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20110043847 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ALLOCATING CONTENT OF ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS - A computer implemented document-processing system comprises at least one processing element including a receiving component, a target-region identifying component a database and a calculating component. The receiving component electronically receives a print-job specification corresponding to at least one printable document. The receiving component electronically stores the print-job specification. The target-region identifying component operatively identifies at least one target region of a printable document of the at least one printable document. The database stores a plurality of data sources and is in operative communication with the target-region identifying component. Each data source is configured to provide printable data for printing within a target region of the at least one target region received by the target-region identifying component. The calculating component electronically calculates a plurality of prices. Each price of the plurality of prices corresponds to printing the printable data within the target region of the at least one target region as received from a respective data source of the plurality of data sources. Each of the plurality of prices is operatively associated with a respective data source. | 02-24-2011 |
20110047034 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING PRINT JOBS - A computer implemented document-processing system and related method includes a receiving component, a capabilities analysis component, an authorization component and a calculating component. The receiving component receives a campaign-specifications data structure including one or more job specifications. One of the job specifications is associated with a job type selected from a direct mail campaign catalog, a direct mail campaign advertising and a direct mail non-printable service. The capabilities analysis component selects a set of capable entries from a database of vendors such that each selected entry corresponds to a vendor capable of performing one or more jobs of a campaign as operatively specified by one or more job specifications of the campaign-specifications data structure. The authorization component authorizes a set of entries from the database of vendors that conform to a predetermined set of criteria. The calculating component electronically calculates a plurality of prices corresponding to the campaign-specifications data structure. Each of the plurality of prices is operatively associated with one entry of the authorized set of entries and/or one entry of the selected set of capable entries. | 02-24-2011 |
20110102866 | AUTOMATED SOURCING FOR MULTIPLE PRINTING PRESS, MULTIPLE WEB PRINTING - A machine-implemented process determines web press printing capabilities and costs of different printing organizations using a processor. The printing capabilities comprise a number of printing units and a number of supply roll stands supplying continuous print media to the printing units. A printing request is received from a print customer through a graphic user interface. The printing request is evaluated using the processor to determine printing request requirements. A comparator compares the printing request requirements with the printing capabilities and costs to identify capable printing organizations of the different printing organizations that have abilities to process the printing request. The processor calculates different print choices and costs based on the printing capabilities and costs of the capable printing organizations and outputs the different print choices and costs to the print customer through the graphic user interface. | 05-05-2011 |
20110218938 | SYSTEM FOR SELECTING AN OPTIMAL SAMPLE SET OF JOBS FOR DETERMINING PRICE MODELS FOR A PRINT MARKET PORT - A system for determining price models of a print market port including a processor and a computer-readable storage medium in communication with said processor, wherein the computer-readable storage medium comprises one or more programming instructions for: partitioning a job dataset into a plurality of categories, each of the plurality of categories having a pricing model; determining one or more factors within the job dataset that influence a price of each job; developing an input/output model for each job in the job dataset that influences the price of the job; performing an iteration to compute a prediction error for each job in the job dataset that influences the price of the job; removing one or more jobs from a subsequent iteration that include prediction errors that exceed a prediction error threshold; and performing a plurality of iterations on remaining jobs until a predetermined average error prediction is reached. | 09-08-2011 |
20120158533 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DETERMINING PRICE OPTIMIZATION FOR DISTRIBUTED DEMAND - The method for reducing vendor bid amounts includes providing a supplier with an invitation to make a bid for supplying a digital print job. The print job is characterized by a demand for a first number of units by a select date. The method further includes determining if a demand condition can be met. The determination includes using historical data to calculate a first commitment quantity for current jobs being provided by the supplier. The first commitment quantity is then used to calculate a second commitment quantity. The second commitment quantity provides an estimate for the number of the units and a date. The second commitment quantity is displayed to the supplier. The method provides the supplier with an option to bid for producing the estimated number of units by the estimated date. | 06-21-2012 |
20130317932 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DETERMINING PRICE OPTIMIZATION FOR DISTRIBUTED DEMAND - The method for reducing vendor bid amounts includes providing a supplier with an invitation to make a bid for supplying a digital print job. The print job is characterized by a demand for a first number of units by a select date. The method further includes determining if a demand condition can be met. The determination includes using historical data to calculate a first commitment quantity for current jobs being provided by the supplier. The first commitment quantity is then used to calculate a second commitment quantity. The second commitment quantity provides an estimate for the number of the units and a date. The second commitment quantity is displayed to the supplier. The method provides the supplier with an option to bid for producing the estimated number of units by the estimated date. | 11-28-2013 |
20140067585 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING LEAN PRICE OPTIMIZATION - Methods and systems for improving a cost determination for a job for a supplier are disclosed. A computing device may receive one or more job parameters for the job and one or more shop characteristics for a shop operated by the supplier. The computing device may determine a cost to perform the job in the shop based on the one or more job parameters and the one or more shop characteristics. The determined cost may be transmitted to the supplier. | 03-06-2014 |
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20090275273 | Power Tool Having an Electronically Commutated Motor and Double Insulation - A power tool has a housing a housing having an electronically commutated motor disposed therein. The motor has a rotor and a stator. The rotor has permanent magnets. The stator has a lamination stack and windings wound therein. Features are provided to provide double insulation. | 11-05-2009 |
20100240286 | Sander Having a Brushless Motor - A sander may include a wand having a proximal end and a distal end, a sanding head mounted to the proximal end of the wand, and a brushless motor mounted on the distal end of the wand that is configured to provide rotational motion to the sanding head. | 09-23-2010 |
20100300641 | POWER TOOL HAVING AN ELECTRONICALLY COMMUTATED MOTOR AND DOUBLE INSULATION - A power tool has a housing a housing having an electronically commutated motor disposed therein. The motor has a rotor and a stator. The rotor has permanent magnets. The stator has a lamination stack and windings wound therein. Features are provided to provide double insulation. | 12-02-2010 |
20100308673 | POWER TOOL HAVING AN ELECTRONICALLY COMMUTATED MOTOR AND DOUBLE INSULATION - A power tool has a housing a housing having an electronically commutated motor disposed therein. The motor has a rotor and a stator. The rotor has permanent magnets. The stator has a lamination stack and windings wound therein. Features are provided to provide double insulation. | 12-09-2010 |
20140132093 | CONTROL UNIT FOR A POWER TOOL - A power tool includes a brushless DC motor housed inside an upper body of the tool housing and a control unit housed inside a handle of the housing, the control unit including a micro-controller mounted on a control circuit board, a power unit electronically coupled to the micro-controller and mounted on a power circuit board arranged substantially parallel the control circuit board inside the handle, and a heat sink in thermal contact with the power unit. An input unit may be mounted directly on the control circuit board. An upper portion of the heat sink extending towards the upper body of the housing may include a tab protruding underneath a fan assembly of the motor to transfer heat from the power unit to the airflow created by the fan. | 05-15-2014 |
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20120213725 | Surfactant-Polymer Blends - The present invention relates to surfactant-polymer blends that are useful as thickeners for a variety of personal care products. In one embodiment, the surfactant-polymer blends of the present invention comprises: (a) at least one anionic surfactant; (b) at least one amphoteric or zwitterionic surfactant; and (c) at least one hydrophobically-modified polymer formed from a mixture comprising: (i) an α,β-ethylenically unsatured carboxylic acid monomer; (ii) a nonionic, co-polymerizable α,β-ethylenically unsaturated monomer; and (iii) an ethylenically unsaturated hydrophobically-modified associative monomer. The surfactant-polymer blends of the present invention are useful as thickeners in a variety of products including, but not limited to, personal care products, health care products, household care products, institutional and industrial care products, and industrial applications. | 08-23-2012 |
20120237465 | Hydrolytically Stable Multi-Purpose Polymer - The present invention relates to compositions containing hydrolytically stable multi-purpose polymers that are polymerized from a monomer mixture comprising: at least one amino-substituted meth(acrylate) (ASMA) monomer or salt thereof; and at least one nonionic vinyl (NIV) monomer, wherein the monomer mixture optionally comprises one or more of at least one vinyl associative (VA) monomer; at least one vinyl surfactant (VS) monomer; and/or at least one polymerizable silicone macromer (PSM) and wherein the monomer mixture further optionally comprises one or more of at least one crosslinking (XL) monomer; at least one chain transfer agent (CTA); and/or at least one polymeric stabilizer. The multi-purpose polymers of the present invention can also be prepared from monomer mixtures containing chain transfer agents or other functional components commonly utilized in polymerization processes. | 09-20-2012 |
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20120177660 | BIOMARKERS AND THERAPEUTIC TARGETS FOR TYPE 1 DIABETES - Compositions and methods for determining a subject's risk of developing type 1 diabetes (T1D) and diabetic complications are provided. One embodiment provides a method involving measuring the levels of interleukin-1-receptor antagonist (IL-1ra) in a sample from the subject. In other embodiments, the method involves measuring the levels of MIP-1β, IL-8, MCP-1, MPO, SAA, IGFBP2, Adiponectin, or combinations thereof. Another embodiment provides preventing islet autoimmunity and T1D using agonist of IL-1ra, MIP-1β, IL-8, MCP-1, MPO, or a combination thereof. Another embodiment provides preventing islet autoimmunity, T1D and diabetic complications using antagonist of SAA, IGFBP2, Adiponectin, or a combination thereof. | 07-12-2012 |
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20100146479 | ARCHITECTURE VIEW GENERATION METHOD AND SYSTEM - An SOA solution architecture generation method and system. The method includes retrieving by a computing system, a service model and an SOA solution architecture model. The computing system retrieves and loads a configuration file comprising mapping data. The mapping data comprises data associating elements of the service model to architectural layers of the SOA solution. Each element is processed. The computing system identifies each architectural layer that corresponds to an associated element based on the mapping data. Each element is placed in an associated layer of the architectural layers. The computing system generates a UML model. The UML model comprises each element in an associated layer of the architectural layers. The computing system loads the UML model. | 06-10-2010 |
20100153914 | SERVICE RE-FACTORING METHOD AND SYSTEM - A service re-factoring method and system. The method includes selecting by a computing system, a first service comprising a first name. The computing system receives a second name for a second service to be generated from the first service. The computing system executes a service refactoring software application, adjusts a granularity of the first service, and generates the second service. The computing system retrieves first traceability links associated with the first service and a first value associated with a first service identification technique. The first traceability links are created within the second service. The computing system generates a second value associated with a second service identification technique. The first service, the first name, and the first value are removed from the computing system. The computing system stores the second service, the second name, the second value, and the first traceability link. | 06-17-2010 |
20120016880 | DATA ELEMENT CATEGORIZATION IN A SERVICE-ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE - A method and system for specifying categories of data elements during a service specification phase of a service-oriented architecture (SOA) life cycle defined in a service modeling methodology like Service-Oriented Modeling and Architecture (SOMA). A Unified Modeling Language based SOA modeling tool for SOMA methodology includes a middleware based integration plug-in that categorizes retrieved service-specific data elements as transaction elements, optional controller elements, glue elements, optional extension patterns, extension elements and core Common Information Model entities, and associates the categorized data elements with corresponding operations of the service being modeled. A user interface provided by the plug-in enables input of the data elements into the categories and input of the associations between the categorized data elements and corresponding operations of the service being modeled. Furthermore, the plug-in generates and initiates storing of a service specification based on the categorization of the data elements. | 01-19-2012 |
20120323922 | DATA ELEMENT CATEGORIZATION IN A SERVICE-ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE - An approach is presented for specifying categories of data elements during a service specification phase of a service-oriented architecture (SOA) life cycle defined in a service modeling methodology like Service-Oriented Modeling and Architecture (SOMA). A Unified Modeling Language based SOA modeling tool for the service modeling methodology includes a middleware based integration plug-in that categorizes service-specific data elements as transaction elements, glue elements, core Common Information Model (CIM) elements, and elements extending the CIM elements, and associates the categorized data elements with corresponding operations of the service being modeled. | 12-20-2012 |
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20100107135 | System and Method for Transforming a Component Business Model - Seamless transition from a Component Business Model (CBM) to a Services Oriented Architecture (SOA) is achieved by converting a tabular representation of a CBM Heat Map to a Unified Modeling Language (UML) representation, and automatically converting the UML representation of a CBM Heat Map to a first iteration of input used during the subsequent SOA solution development using Service Oriented Modeling and Architecture (SOMA). | 04-29-2010 |
20110137622 | ASSESSING THE MATURITY OF AN INDUSTRY ARCHITECTURE MODEL - A system creates and maintains an industry business architecture model over a network. The system defines specific levels of maturity for the model. Associations, relationships, and linkages between content elements are also determined. From these, a specific level of aggregate maturity is defined according to an algorithm. | 06-09-2011 |
20110137714 | SYSTEM FOR MANAGING BUSINESS PERFORMANCE USING INDUSTRY BUSINESS ARCHITECTURE MODELS - A system and dashboard are provided for managing business performance. Key performance indicators developed for a component business model map are computed and displayed along with the map in real time. A user may select a corresponding key performance indicator to display a heat map of components on the dashboard. | 06-09-2011 |
20110137819 | TOOL FOR CREATING AN INDUSTRY BUSINESS ARCHITECTURE MODEL - A system creates and maintains an industry business architecture model (IBAM) over a network. The IBAM has a component business model, process model, service model, and information model. It also may include a reference architecture, demos and other knowledge assets, and collateral. | 06-09-2011 |
20110196719 | SYSTEM FOR ENHANCING BUSINESS PERFORMANCE - A system gathers real-time data about an enterprise over a network. A user device displays a dashboard showing a component business model map, a heat map, key performance indicators for components, key performance indicators for the enterprise, and gradients. The business is enhanced by making investments and changes to those operations having large gradients. | 08-11-2011 |
20110208552 | LEVERAGING BUSINESS SERVICES FOR SOA SOLUTION DEVELOPMENT - The present invention comprises a method for treating business services identified in CBM as service categories, a top-down concept prior to identification of actual services—of SOA. It provides new algorithms to group the services identified from process maps by business services and services categories. It reconciles a granularity gap between business capabilities that are offered as business services at business architecture level and SOA services at the IT level. The present invention provides a tooling enhancement to map business process elements (process, sub-process, task) and business activities to suitable business services, new algorithms to group services identified from process maps by business services, an efficient way of leveraging Business Services for SOA solution development and an elimination of manual effort, time, and inconsistent approaches to group the services identified from process maps. | 08-25-2011 |
20120072366 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR INDEPENDENT SOFTWARE VENDOR (ISV) SOLUTION EVALUATION - A computer assisted method, system and related program product for evaluating and selecting an independent software vendor solution from a plurality of independent software vendor solutions is predicated upon a structured information capture framework and a scoring model based upon the structured information capture framework. The scoring model uses a multilevel weighted scoring algorithm that uses inputted parameter level data to calculate a plurality of subject level scores. The plurality of subject level scores is secondarily weighted to provide a plurality of dimension level scores. The plurality of dimension level scores is further primarily weighted to provide a final score for each of the plurality of independent software vendor solutions. | 03-22-2012 |
20120124104 | PUBLISHING AN INDUSTRY BUSINESS ARCHITECTURE MODEL - A data-driven mechanism of business rules is used to form associations between business sectors, industries, solutions, solution offerings, and industry business architecture models. The system and method includes use of a navigation hierarchy, and entity diagram to facilitate use by business consultants for access, viewing, navigation, publishing, and updating. | 05-17-2012 |
20120192144 | MIGRATING UNIFIED MODELING LANGUAGE MODELS ACROSS UNIFIED MODELING LANGUAGE PROFILES - A method and system for migrating a UML model across UML profiles. After retrieving a UML model, a source UML element, a source UML profile, a source stereotype, and a source meta-class, the target UML profile, stereotype and meta-class are looked up in a mapping table based on the source UML profile, stereotype, and meta-class. The target UML profile is applied on the UML model. Based on the source meta-class being different from the target meta-class, relationships of the source UML element are retrieved, a target UML element is created, the relationships are copied to the target UML element, and the source UML element is removed from the UML model. The target stereotype is applied to the target UML element. The source stereotype is removed from the target UML element. The source UML profile is removed from the UML model. | 07-26-2012 |
20130019245 | SPECIFYING ON THE FLY SEQUENTIAL ASSEMBLY IN SOA ENVIRONMENTSAANM Jalaldeen; AhamedAACI KarnatakaAACO INAAGP Jalaldeen; Ahamed Karnataka INAANM Purohit; Siddharth N.AACI AllenAAST TXAACO USAAGP Purohit; Siddharth N. Allen TX USAANM Sharma; ManishaAACI New DelhiAACO INAAGP Sharma; Manisha New Delhi INAANM Sivakumar; GandhiAACI VictoriaAACO AUAAGP Sivakumar; Gandhi Victoria AUAANM Viswanathan; RamAACI PlanoAAST TXAACO USAAGP Viswanathan; Ram Plano TX US - A method and system for defining an interface of a service in a service-oriented architecture environment. Definitions of atomic tasks of a request or response operation included in a service are received. Unique identifiers corresponding to the atomic tasks are assigned. A sequence map required to implement the service is received. The sequence map is populated with a sequence of the assigned unique identifiers corresponding to a sequence of the atomic tasks of the operation. At runtime, an interface of the service is automatically and dynamically generated to define the service by reading the sequence of unique identifiers in the populated sequence map and assembling the sequence of the atomic tasks based on the read sequence of unique identifiers. | 01-17-2013 |
20130238781 | SNMP-BASED MANAGEMENT OF SERVICE ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE ENVIRONMENTS - A Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)-based apparatus including an SNMP manager to monitor network hardware devices and define object identifiers (OIDs); a Simple SOA Performance Monitor (SSPM) manager to augment the OIDs with service-specific object identifiers to monitor services; and an SSPM agent associated with at least one service to collect details pertaining to the service, the details of the service being provided to the SSPM manager which in turn provides the details of the service to the SNMP manager. The SNMP-based apparatus may be implemented by at least one computing device. Also disclosed is a method of monitoring services and a computer program product. | 09-12-2013 |
20140025602 | System and Method For Transforming a Component Business Model - Seamless transition from a Component Business Model (CBM) to a Services Oriented Architecture (SOA) is achieved by converting a tabular representation of a CBM Heat Map to a Unified Modeling Language (UML) representation, and automatically converting the UML representation of a CBM Heat Map to a first iteration of input used during the subsequent SOA solution development using Service Oriented Modeling and Architecture (SOMA). | 01-23-2014 |