50th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 46 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110307191 | METHOD OF DETERMINING POSITION OF A VALVE - A method of determining the position of a valve includes, measuring pressure at a first location within a bore and measuring pressure at a second location within the bore wherein the first location and the second location are positioned on opposing longitudinal sides of the valve. The method further includes analyzing values from the measuring and attributing characteristics of the analyzing to specific valve positions. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307192 | MASS FLOW METERING SYSTEM FOR AIRCRAFT APPLICATIONS - A method of calculating fuel flow across an aircraft flight cycle includes the steps of providing a flow meter, and an alternative method of measuring fuel flow. The flow meter is used to calculate fuel flow over a portion of a flight cycle of an aircraft equipped with the system. Fuel flow is calculated with the alternative measurement system at least during maximum power flow portions of the flight cycle. A system is configured for performing this method. A method of calculating mass flow across a fuel metering unit uses fuel flow volume measurements and information about the fuel to reach a mass flow measurement. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307193 | METHOD OF DYNAMICALLY ESTIMATING THE FRESH AIR FLOW RATE SUPPLIED TO AN ENGINE WITH HIGH-PRESSURE AND LOW-PRESSURE EGR CIRCUITS - A method of estimating fresh air flow rate entering an engine, for example a diesel engine, supercharged by a turbocharger, including at least one intake manifold of a volume, an exchanger, an air filter, a high-pressure EGR circuit, a low-pressure EGR circuit, an inlet butterfly, an exhaust butterfly, a flow meter, a pressure sensor, a temperature sensor, and a pipe between the flow meter and the inlet of the intake manifold. The method measures temperature, pressure and fresh air flow rate through the flow meter, calculates the engine flow rate, calculates the mass of gas between the flow meter and the inlet to the intake manifold, calculates the mass of gas in the manifold, measures or estimates the high-pressure EGR flow rate, calculates the flow rate of gas through the manifold, calculates the level of low-pressure EGR at the inlet manifold, calculates the mass of air between the flow meter and the inlet to the manifold, calculates the estimated level of EGR, and estimates the dynamic air flow rate from the engine flow rate and from the level of EGR at the inlet to the engine. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307194 | CHARACTERISATION OF MASK SYSTEMS - A method and a CPAP apparatus for characterizing different mask systems, e.g., masks and hoses, are provided. The apparatus can be calibrated for different mask systems and hoses by including sensors for measuring flow and pressure at a flow generator of the apparatus. When the flow generator is fitted to a new system, or changes are made to an existing system, mask or patient interface, and/or hose, a method of calibrating the flow generator is provided. The method includes determining air flow characteristics of the hose using flow measurements made during a first test period when flow through the system is open, measuring or estimating pressure in the system during a second test period when flow through the system is blocked, and determining air flow characteristics of the diffuser using the air first test period flow characteristics of the air delivery hose and the second test period pressure measurements. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307195 | Method for Determining the Size of a Leak - Method for determining the size of a leak in the liquid-containing tank device of a vehicle, in particular of a motor vehicle, the liquid influencing the pressure in the tank device by evaporation, with the following steps:
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20110307196 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GROUND ISOLATION DETECTION IN A VEHICLE - A first amplifier is arranged to receive a first signal from a first bus terminal. A second amplifier is configured to receive a second signal from a second bus terminal. An inverter input of an inverter is coupled to the output of the first amplifier. An input or inputs of an analog-to-digital converter are coupled to an inverter output of the inverter and the output of the second amplifier. The analog-to-digital converter is capable of producing a digital signal representative of the signals received from the first bus terminal and the second bus terminal. A data processor is capable of receiving an output of the analog-to-digital converter. The data processor is configured to apply one or more frequency domain transforms to the digital signal. The data processor identifies a circuit location of the ground fault or degraded isolation, a type of ground fault, or both based on the application of the frequency domain transform. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307197 | DISTRIBUTED REFLECTOMETRY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING A TRANSMISSION NETWORK - A distributed reflectometry device for diagnosing a network is disclosed. According to one aspect, the device includes at least one transmission line and several reflectometers connected to the network. A transmission portion of the device includes a first memory configured to store at least one test signal and a second memory configured to store weighting coefficients. The transmission portion may also include a first multiplier of a test signal (s) with a coefficient β | 2011-12-15 |
20110307198 | System and method for estimating corona power loss in a dust-loaded electrostatic precipitator - The method for estimating corona power loss in a dust-loaded electrostatic precipitator numerically solves Poisson's equation and current continuity equations in which the finite element method (FEM) and a modified method of characteristics (MMC) are used. The system is a computerized system that produces results showing how different parameters such as discharging wire radius, wire-to-wire spacing, wire-to-plate spacing, fly ash flow speed and applied voltage polarity influence corona power loss and current density profiles. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307199 | METHOD OF RECOGNIZING AND ASSESSING SHADOWING EVENTS - For recognizing shadowing events affecting a photovoltaic module, electric power produced by the module is recorded. For each position of the sun on a present day an expected value of the electric power is defined. Further, an ideal power course of the electric power over the present day is determined by fitting a curve that corresponds to cloudless sun without shadow casting obstacles to peak values of the electric power recorded for same positions of the sun during a plurality of previous days. For all positions of the sun at which the electric power produced on the present day falls short of the ideal power course a shadowing probability of not less than zero is defined whose magnitude depends on the level of accord of the electric power produced on the present day with the expected value at the position of the sun. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307200 | RECOGNIZING MULTIPLE APPLIANCE OPERATING STATES USING CIRCUIT-LEVEL ELECTRICAL INFORMATION - An approach to measuring power consumption of multiple appliances adopts a transition probability to model the correlation and causality of appliance events caused by human behavior. The sequential order and relevance of using appliances can be taken into account. For instance, correlation between the use of (e.g., states of) different electrical appliances may be used. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307201 | BATTERY CAPACITY DISPLAY FOR A POWER TOOL - The present invention discloses a battery capacity display circuit for a power tool. The battery capacity display circuit has a first circuit module arranged in the battery pack of the power tool for detecting and displaying the battery capacity and a second circuit module arranged in the power tool for displaying the battery capacity. The battery capacity display also has an optical signal transmitting device and an optical signal receiving device to communicate with the first circuit module and the second circuit module. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307202 | SYSTEM FOR MONITORING THE STATE OF A BATTERY - The invention is a monitoring system for a battery having a plurality of accumulators. The system comprises means for measuring the voltage on the terminals of each accumulator, means for measuring the temperature of the battery, means for measuring the current flowing through the battery, means for calculating a voltage difference between a maximum voltage measured on the terminals of one of the accumulators and a minimum voltage measured on the terminals of one of the accumulators, means for comparing the voltage difference with at least one threshold value depending on the measured temperature and current, and means reporting an error if the voltage difference is greater than or equal to said at least one threshold value. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307203 | PREDICTIVE AND INTERNET-BASED SAMPLER CONTROL - Described is a system for remotely monitoring water quality at one or more locations via a web-enabled application. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307204 | VELOCITY MEASURING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CORRECTING MEASURED VELOCITY - A velocity measuring device and a measured velocity correcting method are provided. The velocity measuring device includes: a GPS unit that receives a satellite signal from a GPS (Global Positioning System) satellite and generates GPS data including position coordinates and a traveling velocity; an acceleration sensor unit that includes an acceleration sensor and generates sensor data including a traveling velocity and a road slope; and a correction unit that compares the GPS data and the sensor data generated at a current time with the GPS data and the sensor data generated at a previous time and sets the traveling velocity included in the sensor data or the GPS data as a measured velocity depending on whether a variation in traveling velocity exists. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307205 | METHOD FOR SELF-CALIBRATING AN ACCELEROMETER MOUNTED ON A WHEEL OF A VEHICLE WHILE SAID VEHICLE IS MOVING - A method for self-calibrating, while a vehicle is moving, an accelerometer mounted on a wheel of the vehicle so that its plane of maximum sensitivity is secant with the axis of rotation of the wheel. The average value and on the other hand the amplitude of the signal representative of the acceleration Acc-read delivered by the accelerometer are calculated first, for an established speed of the vehicle, based on measurements performed by the accelerometer during a time window corresponding to the time needed for the wheel to complete n rotations, with n>1, then the values of the gain C1 and of the offset C2 of the accelerometer are determined by resolving the system of two equations with two unknown values: | 2011-12-15 |
20110307206 | Calibrating method for calibrating measured distance of a measured object measured by a distance-measuring device according to ambient temperature and related device - A calibrating method of calibrating a measured distance of a measured object measured by a distance-measuring device according to an ambient temperature includes providing a temperature sensor for measuring the ambient temperature of the distance-measuring device, calculating a calibrated imaging location of the measured object according to the ambient temperature and an imaging location of the measured object, and calibrating the measured distance according to the calibrated imaging location. In this way, when the distance-measuring device measures the measured object, the error due to the variation of the ambient temperature is avoided according to the calibrating method. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307207 | WEIGHT-BASED CALIBRATION SYSTEM FOR A PRESSURE SENSITIVE CATHETER - A calibration apparatus includes a fixture, which is coupled to hold a distal end of a medical probe. A plurality of weights, which have respective masses and respective bottom surfaces that are oriented at respective angles with respect to the distal end of the probe, are coupled to rest on a distal tip of the probe so as to apply to the distal tip respective force vectors that cause a deformation of the distal tip relative to the distal end. A calibration processor is configured to receive from the probe measurements indicative of the deformation of the distal tip in response to the force vectors, and to compute, based on the measurements, the masses and the angles, calibration coefficients for assessing the force vectors as a function of the measurements. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307208 | Sensor system - Disclosed is a method for adjusting a sensor signal and a corresponding sensor system comprising a sensor for providing a sensor signal representative of a measure other than temperature, dynamic components of the sensor signal being dependent on temperature. In addition there is provided a temperature sensor for measuring the temperature. Dynamic components in the sensor signal are adjusted subject to the temperature sensed, and a compensated sensor signal is supplied. Such sensor system helps compensating for long response times of sensors. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307209 | Diagnosis of Integrated Driver Circuits - A circuit arrangement includes a controller and an integrated driver arrangement coupled to the controller. The integrated driver circuit includes a driver unit having at least one operation parameter, and a diagnostic unit coupled to the driver unit. The diagnostic unit is adapted to retrieve the at least one operation parameter from the driver unit, and is coupled to the controller. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307210 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING A MOBILE NODE - Techniques for tracking the position and movement of a mobile node within a field of fixed nodes are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, positional information generated from neighboring nodes in the field of nodes along with positional information obtained from the mobile node itself is compiled and used to track the location of the mobile node. The field of fixed nodes may relay positional information to interested nodes within the field in order to communicate the movement of the mobile node. Based on the positional information of the mobile node, the mobile node can be tracked, and an estimated time of arrival and a likelihood of reaching a defined point or a fixed node can be computed. Additionally, fixed nodes may use the estimated time of arrival and likelihood calculations to initiate anticipatory processing if the mobile node is likely to encounter the fixed node. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307211 | Method For Measuring The Position Of A Mark In A Deflector System - The present invention relates to a method for determining the coordinates of an arbitrarily shaped pattern in a deflector system. The method basically comprises the steps of: moving the pattern in a first direction (X), calculating the position of the edge of the pattern by counting the number of micro sweeps, performed in a perpendicular direction (Y), until the edge is detected, and determining the coordinates by relating the number of counted micro sweeps to the speed of the movement of the pattern. The invention also relates to software implementing the method. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307212 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING WORKPIECE ON MACHINE TOOL - A measuring head attached to a machine tool is swiveled by a predetermined angle. A reference sphere is then measured by the measuring head from a first direction and a second direction. Accordingly, coordinates of a center point of the reference sphere are acquired. First machine coordinates of the measuring head are coordinates when the measuring head measures the center point of the reference sphere from a first direction. Second machine coordinates of the measuring head are coordinates when the measuring head measures the center point of the reference sphere from a second direction. A 3-dimensional offset of the measuring head is acquired, based on the first machine coordinates and the second machine coordinates of the measuring head. Subsequently, the workpiece is measured by the measuring head, by using the 3-dimensional offset of the measuring head. As a result, the 3-dimensional offset of the measuring head is acquired, and thereby the workpiece can be measured by the measuring head because the measurement function intrinsic to the measuring head is effectively used without separately using another measuring instrument. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307213 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SENSING ATTITUDE AND ANGULAR RATE USING A MAGNETIC FIELD SENSOR AND ACCELEROMETER FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES - A system for determining motion information including attitude and angular rate of a dynamic object. The system includes a magnetic-field sensing device to measure in the body coordinate frame of reference an intensity and/or direction of a magnetic field in three substantially orthogonal directions; an acceleration-sensing device adapted to measure total acceleration of the object in the body coordinate frame of reference; and a processor adapted to calculate attitude and angular rate by combining total acceleration measurement data and magnetic field measurement data with the kinematic model in a filter. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307214 | DISTORTION SENSOR AND DEFORMED SHAPE MEASURING METHOD - Provided are a bending sensor that is less dependent on an input speed of a strain and in which a response delay is unlikely to occur, and a deformed shape measurement method using the bending sensor. The bending sensor is configured to include a base material; a sensor body arranged on a surface of the base material and containing a matrix resin and conductive filler particles filled in the matrix resin at a filling rate of 30% by volume or more, and in which three-dimensional conductive paths are formed by contact among the conductive filler particles, and electrical resistance increases as an deformation amount increases; an elastically deformable cover film arranged so as to cover the sensor body; and a plurality of electrodes connected to the sensor body and capable of outputting electrical resistances. In the sensor body, cracks are formed in advance in such a direction that the conductive paths are cut off during a bending deformation. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307215 | Distance Detection System, Method Thereof and Hand-Held Electronic Device - A distance detection system and method for use in a hand-held electronic device is described. The distance detection system comprises an input unit used to input at least one instruction; at least one processing device having a timing element and a calculating element; at least one signal device; and an air inspecting unit. The signal device is used to transmit a signal to a detecting object in response to the instruction, and to receive a response signal from the detecting object. The timing element is used to measure an interval between transmitting the signal and receiving the response signal. The air inspecting unit is used to detect a condition of air between the hand-held electronic device and the detecting object. The data of the detected air condition can be converted into a parameter to calculate distance data corresponding to a distance from both the parameter and the measured interval. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307216 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATED MEASUREMENT OF EYE-TRACKING SYSTEM RANDOM ERROR - An estimate of random error in an eye-tracking system is done directly from eye-tracker outputs during a trial, without the need for an explicit calibration process. The distances traveled between adjacent user observations are computed, and the random error δ | 2011-12-15 |
20110307217 | Method and apparatus for analysis and assessment of measurement data of a measurement system - A method for analysis and assessment of measurement data of a measurement system having at least one measurement channel provides for the assessment of the measurement data at freely selectable times and over a freely selectable period on the basis of at least one of a plurality of predeterminable criteria. In order in this case to develop a central and generally applicable measurement data diagnosis, in which any desired number of measurement channels can be monitored at the same time with little effort and with good result representation, preferably with determination of the faulty channels, the raw data of the measurement channel is supplied to a fault isolation stage and then to a fault classification stage, and a measure is then determined for the quality of the measurement data of the respective measurement channel. An input for the raw data of the measurement channel as well as a unit in which a fault isolation stage and then a fault classification stage are implemented are provided for this purpose in the apparatus for analysis and assessment of measurement data of a measurement system. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307218 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONFLICT RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT SIMULTANEOUS MONITORING OF MULTIPLE SUBSYSTEMS - A system includes a plurality of sensors configured to measure one or more characteristics of a gearbox. The system also includes a subsystem interaction module device, which includes at least one interface configured to receive input signals associated with multiple components of a system. The subsystem interaction module device also includes at least one processing unit configured to identify a potential fault in one or more of the components using the input signals and to provide an indicator identifying the potential fault. The at least one processing unit is configured to identify the potential fault by: identifying conflicting frequencies that are associated with different faults in the components of the system; and determining a confidence level associated with the potential fault based on the conflicting frequencies. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307219 | METHOD FOR DIAGNOSTIC MONITORING - In order to provide a method for the diagnostic monitoring of the operating states of a plurality of technical systems ( | 2011-12-15 |
20110307220 | IDENTIFYING FAILURES IN AN AEROENGINE - A method and a system for identifying failures in an aeroengine. The system includes: a mechanism defining a set of standardized indicators representative of operation of the aeroengine; a mechanism constructing an anomaly vector representative of a behavior of the engine as a function of the set of standardized indicators; a mechanism selecting in an event of an anomaly being revealed by the anomaly vector a subset of reference vectors having directions belonging to a determined neighborhood of a direction of the anomaly vector, the subset of reference vectors being selected from a set of reference vectors associated with failures of the aeroengine and determined using criteria established by experts; and a mechanism identifying failures associated with the subset of reference vectors. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307221 | BLIND LOGGER DYNAMIC CALLER - Described is an apparatus and method for remotely controlling the call interval of an environmental instrument for a water quality monitoring apparatus based on environmental data obtained by one or more environmental instruments. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307222 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTION OF RADIATION - Digital images or the charge from pixels in light sensitive semiconductor based imagers may be used to detect gamma rays and energetic particles emitted by radioactive materials. Methods may be used to identify pixel-scale artifacts introduced into digital images and video images by high energy gamma rays. Statistical tests and other comparisons on the artifacts in the images or pixels may be used to prevent false-positive detection of gamma rays. The sensitivity of the system may be used to detect radiological material at distances in excess of 50 meters. Advanced processing techniques allow for gradient searches to more accurately determine the source's location, while other acts may be used to identify the specific isotope. Coordination of different imagers and network alerts permit the system to separate non-radioactive objects from radioactive objects. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307223 | Method and apparatus for automating electrical engineering calculations - A computer-based method and apparatus are provided for designing a building's electrical power distribution system. An eNode module accepts user input and collects global project information for an entire electrical power distribution system project. The eNode module extracts and imports the electrical power distribution system project data from separate building equipment and panel board modules and calculates various total electrical loads for the overall system. The eNode module automatically determines the need for accommodating transformers between electrical nodes and flags errors in the specification of panel boards and electrical equipment based on the calculated total loads. The eNode module specifies transformer requirements and determines these errors with the aid of electrical standards data, such as the National Electrical Code. Finally, the computer-based invention automatically generates an electrical parts inventory for constructing the electrical circuits in the building, including transformers, which may be electronically transmitted to a parts supplier for fulfillment. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307224 | System and Method for Machine Engine Modeling - A system, method, and computer readable medium. A method includes maintaining a domain-specific library that has machine objects for a specific usage domain. The method includes building a machine engine model using machine objects from the domain-specific library, where the machine engine model defines at least one automation task. The method includes executing the automation task according to the machine engine model and the plurality of machine objects and displaying the machine engine model, including the executing automation task. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307225 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND TOOLS FOR PROOFING A COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN OBJECT - Systems, methods, and tools for proofing computer-aided design (CAD) objects (e.g., CAD drawings or models). The objects are implemented with CAD software and represent an apparatus. An exemplary method includes receiving a CAD object representing the apparatus, determining criteria for proofing the CAD object, determining rules, extracting items of interest from the CAD object, and comparing the extracted items with the rules. An example item of interest is a drawing note on the CAD object and an example rule includes a plurality of keywords. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307226 | Efficient Data Compression For Vector-Based Static Timing Analysis - In a STA method, after accessing data sets regarding the IC, vectors of the data sets for STA can be generated. Each vector can include a base value and a plurality of tokens, wherein each token is quantized. For each vector, the data of the vector can be adjusted. Adjusting can include shifting a predetermined token to zero and adjusting the base value and remaining token values based on the shifting. Incremental compression can be applied within the vector by storing each token value as a difference versus its previous token value. Differential compression can then be applied by storing each token value as a difference versus a corresponding token value in a predetermined reference vector. A resulting vector can be stored. At this point, an operation for STA can be performed using multiple resulting vectors without de-quantizing or decompressing. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307227 | CHARACTERIZING FLOW PRODUCTION - A method for characterizing flow production of a well. The method includes generating a plurality of dimensionless decline curves from a mathematical model that characterizes an expected flow production of the well and generating an overlay curve based on production data pertaining to the well. After generating the mathematical model and the overlay curve, the method compares the overlay curve to the plurality of dimensionless decline curves. The method then calculates a reservoir effective drainage area for the well based on the comparison. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307228 | DATA ANALYSIS AND PREDICTIVE SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODOLOGIES - A method of optimising a model Mx suitable for use in data analysis and determining a prognostic outcome specific to a particular subject (input vector x), the subject comprising a number of variable features in relation to a scenario of interest for which there is a global dataset D of samples also having the same features relating to the scenario, and for which the outcome is known is disclosed. In one implementation, the method includes: (a) determining what number and a subset Vx of variable features will be used in assessing the outcome for the input vector x; (b) determining what number Kx of samples from within the global data set D will form a neighbourhood about x; (c) selecting suitable Kx samples from the global data set which have the variable features that most closely accord to the variable features of the particular subject x to form the neighbourhood Dx; (d) ranking the Vx variable features within the neighbourhood Dx in order of importance to the outcome of vector x and obtaining a weight vector Wx for all variable features Vx; (e) creating a prognostic model Mx, having a set of model parameters Px and the other parameters from (a)-(d); (f) testing the accuracy of the model Mx at e) for each sample from Dx; (g) storing both the accuracy from (f), and the model parameters developed in (a) to (e); (h) repeating (a) and/or (b) whilst applying an optimisation procedure to optimise Vx and/or Kx, to determine their optimal values, before repeating (c)-(h) until maximum accuracy at (f) is achieved. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307229 | ION IMPLANTATION DISTRIBUTION GENERATING METHOD AND SIMULATOR - A method of generating an ion implantation distribution by a computer is disclosed. The method includes calculating ion implantation distribution regions in a case of generating the ion implantation distribution with a large tilt angle and generating an analytical model of the ion implantation distribution in correspondence with each of the ion implantation distribution regions by using a Gauss distribution model, in which the ion implantation distribution regions have different influence on a channel region depending on a gate structure formed on the ion distribution regions. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307230 | Optimizing Reservoir Performance Under Uncertainty - One or more methods for optimizing reservoir development planning include a source of characterized input data, an optimization model, a baseline model for simulating the reservoir, a modified model, and one or more solution routines interfacing with the optimization model. The optimization model can consider unknown parameters having uncertainties directly within the optimization model. The modified model can systematically address uncertain data, for example comprehensively or even taking all uncertain data into account. Accordingly, the modified model is optimized to flexible or robust solutions. Final reservoir development plans are generated based on optimized model results. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307231 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR CREATING AN INDIVIDUALIZED, COMPUTER-AIDED MODEL OF A SYSTEM, AND A CORRESPONDING COMPUTER PROGRAM AND A CORRESPONDING MACHINE-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A method and an arrangement for creating an individualized, computer-aided model of a system, for determining physiological variables and/or parameters from clinical measurements and continuous measurements. Furthermore, one or more embodiments makes it possible to detect disease-related changes, to the heart in particular, and enables an improved medical interpretation of measurements by implant sensors. The system is not limited to physiological systems, and can also be used to monitor technical systems. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307232 | COMPUTER READABLE PROGRAM CODE IMPLEMENTING MODELING OF A SYSTEM COMPRISING AT LEAST A LINEAR MOTOR AND A BLOCK SWITCHING CONTROLLER - An article of manufacture is provided having computer readable program code embodied therein which implements modeling of a system (e.g., an electromagnetic aircraft launch system) having at least a linear motor and a block switching controller. The computer readable program code implements the following steps: (a) generating a model of the system, the model having a plurality of sub-models, the plurality of sub-models comprising at least a sub-model of the linear motor and a sub-model of the block switching controller; (b) inserting at least one simulation artifact (e.g., a capacitive element) into the system model between two sub-models, the simulation artifact creating a virtual voltage state; and (c) simulating the operation of the system using the generated model. The insertion of a simulation artifact into the model between sub-models can enable the sub-models to be independently modeled in different reference frames (e.g., the stator abc-reference frame and the dq-reference frame). | 2011-12-15 |
20110307233 | COMMON SHARED MEMORY IN A VERIFICATION SYSTEM - The debug system described in this patent specification provides a system that generates hardware elements from normally non-synthesizable code elements for placement on an FPGA device. This particular FPGA device is called a Behavior Processor. This Behavior Processor executes in hardware those code constructs that were previously executed in software. When some condition is satisfied (e.g., If . . . then . . . else loop) which requires some intervention by the workstation or the software model, the Behavior Processor works with an Xtrigger device to send a callback signal to the workstation for immediate response. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307234 | CIRCUIT SIMULATION METHOD AND CIRCUIT SIMULATION DEVICE - The present invention provides a circuit simulation method of executing a high-precision circuit simulation. A voltage fluctuation analysis step at a gate level is executed (step S | 2011-12-15 |
20110307235 | EQUIVALENT CIRCUIT MODEL FOR MULTILAYER CHIP CAPACITOR, CIRCUIT CONSTANT ANALYSIS METHOD, PROGRAM, DEVICE, AND CIRCUIT SIMULATOR - Improved equivalent circuits and circuit analysis using the same for a multiplayer capacitor are provided. In one aspect, the equivalent series capacitance C and part of the equivalent series resistance R of a basic equivalent circuit for a multiplayer chip capacitor are replaced with a capacitance CO, and capacitances Cm and C | 2011-12-15 |
20110307236 | SIMULATION APPARATUS, SIMULATION METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR RECORDING SIMULATION PROGRAM - According to one embodiment, a simulation apparatus includes a hardware model execution unit that executes a hardware model, a software model execution unit that executes a software model, a simulation time management unit that sets a first simulation time indicating a total elapsed time of a simulation time of the hardware model, ahead by the simulation time of which the HW model notified, and sets the second simulation time indicating a total elapsed time of a simulation time of the software model, ahead by the simulation time of which the SW model notified, and a scheduler that compares the first simulation time with the second simulation time, causes the SW model or the HW model to be executed based on the comparison result, and causes only the hardware model to be executed instead of execution of an idle loop when the SW model awaits an interrupt from the HW model. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307237 | MODELING OF HETEROGENEOUS MULTI-TECHNOLOGY NETWORKS AND SERVICES BY METHOD OF TRANSLATION OF DOMAIN-FOCUSED USER INFORMATION MODEL TO COMMON INFORMATION MODEL - In various embodiments, a method comprises defining a plurality of translating references for an object, generating a common information model (CIM) with a processor of a system, the CIM comprising one or more functional object attributes of the object, generating a first instantiation of a user information model (UIM), the first instantiation of the UIM comprising one or more user-associated attributes of the object, interfacing with the CIM using the first instantiation of the UIM, and translating one or more user-associated attributes of the first instantiation of the UIM to the one or more functional object attributes of the CIM using the plurality of translating references. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307238 | Methods for utilizing a javascript emulator in a web content proxy server and devices thereof - A method, computer readable medium and apparatus that utilize a JavaScript emulator in a proxy server to create and store an object model of a web page which has one or more JavaScript instruction sets. At least one of the one or more JavaScript instruction sets are extracted from the web page and a JavaScript field identifier is inserted into the web page to optimize the web page which is then provided. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307239 | Hardware Emulation Proxy for Hardware Software Co-Emulation - The invention provides for the interaction of an emulator emulating an electronic design having a communication bus communicating with a software application over the emulated communication bus. The interaction is facilitated in such a manner as to provide an appropriate latency for the emulated communication bus. According to various implementations of the invention, a protocol proxy is provided. The protocol proxy is designed to be emulated along with an electronic design and configured to communicate to software executing on a computer connected to the emulator. The protocol proxy includes a protocol module that communicates to the electronic design being emulated in the emulator environment. Furthermore, the protocol proxy includes a software control module that communicates to the software outside the emulator through proxy communication channels. Further still, the protocol proxy includes a data storage component. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307240 | DATA MODELING OF MULTILINGUAL TAXONOMICAL HIERARCHIES - Translations are provided as a property in multilingual taxonomical hierarchies. Translations for each node in a tree structure are associated with the node of a primary language as labels, where each node can have a plurality of labels. If the translation into a secondary language does not exist, a default label and language combination may be designated to be used in place of the missing secondary language during rendering. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307241 | ENHANCED SPEECH-TO-SPEECH TRANSLATION SYSTEM AND METHODS - A speech translation system and methods for cross-lingual communication that enable users to improve and modify content and usage of the system and easily abort or reset translation. The system includes a speech recognition module configured for accepting an utterance, a machine translation module, an interface configured to communicate the utterance and proposed translation, a correction module and an abort action unit that removes any hypotheses or partial hypotheses and terminates translation. The system also includes modules for storing favorites, changing language mode, automatically identifying language, providing language drills, viewing third party information relevant to conversation, among other things. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307242 | Method for realtime spoken natural language translation and apparatus therefor - A method and apparatus for performing real time automatic translation of the spoken language are provided. A spoken language input is received at one end comprising at least one source language and delivered at other end comprising at least one target language using natural language processing technology and language translation processing technology. The spoken language input comprises voice, words, sentences, accent, phrases, and pronunciation to communicate from one user to the other user. Delivered spoken language input goes through disintegration process performed by natural language disintegration technology and encoded into a digitized global source disintegrated language format at one end for target output language translation. The encoded disintegrated digitized global source language format is received by other end and decoded into integrated digitized global target language format which goes through further integration decoding process performed by natural language integration technology and translated into spoken language output comprising at least one target language at other end. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307243 | MULTILINGUAL RUNTIME RENDERING OF METADATA - Translated versions of metadata are provided to a user at runtime based on a working language selection. Translated versions of metadata in secondary languages are associated with an original version in a primary language as properties instead of being separate items within an infrastructure hierarchy. The property may be selected from a look-up field at runtime based on user selection of automatic determination of a desired working language. If a translation of a particular item in the working language does not exist, the default language (primary language) version is used instead. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307244 | JOINT OPTIMIZATION FOR MACHINE TRANSLATION SYSTEM COMBINATION - A joint optimization strategy is employed for combining translation hypotheses from multiple machine-translation systems. Decisions on word alignment, between the hypotheses, ordering, and selection of a combined translation output are made jointly in accordance with a set of features. Additional features that model alignment and ordering behavior are also provided and utilized. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307245 | WORD ALIGNMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPROVED VOCABULARY COVERAGE IN STATISTICAL MACHINE TRANSLATION - A system and method for generating word alignments from pairs of aligned text strings are provided. A corpus of text strings provides pairs of text strings, primarily sentences, in source and target languages. A first alignment between a text string pair creates links therebetween. Each link links a single token of the first text string to a single token of the second text string. A second alignment also creates links between the text string pair. In some cases, these links may correspond to bi-phrases. A modified first alignment is generated by selectively modifying links in the first alignment which include a word which is infrequent in the corpus, based on links generated in the second alignment. This results in removing at least some of the links for the infrequent words, allowing more compact and better quality bi-phrases, with higher vocabulary coverage, to be extracted for use in a machine translation system. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307246 | Methods And Systems For Changing A Communication Quality Of A Communication Session Based On A Meaning Of Speech Data - Methods and systems are described for changing a communication quality of a communication session based on a meaning of speech data. Speech data exchanged between clients participating in a communication session is parsed. A meaning of the parsed speech data is determined. An action is performed to change a communication quality of the communication session based on the meaning of the parsed speech data. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307247 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LEXICAL NAVIGATION OF ITEMS - A method and a system for lexical navigation of a corpus of items are provided. For example, the method may include generating a data structure in a non-transitory, computer readable medium. The data structure may include a number of items, a number of keywords, and a frequency that each of the keywords is associated with each of the items. The method may further include generating a top-level lexical cloud that includes a subset of the keywords. Each keyword in the subset may be associated with a size that is proportional its frequency of occurrence. Finally, the method may include generating a plurality of lower-level lexical clouds by eliminating any one of the plurality of items not associated with a particular one of the keywords from the data structure, and generating the lower level lexical cloud as a second subset of the plurality of keywords that remain in the data structure. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307248 | ENCODER, DECODER, AND METHOD THEREFOR - Provided is an encoder which can effectively encode/decode spectrum data of a broad frequency signal in a high frequency range, can dramatically reduce the number of the arithmetic operations to be performed, and can improve the quality of the decoded signal. The encoder comprises a first layer coding unit ( | 2011-12-15 |
20110307249 | METHOD AND ACOUSTIC SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR INTERFERENCE AND NOISE SUPPRESSION IN BINAURAL MICROPHONE CONFIGURATIONS - A method determines a bias reduced noise and interference estimation in a binaural microphone configuration with a right and a left microphone signal at a time-frame with a target speaker active. The method includes a determination of the auto power spectral density estimate of the common noise formed of noise and interference components of the right and left microphone signals and a modification of the auto power spectral density estimate of the common noise by using an estimate of the magnitude squared coherence of the noise and interference components contained in the right and left microphone signals determined at a time frame without a target speaker active. An acoustic signal processing system and a hearing aid implement the method for determining the bias reduced noise and interference estimation. The noise reduction performance of speech enhancement algorithms is improved by the invention. Further, distortions of the target speech signal and residual noise and interference components are reduced. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307250 | Modular Speech Recognition Architecture - A speech recognition system is provided. The speech recognition system includes a speech recognition module; a plurality of domain specific dialog manager modules that communicate with the speech recognition module to perform speech recognition; and a speech interface module that that communicates with the plurality of domain specific dialog manager modules to selectively enable the speech recognition. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307251 | Sound Source Separation Using Spatial Filtering and Regularization Phases - Described is a multiple phase process/system that combines spatial filtering with regularization to separate sound from different sources such as the speech of two different speakers. In a first phase, frequency domain signals corresponding to the sensed sounds are processed into separated spatially filtered signals including by inputting the signals into a plurality of beamformers (which may include nullformers) followed by nonlinear spatial filters. In a regularization phase, the separated spatially filtered signals are input into an independent component analysis mechanism that is configured with multi-tap filters, followed by secondary nonlinear spatial filters. Separated audio signals are the provided via an inverse-transform. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307252 | Using Utterance Classification in Telephony and Speech Recognition Applications - Described is the use of utterance classification based methods and other machine learning techniques to provide a telephony application or other voice menu application (e.g., an automotive application) that need not use Context-Free-Grammars to determine a user's spoken intent. A classifier receives text from an information retrieval-based speech recognizer and outputs a semantic label corresponding to the likely intent of a user's speech. The semantic label is then output, such as for use by a voice menu program in branching between menus. Also described is training, including training the language model from acoustic data without transcriptions, and training the classifier from speech-recognized acoustic data having associated semantic labels. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307253 | Speech and Noise Models for Speech Recognition - An audio signal generated by a device based on audio input from a user may be received. The audio signal may include at least a user audio portion that corresponds to one or more user utterances recorded by the device. A user speech model associated with the user may be accessed and a determination may be made background audio in the audio signal is below a defined threshold. In response to determining that the background audio in the audio signal is below the defined threshold, the accessed user speech model may be adapted based on the audio signal to generate an adapted user speech model that models speech characteristics of the user. Noise compensation may be performed on the received audio signal using the adapted user speech model to generate a filtered audio signal with reduced background audio compared to the received audio signal. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307254 | SPEECH RECOGNITION INVOLVING A MOBILE DEVICE - A system and method of speech recognition involving a mobile device. Speech input is received ( | 2011-12-15 |
20110307255 | System and Method for Conversion of Speech to Displayed Media Data - A method for instantaneous and real-time conversion of sound into media data and with the ability to project, print, copy, or manipulate such media data. The invention relates to a method for converting speech to a text string, recognizing the text string, and then displaying the media data that corresponds with the text string. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307256 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING NETWORK-BASED VOICE AUTHENTICATION - A system enables voice authentication via a network. The system may include an intelligent voice response engine operatively coupled to the network for receiving transaction or access requests from a plurality of telecommunications devices over the network. A speech recognition and verification services engine may be operatively coupled to the network and a database may be operatively coupled to the speech recognition and verification services engine for storing user voice print profiles. The speech recognition and verification services engine may receive a speaker verification call from the intelligent voice response engine and perform speaker verification on the received speaker verification call based on the stored user voice print profiles. The speech recognition and verification services engine may generate a verification score based upon results of the speaker verification. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307257 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR REAL-TIME INTERACTION ANALYSIS IN CALL CENTERS - A method and system for indicating in real time that an interaction is associated with a problem or issue, comprising: receiving a segment of an interaction in which a representative of the organization participates; extracting a feature from the segment; extracting a global feature associated with the interaction; aggregating the feature and the global feature; and classifying the segment or the interaction in association with the problem or issue by applying a model to the feature and the global feature. The method and system may also use features extracted from earlier segments within the interaction. The method and system can also evaluate the model based on features extracted from training interactions and manual tagging assigned to the interactions or segments thereof. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307258 | REAL-TIME APPLICATION OF INTERACTION ANLYTICS - A method and apparatus for providing real-time assistance related to an interaction associated with a contact center, comprising steps or components for: receiving at least a part of an audio signal of an interaction captured by a capturing device associated with an organization, and metadata information associated with the interaction; performing audio analysis of the at least part of the audio signal, while the interaction is still in progress to obtain audio information; categorizing at least a part of the metadata information and the audio information, to determine a category associated with the interaction, while the interaction is still in progress to obtain audio information; and taking an action associated with the category. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307259 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUDIO CONTENT NAVIGATION - A system and method for communicating one or more audio files through a network. One or more original files of an original web site are converted into one or more audio files. An indication is provided to a user that the one or more original files are available as the one or more audio files in response to the user navigating the one or more original files. The one or more audio files are delivered to a computing device of the user through the network in response to a request to access the one or more audio files. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307260 | MULTI-MODAL GENDER RECOGNITION - Gender recognition is performed using two or more modalities. For example, depth image data and one or more types of data other than depth image data is received. The data pertains to a person. The different types of data are fused together to automatically determine gender of the person. A computing system can subsequently interact with the person based on the determination of gender. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307261 | Quantizing a Joint-Channel-Encoded Audio Signal - Provided are, among other things, systems, methods and techniques for quantizing a joint-channel-encoded audio signal, e.g., by: (a) obtaining an audio signal that includes a plurality of channels, with each channel including a block of samples; (b) segmenting the samples within each of a plurality of the blocks into quantization units; (c) jointly sum/difference encoding at least one pair of corresponding quantization units in different channels to produce a sum channel quantization unit and a difference channel quantization unit; (d) initializing quantization step sizes among the quantization units across the plurality of channels; (e) quantizing the samples in the quantization units using the assigned quantization step sizes; (f) calculating quantization errors for the quantization units; (g) based on the quantization errors, identifying a target quantization unit, from among the quantization units, for reduction of quantization step size; (h) determining whether the target quantization unit has been jointly sum/difference encoded with another quantization unit; (i) if the target quantization unit has not been jointly sum/difference encoded with another quantization unit, re-quantizing the target quantization unit using a decreased quantization step size; (j) if the target quantization unit has been jointly sum/difference encoded with another quantization unit, then: (i) designating the sum channel quantization unit as a target S/D quantization unit if the sum channel quantization unit has a greater quantization error than the difference channel quantization unit, (ii) designating the difference channel quantization unit as the target S/D channel quantization unit if the difference channel quantization unit has a greater quantization error than the sum channel quantization unit, and (iii) re-quantizing the target S/D channel quantization using a decreased quantization step size; (k) recalculating the quantization error for the target quantization unit; and (l) repeating (g)-(k) until a specified criterion is satisfied. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307262 | PREDICTIVE SURVEY CLOSURE - A method for managing a survey with a plurality of segments is disclosed. First, one or more segments of the survey is presented to a plurality of respondents. An estimated completion rate is derived for at least one of the segments of the survey and may be based upon a number of respondents presented with the respective segment of the survey, and a number of respondents completing the survey. Quota group progress counts of at least one of the segments of the survey for each of the quota groups is derived. Estimated completion counts of each of the quota groups for at least one of the segments of the survey is also derived. The counts are based upon the corresponding quota group progress counts and the estimated completion rates. The method includes closing the survey to subsequent additional respondents of a given quota group. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307263 | MANAGING CONSISTENT INTERFACES FOR PROPERTY LIBRARY, PROPERTY LIST TEMPLATE, QUANTITY CONVERSION VIRTUAL OBJECT, AND SUPPLIER PROPERTY SPECIFICATION BUSINESS OBJECTS ACROSS HETEROGENEOUS SYSTEMS - A business object model, which reflects data that is used during a given business transaction, is utilized to generate interfaces. This business object model facilitates commercial transactions by providing consistent interfaces that are suitable for use across industries, across businesses, and across different departments within a business during a business transaction. In some operations, software creates, updates, or otherwise processes information related to a property library, a property list template, a quantity conversion virtual object, and/or a supplier property specification business object. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307264 | DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTING TRIAGE CLASSIFICATION LEVELS - An initial triage level classification for a latest patient to arrive at an emergency department (ED) is received. Availability levels of resources needed to treat the latest patient are electronically collected, along with triage level classifications for all other patients currently in the ED. The initial triage level classification of the latest patient is adjusted upward or downward based on the availability levels of resources needed to treat the latest patient and based on the triage level classifications for the patients in the ED. The triage level classifications for all patients currently in the ED are summed up. If a sum of all triage level classifications exceeds a first predetermined threshold, other resources are reallocated in order to provide the resources needed to treat the latest patient to arrive at the ED. If the sum of all triage level classifications exceeds a second predetermined threshold, then a disaster plan is implemented. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307265 | REMOTE PHARMACY ORDERING TERMINAL - This invention allows a mail order pharmacy and a network of community pharmacies to provide a service whereby customers place orders for prescription medications & over-the-counter (OTC) products online or from conveniently located terminals. Prescribing physician can directly send prescription(s) by fax, phone or electronically to processing pharmacy; or consumer(s) deliver original prescription(s) for these orders in the terminals. The original prescription is collected and verified before the order is shipped or picked-up, particularly for narcotics and other controlled medications. A back-end processing system verifies all entered data against pharmacy databases and automatically matches prescription forms with the customer's order using a unique barcode. This invention considerably reduces the wait time needed to process a prescription order and receive the product, while providing convenience, privacy, and security measures in compliance with regulatory requirements. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307266 | REAL-TIME INTERACTIVE PROACTIVE, AUTOMATED PATIENT TRACKING AND PATIENT/HOSPITAL STAFF/CARE PROVIDER ENGAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - An interactive courtesy call within a hospital includes admitting a patient and generating unique patient id data and admission time and date data and assigning the patient to a unit for treatment, transferring said data to a computer based device which has software thereon for conducting an interactive telephonic courtesy call with the patient, wherein the software obtains unique patient id data and admission time and date data and monitors location of the patient, treating the patient subsequent to admission and returning the patient to a patient room having a phone, generating one of a predetermined question specific to the treatment or related to hospital facility and initiating an interactive telephonic courtesy call with the patient through the phone by use of a personal prerecorded voice message from an employee of the hospital, and real-time transmitting result data obtained through the interactive telephonic courtesy call to a hospital attendant. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307267 | DISTRIBUTED RANDOMIZATION AND SUPPLY MANAGEMENT IN CLINICAL TRIALS - A distributed clinical trial system that provides configurability, reusability and integration of randomization and inventory configurations for different clinical trials with various electronic data capture (EDC) systems. The distributed clinical trial system includes a method of randomizing subjects in a multi-arm clinical trial. In accordance with a method, a subject identifier and a trial identifier are received from an EDC system. The trial identifier indicates the multi-arm clinical trial and the subject identifier indicates a subject enrolled in the multi-arm clinical trial. A randomization design previously configured for the multi-arm clinical trial is retrieved from a database based on the received trial identifier. The subject identifier is assigned to an arm identifier of the multi-arm clinical trial based on the randomization design. The arm identifier indicates an arm of the multi-arm clinical trial to which the subject has been assigned. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307268 | Remote Drug Clinical Trials and Safety Monitoring Support System - The present invention includes systems and methods for monitoring effectiveness and safety of a drug treatment program on a patient. The system includes a computer and a control box connected to the computer. The control box can have one or more interfaces for the patient including bio-signal measuring ones. It can also provide multiple interfaces for the patient. The system also includes a drug dispenser connected to the computer. The drug dispenser can be connected through the control box or directly to the computer. The drug dispenser records a time and a dosage of a drug taken by the patient and the computer executes game software that allows the patient to play a game, the game being based on input to the control box provided by the patient. The computer can be connected to a server that controls overall operation of the system. Server received further input from authorized physicians, drug company researchers or drug safety monitoring specialists of government agencies. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307269 | System and method for health-care continuities and vigilances - A system and method for applying diverse constellations and continua of clinical and medical algorithms and sequences, orders and arrays of related diagnoses and syndromes and related relational information and data on health and health-care and related diseases, disorders and illnesses related to patients and physicians in the viewing screens for delivering health-care continuities and vigilance and preventive medicine for and among physicians and patients by said network or networks of servers and computers, physicians and patients. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307270 | SYSTEM FOR SEPARATING AND DISTRIBUTING PHARMACY ORDER PROCESSING FOR PRESCRIPTION VERIFICATION - An information system and method that provides the ability to reroute portions of prescription order work between a plurality of organizational units in order to leverage capacity, expertise, or other resources to increase network efficiency. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307271 | IDENTIFICATION OF SPECIALTY DRUGS - Methods for determining whether a drug is a specialty drug, methods for creating tools to be used in making the determination, and the tools themselves are disclosed. The overall value of a drug depends on the drug's attribute values with respect to each of a set of drug attributes (concerning, e.g., the drug's route of administration, targeted disease, possible adverse reactions, risk of toxicity, cost, need for patient compliance with the treatment regime, and handling, preparation, and/or storage requirements. If the overall value or its partial overall values meet certain criteria, the drug is deemed to be a specialty drug. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307272 | Home Health Point-of-Care and Administration System - A home health point-of-care and administration system and method that has at least one mobile device that is adapted to establish bi-directional communication with a server system is provided. Tracking and data communication software are associated with the mobile device in various embodiments. One or more input components of the mobile device allow for input of information from a user (such as a visiting home healthcare staff member) and the mobile device is adapted for receipt of instructional and other information from the server system to build a dynamic visit record. The record provides detailed information related to off-site visits such as tasks performed by the visiting staff member using the mobile device. Start and finish times of the visit may also be recorded. A global positioning system (GPS) application operating in conjunction with the communication device and server system may be employed to monitor the actions of the visiting staff member. Such information is provided in individual visit records transmitted to the remote server system and may be used for administrative purposes. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307273 | TRACKING TREATMENT SEQUENCES IN HEALTH CARE - Among other things, a data model is used to express possible sequences of steps related to treatment of patients and corresponding results of respective sequences in accordance with a health care algorithm. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307274 | INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM FOR MANAGING MEDICAL DEVICE INFORMATION - Computer-implemented systems and methods for managing information include one or more client terminal devices in communication with a data interchange system. In one instance, the data interchange system may facilitate communication between a device manufacturer and a clinical site. One or more of the client terminals devices may be configured to: (a) collect the medical device information from the medical device; (b) transmit the medical device information to the medical device manufacturer and/or the clinical site via the interchange system; and (c) receive information from the medical device manufacturer and/or the clinical site via the interchange system. The client terminal device may be further configured to: (d) activate, deactivate or configure a medical device. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307275 | INTEGRATED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING, GENERATING (PRINTING), MANAGING, AND TRACKING AUTHORIZATIONS TO RELEASE INFORMATION TO THIRD PARTIES - A method and system for preparing release of information documents is disclosed. The method includes receiving first information identifying a particular legal matter, receiving second information identifying one or more clients associated with the particular legal matter, receiving third information identifying a plurality of sources of medical information requiring a release of information document, and receiving fourth information identifying at least one recipient to which said medical information is to be provided. The method further includes batch processing, via a processor, the received first, second, third and fourth information, and generating, via the processor, at least a release of information document for each of the plurality of sources. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307276 | Context Management Systems and Methods in a Mobile Computing Framework For Enterprise Applications - A framework for a handheld computing device comprising a user interface that: (1) controls the display, selection and launching of program modules; (2) controls patient context within the program modules; and (3) provides for messaging and sharing of databases between and among program modules. In various embodiments, databases are shared between the program modules by the publishing of XML and metadata identifying the structure of the databases. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307277 | COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED RISK AND INSURANCE NEEDS ASSESSMENT SYSTEM AND METHODS - Disclosed herein are systems and methods for assessing and recommending a life insurance package to a client. A life insurance package may comprise the amount of life insurance coverage and the monthly cost needed to obtain that amount of coverage. In an exemplary embodiment, two or more life insurance packages, including what each life insurance package covers, are presented to the user. In an exemplary embodiment, default assumptions are made for questions that are difficult for the user to answer but may be fairly accurately estimated by the system. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307278 | Managing insurance information using versioned and non-versioned data - Managing insurance information includes obtaining account information associated with an insurance account, selectively indicating a first portion of the account information that includes versioned information and a second portion of the account information that includes non-versioned information, obtaining policy information of an insurance policy associated with the insurance account, including copying at least some of the versioned information as a first portion of the insurance policy, and establishing a link between at least some of the non-versioned information and a second portion of the insurance policy. The second portion of the insurance policy that is linked with the non-versioned information is automatically updated to reflect changes to the non-versioned information. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307279 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RESERVING FUTURE PURCHASES OF GOODS AND SERVICES - A method and system for reserving future purchases of goods or services using plural electronic options. The purchased electronic options are automatically exercised upon completion of an electronic purchase transaction for a desired good or service associated with the purchased electronic option and a final purchase price automatically adjusted based on exercising the electronic option. The final purchase price is adjusted based on electronic option terms as well as other factors including reward points, loyalty points, etc. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307280 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SEARCHING AND BOOKING A COMPLETE TRAVEL ITINERARY - A travel system uses information pertaining to an initial origin and an ultimate destination of a traveler, instead of specific airports (or other travel depots) to plan and book a complete itinerary. The complete itinerary may include transportation, lodging, and/or car rentals for one or more travel legs to/from one or more destinations. In some embodiments, the travel system may import information associated with one or more appointments from the traveler's calendar to automatically plan and book the complete itinerary. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307281 | MODEL INVENTORY MANAGER - A method and apparatus for managing a building model inventory, including a database structured for storing element specification and instance data from both a previous version and a latter revision of building information modeling datasets, respectively. In addition to the building information modeling element data, the database associates completed assembly pass, unit cost, work breakdown structure, and other inventory management data with the element type definitions and element instance data. Application software compares the first and second inventory revisions to identify all changes, additions and/or deletions of building elements between the previous version and the latter revision of the building information modeling datasets. By tracking the elements that change, the changes that affect the construction schedule and quantity, configuration and specification of materials are identified. An engineering cost analysis based on the changed data provides a rapid understanding of the implications of any design change. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307282 | System and method for operating a service to arrange transport between a customer and a transport party - A system and method are described for enabling transportation to be arranged for individuals carrying handsets or mobile devices. In some embodiments, a customer can transmit a request for transport from a given customer geographic location. A service may handle the request by selecting a driver for the customer. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307283 | METHOD FOR STAFFING A CALL CENTER - A method for staffing a call center involves, via a processor at the call center, generating a work schedule of a call center advisor for a then-current work day, the work schedule including i) information related to at least one planned activity, and ii) information related to at least one shrink activity, the information related to the at least one shrink activity being forecasted from a time-based, graduated ramp schedule. The method further involves, via the processor, utilizing the work schedule to determine an appropriate number of call center advisors for the call center throughout a future work day. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307284 | COMMAND CENTER COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR IMPROVED MANAGEMENT OF COMPLEX MEDICAL ENVIRONMENTS - Computer-implemented systems, apparatus and methods for managing information, operations and functions in a complex medical environment and providing a command control center interface for receiving/sending/displaying data, relating to products, instructions, diagnosis, consultation, patient's information, supplies and their provision, registration, scheduling, updating and like operational functions and features, and updating on an ongoing basis to coordinate, control and synchronize necessary and/or desirable operations within the environment, whereby the “hospital of the future” is effectively facilitated with proficiency and efficiency in an accurate and reliable manner. Such systems may also include one or more client terminal devices in communication with a data interchange subsystem. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307285 | Assessing Staffing Coverage for Software Applications - A computer system enables a business to determine a structure of a software application, obtain staffing information assigned to the application, and determine a staffing gap for different levels of the application. Staffing assessment may be expanded to a software portfolio that typically includes different applications and further to a line of business segment that corresponds to one or more portfolios. Supply coverage and demand coverage for each of the application levels is then determined so that staffing gaps for each of the application levels can be assessed. Staffing information may include staffing at different skill levels include subject matter experts, specialists, and generalists. The structure of an application may include modules that further include sub-modules. A training plan may be invoked when staffing is overly dependent on contractor support. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307286 | SCHEDULING A MEETING BETWEEN DIFFERENT WORK SCHEDULES - A method of scheduling a meeting, with computing systems in communication with a data network, includes: storing an identification of a prospective meeting participant's regular work hours and typically-worked off-work hours on a memory device of a computing system; and with the computing system, generating a suggested meeting time within the regular work hours and typically-worked off-work hours. A system for scheduling a meeting includes: a computing system programmed to store an identification of a prospective meeting participant's regular work hours and typically-worked off-work hours on a memory device for use by meeting scheduling software, also stored on the memory device, for generating a suggested meeting time within the regular work hours and typically-worked off-work hours. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307287 | Meeting cost effectiveness planning tool - This invention relates to a method by which any individual or organization can associate, record, track and manage meeting events against cost and associated meeting effectiveness. Cataloging key cost factors such as meeting frequency, participant hours, discipline of participants, participant wages, required travel and travel hours, punctuality and number of participants. As described herein, the name given to this invention is a Meeting Cost Effectiveness Planning Tool. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307288 | TRANSPORT SCHEDULING FOR LOW MICROBIAL BULK PRODUCTS - Transport scheduling and transport processes for low microbial (“LM”) bulk products are described. The transport scheduling and processes facilitate low microbial activity in a LM bulk product during the transport of the LM bulk product. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307289 | MANAGING CONSISTENT INTERFACES FOR CUSTOMER PROJECT INVOICING AGREEMENT, ENGINEERING CHANGE CASE, PRODUCT DESIGN, PRODUCT DESIGN VERSION HIERARCHY, AND PROJECT EXPENSE VIEW BUSINESS OBJECTS ACROSS HETEROGENEOUS SYSTEMS - A business object model, which reflects data that is used during a given business transaction, is utilized to generate interfaces. This business object model facilitates commercial transactions by providing consistent interfaces that are suitable for use across industries, across businesses, and across different departments within a business during a business transaction. In some operations, software creates, updates, or otherwise processes information related to a customer project invoicing agreement, an engineering change case, a product design, a product design version hierarchy, and/or a project expense view business object. | 2011-12-15 |
20110307290 | PERSONALIZED CAPACITY PLANNING SCENARIOS USING REUSABLE CAPACITY PLANNING SCENARIO TEMPLATES - Systems and methods are described for creating a personalized capacity planning scenario using a reusable capacity planning scenario template. In accordance with one method, a system topology model can be maintained. The system topology model includes tags describing components and constraints on components within the system topology. The tags can be compared with a plurality of reusable capacity planning scenario templates. The capacities of the components can be identified based on at least one of topology and services executing on the components. At least a portion of the system topology model can be replaced with a reusable capacity planning scenario template based on the identified capacities. An impact of the replacement of the at least a portion of the system topology model can be evaluated. A scenario recommendation can be made to an administrator based on the impact. | 2011-12-15 |