14th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 51 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140095148 | EMOTION IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method for identifying emotion in text that connotes authentic human expression, and training an engine that produces emotional analysis at various levels of granularity and numerical distribution across a set of emotions at each level of granularity. The method may include determining similarity between textual data and an emotion, and classifying emotions as similar emotions. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095149 | EMOTION IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method for identifying emotion in text that connotes authentic human expression, and training an engine that produces emotional analysis at various levels of granularity and numerical distribution across a set of emotions at each level of granularity. The method may include classifying textual data as emotional textual data or non-emotional textual data, and determining duration of an emotional state. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095150 | EMOTION IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method for identifying emotion in text that connotes authentic human expression, and training an engine that produces emotional analysis at various levels of granularity and numerical distribution across a set of emotions at each level of granularity. The method may include producing a chart of data transmissions referenced against time, comparing filtered data transmissions to a database, and selecting a database based on a demographic class of an author. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095151 | EXPRESSION TRANSFORMATION APPARATUS, EXPRESSION TRANSFORMATION METHOD AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR EXPRESSION TRANSFORMATION - According to one embodiment, an expression transformation apparatus includes a processor; an input unit configured to input a sentence of a speaker as a source expression; a detection unit configured to detect a speaker attribute representing a feature of the speaker; a normalization unit configured to transform the source expression to a normalization expression including an entry and a feature vector representing a grammatical function of the entry; an adjustment unit configured to adjust the speaker attribute to a relative speaker relationship between the speaker and another speaker, based on another speaker attribute of the other speaker; and a transformation unit configured to transform the normalization expression based on the relative speaker relationship. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095152 | DIALOGUE SYSTEM USING EXTENDED DOMAIN AND NATURAL LANGUAGE RECOGNITION METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM THEREOF - A dialogue system uses an extended domain in order to have a dialogue with a user using natural language. If a dialogue pattern actually input by the user is different from a dialogue pattern predicted by an expert, an extended domain generated in real time based on user input is used and an extended domain generated in advance is used to have a dialogue with the user. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095153 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO PROVIDE SPEECH PRIVACY - Methods and apparatus to provide speech privacy are disclosed. An example method includes forming a sampling block based on a first received audio sample, the sampling block representing speech of a user, creating, with a processor, a mask based on the sampling block, the mask to reduce the intelligibility of the speech of the user, wherein the mask is created by converting the sampling block from a time domain to a frequency domain to form a frequency domain sampling block, identifying a first peak within the frequency domain sampling block, demodulating the frequency domain sampling block at the first peak to form a first envelope of the sampling block, distorting the first envelope to form a first distorted envelope, and emitting an acoustic representation of the mask via a speaker. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095154 | VOICE TRANSMITTING DEVICE, VOICE TRANSMITTING METHOD, VOICE RECEIVING DEVICE, AND VOICE RECEIVING METHOD - There is provided a voice transmitting device, including a band limiting unit that performs band limitation on an input time-series signal, a coding unit that encodes a time-series signal output from the band limiting unit, a transmitting unit that transmits a code string output from the coding unit, and a control unit that controls a band limitation operation in the band limiting unit. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095155 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING SPEECH QUALITY AND LOUDNESS - A method and an apparatus for controlling speech quality and loudness are disclosed in the present invention, which belong to the field of communications technologies. The method includes: when a terminal starts hands-free calling, obtaining information of a scenario where the terminal is located; obtaining a speech quality preset value and a loudness gain value of the terminal based on the scenario information; and adjusting speech quality and loudness of the terminal respectively based on the obtained speech quality preset value and the loudness gain value. In the present invention, through obtaining a speech quality preset value and a loudness gain value based on scenario information to control speech quality and loudness of a terminal, a user can enjoy better speech quality, thereby improving user experience of hands-free calling. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095156 | Single Channel Suppression Of Impulsive Interferences In Noisy Speech Signals - Methods and apparatus for reducing impulsive interferences in a signal, without necessarily ascertaining a pitch frequency in the signal, detect onsets of the impulsive interferences by searching a spectrum of high-energy components for large temporal derivatives that are correlated along frequency and extend from a very low frequency up, possibly to about several kHz. The energies of the impulsive interferences are estimated, and these estimates are used to suppress the impulsive interferences. Optionally, techniques are employed to protect desired speech signals from being corrupted as a result of the suppression of the impulsive interferences. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095157 | Method and Device for Voice Operated Control - At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to a method and device for voice operated control with learning. The method can include measuring a first sound received from a first microphone, measuring a second sound received from a second microphone, detecting a spoken voice based on an analysis of measurements taken at the first and second microphone, learning from the analysis when the user is speaking and a speaking level in noisy environments, training a decision unit from the learning to be robust to a detection of the spoken voice in the noisy environments, mixing the first sound and the second sound to produce a mixed signal, and controlling the production of the mixed signal based on the learning of one or more aspects of the spoken voice and ambient sounds in the noisy environments. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095158 | CONTINUOUS AMBIENT VOICE CAPTURE AND USE - An apparatus, system and method for continuously capturing ambient voice and using it to update content delivered to a user of an electronic device are provided. Subsets of words are continuously extracted from speech and used to deliver content relevant to the subsets of words. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095159 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - An image processing apparatus including: image processor which processes broadcasting signal, to display image based on processed broadcasting signal; communication unit which is connected to a server; a voice input unit which receives a user's speech; a voice processor which processes a performance of a preset corresponding operation according to a voice command corresponding to the speech; and a controller which processes the voice command corresponding to the speech through one of the voice processor and the server if the speech is input through the voice input unit. If the voice command includes a keyword relating to a call sign of a broadcasting channel, the controller controls one of the voice processor and the server to select a recommended call sign corresponding to the keyword according to a predetermined selection condition, and performs a corresponding operation under the voice command with respect to the broadcasting channel of the recommended call sign. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095160 | CORRECTING TEXT WITH VOICE PROCESSING - The present invention relates to voice processing and provides a method and system for correcting a text. The method comprising: determining a target text unit to be corrected in a text; receiving a reference voice segment input by the user for the target text unit; determining a reference text unit whose pronunciation is similar to a word in the target text unit based on the reference voice segment; and correcting the word in the target text unit in the text by the reference text unit. The present invention enables the user to easily correct errors in the text vocally. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095161 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CHANNEL EQUALIZATION USING CHARACTERISTICS OF AN UNKNOWN SIGNAL - Disclosed herein are systems and methods for identifying the source of a signal via channel equalization using characteristics of the signal. A system receives a signal, then measures a frequency response of the signal by performing a spectral analysis over the entire signal. The system computes the average amplitude over a subset of time samples from the spectral analysis for each represented frequency and compares the set of averaged amplitudes to a stored set of averaged amplitudes to produce equalization coefficients. Applying the equalization coefficients to the frequency response yields an equalized frequency response, which is compared to a stored frequency response using a classifier to determine a match. Alternately, the system applies the equalization coefficients to the stored frequency response yielding an equalized stored frequency response. The method can recognize speakers, vehicles, electromagnetic signals, sonar signals, optical signals, videos, etc. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095162 | HIERARCHICAL METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR EXTRACTING USER INTENT FROM SPOKEN UTTERANCES - Improved techniques are disclosed for permitting a user to employ more human-based grammar (i.e., free form or conversational input) while addressing a target system via a voice system. For example, a technique for determining intent associated with a spoken utterance of a user comprises the following steps/operations. Decoded speech uttered by the user is obtained. An intent is then extracted from the decoded speech uttered by the user. The intent is extracted in an iterative manner such that a first class is determined after a first iteration and a sub-class of the first class is determined after a second iteration. The first class and the sub-class of the first class are hierarchically indicative of the intent of the user, e.g., a target and data that may be associated with the target. The multi-stage intent extraction approach may have more than two iterations. By way of example only, the user intent extracting step may further determine a sub-class of the sub-class of the first class after a third iteration, such that the first class, the sub-class of the first class, and the sub-class of the sub-class of the first class are hierarchically indicative of the intent of the user. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095163 | HANDSFREE DEVICE WITH COUNTINUOUS KEYWORD RECOGNITION - A handsfree device, which is coupled to a data processing device, may be operable to monitor at least one audio stream for occurrence of at least one keyword. Upon recognition of the at least one keyword, the handsfree device may establish a first connection between the handsfree device and the data processing device for launching a voice interface in the data processing device. The handsfree device may send audio data received after the recognition of the at least one keyword to the data processing device, via the first connection for responding to the audio data via the voice interface. During a keyword configuration operation, the handsfree device may send at least one inputted keyword to the data processing device for recording. The handsfree device may receive, via a second connection, the recorded at least one keyword from the data processing device for keyword configuration of the handsfree device. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095164 | MESSAGE ORIGINATING SERVER, MESSAGE ORGINATING METHOD, TERMINAL, ELECTRIC APPLIANCE CONTROL SYSTEM, AND ELECTRIC APPLIANCE - A control server ( | 2014-04-03 |
20140095165 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZING SOUND AND MANUALLY TRANSCRIBED TEXT - A method for synchronizing sound data and text data, said text data being obtained by manual transcription of said sound data during playback of the latter. The proposed method comprises the steps of repeatedly querying said sound data and said text data to obtain a current time position corresponding to a currently played sound datum and a currently transcribed text datum, respectively, correcting said current time position by applying a time correction value in accordance with a transcription delay, and generating at least one association datum indicative of a synchronization association between said corrected time position and said currently transcribed text datum. Thus, the proposed method achieves cost-effective synchronization of sound and text in connection with the manual transcription of sound data. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095166 | DEEP TAGGING BACKGROUND NOISES - In a method for deep tagging a recording, a computer records audio comprising speech from one or more people. The computer detects a non-speech sound within the audio. The computer determines that the non-speech sound corresponds to a type of sound, and in response, associates a descriptive term with a time of occurrence of the non-speech sound within the recorded audio to form a searchable tag. The computer stores the searchable tag as metadata of the recorded audio. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095167 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A VOICE AGENT USER INTERFACE - Some embodiments relate to techniques performed at least in part by at least one voice agent executing on a computing device. The techniques comprise responsive to the at least one voice agent receiving input at least partially specifying a requested action to be performed at least partially by an application program, presenting visual feedback responsive to the input concurrently via a user interface of the at least one voice agent and a user interface of the application program. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095168 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A VOICE AGENT USER INTERFACE - Some embodiments provide techniques performed by at least one voice agent. The techniques include receiving voice input; accessing contextual information related to an application program that has focus of the computing device when the voice input is received; and using the contextual information to interpret the received voice input. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095169 | VOICE AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM AND METHODS - A method for enrolling a user with a voice authentication system comprises obtaining a voice sample which has been used to authenticate a user using a first authentication process. The voice sample is subsequently utilised to enroll the user with an authentication system implementing a second authentication process. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095170 | USER PROGRAMMABLE MONITORING SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS - A system, method and apparatus monitor sensors or instruments and provide outputs in the form of voice messages. Data output from the sensors may thus be presented to humans without reference to a visual display. The voice messages may either be assembled from a library of recordings in the form of voice message segments or derived from text and then converted to speech. The voice messages may be output through one or more loudspeakers or via a wireless headset, intercom or portable radio. The user can configure the system for use with different types of sensors and data protocols for a wide variety of different applications and use-cases, using a simple graphical user interface. In accordance with one embodiment the system may be implemented on a personal computer or tablet computer. In an alternative embodiment the processing is performed by an embedded processor and a personal or tablet computer is only connected when it is necessary to change the control program. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095171 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A VOICE AGENT USER INTERFACE - Some embodiments provide techniques performed by at least one voice agent. The techniques include receiving voice input specifying a requested action; and identifying a subject of the requested action from the voice input and information relating to a prior action invoked by the at least one voice agent, wherein the information identifies a subject of the prior action. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095172 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A VOICE AGENT USER INTERFACE - Some embodiments provide techniques performed by at least one voice agent. The techniques include receiving voice input from a user at least partially specifying a requested action to be performed at least in part by an application program, wherein the requested action requires a plurality of inputs to be fully specified; and in response to receiving the voice input, making the application program accessible to the user prior to completion of performance of the requested action, so as to enable the user to provide and/or edit at least one input of the plurality of inputs by directly interacting with the application program. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095173 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A VOICE AGENT USER INTERFACE - Some embodiments provide techniques performed by at least one voice agent. The techniques include receiving voice input; identifying at least one application program as relating to the received voice input; and displaying at least one selectable visual representation that, when selected, causes focus of the computing device to be directed to the at least one application program identified as relating to the received voice input. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095174 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, SERVER AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Provided are a display apparatus, a control method thereof, a server, and a control method thereof. The display apparatus includes: a processor which processes a signal; a display which displays an image based on the processed signal; a command receiver which receives a voice command; a communicator which communicates with a first server; a storage; and a controller which receives, from the first server, a voice recognition command list comprising a voice recognition command and control command information corresponding to the voice recognition command, and stores the received voice recognition command list in the storage, the voice recognition command being among user's voice commands which have successfully been recognized a predetermined number of times or more, determines whether the voice command corresponds to the voice recognition command included in the voice recognition command list, and if so, controls the processor to operate based on the control command information, and if not, transmits the voice command to the first server, receives corresponding control command information from the first server, and controls the processor to operate based on the received control command information. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095175 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - An image processing apparatus including: image processor which processes broadcasting signal, to display image based on processed broadcasting signal; communication unit which is connected to a server; a voice input unit which receives a user's speech; a voice processor which processes a performance of a preset corresponding operation according to a voice command corresponding to the speech; and a controller which processes the voice command corresponding to the speech through one of the voice processor and the server if the speech is input through the voice input unit. If the voice command includes a keyword relating to a call sign of a broadcasting channel, the controller controls one of the voice processor and the server to select a recommended call sign corresponding to the keyword according to a predetermined selection condition, and performs a corresponding operation under the voice command with respect to the broadcasting channel of the recommended call sign. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095176 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, SERVER AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Provided are a display apparatus, a control method thereof, a server, and a control method thereof. The display apparatus includes: a processor which processes a signal; a display which displays an image based on the processed signal; a first command receiver which receives a voice command; a storage which stores a plurality of voice commands said by a user; a second command receiver which receives a user's manipulation command; and a controller which, upon receiving the voice command, displays a list of the stored plurality of voice commands, selects one of the plurality of voice commands of the list according to the received user's manipulation command and controls the processor to process based on the selected voice command. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095177 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME - An electronic apparatus includes a voice acquirer which receives a first voice, a voice processor which processes a voice signal, a communication unit which communicates with at least one external electronic apparatus and receives information on at least one second voice, and a controller which determines whether the first voice is a user's command based on the information on at least one second voice transmitted by the communication unit, and if the first voice is not the user's command, does not perform an operation according to the first voice. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095178 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CODING AND DECODING MULTI-OBJECT AUDIO SIGNAL WITH VARIOUS CHANNEL - Provided are an apparatus and method for coding and decoding a multi-object audio signal. The apparatus includes a down-mixer for down-mixing the audio signals into one down-mixed audio signal and extracting supplementary information including header information and spatial cue information for each of the audio signals, a coder for coding the down-mixed audio signal, and a supplementary information coder for generating the supplementary information as a bit stream. The header information includes identification information for each of the audio signals and channel information for the audio signals. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095179 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CODING AND DECODING MULTI-OBJECT AUDIO SIGNAL WITH VARIOUS CHANNEL - Provided are an apparatus and method for coding and decoding a multi-object audio signal. The apparatus includes a down-mixer for down-mixing the audio signals into one down-mixed audio signal and extracting supplementary information including header information and spatial cue information for each of the audio signals, a coder for coding the down-mixed audio signal, and a supplementary information coder for generating the supplementary information as a bit stream. The header information includes identification information for each of the audio signals and channel information for the audio signals. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095180 | AUTOMATED WORKFLOW ACCESS BASED ON CLINICAL USER ROLE AND LOCATION - Systems, methods, computer-readable media for automating displays based on admissions, transfers, and discharges are provided. In embodiments, a location associated with a clinician is detected. A role associated with the clinician authenticated to a first device is determined. One or more applications associated with the clinician based on the location and the role is automatically launched on the first device. In embodiments, authentication requests from the clinician are received for a second device. A session associated with the one or more applications is suspended on the first device and resumed on the second device. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095181 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING PERFORMANCE BASED SLEEP PATIENT CARE PROTOCOLS - Methods, systems and non-transitory computer readable media for automated workflow management for sleep quality are presented. A subject in a resting state is monitored using one or more sensors for acquiring one or more physiological parameters. A phase of sleep of the subject at a specific time using the physiological parameters is detected and inferred. Further, a recuperative benefit of the detected sleep phase is estimated. Additionally, it is determined is if an activity in a patient care workflow scheduled proximate to the specific time hinders sleep of the subject. The patient care workflow is then automatically reconfigured if scheduled activity hinders patient sleep, if the determined recuperative benefits exceed a designated threshold and/or if a proposed reconfiguration satisfies one or more designated criteria accounting for both restorative benefits to the patient and objectives of competing care delivery activities for both a given patient and a department. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095182 | SYSTEM MANAGEMENT OF CLINICAL PROCEDURES SCHEDULING BASED ON ENVIRONMENTAL THRESHOLDS - An approach for scheduling clinical procedures based on defined environmental thresholds of medical units in healthcare facilities. In one embodiment, a computer system monitors environmental conditions of the medical unit in which clinical procedures will be performed utilizing a measurement system that includes an environmental device for monitoring the environmental conditions. The computer system further receives a schedule of the clinical procedures of the medical unit. The computer system further identifies environmental thresholds for the medical unit to be used for comparison against the environmental conditions of the medical unit. The computer system further compares environmental conditions to the environmental threshold to determine if the environmental thresholds are violated. In another embodiment, the computer system modifies the schedule of clinical procedures of the medical unit responsive to the determination. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095183 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONDITIONAL PAYMENT PROCESSING - According to some embodiments, governmental information associated with an insurance claim may be received. Moreover, a computer processor may automatically populate a lien tracking tool with information based on the received governmental information and the associated insurance claim. Similarly, a conditional payment tool may also be populated with information based on the received governmental information and the associated insurance claim. It may then be automatically arranged for a clinical assessment to be performed in connection with the insurance claim. In accordance with a result of the clinical assessment received by the payment processing system, it may be automatically determined whether an official response letter will be generated or a governmental payment will be issued in connection with the insurance claim. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095184 | IDENTIFYING GROUP AND INDIVIDUAL-LEVEL RISK FACTORS VIA RISK-DRIVEN PATIENT STRATIFICATION - Systems and methods for individual risk factor identification include identifying common risk factors for one or more risk targets from population data. Individuals are stratified into clusters based upon the common risk factors. A discriminability of each of the common risk factors is determined, using a processor, for a target cluster using individual data of the target cluster to provide re-ranked common risk factors as individual risk factors for the target cluster, such that the discriminability is a measure of how a risk factor discriminates its cluster from other clusters. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095185 | Diagnostic Systems And Methods For Visualizing And Analyzing Factors Contributing To Skin Conditions - Diagnostic systems and methods for visualizing and analyzing factors contributing to a health and/or wellness concern of a specific subject are provided. The systems and methods employ a set of multiple choice questions and a graphical representation of graphical elements corresponding to the subject's responses, the graphical representation permitting a user of the diagnostic systems and methods to utilize the relative positioning of graphical elements on the graphical representation to draw inferences relative to the health and/or wellness concern of the subject. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095186 | IDENTIFYING GROUP AND INDIVIDUAL-LEVEL RISK FACTORS VIA RISK-DRIVEN PATIENT STRATIFICATION - Systems and methods for individual risk factor identification include identifying common risk factors for one or more risk targets from population data. Individuals are stratified into clusters based upon the common risk factors. A discriminability of each of the common risk factors is determined, using a processor, for a target cluster using individual data of the target cluster to provide re-ranked common risk factors as individual risk factors for the target cluster, such that the discriminability is a measure of how a risk factor discriminates its cluster from other clusters. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095187 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRACKING GOODS - A method and system for tracking goods is provided wherein the system is a transnomic code system. The transnomic code system includes a prescriber interface, a pharmaceutical interface, a pharmacy interface and a management server that communicate via communication mediums, such as an electronic prescribing switch and the Internet. The transnomic code is a dynamic code that includes a tracking code and one or more information sets, wherein each information set includes a read header and extensible content. The transnomic code is assigned to a product, such as a pharmaceutical product. The system allows for adding information sets to the transnomic code at any point during the life-cycle of a product. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095188 | Estimate Analysis and Validation - Validating patient payment estimates is provided. Validating patient payment estimates may comprise matching patient payment estimates with claims, payments and insurance contracts and providing tools to analyze the results of the matching process. Discrepancies may be determined, for example discrepancies between procedures and patient portions from the estimate with procedures actually billed and paid and a patient portion determined by the insurance company. Results may be stored in a dashboard user interface, which may then be available via a user interface for drill-down analysis. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095189 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RESPONSE CALIBRATION - The disclosure provides methods, systems, and computer readable media for calibrating user responses to questions. The method may comprise presenting, with the aid of a computer system and an interactive display operatively coupled to the computer system, a query to a user. The query may relate to the user's dietary consumption, exercise, health condition or mental condition. The system may receive from the user a response to the query. The system may interpret a user's response to a query based on a set of reference information. The set of reference information may comprise a pictorial depiction of portion size of the dietary consumption, exertion level of the exercise, existing state of the health condition or existing state of the mental condition. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095190 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGEMENT OF PHARMACY WORKFLOW - A system and method for optimized management of pharmacy workflow, specifically, workflow associated with fulfillment of prescription orders for medications and health-related products in a pharmacy environment. A computer-controlled system coordinates and controls pharmacy workflow to sequence prescriptions for fulfillment in a most efficient path thereby minimizing a cost function associated with fulfillment of the prescription order. The system coordinates and controls prescription order fulfillment from automated and non-automated storage locations and can be easily adapted to the specific layout and level of automation desired by the operator. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095191 | INTEGRATED LAB MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - The present invention provides an online virtual laboratory manager that allows for electronic documentation and management of all aspects of the laboratory. The system receives data from one or more instruments in a laboratory and stores the data in a central library. The data is compared against compliance target values to determine if the one or more instruments are in compliance, and if the data is out of the compliance target values, notifying a laboratory manager. In notifying the laboratory manager, the laboratory manager is provided with corrective actions that are required, and thereafter, the system documents any data changes that occur. Additionally, the data from a plurality of laboratories is stored in the central laboratory to allow for peer review across laboratories. The system allows for monitoring the laboratory, identifying and fixing issues, and document all aspects for regulatory compliance, including allowing instant regulatory access to laboratory logs. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095192 | Product Purchase Multiplier - A method includes determining a food product price multiplier for a food product identified for purchase by an individual based on a health status for the individual and a product health value for the food product and generating an electronic signal indicative thereof. A system includes a multiplier determiner ( | 2014-04-03 |
20140095193 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING A HISTORICAL HEALTH TREND GRAPH FOR A PATIENT - An application module configured to provide a historical graph report which plots a patient's diagnostic test result values over time, in which the historical graph is included in a customizable laboratory report. The historical graph is configured to show a patient or physician of any identifiable changes or trends that the patient has experienced with regard to his/her diagnostic test result values for one or more identified biomarkers. The application module may utilize unique graphical objects within the graph itself or with respect to individual cells in the chart to indicate the particular risk level that a corresponding test result value may be assigned to. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095194 | Method and Apparatus For Payment of HealthCare Costs and Associated Health Care Credit Card - A method by which a consumer pays for services provided by a service provider with a payment card issued by a payment card provider. The method comprises: using the payment card, the consumer paying the amount due for the services less a discount amount, wherein a discount table agreed to by the payment card provider and the service provider indicates for each one of a plurality of discount amounts an incentive fee payable to the payment card provider; the payment card provider paying the healthcare provider the amount due less the discount and less the incentive fee; and the payment card provider debiting a payment account of the consumer with the amount due less the discount. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095195 | INTELLIGENT ROUTER FOR MEDICAL PAYMENTS - One or more servers ( | 2014-04-03 |
20140095196 | System and Method for Remote Tele-Health Services - A tele-health services cabin includes a plurality of vital signs monitoring devices, a cabin management unit, and videoconferencing hardware via which a remote practitioner in a remote medical call center videoconferences with a patient in the cabin to diagnose symptoms of the patient. The cabin management unit includes a processor that controls the cabin, a data input at which patient data is provided from the vital signs monitoring devices, and a transmitter connectable to a communication link for bi-directional communication between the cabin management unit and the medical call center, where the transmitter transmits the patient data to the medical call center. The tele-health services cabin may include a patient chair including a motorized seat back and at least one sensor encapsulated in the seat back. The tele-health services cabin may include a hands-free medical device station. The tele-health services cabin may include an automatic cleaning system. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095197 | ASSOCIATION OF SUPPORT SURFACES AND BEDS - Systems, methods, beds, supports surfaces and machine readable medium for associating beds and support surface of a healthcare facility are disclosed. A surface association system for a healthcare facility may comprise a plurality of beds. The system may further comprise a computing device and a plurality of support surfaces to be placed upon beds of the plurality of beds. The computing device may associate a support surface of the plurality of support surfaces with a bed of the plurality of beds. The computing device may make the association based upon status data received from the plurality of beds and the plurality of support surfaces. The support surface and/or bed to be associated may initiate a surface association request. The computing device, in response to the surface association request, may request performance of one or more actions on the bed and/or support surface to be associated to identify the bed and/or support surface from the beds and support surfaces of the healthcare facility. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095198 | LOCALIZATION OF A BRAIN NETWORK ASSOCIATED WITH SUSTAINED CHRONIC PAIN - The present invention provides a method for understanding the brain mechanisms of chronic pain. In some aspects chronic pain patients are asked to elevate their pain severity through tensing the muscles of their pain site during fMRI scanning. Areas Are within the brain are activated when patients increase pain, and both reported pain and the temporal activation pattern of these brain regions are sustained following the termination of the tensing task, simulating patients' experience in daily life. Identifying regions where activation time courses mimic a patient's pain report provides a new means of localizing chronic pain mechanisms within the brain. Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data using a novel task that engages patients' own chronic pain experience is used for chronic pain diagnostics and classification. Methods of using these data to diagnose and treat chronic pain are further disclosed. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095199 | MEDICAL CARE PLAN PREPARATION SUPPORT APPARATUS, MEDICAL CARE PLAN PREPARATION SUPPORT METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - It is provided a medical care plan preparation support apparatus which generates medical care plan display information based on medical care plan information and pattern information which is commonly included medical care history information of plural patients. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095200 | RAPID IDENTIFICATION OF DENTAL PROSTHESES - The invention provides ownership identification and manufacturing data of removable or fixed dental prostheses or appliances. This is achieved through the embedding of a unique high resolution 2D Code and 5 digit alpha-numeric identification number printed with a high contrast ink on a translucent adhesive material. The insertion of the 2D Code and identification number is achieved via etching a rectangular indentation in the removable prosthesis with an acceptable Dental Laboratory etching device and securing/protecting it with a clear autopolymerizing acrylic resin. If the dental prosthesis is too small to accommodate the 2D Code and/or Identification Number, an Identification Card is also provided containing an identical Code & Identification Number. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095201 | Leveraging Public Health Data for Prediction and Prevention of Adverse Events - An adverse event may be prevented by predicting the probability of a given patient to have or undergo the adverse event. The ability to predict the probability of the adverse event may be enhanced when a model is derived from public health data to categorize and propose values for medical record fields. The probability alone may prevent the adverse event by educating the patient or medical professional. The probability may be predicted at any time, such as upon entry of information for the patient, periodic analysis, or at the time of admission. The probability may be used to generate a workflow action item to reduce the probability, to warn, to output appropriate instructions, and/or assist in avoiding adverse event. The probability may be specific to a hospital, physician group, or other medical entity, allowing prevention to focus on past adverse event causes for the given entity. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095202 | MEDICATION EFFECT PREDICTION SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - When a notice of medication completion, which indicates completion of medication to a patient, is transmitted from an electronic medical chart server, a medication effect information transmission device collects medication effect information relating to a medication effect on the patient from an image server and an electronic medical chart server. The medication effect information transmission device transmits and stores the collected medication effect information to a medication effect information database. A client terminal searches a medication effect information server on a basis of a drug's name and attribute data of the patient. The medication effect information server transmits average medication effect information, which represents an average medication effect of the designated drug, to the client terminal. The client terminal displays the average medication effect information in a time series on a monitor. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095203 | MEDICAL WORKFLOW DETERMINATION AND OPTIMIZATION - Workflows for medical entities are determined and evaluated by determining a plurality of medical tasks based on an analysis of a plurality of electronic medical records of a medical entity. A workflow of the medical entity is determined based on a sequence of medical tasks, the sequence determined based on the analysis of the plurality of electronic medical records, and an evaluation of the workflow is performed based on a predefined criterion. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095204 | AUTOMATED MEDICAL COHORT DETERMINATION - Inclusion of a patient in a medical category is determined by triggering an analysis of an electronic medical record of the patient in response to an input of data into the electronic medical record. Identifying characteristics that indicate inclusion in the medical category with the analysis, and determining a probability the patient belongs to the medical category based on the identified characteristics. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095205 | AUTOMATED MAPPING OF SERVICE CODES IN HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS - Automatic mapping of semantics in healthcare is provided. Data sets have different semantics (e.g., Gender designated with M and F in one system and Sex designated with 1 or 2 in another system). For semantic interoperability, the semantic links between the semantic systems of different healthcare entities are created (e.g., Gender=Sex and/or 1=F and 2=M) by a processor from statistics of the data itself. The distribution of variables, values, or variables and values, with or without other information and/or logic, is used to create a map from one semantic system to another. Similar distributions of other variable and/or values are likely to be for variables and/or values with the same meaning. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095206 | ADAPTIVE MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION SYSTEM - Adaptive medical data collection for medical entities may involve triggering an analysis of electronic records in response to information input into an Electronic Medical Record (EMR) of a patient. Determining a potential condition for the patient based on the analysis. Identifying additional information indicated as relevant to the potential condition of the patient, and generating a request for the identified additional information. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095207 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPLAYING PATIENT INFORMATION ON A MOBILE SYSTEM - A computer-implemented method for displaying information to a patient in a hospital setting. A mobile device collects credentials from a patient. A request for a server to authenticate the patient based on the credentials collected from the patient, and upon authenticating the patient, to reply with patient information requested by the patient is generated. The collected credentials and the request are transmitted to the server. The requested patient information is received by the mobile device. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095208 | PERSONAL HEALTH MANAGEMENT DEVICE, METHOD AND SYSTEM - The present invention generally provides personal health management devices, and corresponding systems and methods. The personal health management device generally include an electronic controller and at least one memory device which cooperate to store at least temporarily weight management data for managing the weight of at least one user, such as a user's weight, a user's body fat percentage, exercise data, food consumption data, or a combination thereof, obtained from at least one component for obtaining such data, such as a keypad, a body fat percentage sensor for measuring a user's body fat percentage, a scale for measuring a user's weight, an exercise machine, a food scale, etc, and a communications unit for communicating the data obtained to a healthcare provider for monitoring progress with respect to a weight management program over a communications network. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095209 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MITIGATING THE RISK OF HEMOLYTIC TRANSFUSION REACTIONS - A data structure for maintaining hemolytic risk histories of a blood recipient is populated by receiving data extracted from a data repository of a blood facility. The data includes information relating to attributes of blood recipients including hemolytic risk data. Recipient profiles are built based upon the information and hemolytic risk histories are created for a recipient from the hemolytic risk data. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095210 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FACILITATING INFORMATION SHARING, COMMUNICATION, AND COLLABORATION IN A HEALTHCARE FACILITY - A computer-implemented method for facilitating information sharing, communication, and collaboration in a healthcare facility includes the steps of: (a) maintaining data in a computer storage system relating to each of a plurality of patients being treated at the healthcare facility, said data for each patient including information relating to medical care being provided to the patient in the healthcare facility, and information relating to a team of healthcare providers on-duty at the healthcare facility assigned to the patient; (b) providing access to the data relating to each patient to the patient and the team of healthcare providers assigned to the patient by transmitting information to client computer devices operated by the patient and the team of healthcare providers at the healthcare facility; (c) exchanging messages among patients and healthcare providers through their respective client computer devices; and (d) enabling each team of healthcare providers to coordinate and distribute tasks relating to the medical care provided to each patient. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095211 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF DATA MAPPING FROM MULTIPLE DEVICES FOR DRIVING PERFORMANCE PRODUCT SYSTEMS - Systems and methods of normalizing and aggregating data from vehicle devices. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving data in a variety of message formats and from a variety of device and converting the data into a a standard message format for further processing. Another embodiment combines data readings into vehicle trips for further processing. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095212 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING QUALITY OF SERVICE FOR DATA SUPPORTING A DRIVING PERFORMANCE PRODUCT - Quality of Service (QOS) systems and methods to determine the likelihood that a packet of information transmitted by an OBD, mobile, or other telematics device meets user requirements for accuracy, reliability, and quality of data suitable for a driving performance product, such as, for example, the implementation and modification of a usage based insurance (UBI) or behavior based insurance (BBI) or self-insurance program. Methods are established for determining when and how to display data to each constituent, including policyholders, insurance actuaries, and insurance carrier customer service staff. The QOS data may also be provided to OEM and GPS device manufacturers for the purpose of improving the performance of their software and devices. The QOS system analyzes the amount of time it takes to send and receive a packet of information, the performance of the GPS module and satellites, the presence or absence of data that is based on set conditions, performance metrics relative to key UBI or BBI variables, and self-tests on GPS or OEM hardware. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095213 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COORDINATING TRANSACTIONS - An integration system comprises a transaction hub electronically communicating with a compatibility server. The transaction hub receives initial data including a transaction code. The transaction hub transmits vehicle identification data to the compatibility server based on the transaction code. The compatibility server identifies a vehicle based on the vehicle identification data, identifies any potential devices compatible with the vehicle, and identifies one of the potential devices based, at least in part, on prior feedback of at least one compatibility parameter. The compatibility server transmits device identifying data to the transaction hub. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095214 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A DRIVING PERFORMANCE PLATFORM - Systems and methods of providing a platform for a driving performance application. The platform includes receiving data associated with driving performance of a driver, where the driver is associated with a client of the platform, analyzing the data to determine a measure of driving performance, and reporting the measure of driving performance to the client. The platform interfaces with the native systems of the client to provide an integrated insurance platform capable of implementing and managing a driving performance product, such as a usage-based insurance product. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095215 | Management System for the Protection of Mortgage Equity - A computer system for managing mortgages of large groups of mortgage holders with a no foreclosure rule interconnected to funding institutions maintained as a club. The system has input devices capable of receiving data from the mortgage funding institution or mortgage originator. The home owner club agrees to assume responsibility for providing financing agreement with a no foreclosure clause. A processor calculates a value and maintains up to date information as a function of the probability of property value change and the payments on mortgage obligation. A memory has a data base storing the data relating to the mortgages and club members, pool of properties of club members and financial data. An output device produces commitment for club members (assumes obligation for providing security and solutions, and in case of difficulties for members, maintains mortgage payments and funding institution assumes obligation. Members may be reimbursed equity positions upon relinquishment of a mortgage obligation. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095216 | ITINERARY-BASED EVENT RECOMMENDATIONS - Embodiments of the present invention provide a computer system, method, and computer program product for providing event recommendations to a user. User data is aggregated and analyzed to identify one or more user preferences for events. After a travel itinerary is created for the user, the user is notified of one or more events that comport with the user preferences and coincide with the travel itinerary. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095217 | Online Booking System - An online booking system includes a computer connected to a wide-area network, the computer including a processor and a memory configured to store programming and data. An act database includes entertainment records associated with a plurality of entertainers. Programming causes the processor to receive a performance request from a talent buyer over the network, the performance request including performance request data regarding an open performance date desired to be booked. The system determines if the performance request data matches a respective entertainment record in the act database and, if so, notifies a respective entertainer associated with the selected act to contact the buyer. If the act is booked, the processor updates the act and talent buyer itinerary databases. Matching a performance request with entertainment records may include determining if an entertainer is available within a predetermined number of days of the performance date and within a predetermined distance. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095218 | VIRTUAL GIFT CARD GIFTING OR SHARING - Improved techniques and systems to facilitate gifting using items representative of credit, value and/or event admission in a client-server environment are disclosed. A networked device, such as a wireless electronic device, can act as a client. The client can be networked to a server for obtaining, virtualizing, storing, and/or accessing such items. Further, the client-server environment can provide for a user sharing and/or gifting such items with other users. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095219 | Use of Ticket for Purchasing - Methods and systems are provided for facilitating payment for products purchased at events. More particularly, a ticket, rather than cash or credit cards, can be used to purchase products at events. For example, ticket holder can purchase food and drinks at a merchant's concession using the ticket or the ticket holder can purchase souvenirs at a gift shop associated with the event using the ticket. A bar code or the like can be scanned by the merchant and communicated to a payment provider to facilitate the transaction. The purchase can be made anonymously, such that information regarding the user cannot be obtained by merchant and/or sold for use by marketing companies. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095220 | USING UPGRADE OPTIONS TO PROVIDE PRICE DIFFERENTIATION FOR TRAVEL PRODUCTS - The disclosed embodiments provide a system that facilitates a purchase of a travel product. Upon receiving a commitment to purchase the travel product from a first supplier by a buyer, the system presents the buyer with a first upgrade option of a first premium travel product from a second supplier. If the buyer accepts the first upgrade option, the system processes the purchase with the first premium travel product. If the buyer declines the first upgrade option, the system processes the purchase with the travel product. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095221 | SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING RECOMMENDATIONS - Methods and Systems for providing a recommendation to a user, comprising: examining characteristics of a travel plan; identifying an opportunity that matches the characteristics; identifying a recommendation that matches the opportunity; and providing the recommendation to the user. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095222 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BUNDLING LODGING RESERVATIONS WITH SECONDARY GOODS OR SERVICES - A method and system are provided for bundling primary goods or services offered by a first entity with secondary goods or services offered by a second entity. Using the system, lodging services (such as in the form of a lodging reservation) may be bundled with food (such as food or meal vouchers), whereby a customer may make a single reservation that includes a room reservation from a lodging provider and a food/meal voucher associated with a food services provider, such as for a single price. The system may access an existing lodging or other reservation system and bundle the secondary goods or services in accordance with specified rules to create bundles which are offered to customers. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095223 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL INTERACTIVE SEAT MAP - Computing systems and methods for facilitating the review and purchase of tickets for ticketed events include memory devices or storage components that store event information regarding upcoming ticketed events and venue information for seating arrangements and views from seats, as well as one or more processors for conducting activities regarding the review and purchase of tickets using a three-dimensional interactive seat map. Activities include providing a display on a computing device including information regarding a venue that is used for ticketed events, accepting on the computing device an input from the user regarding seating arrangements for the venue, determining an attendance location for a ticketed event at the venue based upon the first input, generating a virtual three-dimensional or augmented reality view of a region of interest at the venue from the determined attendance location, and displaying to the user the virtual three-dimensional or augmented reality view. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095224 | REDUCING SELECTON UNCERTAINTY OF OPAQUE SALES OF TRAVEL PRODUCTS - The disclosed embodiments provide a system that facilitates an opaque purchase that obscures one or more details of a travel product. Upon receiving a commitment to make the opaque purchase of the travel product by a user, the system presents the user with a set of purchase options associated with the opaque purchase, wherein the set of purchase options includes a first purchase option that conforms to one or more terms of the opaque purchase. Next, the system obtains, from the user, a selection of a purchase option from the set of purchase options. Finally, the system processes the opaque purchase with the selection. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095225 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EVENT TICKETING UTILIZING AN ARTICLE DISPENSING MACHINE - A system and method of event ticketing utilizing an article dispensing machine is disclosed. A ticket order transaction related to an event is managed at an article dispensing machine by presenting a series of simple and easy to understand interface pages on a user interface. A user interacts with the interface pages to make decisions on aspects of the ticket order transaction. A listing of events available for ticket ordering on the article dispensing machine is curated by reviewing prospective events. The listing is curated based on the location of the article dispensing machine, the priority ranking of the event, the date and time of the productions, the category of the events, the location of the venue relative to the article dispensing machine, and/or other factors. A hyper-local listing of events can be presented so that the events that are most likely relevant to users. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095226 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC BARCODE GENERATION RELATED TO EVENT TICKETING - A system and method of dynamically generating ticket barcodes for ticket orders is disclosed. A ticket order including tickets related to an event may be received from an article dispensing machine or another source. Random barcodes can be generated as the basis for the ticket barcodes. The ticket barcodes can be generated based on barcode attributes unique to a ticket supplier or a venue of the event. Such barcode attributes can include a barcode prefix, a barcode suffix, a barcode total length, and a barcode symbology. When the tickets in a ticket order are ready to be produced, images of the ticket barcodes can be generated and assigned based on the barcode attributes. The user experience for purchasing tickets from disparate ticket suppliers and/or venues can accordingly be simplified and streamlined. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095227 | MOBILE TICKETING - Embodiments of a transit ticket system are provided. The transit ticket system may include a mobile computing device configured to (i) download a mobile ticketing application from a ticket management server, the mobile ticketing application including a graphical data sheet, a ticket dictionary, and ticket strings, (ii) receive ticket rendering instructions from the ticket management server in response to completion of a ticket purchase process via the mobile computing device, and (iii) render for display an active ticket on the mobile computing device with data stored on the mobile computing device based on the ticket rendering instructions, the graphical data sheet, ticket dictionary, and ticket strings in response to an activation input command. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095228 | System and Method for Improved Rental Vehicle Reservation Management - A method and system are disclosed for managing a rental vehicle reservation based at least in part on automated processing of vehicle repair data corresponding to a disabled vehicle that is related to the rental vehicle reservation. For example, a preferred method and system can automatically compute from the vehicle repair data an amount of time that is likely to be needed by a repair facility to complete repairs to the disabled vehicle, which in turn can drive more accurate management of an authorization period for the rental vehicle reservation. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095229 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR NETWORK-ENABLED VENUE BOOKING - Method and system for network-enabled means to book a venue. Via a network, a bidding sub-system is deployed for providing information related to a venue to a subscriber and receiving a bid from the subscriber to book the venue for a future event. Information related to a received bid is posted via electronic means and provided to a venue representative who represents the venue and desires to receive a bid via the network for booking the venue. Through a venue representative control sub-system, the venue representative is able to select a bid to book the venue for a future event hosted by a subscriber who placed the selected bid via the bidding mechanism. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095230 | INFERING TRAVEL PATH IN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus are disclosed for inferring a travel path in a public transportation system. The apparatus comprises: a single-line origin-destination (OD) inferring device configured to infer from boarding data of a bus line a passenger alighting stop on the line as an inferred passenger alighting stop according to historical data, wherein the boarding data comprises a passenger boarding stop during a predetermined time period and a number of boarding passengers at the stop. A transfer line inferring device is configured to infer a passenger transfer line as an inferred passenger transfer line according to the boarding data and the inferred passenger alighting stop obtained by the single-line OD inferring means. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095231 | GUIDED ANALYTICS - A method and a system described herein relate to guided analytics for analysis of data. In one implementation, the method includes acquiring enterprise data and external intelligence data, and identifying facts, which are measures, and attributes, which are indicative of a characteristic parameter to which the measures correspond, from the enterprise data and the external intelligence data. The method also includes identifying influencing links, where each of the influencing links is indicative of a relationship amongst the facts and the attributes. The method further includes analyzing the facts to obtain analyzed data and identifying at least one correlation in the analyzed data based on at least one of the influencing links and the external intelligence data. The analyzing is carried out using at least one predefined analytical model and is in relation to at least one of the attributes and at least one of the influencing links. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095232 | Scheduling Appointments With Deal Offers - Provided herein are systems, methods and computer readable media for scheduling services and other types of appointments in conjunction with purchasing and/or redeeming deal offers. Merchants may customize a scheduling system to provide scheduling capabilities and deal redemption capabilities to consumers interested in scheduling appointments. A consumer may use the scheduling system to select dates and times, merchant locations, and/or staff members, among other things, when scheduling appointments, and provide deal and/or other payment related information to the merchant. Merchants may use the scheduling system and consumer date received therefrom to track resources across numerous locations, keep apprised of their staffs' availability, receive/generate analytics data related to the affect deals have on their business, and gain a better understanding of their customers. The scheduling system may be integrated into the merchant's website and/or linked to deals offered by a third party promotional system. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095233 | EFFICIENTLY MODELING DATABASE SCENARIOS FOR LATER USE ON LIFE DATA - A method of modeling a scenario for use with live data in a production database may include selecting the scenario. The live data can be stored in the production database on a first computing resource, and production scenarios can be stored and executed on the live data using the first computing resource. The method may also include identifying a subset of the live data that are affected by the scenario, copying the subset to a second computing resource to create modeling data, running the scenario on the modeling data using the second computing resource, causing a display device to provide an output comprising a result of the scenario on the modeling data, receiving an input indicating that the scenario is approved, and storing the scenario with the plurality of production scenarios for use on the first computing resource. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095234 | Method and System for Managing Vehicle Travel - Methods and systems for facilitating efficient travel management are disclosed. Exemplary embodiments comprise a processor configured to make selections from among a plurality of vehicle travel modes based on a vehicle travel mode selection rule using, at least in part, received travel plan information. In a preferred embodiment, this selection can be based on any of a number of factors, including monetary costs and carbon emissions associated with different vehicle travel mode options. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095235 | VIRTUAL MANAGEMENT OF WORK ITEMS - Systems and methods are provided to solve these and other problems and disadvantages of the prior art. A list of work items is received. A work item can be anything that a user may work on such as an email, an incoming call in a contact center, a trouble ticket, and the like. A user is identified to work on the list of work items. A virtual setting is created based on the list of work items and the user. The virtual setting includes a virtual list of work items that represents the list of work items and a user avatar that represents the user. The user can select a work item from the virtual list of work items. The user is then presented with the work item. For example, if the work item is an email, the email will be presented. The user can then process the work item. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095236 | Method and System for Assigning Jobs to Prevent Employee Qualifications From Lapsing - A method for execution by a computing apparatus comprising identifying a job to be assigned to an employee, the job requiring a given job qualification, wherein the given job qualification is associated with at least one requirement for maintaining the job qualification and a time-frame during which the at least one requirement should be satisfied. Completion of the job by an employee at least partially completes the at least one requirement for maintaining the job qualification. The method further comprises assigning the job to a selected employee from a set of employees, wherein each employee in the set of employees has the given job qualification. The selected employee is selected at least in part on a basis of a probability of the selected employee losing the job qualification relative to other employees in the set of employees. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095237 | Organizing and Managing Employee Information for a Manager - A graphical user interface is generated for a manager of multiple employees, including views for the manager to enter, organize, inspect and be reminded of, information regarding one or more of the employees: a team view that identifies, and presents at least one tag for, each of the employees, a notes view including notes generated, or received, by the manager that have not been assigned to any of the employees, and a task view that presents tasks for the manager to perform, each task having either an employee association or no employee association. A new object associated with one or more employees is created. The manager can select any of the employees before creating a new object and automatically associate the new object with that employee. The manager can enter information in a new object before associating the new object with the one or more of the employees. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095238 | SUPPLY CHAIN FINANCIAL ORCHESTRATION SYSTEM WITH SEQUENCERS FOR EVENT-BASED ORCHESTRATION - A system is provided that orchestrates tasks for a supply chain financial orchestration flow. The system selects tasks to be executed for an event. The system further creates a task group that includes the tasks. The system further assigns a task sequence identifier for each task, where there is a gap between two task sequence identifiers. The system further initiates an execution of a task of the plurality of tasks where the task is eligible for execution. The system further submits a task completion acknowledgement when the execution of the task is complete, where the task completion acknowledgement makes a subsequent task eligible for execution. The system further receives a plurality of events that includes the event, creates an event group that includes the plurality of events, assigns an event sequence identifier for each event of the plurality of events, where there is a gap between two event sequence identifiers, and submits an event completion acknowledgement when the execution of the plurality of tasks for the event is complete. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095239 | SELF-SERVICE REGISTRATION AND QUEUE STATUS PRIORITIZATION - User self-service registration and queue status prioritization is provided. A user may check into an appointment via a web-interface prior to the appointment. He may enter and/or verify information such as demographic information, insurance information, payment information, financial information, etc. If there are any discrepancies in the information provided, the user may be alerted to the discrepancies, wherein he may be able to correct the discrepancies prior to arriving for the appointment. When an indication is received that the user has arrived for the appointment, the user may be elevated to the top of a queue and thereby minimizing wait time. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095240 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATING LUMPING SERVICES MANAGEMENT - One or more embodiments provide for automated management of lumping services. A method includes managing collection of on-site facility lumping services data. Payment collection is managed for the lumping services. Customer integrated file uploads containing data elements for field operations related to the lumping services is provided. Automated check-in and check-out of drivers at facilities for tracking lumping services is provided. One or more status displays for the lumping services is provided. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095241 | Availability-Based Contact Routing and Scheduling System - A contact routing and scheduling system is provided allowing users to define various contact routing and scheduling contexts to direct a contact to a calendar of appointment availability representing the availability of a set of representatives pre-qualified to have times available for an appropriate appointment and to book an appointment as an integral part of the contact routing function. The system utilizes multiple visual user interfaces to allow users, contacts, and administrators to interact with the contact routing and appointment scheduling system. The system allows for user selection of contact routing and scheduling rules, association of scheduling activities to the contact routing process, and association of representatives who will ultimately accept appointments with contacts. The system also utilizes various techniques to associate contacts with particular contact routing and scheduling contexts received by the contact through email and/or other correspondence means. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095242 | Method for automatically allocating tasks to users within a workflow management system - A computer-assisted method for automatically assigning work tasks in a workflow management system includes providing at least one first directed graph and at least one second directed graph assigning, with respect to a user, an authorization category to at least one object in the first graph and to at least one object in the second graph in order to respectively obtain at least one assigned object forming the Cartesian product of the first and the second graph to obtain a product graph, identifying the product object of the product graph resulting from the assigned object of the first graph and the assigned object of the second graph and identifying sub-objects of the product object, to which the second authorization category also applies, if applicable, assigning the user to the identified product object and the identified sub-objects of the product graph, obtaining a responsibility request with respect to a requested object of the product graph, determining the user assigned to the requested object, and assigning the request to the user. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095243 | DATA METRIC RESOLUTION RANKING SYSTEM AND METHOD - In one embodiment, a method includes identifying a plurality of period combinations for a metric of interest. Each period combination comprises one or more time periods and each of the one or more time periods comprises one or more segments. The method further includes, for each period combination of the plurality of period combinations and each historical value of a plurality of historical values of the metric of interest, incrementally inserting the historical value into corresponding segments of the one or more time periods. Moreover, the method includes ranking the plurality of period combinations based on comparisons of the plurality of historical values to sets of corresponding predicted values. The method also includes selecting a highest-ranked period combination as best characterizing the metric of interest. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095244 | FACILITY VISUALIZATION AND MONITORING - A method includes generating, using a three-dimensional model file corresponding to a facility location, a graphical user interface depicting a virtual representation of the facility location from a first point of view, one or more of a plurality of assets located at the facility location being visible from the first point of view. The method further includes receiving navigation instructions indicating a desire of a user to move within the virtual representation to a second point of view, and updating the graphical user interface to depict a virtual representation of the facility location from the second point of view, a particular asset being visible from the second point of view. The method further includes receiving a user selection of the particular asset, accessing asset information associated with the particular asset, and displaying at least a portion of the accessed asset information. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095245 | SERVICE REQUEST ORCHESTRATOR - A system for orchestrating the process of fulfilling service requests for utility services receives a first service request for utility services. The first service request references a first service point. The system evaluates conditions at the first service point. The system issues an electronic command message to fulfill the first service request based on the evaluation of conditions at the first service point. The system receives a second service request for utility services. The second service request references a second service point. The system evaluates conditions at the second service point. The system initiates a field activity to fulfill the second service request based on the evaluation of conditions at the second service point. The receiving the first service request, the evaluating conditions at the first service point, the issuing the electronic command message, the receiving the second service request, the evaluating conditions at the second service point, and the initiating the field activity are performed by a centralized orchestration engine. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095246 | SUPPLY CHAIN FINANCIAL ORCHESTRATION SYSTEM THAT ORCHESTRATES SUPPLY CHAIN EVENTS - A system is provided that orchestrates a supply chain event. The system receives a supply chain event from an external source system. The system further retrieves a source document referenced by the supply chain event. The system further retrieves a supply chain financial orchestration flow assigned to the source document, where the supply chain financial orchestration flow defines a trade relationship between a first entity and a second entity. The system further selects one or more tasks defined for the supply chain financial orchestration flow. The system further initiates execution of the one or more tasks, where each task is executed at an external target system. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095247 | SUPPLY CHAIN FINANCIAL ORCHESTRATION SYSTEM WITH CONFIGURABLE EVENTS THAT TRIGGER TASKS - A system is provided that processes supply chain events. The system defines a supply chain event type. The system further configures a supply chain event of the supply chain event type as a task generating event, where the task generating event indicates that one or more tasks that are defined for a supply chain financial orchestration flow are to be executed, and where the supply chain financial orchestration flow defines a trade relationship between a first entity and a second entity. The system further receives a supply chain event associated with the supply chain financial orchestration flow. The system further determines whether the supply chain event is a task generating event. The system further executes the one or more tasks that are defined for the supply chain financial orchestration flow where the supply chain event is a task generating event. | 2014-04-03 |