11th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 53 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110066481 | RANDOM PARTITIONING AND PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR VERY LARGE SCALE OPTIMIZATION AND METHOD - A system for random partitioning and parallel processing of a very large data set includes a random partitioning component, and an optimization component which optimizes the mix of data in the random partitioning component, and an aggregation component which aggregates the optimization for each of the random partitions into a solution for the entire data set. The solution is substantially optimized for given rules and other constraints. The random partitioning produces a substantially optimized solution in a lesser time. The size of the random partitions can be selected so as to produce an optimal solution in a selected amount of time. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066482 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR REDEEMING AND ISSUING CONSUMER INCENTIVES VIA A COMPUTER NETWORK - A discounted coupon card for use by a consumer and methods for using the same are disclosed and described herein. The card comprises two sides and is about the size of a standard credit card. One side of the card includes a sponsoring theme or advertising. The opposite side of the card includes a magnetic strip that includes electro-magnetic data corresponding to the merchants and the purchase incentives and indicia identifying the merchants and purchase incentives or discounts. The magnetic strip is adapted to be read by a magnetic strip reader and the data on the strip can be transmitted to a computer network to provide instant and future discounts for advertised goods or services from a plurality of businesses. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066483 | REBATE AUTOMATION - A computer receives information that a request is made to authorize a transaction for a sale of a product by a merchant to an account holder in a transaction conducted on a consumer account issued to the account holder. When the computer confirms that the transaction is authorized and that the transaction occurs within a predetermined time period for which there is a rebate associated with the product and a corresponding sponsor financially responsible for the rebate, the computer communicates that the rebate is to be debited to an account of the sponsor and either: (i) given as a discount by the merchant at the point of sale to the account holder; or (ii) credited to an account issued to the account holder by the issuer. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066484 | ON-LINE ADVERTISEMENT OUTPUT CONTROLLING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF THE SAME - An online advertisement output control system and method are provided, which can increase attention on advertisement information outputted on the screen of the user browser. According to the online advertisement output control system and method of the invention, it is possible to increase attention on advertisements from users by increasing accumulated integrated rewards through cross-marketing, activate the sale of a corresponding product by offering an additional discount benefit to individual users through brand icons, allow users to use online accumulated integrated points in offline as well, increase attention on advertisements by embedding star information, and get more attention on advertisements by allowing users to take part in determination and modification regarding the matching of an article and an embedded advertisement. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066485 | WIRELESS ELECTRONIC COUPONING TECHNIQUE - An electronic couponing technique includes transferring coupon information, which may include a coupon ID (identification) to a first portable terminal and storing same therein. The portable terminal displays a representation of the transferred coupon information on a display thereof. The stored coupon information may be transferred from the portable terminal to another terminal for redemption. The stored coupon information may also be transferred from the portable terminal to another portable terminal. Various schemes may be used to transfer the coupon information including a Bluetooth low-range radio link or an optical bar code scanner scanning an optical bar code or an infrared link or a wireless link from the portable terminal. The Internet or wireless LAN (Local Area Network) may also be used in transferring the coupon information to and from the various terminals. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066486 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EFFICIENT CREATION AND RECONCILIATION OF MACRO AND MICRO LEVEL TEST PLANS - A method includes creating a macro plan for a test project, creating a micro plan for the test project, wherein the micro plan and the macro plan are based on at least one common parameter, and reconciling the macro plan and the micro plan by identifying deviations between the macro plan and the micro plan based on the at least one common parameter. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066487 | ADVERTISEMENT REVENUE MANAGEMENT - Maximizing revenue for sales of advertisement slots between a content provider and an advertiser includes identifying a plurality of advertiser segments and identifying a plurality of advertisement slots, estimating a utility value for each identified advertisement slot, and determining an estimated optimal grouping of advertisement slots based on the estimated utility values. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066488 | MOBILE AD ROUTING - In various embodiments, a method is described that includes receiving, at one or more computer systems, one or more ad network optimization factors corresponding to a plurality of ad networks registered with the one or more computer systems; analyzing, by the one or more computer systems, logged performance data corresponding to one or more previous ad requests routed to the plurality of ad networks over a predefined period of time; and generating, by the one or more computer systems, an optimal ad network distribution for future ad requests to be routed to the plurality of ad networks based on the analyzed logged performance data and the one or more ad network optimization factors. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066489 | Multifunction Multimedia Device - A method for interpreting messages, user-defined alert conditions, voice commands and performing an action in response is described. A method for annotating media content is described. A method for presenting additional content associated with media content identified based on a fingerprint is described. A method for identifying that an advertisement portion of media content is being played based on a fingerprint derived from the media content is described. A method of one media device recording particular media content automatically in response to another media device recording the particular media content is described. A method of concurrently playing media content on multiple devices is described. A method of publishing information associated with recording of media content is described. A method of deriving fingerprints by media devices that meet an idleness criteria is described. A method of loading, modifying, and displaying a high definition frame from a frame buffer is described. A method of recording or playing media content identified based on fingerprints is described. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066490 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RESOURCE MODELING AND SIMULATION IN TEST PLANNING - A method includes generating a test model based on at least one of test group dependencies and test group constraints and generating a resource base. The method includes generating a cost model and generating a resource allocation plan based on the test model, the resource base, and the cost model. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066491 | Method and Communication Device for Using a First Service Based on an Account Chargeable with the Use of a Second Service - A method for provisioning services to a subscriber comprises: receiving an indication of use of a first service by the subscriber; and upon receipt of the indication, checking if an account of the subscriber comprises a sufficient number of credits for allowing the subscriber to use the first service; if the number of credits is not sufficient, pushing a second service to the subscriber according to a predetermined contract between the subscriber and a network operator so as to increment the number of credits in the account for allowing the first service to proceed. A network node, for carrying out this method, comprises a processor for receiving the indication of use of the first service and a service function to check the number of credits in the account and to push the second service if the number of credits is not sufficient in the account. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066492 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An information processing system includes: a user image storage section that stores a plurality of user images; an image reproducing section that reproduces an image; an image selecting section that selects an image to be reproduced from the plurality of user images stored in the user image storage section; an advertisement image acquiring section that acquires an advertisement image matched with the user image selected by the image selecting section and containing link information to related advertisement information; and a control section that merges the user image selected by the image selecting section into a user information display region in the advertisement image acquired by the advertisement image acquiring section, causes the image reproducing section to reproduce the merged image, and provides advertisement information corresponding to one piece of link information contained in the advertisement image according to selection of that piece of link information. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066493 | System and Method Using Predicted Consumer Behavior to Reduce Use of Transaction Risk Analysis and Transaction Denials - An apparatus and method for processing a transaction authorization request to reduce the need for a transaction risk assessment as part of the authorization process. The invention reduces both the data processing burden on the payment processor and the number of transactions for which authorization is denied. In some embodiments, the invention uses predictive or behavior modeling techniques to generate predictions of the transactions the consumer may engage in. If the consumer does engage in a predicted transaction, then a risk analysis process is not performed for that transaction. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066494 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF DISPLAYING, MANAGING AND SELLING IMAGES IN AN EVENT PHOTOGRAPHY ENVIRONMENT - A system for displaying photographs is provided. The display system includes a plurality of rotatable carousels that each possess a plurality of slots for receiving folders that hold photographs taken by an event organizer. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066495 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CUSTOMIZING ADS IN WEB AND MOBILE APPLICATIONS - A system and method for customizing advertisements in online and mobile and applications. The system includes a software library having an application programming interface for receiving a request to create a set of ad slots to be programmatically arranged in an application. An ad server is communicatively linked to the interface and is operable to render advertisements to the application in response to an ad call requested therefrom. The advertisements are placed in predetermined ad slots for display to a user of the application. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066496 | Combining Historical CTR and Bid Amount in Search Message Selection - A method, system and computer readable medium selects additional message content to display to a user when the user request base content. In order to optimize the intermediate selection pool of message candidates (from which a final selection is chosen), for each candidate message, a historical aggregate of CTR data is combined with an offline estimate, also obtained from historical data, of RElative Probability of Action (REPA, which combines computed relevancy scores and ranking information) and with bid amount to obtain an estimate for revenue generation. This estimate is combined with dynamic matching between the message and the page/user pair to obtain a final score for each message that is used to create the intermediate selection pool of message for the page displayed. Final message selection uses a feedback loop, using specific CRT in conjunction with the specific page displayed, for the messages in the intermediately selected pool. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066497 | PERSONALIZED ADVERTISING AND RECOMMENDATION - Systems and methods for recommending items to users include maintaining a database of user-related information including user profiles, each including at least a history of user activities associated with a first entity that has a relationship with an inventory of recommendable items; obtaining information about an identity of a user interacting with a second entity different from the first entity and different from the service provider; associating the identity of the user interacting with the second entity with a corresponding user profile; selecting a first set of items from the inventory for presentation to the user based at least on an analysis of a history of user activities associated with the first entity; and forming a specification of the selected first set items for presentation to the user during the user's interaction with the second entity. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066498 | Local Advertising Responses - A computer-implemented method managing telephonic connections is disclosed. The method includes transmitting from a computer server system, for display on an electronic communication device, an advertisement from an advertiser; receiving from the electronic communication device a request to be connected telephonically with the advertiser; automatically playing a predetermined audio message after connecting telephonically with the advertiser; and connecting the electronic communication device telephonically with the advertiser after playing the predetermined audio message. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066499 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING MEASURED ADVERTISING AND/OR INFORMATION AND A SYSTEM FOR CARRYING OUT SAID METHOD - A system of target advertising delivery by communications operators or Internet providers is provided. The system contains subscriber terminals connected to ISP switching equipment, a first input/output of which connects to a first input/output of an Internet resources access server and a second input/output of which connects to Internet resources. The second ISP input/output connects to a first input/output of an advertising management module for detecting an information package from the subscriber. A first monitoring input of the advertising management module connects to the first ISP input/output. Second and third input/outputs of the advertising management module connect to a statistics server and advertising content server. A fourth input/output of the advertising management module connects to an operator's management terminal, and a second monitoring input of the advertising management module connects to the third ISP input/output connected, in turn, to the input/output of the confirmation server for performing data exchange operations. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066500 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING LOCAL INFORMATION OVER A NETWORK - A method and system is provided where a first computer (e.g., a central server) collects information to be presented to one or more users. The information is organized into a plurality of first web-sites where each of these web-sites is addressable by a unique Universal Resource Locator (URL). A physical location is associated with each of the first web-sites. One of the first web-sites may be provided to a user as a user web-site. When the user or other individual seeks to access the user web-site, links to a plurality of the first web-sites are provided based on a relationship between the physical locations associated with the first web-sites and the physical location associated with the user web-site. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066501 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RENDERING ADVERTISING CONTENTS ON A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - An apparatus and method for rendering advertising contents on a mobile communication device is disclosed. The method includes embedding a set of advertising contents provided by one or more advertisers in a memory at the time of manufacture of the mobile communication device. The method then detects one or more user activities with the mobile communication device, a user location and one or more alerts associated with the mobile communication device. Thereafter, the method identifies one or more advertising contents from the set of advertising contents in response to detecting the user activity on the mobile communication device, the user location and the at least one alert associated with the mobile communication device. Subsequently, the method renders the one or more advertising contents on the mobile communication device. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066502 | Interactive messaging system - The interactive messaging system of the present invention provides for an interactive communication process between users, both senders and recipients. The sender composes a message by filling in a template stored in data services. Once completed, the sender pushes the message to a recipient's wireless device if the wireless device contains a WAP browser, which is capable of receiving pushed messages. Typically the message includes a question along with answers for the recipient to choose from. Each answer corresponds with a pre-assigned response key and the recipient answers the question by selecting one of the pre-assigned response keys. The recipient's response is available to the sender in the form of an e-mail, WAP Push, on-line access or interactive message that is shown to the sender on an on-line status screen. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066503 | System and Method for Transferring Digital Media - A method is described that provides for selecting digital content and sending a download message to a mobile device. The method further includes sending a message from the mobile device using information from the download message to a download facilitation service. Additionally, the method includes initiating transfer from the mobile device from the download facilitation service, and transferring the digital content to the mobile device. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066504 | SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING PROMOTION INFORMATION - A system for providing promotion information includes a mobile electronic device configured to scan a printed tag on a first commercial offering being offered for sale, and wirelessly transmit corresponding tag information. A promotion system is configured to receive the transmitted tag information, identify promotion information associated with the first commercial offering based on the tag information, and wirelessly transmit the identified promotion information to the mobile electronic device. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066505 | Secure Alert System and Method - A method for receiving transaction data for a transaction, accessing a database comprising alert preference data, and generating a secure alert message using the transaction data and alert preference data using a notification server coupled to the database. The secure alert message comprises a dynamic identifier personal to the consumer. The method also includes sending the secure alert message to a consumer device. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066506 | SOCIAL NETWORKING MONETIZATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A monetization system to share in the revenue generated from advertisements associated with a social application generated by a user of a social network service. When another user of the social network service requests to access the social application, the monetization system responds to the request with an instance of the application that includes one or more advertisements. The monetization system determines an amount payable to the creator of the application based on the display of the advertisements and/or any actions taken with respect to a displayed advertisement. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066507 | Context Enhanced Marketing of Content and Targeted Advertising to Mobile Device Users - A content recommendation and targeted contextual advertising platform is provided that leverages social networking connectivity among users in order to identify content of potential interest of users, and to present recommendation and/or targeted advertisements for such content to users depending on the context of the content. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066508 | Method for advertising in distributed media - A method for advertising in media, comprising receiving an ad/catalog, determining the properties of the ad, generating a placement cost of ad containing said properties, receiving payment, recording payment for the properties of the ad and placing the ad. In one embodiment, the method comprises an advertiser submitting an ad/catalog for placement in a medium. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066509 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SECURE AND/OR INTERACTIVE DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION - An interactive information dissemination system includes a media server ( | 2011-03-17 |
20110066510 | Methods for valuing and placing advertising - Advertising segments are valued and placed on a platform based on competitive bidding. Publishers having available advertising space allow access to the space via an intermediary. The intermediary accepts bids from potential advertisers, ranks the bids and awards allocated segments to the bidders according to the rankings. Payments for the placement of advertising may be made on a per-display basis, on a per click-through or on a per transaction basis. Advertisers will have some level of access to the advertising space. The higher the bid amount, then the higher percentage of access is given to the advertising space for an advertiser's advertisements. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066511 | Method of advertising in the real estate industry using an art - A method of advertising in real estate industry using an art, where art(s) is used as a permanent real estate advertising tool for private and/or commercial property. On the outside visible surface of the art(s) is placed real estate agent advertising information and like that the art(s) is placed in the people's properties. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066512 | Applications of Stored Value Card - Methods and systems for secure transactions. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066513 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SECURE MOBILE PAYMENT - A method for processing a payment relating to a transaction between a debtor and a creditor. The method includes displaying an amount of payment, and transmitting an authorisation message between a first node associated with a payment service provider system and a second node associated with a debtor instrument on a second network. Each node is separately and securely identified by a node identifying code. The authorisation message communicates an authorisation code. In verifying, a response message on a first network is transferred from the payment service provider system to a creditor instrument, when the payment service provider system receives the authorisation code in association with a debtor identifying code. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066514 | System and/or method for handling returns involving products tied to post-paid subscriptions/services - The exemplary embodiments described herein relate to the field of electronic registration (ER) of purchased products and, more particularly, to an improved electronic registration system that enables unique item-level tracking from an initial point-of-sale (POS) transaction involving a post-paid service/subscription and related device or product, to any cancellations in service and returns to the store or service provider. Certain exemplary embodiments thus advantageously “close the gap” between retailers and service providers, e.g., in connection with subscriptions/post-paid service agreements and related devices or products. In certain exemplary embodiments, an “interest” may be taken and charged in the event that the customer does not return the device when or after an associated service has been cancelled. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066515 | Automated electric plug-in station for charging electric and hybrid vehicles - Provided is an automated plug-in station for charging electric powered vehicles. The station includes a plug apparatus with a plug head that connects to an adapter on the electric powered vehicle and configured to pass electric charge to the battery of the electric powered vehicle. The plug apparatus extends automatically from a basin once proper alignment is established by a positioning system. Prior to charging, the plug apparatus is enclosed within the basin by a cover door which opens by an actuator when a vehicle enters the station; and when charging is complete, the plug automatically disconnects from the vehicle and withdraws back into the basin. The plug-in station also provides for receiving and processing payments at a payment system in the station. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066516 | Portable Consumer Device Configured to Generate Dynamic Authentication Data - Embodiments of the invention provide a portable consumer device configured to store dynamic authentication data in memory. The portable consumer device also includes an interface for transmitting data to and receiving power from an external device. The dynamic authentication data is read from the memory by a read-write device located on the portable consumer device. The authentication data is updated and the updated data may be written into memory using the read-write device. In some embodiments, an authentication value read from the memory may be used to generate another authentication value based on an algorithm. The portable consumer device is further configured to transmit authentication data to an external device. The process of reading, updating, generating, transmitting, and rewriting the authentication data may occur each time external power is provided to the portable consumer device via the interface. The power for operating the components of the portable consumer device may be drawn exclusively from the power received from the external device (i.e., the external power). In some embodiments, a portion of the external power may be temporarily stored on an energy storage means of the portable consumer device. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066517 | Systems and methods for the payment of customer bills utilizing payment platform of biller - The present invention is directed to systems and methods providing payment into a pre-existing customer account with a provider of goods or services, the method facilitated between a customer, a provider of goods or services, and a processor. The method including steps such as receiving from the customer value, identifying information of the customer, and information sufficient to identify the provider and pre-existing account of the customer; accessing a payment platform of the provider; determining information required by the provider in order to provide payment into the customer account; communicating information required by the provider in order to provide payment into the customer account; and providing a value into the customer account. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066518 | BID INVALIDATING AUCTION - A bid invalidating auction system may include a memory, an interface, and a processor. The memory stores a plurality of elements characterized by an ordering in which the elements will be rendered ineligible to win a contest. The processor provides, via the interface, the elements to the users, and receives, via the interface, a selection of an element from a user. The processor associates the element with the user if the element is eligible and not associated with another user. The processor renders the next eligible element in the ordering ineligible, if the first element is associated with the first user. The processor repeats the receive, associate, identify and render until an occurrence of an event. Upon the occurrence of the event, the processor identifies the next eligible element in the ordering which is associated with a user and designates the associated user the winner. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066519 | Facilitating data brokering arrangements having auctioning aspects - Systems and methods for data brokering, and more specifically, data brokering regarding a data provider's search-related activities are described. In particular implementations, various aspects of offering the one or more data products to a plurality of potential data consumers for bid by the plurality of potential data consumers are described. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066520 | Systems and methods for transacting business over a global communications network such as the internet - A business process is described for conducting business transactions over the Internet, allowing buyers an opportunity to reduce the price of a product/service based on the buyer's performance during a Price-Determining-Activity (PDA). Sellers offer the product/service within a specified price range, and buyers agree to a binding agreement, in exchange for the opportunity to close the transaction at the lowest price by achieving a high score or performance during the PDA. The price may change during the PDA, and the available price at any given time may be displayed or otherwise made available to the buyer. The price change may be continuous, at intervals, in response to certain events. The PDA may be a video game, electronic board game, sports bet, card game, or any other activity, or against the seller, a software opponent, or a computer opponent. The PDA may involve another buyer competing for the same product/service. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066521 | SOCIAL WEBSITE DOMAIN REGISTRATION SEARCH ENGINE FEED - Systems and methods of the present invention provide for posting a search engine result to a feed from a social networking website. The feed may include an announcement of a registered domain name and a link to an associated website. A control panel for the registered domain name and associated website may be displayed on a client. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066522 | Pricing and Auctioning of Bundled Items Among Multiple Sellers and Buyers - A number of sets of methods and apparatuses applicable to online shopping are disclosed. One set, “Bin Packing Methods with Approximate Membership”, includes methods in pricing and auctioning a bundle of items, some of which could belong to another bundle. Significantly, the membership of a bundle, during pricing and auction, could change. Another set, the “Shopping Console”, puts a structure into the online shopping experience, so that through one interface various shopping activities can be facilitated, including but not limited to researching, pricing, negotiation, group buying, and tracking of purchases. Still another set, “Flash Mob Shopping”, allows sellers and a (spontaneous) group of shoppers to connect on prices without requiring shoppers' hard commitments, and with sellers revealing only necessary price information. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066523 | ELECTRONIC BOND AND GUARANTY PROCESS AND BUSINESS METHOD - Disclosed is a method by which suretyship bonds and guaranties can be purchased and deployed over the Internet in real time, providing automatic application evaluation and policy binding. The principal's credit card information is used in a repeating cycle of pre-authorized charges so that the card account serves as effective collateral. A bond seal image, safeguarded against piracy, appears in Web pages indicating the existence of bond coverage. A dynamically updated gauge displays the margin of coverage available under the bond at any given moment. Means of integrating the information technology of auction site and surety company are also disclosed. The invention makes possible an unprecedented level of security in user-to-user auction environments and eliminates the need for online escrow services. Means of accepting bidder deposit accounts is also disclosed, enabling automatic, electronic payment the moment an Internet auction closes and eliminating the need for online payment services. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066524 | Method and System for Secure Electronic Transactions - Micro-payments for electronic sales transactions are securely and anonymously enabled by a central payment agent maintaining declining balance accounts for users and separately authenticating and authorizing customer and vendor transaction requests and payment upon confirmation of delivery. No personal billing information for the customer need be provided to the vendor, maintaining anonymity of the vendor. The vendor may electively set a pricing and terms policy allowing the price of the goods or services to dynamically vary across a series of transactions or transaction portions based on events such as quantity, bandwidth, or aggregate amount paid. A transaction may involve goods or services from multiple vendors in an apparent single transaction, with payment resolved among all participating vendors. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066525 | DATA STORAGE AND ACCESS SYSTEMS - Data storage and access systems enable downloading and paying for data such as audio and video data, text, software, games and other types of data. A portable data carrier has an interface for sending and receiving data, data memory for storing received content data, and payment validation memory for providing payment validation data to an external device. The carrier may also store a record of access made to the stored content, and content use rules for controlling access to the stored content. Embodiments store further access control data and supplementary data such as hot links to web sites and/or advertising data. A complementary data access terminal, data supply computer system, and data access device are also described. The combination of payment data and stored content data and use rule data helps reduce the risk of unauthorized access to data such as compressed music and video data, especially over the Internet. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066526 | System and Method For Electronic Publication and Fund Raising - The invention provides a system and method for electronic publication of original, creative works on a website as well as systems and methods for compensating the author(s) of the original creative works. The electronic publishing systems of the present invention can also be utilized in novel methods of fund raising for charitable and/or non-profit organizations. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066527 | ORDER FULFILLMENT SYSTEMS - Order fulfillment systems and methods, which may enable a recipient to retrieve an ordered product from a plurality of providers, and may additionally deliver a virtual representation of the ordered product to the recipient. The order fulfillment method may be a paperless process comprising electronically receiving an order from a customer for a product to be retrieved by the recipient. A virtual representation of the ordered product may then be delivered and displayed to the recipient. A status module may be provided to indicate to providers whether the order has yet been fulfilled. The method may further comprise receiving an update to the status module when the recipient selects a provider and retrieves the ordered product from the selected provider. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066528 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FINANCIAL TRANSACTION - Provided are a method and system for P2P financial transaction between members that can connect to a card company server having DBs for the members via a wired/wireless communication network, and a financial card with credit card functions. The method includes closing a first contract involving monetary claim/obligation between members A and B and establishing a first claim amount and a first obligation amount of the members A and B, reporting the first claim amount or the first obligation amount of the member A to the card company server, and recording first incoming (+) or first outgoing (−) in a DB for the member A, establishing a second claim amount and a second obligation amount of members A and C according to a second contract between the members A and C involving monetary claim/obligation, reporting the second claim amount or the second obligation amount of the member A to the card company server, recording second incoming (+) or second outgoing (−) in a DB for the member A, and adding or subtracting respectively to or from the first incoming (+) or the first outgoing (−), and settling final incoming or outgoing, added or subtracted in the DB for the member A at regular intervals. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066529 | NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENT ELECTRONIC CLEARANCE MONITORING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Methods, devices, and systems for analyzing negotiated negotiable instruments are described. A computer system, including a computer readable storage device and a processor may be provided. A plurality of electronic files may be received. Each of these electronic files of the plurality of electronic files may include an electronic image of at least a portion of a negotiable instrument and include a plurality of data fields. The plurality of electronic files may be divided into subsets based on whether data is available in particular data fields of the electronic files. Based upon the subset an electronic file is made a member of, various selection criteria may be applied to determine if the electronic file is a candidate for suspicious and/or illegal activity. Statistics may be calculated about the analysis process to determine the quality and effectiveness of various analysis methods. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066530 | ONLINE CHARGING ARCHITECTURE IN LTE/EPC COMMUNICATION NETWORKS - Communication networks and methods are disclosed for performing online charging in LTE/EPC communication networks. In an LTE/EPC communication network, one or more LTE network elements connect to an Online Charging System (OCS) over an enhanced interface. The LTE network element that is serving a session for a mobile device triggers on a charging event, and generates a credit request message (e.g., Diameter CCR). The LTE network element identifies access information for the session indicating the type of access for the mobile device to the LTE/EPC communication network, and inserts the access information in the credit request message. Through the enhanced interface, the LTE network element is able to transmit the credit request message to the OCS with the access information. The access information may then be used in the OCS to determine a more accurate charging rate for the session. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066531 | DOCUMENT PROCESSING DEVICE, SERVER DEVICE, AND DOCUMENT PROCESSING SYSTEM - A document processing device downloads a document processing program from a server device through a network and executes the document processing program, thereby processing document data to be processed. The document processing device comprises: an identification information generating part for generating identification information for identifying the document data to be processed based on the document data; a program acquiring part for transmitting the identification information to the server device, and downloading the document processing program capable of processing only the document data that corresponds to the identification information from the server device; and a program executing part for processing the document data to be processed by executing the document processing program acquired by the program acquiring part. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066532 | Apparatuses, Methods and Systems For A High Density Financial Asset Information Display - The disclosure details the implementation of an APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A HIGH DENSITY FINANCIAL ASSET INFORMATION DISPLAY. The disclosure teaches a High Density Financial Asset Information Display which provides a high density, straightforward, compact, dynamic and comprehensive display interface that presents users with a high volume of easy-to-understand financial asset information including the current buy and sell prices, the current price direction, the amount of time the asset pair is traded at each price, and the change in price over multiple time frames. The High Density Financial Asset Information Display is dynamically updated with the latest financial information and is updated periodically to provide real time changes in a Sparkline that displays the day low, day high, VWAP of a financial asset in a snapshot of twenty minutes with colored directional arrows with color coded trails. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066533 | SYSTEM FOR DYNAMICALLY ALLOCATING NATURAL RESOURCES - Systems and methods for creating a dynamic resource trust can receive and distribute physical quantities of a resource at a future date. These systems and methods can be implemented in a computer system that dynamically designs and/or values shares of the trust's resources. These systems and methods can permit potential users of resources to tailor the amounts of resources they obtain under different market conditions in the future, with potentially lower costs than costs associated with futures contracts. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066534 | FINANCIAL MARKET WAGERING - A method for providing a wager in a financial market environment is provided that includes presenting an opportunity to make a wager that is based on a moving market line associated with a financial market. An end user is given an opportunity to bet on whether a financial market value will be above or below the moving market line at a designated time. The wager may be accepted from the end user. The wager may be monitored in order to determine whether the financial market value was above or below the moving market line at the designated time. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066535 | CREDIT DEFAULT SWAP CLEARING - An electronic trading system is configured to trade credit default swap (CDS) futures contracts on an open exchange. The CDS futures contract allows the buyer and seller isolate and trade the credit risk of a third party. The third pay may be a corporation, sovereign government, or any entity that issues bonds or notes. The CDS futures contract seller effectively pays the premium over time in increments determined by market rates and through the natural operation of the open market. The CDS futures contract buyer makes a contingency payment if the CDS futures contract goes in-the-money (ITM). Both sides of the contract are guaranteed by the exchange as a counterparty. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066536 | RATIO SPREADS FOR CONTRACTS OF DIFFERENT SIZES IN IMPLIED MARKET TRADING - A method for matching orders is provided. The method includes receiving a first order for a product, the first order specifying a first volume, receiving a second order for the product, the second order specifying a second volume, wherein the first volume is different than the second volume, generating an implied order based on a ratio spread defined between the first order and the second order, and matching a third order with the implied order. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066537 | IMPLIED VOLUME ANALYZER - A volume analyzer is provided. The volume analyzer includes an input, a processor, and an output. The input is operable to receive market data and a calculation policy. The processor is coupled with the input. The processor is operable to identify an available implied pattern based on the market data and the calculation policy. The available implied pattern has not been calculated by a match engine. The output is coupled with the processor. The processor is operable to provide the available implied pattern to the output. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066538 | Accelerated Trade Matching Using Speculative Parallel Processing - An electronic trading system is configured to create speculative orders based on real orders. The speculative order differs from the real order by the price, quantity, or the type of financial instrument. The match engine chooses one or more speculative orders in an attempt to predict the next real order. Even though processing multiple trades at the same time is impossible, the use of speculative orders can permit the match engine to perform the calculations involved with the trade and generate the messages associated with the trade ahead of time. If the prediction was correct and the next order received by the match engine corresponds to one of the speculative orders, some of the matching activity has already been performed. This in effect, allows the match engine to process trades more efficiently and increases the total trading volume that can be handled by the electronic trading system. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066539 | Method and System For Enhancing The Efficiency Of A Digitally Communicated Data Exchange - The present invention relates to a method for enhancing the efficiency of digitally communicated data exchanges and to a computer system that implements such a method. The invention particularly concerns the use of adaptive custom compression techniques, binary integers (“bits”), massively parallel processing, database optimization techniques and/or calculation optimization techniques to achieve such enhanced efficiency. The invention is applicable to any digitally communicated data exchange, but is particularly applicable to exchanges of financial information such as financial market buy/sell orders, market making, etc. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066540 | Methods, Software, and Systems for Over-the-Counter Trading - Methods, software, and hardware are disclosed for providing verified real time price quotes in an over-the-counter financial market. Systems are described that can comprise methods, software, and/or hardware to provide verified real time price information for securities traded over-the-counter. Verification methods of the invention include identifying suspect source data, wherein the suspect source data includes information about the price of a security, verifying the suspect source data, and displaying to a user a verified price quote of a security traded in an over-the-counter market to a user. The verification methods of the invention include using hash functions and hash tables to process suspect source data, wherein the hashing allows for confidential processing while at the same time maintaining the ability to match a price quote to the source of the price quote. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066541 | Opening Cross in Electronic Market - A method, executed in a computer system, for opening an electronic market for trading of a security is described. The method includes receiving by the computer system eligible orders and quotes for the security traded in the electronic market and disseminating an order imbalance indicator indicative of predicted trading characteristics of the security at the open of trading. The method also includes determining by the computer system a price or prices at which the maximum shares would be executed and determining which price would minimize any imbalance of eligible orders and executing at least some of the eligible orders at the determined opening price. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066542 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING RISK ASSOCIATED WITH PRODUCT TRANSACTIONS - A method of managing trading orders is provided. The method includes receiving a request to place a first order to trade a first product, the request being made using an account having one or more current balances. The method further includes determining a risk value for the first order based at least in part on the first product. The method further includes determining whether to approve the first order based at least in part on the risk value determined for the first order and one or more of the current balances for the account, and if the first order is approved, placing the first order. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066543 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LINKING ORDERS IN ELECTRONIC TRADING SYSTEMS - Systems and methods for linking orders in electronic trading systems are provided. These systems and methods enable a trader to select two or more items that are to be linked and specify linking parameters for those items. Any desired set of items may be linked, and the linking parameters may include price adjustments, order sequencing instructions, automatic/manual execution controls, execution delays commands, and update frequency limits. Upon detecting a bid or offer for a linked item, the systems and methods may then determine a size and a price for each linked item based upon the size and the price of the bid or offer for the first linked item. In this way, the sizes and the prices for the other linked items may be propagated from the size and the price for the first item. Once the size and the price for each item is determined, the systems and methods may submit orders for the items in accordance with the linking parameters. In the case where orders for linked items may only be submitted in designated lot sizes, the systems and methods may round the sizes of the orders to the designated lot sizes, and then submit remainder orders to make up for the rounding. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066544 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES - The invention relates to methods and systems for providing investment competitions. In one aspect, trading algorithms that automatically generate trading instructions in response to market data are developed by and received from a distributed plurality of independent trading algorithm developers. The algorithms are periodically executed against market data and generate trading instructions, which, based on an association of investment accounts with the trading algorithms, initiate correlative trades in the investments accounts. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066545 | AGED TRANSACTIONS IN A TRADING SYSTEM - A method and system for aging orders, increasing securities market liquidity. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066546 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CALCULATING THE LOWERING OF PERIODIC PAYMENTS WITHIN A LOAN REPAYMENT SCHEDULE - A computer implemented method for calculating loan repayment schedule is disclosed, which may comprise receiving data associated with an initial principal loan amount, an interest rate, and a length of loan term; processing the data using a processor to determine a periodic minimum payment toward the initial principal and the interest, and when the minimum periodic payment is made, a new principal balance is determined by subtracting payment toward principal from the initial principal loan amount, and when a payment in excess of the minimum periodic payment is paid, the new principal balance is calculated by subtracting the excess principal payment and the payment toward principal from the minimum periodic payment from the initial principal; and recalculating a new minimum periodic payment based on remaining time and balance of the loan. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066547 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR ASSESSING RISK OF IDENTITY THEFT - In one embodiment, this invention analyzes demographic data that is associated with a specific street address when presented as an address change on an existing account or an address included on a new account application when that address is different from the reference address (e.g., a credit bureau type header data). The old or reference address and the new address, the new account application address or fulfillment address demographic attributes are gathered, analyzed, compared for divergence and scaled to reflect the relative fraud risk. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066548 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR EXECUTING A PLURALITY OF MONEY TRANSFERS HAVING A FLUCTUATING PARAMETER - Systems and methods are provided for executing a plurality of money transfers, at least one term of which is dependent on the value of a fluctuating parameter, for example a currency exchange rate or the amount of a transaction service fee. The customer may stage a first money transfer at a money-transfer system and a first value of the fluctuating parameter may be determined by a host processor. The first money transfer may then be executed by the money-transfer system using the first value of the fluctuating parameter and a unique lock-in value identifier may be stored in the host processor's memory that associates the first value of the fluctuating parameter with the customer. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066549 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO PROVIDE CUSTOMS HARMONIZATION, TARIFF COMPUTATIONS, AND CENTRALIZED TARIFF COLLECTION FOR INTERNATIONAL SHIPPERS - The systems and methods described herein relate generally to the integration of a shipping label with a customs form to provide a single label having postage, addressing, customs, and other information for international shipping, and in particular, to managing landed cost and harmonization for international packages. In one embodiment, managing the landed cost and harmonization may comprise generating a unique self-validating postage indicium or mark in response to a request that includes a description of contents for a package onto which an international shipping label is to be placed and a destination country where the package is to be delivered. As such, the unique self-validating postage indicium or mark may indicate that landed costs for delivering the package to the destination country have been pre-paid, wherein the unique self-validating postage indicium or mark and a customs declaration form may be printed on the international shipping label. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066550 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A SECURE FUNDS TRANSFER - According to one embodiment, a gateway receives a transaction from a first device in local communication with a second device. The transaction includes a payment amount and a plurality of authorization codes. The gateway uses the authorization codes to authorize the transaction and to determine an account for each device. The gateway then instructs an account manager to withdraw the payment amount from the account of the first device and to deposit it into the account of the second device. A result is received at the gateway, and the gateway sends the result to each device. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066551 | Method and System for Providing Risk Information in Connection with Transaction Processing - A system for providing real-time risk mitigation for an authorization system. The system receives authorization requests from multiple merchants (or their respective acquirers) and processes such requests. Each processed request is then forwarded to its corresponding issuer for further authorization. Each processed request includes an authorization message. The authorization message can include a risk score, a number of reason codes, and a number of condition codes. The use of the risk score, reason codes and condition codes allows issuers to make better informed decisions with respect to providing authorizations. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066552 | CARD-LESS FINANCIAL TRANSACTION - Systems (and corresponding methodologies) that facilitate card-less financial transactions are provided. The innovation enables card-less ATM (automated teller machine) transactions such as cash withdrawals, transfers, balance inquiries, etc. In aspects, customers can set up an ‘electronic wallet’ account based upon a pre-set range or otherwise. Accordingly, access to the ‘electronic wallet’ is granted or denied based upon responses to challenges presented. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066553 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VERIFYING IDENTITIES - A method for verifying the identity of one party on behalf of another party is provided. The method includes providing a money-transfer system and a communication system that communicates with the money-transfer system; receiving at the money-transfer system from the first party certain verification criteria for confirming the identity of a second party; and storing the verification criteria in the host computer system of the money-transfer system. When an ID is received from the second party at a money-transfer location; the verification criteria is retrieved from the host computer system; and the acceptability of the ID is determined in accordance with the verification criteria. If the identification device is acceptable, identification information is obtained from the identification device; and the identification information is processed to verify the identity of the second party. In other embodiments, a method for pre-verifying the identity of a party and a system for performing the method of the invention are provided. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066554 | METHODS OF MEDIA ASSET DISTRIBUTION BY EMPLOYING ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A method is disclosed for distributing media assets by employing a new electronic apparatus. Selected media assets are pre-loaded to the apparatus based upon a targeted user's personal profile. The operation of “pre-loading” may be conducted at a manufacturing site or at a point of sales. The selected assets are encoded. The user may purchase a pre-loaded asset through a pre-paid credit system or through an on-line payment facility. The purchased asset may be decoded based upon a public/private key method. The invention is characterized by that the storage system of the electronic apparatus is managed by a software module. Each pre-loaded media asset is assigned to a priority in a sequential manner. The lower priority assets are deleted, in a manner un-notified to the user, when the storage capacity is required as a result of the user's operation of the apparatus. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066555 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WIRELESS PROCESSING AND TRANSMITTAL OF MEDICAL DATA THROUGH AN INTERMEDIARY DEVICE - One method according to the present invention includes receiving data wirelessly from a medical device, transmitting the data to an intermediary device (such as a properly equipped mobile telephone or personal digital assistant), and formatting a message including the received data for transmission to a medical data server. The intermediary device includes software configured to receive the data and process the data into a format compatible with the medical data server. Once at the medical data server the information can be reviewed by a healthcare professional at a location remote to the patient. This method may be practiced automatically, either continuously or at set intervals, or may be initiated by someone utilizing the system (such as the patient or health care provider). The method preferably functions without the need for the patient to manually enter information into a device. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066556 | Method and System for Intelligent Job Assignment Through an Electronic Communications Network - A method and system for intelligent job assignment between multiple assignees and at least one client through an electronic communications network is disclosed. The method enables a business to consistently and systematically provide its customers with the best possible quality, in the shortest period of time, at the lowest possible cost, at any given time, given its current talent pool. The method includes ordering a database of qualifying assignees with a highest qualifying assignee ordered most significantly. The method also includes assigning a client's job to the most significant assignee and receiving feedback to from the client concerning an assignee's job performance and computing a cumulative qualifying value for the assignee based on the performance feedback included with any feedback received from any other client. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066557 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO PRODUCE BUSINESS CASE METRICS BASED ON DEFECT ANALYSIS STARTER (DAS) RESULTS - A method is implemented in a computer infrastructure having computer executable code tangibly embodied on a computer readable storage medium having programming instructions. The programming instructions are operable to receive data including defect analysis defect analysis starter (DAS)/defect reduction method (DRM) defect analysis data of a software development project and process the data. Additionally, the programming instructions are operable to determine one or more business metrics based on the data and generate at least one report based on the one or more business metrics. The one or more business metrics comprises at least one of a benefit for shifting defect removal earlier, a benefit for preventing an injection of defects, a benefit for reducing a cycle time, a benefit of reducing invalid defects and a benefit for reducing production defects | 2011-03-17 |
20110066558 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO PRODUCE BUSINESS CASE METRICS BASED ON CODE INSPECTION SERVICE RESULTS - A method is implemented in a computer infrastructure having computer executable code tangibly embodied on a computer readable storage medium having programming instructions. The programming instructions are operable to receive data including code inspection services defect analysis data of a software development project and process the data. Additionally, the programming instructions are operable to determine one or more business metrics based on the data and generate at least one report based on the one or more business metrics. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066559 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING AUTOMATED TROUBLE TICKET STATUS NOTIFICATIONS - An approach for automatically generating a status update for events on a trouble ticket is provided. Events on the trouble ticket monitored and a determination is made whether an event triggers a predetermined status update criteria. A status update is generated upon triggering of the predetermined status update criteria. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066560 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING SECURE ACCESS TO LAW-RELATED SERVICES - A system and method of providing secure access to a plurality of law related services is provided. The litigation management component can provide secure access to a plurality of law related services. Services securely accessed by the litigation management component can be based, at least in part, upon a subscription level, a client identifier, a user identifier and/or a group identifier. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066561 | Leveraged Usage of Information Regarding Real Estate Offerings - A control circuit gathers information regarding a plurality of independent variables for a given real estate offering. The control circuit then uses this information in conjunction with a computer-calculated model to forecast one or more of real estate buyer demand (forward looking), real estate pricing (current market), and real estate marketing effectiveness (forward looking). By one approach this can comprise applying such information in a regression analysis. By one approach, some or all of the aforementioned information can reflect interactions between at least one prospective real estate purchaser on the one hand and a web-based presentation that offers the given real estate offering for sale on the other hand. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066562 | Embedded module for real time risk analysis and treatment - A computer-based business application (CBBA) management system includes multiple real time agents (RTAs) embedded with local CBBA software in order to permit cross-application functions and/or real-time functions such as local monitoring, reporting, or prevention. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066563 | Mashup sevices and methods with quality of sevice (QoS) support - Mashup hosts to integrate services and/or data into a single integrated application, the services include one or more quality of service specifications (QoS). Service servers to receive service requests, the service requests including one or more quality of service specifications and to generate and transmit a service based on data, executable code and the quality of service specifications. The QoS parameters may include probabilistic real-time automata and temporal logic service QoS parameters. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066564 | NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENT ELECTRONIC CLEARANCE SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Methods, devices, and systems for analyzing negotiated negotiable instruments for unlawful activity are described. A computer system, including a computer readable storage device and a processor may be provided. A plurality of electronic files may be received. Each of these electronic files of the plurality of electronic files may include an electronic image of at least a portion of a negotiable instrument and include a plurality of data fields. The plurality of electronic files may be divided into subsets based on whether data is available in particular data fields of the electronic files. Based upon the subset an electronic file is made a member of, various selection criteria may be applied to determine if the electronic file is a candidate for suspicious and/or illegal activity. Also, a listing of candidates for suspicious and/or illegal activity may be presented to a user. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066565 | MODELED SERVICE ENDPOINTS IN BUSINESS PROCESS MODEL AND NOTATION TOOLS - A system and method for modeling service endpoints of BPMN processes is disclosed. The process is modeled using a BPMN modeling tool. A service endpoint is modeled using the BPMN modeling tool. A uniform resource locator (URL) is generated for the service endpoint, the URL being a web-based address under which a service represented by the process can be called by a business process application. The service endpoint is linked to the process, and then service-provisioned to be executed in the BPMN domain. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066566 | CONCEPTUAL REPRESENTATION OF BUSINESS PROCESSES FOR CROSS-DOMAIN MAPPING - A computer-implemented method, system, and computer program product for cross-domain mapping between a business process modeler domain and an implementation domain are provided. The method includes accessing a business concept registry on a data storage device including business concepts with mapping for the business process modeler domain and the implementation domain. The method also includes creating a model with one or more of the business concepts interconnected to represent a business process in the business process modeler domain, and exporting the model from the business process modeler domain to the implementation domain according to the business concept mapping of the business concept registry. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066567 | Rule Based Vector Space Model For Creating Implied Trade Templates - A match engine is utilized by either a market participant or an electronic trading system. The match engine receives orders, stores them internally, calculates tradable combinations and displays or otherwise publishes the tradable combinations or the order(s) needed to complete tradable combinations. The match engine operates under a set of rules that may be customized to provide only the tradable combinations that are likely to be executed and contribute to total trading volume. At least some tradeable combinations that are not likely to be traded are not calculated, which frees up the computing capacity of the electronic trading system. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066568 | TRANSFORMATION OF A MULTI-LEG SECURITY DEFINITION FOR CALCULATION OF IMPLIED ORDERS IN AN ELECTRONIC TRADING SYSTEM - An electronic trading system utilizes a Match Engine that receives orders, stores them internally, calculates tradable combinations and advertises the availability of real and implied orders in the form of market data. New tradable items defined as combinations of other tradable items may be included in the calculation of tradable combinations. A technique is disclosed for transforming a combination or strategy contract with an arbitrary number of buy and sell legs with an arbitrary volume ratio for each leg into a form that can be used for rapid implied order calculations. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066569 | ALLOCATION OF A CREDIT DEFAULT SWAP PORTFOLIO - A method for allocating margin of a credit default swap portfolio is provided. The method includes identifying a credit default swap portfolio maintained by a defaulting clearing firm, determining a defaulting margin for the portfolio, the defaulting margin being determined using a margin model; and allocating the defaulting margin to one or more non-defaulting clearing firms based on account margins for each of the non-defaulting clearing firms. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066570 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR RATIONALIZING A NON-FINANCIAL PORTFOLIO - The invention is to system and methods to rationalizing a portfolio. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066571 | Method of Marketing Real Estate Investment Trust and/or Fund by the Internet - A method of marketing and managing a real estate investment trust or fund through the Internet and existing Internet brokerage entities enables lower cost investment trust units subjective to unique marketing techniques, lower brokerage charges, lower management charges and greater transparency. Other costs associated with the securing of investment funds are reduced and smaller, incremental investments will be made available thereby allowing a broad spectrum of inventors eligible to make such investments. Investment units may be as low as $3,000. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066572 | System and method for sorting items - Disclosed is a system and method of dynamically sorting items for delivery to diverse destinations in which at least one target location changes during the sorting process using an electronic array that correlates diverse destinations to target locations for sorting, wherein the electronic array changes based upon criteria relating to the results of the sort resulting in the removal of a first set of items from one target location while leaving a second set in the target location and placing the first set in another target location to adapt to the changed array and thereafter continuing to sort further items according to the changed array while some items remain in their initial target locations. Additionally disclosed is a system and method of sorting which electronically identifies items destined for the same address that are comingled with items to diverse destinations, and allows for their separation and bundling responsive to the electronic identification and allows for payment for delivery charges based upon a bundle rather than the individual items included in the bundle. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066573 | SETTING AND CONTROLLING AN APPARATUS FOR PREPARING MAIL PIECES - During a setting stage, a scanner of an apparatus for preparing mail pieces scans a postal item. From the scanned image an area containing a mark is selected and a mark data set representing the mark or the position of the selected area is generated and stored. Instruction data representing a mail preparation instruction are stored in association with the mark data set. During an operating stage after the setting stage, one or more postal items are fed to the scanner, which scans item image data representing an image of the scanned portion of each postal item that is scanned. In response to agreement between the scanned item image data and the mark data set, instruction data associated to the mark data are selected. The mail piece including the scanned postal item is prepared in accordance with the selected instruction data. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066574 | Postage Server System and Method - A system and method for transmission of a document from a sending location to a receiving location by way of a trusted way location is disclosed. A selected document is physically or electronically transmitted by a sending location to a letter server operated by a delivery service. A confirmation of transmission of the document is provided the sender by the delivery service. Thereafter, the letter server reproduces the document in original quality, accompanied by any necessary items such as a delivery container and/or delivery instructions. The delivery service then delivers the reproduced document such as through electronic delivery or inducting the reproduced document into its delivery paradigm for physical delivery to the indicated recipient. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066575 | Square deal marriage contracts-R-Us franchise - Square Deal Marriage Contracts R Us is a contracted matrimonial process where-by two people agree to marry for a limited amount of time; a term. The contract will be used to solidify the union, but will last only as long as the marriage term itself, which can range between three years, five years, or a customized term containing its' own set of years. Couples can also resign (that is, sign again) at term's end while retaining all previously acquired assets and liabilities (a requirement of them before the marriage), or they can allow the marriage term to end without renewal, then remarry someone else if they choose. This emerging product has it all. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066576 | Supply Chain Management System - In a method of managing a supply chain from a supplier to a customer by a service company that purchases a product, a plurality of costs corresponding to supply chain parameters and associated with providing a product to a customer is determined. Each of the plurality of costs is stored in a computer database and is associated with a corresponding supply chain parameter. A subset of the plurality of costs is retrieved from the computer database in response to a supply event relative to the product. A total cost for each of a plurality of supply chain permutations is calculated. Each of the plurality of supply chain permutations includes a different combination of supply chain parameters in the supply chain. The supply chain permutation having a lowest total cost is selected. The customer is supplied with the product by employing the selected supply chain permutations. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066577 | Machine Learning Using Relational Databases - Machine learning using relational databases is described. In an embodiment a model of a probabilistic relational database is formed by augmenting relation schemas of a relational database with probabilistic attributes. In an example, the model comprises constraints introduced by linking the probabilistic attributes using factor statements. For example, a compiler translates the model into a factor graph data structure which may be passed to an inference engine to carry out machine learning. For example, this enables machine learning to be integrated with the data and it is not necessary to pre-process or reformat large scale data sets for a particular problem domain. In an embodiment a machine learning system for estimating skills of players in an online gaming environment is provided. In another example, a machine learning system for data mining of medical data is provided. In some examples, missing attribute values are filled using machine learning results. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066578 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PARALLEL STATISTICAL INFERENCE ON HIGHLY PARALLEL PLATFORMS - Methods for faster statistical inference in computation based recognition problems on highly parallel processors with multiple cores on-a-chip are disclosed, which include: selectively flattening levels of the recognition network to improve inference speed (improving the recognition model); selectively duplicating parts of the recognition network to minimize a critical section in atomic accesses to as few as one atomic instruction (improving the recognition procedure); and combining weight and source port into one 32-bit word to minimize the number of atomic operations. These methods have been implemented on an NVIDIA GTX 280 processor in a Large Vocabulary Continuous Speech Recognition (LVCSR) embodiment, and achieve more than a 10× speed up compared to a highly optimized sequential implementation on an Intel Core i7 processor. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066579 | Neural network system for time series data prediction - A neural network system for predicting time series data. The system receives analyzed data obtained by multiresolution analysis of the time series data. The input processing layer of the system includes a series of neurons corresponding to the different levels of analysis, each neuron receiving the analyzed data for it own level. The output of each of these neurons is supplied as an additional input to the neuron for the next lower level of analysis. A predicted value is derived from the output of the neuron at the lowest level. The passing of results from one level to another improves prediction accuracy and simplifies the structure of any further processing layers. | 2011-03-17 |
20110066580 | CODEBOOK GENERATING METHOD - A codebook generating method comprises a dividing and transforming step dividing an original image into original blocks and transforming the original blocks into original vectors; a dividing step grouping the original vectors to obtain centroids; a first layer neuron training step selecting a portion of the centroids as first-level neurons; a grouping step assigning each of the original vectors to a closest first-level neuron so as to obtain groups; a second layer neuron assigning step assigning a number of second-level neurons in each of the groups, and selecting a portion of the original vectors in each of the groups as the second-level neurons; and a second layer neuron training step defining the original vectors in each of the groups as samples, training the second-level neurons in each of the groups to obtain final neurons, and storing vectors corresponding to the final neurons in a codebook. | 2011-03-17 |