02nd week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 33 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140012706 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROCESSING ORDERS IN A SUBSCRIPTION BASED BILLING SYSTEM - A system of processing subscription based orders in a subscription billing management system. The system includes an order manager component for receiving order details and creating order objects of various types. Each of order object has a plurality of values associated with it, including at least a value identifying the type of order. The system also includes an order queue component for storing and ordering order objects created by the order manager component and a subscription manager component for selecting an order object from the order queue component and initiating actions within the subscription billing management systems. The actions are determined at least in part by type of order. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012707 | SERVICE DESIGN AND ORDER FULFILLMENT SYSTEM WITH FULFILLMENT SOLUTION BLUEPRINT - A system that provides a fulfillment solution blueprint is provided. The system defines order layers for the fulfillment solution blueprint. The system further defines provider functions for the fulfillment solution blueprint. The system further assigns each provider function to an order layer. The system further defines interface contracts for the fulfillment solution blueprint. The system further assigns each interface contract to a provider function. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012708 | SERVICE DESIGN AND ORDER FULFILLMENT SYSTEM - A system that designs a fulfillment solution and fulfills an order using the fulfillment solution is provided. The system defines a technical catalog that includes items including metadata used by a fulfillment solution. The system further defines a fulfillment solution blueprint that includes multiple order layers that define multiple layers of the fulfillment solution, multiple provider functions structured according to a dynamic pattern-driven model, and multiple interface contracts defining multiple interactions between multiple provider functions. The system further designs the fulfillment solution to use at least one item of the technical catalog to fulfill an order. The system further designs the fulfillment solution based on the fulfillment solution blueprint. The system further generates the fulfillment solution based on the fulfillment solution blueprint using at least one item of the technical catalog. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012709 | SERVICE DESIGN AND ORDER FULFILLMENT SYSTEM WITH TECHNICAL CATALOG - A system that provides a technical catalog is provided. The system defines items including metadata used by a fulfillment solution to drive service order fulfillment, where each item is used by the fulfillment solution to fulfill an order. The system further stores the items within the technical catalog, where the technical catalog includes a data store that stores metadata, and where the technical catalog defines a structure of the items. The metadata defines the key entities and behavioral elements used to specialize service order fulfillment capabilities such as service order orchestration, service order design and assign, etc. The system further designs the fulfillment solution to use an item to fulfill an order. The system further generates the fulfillment solution using the item. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012710 | SERVICE DESIGN AND ORDER FULFILLMENT SYSTEM WITH SERVICE ORDER - A system that provides a service order is provided. The system defines a service action including metadata that defines a pattern of a structured request to perform work on a customer-facing service that is based on a customer-facing service specification. The system further defines a customer-facing service specification including metadata that defines a customer-facing service that is provided, where a customer-facing service includes a technology-agnostic abstraction of a holistic capability. The system further defines a service order, where the service order includes one or more service order lines, where each service order line includes a service action and a customer-facing service based on a customer-facing service specification. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012711 | SERVICE DESIGN AND ORDER FULFILLMENT SYSTEM WITH SERVICE ORDER CALCULATION PROVIDER FUNCTION - A system that transforms a customer order into a service order is provided. The system receives a customer order including customer order lines, where each customer order line includes a product action and a product offering that is based on a product specification. The system further defines a structured set of metadata including product specifications, customer-facing service specifications, relationships, and mappings. The system further defines a transformation sequence including customizable process logic, where the customizable process logic is structured within stages. The system further transforms the customer order lines into service order lines based on the metadata and the transformation sequence, where each service order line includes a service action and a customer-facing service based on a customer-facing service specification. The system further generates a service order including the service order lines. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012712 | SERVICE DESIGN AND ORDER FULFILLMENT SYSTEM WITH ACTION - A system that provides a fulfillment action (or “action”) is provided. The system defines an action specification including a pattern of a structured request to perform work on a subject. The system further defines data for the action specification, where the data includes an action code template that references action codes, and a parameter list template that references parameters. The system further defines the subject for the action specification, where the subject includes a subject template that references entity specifications. The system further defines a target for the action specification, where the target includes a target template that references resource specifications. The system further generates an instance of the action based on the action specification, where the pattern of the structured request to perform work is transformed into process logic configured to perform the work on the subject. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012713 | SERVICE DESIGN AND ORDER FULFILLMENT SYSTEM WITH SERVICE ORDER DESIGN AND ASSIGN PROVIDER FUNCTION - A system that creates a service instance is provided. The system receives a service order including an entity, where the entity includes metadata that defines a capability that is provided, and where the entity includes child entities. The system further designs a configuration for the entity, where the configuration includes the entity, the child entities, and relationships between the entity and the child entities. The system further creates, for each child entity, a design context, where each child entity is a subject for the design context. The system further designs, for each child context, an instance of the child entity using the design context. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012714 | METHOD, MEDIUM AND SYSTEM FOR AN INTEGRATED APPLICATION STORE FOR A USER DEVICE - Methods, systems and machine readable tangible storage media that integrate an application store in a user device. In one embodiment, a selected document that cannot be used as selected triggers a request to an application store server to determine an availability of applications to use the document as selected. The user device enhances the display of the document selection interface to allow the user to display an application store interface to purchase the application. The purchased application is downloaded and installed on the user device, and the user is optionally apprised of the progress of the purchase with an animated icon representing the application “flying” from the application store interface and “landing” in a dock area within the display on the user device when ready for subsequent launch. Other embodiments are also described. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012715 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING RETAIL STORE SHOPPING SERVICE USING REMOTE DIRECT CONTROL WITH RESPECT TO HOME SCREEN OF SMART TERMINAL, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING HOME SCREEN SHOPPING PROGRAM USING THE SAME - There is provided a technique of providing a retail store shopping service on a home screen installed in various smart terminals including an android smart phone by allowing a remote server to directly control at least a portion of the home screen. In particular, there is provided a method for providing a retail store shopping service, whereby a direct control channel is formed with a retailer server of a remote area with respect to a home screen of a smart terminal through widget, or the like, and the retailer server directly controls at least a portion of the home screen, and a computer-readable recording medium storing a home screen shopping program for the method. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012716 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING TAX REFUND FRAUD - Certain embodiments of the disclosed technology may include systems and methods for detecting tax refund fraud. According to an exemplary embodiment of the disclosed technology, a method is provided for detecting tax refund fraud. The method includes receiving entity-supplied information. In an exemplary embodiment, the entity-supplied information includes at least a name, social security number, and mailing address. The method further includes querying one or more databases with the entity-supplied information and receiving a plurality of independent information in response to the querying. The method can include determining, based at least in part on a comparison of the entity-supplied information with the plurality of independent information, zero or more indicators of fraud. The method can include outputting the zero or more indicators of fraud. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012717 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING AND REPORTING FINANCIAL INFORMATION - Methods and system consistent with the present invention facilitate the management of financial information. Such methods and systems may receive transaction data, store the transaction data as a line item in a day ledger, receive a request for a report, the request indicating a financial figure, such as an average daily balance, to be generated over a specified time interval, and generate, substantially in real-time or during run-time per the request, a report with the financial figure over the specified time interval using data from the day ledger. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012718 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEVELOPING TECHNOLOGY ASSETS - An automated method for developing new products within a development entity, comprises receiving respective catalogs of technology assets, each including at least one of a patent, trade secret, know-how, documentation, prototypes, pre-production units, production samples, tooling, and demonstration frameworks. Each catalog corresponds to a discrete pool of technology assets having subject matter in common. The development entity also receives, from the originating owner, title to each pool in exchange for an equity interest in the development entity and an option to re-acquire the pool upon payment of a reacquisition fee to at least one primary investor. Further development of each technology asset pool is funded by at least one primary investor, who receives an equity interest in the development entity in exchange for its capital investments. Costs expended by the development entity to develop new product concepts corresponding to each asset pool are separately tracked. If the re-acquisition option is exercised, these costs form the basis for calculating the fee to be paid. If not, monetization is achieved by selling and/or licensing elements the enhanced technology asset pool to a spin-off entity funded by at least one secondary investor. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012719 | Virtual Redaction Service - A redaction system including a system for receiving an electronic version of a first document; a system for generating an electronic version of a second document which is a redacted version of the first document, wherein the system for generating includes a computer having a redaction engine coupled to a source of redaction rules; and a system for transmitting the second document from the redaction system. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012720 | INTEGRATED PROPERTY MORTGAGE AND PROPERTY IMPROVEMENT LOAN APPLICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - An integrated property mortgage and property improvement loan system, and method, includes a provision for basing a property mortgage appraisal on a projected increased property value attributable to a selection of planned property improvements. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012721 | MANAGING USE OF LEASE RESOURCES ALLOCATED ON FALLOVER IN A HIGH AVAILABILITY COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - Responsive to a cluster manager for a particular node from among multiple nodes allocating at least one leased resource for a resource group for an application workload on the particular node, on fallover of the resource group from another node to the particular node, setting a timer thread, by the cluster manager for the particular node, to track an amount of time remaining for an initial lease period of the at least one leased resource. Responsive to the timer thread expiring while the resource group is holding the at least one leased resource, maintaining, by the cluster manager for the particular node, the resource group comprising the at least one leased resource for an additional lease period and automatically incurring an additional fee, only if the particular node has the capacity to handle the resource group at a lowest cost from among the nodes. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012722 | System and Method for Associating Financial Transaction Data with User's Project Data - This invention relates to a system for viewing and manipulating a user's financial transaction data and a method for associating financial transaction data with a user's project data using a portable electronic device. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012723 | METHOD OF AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING AN ASSET - In a method of managing an asset the following steps are performed: receiving a request to transfer a part of said first asset from a first user to at least a second user at a system, wherein said request is received via an over-the-air communication with a first mobile device in which a first asset is stored, wherein the first mobile device is assigned to the first user, and assigning at said system: —) a remaining part of said first asset to the first user, and —) said part of the first asset, which part was requested to be transferred to the second user. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012724 | AUTOMATED FRAUD DETECTION METHOD AND SYSTEM - A fraud detection method and apparatus are provided, arranged to: | 2014-01-09 |
20140012725 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CREATING A TIME DEPOSIT VOLATILITY INDEX AND TRADING DERIVATIVE PRODUCTS BASED THEREON - A computer system for calculating a time deposit volatility index comprising memory configured to store at least one program; and at least one processor communicatively coupled to the memory, in which the at least one program, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to receive data regarding options on time deposit derivatives; calculate, using the data regarding options on time deposit derivatives, the time deposit volatility index; and transmit data regarding the time deposit volatility index. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012726 | SYSTEM AND METHOD THAT FACILITATES TRANSACTIONS BETWEEN PHYSICAL GOLD HOLDINGS AND COMMERCIAL PAYMENT SYSTEMS - A computer-implemented method for facilitating financial transactions in one or more precious metals using a debit card secured by the one or more precious metals. The computer-implemented method includes the steps of using an Internet website accessible via a computer or a mobile device, wherein the Internet website is configured to perform the step of: providing a first customer with a first balance of a first customer account; wherein the first balance is provided in weight of the one or more precious metals provided by the first customer. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012727 | CONSOLIDATED PRICE LEVEL EXPANSION - Certain embodiments provide consolidated price level expansion. Data associated with the individual price levels represented by a consolidated price level is expanded and provided through an expanded consolidated price level interface. In certain embodiments, the expanded consolidated price level interface includes a pop-up interface. In certain embodiments, the expanded consolidated price level interface includes an in-line interface. In certain embodiments, an order may be entered using the expanded consolidated price level interface. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012728 | Methods and Systems for Creating a Time Deposit Volatility Index and Trading Derivative Products Based Thereon - A computer system for calculating a time deposit volatility index comprising memory configured to store at least one program; and at least one processor communicatively coupled to the memory, in which the at least one program, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to receive data regarding options on time deposit derivatives; calculate, using the data regarding options on time deposit derivatives, the time deposit volatility index; and transmit data regarding the time deposit volatility index. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012729 | Equitized Currency Trust for Real-Time Currency Trading - An equitized currency trust has its underlying value based solely on currency, rather than on securities and/or commodities. Shares of the equitized currency trust are priced in a currency other than the currency that forms the underlying value. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012730 | System and Method for Computing and Displaying Effective Bid and Ask Information - Software at a trading station receives a data feed from an electronic exchange and computes an effective bid price and/or an effective ask price based on a particular quantity to trade. Then, the effective bid price and/or effective ask prices are indicated to the user. An effective bid price is an average price at which a quantity could be sold based on current market conditions. An effective ask price is an average price at which a quantity could be bought based on current market conditions. Depending on the available quantities in the market, the effective prices may represent spreads different from the actual spread of the inside market. Additionally, a derivative of price, such as yield, may be used to compute other types of effective bid and/or ask information. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012731 | AUTOMATED TRADING SYSTEM AND METHODOLOGY FOR REALTIME IDENTIFICATION OF STATISTICAL ARBITRAGE MARKET OPPORTUNITIES - A program for identifying and automatically acting on statistical arbitrage opportunities between related equities and contracts. The present invention describes an improved technique to perform statistical-pairs arbitraging in a dynamic marketplace with less risk than prior art approaches. The present invention employs an array of recent data and performance ratios involving bid and ask prices for correlated items, such as stocks. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012732 | GENERATING A CROP RECOMMENDATION - In a method of for generating a crop recommendation, a plurality of data sets are received by a computer system from a plurality of disparate data sources, wherein each of said plurality of data sets describes a factor affecting a crop. A benchmark is created by the computer system for each of the data sets which describes how the factor affects the market value of the crop. A model is generated by the computer system which describes the crop based upon each of said benchmarks from the plurality of data sets. A report is then generated by the computer system comprising at least one recommendation to increase the market value of the crop | 2014-01-09 |
20140012733 | Method, Device, and System of Accessing Online Accounts - Device, system, and method of accessing electronic mail. For example, a computerized method includes: receiving an identifier of an email account, and a password; if the password matches a first reference password previously stored in association with said email account, then authorizing a substantially full access to said email account; if the password matches a second reference password previously stored in association with said email account, then authorizing a restricted access to said email account. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012734 | CREDIT SCORE AND SCORECARD DEVELOPMENT - Share of Wallet (“SOW”) is a modeling approach that utilizes various data sources to provide outputs that describe a consumers spending capability, tradeline history including balance transfers, and balance information. These outputs can be appended to data profiles of customers and prospects and can be utilized to support decisions involving prospecting, new applicant evaluation, and customer management across the lifecycle. The outputs can be used as attributes to consider in developing a credit bureau scorecard. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012735 | Bank Mall - The invention provides a messenger service for businesses as well as consumers that provides delivery and pickup of banking transactions. Additionally, the invention provides the ability to make a deposit at any bank to any other bank. The invention also provides a bank branch location having branches for multiple banking institutions at one location. Additionally, the invention provides a window covering all banks with the Bank Mall establishment possessing proprietary computer software that links to their contracted banks, allowing the Bank Mall to process the transactions. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012736 | CREDIT SERVICES ORGANIZATION TRANSACTIONS - A system and associated methodology are described for staging universal CSO transactions to facilitate loans from lenders to consumers by receiving at a CSO a promise-to-pay record, credit extension agreement and separate personal property asset from a consumer in support of issuing a guaranty of repayment to a lender, and then processing payments from the consumer to obtain payment of principal, interest, and a CSO transaction fee either from consumer payments or from the separate personal property asset upon payment default. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012737 | System and Method for Debt Presentment and Resolution - A system and method for debt presentment and resolution through an Intranet or Internet content provider is disclosed. Said system and method include a plurality of “transaction communities” which are electronic forums allowing interaction between a plurality of debtors and creditors through means of electronic mail (e-mail) or other electronic communication means. The Internet/Intranet based software application allows said debtors to access and input information related to a particular debt with any Internet browser software. Said debtors are provided with the URL (Universal Resource Locator) for said content provider along with a unique identification code from the collection agency(s) through mail correspondence or other communication means. Upon said user entering said URL and entering said identification code, said user may then proceed to choose from a variety of settlement options listed on the HTML (HyperText Markup Language) page. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012738 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MEASURING ACCURACY IN FRAUDULENT TRANSACTION IDENTIFICATION - Techniques to determine accuracy in identification of fraudulent transactions. In one embodiment, indications from an analyst that financial transactions are fraudulent or not fraudulent are received to determine an error value. An error value may be a false positive error rate based on at least one of a weighted refund holdout, consensus disagreements, peer overturns, an appeal rate, excess negative actions, and a policy error rate. The error value may be a false negative error rate based on at least one of peer overturns, chargebacks, consensus disagreements, and excess passive actions. The false positive error rate is a rate at which the analyst incorrectly identifies the financial transactions as fraudulent and the false negative error rate is a rate at which the analyst incorrectly identifies the financial transactions as non-fraudulent. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012739 | ELECTRONIC COMMERCE NETWORK WITH TRANSACTIONS ANALYTICS - A system that processes transactions, in response to a transaction using a financial instrument, receives an identity of a financial instrument, such as a card hash. The system creates an anonymous account that corresponds to the financial instrument, and stores line level data associated with the transaction in the anonymous account. Future transactions that use the same financial instrument are also stored in the anonymous account. As a result, all transactions can be linked to the same user. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012740 | COLLECTING AND ANALYZING TRANSACTION DATACOLLECTING AND ANALYZING TRANSACTION AND DEMOGRAPHIC DATA TO FULFILL QUERIES AND TARGET SURVEYS - A system and method to gather and analyze transaction records and demographics associated with a plurality of consultants is presented herein. A consultant is a user that creates a profile and provides access to one or more accounts at one or more financial institutions and/or demographic data. Transaction records collected from the one or more accounts are stripped of personally identifying data, analyzed, associated with a consultant's profile, and persistently stored. Demographic data may be collected from a consultant and/or derived from the consultant's transaction records, associated with the consultant's profile, and persistently stored. Surveys are targeted at consultants based, at least in part, on the transaction records and/or demographic data associated with each consultant's profile. Furthermore, database queries are fulfilled based on the transaction records and demographic data associated with one or more consultant profiles stored in the database. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012741 | TECHNIQUES FOR CORRELATION OF CHARGES IN MULTIPLE LAYERS FOR CONTENT AND SERVICE DELIVERY - In a method for determining charges for content or services over a network, the method includes determining first charging information for rendering content or a service and usage of a service layer of the network, determining second charging information for usage of a network layer based on transmission related to the requested service or content, and correlating the first charging information and the second charging information to generate a single charge for an overall transaction, wherein the overall transaction includes charges for the content or service, the usage of the service layer of the network, and the usage of the network layer of the network. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012742 | ELECTRONIC PROCESSING OF PAPER INVOICES - Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods, and computer program products for electronic processing of paper invoices. The invention allows provides a user with information about a paper invoice through the use of the user's mobile computing device. In some embodiments, a method comprises providing a computer processor executing computer readable code structured to cause the computer processor to (a) receive information associated with an image of the invoice, wherein the image is captured by a mobile computing device of the user; (b) identify the invoice based at least partially upon the information associated with the image of the invoice; (c) determine financial institution information associated with the invoice; and (d) present, via the mobile computing device of the user, an indication of the financial institution information. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012743 | CALENDAR BILL PAYMENT MANAGEMENT - Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, computer-implemented methods, and computer program products for providing, via a mobile device associated with a user, a calendar for displaying one or more financial events including the steps of accessing a storage device associated with the mobile device to thereby retrieve information associated with the calendar and information associated with the one or more financial events, presenting, via a display of the mobile device, the calendar with the one or more financial events provided therein, wherein each of the one or more financial events is selectable by the user, providing, via each of the one or more financial events, one or more selectable features configured to allow the user to take an action relating to the one or more financial events. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012744 | BILL CONTROL - Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods and computer program products for implementing bill control. The invention enables a user of a financial institution account to maintain controls over bills via a single interaction point. In some embodiments, a method comprises determining whether a bill is due within a predetermined period; in response to determining the bill is due within the predetermined period: initiating, via a mobile network, presentation of a duration in which the bill is due; initiating, via the mobile network, presentation of an option to authorize payment of the bill via the mobile network; and in response to receiving selection of the option to pay the bill, authorizing payment of the bill via a financial institution account. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012745 | FUTURE ACCOUNT VIEW - Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods and computer program products enabling a user of an account to pictorially view available funds over a predetermined period in the future and thereby enable informed bill payment scheduling. In some embodiments, a method comprises determining, for a predetermined period in the future, at least one bill payment to be made using funds associated with the account; initiating, via a mobile network, presentation of a graphical indicator indicating the at least one bill payment; and initiating, via the mobile network, presentation of an account balance graph associated with the account based at least partially on the at least one bill payment, wherein the account balance graph indicates the account balance during the predetermined period in the future. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012746 | BILL PAYMENT MANAGEMENT - Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods and computer program products associated with a visual bill management feature that leverages projected account balances to schedule bill payment dates. In some embodiments, a method comprises determining at least one bill payment to be made using funds associated with the account; initiating, via a mobile network, presentation of a first graphical indicator indicating a bill payment date associated with the at least one bill payment, wherein the at least one bill payment is scheduled to made on the bill payment date; initiating presentation of an account balance graph associated with the account based on the at least one bill payment, wherein the account balance graph indicates the account balance during the predetermined period in the future; and enabling shifting of the first graphical indicator to reschedule the bill payment date. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012747 | Method for Transaction Routing and Processing - A computer executable method for routing a plurality of transactions through a router adapted to receive the plurality of transactions comprising at least one first transaction and at least one second transaction from a first system for forwarding the at least one first transaction and at least one second transaction to a second system wherein the routing of the second transaction is conditional to the property of the second transaction and/or to a property of the first transaction. Also an arrangement, a computer program and a router device are disclosed. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012748 | REPAIR SYSTEM AND METHOD - Systems and methods of the invention relate to utilizing an indicia for a part to identify a repair code related to a repair. Embodiments of the present invention include an identify component that corresponds the indicia to a repair code with a Car Repair Billing (CRB), wherein the indicia is linked to a repair code to a part by a link component. The part and included indicia can be utilized to identify at least one repair code for the part rather than manually identifying a related repair code for the part. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012749 | ELECTRONIC WALLET BASED REMITTANCE - In at least one example embodiment, a method performed by a server includes issuing a first electronic wallet to be hosted on a first device; receiving, from the first device, a request including a remittance amount and an identifier of a second device; determining whether a second electronic wallet has been issued to be hosted on the second device; transmitting, to a bank, a request to deposit the remittance amount from a first virtual account corresponding to the first electronic wallet to a virtual account corresponding to the server, if a result of the determining is negative; and transmitting a request to accept the deposited remittance amount to the second device. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012750 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR INTEGRATING THIRD PARTY SERVICES WITH A MOBILE WALLET - Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for providing a message via a mobile wallet. A structured data object message is received from one of a plurality of service provider systems via a communication network. A payment product associated with the structured data object message is identified based on service provider data stored in a wallet database. A wallet client associated with the payment product is identified based on synchronization data stored in the wallet database. The structured data object message is transmitted to the identified wallet client, thereby causing the identified wallet client to display the notification in association with the identified payment product. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012751 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR INTEGRATING THIRD PARTY SERVICES WITH A MOBILE WALLET - Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for providing a third party service via a wallet client. Service provider information is received from a service provider and stored in a wallet client database. Based on the service provider information, a wallet client is authenticated with a service provider system, a communication session is established, and a servicing environment is invoked. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012752 | System and Method for Preventing Fraud by Generating New Prepaid Gift Accounts - Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for preventing fraud when exchanging prepaid gift accounts. The system identifies a first prepaid gift account associated with a first prepaid gift. The system then presents an owner of the first prepaid gift with an offer to purchase the first prepaid gift account for an offer amount. Next, the system receives from the owner an acceptance of the offer. Based on the acceptance, the system provides payment to the owner for the first prepaid gift account, generates a second prepaid gift account for a second prepaid gift, transfers at least a portion of funds from the first prepaid gift account to the second prepaid gift account, deactivates the first prepaid gift account, and offers the second prepaid gift account for resale as a new prepaid gift to a person other than the owner. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012753 | Incident Management for Automated Teller Machines - A computer system monitors a financial transaction system that contains a plurality of remote transaction machines, e.g., automated teller machines (ATMs). The computer system detects and analyzes whether any of the automated teller machines has an outage, whereby customers may be experiencing failed financial transactions. When an outage occurs, a severity level is selected by processing outage data. For example, the computer system determines a measure of the number of failed transactions and then selects a severity level of the outage from which the appropriate recovery procedure can then be initiated. When the transaction system comprises a plurality of networks, the severity level of an outage may be determined by aggregating or separately processing outage data for the networks. Outage ATMs may be prioritized from the number of corresponding failed transactions, so that the prioritization can be included in an indicator that initiates resolution of the outage. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012754 | FINANCIAL DOCUMENT PROCESSING SYSTEM - Embodiments of the invention relate to systems, methods, and computer program products for providing a financial document processing system. The system receives an image of a financial document, such as a check, and identifies at least a transaction amount from the financial document. Then the system determines account information associated with the financial document. The system may identify a routing and account number on the financial document or identify the document based on a name on the document. Once the transaction amount and account information are known, the system determines a prospective balance for a financial account based on the account information and the transaction amount. If there are funds at least equal to the transaction amount in the financial account, the system validates the transactions. In some embodiments, the system also immediately updates the balance of the account and/or offers to complete the transaction. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012755 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING SUBSCRIPTIONS - A subscription system allows a customer to establish a subscription to a product with one or more retailers (e.g., by establishing the subscription through a controller or central system). In one embodiment, a subscription may be established after receiving information that identifies a product. Terms of a subscription for the product are established, such as a frequency and a duration of the subscription. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012756 | FRAUD PREVENTION SYSTEM INCLUDING BIOMETRIC RECORDS IDENTIFICATION AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A consumer identification system includes a first controller positioned at a facility and a second controller positioned at an information collection center and adapted to be in communication with the first controller. The first controller may transmit a first signal to the second controller responsive to an occurrence of an event. The second controller may initiate contact with a photograph or biometric scan database via a network interface in response to the first signal received from the first controller, and an official photograph or biometric scan associated with the consumer name may be identified. The second controller may transmit the official photograph or biometric scan to the first controller so that the official photograph or biometric scan is viewable on a user interface at the facility. A consumer identity may be verified by performing a comparison of a consumer with the official photograph or biometric scan of the consumer. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012757 | AUTHORIZATION OF CARDLESS PAYMENT TRANSACTIONS - A method of processing a transaction between a customer and a merchant includes receiving from a mobile device of the customer or from another device of the customer an indication of consent to perform a cardless payment transaction with the merchant, receiving from the mobile device an indication that the customer is within a predetermined distance of the merchant, after receiving both the indication of consent and the indication that the customer is within the predetermined distance, sending to a computer system of the merchant an indication of the presence of the customer and personal identifying information for the customer, receiving data indicating a transaction between the customer and the merchant, and submitting the transaction to a financial service for authorization. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012758 | SECURE AND EFFICIENT PAYMENT PROCESSING SYSTEM - A method is provided for carrying out commercial transactions. The method includes the steps of: establishing a transaction processing system on an electronic communications network; establishing an account within the transaction processing system for a corresponding account holder; obtaining from the account holder a session description of acceptable future commercial transactions related to the account; administering commercial transactions carried out via the transaction processing system; and, verifying that administered commercial transactions related to the account meet one or more of the session description. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012759 | SECURE AND EFFICIENT PAYMENT PROCESSING SYSTEM - A method is provided for carrying out commercial transactions. The method includes the steps of: establishing a transaction processing system on an electronic communications network; establishing an account within the transaction processing system for a corresponding account holder; obtaining from the account holder a session description of acceptable future commercial transactions related to the account; administering commercial transactions carried out via the transaction processing system; and, verifying that administered commercial transactions related to the account meet one or more of the session description. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012760 | SECURE AND EFFICIENT PAYMENT PROCESSING SYSTEM - A method is provided for carrying out commercial transactions. The method includes the steps of: establishing a transaction processing system on an electronic communications network; establishing an account within the transaction processing system for a corresponding account holder; obtaining from the account holder a session description of acceptable future commercial transactions related to the account; administering commercial transactions carried out via the transaction processing system; and, verifying that administered commercial transactions related to the account meet one or more of the session description. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012761 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A CASH BOX WITH CUSTOMER-SPECIFIC KEYS - The invention relates to a process for operating a cash box ( | 2014-01-09 |
20140012762 | Embedded Electronic Payment System and Integrated Circuit - An embedded electronic payment (EEP) system allows various devices and appliances to act as a merchant to accept electronic payments. The EEP system can be formed on an integrated circuit or as a software applet to run on a virtual machine. The integrated chip can be a standard IC, an application specific integrated chip, programmable logic device, or a multiprocessor based microcontroller. The EEP system operates with a standard interface that can be adapted to many applications. As a result, the cost of payment integration is reduced. The reduced cost of inclusion allows electronic payment systems to be applied in systems and devices where cost margins previously prohibited custom electronic payment systems. When the EEP system is included as an integrated chip, the system has improved security and power consumption compared to software solutions. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012763 | MONEY TRANSFER FRAUD PREVENTION METHODS AND SYSTEMS - Embodiments of the invention provide a fraud deterrent for retail money transfer or stored value product. In some embodiments, a two dimensional grid of number, letters, characters, and/or symbols can be provided retail packaging or cards that can be used as a second authentication factor in order to redeem funds. In some embodiments, methods and/or systems are also provided that associate control numbers with the grid, create the grid, provide the grid on packaging, and/or use the grid to authenticate a customer. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012764 | PROOF OF DEGRADATION TAGS FOR BIODEGRADABLE PLASTICS - Technologies are generally described for proof of degradation for biodegradable materials through use of tags in items containing biodegradable materials. In order to incentivize actual degradation based recycling of biodegradable products, identification tags or trackers may be embedded into the biodegradable portion of such products. Tags may be selected such that a non-degradation destruction of the product would destroy the tags as well. At a recycling facility, information associated with the products may be obtained from the tags by separating the tags during degradation or collecting the tags themselves and providing the information or the tags to an entity such as the manufacturer, a government entity, or the like. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012765 | PROVIDING RECYCLING PRODUCT PACKAGING - Technologies are generally described for allowing merchants to provide packaging for ready recyclable items. Consumers may list one or more products associated with special recycling on a registry for indicating the consumer has products that need to be recycled. When a new order for a new product is received from the consumer by a merchant, the merchant may identify a recyclable product in the registry. The merchant or a third party entity may select packaging for the new product that may be compatible with both the new product and the recyclable product if those two are not similar in size and shape. The merchant/third party entity may then ship the new product to the consumer in the selected packaging with a return shipping label, and the consumer may repackage and send the recyclable product in the provided packaging to a recycler for proper recycling. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012766 | INVENTIVE CONCEPTS ENABLED SEMI-AUTOMATIC TESTS OF PATENTS - This patent (application) discloses for a claimed invention 10 tests (+their 5 controls) enabled by its inventive concepts, automatically prompting their user through exploratively checking its meeting the requirements stated by
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20140012767 | Managing a Legal Hold on Cloud Documents - A computer-implemented method for managing a legal hold on cloud documents includes: implementing, on a cloud platform configured to store documents and perform one or more services for respective tenants, a legal-hold framework; receiving legal-hold information in the legal-hold framework, the legal-hold information specifying at least one document, indicating a legal hold applicable to modification or deletion of the document, and identifying a legal action; and in response to receiving the legal-hold information, updating a legal-hold index with an identifier for the document and updating legal-hold metadata with the identity of the legal action. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012768 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ATTESTING VIA MOBILE DEVICES - A method and system are provided for attesting users via mobile devices. The method includes receiving a request from the user. Further, the method includes sending a confirmation request message to a mobile number associated with the user, where the confirmation request message includes one or more statements for the user to certify. Still further, the method includes receiving a response message from the user, where the response message is received from the mobile number associated with the user. Further, the method includes matching the response message with an expected response for certification by the user. Finally, the method includes accepting the request of the user upon successful matching of the response message with the expected response. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012769 | Promoting Participation of Low-Activity Users in Social Networking System - Method or system for allowing a social networking system to retain users of a social networking system by identifying low-activity users who are likely to become inactive/dormant users and prompting users to initiate interactions with the low-activity users. The low-activity users are identified by monitoring activities and interactions of the users via the social networking system. If the pattern of activities and interactions satisfy one or more criteria, a computer device for providing the social networking system initiates an intervention scheme where users are induced to initiate interactions with the low-activity users. In response to the interactions, the low-activity users are likely to resume interactions via the social networking system. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012770 | Checkpoint Identification Correlation System and Method - An improved checkpoint identification correlation system and method is described herein. In one embodiment, the method for performing background check can comprise storing military identification card information and civilian identification card information in a member profile, collecting data from a military identification card at a checkpoint, querying the database to locate the member profile comprising the military card information, and performing a background check query from one or more public information databases. In this method, the member profile can be in a database on a pass control application server. The background check can be performed using the civilian identification card information. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012771 | Method of Operating a Digital Exchange Serving as an Integrated, Continuous Sponsorship and Promotion System - A method of operating a sponsorship exchange system to connect sponsors with organizations or individuals within a community for the guided sponsorship from sponsors of organizations or individuals linked to a digital media network. A related method includes providing a system that includes a networked electronic forum for the submission and display of a sponsorship proposal, receiving and processing an electronic communication from a community organization or individual, where the communication indicates acceptance of the sponsorship proposal. Sponsors may be automatically awarded advertising as sponsorship proposals reach predetermined support levels. The method also includes automatically sending an electronic communication with information regarding the acceptance of the sponsorship proposal by the community organization or individual. Further, the method includes receiving an electronic communication that include information demonstrating compliance with terms of the sponsorship proposal, and crediting the community organization for each communication demonstrating compliance with terms of the sponsorship proposal. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012772 | LOGISTICS SOURCING IMPROVEMENTS - The present invention provides methods and systems of identifying suppliers of applicable modes of transport that meet specified business requirements, providing a means to compare and evaluate these suppliers. Some forms of the invention provide computer-based methods for assisting a logistics decision of a potential customer, the method comprising the steps of: receiving at least one logistics related requirement from the potential customer, calculating at least one suitable logistics option from a plurality of supplier-provided logistic options, and providing an output of at least one logistics option in a form readable by the potential customer. Logistics-related requirements include a preferred or required origin point, a preferred or required destination point, a preferred or required mode of transport, a preferred or required travel time, a preferred or required delivery date, a preferred or required environmental impact caused by the logistic, a preferred or required cost, a preferred or required payment method or term, a preferred or required accreditation of a supplier, or a preferred or required level of operational performance of a supplier. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012773 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STORAGE CONTAINER TRACKING AND DELIVERY - A method for item storage and distribution to a user, each stored item associated with a storage identifier, the user associated with a user identifier, the method including associating a set of storage identifiers with the user identifier, in response to receiving a description for a first storage identifier from a user device associated with the user identifier, storing the description as an storage description for the first storage identifier, setting a fill status of the first storage identifier to packed, and removing storage identifiers having an empty fill status from the set of storage identifiers associated with the user identifier. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012774 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING USER EXPERIENCE WITH AN APPLICATION ACROSS MULTIPLE DEVICES - An approach is provided for identifying and utilizing user experience differential information to improve a user's experience for a given application. The analytics platform determines one or more user experience ratings associated with at least one application, at least one subcomponent of the at least one application, at least one application category, or a combination thereof with respect to one or more device types. The analytics platform processes and/or facilitates a processing of the one or more user experience ratings to determine user experience differential information between the one or more device types. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012775 | PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEM - Exemplary embodiments relate to a process control system for the automated control of the process-engineering installations with a device management system, wherein the process control system includes at least one central facility and also a plurality of field devices. The device management system includes at least one function for integrating a field device into the process control system. For the purpose of transmitting experiences of the users to the system provider, at least one component of the process control system includes a user interface for rating the integration solution, capturing the rating, and transmitting the rating from the user to a system provider for evaluation. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012776 | COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED RISK MANAGED TREND INDICES - The present invention provides for computer based systems and program controlled methods for reducing investors' exposure to the variability of an asset class's short-term volatility using rules-based long-only investments in various asset classes in which portfolio weights are dynamically rebalanced on a regular basis to a desired target volatility. This is achieved by constructing an index that represents a portfolio of liquid futures contracts, rebalanced as often as daily with the objective of maintaining the portfolio's volatility at a given level, typically the long-term average risk of that asset class. The index therefore is expected to exhibit relatively stable risk at all times when compared to the asset class's risk levels including during periods of high market volatility. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012777 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VOLATILITY-BASED CHARACTERIZATION OF SECURITIES - A volatility-based securities index framework solves problems with the prior art. By recognizing that investors share the rational goal of earning the highest level of return for any level or risk, a volatility-based index provides investors with information about the most distinct choices in risk. Compared to known approaches, a volatility-based index framework partitions a securities market into much more differentiated segments which in turn provide much more distinct investment choices. Further, within each volatility segment, constituent members are more homogeneous facilitating a clearer understanding of each group's relative attractiveness. At an asset allocation level, improved risk choices expand opportunities to convert poorly compensated high risk investments into more attractive investments elsewhere. The persistence of volatility maintains style distinctions effectively over time, offering significant protection to tax exposed investors. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012778 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE LIQUIDITY OF A CREDIT - The present invention relates to a credit index, a system and method for structuring a credit index, a system and method for operating a credit index, and a system and method for determining the liquidity of a credit. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012779 | COMMUNICATION AND PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR DERIVATIVE - A method of facilitating trades of mismatch swaps including receiving trade data characterization a plurality of swap trades. Mismatches in at least two of the swap trades are identified and the mismatches are communicated to a plurality of traders. Offsetting mismatches may be identified and communicated to the plurality of traders also. The method may also include receiving offsetting mismatch trade requests from traders and communicating the offsetting mismatch trade requests to a clearinghouse. Identifying the offsetting mismatches may include determining a date gap between standard tenor instruments. And, the method may include determining whether the date gap is within a range of dates selected by a trader. The date gap will likely, in this instance, not be a benchmark tenor. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012780 | Systems and Methods for Equity Crowd Funding - A method of recommending a business for investment receives information about an investor from a crowd funding source. The method creates a group of investor data from the information about the investor. The group of investor data corresponds to a profile of the investor. The method also receives information about a plurality of businesses and creates groups of business data from the information about the plurality of businesses. Further, the method determines a plurality of relationship values. The relationship values are based on the group of investor data and the groups of business data. Each relationship value corresponds to a relationship between the investor and a unique business. The method selects a business for an investment recommendation based on the relationship value between the investor and the business. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012781 | METHOD OF RE-DISTRIBUTING AND REALIZING WEALTH BASED ON VALUE OF INTANGIBLE ASSETS OR OTHER ASSETS - Methods of re-distributing and realizing wealth based on the value of intangible, tangible or other assets are described. For example, one or more intangible assets, including but not limited to the company's established goodwill, may be sold to a purchaser corporation in exchange for an issuance of shares in the purchaser corporation's capital stock. Rights in the intangible assets may then be leased back to the seller company on terms that provide for the payment of periodic rent to the purchaser corporation. With the seller company's intangible assets having been converted at least partially into tangible, recordable investment property, the purchaser corporation may extend a credit facility to the seller company secured by the acquired shares in the corporation's issued capital stock. Loan advances drawn on the credit facility may then be taken by the seller company from time to time so as to generate positive real cash flows to the seller company. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012782 | METHOD OF RE-DISTRIBUTING AND REALIZING WEALTH BASED ON VALUE OF INTANGIBLE ASSETS OR OTHER ASSETS - Methods of re-distributing and realizing wealth based on the value of intangible, tangible or other assets are described. For example, one or more intangible assets, including but not limited to the company's established goodwill, may be sold to a purchaser corporation in exchange for an issuance of shares in the purchaser corporation's capital stock. Rights in the intangible assets may then be leased back to the seller company on terms that provide for the payment of periodic rent to the purchaser corporation. With the seller company's intangible assets having been converted at least partially into tangible, recordable investment property, the purchaser corporation may extend a credit facility to the seller company secured by the acquired shares in the corporation's issued capital stock. Loan advances drawn on the credit facility may then be taken by the seller company from time to time so as to generate positive real cash flows to the seller company. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012783 | Computer-Implemented Method and Apparatus for Adjusting the Cost Basis of a Security - A computer-implemented method and apparatus for determining a cost basis associated with a plurality of shares of a security. In response to information identifying an issuer, the purchase date and the sale date, a list of capital events that occurred in connection with the security between the purchase date and the sale date is retrieved from a database. One or more shares held adjustment ratios are then retrieved from a database. Each of the shares held adjustment ratios corresponds to one of the capital events that occurred in connection with the security between the purchase date and the sale date. A current cost basis associated with the security may then be determined in accordance with the one or more cost adjustment ratios and the purchase price per share of the security. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012784 | MONITORING STATE OF HEALTH INFORMATION FOR COMPONENTS - In one advantageous embodiment, a method is provided for managing data. Information about the plurality of components is identified using data to form a plurality of instances for a plurality of nodes in response to receiving data for a plurality of components. Each node in the plurality of nodes corresponds to a component in the plurality of components. A number of variables having a range of values are formed to form a data structure. Each value in the range of values indicates a point in time at which a change to the information for a node occurs between a first instance and a second instance in the plurality of instances. More than one change between two consecutive instances is absent. The data structure is used to identify probability information about the plurality of components associated with the plurality of nodes. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012785 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING REPRESENTATIVE USER BEHAVIOR BASED ON RECOGNITION OF UNIT BEHAVIORS - An apparatus for recognizing a representative user behavior includes a unit-data extracting unit configured to extract at least one unit data from sensor data, a feature-information extracting unit configured to extract feature information from each of the at least one unit data, a unit-behavior recognizing unit configured to recognize a respective unit behavior for each of the at least one unit data based on the feature information, and a representative-behavior recognizing unit configured to recognize at least one representative behavior based on the respective unit behavior recognized for each of the at least one unit data. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012786 | COMPENSATION DATA PREDICTION - A method of predicting compensation data includes obtaining compensation data, associated with a job category, with at least one datum being associated with each of a plurality of characteristics associated with the job category, determining values of factors, associated with respective ones of the characteristics, and a base value that when used as operands of a function yield estimates of the obtained data such that relationships between the estimates and corresponding obtained compensation data satisfy at least one criterion, and using a portion of the values of factors and the base value by a computer to automatically obtain estimates of compensation data. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012787 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING AND MOTOR CONTROL - The present invention relates to a system and method for information process and motor control using artificially constructed apparatus. More specially, the present invention provides a system and method that can process nature language and other informational input including visual, audio and other sensory inputs and respond intelligently. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012788 | CONDITIONAL PLASTICITY SPIKING NEURON NETWORK APPARATUS AND METHODS - Apparatus and methods for conditional plasticity in a neural network. In one approach, conditional plasticity mechanism is configured to select alternate plasticity rules when performing connection updates. The selection mechanism is adapted based on a comparison of actual connection efficiency and target efficiency. For instance, when actual efficiency is below the target value, the STDP rule may be modulated to increase long term potentiation. Similarly, when actual efficiency is above the target value, the STDP rule may be modulated to increase long term connection depression. The conditional plasticity mechanism dynamically adjusts connection efficacy, and prevents uncontrolled increase of connection weights, thereby improving network operation when processing information of a varying nature. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012789 | PROBLEM SOLVING BY PLASTIC NEURONAL NETWORKS - More realistic neural networks are disclosed that are able to learn to solve complex problems though a decision making network, modeled as a virtual entity foraging in a digital environment. Specifically, the neural networks overcome many of the limitations in prior neural networks by using rewarded STDP bounded with rules to solve a complex problem. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012790 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SUPPORTING A CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS - A method and system for supporting a clinical diagnosis is provided, the method including the steps of representing a patient by a plurality of initial symptoms, the symptoms including characteristics of the patient; determining, by querying and reasoning in a disease-symptom knowledge model, at least one likely disease for each of the plurality of initial symptoms; mapping the plurality of initial symptoms onto a set of said likely diseases; determining for each disease of said set of likely diseases a plurality of associated symptoms, the associated symptoms being associated to a respective disease of said set of likely diseases in said disease-symptom knowledge model; categorizing each of the plurality of associated symptoms into disjoint categories by mapping associated symptoms with initial symptoms; and representing likely diseases in the context of said categories of associated symptoms. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012791 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SENSOR ERROR DETECTION AND COMPENSATION - A sensor error detection and compensation system is disclosed. The system may have a sensor state estimation module that is configured to generate a physical sensor confidence value representing an accuracy estimation of a physical sensor output value received from a physical sensor. The system may also have a sensor output aggregation module configured to determine an aggregated sensor value based on the physical sensor confidence value, the physical sensor output value, a virtual sensor output value received from a virtual sensor, and a virtual sensor confidence value representing an accuracy estimation of the virtual sensor output value. Moreover, the system may have a replace sensor decision module configured to determine whether the physical sensor has failed by comparing the physical sensor confidence value to a replacement threshold level. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012792 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BUILDING A VIRTUAL SOCIAL NETWORK - A system for establishing a virtual social network including at least one emotion detector and a processing module is provided. The emotion detector detects emotional reactions of a plurality of users while they are watching a video to generate a plurality of detection signals. The processing module analyzes the detection signals to obtain emotion data corresponding to a plurality of time indices in the video, and analyzes content of the video to obtain metadata corresponding to the time indices in the video. Also, the processing module classifies the users into social groups according to the emotion data and the metadata. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012793 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING SURGERY PROGRESS STAGE - System and method for predicting a surgery progress stage according to the present disclosure sense a surgery motion pattern according to a surgery motion, store surgery stage information according to the kind of surgery and pattern information of major surgery motions of each surgery stage, determine a present surgery motion pattern corresponding to the sensed surgery motion pattern from the surgery motion pattern information stored in the data storing unit, and predict a surgery stage corresponding to the determined present surgery motion pattern based on the surgery stage information stored in the data storing unit. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012794 | PERSONAL TASTE ASSESSMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM - A personal taste assessment system receives a person's ratings for various rated items, such as wines or other beverages, and it develops a preference model for the person based on the received ratings. When developing the preference model, the system accesses a database of candidate items, wherein each candidate item is associated with at least one trait value. The system retrieves from the database a value for at least one trait for each of the rated items, identifies at least one pattern of dependency between at least one of the retrieved trait values and at least one of the received ratings, and determines a preference model based on the at least one pattern of dependency. The system may use the preference model to develop a preference profile for the person, make recommendations, and/or make predictions as to items that the person and/or a group that includes the person may enjoy. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012795 | Method and computer program product for providing a response to a statement of a user - A method for providing a response to a statement of a user, the method includes: receiving user input that comprises a portion of a user statement; selecting, before receiving a whole user statement, an answerable statement response between an answerable statement, multiple answerable statements and a response to an answerable statement; wherein the selecting is responsive to user input and to structured representations of answerable statements answerable by an answering entity; and sending to the user information representative of response to the user statement. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012796 | ADVANCED INTELLIGENCE ENGINE - An advanced intelligence engine (AIE) for use in identifying what may be complex events or developments on one or more data platforms or networks from various types of structured or normalized data generated by one or more disparate data sources. The AIE may conduct one or more types of quantitative, correlative, behavioral and corroborative analyses to detect events from what may otherwise be considered unimportant or non-relevant information spanning one or more time periods. Events generated by the AIE may be passed to an event manager to determine whether further action is required such as reporting, remediation, and the like. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012797 | FEATURE AND DEPLOYMENT RECOMMENDATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS TO PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ENHANCED FEATURE USAGE BASED ON USAGE PATTERNS - Feature and deployment recommendation systems and methods for content management systems comprises a vendor-site deployment and one or more customer-site deployments. The vendor-site deployment is configured to recommend an adaptation of any of the one or more customer-site deployments. The vendor-site deployment including a customer configuration repository adapted to store content usage metrics received from one or more customer-site deployments, an analytical engine configured to generate content usage patterns based on the stored content usage metrics, and a recommendation engine configured to recommend the adaptation. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012798 | PROCESS OF DIALOGUE AND DISCUSSION - A method for effecting a dialogue with an emulated brain. The method includes the step of receiving a query in the form of a semantic string. The semantic string is then parsed into basic concepts of the query. The basic concepts are then clumped into a clump concept. If the clump concept constitutes part of a dialogue, then the dialogue thread is activated by determining the context of the clump concept and assessing a potential reply from a group of weighted replies, which expected replies are weighted based on the parsed concepts produced in the step of parsing. The heaviest weighted one of the expected replies is selected and the weight of the selected reply after it is selected is downgraded. The selected reply is then generated for output in a sentence structure. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012799 | MOBILE DEVICE ANALYTICS ENGINE - A mobile computing platform for a mobile device, which has an interface for a remote connection to a backend server, includes a mobile analytics engine. The mobile analytics engine is configured to implement a mobile analytics model, which defines data, query and report structures for analytics of business data stored on the backend server. The mobile analytics engine uses model metadata to provide a generic reporting and analytics interface to support diverse mobile business analytics applications. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012800 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING APPLICATION FOR PROCESSING BIG DATA - Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for providing an application for processing big data. The apparatus includes a setting unit, a unified information access unit, a metadata management unit, and a database unit. The setting unit sets data collection and analytic levels and a result screen for each of a plurality of tenants. The unified information access unit collects data based on the settings of the setting unit, and analyzes the collected data. The metadata management unit manages metadata about the data collected based on the settings of the setting unit. The database unit stores the collected data and the analyzed data. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012801 | GENERATING REPORTS IN AN ONLINE SERVICES SYSTEM - A system and method for performing security assessments in an online services system. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving a list of target data for a report; and generating fields in the report. The method also includes populating the fields with composite information; receiving a command to execute the report; fetching the target data using the composite information; and populating the report with the target data. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012802 | WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR COMPUTER NETWORKS - A workflow management system for computer networks with a plurality of computers, with client computers connected via a network to a server that provides an IT-infrastructure, having: a first software/hardware device configured to prepare and manage workflows in a programmed fashion to select a sequence of functions necessary to process at least one object in the computer network, if needed parameterize and connect them, with their functional transitions controllable by a computer in the network in order to prepare a workflow from the sequence of functions. The first device preparing the workflow for an access to at least one electronic storage device in which templates are saved, a processor configured to execute workflows based on templates using the first device to process the object, with the workflow executed having access to a database device having actual data of the IT-infrastructure so the executed workflow can be enriched with actual data. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012803 | EVENT ANALYSIS APPARATUS, EVENT ANALYSIS METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - In order to analyze an event described in a document targeted for analysis, an event analysis apparatus ( | 2014-01-09 |
20140012804 | ITEM STATUS TRACKING - A method and system for tracking the status of a label. The system can include a memory with a database. The database can include an indicator of the label status. The system can additionally include a processor that operates in accordance with instructions stored in the memory. The processor can receive a request to generate a label, update the first database with an identifier that indicates the existence of the label, receive a signal indicating that a service requested by the label has been provided, and update the identifier in the first database to indicate that the requested service has been provided. | 2014-01-09 |
20140012805 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACCESS CONTROLS - Systems and methods for controlling access to objects within a file system utilizing data associated with those objects are disclosed. In one embodiment, access controls pertaining to a user may be specified in terms of tags which may be associated with an object, and a user's access to objects may be controlled based upon these tags. These tags may reflect the content of the object, or a grouping, category or another type of classification of the object and may be determined through the processing of the object. In one embodiment, metadata associated with an object may be classified and associated with classification tags associated with those classifications. A user's access to objects may then be specified through a set of classification tags, where the user may access objects associated with those classification tags. | 2014-01-09 |