08th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 47 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120047038 | STORE SYSTEM AND SALES REGISTRATION METHOD - According to one embodiment, a store system includes: an image output section configured to output an image picked up by an image pickup section; an object recognizing section configured to recognize a specific object by reading a feature value of the output image; a registering section configured to perform sales registration, concerning the recognized object, on the basis of a file that stores information concerning the object and used for the sales registration; and a check-image display section configured to set an image concerning the recognized object in a state viewed from a customer side during counter selling and display the image on a display section together with the information related to the sales registration of the object. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047039 | STORE SYSTEM AND SALES REGISTRATION METHOD - According to one embodiment, a store system includes: an image output section configured to output an image picked up by an image pickup section; an object recognizing section configured to recognize a specific object by reading a feature value of the output image; a check-image display section configured to display, on a display section, at least an image concerning the recognized object; and a problem solving section configured to receive, when there is a problem in the recognition of the object, an instruction indicating the problem and solve the problem according to content of the received instruction. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047040 | STORE SYSTEM AND SALES REGISTRATION METHOD - According to one embodiment, a store system includes: an image output section configured to output an image picked up by an image pickup section; an object recognizing section configured to recognize a specific object by reading a feature value of the output image; a registering section configured to perform sales registration, concerning the recognized object, on the basis of a file that stores information related to the object and used for the sales registration; and a check-image display section configured to display an image concerning the object on a display section together with the information related to the sales registration of the object. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047041 | Prepaid Network Time Purchasing System - A prepaid payment card used to reload or credit a prepay account with prepaid service value carrying a unique identifier generated by a payment provider, the unique identifier being associated with prepaid transaction data capable of indicating designated service values and identified service providers, said card enabling purchasers to gift a prepaid payment card having any desired value and without requiring knowledge of the end user's service provider. Also disclosed are methods for using the prepaid payment card by funding the card at the point of sale or designating a prepaid service value at the moment the unique identifier is generated, so as to provide the benefits of the new prepaid payment card and to mimic the prior art products using the new method. The prepaid payment card may be used to reload a prepay account by providing a reloading interface through which an end user may provide prepay account access information, and then using the access data to transfer consideration from the payment provider to the service provide in exchange for a credit to the prepay account balance. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047042 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING A BID TRACKING DATABASE - According to embodiments described in the specification, a method, system and apparatus for managing a bid tracking database are provided. The method comprises receiving at least one bid record at an interface, the at least one bid record comprising a bid price, a bid timestamp and a bid item identifier; receiving at least one auction record at the interface, the at least one auction record comprising a winning price, an end timestamp and an auction item identifier corresponding to the bid item identifier; maintaining the at least one bid record and the at least one auction record in a memory; determining whether the bid price matches or exceeds the winning price and whether the bid timestamp matches the end timestamp; and, when the determination is affirmative, writing the bid record to the bid tracking database maintained in the memory. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047043 | AUTO SALVAGE BID AUCTION - An online automobile auction, which allows the consumer to participate by using their home or portable computers and accessing the system via an Internet connection. Before the designated time for an auction, the consumer may access the database of available automobiles. Along with displaying visual depictions of the vehicles, the computer system affords the consumer the ability to access statistics on the current inventory of vehicles. Prior to the auction, using an automated auction feature, a plurality of bidders input their minimum starting bid, the maximum bid and the incrementing value. Bidders are also allowed to bid on vehicles during the auction process. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047044 | Method to Develop Search Engine Optimized Content Through a Web-Based Software Platform - The present invention is a web-based software platform used to implement a method for purchasing the highest quality content possible, for the lowest possible market driven prices, from the most qualified profession writer possible. Writers are able to setup an account and log on to the present invention in order to take on projects to develop content for a client or a marketing agency. Thus, the present invention allows for a marketplace of writers. Both an individual client and a marketing agency can setup an account and log on to the present invention in order to post projects. Individual clients post projects for content that they need to be written, while marketing agencies post projects for content that their clients need to be written. Marketing agencies are able to manage multiple projects for multiple clients on the present invention. Individual clients and marketing agencies are also able to set a price on how much they are willing to pay the writer to produce the content. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047045 | Product configuration server for efficiently displaying selectable attribute values for configurable products - A computer-implemented system leverages binary decision diagram (BDD) structures to provide selectable attribute values for one or more configurable products. The BDD structures may define offering attribute nodes and non-offering attribute nodes. The offering attribute nodes may represent product attribute values selectable by the user based on product configuration rules, and the non-offering attribute nodes may represent product attribute values not selectable by the user based on the product configuration rules. The computer-implemented system may further include at least one memory storage device that stores one or more product configuration rules used to define permissible product configurations and attributes of the products. By evaluating the BDD structures and the product configuration rules, the computer-implemented system may prepare a customized set of product records for transmission to a user, wherein the customized set of product records contains product attribute values corresponding to the offering attribute nodes. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047046 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS OVER A NETWORK - Systems and methods for facilitating financial transactions over a network include a merchant device, a client device and a payment processing device. The merchant device is adapted to allow a merchant to provide items for purchase via the network. The client device is adapted to allow a user to access the merchant device via the network and view the items for purchase. The client device is adapted to provide a payment mechanism to the user. The user generates a purchase request for an item by selecting the one item, dragging the item to the payment mechanism, and dropping the item over the payment mechanism. The payment processing device is adapted to receive the purchase request from the client device via the network and authorize the user to purchase the item from the merchant based on information passed with the purchase request. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047047 | METHOD OF MANAGING PARTS - A method of managing a plurality of parts of an apparatus includes creating a part database of part information including at least the weights, part numbers, and shapes of individual parts, measuring the weight of a part to be ordered, entering the measured weight through input means of an information terminal and accessing the part database, extracting part information of all parts having weights which fall in a predetermined allowable range similar to the entered weight, from the part database, and displaying the extracted part information on display means of the information terminal, identifying the part number of the part to be ordered based on shapes of the parts represented by the displayed part information, and ordering the part with the identified part number. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047048 | DELIVERY AND PRICING INFORMATION IN EXPOSURE MANAGEMENT - An exposure management system may include customizable pricing and delivery components interfacing with existing organizational systems and third party systems. The pricing component may enable an organization to enter variable pricing terms, such as customizable pricing formulas that depend on a published price averaged over time. Data used in the pricing formulas and terms may be obtained electronically from various sources. The delivery component may enable the exposure management system to measure risks associated with split or periodic deliveries. The delivery component may also interface with existing systems, such as ERP, CRM, and inventory management systems, to verify that deliveries actually occurred. Methods and devices are provided. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047049 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVISIONING PHARMACEUTICAL INVENTORY - Systems and methods are disclosed for provisioning a pharmaceutical inventory including pharmaceutical products. In one embodiment, a local monitoring subsystem located at a medical office includes an interface configured to input data relative to the pharmaceutical inventory, including information about the removal, reduction, recall, and addition of pharmaceutical products. A disbursed tracking subsystem is distributed through the medical office, a remote server, vendor, and distributor in order to store inventory data about the pharmaceutical inventory. A reconcile engine associated with the remote server compares the input data and the inventory data to determine reorder times for the pharmaceutical inventory. Also, the reconcile engine monitors the shelf life and expiration of the pharmaceutical products, including injectable drugs, peroral drugs, oral drugs, topical drugs, transmucosal drugs, transdermal drugs, sublingual drugs, intranasal drugs, and inhalant drugs. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047050 | INVENTORY CONTROL SYSTEM PROCESS - The inventory control system process includes storing product information in a database. Location information is also accepted and stored in the database in association with the product information. The system receives a command associated with the database and analyzes the command for an instruction and one or more keywords. Next, the database is searched for one or more products associated with the one or more keywords. A list of products related to the one or more keywords is then displayed. The system then accesses, modifies, retrieves, or deletes database information in response to the instruction. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047051 | AUTOMATED CENTRALIZED SETTLEMENT SYSTEM - The automated centralized settlement system is coupled to various accounts receivable systems and the accounts payable systems. The automated centralized settlement system contains a receiving module, a processing module, and an output module. The receiving module is for the reception of accounts receivable data from a receiving party via an accounts receivable system, and of accounts payable data from a paying party via an accounts payable system. The processing module produces balance data from the accounts receivable and payable data, and the balance data is output by the output module. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047052 | Systems and Methods of Processing and Classifying a Financial Transaction - The present disclosure generally provides systems and methods of classifying financial transactions. In one embodiment, the present disclosure may generally include a system of classifying financial transactions. The system may include a processor coupled to a database. The processor may be programmed to receive transaction information and a source document associated with a financial transaction. The transaction information and source data associated with the source document may be stored in the database. The stored transaction information and the source data may be retrieved from the database and may form a basis for a determination of a code associated with the financial transaction. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047053 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSESSING FRAUD RISK - In some embodiments, a non-transitory computer-implemented method of assessing a fraud risk is provided. The method can include: receiving data associated with a plurality of customer complaints, wherein data associated with each of the customer complaints at least suggests that a money-transfer transaction did not complete as expected, and wherein data associated with each of the customer complaints is associated with one or more of a plurality of money-transfer agents; electronically storing the data related in a complaint database; and for each of the plurality of money-transfer agents, using a risk processor to: retrieve data associated with the money-transfer agent from the complaint database, and determine a fraud-risk index for the money-transfer agent based on the retrieved data. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047054 | METHOD, SYSTEM, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND MARKETPLACE FOR PRIVATE AND PUBLIC INVESTMENT - A method, system, computer program product and financial marketplace for placing private and public investment that includes matching investment projects and investors over a communications network and functions as a marketplace for matching sellers of investments (e.g., securities) with investors. The market may be automated or function with human assistance over a communications network that permits instantaneous communication between participants. Walls of confidentiality between parties allow investors matched with a seller to obtain a preliminary look at the investment project prior to signing a non-disclosure agreement. A collaboration tool that includes a clearing house and/or market environment that functions as a virtual marketplace for investment products (securities) such as private non-registered investments and registered investments. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047055 | Post end of life management system and method - A post end of life management system and method comprising, registering and setting up directives to manage online accounts, digital data, and perform other functions by providers after the death of the registrant. The system is integrated with the social security administration to receive death notifications from the death master file as well as with the deceased individual registry counterparts of other countries. Registrant accounts are encrypted and stored in the system and triggered to decrypt in order to carry out directives left by the deceased after notification of death is received from the social security administration or the deceased individual registry counterpart of another country. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047056 | REPORT GENERATOR FOR ALLOWING A FINANCIAL ENTITY TO MONITOR SECURITIES CLASS ACTION LAWSUITS AND POTENTIAL MONETARY CLAIMS RESULTING THEREFROM AND INCLUDING LOSS CHART SELECTION - Reports are automatically created of securities class action lawsuits customized to show potential monetary claims resulting from the lawsuits for securities purchased or acquired by one or more financial entities. Further, a database stores a plurality of loss charts. Each loss chart is related to a particular security for a particular financial entity and is assigned a unique identifier. The report includes a selection process, such as the selection of a hyperlink on the report, that allows a user to input the unique identifier to the loss chart directly from the report so that the loss chart can be retrieved from the database and presented to the user. A plurality of sets of loss charts are provided wherein each set of loss charts is related to a particular security for a particular financial entity. Each set of loss charts includes a Summary Chart and a FIFO and LIFO loss chart. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047057 | CONTROLLING A SHARED SERVICE - A method includes obtaining a liability limit indicative of an available funding, determining whether a first amount of liability contributed by a first subscriber during a provision of a service to the first subscriber exceeds a first balance indicative of a first portion of the available funding that may be consumed by the first subscriber, determining whether a second amount of liability contributed by a second subscriber during a provision of a service to the second subscriber exceeds a second balance indicative of a second portion of the available funding that may be consumed by the second subscriber, issuing a first communication to a device to affect the provision of a service to the first subscriber if the first amount of liability exceeds the first balance, and issuing a second communication to the device to affect the provision of a service to the second subscriber if the second amount of liability exceeds the second balance. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047058 | Non-biased, centrally-cleared financial instrument and method of clearing and settling - In accordance with the principles of the present invention, a non-biased, centrally-cleared financial instrument, and method of electronic clearing and settling such a financial instrument is provided. The non-biased, centrally-cleared financial instrument of the present invention is to be centrally cleared and can be traded or transacted either on or off an exchange or trading platform, whether traded as a future or other type of financial instrument. The non-biased, centrally-cleared financial instrument of the present invention has a terminal value such that the terminal value offsets co-movement of variation margin and investment return on the variation margin during the life of the financial instrument. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047059 | METHOD, SYSTEM, MARKET ENVIROMENT, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND FINANCIAL PRODUCT FOR ISSUING AND SELLING A PRIMARY SECURITY ON A SECONDARY MARKET - A method, system and/or computer program product for selling a primary security into a public market on which a corresponding secondary security is concurrently offered for sale at a secondary market price that includes determining the secondary market price of the secondary security; offering the primary security for sale at a primary market price that is the same as the secondary market price; selling the primary security to a buyer at the primary market price; such that the primary security is offered for sale and sold by a seller and/or on behalf of the seller, and the seller is the issuer of the primary security; the primary security is a registered shelf offering; and during the selling, the primary security is indistinguishable from the secondary security to the buyer. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047060 | Computerized Moniker-Based Equity Trading System and Method of Creation - A GUI with a relational database backend, and associated computer systems, setup for the real time automation, management, and distribution of financial products of monikers that are created by mathematical means. The GUI, website, relational database, and other associated computer systems will allow a trader the opportunity to trade monikers with other traders. The financial products are identified by the moniker (real name or fictitious name) of an individual, title, position, or character. The mathematical means of generating the financial products consist of the publicly traded companies that the moniker has interacted with. Data that is required to compute the financial products will come from the associated computer systems, other repositories, or forms of documentation acquired manually or automatically. Data is pulled automatically from the relational database to calculate the value of the financial products and then stores the results across multiple computer systems including the relational database accessed through the GUI by an end user. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047061 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING CREDIT OF TRADING COUNTERPARTIES - Systems and methods are provided which monitor trades entered into and cleared by counterparties, track the net and gross positions of counterparties and the counterparties' parent entities, trigger warnings when counterparties or their parent entities exceed a warning limit, and shut-off counterparties' trading ability when counterparties exceed a credit limit. An operator of a credit system using these systems and methods is provided with a variety of interfaces through which the operator can set up new counterparties, search a list of counterparties, view and edit basic information for counterparties, view financial information for counterparties, view and edit notes regarding to counterparties, view and edit limits of counterparties, view position versus limit information for counterparties, view the current day's position information for counterparties, and view cumulative position information for counterparties. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047062 | EXCHANGE TRADED INSTRUMENTS DIRECTED TO MANAGING RISK - The invention relates generally to an exchange traded debt instrument including underlying instruments for managing default risk. The debt instrument allows borrowers and lenders to come together in a futures-style exchange. The exchange acts as a counterparty to all transactions on the exchange thereby transferring default risk from lenders to the exchange. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047063 | CONVERSION OF OVER-THE-COUNTER SWAPS TO STANDARDIZED FORWARD SWAPS - Systems, processes and methods are described for converting over-the-counter derivative products such as interest rate swaps (IRSs) to standardized forward swaps, such as centrally cleared interest rate swaps. The value of each leg of the over-the counter swap may be determined and compared to a value of a corresponding leg of the forward swap. A mark-to-market value may be determined as the difference between the values. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047064 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ONLINE CREDIT OFFERS - Provided are methods and systems for coordinating a loan between a lender and a borrower. The methods and systems can provide enhanced offers by way of a Best Offer Strategy and Standardized Presentation of offers to borrowers. Also provided is a computerized business-to-business operations management system (a “portal”) centered around business performance analytics, wherein the selection criteria and business rules used to connect borrowers to lenders can be refined based upon the business performance analytics. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047065 | MECHANISM FOR FRAUD-RESISTANT CONSUMER TRANSACTIONS - A facility for conducting a financial transaction is described. The facility receives a purchase order identifying a customer and an amount of a payment to be made by the identified customer to a payee. The customer identified by the purchase order has an individual account. The facility selects an account from a pool of accounts designated as being shared by a number of customers including the identified customer. The shared pool does not include the identified customer's individual account. The facility transfers the identified amount from the identified customer's individual account to the selected account of the shared pool. The facility causes information identifying a credit card number for the selected account of the shared pool to be provided to the payee for use in effecting the payment. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047066 | Transfer Account Systems, Computer Program Products, and Computer-Implemented Methods to Prioritize Payments From Preselected Bank Account - A financial institution computer maintains one or more lists of account identifiers for accounts enrolled in a prioritized payment program including pre-authorization of certain payment requests by select creditors. The computer estimates a value of one or more prioritized payments associated with a first account and authorizes a first sweep payment to a second account at a second financial institution from a third stand-in account at a payroll processor, so that the estimated value is held back in the stand-in account. Then the computer receives an automatic deposit associated with an account identifier for a first account. The financial institution computer generates prioritized payments from the first account to select creditors and generates a second sweep payment, if necessary, from the first account to the second account, responsive to the incoming automatic deposit. The second account can be, for example, a demand deposit account or a prepaid card account. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047067 | METHOD FOR A PAYMENT TRANSACTION ASSOCIATED WITH TWO CORRESPONDING DECLARATIONS OF INTENT - The present invention relates to a method and a system for initiating and/or conducting a transaction that is associated with at least two corresponding declarations of intent, in particular a payment transaction, between at least two transaction parties via a processing unit ( | 2012-02-23 |
20120047068 | CHARGE PAYMENT SYSTEM USING VIRTUAL MONEY - A card ID and a consumption amount of virtual money are transmitted from a game terminal as charging-target terminal apparatus, the card ID being recorded in a card possessed by a user (step S | 2012-02-23 |
20120047069 | Universal Prepaid Communications - A communications system [ | 2012-02-23 |
20120047070 | ATM/KIOSK Cash Acceptance - In one aspect, this invention relates to a new method for using a mobile telephone, in conjunction with a payment transaction server, as an authentication and cash payment device of a cash deposit made into an ATM/KIOSK for a variety of financial transactions where a cash payment is desired. Further, the transaction systems and methods for mobile telephone devices described herein allow a mobile telephone to participate in payment transactions in a manner that helps prevent identify theft and without relying on transferring amounts to/from one stored value account to another. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to enable a searcher to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure and is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047071 | PAYMENT CARD PROCESSING SYSTEM - A method, programmed medium and system are provided for using a payment card with an embedded RFID device. In one example, a cellular telephone or other wireless device is used to generate a one-time password (OTP), which is then transmitted by a read-write RFID in the wireless device to the read-write RFID which is embedded within a payment card. The user's phone or other wireless device then activates the writing of the OTP to the RFID of the payment card. The payment card, with the one time password now saved in the card, is then handed to the waiter or store clerk for payment approval and/or further processing. The user's OTP is then read by the merchant's RFID reader and transmitted to an approving agency/server for approval or disapproval of the user's purchase. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047072 | MERCHANT ALERT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FRAUD PREVENTION - A system and method for preventing merchant electronic transaction fraud includes a plurality of network connected data processing terminals, including at least one server; means for receiving an electronic authorisation request at the server from a first data processing terminal, the request is for authorising the processing of an electronic transaction associated with a cardholder's card or account data; means for filtering the received request according to predetermined filtering criteria; means for identifying at least a second data processing terminal as a merchant device; means for sending the request to the merchant device, to notify the merchant that processing of an electronic transaction is proposed, a parameter of which is said cardholder's card or account data and alert data to indicate that the transaction is fraudulent; and means for receiving interrupt data from the second terminal and for interrupting processing of the transaction with that card data or account data. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047073 | Account Administration Plans and Systems - A computer system for facilitating payments from an account according to particular embodiments of the invention is adapted for: (1) facilitating the transmission, to a plan service provider, of a first set of documentation of a first payment that would potentially qualify for reimbursement from the account; (2) receiving, from the plan service provider, verification that the first payment has been verified as qualifying for reimbursement from the account according to a set of reimbursement rules associated with the account; (3) storing, in memory, an electronic version of the first set of documentation; and (4) storing, in memory, an indication that the first payment has been verified as being properly reimbursable from the account. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047074 | METHODS OF PROTECTING SOFTWARE PROGRAMS FROM UNAUTHORIZED USE - A method for controlling or protecting the use of a software licensed product is provided. The method comprises, for example, encrypting protected data associated with the software licensed product with a key derived from code of a licensing module, distributing the encrypted protected data associated with the software licensed product to user devices, tracking usage of a software licensed product, and for all but one instance of the usage of the software licensed product terminating the usage of the software license product by allowing execution of the software licensed product upon successful decryption of the encrypted protected data. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047075 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GLOBAL REPLACEMENT CARD SERVICES - A prompt-response card issuing system providing temporary financial transaction cards includes a communications module, a personal account number (PAN) mapping module, and a security measure determination module. The communications module communicates with a plurality of financial card issuers, each having different profile standards for generating security measures, and also receives, from an issuer, an authorization for a new PAN associated with a financial account of a cardholder. The PAN module maps the new PAN to a temporary personal account number (TPAN) for the cardholder. The security measure determination module determines at least one security measure requirement according to a system profile standard of said prompt-response card issuing system rather than the system profile standard of the authorizing issuer. The TPAN, the security measure requirement, and personal information regarding the cardholder are communicated to a physical card producer so that a physical card bearing the TPAN, the security measure, and at least one item of personal information about the cardholder, can be produced and delivered to the cardholder. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047076 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR NEGOTIATING ONLINE TRANSACTIONS - The present invention provides a system, method and computer program for negotiating online transactions. The method includes obtaining a price for an item from one or more sellers. A buyer can make possibly dissimilar offers for one or more of the items. If all offers are less than all the prices for those items, the offer is rejected and a seller can negotiate the price for reoffer to the buyer. If the offer is at least as high as one of the prices, a transaction is processed between the buyer and a seller. If the offer meets the price of more than one seller, the seller to transact with may be determined based on a prioritized list from the buyer. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047077 | VIRTUAL STUDIO FOR IDENTIFYING AND DEVELOPING PUBLIC TALENT - The teachings generally relate to a method of creating a derivative artistic work that includes a select, virtual submission from the public obtained from a set of random, virtual submissions submitted, for example, through a network or public venue. The teachings are directed a virtual studio, a method of creating a derivative, multi-track musical work that includes a virtual performance from the public. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047078 | System and method for ad-hoc modification of a process during runtime - The present invention concerns a system for ad-hoc modification of a process running in a workflow management system (WFMS), wherein the process is defined by a process definition, the system comprising an ad-hoc modification component ( | 2012-02-23 |
20120047079 | PROVIDING FOUNDATION APPLICATION AS ENTERPRISE SERVICES - Methods and apparatus, including systems and computer program products, for a services architecture design that provides enterprise services having foundation layer functionality at the level of an enterprise application. The design includes a set of service operations, process components, and optionally deployment units. Suitable business objects are also described. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047080 | Waste Management and Recycling Tracking System - An on-line waste management reporting and tracking system allows contractors to create waste management plans. Cities and other governing bodies can manage and enforce their recycling policies. Property owners can track the recycling on construction debris within their property. Recycling facilities can create diversion reports and upload tickets directly to a project. Users communicate and interact via the system. Waste management plans can be submitted directly to the governmental bodies. Users track recycling on construction projects through detailed recycling reports. The system calculates a plan's emissions and gives suggestions on how to reduce a plan's carbon footprint. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047081 | Methods and Systems for Real Estate Resource Consolidation - An exemplary method includes a real estate resource consolidation subsystem analyzing source data associated with a plurality of real estate resources and maintained by a plurality of distinct source data management subsystems, automatically generating one or more recommendations for consolidating the real estate resources based on the analyzing of the source data, providing the one or more recommendations for display in a portal, and performing at least one real estate consolidation operation associated with the real estate resources in accordance with at least one recommendation included in the one or more recommendations. Corresponding methods and systems are also described. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047082 | ON-LINE PROPERTY ASSET SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method for managing a home/property is disclosed in which the assets of a home/property may be managed. The assets may include location assets (e.g., a location of the property or house such as the backyard or first floor), fixed assets (e.g., equipment that is typically sold with a house/property such as a furnace) and furnishing assets (e.g., assets that a owner will typically take when the house/property is sold such as a billiards table or a television). | 2012-02-23 |
20120047083 | Fire Situation Awareness And Evacuation Support - A building fire situation awareness and evacuation support system includes a plurality of fire monitoring devices for monitoring development of a fire; a plurality of occupant monitoring devices for monitoring occupant distribution in different zones of the building; and a computation device in communication with the fire monitoring devices and occupant monitoring devices, the computation device estimating fire source location and a fire development trend in response to the fire monitoring devices and estimating occupant distributions in different zones of the building in response to the plurality of occupant monitoring devices; the computation device generating an evacuation strategy for occupants in response to the fire monitoring devices, occupant monitoring devices, estimated fire source location, estimated fire development trends, estimated occupant distributions and building structure information; wherein the evacuation strategy includes evacuation routes or evacuation directions. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047084 | Devices for Processing Shipping Documentation Sent from a Vehicle - The present invention automates the process of receiving transportation documentation and producing advance loading manifests therefrom to optimize load planning and dynamic product shipment and delivery control. Methods provide for receipt of the transportation documentation, initial preparation, and transmission of the documentation from on board a vehicle or while the vehicle is in transit. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047085 | Devices for Wirelessly Routing a Vehicle - The present invention automates the process of receiving transportation documentation and producing advance loading manifests therefrom to optimize load planning and dynamic product shipment and delivery control. Methods provide for receipt of the transportation documentation, initial preparation, and transmission of the documentation from on board a vehicle or while the vehicle is in transit. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047086 | Methods for Wirelessly Routing a Vehicle - The present invention automates the process of receiving transportation documentation and producing advance loading manifests therefrom to optimize load planning and dynamic product shipment and delivery control. Methods provide for receipt of the transportation documentation, initial preparation, and transmission of the documentation from on board a vehicle or while the vehicle is in transit. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047087 | SMART ENCOUNTERS - Systems and methods for providing content recommendations to a user based on aggregate profile data of other users that the user is predicted to encounter in the future are disclosed. In general, an aggregate profile is obtained for a predicted encounter of a first user. The aggregate profile is based on user profiles of a number of second users identified for the predicted encounter. In one embodiment, the predicted encounter is a predicted physical encounter. In another embodiment, the predicted encounter is a predicted remote encounter. One or more content recommendations are then obtained for the first user based on the aggregate profile for the predicted encounter. The content recommendation may be, for example, a recommended movie, a recommended television program, a recommended news article, a recommended user-generated video (e.g., a recommended video on YouTube.com), or the like. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047088 | MODELING AND SIMULATION OF COMPLEX RELATIONSHIPS - A method of modeling and simulation of complex relationships among entities is disclosed. The method can utilize a model that can graphically illustrate relationships among multiple hierarchical levels of entities, and can graphically illustrate information such as types of entities and areas operated by the entities. Further, the model can be based upon a relational database, and proposed or expected changes to the model can be simulated by changing the information in the relational database. An operation model can include a decision maker level, a business entity level, an entity owner level, and an operation level. These levels can be linked hierarchically, and family relationships can be graphically indicated based upon intestate succession priorities. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047089 | Methods and Computer Software Applications for Selecting Securities for An Investment Portfolio - Provided are methods and computer software applications for generating a stock portfolio, and/or enhanced stock index, through using a plurality of growth factors and a plurality of value factors to rank stocks, and for constructing investment vehicles based on the stock portfolio. The method, software application, or computer apparatus of the present technology employs a novel stock selection strategy to select stocks from a pre-selected universe of securities such as a commercially available stock market index in order to create a stock portfolio, and/or enhanced stock index, and a fund based thereon that can generate positive alpha as compared to a fund based on the pre-selected universe of securities. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047090 | Electronic Information And Analysis System - An automated information and analysis system and methods, including methods to acquire information, which may include financial market data such as rates or prices, from one or more external sources, and to process, enhance, extend or otherwise develop that information to derive additional, different, modified or otherwise developed information which, separately or together with the original acquired information, provides to users additional, different or modified utility relative to the utility that the original acquired information provides alone. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047091 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASYMMETRIC OFFSETS IN A RISK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A system and method for using asymmetrical offsets for products in a risk management analysis system are disclosed. Conventional systems assign symmetrical offsets for products, that is, if two products have an 80% correlation they each would be assigned an offset of 80% with respect to each other. However, it is desirable to allow for asymmetrical offsets. In the disclosed system and method, when two products have a correlation of 80%, one may be assigned an offset of 75% and the other may be assigned an offset of 80%. There are many reasons to vary the offset between the products. The varying offset may reflect an asymmetry in the risk in one of the products, such as being traded in an illiquid market or in a less desirable venue. The varying offset may correct for an imbalance in spread credits due to special charges from intra spreading. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047092 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR PRESENTING AN INDICATION OF A COST OF PROCESSING A RESOURCE - Methods and systems are described for presenting an indication of a cost of processing a resource. Resource information is received that identifies a resource for processing by a hardware component in performing an operation. A measure of a processing cost is determined for the resource based on the operation, to provide an indication of a cost for processing the resource. Presentation information, based on the measure, is sent to present, via an output device, the indication corresponding to a user detectable representation of the resource. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047093 | PRACTICAL MODEL FOR HIGH SPEED FILE DELIVERY SERVICES SUPPORTING GUARANTEED DELIVERY TIMES AND DIFFERENTIATED SERVICE LEVELS - A practical economic and technical model for building commercial-grade electronic file delivery services that provide the same scale, predictability, and differentiated service levels as physical courier services traditionally used to move electronic data on physical media. Systems and methods for providing such services using a charge-back scheme based on congestion pricing are described. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047094 | CALENDAR AND CALENDAR PRODUCTION METHODS - A method of producing a calendar of a calendar year includes providing a photo contest having an entry period of time, accepting photographs entered into the photo contest by contestants during the entry period of time to establish a pool of photographs to be judged, and judging the photographs of the pool of photographs to produce photo contest winners comprising a calendar year photograph cover winner, and calendar month photograph cover winners. The method further includes providing a calendar including a calendar cover and a register of calendar days of calendar weeks of calendar months of a calendar year, the calendar cover incorporating the calendar year photograph cover winner, and the register incorporating the calendar month photograph cover winners each relating to one of the calendar months. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047095 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SELLING DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY SERVICES IN COMBINATION WITH A SINGLE-USE DIGITAL CAMERA - The present disclosure comprises a system for offering digital photography services in combination with a single-use digital camera that includes a provider and a distribution system. One or more cameras are offered and provided by the provider in combination with digital processing services for processing digital pictures and/or a product, e.g., a printout of the photographs, a photobook, a recording medium such as DVD, CD with print data of the photographs, etc. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047096 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CLASSIFYING APPLICATIONS USING THE COLLECTIVE PROPERTIES OF NETWORK TRAFFIC - In one embodiment, the present disclosure is a method and apparatus for classifying applications using the collective properties of network traffic. In one embodiment, a method for classifying traffic in a communication network includes receiving a traffic activity graph, the traffic activity graph comprising a plurality of nodes interconnected by a plurality of edges, where each of the nodes represents an endpoint associated with the communication network and each of the edges represents traffic between a corresponding pair of the nodes, generating an initial set of inferences as to an application class associated with each of the edges, based on at least one measured statistic related to at least one traffic flow in the communication network, and refining the initial set of inferences based on a spatial distribution of the traffic flows, to produce a final traffic activity graph. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047097 | Secure Handling of Documents with Fields that Possibly Contain Restricted Information - A method, system and computer program product for processing documents containing restricted information. One aspect concerns identifying which sections of a document may be critical, non-critical or possibly critical. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047098 | METHOD FOR COMPUTING AND STORING VORONOI DIAGRAMS, AND USES THEREFOR - A method of producing and storing a Voronoi diagram includes: a) selecting a desired site P | 2012-02-23 |
20120047099 | NON-INTRUSIVE EVENT-DRIVEN PREDICTION - A method, system, and computer usable program product for non-intrusive event-driven prediction of a metric in a data processing environment are provided in the illustrative embodiments. At least one set of events is observed in the data processing environment, the set of events being generated by several processes executing in the data processing environment. A subset of the set of events are tracked for an observation period, the tracking resulting in bookkeeping information about the subset of events. A pattern of events is detected in the bookkeeping information. The pattern is formed as a tuple representing a process in the several processes, the metric corresponding to the process. A prediction model is selected for the tuple. The prediction model is supplied with the tuple and executed to generate a predicted value of the metric. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047100 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING AT LEAST ONE APPLICATION DESCRIPTION - An application description is generated with a plurality of application blocks. First, at least one basic document is read in and analyzed. During the analysis of the basic document, a knowledge base is constructed with knowledge elements, wherein the knowledge elements recognized are at least one data field and/or at least one component, and the knowledge elements are preferably at least to some extent flagged as assumptions. Then, at least one conflict-free knowledge partition is determined, where the at least one knowledge partition has a respective set of conflict-free assumptions. The at least one application description is produced from the at least one knowledge partition with the application blocks. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047101 | DETECTING DISALLOWED COMBINATIONS OF DATA WITHIN A PROCESSING ELEMENT - Techniques are described for detecting disallowed combinations of data within a processing element. Embodiments of the invention may generally receive data to be processed using the processing element and determine whether the received data and a current working state violate one or more rules describing disallowed combinations of data. If a disallowed combination is detected, embodiments of the invention may handle the processing of the received data in an alternate way that prevents disallowed combinations of data within the processing element. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047102 | PREDICTING OR RECOMMENDING A USERS FUTURE LOCATION BASED ON CROWD DATA - A system and method for predicting a future location of a user are provided. In general, a prediction basis including crowd data describing crowds in which a user was included during a number of reoccurring time windows is generated. Each reoccurring time window may be, for example, a day of the week (i.e., Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday), a portion of a day of the week (e.g., Monday Morning, Monday Afternoon, Monday Evening, Tuesday Evening, etc.), a day of the month (e.g., 1st day of the month), a day of the year (e.g., March 25th), or the like. The prediction basis of the user is then used to predict one or more future locations of the user. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047103 | System and method for secure information sharing with untrusted recipients - System, method and computer program product for modelling information sharing domains as Partially Observable Markov Decision Processes (POMDP), and that provides solutions that view the information sharing as a sequential process where the trustworthiness of the information recipients is monitored using data leakage detection mechanisms. In one embodiment, the system, method and computer program product performs (i) formulating information sharing decisions using Partially Observable Markov Decision Processes combined with a digital watermarking leakage detection mechanism, and (ii) deriving optimal information sharing strategies for the sender and optimal information leakage strategies for a recipient as a function of the efficacy of the underlying monitoring mechanism. By employing POMDPs in information sharing domains, users (senders) can maximize the expected reward of their data/information sharing actions. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047104 | COMPUTERIZED METHODS FOR ANALYZING COMPETING AND NON-COMPETING HYPOTHESES - Described is a system and method for analyzing competing and non-competing hypothesis. Diagnostic strength of evidence in connection with a competing hypothesis analysis is analyzed. Veracity of evidence in connection with a non-competing hypothesis analysis is analyzed. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047105 | MEDICAL CARE TREATMENT DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM - Exemplary embodiments of the present invention will assist patients with their investigation of, and decision making about, the treatments that are available to them using conjoint analysis methods that measure individual preferences for risk-associated treatment options, while maintaining an acceptable interview length. In exemplary embodiments, such individual preferences, known as “utilities” in economics literature, will be combined with evidence-based outcomes data regarding the probabilities of treatment outcomes; exemplary embodiments will use “decision analysis” and modified “conjoint analysis” methods, to dynamically generate for patients real-time individualized, evidence-based feedback, rankings and recommendations regarding medical treatment alternatives that are available to the patient based on the patient's medical condition and prognostic indicators. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047106 | RAPID KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER AMONG WORKERS - A system and method enable rapid knowledge transfer, for example between a plurality of experts and a plurality of apprentices located remotely from the experts. The system makes use of unique tools to facilitate transfer of knowledge and collaboration between individuals, even among remotely located individuals. An input to the system is a Knowledge Transfer Plan which has been designed to orchestrate the knowledge transfer. The knowledge transfer system integrates a shared repository and collaboration tools for use by the expert and apprentice. The collaboration tools may be accessed through role-specific portals which are automatically created from the Knowledge Transfer Plan. In one embodiment, the system is configured with a World Wide Web-based interface and an integrated suite of tools to support knowledge transfer activities on a global basis to facilitate knowledge transfer among workers engaged in an outsourcing business process. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047107 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING ON DEMAND CLOUD DATABASE - A method for dynamic management of one or more cloud database nodes is provided. The method enables gathering information related to usage of one or more cloud database nodes. The method further enables comparing time required by the one or more cloud database nodes for responding to one or more requests with a predetermined threshold. Furthermore, the method enables provisioning one or more new cloud database nodes or removing one or more new cloud database nodes based on at least one of: the gathered information, the comparison and a combination thereof. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047108 | POINT-IN-TIME (PIT) BASED THIN RECLAMATION SUPPORT FOR SYSTEMS WITH A STORAGE USAGE MAP API - A method, a system and/or and an apparatus to minimize data loss by de-allocating storage space with the help of an Application Programming Interface (API). In one embodiment, the method includes reclaiming data storage in a storage device slated as a reclamation target by redirecting write commands intended for the reclamation target to a point-in-time volume of the reclamation target; generating a list of portions of storage from the reclamation target such that each portion of storage has an API state of unused as per a system that uses the storage device; and includes converting a reclamation state associated with each of the portions of storage to a state of ‘unused’. In addition, the method involves synchronization of the point-in-time volume with the reclamation target to capture any changes that might be associated with the point-in-time volume. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047109 | DATA STRUCTURE PRODUCTION METHOD AND BACKUP DEVICE - There is provided a data structure production method for producing a multilevel directory structure in a backup device. The multilevel directory structure includes target data having at least one of video data and audio data. The data structure production method includes producing a first directory that establishes a first directory hierarchy, producing at least one second directory that establishes a second directory hierarchy lower than the first directory hierarchy wherein the target data is stored in the at least one second directory, and storing the at least one second directory in the first directory provided the first directory is less than or equal to a predetermined size. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047110 | System and Method for Automatic Data Defragmentation When Restoring a Disk - A method is described to restore backed-up data to a data source such that the data are automatically defragmented. Defragmentation is accomplished during the restore operation by identifying data blocks belonging to discrete data files and copying those data blocks to the target data source such that all data blocks for any given file are written to contiguous sectors on the target data source. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047111 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PARITY-PAGE DISTRIBUTION AMONG NODES OF A MULTI-NODE DATA-STORAGE SYSTEM - One embodiment of the present invention is directed to a multi-node data-storage system comprising a number C of component-data-storage-system nodes that store data pages of a data object in a mirror and in 0, 1, or more parity-encoded snapshots, the mirror comprising 2 or more replicates including a 0 | 2012-02-23 |
20120047112 | RECORDS ARCHIVE DISPOSITION SYSTEM - A system and method for record archive disposition is implemented with a computer system comprising one or more computer processors operatively connected to memory. Archival records are stored in memory, each archival record being associated with at least one metadata attribute. At least one or more legal holds are stored in memory, each legal hold having legal hold metadata attributes. A deletion candidate list is generated with at least one of the processors for at least one record type by including on the deletion candidate list archival records identified as having one or more archival record metadata attributes corresponding to the at least one record type, and excluding from the deletion candidate list identified archival records if a selected set of legal hold metadata attributes for at least one legal hold corresponds to at least a subset of metadata attributes for the identified archival records. Archival records included on the deletion candidate list are deleted from memory. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047113 | MULTIPLE-SOURCE DATA COMPRESSION - One embodiment of the present invention is directed to a method for compressing data generated by multiple data sources. The method includes steps of partitioning data generated by the multiple data sources into data partitions, the data included in each data partition containing inter-data-source redundancies and, for each data partition, compressing the data in the data partition to remove the inter-data-source redundancies. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047114 | ENFORCING QUERY POLICIES OVER RESOURCE DESCRIPTION FRAMEWORK DATA - A method of performing a graph query issued by a user is provided. The method includes performing on a processor, receiving a user graph query; rewriting the user graph query as a new query based on a query policy expressed in a graph query language; and performing the new query on graph data to obtain a result. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047115 | EXTENT REFERENCE COUNT UPDATE SYSTEM AND METHOD - Systems and methods for extent reference count updates are presented. In one embodiment; a reference count update method includes: receiving an indication of new reference association with an extent of a shared storage component; generating reference count update log information for a reference count update log to indicate the new reference association with an extent of a shared storage component, wherein the altering occurs inline; forwarding a successful data update indicator to initiator of activity triggering the new reference association with the extent of the shared storage component; and updating a reference count table in accordance with the information in the reference count update log, wherein the updating is included in a background process. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047116 | VALIDATING SENSOR DATA REPRESENTED BY CHARACTERISTIC FUNCTIONS - According to certain embodiments, a characteristic function representing data is received. A first hash code calculated from the characteristic function is received. The characteristic function is transformed to an arithmetic function. A second hash code is calculated from the arithmetic function. If the first hash code equals the second hash code, the data is designated as valid; otherwise, the data is designated as invalid. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047117 | Incremental Maintenance of Immediate Materialized Views with Outerjoins - Methods and systems for using algorithms in relational database management systems (RDBMSs) for incremental maintenance of materialized views with outerjoins are disclosed. The algorithms achieve the following goals with respect to a class of materialized outerjoin views and the performance of update operations: relax the requirement for the existence of the primary key attributes in a select list of the view to only some of the relations (i.e., the relations referenced as a preserved side in an outerjoin); relax null-intolerant property requirements for some predicates used in the view definition (i.e., predicates referencing relations which can be null-supplied by more than one outerjoin); and implement maintenance of outerjoin views by using one update statement (e.g., MERGE, UPDATE, INSERT, or DELETE) per view for each relation referenced in the view. The algorithms allow design and implementation of the incremental maintenance of materialized views with outerjoins to be integrated into an RDBMS. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047118 | NETWORK DEVICE AND METHOD FOR UPDATING DATA OF THE NETWORK DEVICE - A network device and method for updating parameters of the network device provides an object adapting interface. The object adapting interface generates a service access interface and a configuration adapting interface. A management agent of the network device sends a requirement command. If the requirement command is a write command, the configuration adapting interface updates configuration parameters of the management agent stored in a configuration database of the network device. If the requirement command is a read command, the service access interface reads configuration parameters stored in the management agent. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047119 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING AND NAVIGATING ANNOTATED HYPERLINKS BETWEEN VIDEO SEGMENTS - Systems and methods are provided for linking and playing media content from one or more media items. Linking items may be stored with a plurality of other linking items and associated with one or more media items. The linking items define media fragments within the media items and media segments linked to the media items. By selecting linking items associated with a particular media item, a user can dynamically select the media segments linked to the media item. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047120 | SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION ASSISTANT - Website optimization methods and tools for optimizing visibility of a website to internet search engines are presented. A website is automatically evaluated against one or more optimization tests based on one or more search terms. A report is generated along with tools that guide and prompt the user for user input that is used by the tools to directly edit content of the website to improve the, visibility of the website to Internet search engines. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047121 | CONTENT SIGNATURE NOTIFICATION - A client application installed on end user computers generates metadata from the content of web pages visited by end users and provides the metadata to a search engine. When an end user visits a web page, the end user's computer downloads and displays the web page to the end user. The client application may simultaneously access the web page content and generate this metadata in the form of a content signature of the web page from the web page content. The client application then provides the content signature to a search engine. The search engine may employ content signatures to identify new web pages to crawl and index. Additionally, the search engine may employ content signatures to identify changes to web pages and determine the crawl frequency of web pages. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047122 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR WEB CRAWLING - In a web crawler, a URL selection module selects URLs for pages to be downloaded. The URL selection module accesses an interaction data store that stores interaction data for web pages, including interaction data that indicates human interactions with the pages. To reduce the effects of link farms, the URL selection module filters the URLs to select only those URLs that have human interaction histories and provides the selected URLs to a download module for web page downloading. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047123 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DOCUMENT ANALYSIS, PROCESSING AND INFORMATION EXTRACTION - The present invention is directed to a method and computer system for representing a dataset comprising N documents by computing a diffusion geometry of the dataset comprising at least a plurality of diffusion coordinates. The present method and system stores a number of diffusion coordinates, wherein the number is linear in proportion to N. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047124 | DATABASE QUERY OPTIMIZATIONS - A method of processing a query is provided. The method includes performing on a processor: receiving a database query that includes a plurality of predicates that associate a subject with an object, where one or more of the predicates is a variable predicate; generating at least one new query by selectively replacing the at least one variable predicate in the database query with a non-variable predicate; and performing the at least one new database query on a database to obtain a query result. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047125 | EXECUTING A QUERY PLAN WITH DISPLAY OF INTERMEDIATE RESULTS - In an embodiment, a FIRSTIO execution plan is selected that has a lowest estimated execution time for finding a number of records that satisfy the query and are simultaneously viewable. An ALLIO execution plan is selected that has a lowest estimated execution time for finding all records that satisfy the query. The FIRSTIO execution plan is executed for a first time period to create a FIRSTIO result set. The ALLIO execution plan is executed for a second time period to create an ALLIO result set. The FIRSTIO result set is displayed if the FIRSTIO result set comprises more records than the ALLIO result set. The ALLIO result set is displayed if the ALLIO result set comprises more records than the FIRSTIO result set. In an embodiment, the first and second time periods expire in response to the expiration of a maximum time specified by the query. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047126 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR HARDWARE ACCELERATION OF STREAMED DATABASE OPERATIONS AND QUERIES BASED ON MULTIPLE HARDWARE ACCELERATORS - Embodiments of the present invention provide a hardware accelerator that assists a host database system in processing its queries. The hardware accelerator comprises special purpose processing elements that are capable of receiving database query/operation tasks in the form of machine code database instructions, execute them in hardware without software, and return the query/operation result back to the host system. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047127 | METHODS AND SOFTWARE FOR ANALYSIS OF RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS - In one aspect, the invention comprises a computer system for searching databases and displaying search results, comprising databases storing information regarding publications and authors comprising author, title, date of publication, cited references, and citing references data; and Internet servers in communication with those databases; wherein at least one of those Internet servers is in communication with and operable to transmit data to a Web browser resident on a user's computer, and wherein the data is sufficient to enable the browser to display a citation overview page comprising: (a) a list of one or more titles of publications or names of authors, and (b) one or more displayed numerals representing how many publications in one or more specified categories cite to each of the publications, or, for author names, how many publications in one or more specified categories cite to publications on which those names are listed as authors. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047128 | OPEN CLASS NOUN CLASSIFICATION - A method of semantically classifying a data set of open class nouns and a system for executing the method. The method includes loading, by a processing device, a data set comprising one or more open class nouns from a computer readable medium operably connected to the processing device; extracting, by the processing device, the one or more open class nouns from the data set; for each open class noun, querying, by the processing device, one or more application programming interfaces (APIs) to produce one or more results; deriving, by the processing device, a confidence score for the data set based upon the one or more results; and determining, by the processing device, a classification for the data set based upon the derived confidence score. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047129 | LOCATION RANKING USING SOCIAL GRAPH INFORMATION - In one embodiment, a user of a social networking system requests to check in a place near the user's current location. The social networking system generates a list of places near the user's current location, ranks the places in the list of places near the user's current location by a distance between each place and the user's current location, as well as activity of the user and the user's social contacts for each place, and returns the ranked list to the user. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047130 | UI Driven Service Composition Tool with UI Designer Feedback - The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer implemented methods for automatically selecting at least one service for use with a modeled user interface (UI). One process includes operations for identifying a modeled UI at design time in an integrated development environment (IDE) and collecting a set of information associated with the modeled UI. At least one service repository storing a set of services is searched based at least in part on the collected set of information associated with the modeled UI. At least a portion of the set of services is presented via a graphical user interface associated with the IDE. A selection of at least one of the presented set of services is received, and an augmented version of the modeled UI is generated based on the received selection. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047131 | Constructing Titles for Search Result Summaries Through Title Synthesis - An information retrieval system and computer-based method provide constructing a title for a search result summary of a document through title synthesis, wherein the title is suitable for use in assessing the relevance of the summarized document to a query. In one embodiment, the system obtains meaningful keywords or key phrases (title components) about the document; and classifies each title components into one or more of a plurality of pre-established title component classes. The title components may be automatically obtained for the document from available sources either before or at the time the document is made available for indexing by the system. When a query is input to the system to which the document is relevant, the system constructs a title for the document by arranging title components selected from title component classes, to maximize a title utility function. The title utility function may be a query-dependent grade. In addition to the query, the title utility function may also account for constraints under which the title is to be presented to a user of the system. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047132 | Method, Apparatus and Data Processor Program Product Capable of Enabling Administration of a Levels-Based Athleticism Development Program Data - Various aspects of one or more methods, apparatuses and data processor program products capable of enabling management of data associated with an athleticism development program are disclosed herein. These various aspects include maintaining a database including subscriber performance data for a plurality of athleticism development program subscribers and facilitating preparation of a subscriber performance report for a specified one of the plurality of athleticism development program subscribers. The subscriber performance data is capable of enabling an attained standardized athleticism level to be determined for each one of the athleticism development program subscribers. The implementation of standardized athleticism levels is advantageous as it supports a measurable plan of progress for motivating a subscriber and trainer to meet their individual and mutual goals. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047133 | Self-organizing community system - The invention provides self-organization methodologies and system for internet users to build web-based organizational hierarchical structure that is constituent of units within which direct and sufficient communication can be fulfilled. Each unit is administrated autonomously through the democratic-decision process, and processes information internally. The members of unit can designate or replace its leader anytime though election; the leader elect of a unit will then become a member of its direct upper unit in the structure, representing its unit to participate in the management and election of upper unit and to bring the consolidated results of its unit to the upper unit for further consolidation; recursively, a hierarchical structure is to form from bottom to upper progressively, and to produce different level of end products at different layer. Taking the advantage of self-organization methodologies, the SOC & SOwiki platform and systems are to be designed and implemented to support various applications of SOC & SOwiki structures that are created to satisfy different social needs or business models. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047134 | PREDICTIVE QUERY COMPLETION AND PREDICTIVE SEARCH RESULTS - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for processing search query suggestions. In one aspect, interface instructions on a client device cause the client device to generate a search interface that includes a query input field and provide query characters input in the query input field to a search service as a first query suggestion request. The client device receives, in response the query suggestion request, first query suggestions and renders the first query suggestions according to and order. In response to the client device receiving first search results responsive to one of the first query suggestions and being received independent of user selection of a first query suggestion and independent of sending a completed query to the search service, the client device generates an indication in the interface that indicates the first query suggestion for which the search results are responsive. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047135 | Predictive Query Completion And Predictive Search Results - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for processing search query suggestions. In one aspect, a search service provides query suggestions responsive to a query suggestion request from a client device, and determines if a prediction criterion is met. The prediction criterion is independent of a user selection of a query suggestion provided in response to one or more query suggestion requests. In response to determining that the prediction criterion is met, the search system provides search results to the client device. The search results are responsive to one of the query suggestions provided in response to the query suggestion request or one or more previous query suggestion requests. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047136 | ANNOTATING MEDICAL DATA REPRESENTED BY CHARACTERISTIC FUNCTIONS - According to certain embodiments, a set of samples of sensor data is accessed. The set of samples records medical measurements taken by one or more medical sensors. A characteristic function is generated from the set of samples. The characteristic function indicates whether a given sample is a member of the set of samples. One or more samples of the set of samples that are associated with a given medical annotation are identified according to the characteristic function. | 2012-02-23 |
20120047137 | ANNOTATING ENVIRONMENTAL DATA REPRESENTED BY CHARACTERISTIC FUNCTIONS - According to certain embodiments, a set of samples of sensor data is accessed. The set of samples records environmental measurements taken by one or more environmental sensors. A characteristic function is generated from the set of samples. The characteristic function indicates whether a given sample is a member of the set of samples. One or more samples of the set of samples that are associated with a given environmental annotation are identified according to the characteristic function. | 2012-02-23 |