11th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 53 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130066572 | ASSEMBLED BATTERY - The present invention relates to a battery pack constituted by connecting a plurality of unit batteries, in which the route of the signal line is simplified and the manufacturing cost is reduced. The battery pack of the present invention includes means for measuring voltage or the like of a unit battery equipped for every unit battery board and for saving aforesaid measured value, means for transmitting aforesaid saved measured-value to aforesaid battery management unit as a digital signal, and the like, wherein the plurality of unit battery boards and aforesaid battery management unit are connected by a single loop-shaped or double loop-shaped communication channel, and it is constituted so as to carry out transmission and reception of aforesaid measured-value or the like between aforesaid respective unit battery boards and aforesaid battery management unit through aforesaid loop-shaped communication channel. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066573 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING BATTERY STATE-OF-HEALTH - A system and method use an open-circuit voltage (OCV) method of calculating a state-of-health (SOH) of a chemical battery. The OCV system and method includes charging the battery to a maximum charge potential, determining an open-circuit voltage (OCV) of the battery after waiting a predetermined period of time after completion of the charging, and determining the SOH of the battery based on the determined OCV of the battery. Another system and method use a time-to-charge (TTC) method of calculating a state-of-health (SOH) of a chemical battery. The TTC system and method includes monitoring and storing a charge time of the battery in a memory and scaling the stored charge time to form an SOH indication. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066574 | Method for Determining Characteristics of a Photoconverter Without Contact - The invention relates to a method for determining the maximum open circuit voltage and the power that can be output by a photoconverter material subject to a measurement light intensity, the method including the following steps: measuring the photoluminescent intensity of the material, measuring the absorption rate of the photoconverter material at a second wavelength substantially equal to the photoluminescent wavelength of the photoconverter material, determining the maximum open circuit voltage of the photoconverter material with the measurement light intensity by means of the absorption rate and the photoluminescent intensity measured at substantially the same wavelength; said invention being characterised in that the light source and the photoconverter material are arranged such that the angular distributions of the rays incident on and emitted by the lit surface of the material and collected by the detector are substantially identical. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066575 | VOLTAGE MEASURING CIRCUIT AND METHOD - An average current value that is the average value of current values is found by connecting a detection resistor in parallel to two terminals that are the object of measurement, measuring the current value that flows in the detection resistor, and subjecting the current value to time-quadrature, and further, dividing the current value that follows integration by the integration time. The average current value is converted to a digital signal and sent to an arithmetic means (processor). The arithmetic means calculates the voltage value across the two terminals from the average current value and the resistance value of the detection resistor. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066576 | A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING PHASE ATTRIBUTES OF ELECTRICAL GRID SYSTEM AND EQUIPMENT USING A SMART PROBE - A system for measuring phase attributes of high voltage electrical lines comprises a single high voltage probe. The probe comprises a sensing element for selectively measuring voltage of a high voltage electrical line. A processing circuit detects zero crossings of the measured voltage, applies a time tag to the zero crossings, and stores samples of the amplitude and time tagged zero crossings. A memory stores samples of the amplitude and time tagged zero crossings for a plurality of high voltage electrical lines. A processor is operatively associated with the memory for determining phase relationships between the plurality of high voltage electrical lines. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066577 | ROBUST SPECTRAL ANALYZER FOR ONE-DIMENSIONAL AND MULTI-DIMENSIONAL DATA ANALYSIS - A method of analyzing a spectrum of one-dimensional or multi-dimensional signal X(t) requires a number of steps including deriving coefficients [A | 2013-03-14 |
20130066578 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING ZERO-RATE OFFSET OF A GYROSCOPE, AND SYSTEM COMPRISING THE DEVICE - The invention relates to a method of determining a zero-bias error of a gyroscope, an apparatus for determining a zero-bias error of a gyroscope and a system including the apparatus. The method includes the steps of: a. obtaining a set of outputs of the gyroscope; b. determining a dispersion degree of the outputs; c. determining whether the dispersion degree satisfies a predetermined condition and performing the step of d or e based upon a result of the determination; and d. determining an average of the outputs as the zero-bias error of the gyroscope when the dispersion degree satisfies the predetermined condition; or e. obtaining another set of outputs of the gyroscope and repeating performing the steps of b to c on the another set of outputs when the dispersion degree does not satisfy the predetermined condition. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066579 | ANALYSIS METHOD FOR STORAGE MEDIUM - A method is provided for analyzing a plurality of storage mediums in a server unit. A predetermined value is set according to a type of a storage medium. A first result and a second result generated by testing the storage medium in a first test and a second test are stored. A keyword is set for reading a first value and a second value from the first result and the second result. A ratio between the second value and the first value is computed to generate a third value for determining whether the third value is smaller than the predetermined value. Thereby, the third value is marked when the third value is smaller than the predetermined value. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066580 | AUTOMATIC MEASURING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING CONNECTING LINES - An automatic measuring method for measuring connecting lines includes the steps of: S | 2013-03-14 |
20130066581 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT TESTING MODULE INCLUDING SIGNAL SHAPING INTERFACE - Systems and methods of testing integrated circuits are disclosed. The systems include a test module configured to operate between automated testing equipment and an integrated circuit to be tested. The testing interface is configured to test the integrated circuit at a higher slew rate than the slew rate at which signals are received from the automated testing equipment. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066582 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING TEST SETS OF OPERATING PARAMETER VALUES FOR AN ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - A method for determining test sets of operating parameter values for an electronic component, the method including: determining a first set of intermediate sets, each intermediate set containing a combination of a first number of operating parameters of the electronic component; determining a second set of reference sets, wherein the second set contains a union of sets, each set comprising all possible combinations of parameter values for the parameters of a respective intermediate set; selecting a third set with a second number of test sets out of a set of predefined sets, wherein each predefined set comprises a different combination of the parameter values for all parameters from the predefined parameter set, such that the second set is a subset of a union of a number of sets, each set comprising all possible combinations of the first number of parameter values for all parameters of a respective test set. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066583 | ESTIMATION OF THE TEMPERATURE OUTSIDE A VEHICLE FROM TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENTS UNDER THE BONNET OF A VEHICLE - A method for determining an estimated value of air temperature outside a vehicle driven by an internal combustion engine, according to which an initial estimated value is attributed to an estimated temperature, the temperature of an intake air of the engine is then measured, and a speed of the vehicle is assessed, followed by a mathematical filtering of the measured temperature of the intake air of the engine. The filtering operation imposes a maximum gradient on the estimated temperature, that has at least two separate positive values over time, either one of the maximum positive gradient values being selected according to the momentary speed of the vehicle. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066584 | TEMPERATURE ESTIMATION METHOD, TEMPERATURE ESTIMATION APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM THEREOF - A temperature estimation method including: receiving a scan signal generated by scanning the target region using the ultrasound signal, and estimating, based on the scan signal, an echo shift which is an amount of change in time required for the ultrasound signal to pass through the target region, the time changing depending on the temperature in the target region; estimating, based on the estimated echo shift, a strain which is an apparent change rate of a travel distance required for the ultrasound signal to pass through the target region, the travel distance changing depending on the temperature in the target region; estimating, based on the estimated strain, a strain rate which is a temporal change rate of the strain; and estimating the temperature in the target region corresponding to the strain and the strain rate, based on a predetermined relationship between a strain, a strain rate, and a temperature. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066585 | PREDICTED MEAN VOTE ESTIMATING DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to one embodiment, a PMV estimating device calculates a PMV value from an average room radiation temperature, room temperature, room humidity, room air velocity, an amount of cloth worn by a person in the room, and an amount of activity of the person in the room. The PMV estimating device includes: indoor solar radiation calculator; solar radiated article temperature estimator; and average radiation temperature estimator. The indoor solar radiation calculator calculates an amount of solar radiation entered into the room. The solar radiated article temperature estimator estimates a temperature of a solar radiated article receiving the solar radiation entered into the room, by using the amount of solar radiation entered into the room calculated by the indoor solar radiation calculator. The average radiation temperature estimator estimates the average room radiation temperature by using the temperature of the solar radiated article estimated by the solar radiated article temperature estimator. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066586 | INPUT DEVICE, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING INPUT PROCESSING PROGRAM STORED THEREIN, INPUT PROCESSING METHOD, AND INPUT PROCESSING SYSTEM - An exemplary input device detects a first detected attitude thereof based on angular velocity data outputted from an angular velocity sensor. Next, the input device corrects the first detected attitude based on acceleration data outputted from an acceleration sensor. Then, the input device performs predetermined information processing, without using components, in a horizontal direction and a depth direction, of the first detected attitude which has been corrected. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066587 | WIRELESS MAGNETIC POSITION SENSOR - In one example, a position sensor is provided. The position sensor comprises an integrated circuit, and a magnetic field sensor that provides a detected signal indicative of a position of a magnetic field source to the integrated circuit. The magnetic field sensor comprises a tunneling magnetoresistance (TMR) sensor. The position sensor further comprises a wireless circuit coupled to the integrated circuit, wherein the wireless circuit comprises an antenna configured to radiate a position signal based on the detected signal. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066588 | Agility Training and Assessment - A controller communicates a series of commands to a subject within a control area. A control area sensor generates movement data by monitoring the movement of the subject executing the command. Rebound surface sensor(s) generate contact data by monitoring contacts with rebound surface(s) resulting from the subject executing the commands. Performance of the subject is analyzed using the movement data and the contact data. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066589 | METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM FOR CALCULATING A GEOMETRIC SYSTEM MODEL USING AN AREA-SIMULATING-VOLUME ALGORITHM IN THREE DIMENSIONAL RECONSTRUCTION - A method, device, and system for calculating first and second distance ratios used to calculate a geometric probability between a voxel and a tube-of-response (TOR). The method includes determining a first-edge-line including a first-middle-point, determining a second-edge-line including a second-middle-point, determining a middle line of the TOR, projecting a first point of a first surface of the voxel to the middle line, projecting a second point of a second surface of the voxel to the middle line, calculating a first distance between one of the first and second middle-points and the first-projected-point, and a second distance between the one of the first and second middle-points and the second-projected-point, and determining a first distance ratio based on the first and second distances. The method calculates the second distance ratio similarly to the first distance ratio. The geometric probability is proportional to the product of the first and second distance ratios. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066590 | MEASURING DEVICE AND MEASUREMENT METHOD - There is provided a measuring device that includes a first measuring unit that measures a distance between a measurement reference point and an intersection of a plane and a line passing through the measurement reference point, a calculator that calculates angles formed by the plane and the intersection; and a second measuring unit that measures an object using data of the distance or the angles. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066591 | PERSONAL ELECTRONIC DEVICE TO ASSIST A USER IN DEVELOPING AND MAINTAINING AN OPTIMAL FITNESS WALKING ROUTINE - A portable personal electronic pedometer, including a display, a storage memory, an input-mode, a pace-mode, and a workout-mode. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066592 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EVALUATING THE RESEMBLANCE OF A QUERY OBJECT TO REFERENCE OBJECTS - A method and a system for evaluating the class of a test datum in a data space of dimension D where D≧3, each datum belonging to at least one class grouping together several data, comprising: projecting a suite of reference data of the data space into a space of dimension Q where Q2013-03-14 | |
20130066593 | DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HOME APPLIANCE - The present disclosure relates to diagnostic apparatus and method for home appliance which make it easy to diagnose a breakdown of a home appliance, using a signal including product information and outputted from the home appliance, in which a signal is converted in accordance with signal distortion generated in the process of transmitting the output signal or in a terminal, so that the product information of the home appliance is easily extracted, accuracy of a diagnosis result is improved, an after-sales service for a breakdown of the home appliance is easily provided, and reliability of the product is improved by the improvement of accuracy of the diagnosis result. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066594 | Self-powered sensor system - A self-powered sensor system and sensing method includes a power source generating power which is a function of a first parameter such as vibration. A charge management circuit is responsive to the power output by the power source and is configured to provide, every charge cycle, a supply signal to a controller which activates it to control a transmitter to transmit data at a transmission rate which is a function of the charge cycle. The data and the transmission rate are processed and used to identify a variation in the first parameter by a variation in the transmission rate beyond a predetermined threshold. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066595 | MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND MEASUREMENT METHOD - A measurement apparatus includes a processor configured to obtain a phase corresponding to an optical path length between the target surface and the reference surface based upon the a signal of interference light, to correct an error of the phase, and to calculate an absolute distance between the target surface and the reference surface based upon the phase in which the error has been corrected. The processor corrects the error of the phase by calculating a common phase error contained in a first measured phase calculated for the first reference wavelength and a second measured phase calculated for the second reference wavelength, and by subtracting the common phase error from the first measured phase and the second measured phase. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066596 | REFLECTIVE AND REFRACTIVE SURFACES CONFIGURED TO PROJECT DESIRED CAUSTIC PATTERN - Techniques are described for designing and manufacturing a surface that produces a desired image when illuminated by a light source. As described, the desired image may be decomposed into a collection of Gaussian kernels (referred to as Gaussians). A shape of a micropatch lens corresponding to each Gaussian may be determined, and the resulting micropatch lenses may be assembled to form a highly continuous surface that will cast an approximation of the desired image formed form the sum of a plurality of Gaussian caustics. The disclosed techniques may be used to create a design for a light-redirecting surface amenable to milling (or other manufacturing process). | 2013-03-14 |
20130066597 | Methods and Apparatus for Calculating Electromagnetic Scattering Properties of a Structure And for Reconstruction of Approximate Structures - Algorithm for reconstructing grating profile in a metrology application is disclosed to numerically solve a volume integral equation for a current density. It employs implicit construction of a vector field that is related to electric field and a current density by a selection of continuous components of vector field being continuous at one or more material boundaries, so as to determine an approximate solution of a current density. The vector field is represented by a finite Fourier series with respect to at least one direction, x, y. Numerically solving volume integral equation comprises determining a component of a current density by convolution of the vector field with a convolution operator, which comprises material and geometric properties of structure in the x, y directions. The current density is represented by a finite Fourier series with respect to x, y directions. Continuous components are extracted using convolution operators acting on electric field and current density. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066598 | DYNAMIC VIRTUAL ARTICULATOR - Disclosed is a computer-implemented method of using a dynamic virtual articulator for simulating occlusion of teeth, when performing computer-aided designing of one or more dental restorations for a patient, where the method comprises the steps of: | 2013-03-14 |
20130066599 | Apparatus, Method and Program for Designing Seating Arrangement - A seating arrangement designing apparatus includes: a seating arrangement condition table that stores an attribute score indicating intensity of an attribute different for each position regarding a seating arrangement condition, in a data structure of contour lines; a staff condition table that stores tolerance in terms of the attribute of each of staff members; a point calculation unit that calculates a tolerance point indicating a degree of suitability of a certain seat arranged for any of the staff members, based on the attribute score and the tolerance, in a case of planning the seat to be arranged for the staff member; and a seating arrangement determination unit that determines seating arrangement, such that a total sum of the tolerance points for all the staff members satisfies a predetermined condition. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066600 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REAL-TIME LINE RATING OF A TRANSMISSION LINE - A method of real-time line rating of a transmission line includes receiving, by a processor, real time transmission line conductor measurements of a transmission line having a plurality of conductor line segments from at least one real time line monitoring device. The processor generates a prediction model for at least one of the plurality of conductor line segments. Parameters of the at least one conductor line segment are predicted by the processor using the received transmission line conductor measurements and the prediction model and conductor locations of the at least one conductor line segment are simulated within a transmission line model based on the predicted parameters. The processor compares the conductor locations to one or more objects within the transmission line model determines conductor clearance distances between the simulated conductor locations and the one or more objects within the transmission line model. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066601 | PRODUCT ATTRIBUTE VISUALIZER - An embodiment according to the invention provides a means by which attributes of a complex product including multiple parts may be visualized rapidly across multiple aspects of the product, thereby permitting rapid improvement of the design process and realizing business efficiencies. An embodiment according to the invention provides such features in a lightweight format that supplements existing visualization tools, which may have received design data from heavier Computer-Aided Design (CAD) systems. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066602 | METHOD FOR CONFIGURATION AND/OR EQUIPMENT OF A VEHICLE CABIN, IN PARTICULAR OF AN AIRCRAFT - The invention relates to a method for the automatic configuration and/or equipment of a vehicle cabin ( | 2013-03-14 |
20130066603 | GOLF BALL AND MECHANICAL ANALYSIS OF THE SAME - The accuracy or computation speed of mechanical analysis of a golf ball using the finite element method is increased. In the mechanical analysis, a model representing the golf ball is prepared on a computer, and computation is made by the finite element method using elements and nodes. At this time, the elements are made solid elements of hexahedron, the aspect ratio of the shape of each element is set so as to be not lower than 1.0 and not substantially higher than 6.5, and nodes are provided on the sides and at the vertexes of the hexahedron of element. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066604 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR CREATING A MODEL OF A TECHNICAL SYSTEM - A computer-implemented method for creating a model of a technical system is provided. The model includes at least two model components of a same class, and each model component has at least one input and/or at least one output. Links are established between the inputs and the outputs of the model components. At least one first selection of inputs and/or outputs of at least one of the model components is made, and at least one additional, second selection of inputs and/or outputs of at least one of the model components is made, and the inputs and/or the outputs of the first selection are displayed in list form in a first column of a display, and the inputs and/or the outputs of the second selection are displayed in list form in a second column of the display. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066605 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING FORMATION LITHOLOGY USING X-RAY FLOURESCENCE - An apparatus for estimating properties of an earth formation includes a carrier configured to be disposed in a borehole in the earth formation, and a sample retriever configured to remove a sample of the earth formation, the sample including solid components of the earth formation. The apparatus also includes an analysis assembly including a chamber disposed with the carrier and configured to hold the sample, an X-ray source configured to irradiate the sample with X-ray radiation while the sample is disposed in the chamber, and one or more X-ray detectors configured to detect radiation emitted from the sample in response to irradiation from the X-ray source. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066606 | METHOD FOR SIMULATING DEFORMATION OF RUBBER COMPOUND - A method for simulating deformation of rubber compound including silica particles and an interfacial coupling agent therefor is disclosed. Using a scanning transmission electron microscope (STEM), data of STEM images of the rubber compound are acquired. Based on the STEM image data, a dataset of a 3D structure of the rubber compound is reconstructed. Based on the dataset, a model of the rubber compound is generated. Using the model on which conditions are defined, a deformation calculation is made and a physical quantity is acquired. The rubber compound model comprises a rubber component model, silica particle models and interface models surrounding the silica particle models and defined as being harder than the rubber component model. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066607 | METHOD FOR SIMULATING DEFORMATION OF RUBBER COMPOUND WITH FILLER PARTICLES - A method for simulating deformation of rubber compound with filler particles, comprises the following steps: by the use of a scanning transmission electron microscope (STEM), data of STEM images of the rubber compound are acquired; based on the data of the STEM images, a dataset of a three-dimensional structure of the rubber compound is reconstructed; based on the dataset of the three-dimensional structure of the rubber compound, a finite element model of the rubber compound is generated so that the model comprises a domain of a rubber component divided into a finite number of elements, and domains of the filler particles each divided into a finite number of elements; on the elements of the rubber component, the stress dependence on strain rate of the rubber component is defined; and based on the finite element model, a simulation of deformation of the rubber compound is carried out. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066608 | ROLE-PLAY SIMULATION ENGINE - A coordination processor receives data from a simulated role-play environment. Further, the coordination processor composes an instruction to a performer to perform an action in the simulated role-play environment. In addition, the instruction is sent to an interface that provides the instruction to the performer. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066609 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC SIMULATION OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLANS - A method to electronically create, store, validate, exercise with and view dynamic Emergency Response Plans (ERP) is provided. The system employs a local computer-based constructive simulation application ( | 2013-03-14 |
20130066610 | NETWORK PLANNING TOOL - Various embodiments provide a network planning tool comprising one or more memory storage areas containing data related to a plurality of transportation networks, and one or more computer processors configured to: receive input data comprising one or more modifications to one or more parameters associated with the plurality of transportation networks; retrieve at least a portion of the data contained in the one or more memory storage areas; validate the input data against the portion of data retrieved from the one or more memory storage areas, the validating comprising at least calculating one or more impacts to the integrated flow model based at least in part upon the received input data; and calculate, based at least in part upon the identified one or more impacts, one or more updated flow models for the plurality of transportation networks. Associated computer program products and computer-implemented methods are also provided. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066611 | DRIVING MODEL CREATING APPARATUS AND DRIVING SUPPORT APPARATUS - Provided is a driving model creating apparatus that can create a more desirable driving model for practical use, even when creating the driving model on the basis of driving track records, and a driving support apparatus that can execute a more appropriate driving support based on the driving model. The driving model creating apparatus creates a driving model for indicating the driving state of a vehicle ( | 2013-03-14 |
20130066612 | SYSTEMS FOR MACHINE EMULATION AND PROCESS RESPONSE PREDICTION - Systems for generating predicted product values of a product produced by a machine and for predicting a process of a machine are disclosed. A system for generating predicted product values of a product manufactured by a machine controlled by programmable logic control code includes presenting a machine input fields requesting parameters associated with actuators and mechanical elements, and presenting product input fields requesting desired product properties. The system further includes receiving parameters from the machine input fields, receiving desired product properties from the product input fields, and calculating output response data by an emulation of a mechanical operation of the machine using the parameters and the desired product properties. The output response data is provided to a product model that calculates predicted product values based on the output response data provided. The system further includes presenting the one or more predicted product values. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066613 | MACHINE EMULATOR METHODS - Emulator computer program methods using an emulator module are disclosed. A computer program method includes a computer usable medium having computer readable program code for emulating a process of a machine having actuators and mechanical elements. The computer readable program code includes computer readable code instructions configured to display a graphical user interface having input fields corresponding to the actuators and mechanical elements, and to display a graphical representation of output response data of the machine using inputted parameters. Computer readable code instructions for receiving a plurality of parameters inputted into the plurality of input fields, and for emulating a mechanical operation of the machine using the plurality of parameters inputted into the plurality of input fields by simulating the programmable logic controller code are included. Output response data based on an emulation of the mechanical operation of the machine is generated and displayed. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066614 | MACHINE EMULATOR PRODUCTS - Compute program products including an emulator module are disclosed. A computer program product includes a computer usable medium having computer readable program code for emulating a process of a machine having actuators and mechanical elements. The computer readable program code includes computer readable code instructions configured to display a graphical user interface having input fields corresponding to the actuators and mechanical elements, and to display a graphical representation of output response data of the machine using inputted parameters. Computer readable code instructions for receiving a plurality of parameters inputted into the plurality of input fields, and for emulating a mechanical operation of the machine using the plurality of parameters inputted into the plurality of input fields by simulating the programmable logic controller code are included. Output response data based on an emulation of the mechanical operation of the machine is generated and displayed. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066615 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SIMULATING GAS TURBINE OPERATION - A method for simulating a gas turbine is disclosed. The method may generally include sensing values of a plurality of first operating parameters of a gas turbine, applying the first operating parameters to a model of the gas turbine to generate a plurality of predicted operating parameters, determining difference values between the predicted operating parameters and a corresponding plurality of sensed second operating parameters of the gas turbine, applying an error correction system to the difference values to determine correction factors and adjusting the model of the gas turbine using the correction factors, wherein the predicted operating parameters include at least one predicted combustion product parameter and the sensed second operating parameters include at least one sensed combustion product parameter. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066616 | DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY METHOD, PROGRAM, VIRTUAL MECHANISM LIBRARY, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - There is provided a display device which can make the user understand a motion of a control target device without preparing a three-dimensional model faithfully reproducing an outer view of each control target device. A PC ( | 2013-03-14 |
20130066617 | Methods of Hydraulically Fracturing a Subterranean Formation - A method is provided for performing a fracture treatment on a subterranean formation. The method includes acquiring subterranean formation layer geomechanical properties, which include well completion and reservoir data for the subterranean formation. The method also includes inputting geomechanical properties of the formation into a model, and simulating propagation of a network of fractures in the formation. The method further includes predicting a flow rate and pressure distribution throughout the network of fractures by solving governing deformation and flow equations, and predicting a result of the fracture treatment. The model is adjusted if the predicted result is not satisfactory. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066618 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PATIENT-SPECIFIC MODELING OF BLOOD FLOW - Embodiments include a system for determining cardiovascular information for a patient. The system may include at least one computer system configured to receive patient-specific data regarding a geometry of the patient's heart, and create a three-dimensional model representing at least a portion of the patient's heart based on the patient-specific data. The at least one computer system may be further configured to create a physics-based model relating to a blood flow characteristic of the patient's heart and determine a fractional flow reserve within the patient's heart based on the three-dimensional model and the physics-based model. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066619 | Creating and Controlling a Model of a Sensor Device for a Computer Simulation - Various embodiments of a system and method for creating and controlling a model of a sensor device for a computer simulation are disclosed. Sensor information specifying physical properties of the sensor device may be received, and a model of the sensor device may be automatically generated using the sensor information. An electrical circuit simulation may be performed using the model of the sensor device. The system and method may enable the user to interactively change the sensor device model during the simulation. The user may interact with a graphical user interface during the simulation to provide input specifying a change in one or more physical properties of the sensor device. In response to the user input, the model of the sensor device may be dynamically modified during the simulation to simulate the change in the one or more physical properties of the sensor device. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066620 | MACHINE EMULATOR MACHINES - Emulator computer program machines including an emulator module are disclosed. A machine includes a computer usable medium having computer readable program code for emulating a process of a machine having actuators and mechanical elements. The computer readable program code includes computer readable code instructions configured to display a graphical user interface having input fields corresponding to the actuators and mechanical elements, and to display a graphical representation of output response data of the machine using inputted parameters. Computer readable code instructions for receiving a plurality of parameters inputted into the plurality of input fields, and for emulating a mechanical operation of the machine using the plurality of parameters inputted into the plurality of input fields by simulating the programmable logic controller code are included. Output response data based on an emulation of the mechanical operation of the machine is generated and displayed. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066621 | Automated Discovery of Resource Definitions and Relationships in a Scripting Environment - Embodiments of the invention use incomplete metadata, automated heuristics, and user input to construct a data model implemented by a set of commands used in a scripting environment. A combination of a static analysis and a runtime analysis of the scripting environment may be used to determine the data model. Commands that enumerate resources are identified. Return types for the commands are discovered either from a definition of the command or by running the command with default parameters. Properties for the return types are identified and key fields are identified for indexing. Relationships between the return types are identified, and additional commands associated with the return types are identified. The return type properties are analyzed to identify updatable return types. A data model of the scripting environment is created from the collected information. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066622 | SIMULATION OF STATIC MEMBERS AND PARAMETERIZED CONSTRUCTORS ON AN INTERFACE-BASED API - Embodiments are directed to providing a simulation of a type-level construct on an interface instance and to maintaining a token-based event handling system. In one scenario, a computer system instantiates an interface instance that includes an instance object and multiple instance members. The computer system also instantiates a separate typed object which is configured to maintain one or more simulated type-level parameterized constructors. The computer system then associates the instantiated interface instance with the separate typed object. The typed object routes method invocations from the interface instance to various simulated type-level parameterized constructors and static members of the type. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066623 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INSERTION AND REMOVAL OF VIDEO OBJECTS - An example method may include receiving a media stream from a first endpoint, where the media stream is intended for a second endpoint; processing the media stream according to at least one processing option; compressing the media stream; and communicating the media stream to the second endpoint. In more specific instances, the processing may include converting a speech in the media stream to text in a first language; converting the text in the first language to text in a second language; rendering the text in the second language; and adding the rendered text in the media stream. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066624 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN A RICH COMMUNICATION SERVICE SYSTEM AND A NON-RICH COMMUNICATION SERVICE SYSTEM - System and method for enabling communication between a Rich Communication Service System and a non-Rich Communication Service system. Embodiments of the present invention disclose a translation feature to enhance the communication experience between users of RCS and non-RCS systems by enabling users to communicate in their preferred language with the RCS taking care of language translation. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066625 | TEXT SEGMENTATION AND LABEL ASSIGNMENT WITH USER INTERACTION BY MEANS OF TOPIC SPECIFIC LANGUAGE MODELS AND TOPIC-SPECIFIC LABEL STATISTICS - The invention relates to a method, a computer program product, a segmentation system and a user interface for structuring an unstructured text by making use of statistical models trained on annotated training data. The method performs text segmentation into text sections and assigns labels to text sections as section headings. The performed segmentation and assignment is provided to a user for general review. Additionally, alternative segmentations and label assignments are provided to the user being capable to select alternative segmentations and alternative labels as well as to enter a user defined segmentation and user defined label. In response to the modifications introduced by the user, a plurality of different actions are initiated incorporating the re-segmentation and re-labeling of successive parts of the document or the entire document. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066626 | SPEECH ENHANCEMENT METHOD - A speech enhancement method is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: receiving a plurality of frames of sound signals by a microphone array; calculating an inter-aural time difference for each frequency band of each frame of the sound signals corresponding to at least one two-microphone set of the microphone array; calculating a plurality of values of cumulative histograms according to the calculated inter-aural time differences; determining a first inter-aural time difference threshold according to the calculated value of the cumulative histograms; and filtering the plurality of frames of sound signals according to the first inter-aural time difference threshold. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066627 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF ENHANCING QUALITY OF SPEECH CODEC - An apparatus and method of improving the quality of a speech codec are provided. In the method, a first energy of a signal decoded by a low-band codec is calculated, and a second energy of a signal decoded by a low-band enhancement mode is calculated. Then, when the first energy is less than a first threshold value or less than a product of the second energy and a second threshold value, a size of the decoded signal is scaled. Accordingly, generation of a quantization error with respect to a silence segment is reduced. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066628 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SUPPRESSING NOISE FROM VOICE SIGNAL BY ADAPTIVELY UPDATING WIENER FILTER COEFFICIENT BY MEANS OF COHERENCE - A voice signal processor detects background noise sections to reflect characteristics of the background noise on the Wiener filter coefficient to be used for suppressing noise components of input voice signals. In the voice signal processor, directivity signal generators form directivity signals having a directivity pattern. The directivity signals are used by a coherence calculator to obtain coherence, which is in turn used by a targeted voice section detector to detect a targeted voice section. A background noise section detector detects background noise sections containing no voice signal. When a background noise section is detected, a WF adapter uses characteristics of background noise in the detected temporal section to calculate a new WF coefficient. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066629 | Speech & Music Discriminator for Multi-Media Applications - The present invention relates to means and methods of classifying speech and music signals in voice communication systems, devices, telephones, and methods, and more specifically, to systems, devices, and methods that automate control when either speech or music is detected over communication links. The present invention provides a novel system and method for monitoring the audio signal, analyze selected audio signal components, compare the results of analysis with a pre-determined threshold value, and classify the audio signal either as speech or music. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066630 | AUDIO TRANSCRIPTION GENERATOR AND EDITOR - A system for correcting errors in automatically generated audio transcriptions includes an audio recorder, a computerized transcription generator, a voice recording, a collection of link data, transcription text, an audio player, a system of cross linking, and a text editor including a text display with a cursor. The system permits a user to correct transcription errors using techniques of jump to position; show position; and track playback. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066631 | PARAMETRIC SPEECH SYNTHESIS METHOD AND SYSTEM - The present invention provides a parametric speech synthesis method and a parametric speech synthesis system. The method comprises sequentially processing each frame of speech of each phone in a phone sequence of an input text as follows: for a current phone, extracting a corresponding statistic model from a statistic model library and using model parameters of the statistic model that correspond to the current frame of the current phone as rough values of currently predicted speech parameters; according to the rough values and information about a predetermined number of speech frames occurring before the current time point, obtaining smoothed values of the currently predicted speech parameters; according to global mean values and global standard deviation ratios of the speech parameters obtained through statistics, performing global optimization on the smoothed values of the speech parameters to generate necessary speech parameters; and synthesizing the generated speech parameters to obtain a frame of speech synthesized for the current frame of the current phone. With this solution, the capacity of an RAM needed by speech synthesis will not increase with the length of the synthesized speech, and the time length of the synthesized speech is no longer limited by the RAM. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066632 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENRICHING TEXT-TO-SPEECH SYNTHESIS WITH AUTOMATIC DIALOG ACT TAGS - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for modifying the prosody of synthesized speech based on an associated speech act. A system configured according to the method embodiment (1) receives text, (2) performs an analysis of the text to determine and assign a speech act label to the text, and (3) converts the text to speech, where the speech prosody is based on the speech act label. The analysis performed compares the text to a corpus of previously tagged utterances to find a close match, determines a confidence score from a correlation of the text and the close match, and, if the confidence score is above a threshold value, retrieving the speech act label of the close match and assigning it to the text. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066633 | Providing Audio-Activated Resource Access for User Devices - Methods and computer systems for providing audio-activated resource access for user devices are provided. In at least one embodiment, a computer system may comprise a processor and a memory coupled to the processor. The memory may store instructions to cause the processor to perform operations comprising capturing audio at a user device. The operations may also comprise using a speech-to-text converter to convert speech transmitted over the audio into text and transmitting the text to a server system to determine a corresponding keyword or phrase. The operations may also comprise receiving a resource corresponding to the keyword or phrase. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066634 | Automated Conversation Assistance - Methods, apparatuses, systems, and computer-readable media for providing automated conversation assistance are presented. According to one or more aspects, a computing device may obtain user profile information associated with a user of the computing device, the user profile information including a list of one or more words that have previously been detected in one or more previously captured speeches associated with the user. Subsequently, the computing device may select, based on the user profile information, one or more words from a captured speech for inclusion in a search query. Then, the computing device may generate the search query based on the selected one or more words. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066635 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING HOME NETWORK SERVICE IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - An apparatus and a method, which set a remote control command for controlling a home network service in a portable terminal are provided. The apparatus includes a memory for storing configuration types of a remote control command in a set order in a home network service; and a controller for setting the remote control command including the input configuration types of the remote control command and transmitting the remote control command, when the configuration types of the remote control command are input in the set order in the home network service. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066636 | Apparatus and method for a wireless extension collar device for use with mobile and fixed end-user wireless devices - A wireless extension device to end-user wireless device has a collar that is worn around the neck. The collar has two end-members that are positioned on the two collar bone areas next to the neck. The end-members have positioned directional speakers therein that radiate sound in the direction of two ears of the human wearing the collar around the neck. The end-members have positioned microphones that pick up voice commands of a human wearing the collar around the neck. The wireless collar extension device is used for hands free communication with end-user wireless device, without having to plug a prior art BLUETOOTH earpiece into one of the ears. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066637 | INFORMATION PROCESSOR - Information processor | 2013-03-14 |
20130066638 | Echo Cancelling-Codec - Echo-cancellation is utilized in terminal devices such as speakerphones to compensate for acoustic echoes and interaction of the audio signal with the surrounding environment. An echo-cancelling codec incorporates encoding, decoding and acoustic echo-cancellation in a single device, enabling processing to be utilized that reduces processing and memory resources. The configuration enables processing information to also be shared between encoding, decoding and acoustic echo-cancellation functions to optimize operational characteristics. The acoustic echo cancelling codec interfaces between the amplitude signal domain, speaker and microphone, and an encoded data domain, a data interface, reducing component requirements required to provide echo-cancellation and coding functions. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066639 | SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, ENCODING APPARATUS THEREOF, AND DECODING APPARATUS THEREOF - A signal processing method performed by an encoding apparatus that down-mixes first through n channel signals to a mono-signal, an encoding apparatus, a decoding apparatus, and a decoding method are provided. The signal processing method includes: generating a spatial parameter between a reference channel signal that is from among the first through n channel signals, and residual channel signals from among the first through n channel signals except for the reference channel signal; and encoding and transmitting the spatial parameter to a decoding apparatus, whereby a down-mixed mono-signal may be exactly restored to original channel input signals. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066640 | AUDIO ENCODING/DECODING SCHEME HAVING A SWITCHABLE BYPASS - An apparatus for encoding includes a first domain converter, a switchable bypass, a second domain converter, a first processor and a second processor to obtain an encoded audio signal having different signal portions represented by coded data in different domains, which have been coded by different coding algorithms. Corresponding decoding stages in the decoder together with a bypass for bypassing a domain converter allow the generation of a decoded audio signal with high quality and low bit rate. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066641 | Encoder Adaption in Teleconferencing System - The invention relates to a method and an arrangement for encoding of signals in teleconferencing. The method involves receiving ( | 2013-03-14 |
20130066642 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING EXTENDED CARE PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT - Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for facilitating extended care planning and management for patients. An interactive website is hosted on a server computer, where the interactive website provides a shared or common section being accessible to customers, hospitals, and extended care providers, a hospital-specific section being accessible to hospitals registered to the system, and an extended care provider (ECP)-specific section being accessible to registered ECP providers. A searchable database system is operatively connected to the server computer. The database system stores searchable listings of hospitals and ECPs which may be searched via the interactive website by users. The various sections of the website provide interactive capabilities, allowing various types of users of the website to become informed and to subsequently plan and manage the care they need or provide. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066643 | CONFIGURABLE MEDICAL FINDING PREDICTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A reconfigurable medical decision support system for processing medical data of a patient includes a data processing system that receives the medical data of the patient and accesses a knowledge-base. The knowledge-base includes a feature set relating to a pathophysiological condition. The feature set has a plurality of associated features, each feature having a plurality of validated quantifiable stages, each assigned a score. The medical data is associated with features of the feature-set. A medical risk value is determined based on the modified validated quantifiable stage and the assigned score. A medical finding is determined from the knowledge base corresponding to the medical risk value. An output statement stored in the knowledge-base and associated with the medical finding is provided. The user is able to modify values of the validated quantifiable stages and modify the output statements. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066644 | METHODS FOR PERSONAL EMERGENCY INTERVENTION - There are provided methods and systems for personal emergency Intervention, comprising determining that an event regarding a patient has occurred, and thereupon enabling a tracking mode in a device controlled by the patient; monitoring one or more conditions to determine whether the tracking mode should be disabled, and until the tracking mode is disabled, the device: obtains a data pairing, the data pairing comprising a location of the patient and a time related to the location of the patient, and stores the data pairing within a memory in the device; and formatting a report for transmission to a medical data server, the report comprising at least a patient identifier for the patient and the data pairing. This method can be practiced automatically to allow a device controlled by a patient or other subject to be monitored without requiring the patient to manually enter information. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066645 | METHODS FOR PROCESSING DATA - Methods for processing data including receiving data into a graphical user interface (GUI) composed of a set of N identifiable fields to thereby create a set of N filled identifiable fields and generating M files from the set of N filled identifiable fields. Each of the M files generated is composed of a subset NJ of the set of N filled identifiable fields, where J is an integer that ranges from 1 to M. The fields that are included in each of the subsets NJ are determined based at least on identities of the fields in the set of N filled identifiable fields. At least two of the subsets NJ are not equal. Both N and M are integers greater than 1. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066646 | ENHANCED MULTIPLE RESOURCE PLANNING AND FORECASTING - A system configuration and techniques for optimizing schedules and associated use predictions of a multiple resource planning workflow are disclosed herein, applicable to environments such as radiologist scheduling in a teleradiology workflow. In one embodiment, a series of computing engines and components are provided to allow detailed forecasting and the generation of customized recommendations for scheduling and other resource usage scenarios. This forecasting can factor resource efficiencies, changes in resource demand volume, resource specialties, resource usage preferences, expected future events such as the removal or addition of resources at future times, and other resource availability or usage changes. The forecasts may be further enhanced through the use of historical data models and estimated future data models. Additionally, a calendar and other tools may be presented through a user interface to allow forecast and scenario customization based on selection of a series of future dates. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066647 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SURGICAL SUPPORT AND MANAGEMENT - Systems and methods are disclosed herein that generally provide a new model for surgical support and management. Tasks typically performed in advance of and following a surgery can be performed in an automated and efficiency-optimized manner, particularly in the case of routine or straightforward surgical procedures. In one embodiment, the various parties involved in a surgery can access a surgical support and management system using one or more web pages. The system can perform various tasks associated with the surgical planning, inventory planning, intra-operative support, post-surgery logistics, and billing phases of surgical support and management. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066648 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISEASE MANAGEMENT ALGORITHM INTEGRATION - A system includes a disease management advisor system configured to receive a disease management algorithm from a disease management advisor, the disease management algorithm including a selection condition and a healthcare provider system response action; a healthcare provider system communicatively coupled to the disease management advisor system and to receive the disease management algorithm from the disease management advisor system; and a conversion module accessible to the healthcare provider system and to convert the disease management algorithm to a healthcare provider algorithm based on a controlled medical vocabulary, the healthcare provider system to implement the healthcare provider system response action in accordance with the healthcare provider algorithm. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066649 | Genetic Data Analysis and Database Tools - A computerized tool and method for delivery of pharmacogenetic and pharmacological information, comprising a core system having algorithms and databases for storing, collating, accessing, cross-referencing, and interpreting genetic and pharmacologic data, with a graphical user interface for a client network of providers of laboratory genetic testing services to access the core services under contract. The system includes “paypoints” in support of improved business models. Included are mechanisms for ‘pass through’ third party and insurance reimbursement for interpretive reports, insurance reimbursement for on-line access to pharmacogenetic information at the point of care, tools for market segmentation, and a conversion tool for capturing new subscribers. Also disclosed are tools and predictive algorithms for preventing drug-drug and drug-gene adverse drug reactions. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066650 | Provision of a Mobile Health Product - Described are methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products for determining prescribeable mobile health products and providing mobile health products. A method of determining prescribeable mobile health products includes receiving via a communications network, by a server, a request from a healthcare professional for prescribeable mobile health products for a patient, the request comprising a patient identifier that identifies the patient and a healthcare professional identifier that identifies the healthcare professional. Patient information based on the patient identifier, healthcare professional information based on the healthcare professional identifier, and payor information based on the patient information is retrieved by the server. A list of one or more prescribeable mobile health products based on at least the healthcare professional information, the patient information, and the payor information is generated by the server. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066651 | Medication Risk Assessment System - A medication risk assessment method implemented using a computer particularly adapted for a health care management or delivery organization is provided, wherein the method includes at least the steps of: providing a medication risk assessment tool to a client, wherein the medication risk assessment tool includes a questionnaire, and wherein the client maintains a relationship with a population of individuals; administering the questionnaire to the population of individuals, thereby generating questionnaire data; obtaining prescription claims data from the population of individuals; combining the questionnaire data and the prescription claims data in an electronic database, thereby generating population data; analyzing the population data according to a set of rules; ranking the analyzed data according to risk; and generating at least one report based on the ranked data. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066652 | PERSONALIZED MANAGEMENT AND COMPARISON OF MEDICAL CONDITION AND OUTCOME BASED ON PROFILES OF COMMUNITY PATIENTS - The invention can be directed toward a method for personalized management and comparison of medical condition and outcome based on patient profiles of a community of patients. The method can include the steps of providing a database of patient profiles, providing a user interface for inputting a query of the database from a user, generating a query result including one or more matching patient profiles from the database, and displaying the query result as a correlation medical condition parameters of the user with a medical outcome. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066653 | Apparatus and method for linking a pacemaker or a defibrillator to an electronic healthcare record - A computer-implemented method, including accessing, with a communication device, a computer in which is stored a healthcare record, or a medical record, of, for, or regarding, an individual or a patient, accessing, with the communication device, the healthcare record or the medical record of, for, or regarding, the individual or the patient, accessing or linking to a pacemaker, a pacemaker monitor, a defibrillator, or a defibrillator monitor, of or associated with the individual or the patient, with or using the communication device, and performing, via, with, or using, the communication device, a control, a monitoring, a diagnostic, a programming, a re-programming, a repair, a calibration, a setting, or a re-setting, action, operation, or function, on, regarding, or relating to, the pacemaker, the pacemaker monitor, the defibrillator, or the defibrillator monitor. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066654 | Health-Related Information Management - This patent application relates to health-related information (HRI) management techniques for handling individual requests for HRI in a timely and compliant manner, and/or for providing HRI training in a timely and relevant manner. Complex requirements associated with certain types of protected HRI (PHRI) can thus be promptly applied to individual HRI requests to ensure compliance with these requirements. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066655 | Method for Generating and Using a Portable Patient File - A method for generating and using a portable patient file may include entering data relating to a patient into a computer and storing the patient data in a medical record for the patient in a database using metadata in an adaptive data environment. The computer is configured to instantiate a file configured for import or export of the patient data, and the file is capable of transferring the patient data from the database to another database with preservation of semantic meanings associated with the patient data. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066656 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CALCULATING AN INSURANCE PREMIUM BASED ON INITIAL CONSUMER INFORMATION - According to some embodiments, initial consumer information may be received from a remote consumer device associated with a potential consumer. For example, the potential consumer might provide his or her name and address via a web page. According to some embodiments, the initial consumer information does not include vehicle information. Responsive to the initial consumer information, supplemental information may be automatically requested from a third-party data source. The supplemental information, including vehicle information associated with the potential consumer, may then be received from the third-party data source. An automobile insurance premium may then be calculated for the potential consumer based at least in part on the supplemental information. At least one potentially binding insurance quote may then be transmitted to the remote consumer device based on the calculated automobile insurance premium. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066657 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING EXISTING AND POTENTIAL LIFE INSURANCE COVERAGE - A method, system, and computer program product for providing an analysis of potential life insurance coverage, includes receiving information regarding a current life insurance policy from a user. User information, such as demographic information and a health status are received. At least part of the user information is transmitted to a plurality of life insurance carriers via an API. Quotes are received for a plurality of potential life insurance policies from the plurality of life insurance carriers. The quotes are analyzed in comparison with the information regarding the current life insurance policy, and aspects of the comparison are displayed to the user. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066658 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUDITING INSURANCE VENDORS - A computerized system and computer-implemented method for enabling insurance vendor self-audits that receives referral data from a vendor, samples the referrals, assigns audit questions to each referral within the sample of referrals, presents the audit questions to the vendor and receives answers from the vendor, scores the answers based on rules, and reports the audit scores. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066659 | TRAVEL ARRANGEMENT SERVICE AND METHODS OF DETERMINING ALTERNATIVE ROUTES - A method includes receiving flight information relating to a flight of a travel itinerary, querying a flight data system for alternative flight information and obtaining alternative flight information relating to an alternative flight, creating an alternative flight set from the alternative flight information and processing the alternative flight set to create a prioritized list of alternative travel options. At least a part of the prioritized list is sent to a computing device that is accessible to a passenger or the agent of the passenger, and a selection from the prioritized list is received in return. The travel itinerary of the passenger is modified at least in part based on the selection from the prioritized list. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066660 | EVENT RESERVATION SYSTEM - A pre-event admission and purchasing system is disclosed in which a patron, patient or the like enters the required personal information, financial transaction information, and makes advance purchases before admission to a venue, healthcare facility or the like. An RFID wristband having this information stored thereon or linked to a database via a human readable or machine readable code tracks such admissions, purchases, access and the like during the stay. The database or master index for the patrons, patients or other individuals captures pertinent data and links that data needed by the various applications or systems involved in the event. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066661 | USER CONTEXT BASED DISTRIBUTED SELF SERVICE SYSTEM FOR SERVICE ENHANCED RESOURCE DELIVERY - Disclosed is a method and system of providing user context-based services over computer networks, using mechanisms for collecting and specifying one or more user context elements, each element representing a context associated with the current buyer state and having context attributes and attribute values associated therewith, mechanisms for collecting affective (emotive) data to inform the user context, and also an interactive graphical view to gain insight into available services for assisting in understanding available service information and making decisions on purchasing. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066662 | RESTAURANT YIELD MANAGEMENT PORTAL - A system and method to optimize the yield of a restaurant having perishable inventory is described. Through a card company, a restaurant can market incentives to make reservations during an off-peak time to enrolled card members. Offer marketing is based on stated customer preferences, and conducted via, for example, a website, email, or text message. Reservations are made, for example, via a centralized booking service. The incentive is fulfilled to the card member in a coupon-less manner. The card company receives a commission from the participating restaurant for every such sale. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066663 | Telecom Profitability Management - Billing data associated with telecom products provided by a variety of vendors is captured, normalized, and processed to calculate true profit margins by invoice, by vendor, by geographic location, by end-customer, by circuit, or combinations of these. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066664 | METHODS FOR DETERMINING CUSTOMER MOTIVATIONS IN PURCHASING DECISIONS - Systems, methods, and apparatus for determining motivator counts associated with purchase selections are presented herein. A data store can be configured to store purchase selections of respective products. A server can be configured to determine an incremental purchase time between a first purchase selection of the purchase selections and a second purchase selection of the purchase selections. Further, the server can be configured to determine a standard deviation of incremental purchase times between respective purchase selections of the purchase selections. Furthermore, the server can be configured to increment a prime motivator count associated with the second purchase selection based on the incremental purchase time and the standard deviation. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066665 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED SELECTION OF WORKFLOWS - A method for selecting a business process workflow. The method includes the steps of receiving a set of performance results, where each performance result is associated with a different business process workflow executed by a business process engine, determining a best-performing business process workflow based on selecting the business process workflow having the highest performance result in the set of performance results, and automatically routing work items through the selected business process workflow. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066666 | Enhancing Performance of Crops Within An Area of Interest - Enhancing crop performance using a computer coupled to a memory, including receiving a plurality of area of interest (AOI) raster files from a remote sensing device via a network, and generating at least one index raster file based on the plurality of AOI raster files. At least one yield zone is defined within the AOI based on the at least one index raster file, and a hybrid and a seed rate are determined for the hybrid for use in planting in the at least one yield zone. A planting recommendation is generated for the AOI based on the hybrid and the seed rate and is delivered to a planter, wherein the planter is configured to plant the at least one yield zone using the hybrid and the seed rate. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066667 | Wireless Vehicle Valet Management System - A wireless vehicle valet management system comprising multipart barcoded valet tickets, a plurality of wireless handheld communication devices for entering customer, vehicle and valet information and communicating it to the system, a server, software, at least one database and a communication network. The wireless handheld communication devices (also referred to herein as “handheld unit or units”) preferably comprise a cellular telephone having applications programming capability and allow simultaneous communication with a plurality of handheld units from a central dispatch location. A system and method for retrieval of a parked vehicle includes offering the retrieval assignment to the attendants who are the closest to the vehicle to be retrieved. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066668 | AUTOMATED DIRECT MAIL PROCUREMENT SYSTEM - A machine-implemented method receives job specifications for at least one direct mail printing job from at least one user and creates at least one workflow related to the direct mail printing job. The workflow comprises at least one job activity. The method automatically transmits requests for bids on the job activities to entities for allowing the entities to bid on performing job activities within the workflow. Bids are received on the job activities from the entities and from rate cards previously established by the entities. The method identifies the lowest bids on an individual job activity-by job activity basis from the bids received from the entities and the rate cards and outputs the lowest bids to the user. The method receives an identification of a single selected entity to perform all activities within the workflow from the user and performing the workflow to output the direct-mail printing job. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066669 | SERVICE EXCEPTION ANALYSIS SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Various embodiments provide a service exception analysis system for identifying the existence of one or more service exceptions incurred during actual transport of one or more of a plurality of packages. The system comprises one or more computer processors configured to receive actual data related to one or more observed parameters associated with transport of at least one of the plurality of packages; retrieve at least a portion of forecast data contained in one or more memory storage areas, the forecast data being related to one or more expected parameters associated with transport; compare the actual and forecast data to identify one or more discrepancies; analyze the one or more discrepancies to verify whether one or more service exceptions exist; and in response to one or more service exceptions being identified, generate one or more service exception reports. Associated computer program products and computer-implemented methods are also provided. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066670 | ENTERPRISE-WIDE VALUE CHAIN MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (EVCM) - An Enterprise-wide Value chain management (EVCM) system for real-time monitoring and control of enterprise-wide value generation and consumption is disclosed. The EVCM system comprising, an interface unit to interact with pluralities of entities in an organization to track and collect event records, compute value generation or consumption, measure the value and aggregate it at various levels of enterprise, make it available though dashboard to provide cockpit view of the enterprise value, provide control system, both internal and external, for influencing the value dynamics across the enterprise. | 2013-03-14 |
20130066671 | CAMPAIGN MANAGEMENT OF DIRECT MAIL - A machine-implemented method receives job specifications for a plurality of direct mail printing jobs from a user and automatically groups the multiple direct mail printing jobs into at least one campaign, using a computerized or processor-based machine. The machine automatically creates a plurality of workflows related to direct mail printing jobs within a campaign and transmits requests for bids on these job activities to entities (e.g., supply vendors) to allow the entities to bid on performing the job activities. The machine automatically selects winning bids on an individual job activity-by job activity basis from the bids received from the entities and combines the bids to provide cost and completion estimates for each of the workflows. The machine automatically combines estimates for the workflows to produce an overall estimate for the campaign. The overall estimate for the campaign is output to the user for review and approval. | 2013-03-14 |