02nd week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 53 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100010766 | Calibration method for a position determination of a rear axle steering actuator - The present invention relates to a method for the calibration of a position determination system of a rear axle steering actuator for a motor vehicle. The rear axle steering actuator has an actuator element which can be driven by a rotary movement of a rotor to a translation movement and whose geometrical center position is determined by means of a reference measurement. The position determination system includes a linear sensor and a rotary sensor. During the calibration of the position determination system, a piece of calibration information is generated which includes a piece of zero point information of the linear sensor and a piece of sector information. The measurement range of the rotary sensor is divided into at least two sectors. The sector information identifies that angle at which the angular position of the rotor defined by the rotary sensor lies when the actuator element is arranged in its geometrical center position. The calibration information is stored in the linear sensor. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010767 | Method Of Controlling Clock Signal - A method of controlling a clock signal with a print controller is provided. In response to receiving an external signal, the print controller determines the number of cycles of a clock signal generated by a ring oscillator of the print controller during a predetermined number of cycles of the external signal or the number of cycles of the external signal during a predetermined number of cycles of the clock signal and outputs the determined number of cycles to an external circuit. In response to receiving a trim value from clock trim circuitry of the print controller which trims the frequency of the clock signal based on the determined number of cycles from the external circuit, the trim value is stored in memory of the print controller. The clock trim circuitry is controlled to trim the frequency of the clock signal generated by the ring oscillator using the trim value. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010768 | IDENTIFYING MANUFACTURING DISTURBANCES USING PRELIMINARY ELECTRICAL TEST DATA - A method includes receiving measured values for a plurality of electrical test parameters associated with integrated circuit devices on at least one wafer measured prior to completion of the wafer. Values of the electrical test parameters are predicted. The measured values are compared to the predicted values to generate residual values associated with the electrical test parameters. At least one performance metric associated with the devices is generated based on the residual values. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010769 | CELL BASED TEMPERATURE MONITORING - A system and method for measuring a temperature in at least one energy storage unit. The system includes at least one temperature sensor thermally coupled to the at least one energy storage unit, and a battery management controller in communication with the at least one temperature sensor. The battery management controller is configured to process a temperature of the at least one energy storage unit to obtain an internal temperature in the at least one energy storage unit. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010770 | MEASURING DEVICE FOR VEHICLE DATA, IN PARTICULAR FOR THE SPEED OF A VEHICLE RUNNING ON WHEELS - A measuring device for measuring the speed of a vehicle running on wheels has a first sensor and a second sensor. The two sensors are arranged on the same wheel of a vehicle and rotate with this wheel. Both sensors are arranged in such a way that they measure forces which are each perpendicular to the axis of the wheel and at an angle to one another, and act on the same point. An evaluation device is provided to which the measured values of the two sensors are fed, with the evaluation device obtaining the acceleration of the vehicle in the direction of travel therefrom, and calculating the current vehicle speed from it. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010771 | SENSOR FOR SENSING ACCELERATIONS | 2010-01-14 |
20100010772 | COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A first attitude calculation means S | 2010-01-14 |
20100010773 | Sensing System - A sensing system is adapted to sense a pointer and calculate a location of the pointer. The sensing system includes a panel, a reflective element, an image sensor and a processor connected to the image sensor. The panel has a first plane and a first area located at the first plane. The first area is quadrangular and has a first boundary, a second boundary, a third boundary and a fourth boundary connected in order. The reflective element is disposed at the first boundary and located on the first plane. A second plane of the reflective element which is a reflective plane is substantially perpendicular to the first plane and mirrors the first area to form a second area. The image sensor sensing the first and the second areas is disposed at a corner at which the third boundary and the fourth boundary intersects and located on the first plane. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010774 | APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR MONITORING PHYSICAL EXERCISE - A person's exercise monitored by using an accelerometer to detect and count the steps of the person. Furthermore, acceleration profiling distinguishes walking from running and total distance covered in the exercise is estimated using different stride lengths for walking and running. The person's pace may be maintained using a music playback unit capable of adjusting the rate of the playback so as to influence the person by the music tempo. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010775 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, TIMER ADJUSTING DEVICE, TIMER SOFTWARE, TIMER PROCESSING METHOD, AND TIMER PROCESSING PROGRAM - The present invention is characterized in that a time elapsed since activation can be retained even after a time timer is updated to time information externally acquired, by updating a value in the time timer that starts count-up after activation with the time information externally acquired, and by subtracting a value of the time timer from the acquired time information and reflecting this subtracted value into a reference time storage part. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010776 | PROBABILISTIC MODELING OF COLLABORATIVE MONITORING OF POLICY VIOLATIONS - A payoff matrix based collaborative monitoring model presents a formal framework for defining policies to assign different payoffs for different subjects corresponding to their reporting behavior against different policy violations. An embodiment such as a formal model can be used by security administrators to get better estimates on various factors affecting the required parameters controlling the payoff values, e.g., reporting behavior of users, group dynamics, characteristics of the violations, and likelihood of detection. The proposed model effectively complements the payoff matrix-based approach for enabling the collaborative monitoring of policy violations. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010777 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING LIFE OF FILTERS IN BAG HOUSE AND FILTER MONITORING SYSTEM - A method for dynamically determining a remaining actual operational period for a filter in a filtration device including: determining an initial remaining operational period based on an installation date of the filter and an initial expected operational period; periodically determining a remaining actual operational period of the filter based on the initial remaining operational period based and an elapsed operational period from the installation date; monitoring at least one operating parameter in the filtration device; adjusting the remaining actual operational period based on the monitored operating parameter, and continuing to periodically determine the remaining actual operational period based on the adjusted remaining actual operational period and the elapsed operational period. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010778 | CRASH SENSOR AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING AT LEAST ONE MEASURING SIGNAL - In a crash sensor and a method for processing a measured value of the crash sensor, at least one measured quantity is detected by a sensor element and a first rewritable memory is provided in which first data for influencing the processing of the at least one measured quantity are stored. In addition, a second hardwired memory is provided in which second data for influencing the processing are stored. A logic module is provided which loads the first or second data, as a function of a test of the first memory, for processing the at least one measured quantity. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010779 | Electromagnetic Coupling Device fo an Electromagnetic Radiation Detector - An integrated circuit intended to be assembled with an electromagnetic radiation detector, the integrated circuit comprising a device for processing signals stemming from the detector, the processing device being covered with at least one conductive plate for protection against electromagnetic radiation, intended to be placed between said detector and said integrated circuit, said conductive plate including one or more apertures letting through conductive elements providing an electrical connection between the processing device and the detector. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010780 | Method for signal denoising using continuous wavelet transform - The present invention relates to a novel method for signal denoising utilizing a continuous wavelet transform. The method preferably utilizes derivatives of Gaussian functions. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010781 | UNIVERSAL METHOD FOR MODELING THE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN AT LEAST ONE WAVE AND AT LEAST ONE OBJECT, THE SURFACE OF EACH OBJECT DEFINING AN INTERFACE BETWEEN AT LEAST TWO MEDIA - The present invention relates to a method for modeling the interactions within a system between at least one object. The surface of each object defines an interface between at least two media. The set of elementary characteristic functions are chosen that correspond to the field of application in question. The physical properties of each medium considered composing the system are defined. Each object of the system is created by modeling it as a mesh and at least one elementary point source is associated with either side of each mesh element. The type of boundary conditions are determined for each interface. The global matrix for the interactions between the various objects is constructed, depending on the type of boundary conditions, the properties of the media and on the configuration of the system. The global matrix is inverted. The inverted matrix is multiplied by a column matrix containing the values of the excitation boundary conditions. A column matrix is obtained that contains the values of all of the elementary point sources. At every point in the system, the physical quantities representative of the interactions are calculated and an analytical model of the interactions within the system is obtained. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010782 | Systems and Methods of Selecting a CAE Analysis Solver with Appropriate Numerical Precision in Each of a Series of Hierarchically Related Engineering Simulations - Systems and methods of selecting a solver with appropriate numerical precision in each of a series of hierarchically related engineering simulations are described. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a series of hierarchically related engineering simulations comprises a sequence of finite element analyses for designing and analyzing a structural product. An input file describing the structural product and type of engineering simulation is received. Each different type of engineering simulations is checked to determine which solver with appropriate numerical precision (i.e., single or double precision) is used. A corresponding executable module (e.g., Finite Element Analysis software module) is then used for performing the analysis of that engineering simulation. The process repeats until all of the engineering simulations have been conducted in the entire sequence. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010783 | Moving physical objects from original physical site to user-specified locations at destination physical site - Dimensions of each physical object to be moved from an original physical site to a destination physical site are at least approximately determined. Each physical object is tagged with an identifier. A virtual layout of the destination physical site and the dimensions and the identifier of each physical object are input into a computer program. A user-specified location of where within the destination physical site each physical object is to be placed when moved to the destination physical site is input using the computer program, based on the virtual layout of the destination physical site and the dimensions and the identifier of each physical object. At the destination physical site, each physical object is looked up using the identifier of the physical object to determine the user-specified location of where to place the physical object within the destination physical site. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010784 | MODEL-BASED SCANNER TUNING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Systems and methods for tuning photolithographic processes are described. A model of a target scanner is maintained defining sensitivity of the target scanner with reference to a set of tunable parameters. A differential model represents deviations of the target scanner from the reference. The target scanner may be tuned based on the settings of the reference scanner and the differential model. Performance of a family of related scanners may be characterized relative to the performance of a reference scanner. Differential models may include information such as parametric offsets and other differences that may be used to simulate the difference in imaging behavior. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010785 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CREATING SCALED, THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL OF HYDRAULIC SYSTEM TO PERFORM CALCULATIONS - A software application implementable on a computer system is used to create a model of a hydraulic system to perform calculations. The user visually constructs a two-dimensional (2-D) connectivity model in the computer system. The 2-D connectivity model has a plurality of node points defined at various elements (sources, outlets, equipment, and junctions) of the hydraulic system and has segments interconnecting the node points. The user visually constructs a three-dimensional (3-D) segment model for each segment so that each segment model has the 3-D layout of the piping and the fittings for the segment. A 3-D system model of the entire hydraulic system is visually created in the computer system by combining the 3-D segment models. The software application performs calculations using the 3-D system model, and the 3-D system model can be visually or automatically verified to determine whether the model substantially corresponds to the 3-D layout of the hydraulic system, and has been laid out without errors. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010786 | SOUND SYNTHESIS METHOD AND SOFTWARE SYSTEM FOR SHAPE-CHANGING GEOMETRIC MODELS - New methods and software tools that simulate interacting with geometric shapes to synthesize sound are provided. The invention includes methods for determining real-time resonant frequencies for shape-changing geometric objects and interactive software articles/systems that allow users to simulate in real time resonant frequencies of an object as changes are made to its geometry and other sound input parameters. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010787 | PLATELET THROMBUS FORMATION SIMULATOR - A platelet thrombus formation simulator, said simulator equipped with the following means:
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20100010788 | METHOD OF CONSTRUCTING A METAMODEL FOR SIMULATING TECHNICAL DATA - The invention relates to a method of interpolating technical data from simulations used to construct a training base comprising technical data vectors X | 2010-01-14 |
20100010789 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR SIMULATING A SCENARIO BY UPDATING EVENTS OVER A TIME WINDOW INCLUDING THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE - A scenario is simulated by providing an agent that is an object in the scenario, providing a time window for the scenario that spans the farthest reachable past time and the farthest reachable future time with respect to a present time for the agent and/or at least one player that interacts with the simulated scenario, providing at least one event that represents a change in at least one attribute of the agent, and updating a state of the scenario by applying the at least one event to the agent within the time window. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010790 | SYSTEM & METHOD FOR DYNAMIC STRUCTURING OF PROCESS ANNOTATIONS - A plurality of base templates are generated. Each of the base templates models a corresponding process. A plurality of instances of each of the base templates are instantiated. Each of the plurality of instances corresponds to an application of the corresponding process to a particular environment. Each of the instances of each of the base templates is annotated, based, in each case, upon observation of functioning of the instance in the particular environment. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010791 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING FLEXIBLE ORDERING TO IMPROVE PRODUCTIVITY AND EFFICIENCY IN PROCESS FLOWS - A plurality of equivalent representations of a process are identified. The process has a plurality of tasks. Each of the representations specifies a different order of the tasks. The plurality of equivalent representations are consolidated into a single representation. The single representation captures, in at least one flexible order grouping, at least two of the tasks that may be performed in more than one order. At least one constraint is specified for the at least one flexible order grouping. Techniques for merging two or more flexible representations are also provided. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010792 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANALYSIS OF ERRORS, ACCURACY, AND PRECISION OF GUNS AND DIRECT AND INDIRECT FIRE CONTROL MECHANISMS - Methods and a system for simulating a weapon system are provided. The weapon system may be modeled using a detailed-error-source description (DESD), with an error term for each error source in the weapon system. A target for the weapon system may be determined. For each simulated shot, each error term in the DESD may be perturbed using a Monte Carlo technique and an impact location of the simulated shot determined. The perturbation of each error term, additional system parameters, and the impact location of each simulated shot may be stored in a system-state data structure. A performance result of the weapon system may be determined. After firing all simulated shots, analysis of the system-state data structure may be performed. Performance results and/or an error-weighting function of the weapon system may be determined based on the analysis. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010793 | VEHICLE ASPECT CONTROL - A computer system and method for determining a survivability aspect control signal for an aircraft is disclosed. The computer system can include a processor and a memory including software instructions adapted to cause the computer system to perform a series of steps. The steps can include providing a plurality of signature exposure models, each signature exposure model corresponding to a threat sensor and including a threat sensor characteristic and a threat operational characteristic. A portion of a mission can be selected along with one or more of the models based on the selected mission portion. The steps can include calculating a signature exposure index based on the one or more selected models and the selected mission portion and providing a survivability aspect control signal based on the signature exposure index. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010794 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR EVALUATING A DESIGN OF AN AIRCRAFT - A method for evaluating a lightning/HIRF protection effectiveness of a vehicle design is provided. The method is performed using a computer system coupled to a database. The method includes storing in the database design service life goals and critical characteristics for at least one lightning/HIRF protection component. The method also includes storing in the database a potential for degradation of the at least one component. The potential for degradation is based at least partially on a position where the component is to be installed. The method also includes determining continued functionality of the at least one component using the computer system to compare the vehicle design to the stored design service life goals. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010795 | Method for Simulating the Thermomechanical Behavior of a Tire Rolling on the Ground - A process for simulating the physical behavior of a vehicle tire rolling on the ground with which the tire tread has an area of contact including at least one adherent contact zone and at least one sliding contact zone, which process includes at least modeling operations, numeric value assignment operations, and solving operations, wherein the modeling operations comprise establishing, by applying physical laws that are known and/or developed by specific experimentation, and as a first model, a model of the longitudinal forces (Fx), the transverse forces (Fy), and a self-alignment torque (Mz), transmitted by the tire between the ground and the vehicle, on the basis of specific physical parameters, including an adherence coefficient and a shear modulus of the rubber of the tire, and on the basis of dynamic parameters associated with the physical conditions of rolling and use of the tire, in which the self-alignment torque is associated with the intensity of the longitudinal and transverse forces and their distribution in the contact area, wherein the assignment operations comprise assigning numeric values to the dynamic parameters and to the specific parameters, and wherein the solving operations comprise deducing, using at least the first model and the values assigned to the dynamic parameters and to the specific physical parameters, the values of the longitudinal forces (Fx), the transverse forces (Fy) and the self-alignment torque (Mz), wherein the modeling operations further comprise establishment, as a second model, of a local heating model expressing variations in a temperature of contact of the tread with the ground from the beginning to the end of the contact area due to the contact and the slip of the tread with the ground, and establishment, as a third model, of a general heating and thermal flux model, in which said third model expresses variations, over a period of at least one wheel rotation, in a peripheral tread temperature and an internal tire temperature on the basis of values previously known or estimated from peripheral and internal temperatures, a coefficient of thermal conductivity of the tread, and phenomena with a thermodynamic component such as internal deformations of the tire, heat transfers between the tire and its environment, and slip of the tread on the ground, in which at least the adherence coefficient and the shear modulus are involved in the first model as variables, respectively based on the peripheral temperature and the internal temperature, in which the value of the peripheral temperature, obtained by solving operations concerning the third model, is used by solving operations concerning the second model in order to take into account the temperature dependence of the adherence coefficient, and in which the value of the internal temperature, obtained by solving operations concerning the third model, is used by solving operations concerning the first model in order to take into account the temperature dependence of the shear modulus of the rubber of the tire. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010796 | LOCATION OF BYPASSED HYDROCARBONS - A method of locating resources in a reservoir that includes at least one injection well and at least one production well includes mapping a modeled permeability characteristic of structures making up the reservoir, computing, based on the modeled permeability characteristic, an indicator of flow velocity for streamlines from each production well, computing, based on the modeled permeability characteristic, an indicator of flow velocity for streamlines from each injection well, and combining the indicators of flow velocity from each production and injection well to characterize a sweep efficiency of the reservoir system. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010797 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE EFFECTS OF EXTERNAL STIMULI ON BIOLOGICAL PATHWAYS IN LIVING CELLS - The present invention describes methods for carrying out experiments on living cells, including making measurements of the operation transcriptional regulatory processes and indicators of the kinds of processes operating in the cell in response to external stimuli. Image analysis allows for gathering data concerning the flow of information through a cell's genomic regulatory network as it is executing a programmatic change in its activities as a function of said stimuli. The method also allows collection of data of the results of the information-processing in the cell by observing the decisions the cell makes when modulating cellular process activities. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010798 | Modeling of variations in drain-induced barrier lowering (DIBL) - The present method is a method of modeling Drain-Induced Barrier Lowering (DIBL) in a transistor model, the transistor model being based on a MOSFET transistor. The transistor model includes a base, a source, a drain, a gate, and a gate terminal. In the present method, a voltage is applied to the gate terminal, a voltage is applied to the drain, and an electrical potential is applied between the gate terminal and gate. The magnitude of electrical potential applied between the gate terminal and gate is varied in proportion to the magnitude of voltage applied to the drain. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010799 | DEVICE SIMULATION METHOD AND SYSTEM - A simulation method and system. The method includes receiving by a simulation engine in a device driver, input simulation parameters data associated with a simulation process. The simulation engine calculates a simulated scale down process time period for a device associated with the device driver. The simulation engine simulates the device. The simulation engine calculates an overall runtime period for the device. The overall runtime period is calculated based on the simulated scale down process time period. The simulation engine transmits the overall runtime period to a simulator software application for generating an operating schedule for operating the device. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010800 | Automatic Pattern Generation In Natural Language Processing - Disclosed herein is a computer implemented method and system of generating declared patterns from components of a sentence. Parts of speech in the sentence are tagged for identifying parts of speech of each word and phrase in the sentence. Sentence chunking is then performed using the identified parts of speech of each word and phrase to generate pattern units. A first dictionary and a database of equivalent pattern specification sets are then applied to identify grammatical roles and senses of the generated pattern units. A second dictionary and a conceptionary are then applied to identify an equivalent name set for each of the generated pattern units. The declared patterns are then generated for the sentence using the identified equivalent name set for each of the generated pattern units. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010801 | CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND ERROR RECOVERY STRATEGIES - A plethora of strategies is afforded to facilitate conflict resolution and error recovery with respect to parsing, among other things. Grammar authors can select amongst a range of strategies or options on a case-by-case basis to address conflicts, ambiguities, errors, and the like. The strategies can be either static or dynamic. In one instance, code external to a parsing system can be invoked to resolve conflicts or recover from errors, and further enable change of strategy without requiring modification of the parser. Interaction between the parsing system and the external code can also be formalized to ensure general type safety of the system. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010802 | System and Method for User Skill Determination - A system comprises a user interface configured to receive natural language input from a user. An input module couples to the user interface and is configured to process the received natural language input for selected words and phrases. A user skill determination module couples to the input module and is configured to determine a skill level of the user based on the selected words and phrases. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010803 | TEXT PARAPHRASING METHOD AND PROGRAM, CONVERSION RULE COMPUTING METHOD AND PROGRAM, AND TEXT PARAPHRASING SYSTEM - A paraphrase model of a question text inputted by a user is learned, and a paraphrase expression is generated in real time. When information in text set storage unit is updated, text pair extracting unit extracts a paraphrase text pair from the text set storage unit and stores it in text pair storage unit. Model learning unit learns a question text paraphrase model from the paraphrase text pair in text pair storage unit, and stores it in model storage unit. Text pair extracting unit extracts a paraphrase text pair again from the text set storage unit by using the question text paraphrase model which the model storage unit possesses, and stores it in the text pair storage unit. In case where the stored paraphrase text pair is the same as the paraphrase text pair stored in the text pair storage unit, learning of the question text paraphrase model is ended. Candidate creating unit reads the question text paraphrase model from the model storage unit and generates a paraphrase candidate of the inputted question text. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010804 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR EXTRACTING PHENOTYPIC INFORMATION FROM THE LITERATURE VIA NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING - Systems and methods for extracting and encoding genotype-phenotype information from journal articles and other publications are provided. In some embodiments, the disclosed subject matter includes a preprocessor, boundary identifier, parser, phrase recognizer and an encoder to convert natural-language input text and parameters into structured text. The structured text can take the form of codes which account for genotype-phenotype information and are compatible with a controlled vocabulary. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010805 | RELATIVE DELTA COMPUTATIONS FOR DETERMINING THE MEANING OF LANGUAGE INPUTS - A method for processing language input can include the step of determining at least two possible meanings for a language input. For each possible meaning, a probability that the possible meaning is a correct interpretation of the language input can be determined. At least one relative data computation can be computed based at least in part upon the probabilities. At least one irregularity within the language input can be detected based upon the relative delta computation. The irregularity can include mumble, ambiguous input, and/or compound input. At least one programmatic action can be performed responsive to the detection of the irregularity. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010806 | Storage system for symptom information of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and method for storing TCM symptom information - A storage system is disclosed for symptom information of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). In at least one embodiment, the system includes a processing module, a TCM standard data module and a storage module, wherein: a TCM specialized glossary and the correlated attributes of the TCM specialized glossary are stored in said TCM standard data module; the processing module is used for dividing the TCM symptom information into at least one phrase, matching the phrase(s) on the basis of the TCM specialized glossary so as to obtain terms belonging to said TCM specialized glossary, for establishing correlated relationships of terms in the phrase(s) according to the correlation attributes in the TCM specialized glossary, and for storing the terms for which a correlated relationship has been established as structured data in said storage module. At least one embodiment of the present invention further discloses a method for storing TCM symptom information. By implementing at least one embodiment of the present invention, symptom information recorded in any language customary to doctors can be accepted, thus reducing the complexity in recording symptom information, thereby facilitating the input thereof by the doctor. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010807 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO ENCODE AND DECODE AN AUDIO/SPEECH SIGNAL - A method and apparatus to encode and decode an audio/speech signal is provided. An inputted audio signal or speech signal may be transformed into at least one of a high frequency resolution signal and a high temporal resolution signal. The signal may be encoded by determining an appropriate resolution, the encoded signal may be decoded, and thus the audio signal, the speech signal, and a mixed signal of the audio signal and the speech signal may be processed. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010808 | Method, Apparatus and Computer Program for Suppressing Noise - To provide a noise suppressing method and apparatus capable of achieving high-quality noise suppression using a lower amount of operations. Noise contained in an input signal is suppressed by transforming the input signal into frequency-domain signals; integrating bands of the frequency-domain signals to determine integrated frequency-domain signals; determining estimated noise based on the integrated frequency-domain signals; determining spectral gains based on the estimated noise and said integrated frequency-domain signals; and weighting said frequency-domain signals by the spectral gains. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010809 | Method, apparatus, and medium for bandwidth extension encoding and decoding - Provided are a method, apparatus, and medium for encoding/decoding a high frequency band signal by using a low frequency band signal corresponding to an audio signal or a speech signal. Accordingly, since the high frequency band signal is encoded and decoded by using the low frequency band signal, encoding and decoding can be carried out with a small data size while avoiding deterioration of sound quality. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010810 | POST FILTER AND FILTERING METHOD - When a decoding audio signal is to be acquired by pitch-filtering a combined signal of a sub-frame length, a decoding audio signal is continuously changed at the boundary between sub-frames. The post filter includes: a first filter coefficient calculation unit ( | 2010-01-14 |
20100010811 | STEREO AUDIO ENCODING DEVICE, STEREO AUDIO DECODING DEVICE, AND METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed is a stereo audio encoding device capable of reducing a bit rate. In this device, a stereo audio encoding unit ( | 2010-01-14 |
20100010812 | SPEECH CODECS - A method and apparatus include a voice activity detection module configured to detect silent frames, and a codec mode selection module configured to determine a codec mode. The voice activity detection module includes a receiver configured to receive a frame, a first determiner configured to determine a first set of parameters from the frame, and a providing unit configured to provide the first set of parameters to the codec mode selection module. The codec mode selection module includes a second determiner configured to determine a second set of parameters in dependence on the first set of parameters, and a selector configured to select a codec mode in dependence on the second set of parameters. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010813 | VOICE RECOGNITION APPARATUS, VOICE RECOGNITION METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A voice recognition apparatus includes an extraction unit extracting a feature amount from a voice signal, a word dictionary storing a plurality of recognition words; a reject word generation unit storing reject words in the word dictionary in association with the recognition words and a collation unit calculating a degree of similarity between the voice signal and each of the recognition words and reject words stored in the word dictionary by using the feature amount extracted by the extraction unit, determining whether or not a word having a high calculated degree of similarity corresponds to a reject word, when the word is determined as the reject word, excluding the recognition word stored in the word dictionary in association with the reject word from a result of recognition, and outputting a recognition word having a high calculated degree of similarity as a result of recognition. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010814 | ENHANCING MEDIA PLAYBACK WITH SPEECH RECOGNITION - A method for enhancing a media file to enable speech-recognition of spoken navigation commands can be provided. The method can include receiving a plurality of textual items based on subject matter of the media file and generating a grammar for each textual item, thereby generating a plurality of grammars for use by a speech recognition engine. The method can further include associating a time stamp with each grammar, wherein a time stamp indicates a location in the media file of a textual item corresponding with a grammar. The method can further include associating the plurality of grammars with the media file, such that speech recognized by the speech recognition engine is associated with a corresponding location in the media file. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010815 | FACILITATING TEXT-TO-SPEECH CONVERSION OF A DOMAIN NAME OR A NETWORK ADDRESS CONTAINING A DOMAIN NAME - To facilitate text-to-speech conversion of a username, a first or last name of a user associated with the username may be retrieved, and a pronunciation of the username may be determined based at least in part on whether the name forms at least part of the username. To facilitate text-to-speech conversion of a domain name having a top level domain and at least one other level domain, a pronunciation for the top level domain may be determined based at least in part upon whether the top level domain is one of a predetermined set of top level domains. Each other level domain may be searched for one or more recognized words therewithin, and a pronunciation of the other level domain may be determined based at least in part on an outcome of the search. The username and domain name may form part of a network address such as an email address, URL or URI. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010816 | FACILITATING TEXT-TO-SPEECH CONVERSION OF A USERNAME OR A NETWORK ADDRESS CONTAINING A USERNAME - To facilitate text-to-speech conversion of a username, a first or last name of a user associated with the username may be retrieved, and a pronunciation of the username may be determined based at least in part on whether the name forms at least part of the username. To facilitate text-to-speech conversion of a domain name having a top level domain and at least one other level domain, a pronunciation for the top level domain may be determined based at least in part upon whether the top level domain is one of a predetermined set of top level domains. Each other level domain may be searched for one or more recognized words therewithin, and a pronunciation of the other level domain may be determined based at least in part on an outcome of the search. The username and domain name may form part of a network address such as an email address, URL or URI. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010817 | System and Method for Improving the Performance of Speech Analytics and Word-Spotting Systems - A System and Method for Improving the Performance of Speech Analytics and Word-Spotting Systems is provided wherein a digitized signal originates from a input client device belonging to a customer, the signal being then passed to a network which passes the signal to both of an output client device belonging to a customer service rep and a call recorder. The call recorder compresses the signal using CELP-based technology such as MASC® technology and then sends the compressed signal to a speech analytics engine before being processed with or without a signal processing filter. The speech analytics engine receives the signal and upon also receiving a query, the speech analytics engine operates on the signal in response to the query, thereby outputting one or more desired voice outputs to an application to include a query application. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010818 | Method and an Apparatus for Decoding an Audio Signal - A method for processing an audio signal, comprising: receiving a downmix signal, an object information, and a mix information; generating a downmix processing information using the object information and the mix information; processing the downmix signal using the downmix processing information; and, generating a multi-channel information using the object information and the mix information, wherein the number of channel of the downmix signal is equal to the number of channel of the processed downmix signal is disclosed. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010819 | Method and an Apparatus for Decoding an Audio Signal - A method for processing an audio signal, comprising: receiving a downmix signal in time domain; if the downmix signal corresponds to a mono signal, bypassing the downmix signal; if the number of channel of the downmix signal corresponds to at least two, decomposing the downmix signal into a subband signal, and processing the subband signal using a downmix processing information, wherein the downmix processing information is estimated based on an object information and a mix information is disclosed. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010820 | Method and an Apparatus for Decoding an Audio Signal - A method for processing an audio signal, comprising: receiving a downmix signal and a downmix processing information; and, processing the downmix signal using a downmix processing information, comprising: de-correlating the downmix signal; and, mixing the downmix signal and the de-correlated signal in order to output the processed downmix signal, wherein the downmix processing information is estimated based on an object information and a mix information is disclosed. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010821 | Method and an Apparatus for Decoding an Audio Signal - A method for processing an audio signal, comprising: receiving a downmix signal, a first multi-channel information, and an object information; processing the downmix signal using the object information and a mix information; and, transmitting one of the first multi-channel information and a second multi-channel information according to the mix information, wherein the second channel information is generated using the object information and the mix information is disclosed. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010822 | SOCIAL PRODUCT ADVERTISEMENTS - A method, data structure, and medium are provided for generating and presenting advertisements to users through a social networking web site. Objective information describing a product is received from a promoter, and subjective information describing the product is received from users of the social networking web site. An advertisement is then generated by combining the information received from the promoter and the users of the social networking web site. Ratings are calculated for each of a plurality of advertisements and analyzed to select advertisements to present to a user through the social networking web site. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010823 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NETWORK BASED CUSTOMER SERVICE - In accordance with one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, systems and methods for facilitating customer service over a network include receiving a service request from a user via the network, verifying an account related to the user, determining a priority of the user, generating a service identifier, and providing the service identifier to the user via the network. In various implementations, users may be prioritized based on a perceived value of the user so as to provide express customer service and support to highly valued and/or top-rated users. Users may select a support link to obtain a service code which may be used to immediately connect the user to a customer service agent that may provide the user with resolution to problems encountered by the user. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010824 | RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM FOR USER'S DECISION ABOUT THE SHARING OF PRIVATE INFORMATION TO OTHER PARTY AND METHOD THEREOF - The present invention proposes a method of providing recommendation information to help user's decision about what private information to share from a service provider in a user-centered ID management environment. The present invention provides recommendation information to help appropriate user's decision about what private information to share from the service provider to a user, such that the user can more reasonably make a decision based on the recommendation value. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010825 | MULTICULTURAL AND MULTIMEDIA DATA COLLECTION AND DOCUMENTATION COMPUTER SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD - An improved computer system, input apparatus and method for providing a user-interactive means for completing common forms in the healthcare industry, such as a Minimum Data Set (MDS) collection form that is used for nursing home resident assessment and care screening. In addition to providing a caregiver fillable form, the claimed invention teaches a patient fillable form in which the patient is guided through the form using a scripted interview approach. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010826 | CALCULATING CONNECTIVITY, SOCIAL PROXIMITY AND TRUST LEVEL BETWEEN WEB USER - A computer implemented system for, and a computer implemented method of calculating indicators to reflect real-life interactions between people, among those are connectivity, social proximity, best paths and trust level. The system comprises a server connected via a communication link to users associated with communication and web based environments and to the web based environments and communication platforms themselves. The server is arranged to receive data relating to users, their profiles, connections and related data in the communication and web based environments as well as large scale data from these environments. The server comprises an application arranged to convert the data into a standard numeric format quantifying the connectivity, the social proximity, the trust level and other indicators to reflect real-life interactions between people. The computer implemented method collects information about the users and their connectivity, and analyses and maps the information as a virtual network spanning a plurality of the web based environments and communication platforms. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010827 | AUTOMATICALLY DEVELOPING NEUROPSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT PLANS BASED ON NEUROIMAGE DATA - A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product for developing neuropsychiatric treatment plans. A treatment plan generator receives a set of diagnoses for a patient. The treatment plan generator automatically analyzes medical information in a set of electronic medical literature sources for potential therapies associated with treatment of each identified condition in the set of diagnoses. The treatment plan generator identifies the potential therapies associated with the treatment of each diagnosed condition. The treatment plan generator selects a set of recommended therapies from the potential therapies based on portions of the medical literature describing each therapy in the potential therapies and a medical history for the patient. The treatment plan generator generates a treatment plan. The treatment plan comprises the set of recommended therapies to treat each diagnosed condition in the set of diagnoses. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010828 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGEMENT OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES - The present invention is a system and method for management of consumer services such as health care services which combines new financial structure for health insurance and health benefit plan, payment methods, health plan design, benefit development algorithms, unique procurement methods for health care benefits with and without application to an individual consumer's personal state of health, and is integrated with financial services and asset management products, and benefits for an individual consumer's future medical and/or retirement savings, for healthcare needs. The method and system employs a combination of the defined benefit and defined contribution approaches which combination is referred to herein as “defined-care.” Defined-care model or the healthcare asset management model has two primary components, one which is referred to herein as a “health management and retirement account”, and the other of which is an infrastructure “connected portal” that interfaces through a technology platform with the health management and retirement accounts and the account holders. The foundation of this infrastructure according to the present invention is a technology platform across which a variety of processes are implemented. In the technology platform for the infrastructure of the present invention, the conventional processes and the new processes are integrated, thereby allowing a change to one process to be adopted by or otherwise accommodated by the other processes. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010829 | EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE COACHING PROGRAM - The invention features a method for providing an EAP (employee assistance program) to multiple members of a first organization having at least fifty members. The method includes having a second organization provide to the first organization multiple EAP coaches who assist the multiple members of the first organization in achieving behavior change to address health, wellness, mental health, and productivity issues, wherein the coaches have undertaken coach training and use substantially the same coaching skills and methodology. Generally, the coaches of the second organization are as a group heterogeneous in that some of the coaches, for example, possess credentials in nutrition and weight management, and some of the coaches possess credentials in mental health. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010830 | TELEVISION FOR PROVIDING HEALTH INFORMATION - A television includes a memory, a health processor, and a health application stored in the memory. The health application is configured for execution by the health processor to receive body information inputted by the remote control, the body information being associated with a user watching the television programs; calculate a health index according to the received body information by the health processor; determine whether the calculated health index satisfies a standard index; and output an indicating message to the user upon determination that the calculated health index does not satisfy the standard index. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010831 | AUTOMATICALLY DETERMINING IDEAL TREATMENT PLANS FOR COMPLEX NEUROPSYCHIATRIC CONDITIONS - A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product for modifying neuropsychiatric treatment plans based on efficacy of treatment. A current treatment plan comprising a first set of therapies to treat a set of neuropsychiatric conditions and portions of the medical literature associated with the set of neuropsychiatric conditions is retrieved. A set of brain scans of the patient is analyzed to determine a set of changes over time associated with the set of neuropsychiatric conditions. The portions of the medical literature and the set of changes are analyzed to determine a patient rate of response to the treatment plan. If the patient rate of response falls below a threshold expected rate, a set of alternative treatments for the patient is identified. A modified treatment plan is generated using the set of alternative treatments. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010832 | System and Method for The Diagnosis and Alert of A Medical Condition Initiated By Patient Symptoms - A system and method are provided for diagnosing and generating an alert for a medical condition using procedures initiated by symptoms being experienced by a patient. Diagnostic procedures are initiated in response to the patient entering specific symptoms the patient is experiencing through a patient activator device. The patient activator device may then acquire more information related to the symptoms from the patient, instruct an implantable medical device to perform measurements of certain physiological parameters related to the symptoms, or instruct the patient to perform certain tests. The symptoms and data collected from the patient and medical device are transmitted to a remote diagnostic device for performing clinical decisions based on such information and determining whether the patient is experiencing a particular medical condition. Upon detection of a condition, the remote diagnostic device generates an automated response that may include generating alerts to patients/physicians or instructions for treatment. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010833 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY FOR HIGH VOLUME SITUATIONS - By arranging the input screen of a computerized medical order entry system to display pre-defined order-set possibilities for several categories (for example, labs, diagnostic, staff, medications) where the displayed order-set is directly related to a selected one of a plurality of medical emergency conditions, the physician can easily select orders from a single screen while conducting a patient interview or examination. The system allows the physician to concurrently select orders from order-sets associated with medical conditions different from the initially selected medical condition. In one embodiment, an elapsed time for an order is displayed for overall monitoring of patients. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010834 | Reminder System for Reducing Excess Pain Among Hospitalized Patients - A computerized system for promoting an effective strategy for reducing excess pain in patients is provided wherein the system identifies a subset of pain symptoms to automatically generate a reminder at a nurse's station for following up with the patient. The computerized system includes a program configured to automatically remind a caregiver to reassess a patient's pain level and logs error reports when a caregiver fails to perform reassessments. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010835 | PRICING AND DISTRIBUTION OF MEDICAL DIAGNOSTICS - In one embodiment, a method of pricing a diagnostic test includes receiving data associated with the diagnostic test and setting a price of the diagnostic test. The data associated with the diagnostic test includes an indication of one of a first result of the diagnostic test and a second result of the diagnostic test. The price of the diagnostic test is set based on the indication included in the data associated with the diagnostic test. In another embodiment, a method of pricing a diagnostic test includes receiving data associated with the diagnostic test and charging a first price or a second price for the diagnostic test. The data associated with the diagnostic test includes an indication of one of a first result of the diagnostic test and a second result of the diagnostic test. The first price is charged if the indication is of the first result. The second price is charged if the indication is of the second result. The second price is greater than the first price. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010836 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COMPARING EMPLOYEE INSURANCE PLANS AMONG PEER GROUPS - The present invention is directed towards methods and systems for a benchmark based comparison of an employee insurance plan of an organization to employee insurance plans from other organizations in a peer group. The present invention enables a user to enter details about an employee insurance plan of a first organization and allows the user to compare the insurance plan to a benchmark computed from data collected from a plurality of organizations in a peer group of the first organization. The comparison report does not identify the organizations from which data is collected. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010837 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USE IN BILLING FOR GROUP BENEFIT INSURANCE - A computer system for use in connection with employee benefits furnished via an insurance provider has a processor and a memory in communication with the processor. The processor is adapted to receive input data indicative of a customer identification, a term, one or more types of coverage, a premium amount for the customer for the term and the one or more types of coverage, and one or more conditions relating to premium amount; store the received input data in memory; based on the received input data, generate a bill to the customer, the bill including customer name and address, the premium amount, the term, and the one or more types of coverage; receive a signal having data indicative of a change related to coverage; determine whether the change triggers a change in premium; and if the data is indicative of a change in premium, provide an output signal indicative of a premium change. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010838 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAXIMIZING AFTER-TAX INCOME USING SPLIT METHOD CHARITABLE REMAINDER TRUSTS - A system and method are disclosed for maximizing after-tax income from charitable remainder trusts, An evaluation service establishes a first charitable remainder trust that generates ordinary income from fixed income investments and a second charitable remainder trust that generates growth income from equity investments. The evaluation service further identifies a qualifying charitable organization. The evaluation service calculates a risk weight and distributes grantor assets between the first and second charitable remainder trusts based on the risk weight. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010839 | ONE-WAY LIKE DISPLAY OF ROUNDTRIP FARES - A method of evaluating outbound and inbound fare amounts out of a plurality of roundtrip fare recommendations is disclosed. Intended to be displayed in a one-way like display, roundtrip fares are first obtained from a fare-driven availability engine receiving inputs from an online user of a travel website. Further recommendations are deduced by combining the above roundtrip fare recommendations in order to obtain a first improved list of recommendations which comprises more outbound and inbound fare combinations. Then, one-way fare amounts are determined for each combination from the first improved list of recommendations. A second improved list of recommendations, comprising outbound and inbound fare amounts evaluated on the basis of the initial roundtrip fare recommendations, is generated. Outbound and inbound fare amounts can thus be shown in a one-way like display of roundtrip fares to the online user of the travel website. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010840 | METHOD FOR SELECTING A SPATIAL ALLOCATION - A method of displaying a selected spatial allocation is provided. The method includes but is not limited to associating spatial allocation characteristic data stored in a database with corresponding spatial location data representing a location of a spatial allocation on the map. The method also includes but is not limited to, upon selection of the spatial allocation from the map, displaying the corresponding spatial allocation characteristic data from the database, along with the selected spatial allocation on the map, on a display. Additionally, the method includes but is not limited to, upon selection of the corresponding spatial allocation from the database, displaying the map, along with the selected spatial allocation in the map, on the display. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010841 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY DETERMINING TRAVEL PRODUCT PRICE REBATES - A computer-implemented system and method are provided for automatically determining rebate eligibility for purchased products. In one example, the purchased products may be travel-rebated products such as booked air travel itineraries. A database stores purchase information associated with purchased products purchased at corresponding purchase prices. A product administration system having a computer software-based product administration application interacts with the database and purchase information of a first purchased product is compared with purchase information of subsequently purchased products. The product administration application interacts with the database to determine if the first purchased a product matches a subsequently purchased product based on a set of matching criteria. The first purchased product may be eligible for a rebate if the product administration application determines that the subsequently purchased product was purchased at a lower purchase price than the purchase price for the first purchased product. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010842 | Computer-Implemented Systems and methods for Producing, Processing and Managing Structured Data Sets - Systems and methods are provided for retrieving a product template from a product template directory to generate a contract document reflecting a contract. The product template comprises basic functions associated with a product. Distribution rules indicate whether a particular data combination can lead to a contract. The systems and methods may determine, based on the distribution rules, which conditions are fulfilled so that a customer is given access to a product associated with the basic function. A relationship may be created between a distribution rule and a basic function allocated to the distribution rule. The systems and methods provide functionalities for implementing contract data and for managing and administering customer contracts relevant to a customer. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010843 | ALGORITHM SYSTEM AND METHOD - An algorithm system and method is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes selecting an algorithm to calculate a demand factor for each job in a job list requiring a demand factor calculation, calculating the demand factor using the selected algorithm, and assigning the calculated demand factors to the corresponding jobs in the job list. The calculating demand factor using the selected algorithm includes utilizing data associated with a job in the job list to calculate the demand factor using the selected algorithm. For example, the data includes aging data of the jobs, job status data, and client priority data of the job. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010844 | Method of Identifying and Prioritizing New Product Concepts and Development - A product development process directed to elicit previously unknown, unmet needs of consumer group participants using, in a principal aspect of the invention, guided imagery in the idea discovery stage. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010845 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONSTRUCTING PRODUCTION PLANS - Systems and methods are presented for constructing production plans to achieve one or more production goals, in which a diagnosis engine determines the production plant condition based on a previously executed plan, observations from the plant, and a plant model, and formulates a heuristic based on a diagnostic objective, and with a planner to performing a partial-plan search using the heuristic to construct the plans that will concurrently achieve at least one production goal and facilitate the diagnostic objective. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010846 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EVALUATING BUSINESS-CRITICAL CRITERIA RELATING TO EXPLORING ENTITY MOBILITY/PRODUCTIVITY OPPORTUNITIES - Systems, methods and computer-readable media for evaluating business-critical criteria relating to exploring entity mobility/productivity opportunities are provided. A method according to the invention may include calculating a hierarchy of a plurality of decision elements regarding the opportunities. The calculating can include forming a matrix of values corresponding to the relative importance of each of the decision elements with respect to one another. The method can also include calculating a weighted composite score for each sub-process specified in each of the plurality of decision elements. The method may include compiling a favorability rating for each sub-process. The favorability rating for each sub-process may be based, at least in part, on the weighted composite score for each sub-process and the matrix of values corresponding to the relative importance of each of the decision elements with respect to one another. Finally, the method may include ranking each favorability rating to form a favorability index. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010847 | TECHNIQUE THAT UTILIZES A MONTE CARLO METHOD TO HANDLE THE UNCERTAINTY OF INPUT VALUES WHEN COMPUTING THE NET PRESENT VALUE (NPV) FOR A PROJECT - The present invention can include a method for handling the uncertainty of input variables in the calculation of the net present value (NPV) of a project that utilizes a Monte Carlo approach. Such a method can begin by expressing the equation for the net present value (NPV) in a probabilistic form. The probabilistic form can allow for the input variables to be treated as random variables with triangular distributions. Various equation parameters for the probabilistic NPV equation can be defined. A Monte Carlo computational algorithm can be executed that utilizes the probabilistic NPV equation and the defined equation parameters to produce multiple probabilistic NPV distributions. For each probabilistic NPV distribution, a mean value and a standard deviation can be ascertained. The mean value can represent the present value (PV) of the project and the standard deviation can represent the associated risk of the project. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010848 | TROUBLE TICKET MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - Management of trouble tickets for a circuit is provided. A method and system provides a plurality of management tools that enable a user to obtain, verify, and manage information related to a trouble ticket to ensure compliance with federal standards and proper resolution and billing for problems experienced for a customer. With the method and system, the user may open a trouble ticket, close the trouble ticket, and bill a customer for services associated with resolving the trouble ticket. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010849 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TAX RISK ASSESSMENT AND CONTROL - A method of determining an enterprise risk for a tax exempt entity based upon data required to complete a tax form. The method includes the steps of organizing the data into a plurality of categories to determine areas of risk related to public relations and to tax exempt status. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010850 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SOLUTION ORDERING BY FEDERATION OF ORDER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND USE OF SOLUTION RECORDS - Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art with respect to solution order processing and provide a novel and non-obvious method, computer system and computer program product for processing solution orders using solution records. In one embodiment of the invention, a method for solution ordering across disparate order and contract management systems in a manufacturing environment can be provided. The method can include receiving a request for a solution from a customer, identifying a solution that satisfies the request for a solution, determining a solution order for the identified solution, generating a solution record for the solution order and assigning a solution record number to the solution record. The method can further include populating the solution record with product identification numbers received from multiple product lines in the manufacturing environment. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010851 | REAL ESTATE SPACE EVALUATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method for allowing users of real estate to calculate the relative costs of various office space area sizes so an educated decision can be made early in the real estate leasing and purchasing processes, thus eliminating potential additional work necessary caused by adjustments to space requirements midway through a relocation. The system also allows the user to create a detailed description of the construction that will be required for that space so an accurate construction estimate can be obtained. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010852 | Systems and methods for configuring and profiling a digital media device - A system, method, and computer program for configuring and profiling digital media devices is provided. The digital media device is monitored for user interaction. Profile data is generated based on the user interaction. The digital media device is automatically configured based on the profile data. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010853 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANALYZING BUSINESS PROCESS FLOW - An apparatus includes: an extracting unit to extract, from a data storage section, a process instance having a business event associated with a specific attribute having a range of attribute values, there being stored in the data storage section a plurality of process instances for which a series of business events are arranged in time series, and attribute values of one or a plurality of attributes associated with each business event; a specifying unit to specify transitions between the business events included in the extracted process instance in each given range, and to specify one amongst the given ranges in which the extracted process instance is relatively most changed based on transition between specified business events; and an output unit to produce a flowchart including a flow in which the process instances extracted in the specified process are superimposed on each other, and to output the flowchart. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010854 | FARM WORK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, FARM WORK MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, AND FARMING MANAGEMENT METHOD - A farm work management system includes a communication apparatus for transmitting location information of a worker carrying out a farm work and a farm work management apparatus for managing a progress of the farm work based on the location information transmitted from the communication apparatus. The communication apparatus includes a notifying unit for notifying the farm work management apparatus to the effect that the farm work is started or the farm work is finished in a case where an operation unit receives the predetermined operation. The farm work management apparatus includes a work location identifying unit for identifying the work location based on the location information transmitted from the communication apparatus, a calculating unit for calculating an estimated work time from read information, and a transmitting unit for transmitting to the communication apparatus the information about the read work content and the estimated work time having been calculated. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010855 | Scheduling a Meeting of Users of Networked Computers - During scheduling a meeting between users of networked computers, participants are assigned to groups of different priority based on importance of participant's presence at the meeting. Proposed schedule of the meeting is confirmed with the participants in an order of priority of their groups. The meeting is scheduled on a time interval during which availability of the participants is compliant with pre-selected group attendance requirements. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010856 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONSTRAINT-BASED PROJECT SCHEDULING - A method and system of constraint-based project scheduling. The method comprises maintaining a first database containing project scheduling data associated with at least a current period and a next period of an assignment plan; maintaining a second database containing data associated with a look ahead plan, the look ahead plan covering at least an overlap portion of the next period of the assignment plan such that the look ahead plan overlaps the assignment plan; transferring data associated with one or more shielded tasks having a starting time within the overlap portion of the next period from the second database into the first database as a modification of the project scheduling data associated with the next period of the assignment plan; and executing the project according to the next period of the assignment plan based on the modified project scheduling data associated with the next period in the first database. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010857 | INTELLIGENT POWER MONITORING - An electronic device operative to monitor and control processes and operations based on the power cost of those processes and operations are provided. The electronic device can identify processes or networked devices requiring power, determine the expected amount of power required for the process or networked device, and calculate the cost of the power requirement. For example, the electronic device can receive data or algorithms defining the manner in which a power supplier computes the cost of consumed power, and predict the expected cost of the particular power requirement. Based on the importance of the process or device, and the expected power cost, the electronic device can perform a process or provide power to a networked device, or alternatively delay or cancel a process to ensure that the power cost of the device remains within preset boundaries (e.g., the power cost of the device or of a home network of devices does not exceed a maximum cap). | 2010-01-14 |
20100010858 | WORKFLOW EXECUTION CONTROL APPARATUS AND WORKFLOW EXECUTION CONTROL METHOD - A workflow execution control method includes calculating a processing cost and an error occurrence probability for each of the services by acquiring a processing result for each of the services from the service providing servers, calculating for each of the services a normalized cost which is a cost normalized by using the processing cost that occurs in the event of an error in one of the services in order to process other ones of the services and also using the occurrence probability of the error, determining an execution order of the services in accordance with the normalized costs calculated for the services, and sequentially calling the services from the service providing servers in accordance with the execution order. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010859 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ALLOCATING DEPENDENT TASKS TO TEAMS THROUGH MULTI-VARIATE OPTIMIZATION - A method, system and article of manufacture are disclosed for allocating tasks to a team of persons. The method comprises comprising the step of identifying a set of tasks and a set of persons, each of the tasks having a given set of task attributes, and each of the persons having a given set of employee attributes. The method comprises the further steps of establishing a cost function including a set of cost factors based on one or more of the task or employee attributes, and establishing a utility function including a set of utility factors based on one or more of the task or employee attributes. One or more assignments of the tasks among the employees are found that minimizes the cost function; and the one assignment, of said one or more assignments, is identified that maximizes the utility function. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010860 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SOCIAL NETWORK ROUTING FOR REQUEST MATCHING IN ENTERPRISE ENVIRONMENTS - A plurality of requests for service are obtained, each of the requests specifying a description of work, at least one constraint, and at least one objective function. Each request is routed to a corresponding first target resource, according to a routing table, in a manner to satisfy the at least one constraint and the at least one objective function. Tracking is carried out to determine whether the first target resource accepts a given request, rejects the given request, or passes on the given request to a second resource. The routing table is updated based on the tracking. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010861 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A VIRTUAL COLLECTIONS CALL CENTER SYSTEM - Methods and systems for operating a virtual collections call center system are described. A system may include a database server, a telephony server, an auto dialer system, a Web server, and call agent computer systems, each geographically separated from the database server, the telephony server, the auto dialer system, the Web server and other call agent computer systems. The database server may store debtor records, each including a debtor telephone number. The telephony server may retrieve a debtor record from the database server. The auto dialer system may initiate a communication session with a debtor based on the debtor telephone number of the retrieved debtor record, establish a connection with the call agent after the debtor has accepted the communication session, and alert the telephony server that the communication session has been established. The Web server may initiate a Web session with the call agent computer system. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010862 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF A FIELD SERVICE OPERATION BASED ON GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION - Methods, apparatus and systems for computer-aided determination of quality assessment for locate and marking operations based on geographic information. In one example, information related to a locate and marking operation is electronically analyzed such that a quality assessment is based at least in part on first geographic information indicating at least one first location of a field-service technician following issuance of an instruction to perform the locate and marking operation, and second geographic information indicating at least one second location at which the location and marking operation was requested to be performed in the instruction. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010863 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF A FIELD SERVICE OPERATION BASED ON MULTIPLE SCORING CATEGORIES - Methods, apparatus and systems for computer-aided determination of quality assessment for locate and marking operations based on multiple scoring or grading categories. In one example, information related to a locate and marking operation is electronically analyzed such that a quality assessment is based at least in part on a plurality of quality assessment criteria, wherein each criterion has at least two scoring categories each associated with a scoring value or grade and having an expected data value or range of expected data values. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010864 | CONTACT PRIORITY SCHEDULE COORDINATOR - Systems of the present invention provide for coordinating schedules by assigning a priority level to a user and scheduling an event using an electronic calendar. An exemplary system may comprise a profile manager used to download information to a client side application on an electronic calendar to recommend a matching time slot common to available ranges of time slots provided by a first user and a second user. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010865 | Method, System and Software Product for Optimizing the Delivery of Content to a Candidate - A computer-implemented method and system for improving recipient response rates to content presented via a data communications network to a plurality of recipients based upon recipient response data, wherein the content comprises a plurality of content factors. Each content factor is selected from one or more corresponding content levels. A data structure is provided for containing recipient response data associated with content comprising combinations of content levels. A plurality of content samples is generated by forming combinations of content levels for a plurality of content factors in accordance with respective combination weightings derived from recipient response data contained within the data structure. The plurality of content samples is presented to a corresponding plurality of recipients via the data communications network. The recipient responses to the content samples are received via the data communications network. The recipient responses are analysed to identify one or more combinations of content levels resulting in high recipient response rates relative to other combinations in accordance with predetermined statistical criteria. The recipient response data associated with combinations of content levels resulting in high recipient response rates is stored within the data structure. | 2010-01-14 |