performance and efficiency of multi-channel, multi-region digital content campaigns. In particular, one or more embodiments generate and provide a user interface that comprises a return of incremental digital content expenditure regression curve and return of incremental digital content expenditure point representations that accurately and intuitively detail digital content campaign expenditure efficiency for combinations of channels and regions during multiple time periods in a time window. For example, the resulting return of incremental digital content expenditure user interface effectively utilizes limited computing device display space and resources to enable a publisher to quickly and accurately optimize and project high level expenditure allocation in order to improve digital content campaigns. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311400 | SELECTION OF KEYWORD PHRASES FOR PROVIDING CONTEXTUALLY RELEVANT CONTENT TO USERS - A process is described for assessing the suitability of particular keyword phrases for use in serving contextually relevant content for display on pages of network-accessible sites. In one embodiment, the process involves scoring the key phrases based in part on collected user behavioral data, such as view counts of associated social media content items. A process is also disclosed in which selected keyword phrases on a page are transformed into links that can be selected by a user to view bundled content that is related to such keyword phrases. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311401 | WEARABLE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING WIDGET THEREOF - A wearable device and a method for providing a widget thereof are provided. A method for providing a widget in a wearable device of the present disclosure comprises the steps of: sensing status information of a user; transmitting the status information of the user to an external server; selecting an application type to be provided from the external server according to a user command; receiving, from the external server, information on at least one application corresponding to the status information of the user on the basis of the selected application type and the status information of the user; and providing, on a screen, a widget corresponding to an application selected by the user among the at least one application. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311402 | INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD AND INFORMATION PROVIDING DEVICE - An information providing method and apparatus a) transmits a request via a network, for recommended driving information for a first user to be received and displayed on a display of the first user, b) receives from the network driving data from a plurality of vehicles about how a plurality of users drive their vehicles including the first user, c) extracts a similar user from among the plurality of users who drives a vehicle with a predetermined similarity to how the first user drives a vehicle, and determines recommended driving information of the similar user from the similar user's driving history, d) transmits over the network to the first user the recommended driving information of the similar user, and e) displays on a display of the first user the recommended driving information of the similar user. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311403 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VIRAL MARKETING AND MANAGEMENT - Systems, methods, and software for relatively low cost or free viral marketing management are provided. The system, method and software may be configured to receive primary user information from a primary user, wherein the primary user information may include log in information, a primary promotional code, and information related to an advertisement for the primary user, create a primary advertisement based at least in part on the received information related to the advertisement for the primary user, send the created primary advertisement, the primary promotional code, and information associated with a marketing management system to one or more prospective secondary users, receive, by the server, secondary user information from the secondary user, wherein the secondary user information may include log in information, the primary promotional code, information related to an advertisement for the primary user, present at least a portion of the primary advertisement to the secondary user, create a secondary promotional code, and secondary advertisement based at least in part on the received information related to the advertisement for the secondary user, wherein the secondary advertisement comprises at least a portion of the primary advertisement, and send the created secondary advertisement, primary or secondary promotional code, and information associated with a marketing management system to one or more subsequent users. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311404 | Content Output Systems Using Vehicle-Based Data - Electronic display systems, including roadside display devices, vehicle-based devices, personal mobile devices, intermediary servers, advertising servers and/or networks, and/or additional external data sources may operate individually or in combination to identify one or more vehicle locations, driving routes, driver and passenger characteristics, driving behavior and patterns, telematics data, and the like. Vehicle and individual characteristics and/or telematics data may be determined based on data received from traffic cameras, vehicle-based devices, personal mobile devices, telematics devices, and/or other data sources, including software applications. Based on the vehicle characteristics, individual characteristics, driving data and driving patterns, telematics data, and the like, content, such as digital display content or audio content, may be determined for output on various devices, such as electronic roadside displays to be viewable by the approaching vehicles, and/or other devices to be accessible by associated individuals via the other devices. Various techniques may be used to determine customized content. Additionally, certain systems may be interactive to allow user responses and follow-up content via on-board vehicle devices or other user devices. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311405 | Linking a Context Environment to a Context Service - A contextual services delivery system may comprise a services repository containing services instructions and a contextual services delivery module. The contextual services delivery module may deliver different contextual services to a smartphone and/or a POS terminal in response to a context environment, in order to provide a user with a customized contextual services experience. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311406 | SYSTEM FOR SECURELY TRANSMITTING MEDICAL RECORDS AND FOR PROVIDING A SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITY - A system for transmitting information to users via a website or mobile application is described herein. The system includes a database and a server including a processor. The processor is programmed to receive a transmittal request to transmit a communication message to a recipient address, select a recipient type associated with the recipient address, and responsively generate a unique communication identifier including information indicative of the selected recipient type and the communication message. The processor generates and transmits a notification message including the unique communication identifier to the recipient address. The processor also receives a display request to display the communication message in response to a recipient user accessing the unique communication identifier including the selected recipient type. The processor determines promotional information associated with the recipient type and displays the communication message and the associated promotional information to the recipient user via user computing device. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311407 | REAL-TIME CONTENT GENERATION - Systems and methods for publishing content are provided. One method includes generating a content item template for a content item configured for publication within one or more resources. The method further includes storing the content item template within a memory for later publication. The method further includes receiving input data from the content provider and detecting a trigger signal associated with the content item. The method further includes entering the content item into an auction in response to detecting the trigger signal. The method further includes adding the input data provided by the content provider via the interface to the content item template to generate the content item prior to publication of the content item within the one or more resources. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311408 | FINE PRINT BUILDER - A method, apparatus, and computer program product are disclosed to improve generation of fine print for promotions. The method includes receiving identifying information that identifies one or more locations and either a product or service, transmitting the identifying information, and receiving, based on the identifying information, information including a set of relevant fine print clause data structures. The method further includes displaying, by a user interface, one or more fine print clauses from the relevant fine print clause data structures and generating, using a processor, a configured fine print data structure based on the displayed fine print clauses and input received via the user interface. Finally, the method includes transmitting the configured fine print data structure. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also provided. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311409 | OBSERVATION PLATFORM FOR PERFORMING STRUCTURED COMMUNICATIONS - Methods and systems are disclosed for sending information in an observation platform. A determination is made, at an observation platform, that a first communication device associated with a first user is located in an environment. A determination is made, at the observation platform, that the first communication device is located in proximity to a second communication device associated with a second user. Speech information is sent to the first communication device for the first user to use in communicating with the second user. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311410 | CONVERSATIONAL MAPPING OF WEB ITEMS FOR MEDIATED GROUP DECISIONS - A method and apparatus for conversational mapping of web items for mediated group decisions is disclosed. In one embodiment of the method, a web server delivers a web page that comprises a hyperlink and identities of one or more products that were selected at an E-commerce website by an online shopper via a web browser. In response to activation of the hyperlink by the online shopper via the web browser, product information for the one or more products is transferred in a transaction message to a decision-support system via a network. The decision-support system sends some or all of the product information to one or more user devices. The decision-support system subsequently receives review information related to the one or more products from the one or more user devices via a messaging service. The decision-support system processes the product review information to generate a result, and the decision-support system sends the result to another user device for display thereon via the messaging service. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311411 | System and method for controlling the disclosure of a trading order - A system for controlling the disclosure of a trading order comprises a memory and a processor. The memory stores disclosure policies associated with market centers. The processor receives a trading order for a trading product that specifies a total quantity of the trading product and a maximum disclosure quantity of the trading product. The trading order is associated with a particular market center. The processor then routes the trading order to the particular market center according to the disclosure policy associated with the particular market center. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311412 | Customized Pricing for Digital and Non-Digital Publications - A new, unique and improved business model where customer chooses the price he wants to pay for any of the digital/non digital published material or products mentioned. The product company decides the fraction and places the advertisement to be placed on the books depending on the will of user he want to pay for a specific material, the customer gets the products at her chosen price and it contains advertisements embedded inside the digital contents. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311413 | Systems and Methods for Creation of Personalized Artwork Including Words Clouds - A computer-implemented system and method creates personalized artwork, including word clouds, for making personalized goods. The system may include an art creation server, a data store, and a controller with a plurality of subsystems. Each of the plurality of subsystems is configured to manipulate data included in the data store. A data management engine is configured to receive a plurality of art objects. A randomization engine is configured to automatically generate personalized artwork by selectively layering a subset of the plurality of art objects. The randomization engine is also configured to automatically generate a rendering of the personalized artwork that can be edited by a user. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311414 | SEARCH DEVICE AND SEARCH METHOD - A search device includes a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and the processor configured to calculate a plurality of evaluation values relating to a plurality of items respectively, in accordance with differences between a plurality of search conditions including the plurality of items, in response to receiving a new search condition, perform a search process based on both the new search condition and the calculated plurality of evaluation values, and output a result of the search process. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311415 | Adaptive Multi-Perceptual Similarity Detection and Resolution - Embodiments relate to an intelligent computer platform to compute visual similarity across image objects. An object detection algorithm is utilized to identify image objects and to produce a tensor representation of the identified object. Multi-visual contextual similarity of the object is conducted to assess and determine related object images. A re-assessment of similarity is dynamically conducted in response to a product image selection. The re-assessment utilizes the tensor representations of the related object images, thereby conducting a mathematical assessment of similarity and object image identification. A final product is identified and selected based on the dynamic re-assessment and convergence on a directed outcome with minimal iterations of object interaction. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311416 | TREND IDENTIFICATION AND MODIFICATION RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON INFLUENCER MEDIA CONTENT ANALYSIS - Metadata of influencer media content from content platforms are analyzed, a potential product is identified, and attributes for the potential product is extracted. Profile data of followers of the influencer is obtained, and the followers are clustered. An influence factor of the influencer is calculated for each cluster. The followers in the clusters are ranked based on interactions with the influencer. A potential media content related to the potential product is identified, and a placement recommendation to a given cluster is provided based on the influence factors for the clusters and on the follower ranks. Potential future trends are identified based on information related the influencer and are thus predictive and forward-looking, instead of reactive and backward-looking. The potential media contents and the strategic placement of the potential media contents leverages the anticipation of a trend due to the activities of the influencer. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311417 | Systems And Methods For Smart Vending In Vehicles - A system is disclosed and includes a processor configured to execute instructions stored in a nontransitory memory. The instructions include receiving recommendation information from at least one of a ride-hailing computing system and a portable device. The recommendation information includes information associated with a user of the portable device, a time, a date, and portable device activity information. The instructions also include receiving destination information associated with the user. The instructions also include generating a product recommendation based on at least a portion of the recommendation information and the destination information. The instructions also include determining whether a vending apparatus located in a vehicle includes a product associated with the product recommendation. The instructions also include, in response to determining that the vending apparatus includes the product, transmitting the product recommendation to the portable device. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311418 | TREND IDENTIFICATION AND MODIFICATION RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON INFLUENCER MEDIA CONTENT ANALYSIS - Metadata of influencer media content from content platforms are analyzed, a potential product is identified, and attributes for the potential product is extracted. Profile data of followers of the influencer is obtained, and the followers are clustered. An influence factor of the influencer is calculated for each cluster. The followers in the clusters are ranked based on interactions with the influencer. A potential media content related to the potential product is identified, and a placement recommendation to a given cluster is provided based on the influence factors for the clusters and on the follower ranks. Potential future trends are identified based on information related the influencer and are thus predictive and forward-looking, instead of reactive and backward-looking. The potential media contents and the strategic placement of the potential media contents leverages the anticipation of a trend due to the activities of the influencer. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311419 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONSUMER SCREENING, SELECTING, RECOMMENDING AND/OR SELLING HEARING DEVICES - A system selects a hearing device from several different available hearing devices in response to screening a consumer by providing a plurality of questions regarding the consumer's hearing that each requires a subjective response. The questions can include questions relating to hearing difficulty during one-on-one conversations, hearing difficulty during conversations with women and/or children, hearing difficulty during conversations in restaurants and/or meetings, and presence of stress and/or agitating sounds. The recommended hearing device is automatically selected for the consumer based at least in part on the subjective responses. The recommended hearing device provides enhancement of high frequencies if the responses indicate difficulty hearing women and/or children, provides reduction of low frequencies if the responses indicate difficulty hearing in restaurants and/or meetings, and provides phase cancellation if the responses indicate presence of stress and/or agitating sounds. The recommended hearing device is identified to the user for possible purchase. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311420 | TECHNIQUES FOR FILLING ORDERS - A system includes N location indicators and a mobile scanning device. The N location indicators are configured to be arranged throughout a store that includes a plurality of stocked items for picking according to one or more electronic customer orders. Each of the N location indicators is configured to transmit a different location signal. The mobile scanning device includes a display. The mobile scanning device is configured to wirelessly receive an electronic customer order comprising a plurality of ordered items indicating which of the stocked items are to be picked, detect at least one of the N location signals, and arrange at least some of the plurality of ordered items on the display based on which of the at least one of the N location signals is detected. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311421 | IDENTIFYING COMPUTING DEVICES WITH GEOGRAPHIC PROXIMITY TO DESIRED ITEM ATTRIBUTES - A server receives a description of an item from a first computing device. The server determines attributes of the item based on the description of the item. The server identifies a geographic region based on the attributes of the item. The server identifies a second computing device that is located in the geographic region and generates a first query to the second computing device. The server receives additional item data based on a physical presence of the item in the geographic region from the second computing device. The server updates attributes data of the item in the database with the additional item data received from the second computing device. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311422 | METHODS AND ARRANGEMENTS INCLUDING DATA MIGRATION AMONG COMPUTING PLATFORMS, E.G. THROUGH USE OF AUDIO ENCODING - An illustrative implementation of the technology includes three primary components: a desktop application, a mobile phone application, and connections to retailer inventory and pricing APIs (e.g., for Walmart and/or Best Buy). The experience begins with the consumer going to an online retailer's website (e.g., Amazon) to search for a product. The desktop application automatically searches for the same product using the APIs of Walmart and/or Best Buy. If matches and near-matches of the product are found, the product name, model, price, and local availability at affiliate locations are shown. With a mobile phone camera-scan of the product page, relevant information is transferred to the consumer's phone. From there, the consumer can interact with the options on the mobile phone to be directed to the nearby brick and mortar store of choice carrying that product at the price they want. Along the way, the retailer can present offers and additional product information directly to the consumer. A great variety of other technologies and arrangements are also detailed. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311423 | VIRTUAL APPAREL SOFTWARE SYSTEM AND METHOD - A virtual apparel software system and method; the method includes providing a virtual apparel software system including a computing device hosting an application and in communication with a retail supplier via a communication network. At least one catalog is coupled to the computing device and storing therein at least one apparel selection. The retail supplier remotely provides the at least one apparel selection to the at least one catalog. The application may further include a means for generating a 3D replica of a consumer. The 3D replica may be useful for displaying the at least one apparel selection in actual size thereon. The virtual apparel software system and method is used to improve overall consumer experience when online shopping. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311424 | Product visualization system and method for using two-dimensional images to interactively display photorealistic representations of three-dimensional objects based on smart tagging - A product visualization system includes: a server, including a product storage; and a device, including a processor, non-transitory memory, input/output, product browser, product visualizer can capture, apply and edit two-dimensional images, and apply them to three-dimensional objects via use of a tagging system in order to interactively visualize the image in combination with simulated real-world materials. Also disclosed is a method for product visualization, including capturing an image, applying a smart tag, and visualizing an associated three-dimensional object. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311425 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED SORTING USING INTELLIGENT PARTITIONING AND TERMINATION - Systems and methods are disclosed for sorting elements, such as bids in an auction environment or marketplace for the display of an advertisement on a web page. According to one implementation, a plurality of elements may be received over a network. For example, the plurality of elements may comprise a plurality of bids, each of which may include, for example, a bid price, a bid allocation, and a bid target. The received set of elements may be recursively partitioned into a plurality of element subsets. For example, the element set may be partitioned about a pivot selected from a sample set of elements chosen from the element set. A subset of elements may be identified from the element set as eligible elements (e.g., bids eligible for selection as a winning bid). Once the set of eligible elements has been identified, the recursive partitioning of elements may be terminated. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311426 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED INTERNET-BASED AUCTIONS - The present invention relates to systems and methods for implementing an automated auction process that is held at a designated time on the Internet, and that ends after bidding has been completed. In accordance with these systems and methods, a server connected to a plurality of workstations may establish several auctions that allow for efficient trading of multiple goods, while simulating the live and dynamic setting of traditional auctions. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311427 | Score Change Analyzer - A system and method to analyze the difference between a consumer's baseline credit score at one point in time and the consumer's credit score at a later point in time, and process the score difference to determine the factors in the consumer's credit profile that most explain the score difference. Systems and methods provide a mechanism for generating and formatting a record, which can be displayed on a display device, to represent those main factors of score difference. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311428 | CREDIT RISK AND DEFAULT PREDICTION BY SMART AGENTS - Provided are artificial-intelligence based, electronic computer implemented processes and systems of analyzing credit risk and/or predicting default to an institution by an entity having been issued a plurality of credentials by individuals of the entity. The processes and systems involve: providing a smart agent for each credential; updating each smart agent with data of its credential so that so that each smart agent models an individual behavior profile; computing timely fields for the entity on spent using the credentials, amounts paid to the institution, and amounts due to the institution, thereby providing an timely assessment of overall entity demographic and financial situation; using the assessment to assign to the entity a risk level of delinquency; and predicting a likelihood of upcoming delinquency or default by the entity to the institution based on the individual behavior profiles modeled by the smart agents and on the risk level. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311429 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRIVATE LOAN CREATION - Examples described herein relate to apparatuses and methods for facilitating automatic anonymous group funding, including but not limited to a provider computing system configured to establish a digital funding group, obtain a set of proposed transactions for at least one member of the digital funding group, and determine that a first user device from the plurality of user devices associated with the digital funding group is associated with a first customer unable to afford at least one proposed transaction. The provider computing system broadcasts a notification to the digital funding group requesting funds, matches funds provider(s) to the funds recipient, generates a funding transaction, provides the terms to the sender(s) and recipient of funds, modifies the terms as needed, and initiates a funds transfer. In some arrangements, a funds artificial intelligence (AI) circuit of the provider computing system is configured to browse the internet and/or mine affiliate/preferred vendor data to identify cost-effective alternatives to the proposed transaction and/or sponsorship opportunities for affiliates/preferred vendors. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311430 | Wireless End-User Device Providing Ambient or Sponsored Services - A wireless end-user device is disclosed. One or more user inputs indicate that a user of the wireless end-user device authorizes the device to send a first file to a server over a network of a first network type, and that the user does not authorize the device to send a second file to the server over the network of the first type. Based on the one or more user inputs and a determination that the device is connected to the network of the first type, the device sends the first file, but not the second file, to the server over the network of the first network type. Upon detecting that the device is connected to a network of the second network type, the device sends the second file to the server over the network of the second network type. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311431 | AGRICUTLURE COMMUNITY OBJECTS WITH PRICE-TIME PRIORITY QUEUES FOR TRANSFORMED AGRICULTURE UNITS - Implementations of various methods and systems to transform agriculture units with two waypoints or a destination waypoint or a series sequence of waypoints into objects which have associated price-time priority queues for transformed agriculture units. The present disclosed invention relates to combining the concepts of objected oriented programming, market price queues, agriculture, navigation systems and social networking and transportation as a fungible asset class or agriculture linked to transportation as an open market. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311432 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES FOR PROVIDING AN ENHANCED SPORTS LEAGUE SIMULATED STOCK EXCHANGE - A computer implemented method is disclosed for providing a simulated sports league stock exchange associated with a real sports league having a plurality of real teams. The method includes receiving a first dataset including at least a portion of a season schedule associated with the real sports league via a first network-enabled back-end component and receiving a second dataset including real statistics and game results associated with the real sports league via a second network-enabled back-end component. The method further includes determining a first per-share value of a plurality of simulated shares associated with a first real team of the plurality of real teams using the first dataset and the second data set. The method also includes transmitting the first per-share value to a graphical user interface (GUI) via a first network-enabled front-end component. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311433 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED TRADING OF FINANCIAL INTERESTS - A derived order gives a participant simultaneous access to liquidity across multiple books, destinations, or marketplaces. The derived order can be placed and anchored in one trading venue and simultaneously replicated in another trading venue. A participant can place the derived order in the lit book as an anchor book and replicate the order in the hybrid book and/or the dark book, or alternatively, the participant can place the derived order in the hybrid book as an anchor book and replicate the order in the dark book. A trading engine can be configured to replicate an order in different books and guarantee that each order is only executed once. When an order is replicated, the trading engine can check the stored record to see where the order was placed, and then adjust or cancel an order in one book when it is being fulfilled in a different book. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311434 | System and Method for Chart Based Order Entry - Systems and methods for chart-based order entry are described. According to one example method a chart is used to display historical market data corresponding to a tradeable object. An order entry interface is displayed in relation to the chart. The order entry interface includes a plurality of price objects for selecting price levels to be used for trade orders to buy or sell the tradeable object. According to one example method, the price levels corresponding to the price objects depend on a location of the interface in relation to the chart, and as the interface is moved in relation to the chart, the price levels are automatically updated. Upon selection of the price level on the interface, a trade order to buy or sell is submitted to a matching engine at an electronic exchange. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311435 | System and Method for Dynamically Managing Message Flow - System and method for dynamically managing message flow. According to the example embodiments, an intermediary network device or a client device dynamically manages the flow of messages received from an electronic exchange by analyzing the client device's capabilities, such as CPU utilization. Based on a percentage of total CPU utilization, the level of throttling is dynamically adjusted, such that if the percentage of CPU utilization, or load, increases, then throttling is increased from a lower level to a higher level. Similarly, if the percentage of CPU utilization decreases significantly enough, then throttling is decreased to a lower level. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311436 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AND COMMUNICATING A USER INTERFACE TO A USER - A communications system comprising a storage medium storing executable instructions and a computer hardware unit is provided. The computer hardware unit is in communication with the storage medium. The computer hardware unit is configured to execute the executable instructions to identify a category associated with a criterion of a user and generate a first user interface displaying a plurality of options. The computer hardware unit is further configured to receive a first set of options from the plurality of options, wherein the first set of options is associated with a user profile of the user. The computer hardware unit is further configured to determine a second set of options from the plurality of options, wherein the second set of options is associated with the category. The computer hardware unit is further configured to generate a second user interface, the second user interface displaying at least the first set of options, the second set of options, a total first distribution, and a total second distribution. The computer hardware unit is further configured to transmit the second user interface over a network to the user. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311437 | GRANTING ACCESS TO A BLOCKCHAIN LEDGER - Approaches presented herein enable automatically fulfilling an obligation under a smart contract. A block is added to a blockchain ledger in response to an event that triggers the obligation. The block includes data related to the event. Inferences related to the event are derived based on an analysis of event data and historical data incorporated in prior blocks in the blockchain ledger. Based on the inferences, a potential cause of the event is derived. Based on the potential cause, an interested stakeholder to the fulfilling of the obligation is identified. The interested stakeholder is added to a group that is allowed access to the blockchain ledger corresponding to the smart contract. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311438 | INSURANCE RISK EVALUATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - An underwriting and risk management computing system is provided to utilize data science and machine learning to enable decision making and risk assessment. Predictive analytics utilizing expanded datasets can provide insightful data that is usable for insurance underwriting and provides actionable intelligence to stakeholders. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311439 | Online Networking Platform And Method Of Managing User Accounts Therein - An online networking platform is disclosed. The online networking platform includes a data network, a plurality of client devices and a network server. A processor and a computer readable memory are associated with the server. A database including a plurality of user accounts is stored in the computer readable memory. Executable software instructions are also stored in the computer memory. When executed by the processor the software instructions cause the server to perform a number of operations including receiving a link request from a first client device associated with a first user naming a second user with whom the first user desires to form a shared account. The server then sends a message to a second client device associated with the second user notifying the second user of the request. Upon receiving a response from the second client device agreeing to the creation of the shared user account, the server creates the shared user. The server enables interactions between the shared user account and user accounts associated with other users of the online social/professional networking platform. Finally, the server disables interactions between the first and second users' user accounts and other users' user accounts. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311440 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COORDINATING SERVICES IN A PRIVATE ONLINE NETWORK - Systems and methods are provided for facilitating assistance for services from users within a private online network of users. A web interface is provided for creating and maintaining a private online network of users seeking or offering assistance in relation to predetermined services. The users have verifiable detail common to another user of the private online network. Access is then provided to the interface. An electronic request is transmitted from a mobile device of a first user to mobile devices of other users in the network. Other users are able to accept the request. Upon acceptance of the request, the server generates an electronic event for the assistance. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311441 | SYSTEM AND TECHNIQUE FOR INFLUENCE ESTIMATION ON SOCIAL MEDIA NETWORKS USING CAUSAL INFERENCE - The concepts, systems and methods described herein are directed towards a method for detection and quantification of influence. The system is provided to including: a network sampling processor, a narrative discovery processor, and an influence quantification processor. The network sampling processor is configured to sample information on one or more social media networks. The narrative discovery processor is configured to: receive sampled information from the network sampling processor, and in response thereto identify a narrative related to a subset of information sampled by the network sampling processor. The influence quantification processor is configured to: receive information related to the narrative and to process the information via a network causal inference process to quantify influence of the narrative on the one or more social media networks. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311442 | LEARNING POWER GRID CHARACTERISTICS TO ANTICIPATE LOAD - Improving the operations of a data center that is located within a power grid and that includes its own power sources. Past operational characteristics of the power grid are analyzed to derive learned characteristics for the power grid. Current and/or future operational characteristics of the power grid are also monitored. A prediction regarding an upcoming, anticipated load for the power grid is then generated using the learned characteristics and the monitored characteristics. In response to this prediction, one or more mitigation operations are selected and then performed at the data center to ensure that the data center is adequately available. Some of these mitigation operations include, but are not limited to, causing the data center to consume more power, causing the data center's power sources to store more power, or causing the data center to migrate services and/or data to a different data center. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311443 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, APPARATUSES AND DEVICES FOR FACILITATING PROVISIONING OF AUDIT DATA RELATED TO ENERGY CONSUMPTION, WATER CONSUMPTION, WATER QUALITY, GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, AND AIR EMISSIONS USING BLOCKCHAIN - Disclosed herein is a method of facilitating provisioning of audit data related to energy consumption, water consumption, water quality, greenhouse gas emissions, and air emissions using blockchain, in accordance with some embodiments. Accordingly, the method may include receiving, using a communication device, a sensory data from at least one measuring device. Further, the method may include analyzing, using a processing device, the sensory data. Further, the method may include generating, using the processing device, the audit data based on the analyzing. Further, the audit data may include at least one of an energy usage data, a carbon emission data, a water usage data, an air emissions data, and a water quality data. Further, the method may include storing, using a storage device, the audit data on blockchain. Further, the audit data may be used for at least one of monitoring purposes, reporting purposes, and analytical purposes. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311444 | Optimal Communication Architecture for Smart Distribution Power Grid - A smart distribution power grid (SDPG) system has at least one micro-grid, each comprising a set of intelligent entities and a set of external Smart Distribution Nodes, and a communication system enabling communication within the set of intelligent entities, forming an overlay communication network on the microgrid. The communication system is deployed on the micro-grid in a manner minimizing installation cost, communication cost and overall maintenance cost of the SDPG. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311445 | GENERATING A PERSONALIZED MENU FOR SUBMITTING A CUSTOM ORDER - A computer-implemented method includes identifying a first menu item on a standard menu of an establishment. A first plurality of ingredients of the first menu item are determined. A first subset of the first plurality of ingredients of the first menu item are categorized into a substitutable category. A second subset of the first plurality of ingredients of the first menu item are categorized into a non-substitutable category. Each ingredient of the first menu item that is in the substitutable category is compared to user preferences. A substitutable ingredient of the substitutable category is excluded, based on the comparisons, where the substitutable ingredient is in the first menu item. An available substitute is automatically identified for the substitutable ingredient of the substitutable category. A personalized menu of menu items selected from the standard menu is generated, where the personalized menu includes the first menu item modified with the available substitute. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311446 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UTILIZING TRANSIT DATA TO DETERMINE WHERE A TRANSIT TRAVELER'S ORDER IS PLACED IN AN ORDER QUEUE - Embodiments described herein provide a system and method that utilize transit data to determine where a transit traveler's order is placed in an order queue at a vendor. A transit traveler may execute an application, associated with an ordering system, on a mobile device. Utilizing the application, the transit traveler may select one or more menu items from a selected vendor. The ordering system may then utilize the transit data, associated with a transit vehicle the transit traveler is traveling on or intends to board, to determine the anticipated time of arrival of the transit traveler at the selected vendor. The vendor device then executes order placement software, provided by the ordering system, to place the transit traveler's order in a particular position within an order queue utilizing the anticipated time of arrival and a fulfillment time. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311447 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REAL TIME, DYNAMIC MANAGEMENT OF REAL ESTATE FINANCE, SERVICES, AND REPORTING - Real time, dynamic management of real estate finance, services, and reporting maintains a website accessible to a homeowner and an investor that displays terms, parameters, and upcoming actions under a housing finance arrangement; stores a housing instrument in a blockchain; implements adjustments under a balancing mechanism; receives, periodically, a message from a managing entity initiating a balancing entry onto the housing instrument; transmits a query to the blockchain for data relevant to a balancing calculation; receives the data; determines an updated balance; writes an updated account balance along with details of the computation on the housing instrument in the blockchain, modifies a website accessible to the homeowner and investor to display the updated account balance, and alerts the homeowner and investor of the updated account balance through a mobile device. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311448 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELECTRONICALLY PROVIDING LEGAL INSTRUMENT - Disclosed subject matter includes systems and methods for providing a witnessed an electronically executed legal instrument, such as a limited power of attorney. The technology disclosed herein allows for the immediate transfer of a witnessed electronic document meeting today's current standards for witnessing of a document, including proximity of parties, and multiple forms of party identity authentication. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311449 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING AND MONITORING TRAINING MODULES - A method for compiling and presenting training materials to employees, the method comprising, receiving, by one or more processors, a request to compile a training module, analyzing, by one or more processors, a set of parameters of the request, wherein the set of parameters pertain to subject matter, compiling, by one or more processors, a quantity of pre-existing training materials, parsing, by one or more processors, the quantity of pre-existing training materials associated with the request to determine if a first portion of the quantity of pre-existing training materials are related to the request, accessing, by one or more processors, a template for the request, wherein the template is based on a specific format of the training module, integrating, by one or more processors, the first portion of the quantity of pre-existing training materials into the template, and generating, by one or more processors, the training module. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311450 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AND DISPLAYING PATIENT DATA - Implementations are directed to providing a user of a mobile device access to patient information and patient physiological data. Actions can include receiving user input, the user input indicating a user command to display a task screen, in response to the user input, processing user-specific data to determine one or more patient icons, each patient icon representing a time-sensitive, patient-associated task, and displaying the task screen on the mobile device, the task screen displaying one or more patient icon groups, each patient icon group including a patient icon of the one or more patient icons. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311451 | PROVIDING SECURITY AND CUSTOMER SERVICE USING VIDEO ANALYTICS AND LOCATION TRACKING - Devices, methods, and systems for providing security and customer service using video analytics and location tracking are described herein. One device includes a memory, and a processor configured to execute executable instructions stored in the memory to identify, using video analytics, security incidents occurring in a facility and customer service opportunities occurring in the facility, determine, upon identifying a security incident occurring in the facility, a workflow sequence for responding to the security incident, determine, upon identifying a customer service opportunity occurring in the facility, a workflow sequence for responding to the customer service opportunity, display the workflow sequence for responding to the security incident on a first user interface, and display the workflow sequence for responding to the customer service opportunity on a second user interface. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311452 | SIMPLIFIED AUTHENTICATION OF MOBILE DEVICE BY VEHICLE FOR SHARED OR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES - A key and an advertisement identifier are received from a share server responsive to a request for a ride. The advertisement identifier is utilized to execute a share application installed to the memory. A local connection is established to a vehicle sending an advertisement that matches the advertisement identifier. Access is gained to the vehicle for the ride using the local connection. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311453 | System and Method for Between-Ride Routing for Transportation Providers - A system for between-ride routing on a map for a driver of a vehicle of a transportation provider includes a receiver configured to receive driver data from a driver communication device and passenger data from a passenger communication device of a prospective passenger via a communication network. The driver data includes a driver location and the passenger data includes a prospective passenger location. A routing module is configured to access the driver data and a forecast output to calculate a turn direction for the driver at a map node based on the driver location. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311454 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR PROPOSING RIDE-SHARING BY INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes: a registration unit configured to receive registration of action schedules from users and store the action schedules in action schedule information; a selection unit configured to extract, from the action schedule information, users who registered an action schedule of heading for a prescribed destination, and select the extracted users as ride-sharing candidate, users; and a notification unit configured to notify, the ride-sharing candidate users, of proposal information that includes proposal of moving to the prescribed destination by riding on a shared vehicle. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311455 | SCHEDULED PASSENGER GUIDANCE DEVICE, SCHEDULED PASSENGER GUIDANCE METHOD, AND PROGRAM RECORDING MEDIUM - A scheduled passenger guidance device includes: a flight number acquisition unit acquiring a flight number scheduled to be boarded by a scheduled passenger; a flight information acquisition unit acquiring flight information about each airport; a position information acquisition unit acquiring position information about a terminal device; a boarding time acquisition unit acquiring a boarding time of an aircraft scheduled to be boarded by the scheduled passenger from the flight information based on a flight number acquired by the flight number acquisition unit; and a notification unit providing, for the terminal device, a notification urging the scheduled passenger to board the aircraft, according to the boarding time and position information about the terminal device. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311456 | AUTHENTICATION OF NORMAN ROCKWELL PAINTINGS - A process for authenticating a painting includes determining whether a posterized HSV model of a digital photograph contains one or more steganographic symbols. A process for preparing a painting for authentication, includes providing a digital photograph of the painting in the RGB color model, converting the digital photograph to a CMYK color model, converting the CMYK model of the digital photograph to an HSV color model of the digital photograph and posterizing the HSV model of the digital photograph. A system for preparing a painting for authentication includes a processor and a computer-readable memory component containing a digital photograph of the painting in the RGB color model. The processor is configured to convert the digital photograph to a CMYK color model, convert the CMYK model of the digital photograph to an HSV color model of the digital photograph and posterize the HSV model of the digital photograph. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311457 | METHOD TO DISTRIBUTE THE DRAWING CALCULATION OF ARCHITECTURAL DATA ELEMENTS BETWEEN MULTIPLE THREADS - A method for calculating a series of frames of video data, comprising grouping a plurality of architectural data elements into a plurality of threads using a processor. Calculating a frame part of animation data for each of the threads. Determining a calculation time for each of the threads. Modifying the grouping of the plurality of architectural data elements as a function of the calculation time for each of the threads. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311458 | THUMBNAIL ZOOM - File exploration is facilitated by enabling zoom with respect to a thumbnail as a function of an identified point of interest. More particularly, a scaled thumbnail of the same size as a thumbnail can be presented as a function of an identified point of interest. Furthermore, navigation, among other things, is enabled to allow panning with respect to a scaled thumbnail, for instance. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311459 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PERFORMING MAPPING ON SPHERICAL PANORAMIC IMAGE - Disclosed are a method and device for image pasting on a spherical panoramic image. The method may comprise: establishing a spherical coordinate system for a first spherical panoramic image; mapping the first spherical panoramic image on a spherical surface to obtain a spherical projection image of the first spherical panoramic image; determining a first image pasting area in the spherical projection image according to the selection of the user and transforming the corresponding image into a plane image; transforming the image to be pasted into a shape of the plane image; mapping the transformed image to be pasted to the spherical coordinate system; rotating the image to be pasted that is mapped to the spherical coordinate system to a position at which the first image pasting area overlaps with the image; transforming the image to be pasted after being transformed into a second spherical panoramic image; determining a second image pasting area corresponding to the first image pasting area; and interpolating the second spherical panoramic image into the second image pasting area to complete the pasting. Distortionless image pasting on a spherical panoramic image may be realized. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311460 | System And Method For Rendering Perspective Adjusted Views Of A Virtual Object In A Real World Environment - A computer-implemented system and method for rendering perspective adjusted views of a virtual object in a real world environment is provided. A database of virtual objects is maintained. A registration code that changes based on at least one of time and a location of the device is generated. A representation of the registration code is received from another device that captures the representation of the registration code from the device. A distance and orientation of the other device from the device is determined based at least in part on the registration code representation. Positions of the device and the other device are synched based on the determined distance and orientation and views of a virtual object are adjusted for the device and other device based on the synched positions of the devices. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311461 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCING 3D MODEL RESOLUTION - Systems and methods of enhancing the resolution of digital terrain models (DTM) for location-based applications and analyses. The DTM enhancement process takes the signature of the input image (e.g., via the input image and a noise surface file with similar characteristics as the sensor used to capture the input image) and applies it to the DTM without including large features such as buildings. The disclosed methods include utilize a process similar to that used for enhancing a DSM based on mapping the changing intensity from the image file to changes in elevation in the DSM using a regression over a local neighborhood of pixels. Further, the disclosed methods do not rely on information about the sensors and are extendable to be able to utilize any types of images. Additionally, the disclosed embodiments are sensor agnostic and can be applied on any type of image collected by any type of sensor. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311462 | IMAGE DIAGNOSIS SUPPORT APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An interpolation unit generates an interpolation image from an original image. An index value calculation unit calculates an index value indicating the feature of a pixel position in a region of interest of the original image based on pixel values of corresponding pixel positions, which are a plurality of pixel positions of the interpolation image, corresponding to the pixel position included in the region of interest in the original image. A reflection unit reflects the index value calculated by the index value calculation unit at the pixel position of a bleeding region of the original image. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311463 | SUPER-RESOLUTION IMAGE SENSOR AND PRODUCING METHOD THEREOF - Provided is a super-resolution image sensor and a producing method thereof such that, on the basis of not changing the arrangement of the image sensitive unit array of the image sensor, by means of the existing micro-lens manufacture techniques, the imaging resolution can be increased by offsetting micro-lens rows in a micro-lens array that covers upon the image sensitive unit array. In some examples, a super-resolution image sensor comprises an image sensitive unit array having image sensitive unit rows aligned with one another, and a micro-lens array covering upon the image sensitive unit array. Relative to a reference micro-lens row in the micro-lens array, the other micro-lens rows are regularly offset. Each micro-lens unit in the reference micro-lens row is center aligned with a corresponding image sensitive unit in a reference image sensitive unit row. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311464 | TUNING FOR DEEP-LEARNING-BASED COLOR ENHANCEMENT SYSTEMS - A device may obtain a pixel array representing an image and identify one or more representative metrics for the pixel array. The device may retrieve a first version of a mesh defining a color space, wherein the mesh includes a plurality of vertices and each vertex is associated with a respective set of color balance parameters. The device may identify a point in the color space corresponding to the pixel array based on the one or more representative metrics for the pixel array. The device may receive a tuning input comprising a set of color balance parameters for the point and generate a second version of the mesh by adding the point and the set of color balance parameters to the first version of the mesh. The device may output at least one color-corrected image based at least in part on the second version of the mesh. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311465 | CROSS DIRECTIONAL BILATERAL FILTER FOR CT RADIATION DOSE REDUCTION - A method to denoise low dose CT images without introducing blurriness is shown using cross directional bilateral filtering. Techniques are provided that (1) enhance low-radiation dosage images, beyond just reducing noise, and (2) may be combined with other approaches, such as adaptive exposure techniques and iterative reconstruction, for radiation dose reduction. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311466 | IMAGE INPAINTING ON ARBITRARY SURFACES - A method and a device for image inpainting on arbitrary surfaces in three-dimensional space are described for inpainting a region of a three-dimensional image utilizing a partial differential equation. The method includes obtaining a three-dimensional image on a surface S in three-dimensional space, and each point of the image includes an image point value and a position vector. The method includes locating an inpainting region D and generating an inpainting mask. The method further includes calculating image point values for points inside the inpainting region D and creating a second three-dimensional image to obtain an inpainted image. The present disclosure solves technical problems that previous methods do not work well on three-dimensional images on arbitrary surfaces and improves image inpainting technology. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311467 | ENHANCED SPECULAR REFLECTIONS FOR INSERTED CONTENT - Systems and methods for enhanced specular reflections are provided. An example method may include determining a first portion of a specular reflection associated with a computer-generated object based on a first contribution from an environment map component at a shading point of the computer-generated object and determining a second portion of the specular reflection associated with the computer-generated object based on a second contribution from a camera feed component at an intersection point of a camera feed and a reflection vector associated with the environment map component. The example method may further include determining the specular reflection, at the shading point, associated with the computer-generated object based on a blending of the first and second portions of the specular reflection. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311468 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FILLING LIGHT FOR VIDEO IMAGES - A system and method for filling light for video images are provided. The method may include: obtaining, by at least one video processing device, a first image including a plurality of reference pixels and is associated with at least one brightness direction; for each of the plurality of reference pixels, obtaining, by the at least one video processing device, a reference brightness value; identifying, by the at least one video processing device, a target brightness direction from the at least one brightness direction; for each of the plurality of reference pixels, determining a brightness enhancement multiplier for the reference pixel based on the plurality of reference brightness values and locations of the plurality of reference pixels along the target brightness direction of the first image; and modifying, by the at least one video processing device, brightness of the first image at least based on the brightness enhancement multipliers. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311469 | AUTOMATED PAINT QUALITY CONTROL FOR AIRCRAFT - According to various embodiments, a technique for automated aircraft paint application quality inspection is presented. The technique includes retrieving from electronic persistent storage a control image depicting at least a portion of aircraft paint application for the aircraft under quality inspection; capturing a process image depicting at least a portion of aircraft paint application on the aircraft under quality inspection; detecting a plurality of features in the control image and the process image; registering the control image with the process image; detecting at least one difference between the control image and the process image; generating an output image, where the output image includes a depiction of the aircraft under quality inspection with the at least one difference annotated; and causing the output image to be displayed. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311470 | APPAREL PRODUCTION MONITORING SYSTEM USING IMAGE RECOGNITION - Provided is an apparel production monitoring system using image recognition, including: a first camera module that takes an image of apparel products; and a monitoring device that analyzes the image of the apparel products to grasp the number and sizes of the apparel products, receives a transmission image of the apparel products, and compares and analyzes it with a previously learned transmission image to detect a defect of the apparel products. | 2019-10-10 |