45th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 51 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120283971 | BUILT-IN AUTOMATED ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE MONITOR FOR COMPUTING UNITS - A method, computer program product, and computer system for monitoring for electrostatic discharge (ESD) events. An ESD monitor for potential of electrostatic discharge events in a sensed area through a plurality of ESD sensors coupled to the ESD monitor. The monitor senses for a charge level which could cause ESD event and entry of an operator into a sensed area. If an ESD event is detected, issue an ESD event alert to the operator and recording data to a tangible storage device; determine environmental factors at time and date of the ESD event; compare the ESD event and associated environmental factors to other ESD events with associated environmental factors; and determine if a correlation exists between the ESD event and associated environmental factors and the other ESD events with associated environmental factors. | 2012-11-08 |
20120283972 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING USER INPUT USING DUAL BASELINE MODES - The embodiments described herein provide devices and methods that facilitate improved performance. In one embodiment, an input device comprises a plurality of capacitive sensor electrodes and a processing system coupled to the electrodes and configured to operate the electrodes to sense in a sensing region. Specifically, the processing system is configured to determine information about input objects in the sensing region based on comparisons of preliminary values with corresponding baseline values. The processing system is further configured to selectively operate in a first mode and a second mode. While operating in the first mode, the processing system selectively changes a baseline value of the plurality of baseline values by a first amount in response to that baseline value being below a corresponding preliminary value. This selective changing of baseline values occurs even when the processing system determines that an input object is in the sensing region. | 2012-11-08 |
20120283973 | PLASMA PROBE AND METHOD FOR PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS - Device and method for monitoring a plasma in a chamber of a plasma reactor is are disclosed. In one aspect, the method includes measuring plasma parameter data at a surface of a single planar Langmuir probe in contact with the plasma. A biasing capacitor is connected between the single planar Langmuir probe and a DC-bias source. Subsequently a discharge current of the biasing capacitor as a result of the DC-bias is measured, and a probe potential at the single probe during the discharge is measured. The measurements can be used to detect presence and/or thickness of a dielectric film on the probe surface. | 2012-11-08 |
20120283974 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR LOCATING AND DETECTING INCOHERENT RADIO NOISE TYPICAL OF ILLEGAL PLANT GROW OPERATIONS - A method and apparatus for detecting and locating illegal grow operations. The method involves using a radio receiver coupled to more than one antenna to detect a radio frequency signature associated with incoherent radio noise associated with grow lights typical of illegal grow operations. At least one antenna is provided which capable of detecting the presence of high energy radio emissions. At least one antenna is provided with directional sensitivity to pinpoint a source of the high energy radio emissions. | 2012-11-08 |
20120283975 | SAMPLE ANALYZER AND DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS - A sample analyzer shows, on a display, a screen that includes a first quality control graph plotted by a time-series of quality control values, and a second quality control graph plotted by a time-series of quality control values; wherein when a first number of quality control values are included in the first quality control data in a predetermined period and a second number of quality control values, which is different from the first number, are included in the second quality control data in the predetermined period, the sample analyzer shows, on the screen, the first quality control graph of the first number of quality control values plotted in a range in the direction of the time axis of the graph and a second quality control graph of the second number of the second quality control values plotted in the range | 2012-11-08 |
20120283976 | 'Method for Calibrating Read Sensors of Electromagnetic Read-Write Heads' - Described are embodiments to ensure that the equipment utilized to detect antigens is reliable and accurate. If it is determined that a read sensor is degraded a method of calibrating a read sensor of a read head is described. In one embodiment, a method of calibrating a magnetic read sensor includes measuring a first resistance of the magnetic read sensor upon an application of a forward bias current to the magnetic read sensor and measuring a second resistance of the magnetic read sensor upon an application of a reverse bias current to the magnetic read sensor. A calibration constant is determined based on at least the first measured resistance and the second measured resistance. In one embodiment the method further includes storing the determined calibration constant for the magnetic read sensor in memory. Further, in one embodiment the head module having the magnetic read sensor is swept over at least one nanoparticle to obtain a read response of the magnetic read sensor to the nanoparticle. The read response from the magnetic read sensor of the at least one nanoparticle is adjusted based on the determined calibration constant. Calibration of each individual read sensor allows for uniform read responses from each of the read sensors on a read head, and prevents unreliable an inaccurate detection of analytes due to sensor degradation. | 2012-11-08 |
20120283977 | DYNAMIC COMPASS CALIBRATION IN A PORTABLE DEVICE - The magnitude of a sensed, raw magnetic field in a portable device is monitored over a given time interval. The monitored magnitude is compared with predetermined criteria. Based on the comparison, recalibration of a compass function is signed. Other embodiments are also described and claimed. | 2012-11-08 |
20120283978 | AXIS RUN-OUT MEASURING METHOD AND ANGLE DETECTING DEVICE WITH SELF-CALIBRATION FUNCTION HAVING AXIS RUN-OUT MEASURING FUNCTION - An angle detecting device with self-calibration function, in which sensor heads are provided with an equiangular interval on a scale disc fixed to a rotating shaft, one sensor head is selected as reference, a sum of measurement differences between the reference and another sensor head is divided by the number of sensor heads, to determine an average, whereby a self-calibration value is obtained, in which a sensor head of the reference is changed to another in order, and the respective self-calibration value is obtained, which value is deviated by an angle of arrangement with respect to a particular sensor head, and a phase is aligned to a self-calibration value of the particular one as the reference, to determine an average for calculations of this phase conversion, which average is subtracted from the respective calculation subjected to the phase conversion, to obtain only asynchronous angular errors. | 2012-11-08 |
20120283979 | SENSOR SYSTEM - The invention relates to a sensor system comprising a sensor array, the sensor array comprising a substrate layer and a plurality of individual first sensor elements for measuring a desired parameter, which first sensor elements are arranged on said substrate layer and define a sensor plane, wherein the sensor array further comprises one or more second sensor elements for measuring a further desired parameter, and wherein the sensor system is configured to process sensor data from the first sensor elements in dependency of sensor data from the one or more second sensor elements. | 2012-11-08 |
20120283980 | METHOD OF MANAGING CLINICAL TESTING APPARATUS, CLINICAL TESTING SYSTEM, AND MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS - A management system connected with a clinical testing apparatus is disclosed. The system acquires, from the clinical testing apparatus, a parameter that varies according to deterioration of the unit at a plurality of points of time, stores the parameters and/or analysis results that are obtained by analyzing the parameters, and provides a screen data for showing the stored parameters and/or the stored analysis results in a time-series format. A method for managing a clinical testing apparatus and a clinical testing system for the method are also disclosed. | 2012-11-08 |
20120283981 | TEST PATTERN GENERATION FOR SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A test pattern is sequentially selected from an original test pattern sequence constituted by a plurality of test patterns including a don't care bit. Power consumption in each of regions obtained by substantially equally dividing a layout region of a semiconductor integrated circuit in a case where a don't care value is specified in the selected test pattern and this selected test pattern is applied to the semiconductor integrated circuit is estimated. A searching is conducted for a don't care value of the selected test pattern which minimizes a variation in power consumption among the regions by repeatedly changing the don't care value and repeatedly estimating power consumption in the regions. A new test pattern sequence constituted by a plurality of test patterns including no don't care bit is generated by defining the don't care value obtained by the searching as a don't care value of the selected test pattern. | 2012-11-08 |
20120283982 | Detection of Imminent Control Instability - Imminent control instability is detected in a system that applies a stimulus to an object. The system provides a parameter signal that represents a system parameter indicating oscillation of the object while the stimulus is being applied to the object. The method comprises monitoring maximum amplitude of a dominant tone in a selected frequency band of the parameter signal; and taking an action to avoid imminent control instability if the maximum amplitude persists over a specified period of time. | 2012-11-08 |
20120283983 | TEMPERATURE SENSING DEVICE - A temperature sensing device includes a bandgap voltage generator, N mirror current sources, a temperature voltage generator, and a temperature calculating unit. The mirror current sources mirror N mirror currents according to a positive temperature coefficient current. The temperature voltage generator sets the conducting number M of the mirror current sources based on a control signal, so as to generate a temperature voltage. The temperature calculating unit gradually counts the control signal and compares a potential of the temperature voltage with a potential of a reference voltage generated by the bandgap voltage generator after counting the control signal, so as to calculate and obtain temperature information. Thus, the temperature sensing device controls the conducting number M of the mirror current sources to generate the temperature voltage instead of applying serially-connected resistors, so as to reduce a circuit area of the temperature sensing device and reduce noise. | 2012-11-08 |
20120283984 | AUTOMATIC CONTROL METHOD OF INFLATION - An automatic control method of inflation is revealed. An inflator including a pressure gauge with a microprocessor automatically controls an inflated object to be inflated until the pressure reaches an initial set pressure value on the pressure gauge. After the pressure reaching the initial set pressure value, an air pump of the inflator is shut down until the pressure gets balanced. Now the value shown on the pressure gauge is lower than the initial set pressure value. The difference between an actual pressure value and the initial set pressure value is calculated and is added with the initial set pressure value to get a new set pressure value the inflated object actually needs by the microprocessor. Now the inflator starts inflation again until the pressure reaches the new set pressure value. The inflation is completely precisely. | 2012-11-08 |
20120283985 | NON-INVASIVE SPEED SENSOR - The invention relates to a method of measuring rotational speed of a shaft, comprising the steps of: coupling an optical pickup to a shaft speed sensor having an indicator light that pulses proportionally to rotational speed of a shaft being measured by the speed sensor; receiving light pulses from the indicator light of the speed sensor; and determining the rotational speed based on the rate of received light pulses. Furthermore, the invention discloses a condition monitoring equipment for a wind turbine using the above measuring method. | 2012-11-08 |
20120283986 | System and Method for Measuring Positions - A system for measuring a position includes a scale pattern encoding the position with a first resolution; a sensor for acquiring an input signal representing a portion of the scale pattern, the portion encoding a codeword shifted with a shift; and a processor for comparing the input signal with a model signal of the codeword to determine the shift, and to determine the position based on the codeword and the shift. | 2012-11-08 |
20120283987 | FMCW DISTANCE MEASURING METHOD AND DEVICES - A method of measuring the distance uses a terminal A and a terminal B, each terminal comprising an FMCW generator for generating a signal having a predetermined frequency to time function. Terminal A transmits a transmit signal in transmit periods, which alternate with mute periods without transmission. Terminal B shifts the received signal in time from a transmit period to a mute period, for example by generating a local periodic FMCW signal, determining an adaptation of the timing of that local periodic FMCW that is needed to bring it into a predetermined timing relation to the received signal and applying the adaptation in the mute period. Terminal B transmits the shifted signal, which is received by the receiver of terminal A. Terminal A measures the frequency offset between its own transmit signal and the signal received from terminal B and calculates the distance between terminal A and terminal B from that measured frequency offset, taking into account said predetermined time offset performed in terminal B. Preferably, the transmit signal is constituted by alternating a transmit period, including n cycles of the signal generated by the FMCW generator, and a mute period corresponding with n cycles of that signal, n being at least 1. | 2012-11-08 |
20120283988 | AUTOMATED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING UNIT AND COLLECTIVE LEVEL BENCHMARKING OF POWER PLANT OPERATIONS - Systems and methods for implementing benchmarking analysis for power plant operations comprise electronically accessing power plant operational data within at least one type of operation within a power plant, electronically analyzing data from one or more power plant components within one or more different power plant units in one or more collections of multiple power plant units to identify cycles and key events on one or more of a component level, a unit level and a collective level of multiple power plants, generating at least one scorecard summary of calculated power plant operational characteristics on selected levels of operation comprising one or more of a component level, unit level and collective level of power plant units, and providing the at least one scorecard summary as electronic output to a user. Additional optional steps include using the data from the scorecard summary to detect outliers and/or to cluster selected components, units or fleets having similar operational characteristics. | 2012-11-08 |
20120283989 | MONITORING DEVICE AND A SERVER - According to one embodiment, each monitoring device acquires monitoring variables from an observation target, generates an individual multidimensional distribution of the monitoring variables, and transmits the individual multidimensional distribution to a server. The server generates sampling data using the individual multidimensional distribution received from each monitoring device, generates an overall multidimensional distribution of the monitoring variables using the sampling data, determines a statistical model of each index using the overall multidimensional distribution, generates an overall index multidimensional distribution of indexes using the statistical model and the overall multidimensional distribution, and transmits the overall index multidimensional distribution and statistical models to each monitoring device. The monitoring device generates sampling data using the individual multidimensional distribution, and calculates a positioning of the observation target using the sampling data, the overall index multidimensional distribution and the statistical models. | 2012-11-08 |
20120283990 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO MONITOR COMPRESSOR RACK OPERATION - A commercial refrigeration system receives data from a plurality of compressors in a compressor rack, and uses the data to model a steady state amp draw for each of the compressors in the compressor rack. The system receives additional data from the plurality of compressors, and determines a steady state amp draw for each of the compressors from the additional data. The system then compares the amp draw from the additional data with the steady state amp draw model, and identifies a compressor fault based on the comparison of the steady state amp draw from the additional data with the steady state amp draw model. | 2012-11-08 |
20120283991 | Method and System for Online Detection of Multi-Component Interactions in Computing Systems - A method of the present invention provides an efficient, two-stage, online method for discovering interactions among components and groups of components, including time-delayed effects, in large production systems. The first stage compresses a set of anomaly signals using a principal component analysis and passes the resulting eigensignals and a small set of other signals to the second stage, a lag correlation detector, which identifies time-delayed correlations. Real use cases are described from eight unmodified production systems. | 2012-11-08 |
20120283992 | CONTROL PLANE FOR SENSOR COMMUNICATION - The disclosed subject matter relates to an architecture that can employ a control plane for managing communications with respect to a set of sensors. By utilizing a control plane, a distinction between control messages and data messages can be provided in a standardized way and the set of sensors can benefit from additional functionality and configurability. For example, the control plane can be employed to modify parameters associated with the set of sensors, which can be effectuated in real time and in situ as opposed to at the time of fabrication or deployment. Moreover, such modifications can relate to both the sensing portions of a particular sensor as well as the communication portions of a particular sensor. | 2012-11-08 |
20120283993 | Measuring apparatus - A measuring apparatus for producing a sequence of measured values of a measured variable, which is a function of a first auxiliary measured variable and at least a second auxiliary measured variable. The apparatus includes a first measuring transducer for registering and for outputting a sequence of values of the first auxiliary measured variable, at least a second measuring transducer for registering and for outputting a sequence of values of the second auxiliary measured variable, an evaluating unit for calculating the sequence of measured values of the measured variable based on the sequences of values of the first auxiliary measured variable and at least the second auxiliary measured variable; wherein the measuring apparatus furthermore has a control unit for synchronizing the registering of the sequences of the first auxiliary measured variable and at least the second auxiliary measured variable by means of a first sequence of control signals, which is output to the first measuring transducer, and a second sequence of control signals, which is output to the second measuring transducer, wherein at least the first sequence of control signals is variable independently of the second sequence of control signals. | 2012-11-08 |
20120283994 | TURBINE BLADE BASE LOAD BALANCING - An example method of designing blade lobes of a turbomachine blade and corresponding disk lobes includes determining contact areas between the blade lobes on a blade model and the disk loads on a disk model when the turbomachine blade is in a loaded position. The method adjusts the blade lobes, the disk lobes, or both, so that gaps are established between the blade lobes and the disk lobes at the contact areas when the turbomachine blade is in an unloaded position. The size of the gaps varies. | 2012-11-08 |
20120283995 | Method for Proposing a Layout of a High Concentration Photovoltaic System - Disclosed is a method for proposing a layout of a high concentration photovoltaic system. At first, calculated is the area of land in which the high concentration photovoltaic system is to be deployed. Then, determined is a position for a solar tracking system. The track of the sun is determined. The operation of the solar tracking system is simulated. Pictures of the solar tracking system are taken. The shading rate of the solar tracking system is determined. The interval between two solar tracking activities is determined. The energy output of the photovoltaic system is determined. | 2012-11-08 |
20120283996 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COMPUTER AIDED VEHICLE SEAT DESIGN - Various embodiments relate to methods and systems for computer-aided design. Modification size and/or position design data may be received at a computer for a first vehicle component having a functional and/or spatial relationship with a second vehicle component also having size and/or position design data. The size and/or position design data for the second vehicle component may be automatically updating at the computer based on the modification size and/or position design data for the first vehicle component. Based on the modification size and/or position design data and the updated size and/or position design data, a compliance status with one or more design standards defined for the vehicle component(s) for the first vehicle component or the second vehicle component may be determined. | 2012-11-08 |
20120283997 | DEVICE FOR SIMULATING AN ENVIRONMENT OF AN INFRASTRUCTURE SUPERVISION SYSTEM - A device for simulating an environment of an infrastructure supervision system generating a three-dimensional representation of the infrastructure using real data from real equipment supervised by the supervision system complemented with simulated data from simulation models that make up the simulation device. The device is suitable for use in supervised infrastructures such as transport networks, factories, and public infrastructures. | 2012-11-08 |
20120283998 | CAD DESIGN WITH PRIMITIVE CLOSED SHAPES - It is provided a computer-implemented method for designing a CAD modeled object with primitive three-dimensional parametric shapes including closed shapes. The method comprises user-interaction with a screen; definition in a plane of a stroke corresponding to the user-interaction; discretization of the stroke into stroke points; computation of a barycenter of the stroke points; determination of a closed shape to be instantiated as a result of a comparison of a position of the stroke points relative to the barycenter; and instantiation of the determined closed shape. Such a method makes the design of a CAD modeled object easier. | 2012-11-08 |
20120283999 | LOUDSPEAKER ARRAY SYSTEM - The invention is a multi-channel loudspeaker system that provides a compact loudspeaker configuration and filter design methodology that operates in the digital signal processing domain. Further, the loudspeaker system can be designed to include drivers of various physical dimensions and can achieve prescribed constant directivity over a large area in both the vertical and horizontal planes. | 2012-11-08 |
20120284000 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PLANNING AND/OR PRODUCING A DENTAL PROSTHESIS - A method, system and computer program of planning a dental prosthesis in a patient are disclosed, including steps, units or code segments for virtually planning a dental prosthesis. Envelope data is provided of an envelope guide, including data corresponding to a support surface for facial tissue, which is desired to result when the dental prosthesis is installed in the oral cavity of the patient. An outer envelope of a desired dental prosthesis in the oral cavity is simulated based on the envelope data. A desired dental restoration is provided and adjusted in a virtual environment relative to the simulated outer envelope, and dental prosthesis data is generated based on the adjusted desired dental restoration usable for producing the dental prosthesis. | 2012-11-08 |
20120284001 | User-friendly method combining a logic and numeric approach for complex problems of intervals sequencing optimization - Among various approaches to intervals sequencing modeling and optimizations (traditionally numerical and logical optimization are separated fields), such as numerical optimization which advantages are to offer a quantified approach to problem solving almost without limits, but within range of specific applications, or optimization under logical constraints, we present here an original approach, which goal is to combine in a structured and easier to use way, logical and numerical constraints, into one original method, that will accumulate the benefits of both approaches to intervals sequencing problem solving, or even more. This method to support manager or systems choices in their respective search for problem solving of intervals optimization sequencing is able to combine an approach of numerical modeling and higher degree of expressiveness, making it easier to use. | 2012-11-08 |
20120284002 | Simplified Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics - For efficient smooth particle hydrodynamics using more particle information, virtual particles are created. Each virtual particle represents an averaging of properties for the fluid particles in a cell. For density, force, or other calculations for a given fluid particle, the interaction between the particles within a cell are calculated. For calculating the influence of particles outside the cell on the particle in the cell, the virtual particles from the neighboring cells are used. The interaction with these aggregate particles reduces the number of calculations while still including the influence from particles of other cells. | 2012-11-08 |
20120284003 | ASSESSING INTRA-CARDIAC ACTIVATION PATTERNS - Techniques for evaluating cardiac electrical dyssynchrony are described. In some examples, an activation time is determined for each of a plurality of torso-surface potential signals. The dispersion or sequence of these activation times may be analyzed or presented to provide variety of indications of the electrical dyssynchrony of the heart of the patient. In some examples, the locations of the electrodes of the set of electrodes, and thus the locations at which the torso-surface potential signals were sensed, may be projected on the surface of a model torso that includes a model heart. The inverse problem of electrocardiography may be solved to determine electrical activation times for regions of the model heart based on the torso-surface potential signals sensed from the patient. | 2012-11-08 |
20120284004 | INVERTEBRATE ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS - Methods for determining invertebrate- and insect-specific, such as mosquito-specific, residues of acetylcholinesterases are provided herein. The methods can be used to design pesticides and insecticides that are specific for the invertebrate or insect (e.g., mosquito) enzymes, resulting in reduced toxicity concerns for mammals. Compositions for inhibiting invertebrate and insect (e.g., mosquito) acetylcholinesterases and methods for preparing the same are also provided. | 2012-11-08 |
20120284005 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZED DRUG DELIVERY AND PROGRESSION OF DISEASED AND NORMAL CELLS - System for recommending an optimal treatment protocol for a specific individual are disclosed. The systems comprise generally a system model, a plurality of treatment protocols, a system model modifier, wherein said system model is modified by the system model modifier based on parameters specific to the individual; and a selector to select an optimal treatment protocol from said plurality of treatment protocols based on the modified system model. Systems embodying the above techniques but for a general patient are also disclosed. Systems for a general patient and an individual for various specific diseases are disclosed. Methods and computer program products embodying the above techniques are also disclosed. | 2012-11-08 |
20120284006 | METHOD OF DETERMINING THE PARTICLE SENSITIVITY OF ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS - To analyze an electronic component, this component is exposed to a focused laser beam. The information provided by the laser mapping relating to the position and to the depth of the sensitivity zones of the component is used as input parameter in prediction codes for quantifying the sensitivity of the mapped component to ionizing particles in the natural radioactive environment. The prediction codes are used to determine the occurrence of malfunctions in the electronic component. Determination of the risks associated with the radiative environment imposes two aspects: one, probabilistic, takes into account the particle/matter interaction and the other, electrical, takes into account the charge collection inside the electronic component. | 2012-11-08 |
20120284007 | VERIFYING A PROCESSOR DESIGN USING A PROCESSOR SIMULATION MODEL - An improved method of verifying a processor design using a processor simulation model in a simulation environment is disclosed, wherein the processor simulation model includes at least one execution unit for executing at least one instruction of a test file. The method includes tracking each execution of each of the at least one instruction, monitoring relevant signals in each simulation cycle, maintaining information about the execution of the at least one instruction, wherein the maintained information includes a determination of an execution length of a completely executed instruction, matching the maintained information about the completely executed instruction against a set of trap elements provided by the user through a trap file, and collecting the maintained information about the completely executed instruction in a monitor file in response to a match found between the maintained information and at least one of the trap elements. | 2012-11-08 |
20120284008 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MODELING A MULTI-LAYER NETWORK TOPOLOGY - The present invention is directed towards systems and method for creating a network topology model. The method comprises identifying a network element on a network. The method then creates a network object model and a network link model for the network element, wherein the network object model and network link model comprise a multi-layer representation of the network element. The method further stores the network object model and network link model in one or more databases. | 2012-11-08 |
20120284009 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADAPTING SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE - The present invention is a method for determining during run-time an adaptation to a software architecture comprising a plurality of components. The method includes the steps of—evaluating constraints for the adaptation relating to a functional dependence of components of the software architecture,—determining during run-time a context for the software architecture taking into account information on the state of the architecture,—selecting among a plurality of context models a context model corresponding to the determined context,—evaluating constraints for the adaptation imposed by the selected context model,—taking a decision on performing the adaptation based on the outcome of the evaluation steps. | 2012-11-08 |
20120284010 | Resource Remapping in a Hardware Emulation Environment - A system and method is disclosed in an emulation environment that dynamically remaps user designs. In one embodiment, a request is received to load an integrated circuit design to be emulated in a desired partition within the emulator. The emulator automatically determines the availability of the partition requested. If the partition is not available, the design is dynamically remapped to a different partition that is available. In another embodiment, clocks associated with the integrated circuit design are also dynamically remapped. In yet another embodiment, the user can control the size of the partitions (e.g., the number of printed circuit boards in a partition). | 2012-11-08 |
20120284011 | PROCESSOR EMULATION USING SPECULATIVE FORWARD TRANSLATION - A method and apparatus for processor emulation using speculative forward translation are disclosed. A potential candidate for forward translation is identified from one or more portions of target system code. A priority for forward translation is assigned to the potential candidate. It is determined whether the potential candidate is a valid candidate for forward translation. If valid, the potential candidate is translated with a host system to produce one or more corresponding blocks of translated code executable by the host system. | 2012-11-08 |
20120284012 | Smartphone-Based Methods and Systems - Technologies involving portable devices, such as smartphones and tablet computers, are disclosed. One arrangement enables a creator of content to select software with which that creator's content should be rendered—assuring continuity between artistic intention and delivery. Another uses the camera of a smartphone to identify nearby subjects, and take actions based thereon. Others rely on near field chip (RFID) identification of objects, or on identification of audio streams (e.g., music, voice). Some technologies concern improvements to the user interfaces associated with such devices. Others involve use of these devices in shopping, text entry, sign language interpretation, and vision-based discovery. Still other improvements are architectural in nature, e.g., relating to evidence-based state machines, and blackboard systems. Yet other technologies concern use of linked data in portable devices—some of which exploit GPU capabilities. Still other technologies concern computational photography. A great variety of other features and arrangements are also detailed. | 2012-11-08 |
20120284013 | MACHINE TRANSLATION FEEDBACK - Methods, program products and systems for first receiving an indication of when a user-manipulable cursor is positioned in proximity to a first presentation of first text in a graphical user interface (GUI), the first text being in a first language. In response to the first receiving, causing a second presentation in the GUI of second text in a distinct second language, where the second text represents a translation of the first text into the second language or the first text represents a translation of the second text into the first language. Second user input to the GUI is received providing an alternate translation of the first text to the second text or the second text to the first text. | 2012-11-08 |
20120284014 | Cross-Language Communication Between Proximate Mobile Devices - A system facilitates cross-language communication among users of respective wireless communication devices. Two or more mutually-agreeing users establish and participate in a cross-language communication session, without revealing private information, such as their telephone numbers. Once the session has been established, each user enters text into her wireless communication device, and a translated version of the entered text is displayed on a screen of the other user's wireless communication device. The text may be entered, such as by typing on a keyboard on the wireless communication device or by speaking inputs into a microphone and automatically recognizing the speech. Optionally, the translated text may be spoken by a speech synthesizer. No permanent information about the participants need be stored in the respective wireless communication devices, so once the communication session ends, no further communication between or among the participants is possible, without establishing another session, thereby preserving each user's privacy. | 2012-11-08 |
20120284015 | Method for Increasing the Accuracy of Subject-Specific Statistical Machine Translation (SMT) - A method of improving the accuracy of the translation output of Statistical Machine Translation (SMT), while increasing the effectiveness of an ongoing professional human translation effort by correlating the ongoing professional human translation effort directly with the translation errors made by the system. Once the translation errors have been corrected by professional human translators and are re-input to the system, the SMT's training process may ensure that the same, and possibly similar, translation error(s) may not occur again. | 2012-11-08 |
20120284016 | TEXT MINING METHOD, TEXT MINING DEVICE AND TEXT MINING PROGRAM - Disclosed are a text mining method, device, and program capable of performing text mining with a specific topic as an object with high precision. An element identification unit calculates a feature degree, which is an index for indicating a degree that within a text set of interest, which is a set of text that is to be analyzed, an element of the text appears. An output unit identifies distinctive elements within the text set of interest on the basis of the calculated feature degree and outputs the identified elements. The element identification unit corrects the feature degree on the basis of a topic relatedness degree, which is a value indicating a degree related to a topic of analysis, which is a topic for which each text portion of the text being analyzed has been partitioned into predetermined units that are to be analyzed. | 2012-11-08 |
20120284017 | Systems, Methods, and Programs for Detecting Unauthorized Use of Text Based Communications - Systems, methods, and programs for generating an authorized profile for a text communication device or account, may sample a text communication generated by the text communication device or account during communication and may store the text sample. The systems, methods, and programs may extract a language pattern from the stored text sample and may create an authorized profile based on the language pattern. Systems, methods, and programs for detecting unauthorized use of a text communication device or account may sample a text communication generated by the device or account during communication, may extract a language pattern from the audio sample, and may compare extracted language pattern of the sample with an authorized user profile. | 2012-11-08 |
20120284018 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD EMPLOYING LOGICAL PROXIMITY OF CHARACTERS IN SPELL CHECKING - An improved handheld electronic device and associated method employing an improved spell checking routine enable proposed spelling corrections having a close logical proximity to an active input to be output at a position of preference for easy selection by the user. By way of example, a base character and the various accented forms thereof can be said to have a logical proximity to one another that is closer than their logical proximity to any character having a different base character, whether additionally having a diacritical element or not. | 2012-11-08 |
20120284019 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH REDUCED KEYBOARD AND ASSOCIATED METHOD OF PROVIDING IMPROVED DISAMBIGUATION WITH REDUCED DEGRADATION OF DEVICE PERFORMANCE - In view of the foregoing, an improved handheld electronic device having a reduced keyboard provides facilitated language entry by making available to a user certain words that a user may reasonably be expected to enter. Incoming data, such as the text of a message, can be scanned for proper nouns, for instance, since such proper nouns might not already be stored in memory and might be expected to be entered by the user when, for example, forwarding or responding to the message. A proper noun can be identified, for instance, on the basis that it begins with an upper case letter. The proper nouns can be stored, for example, in memory that may, by way of further example, be a temporary dictionary. | 2012-11-08 |
20120284020 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SPEECH COMPRESSION USING AN INTER FRAME PARAMETER CORRELATION - The disclosure provides a speech encoder, decoder, speech processor and methods of encoding and decoding speech. In one embodiment, the speech encoder includes: (1) a speech frame generator configured to form a speech frame from an input speech signal, the speech frame having a length of multiple samples, (2) a speech frame processor configured to determine if the speech frame is a subsequent voiced frame of a group of consecutive voiced frames and, based thereon, perform speech analysis of the subsequent voiced frame; and (3) a speech frame coder configured to perform, if the speech frame is a subsequent voiced frame, differential coding of speech parameters of the subsequent voiced frame with respect to previous speech parameters of the previous voiced frame of the consecutive voiced frames. | 2012-11-08 |
20120284021 | CONCEALING AUDIO INTERRUPTIONS - A method of processing an audio signal in a communications network, the method comprising: receiving, at a speech buffer, a first portion of the audio signal over the network from a base station of the network, the speech buffer being configured to store and subsequently output the first portion of the audio signal; determining the presence of an interruption to the received audio signal, the interruption being such that a subsequent portion of the audio signal which is intended to be output from the speech buffer immediately following the output of the first portion is not stored in the speech buffer at the time that the subsequent portion is intended to be output from the speech buffer; in the event that the presence of the interruption has been determined, appending a second portion of the audio signal to the first portion in such a way as to form an output audio signal having no signal discontinuities in the time domain, the second portion having a predetermined duration and having a pitch matching that of the first portion over the predetermined duration; applying a fade out envelope to the second portion to gradually reduce the amplitude of the second portion over the predetermined duration; and outputting the output audio signal. | 2012-11-08 |
20120284022 | NOISE REDUCTION SYSTEM USING A SENSOR BASED SPEECH DETECTOR - Speech detection is a technique to determine and classify periods of speech. In a normal conversation, each speaker speaks less than half the time. The remaining time is devoted to listening to the other end and pauses between speech and silence. Embodiments of the current invention provide systems and methods that may be implemented in a communication device. A system may include one or more sensors for detecting information corresponding to a user. The user is in a state of verbal communication. The system further includes one or more sensors for determining periods of speech and non-speech, in the verbal communication, based on the detected information and the audio signal captured by the microphones. The determined periods of speech and non-speech may be used in the coding, compression, noise reduction and other aspects of signal processing. | 2012-11-08 |
20120284023 | METHOD OF SELECTING ONE MICROPHONE FROM TWO OR MORE MICROPHONES, FOR A SPEECH PROCESSOR SYSTEM SUCH AS A "HANDS-FREE" TELEPHONE DEVICE OPERATING IN A NOISY ENVIRONMENT - The method comprises the steps of: digitizing sound signals picked up simultaneously by two microphones (N, M); executing a short-term Fourier transform on the signals (x | 2012-11-08 |
20120284024 | Text Interface Device and Method in Voice Communication - A computerized communication device has a display screen, a mechanism for a user to select words or phrases displayed on the display screen, and software executing from a non-transitory physical medium, the software providing a function for providing audio signal output in a connected voice-telephone call from the text words or phrases selected by a user. | 2012-11-08 |
20120284025 | ENHANCED ACCURACY FOR SPEECH RECOGNITION GRAMMARS - Disclosed herein are methods and systems for recognizing speech. A method embodiment comprises comparing received speech with a precompiled grammar based on a database and if the received speech matches data in the precompiled grammar then returning a result based on the matched data. If the received speech does not match data in the precompiled grammar, then dynamically compiling a new grammar based only on new data added to the database after the compiling of the precompiled grammar The database may comprise a directory of names. | 2012-11-08 |
20120284026 | SPEAKER VERIFICATION SYSTEM - In an aspect, in general, a method for computer assisted speaker authentication in a voice communication session includes establishing a voice communication session between a first speaker and an agent, accepting a first voice signal from the first speaker, determining a voice characteristic measure of the first voice signal, including characterizing a similarity of the first voice signal to each of one or more stored characterizations of voice signals previously acquired from one or more known speakers, and providing an interface to the agent during the voice communication session between the agent and the first speaker, including presenting an indicator based on the determined voice characteristic measure to the agent. | 2012-11-08 |
20120284027 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SHARING PORTABLE VOICE PROFILES - An embodiment of the present invention provides a speech recognition engine that utilizes portable voice profiles for converting recorded speech to text. Each portable voice profile includes speaker-dependent data, and is configured to be accessible to a plurality of speech recognition engines through a common interface. A voice profile manager receives the portable voice profiles from other users who have agreed to share their voice profiles. The speech recognition engine includes speaker identification logic to dynamically select a particular portable voice profile, in real-time, from a group of portable voice profiles. The speaker-dependent data included with the portable voice profile enhances the accuracy with which speech recognition engines recognize spoken words in recorded speech from a speaker associated with a portable voice profile. | 2012-11-08 |
20120284028 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO PRESENT A VIDEO PROGRAM TO A VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSON - Methods and apparatus to present a video program to a visually impaired person are disclosed. An example method comprises detecting a text portion of a media stream including a video stream, the text portion not being consumable by a blind person, retrieving text associated with the text portion of the media stream, and converting the text to a first audio stream based on a first type of a first program in the media stream, and converting the text to a second audio stream based on a second type of a second program in the media stream. | 2012-11-08 |
20120284029 | PHOTO-REALISTIC SYNTHESIS OF IMAGE SEQUENCES WITH LIP MOVEMENTS SYNCHRONIZED WITH SPEECH - Audiovisual data of an individual reading a known script is obtained and stored in an audio library and an image library. The audiovisual data is processed to extract feature vectors used to train a statistical model. An input audio feature vector corresponding to desired speech with which a synthesized image sequence will be synchronized is provided. The statistical model is used to generate a trajectory of visual feature vectors that corresponds to the input audio feature vector. These visual feature vectors are used to identify a matching image sequence from the image library. The resulting sequence of images, concatenated from the image library, provides a photorealistic image sequence with lip movements synchronized with the desired speech. | 2012-11-08 |
20120284030 | Stateful, Double-Buffered Dynamic Navigation Voice Prompting - A navigation system written in J | 2012-11-08 |
20120284031 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OPERATING TECHNICAL EQUIPMENT, IN PARTICULAR A MOTOR VEHICLE - A method and device for operating technical equipment, in particular in a motor vehicle. Speech inputs are fed by a speech input unit and manual inputs are fed by means of a manual input unit as operating instructions to a controller by which a command corresponding to the operating instruction is generated and fed to the corresponding technical equipment, which then executes the operating procedure associated with the operating instruction. A basic structure of the command is established by the speech input unit or the manual input unit, and then the basic structure of the command is supplemented by the manual input unit or the speech input unit. | 2012-11-08 |
20120284032 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR LOW COMPLEXITY COMBINATORIAL CODING AND DECODING OF SIGNALS - A method and apparatus for low complexity combinatorial coding and decoding of signals is described herein. During operation, an encoder and a decoder will utilize a first function in determining a codeword or vector when the size of the function is small. The encoder and the decoder will also utilize a second function in determining the codeword or vector when the size of the function is large. | 2012-11-08 |
20120284033 | METHOD FOR REDUCTION OF ALIASING INTRODUCED BY SPECTRAL ENVELOPE ADJUSTMENT IN REAL-VALUED FILTERBANKS - The present invention proposes a new method for improving the performance of a real-valued filterbank based spectral envelope adjuster. By adaptively locking the gain values for adjacent channels dependent on the sign of the channels, as defined in the application, reduced aliasing is achieved. Furthermore, the grouping of the channels during gain-calculation, gives an improved energy estimate of the real valued subband signals in the filterbank. | 2012-11-08 |
20120284034 | METHOD FOR REDUCTION OF ALIASING INTRODUCED BY SPECTRAL ENVELOPE ADJUSTMENT IN REAL-VALUED FILTERBANKS - The present invention proposes a new method for improving the performance of a real-valued filterbank based spectral envelope adjuster. By adaptively locking the gain values for adjacent channels dependent on the sign of the channels, as defined in the application, reduced aliasing is achieved. Furthermore, the grouping of the channels during gain-calculation, gives an improved energy estimate of the real valued subband signals in the filterbank. | 2012-11-08 |
20120284035 | Method and Apparatus for Registering Closed and Open Loop Prepaid Gift Cards and Other Prepaid Card Products - A method and system is provided through which a purchaser and/or a recipient of a prepaid card (e.g., gift card) may enroll in a prepaid card protection, loyalty program, or other service. By enrolling the purchaser and/or recipient of the prepaid card for this service, the purchaser and/or recipient become known to the prepaid card vendor for marketing and tracking purposes. The merchant and/or prepaid card administrator may thus make the prepaid card registrant aware of special offers that may entice the prepaid card registrant to go to the merchant's store to use the prepaid card. | 2012-11-08 |
20120284036 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LINKING TOGETHER AN ARRAY OF BUSINESS PROGRAMS - A system, method and computer readable media for disseminating data from a first entity to one or more additional entities is disclosed. The method comprises compiling a database of records of business transactions, receiving data from a business transaction recording system of a first entity, parsing the received data to determine if the received data is a new business transaction, automatically updating the database to reflect the new business transaction, and automatically disseminating the new business transaction to one or more additional entities. | 2012-11-08 |
20120284037 | Computer program product for receiving a notification of a benefit after queuing the result of an evaluation of a sample for transmission - A computer program product includes a recordable-type signal bearing medium bearing computer usable code configured for causing an automatic evaluation, remotely from a health care facility, of a biological sample acquired from a subject for a presence or an absence of at least one pathogen in the biological sample; computer usable code configured for electronically queuing a first result of the evaluation for transmission to an off-site entity; and computer usable code configured for receiving a notification of a benefit for the subject after queuing the first result of the evaluation for transmission. | 2012-11-08 |
20120284038 | Health Care Cost Management Marketplace - A health care cost management marketplace brings together health care payers and health care cost management vendors. The health care cost management vendors bid on lots of single-claims or multiple claims. Health care cost reduction contracts are awarded to vendors whose bids project the greatest net health care cost reduction savings. Auctions are timed and vendors may change their bids while time remains. Bids include a vendor fee percentage, and, for single claim lots, may further include an estimated cost savings amount. For the single-claim lots, vendors which fail to achieve actual cost reduction savings above a predetermined threshold compared to estimated savings can be penalized. | 2012-11-08 |
20120284039 | GLOBAL DISEASE SURVEILLANCE PLATFORM, AND CORRESPONDING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A computer-implemented method for identifying and assessing public health events, and a corresponding system and apparatus, includes capturing public health-related information from structured and unstructured sources, where the information is contained in one or more documents, extracting meta-data from the captured public health-related information, creating an index of the extracted meta-data; archiving the meta-data and the documents, where the index links meta-data to its associated document, processing the extracted meta-data according to one or more detection algorithms to determine if an anomaly exists, and where an anomaly exists, providing a public health event notification, and monitoring and evaluating the responses to the public health events. | 2012-11-08 |
20120284040 | Medical Modules and Monitoring Systems - The present invention relates to portable dwellings, rooms, and patient monitoring systems for promoting an independent living or assisted living environment. More particularly, the present invention relates to strong, portable housing equipped with monitoring and air pressurization systems, which can be installed next to a caregiver's home or within a room in the caregiver's home. In preferred embodiments, provided is a portable dwelling comprising: walls and a roof in a fixed exterior configuration, wherein the walls will not fail under wind resistance of up to 200 mph; a positive or negative pressure system for keeping contaminants out of or in the interior; and a patient monitoring system comprising means for capturing an image of a patient in a room, a means for remotely transmitting the image to a caregiver and having the ability to communicate only a restricted or selective view of the image to the caregiver. | 2012-11-08 |
20120284041 | INTEGRATED DRUG MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING PRESCRIPTION DRUGS BY USING THE SAME - Disclosed are an integrated drug management system and a method of providing prescription drugs by using the same. The integrated drug management system includes a drug information managing module to manage a basic information and a pattern information of an individual drug by performing an image processing scheme for the individual drug, an integrated management control module to control a drug management work and a prescription drug management work, a prescription drug making module to provide the drug by preparing a drug according to a prescription information, a prescription drug inspecting module to inspect a defect state of the drug, a prescription drug reinspecting module connected to the integrated management control module to reinspect the defect state of the drug which has been determined as a defective drug, and a drug pack providing module to provide a drug pack to each ward or each patient. | 2012-11-08 |
20120284042 | ELECTRONIC CUSTODY AND CONTROL SYSTEM FOR HUMAN ASSAY TEST SAMPLES - A system, method, and computer program for more quickly, accurately, and efficiently identifying, cataloging, and tracking human assay samples and creating documentation with respect to the human assay samples. The computer program and method include the steps of: storing donor information in a donor information database accessible by a computer; storing client information in a client information database accessible by the computer; retrieving client information necessary to determine a type of test to be performed on a specimen; storing collection facility information in a collection facility database accessible by the computer; administering a human analyte test using the computer program to guide a collector of the specimen and identify problematic exceptions; receiving the test result electronically and storing the result in a test result database accessible by the computer; and permitting authorized persons to electronically access the test result via a communications network. | 2012-11-08 |
20120284043 | Satori Integrated Health & Financial Benefits System and Method - A shared medical savings system and method are provided that allow a patient to participate in the savings generated by selecting to have a medical procedure performed overseas. The system has one or more computing devices, a link that is capable of connecting the one or more computing devices to a medical shared savings unit that is capable of interacting with the computing devices. An employer uses the computing device to elect to participate in a medical savings plan using a Health Reimbursement Account, a patient using the computing device to select an overseas medical procedure that is part of the medical savings plan so that the savings for the overseas medical procedure is divided between the employer and the patient utilizing a medical savings plan. | 2012-11-08 |
20120284044 | HEALTHCARE CLAIMS LOSS CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A method for controlling healthcare claim payment losses including accessing information about a claim after a payer is prepared to pay, but prior to payment, evaluating the information including at least one of determining indications of fraud, validating service coding and editing as indicated, identifying possible payment discounts, and developing analytics indicative of risk for future claims, and providing loss control recommendations based at least partially on the evaluation, prior to paying the claim. Also a loss control system for healthcare claims with a loss control engine and a database in communication with the loss control engine, wherein the loss control engine accesses information about healthcare claims from the database after the claims have been processed for payment and wherein the loss control engine further analyses the claims for potential cost savings and returns a loss control recommendation for each claim to the database before payment of the respective claim. | 2012-11-08 |
20120284045 | INTERNET SYSTEM FOR CONNECTING HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS AND PATIENTS - An Internet-based system involves a database and search capabilities for connecting patients with healthcare providers, e.g., physicians, hospitals, nursing homes, treatment facilities, etc., and further enables such providers to reach patients with whom they may not otherwise come into contact. A patient may access the healthcare provider information through a search conducted using a search engine, such as Google, Yahoo, etc. Alternatively, a patient may access the company Web site's predetermined Web page that provides search capabilities on its database. A patient may research a healthcare provider based on criteria specified by the patient. Information provided to the patient may be in the form of a report, profile, ratings, etc., including patient-provided information, physician-verified information, and information verified by an independent third party. The verified information and ratings provided by the Web site enable patients to differentiate among healthcare providers and thereby select the provider that best meets their individual needs. | 2012-11-08 |
20120284046 | Computer program product for reporting a result of an evaluation of a sample after queuing the result for transmission - A computer program product includes a recordable-type signal bearing medium bearing computer usable code configured for causing an automatic evaluation, remotely from a health care facility, of a biological sample acquired from a subject for a presence or an absence of at least one pathogen in the biological sample; computer usable code configured for electronically queuing a first result of the evaluation for transmission to an off-site entity; and computer usable code configured for reporting a second result of the evaluation to the subject after queuing the first result of the evaluation for transmission. | 2012-11-08 |
20120284047 | Method for receiving a notification of a benefit after queuing the result of an evaluation of a sample for transmission - A method includes automatically evaluating, remotely from a health care facility, a biological sample acquired from a subject for a presence or an absence of at least one pathogen in the biological sample; electronically queuing a first result of the evaluation for transmission to an off-site entity; and receiving a notification of a benefit for the subject after queuing the first result of the evaluation for transmission. | 2012-11-08 |
20120284048 | Method for reporting a result of an evaluation of a sample after queuing the result for transmission - A method includes automatically evaluating, remotely from a health care facility, a biological sample acquired from a subject for a presence or an absence of at least one pathogen in the biological sample; electronically queuing a first result of the evaluation for transmission to an off-site entity; and reporting a second result of the evaluation to the subject after queuing the first result of the evaluation for transmission. | 2012-11-08 |
20120284049 | System and device for receiving a notification of a benefit after queuing the result of an evaluation of a sample for transmission - A system or device includes an evaluation module for automatically evaluating, remotely from a health care facility, a biological sample acquired from a subject for a presence or an absence of at least one pathogen in the biological sample; an electronic memory for queuing a first result of the evaluation for transmission to an off-site entity; and a benefit module for receiving a notification of a benefit for the subject after queuing the first result of the evaluation for transmission. | 2012-11-08 |
20120284050 | System and Method for Improved Healthcare Delivery - Embodiments of the invention are directed toward a interactive system and method for improved health care delivery operated over a network in conjunction with a user device. The user device is connected over the network to an identification module which may be operable to identify a patient and associate that patient with pre-established criteria. A screening module allows a user to enter data into the user device which relates to the patient's pre-established criteria, while a monitoring module determines whether the patient has complied with the criteria. An output module may transmit information relating to the patient's compliance to the same, or another, user device. The invention may also include a database for storing information transmitted by the output module, an instant communication interface and an incentive generation engine for randomly selected or specifically targeted users. | 2012-11-08 |
20120284051 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERSONALIZING AND TRANSFORMING PATIENT INTERACTION RECORDS - A system and method for personalization, and replication of diagnosis and treatment processes, with instruction, observations, and diagnosis is disclosed. Patient interaction steps such as prompting diagnosis inquiries, requesting diagnosis responses, recording the responses, revising diagnosis inquiries and generation of diagnosis report text, which is also revisable, draw on information from a global database to guide a medical professional through diagnosis. Revisions to diagnosis inquiries and diagnosis report text are saved in personalized databases and replicated for use by other medical professionals. The system is utilized within a particular practice site, and the practice site is in communication with a network of additional practice sites, central processor, and central databases. Revised patient interactions which prove more successful are replicated to for use by other medical professionals within the same practice site and at other practice sites. | 2012-11-08 |
20120284052 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A COMPREHENSIVE INITIAL ASSESSMENT FOR WORKERS COMPENSATION CASES - The CIA (Comprehensive Initial Assessment) tool provides a detailed initial assessment to tell the user of the tool what interaction is needed from the beginning of the injury. The CIA tool uses an innovative predictive scoring methodology to provide predictors on the risk of the clinical outcome of a worker's compensation claim. The CIA tool will help the nurse to manage the claim better as the tool includes specialty assessments to determine longer deviation and outcome of the claim. The CIA tool generates and provides a detailed blue print for case management and summary forms may be provided to the adjuster and/or case manager. | 2012-11-08 |
20120284053 | REMOTE COMMAND CENTER FOR PATIENT MONITORING - A remote command center for providing services to geographically dispersed hospitalized patients. A datastore accessible to the remote command center receives patient data from geographically dispersed hospitalized patients. Monitored data elements of geographically dispersed hospitalized patients are also received at the remote command center and stored in the datastore. A smart alert module generates and applies patient specific rules to data elements. If a patient-specific rule for a hospitalized patient has been contravened, an alert is issued from the remote command center. A patient care module displays selected data elements of the hospitalized patients. A decision support module applies decision support algorithms to selected data elements of a hospitalized patient and to user input to provide patient care advice. Patient care advice comprises a diagnosis, a method of treatment, and a laboratory protocol. The decision support module also writes orders for medication, laboratory protocols and surgical procedures. | 2012-11-08 |
20120284054 | SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY TESTING A FLUID SPECIMEN - A system for automatically testing a fluid specimen to indicate the presence of specified chemical components in the specimen. The system utilizes an assaying device having a collection cup and a cap that carries at least one test strip. The device includes an integrated aliquot delivery mechanism actuatable to wet the test strip with an aliquot delivered from the fluid specimen. The assaying device operates in conjunction with an electronic reader device capable of actuating the aliquot delivery mechanism and reading the reaction of the test strip. A reader device defines a keyed receptacle for accommodating a complementary shaped cup housing in a particular orientation. The reader device includes a camera for capturing the image of a test strip, an actuator for actuating an aliquot delivery mechanism, and a microprocessor/controller for (1) controlling the camera and actuator and (2) processing the image. | 2012-11-08 |
20120284055 | SYSTEM FOR COMMUNICATION OF HEALTH CARE DATA - An apparatus for communicating health care data from a sender to a receiver is provided. The apparatus has a first computer system, a second computer system, and a rules engine. The first computer system has health care data stored therein. The second computer system is in operable communication with, and is configured to extract the health care data from, the first computer system. The rules engine normalizes the extracted health care data to a predefined format. The rules engine defines a plurality of health care data fields in the predefined format, as well as a plurality of relationships between fields of normalized data. | 2012-11-08 |
20120284056 | Controlling Access to Medical Records - A method for controlling the access of healthcare providers to the medical records of a patient held in a medical record database. A patient controls the access of the healthcare providers to the patient's medical records held in a medical record database. The patient determines access rights to be granted to the healthcare provider and generates an access authorization message which specifies the access rights. The access authorization message is transmitted from the patient to one or more healthcare providers. The healthcare provider transmits the access authorization together with a request for access to the patient's medical records to the medical record database. The medical record database verifies that the access authorization message originated from the patient before granting the healthcare provider access to the patient's medical records in accordance with the access authorization message. | 2012-11-08 |
20120284057 | SYSTEM FOR COMMUNICATION OF HEALTH CARE DATA - An apparatus for communicating health care data from a sender to a receiver is provided. The apparatus has a first computer system, a second computer system, and a rules engine. The first computer system has health care data stored therein. The second computer system is in operable communication with, and is configured to extract the health care data from, the first computer system. The rules engine normalizes the extracted health care data to a predefined format. The rules engine defines a plurality of health care data fields in the predefined format, as well as a plurality of relationships between fields of normalized data. | 2012-11-08 |
20120284058 | INSURANCE EXCHANGE - An insurance exchange for providing a neutral, unbiased and automated lead generating platform for interaction, relating to insurance products and services, between a set of users and a set of providers. The system integrates the processes involved in an insurance lifecycle including quote management, endorsement and claims assistance using a single unique code. The unique code captures minute details of the insurance product's lifecycle which can be tracked and retrieved for processing requisitions at any stage of the insurance lifecycle by the system. Moreover, the system gives a user the flexibility to use/enroll to the system at any time within the life of purchased Insurance product. Thus, the insurance exchange is a one-stop shop for a user for any insurance stream including life, non-life, takaful or micro to compare benefits and prices, choose and avail any insurance product or service and also to redress his grievances. | 2012-11-08 |
20120284059 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING THE IMPORTANCE OF INDIVIDUAL VARIABLES IN A STATISTICAL MODEL - A method and system for determining the importance of each of the variables that contribute to the overall score of a model for predicting the profitability of an insurance policy. For each variable in the model, an importance is calculated based on the calculated slope and deviance of the predictive variable. Since the score is developed using complex mathematical calculations combining large numbers of parameters with predictive variables, it is often difficult to interpret from the mathematical formula for example, why some policyholders receive low scores while other receive high scores. Such clear communication and interpretation of insurance profitability scores is critical if they are used by the various interested insurance parties including policyholders, agents, underwriters, and regulators. | 2012-11-08 |
20120284060 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING INSURANCE INFORMATION - Systems and methods for processing insurance information may comprise a memory and a processor. The memory may store asset and life situation data, life events data, and insurance data. The processor may be coupled to the memory and may be configured to determine asset and life situation events based on the asset and life situation data, determine insured events based on the insurance data, determine detailed coverage information by mapping the insured events to the asset and life situation events, and provide the detailed coverage information. | 2012-11-08 |
20120284061 | INSURANCE WARRANTY PRODUCT, METHOD AND SYSTEM COMPENSATING FOR AN ERROR IN MEDICAL TREATMENT OR NEGATIVE HEALTH OUTCOME - An insurance warranty product provides monetary payment to an insured after experiencing an error in, or negative health outcome resulting from, medical treatment. The terms of the insurance warranty product define the benefit of monetary payment, and the errors in, or negative health outcome resulting from, medical treatment covered by the product may be pre-defined. Errors in medical treatment and negative health outcomes may also be analyzed according to industry standards, and the insured may receive the benefit based on the analysis. | 2012-11-08 |
20120284062 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AN IMPROVED RESERVATION SYSTEM OPTIMIZING REPEATED SEARCH REQUESTS - The method according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention allows an improved travel request service to end-users who request proposals for a trip from a Global Distribution System (GDS). This uses a new travel request which comprises a wider range for each search parameter than previous travel requests from the prior art. The new travel request includes many different ranges of parameters in the same travel request whereas the prior art travel request has to be repeated for each different requested value for each search parameter. The method according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention provides a combination of two modules, a master module and a worker module, to carry out the improved travel request service. | 2012-11-08 |
20120284063 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A TRAVEL ECOSYSTEM WITH SHARING OF SOCIAL TRAVEL PREFERENCES - The present invention generally relates to web based travel platforms. Specifically, this invention relates to a system and method for providing a web based travel platform that allows travel agencies, agents, suppliers and vendors to communicate and collaborate within a single global platform and share social travel preferences. | 2012-11-08 |
20120284064 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RESOURCE ALLOCATION - Systems and methods are described for processing queue data and for providing queue messaging over a network. An illustrative queuing system includes a first queue configured to hold resource requests from a plurality of users, and program code stored in computer readable memory configured to determine or estimate whether a resource requested by a first resource request submitted by a first requester will be available when the first resource request will be serviced, and to transmit a message over a network to the first requester indicating that the requested resource will not be available when the queued request is serviced if it is estimated or determined that the requested resource will not be available when the first request is serviced. | 2012-11-08 |
20120284065 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONDUCTING SALES - Disclosed are systems, computer-implemented methods, and tangible computer-readable storage media for conducting sales. The method embodiment receives a time agnostic inquiry with at least one parameter from a user associated with a sale of an item, identifies one or more discount items that satisfy the inquiry, identifies comparable items for each discount item at nondiscount rates dynamically using real-time data, presents one or more comparable groups, each comparable group including one discount item and the respective comparable items, and furthers the sales process based on user input responding to the presented one or more comparable groups. Also disclosed is a method further including receiving a request from the user for multiple sub-items associated with the item, and engaging in a dialog with the user to enable payment for each of the sub-items with one of multiple payment types. The user can indicate a set of personalized comparable items. | 2012-11-08 |
20120284066 | Method and Apparatus for Geographic-Based Communications Service - An apparatus includes memory and a processor. The processor is operable to receive identification information of a user from a portable computing device. The processor is also operable to access the memory to identify a previous trip record based on the identification information of the user and to identify a user preference based on the previous trip record. The processor is further operable to generate reservation information based on the user preference, where the reservation information is associated with a requested trip of the user. | 2012-11-08 |
20120284067 | REVENUE-BASED IMPACT ANALYSIS USING MULTIDIMENSIONAL MODELS OF SOFTWARE OFFERINGS - The disclosed embodiments provide a system that facilitates the maintenance and execution of a software offering. During operation, the system obtains a total revenue associated with the software offering and a set of weight vectors associated with a multidimensional model of the software offering, wherein each of the weight vectors comprises a set of revenue weights. Next, the system calculates a set of component revenues associated with a set of service components and a set of resources used by the software offering by applying the total revenue and the weight vectors to the multidimensional model. Finally, the system uses the component revenues to facilitate management of the software offering. | 2012-11-08 |
20120284068 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING SKILL MATRIX - A method and a system for determining a skill matrix of an employee is provided. The method comprises analyzing the employee's folksonomic behavior and consequently creating the skill matrix of the employee. Folksonomy comprises creating one or more tags to annotate and categorize web content. The system includes a Tag Cloud Management Module, a Tag Cluster Generator Module and a Skill Matrix Generator Module. The Tag Cloud Management Module is configured to generate a tag cloud, wherein the tag cloud includes one or more tags created by the employee while browsing content of interest. The Tag Cluster Generator Module is configured to create one or more groups/clusters of one or more tags included in the tag cloud, based on one or more technologies related to the one or more tags. The Skill Matrix Generator Module is configured to analyze the created one or more clusters of tags to determine the skill matrix of the employee. | 2012-11-08 |
20120284069 | METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING PARAMETERS IN A RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM - Method for optimizing a current set of parameters in a recommendation system during runtime, including a determining step for determining a first set of parameters depending on the current set of parameters and a second set of parameters depending on the first set of parameters and on user actions with respect to previous recommendations; a testing step for comparing, during runtime and with respect to a predetermined target function, an output of the recommendation system using the first set of parameters against an output of the recommendation system using the second set of parameters; and a selecting step for selecting the first set of parameters or second set of parameters as the current set of parameters depending on a comparison result of the testing step. | 2012-11-08 |
20120284070 | ATTACHMENT ALIGNMENT MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, METHOD AND DEVICE - The present invention provides an Attachment alignment measurement system, method and tool, for identifying the level of Attachment Variance in a relationship between a caregiver and a subject (e.g. new member) in the social structure. Attachment Variance is the degree of alignment (or misalignment) between a subject's (e.g. new member) actual Attachment to the social structure compared with the Attachment of the subject as perceived by the caregiver. The Attachment alignment measurement method for measuring attachment variance in social structure, including the steps of measuring a Subject's actual Attachment to a social structure (Actual Attachment), measuring a primary carer's perception of the Subject's Attachment to a social structure (Perceived Attachment), and comparing Actual Attachment and Perceived Attachment such that Attachment Variance is assessable, wherein Attachment Variance provides an indication of alignment between a Subject's Actual Attachment the Perceived Attachment and the programming instructions for performing the steps. | 2012-11-08 |