48th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 59 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120303320 | CROSS-SECTIONAL PROFILE MEASURING METHOD - A cross-sectional profile measuring method of measuring cross-sectional profiles of an object at plural measurement sections of the object with a contact probe, includes: circularly moving the probe along a route around a circumference of the object at one of the measurement sections, a distance of the moving being longer than a measurement range corresponding to the circumference of the object by a predetermined overlapping range consisting of an acceleration range and a deceleration range; and moving the probe to next one of the measurement sections through a transfer range in a movement direction oblique to a continuous direction in which the cross-sectional profiles are adjacent to one another to offset a distance corresponding to the overlapping range. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303321 | MONITORING FOR INVALID DATA FROM FIELD INSTRUMENTS - Processing systems and methods used to identify faults in the operation of one or more field instruments are described and shown. In one embodiment, a sensing system includes one or more field instruments and a processing component configured to process data from the field instruments. This processing may include identifying invalid samples of data using an algorithm; correlating invalid samples of data to specific field instruments; and determining a likelihood of a fault occurring on the specific field instruments. The processing may occur in real-time using an online processing technique, or with an offline processing technique on data maintained in a data store. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303322 | INCORPORATING MEMORY AND IO CYCLE INFORMATION INTO COMPUTE USAGE DETERMINATIONS - A system and method provide for receiving data corresponding to a computing node and identifying a processor usage, a memory usage and an input/output (IO) usage based at least in part on the data corresponding to the computing node. In addition, a compute usage value may be determined for the computing node based at least in part on the processor usage, the memory usage and the IP usage. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303323 | SELF-DIAGNOSIS SYSTEM OF HOME APPLIANCE AND OPERATION METHOD OF THE SAME - Disclosed are a self-diagnosis system of a home appliance and operation method of the same that self-diagnose and display a state of a home appliance having a self-diagnosis function, recognize and analyze the displayed self-diagnosis information, and provide proper service information corresponding to the state of the home appliance. A state of a home appliance having a self-diagnosis function is self-diagnosed, the diagnosed result is displayed as various images, such as a 7-segment image, QR code, and LED or sound type Morse code, self-diagnosis information displayed as the images is recognized and analyzed, and proper service information is provided to a user or a service provider, thereby easily checking a problem cause of the home appliance. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303324 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING DIAGNOSTIC PULSE SIGNAL, AND CONTROL DEVICE THEREFOR - A control device includes a diagnostic pulse signal generating section having an internal circuit that generates control data and generates diagnostic pulse data for diagnosing the operating terminal and diagnoses the function of the signal line and the operating terminal from the waveform of a feedback signal of the diagnostic pulse signal; a variable amplification circuit that multiplexes the diagnostic pulse signal on the control signal and sends the result to the operating terminal with a preset signal level; and a receiving circuit that receives the feedback signal and sends it to the internal circuit. The internal circuit comprises a correction pulse data generating section that corrects the diagnostic pulse data by correcting the rise time of the diagnostic pulse signal. Even if the length of the signal line is long, the diagnostic pulse signal reception can be achieved without expanding the pulse width of the diagnostic pulse signal. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303325 | INFERRING EFFECTS OF CONFIGURATION ON PERFORMANCE - Configuration data and performance data can be collected from computing machines running a target program. Periods of stress for the computing machines can be identified using the performance data, and a set of the computing machines can be grouped under a stress profile using the performance data. One or more configuration points can be identified on the set of machines, and an effect of each of the configuration point(s) on performance of the set of machines can be inferred using the configuration data and the performance data. The inferred effect(s) of the configuration point(s) can be used to determine a baseline set of configuration settings. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303326 | Reservoir Evaluation System - A reservoir evaluation system enables end users to plan jobs for performing formation tests at remote wellsites. In the planning, the end user defines the toolstring to be constructed at the remote wellsite by service personnel and defines the details for the formation tests to performed with the toolstring. While the tests are performed, the system obtains data via a satellite or other communication link with the remote wellsite and stores the data for retrieval and processing. The data measured from the formation tests conducted with the toolstring can be obtained in real time from the wellsite. The system processes the obtained data to produce analysis for the end user, who can then remotely access the data and analysis with a secure network connection via the Internet or the like. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303327 | Systems and Methods for Pattern Detection - Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods related to pattern detection. As an example, a system for sample selection is disclosed that includes a difference calculation circuit, a comparator circuit, and an output selector circuit. The difference calculation circuit is operable to calculate a first difference between a first value corresponding to a first digital sample and a second value corresponding to a second digital sample, and to calculate a second difference between a third value corresponding to a third digital sample and a fourth value corresponding to a fourth digital sample. The comparator circuit is operable to compare the first difference with the second difference to yield a comparison output. The output selector circuit is operable to select one of the second value and the fourth value as an output based at least upon the comparison output. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303328 | PROPAGATION PATH ESTIMATION METHOD AND PROGRAM AND APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A propagation path estimation method using an imaging method according to the invention includes a step of, in a case where a reflect array | 2012-11-29 |
20120303329 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SMOOTHING SAMPLED DIGITAL SIGNALS - Waveforms are digitally sampled and compressed for storage in memory. The compression of the data includes generating a truncated entropy encoding map and using the values within the map to obtain good compression. An encoder further sub-selects values to be encoded and values to remain unencoded to provide an overall compression of the data. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303330 | METHOD FOR THE AUTOMATED DETECTION OF THE INGESTION OF AT LEAST ONE FOREIGN BODY BY A GAS TURBINE ENGINE - A method for automated detection of ingestion of at least one foreign body by a gas turbine engine, according to which: instantaneous speed of the rotor is measured; a speed signal of the rotor is filtered to separate a static component from a dynamic component thereof; the filtered dynamic component is compared to a standard resonance wave of the rotor to obtain an ingestion indicator, the standard resonance wave corresponding to the vibrational impulse response of a rotor; the obtained ingestion indicator is compared with a detection threshold; and a foreign body ingestion detection signal is emitted when the ingestion indicator is higher than the detection threshold. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303331 | ADAPTER BETWEEN SCALE AND VITAL SIGNS MONITOR - A method, an adapter and a system including a medical device and an adapter. The adapter receives patient scale data (e.g., height and weight data) from a scale. The patient scale data is in a first format data generally not interpretable by a vital sign monitoring device. The adapter translates the patient scale data into a second format compatible with the vital sign monitoring device. The adapter then outputs the translated data to the vital sign monitoring device. The scale and adapter may be coupled via a universal serial bus (USB) connection. The adapter and vital sign monitoring device may be coupled via one of a USB connection and an RS-232 connection. The patient data may be stored in an electronic health records (EHR) database by the vital sign monitoring device. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303332 | ESTIMATING FORCES ON COMPLEX SURFACES - Techniques for constructing an enhanced model of an object are provided. Sensor data is received from a sensor network that is arranged on the surface of the object. The sensor data includes measurements of surface conditions that the surface of the object experiences. Pressure data, which correlates to locations on the enhanced model, is determined from the sensor data. The enhanced model is enhanced with the pressure data. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303333 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING - Non-destructive testing and examination systems and methods generate models and other representations of a part. These models can be used to perform analysis such as defect detection and categorization. The present disclosure identifies, in one embodiment, a method and system that identifies particular locations on the part for analysis. These locations correspond to regions of a reference model, which may comprise a representation of the part that a computer aided design (CAD) package can generate. The method provides for test parameters to be assigned or associated with the region so as to direct and instruct the execution of the relevant part analysis protocols. In one example, the test parameters identify criteria for one or more types of defects that may be found on the part. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303334 | IMPORTATION AND REPRESENTATION OF PART FAMILIES AND DYNAMIC PART CATALOG GENERATION - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving a definition of a version of a part family comprising a plurality of parts, each part having a same shape and a different respective size, wherein the definition includes a set of parameter values for each part of the part family; storing the definition along with other versions of the part family in either a parametric or parametric-independent format; receiving a request for the part family for a particular computer-aided design system; converting a latest version to a different format that is compatible with the particular computer-aided design system; and providing the converted part family in response to the request. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303335 | VIRTUAL PRESS PLATE - Systems, methods and computer program products for a virtual press plate is disclosed. A method for creating a virtual press plate includes: (a) receiving a virtual decorative layer which is an electronic representation of a physical decorative layer; (b) receiving a first virtual engraving layer having one or more first markings that correspond to a first virtual depth level; (c) receiving a second virtual engraving layer having one or more second markings that correspond to a second virtual depth level; (d) creating a virtual press plate, which is an electronic representation of a physical press plate, based at least partially on the first and second virtual engraving layers; and (e) creating a virtual pressed decorative layer by virtually pressing the virtual press plate to the virtual decorative layer. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303336 | ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR VERIFYING A REAL MODEL USING A VIRTUAL MODEL AND USE IN AIRCRAFT CONSTRUCTION - An arrangement for verifying a real model by using a virtual model is provided. The arrangement comprises a real model which has a real coordinate system, a virtual model which has a virtual coordinate system, a first position determination element, which is applied in/on the real model in a defined manner, and a real tool element, which is arranged in the real model. A position and/or orientation of the real tool element in the real model can be determined relative to the first position determination element. An operation of the real tool element can be triggered in the real model, and the operation of the real tool element can be imaged in the virtual model. The operation of the real tool element in the real model and the imaged operation in the virtual model can be logically or functionally assigned to one another. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303337 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING THE EXECUTION OF COMPUTATIONAL ALGORITHMS - The invention refers to systems and methods to optimize the memory and communications that suits the memory organization of many scientific codes, such as Computer Fluid Dynamics codes, that operate on meshes, such the mesh of an object that moves through a fluid medium. The methods adjust the order in which the data are used inside the algorithm, by means of traversing and ordering the mesh. This ordered mesh is streamed into the lower memory levels and allows for minimal data transfer requirements. The method also reduces the memory needs dramatically and improves the execution time of the scientific code. The systems and methods are particularly useful in the aeronautic industry for designing new aircrafts. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303338 | SIMULATION METHOD AND SIMULATION APPARATUS - To obtain velocity, density, pressure, and a position per unit time, acceleration of each particle and a repulsive force applied to each particle from a boundary surface is obtained by an equation of motion discretized by a predetermined kernel function; velocity after unit time is calculated by time integration; a density time differential is calculated by a discretized continuity equation representing a temporal change in the density based on a predetermined kernel function; density after unit time is calculated by time integration on the density time differential by using the velocity after the unit time; smoothing is performed on the density at predetermined intervals; pressure after unit time is calculated by an equation of state with the density after unit time; a position after unit time is calculated; the above calculations are repeated from the initial state to the end of a predetermined time. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303339 | COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS MODELING OF A BOUNDED DOMAIN - A method for hybrid computational fluid dynamics (CFD) approach for modeling a bounded domain, such as a data center, is disclosed. The CFD modeling approach divides the bounded domain into one or more viscous regions and one or more inviscid regions, and then performs a viscous domain solve for the viscous region(s) using a computational fluid dynamics model with turbulence equations (i.e., a turbulence model), and performs inviscid domain solve for the inviscid region(s) using a set of inviscid equations (or potential flow equations). After solving for the different regions, results of the viscous domain solve and the inviscid domain solve are provided as a model of the bounded domain. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303340 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, THICKNESS AREA SETTING DEVICE, THICKNESS AREA SETTING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING THICKNESS AREA SETTING PROGRAM - An information processing device includes target object information obtaining unit configured to obtain target object information indicating a position and an area of a target object in a virtual space, surface information obtaining unit configured to obtain surface information indicating a position and an area of a thickness area that is defined by a surface in the virtual space and a predetermined thickness imparted to the surface, and collision determining unit configured to carry out collision determination, based on the target object information and the surface information, so as to determine whether the target object has collided against the surface. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303341 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GRAPHICALLY CREATING MODELS FOR SIMULATING SYSTEMS OF REACTING SPECIES - A system and method for generating a model for simulating systems of reacting species includes receiving reaction formulas, determining a reaction rate expression for the received reaction formulas, and generating a model for simulating systems of reacting species using the received reaction formulas and the determined reaction rate expressions. The reaction list is pruned to deactivate one or more reactions based on one or more criteria. Using a graphical user interface, the reaction formulas may be received, the generated model may be displayed, the determined reaction rate expression may be modified, the generated reaction list may be displayed, and the generated species list may be displayed. An output based on the generated model may be displayed that includes the composition and temperature dependence of the system of reacting species. Material and energy balances may be generated for the reacting species as input to a solver of partial differential equations. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303342 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REPRESENTING WELLS IN MODELING A PHYSICAL FLUID RESERVOIR - The disclosure is directed to a method of representing fluid flow response to imposed conditions in a physical fluid reservoir through wells. The invention utilizes techniques and formulas of unprecedented accuracy and speed for computer computation of Green's and Neumann functions in finite three-dimensional space for arbitrarily-oriented line sources in anisotropic media. The method includes the modeling of fluid flow in physical fluid reservoirs with an assemblage of linear well segments, characterizing arbitrary well trajectory, operating in unison with flux density coupled to flow rate within the well through a constitutive expression linking pressure distribution and flow. The method further includes generalization to complex fracture sets or fractured wells in modeling fluid flow in a reservoir, coupled use of such computations within a mesh representation of the physical fluid reservoir with isolation of well cell contributions, and extension to modeling of heterogeneous reservoirs and pressure transients. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303343 | Program, Information Storage Medium, Information Processing System, And Information Processing Method. - An object placement managing unit ( | 2012-11-29 |
20120303344 | COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS MODELING OF A BOUNDED DOMAIN - A hybrid computational fluid dynamics (CFD) approach for modeling a bounded domain, such as a data center, is disclosed. The CFD modeling approach divides the bounded domain into one or more viscous regions and one or more inviscid regions, and then performs a viscous domain solve for the viscous region(s) using a computational fluid dynamics model with turbulence equations (i.e., a turbulence model), and performs inviscid domain solve for the inviscid region(s) using a set of inviscid equations (or potential flow equations). After solving for the different regions, results of the viscous domain solve and the inviscid domain solve are provided as a model of the bounded domain. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303345 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC GENERATION AND USAGE OF FLUID FLOW LOSS COEFFICIENTS FOR T-JUNCTIONS - A system and method for automatic generation and usage of fluid flow loss coefficients for T-junctions is disclosed. In one embodiment, a list of possible T-junctions is created using given geometric and flow parameters. Further, journal files are created using the geometric and the flow parameters associated with each T-junction. The journal files associated with each T-junction are pre-processed for creating a volume mesh. Boundary conditions and material properties for the volume mesh associated with each T-junction are defined. Simulation is performed using the volume mesh, the boundary conditions and the material properties associated with each T-junction to determine flow characteristics. Fluid flow loss coefficients for each T-junction are computed using the flow characteristics. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303346 | APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION QUANTITY - In an EGR system, a quantity of exhaust gas passing through an EGR valve is computed by an EGR valve model simulating a behavior of the recirculated exhaust gas passing through the EGR valve. An exhaust gas quantity flowing into a cylinder is computed by an EGR-gas-delay model simulating a behavior of the exhaust gas passing through the EGR valve and the throttle valve and then flows into a cylinder. The EGR-gas-delay model includes a confluent-delay model simulating a behavior of EGR gas passing thorough the EGR valve and flowing into the intake passage upstream of the throttle valve; an intake-pipe-delay model simulating a behavior of EGR gas flowing in the intake passage and passing through the throttle valve; and an intake-manifold-delay model simulating a behavior of EGR gas which passes through the throttle valve and then flows into the intake passage downstream of the throttle valve. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303347 | METHOD FOR PHYSICAL MODELING OF RESERVOIRS - Disclosed is method for simulating materials subsurface to the earth. The method includes: receiving dimensions of each subsurface material to be simulated; receiving a value of a property for each of subsurface materials to be simulated; and constructing a three-dimensional physical model of the subsurface materials using a three-dimensional printer, the three-dimensional printer being configured to print one or more layers of a print material for each of the subsurface materials being represented in the model wherein dimensions and a property value of the print material for each subsurface material being represented corresponds to the dimensions and the property value for that subsurface material. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303348 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR FAULT-ISOLATION AND FAULT-MITIGATION BASED ON NETWORK MODELING - A system and method for identifying a monitoring point in an electrical and electronic system (EES) in a vehicle. The method includes defining a network model of the EES where potential monitoring point locations in the model are identified as targets, such as nodes. The method then computes a betweenness centrality metric for each target in the model as a summation of a ratio of a total number of shortest paths between each pair of targets and a number of shortest paths that pass through the target whose betweenness centrality metric is being determined. The method identifies which of the betweenness centrality metrics are greater than a threshold that defines a minimum acceptable metric and determines which of those targets meets a predetermined model coverage. The monitoring point is selected as the target that best satisfies the minimum metric and the desired coverage. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303349 | ENHANCED MATCHING THROUGH EXPLORE/EXPLOIT SCHEMES - Content items are selected to be displayed on a portal page in such a way as to maximize a performance metric such as click-through rate. Problems relating to content selection are addressed, such as changing content pool, variable performance metric, and delay in receiving feedback on an item once the item has been displayed to a user. An adaptation of priority-based schemes for the multi-armed bandit problem, are used to project future trends of data. The adaptation introduces experiments concerning a future time period into the calculation, which increases the set of data on which to solve the multi-armed bandit problem. Also, a Bayesian explore/exploit method is formulated as an optimization problem that addresses all of the issues of content item selection for a portal page. This optimization problem is modified by Lagrange relaxation and normal approximation, which allow computation of the optimization problem in real time. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303350 | ANALYSIS METHOD FOR TURBINE-GENERATOR TORSIONAL VIBRATIONS AFFECTED BY POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - An analysis method for turbine-generator torsional vibrations affected by power transmission system, which is processed by a computer system with a simulation software, is proposed. This analysis method comprises: building structures of a first system model and a second system model to respectively simulate a first system and a second system; building detailed models of the first and second system model; and analyzing the detailed models of the first and second system model in frequency- and time-domain. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303351 | SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZING THE OPERATION OF SOLAR THERMAL ELECTRIC PLANTS - A system is for optimizing the operation of solar plants | 2012-11-29 |
20120303352 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ASSESSING A TRANSLATION - Methods, apparatus and computer program products are provided in order to assess a translation following performance of the translation. The methods, apparatus and computer program products may determine input segments of a source language document that may prove to be problematic from a translatability standpoint, such as the input segments of the source language document that may have multiple output variants. As such, methods, apparatus and computer program products may provide feedback to the author or owner of the source language document that may influence the generation of subsequent source language documents so as to have improved translatability. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303353 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LOCATING AND MONITORING THE MOVEMENT OF AN OBJECT - A method, system and apparatus for locating and monitoring the movement of an object, including a transmitting component and a decoding component, where the decoding component is configured to communicate with the transmitting component through a voice channel of a wireless telephone network, the transmitting component including a global positioning system (GPS) chip, and where the GPS chip is linked with the transmitting component circuitry to transmit location information to said decoding component through a voice channel. Embodiments include a management engine for managing subscriptions to the location information, map software for displaying with the location information a location of the transmitting component and its movement, and a speech translation engine for providing audible voice speech identifying the location information corresponding to the transmitter location or path of travel. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303354 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR LOCAL, COMPUTER-AIDED TRANSLATION INCORPORATING TRANSLATOR REVISIONS TO REMOTELY-GENERATED TRANSLATION PREDICTIONS - A method for local, computer-aided translation using remotely-generated translation predictions includes the step of determining that a translation stored in a remote translation memory is useful in translating a first portion of a local document. A local machine receives the translation of the first portion of the document. The local machine stores, in a local cache, an alternate version of the translation created by a translator. The alternate version of the translation is identified as useful in translating a second portion of the document. The local machine generates a translation of the second portion of the document through reuse of the alternate version of the translation of the first portion of the document, responsive to the received identification of the utility of the alternate version of the translation of the first portion of the document to the second portion of the document. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303355 | Method and System for Text Message Normalization Based on Character Transformation and Web Data - A method for generating non-standard tokens that correspond to standard tokens used in speech synthesis systems has been developed. The method includes selecting a standard token from a plurality of standard tokens stored in memory, using a random field model to select a predetermined operation to perform on each character in the selected token, performing the selected operation on each character to generate an output token, and storing the output token in the memory in association with the selected token. The output token is different from each token in the plurality of standard tokens. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303356 | AUTOMATED SELF-SERVICE USER SUPPORT BASED ON ONTOLOGY ANALYSIS - A method for providing information to a user in response to a received user query. A natural language analysis generates substrings relevant to the user query. An ontology analysis outputs: terms of an ontology matching the relevant generated substrings; and relationships between the terms. A query analysis analyzes the user query regarding the outputted terms and relationships, including ascertaining whether the user query is more suitable for service than for an information search. If it is so ascertained, then service actions for the user to perform are identified to the user. If it is not so ascertained, then: the user query is refined based on the outputted terms and relationships; a search query is generated based on the refined user query, a search is initiated based on the search query, and results of the search are provided to the user. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303357 | SELF-LEARNING METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING A SUMMARY OF A DOCUMENT, KNOWLEDGE EXTRACTION AND CONTEXTUAL MAPPING - Advance Machine Learning or Unsupervised Machine Learning Techniques are provided that relate to Self-learning processes by which a machine generates a sensible automated summary, extracts knowledge, and extracts contextually related Topics along with the justification that explains “why they are related” automatically without any human intervention or guidance (backed ontology's) during the process. Such processes also relate to generating a 360-Degree Contextual Result (360-DCR) using Auto-summary, Knowledge Extraction and Contextual Mapping. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303358 | SEMANTIC TEXTUAL ANALYSIS - A method of comparing the semantic similarity of two different text phrases in which the grammatical structure of the two different text phrases is analysed and a keyword set for each of the different text phrases is derived The semantic similarity of the phrases can be determined in accordance with the grammatical structure of the two different text phrases and the contents of the two keyword sets. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303359 | DICTIONARY CREATION DEVICE, WORD GATHERING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - When gathering words through a dictionary growth process, a dictionary growth unit ( | 2012-11-29 |
20120303360 | PRESERVING AUDIO DATA COLLECTION PRIVACY IN MOBILE DEVICES - Techniques are disclosed for using the hardware and/or software of the mobile device to obscure speech in the audio data before a context determination is made by a context awareness application using the audio data. In particular, a subset of a continuous audio stream is captured such that speech (words, phrases and sentences) cannot be reliably reconstructed from the gathered audio. The subset is analyzed for audio characteristics, and a determination can be made regarding the ambient environment. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303361 | Method and Apparatus for Sculpting Synthesized Speech - Methods and systems for sculpting synthesized speech using a graphic user interface are disclosed. An operator enters a stream of text that is used to produce a stream of target phonetic-units. The stream of target phonetic-units is then submitted to a unit-selection process to produce a stream of selected phonetic-units, each selected phonetic-unit derived from a database of sample phonetic-units. After the stream of sample phonetic-units is selected, an operator can remove various selected phonetic-units from the stream of selected phonetic-units, prune the sample phonetic-database and edit various cost functions using the graphic user interface. The edited speech information can then be submitted to the unit-selection process to produce a second stream of selected phonetic-units. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303362 | NOISE-ROBUST SPEECH CODING MODE CLASSIFICATION - A method of noise-robust speech classification is disclosed. Classification parameters are input to a speech classifier from external components. Internal classification parameters are generated in the speech classifier from at least one of the input parameters. A Normalized Auto-correlation Coefficient Function threshold is set. A parameter analyzer is selected according to a signal environment. A speech mode classification is determined based on a noise estimate of multiple frames of input speech. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303363 | Processing Audio Signals - A method, user device and computer program product for processing audio signals during a communication session between a user device and a remote node. The method comprising: receiving a plurality of audio signals at audio input means at the user device including at least one primary audio signal and unwanted signals; receiving direction of arrival information of the audio signals at a gain control means; providing to the gain control means known direction of arrival information representative of at least some of said unwanted signals; processing the audio signals at the gain control means by applying a level of gain to generate a gain controlled signal for transmission to the remote node, wherein the level of gain applied is dependent on a comparison between the direction of arrival information of the audio signals and the known direction of arrival information. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303364 | Encoded packet selection from a first voice stream to create a second voice stream - In one implementation, a first voice stream for a packet-switched call is received from a calling party. The first voice stream conforms to a first silence suppression scheme and comprises a plurality of encoded packets for the packet-switched call. A subset of encoded packets are selected from the plurality of encoded packets to create a second voice stream that conforms to a second silence suppression scheme. The second voice stream comprises the subset of encoded packets. The first silence suppression scheme is distinct from the second silence suppression scheme. The second voice stream is forwarded toward a called party for the packet-switched call. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303365 | Audio Signal De-Identification - Techniques are disclosed for automatically de-identifying spoken audio signals. In particular, techniques are disclosed for automatically removing personally identifying information from spoken audio signals and replacing such information with non-personally identifying information. De-identification of a spoken audio signal may be performed by automatically generating a report based on the spoken audio signal. The report may include concept content (e.g., text) corresponding to one or more concepts represented by the spoken audio signal. The report may also include timestamps indicating temporal positions of speech in the spoken audio signal that corresponds to the concept content. Concept content that represents personally identifying information is identified. Audio corresponding to the personally identifying concept content is removed from the spoken audio signal. The removed audio may be replaced with non-personally identifying audio. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303366 | SYSTEM FOR DETECTING SPEECH WITH BACKGROUND VOICE ESTIMATES AND NOISE ESTIMATES - A system detects a speech segment that may include unvoiced, fully voiced, or mixed voice content. The system includes a window function that passes signals within a programmed aural frequency range while substantially blocking signals above and below the programmed aural frequency range. A frequency converter converts the signals passing within the programmed aural frequency range into a plurality of frequency bins. A background voice detector estimates the strength of a background speech segment relative to the noise of selected portions of the aural spectrum. A noise estimator estimates a maximum distribution of noise to an average of an acoustic noise power of some of the plurality of frequency bins. A voice detector compares the strength of a desired speech segment to a maximum of an output of the background voice detector and an output of the noise estimator. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303367 | Robust Noise Estimation - An enhancement system improves the estimate of noise from a received signal. The system includes a spectrum monitor that divides a portion of the signal at more than one frequency resolution. Adaptation logic derives a noise adaptation factor of the received signal. A plurality of devices tracks the characteristics of an estimated noise in the received signal and modifies multiple noise adaptation rates. Weighting logic applies the modified noise adaptation rates derived from the signal divided at a first frequency resolution to the signal divided at a second frequency resolution. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303368 | NUMBER-ASSISTANT VOICE INPUT SYSTEM, NUMBER-ASSISTANT VOICE INPUT METHOD FOR VOICE INPUT SYSTEM AND NUMBER-ASSISTANT VOICE CORRECTING METHOD FOR VOICE INPUT SYSTEM - The present invention discloses a number-assistant voice input system, a number-assistant voice input method for a voice input system and a number-assistant voice correcting method for a voice input system, which apply software to drive a voice input system of an electronic device to provide a voice input logic circuit module. The voice input logic circuit module defines the pronunciation of numbers 1 to 26 as the paths to respectively input letters A to Z in the voice input system and allows users to selectively input or correct a letter by reading a number from 1 to 26 instead of a letter from A to Z. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303369 | Energy-Efficient Unobtrusive Identification of a Speaker - Functionality is described herein for recognizing speakers in an energy-efficient manner. The functionality employs a heterogeneous architecture that comprises at least a first processing unit and a second processing unit. The first processing unit handles a first set of audio processing tasks (associated with the detection of speech) while the second processing unit handles a second set of audio processing tasks (associated with the identification of speakers), where the first set of tasks consumes less power than the second set of tasks. The functionality also provides unobtrusive techniques for collecting audio segments for training purposes. The functionality also encompasses new applications which may be invoked in response to the recognition of speakers. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303370 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXTRACTING MEANING FROM MULTIMODAL INPUTS USING FINITE-STATE DEVICES - Multimodal utterances contain a number of different modes. These modes can include speech, gestures, and pen, haptic, and gaze inputs, and the like. This invention use recognition results from one or more of these modes to provide compensation to the recognition process of one or more other ones of these modes. In various exemplary embodiments, a multimodal recognition system inputs one or more recognition lattices from one or more of these modes, and generates one or more models to be used by one or more mode recognizers to recognize the one or more other modes. In one exemplary embodiment, a gesture recognizer inputs a gesture input and outputs a gesture recognition lattice to a multimodal parser. The multimodal parser generates a language model and outputs it to an automatic speech recognition system, which uses the received language model to recognize the speech input that corresponds to the recognized gesture input. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303371 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ACOUSTIC DISAMBIGUATION - Techniques for disambiguating at least one text segment from at least one acoustically similar word and/or phrase. The techniques include identifying at least one text segment, in a textual representation having a plurality of text segments, having at least one acoustically similar word and/or phrase, annotating the textual representation with disambiguating information to help disambiguate the at least one text segment from the at least one acoustically similar word and/or phrase, and synthesizing a speech signal, at least in part, by performing text-to-speech synthesis on at least a portion of the textual representation that includes the at least one text segment, wherein the speech signal includes speech corresponding to the disambiguating information located proximate the portion of the speech signal corresponding to the at least one text segment. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303372 | ENABLING SECURE TRANSACTIONS BETWEEN SPOKEN WEB SITES - Techniques for enabling a secure transaction with a remote site that uses voice interaction are provided. The techniques include authenticating a remote site to enable a secure transaction, wherein authenticating the remote site comprises using a dynamically generated audio signal. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303373 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE ELECTRONIC APPARATUS USING VOICE - An electronic apparatus includes a microphone, a processor, a motherboard, and a voice recognition microchip. The voice recognition microchip compares a voice command with a pre-stored voice command. If the voice command is identical with the pre-stored voice command, the processor outputs a control signal to the motherboard. The motherboard controls the electronic apparatus to perform an action corresponding to the control signal. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303374 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING VIDEO DATA FROM MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - A mobile terminal includes an input unit receiving an input; a data storage unit storing data; a communication unit communicating signals; and a controller. The controller is configured to receive a selection input of a video data, the selection input being processed to select the video data among a plurality of video data stored in the data storage unit; temporarily store a selected portion of the video data for transmission based on a start position and a stop position specifying the selected portion in the video data; automatically attach the selected portion of the video data for transmission to a message without receiving any further user input when the selected portion of the video data is specified; transmit the message with the selected portion of the video data; and delete the selected portion of the video data from the data storage unit when the transmission of the message is completed. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303375 | AUDIO DECODING USING VARIABLE-LENGTH CODEBOOK APPLICATION RANGES - Provided are, among other things, systems, methods and techniques for decoding an audio signal from a frame-based bit stream. At least one frame includes processing information pertaining to the frame and entropy-encoded quantization indexes representing audio data within the frame. The processing information includes: (i) code book indexes, and (ii) code book application information specifying ranges of entropy-encoded quantization indexes to which the code books are to be applied. The entropy-encoded quantization indexes are decoded by applying the identified code books to the corresponding ranges of entropy-encoded quantization indexes. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303376 | INFORMATION SELECTING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - Identifiers are of items or categories assigned to the respective items. A price influence degree of each of identifiers associated with a base identifier is calculated from price information of the identifier through the use of a price influence function. A selection index of each of the identifiers associated with the base identifier is calculated according to a rule such that the calculated selection index will increase as a degree of association with the base identifier is greater and the calculated price influence degree is greater. Identifiers each great in calculated selection index are preferentially selected from the identifiers associated with the base identifier. Items or categories having identifiers equal to the selected identifiers may be recommended to a user. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303377 | COMPETITION DRIVEN HEALTH MANAGEMENT - An application offers personalized content, such as health care plans, health actions, and interactive games, to a user. Based on such health data provided by a user, the health management application may provide content, such as health information or health care plans, that is tailored to the current health status or condition of the user. In some instances, a user may request to participate in a particular health action or task. The health management application may recommend personalized tasks or actions for the user to complete to promote and improve health. Following partial or successful completion of a chosen health action, a user may earn points or rewards that may be redeemable for various prizes. A user may also earn points by completing an educational or informational task such as quizzes, questionnaires, or surveys. Points may also be earned by participating in or playing a game. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303378 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING AND MEASURING QUALITY PERFORMANCE OF HEALTH CARE DELIVERY AND SERVICE - A software driven health care quality management system is disclosed. This system is user friendly, allowing easy navigation through various screens that enable the user to identify drivers of Star Rating System performance. The present invention offers easy drill-down functionality from a plan level, to a provider group, individual provider, and member level to provide actionable data that can improve the quality of care and ultimately a plan's star ratings. This system addresses each of the drivers that influence overall plan revenue, by providing an enterprise business intelligence system, designed to maximize process quality measures, promote value-based purchasing, and maximize risk-adjusted revenue for such health plans and health provider organizations. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303379 | Integrated Health and Financial Benefits System and Method - A medical shared savings unit receives a selection from one or more computing devices to select a medical provider in a region outside the United States for a patient as part of a medical savings plan, and accesses the medical plan information from the data store, and calculates a savings based on a difference between a cost of the medical procedure performed in the region outside the United States and a cost of the medical procedure performed within the United States. The medical shared savings unit further divides the savings between the insurer and the employer based on a medical savings plan model when the patient undergoes the medical procedure in the region outside the United States. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303380 | MEDICAL PAYMENT SYSTEM - A medical payment system is described in which a provider of medical goods and/or services submits, via telephone or other communications medium, a request for payment amount determination for a patient encounter. A price determination system determines which of a plurality of fee schedules negotiated by the provider applies to the patient encounter and calculates, based at least in part on information entered by the provider, a payment amount for the encounter, which it communicates to at least the provider. In one embodiment, the provider receives the payment amount information while the patient is at the point of service. In one embodiment, the provider may use the system to submit a claim for payment by at least one responsible party. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303381 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SCORING ILLNESS COMPLEXITY TO PREDICT HEALTHCARE COST - A processor-based method for presenting patient test data includes acts of obtaining values of factors indicative of different patient health parameters and operatively associating the values of the factors with a unique identifier in a database borne by a physical computer-readable medium. Using a processor, a Z-score is determined for each factor and absolute values for each Z-score are converted into logarithm values. On a display, a radar graph depicts the Z-scores for the plurality of factors, the radar graph defining at least an arc subdivided into a plurality of sectors, each sector being subdivided into a plurality of arcuate sections, wherein log values are plotted from a center point of the radar graph, with the Z-scores of identified ones of the plurality of factors being representing as highlighted arcuate sections extending from the center point of the radar graph outwardly in correspondence with a magnitude of each Z-score. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303382 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SIMULATING A CHANGE TO A PRESCRIPTION DRUG PLAN - Systems and methods for simulating a change to a prescription drug plan may be provided. In response to receiving a request to simulate the change to the prescription drug plan, a prescription drug spend and/or trend application may retrieve data related to the prescription drug plan from a database. A model that includes a plurality of calculations to simulate the change may be applied to the retrieved data A user computing device may be provided with an indication of an impact on the prescription drug plan responsive to the at least one change based at least in part on the application of the model to the retrieved data. The modeling of the change may be related, for example, to an option to reduce spend and/or trend as determined by the spend and/or trend application. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303383 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HEALTH CARE CODING TRANSITION AND IMPLEMENTATION - Methods and systems for implementing coding changes for a transaction are provided. At least one transaction in an original format is received and normalized into a different format. The normalized transaction may be processed and the processing results may be associated with the original format to transmit the processing results in the original format to a recipient. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303384 | TREATMENT PLAN CREATION WORKFLOW TRACKING - A method for tracking creation of a treatment plan for a patient includes obtaining an input indicative of a state of a task in the treatment plan creation workflow and generating a signal indicative of a set of tasks of the treatment plan creation workflow, including the state of the task corresponding to the received input. A system includes a processor ( | 2012-11-29 |
20120303385 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF EVENT SEQUENCING AND RECORD AUTOMATION FOR HEALTHCARE - Methods and devices are provided for healthcare action sequencing and record keeping. The method may involve scanning a patient care area for tags for entities present in the area, a given patient being located in the area. The method may involve reading identity data from a tag, in response to detecting the tag for an entity in the area. The method may involve receiving input data regarding the given patient by a healthcare personnel via a user-interface. The method may involve communicating with a management system that includes a first database storing rules for how patients with known sets of conditions are to be cared for, a second database storing rules for how the input data are to be used, and a third database storing rules relating to procedures and restrictions for the healthcare personnel. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303386 | System for managing and sharing electronic medical records - Systems and methods for managing and sharing electronic medical records are provided. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving health care information from a health care provider or a health care institution. A determination is made as to whether or not a user is registered to receive health care information on a mobile device. The health care information is transmitted to the mobile device based at least in part on a determination that the user is registered. The health care information may also be transmitted to the mobile device based at least in part on an occurrence of a triggering event. The triggering event can occur while a patient is receiving health care or after a patient has received health care. The health care information may be received from an electronic medical record system or from a web portal. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303387 | ELECTRONIC MEDICAL INFORMATION CARD AND SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE - An electronic medical information card ( | 2012-11-29 |
20120303388 | PHARMACY MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION WITH BEDSIDE REAL-TIME MEDICAL EVENT DATA COLLECTION - Methods and systems for automatically establishing an enhanced electronic health record (EHR) for a patient include an automatic data collection facility that collects data of a medically related event in proximity to a patient upon occurrence of the event. The collected data may include medication administration data such as medication, time of administration, administration of a dosage of medication, reaction data, and the like. The collected data is communicated to a real-time data integration facility that automatically integrates the data with a patient's electronic health record to establish an enhanced electronic health record. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303389 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO IDENTIFY POTENTIALLY INACCURATE INSURANCE DATA SUBMITTED BY AN INSURANCE AGENT - According to some embodiments, a system may receive, from a remote insurance submitter, insurance data submitted via an electronic quoting and submission system in connection with behavioral data associated with the submitter. A processor may then automatically analyze the submitted insurance data based at least in part on information stored in a historic underwriting analytics database and the behavioral data associated with the submitter. Potentially inaccurate insurance data submitted by the insurance submitter may then be identified based on the analysis. According to some embodiments, a plurality of potentially inaccurate insurance data values may be used to flag the submitted insurance data, the insurance submitter, one or more input portions of the electronic quoting and submission system, and/or an insurance class of business. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303390 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAINTENANCE AND PERPETUATION OF A DEDICATED DATA BODY - One example embodiment relates to a method comprising creating a legal entity, creating a fund, and establishing an insurance policy. The legal entity is associated with an original owner, a dedicated data body and data services for the dedicated data body. The fund is associated with the legal entity and which is managed by a fund manager. The insurance policy is associated with the legal entity and is issued by an insurance provider. Another example embodiment relates to a method comprising creating a legal entity that is associated with an original owner, a dedicated data body and data services for the dedicated data body. The method further comprises establishing an insurance policy, associated with the legal entity, which is issued by an insurance provider. Other embodiments also exist. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303391 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING INSURANCE CONTRACTS AND INSURANCE CONTRACT PORTFOLIOS - Systems, methods and computer program products for analyzing stochastic characteristics, including one or more subsystem for forecasting financial statements and financial ratios' probability distributions and configured for at least one of: analyzing insurance contracts and portfolios without simplifying contract and product terms and conditions; studying and illustrating financial statement probability distributions; analyzing insurance portfolios by creating net asset value distributions thereof without deterministic assumptions; modeling to support asset and liability management, wherein both assets and liabilities are simulated simultaneously and decisions are based on joint probability distributions thereof; and modeling to study effects of model specification changes by implementing new model definitions and by rerunning the model with constant random number generator seed. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303392 | SYSTEM FOR MONITORING VEHICLE AND OPERATOR BEHAVIOR - A system for monitoring operator and motor vehicle behavior, including at least one mobile device; application software resident on the mobile device, wherein the application software is operative to gather and record information relevant to both the behavior of a motor vehicle and the behavior of an operator of the motor vehicle, and wherein the application software is activated or deactivated based on certain predetermined trigger events; and at least one information processor in communication with and/or resident on the mobile device, wherein the information processor is operative to process and characterize the information gathered by the application software and communicate the processed and characterized information to a user of the system. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303393 | LIFE INSURANCE PRODUCTS UNDER A SINGLE APPROVED FORM - A system and method for generating life insurance products under a single approved form. In one aspect, a system and method are provided for determining a premium schedule by selecting a death benefit; targeting a projected balance of an account associated with the product; designating at least one premium band; generating, in response to a deferral determination for at least one premium-based charge for at least one premium band, factors for allocating charges associated with the product; and calculating the premium schedule. In another aspect, a system and method are provided for determining a death benefit, and in another aspect, a system and method are provided for determining a projected balance of an account associated with a life insurance product. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303394 | LIMOUSINE DRIVER MANAGEMENT APPLICATION - A program adaptable to be run on a tablet computer or other mobile device, and which includes a microprocessor, random access memory, non-volatile memory, such as a hard drive or flash drive, a keyboard or other input means, a wireless communication means, such as Wi-Fi or 3g or 4g, and a display panel. The system provides a set of work tools for use by a limousine driver or concierge, including a guest greeting sign, calendar for trip planning and contact information, notepad, airport, or other real-time transport information, fleet control, passenger entertainment means, curb-side check-in, and promotional messaging. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303395 | Relationship Assessment - Systems and methods of evaluating and/or assessing the health of a relationship are provided. In some examples, the systems and methods may include identifying a first party and a second party in a relationship. The systems and methods may further include determining a plurality of parameters for evaluation. In some examples, a first portion of the parameters may be evaluated based on what the second party thinks of the first party from a business engagement perspective. Another portion of the parameters may be evaluated based on how well prepared the first party is to meet the business needs of the second party. The scores may be combined to determine an overall health of the relationship and, in some examples, the results may be represented graphically and/or using color to indicate the health of the relationship. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303396 | MODEL-BASED BUSINESS CONTINUITY MANAGEMENT - A business process model (BPM) handler may determine a business process model including tasks arranged according to a directed graph, at least some of the tasks associated with requirements for executing the tasks. An information technology topology model (ITTM) handler may determine an information technology topology model with connected resources used to perform at least some of the tasks. A behavior model generator may determine behaviors of the resources from a behavior information library, and may generate a behavior model in which the tasks and their respective requirements are connected to the resources and to their respective behaviors. A continuity analyzer may thus provide a continuity analysis, based on the behavior model. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303397 | Charging Service Vehicle Network - Charging service vehicle networks are among the embodiments disclosed herein, including battery module-powered EV charging roadside service vehicles. Battery modules are removably mounted to the service vehicles and manually exchanged within a system of battery module storage locations. Some embodiments provide resupply vehicles for delivering battery modules between storage locations and/or service vehicles, and may be used to exchange battery modules. Controllers are used to reserve battery modules at the storage locations to ensure availability for high priority activities. Some storage locations have charging apparatus to recharge battery modules stored there, and some storage locations are repositionable mobile units. Multiple tiers or levels of system controllers used by service vehicles to control centers are implemented to manage operations and optimize usage of battery modules and charging services across wide areas, including providing additional service vehicles to supply temporary needs for charging services. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303398 | METHOD FOR MANAGEMENT OF POST-SALES SERVICES SUPPLY CHAIN - A method for enabling collaborative planning, learning, and service supply chain execution using collaborative distributed nodes (CDNs) to fulfill aftermarket service needs of a company in a hierarchical and dynamic environment where products are serviced in a multitude of geographies. The method allows accelerated decision and planning function in the supply chain sub chains, and post-sales services supply chain leading to dynamic, efficient and optimized planning and collaborative execution. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303399 | ENTERPRISE RENDERING PLATFORM - According to one non-limiting embodiment, an enterprise rendering platform for providing ERP functionality for a computing device having a web browser includes at least one ERP system storing enterprise data on at least one server. A rendering workbench provides a GUI-based editor in which metadata for at least one selected ERP function is presented to a view setup user, and in which a view for executing the ERP function may be created with no coding. A repository stores the view and the metadata for the view. The gateway invokes an execution engine to execute the ERP function to retrieve ERP data and renders the view to include the retrieved ERP data. The rendered view is sent to a remote user for display in a web browser on a computing device | 2012-11-29 |
20120303400 | INTELLIGENT BUYER'S AGENT USAGE FOR ALLOCATION OF SERVICE LEVEL CHARACTERISTICS - A system, method, program product and service for managing bidding in a resource management framework. A buyer's agent is provided to manage the bidding process for resources for a client. The buyer's agent includes the ability to submit a bid to a resource broker to acquire a set of resources for the client based on service level requirements of the client. Once the set of resources is obtained, they are monitored to ensure the required service level of the client is being met. If the service level requirements are not met, the buyer's agent automatically resubmits a bid to the resource broker. Finally, collaboration among a plurality of buyer's agents may be utilized to avoid bidding wars and the like. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303401 | FLEXIBLE WORKFLOW TASK ASSIGNMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - Enterprise systems, methods and computer program products are disclosed for facilitating a flexible assignment of tasks to work item queues according to assignment rules and conditions for a business document. The system comprises associating an application object server response to a client workflow form or control, associating an expression to an assignment rule or condition with the work item queue and creating a default work item queue for an expression or series of ordered expressions that do not evaluate true. During runtime, the flexible workflow task assignment process evaluates the sequence of ordered expressions for a given work item queue until no next expression is to be evaluated and assigning the task to the default work item queue. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303402 | Real-Time Alert System and Method - A system and method for communicating information about a service between at least one potential customer of the service and at least one service business that provides the service. The method comprises the exchange of information about the service between at least one service business and at least one potential customer. In one embodiment, a potential customer may request to be added to at least one waiting list of a service business. In an embodiment, a service business may schedule the delivery of services based on data collected from a potential customer, for example, the location of the customer. The system comprises one or more service business client-level computing devices and one or more potential customer computing devices. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303403 | INTERACTIVE, REAL-TIME SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING PROFESSIONAL FEES - A real-time billing monitoring system and method. A processor receiving time data with respect to a task. The time data measures an amount of work accruing by one or more staff members toward completion of the task as the task is being performed. The processor generates a graphical object representing the time data as the task is being performed. The object is displayed on a display device concurrently with the performance of the task. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303404 | SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING WORK SCHEDULES - Disclosed are new approaches for scheduling workers at remote locations. Work assignments may be organized into shifts associated with one or more workers and one or more recipients. Tasks are associated with the shift and have a status associated therewith that can be updated by a worker. Shifts may be replicated by cutting and pasting or by specifying a recurrence definition. The tasks associated with a shift may then be replicated. The status of tasks may be updated using a voice telephony system. The status of tasks may also be reported from a computer located on the recipient premise. Text and/or voice comments and the task status may be accessible by managers, clients, and concerned parties from a web portal accessible using a computing device, such as a tablet computer. Special classification activities may also be automatically specified according to rules and associated with shifts and replicated shifts. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303405 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR WEB-BASED SALON SERVICES - Presented are web-based methods and systems for providing salon services to individuals, while at the same providing child care and/or child educational services for the individuals' children. Further presented are web-based methods and systems for providing salon services to individuals, while also providing opportunities for the individuals to improve their physical fitness levels, healthy eating habits and nutrition awareness. Further presented are web-based methods and systems for providing salon services to individuals, while also allowing them to take care of work-related activities, such as checking e-mail and/or attending web-based meetings, among other computer-related activities, while waiting for an appointment at the salon. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303406 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE DYNAMIC ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES - A system and method for dynamically allocating resources in a process. A demand pattern change detection unit, a future demand forecasting unit and a process optimization engine can be employed to constantly adjust resource allocation and assist in maintaining processes in a state of peak performance. An initial resource allocation unit generates an initial resource allocation plan based on past experience with respect to the process. The change detection unit detects a shift in the job demand pattern utilizing a statistical data when a change occurs in process requirements. The future demand generation unit accurately generates future demand data based on current job data and the outlook of future demand. The optimization engine acts as a surrogate process expert and provides recommendations to the process owner regarding potential possible resource allocation policies for new job demand data utilizing a simulation process to predict the result of variable staffing configurations. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303407 | PLANNING AND ORCHESTRATING WORKFLOW INSTANCE MIGRATION - A method and information processing system manage workflow instance migration. A received migration plan indicates a set of workflow migration points associated with an initial workflow process model. The set of workflow migration points is associated with a set of workflow activities of the initial workflow process model. At least one workflow instance is selected from a set of workflow instances. A current migrateability state associated with the selected workflow instance is determined based at least on the set of workflow migration points. Migration of the workflow instance to a new workflow process model is granted in response to determining that the current migrateability state is set to migrateable. Migration of the workflow instance to the new workflow process model is prevented for at least a given amount of time in response to determining that the current migrateability state fails to be set to migrateable. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303408 | Automated risk transfer system - An automated method, computer program product and system for using artificial intelligence based cognitive learning methods to identify, measure and manage risks for a commercial enterprise on a continual basis. The elements of value, external factors, components of value and categories of value of the enterprise are analyzed and modeled using predictive models that are developed by learning from the data associated with said enterprise. Scenarios of both normal and extreme situations are also developed by learning from the data. The scenarios are then used to drive simulations of the predictive models. The output from these simulations are then used to measure a plurality of risks and complete optimization analyses that identify the optimal mix of risk reduction activities for the enterprise. The optimal mix of risk reduction activities is then presented to the user for optional editing, rejection or acceptance. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303409 | Enterprise Opportunity Assessment - In some embodiments, a market assessment system comprises a market opportunity engine, a market capture engine, a comparison engine, and an attainability engine. The market opportunity engine is operable to provide an opportunity measurement for each market of a plurality of markets. The market capture engine operable to provide an actual capture measurement for each market of the plurality of markets. The actual capture measurement indicates an amount of the product actually provided by the enterprise within each market. The comparison engine operable to compare a first market of the plurality of markets to one or more different markets of the plurality of markets to determine one or more comparable markets. The attainability engine operable to calculate an attainable opportunity measurement for the first market based on the actual capture measurement and the opportunity measurement for each of the one or more comparable markets. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303410 | DEMAND MODELING IN RETAIL CATEGORIES USING RETAIL SALES DATA SETS WITH MISSING DATA ELEMENTS - A system, method and computer program product provides for accurate demand modeling and forecasting in retail categories using retail sales data sets with missing data values, in order to enable a variety of retail decision-support applications. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303411 | DEMAND MODELING AND PREDICTION IN A RETAIL CATEGORY - System, method and computer program product for demand modeling and prediction in retail categories. The method uses time-series data comprising of unit prices and unit sales for a designated choice set of related products, with the time-series data obtained over a given sequence of sales reporting periods, and over a collection of stores in a market geography. Other relevant data sets from participating retail entities that include additional product attribute data such as market and consumer factors that affect retail demand are further used. A demand model for improved accuracy is achieved by individual sub-modeling method steps of: estimating a model for price movements and price dynamics from the time series data of unit-prices in the aggregated sales data; estimating a model for market share of each product in the retail category using the aggregated sales data and integrated additional product attribute data; and, estimating generating a model for an overall market demand in the retail category from the aggregated sales data. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303412 | PRICE AND MODEL PREDICTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - Data relating to products sold across a plurality of merchants may be gathered from a variety of sources and processed, including with machine learning components. Identifiers of a same product sold by different merchants may be de-duplicated and/or matched as part of the data processing into a smaller set of uniquely identified products. When the data comes from text, including free-form text, an information extraction and/or machine learning component may be used to detect references to new and known unique products, including product successors (e.g., new product models). Product successor availability may be determined based on gathered data. Product price movement direction predictions, and/or product price range predictions may be determined, as well as purchase-timing recommendations (e.g. Buy or Wait). Such recommendations may be provided for presentation (e.g., to prediction service users) in a variety of forms. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303413 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR NETWORK TRAFFIC FORECAST AND ANALYSIS - A computer-implemented method and system are provided for forecasting traffic load on a communications network driven by market factors. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303414 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DETERMINE EFFECTS OF PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITY ON SALES - Example systems, methods, processes, and apparatus for determining expected base sales for a product include obtaining sales data for a product sold at a point of sale location. The sales data can be organized in a time series according to a predetermined time period. The method further includes identifying a promotional event for at least one of the product and the point of sale location and excluding sales data corresponding to the promotional event. The remaining sales data is processed using a smoothed moving average model involving a plurality of passes through the remaining sales data. Expected base data for the product is generated based on the smoothed moving average model and output to a user. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303415 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING RECOMMENDATIONS - Systems and methods for providing recommendations directed to cultural events, such as films, theatre shows, concerts, etc., via an online site are described. The systems and methods may also be used to provide recommendations for restaurants, books, television shows or other subjects. The system and method include a trainable recommendation engine that collects, aggregates, and combines trusted recommendations to create a personalized list of recommended events. Algorithms are used to gather and aggregate individual reviews of events and event listings, restaurants, books or other subjects from the Internet, aggregate the likes and dislikes of individuals who provide reviews to generate customized recommendations for the user, and constantly improve each user's experience by identifying likeminded individuals within the system. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303416 | Revenue Optimization for Customers or Customer Subsets - Disclosed are various embodiments for determining discounts that optimize revenue for customers or customer subsets. Transaction records that are associated with a customer and a merchant are obtained. Each transaction record identifies a corresponding purchase of a quantity of one of multiple items by the customer from the merchant at a corresponding unit purchase price. A normalized unit purchase price is generated for each transaction record by normalizing the respective unit purchase price relative to a respective unit retail price at the time of purchase. A demand curve is generated for the customer for the items based at least in part on the transaction records and the normalized unit purchase prices. The demand curve identifies a quantity of units that the customer is predicted to purchase at a range of normalized unit purchase prices. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303417 | REALTIME PRICE SYTEM - A system and method for real-time pricing includes: receiving current sales data for an item; storing the current sales data; calculating a current sales lag time as a time elapsed between the sale of the item and a previous sale of the item; comparing the current sales lag time with a stored historical sales lag time; determining that the sales lag time is increasing when the current sales lag time is greater than the stored historical sales lag time of the item; and recommending a decrease in the sales price of the item when it is determined that the sales lag time increasing. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303418 | DYNAMIC PRICING OF ACCESS TO CONTENT WHERE PRICING VARIES WITH USER BEHAVIOR OVER TIME TO OPTIMIZE TOTAL REVENUE AND USERS ARE MATCHED TO SPECIFIC CONTENT OF INTEREST - Computer-implemented systems and methods that provide dynamic, essentially real time pricing of users' access to content represented by articles where the pricing varies over time with user behavior to reflect the actual values that users place at any point in time on access to the articles. | 2012-11-29 |
20120303419 | SYSTEM PROVIDING AUTOMATED FEEDBACK REMINDERS - A system and method for encouraging the exchange of feedback in an enterprise. An example method includes providing one or more user interface controls for configuring a feedback reminder to automatically include predetermined insight pertaining to a potential participant in a future feedback exchange; sending the feedback reminder to a messaging system or application; providing a user option to view content of the feedback reminder; and displaying the feedback reminder in response to user selection of the first user option. Another user option enables selection of particular insight, derived from a talent management system, for inclusion in the feedback reminder. The messaging system may include an email application or an application for displaying a worklist. | 2012-11-29 |