50th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 55 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130332189 | PATIENT-INTERACTIVE HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT - Patient-interactive health care management provides the ability for healthcare services received by a patient to be confirmed by the patient, or designated person, immediately after and subsequently after the healthcare services are rendered. The patient/designated person may be provided the ability to verify the accuracy of an invoice for the rendered services/goods and may provide an assessment of the rendered services/goods. The patient/designated person may provide this information via an appropriate stationary and/or portable processor. Healthcare may be received at any appropriate location or locations. The evaluation may occur at any appropriate location or locations. An after care risk assessment may be provided to the patient/designated person to evaluate the patient's status immediately after, subsequently after, and/or in between the healthcare services rendered. Patient-interactive health care may protect the safety of patients, mitigate disparities in care, protect payers, and/or facilitate adoption of health information technology. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332190 | PROVIDING INDICATIONS OF CLINICAL-TRIAL CRITERIA MODIFICATIONS - Systems and method for providing indications of trial-related attributes are provided. In embodiments, the method includes providing an indication to view a suggested clinical-trial criteria modification(s) that, if implemented, is expected to increase a number of patients eligible for a clinical trial. Thereafter, a suggested criterion modification for a clinical-trial criterion is received. The suggested criterion modification is based on a comparison of aggregated patient data associated with the clinical-trial criterion to the clinical-trial criterion. The indication of the suggested criterion modification for the clinical-trial criterion can be displayed. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332191 | IDENTIFYING PATIENT ELIGIBILITY FOR CLINICAL TRIALS - Systems and method for facilitating clinical-trial referrals are provided. In embodiments, the method includes searching clinical-trial data associated with a plurality of clinical trials to identify one or more clinical trials for which a patient is eligible to participate based on patient data associated with the patient. Such clinical-trial data associated with the plurality of clinical trials can be aggregated in a centralized data store. Thereafter, an indication of the one or more clinical trials for which the patient is eligible is provided. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332192 | AMPUTATED EXTREMITY HOLDER AND SAMPLE COLLECTION DEVICE - A portable amputated extremity holder and sample collection device according to various embodiments can include a first supporting member and a second supporting member. A pair of rods is disposed so as to adjustably connect the first supporting member and the second supporting member to form an extremity holder and a sample collection zone. The extremity holder is configured to hold an amputated extremity during an examination for performing a sample collection procedure on the amputated extremity. The sample collection zone comprises a plurality of testing and measuring components associated with at least one of the supporting members to assist with the sample collection procedure. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332193 | TECHNIQUES FOR MANAGIGN PATIENT CONSENT - A method includes displaying a first page and obtaining patient insurance eligibility data. Patient consent information is requested and received from the HIE. A second page is displayed and updated consent information is obtained. The updated consent information is transmitted to the HIE. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332194 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ADAPTIVE EHR DATA INTEGRATION, QUERY, ANALYSIS, REPORTING, AND CROWDSOURCED EHR APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT - A method, system, and computer program is provided for interacting with electronic medical health records. The method, system, and computer program may be configured to receive healthcare-related information including financial, patient, and provider related information from at least one electronic source. The healthcare-related information may be electronic health records, and may also be other information such as non-clinical data and environmental monitors. The method, system, and computer program may be further configured to determine a performance indicator of the health-care related information. The method, system, and computer program may be further configured to identify one or more corrective measures based on the performance indicator | 2013-12-12 |
20130332195 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA COLLECTION, MANAGEMENT AND DISPLAY - A method and system for collecting, protecting, pre-processing, storing, sorting, filtering and accessing with granular control of permissions, medical data associated with one or more individual patients, practitioners, suppliers or research facilities taking into account the interrelationships between and among all the data and the participants and then displaying this data in dynamically generated low-latency fashion to any of the above participants and enabling the use of real time epidemiological data to make medical and lifestyle decisions. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332196 | Diabetes Monitoring Using Smart Device - A method for communicating diabetes information to a diabetes care provider includes wirelessly transmitting diabetes readings from at least one diabetes device via a patient's smart device to a diabetes care provider's smart device through a secure server; notifying a diabetes care giver of the transmitted diabetes readings; displaying the transmitted diabetes readings on a smart device of the diabetes care provider; and providing messaging between the patient and the diabetes care provider on the patient's smart device and the diabetes care provider's smart device. The system can also automatically post an aggregate of diabetes readings and messages as a new note on a secure website and/or in a patient's electronic medical record. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332197 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTHENTICATING AND MONITORING HOME HEALTH INTERACTIONS - A system uses a multi-pass authentication method to authenticate the presence of a health care provider co-located with an assigned patient at a specific time and in a specific place that includes a data reader and transmitter with particular capabilities held by the health care provider, a token held by the patient, and a back-end database and internet-based interface. The system includes an object that includes a wirelessly detectable patient identification (ID) and an electronic device. The electronic device includes a provider ID and is configured to receive the patient ID from the object, retrieve, from a database, healthcare intervention data. The electronic device selectively locks and unlocks access to clinical data recording functions of the electronic device based on the healthcare intervention data. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332198 | Systems and Methods for National Registry Data Collection as Patient Care is Conducted - A user interface is provided that requests clinical note data from a healthcare provider as a patient is being seen by the healthcare provider. The clinical note data requested includes data needed to populate one or more variables of one or more national registries and data needed to populate a clinical note medical record of an existing electronic medical records system. The clinical note data entered by the healthcare provider for the patient is received from the user interface. Automatically and at substantially the same time, the entered clinical note data needed to populate a clinical note medical record of an existing EMR system for the patient is stored in the existing EMR system, and the entered clinical note data needed to populate one or more variables for the patient for the one or more national registries is stored in a database. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332199 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONSUMER-DRIVEN MOBILE HEALTHCARE PAYMENTS - Consumer-driven healthcare payments are made to providers of healthcare services. A healthcare payment system receives, from a mobile device associated with a consumer of healthcare services, an identification of a selected provider of the healthcare services. The system identifies a price list for one or more healthcare services offered by the provider and transmits the identified price list to the mobile device. The system receives a payment request from the mobile device. The payment request identifies at least one service selected from the price list and one or more funding sources. The system transfers electronic payment for the selected service from the one or more funding sources to an account associated with the selected provider. The one or more funding sources may include a bank account, a health savings account (HSA), a health insurance plan, a credit card, a debit card, and/or an electronic payment service. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332200 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTELLIGENT CUSTOMER DATA ANALYTICS - According to some embodiments, an insurance business process may have a series of business process actions. Moreover, point of service customer interaction data associated with the insurance business process may be received along with external third-party information associated with a context of the insurance business process. Based on the external third-party data, the point of service customer interaction data may be systematically analyzed to identify a trend. The trend may be analytically mapped to a first business process action in the insurance business process. An indication of a recommended change to the first business process action may then be output based at least in part on the identified trend. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332201 | DATA ACQUISITION APPARATUS CONFIGURED TO ACQUIRE DATA FOR INSURANCE PURPOSES, AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to data acquisition apparatuses configured to acquire insurance-related data from an insurance policyholder for insurance purposes and transmit the insurance-related data directly or indirectly to an insurer of insurance for the insurance policyholder, and related systems and methods. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332202 | Systems and Methods for Advancing Construction Project Performance and Completion - Exemplary methods and systems for advancing construction project performance and completion are provided, including creating a contract between a first party and a second party, determining a need for at least one performance guarantee, and determining an amount of at least one letter of credit. The exemplary methods further include incorporating the at least one letter of credit into the at least one performance guarantee and incorporating the at least one performance guarantee into at least one of the contract and a surety bond. Upon a default by at least one of the first party and the second party, the exemplary method includes implementing at least one of the at least one performance guarantee and the at least one letter of credit to cure the default. The exemplary system includes a computer storage device and a processing device. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332203 | INSURANCE PRODUCT MODEL-BASED APPARATUS AND METHOD - Insurance policy management includes: interpreting an insurance product model to facilitate collecting supplemental policy-specific data, the insurance product model defining structures of a plurality of derived insurance policies; obtaining the supplemental policy-specific data; and performing an insurance-related action based at least in part on the supplemental policy-specific data. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332204 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATION OF CUSTOMIZED INSURANCE PROPOSALS - A computer system includes a web server component and a rules engine component in communication with the web server component. The rules engine component receives input rating information that is relevant to insurance coverage rating decisions. The rules engine component applies rating rules to the input rating information to generate premium quotations for a proposed insurance policy. The web server component downloads a quotation display page to a client computer, including an option to generate a customized proposal based on the premium quotations for said proposed insurance policy. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332205 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING AN INSURANCE POLICY BASED ON VARIOUS FARMING RISKS - A system and method for generating an insurance policy to protect a crop against weather-related perils is provided. A customized insurance policy is generated based on crop type data and location data. The customized insurance policy is generated utilizing a weather-impact model for the type of crop and the geographic area. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332206 | Out-of-Pocket Insurance - Technologies related to out-of-pocket insurance are described. In some examples, out-of-pocket insurance covers the out-of-pocket costs associated with making an insurance claim with a primary insurance provider. This out-of-pocket insurance coverage may cover any payment that an insurance policy holder must pay out-of-pocket in a valid insurance plan for valid insurance claims. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332207 | System and method for intelligent management of appointment waiting list - A system and a method for intelligently managing waiting lists and other similar lists for service providers are disclosed. The system is configured for customer to request the scheduling of at least one appointment, to schedule one or more appointments of a customer, to store the information related to the customer in a database, to manage the different intelligent waiting list and to confirm and notify the customer when an appointment is automatically assign. Generally, the system is configured to be used over a communication network such as the Internet to allow a customer to be electronically notified of the scheduling of an appointment. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332208 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING ORDERS AND RESERVATIONS USING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for processing reservations at restaurants. A system is described that includes maintaining a wait list for customers waiting to use a physical resource, such as a table at the restaurant. Wait times for customers on the wait list can be dynamically updated depending on the items that are ordered by seated customers. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332209 | Disaster Assistance System and Disaster Assistance Program - To provide a disaster support system with which unified management is carried out at least from the management to the transport of disaster relief supplies. A disaster support system ( | 2013-12-12 |
20130332210 | CONTENT MATCHING USING A RULES EVALUATOR - Invoice documents are automatically matched against receipts as part of an automated workflow that executes workflow process steps on a given invoice. A workflow engine is used to determine whether a pending invoice document needs to be matched against a receipt. This can be done using explicit matching information, or using implicit matching. Invoice documents that cannot be matched can be surfaced for user attention. A rules evaluator may also be employed to evaluate received documents. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332211 | METHOD OF CREATING WORK INSTRUCTION SHEET AND SYSTEM FOR SUPPORTING WORK INSTRUCTION SHEET CREATION - It is an object to accurately perform a sequence of steps from setting of a process to creation of a work instruction sheet, based on design information. Provided is a work instruction sheet creation method which comprises: a preparation step of preparing specification information specifying what types of operation targets are included in each of a plurality of operation specifications, a setting step of setting, based on the specification information, process-related information with respect to each of the operation targets, to thereby create setting data including at least the operation targets, the operation specification and the process-related information; and a creation step of creating the work instruction sheet using the setting data. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332212 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DEVELOPING AN OPTIMISED OPERATIONAL SYSTEM IN A NETWORK - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods and systems for developing an optimized operational system in a network. The method includes: defining a project along with its domain and at least one set of formal development rules related to its domain with assistance from multiple users; decomposing the project into multiple tasks in a recursive up-down process with the assistance from the users, each of the tasks includes a task definition language, an associated test task, and multiple rules; publishing the multiple tasks along with their associated payment offer in the network; allocating the tasks to a number of participants based on a predefined criteria; and integrating a number of operational components into the operational system by using a recursive down-up integration process. The operational components are developed, by the participants, by completing the allocated tasks and testing each of the multiple tasks. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332213 | Virtual Outsourcing Agency System and Method - A system and method for assembling a virtual agency. In one embodiment, the agency is an advertising agency. Based on a client's needs and requirements, a virtual team is assembled to meet the project needs. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332214 | TASK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHODS FOR MOBILE CARE NETWORK - A system and method for tracking encounters between case managers and members of a healthcare insurance network, the system comprising: a provider network server accessible via a communication network; the server comprising: a scheduling module for creating and assigning a visit and task schedule to a plurality of case managers, a tracking module for determining visit information of the plurality of case managers, tracking visit times, and determining the actual travel distance; a visit record module for administering visit records of the case managers; a verification module for capturing data input of a member's signature verifying a case manager's visit record; a communication module for bidirectionally communicating data input and member information such as tasks lists; and at least one mobile transmission unit operable for communicating with the provider network via the communication module. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332215 | VERIFICATION SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHODS FOR MOBILE CARE NETWORK - A system and method for tracking and verifying encounters between case managers and members of a healthcare insurance network, the system comprising: a provider network server accessible via a communication network; the server comprising: a scheduling module for creating and assigning a visit and task schedule to a plurality of case managers, a tracking module for determining visit information of the plurality of case managers, tracking visit times, and determining the actual travel distance; a visit record module for administering visit records of the case managers; a verification module for capturing data input of a member's signature verifying a case manager's visit record; a communication module for bidirectionally communicating data input and member information such as tasks lists; and at least one mobile transmission unit operable for communicating with the provider network via the communication module. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332216 | TRACKING SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHODS FOR MOBILE CARE NETWORK - A system and method for tracking and verifying encounters between case managers and members of a healthcare insurance network, the system comprising: a provider network server accessible via a communication network; the server comprising: a scheduling module for creating and assigning a visit and task schedule to a plurality of case managers, a tracking module for determining visit information of the plurality of case managers, tracking visit times, and determining the actual travel distance; a visit record module for administering visit records of the case managers; a verification module for capturing data input of a member's signature verifying a case manager's visit record; a communication module for bidirectionally communicating data input and member information such as tasks lists; and at least one mobile transmission unit operable for communicating with the provider network via the communication module. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332217 | LOADING DOCK ALERT REPORT SYSTEM - A system and method for remotely controlling loading dock components is disclosed that includes a distribution center having at least one dock station for exchanging materials and a dock component configured to in at least two operational states. An actuator is included that is configured to change the operational state of the dock component in response to an activation signal. A mobile remote control is configured to generate the activation signal to cause the actuator to change the operational state of the dock component and at least one predefined non-activation zone is included such that changing of operational state of the dock component is inhibited when the mobile remote control is located within the at least one predefined non-activation zone. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332218 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CALENDARING REMINDERS - An electronic calendar includes such features as recurring reminders, dividing unpredictable work loads into equal pieces, template free parsing, a reminders scheduling algorithm to reduce spikes, dynamic delivery and recovery algorithms, methods for splitting the work load between controllers and workers and for monitoring progress, all within the context of a calendar architecture for a large enterprise. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332219 | DISCOVERY METHOD AND DISCOVERY SYSTEM USING LOCATION-TIME INTERSECTIONS - A system for providing predictive discovery services to a user. The system includes a mobile, hand-held device having a display for displaying and storing information and a user interface for allowing input of user interest data comprising event and product preferences, user interest criteria, current hand-held device location, and event calendar information about future occurrences and locations for events and products; a database(s) remote from the hand-held device for storing the user interest data; a processing device in data communication with the database that is structured and arranged to identify a proximity boundary near the user's current and future locations; and a data mining device that is adapted to identify factors of discrete interest for the user based on the user's historical, expressed interests input on at least one remote accessible Web site. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332220 | Service planning tool for wind turbines - A method of scheduling a service of a wind turbine is provided. A projected energy production and/or a projected revenue production of a wind turbine over a specific time period is calculated, and a service for the wind turbine during the specific time period based upon the projected energy production and/or the projected revenue production is scheduled. Further, a non-volatile computer readable medium storing a program code executing the method and a service planning tool for wind turbines are provided. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332221 | Method And System For Determining Critical Information Interfaces - A method and device are disclosed for determining critical information interfaces between fields of activity of an electronically documented process, the method including: (a) providing a binary dependency matrix between the fields of activity of the process; (b) rating the information interfaces between the fields of activity of the process that are specified in the binary dependency matrix based on predefined criteria that are read out from a criteria database in terms of their respective expression in relation to the read-out criteria in order to generate a numeric dependency matrix; and (c) evaluating the generated numeric dependency matrix in order to determine information interfaces of the process that are critical in respect of at least one target function. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332222 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A TACTICAL PLAN FOR RETAIL INVENTORY PLACEMENT WITH AUTOMATED FORECASTS - There is disclosed a computer-implemented system and method for generating a merchandising standard with automated sales volume forecasts. In an embodiment, there is provided a computer-implemented method for generating a tactical plan for placement of product inventory in a retail environment, comprising: (i) selecting a merchandising standard for a product in a given reseller location, channel, or retail format; (ii) in dependence upon the selected merchandising standard and historical sales data accessed from an historical sales database, automatically calculating channel a sales forecast; (iii) comparing the automatically calculated sales forecast with actual sales of the product for the selected merchandising standard; and (iv) in dependence upon the difference between the automatically calculated sales forecast and the actual sales, providing a feedback signal to modify the tactical plan for placement of the product inventory. In an embodiment, the method further comprises accessing the historic sales data from a plurality of historical sales databases relevant to the reseller location, channel, or retail format. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332223 | AUTOMATED SPECIFICATION, ESTIMATION, DISCOVERY OF CAUSAL DRIVERS AND MARKET RESPONSE ELASTICITIES OR LIFT FACTORS - In some embodiments, a software facility performs a method of automated specification of models, estimation of elasticities, and discovery of drivers using the framework(s) discussed elsewhere herein is provided. The facility first obtains the client, business, and/or brand goals in terms of profit optimization, volume or revenue goals, acquisition of new customers, retention of customers, share of wallet and upsell. In conjunction with these goals, the facility obtains cross-section meta-data related to the planning time horizon, markets, geographies, channels of trade and customer segments. In combination, the goals and meta-data define the structure of the data stack and the number of demand generation equations that are needed. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332224 | Service Level Agreement Work Prioritization System - A service task request ordering or prioritization system which has the intelligence to check all incidents on accounts supported by the Delivery Team in the current month, check the customer Service Level Agreement (“SLA”), check monthly ticket number average and calculate for a customer (or all customers) a priority level. The priority level assigned to a customer may be relative to other customers, or it may be an absolute indication of priority without regard to other customers. With this information, when a new ticket is opened, if this ticket is crucial to maintain the SLA according to the contract, the ordering will be based upon the priority level. For example, a light and/or sound alarm may turn on to indicate to the Delivery Team that a new ticket requires urgent attention based on its calculated priority level. This automation of priority level determination and/or the indications of priority level provided to the Delivery Team will drive them to fix the crucial tickets more quickly to avoid or minimize violations of the SLAs of the various customers. There is an accessible database which has information about tickets, and numbers of tickets in past periods. The system uses this ticket number information from past periods to determine risk attributes and/or prioritization levels. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332225 | RISK-PROFILE GENERATION DEVICE - A risk profile generation device includes: a memory for storing model information of a risk profile defined by a first parameter set, model information of a probability distribution of the first parameter set defined by a second parameter set, and a required condition; and a processor connected to this memory. The processor is configured to: calculate a value of the second parameter set such that a risk profile to be specified by applying a value of the first parameter set generated in accordance with the probability distribution to the model information of the risk profile satisfies the required condition with a higher probability; and generate a value of the first parameter set in accordance with a probability distribution specified by applying this calculated value of the second parameter set to the model information of the probability distribution. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332226 | SYSTEM CONTAINING AN INTEGRATION OF COST SAVINGS TRACKER AND SPEND ANALYZER FOR CALCULATING ACTUAL EFFECTIVE SAVINGS - A system containing an integration of cost savings tracker and spend analyzer for calculating actual effective savings of a spend category in a procurement cycle; the system comprises cost savings tracker module and spend analyzer module; cost savings tracker module of the present system facilitates computation of actual effective cost savings of a spend category and thus facilitates tracking of cost savings of a spend category while Cost Component Model of the spend analyzer module of the present system is meant for spend analysis which facilitates analysis of the procurement cost in relation to market indices of the underlying commodities. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332227 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND ARTICLE OF MANUFACTURE FOR HOUSEHOLD UNIT ORGANIZATION AND COMMUNICATION - A method of, system for, and article of manufacture for organizing and managing a household unit using a communications network. The method may include acquiring information from plural members of a household; acquiring planning information for a household-oriented goal(s); and sharing, with a third party via the network, data and content associated with the household-oriented goal(s) in order to solicit targeted quotes from the third party to accomplish the household-oriented goal(s). | 2013-12-12 |
20130332228 | USER TERMINAL DEVICE FOR PROVIDING ELECTRONIC SHOPPING SERVICE AND METHODS THEREOF - A user terminal device including a display, a sensor configured to detect a user input on the display, a controller configured to extract objects displayed within an area on the display indicated by the user input on the display and add the objects to a wish list, and a memory configured to store the wish list. The user terminal device executes a method for providing an electronic shopping service, the method including receiving a user input at a user terminal device, determining a selection area on a screen of the user terminal device corresponding to the user input, determining a shopping object within the selection area, extracting information of the shopping object within the selection area, and adding the information to a wish list. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332229 | METHOD, SERVER AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR PROVIDING USER-CUSTOMIZED INFORMATION USING E-BOOK SERVICE - A method includes the steps of: (a) setting a relationship between users by referring to at least one piece of information on direction between the user who gives an e-book as a gift and the other user who receives it, information on the number of times the gift has been provided, and information on a price of the gift; (b) judging a first user and a second user whose degree of friendliness exceeds a preset value; and (c) acquiring information on a degree of involvement in reading that shows to which level the second user has read the gift, if the gift is provided from the first user to the second user; and (d) providing a service by referring to information on the gift, if the information on the degree of involvement in reading is judged to exceed a prefixed value. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332230 | System, Method, Software and Data Structure for Independent Prediction of Attitudinal and Message Responsiveness, and Preferences For Communication Media, Channel, Timing, Frequency, and Sequences of Communications, Using an Integrated Data Repository - The present invention provides a system, method, software and data structure for independently predicting attitudinal and message responsiveness, using a plurality of attitudinal or other identification classifications and a plurality of message content or version classifications, for a selected population of a plurality of entities, such as individuals or households, represented in a data repository. The plurality of predictive attitudinal (or identification) classifications and plurality of predictive message content (ore version) classifications have been determined using a plurality of predictive models developed from a sample population and applied to a reference population represented in the data repository, such as attitudinal, behavioral, or demographic models. For each predictive attitudinal (or identification) classification, at least one predominant predictive message content or version classification is independently determined. The exemplary embodiments also provide, for each predictive attitudinal classification, corresponding information concerning predominant communication media (or channel) types, predominant communication timing, predominant communication frequency, and predominant communication sequencing. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332231 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ESTIMATING DEMAND FOR ATTRACTIONS - Certain embodiments disclosed herein provide devices, systems, and methods of using location-based virtual audience feedback to estimate interest in an attraction at one or more venues. Certain embodiments provide devices, systems, and methods of using location-based virtual audience feedback and/or other audience data to estimate interest in a plurality of attractions or other items of interest at a particular venue. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332232 | INFRASTRUCTURE AND ARCHITECTURE FOR DEVELOPMENT AND EXECUTION OF PREDICTIVE MODELS - A system that enables development and execution of predictive models comprises a centralized data management system, a data extraction tool a model validation tool and a model execution tool. In embodiments, a data management system includes a data management server that can be accessed via a web browser that stores data. An extraction tool includes a data filter adapted to filter data based on, for example, a population criteria, a sample size, and a date range criteria. A model validation tool validates the model. A model execution tool allows a user to score the model. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332233 | PREDICTION SYSTEM AND PROGRAM FOR PARTS SHIPMENT QUANTITY - There is provided a system or others capable of predicting a parts shipment quantity varying in accordance with an assumed parts-purchase period (such as a charge-free warranty period of a product) (having a period length with taking a product shipping date as a starting point during which a customer is assumed to purchase parts) so that prediction accuracy can be increased more than a conventional one. In the prediction system ( | 2013-12-12 |
20130332234 | Optimizing Market Research Using Indicia-Based Mobile Respondent Data - Systems and methods described herein provide a mechanism for conducting meaningful market research on respondents using mobile devices. Data contained in code-based indicia relating to a mobile respondent is leveraged to initiate more effective market research applications such as surveys and the like. Using such information, a market research enterprise interested in focused market research may initiate market research specifically related to that mobile respondent, perhaps accounting for the mobile respondent's location, purchase history, financial means and associations, etc. The market research applications may be transmitted to mobile respondents by a number of different mechanisms such as push messages, text messages, SRS messages, emails, etc. Also, mobile respondents may download and install an application that allows them to quickly access the market research applications and transmit the market research data. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332235 | Optimizing Market Research Based on Mobile Respondent Location - Systems and method for conducting meaningful market research on respondents using mobile devices. Data relating to mobile respondent location is leveraged to initiate more effective market research applications such as surveys. Using a mobile respondent's location, a market research enterprise initiates market research specifically related to that location. The market research applications may be transmitted to a mobile respondent using a number of different mechanisms such as push message, text message, email, etc. Also, mobile respondents may download and install an application that allows them to quickly access the market research applications and transmit the market research data. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332236 | Optimizing Market Research Based on Mobile Respondent Behavior - Systems and method for conducting meaningful market research on respondents using mobile devices. Data relating to mobile respondent behavior is leveraged to initiate more effective market research applications such as surveys. Using a mobile respondent's behavior, a market research enterprise initiates market research specifically related to that behavior. The market research applications may be transmitted to a mobile respondent using a number of different mechanisms such as push messages, text messages, SRS messages, emails, etc. Also, mobile respondents may download and install an application that allows them to quickly access the market research applications and transmit the market research data. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332237 | Leveraging RFID Generated Consumer Behavior through a Web Map Service - An approach is provided to analyze consumer behavior data. In the approach, location data corresponding to the consumers is identified. Discarded tagged packages are received from the consumers. The discarded tagged packages include wireless tags that associate the discarded tagged packages product identifiers. At a refuse collection point, each of the wireless tags are read (e.g., using an RFID reader). The reading retrieves the product identifiers associated from the tags on the discarded packages. The product identifiers and the location data are stored in a data store. Consumer consumption maps are generated from the stored product identifiers and location data. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332238 | Leveraging RFID Generated Consumer Behavior through a Web Map Service - An approach is provided to analyze consumer behavior data. In the approach, location data corresponding to the consumers is identified. Discarded tagged packages are received from the consumers. The discarded tagged packages include wireless tags that associate the discarded tagged packages product identifiers. At a refuse collection point, each of the wireless tags are read (e.g., using an RFID reader). The reading retrieves the product identifiers associated from the tags on the discarded packages. The product identifiers and the location data are stored in a data store. Consumer consumption maps are generated from the stored product identifiers and location data. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332239 | DISPENSATION SYSTEM - A dispensation system is provided that may allow for dispensing treated water from an on-site treated water device directly to reusable containers used by customers at reduced or no cost to the customers. Particular costs of the treated water to the customers may be based on the customers' willingness to provide information through the dispensation system. The cost to a particular customer and the amount of information shared by that customer may be inversely related. The information may relate to purchasing preferences or other lifestyle information about the customer. The dispensation system may share the information with an advertiser that pays to present targeted advertising to the customer, for example, through video advertising at the dispensation system while the customer uses the dispensing system. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332240 | SYSTEM FOR INTEGRATING EVENT-DRIVEN INFORMATION IN THE OIL AND GAS FIELDS - A complex event processing system includes a complex event processing engine configured to detect one or more events across a plurality of data sources and provide a corrective action. The complex event processing system further includes an ontology repository in communication with the complex event processing engine, the ontology repository being configured to receive a first semantic query from the complex event processing engine. The complex event processing system also includes an enterprise integration pattern library in communication with the complex event processing engine, the enterprise integration pattern library being configured to receive a second semantic query from the complex event processing engine. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332241 | System and Method for Decision-Driven Business Performance Measurement - A decision-driven performance management system comprises storing a decision dependency model in a decision dependency repository, the model identifying relationships and dependencies among sub-decisions, information sources and knowledge elements that form a decision and impact a performance measure of an organization. An extended dashboard and decision space enables a user to use the model to visualize and drill down into decisions and implementation artifacts underlying the performance measure, and to edit these elements to change the performance measure. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332242 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING THE ADVANCEMENT OF A RESEARCH ARTICLE FROM CONCEPTION TO POST-PUBLICATION - A comprehensive, web-based, authorship workflow management system serves as a central hub that electronically links authors of research articles with a plurality of conventional authorship partnering entities, such as funding agencies, publishers, licensing partners, text editors, peer reviewers and the like. In use, the workflow management system facilitates the advancement of a research article from conception to post-publication by, among other things, streamlining the process in which an author obtains a financial grant for a designated project, providing enhanced tools for conducting research and drafting a corresponding research article, submitting publication requests to a plurality of publishers in a prioritized, cascading fashion, and efficiently processing any fees to be collected on behalf of designated entities. Throughout the authorship experience, the workflow management system provides author-defined updates regarding the status of the article through the transmission of electronic notifications to the author and selected partnering entities. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332243 | PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS BASED RANKING OF PROJECTS - The exemplary embodiments of the invention provide at least a method and machine including a memory tangibly embodying at least one program of instructions executable by at least one processor to perform operations with the machine including inputting project data of at least one project, applying more than one layer of different predictive models to the input project data, where the different predictive models are applied in a hierarchical manner across the more than one layer taking into account at least one of data availability and a stage of a lifecycle of each of the at least one project, and based on the applied more than one predictive model, determining a predicted future performance for each project of the at least one project | 2013-12-12 |
20130332244 | Predictive Analytics Based Ranking Of Projects - The exemplary embodiments of the invention provide at least a method and machine including a memory tangibly embodying at least one program of instructions executable by at least one processor to perform operations with the machine including inputting project data of at least one project, applying more than one layer of different predictive models to the input project data, where the different predictive models are applied in a hierarchical manner across the more than one layer taking into account at least one of data availability and a stage of a lifecycle of each of the at least one project, and based on the applied more than one predictive model, determining a predicted future performance for each project of the at least one project | 2013-12-12 |
20130332245 | Multi-Merchant Loyalty System - A system and computer program product for differentiating reward programs that use the same identity holder. This differentiation allows different businesses to offer their own tailored rewards program while the consumer has the convenience of using a single identity holder. Moreover, the system and computer program product provide for integrating proximity and affinity into multi-business rewards programs. Finally, the system and computer program product provide for members of a consumer membership organization to receive rewards based on their membership, thus allowing the organization to receive financial incentives based on encouraging their members to shop at certain businesses. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332246 | DISPLAY OF ADVERTISEMENTS AT AN EVENT - Technologies are generally described for processes and systems effective to select an advertisement to be displayed for viewing by participants at an event. An advertisement processor may be configured to be in communication with an advertisement database and an event status processor over a network. The advertisement processor may be effective receive event information and crowd information. The event information may relate to a status of the event. The crowd information may relate to demographics and/or interests of the participants at the event. The advertisement processor may select the advertisement based on the event information and the crowd information. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332247 | BAR CODE BASED RECYCLING - Methods, systems, and apparatuses, including computer programs encoded on computer-readable media, for scanning a barcode on an article to obtain article recycling information. A first incentive is received based upon the scanning of the article and a second incentive is received based upon verification that the article was recycled. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332248 | ONLINE ADVERTISEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN ONLINE SERVICE BASED ON A SOCIAL COMMERCE GAME - This is the invention of the system and method for on-line advertisement involving easy, friendly and non-professional social commerce games such as ‘Rock-Scissors-Paper’, ‘Ladder Game’ or Dice Game’ by which users get interested in, in promotion of participation, and granted incentives according to the performance in the game. In other words, this invention is about favoring both users and advertisers by way of incentivizing participation and offering cost-efficient, methodical and ‘targeted’ means of on-line, real-time advertisement and service thereof. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332249 | OPTIMAL SUPPLEMENTARY AWARD ALLOCATION - A method of allocating a new incentive to a portion of a population includes identifying a plurality of group features of the population based on retention data clustering members of the population into a plurality of groups having similar risk profiles based on the plurality of group features and a plurality of categorical factors, dividing each of the plurality of groups into an experimental group and a control group respectively corresponding to members of the population that have received a previous incentive and that have not received the previous incentive, computing an effectiveness score of the previous incentive for each group based on a comparison of the corresponding experimental group and the corresponding control group, and generating a set of potential target groups for the new incentive based on the effectiveness scores. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332250 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING CONDITIONAL GROUP PURCHASE OFFERS FOR MEDIA CONTENT - Systems and methods for providing conditional group purchase offers are provided. A conditional offer for an on-demand media asset, such as a movie, television episode, or streaming video is transmitted to a plurality of users. The conditional offer is conditioned on a minimum quantity of purchases being performed within a specified time period. The purchase requests are received at a processing device, which determines whether the amount of purchase requests exceeds the minimum quantity of purchases within the specified time period, and performs a corresponding action based on the amount of purchase requests. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332251 | SYSTEM, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR PURCHASING ITEMS FROM A MERCHANT - Embodiments of the invention include systems, computer program products and computer implemented methods for allowing users to purchase one or more products from a merchant. Such embodiments may comprise a mobile device associated with a user, where the mobile device includes a memory having computer instructions that execute the steps of prompting the user to scan the code using the mobile device; translating the code to determine at least a product price and merchant identifier; creating a product purchase prompt on a display associated with the mobile device, and transmitting the product, product price and merchant identifier to a processing server to thereby facilitate an approval of a transaction between the user and the merchant. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332252 | Real-Time Loyalty Management Engine - An interaction event associated with a customer is received by a real-time loyalty management engine executing on at least one data processor from an application. Thereafter, the engine retrieves data responsive to the interaction event that characterizes at least one loyalty program associated with the customer and a plurality of offerings. Next, the engine determines which of the offerings is most likely to result in an optimal conversion event based on the data characterizing the at least one loyalty program. The engine then transmits data to the application characterizing the determined offering to enable a transaction to be initiated based on the determined offering. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332253 | DEVICES, METHODS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA FOR REDEMPTION HEADER FOR MERCHANT OFFERS - Devices, computer-implemented methods, and computer-readable media for a redemption header for merchant offers, such as online coupons, are provided. In some embodiments, an offers website may provide offers, such as online coupons, in a browser executing on a user device. When a user selects an online coupon, the browser is redirected to a merchant website associated with the online coupon and a coupon code value is copied to a clipboard. Additionally, a redemption header having the coupon code and instructions is added in the merchant webpage. A webpage element for the redemption header, such as an inline frame, is created in the merchant webpage and the redemption header is provided based on an offer identifier stored in a browser-accessible storage item such as a cookie. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332254 | METHOD, SYSTEM FOR CONSUMER LOCATION TRIGGERED REWARD POINTS - A method and system for offering reward options to consumers is disclosed. Offering of the reward options is triggered when a consumer visits certain locations. A server of the system is able to obtain the position of the mobile terminal of the consumer, and to determine if the mobile terminal is in the vicinity of any such location. If so, the server is triggered to offer a reward to the mobile terminal. The server stores records of visits to such locations. Alternatively, or additionally, the server stores records of reward options which have been accepted via the mobile terminal, and provides at least one selectable reward to the mobile terminal according to an updated visit record and/or reward acceptance record. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332255 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO PROCESS REFERRALS BETWEEN OFFER CAMPAIGNS - In one aspect, a computing apparatus is configured with a mechanism to automate and regulate referrals across multiple programs, such as offer campaigns, loyalty programs, coupon programs, etc. The specification of a first program is configured with the identification of referral opportunities that correspond to activities of users in the first program. A set of selection criteria can be used to select a subset of users engaging in the respective activities. The subset of users is provided with the offer from the second program. If a user accepts the offer, the data about the user in the first program is used to automate the enrollment of the user in the second program. The second program may be configured with referral configuration parameters to match with the referral opportunities provided by other programs, if the second program is also hosted on the computing apparatus. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332256 | EVOLVING PAYMENT DEVICE - A computer apparatus is provided that comprises processor and a computer-readable medium coupled to the processor. The computer readable medium comprises code executable by the processor for implementing a method that comprises receiving a first indication at a computer apparatus that an evolving token has been used in a first transaction. Use of the evolving token in the first transaction provides a first benefit. The method further comprises that in a subsequent transaction after the first transaction, the evolving token changes so that it is associated with a payment account and the evolving token can be used to make payments. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332257 | SHARING PRIVATE DEVICES FOR CONTENT RENDERING - An apparatus and method for accessing a voluntary pool of devices for remote content rendering is disclosed herein. A brokering device receives a request from a content provider device to render content on a device, the request including the content to be rendered and specifying a type of the device on which the content is to be rendered. The brokering device also receives availability conditions from a test device. The brokering device selects the test device in accordance with the request and the availability conditions. The test device is instructed to fulfill the content rendering request. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332258 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA FOR A CUSTOMIZABLE REDEMPTION HEADER FOR MERCHANT OFFERS ACROSS BROWSER INSTANCES - Systems, computer-implemented methods, and computer-readable media for a customizable redemption header for merchant offers, such as online coupons, across browser instances are provided. In some embodiments, a user may open a merchant website in a first browser instance executing on a user device. An offers website may provide offers, such as online coupons, in a second browser instance executing on a user device. When a user selects an offer, an offer identifier may be stored in a browser-accessible storage device. The modification to the browser-accessible storage may be detected and a customizable redemption header having an offer redemption identifier, e.g., a coupon code, and instructions may be provided on the merchant webpage in response to the detection. Additionally, the customizable redemption header may provide user feedback requests upon submission of the coupon code. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332259 | NEURO-RESPONSE STIMULUS AND STIMULUS ATTRIBUTE RESONANCE ESTIMATOR - Example methods, systems, and machine readable media are disclosed herein for determining a subject resonance measurement. An example method includes accessing first neuro-response data obtained from a subject prior to exposure to an advertisement or entertainment and second neuro-response data obtained from the subject after exposure to the advertisement or the entertainment, respectively. The example method includes calculating, using a processor, a first event related potential measurement and a second event related potential measurement based on the first neuro-response data and the second neuro-response data. The example method includes calculating, using the processor, a differential event related potential measurement based on the first event related potential measurement and the second event related potential measurement. In addition, the example method includes determining a subject resonance measurement to the advertisement or the entertainment based on the differential event related potential measurement. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332260 | OPTIMAL SUPPLEMENTARY AWARD ALLOCATION - A method of allocating a current incentive to a portion of a population includes identifying a plurality of group features of the population based on retention data, clustering members of the population into a plurality of groups having similar risk profiles based on the plurality of group features and a plurality of categorical factors, dividing each of the plurality of groups into an experimental group and a control group respectively corresponding to members of the population that have received a previous incentive and that have not received the previous incentive, computing an effectiveness score of the previous incentive for each group based on a comparison of the corresponding experimental group and the corresponding control group, and generating a set of potential target groups for the new incentive based on the effectiveness scores. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332261 | Call Tracking for Online Content Items - This specification relates to tracking phone calls related to online content items. In general, one aspect of the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods that include the actions of determining a probability that a call to a phone number resulted from a first interaction of a set of interactions. In general, another aspect of the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods that include the actions of determining a rank score for an online content item, including for each call of a plurality of phone calls to the phone number, attributing the call to an online content interaction of a set of online content interactions; determining, using the rank score, whether to provide the online content item to a client device; and providing the online content item to the client device upon determining to do so using the rank score. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332262 | Internet marketing-advertising reporting (iMar) system - A contextual advertising system depends on embedded decision-influence algorithms to parse the keywords in web-user searches to identify the public search-engine networks best able to respond with the most relevant advertisement results. Marketing managers control which kind of advertisements get automatically selected by planting product/service, price, place and promotion (4P) keywords which correlate to each of the four traditional Marketing Mix categories. Language-independent, proximity pattern matching algorithms are used to increase matching accuracy and customer click-through-rates (CTR) and their ultimate purchase decisions. Each 4P Marketing Mix contextual smart-advertisement can be independently displayed in full, or linked to an existing online advertisement to enhance match accuracy and the CTR. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332263 | COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PUBLISHING A MARKETING CAMPAIGN USING AN ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORK - Disclosed are methods, apparatus, systems, and computer readable storage media for publishing a marketing campaign on an online social network. A CRM server accesses a marketing campaign record in a database and transmits marketing campaign data to be published on an online social network. The CRM server also receives data related to users interacting with the published marketing campaign. The CRM server can store the user-related data. In some implementations, the user-related data can also be analyzed. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332264 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING TOUCHPOINT ATTRIBUTION - A system and method for allocating credit for an advertising conversion among various advertising touchpoints encounter by the consumer is provided. The system and method comprise receiving data pertaining to touchpoints and conversions of an advertising campaign across multiple channels. Users are correlated across the channels and the various conversions, touchpoints, and touchpoint attributes are identified. Each touchpoint attribute and touchpoint attribute value is assigned a weight. An attribution algorithm is selected, and coefficients are calculated using the assigned weights. The algorithm is executed and true scores corresponding to the touchpoints encountered by each converting user are computed. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332265 | TRANSACTION INCENTIVE AND COMMISSION DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - An electronic transaction incentive and commission distribution system, and the method based on the system, for receiving point-of-sale transaction data used in managing purchase transaction data and the electronic distribution of purchase commissions from a supplier to a marketing firm for the sale of the supplier's products to a recipient. The system also includes donors providing donations for the purchase of the supplier's products by the recipient. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332266 | MOBILE MONETIZATION - A device, system, and method are directed towards facilitating monetization of mobile devices. A click action server determines click actions that are to be sent to a client device based on one or more factors. The click actions are sent to the client device as links. An action handler receives requests indicating a selected action, and facilitates the performance of the action. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332267 | SELECTING CONTENT BASED ON DATA ANALYSIS - Apparatus and method for selecting at least one content item based on data analysis. In accordance with some embodiments, a plurality of linked web pages of a website are defined by a publisher. Each web page has a respective layout which includes associated content and at least one slot adapted to receive a content item. A total number of web pages visited by each device of the website during an associated device session in which the device requests display of one or more of the web pages on a network accessible device is accumulated. At least one content item is transferred for display on the device during each said device session. A revenue amount is identified to the publisher from said displayed content items for each different total number of web pages visited during said device sessions. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332268 | SELECTIVE CUSTOMER INTERACTIONS OVER A COMPUTER NETWORK - Methods for selling items over a computer network can include: after a first set of customers has purchased, during a first time period, at least a threshold value or number of items of a first set of items: (a) during a second time period after the first period, offering for sale to the first set of customers an index set of items; (b) throughout the second period, preventing substantially all persons other than the first set of customers from purchasing the index set of items; and (c) during a third time period, offering for sale to a second set of customers, different from the first set of customers, any of the index set of items not sold to the first set of customers during the second period. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332269 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADVERTISEMENT DELIVERY - Provided is an advertisement delivery method for delivering an advertisement for causing a user terminal, which transmitted an access request to a web site via a link set in an advertisement, to transmit an access request to the web site again. The advertisement delivery method includes acquiring, by a computer, a behavior pattern of the user terminal in the web site, and delivering to the user terminal, by the computer, a different advertisement depending on the behavior pattern by setting a link to the web site in the different advertisement. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332270 | ADVERTISEMENT SERVER, USER TERMINAL, ADVERTISEMENT METHOD, AND ADVERTISEMENT VIEWING PROGRAM - When a user accesses an advertisement site by a browser unit and requests transmission of the advertisement moving image, an advertisement server requests the user to connect an electronic money card to a reader/writer. The advertisement server can communicate with the electronic money card via the browser unit. Thus, the advertisement server reads an electronic money functional unit ID which is ID information of the electronic money card from the electronic money card to store it therein, and further transmits to the user terminal moving image data of the advertisement moving image stored in the advertisement moving image database. While the user terminal is reproducing the advertisement moving image, the advertisement server accesses the electronic money card through the browser unit for every given interval, and confirms that the electronic money card is connected to the reader/writer. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332271 | COMPUTER-CONTROLLED, UNATTENDED, AUTOMATED CHECKOUT STORE OUTLET SYSTEM AND RELATED METHOD - An unattended, automated checkout, computer-controlled automated store outlet and system is disclosed. A customer's identification and payment information are inputted and verified and the customer qualified to remove items from the automated store outlet. Each bay of the automated store outlet is normally locked, and after the customer accesses the bay can remove one or more items from the bay, which are automatically detected and identified and charged to the customer as part of the purchase transaction. These events occur at the location of each automated store outlet. Each automated store outlet communicates with a central control center, which can be used for live customer service and real time surveillance. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332272 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING CUSTOM ERROR PAGES FOR RETAIL APPLICATIONS - Example methods and systems for providing custom error pages for retail applications are disclosed. In general, the disclosed example systems provide error pages which are presented after a user attempts to access an inactive, unavailable, or nonexistent website address. In one aspect of the present disclosure, the system provides an error page which is customized, for example, based upon the website address that the user was attempting to access; based upon the user's history; based upon the system's most popular products and/or categories; and/or based upon some combination of those criteria. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332273 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HIGH-PRECISION INDOOR POSITIONING, NAVIGATION AND SHOPPING BEHAVIOR PROFILING - A positioning system for determining the location of a portable device includes a radio network. The radio network includes radio network nodes for communicating with the portable device and measuring signal strength from the portable device. The radio network also includes a Near Field Communication node for communicating with the portable device and at least initially providing the portable device with configuration information to enable the portable device to pair with the radio network nodes. The system also includes a positioning server for receiving signal strength information from the radio network, determining a location of the portable device, providing the portable device with a graphical representation of its location within a floorplan, receiving an indication of a desired product from the portable device, determining a location of the product, calculating and providing the portable device with a route from the location of the portable device to the product. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332274 | DETERMINING OFFERS FOR A GEOFENCED GEOGRAPHIC AREA - Provided is a computer-implemented process for determining offers for a geofenced geographic area. After a mobile user device traverses a geofence, merchants associated with a geofence having a geofence identifier are identified. Candidate offers associated with the merchants are identified and ranked according to ranking criteria. The ranked candidate offers are transmitted to a mobile user device. The ranked candidate offers are cached on the mobile user device and presented to the user via an offers notification. The user may view and redeem an offer by selecting the offers notification. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332275 | ADVERTISEMENT MANAGEMENT DEVICE, ADVERTISEMENT SELECTION DEVICE, ADVERTISEMENT MANAGEMENT METHOD, ADVERTISEMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING ADVERTISEMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM - An advertisement management device for managing an advertisement using advertisement information including information indicating association of an advertisement with a category includes a division target category identifying unit that identifies a division target category based on the advertisement information, the division target category being a category in which the number of advertisements associated with the same category is equal to or more than a predetermined threshold; and a reclassifying unit that associates some of the advertisements associated with the division target category with a category different from the division target category and updates the advertisement information. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332276 | ADVERTISEMENT MANAGEMENT DEVICE, ADVERTISEMENT SELECTION DEVICE, ADVERTISEMENT MANAGEMENT METHOD, ADVERTISEMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING ADVERTISEMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM - An advertisement management device for managing an advertisement using advertisement information including information indicating association of an advertisement with a category includes an integration target category identifying unit that identifies an integration target category based on the advertisement information, the integration target category being a category in which the number of advertisements associated with the same category is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold, and an integration unit that associates the advertisement associated with the integration target category with a category different from the integration target category and updates the advertisement information. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332277 | INTENTS FOR OFFER-DISCOVERY SYSTEMS - Provided is a process of identifying an offers engine configured to provide information about offers to users, the method including: receiving, at an offers engine, a request for an offers interface website from a mobile computing device; and in response to the request, transmitting to the mobile computing device a website configured to cause a browser of the mobile computing device to perform steps, including: detecting an offers intent in the transmitted website; retrieving from memory of the mobile computing device an identifier of a native application offers interface mapped to the offers intent; and in response to retrieving the identifier of the offers engine, launching the native application, the native application being stored in memory of the mobile computing device and configured to provide an offers interface to the offers engine. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332278 | OPPORTUNITY IDENTIFICATION AND FORECASTING FOR SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION - A method of optimizing placement of references to an entity includes identifying at least search term to be optimized, determining a score for results of a search of a network with respect to the entity, determining costs associated with improving the score, and determining values associated with improving the score. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332279 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOCATION-BASED ADVERTISEMENTS FOR DYNAMIC POINTS OF INTEREST - An approach is provided for advertising up-to-date information for dynamic points of interest. A point-of-interest platform causes, at least in part, an activation or a deactivation of at least one point-of-interest record. The point-of-interest platform then determines whether to cause, at least in part, a generation of the at least one point-of-interest record based, at least in part, on the activation or the deactivation. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332280 | Closed Communication Circles Based on Geography and Keyword - An embodiment of the disclosed technology is a method of creating a communication circle between hand-held wireless devices. Communication directed to a communication circle is sent to each other hand-held wireless device within the communication circle, the directed communication limited to communication originating from a wireless device and network node also in the communication circle. This is carried out by way of, a) receiving a keyword from at least two hand-held wireless devices, b) matching keywords received from the hand-held wireless devices; and c) determining geographic limitations for a said communication circle to be created, based on geographic limitations received from at least one hand-held wireless device and locations of the hand-held wireless devices corresponding to the matched keywords, d) creating the communication circle between the hand-held wireless devices based on the steps of receiving keywords, matching the keywords, and determining the geographic limitations. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332281 | INTERNET BUSINESS TRANSACTION PROCESSOR - Targeted products are offered over a communications network. Product data for a plurality of products from a plurality of distributors for the products is received. Customer data from a plurality of customers comprising personal information about customers is received. Using the data, at least one user-specific product offering from the plurality of products is generated. Automated messages comprising the at least one user-specific product offering to the one or more customers are then sent. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332282 | System for the Acquisition of Local Goods and Services - A system for the acquisition of local goods and services is presented. The system is an Internet website that advertises and promotes local commerce. The website includes functionalities and features that allow local organizations, such as businesses, charities, and non-profit organizations to manage their web presence. The organizations can issue coupons, display information, and communicate directly with other organizations. The system can be offered as software as a service and can act as a portal to the local business community that is hosted by a hosting organization. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332283 | DEVICES, METHODS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA FOR REDEMPTION OF MERCHANT OFFERS - Devices, computer-implemented methods, and computer-readable media for the redemption of merchant offers, such as online coupons, are provided. In some embodiments, online coupons may be provided in a native application of a mobile user device. When a user selects to use an online coupon, a coupon code box having a coupon code associated with the selected coupon may visually move from a first location to a second location of the native application, and a merchant website may be displayed in the native application. Additionally, in some embodiments, a user may drag-and-drop a coupon code box to an input field of a merchant webpage. Movement of a visual copy of the coupon code box may be animated along the drag path. Upon a drop of the coupon code box, a value of the coupon code may be entered into the input field. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332284 | CROSS-DEVICE OFFERS PLATFORM - Provided is computer-implemented process, the process including: accessing an offers engine user profile associated with a user and an offers engine, the offers engine user profile comprising a plurality of attributes associated with customization of an offers interface, the offers interface configured to provide a plurality of merchant offers; receiving over a network from a first user device and a first session of the offers interface a modification to an attribute of the plurality of attributes of the offers-engine user profile; storing the modified attribute in the offers-engine user profile; receiving over a network a request to access the offers interface in a second session from a second user device; modifying, with a processor, the offers interface based on the modified attribute to produce a customized offers interface; and transmitting over a network the customized offers interface to the second user device for use in the second session. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332285 | USER VACILLATION DETECTION AND RESPONSE - An embodiment of the present invention automatically detects when a user is in a state of vacillation based on user on-line behavior, records relevant parameters regarding the vacillation event, and then responds accordingly. This response may include providing relevant and/or targeted information that can be used by the user to help remove the indecision. The response may also or alternatively include providing third-party businesses, such as retailers, marketers, and advertisers, with information about vacillation events and associated behaviors for a single user or groups of users so that such businesses can identify potential markets/customers or directly engage similar users to facilitate the decision-making process. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332286 | ACTIVITY TYPE DETECTION AND TARGETED ADVERTISING SYSTEM - A physical activity data collection system may include one or more accelerometers configured to provide an output indicative of movements of an individual. The system may also include a controller configured to analyze information relating to the movements of the individual, based on the output of the one or more accelerometers; determine a physical activity type associated with the analyzed information; and store the determined physical activity type in a memory. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332287 | METHOD FOR ACTIVE PUSH ADVERTISING - The present invention provides a method for active push advertising, the method including: providing a server to which a user connects personal electronic devices; logging in the server for matching and comparing advertiser demand variables with an advertising receiving condition; sending a plurality of advertisement from the server to the personal electronic device; providing a user interface for showing an advertising prompt to inform the user of the availability of the advertisements for playing after the server confirms whether the advertising playing condition is fulfilled or not by a terminal program; providing an advertising interface which appears immediately after a point tool triggers the advertising prompt; playing the advertisement immediately after an induction condition in an induction zone of the advertising interface is triggered; and issuing virtual currency and accumulated usage value when the induction condition is continuously triggered until the end of the advertisement. | 2013-12-12 |
20130332288 | ADVERTISING MEDIA AND METHOD OF ADVERTISING - In one embodiment, the present application provides a method of distributing downloadable media, comprising collecting a plurality of downloadable media files from a plurality of artists, at least one of the downloadable media files being associated with an item of visual artwork; receiving from an advertiser an order for promotional services; selecting at least one downloadable media file to associate with said advertiser; creating a modified item of visual artwork by adding an advertising message relating to the advertiser to the item of visual artwork associated with the selected downloadable media file; collecting demographic information about a recipient; delivering to the recipient a downloadable copy of the downloadable media tile and the modified item of visual artwork containing the advertising message; and charging a fee to the advertiser. | 2013-12-12 |